Will of John MEDOUGH (MIDAUGH), 1821; Sussex County, NJ

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Will of John Medough (Midaugh)......1719S-Trenton

In the name of God, amen. I, John Midaugh of the Township of Wantage, County of 
Sussex, and State of New Jersey, sensible of the instability of human affairs, 
and being weak in body and of sound mind and memory, do make and constitute this 
to be my last will and testament, in the following manner form, viz.

First, I give and bequeath to my wife Mary, during her natural life after my 
decease, the house I now live in and the use of the barn and so on, to the main 
road, from thence along the road to Saferine DeWitt's line, thence along said 
line as far as my land extends, and all my land on the east of the house, to the 
south end of the lot adjoining the woods, from thence to the first ditch, and 
from thence to the west corner of the lot adjoining the barn, also the lot on 
the east side of the road leading towards Bow Decker's and adjoining his land. 
It is likewise my will that she have firewood, or any part of my farm and wood 
for any repairs on said farm. It is my will that she shall have two horses, 
waggon, sled, harness and plow and all the farming utensils, four cows, two 
bedsteads, two beds with two sets of curtains, and bedding sufficient for said 
beds, and that she shall have all the household furniture she brought here.

Secondly, it is also my will that my grandson, John Medaugh shall have all the 
residue of real estate with all the profits arising therefrom with the proviso 
he opens the ditches and clears the meadow until my wife's decease.

Thirdly, it is also my will after my wife's decease, that my moveable property 
shall be sold at publik vendue, and also my real estate to be sold by my 
executors at private sale to best advantage, and the proceeds to be divided 
between my heirs in the following manner, to wit: my son Solomon to have one 
hundred and fifty dollars, my son Benjamin one hundred and fifty dollars, my 
grandson David, son of Levi one hundred and fifty dollars likewise and equal 
shares with my other grandchildren, my daughter Margaret one hundred dollars, my 
daughter Charlotte one hundred dollars, my daughter Phebe one hundred dollars, 
my daughter Anne one hundred dollars, my grandson John Midaugh to have fifty 
dollars and then an equal share with my other grandchildren, and what remains 
after paying the above legacies, the remainder shall be divided equally amongst 
every one of my grandchildren.

I do hereby make and constitute and appoint my grandson John Midaugh and John 
Elston of the Township of Wantage, executors to this my last will and testament. 
I do set my hand and seal this Thirteenth day of January in the Year of Our Lord 
Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty one.
(signed) John Midough

Signed, sealed in the presence of Bow. Decker, John Caskey junr, Israel Oakeby, 
proved March 5, 1822