Timeline for Widow's probate in 18th century US?
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| Jun 6, 2021 at 16:18 | history | edited | Betty Crokker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 1, 2021 at 6:32 | comment | added | Jan Murphy♦ | Could you add (or clarify) your sources for the images you posted, so people reading this later who are new to research in this period can understand where you found the abstracts? Presumably they're in the sources you cited in between the two images, but spelling it out even more will aid the beginner. | |
| May 31, 2021 at 15:11 | vote | accept | Betty Crokker | ||
| May 30, 2021 at 23:50 | history | edited | PolyGeo♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 30, 2021 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackGenealogy/status/1398927182391615489 | ||
| May 30, 2021 at 7:18 | answer | added | Jan Murphy♦ | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 27, 2021 at 8:52 | comment | added | AdrianB38 | Eventually you get used to the typical strategies that are followed in these wills and start to expect to see certain methods used. For instance, how fathers attempt to protect heiress daughters from gold digging husbands before married women could hold property in their own right. | |
| May 27, 2021 at 1:49 | comment | added | Betty Crokker | I've added a transcription of the will, you were right that Elias had planned everything ahead of time, so nothing needed to be figured upon Ann's death. It's not the world's most straightforward will, but it would be enough to prevent needing a second probate when Ann died. | |
| May 27, 2021 at 1:48 | history | edited | Betty Crokker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 25, 2021 at 20:07 | comment | added | RobertShaw | As AdrianB38 says, these are abstract or summaries of wills, and not the full will, nor other probate documents that may exist. Hence other information may be available. The second summary you suggest is that of Elias-1750's son John, but the way it reads suggests it is that of a brother John of Elias-1750. The nominal bequest to nephew John as heir-at-law I think likely serves as evidence the will writer was aware that he did have blood heirs (the nephew) even though he was giving all else to a non-blood person, his wife. This may protect the will from successful challenge. | |
| May 24, 2021 at 9:03 | comment | added | AdrianB38 | Have you seen the actual will made by Elias? (I'm guessing that's a summary, albeit better than most). I'd suggest that the answer would be given by the actual will. My initial suspicion is that the will leaves Ann with only a life interest in the estate - she gets any rent, interest, etc, but she doesn't get full ownership. That ownership will be held by Elias' trustees. The will, I'd guess, will also dictate who gets ownership and how, of the residual estate, after her death. Hence no need for any extra process. This is just a theory based on UK experience. | |
| May 24, 2021 at 2:43 | history | asked | Betty Crokker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |