WILL: Maghdalana Kain; Shawangunk, Ulster co., New York
surname: Kain, Ostrander, Wintfield, Cady, Porter, Teerpenning

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WILL OF MAGHDALANA KAIN 

Ulster Co., Shawangunk Will Book vol. B page 188
Transcribed by Linda Helaudais from Sampubco copy

In the name of God Amen.  I Maghdalane Kain of the Town of Shawangunk in the
County of Ulster and the State of New York being this day in perfect health
and of sound and perfect memory and understanding (blessed be God), calling to
mind that it is ordained for all flesh once to Dye; and being desirous to
sattle [settle?scuttle?] the things of this world in order Do make this my
last Will and Testament in manner following first I recommend my soul to God,
hoping and trusting through the passion of Jesus Christ of full remission of
all my sins, and my body in a Christian like Buriall, as to my executors shall
seem proper, and, concerning such Temporall Estate as it hath pleased God to
bless me with.

First I give and bequeath to Leantie the wife of Jacob Ostrander the Bed &
Bedstead, with all thereunto belonging which I for common make use of, and
also my black Gown, to be her own property to her heirs and assigns forever.

Item  I give and it is my true Will and desire that my boy William be and
forever shall remain a free man to his own use forever hereafter And also I
give and bequeath to my said boy William the just and full sum of Ten pounds
of good & lawfull money to be paid to him by my Executors, herein named out of
my personal Estate to be his own property his heirs and assigns forever.

Item I give & bequeath all the rest & residue of all my estate which shall be
my property at the time of my decease unto Leantie the wife of Jacob
Ostrander, and Leantie the daughter of Benjamin Wintfield at the Swartkill, to
be Equally divided between them in equil shares, alike to them their heirs and
assigns forever. 

Item, it is my will and Express order that my executors herein named Do after
my decease Sell & dispose of my Two young Negro wenches named (Ginny &
Phylanda) to such person or persons as their Mother Mary shuses [chooses?],
provided that those person be the highest bidders for said Negro wenches, And
that my said Executors shall give full and sufficient Bills of Sale for the
same And the Moneys therefrom arising to be equilly divided between the said
Leantie Ostrander and Leantie Wintfield the daughter of Benjamin Wintfield
aforesaid.

Item I Give & Bequeath to my two Sisters Antie Cady & Mary Porter, all the
rest of my Body Coaths [clothes?], which is not herein before given to
Leantie Ostrander, to be equally divided between them in equal shares to them,
their heirs & assigns forever.  And lastly I constitute and appoint David
Mulford and Evert Roosa both of the town of Shawangunk in the County & State
aforesaid or the survivors of them to be Executors of this my last Will and
testament, desiring that all my just depts [debts] and funeral Expenses be
first paid & satisfyed.  

I Wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal this second day of
November one thousand seven hundred and ninety three  1793.
[signed] Maghdelana W. Kain

Note that the Interlination between 4th & 5th from the bottom of the Will the
words To be Executors of this my last Will & Testament before the Execution
hereof Signed sealed published & declared by the said Maghdalana Kain to be
her last Will and Testament in the presence of us, John Weinfld [sic] jnr.
Johannes Weaver Joh. Hardenbergh

Ulster County   Be it remembered that on the second day of August in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four personally came and
appeared before me, Joseph Gasherie Surrogate of the said County, Johannis
Hardenbergh of the Town of Hurley in said County yeoman, and being duly sworn
on his oath declared that he did see Magdalana Kain sign and seal the within
written instrument purporting to be the will of said Magdalana Kain bearing
date the second day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety three,
and heard her declare the same as and for her last Will and Testament, that at
the time thereof she the said Magdalana Kain was of sound disposing mind and
memory to the best of the knowledge and belief of him the deponent, and that
John Winfield junr. and Johannis Weaver  together with the deponent
subscribed the said Will as Witnesses thereto in the testatrix presence.
[signed] Joseph Gasherie Surrogate

The People of the State of New York by the grace of God Free and Independent,
To Jacob Ostrander of the Town of Shawangunk in the County of Ulster yeoman
send Greeting Whereas Maghdalana Kain late of the said Town of Shawangunk
deceased did in her lifetime make her last Will and Testament in writing
bearing date the second day of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety
three, And by the said Will appointed David Mulford and Evert Roosa Executors
of her said Will and thereafter died And whereas on the second day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four at Ulster
County before Joseph Gasherie Esquire Surrogate of our said County the said
Will and Testament was proved, and is now approved and allowed of by us, and
the said David Mulford and Evert Roosa Executors thereof did by an instrument
in writing under their hands and seals bearing date the thirty first day of
July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four
renounce the executorship of the said Will and refuse to be concerned therein
And we being desirous that the goods chattels and credits of the said deceased
may be well and faithfully administered, applyed, and disposed of according to
the true intent and meaning of her said Will (a copy whereof is hereunto
annexed) do grant unto you, the said Jacob Ostrander full power to collect,
levy, recover, and receive all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of
the said deceased, and the same to administer and dispose of according to the
tenor and effect of said will as the laws directs, you being first duly to
fulfill the said Will of the deceased and to pay her debts and legacies so far
as her goods chattels and credits will thereto extend and the law requires,
and also to make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and
singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said deceased which have or
shall come to your hands, possession, or knowledge and to Exhibit the same
into the office of the Surrogate of the said County of Ulster, at or before
the Expiration of six kalender months from the second day of August last past
and also to render a just true account of administration when thereunto
required, And we do by the presents depute Constitute and Appoint you the said
Jacob Ostrander, Administrator of all and singular the Goods Chattels and
Credits of the said deceased, together with the said will annexed, in
testimony whereof we have caused the seal of office of our said surrogate to
be hereunto affixed.  Witness Joseph Gasherie Esquire Surrogate of the said
County at Kingston the seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and ninety five and of our Independence the nineteenth.
                [signed] Joseph Gasherie Surrogate

The preceding is a true Copy of the original Will of Maghdalana Kain deceased
also of the Certificate of the proof thereof and also of the Letters of
Administration, Note that the words that my Executors in the 27th line of 100
[?] page being obliterated.
                [signed] Joseph Gasherie, Surrogate

Transcriber's notes: Maghdalana Kain was the daughter of Daniel Winfield and
Klaartjen Teerpenning, and the widow of James Kain.  He and his brother,
Robert, emigrated from Ireland in the early 1700s and settled in the
Shawangunk area.  

 The word "sattle" in the fourth line might be "scuttle" or "settle"   hard to
read.  Words appearing in brackets are mine.  Those in parentheses appear as
such in original document.