NEW 10 February 2000
READ FAMILY CONNECTIONS
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The probate records of John Read2 (died 20 April 1814) are housed in the office of the Surrogate Court Judge of Sussex County, New Jersey, which is located in the county court house in Newton, New Jersey. These records consist of John's inventory, bonds for administration of the estate, accounts for payments of John's debts made by the estate, and orphan's court minutes detailing the settlement of the estate. I have included transcripts of John's administrative bonds and accounts. There are also abstracts of the orphans court orders in this section. The transcripts use the original spelling and punctuation found in the documents. Some of the probate records I consulted are original documents. These are found in File 8032. Other records are copies of the originals, made by the clerk of the Surrogate Court, and placed in the County's Orphans Court Minutes books. You will notice a lack of commas and periods throughout the documents. This is not unusual for the nineteenth century. Americans in the early nineteenth century were still in the process of standardizing the forms of grammar, punctuation and spelling which we use today.
The records transcribed in this section, as well as those not included, are publically available. Copies of the documents may be ordered for a modest fee. For more information contact:
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Application for Administration Bond 2 May 1815
Administration Bond 2 May 1815
First Estate Account 24 May 1815
Second Estate Account 21 August 1817
Application to Sell Real Estate 21 August 1817
Order, August 1817
Order, November 1817
Order, August 1818
Return to John Read
Samuel Read, adm of John Read decd} Administration Bond
Sussex County, ss.
Samuel Read the Administrator within named, being duly sworn according to Law, did depose and say that John Read within named died without a Will, so far as he knows and as he verily believes That he will well and truly administer all and singular the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, which were of the said deceased, at the time of his death, that have, or shall come to his possession or knowledge, or to the possession of any other person or persons for his use; and that he will make and exihibt into the Surrogate's Office of the County of Sussex, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, and render a just and true account of his administration.
Samuel Read
Sworn before me, at Newton, on the
Second day of May
Anno Domini 1815
D. Stuart Surrogate
Sussex County Surrogate Court Records, File 8032
KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, That we, Samuel Read, David Read & Daniel Harker of the County of Sussex State of New Jersey are held firmly bound unto William S. Pennington Ordinary or Surrogate-General of the said State, in the sum of twelve hundred Dollars, lawful money of said State, to be paid to the said William S. Pennington his Successors or Assigns: To which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our Seals, and dated the second day of May Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.
The Condition of this obligation is such, That if the above bound Samuel Read Administrator of all and singlular the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of John Read late of the County of Sussex, deceased, do make or cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the Goods and Chattels and Credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge of the said Samuel or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for the said Samuel and the same so made do exhibit, or cuase to be exhibited into the Surrogate's Office of the County of Sussex, at or before the expiration of six calender months from the date of the above written Obligation, and the same Goods, Chattels, and Credits, and all other Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased at the time of his death, which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of the said Samuel or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for the said Samuel do well and truly administer according to law; and further, do make, or cause to be made, a just and true account of his administration, within twelve calender months from the date of the above written Obligation; and all the rest and residue of the said Goods, Chattels and Credits, which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said administration, the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judges of the Orphan's Court of the County, or other competent authority shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons respectively, who is, are, or shall, by law, be entitled to receive the same. And if it shall hereafter appear, that any last Will and Testament was made by the said deceased, and the executor or executors therein named, or any other persons, do exhibit the same into the said Prerogative Court, making request to have it allowed and approved; if the said Samuel being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said letters of administration, (approbation of the said testament being first had and made) to the said Court, then the above Obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to remain in full force and virtue.
Samuel Read
David Read
Daniel Harker
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN D. Stuart
THE PRESENCE OF
An Account of the debts and credits of the estate of John Read decd as rendered by Samuel Read admr in order to procure a sale of the real estate for the payment of debts and expenses.
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Amount of the inventory of the personal estate |
$505.31 |
Ry Amount of Receipts for debts paid |
$678.96 |
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Deficency |
$82.75 |
Ry a note included in the inventory [illegible] |
$10.27 |
|
$588.06 |
Ry as much paid Peter Konkle |
$0.82 | |
|
Ry deficiency on the vendue |
$18.01 | ||
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Ry Commission & expense supposed |
$80.00 | ||
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$588.06 |
Sussex County
Samuel Read the above named adm. being duly sworn saith, that the forgoing statement of debts & credits is true to the best of his information & belief
Samuel ReadSworn at Newton the 20th August
Anno Domini 1817 before me
D. Stuart Surrogate
Sussex Orphan's Court
August Term 1817
A statement of the debts and credits of John Read decd or application to sell lands
To the Judges of the Orphan's Court for the County of Sussex
The Petition of Samuel Read admr of John Read decd
Respectfully Sheweth
That your petitioner hath exhibited an account of the debts & credits of the said decd to this court on oath, as far as he has been able to discern the same by which account it appears, that the personal estate of the said decd is not sufficient to pay the debts & expenses Wherefore your petitioner prays the order & decree of this court authorizing him to sell & dispose of the real estate of the said decd - (a description whereof is hereunto ammended) for the purpose of paying the said debts demands & expenses, according to the act of Assembly in such case made & provided.
21th August 1817
Samuel Read
A Lot of Wood Land situate in the township of Hardwick containing about one hundred acres adjoining Land of John L Snover, Andrew Rice & others.
Abstract
Sussex County Surrogate Court Records, Minutes Liber A-2, folio 60
August Term 1817
The court ordered Samuel Read , administrator of the estate of John Reed, deceased, to appear before the Orphans Court on the forth Tuesday in November at 10 AM to show cause why some of the real estate of the deceased should not be sold to cover the estate debts, as the personal estate was insufficent to cover the said debts.
Abstract
Sussex County Surrogate Court Records, Minutes Liber A-2, folio 72
November Term 1817
Samuel Read, administrator of the the estate of John Read, deceased, was ordered by the Orphan's Court to sell real estate of the deceased to cover estate debt. The court ordered the sale of 100 acres of wood land in Hardwick Township adjoinning the land of John L. Snover, Andrew Rice and others, which John Read died seized of. Or, Samuel Read was to sell as much real estate as would cover the debts.
Abstract
Sussex County Surrogate Court Records, Minutes Liber A-2, folio 103
August Term 1818
Samuel Read, administrator of the the estate of John Read, deceased, submitted an account of the estate to the Orphan's Court. The account was audited by the Court. A final balance of $1.48 was on-hand. The court ordered the that the account finally be allowed and paid.
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