Hunterdon County NJ Archives Wills.....Cristeen CASE/KASE, June 5, 1813 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Tinney linda@branches-n-twigs.com August 27, 2008, 5:30 am Source: State Of New Jersey, Will Number 2950j Written: June 5, 1813 In the name of God, amen I Cristeen Kase of the Township of Bethlehem and County of Hunterdon Call ing to mind that is appointed for all to die I have thou ght proper to mak ordain and put in wrighting this my Last will and Testament in manner and form as followeth. that is to Say first I recomend my Sole to God that gave it and my Body to the Earth to be Bured in a Christion Like and deasent mannar at the Discreation of my Executors herein after named and as for Such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life I give and Bequeath in the following manner to witt first I do will and auder that all my Just debts and funarl Charges be paid and Satesfide and I do so will that before any division is maid I will and auder my Daughter Mary Kase Shall have three Shepe and my Bed and Sum Beding and teen Dollars in money I allso will that my Daughter Elizabeth Penwell Shall have three Shepe before any Division and then I do will and auder that all my Estat be Equally Divided Between my three Daughters Elizabeth Penwell Ann Waggonor and Mary Kase Shear and Shear alike and I do constute and appoint my truste and well beloved friend John Bowlby to be my Sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament retifing this and no other to be my Last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hund red and thireen 1813 Cristeen (her X mark) Kase Signed Sealed and acknoledge in the presents of us (signed) Thos. Bowlby (signed) Thomas Bowlby Junr. Hunterdon Thomas Bowlby one of the witnesses to the within will being duly sworn did depose and say, that he saw Christain Kase the testatrix herein named Sign and Seal the Same, and heard her publish pronounce and declare the within writing to be her last will and testament; and that at the doing thereof the said testatrix was of Sound and disposing mind and memory, as far as this deponent knows and as he Verily believes and that Thomas Bowlby Junior the other subscribing evidence was present at the Same time and Signed his name as a witness to the said will, together with this deponent, in the presence of the Said testatrix. (signed) Thos. Bowlby Sworn December 30 AD 1818 at Flemington before me Jos. Bolwell (unsure of this signature) Sur. Hunterdon John Bowlby Sole executor in the within testament named being duly Sworn did depose and say that the within instrument contains the true last will and testament of Christien Kase the testatrix Therein named so far as he knows, and as he Verily believes and that he will well and truly perform the Same, by paying first the debts of the Said deceased, and then the legacies in the Said testament specified, so far as the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased can thereunto extend; and that he will make and exhibit into the Surrogates office at Flemington a true and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased, that have or shall come to his knowledge or possession, or to the possession of any other person or persons for his use, and render a just and true account when thereunto lawfully required. (signed) John Bowlby Sworn at Flemington Dec 30 AD 1818 Jos. Bolwell (unsure of this signature) Sur. Additional Comments: Transcribed from photocopy of document. Spelling and punctuation as it appears in the original document. This is the wife of Henry Case, will of 1808 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/njfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/hunterdon/wills/case-c.txt