(HmmW W^mvmii^^mM^ BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME ■FROM 'filE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND . THE GIFT, PP,', - 1S91 zosm 3im COHNELL umvERSITY LtMAf' 3 1924 068 180 532 1^2 t^ Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924068180532 American Record Series A.:— Wills. VOLUME I. No.. 34 of 500 copies printed. S kJ o rt ra £ ■S.1 OP 2 * • D O < Id t« n I-] o a H H n tn H s o o w «2 ?» oj .j; ULSTER COUNTY, N. Y. PROBATE RECORDS In the Office of the Surrogate, and in the County Clerk's Office at Kingston, N. Y. A CAREFUL ABSTRACT AND TRANSLATION OF THE DUTCH AND ENGLISH WILLS, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AFTER INTESTATES, AND INVENTORIES FRIOM 1 665, WITH GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES* AND LIST OF DUTCH AND FRISIAN BAPTISMAL NAMES WITH THEIR ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS BY QUSXAVE ANJOU, Pin. D. Member oE the American Historical Association; The National Geographic Society; The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society; New York Historical Society; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; National Arts Club ; Royal Societies Club ; Catholic Record Society ; Societe Suisse d'Heraldique ; Heroid Verein, Berlin; K. K. Heraldische Gesellscha£t, Vienna; R. Accademia Araldica Italiana, Bari ; British Numismatic Society ; Yorkshire, &c.. Parish Register Societies, etc. With Introduction by Judge A. T. Clearwater, LL.D. VOLUME L Exhaustive Indexes of Persons and Localities, Fac- Similes of Wills, etc. New York GUSTAVE ANJOU 1906 State of New York, > r ss. ulster county, ) Surrogate's Office. I, Arthur C. Connelly, Clerk of the Surrogate's Court of Ulster County, New York, do hereby certify that the following abstracts from the records of Wills in this office are correct and true and have been compared with the said original records. Witness my hand and seal of said Court, at the City of Kingston, N. Y., this 15th day of November, 1905. Arthur C. Connelly, y'^\'Jf-R-^//>X Clerk of the Surrogate's Court of (L. S.) /i^ "fx Ulster Co., N. Y. State of New York, ) > ss ulster county, ) Ulster County Clerk's Office, Kingston, N. Y. I, John D. Fratsher, Clerk of Ulster County, New York, do hereby certify that the following abstracts from the records of Wills recorded in the Books of Deeds in said office are correct and true and have been compared with said original records. Witness my hand and seal of said office at the City of Kingston, N. Y., this loth day of August, 1905. John D. Fratsher, (L. S.) Ulster County Qerk. INTRODUCTION "By Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater, LL.D. The History of Ulster County may be said to consist of four periods. The first began with the establishment of a Dutch trading post at Ponckhockie, the junction of the Hudson and the E4)ndout, in 1614. The second with the settlement at Kingston of ChristofHe Daavis, Mattys Hendrix and Johan DeHulter, Dutchmen, and Thomas Chambers, an Englishman, in 1652. The third with the treaty of Paris in 1763. The fourth with the inauguration at Kingston of George Clinton, the first Governor of the State under the Constitution, on the 30th day of July, 1777. During each of these periods the County played an important part, and so influential were the people of Ulster in swinging the colony into line with the patriot cause that in October, 1777, the British under Sir John Vaughan wantonly burned Kingston in retaliation. Down to 1683 the only civil divisions of the Province of New York were Manors, Towns or Cities and Patents. On the first of November of that year, Dongan being Governor, the following Act was passed by the Governor, Council and Representatives : "An Act to divide the Province and Dependencyes into Shires and Countyes, passed November ist, 1683. Having taken into consideration the necessity of divideing the Prov- ince into respective Countyes for the better governing and settling Courts in the same. Bee it enacted by the Governor and Councell and Repre- sentatives, and by the authority of the same, the said Province bee divided into twelve Countyes as follows ****** The Countye of Ulster to contain the Townes of Kings- ton, Hurley and Marble Towne, Ffox Hall and the New Paltz and all the villages, neighborhoods and christian habitacions on the west side of the Hudsons River from the Murderer's Creek near the High- lands to the Sawyer's Creek." Of these Kingston, Hurley and Marbletown were towns, Fox Hall was a manor and New Paltz was held by patent. Since the granting of this charter, the County of Sullivan, and parts of the Counties of Greene, Delaware and Orange have been taken from the territory it described. Situate upon the west bank of the Hudson, practically midway between New Amsterdam and Fort Orange (New York and Albany), and in many respects the rival of those places, having for its whole eastern front the great natural highway of the Hudson, and traversed by three large streams, the Esopus, the Rondout and the Wallkill, along which passed the constantly traveled Indian trails connecting the North (The Hudson) with the South (The Delaware) river, Ulster early became and always has remained prominent, if not pre-eminent, in historical interest. Its early settlers principally came from Holland. Many of them were the younger sons of well-to-do Dutch families who, inspired by that spirit of adventure common to the youth of all times and all lands, sought a broader sphere of action in the new world than was afforded by the old. To Ulster came also the Huguenots who, exiled from France because of their religious faith, found among the Dutch of Esopus an hospitable welcome and the right to a free and open Bible. Thus it is that for more than two and a half centuries the men who have been most prominent and potent in the affairs of the County have, as a rule, borne Dutch or Huguenot names. To the Dutch more than to any other people America owes its civil and religious liberty, and its wise and tolerant system of laws, the Pilgrims first learning of the strength and advantage of a repub- lican form of government during their sojourn in Holland. To the Dutch also the world is indebted for the system of recording deeds, mortgages and wills, and from the earliest settlement to the present the records of Ulster have been scrupulously and accurately kept, running back in un- broken succession for over two hundred and fifty years. The early records are written in Dutch and, aside from those of marriages and baptism, con- sist of six classes : — 1. The record of the transfers of lands by deed. 2. The record of the mortgaging of lands for debt. 3. The record of wills, and the succession of estates. 4. The record of the acknowledgement of debt, as distinct from that creating a lien on lands. • 5. The record of judicial transactions. 6. The record of agreements with the Indians. The original records are contained in a number of well worn and much thumbed volumes, originally bound, some in vellum, some in sheep- skin, and have had rather a remarkable history. They remained in the office of the County Clerk at Kingston from the time they were written until about fifty years ago, when suddenly they disappeared. Many efforts were made to find them. The Grand Jury instituted an investigation, the Board of Supervisors offered a liberal reward for their return, but nothing could be learned of their whereabouts or by whom they had been taken. One day during the summer of 1895 a large box was delivered to the County Clerk by an Express Company. It contained the long lost records, carefully covered with a waterproof wrapper and closely packed with cotton wool. They had been shipped from an obscure village on the southern shore of Long Island by a person whose name and address were not given. It is not known who took them, in whose possession they were during their absence, or who returned them. Various explanations have been suggested. Among others that they had been sent to Brooklyn for translation by a Dutch scholar who died before he began the work; that after his death his family sent them to the old City Hall of that City ; that when the new City Hall was erected they were returned to Kingston. This, however, does not account for all the known facts. After they were returned they were carefully examined by my father, Isaac Clear- water, who spoke and read Dutch as readily as he did English. He recog- nized their great importance and advised their translation into English. When the Board of Supervisors of the County met the following Novem- ber, I called its attention to the character of the material they contained, and suggested that they be translated at the expense of the County. The Board at once by unanimous resolution requested me to act as com- missioner for the purpose, and a translation was made of the early Dutch records not recorded in the Deed Books, which translation is now con- tained in three large folio volumes of over six hundred pages each, and with the original records preserved in the office of the County Clerk. Among the most interesting of the old records are those containing the proceedings and adjudications of the Dutch Court of Schout and Shep- pens from 1658 to 1684. That Court was the predecessor of the Court of Common Pleas, of the Court of Sessions and of the existing County Court, and for strict impartiality, jealousy of the rights of the individual, the equitable administration of justice, soundness of judgment and com- pression and lucidity, of statement its proceedings and decisions rarely have been surpassed, while its records portray the life of the early settler in a picturesque and interesting manner. A partial index of them recently has been printed by the County of Albany as part of its own early records which that County is now putting in print, this index being included because the intimate relations which existed between the people of the settlements of Fort Orange, Beverwyck and Rensselaerwyck and those of Esopus, Wiltwyck and Kingston during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries resulted in many transactions the record of which was indiffer- ently kept at one place or the other. Dr. Anjou, omitting only the ornate legal formulas which form part of the deeds, mortgages and wills of the period, presents all that which is of interest alike to the student and the general reader, particularly noting any entry of unusual character. The seals attached to the documents, of which rubbings have been made and engraved in many cases, are private seals. Official seals were not early used. Most well-to-do Dutchmen used seals engraved according to their fancy, a few used their family arms, but this was the exception. A novice always experiences difficulty in tracing the ancestry of Dutch families, in examining the documents signed by Dutchmen and in following the proceedings of Dutch Courts in America, arising from the fact that, while the French and English invariably used their surnames, the Dutch, as a rule, were indifferent about this and usually are designated by others, and designate themselves, by their Chris- tian names alone, even in important legal documents. This answered every purpose in a primitive and small community where everyone was known, but now leads to much confusion. For instance, Lambert Huyberts is Lambert Huyberts Brink. Tjrick Claessen — Tjrick Claessen De Witt. Jan Wilhemsen — Jan Wilhemsen Hooghteyling (Houghtaling). Jan Mattys — ^Jan Mattys Jansen. Teunis Jacobse, or Jacobsen — Tunis Jacobsen Klaarwater (Clearwater) Peter Cornelius — Peter Cornelius Low. Albertse Heymans — ^Albertse Heymans Roosa. Hendrick Jochemsin — Hendrick Jochemsin Schoonmaker. Aaert Jacobsen — Aaert Jacobsen Van Wagonen. The first statutory provision for the probate of wills and the granting of letters of administration was enacted by the Governor, Council and Representatives convened in general assembly on the nth day of Novem- ber, 16^2. The preamble recited that the rights of orphans and the estates of such as died intestate throughout the Province were often concealed, 8 wasted, embezzled and destroyed to the utter ruin of many orphans and to the prejudice of the next of kin for want of having good and sufficient persons in each county to enquire after the same, and the Act provided that on or before the 25th day of March, 1693, there should be elected and appointed in each town throughout the counties within the Province two able and sufficient freeholders who should, upon the death of any person in their respective towns, repair to the place of habitation where the deceased resided within forty-eight hours after the interment and make enquiry if the deceased made any will, or had any real or personal estate not devised by him at the time of his death, and if upon enquiry it was found that he had made no will, but had died intestate, then it should be lawful for such freeholders to make strict and diligent search and enquiry into all the real and personal estate that the intestate died possessed of, and inventory the same and bring or cause to be brought unto such person or persons in the county where the intestate died who should be appointed by the Governor to supervise the intestate's estates, and file with him upon their oath an inventory of the estate, whereupon the supervisor of estates should issue his warrant to two good and sufficient freeholders within the town where the intestate died for the appraisement of the goods and chattels left by the intestate, and upon the return of the same he should cause the goods and chattels to be secured or sold, the proceeds to remain in his hands or to be placed into good and sufficient hands who should be able to produce the same again when the next of kin should appear in right to claim the same. It further provided that if the intestate at the time of his death left a wife and children behind him, then, in such case, the wife only should have the right of administration, but if he left only orphans and had no relations or kindred who would administer upon his estate, then the supervisor of each county should have the administration and care of the estate, and the same should be secured for the use, benefit and behoof of the orphans, and should be secured and improved until the orphans married or came to the age of twenty-one years. It firr- ther provided that the supervisor of estates should take effectual care of the education and instruction of the orphans in the Holy Protestant Religion, and that they should be honestly maintained according to the capacity of the estate. It was further enacted that the several Judges of the respective Courts in remote counties in open Court, and on extraordinary occasions or, if necessary, out of Court, assisted with two Justices of the Peace, might grant probate of any will or letters of administration to any person where the estate exceeded the value of fifty pounds. Testamentary dispositions of property were made before a judicial ofHcer during the lifetime of the testator, and consequently probate after the testator's death was unnecessary. The method was primitive, but effective. The testator appeared in Court and stated to the Judges, who were the Schout and Sheppens, the disposition he wished to make of his property. This was entered upon the minutes, and, unless revoked, when he died the property was disposed of according to his recorded wishes. Beginning in 1685, wills were recorded in the book of deeds indiscrimi- nately with grants of land and mortgages, and this practice continued down to 1778, nearly a year after the adoption of the first constitution. Hundreds of wills, however, were recorded in New York and Albany, and apparently it was the custom to have them recorded in either or both offices until 1786, when testamentary dispositions were proved before the Court of Common Pleas and an entry of the record was made in a book kept for that purpose, "agreeable to an Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, passed on the Fourth day of April, 1786." A Sur- rogate's Court was established in 1787, and the first will proven in that court bears date January 5th, 1787, and was recorded on the loth day of May of that year. The first Surrogate was Joseph Gasherie, whose seal, now the seal of the Surrogate's Court, was an oblong oval after the pattern of the seals of the old Ecclesiastical Courts, and con- tained the figure of a woman, holding a child by the hand, standing near a monument the finial ornament of which was a mortuary urn. A device evidently intended to furnish in realistic suggestion what it lacked in artistic conception. I can hardly speak too highly of the care taken by Dr. Anjou in preparing this work. Every precaution seems to have been taken against error. Not only is the work authentic, but official, and a properly certified copy of any of the records it contains can at any time be obtained from the official in whose custody the original record is kept at an insignificant cost without the long, laborious and expensive search which the effort to find records of this character usually involves, and when thus procured and certified it will be admissible in evidence in any Court of justice in any civilized country of the world, while the work itself can be cited as authoritative and decisive upon genealogical questions by all applicants for membership in the great patriotic and historic societies of this country. Thus it is and will be invaluable not only to the historians, antiquarians and genealogists of the day and of all time, but to every person de- scended from those ancestors who gave to Ulster a unique distinction among the counties of America. 10 PREFACE. The first two volumes of Ulster County Probate Records, now presented, consist of careful, verbatim abstracts of wills, letters of admin- istration after intestates, bonds of administrators, renunciations, and inventories from 1663 to 1766, 1792 and 1827, respectively, on file or deposited in the offices of the County Clerk of Ulster County, at Kingston, the Surrogate of Ulster County, at Kingston, the Surrogate of New York, the Library of the Long Island Historical Society, or in hands of private individuals, who courteously have permitted a transcript to be taken for publication. A large proportion of these records were written in the Dutch lan- guage, and a few wills were in French. Of all these a careful copy has been made, comparison made with the original records, and a literal English translation given. In the translation of the Dutch records, the compiler has had the assistance of several Dutch scholars. The official translation of the Dutch records at Kingston includes only a small part of the wills and deeds, written in the Dutch language, and not one of those recorded in the Deed- or Will-Books. Ulster wills, filed in the office of the Surrogate at New York, have ben rendered in a new translation, as the abstracts thereof, which were issued by the New York Historical Society, are neither correct nor com- plete, or in any way reliable. About 250 wills relating to Ulster, and not included in these volumes, are filed in Albany ; a careful abstract, Dutch and English, will be printed in the third volume of Ulster County Probate Records, which will also contain wills probated in New York from 1766, and in Kingston from 1793- In the compilation of the list of Dutch and Frisian baptismal names, the compiler has had the assistance of several Dutch scholars, and it is believed this list is the most complete so far issued. The genealogical and historical data can, in the main, be accepted as reliable, as the compiler has depended principally upon public documents, i. e., parish registers, land-papers, and similar records. The words "married after" indicate that banns were issued on that date, the marriage probably taking place soon after. It is curious to note, however, that the Secretary's papers frequently contain statements from which it would appear as if the marriage was performed previous to the publication of banns. Variations of surnames have been properly noted, and carefully in- dicated, both in the text and in the indexes ; married daughters have been indexed both under the paternal surname and the names of their husbands. Children have, as a rule, been indexed under all the surnames which the Dutch system of nomenclature permitted them to adopt, unless known by a certain name, under which they then will be found. The separate index of instruments, with name of testators, or intes- tate, character of document, date of issue and date of probate, all arranged alphabetically, will be found useful. Surnames relating to the same family, although the spelling may vary, have been placed under one heading and proper cross-references made to this heading. The compiler is indebted to Messrs. Gerritt H. Van Wagenen, Thomas G. Evans, B. Fernow, Wm. Gordon Ver Planck, Eugene F. McPike, H. O. Collins, Frank J. Conkling, and Geo. A. Morrison, Jr., for genea- logical data; to Messrs. Arthur C. Connelly and John D. Fratsher for assistance in comparing these abstracts with the original records, and to many others for help and encouragement. The Inventories, it is hoped, will throw much new light upon the home life, the habits and possessions of the early inhabitants of Ulster County. As a rule, few books were found in the colony, and these consisted mainly of the great Bible, generally Dutch, psalm-books, and sermons. In only one inventory do we find a Virgil, Young's Night Thoughts, and other books of similar character. "A Pair of Humspun Breeches" gives us an idea of the industrial life among the early inhabi- tants. Spinning wheels, evidently, were found in every family. The necessity for protection against the Indians, and the hunt, made "guns" of all descriptions necessary. Every family of any importance had slaves, male and female, and it is curious to note that one testator, called to New York to fight against the "oppressors (the English) who wish to place them under slavery," should continue his tirade with the statement that his "slaves are not to be free." Rent was paid in "marketable winter or summer wheat." "Green rugs" frequently occurs in the inventories. Pewter, or "puter," was the most common metal used, but silver spoons and forks were not uncommon. Knee breeches and knee-buckles, waistcoats, and shoe buckles for the men, petticoats, short gowns, check aprons, white linen stockings, and black hoods for the women, were the garments most frequently mentioned. After the Revolution, we find mention of guns, swords, "baginets," con- duce boxes, and powder horns. The old English system of giving to the eldest son some small per- sonal property, as "his right for being my first born," prevailed until late. The testators, as a rule, were deeply religious, and their testaments invari- ably contain a long religious preamble, in which the testator gives his soul to his "Redeemer and Saviour," trusting that, notwithstanding his sins, he will arise on the day of judgment. Outfits for the unmarried daughters were frequently provided for, and a careful perusal of these documents will convince the reader of the generous sense of justice to all related to the testator, which prevails. In only a few cases, some member of the family has been cut off with the proverbial shilling. From a letter, written by Lord Cornbury to Secretary Hodges, we find that "The trade of the Province, in 1705, consists chiefly of flower and bisketts, which is sent to the Islands in the West Indies, in return they bring Rum, Sugar, Molasses, and sometimes pieces of Eight, and • Cocoa, and Logwood ; to Europe Our people send Skins of all sort, Whale Oyle and Bone." (Extract from Lord Cornbury's letter to Seer. Hodges, Lon- don Documents, XVI.) Governor Moore, in an official letter to the Lords of Trade, written in 1767, stated that "every family makes a coarse cloth called lindsey- woolsey, the warp being of linen and the woof of wool. Every family is furnished with a loom, and the itinerant weavers who travel about the country, put a finishing-hand to the work." Looms were frequently mentioned in the wills and inventories, as well as izer, or wafer-irons, which were favorite wedding presents, and often decorated with the coat-of-arms of the groom, together with his initials and those of his bride, and the date of their marriage. The compiler would be indebted for any genealogical or historical data, relating to families mentioned in Ulster County Probate Records, which have not been brought out in the text, particularly baptisms, mar- riages and deaths. Wills in the hands of private parties, if placed at the disposal of the compiler, will be copied, properly translated, if necessary, and printed in the third volume of these records. GusTAVE Anjou. New York, 1906. 13 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FACING FAGB Dutch Relics in the Senate House, Kingston Title Page Testamentary Dispositions : Christian Du Jou, Dutch, dated 1676, and* CoRNELis Wynkoop, Dutch, dated 1676 31 -CoRNELis Barentse Slecht, Dutch, and CORNELIS HOOGEBOOM, Dutch 33 Will of WiLLEM Traphagen, English, dated 1685 46 Original Wills, Not Recorded : Matthys Persen, Dutch, dated 1748 136 Jacobus Depuy, English, dated 1778 150 Catherine Freer, English, dated 1781 159 Abraham Burhans, English, dated 1763 181 Cornelis Nukerk, Dutch, dated 1787 183 William Legg, English, dated 1780 184 Johannis Snyder, English, dated 1771 186 Inventory of Johannis Snyder's Estate, Dutch, dated 1771. . . 188 15 DUTCH AND FRISIAN BAPTISMAL NAMES AND THEIR EQUIVALENTS IN ENGLISH. - Aaghie, Agatha, Aagje, Agatha, .Aagt^ Agatha, •Aaltje, Alice, -Aart, Arthur, •Adda, Alice, 'Adelheyd, Adelaide, •Adriance^ Adrienne, *Adriaantje. Adrian, -Aefje, Eva, ^eltje, Alice, •Aert, Arthur, «Aetje, Eve, ■Agnietje, Agnes, ^gt, Agatha, "Alberick. Alberic, •Aldert, Albert, ^letta, Alice, 'Alewijn, Alwin, •Alyd, Adelaide, .Alta, Alida, "Annatje, Anne, Andreas, Andrew, Andries, Andrew, *Anghe, Agnes, •Angeniete, Agnes, •Annechet, Anne, ,Anneken, Anne, -Annetje, Anne, <Antie, Anne, ^Antje, Anne, •Arendt, Arnold, -Ariaan, Adrian, ■Arie, Adrian, -Arriaantje, Adrian, Augustijn, Austen, Badeloch, Beatrice, Bait, Balthazar, ■Baltje, Balthazar, •Baltus, Balthazar, barber, Barbara, -Barend, Bernard, •Barent, Barent, "Bart, Bartholomew, •Earfel, Bartholomew, Bartelmus, Bartholomew, -Bartje, Barbara, 'Bastian, Sebastian, "Batje. Bathilde, •Beeltje, Neeltje, Cornelia, Beletje, Arabella, Bell, Isabella, Bella, Isabella, -Bernd, Bernard, Bert, Gilbert, Bertus, Albertus, Beth, Elizabeth, Betje, Elizabeth, Blaas, Blasius, Boudje, Baldwin, Boldwijn, Baldwin, Bonifaas, Boniface, Boudewyn, Baldwin, Bram, Abraham, Bregje, Bridget, C Carel, Charles, Case, Cornelius, Casper, Jasper, Catrijn, Catharine, Ceerles, Charles, Celia, Cecilia, Cheerelz, Charles, Cheiltje, Cornelia, Chime, James, Christoffel, Christopher, Christynrie, Christina, Claasje, Clasine, Claes, Nicholas, Coen, Conrad, Coenraad, Conrad, Coenraadt, Conrad, Cornells, Cornelius, Crispijn, Crispin, Daaf, David, Daam, Adam, Daatje, Alice, Denys, Dionysius, Derrick, Theodoric, Desin, Gerardina, Diederick, Theodoric, Dientje, Bernardina, Diewertje, Debora, Dina, Bernardina, Dirk, Theodoric, Dirkje, Theodoric, Dolf, Adolphus, Door, Dorothy, Doortje, Dorothy, Doostie, Theodosia. Dort, Dorothy, Dortchen, Dora, Dorus, Theodore, Dries, Andrew, e: Eefje, Eve, Eelet, Helena, Eike, Agnes, Els, Aletta, Elsje, Aletta, Emmetje, Emily, En, Anne, Engel, Angelica, Engelina, Angelica, Engeltje, Angelica, Enrik, Henry, Epje, Egbert, Ethilrede, Awdry, Evert, Everard,- Eyntje, Annie, Eytie, Ida. Femmetje, Frances, Fanny, Fick; Sophia, Fletje, Sophia, Floortje, Florentina, Florentiintje, Florentina, Floris, Florian, Francijntje, Frances, Fanny, Francina, Fanny, Frans, Francis, Fransje, Frances, Fanny, Freek, Frederick, Frem, Ephraim, Frerk, Frederii*, Friko, Frederick, Frits, Frederic, Fytje, Sophia, ^Garret, Gerard, 'Geerje, Gertrude, Geert, Gerard, Geertie, Gertrude, Geertje, Gertrude, Geertrui, Gertrude, Geertruida, Gertrude, Geertruyd, Gertrude, Geesje, Gerarda, Geleyn, Giles, Gellis, Giles, Gepje, Rachel, Gerrit, Gerard. Gerritjcj Geraldina, Giel, Michael, Gijs, Gilbert, Gijsbertus, Gilbert, Godfried, Godfrey, Goris, George, Goverd, Godfrey, Timothy, Griet, Margaret, Madge, Peg, Grietje, Meg, Peggy, Guide, Guy, Gysbert, Gilbert, Gyslbert, Gilbert, Hannes, John, Jackie, Hans, John, Jack, Hansje, loan, Johanna, Harck, Hercules, Harmen, Herman, Hein, Henry, Heintje, Henry, Hendrica, Henrietta, Hendrikje, Henriette, Hentje, Henriette, Heyltje, Helena, Hieronimus, Jerome, Hilligond. Hilda, Hilletje, Hilda, Hiskia, Hezekiah, Huigen, Hugo, Huybert, Hubert, Ifje, Eve, Ikee, Agnes, Jaantje, Jane, aap, Jacob, 17 Jaapie, Jacob, Jacob, James, Jacoba, Jacobina, Tacobje, Jacob, Jacobus, James, Jacomyntje, Jemima, Jaepje, Jacob, Jan, John, Janneken, Jane, Jannetje, Jane, Janotje, "Jane, Jansje, Jane, Jantina, Jane, Jantje, Johnny, Japic, Jacob, Jeremias, Jeremiah, Jeronimus, Jerome, Jetje, Henriette, Joannes, John, Joaptie, Jacob, Jobie, Jacob, Jocnem, Joachim, Johannes, John, Joost, Justin, Joseph,* Joris, George, Josyntje, Josifle, Juliaantje, Juliana, Jurgen, George, Junan, George, Turn, George, Jurrian, George, Jury, George, Justin, Justin, ustje, Jenny, K Kaat, Catharine, Kaatje, Kate, Kitty, Karel, Charles, Kareltje, Charles, Katrijn, Catharine, Katryntje, Kate, Kathleen, Kee, Cornelia, Kees, Cornelius, Keesje, Cornelius, Keetje, Cornelia, Kersten, Christian, Kesia, Kathleen, Klaar, Clare, Klaartje, Clare, Klaas,^ Nicholas, Klaasje, Nicholas, Nick, Krelis, Cornelius, Ko, James, Jemmy, Jem, Koba^ Jacobus, Koos] e, Jacobina, Koris, Cfornelius, Korsten, Christian, Krelius, Cornelius, Kris, Christian, Krischan. Christian, Krisje, Christina, Kristel, Christina, Kristijntje, Christina, Kruschen, Christian, Kyrn, Quirine, Lambrecht, ]^ambert, Laurens, Lawrence, Leen, Leonard, Leendert, Leonard, Leentje, Magdalena, Lena, Magdalena, Lenoor, Eleanor, Letje, Adeline, Lezart, Elise, Lieve, Leo, Lijsbert, Lisbet, Lijsje, Lise, Lodewijk, Lewis, Lotje, Charlotte, Loures, Lewis, Louw, Lawrence, Lucia, Lucy, Ludovicus, Louis, Lukas, Luke, Luytje, Luke, Lys, Lisbet, Lysbet, Lisbet, Lysje, Lise, M Maaicke, Marjr, Maarten, Martin. Maartje, Martina, Maas, Bartholomew, Machiel, Michael, Machteld, Mathilda, Magdaleentje, Magdalen, Magtelt, Mathilda, Manus, Herman, Margit, Margaret, Margriet, Margaret, Margrietje. Margaret, Marij, Maria, Mary, Maritje, Mary, Mariken, Mary, Marregante, Magdalena, Marritius, Morice, Martijn, Martin, Martijntje, Martina, Mattheus, Matthew, Matthys Matthew, Maybe, Maria, Mary, Mayken, Maria, Mary, Mayacca, Mary, Meewes, Bartholomew, Menassus, Myndert, Metie, Matilda, Metjen, Martha, Michiel, Michael, Micheltjen, Michael, Mie, Mary, Mietje, Mary, Mijntje, Wilhelmina, Mimmi, Morice, Maurice (but in one instance, Maria), N Na, Nanny, Naatje, Anne, Neeltje, Cornelia, Niesje, Dionyse, Nol, Arnold, Obadja, Obadiah, Olivier, Oliver, Oeycke, Agnes, Oetje, Agnes, Orselina, Ursula, Outie, Agnes, Paultje, Pauline, Paylyntie, Pauline, Phlip, Philip, Piet, Peter, Pieter, Peter, Pietj'e, Petronella, Pouw, Paul, Powles, Paul, R Randolph, Randal, Reimond, Raymond, Reindert, Reynold. Reinier, Reynold, Reinoud, Reynold, Resyiitje, Rosina, Rijkaard, Richard, Rijkerd, Richard, Rip, Rupert, Ritsert, Richard, Robbert, Robert, Roedolf, Rudolphus, Roeland, Rowland, Roelof, Rolph, Ralph, Rogier, Roger, Rolfe, Ralph, Rombout, Rumbold, Roosje, Roseta, Rozemond, Rosamund, Ruben, Reuben, Rut, Roger, Rutgert, Roger, Rutsjert, Richard, Rykaard, Richard, Saal, Solomon, Saam, Samuel, Saar, Sarah, Saartje, Sally, Sander, Alexander, Sanna, Susannah, Sanneke, Susanna, Santje, Susanna, Sannertje, Susanna, Sasze, Sara, Sefia, Sophia, Seletje, Cecilia, Selie, Cecilia, Servaas, Gervas, Seytie, Cynthia, Shaan, Christian, Sierrity, Charity, Sijmen, Simeon, Simson^ Samson, Sitske, Cynthia, Smiaa, Hezekiah, Staats, Eustace, Stans, Constance, Steven, Stephen, Stijntie, Christina, Stoffel, Christopher, Styntje, Christina, T Taatje, Sara, Tanna, Anna, Tanneken, Anne, Teeuw, Matthew, Teeuwis, Matthew, Teunis, Anthony, Teuntje, Antonia, Thys, Matthias, * See Joseph German's will. i8 Tiebout. Theobald, Tientje, Albertina, Tietje, Albertina, Tijmen, Timothy, Tijs, Matthias, Tiletje, Albertina, Tit, Tietje, Albertina, Tjaatje, Charity, Tjerck, Theodorick, Tobias, Toby. Toff, Christopher, Toffels, Christopher, Tomatius, Timothy, Tonjes, Anthony, Tonnes, Anthony, Tool, Anthony, Toon, Anthony, Toontje, Antoinette, Tressje, Theresa. Tracy, Trijn, Catherine, Trui, Gertrude, Truitje, Gertrude, Tryntje, Catharine, Tsassen, Christian, Tziasso, Christian, Tymen, Timothy, Urseltie, Ursula, Ury, George, V Valentijn, Valentine, Veltje, Valentine, Willem, William, Willemintje, Wilhelmina, Willempje, Willy, Willemtje, Wilhelmina, Willemyn, Wilhelmina, Wim, William, Willy, Wimpje. Wilhelmina, Mimmi, Wout, Walter, Wouter, Walter, Wyntje, Wilhelmina, Mimmi, Ydtje, Ida, Yke, Agnes, Yzaak, Isaac, Zanneke, Susan, Zjarritjen, Charity, 19 ABBREVIATIONS. Adm administration, b born, bt baptized, d died, dau .daughter, d. inf died in infancy, d. y died young, E east, int intestate, j. d y.oung woman, j. m young man, Jr Junior, K -Kingston, ™ married, (m. — name of wife, or husband, within a paren- thesis, indicates a probable, but not absolutely proved marriage), m. I married, first, m. 2 married, secondly, N north, N. Y New York, N. Y. Sur New York Surrogate, P page, prob probably, q. V quo vide (which see), s son, S South, Sr Senior, supra before, w wife, W West, Abstracts of Wills on File in the County Clerk's Office, City of Kingston, N. Y. (The Dutch records of Ulster County from 1663 to 1684 consist of six volumes of court proceedings, and five volumes of secretary's papers, containing deeds, mortgages, wills, etc., all kept in a square wooden box, under lock and key. A translation of these records was made in 1896, which was subsequently bound in three large foUo-volumes. Unfortu- nately, there is no index to these volumes, which makes them practically inaccessible to the general searcher. In the Report of the Public Archives Commission of the American Historical Association, 1900, II., p. "jy, atten- tion was called to a few errors, "as a rule unimportant" and "easily cor- rected" in case the translations should be printed." While the official translation has been utilized, a careful comparison with the original records has been made, and great care has been observed in securing the proper meaning intended by the testators). SECRETARY'S PAPERS. Translations of Dutch Records, Liber I., p. 91. Sept. 18, 1663. — The Court resolved : Whereas persons were killed during the troubles on June 7th last, which persons had no relatives, there- fore the Court will administer their property: SEBA, WILLEM JANSEN, servant. LOOMAN, HENDRICK JANSEN, brewer's assistant. WILLEMSEN, DIRRICK, inhabitant. The Court appoints as administrators : Albert Gyshertsen and Tjerck Claesen De Witt, commissaries. "Inventory of the estate of Hendr. Looman: A horse, being a gelding, a brewing kettle, i sword and belt, i trunk without key, with contents: i letter case with book of accounts, i old gray suit, 1 old gray-colored pair of pants, i new gray suit, 2 pair of black woollen stockings, i new black hat, i hat box, i pipe of lead, 4 small pieces of Haarlem cloth, i cloth brush, i square cravat, 2 ties, 3 handkerchiefs, i package of about i pound lead, I wagon frame with iron tires." Page 93. — Cornelius Barentsen Slecht, refusing to give an account to the local court of the estate of Willem Jansen Seba, was arrested by order 22 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. of said court, and confined at the house of the Schout, Roelof Swart- wout, until willing to render an account. Dated Oct. 9, 1663. Page 272. — On March 3, 1665, Jacob Burhans was appointed curator for the estates of Hendrick Jansen Looman and Willem Jansen Seba. « Page 120. — October 30, 1663. — Aeltje Claes requested that the estate of deceased Claesje Teunissen be administered. The Court appoints Matthew Capita to make an inventory. On repairing to the house of the deceased, Roeloff Swartwout and Matthew Capita were told by Aeltje Qaes and "the eldest daughter of the deceased," that "the domine had arranged everything" and that they "ought to go to the domine." » Page 127. — Tjerck Claessen De Witt, on Nov. 26, 1663, deposits with the court an inventory, taken on Nov. 14, 1663, of the estate of his brother-in-law, Jan Albertse Van Steenwyck, requesting that a curator be appointed and a guardian over the minor children. This was first referred to the Domine, Hermanns Blam, and the court afterwards appointed Tjerck Claessen De Witt, and Evert Pels curators, and Hendrick Jochemsen, T. C. De Witt, and E. P., guardians. « Page 184. — July 10, 1664. — Sweerus Teunissen, successor of Jan Barent- sen Wemp, deceased, requests his money from Aert Pietersen Tack, who has left this place, because he is the principal creditor of said Aert Pietersen Tack, and further requests that the estate of Aert Pietersen Tack be sold to satisfy a mortgage. Page 227. — ^Dec. 18, 1664. — Aeltje Wygert, widow of Albert Gysbertsen, deceased, appeared before Gysbert Van Imbrack, Jan Willemsen Hoochteylingh, Scheepens, about a heifer which her husband had bought from the estate of Aert Pietersen Tack. Page 237. — Jan. 27, 1665. — Petition of the guardians of the minor children of Mattys Jansen, deceased. Page 254. — Roeloff Swartwout appears as guardian of said children. Page 354. — Roeloff Swartout and Cornelius Barentsen Slecht appear as guardians of above children. Page 300. — Sept. 7, 1665. — Jacob Kip, brother-in-law of Mr. Gysbert Van Imbrack (surgeon of Wildwyck, widower of Rachel Monjeur de la Montagne (who died Oct., 1664), who also died Aug. 19/29, last, leaving three minor children, a daughter named Lysbet, now about 6 years old, two small sons, the eldest named Johannes, about 4 years old, and Gysbert, about i year old), deceased, brought to the court "the'last wishes of said deceased, signed by said deceased, and also an authorization from Johannes La Montagne, Sr., father-in-law of said deceased, that they administer to the estate, the deceased having left Secretary's Papers. 23 three minor children." The court appointed Jacob Kip and Johannes la Montagne guardians of the children. Inventory taken September ist, 1665, of the effects of Mr. Gysbert Van Imbroch in the presence of the Hon. Heer Willem Beeckman, Schout, Jan Willemsen Hoochteylingh and Jan Joosten, deacons at Wildwyck, having been requested to do so by the aforesaid Gysbert Van Imbroch during his life. Two beds. Two head-pillows, Four cushions, One child's bed. Two new green blankets, belonging to William Montagniej Three green worn out blankets. Three white blankets, Two curtains with a top piece (valletje) on the bed-stead. One bed-stead (ledecant) half surrounded by curtains. IN AN OLD CHEST. Two pieces of black cloth, together 4 ells. One ''ninocent*' of black cloth. One pair of trousers, made of black cloth. One man's suit of clothes, made of gray cloth. One leather coat, with silver and gold bands, A black turkish coarse grained (grof greyne) man's suit of clothes. An old suit of clothes made of black cloth, (man's), A |)air of half worn black silk man's stock- ings, An orange colored sarsenet sanative girdle (orangie armosyne gesondheyt), A cloak made of black cloth, A cloak made of grey cloth. Five silver spoons. One silver head dress, found in a green box. One silver thimble. Two pieces of silver and gold ribbon. One piece of blue silk ribbon. One child's chain (kinderkettinje) of braided black and white seewan, in a small white box inside the little green box. Two diamond rings. Two womens knives made of silver in a tube (kooher), A silver ^platter (may also mean scale) (schaele), Four (4) pieces of narrow silk ribbon, bordered with lace, A small piece of narrow silver and gold band wound around a small piece of wood, belonging to W. Montagnie. A colored coarse grained skirt with green lining, A colored reversible skirt with green lining (weereshynde vrouwerock), A red scarlet (roode scharlaken) skirt, A black coffee waist or jacket, A colored coarse grained waist with nonpareil binding (or jacket), A black coarse grained tabard, made of silk, with the bottom piece (methetonderote), stuff for an apron black sarsenet (kind of cloth). Two black sarsenet capes or hoods, A colored sarsey waist, (probably jersey), A colored sarsey apron, a beaver muff. An old beaver muff, A woman s testament (bible) with silver clasps, A velvet cape or hood, A wig with a wreath, A woman's fan, A white woolen swaddling cloth, (cap-luyer). Two white woolen dipers. One black colored, stomacher. One old "bornlyf" (probably "bovenlyf) meaning waist). Two cosmetics, one black, one pair white leather woman's gloves, Another woman's fan. Five white hoods. IN AN OLD NAPKIN. Two round handkerchiefs, bordered with lace, A round handkerchief of cambric bordered with lace, A white round handkerchief of velvet (vloers) A square handkerchief, Three gowns (nederstucken) with bands. Five gowns (nederstucken) without bands, Two night neck kerchiefs. TIED IN A NAPKIN. Two white child's hoods with little ilaps,^ Five child's over-hoods (boven mutsjes) Two child's kerseys. Five breast-shirts (Borst hemdjes) Eight white child's hoods. Seven child's ruffles. Two child's bibs, One white swaddle (swachteltje). Two old sanatory giidles. Two pairs of woman's ruffles. Four child's beast-coats. One pair of child's stockings. One pair of gray woolen stockings, Two pair of Frieze stockings. Four sheets. Nine bands. Three ruiHes, Two man's linen caps, Six pillow cases. Three woman's shirts. Two white woman's aprons, Three more pillow cases. Seven man's shirts. One sheet. Three cravats. Four man's handkerchiefs. Seventeen small napkins. Two large napkins. One table cloth. Two shaving towels. Another old man's shirt. Another small napkin. Another cravat. Three old white linnen capes (capers) or hoods, five more man's handkerchiefs, One colored towel, (bont hand doeckje). Two colored (bont) pillow cases, A box made of silk and ribbons for female utensils (vrouwen gereetschap). Another small napkin. An old velvet lamp covering (lamper) perhaps lamfer mean- ing crape or mourning hat-band. 11 54 ells of white linnen, 34 ells of ossenbrugs linen, A small psalm book with silver clasps, A little bag containing in seewan one hundred twenty five gldrs nine stivers Some papers in a little white bag with the directions to have them examined Seven books being debtors accounts and memorials besides some papers covered with writing, A yellow medicine chest Vith some contents, in which medicine chest are deposited in the lower second portion the separation, division, settlement and valuation of the estate and income belonging to the orphans of Rachel DiFereest, dec'd. Further account and declaration of the receipts and expendi- tures before the orphan chamber of the City of Leydenhad and made in regard to the effects and revenues belonging to the children left by Rachel DeForeest and her husband Jan Many DelaMon- tazne, A white medicine chest with some contents, a plate with eight razors and five pairs of scissors. Three firelocks. One gun-barrel. Two swords. One game-bag. One shot bag with a powder horn and lielt. One comb-holder with five combs. IN A SMALL KEG COVERED WITH DEER-SKIN. Three small bags with fine shot, A small bag with bullets and flints ,Three small bags with powder, One box with senna leaves and other herbs, A skin-iron (velyrer), A box with wafers, A barber's saw, A desk with a few papers. Two tick tack tables. An old leather doublet with a pair 24 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. of red drawers, A pair of old serge pants, A old vest of red cloth, Three hats, A pair of woman's shoes. Two pairs of children's shoes. Two pair of man's shoes. One pair of skates. One little Bag with pepper. One little basket with white starch, Eight large tankards. Two window panes in two detached frames. Four small staves of lead. Thirty six small tankards, A saddle and bridle and a pair a straps and a pair of old man's shoes, A cellar with a bottle wherein there is a little oil. deposited in a trunk. A keg with papers and letters, Nine pair of stockings, One pair of gloves, One blue truss, One perpetual almanac. One gray fur cap, (written carpuysin in the original evidently _ meaning karpoets), one beaver. One otter. Five old pictures, Six tin dishes. One tin bowl. Twelve tin plates, A wine glass with pewter foot, A tin mustard pot, A small tin saucer, A mustard saucer, A tin salt-cellar, A mortar with the stamper, A small tin beaker with a small liquor glass, A pot-hook, A copper frying pan, A grid-iron, A tong. An iron chandelier with two branches (or candlestick), A ladle. Two iron candle-snuffers, A hatchet, A skimmer, A copper candle-stick, A tin plate,^ olive oil can, a large carving knife, a carrying strap (draeghband) or shoulder belt, A glass or window washer, A small hammer, A pair of ice spurs, A whet stone, A riding-spur, A pad lock without key. Two gimlets, A copper compass, A pot. Two small boxes with some black lace. Another carry- ing strap, or shoulder belt, A piece of cotton. Another small hammer. Some red paint in a piece of cloth. In a leather bag some blue starch. Two child's hoods or roller, A child's coat as made by the savages (wilde Kinderrockje) , Two "carpoese" as used by the savages (karpoets — fur cap), A small basket with some sundry articles and patch work or remnants, A bag containing eleven sacks, a copper kettle, a can filled with oil, A pall, A half aem (20 gallons) of anisette, belonging to IV. La Montagnie, 'A small keg with French wine it being sour, A barber's grind stone with its frame, A pulley (block) with a rope, A keg with butter, A butt-end or stick of a musket (kolve), A cane, A East India bedspread, A little keg about half filled with soap, ON THE LOFT. S5^ sch. wheat, 130 sch, of oats, One sch. of rye, SEPT. ^. A bear skin. Two hairy deerskins used for chair cushions. One prepared deerskin, Three white earthen-ware cups, A white earthen-ware basin for shaving, or shaving dish, A copper basin used for shaving, or shaving dishes, A clyster syringe. Three pair of copper scales with^ the bal- ances, A flat lead ink stand, (platte loode met kooker), a pocket pistol, A beer faucet, A tin pump, A leather suspender, A broken glass lantern, Six grey hats. Two ink stands of lead, Three pounds of copper house-weights (huisgervicht), One pound of lead weights. Five pairs of cargo shoes, Another faucet, A DUTCH BIBLE IN FOLIO. History of Emanuel Van Meteren Titus Livvus, in Dutch Medicine book of Christopher Wirtsungh. Medicine book of Ambrostus Paree. Medicine book of Johannes De Viga Book on the mixing of wine A Versaly & Valuerda Anatomy. Frederick Henry of Nassau, his life and works. f Johan Sarcharson, General exhibit (vertoningc) of Holy Writ Bacchus Wonderworks (Wonderwercken) Bernhard Van Zutphen Practice. Sebastian Frank^s World's mirror. Receuil of Amsterdam. Quarto ^ A German (work on) medicine and products of art (Kunststucke) . A written medicine book. Another written medicine book, A (jerman manual of the Catholic Faith. Another written medicine book. Redress of the nobility of Holland by Johan Geul. Two books on the perfection and perspicuity of the Word of God by Albert Hutteman. A French catechism. Bee-hive of Aldegonde. Arithmetic by Jan Belot Dieppois. Chronicles of the lives and works of the Kings of England. Medical remarks by Nicolaes Tulp. (German medical manual by Q. Apollmaren. d'Argenis by J. Barcklaj. Confession of faith by P. Paulus Van Venetien. Treatise on the faith by Henry Hexman. Examination of Surgery by Mr. Cornelis Herls. A written medicine and student book. German song book. Book on surgery without a title. Arithmetic by Sybrand Hansen Cardmael. Folio Octavo Secretary's Papers. 25 Duodecimo 16 mo. School Books in Quarto School Books in Octavo. These were "question books" to teach - children religion and in some quarters are even yet used in Holland. Characteristics of the children of God, Jan TafRn, The Golden harp. Royal road to heaven. Two tracts by Petrus Molinej, j Meditations on the 51st Psalm. I Twelve "Devotions'*^ by Philip Kegel in German. 18 Stories of David. 3 Last Wills. 7 Hours of death. 17 Beautiful (heerlycke) (or exquisite) proofs of man's Misery (ellende) 3 General Epistles. 100 Catechisms. 23 Stories of Joseph 102 A. B. C. books 27 Arts of Letters. 19 large "Succinct Ideas" 20 small "Succinct Ideas" 9 "steps" (trappen) of youth. 13 proofs of human misery. S Books of the Gospel and the Epistles. 48 "Succinct Ideas by Jacobus Borstius. I "Short way" by Megapolensis. 8 small A. B. C. books on parchment, Three small gardenflSr's manuals, Two writing books which are clean and without writing. Two paintings for chimney coverings wrapped in gray paper, 15 unframed pictures. One picture book, 38 small metal mirrors, 37 wooden combs in 2 small boxes. One barber's case with instruments, One penknife. One bottle of tragacanth vinegar. One bottle with ijerfumery or fumigating matter (fumative goet). Five molds for casting bullets, A little glass with juniper oil, A small glass with yellow medicine, A tankard. Three pressed woman's bonnets. Some nails and iron work, A bar of Spanish soap. Some candle grease, A large powder- horn with powder. Some pints. Three medical syringes. One clothes bush. Two old table books (tafelbockjes), 17 figuring pens, A box with sundry articles, consisting of needle, thimbles, bullets, and other small things, A small keg with some hops. Some papers in a drawer in the stove room. IN A ROUND BOX RESERVED FOR THE CHILDREN INTRUSTED TO THE CARE OF ALBERT JANSEN VAN STEENWYCK. Eleven shirts, A small waist, a yellow and a white breast coat or guernsey shirt, apron, a pair of pants, two small round handkerchiefs, a serge bodice, three more sanative girdles, a yellow apron a white apron, serge bodice, two pair , two small ruffles, small stockings, a hood for a girl, two collars, five bibs, three bands, four handkerchiefs, two pair of front ruifles (voormouwtje), five pocket handkerchiefs, A small red night gcwn. A mirror in the stove room, A till, A copper shaving basin, A watch. Three wood bins, A schepel (Dutch measure equal in those days to 2/5 bushel), a scoop, a clothes line, some wood in a barrel, A church pew, A pipecan (pypkan) without screw, A flour sieve, A bar of iron used for the purpose of suspending pots and kettles above the fire, in the hearth fastened in the chimney (hang yser), Some whale oil in an open keg, as well as a tin half pint and a tin pint. Two iron pots full of whale oil, A faience can with some grape seed oil in it, A calabas with bear grease, A empty pot, an ancker of whale oil Or other oil (an ancker — 1/6 of a hogshead) Two axes. Two wash tubs one large and one small one, An oil can. Two milk tubs, One small empty iron pot. Two can cleaners. Two boxes of bunkers as made by the savages (wilde backen), A stone oil can, A tin half mud (measure), A tin funnel, A stone faience can, without handle, A tin saucer and two earthenware saucers. Two water-pails. An iron mortar with the stamper, A cooking pan, A large kettle, A high iron pot, An iron frying pan, A chain pot hanger, Two hearth irons, Two_ white iron lamps, another small copper kettle, A pair of tongs. An ash scoop, An old mole, A gridiron, A meat barrel, A round table, A bird cage, A water cask, A spade, A pepper drawer (peperlae), A salt barrel. Four earthenware saucers. An earthenware platter. An earthenware salt cellar. Two benches. Seven chairs, A barber's chair, A square table, AFTERWARD SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER WASH AND PUT IN A BASKET. Five small napkins, A blue shaving towel. Two white shaving towels. Two pillow cases. Two pocket handkerchiefs. Two pair of "povretten," Five bands (a kind of tie). Another man's handker- chief, A man's hood, A cravat. Two sheets. Three table cloths. Three napkins. Two boars, one year old (twee jarige bergen). Three hogs, or sows. Two milch cows, An fijid buck, A young buck, A cow. Some pigeons. Some chickens, A fringed border and one made of colored ribbon around the mantle piece, A shovel or adre (schop ofte dissel). Three milk tubs sawed of ankers (a measure in the care of Albert Jansen Van Steenwyck), A yoke, A tin beaker, holding^ a half pint. Four tin spoons. All of which aforenamed articles have been found and are stored in the deceased Mr. Gysbert Van Imbroch's own house, standing and situated in the village of Wildwyck with a garden annexed to it, surrounded with good palisades. And taken at Wildwyck by us, the undersigned this 2d. day of September N. S. of the year 1665. (Signed) Will Beeckmak, In pres'ence of me Jan Willemsem Hoochteylikch. (Signed) Mattheus Capito, Jan Joosten. Secretary. 26 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records, conditions and terms Whereupon the effects of the deceased Mr. Gysbert Van Imbroch, Surgeon, will be publicly sold to the highest bidder, by the appointed guardians of the minor children. jst. The purchaser of any of the effects shall pay cash for said effects, or at least within six weeks. 2nd. The payment shall be made in good current sewan or in grain, at the following prices: The sch. of wheat at six gldrs. The sch. of rye at four gldrs. and a half. The sch. of buckwheat at three gldrs. The sch. of oats at two gldrs. The sch, of barley at four gldrs. The sch. of white peas at four gldrs. The sch. of gray peas at five gldrs. And said grain to be delivered at the house where the deceased Mr. Gysbert died. 3rd. If any body pays within 24 hours (said purchaser) shall be entitled to a five percent, reduction, if not, shall be obliged to pay the full purchase money. 4th, The purchaser shall be obliged to furnish two sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the sellers, and in case the purchaser cannot produce the same, similar effects shall be again put up for sale, and the expense for the same shall be borne by the first purchaser, and in case they should bring a higher price he shall not profit by the same. Sth. The stiver money shall fall and come to the charge of the purchaser in accordance with the local custom. Thus done at Wildwyck this September 9th, N. S. of the year 1665. WAS PUT UP. A milch cow. for which was offered by Jacob Kip 150 gldrs. These remain fixed, and are (by the auctioneer) increased with 50 gldrs. and Hendrick Cornelissen Lynaraeyer became purchaser for 180 gldrs. Two milch goats and a young buck about 1 year old bought by) Albert Govertsen, securities, Jan WUlemsen and Walran, for 64 gldrs. Thomas Chambers, a gelded buck for 4 22 gldrs, Hendr. Cornelissen Lyndr, A Haymow with privilege of choice 56 " Rut Jacobsen another hay mow 50 " Willem Beeckman^ Three winter hogs being two males and one female 21 " Jan Jansen V, Oosterhout^ Some chickens, as many as shall be found 9 " Willem Beeckman, Some pigeons under condition that they shall remain in the cot until the guardians shall find that they become a nuisance (dat de voogh- den bevinden haer hinderlyckte syn) 15 " Willem Montagnie. A flint lock with the game bag and mold for balls 68 " Albert Jansen, A nint lock with the mould for casting mall 55 " Evert Pels, a flint lock 37 " Hend, Albertsen, A pocket pistol 15 " Albert Jansen, A sword with a belt 12 " Albert Jansen, A sword with a belt 17 " Cornelis Slecht, A small bag with powder, 45 " Aert Martsen Doom, A small bag with powder 17 " Antoni Delva, Four small bags with small shot, ball and some flints 30 " Henderick Albertsen, A piece of white linen, 11 J4 ells at 8; 11 g6 " Aert Martensen, Ossenbrugs-Hnen 24 ells at 4; 6 103 gldrs. 4 st. Long Jacob, A copper kettle 24 '* Jan Joosten, A large copper kettle 40 " Albert Govertsen, A small mended copper kettle 6 " Capita, A small iron pot 18 " 10 st. Albert Govertsen, A small flat iron pot 13 " Tjerck Claesen, A suspending iron with a copper frying pan 30 " Joris Hael, An iron frying pan 7 " Tjerck Claesen, A pair of tone's with a shovel 8 " Roelof Swartw., A gridiron with a pair of tongs 18 " 10 st. Jan Jansen V. Amersfort, A schimmer or ladle, hatchet and iron spoon 9 " Jan WUlemsen, A candle stick, two irons and some cotton 8 " 5 st. Tjerck Claesen, Two beer faucets, two gimlets, a wine pump, a tin oil can 20 " Walran DuMont, Two hearth irons, one chain pot hook 41 " J. Jansen, V, Amersfort, A wooden bunker with a lot of nails 12 " Aert Martensen, A wood bunker with a lot of nails. 16 " 10 st. Jan Joosten, A bunker, as used by the savages, with a lot of nails 28 " 10 st. Albert Jansen, A flint lock 36 " Jan Brabander, Two forest axes and adze a spade 19 " Lambert Huyberts, a black hat 31 *' Lambert Huyberts, A gray "carpoes" or fur cap 16 " 10 st. Jan WUlemsen, An old gray hat 5 " Arent Jansen, A gray hat 27 * Jan 'Buyr, A leq|her coat with a pair of serge pants 21 " Lambert Huyberts, An old pair of red drawers, small old red coat, and an old black small coat 18 " Mrs. Bloems, A small Bag with pepper, and a small box with thimbles, needles and other (things) i3 Secretary's Papers. 27 10 6t. 5 9t. ^**rioen Westphoel, A wooden bunker with a small gridiron ii gldrs. Jan Wulemsen, Four small earthenware saucers, earthenware table plates and an earthenware salt cellar 6 " Albert Jansen, Three pair of old man's stockings 20 " Jan Wtllemsen^ Three pair of old man's stockings 15 " Tjerck Ciaesen, Three pair of old man*s stockings 10 " Evert Pels, Three pair of Iceland stockingc, old 10 " Lambert Huyberts.A pair of filled (gevulde) stockings 16 *' S «t Henrick Palingh, Two fur caps, one small coat, both as worn by the savages and one piece of cloth 25 " Daniel Botterwout, surety Thomas Chambers, A saddle, a bridle, a pair of old boots, a skin iron, a spur and a suspender 50 " Long, Jacob, A new gray hat 29 ** Old Michiel Verbrugge, A new gray hat 30 " Prefer Hillebrants, A new gray Hat 23 " Jacob Burhans, A new gray hat 28 " Aert Martensen, A little new gray hat 25 " W, Hoorenbeeck, A new gray hat 32 " Pieter Hillebrants, A mirror with a bird cage 12 " Capita, An ancker of whale oil 70 " Henry Palingh, An empty half aem, with a faucet, and in a keg some old whale oil and axle grease 8 " Aert Martensen, An iron pot filled with whale oil 15 " 10 st. Jan Joosten, An iron pot half filled with whale oil and an empty iron pot 10 " Jan Willemsen, A can with rape seed oil, and a small calabas with Bear-grease. ... 15 " Antoni Delva, A couple of cannons (een paer canons) two powder horns, a shot bag with a belt 15 " Lambert Huyberts, Two water pails, a yoke and a flour sieve 23 " Willem Beeckman, Two clothes lines in a firkin 6 " Capita, A keg containing some , 10 " Arent Teunissen, Two small tubs made from an ancker, a milk can and a firkin, a buttermilk keg and a milk pan 21 " Arent Teunissen, Two empty barrels 6 " Jo st. Jan Brabander, A wash tub,- a chopping board an empty keg 6 " Jan Cornelissen Smits^ An old chest S " /. J. V. Amersfort, A meat barrel 8 Arent Teunissen, Four empty kegs i Lambert Huyberts, An ancker and a tun 3 Lambert Huyberts, A bier barrel at Cornelis Slecht's and another one at Swart- wout's containing 3 anckers 6 Roelof Swartwout, a keg filled with hops 3 Lambert Huyberts, A firkin and a flower keg 4 Lambert Huyberts, An emptj; keg, a salt barrel and a pepper box 6 Tjerck Ciaesen, a keg with vinegar 14 Jan Willemsen, A cellar with a bottle of oil 8 " Capita, A tube and a cane cudgel 6 " Roelof Hendericks, A window cleaner, a brush, two pot-cleaners 3 " Evert Pels, a bottle of vinegar and a can with oil, not known what kind of oil 11 " Jan Cornelissen Smits, A prepared deer skin and two hammers 8 " Albert Jansen, A perpetual almanac, an East Indian bed-spread, a fringed border for the mantel-piece, and seven small maps i6 " Aert Martensen, Three deer skins for chair cushions i " JO st, Roelof Swartw., A pair of new shoes 12 " Aert Martensen. Four small tankards and a pint tankard 3 " Ridsert Cage, Four small tankards and a pint tankard 4 '* 5 st. Aert Martensen, A pair of woman's shoes 11 " 10 st. Ridsert Cage, 8 small tankards and a pint tankard 5 " 5 st. Albert Jansen, a copper scale with the balance 3 lb. of house-weights, and i lb. of lead-weight 24 " Henderick Jochems, Two pairs of old shoes. 18 *' Evert Pels, Eight small tankards and a pint tankard 4 " 10 st. Willem Beeckman, Four small tankards and a pint tankard 2 " Michiel Verbrugge, A pair of new shoes 10 " Evert Pels, Four small staves of lead 9 " Willem Beeckman, An old broken waffle-iron 2 " Roelof Swartwout, A tick tack board with the pieces 8 " Capito, A tick tack board with the pieces i 18 " Ja,p Cornelissen Smits, A pair of new shoes 12 " Lambert Huyberts, A ijair of new shoes 12 " 5 st. Jan Willemsen, Two pairs of old shoes 7 " 10 st. Albert Jansen, A small box with wafers, a small bag with red paint and a pair of ice spurs 4 '* Evert Pels, A lantern with a broken pane and a mob 4 " Jan Joosten, 15 tankards and a pint tankard and 3 moulds for balls 4 " 10 st. Albert Jansen, Two paper chimney plates (papieren schoorsteen borden) ro st. Walran Dumont, Two small boxes with 33 wooden combs 3 " s St. 15 St. TO St. s St. >s St. s St. 28 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Walran Dumont, 17 mirrors made by the savages (wilde spiegisltjes) 6 gldrs. 10 St. Heyman Alierts Roos, 18 mirrors made by the savages ■■ 8 ^^ Henderick Palingh, 4^ Succinct ideas by Borstius 10 ^^ Henderick Palingh, 34 School books in 4" 20 ^^ Henderick Palingh, zg School books in 4" 13 ^^ 10 at. Jac^b Barents Cool, 3 pressed women's hoods i ^^ 15 st. Hend. Palingh, 24 School books in 4" 12 ^^ The same 31 School books in 4" 13 ^^ Hend. Palingh, 33 School books in 8" 2 ^^ The. same An old French catechism i ^^ The same 12 school books in 8" ; 3 J. Jansen V. Amersfort, 19 writing pens (cyffer pennen) some pictures, three old ^^ ink stands, a pair of old gloves 2 ^^ 5 st. Hend. Palingh, A package of A. B. C. hooks S ^^ 10 st. Henryck Palingh, 25 school books in 8" 6 ^^ 10 st. The same 22 school books in 8" 6 ^^ The same 24 school books in 8" 5 ^^ 10 st. The same 13 school books in 8" 5 \^ The same 24 school books in 8" ■ — 5 ^^ 5 st. The same 26 school books in 8" 5 The same 21 school books in 8", and 3 gardeners books 9 " Hend. Cornelissen Lyndr, Two tracts by Petrus Moling 3 "^ Albert Jansen, Life and Works of Prince Henderick 16 Jan the Smith, The gaining of land (landwinninghe) and the wonders of moun- tain-mining ,. 7 Jan Joosten, Beehive by Aldegonde, and the chronicles of the Kings of England. . 10 " 5 st. Roelof Swartw., Bernhard Van Zutphen, practice and the Recueil of Amsterdam.. . 15 " Capita, World's mirror by Sebastian Frank, and d'Argenio by J. Barcklaj 7 " Henderick Aertsen, Treatise on the faith by Henry HexmoM, Perfection of the Word of God by Albert Huttenis, and Meditation on the sist Psalm 8 " Pieter Hillebrants, Redress of the Holland Nobilitjr Johan Sarseharson General exposition of Holy Writ, another book by the same. . . 3 " Henderick Aertsgn, Perfection of Holy Writ by Albert Huttenis, Characteristics of the children of God, Royal road to heaven. Golden hary 13 " 5 st. Capita, German Song book, 12 Meditations, Manual of the Catholic faith, an old memorial, a lot of "piet" 3 " 5 st. Albert Jansen, A watch 70 " , Ckristoffel Davids, Two chairs , 4 " 5 st. Fat Henderick Hend., Two chairs S " Albert Govertsen, Three chairs 8 " 10 st. The same Six printed pictures belonging to DuMont 5 " Tjerck Claesen, A round table 10 " Albert Jansen, A church pew 3 " ChristoWel Davids, Two benches and a small square table 9 " 15 st. The same Six printed pictures of Walran Dumon 4 " Hender. Albertsen, Six printed pictures belonging to Du Mont 5 " * Mr. Versteeg's translation, slightly modernized, has been used for the abstract of this instrument. — Child's childrens. Page 440. — Apr. i6, 1667. — Aert Martensen Doom, and his wife, Geer- truyd Andriessen, request that the Hon. Willem Beekman, Schout, and Roelof Swartwout, commissary, be appointed guardians over Geertruyd's son by a former marriage, viz., Jan Jacobs Slyckkoten, So ordered. ^ Page 441. — May 14, 1667. — Guert Hendricksen, uncle and blood-guardian (i. e., natural guardian) over the minor children of Jan Hendricksen, his deceased brother, living at Albany, requests that a guardian may be appointed for said children. Jan Willemsen Hoochteylingh, elder, and Hendrick Aertsen, deacon, appointed by the court. Translatiofis Dutch Records, vol. II. Page 53. — Roeloff Swartwout and Jan Willemsen, guardians of the chil- dren of Albert Gysbertsen, deceased, and the mother of said children, Secretary's Papers. 29 request permission to render an account of the estate to the children, they having attained majority, except Jan, who is "one year short thereof." Permission granted. Page 94. — Marriage contract, and testamentary disposition by HILLEBRANTS, PIETER. "In the name of the Lord, Amen. Be it known by these, that on March 20, 1665, N. S., appeared before Matfheus Capita, Secretary of Wildwyck, Pieter Hillebrants, young man, accompanied by his mother, Femmetje Alberts, and Aeltje Wygerts, widow of Albert Gysbertsen, accompanied by Roeloff Hendericks, her son-in-law, who in this manner have stipulated these marriage conditions. 