Finding Aid Search Results
1
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Probates
Title:
Series:
J0036
Dates:
[circa 1783]
Abstract:
This series consists of one volume, containing an inventory of the records of the provincial (colonial) Prerogative Court transferred from the Secretary of State to the Court of Probates. The inventory is divided into five sections: wills probated before the Revolution in 1776; wills probated behind .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Probates
Abstract:
This series consists of wills probated with the provincial secretary, the Prerogative Court, or the State Court of Probates. Some wills include a letter of administration or a property inventory. Wills typically include the dates the will was executed, proved, and probated; names of the testator, witnesses .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Probates
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives