Middlesex County NJ Archives Wills.....Webb, John September 13, 1740
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Source: New Jersey State Archives
Written: September 13, 1740
Recorded: January 19, 1766

Will of John Webb, merchant and seaman of Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Source: New Jersey State Archives
Book H pp. 586-588
(no original will)
Transcribed by Don Howard, June 3, 2005

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John Webb’s Will
Recorded Jan'y 19th
1766
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In the Name of God Amen, I John Webb of
the City of Perth Amboy in the County of Middlesex and
Province of New Jersey Merchant, being sick and weak in
Body, but of sound parfect and disposing mind and memory,
for which I praise God, do make and ordain this my last will
and Testament, That is to say, first and principally I recommend
my soul unto Almighty God who gave it me, and my Body to
be buried at the discretion of my Executrix herein after named,
and as for and Concerning such worldly Estate, wherewith it
hath pleased God to Bless me in this life, I order, give, devise
and Bequeath the same in manner and form following, Viz.
Imprimis my will is and I do hereby order and direct, that my
funeral expences and all my just debts be duly paid and discharged
with convenient speed after my decease by my said Executrix out
of my personall estate, not herein by me particularly bequeathed. 
Item I Give and devise unto my dear and loving wife Jane Webb
all that my dwelling house, wharf and premisses whereon & wherein
I now live, And also all that my Tenement and lott of land in
Perth Amboy aforesaid Containing about four Acres, which I
Bought of Guisbert Lane To Have and To Hold said Tenem.ts
lot of land and premisses with their and every of their appurtenances
unto my said wife Jane for and during her natural life and no
longer: and I also give and Bequeath unto my said wife her heirs
and assigns, my Negros Betty, Balinda, Dorinda and Abia
and also all my household Goods plate & furniture, Together with
my Chaise and harness which I lately had from Boston. Item, I
Give and devise unto my Son Abraham Webb and his heirs for
Ever, All that my house and lot of land in Perth Amboy afores.d
which I purchased of Mathias Iseltine and is now in the Tenure &
Occupation of M.rs, Together with the lot of land thereunto adjoin:
:ing, and I also give and Bequeath unto my said Son Abraham, my
Negro Man Anfield, my negro boy Will, and my Negro Girl Moll,
and also the Sum of fifty pound proclamation money to be paid him
by my said Executrix, out of my personal Estate, when he shall
Come of age. Item, I Give and devise unto my Son Isaac Webb
(after his mothers decease) All that my house wharf and Premisses
whereon I now # # dwell and live, To Have and To Hold unto him
his heirs and assigns forever; And I also give and Bequeath unto
my said Son Isaac my Negro man Peter and my Negro Girl Kate
But I also do hereby order and direct that my said son Isaac shall pay
unto Each of my Sons William Webb and John Webb the Sum of
							Twenty

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Twenty five pounds money afores.d when he shall have & take
possession of his said House and wharf. Item, I Give and devise
unto my son Williams Webb, all that my lott of land fronting high
Street in Perth Amboy afores.d containing about half an acre, the
which I also purchased of Guisbert Lane, and also all my estate
Right and interest of in and to the house and ground (next adjoin:
:ing to the house and ground whereon I now live) which was mort:
:gaged by Samuel Pray unto Gabriel Stelle, who granted & assigned
the said Mortgage, and his Interest therein unto me To Have and
To Hold, the said lott of Ground, and also the said Mortgaged Pre:
:misses and the moneys due or that shall hereafter be due thereon,
unto my said son Williams Webb, his heirs and assigns forever, and
I also hereby give and Bequeath unto my said Son Williams, my
Negro Man Quaco and my Negro Girl Betty. Item, I Give and
Devise unto my Son John Webb (after his mothers decease) All that my
said Tenement and lott of land Containing about four Acres, which I
bought as afores.d of Guisbert Lane To Have and To Hold the said
Tenement and Lott of land with the appurtenances unto my said
Son John Webb his heirs and assigns forever; And I do also give
unto my said Son John, my Negro Boy Coffey, and my Negro Girl
Peggy and in Case any of my said Negros herein before Bequeathed
to my Children, shall happen to die before my said Children shall
Respectively Come of age, then my will and devise is that such Negro
dying shall be made good, to such child or children out of my personal
estate, by and at the discretion of my Executrix before division thereof
be made. Item, I Give and Bequeath the Rents issues and profit of
all my Estate unto my said wife for and towards her support and
the suport and maintainence of my said Children untill they
shall Severally and respectively arrive at the age of twenty One Years,
when unless otherwise herein before particularly ordered and directed
they shall each have and take their respective parts shares and
Estates. Item, I Give and Bequeath All the rest and residue of
my Estate reall and personall whatsoever and wheresoever to be
Equally divided amongst my said four Sons, Abraham, Isaac,
Williams and John, their Heirs and assigns forever, Each to have
his share part and portion thereof as they shall Respectively
Arrive to the age afores.d But if it shall so happen, that any of
my said Chidren shall dye before they arrive to the age afores.d
and without issue lawfully begotten, Then and on such Case, I
Order, give devise and Bequeath the Bequests, Legacys, Estate share,
part and portion of such Child or Children dying as aforesaid
to the survivors of them Equally to be Divided among them, their
							Heirs

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Heirs and assigns forever; And I do hereby desire order and
Direct my said Executrix to Load and dispatch the Brigantine John
and Robert with all Convenient speed for Ireland; and as for
my Sloop Jane and also my share and part of and the said
Brigantine, I leave the same to the Discretion of my said Executrix
either to sell and dispose thereof or otherwise to keep and employ
them as She shall think fitting, And also to finish the Vessall I
now have upon the Stocks or otherwise sell her; And I do hereby
declare that the Bequests Legacys and devises to my said wife
herein before made and given, are in full of her right of Dower &
of all other rights and Titles whatsoever which she hath or may
Claim Challenge or demand of in or to my Estate reall and personall.
Lastly I do make and appoint my dear wife Jane Webb, Sole
Executrix of this my last will and Testament, hereby Revoking, disan:
:nulling and making void all former and other Wills, by me at any
time or times heretofore make, Rectifying and Confirming this and
Only this to be my last will and Testament In Wittness whereof I
the said John Webb have hereunto sett my hand and seal the thir:
:teenth day of September in the Year of our Lord Christ One thousand
Seven Hundred and forty.
Signed Sealed publised and Declared by the said
John Webb to be his last Will & Testament in the         Jn.o Webb
Presence of us P: Kearny, Sam:l Lewis, James
Mallown, G. Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . 
	Memorandum that on the fourteenth day of January in the year of
our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty five, Phillip Kearny Esq.r one
of the evidences to the foregoing instrument appeared before me John Smyth
duly Authorized &c. And he being duly swarn on the Holy Evangelists of
Almighty God on his oath Declares that he was present and did see
John Webb party thereto sign and seal the same, and heard him pub:
lish pronounce and Declare it to be his last Will and Testament. That at
the doing thereof the said John Webb was of sound mind & memory to
the best of his knowledge and as he verily believes, and that at the same
time Samuel Lewis, Jmaes Mallown and George Webb the other evidences
were all present and signed their names as evidences thereto, as he the
Deponant did in the presence of the said John Webb. The said Phillip
Kearny further declares on his oath, that to his certain knowledge
George Webb One of the said evidences is since dead, and has been
informed and verily believes James Mallown is also Dead, and that
Samuel Lewis the other evidence removed from this Province upwards
of fifteen Years ago, and believes he never Returned since.
							John Smyth

	Examined and Agrees with the Original

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Received out of the Secretarys Office at Perth Amboy the Original Will of John 
Webb deceas’d, whereof these the
two preceding pages contains the Record. Febry. 23d 1767. Abraham Webb
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