Need help citing administration account from 1840s Vermont probate file

Question

Hi,

Can someone help me cite this summary administration account as evidence that the decedent was survived by a widow (She is not named in the document but Mary LeBaron Esty Stockwell claims this would be Abigail (Doten) Walker in a genealogy of LeBaron Descendants)?

The record is on Ancestry below:

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9084/images/007714664_01111?pId=1080716

I included WikiTree ID below so you can check the source of marriage.

Answer 1

In cases like this, where the reference is a specific line in the probate records I would give the citation for the record and then quote the actual line verbatim, something like:

Vermont. Probate Court, Windsor, Vermont; Jabez Hammond Estate, Summary Administrator Account, April 10, 1843.  "Paid widow of said deceased,, as by agreement, in lieu of dower and assignment..."   

There's a lot more information on the estate at Probate records, 1787-1916 (familysearch.org)  and Probate records, 1787-1916 (familysearch.org)

They may not tell you more than you already know, but worth a look.