Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I. 1670-1730; Middlesex County, NJ Contributed to the USGenWeb Archives by Cyndie Enfinger http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************* NOTE: I do NOT have copies of the full Wills. To order a copy, please write to New Jersey State Archives 225 West State Street-Level 2 P.O. Box 307 Trenton, NJ 08625-0307 Send $5 for each Will requested (make check out to New Jersey State Archives). Be sure to include the name and Liber no. or Will book reference for each Will requested. Please consider transcribing the full Will once received and contributing it to the NJGenWeb Archives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I. 1670-1730 (1901) 1688 Oct. 15. Adam, Robert, servant of Lord Neil Campbell: inventory of the personal estate of (£7.15.4), made by Ja: Clerksonne and Thomas Gordon. Middlesex Wills 1688-9 Jan. 4. Administration on the estate of, granted to Patrick Falconer of Woodbridge. N. J. Archives, XXI., p. 164 1688-9 Jan. 4. Bond of Patrick Falconar, of Woodbridge, merchant, as administrator of the estate; Miles Forster, of Amboy Perth, merchant, fellow bondsman. Robert Adams is called as of Rariton River, Somerset Co., and as of Perth Amboy. Middlesex Wills -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1694 Oct. 2. Adams, Thomas, of Woodbridge, yeoman; will of. Children- Elizabeth, Hanna (Anna) Adams, Mary Sutton, who has eldest son Joseph Sutton; Rebecca, wife of Richard Smith. Plantation now occupied by Thomas Cawood, personal property. Executors-Capt. John Bissopp and John Fithrandolph, both of Middlesex Co. Witnesses-Samuel Fich Randal and Richard Tattersall. Proved August 17, 1695. NJ Archives, XXI., p. 223, and Middlesex Wills 1695 July 26. Inventory of the personal estate, £379.14.-, incl. A debt due by Tho: Cauwood £360.-, made by Daniel Stillwell and John Conger. 1695 April 1. “Account of money paid to Thomas Adams on his order by m. John Fitchrandolf,” mentioning Elesabeth Tattenshell, John Depu, John Fannoy, Henry Baker, Benjamin Grifeth, John Bishop and John Jones. 1698 Dec. 3. Account of debts paid out of the estate to Mr. Slater, John Langstaff, Elisha Parker, Natt. Fitch Randolfe, Wm. Thorp, John Aires, Daniel and John Eruen “for going to Neversinks for the Docktor,” Samuel Randolfe, Joshua Peirce, Rich. Smith, Joshua Mushro, Elizabeth and Hanah Adams, John Barkley, Sam’l Aires; made by John Bishop and John Fitchrandolph. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1694 Nov. 10. Aires, Obadiah, of Woodbridge, planter; will of. Children- John, Samuel, Obadiah, Joseph, Mary. Real and personal estate. Executors-sons John and Samuel. Witnesses-Ephr. Andres and John Pike. Proved November 17, 1694. 1694 Nov. 17. Inventory of the personal estate (£51.13.9), made by the executors, Ephr. Andres and John Pike. 1694 Dec. 6. Bond of John and Samuel Aires (Ayers) of Woodbridge, planters, as administrators of the estate. Middlesex Wills -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1694 Nov. 17. Aires, Obadiah, senior, of Woodbridge; will of. N. J. Archvies, XXI., p. 215 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1688 Nov. 23. Aitkinsone, George, of Amboy. Inventory of the personal estate (£15.4.2), made by Thomas Gordon and James Clerksonne. Middlesex Wills -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1687-8 Jan. 4. Alger, Thomas, of Woodbridge Corporation, yeoman; will of. Wife Susanna, executrix; son William, daughter Mary Gilman, grandchild John, son of John Allen, of Woodbridge. A plantation, a homelot in Woodbridge, share in the mill by John Dennis. Witnesses-Edward Slater, Richard Worth and Charles Gilman. Proved January 24, 1687-8. N.J. Archives, XXI., p. 108, and Middlesex Wills 1687-8 Jan. 16. Inventory of the estate (£113.3.3, incl. £30 for his share of the grist mill), made Samuel Moore and Edward Slater. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1683-4 Jan. 2. Allen, John, of Woodbridge, Clerk. Bond of John Dennes, of Woodbridge, planter, as administrator of the estate of; Nathaniel Fitzrandolph, of the same place, and William Looker, of Elizabeth Town, planter, fellow bondsmen. N.J. Archives, XXI., p. 56, and Middlesex Wills 1683-4 Jan. 18. Inventory of the estate, £148.3.5, all personal, incl. 3 gold rings, a small silver seal, a plate box, a small nutshell tipt with silver, a silver dram cup, a silver spoon, a library of 252 volumes, religious, medical, historical, and debts due by Samuel Moore, Sam’l Haile, Halick Codrick, Will. Legee, John Wilkinson, Mathew More, of