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ALLEN, Joseph 1704 ASTON, William 1706 BORDEN, Francis 1709 BOWN, William 1706 BOWNE, Andrew 1708 CLARK, William 1709 DEWILDY, John 1708 GOODBODY, William 1704 HAMTON, John 1702 HOLMAN, Robert 1709 KINNAN, Patrick 1709 LAUARENCE, William Sr 1704 LAWTON , William 1708 MELVEN, James 1709 MOUNT, George 1705 NAUGHTY, William 1702 POTTER, Thomas 1702 ROBINS, Joseph 1709 RONALD, William 1709 SLOCOM, John 1703 SLOCUM, Nathanil 1704 SMITH, Edmand 1705 STEWARD, Simon 1709 STOUT, Richard 1705 TILLTON, John 1704 WEBLEY, Thomas 1703 WHITELOCK, Thomass 1703 _______________________________________________ SLOCOM, JOHN of Shrowfbery, Co. of Mon., "being at this time in his perfit fences, but not in good health." Dated 6th of 2nd mo., "Called Aprill," 1698. Proved by oath of Gavin Drummond and John Hulat, wits., before And. Hamilton, Perth Amboy, 2nd febry., 1702. Gives: "vnto my Coufen John Slocom the fon of my Brother Nathaniell Slocom, all my Land on this fide of a brook "wch parteth my land where I now dwell Contayning About Eighty Acres with my dwelling houfe Barne & orchard & "out houfing & fenfing ... Allfo ... vnto him A peece of vpland & Meadow land leying at the North End "of my land wch is fenfed In Round with the falt watter & a ditch Called John Slocoms ILand Contayning About an "hundred Acres; the Aboue named Land I ... bequeath After my defeafe vnto my Coufen John Slocom ... "his heires ..."; "vnto my Coufen peter parker the fon of Jofiph parker defeafed; All the Remainder part of my "Land, leying betwen the abouefd ditch & Long branch Creek & brook & bounded by the high way & Jofiph Wardells "Land, ... vnto him his heires ...."; "vnto my Louing wife Meribah Slocom all my Reall Eftate after "my defeafe & to be at her difpofeing Dureing her Life, only if my Loueing Wiff fhould fee Caufe to marry After my "defeafe then my Coufen peter parker fhall Inioy the Land wch I haue bequeathed vnto him ...." "Allfo affter "my Louing wifes defeafe it is my will that my Coufen John Slocome ... fhall haue the Remainder part of my "Land, wch I bequeathed vnto him ...; Let him be what age foe euer; he is to Inioy itt"; "vnto my Loueing wife "Meribah Slocom all my Mooueable Eftate; After my defeafe And I doe make ... her to be my hole & fole Execu"trix; & it is my will that fhee fhall pay forty pound out of my eftate as A Legefee vnto my Cofen patience Tucker when "fhee Comes of Age or is Marryed ... that my Loueing Brother Nathaniell Slocom is to fee this my Laft will .. "to be faithfully performed; And in Cafe my Loueing wife fhould defeafe before ... my will be performed, then it "is my will that my Loueing Brother Nathaniell Slocom fhall be my Executer." Wits.:                                              JOHN SLOCOM      Georg Hulatt      Gav. Drummond      "John Hulatts mark"  "We the subscriveing wittnefses See the premifs subd and sealled At the fd George's Hulatt's dwelling house The twelth "of this instant Aprile, 1698." Recorded in Lib. H., fol. 73. ____________________________________________________ HAMTON, JOHN of ffreehold, Monmouth. Co., planter. Dated Jan. 23, 1702, "acording to ye Computation of the Church of England." Proved by dep. of William Laing and Andrew Burnet, two of the wits., before Thomas Gordon, "vicefinco fexto die" february, 1702. Gives: "unto my fon John Hamton the north east Lot of my Land Lying next the dutchmens brook [?] being a part "of yt Land which was formerly Jamee Millers"; "unto my fon David Hanton the Midd lot of the faid Land Joining to "that I have given John my fon ..."; "unto my fon Joseph the fouth west Lot of the faid Land Lying next to "James Reids Land As also I give unto them my ditched Meadow adJoining to James Reids Land after my widow Jean "Hamton her marriage or deceas ... if on or more of my faid fones Shall die without heires Lawfully begotten of "their bodies that then their estat of Inheritance shall fall to their furviving Bretheren or their Lawfull heires & Likewife "if any of them be minded to sell their ... Inheritance they proferr it first to their bretheren or Lawfull heires ...;" "unto my fon Andrew Hamton one hundred acrees of Land I purchased of John Butler when he comes to be twentie on "years of age"; "unto Jonathan Hamton my fon one Hundred acrees of Land upon which my houfe ftands after my "widows Marriage or death an he be of age twentie on years ..."; "unto my Son Noah Hamton the Midle hundred "acrees qn he Comes to the age of twentie on years: And I will that my fons David, Jonathan, and Noah Hamton Live "upon my faid plantatione and be afifting to my faid widow till they come of age (if Shee fee caufe to keep them"; "unto "my wife Jean and her son Joseph Hamton fore Cowes, two bigg fteeres a year old bull two year old hiefers & a year old "fteer of her choofeing ..." "In token of my love to Sarah and Mary ogburns I give each of them a year old "hiefer ... ;" "to my daughters Elifabeth and Lydia each of them a Cow"; "to my fones John, David, Jonathan, "Andrew and Noah Hamton all the rest of my catle to be equally divided among them by my executores ..."; "to my wife Jean and her fon Joseph Hamton my horfes called B--k Jack and the yong horfe that runes in the woods"; "to my fones John and --id Hamton my two old m(???) yt run in the woods & the horfe called Cupid & will yt they "give to my fones Jonathan and Noah two mare colts qn the mares breeds them"; "my fon Andrew Hamton my yong "mare in the woods ..."; "to Jean my wife & my fon Joseph twel-- of my fheep of her choofeing"; "to Sarah and "Mary ogburns two ews"; "to Jannet Ray, & her children three ews ..."; "to my four grand Children four ews, "and all the rest of my fheep to my fones, John, David, Andrew, Jonathan & Noah Hamtons." "I give my daughters "Elizabeth and Lydia two bedds & Bolsters qch were their mothers wt yt other clothes my executores find can be spared "..."; "to Jean my wife my great bible & after her deceafe to my fon Joseph"; "to Jannet Ray my litle "bible"; "to my wife Jean and her children all that belonged to her & her children befor our marriage and the equall "half of all my pewter, & the other half to my daughters Elifabeth and Lydia"; "to my fones John and David Hamtons "... each of them one Iron pott"; "to Jean my wife & my fon Joseph a cafe wt Knives & a crate wt botles wt "all my provifions of meat drink etc for the ufe of my houfe and I defire my executores may make ufe of my wheat In "the houfe & barn for paying all my debts & qt is over payeing my debts I give to my wife Jean & my fon Joseph"; "to Jean my wife & my fon Joseph the half of my crop of wheat on the ground, and the other half ... to my fons "John and David ... upon condition they cutt down the same & take it up again carie to my barn & there fecure "it, threfh clean & tranfport it to market ..."; "to Jean my wife & fon Joseph my cart, plows, harrow, axes, aze, "hows, fiths & other tooles & utenfiles upon my plantation, wt all the remaneing fire [?] wefhell, tables, chaires, bedds "& bedfteds chests & trunks etc. Together wt two fowes & their piggs and three hives of bees"; "all the reft of my "goods money debts I give unto my wife Jean & my fon Joseph Hamton upon condition they pay all my debts and begats "[legats ?--bequests--legacies?] and make Robert Ray off ffreehold and Jean my wife my executores ..." JOHN HAMTON Wits.: Andrew Burnett John Trot [?] Wm Laing Recorded In Lib. H., fol. 123 & 124. ____________________________________________________ NAUGHTY, WILLIAM of freehold, Mon. Co., planter. Dated Feb. 12, 170 2/3, "according to ye Computations of the Church of England." Proved by dep. of Andrew Burnet, one of the wits., before Thomas Gordon, Jurat., vicefimo fexto die february, 1702. Gives: "unto my fon my Land qn he comes to be of age"; "all the rest of my houfes Lands tenements goods debts "... unto my wife Anna & fon william upon condition that fhee pay all my debts and make her, Walter Ker, patrik "Imlay and Wm Laing all of ffree hold my executores ..." WILLIAM naughtie Wits.: Andrew Burnette John Campbell [his mark] Allan Coldwell [his mark] Recorded In Lib. H., fol.[?] 139-1702. [Year?]. ____________________________________________________ SLOCUM, NATHANIL NATHANIL flocum, of ye town of fhrewsbury, Mon. Co., yeoman, "being fick and weak of body." Dated 23th day of July, 1702. Proved by dep. of Samuell Dennis and Robert parker, "two of ye within fubfcribing wittneffes," before Thomas Gordon, 29 die martij, 1703. Gives: "unto my louing wife hannah flocum During her Natural life this fhare of land where on I now live fcituate "... in ye fd fhrewsbury together with all ye houfeings and Improvements ... Except a certaine peice ... "of land being parte of ye fhare aforefaid begining at the brook yt parts ye fd fhare of land and George huletts land "Runing as ye pafture fence Runs fo Runing as the fence Runs to ye utter moft Exftent of ye fd fhare of land"; "unto "my fon Samvel flocum one fhare of land Joyneing to ye fhare aboue faid on ye fouth weft of ye brooke ... and "his heirs ... together alfo with all that fhare of land before mentioned & bequeathed Excepte before Excepted "after his louing mothers the faid hannah flocums Deceafe ... '; "unto my fecond fon John Slocum "yt certaine peice ... of land aboue mentioned and Excepted being part ... of ye fhare bequeath to my "louing wife hannah Slocum to him ... and his heirs;" "one hundred acre of land and meadow fcituate ... in "ye towne of freehold ... to my Daughter farah Slocum and to her heirs .... lying at ye weft end of a "certaine tract of land Containing two hundred acres ... and bounded as in and by ye patten ... bearing "Date ye thirteen day of January 1692"; "unto my Daughter meribah Slocum to her ... her heirs ... one "hundred acres of land & medow being part ... of the aboue mentioned tract ... being ye Eaft end of ye "fd tract together with ye one ... halfe part of a certaine peice of medow containing feven acres mentioned in ye "faid patten, the other halfe part is farah Slocum before mentioned"; "unto my Daughter Elizabeth Slocum twenty "pounds in Currant filver money to [be] paid unto her ... by my fon Samvel Slocum two years after my Deceafe"; "unto my Daughter neomie Slocum ten pounds in Currant filver money to be paid to her ... when fhe fhall come "to ye agee of Eighteen years by my Executrix ... "; "unto my Daughter mary Slocum ten pounds in Currant "filver money when fhe fhall attaine and come to the full agee of Eighteen years to be paid by my Executrix"; "unto my "fd eldeft fon Samll Slocum one Cow, one two year old horfe and one gunn ..."; "if any of my Daughters fhall Dy "before they are Come to agee to Receive their legacy ... that it fhall be Equally Deuided between her fifters that "furvive or are living." Residue of estate "unto my loving wife ye fd hannah Slocum whom I nominate ... to be Executrix together "with my fon Samvel Slocum Executor." Wits.:                                                NATHANEL SLOCUM      Roberrt parker [his mark]      Meribah Slocum      Saml Dennis      Recorded in Lib. H., fol. 134-135.  ____________________________________________________ WEBLEY, THOMAS of ye Town of shrewfbury, Pro. of Eaft New Jerfey, Yeoman, "being now by gods grace bound for old England And knowing the Dangers of such a Voyage ..." Dated Jan. 10, 1698. Proved by dep. of Abiah Edwards, one of the subscribing wits., 29 die Martij, 1703, before Thomas Gordon. "Whereas my Loving and christian Kinsman Lewis Morris, Esqr., of his ffree and Vollntary will and pleafure did give "... unto my only son John Webley Two hundred acres of Land Lying at the uper end of Stalleons Neck as by a "deed ... from ye Said Lewis Morris & his Lady may ... apear." Gives: "unto my son the afforesaid John Webley thirty acres of Meadow Lying Neare the head of shark river, Togeather "with all my right ... that I haue in barnigat beach & Meadows thereunto belonging." "And if it ... "pleafe god that I should Deceafe before I enjoy my estate in Wales if It shall pleafe god that he shall enjoy the Estate "that belongs to me by my father Then my said son to pay to each of his sisters Ann Catherine and Mary the sum of "Twenty pounds to each sister And if it shall pleafe god that he shall by the providence of god inherit thes eftate that "doth belong to me by the Death of my Unckle Edward Webley That then the sd John shall pay to each of his said "sisters one hundred pounds currant money of New York. Alfo ... unto my said son all my books and all nefces-"saryes that doth belong To writing"; "unto my Deare Loving and tender wife Audria Webley All my land on fhrewsbury "neck commonly called and known by the name of Little silver for and dureing her Naturall Life and after her deceafe "unto my Loving daughter Catherine Webley shee the said Catherine at the enjoyment of the said Land To pay to Each "of her sisters Ann and Mary Webley the just sum of ten pounds currant siluer money of New York"; "if my Wife shall "not have occation to sell my Lands at Shark river of Squomcum Then my Wife to bequeath the said Land to that daugh-"ter of Ours that shall pleafe & be most dutefull vnto her." "I defire My Christian Kinsman Lewis Morris To Endevor To obtain something for my Indian Wright at Croswicks." "all my perfonall estate ... To my ... wife hopeing shee will remembr that our children are the Issue of "a Tender father and honnest man." THO. WEBLEY Wits.: William Woolley John Tilton [his mark] Johanna Gaunt[?] [her mark] Abiah Edwards Recorded in Lib. H., fol. 132-133. ____________________________________________________ GOODBODY, WILLIAM of fhrouesbery, Co. of Mon., "beinge week of body." Dated Apr. 6, 1703. Proved by attest. of wits., Joseph Parker, Richard Lippincote and Amof White, before Thomas Reuell, Esqr, Sur., Apr. 17, 1704. Appoints "John williams feniour and Joseph Lawrence both of the town of fhrouesbery to be executors." Gives: "to my fon william goodbody all my lands medows housing ... and my long gun one hand faw one "draing Knife two agors two Chisels one brandinge iron one iron Cittle to be his when he Comes to age ...allso ... "the beft of my two year old heifers to be put out the beft way for his profit ..."; "to my daughter mary good"body one three year old heifer to be put out the beft way for her profit and one rone mare her other fifter fhall haue "the firft Colt that Comes of her and her brother fhall haue the fecond, fhe and thay fhall haue them at my deseas allso "I giue my beaft iron pot to her when fhee Comes of age"; "to my daughter helina one three year old heifer to be put "out the bft way for her profit it fhall be hers at my deseas allso I giue her one iron pot when fhee comes of age"; "to "my fifter mary greene my great four year old heifer fhe fhall haue her at my defeaf." Residue of estate "to my three Children to be Equally deuided amongft them when thay Come of age." WILLIAM GOODBODY Wits.: Joseph Parker Richard Lippincott Amos White ____________________________________________________ TILLTON, JOHN of Middletown, Mon. Co. Dated 23rd 9th mo., 1700. Proved Apr. 17, 1704. Gives: "unto my fon John Tillton fiue fhillings"; "vnto my fon Samuell Tillton eighty-fiue Acr-- of vpland Lying at "the North Eaft end of my Land & Joyn-- to it Runing Wefterly as itt was Layed out by John Ree-- Alfo ..... "unto him three Acres of Meadow Lying at the eaft end of my Meadow the whole Containeing eighty eig-- Acres to him "& his heires .... Allfo ..... vnto my Son Samuell Tillton one Cow & An Iron pott & A ffether "Bed" &c.; "vnto my Daughter Sarah Tillton one Cow"; "vnto my Loueing Wife Rebeca Tillton After my Defeafe my "now Dwelling houfe & Barne & out houfing & orchard & all my farme thereunto belonging wch is vndifpofed off ... "vnto her Dureing her Life & After her Defeafe ... itt vnto my fon Peter Tillton to him his heires .... & "in Cafe my fone Peter defeafe before he come to the Age of twenty-one yeares old then ... itt to my fon Daniell "Tillton to him & his heires ... & in Cafe my fon Daniell defeafe before he come off Age, then ... itt vnto my "fon Thomas Tillton to him & his heires ... But if my fon Peter Tillton Liue to the Age of twenty one yeares old "then ... he fhall pay vnto his two Brothers Daniell & Thomas Tillton fiueteen pound to each of them And if my "fon Peter fhould dey before as is before mentioned then my will is that my fon Daniell fhall pay thirty pounds when he "Cometh off Age vnto my fon Thomas Tillton." Residue of personal estate "vnto my Loueing wife Rebecca Tillton whome I make full & fole Executrix ... & "After the defeafe of my felfe and my wife to be Equally diuided Amongft my Chilldren." "..... that my Loueing "ffriends Thomas Hillborn & John Lippincott will be helpfull to my wife to fee this my will performed." Wits.:      Remembrance Lippincott                           JOHN TILTON SENR      Ben. Lawrence      George Corleis  Acknowledgment of George Corlis and Benjamin Lawrence, to signature of John Tilton, fenr, and Remembrance Lypincote, Apr. 17, 1704, before Thomas Reuell, Esqr, Surrogate. INVENTORY of frances borden, "defesed, Prifed at fhrewfbery the 2 day of may, [no year], by George Allin, John woolley, Joseph rogers." Proved May 9, 1706. Items of Interest: £ s d "his purs and apperel 10--00--0 "6 fmall puter dishes 01--00--0 "3 bafones 3 tankerds and 3 porngers 01--00--0 Household goods, Cattle &c. (???) Total £106--11--6 Acknowledgment, as to truth of Inventory, by Francis Borden, executor, and George Allen and Joseph Rogers, before Tho. Reuell, Esqr, Sur., Burlington, 9th May, 1706. ____________________________________________________  Unrecorded Wills and Inventories Monmouth County, New Jersey, page 20: LAUARENCE, WILLIAM, SINOUR, of Middelltown, Mon. Co., "being of A Sound mind." Dated Dec. 3, 1701. Proved by oath of John Stout, wit., who saw Richard Hartshorne, John Cloinger and Margaret Hartshorne sign; before Thomas Reuell, Surrogate, Middletowne, May 22, 1704. Gives: "unto My louing wife Elizebeth Laurance Deuering her Naturall life fortey Acers of land with my Dwelling "House Barne orchard being comphrended within the Said fortey Acers begining at my Sonn James Lauarance line at "the hopp riuer and So Along up the said hopp or Mill riuer till A straight line from the Said riuer will take in the Afore-"Said orchard And Housing and then runing A line from thence To my Sonn James Lauarence as will take in the num"ber of the Afore Said fortey Acers of land ..."; "to My louing wife all ... of the Houseould goods or furni"ture that I had with her when I Maryed her ..."; "to My louing wife two cowes"; "unto my sonn James Laua"rence and his heires After the death of My wife Elizebeth Lauarance All the AforeSaid fortey Acers of land with the "Houseng And orchard"; "unto my sonn James Lauarence and his heires tenn Acers of land lying on the South Side of "the hopp riuer and Joying to his fulling Mill and to be taking up or laid out as my sonn James shall se caufe he laying of it "out square to say equall sides"; "unto My grand daughter Deberowh grouer And her heires Thirty Acers of land And "begiing at the hopp or Mill riuer and Joying to the fortey Acers of land I haue giuen my Sonn James lauarence and "from thence ... Along or up the said Hopp or Mill riuer twenty fiue Rodd and ... thence ... as "Maney rodd in length as will contane the number of thirty Acers ... being Twenty fiue Rodd broad at both endes "... to my grand daughter Deberowh grouer one Cow"; "unto My Sonn william lauarence & his heires Two Thirds "of All they Remander of My land Joying to My sonn william land and my sonn Beniamins land"; "unto My Sonn Beniamin lauarence and his heires one third part of the remander of my land Adioying to my sonn williams land and my sonn "Beniamins land to say ... that After my sonn william haith Two Thirds my sonn beniamin and his heires shall "haue all the remaner and ... that My executors ... lay out the two Thirds of the ... land as conuenent "as they can to my sonn william with as littell damage to my sonn Beniamin as can conuenently be ..."; "unto my "sonn Elisha lauarence and his heires all that My tract of land eftemed Att one hundred Acers excepting Alwayes the tenn "Acers giueing to my sonn James lauarence Joying to his fulling mill which ... land lyes on the south fid of the "hopp riuer neare ... to liuies Morris land ..."; "unto my sonn william lauarence and his heires ... "and ... unto my Sonn Elisha lauarence and his heires ... and unto my sonn John ... to him and "his heires ... and ... unto my sonn Beniamin and his heires And ... unto my Sonn James lauarence "and his heires .., and ... unto my sonn Yoseph lauarence and his heires And ... unto My Grand "sonn James grouer and his heires All My land on Barnygatt beach equaly to be deuided betwixt them seuen and ... "not to giue it them in Joynt Tenenry but if Aney of them dyes there heires shall Inheritt there Right ..."; "unto "my sonn John lauarence and his heires ... my tract of land eftemed at fiue hundred Acers ... lying ... "at A place caled ... Kettell poynt or Kettell creeke lying on the Mane fide neare barnigatt bay ..." "unto "my sonn Joseph lauarence and his heires ... land of eftemeation Three Hundred Acers ... lying ... at "A place commonly knowne by the nam of Matele conkemew [?] Barnigatt Beache ..."; "unto My fix fonnes and "there heires ... All Thofef ... Tracts of land taken upon the Account of the fecond Deuifion of My properity "To be Deuided betwixt them According as each ... haue caufed it to be laid out ... And ... My "six sonns shall not hould the said .. land in Joyntencey ..."; "unto My fonn Elisha lauarence his heires All "My Right of My properity and lands Rents that shall be Dew or ... belonges To My fhare ... of A properity "excepting ... what lands is Allredey taken up and giuen Away ..."; "unto My sonn Beniamin Lauarence "twenty thre- (???)ds of the money he oweth me ..."; "unto my sonn John lauarence or release unto him the "debt or Money he oweth me." "I ... releafe the debt or Money unto my Sonn Elisha lauarence he oweth me ..."; "to my fix fonns afore named all My houfeould good or furniture equally To be deuided betwixt them excepting allwayes "the Houfeould goods .... giuen to my louig wife ..."; "to my sonn Joseph laurance The ufe of my negro "boy named Shallo for the terme