WILL: Jan Van Loon; Loonenburgh, Albany co., New York
surname: Van Loon

submitted by Nancy Griffith (ngriffit at mail.presby.edu)
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Source: sampubco.com
Original Wills Folder AV-23
Written: 2 Apr 1763
Probated: 

Extract of the will of Jan Van Loon. Recorded in the County of Albany April
2nd 1763. In the name of God amen...I Jan Van Loon of Loonenburgh in the
County of Albany...yeoman...It is my will that my dearly Beloved Wife Rebecca
shall have a home in my Dwelling house which she pleases so long as she
Remains my Widow. I give also to my Sd. Wife Rebecca all the money or cash on
hand or owing to me. I give also to my sd. Wife Rebecca all my moveable Goods
none excepted. I give to my Eldest Son namely Johannis Van Loon a horse for
his Primogeniture or birth Right to Debarr (?) him of any Pretents of ? as
being my Eldest son. It is my Will that my sd. son Johannis Van Loon his heirs
and assigns shall have the farm which he now hath in Possession. It is my Will
tht my son Petrus Van Loon his heirs and assignes shall have the farm that I
have now in Possession with my Dwelling house and all other buildings upon the
Land I have in Possession. Together with all my Right to that Land Laying at
the East Side of my farm between the ? Kill ? and the path that leads from my
Dwelling house to the sd. farm and also the now orchard (so called) laying on
the south side of the sd. path. All that Right of Lands that I have that did
belong to ? I give to six of my Daughters their heirs and assigns forever that
is to say to Rachel one sixth part to Elsie one sixth part to Rebecca one
sixth part to Elizabeth one sixth part to ? one sixth part and to Susanna one
sixth part, my Daughter Marija having already had her part. [NOTE: The next
paragraph was dark and inkstained, and impossible to transcribe.]...that my
Son Petrus shall give to my daughter ? so Long as she shall Remain unmarried a
suitable and decent Maintenance. I do also order that my son Petrus shall at
the marriage day of Elsie, Elizabeth, Catrina and Susanna give to them and
each of them of portion equivalent to the rest of my daughters, that are
marryed. I give also to my sons Namely Johanis and Petrus all the rest of my
Right of Land woodlands and meadows that I have in that part of Land called
?...I do also hereby order that my two Sons namely Johanis Van Loon and Petrus
Van Loon...shall at the Marriage Day of my Daughter Catrine Convey to the sd.
Catrine a piece of Wood Lands and privileges on the commons or the Sum of
Sixty pound Currant money of the Colony of New York which of the two she the
sd. Catrine ? to have...so that it shall Lay in the power of her the sd.
Catrine to Receive Either the Land or the money. Lastly I make, constitute,
appoint and ordain my Dearly Beloved wife Executrix...

(The rest was bad to read)