1. The marriage to be con- cluded in accordance with the canons of the reformed religion. 2. All the property, belonging to either party, to be used in (fcmmon, in accordance with the custom of Holland, with the exception that the bride sets apart for each of her children 50 gilders heavy money, viz. for Aeltje and Jan, children of Lubbert Jansen, and for Lysbet and Gysbert, children of Albert Gysbertsen. — Roeloff Swartwout and Jan Willemse Hoochteylingh to be appointed guardians over said children, who are to be instructed in read- ing, writing, and, if possible, learn a trade. — In case of death of either party, the property to be divided." Signed Pieter Hillebrants, Aeltien Hybersen, Femmetje Alberts (her mark), Roeloff Hendricks, Wilh. Beeckman, Jan Willemsen Hoochteylingh, and RoelofiE Swartwout. SECRETARY'S PAPERS, Liber A., p. 20 (Translations of Dutch Records, II., 102). VERMEULEN, JOOST ADRIAENSEN, of Pynacker. Testamentary disposition, dated Sept. 2, 1665, and written in Dutch. "Before me, Mattheus Capita, Secretary of the village of Wildwyck," "appeared personally (in proprie persoon) the worthy Joost Adriaensen Vermeulen of Pynacker." — After a long religious preamble, the testator disposes of "six schepels of wheat" "to the poor at Wildwyck" "syn huysvrouw (his wife) Femmetje Hendericks and "his little daughter Marietje by his said wife" "shall take possession of the estate gained and acquired here by him" and of "all such estate as he has in the old country (Vadreland) or might inherit." — ^As executors in Wildwyck "the worthy persons Albert Jansen Van Steenwyck and Roeloff Hendericksen, both his brothers-in-law," they to "send any balance" to his "lawful wife and child in the old country." — As executrix of property in the old country, the testator appoints his wife Femmetje Hendericks." Jan Jansen Van Oosterhoud Joost Adryaens". Jan Broersens 30 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Joost Adriansen of Fynaker in Holland, came from Leerdatn, Apr. i6, 1663, in the 'Spotted Cow' m. 1. March 20, 1663-4, Femmetje Hendricks of Meppelen, Prov, Drenth, Holland, res. Wilt- wyck, m. 2., "of Opynen, near Tiel, Gelderland, Holland, widower of Femmetje Hendricks", Oct. 28, 1668, Elisabeth Willemsen Krom, of Pynacker, in South Holland, near Delft, m. 3., "molenear (miller), Wedower van Lysbeth Croeing", July 9, 1681, Marritje Heys, widow of Philip Lieuw, of New York, and d. of David Jochemsen and Christina Cappoens (who in her will refers to her *aau. Marya Hays, m. to Peter Praa" "at her death without lawful issue" "the property not to go to the children of Joost Adriansen, deceased'). On Oct. 17, 1683, the will of J'oost Adrians, deceased, was proved at Fort James before Thomas Dongan, Lieut. General, Governor and Vice-Admirall, and Jan JoQSten being therein appointed as tutor or overseer, was coniirmed as such. (N. Y. Sur, Office, Wills, Liber 1-2, p. 279). "Joost Adrians, of Bushwick, L. I., in his will, dated July 27, 1683, recorded, but not proved, in Albany (Clerk of the Court of Appeal's Office, Liber A, p. 2), mentions "wife Mary Hay sole heiress.'* — Joost Adrian's widow, m. 3., March 15, 1684, Capt, Pieter Praa, b. in Leyden, 1655. Joost Adriansen and Lysbet Willems Crom had issue: i. Jannetie, bt. Apr. 5, 1672; ii. Willem, bt. Oct. 13, 1678; iii. Hendrick, bt. Apr. 24, i68j, all in New York. Joost Adriaanze, molenner, and Maritje Heys had issue; iv. Stxra, bt. June 18, 1682, in Kingston. Roeloff Hendricksen, j. m. of Almedo in Overyssel, m., Nov. 30, 1664, Aeltje Lubbers, of Elburgh, Gelderland, res. Wiltwyck. Joost Adriansen df Co., on Apr. 30, 1658,. petitioned for permission to build a saw mill ,and grist mill at Turtle falls on the South River, and the petition was granted on May 6th (Dutch MSS., Albany, Council Minutes, VIIL, p. 872). Joost Adriansen had on May 8, 1677, a grant from the Court of Kingston for 6 acres of land over the Mill Kill (N. Y. Land Papers I., p. 113), and on Sept. 27, 1677, there is a convey- ance from Jan Borhans to Joost Adryansen of a house and lot in Kingston (Ibid., p. 126). Jan Jansen van Oosterhout in Brabant, widower of Annetje Hendricks (one of the wit- nesses), m., Febr. 18, 1663, Annetjen Jelles of Bommel, Gelderland, res. Wiltwyck. John' Joosten, administrator to the estate of Joost Adrians, late of Boswick upon Long Island, deceased, on Apr. 23, 1685, agreed to arbitration regarding some land in Hurley, called the fVasmaker^s Land, sold to Derrick Schepmoes by Joost Adrians in his lifetime. (See Ulster Deeds, under John Joosten). See also Jan Joosten Van Meeteren). Liber A., page 92. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 104. GERRETSEN, ALBERT, from Embderland. Testamentary disposition, dated Sept. 3, 1665, and written in Dutch. "To the poor of Wildwyck 8 schepels of wheat." — "Lawful wife, Willemtje Jacobs, shall rightfully "hold" the whole estate "for the love, chastity, faithfulness and affection manifested towards him during their married life, and for other reasons." Signed by the testator, and wit- nessed by Jan Willemsen Hoochteylingk and Jan Joosten Van Meteren, both Commissaries in the village of Wildwyck. (Willemtje Jacobs, widow of Albert Gerretsen, m. 2, May 11, 1668, Jan Cornelissen, of Gottenburgh, Sweden, and m. 3, Dec. 24, 1679, Jan Broerse Decker, widower of Heyltje Jacobs, res. Marbletown. Liber A., page 114. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 122. BLANCHAN, MATTHEUS. Testamentary disposition, dated Sept. 7/17, 1665, and written in Dutch. , "Before me, Mattheus Capita" "appeared the worthy Mattheus Blan- chan, bom in the village of Noeuville o come in the parish de la paroise Ricame de la conte de 5"; Paul in the province of Artois." — Long religious preamble. — "Magdalen Joire" "lawful wife, shall possess the whole estate" Secretary's Papers, Liber B. 3* "here in America, as long as she remains a widow" also "all the land in Artois" "where the testator was born" and in "Armentiers and other places" she to keep the "three children, Magddena, Elizabeth and Mat- theu" "minors" "until they reach their majority or marry." "When they marry, she to act towards them as she treated the two other married daughters, Catarinen and Marien." — ^After remarriage, wife to have only one half of the property, for the purpose of bringing up the three minors. — "Wife being present, consents to these conditions." Signed by the testator, and witnessed by Wallerand Du Mont and Pier Nuee. (Matthys Blanshan, from Artois, farmer, and his wife, Maddelen Jorisse, and their son-in- law, Anthony Crispel, with his wife, Maria Blanshan, and three younger children of Mattheus Blanchan, sailed for the new world in the 'Gilded Otter'. April 27, 1660, arriving at Wiltwyck before Dec. 7, 1660. On Oct 8, 1666, Jan Jansen van Oosterhout conveyed to M. B. a house and lot in W. (English MSS., xxii., p. 11).— -On June 18, 1667, there is a deed of confirmation from Gov. NicoUs to M. B..for a house and lot of ground at W., at Esopus. (N. Y. Land Papers, I., p. 21). — On Oct. 16, 1666, Roeloff Swartwout and Jurien Westphael make a declaration respecting the arrival of M. B. and family and his application for a place to settle. (Ibid., p«i2. — On June 7, 1673, there is a deed of confirmation from Gov. Lovelace to M. B. for 63 acres land in Hurley. (N. Y. Land Papers, I., p. 51). — On May 20, 1686, there is a description of a survey of a lot of land, of about 63 acres, part of Hurley great piece, on the north side of Esopus Kill, laid out for M. B. by PhiUp Welles, surveyor (N. Y. Land Papers, II., p. 186). — On Oct 11, 1686, M. B. had a Patent for 62^ acres 36 rods land in Hurley. (Engl. MSS., xxxiii, p. 60). — On June 17, 1697, Mathias Blansan petitioned for a patent for 100 acres of land, south of the Cale Bergh, in Marbletown. (N. Y. Land Papers, II., p. 249). Magdalena B., m.. Sept 28, 1667, Jan Matthysen Jansen, of Fort Orange, when she is described as "of England." (q. v.) Elizabeth B., m. Oct. 27, 1668, Piefer Cornelisen Low (g. v.). Cattery Blancsan, d. of M. B., m. at Manheim, Germany, (Jct 10, 1655, Louis Du Bois, b. Oct 27, 1627 at Wicres, France (q. v.). Matys Blanjan, Jr., of Manheim, m. March 30, 167^, Margrietje Claas Van Schoonhoven (Margriet Claasen') of Nieu Albanien iAlbany). See also his later will, dated Apr. 30, 1688). Liber B., page 260. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 243. DU JOU, CHRISTIAEN, of Horly. Testamentary disposition, dated Aug. 10, 1676, and written in Dutch. "To his children, three of whom, viz. Anna, Pieter, and Elizabeth, are married, and two of whom, viz., Maria and Margrieta, are unmarried" "the unmarried to receive as much as the married children received, i. e. 100 RixdoUars" also "50 RixdoUars" worth of clothing for Mary", "Mar- gerita, being the youngest", "to receive during her minority 70 Rixdol- lars."* — "For Pieter's wedding-suit (Bruilofts Kleeding) 15 RixdoUars." — Residue to be divided among the children. Witnessed by LouYS Du Bois Christian Du Jou (his mark). Hugo Freer (his mark) Testus: Wm. La Montagne, S. (Christian Deyo, from near Calais, came in the 'Gilded Otter*, Apr. 27, 1660, from Manheim, Germany, — See his later will, under Christian Deijau, of New Paltes, dated Febr. i, 1687-8. L Anna, b. 1644, m. Jean Hasbrouck (q. v.) ; ii. Pierre (Peter) , m. Agatha Nickel (both in honor living in Curr Pfaltz, Mutterstadt, circuit of Newstadt, in the Palatinate), as appears from a certificate by Jacob Amoyot, Pastor there, dated Jan. zi, 1675) ; iii. Maria, b. 1653, m. "of Moerstadt, Rhenish Bavaria, Palatinate," at Manheim, 1676, Abraham Hasbrouck, of Calais, France; iv. Elisabeth, m. Simon Le Fevre; v. Margaret, m. March 6, 1681, Abraham (*) Rijksdaalder (Rixdollar), a Dutch coin, worth about $1. 3* Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Du Bois, s. of Louis (and Catharine Blanchan). — In his later will (q. v.), he mentions "my soones soon'N Christian Deijo. He was son of Peter D., and m., Febr. i, 170Z, Marytje De Graaf (<J» Cont).) Liber B., page 261. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 244. WYNKOOP, CORNELIUS, of Kingston. Testamentary disposition, dated Aug. 11, 1676,. and written in Dutch. "Lawful wife and seven children" "the survivors to possess the whole estate." "In ca^ husband or wife should remarry, then he or she" is "to divide one half with the children as their patrimonial share." — Note: "What has not been perfectly expressed above is that one child shall not receive more at the division than the rest of them." — Signed by the testa- tor and witnessed by Wessel Ten Broeck and Dirck Jansen Schep- MOES. (Cornelius Wynkoop was in Albany as early as 1655; came to Kingston prior to 1671. His wife was Maria Janse Langendyck (q. v. under Maria Wynkoof)). They had issue: — i. Johannes (Major), m., June 7, 1687, Judith Blodgood, and 2., 1696, Cornelia, d. of Dirck Wessel Ten. Broeck (see Cornelius Wynkoop s will) ; ii. Maria, m. Moses, s. of Nicholas Depuy; iii. Evert, b. in New Albany, m. Aug. 26, 1688, Gertrude, d. of Jacobus Elmendorf and Gnetj'e Aertse van Wagenen, and 2., Antje, d. of Roeloff Kierstede and Eiche Roosa; iv. Gerrit, m. Hillitje, d. of Gerrit Fokker and Jacomyntje Slecht; v. Nicholas, bt. K. Oct is, 1668; vi. Catherine, bt. June 18, 1671; vii. Benjamin, bt. Apr. 18, 1675, m. Oct. 20, 1697, Femmetje, d. of Abr. Vanderheul and Tryntje Hendrick Kip). Liber B., p. 262. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 244. BARENTSEN, TRYNTIE, wife of Cornelius Barentsen./ Testamentary disposition, dated Aug. 17 (year not men- tioned), and written in Dutch. "Cornells Barentsen, her husband, co-testator" and herself "desire that the whole estate" "shall be inherited by the survivor" and at their deaths by "the children: Jacomeyntie, Hendrick, Annette, Mattys, and Petronella. "If any of the testators should re-marry, one half of the property is to be divided immediately among the children. — "A linen- chest made by Jan Jansen, which Petronella has, is above her portion (Een Kasse gamaakt door Jan Jansen" "voor linen kasse date Petronella voor uyt heeft boven haar portie"). Wessel Ten Broeck Signed Cornelis Barentse Slecht Jan Heyndericksz. j^'^^'^'"" by me Tryntye Tysen .Bosch (Cornelisi^araitsen Slecht, widower of Tryntie Bos, of Woerden, Holland, m. 2., after ^ Sept. 26, i684,rE/jJe Janse, of Breestede, Danmark, d. of Jan Jansen Breestede, and widow of i_\)^Ajirian Petersen-Van AlcmaerfiiaeafC^C^AHendrick Jochemsen Schoonmaker (see Jochem Schoon- maker's will, dated Dec. 9, 1729), -C cyj ' • " ^ On July 23, 1664-7, Cornelius itafentsen ' Slecht had a deed of confirmation from Goy. Nicholls of 40-50 acres of land at Esopus (N. Y. Land Papers, I., p. 23) — Cornelis Barentseji (Borensen) "convicted upon oath and affirmance for taking of arms in a riotous and illegal man- ner upon the i6th of Febr., 166S, to awe, terify and supress his Majesty's English Garrison estab- lished at Esopus" "deserves to be put to death" but the Governor sentences him "to be banished for three years, giving him liberty to sell his estate at the Esopus." Petronella m., Aug. 16; J679, Jochem Hendrick Schoonmaker, oldest s. of the above Hendrick Jochemsen Schoonmaker (see Jochem Schoonmaker*s will). — ^Jacomyntie m. 1., Apr. 29, 1663, Jan Barentsen Kunst (when she is called Jakemyntje Cornelis) and had a. Jannetje, bt. Febr. 24, 1664, b. Barent, bt. Jan. 30, 1667; m. 2., after Oct. 27, 1668, Gerrit Focken, of Rttsen, East Friesland, and had c. Hillitje, who m. Gerrit, s. of Cornelius Wynkoop and Maria Janse Langedyk Baptism and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church at Kingston (Hoes 1891) show that at time of marriage (p. 507, No. 70) of Cornelis Barentz Slegt, widower of Tryntie Bos. and Elsie Jans, she was widow of Hendric Jochemz (Hendrick Jochemsen Schooniraker no doubt) and not the widow of Adrien Peterson (Van Alcmaer) as stated at bottom of p. 33. It would seem that the footnote to p. 114, Vol. 2 is cor^aect and that Elsie Jans m, (l) Adriaen Petersen (Van Alcmaer), (^^ Jpchem Hendrick- sen Schoonmaker, and (3) (as his tli J ro wi f e ) Cor- nells Barentsen Slecht or Slegt. See also Baptismal records in above which show that children of Hendrick Jochemsen and El3,1e or Elsjen Jans were baptised as follows (in addition perhaps to others) -: Hendrick and Volkert 17 May 1665 (Jan Jansen Van Breestee Engeltjen 18 Mar 1663 was a witness) Hilletie 30 Oct 1669 Therefore, if she rc. Cornelis Barentsen Slecht after 36 Sen 1584 she could not have m. Hendrick Jochemsen (Schoonmaker) as his 3rd wife and had the above children by him in the 1660' 8. D. S. P- Secretary's Papers, Liber B. (q. V.) ; m. 3., 1677, Jan Eltynge (Eltinj Roelofsen, q. v. (*), d. Jacomyntje, m. Henry Pawling; e. tryntje, m. Solomon Du Sots. — ^Annetic m. Cornelu Hoogeboom (q. v.). — Mattys Cornells Sleght m. Marya Ma^deleen Crupel (Crispel), and had issue: a. Maria Maddelen, bt. Aug. 28, 1681; b. Tryntie, bt. Jan. 27, 1684, m, March 5, 1703, Matthys Mattysen, Jr.; c. Antoni, bt. May 25, 1690, ni. Nov. .1, 171S, Neeltje Boogaard;d. Jan, bt. Nov. i, 1694, m. Aug.-6^ 1716. Elinabeik Smedes; e. Cornelis, bt. Oct. 10, 169?! f. Petrus, bt. Sept. 21, 1701; g. Hendricus, bt. Dec. 22, 1706, m. Jan. 3> 1736, Zara Kierstede). Liber B., page 263. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 245. HOOGEBOOM, CORNELIS, and wife, Annetie Cornelisen Sleght. Testamentary disposition, dated Aug. 17 (year not men- tioned, but probably 1676), written in Dutch. "The whole estate shall be inhenlBd~by the survivor." "If they both should die without having re-married, the estate to be inherited by the nearest relatives (bloet verwant) on both sides." — "The eldest son (named Peter, in the margin), of the brother of Cornelis Hoogeboom shall receive Cornelis Hoogeboom's cloak (Mantell)." — Jacomentie's** daughter, sister of Annetie Cornelis, named Janrtktie Jansen Kunst" "a sum of 100 guilders light money, to be paid by the survivor. Signed by both testators, as above, and witnessed by Wessel Ten Broeck and Jan Heynderigksz. (A gulden is a Dutch silver coin, worth about 41 cents. Cornelis Pieterse Hoogeboom. tile and brickmaker, was in Monhatans 1656, at New Amsiel on the Delaware, 1657, when he had a son in the same trade at Beverwyck ; was in 1660 at'Bever- wyck, attempted brickmaking at Manhat'ans, with Jan Andries D'e Graef, 1661; engaged in 1664 to make tiles at Beverwyck for Gerrit Van Slichtenhorst from Jan. to Nov. for 60 beavers, half in tiles. Cornelius Hoogeboom's brother. Bartholomews, a skipper en the Hudson in 1680. between New York and Albany. who"died Febr. is, 1702^ had with wife, Catryn, a son, Peter, . -^ — Annetie" Cornensen Slight was dau. of Cornelis Barentsen Slecht (see Tryntie Barentsen"). Cornelius Hoogeboom on Apr. i, J672, received a grant from the Trustees of Kingston for a lot of ground for a brick-yard. (N. Y. Land Papers, L, p. 45). Liber B., page 265. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 246. TYSEN, JAN, and his wife, Madelena Blansjan. Testamentary disposition, dated Sept. 25, 1676, and written in Dutch. "The estate "after re-marriage of either party" to be divided, one half to go to the children, begotten by them." "If they should die simultan- eously,, the children are to inherit the entire estate." Survivor to retain possession of the estate until the majority of the children. "Our son, Matthys is entitled to a piece of land, which was given to him by Father Thoomas Chambers." "If either party should re-marry, and have children, one fourth of the estate is to be divided, but the real estate shall belong to the children of the first marriage." JoosT Adryaens Jan Mattysen DiRCK Schepmoes Matelen Blanchn. iMttttys Janse van Keulen had on Aug. i8, T646, a grant of 50 morgens land at Harlem by Irtrector Kief I, became a trader, removed to Fort Orange, and thence to Esopus, where he died Vprior to Febr. 15, 1663, on which day the' deacons loaned' 1000 guldens from his estate. M. J. married Margaret Hendricks, who m. 2., Thomas Chambers, Lord of the Manor of Foxhall (q. v.). ■C MP. J. and Margaret, his wife, had issue: * See Elting Roelofsen for Jacomyntie's children, and their marriages. ** Jacomyntje Focken, dau. of ■GvmvliT Barmls t Sl ecf i t. 34 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. i. Jan Mattysen (Tysen), above, born at Fort Orange, who m. after Sept. aSth, 1667, Madelena Blanchan, of England (see Matthys Blanchan), and had issue: a). Marreganta (.Magdalena) bt. Oct. 15, i668, m. Richard Broadhead: b. Mattys J onsen, bt. June 18, 1671, ra. i June 7, 169s, Anna Elmendorf, m. 2., June 13, 1703; Rachel Popinga, m. 3., Annetjen Hasten (see bis will under Mattys Jansen, dated August 21, 1727); c. Hendrick, bt. April 6, 1671), m. Nov. 28, 1724, Anneken Schoonmaker; d. Davit, bt. Apr. 24, 1681; e. Margnet, bt. Jan. 14, 1684, m. March s, 1704, Barent Burhans; f. Sara, bt. Oct. 8, 1686, m. 1705, Elias Van Bunschoten; g. Catheryn, bt. Sept. 30, 1688, m. John Crook, Jr.; h. Maria, bt Apr. 20, 1692, m. Oct. 23, 1729, Thomas Betty, s. of John Beaty and Susanna Ashfordby (q. v.); i. Thomas Jansen, m. Nov. 22, 1702, Mayken Bogaard (q. v. under Hendericns Jansen; j. Jan, who went to England and died there. All surnamed JANSEN. ii. Mattys Mattysen (s. of Mattys Janse van Keulen), a Captain in 1685, and later on serving against the French on the northern frontier, m. Tjatje, dau. of Tjerck Claesse De Witt (q. v.), and had issue: a. Sara, b. Hurley, bt. Apr. 16, 1678, m. Jan. 17, 1697, Matthew Du Bois; b. Lea, bt. Hurley, May 11, 1679; c Mattys, bt Apr. 24, 1681, m. March 5, 1704, Trynlje Sleght (see Hendrickus Van Keuren) ; d. Tterck, bt Dec. 24, 1682, m. Febr. i, 1702, Marytje Ten Eyck of Hurley (see Tyrck Van Keuren, of Kingston); e. Thomas, bt. Nov. I, 1684, d. y.; f. Barbara, bt Oct 11, 1685, m. 2. Nov. s, 1727. Peter Tappen; g. Klaes, bt Dec. 4, 1687; h. Thomas, bt Oct 13, 1689, m. Apr. 11, 1730, Mary Paling; i. Hasuel, bt. Jan. 28, 1692, m. Mary, dau. of Abr. Riker; j. Cornelis, bt- June 3, 1694, m. Dec 29, 1718, Kesia Hoogteeling, d. of Willem Jansse H. and Ari- aentie Samuels (see Jan Willemse Hooghtyling) ; k. Benjamin, bt. Oct. 18, 1696; 1. Nicholas; m. Gerardus; All surnamed VAN KEUREN. iii. Catrina Mattysen, m. Oct 3. 1660, Jan Jansen, carpenter from Amersforrt, Utrecht. iv. Anneke Mattysen, m. after March 25, 1668, Sergt. Jan. Hendricks iBuur') of Fort Orange. See Jan Tysen's later will under Jan Mattysen, of Kingston, dated Oct 7, 1719. — On Febr. 18, 1673, Jan Mattysen received a grant from the Court at Kingston of a lot of ground. (N. Y. Land Papers, 1., p. 49). — In 16S6, there is a survey of 600 acres lands on Hudsons River, north of Callicoone Hooke, Kingston limits, laid out for John Tyson and Company, by Philip Welles, surveyor. (Ibid., II., p. 167. See also xlviii, pps. 73 — 74.) Liber B., page 266. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 246. DU BOOYS, LOWIES, and his wife Chatharina Blansjan. Testamentary disposition, dated Oct. 13, 1676, and written in Dutch. "After their deaths, the whole estate shall go to their children" "the minors first to be educated until they can earn a living. If either should re-marry, he or she shall pay one half to the children, begotten by them, and in case of death, one fourth of the remaining half shall be divided among the children. — If the survivor remains unmarried, he or she shall not be compelled to pay out anything more to the children than it may please the survivor, either as a marridge portion, or in some other way. At death of both parties, the children shall inherit the entire estate. In case of re-marriage of either party, without lawful issue, the children shall have one half of the estate. Wessel Ten Broeck Louys Du Bois Catelen Blancan. (Louis Du Bois, b. Oct 27, 1627, at IVicres, France, m. at Manheim, Germany, Oct. 10, 165s, Katryn, dau. of Matthys Blanshan (q. v.), and emigrated, April 27, 1660, in the Gilded Ot- ter^-s-^is brother-in-law, Pierre Billou, came from Arfou in the 'St. John the Baptist,' Aug. 6, i66ir — The widow m., 2., Jean Cottin (q. v.). — Louis Du Bois and (jatheryn, his wife, had issue: i. Abraham, b. Manheim, Dec. 26, 1657, m. K. March 6, 1681, Margriet, d. of Christian Deyo (q. V.) ; ii. Isaac, b. Manheim, 1659, m. K., June, 1683, Maria Hasbrouck, b. Moudestad, Paltz;. iii. Jacob, bt. Oct. 9, 1661, m. March 8, 1689, Lysbeth Vamoye; iv. Sarah, bt Sept. 14, 1664, m. Dec. 12, 1682, Joost Jansa, of Marbletown; v. David, bt. March 13, 1667, m. March 8, 1689, Cornelia Varnoye: vi. Solomon, b. Hurley, 1670, m. 1692, Tryntje Gerriisen; vii. Rebecca, bt June 18, 1671, d. y.; viii. Ragel, bt Apr. 1675, d. y.; ix. Louis, b. 1677, Secretary's Papers, Liber B. 35 m. Jan. 19, 1701, Rachel Hasbrouck (see Jonathan Du Bois) ; x, Matthew, b. Jan. 3, 1679, at Hurley, m. Jan. 17, 1697, Sara Matthysen, d. of Mattys M. See Du Bois Re-union, Philadelphia, 1876; N. Y, Gen. Reg^ i8g6, pps. X90 — . See also his later will, dated March 27, 1694, and codicil, dated Febr. 22, 1695/6. — Letters of administration were granted to Katharine Du Bois, July 13, 1697. (N. Y. Sur. Oi)ice, Liber 5 — 6, p. 172). — See also his will, dated March 30, 1686, and a complete copy thereof printed in "History of New Paltz," by Ralph Lefevre, p. 283. On May 26, 1677, the Esopus Indians conveyed to Louis Du Bois and associates a tract of land over the Rondout Killr beginning at the high hill called Moggonck, thence southeast to Juffrons Hook in the Long Reach on the Great River {Magaat Ramis), thence north to the Island called Rappoos, on the Kroonme Elbow, at the commencement of the Long Reach, thence west to the High hill to a place Waracahaes and Tawaeretagne, along the High hill southwest to Moggonck, with free access to the Rondout Kill (New Paltz); (N. Y. Land Papers, L, p. 114). — On Oct.- 22]^ 1677, there is a petition from L. Du B. and others for a Patent at the Esopus (Ibid., p. 132), and on Dec. 28, 1678, an Indian deed for land at Esopus, embracing "ye land on both sides of ye creelte, and ye -land called in ye Indian tongue Pawachta to Pakasek, Wakaseeck, Wakankonach (Ibid., p. 132). Liber B., page 274. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 250. CORNELISSEN, PETER, and Elisabeth Blansjan. Testamentary disposition, dated Nov. i, 1676, and written in Dutch. "The survivor shall possess the entire estate ; at re-marriage, one half thereof shall go to the children. If both parties should die without hav- ing re-married, the children are to inherit the property, the minors first being brought up. If either party should survive, and not marry, such survivor shall have the use of the estate until death. Signed in the presence of Matys Barentsen and Hendrick Rycke by Heynderyck Rycke Peter Cornelisen (his mark) Mattys Cornelis Slecht Elisiebeth Blansan. (Pieter Cornelisse, for whose I'ati?) will see Pieter Cornelisse Low, came from Holstein, Febr. 1659, in "Faith," and m., r668, Elisabeth, d. of Mattys Blanc'han (q. v.), and had issue: i. Comelins, b. 1670, of Esopus, m. in Mew York, July 5, 169s, Margaret Borsum, dau. of Tymen Van Borsum, of N. Y., cordwamer, who in his will, dated July 22, 1702, proved Jan. 4, 1702 — 03, mentions wife Gritie (,Fockens) and "my daughter, Margareta, wife of Cornelius Low, shall have the other half" "of the estate" "remainder to the widower of my daughter, whether it be Cornelius Low or any other husband."' (N. Y. Sur. Office, Liber 7, p. 76). — -See also Col. N. Y., by Geo. IV. Schuyler, IL, p. 435, History of Kingston, p. 483, Steven's Chamber of Commerce; ii. Made- line, m. Benjamin Smedes (g. v.); iii. Anfje, m. July 20, 1701, Philip Viele, b. Albany; tiv. Marytje, m. lyos,' Aert Van IVagenen^VT Matthys; vi. Peter; vii. Abrabamr, bt. July 15, 1683; viii. Jacob, bt. June 24; 1688; ix. JoEannis. ' • All surnamed LOW. On Dec. 20, 1719, a draft of warrant of survey was issued for 3292 acres of land for Cor- nelius Low et al, in Ulster County, on the west side of Hudson's river, about 12 or 14 miles back- wards, in ye woods, being part of the resumed lands lately belonging to Capt. John Evans (N. Y. Land Papers, vji. p. 98 — ). — Survey. laid out by Allane Jaratt, surveyor general INew Windsor, Orange Co),. (Ibid., p. 110). Liber C, page lo. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 327. TROPHAQEN, WILLEM. Deposition, dated Aug. 26, 1671, and written in Dutch. "Before me, W. Monfagne, Secretary for the Hon. Court, this day appeared Willem Trophaegen, Doctor and medical officer (Medisini Ampt- man) (*) of the manor (huijis) of Hemelycke in the Diocese (sticht) of Minnen under the Count Van der Lip, born in the city (stat) of Lem- michor.—rHendrick Trophaegen is brother of deponent's father. His * Or physician and bailiff. 36 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. son, Anthony Trophaegen, is preacher for the Calvinists at Almina. The sister of deponent's father (is named) Anna Trophaegen, her husband is Johannes Willemsen Cooperslaeger. Deponent's mother, Eeledt Delandal. Her sister had a daughter, Stoeten (*) and Mayor (Burgemeester) with- in Lentigo. Her brother is Johanes Delandel, prebendary within Herfort and her other sister had a husband by the name of Johanes Niehosen, councillor within Heerfort. The guardians of the said Willem Trop- haegen Willem Schellinck — Jan Willems: Harmen Sproedt — Johannes Nichousen, this Willem Jansen being at Lemigo in the year 1647, when he issued a power of attorney to Johannes Nichoesen and Anthony Trap- haegen, preacher. "I married Jannetie Claesen Groenvis of Meppelt, with whom I had a daughter whom I named Eelet Trophaegen. After my wife's death, I married Aeltie Dirrecks Meermans, and had with her a son, named Johannes Trophaegen. At her death, I married Joosje Willemsen Noor- tryck of Amsterdam, with whom I had a daughter, Rebecca and a son, Willem and Hendrick Trophagen. "Whereas the aforesaid Willem Trophagen is considering the ap- proach of death, he has deemed it proper to make known his family- connections (de gelegenheit van syn geslaecht), that the children, when of age, may inquire at Minnen Corpus Christy fief (leengoederen), pay- ing annually 100 Rixdollars (**) and other fiefs called Maria Vergina in the church of Lemigo, paying annually 80 Rixdollars; another fief at Billeveldt, called Anna Salutes, paying annually 60 Rixdollars. I pray, that the Lord will protect these children, when I shall have left them, in their good rights, and that they may be educated from said income. Signed by the deponent, and witnessed by Albert Jansen. (See William Trophagen's will, dated Febr. 16, 1685.) Liber D., page 20. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 353. HOOQHTEYLINQH, JAN WILLEMSEN, and his wife, Barbara Jans. Testamentary disposition', dated Nov. 8, 1671. "Barbara Jans, being weak and sick in bed" "the survivor shall re- main in full possession of the entire estate. If either party should hap- pen to marry, their only son, Willem Jansen, having no other children, shall then have half of the real estate and the personal property." CoRNELis Barents Slecht (Commissary) Jan Willemsen CoRNELis Wynkoop (Ex-Commissary) Barbary Jans (her mark). (Jan Willemse Hqoghtyling died previous to 1702. He and his wife, Barbara Jans, had a son, William Jansse Hooghtaelmeh, who married Ariaentie Samuels {doghter), and had issue: i. Samuel, bt. June 8, 1679; ii.Thili^pus, bt. Sept. 4, 1681; Dina (Desitt), bt. Oct. 14, 1683: Hiskia, bt. Jan. 31, 1686; v. Kesja (.Tresm), i. oi Willem Hoogstyler & Ariaentie Samuels, bt. Sept. 4, 1689, m New York, m., Dec 29, 1718, Cornells Matthysen Van Keuren (q. v.), all men- (*) Evidentl;^ something is missing in the original. Opposite Stoeten appears in the margin: ' havmg yet two sisters, Elsebus Trophagen and Catharina Trophagen." (••) See note, page 31. Secretary's Papers, Liber E. 37 tioned in Jan Willemse Hoghtyline's later wil^ which see. PhilippUB m. before 1704, Jannetje Rosa. Another son of Willeni Tansse, named J[an Willemse, Jr., d. y. On May 8, 167^, Jan IViUiamsen Hooghtig received from the Court at Kingston a grant of about 8 acres of land (N. Y. Land Papers, I., p. iii). He was schepen, deacon, and commis- sioner 'to treat with the English). Liber E., page 87. T. D. R., p. 418. PARYS, EVERDT, of Hurly. Will dated March 26, 1678, and written in Datch. "Wishing to dispose during his life of his estate, makes known by these present his debts and possessions : Mr. Notticham owes 10 schepel of wheat on the first instalment in May, and 60 schepel on the last instalment, as per contract. Mr. Quynel owes 40 gilders in wheat. Gurret Ldmbertsen owes 10 or 12 gilders. -Am indebted to Mr. Hall, according to his books of account. -To Jacob Lusena for the purchase of a mare, 30 schepel of vi^eat and some wine. Hyman Alkssen I4j4 schepel of wheat. -To Mr. Roelof (*) 4 schepel of wheat. — Plow at Swachetfhal's, where there is still coming to Prys one half. Warnaer Hoornbeerg 3 schepel of wheat. Nicolaes De Majer 11 schepel of wheat, Maycken, the wife of Jan Joosten, 1 schepel of wheat. Joost Adriaensen, linen for a shirt and some witte. ^m indebted to Gorge Davits to the amount of 40 gilders. ^Benjamin Provoost 6 schepel of wheat. Jan the smith 3 schepel of wheat. Lowies Du Booys 2 schepel of wheat. Benjamin Provoost 6 schepel of wheat. Peter Hillebrants owes me 2 schepef of corn. Jan Bigs owes me 2 schepel of wheat. *■ I owe Jacob Ruts 2 schepel of oats (haver). "If anything should be overlooked, Marie Hals, eldest daughter of Mr. Hall, is appointed legatee of everything." „,. . Evert Parys (his mark) . William Asfordbie John Biggs Testus: W. La Montagne, Secretary. N. Anthony Liber E., page 98. T. R. D., Liber 2, page 425. ELMENDORP, JACOBUS. Will dated June 2, 1678, at Kingston, and written in Dutch. "Wife shall possess the entire estate." "If she should happen to marry" one half thereof is to go to the children. At her death, the entire (*) Roelof Kiersfede, in the official translation, but not in the original record. There is nothing to indicate that Roelolf Kierstede is referred to, as Roeloff Swartuiout also was styled "Mr." 38 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. estate to go to the children. Also everything in Holland with the testa- tor's father, Coenraedts Elmendorf, living at Rynborch in the Rynstraet in the Gilded Cable (vergulde Cabeltouw), viz. 4i;o gilders, belonging to the testator, and his two brothers and two sisters, children of a former marriage of Conraedt Elmendorp, deceased, and Janneken, their mother, before the distribution to the other children. To wife also everything else he may inherit. — Gommert Poulussen authorized to receive the money in Holland, and to pay it to testator's wife, in whatever money it may consist of. Signed by the testator and witnessed by Dirck Schep- moes and Joost Adryaens. (See his later will, dated Aug. 27, 1685. under Jacobus Van Elmendorp^ Jacobus Van Elmendorp m., after Febr. 28, 1668, Grietje Aertsen, daughter of Aert Jacob- sen van Wagonen, from Utrecht (see Gerrit Aarlse), and has issue: i. Coenraet, bt. March 12, 1669, who m. "iong man van Kingston", at Albany, June 28, 1693, Ariantje Gerritse Van den Bergh, widow of Cornelius Martinsen Van Buren, and m. 2., Nov. 25, 1704. at Kingston, Blandina, daughter of Roeloff Kierstede and Eycke Albertse Roosa; ii.i Geertje, bt. June 18, 1671, m., Aug. 26, t68S, Evert, s. of Cornelis Wynkoop and Maria Janse Langendyk ; iii. Anna, m. June 7, 1695, Matthyse, s. of Jan Matthysen Jansen and Magdalena Blanshan; iv. Jacobus, bt. Nov. 24, 1678, m., after Oct, 9, 1706, Antje, dau. of Cornelis Cool and Jannetje Lambertsen, and had a dau., Margaret, who m., Dec. 22, 1732, Thomas, s. of Abraham Caasbeck Chambers. Jacobus Elmendorp (Van Elmendorp), the testator, was son of Coenraedt Elmendorf of Rynborch, Holland. See also the will of Gertie Elmendorf). Liber E. (turned upside down, but running page i8o. T. D. R., 2, p. 468. WYNKOOP, MARIA, widow of CORNELIUS WYNKOOP. Deposition, dated May 16, 1679. "On this i6th day of May, anno 1679, Maria, widow of the deceased Cornelis Wynkoop, at present sick in bed, very weak, and considering the certainty of death. In conformity with the Christian nature of love, she has therefore appointed Wessel Ten Broeck and Mr. Willem De Majer guardians or overseers over her children, during their minority, they to conform with the provisions of the will made by her late husband, unless otherwise provided for in this instrument. Eldest son, Johannes, shall have, in advance, a piece of silver from Piet Heyn's (*) fleet. — ^To her eldest daughter a painted ward-robe, a red skirt, a silver bell with the chain, two silver spoons, all the silver money, a gold ring, some furniture, a tick, and a bed with its belonging. A cow, previously given to her by her father, is at present at Walraven's. — To her youngest daughter, Catharina, a chest (cofter), all the clothing, except the red skirt (or petticoat, "Rock") given to Marry He, a gold ring, a tick bed with its belongings. — To the sons their father's clothing. — To the youngest son, Benjamin, two silver spoons, and the cow, at present at Teunes Eellesen's. — Recommending said guardians to guide her children in the fear of tiie Lord, and to take care of her estate ; desiring that this instrument shall be carried out after her death, legally and inviolably. In the presence of two (members) of the Court at Kingston. <*) Admiral Piet Pietersen Heyn. Secretary's Papers, Liber E. 39 Note. All the silver money was Marrite's — ^as well as some furni- ture. Maria Van lange dyck, widow of Cornelis Wynkoop, deceased (her mark). (Witnesses did not sign the instrument.) Liber E., running page 177. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 470. ROELOFSEN, ELTING. J/? ^/ ^/Tff/G^ ---.^ Testamentary disposition, dated Sept. 30, 1679, and written in Dutch. "Being now ready to depart for Holland, and considering the perils of the sea, the injuries from heaven, the' certainty of death." — ^Wife Jacomyntie Sleght shall remain in the full possession of lands, and all other property, she to pay to the children by ber marriage with Gerrit Foocken, deceased, 200 schepels of wheat. Jan Elton binds himself to do the same, should he be the survivor. The lands at Horly to remain mortgaged, as security for the said 200 schepels of wheat. Both parties agree to these conditions. Jan Eltynge JoosT Adryaens Jacomyntie Slecht Benjamin Provoost Cornelis Barents Slecht and ROELOF SWARTWOUT, aS guardians. (Written in English.) "The Executors of the Abovementioned Instrument have ' desired before Thomas Chambers & Capt. Henry Beekman, Esqrs., and Jus- tices of the County Court or Court of Sessions, that the same might be Renewed. The Justices Refer the same to the Court of Oyer And Determiner. Kingston, 3d of March, 1685. John Ward. (Jan Eltinee, son of Roeloff Eltinge and Aaltjen Ettinge, was born at Swichtalaer, a de- pendency of Beyla, in the Prov. , of' Drenthe, on July agth 1632 old style, and hath received Christian Baptism at the hands of otlr Rev/ Mr. and Father in Lord, Dr. Johannis Beeltsnyder, and was named Jan Eltinge, bom of honest and virtuous parents, who have always sustained a good reputation among us and whose kindred is still numerous. Dated at Bayle, Jan. 20, j68o, and signed by Guiljemus Hofstede, Cede Beylensis et Classis Meppelanae, pt Deputatus. Maria Eltinge, his sister, was born Febr. 28, 1630, Bartelt Eltinge, his brother, was born Dec. 18, 1631, as all appears from a certificate, which Jan Eltinge brought with him from Beyle. He resided first at Flatbush, L. I., where he was paid 2S guilders for carpenter's work on the church; bought on Nov. z^, 1663. of Derrick Jansen, cooper, a farm and building plot in Flatbush, on the east side of the road (Flatbush Records, B., p. 150). Declared in 1679, under oath, that he was son of Roeloff Elton and Aeltie, his mother (Steven Coerten, Willemtje Roelofs, yan Strycker, armorer, Jan Seebringk, Goert Stevensen of Flatlands, all natives of Dren- ten, made declarations, on Oct. 10, 1679, as to the identity of Jan Elten, a native of same place, but now of Kingston. (English MSS., Albany, xxviii, pps. 135:36). Jan Eltinge m., 1677, Jacomyntie, dau. of Cornelis Barenisen Slecht and widow of Jan Barentsen Kunst and of Gerrit Eocken (see Tryntie Barentsen)^ and had issue: i. Geertje, m. July 6, 1699, Thomas Hall, of Marbletown; ii. Aeltje, m. Oct. 20, 1695, Aert Gerretse Van Wagenen (see Gerrit Aartse); iii. Roeloff, b. Hurly, "bt. Oct. 27, 1678, m. June 13, 1703, Sarah, dau. of Abram D» Bois and Margaret Deyo (see his will, as well as Dubois Reunion, p. 97) ; iv. Cornelis, bt. Febr. 29, 1681, '5. of Jan Ente", m. Sept. 3, 1704, Rebecca, dau. of Joost Janse Van Meeteren and Sara Du Bois (see Jan Joosten); v. Jvjlliam, bt. Jan. 10, 1685, m. Jannetje, dau. of Hillebrand Le Sueur and Elsje Jurian Tappen (see his will, under William Eltinge, dated Dec. 7, "743). 40 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. On Sept. 15, 1719, Peter Hoganboam, Ruleif Eltine, Cornelius Elting, Thomas Noson and Jacobus Brown petitioned for a survey of the Gre^ Vly in Kingston, inherited by them from Cornelius Hoganboom, deceased, and Janita, his wife, and Severyn Tenhout, late of Co. Ulster. (Ensl. MSS. Ixi, p. 183). "Jan Eltinge, late 6f Hurley, hy his last will devised to his five children, RoeloS, Cornelius, Willem, Geertje (now widow of tiiomas Hall of Rareian Co. Somerset, N. J.) and Altje Elting (mother of Gerrit Von Wagenen at Kingston) , half of his Estate, and the other half to his wij ' 9 -Childisn: Jannetje (now widow of CameliHs Neuikerk^ of Hurley*)^, HiUUje (wife of_ neli Solomon , __- „ .^ . ^ ,., part of lot No. 5 in Dutchess Co., over against the Rgndout Creek, also 1/18 parf in a meadow called Jaeomyntje's Ay, dated Aug. 2, 1729. ' (See Ulster Deeds). Court Records or "Esopus Records," as they previously were called, contain a mixture o£ Court Records and Secretar)^s papers. Volume V. is evideatidy com- posed of stray leaves from other bcxtks, collated and bound togetlier. On page I is a "Lijste van all de Boeeke van het Prottocol Soo als fcet is bevonden hij ons^odergeschreeve Persoone geauthoriseot bij de Jijsttoes" (List of all the bodks of the protocol, as the same have been found by us, die undersigned, authorized by the justices). No signatures were at- tadied, but, at a Isder date, the following, written in &igli^, was added in a different handwriting : Present : Coll. Jacob Rxjtsen Kingstowne this 19th of Febr. 1700/1 Major Jacob Aertsen at a meeting of Justices. Mr. Jan Mattvse Mr. Abram Haesbroeck Mr. Arion Gerritse Mr. RoELiF Swartwout Mr. John Heermans Esquires, Justices of the peace. Liber V., page 149. T. D. R., Liber 2, page 561. JOOSTEN, JACOB. Testamaitary disposition, dated Aug. i, 1680, and written in Dut<*. "Sick in bed," "considering the certainty of death" "wishing to dis- pose of what Go(i will permit him to leave." "As soon as it pleases God to take his soul, his body shall receive Christian burial." — Gerrit Comelis- sen shall possess everything left by him, viz. from Ian loosttn's 32 sdi^els of wheat, from Rpelof Swartwoudt's 13 sch^els and 2 gilders. From Wyntie Roosae's, not knowing how much. — From this to be deducted: For the poor 4 schepels of wheat. In Midwout was due 170 guilders, of these, he has received some linen from Corndis Barntsen Van der Wyck, also stockings, shoes, two knives, ten pounds of tobacco. Has yet a run- ning account with Jacob Kip; thinks there is still something coming to him, but gives to said Kip, out of gratitude, because Kip had him nursed (*) See Cornelis Gerritse, Court Records. 4.1 when he was sick, one half of what may be due him. Owes 6 guilders to Tyntie Kip. Wishing all his friends happiness and blessings, and desires that the provisions of this instrument be complied with after his death. Signed, as above, by the testator, and witnessed by Jan Jaosten and Johtmnes De Hoeges, — (Red sealing-wax, evidently from a ring, or a seal ; no devices can be clearly distinguished, but in the upper left comer appears to be ^le impression of a. ']'). Gicob Joostea {rain ^onetnw) on July i8, 1657, proposed to sell, by auction, his liouse and lot in Beverviyck,. (Albany Co. Records). — Adriaentie Cornelise Van Vefyen, wife, and attorney, for Jacob Joostsn <van Covelens), conveyed, on Oct. 13, 1671, her house and lot in Albany to Jan Connell (Ibid.). — Jacob Joosten took the oath of allegiance to the English in New York, (£64. —-Jacob Joosten was town-clerls of the five Dutch towns from 1670 — 1673, and Schoolmaster of FUtbusii. Jacob Joosten of Raogh, on the Moesel, Germany, Presenter of the Church and Schoolmas- ter ia WUtwyci, in., Sept. 19, 1663, at Albany, Arramtjen Vendluter, of Welpe, Gelderland, widow of Marches Leenaersen, res. at Fort Orange, and on (blank day) of August, 1663, Jacob Joosten and Ariaentje Von Wolfen had a daughter, Meeltje, bt. in Kingston. On July 12, i66x, Jacob Joosten was appointed a messenger for the ^urt of Wiltwyck and the church, with an annual salary of 200 guilders in sewan. He occupied lot No. 7 in Wilt- wyck.) Liber V., page 221. T. D. R., Liber 2, page 590. JOOSTEN, JAN, van Meeterrai. Testamentary disposition, dated Dec. 16, 1681, and written in Dutch. "Wife Maycken shall retain full possession (of the estate). She con- sents that the survivor shall possess everything, lands, houses, personal property, money, gold, silver, coined or uncoined. After their decease^ the property to be inherited by thar children, Joost to have one half of the entire estate first. Joost and Gysbert to have the land at Marbletown, Joost one half, and tfien the other half to be divided between them. Geer- tie Crom to have the land at Wassemaker's land. Children of Lysbeth, deceased, to have their portion, in money, from the other children. Benjamin Provoost Jan Jckdsten Leveryen Ten Hout Maycken Hendrix (her mark) (Jan Joosten came from Tiederwett with wife and five children, aged is, 12, 9, 6, 2^4, pt. 2, 1662, in the ship 'Fox.' J. T. had, March 30, 1671, from Gov. Lovelace, a deed for a lot in Marblelown (N. Y. Land Papers, I., p. 37), and on Oct. 11, 1671, a confirmation of 30 acres lot of ground in M, (Ibid., p. 42). (See also Joost Adriaensen Vermeulen), — Jan Joosten van Meeteren and Mayke Hendrix, his wife, had issue; i, Joost Janzen, van Meeteren, Gelderland, m., Dec. 13, 1682, Sara Dubois, of Kingston, res. New Paltz (see Louis Du Bats'), and had: a. Jan, bt. Jan. 14, s68^, b. Rebecca, m. Sept. 3, 1704, Cornelis Eltinge (see Elting Roelofsen') ; ii. Gys- bert (m. Cathartna, and had Hester Jans, who m. Lourents Barentse, and had, Helena, bt. N. Y., Dec. 5, 1712); iii. L^beth. — Jan Jooste, Jooste Jansen and (^rtje Krom frequently appear as witnesses to flie baptisms of children of Gysbert Crom and Geertie Van Vliet, dau. of Birch Aryeusse Van Vliet an^ -IfgcUeli, his wife, and to the baptisms of diildren of Jan Hamel and Ceertrud Crom). '";- u. - - _ „ - Liber VL, part A., p^e 28. T. D. R., Liber 2, p. 616. TEN BROECK, WESSEL, and Maria Ten Eyck, his wife. Testamentary disposition, dated March 7, 1681, and written in Dutch. Survivors to inherit everything. If the children should marry, the survivor is entitled to present claim for dowry, in whatever sum he or 42 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. she sees fit, depending upon the children's deportment, but the survivor cannot be forced to do so. If the survivor should marry, one half of the property is to go immediately to the children. Real estate, lands, houses, gardens cannot be alienated except to the family, i. e. the children and their descendants down to the third generation (in de darde gelidt). — The eldest son, Wessel Ten Broeck, Junior, shall have first interest in the house and lot, provided he pays proper value therefor. — ^All the children to receive equal shares, sons as well as daughters, but not until the youngest child (de jongster) is full grown, he to be maintained until then. If the estate should be sufficient, and the children could be well educated, the full grown children are to receive every year their share of any residue of the estate. Signed, as above, and witnessed by Jan Joosten, Justice, and Tierck Claesen (De Witt). (See his later will under Wessel Ten Broeck, Senior, of Foxhall. . . , Wessel Ten Broeck was bom about 1636 in Mufister, Westphalia, and emigrated in 'Faith, Dec. i6s9, m., in New York, Dec 16, 1670, Maria, dan. 01 Coenradt Ten Eyck and Maria Bode. She died Nov. 15, i6c)4, and Wessel Ten Broeck, who had removed to Kingston about i67^> n>- 2., Sept. 26, 1695, Laurentia Kellenaer, widow of Dominie Van Gaasbeck and of Thomas Chambers (q. V.) — Issue: i. Wessel, b. March z8, bt. Apr. 30, 1672, m. June 6, 1694, Jacomyntje, b. Leyden, Holland, Nov. 26, 1673, dau. of Laurentius Van Gaasbeck and Laurentia Kellenaer. She d. Jan. 29, 1741, and he died Febr. 7, 1744 (see his will, dated Apr. 27, 1743); ii. Maria, b. 1674, m. Nov. 14, 1693. Charles, s. of (.apt. Ufmiel Brodhead. She d. July 9, 1717. iii. Elsie, b. 1676, m. Dec. 22, 1695, Cornells Jansen Decker. She d. June o, 1725. iv. Certrude, bt Dec 8, 1678, d. unm. Aug. I3,_ 1716; v. Sarah, bt. Dec. 14, 1679, m. Nov. 22, 1702, Cornells Vernooy. She d. Jan. 2, 1716. vi. Coenraat, bt. Apr. 2, 1682, d. inf.; vii. Conrad, bt. Nov. 29, 1683, d. Febr. 18, 1703; viii. John, bt. July 19, 1685, d. inf.; ix. John, bt. Nov. 28, 1686, m. Dec. 9, 1715, Rachel, dau. of Hyman Roosa and Anna Margaret Roosevelt. He d. March 5, 177s. x. Jacob, bt March 25, 1688, m. Jan. 17, 1712, Elisabeth^ dau. oi Johannis Wynkoop and Judith Bloodgood. He d. Apr. 1746. See Matthys Ten Eyck's will for data relating to Coenraedt Ten Eyck and his diildren. — See Thomas Chambers for data relating to Laurentia Kellenaer and her former hus- bands. — See Hyman Roosa's will for his other children. — See Cornelius Wynkoop for his son, Johannes, and his two wives. — Capt. Daniel Broadhead came from England in the expedition sent out by the Duke of York, 1664, under command of Col. Nicholls. He coaimanded the English garrison at Kingston. — ^Wessel Ten Broeck had, Sept. 21, 1676, a grant from the Court of Kingston, of a certain marsh containing 14 acres (N. Y. Land Papers, I., p. 86). On Nov. 13, 1676, a survey was made of about one acre land at Esopus (Ibid., p. 96). On Apr. 13, 167S, he had another grant for a lot of wild land (Ibid., p. 151). On Apr. 4, 1682, an additional grant for 8 acres land in addition to 12 acres conveyed to him by Wm. Ashfordby, over the mill dam, between the path of the great valley and the small valley (Ibid. II., p. 4). Liber VI., page 65. T. D. R., Liber 3, p. i. SCHEPMOES, DIRCK JANSEN. Testamentary disposition, dated Nov. i, 1682, and written in Dutch. Survivor to remain in full possession of the entire estate, money, goods, houses, lands and personal property, unless the survivor should happen to marry, in which case he or she is to act according to conscience, appointing two guardians besides the survivor, to secure the interest of the children. The entire property to be divided among the children, when of age or at marriage. W. D. Meyer Dirck Jansen Schepmoes Hendrick Van de Water Marya Willems (Jan Janszen Schepmoes m. in New York, Sarah Pieters, who, after his death m. 2., Sept. 7, i6s6, William Couch (KoecK) from England. Letters of administration were granted, Jan. 29, Court Records. 43 1690-1 after Jan Jansen Schepmoes, of New York, to Abraham, Dirck. Anna, widow of Henry C-oyler, Sarah, wife of Johanes De Wandeloer. Aeltie, wife of Johanes Van Giesen, Sarah, wife of Dtrck Jansen, and Joaptie, wife of Gerrit Hortenburg. (N. Y. Sur. Office, Wills, Liber 3-4, Pj 'S^. Jan Jansen Schepmoes and Sarah Pieters had issue: i. Annette, bt. Febr. 16, 1642, m. Henp Coyjer; 11. Abraham, bt Nov. 25, 1643 (witn. Theunis Jansaen, sailmaker, and EUje Hen- Ortcks) ;ni. Aeltie, bt. Sept. 3, 1645 iSimon Joosien and Marritje Lievens, witn.), m. i. Jan Everts Ketelkos, and 2., in N. Y., June 24, 1687, Johannes Van Giesen, of Bergen: iv. Jobje, bt. Jan. 6, 1647. m. Gerrtf Hortenburg; v. Dirci, bt. Sept. 2, 164S (of whom presently; vi. fVesel, bt. iS"" J; '°S°' "'• Ji»'3'»'>«. bt- June 23, 1652; viii. Sara, bt. Apr. 12, 1654, m. Johanes De Wandelever. V. Dirck Jansen Schepmoes m, Maria IVillems (doghter), and had issue : i. Jan (.Johannes), bt. N. Y., Apr. 7, 1672, m, Febr. 18, 1697, Neeltje Gerritsen, b. HHrley, widow of Pieter Crupel; ii. Ragel, bt. March 31, 1678 in Kingston, m. May 19, 1700, Bernardus Stmrtwout, of Hurley; iii. Lea, bt. Sept. 4, j68i; iv. Willem, bt. Hurley, June 9, 1684, m. i. Geertruy Davis, m. 2. June 24, 1711, Catryntien Tappen (see his will): v. Rebecca, bt. Nov. 6, 1687. Dirck Jansen Schepmoes and Margariet Tappen had issue : vi. Anna, bt. Sept. 3, 1704, m. July 8, 1725, Johannes Janss; vii. Ariaantje, bt. Nov. 17, J706; vui. Dtrck Willemse, "klyn son." Liber VI., page 66. T. D. R., Liber 3, p. i. VAN BORSUM, BARENDT. Testamentary disposition, dated Nov. 19, 1682, and written in Dutch. Wife Machtel Adriaensen shall remain in full possession of the entire estate, houses and money, unless either should marry, when the survivor is to pay one half of the property to the children, when of age or at mar- riage. The children to receive a Christian education from the income of the estate. — If remaining "unmarried" (ongetrouwt), the children are not to lay claim to anything before the death of both their parents. — Tools, a gun, as well as man's apparel to go in advance to the little son (soontien). Jacop Rutgersen Barendt Van Borsums JosHEM Enthelbert Machtel Van Vlyet van namen (In the margin, opposite the last provision: "but they shall all be appraised and their value deducted from his share in the estate." This was evidently written afterwards, as it appears in a darker ink, and is witnessed by C. Hoogenboom). (Barendt Van Borsum was son of Egbert Van Borsum, y. m. van Bmbden, who m. Dec. ii, 1639, Annetje Hendricks, y. d. van Aynsterdam, and brother of Tyman Van Borsum, of N. Y. cord- wainer, who in his will, dated July 22, 1702 mentions "my two brothers and sisters, Janetie, wife of Peter Adolph, Annette, wife of Andrew Brestede, children of my brother, Hendrick van B,, children of my brother Barent Van Borsum," etc. — See also Pieter Cornelisen Low. Barent Van Borsum and Machteld Adriansen Van Vlied had issue: i. Annetje, bt. May 31, 1676; ii. Egbaert, bt. in Kingston, Sept 15, 1678; iii. Nettie, bt. Apr. 9, 1683 (witn. Gysbert Crom, Jan Joosten, Hermanus Van Borsum, and Ceeritie Van Vlied) ; iv. Aefje, m. i. Oct 10, 1703, Andries de Wandelaar, s, of Johannes de W., m. 2., Oct. 8, 1707, Louis Anthony van Niewenkuyzen.) Liber VI., page 86. T. D. R., Liber 3, p. 14. VAN SLEQHTENHORST, GERRIDT. Testamentary disposition, dated Febr. 16, 1682/3, and written in Dutch. Survivor to possess everything until death or remarriage, (wife's name being Aeltie Lansinck), when one half of the estate, whether houses, 44 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. land, gold, silver, coined or uncoined is to go to the children ; the minors to be brought up in an honest and Christian manner. Children to divide equally at death of both parents, if survivor had remained unmarried. In the latter case, he or she to be entitled to keep possession of the entire estate, unless inclined to share with the children. After the death of both the minors, Hillegont and Gerrit, Ragel and Gouda are to receive, in advance, and above their share, fifty beavers or the value thereof. Wm. Fisher G: V: Slichtenhorst Wessel Ten Broeck Aeltye Lansynck Quod attestis : Wm. de la Montagne, Seer. (In the margin: It was forgotten in the above will that the minors are to be brought up from (the proceeds of) the estate. On attaining their majority, they are to divide in accordance with the provisions in the will. Dated Febr. 22, 1682/3. Wm. Montagne, testis Gerrit Van Slichtenhorst Hinderick Kip Aeltie Lansinck (Aellie Lansinck was dau. of Gerrit Lansick, who came from liassell, near Swoll in Over- ysell, and died previous to Oct. ^, 1679. having also had sons Gerrit, Hendrick, Johannes, and daughters, Gysbertje, w. of Hendrtck Rosebootn, and HilUtie, widow of Storm Van der Zee. Gerrit Van Slichtenhorst was son of Brandt Arentse Van Sclichtenhortt, of Niewkerk in Gelderland, who was appointed a director of the Rensselaerwyck Colony in 1646, but returned to Nie«4cerk, where he died abjut 1668. Gerrit Van Schleghtenhorst was one of the magistrates of Schenectady in X672, and died in Kingston, Jan. 9, 1684). Liber VI., page 95. T. D. R., Liber 3, p. 21. VERNOOY, CORNELIS, and his wife, Annetie Cornclis. Testamentary disposition, dated Febr. 23, 1682/3, and written in Dutch. Survivor to possess everything until death or remarriage; in the latter case, one half of the estate to go to the children. — If the survivor should remain unmarried, nothing shall be paid out to the children, except at the pleasure of the survivor. Children to inherit everything at deadi of both their parents, the minors to be educated out of the estate. The mother gives to her eldest daughter (de moeder raaecht aen haer outste dochter) Selie all her apparel. Abraham Lamesenk (Lambertse?) Cornelis Verncoy (his mark) Annetie Cornelis (her mark) [Cornells Cornetissen Vernooy with wife, Annatje Cornelis (dau. of Cornelis Barentsen Van de Cuyl and Lysbet Arents), and children, came in the 'Faith/ Jan. 1664. — ^They had issue: i. Lysbeth, m. March 8, 1689, Jacob Du Bois; ii. Geertruy, m. Jan. 11, 1702, Pieter Louw; iii. Rachel, m. after Febr. 8, 1707, Abram Bevie, of Hurley, res. Rochester, when "J4 of a piece of 8 for the poor" was given: iv. Seletie (.Selie), bt. March 22, 1663, m. after June 17, 1682, Abrafiam la Matre of Midwoud (Flaibush, L. I.); v. Cornelia, bt. Apr. 3, 1667, m., March 8, 1689, David, s. of Louis Du Bois and Cathryn Blanshan; vi. Cornelis, bt. Jan. s> 1679, to., Nov. 22, 1702, Sarah, dau. of Wessel Ten Broeck and Maria Ten Eyck (q. v.); vii. Johannis, bt Apr. 24, 1681, m., Nov. 26, 1724, lanneken Louw; viii. Jacob, bt. Febr. 10, 1684, m. after Apr. 28, 1728, Annaa- tien Du Bois; iv. (child not named), bt. Jan. 2, 1687; x. Greetje, m. before March 15, 1695, Jacob, s. of Tierck Claessen De Witt and Barbara Andriesen; xi. Marritje, m. July 9, 1696, Lode- wyck, s. at Warnaar Hoornbeck and Eva De Hooges. (It is probable that the children were not born in this order, and that Greetje and Marritje were born soon after arrival). Court Records. 45 Liber VI., part B., (the book turned upside down) running page 227. T. D. R., Liber 3, p. 190. MEYDERSEN, EGHBERT. Testamentary disposition, dated April 9, 1684, and written in Dutch. "Not feeling very well (niedt wel te passe)." — Wife, Femmetie Alberts, to have everything at his death, whether house, lots, etc After her death all to go to the children of Eghbert Myndersen, to be divided equally, except the little closet or chest (kasje), which is to go to the eldest daughter. Marten Hoffmann Egbert Meyndersen (his mark) Testis : Wm. de la Montagne, Secretary. (Egbert Meyndertszen and Jacobje Qaepje) Jans had issue: i. Mayken, bt. in N. Y., Apr. 27, 1661 (,Annetje Jans, witn); ii. Jannetie, bt. Jan. ii, 1664, m., March 7, 1682, Andries, s. of Tjfrck Claessen De Witt (q. v.), and d. Nov. 23, 1733; iii. Meyndert, bt. July 3, 1667). Liber VI., running page 226. T. D. R., Liber 3, p. 191. JANS, GRITIE, widow of Jan Lembertsen. Testamentary disposition, dated June 27, 1684, and written in Dutch. "Her daughter (haer dochter) Annetie Adriaensen shall have, in advance, the bed, pillow and two small cushions (kleyne kussens), and Geesje is to receive the two large cushions (groote kussens), also the silver top-iron (ovryser). Residue to be divided between them. Grietie Jansen (her mark) (No witnesses). <Jan Lambertszen and Gritie Jansen had: i. Geesje, bt, N. Y., June 4, 1653 (witn. Pieterje Jans, et al). End of "Testamentanr Dispositions" in the Volumes called "Dutch Records." The Dutch wills whicb follow, are on file in the County Clerk's Office, have not been trans- lated before, and are not included in the "Translations of Dutch Records," vols, i-iii, from which the above dispositions have been transcribed. Abstracts of WiUs on File in the County Clerk's Office, City of Kingston, N. Y. BOOK OF DEEDS I (AA) Page 29.— TROPHAGEN, WILLIAM, of Kingston. Will dated Febr. i6, 1685. "My soule to Almighty God." "To my three sons namely Johannes Trophagen, William Trophagen and Henry Trophagen, all my Land which I att present enjoy withall houses barns" also "three horses with a plow and a wagon and other implements with the proviso that my said three sons shall work upon the land" "and Likewise to maintain me And my wife Joosie so long as both or Either of us shall live." — "My eldest son Johannes Trophagen 50 gilders and my Eldest Daughter Helena wife of Jan Boerhanse 50 gilders being Allotted to them before I married my Last wife Joosie." "The rest of my Estate whether in horses cows hogs either young or old or household stuff shall be equally divided amongst my three sons And my two daughters (to witt) Helena who is married unto Jan Boerhans of Kingston And Rebecca who is married unto Peter Peterson of Hurley." — Wife appointed executor, and after her death "my three aforesaid sons joyntly Executors. Signed by the testator, and wit- nessed by Warren Du Mont and Willem Jacobs. CWilliam Jansen Trophagen (or Traphagel, as his name also was written), van Lemgo — see his declaration — m. i. Justje (Jannetie) Claes Groenvis (Willems), of Boswyck, in the Dutch Ref. Church, Brooklyn; m. z., June i, 1658, in New Amsterdam, Aeltje Dirck from Steenwyck in Overyssel, (or Aeltie Dirrecks Meermans, as she is named in his declaration); m. 3., Jan. 15, 1661, Joosje Willems Norrtryck of Amsterdam, widow of Jan Verkmderen. On May 7, W. T. moved with his family into the first house erected near the Pond in Bushwick. On May 12, 1664, he was sentenced as punishment for abusing the magistrates of the town *to be tied to a stake, with a paper on his breast inscribed "Lampoon Carrier" (Dutch MSS., Albany, X., p. 216). — On Apr. 15, 1676, W. T. received a grant of zo acres land by the Court of Kingston (N. Y. Land Papers, I., p. 74). — On Oct. 2 1676, there was granted to W. T. from Gov. Andros, a piece of land at Esopus, north east from Capt. Thomas Chamber's farm, of about 10 acres, also a piece of land of 10 acres north and south along the Great Creek or Kill to the Water Kolch (Ibid., p. go-i). Eelet (Helena) T., 'eldest daughter,' m. 1675, Jan Burhans of Kingston; Johannes T., bt. in N. Y., April 9, i6$p, m. i. Aagjen Winne, and had A. Alida, bt. Oct. 10, 1708, b. William, (see his will; Johannes T, m. z., Jan. 25, 1718, Eva Zout, widow of Hans Juriaan Louks, b. Hoog- dwytsland (Germany), and had: c. Aaltjen, bt. Apr. 8, J711, d. Jannetjen, bt. Sept. 27, 1713; (See Johannis T.'s will). — Rebecca T., bt. in Bushwick, June 19, 1662, m. Peter Peterson of Hurley; William T. m. i. Tryntje Peele, and 2., Apr. 30,1699, Gepje Ptef, »widow of Hendrick Ariaense', and had: a. Johannes, bt. May z6, 1700, b. Willem, ot. Febr. 21, 1703, c. Geesie, bt. Apr, 15, 1705 d. Aarent, bt. June 20, 1707; — Hendrick T. m. Sara Kierstede, and had: a. Willem, bt. Sept ii' 1698; b. Eycke, bt. July 14, 1700; c. Roeloff, bt. Aug. 9, 1702, d. Joannes, bt. Apr. 9, 1704, e' Lucas, bt. March 17, 1706, f. Catryn, bt. June zo, 1708, g. Jonathan, bt. Nov. 10, 1710. Page 39.— DU BOIS, Lois of the New Paltz. Will dated March 30, 1686. "Estate (after payment of debts) to be Equally divided amongst my children : but my two Eldest sonns desiring to haue Each of them a part of the Land of the New Paltz and more than the other children by Reason /->v^ r WILL OF WILLEM TROPIIAGEN, Book of Deeds^ Liber I. 47 their names are uppon pattent, but if they will be content to deale Equally with my other children whether in land houses or Any other sort of Goods whatsoever belonging to my said Estate As well the land of the Paltz that I have bought former And after my death And their mothers decease shall be dealt Equally Amongst them." — "My two Eldest sonnes will Each of them have part of the land lying in the New Paltz — on condition that they shall pay for the said land with interest unto the other of my children and shall not inherit any of the other land housing or Another sort of Goods belonging to my said Estate but them that have home-lotts And have built thereon shall keep the same upon condition that the other of my children shall have so much land in stead thereof in such convenient places As may be found most Expedient for them." "My wife their mother shall have the ordering of the Estate as long as she remains a widdow." "If she marry the Estate to be divided amongst the children aforesaid except my two eldest sons." Signed by the testator, and witnessed by Arent TuNisEN (Recorded May 5, 1686.) DiRCK SCHEPMOES (See his former and later wills). Page 51.— ADREIJANSE, PETTER, of Kingston. Will dated Febr. 30, 1686. SK "To my brother Hendrick Hendricks of Kingston yeoman, All my hoole Estate of Lands Chatils & Goods. JtoANNES Wynkoop p^^^E^ Adreijanse (his mark) HuMPHR. Davenport Page 52.— HENDRICKS, HENDRICK, of Kingston, yeoman. Will dated Dec. 30, 1686. ^,n^ "To my brother Fetter Adreijanse of Kingston All my hooll Estate, Lands, Chattiels, and Goods." Signed by the testator. Same witnesses as above. j^ ^.^ j>^ (See Hendrick Aryansee). 7) / Page 65.— DEIJOU, CHRISTIAN, of New Paltes. Will dated Febr. i, 1687/8. ^K "To my soon Fetter Deyou 50 Ricksdallers yt my soon was In Debted to me ; and then to deal Equally with ye Rest of my Childerin of all my Estate." — "To my soones soon Whos name Is Christian Deijo 40 pieces of Eight and A small Gunn." — ^"To my five chilldren All ye Rest of my Estate of Lands housings Chattills and mouable Goods." — "My Corps may be buried att ye New Poalls." -^^ Nicolas Depew Christian Deyou (his mark) To oZr °"''°'''' J""« 30, Humphrey Davenport and Wallrouen Humphrey Davenport ^emont appeared before Henry Beekman. (See his former will). ! U& 48 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Page 71.— BLANCHAN, MATTHES & MAGDELEN JOORE. "If Matthis Blanchan happens to dy first his wife shall continue in possession of all ye Goods so long as she lives and if Magdalen Joore hap- pens to Deceas first her husband Matthis Blanchan shall continue in pos- session of ye Goods and Estates as long as he lives and if Either of them marry hee or Shee shall deliver to ye children ye Equall half part of ye whole Estat butt if both Matthis Blanchan and his wife happen to dy then their son Matthis Blanchan shall have ye farme lying in Hurley with house barns and appurtenances with four horses and four cows, and whatt Re- mains in Esopus and America their children shall Equally divide Among them yt is to say Chatharine Maria Magdalena Elizabeth Matthes." Dated Aug. 22, 1671, and recorded Apr, 30, 1688. (Capt.) Thomas Chambers Cornelius Barentse, Clarke Jno Williamse (See his former will). t/ Magistrates of ye Court. Attestor, W. De la Montagne Page 93.