and time Thirtene yeares and upon condition he ferues My fonn Jofeph well ... "then ..... he be free ..."; "to my gran fonn william lauarence the fonn of william lauarence one "horfe ..."; "to my grand fon william lauarence the fonn of Elifha lauarence one horfe"; "to my granfon .. my "fonn John Eldeft fonn one horfe"; "to my fonn Jofeph Eldeft fonn one horfe"; "to my grand daughter Elizebeth daugh"ter of my fonn James ... tenn fhillings"; "to My grandaughters Marey grouer Hanah grouer Elizebeth grouer "fuzana grouer Rebecka grouer to each of (???) two yeare ould Hefer." Remainder of estate "Reall and perfonall ... to my fonn Elifha lauarence and My fonn Joseph lauarence and "there heires." Makes "My fonn William Lauarence and My fonn Elisha lauarence My Executors ..." Wits.:                                    WILLIAM LAUARENCE [his mark]      Richard Hartfhone      John Cleuenger      margreet Harts Horne      John Stout  ____________________________________________________ POTTER, THOMAS of Freehold, Mon. Co., "Being in Bodily Health." Dated Nov. 2, 5th of Anne, 1702. Proved by oath of Richard James, of Freehold, Mon. Co., Planter, Aged about Forty years, "before me one of her Majecties Justices of ye peace," "that he Richard James in company with the other Subscribers namely Wm Lawrence & Monmuth Leech on ye first day of November 1704," saw testator sign. Signed, Richard James Saml Dennis|Also by oath of William Lawrence, one of the euidences, who saw Richard James and Monmoth Leech sign; before Thomas Reuell, Esqr., Surrogate, Burlington, 9th [?] 9ber, 1704. Gives: "Ten Pounds to my son Ephraim Potter to be paid to him within Six Months after my deceafe by my Executor ..." "Six Shillings to my Daughter Mercy Woolly to be paid to her within Three Months after my deceafe "by my Executor ..."; "all my Lands and Meadows unto my Son Thomas Potter his Heirs ... And my "Will is that my Loving wife Sarah Shall have hold Enjoy .... all my faid Lands & Meadows with all the Improve"ments and Profits thereof during her Widowhood, and ... that att and on the day of her Marriage my Son Thomas "Potter shall be Lawfully Pofsefsed of Two full Third parts of all my faid Lands & Meadows with the Improvements "& Profits ...." "Ten Pounds to my Daughter Sufana [?] Potter to be paid to her after my deceafe by my Executor." "Ten Pounds to my Daughter Elifabeth Potter to be paid to her after my Deceafe by my Executor ... all my goods "and Chattels (not above difposed of) to my Loving Wife Sarah for the bringing up and Maintenance of my Three Youngeft "Children and herfelf ..." Ordains "my Loving Wife Sarah to be Sole Executrix ..." THOMAS POTTER [his mark] Wits.:Richard James Monmuth Leech Wm Laurence junior ____________________________________________________ ALLEN, JOSEPH of Shresbery, "Being weak of body." Dated June 26, 1704. Proved by oath of Zachariah Allen, William Earl and John Earl, wits., before Sam'l Cranston, Gov. of Collony of Rhoad Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, Oct. 11, 1704. Gives: "unto my sone Beniamane Allen ye one half of fiue hundered & fifty acres of Land which half of fiue hundred & "fifty acres is ye east end of that Land I bought of John Reed Lying in freehold ...to hime ... Beniaman "Allen his heirs ... "; "unto my wife Sarah Allen one share of Land that I bought of Gideon freeborne lying in "Shrosebery & ye house that is now building thereon during her naturall Life & after hur desease & mine unto my sone "Ralph Allen his heirs ..." "I make my wife Sarah Allen my executrix." "unto my two sones Danell Allen & Ruben Allen one hundred pounds apeece in Siluer money to be payed out of butlers "bils"; "unto my daughters Sarah Allen & hanah Allen fifty pounds apeece to be payed out of butlersbils." JOSEPH ALLEN Wits.: Zachariah Allen wiliam Earll John Earl ____________________________________________________ MOUNT, GEORGE of Middelltowne, "being Sick and weak of bodey." Dated Feb. 16, 1702. Proved by oath of Richard Hartshorne and Jeremiah Stilwill, Esqrs., "two of the euidences," before J. Bafs, Shrewsbury, 31 Aug., 1705, and by Jeremiah Stilwell, one of the wits., who saw the testator and wits., Richard Hartshorne and Joseph Coxe, sign; before Edward, Vifcount Cornbury, Shrewsbury, Jan. 25, [?]1708. Gives: "unto my louing wife Katherne Mount all my land Houfing and falt Medow Dereing her naturall Life"; "unto "my louing wife all my Money and personall eftate wheresoeuer excepting Six Sheepe which I giue to my Daughter Katherne "and all fo one Cow ... to my Daughter Katherne ... "; "unto my granfonn Mathias Mount & his heires if "he fhall liue with his granmother Kathern Mount and be helpfull to manage her Affares deuering her naturall life, and "not otherwise, one hundred Acers land, Houfing and orchards begining at the newfand [?] or North R uer and fo running "into the woods the whol breadth of my land whereon I now liue that will Make one hundred Acers ... to haue it "when he attanes the Age of twenty-one yeares and if My Granfonn fhould Dye before he attanes ... twenty one "yeares ... to my granfon Thomas Mount when he fhall Attane the Age of twenty one yeares for him ... "and his heires"; "to my Granfon Thomas Mount and his heires Sixty fiue Acers of land when he fhall Attane ... "twenty one yeares which land Joynes to the Hundred Acers ... which I haue giuen to his brother Mathias Mount "And if my granfonn Thomas Mount fhould Dye before ... twenty one yeares ... I Deuife the ... Sixty "fiue Acers to my granfon Mathias Mount when ...twenty-one ..." Constitutes "my louing wife Sole Exsectrix ..." GORGE MOUNT [his mark] Wits.: Richard Hartfhone Jeremiah ftilwell Joseph Cox ____________________________________________________ STOUT, RICHARD of Middeletowne, Co. of Mon. Dated June 9th, 1703. Proved by attest. of Richard Hartshorne, one of the wits., and also to the signatures of wits., John Weekham, [Meekham?],(*) and Peter Vandevandetere, before Edward, Vifcount Cornbury, Governor, Perth Amboy, ye 23th 8ber, 1705. Gives: "unto my louing wife deuring her naturall life All my orchard and that part or rome of the houfe fhee now "lives in with the cellar and all the land I now Improue ... "; "unto my louing wife all my horfe kind excepting "one mare and coult my Sonn Beniamin is to haue for wintering my cattell laft yeare"; "to my Sonns John Richard James Johnathan Dauid Beniamin one fhilling each of them"; "to my Daughters Mary Alce and Sarah each of them one fhilling"; "to my daughter in law Marey Stoute and to her fonn John one fhilling each of them ... "; "unto my kinswoman "Mary Stoute the daughter formerly of peter ftouts one Cow to be paid within fix days After my wifes death." Residue "of personall eftate ... unto my louing wife, and ... I mak my fonn John and my fonn Johnathan "my Exsecetrs to fee this my will performed ... " Wits.:                                              RICHARD STOUT [his mark]       Richard Hartshorne      John Weekham [Meekham?](*)      Peter Vandevandeter  Oath of Executors, John and Jonathan Stout, before Edward, Vifcount Cornbury, Perth Amboy, [8ber 23th, 1705.?] ____________________________________________________ SMITH, Edmand ACCOUNTING of JAMES COX, Administrator, of Estate of Edmand Smith, Late of the town of Middletown, Mon. Co., "7 ber ye 24, 1705." Charges himself with the amount of Inventory £32--09--03 also "for goods Since Received" amounting to 11--09--00 £43--18--03 Credits himself