Wills: Colonial Wills 1715-1724: Monmouth Co, NJ Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives primarily by Pat Mount and Wayne. Others contributors are indicated with the will. USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ____________________________________________________ NOTE: The wills are in chronological order (Old Style). That is, New Year's is Lady's Day, the 25th of March. All contributions welcomed. email to jpatter@epix.net ____________________________________________________ INDEX YEAR - PROVED or WRITTEN. ALLIN, Ralph 1719 AUMUCK, John 1721 BENNET, Thomas 1718 BOWNE, JNo 1716 COMBS, Thomas 1724 CORLEIS, George 1715 COX, Thomas 1724 CREIG, John 1724 DAVISON, William 1723 DENNIS, Samuel 1723 EDWARD, James 1719 FORMAN, Thomas 1723 GROUVER, James 1715 HARTSHORNE, Richard 1722 HEARCE, Thomas 1722 HERBERT, Francis 1719 HIGBEE, Edward 1718 HUBBARD, James 1724 LARGE, Jacob 1722 LAWRENCE, Elisha 1724 LAWRENCE, John 1720 LIPPINCOTT, John 1720 LIPPINCOTT, Remembrance 1723 MARSH, Henry 1718 MELON, William 1723 PARKER, Joseph 1723 POTTER, Ephraim 1717 REAPE, Sarah 1716 RHE, Robert 1719 ROGERS, Beniamine 1719 RUCKMAN, Thomas 1715 VAN DORN, Jacob 1719 VAN HOOK, Lawrence 1724 VAN MATRE, Kryne 1719 VERKERCK, John 1723 WILLIAMS, John Senior 1720 WYCOFFE, Jacob 1720 ____________________________________________________ GROUVER, JAMES of Midelltowne, Mon. Co., "being Sick and weake of body." Dated Mch. 18, 1714. Proved by oath of Hugh harthorne and Barnes lambson, wits., before Thomas Gordon, Surrogate, Apr. 16, 1715. "What I here in this my will ... giue my louing wife Alce grouer is in lew and Instead of her Dowry"; "I giue "to my wife deuering her widdowhood one tract ... of land about eighty acers lyin ... in Middelltow- on the "weft Side of the road ... ouer ganst my house where I now dwell -- where as I haue Twenty acers of land my "houfe and orchard standing on part of it my will is that my orchard be equaly deuided for quanty and quality in to "two parts begining on the wefter fide on the road and So running Efterly to lambath Johnson land"; "to my Daughter "Rebecka Gibons deuering my wifes widdowhood one part or halfe of my orchard being at the north end all the remainder "of the ... twenty acer with the half of my orchard and all my houfing and fencing I giue to my wife deuering her "widdowhood"; "to my wife Deuering her widow one halfe of A pece ... of Salt Meddow the whole being about "eightenn acer And Joynes To Daniel Henderickson medow"; to my wife foure cowes and three two yeare ould hefers "one three yeare ould fteare one yeareling neat beaft fouretenn fheep fix lames all my fwine all my poultery one cheft "with alock to it Spining whe-- gridiron Irontramel frinepan fire fhufell and tounges one leather chare one looking glass "all my wooll cards two plowes tow fhares one halfe of all the blankitts and couerlides my wife haith Spun one puter dish "being the bigest I haue excett two two Iron po-- I onely except my bigest Iron pot I giue my wife the vfe of my two "working horfes deuering her widdowe hood and at the expiration of her widdowhood I giue the faid two horfes to my "granfon James pattisson"; "I giue my wife the vfe of my two young oxen for three yeares if fhee remanes A widdow "foe long other wife fo long as fhee remanes a widow less then three year-"; "I giue my wife A pare of horfe hames." "If my Daughter Hefter Giberfon and my Daughter Mathew vane fhall and doe pay all my debts And pay my Daughter "Rebeckah Gibons twenty pounds which I now giue her Then I giue ... to my two Daughters Hefter a-- Mathew "... and theire heires equly ... one pece ... of land about ninty acers and Joynes to the land of John "willfon and peter weycoff alfo another pece of land about one hundred acers lying at the north end of A neck of lan"caled cockawders neck or there abouts alfo my falt medow excepting what I haue here before giuen my wife and at the "expiration of my wifes widdowhood I giue ... to my Daughter Hefter giberfon and my Daughter Mathew "vane and theire heires equly ... all my lands & Medowes Houfes orchards fences in Middeltow ... for them "to hould as Tenents in common ..." "I giue my two Daughters Hefter Giberfon and my Daughter Mathew vane "all the Remander of my perfonall eftate ..." Appoints "my two fonn in lawes John Giberfon and John vane my Executors." JAMES GROUER Wits.: Beniaman Colman Hugh Hartshorne Barnes lambfons [his mark] Hannah Waitt [or Whitt] Oath of Executors, John Giberfon and John Vane, before Thomas Gordon, Surrogate, Apr. 16, 1715. ____________________________________________________ RUCKMAN, THOMAS of Freehold, Mon. Co., "being weak of body." Dated May 20, 1714. Proved by dep. of John Ruckman and Thomas Cox, wits.; before Thomas Gordon, Surrogate, Nov. 22, 1715. Gives: "to Rachel my dearly beloved wife all my perfonal Eftate only paying to my three Eldeft daughters thirty "pounds as they fhall come to ye age of Eighteen years, viz ten pounds to Rachel ten pounds to farah and ten pounds to "Ruth ...."; "to my Loveing wife the whole ufe and benefet of all my Lands buildings and orchards durin hir widow"hood ...."; "to my Eldeft fon John all .... my Lands and Mefsuages In Freehold to him his Heirs "...."; "to my Youngeft fon Thomas all .... my Lands lying In Amwell to him his heirs ...."; "to "my daughter Hannah ten pounds to be paid to hir by my Eldeft fon John when fhe fhall come to the--of Eighteen years " ...."; "to my youngeft daughter Mary ten pounds to be paid to hir by my Eldeft fon John when fhe fhall come to "the age of Eighten years ...." "If it fo happen that If any one of my fons die before they come to the age of one "and twenty years that then the Land that he fhould have Enjoyed is to be fold by John Cox, James Lawrence and my "Executor whome I give full power to sell .... and In cafe of death any one fhall have full power to make the "abovefaid Convayance and to devide the Money amongeft my five daughters to be paid Equally alike and In Cafe any one "or more of my faid daughters die before they come to the age of Eighteen years that then ye firvivers fhall have ther "Legacies devided as abovefaid ..." Constitutes "my Dearly beloved wife my only and fole Executor .... Wits.:                                 THOMAS RUCKMAN [his mark]      John ruckman:      Benjn Lawrence      thomaf cox:  Oath of Executrix, Rachel Ruckman, before Thomas Gordon, Surrogate, Nov. 22, 1715. ____________________________________________________ Unrecorded Wills and Inventories Monmouth County, New Jersey pages 96 & 97. CORLEIS, GEORGE of the town of Sherosbvry, Mon. Co., "Cordwinder," "Being antiant bvt of "Good and parfect memory." Dated 25th 6th mo., 1715. Proved by dep. of John Hance and Dunken GriGrey, two subscribing wits.; before Thomas Gordon, Surrogate, Nov. 23, 1715. Gives: "vnto my Loving son John Corlis ten shelings to be payd to him By my Execvtors ...."; "to my "son william Corlis one Cow and Calf and one sow and pigs ...."; "to ye Children of my davghter hanah that is "deseaced fiveteen povnds in money to be payd to them by my son william as by Bond I have taken Care that Is to "say three povnds apees there nams are Jacob: Exercise, moses, Zachariah and patiance allin and .... If any "of them shoold dy Before the time apoynted for ye payment of said money that that theyr parts Shall Be Eqvely devided "amongs ye Living ...."; "to my davghter Elizabeth Brindley five povnds in money ...."; "to my davghter "mary Corlis fifteen povnds that is to say five povnds allredy payd for her at ye marchants and ten povnd more to Come (*)[Will is dated 28 of Jan., at beginning, and in body of will the date of execution is Jan. 29.] In money ..."; "to my Sons BenJamen Corlis and timothey Corlis twenty povnds apees In money and .... "that It shall pe pvt owt to yews for them By my Exeqts vntell thay Come to age of twenty one years, and at the time "of there being of age for my Execvtors to bvy Land for them with ye money If they fe cavse ...."; "to my "davghter deborah Corlis one fether bed and fvrnetvre .... allso my ovell tabel ...."; "to my davghter "dinah Corlis a fether bed and fornetvre and allso my Chest of droars when they Com to age to have them att there "one desposing ...."; "to my Child vnborn If It be a son ten povnds In money to be pvt owt to yews for him "vntell he Coms of age and his name shall be [space, no name] and If It be a davghter .... vnto It a fether Bed "and fvrnetvre .... and her name shall be hanah and If ye Child deceases before It Coms to age then Its Leagefe "to Be devided amongst ye rest of my fovr children namely BenJamen, timothey, deborah and dinah Corlis ..."; "thatt my Execvtors shall have fvll pover to Sell my negro Simon and pvt owt ye money to yews for the yews of my "children and If they See Cavse with part of ye money to Bvy a white Sarvent to manadge ye plantation If they see It "nesesery ...."; "to my son George Corlice ten povnd worth of Lether at ten pence pr povnd and ten povnds "In money to be payd to him By my Execvtor twelve months after my deceas ...."; "to my Loving wife deborah "Corlis ye yews of all ye pLantation thatt I now live vpon dvring ye time she remains my wedow with all ye Bvldings ".... there vnto belonging .... and If she mares Before my son Joseph Coms to age of twenty one years "then .... thatt my Execvtors shall take Care to Improve ye plantation to ye Best advantege as thay shall think "fit for ye Benefet of my son Joseph Corlis and at her sorendring ye pLantation to my Exeqvtors they shall pay to her "the Svm of forty povnds In Lew of her dowrey ...."; "to my son Joseph Corlis the pLantation thatt I now live "vpon with all the improvements .... vpland and medow Joyneng there vnto .... and allso fore acers "of medow Lying vpon Goos neck all wais provided .... my son Joseph shall pay to his two Brothers nameley "Beniamen Corlis and timothey Corlis a Leagese of twenty five povnds apees when they come to age of twenty one years "allso .... If my son Joseph doth not pay ye Leageses to his Brothers .... then my Execvtors shall "have fvll power to sell the pLantation and to sign ye Bill of Sail .... and to devide the money Into three Eqval "parts and to Give to my son Joseph ye one third part .... and to my son benJamen one third part .... "and to my son temothe ye other third .... allso .... That If my son Joseph doth pay ye Leageses to "his Brothers .... thatt ye pLantation shall be my son Josephs his heirs ...."; "to my son BenJamen "a pees of Land abovt sixteen acers Lieng at ye head of my son williams Land and Bownded by the Brook thatt Coms "down from Jedidiahs bog and By his Corner tree also .... to my son themothe a small pees of Land aboavt ye "head of thomas whits feild and In ye feeld abovt abowt fovr or five acers these two Small peases of Land I do Giue them ".... their heirs .... that my Execvtors shall bvy Land Joyneng to these two small parsels for my two "Sons above named to In Large there land And If in case they cannot them [then?] I do Inpower them to sell It and pvt ye "money to yews for those two Sons BenJamen and temothe also .... thatt my wife and my son Joseph shall "have the preveledge to mow fowr acers of medow Leying vpon Long nek which I Lateley Bovght of william BrindLey "and formerLey was Caleb allins dewring her widowhood ...."; "to my son BenJamen Corlis Six acers of medow "Leying near racoon Island as It will apeer By deed By me for It .... to him his heirs ...."; "to "my son temothe corlis fovr acers of medow Lyeng on Long nek which I LateLey Bovght of william brindLey .... "to him his heirs ...."; "to my Loving wife deborah Corlis my Bay hors which I yewsd to ride and my Bridel "and side sadel ...."; "to my son In Law henry allin five Shelings In money what I do Give to my Children "abovenamed John Corlis and william Corlis and the Children of my davghter hanah that Is deseased, and to my "davghter Elizabeth BrindLey an[d] mary Corlis and George Corlice Is all thatt I can Give them Besids what I have "allredy Given .... and I desier that they may be Contented there with." "All ye rest of my Goods and remainder of my Estate .... to my Loving wife deborah Corlis .... I do Giue her ye yews of It for to "Bring vp my five yongest Children and when they are Brovght vp what Is remaining .... that It shall be "Eqvaly devided amongst ye Children I have By my Last wife ye Child thatt Is yet vnborn to have a dobel shear "amongst them If It be a son If a davghter a singel shear my meaning Is when they are Broght vp when Ever she "marey again If she doth not mare when they Come to age I have allso thirty seven povnd od shelings Silver money "In a knit pvrce I do desier that my Execvtors may In prove It to advantege If opertewnety presents .... If "not to keep It in Bank for ye yews of my children vntell ye yongest Coms to age." "I do make Choyse of my Loving "wife to be my Execvtrix and my Loving frinds Gabriel Stelle and moses Lippet and George williams to be my Execvtors ".... and I do Give to Each of them five povnds apees ...." Wits.:                                                                         GEORGE CORLES      John Deare      John Hances      Dunkent Grigrey [his mark]      ELizabeth hances [her mark]  Attest of Executor, George Williams, and oath of executor, Gabriell