WILL: Jochem Schoonmaker;  Rochester, Ulster co., NY 
surname: Schoonmaker, Hasbrouck

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Ulster co NY Will Book Vol. D page 8
Written: November 1 1800
Recorded: August 9 1804

In the name of God amen.  This first day of November in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred, I Jochem Schoonmaker of the town of Rochester in
Ulster county and State of New York, being in health of body and of sound and
perfect mind memory and understanding, thanks be given to Almighty God but
considering the uncertainty of this transitory life, and that we must all
yield unto death when it shall please God to call, Do make and ordain This my
last Will and Testament in manner following.  First and principally I
recommend my Soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my body I recommend
to the Earth to be buried in a decent manner at the discretion of my
Executors, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive
the same again by the mighty power of God.  And as touching such worldly
Estate wherewith I am blessed in this life, I give devise and dispose of the
same in the following manner and form.  

Item It is my will, and I do hereby order and direct, that all my just Debts
and funeral expences be paid and discharged out of my personal Estate before
any other disposition thereof be made. I give and bequeath unto my true and
loving Wife Helena a young Negro Girl named Tar, two milk Cows, the choice of
my stock, two Beads, Bedsteads with all its clothing and appurtenances, and so
much of my household furniture as my said Wife shall think proper to take, all
which said property I give to my Wife to enjoy during her natural lifetime so
long as she shall remain a Widow in my name, afterwards to be equally divided
between my two daughters, to wit Mary the Wife of Henry Schoonmaker and
Margaret the Wife of Daniel Hasbrouck Junior.  I also give and bequeath unto
my said Wife, one Room(?) the choice of my dwelling house, together with the
liberty of the Cellar door yard, a spot of ground near the dwelling house
suitable for a garden, and so many apples or other fruit as she shall need,
all which last mentioned priviledges my said wife shall enjoy during her
lifetime or so long as she shall remain a Widow in my name.  And I do also
further Give and bequeath unto my said Wife Helena Twenty pounds lawful money
of the State of New York yearly.  To be paid unto her by my daughter Mary
yearly and every year during the lifetime of my said Wife, or so long as she
shall remain a Widow in my name, and I do hereby make my Real Estate chargable
with the yearly sum of twenty pounds or the payment thereof unto my said Wife
as aforesaid.  And that my said daughter Mary shall find and provide, or cause
to be provided a competent quantity of firewood for her use, and keeping for
her two cows with hay and pasture during the time aforesaid.  My Negro man
Slave Tom and my Negro wench Sara, I do hereby manumit and Release from 
being Slaves immediately, after my decease in consideration of the faithful 
services which they have rendered me.  I give and bequeath unto my said
daughter Mary, my Negro man Slave Pete, two Horses and Eight Sheep the choice
of my stock and my Weaving Loom with all its appurtenances.  To have and to
hold the same unto my said daughter Mary her Heirs and assigns forever.  All
the rest and residue of my personal Estate, I give and bequeath unto my my
said two daughters Mary and Margaret to be equally divided between them share
and share alike; To have and to hold the same unto my said two daughters Mary
and Margaret their heirs and asssigns forever.  I Give and bequeath unto my
said daughter Margaret the sum of Four hundred pounds lawful money of the
State of New York, as a Legacy to be paid unto her, or her Heirs or assigns by
my said daughter Mary at different payments in manner following to wit, one
hundred pounds thereof at the expiration of one year after the decease of my
said Wife if she shall survive me, otherwise at the expiration of one year
after my decease and the further sum of one hundred pounds thereof at the
expiration of every successive year thereafter so that the last payment be
made at the end of three years from the time limited for the first payment. 
And I do hereby make my Real Estate chargable with the said sum of Four
hundred pounds, or the payment thereof, in manner aforesaid unto my said
daughter Margaret.  To have and to hold the said sum of Four hundred pounds
unto my said daughter Margaret, her heirs or assigns forever.  And whereas, by
the last will and Testament of my father, Daniel Schoonmaker, late of
Rochester deceased, the Estate whereof I am now possessed is charged with a 
certain portion of the Expenses to support and maintain my Sister Helena, 
therefore it is my will and I do hereby order and direct that my said daughter 
Mary shall bear that charge for the maintenance and support of my said Sister 
Helena in like as I am bound to do during her natural lifetime.  All my Lands 
Tenements and Hereditaments whatsover with the buildings and appurtenances
which compose my Real Estate wheresoever the same may be situated, I give and
devise the same unto my said daughter Mary subject nevertheless to the
incumbrances herein before mentioned.  To have and to hold all and singular my
Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with the appurtenances unto my said daughter
Mary, her heirs and assigns; To the only proper use, benefit and behoof of my
said daughter Mary her heirs and assigns forever.  

