Judge of Probate

Edwards, appealed from the Decree of the Judge of Probate, 1st. because said Saml. at the Execution of said Writing [illegible] and long after was not, nor for a long time before had been of a sound and disposing Mind and Memory, but was non Compos.

John Adams diary 9, includes notes and draft essay, 1 - 11 February 1763, [June - July 1763] 1961

He served six years as Prosecuting Attorney for the county of Lenawee, and four years as Judge of Probate.

History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States William Horatio Barnes

Sheriffs, having by law the power to appoint an unlimited number of deputies, have been besieged by applicants, and even under the restraint which I endeavored to throw around them, by requiring the approval of their appointments by the Judge of Probate and the President of the Board of Police, but few have had any difficulty in procuring a sufficient number.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, Called Session, at Macon, August, 1864. Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives 1864

So the Judge of Probate appointed a guardian for the children, who magnanimously allowed them to remain in their mother's care.

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862

Be it further enacted, That the ballots shall be kept by the inspectors and returned to the Judge of Probate, as now required by law.

House Journal--10th Sess. A Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Florida, at Its Tenth Session, Begun and Held at the Capitol, in the City of Tallahassee, on Monday, November 26, 1860. Florida. General Assembly. House of Representatives 1861

Mr. Russell had studied his profession with Judge James Prescott, who was impeached and removed from the office of Judge of Probate for the county of Middlesex in the year 1821.

Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 George S. Boutwell 1861

Commissioner had been held by state magistrates, and, therefore, might be held by a Judge of Probate.

Anthony Burns : a history, 1856

See Mr. Dana's testimony before the committee of the legislature on the subject of removing Mr. Loring from the office of Judge of Probate.

Anthony Burns : a history, 1856

Their conduct in another respect it would indeed powerfully influence; for, with such a beacon in view, no Judge of Probate would afterward venture to lend his aid in executing the fugitive slave law.

Anthony Burns : a history, 1856

After a few years he relinquished preaching, and sustained the offices of Judge of Probate and colonel of a regiment.

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792