— FFRANCKFORD, ABRAHAM, of Kingston, March'tt. Will dated September 28, 1689. "Ffirst being penitent & Sorroy from ye bottom of my hart for my Sins past most Humbly desiering forgivenness for ye Same." — "I will that my well beloved wife Sara Ffranckford Shall have all my whole Estate of Lands, houses & house hold Goods and all whattso Ever may bee Due & owing unto me" "my said wife only paying Unto My Eldest Sone Jack fifty & one pes of Eight when by him demanded; and to my younger sone Pearle fifty pes of Eight Uppon demand and no More and ye Rest of my said Estate, my wife Sara Shall keepe & Injoy for Ever." Signed by the testator. Johanes Hardenbrock </^ Jockein Brannarne Page 96.— HARMILLE, TOMAS. Will dated March 12, 1688/9, a"d written in the Dutch language. "In de name des Heere, Amen (In the name of God, Amen) "Kranck" (sick) "Ei dogh myn voile verstaent Hebbende" (but of perfect mind). "As executors of my whole estate I appoint tiie Deacons of the Reformed Church." "My whole estate to the poor of said church (de Arme Behoorende Aen Onse Kerrick). Signed by the testator. Jan Duke (his mark) J, (Apr. 21, 1690, appeared before Jacob Artse, N. Anthony '^ Justice of the Peace, proving the will). Book of Deeds, Liber I. 49 Page 99.— CLAESSH (N), HENDERICK, Carpender. Will dated November 12th, 1688. «^ "I Acknollig before ye After mentioned witnesses that Cornelia Swartwout my Espoued and truly belouwed Brid is and Schal bee And Remain the Only herriss of my whole Estaet" "And iy Schold please God to giueue Childeren to her and that she after my Death Shold Com to re- marry than Schall ye hallif of y Estaet Remaen inviolable to ye Qiildren that hauf been proceated and Agriment Alder bout ouer "Children Schall Equilly inherit as well sons as Doghters only ye Eldest son Schall haufe an Engelish Schilling "And furdher to hinder And Scham All manner of troubbell that might Arrise by ye same So Schall be Give unto the Recerdit Basterd Child named Claes whoes modder is called Debora an English Schilling". "And to hold this my matrimony, Condisyon and Last will and testament, as by this written, I dissanull and revoke all manner of wills and testaments" and "Swere before ye Leving And Almeighty God" "that I Schall neuer fforsack nor Lefe Cornelia Swartwout" "my betroued bryd untill ye End of my death." Signed by the testator, and witnessed by Thomas Gorton (Justice of ye Pease), Mattis Clarkson, and Jan Ward. CHendrick Ctaessen Schoonhoven m. Cornelia Swartwout, dau. of Roeloif S. and Eva Alberts, and bt. March 13, 1667. They had issue: — i. Jfje, bt. Apr. 28, 1689; ii. Cornells, bt. Oct. 4, 1691; iii. Nicolaes, bt. June 3, 1694; iv. Fransyntje, bt. Nov. 15, 1696; T. Henricus, bt. Aug. 5, 1699; vi. Margriet, bt. Jan. 22, 1702; vii. Cathorma, bt. Oct. 12, 1707.) Page 112.— LOMMENDIEU, PETER, of Kingstown, Marchant. Will dated Febr. lo, 1691/2. "Sick and weake in body". "My dear Mother Martha Lommendieu all what goods Merchandise whatsoever that I have in Company and without Company, and that I doe will that all what goods yt is Left in ye hands of Steven Valloo pr. Inven- tory Shall be seen. Shall be Sent Downe to New Yorke and there delivered in ye hands of Mr. Steven de Lance merchant in New Yorke for to keep till Mr. August Yea (Jay) doth return, or on ordre from my said mother for the Delivery, also I do will yt Steven Valo Shall Receive from all and Every Person in the County of Ulster all what debts that is now Stending out, and what that shal be Received — ^he shall send unto the said Steven Delance, at Yorke for my mothers and my Parteners account August Yea." Signed by the testator. i\ ToHN David (Probated March 30,. 1692, John Davy, Stephen ^ Valo & Humphry Devenport appeared before 5. Valleou Henry Beekman & Philip Schuyler, Esqrs., Justices H. Davenport of the Peace). (Letters of administration were granted to Stephen De Lancy and Stephen Valleou (N. Y. Surr. Office, Liber 3-4, p. 331). — Benjamin L'Hommedieu came from New Rochelle, France, had letters of denization, March 10, 1686-7, settled on Shelter Island, res. at Southold, L. I., 1690, a merchant, m. Patience, dau. of Capt. Nath. Silvester, and had: Benjamin, Jr., Hosea, Silvester, who m. Elisabeth Booth, Peter, Patience, and Susan, who m. Jonathan Tuthill.) so Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Page 129,— WITTAKER, EDWARD, of Kingstown. Will dated Sept. 3, 1694. "Sick and weak in body." (Long religious preamble). "To my Dear wife Hanna Wittaker, the Right third part of all ray Real & per- sonall Estate of what nature or kind Soever during her Naturall Life, Ex- cept a gray horse and a Colt hereunder bequeathed unto my Sonns, and after her decease yt ye same then in being shall bee to ye ondy proper use benifitt & behoffe of my two sonns hereunder named," "to be Equally Devided between them. Except £ 20 yt shall bee for ye proper use of my Wives Daughters Children. — ^3dly, I give and bequeath unto my Sonn James Wittaker" "a. gray Horse and ye Right third part of all my Reall and personall Estate of what nature or kind soever Except a gray Colt hereunder bequeathed unto my Sonn Edward Wittaker." 4thly. "To my son Edward Wittaker" "a gray Colt and the Right third part of all my Reall and personall Estate," "Except a gray Horse before Excepted." — Son James Wittaker and "my friend & Nabour William Legg" execu- tors. Signed by the testator. ^ (All witnesses appeared before Capt. Wessel ten Broeck & Lt. Jacob BouDEWYN d' Witt (his mark) Aertse, Justices of ye Peace, Jan. 16, Abram B. Rutan 1694/5. Prob. Jan. 21, 1694/5. W. D. Meyer Thos. Carton, Judge of ye Court of Common Pleas. W. D. Meyer, Qark). (Edward Whittaker was a soldier in the Duke of York's Regiment, and had with his wife. Hannah: i. Edward, who m. June i8. 1700 Hitlitie Burhans (see his will), ii. James, bt. Apr. 24, 1674, m. Dec. 6, 1696, Elisabeth TUsoorl, b. Schenectady.') Page 167.— DU BOIS, LOWIES, of Kingstown. Will dated March 27, 1694, and written in the Dutch langfuage. "In deen Naeme Des Heeren, Amen." Sa^f^d. "Voor Eerst bevele ick myn Ziel aen de almagtige godt myn schepper, En Jesus Christus myn Verlosser, En aende hylige geest myn hyligraj^er. En myn Lichaem tot de aerde van waer het selve gecomen is, om op Eem Christelyke manier begraven to werden" (I bequeath first my soul to the Almighty God my shepherd and to Jesus Christus my saviour and to the holy ghost my redeemer, and my body to the earth from which it came, to be buried in a Christian manner). "Soo geve ick aen myn huysvrouw Catryna de boys (to my wife Cathrina, all myn staat van Landen, huysen, goederer, Schulden, gelt, gout, silver gemiint of ongemunt (all my property in land, houses, goods, debts, money) "om gediirende haer leven to mogen gebriiycken En na myn" "huysvrouws" "alsdan in Weesen sal syn" met desen Verstande noghtans dat Indier myn huysvrouw wederom quam te hertrouwen, alsdan gehou- den is om de helft vande geheele staat uyt te keeren aen myn Erfgenamen hier na beschreven ; Ten Derden Soo geve ick aen myn outsten Soon (if Book of Deeds, Liber I. 51 the widow should marry, then to his eldest son) Abraham du boys ses pont in gelt voor het Recht van Eerst geboorte (£6 as his right being the first born). "Soo geeve ick aen myn soon Abraham du boys of Erfgenamen de geregste agste part van myn gehelen staet alsdan in Weesen (the eight part of my whole estate). "Aen myn soon Jacob De geregste aghste part van my geheele staat" (to my son Jacob an eight part of the estate). "Aen myn soon David" an eight part of the estate. "Aen myn soon Salomon" an eight part of the estate. "Aen myn soon Lowies" an eight part of the estate. "Aen myn soon Matthew" an eighth part of the estate. "Aen de naergelaten Kinderen Van Wijlen," (children of deceased), Isaacq du boys," an eight part of the estate" met des Conditie dat Ingeval- len de voors. Kinderen in haere onmondighyt mogle Comen te overslyden dat alsdann voors. part sal onder myn andere Erfgename hier ingeschreven Egaelyck gedeelt werden." (If any of the children should die before they become of age, then their shares to be divided among the other heirs men- tioned). "Aen de Kinderen van myn dogter Sara — getrout hebbende (to chil- dren of my daughter Sara, wife of J cost Janse, nii in Wesen an eight part of the estate." Wife appointed executrix. Signed by the testator. Jan Ward ^^3 June, 1696. A true copy examined W. D.^'meyer W. D. Meyer, Clark). (Codicil.) Page 169.— DU BOIS, LOWIES, of Kingstown. Will dated Febr. 22, 1695/6, and written in the Dutch language. "Kennelick sy Een Jeder by Desen dat ick" "En Laast Will & Tes- tem't hebbe gemacht Den 27 Dagh van maert 1694" by Dese approbeere En bevestige. En begerende data Deselve in alle Deelen sal opsevolgt Werde, Except met Dese Sondering als hier onder myn begeerte uytge- driickt Enbeschreven is te Weten" (Be it known that I on March 27, 1694 made a will, which is hereby approved and to be followed in all parts, except as here provided) — "Myn soon Jacob du boys sal hebben in Regt & Waren Eydendom d' geregte helft van myn bouwery gelegen opt horly stiick, tiisschen t' Landt van hymart & Jan Rosa En t' Lant van Lammert huyberse, om voor hem Daar te Disponeren na Welgevallen met dese Conditie dat myn soon Jacob du boys sal gehouden syn te betalen voor voors. Landt d' quantytyt van Een Duysent En fyf hondert schepel tarw, oock soo sal de voors. Jacob du boys d'andere helft van voors. Landt in huer gebruycken tot dat myn Jongste soon Matthew du boys tot mondigen dagen sal gekomen syn, En 52 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. voor het' gebuyck Der selve te betalen vyftigh schepels tarw pr annum" (to my son Jacob half of my farm at Hurly adjoining land of Hyman and Jan Rosa and land of Lammert Huyberse" "on condition that he pays 1500 shepels wheat ; Jacob to use the other half until my youngest son Matthew Du Bois becomes of age, for which he is to pay 50 shepels wheat yearly). "Soo Verclaer ick, dat ick van Desen Dagh hebbe getransporteert aan myn Jongste soon Matthew Du booys Een buys En Erf in Kingstowne Een perceeltie wy Landt En de geregte helft van myn Landt gelegen op het Horly stiick volgens Teneur van voors. traspoort mits dat my voors. soon Matthew du boys sal moeten uytkeeren En betalen de quantityt van viiftien hondert schepels tarwe nietlegenstaar de dat voors. transport ver- melt dat de betalinge der selve geschiet is." ( I have this day conveyed to my youngest son, Matthew Du Bois, house and land in Kingston, a parcel of meadow land, and one half of my land at Hurley, for which he is to pay 1500 schepels of wheat). "Soo is myn will En Begeerte t'landt Door myn soon David Du boys van Jan Wood gecogt, Dat de betalinge sal uyt myn staat moeten geschie- den als ick sijl aan myn voors. soon David du boys belooft hebbe." (Pay- ments for the land which my son David bought from Jan Wood to come out of my estate, as I had promised my son David). "Myn soon Salomon Du boys En Lowies du boys sullen mogen in waren & Regten Eydendom to hebben voor haar & haar order of Erfge- name myn landt gelegen onttrent d' Paltz volgens grontbrief van Coll. Thomas Dongan gedatert Den 2 dag van Junij 1688: en daar voor te betalen De quantityt van aghthondert schepels tarw." (My sons Salomon and Louis Du Bois are to have my land in the Paltz, conveyed to me by deed from Coll. Thomas Dongan, dated June 2, 1688, for which they are to pay 800 shepels of wheat). "Myn Dogter Sara Huysvrouw van Joost Janse sal mogen in waren & Regter Eygen dom te gebben voor haar En haar order of Erfgename Een stiick Landt gelegen onder de Jurridictie van Horly naest de grondt van Corneles Cool En Daer voor te betalen de quantityt van seven hondert schepel tarw te Vertaan dat Bos Lant gelegen omtrent voors. Landt, medec geinludert is voor voors. soomme." (My daughter Sara wife of Joost Janse to have a piece of land in Hurley adjoining the land of Cor- neles Cool, for which she is to pay 700 shepels of wheat. This includes the woodland adjoining. Signed by the testator. W. D. Meyer (Major Jacob Rutse and Mattys Slegt of Jacob Rutsen Kingstown appeared before Capt. Dirck Jan Burhans Schepmoes and Mr. Johannis Wynkoof, Jus- Matthys Slegt tices of the peace, March 26, 169(5. W. D. Meyer, Clark. Henr. Beeckman, Judge of ye Court ot Common Pleas. A true copy Examined 23 June 1606.) Book of Deeds, Liber I. 53 Page 208.— POULSE, QOMMEN, of Kingstown. Will dated April 6, 1699, and written in Dutch. Religious preamble. ^ ^ "So Stel ick tot Erfgename van myn geheele Staat Gretie Elmendorf Wedewe Van Wiljen Jacobiis Van Elmendorp Om over t selve te Dis- poneere na haar Eygen goetduncken En believen, Sonder dat voors. Grietie Elmendorp gehouden Sal Syn Reecg: te geven wegens voors. Staat Aan Jemant." (I appoint Gretie Elmendorf, widow of Jagobus van Elmendorp, deceased, heir to my entire estate, with right to dispose thereof, and without being obliged to give an account to any one). Gritie Elmendorp appointed executor. GoMMEN PouLSE (his mark). W. D. Meyer (Witnesses, all of Kingstown, appeared Gerrit Aertse before Jan Tysell & Jan Heemans, Justices Teunis Oosterhout of the peace, June 19, 1699. Jacob Rutsen, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. A true copy examined. John Martin.) Page 212.— CORNELISE, MARTE & Mayke Cornelise, of Claverak, County Albany. Will dated Aug. 13, 1685, and written in Dutch. "Voor my (before me) Robt. Livingston, Seer, van Albany Colony ' Renselaerwyck en Schinectady" appeared "Marte Cornelisse huyeman woonende Aent (husbandman living at) Claverak in County van Albany & Mayke Cornelise." — Long religious preamble. "Tot haer Eenige & Uyterste Erfgename de Langst levende van her beyden (the survivor to be sole heir), en dat in alle de goederen Roerende & onrorende, Lande- reyen buys Skuyre Bestialien Actien Credyte, gelt, gout. Silver, juwelen, Cledeeren, Linnen, woollen, huysraat & anders niets gesonders noch ge- reseweert die d' Eerste oft livige van haer beyde (of all goods, real estate and movable, lands, houses, barn, cattle, negotiable paper, money, gold, silver, jewels, clothing, linen, wool, household goods, and every- thing else). "En wanneer d. Langstlevende Sail Comente overlyden (and when the survivor dies) Soo is het Express Begeerte van d Testaurs dat d Staat die Alsdan bevonde Sal worden (it is the testators' wishes that the estate shall then) Egaeel Sal gedeelt worden (be divided equally) onder haer Seven Kinderen (among their seven children), met namen (by name) Fannerie huysvrowe (wife) van Hendrick Cornelis Bogard, out 28 Jaeren (28 years old), Cornelis out 26 Jaeren, Teuntie huysvrouw van Livinus Winne out 21 Jaeren, Geertruy out 18 Jaeren, Mary tie out 16 Jaeren, Cornelis out 10 Jaeren & Jacob Martense out 8 Jaeren den Een met meerden als den ander (the one not more than the other) Exempt 54 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. dat haer Soon Cornells t' Beste Peert voor uyt Sail Trecken (except that son C. shall have the best horse first) & dan Egael deelen met d' andere kindere (and then to divide equally with the other children), Sullende vorders d' Langstlevende gehouden syn d kindern die mynderjaerigh zyn opte voeden ind vreese des heeren (the survivor to be bound to bring up the minors in praise of the Lord), en eeingh Konst off hantwerk laere leeren (and to teach them a profession or a trade) waennede zyte Syner tydt met Godt & met Eere aende Cost kunne geracken (so that they may be able to make a living in God and honor) & wanner zy ten mondigen daege off howelyken Staet Sail off Sullen gekome zyn (and when they become of age, or marry) So Sail d Langstlevende in Constientie Sail bevinden to behooren Sonder meer (the survivor shall be bound to give such child or children a proper marriage outfit, as good as the estate will permit and the conscience of the survivor dictates). "En soo d Langstlevende mockte comen te behovelycken (if the sur- vivor should happen to marry) his or her part is to be divided among the seven children. "Maj. Abraham Staas en Jan Verbeeck" ord hem off haer te Assis- tere" (to assist him or her (i. e. the survivor) in the proper discharge of this "laeste will & Testament." Abraham Staat ^arte Cornelise (his mark). ^ Mayke Cornelise husvrouwe van Jan Verbeek j^^^te Cornelise (her mark). Hendrick Bogard of Marbletown appeared before Jan Mattyse & Jan Heermans, Justices of the peace, both witnesses being dead, and the will was probated June 19, 1699. — ^Jacob Rutsen, Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas. (Henderik Cornelisen Bogaart, m. Jannetje (Fannerie) Martensen, dau. of Cornells Marten- sen and Marritje Martensen, and had a daughter, Sara, bt. Nov.'6, 1692, and other children. — Cor- nelis Mortem, j.m. of Albany, res. at Claverack^ m. after Febr. 23, 1685, Cornelia Van Vreden- burgh, of New York, res. Kingston, and had: 1. Isack, bt. Jan. i, i6g6, ii. Jacobus, bt. Nov, 6, i6g8. — In the will, recorded at Albany, and dated 1676-7 "maerten Cornelissen, of Claverack" is said to be "born in the city of Yesselsteyn, and wife Mayeke Cornells, born at Barrevelt." (Albany Co. Rec, Notarial Papers, I., p. 606). — Livinns Winne was son of Peter W., Commissary or Mag- istrate of Bethlehem, Albans Co., born at Ghent, who made his will, July 6, 1684, proved Febr. 22, 169S-6 (Ibid., Wills, I., p. 44.) Page 215.— DE WITT, JAN CLAETZ, of Amsterdam In Hollandt. I , Will dated March 31, 1699, and written in Dutch. "Myn Neef Evart Bogardus en Myn Nicht Tialie Bogardus Sal hebben en genieten Alles wat Ick hier in America heb" (my nephew, E. B., and my niece, T. B., shall have all that I have here in America) on condition that they "Sal geven en Leveren Aen Nicholas Hofman myn neef Vyfen twentigh Stuck van Achten (give and deliver to N. H., my nephew, 25 pieces of eight (an old Dutch coin)." — "De kinderen van myn Suster Tialie Heerekeus Sal hebben Myn gehuU Staet die Ick In' Hollandt heb, Roerende en onroerende (the children of my sister, Book of Deeds, Liber I. - 55 T. H., shall have all my real estate and personal property in Holland). Signed by the testator, and witnessed by Stephen Gacherie Mellyse Vlecht. Jacob Aertse, Justice of the peace, Stephen Gacherie & Mallyse Vlecht appeared before Arie Gerritse & Roeloff Swartwout, Justice of the peace, June 26, 1699, proving the will. (Jan Claessen De Witt was a brother of Tjerck Claasen De Witt (q.T.), and died un- married.) Page 221,— VAN ELMENDORP, JACOBUS. Will dated Aug. 27, 1685, and written in Dutch. '^ """^ "Syn vrowe Sail de geheele staedt besitten soo lange als Sy Owher- troudt leeft." "Als Sy kompt tehertrowten dat sy de geredite heeft vande Staet Sail uyt keeren aende kinderen" "Coenraedt, Gertie, Anna, Jacobus, Jenneke, Tekla." "Dat soo myn vrow kompt te hertrowen En dat naer haer doot de kinderen genoemt, haer Moeders Portie." (His wife shall have the whole estate for life, if unmarried. If she should marry, only one half of the property, the other half to go to the children (named), and after her death, all to go to the children. "Myn zoon Coenraedt myn landt genaempt Wassenmakers landt met de Appendentie vandiewvoor daysent Scheepell Tarve, En of syn Erfnisse soo hoogh niet landt door gebraeck van myn vrow mochte worden verkocht all wat het meeder gelt als duysent Scheepell Tuverage daerop Sail hy moeter betalen." (My son Coenraedt shall have my land called Wassemaker's land, with the 4,000 schepels of wheat, and if his inheritance should not be large enough, my wife may dispose of sufficient for the purpose, except that all what is over 1,000 schepel of wheat shall belong to her). "AUe kinderen sollen Egaell sonder onderscheyt delen" (all the chil- dren shall divide equally). "De Erftenisse van myn Patrimoniale goe- deren int Vater landt Sail mede Egael worde gedeelt doch de Jongste dochter genaempt Tekela Sail voor uyt hebbende hondert gulten hoUandts (my paternal inheritance in the old country shall be equ^ly divided, but my youngest daughter, called Tekela, shall have, in advance, 100 hol- landish gulden). "Soon Coenraedt Sonder Erfgenamen quam te Sterven heeft Jacobus Syn broeder Tselverecht in alles als Coenraedt in die Testament vermeelt (if C. should die without issue, his brother J. shall have the same interest in this will as C). Signed by Jacobus Van Elmendorp (1. s.), and Grie- tien Elmendorp (1. s.). and witnessed by Jan Hendrix GOMMERT PoWLISSEN. John Hendrix of Kingston appeared on Nov. 30, 1699, before John Ward and John Herrmans, Justices of the peace, proving the will. — All S6 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. witnesses not being present, I have moved to the Widdow & Relict of said Jacobus Elmendorp & his heirs, viz. Coenraedt Elmendorp, Mattyse Wynkoop, husband of Gaertie Elmendorp, Jacobus Elmendorp & Jenneke Elmendorp, whom answered they approved of it. Jacob Rutsen, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. (See Jacobus Elmendorp.) Folio 252.— DE WITT, TJERCK CLAESE, of Kingston. ,y Will dated March 4, 1687, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble, similar to previous wills.) "Myn huys- vrouw Barbara d' Widt sail blyven in posessie van myn geheele staet om geduerende haer Leeven." (My wife, B. de W., shall continue in possession of my whole estate, as long as she lives). *'Aen myn oudste Soon Andres de Widt" "de gerechte twaelfde part van myn geheele Staet, en dat myn voorsch. soon na het overlyden van myn voors. huysvrouw, sail hebben en genieten voor hem" "de gerechte helft van all t' Lant, huysing, etc. myn soebehoorende Mils gehouden naelselve by onpartydige parsonen op Eedt gepryseert is, uyt te Keeren en betalen aen myn andere Erfgenaemen als haer volgens dien Sullen Compiteeren ook so heb ick 't landt van Cocksinck betaelt en Naederlant Een grandt van de goveneur en Raeden van deese proven- tie voor Een groot bedeelte, geobtineert alsmede een stuck Landt om- trendt de Klyne Soopis in Compagnie met Wm. de Meyer gecoght Welcke Lande van Korcksinck en Klyne Esoopeis ick hebbe gegeven aen myn voors. Soon en Confermeere tselve sonder dat hy geBouden Sail syn Jetwes voor 'tselve aen myn andere Erfgenaeme te betalen." (To my oldest son, A. de W., 1/12 of my estate, and after the decease of my wife one half of all the land, houses, my mill, etc., to be appraised by impartial witnesses, he to pay to my other heirs whatever they may appraise it to. I have paid for my land at C, and also obtained a grant from the Gover- nor and Council of this Province, as well as purchased a piece of land near the Little Esopus in company with Wm. de Mayer, which land I have given to my said son, and which conveyance I hereby confirm; he not to be obliged to pay anything further for said land to my other heirs). "Aen myn Jongste soon Tjerck de Widt" "de gerechte twaelfde part van myn geheele Staet en dat myn voors. Soon na het overlyden van myn voors. huysvrouw sail hebben en genieten" "de geregte helft van all 't lant huysing Etc." (To my youngest son, T. de W., 1/12 of my entire estate, and after my wife's decease one half of all the land, houses, etc.). "Myn Soon Jan de Widt" "de geregte twaelfde part van myn geheele State op maniere als boven ook dat myn voors. Soon uyt de penningen myn Competeerende weegens Koop van Landt Sail genieten vyf hondert Competeerende weegens Koop van Landt Sail genieten vyf hondert Schepels tarwe." (My son J. de W. 1/12 of my whole estate, as above, and out of the money due me for sale of land, 500 schepels of wheat). Book of Deeds, Liber I. 57 "My son Luycias D Witt" "de gerechte twaelfde Part van myn ge- heele Staet" "ook so hebbe ick Een Sloep getimmert de voorlede Jaer de helft van voors. Sloep is en Sail Syn ten behoeven" (My son, L. de Witt, 1/12 of my estate, and half interest in a sloop which I built last year). "Aen myn Soon Dieck d Witt" "de gerechte twaelfde part van myn geheele Staet." "Aen myn dogter Tjatje huysvrouw van Mattys Matty- son" "de gerechte twaelfde part van myn geheele Staet." "Aen myn dogter Jannetie huysvrouw van Cornelis Swetts de gerechte twaelfde part" (to son D., daughter T., wife of M. M., and daughter J., wife of C. S., 1/12 part of the entire estate each) met dese Conditie dat Indien myn voors. Dogter quam te overlijden Sonder Kindere" "voors. portie' Sail Syn Ten behoeve van myn Erfgenamen om Egaelyck" "gedeelt Te Werden (on condition that if my daughter should die, leaving no children, her portion shall be equally divided among my other heirs). "Aen myn dogter Geertruy^' "de gerechte twaelfde part van myn geheele Staet," "ock soo heift myn voors. dogter een Negerinn" "in possessie myn toe behoerende Welch ick begeere Sail Syn ten behoeren van myn voors. dogter" (to my daughter G. 1/12 part of my whole estate, and the negress which she now has in her possession). "Aen myn dogter Ragel" "de gerechte twaelfde part van myn geheele Staet" "mits dat gekort sal werden uyt myn voors. dogters portie tot benifitie van myn Erfgenamen Een hondert pondts die myn voors. dogters man Cornelis Bogardus Schuldigh Aen myn is voor Een Aghule van Een bercken tyn Aen him vercoght (to my daughter R. 1/12 of my whole estate, less £100, which my said daughter's husband, C. B., owes me for 1/8 interest in a brigantine, which I sold him) dogh begeerende dat t' Kint van voors. Bogardus met naeme Barbara Sail genieten nye voors. hon- dert pondt vyftigh Stuck van aghten" (the child of said B., called Barbara, to have 50 pieces of eight out of said iioo). "Aen myn dogter Maritie" "de gerechte twaelfde part van myn geheele Staet." "Aen myn dogter Aegie" "de gerechte twaelfde part van myn geheele Staet." (To daughters M. and A. 1/12 part each). < "Indien Eeniege van myn voors. Erfge. in haere onmondighyt qua- men to overlyden dat als dan desselfs portie onder myn Erfgenaemen Eegaelyk sail gedeelt werden." (If anyone of my heirs should die during their minority, such portion shall be equally divided among my other heirs). "Huysvrouw Barbara de Witt" appointed executrix. Signed by the testator, and witnessed by Jacob Rutsen Abraham Lamater W. D. Meyer. Abr. Lamater & Wm. de Meyer of Kingston, appeared, March 6, 1700/1 before Jacob Rutsen, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, prov- ing the will. (A true copy examined with the original by Ruth Bleeker, Clark). (Tjerck Claesse De Witt, from Grootholdt, in Zunderland, m. in New Amsterdam, Apr. 34, . 1656, Barha/ra Andriessen, from Amsterdam^ A sister of T. C. De W., Emmerentie De Witt, m. ■ 58 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. at New Amsterdam, in 1662, Martinus Hoffman. His brother, Jan Claets De Witt, made his will March 31, 1699 (q.v.). — He had in 1661 a brother-in-law, Jan Alberse in Beverwyck, and another, Pieter Jonse, in Oosterbemis, in East Friesland, Holland. — Had in 1661 land there, which he had inherited from his father, from which he was receiving rents. — His widow, Barbara De Witt, died Jalv 6, 1714, and the property was appraised, in accordance with the provisions in the will. (See Ulster Co. Deeds). — T. C. de W. died in Kingston, Febr. 17,1700. — On June 25, 1657, Tjerck Claessen (De Witt) appeared before Johannes La Montague, Deputy at Fort Orange, declaring that he had conveyed to Carsten Claessen and Jan Barensen (Wemys) 180 guilders to be paid in merchantable beavers, growing out of a sale of a stallion, at public sale, of which Jan Roelonse remained the last bidder (Albany Co. Rec). — On Sept 10, 1660, Madame Johanna De iMldf and her husband, Hon. Jeronimus Ebbinck granted to T. C. (De Witt), inhabitant of the Colony of Rensselarswyck two pieces of land in Esopus, the north field comprising 35 morgens 153 rods, the other adjoining the west side 35 morgens no rods, in exchange for which T. C. has given his house 20 feet long and with a passage 30 feet broad, and lot 10 rods and 29 feet long, m Beverwyck, adjoining on the east side the street, on the west the garden of Henderick Anderies- sen and Lambert Van Neeck, and on the south by the house of Hendrick de Backer (Ibid.). — Tjerck C. de W. and Heymanse Roos are to be punished if they continue to oppose authority. — Letter from Dir. Stuyvesant, July 30, 1663 (Dutch MSS., Corr., xv, p. 48). — On June 25, 1672, T. C. de W. had a deed from (?ov. Lovelace, for a parcel of bush land, together with a house, lot, orchard, and calves' pasture, lying near Kingston, in Esopus (N. Y. Land Papers, Albany, L, p. 46). — On Oct. 8, 1677, he had a deed from Gov. Andros for a piece of woodland of about 50 acres, at Esopus, to ye west of the towne (Ibid., p. 128). — On May 14, 1694, he petitioned for an order for survey of 280 acres of land purchased of the Indians at Coxmke (English MSS., xxxix, p. 160). — On the Patent of T. C. de W., near the confluence of the Mombackus and Rondout Kills, stood, for a long time, a sycamore tree, in which had been cut a man's face, carved to commemorate a battle fought near the spot, Mombakkus (silent head from 'mom', silent, and 'bak or bakkus*, head), which was named thereafter. — ^Tjerck C. de Witt's will is also recorded in N. Y. Sur. OiHce, Liber 7, p. 601, under Dirck Claas De Witt (wife Barbara). They had issue: i. Andries, m.~ March 7, 16S2, Jannetje Egbertsen (bt. N. Y. Jan. 11, 1664, d. Nov. 23, 1733, d. of Egbert Meindertse & Jaepe Jans). Captain Andries was accidentally killed, July 22, 1710;^!. Taatje, b. Albany ah. 1659, carried off by the Indians at the burning of Kingston, 1663, but rescued, m., 1677, Motthys Mattysen Van Keuren, s. of Matthys Jansen & Marg. Hendrickse; iiL Jannetje, bt. Febr. 12, 1662, m. Cornelis Swits (q.v.); iv. Klaes, bt. Febr. 17, 1664; V. Jan, bt. Febr. 14, 1666, m. Wyntje Kierstede, d. of Roeloff K. & Ikee (Anghe) Roosa, d. of Albert Heymanse R. (q.v.); vi. Geertruy, bt. OdijiS, 1668, m. March 24, 1688, Hen- drick Hendricksen Schoonmaker (see Hendrick Jochem S.) ;'%^ Jacob, m. before March i, 1696, Grietje Vemooy, d. of Cornelius V. & Annatje Cornelis (q.v.) ; viii. Rachel, m. Cornelis Bogardus, (s. of Cornelis B. and Helena Teller) ; ix. Lucas, m. Dec. 22, 1695, Annatje Delva (d. of Anthony D. & Jannetje Hillebrants (q.v.) ; x. Peek, m. i., Jan. 2, 1698, Marytje Janse Vanderberg, of Albany, and 2., Dec 21, 1723, Maria Tetinis, widow of Jacob De Mott; xi. Tjerck; xii. Marritje, m. 1., Nov. 3, 1700, Hendrick Hendricksen Kortright, s. of Hendrick Jansen (K.), and Cdthartna Hansen Webber, and 2., Sept. 6, 1702, Jan Macklin; xii. Aagje, bt. Jaitf 14, 1684, m. Aug. 23, 1712, Jan-Pavilmg (bt Oct. 2, 1681, s. of Henry Pawling & Neeltje Roosa, d. of Albert Hey- manse R.), rem. to Phila.) Folio 262.— ARYANCE, HENDRICK, brewer. Will dated Sept. ii, 1690. (Long religious preamble.) •^'^ "I will that my well beloved wife Gheppy Shall have ye Just half of my whole Estate of Landt Chatties house and household goods" "and ye other half of my Estate of Landt Chatties house & house hold g(X)ds I will ut my oly Son Arrie Hendricks Shall have & injoy" "further I will yt my well beloved wife Shall injoy yt whole Estate as long as yt She Continues a widdow but when she shall Come to marry againe then ye half of ye Estate yt belongs to my my Son Arie shall be delivered to him or his assignes before marriage day of my wife." Hendrick Aryance (his mark). Arent Tuenissen (Arent Tuenissen & Cornelis Masten Cornelis Hasten appeared, June 16, 1701, before Jacob TT T>. Kutsen. — A true copy examined Rth Humphrey Davenport Bleecker, Clark). ' (.Hemic Adriaam, j.m. from Gelderland, res. Kingston, m., Jan. 19, 1685, Gepie Arents Pter, b. Kingston. Henderic Arie & Gepje Aerts had issue i. Arie, bt Nov. 11, 1688. Aarian Hen- i^ Book of Deeds, Liber I. 59 drickz, m., before March 8, 1724, Cairina Van den Bogaard, and had with other children a daughter, Gcpjen (Rachel). See Hendrick Hendricks.) Folio 273.— CORNELISON, QERRITT, of Hurley. Will dated Febr. 3, 1686. ■ "To my eldest son Cornelis" "all my tools yt belong to his whole rights Trade & to my dear & Well beloved Wife I doe give & bequeath all my Lands goods, Chatties, houseings barnes orchards household goods & all Such my goods & tools & Nessersarys that belong to my ff arme now in my possession" "after her death to my ouldest son Cornelis & my second son Arie & my third ^on Jan & my daughter Ntttie" to each an "Equall ffifth part of all vfxy goods & Chattells" "to be equally devided among these my said ffive Children" "if any one or more Shall dye before my wife the said part shall be Equally devided amongst ye other brothers or sisters if nott married." Gerritt Cornelison (his mark). (Cornelis Cole of Hurly appeared before Coll. Henry Pauling Henrius Beeckman, Judge, Capt. Dirck Schep- CoRNELiS-Q^ moes and Capt. Wessel Ten Broeck, Justices of ^^X^ the Court of Common Pleas, March 4, 1695/6). (Gerrit Corneliszen m. Chieitje Cornelis (^Slegt), came in Apr. 1659 in 'Moseman* with wife and a sucking child, had issue-; i> CorneMs m. Jannetie Kunst, see bis will under Cornelis Gcr- ritse; ii. Arie (.Gerretsep) b. in MidztoUd (,Flatbush, L. I.), m. after Oct. 17, 168S, Lysbert Lam- bertse^ h. ^Kingstoft^dj'oi Lambert Hnyberfse Qj.v.) (witn. Cornelis Kool & Neeltje Gerritsen), and had a. Hen'drik'^e^ht, Oct. 17, t686; b. Gerr§tt bt. Ma>r 30, 1697 ([witn. Cornelis Garritsen, & CerriAie GerritsetCy; in. JanJ bt. N. Y., Sept, 8, 1666 (witn. Theunis Cornelis, and Fytie); iv. Neeltje (Neeltje) ; v. "Gerratje, bt. March 12, 1669," <B. Jacob Du Bois. — On Apr. 5, j686, there is a survey of a tract of land of 85 acres, on the north side of Bsopus Kill, Hwley, called 'Old Bouery* laid out for Garret Cornelies, by PhiHp Welles, surveyor (N. Y. Land Papers, II., p. 160). Folio 273.— QERRITSE, CORNELIS, of Hurly. Will dated Febr. 7, 1695, and written in Dutc:h. (Long religious preamble.) •^i'C "Myn waerdi huysvrouw Jannieti Kunst sail hebben en besitten myn geheele Staat van huysen Landen goederen schulden paerden & beesten of 't Reght van Erfenisse door myn vaeder Zeligr Gerrit Cornelisse aen myti Volgens Testement gegeven gedurende haer Leven (my worthy wife, J. K. shall have my entire estate of houses, lands, goods, debts, horses and cattle, which were given me by my father, G. C, deceased, by his testament, during her life) Except indien myn voors. huysvrouw moght Coomen weederom te hertrouwen data alsdan gehouden is de gerechte helft van myn voors. Staat uyt te Keeren aen myn Kinderen Wettelyk myn voors. huysvrouw getrouweert met naeme Gerrit Jan Arie Barent Gilie en Jacomyntie om Egaelyk onder myn Ses Kinderen gedeelt to werden (except in case my said wife should happen to marry, when one-half of the estate shall go to the children, begotten by my said wife, by name G. J. A. B. G. and J., to be divided equally between them) 6o Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. alleenlyk dat myn oudste Soon Gerrit sail voornye genieten drie pondt (my eldest son, G., to have, in advance, £3). En alvoren myn voors. huysvrouw in den houwelyken Staat bevestight wert sail gehouden syn Staat" "en gehouden syn dat na haer overlyde di gerechte helft van voors. ses Kinderen om Egaalyk (if my wife should marry, half of the estate shall be secured for my six children after her death) . "Doch indien van myn voors. Kinderen in haer onmondighyt moghte Coomen te over- lyden Dat so daeniege overleeden Kindres portie sail door de Levende Egaalyk gedeelt werden (if any of the children should die during their minority, their shares shall be divided equally among the other surviving children). "Sail myn voors. huysvrouw gehouden syn om myn voors. Kinderen te Alimenteeren En optevoeden En te Laeten Leeren En Schryven En een bequam Kunst of hantwerck te Laeten Leeren (my wife shall be bound to bring up my said children, to have them taught reading and writing, and to permit them to acquire a profession or a trade). "So stell ick tot voogden ofte monbaeren over myn onmondrege Kin- deren Coll Henricus Beekman En Major Jacob Rutsen. (As guar- dians over my children who are under age, H. B. and J. R.) Wife ap- pointed executrix. — Cornelis Gerritse (his mark). Witnessed by Roeliff Swartwout, Rich. Brodhead, and W. D. Meyer. Richard Broadhead and William d'Meyer appeared before the Court March 4, 1695/6, proving the will. (Cornells Gerritse CNewkerk'), s. of Gerrit Cornelissen {supra), m. Jannetie Kunst, d. of Jan Barentsen Kunst and Jacomyntje Sleght, d. Cornelius Barentsen Sleght, and had issue: i. Ger- rit, bt July 28, 1684; ii. Jan, bt. Nov. 29, 1685; iii. Adrian, bt. Febr. 27, 1787; iv. Barent, bt. Oct. 13, 1689: V. GilleSt'ht. Nov. s, 1691; vi. Jacomyntje, bt. June 8, 16^4; vii. Cornelis, bt. Aug. 30, 1696; (Gerard Cornelis. Jacomyntje Sleght, Jan Elten, Chieltie Cornelis, Ary Cerrits, Hillitje Jans, and Gerrit Cornelis, were witnesses to the baptisms of these children). — For Gerritz, sec Gerrit Newkerk. For Jan, see Johannis Newkirk.) Folio 274.— HUYBERTSE, LAMBERT, of Hurly. Will dated Febr. 12, 1695/6, and written in Dutch. Long religious preamble. U..e^Ajk(^ "Aen myn Jongste soon Pieter Lammertse twee paerde als meede dat syn buys door hem bewoont uyt myn Staat sail werden voltoyt als van Sol- der vloer deuren en vensters Etc. (To my youngest son, P. L., two horses ; the house, in which he lives, shall be finished (completed) out of my estate with solid floors, doors and windows, etc.) "So gave ick aen myn voors. soon" "de geregte vyfde part van myn geheele Staat (to said son 1/5 of my estate). "Aen myn Soons Huybert Lammerse En Cornelis Lammerse en myn schoon soons Cornelis Cool en Arien Gerrets en Jeder de gerechte vyfde part van myn geheele Staat" "met deese Conditie dat voors. Arie Gerritse sail hebben en genieten de gerechte vufde part van myn Lant naest aent 'lant geleege hem toe behoorende" "alle de andere Roerende Staat Egaelyk onder haer te deelen" (to my sons H. L., and C. L., and my sons-in-law C. C. and A. G. 1/5 each of my estate, on condition that Arie Gerritse shall Book of Deex>s, Liber I. 6i have the 1/5 part next to his own land; all the personal property to be divided equally). "Tot Executors" "Huybert Lammertse Cornelis Lammerse Pieter Lammerse Cornelis Cool En Arie Gerritse (as executors, persons named). "Myn schoon soon Cornelis Cool sail mogen hebben Aen een Stuck twee porties vant Landt door myn bewoont t'weeten het Eene nu aen hem gemaecht ent 'ander door hem van myn Soon Lammert Huyberse gecoft" (My son in law, C. C, shall have one piece, two portions of land, where I live, one part now given to him, and the other part purchased of my son, L. H.). Lammert Huybertse (his mark) ; witnessed by Wessel ten Broeck, Jacobis Lameter, and Parre Noose (Pierre Noue). (Lambert Huybertse, of IVageningen, in Gelderland, sailed for this country, Dec. i6sp, with wife and two children; a third was bom on the passage. His wife was Hendrickje Cornells. He afterwards assumed the surname BRINK. They had issue : i. Huybert "tambertsen, of Wage- ningen, m. March 16, 1679, Hendrick/e Swartwout, from Albany, res. Hurley, and had; a. Lam- bert, bt. JFan., Febr. or March 4, 1680, b. Roelof, bt. Apr. 27, 1684, c. Thomas, bt. Dec. 6, 1685, d. Hendrick. e. £110, bt. May 25, 1690, f. Henricus, bt. Nov. 18, 1694, S. Henricus, bt. Jan. 10. 1697, h. Johannes, bt. May 28, 1699; ii. Jannetie Lamberts, m. Cornelise Teunisse Cool (q.v.); iii. Cornelis Lambert*^ bom at sea," (see Cornelis Lambertse); iv. Lysbeth Lambertsen, bt. Febr. 14, 1666, m. jirye Gerrytsen (see Cornelius Newkirk); v. Hendrik Lambertsen, bt. Dec. 5, 1663, m. Geesje Jansen, and had: a. Rachel, bt. Nov. 6, 1692; vi. Pieter Lambertsen, bt. June 34, 1670, m. Geertruy Teunisen (.Mafthewssen), and had: a. Henderik, bt. Apr, 23, 1693, b. Matthew, bt. June 9, 1695, c. Cornelis, bt. July 25, 1697, d. Lambert, bt. Nov. 26, 1699, e. Lam- bert, bt. Jan. IS, 1702, f. Antje, bt. Apr. 2, J704, g. Lysbeth, bt. Aug. 11, 1706, h. Gerrit, bt. Sept. zS, 1709; 1. Johannes, bt. May xx, X7X2; j. Helena, bt. Nov. 7, 17x4; vii. Gerrit lambertsen, m. Antje Hooghlandt, and had: a. Breechje, bt. June 10, 1694, b. Teunis, bt. Febr. 7, X697, c. Claertje, bt. July 14, 1700, d. Dirrick, bt. Dec. 25, 1703.) Page 283.— HOOGHTYLINQ, JAN WILLEMSE, of Kingstown. Will dated Aug. ii, 1702, and written in Dutch. Long religious preamble. Sl^ "Myn neger met name Kieser Sal vrij syn, van syn Slavereij, en moge gaan wadr het hem goet of geJiade dien(5rt Sender dat myn Erfgenamen hem Sullen Comen ofte mogen & hinderen (My negro, K., shall be free from slavery, and may go wherever the Lord, in-his grace, permits, without being prevented by anyone of my heirs). "So stel ick tot Erfgenamen over myn geheele Staat Soo wel Roerende als onroerende Sonder Exceptie met name Willem Janse Hooghteyling Soon van Wij'len Jan Willemse Hooghtyling Junior, Samuel Hooghtyling, Philip Hooghtyling, Hiskia Hooghtyling, Desia en Kesia, altsamen kin- deren van Wijlen Willem Janse Hooghtyling, Eenigste kint van myn, om Egalyck onder haar alien gedeelt te werden. En In cas Eenige van mjm voors. Erfgenamen mogte overleden syn alvoren dis myn laaste Will of testement in syn kragt is, als mede die geene die in haar onmondighyt Comen te overlyden dat alsdan des overlyden portie Sal syn ten behoove van myn andere Erfgenamen." (As heirs of my entire estate, real as well as personal, without exception, I appoint W. J. H., son of deceased Jan W. H., Jr., S. H., P. H., H. H., D. and K., all children of deceased W. J. H., my only child, to be equally divided between them, and if any of these heirs should die before the probation of this my last will and testament, or a minor, the survivors are to divide his share). 62 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "Myn Executeurs" "sullen gehouden syn cm uyt te keren en betalen uyt myn Staat aan Sara Rosenkranz voor haar getrouwe dienst in my Sieckte, de Somme van Een hondert Schepels tarw of vyftight Stuck van Agte" (my executors shall be bound to pay to Sara Rosenkranz, for her faithful service during my sickness, the sum of lOO schepels of wheat or 50 pieces of eight). "Soo ist dat Garrit Van Vliet in het voorjaar syn huer tyt op myn Landt geepircert is. En ick hem belooft heb dat alvoren hy van myn Landt Sal moet en Ver-Strecken, nogh twe Jaren daar toe Sullen, geaddert Wer- den, t' welck ick begeer dat na gekomen Sal Werde, Mits dat voors. Ger- rit van Vliet de huer van voors. Landt gehouden is aan m)Ti Erfgenamen te betalen." (As Gerrit Van Vliet has paid the rent for my land last spring, I have promised him that he may have two years more before he gives up said land, provided he pays the rent for the land to my heirs). Jan Willemse Hooghtyling (his mark) (Bay Croswelt and Jacob Swaan ap- Jacob Swaan peared, March 4, 1702/3 before Coll. Ray Croeswelt Henricus Beekman, and Mr. Wm. T, c> / IN ^^ZSi Esq., Judges, and Capt. Difck Teunis Elisse (syn merck) Schlpmoe^, Major Johannis Wynkoop, W. D. Meyer, County Clark. Mr. John Cock, Capt. Charles Broad- head, Esq., Justices). (See his former will). Page 286.— DE WITT, BOUDEWYN, of Kingston, Chirurgyn. Will dated June 24, 1703, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble). yl< "Aan myn huysvrouw Maria d' Witt myn gantsche Staat van huyse, Lande, goedere, Schulde, gelt gout, Zilver, gemiint, ofte ongemiint. En Wat verder aan d' Staat is Dependerende, met volkome maght aan myn voors. huysvrouw, om over voors. Staat te Disponeere na haar Welgeval- len." (To my wife, M. de W., my entire estate of houses, lands, goods, debts, money, gold, silver, coined or uncoined, and whatever belongs to said estate, with full power to dispose thereof at her pleasure). Wife appointed executrix. Signed by the testator. DiRCK SCHEPMOES Teunis Elisse (his mark) (Witnesses appeared, July 15, 1703, be- MosES d' Graaf fore the Court). W. D. Meyer (Boudewyn De Witt m. Marie De Witt, and had i. Petronella, m. Hendrick Ten Eyck. — On Oct. II, 1699, B. de W.petitioned to be released from a fine CEngl. MSS., xliii, p. 62). B. de W was Sheriff of Ulster Co., May 26, 1702 (Ibid., xlv, p. 127). March 18, 1703, Barnes Cosens esc.hcator-general, petitioned for his pay, he having seized the estate of B. de W., and others (Ibid., xlvii, p. 69). Book of Deeds, Liber I. 63 Page 290.— HENDRICKE, DIRCK, " van de Manner of Foxhall." Will dated Jan. 8 ,1699/1700, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble). j.(^ "Aan myn huysvrouwe Grietie Hendrix alle myn geheele Staat van huyse, Lande, paarden, beesten, Negers, Schulden, etc." "Dogh met desen Verstande dat myn Neger Jongen met namen Samson die in myn buys geboren is, na bet Overlyden van myn voors. buysvrouw Sal vry van Slaverny syn, Sender dat Jemant Eenige pretentie sal komen maken, Dogh met dese Conditie dat Indien de voors. Samson op Eenige van de Leefsyt van myn voors. huysvrow quam qualyck te Comporteren En onge- hoorsamenhyt aan haar betoonde, vat sy myn voors. huysvrouw Sal ver- mogen over hem te disponeren En vercopen voor de tyt van syn Leven sonder Eenige Contraduitie of verhindering van Jemant, of oock Sonder Reden Wegens syn ongehoorsam hyt of quaat Comportem 't Dieswegen aan Jemant to geven." (To my wife, Gritie Hendrix, my entire estate of houses, lands, horses, cattle, negroes, debts, etc., on the understanding that my negro- boy Samson, bom in my house, shall be free from slavery after tlie death of my wife, without any objection from anyone, but on tiie condition that if he, during my wife's life has not shown her obedience, my wife may dis- pose of him and sell him, without objection from anyone, or else to give him away). Wife appointed executrix. DiRCK Hendrix (his mark) WiiXEM Traphagen (Witnesses appeared before the Court, Sept. John Legg - \ W. D. Meyer 9, 1703;- (Dirck Hendricksen m. Grietie Pielerse (see her will under Gritie Hendrix), and had son: Hetidrick, bt. March 8. 1665). Page 294.— BOQARDIES, PIETER. Will dated Febr. 3, 1701/2, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble). t ' "Geen oudste soon of Jonger soon preverentie of dobbele portie van myn goedt of goederen Sal genieten of moegen begeeren, maar myn huys- vrouw Wyntie Bogardus of de moeder van alle myn kinderen Sal over mjm Nagelaten Staat & 'sy huysen ende Erven ende Jacht meubelen dat is Roerende ende onroerende goederen Landt ende grondt" "disponeeren" "ende dat so Lange als sy de naam van Bogardus draagt maar soo sy komt te hertrouwen soo sal sy soo veel hebben als de Wett haar geeft (neither the oldest son nor the youngest son shall have or claim a single or double portion of my estate, but my wife, W. B., the mother of all my children, shall dispose of (or possess) my estate, houses, grounds, ship, furniture, real and personal property, as long as she bears the name 64 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. of Bogardus, but if she should happen to marry, she shall have what the law gives her). After her death "het landt dat van Thomas Janse of Jacob Salamonse gecogt is in de wy benoorden de Bever Kill aan Anthony Bogardus ende Ephraim Bogardus ende Petrus Bogardus myn drie Soonen by haar moeder Wyntie Bogardus geprocureert sal Eewighlyck & Erwelyck Eygen syn (the land which was bought from T. J. or J. S. on the meadow north of Beaver Kill shall go to A. B., E. B., and P. B., my three sons, begotten by their mother, W. B.) "Maer het Landt dat Van Vole- kert En Jan Thomasse haar Erfgename gekogt is Sal Ephraim Bogardus end Petrus Bogardus veernoont, Ick segge het Landt dat besuyde de Bever Kill lyt mot haar byde" "mits Conditie datse het selve Landt mit aan Vreemde sullen verkopen, maar soo het quam dat sy naae Een ander landt metter woon buyten het governm't quam te verstrecken soo sullen sy gesamentlyck aan haar breeders ende susters verkopen maar niet aan vreemde (but the land which was bought of Volekert and J. T.'s heirs, shall go to E. B. and P. B., that is the land which is south of Bever Kill, on condition that the land shall not be sold to strangers, but to their brothers and sisters). "Soo sal Anthony Bogardus en Ephraim Bogardus en Petrus Bogardus wel op myn begeeren staan om niet overtreden beveele verder dat dese twe Ephraim Bogardus en Petrus Bogardus sullen vorder uyt de gantscht Staat groot gebracht werden tot dat sy tot har en Mondi- gen daagen Komen (A. B. and E. B. and P. B. shall comply with my be- quests (or wishes), that E. B. and P. B. shall be well brought up until they reach their majority) "sonder dat Jemant van myn kind of kinderen hier in sullen tegen Seggen met plyten of Regten (none of my children shall go to law against the rest, or overreach each other) "maar sullen alle myn negen kinderen Eenveel hebben (but all my nine children shall divide equally) except het boven genoemde landt (except the above mentioned land), van Jacob Salamonse ende van Volekert & Jan Tomasse Sullen An- tony Bogardus ende Ephraim Bogardus ende Petrus Bogardus Elck in haar part het haare geniete gelyck boven genoent is datse het selve Landt voor uyt sullen hebben (of J. S. and V. and J. T., which A. B. and E. B. and P. B. shall divide equally, as above mentioned, and to have said land in advance) ende dan met de andere kinderen in de Rest Egaal sullen dylen (and then divide the rest with the other children) begeere dat het selve tot syn Effect sal koomen alwaart Schoon Soo dat Eenige Solemnityten naar Regten ofter Style Vereyscht hier imme niet volkommen weesen geobser- veert versoerkende het uyterste benifitie te moogen genieten (and wishes that these requests shall be fulfilled, even if legal forms or precepts have not been strictly observed). Signed by the testator, but not witnessed. On Sept. 20, 1703 before Henricus Beekman, Esq., Judge of ye Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Evert Wynkoop, Esq., Major Johannis Wynkoop, Justices of the Peace, appeared John Gasherie, Cornelis Bogardus, Lysbet Heermans, wife of Jan Heer- mans, Madleen Slegt, wife of Mattys Slegt, and Maria Hooghtyling, widow, proving the will. Book of Deeds, Liber I. 65 (This will appears on record in N. Y. Sur. Office, Liber 8, p. 29. The widow, Wyntje Bogardus, dyine without taking out letters of administration, they were granted. May 8, 1714, to his son. Evert Bogardus. Dom. Everardus Bogardus, b. Woerden, near Utrecht, 1607, ordained by the,Ctassis of Amsterdam, June 14, 1632, arrived with Governor Van Tmller, in April, 1633, accompanied by Adam Roelandsen, a schoolmaster, and became the second minister at New Amsterdam in 1633, resigning in 1647, on July 22, sailing for Holland Aug. 16th on "The Princess," but was drowned on Sept. 27, 1647. He was a widower, when he arrived, and married in 1638, 2., Anneke Jans, widow of Roetoff Jans, of Rensselaerwyck. Her first husband had received a valuable grant of land near Red Hook, and from Van Twiller a ^ant of 62 acres of Manhattan Island, which after- wards passed to his widow, and upon her marriage with Bogardus became known as the dominis's bouwerie. On Nov. 15, 1705, the farm, then called the King's farm, was given by patent to Trinity Church. Anneke Tans had with her first husband four children: Sarah m. John Kiersted, and afterwards Cornelius Van Borsmn; Catherine, m. John Van Brough; Fytie, m. Peter Hartgers, and Jan, m. Annetje Peters, Evert Bogardus and Anneke Jans had issue : i. Willern, m. Aug. 29, 165^, Wyntje Sybrends, and 2., a dau. of Nicasius de Sille; ii. Comelis, b. 1640, m. Rachel de Witt; iii. Jonas, b. 1643, d. unm. ; iv. Peter, Mr. George H. Lewis, of Poughkepsie, N. Y. has Dom. Everardus Bogardus, bible, dated IS43. — For further accounts about E. B., see Minutes of the Classis of Amsterdam, vols, iv, 22, 23; Minutes of the Synod of North Holland, Doc. Hist. N. Y., iii, p. 367; Amsterdam Corre* spondence, 1632-1650; Col. Hist. N. Y., i. pps. 206, 291), 345, 417, ii, p. 144; Church Intelligencer, July 20, 1833; Poughkepsie Press; etc. Pieter Bogardus, bt. Apr. 2, 1645 in N. Y., settled in Albany, was a magistrate there 1673 (Albany Co. Rec, Nov. 2, 1673), removed to Kingston, m. Wyntje CorneUs Bosh, dau. of Comelis Teunise B, and Maritie Thomas Mingael, and had issue : i. Evert (see Evert Bogardus) ; ii. Shibboleth; iii. Hannah, h. Jan. 22, 1679, m. Pieter Bronck; iv. Maria (m. Johannes Van Vechten of Schagticoke) ; v. Anthony; vi. Rachel, bt. Febr. 13, 1684; vii. Ephraim, bt. Aug. 14, 1687, went to North Carolina; viii. Comelis, who made his will, May 2, 17^11, in which he says "about to go with his brother Ephraim to North Carolina, leaves everything to brother-in-law, Johannes van Vechten of Renselaerwyck Manor (Clerk of Court of Appeal's Office, Albany, wills, B. p. 8); ix. Petrus, bt Apr. 30, 1691. (For desc, see Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany, p. 21). Peter Bogardus and Jonas Bogardus, on July 17, 1667, for themselves, and as attorneys for Pieter Hartgers, Mr, Johannes Van Brugh, Sara Roeloffse, widow of the late Mr. Hans Kierstede, chinirgeon, Jan Roeloffse, William Bogardus, and on the part of the widow of the late Cornelius Bogardus, all children and heirs of their mother, Annetie Bogardus (Anneke Jans), grant to Dirck Wesselse (Ten Broeck), Annetie Bogardus* house and lot in Albany, occupied by said Dirck Wesselse (Albany Co. Rec). Page 296.— DE WITT, LUYCAS, Will dated Febr. 15, 1702/3, and written in Dutch. j^j^ "Myn oudste sooon Jan sal vooruyt genieten voor syn voorreght als Gudste Soon als hy tot syn Mondige Jaren is uyt de geheele Staat de somme van vyf pont aan gelt." "Myn vrouw Antie sal hebben d' geregte helft van alles wat overigh sal blyven te Weten van buys, Erf, Roerende en onroerende goederen En oock van t' geene my gemaakt is van myn vader, t'welck syn Testament sal uyt wysen." "Myn kinderen te Weten myn Soon Jan, En myn doghter f annetje. En t'geen myn vrouw Antie nu swanger van is, sullen de andere helft hebben te Weten van huys, Erf, Roerende en onroende goederen en oock van t' geen my gemaakt is van myn vader t'welck syn testement sal uytwy- sen te Wetten Elek syn part de eene niet meer als de andere." 'Indien myn vrouw Antie Comt weder te hertrouwen Sal gehouden syn" "twe voogden te Stellen over de onmondige kindei-en" and to "leveren" to them "de geregte halve staat te Weten de kinders haar part." "Indien myn vrouw Weduwe of Ongetrout blyft so sail sy in t'volle besitt van de Geheele Staat blyven." (My eldest son Jan shall have, in advance, as his birth right, being my eldest son, when he reaches majority, out of the whole estate the sum of 66 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. £5. — My wife, Antie, shall have the just half of the residue in house, land, real and personal property, as well as all that is coming to me from my father, as his testament will show. — My children, i. e., my son Jan and my daughter Jannetje, and my wife, Antie, who is at present with child, shall have the other half (as before). — If my wife should remarry, she is to appoint guardians over the minors, and to deliver to them one half part of the estate. If she remains unmarried, she is to possess everything.) Signed by the testator. Teunis Elissen (his mark) (Cornelius Bogardus, Teunis Tappen, Teunis Tappen & Jan Heermans Junior, appeared be- Jan Heermans Juer fore the Court, March 9/10, 1703/4, C. Bogardus proving the will). (Luycas De Witt, son of Tjerck Claessen De Witt (q; v.), m. Dec. Z2, 169s, Annatf'e Delva. d. of Anthony D. and Jannetie Hillebrants, and had issue: i. Jannetje, bt. March 7, 1697, m. July 19, ijiy, Cornelis Langendyk (bt. N. Y., July 10, 1689, s. of Pieter Janse L. and Geertie Comelis); ii. Barbara, bt, Nov. 12, 1699, m. March 25, 1715, Johannes Van Lenven, who nu, 2,, May 22, 1725, HiUigond Roosa; iii. Jan', bt. Dec. 8, 1700, m. after Sept. 26, i^si. Ariantje Oster- houdt (bt; March 9, 1712, d. of Gysberf O. and Mantje Bogardus, res. Katskilf); it. Luycas, bt. Sept 16, 1703. m. Jan. 17, 1729, Catherine Roosa (bt. Febr. 16, 1709, b. Hurley, d. of Evert R. and Tietje Van Etten). — ^Antje, the widow of Luycas De Witt* m: 2., March 3Xj 1706, Gerrit Van Bunschoten, and m. 3., Oct. 26, 1721, Hendriek Rasekrans, widower of Antje Vredenberg. — ^Luycas De Witt was a commander and joint owner with his father of a sloop called St. Barbara.) Page 319.— TEN BROECK, WESSEL, Senior, of Foxhall, Will dated Febr. 14, 1695/6, and written in Dutch. Long religious preamble. A,«-^c6> "Myn will En begeerte, dat het houwelyck voorwaarde met myn huys- vrouw Laurentja Kellenaar gemaakt volkomentlyck sal opgevolkt werden." "Aan myn ouste Soon IVessel ten Broeck" "vier morgen Landt uyt myn Bouw Landt" "de geregte vierde part van myn gantsche Bouwery En dat het myn Bouwery in vier parcelen by morgen getal sal werden gelyt" "myn voors. soon" "sal" "betalen aan myn Andere drie soons wat de voors. gedeelte meerder in Waardy by onpartydige besworen Sal gewardeert Werden, als Wanneer myn soons : sullen tot Mondigen dage gekomen syn, vprders Soo geeve ick aan myn voors. soon Wessel ten Broeck" "de geregte agste part van myn huysing En gront in Kingstowne, En de regte agste part van al myn Roerende Staat. Myn voors. soon sal vrij- staan te mogen na sigh in Eijgendom te nemen Een Neger de keur van myn Negers, En daar voor te alloweren in de Erfenisse van de Roerende Staat de Somme van Ses en Dartigh pondt." "Insgelyck ordonnere ick dat Niemant van myn Erfgenamen sullen mogen verhinderen of soeeken te verhinderen t' Dammen tot preservatje van Water en de gront noodight tot het Dammen te Laten gebruy- ken En de Loop van het Water tot het gebruyck voor myn voors. soons Molen." "Myn voors. soon of syn ordre of Erfgenamen sullen gehouden syn te betalen de quantityt van Een Duysent Schepels tarw aan myn vier Dogters" "met namen Maria, Elsie, Geertruy, en Sara, jeder de geregte vierde part van voors. somme in den tyt van vier Jaren." Book of Deeds, Liber I. 67 "Aan myn soon Coenraat ten Broeck" "de geregte vierde part van my gantsche Bouivery, Except wat hier voren, voor uyt gemaakt is aan myn Soon Wessel ten Broeck," "ende de aghste part van myn huysing en grondt in Kingstowne En de Aghste part van myn gantsche Roerende Staat En gehouden te betalen de quantityt van Een Duysen Schepels tarw aan myn vier dogters." "Aan myn soon Johannis ten Broeck' "de geregte part van myn gentsche Bouivery, Except wat hier vooren voor uyt gemaakt is aan myn soon Wessel ten Broeck" also "de aghste part van myn huysing En grondt in Kingstown, En de aghste part van myn gantsche Roerende Staat, En betalen' de quantityt van Een Duysent Schepels tarw, aan myn vier Dogters" (as before). "Aan myn soon Jacob ten Broeck" "de geregte vierte part van myn gantsche Bouivery, Except wat hier vooren, voor uyt gemaakt is Aan myn Soon Wessel ten Broeck" also "de Aghste part van myn huysing En grondt In Kingstowne" (on condition as before). "Aan myn vier Dogters met namen Maria huysvrouw van Charles Brodheadj Elsie huysvrouw van Cornelis Decker, Geertruy En Sara ten Broeck" "om Egalyck onder haar gedeelt Werden" "Een hondert & twe Ackers Landt" "gelegen ontrent t' Landt van Gerrit Aartse volgens gront- brief myn toe behoorende als mede de geregte helft van myn huysing En gront in het Dorp Kingstowne, En de geregte helft van myn gantsche Roerende Staat als mede de quantityt van vier Duysent Schepels tarw te Ontfangen van myn soons in sodanige terme als voren geordonn'rt is." "Geen myn voors. soons Sullen vermogen haar portie in myn Boui- very to verkopen. Except t' selve door haar broeder of breeders gecogt Wert, Eh dat myn drie Jongste soons portie van voors. Bouiwery niet Ten Enemaal sal gedeelt werden voor dat de Jongste soon tot Mondigen daagen sal gekomen syn." "Myn soon Wessel ten Broeck sal gehouden syn myn onmodige soons te alimenteren En optevoeden en te Laten Leeren lesen & schruyven. En Elck int besonder bequame kunst of handtwerck te Laten leeren waar best haar genegnthyt toe sal strecken En bequamhyt hebben." "Indien" "dat Eenige van myn onmondige soons" mogte Comen te overlyden" t' portie van de overleden sal Egaalyck onder myn andere soons gedeelt werden, mits gehouden uyttekeeren en te betalen aan myn voors. Dogters de Somme dewelcke de overleden verobligeert waren." "Myn ongetroude Dogters met namen Geertruy en Sara sullen hebben uyt myn Staat alswanner deselve mogten Comen in den houelycken Staat te treden sodanige uytsetting van bedding kleeding Etc. als myn andere getroude dogters genoten hebben." (My will and desire is that the marriage contract with my wife Laurentja Kellenaar shall be fulfilled. — To my eldest son, Wessel Ten Broeck, four morgen land of my farm land, the just fourth part of my whole farm, my farm to be divided in four parcels of morgens, my son 68 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. to pay to my three other sons the value of the said land, as appraised by uninterested witnesses. When my sons reach the age of majority, my son Wessel is to have % of my house and ground in Kingston, and J^ of all my personal estate, and my said son shall be permitted to take the choice of one of my negroes, and to allow therefore a sum of £36 in personal property. — I order that none of my heirs shall prevent or try to prevent the running of the water needed for my sons' grounds and mills. My said son to pay to my four daughters (named), 1000 schepels of wheat, each one quarter, payable in four years. — To my son Coenraat Ten Broeck the just fourth part of my whole farm, except what has been devised to my son Wessel. Also one eight part of my house and ground in Kingston, and one eight part of my whole personal estate, and to pay the quantity of 1000 schepels of wheat to my four daughters (as above). — Similar bequest to son Johannis. — Similar bequest to son Jacob. — To my four daughters, Maria, wife of Charles Broadhead, Elsie, wife of Cornells Decker, Geer- truy and Sara, 102 acres of land, to be equally divided between them, situated near the land of Gerrit Aartse, according to deed, and one half of my whole personal estate, as well as 4000 schepels of wheat to be received from my sons, on terms already stated. — My sons are not to sell their por- tions of my farm, except between themselves, and my three youngest sons' shares shall not be disposed of until the youngest one has reached the age of majority. — My son Wessel shall be bound to educate, maintain and teach my younger sons to read and write, and to let them acquire some pro- fession or trade, which will be best for them. — If any of the minors should die, his portion to be divided among the other sons, they to pay to the daughters such sums as the deceased may be indebted to them. — My un- married daughters, Geertruy and Sara are to have, when they marry, an outfit of beds and what thereto belongs, as well as clothing, similar to what my other married daughters received.) Son Wessel ten Broeck appointed executor, with "schoonsoons Charles Brodhead, En Comelis Decker." Signed by the testator. Jan Lathaer (his mark) (On Jan. 6, 1704/5 appeared before the Abram Tietsoo Court Wm. De Meyer and Liftenant Jan W. D. Meyer Lathair, proving the will.) ( See his will, supra) . Page 326.— KETTLE, JEREMY, Senior, of Marbletown. Will dated Jan. 20, 1703/4. "Unto my deare and welbeloved wife Elizabeth Kettle my house & home lott where I now live during ye time of her naturall life and after her decease to my three youngest Children Richard Susan, and Elizabeth" also to wife "the Just fifth part of all my Estate and also all my household goods." "Unto my Eldest Soon Jeremy Kettle the Just fifth part of all my Book of Deeds, Liber I. 69 Estate Except of my house & home lott and house hold goods with this Condition that he pays out of his part of said Estate unto William Annis the summe or quantity of thirty schepples of good Winter Wheat." "Unto my sonn Richard ye Just fifth part of all my Estate Except of my house & home lott Whereof I give him the third part upon this condition that out of his part of said Estate he pays unto William Annis the summe or quantity of thirty scipples of good Winter Wheat." "Unto my Eldest daughter Susan ye Just fifth part of all my Estate (except as above and on condition as above). "Unto my Joungest daughter Elizabeth (same share on condition as above). "Unto William Annis ye Just & full Summe of one hundred and twenty Schepples of Wheat to be payd unto him by my Children (as pro- vided). In case of death, the survivors to divide the share. "My trusty & Welbeloved friends & Neighbours Mr. John Cook and Capt. Charles Brad- head" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. John Cook Charles Brodhead (On Sept. 7, 1704 appeared before the Court John Noble Mr. William Nottingham and Capt. Richard Richard Brodhead Brodhead, proving the will.). Wm. Nottingham (Jeremy Kettel m. i,, Catharina Guderis, and had: i. Jeremy, bt. prob. Apr. 24, 1675, m. 2., Elisabeth Claessen, and had: ii. Rutsjert (.Richard)^ bt. July 4, 1697, iii. Susanna, bt. July 14, 1700, iv. Elisabeth, bt. Oct. 25, 1702.) Page 360.— LOURENS, JAN, of Kingstown. j-^ Will dated March 21, 1702/3, an written in Dutch. "Myn huysvrouw Jannecke Lourens sal hebben & genieten de vrugte & profyte van myn geheele Staat gedurende haar Leven mits dat myn voors. huysvrouw gehouden is myn twe kinderen met name Lourens & Blandina te alimenteren En op te voeden En van behoorlycke nootdruft te versorgen." "Aan myn twe kinderen Lourens En Blandina myn gantsche Staat om na bet overlyden van myn huysvrow te possideren om Egalyck onder haar gedeelt te Werden, alleenlyck dat myn soon Lourens voor 6f saal trecken En genieten Dartien Schellinge, als mede dart myn voors. kinderen sullen gehouden syn of die geene die haar Erfdeel mogte Comen te vercrij- gen om uyt te keeren & betalen aan myn voors. huysvrouw voorkinderen met namen Johannis vyftigh Schellinge aan Mettje vyf pondt, En aan Johanna vyftigh Schellinge." (My wife, Jannecke Lourens shall have & enjoy the income and profits of my entire estate during her life, on condition that she maintains and educates my two children (named). — To said children (named above), my entire estate, to be possessed by wife until her decease. 