"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is the first part of the 1912 Probate Record of James Richmond (1821-1912) of Putnam, Connecticut:
The transcription of this record is:
[page 425]
In the Court of Probate for the
District of Putnam March 12th 1913
Estate of James Richmond late of Putnam
in said district
deceased.
The Subscriber represents that James
Richmond last dwelt in the
Town of Putnam in said District, and
died on the 20th day of
December A. D. 1912 possessed of goods
and estate remaining
to be administered leaving as his only
heirs at law and next of
kin the persons whose names residences
and relationship to
the deceased are as follows, viz:
Names Residence Relationship
Thomas Richmond Putnam Son
James Richmond Stroudsburg Pa Son
Elizabeth A. Prentice Danielson Conn. Daughter
Louisa Richmond Putnam Daughter
Emma Fitts Pomfret Conn. Daughter
John H. Richmond Putnam Son
Charles E. Richmond Manchester
Conn. Son
and that said deceased left no will.
Therefore your petitioner prays
that letters of administration
may be granted to Thomas Richmond.
John H. Richmond
The undersigned being all the heirs at
law, and next of kin, and
devisees and legatees interested in the
foregoing petition,
accept service and waive notice of the
hindering of the foregoing
petition.
Thomas Richmond
James Richmond
Elizabeth A. Prentice
Louisa Richmond
Emma Richmond Fitts
John H. Richmond
Charles E. Richmond
Bond
Know all Men by these Presents,
That We Thomas Richmond as principal
and Wm. E. Davison as
surety are holden and stand firmly
bound and obliged, jointly
and severally unto the State of
Connecticut in the penal sum of
Fifty (50) Dollars to be paid to said
State or to its certain
attorney. To the which payment, well
and truly to be made and
done we the said Obligers do bind
ourselves and each of us
[page 426]
as heirs, executors and administrators,
and each and every of the,
for and in the whole sum aforesaid
firmly by these presents.
Signed with our hands, and sealed
with our seals, at Putnam
this 12th day of March A.D.
1913.
The condition of this Obligation is
such that whereas the above
bounden Thomas Richmond has been
appointed Administrator
on the estate of James Richmond late of
Putnam in the Probate
District of Putnam deceased.
Now therefore if the said Thomas
Richmond shall faithfully
discharge the duties of his said
appointment according to law,
then the above obligation to be void
and of none effect, otherwise
to remain in full force and virtue.
Thomas Richmond
Wm E. Davison
The above and foregoing is a true copy
of the Bond on file
Attest Edward G. Wright Judge
Inventory
To the Court of Probate for the
District of Putnam
Estate of James Richmond late of Putnam
in said District
deceased.
The Administrator hereby makes an
inventory of all the
property of said estate which property
has been appraised by the
undersigned appraisers duly sworn viz.
1 Farm Richmond Home Place
about 80 acres
$ 3,000
Wm R. May
D.N. Medbury Appraisers
Thomas Richmond Administrator
Subscribed and sworn to this 26th
day of April 1913 before me
Attest. Edward G. Wright
Judge
The source citation for this probate record is:
Putnam District, Connecticut, Probate Records, 1856-1920, Volume 11, Pages 425-426, Letter of Administration, Bond and Inventory of James Richmond estate; FHL microfilm FHL US/CAN Film 1,376,328.
James Richmond (1821-1912) is my second great-grandfather, and the father of my great-grandfather, Thomas Richmond (1848-1917). James' wife, Hannah (Rich) Richmond (1824-1911) died the year before James died. The seven children listed were all living at the time of this record. I wondered why another daughter, Hannah Rebecca (Richmond) (Smith) Hoyle (1859-1947?), widow of Frank N. Smith and Edmund A. Hoyle, was not mentioned in this probate record. Further research in Massachusetts Vital Records indicated that she died on 7 January 1907, leaving three Hoyle children.
I found this probate record on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake city on 11 February 2015.
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