WILL: Aaron B. Akin; Clinton, Rensselaer co., New York
surname: Akin, Crapo

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Rensselaer co NY Will Book Vol. 49 page 440
Written: 11 Dec 1857
Probated: 26 Jan 1858
 
Will & Proofs Of Aaron B. Akin

The Last Will & Testament Of Aaron B. Akin, Deceased With the Proofs thereof
as a Will of Real & Personal Estate.
Recorded January 26th 1858.

Will
 
Know all men by these presents that I Aaron B. Akin of the Town of Clinton in
the County of Rensselaer & State of New York of sound mind & memory do make,
declare, & publish this my last Will & Testament.

First, I give & bequeath unto my beloved wife, Caroline C., all my household
furniture & also the use of one third of all my real & personal Estate
property in lieu of her dowry.

Second, I give & bequeath unto my Grandson Burr Akin, son of William G. Akin,
deceased, the sum of Two Thousand Dollars to be invested on Bond & Mortgage by
my Executrix & Executors & the interest to be paid annually to him until he
becomes 21 years of age.

Third, I give & bequeath unto my two Sons, Isaac W. & Richard W. Akin & also
my two Daughters, Martha Jane, wife of Chauncy V. Crapo & Catherine Maria Akin
all the remainder of my Estate to be divided equally share & share alike
deducting One Thousand five Hundred Dollars from the share of Martha Jane wife
of Chauncy V. Crapo which sum she has already rec. from my Estate.

Fourth, I wish & desire that my Executrix and Executors invest the sum
bequeathed to my Grandson Burr Akin, son of William G. Akin, deceased, & also
the portion of my estate bequeathed to my wife Caroline in like manner.

Fifth, I do nominate & appoint my wife Caroline C. Akin my Executrix & my two
Sons, Isaac W. & Richard W. Akin Executors of this my last Will & Testament.

On testimony thereof I have hereto set my hand & seal & publish, declare this
to be my last Will & Testament in presence of the witnesses named below this
11th day of December one Thousand Eight Hundred & Fifty Seven.
Aaron B. Akin {Seal}
Signed, Sealed & Delivered & Published by the said Aaron B. Akin as & for his
last Will & Testament in presence of us who at his request & in his presence I
in the presence of each other have set to writing (?) our names as witnesses.
Isaac Akin, Greenbush, Rensselaer Co., Benj'm Akin, Clinton, Do
 
 
Proofs
Surrogate Court
In the matter of Proving
The Will & Testament
Of
Aaron B. Akin, Dec'd
County of Rensselaer
Isaac Akin of Greenbush & Benjamin Akin of the Town of Clinton in the County
of Rensselaer being duly sworn in open court doth depose & say & each for
himself says that he is a subscribing witness to the last Will & Testament of
Aaron B. Akin, late of the Town of Clinton in the County of Rensselaer,
deceased. And that the said deceased did in the presence of the deponents
subscribe his name at the end of the instrument which is now shown and
exhibited to these deponents and which purports to be the last Will and
Testament of the said Aaron B. Akin which bears date on the 11th day of
December 1857.

And that the said Aaron B. Akin did in the presence of these deponents & at
the time of subscribing his name as aforesaid declared the said instrument to
be his last Will & Testament and these deponents did thereupon subscribe their
names at the end of the said Will as attesting witnesses thereto at the
request of the said Testator in his presence & in the presence of each other.
And at the time when the said Testator subscribed his name as aforesaid, he
was of sound mind & memory of free age to execute a Will & was not under any
restraint but content in all respects to devise real Estate.
Subscribed & Sworn this 26th day of Isaac Akin
January 1858 before me Benj'n Akin
Rob't McClellan, Surrogate

Rensselaer County {Seal} I Robert C. McClellan, Surrogate of said County do
hereby certify the foregoing to be a true record of the last Will & Testament
of Aaron B. Akin dec'd inst the Proofs thereof as a Will of Real & Personal
Estate and that the same was recorded this 26th day of January 1858 as a Will
of Real Estate.
Rob't McClellan, Surrogate