Stelle; both before Thomas Gordon, Surrogate, Nov. 23, 1715. ____________________________________________________ WILL and CODICIL of SARAH REAPE, Widdow, of the Town of Shrowfbery, "being week of body." Will dated 12th 2d mo., "called Aprill," 1715. Proved by dec. of Mary Curlies, Alias Allen, who saw wits., William Corlies and Remembrance Lippingcott, sign; before James Smith, Surrogate, Mch. 29, 1716. Gives: "unto my Son William Reape all my Plantation with the houseing and Oarchards thereon where I now live "Commonly called Pootepeck Neck, the use of it during his Natural life and in case my Son William Reape doth come "to his right Sences then I do give to him and his heirs .... also unto my Son William Reape, the use of all "my Negros, only one excepted during his Natural life, but in cafe my fon doth come to his right mind then to him "forever ...."; "unto my Grandfon William Brindley after my Son William Reapes decease one half of my plantation Called Pootepeck Neck to him his heirs .... also ...."; "unto my Grandfon William Marfh after the decease of my Son William Reape the other ... half .... of my plantation Called PootepeckNeck .... unto him and his heirs lawfully begotten of his body"; "unto my Grandfon William Brindly "my hovse lot that I bought of the Town of Newport on Road Island with the hovseing thereon to him and his heirs .... that my Executors .... or any two of them fhall have my full power to fell all my hovseing and Land in Weymouth in Old England in Dorsettfhire and the produce of it to remain towards the maintainance of my Son William Reape ...."; "to my kinswoman Mary Ware twenty fhillings formerly the wife of Edward Williams .... to every one of her Chilldren two fheep a peece ...."; "to the Widdow of Nathaniell Brier called Edeth and her Chilldren five pounds they live in Old England in Weymouth ...."; "unto the Sons of Joseph Brier each of them five pounds a peece and to his two daughters Elizabeth and Mary Brier five pounds "a peece Money and these legacies to be paid out of my hovseing in Old England when fold ...."; "unto my Grandfon William Brindly all my Land at Rack pond near Manafquan to him and his heirs .... also and unto his three Sons Frances William and Thomas Brindly each of them a Silver spoon of my own by me ...."; "unto the monthly meeting of the people Called Quakers in Shrowsbury forty fhillings money to be paid unto George Corlies or John Lippingcott or any other persons appointed by the faid monthly meeting, for to Receve it for the only use of the monthly meeting ...."; "unto my Grandfon William Brindlys three sons Francis, William and Thomas Brindly to them and their heirs .... all .... my Tract of Land about four hundred Acres in freehold and Joy[n]ing to the Land of Robert Barcklys, and it is to be equally divided amongft them three ...."; "unto my great Grandaughter Sarah Brindley a feather bed and bolster and furniture .... belonging"; ".... unto my GrandSon William Brindly my great filver cup .... and unto my Grandson William Marsh my little Silver cup ...." "I .... appoint my two Grandfons William Brindly and William Marsh, and my loveing friends William Larrance and William Hartshorn of Middle Town my Executors in trust .... and .... that William Larrance, William Hartshorn, and two grandsons William Brindly and William Marsh fhall have the ordering and placing my "Son William Reape out to board where and how it may be for his best Satisfaction and most well liveing alfo .... "unto my Son William Reape the use of a trunck and all the things that be in my trunck with my wedding ring of "gold during his life and after his decease then .... my wedding ring of gold and one filver fpoon, unto Sarah Brindly and all the rest .... of things that is in my Trunck which I gave to my Son William Reape, the use of in case he decease before he came to his right fences ....; that William Marshes eldest Son William Marsh and William Brindlys Daughter Sarah Brindly fhall have all them things in my Trunck Equally divided between them two ...."; "unto Sarah Brindly twenty pounds in money or equall to money to be paid unto her when she comes of age ...."; "unto my Son William Reape the use of all my Remainder Estate only .... to my Grandfon William Brindly all my Land that lyeth at Whale pond brook, to him and his heirs ...."; "unto my Grandfon William Brindly all my Right of Propriety to him and his heirs forever ...."; "unto my two Executors William Larrance and William Hartshorn five pounds apeece in money ...."; "unto my two Grandaughters Elizabeth Brindly and Sarah Marsh each of them a Silver spoon, and all my wearing Cloaths Equally to be divided between them two ...."; "that my great Grandfon William Marfh fhall have my Negro Child Called Peter the Son of Robin and young Hester to him forever"; ".... the Major part of my Executors fhall have full power to act .... in the performance of .... my .... will ...."; "unto my fon William Reape the use of all my Estate, both reall and perfonal not disposed of .... household goods, Plate, pewter, brafs, bedding lining wollen woollen furniture Vtenfels and Chattels .... during his life and after his decease then .... what is left of my personal Estate hovsehold goods Plate, bedding and furniture all as afore-faid that I have given unto my Son William Reape the ufe of shall be equally divided betwixt my two Grandfons William Brindly and William Marsh, whereas .... my Land at Whale pond brook to my Grandfon William Brindly mentioned above ..... it is my will that my Son William Reape shall have the ufe of it dureing his Naturall life and in case he doth come to his right fences before his decease then to him forever ...."; "if my Son William Reape doth not come to his right fences before his decease the[n] .... William Brindly's youngest Son called Reape Brindly shall have that Land of mine lying by the Whale pond brook and fix acres of Salt Marsh Meadow lying near Rackoon Island .... unto him and his heirs .... also .... unto him one Silver Spoon." Wits.: SARAH REAPE William Corlies Remembrance Lippincott Mary Cvrlies CODICIL of SARAH REAPE, of the town of Shrewsbury, Mon. Co., "Widdow & Relick of William Reap, Deceased." Dated Jan. 7, 1715. Proved by dec. of Stephen Colven, wit., who saw wits., John Webley and Ann Chambers, sign; before James Smith, Surrogate, Mch. 29, 1716. Confirms her will dated Apr. 12, 1715. Gives: "unto my loving Grandson William Marsh after the Death of my Son William Reep a certain peece of land "in the township of Squomacaff [?] in Narragansett Country and another certain peece of land in Providence both in New England in the Colony of Rhoad Island .... his heirs .... after My own death and the Death of my Son William Reep .... and all the land Given in my Sd last Will to my Sd GrandSon William Marsh at Potepeck being the .... half .... of the farm wheir I now live be no otherwife then to him ... "his heirs ...." Wits.: SARAH REEPE [her mark] John Webley Ann Chambers [her mark] Stephen Collven [his mark] ____________________________________________________ BOWNE, JNo of midletowne, merchant, "Being fick and weake in body." Dated Sept. 14, 1714. Proved by James Paul, [his mark,] wit., who saw Joseph Dennis and Magaret frazer, "formerly Cummen," sign; before Robert Hunter, Esqr., Gov., Apr. 11, 1716. Also by Margaret frazer and Joseph Dennis, who each saw the other wits. sign; before Robert Hunter, Esq., Gov., Apr. 11, 1716. Gives: "to my wife frances Bowne the fum of four hundred pounds money of the province aforfaid in right of her "dowry ...."; "to my fister Sarah Saltar all my plate and the bed whereon I Lye and furniture ...."; "to "gerfhom Mot the fum of two hundred pounds for the ufe of his children ...."; "to Jofeph dennis one hundred & "twenty pounds & to Jeremiah white the fum of one hundred and twenty pounds ...."; "to Thomas Saltar & Jno "Saltar & hannah Lincon and to william hartshornes three oldeft children the Sum of two hundred and fifty pounds to each "of them the reft of my eftate both real and perfonall I will to be equilly devided betweene my brother obadiah Bowne & "my brother Richard Saltar their heirs .... whom I do hereby Appoint fole Excecutors ...." Wits.:                                       JNO BOWNE      James paul      Jofeph Dennes      Marget Commen  Oath of Executors, Obadiah Bowne and Richard Salter, before Ro. Hunter, Apr. 11, 1716. ____________________________________________________ POTTER, EPHRAIM of the town of Shrewsbury, Mon. Co., "gent., being uerry fick & weak in body." Dated Dec. 25, 1716. Proved by oath of John Chambers, wit., and by affirm. of Thomas White, "another wit., ... he being A Quaker," before John Barclay, Surrogate, 15th April, 1717. Gives: "unto my Louing Wife Mary Potter the use of the beft Roome in my dwelling hous & half the fellor under "fd hous with half the outward Room in my hous to be frely pofsefsed and Enioyed during her widowhood ..."; "unto my Louing Wife also halfe my orchard or the yuse of it during her widowhood as afofd and ... that my "wife fhall haue pastering for two Cows & a hors on my plantation I now liue on with hay alsoe prouided for to winter "the afsd Cows & hors during the time ... afsd & alsoe to haue fire wood prouided for her during the time ... "afsaid ..."; "unto my Louing Wife Mary Potter alle the goods Chatels & Estate that fhe brought to me that was "formerly Niccolas browns"; "unto my fone Ephraim potter A pair of Wofted Comes now in his own passesion ..."; "unto my dafter Ann potter the fum of fiue fhillings to be pd in A year after my disceeas ..."; "unto my dafter "Marcey Jackson the fum of fiue fhillings to be pd in A yeare after my disceafs ..."; "unto my fon John potter "Twenty pounds to be pd at his Coming to the Age of twenty one years"; "unto my dafter Martha potter the fume of forty "fhillings to be paid in fome Conueniant time after my disceafs"; "unto my dafter Catherine potter the fume of fiue "fhillings to be pd in A year after my disceafs"; "unto my dafter Leah potter the fume of fiue fhillings to be pd in "fome Conueniant time after my difceas"; "to my fone Abraham potter A two year old heafer"; "to my fone preserve "potter the fume of fiue fhillings to be pd within fome Conueniant time after my disceas"; "to my fone Joseph potter "the fume of fiue pounds to be pd when he Coms to the age of twenty-one years"; "to my fone Niccolas potter all my "plantation I now liue on with all the medows houses ..... to him & his heirs ... rouided that he ... "clear and pay all the debt that is ftill owing for the fd plantation Except that part before allredy bequeathed to my "Wife ..."; "further that my fone Nickolas potter doe pay all the abouesaid Leagaceys to his brothers & fisters "out of the land and medow ..."; "and if it foe hapen that my wife proue to be with Child by me & it be Ether "fon or dafter my will is that that Child fhall haue the one third part of my plantation I now liue on ..." "If my fone niccolas potter doe not fo Care to take the plantation one the Conditions abouesaid & pay the money "dew upon it and allso thee leagaceys ... that then ... I doe order ... my plantation to be fold "by my Executors ... together with all my goods & Chattels & then all my Just debts to be paid out of the fame"; "... those goods & Chatells & Eftate alredy before bequeathed to my wife ... fhall not be fold or medled with "by my Executors, but only Those goods & Chatells that appertained to my Eftate before I was Married to her ..."; "to my louing wife the one third part of the money that my plantation & moueable Eftate fhall be fold for after debts "& leagaceys paid"; "to my fon niccolas potter one third part of the money that my plantation fhall be fold for & also "a third part of the produce of my moueable Estate fo disposed of ..."; "to my fon Niccolas potter all the Rest and "Resedew of the money after the farm being fold & debts & Leagaceys being paid ..." Constitutes "Richard Chambers Esqr John Lippincott Jr & Wm Woolley the fon of John Woolley my only and fole "Execeutors." EPHRAIM POTTER [his mark] Wits.: John Chambers Thomas White Abigall White Amoss White Oath of Richard Chambers, "one of ye Executors to ye Above Ephraim Potter," who, "promise well & truly to Exe"cute ye office of an Executor," before John Barclay, Surrogate, Apr. 15, 1717. [At bottom of page: ["N. Y. Seal'd May "ye 7th, 1717."] ____________________________________________________ BENNET, THOMAS "of Shirowsbury," Mon. Co., yeoman, "Tho not in helth of body." Dated "Shirk river, the seventh day of October," 1717. Proved by dec. of Thomas Chambers, one of the evidences, who saw the other two sign; before John Barclay, Surrogate, Feb. 26, 1717. Gives: "to my loveing wife Lea Bennet the use & benefit of all my estat personall and reall dureing her naturall life "or widow hood But if my wife sees cause to alter her condition by marrage Then she is to have but her thirds as the "law directs And doe heirby apoynt her my only executrix And failling my said wife by deceas or by marrage Then I give ".... to my sone Thomas Bennet all my lands .... And a pairt of the moveables at my wifes decease or "marrage; All which lands and others the said Thomas my sone is to have ... to him his heirs ...." "And "what pt of my moveable estat is left undesposed off for mantaining of my said wife and the children Then I give ... "to my daughter a pairt of the same after all my just debts are payed ..." Wits.:                              THOMAS BENNET [his mark]      Robert Stout [his mark]      Thomas Chambers      Gav: Drummond  Oath of Executrix, Lea Bennett, Widow, before John Barclay, Surrogate, Feb. 26, 1717. ____________________________________________________ HIGBEE, EDWARD of middletowne, Mon. Co., "Being Very Sick of body." Dated Aug. 21, 1716. Proved by John Tinckny, [or Pinckny], and Johannes Smack, "two of the Evidences," by dec., before John Barclay, Surrogate, Mch. 25, 1717. Gives: "unto my Louing Sone Edward Higbee all my wearing Cloaths Exept my beft Hatt and one white mare and "my Long gunn and Foure pounds in money"; "unto my Louing daughter Sary Jonfon one pounds and tenn Shillings"; "unto my Louing Daughter Margery Looquer Eight pound in money"; "to my Louing Daughter Mary Race one Cheft "one brafs Cittle one Couerled two blancketts one tramel one ketchell the old bed bolfter and two pounds in money"; "unto "Louing Sone Jofeph Higbe Eight pounds in money and my beft hatt"; "to my Louing Daughter Rebeckah Higbe one "feather bed and my new Rugg two new Dutch Blancketts one bolfter and all the pillowes and all the Reft of Howshold "goods that belongs within the Howse to womans Afairs and all the Reft of my goods that Is not Here mentioned shall "bee Sold and ... the Reft of my Eftat To bee Equalie Deuided betwixt obediah Higbe and George higbe and ".... if Either of them Should dye Before that thay Should Come to age that the other Should have itt all." Nominates "Eden Burrowes & Hugh Hartshorne of the Same place to be the Executors." Wits.                                      