70 . Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Laurens to have, in advance, 30 shillings. My said children shall be bound, when they obtain their inheritance, to pay to my wife's children by her former marriage, Johannis and Johanna, 50 schillings each and to Mettje £5. Wife appointed guardian over the minors. In case of death, the survivors to divide the share. "Tot voogdesse over myn onmondige kinderen myn huysvrow." Wife appointed executrix. Jan Lourens (his mark) Tho. Noxon (Sept. 6, 1705, Thomas Noxon & Wm. D' Meyer W^D Meyer appeared before the Court and proved the will). (Jan Ltturemsm m. Jannetije Schouten, and had: i. Laurens, bt Dec. 23. 16961 "• Blan- dina. bt. Aug. 20, 1699.) Page 368.— HERMANS, JAN, Junior, of Kingstown. Will dated July i8, 1705, and written in Dutch. ^ K^ "Myn huysvrouw Antie Heermans Sal in het besit blyven van myn gantsche Staat" "gedurende den tijt van haar Weduwschap" (my wife to remain in possession of my entire estate during her widowhood). She to sell what is neecessary to maintain herself and the children during her widowhood, but "het Wijlandt myn toebehorende sal overkogt blyven" (the pasture land shall remain unsold) until the children reach the age of majority, when they are to divide it. Should the widow marry again, she is to have the profits of the estate until the children become of age, to maintain and educate them, they then to have one half of the property. "Indien myn vrouws Breeder Eveft van Wageninge quam t' Schoe- makers Ambugt op te Setten (As my wife's brother (named), has gone into the shoemaker's trade) dat by alsdann vry heeft om Een sesde van de gront to gebruycken voor hem in Eijgendom, door myn gecogt van de trustees van Kingstowne, gelegen by t' Molen Killetje tot Een Loijerij als mede t' Sesde gebruyck van de Steen tot malen van syn Runn (he is to have free one sixth of the ground to till, which I bought from the trustees of Kingston, situated at the Mill Kill, at a tannery, as well as a sixth part in the use of the stone to grind his tan). "Aan myn kindered met namen Jacob, Engeltie en Jan (to my children, named), "alle Sodannige portie van myn Staat als hier vooren geschreven is in her vierde Artyckel Wegens myn huysvrouw" (all such portions of my estate as have been described in the fourth article (first paragraph) ; survivors to divide share of deceased children. "Tot voogden over myn onmondige kinderen (as guardians over my children, who are under age) myn Vader (my father) Jan Heermans, myn Schoonvader (my father in law) Jacob Aartse, myn broeder (my Book of Deeds^ Liber I. 71 brother), Aart van Wageninge." Wife appointed executrix. Signed by the testator. JoH°N RoIlILd ^^" ^^^ witnesses appeared. Jan. 2, 1705/6, be- D'Meyer, Clarke ^°^^ *^,« ^°^^' Paving the will). dau, of Jacob Aartse _ . , ., . J. Sept 22, 1788, m. Ehnendorf and Aeriantje Gerritse (Van den Berg): ii. Jacob, (Son of Jan Heermam, Sr. (fl. v.). Jan Hermans, Jr. m. Annatje, (Fon Wagenen) (q. v.), and had issue: i. Bngelt/e, bt. Sept. ii, 1608, d. Sept 22, 1788, m. I>ec. 16, .1720, Cornelis, s. of Conrad Ehnendorf and Aeriantje Gerritse (Fan den Berg): ii. Jacob, bt. Febr. 2, 1701, m. i., Apr. 28, 1725, Mantje, bt March 15, 1725, dau. of Jan Crisfel and Geertte Roosa, m. 2., July 24, 1730, a dau. of Direk Van Vliet and Annatje Adrianse: lii. Jan, bt. Aug. 8, 1703, m. Apr. 24, 1731, Jacomyntje bt. March 23, 1701, dau, of Adam Swart and ilfe«;« Van Slyck.) Page 425.— CRESPEL, ANTOIN, of Kingston. Will dated Nov. 6, 1707, and written in Dutch. (Lxjng religious preamble.) /> "Sod bekenne ick dat ick getransporteert hebbe aan de kindere van Wijlert Pieter Crespel myn Outste soon te weeten Antojn Johannis en ■ Aryaentie Crespel al dat Seeker parceel lants gelegen op Horly of in des- selfs Limieten beginninde van een gemerkte boom ontrent de waage weg tot een Seker fontyn genoemt de groote fontyn die in de groote kill uytwatert als mede ses ackers bos Landt aan de andere Syde van het padt en 00k de derde part van myn lant en de geregtigh't gelegen in de Limieten va het pettent van het dorp van de Niewe Paltz als 00k een lott in de vly van Horly leggende tusschen lott van de Erfgenamen van Jan ElHng en het lott van Pidter Pieterson alles volgens de transport dragende dato den Seven en twintigste dag van december Een duysent Seven hon- dert en vyf. "Als dat myn Soon Jan Crespel van myn gecogt heeft myn land op Horley (Except wat hier boven bekent is) voor de somme ofte quantity t van een duysent Schepels tarw, welke Somme ten deele betaalt is, als mede 't geen hem Competerende was Van Walrand die Mont wegens syn Erve- nisse van Mattys Blanchan heeft die voors. Jan Crespel Insgelyck geor- donn'rt om door myn te ontfangen in part van betaling ook heeft de voors. Jan Crespel Een neger van myn gehadt met naame Ffredrik" "myn voors. Soon Jan Crespel sal hebbe ende genieten" "alles wat myn is Competerende van het gecogte landt en de neeger." "Aan myn dogter Maria Magdeleen huysvrouw van Mattys Slegt" "een negerintie met naame Margriet als mede dat ick aan haar getrans- porteert hebbe de derde part (volgens verslag by myn gemaakt) van myn landt gelegen in de Limieten van 't pattent ven het dorp van de Niewe Paltz als meede soo geeve ick aan myn voors. dogter" "voor Re- compens van verschyde Jaaren kostgelt en de groote dienste aan myn gedaan (gelyck sy nu noch aan myn dagelyck dort) all het gelt truyn is toe komende volgens hiboteek van Moyse Le Cont, En el het gelt myn toe komende van Stephanus Gacherie volgens hypoteek." "Soo bekenne ick getransporteert te hebbe aan myn dogter JanneHe 72 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Recoiojs. huysvrouw van Nicolas Hofman al het buys en Erf door myn van /an Gacherie gecogt waar een hiboteek op is waar op nog drie en twintig pondt" "aan myn voor. Dogter Jannetie" "de geregte d6rde part van myn geheale Staat Except wat bove vermarkt is." "Aan myn dogter Elizabeth huysvrouw van Elias Uin getranspor- teert te hebbe de derde part (volgens overslag by myn gemakt) van myn Landt en geregtighyt gelegen in de Limiten van t' pattent van de Niewe Paltz" "aan myn voors. dogter Elizabeth" "de derde part van myn geheele Staat Except wat bove vergaven is." "Myn Schoonsoon Huybert Suylandt van myn gecogt heeft myn bogaert en gront gelegen in het dorp van Horly volgens transport aan hem gepasseert voor het welke hy noyt meeder als een hondert Schepels tarw betaalt heeft als mede hebbe verschyde Somme aan hem verschoten en voor hem betaalt als ook hebbe aan hem betaalt 't geen Syn Vrouw Sara myn dogter was Competerende wegens haar Ervenisse van Mattys Blanchan," "myn voors. dogter Sal hebben en de genieten" "all 't geene myn is Competerende wegens bogaert en gront ende mede myn verschote gelt verder" "aan dogter Sara" "der derde part van myn geheele Staat Except wat bove vermaakt is." "Schoonsoons Mattys Slegt ende Nicholas Hofman" appointed exec- utors. Signed by the testator. JoHANNiES Westbroeck (William Nottingham, Mr. Jacobus Jacobus Elmendorp Elmendorp, and Mr. Pieter Gimair Paire Guimard appeared, Jan. lo, 1707/8 before the Wm. Nottingham Court, proving the will). (I declare that I have conveyed to the children of Pieter Crespel, deceased, my eldest son, named Antojn, Johannis and Aryaentie Crespel, all that parcel of land, situated in Hurly, beginning at a tree near the wagon-road to a certain spring called the Great Spring, which flows into the Great Kill, as well as six acres of wood land (or turf land) on the other side of the road, as also a third part of my land in the patent of the village of New Paltz, also a lot on the way to Hurly, near the lot of the heirs of Jan Elting and the lot of Pieter Pieterson, all according to deeds, dated Dec. 20, 1705.; — As my son Jan Crespel has bought of me my land at Hurly (except what has been mentioned above) for 1000 schepels of wheat, of which ten parts have been paid, as also there was due him from Walrand die Mont, as heir of Mattys Blanchan, the said Jan Crespel has arranged for me to receive in payment a negro by the name Ffredrik, now my said son Jan Crespel shall have and enjoy all that is due me for that land and the negro. To my daughter Maria M., wife of Mattys Slegt, a negro woman, Margriet, and as I have conveyed to her the third part of my land in New Paltz, I now give to her, for several years board, and in recognition of her great services to me, all the money which is due me from a mort- gage of Moyse Le Cont and Stephanus Gacherie. Book of Deeds, Liber I. 73 I declare that I have conveyed to my daughter Jannetie, wife of Nicolas Hofman, all that house and ground, purchased of Jan Gacherie, whereon there is yet a mortgage of £23. Also a third part of the entire estate. To daughter Elizabeth, wife of Elias Uin, a third part of my land in New Paltz, and the third part of my entire estate. — My son in law, Huybert Suylandt has purchased of me my orchard (boomgard) and ground in Hurly, for which he has not paid more than lOO schepels wheat, and as I have advanced him and have paid to his wife, Sara, my daughter, what was due her as heir of Mattys Blanchan, therefore said daughter shall have and enjoy all that is due me for this orchard and ground, and money advanced. To my daughter Sara one third part of my whole estate, except what has been devised above). (Anthony Krypel (.Crispel, Crespel) came with his wife, Marie, daughter of Matthys Blan- chan (q. V.) from Artois, France, in the "Gilded Otter," April 2j, 1660, and had by Tier: i. Mary Magdalena, bt. Febr. 12, i66z, m. Mattys Sleght, s. of Cornells Barentsen Slecht and Tryntje Tysen Bos (q. v.); ii. Pieter.iit. Dec. 21, 1664, m. Neeltje Gerritse Newkirk, dau. of Gerrit Cor- nelissen N. and HeAdrikje Pdulus (the widow m. 2., Febr. 18, 1697, Johannes Schepmoes, bt. Apr. 7, 1672, s. of Dirck Janse S. and Maria WUlems); iii. Lysbef, bt. Oct. 3, 1666, d. y. ; iv. Lyslfet, bt. Oct. is, 1668, m. Elias Ean; v. Sarfi^ bt. June 18, '1671, m. Huybert Suylandt; vi. John, bt. July 21, 1674, m.. May 25, 1701, Geertje Janse Roosa. Anthony Crispel m., 2., Petronella Demon, and had issue: vii. Jannetje, bt. June 4, 1682, d. y.; viii. Jean, bt. Oct. 12, 1684, d. y.; ix. Jannetie, bt. Febr. 7^ 1686, m., Dec 3, 1704, Nicholas Half man, s. of Martinits H. and Emmerentje D* Witt (sec Nicholas Hoof man). Page 429.— LOW, PIETER CORNELISSE, of Kingstown, Yeoman. Will dated Dec. 20, i6go. rK "My deare beloved wife Elizabeth shall possess and Injoy all my Estate of lands Chatties, and Implements of household goods and tene- nlents" "during her widdo ship" "but if my said wife shall Come to Remarry again yt shee shall deliver to my Children ye Right halfe of all my Estate" "and yt she shall have ye other halfe" "and yt the other halfe of my Estate to be Rented out or uppon use untill ye Youngest of my Children be Come to their age and then what is Left of that halfe to bee Equally Devided among them all and noot before, also I will yt my wife Shall w'th :in one Yere after my death deliver or Cause to be delivered to my Eldest Sonn Cornelis Pieterse Low one horse." PiETER CoENELissE Low (the mark William Haynes of, sett by his own hand) John Peterse (his mark) (Humphrey Davenport appeared, Humphrey Davenport March 4, 1707/8, before the Court, proving the will). (See his former will, supra.') Page 431.— SWART, CORNELISSE, THEUNIS and VAN DER LIN- DEN, Elizabeth, l^^ Aju^XA^ Will dated July 21, 1677, and written in Dutch. "Naar de middagh ontrent 7 uren voor my Lodevicus Cobes Secrets : van Schanegtede ende voor de naargenoemde getuygen gecompareert 74 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. ende Verschenen zyn, den Eersamen Theunis Cornelisse Swart, ende Elizabeth vander Linden Echte beyden my Secretario wel bekent" know- ing the shortness of the human life, etc., the longest liver to have "actien en Crediten, gelt, gout, zilver, gemunt en ongemiuit, Juweelen, Kleederen, linnen, woolen, huysraat en de anders" and if the longest liver were to marry "de helft eene Schifinge en de Deelinge gemaakt Sal worden voor haare Elf kinderen te Samen geproucureert ende in 't leven zynde Insgelyke Soo sy byde testateuren mogten komen te overlyden sen- der in eenander heuwelyk te treden, is haar begeeren dat de minder jaarige kinderen uyt de Effecten Sullen groot gemaakt worden." (Near noon about 7 o'clock ( i) before me, Lodevicus Cobes, Sec- retary of Schenectady and for the undersigned witnesses, appeared the worthy Theunis Cornelisse Swart and Elizabeth van der Linden, his wife, — the longest liver to have bonds, book-debts, money, gold, silver, coined and uncoined, jewels, clothing, linnen, woolen, household-goods. "If the survivor should marry, one half to go to their" children, begotten by them, and if so should happen that both the testators should die without having married again, the minors shall be brought up from the proceeds of the estate.) Theunis Cornelisse (het mark) Leysebeth Van der Lenden SwEER Thonissen (het merk) domine aukes My Present Lodevicus Cobes Secrets: (T. C. S. and Elisabeth Lendt (.Van de Linde) had issue; i. Cornelis, b. 1652; iL Esais, b. 1653; iii. Teunis; iv. Frederic; v. Adam; vi. Marytje (m. Claas Lourense Van de Voleen); »ii. Jacomyntje (m. i., Pieler Viele, m. 2.,Bennony Arenise Van Hoeck and 3> ComeUs Vynhout), For their descendants, see: Pearson's First Settlers of Schenectady, pps, 180-184, and Pearson's First Settlers of Albany, p. J07. — T. C. S. on June 16, 1664 had a patent of "the double bouwery No. 10," in Schenectady Patent (Schen. Patents, 309). — Elizabeth, his widow, then wife of Jacii Meese Vrooman, of Albany, on Febr. 20, 168^-6, conveyed to her son, Jesias Swart 8 acres on the south end of this farm (Schen. Deeds, iii, p. 310). — ^Jacob Meese Vrooman, carpenter, and surveyor of Beverwyck, in his will, July 20, 1691, proved Sept. 22, 1691, mentions no children, the wife to occupy '%iy house by the bridge formerly Dom. Schaets." — ^Elizabeth, the widow, m. 3., Oct. 14, 1691, Wouter Uythoif, of Albany, and on Apr. 26, 1692, he and his wife, Elizabeth, for S40 beavers conveyed the whole farm to Claas Lourense Van Purmerend (van der Volgen) (Schen. Deeds, iv.. p. 34). Page 442.— ROOSA, HYMAN, of Hurly. ^ Will dated Aug. 23, 1708, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble.) ^-f. \jjl^ "Myn drie Soonen met namen Allert Nicolas en de Gysbert Sail heb- ben" "gelyk" "myn geheele vaste en onroende staat" "op Conditie dat sy daar voor betalen" "aan myn vier dogters met naamen Jannetie huys- vrouw van Philip Hooghtyling Wyntie huysvrouw van Willem Crom, Ragel ende Lea de Somme van Een hondert vyftigh pondt." (My three sons, A. N. and G., to have my whole real and personal estate, on condi- tion that they pay to my four daughters, J., wife of P. H., W., wife of W. C, R. and L., the sum of £150). Book of Deeds^ Liber I. 75 "Aan myn vier voors. dogters de bovege melde Somma van Een bonder en vyftigh pondt" "in twe Jaaren na myn overlyden" (to my four daughters said sum of £150, to be paid within four years after my de- cease). • "Myn twe Jongste dogters Ragel en Lea Sal drie Jaaren na myn overlyden" "of myn staat Wei gekleet en de gereet Werden na behooren" (my youngest daughters, R. and L., shall be well clothed for three years after my decease). "Aan myn Oudste Soon Allert voor uyt van myn Losse en Roerende Staat Een paart of een koe de keur van myn stat (my oldest son, A., shall have the choice of a horse or a cow in advance out of my estate). Sons Allert Rosa, Nicolaes Rosa and Gysbert Rosa appointed exec- utors. Signed by the testator. (Mr. William Nottingham and Jacobus Jan Roosa Van Etten, on Sept. 9, 1708, appeared Mattys Louw before the Court: Mr. William Legg, Jacobus Van Netten Esq., Judge, Capt. Dirck Schepmoes, Wm. Nottingham I^""- J°i" ^°S^ ^"<^ <^*P*- P^"'«s Brod- head, Esq., Justices, provmg the will,) (.Albert Heymans, farmer, came from Herwynen, Gelierland, April 15, 1660 in the "Spotted Cow, with his wife, Wyntje Ariens (.IVeilke de Jonge), and 8 children, aged resp, 17, 15, 14, 9, 8, 7, 4i and z years, settled in Esopus, and assumed the name of ROOSA. — Albert Hymans Roosa received on Aug.. 19, J664, a patent of land in Wyldwyck. He died Febr. 27, 1679. Of his chil- dren: Heyman was b. 1643, Arien, b. 1645, Jan, b. 1651. m. HiUegondt Wiltems, like, m. Roelof Kierstede, Mary, tk. Laurens Jansen," Neeltie, to. after Nov. 3, 1676, Henry Pawling, Jannetie, m. in Hurley, Nov. 16, 1679, Matthys Ten Eyck of N. Y., G%ert, bt. June 15, 1663. "Hie filius obijt ante baptismum" (this son died after baptism). (Albert Heymans, Arent Albertsen, his son, et al, were "convicted upon oath and affirmance for taking of arms in a riotous and illegal manner upon the i6th of Febr., 1666, to awe, terrify and supress his Majesty's English (jarrison estab- lished at Esopus." They "deserved to be put to death" but the (jovemor, "ipclining to mercy" sentences Albert Hymans to be bannished out of this Government, during life, and he is to have 48 hours to transport bis estate, and that a fine of 100 bushels of wheat or value thereof be levied on his estate in the Esopus for charges of Court, and Arent Albertsen, his son, is sen- tenced to be banished for one whole jrear and a day, and he is to have 40 days to remain in the Esopus for the disposal of his and his father's affairs." One half of the time was remitted by the Governor, upon petition of A. H., and "he may remain in any part of the ' Government except Esopus, New York and Albany, and his son may remain till his corn is husked, threshed and disposed of." Heyman Alderse Roosa m. Ann Margriet Rosevelt, and had issue: i. Aldert, bt. March 2, 1679, b. in Hurley,^™. June 21, 1696, Petronella Van Etten; ii. Claes (Nieholaes), bt Apr. 27, 1684, m. Dec. 18, 1720, Zara Rutse; iii. Gysbert, bt. Oct. 17, 1686; iv. Neeltie, bt. Oct. 13, 1689; V. Rachel, bt. Apr. 19, 1696, m„ Dec. g, ijis, Totanmes Ten Broeck (q. v.); Jannetie, m. Nov. 30, 1702, Philip Hobgteeling: Wyntje, m. Nov. 12, J699, Willem Crom, of Mdrbletown; Lea; (Jannetje and Wyntje were bom, prob., before Sachel and Lea). (See also' Doc. Hist N. Y., ill, p. 36, iv., p. 39; Doc. rel. to Col. Hist, of N. Y., xiii. Hist, of Kingston, p. 22, 28-29; N. Y. Gen. Reg., 1000 pps. 163-; Hist of the State of N. Y., by Broadhead, p. 690; Reg. of New Netherland, by OXallaghan, p. 71, 158). Page 452.— HENDRIX, GRITIE, "weduwe van Wijlen" (widow of deceased) Dirck Hendrikse, of Foxhall. ^i^ Will dated Sept. 26, 1708, and written in Dutch. "Myn neger man met naame Pieter Sal vry syn van Slaverny Sonder i*Laurens Jansen Low, b. in Holland, 1651, brother of Cornelis Jansen Kortright, A. in 1727. They were sons of Jan Bastiaesen. who came over in 1663 with his two sons. C. j. Kort- right m., 1665, Metje, dau. of Bastiaen Elyessen (Metje Cornelis). 76 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. dat Jemant mynent Wegen of op Eenige andere manier de voors. neger tot een Slaaf Sal mogen gebruyken of aanvenden, Insgelyck Soo geeve ik aan myn voors. neger de geregte Derde van myn buys en gront in Kings- town, alsmede een vaars van drie Jaren out, twaalf en een vierde Stuk van Agten voor syn Wek te goet bij Abram Chambers, twe en veertigh guldens te goet bij Matty s Slegt voor Speck, alle myn Bijlen & Wiggen, al myn Slaap geet, te Weter, Bed, peulen, kussen, & Deekens, als mede de geregte derde van all myne overige Roerende Staat, Except wat hiernader particulier uytgedrukt is (my negro by the name P. shall be free from slavery, and nobody shall use him for my sake or for any other reason ; I also give him one third of my house and land in K., a bullock three years old, I2j4 pieces of eight, for his work due him from A. C, 42 guldens from M. S. for pork, all my hatches and wedges, all my 'sleeping goods', that is, bed, pillows, cushions and coverlets, as well as a third of all my personal estate, except what I have disposed of here below). "Aan de Doacony van de duyste gereformeerde Kerk van Kings- town" "in der tyt de geregte Derde van myn buys & gront in Kingstowne als mede all t' geene my Deugdelyk is Competerende van Jam van Vliet (to the deaconry of the Dutch Reformed Church of K. one third of my house and land in K., as well as all what is virtually due me from J. van v.). "Aan Mr. William Legg" "Een hondert ackers op Landt myn tobe- hoerende gelegen in de Corporatie Kingstowne volgens transport van de trustees van voors : Corporatie (to Mr. W. L. 100 acres of land in the Corporation of K., conveyed to me by the Trustees thereof). "Aan Bastyaen de Witt van Kingstowne" "de geregte Derde van myn buys en gront in Kingstowne als mede een geregte derde van myn Roe- rende Staat" (to B. de W. of K. one third of my bouse and land in K., as well as one third of my personal estate). "Aan Willem Traphagen" "all 't geene my Deugdelyk is Compete- rende van Huybert Aarts volgens bont aan my gepasseert, als mede een geregte derde van myn Roerende Staat" "mits dat de voors : Willem Traphagen gehouden is de onkoste van myn begraven te betalen" (to W. T. all what is virtually due me from H. A., according to a bond, as well as one third of my personal estate" "provided said W. T. pays for the costs of my burial). "Aan Geertie Maston dogter van Cornelis Maston Een koe genaemt Blaar" (to G. M., daughter of C. M., a cow called B.). Mr. William Legg and William Traphagen appointed executors. Gritie Hendrix (her mark) Witnessed by Abraham Lamaitre, Cornelis Maston, and D. Meyer, who all appeared before the Court, Jan. 17, 1708/9, proving the will. Book of Deeds, Liber I. "jy The following wills of Hugh Frere in the possession of Mr. Ralph Lefevre, of New Palis, are not on record in Kingston, Albany or New York. I. FRERE, HUGUE, of The Paltz, laborer. Will dated Sept. 4, 1697/8, and written in French. Nostre aide soit au nom de Dieu qui a fait le ciel et la terre. Amen. Par devant Abraham Hasbroucq, Justicier de paix au palle Comtes de Ulster et Louis Beviere et Jean Cottin demeurant au dit Palle comparu Hugue Frere, labourer, demeurant aussi au palle de sa pure et franche volonte estant tres saint d'esprit et d'entendement, sachant quel'heure de la mort est incogneue a tons les hommes desirant qu'apres son trepas tous ses enfants vivent en bonne union et concorde nous a declare sa volonte pour son testament pour a qui regarde tous ses biens, meuble et immeuble, premierement a dit que hugue Frere son fils aisnes aura dix pieces de huit pour son droit d'aisnes aussi a dit que trois de ses plus jeune enfans Jacob, Jean et Sara apres son trespas ils jouiront de toutes les terres et sa maison et tous ses parterre en fin de tous les immeujusques a ce que la dite fille Sara soit parvenue a I'age de seize ans sans payer aucune louage a leur autres frere et soeurs et apres que la dite fille Sara aura seize ans ils pourront partager tous ensemble tous les meuble et immeuble egalement apres quil auront payer toutes les dettes la reserve que sa fille Sara aura un lit de plume et un traver et deux couver et une vache et elle aura cecy hors de part et par dessus les autres et son fils Jacob aura en cheval a choisir dans son escurie. II aura le dit cheval hors de part et par desu les autres, et son fils Jean prendra aussy un cheval a choisir et ils aura aussy le dit cheval hors de part et par dessus les autres pareillement a leur autres freres et soeurs que ont pris cy devant chacun un cheval et Marie Frere une vache. La dit hugue Frere, testateur, establie et suplie son fils huge Frere de maintenir le bon droit et interest de ses freres et soeurs j usque a ce quils seront en age, les dit enfans Jacob, Jean et Sara jouiront aussi bien des meubles que des immeubles jusque specific cy dessus. Le dit testateur recommande tous ses enfans a la sainte protection du bon Dieu et qu'il le benis de ses benedictions, temporel et spirituel. Fait au palle le quatrieme jour de Januie mil six cens nonnante sept. 1697/8. Jean Cottin, temoin; Abraham Hasbrouck, temoin; Marq X Hugue Frere. LouYS Bayvyr, temoin. May our help be in the name of God who made the heaven and the earth. Amen. Before Abraham Hasbrouck justice of the peace at the Paltz, county of Ulster, and Louis Bevier and Jean Cottin living at the Paltz appeared Hugo Frere, laborer, living also at the Paltz, of his (own) pure and 78 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. free will, being of sound mind, and understanding that the hour of death is unknown to all men, desiring that after his death all his children may live in good unity and concord has declared to us his desire for his testa- ment in regard to his properties, moveable and immovable. First, to wit, that Hugo Frere his eldest son shall have ten pieces of eight as his birthright; also to wit that three of the younger children, Jacob, John and Sara after his death shall have all the lands and his house and all the garden plat, in a word all the real property, until said daughter Sara attains the age of i6 years, without paying any rent whatever to their other brothers and sisters, and after the said daugh- ter Sara is sixteen years old they may divide equally among them- selves all the household stock and the real property, after they have paid all the debts ; with the reservation that the daughter Sara shall have one feather bed, one bolster, and two covers (blankets) and one cow, and she shall have these over and above the others; and the son Jacob shall choose from his stable a horse and he shall have the said horse, over and above the others ; and his son Jean shall also choose a horse which shall be over and above the others, similarly to their other brothers and sisters who have taken each a horse, and Marie Frere a cow. The aforesaid Hugo Frere, testator, appoints and entreats his son Hugo Frere to maintain the good rights and interests of his brothers and sisters until they are of age. The said children Jacob, Jean and Sarah shall have the household things and the real property until the time speci- fied above. The testator commends all his children to the divine protection of the good God and asks the blessing of his benificence, temporal and spiritual. Made at the Paltz the fourth day of January, one thousand six hun- dred ninety-seven. (1697/8.) (Hughe Freer, a deacon of the church at New Paltz, Jan. 22, 1683-Dec. 8, 1693, ">• i, Maria Haye, m. 2, Janneke Wibau. "The wife of H. F. died in the Lord." Issue : i. Hugue, b. 1668, m. June 7, 1690, Maria Anna Le Roy; ii. Abraham, b. 1670, m. Apr. 28, 1694, Aeche tvillem Titsoort; iii. Isaac, bt. 1672, d. Aug. 9, 1690; by 2d wife: iv. Jacob, bt. June 9, 1679, m., 170S, Antje Van Weyen; v. Joseph; vi. Jean, h%. Apr. 16, 1682 at Marmur, m. ab. 1704, Rebecca Van Wagenen, d. of Jacob Aartsen (a. v.), and Sarah Pels; vii. Mary, bt. 1686 at Hurley, m. Louis Velle of Schenectady; (See N. ¥, (jen. Reg., 1902, p. 31 et seq. for an account). II. FRERE, HUGH, New Paltz. Will dated Febr. 12, 1706/7 (only pps. 1-2 remains, the rest are missing). (Long religious preamble.) "Myn huysvrouw Marie Anne sail blyven in voile possessie van myn geheele stadt" "gedurende haer weduwschap" (my wife to remain in full possession of my whole estate during her widowhood) "en Indien sy sal koomen te hertrouwen sail sy gehoude syn om twee derde van myn voors. staet aan myn eerfgenamen" "uyt te keeren ende opte Leevere" (and if she should happen to marry, she shall be bound to deliver one tfiird of said estate to my heirs) "Ende na haer overlyden sail de andere Book of Deeds, Liber I. 79 derde van myn voors. staet ock an myn Erfgenemen koomen" (and after her death said third part to go to the heirs). . "Aen myn outste soon Huge voor uyt de somma van £5 voor sy Reght van Eerste geboorene" (to my eldest son, H., £5 for his right c primogeniture). "Tot Erfgenamen myn kinders By namen Huge, Isaap, Simon, Marit Sara, Hester, Cattrma, Blandina, Johannes, znA Benjamin. (As heir children named). "Ende voort de kinders die Ick en myn voors. huyi vrouw uyt ons staende hywelyck moghte coome te procurere om my geheele voors. staet Egaalyck" (and the children which I and my said wife may have shall divide equally with my other children). (See his later will.) BOOK OF DEEDS II. (BB), MARKED 1710. Page 39.— LEQQ, WILLIAM, of Kingstown. Will dated June 5, 1710. v j ^-f u>^ / "Unto my dear wife Susana Legg my whole Estate dureing her Widdowhood but if she hapen to Contract Mariage that then Shee Shall but in joy one third of the same & the other two thirds to be to the only proper use benefit & behoofe of my Children hereafter Exprest dureing her natural Life and then to Returne to my Children as followeth." "Unto my Well beloved Son William Legg" "the Sixth part of all my Stock & moveables Except three Milk Cows bequeathed hereafter with all my land that I dwell upon by name Jacob's Hook and the Hand with the orchard house and barne" "after his mothers decease provided that it shall be vallued by three men upon Oath & in Convenient time after his mothers decease and that the one halfe of the mony that it shall be vallued at the said William shall be bound to pay to my other Children under Expressed in three yeare" (to each a third). "Unto my well beloved Son John Legg" "the Just sixth part of my Stock & moveables Except three milk Cows hereafter bequeathed With the Just fifth part of my Reale Estate Excepting the which I have above bequeathed to my son Wm. Legg." "Unto my Loveing Son in Law Jacobis De Boy" "the sixth part of all my Stock and Moveables Except three Milk Cows" "& the Just fifth part of all my Reale Estate Except the Land and premises bequeathed to my son William." "Unto my Loveing Son in Law Jolm Davenporf "the Just Sixth part of all my Stock and Moveables & one Milk Cow of the three above Excepted. And Likewise the Just fifth part of my Reale Estate Except what is above bequeathed to my Son William." "Unto my Loveing Son In law Johannis Borhans" "the Just Sixth part of all my Stock & moveables and one Milk Cow one of the three above Excepted with the fifth part of all my Reale Estate Except what is above bequeathed to my Son William." "Unto my beloved daughter Saarah Legg" "the Just sixth part of all my Stock & moveables and one Cow the Last of the three above Excepted and the fifth part of all my Reale Estate Except what is above bequeathed to my Son William." "Friends and neighbours James Whitaker and Edward Whitaker" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. Keyn Osterhoudt (Witnesses appeared before the Henderik Burhans Court, Aug. 28, 1710, proving PiETER OsTERHOUT (hismark). the will). Book of Deeds, Liber II.. 81 (W. L. m. Susanna Maret (.Marrid), and had issue: i. William, m. Geesje Ploeg, dau. of Henric P. (see his will) ; ii. Susanna, bt. Sept. 22, 1678, m. March 26, 1699, Jan (Jacobus) Du Boil, b. Ltyden, Holland; iii. Maria, bt. Apr. 9, 16&2, m., after Nov. 15, 1707, John Devenport; in the baptismal records, her parents name are given- as Wm. Lucass and Susanna Marrid; iv. Margriet, bt. Jan. 27, 1684 (dau. of Willem Luyck and Susanna Marrid), ra. i. Johannes Berhans, m. 2., Apr. 7, 1726, Borent Von Btnthuysen, widower of Jannetjen Von Wageningen; v. Sara, bt. June 6, 1686, m., 1711, Jacob Kool; vi. 5<»nH«J, bt. March 25, 168S; and John Lege, b. Kingston, m., Apr. 21, 1701, Annttje Fynhouf). Page 192.— SCHOONMAKER, HENDRICK, of Kingstown. Will dated Jan. 12, 1711/12. ri/( f- i^^^- C" "Unto my well beloved and dear wife Geertruy ray whole Estate both Real and personall dureing her widdowhood but If She Should Contract Marige that then two thirds of my whole Estate both real and personal! to be to" "my Children" "and only one third to my wife during her natural! life and then to Return to my said Children." "To my beloved son Hendrick Schoonmakef" "negro boy named Tom and With the eleventh part of my whole Estate both real and per- sona!!." "To my well beloved Son Johcmis Schoonmaket'' "the Just Elevmth part of my whole Estate both real and personall Excepting a negro boy Tom." "To my well beloved son Tyrk Schoomrmker" "the Just Eleaventh part of my whole Estate real and personal! Excepting a negro boy." "To my Beloved Son Jacobus Schoonmaker" "Sie Just Eleaventh part of my whole Estate both real and personal! Excepting a negro boy." "To my beloved- Son Heskiah Schoomnak^' "the just Eleaventh part of my wliole Estate" "Excepting a negro boy." "To my well beloved daughter Barbarae Schoonmaker" "the Just Eleventh part of my whole Estate" "Excepting The negor boy Tom." "To my beloved daughter Else Schoonmakef^' the Eleventh part. — "To beloved daughter Janitie Schoonmaker'' "the Eleaventh part." — ^"To beloved daughter Same Schoonmaker^' the eleventh part. To daughter Ecetriena Sdixwnmccker the eleventh part. — To daughter Mariae Schoon- maker the eleventh part. If any of the children should die "under age", the survivors to divide that share. "Broder Egbert Schoonmaker and my friend and neighbour Edward Whittaker" appcnnted executors. Signed by the testator. (Mr. James Whitfaker, Mr. James Whittaker Comeles Vernoy Jun'r. & Mr. CoRNELES Vernoy Peter Osterhout appeared before Peteh Osterhout (his mark), the Court, Apr. 12, 1712, prov- ing the will). Henr. Beekman Arien Gerritsen Evert Wynhoop A true Coppy Wm. NottinghaMj Clark. 82 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Hendrick Hendrixen Schoonmaker, s. of Hendrick Jochemse S. and Elsie Janse (see Jochem S.), m., March 24, 1688, Geertmy de Witt, dau. of Tierek Claessen De Witt (q. v.), and had issue: i. Elsie, bt. Apr. 14, i68i>, d. y.; ii. Heskia, bt. Apr. 14, 1689; iii. Barbara, bt May 26 1691, m., Oct. 30, 1719, Wihelmus Ploeg; iv. Eisie, bt. Apr. 17, 1692, m., June (3, 1713. Ntcholas De Meyer (bt. Oct 14, 1683, s. of Wilhelmus De Meyer and Catherine Bayard (q.. v.) ; V. Hendrick, bt. June 3, 1694, m., Oct. 16, 1724, Tryntje Oosterhoudt; vi. Jannetje, bt. Aug. 18, 169s, d. y^ vii. Johannes, bt, July 4, 1697, m.. May is, 1729. Ariaentje HoogteKng (see Johannes S.); via. Tjerck, bt. Jan. 22, 1699, m., Nov. 21, 1729, Theodosia (CftiMflfeet^ bt. May 7, 1719, d. March 6, 1791, dau. of Edward W. and Hillitje Burhans (see Tyrricb S.) i nc Jacob, bt. Nov. 3, 1700; X. JannetiCi bt. Oct. 4, 1702, m., Sept. 30, 1720, Hendrick Oosterhoudt; pd, Sarah, bt. March 2, 1707, d. y.; xii. Catrintt, bt. Febr. 11, 1709, m., Jan. 14, 1731, Abraham Person; xiii.'Sarah, bt. Oct. 12, 1710, m., Aug. 19, 1726, Cornells Macklm}. . Page 196.— M ASTON, CORNELIS, of Kingstown. Will dated Jan. 30, 1712, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble.) "Aan myn outste soon Johanis Masten Een schiet roer tegenwoordig In zyn possessie." "Myn beminde huysvrouw Elizabeth sail blyve in Voile possessie van myn geheele Staat gedurende de tyt Van haar Wedu- weschap en Indien sy Comt te hertrouwen sail zy gehouden zyn om de gerechtige helleft van voors. Staat aan myn kinders uyt te keren ende na haar Doot sail de andere helft 00k aan myn kinders Coomen." (To my eldest son, J. M., a gun, now in his possession. My said wife Elisabeth shall remain in full possession of my whole estate during her widowhood, and if she should happen to marry, she shall be bound to convey one half of my estate to my children, and at her death the other half shall also go to my children.) "Aan myn vyf Kinders mett naamen Johannis Maston Aart Masten, die vertie huysvrouw van Gysbert Van den Bergh (named Diewertje {De- borah), as will be seen later). Antic Maston en Geertie huysvrouw van Arien Vliet" "myn gehele Staat" (to my five children, by name J. M., A. M., the worthy wife of G. V. d. B., A. M., and G., wife of A. V., my entire estate). Wife appointed executrix. Signed by the testator, and witnessed by Abraham Lametter, Willem Schepmoes, Aart Van Wagenen, and Wm. Nottingham, who all appeared before the Court : Henry Beekman, Jacob Rutsen, Dirck Schepmoes, on March 6, 1711/12, proving the will. (Cornelius Masten, (s. of John Masten, or Marston, an Englishman, who settled at Flushing previous to 1644, and m. Dievertje Jans, Oct. 27, 1650, and who in his will, dated Febr. 14, 1670 (N. Y. Sur. Office, Liber L, p. 116) mentions "my two sons, John and Cornelius, under age, daughter Elisabeth and Katherine) m. ab. 1676, Elisabeth Aartse (Van Wagenen), dau. of Aart Jacobsen (Van Wagenen) and Annetje Gerrits (a. v.), and had issue: i. Johannes, bt. March 31, 1678, m. 1., Oct. 19, 1701, Marytje Swart, m. 2., Jan. 25, 1712, Maria Wells (see Enekiel Masten); ii. Diewertje (Deborah), m. Oct. 20, 1700, Gysbert Van den Burgh; iii. Aart, bt. Sept 22, 1682, m., Sept. 9, 1704, Pieternella Viele; iv. Aniie, bt Aug. 18, 1684, m., May 1, 1712, Mottys Janse, s. of Jan Matthysen and Magdalena Blanshan (q. v.); v. Geertie (Grietjen), bt Nov. 6, 1687, m., Febr. 11, 1711, Arie, bt July 12, 1686, s. of Dirck Van Vliet and Anna Andriesen). Page 205.— MOURITZ, FREDRICK PIETERSEN, of Marbletown. Will dated May 30, 1709, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble.) s^K -^^^ "Myn huysvrouw Engeltie sail besitten En blyven in voile possestie van myn gehele Staat om geduerende haar Leven" "met Conditie zy on- Book of Deeds, Liber II. 83 geuwt blyeft maar Indien zy Comt te hertrouwen sail zy myn geheele voors. staat dat alsdan inweesen sail aan myn Erfgenamen hier onder beschreeven." "Myn outse Soon Pieter" "dertigh schepels goede winter tarw voor Reght van Eerst geboorene." "Aan myn seven kinders mett naamen Pieter Jannetie Mourits Engel- tie Oeyke Geertruy ende Elizabeth" "myn geheele Staat om Egaalyck onder haar alle gedeelt te werden uytegenomen de dertigh schepele taruw aan Pieter." (My wife E. shall possess and remain in possession of my whole estate during her life, on condition that if she should happen to marry, it shall go to my heirs named below. My eldest son, P., 30 schepels of winter wheat, his right of primogenitur. To my seven children, P., J., M., E., O., G., and E., my entire estate, to be equally divided among them with the exception of the 30 schepels of wheat given to P.) Wife appointed executrix. Signed by the testator. Hendrick Bogart (his mark) Tans Middagh ^^^- Hendrick Bogart, Capt. T ,, Toris Middagh, & Wm. Notting- JoRis Middagh ^am, appeared before the Court, Wm. Nottingham. May 30, 1709, proving the will). (.Frederick Pietersen iMourits) m. Engeltje Hendrick, and had issue: i. Pieter, bt. Oct. i6, 1667, m. after May 17, I7a7» Marya Haal, widow of Jan Bix; ii. Jannetie, bt. June 18, 1671, m. before Nov. 13, 1692, Isaac Davids; Hi. Hendrick, bt. prob. Apr. 24, 1675; iv. Engel, bt. Febr. 9, 1670: V. Geertruid, bt. July 28, 1684, m. (as Geertruy Mouritse) , Joseph Stevense; vi. Blysabetlt, bt. Dec. s, 1686; vii. Oeyke, m. Aug. 29, 1703,. /onj (George') Hale (her name is also spelled Oeyeke Mauritste, Outie Mouritse, Oetje Mauris). Page 323.— COTTIN, CATHERINE, of Kingston. Will dated July 23, 1712, and written in French. "Nostra Aid soit au nom de Dieu qui a fait le ciel et Laterre Amen Moy Catherine Cottin estant tres sain desprit et detendement Et ayant poir mon mary Jean Cottin Merchand demeurant a Kingston dans La County de Ulster province de nouvel York et Considerant que Lheur de la Mort Est Incognue a toutes Creature humaine apres avoir Recommande mon ame a Mon Creatur tous puissans dieu et mon Saveur & Redempteur et par Le merite de son fils Jesus Christ Je croy Estre sauvez et avoir Remission de mes pechez et Espere a La Resurection de Juste par la Vertur esticace de la passion de Nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ posseder Le Royaume du Ciel prq)arez a ses Eleu." (In the name of God, who has made the heaven and the earth, I, C. C, of good mind and memory, and being wife of Jean Cottin, merchant, living in K., in the county of U., New York, considering that the hour of death is unknown to all human creatures, I recommend my soul to my Creator, almighty God, and my 84 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Saviour and Redeemer, hoping, by the merit of his son, Jesus Christ, that I shall find remission for all my sins, and at the resurrection of the righte- ous, by the virtue and passion of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, to possess the Kingdom of Heaven, prepared for his elect). "Dont il paroist par L'inventaire que Jay ffait aves mon dit Mary Jean Cottin" "Je doit avoir Le troisieme part du profitt que dieu nous a donnez par ces bontez ensemble — avec mondit Mary Jean Cottin de puis L'heur de nostra Mariage Jusques a Mon trespas premierement" (As it appears from an inventory, which I made with my said husband, J. C, that I should have one third of all the profits which God, in his grace, has given unto us, from the hour of my marriage with said husband, J. C, until I passes away) "Je veux" "que la franchise dattez du vingt deuxieme jour de septembre mil sept Cens Et deux que Je donne a Rachel quest son nom apres avoir Estez baptisez Sert^' "et prandra apre ma mort dans masufr de huit et Les autres chose qui sont dite dans Les dit affranchissement et elle Le prendra devant que mes Enfans puissent partir ma Troisieme part des dit profitt." (I will that the freedom, dated Sept. 22, 1702, which I have given to Rachel, as her name is now after having been baptized Sera, shall remain in force, and that she shall have 30 pieces of eight frem said third part of the profits, and other things, as appears in said manumission, and she shall have it before my children divide their shares of my third interest in said profits)." "Et Aussy Je veux" "que la flfranchissement datez du dix septieme jour daouust mil sept Cens et neuf que Jay doonez a nostre negresse Dma sera observez et gardez en la pline force vertue." (I will that the letter of manumission, dated Aug. 17, 1709, which I have given to our negress, Dina, shall remain in force, and be- properly observed). "Et Aussy Je veux" "qua La donations dattez du dixieme Jour de Mars mil six Cens nonans Sept Que Jay fiait a ma fille Sara pour tous mes huit habit et une bagne dor sera observe." (I also wish that the donation, dated March 2, 1697, which I have made to my daughter, Sara, of all my new clothing and a gold ring, shall be properly observed.) "Aussy Je donnez a leglize flamend icy de Kingston Vingt piece de huit quel prendra apres ma mort dans ma susdit troisieme part dfr profitt et ce pour aider a Subvenier a les pauvres." (I give to the Dutch Church here in Kingston 20 pieces of eight, to be taken after my death from myL&ird part of the' profits, to be used for the benefit of the poor). "Et poitr ce qui Concerne le Reste de ma sus dit troisieme part de profit" "a Abraham Du Bois et Jacob Du Bois et David Du Bois Et Mathieu.Du Bois et les deux fils de dessunt Isaac Du Bois a eux Cinqj Ensemble Je Leur donne quil prendrant aprez ma mort dans ma susdit troisieme part de profitt une quatrieme part et a Salomon Du Bois et a Louis Du Bois aeux Ensemble Je Leur donne quil prendront apres ma mort dans ma susdit troisieme part de profitt une quatrieme part et a Sara Book of Deeds, Liber II. 85 ma fille Je luy dpnne quel prendra apres ma morte les autres quatrieme part de ma susdit troisieme part de profit pour elle seul et pour leur effet de ma susdit Troisieme part de profitt eux tous mes enfans prendrons argens merchandise bonne et monnais dette Chacun a proportion de leur part." (And so far as the rest of said third part of the profits is con- cerned, I give to A. du B., J. du B., D. du B., M. du B. and to the two sons of Isaac Du Bois's, deceased, one quarter interest in said third part of the profits, to be divided equally between these five, another fourth part, I give to S. du B. and L. du B., and the two remaining four parths, I give to my daughter Sara, and for the performance hereof, each one of my children is to take according to his or her share, silver, merchandise, and good or bad debts). "Mon Mary" (my husband) Jean Cpttin, appointed executor. Signed by the testatrix, and witnessed by Cornelis Swart, Mattys Pears, and Carol Barweer, who appeared before the Court, Dec. 10, 1713, proving the will. (The provisions of this will are, however, practically ■annulled by an Indenture, for which see "Ulster Co. Deeds."). (See Jean Cottin). Page 333.— DU MONT, WALRANDT, Sen'r., of Kingston. Will dated March 15, 1701, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble). gt-**^"^ "Myn Huysvrouw Gryetie Du Mondt sal hebben En genieten gedu- rende haar Leven de baate en profyte van myn geheele Staat om daar over te disponeren na Welgevallen En Ingevallen myn Schulden quamen betalt te syn alvoren myn voors. huysvrouw quam te overlyden als dan na het overlyden van myn voors. huysvrouw de Roerende Staat alsdann in Wesen sal syn ten behoeve van myn Erfgenamen hier onder ges : om Egaalick onder haar gedeelt te werden dogh de Neger sal syn ten behoeve van ipyn soon Jan Babtista Du Mont, mits betalen de voor voors: Neger tot so- danige prys als twe Eerlycke Lieden sullen oordelen voors: Neger War- digh te syn na het overlyden van myn voors : huysvrouw dat het selfe uyt voors : Roerende staat sal moeten betaalt werden En 't overige alsdann te deelen als vooren." (My wife G., shall have and enjoy during her life the income and profits out of my entire estate, to dispose of at her pleasure, my debts to be paid before she dies, and then the personal estate shall be equally divided among my heirs, but the negro shall go to my son J. B. du M., he to pay for said negro such price as two honorable ap- praisers may decide upon). "Aan myn drie soons met namen Weibrandt Jan Baptist En Pieter'' "myn buys Tuyn En Boom gaert Beginninde van het Killitie ontrent myn buys" (to my three sons, W. J. B., and P., my house, garden, and orchard, beginning at the little kill near my house). 86 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "Aan myn outste soon Walrandt du Mont" "en morgen Landt uyt myn bouwerij voor het Regt van Eerst geboorte." "Insgelyck soo geeve ick" "de geregte Derde van myn Bouwery t' Bovenstaande morgen Eerst ofgetrocken Welck Bouwery in Drien sal gedeelt werden der Lott in gelyke grote Ente Lopen van het Killtie tot op de grote Kill En dat myn voor : soon de Keur der selven sal hebben en het morgen als boven gege- ven" on condition that he pays to "myn drye dogters hier na beschreven Een hondert pont" "in twe Jaren na het overlie den van myn voors : huys- vrouw Jeder de geregte helft." (To my eldest son, W. du M. one morgen of land from my farm, his right of primogeniture. Also one third of my farm, which farm shall be divided in three equal parts from the Uttle kill to the great kill, the above mentioned morgen first to be withdrawn, on condition that he pays to my three daughters iioo in two years after my wife's decease, one half yearly; he also to have the choice of the lots). "Aan myn soon Jan Baptista du Mont" "de derde part van myn Bouwery Except t' Morgen Landt voor afgegeven aan myn soon Wal- randt syn portie gekosen heft voorde andere twe parte met syn Broeder Pieter du Mont" "myn voors : soon" is te betalen" "aan myn drie dogters" "Een hondert pont" "in twe Jaren." (to my son J. B. du M. one third of my farm, except the morgen given to Waalrandt, he also to pay my daugh- ters i I CO in two years). "Aan myn soon Pieter du Mondt" "derde van myn Bouwery" except what has already been devised," and on condition that he pays to "myn drie dogters" one hundred pounds "oock soo hebbe ick aan myn soon Pie- ter vercogt Een stuckje grondt in myn Wijbepalt aan Ffredrick Klute Walrand du Mondt het Killitie en de wegh van myn buys tot het Konings padt voor de Somme van Een hondert Stuck van agten waarop door myn ontfangen twintygh soo dat Resteert Taghgentigh stuck van aghten, welcke somme myn voors : soon gehouden is in twe Jaren te betalen na het overlyden van myn voors : huysvrouw Jeder Jaar de gerechte helft aan myn vTovms voor Aoghier Antie Kip." (To son Pieter a third. I have sold to him a piece of land in my pasture at Ffredrick Klute Walrandt du Mondt, the little kill and the road from my house to the King's Road for a sum of loo pieces of eight, of which I received 20 pieces, so there re- mains 80 pieces of eight, which sum my said son is bound to pay in two years after my wife's decease to my wife's daughter by a previous mar- riage, Antie Kip). "Aan myn Doghter Margriet huysvrouw van William Loverige" "Een hondert pondt" "haar Broeders te betalen in Manieren als voors :" "Aan myn dogter Jannetie huysvrouw van Mychiel Dirk" "Een hon- dert pont," to be paid by her brotiiers. "Aan myn Dogter Ffrancyntie huysvrouw van Fredrick Cloete" "Een hondert pondt" to be paid by her brothers. "Aan myn vrouws voor Dogter Antie Kip" "vier & twyntigh pont" to be paid by "myn soon Pieter du Mont." Book of Deeds^ Liber 11. 87 (To my daughters Margriet, wife of William Loverige £100; to Jan- netie, wife of Michiel Dirk iioo ; to Ffrancyntie, wife of Fredrick Qoete f 100; and to my wife's daughter Antie Kip £25). Wife appointed executor. Signed by the testator. (All witnesses, except W. D. Meyer appeared, Sept. 3, 1713, before the Court: Coll. Henry Beekman, Capt. jAitoBus Du Bois (his mark) Dirck Schepmoes, Esq., Judges, and Tan La Chair ^^' -^^^^^^ Gerritsen, Coll. Abrah. •^ Gaasbeek Chambers, Capt. Egbert W. D. Meyer Schoonmaker, Justices, and Major Johannis Hardenbergh, Esq., High Sheriflfe, proving the will, "Coll. Wm de Meyer deceased.") (Codicil.) Page 337.— DU MONT, WALRANDT, Sen'r, of Kingston. Dated June 25, 1713, and written in Dutch. J'{< The previous will, dated March 15, 1701 shall "opgevolght werden". "Unde door dien Ick int voornoemt Testament niet gedisponeert heboven myn huys schure boomgaart Tuyn en hofste zynde groot als nu in heyning Leyt en de grondt van myn soon Jan Baptist du Mondt du van ses morgen bos Landt dyen Ick gecoght heb van de Trustees van de Corporatie Kingston waar over Ick disponere en geeven als volght." "Myn outste soon Wallerand sail van myn voor: huys schure boom- gaart Truyn an hofste voor uyt hebben voor hem zyn order ofte Erfge- name de waardy van hondert schepels Taruwe." "Aan myn ses Kinderen Mett Namen Wallerand: Jan Baptist: Pieter: Margaret: Jannetie en Ffrancyntie" "myn voors : huys schuez boomgaart Truyn en Hofste (Except de wardy van voors: hondert schepels taruw bove an Wallerand vooruyt gemackt)." "Aan myn soon Wallerand en Jan Baptist ses morgen bos Landt gelege aan de suyt syde van de hoge wegh tuschen het bos Land van de Erfgenamen van Tierck Claasen De Witt en het bos landt van Capt. Mattys Mattysen Wallrandt sail syn drie morget hebben naast het Landt van Capt. Mattys Mattysen Jan Baptist sail zyn drie morgen nast het bos Landt van de Erfgenamen van Tjerck Qasen De Witt hebbe" "uyt Con- sideratie dat zy het aan de Trustees betaalt hebben." "So is myn Will en begerten dat myn geheele Bouwery by myn voornoemde Testament aan myn drie soone gemaeckt noyt aan vreemden vercogt ofte verallineert sal werden ten sy aan die de naame van Du Mont dragen so dat het voors: bouwery Ewugh aan di van de naam van Du Mont zvn." 88 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. (As I did not dispose of my house, barn, garden, and yards, and my son Jan Baptist du Mondt's 6 morgen wood-land, which I bought of the Trustees of the Corporation of Kingston, I dispose of these possessions as follows. To my eldest son W. in advance the value of ICG schepels of wheat out of said house, barn, garden and yards. To my six children named W.,J.B., P., M., J., and F., said barn, garden, and yard, ex- cept the value of the lOO schepels of wheat given to W. To my sons W. and J. B. six morgens wood-land on the south side of the highway, adjoining the woodland, belonging to the heirs of T. C. de W., and the woodland belonging to Capt. M. M., Wallrandt shall have the three morgens next to Capt. M. M's land, and J. B. shall have the three morgens next to the land belonging to the heirs of T. C. de W., on condition that they have paid for it to the Trustees. My will is that my whole farm shall go to my three sons, not to be sold to strangers, or alienated, but retain the name of Du Mont for all time). "Myn huysvrouw Grietie" appointed executrix. (Mark of) Wallrand Du Mont. CoRNELis Eltinge (Att 3. Court of Common Pleas held at Kings- TjERCK De Witt ^^ ^^is 3d Sept. 1713- ,,, -T ihe same persons appeared as at the pro- Wm. Nottingham bation of the will." OVallarand Du Mont, b. in Coomen, Flanders, caijie^o this country in 1657 from Amster- dam, served as a cadet in the Hon. West India Coi^p^y, to. at Esopus, Jan. 13, 1664, MargargI (Greyiie) Hendricks, of JVie, near StvoI, widow ofy^n Arentsen. Wallarand's sistec, Margaret, was wife of Pierre None, a Walloon, who emigratep iii\i673. W. du M. and M. H. had issue: i. Margaret, bb Dec. z8, i66i,tS[rWm. Loveridge; ii. Walrin, bt. Nov. 13, i^7> m., March 24, i6g8, Catrina Ter Bosch; iii. Ja^ Baptist, m. Neeltje Cornelisywh Veghten; iv. Junnetje, m. Michel Dirk Van Veghten; v. Francyntiej^U July 21, 1674, m. FreS^lute; vi. Peter, bt. Apr. 26, 1679, m. i., Dec. 25, 1700, Femmetie Teunise van Middle Swart, dau. of Jan Teunissen, m. 2., Febr. 23, 1707, Catelyntje, dau. of Jeronimus Jarise Rapalie, m. 3., Nov. 16, 1711, Jannetje, dau. of Hendrick Claessen Vechten. Michel Dirk Van Vechten was s. of Derick Teunissen, b. 1634 at Vechten, dio. of Utrecht, who came with his father, Teunis Derricksen to Albany. William Loverige came from Wool, Dorsetshire, England, and died at Perth Amboy, N. J., 1703. Pieter Du Mont settled on the Raritan River, N. J. Page 375.— HASBROUCK, JEAN, of New Paltz. Will dated Aug. 26, 1712, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble). /j^f^-f:X\ "Aan myn soon Jacob Hasbrouck" "all myn Land gelegen onder de Lemitten van 't Pattent van de Neiuw Paltz" "met buys schuer Ende alle andere myn Timerage en daar op zynde Ende Haande oock myn Wagons ploegen Eggen & AUes wat daar aan is behoorende Ende ook myn twee Negers mett namen Gerrit & James a;ls ook al hett geweer en wat ddar aan hoort Ende de Cleederen van myn overleeden soon Isaac Hasbrouck Ende all myn boecken Except drie hier onder aaan myn Doghter Elizabeth vermacht Ende ook de gerechtige helft van de Rest van myn geheele Losse ofte Roerende staat Except van wat hier onder aan myn Dochter Mary ende Elizabeth vermacht is waar by sail uyt keerenende betalen als Book of Deeds^ Liber II. 89 hier na in dese tegen woordige is geordeonert mett Conditie dat zyn outste soon het stuck Landt Leggende tuschen het Land van Abraham Du Bois En myn Dochter Mary Langes de Paltze Kill ten suyde der selve Enten hoorde van t' Paltz Dorp sail voor hem syn order ofte Erfgenamen vooruyt hebben." "Indien myn soon Abraham Hasbrouck (die van dese Proventie ver- strocken is) mocht in't Leven zyn En hier wreder Coomen so sail myn voors soon Jacob aan hem Leveren Een goet part voor hett Recht van Eerst geboorten & ook a'an hem op Leveren voor hem zyn ordere ofte Erfgena- men de gerechtige helft van myn geheele vaste staat so als boven aan myn voors soon Abraham Itwes meer van myn staat sail hebben ofte Preden- dereeren." "Aan my Dochter Mary" "de Somme van seven en vyftig pont Cor- rant gelt van Niew York myn toekomende van Abraham Rutan volgens obligatie twee en veertigh pont en van Pieter Du Bois volgens obligatie vyftien pont Ook geeve Ick aan haar all wat zy voordeesen van myn heeft genooten." "Aan Pieter Guymard Eenigste Soon van myn overleedene Doghter Hester de Somme van vyftien pondt" "t' welck myn voors soon Jacob aan voors Pieter Guymard sail betaalen als hy komt te trouwen of tot de ouderdom van Een en twintigh Jaaren maar so hy Comt te overlyden Eeer hy trouwt of Een en twintig Jaaren si soo Sal myn soon Jacob vry zyn om voors som van vyftien pont te betalen." "Aan myn doghter Elizabeth" "Sestigh pont" "ook myn Negerin met naame Molly en ook drie boecken Een testament de oeffening der godtsa- ligheyt en Een predecatie boeck van Pieter Du Mollin gemaackt in het fransse gedruckt Ende ook de gerechtige helft van myn geheele Losse ofte Roerende staat Except van t' geen boven vermackt is met Conditie dat Indien de negerin Molly Kinders kryght sail Jacob de Erste dogter daar van hebben maar moet by de moeder blyve tot dat hett een Jaar out is." "Indien myn soon Jacob will te overlyden sonder kint ofte kinders wettigh by hem geprocureert dat all het geen aan hem gemackt by dese als dan aan myn twee voors. doghters Mary ende Elizabeth en haar orddre ofte Erfgenamen all Coomen om onder haar twee gedeelt te werden als volgt dat is Elizabeth sail dan vooruyt hebben myn buys schuer en Erf en boomgaart aghter de Schuer en hett wyland gelegen tusschen de wyjen van Abraham Du Bois en myn voors. Doghter Mary Ende all de Rest sullen sy Mary Ende Elizabeth Egaal Deelen." "Indien myn voors Doghter Elizabeth quam te overleyden sonder Kint ofte Kinders dat dan het geene by dese aan haar gemackt sail Coo- men aan myn soon Jacob en Doghter Mary." "Indien myn soon Jacob en myn dogter Elizabeth quamen beyden te overleyden sonder Kint ofte Kinders so sal al hett geene by dese aan haar gemacht Coomen aan de twee soonen van myn voors. doghter Mary , mett namen Daniel & Phillip." 90 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Son Jacob Hasbrouck & "Myn Cousyns Andre Lefevre ende Louys Du Bois" appointed executors. Jean Hasbrouck (his mark) Abraham Hasbrouck (Capt. Abraham Hasbrouck, Mr. Roeloif RoELOFF Eltinge ^hinge & William Nottingham appeared, Aug. 14, 1714, before the Court m presence Abraham Doyo ^f y^^_ ^^^^^ Gerritsen and Capt. Joris Mid- Wm. Nottingham dagh, Esq., Justices, proving the will) . (To my son, Jacob Hasbrouck" "all my land, lying within the boundaries of the patent of New Paltz" "with house, bam, and all my other buildings thereon being and standing, also my wagons, ploughs, harrows and everything thereto belonging and also my two negroes named Gerrit and James ; further the gun and what belongs to it and the clothing of my deceased son Isaac Hasbrouck and all my books excepting three hereafter bequeathed to my daughter Elizabeth, also one just half of the balance of my whole personal or movable estate, excepting what here- after is bequeathed to my daughters Mary and Elizabeth" he to pay as hereafter is directed, on condition that his oldest son shall first have "the piece of land lying between the land of Abraham Dubois and my daughter Mary along the Paltz Kill on the south thereof, and north of the Paltz village." "If my son Abraham, who removed from this Province, should be alive and return here, then my son Jacob shall deliver to him a good horse for his birth-right, and also the just half of my whole real estate" Abraham not to have any further claim on the estate. "To my daughter Mary £57, due from Abraham Rutan, according to a bond of £42, and from Pieter Du Bois, according to a bond £15" she to have no further claim on the estate. "To Pieter Guymard, only son of my deceased daughter Hester £15, which sum Jacob shall pay to Pieter Guymard, when he marries or at age of 21." Should he die before that age, Jacob is to be relieved from pay- ing said sum. "To my daughter Elizabeth i6o, also my negress Molly, three books, one Testament, the Practice of Devotion, and a book of sermons by Pieter Du Mollin, printed in French; also the just half of my whole personal estate, excepting what hereabove has been bequeathed, on condition that if the negress Molly should bear children, Jacob shall have the first daugh- ter, but she is to remain with her mother until she is one year old." "If my son Jacob should die without child or children lawfully be- gotten by him, all that is given to him shall go to Mary and Elizabeth, the latter to have the house, bam, lot and orchard behind the barn, and the pasture land, lying between the pasture of Abraham Dubois and my daughter Mary, and all the rest to go to said Mary and Elizabeth, to be equally divided. Book of Deeds, Liber II. 91 If Elizabeth should die without lawful issue, her share to go to Jacob and Mary equally. — If Jacob and Elizabeth both should die without issue, their shares to go to Mary's two sons, Daniel and Phillip. (Jean Hasbrouck came from Calais, France, i673> with wife, Anna Doyan (Deyo). His brother, Ahraham Hasbrouck, came in Apr. 1675 to Boston, ta., Nov. 27, 167s, Maria, dau. of Christian Doyon, and had five children: Rachel, Joseph, Solomon, Dantel and Benjamin. (See Abraham Hasbrouck). Jean Hasbrouck and Anna Deyo had issue: i. Maria, bt. at Manheim, Germany, m. at Kingston, June i, 1683, Isaac flubois, s. of Louis Du Bois and Cath. Blanthan (q. v.) ; «. Hester, b. Manheim, m. Kingston, Apr. 18, 1602, Pierre Guimard, b. at Moise, Saintonge, France, s. of Pierre Guimard arid Anne Damour (see P. G.'s will) ; iii. Abraham, bt. Kingston, March 31, 1678; iv. Elieabeth, bt. New Paltz, Apr. 4, 16S5, m. K., June 2, 1713, Louis Bevier; v. Jacob, bt. N. P. Apr. 15, 1688, m. K., Dec. 14, 1717, Esther Bevier). Page 414.— SWARTWOUT, ROELOFF, j^j^ ^^^ Will dated March 30, 1714, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble). "Aan myn outste Soon Thomas" "vyf en twentigh pont" "voor syn Recht van Eerst geboorten." "Aan myn voornoemde soon Thomas en aan myn soon Barnardus my geheele vaste" "staat myn tobehoorende in de County van Ulster" on condition that he pays the other heirs a sum of £325 in two years, if he cannot pay in two years then he may have four years to pay in "om de Selve te betalen mits dat sy vyften hondert betalen aan myn andere Erf- genamen voor interest." "Aan myn dogter Hendricke huysvrouw van Huybert Latnbertsen" a sum of £65. "Aan de kinders van iriyn soon Anthony" a sum of £65. "Aan de Kinders van myn dochter Cornelia overlyden" a sum of of £65. "Aan myn dogter Ragel huysvrouw van Jacob Kip" the sum of £65. — "Aan myn Dochter Eva huysvrouw van Jacob Dingman" a sum of £65. "Alle myne Clederen" "aan myn soons Thomas en Barnardus." As executors appointed "myn soons Thomas Swartwout Barnardus Swartwout & Jacob Kyp." .Signed by the testator. Hans Kierstede (Witnesses appeared, May 14, 1715, before the Tj f^ Court, Dirck Schepmoes, Esq., Judge, Arien i'lETER ustrander Gerritsen and Cornells Cool, Justices, proving Wm. Nottingham ^\^Q will." (To my eldest son Thomas £25, his right as being the first-born. — Also to Thomas and to my son Barnardus my entire estate in Co. Ulster, on condition (as above) the £1500 to my other heirs. — To my daughter, Hendricke, wife of Huybert Lambertsen £65. To children of my son Anthony £65. To children of my daughter Cornelia, deceased, £65. To my daughter Ragel, wife of Jacob Kip £65. To my daughter Eva, wife of Jacob Dingman £65. All my clothing to my sons Thomas and Barnardus). 92 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. (Roeloff Swartwout, bt. in the Oude-Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland, June i, 1634 (s. of Thomas Swartwout) of Groningen, later of New Amsterdam, and Adrientj'e Symons (m, Feb. 4, 1630)* on Aug. 13, i6s7, in the presence of his father, Thomas Swartwout, covenanted a marriage con- tract with Eva Albertsen, widow of {he late Anthony de Hooges, in presence of her father, Albert Andriessen Bratt, they to brine together all their property, according to the cusjeni of fialland, except that the bride reserves for her children with her former husband, Marichen Anneken, Cat- rina, Johannes and Eleonora De Hooges, 100 gulden for each of them. Barent Albertse Bratt and Tennis Slingsland, brother and brother-in-law of said Eva Albertse, shall be guardians of said children. (Albany Co. Records). — He m. 2., at New York, Oct. 8, 1691, Franoyntje Andries, widow of Abraham Lubbertsen. With hi s first yife- he had issue : i. Thomas, m. before Feb. 4, 1683, Lysbeth Gordenier (.Lysbeth Jacobse a ovenler) ; ii. Hendricke, m., as of Albany, in Kingston, March 16, 1679, Huybert Lambertsen; iii. Antoni, bt. Jan. 8, ifi6z (when Toomes Swartwout was a witness); iv. Antoni, bt. M ay 11, 1663, mi Jannetje Jacobus iCoobes), and had: a. Roelof, bt. "J im ii g ; ■i ( rgs,V:T3cSSus;'Str'S!SfSS~2g, 1696; v. Cornelia, bt. March 13, 1667, m. before Apr. 28, i68g, Hendrick Klaesen Schoonhoven (see Henderick Claessein) ) ; vi. Rachel, m, Jacob Kip before Febr, 9, 1696; vii. Eva, b. in Hurley, m., Oct. 9, 1698, Jacob Dingmans, h. Kinderhook; viii. Bamardus, bt. Apr. 26, 1673 (Rudolfus Swartwout and Jacomeyna Swartwout, witnesses), res. Hurley, m. May 19, 1700, Rachel Schepmoes). R. S. on Aug. 15, 1659 conveyed to Philip Pieterse Schuyler a garden in Beverwyck, granted originally to Antony De Hooges, deceased (Albany Co. Rec) — R. S. was appointed the first Sheriff of Wiltwyck, at Esopus, 1660, at which appointment Gov. Stuyvesant expressed "great surprise," on the ^ound that R. S. was a ^minor and incompetent for the office' (See O'Callaghan, New Netherland, ii., p. 431). — R. S. was appointed justice and collector of the grand excise of Ulster Co., 1689-90. — On Jan. 23, 1664-67, (jov. Lovelace issued a deed of confirmation to R. S. for land at Wiltwyck, at Esopus (N. Y. Land Papers, i., p. 22). — On or about June 1670 Mr. E. S., dwelling in Esopus, conveys to Ryckie Dareth, widow of Jan Dareth, of Albany, a lot east of the house of Volckert Janse (Douw) (Ibid.). — C)n May 28, 1686, a survey was taken of 47 acres land, part of Hurley great piece, on the north side of Esopus Kill, also of a house lot in Hurley, and of two lots at Hurley fly, or meadow ground, Nos. 11, 13, laid out for R. S. by Philipps Welles, surveyor (N. Y. Land Papers, i. p. 187). — On Nov. 12, 1697, R. S. petitioned for 200 acres land in Ulster Co., part of land called IVaghgashkenck). See also "The Swartwout Chronicle by A. J. Wells." Page 435,— BOQART, HENDRICK, of Marbletown, Will dated Dec. 12, 1707, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble.) A-W^^^ "Soo is myn Wil En begeerten dat bet heuwlycke Contract tuscben myn en myn tegen woordige huysvrouw Ruth Waldron gemackt sail in waarde gebouden zyn." "Aan myn twe soons met namen Cornells en Marten" tbe sum of i7S, Comelis £38 and Marten £37, Cornells being tbe first born." "Myn kinders die on getrouwt sullen zun ten tyt van myn overleyde sullen bebben Ende voor uyt genieten beboorlyke uyt sett soo als myn kinders die alsdan getrout syn gehadt hebben." "Aan myn aght kinders mett namen Cornells Mayke huysvrouw van Thomas Jansen Marten Aaltie Sarah Neeltie Rebecca Ends Rachell" "En gereghtig aghtste part van myn geheele staat." "Indien Eenige van myn voors. kinders moghte Coomen te overlyden in haar onmondige Jaaren dat des selfs portie ofte porties alsdan Egaallyk on de Rest van haar gedeelt sail werden." As executors appointed sons Cornelius and Marten and "myn Schoon soon Thomas Janse Ends myn swager Capt. J oris Middagh." Hendrick Bogart (his mark). (My will is that the marriage contract entered into between me and my worthy wife, Ruth Waldron, shall be fulfilled. To my two sons, Cornelis and Marten £75. My children who are unmarried at my deatii Book of Deeds, Liber II. 93 an outfit similar to my married children's. To my eight children, named, }i part of my entire estate. If any of my children should happen to die during their minority, their portions shall be divided among the sur- vivors.) (Capt. Jno. Rutsen, Claes Keator (his mark) Claes Keator & Wm. T „ Nottingham appeared jNO Rutsen before the Court, May Abraham Lamettere Junr. (his mark) 9j 1716, proving the will of Hendrick Bo- Wm. Nottingham. gart "late of Marble- -^ ^ town deceased.") (Hendrik Bogaart m., Aug. 17, r703, in New York, liuithie Waldron, widow of Jan de la Moistre, whom she had m. in N. Y., Aug. 11, 1678 (see Aprahtun Delamater'). (She was prob. dau. of Samuel Waldron and Niesje Bloetgoet). ~ They had issue: — Mayhe, m. Nov. 22, 1702, Thomas Janssen; Aaltjen, m. Apr. 27, 1711, Adriaan Nieuwkerk; Sarahs m., Jan. 19, 17x1, Abraham' de Lameetere ("They are the first that 1, Domine Petrus Vas, have married.