If Newell Miller owned property in Saratoga County, there should be a will filed for him in Saratoga County. If he owned property in several states, they would need to file a copy of the will and final disposition of his estate in each place the property was owned. The deed-out should list in the index, Newell Miller, et al which would be Luke and Matilda Newell's names also. If Luke is the oldest son, this is a very common occurence dating from the early laws of the Bible. He is duty bound to care for his mother and provide for all of the children until they are 21. The fact that he left the daughters $1. just states that they are married and of age and do not need further care from his estate. As the children become of age or the final child is out and Matilda has died, there may be additional papers in his probate file at a later date showing that each of these things were taken care of and the estate satisfied. Should there be a real need, especially financial before all of this is satisfied, you might find other paper work in the probate where the court has to approve of alternate measures, such as selling off some or all of the estate to pay off previous creditors, or provide for the needs of these people in some other way. Possibly the mortgage or rent provided from these men will be enough income to keep them going. It does not mention the Right of Dower of the wife so she would have to be provided to her death. If any of those children are under 21, there would most likely be a guardianship listed for them. In Guardianships is where you usually will find their actual date of birth. It usually states John Doe, being 15 on his birthday last 12 Oct. Then you take the year the paper is filed in and go to the year before, and subtract 15 years from that and you will know what year John Doe was born in on 12 Oct. Heritage Hunters volunteers have been copying the index to the Surrogate which includes the Testate (with a will), Intestate (without a will) and Guardianships (under-age children) and publishing them in our bi-monthly newsletter. We are currently up to the "L" in the index. We are extacting all card from 1790 to 1900. This is a great resource to have on hand. The newsletter includes queries from our members and great articles about the events and information about the towns. Are there any others of Newell's household in the census in Rensselaer County? The fact that he still owns the property in Stillwater and is residing in Rensselaer is a bit of a mystery unless he has a business or property to live on over there. He has two other people living on or using his Stilllwater property but they could just be farming it or taking the wood off of it. Have you researched the Newells? There is a lot out there on that surname. They are everywhere. Finding answers always brings up more questions. Game of elimination. God Bless Ruth Ann [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.