EDWARD higbee      Jon. Tinckny [Pinckny?]      Johanus Rees [?]      Johanus Smack [his mark]  Oath of Executor, Eden Burrowes, before John Barclay, Surrogate, March 25, 1717. [At the end of the page, under the preceding oath, is the date: "Aprill ye 10th, 1717."] ____________________________________________________ MARSH, HENRY of Middletown, Mon. Co., "being very fick & weak in body." Dated May 16, 1716. Proved by dec. of Edward Joyce and James Brown, "Evidences," before John Barclay, Surrogate, March 25, 1717. Gives: "my Dearly beloved Wife Margrett Marfh the ufe of all my houfehold Goods and Moveables for her Maintainance "dureing her Widdowhood"; "I Give my wife all my Houfe wherein I now Dwell and half of my Land Equally to be "Devided betwixt my fon Bartho and my Wife but dureing her viduity And Provided my beloved fon Bartholomew Marfh "fhall and do pay all my Debts which are or fhall happen to be due at my Deceafe within one year after my Death Then "I Give ...., at the Expiration of my wifes Viduity all my Land and Houfes to my fon Bartho Marfh & his heires "but if my fon Bartho Refufe to pay all my Debts .... Then I Give .... unto my Daughter Ifsabella "Lambert and her heirs at the Expiration of my wifes Viduity one half of all my Land and houfes if my Daughter pay my "Debts, And at the Expiration of my wifes Viduity I Give .... to my Daughter Ifsabella Lambert all my pfonall "Eftate ...." Constitutes "Richard ftout and James Bowne fenr both of Middletown my fole Executors ...." Wits.:                                        heny MARSH      Edwd Joyce      Easter Stout      James Brown  Oath of Executors, Richard Stout and James Bowne, before John Barclay, Surrogate, March 25, 1717. ____________________________________________________ RHE, ROBERT "of ffreehold, yeoman, being of perfect memory ...." Dated Apr. 10, 1718. Proved by oath of Richard Clerk and John Campell, wits., before John Barclay, Surrogate, May 27, 1719. Gives: "to my Son David Rhe all my Lands and tenements and all my Carpenter and Cooper Tools upon Condition "that he fhall pay all my debts and Legates and that my Executrix fhall have privelidg of any one room in the houfe During "her life ...."; "to my Daughter Elifabeth Rhe the fumm of twentie pounds ...."; "to my Daughter "Cathrine Rhe the fumm of twenty pounds ...."; "to my daughter Margaret Rhe the fumm of twentie pounds "...."; "to my Daughter Isabel Rhe the fumm of twentie pounds ...."; "to my daughter Mary Rhe the fumm "of twentie pounds to be paid in manner following .... Elifabeth within two years after my Deceaf Cathrine one "year after Eliz. Margaret two years after Cathrine, Ifabel two years after Marg. [or Mary] Mary two years after Margret or "when fhe comes to the age of twentie years ...."; "to Jennit my wife the fumm of thirty pounds to be paid in fix "moneths after my Deceafe, and all my Moveables imediatly and make her sole Executrix ..."; "in Cafe of non "payment of the aforfd Debts and Legacies that then fo much of my Lands Bequeathed fhall be fold by the greeved, to "pay all Debts and Legats ...." Wits.:                                    ROBERT RHE [his mark]      Richard Clark      George Walker      John Campell  Oath of Executrix, Jannett Rhe, Widow, before John Barclay, Surrogate, "on ye day Abovefd." [May 27, 1719.] INVENTORY of ROBT RHE. "goods of ROBT RHE, Deceafed, not then com to hand when Eftat was apprized. £ s d "Item wheat and ry 18--00--00 "Item a grind ftone, two 00--11--06 "pitch forks two fickles a fyeth ____________________________________________________ ALLIN, RALPH "of ye town of Sherosbvry," Mon. Co., "yeoman, being very sick and weak In Body." Dated Sept. 13, 1717. Proved by oath of Gabriell Stelle, "one of ye Evidences," that he saw the other wits. sign; before John Barclay, Surrogate, Aug. 26, 1719. Letters of Administration "Granted By the Honourable Lewis Morris, Esqr, Prefident of His Majesties Councill, .... "unto ye Executrix ... some time In september, 1719. J. Barclay, Dpt. Sctr." Gives: "vnto my three sons nameLey aron, Ezekel and James allin the plantation I now Live vpon with ye Bog that "Belongs to the same Joyning to and Being part of ye Grait Bog which Bog Is abovt Eighteen acers and ye Land abovt "Two hvndred and fifty acers .... and to there heirs .... and If any of my three sons above named shoold "dy Before they come to age then .... ye plantation and Bog shall Be devided Between ye two yt shall Be livin "Eaqvaly and I do Give to my son aron a small Gon that I have By me"; "vnto my son Jedidiah allin ye Land and medow "that I have In Croswiks .... to him his heirs .... this Land Is Land thatt Is Given me By my mother as "By deed will appear for hvndrd acers this Land Is In Croswecks or In frehold near Croswiks"; "vnto my Loving wife "margerit allin ye yeus [use] of all my plantation vntell my son Ezekel Coms to age of twenty one years and after that for her to have ye hows and one third part of ye orched dvring ye time she remains my wedow and my three Boys above named to "pay to her ye fvm of five povnds amongst them yerLey .... dvring ye time she remains my wedow ... "also ..... all my movabel Estate She payeng ovt of ye Same all my Jvst debts and to Give to my davghter mariam "owt of ye same ye svm of fifty povnds when she Coms to age of Eighteen years or her marege day .... also .... "vnto my wife a small peas of Land and medow In frehold It Being one half of a pees my father Gave to my Brother henry "and ye other half to me By his Last will .... and to her heirs ...." Constitutes "my Loving wife margeret allin my only and sole Exeqvtrix ...." Wits.: RALPH ALLEN Gabriel stelle Henry Allen George Allin Attest of Margarett Allen, "Widdow, ye Executrix," "being on of ye people call'd Quakers," before John Barclay, Surrogate, "on ye day & year above fd." [Aug. 26, 1719.] ____________________________________________________ ROGERS, BENIAMINE of fhroufbery, Mon. Co., planter, "beinge weeke of body." Dated Mch. 7, 1718. Proved by affirm. of Joseph Lawrence, "one of the Evidences," "being a Quaker"; also by oath of Joseph Gilford, before John Barclay, Surrogate, Apr. 13, 1719. Gives: "all my houfe and land to my daughter Elizabeth and to the heirs of her body when fhe doth atain to the "age of Eighteen years of age I giue her four large pewter platters"; " ... all my Cattle and my mare to my louinge "wife leah rogers"; " ... my hors to my louinge brother John rogers allfo ... to him my gun ..."; "to my louing wife all my houfhold goods"; " .... one half of my land and medow fo[r] my louing wife vntill "my gaughter Comes at age vnlef fhe maries or will not liue on it that is to fay the land and medow is to be Equaly "deuided & my wife is to haue one half ...."; "to my brother John rogers one half of my land and medow vntill "my daughter Comes at age and the other half that I haue giuen to my wife if fhe marief or refufes to liue on it or dies "I giue to my brother John vntill my daughter Coms at age ..."; "to my wiff and my brother John all my plow & Cart "tacklin and Cart to vse as their own"; " ... to my wife my faddle"; " ... all my houfe and land to my "brother John rogers ... his heirs ... if it fhall hapen that my daughter Elizabeth die without heirs of her "body." Constitutes "my loueinge brother famuel rogers and thomas tilton Executors .... Joyntly ..." beniamin rogers [his mark] Wits.: Joseph Lawrence Willam gifford [his mark] Josep Gifford Oath of Executor, Samuell Rogers, before John Barclay, Surrogate, Mch. 12, 1719. ____________________________________________________ EDWARD, JAMES of the Towne of freehold, Co. of Mon., Yeoman, "Being very sick and weak in body." Dated July 28, 1719. Proved by oath of Richard Saltar, Junr, one of the Evidences, who saw the other two evidences sign; before John Barclay, Surrogate, Nov. 25, 1719. Gives: "to my Eldeft Daughter Elifabeth Eadea: The sum of one Shiling, haueing formerly Given to her; her "portion, and Do hereby apoint my Daughter Jane mafon and my Daughter Alfe Edwards Togather With my Two "Trufty frinds John Reid Esqr and Richd Saltar both of ye County aforefaid my Executrixes and Executors .... "yt My said Executrixes & Executors shall haue full .... power Joyntly together or any three of them To Sell ".... any part or all my moueable Eftate for ye payment of my Juft Debts .... And in Cafe yt shall "fall Short of paying my Debts .... then my said Executors and Executrixes shall haue full power to Sell "all or any part of my Lands for ye payment of Debts ...."; "all ye Residue of my Eftate .... Reall "or perfonall .... to be Equally Diuided Betweene my Two Deere and Loueing Daughters Jane Mafon and "Alfe Edwards Their heirs .... but In Cafe my Said Daughters Jane or my Daughter Alfe Shall Dececeafe with"out Ishue that yn ye Suruiuer of them and her heirs shall haue .... ye other .... half part of my "Eftate." Wits.: JAMES EDWARD [his mark] William Jones [his mark] John uahan Juner R. Saltar Junr Oath of Executrix, Elfe Edwards, before John Barclay, Surrogate, Nov. 25, 1719. "Letters of Administration was Accordingly Granted unto one of ye Executrixes .... some time In Janr "Laft, 1719 "J. Barclay, Dpt. Sctr" ____________________________________________________ HERBERT, FRANCIS of Middletown, Mon. Co., Yeoman, "being Very Sick and Weak of Body." Dated Sept. 30, 1719. Proved by dec. of William Cheeseman, Joseph Patterson and James Cox, "Evidences," before John Barclay, Surrogate, Nov. 25, 1719. Gives: "to my Loving Wife Hannah the Ufe of all my Real Eftate for and During the Term of her Widowhood, and "at her Deceafe or Remarriage which fhall firft happen .... All my Lands and Meadows be Divided in fowr Equal "parts (Except the Eighth part of an Acre Round the Burial place which my Will is fhall be and Remain to and for the "ufe of a Burying place for my Family) ...."; "to my Son Thomas and his Heirs One full and Equal fourth part of "all my Lands and Meadows the which fourth part to Include his Dwelling houfe ...."; "to my Son Francis One "full and Equal fourth part of all my Lands and Meadows to be poffefs[ed] by him at the Deceafe or Remarriage of My Wife "hannah to him his Heirs ...."; "to my Son Samuel One full and Equal fourth part of all my Lands and Meadows "to be pofsefsed by him at the Deceafe or Remarriage of my Wife hannah to him his Heirs ...."; "to my Son "Obadiah the Remaining .... Equal fourth part of all my Lands and Meadows to be pofsefsed by him at the "Deceafe or Remarriage of my Wife Hannah to him his Heirs ...."; "to my daughter Elisabeth the Sum of Five "Shillings ...."; "to my daughter Bridget the Sum of Five Shillings ...."; "to my daughter Mary the "Sum of Five Shillings ...."; "to my Loving Wife hannah (after Juft Debts, Funeral Charges and ..... "Legacys are paid ....) All the Remaining part of my perfonall Eftate In Liew .... of her Dower ...." Appoints "My Loving Wife hannah and My Son Francis Executors ...." Wits.:                                   FRANCIS HERBERT [his mark]      James Cox      William cheesman      Jofeph patterfon      Willm Lawrence Junr  Oath of Executor, Frances Herbert, before John Barclay, Surrogate, "on ye day Above written." [Nov. 25, 1719.] ____________________________________________________ LAWRENCE, JOHN of Freehold, Mon. Co., Yeoman, "Being in good and perfect health." Dated Apr. 4, 1719. Proved by dep. of William Laurence, William Laurence, Junr, and John Van matre; before John Barclay, Surrogate, Feb. 23, 1719. Gives: "to my Daughter Elisabeth the