*'); Neeltje, m., Nov. i, I7i5» Anthony ?le ^ : Rachel, b. Albany, m., March 14, 171S, Benjamin de Mei, b. in Vrenhryk (FroiMre)-? fci^eiK, h. aiarbletown, m., May 27, X704, Cornelia de la Mettre, b. New Harlem; Marthen, m., May 7, 17x3, Taimeken de Lamec- ter, both of Marbletown. The children's names were spelled: Bogard, Bogaard, Bogaart, Boagaard, Bogart, Bogardus. — C^pt. Joris Middagh, b. at Hycoop in Holland, m., Apr. 22, X696, Page 471.— AARTSEN, JACOB, of Wagendal. ,<o,..,__^ A^^^ Will dated Oct. 5, 1714, and written in Dutch. "Myn beminde huysvrouw Sara sal blyve in 't voile besitt En posses- sie van myn geheele staat" "Indien myn voors. huysvrouw Quam te hertrouwen soo sal zy allenlyk hebben de derde van de baten m\ profytten van myn voors geheele staat." "Aan myn outsten soon Aart" "myn groote Bybel Ende Een Cate- chizatie boeck geschreven door Petrum De Witte. Ende myn scheit Roer mett zyn tobehooren sonder dat by Jtwes meerder dies weegen sal hebben ofte predendeeren 't welck hy sail hebben Ende ontfangen aanstondts na myn overlyden Ende na myn voors. scons overleyden sal het silve aan syn outste soon Jacob koomen." "Aan myn Jongsten soon Isoioc" "myn grote Kist die Ick van myn vader geerft heb en ook all myn Clederen die aan myn Lyf behooren sonder hy Itwes voor de Selve aan myn andere Erfgenamen sal uyt keeren ofte betaalen." "Myn Jong,ste doghter 5"ar«? sal aanstondts na haar moeders overley- den hebben" "al haar moeders Clederen die aan haar lyf behooren Ende Ook Een neuive Cleere Kas En Een nieuve Tafell die Thomas Beekmcm gemackt heeft En Een tinne Kom twee Isere potten Een groote En Een Klyne Ende myn buys spiegel die wy nu gebruyken Ende ook twee melck Koys En Een nieuw sondaghs Kleet 't welck Ick aan myn voors dogter Sara maak voor haar uytsett,'^ "Sara Kool doghter van Symon Kool sal hebben" "Een Bedt mett zyn toebehooren En Een sondaghs nieuw Kleet En Een melck Kou." 94 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "Aan myn Doghter Rebecca huysvrouw van Jan Ffrere" "Een seekere stuck bouw-landt belendende ten noortwesten en ten noortoosten aan hett Bosslandt voor dese door myn aan voors. Jan Ffrer getransporteert Ende Ten suytoosten aan de Ronduyts Kill van daar Loopen met Een Rechte Lyn tot aan andere steen in de grondt gerett in hett bouwiandt na by Een klyn slootie En van daar tot aan Een Schemmelbast Eyk Boom- tie gemerckt staande by Een kiletie dat de suytwestelyke lemiten is vant voors. boslandt aan voors. Jan Frere getransporteert Dan Langert het solve bos. landt m't Ronde tot aan de Ronduytskill dan Langst de selve tot de Eerste steen Ende ook Een stuck Landt geleegen aan de suytoosten zyvande Ronduyts kill Loopende van Een seekere Sloptie dat van de bergh in de kill Loopt noortoostelyck tuschen de kill en hett Landt van William West Langest deselve totaan hett land van Coll. Henricus Beek- man" "Ende ook vrye previlegie oni hout en steen te haalen En gebruyken uyt het bos landt" "aan myn voors. Doghter" "de gerechtige twalfde part van myn geheele" "staat Except van't geen dat boven vermaackt is." "Aan myn EUest andere kinderen mett namen Aart Evert, Symon, Jacob, Benjamin, Abraham, Isaac, Annetie Geertie huysvrouw van Jacob Decker, Jannetie huysvrouw van Johannis Turck, Ende Sara" "myn geheele staat." In case of death, the survivors to divide the property, except the property devised to the youngest son Isaac, which in case of his death shall go to his other brothers equally, and except the property devised to the youngest daughter Sara, which shall go to the other sisters. "Myn drie soons Aart Evert ende Symon" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (My beloved wife Sara to remain in full possession of my entire estate, and if she should happen to marry, she shall have one third of the income and profit of my entire estate. To my eldest son Aart my great bible and a confirmation-book with the name of Petrum de Witte, and my gun ; if he should die, then all to go to his eldest son Jacob. To my youngest son Isaac my great chest which I inherited from my father and all my clothing of my body. My youngest daughter Sara shall imme- diately after her mother's death have her mother's clothing, a new clothing chest, and a new table which Thomas Beekman made, and a tin- comb, two iron-potts, a large one and a small one, and my house-mirror which we now use, and two milk-cows, and a new Sunday dress, which I give for my daughter Sara's marriage-outfit. Sara Kool, daughter of Symon Kool, shall have a bed with belongings and a new Sunday dress, and a milk-cow. — To my daughter Rebecca, wife of Jan Ffrere, a certain piece of land, situated to the northwest and northeast of the wood-land, con- veyed to Jan Ffrer and southwest to Ronduyts Kill, from there running with a straight line to a stone in the ground in said farmland near a little moat (or ditch), and from there to a small marked oak tree (*), (*) Schemmelbast, i. <.-. with mouldy bark. Book of Deeds, Liber II. 95 standing at a little kill, which is the boundary of said wood-land, round the Ronduyts kill, then along the same to the first mentioned stone. Also a piece of land, situated on the southeast side of Ronduyts Kill, running from a certain little outlet, which runs from the mountain to the kill in a north-eastern direction, adjoining the kill and the land of William West and the land of Coll. Henricus Beekman, to have the free privilege to cut wood and haul stone. Also to said daughter 1/12 part of my entire estate, except what has been previously devised. To my other children (named above, of which Geertie was wife of Jacob Decker, Jannetie wife of Johannis Turck), my entire estate.) (Major Johannis Hardenbergh, Tjerck J. Hardenbergh Mattysen & Comelis De La Matter ap- TjERCK Mattysen peared before the Court on March 7, CoRNELis D. Lametter ^T^^IT, proving the will of "Major PiTTRE Wambomez J^*^"^ Acrtsen, late of the Corporation Kmgston deceased. ) (Jacob Aertsen (Van Wagenen), s. of Aert Jacobsen (Van Wagonen), (see Cerrit Aartse), b. Febr. 14, 1652, m., Febr. 25, 1677, Sara, dau. of BvartJ'els, b. July 3, 1659, and had issue: i. Annatje, bt. Sept. 15, 1678, m. Jam Heermans (q. v.); iiT Aart, bt. Oct. 26, 1679, d. June 10, 1740, m. Oct. 14, 1705, Marytje, bt. Jan. i, 1686, d. June 20, 1733, dau. of Pieter Low and Lysbet Blanchan; iii. Evert, bt. Apr. 24, 1681, m. ab. 1709, Hillegond, bt. N. Y., Nov. 14, 16S6, dau. of Claes Jansen Van Heynmgen and Janneken Kiersen; removed to near Poughkeefsie, Dutchess Co., N. Y.; iv. Cerrit, bt. Nov. 12, 16S2, d. y.; v. Rebecca, bt. Apr. 12, 1685, m. Jan Freer; Ti. Geertje. bt. Sept. 5, 1686, m., Sept. 17, 1709, Jacob Gerritse Decker, bt. Febr. 24, 1684, s. of Cerrit Jonse D, and ISagialena Schut; vii. Jannetje, bt. Apr. 8, 1688, d. y.; viii. Jannetje, bt. Apr. 14, 1689, m^ Oct. 7, 171 1, Johannis Turk, bt. May 16, 1687, s. of Jacobus T. and Catryntje Van Benthuysen; ix. Cerrit, bt. May 26, x6ox. d. Nov. 17, 1709; X. Symon, bt. Apr. 23, '^3> "'■> Nov. 17, 1720, Sara, bt. Dec. 23, 1699, d. Jan. 27, 1759, dau. of Solomon Du Bois and Tryntje Gerritse; xi. Jacfih^ortse, bt. at Albany, Febr. 20, 1695; xii. Benjamin, bt. Jan. x, ^^^7t tn,. May 28, 1726, Elisabeth, dau. of Cysbert van den Berg and Diewertje Masten (q. v.) ; xiii. Abraham, bt. Febr. 12, 1699, m., Febr. 26, Z726, Hilligard Crispel, b. Apr. 17, 1704, d. Febr. 22, 1774. He died June 7, 1787 (see his will); xiv. Sara, bt. Dec. 21, 1701, m., Apr. 7, 1721, Solomon, b. at New Palte, Oct. 17, 1686, s. of Abraham Hasbrouck and Maria Deyo (q. v.); xv. Isaac, bt. Aug. 22, 1703, m., March 10, 1723, Catrina Freer). Page 507.— TENHOUT, SEVERYN, of Shawankonk, Lantman. Will dated Febr. 5, 1708/9, and written in Dutch. Au^^cMu— "In't sevende Jaar van de regering van onse Souveraigne vrouw Anna Koninginne van groot Britantie &c." (Long religious preamble.) "Myn huysvrouw Geertruy Tenhout sail hebben en possidereeren myn gantsche vaste" "staat." "Aan myn vrouws soon Jacobus Bruyn myn gantsche vaste" "staat benestens negers paarden & beesten En wat vorders aan myn staat is dependeerende om in Eygendom aanstondts na hett overlyden van myn voors. huysvrouw aan te vaarden En te possideeren geduren de zyn Leven En dat na de voors. Jacobus Bruyns overlyden de voors. Staat sal zyn ten behoeve van voors. Jacobus Bruyns soon met name Severyn ten voor hem en zyn ordre of Erfgenamen voor Eewigh dogh Indien de voors. Severyn Tenhout tot syn mondigen quam voor het overlyden van syn vader Jacobus Bruyn dat als dan de voors. Jacobus Bruyn aan syn soon Severyn tenhout sal uyt keeren En betalen Een hondert pondt" "En 96 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. dat na doot van voors. Jacobus Bruyn, En de voors. Severyn tenhout desself soon in possessie syn de van myn voors. staat, de voors. Severyn tenhout sal gehouden syn om uyt te keeren en betalen aan de twede soon van voors. Jacobus Bruyn of syn ordre of Erfgenamen de suyvere en nette somme van Een hondert pont." Wife and Jacobus Bruyn appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (In the 7th year of the reign of our Sovereign lady Anne, Queen of Great Britain, etc. — My wife, G. T., shall have and possess my whole real estate. — To my wife's son, J. B., my whole real estate, besides negroes, horses and cattle, and whatever belongs to (depending upon) my estate, immediately after my wife's decease for his life, and after his death to his son, S. — If said S. T. should reach his majority before the death of his father, J. B., then said J. B. shall pay to his son, S., £100, and after the death of said J. B., and when the said S. T. is in possession of said estate, he shall be bound to pay to the second son of said J. B., or his heirs, the net sum of iioo.) (Coll. Jacob Rutsen, Major Johannis Hardenbei^h & Capt. Johannis Schep- ^ T> moes and Johannis Tenbroeck appeared jAcpB Rutsen ^^ j^^^^ 6^ j^^^/g ^^^^^^ j^e Court J. Hardenbergh Coll. Jacob Rutsen, Mr. Arien Ger- JoHANis Schepmoes retscu and Coll. Gaasbeek Chambers D Meyer Judges, and Capt. Egbert Schoormia- Johannis Ten Broeck ^^'' Capt. Edward Whittaker and Mr. Comeus Cool, Justices, proving uie will of Severyn Tenhout "late of Sha- wangunk, deceased.) iSeveryn Tenhout m. Geertruit Ysselstein (dau. of Jan Willemse Esselstein and Wxltemiie Jans), widow of Jacobus Bruyn (q. v.), m. before OEti 6, 1678-, who had a son, Jacobus Bruyn. who m. after Nov. 18, 1704, Tryntje Schoonmaker (see Jacobus Bruyn). BOOK OF DEEDS III. (CC). MARKED 1718-1728. Page 40.— HOOQENBOOM, ANNETIE, "Weduve van Cornells Hogenboom Van Wylen, van Kingston, overleden." Will dated May 4, 1719, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble.) XK + (/v/< "Aan myn suster Jacomyntie's dogter Hilletje huysvrouw van Capt. Gerrit Wynkoop alle myn Cleeragie Ende Linne aan my left behoorende." "Aan Annetje Wynkoop Doghter van voors. Gerrit Wynkoop en Hilletie zyn huysvrouw myn bed Ende bedding met zyn toebehooren." "Aan Roeloft Eltinge Ende Cornells Eltinge soonen van myn voors. suster Jacomyntie," "al myn geheele staat" "Om Egalyk onder haar tweeje gedeelt te werden uytgenomen het geene boven vermaakt is dat is te seggen aan Roeloft Eltinge" "de gerechtige helft van myn voors. staat En aan Cornelis Eltinge" "de andere gerechtige helft van myn voors. staat." (To my sister J.'s daughter, H., wife of Capt. G. W., all my clothing and linen. To A. W., daughter of said G. W. and to his wife, H., my bed with what thereto belongs. — To R. E. and C. E., sons of my said sister J., my whole estate, to be divided equally between them, ex- cepting what I have previously disposed of, that is to say, to R. E. half of my said estate, and to C. E. the other half thereof.) Roeloft and Cornelis Eltinge appointed executors. Signed by the testatrix, and witnessed by Jno. Rutsen, Nicolas Dupuis, Wm. Harris (his mark), and Wm. Nottingham, who all appeared before the Court, Sept. 17, 1719, proving the will. (See Cornelis Hoogeboom's will.) Page 111.— BEVIERE, LOUIS, Senr., of Nieuw Paltz. Will dated May 2, 1720, and written in Dutch. Onf<^S (Long religious preamble.) "Aan myn outste soon Jean Bevier" "de somma van Een pont." "Item door dien myn soon Andre Bevier van God den heer besoght is dat by niet (Compus mente ofte) well by syn sinne is daarom niet bequaam om syn portie van myn staat aan te werden en te Rogeeren Soo is myn will en Begeertten En ick ordonneere & belaste myn andere Kinderen, als sy het selve voor Gods Oordeel sullen verant woorden dat sy alle wegen well op haar breeder Andre sullen passen En goede acht namen en hem well onder houden van all nodrift van Cleeragie en wat anders jy sonde kunne ofte mogen outbreken gedurende syn naturlyke Leven en na syn overleyden hem Eerlyk te begraven Naar soo God in genaden hem wederom syn voorige kennisse en verstant sail gelieve te 98 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. geven dat als dan hy myn voors. soon Andre sail hebben en genieten voor hem" "de gerechtige vyfde part van myn geheele vaste" "staat" "ende Wardy van de sesde part van myn losse of roerenden staat. Dogh vermagh de vaste staat niet verkoopen alsraan syn broeder ofte broeders Item soo is myn will en begeerten dat Indian myn voors. soon in dese Onoselle staat blyft syn vyfde part van myn vaste staat; en sesde part van myn losse staat of te wardy daar van sail blyve in handen van myn Executors, om voor syn best en Oudhout verhuert en uyt gedaan te war- den En na syn overleyden sail selva Egalyck onder myn vier andere soonen en Doghter". "gedeelt werdan." "Aan myn voors. soon Jean Bevier" "de gerechtige vyfde part van ■myn gaheala vasten en onroerende staat als mde de gerechtige sesde part van myn Losse en Roeranda staat En ook de bovageschreven Recht in de portie of part van myn soon Andre waar voor hy sal betalen En uyt Keeren aan myn doghter Hester huysvrouw van Jacob Hasbrouck als hier onder vermaakt is aan haar." "Aan myn soon Abraham Bevier" "de gerechtige vyfde part van myn geheele vaste staat als mede de gerechtige sesde part van myn gahaele Losse staat Ook de bove geschreven Recht in de portie ofte part van myn soon Andre ; Waarvoor hy sail betalen en uytkeren aan myn doghter Hester als hier onderaan haar vermackt is." "Aan myn soon Samuel Bevier" the fifth part of the real estate and the sixth part of the personal property, on same condition as before. "Aan myn soon Louis Bevier Junr." the fifth part of the real estate and the sixth part of the personal property, on same condition as before. "Aan myn doghter Hester als hier order aan haar vermaakt is." — "Myn soon Samuel sail de preferentie of Keur van de vyf parten hebbe uyt Raden dat hy verhuyst is en by myn in kome woonen." All the real property to be appraised and divided in five parts among the four sons and the daughter Hester, who also is to receive the sixth part of the personal property," "also myn bed an bedding mat syn toe be- hooren." The four sons and "myn schoon soon Jacob Hasbrouck" appointed ex- ecutors. Signed by the testator. Hans KiERSTEDEN p^ctor Hans Kiersteden. Joseph Has- Andre Lefevre brouck & Wm. Nottingham appeared before '^Z'lf^t^^^S ^^^ ^°- J"^y 4. 173I provEfg the will). (To my eldest son, Jean Bevier, the sum of one pound. And as my son Andre Bevier has bean inflicted by the Lord God, and is not in his right mind, on which account he cannot well care for his share of my estate, my will is, and I command my other children, as they themselves are accountable to God's judgment, to take good care of their brother Andre, to preserve him from all want during his natural life, and to bury him honorably. If God, in his grace, should restore Book of Deeds, Liber III. 99 him to mind and memory, my son Andre shall have 1/5 part of my real estate, and the value of a sixth part of the personal property, but he must not sell the real estate except to his sisters or brothers. If my son remains in this unresponsible (innocent, silly) condition, his fifth part is to be retained by the estate; the sixth part of my personal property is then to remain in the hands of my executors, to be leased for him and for his old age. At death, his property or share to be divided equally be- tween my four other sons and my daughter. To my said son Jean Bevier, the 1/5 part of my real estate, and the sixth part of my personal property, my son to pay to my daughter Hester, wife of Jacob Hasbrouck, as here below is provided for. To my son Abraham Bevier the i/s part of the real estate, and the sixth part of the personal property, on the same condition. Other fifth parts of the real estate and sixth part of the personal property to go to sons Samuel and Louis, Jr., and to daughter Hester. Son Samuel to have the first choice of the five parts, the reason being that he has removed to my house to live. Son in law Jacob Hasbrouck and the four sons appointed executors. (Louis Beviete, Sr., was born at LUle about 1648, removed previous to 1675 to Frankenthal, as appears from a certificate from the Pastor there, H. Lucasse, dated March 5, 1675, witnessed by Andre Le Blane^ came to New York 1675/6, went to England 1710, where he procured denization papers, returned to New Paltz. He m. 1673, Maria Le Blanc, and had issue; i, Maria, b. July 9, 1674; ii. Jean, b. Jan. 2, 1676, m., Apr. 14, 1^12, Catherine Montaign, b. Rochester; iii. Abraham, b. Jan. 20, and bt. March 31, 1678 (s. of Louies Bevery and Maria Blan'), m., after Febr. 8, 1707, Racheltie Vernooy, b. Kingston; iv. Samuel, b. Jan. 21, 1680, m. Magdalena Blanshan; v. Andries, b. July 12, bt. Sept, 24, 16S2, d. unm., 1768; vu .Louis, b. Pals, Nov. 6, 168^, m. June 2, 1713. Lysbeth Haasbrouck, dau of Jacob H. (see will of his son, Louis B.'s widow, Esther) ; vii. Esther, b. Nov. 16, 1686, m. Dec. 7, 1714, Jacob Hasbrouck, s. of Jan H.); viii. Solomon, b. July 12, 1689, d. inf. — See History of New Faltz, pps. 22S^.et seq. for further data). Page 128.— COCK, JOHN, of Marbletown. Will dated July 20, 1710. J^k" +ul< "My well beloved wife Magdelen shall be and Remain in the full possession of my whole Estate Real and Personal dureing the term of her widdow hood," "without to be accountable to my heirs hereafter named for the same," but if she should marry agains then she is only to have the thirds of the uses & profits of my sd Estate and no more." "First Out of my Estate unto my two sons and two Daughters, Wil- liam Samuel Alice & Margaret Each two working horses or mares & Each two Cows & to Wm. & Samuel Each a gun & hanger that they now use and to Alice and Margaret Each three sheep this being in Consideration of what I already have given unto my sons, John & Thomas." "Unto my Eldest son John one Creature ye Choice of my whole stock after the above given Creatures are taken Out, be it horse or mares Cow or Ox In Consideration of being my first Borne, and I have taken up thirty pounds" "for my said son John Which promised me to pay again and if he do not pay the same according to his promises" "the said thirty pounds shall be deducted of his portion of my Estate" "and also the loo Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Interest of six per Cent per anhum from the month of May one thousand seven hundred and seaven till such time that my Estate shall be devided among my Children." "Whereas I became security for my son Thomas" "all what my Es- tate shold Come to be Charged or Incumbered by being security as afore- said shall be deducted out of his portion of my said Estate." "Unto my six Children by name John Thomas William Samuel Alice & Margaret" "my whole Estate as of Lands Houses orchards pastures goods Chattells & all what belongs to the same to be Equally devided amongst them." "If any of my said children should depart this life before they are of age or Married theire portion shall be Equally devided amongst the Rest of my Children." All the children appointed joint executors. Signed by the testator. (Mrs. Anne Carton Junr. & Wm. Nottingham Tho : Carton appeared before the Court : Mr. Jacob Rutsen, Rich'd Brodhead Judge, and Mr. Arien Gerritsen & Mr. Vincent Anne Garton Junr. Mathews, Justices, proving the will, and stat- Wm Nottingham *"? ^^^ Thomas Garton & Rich Brodhead "signed with them as witnesses." (Jan Cock came from Out Engelant (Old England), m., July 27, 1679, Maddeleen Wood, from England, both res. Marbletown, and had: i. John; ii. Thomas, bt. Jan. 5, 1682; iii. William, bt. at M., Jan. 20, 1684, m., June 8, 1716, Catrina Esfort; iv. Elsje, bt. Jan. i, 1687; v. Elsje, bt. June 3, 1694; vi. Samuel, bt. May 24, 1696, m., July s, 1722, Bregjen Middagh; vii. Margit, bt. Apr. 27, 1701). • Page 132,— BEATTY, JOHN, of Marbletown. " Will dated April 26, 1720, "according to the Computation of the Church of England." "Very sick & Weak in body." "Unto Zusanna my truly and well beloved wife all my Low land on the fifth stick or piece between the Land of Thomas Cock & Hendrick Claese and the woodland Meddowes & Swomps thereto adjoyning along the bounds of Thomas Cock together with my house barne orchards pas- tures goods Debts & Moueable afifects for the Terme of her Natural Life & after her decease to be parted in Equall shares amongst all my Children upon Condition that my said wife shall pay all my Lawful Debts." "Unto my Eldest son Robert upon Consideration of my first born son one milch Cow Likewise that Certain piece of land he now Lives on or so much as shall fall to his share when all the woodland is devided Begin- ning at a pine tree neare to the East end of a small swamp in the pine woods then along my bounds to Rochester highway as my bounds Runs To the bounds of Thomas Cock & farther so as my bounds Runs to the bounds Daniel Brodhead then along his bounds to an old marked pine tree Book of Deeds, Liber III. loi & from thence with a straight Line to the first station and if said Robert has too much for his part or share with the Rest of my Children he shall Loose it at the south west End or if he have to little he shall have it In the pine woods at the northwest end where the bounds of said Daniel Brodhead and the swamp where he first began at the same breadth to make it a Complement with the Rest." "Unto my son John all my third part in the mill Likewise twenty acres of Land near by which was promised to be Conveyed to me by Matthias Blanchan before the Trustees of Marbletown but afterwards said Matthias Blanchan sold me that all there was above one hundred acres I might take for he would take no more as to pay one shilling Quitt and when I surveyed it I found it to be twenty three acres above his hundred, but his mother is to have said part of the Mill so long as the Debts Is paid unless she Chance to Marry in the mean while then is it to be dehvered up to my said son John & he is to have it and no more for his part or share of my Estate except his part of the moueables." "To my Daughter Agness ten pounds for her dutiful Care of my family when my Children were small and Tender." "Unto my poor afflicted & distressed brother Thomas Beatty in Ireland who hath through great sickness another visitation from almighty God is become blind & is now maintained by the Charity of his half sister fifteen pounds Current silver money of New York with al possible speed it should be taken up at Interest Hopeing it will be taken from my hands and all the Rest of my family as an acceptable offering from all- mighty God." "All the rest of my wood land lying within the Limmitts of Marble- town & Rochester I give unto the Rest of my Children, vizt: William Charles Thomas Edward James and Henry and to my two Daughters Aggness & Martha" to be divided equally "or Else In quantity according to quallity as they shall think fitt & to take two honest neighbors upon Oath and to view said lott to the best of their knowledge and to Lay so much money upon the best as they shall think fitt to be paid unto them that Receives the worst lots & then said Eight Children to draw lots for said land." Signed by the testator. Tho: Cock Wm. Cock (Witnesses appeared before the Court March 9, JoRis MiDDAGH 1720/1, proving the will). Elleanor Cock Oohn Beaty m. Susanna Ashfordby, and had issue: i. Robert Batty iBettis), m., after May 17, 1719 Bnta Middagh; ii. William, bt. June 9, 1695; iii. Charles, bt. Jan. 9, 1698 (see his will); iv. Agnes, bt. Oct 29, 1699 (dau. Jan Betti & S. A.) ; v. Jan, bt. March z, 1701 (m., Sept. to, 1743, Merry Brink') ; vi. Thomas, bt. March 14, 1703, m. Oct. 23, 1729, Maria Jansz; vii. Maria, bt. Apr. 20, 1707, "Bina Membra Ecclesiae Anglicanae" (member of the English Church), m. Nov. 24, 1728, Johannes Middagh). I02 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Page 169.— SCHUTT, WILLEM JANSEN, of Shawangunk. Will dated May 6, 1706, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble). "Myn huysvrouw Grietie sail blyve in voile possessie van myn ge- heele Staet." "Aan de Kinders van myn outste soon Jan Schutt 100 guldens," to be paid in one year by the widow. "Aan myn soon Myndert Schutt 100 gulden in two years." — "Aan myn soon Salomon Schutt 100 gulden in three years." — "Aan myn doch- ter Magdaleen" 100 gulden in four years." — "Aan myn dochter Neyltie" 100 gulden in five years." — "Aan myn dochter Marytie" 100 gulden in six years." "Aan myn soon Abraham Schutt myn Land gelegen op Shawon- gonck" "in Consideratie dat hy by myn blyft in myn hooge kouderdom Endemyn groote dienst godaen heeft en noch dost, voor welck landt myn voors. soon Abraham sail betalen en uyt Keeren de bove vermackte ses hondert guldens." Wife and son Abraham appointed executors. Signed by the testator. Jacobus Brun (^^p^ Nicolas Hofman and the other witnesses ScmIs^H fman^^ appeared, June 4, 1722, before the Court, proving Wm. Nottingham (My wife G. is to remain in full possession of my whole estate. 100 guldens to be paid by the widow to the children of my eldest son, J. S. — To sons, M., S., and daughters M., N., and M., 100 guldens each. — To my son, A. S., my land at S., in consideration that he remains on my farm and in my service, and that he pays 600 guldens for said land). (.Willem Jans ISchut), m. Gritie Jacobs, and bad issue: i. Jan Willem, m. before Sept. iS, i6g2,. Marytje Ter Bos; ii. Solomon, bt. June i8, 1671 (s. of Willem Jansen and G. T.), m., before Jan. 29, 1690, Jannetje Tysens (.Sesums), m. 2., Sept. i, 1712, Marytjen Mone, widow of Paulus Mone, b. in Hog-duysland {Germany); iii. Magdalena, b. Albany, m. i., after Apr. 2, 1684, Gerrit Decker, m., 2., Apr. 22, 1696, Joris Middagh, b. Hycoop, Holland; iv. Marytie; v. Abraham, b. Morbletown, m. i., after Nov. 9, 1709, Heyltjen Dekkers, ra., 2., Apr. 25, 1714, Ceerthen Kortregt; vi. Meindert, m. before Nov. i6,_ 1694, Sara Jansen; vii. Neeltie, bt. Oct. S, 1682; viii. Menasses, bt. Dec. 30, 16S3, and ix. Ephraim, bt. same day). Page 198.— AARTSE, GERRIT, of Kingston, " Landtman." Will dated Dec. 17, 1715, and written in Dutch. Long religious preamble. "Myn waarde huysvrouw Claartie Aartse de gerechte derde van de profyte van myn gantsche staat gedurende haar Leven, En dat myn voors. huysvrouwe Sail vry heydt hebbe om in het buys tegenwoordrigh door myn bewoont In te blyve woone geduerende haar Leven." "Alyn Jongste Soon Simen van Wageninge Sail hebben En genieten > Book of Deeds, Liber III. 103 In ware en vrye Eigendom" "all myn Landt gelegent noorderlyke van de Esopus Kill SCO als 't selve myn aengekomen is van de Erfegenise van myn vader Aart Jacoise, en oock volgens transpoort van Sweer Teunis- sen alse mede myn wy En Bouwlandt gelegen stiydelyke van voors. Kill, beneff ens buys En Schuer, heyninge Etz. : mits dat myn voors. Soon oft syn ordr of Erfgenamen gehouden sullen syn voor bet selve te betaalen aan myn Erfgenamen bier onder gescbreven waer van by Een is, te betalen de somme van Ses bondred pondt" "In vyfve Jaaren te betaalen jeder jaar de gericbte vyfde part." "So stel Ick tot Erfgenamen over myn gantscbe Staat myn agbt kinderen Wettelyke geproureert met myn voors buysvrouw met namen Evert van Wageninge, Barent van Wageninge, Goosen van Wageninge, Jacob van Wageninge, Simen van Wageninge, Jamnetie buysvrouw van Barent van Benthuysen, Annetie buysvrouw van Henricus Heermans, En Neeltie van Wageningen En oosk Gerrit van Wageninge Soon van myn oudste Soon Wylen Aart van Wageningen" equally "docb dat voors. Gerret van Wageninge" "sail trucke En geniete alvorens de deeling van myn Staat gescbieden sail de Somme van vyftigh pondt." (To my wortby wife, C. A., one third of the income from my whole estate for life, she to have the right to live in the bouse I now occupy. — My youngest son, S. v. W., shall have all my land north of E. K., as the same was inherited by me from my father, A. J., as well as conveyed to me by S. T. — He shall also have my pasture land and farm south of said Kill with bouse and barn, be and bis heirs to be bound to pay for the same to my other heirs the sum of £600 in five years, one fifth each year. — As heirs to my whole estate, I appoint my eight children, begotten by my said wife, by name E. y. W., B. v. W., G. v. W., J. v. W., S. v. W., J., wife of B. V. B., A., wife of H. H., and N. v. W., as well as G. v. W., son of my oldest son, A. v. W., deceased. G. v. W. shall have, in advance, a sum of £50). (Aert jacobsen (Van Wagonen) was an early resident of Albany, who on Sept 17, 1660, purchased 47 morgens 215 rods of land at Esopus from Johanna De Laet, wife of JerOMmvus Eb- binck. He had five children : i. Gerrit Aertse (s. of Aert Jacobsen and Annetje Gerrits) , m. Clara, bt. N. Y. Sept. 10, 1651, dau. of Evert Pels and Jannetie Symens, and had issue; a. Aert, m., Oct. 20, 1695, Aaltje Siting, (see Elting Roelofsen); b. Evert, bt. Apr. 18, 1675, m., June 1, 1701, Marytje Van Heyningen; c. Barent, bt. Apr. 18, 1675, m., Sept. 28, 1703, Lea Schepmoes; d. Goosen Van IVagenen, ra. June 15, 1715, Gertruyd Swart; e. Jfmnetje, bt. June 25, 1682, m. Apr. 21, 1701, Barent Van Benthuysen; f. Anntje, bt. Sept, 7, 16S4, m. Hendricus Heermans;^ g. Jacob, bt. Oct. 3, 1686; h. Simon, bt. Apr. 7, 1689, m. May 26, 1720, Maria Schepmoes; i. Neeltje, bt. Apr. 17, 1692, m. Andries Focken; j. Rebecca, bt. Nov. 11, 1694;- — ii. Neeltje Aartsen, m., June 6» 1667, Cornelis Tynhout (q. v.) ; iii. Jacobus, ta., Febr. 25, 1677, Sarah, dau. of Evert Pells (q. v.) ; iv. Grietje Aartsen, m., Jan. 28, 1668, Jacobus C. Elmendorf; v. Elisabeth, m. ab. 1676, Cornelius Masten (q. v.). ) ''— - Page 219.— MATTYSEN, JAN, of Kingston. Will dated Oct. 7, 1719, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble). "Myn buysvrouw Maddeleen Mattysen Sal bebben en blyve in bett besit van myn gantscbe Staatt Gedurende baar weduwlycke Staat Sonder dat sy gehouden sal syn Reeckenscbap te geven aan Eenige van myn 104 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Kinderen Dogh Indien myn voors. huysvrouw wederom quam te her trou- wen Dat als dan myn voors. huysvrouw gehouden is de geregte helft van myn voor. staat uyt te keeren Ente betalen aan myn Erfgenamen hier onder ges. En de andere helft van voor. Staat sail myn voors. huys- vrouw on de benifitie van Inventaries de bate En Profyten des selve genieten geduren de Leven En na haar overlyden dat Sulex Insgelyex soil syn ten Behoeve van myn Erfgenamen hier onder geschreven." "Aan myn outste Soon Mattys Jansen" "Een paart de keyr van myn Stall voort Reght van Eerst geboorten." "Aan myn kinderen mett namen Mattys, Thomas, Jan, Hendrick, David, Margrieta Huysvrouw van Barent Burhans Catrina huysvrouw van John Croke Junr, Daniell Brodhead Soon van my overleden Doghter Magdalena in haar leven huysvrouw van Richard Brodhead En aan de drie kinderen van myn overleden doghter Sara in haar leven huysvrouw van Elias Bunshoten met namen Teunis, Johannis En Gerretie" "myn gantsche Staat." "(Door dien myn Soon Jan naar Engelandt vertrocken is en wy van gedaghten zyn dat hy overleden is) dat myn andere Erfgenamen Syn portie van myn voors. Staat sal Deelen aan Stondts na myn En myn voors. huysvrouw, overlyden, mits dat Een Jeder van haar sal gehouden Syn om golde borgh te geven aan myn Executors hier onder genoemt dat Indien myn voors. Soon Jan moght weder on in dese provintie arriveeren if syn twettige kint ofte kinderen sy als dan kem ofte syn kinders syn part ofte portie van myn voors. Staat dat Sy onder haar hebben wederom sal oplevere Ende betalen." "Myn Soon Thomas Jansen" shall have "de Bouwery met syn Depen- dentie myn tobehoerende de welche gecoght heb van John Ward En gele- gen onder Marbletown; En nue in huere gebruyckt dooe myn voors. soon Thomas mits dat hy sal uyt keeren En betalen of Doen betalen ten behoeve van myn Erfgenamen" "£300" En Een Duysent negen hondert En Vyftigh Schepels Taruw of de Samen vyf hondert twe en t' negentigh pondt En sien Schellinge tot haar van voors. Thomas Jansen." (My wife, M. M., shall remain in possession of my whole estate, as long as she remains my widow, and not be obliged to render an account to any one of my children, but if she should happen to marry, then she shall be bound to turn over one half of the estate to my heirs, and out of the other half she shall have the income and profit during her natural life, and then to go to my heirs. To my eldest son, M. J., the choice of a horse from my stable, his right of primogeniture. To mv other children, by name M., T., J., H., D., M., wife of B. B., C, wife of J.' C, Jr., D. B., son of my daughter M., deceased, in her lifetime wife of R. B., and to the three chil- dren of my daughter, S., deceased, in her lifetime wife of E. B., bv name T., J., and G., my whole estate. — My son, J., having departed for England, and there is supposed to have died, it is my will that my other heirs shall divide his share after my own and my wife's decease, but each one shall be bound to give gold bonds to my executors, to provide for the case that Book of Deeds, Liber III. 105 his portion of my said estate may be paid to him or his children, should he, my said son Jan, return to this province. — My son T. J. shall have the farm with what thereto belongs, which I purchased from J. W., situated at M., and now in the possession of my said son T., for which he shall pay to my other heirs £300, and 1950 schepels of wheat or the sum of £592.10). The four sons, Mattys Jansen, Thomas Jansen, Hendrick Jansen and David Jansen appointed executors. The youngest son David to have "Een Negers Jonge of the vertigh pont Courant gelt." Signed by the testator. W. Ten Broeck (Witnesses appeared before the Court, A: Gaasbeck Chambers Nov. 24, 1724, proving the will. — Re- JoHANNis TEN Broeck cordcd and examined by Gil : Livingston, Wm. Nottingham. Clerk.) (See Jan Tysen). Page 230.— HEERM ANS, JAN, Senr., of Kingston. ^ ^ ^^ Will dated Oct. 20, 1723, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble). "Aan myn Eenigste doghter Margarieta" "myn Neiuwe Cleere Kist met all haar linne dar daar in is, als mede haar bedste en bedding met syn toebehooren, voorugt myn Staat en verder dat myn voors doghter sal het gebruyck van myn kamer hebben, om in te woonen gedurende de tyt wan haar Natuerlycke Leven (te weten) de kamer van myn tegenwoodige woon buys." "Aan de drie kinderen van myn overleden Soon Jan Heermans met namen Jacob, Jan ^n Engeltie huysvrouw van Cornells Elmendorf" "de gerechte vierde part van myn geheele Staat." (To my only daughter Margarieta my new linen-chest with all the linen therein, bed and bedding, and to have the use of my chamber for her life, that is the chamber in the house where I now live. To the three children of my deceased son Jan Heermans, named Jacob, Jan, and Engeltie, wife of Cornells Elmendorf, the fourth part of my estate). "Aan myn Soon Henricus Heermans" the fourth part of the entire estate. — To son Andreis Heermans a fourth part of the estate. — To daughter Margarieta one fourth part of the estate, if she dies, her share to be divided among the "kinderen van" Jan, Henricus, and Andries. Sons Henricus and Andries appointed executors. . Jan Heermanssen (his mark) (Witnesses appeared before the Court, March 5, 1724/5, Tobias Van BeUREN —"This to Certifie that I Jacob Rutsen, Esq. Judge of the Inferior Court of Common i)leas for said BaRENT NUKERCK County of Ulster have carefully examined the with- in will and testament and find no Razors nor Inter- WlLLIAM SWART liniations. In the same and here by allow the same to be Entered on said County Records.'' Jacob W. Nottingham Rjitsen. Vera Copia — Gil Livingston, Clerk). io6 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. (/on Focken (Heermans) came from Ruynen, Prov. Drenthe, Holland, m. in N. Y^ Aug. 23, 1676, Engeltie Bresteede, bt. Nov. 29, 1654, dau. of Jan Jansen Breestede and Marritie An- dries, m. z., ab. 1692, Elisabeth Blanchan, dau. of Matthew B. and widow of Pieter Cornells Low. Had with first wife: i. Jan, bt. N. Y., Nov. 3, 1677, m. ab. 1697^ Annatje, dau. 7ocob Aartse (J/ an Wagenen) a.nd, Sara Pels (q. v.); ii. Focke, btjuly 20, 1679; lii. Hendrick, bt. Sept. 3, 1681, m. ab. 1708, Annatie, bt. Sept. 7, 1684, dau. of Gerrit Aartsen (Van Wagenen) and Clara Pels; iv. Grietje, bt. Apr. 6, 1683; v. Andries, bt. Apr. 12, 1685, m. Neeltje, b. Apr. 17, 1692, dau. of Gerrit Aartsen (Van Wagenen) and Clara Pels. Res. Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., N. Y.; vi. Philip- pus, bt. Jan. i, 1687; vii. Pieter, bt. Dec. 30, 1688. By 2d wife: viii. Wilhelmus, bt. N. Y., May 7, 1693; ix. Grietje, bt. Kingston, Aug. 30, 1696, m., Apr. 21, 1727, Jam Maklin, b. March 7, 1703, s. of Jan Maklin and Marritje De Witt). Page 233.— RUTSEN, JOHN. Will dated March 5, 1724/5. Wl^ "My Beloved wife, Cathrine have and Enjoy all my Estate Real and personal of what kind so Ever During her natural Life, Except She maryeth & if in Case she marrieth then to keep and Enjoy the one halfe of my estate" "and the other halfe of my Estate to be Equally Divided amongst my Children." "Unto my son Jacob, besides his part as is shall happen the Sume of one hundred pounds." "After my wife Decease, all my Estate to be Equally Divided be- tween my natural Children, and in Case my Children dye without issue then my said Estate after my wifes decease to be divided, the one halfe or moety to my wifes brother Henry Beeckman and his sigter Cornelia the wife of Gilbert Livingston" "and the other halfe or moiety to my brother, and Sisters" (not named). "I Impower ray beloved wife Cathrin to sell and Dispose of all my Estate both Reall and personall." Wife appointed executrix. Signed by the testator, "in my dwelling house at Knightfield." JoHANNis Westbrock (Witnesses appeared before the Court, . „r Jacob Rutsen, Judge, Abr. Gaasbeck Joseph Whealer Chambers, Lodewyk Hornbeck, Justices, JOHANNIS SCHOON MAKER May II, I725. (J. R., m., Dec. 4, J712, Catryntjen Beekman, b. Sept 16, 1683, dau. of William B., and widow of Cornelis Bxveen. She m., 3., Albert Pawling, of Dutchess Co. — ^J. R. and C. B. had issue: i. Jolumna, bt. Apr. 11, 1714; ii. Jacob, bt. Apr. 29, 1716 (Jacob Ruts, Sr., and Marytjen Hansen, witn.); iii. Henderikus, bt. March 9, 1718, m., Nov. 24, 1737, Allada Livingston; iv. Catrina, bt. May 24, 1719, m. June 13, 1740, Dirk Wesselse Ten Broeck, res. Albany). Page 268.— SHEPMOES, DIRCK, of Kingston. Will dated Febr. 15, 1723/24, and written in Dutch. Long religious preamble. "Myn huysvrouw Maragrietie Schepmoes of Tappen (wife M. S. or Tappen) £40 and a "negerin met naame genaamt Jenney met all haar kin- dere" (negress by name Jenny with all her children). Wife also to have "het Goudt en sulver gemunt en ongemunt beding goldere en buys Raadt an all dat sy by myn gebrogt heeft" "twe paarde twee kouye twee shaapen en waage met strange touwe dar toie behooren de voor haer Book of Deeds^ Liber III. 107 twe Doghters genaamt Anna & Areyaantue Schepmoes" (gold and silver, coined and uncoined, bedding, household goods, and all she had brought unto me, two horses, two cows, two sheep, a wagon, with string and cord belonging to it (harness), for her two daughters named A. & A. S.) also "helleft van het Raat Dot wy gecoght en laate maake hebben terwyl dat wy getrowt geweest syn" (half of the household-goods which we bought and had made when we married) . "Myn huysvouw" "en haer twe dogters" "Jeder Elick Een Bedt met syn toiebehooren" (my wife and her two daughters a bed each with what belongs thereto). The wife also to have a third part of "het woUe en Linne gaare of Linne Vlass geweeve of ongeweevn Sount en Smeer kerse slip vlys spek meet voor Broot en voorts alles watt Eat baare syn dat in myn. buys of in de tuyn groeyt (the woolen, linen-thread or linen-flax, woven or not, and tallow candle, bacon, bread and all eatables in my house, or growing in the garden), en indien ick quam te sterve Dat het kooren noch in de Schuer te dorse was so sail myn voor syde huysvrouw Maragritie vier en twintigh Schepel tarrew twaalfe Scheepell males Dar- tigh Scheepel have Een hallef beest en Een vet varrike dat dat gemest is hebben" (and if at my death the grain should yet be in the barn to be thrashed, my wife shall have 24 schepels of wheat, 12 schepels corn, 30 schepels oats, half a cattle, and a fat pig). "Myn voorsyde vrouw" "in myn buys sal woome so Langh als sy ongetrouwt blyft en dat sy sail hebben tot haar wooningh de kelder kueken en op kaamer en up Solder en haar geryf in de kelder de haleve tuyn by het buys" (my said wife shall live in my house, so long as she is unmarried, and shall have for her occupancy the cellar, kitchen, and an upper room, and an upper garret, and her accommodation in the cellar, and half of the garden at the house) "ende derde part van de Boogaert van de appele en alle Boonvrughte die oft myn Landt in het bos grocien" (and the third part of the apple-iorchard, and all the fruit from the trees, which grow on my land or in the woods). Also "de darde hok of Garref van omtrent tien morgen bowlandt dat door Willem Schepmoes" "sal behouwt werde maer myn voor boiemde Soon Willem sail gehouwden Syn het voomoiemde Landt te bequaamer tydt te sayen met winter en soomer kooren ock sail hy alle laaren Een halfe Schepel vlaas saat op be quam Landt te Sayen voor myn syde huysvrouw" "op haer tien morgen en Willem Schepmoes sail van het soomer kooren soo veel weer hebben als het vlas lant gegroit is" (the third part of the sheaves of about 10 morgen arable land, which W. S. shall be bound to seed with winter and summer grain, and to sow yearly sufficient for half a bushel of flax for my said wife, but he shall have as much grain therefrom as is grown on said flax-land) "de tien morgen voor myn vrouw Sail weesen de voorste houck in de lange Streek" (my wife's 10 morgen shall be "at the first corner in the long row) "ock so sullen tween kouye twee kalvers en twee schaapen Loopen of te wyen daar syn vie Loopt en wydt" (and two cows, two calves, and two sheep may pasture where the son's cattle is grazing) "ock io8 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. sail my huysvrouw" "de helfte van het hoy landt dat op haar Landt dat is de Lange street groot vry hebbe En myn soon W. S. sail het magen voor de helleft So by will, oeck en Sal my huysvrouw voor het wyie van haer niet betalen" (my wife shall also have half of the hay land which is on her land on the long row, and my son, W. S., may cut the hay from this half if he so wishes, and my wife shall not pay anything for this land) "oock Sail myn huysvrouw" "den morge Schoon Bosslandt hebben waar zy will (my wife is also to have a morgen cleared woodland, where- ever she wishes) en haer geryt van de Schuer en bergen hofstede haerko- men en vel In te bergen ente dorsen (and to have all her carting to the barn and on the farm, and her cattle brought in) : en soo myn voorsyde huys- vrouw van het landt Een morgen Landt tot Een wey will maake Sal het moogen Doren all het voor sude Landt is myn voor Syde huysvrouw" "te hebbe Soo Langh als sy Leeft of ongetrowt blyft" (and if my wife wishes to make a pasture of her morgen land, she may do so, and she is to have said land as long as she lives or is unmarried) : en Een Spaa on Een greep Een byll : En scap en Een wan : en Spueel Slee ock Sail sy hebben de potte Bank en Eettens half en Leedekant Daar wy In Slaagen" "met het bedde goet dat in "en de twee brandt Isers hebbe en de bybell die wy gebruyckt hebben" (She is also to have a shovel, a dungfork, a small ax, a wooden shovel, a grain cleaner, a pleasure sleigh, the pott-bench (to place potts on), and corner closet (Eettens, i. e., a small three-cornered closet), a bedstead, where we sleep in (the testator wrote, by mistake, 'slaagen,' instead of 'slaapen,' i. e., 'where we fought in instead of where we slept in), with the bedding belonging thereto, the two iron stamps (marking irons), and the Bible, which we have used)'. "Anna en Areyantie Schepmoes sail ock Een Beybel hebben Benef- fense sail myn huysvrouw haer twe Doghters genaemt A. en E. S. EUeck vyftien EUe hoUans Bettyk nevens het I gegeweeve : en ock het fyne Linne dat new geweve is of geweeve wort dat sy selleft gesponne hebben" (A. and A. S. shall also have a bible each, and my wife is to give said daugh- ters each 15 yards Holland bedcloth which I have woven, and also the fine linen, which was woven, or which will be woven, which she has spun herself) . "Myn Soon Willem Schepmoes sal hebbe myn buys dat aghter is en Schuer en hofstee Boogaert en leegh Bowlandt dat ick nu behowen" (my son, W. S., shall have my house which is behind, and barn, and farm, and orchard, and low plough land which at present belongs to me) "het Landt dat ick new Sayie en ploiege en maey tot Sestien morge toie maer de voorste" (and the land which I am now sowing and plowing, and the 60 morgen low land) "sal van de kisketamer boom beginnin en de lange streek aan de sloot of het brugetie en dan met Een Reghte byn op de Sloot op Scepere Boomtie dat by de Sloot Staet en dan met Een Reghte byn op Jan Roos Boss landt en al dat Boss landt dat aen Deese seyde ban Leyn is Die Mr. John Cook gemeetenheeft dat sail Willem Schepmoes hebbe tot aen Dierck Dewitt syn Leyn voor welleke voornoiemde Landt huysen Book of Deeds, Liber III. 109 Schuyr Boogaert:" "En ock myn neeger genaamt Will en Een wagen en ploiegh" (shall begin at the "chestnut-tree" at the long row on the creek at the bridge, and then with a straight line up the creek to the 'Scepere' tree, which stands on the creek, and then with a straight line to Jan Roos's woodland, and also all the woodland which is on this side of the line, which Mr. John Cook has marked, shall belong to Wil- lem Schepmoes to Dierck Dewitt's line, for which said land, houses, barn, orchard and also my negro, by name Will and a wagon, a plow, he shall pay £400. He is also to receive "all myn Pocke ende Schrifte obligatsie en alle oblegaatsie Redderen" (all my books, writing-books and bonds, and to pay all my debts). If the widow should re-marry, she is to give an account not later than four years after the testator's death, and money not paid by William Schepmoes on the £400 debt shall then be remitted. "Aan myn klyn Soon Dirck Willemse Schepmoes myn vleg by het binnewaeter leggende en myn Singenet ofte waapen Rinck Rottingh en Schiet Roier sail hebben" (to my little son, D. W. S., my row-boat on the lake, and my signet-ring (or ring with coat of arms) my walking-stick and gun). "Myn soon Johannes Schepmoes sal hebben de tuyn die naest syn grondt an Leydt met en Reghte Leyn op het koonigs padt en dat Landt dat buyten De Schoongemaekt is" "syn Eerste geboorte Reght" (my son, J. S., shall have the garden, which adjoins his land, with a straight line from the King's Way, and the land which is beyond the cleared land, his right of primogeniture). All the 60 morgen land now occupied and plowed by Willem Schep- moes to be equally divided among the children "en het Boss Landt dat Tusen Willem an Johannes Schepmoes Leydt volgens de Leyn die John Crook geloopen heeft" (and the woodland which lies between W. and J. S.'s land, and follows the line which J. C. marked) is to be divided among the children "myn doghters Sara; en Dirckye: Ragell en Leea: Willem en Rebeeka Anna en Areyantie Schepmoes." "Willem Schepmoes sail van dat Bowlandt niet hebben als syn part van het gelt soo daar overschiet soo sal Willem daer syn par van hebe vande vaste staet Dat Landt dat myn Sueeve kindere sullen deelen dat moet kosten Drie hondert ponden (W. S. shall not receive of this woodland more than his share of the money which remains due, he is also to have his share of the real estate; the land which my seven children are to divide, may cost £300). "Maer So daer geldt of meel of kooren is dat Sail myn vrouw en myn Soon Willem hebbe om myn doost Schult daer mede te betaalen en de Rest dot dar rnoghte overigh weesen om myn andere Schulden te betalen en Sullen gehowden Syn Ses maan dan nae myn doot Reekeningk te doien aen de administratuers van myn nagebatene Staat. Ock Soo will Ick dat hy dat Landt Dat hey new In huer heeft, nock Een Jaer sail Bouwe mitten daer van de Derde hok of geris moist gedoe en als daer Soo veel Reet geldt niet gevonden wordt soo sail het uyt de naaste krop Betaalt weerden no Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. door myn Soon Willam Schepmoes Dat is te segge myn Doot Schulde Die aen myn begrafnis behooren en gedaan Sullen werden die moielen alle betaalt werden en niet naagelaten." (Any money, flour or corn, which may be found, shall go to my wife and to my son William for the payment of my funeral expenses, and what remains shall be used to pay my other debts with. They are to be bound to give an account to my executors, six months after my death, of their expenses on that account. It is also my will that he (William) shall for one year more cultivate the land which he now has in rent, with barley, and if there should not be ready money enough, pay- ment will have to be deferred to the proceeds of the next crop, as paid by my son William. The funeral expenses must, however, be paid promptly.) Anna and Areyantie to have also "Een negerin" a negress each "als sy komen te trouwen" (when they marry). If necessary, Anna is to have the first choice of Jenny's children, (van Jinny haer kinderen) Areyantie shall have two of Jenny's children. My two daughters, Anna and Areyan- tie, shall have "Ellek harre Ige kist met het geene daar in is te weeten (each her own trunk with what is therein, that is) linen and woolen goods, silver, coined and uncoined, and all the small pictures and all the stone- ware that belongs to her, a HoUandish copper kettle (Een hoUandse Coopre kaetell), a little teapot, six chairs, two iron potts, a clock, a warming pan (huegel) : "affchop en tangh" (coalshuttle and tongs), six spoons, six pewter plates, a cup, a pewter dish (schuttel), a copper smoothing iron, a good spinning wheel. As guardian (vooghde) over my wife and my two children, Anna and Aryantie, both under age, I appoint, Johannis Hardenberg, Pieter Tappen, and Hendrik Pruyn. As executors I appoint Jhuenes Tappen, Barnardus Swartwout, Barent van Waagenen, Aldert Roosa, Johannis Hardenbergh, Pieter Tappen and Hendrik Pruyn. Signed by the testator, and witnessed by Gil: Livingston, Jno. Rut- sen, Salomon Davis, and Jacobus Van Dyck. On Sept. 20, 1725, Gilbert Livingston, Solomon Davis, and Jacobus Van Dyck appeared before the Court, Arian Gerretsen, Esq., Judge, Capt. Lambert Cool, and Capt. Coenraedt Elmendorp, Esqrs., Justices, proving the will, and the signatures of the other witnesses. (See his former will, supra.) Page 293.— DOYO, ABRAHAM, of New Paltz. Will dated Sept. 20, 1724, and written in French. "Nostre Commancemant Soit au non de dieu" "en sentant malade au lit." (In the name of God, and sick in bed). (Long religious preamble.) "Item Cette ausy mon vouloir et Volonte que pres mon deces ma famme Elche demeura en la plaine posesion De tous me bien pour en youir paisiblement durant son vesuage san quel soit oublige de rendre Book of Deeds, Liber III. in Conte a mon fit Abraham." (My wife Elsie to remain in full posses- sion of my whole estate, without being obliged to render any account to my son Abraham.) "Mais sy elle ces venoit a se Remarier alor elle sera oblige de rendre sout a mon fils Abraham a souoir le taire du vilage et meson et grange et tous me neigre et Cheval es betacorne et meuble et jnmeuble orre argant." (But if she should marry again, she is to give an account to my son. A., for the land, house, all my negroes, horses, horned cattle, furniture and money) "Comme ausy tous le graint le graint quy seron vair ous saique et ausy tous ce qui mapartien an dite nu pale jtaime je daune plaint pouvoir a ma fame elche de savoir vandre et transporter ceste dit toire que deseus A France qui a quy ellse bons luy Semblere pour paier le frest des Ceste dite terre desus le france quil jtaime je daune et radonne amon fils Abraham tous le taire que je dans la patente du nu palle apre la mor de ma femme sil elle ne se reviene a marier Comme il est sy de seux." (Also all the grain, green or dry, as well as all what belongs to me in said New Paltz, besides full power to my wife Elsie to sell or dispose of all what may be in France at such price she may wish; I give to my son A. all the land which I have in the Patent of New Paltz, after my wife's death, if she does not remarry, as is pro- vided for farther on). I give "tous me outien de Charon et Cotille atiere et tous ce quil apartien a Cotille a Abraham mon fils," (to Abraham, my son, all my wagons and what belongs thereto) "et en suite je bailie tous me Livre amon fil Abraham et je reserve pour Mari ma fiUe le bible flament en un testament fancoij et on livre de sermon en un Livr a Saume et quatre pour Wintie a Savoir le vieux bible francoij et un testa- ment francoij et le pratique de piete et un Livr de priere flament," (and I give my books to my son A., except four for Marie, my daughter, i. e. the Dutch Bible, a French Testament, a Book of Sermons, and a Psalm-Book, and four for Wintie, i. e., the old French Bible, a French Testament, The Practice of Piety, and a Dutch Prayer-Book) . To ray son Abraham also "deux Chelin pour le droy darnaise Sent quil puis pleus rien a pretandre pour ce Senge." (two ropes for the right harness, with which he is to be satisfied, without any change). "J taime je hardonne que mon fils Abraham apre la mor de ma fame il faudra balier a ses deux seure so sente pistol de largant de nouuel jorque pour Leur par deritage a savoir frante pistolle pour Mary et Frante pistol pour Wintie apre troii aan apre la mor de ma fame." (I will that my son A., after my wife's death, shall give to his two sisters 60 Pistoles, (*) New York money, for their inheritance, that is 30 pistoles for Marie and 30 pistoles for Wintie) "Et ausy jordonne que ma fame elche ou mon fils Abraham seront oblige de donez a Wyntie Comme je balie a marie ma fille en mariage quan elle aura vinte aen." (Which is to be given to my daughter Marie on her marriage or when 20 years of age, by my wife or my son Abraham.) (*) A pistole was a Spanish coin, worth ca. 60 cents. 112 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "Maij sil plait a dieu de retirez de me enfent il Retournera a me enfent et il partiront egalement et sil vinne a mourir tous sent eritier il Retournera a la enfant de me deux frere a sovoir Critiane et Henri Doyo." (When it shall please God to take me away from my children, it shall return to my children, to be divided equally, and if they should die without having inherited, it (the property) shall go to the children of my two brothers, Christian and Henry Doyo.) Jacob Hashrouck, Daniel Hasbrouck and the wife appointed execu- tors. Signed by the testator, and witnessed by Jacob Hasbrouck, Daniel Du Bois, and Daniel Hasbrouck. Daniel and Jacob Hasbrouck ap- peared before the Court, Oct. 7, 1725, proving the will, and stating that they saw Daniel Du Bois sign the same as a witness. (Abraham Doyo m. Elsie Clearwater in 1702.) Page 313.— FALSETT, QERRET, of the Pals Creek, Labourer. Will dated April 13, 1726. "Being very sick and weake In body." "To Johannes Wine Cope Senier of Kingston" £5. "To well beloved Handly Onomary Newkirk of the Pals Creek" £5. — "To my handlady Daughter In law Geertry Newkirk £5. "To Loving frinds Hendrieck Newkirk & Jahanas Newkirk whome I likewise Constitute my Executors" "all my Estate of moneys Bonds Goods now belonging to me." Garret Falsett (his mark). (John Haywood & Mathis Slymer Jno. Haywood appeared before the Court, May 5, Hendryck Schoonmaker 1726, stating that they saw Hen- Mathise Slimer drick Schoonmaker sign the will as a witness). Page 342.— LAMBERTSE, CORNELIUS (or BRINK). Will dated March 8, 1725/6, and written in Dutch. "Aan myn HuysvroUw (to my wife) Marritie Meyderse the whole estate. — "An myn outste Soon (to my oldest son) Eghbert Brinck" de keur van alle de peerde (his choice of all the horses). — "Al myn vaste staet van lant en buys so in corporatie van Kingston als op Hurly ofte Elders aenders aen myn vier soons (all my real estate in K., and H., or elsewhere to my four sons) Eghbert, Lambert, Henderick En Jacob equally, they to pay the debts, and to their three sisters £50: Ragel De Huysvrouw (wife of) Arent Ploegh; Jenneke wife of Samuel Burhans and Elisabeth wife of Jan Oosterhout, to be paid within three years. — To said daughters also "all Myn Linne Schutels Borde En Comme" (linen, dishes, plates, and cups (or bowls). All the rest of the estate, as slaves, horses, and cattle to be divided among said children. — "Aan Book of Deeds, Liber III. 113 myn outste Soon" (to my eldest son) Eghbert" "In myn plaets te ackte als tetentier Int Patent. Nevens Cornells Cool (to act in my place as holder in the Patent besides Cornells Cool). Sons Eghbert and Lambert appointed executors. Signed by the testator, and witnessed by Arien Gerretsen, Gerrit Newkirck, Timothy Low, and Cornelius Newkirck, who all appeared before the Court, Nov. 21, 1726, proving the will. (Cornells Lambertz, born at sea, son of Lambert Huibertsen (q. v.), m., Apr. 27, 1685, Maretie Egberts (.Meyndertsen), of New York, and had issue: i. Eghbert (see Cornelis Brink); ii. Lambert; iii. Hendricje, bt. Apr. ig, 1686; iv. Henderik, bt. Jafi. 28, 1692; v. Jacob and vi. Rachel, twins, bt June 3, 1693; vii. Jacob, bt. Jan. 5, 1696; viii. Mynert, bt. May i, 1698; IX. Jamneke, bt. May 7, 1699, m. i., Dec. 16, 1720, Samuel Burhans, m. a., Oct s, '734, Walran Dumont; 3C Lysbet, bt March 23, 1701, m. Jan Oosterhout; xi. Annotie, bt. March 24, 1706. — The widow m., Oct. 5, 1734, IValran Dumond). The following wills, in possession of Mr. Ralph Le Fevre, of New Paltz, are not on record in Kingston, Albany or New York. FRERE, HUGH, New Paltz. Will dated Jan. 15, 1727/8, and written in Dutch. "Aen myn Oudste soon Hugo" "voor het Recht van syn Eerste ge- boorte geve ick hem Een paart de keur van myn Stat" (to my eldest son, H., the choice of a horse, for his right of primogeniture). "Aen myn Soon Isaac^' "myn weves getouw en syn toebehooren en twee rieten en oock Een voste merry paardt, die van myn breeder Jam Frere gehooren is, voruyt voor syn getrouw Diensten aen myn gedaan" (to my son, I., my weaver's loom with what thereto belongs, as well as two reeds, and a sorrel mare, in advance of division, for his faithful service) . "Myn Jongste Kinderen sullen onderhouden en opgevedt werden naar vermoogen en ter Schoolen laaten gaan" (my youngest children shall be provided for, and brought up as well as possible, and permitted to attend school). "Aan myn Derteen Jtinderen met namen Hugo, Isaac, Simon, Jonas, Marya, Sarah, Hester, Chatharina, Blandina, Rachel, Jannetie, Rebecca, en Elizabeth" "mym geheele staet" (my thirteen children, named, to equa- vally divide the property) "mets gevende aen de Vleeschlycke Vreught Van Tryntie Van Cleck, Dochter van Johannes Van Kleck die sy nu draagt so het leeft tot de mondige Jaaren ofte tot Een Twentigh Jaaren" "een even geluck part en portie met myn boven gen. kinderen" (to the 'fruit of the flesh' of Tryntie Van Cleck, daughter of Johannes Van Kleck, which she now goes with, it shall receive, if it lives to majority, or to the age of 20, an equal share of the estate with my said children) "En by aldien het vreught ofte kint quam onmondigh te overleyden" (and if any of the children should die before the age of majority) the sur- vivors are to divide the share of deceased. "Myn ongetrouwde kinderen als sy Comen te trouwen en hu- welycken sullen dan haaren Uytsett hebben als myn anderen kinderen gehedt hebben doe se trouwden" (when the minors marry, they are to 114 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. have an outfit, similar to those, which my married children received, when they married). "Aan myn Dochter, Rachel, £5" (to my daughter, R., £5), to daughter, Jannetie, i6, to daughter, Rebecca, £7, and to daughter, Elisa- beth, £8, as well as my "silver Tuymelaar" (silver tumbler). The children to give their brothers and sisters preference, if they wish to sell their shares. Executors: sons Hugo, Isaac, Simon. Guardians: "my drie bree- ders" (my three brothers), Abraham Freer, Jacob Freer, and Jan Freer, and "myn Vrindt" (my friend), Aart Van Wagenen. Hugh Freer (his mark). Witnessed by Ande le feure, Samuel Beuier, and Daniel Hasbroucq. DUBOIS, DANIEL. Will dated Aug. 16, 1729, and written in French. "Soit Notoire a tous Eeux qu'il appartiendra qu' aujourdhuy le Siexieme Jour du mois D' aoust de L'an Mille sept Cent et vingt Neuf moy soubsine Daniel Dubois hebitant du Nieu Paltz en la Conte de Ulster en la Province de Nieu York dans L'Amerique Estant en sante de corps et d'Esprit Dieu en soit Loue; Feu que le jour et L'heure de la mort nous est Incertaine Dieu nous ayant Cache le Temps et le Moment qu'il s'est reserve a sou Adorable Providence; c'est pourquoy aussy J'ay voulu jcy declarer par les presentes ma derniere volonte et Testament en la forme et en la maniere Comme L'ensuit." (Be it known to all whom it may concern, that to-day, Aug. i6th, 1729, I, Daniel Dubois, resident of N. P., Ulster County, Province of New York in America, be- ing well in body and mind, for which God be praised; knowing that the day and hour of death is uncertain to us, God having hidden from us the time and the moment which he has reserved in his adorable provi- dence ; therefore, I have wished to declare by these presents my last will and testament in manner and form as follows.) "Je Casse je Reuoque J'annule et met a neant tout autre Testament que j'ay fait ou passe soit de parolle ou par Eseuit: il serront nul et de nulle valleur." (I dissolve, revoke, annul and make void every other testament, which I have made by word or writing: it shall be void, and null, and of no effect.) "Mais Celluy cy est et sera ma demiere volonte et Testament et non autre." (But this is and shall be my last will and testament.) "Et Ainsy je Recommende mon ame a Dieu mon Creatur a Jesus Christ mon Sauueur Et au Sainct Espt. mon Consolateur et Sanctificateur. Et mon Corps a la Terre d'ou il a Este pris Jusques a ce qu'il plaise a Dieu au Jour qu'il 'a destermine en son Conseil Esternel de Ressusciter nos Corps pour les reunir a nos Ames, afin que tous ensemble de jouir a jamais de la vie Eternelle et bien heureuse que Jesus Christ son fils nostre Seigneur nous a acquire par son sang qu'il a promis de donner a tous Eux quy luy seront fidelle jusqu'a la mort." Book of Deeds, Liber III. 115 (And thus I recommend my soul to God, my creator, to Jesus Christ my saviour, and to the Holy Ghost, my consoler and sanctifier, and my body to the earth from which it was taken, until it shall please God, on the day which he has determined in his eternal counsel, to raise our bodies, to reunite them to our souls so as together to enjoy forever life eternal, and most blessed, which Jesus Christ, his son, our Lord, had secured for us by his blood, which he has promised to give to all those who are faithful unto death.) "Pour ce quy est de mes biens temporels qu'il a pleu a Dieu de me donner beaucoup plus que je n'ay merritte: Comme Terres, Maisons, Granges, frutiers, pastures, et heritage; Cheweaus, Bestes a Corne et autres Bestial ; or, argent, monnoye ou autrement, Estains, Euyores, fers & ferrement, et tout autres Utencilles quy appartient a mon bien Je donne et ordonne Comme il Lenssuit." (As for my temporal goods which it has pleased God to give me, much more than I deserve : as lands, houses, barns, orchards, pastures, and heritage, horses, cattle, gold, silver, coined or uncoined, cooking-utensils, iron tools, and all other utensils, I give and bequeath as follows). "Premierement S'est mon Voloir et volonte que toutes mes Ligi- tures Debts Soit Payee en temps Conunabl par mes Executeurs ycy apres nommes." (First, it is my will and desire that all my debts be paid by my executors, hereafter named, immediately after my death.) "ae. Cest aussy mon voulier et volonte Expresse que ma femme Marie demeurera en la pleine possession et Jouissance de tous mes biens mouuable et jonmouvables apres mon desces pour en jouir paisiblement durant son veufage sans quelle soit obligee den rendre Conte a mes Enfans ny a personne quy que ce soit, mais sy en cas quelle Vin Sent a se remar- ier, elle aura nu tiers dans les reuenus de toutes mes terres aussy elle aura une negresse trois ou quatre vaches trois Cheueaus et tous les meubles de ma maison pour sa vie durant et apres son desces ils reuiendront Et Seront a tous mes Enfans en general pour estre esgallement divise et partage parmy Eux et eutre eux ; Ses pourquoy il faudra faire une jnven- taire." (My wife, Marie, to remain in full, undisturbed possession of all my estate, during her widowhood, without being obliged to render an account to my children, or anyone else ; if she should happen to remarry, she is to have one third of the profits from all my lands, one negress, three or four cows, three horses, all the furniture in my house, for life, and after her death, all to go to the children to be divided equally. An inventory will, therefore, be necessary.) "3e. Mon fils aine Benjamin aura pour son desit d'ainesse tout ma monture de Cavallerie Excepte le Cheuel sans pretendre pour Cette raison rien autres Choses." (My eldest son, B., for his birthright, my cavalry equipment, except the horse; he not to pretend to chose something else, on that account.) "46. Tous mes biens meubles et jnmeubles mouvables et jn- mouvables a mes six Enfants Elisabeth, Benjamin, Marie, Simon, Rachel^ ii6 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. et Isaac, a Eux" "une juste part." ((To my children, named, one sixth part each of the whole estate.) "5e. Mais Sy en cas ma famme procree ou ait d'autres Enfants durant mon vie, ils diviseront" "une just part." (If my wife should have other children during my life, they are to inherit equally with the rest.) "6e. S'il arriuoit que ma famme fut Enceinte a mon Desces et accouchat de fils ou fille legitimement procree de moy alons ce fruit la doit partage dans tous I'heritage." (If my wife should be enciente at my death, and a legitimate son or daughter be born, such child shall inherit with the rest.) The children to give preference to each other, if they wish to sell their shares. "Mon frere Philipe Dubois mon uncle Jacob Hasbrouck et mon frere Pierre Cantin" (my brother, P. D., my uncle, J. H., and my brother, P. C.) appointed executors. Witnessed by Jean Theuenin, Samuel Beuier, and Stephen Gasherie. Page 353.