with the following disbursements: "for funerall Expences as for the Sicknefs and Charges of Administration" £18--13--09 "payd Severall persons as p Receipts produced £10-- 9--06 "the Said Accomptant Defires Allowance of ye Sum of ... p Acct delivered in" £ 5--14--03 "... allowance of the Sum ... Expended by Richard Mount as p Acct Delivered in" £ 2--09--03 "he Desires the Allowance of a Cow left him by the Said Smith £ 2--05--00 "... of a Cow Left to Richd Mount £ 2--05--00 "7 ber ye 24, 1705 £40--16--11 "A true accompt as witnefs My hand" JAMES COX Administrator's Bond, signed by James Coxe, Elisha Lawrence and Joseph Coxe, 14th of April, 1704; James Coxe, as Administrator of estate of Edmund Smith, Late of prouince of New Jersey, deceafed. Wits.: Jno Bowne and Tho: Revell. ____________________________________________________ BORDEN, FRANCIS of Shrewsbury, Co. of Mon., Yeoman, "Being antient and Crafie." Dated May 24, 1703, 2nd of Ann. Will proved by dec. of Thomas Bills, wit., that he saw Saml. Child, Thomas Bills, Senr, and Sam1 Dennis, sign; before Thomas Reuell, Esq., Surrogate, Burlington, May 9, 1706. Codicil proved by Joseph Rogers and Issaak Hance, wits., that they saw Samuell Child and Samuell Dennis sign; before Tho. Revell, Esq., Surrogate, Burlington, [May 9, 1706.] Gives: "unto my Eldeft Son Richard Borden ... and his heirs ... Lawfully begotten of his body My "old orchard lying to ye Eaft of my house where I now live as it is now fenc'd in together with afmall bitt of Land "Joyning to it at ye north End ... beginning one Rood Due Eaft from the well thence Runeing north nine Roods "and a half thence Eaft to ye line that parts Eliakim wordel (alias) Ephraim Alliens Land and mine in wch Eaft line their "is in or Very near it two great Rocks or ftones to be feene Lying allmoft Even with ye Superficies of ye Ground. Alfo "... to Richard borden ye old houfe Joyning to the North corner of ye great houfe where I now live as alfo ye "ufe of ye fd well one Acre of land to plant corn in if he ... pleafe in ye feild yearly ... The Milk of one "good cow he ye fd Richard Borden milking it or his order." "Four Ewe fheep to be keept with there increafe there "Number never to Exceed fourteen at any time all to be keept & Done upon ye primifes where I now live cleare of all "charges During his natural life. And feven pounds in ye countrys produce Equivalent to currant filver Money of the "... province to be paid yearly .. upon two certaine Days Every year (vizt) on ye tenth Day of May three "pounds ten fhillings & three pounds ten shillings on ye tenth day of ecember to be paid unto ... Richard Borden "or his order During his Natural Life." "Alfo ... that he .... fhall have all neceffary tember for Repara"tion of ye ... old houfe as well tember and poles for ... mainetaineing & keeping all ye fences about ye "... bequeathed orchard and land as need fhall Require together with fire Wood ... all to be had off of my "land ... and ...may at ... any time ... after Mine and his mothers Deceafe Cutt, cart, and "carry away ye fame to and for ye ufe ... above Expreft and no other ufe .. for ye time ... last "above Mentioned and alfo free liberty of ingrese Egrefe Regrefe way and paffage to ... Richard borden and his "affignes friends and Relations at ... any time ... During ye term ... aforefd to come in with carts "and horfes as ye ... may have occaffion"; "unto my fon Thomas Borden all ... my two hundred Acres "of land and Meadow fcituate ... in the town of Freehold ... with ye Appurtenances ... bounded as "in ... Remembrance Lippincott his Deed ... to --[me?] bearing Date the Ninth day of October one thou"sand fix hundred Ninty feven ... to him ... his heirs ..."; "unto my Kinfman Ifaac Viccars Fifty "Acres of land and Meadow with ye appurtenances ...fcituate ... in ... Freehold ... being "part ... of four hundred Acres conveyed to me by vertue of patten and Several Deeds thereunto belonging as "hereafter will ... appeare to be layd out to him ... on which fide or End of ye fd tract of four hundred "acres ... as my fon Frances Borden fhall fee caufe ... to him ye fd Isaac Viccors his heirs ..."; "unto my faid fon francis borden all ye Reft and Refidue of ye fd tract of land and Meadow ... with ye appurten"ances ... not before bequeathed fcituate ... as above Expreft and conveyed to me by patten from under "the feal of ye fd province bearing Date ye five & twentieth day of March one thoufand fix hundred Eighty feven; Ed"ward williams his conveyance bearing date the fourth day of May one thoufand fix hundred ninty fix and my loving "Brother John Borden his Deed of conveyance bearing Date ye feventh Day of April one thousand feven hundred ... "to him ye fd Francis Borden his heirs ..."; "unto my faid Son Francis Borden all ... my Mefsuages lands "and tenements with their appurtenances fcituate ... in the Parish of Goudherst ... county of Kent ..."Kingdom of England ...unto him ... his heirs ... as fully ... as the fame is conveyed to "me by vertue of Frances Fowle of Cranbrook ... county of Kent [in] his laft will ... bearing date ye Eight "Day of October one thoufand fix hundred thirty two"; "unto my Daughter Joyce Hance wife of John Hance Jur thirty "pounds current Money of ... province ... to be paid to her ... by my ... fon Frances Borden "her brother at three or four payments as he ...fhall Receive the Ifsues and proficts out of the land and tenements "last above Mentioned out of Old England the first payment to be one year affter my Decease"; "to my Son in Law John "Hance ten Shillings currant Silver M-- And to my Daughter Joyce my great Iron pott after mine and her Mothers De"ceafe"; "unto my Eldest Son Richard Borden one Good Feather Bed bedftead and furniture there unto belonging one "Iron Pott that will hold five or fix Quarts and one that will hold about two Quarts two Pewtter Difhes Six Pewter "fpoons a fmall table and chest to be paid after mine and my wives Deceafe"; "unto my ... fon Thomas one "young cow and calfe to be paid by my Executor one year affer myne and my wives Decease"; "unto my fervant lad "Frances Jackfon five fhillings lawfull Money of the fd Province"; "unto my loving wife Jane Borden ye one ... "half part of all ... my house land and Meadow ... fcituate ... in ... fhrewsbury ... "During her Natural life not before bequeathed and after her ... Deceafe I give ... the fd Mojety to my "... fon Frances Borden to him ... and his heirs ... as alfo ye other Mojety and half part of ye fd "Meffuage lands and tenaments together with one peice of Meadow formerly bought of Abraham Brown late of ye fd "Shrewsbury lying in the Great Meadow ... to him ... francis Borden his heirs ... Whom I make "... one of my Executors ..." "Rest ... of my Moneys bonds bills and perfonall Eftate goods & "chatels ... unto my wife ... Jane Borden whom I nominate ... my Executrix ..."; "to every "fheet of paper of this my will containing four fheets have fett my hand. And to this last fheete have alfo fett my feale." FRANCES borden Wits.: Thomas bills Samvell Child Thomas bills junr Saml Dennis CODICIL--Dated Feb. 18, 1705, in which Francis Borden confirms "by his will bearing date ye four & Twenty day "of May," 1703, the bequest "unto my Sone Thomas Borden two Hundred Acres of Land & Meadow Scituate ... "in ... freehold," with the exception that he gives "unto my Kinsman Isack Viccars three Acres of Meadow being "part of that Seven Acers of Meadow belonging to the