Record of Will

I William Henry Goff of Rochester, Monroe County New York do make my last will 
and testament as follows: First – I will devise and bequeath all my property 
real & personal to my dear wife Rebecca Goff and I  nominate and appoint my said 
wife Rebecca Sole executrix of this my last will and testament hereby revoking 
any and all wills by me heretofore made. Witness my hand & seal this 21st day of 
May 1870.
his
William Henry X Goff mark


The foregoing consisting of one sheet was on the day of the date thereof, signed 
sealed & executed by said testator in our presence and we at his request and in 
his presence and in the presence of each other sign our names thereto as 
attesting witnesses thereof.

_____ Alfred G. Mudge of Rochester N.Y. _____
_____ DeWitt I. Luckey Rochester N.Y. _____

State of New York
Monroe County SS
Be it remembered that on the day of the date hereof, the last Will and Testament 
of William H. Goff late of the city of Rochester, in said County, deceased, 
(being the foregoing written instrument,) was duly proved before W. D. Stuart, 
esq. Surrogate of the said County, according to law, as and for the last Will 
and Testament of the Real and Personal Estate of said deceased; which said last 
Will and Testament, and the proofs and examinations taken thereon, are recorded 
in his office.
L.S.
U. S. Int Rev In Testimony Whereof, The Surrogate of the said County has 
hereunto set his hand and 
5c stamp affixed his seal of office this 1st day of July 1870.
Cancelled _____ W. D. Stuart Surrogate _____


Surrogate Court, Monroe County
In the Matter of Proving the last Will and Testament of
_____William H. Goff_____
Deceased
Monroe County SS:
Alfred G. Mudge and De Witt I. Luckey being first duly sworn in open Court upon 
their several corporal oaths, each for himself doth depose and say, that he is a 
subscribing witness to the last Will and Testament of William H. Goff late of 
the City of Rochester in the County of Monroe and State of New York, deceased. 
And these deponents do further say that the said William H. Goff deceased, did 
in the presence of each of these deponents, subscribe his name at the end of the 
instrument in writing which is now here shown to these deponents; and which 
purports to be the last Will and Testament of the said deceased, and which bears 
date on the 21st day of May one thousand eight hundred and seventy. The said 
deceased died at Rochester on the 22nd day of May 1870: that the said deceased 
did, at the time of subscribing his name to the said instrument as aforesaid 
declare the same to be his last Will and Testament: and these deponents did 
thereupon subscribe their own respective names at the end of said instrument, as 
attesting witnesses to the execution thereof, each at the request of the said 
deceased, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other: That the said 
deceased at the time of so subscribing his name to said instrument as aforesaid, 
and publishing said instrument as aforesaid, was upwards of twenty-one years of 
age, and a citizen of the United States: that he appeared to be, and deponents 
believe he was of sound mind, memory and understanding, and not under any 
restraint, and as deponents verily believe, in all respects competent to devise 
real estate: that each of these deponents saw the other sign his name to the 
said nstrument in the presence of the said deceased.
Sworn this 1st day } Alfred G. Mudge
Of July 1870 D. I. Luckey
_____W. D. Stuart, Surrogate of Monroe County _____

A true record of the Last Will and Testament of William H. Goff late of the City 
of Rochester in the County of Monroe and State of New York, deceased, and the 
proofs, proceedings and examinations had, and taken on admitting said Will to be 
proved and recorded according to law as a Will of Real and Personal Estate.
Ex.d. W. D. Stuart, Surrogate [signature]
_____Recorded and Examined July 1st 1870 W. D. Stuart, Surrogate [signature]