— JANSEN, MATTYS, of Kingston, Cordwainer. Will dated Aug. 21, 1727. "Eldest son Johannis shall have for his birth right £30." "My daughter Magdalena to be paid at the day of her marriage £20." "My daughter Ragel to be paid at the day of her marriage £20." "My son Thomas £30 to be paid when he arrives at the age of 21 years." "My son Cornelis £35 to be paid when he arrives at the age of 21 years." "My son Jacobus £35 to be paid when he arrives at the age of 21 years." "My sons Cornelis and Jacobus shall have three silver Cups and twelve silver spoons which I had by their mother, and the said Cornelis ' ""' "obus shall have the preference of the Lott of Ground, lying in n between the house and Lott of Jan Heermans deceased and uicy uuuse and Lott of William Swart, if sold or divided they Giving as mauch for the same as one of the other Children will give." ''An inventory be taken of all my Goods and Chattels and that ray family keep and Remaine in my now dwelling house untill next Spring- and tiien my Goods and Chattels to be sold by my Executors and the money ther from arising to be put out at Interest, and out of the Interest my Children that are under age to be maintained." "After payment of debts all real and personal property to be divided among the children: Johannis, Thomas, Cornelis, Jacobus, Grietie now wife of Lewis de Bois, Marritie now wife of Johannis Decker, Magdalena and Ragel." In case of death under the age of 21, the share to be divided among the survivors. Book of Deeds, Liber III. 117 "My son Johannis full power" "to sell" "such lands and estate which I have had by my father Jan Mathysen deceased which is yett undivided." "Eldest son Johannis, my Brother Thomas Jansen and Brother John Crooke Junr." appointed guardians "untill my youngest Child shall be of the age of 21 years" and then "my four sons, Johannis, Thomas, Come- lis and Jacob" to be executors. Signed by the testator. Petrus Vas (Witnesses appeared before the Court Oct. GirLiviNGSTor'' 5, first year of George II.) (Codicil.) "My eldest son Johannis Jansen full power" "to release and con- firm the divisions made with the heirs of my father Jan Mathysen de- ceased." Aug. 21, 1727. Same witnesses. Entered Oct. S, first year of George II. (1727). (M. J., s. of Jan Moityten, (q. v.), m. 1., June 7, 1^3, Anna Btmendorp, m .2., June 13, 1703, Rochet PopingOf b. N. x., res. Kingston, m. 3., May i, 1712, Annatjeth Masten. Issue with ist wife: i. Johannes, bt. Nov. 15, 1696, m., July 8, 1725, Anna Schepmoes ; ii. Margrietje, bt. June 4, 1699, m., June 21, 1720, Lowies Du Bois. With 2d wife: iii. Marytje, bt. Sept. 3, 1704, m.. May 17, 1726, Johannes Decker; iv. itagdalena, bt March 17, 1706, m., Oct. 26, i733> Daniel Schoonmaker (q. v.); v. Tomas, bt. Tune 2(n 1708; vL Rachel, bt. May 7, 1710, m.. May 15, 1729, Benjcanin Smedes, (q. v.); by 3d wife: vii. Comelts, bt. March i, 1713, m., Oct. 8, 1748, Cathorina Swart; viii. Jacobus, bt. Dec 19, 1714; ix. David, bt. Jan. 20, 1717; x. Elisabeth, bt. Febr. 22> 1719). BOOK OF DEEDS IV. (DD), MARKED 1728-1745. Page 251.— De WITT, JAN, of Mombacckus (Rochester). Will dated Oct. 29, 1700, and written in Dutch. "Van Lychaam kranck de Betten Leggende" (sick and lying in bed). — "Aan myn huysvrouw Wyntje De Witt (to wife W. de W.) one half of the estate, the other half to "myn vier kindere by Name (my four children by name) Barber De Wyt, Eycken De Wyt, Blandine De Wyt, Ragel De Wyt" of "buys Landt paerde Beeste Gelt" (land, horses, cattle, money). — "Eenigen van myn kinderen in haren Onmondige Jaren Mochte Come Te Sterve" (if any of my children should die during their minority) share of deceased shall be divided among the survivors. — "Myn Broeder (my brother) Anderis De Witt & Cornells Swyf" ap- pointed executors. Jan De Wyt (his mark). Witnessed by Anderes De Wiedt, Cornells Swyt, and Jacob De Wyt. Mr. Moses Du Puis and Mr. Cornells Switts appeared before the Court, April 12, 1715, proving the will. (Son of Tjcrck Claessen De Witt, q. v. Had issue: i. Barbara, bt. April 17, 1692, m., Jan Gerritse Decker, bt. July 28, 1688, s. of Gerrit Janse D. and Masdalena; ii. Ikee, bt. June 3, 1694; iii. Blandina, bt. Apr. 12, 1696, m., Oct. 24, 1719^ Jurian Westphael, bt. Sept. 27, 1698, s. of Simon IV. and Neettje Quackenbos; iv. Rachel, bt. Aug. 23, 1698, m., Apr. 15,^ 1723, l^aac Van Aken; V. Jannetje, bt. July 13, 1701, m. Abraham Van Aken). Page 276.— COOL, CORNELIS, of Hurley, Yeoman. Will dated Jan. lo, 1732/3. "Being in Tolerable health." "My dear wife Janneke Cool" "yearly and every year during her Naturall Life the Just Sixth Schepell of all the Winter Wheat and Rye as shall be raised on my land and Twelve Schepell Indian Corne and the Use of my Chamber Next the Barn and Seller and Loft Room with the priviledges as I Now Enjoy, in the House Where I Now Live which I hereby give to my son Lambert, and my Negro Man Called Carlyn One Negro Woman Calles Susannah and the Two Milk Cows and fodder in the Winter and pasturage on the farm of my son Lambert." "The children of my Daughter Antie: Jannike wife of Gerardus Hardenbergh and Margritta wife of Thomas Gaasbeek" £750 "and the fourth part of all my Goods and Chattes to be Divided between them in the manner following : After myn and wifes Decease My Executors shall pay to them" "all the Moneys that arise of the Debts Due to me by Bond or Bonds Which Money so payed shall goe towards the Discharg- Book of Deeds, Liber IV. 119 ing said £750, always Provided that the said Janneke & Margritta or their assignes shall first Deduct J4 part of such sum as part of their fourth of the Goods and Chattels, and whereas the said Gerardus Hardenbergh is Indebted to me by Bond" out of Janneke's part is to be deducted the principal and interest. "And whereas I have Lent the said Margritta £50" said money to be deducted out of her share. Son Lambert and daughters Hendricke and Gertie to pay "what shall be vanting in three years after myn and wifes decease." "To my son Lambert Cool" "all my land on the south side of the Esoi)us Kill in the bounds of Hurley Between the Land of Jannetie Newkerk and the Land of Aldert Kiersteden Together with Housen Barns Barghs Buildings Ochards Pastures Gardens fences with all and singular the appurtenances as also a certain tract of Land lying on the North Side of the aforesaid Esopus Kill being part of a piece of land knove by the name of the New farm or Neve Bovery" "bounded north easterly by the Land of Jacob Du Bois north westerly by the land of Jannetie Newkerck south westerly by the Old Kill and Easterly by the aforesaid Esopus Kill and also a certain Tract of Land known by the Name of Jan Joostens Land being bounded according to the Conveyance thereof to me made Appears the said Lambert paying yearly and Every year to Jannike my said wife or her assignes During her Naturall Life the Sixth Schepell of Winter Wheat and Rye which he Raiseth on said Land and four Schepell Indian Com and to allow to my said wife the Priviledges in the House as Abovesaid and Pasturage and fodder for Two Milk Cows on said farm and paying within three years after myn and wifes Decease to the said Jannike and Margritta" "tiie third part of the Residue of the Seven Hundred and fifty pounds after the Dedactions made as aforesaid." "Unto my son Lambert my Bible." "All the yearly Rents Income and Profitts of that Certain Tract or parcell of Land Scituate Lying and being on the North side of the said Esopus Kill between the Land of Jacob Du Bois and the land of Arte Gerretse so as the same is conveyed to me by Barnardus Swartwoudt Together with Housen Barns, Barghs, Buildings, fences, Orchards, Pastures, Gardens" with appurtenances to be paid during the life of "my daughter Hendricke Low wife of Timothy Low of Hurley, Esq." After her decease said land to "my Grand Children of the Body of my said Daughter" if alive; if dead under the age of 21, the share to be divided among the survivors. "To my wife" "during her Naturall Life the sixth Schepell of Winter Wheat and Rye, which shall be Raised on said Land and four Schepell of Indian Corn" and within three years after decease of testator and wife, the third part of the residue of the £750, after deductions made, to go to Jannike and Margritta or survivor. I20 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "To daughter Geertie wife of Mr. Derrick Wynkoop" tract of land on Hurleys Great Peice, bounded north east by land of Cornelis Lam- bertse, southwest by land of Arie Gerretse with Housen, Barns, and Bargh fences, pastures, Orchards, Gardens, with appurtenances. Also Eight Morgan or sixteen acres of wood land upon the hill northwest of the last mentioned land, paying yearly to wife the sixth Schepel of winter wheat and rye which shall be raised on said land and also four schepell Indian corn. "Whereas I have an undevided Ninth part of a certain Tract of Land on the north side of Esopus Creek conveyed by Johannis Harden- bergh and Company to myself and Company" "to my son Lambert Cool In fee Tail after his Decease to his eldest son and from Eldest son to Eldest son for Ever provided alvays that the Tennents in possession for the time being of the Land" "shall for ever have free Commage and feeding of all Commonable Beasts and Catle and Liberty to Cut Break and Carry avay all sorts of wood and timber and stone." "After death of testator and wife, the property to be divided, }4 to son Lambert, to the executors J^ "to the use of my daughter Hendrickie," to daughter Geertie J4; and J4 to Jannike and Margritta besides the £750 before given them." "Beloved son Lambert Cool and my beloved son-in-law Dirick Wynkoop" appointed executors. The will "being writt on Two Sheats of Common paper Consisting of Eight pages." Cornelis Cool (his mark).. Hans Kierstede Derck Van Vliet (Witnesses appeared before the Court Gil : Livingston Sept. 7, 1736, proving the will. Henry Livingston A. Gaasbeck Chambers Christoeffel Tappen Johannis Jansen. (Cornelis Teunisen Cool was son of Teunis Bartiansen Cool, who came to this country with his son in the ship "The Spotted Cow," 1663. C. T. C m., Jannetje Lamberts, dau. of Lam- bert Huybertsen (q. v.), and had issue: i. Teunis, bt. Jan. 22, 1683, m., Dec. 23, 1720, Zara Biks; it. Lambert, bt. Dec. 7, 1684; iii. Anna, bt. Aug. 28, 1687; iv. Annatje, bt. Apr. 14, 1689, m., after Oct. 9, 1706, Jacobus Elmendorff, q. v.; v. Henderikje, bt. Nov. 6, 1692; vi. Hendrickje, bt Nov. 19, 1699, nj., Sept. 4, 1719. Timothy (Tomotius') Low; vii. Ceertje, bt. Apr. 23, 1703, m., July 3, 172s, Derick Wynkoop. — C. C, on Oct. 24, 1704, for and on the behalf of the inhabitants and freeholders of Hurley, petitioned for a warrant for the surveyor to lay out and ascertain the limits and hounds of a tract of land, between the north bounds of Kingston and the great moun- tain, called the Blue Hilts (N. Y. Land Papers, iv., p. 26). — Petitioned also on March 18, 1708, with Adrian Geritse for a patent of land (Ibid., p. 115). — And on Oct. 12, 1708, for land, adjoin- ing the bounds ot New Paltz (Ibid., p. IS7). — ^And in 1710 with Jacob Rutsen for a warrant to run the division line between Hurley and Marbletonm (Ibid., v., p. 76, vii., p. 47). Page 336.— SWYTS, CORNELUS, of Rochester, Lantman. Will dated April 13, 1735, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble.) ^jpi^ "Myn waade huysvrouw Jannehe ^wit^' all the land in Rochester "an de suydt sy van de RonduytsKyl" "all myn Slaven, Negers, Negerin- Book of Deeds, Liber IV. 121 nen, Negers kinders, paerde in besten Schapen Zweyne hoendert." (My worthy wife, J. S., land on the south side of R. K., all my slaves, negroes, negresses, negro-children, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry.) Wife appointed executrix. Cornelius Swyts (his mark). (Lodewyck and Cornells Hornbeck ap- LoDEWYK HoRNBEEK peared before the Court, May 2, 1738, John Schoonmaker proving the will, and stating that they Cornelius Hornbeck saw John Schoonmaker sign the same as a witness.) (Claes Cornetissen Swits, a "Duytsman", i.e. a German, (and probably a Swiss, from the Island of Schouwen, thence from Amsterdam to New Netherland), on May i8, 1638 had a lease of the Otter-Spoor farm there from Jonkheer Van Curler, — Claes Rademaker*' (wheelmaker), as he was called^ was killed by the Indians. His son, Cornelms Claeszen (.Switzer, Su/ite, Svnteart), m. Ariantje Comelis Trommels, who m., 2., in N. Y., Nov. 18, 1656, Albert Leonards, of Amster- dam, They had issue: i. Claes, b. 1640 iClaes Comelissen van Schoonhoven) , m., July 28, 1670, Catalsn Ions; ii. Apolanitje, bt. Febr. 17, 1641; iii. Jacob, hi. Oct. 5, 1642 ,twin with iv. Isaac, Dt. same day, "klyne Isaac," who went to Schenectady, and m. Susanna, dau. of Simon Groot; v. Jacob, bt. Febr. Si 1645. m. Aeltie Fredrix; vi. Abraham, bt. March 10, 1647; vii. Apollonia, bt. Oct. as, 1648, m. before Apr. 17, i6So, Jans Thomasen Aken; vii. CORNELIS, bt. July 9, 1651, came to Kingston 1678, m. Jannetje, bt. Febr. 12, 1662, dau. of Tjerck Claessen De Witt (q. v.). She made her will Febr. 21, 1737/8, q. v.; ix. Pieter, bt. Oct. 12, 1653; x. Cornelia, bt. Oct. 31, 1655 (dau. of Cornelius Claeszen, Rademaecker). BOOK OF DEEDS V. (EE). Page ^.— LEQG, WILLIAM, Junr. Will dated March 8, 1743/4. ^/ t^ "Unto Marytie my Dear Wife the use of my Whole Estate both Reall and Personall as Long as she Remains my Widow, and that she shall Take Care for the Educating and Instructing of my Children and Honestly Maintaining, according to the Capacity of my Estate, untill my said Children arive to the age of Twenty one years or Come to Marry "but if my said wife Happen to Marry" then the estate to return to the children. "To my eldest son William Legg" all my whole Estate Where I Now Dwell named Jacobs Hook and the Island with House, Barn Barricks Orchards and Pasture Ground and all the appurtenances" "when he shall arrive at the age of 21 years if his mother then be Married or Deceast, and not otherwise. In consideration of the Same, he shall pay unto my Three Other Children Namely Samuel Legg Barent Legg and Margret Legg" £120 "sixty pounds as they shall arrive to the age of 21 years to each of them one year afterwards. If William happens to receive the estate before the other children come of age, he shall be obliged" to maintain my other Three children, and give them Learning Untill they arrive at the age of 21 years or happen to marry, and to put my two youngest sons Samuel and Barent To such Trades as they shall be Willing to Learn." "Unto my Three Sons William Samuel and Barent all my Close." Executors empowered to sell "the land I have Lying at the flat bush Within the Limits" "of Kingston it being one Quarter part of the Land ray father bought of Arent Ploegh" "the money to be used for discharge of debts. "To son Samuel Legg £120 to be paid by my son William." — "To son Barent ii20 to be paid by William." — "To daughter Margaret ii20 to be paid by William." Survivors to divide share of deceased heir. Brothers-in-law Wil- helmus Burhans, Richard Davenport, and Philip Viele Junr., and "my friend and Neighbour Edward James Whitaiker" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (John Whitaker and Tobias Hendr. Hendr. Schoonmaker Wynkoop appeared before the ToHN Whitaker Court May 29, 1745, provmg JOHN WHITAKER ^^^ ^jjj^ ^^^ Confirming the sig- ToBiAS Wynkoop nature of Hendrick Hendrickse Schoonmaker.) Book of Deeds, Liber V. 123 (Codicil.) "My son William shall not be obliged to pay the said Legacies (of £120 to the other children) during, the time my wife shall enjoy my Estate but when my said Estate shall fall Legaly into my said sons hands" then he is commanded to pay the legacies as ordered. Executors given full power to sell all interest in the estate of "my Grandfather Hendrick Ploogh deceased, which was given and bequeathed unto me by the last will ctnd testament of my mother Gessie deceased and also all the right and title made unto me by the last will of my uncle Abraham Ploogh" and by the will of "my aunt Geertje deceased." William Legg Junior. Jan Pyetersen Osterhout (Witnesses appeared before the John Whitker ^-rS^u^ i^?' M^^y P™/'"^ ^Y ■i will of the late William Legg Jr. Jacob Burhans of Kingston, deceased.) {William Legg, bt. Nov. r, 1713, son of William Legg and Geesje Ploeg, q. v., m., Dec. 7» J733i Mareitje Burhans, b. Brabant, and had issue: i. Geesje, bt. Sept. 8, 1734; ii. WiUem, bt. Oct. 19, 1735; iii. Margerit, bt. Aug. 14, 1737, m. June 11, 1761, Henricus Post, of Albany; iv. Zamuel, bt. Aug. 5, 1739, m. i., Aug. 16, 1760, Sara Du Bois, and 2., Jan. 23, 1773, Marya Oster- houdt; V. Barent, bt. Dec. 23, 1740; vi. Jan, bt. June 12, 1743). Page 6.— DU BOIS, JACOB, of Hurley, Landtman. *rc».,w^ Will dated April 3, 1739, and written in Dutch. "Aan myn Huysvrouw Gerretje Du Bois de Inkomste ofte Huer van myn Bouwery op Hurley (welke ick aen myn soon Johannis verhuert Hoof Goduerende myji en myn Vrouws Leven) so Lange als zy leeft." — To wife also "de Huer welke myn vier soons Barent, Lewis, Isaac en Gerret Verplecht zyn te betalen Voor het Landt op Salem in Niew Jerse')/' "Ende ook het Gebruycj van alle Myn losse off personeele Staat." "Myn vyf kinders Magdalena, Catharina, Rebecca, Sarah Ende Neeltje" iiio each "aen Landt van myn Landt over aen de Noordoste noord Weste zyde Van de Esopuse Kill En Myn soon Johannis" £120 "van het zelide Landt Ende ook myn Vrouws Dochter Jacomyntje £50 het welk Landt ick Schatt ofte Waarder op £1200." (To my wife Gerretje Du Bois, for life, income from the rent from my farm at Hurley (which I have leased to my son Johannis during my and my wife's lives). — To wife also rent which my four sons, named, have agreed to pay for the land in Salem, New Jersey, as well as the use of all my personal estate. My five children, named, £110 each and land from my land on the nordeast and nordwest side of Esopus Kill, and to my son Johannis £120 of same land, and to my wife's daughter, Jacomyntie, £50 from the same land, which I value at ii 200) . After wife's death, all otheJ- property^tobediyided among the children : Barent Lewis Isaac Gerret /o^aMm5~MigSlena Catherina Re- becca Sarah "en Neeltje en myn huysvrouws Dochter Jacomyntie." 124 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Property devised to daughter Magdalena to be sold by the executors and the interest given her yearly until her death, when the entire amount is to be divided among her children. Wife and sons appointed executors. Signed by the testator. JoHANNis Hardenbergh (Major Johannis Hardenbergh and Cathatrenna Kool John Crooke appeared before the John Crooke Junr. Court, June 7, 1745, proving the will.) (Jacob Du Bote, (son of Louis Dn Bois, q. v.), b. Oct. — , 1661, settled at Hurley, m. Gerretje Gerretsen^ bt. March 12, j66g, dau. of Gerrit Cornelisen, and had tesue; i. Magdalena, bt. May 25, i6go; ii. Barent, b. Hurley; iii. Louis, bt. June 9, i£95; iv. Gieltje, bt. May 13, 1697; v. Gerrit, bt March 29, 1700; vi. Isaac, bt. Febr. i, 1702, m. Neeltje Roosa; vii. Gerrit, bt. Febr. 13, 1704, m., July 18, 1731, Margrietje Elmendorff ; viii. Cathareyntie, bt. March 24, 1706, m., Febr. 12, 1725, Petrus Smedes; ix. Rebecca, bt. Oct. 31, 1708, m. Petrus Bogardus; x. Johannes, bt. Nov. 10, 1710, m., Dec. 11, 1736, Judikje Wynkoop, dau. of Cornelius W.; xi. Zara, bt. Dec. 20, >7i3, m., June 21, 1734, Conrad Elmendorf; xii. Neeltjen, bt. May 27, 1716, m., Sept. 9, ^737, Cornelius Nieuwkerk), Page 8.— BRUYN, JACOBUS, of Bruynswick. Will dated June 20, 1744. ^j^ To eldest son Jacobus farm whereon I now live at Shawangonk, containing 410 acres, granted by letter patent to Thomas Lloyd, also land granted by letter patent to Gertie Brown between the first mentioned tract and the land granted to Jan Kamp and Company, also woodland (adjoining Thomas Lloyd's land) on northwest sidfe of Shawangunk Kill of 300 acres, part of land granted by letter patent to John Rutsen and myself, and conveyed to me by John Rutsen, also all my part of a tract of land purchased by me from the Trustees of Rochester on south side of Shawangunk Mountains together with all buildings Barns Baraiks Gristmill Bolting Mill Skreen Orchard Gardens and appurtenances. The son to pay yearly "to my well beloved wife Tryntie" £25 for her naturall life and to allow her the use of Three Rooms in my house and liberty of the Seller as she shall have occasion for it for her own use" "my son Jacobus shall pasture and fodder or Keep in Winter "for said wife" two horses four Milck Cows and five Sheep and to sow for her half a Shepple of flaxseed yearly," all this to wife in liew of her Dower. Said Son Jacobus within one year after decease of wife to pay to "my three other sons : Cornells Severyn and Johannis £500, or £166.13.4 each." To son Cornelius land in Ulster County called Pakanasink on the North side of Shawangunk Creek or River, containing 500 acres, granted to me by letter patent, Nov. 26, 1719; also land on the south east side of Shawangunk River opposet te Packanasink, my 1/7 part of 2000 acres (part of a tract of 2500 acres granted to myself and Henry Wileman by letter patent, April 20, 1722, with appurtenances)." / , Book of Deeds, Liber V. 125 I To son Cornelius als6 £200 to be paid out of the money I have at interest. To son Severin all my lands called the live Thousand Acres in Ulster County on both sides of the Paltz River, granted by letter patent to Francis Harrison, Esq. and Company, July 7, 1720, together with rents and arrears of rent due. To Severyn also £250. To son Johannis all my land within a tract of 2000 acres, granted by letter patent to Peter Matthews and Company, on both sides of the Paltz River, of 335 acres; also 100 acres (adjoining the northwest side of the land granted to Peter Matthews), conveyed to me by Johannis Rutsen; also a Marsch and Woodland thereunto adjoining called the Gebrande Vley or the Burned Meadows, of 200 acres on the southeast side of Shawangunk Creek, granted to me by letter patent, Nov. 26, 1719. Together with liberty to cart, hew down and carry away all sorts of wood trees and timber for the use of the said lands Given to him only within any part of my land by mee purchased of the Trustees of Roches- ter, on the south east side of Shawangunk Mountains. — To Johannis also £50. To daughter Peternella wife of Jacob Hardenbergh land on south- east side of the Paltz River of 667 acres by mee purchased of the execu- tors of Captain Lancaster Syms Deceased, part of tract of 3500 acres, granted to David Provoost Kip van Dam and Company." To my daughter Catharin the wife of Abraham Hasbrouck unde- vided half part of dwelling house at Newburgh upon Hudson River whereof I am seized jointly with Cadwallader Colden, Esq., and my moiety or halfe of the two lotts number 9 and 17 thereunto Ijelonging, and sJso my right to the store house there built and the lott of ground belonging to it; also those several lotts No. 4, 12, 20, 29, 32, and No. 39 at Newburgh, conveyed to me by Cadwallader Colden; also messuage or tenement and lott of ground conveyed to me by two conveyances from John Harris, John Haywood and Thom^ts Haywood, scituated in New York city upon the Dock near to Pearl Street." To my daughters Peternella, Catharina, Mary and Hanna and to my two grandchildren : Lewis Du Bois and Rachel Du Bois the children of my Daughter Gertruy deceased the late wife of Nathaniel Du Bois 4/15 part of land called The Eight Thousand Acres, granted by letters patent, July 7, 1720 to Philip Schuyler and Company; also land in Rochester, conveyed to me by Joseph Gee and Anthony Hill. Also to my daughters Mary and Hannah £150 each. To each of them one feather Bed Beding and furniture Thereunto Belonging in order to make them equal with my other Daughters they having had an Equiva- lent thereto in my Life time. After payments of all debts, to my three granddaughters and two 126 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. grandchildren, to Peternella £60, to Mary £264, to Hanna £264, to grand- children £264 equally to be divided between them. If there should not be sufficient outstanding at interest, to pay these legacies, the daughters and grandchildren to lose 1/5 part of what my said Cash and money at Interest shall fall short of. To son Severyn my Silver Tankard, and to my son Jacobus my Beamscales and Weights which I use in my Grist mill. To each of them also one of my Saddles and a good horse and a good mare, the choice to be taken by them before any division be ma4e of my stock. To my four sons also all my Law Books and History books. To sons Cornelius, Severyn and Johannis all my wearing apparell belonging to my body as also all the Residue and Remainder of my money out at Interest upon mortgages Bonds Bills Notes or other Securities. Debts to be paid first out of the money in hand arising from my last years crop. Executors to put my son Johannis to School as soon as they can conveniently; £1500 given them to be applied towards his education, said sum to be raised out of my crop of Wheate and other grain now in the ground. To daughter Peternella £10 to be paid her out of my crop of wheat and flower now in my house and Mill. To son Cornelius my mill stones now lying at the mill. To said daughters and grandchildren all household goods, furniture, pictures, Books and Plates, 1/5 to the daughters and grandchildren, all household goods used by wife excepted during her life. To said four sons all my slaves Stock of Horses black Catties Sheep Hoggs and also my book Debts Crop of Corn now on the Lands Wagons sleds Ploughs Harrows and other farming utinsells and all other Reall and Personall Estate. Jacobus to have the use of Severyn and Johannis shares tintil they come of age, or marry, my son Jacobus main- taining and Cloathing the said Negroes and Wintering the said Cattle and Horses. To wife during her life one Negro man and a negro wench her Choice out of all my Slaves and Two horses and four milck Cows and five Sheep and also the use of Two Bedds and furniture for them and all such Household Goods furniture Pictures and Plates as she shall have occasion for dureing her life. Also one good fat steer and five hoggs to Kill for her first Winters Provisions. Wife to deliver a true Schedule of all personal property, within six months after my decease. In case any of the grandchildren should die the survivor to have the share. If both grandchildren or any of my children should die before they come of age, without lawful issue, the shares to be divided among my three youngest sons and daughters. Sons Jacobus and Cornelius and son-in-law Abraham Hasbrouck appointed executors, and to discharge the debts out of money made by sale of crop of wheate and flower in the house and mill or at the Land- Book of Deeds, Liber V. 127 ing place (my family having first taken their bread out of the same) Executors empowered and instructed to pay out and provide for pay- ments of legacies. Signed by the testator. (Charles Clinton and Zaghrya Hofman ap- peared before the Court, June 11, 1745, prov- Jacob Hasbrouck ing the will, as well as the signature of Jacob Zacharias Hofman Hasbrouck. Chas Clinton Johannes Hardenburgh, Judge, Cornells De Lamater, Justice, Moses Depuy Junr. Justice). (Jacobus Bruyn, Sr. came from Norway ab. 1660, m. Gertrude Ysselsiein iEsselstein) , bt. May 22, i6so, dau. of Jan Willemse B. and Willemtje Jans. She m„ z., Severyn Ten Hout <q. v.). Issue: i. Jan, hi. Oct 6, 1678; ii. Jacobus, Jr., b. Nov. 30, 1680, d. Nov. 21, 1744/ m. after Nov. 18, 1704, Trsntje, bt. Nov. 22, 1684,'' d. Aug. 27, 1763, dau. of Jochem Hendrtckse Schoonmaker and Petronella Sleght, q. v., and bad issue: a. Severyn, Tenhout, bt. March 24, 1706, d. y.; b. Jacobus Bruyn, bt. Jan. s, 1707, d. Apr. 2_6,'i78i, m. Jeannie Graham; c. Geertruy, bt. Febr. '18, 1709, m. May 13, 1726, Nathaniel Dubois',' it. June 6, 1703, s. of Louis D. and Rachel Hasbrouck; d. Comelis, bt. Jan. 7, 1711, m. Oct. 12, 1743, Ida Honman, bt. Dec. 24, 1721, dau, of Zacharia'h H., and Hester Bruyn; C. B, died Dec. 21, 1777; e. Johannes, bt. Aug. 10, 1712^ (d. Jan. 31, 1755), m., June 21, 1750, Maria Schoonmaker, bt. Febr. 12, 1727, dau. of Benjamm S. and Catharina Dupuy; i. Josias, bt. Oct. 23, 1713, d. v.; g. Pieternella, bt. June 5, 1715, d. inf.; h. Tryntjen, bt. Febr. 10, 1717, d. inf.; i. Picternelletjen, bt. Oct. 19, 1718, m., Oct. 7, I737» Jacob Hardenburg, bt. March 10, 1717, d, Febr. 27, 1773, s. of Johannes H. and Catharina Rutsen; j. Catryna, bt. Aug. 21, 1720 (d. Aug. 10, 1793), m., Jan. s, 1739, Abraham Hasbrouck, bt. Aug. 21, 1707, d. Nov. zo» 1791, s. of Joseph H. and Elsie Schoonmaker; ^ Hanna, bt, Dec, 25, 1721, d. inf.; 1. Maria, bt, June 23, 1723, (d. Oct. 8, 1776), m,, Aug. 30, 1745, Isaac Hasbrouck, bt. March 11, 1722, s. of Jacob H, and Esther Bevier; m. Hannah, bt. Dec. 27, 1724, m,, Nov, 2, 1749, Solomon Van Wagenen, bt. May 6, 1722, s, of Simon Van W., and Sara Dubois; n. Severyn Ten Hout Bruyn, bt May 25, 1726, (d. Aug, ig, 17S9). m, Jan, 13, 1750, Catharina Ten Broeck, bt June 11, 1757, d, Nov. 1, 1802, dau. of Johannes T. B., and Rachel Roosa; the widow m-> 176s, Col. Jonathan Ehnendorf). Page 47.— SWYTS, JANNETJE, "Wedevrouw van Cornelis Swyts van het Dorp Rochester." Will dated Febr. 21, iJZTl^y and written in Dutch. "Synde Swack Van lichaem." (Long religious preamble). "Aan myn overlede mans suster Aplonica Aken myn Eene koey met het bonte behanxel met de toe behoore in thien pondt an Gelt." "Aan myn suster Rachel Bogardus myn andere Koey met het root- achtye behanxel met de toebehore in thien pondt an Gelt." "Aan myn nieght Jenneke Wynkoop myn Grote Spiegel in myn Grote tafel."^ — "Aan nieght Cathariena de Duytser myn klook in myn Swarte repper in Ken kaper in de helft van de Mutse die ik op myn hooft draag." — "Aan myn nieght Margriet Oosterhout Ken Swarte Schort in Ken Stoffe Schort in Een kaper in Een gekwytte Schort in de Andere helft van myn Mutse die Ik op myn hooft draag." — "Aan myn Vrindin Arientje Hoornbeck myn Grote Kast." — "Aan myn Nieght Barber Tapper myn Beddepan." Residue to be sold to pay debts. "Cosyn Egbert Dewitt ende myn Nieght Barber Tapper" appointed executors. Maria Hoornbeck Annetje Hoornbeck Jannetje Swyts (her mark) CoRNELUS Hoornbeck 128 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. (Weak in body. — To my deceased husband's sister Aplonica Aken my cow with the spotted hide and iio in money. — To my sister, R. B., my other cow with the reddish hide and iio in money. — To my niece, J. W., my large mirror and my large table. — To my niece, C. de D., my cloak, my black top-coat and cap, and half of the bonnet which I wear on my head. — To my niece, M. O., a black apron, and a knitted apron, and the other half of the bonnet, which I wear on my head. — To my friend, A. H., my large cupboard. To my niece, B. T., my warming-pan). (Codicil) Dated May 29, 1739, and written in Dutch. "Overschot" (remainder) of the estate to go to the niece, Janneke Wynkoop, who is also appointed an executrix. Witnessed by Cornelus Hoornbeck, Maria Hoornbeck, Willem C. Kool, who all appeared before the Court, June 3, 1746, proving the will. John Crooke, Clerk. (See will of Cornelis Swits, supra). Page 57.— LIVINGSTON, GILBERT, of Kingston. Will dated Dec. 12, 1745. "Whereas there is to be raised out of the Land Given by my father in Law Coll. Henry Beekman Deceased to my beloved Espouse Cornelia Livingston Deceased £3000 in money or land for my ten Younger Chil- dren: my sons, Henry, Gilbert, Phillip, James, Samuel, and Cornelius Livingston, my Daughters Alida Wife of Capt. Jacob Rutsen, Joanna, Catharina and Margrieta Livingston in such proportion as I shall think fitt and direct, and my will is that the said £3000 shall be eqally divided amongst them. "In case of death before the age of 21, the survivors to divide the share of deceased. "Whereas there is £1000 in money or land to be raised out of the lands aforesaid for me" "I give said £1000 and all my lands tenements and Hereditaments" "unto my Children : to eldest son Robert Livingston, and my ten children above named." Sons Robert and Henry, son in law Capt. Jacob Rutsen and "my beloved Couzin Robert Livingston son of my Brother Robert Livingston" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. Thos. Beekman (Witnesses appeared before John Crooke, JoHANNis De Lametter Surrogate, July 31, 1746, proving the John Viele will). (.Robert Livingston, the first Lord of the Manor of L., born at Ancrum, Scotland, Dec. 13, 1654, m. July 9, 1679, Alida Schuyler, widow of Rev. Nicholaus Van Rensselaer, and died at Linhthgo, 1728. They had issue: i. Philip, ii. Robert, iii. Gilbert, of whom presently; iv. Margaret; V. Joanna. — R. L. on July 12, 1683, purchased from the Indians 2000 acres land on the Hudson River and Roeloff Jansen's Kill, which he partly sold, Oct 26, 1694, to Derrick Wessel Ten Broeck. Gilbert Livingston (Gysbert Lievestoni), of Roelof Jans Kil, Columbia Co., m., Dec 22, 1711, at Kingston, Cornelia Beekman, dau. of Col, Henry B., and had: i. Robert, bt. Jan. 11, 1713; Book of Deeds, Liber V. 129 ii. Hendricus, bt. N. Y., Aug. 29, 1714; iii. Joanna, bt. Sept. 9, 1722; iv. Wilhehnus, bt. Aug. 23, i?.?4; V. Philippus, bt. June 26, iir26; vi. Jacobui, bt. Apr. 7, 1728; vii. Zamuel, bt. Febr. i, 1730; viii. Cornelis, bt Apr. 30, 1732; ix. Catrina, bt. July 21, 1734; x. Margrieta, bt. June 23, 1738; and Altda, m., Nov. 24, 1737, Capt. Jacob Rutsen, Jr). Page 109.— OOSTERHOUT, TEUNIS, of Rochester, Yeoman. Will dated June 14, 1739. "Unto my Eldest Son Jan Oosterhout" "Lott of Low land called the Long Streek" "on the north side of Momhacus Kill or Creek, purchased by me of Hendrick Decker now in his occupation, also the woodland by me purchased of said Hendrick Decker adjoining, and also the wood land by me purchased of Jan Gerritse Decker likewise in the occupation of my son Jan, bounded easterly by the outway of Philip Dubois, southerly by the brow of the hill next to the low land west by the brow of the Hill running along the east side of a run of water called Het Lange Stucks Killitie and northerly by the Commons of Rochester together with the house barn and other Buildings thereon now in his possession ; he to pay for the same £25 to my two grandchildren, the sons of my son Aldert Oosterhout Deceased: Jacobus Oosterhout and Aldert Oosterhout, £12. 10 each, when they arrive to age of 21. "Lot of low land on the south side of Mombaccus Kill, purchased of Hendrick Decker, between the land of Philip Dubois and the land of the late Jochim Schoonmaker Deceased" "to my son Petrus Oosterhout", he to pay my daughter Engeltje the wife of Nicholas Keeter £50, within two years after my decease. "My Lands Tenements Meadows Pastures Dwelling houses Brew- house Barn Stables Grist Mill Saw Mill the fall and Stream of water thereunto belonging orchards Gardens fences" "in Rochester on the north side of the Mombaccus Kill" "now in my possession or occupation unto my youngest son Hendricus Oosterhout" he to pay to my Daughter Marytie the wife of Mathews Tirwillegen £50 within two years of my decease. "To son Hendricus Oosterhout also my large Dutch Bible now being in my possession." "To daughter Engeltje the wife of Nicholas Keter" "tract of land now in his possession on the east side of the Waggon Path Runing to Dominies Creple Bush bounded south by the land herein before given to my son Henricus east and north by a small run west by said waggon Path together with the house and all other Buildings thereon Standing." "To daughter Annatje the wife of Cornelius Hoornbeek my 1/12 part of land, conveyed by the Trustees of Rochester to said Cornelius Hoorn- beek, Jan. 6, 1728/9, for which he gave a bond to convey to me the said 1/12 part. "To Eldest son Jan Oosterhout 6 Shillings for his Birth right as being my Eldest Son and heir at law. Residue of estate to be divided among "my Ten Children and Two Grand Children" equally : to son Jan i/ii part, son Kryn i/ii part, two grandchildren Jacobus Oosterhout and 130 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Aldert Oosterhout i/ii part, my son Johannes i/ii part, son Petrus i/ii part, son Hendricus i/ii part, daughter Annatje the wife of Cornelius Hoornbeek i/ii part, my daughter Marytje the wife of Methews Ter- willegen i/ii part, my daughter Ariaentje the wife of Harmon Rosen- krans i/ii part, my daughter Engeltje wife of Nicholas Keeter i/ii part "I have in my life time assisted some of my children in their Trades and others I have given land by Deed or Gift and others of my said children I have paid Considerable Sums of Money. Sons Jan, Kryn and Henricus appointed executors. Signed by the testator. Jacob Dewitt (his mark) (J^'=°]' ^^f^ and John Schoonmaker ap- T „ peared before John Crooke, Surrogate, John Schoonmaker ^.^^r. 2, 1747/8, proving the will, and sig- J. Bruyn Junr. nature of Jacobus Bruyn as witness). (Jan Janssen van Oosterhout {Brabant'), m. Anna Hendricks^ and had several children. Tennis Oosterhout m. Ariaantje Roose, and had issue: i. Jan. bt. June 3, 1694; ii. Art (Ariaan), bt. Apr. 26, i696» m. z., Nov. 8, 1728, Appolonia Roosekroiis, m. 2., March 17, 1734, Geesjen van der Merken; iii. Annetje, bt May i, 1698, m.. Apr. s, 1717, Comelis Hoornbeek; iv. Marytje, bt. Dec. 31, 1699; V. Kryn, bt. March 16, 1701 (.Cryn Oosterhout and Rebecca Roosa, witn.), m. Jan. 22, 1723, Geertjen Dekker; vi. Allert, bt Jan. 3, 1703, m., Febr. 26, 1725, Helena Roosekrans; vii. Maria, bt. Apr. 15, 170s, m., May 3, 1723, Matheus Terwilli^er, b. Shawangunk; viii. Aryaantie, bt Sept. 29, 1706, m.t Apr. 29, 1725* Herman Rosenkrans; ix. Johannes, bt. June zo, 1708, m.» May 21, 1728, Johanna Hoorenbeek; x. Engeltje, bt May 7, 1710, m., March 12, 1729, Nicholas Keeter, Jr., b. Marbletown;^. Petrus, bt. Dec 2, 1711, m., Oct. s, 1739, Lisbeth Burhans ;\ydi. Hendricus, bt Febr. 5, i7<o, m. after Febr. 20, 1743, Fieternella Bosch). I Page 138.— ROOSA, EVERT, of Hurly. Will dated March 5, 1726/7, and written in Dutch. "Tot myn buys op Horrely in de Corporatie Van Kingstown" "Seer Sieck En Swack." (Long religious preamble). "Aan myn HuysVrouw Tietje van Ette myn Geheele Staet" "Geduer- ende haer Leven." — "En So het De Heere Geliefde uyt Dese Wearelt te Haele Voor En aller myn Yongste Kint tot Syn of haer mondige Jaaren Syn So sail myn soon Jacobus myn Staet besitten mits Dat hy myn Kin- ders Daer yaerlicks En alle Jaere De Huer van betaelt tot dat het youngste Kint Monditgh is en dan Eengaal onder hein De Voor noende Jacobus Abraham En Aldert myn Drie Jongste Soons Gedeelt te werde mits Sy aen Eyder van myn Doghters uytkeere de som van £20." "Voor het buys Schuer Jacob Aertsens Lant Cremakers Lant en Wassemakers Lant Ge- heeten Dit voornoende Lant Moet onder de voorseyde drie soons Engaal Gedeelt werde als het Youngste Kint mondigh als Voore En dan aen haer susters Eyder Twintigh als voor seyt is Geve Vizt an Antje Marytje Catharine Sara Lea En Ragell Samme Een hondert En Twintigh Pont En" "het Heere Geliefde Jacobus uyt Dese Waerelt te haele sonder wet- telicke Erfgename So sail syn part vervalle aen syn two Jongste Broeders als Abraham En Aldert En als Abraham Sterft als voore sydt is van Book of Deeds, Liber V. tji Jacobus so sail syn part vervalle an Aldert en als Aldert ook sterft sonder Erfgename so sulle myn Doghters voornoemt alle Eengall deele nevens haer Breeder Arrie. "Aan myn oudste soon Arrie twe Darde van myn Lant over de Revier in Dutches County En gekent als part van bet Lant dat Gerrit Aertsen Arien Roosa Jan Eltinge Henderick En Jacob Kip Patent En bet is bet Lott No. 4" "als bet jongste kint mondigb is de somme van £40" "om onder syn voorboende susters Vizt. Antje Marytje Catbarine Sarra Lea en Ragell gedeelt te werde, En als dat Arie van stonde aen vry sender buer of Molistastie bet selfde magb besitten En voor syn Eerste geboorten Regbt En Hengst Vuele als sy tot deeling Comen." "Aen myn Dogbter Marytje De buysvrouw van Jacob Oosterhaude de andere Darde part van voornoemde Lott No. 4 moet naest Hendericvis Heermanse syn." "An alle myn Kinders nae de Doodt van myn Huysvrouw alle myn Losse Staet, als paerde, Beeste En ander Goot." "Myn Broeder Aldert Roosa En Timothy Low" appointed executors. Signed by tbe testator. Arien Gerritsen Gerrit Newkercke Timothy Low "Kennelick Syen" "Dat de meeningb van my Evert Roosa is dat all bet ik beir Boven Vermaakt heb aen myn Kindere" "is" "voor Eewigb En om Dat bet gedogbt Wert Dat de Getuygen Heir nevens of voore Getey- kent niet Suffisant waare So So hebbe meede beir andere versogbt met de Vefklaeringh beir voore of beir nevens in Kennisse waer van Heb ik myn bant En Seegel beir nevens Geset." Marcb 8, 1726/7. (At my bouse in H. in tbe corporation of K. — To my wife, T. v. E. my whole estate for life. And if tbe beloved Lord should call her from this world before all my youngest children are of age, my son Jacob shall then have the estate, he to pay yearly rent until my children are of age, and then tbe estate to be equally divided among tbe said J., A., and A., my three youngest sons ; and to an outfit for each one of my daughters, tbe sum of i20. The bouse, barn, Jacob Aertsen's land, Cremaker's land and Wassemaker's land shall be equally divided among said three sons, when the youngest child is of age, and then to each one of their sisters i2o, as before provided for. I give to A., M., C., S., L., and R., the sum of £120, and if tbe beloved Lord should take Jacobus out of this world without leaving him any heirs, born in wedlock, his part shall then go to his two youngest brothers, A. and A., and if Abraham should died before J., his part shall then go to Aldert, and if be should die without issue, my daughters shall then divide equally with their brother Arrie. To my oldest son A. two thirds of my land over tbe river in D. Co., known as the land of G. A., A. R., J. E., H. and J. K.'s patent, that is lot No. 4, and when tbe youngest child is of age tbe sum of £40 shall be 132 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. divided among his said sisters, A., M., C, S., L., and R. Arie shall be free from paying rent, and also to receive, as his right of primogeniture, a stallion. — To my daughter M., wiie of J. O., the other part of said lot No. 4, next to H. H. — After my wife's death my personal estate is to go to all my children, as well as horses, cattle, and other articles. Brother A. R. appointed executor. (In note: Be it known that my meaning is that all what I have here devised to my children is for all time) . (Alert Roosa, Salomon Terwillege and Har- manus Oostrander, on May 3, 1749, appeared Alert Roosa before the Court, Abraham Gaasbeek Cham- Salomon Terwelge bers. Judge, Cornelius Hoornbeek, Johannis Harmanis Ostrander ^^ Lametter, Cornelius De Lametter, Cornells Timothy Low Dupuy, assistant justices, proving the will, and signature of Timothy Low, Deceased, as a witness.) (Evert Roosa m.. May lo, 170Z, Tiletje iTii, Tiet/e) Va» Etten, b. Marbletown and had issue: i. Arie, bt Jan. 31, 1703, m., Feb. 9, 1722, Geesjen Oostrander; ii. Marytie, bt. Sept. 8, 1706, m,, Nov. II, 1726^ Jacob Oostrander (as it appears in the Kingston Church Records, or Oosterhoade, as per will); iii. Catharina, bt. Sept. 16, 1705, m., Jan. 17, 1729, Luycas De Wit; iv. Jacobus, bt. Apr. 22, J711, m., after Febr. 24, 1751, Catharina Zynders, res. Churchland (Saugerties) ; v. Zara, bt Apr. 2^, 1715, m., Dec. 10, 1746, Jan Louw; vi. Lea, bt Febr. 9, 1718; vii. Rachel, bt. Nov. 29, 1719; viii. Abraham, bt. Nov. 5, 1721, m., after June 17, 1744, Eltsabeth Ruts, b. Rosen- dale, res. at a place where Joh. Hardenberg has lived; ix. Aldert, bt. Febr. 26, 1727; Antje). Page 344.— BOMSCHOTEN, SALOMON, Senior, of Kingston. Will dated Nov. 14, 1737, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble.) "Myn huysvrouw Elsiee Bomschoten" "myn Geheele Staat" "Gedu- ringe haar Weduweschap." "Tot erfgenamen "Myn Aeght Kinders" "Tunis Bunscho Aenneca Bunschoten Maria Bunschoten Elsie Bunschoten Gerretje Bunschoten Sara Bunschoten en Johannis Bunschoten" "Aen myn twe sone Tunis en Johannis Bunschoten" "myn Geheele Staat" "Lant huyse Schuren Bogert "negers Negerinne en paerde," "na de doot van myn en myn Vrouw" "mits Conditie" "Schulden sullen be- talen" "die daer syn sullen na myn en mun Vrouws dcwdt" "en met Conditie" "sullen betalen aan myn" "ses doghters : Elizabeth Bunschoten iyo" "aen myn" "doghter Aeneca Bunschoten" "£yo" aen myn Dochter Maria" "£70" aen myn doghter Elsie Bumschoten" "£70" aen myn Doghter Gerritie" "£70" aen myn Doghter Sara" "£70." "Myn ses doghters" "Boven het geen ik haer all rede Gemack hebbe" "Except myn Boeken." "Aen myn" "son Tunis Bumschoten" "voor Eerste gebortie reght myn Grotie Schietrore." — "Aen myn son Johannis Bumshoten" "myn klynne Rorer." — "Myn twe" "sone" "sullen betalen" "aen myn doghters" "en Jeder £70" "in drie Jaare" "Jeder Jaer de Gerechtige derden." Bcx)K OF Deeds, Liber V. 133 "Als het mooght komen te happen" "dat een van myn Sone moghtie komen te sterven in haar Onmondige Jaare" "de Langhtslevended ofte syn Erfgenamen" shall divide his share. If both should die, the daugh- ters to divide the property.-r-Similar provisions made in case of death of the daughters "in haar Onmondige Jaren." (My wife Elsie Bomschoten my entire estate during her widowhood. As heirs I appoint my eight children (named). — To my two sons, named, my entire estate of land, houses, barns, orchard, negroes, negresses and horses, after my wife's death, on condition that they pay debts which may exist after my wife's death, and on condition that they pay to my six daughters £yo each. My six daughters all personal property except my books. To my son Tunis, as his right being my first born my large gun. To my son Johannis my little gun. My two sons are to pay my six daughters £70 each in three years, each year one third. If any of my children should happen to die during minority, the survivors are to divide his or her share.) Son Tuni^ Bumschoten, and Johannis Dumon appointed executors. Salomon Van Buntschoten. (June 7, 1754, Sarah Van Bu- Hendr. Hendr. Schoonmaker ren, wife of Comelis Van Johannis Schoonmaker ^'''^^ fprmerfy Sarah Van 1 -. -.. Hooghtyling the only surviv- Sara Van Hooghteglingh ing witness, appeared before the Court, proving the will.) Zalomon Van Buntschooten, van Buytschooten, Bomshoten. van Ben-Schoten (prob. s. of Teunis van Bomschoten and Gerriije Gerrits), m., Dec. 17, 1715, Elsjen Schoonmaker, dau. of Egbert "i^Ti. 22, 1721; vi. Catrina, bt. Dec. 2, 1722; vii. Elsje, bt. July 11, 1725, m.. May 24, i747i Cornells Lammertsen Brink; viii. Gerritjen, bt. Febr. 26, 1727; ix. Zara, bt. Sept 22, 1728; and Johannis). Page 348.— HOOFMAN, NICOLAS, of the County of Dutches. Will dated Febr. 12, 1749. "Unto my Loving Wife Jannitie all the Land which I bought of Comelis Knickerbacker with the house barn Orchards Garden and all other Edefices Buildings and Improvements thereon and Also all the Land which I bought of Johannis Shever with the appurtenances Dureing her Widowhood, and also the use and occupation of all my Stock of Cattle horses & Sheep my Waggons Sleds plows harrows and all my farming Utensells Dure the time of her Widowhood of her Naturall Life also the Use of a Negro Wench to serve her Dureing her Naturall Life and the use and occupation of my beding furniture and household Goods Dureing her Widowhood." "If my wife should Deliver over the farm before the Expiration of her Life, then my said Wife Shall Receive the sum of £20" "yearly & Every Year Dureing her Naturall Life which 134 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. money shall be rased & Levied out of my Estate: with the use of a Negro wench to Serve & Assist my said Wife Dureing her Natural! Life," "Unto my Eldest son Martin Hoofman rrty negro man named For- tune" and "all that Tract or parcell of Land along the East Side of Hudsens River in Dutchess County" "from the house he now Dwelleth in to the Land I bought of Cornells Knickerbacker and from thence along the road of said Knickerbacker to the Land of Martinus Shoe and from thence along the Road to the Land of Hans Jacob Dings & then along the fence of said Dinghs to a Valley which Streches to Hudsons River to a place on the north side of the White Clay Kill or brook and from thence along Hudsons River to the first Station includeing the Said Dwelling house barn and Barricks with the appurtenances" "and also my Grist mill on the East side of Hudsens River now in the Occupation of my said son with the Dam and Every thing thereunto belonging and the Land which Lueth between the fence of Martinus Shew & the mill Creek Containing about three acres & I do also Give unto my said Son Martin and my son Petrus Hoofman (to share equally) all the Land of Martinus Shoe & Hans Jacob Dings to the bounds of Barent V Bentheysen" "in consideration of which Martinus is to pay "unto my son Petrus" £50 "after my Decease in four Equal payments on the first day of May in Each year." — "My son Martinus" "shall pay unto my Loveing Wife Janetie" "£5 yearly & Every year Dureing the time that She Shall remain my Widow and free Grinding to lett her have & Boalting the wheat She shall raise on the Land" "and also her Bread Corn and Indian Corn meel Tole Free." "My son Anthony Hoofman" "(not to reenter untill three Years after the Decease of my said wife) all the Land which I bought of Cor- nelis Knickerbacker with the houses barns Gardens Oarchards and all other Edifices Buildings & Improvements thereon and also all the Land I bought of Johanis Shever with the appertenances" "with all my Smiths tools with a Negro Wench called Bishe" "my son Anthony Shall pay unto my son Petrus Hoofman" "£50 after my Decease in four Equal payments on the first of may in Every year." "^nto my son Zacarias Hofman' "the house of Petrus Viele with the bams-Gafdens Oarchards & all the Lotts of Land thereunto apper- taining" "with a piece of Land or Swamp at or near the River of Hudson Lately in possession of Robert Livingston as also the Land & houses of Christian Diederick" "with the Land of Jacob Best that Runs to the River along the line of Jan Vosburgh that Leads to the River with the Land of William Sneyder" "with my Negro Wench Pegge." "Unto my son Petrus Hoofman" "all the Land now or Late in possession of Philip Loundert and all the Land belonging to the two Lotts of Land the said Loundert now or Late did live on" "as also the one Equal half of the Land of Martinus Shoe and Hans Jacob Dings (in Book of Deeds, Liber V. 135 partner Ship with my Son Martin) to the bounds of Barent V Benthuy- sen with my two Negro Boys Joe & Benjamin. ' "Unto my Daughter Marytie Hoofman" "my Right & Title of the obligation Bonds of Diederick Martestock of iioo, as also two Negro Wenches Named Bette & Mary, as also A Silver Teapott A Silver Salt box as also a Large Ctibberd and Bedstead & bedding and all thereunto appertaining." Survivors to divide share of deceased children. "AH My Land on the East Side of Hudsons River Shall Remain Coomon for my four sons" "for Cutting firewood, and" "if any of my Sons Should be Ejected or Sued for the Land I have Devised" "the rest shall Equally help and Contribute to Defend the Title and if any of th&a Should Loose the part or Share of Land them Respectively Given or be Invicted thereof or of part thereof the rest of my said Sons Shall make Good the Vallue of Such Land to him or them So Invicted." "Unto my Grandson Niccolas son of my son Martin one Silver Spoon." "Unto my Grandson Niccolas Son of my son Anthony one Silver Spoon." — "Unto my daughter Maritye" "all the Silver Spoons Exceptmg the two above mentioned." All four sons appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (Febr. I, 1752, before me Theodorus Van Wyck, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas Jacobus Persen for Dutchess County, John Brmkerkoff and JoiSG Klun Arnout Viele, Justices of the Peace, appeared John West Jacobus. Persen and George Clom proving the will." — ^John Crooke, Clerk). August 5, 1754. (Niccolas Hoofman was son of Martinus Hoffman (Marten Hermanse Hoofman), of Sweden, who m. in Ref. Dutch Church, Brooklyn, Apr. 22, 1663, Lysbeth Hermans, and adly, May j6, 1664, Emmerentje De Witt, a sister of TJerck Claessen De Witt (q. v.). — Nicholas^ m., after Dec. 30, 1704, Jannetje, dau. of Antony Crispel (q. v.), and had issue: i. Martin, bfr. March 17, 1706, settled in Red Hook^ m. 1., i^33» Tryntje, dau. of Robert Benson and Cornelia Roos, and 3,, Alida, dau. of Philip Livingston; ii. Antje, bt. Febr. 11, 1709; iii. Anthony, bt. March 18, 1711, settled in Kingston, m., Jan. 6, 1738, Catharine, dau. of AbrahoAn Gaasbeck Chambers (q. v.); iv. Zachariah, bt. Dec, 6, I7i3j lived at Shawangunk (q. v.); v. Petrus,^ bt. Dec. 22, 1716; vi. Hen- dricus, bt June 7, 1719; vii. Annetjen^ bt. Dec, 3, 1721; viii. Marytje, b. 1730), P«ge 356.— ELMENDORPH, WILHELMUS, of Hurly. Will dated March 7, 1754, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble.) "Het Lant welk ik Gekopt heb van Gysbert Vandenbergh En Ook het Lant Welck ik Gekoght heb van Dirck En Abraham Rosa dat Sal Verkogt werden op te prof3rtelyste Maniere om myn Schult meede te be- teJen En So dat Selve niet genoeg mag weesen So Will ick dat So Veil van my Vee verkogt werde." "Myn Waerde Huysvrouw Jenneke" "Gedurende haer Weduwschap alles het overige van myn Geheele" "Staat." "Maer als Sy wederom komt te Hertrouwen" "Sal alleenigte Vreede Moete Syn met de Dienst van myn Negerin (Dien) Genaemt En het Negertje (Herry) Genaemt Gedurende haer Leeven," and after her death to the children. "Myn. Soon Koenraedf "myn Schietroer Twee Pistools en houwer En myn Ruyters Sadel En" "Een Geregte darde part van al het Overige van myn" "Staedt." "Aen myn dogter Hendrika" "Een geregte darde part van all myn" "Staadt." — "Aan myn Dogter Blandiena" "Een Geregte darde part." Survivors to divide share of deceased children. "Myn Oom Dirck Wynkoop En Myn Broeder Luykes Elmendorph" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (The land which I purchased from Gysbert Vandenbergh as well as the land which I bought from Dirck and Abraham Rosa shall be sold to pay my <kbts, and if that should not be enough, my cattle are to be sold. — My wortny wife, Jenneke to have the residue of my entire estate during her widowhood. If she should happen to marry, she is to be satisfied with the service of my negress Dien and the negroboy Herry during her life. To my son Koenraedt my gun, two pistols, one broadsword, and my riding saddle, and one third part of the residue of my estate. My uncle Dirck Wynkoop, and my brother Luykes Elmendorph appointed executors.) (On Dec. i6, 1754, Jan Van Deusen, Jan Van DuESEN junr. and Jan Eltinge appeared before Margrietje Duboes the Court, proving the will, and the sig- Jan Eltinge nature of Margrietje Dubois as a wit- ness.) (W. E. was son of Coenradt E. and Blandina Kierstede (q. v.), and had issue: i. Henrica, bt. Oct 8, 1749, m., Nov. i6, 1771, Gerrit Elmendorf, s. of Gerrit- E. and Jannetje Newkerk; ii. Conrad, ht. Dec. 8, 1751, m., Aug. 18, 1776, Annatje van Steenberg bt. June 9, 17S4; iii. Blan- dina, bt. Jan. 20, I7S4> <i>., Apr. 28, 1776, Cornelis Eltinge, a. of Jonas E. and Magdalena Du Boist. The following will, in possession of Benj. M. Brink, Esq., of Kings- ton, is not recorded anywhere, so far as is known. PERSEN, MATTHYS, of Kingston. Will dated July 20, 1748, and written in Dutch. (Long religious preamble.) "Aen myn oudste Soon Adam Persen, voor syn Regt van Eerstge- boorte" "ses Schelling." (To my eldest son, for his birth-right, six schillings.) "Aen myn drie Soons" "Adam, Jan En Cornelus" "Een geregte Derde part In myn twe Mans plaetse In Onse Kerk Hier in Kingstoun." (To my three sons (named), each a third interest in my two men's seats in our church here in Kingston.) Will Owned by Benjamin M. Brink, Esq., Kingston. 137 "Myh gesyde Soon Cornelis" "all myn kleerasie aen Myn Lichaem behoorende." (To my said son, Cornelis, all my clothing, belonging to my body.) "Aen myn Waerde En beminde huysvrouw Tanna Persen Een ge- regte Drder part van al myn Roerende Staedt, En nog Desom van Der- tigh pont" "En alle haer klerasie, En Linne Goet, Als Laken, En Sloop- en" "De Rest van al myn Roerende En onroerende Staet gedurende haer Weduwschap." (To my worthy and beloved wife the just third part of all my personal estate, also £30, all her clothing, linnen-ware, as sheets, and pillow-cases, and all the rest of my real estate during her widow- hood.) "Aen myn Dogter Sara, En Aen de Drie Dogters van myn overlede Dogter Annatfe, met name Sara, Tanneke En Cattrina, Alle myn Linne Goet van Lakens En Slopen han Docken En tafel Lakens (om te genie- ten na myn vrouws overlyde) En dat als dan de Drie Dogters van myn Dogter Annetje, In haer Moeders plaets, Met Myn Dogter Sare het selve Dele Eengael." (To my daughter Sara, and the three daughters of my daughter Annatje, deceased (named), all my linnen- ware of sheets and pillow-cases, toWels, and table cloths (to enjoy after my wife's death) the three daughters of my daughter Annatje to take their mother's place in dividing with my daughter Sare.) "To son Adam r/5 of the entire estate, after his mother's death." — Son Jan 1/5, son Cornelis 1/5 part. "De nege kinderen van myn overleden Dogter Anna, Met Name, Hiskia, Mattheus, Jacobus, Davidt, Cornelis, Adam, Sara, Tanneke En Cattrina (to the nine children of my daughter Anna, deceased) i/s part of the estate. "Aen myn Dochter Sara, huysvrouw van Tobias Van Steenbergy (to my daughter Sara, wife of T. van S.) i/s part. Survivor to divide share of deceased, if without issue. Wife, sons, "myn two Schoonsoons Hiskia Dubois En Tobias Van Steenbergen" (sons in law), appointed executors. Signed by the testator. JoHANNis De Lametter (A seal of red sealing-wax, with Jan Eltinge an eagle displayed, as a device, at- WiLLEM Eltinge tached hereto.) (Mattys Pars, Peers, Puis, Persen, m. Anna Winnen (Tanna Wmne), Dec. 7, 1701, and had issue: i. Anna, bt. Oct 11, 1702, m., June 17, 1722, Hiskia Dubois; ii. Adam, bt. Jan. 13. 1706, in Kinderhcok (m., June 25, 1736, Catalyntje Swart); Hi- Jan, bt. Oct. 24, 1708, (m., Dec. 14, 1748, Deborah van Bergen); iv. Sarah, bt. Nov. 10, 1710, m. I., March 4, 1732, Abraham EltvHg, m. 2., Oct 8, 1737, Tobias Van Steenberge; v. Cornelis, bt Oct 26, 1712,01. t., Aug;. 31, 1734, Catharin Dyrk (Turk), and 2., Oct 4, 1748, Alida van Slyk (see his will); vi. Mono, bt Febr. 22, I7I9)- BOOK OF DEEDS VI. (1760). Page 235.— LEQQ, JOHN, of Kingston. Will dated Dec. 15, 1743. uk. "Unto my Oldest Son William Legg" "my Gun and Sword with my Farm or Peice of Low land Lying or Joining next to the Land of Tyrick Schoonmaker then runing along the Creek to the Great Ditch then runing along said Ditch to the Sothermost Comer thereof, from thence Westerly to a marked Stone and from thence Southerly with a Straight Line to another marked Stone with the Upland House, barn, Berke, Oarcherd, Garden and all thereunto Appertaining, with another Peice of Ground Known by the name of Dudleys Plantation, Lying above the Fall with the One Equal half of the Saw Mill with the Priviledges thereunto belonging then Runing from the Fall up the Ridge that Leads Southerly from said Fall to the Narrowest part of the Ridge, from thence Southwesterly to another marked Stone with the one Equal half of my Real Estate known by the name of Peter Mours's Land, with the one Equal half of my right in the great Fly with the one ffifth part of all my Moveables as also my Negro Man named John, you to pay the one Equal half of the rent of your Brother John Land bought of Ed'd Wood" "& paying unto my Daughter Nieltie wife of Peter Luyck the sum of i6o" "£15 to be paid within three Months after my Decease & £15 to be paid in twelve months following," "and iis" "in the twelve Months following the Last"; also "paying unto my Daughter Sara Leg^' "the sum of £34" (to be paid in a similar manner). "To my Son John Legg" "that Piece of Ground which I bought of Edward Wood with four acres of Marsh Lying on the Flatts with the House, Barn, Berke, Orchard, Garden" "with a piece of Low & uplant" "between the two first pieces of Land above mentioned of my son William with one Equal half of the Saw Mill with the priviledges" "with the one Equal half of my Real Estate known by the name of Peter Mours's Land with the one Equal half of my right in the great Fley with the one fifth part of all my Moveables Except my Gun & Sword" "also my Negrou Man named Culfe," "paying unto my Daughter Susanna Legg the sum of £60 (in a similar manner as before indicated) ; also "paying unto my Daughter Sara Legg" £26 (in a similar manner). "Unto my Daughter Nieltie, wife of Peter Luyck (the Just fifth part of all my Movables Except my Gun & Sword." — "Unto my Daughter Susanna Legg" "one fifth of the Moveables." — "Unto my daughter Sara Legg" "one fifth of the moveables." Book of Deeds, Liber VI. 139 Sons William and John Legg appointed executors with son in law Peter Luyck. Signed by the testator. Andries Van Leuvan (Sept. 18, 1765, Peter Van Luven of Peter Van Leiven Kingston appeared before George John West Clinton, Surrogate, proving the will.) (Jan (John) Legg, s. of IVilliam Legg and Svsanna Maret (q. v.). m., Apr. 21, T701, Anneije Fyniumt, and had issue: i. Neeltje, bt. Nov, 29, 1^02, m., after May ig, 1722, Peter Lttyckj b. in Germany; ii. Susanna, bt. Sept. 3, 1704; iii. Wtllem, bt. Oct. 31, 1708, m., Oct. 20, 1738, Helena Ploeg (see his will); iv. Samnel, bt. Jan. 28, 1710; v. Cornelis, bt. Apr. s, 1713; vi. Jan, bt. Febr. 19, 1716, m., June I9> I74i> Beeletjen Kool, b. Dutchess Co.; and Sara). BOOK OF DEEDS VII. (GG), 1770—1780. Page 490.