Sum of five pounds to be paid by my Executors within one year after my "deceafe ...."; "to my Son John the Sum of Five pounds to be paid by my Executors within one year after my "deceafe ...."; "to my five Daughters Namely Conftant, Rachel, Hannah, Mary, and Dorcas, the Sum of Seventy "five pounds, viz fifteen pounds apiece to each of them to be paid by my Executors within one Year after my deceafe "...."; "to my Son Gibbons Lawrence his Heirs .... Two Hundred Acres of Land to be taken out of my "Land as followeth, Viz. Fifty Acres thereof Lying and joyning to the South fide of the One Hundred and Twenty Acres "which I have Granted to the faid Gibbons by deed of Sale, and which was formerly Malcolm Maquary's the faid fifty Acres "to Run in length the whole length of the faid One Hundred and Twenty and In Breadth So far Southward as for a parrellel "line With the Southermoft line of faid One Hundred and Twenty to Include Fifty Acres And the other One Hundred and "fifty Acres Lying on the North fide of the faid One Hundred and Twenty Acres ......... and if my Son "Gibbons Depart this life not having difposed of the Land .... nor leaving Iffue of his Body then .... the "Fifty Acres be poffefsed .... by My Son Benjamin and his Heirs, And the faid One Hundred and Fifty Acres be "poffefsed and Enjoyed by my Son John and his Heirs ...."; "all the Remaining part of my Real Estate together "with My Grift Mill, Saw Mill and Bolting Mills and all Utenfials to them .... be wholly poffefsed .... by "my Loving Wife Rachel for and during her Widowhood, and untill my Son Benjamin fhall attain the Age of Twenty-one "Years, at which Age of Twenty-one Years .... my faid Son Benjamin (if my Wife be then living and unmarried) "fhall be pofsefsed of the one half thereof, and my Wife if unmarried then the other half, and when fhe fhall Remarry ".... then fhe fhall have one fourth part .... and my Son Benjamin three fourth parts During her Life and "after her Deceafe if my Son Benjamin fhall attain to the Age of Twenty one Years or leave Iffue .... then .... "all the faid Real Eftate Mills & Utenfials .... unto him My Son Benjamin Lawrence his Heirs ...... if "my faid Son Benjamin fhall Depart this life before .... the Age of Twenty One .... or leave Iffue [sic] of "his Body, then .... to my Son John Lawrence and his Heirs the Mills .... the Land overflowed In the "Mill pond and two Chains acrofs the Low Ground from Bank to Bank below the Mill and Fifty Acres of upland adjoyning "to the Mill and Millpond, and then .... to my Son Gibbons Lawrence and his Heirs all the remaining part of the "faid Real Eftate." "All that I have .... given to my Loving wife Rachel I Give her In liew of her dower "...."; "to my Loving Wife Rachel one full and Equal fourth part of my perfonal Eftate after Juft debts .... "are paid out, And .... the Ufe of the Remaining Three fourth parts for and during her Widowhood, and at the "time of her deceafe or Remarriage which fhall firft happen, My Will is .... the faid Three fourth parts be divided "in Six Equal parts And I Give five of the Six Equal parts to my five daughters, Namely Conftant, Rachel, Hannah, Mary, "and dorcas and the Remaining Sixth part to my Grand daughter Rachel Okefon, to be Employed to the beft advantage for "my faid Gran-daughter by William Clark and Thomas King two of my Exectuors .... until my faid Grandaughter does attain to the age of Eighteen years." Nominates "My Loving Wife Rachel together with my two Sons in Law William Clark and Thomas King & the Survivors of them to be Executors ...." Wits.:                                         JOHN LAWRENCE      Zebulan Cleayton [his mark]     Wm Lawrence       John Van Matre       Willm Lawrence Junr  Oath of Executors, Rachell Lawrence, William Clerk and Thomas King; before John Barclay, Surrogate, "on ye day & "year Above written." [Feb. 23, 1719.] Letters of Administration were granted March 18, 1719. "J. Barclay, Dpt. Sctr." ____________________________________________________  Unrecorded Wills and Inventories Monmouth County, New Jersey, pages 89 & 90: VAN DORN, JACOB of Freehold, Mon. Co., Yeoman, "being Very Sick and Weak of Body." Dated Apr. 24, 1719. Proved by oath of William Laurence, Junr, "on of ye subfcribing Evidences"; that he also saw the other wits. sign; before John Barclay, Surrogate, March 21, 1719. "My Will is that My Loving Wife Marytye Van dorn have poffefs and Enjoy the Ufe of All my Eftate both Real and "perfonall for and During the Time of her Widowhood for her Maintenance and for the Maintenance and Promotion of "My Chilldren And at the time of her Remarriage .... fhe fhall have the Sum of One Hundred pounds Out of "the perfonall Eftate which I here Give her the Ufe of the which One Hundred pounds I Give her .... In Liew ".... of her Dower ...."; "all the Remaining part of my perfonal Eftate be Equally Divided amongft all my "Chilldren Namely Aria, Angletye, Chrifty-Ian, William, Jacob, Angenyettie, Catharine, Abram, Peter, and Ifaac ..."; "to my Son Aria the .... half part of My Grift Mill and the .... half part of All my Lands and Improvements "to be by him poffefsed .... (on the deceafe or Remarriage of my Wife, fhall firft happen) and to .... "his Heirs .... On limitation That he pay the Sum of Three Hundred Thirty and Seven pounds Tenn fhillings "as followeth"; ".... Seventy- five pounds .... within the Space of One Year Next after the Deceafe "or Remarriage of my Wife to My daughter Angletye, And Seventy-five pounds .... within the Space of two Years "Next after as abovefaid to my Son Chrifty-Ian"; ".... Seventy-five pounds .... within the Space of "Three Years Next after as abovefaid to my Son William And Seventy-five pounds .... within the Space of fowr "years Next after as abovefaid to My daughter Angeniettye And the Remaining thirty Seven pounds Tenn Shillings to "My Youngeft Son Ifaac within the Space of five Years Next after as abovefaid"; "... to My Son Jacob the Remaining ".... half .... of the Grift Mill and the other Remaining .... half .... of "All my Lands & Improvements to be by him poffefsed .... (at the Deceafe or Remarriage of my Wife) Or his "Attaining the Age of Twenty-One Years which fhall Laft happen) unto him his Heirs .... On Condition That "he pay the Sum of Three Hundred and Thirty Seven pounds Tenn Shillings as followeth: ... Seventy-five pounds ".... within the Space of One Year Next after his being poffefsed of faid half to My Daughter Catharine ..."; "Seventy-five pounds .... within .... two Years next after his poffefsion to My Son Abram, And Seventy-five "pounds .... within .... Three Years Next after his poffefsion to My Son Peter, And Seventy-five "pounds .... within .... Fowr Years Next after his poffefsion to My Youngeft Son Ifaac and the Remaining "Thirty-Seven pounds Tenn Shillings .... to my faid Youngeft Son Ifaac within .... Five Years "Next after his being poffefsed; .... if any of my Chilldren Depart this Life Not leaving Iffue of their Body, That "then .... that part .... which I .... order them to Receive or take be Equally Divided between ".... So Many as fhall then be living Or leave Iffue of their Body .... And if any part be payable "to any Child or Chilldren before the perfon to Receive the fame Is of the Age of Twenty One Years .... that my "Executors Receive the fame and Employ it to the beft advantage they can for fuch Child or Chilldren untill he .... "Attain the Age of Twenty-one Years ...." Nominates "My Loving friends Gerret Schank and Aria Bennet to be the Executors ...." Wits.:                                                                           JACOB van dorn      jacob Zutvin      jan Sutven      Willm Lawrence Junr.  "Letters of Administration were ... Granted ..." March 29th, 1720, "J. Barclay, Dept, Sctr." Oath of Executor, Garret Skank, before John Barclay, Surrogate, "on ye day & year Abovefd." [Mch. 21, 1719.] ____________________________________________________ Pages 90 & 91 of Unrecorded Wills and Inventories Monmouth County, New Jersey: VAN MATRE, KRYNE of Middletown, Mon. Co., Yeoman, "Being in good and perfect health." Dated Apr. 26, 1719. Proved by oath of William Lawrence, Junr, and Hendrick Smock, "two of the Evidences," who saw the other wits. sign; before John Barclay, Surrogate, Mch. 21, 1719. "My Will is that My Son John Van Matre fhall have and keep that Fifty-one pounds which I formerly paid to Ryk "Hendrickson for and towards a plantation for my faid Son John, without being accountable to my Executors for the "fame ..."; " .... that at the time of the Marriage of My Daughter Yda fhe fhall have two Cows and fifteen "pounds and my daughter Angletye to have at the time of her Marriage two Cows and fifteen pounds, And My daughter "Cornelia to have at the time of her Marriage two Cows and fifteen pounds to be delivered to them out of my perfonal "Eftate by my Executors ...."; "to my loving Wife Neeltye Van Matre the ufe of my plantation and the ufe of the "Remainder of my perfonal Eftate .... during the time that fhe fhall Remain my Widow and after her deceafe or "Remarriage .... that the perfonal Eftate that fhe has the ufe of be Equally divided Amongft all my Chilldren, "Namely, John, Yda, Ghifbert, Angeltye Benjamin, Cornelia, Sirynus and Jofeph"; " .... my whole Real Eftate ".... after the death or Remarriage of my Wife which fhall firft happen to my fowr Sons Namely Ghifbert Van "Matre, Benjamin Van Matre, Sirynus Van Matre and Jofeph Van Matre as followeth, viz.... that if my Son Ghif"bert fhall within .... Three Years Next after the deceafe or Remarriage of my Wife pay unto my daughter Yda "or her heirs the Sum of Seventy-five pounds, that then I give .... One full and Equal fourth part of my Real "Eftate to him ... his heirs ...., And if my Son Benjamin fhall within .... Three Years Next "after the deceafe or Remarriage of my Wife pay unto my daughter Angeltye or her Heirs, the Sum of Seventy five pounds "then I give .... One full and Equal fourth part of my Real Eftate to him .... his Heirs .... And "if my Son Sirinus fhall live to the Age of Twenty-one years, and fhall within three years after the Deceafe or Remarriage "of my Wife or at the Age of Twenty-One Years which fhall laft happen, pay to my Son John or his Heirs, the Sum of "Seventy-five pounds then I Give .... One full and Equal fourth part of my Real Eftate to him .... his "Heirs .... And if my Son Jofeph fhall live to the Age of Twenty-One Years, and fhall within three Years after the "Deceafe or Remarriage of my Wife or at the Age of Twenty One Years which fhall laft happen, pay to my daughter Cornelia "or her Heirs the Sum of Seventy-five pounds then I Give .... the Remaining fourth part of my Real Eftate to "him .... Jofeph his Heirs .... if Either of the faid fowr Sons depart this Life before he attain the Age of "Twenty-One Years, or leave Iffue of his Body, that then that fowrth part of my Eftate be Equally divided between the "Remaining Three, they paying that Sum to the perfon that the party deceafed was to pay .... I .... give "power to my Executors .... to divide my Lands in fowr Equall parts .... to my faid fowr Sons." Nominates "My two friends and Brothers in Law Benjamin Van Cleave and Philip folcoettson to be the Executors ...." Wits.:      kr"n G[orF]auffen van meteren      Jacobus fwett [or fcott]      Hendrick fmock      John Lawrence      Thomas Lawrence      Willm Lawrence Junr  Oath of Executor, Benjamen Vancleave, before John Barclay, Surrogate, May 25, 1720. ____________________________________________________ WILLIAMS, JOHN fener, "in the town of fhrofbry," Mon. Co., "being in helth." Dated Shrofbery, 2d 6mo, 1717. Proved by oath of Phillip Edward, "one of the Evidences," that he saw Samuell Swaine and George Curlis sign; before John Barclay, Surrogate, Mch. 21, 1719. Appoints "my louing wife mary williams Exceketrex and my fon dannill williams Exeketer." Gives: "to my wife the one halfe of my goodes within dores and without and halfe the houfing and a third parte of the "Orchard and meddo and three Eckeres of land whare fhee fhall Cufe ...."; "to my fon John williams my waring "CLoues"; "tow my fone gorge williams that lote of meddo that I bought of Clemment mafters in gouf nek tow him and "his ares ...."; "tow my fon Judah williams a pece of land and meddo att the whall pone brouke one the wefte fide "of the bridge tow him and his arese ...."; "tow my fone danniell williams and his ares .... this fareme that "I now liue one Excepte what I haue giuin his mother during har life or widdohoude and then tow Retore [revert?] tow him "and his for Euer"; "to my fouer Eldeft daftres hanna Elizebth Lidya and margrete fix fhillinges apefe ..."; "tow "my dafter Conftan[c]e a bed and beding and a Cow and the Refte of my Eftate after my deptes and funarall Charges bee "payed .... tow my fon dannill williams and also I will that my fon gorge bee not diftorbed as longe as the foulling "mell ftandes whar fhee is ...." Wits.:                                      JOHN WILLIAMS      Phillip Edwards      famuell Swain      George Corlies  Oath of Executor, Daniell Williams, before John Barclay, Surrogate, "ye day & yeare Abovefd." [Mch. 21, 1719.] Letters of Administration were granted "ye 29th March, 1720. J. Barclay, Dpt. Sctr." ____________________________________________________ WYCOFFE, JACOB of Middletown, Mon. Co., yeoman, "being Very Sick and Weak of Body." Dated Sept. 8, 1719. Proved by dep. of James Hubbard, one of the Evidences, who saw the other wits. sign; before John Barclay, Surrogate, May 2, 1720. Directs: "that my Loving Wife Williamtye have the Ufe of all my Eftate both Real and perfonal (After Juft Debts and "funeral Expences are paid out) for and towards her Maintenance and the Maintenance Support and Education of My Chill"dren, for and During the Term and untill my Youngeft Child, which fhall then be living be of the Age of Twenty One Years ".... to my Loving Wife Williamtye when my Youngeft Child attains The Age of Twenty One Years .... "My Beft Bed and furniture and Two Cows with all my Iron Brafs and Pewter houfhold stuff ... "; "when my "Youngeft Child attains fd Age of Twenty One Years, That then my Eldeft Son Nicholas be In Poffefsion of my whole Real "Eftate, And all the Remaining part of my perfonal Eftate, On Limitation that he pay the Several .... Sums of "Money to My Loving Wife and the Reft of my Chilldren as is hereafter mentioned, viz, that my faid Son Nicholas pay his "Mother the Sum of Seventy-five pounds In three payments, viz: Twenty five pound ... at the Expiration of the "firft two years after his being in poffefsion ...., and Twenty five pound .... the year following that and "the Remaining Twenty five pound ... at the End of the fourth Year (All that In this my Laft Will, I Give to my "Loving [wife] .... In Lieu of her Dower) And that my .... fon Nicholas at the Expiration of the fifth year of "his poffefsion doe pay to My Son John Twenty-five pounds, and at the Expiration "Give .... My Eftate to him, his heirs ...."; ".... if Either or any of my Chilldren Depart this Life "before they attain the age of Twenty One Years or leave Iffue of their body, That then the Survivors Divide their parts " .... Equally amongft them." Appoints "My Loving Wife Williamtye & her Brother John Van Vorehefs and My Brother Cornelius Wecoff Sole Exe"cutors ...." Wits.: JACOB wyckoff James Hubbard Deborah Wall Willm Lawrence, Junr Oath of Executors, Willanty Weycolfe, Widow, Jan Van Vores and Cornelius weycolfe, before John Barclay, Surrogate, "ye day & year Abovefd." [May 2, 1720.] ____________________________________________________ LIPPINCOTT, JOHN of Shrewsberry, Mon. Co., Yeoman, "being Sick and Weak of Body." Dated 17th of 1st mo., "called March," 1719. Proved by dep. of John Chambers, "Evidence," who saw the other two sign; before John Barclay, Surrogate, May 26, 1720. Gives: "the Sum of Twenty Shillings for the Ufe of the Meeting of Friends In Shrewsberry, to be paid to John Woolley "and John Tillton by my Executors...."; "all that parcel of Meadow upon Long Neck Efteemed to Contain Three "Acres untomy Son Preferve Lippincott his Heirs ...."; "to my Loving Wife Jennet Lippincott,The Houfhold "Stuff that fhe brought to Me at the time of our Marriage, viz.: The Bed Bolfter, Two pillows, fowr pillow Cafes, A Rugg, a "Blanket, Two Flannill Sheets, Two Cotten and linnen Sheets, One pewter Difh, One plate, A Great Cheft, A fmall Trunk, "a linnen Wheel, a Table Cloath, and Six Napkins, and I allfo Give her two of My Horfes which two fhe pleafes to accept "off, and Three Cows which Three fhe pleafes, and Tenn Ewes and all my Swine, and my Worfted Combs, and.... "that fhe have the Ufe of My Negroe Man Oliver, and the Ufe of all my Houfhold Goods .... during the Term of "her Natural Life, And that fhe have the Ufe of all my Real Eftate .... (Except the parcel of Meadow herein "already Given to my Son Preferve) With all the Rights .... for to be by her Ufed Occupied .... during "the Term of her Natural Life If fhe fhall fee caufe her felf perfonally to Dwell on the fame and not Otherways, And at the "Time of her Deceafe or final Removing from the fame If my two Sons Namely John and Preferve Or their Heirs fhall ".... pay Equally Between them the Sums of Money as followeth viz.: The Sum of Eight pounds to my Daughter "Mary or her Heirs, and the Sum of Eight pounds to my Daughter Anne or her Heirs, And the Sum of Eight pounds to my "daughter Margaret or her Heirs, and the Sum of Eight pounds to my Daughter Deborah and her Heirs, And the Sum of "Eight pounds to my Son Robert's Daughter when fhe Doth Attain the Age of Eighteen Years, Then I Give .... my "Real Eftate that my Wife hath had the Ufe of unto my Said Sons John and Preferve and their Heirs .. as "Tenants in Common ...."; "unto my Sons John and Preferve all my Wearing Apparel, and after the Deceafe of "my Wife .... that my Son John fhall have my Great Bible and one New Bed and Bolfter, and the ufe of my "Negroe Man Oliver for the Term of one Year and half Next after the Deceafe of my Wife If my Son John fhall fo long "Survive my Wife, and after the End of the faid Year and halfs Service or Deceafe of my Son John which fhall firft happen ".... that my Son Preferve fhall have the Ufe of my faid Negroe for Term of One Year and half If my Son Preferve "fhall fo long Survive .... And .... after my faid Negroe Man Oliver hath ferv'd My Sons aforefaid That "then they or the Survivor of them Doe Sell faid Negroe in New York province or penfilvania for the Space of Tenn Days "and then and there to fet him at Liberty, free from themfelves or any other, during the Remainder of his Life ...." "All my Ready Cafh (after Debts the Legacy .... and Expences of my Burial) Deducted Equally between My Wife "and Chilldren, viz. Dividing the fame in Seven Equal parts, My Wife to have one Sevinth and the Remaining Six Sevents "Equally between My Six Chilldren, Namely, John, Preferve, Mary, Anne, Margaret & Deborah ...."; "the Re"maining part of my Cattle, Horfes and Sheep unto my Six Chilldren as Laft named to be Equally Divided amongft them "Immediately after my Deceafe, and after the Deceafe of my Wife, what houfhold Goods I have hereby given her the ufe "of; .... I Give Equally among my Chilldren, viz.: the Six laft-named ...." Nominates "my two Sons John and Preferve Executors ...." Wits.:                                  JOHN LIPPINCOTT      John Chambers      Joseph Parker      Nathaniel Parker  Attestation of Executor, John Lippencot, before John Barclay, Surrogate, "on ye day & year Above written." [May 26, 1720.] ____________________________________________________ AUMUCK, JOHN of Freehold, Mon. Co., Weaver, "being Very Sick and Weak of Body." Dated Jan. 23, 1719. Proved by oath of Wm Lawrence, Junr, "one of ye Evidences", who also saw the other two wits. sign; before Michl Kearny, Surrogate, June 21, 1721. Specifies that:"for that End and purpofe, [the payment of just debts], And for the Maintenance and promotion of my Wife "and Chilldren My Will is That all my Lands be fold, And I ... Give full power to my Three Executors ... or any "two of them to sell .... all my Real Eftate .... and pay my Juft Debts and funeral Charges and the over"plus with all other my perfonal Eftate be Divided In Three Equal parts, One Third part whereof I Give ... to my "Loving Wife Mary for the Maintinance of her felf and my chilldren, And .... the Remaining Two Thirds be "Equally divided between my Three Chilldren Namely, Jonaytye, Andrew and Tunis, and be Employed by my Executors to "the beft Advantage they Can for the Ufe of My Chilldren, During their Infancy." Constitutes "My Loving Wife Mary, with her Father Andrew Johnfon, and My Brother Tunis Aumuck or in Cafe of "Death or Refufal any two of them, to be Executors ..." Wits.: JAN AMAK Albert amerman Theunis Amack Willm Lawrence Junr Oath of Executors, Mary Aumuck and Andrew Johnfon, before Michl Kearny, Surrogate, June 21, 1721. ____________________________________________________ HEARCE, THOMAS of Shrowfbery, "yeaoman," "in perfett Memory & in health." Dated Jan. 28, 1714-15. Proved by dec. of Preserve Lippincott and William Jackson, "who being Quakers" .... saw Remembrance Lippincott sign; before William Burnet, Esqr., Gov., Perth Amboy, Apr. 18, 1722. "My Will .... is that my houfe & Land whereon I now Liue fhall not be fold but fhall be left to the vfe of the "poore of this Town of Shrowfbery, or for A Scoole houfe as the Juftices of the peace for the time being fhall think fitt; & "noe other wayes for Euer; After the Defeafe of my wife; ...."; "vnto my Louing wife prefilla Hearce; all my "Eftate both Reall & perfonall dureing her naturall Life; onely fom Legefies heareafter difpofed of by me; & doe make ".... her my fole .... Executrix ....; prouided .... the faid prefilla fhall take Counfell & "Aduife off Jenitt Lippincott & Elizabeth worthly (as is now) Co Executrix with her And if need; & pouerty Requires that "then I order & Appoint my ffriends peter white & Jacob denis to ouer feers .... & by & with the Confent of my "wife prefilla & Jenitt Lippincott & Elizabeth Worthly to fell fo much of my Land & Meadow as they in theire diferetion "fhall think fitt giueing vnto thefe two men .... fuffitient power to fell & Make A fuffitient Title .... fo as "the Mony be Returned to my wife for her vfe; as Jenett Lippincott & Elizabeth worthly fhall think fitt for the Maintaining "of my wife." "I .... Appointt the fd prefilla Hearce (my wife) my Executrix & Jenitt Lippincott & Elizabeth Worthly Co "Execatrixes & peter white & Jacob Dennis ouer feers & the maier part of them are heareby Impowered to fell & Lawfully "Conueyances giue (for not) onely all the Land & medow down little Silluer neck, but Allfo all my goods & Chattles; "Exfept fo much thereof as fuites her Conuenience: & as is heareafter .... Difpofed on, And the Efects or Mony "fhall be difpofed off for the vfe of my wife as the maier part of thefe parfons Aboue mentioned the[n] Liueing fhall think "fitt ...."; "to my Loueing ffriend Jenitt Lippincott one Siluer fpoone & tuenty fhillings in Siluer ...."; "to "my Louing ffriend Elizabeth Worthly two Siluer fpoons & my great Bible ...."; "to the within named peter white "& Jacob Dennis the Sum of three pounds Apeece in Siluer ...."; "unto the Monthly Meeting of the People Called "Quackers in Shrowfbery fiue pounds in Silluer Mony to be payd vnto John Lippincott & George Corleis or any two men "whome the Monthly Meeting fhall Choofe for to Refeiue the fame for the onely proper vfe of the fd Monthly Meeting "...."; "vnto peter whites Children .... Each of them one Sheep apeece; All which Legefees fhall be payd "within About A yeare After my deceafe by my Executors." ".... after my deceafe my body be Intered in a "Sartaine peece of Land Exfepted & Referued out of the Land that I fould to Addam Woolly Leying in the Orchard & as "neer as may be to my daughter Mary deceafed therein Intered Already; with all defency futeable that may be; ... "after my deceafe my Louing wife prefilla Hearce; gitt her will drawn & keep it by her .... Will .... "Contained in one fheet of paper .... Twenty ninth day of Jenuary ...." 1st of "prince George," 1714.(*) Wits.:                                        THOMAS HEARCE [his mark]      Remembrance Lippincott      Preferve Lippincott      William Jackson [his mark]  Declaration of Prifcilla Hearse, Executrix, before William Burnet, Esqr, Gov., Perth Amboy, 18th Apr., 1722. ____________________________________________________ HARTSHORNE, RICHARD of Middletowne, Mon. Co., "being Sick and Weak in Body." Dated May 14, 1722. Proved by dep. of John wall, "one of the Evidences," who also saw the other wits. sign; before Michael Kearny, Surrogate, ffreehold, Mon. Co., May 22, 1722. "My Will is All my debts be paid, and it is not in my memory I owe five Shillings to any man or Men ...."; "and my Will is there be half an Acre of Land Laid out for a Burying Place or Grave-yard, and to be for me and my "Chilldren and their pofterity to be Buryed in and to be laid out by my Executors fronting the Street upon a Square So "as to Include the Grave-yard where my Wife lyes Buryed in Lying to the Eaft-ward of my orchard where I now live "being in the home Lott formerly John Bownes ... "; "to My Son Hugh and his Heirs My Houfe and Orchard and "all my Land Joyning to it (The Grave-Yard Excepted and Referved) and all my Land Lying on the North fide of the "Town Next the Land formerly Mofes Lippitts; Allfo Nine Acres and Six Acres of Meadow Lying near where John Pew "lives Allfo Six Acres of Meadow Lying Near to the Meadow of John Willfon all in Middletowne Meadows"; "unto my daughter Mary Clayton, my daughter Katharine Fitz-Randolph, My daughter Sarah Taylor My daughter Mercy Lawrence All my Land Lying on the South Side of Manafquan River, being in Three Severall parcells being about One Hundred Acres Equally to be divided Amongft them and their Heirs and to hold as Tenents in Common"; "all my Books to "my Son William and my Son Hugh, and My papers for them to take Care of"; "to my Son Hugh My Sillver Tankard"; "to the poor of the Community commonly called Quakers in Shrewsberry, and belonging to the Meeting houfe that ftands "on the North Side of the Road in Shrewsberry over againft the Land formerly Nicholas Browns fowr pounds to be paid "to the meeting within hirteen Months after my Deceafe but for the ufe of the poor aforefaid." "And I have Tenn Ewes "and Three or fowr Neat Cattle that goe at my Son William's Plantation all which Sheep and Neat Cattle