WILL: Ulrich Sower; Claverack, Columbia co., NY
surname: Sower, Sauer, Sours, Crocker

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Columbia co NY Will Book Vol. C page 327
Written: 6 May 1801
Probated: 4 Sep 1810

The last will & Testament of Ulrich Sower of the Town of Claverack in the
County of Columbia Registered this fourth day of September 1810.

In the name of the Holy Trinity God Father, Son and Holy Ghost Amen

This sixth day of May one thousand eight hundred & one

I Ulrich Sower in the town of Claverack in the County of Claverack [sic] in
the County of Columbia and State of newyork, yeoman being much advanced in
years, but as yet healthy and of a sound mind memory & understanding do hereby
make & publish this my last will & testament in manner following to wit:

First of all I desire to be buried in a decent and christian like manner at
the discretion of my wife & children hereinafter mentioned, the funeral
changes (and debts if any) being first paid.  

I do devise & bequeath to my widow Rosina and to my son Christian all my real
estate to have & to hold the said real estate unto my said widow Rosina during
her widowhood and from and after her decease To have and to hold the said Real
Estate unto my son Christian his his [sic] heirs and assigns forever.  

My widow shall live in my house with my Son Christian as before, and if it
should happen that my said Widow could not comfortably live with my said Son
Christian then & in such case of Disagreement my said son Christian shall pay
unto her Order the sum of twenty five Spanish Dollars yearly & every year of
her widowhood & disagreement

Likewise I do give & bequeath to my said widow Rosina her heirs & assigns one
of the best of my Cows, two best sheep one of the best of my bedding with its
appurtenances.  

I do also ordain that my son Christian shall educate my Grand Son Johannis
Crocker in a suitable manner and at the time of his maturity or when he shall
be married to provide for him a suitable outset in Cloaths & other articles as
by the Usage of this Country is Customary

My daughters Magdelena, Anna & Christina not had their outset like their other
Sisters, when they shall come to be married, I do ordain give & bequeath to
each of them their heirs & assigns One Good milch cow two sheep and each their
own bedding and that they may live in my house if the [sic] choose until the
day they are married to have & to hold for each the said articles thus
bequeathed to them their heirs & assigns forever.  

The Crops of Wheat Rye or whatever seed on the ground or in the barn at my
decease shall be used & applied to & for the support & benefit of the family
then in my house.  

My Son Christian & his mother Rosina & my Six Daughters Margaritha, Catherina,
Maria Magdelena, Anna, & Christina, shall share & divide all my other
remaining personal estate among them selves their heirs or assigns forever.  

And lastly I do nominate & appoint my trusty friends Christian Dederick &
Jacob Michael to be my lawful Executors of this my last will & Testament

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the day & year within
written.  

Ulrich Sower [his mark]

Signed Sealed published and Declared by the testator Ulrich Sower this to be
his last Will & Testament in the presence of Us & of each other who have
witnessed & subscribed our names in his Presence.  

Peter Wiessmer
James Currie
Roseana Wiessmer