Elizabethtown, Jon Odgen, senior, Mr. Woodrofe, Joseph Bond, Nathl Bunnell, Jonas Wood, Richd Clark, John Cooth (? Booth), George Rose, John Ogden, junior, Eliz: Johnson, Will Cramer, Thos. More, Winkfield Mouldworth, Nicholas Carter, Moses Tomson, Roger Lambert, David Ogden, Benjamin Wade, Nathaniel Tuttle, of Pascattaway, Charles Gillman, Will. Lets,- Spinage of Newark, Thos. Johnson, Mr. Crane, Thos. Person, Mr. Ritchell, Joseph Johnson, Mikeill Tomkins, Mrs. Abigal Person, John Baldwin, Will Shors, John Brown, John Breuin, Jonathan Gage, Thos. Lyon, Jasper Crane, Good: Duglash, Joseph Lindy, Abraham Person, Samuel Harison, Joseph Brown, John Ward the turner, Azariah Crane, Ephr. Burrell. Duplicate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1702-3 Jan. 4. Allen, John, of Middlesex Co., cooper; will of. Son John; daughters, names not given, under age. Real and personal estate. Executors- John Fitzrandolph and Nathaniel Fitzrandolph, junior, both of Woodbridge. Witnesses-Mathew Bunn, John Cook and Milles Bunn. Proved January 28, 1702-3. 1702-3 Jan. 8. Inventory of the personal estate (£45.14.1), made by Nathaniel Fitzrandolph and Samuel Hale. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1715-16 Jan. 16. Allen, John, of Woodbridge, cooper; will of. Wife Deliverance; children-Samuel, John, Ursula, a younger daughter, name not given. Land bought of Moses Rolf, do., inherited from father, John Allen, personal property. Executors-the wife the brother-in-law, John Heard(?). Witnesses- Daniel Britten, John Thomson, Adam Hude. Proved before Jas. Smith, Secretary. Lib. A, p. 10 1715 ____. Inventory of the personal estate (£105.3.0, incl. a great Bible, £1.10, and a small one 6 shil.), made by Samuel Dennes and Dan Britten. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1718 April 28. Allword, Allwood, Henry, of Woodbridge. Inventory of the personal estate (£140.14.-), taken by Thomas Colleyer and Jonathan Dennis. Judith Alwood swears May 12, 1718, that the inventory comprises all the goods and chattels of her deceased husband. Lib. A, p. 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1711 Nov. 27. Andrews, Andross, Ephraim, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., yeoman; will of. Wife Darcass, heiress of personal estate; Ephraim, son of Jediah Andross, of Philadelphia, to have all land and rights to land, but if he should die before coming of age, then Ichabod Smith, junior, of Woodbridge, inherits the home farm resp. his younger brother, Benjamin Smith; son-in-law (?stepson) Elizeous Barron, of Woodbridge. Executors-Ichabod Smith and Samuel Dennis, both of Woodbridge, yeomen. Witnesses-John Rowley, Elizebeth Rowley, Geo: Ewbanck. Proved June 8, 1714. Lib. 1, p. 485 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1688-9 Jan. 4. Atkinsone, George, of Amboy Perth. Administration on the estate granted to Patrick Falconer, of Woodbridge. N.J. Archives, XXI., p. 164 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1688-9 Jan. 4. Atkinson, George, of Perth Amboy. Bond of Patrick Falconar, of Woodbridge, merchant, as administrator of the estate; Miles Forster fellow bondsman. Middlesex Wills -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1683 Feb. 19. Auerett, John, of Woodbridge. Inventory of the personal estate (£19.14.-), made by Samuel Dennes and John Pike, junior. Middlesex Wills -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1687-8 Feb. 17. Auger (Alger), Thomas. Bond of his widow, Susannah, as executrix, Charles Gillman, of Piscataway, and Stephen Warne, of Amboy Perth, bondsmen. Middlesex Wills -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1695 ______. Ayers, Heires, Abadiah (Obadiah). Account of the estate £50, by his sons-John and Samuel Ayers, showing payments to “our sister,” Mary Ayers, Joseph Ayers, Obadiah Ayers, James Green, Ben. Grifith, Elisha Parker, Isaac Whitehead, Richard Powell, Sarah Alphin, John Randolf, Ezekiel Bloomfield, Thomas Collier, Thomas Gordin and John Pike. Middlesex Wills -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1728 Oct. 27. Ayres, Obadiah, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., yeoman; will of. Wife Joanna; sons-Obadiah, Robert, Benajah (under age), six daughters, names not given. Home farm, another farm with 7 acres of salt meadow in Raratan Meadows, called Clemens Meadow, adjoining Henry Freeman, Richard Cutter and Houselot Creek; personal estate. The wife sole executrix. Witnesses-Rob’t Brooking, Isaac Dye, John Gifford. Proved May 27, 1729. Lib. B, p. 122 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------