WILL OF AMARIAH BALLINGER, GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY

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Will Inventory of AMARIAH BALLINGER, 1760, NJ State Archives, 684H "In the name of God, Amen,
this third day of JANUARY 1758, I, AMERIAH BALLINGER of the township of Deptford in the county
of GLOUCESTER and province of West New Jersey, yeoman,being very sick and weak of
body.(unreadable) mind and memory, Thanks be given unto God; therefore calling unto mind the
mortallity of my body and knowing tht it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and
ordain this my Last will and Testament that is to say, principally and first of all, I give and
recommend my Soul unto the hands of God that gave it; and my body I recommend to the earth to
be buried in a decent and Christain (sic) like manner at the discretion of my Executor
hereafter named. And as touching my worldy estate...dispose of same in the following manner and
form: I give and bequeath unto my daughter-in-law, SUSANAH ASHBROOK, the sum of ten pounds to
be paid to her when she shall arrive at age of 18 years....I give unto my daughter-in-law
HANNAH ASHBROOK  and son-in-law THOMAS ASHBROOK each the sum of five pounds.......I give and
bequeath to MARY, my well beloved wife, all my movable estate in lieu of her dowry and to bring
up my four youngest children. Item: I leave all my lands to be sold to pay my just debts and
arising from the sale of the land to be divided amongst my children as followeth, that is to
say, the one half to my TWO SONS, SAMUEL  and  AMERIAH; the other half to my three daughters:
ELIZABETH, MARY, AND SARAH, and one encente which my wife is now big with to be equally divided
amongst the four, if that unborn be a daughter......Lastly, I appoint my well beloved BROTHERS,
JOSHUA and THOMAS BALLINGER to be my executors.  Witnessed: George Kemble, Isaac Ballinger,
(another name unreadable)