Marmaduke Coate Will, Burling Co, NJ 1749

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Will of Marmaduke Coate

In the Name of God Amen, this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one 
thousand seven hundred and forty nine.  I Marmaduke Coates of the Township of 
Mansfield in the County of Burlington the (either Wes York division or western 
division) of New Jersey.  House Carpenter being at the time weak of body but 
thanks be to God I am of sound and perfect disposing mind and memory I do hereby 
and by those present make ordain and list in writing this my Last Will and 
Testiment in manner and form as follow.

The first and principally of all I give and commend my soul unto the hands of 
God that gave it and my body to the earth to definitely buried at the discretion 
of my Ex.  Hereafter named and in touching  the disposing of my worldly estate 
wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give devise and 
dispose of the same in manner and form as followth. I give and  bequeath unto 
Sarah my well beloved wife all that tract of land purchased of John Gibbs in the 
twoneship of Mansfield whereon I now sell with all my personal estate thereon 
(?) also in like manner I give unto Sarah my wife all that tract of land up at 
the mountain lying in Kingswood in the township of Bethlehem all in the Western 
Division of New Jersey all which to be possessed and enjoyed by Sarah my wife 
until my children come to lawful age hereby to enable her to bring up my 
children. 

Item I give and bequeath unto my son John Coats (there are two different copies 
of this will one the actual copy and the other the clerks...John's name is 
spelled Coats in the will but as Coates in the clerks copy) all this land in the 
township of Mansfield when at age to be his part and portion all of that tract 
of land also that tract of up at the mountains aforementioned I give and 
bequeath unto my other child not now born to be possessed when at age if either 
child should die before at age or without issue Sarah my wife shall possess its 
part during her life and after her decease to return to my heirs and for the 
true performance of every part hereof I do hereby constitute make and ordain my 
brother John Coats and Sarah my wife to be my sole executors of this my Last 
Will and Testament utterly disallowing, revoking disallowing all and every other 
former testaments wills sequoias and executors by me in my will before this time 
named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to being 
my last will and testament In witness whereof I have hereunto sat my hand and 
seal the day and year above written.

Marmaduke Coate  (seal)

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Sealed & delivered in the presence of us John Buffin Ann Buffin Joseph Pope_____ 
John Buffin one of the witnesses to the within written will being duly affirmed 
according to saw and declares that he was present and saw Marmaduke Coate the 
testator within named sing and seal the same and heard him publish pronounce and 
declare the within instrument to be his last will and testament and that at the 
doing thereof the testator was of sound and perfect mind and memory as far as he 
knows and as he truly believes and that Anne Buffin and Joseph Pope the other 
subscribing witnesses were present and subscribed there name and witnesses those 
to in the presence of the testator.  John Buffin affirmed at Burlington this 
31st day of May 1749.  

John Buffin 

Before Scattergood, Surrogate....

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Be it remembered that the Last Will and Testament of Marmaduke Coate as being 
duly proved as above said probate and Letters Testamentary were granted by this 
Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq. Governor of the Province of New Jersey unto 
Sarah Coate on of hte Exe in the said will named spe being duly affirmed well 
and truly to perform the said will and exhibit a true and perfect inventory and 
render a just accounting when there unto lawfully required. Given under the 
Prerogative seal of the said province at Burlington this 31st  day of May anno 
Dom. 1759.  

Sarah Coate

Scattergood, Surrogate