TOWN HILL CEMETERY - 1922 | ELIZABETH HAWLEY

ESTATE OF ELIZABETH HAWLEY. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. MAY 12 1922.

Know all men hereby that I, Elizabeth Hawley, of the Town of New Hartford, County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, being now of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament.

(1) After payment of my just debts, funeral and probate expenses, I direct my executor to sell my farm and any other property that I may leave, so as to convert my estate into cash, not selling said farm at auction, but taking sufficient time in his judgment to obtain a proper and adequate price.

When my estate shall have been converted into cash I give, devise and bequeath all my said estate to the Town of New Hartford in trust to use the same for the improvement, beautifying and care of the Town Hill Cemetery in said town.

It is my wish and direction that said town should use a sufficient amount of the principal of said bequest to build a proper stone wall about said Cemetery and a stone entrance and gateway thereto, and to make any improvements in said cemetery which may then be urgently needed, and that the balance of said fund shall be deposited in some savings bank or banks in the State of Connecticut, and the income of said fund shall be used from time to time as it accrues for the perpetual care of and beautification of said cemetery.

It is my desire that special care be taken of the Hawley lot, where my parents are buried, and in which I desire to be buried myself, and also of the Loomis lot and Goodwin lot which adjoin the Hawley lot.

If in the opinion of the selectmen of said town the estate which I leave at the time of my death is insufficient to carry out the above purposes in an adequate and generous manner, I authorize and empower the said selectmen to allow said fund to remain unused in the savings bank for not exceeding ten years, adding the interest to the principal so that the amount may be more adequate.

(2) I nominate and appoint John W. Porch of Bristol to be executor hereof.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Bristol in said State this 12th day of May, 1922.

Elizabeth Hawley (L.S.)

Subscribed, sealed and declared to be her last will and testament by Miss Elizabeth Hawley in presence of us, who in her presence and in presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses.

Emma F. Porch

Alice J. Nelson

Epaphroditas Peck

State of Connecticut} ss.

County of Hartford} Bristol, May 12, A.D. 1922.

The above subscribing witnesses, Emma F. Peck of Bristol and Alice J. Nelson of Bristol being duly sworn, depose and say: That they witnessed the within will of Miss Elizabeth Hawley and subscribed the same as witnesses at the request of the testator and in her presence, and in the presence of each other and of the third attesting witness, Epaphroditus Peck: That said Peck also witnessed said will and subscribed the same as witness at the request of the testator and in her presence and in the presence of the deponents; that the testator subscribed and sealed the same and declared it to be her last will and testament in the presence of the deponents and of said Peck; that she then seemed to the deponents to be of sound and disposing mind and memory; and that they make this affidavit at the request of the testator.

Emma F. Peck

Alice J. Nelson

Subscribed and sworn to, at the time and place above written, before me.

Epaphroditus Peck, Notary Public

A true copy

Frank L. Whiting, Judge

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