Bonds for Estate of Thomas Coats, Salem Co., NJ 1733
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Estate of Thomas Coats

Know all men by these presents that we Samuel Wade and Joseph Ware and John Doe 
all of the County of Salem in the province of New Jersey are held and firmly 
bound unto Excellency William Cosby, Esq Captain General and Governor in Chief 
of the Province of New Jersey in the sum of fifty pounds, current lawful money 
of America to be paid to his excellency William Cosby his successors or assigns.  
To the which payment well and truly to be made, we do bind us and every of us 
our and every of our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally 
firmly by these presence.  Sealed with our seals, dated the Twenty eight day of 
January in the Seventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second 
by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain 1733.

The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden Samuel Wade 
administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of Thomas 
Coats late of Salem County, weaver, deceased do make or case to be made a true 
and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the 
said deceased which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of 
the said Samuel Wade or into the hand of any other person or person for his use 
and he same so made exhibit or case to be exhibited in to the registry of the 
prerogative court in the secretary's office of the province of New Jersey at or 
before the tenth day of March next ensuing and the same goods chattel and 
credits of the said deceased at the time of his death or which at any time after 
shall come to the hands or possession of the said Samuel Wade or unto the Hand 
or possession of any other person or person for his use, do well and truly 
administer according to law, and further do make or case to be made a just and 
true account of his administration at or before the tenth day of December now 
next ensuing the date hereof; and all the rest and upon the said administration 
account the same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge for the time 
being of the said Prerogative Court, shall deliver and pay unto such person or 
person respectively as the said Judge for the time being of the said Court by 
his decree or sentence, pursuant to the true intent and meaning of an Act of 
Parliament made in the 22d and 23d years of the Reign of King Charles the 
Second, entitled 'An Act for Settling Intestates, Estates", shall limit and 
appoint.  And if it shall hereafter appear, that any left Will and Testament was 
made by the said deceased; and the said executor or executors therein named do 
exhibit the same into the said prerogative Court, making request to have it 
allowed and approved accordingly, if the said Samuel Wade above bounden, being 
thereunto required, do render and deliver the said Letters of Administration 
(Approbation of such Testament being first had and made in the said Court)  Then 
this obligation to be void none effect or else to remain in full force and 
verture.

Sealed and delivered, in the presence of  Daniel Mestayer
Mary Mestayer

Signed:  Sam'l Wade, Joseph Ware and John Doe

_____________________________

Be it remembered that  on the twenty eighth day of January James (?) (?) David 
Levetz three personally came and appeared before me Edamel Mestrayer Surrogate 
of the County of Salem duly comissioned....Samuel Wade administer of all and 
singular the goods chattel and credits of Thomas Coate late of Alloways Creek in 
the County a Weaver (?) who being one of the people called Quakers (?) affirming 
that the within writing contains a true and perfect inventory of all and 
singular of goods and chattels and credits of the deceased so far forth as hath 
comete this...affirmants being possession of knowledge or to (?) possession of 
knowledge of any other person or persons (?)

Signed:  Sam'l Wade
Dan. Mestrayer Surrogate

________________________________________

Be it remembered that on the day and year above written personally came and 
appeared before me Daniel Mestayer the officer above named Joseph Ware, one of 
the appraisers to the within inventory subscribed also being of the People 
called Quakers on his Solemn affirmation according to same doth declare affirm 
that the goods chattels and credits in the within inventory set down and specify 
by him appraised in all things according to their true respective rates and 
values after best of his judgment and understanding that at the same time also 
Hugh Clifton the other appraiser was present and in all things consented to 
making thereof and that they appraised all things of same to their view for 
appraisal.

Joseph Ware

Affirmed coramme, Dan Mestrayer Surrogate

__________________________

Be it remember that on this twenty eighth day of January anno dom one thousand 
seven hundred and thirty three, personally came and affirmed before me Daniel 
Mestayer, Surrogate of the County of Salem July commissioned Samuel Wade, Adm of 
all and Singular the goods chattels and credits of Thomas Coats late of Salem 
County a weaver deceased who being of the people called Quakers on his solemn 
affirmation according to (?) doth declare and affirm that Thomas Coats died 
without a will as far as he knows and believes and of the will well truly 
administer all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased 
so far forth as shall come to his hands and possession or knowledge or to the 
hands or possession of or knowledge of any other person or persons for his use 
and that he will make an exhibit a true and perfect inventory of all singular 
the goods chattels and credits of the deceased also render a just account when 
(?)

Signed Sam'l Wade

Affirmed Cormme, Dan Mestrayer Surrogate