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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series consists of the record of wills proved before the Chancellor of the State Court of Chancery. A law of 1830 required that wills in which the witnesses resided out of state or which were filed with a foreign or out-of-state court or government office be proved in the Court of Chancery. A will .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

2

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New York (State). Temporary State Commission on the Modernization, Revision, and Simplification of the Law of Estates

 

 

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This series consists of an original signed copy of the final report of the Temporary State Commission on Estates. Report addresses staff, enabling legislation, procedures, legislative recommendations, and concluding work. Included are 14 appendices, each one pertaining to a commission recommendation.........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Surrogate's Court (New York County)

 

 

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This series consists of probated wills filed and maintained by the clerk of the Surrogate Court (New York County). Each will provides for the disposition of the testator's real and personal property and designates an executor. Wills are signed and witnessed by three persons. The name of the testator .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Surrogate's Court (New York County)

 

 

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The wills recorded in these volumes were proved (i.e. determined by testimony of witnesses to be authentic) before and admitted to probate by the Surrogate judge for New York County. Each will provides for the disposition of the testator's real and personal property and designates an executor or executrix. .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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The Mayor's Court of New York City functioned as the court of common pleas for New York City and County. Between 1786 and 1829 courts of common pleas could prove and record wills transferring real property, and also wills whose witnesses were unable to appear in court to testify. This volume contains .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Surrogate's Court (New York County)

 

 

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This series consists of a name index to testators in series J0043-92, Record of Wills and Probates from the Prerogative and later Probate Courts, and J1043-92, New York County Surrogate Court Record of Wills and Probates. Information includes last and first names of the testator; year, month, and day .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Probates

 

 

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This series consists of wills, grants of administration, and (prior to ca. 1710) inventories and accounts of decedent estates. These documents were recorded and maintained by New York Colony's Prerogative Court and then by the State Court of Probates. Many of the wills were made by widows; several executors .........

 

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New York State Archives