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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Probates

 

 

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This series consists of documents relating to the administration of estates that were filed with or issued by the provincial Prerogative Court or the State Court of Probates. Each file may contain letters of administration; performance bonds of administrators and executors; renunciations of executorships; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Probates

 

 

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These volumes contain bonds of persons appointed by the State Court of Probates to administer and settle the estate of a decedent. Each bond states the name of three obligors, the amount and condition of the bond, the names of the administrator and two sureties, and the signatures of the obligors..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Court of Probates

 

 

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This volume contains exemplifications, or official transcripts admissible as evidence, of wills, codicils to wills, letters testamentary granted to the executor of a will, and letters of administration granted to the administrator of an estate (in the event there was no will). A few of the wills registered .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Probates

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Probates

 

 

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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

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives