Luedders’ historical and pictorial city directory of Angola, Indiana for the year 1923, containing an historical compilation of items of local interest, a complete canvass of names in the city, which includes every member of the family, college students, families on rural lines, directory of officers of county, city, lodges, churches, societies, a directory of streets, and a classified business directory.
Abstracts of wills on file in the surrogate’s office city of New York 1660-1680. From May 1787 to the present, county surrogate’s courts have recorded probates. However, the court of probates and court of chancery handled estates of deceased persons who died in one county but who owned property in another. An 1823 law mandated that all probates come under the jurisdiction of the county surrogate’s courts. Each surrogate’s court has a comprehensive index to all probate records, including the unrecorded probate packets. Interestingly enough, there are wills existing and on record at the Surrogate’s Office in New York City for the time-span of 1660-1680. Genealogical extracts of these wills have been provided below.
In his will dated April 19, 1675, John Elton of Southold, in a state of weakness, bequeaths half of his movable estate to his wife and the other half to his nephew, Isaac Overton. He allocates half of his lands and homes to his wife for her lifetime, after which they will pass to Overton. Elton also bequeaths £10 in cattle to his daughter-in-law, Anna Nicolls. He appoints Mr. Joshua Hobert and Mr. Thomas Hutchinson as executors to manage the estate. The will was proved on June 3, 1675.