Will of Robert HOWEY (HOUEY) (1782): Sussex Co., NJ Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Howey Parks . Copyright 2004. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ********************************************************* Will of Robert Howey Of Sussex 1782 In the Name of God Amen, I Robert Howey in the Township of Hardwick, County of Sussex and in the West Division of the Province of New Jersey, being weak of body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be to Almighty God, And knowing the uncertainty of this mortal life do make this my Last Will and Testament, Imprimis, I resign my soul into the hands of my Heavenly Father that gave it me, as for my body I do order and request my Executors hereafter named to bury it in a Christian Like manner, and as it Pleased Almighty God to bestow on me some of the good things of this life, after my just debts and funeral charges be paid--- Item I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Martha Howey all her apparel and ________?________horse and side saddle and a cow and furniture for a room, and one half of the remaining part of my moveable estate, Item I give and bequeath unto my brother Daniel Howey the sum of twenty shillings, Item I give and bequeath unto my brother William Howey the sum of ten pounds, Item I give and bequeath unto my nephew, Abraham Howey the sum of five pounds, Item I give and bequeath unto Joseph Howey (son of my nephew Abraham Howey) the sum of five pounds,. Item I give and bequeath unto my brother Jonah Howey the sum of five pounds and suit of white clothes, Item I give and bequeath unto Robert Howey (the son of my brother Jonah Howey) the sum of five pounds, Item I give and bequeath unto Robert Howey (the son of my brother William Howey) the sum of ten pounds and my brown suit of cloths, Item I give and bequeath unto John Lowrey the sum of ten pounds, Item I give and bequeath unto Matthew Lowrey the sum of ten pounds and also four acres of bogg meadow that lays in my plantation in Hardwick, Item I give and bequeath unto Clark Lowrey the sum of ten pounds, Item I give and bequeath unto Martha Beer (the daughter of William & Mary Beer) the sum of five pounds, Item I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Martha Howey (the use and benefit of the Plantation we now live on as long as she lives) and after her decease, I give and bequeath the same benefit of said Plantation unto Martha Beer (the daughter of William and Mary Beer) as long as she lives, but if she should have any children the said Plantation is to be for the use and benefit of said children but if she should die without issue then William Beer the son of William and Mary Beer shall have the benefit of said Plantation to him and his heirs forever, Item I do constitute and appoint my trusty friends Thomas Vanhorn Esq. And Matthew Lowrey my Executors to see this my last Will and Testament be duly executed, and I do revoke and disannul all other Wills or former Testaments by me made to be void and of no effect and this only is my last Will and Testament As witness my hand and seal this sixth day of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy three…________________1773 Robert Houey (his signature) & Seal (along the edge is written) Signed Sealed Pronounced and Declared in the presence of us to be his last Will and Testament and we each of us set our hands as endorsed and in the presence of one the other… A Shackleton George Allen ) Andrew W Laney) their signatures On this 18 day of May AD 1782 Richard Shackleton one of the Witnesses to the within Will being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God did depose and say that he saw Robert Houey the Testator therein named sign and seal the same and hear him publish pronounce and declare this within writing to be his last Will and Testament, and that at the hour thereof the said Testator of sound and deposing mind and memory as far as this deponent knows and as he truly believes and that George Allen and Andrew Laney the other subscribing ____?___ were present at the same time and signed their names as witnesses to the said Will together with the Deponent in the presence of the said Testator A Shackleton Taken before me The date above at Greenwich Forge H W Hughes Surrogate Matthew Lowery surviving Executor in the written Testament named being truly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God did depose and say that the Will and Testament contains the true last Will and Testament of Robert Houey the Testator therein named so far as he knows and as he verily believes, that he will well and truly perform the same by paying for the debts of the said deceased and then the legacies in the said Testament specified so far as the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased can thereunto extend, and that he will make and ___?___ into the Prerogative Office at Burlington a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased that have or shall come to his knowledge or ___?___ or into the ___?___ of any other person or persons for his use and render a just and true account when thereunto lawfully required… Mathew Lowery Sworn at Greenwich Forge The 18th May 1782 Before me H W Hughes Surrogate