I Give to my Son "William Hartshorne And Allfo My Leather Girdle and ftaff with a Sillver head ...."; "to My four daughters "Namely, Mary Clayton, Katharine Fitz-Randolp, Sarah Taylor, and Mercy Lawrence the Sum of Two Hundred pounds "viz, the Sum of Fifty pounds to the ufe of Each of them to be by them Severally Apply'd for to procure themfelvs Servants to help them, And ... Allfo .... to my faid Fowr daughters All the Remaining part of my perfonall "Eftate and debts whatsoever to be amongft them equally Divided ...." Makes "my Son William and my Son Hugh my Executors." Wits.: RICHARD HARTSHORNE Richard Stout John wall Joseph Cox [Endorsed: "this Will is only Record without a Probate June 4th, 1722."] ____________________________________________________ LARGE, JACOB of the township of freehold, Mon. Co., "being weak of body." Dated May 4th, 1722. Proved by deps. of Peter Breuere, John Rove and Isaac ftelle, "Evidences," before Michael Kearny, Surrogate, Crofswicks, May 23, 1722. Gives: "unto my well beloved mother Elizabeth large the sum of fiue pounds Currant money of this provence for "Euer ..."; "it is also my will that my now dwelling house and land with the tan yards and bark and bark house "with all the appurtenances .... be Sould as Soon as my Executrix and Executor .... Can Conveniently "Sell it .... that all my Just debts Shall be paid and after my debts are paid I giue one half of my Estate unto "my well-beloved wife Elizabeth large .... and hir heirs .... and the other half of my estate ..... "unto my Louing son beniamen large .... and his hiers .... my Executrix and Exectuor .... "shal put the money that I bequeath to my Louing Son beniamen large at Interest untill he attains ye age of one and "twenty years which Interest money .... shall goe towards ye bringing up of my faid fon beniamin large until "he is full one and twenty years oald." Nominates "my .... well beloved wife Elizabeth large and my louing brother in law beniamen ffield to be "my Executrix & Executor ...." Wits.:                              JACOB LARGE      Peter Bruere      John Roue      Isaac Stelle  Affirmation of Executrix, Elizabeth Large, and Executor, Benjamin field, before Michl Kearny, Surrogate, Crofswicks, May 23, 1722. ____________________________________________________ MELON, WILLIAM of Shrewsbury, Mon. Co., Joyner, "being very Sick and weak in Body." Dated Mch. 25, 1723. Proved by oath of Samuel Swain, one of the wits., who saw the other wits. sign; before William Burnet, Esq., Gov., Apr. 26, 1723. "I make my well beloved ffriend Manuell Wolley my Sole Executor .... all ... my Debts and Tools "of my Said Trade by him ffreely to be pofseffed and enjoyed by him his Heirs .... and my wearing Apparel, and "a Colt at william Woolley ...." WILLIAM mellon Wits.: Samuel Swain John Tillton John Pinckny Deposition of Executor, Manuel wolley, before William Burnet, Esqr, Gov., Apr. 26, 1723. ____________________________________________________ DENNIS, SAMUEL (*) of Shrewsbury, Co. of Mon., "being in good health" "(and in ye fixty five year of my age)." Dated May 4, 1715. Proved by affirm. of William Brinley and John Corlies, wits., before Mich. Kearny, Surrogate, Aug. 6, 1723. Gives: "unto my Eldeft fon Samvel Dennis ... and to his heirs ... tract of land and meadow lying "in the town of freehold ... for which I have given hime a Conveyance that bears Date the one and twenty day "of april 1715 together with many other ways & meanes & feveral oppertunitys that I have taken to aduance hime ... "may the fmallnefs of my Eftate Confidered be fufficient ... that my Executor ... Deliver unto my Eldeft "fon Saml Dennis for his own ufe ten fheep in Convenient time after my Deceafe ..."; "unto my fon Jacob Dennis "... to hime and to his heirs ... land and meadow and plantation fcituate ... in the faid fhrewsbury "... together with all the previledges ... paying therefore three fcore pounds in Currant lawfull money of ye "Eaftern Divifion ... thirty pounds to my Daughter Zibeah Dennis being one moiety of ye forefd fum the other "halfe ... to be paid to my youngeft Daughter Rachal Dennis both faid fums to be paid in Convenient time after "my Deceafe ..."; "also .... to Eldeft Daughter abigail Leeds one Cow fhee being alfo in my life time "aduanced that may be sufficient for ye Reafon refd I haueing heretofore paid to all three of my Daughters their lagacys "Given to them by there grandmother abigail Lippincott Deceafed ..."; "to ye fd Zibeah Dennis the feather bed "and bolfter within ye litle Room where my two Daughters now lodge together with one pair of linning fheets two "blankets & one Couerlid ..."; "to my youngeft Daughter Rachal Dennis one pair of linning fheets one Couerlid "and two blankets together with one moiety of my pewter in my houfe the other half to my Daughter Zibeah Dennis "alfo ... that Zibeah fhall have my leaft Iron pott but one and Rachal ye biggift Iron pott but one all ... "to be Delivered and paid in Convenient time after my Deceafe." Ordains "my fon Jacob Dennis my Executor in truft." SAML DENNIS Seal?? Wits.: Wm Brinley John Corlies Thomas Sutton Oath of Executor, Samuel Dennis, before Michl. Kearny, Surrogate, Aug. 6, 1723. (*)[Although this will is probated 1723, it does not seem to have been recorded. The will of a "Samile Dinnis, of wodbrig," dated Mch. 14 1719-20, is Recorded in Lib. A., of Wills, p. 175, under the name "Dinans."] ____________________________________________________ LIPPINCOTT, REMEMBRANCE  REMBRANCE lipingcott, of Shrewesbery, Mon. Co., "being fick of bodey." Dated Feb. 23, 1719. Proved by John Curlies and Jsaac Hance, "two of the Evidences," before Michl Kearny, Aug. 6, 1723. Gives: "unto my Louing wife Margritt lipincott all that my plantation whereon I now Liue with the Houfing orchard "fencing ..... deuering her naturall life ...."; "to my louing wife my negro man called Agiby"; "to my "grand daughter Margritt lipingcott one yew and lam"; "to my grandfon Remembrance lipingcot one young mare"; "to "my Daughters to fay Abigall whight, Mary Morris, Ruth wooley farah williams Elizabeth parker foure pounds a pece Siluer "money to be paid to each of them .... within two yeares after my deceafe"; "to my fon Richard lipingcot and "to my fon Jofep lipingcot my fon william lipingcott my daughter Elizabeth parker my Daughter Abigall whight my "Daughter farah williams my daughter Ruth woolly and my daughter Mary Morris fiue fhillings A pece to be paide to "each of them ...."; "unto my fon william and his heiers at the expiration of my wifes life all that my plantation "where in now liue with the Houfing orchard, fencing & all the remander of my perfonall Estate ... to my louing "wife Margret lipingcot ..."; "to my fon Richard And his heires twelue acers of Suncken Marfh or Medow ling in "Shrewefbery Riuer and is knowne by the name of pumking Iland ..." Makes "my louing wife sole executrix." Wits.:                             REMEMBRANCE LIPPINCOTT      John Curlies      Jsaac Hance      Thomas Lippincott  ____________________________________________________ PARKER, JOSEPH of the town of Shrewsbury, Mon. Co., Yeoman, "being Sick and weak in body." Dated May 14, 1723. Proved by dec. of Jacob Dennis and Jacob Lippincott, "Evidences"; before Michl Kearny, Surrogate, Aug. 6, 1723. Gives: "unto my Loving wife Elizabeth all my Real Estate During all the time She shall Remain my widdow And after "my wives Marriage or Death I Give .... unto my Eldest Son Joseph Parker all that tract of Land whereon my "Dwelling house Stands Bounded South by the River, West by Samuel Dennis Northerly by the Highway & Road that "goes to little Silver neck & Easterly by John Lippincott with the tract of Salt meadow & Upland Joyning to it lying in "the Neck called Town neck with the House, Barn & all other Appurtenances thereunto belonging .... to him ".... his heirs .... that my Said Son Joseph shall pay unto Each of his Brothers George, Benjamin, William "& James Parker when they Severally attain the age of twenty-one years the Sum of five pounds apeice ...."; "unto "my Said four Sons George, Benjamin, William and James Parker all the Residue of my land and Meadow to be Equally "divided among them .... unto them their heirs ...."; "unto my four Daughters Margaret Wardell, "Elizabeth, Meribah and Phebe Parker the Sum of Five pounds apeice ...."; "unto the monthly meeting of the "People called Quakers in Said Shrewsbury the Sum of Twenty Shillings to be paid unto John Lippincott and John Tilton "to be by them applied to such use as the Said monthly meeting Shall appoint and no other use ...."; "... "Residue of my Personal Estate unto my Said loving wife Elizabeth Parker And Do hereby appoint my Said wife Elizabeth "and my Said Son Joseph Parker Executors ...." Wits.:                                    JOSEPH PARKER      John Lippincott      Jacob Lippincott      Jacob Dennis  "Memorand. this 6th day of Augt, 1723 .... appeared before me Michael Kearny, furro., .... Joseph "Parker, Executor, mentioned in the within." ____________________________________________________ FORMAN, THOMAS of Freehold, Mon. Co., Yeoman, "being Sick & weak of Body." Dated Nov. 26, 1723. Proved by Charles Hubbs and Jonathan Hutchins, "two of the Evidences," who also saw the other wit. sign; before William Burnet, Esqr, Gov., Perth Amboy, Dec. 5, 1723. "Whereas my Son in Law Isaac Forman is jointly Bound with me in two Bonds, Vizt, the one to Andrew Frefneau "of the City of New York, Mercht Conditioned for the true Payment of Fifty odd Pounds, the other to Gabriel Stelle "of the County of Monmouth, .... Mercht Conditioned for the true Payment of Twenty Pounds Currant Money "of New York: I do hereby Give .... unto my fd Loving Son in Law Isaac Forman All .... the Debts "Dues & Demands .... that at the time of my Deceafe fhall be due .... or to become due .... to "me by Book, Bill Bond or other ways .... & alfo my Negro Boy Scyro; the faid Debts & Negro Boy Scyro to "be received .... by .... Isaac Forman & his Afsigns without any Accompt thereof .... to be "rendred to any Perfon ....; to Enable the said Isaac Forman well & truly to pay ... the fd two Bonds ".... which in Confideration thereof he hath undertaken to do ...."; "unto my Welbeloved Daughter "Rebekah Edge, Wife of Gerard Edge the Houfe she now Lives in together with the Three Acres of Land Orchard & Appurtenances "thereunto adjoining ....; by her freely to be Pofsefsed .... her afsigns during the term "of her Natural Life, & after her Deceafe .... the faid Houfe Land & Appurtenances to be Equally Divided be"tween my two Grand Children, Mary Edge & Daniel Edge .... Share alike: & in Cafe of the Death of Either of the "faid Children before they come of age, then to the longeft Liver of them .... to be .... Enjoyed by the "faid Mary Edge & Daniel Edge after the Deceafe of their Mother Rebekah Edge .... by them .... their " .... Heirs ..."; "unto my Loving Wife Mary Forman all .... my Moveable Eftate Goods & "Chattels ....together with the Benefit & Profits of the Land & Appurtenances thereunto belonging, Demifed "to me by my Son in Law Isaac Forman .... to be .... Enjoyed .... by her & her Afsigns ".... & Enjoyed by her & her afsigns during the term of her Natural Life ...."; "to Benjamin Forman "the Sum of Five Shillings to the Intent to Barr him of any Claim .... to any part of my Eftate as Heir at Law "..... the fame to be paid him within Six Months after my Deceafe by my Executrix & Executor ...." Constitutes "my Welbeloved Wife Mary Forman & my Loving Son in Law Isaac Forman the Executor & Executrix..." THOMAS FORMAN [his mark] Wits.: Charles Hub Senr [his mark] Robeit White [his mark] Jonathan Hutchins Oath of Executor, Isaac foreman, before "William Burnet, Esqr, Captn Generall and Governour," Perth Amboy, Dec. 5, 1723. Oath of Executrix, Mary Foreman, "who being attefted," before Michl Kearny, Surrogate, Freehold, Jan. 17, 1723. ____________________________________________________ DAVISON, WILLIAM of ffreehold, Mon. Co., yeoman, "being very fick of Body." Dated Apr. 6, 1723. Proved by oath of Thomas Laten, "one of the Evidences," who saw the other two sign; before Michl Kearny, D. Surr., Perth Amboy, Dec. 21, 1723. Gives: "to my fon William Davifon his heirs .... all that Tract of Land & one halfe of the Meadow which "I purchased of John Campbell Lying upon the Eaft fide of Manalapon & .... ajoining to Thomas Eadwards "Land ..."; "to my fon John Davifon his heirs .... all that tract of Land which I purchased of "John Reid ajoining to the Tract of Land which I purchased of John Campbell and alfo to the tract which "I Live upon Beginning at the Lower Corner of that Land I bought of John Campbell and Runing as by the Deed which "I had of John Reid will appear ...."; "to My fones George Davifon & Andrew Davifon their heirs .... "all the tract of Land & Meadow that I Live upon to be Equally Devided betwen them ..."; "to my fone Robert "Davifon his heirs .... all that Tract of Land & Meadow which I bought of John Reid alfo all the fwomp Called "Davifons fwomp beginning at a fwomp oak tree Markt on fower fidf & with the Letter D and Runing as by faid Deed "from John Reid, will appear .... being the Lowermoft tract which I bought of John Reid & Mentioned in the "fame Deed from John Reid with