Will of Recompence SCULL (1786), Atlantic/Gloucester County, MD

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" WILL OF RECOMPENCE SCULL "

In the name of God Amen, I RECOMPENCE SCULL of Great Egg Harbour in County of 
Gloucester, State of New Jersey Well in Body and in Good memory Blessed be God, 
I do this day make and publish this my last will and Testament in manner 
following, that is to say.
First I Give and Bequeath to my son JOHN SCULL All my Plantation Where he now 
lives, Bounded by GIDEON SCULL Land on the North East, And by Cedar Swamp Creek 
on the North West, And by Laids late ISAAH SCULL on the South West, And By the 
Thorafair And Scull Bay on the South East be the same more or Less, And also all 
other cut Lands And Marsh, Rights and privilyes as Deamed my Rail Estate to him 
his Heirs and Assigns forever.
Item: I Give to my four Daughters SARAH SCULL, PHEBE STITES, MARY SOMERS, SOPHIA 
SCULL all my Goods and Chattles and Parsonal Estate, that is to say after my 
Lawful Debts and funeral Charges Are paid and my wife thirds are taken out, the 
Remainder of my Parsonal Estate I order to be Equally devided between my said 
four Daughters According and Agreeable to what part thay may have had of my 
Estate before Deceas, Which I order to be Equally distrebuted between them by my 
Exectuers. I make and ordain my wife PHEBE SCULL And my son JOHN SCULL sole 
Executors of this my will and Testament.

IN WITNESS Whereof I the said RECOMPENCE SCULL have to this my last Will and 
Testament set my hand and Seal this twenty first day of March in the Year of our 
Lord One Thousand Seven hundred And Eighty Six, 1786.

RECOMPENCE (his X mark) SCULL

Signed Sealed And Delivered by the sd RECOMPENCE SCULL As And for his last Will 
and Testament in the presence of us who were present at the Signing And Sealing 
hereof the word Estate Interlined before Signing And Sealing and delivery 
between the Twenty Second and third line.

JOHN SCULL, JOHN SCULL Jr., REBECKAH (her X mark) COVENOVER.

True Copy
Thomas Adams Sur.

By HIS EXCELLENCY, William Paterson Esquire Governor, Captain-General and 
Commander in chief, in and over the State of New Jersey, and Territories 
thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the same.
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Know ye that at Woodbury on 
the day of the date hereof the last Will and Testament of RECOMPENCE SCULL late 
of the County of Gloucester Deceased was proved before FRANKLIN DAVENPORT 
Esquire, Surrogate who was thereunto duly authorizes and appointed for that 
Purpose, and is now approved and allowed of by me: he the said Deceased, having 
while he lived, and at the time of his Death, Goods, Chattels, Rights, and 
Credits in divers Places within this State, by Means whereof the full 
Disposition of all and singular the Goods Chattels Rights and Credits, of the 
said Deceased and the granting Administration of them, unto me are maniffestly 
known to belong: and the Administration of all and singular the Goods, Rights, 
and Credits of the said Deceased, and his last Will and Testament in any Manner 
of Way Concerning, was granted unto JOHN SCULL Executor in the said Testament 
named chiefly of well and truly performing the said Will, and of making a true 
and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Rights and Credits, of the 
said Deceased, and exhibiting the same into the Registry of the Preogative Court 
in the Secretary's Office of New Jersey, and of rendering a just and true 
account, when thereunto lawfully required, being duly Sworn for that Purpose.
In Testimony whereof I have caused the Preogative Seal of the said State to be 
hereunto affixed at Burlington the first Day of October in the Year of our Lord 
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety two--1792

W m Paterson.