WILL: Peter Consellie; Bushwyck, Kings co., New York
surname: Consellie

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New York co NY Will Book Vol. 27 page 207
Written: 10 Feb 1768
Probated: 11 Jan 1770

In the Name of God Amen

I Peter Consellie of the town of Bushwyck in Kings County on Nassau Island in
the Province of New York, Yeoman, being aged & weak but of a sound & disposing
mind and memory (thank be to God for the same) do make this my last will and
Testament in manner and form following that is to say.

Imprimis, I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it me and
my Body to the Earth ot be buried in a decent & christian like manner at the
discression [sic discretion] of my Executors herein after named and as to that
worldly Estate wherein wit hath pleased God to bless me with I do hereby will
& dispose thereof in manner & form following

Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my dear & loving wife Sarah the sum of
twenty five Pounds lawful Money of the Province of New York (my just debts and
funeral charges being first deducted and paid).

Item. I give devise and bequeath unto my said wife Sarah all use Incomes &
Profits of all that my Farm and real Estate I now possess in conjunction with
my son barent to whom I lately granted and sold the one full and equal half
part thereof the whole in two equal Parts to be devised of be by her used
occupied possessed and enjoyed and to take & receive the rents Issues and
Profits thereof to and for her use for and during and as long as she shall
remain and continue my widow and also two of my cows

Item I give devise and bequeath unto my son Barent the sum of Forty Pounds
lawful Money aforesaid

I give devise and bequeath unto my son Arie the like sum of Forty Pounds
lawfull Money aforesaid

Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of Jacob
Bennet the sum of Five Pounds lawful Money aforesaid

Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Barbary the wife of Teunis
Van Catts the like sum of Five Pounds.

Item I give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah the wife of Abraham
Vandervoort the like sum of Five Pounds lawfully Money aforesaid

item my will and desire is and I do hereby order and direct that if in case if
my heirs Executors or administrators any or eithe rof them should be compelled
to pay or cause to be paid any sum or sums of Money for which I stand security
for my aforesaid son Arie then the aforesaid Legacy and bequest hereby given &
devised to my said son Arie shall be void and of none Effect anything herein
contained to the contrary on any wise nothwithstanding.

Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Grandson Peterus the son of John
deceased the sum of one shilling lawfully Money aforesaid in full of all
Claims or Demands and in Bar of all manner of Right or Pretence whatsoever
which he shall or may claim or demaind as heir at law to my said Estate or any
otherways howsever.

Item I give devise and bequeath unto my son Petrus the like sum of one
shilling lawfully Money aforesaid in full of all claims or demands and all
pretences whatsoever which he shall or may claim to my said Estate.

Item I give devise and bequeath unto my son Andries the like sum of one
shilling lawfully Money afore said also in full of all claims or demands and
in Bar of all manner of Right or Pretence whatsoever which he shall or may
claim or demand ot my said Estate.

Item I do hereby order & direct and give full Power and Authority to my
Executors herein afternamed to sell and dispose by way of Auction publick
Vendue or Outcry to the highest Bidder as soon as conveniently may be after my
decease all my Pesonal Estate which I shall leave at the Tim eof my death for
the payment of my Debts and Legacies aforesaid.

Item all the rest and residue of my said Estate both real and personal I give
devise and bequeath unto my sons John & William to be equally divided between
them share and share alike to have and to hold the same unto them the said
John & William their heirs and assigns forever But in case eithe rof them
should die befor ehe arrive or come to the age of twenty one years then his
part or share shall fall to and be the Property of the survivor his heirs and
assigns forever But if my said sons John and William should both happen to die
before they arrive to the said age of twenty one years then I do hereby give
devise and bequeath the aforesaid rest & residue of my Estate hereby given &
devised unto the said John and William unto my said Wife Sarah to hold unto my
said wife Sarah her heirs Executors Administrators an dassigns forever and

Lastly I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my Brother in Law David
Miller of Bushwyck aforesaid and my loving Friend Theodorus Polhemus Executors
of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other wills
heretofore by me made declaring this to be my only and last Will and
Testament.

In witness whereof I the said Peter Consellie have hereunto set my hand and
seal this tenth day of February in the eighty year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Brittain, France
& Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c and in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and sixty eight

Peter (his mark PC) Consellie (LS)

Signed sealed published and declared by the Testator to be his last will and
Testament in the Presence of William Provoost, Abraham Cannon, Jno Roosevelt.

Be it remembered that on the eleventh day of January one thousand seven
hundred and seventy personally came and appeared before me John Bowles
thereunto duly authorized John Roosevelt of Bushwick in Kings County, Esquire
and being dul sworn on his Oath declared that he did see Peter Consellie make
his hand mark to and seal the annexed Instrumetn purporting to be the Will of
the said Peter Consellie bearing date the tenth day of February one thousand
seven hundred and sixty eight and hear him publish and declare the same to be
and contain his last will and Testament that all the time thereof he the said
Peter Consellie was of sound disposing mind and memory to the best of
Knowledge and belief of him the deponent and that his name subscribed to the
said will is of hi sown proper hand writing which he subscribed as a witness
to the said will in the Testators Presence and that he the deponent likewise
saw William Provoost and Abraham Cannon the other witnesses to the said will
subscribe their names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the Testators

John Bowles

Cadwallader Colden, Esquire his Majesty's Llieutenant Governor and Commander
in Chief of the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in
America, To all to whom these Presents shall come or may concern Greeting Know
Ye that at the city of New York on the ay of the date hereof before John
Bowles thereunto delegated and appointed the last will and Testament of Peter
Consellie deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed ) was proved and
approved and allowed of by me the said - deceased having whilst he lived and
at the time of his death Goods, Chattels and Credits within this Province by
means whereof the proving and registring the said Will and the granting
Administration of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits and
also the auditing allowing and final discharging the account thereof doth
belong unto me; and that administration of all and singular the Goods Chattels
and Credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his will is granted
unto David Miller and Theodorus Polhemus the Executors in the said will named
being first duly sworn well and faithfully to administer the same and to make
and exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said Goods,
Chattels and Credits and also to render a just and true account thereof when
thereunto required.

In Testimony whereof I have caused the Prerogative seal of the Province of New
York to be hereunto affixed at the City of New York the eleventh day of
January one thousand seven hundred and seventy.

Geo. Banyar, D.Secry