Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York

"Wills covering the entire colony of New York were recorded with the Prerogative court, and later with the Court of probates under the first constitution of the state. A portion of the files are in the office of the clerk of the Court of appeals in Albany, while others, chiefly those relating to Westchester and counties farther south, were transferred by legislative act in 1797 to the Surrogate's office of New York county. "

• Compiled and edited by William S. Pelletreau and John Keller

• Note: The Abstracts of Wills were published as a series of volumes numbered I to XVII, but they are also numbered as volumes 25 to 41 of the Collections of the New-York Historical Society.

Citation Example

<span id='NYwills'></span>New York State (N.Y.), William S. Pelletreau, John Keller, New York (State), and New-York Historical Society, (eds.) ''[[Space:Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York| Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York.]]'' published in ''[[Space:Collections of the New-York Historical Society|Collections of the New-York Historical Society]] for the Year[s] ; 1892-1908, v. 25-41. (New York: New-York Historical Society, 1892-1908)

Footnote Example

<ref>[[#NYwills|NYwills]], Volume #, Page 123</ref>

• What Links to Here

Individual Volumes: Contents and Online Sources

• I. 1665-1707. Vol. 25 of Collections of the New-York Historical Society (1892)

• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnew25newy
• https://archive.org/details/abstractswillso03kellgoog
• http://books.google.com/books?id=8LAFAAAAMAAJ

• II. 1708-1728.

• https://books.google.com/books?id=x7EFAAAAMAAJ
• https://books.google.com/books?id=C1QOAAAAIAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv26newy
• https://archive.org/details/abstractswillso07kellgoog

• III. 1730-1744.--

• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv27newy
• https://archive.org/details/abstractswillso01kellgoog
• https://books.google.com/books?id=RLIFAAAAMAAJ

• IV. 1744-1753.--

• https://books.google.com/books?id=Aj8GAAAAMAAJ
• https://books.google.com/books?id=DFUOAAAAIAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv28newy
• https://archive.org/details/abstractswillso02kellgoog

• V. 1754-1760.--

• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv29newy
• https://archive.org/details/abstractswillso04kellgoog
• https://books.google.com/books?id=2T8GAAAAMAAJ

• VI. 1760-1766.--

• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv30newy

• VII. June 6, 1766- November 29, 1771.--

• https://books.google.com/books?id=UBwXAAAAYAAJ
• http://books.google.com/books?id=9EAGAAAAMAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv31newy
• https://archive.org/details/collectionsnewy00socigoog
• https://archive.org/details/abstractswillso05kellgoog

• VIII. 1771-1776.--

• https://books.google.com/books?id=9FMOAAAAIAAJ
• https://books.google.com/books?id=tdgTAAAAYAAJ
• https://books.google.com/books?id=cUEGAAAAMAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv32newy
• https://archive.org/details/abstractswillso06kellgoog

• IX. Jan. 7, 1777- Feb. 7, 1783.--

• https://books.google.com/books?id=CFIOAAAAIAAJ
• https://books.google.com/books?id=cSQLAAAAIAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv33newy
• https://archive.org/details/abstractswillso08kellgoog

• X. Oct. 23, 1780- Nov. 5, 1782.--

• https://books.google.com/books?id=JSQLAAAAIAAJ
• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv34newy
• https://archive.org/details/abstractswillso00kellgoog

• XI. Abstracts of unrecorded wills prior to 1790 [i.e. 1800]--

• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnew35newy
• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv35newy

• XII. June 17, 1782- Sept. 11, 1784.--

• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv36newy
• https://books.google.com/books?id=SlMOAAAAIAAJ

• XIII. Sept. 3, 1784- June 12, 1786.--

• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv37newy
• https://books.google.com/books?id=6lIOAAAAIAAJ

• XIV. 12 Jun 1786 - 13 Feb 1796.--

• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnew38newy
• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv38newy
• https://archive.org/details/abstractsofwills3814newy/page/n15

• XV. Feb. 15, 1796- Jan. 14, 1801.--

• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv39newy

• XVI. Corrections [of] Abstracts of wills, vol. I-V

• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv40newy
• https://books.google.com/books?id=VVYOAAAAIAAJ

• XVII. Corrections [of] Abstracts of wills, vol. VI-IX, XI

• https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnewv41newy