New York Calendar of Wills, 1626-1836

By: Berthold Fernow, Pub. 1896, reprinted 2025, 674 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-663-5. These records are on File and Recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, of the County Clerk at Albany, and of the Secretary of State, 1626-1836. This begins with an explanation of New York testamentary law followed by approximately 2,100 abstracts of wills, giving the name of the testator, place of residence, date, names of wife and children, legatees, names of executors and witnesses, along with the number of the will. The complete name index mentions approximately 20,500 persons.