— NEWKIRK, JOHANNIS, of the Wall Kill, yeoman. Will dated October 5, 1771. "In perfect Health." "To well beloved son Hendrick Newkirk" "all that lott pice or parcel of Land situate in the Precinct of the Wall kill" "containing 200 acres, which I purchased of George Harrison and others whereon he the said Hendrick now lives ico acres whereof I formerly conveyed to him with the Hereditaments and appurtenances," "in fee Simple Qiargeable" "with the payment of £20" "to my second Daughter Elezabeth now married to Jacob Bordine being part of a legacy herein after bequeathed to her." "To my well beloved Son Adam Newkirk" "all that Farm Lott pice or parcel of Land whereon he" "now lives which I purchased from the Heirs Executors or Devises of Fredrick Philips deceased," "in fee Simple" on "payment of £20" "unto my Daughter Rachel her being my Youngest Daughter now married unto Stavannis Christ" "part of a lagacy herein after bequeathed to her." "To my well beloved Son Jacob Newkirk" "all that the Northwester- most full and Eaqual Moity or half part of the Farm or Lott of Land I did formerly live on being Lott Number fifteen of a Tract of Land" "in Walkill" "called the Five Thousand Acres which Lott I purchased of William Sharps, Esq., Deceased, being bounded Southerly by a line run Northeast and Southwest and Also the one full and Equal undivided Moiety or half part of fifty acres of Land in the same Tract called the undevided which I also purchased of the said William Sharps," "in fee Simple all which I have let unto him by a Lase, June 10, 1769." "To my well beloved Son Johnnis Newkirk" "All that the Souther- most Equal Moity or half Part of the Farm or Lott of Land I formerly Uved on Situate in the Precinct of the Wallkill" "bounded Northwesterly by the line dividing the Part thereof" "devided to Jacob Newkirk" "and Also all the remaining Equal undevided Moity or half Part of the said 50 acres of Land called the undevided" "in fee simple" on "payment of £20 "to my daughter Rachel and my Daughter Elezebeth" "in Case that any of three Sons Refuses to pay the Money" "to my Daughters" "that they my two Daughters is to Possess their Lands." "Unto my Daughter Ann Mree one Negro Winch named Phill which I have given Yoest German her Husband a Bill of Sale of July 27, 1771, which I gave him in her Portion." Book of Deeds. Liber VII. 141 Sons Hendrick and.Johannis Newkirk appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (Febr. 7, 1777, Benjamin and Chris- topher Constable, both of Hanover James Conneller Precinct, yeomen, appeared before the Benyamen Konstpel Surrogate proving the will, and signa- Christophel Constable ture of James Connellen. Geo. Clinton, Surrogate. Christ. Tappen, Dep. Clerk. (Johannes (Jan) Newkerk, son of Comelis Gerritse (.Newkerk), q. v., m. Dorothea Douw (Doutue'), and had issue: i. Adam; ii. Jacob; iii. Jolumnis; iv. Ann Mary, m. Joost German; v. Adrum, bt. June 12, 1720; vi. Hendericus, bt. Nov. 12, 1721; vii. Elizabeth, bt. March 24, 1723, m. Jacsb Bodine; viii. Gerrit, bt. Dec. 20, 1724; ix. Meyndert, bt. Apr. 17, 1726; at. Neeltjen, bt. Apr. 7, 1728; xi. Rachel, m. Stavennxts Christ, Page 564.— SMITH, JOHANNIS, of Marbletown. Will dated Aug. 13, 1776. "It is my Express Will and Command that all my Estate both Real and personal be sold and disposed of" "for the Benefitt of my Children." "My Executors shall have power to Use for the Education of my Son Abraham so much of the money made out of my Estate" "for his further Education as they" "shall think fit and proper." Of the remainder "one third part to my Daughter Marrslye" "as soon as she shall arrive to the Age of 18 years." "Also one third part of said Money to my Daughter Nelly as soon as she shall arrive to the age of 18 Years." The remaining third part "shall be paid to my Son Abraham as soon as he shall arrive at the years of 21." "My two Brothers Petrus and Fallen Smith and my good frind Mat- thew Cantine" appointed executors, and Overseers. Signed by the tes- tator. Wm. Cantine (March 14, 1780, William Cantine appeared be- JoHN Kealet fore the Court, Dirck Wynkoop, Judge, proving James Cones the will, and signatures of the other witnesses.) Oohonnes (.Jan) Smit with wife Margriet Schoonhoven had: i. Abraham, bt. Aug. t, 1725; ii. Hendrik, bt. Nov. 6, 1726; iii. Daniel, bt. Nov. 3, 1728). BOOK OF DEEDS VIII. (HH), 1780—1785. Page 14.— KRANS, JOHANNIS, of the Precinct of Hanover. Will dated April 17, 1775. "To my loving Wife Christeen, a Negro Girl named Nancy." "To my sons Hendricus Krans, Stofel Krans, and Petrus Krans each" "£15" "one year after my decease And whereas I lent my son Wilhelmus the sum of £48.4.0" "he pay unto my Executors" "the sum of £33 and the remaining £15 to remain in his own hands And besides what I have already given unto my son Jacobus" "unto my said son Jaco- bus the sum of £5." 'To my daughters Catherine the wife of John Williams and to Elisabeth the wife of Andries Trumper the sum of iis" "one year after my decease." "To my Daughters Susannah Krans and Maria Krans each the sum of £30" "as they arrive to the age of 21 years, or Day of marriage which may first happen. If Maria should die, her share to go to Susannah. "To my gran Daughter Elizabeth Krans the sum of £30" "when she arrives at the age of 18 Years or Day of marriage" "provided she will discharge my Estate, and my son Petrus concerning an Inventory of her Fathers Effects, which was taken by my said son Petrus and disposed of by him." "Unto my son Adam all the Farm and Messuage, whereon I now dwell, and all the Lands and Tenement that is in my possession at the Time of my Death including all my Estate real and personal whatsoever" "and I charge him with the payment of all the Legacies abovementioned." "My said son Adam shall give my said wife a good suffecient main- tenance so long as she shall remain my Widow." Son Adam and "my brother in law Jacob Milspaugh" appointed ex- ecutors. Signed by the testator. _ (July 5. ^777y Johannis Felden & Chris- JoHANNis Felden topher MouU of Hanover, yeomen, ap- Christopher Moull peared before Jacobus Bruyn, Surrogate, James Fulton proving the will, and signature of James Fulton as a witness.) Page 24.— HARDENBERQH, LEONARD, of the Township of Mar> bletown. Will dated June 12, 1766. ^ "Unto my Eldest Son Gerradus" "the Sum of 20 Shillings in Bann of what he can claim as my Heir at Law." Book of Deeds, Liber VIII. 143 "Unto my Loving Wife Rachel all my Real and Personall Estate" "to use Occupy possess and Enjoy the same and have the income thereof during her natural Life or as long as she shall remain my Widow she making no Spoil Wast or Destruction thereupon and from and after her Decease or Remarriage which of the two may first happen." "I Give Devise and Bequeath the same (that is all my said Real and Personale Estate) unto my Children" "Gerradus, Philip, Leonard, Abra- ham, Cathrine & Margrieth." If any of the children "should die before they come to the age of 21 years without lawful Issue of his her or their Body begotten" the share to be divided among the survivors. Wife appointed executrix and "my Eldest Son Gerradus and my Brother Johannis Hardenbergh Executors." Signed by the testator. "My will is that my Executrix and Executors" "shall in convenient Time after my Decease first pay all my Just A De Witt °^^*^- J""® ^^' ^766." T.T « (May 8, 1782, Nathaniel Cantine ap- Nathaniel Cantien ^^^^^ before the Court, proving the William Pick win and signatures of Andries De Witt and William Pick as witnesses.) En- tered at the Request of Mr. Johannis L. Hardenbergh May 12, 1782. (Leonard Hardenberg, son of Col. Johannes H., q. v., m., Nov. 7, 1738, Rachel Hoogteling, and had issue: i. Sara^ bt. May 21, 1739; ii. Philippus, bt. in MarbUtown, Febr. 23,, 1746; iii. LeonarduSt bt. Apr. 15, 1750; iv. Abraham^ bt. Sept. 5, 1756, besides Gerrardus, Catherine and Margaret.) Page 72.— RAINEY, JAMES, of Hannover, Yeoman. Will dated August i, 1775. "Unto my two Sons Samuel and David" "all that Lot of 549 acres of Land or thereabout and the Farm whereon I now live with the Appur- tenances by me purchased of the Widow Phillipse and her children the one half to my said son Samuell on which he now lives on the Weast side of the Dwarse Kill" "and the other half thereof to my said Son David on the East side of the Dwarse Kill on which I now live" "the East Division of said lot shall include the said Creek but no farther from the North side of said Lot to the first falls in Cluding the falls and no far- ther." "After Payment of my just Debts and funerall Charges I Give" "unto my Daughters Hesia Mary Christian Esther" £4 each." "To my Daughters Martha Ruth and Susen all my Personal Estate to be Equally Divided." 144 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "To my Beloved Wife Sara the full use and Benefit of my said Farme whereon I live as also of all my Personal Estate" "During the term of her Widowhood and no longer." Wife Sara and William Wilkin and John Wilkin appointed execu- tors. Signed by the testator. John Wilkin (March 2, 1776, James Strahan, Cordwainer, Tames Strahan appeared before George Clinton, Surrogate, >, ,. proving the will, and signatures of the other Gavin Millar ^^itnesfes.) BOOK OF DEEDS IX. (II), 1785. (WRONGLY MARKED 10). Page 13.— ELMENDORPH, PETRUS EDMUNDUS, of Kingston, Merchant. Will dated MayT7, 1763. "Unto my Welbeloved Wife Mary Elmendorph All the income of all my whole Estate, Real and personal during all such Time as she shall remain my Widdow and not longer, But if in case she should merry again then my Estate shall be divided amongst my Children." "Unto my Son John my best Horse, Saddle and Bridle for his Birth right." "Unto my five Children: John, Catharine, Blandina, Elizabeth and Sara" "All my whole Estate Real and Personal to be divided between them soon after my Wifes Decease or after her Marriage again, Share and Share alike." Wife, son John and "my Brother Lucas Elmendorph" appointed executors, "to have £25 each." Signed by the testator. (Sept. 27, 1765, John D. Wynkoop Johannes Schoonmaker of Kingston appeared before George R. JosiAS Eltinge Clinton, Surrogate, proving the will, John D. Wynkoop ^nd signatures of the other wit- nesses.) (P. E. E., son of Major Coenradt E. (q. v.) and Blandina Kierstede.^ior many years Sheriff of Ulster Co., and Surrogate at the time of his death, m., Apr. 29, 1743, Mary, dau. of John Crook, County Clerk, and had issue: i. Johnj bt. Febr. 3, 1745; iir Cath^ine, bt. Febr. i, 1747, m., Oct. 31, 1768, Rutger Bleeker, of Albany; iii. John, bt. March 24, 1749; iv. William, bt. May 12, 1751; v. Blandina, bt. Aug. 12, 1753, m. March 18, 1782, Jacobus Bruyn, bt. Oct. 2?, 1751, s. of Severyn B., and Catherine Ten Broeck; vi. William, bt. June 22, 1755; vii. Elisabeth, bt Jaii'. 30, 1757, m. Cornelius Ray of N. Y.; viii. Sara, bt. Apr. 8, 1759; ix. Petrus Ednmndus, bt. Apr. 19, 1761; X. Petrus Edmundus, bt. Sept. 23, 1764, m. Eliza Van Rensselaer, '*Xn memory of Peter Edmundus Elmendorf, born the 27th day- of August, 171S, and de- parted this life July 13th, 1765, aged 50 years. Mary Elmendorf, his wife, born the 15th Aug., 1721, and died the 15th of Aug., 1794, aged 73 years." — Inscription on tombstone in the First Dutch Ref. Church-yard at Kingston). BOOK OF DEEDS X. (KK), 1787—1791. (WRONGLY MARKED 11). Page 31.— VAN AALSTEYN, MARTINUS, of Skoherry Kill, Co. Albany. Will dated July 15, 1784. "Unto Nicholas Gerleogh a small piece of Land Adjoining to the Skoherry Kill Begining on the West Bank of said Kill whare the divi- sion fence between Isaac Van Aalsteyn and the said Martinus Van Aal- steyn joins upon the said Kill and so along said fence Westerly to the first brook or run of Water and then along the said run of Water down the Streem to where it empties into the Skoherry Kill and then along said Kill to the place of beginning Containing about 8 or g Acres be the same more or less." "Unto my Cousin Peter Laruah now living with me all my Goods and Chattels and personal Estate to Gether with all my Substance what- soever." — "Also all the rest of my Lands and Tenements lying at the Skoherry Kill in the County of Albany, and now in my possession, to- gether with the House Barn and Orchard, and all the other Appurten- ances thereto belonging." "My true and trusty friend John Laruah and Isaac Van Aalsteyn" appointed executors. Martynus Van Aalsteyn (his mark). (Oct. 6, 1787, Jeremiah Eligh and Geys- Jeremiah Eligh ^^^^ Dederick appeared before the Court Pftpb Wp<;t °* Common Pleas of Ulster County, rETER WEST j-),^^.^ Wynkoop, Judge, proving the will, Geysbert Dederick and signature of Peter West as a wit- ness.) Page 208.— ELMENDORPH, COENRAET, of Kingston. Will dated Sept. 2, 1749. .^^j/t— «v<l- "If my beloved wife Blandina Elmendorph survives me" "she shall remain in full Possession of all my Real and Personall Estate During her Wedowhood ; and in case shee Marry then shee is only to have out of my Estate the sum of £15" "yearly during her Natural life." "To my Eldest son Jacobus Elmendorph" "over and above his share of my Estate my fowling piece Sword and belt and my Cane." — "Also" "five Morgen of Land" "on the North side of Esopus Creek after m)m and my Wifes Decease and to take the same where he pleases in my said Book of Deeds, Liber X. 147 Land (Provided he takes the same in one piece and to begin at one of the four corners of my said Land)" "and to "pay for the same at or before the Expiration of three Years after myn and wifes Decease to my Executors the sum of £180" "to be divided Among All my Children." "Whereas My son Coenraedt Elmendorph Junr. has a Conveyance of me for my Land in the Wassemakers Land and has given me a Bond for the payment of the sum of £400" "within three years after myn and Wifes Decease, And he has AUso promised and agreed with mee to pay the sum of £20" "more In the same manner as the 400 My Will is that the said £420 shall be Divided in like manner Among all my Children." "Whereas I have paid for my son Gerrit Elmendorph ii8o" "for five Morgan of Land which he had bought of Simon Van Wagenen My Will is that" "he pay the said sum to my Executors within three years after myn and Wifes Decease to be Divided among all my Children" "in Case" he "should happen to deny refuse neglect or Delay to pay the said sum" then "my said son Gerrit" "shall be Utterly Excluded and Debarred from having any Right or Benefit by or in this Will." "Whereas I have conveyed to my son Petrus Edmundus Elmendorph five morgan of Land on the north side of the Esopus Creek my will is that my said son" "pay for the same £180" "within three years after my and Wifes Decease to be Divided among all my Children." "Whereas I have conveyed unto my son Luykes Elmendorph five Morgan of Land My Will is that he" "pay for the same unto my Execu- tors the sum of £180" within three years (as before). If they deny or refuse, or neglect to pay, they are to be debarred from all benefits. "To my son Cornelus Elmendorph" "five Morgan of Land on the north side of the Esopus Creek, he to pay £180 within three years." "To my son Wilhelmus Elmendorph" "five Morgan of my land on the north side of the Esopus Creek" and to pay therefore £180. "To my son Jonathan Elmendorph" "five Morgan of my Land on the north side of Esopus Creek" and to pay therefor £180. "To my three sons" "each one third part of my Dwelling House where I now live in Together with barn, buildings orchards Gardens and pasters" "between the Esopus Creek and the Kingsroad and between the Land of my son Gerrit and ye Land of the Widow Schepmoes, And also my Bushland or pasture" "between the Land of Capt. John Steght and the Heirs of John Rosa and between the Land of my son Petrus and my son Luykes" each to pay therefor £20 to be divided among the children." "To my son Luykes all my Coopers tools and Utensils." — "To my son Wilhelmus All my weavers tuels and Utensils." — "To my son Jona- than all my Shoomakers tools with Leather and all utensils." — "My sons shall each take possession of the Lands" "given them" "as soon as my wife departs this life or at the day of her Marriage." 148 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "After my wifes Decease or marriage all the Remainder of my Real & Personall Estate" "and the Priviledges I have in the woods on the south side of the Esopus Creek in Hurly (called Cool and Company), "As AUso all the money" "to be paid by my sons to my Executors shall be equally Devided among all my Children: Jacobus, Gerrit, Comelis, Coenraedt, Petrus Etmundus, Luykes, Wilhelmus, Jonathan, Jenneke Widow of Abraham Ten Eyck Deceased Margrieta Wife of Mr. Gerrit Dubois and Sarah Elmendorph," "each i/ii part." Sons Jacobus, Petrus Etmundus, and Luykes appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (Oct. 24, 1788, Jacomyntje Eltinge appeared and swore "that she was well acquainted with the handwriting of her Brother Jan Eltinge now deceased that she has frequently seen him write Aldert Kiersted his name in his lifetime, that she has viewed the Tan Eltinge handwriting and Name of Jant Eltinge Sub- ;: scribed hereunto as one of the Witnesses to the WiLLEM Eltinge ^i^hin Will, and verielly believes the same to be the handwriting of her said Brother." — "I there- fore do allow the same to be Recorded." Dirck Wynkoop (first Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for Ulster Co.) (C. E., son of Jacobus E. and Grietje van Wagenen (q. v.), had with first wife, Arienije: i. Jacobus, bt. June 3, 1694, m, Dec. i, 1722, Ariaantje Newkerk, bt. Nov. 19, 1699, dau. of Ariaan Gerritsen and Lysbeth Lammertjej ii. Gerrit, bt. Jan. 26, 1696, m. Jan. 15, 1730-, Jannetjen Niewwkerk, bt. Oct. 12, 1712, dau. of Gerrit Niewwkerk and Grietje Ten Eyck; iii. Cor- neliSj bt. Oct. 31, 1697, m. Dec. 16, 1720, Engeitje Meermmis, bt. Sept. 11, X698, dau., of Jan. H. and Annatje Aartse (van Wagenen) ; iv. Margrietje, bt. Jan. i, 1701, d. y. By 2d wife* w. Jen- neke, bt. Jan. 6, 1706, m. Dec. 18, 1726, Abraham Ten Eyck, bt. Nov. s, 1699, s. of Matthys T. E. and Janneke Rosa; vi. Margrietje, bt. June 20, 1708, m. July 17. 1731, Gerrit Du Bois, bt. Febr. 13, 1704, s. of Jacob Dubois and Gerritje Gerritsen; vii. Coenrad, bt. Oct. 10, 1710, m. June 21, 1734, Sarah Dubois, bt. Dec. 20, 1713, dau. of Jacob Dubois and Gerritje Gerritsen; viii. Sara, bt Jan. 23, 1713; ix. Petrus Edmundus, bt. Sept. 11, i;;i5, m. April 29, 1744, Mary Crook, bt. Aug. 20, 1721, dau. of John C, and Cafrina Janse, (he died July 13, 176s); xi. Wil- helmus, bt. Febr. 19, 1721, m. June 17, 1748, Janneke Low, bt. Nov. 18, 1722, dau. of Timotheus L. and Hendrikje Kool (see his will); xii. Jonathan, bt. Dec. 26, 1723, m. i.. May 29, 1749. Helena Smedes, bt. Aug. 25, 1728, dau. of Petrus S. and Catherine Dubois, m. 2., Oct. 6, 1675, Catherine Ten Broeck, bt. Jun^. 11, 1727, dau. of Johannes T. B. and Rachel Roosa, and widow of Severin Ten Hout; xiii. Tobyas, bt. March 12, 1727.) Page 274.— SNYDER, MARTINUS, of Kingston, Yeoman. Will dated May 5, 1778. "My Dear beloved Wife Aantje shall have the income of my whole Estate Real and Personall during her life." "To my beloved Son Zacheriah for his birth right as my eldest Son my Gun or fuzee." "My two Sons : Martynis and Isaak shall have my whole Estate Real and Personall" "provided they comply with my directions hereafter." "My said two sons, Martinis and Isaak shall in lieu of the said State hereby given to them, shall after the decease of me and my Wife pay" "unto my Children : Zachariah, Johannis, Jeremiah, Willem, Christian, Book of Deeds, Liber X. 149 Benjamin, Hendricus & Abraham the Sum of £300 (£40 to each). — ^They shall also pay "to my three Daughters £90" "to the Heirs of my Daughter Acmtje the late Wife of Johannis Hommel" £30— "Unto my Daughter Grietje the wife of Johannis Wohen" £30 — "Unto my Daughter Cat- trienna the Wife of Jacobus kosd" £30, "including £16 which she hath already received." "Unto son Isaak my little Negro Boy named Jack." — If MartinuS or Isaak should die without issue, their shares to be divided among the sur- vivors. "My beloved sons Benjamin and Martynis" appointed executors. Martynus Snyder (his mark) (On May 9, 1789, Johannis Snyder appeared before Dirck Wynkoop, Judge, proving the will, and sig- CoRNEL Bicker natures of the other witnesses).— The will allowed Henry Bicker to be recorded. — A true Record entered at the re- Ton's Snyder quest of Capt. Zacharias Snyder this irth day of May 1789. Christ Tappen, Dep. Clerk.) (Martinus Snyder (Martin Schneider) was born at Hackenberg, Germany, June, i6g8, and m. there Annah Deamute Backer (Anna Demold Bahkerim, Becker), b. in 1703. They emigrated to this country with son Henry, settling in New Paltz, and afterwards in Kingston, near a stream called Mud Kill. M. S. brought the following certificate : "I certify that Martin Snyder _ from Kished, his wife and two children, from the government of Hackenberg, in the church district of Flounders, felt desire to eo to America, and the Kirckenberg enquired regarding his standing, which was found to be good, and that he was of good moral character. He therefore secured some assistance for his passage, and the Prima Kerckberg granted him full jjermission to leave. Whereunto he has caused his seal to be affixed and signed his own handwriting in Swenenberg, 26 March, 1726. I. D. L. Griekholf" (Transl. for *01de Ulster,' Jan. 1905). They had: i. Henry, bt. Aug. 10, 1723; ii. Annah, m. Johannes Hommel; iii Margarit, bt. Oct. 15, 1727, m. I., Peter Hommel, and 2., Johannes Wolfen; iv. Catherine, bt. Sept. 14, Z729, m. Jacobus Roosa; v. Zechariah, m- Margaret Fiero, d. New Jersey, ae. 88; vi. Johannes; bt. Dee. 5, 1733, m. Helena Osterhoudt, and d. July 24, 1809; vii. William', bt. Febr. 12, 1725, m. Mary Righmyer, and d. May 25, 1823; viii. Jeremiah, bt. Oct. 22, 1738, m. Catharine Holley, and d. June 1828; ix. Christian, b. Apr. 21, 1740, m. Elizabeth Backer, and d. Apr. 22, 1822; X. Benjamin, b. Nov. 24, 1742, m. Annah Brink, and d. Sept. 12, 1831; xi. Henry, m. Maria Hommel, and d. Jan. i, 1832; xii. Martin, b. Febr. 22, 1748, m. i., Trineke Newkerk, m. 2., Mary (Overbagh) Corn, and d. Febr. 2, 1831; xiii. Abrahwm, b. Aug. 9, 1750, m. Nov. 30, 1775, Maria Freelich (Freligh), and d. May 11, 1830; xiv. Isaac, b. Aug. 9, 1750, m. Susan Mar- garet Carn, and d. Jan. 26, 1829. End of wills recorded in the Deed Books. Abstracts of WUls on File in the County Clerk's Office, City of Kingston, N. Y. (Entered in a Thin Folio Volume, Marked ULSTER COMMON PLEAS, Record of Wills and Testaments 1790—1827). Page 1.— DELAMATTER, DAVID, of Kingston. Will dated Sept. 23, 1769. "Unto my son David Delametter my large Dutch bible, shouting gun, Sword, Belt, and Cane in lue and sted of any thing he might Claim as being my Heir at Law." "Unto my Daughter Sara De Lamatter" "one half of all my land and Tenements" "at or near the Platte Kill in Newburrow precinct in Ulster County as also all that lot of land or home Lott" "in Kingston" "between the Lotts of Cornelius Swart, John Beekman and Sara Ten Brouck as also two acres or one Morgen of land commonly called Armboury adjoyning the Kings Highway leeding from Kingston to the Strand between the Lotts of Jan McLeen and Cornelius Hasten as also my Negro Whinch Deian and Negrow boay Mingo my large Cubbord, large looking Glass and my best Bed Bedsted and all the Bed Cloths" "with the Curtains-six of my best Chairs and large joiners Table and to have so much more of my household furniture as to make and outset to what my Daughter Catharine has had and also two Milch Cows one Ox and one Haffer as also the sum of £162.10." "Unto my Daughter Catharine the wife of Jacob Delamatter" "one half" "of all my lands and Tenements" "at or near the Platte Kill in the Precinct of Nueburrow" "also fny Negro Whinch named Deen and Negroe Man named Tone as also the sum of £162.10." "Unto my son David De Lamatter" "my Dwelling House and Lott of Ground as also all my Lands and Tenements" "in Kingston/Excepting the Home Lott and two acres of Armboury given to my Daughter Sara/for which David shall pay to my daughters Sara and Catharine" £250 five years after my Decease" to daughter Sara £25 yearly for five years." "Unto son David all my wearing Appearell and two of my best Horses my Waggon Slays PIomvs Harrows and all my farming Utensels of all kinds, as also my bed bolster and pillows & Rugg and Blanketts which is standing in my Oald Shop or Outleat — As also one Milch Cow one Ox and one Heffer my Negrows Dick and Anna." Common Pleas Will Book. 151 "Unto my daughter Sara out of the House and Lott which I have herein above devised to my son David one room in my -dwelling House to wit the Chamber and liberty of passing trough the Entry or Gang- way and also to have as much room in the Celler and loft as she shall have Occasion for as long as she shall remain single or Unmerryed." "Unto my two Daughters Sara and Catharine all the rest and Residue of my household Furniture." "Unto son David half of all my Crop in the Barn and Barks as also half of the Crop now sowed and that he shall have the use of all my Slaves Negrows and Whinches until he has Gethered in the Crop now sowed and to make use of my Cretures for Killing and Viggetables Until that time." "Unto my three Children David, Sara and Catharine" "all the rest and Residue of my Personal Estate." Survivors to divide share of deceased children. Son David Delamatter and son in Law Jacob Delamatter and friend Dirck Wynkoop Junr., appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (Sept. 3d Tuesday, 1790, before Dirck Wynkoop, Esq. first Judge, Jacob De La- metter, Esq., one of the Judges and Johannis Snyder, Esq., one of the Assistant Justices, Jacobus De Lametter appeared Jacob Snyder, proving the will. — Jacob Schriver Whereupon it was ordered by the Court that D. Wynkoop Junr. ^^^ Qerk of the said Court Record the said Will and Testament together with the proof thereof agreeable to an Act of the Legisla- ture of the State of New York passed the 4th day of April 1786). (Arme bowerij., i. e. poor land.) David Delamater was son of Abraham De Lamater (q. v.) and m. May lo, 1728, Laurenlut (.Louwernsjen) Ten Broeck. Issue: i. Abraham, bt. March 2, 1729, d. y.; ii. Zara, bt. Febr. 18, • 733. d. y.; iiL Johannes, bt Apr. 20, 173s (m. Oct. 20, 1764, Catharma Van Vlief); iv. Cor- nelius, bt. May 19, 1737; v. Jacobus, bt. Oct. 14, 1739; vi. Zara, bt. March 28, 1742; vii. David, bt. June 10, 1744 (m. Nov. 5, 1763, Sarah Hoffman, d. Oct. 30, 1815); viii. Abraham. bt. Febr. 22, 1747; ix. Catherine, bt. Nov. 27, 3748 (m. Apr. 14, 1768, Jacob De Lamater.) Page 5.— VAN LEUVEN, JOHN, of Marbletown, yeoman. Will dated Oct. 9, 1781. "All my Just debts and Funeral Expenses be well and truly paid and discharged by my son Daniel Van Leuven." "My well beloved wife Meribah shall be and remain in full and Ample possession of my whole Estate Real and Personal" "as long as she shall remain my Widdow or depart of this life." "Unto my Eldest son Petrus Van Leuven One Shilling" "for his share and portion." 152 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "Unto my sone Daniel and unto my three Daughters" "all my Real Estate which I now possess unto my said son Daniel the Nortfi and Northeast part thereof and unto my three Daughters Maribah, ElistAeth & R^ichel the South and Southwestermost part thereof, of a certain Divi- sion to run Between them to begin at the Southwest side of a Gully by the Comer of a fence so as the same now stands and runs then along the fence as it now stands South Easterly to the extream bounds of my land." "Unto my son Daniel all my farming Utensels such as now on my farme belongs." "Unto my well beloved wife Meribah all my Household furniture such as is now in the House and likewise my Bees — And Also two Maris which she now owns." Wife and daughter Meribah ^pointed executors. Signed by the (On the first Tuesday of Jan. 1791 be- fore the Court, Dirck Wynkoop, Judge, Cornelius E. Wynkoop, Andries Bevier Hendricus p. Osterhoudt and Nathaniel Dubois, Assistant Jus- Jacobus Rosekrans tices, came Jacobus Rosekrans and Gerret Devenport Hendricus P. Osterhout, proving the will, and signature of Gerrit Deven- port. — A true Record entered Jan. 7, 1791.) iJohti Van Leuven m. Margariet Wo»d, and had issue: i. Hanna, bt. Sept 21, 1701; ii. Mary, bt. June 6, 1703; iii. John, bt. Marcli 14, 1708, m. Meriba Herker and had issue: a. Petnu. b. Rachel, bt Jan. s, 1745, c. Daniel, m. before Jan. 18, 1778, Elisabeth Etkens, d. Maribah, e. Elisabeth; iv. Dina^ bt. Jan. 6, 1712; v. Petrus, bt Jan. 31, 1714 (m. June 3, 1743, Angenietjen Van Slyk); vi. Catrir.a, bt Sept 15, 1723 (m. June ji, 1744, Johannes Davids.) Page 8.— SMITH, WILLIAM, of Montgomery Precinct, Yeoman. Will dated Aug. 14, 1784. "To my loving Wife Elizabeth Smith one third of the Yearly Income of my real Estate" "in said Precinct" "with my room in my Dwelling House, that She may choose also two Milch Cows and keeping for the same Summer and Winter as long as she remains my Wedow." "My Grand Daughter Mary Bookstaver £125" "payable in six Months after my Decease." "My son Henry Smith all my lands and Tenements whatsoever, whereof I shall die seized." "Residue of my Goods and Chattels and Personal Estate" "to my said son Henry Smith." Son Henry and "my Goed Friend Adam Beamer" appointed execu- tors. Signed by the testator. Matthew Hunter (On the first Tuesday (of Jan.) 1791 came William Johnston John McKenstry, proving the will, and signa- JoHN McKinstry tures of the other witnesses.) Common Pleas Will Book. 153 Page 10.— LEFEVER, ANDRIES, of the New Paltz. Will dated April 19, 1738. (Long religious preamble). "Unto my Dearly beloved Wife Cornelae Lafeaver all my whole Estate Rale and persenally during her widdow Ship or naturall If She never Marry es as also I do give unto my wife all the Income of all my Money During her Widow Ship." "Unto my beloved wife" "my negro men Charles And the Choise of my horses." "Unto my Eldest Son Simon Lefaver" "first out of my Estate my pistles & houlsters In Consideration as being my Eldest son on which account he shall not Have or pretend to have any thing more by any ways or pretenses whatsoever." "Unto my Daughter Elezebet wife of Joneton Dubois" "my negro Girle by name Judy for which" she is to pay "£12" to my five Daughters : Sary Lefever, Mary Lefever, Catrine Lefever, Magdelen Lefever and Rachel Lefever." "Unto my Daughter Margrete" "my Negroe Girle Suesan." — "Unto my Seven Daughters" "my Two Negro by name Tom and Seasar that they shall be sold and the Money devided amongst my seven Daughters when the youngest is Eighteen years old." "Unto my two sons Simon Lefever, Mattys Lefever" "my Land houses out house orchards Gardens Improvements Tenements" "within" "the New Paltz" on condition that they jpay" to my seven Daughters" "the sums of money" "hereafter" "is given and bequeathed unto them." "Unto my seven daughters (named) £400 to be paid by the sons four years after the decease of my wife. "Unto my son Simon Lefevre" "my Tenpits with all Leader Shue- makers Tools Iron Stofe or Kaffel my Gun my begg french bible." "Unto my son Mattys Lefevre" "all my wearing Close Shurths Stocken & Shoues Every thing belonging to body my brweing pott my Two bibles one Duch one french." "Unto my two sons" "all my farmers Utensils as of plows harrows waggons Sleds and all other Tools' and Gier that is or hath been used on my farme." "Unto my seven Daughters (named) all my Cows and all my Money out att Intrust as all my house hold goods & moveables." "Each Daughter Shall have ii2 for an out Sett if they have had none out of my Estate or In Come of the Estate & In Come of the Money Two out setts Shall be paid in a year and for every Year the Sons pay Two out setts they shall have a Year Longer to pay the afore- said four hundred pounds." "In case any of my Seven Daughter Shall come to dye Leaving no Chid or Children of her Body" her share to be divided. 154 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "Unto my two sons (named) all my Horses except one horse to my wife first the Choice out of all the horses." — Also "my Two negro by name Jack & James to be Equally devided Share and Share alike." "TJnto my Seven Daughters" "all my Shipe & hoogs." Sons Simon and Mattys and "my Brother Jan Lefevre" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. ("On the first Tuesday in May, 1793, John Addison, Esq., produced to the Court the last will of Andries Lefever, it appearing" "that all the subscribing witnesses" "were ded, Whereupon Jacob Hasbrouck of the New Paltz appeared" "and said that he was well , TT Acquainted with the handwriting of Jacob Jacob Hasbrouck Hasbrouck deceased his father" "and that the Naithen S. Bevier lands devised in the last will of Andries Le- Charles Brodhead ^J^y^^ have been and now are to the best of his knowledge in the Actual possession of the Heirs" "of said Andries Lefever. And John C. Dewitt Esq. also appeared" "and said that he was well acquainted with the handwriting of Charles Broadhead deceased" — "Where- upon the will was admitted." {Simon Le Fevre (Le Februe), the Patentee of New Paltz, m. Elisabeth Deyo, dau. of Christian D. She m. 2d Moses Contain and had a son, Peter Canteine, bt. May 21, 1693. Simon Le Fevre and Lysbeth Deojou had issue: i, Andries, m. Cornelia Biansian, and had: a. Simon, bt Sept. 11, 1709, m. June 24, 1725, Petronella Hasbrouck (see his will); b. Matheus, bt. Nov. 10, 1710, m. June 17, 1737, Margaret Bevier; c. Elisabeth, bt. Sept. 28, 1712, m. Dec. 2^, 1732, Jonathan Dvbois, or Nescotack; d. Mar^ietjen, bt. March 13, 171S, m. June 10, 1739, Conraed Vernooy; e. Zara, bt. Febr. 3, 1717, m. June 10, 1739, Samuel Bevier; i. Marytjen, bt. March i, 1719, m. Nathaniel Le Fevre; g. Catrina, bt. Apr. 2, 1721, m. Simon Du Bois; h. Mag- dalena, bt. Oct. 11, 1724, m. Sept. 2, 1:749, Johannes Bevier; i. Rachel, bt. June 23, 1728, m. Sept. 2, 1749, Johannes Bevier, of Waiwarsit^g^ — ^Si. Abraham, bt. May xi, 1679, d. y.; iii. Isaac, bt. at New Paltti, Oct. 28, 1683, m. i., Catrtna Freer {Fire), m. 2., May 16, 1718, Marytjen Freer, dau. of Hugo F., Jr.; iv. Jean, bt. Oct. 28, 1685, m. Nov. 20, 1712, Catherine Blanshan; V. Maritje, bt Oct. 15, 1689, m. June 18, 1713, Daniel Du Bois.) Page 16.— LOW, JACOBUS, of Kingston, Merchant. Will, dated Oct. i8, 1793. "My loving Wife Elizabeth Low shall have the whole of my Estate both Real and Personal as long as She shall remain my Widow, or during her natural Life (in case she does not Intermarry) she making no spoil waste or destruction thereupon, but in the first place as my sole Execu- trix together with my Executors after named shall discharge my Funeral Expenses," etc. "After an Intermarriage or the Decease of my said Wife" "I give the whole of my Estate botti Real and Personal between my Eight Chil- dren John Rachel Annatie Catharina Abraham Jennetie Eliz(S)eth and Jacobus" "my son John to be accountable for the sum of £133.6.8 with lawful Interest" "being so much advance for him for his one third Part Common Pleas Will Book. 155 of the Purchase Money Paid for the Sloop Sail — And the Share of my Daughter Rachel shall be considered to be given in trust to be equally divided between the Children already born or' that may be born of her body, but in case she may become a Widow then she shall have the full use and Disposal of such her share for and towards the Support of her self and Children." Survivors to divide share of deceased children "under age and with- out lawful Issue." Wife and "loving Brothers Abraham and Benjamin Low and my trusty and good friend Abraham B. Bancker Esquire", appointed execu- tors. Signed by the testator. (On the 10 day of Jan., 1794, Jacobus Hasbrouck Junr. and Adam J. Dole ap- peared before the Court, Dirck Wyn- Jno Elmendorf koop, Judge, Moses Cantine Junr. and Adam J. Dole Philip D. Bevier, Ass't Justices, prov- Jacoeus Hasbrouck Junr. ing the will, and signature of John Elmendorf as a witness. Entered at the request of Mrs. Elizabeth Low Jan. 11, 1794). Page 20.— DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER, of Marbletown, Farmer. Will dated June 12, 1778. "Its my express Desire, and I hereby direct that whomsoever my Loving Wife Elizabeth Davis Shall please and think proper to live, my two sons Isaac Davis and John Davis shall Yearly each pay the half towards her Maintenance during her Natural Life, provided she remains my Widow, otherwise not." "Unto my oldest Son Richard Davis my Own Gun and £5." — "Unto my Second Son Isaac Davis, all my Lands known by the Name of Shocan or Kiskatama with the Buildings thereon, and all my Horse Kind and Farmers Utensils thereunto appertaining." "Unto my Third Son John Davis all my Lands" "in Marbletown on both sides of the Esopus Kill or River with the Buildings thereon, the Blacksmiths utensils & a Mare colt which he has now in Possession but the Cow which he has now, I do give" "to him and my Daughter Anne Davis, Each the Half, and Each the half of the cattle that may be raised from said Cow between them." "If my son Davis should die, having no lawful issue" then "the said last mentioned Land wfth the Buildings and Blacksmiths utensils thereon, be equally divided among these seven of my Children, Namely Richard Davis, Anne Davis, Esther the wife of Jacob Chambers, Wyntje Davis, Isaac Davis, Elizabeth Davis and Rachel Davis.' "Unto my Daughter Elizabeth Davis the cupboard which is in the house in which my son John Davis and Daughter Anne Davis now dwell." iS6 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "Unto my two Daughters Elisabeth Davis and Rachel Davis the two Beds, which are in the house, in which I now live namely at Shocan, Kiskatama, after my Decease And the Decease of my loving Wife Eliza- beth, my Daughter Rachel to have the Choice thereof." "In consideration of the Lands and Buildings" given them, the two sons, Isaac and John "shall give (six months after my Decease) unto my Third Daughter Esther" "Curtains for a bed, and Cupboard, each to pay there and there alike." — Said sons also to give (within six months) to Rachel "a cupboard" and to Elizabeth and Rachel" 50 pounds of good Feathers and Curtains." — Son John to give (twelve months after my De- cease) to Anne Davis a cupboard one dosen Pewter Plates, one pair Tongs, one Shovel one Trammel and one pair Hand Irons," "and to Wyntje one pair tongs, one Shovel One Trammel, and one pair Hand Irons." Residue devised to the four daughters. Sons Richard, Isaac, and John appointed executors. Signed by the testator. Samuel Davis (On the third Tuesday in Sept., 1794, William Alex. Crookshank Hume appeared. Entered at request of John William Hume C. Davis, Sept. 23, 1794). (.Isaac Davids (prob. b. in England) m. Janneije Maurits, bt. June 18, 1671, dau. of Frederick Pietersen Mmrits (q. v.) and Engellie Hendrick, and had issue: i. Marietje, bt. Nov. 13, 1692; ii. Engel, bt. Nov. 16, 1694; iii. Christoifer, bt. May 30, 1697; iv. Jannetje, bt. Oct. 29, 1699; v. Frederick, bt. Sept. 21, 1701; vi. Joris, bt. Jan. i, 1704; vii. Samuel, bt. March 17, 1706; viii. Christoifel, bt. Sept. 11, 1709; ix. Jsaak, bt. Dec. 2, 1711. Christoffel (.Staff el) David (Davids) m., Apr. 3, 1739, Elizabeth Bradeth (Bradhead, Brad- head), and had issue: i. Mary, bt. Sept. 30, 1739 (m., Fcbr. 20, 1761, John Brodhead) ; ii. Isaak, bt. Aug. 16, 1741; iii. Ritseri, bt. Oct. 2, 1743; iv. En (Anna), bt. Dec 12, 174s; v. Weyntjen, bt. Aug. 19, 1750; vi. Isaac, bt. Dec. 31, 1752, and John, Esther, who m. Jacob Chambers, Rachel. Page 24.— VAN STEENBERQH, THOMAS, of the West Camp, Yeoman. Will dated Sept. 7, 1795. "Unto my beloved Wife Christina my whole Estate both real and personal during the time that she shall Continue my Widow." "To my three sons : John Paul and CornelitiS all my Estate both Real and Personal" "Provided" "they pay out of my Estate" "£420" i. e. "to my son Petrus £60 and £60 to my son Thomas and £60 to my son Abraham and £60 to my Son Mathew and £60 to my son Hendrick and £60 to my Daughter Margret and also £60 to my Daughter Helena" "one year after the Death of my beloved Wife." "My son Abraham Shall have one Milch Cow out of my stock of Cattle." — "My Daughter Helena shall have one Milch Cow and one Heifer out of my stock of Cattle." "My beloved Wife Christina shall have my Negro Wench Dina and also the Bed & furniture thereunto belonging which is at present in Use — and also my largest lookingglass." Common Pleas Will Book. 157 Petrus Myndeese JoHANNis ScHOONMAKER JuNR. (his mark) John Hyser "My Daughter Helena shall have an Out Set so Called, out of my Estate after she Shall come to marry, which Out set shall be at the dis- cretion of my said wife." "Mv house Hold furniture shall be equally divided Between all my Children." Son Paul and loving friends Cornelius Persen and Benjamin Sny- der appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (On the first Tuesday in May, 1796 appeared Peter Mynderse be- fore the Court, Abror- ham B. Bancker,. Phil- ip D. Bevier, Judges, John Dumont, Abra- ham Vim Gaasbeck, Justices, proving the will, and signature of the other witnesses. Entered May 4, 1796). (See next will). Page 27.— VAN STEENBERQH, JOHN, of Kingston, farmer. Will dated May 16, 1796. "To my loving wife Annatje Van Stenbergh All the whole income of all my Estate Real and personal for her mentainance so long as" she "shall not marry again, but if" she "shall marry again, then to give up all my Estate to my Executors" "or to my Children" and then to have £50. "Unto my two Children named Thomas and Jane" "all my Estate real and personal." Wife "and my Brother in law, Cornelis Burhans and my friend Benjamin Snyder" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (On the third Tuesday in Sept., 1796, Cornelius C. Brinck ap- peared before the Court, Abraham Bevier, Abraham B. Bancker, Judges, Abraham Van Gaasbeck, Junr., Johannis Miller and Moses Cantine Junior. — Entered at re- quest of Mr. Benjamin Snyder, Sept. 21, 1796). ^Thomas Jansse ivan Stembergen) (.Thomas Jansen, Thomas J. Steenberge) ni. after Febr. 3, 16S3, Maria Adams Metselaer (,Salaeme, Zalome) and had i. Magriet, bt. Febr. 24, 1684; ii. Geerthruydt, bt. March 5, 1688; iii. Johannes, bt. March 17, 1689; iv. Catryn, bt. Nov. 6, 1692; T. Johannes, bt. June g, 1695; vi. Abraam, bt. Jan. 15, 1699; vii. Henricus, bt. Febr. 2, 1701. vi. Abraham van Steenbergen, m. Apr. 14, 1728, Catrina Ploeg, and had issue; i. Thomas, bt. May ig, 1728; ii. Alida, bt. Sept. 24, 1732; iii. Margrieta, bt. Jan. 26, 1735. Cornelius C. Brinck (his mark) Abraham Van Steenberght Elizabeth Van Steenbergh iS8 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Thomas van Steenbergen (s. of Abraham), called "Jr.", m. Oct. 6, 1730, Christina iChristien) Labonte, and had issue: i. Abraham, bt. July 21, 1751, m. March i, 1791, Elaabeth Oosterhoudt ; ii. Petrus, bt. Dec. 2, 1733; iii. Margaret, bt. Jan. 4, 1756; iv. Thomas, bt. Oct. 30, 1757; V. John, bt. Dec. 26, 1761, m., Oct. 24, 1784, Annatje Van Leuven; Cornelts; Matthew; Margaret; Helena. (See his will supra). , , . . , John T. Van Steenbergen (s. of Thomas) and Annatie Van Leuwen had issue: j. Jannetje, bt. May 16, 1790; ii. Thomas, bt Nov. 6, 1794. See his will above). Page 30.— FREER, JOHANNIS, of the Town of New Paltz. Will dated Sept. i, 1796. "Unto my Loving wife Agetta the use of my whole Estate Real and Personal and to receive the income and profits during her Natural Life- time or as Long as she shall remain my wedow and no longer" if she "marry again" then "the sum of £10" yearly "during her natural life time Hoping and Trusting that she will be Satisfied with the same in Lue of her Dower." "Unto Agetta Freer the Daughter of my nephew Jonathan Freer'' "my whole Estate both Real and Personal" "in New Paltz or Elsewhere (the use thereof herein before given only Excepted), she to pay "unto Margret Freer the wife of my said Neppew Jonathan Freer £30" "within three months after the decease of my said Wife." "My good friends Peter Lefever Junr., Isaac Lefever and Johannis B. Doyo" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (On Wednesday, July 15, 1797, all the wit- Jacob Deyo nesses appeared before the Court, Abraham Daniel Sluyter B. Bancker and Abraham Bevier, Judges and Peter Lefever Junr. Justus Banks, Esq., Ass't Justice. — Entered July 6, 1797). (J. F., bt. Aug. I, 1725, s. of Hugo F. (and Bregjen Teerpenning), s. of Hugo F. (and Anna Maria Le Roy) (see Hugh Freer), of Bonticow, m. May 5, 1749, Agitta De Joo, and had a son: Johannes, bt. July i, .1750, d. y. Agetta Freer, bt. Oct. 17, »779, was dau. of Jonatimn Freer, (bt Aug. i, 1754) (and Mar- grietjen Doio), s. of Jacob F. (bt. Sept. 1, 1723) (and Zara Freer^ dau. of Hugo), s. of Jacob Freer (bt. June 9, 1679) (and Antje Weyen), s. of Hugue F. (see Hugtte Frere). Agetta F. m. at Palts, Wilhelmus Hasbrouck.) Page 33,— DUBOIS, HENDRICUS, of New Paltz, Yeoman. Will dated June 21, 1774. "Unto my youngest Son Methusalem" "all that my Homestead being part of my farm whereon I now Dwell Containing Five acres of land which" "is to Begin at a stone set up on the south side of the icings Road to the North East of my Dwelling House which said stone is marked M on the south side and is Distant 76 links on a south i Degree 45 Minutes west course from a Black Oak Tree standing on the North side of the Kings Road" "which Tree is marked with 3 Notches on two sides and was marked for the southermost corner of a lot by me con- veyed to my son Hendricus and is to run from said stone south i Degree 45 minutes west 6 chains 24 links thence south 69 Degrees 45 minues west 8 chains thence north 40 degrees 15 minutes west 4 chains 39 links to the aforesaid Road thence along the same north 59 degrees East 10 Chains J,//'r. h,.v, ■//,,;/. /,vv. . f>.; ■ :/7.„: /'-y... ., ■ . ■. y, '■■^/-y' ^^H .^::/:._^y,y ../ . ■: ( .. ^.^c^Z^. 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Common Pleas Will Book. 159 and North Tj Degrees 2 Chains to where it Began As Also 95 acres of land (being also part of my said farm) "on the North West side of said Road" "to begin at the aforesaid Black Oak Tree marked for the Souther- most Corner of the aforesaid lot by me conveyed unto my son Hendricus and to Extend from thence South Westerly along the said Road to a lot by me heretofore Conveyed unto my son Philip in his life time and is to Extend Northwesterly from the said Road along" Hendrik's lot and lot conveyed to Philip "with the full Breadth between them untill it con- tains 95 acres Together with" "my Dwelling Houses out Houses Barn Barks Orchards Gardens and other Improvements" "in all containing 100 acres to son Methusalem" in Order to make him Equal with my other sons they having had an Equivalent thereto in my life time," he to pay after wife's decease "in consideration of the Improvements upon the same" £100 more than my son Hendricus shall pay towards my Grand Children's and my Daughter's Portions." "Unto my son Hendricus and my said son Methusalem all the Resi- due" "of my Farm Lands Tenements" they to pay "to my two Daughters and Grand Children" £400 "Hendricus to pay" "£150" and Methusalem iioo in consideration of the Improvements" and also £150. "To my two Daughters Tryntie the wife of Matheus Dubois and Lea the wife of Christofel Kiersteden" £100 each "and to my Grand Children the Children of my son Philip deceased £100 and to my Grand Children, the Children of my Daughter Diena deceased the late wife of Abraham Eltinge" "£ioo. To all the grandchildren and children "all my personall Estate." "Unto said son Hendricus" "one Bench in the Church at the Groot- stuck to have the choice of my Benches" and to Methusalem one Bench" in said Church. And all other seats which belong unto me in said Church and also in the Church at Shawangunk" "1/5 to the children of Philip, i/s to the children of Diena, 1/5 to Tryntie, 1/5 to Lea, and 1/5 to "my Daughter Rachel the wife of Johannis A. Hardenbergh." As I have already given my eldest son Solomon his full proportion in helping him to purchase an Estate after his Marriage I desire he may rest satisfyed therewith." — "My daughter Rachel shall not make any other demand out of my Estate other than her 1/5 part in the seats." My wife Jarinetie shall remain in the full possession of my whole Estate" "during her lifetime." Wife and sons Hendricus and Mathusalem appointed executors. Signed by the testator. Severyn T. Bruyn Jacobus Bruyn Junr. Joh's Bruyn i6o Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. (June 4, 1782, Severyn T, Bruyn and Johannis Brujm of Shawangunk, farmers, appeared before Joseph Gasherie Surrogate, proving the will, and signature of Jacobus Bruyn Junr. as a witness. — On the same day the executors appeared and took "the oath of an Executor." On Sept. 19, 1798, Johannis Bruyn of Shawangunk, Esq., appeared before the Court, Abraham Bevier, Abraham B. Bancker and Jonathan Hasbrouck, Judges, proving the will, and signatures of the other witnesses. — Entered at the request of Methusalem Dubois, Sept 21, 1798O (Hendricus Dubois, s. of Solomon Du Bois and Trynt/e Gerritsen (q. v.), b. Neto PalU, Dec. 31, 1710, m., May 6, 1733, Jannetjen Hoogteling, and had issue: i. PhilUptius, bt. Apr. 21, 1734, m., March 22, 1757, Anne Hue; ii. Solomon, bt. Febr. 15, 1736, m. Oct. 25, 1762, Ariaantje Du Bois; iii. Dina, bt. Febr. 12, 1738, m. Nov. 26, 1759, Abraham Eltmge; iv. Tremtje, bt. in Shawangunk, Oct 9, 1740, m. Matthew Du Bois; v. Henricus, bt May i, 1743, m. Rebecca Van Wagenen; vi. Methusalem, bt. June 30, 1745; vii. Lea, bt. June 28, 1747, m. Christoffel Kierstede; viii. Rachel, bt Dec 24, I74g> m. Johannes A. Hardenbergh; ix. Methusalem, bt Oct 27, 1751, m. i. Gertrude Bruyn, m. 2., Catherine Bevier'). On Oct IS, 1762, Hendricus and Solomon Dubois petitioned for letters patent for 2000 acres of vacant land in Ulster Co., within the bounds of the line formerly granted to Capt John Evans, south of Shawangunk mountain, and west of Wall Kill, also land without the bounds of said Patent, west of said mountain, N. W. and N. E. of the Great Minnissiuck Patent. (N. Y. Land Papers, xvi, p. 125). Page 39.— DUBOIS, CORNELIUS, of the New Paltz, Esq., Will dated Nov. 6, 1780. "Unto my well beloved wife Margaret" "during her lifetime one Ne- gro Slave named Sime, one Negro Wench named Jane, one Milch Cow, and also so much of my Household goods as she may Judge she shall have occasion for." "Unto my son Cornelius" "during his natural lifetime All my whole Real Estate" "in New Paltz" "excepting such parts thereof as I shall hereafter order to be sold by my Executors" "together with all me build- ings Houses Bams Orchards, Gardens" "after his decease" unto the Heirs of my said son Cornelius and to my Daughters Tryntie, Jannetie, Jaco- minetie, Saretie, and to my Grand Children Nathaniel Diibois, Wilhelmus Dubois and Polly Dubois the Children of my Daughter Rachel deceased and to my Grand children Dirck Wynkoop and Lea Wynkoop the Chil- dren of my daughter Lea deceased." "Also to son Cornelius" "Eight horses the choice out of my stock" he to pay for the same "£80 in Gold or Silver at the rate of eight Shillings for a Spanish Dollar." Also "so many of my Slaves as he may think proper (to be taken before any division is made of my personal Estate) provided he" pays "for each Slave" £go (at the same rate as before). "Unto my said daughter Saretie" "one Negro Wench named Rose^' to pay for the same £80 (at the same rate as before) . "Unto my said son Cornelius" "two seats I have in the Church at Shawangunk." — To "my grandson Cornelius Dubois Hasbrouck" "one seat in the Church at Marbletown." "Residue of my whole personal Estate" "unto my said son, said Daughters and said grand Children." "Residue" "of my whole Real Estate" "in the County of Ulster" "or Else where" "and also the Liberty and previledge I have in the New Paltz patent of Hay stone and Timber" also to said children and grandchildren. "In case any dispute should happen between my Heirs concerning this my last Will and Testament, It is my Will and desire that" they CoMMon Pleas Will Book. i6i "shall leave it to an Arbitration." — Executors to sell "to the best advantage all that certain lot of land containing 66 acres" "in Co. Ulster" part of a certain tract of 1056 acres of land granted to me by Letters Patent" "July 2, 1739 so as the same is Surveyed by Johannis Bruyn as per his return of Survey dated May 16. And also that part of the land I have in the above recited patent, adjoining the abovesaid 66 acres" "on the south- west side of the Platte Kill." Son Cornelius, son in law Jacob Hasbrouck Junr. and my grand Sons Josia Hasbrouck, Nathaniel Dubois and Cornelius Hasbrouck ap- pointed executors. Son in law Cornelius D. Wynkoop to be Guardian to the said Grand Children until they respectively come to age. Signed by the testator. (April 23, 1781, Denie Raleya of New Paltz, yeoman, and David Louw of same place. Blacksmith, appeared before Jo- sejph Gasherie, Surrogate, proving the will, and signature of Joshua Dubois as a witness. On the same day all the executors took the oath. Sept. 19, 1798, Joshua Dubois, of Kingston, Tanner, appeared before the Court. Methusalem Dubois made oath that he had "given due notice to all pres- ent Heirs mentioned in the said Will" "of , this intended application" "for the ap- probation of said Will. — Whereupon the Court" "ordered" the will to be recorded. Entered Sept. 21, 1798.) (.Cornelius Du Bois, Sr.j s, of Solomon Du Bois, and Tryntje Gerriisen, m,, Apr. 7, 1729^ Anna Margaret Hoo^teUng, and had issue: i, Tryntjen, bt. March 29, 1730, m., Jan. 27, 1762^ Matthew Du Bois; ii. lan^netie) bt. 1732 (m. Jacob Hasbrouck) ; iii. Wilhelmus, bt. March 31, 1734; >v. Josia, bt. Oct. 21, 1736, in Shawangunk (sec his will); v. Rachel, bt. Aug. 5, 1739, m. Col. Lewis Du Bois, of Marlborough; vi. Lea, bt. May 2, 1742, m., May 28, 1762, Cornelius Wynkoop; vii. Jacomyntjen, bt. Apr. 21, 1745, m. Andries Bevier, of Wawarsing; viii. Sara, bt. Oct. 4, J747, m. Jacob Hasbrouck, of Marbletown; ix. Cornelis, bt. July 8, 1750, m. Gertrude Bruyn. A much faded, and much worn copy of the original will is filed in the Estate Box No. 11. Surrogate's Office. To this has been attached a number of pertinent questions and answers by Peter W. Yates, dated Albany, May 9, 1781, pertaining to this will: Ques. *. Concerning the Crops of Wheat & Rye now in the Ground which were sown by the Testator and his only son in Partnership, whether the Moiety thereof, which should have belonged to the Testator, had he lived, shall go to the Executors or not? Ques. 2. Whether the Widow of the Testator, in case she doth not comply with the Will, can recover her Thirds of the Personal Estate ? Ques. 3. In Case the Heirs of the Testator should make Division and Partition of the Real Estate of the Testator, in the Lifetime of his son Cornelius, whether it would be legal and stand in Law, and hew is it to be made, as some of them are under Age? Ques. 4. Whether the Testators Son may legally demise the Farm or Lands which were the Testators? Denie D. Relya (his mark) Joshua Dubois David Louw i62 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Ques. s. If the Grand Children Dirk & Lea Wynkoop die under Age who is to have their Part? Ques. 6. Whether any of the Devises can sell an undivided Fart before the death of Cornelius? I am of Opinion, as to the Ques. I. That the Crop of Wheat and Rye will go to tha Son and not to the Executors. Ques. XL That the Testators Widow is by law entitled to no more of the Personal Estate than is given her b^ the Will. But that she is exclusive of the Will entitled to her Dowry. That is to say, the one third Part of all the Testators Lands and Tene- ments for and during her natural Life. Ques. III. That no legal Division can be made until all the Parties to such Division are of lawful Age, unless it is done in Virtue of a Law of the I.egislature passed the 8 Jan. 1762. But to avoid the Expenses of that Mode of Partition, it has been usual for some third Person to become Bound (in Behalf of the Minors interested in the Lands to be divided) that such Minors, when they arrive to Lawful Age, should agree to and confirm the Partition and execute Deeds for the Purpose. Ques. IV. That the Testator's Son may demise or even sell for & during the Term of his natural Life the Real Estate devised to him by his Father's Will. Ques. V. If one of the Testator's Grand Children Dirk & Lea Wynkoop should die under Age, the Part or share of the real Estate of the one so dying, will go to the Survivor of them. But if they should both die under Age, without lawful Issue, their whole Part will go to their Uncle, the Testators eldest Son, as Heir at Law. — But as to their Part of the Personal Estate Dirk may dispose of his at the Age of 14, and Lea at the age of 12 to whom they please, but not by Will, unless they previously make a Division between them of their Part. Ques. VI. That any of the Devises may sell their undivided Part of the Real Estate before the Death of the Testators Son Cornelius. (Signed) PETER W. YATES. Albany 9. May 1781. Page 44.— KLARWATER, ABRAHAM, of Marbletown. Will dated April 23, 1776. "To my son Thomas all my lands" "on the Southeest side of the Kline Kill" "of Marbletown." "Al the rest" "of my lands together with my Dwelling House Barn, Barghs, Outhousen and all my Building together with all the ap- purtenances" "unto four of my sons namely Fradrick, Isaac Danjel, J01 seph" "in consideration of the lands I have before given to my five sons herein before named they shall pay to my four Daughters and my son Abraham ithe sum of £90" i. e. "to my Daughter Eve £30" "in three equeel payment the first" "to be made one year after my decease" "to my Daughter Wintje" "£30 (in the same manner) "to my daughter Mary wife of Peter Vernoy" £10 one year after my decease" "£io to my Daughter Esther wife of Jacob SeaW "£io to my son Abraham." — ^To AbraJiam also "the Choice of al my Horses" "the choice of my Slays." "To my daughter Wintje my Great Pot as also the choice of all my Heffers." "All the remainder" "of my Householding Goods or furniture" "to my two Daughters Eve and Wintje as also my Bed, Bedsted and all the furniture thereunto belonging." "All the remainder of my Estate Parsonal" "shall be devided amongst all my Children namely Abraham, Fradrick, Isaac, Danjel, Jacob, Thomas, Joseph, Eve, Mary, Esther, Wintje." "If any of my Children shud die leving no Issue" his or her share to be divided. Common Pleas Will Book. 163 "My brother in law Thomas Schoonmaker and my son Fradrick" appointed executors. Abraham Klarwater (his mark) (Sept. 19, 1798, Frederick Wood of Marbletown, farmer, appeared before the Frederick Wood Court, Abraham B. Bancker, Jonathan Thomas Wood Hashrouck, Judges, Abraham Van Gaas- Matthew Cantine beek and Peter Roggan, Ass't Justices, proving the will, and signature of the other witnesses). (Theunis Jacobsen Klaarwater, b. at Baarn, near Rotterdam, Holland, in i6?4, had, in 1709, witb son, Jacobus, brother-in-law, Hendrick Vemaos, Abraham Doian, Rtp Van Dam, Adol- phus Phill^se, Dr. Gerardus Beekman, and Col. IVm. Peartree, a patent of 4000 acres land (Seer. State, Albany, Office, Patents, vii, p. S4), situated in Shauangunt, bound east by the Wall- kilt, south by the Dwaaskilt, and west by the Skaaiangunk Kill.-^acobus, b. Holland, 1663, m. Mary Deyo, dau. of Abraham. Their son, Abraham, bt. July 2, 1699, at New Paltz, m., Oct. zo, 1738, Lisabeth Schoonmaker, and had — Eva, bt. July 13, 1740, Abraham, bt. Oct. 3, 1742, Heiter, bt, Febr. 19, 1749, m. Jacob Scale, and Frederick, Isaac, David, Joseph, Wyntje, Mary, m. Peter Vemooy, Jacob, and Thomas. A tablet to the memory of Thetfnis Jacobsen C. was erected in the Dutch Ref. Church, at 1 Kingston, by his descendant. Judge Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater, LL.D.) Page 47.— LEFEVER, DANIEL, of New Paltz. Will dated Sept. 4, 1784. "Unto my beloved wife Catharina Lefever all that my whole Estate, Real and personal" "during her naturall life, or days of her my Widow- ship, and after her decease" "to my son Peter Lefever all that of rny land & Tennements" "at the Bontiekoe in the New Paltz patent it being my Old Homested together with all the land I now own to the West of the Grotiefly or big Meadow, also my right of a Grandpears lot" "in the second Tier of the New Devision & runs through the Bidfly or Meadow to the East side thereof" "also" "my Negro man named Jan, also all my wearing Cloaths of all sorts." "To my beloved wife" "my negro wench named Bet to be her own property." "To my daughter Elizabeth the wife of Mathew Lefever & Maria the wife of Jon athan Doyo all that my lands and Tenements" "within the New Paltz^patenTaTthe North River No. 4, in the North Devision, also all my right & title in the devision made at the Platte Beni water'' "also my negro wench named Margret." "To my daughter Maria" "my Negro Wench named Deyan." "To my son Peter Lefever his choise of three of my Horses" Resi- due to wife "or whenever she shall please to give the same up to her children" the property to be divided among them. 164 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Wife, son Peter, and "my two son in Laws Mathew Lefever & Jonathan Doyo" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (May 7, 1800, Isaac Lefever of New Jacob Lefever ^^^^z. Surveyor^ appeared before the :: - J Court, James Ohver, first Judge, and ISAAC lefever Junr. Abraham Bevier and Abraham B. Banck- Joh's Hardenbergh Junr. er. Judges, proving the will, and signature of the other witnesses). (Isaac Le Fevre, bt. Oct. z8, 1683, s. of Simon Le Fevre (q. v.), m. 1. Catrina Freer iFire), and m. z., May 16, 1718, Marytje Freer, dau. of Hugo F., Jr,, and had with ist wife: i. Philip, bt. Apr. x. 1711; with 2d wife; ii. Ysaak^ bt. Dec. 25, 1718, d. unm.; iij^ Petrus, bt. Febr. ig, 1721, m., Jan 2, 1760, Elisabeth Vemoa; iv. Johannes, bt. Nov. 18, 1722, m.. May 29, 1752. Sarah Vernooy; v. Daniel, vi. Simon^ bt. Nov. xo, 1728, d. y.; vii. Mary, bt. March 26r X732, m. Johannes Hardenbergh, Jr.; viii. Simon, bt. Dec 17, 1738, d. y. DANIEL, bt. Dec. X2, 1725, m. Catherine Cantein, dau. of Peter (s. of Moses C. who m. Elisabeth {Deyo) Le Fevre, the grandfather of Daniel Le Fevre. Issue: i. Simon, bt. July j, 175X. m., Oct 30, i;^79, Janneke Swart; ii. Maria, bt. Apr. ix, iys6, m. Jonathan Deyo; Hi. Peter, bt. Febr. xo, 1759; iv. Moses, bt. Jan. 24, 1762; v. Elisabeth, m. Matthew Le Fevre). Page SO.— EEN, ABRAHAM, of New Paltz. Will dated Nov. 30, 1805. "Unto my beloved wife Catrena all the Household fumature she had from her father, also what her father bequeathed to her by his will, also £20 in money to be paid to her yearly" "during her natural life by my two sons Elias and Petrus" "also the choice of my Negro Wenches and a room to live in eitherly by Elias or Petrus where she shall chuse, and my two sons shall maintain her with meat and Drink, also one Bed with a Sett of Curtains of Callicoe furnished with what belongs to it, also one Bed with homespun Checkerd Curtains with all thereunto belonging, also my large Cupboard as it stands, also one Tea Table with Tea Cups and Saucers tihereunto belonging, also two Iron pots and one Tremmel also six Chairs also the choice of all my Cows, also one Tea Kittle and my Negro Jack together with two Pails." "Unto my son Elias one Horse or a Cow which he may chuse for his birth right, and also one Weavers Loom and the one half of my Reeds and Geers and all what belongs to the Loom." "To my son Petrus the two best Horses, Waggon, Plough, Wood Sled, pleasure Slay, and the Weavers Loom, with the one half of the Reeds and Geers and all what belongs to the loom." "To Elias all the Farm on which he now dwelleth — Except 15 acre& of Bush right at the East end together with the buildings thereon con- taining tSo acres," "and a piece of land called the Groote Buntecoe." "To my son Petrus the farm whereon I now dwell together with the buildings thereon — also a piece of land called the Half moon and 15 acres of the Bush right at the East end of the farm bequeathed to my son Elias." Common Pleas Will Book. 165 If Petrus should die, Elias to have his share "but not to have possession until after the death or entermarriage of the wife of my said son Peter, she is to have the full enjoyment of the whole Estate during her Widowhood." "Unto my two sons Elias and Petrus all my Bush right lying in the New Paltz patent, the one half to Elias and the other half to Petrus." To sons "all the monies their shall be due to me by bond or Notes." "Unto my three Daughters Rachel Annatje and Catrena "£40 each two years after my decease." — To said daughters also "all my Houshold furnature." Residue to be divided among the five children. Son Elias Een, Josiah Hasbrouck and Peter Lefever, Junr. appointed executors. Abraham ein Henry Elting U^^- 6, 1807, witnesses appeared before the Henry Tansen Court, Abraham Bevier and Jonathan Hasbrouck, „ ™ Judges, John Van Steenbergh and Jacob Marius CORN. lAPPEN Q^gg^^ ^gg.