Montgomery Co. Deeds: Bk5_p364
Record of the will and probate thereof of Adolph Walrath deceased.
In the name of God Amen!!! I Adolph Walrath of Minden County of Montgomery & State
of New York, being of sound mind memory & understanding blessed be
Almighty God for the same being fully sensible of the will of man & being
desirous of making some disposition of the property which I own have
upon due reflection divised & bequeathed the same in manner following,
Viz First _ I order & determine that upon my decease, my son Abraham shall,
at his own expense, bury me in an orderly & Christian manner, as
becomes a dutiful son to do to a kind father. Second _ After all my just
debts, if any after my decease be paid, I order & direct as follows.
Viz, that my son Abraham shall in a becoming & decent
manner support & maintain, in apparel, health & sickness & all
other things necessary & becoming, my beloved wife Maria during
her natural life; which obligation on said Abraham to maintain & shall
continue, even if she choose to live or reside with any of my other sons
or daughters, by making a due provision for her or the one with whom
she so lives or resides as aforesaid – He is also to give to her ten
dollars per year after my decease, if she ask for or demand said sum – and
should she die with Abraham in his home then he is to see to & be
to the expense of her funeral in a decent & becoming manner but should
her earthly existence terminate elsewhere Viz with either of my other
children, then my sons Adolph & Abraham are to
attend to her funeral as aforesaid _ I bequeath unto her, her heirs & assigns
all my household furniture, after my decease, excepting my blue chest & cook
stove in the stove room which are bequeathed to Abraham .
Thirdly _ I give and devise unto my son Adolph his
heirs & assigns all that certain farm & its appurtenances which
he now occupies & uses in Danube & Herkimer County being a parcel
conveyed to me by Isaac Waggoner & wife for the boundaries whereof,
reference being had to the deed, will more fully & at large appear
containing one hundred & five acres more or less. Fourthly _ I do
give & devise unto my son Abraham his heirs & assigns
forever, all my certain homestead & its appurtenances which I now
occupy & use in Minden & Montgomery County being part & parcel
of lot No. seven in Lansings patent, conveyed & __?__ to me by Jacob
House & wife & Elisabeth Nellis for the location & boundaries
of which, reference being had to the conveyance will more fully & at
large appear containing one hundred acres, more or less. Fifthly _ I
give & bequeath unto my son Solomon the sum of
four hundred & seventy five dollars payable one year after my decease
by my son Abraham to said Solomon his heirs & assigns. But it is
to be explicitly understood & these presents are made upon this condition,
that the sum of two hundred dollars which Abraham has already paid him
said Solomon shall be deducted from said legacy & so also the like
sum of two hundred dollars which I have paid Solomon, for & in behalf
of my son Adolph shall also be deducted from said legacy. Sixthly _ I
hereby order and direct that my said son Abraham shall in a decent & becoming
manner support & maintain on his farm in health & sickness my
son David , but if David should take to himself a wife, then
I order & direct that said Abraham shall pay & apply for the
benefit of David the sum of four hundred dollars, in such manner & way
as said Abraham and Adolph shall or may in their said discretion think
prudent & best for Davids interest either in hand paid or otherwise
this sum aforesaid. Seventhly _ I order & direct that my said son
Abraham shall pay to my daughter Caty Cronkhite , one
hundred dollars, one year after my decease _ the like sum of one hundred
dollars to Dorothy Hoke my daughter two years after
my decease with use after one year & the like sum to my daughter
Maria Arndt , three years after my decease with use after one
year & the like sum to my daughter Betsy House four
years after my decease with use after one year. Eighthly _ I give & bequeath
unto my beloved daughterinlaw Eve the wife of Abraham ,
my weaving loom & all its necessary apparel & tacking thereunto
belonging & also the sum or amount or value of thirty dollars out
of my personal property, which gifts to her are intended in part as some
reward for her kind attention to me during my present sickness. Ninthly
_ I give & bequeath unto my said son Abraham his heirs & assigns
all my farming utensils & other personal property not already otherwise
disposed of excepting the one horse wagon & harness & ___?___,
together with all my notes, accounts, money & the like which I hereby
give & bequeath unto all my children heirs of my body, to share & share
alike one year after my decease & on __?___ division or apportionment
of the property excepted as aforesaid the portion or part which shall
may or shall come or belong to my son David shall be mananged & taken
care of, by my said sons Adolph & Abraham in their discretion for
the benefit of said David. Tenthly _ I order & direct, that if my
son David should die without living heirs, then & in that case his
property (according to law) shall go to his brothers & sisters as
tenants in common, share & share alike. Eleventh _ I order & direct
that my trusty & well beloved sons Adolph & Abraham, are & shall
be & they are accordingly newley nominated & appointed executors
of this my last will & testament, to execute & perform the same
as I have ordered & directed, according to the letter & spirit
of the same thereby revoking all former wills & testaments by me
made. Witness my hand & seal the seventh day of April in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one .
Adolf Walrath L.S.
Signed, sealed, published & executed by the above testator Adolph
Walrath in our presence & the above instrument declared by testator
to be his last will & testament & we __?___ __?___ add our names
as witnesses to their presents by the request of the testator.
William Alpaugh of Minden. Jacob Krake of Minden. P. J. Waggoner of Minden.
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The deposition by the witnesses reveals that P. J. Wagonner is Peter
J. Waggoner, and that Jacob Krake is at the time of his depostion on
January 12, 1835, a resident of Morris Twp., Jefferson Co., NY. He witnessed
the will as a resident of Minden on April 7, 1831. It would then seem
that he removed from Montgomery Co. to Jefferson Co. during that time
period.
The Eve mentioned in the will is most likely Eve Baum. An Abraham Walrath
md. Eve Baum and had son Josiah Walrath. I have information that MAY
show the wives of sons Adolph and Solomon. Daniel apparently never married. |