two hundred Acres ... aforesd to him ... & to his "heirs ... to be laid out to him ye said Viccars by my Son francis Borden at wch end or side ... said francis "pleases To whom I Give ... ye remaining four acers being part of ye foresaid Seven acers of Meadow to him ... "Francis Borden & to his heirs ..."; "unto my ... Sone Thomas Borden a Certain Tract of land & Meadow "& to his heirs ... wth ye apertances ... Scituate ...in ye ... town of freehold ... "lately Conveyed to me by Gavine Drummond ... conveyance bearing date the first day of March one thousand "Seven hundred and three or four Paying ... Eighteen Pounds in Currant Silver Money ... province of "New Jersey as followeth (Viz) twelve Pounds to my Daughter Joyce Hance Seven years after my deceace but if it shall "Please God ... that Shee ... shall dy .... before ye fd time ..... then ... it "shall be paid to my Daughters Surviving Children Equally to be Devided amongst them"; "to my Grandson Joseph "hance five pounds in like money above in this Codicil Mentioned when he ... shall ... arrive to ye full age "of one & twenty years, being part of ye fd Eighteen pounds ..."; "to my Daughter Joyce hances other Sone John "Hance my Grandson twenty shillings in ye like Currant Silver money ... to be paid unto him ... at ye age "of one & twenty years ... being all ye remaining part of (???)." francis borden [his mark] Wits.: Samvell Child Isaac Hance Joseph Rodgers Saml Dennis Oath of Executor Francis Borden, before Tho. Revell, Esq., Surrogate, Burlington, 9th May, 1706. ____________________________________________________ WHITELOCK, THOMASS "of fhole harber, in midletowne," yeoman, "being weake of body." Dated Nov. 1st, 1700. Proved by oath of John Bowne, of Co. of Mon., before Edward, Vifcount Cornbury, Capt. Generall & Gov., Nov. 11, 1703. Gives: "to my foon william whitelock ten fhilings;" "to my foon John whitelock ten fhillings"; "to my daughter "fufana pew ten fhillings"; "to my daughter fara whitlock ten fhilings"; "to my daughter abigall whitelock ten fhilings"; "to my daughter Rebeca whitlock ten fhilings." Residue of estate "Reale and perfonall goods and Chattels ... I give ... unto my Loveing wife mary "whitlock full and fole Executrix of this my Laft will ... & to her heirs ..." THOMAS whitlock [his mark] Wits.: John bowne cordwinder Richard Comten [his mark] John Bowne Providence Comten [her mark] ____________________________________________________ ASTON, WILLIAM of the towne of Shrowfbery, Mon. Co., "Weuer," "Being antient & Crafey." Dated 7th of 8 mo., "Called October, 1705." Proved by attest. of Richard and Remembrance Lypincote, "two of the witnefses ... being of the people cald Quakers"; that they saw Wm Lypencote and Ephraim Potter sign; before Thomas Reuell, Esq., Surrogate, Burlington, 6th Jan., 1706/7. Gives: "vnto my Louing Wife Jenett Afton all my Tract of vpland & Meadow Land fituate ....in the faid "Shrewfbery Together with all the houfe & houfeing vpon the fd tract of Land Orchards fences .... vnto her the "faid Jenett Afton; And after her decefe ... all the Afore mentioned perticulers ... that my Daughter in "Law Hannah Mills fhall haue itt ... shee her heires ..."; "(???) (???) (???) (???) (???)hter "Mary Liueing with Abraham Bro-n in weft Jersey neare Crofwicks creek; who I heare is maryed vnto an Indien who "Calleth his name Peter powell as I am Informed I doe giue her fiue fhillings of Currant mony of the faid prouince of "eaft Jerfey to be paid vnto her the fd Mary by my Executrix ... within two months after my defeafe if demanded." "All the Reft ... of my Moneys Bonds Bills, Reall and Perfonall Eftate ... I ... giue vnto my "louing wife the faid Jenett Afton whome I Nominate ... to be whole & fole Executrix ..." WILLIAM ASTON [his mark] Wits.: Remembrance Lippincott Richard Lippincott William Lippincott Ephrim potter [his mark] Oath of George Allen, Esqr, as "attorny" for the Executrix, before Thomas Reuell, Esqr, Surrogate, Burlington, Jan. 6th, 1706/7. A paper in which "Genett Aston widdow of William Aston, Late of ye town of shrewsberry ... do Elect & Chuse "Georg Allin of the sd town ... Justice, for mee & in my behalf administrator of the goods of my sayd husband "... allso Authorize him the sayd Georg Allin to Appear for mee and on my beehalf before the Judges for probate of "wills ... to obtayn the sayd Georg Allin to bee my afsistant in ye administration ....." Dated Shrewsberry, 3rd of Jan., 1706/7. GENET asten Wits.: Abiah Edwards Remembrance Lippincott Richard Lippincott ____________________________________________________ BOWN, WILLIAM "of ye Eastern Division of New Jerfey, Marriner, being Sick and Weak in body." Dated Apr. 27, 1706. Proved by dec. of wits., Abraham Van Vlecq, Edward Thomas and William Bradford, and that they saw wit., John Ellison, sign, before Edward, Viscount Cornbury, Capt Gen'l, New York, Mch. 14, 1706/7. Gives: "to my beloved Wife Rebecca Bown all that ... land Scituate ... at Crofwicks joyning upon "Jo-- and James Ashtons Land, together with all my Goods and Chattles ... for her the said Rebecca ... "and to her Heirs ..."; "to ye Child my wife now goes with all that... land that formerly was my said wifes "land, and wch alfo lies at Crofswicks, for ye said Child ... and its heirs ... But if sd Child be not born alive, "or do not live to Marry (being female) or not to come to age being Male, then I give fd ... land to my Said Wife "Rebecca and to her Heirs." Appoints "my sd Wife Rebecca to be Sole Executrix ..." WM BOWNE Wits.: John Ellison Abraham Van Vlecq Edward thomas Will Bradford ____________________________________________________ BOWNE, ANDREW of Middeltown, Mon. Co., "being Sick and weake of Body." Dated May 6, 1707. Proved by dec. of Richard Hartshorne, "one of the people called Quakers & one of the witnefses," and by oath of John Bray, wit., and by oath of George Merlet, wit., who also saw John White and Elizabeth White sign as wits., all before Edward, Vifcount Cornbury, June 26, 1708, the two first at Middletown, the last at Changoraros. "My will is if my Negro Man Robin behave himfelf well he shall be free at the Expiration of Six Years Commenfing "from the twenty fifth day of Defember next Enfuing, and ... if my Negro Man Jack behave himfelf well he shall "be free at the Expiration of Seven Years Commefing from the fifth day of defember next Enfuing ..."; "unto my "Loving wife all my perfonall Eftate ... for her Maintinance and for the bringing up of my two Grand daughters "Ann and Lidia Bowne"; "unto my Loving wife all my Houfing and Land ... during her Natural Life and after "my wifes Deceaf ... unto my three Grand (???) [Children?] John Ann and Lid -- Bowne all my Houfing and Lands "... Equally to -- Devided betwean them to theire Heirs ...... my three Grand Children Shall not hold "in Joynt Tenancy." Makes "my Loving wife Sole Exfecutrix ..." AND. BOWNE Wits.: John White Richard Hartshorne John Bray George Merlett [his mark] Elisabeth White ____________________________________________________ LAWTON , WILLIAM. Dated Aug. 17, 1702, "At Midletown." Proved by oath of Henry Marsh, wit., that he saw wit., Gauen Drummond, sign, before Edward, Vifcount Cornbury, Gov., Shrewsbury, June 28, 1708. Gives: "to my loveing wife (my executrix) The use of all my reall and personall estat ... the use of the land, "buildings orchards feild & with the conveniences ... dureing hir liftime and my personall estat as Chatle, horse-, "hoges, fheep &c to dispose of in the time of hir life at hir pleasure payeing to my sones Wm Thomas & Samuel Lawton "& daught-- Mary Drummond each of them three shilling p peace and to my sones Andrew and John Lawtons ther airs "... all my forfd reall estat as lands orchards ... and by my right to take up To be equallie divided betwixt "them to ... difpofs of at ther pleasure ... so much of the same as shal suit my wife's convenience ...', WILLIAM LAWTON [his mark] Wits.: henry Marfh Gau:Drummond Oath of Violet Lawton, Executrix, before Edward, Vifcount Cornbury, Gov., Changororas, June 26, 1708. ____________________________________________________ DEWILDY, JOHN of Mon. Co., "finding my-Self much indispofed of body and being under aprehentions ytt my time may be short in this world." Dated "Att Doctors Creek," Nov. 30, 1708. Proved by oath of James Lawrence, wit., to testator's signature, and those of the other wits., Wm White and Aron Robins, before Richard Ingoldesby, Esqr, Gov., Burl., 28 feb., 1708. Directs that after his funeral expenses are paid that his estate be divided among his creditors: "and if there fhall be "found Enugh to pay them & any thing to fpare ye ouer plufh I giue to my Daughter Dinah & whearas my fd Daughter "is young and not fitt to be att her one Dispofsall I ... make Choice of Mr Anthony Woodward & Richard faltar "Esqrs & both of freehold ... to Be gaurdians to my afforfd Daughter & Do Earniftly Recommend Her to the pro"tection of God ... and the Conduct of my two frinds ... Intill She Come off age of twenty years unlefs she "shall marry before ytt time ... and I pray ... anthony woodward & Richard Saltar ytt they would take "Care yt the profits or Rents of my Real Eftate which I haue now made ouer to my fd Daughter By Deed of Gift, bearing "Date with this last will ... Be Imployed towards the bringing up of my fd Daughter ..." JOHN deuwilldy Wits.: James Lawrence william white [his mark] Aaron Robins [his mark] ____________________________________________________ STEWARD, SIMON of ffreehold, Co. of Mon., "being weak of body." Dated Dec. 17, 1708. Proved by oath of Anthony Woodward, wit., & that he saw wits., Sarah Johnfon and John Richardfon, sign before Rich. Ingoldesby, Burl., 18 feb., 1708. Gives: "to my Dearly beloved Wife all ye houshold goods or Such goods as Can properly be Called belonging to ye "house ... Whom I Likewise ... appoint to be my Whole and Sole Executor of this my Last will ..."; "my Eftate of Land together wth all the Moveables to be Sold by ye Discretion of my ... Wife my Sole Executor to "the Difcharging my Lawfull debts ... & Solely Invest ... wth all ye Right ... to sell Convey ... "I Likewise Desire Peter ffretwell & Joseph Steward to be afsiftants herein wtt they Can"; "unto my Eldest Son Samll Ten "pounds to be paid wn he Come to age of Twenty one years And to my Son Joseph ... Ten pounds to be paid wn "he Comes to the age of Twenty one years, And to my Daughter Efther Ten pounds to be paid wn She Comes to "the age of Eighteen years, And Provided any of my ....... Children dye before they Come of age their "Refpective portions ... to the Survivor ...; and if it Pleafe God they all dye before they Come to age, it "wholely ... to belong to ye Excecutor." Residue of estate "to ye Only Proper ufe ... of my dearly beloved Wife ... " "And as for my Indented "Servant Robert Kendall I do hereby afsign him Wholely to my Excecutor." Wits.:                                            SIMON STEWARD      Anthony woodward, Justice      Sarah Johnston [her mark]      John Richardfon  Oath of Executrix, signed Rachell Steward, [her mark], that she will make true inventory etc., before Rich. Ingoldesby, Burl., 18 feb., 1708. ____________________________________________________ CLARK, WILLIAM "off ffreehold," Mon. Co., yeoman, "being very fick of body." Dated May 26, 1709. Proved by oath of Patrick Imley and Wm Laing, wits., that they saw John Hebron and John Bard sign; before Richard Ingoldesby, Esqr, Lieut. Gov., Perth Amboy, 31st May, 1709. Gives: "unto my beloved fones william and Alexander Clarks all and Singular my Lands Mefuages and tenements "off my plantation Called and knowen by the name of Huckleberry Swamp within the Town off ffreehold In the County "of Mun-Mouth to be equally divided Betwixt them to be ... poffeffed by them their heirs ...."; "unto "my beloved fon & daughter John & Anne Coftins my planta-- Lying in the Town off ffreehold & County of Mun-Mouth "qch I purchafed of Alexr Neper with all the houfes orchard & Improvements ... belonging to them dureing the "term of their naturall Lyffs and after them to the heirs of the fd Anne Costin born of her body & their affigns ... "& failing her heirs to come after their deceafe to my fons Wm And Alexr Clarks to be equally divided betwixt them ... "their heirs." "I give my Executors full power to fell and difpofe of all my Lands In the weftern divifion & all my goods "& Chattells to the paying of all my Justs debts & Legacies & defraying my funeral Charges ... and in Case the "Lands be not fold to be equally divided betwixt my sons william & Alexr Clarks to them their heirs .... the "remainder of my Estate to be equally divided betwixt my fons wm and Alexr Clarks [after debts & funeral expenses are "paid] and also my landing at the point"; "to my beloved wift Elifabeth Clark the Sum of fourtie two pounds current "filver of this province: of which twentie on pounds to be payed to her or her order at or before the Last of december "next enfueing the date hereof And the other twentie on pounds money ... to be payd to her .. at or befor "the Last of d(???) And also I give her my best bed & bed Cloths thereto belonging in my --fe and Likewife give her "ten y--s new homfpun Cloth, And a black two years old hefer and five Bufhells winter wheat and this in Lieu of her "thirds ..." Constitutes "my son william clark and John Bown my Sole executers ..." WILLIAM clark [his mark] Wits.: John Hebron Patrick Imlay ELIZABETH clark [her mark] John Bard Wm Laing Oath of Executors, Wm Clarke and John Bowne, before Richard Ingoldesby, Esqr, Perth Amboy, 31st May, 1709. ____________________________________________________ MELVEN, JAMES of ffreehold, Co. of Mon., yeoman, "Being fick of body." Dated Nov. 1st, 1708. Proved by oath of Patrick Imley and Wm Lainge, two of the wits., that they saw Wm Hoge and Richard Clarke sign; before Rich. Ingoldesby, Esq., Lieut. Gov., Perth Amboy, May 31st, 1709. Gives: "unto my fon James the fumm of One hundred pounds current money of New York to be paied out of my "Estat In ffreehold to be payed to him qn he comes to the age of Twentie on yeares"; "I likewifes give to my fd fon "Jame out of my Estate a yoke of oxen two Cows and a Mare, and a horfe with my negro boy (if alive at that time)"; "unto my faid fon Jame his heirs ... five hundred acrees Land Lying near the River de Laware In the weftern di"vifion"; "unto my fon James my great bible, baxters faints rest, Bruxes [Bvnxes?] book and Taylors book"; "to my "fone James a Bedding of Cloaths"; "to my well beloved wiff Alice all my other Estate of moveable and I Conftitute her "and walter Ker my executors, ... by her freely to be poffeffed dureing her naturall liff and after her death to my "two daughter[s] Mary and Margaret my Lands & tenements Lying within the town of ffreehold ... to them their "heirs ... on condition fhee pay all my Legacies & debts to witt my wiff Alice ...." JAMES MELVEN