that tract I have Given to my fon John Davifon alfo .... to My fon William "davifon his heirs .... Twenty acres of Land to be taken of the fide of this plantation which I live upon ajoyning "to the Land I have alredy given him ..."; "to My Daughter Margreat Davifon the fum of fourty pounds Currant "Money of this provence viz. Twenty pounds to be paid in two years off the plantation in Two years after my defeafe "in Contry produce at Market price & Twenty pounds More to be in fix years after My Deceafe & .... that this "Laft Twenty pounds fhall be paid by my five fones William John George Robert & Andrew Davifones and that Each "fhall pay four pounds to my daughter Margreat ...."; "to my Cofine Ifobel Davifon one Cow to be taken out "of My ftoke after my decease ...."; "to My Grand fon William Davifon one Yew & lamb .... if any of "My fones fhould Die without Ifue of their body and Not having difpofed of faid Land that it be Devided amongeft the "furvivors ...."; "to My Loving Wife Margreat Davidfon the ufe of this plantation I Live upon during her Natural "Life & fix Cowes & one horfe and all my fheep and my houfhold Goods & furniture and that in Liue of her thirds or "dowry ...." Constitutes "My fon William Davifon and William Clark My fole Executors ...." Wits.:                                  WILLIAM davifon      Thomas Laten      Robert Campbel [his mark]      Janet Laten [her mark]  Oath of Executors, William Davison and William Clarke, before Michl Kearny, D. Sur., Perth Amboy, Dec. 21, 1723. ____________________________________________________ HUBBARD, JAMES of Middletown, Mon. Co., "in good health." Dated Jan. 30, 1718-9. Proved by dep. of Garret fcanck and Jonathan Hoomes, two of ye Evidences, that they saw the other evidence sign; before Mich1 Kearny, Surro., ffreehold, Jan. 16, 1723-4. Gives: "to My Loving Wife Rachel Hubbard My Beft Bedd and furniture thereto belonging and Two Horfes, Two "Cows, and Fifteen Sheep .... after ... debts and funeral Charges and the above ... Legacy .... "are taken out of My perfonal Eftate, that My Loving Wife Rachel Hubbard fhall have the Ufe of the One half of all the "Remainer of My perfonal Eftate together with the one half of my Real Eftate for and during her Widowhood ...." "That My Loving Wife Rachel Hubbard fhall have the Ufe of my Negroe Girl named Kate for and during the Term of her "Natural life and after her deceafe the faid Negroe Girl to be Under the Care of My Brother Samuel Hubbard .... "That within one year after the Remarriage of My Wife, My Executors pay unto her or her Executors the Sum of One "Hundred pounds out of my Moveable Eftate the which One Hundred pound I Give to My Wife In Liew of her dower ...."; "that So long as my Wife fhall have the ufe of the Half of My Eftate .... That the Remaining half .... "both Real and personal be Improved and Employed by My Executors .... or the Survivor of them to the beft Ufe ".... that they may .... for the Ufe and Benefit of My Son James Hubbard And at the time of the deceafe "or Remarriage of my Wife which fhall firft happen, That then my Whole Real Eftate and My perfonal Eftate after debts "and Legacys .... paid out, be Improved and Employed by my Executors .... or the Survivor .... "In the moft advantagious Methods that they may .... for the Ufe and Benefit of My Son James Hubbard .... "during the Term of his Natural Life ...." "That after the deceafe of my Son James Hubbard, that my daughter "Mary Wall the Wife of John Wall fhall have the Ufe of My Real Eftate during the Term of her Natural Life ...." "That after the deceafe of My faid Son James My perfonal Eftate be Immediately Equally divided between the Three "daughters of my faid daughter Mary Wall, Namely Williamt‹e Rachel and Mary The which I give .... to them, "and after the deceafe of my Son and daughter abovenamed ...." "All my Real Eftate .... to the "abovenamed Williamt‹e Rachel and Mary and to their Heirs .... Equally to be divided .... part alike "as Tenants in Common, and if it happen that Either of the Three depart this Life, not leaving Iffue of their body that "then it be Equally divided between the Surviving two and their Heirs ...." Appoints "My Loving Brothers Elias Hubbard and Samuel Hubbard And My friend William Hartshorne and the Sur"vivor of them My Truftees (to take Care of my faid fon James) And to be Executors ...." Wits.:                                             JAMES HUBBORD      Jonathan Holmes      gerret Schenck      Rebekah Holmes [her mark]      John White  Qualification of Executor, William Hartshorne; before Michl Kearny, D. fur., "att ffreehold, Jan. 16, 1723-4. Oath of Executor, Elias Hobbard; "Samuel Hubbard haveing Declined as p Instrumt under his hand to ferve"; before Michael Kearny, Surro., Perth Amboy, Apr. 15, 1724. "recorded in foll. 284 ...." Renouncement of famuell Hubbard, one of the Executors, of the Last will of James Hubbard, Late of Co. of Mon., Deceafed. Dated Apr. 10, 1724. Wits.:                                               famell HUBBARD      James Hubbard      Joseph Golder  [Endorsed: "To The afficer of The ordinary, at path Amboy, for The probats of wills. In the prouince of new Gerfey."] ____________________________________________________ VERKERCK, JOHN of Freehold, Mon. Co., yeoman, "being Very weak In body." Dated Feb. 10,1722. Proved by dep. of Richard Poppinger and John Van Oastran, "two of ye Evidences," who saw the other wits. sign; before Michl Kearny, Surrogate, Perth Amboy, Mch. 3, 1723-4. Gives: "vnto alefey my dearly and beloved wife my whole and Sole Eftate after my Lawfull Debts are well and Truly "payd D??reing her Naturall Life and Till all my Jung Children shall become To ye age of Twenty-one years and after my "wifes deceafe and after my said Children shall be of age .... Then all my eftate fhall be apraifed by Two honneft "men or more if occeafion be and my Sons shall each have an Equall portion and my daughters shall each of hem have "an half portion or half as much as my sons shall have only That my Eldeft Son Hendrick Verkerck shall have ye Sum "of Thirteen pounds currt money of this province for him and his heires .... more then any of my other children "and if my son John Verkerck shall and will pay .... ye Sum or fumes of money vnto his Brothers and Sifters "for my Lands and Tenements which is now In my poffeffion as it Then fhall be apraifed .... That Then They "shall giue To him a Lawfull deed of feall ..." Constitutes "my Loueing wife alfey verkerck and my Loveing Sons Hendrick and John verkerck To be my whole and "fole .... Executors." JOHN verkerck [his mark] Wits.: Richard pupinger [his mark] Thomas cinny [his mark] haans vaenooerstraent Jan vanhook Oath of Executors, Hendrick Vankerck, alsey Vankerck and Jno vankerck, before Mich. Kearny, Surrogate, Perth Amboy, Apr. 7, 1724. "Recorded in fol. 288." ____________________________________________________ COX, THOMAS of the Township of Freehold, Mon. Co., "Yeoman, Being Very Sick and Weak in Body." Dated Feb. 16, 1723. Proved by dep. of Thomas Taylor, James Cox and Robt Lawrence, before Michl Kearny, Surrogate, "allins town, 25th March, 1723." Gives: "to my three Chilldren Thomas Cox, my fon and heir, Mary Lawrence and Lydy Cox fifty pounds apeice. My "sons fifty to be paid as soon as Conveniently it Can. My Daughter Mary's fifty pounds to be paid a Year after my Deceafe, "and my Daughter Lydys fifty pounds to be paid two Years after my deceafe"; "to my Daughter Cathrine's Husband "Cornelius Vanhorne Thirty pounds And if it shall pleafe God that my Daughter Cathrine's son Thomas Vanhorne shall live "till he comes to the age of Twenty and one years Then I do Give him Thirty pounds." "If John Eftill do live with my "Wife till he comes to the age of Twenty one years Then I do Give him a Cow and a Mare." "The Remaining .... "moveable Eftate .... to my Loveing wife Mary Cox Dureing her life, and at her Deceafe to be Difpofed of as she "shall think fitt .... likewife ... to my Loveing wife, with the remaining part of my moveable Eftate ".... in Leiue of her Dower, My Dwelling houfe and barn with the half of my Improved land Meadow and Wood Land "as long as she shall remain my Widow, To be Divided from the other half of my Orchard Improved land meadow and Wood "land By Thomas Taylor and John Ashton both of freehold .... Who I .... Impower to Divide my "land ...." "Allso Give an Acre Square of Land where my Chilldren lyes buryed on ye hill above my Orchard "Containing the present Burying Yard in the Middle of it, for a burying place forever for me my Wife and Chilldren and for a "burying place for my Brother John Cox and for his familye forever And .... the said Acre of Ground shall not be "sold Granted nor Given Nor .... Conveyed from the Two Familyes abovesaid, But by them to be Kept without ".... Molestation For a burying place for them and their children forever"; "to my Cousins Sarah Robins and Meri"bah Robins the Dauthers of Nathaniell Robins Deceafed Ten pounds apeice to be paid them when my wife sees fit." Appoints "my Loveing wife Mary Cox to be Sole Executrix ... And if .... she shall Dye before the "Legacys herein .... shall be paid and my will performed Then I ... appoint my son Thomas Cox, Executor ...." Wits.: thomas cox Elias Holman Thomas taylor James cox Robt Lawrence Deposition of Mary Cox, Executrix, before Michl Kearny, Surro., "att allens town, ye 25th day of march, 1723." ____________________________________________________ COMBS, THOMAS of ffreehold, Carpenter, "being now Sick in body." Dated Oct. 12, 1723. Proved by dep. of John Cambell and John fenton, two of ye evidences, who were present when the other evidence signed; before Michael Kearny, Surrogate, ffreehold, Mon. Co., May 27, 1724. Gives: "unto Robert Combs my Son twelve aceres of Land Joyning to Land formerly Benjamine Cooks Land where "the aforfd Roberts shop standeth to him . . . . his heirs . . . ."; "unto Rachel Combs my Daughter, twenty "five aceres of Land to her her heirs . . . ."; "unto Thomas Combs my son twenty five aceres of Land to him his "heirs . . . ."; "unto Jofeph Combs my son twenty-five aceres of Land to him his heirs . . . ."; "unto "Jonathan Combs my son twenty-five aceres of Land to him his heirs . . . ."; "unto John Combs my son the "Remaining part of the sd Land all which I now poffeff . . . . and that the fd John Combes his share . . . . "shall be and take in ye houfe and oarchard that I now live in . . . ."; "unto Elizabeth Combs my Daughter therty "pounds moneys at eight shill pr ounce which is to [be] paid to ye fd Elizabeth her heirs . . by my aforefd Sons "viz, Thomas Combs, Jofeph Combs Jonathan Combs and John Combs, each of them their equal proportion of fd therty "pounds when any and evry of them shall arive . . . . at the age of twenty two years that is firft Thomas Combs, "and so on fucceffifly as they shall be at that age . . . . And upon . . . . neglect by any of . . . . "Legatees that then his or their part . . . . shall . . . . be fold to pay the fame by my now wife Elizabeth "Combs and that her Deed shall be as good . . . . as if I . . . . were alike [alive?] . . . ."; "unto Elizabeth "Combs my beloved wife all . . . . my movable Eftat to be by her . . . . Enjoyed with my ffarm During "her lifetime or to be Devided at her Difcration fhe paying all my Debts . . . . whom I Conftitute together with "Jonathan Hampton of ffreehold Cordweinr my Executrix and Excr . . . ." Wits.:                                              THOMAS COMBS       George Walker      John fenton      John Campbell  Oath of Executors, Elizabeth Combs and Jonathan Hampton; before Mich1 Kearny, Surrogate, ffreehold, May 27, 1724. "recorded Liber A., [p.] 298." ____________________________________________________ LAWRENCE, ELISHA of the Township of freehold, Mon. Co., yeoman, "Being verry Sick and weake in body." Dated Apr. 14, 1722. Proved by dep. of Robert Embly and Alse Embly, two of ye evidences, who saw the other evidence sign; before Michael Kearny, Surr., ffreehold, May 27, 1724. Gives: "to my loueing wife lucy Lawrence the ufe of all my Moueable Eftate (except Such parte yr of as will be "Required to Pay my Juft debts & Such parte as is otherwifeDispofed of in ys my laft will ....) to poffefs .... "ye Same to her owne ufe as long as she Remains my widdow, & alfo ye ufe of my whole plantation houf Barne & all "buildings & Improvements till my son Elifha lawrence come to .. twenty-one years & afterwards ye ufe of half my "plantation & medow, being that parte given my son John lawrence untill he come to .... Twenty-one years, "provided fhe Remain my widdow fo long, but if fhe ftill Remain a widow after my fon John Do Come to ye age afforsaid "then .... she fhall haue ye ufe of half yt parte of my said plantation herein given my afforsaid Son Elifha As long "as she Remains my widdow, And yt Dureing the whole time of her Being my widdow after my fon Elifhaes comeing to age "as afforsaid fhe fhall haue ye ufe of one half of My Dwelling houfe Barne & Orchard ..."; "to my Son Elifha lawrence "all the lower parte of my plantation Beginning at ye Mouth of Buckhold Brook where it Empties it Self into Doctors "Creek, thence vp the Said buckhold brook till it come opofsit to ye Mouth of a Small gully being ye firft gully Aboue my "Orchard yt Runs out of my land Into Said buckhold brook thenc up to ye Head of ye moft Southerly branch of ye Said "small gully .... to ye line of land formerly Robert Burnetts so as to Devide my whole plantation into two Eaquill "parts .... along the said Robert Burnetts line to ye Mouth of a Ditch by the Said Doctor's Creek .... "leaueing out a large Coue of Medow of about Tenn acrees .... To Haue .... Said tract of land & all ye "buildings & Improuements .... unto him ye said Elifha lawrence his heirs ...." "To my son Joseph "Lawrence the Sum of Three hundred pounds Being In bonds, viz. one Bond from Capt Richard Saltar for Two Hundred "pounds, payable In June .... one thoufand Seuen hundred & Twenty three, & ye Other bond Due from John "Saltar being for one hundred pounds & it is my will that my exers .... as foon as ye faid three hundred pounds "can conveniently be gathered In Do dispose of ye same to purchafe land for a plantation for my said Son Joseph & Do "fequre ye Same In ye Name & for ye Sole .... ufe .... of my faid fon Joseph his heirs ...." "But if it should fo hapen that ye faid three hundred pounds or any parte .... cannot be gathered in Or conveniently "or advantageoufly laid out for land .... before my son Joseph be of .... Twenty-one years, "then .... all ye money or bonds afforfaid be putt into his hands to be Receiued .... & held to ye Sole ".... ufe of my Said fon Joseph, his excrs ...."; "to my Son John lawrence the vper Moity of my Said "plantation Bounded Northerly by James Coxes land wefterly by Robert Burnets line, Southerly by the Devifsion line "between ys & my Son Elifhaes land .... Easterly by buckhold brook also ye coue of Medow upon Doctors Creek "excluded out of yt parte of my fon Elifha as afforsaid containing .... about Tenn acrees & is Included betwene a "dich & Doctors Creek To haue .... to him ye Said John lawrence his heirs .... to the only ufe .... of .... Said John lawrence his heirs .... But if he Dye before he comes to .... Twenty-one "years without Ifsue of his body lawfully begotton than .... ye Said land .... fhall be Equilly Devided betweene my afforfaid two fons Elifha & Joseph .... yr heirs .... & to ye only ufe .... of "Elifha & Joseph their heirs ...."; Appoints "my .... loueing wife lucy lawrence, and my .... fon Elifha lawrence & my brother James lawrence Executors ...." Wits.:                                            ELISHA LAWRENCE      Robert Imlay      Thomas Saltar      Alse Imlay  Oath of Executors, Lucy Lawrence and Elifha Lawrence; before Michael Kearny, Surr., ffreehold, May 27, 1724. "Recorded Lib. A., foll. 293 to 296." CODICIL to WILL of ELISHA LAWRENCE. Dated Mch. 15, 1723. Proved by dep. of Daniel Hendrick and Ebenezar Saltar, two of ye evidences; before Michael Kearny, Surr., ffreehold, May 27, 1724. "Whereas Thofe tw[o] bonds giuen .... to my Son Jofeph Lawrence by my Laft Will .... hereunto "annexed Is already Difpofed of by me fince the date of my .... will & .... In Lew and Confideration "whereof I Giue .... to My .... Son Jofeph My plantation Laying In Crofweeks bounded fouth Eafterly "and South wefterly by Ebenezar Saltars Land & partly by Elias Holmans Land North wefterly by James Coxes & Robt "Lawrences Land on Buckhold Brook And North Eafterly by Mofes Robins Land To haue .... the Said .... "Land and A Tract of Medow of ten acres Laying Square, by Dan1 Robins In the great medow bound Northerly by Said "Dan1 Robins and on all other fides by James Coxes Land To .... Jofeph Lawrence his heirs ...."; "one "Sixteenth part of the Sloop Mercury which I bought of Thomas Hunlock the feuenth day of october Laft as by the bill "of Conueyance may apear ...."; "to my Daughter Rebeca the aditionall Sum of twenty fiue pounds to be paid by "My Execrs within Eighteene Months after my Deceas ...."; "to my Daughter Hannah Saltar & My Son in Law "Richd Saltar the Sum of twenty-fiue pounds within Eighteene months after my Defeas ...."; "whereas by the "within will Dated the 14 of Ap1 1722 I haue giuen the one moity of the Tract of Land I Now Liue on to My fon Elifha "Lawrence and the other Moity .... to my fon John Lawrence .... that my fon Elifha fhould haue the "Lower part .... Joyning to Docr Creek and my fon John that .... adjoyning to James Coxes Land and "whereas fince the date of my .... will att the Requeft of my Son Elifha I haue giuen him a deede of fale for one "hundred and fifty Acres of that Land which In my .... will I gaue to my fon John, .... Therefore now ".... I do by this .... Codifall to my .... will .... giue .... to My fon John his "heirs .... All that Moity or half part adjoyning to Docr Creek .... which by the will I formerly gaue to "my fon Elifha and the vper part adjoyning to James Cox I gue to my fon Elifha his heirs .... butt my will farther "is that My Eldeft fon Elifha shall att his owne Election after my Deceas and before my fon John be of age Chufe which "of the two moitys or half parts he will haue for himfelf prouided that my said Son Elifha Do make an ample Relece to "my said fon John his heirs .... of that hundred and fifty acres which I have alredy giuen him by deede of "fale ...." Wits.:                                           ELISHA LAWRENCE      Daniel Hendrick      Petter Imlay Juner      Zebulun Cleayton Junier  "March ye £that Claufe in the within Codicall Conferning  "Sixteenth£the Sloop Mercury was Aded to the fame  "1723-4   £Since the fealing and Deliuered hereof".             "In prefents of             "Daniel Hendrick               "ELISHA LAWRENCE"             "Jofeph Lawrence             "Ebenezar faltar"  INVENTORY of ELISHA LAWRANCE, deceased, by Richd Saltar and Zebulun Cleayton. Dated May 2, 1724. Items of Interest: £ s d "By purs and apparrill 46--03--00 "By New Linnin 28--00--00 "By a peece of New Cloth 08--00--00 "by books & other old things ... 2--00--00 "by plate 30--00--00 "by 40 Gamons [?] 2 Bibles & other books 7--00--00 "by Sheets puter and more ould Stuff 15--00--00 "by 3 Negros 150--00--00 "by 2 white Seruants 21--03--04 "by a thoufand foot of Cedar boards 2--10--00 "by ... & ould Lumber in the Matt [Malt?] hous 1--10--00 Household goods, cattle, quantities of linen etc. (???) Total £775--08--04 [On back of this paper: "to be Left at Ja: Valletes [?] in Allens town."] INVENTORY of JOHN LAWRENCE, yeoman, " in ffreehold, at the houfe of the faid John Lawrence," by James Ashton, Anthony Wodward and Francis Davenport and John Stevenfon. Dated Jan. 15, 1719-20. Items of Interest: £ s d "his purs and apparel 12--00--00 "three bonds 150 pounds Each 450--00--00 "Nicholas Hellons Debt 12--00--00 "Frances King Debt 01--08--00 "Frances Davenport debt 00--10--00 "John Gifberfon Debt 02--05--00 "Thomas King Debt 00--06--00 "Nathaniell ftevenfon debt 00--01--08 "a large Bible & other Books 03--10--00 "pewter Brafe & Earthern ware 03--00--00 "a gun amonition & old woftet Combs 02--15--00 "Goods praifed in the Bolting houfe "the Bolting Mils feals & weights 20--00--00 "Two Cafkes of flower ... 06--00--00 "Goods praifed upon the Plantation "A Negro man and Negro woman & Child 90--00--00 "twenty bufhels of Rye at Art Williamfon 2--10--06 "Carpinders tools 2--00--00 "hufbandry tools 2--00--00 "In the hands of William Lawrence 2--18--01 "In the hands of James Dudin 2--05--00 "In the hands of Robert Lawrence 0--06--00 "In the hands of Nicholas Lake 0--10--00 Cattle, household goods etc. (???) Total £773--10--09 ____________________________________________________ VAN HOOK, LAWRENCE of Mon. Co., Esqr, "being Sick & Weak of Body." Dated July 14, 1724. Proved by dep. of Thomas Williams and William Maddock, two of the Evidences, who were present when other evidence signed; before Michael Kearny, Surro., Perth Amboy, Aug. 14, 1724. Gives: "unto my Son Aaron Van Hook all that .... Land Scituate at Hopewell in the County of Hunterdon "which I Purchafed of Richard Compton .... to him the faid Aaron Van Hook his heirs .... also .... "to my faid Son Aaron Van Hook the Moiety or one full half part of all that .... Land Scituate in the County of "Weft Chefter in the Province of New York which I purchafed of Yoos Palding the faid Tract .... to be Equally "Divided in quantity& quality alike between him & my other Son Henry Van Hook .... the faid .... half "part .... to him the faid Aaron Van Hook his Heirs ...."; "to my Son Henry Van Hook the other Moiety "or half part of the aforefd Tract of Land at Weft Chefter to be equally Divided between him & his Brother Aaron .... "to hold the faid .... half part .... to him the faid Henry Van Hook his Heirs ...."; "to my "faid Son Henry Van Hook the Sum of Ten Pounds ...."; "to my Daughter Hannah Wife of Frederick de Boogh "All that Two Hundred Acres of Land at Aimwell in the County of Hunterdon which I Purchafed of Nathan Allen & half "the Lott of Ground at Amboy which I purchafed of John Collins, .... to my faid Daughter Hannah her Heirs "...."; "to my faid Daughter Hannah the Sum of Thirty Pounds to buy her a Negro Wench ...."; "to my "Daughter Mary when fhe fhall Arrive at ... Twenty-one years All that Farm adjoining to John Anderfon Esqr at "Monolipond which I purchafed of Thomas Hampton with the Fulling Mill Buildings & appurtenances .... to my "faid Daughter Mary her Heirs ...."; "to my faid Daughter Mary Two Hundred Acres of Land at Monolipond, part "of that Tract I purchafed of Robert Burnet, neareft adjoining to the Farm above bequeathed ... to my faid Daughter Mary her Heirs ...."; "to my Daughter Frances when the thall Arrive at .... Twenty-one years, the "feveral .... Tracts of Land which I purchafed of Frederick de Boogh, William Clark, Johannes Boyfe (excepting "out of Johannes Boyfe's tract Ten Acres fold to Charles Carfen) & Jannet Gordon Widdow & Executrix of Thomas Gordon, "Esqr, decd., and the Meadow I purchafed of Richard Clark .... faid .... Tracts of Land & Meadow to "my faid Daughter Frances, her Heirs ...."; "to my Three Daughters Hannah, Mary & Frances the Houfe at New "York, which I Purchafed of William Huddlefton equally between them & each of their Heirs ...."; "to my Sons "Aaron & Henry the Remainder of that Tract of Land at Monolipond which I Purchafed of Robert Burnett to be Equally "Divided between them, my Son Aaron having the Choice of that part whereon a Mill was intended to be built, to have ".... the Aforefd Remainder of faid Tract of Land to be divided .... to my faid Sons Aaron & Henry their "Heirs ...."; "to my Grandfon Solomon de Boogh when he fhall Arrive at .... Twenty-one years, if he "fhall till that Age abide with my Wife or her Afsigns All that One Hundred Acres of Land Scituate in the County of "Monmouth which I purchafed of Mott Solom, to have .... faid One Hundred Acres of Land (upon the Condition "aforefaid) to the faid Solomon de Boogh his Heirs ...."; "to my faid Grandfon Solomon de Boogh the Sum of "Ten Pounds upon the Condition above mentioned ...."; "in Cafe either of my Daughters Mary or Frances fhould "happen to die without Ifsue of their Bodies before they Arrive to .... Twenty-one years, That then all fuch part "of my Eftate .... bequeathed to fuch of my Daughters fo Deceafing, fhall be divided between .... my "Surviving Daughters & their refpective Heirs ...."; "unto my Dearly beloved Wife Hannah All the Rents & "Profits of the Lands & Appurtenances herein .... bequeathed to my Daughters Mary & Frances until they "feverally fhall arrive to .... Twenty-one years To Enable her to Maintain & Educate my faid Two Daughters till "that time And alfo .... unto my faid Wife Hannah All the refidue of my Perfonal Eftate .... She "Paying my juft Debts ...." Constitutes "my Dearly beloved Wife Hannah my wel-beloved Son Aaron & my trufty & wel-beloved Friends John "Johnftone, Junr, Esqr, & Mr Lawrence Smyth the Executrix & Executors ...." Wits.:                                                      LAW. van HOOK      Wm Nichols      Thomas Williams [his mark]      Wm Madock  "Will Contained in two fheets of Paper the firft fheet containing forty-two lines & the second fheet twenty-five "Lines ...." Oath of Executors, Hannah Vanhook, Aaron Vanhook and Lawrence fmith; before Michael Kearny, Surro., Perth Amboy, Aug. 14, 1724. "Recorded in Liber A., foll. 301, 302 & 303." ____________________________________________________ CREIG, JOHN of ffreehold, Mon. Co., yeoman. Dated Oct. 5, 1721. Proved by dep. of Margret Crawford, "one of the Evidences," who saw the other wits. sign; before Michael Kearny, Surrogate, Perth Amboy, Nov. 27, 1724. Gives: "unto James Creig my fon the fum of one hundred pounds money at eight fhill pr ounce with my great bible "to be paid and delivered unto him by my Exer ...."; "unto Orfilla Parker Daughter of Elisha Parker Late of "Amboy mercht and my Grand Child the fum of fiffty pound moneys at eight fhill pr ounce to be paid unto her by my Exer "... within twelve months after my Deceaf the fum of twentie five pounds and twelve months after that twentie "five pounds ...."; "unto Archbald Creig my fon all my Moveables goods bills bonds obligatory Debts Whom I "Conftitute my only Executor ...." JOHN CREIG Wits.: James Madox [his mark] margret Crawford John Campbell Oath of Executor, Archibald Craig, before Michl Kearny, Surrogate, Perth Amboy, Nov. 27, 1724. ____________________________________________________