Orange Surrogate Court
At a Surrogate's Court, held at the Surrogate Office in Goshen
in and for the County of Orange, on the thirty first day
of October One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty.
Present, Benjamin F. Duryea Surrogate
In the matter of the final Settlement of the
accounts of Ezra Holbert and Isaac J. Wri
ght administrators of all and singular the
goods chattels and credits which were
of
Henry Weeden, Deceased
Ezra Holbert and Isaac J. Wright administrators of the goods chattles and credits which were of Henry Weeden late of the Town of Chester in said County, deceased, having heretogone to wit on the thirtieth day of September now last past, by their Petition filed before said Surrogate showed amongst things, that eighteen months and upwards have expired since their appointment as such administrators as aforesaid, and that they were prepared to render an account of their proceedings as such administrators and have a final settlement thereof and prayed a citation to issue to all persons interested in the Estate of said Deceased, requiring them to appear in this Court on aday to be specified to attend the final settlement of said account of said administrators; the said Surrogate there upon did issue a citation, directed to all persons interested in the Estate of said deceased requiring them to appear before said Surrogate at his office in Goshen in said County on the twenty second day of October then next at ten o' clock in the forenoon to attend the final settlement of the account aforesaid. And afterwards to wit on the return day of said citation at the place last aforesaid before the said Surrogate appeared the said administrators in person and returned the said citation with an affidavit of the due service thereof on Jonathan F. Kniffin, and Harriet his wife. Edward Olmstead and Martha his wife. Charles P. Rumsey and Mary his wife. Eliza Weeden, Agustus A. Ackley, William H. Collard, Gilliam Bertholf, Isaac Van Duzer and Elizabeth J. Howell, and also on John Weeden, and Robert Weeden, minor children of said deceased, which said affidavit and citation was filed by said Surrogate. And the said administrators also produced due proof of affidavit of the service of notice upon the said minors and on Eliza Weeden, the Mother of said minors, and with whom they then resided that they were required to apply on the day last aforesaid to the said Surrogate for the appointment of aspecial guardian for said minors in this matter on that in default thereof the said administrators would apply for such appointment which said notice with the proof thereof was also filed by said Surrogate. And thereupon on application of said Administrators No other application being made for that purpose Joseph M. Gott was duly appointed by said Surrogate such special guardian for said minors his written consent thereto being first had and attained; And the said administrators having appeared as aforesaid and the said Joseph W. Gott special guardian as aforesaid having also appeared, and said William H. Collard, having also appeared in person and by Nathan Westcott his counsel and claimed to be a creditor of said deceased, and said Agustus A. Ackley, Gillian Bertholf, Elizabeth S. howell, and James J. Hallock also claiming to be creditors of said deceased, having also appeared, the said administrators rendered their account of their proceedings, under oath together with their vouchers therefor to the said Surrogate and the same were filed by him and such proceedings were thereupon had. that the said Surrogate after having examed the said accounts and vouchers adjourned the said matter for the purpose of further examining the same and hearing the proofs and allegations of the parties in relation thereto and in relation to the claims of the said Creditors appearing herein, to the thirty first day of October then instant.
And now at this any to wit the day last aforesaid, at a Surrogates Court held before the said Surrogate at his office aforesaid appears the said administrators and no other person appearing the said Surrogates after having examined the said account and vouchers, and heard the proofs and allegations of the parties, now here, finds the state and condition of the said account to be as stated and set forth in the following Summary Statement made to be recorded by the said Surrogate and taken as a part of this decreet to wit.
A Summary Statement of the account of Ezra Holbert & Isaac G. Wright, administrators of Henry Weeden, deceased made by the Surrogate as finally Settled and allowed by him to be Recorded with and taken as a part of the decree in this matter to wit.
The said administrators are Chargable as follows viz:
To amount of Inventory on file
$2321.26
" Increase on sales of property
352.57
" Dividend on Bank Stock received
160.00
" " Interest received
4.20
The said administrators are allowed and Credited as follows to wit.
By funeral expenses paid
$17.00
" Expenses of administration
62.87
" " Taxes
1.60
" " Debts of deceased
1412.13
" " Commissions on $2838.00
95.94
" " Surrogate fees
12.42
$1601.96
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Surplus in hands of administrators
$1236.07
And it appearing that the said administrators have accounted for every part of the said Estate of the said deceased and that no ? has been made by them of any increase in the Inventory and the accounts of the said administrators having been finally Settled and a Summary Statement thereof having been made by the said Surrogate as finally Settled and allowed by him to be recorded herewith and taken as a part of this decree. It is therefore here by ordered adjudged and decreed by the said Surrogate now here, that the said account be and the same is hereby finally Settled and allowed as filed and adjusted by the said Surrogate, and that the Summary Statement thereon as above made in and the same is taken as a part of this decree.
And it being made to appear to the said Surrogate that the said Henry Weeden, died intestate leaving him surviving the said Eliza Weeden his widow and the said Mary wife of Charles P. Rumsey, Martha wife of Edward A. Olmstead, Harriet wife of Jonathan F. Kniffin, John H. Weeden, and Robert L. Weeden, his children and only next of kin. It is therefore further ordered adjudged and decreed by the said Surrogate that the said Surplus of said Estate be and the same is hereby distributed to and amongst the said widow and next of kin as follows to wit.
To Eliza Weeden widow
$412.02
To Mary wife of Charles P. Rumsey
164.81
To Martha wife of Edward A. Olmstead
164.81
To Harriet wife of Jonathan F. Kniffin
164.81
" John H. Weeden
164.81
" Robert L. Weeden
164.81
And it is further ordered that the said administrators pay on demand to the said widow her distributive share of said surplus and that they pay to each of the above named next of kin or to the general guardian of such of them as are infants if any their respective distributive shares of said Surplus as is opposite their respective names as above.
It is also further ordered that the said administrators upon complying with the provisions of this decree be and they are hereby discharged from this or any further or other accounting for or on account of their administration of the Estate of said deceased and that this decree be final and conclusive upon all the parties appearing herein.
In testimony where of the Surrogate of the said County, hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his Seal of Office at the place and on the day and year first above written.
B. F. Duryea
Surrogate
Orange County
Surrogates Office
I hereby certify the preceding to be a true Record made this 1st day of November 1850 of the original decree in the matter of the final Settlement of the accounts of Ezra Holbert, and Isaac J. Wright, administrators of Henry Weeden, deceased.
B. F. Duryea
Surrogate