Will of Joseph Henry Appelgate
Kings County (NY) Probate File L 516, P156
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN:
I, JOSEPH HENRY APPELGATE, of the Borough of Brooklyn, in the City of New York, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this my last Will and Testament, as follows:
FIRST: I order and direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be paid, as soon as they conveniently may be paid after my decease.
SECOND: All the rest, residue and remainder of my property, both real and personal wheresoever situated, I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, SUSAN JANE APPELGATE, and to her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever.
THIRD: I hereby appoint my wife SUSAN JANE APPELGATE Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, and I order and direct that my executrix shall not be required to give a bond for the faithful performance of her duties.
FOURTH: I hereby revoke all other wills and codicils be me heretofore made.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my sealthis 12th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven.
WITNESS: s/ Joseph Henry Appelgate [seal]
Subscribed at the end and sealed by the said JOSEPH HENRY APPLEGATE, the Testator named in the foregoing Will, in the presence of us and of each of us, and at the time of making such subscription the above instrument was declared by the said Testator to be his last Will and Testament; and then we and each of us in his presence and in the presence of one another, did sign our names as witnesses thereto at the end of the Will
s/ George Frederick Kaiser Residing at 26 Rugby Rd. Brooklyn NY
s/ James Gardiner Conroy Residing at 277 Stratford Road City