And whereas I have lately been sued in an Action of Ejectment for a certain
part of the Lands which I now possess and which said suit is still depending
and undetermined in the supreme Court of the people of the State of New York 
Therefore, in in the case the Plaintiffs in that suit should recover, It is my
will and I do hereby order and direct that my said daughter Margaret shall pay
or reimburse unto my said dauther Mary the one half of all such costs,
expenses or loss of property which she may sustain by reason of such recovery,
so as not to exceed the sum of Two hundred pounds, any thing herein before
contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.  

And Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved Wife Helena, Executrix,
and my two Sons in law Henry Schoonmaker and Daniel Hasbrouck, Junior,
Executors of this my last will and Testament, in trust for the intents and
purposes therein contained and I request them to see the same performed
accordingly; hereby revoking all former Wills and Testaments by me made,
allowing and declaring this only to be my last will and Testament.  In Witness
whereof I the said Jochem Schoonmaker to this my last Will and Testament have
set my hand and Seal the day and year herein first above written.
Jochem Schoonmaker

Signed Sealed, published and declared by the said Jochem Schoonmaker to be his 
last Will and Testament in the presence of us whose names are hereunto
subscribed as Witnesses at the request and in the presence of the Testator.
Daniel L. Schoonmaker, Joakim Schoonmaker, Jac Coddington Ulster County.  

Be it remembered that on the sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and four personally came and appeared before me Joseph
Gasherie 
Surrogate of the said county Daniel L. Schoonmaker and Jacob Coddington of the 
town of Rochester in the said county yeomen and being duly sworn on their
oaths declared that they did see Jochem Schoonmaker sign and Seal the annexed
will purporting to be the will of the said Jochem Schoonmaker bearing the date
of the first day of November one thousand eight hundred and heard him publish
and declare the same as and for his last will and Testament that at the time
thereof he the said Jochem Schoonmaker was of sound disposing mind and memory
to the best of the knowledge and belief of them the deponents and the said
deponents together with Joakim Schoonmaker subscribed the said will as
witnesses thereto in the Testators presence and Henry Schoonmaker and Daniel
Hasbrouck Junior executors named in the annexed will likewise appeared before
me and were severally sworn to the true execution and performances of the
annexed will by taking the usual oath of an executor.
Joseph Gasherie Surrogate

The People of the State of New York by the Grace of God free and independent,
To All to whom these presents shall come, or may concern, send Greeting; Know
ye, that Ulster county on the sixth day of August instant before Joseph
Gasherie Esquire Surrogate of our said county, the last Will and Testament of
Jochem Schoonmaker deceased/ a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed was proved ,
and is now approved and allowed of by us, and the said deceased having whilst
he lived and at the time of his death goods chattels or Credits within the
State by means whereof the proving and registering 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 us; the administration of all and singular the goods
chattels and credits of the said deceased, and any way concerning his will is
granted unto Henry Schoonmaker and Daniel Hasbrouck Junior Executors in the
said Will named they being first duly sworn well and faithfully to administer
the same, and to make and exhibit 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 we have
caused the Seal of Office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed. 
Joseph Gasherie Esquire Surrogate of the said county at Kingston the ninth day
of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four and of
our independence the twenty ninth.  
Joseph Gasherie, Surrogate.

The preceeding is a true copy of the original will of Jochem Schoonmaker
deceased also of the Certificate of the proof thereof and also of the Letters
of Testamentary.
Joseph Gasherie Surrogate