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Displaying 9 Finding Aids
Title
- Record of funds and cases transferred to the Court of Chancery
Series Number
- J0302
Summary
- Chapter 70 of the Laws of 1822 abolished the Court of Probates and transferred all appeals, suits, judgments, and decrees pending in that court to the Court of Chancery. This series consists of records that document such transfers. The three items included in this series are the receipt of Gerrit W. Lansing (last judge of the Court of Probates) for funds and records transferred, Lansing's accounts with the Court of Probates, and a listing of cases transferred.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Inventories and accounts
Series Number
- J0301
Summary
- This series consists of property inventories and accounts of administrators and executors for those with and without a will. Inventories include decedent's name, occupation, residence, a list and appraisal of personal and real property (including slaves), and signatures of persons compiling and those appraising the inventory. Accounts contain descendants name, executor/ administrator, outstanding debts and credits.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Court of Probates administration bonds
Series Number
- J0034
Summary
- 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.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Record of wills and probates
Series Number
- J0043
Summary
- 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 were women; some wills bequeathed slaves; and Dutch wills sometimes had English translations. Volumes before 1700 also include other records such as governor, council, and criminal proceedings; marriage licenses, and coroner's inquests.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for inter-library loan or reproduction for any purpose.
Title
- Court of Probates administration papers
Series Number
- J0033
Summary
- 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; accounts of administrators and executors; caveats preventing the probating of a will or appointment of an administrator; wills; property inventories; testimony; affidavits; depositions; appeals from county Surrogate's Courts; petitions; quietuses removing executors; and other court orders.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Probated wills
Series Number
- J0038
Summary
- 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 to the will, heirs, and executor; testator's occupation; how the estate was to be divided; and proceedings for how the will was proved.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Exemplifications of wills, letters testamentary, and letters of administration
Series Number
- J0039
Summary
- 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 by the Court of Probates were dated during or before the Revolutionary War.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Inventory of wills, administration papers and inventories transferred from the Secretary of State to the Court of Probates
Series Number
- J0036
Summary
- 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 British lines by the provincial Prerogative Court between 1776 and 1783; inventories and accounts exhibited before 1776; inventories and accounts exhibited behind British lines between 1776 and 1783; and administration granted before 1776.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Orders and decrees
Series Number
- J0208
Summary
- This series consists of orders and decrees issued by the judge of the Court of Probates. Examples include decrees and orders reversing or sustaining the decision of a surrogate's court, appointing or dismissing a guardian or an administrator, requiring the appearance of an individual before the court, setting a hearing date, requiring an administrator to pay money to the court or to exhibit his accounts, distributing the estate of a decedent, and requiring the sale of a decedent's property.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.