WILL: William Lamb; Harpersfield, Delaware co., NY
surname: Lamb, Swart, Borst, English, Stanley
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delaware Co. NY Will Book Vol C page 96
Written: July 16 1818
Recorded: October 21 1819
Copy of the last Will and Testament of William Lamb late of the Town of
Harpersfield and County of Delaware. Deceased.
In the name of God. Amen. I William Lamb of the town of Harpersfield, County
of Delaware, & State of New York being advanced in age & viewing my own
frailty & Mortality (though sound in Mind & enjoying the full exercise of my
reason blessed be God) think it advisable to Dispose of the Earthly property
which God in his good providence has given me. I thereby dispose of it in the
manner following (illegible abbreviation)
1. I give my soul to God in hopes of a glorious immortality in & through
Jesus Christ & my body to the Grave in a Decent Christian burial at the
Discretion of my family & friends.
2. After all my honest debts & funeral Charges are all Righteously paid, I
give to Each of my sons Joseph Lamb, Isaac Lamb, & Peter Lamb one hundred &
fifty Dollars, & to my son John Lamb I give twenty five Dollars
3. To my daughters Anna Swart wife of Laurence Swart to Elizabeth Borst wife
of Martinus Borst & Jenny English wife of Robert English I give Each fifty
Dollars & to my Daughter Polly Stanley who was married to John Stanley I give
one hundred Dollars
4. The Remainder of my property I Divide Equally between my two sons William
Lamb & David Lamb
5. I hereby constitute & appoint the Revd. Stephen Fenn Sole Executor of this
my last will & testament hereby revoking all former wills of Every Name &
Date
Signed & Sealed in the presence of the following subscribing witnesses at
Harpersfield July 16-1818--
William Lamb His X Mark /L.S./
Ebenezer Penfield
Joseph Hotchkiss
John Bruse
L.S. The people of the State of Newyork, by the Grace of God Free and
Independent--
To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern, send greeting---
Know ye that at Walton in the County of Delaware on the twenty first Day of
october in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen before
Robert North Esquire Surrogate of said County, the last Will and Testament of
William Lamb late of the Town of Harpersfield in the County of Delaware and
State of New York Deceased was proved and is now approved and allowed by us;
and the said Deceased having whilst he lived and at the time of his Death
goods chattels or credits within this State (by means whereof the prooing
[sic] and Registering the said will and the granting Administration of all and
singular the said goods Chattels and credits and also the auditing allowing
and final Discharging the account thereof Doth belong to us) the
administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said
Deceased and any way concerning his will is granted unto the Revd. Stephen
Fenn Sole Executor in the said will named he being first Duly Sworn will and
faithfully to administer the same and to make and Exhibit a true and perfect
inventory of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits and also to
render a just and true account thereof when thereunto required---In testamny
whereof we have caused the seal of office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto
affixed. Witness Robert North Esquire Surrogate of the said County at Walton
the twenty first Day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight
Hundred and Nineteen--
Robert North Surrogate
State of New York}
Delaware County} Be it Remembered that on the twenty first Day of october in
the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen personally
appeared before me Robert North Esquire Surrogate of the said County of
Delaware Ebenezer Penfield one of the subscribing witnesses to the will of
William Lamb late of the Town of Harpersfield in the said County Deceased who
being Duly Sworn Declared that he did see the said William Lamb seal and
execute the Written instrument purporting to be the last Will and Testament of
the said William Lamb Bearing Date the Sixteenth Day of July in the year of
our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen and heard him pubish and
Declare the same as and for his last Will and Testament; that at the time
thereof he the said William Lamb was of sound Disposing Mind and Memory to the
best of the knowledge and belief of the Said Ebenezer Penfield-And that he the
said Ebenezer Penfield together with Joseph Hotchkiss and John Bruse the other
witnesses to the said Will severally subscribed their hands and names to the
said Will as witnesses thereto in presence of the Testator and of each other--
Delaware County}
And be it also Remembered than [sic] on the twenty first Day of October in
the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen the Revd. Stephen
Fenn Executor named in the last will and Testament of the said William Lamb
late of the Town of Harpersfield in said County Deceased likewise appeared
before me the said Surrogate and being Duly sworn to the true Execution and
performance of the said will by his taking the oath of an Executor as by law
appointed.
Robert North Surrogate
the Will of William Lamb with the providing [illegible word] was Recorded
October 21, 1819
Robt North Surrogate