HENDRICK JACOBUSSE WILL, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

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Will of Hendrick Jacobusse (written 1760, proved 1763) in Essex Co., NJ.  


Will of Hendrick Jacobusse
Essex Co., New Jersey
3452-3452G, B.H. p. 382
Will written 25 May 1760 and proved 7 February 1763

[The following is a transcription of the will of Hendrick 
Jacobus(se), as best I could decipher.  I have added commas to make 
more readable.  Otherwise it is transcribed as it appears in the will 
book… Becky Falin]

In the name of God Amen.  This twenty fifth day of May in the year of 
our Lord anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty.   I, 
Hendrick Jacobusse at Peekmans River in the County of Essex in the 
Eastern Division of New Jersey, yeoman, being aged but of perfect 
mind and memory thank be to God, therefore, but calling to mind the 
mortality of my body and that it appointed unto man once to die, do 
make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say, 
first and principally I give and recommend my soul into the hands of 
God that gave it and my body I recommend to be buried in deceit 
Christian manner at the discretion of my executors to be named, and 
touching the worldly estate where with God hath blessed me in this 
life I give bequeath and dispossess of the same in the following 
manner imprimis, my will is that all my just debts and funeral 
expenses be well and fully paid and discharged.  Item, I give and 
bequeath unto my loving wife Egje Jacobusse a Negro wench named Bet 
and during widowhood to remain in possession of my house in which I 
now dwell and in the enjoyment of the personal estate and to receive 
a comfortable support from all my sons.  Item, I give and bequeath 
unto my oldest son John a horse over and above his equal share with 
the rest of my sons.  Item, my will is that all my land be divided 
among my eight sons, John, Jacobus, Johanni, Adryaan, Peter, 
Hendrick, Dirrick and Gerret, in the following manner. That is to say 
my will is that my old settlement shall be equally divided among my 
six sons Jacobus, Gerret, Dirrick, Hendrick, Peter and Adryaan,  
Jacobus to have the old and first lot, Gerret the second, Dirrick the 
third, Hendrick the fourth, Peter the fifth, Adryaan the sixth lot, 
each with their respective dwellings and improvements and that John 
and Johannis each of them shall have an equal quantity of acres in 
the purchase land as the rest have in my old settlement and touching 
the remainder of my purchase right that shall be equally divided 
among all my eight sons aforesaid, share and share alike, and in case 
the purchase land should be disputed, law then all my sons to bear 
equal expenses at law for the defense of said land and if after a 
court of law the said land should be lost, then John and Johannis to 
have their equal share in the land of my old settlement with the rest 
of my sons or the value in money, and in all mines and mineral, my 
twelve children to have an equal right provided they are willing to 
bear equal expenses which if any refuse, he or she shall lose their 
right in said mines or mineral.  Item, my will is that the Brewery 
with what belong to it shall remain to the use of all my children.  
And touching my moveable estate, my will that that Dirrick my son 
shall have a loom with what belongs to it.  Jacobus and Gerret to 
have plow and horses as the rest of my sons have had, my daughter 
Aaltje to have her furniture as the rest of my daughters have had, 
and my son Hendrick to pay ten pounds unto my son Peter.  Item, my 
will is that my eight sons aforesaid shall pay within eight years 
after my decease unto each of my daughters Jannitje, Helena, Frytje 
and Aaltje, thirdy pounds and that said daughters shall have the 
third part of my moveables, the rest to be equally divided among my 
eight sons aforesaid. Item, I do hereby nominate and do hereby revoke 
and my void all other will or wills by me heretofore made, holding 
firm this and no other to be my last will and testament.  In witness 
whereof I have hereunto let my hand and seal this day and year above 
written.  Signed, sealed, published, pronounced, and declared to be 
my last will and testament in the
Presence of
David Mariney
John Carrel
Gerret Gerretse

Hendrick Jacobusse, his mark


Be it remembered that on the seventh day of February in the year of 
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty three, Garret Garretse 
and John Carroo, two of the witnesses to the written will, personally 
appeared before me, Ugal Ogdon, duly authorized to prove wills and 
qualify executor in the Eastern Division of New Jersey and they being 
duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almightly God did depose that 
they were present and saw Hendrick Jacobus, the Testator within named 
sign and seal the written instrument and heard him publish, pronounce 
and declare the same to be his last will and testament and that at 
the doing thereof the said testator was of sound mind and memory to 
the best of their knowledge and that at the same time David Mariney 
was present and signed as did they each sign his name as a witness in 
the testators prospect.

Uzal Ogdon