Wits.: patrick Imlay Williame hoge Richard Clarke Wm Laing Oath of Executors, Alice Meluen and Walter Ker, before Rich. Ingoldesby, Esqr, Lieut. Gov., Perth Amboy, the 31st May, 1709. ____________________________________________________ KINNAN, PATRICK of Freehold, Mon. Co., yeoman, "being Sick & weak of body." Dated May 14, 1709. Proved by oath of Timothy Loyds and Patrick Imley, wits., that they saw Alexander Napper sign; before Richard Ingoldesby, Esqr, Lieut. Gov., Perth Amboy, 31st May, 1709, and also by dec. of John Hepburne. Gives: "my Farm to my three Sons John, Joseph & William Kinnan to them and their Heirs ... to be equally "divided amongft them when they come to age, but if any of them fhould ... die without Heirs of their own body "before they are of Age then it fhall be divided equally betwixt the Survivers, and if either ... die, that it fall ftill "to the Surviver, And if they Should all die without Heirs then it Shall fall to my two daughters Anna & Margaret, and if "either ... die ... [then] ... to the Surviver"; "to my two daughters Anna & Margaret Kinnan to "each fifty pounds lawful money of this Province But if ... either ... die then their part ... fhall be "equally divided among the reft of my Children"; "to Thomas Kinnan that hundred Acres of Land which I bought of "Doctor Johnftone which Land lieth on the South fide of the Road that goeth from Middletown to Burlington to him and "his Heirs ... Alfo the half of the wheat that is in the ground already alfo ... a Cow & the two old horfes and "alfo the ufe of the farm for one year free"; "all the reft of my goods and Chattels to be equally divided amongft my "three Sonnes & two Daughters viz, John Jofeph, William, Anna & Margaret Kinnans." Ordains "my Trufty & welbeloved Friends Thomas Boel John Hepburn & John Browne my full and whole Eecu"tors ..." PATRICK KINNAN [his mark] Wits.: Timothy Loyd patrick Imlay Alexander nepier Oath of Executors, John Hepburne & John Browne; by attest. of John Hepburne, "according to Act of Parliament, & the other his Sollemn oath," before Rich. Ingoldesby, Perth Amboy, 31 May, 1709. ____________________________________________________ RONALD, WILLIAM of ffree-hold, Co. of Mon., yeoman, "being very fick of body." Dated May 14,1709. Proved by wits., Charles Gordon and Wm Lange, who saw the will signed, and Wm Clarke, John Bard and Wm Hay sign as wits., before Rich. Ingoldesby, Esqr, Governor, Perth Amboy, 31 May, 1709. Gives: "to Helen my dearly beloved wiff my plantation dureing her Life with all my ftock of Catle, horfs, fheep "& hoggs with all my houfhold goods ... whom I likewife conftetut ... my Executrix"; "to my beloved "fon John the fumm of twentie pounds Money of New York to be levied out of my Eftate"; "to my Beloved fon John "yn he comes of ag my Lands Meffuages and tenements he paying to each of his brothers and fifters twentie pounds after "his mothers deceafe & their being of age"; "to my Beloved fones william, James Ronals; to my Daughters Euphan, "Jan-t[,?] Rachel, Helen and Sophia Ronalds each off them ten pound Current money, to be levied out of my Eftate & "payed to them by my Executrix when they come of age"; "to my fones william and James, Each of them a yong mare "yn my Executrix thinks fitt ... and defire my Children my live with their mother till they be of age ..." WILLIAM RONALD [his mark] Wits.:William clarke Charles Gordon John Bard William Hay Wm Laing Oath of Executrix, Hellen Ronald, before Richard Ingoldesby, Esqr., Governor, Perth Amboy, 31, May, 1709. ____________________________________________________ ROBINS, JOSEPH of frehold, Co. of Mon., yeoman, "Being verry Sick and weake in body." Dated May 10, 1709. Proved by oath of John Vaughon and William Storey, two of the wits., that they saw Benjamin Lawrence and Richard Osborne sign; before J. Bafs, Esq., Perth Amboy, 6th June, 1709. Gives: "to Ana my well beloued wife all my moueables paying my Debts ... together with the Uffe of all "my land Untill ye children Come of age"; "to my well beloued Son Jofeph Robbin all ytt tract of land att Crostwekes "which I had of my father by deed of Sale Bearing Date ye Eightenth of Septt one thousand Seuen hundred and Six to"gether with a peice of ytt tract of land I bought of Zebulen Claton begining at Zebulons Southeasterly Corner thence "Upon a Strate line to ye cofsaway of ye neck feild thence Along ye Dich to Danil Robbins's line Thence along sd Danil "Robbins his line to John Lawrance his Lan-- Thence to ye tract before mentioned thence to wher it began ... ytt "my Sd Son Joseph do pay to his Sisters Anne and francis ye sum of tenn pd [?] each two year after he sha-- pofses "the Sd land but in --fe ye child my wife now goes with be a boy then Joseph is to allow him twenty fiue pound, If a Guirl "nothing, to haue and to hold sd tract of land to him and his heirs ..."; "to My Son Nathanil ... ytt peice "of land herafter to be menconed (viz) Begining at Zebulon Clatons Southeasterly Corner thence Runing Northwesterly "-ixty Degres forty Six chaines to edg of hors medow to a Stake thence Runing Southwefterly Sixty Degres ten chaines "to a Stake(???) R--g weft and by north to a Stake four Chaines -- (???) Crofs horf medow North weft(???) ?? North(???)Side -- medow to Danil Robins line"; "And by north Sixtene C(???) to ye "Dich to ye Cofsaway at hors brook thence along Da(???) s(???)from "thence to where it be- Bounded Easterly and Northe (???) Claytons Souther(???) by Danil Robins Wefterly "by (???) Danil Robins and partly by m(???) e (???)"; "ytt my -- nathanil pay ten pound to his --o Sisters (viz) "to Bathiah and Rachal ytt is tenn pound to Each -- them within two year after he shall (???)ef wth ye place. And if "ye Child my wife is now -- be a boy Nathanil is to pay h-- twenty fiue pound if a Gui [Girl?] (???)thing"; "to my -- "Jacob all y Remaining part of m-- land I bought of Zebulen clayton .. to him and his heirs ... Lying "upon hors neck"; "ytt my Son Jacob pay to my Daughter charrity wthin two years after he shall take pofestion of ye "place, ye Sum -- -en pounds But if ye child my wi-e now goes with be a boy he is to allow him twenty --e pound "If a Guirl ten pound"; "for my Executors I ... appoint my dear and loueing wife Anne together with Zebulon clayton and thomas taylor." JOSEPH ROBINS Wits.: Benjn Lawrence John uahan [Vaughn] Juner William Storie [his mark] Richard Orsborn [his mark] Oath of Executors, Anne Robins, Zebulon Clayton and Thomas Taylor, before J. Bafs, Esq., Perth Amboy, 6th June, 1709. ____________________________________________________ HOLMAN, ROBERT of frehold, Co. of Mon., "being uery Sick and weake in body." Dated 8th June, 8th of Anne, 1709. Proved by oath of William and Sarah White and John Salter, wits., before Jeremiah Bafs, Aug. 10, 1709. Gives: "to my well beloued Son Jofeph holman all my Land and ten--ents ... to him & his heirs ... "Whom alfo I do apoint my exer paying my Debts and Receving ye mony which is Due to me to his Vfse"; "to my fons "thomas and Robert I will twenty pound a peice to be pd by my fon Jofeph"; "to my Son Danil a peice of Eight"; "to "Elias a peice of Eight"; "to Each of my Daughters a Cow which my Son Jofeph is to allow them Succefsively as they "come of age." ROBERT holman [his mark] Wits.: William White [his mark] Sarah White John Saltar Oath of Executor, Joseph Holman, before Jeremiah Bafs, Esq., Aug. 10th, 1709. ____________________________________________________