I have a general question about probate records. How were people selected to take the inventory for probate? Is there any significance to the names that were chosen? Could they be assumed to be friends or relatives? Does anyone know more about that? Thanks, Holly (Surnames in Fairfield County: Holly, Guernsey/Garnsey, Mead, Seekins, Finch, Lockwood. Missing link: parents of William Henry Holly, b. 1812-13, Stamford or Greenwich, d. 24 Jan. 1892 in Port Chester, NY)