^ Justices. Entered Jan. 6, 1807). (£2m Etgti (In), of New Paltz, m. Elisabeth, dau. of Anthony Crispel, and had i. Mary, bt. Aug. 8, 1697; u. Jan, bt. Febr. 18,1700: iii. Mary Magdalena, bt. Apr. s, 1702; iv. Sarah, bt. Sept. II, 1709, m., Febr. 16, 1739, Isaack Walderon, b. New Castle, Del. res. Poughkepsie. JAN (above) m. Febr. 9, 173s, Geesje Roosa, and had: i. Elizabeth, bt. Febr. 15, 1736; ii. Margaret, bt. May 29, 1737; iii. Elias, bt. Apr. i, 1739; iv. Abraham, bt. July 12, 1741; v. Isaak, bt. July 31, 1743. ABRAHAM (above), m., Nov. 2, 1763, Catharina Van Wagenen, and had: i. Elias, bt. 1768, m. Elisabeth Hasbrouck; ii. Annatje, bt. Aug. 22, 1774, m. Benjamin Hasbrouck; iii. Rachel, m. David Deyo; iv. Catharine, m. Jonathan Deyo; v. Peter, b. 1781, m. Maria Freer). Page 55.— DE WITT, ANDRIES, of Kingston. Will dated March 17, 1800. "Unto my beloved wife Rachel" "my Houses lands Tenements and Real Estate" "within the County of Ulster" also "all my personal Estate" "during her natural life time, or" "so long as she shall remain my Widow and no longer." "Unto my Eldest son Tjerck De Witt" £50 "and my large Dutch Bible in lieu or stead of his birth right." Upon death of wife to "my two sons Tjerck De Witt and Isaac De Witt" "my Houses lands and Tenements" "in the County of Ulster (ex- cept lot given hereinafter to my Daughter Neltje) in fee simple as Tenants in Common" "also all the rents and profits of "that certain tract or parcell of land formerly Demised by Tjerck De Witt deceased to Gerrit Aartse now in the possession of Conradt G. Elmendorph." To son Tjerck "one of my Seat in the Dutch Church at Kingston, also my two Negro man Slaves named Harry and Tom." To son Isaac "one other of my Seats in the said Church" "also my two other Negro men Slaves named James and Joe." To "my Daughter Neeltje wife of Petrus Elmendorph all that certain lot of Lowland" "on the North side of the Esopus Creek in the town of i66 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Kingston" "containing about lo acres so as the same hath lately been conveyed to me by the Heirs of Cornelius Elmendorph deceased," To her also "two Negro Wench Slaves both named Beit, now in her posses- sion, and also £700" to be paid by the sons in three payments the first one year after my wife's decease or re-marriage. "Unto my Grandchild Andries son of my Daughter Neeltje my Negro Boy named Abram." To sons "all my Cloathing and Wearing Appearel, and also all my Guns, Swords and other Warlike Weapons" "farmers Utensels as Plows Harrows Sleads slays Waggons Carts and every other implement of Husbandry, also my Canoes or Crafts usually kept for crossing the Creek, and also all the Stock of Horses and Coalts." "Immediately after the death or re-marriage" of wife "the crop or crops of Hay, Grass, Grain or Corn lying standing or growing or other- wise Housed or in Barns or Barriks" to be equally divided among the two sons. Residue to the two sons. Wife, sons and "my trusty friend Chris- topher Tappen" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (Jan. 8, 1807, Cornelius De Witt of New Burgh, Co. Orange, Merchant, Luke Kiersted of Kings- LuKE Kiersted ton, Physician, and George Tappen of same Cornelius De Witt place, yeoman, appeared before the Court, Geo. Tappen Abraham Bevier, Jonathan Hasbrouck and Jo- hannis Bruyn, Judges. — Will ordered to be re- corded.) {Andries De Witt, bt. March 3, 1728, s. of Tjerck De Witt and Anne Pawling, see Henry De Witt, m., Dec. 17, 1757, Rachel Du Bois, b. Jan. s, 1737, (d. Aug. 24, 1S23), dau. of Isaac Du Bois and Neeltje Roosa. He d. June g, 1806. Issue: i, Neeltje, bt. Tune 24, 17^9, ai., Febr. 6, 1782, Petrus Elmendorf; ii. Tjerck, bt. May 23, 1762; iii. leaack, bt. May le 24, 1759, 15. «769). Page 61.— HASBROUCK, JOHANNIS, of New Paltz. Will dated Dec. 28, 1806. "Executors athorized to sell all the personal estate as well as "all that lot of land being part of lot Number S in lot number 12 first tier south division, bounded southerly by land of the Heirs of Petrus Lefever de- ceased westerly .by land of Philip Schoonmaker being part of said lot No. 5, and Northerly by a land between Lot No. 12 and lot No. i, and Easterly by a lane between first and second tier of lots containing about 35 acres" "within the Town and Patent of the New Paltz." "All the remainder of my land or Real Estate unto my four sons and two Daughters: John E. Hasbrouck, William Hasbrouck Junr., Philip Hasbrouck, Andries Hasbrouck, Polly Hasbrouck and Rachel Hasbrouck" — Also all the personal estate. Common Pleas Will Book. 167 "My half brother Philip Schoonmaker and my good friends Philip EltiMge and Elias Earn," appointed executors, and Philip Schoonmaker Guardian "of the persons and Estates of all my said Children." JoHANNis Hasbrouck (his mark). Peter Lefever (Jan. 8, 1807, all the witnesses appeared before Samuel Hasbrouck the Court. — Entered at the request of Fliilip Elias Bevier Schoonmaker, Jan. 8, 1807). iJohatmes Ifasbrouek (s. of Jan H., b. Febr, i, 1739, m. Dec. 24, 1763, Rachel Fo« Waeene». He was Son of Solomon H., b. 1680, and Sarah Van Wagenen), m. a dau. of Wm. McDonald. Of their children (as above), John E. H., m. Febr. 24, tjgi, Elisabeth Post). Page 66.— JENKENS, LAMBERT, of the Paltz Township. Will dated nth day of the 7th month 1799. "To my beloved Wife (not named) a comfortable liveing out of my estate, whilst she remains my Widow & She to live with either of my Children that she shall choose & my sons shall all of them be equally at the expense of supporting her & if she should Marry she shall be de- prived of the above priveleges & receive £50 or $125 in lieu of her Dow€r & All my sons shall pay share Si share alike of said sum after my young- est Child shall be of age." "My Estate shall remain undivided until my youngest Child shall be of Age & to be worked in company by my Family they enjoying the profits, equally amongst them except Building places for my Sons, "if they should Marry before the time appointed for said division" arbitrators and Executors to divide the property. The whole estate to be divided among the "five sons : John, James, William, Albert & Crines Jenkins." "To my Six Daughters" "at the time of Marriage (each) two Cows per piece, with one Feather Bed & furniture per piece, with other neces- sary furniture for housekeeping" "and $250 per piece or iioo" "after my Youngest Child shall become of Age to be paid by my five sons. My daughters Names are, Margaret, Brijet, Catharine, Mary, Hannah & Elener." "My Aged Father shall be comfortably & respectfully supported out of my estate — ^my five sons shall bear their equal expense thereof." Survivors to divide share of deceased child "before they are Mar- ried or have lawful issue." John Levever my near Neighbour & Samuel Baldwin" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. James^°ro?head <S^Pt- !7' 1.^7, James Brt^head appeared Oliver Brodhead ^^^""'^ *« Court.-Entered Sept. 15, 1807.) (.Crines Jenkins m. Rachel Hardenbergh, dau. of Jacob H., and James Jenkins, m. Rachel Le Fevre, dau. of Johannes Le F.y i68 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Page 69.— DONALDSON, ABRAHAM, of New Paltz. Will dated May i6, 1805. "Unto my beloved wife Catharine a suitable sufficient and comfort- able support from the farm I now live on and all the lands and premises" "during her life to be given her by my two sons John and Samuel" "if not supported" I give her full power and authority to ask" "1/3 of what my whole lands here or elsewhere may rent for or else to hold and take into her possession and for her own use 1/3 of my lands and prem- ises for and during her natural life" also "my Negro Girl Phillis together with one cow five Sheep and the best bed with sufficient bedding and the curtains appertaining thereto and likewise so much household furni- ture as may enable her to keep house by herself if not supported by my said sons." To sons equal shares of the lands they now live on, William on the south side and James on the north side of said lands. To son Abraham the house and lot of land he now lives on for his natural life at the end of which it shall return to my sons John and Samuel. "Unto the children of my daughter Magdalane i/s part of my lott of land" "in New Paltz generally called the Juoner lott" "when they shall come to age." "Unto the child of my daughter Catharine 1/5 part" should the child die, then Catharine is to dispose of this share "as she may think proper." "Unto my other three daughters Margaret Rachel and Esther 1/5 each of said lott." "I have given" "unto my wife" "my negro Girl Phillis in lieu of her dower claim to said lott of land" "and ttierefore she is hereby excluded and cut of from in her dower right from said lott." "Unto my son Abraham all my right" "to two certain lotts of land which are now possessed by Titus and William Ketcham." To sons John and Samuel personal property, they to pay all debts. Jacob Coddington, John Donaldson my son and Samuel Donaldson my son appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (May 5, 1808, Rev. Thomas G. Smith of Kingston and Joseph Hood of same place, yeoman, appeared Thomas G. Smith before the Court, William A. Thompson, first John Furman Judge, Abraham Bevier, Jonathan Hasbrouck, Joseph Hood Johannis Bruyn, Judges, and John Van Steen- bergh, Ass't Justice, proving the will, and signa- ture of John Furman now also deceased.) Page 73.— NEWKERK, COENRADT, of Hurley. Will dated April 26, 1796. "Unto my nine children to wit, John, Charles, Coenradt, Andries, Margaret, Mary, Gerritie, Anne, and Blandina all my lands which I own in the Great Patent lying in lot Number 3 which was by the last will of Charles Brodhead deceased devised unto my well beloved wife." Common Pleas Will Book. 169 "Unto my four sons" "all my Horses and farmers utensils." — Resi- due of my personal Estate to the nine children. — Executors ordered and authorized to sell in fee simple "all my lands and Tenements lying in Hurley and Kingston" the money to be divided among the eight children : John Oiarles Andries Margaret Mary Gerretie Anne and Blandina "here I leve out my son Coenradt because of the expense I have had in Educating him" "executors" "to keep into their hands" daughter Mary's share, which they shall pay to her with interest" at such time as they shall judge necessary at their discretion." No sale or division to be made "till after the decease of my well be- loved wife, if she shall so long remain my Widow," she to remain in full possession thereof until then. After her death, son Andries and daughters Margaret and Anne to possess "the whole of my real Estate" "in Hurley and Kingston" "together with all the Moveables" "for three years" after decease of wife and no longer, the income thereof to be divided among them, Andries J4, and the two daughters j4. — The prop- erty after these three years to be sold and properly divided. — If the chil- dren should die before they arrive to full age, or without lawful issue, survivors to divide the share. Wife and sons John, Coenradt and Andries appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (April 4, 1806, Gerret B. Newkerk of Hurley appeared before Daniel Brodhead, Junior, Sur- rogate, proving the will, and signatures of witnesses. Benjamin Nukerk Before the Court, Abraham Bevier & Matthew Ten Eyck Jonathan Hasbrouck Judges, John Van Steenbergh and Jacob M. Groen, Asst Jus- Gerrit B. Newkerk tices, appeared Matthew Ten Eyck of Hurley, farmer, proving the will, and signature of Benjamin Newkerk and Garret B. Newkerk "since deceased." Entered Jan. 4, 1809.) (.Arie Gerrit Tmn Newkirk (s. of Gerrit CorneUszen and Cheiltje Cornelis, q. v.), b. in Midwond, Flatbush. L. I., m. Lysbeth Lambertsen.davL. of Lambert Hujibertsen, and had: Coen- rod, bt. May 14, 1722, m.. May 13, 1749^ Anne De Witt, sister of Charles De Wittj q. v., and had: i. Johannes, bt. Nov. 3, 1751, ii. Charles, bt. Apr. 22, i7S3. iii- Gerritje, bt. March 5, 1758, iv. Anne, bt. Nov. 22, 1759, v. Jannetje, bt. June 20, 1762, vi. Blandina, bt. May 20, 1764, vii. Coenrad, bt. Jan s, 1766, as well as Andries and Margaret). Page 78.— HAUSBROUCK, JOSAPHAT, of New Paltz. Will dated April 28, 181 1. "Unto my daughter Wyntye Wife of Jonas Freer £200." — "Unto my daughter Rachel Wife of William Hausbrouck £200," both legacies to be paid within 18 months of my decease. "Unto my well beloved Wife Cornelia all my lands and Tenements as long as she remains my Widow." After her death "unto my Sons 170 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Daniel I. Hausbrouck, Simon Hausbrouck, Zackariah Hausbrouck & Andries Hmsbrouck." "To my son Andries my Sorrel Horse." "Unto my three youngest Sons all my horned Cattle and Crop of Grain on the ground" "my Sons Daniel I. Hausbrouck, Simon Haus- brouck, Zachariah Hausbrouck & Andries Hausbrouck to maintain my Daughter Catherine and to provide for her all things that she may stand in need of during her natural life" "my son Daniel I. Hausbrouck to pay to my beloved Wife Cornelia the sum of £50 within one year after my decease." Remainder of "my personal estate goods and chattels of what kind and nature soever" "unto all my children equally" "after the decease of my Wife." Johannis and John C. Brodhead appointed sole executors. Signed by the testator. (Dec. 14, 1814, Caleb Church of New Paltz Yeo- JoHN Roe man, appeared before the Court, William Bradley and Caleb Church William Soper, Judges, and John Beekman, Ass't Hezekiah Smith Justice, proving the will, and signatures of wit- nesses.) — Entered Apr. i, 181 5. (Josaphal Hasbrouck, b. Apr. 29, 1739, (s. of Daniel H., b. June 23, 1692, m. Apr. 2, lyn, Wyntje Deyo, dau. of Abraham) (s. of Abr. Hasbrouck), m. Cornelia Du Bois, dau. of Simon, and had: Andrtes, m. Elisabeth Hasbrouck, Wyntj'e, m. Jonas Freer, Rachel, m. Win. Hasbrouck). Page 80.— HASBROUCK, JACOB J., of Marbletown. Will dated June 21, 1818. "Unto my beloved wife Sarah Hasbrouck two beds, curtains, bolsters, pillows, sheets, blankets, coverlids, bedsteads, pillow cases (as many as she may chuse) a large cubbord, chest and trunk, two rooms in my dwellinghouse, as much household furniture as she may chuse, all the specie I may have at the time of my death." "To my eldest son Isaac one silver hilted sword, also the bed with the bedding thereunto belonging and the bedstead he now make use of." "To my son Jacobus" "a mortgage I have on the house, mill and lot of the Greenkills Also $750" "out of my personal property." "To my son Jacob J: Hasbrouck" $2500" "out of my bonds and notes." "To sons Josiah and Lewis" "all that part of my real estate which was formerly conveyed to my father Isaac Hasbrouck Junr. deceased by Daniel Brodhead Gerrit Brodhead and others" "at Marbletown." they to pay to "my son Isaac yearly £100." — To Josiah also "one lot of wood land containing 30 acres" "at the Peak." To son Lewis "one lot of wood land" which I purchased of Frederick Merkle containing 25 acres." "To my daughter Margaret" "a lot of land "in Hurly at the Green- kills with the fulling mill" "also three other small lots of land with a dwelling house thereon conveyed by John Blanshan to my son Abraham." Common Pleas Will Book. 171 Remainder "to my sons Wilhelmus, Jacobus, Cornelius, Jacob Josiah, Lewis and Abraham, and daughters Margaret and Polly." Sons Josiah and Lewis appointed executors. Jacobus J. Hasbrouck (his mark). (Aug. 14, 1818, Josiah Hasbrouck, Lewis Hasbrouck, by Sudanis & Ostrander, their attorneys, inform the heirs of their intention to apply for probate, in accordance with the Act of March 5, 1813. Addressed to Isaac Peter Tappen Hasbrouck, Jacobus Hasbrouck, Jacob J. Chas. Cantine Hasbrouck, Mrs. Margaret Peters, Wil- T _ TT helmus Hasbrouck, Cornelius Hasbrouck, ISAAC S. Hasbrouck PoUy Hasbrouck and Abraham J. Has- brouck. On Sept. 15, 1818, all the witnesses ap- peared before the Court, proving the will. — Recorded same day. Chas. Tappen, Jun. Clerk.) Son of Isaac Hasbrouck (see letter of adm. after I. H.) Page 87.— LOCKWOOD, HENRY, of Plattekill. Will dated April 17, 1818. "To my daughter Sally wife of John Dunn" £200. "To my grand- daughter Pheby Dunn when she comes of age" £25. "To my son Henry Lockwood Junr." £150. "To my son Jeremiah Lockwood" £40. "To my grandchildren Josiah Lockwood Gilbert Lockwood Samuel Lockwood and Robert Lockwood £44 each." To Patience wife of James Warring" £25. "To my grandchildren Uriah Lockwood Henry Lockwood Samuel Lockwood Dot/id Lockwood, Cornelius Lockwood and Sally Relyea and Abby Sellick children of David Lockwood £25 each." "To my grand- children Jeremiah Dunn John Dunn and David Dunn Ann Godkins £10 each, and to Mary Philips £30 and Henry Decker and Sally Decker £10 each children of my daughter Amey Decker." "To my grandchildren David Brown Henry Brown Benjamin Brown Hannah Brown £20.8 each and to Anna Marven £28 and Mary Brown £20.8 also my bed and bed- ding, children of my daughter Rachel — and to my son in law Isaac Brown" "all my wearing apparel." "To my grandson Josiah Lockwood £50, son of Henry Lockwood Junr. "Remainder of my estate" "be apportioned according to all the differ- ent legacies except Sally Dunn wife of John Dunn and to her no more than £200." 172 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "My trusty friends John C. Brodhead, Cornelius Ostrander and John Shuart" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. Henry Phillips WiLHELMUS Ostrander John Mackey 4 (John Shuart made oath that he had served on John Dunn and Sally, his wife, daughter of Henry Lockwood, deceased, and on Phebe Dunn, child of the said Sally, and on Gilbert Lockwood, Robert Lockwood and James Waring and Patience, his wife, said Gilbert, Robert and Patience being ^andchildren of said Henry Lockwood and children of Cornelius Lockwood deceased, and on Uriah Lockwood, Henry, Samuel, David^ Cornelius Lockwood Lucas Relyea & Sally his wife and David Selleck .ind Abby, his wife, said Uriah, Henry, Samuel, David, Cor- nelius, Sally, and Abby being children of David Lockwood deceased and grandchildren of said Henry Lockwood deceased ?nd on David Dunn Cornelius Phillips and Mary, his wife and Henry Decker & Sally Decker, said David, Mary, Henry & Sally being children of Amy Decker deceased and grandchildren of said Henry Lockwood, and on David Brown, Henry Brown, Benjamin Brown, Hannah Brown and Mary Brown, children of Rachel Brown, and grandchildren of said Henry Lockwood copies of the annexed notice (to apply for probate) also copies of the annexed copy of the will" **the deponent being unable to find Samuel Lockwood, son of Cornelius Lockwood" "and been informed he is out of the State of New York, and also unable to find Josiah Dunn grandchild of Henry Lockwood, he also being cut of the State" "deponent on June i8th fixed on the outside door of the house being the last place of abode of the said Henry Lockwood copies of annexed notice and will for these last mentioned Samuel Lockwood and Josiah Dunn." On July I, 1810, Cornelius Ostrander made oath that he was well acquainted with the deceased Henry Lockwood, that he has seven children (already named), that Sally, Henry and Jeremiah are still living, and that Cornelius, David, Anny and Rachel died before their father, that Cornelius had five children (already named), that David had seven children (already named), that Anny Decker had eight children: Jeremiah Dunn, Josiah Dunn, John Dunn, David Dunn, Anne, wife of Frederick Godkins, Mary Phillips, Henry Decker & Sally Decker. That Rachel wife of Isaac Brown had six children (already named, Anna being the wife of Augustus Marvin). Jonathan Wood makes oath that he served Augustus & Anna Marvin with a copy of these papers. Henry Phillips & John Mackey 4 make oath to having seen Henry Lockwood sign the will, and that Henry Lockwood was at the time "about 76 years old." Will recorded by Chas. Tappen, Junr., Clerk.) * Page 96.— FOWLER, STEPHEN, of Plattekill. Will dated Sept. 17, 1807. "Unto my son Reuben exclusive of what he has already received from me six acres of land joining his southerly bounds to run Parallal with his south line to the road then along the same northerly to his land." "Unto my son Stephen besides what he has had from me $125 witliin one year." "To my daughter Polly the wife of George Rank besides what she has already had and received from me in my lifetime $50 within nine months." — "Unto my loving wife Caty two milch Cows the choice of my COWS and ten sheep the choice of my stock." "Unto my two youngest sons : Levi and David the residue" "of my property both real and personal." "If either of them should happen to die before the age of 21 and without lawful issue, survivor to divide the share of deceased. If both should die (as above) the property to go to my three children : Reuben, Stephen and Polly." Wife Caty to remain in full possession of all the property willed to the youngest sons until they are of age. Common Pleas Will Book. 173 Sons Levi and David also my good friend Levi Ostrander and wife Caty appointed executors. Signed by the testator. Thomas Freer Elias York JOSIAH HaSBROUCK (Elias York makes oath that he well knew Stephen Fowler, and saw him and the wit- nesses sien It, and that Stephen Fowler was then above 21 years of age, to wit in advanced years, and that Thomas Freer & Josiah Hasbrouck have since departed this life. — April term of Court, i8z2._ Jacob Snyder. Clerk of Ulster County. Frattcit Lynch, by John Cole, his attorney, on March 27, 1822, issues notice that he intends to apply for probate. Levi Ostrander deposeth that he was well acquainted with the deceased, that he had five children (already named), and that Stephen Fowler has since died without children and without making a will. — George W. Lynch deposeth that his mother Frances Lynch has become the purchaser and owner of the 1/2 of a farm in Plattkill, of about 160 acres, devised by Stephen Fowler to his son, Levi, and that said Frances is interested in said will for the purpose of securing her title to said property. — March 28, 1822. Will recorded, April term, 1822.) Page 101.— TEN BROECK, WESSEL, of Kingston. Will dated Sept. 27, 1820. "To my nephew IVessel Ten Broeck the son of my deceased brother Cornelius all the personal property I may leave." Also "all that part of the farm now occupied by me together with the homestead thereon in- cluded within the following bounds viz. Beginning on the bounds of Jacobus Van Gasbeck at the swing Gate on the road leading from his house to Kingston thence running along said road as my fence stands southwardly to the bounds of the lands now in possession of John and Henry Ten Broeck thence along the fence the bounds of said land west- wardly to the Vly or meadow to the big ditch and all along through the said ditch to the Binnekill at the new bridge then with a straight line to the large Elm tree on the opposite bank of the Brunnekill thence along the fence on the bank of said Binnekill untill a line drawn at right angles with the division fence between the lot of Jacob Marieus Groen and the lot known by the name of the Great Piece thence along such line to the fence on the bank of the long wye Kill thence long said fence and bank westwardly to the Esopus Creek then down all along said Creek to the bounds of Jacobus Van Gaasbeck and thence along his said bounds to the place of beginning." — "Also all that certain strip or parcel of land on the westwardly side of the Esopus Creek and opposite to the above devised land and the long wye commonly called the Plaa (Excepting thereout four acres to be located as follows) Beginning at the corner of Thomas Van Gaasbeck's land thence along his bounds and the bounds of Peter Marieus Groen to the East side of a small pond and thence with a southerly line to the said creek so as to contain four acres."- — "Also all that certain piece or parcel of land lying on the Northerly side of said Creek being a part of what is called the Rundale Beginning at the South End thereof at a ditch formerly dug thence with a straight line to the division fence between me and Jacobus Van Gaasbeck and to include all the land lying south of said line as far as the creek." — "Also all those 174 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. certain lots designated in the division of the Commons of Kingston as Lots Number 74 in the first class containing 39 acres and 6/10 and lot number 56 "in the Bennewater class containing 32 acres and also my 10 acres lot in the west Compensation class." Residue of my real estate unto my four Nephews, John, Henry, Cor- nelius and Wessel Ten Broeck the children of my deceased brother Abra- ham." "My nephew Wessel the son of my brother Cornelius" "shall pay all my just debts and that he shall support and maintain my nephew John Delamater during his life that he in like manner support and maintain my niece Christia Delamater or pay her annually $25 during her life at her option and that within one month after my decease he conveyt to my said nephews John, Henry, Cornelius and Wessel" "the house and land he inherited from his father Cornelius and which is now in possession or my nephew Cornelius Ten Broeck." — "In default" "all my Estate Real and Personal be equally divided among my said nephews (already named). Wessel Ten Broeck, son of Cornelius, nephew John Ten Broeck, "and my friend Thomas Van Gaasbeck" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (Entered Sept. 7, 1824. John Van Gaasbeck of Kingston, farmer, T^TTivr AT-Axr r4A<:BE.rtr ^^^^ ^ ^^^^"^ ^"^ upwards, David Delama- JoHN Van Gaasbeck ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ pj^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ David Delamater wards, and Peter Van Gaasbeck of same Peter Van Gaasbeck place tailor, aged 56 years and upward, ap- pear before the Court, Sept. 0, 1824, proving the will of Wessel Ten Broeck "of the age of 80 years or thereabout.") (IVessel Ten Broeck, b. Nov. 15, bt. Nov. ip, 1738, d. unm., son of Wessel Ten Broeck and Blandina Gaasbeck Chambers (see his will). Page 105.— CRAWFORD, HENRY, of Marlborough. Will dated March 27, 1816. "Unto my loving wife Abagail iiooo the use whereof she shall have while she remains my widow or does not marry any other man during her life she shall then have the entire Priveledge of desposing of the f 1000 among her Connextion as she sect fit but if she Chuses or does Marry an other man then the £1000 shall be devided among her own Akin and among those whom my Executors may Judge will stand in the most real want of it of her akin" "and executors to see that it is not squandered but put to the best use. "Also the entire use of all my Property both personal and real as long as she remains my widow except $2000 (as bequeathed) . CoMMOK Pleas Will Book. 175 "Unto my nephew Absalum Crawford son of Absalum Crawford and Phebe Crawford $1000" "at age of 21 years and the interest of the same" "for bringing him up." — "Unto Selah Tuthill Martin $1000" "at age of 21" "and the interest" "for bringing him up he is a son of James Martin and Phebe Martin." "To my Nephew Henry Crawford son of Charles Crawford and Lowis Crawford $500." — "To my nephew Henry Crawford son of Daniel Crawford and Nelly Crawford $300" "and my $200 in the Farmers turnpike stock." — "To my nephew Henry Crawford son of David Craw- ford and Jane Crawford $500." "To my brother John Crawford $200" "six months after my decease." — "To Henry C. Griggs son of Verdinant Griggs and Elizabeth Griggs $500." — "To Henry Fosdick son of Samuel Fosdick and Elisabeth Fosdick $250. "The above beginning (last paragraph) shall not be paid out to them except my brother John's untill my wife should marry or decease. Then those who are 2i years of age may have theirs, and the other when they are 21 years of age. Brothers and sisters of deceased to divide his share. "If Selah Tuthill Martin should decease before he comes into the posses- sion of his then if his Mother be living" "the executors" "if they think best take charge of the same and for the relief of the Mother." Residue of estate to be equally divided among "the heirs of all my brothers." "I give my two blacks Tom and his wife Yanna free at my decease if they should Choose it if not to remain with my wife." "My two blacks if my place or farm should be sold shall be free and may and I do give and beijueath them and James York blackman against whose property I have a Mortgage of $3000 the use of which I give the three blacks" "during their lives and shall not be disturbed by the mortgage during their lives and after their decease my Executors to foreclose the mortgage," and divide it among the nephews. Wife "and my trusty and well beloved friends Verdinent Griggs and Nathaniel Chittenden" appointed executors. Henry Crawford (his mark). (Nathaniel Chittenden made oath before the Court, Sept. 6, 1824, that he wrote the last will and Testament, of Henry _ Crawford deceased, that he saw him sign Nathaniel Chittenden ^^e will, that the other witnesses sigiied William Banks their names, and that Benjamin Gee died „ ^ „ some time within the year Past. Benjamin Gee William Banks affirmed, at the same time the signature of testator and wit- nesses. Entered at the Sept. term, 1824. 176 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Page 109.— KETCH, DAVID, of New Paltz. Will dated July 29, 1820. "To my beloved wife Phoebe One Cow two beds and beding six Chairs knives & forks and all the other necessary furniture to keep house with for the accommodation of herself and Children" "in Hew of her right of Dower." "To my sons William, Benjamin, Daniel, Peter, Henry & Stephen" the residue subject to payments of Legacies, "equally between them Except William & Benjamin to one hundred each more than the rest to my Grand sons Benjamin and Alexander sons of my son William I will $25 to each." — "To my son John I will $50, to my son David $25, to my daughters Aney, Phibe, Ruth, Abey, Maria, & Deby $20 each and to my youngest son Stephen in addition to what is willed above my gun and with regard to my right in 15 acres of Land at the South Brook Crom Elbow now in pos- session of John Howell and I belive William Roose and John Roose or one of them" "to my children sons and daughters equally" "when of age, my sons at 21 and my daughters at 18 years. My son William and my trusty friends Barnabas Beuton and Wells Lake appointed executors. Devd Keech. Mary Rosa (Record entered Sept. term, 1824. Witnesses Wm Gidney appeared, Sept. 6, 1824 before the Court, prov- Wm Soper ing the will). Page 110.— FELTEN, PHILIP, of Kingston. Will dated July 9, "in the year of our Lord Christ" (no year mentioned) . "To my son Philip my dwelling house & farm at the Plattekill Con- taining about 30 acres as he now occupies the same." Also "all my household furnature blacksmiths tools and all my stock of Cattle." "To my son Lawrence Lot number 38 in the second class in the divi- sion of the late Commons of Kingston as he now occupies" "which said lot I make chargeable with the payment of $5 to each of my children Johannis, Catherine and Elizabeth." "To my son Johannis and daughters Catharine and Elizabeth Lot number 59 (same location). Common Pleas Will Book. 177 Residue to son Johannis and daughters (mentioned). Sons Philip, Lawrence and Johannis appointed executors. Philip Felten (his mark P F.) (Witnesses, all of full age, deposeth be- WiLLiAM J. Styles ^°'^ *^ S°"'*'. r]"-^* *^ ^^T ^^'^'? ^^'' , , „ ten the older of Kmgston, deceased, sign JAMES J. bTYLES ^is name, and that he was of full age Geo. Tappen that is above the age of 21. Sept. 5, 1825). Philip Felten, through H. & C. Tappen, Counsel, issued notice of intention to apply for probate, Aug. 4, 1825, addressed to Lawrence Felten, Johannes Felten, Mathew Carle and Elisa- beth his wife, Beekman Thompson and Elizabeth, his wife, Lawrence Whittaker, Tjerck Whittaker, Cats Whittaker, Sawney Whittaker, Zaiarias Whittaker, Peter S. Whittaker, Benjamin Whittaker, George Whittaker. Philip Felten deposeth that his father died about three years ago, leaving his heirs three sons, now living, deponent, Johannes and Lawrence, and two daughters, living, to wit, Helena the wife of John A. Louw & Elizabeth the wife of Mathew Carle and the following grandchildren being the issue of his daughter Catherine deceased to wit Maria the wife of Samuel Van Aken, Elisabeth the wife of Beekman Thompson also Tjerck & Lawrence & Caty & Sauney & Philip and also the following great grandchildren being the issue of Philip Whittaker the son of the said Benjamin Whittaker and Catherine his wife to wit Lazuras & Peters & George & Benjamin." The deponent further says that notices have been sent to the above heirs "John A. Louw & Helena his wife" "living" "in the State of Ohio" "Lawrence Whittaker being absent from home" "Sanney Whittaker a young lad under age" "his sister Elizabeth with whom he lives & who acts as his mother, Sanney being an orphan" "and absent from home." "Benjamin Whit- taker & his wife Catharine are both dead" "and Philip Whittaker the son of said Benjamin & Catharine is also dead." Will recorded "by order of the Court" Sept. term, 1825. (Maxdmilian) Velde (Velten), b. in Germany, m., Aug. 12, 1732, Margaret Hendrix, aiid Philip iVelten, Felten), bt. Sept. 11, 1743, m. Margrit Kohl iCool), who had: i. Johannes, bt. Oct. 22, 1769, m., Febr. 11, 1790, Annatje Brink; ii. Catharina, bt. Jan. 15, 1772, m. Benjamin Whittaker; iii. Elisabeth, bt. Aug. 27, 1776, m. Mathew Carle; iv. Jacob, bt. Dec. 26-28, 1779; V. Laurens, bt. Aug. 11, 1782; vL Lena, bt. Febr. 28, 1785, m. John A. Louw; vii. Mareitje, bt. Jan. 10, 17S8; viii. Philip, Jr., m. Maria Meijer). Page 114.— DUBOIS, JOSHUA, of Kingsten. Will dated Dec. 30, 1818. "To my son Joshua my fowling piece as his birthright, Also two lots of land situate in Kingston" "the one at Waghkonk adjoining Jacobus G. Van. Etten's land and containing 39 acres the other across the Saghkill & containing about 45 acres. Also a Lot of land at Johannis Jansen's Wey as the same is now in fence and possession of my said son Joshua Subject to the right of ditching across said last mentioned lot for the use and benefit of the owner of my adjoining hayland." 178 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "To my three children Joshua, Charles and Ann as tenants in Com- mon All my land at Chaumant Bay on Lake Ontario containing about 150 acres." "All the rest and residue of my real estate" "to my son Charles." — "To my daughter Ann: $1200" "one year after my decease by my son Charles." "All my Tanners Tools and every of the appurtenances to the Tannery to my said son Charles." — "To my daughter Ann" "her bed and bedding with the appurtenances and all her personal estate now in her use and possession." Residue to the children ("first allowing to my wife her bed bedding and Clothing)." "I charge the devises herein before granted to my son Charles and my daughter Ann with the decent and Comfortable support of my be- loved wife, Margaret, during her natural life." Sons Joshua and Charles appointed executors. Signed by the testator. (Witnesses appear before the Court, Sept. 5, 1825, proving the will of Joshua Dubois the Tobias Hasbrouck older. Corns. Van Beuren Ch. Dubois, on Aug. 10, 1825, issued a Ch. Tappen Junr. notice of intention to apply for probate, ad- dressed to Joshua Dubois & Joseph Castle & Ann his wife (this deponent's sister). (.Joshua Dubois, bt. Oct. 21, 1736 in Shawangunk (s. of Cornelius D» Bois, Sr. (q. v.), and Anna Margaret Hooghteling), m. i., Apr. 15, 1769, Catharina Schepmoes, m. 2., Apr. 20, 1783, Margrit Masten. Issue by ist wife: i. Josua, bt. March 6, 1770, by 2d wife: ii. Annatje, bt. March 14, 1784, m. Joseph Castle, iii. Charles, bt. Aug. 21, 1785.) Page 120.— VAN OSTRANT, JOHN, of Hurley. Will dated 17th of ist month, 1822. "My beloved wife Anna Van Ostrant" "all my property" "during her natural life or as long as she shall remain my widow." "After her de- cease or marriage: "To my three sons Lems Van Ostrant, Frederick Van Ostrant and Elias Van Ostrant all my real estate viz those my two farms they are lying in the town of Hurley the other in the town of New Paltz with the mes- suages and tenements" "except the saw mill," which is to "remain a Joint stock between my three sons." Common Pleas Will Book. 179 "To my three daughters Elizabeth Latting, Hcmnah Tilson and Dinah Van Ostrcmt $150 each" "out of the real estate and also the Houshold furniture." "If Dinah should remain single untill after my decease" she is to have "an Outset equal to either of her sisters that are married over and above what is herein mentioned." "Remainder of my property" "to my three sons." Legacies to be paid within five years. "My beloved friend Daniel Geron" wife and son Lewis appointed ex- ecutors. John van Vorstrand (his mark). (Will recorded "by order of the Court" June 14, 1827. Jacob Snyder, Clerk. The sons issued notice, Febr. 5, 1827, to apply to Jonathan D. Ostrander, Surrogate, for probate, addressed to John Latting & Elizabeth, his wife, Paul Tilson & Hannah, his wife, and Cornelius Peter J. Cuntant ' Delamater & Dinah, his wife, and to the widow p ~ Ann Van Norstrand. Albert Lester deposeth that he served a copy Peter Cuntant of this notice on John Latting and Elizabeth, his wife, of the County of Ontario, April 26th. Peter J. Contant of Plattekill, Paul Tilson of Hurley, and Peter Coutant of Plattekill affirmed that the will, dated 17th of ist month according to the Computation of the People called Quakers and in fact Jan. 17th, was signed by the testator. Page 127.— PERSEN, CORNELIUS, of Saugerties. Will dated June 27, 1814. "To my beloved wife Elizabeth In lue of her Dowright" "$600" "and also the whole income or rent of my Farm at Braubant which is at Pres- ent in the Possession of Henry Myer with as many of my wood Lots lying in the town of Kingston as she shall detarm to keep and also as much Household furneture Beds & Bedding thereunto Belonging as she thinks proper to keep house with and also as much House Room and Stable Room as she may want and if my Daughter Margret should survive her mother then the above mentioned property shall remain in the hands of my executors" "for the mantainance of my daughter Margrit during her Lifetime." Residue to "my Four children named Catrina the widow of Isaac Post, Mary the wife of Henry Myer Elizabeth the wife of Cornelius Van Beuren, Annatie the wife of Andrew Brink." i8o Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "My beloved wife Elizabeth," the daughters and their husbands ap- pointed executors. Signed by the testator. Codicil. Matthew Dubois Wife to have $800 out of my personal Estate which sum I give to her exclusive Samuel Post of what is given to her in my last will and Jeremiah Snyder Tunr. Testament to dispose of as she think proper. Feb. 14, 1818. Cornelius Persen. John E. Van Auken Peter Schoon maker JURRY Wm. DeDERICK {John Vant Buren of Kingston, Counseller at Law, "deposeth that he is one of the grand children of Cornelius Persen, deceased, and well ac- quainted with the family. That Maria, wife of Henry Myer of Kingston, Elizabeth, wife of Cornelius Van Beuren of Kingston, Ann, wife of Andrew Brink of Saugerties, Catharine Post, widow of Isaac Post of Saugerties, and Margaret Persen of Saugerties are the children, that Cornelius Persen had no other children at the time of his decease or at any time since." That he departed this life in the month of Febr. 1827, and that Elizabeth Persen (the wife) died previous to her husband. — Dec. 26, 1828. /. M. Newkerk, Commissioner. Henry Myer and Maria, his wife, through their attorneys, Romeyn & Van Buren, apply for probate, Nov. 27th. Henry Van Buren makes oath to having served papers upon Andrew Brink. Witnesses to the will and codicil make oath to the signature of the testator. Jan. Term, 1829. Probated Jan. 13th, 1829. {Cornelis Paarsen (Perse, Persen'), bt. Oct. .26, 1712 (s. of Maithys Peers, q. v.), m. i., Aug. 31, 1734, Catrina Dyrk (Turk), m. 2., Oct. 4, 1748, Alida Van Slyk. Issue with ist wife: i. Maria, bt. July 20, 1735; ii. Cornells, bt. Febr. 19, 1744; by zd wife: iii. Theunis, bt. July X, 1749. Cornelis (above), m. Elisabeth Masten, and had: i. Catharine, bt. Aug. jg, 1771, m. Isaac Post; ii. Cornelis, bt. Dec. i, 1776; — Elisabeth, m. Cornelis Van Buren; — Annatie, m., July 26, 1806, Andrew Brink; — Margaret). End of wills recorded in said book. Absrtacts of Original Wills, and Inventories, Not Recorded, Filed in the Estate Boxes, Surrogate's Office, Kingston, N. Y. Box 3.— BURHANS, ABRAHAM, of "the Flattbush in Kingston." Original will, dated October 3, 1763. "Unto my son Petnis Burhans one derde of Land, Whare his Dwell- ing House Now Stands or Next adioyning thereto in Such Manner as he Has Cleered the Same as for his Birth Right. In Lue and Sted of any thing he Might Claim as being my Heir at Law." "Unto my four Sons Named Petrus Samuell Isaac and Abraham all My Real Estate of House and Land Whereon I Now Dwell or Elsewhere Excepting one acre Herein before bequeathed" "to be Equally Devided amongst them" "providing that Said four Sons Shall pay My four Daugh- ters the Sum of £300" "In Manner following To My Daughter Helena the Wife of Johannes Van Steenbergen" £75. "Unto My Daughter Marritje" £75. "Unto My Daughter Sara" £75. "Unto my Daughter Jenneke £75, "as Soon as My Said Sons enter Into the possession of My Said Real Estate." "Unto my three Youngest Daughters Named Marritje Sara and Jenneke" "each of them and outsett Which shall be as Good and Equive- lant To What My Daughter Helena has had as Neer as May be." "Unto My Son Abraham" £25. — "Unto My Nephew Abraham Os- terhout son of Hendrecus Osterhout one Nue Sute of Hollowday Qoth. . . one Nue Shouting Gun and one Good Gild, .horse." — "AH my personell Estate Not Herein before Given" "unto my Eight Children Named Petrus' Helena Marritje Samuell Isaac Sara Jenneke and Abraham." "If any said Sons shall Happen to Dy Without LawfuU Issue then His Share Shall be Devided amongst the Surving Sons." (Similar provision regarding the daughters). — "Unto my Deer and Well beloved WiieAnnetje During Her Naturall Life all My Real and personall Estate With all the profitts thereof and full power to sell and Dispose of any part of My personell Estate for paying my Just Debts or Her Needsery Support." Wife, sons and "Brother In Law Thunez Osterhout and Trusty frind Benjamin Tenbrook" appointed executors. Signed by the testator. James Witteker Philip Noland D : Wynkoop, Junr. i82 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. (Jacob Burhans, a soldier, on March 28, 1660, in the Netherlands service on the Esopus, schepen at Wiltwyck, 1666, had son Jan, who arrived, Apr. 16, 166^, in the "Spotted Cow," and who m. Helena Traphagen, dau. of William (q. v.). They had: i. Janneke, ta. Oct. 12, «697, Pieter Du Bois; ii. HUHtje, m. June 18, 1700, Edward Whitaker; iii. Jacob, bt. March 2, 1679, d. y.; iv. Barent, bt. Apr. 24, 1681, m. Margriet Jans Matthysen, dau. of Jan Matthysen (q, v.); v. Johannes, bt. Aug. 27, 16S2, m. Margriet Legg, dau. of William (q. v.). She m., 2d., Apr. 7, 1726, Bareni Van Benthuysen, widower of Janneke Van Wagenen; vi. Elisabeth, bt. July 7, 1684, m., Jan Ploeg; vii. Willem, bt. March 7, i586, m. i., June 22, 1731, Crietjen Ten Eyck, dau. of Matthys; m. 2., Sept. 20, 1749, Catharine Kool, widow of Jacobus Van Etten; viii, Hendrick, bt. Nov. 6, 1687 (q. v.); ix. ABRAHAM, bt. Nov. 28, i6go; x. Isaac, bt. Jan. 28, 1692, m., July 22, 1722, Neeltje Westphael, dau. of Symon W. and Neeltje Quackenboss. She m. 2., Oct. 25, J737. at Rhinebeck, Ary Roosa, widower of Johanna de Hoges; xi. Samuel, bt June 3, 1694, m. Dec. 16, 1720, Janneke Brink, dau. of Cornells Lammertse and Maritje Egberts, She m. 2., Oct. S, 1734, Walrand Dumond; xii. David, bt. Nov, 24, 1695, m., Nov. 12, 1731, Debora Van Bommel, dau. of Pieter Van B. and Debora Davids. ABRAHAM (above), m., June 21, 1729, Annetje Oosterhoudt (bt. Jan. 19, 1701) dau. of Pieter Jans O. and Heyltje Schut, and had: i. Petrus, m. May 4, 1754, Johanna Van Steenbergh, dau. of Benjamin v. S. and Rachel Suylandt; ii. Helena, m., Oct. 19, I7'52, Johannes Van Steen- bergen, s. of ^rt>5 v. S. and Baartjen Swart; iii. Morio, bt. July 15, 1733, d. unm. ; iv. Zamuel, bt March 16, 1735, m. Marytje Kip, da. of Jacob J. K. and Lea van Etten; v. Isaac, bt June 5, 1737, m., Nov. 19, 1765, Susanna Poland, dau. of Philippus F. and Eva Switzler; vi. Zara, bt Apr. 8, 1739, m., Nov. 14, 1765, Benjamin van Steenbergen, s. of Arte v. S, and Baartjen Swart; vii. Janneken, bt. Apr. 19, 1741, m., Oct. 11, 1771, Jan Osterhoudt, s. of Lawrence O. and Helena Whitaker). Box 11.— DEPUY, JACOBUS, of Rochester, Original will, dated Dec. 15, 1778. "To my Brother Simon Depuy my Negro Jeck," "In trust" he "paying for the same unto my Mother" "one Bond Due to her. Bearing Date June 3, ^777" — "Unto my Sister Sara Depuy the side saddle and Bridle."-^"Unto my Brother Sim.on Dupuy all my Real Estate" "so as the same is Devised unto me By the Last will and Testament of My father Jacobiis Depuy, Bearing Date Sept. 25, 1764," "In trust" he "to pay unto my Brothers & sister the sum of ^450" "that is to say to my Brother Moses" £150 "unto my Brother Jacob" £150 "and unto my sister Sara" £150 "in four Quarterly Payments after my said Brother Simon shall have Received the Possession of my said Real Estate." — If Moses, Jacob or Sara should die before they "Come to Lawful age and Leave No Lawfull Issue Behind them" then the survivors to divide the share of deceased. — "Unto my Brother Jacob one Seat in the Pew No. 16." — "My Uncle Cornelius Dupuy, Jacobus Van Wagenen, and Thomas Schoonmaker, Junr." appointed executors. Signed by the testator. John Depuy Annatje Depuy Moses Miller (Moses Depuy (s. of Nicholas'), m. i., Maria Wynhoop, b. Albany, 1660, dau. of Cornells W., m. 2., Oct 16, 1724, Peterneltje De Pree, widow of Martinus Van Aken, of Rochester, and had i. Mareitje, bt Apr. 24, 1681; ii. Nicolaes, bt. Dec. 3, 1682, m., March 22, 1707, IVeyntjen Roosa;. iii. Catherina, bt Apr. 6, 1684; iv. Magdalena, bt March 14, 1686; v. Cornelis, bt Jan. 8, 1688, m.. May 6, 1713, Catrina Van Aken; vi. Catrina, bt May 25, 1690; vii. Moses, bt Sept 27, 1691, m., Febr. 14, 1716, Margrietje Schoonmaker, dau. of Jochem H.; viii. Benjamin, bt Oct 13, 169s, m. I., Sept 3, 1719, Elisabeth Schoonmaker, dau. Jochem H., m. 2., Dec. 13, i735i Eiche De Witt; ix. Susamna, bt. Jan. 9, 1698; x. Catharina, bt. Nov. 30, 1701, m.. May 10, 1722, Benjamin Schoonmaker, s. of Jochem H.; xi. Jacobus, bt. Sept. jg, 1703, m., Aug. 26 172s, Sara Schoonmaker, and had: a. Jacobus, bt Nov. 6, 1726; b. Maria, bt July 28 1728- c. Efraim, bt Febr. 8, 1730; d. Elisabeth, bt Oct 28, 1733; e. Catrina, bt Febr. 13, 1737, f. Zusanna, bfc Nov. 12, 1738; g. Daniel, bt June 8, 1746, — Simon, Moses and Sara). 1 ebl </^/^. ■ c. <^-'*/V4t^'^ ^ . ■ "•^,,4^ Ocx-n^^ Vot^ ^^1 s^^ ~^t>t^ i^ t ^H ■■^i>rit-*^^iCi,f^^^^'C ^H ORIGINAL WILL OF CORNELIS NUKEEK. Abstracts of Original Wills and Inventories. 183 Box 14.— FREER, CATHARINA, Widow and Relict of Jonas Freer, Deceased, late of New Paltz. Original will, dated Sept. 22, 1781. "Unto my only and well beloved Daughter Maria the Wife of Gerrit Freer Junr." "All my Goods and Chattels of what kind or nature soever which I shall leave at the time of my Decease. And I do hereby make, nominate and appoint my trusty and well beloved friends Jacob Has- brouck Christoffel Deyo and Jacobus Hasbrouck Junr." my executors. Catharina Freer (her mark). Esther Bevier Elisabeth Hasbrouck Jos : Hasbrouck iJonas Freer, b. ab. 1701, d. 1775 (s. of Hugo F. and Maria Anne Le Roy, see Hugh F.), m. Catnna Stoker, b. in Germany, and had: i. Maria, bt. Sept. 21, 1729, m. Gerrit Freer, bt. Apr. 30, 1727, s. of Hugo F. and Bregje Terpenning, s. of Hugo F. and Marm Ann Le Roy; ii. Martinus, bt New Paltz, May 20, 1733; iii. Johannes, bt. Oct. 26, 1735, m., March 29, 1760, Sara Bevier, dau. of Abraham; iv. Elias, b. ab. 1740, m. Martha Everitt, dau. of Robert B. and Esther, of New Marlborough; v. Jonas, bt. 1737, m. Magdalena Bevirs, dau. of Jacobus B. and Antje Freer; vi. Simon, bt. Aug. 9, 1741, m.. May 12, 1770, Annatje Blanchan, dau. of Matthews B. of Hurley; vii. Petrus, bt. Oct. 30, 1743; viii. Lena, bt. 1739, m. Johannes Bevier"). Box 23.— NUKERK, CORNELIS, of Hurley. Original will, written in Dutch, and dated "tot mynen Huysen in Hurley" (at my house in Hurly) Sept. 15, 1787. "In de name Van den Dreenigen godt, Vader, Soon En Hyligen geest Amen." (In the name of the Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, Amen). "Myn Sinne En Verstant Volkome magtigh, De Heere sy gelooft" (of perfect mind, the Lord be praised). (Long religious preamble). "Myn Waarde Huysvrouw Diena Indien sy my overleft, van myn twee Soons soons Philip En Cornelius" "Sal hebben" £20 "Yaarlyk" "So lang sy leeft (my worthy wife Diena, if she lives after me, to have £20 yearly of my two sons (soons written twice, by mistake, as "klein-zoons" is grandsons). Also "De kuer van myn Negers En Negerinnen" "cm haar te dienen so lang sy leeft (the choice of negroes and negresses, to serve her as long as she lives) "00k de kuer van de Ruymen Uyt Myn tegenwoordigh Huys (and the choice of the rooms in my house, where I now reside) "En ook twe kelkKoyen welke koeyen myn voornoemde Soons voor haar houde sullen Somer En Winter" (and two milk cows, which my said sons shall house during summer and winter). "Myn soon Philip myn groote bybel sal hebben'' (my son Philip to have my large bible) . — "Myn twee voornoemende Soons sullen Uytkeeren of betaalen aan myn vier dogters, Namentlyk Jannetye, de Huysvrouw van Benjamin Roosa, Lea de Huysvrouw van Gerrit Nukerk, Henderica de Huysvrouw van Cornelius du Mondt, En Aarieantye de Huysvrouw van Petrus du Boys" iioo each (my said two sons shall pay to my four i84 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. daughters, Jannetye, wife of Benjamin Roosa, Lea, wife of Gerrit Nu- kerk, Henderica, wife of Cornelius du Month, and Aariaantye, the wife of Petrus du Bois, iioo each). Said sons also to pay £50 to "my soon Arys soon Petrus" (my son Ary's son Peter). Said sons to pay, thereof, £220 one year after testator's decease, and the other £225 two years after "myn doodt" (my death). "Myn Reght In het partentees" (my right in the patent), to all the children and the grandchild, provided they reside in Hurly, otherwise not. — The personal estate to be divided among said children, and grand- child, to Cornelius and Philip the real estate, they to pay all the debts. Said sons appointed executors. Signed by the testator. Huybert Ostrander johannis suyland JoH. V. Deusen (Arie Gerritsen van Neukerk (s. of Gerrit Cornelisse and Cheittje Cornelis^, q. v., b. in Midwoud, Flatbusht L. I., res. Hurley^ m. . Lysbeth Lambertsen, dau. of Lambert Huybertsen, and had: i. GhUjef bt. Jan. 29, 1688; ii. Jan, bt. Aug. 24, 1690; iii. Henderikje, bt. Nov. 11, 1692; iv. Gerrit, bt. May 30, 1697; v. Ariaanfje, bt. Nov. 19, 1699; vi. Lea, bt. Aug. 9, 1702; vii. Rachel, bt. Apr. 9, 170*^; viii. Cjiz^lis, bt. Nov. 12^ lyio, m. Oct. 29, 1731, ,(iis^Q_sDina) Hoog' teling, and had: a. Elisabeth, bt. Oct. i, 1732; b. Jannetye, bt. Oct. 20, 1734, mniov. 18, 1759, Benjamin Roosa; c. Ary, bt. Sept. 11, 1737, d. v.; d. Fhilippus, bt. Apr. 3, 1740; e. Ary, bt. Oct. 3, 1742, m. Nov. 18, 1769, Maria Crisfel; t. Lea, bt. Apr. 29, 1744, m. Dec. 8, 1764, Gerrit Nukerk; g. Henderica, bt. March 9, 1746, m. Oct. 30, 1785, Cornelius du Mondt; h. Ariantje, bt. Jan. 8, 1748, m. Dec. 23, 1779, Petrus Du Bois; i. Cornelius, bt. Oct. 15, 1752, m. June 12, 1779, Sara Kiersteder ; see page 169 for another son of Arie Gerritsen: Conrad). Box 24.— LEGO, WILLIAM, of Kingston, yeoman. Original will, dated Oct. 8, 1780. "My loving Wife Sara shall Remain and Injoy in full Possesion of my Whole Estate real and Personall During the timCi She Shall Con- tinue my Widow and Shall have the Command of the Income of said Estate, Provided that my Daughter Helena who is Not able to Maintain herself, and my Two sons Named William and Samuel shall have their Maintainens with my said Wife out of the said Estate" they "shall be taught to Read, Write and Cypher at the Expense of my said wife the Mother of the said William and Samuel during the minority." "In case my "wife should merry again before my said sons should arrive to the age of 21 years" then "wife shall Give Up My Whole Estate Real and Personall to my Executors" and to be "debarred to Claim any Income or Dowry from the said Estate." — "To my son Cornelis for his Birth Right my Large Shooting Gun I have of My father." — My three sons (named) shall have my Real Estate where I now Dwell with the house. Barn & Barraks also my Estate called Peter Mouries Land that is to say the Souther part of said bowery" "as I now occupy and Use the same and Divided by me and brother John." Survivor to divide share of deceased. At death or remarriage of wife, the personal estate to be divided among said children, and "the Children of my Daughter Annatje, Deceased for her Mother 1/5." "Whereas I Received a Legacie of iioo by my first Tk^ (] , ^4 •V ^•H^iirri^ni^H^ -<••>■ ^ \ 1 N>l.tvi,. iH^f < '■ '- s Abstracts of Original Wills and Inventories. i8s wife Helena Daughter of Jan Ploegh, Deceased, and as I think it just and Equitable that the Children begotten of the body of said Helena Should have the Benefittof her Mothers Portion therefore" "said sum of £ioo shall be paid out of my Real Estate as soon as my sons William & Samuel arrive at the age of 21 years" i. e. "to my son Cornells" £30, and to chil- dren of "my daughter Annatje" £30, and "to my daughter Helena" £40." — "My son William my Shooting Gun and to my son Samuel my other small Gun before any Division shall be made." — If wife should continue "my widow after my sons William & Samuel arrive at the age of 21 years," then the wife is to receive yearly ii2 for her maintainance during her life, to be paid by said sons. "Loving son Cornells and my son in (law?) Tjerck Schoonmaker and my friend Edward Schoonmaker, Jr." appointed executors. Signed by the testator. John J. Persen Michael Pattison Christopher Midler (his mark) {William Legg, bt. Oct. 31, 1708 (s. of John Legg and Annatje Fynliout, q. v.), tn. i., Oct. 20, 1738, Helena Ploeg, dau. of John, m. 2., March 11, 1762, Sara WuKn, and had with ist wife: i. John, bt. Oct. 14, 1739; ii. John, bt. Dec. 21, 1740; iii. Anatje; iv. Elisabeth, bt. Dec. 12, 1742; V. Cornelis, bt. Oct. 13, 1745, m., Febr. 28, 1787, Maria Wolf; vi. John, bt. Aug. 26, 1753; vii. Helena, bt. May 11, 175s; with 2d wife: viii. William, ix. Samuel). Box 35.— SNYDER, JOHANNIS, of Kingston. Original will, dated June 5, 1771. "To my Loving Wife Named Grietje my Negro Wench Named Floor During My said Wifes Life" also "one feather bed and straw bed" she also to "have the Use of My bedstead bedding and Every Thing be- longing thereto During her Life And my house furniture Pots and Dishes During her Life, and also my Little Cobbert and Chist During her Life, and after her Decease the above house furniture (Excepting) the feather bed & straw bed shall be Divided among my Chil- dren." — "To my Daughter Christinas Son Johannis the sum of £65" "to be paid by his father Christian Fiero by virtue of an Obligation the said Christian Noes stands bound to Me and payable one Year after the Decease of Me and My Said Wife." "In case" "Johannis should Die before the said Money is Payable" then the "money shall be Divided among my Children Equel." — "To my Daughter Marya wife of Cornelis Oosterhoudt iio being the residue of the above Obligation." — To "said Grandson Johannis my horse Saddle and Bridle" "and all my Cloathing belonging to my Body Whatsoever." — "All my Moveables (Excepting the Legacies above ordered) shall be Divided Between my two Children Named Christina" "and Marya."— "All the Moveables" "Brought to Me by Marriage Shall be Left to her (my wife)" she also to "have the Benefitt and Recovery of her Entertainment by Virtue of two Oblagatory Instruments Signed one by Christian Fiero and the other by Cornelis Oosterhoudt During her Life" and if she "Should Not have Sufficient Entertainment by Sickness or other Exident" then the Executors shall i86 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. "dispose of such of the Moveables Left to her Use as they shall think Necessary for her Support." — "My Nephew Johannis Snyder, Son of Johannis Snyder Junr. shall have one Cow." — "My said Negro Wench Floor after the Decease of my said Wife shall have her Choice to Live jther With my Daughter Christina or my Daughter Marya" "Provided the one half of her Value shall be paid by such as shall be Choset by her, to my other heir." "My Loving frinds Jurry Hommel and Jurry W: Rechtinger" ap- pointed executors. Signed by the testator. Cornelius Persen Stephanus Fero Joh's SnydeRj Junr. (.Johannes Snyder, h. in Germany, m. March i, 1724, Anijen (.Grietjen) Deunis (Tlieunis), and had: i. Christina, bt. Febr. 14, 1725, m. Christian Fierer^ Jr. (when her name is written 'Schneider', and had: a. Johannes Fierer, bt. July 27, 1746 (witn. by Johannes S. and his wife, Annatje Theungas); b. Christian Fierer, bt. Aug. 2, 1747; ii. Johannes, bt. Jan. 23, 1726; 111. Maria, bt. Nov. 24, 1728, m. Cornelis Osterhout. Johannes Snyder had a brother. Jury (George"} Snyder, who m. i., Christina Thunjus,m. 2., Dec. 5, 1724, Johanna Swart, and had issue: i. Johannes, bt. Jan. 24, 1720, m. RacJiel Swart; ii. Lea, bt. Febr. 6j 1726; iii. Ceeletjen, bt. Apr. 30, 1727; iv. Elisabeth, bt. March 18, I733. m- Michel Devoe; v. Catrina, bt. July 10, 1737; vi. Maria, bt. May 2, 1742; vii. Johanna, bt Apr. 21, '745- . „ Johannes Snyder and Rachel Swart had issue: i. Christina, bt. July 28, 1745; 11. Petrus, bt. Nov. 1, 1747; iii. Johannes, bt. Sept. 2, 1750 (mentioned above in the will of his grand-uncle); iv. Seletje, bt. May 27, 1753; v. Rachel, bt. July 11, 17S6; vi. Cornelia, bt. Jan. 14, 1759; vii. Elisabeth, bt. May 31, 1761; viii. Abraham, bt. Apr. 20, 1764). (Inventarmm Oover het Losse Goed van den Overleeden Johannis Snyder Woonende aen de Beaverkill in de County van Ulster (Inveitory of the personal estate of J. S., deceased, residing at Beaver Kill in Co. U.), Door ende met goede Vinden^'van de Gestelte Executors Jurgen Hommel en Jurgen W. Reghtmeyer ook Erfgenaemen an agter Laatene Weduwe Grietje Snydr Christ Fero en Cornelius Oosterhoudt (and by the good friend, J. H., J. W. R. and heirs, and surviving widow G. S., C. F., and C. C), dated July j6, 1771 (sic): Neegers. Eeii Negerin met Een Jonge van Vyf Jaer Oudt (A negress with a boy five years old). Beesten. Drie Melk Beesten en Een Jonge Vaarse (Three Milk Cows, and a young heifer). Parden. Een Mear (a mare). Schaapen. Neegen Stucks van Oud en Jong aen Schaapen (Nine young and old sheep). Vaarkens. Twe Stucks aen Vaarkens (a couple of hogs). Een Groote Caste met Inhoudend Goed, Seven stucks Laaken, Vier Kussen Sloopens, Een Bond Nehangsel, Een stuckje Linnen houdende 9^ Ele 10 stucks hembden van Vaader, 5 Mutssen, 3 Neckjes, Een Seyde NeusDoeck, 2 Woole hoede Een Caster hoed (A great chest with contents, 7 sheets, 4 pillows, colored hangings, a piece of linnen oi gii yards, 10 of father's shirts, s caps, 3 scarfs, 1 silk handkerchief, 2 wool caps, and one beaver cap. Geld. In all 21 schellinge meer i schellinge Vier koopers (21 schillings in all, with i schilling, forr coppeis). Bande, Noten & andere Pampiers in Een Lessnaer geslooten (Books, (notes, and other papers in a locked desk). Een Musket, Een Deegen, haagel Sackie met 't kruythoorn, Twee schaape Scheeren, Een Slambanck, Een kist, Een key, Een Spiegel, Twee potte bancke, Een Casje, El paer Cousse van Vaader, nogh I paer meer van Vouse, i Camen mandje (a musket, a sword, shot- pouch with the powder-horn, two sheep-shears, a sleeping laench (bedstead in form of a chest), a chest, a flint (to strike fire on), a mirror, two cup- boards, a little box, a pair of father's stockings, one more pair 6i stock- ings, one comb basket). Boekken.- Een Groote Bybel, Een Predicate Boek, Twee gebedt Boekken, Twee Cate- chisms, I gebedt boeck van Conr. Mell, nogh i gesangh boeck in in Kerk met nogh Een boekje (a great bible, a book of sermons, two prayer-books, two confirmation books, one prayer book of Conr. Mell, also a hymn book in the church, as well as another book). Abstracts of Original Wills and Inventories. 187 Tobac. Twee Rolletje? Tabac, 3 paer Wanden, nogh Een Muttss (2 rolls of tobacco, 3 pair of mittens, and one cap). Kleederen. Twee gjroote Rolcken, Vier sluyt Rokken Drie gevulte Camisools, vier hemb- der Rokken, Twee Linne broekken, nogh Een Linne broeck Drie Leeder broeks, Drie korte gestrepte broekke, Vier Eyge geweeve Camisools ge- streept, Een Swart Camisool met broeck, Twee paer schoene met Een paer Gebsen, Een scbeer mess met Een Oligsteen (two roomy coats (^reat coats probably), four narrow coats (i. e. close fitting), three double-lined waist- coats, four night shirts, two linnen breeches, also one pair of linnen breaches, three leather breeches, three short striped breeches, four striped, hand-made woven night-shirts, a black shirt (Guernsey) with breeches, two pair shoes with a pair of buckles, a razor with a hone). Tinne Goed. Vier Tinne schuttels, 2 Tinne Comme nogh Een Tinne schuttel nogh Een Cometje, 14 Tinne Borde, i Trink Can, 19 Tinne lepel, 2 Tinne kopjes. Twee blikke Trechter, 2 Candelaeis, i Tinne mutsjes, een hand blikje, 1 aerde en Een blikke Can Een vleesch vorkje i scliuyn Spaen 4 aarde schuttels i pyp potje X blikke Commetje, Een Vlasche keller met 8 vlasche, Een vleschje met Soet Olie, nogh Een Vlessche (four pewter saucers, 2 pewter cups (or dishes), also one pewter saucer, and one small pewter cup, 14 pewter plates, 1 ^drinking can, 19 pewter spoons, 2 pewter cups, 2 tin funnels, 2 candle- sticks, I pewter extinguisher, one earth and one tin can, one meat-fork, i skimming ladle, 4 earth saucers, a small coffee-pot, a small tin-cup, a bottle case with 8 bottles, a small bottle with sweet oil, and another little bottle). Bed clothing. Een Veeder Bedt met kussens en Een Pelluwe Een bonde Roghe, Een Groene Roghe, Een Wilde Compaerss, Drie Eyge gemaekte Compaerse, Vier Bedde kleede, Een Sprie, Nogh Een Veeder Bedt bestaende in Drie kussen en Een Pelluwe ende Een Wilde Compaerse, nogh Een stroo bedt, Linne 24 Ell, Een stuckje Oover Leeder (a feather-bed with bolster and one pillow, and colored petticoat, a green petticoat, a natural quilt (probably made of skins of wild animals), three homemade quilts, four bed-covers, one counter- pane, one more feather-bed with three bolsters, and one pillow, and one natural quilt, also a straw-bed, 24 yards of linnen, a piece of leather for covering). Messe en Verkjes 10 Messe en Vyf Vorkjes nogh Een Vorkje (10 knives and s forks also one small fork), Steele. 6 Swarte stoele. 9 stucks Eyge gemaeckte stoele, Een groote stoel, z Tange, En Een aschschoop, Een paer brand ysers, met Een rooster en Trefje, Twee heugels 1 paer stryk Eyser, Een paer Boots (6 black chairs, 9 homemade chairs, a big chair, 2 tongs, one ash-shovel, a pair of fire-blowers, a roaster, 2 pot-hooks, one pair of flat-iron, a pair of boots). Gereedschapp. Een Saagh, Breedbyl ende haelmess. met een oud Vleysch, byl ende meer andere Saaken in Een gesloote kistje te samen gedaen, Een Zaadel met het gebitt ende Een paer Oude boots, (a saw, axe and drawing-knife with an old butchers-knife, and some other things, together with a little chest, a saddle with a bit and an old pair of boots). Een Coye met stroobedt, Een Laake i Wilde Compaerse, i Eyge gemaekte Compaerse Twee kussens (a straw-bed, a sheet, a natural quilt, two bolsters). Yzergoed. 7 stucks Potte aen kleen en groot i groote koopere, keetel Een Tee keetel, een hang Eyser met Comfoor, 2 panne i Trapje i Wolle Wiel Twee spinne Wiels S Emmers met henghsels Een blaasbalg Twee schappen Een Roy Dissel Een gleedje met all Toe behoorend goedje Een kleen Wagentje (7 pots, large and small, a large brass kettle, a tea-pot, a pot-hanger, with brazier, 2 frying pans, a step-ladder, a wool-winder, two spinning wheels, 5 buckets with handle, a pair of bellows, two shelves, a red shaft, a sledge with its belongings, a small cart). KuyperGoed. Een Vleisch vat, Een Ancker vatje, 2 kleene Vatjes, Twee Oxhoofde, Een Loog Vat 2 barls, 2 Anckers, 3 Tobetjes, Een Emmer 3 Botter vatjes 3 aarde potte Een groote aarde Can Tween Barl Tobetjes i Oxhoofd Tobetje I Visch vat i (Tarn ende Een karnmelk vaatje Een back Trokje i Verf Eymer Twee bakke i bottel met Traen i boomtje Vet i Coopere Craen i Quaste bakje 3 Tiene Mandjes. (a meat-barrel, a keg, 2 small barrels, 2 hogs-heads, i bucking-tub, 2 barrels, 2 kegs, 3 tubs, a bucket, 3 butter casks, 3 stone pots, one large jug, two small barrels, a small hogs-head, i fish- tub, I churn, one buttermilk-barrel, a baking trough, i pail paint, 2 basins, I bottle with fish-oil, i tub grease, i brass tap, i small basin for brushes, 3 tin baskets). Solder Goed. 4 FloUe Boome, Een Oxhooft, Een Meel Vat i Sappaen sieftje 26 kleen en groote Tiene an andere Mande i fijn Sieftje i back Troghje 2 quaste backjes I ander goede back 4 stucks kleeneschopjes nogh 2 kleene Schoppjes en i Werp Schopp 8 Sacksken Een Zeyde Oover Leeder met 3 stukke Sool Leeder 4 stuko voorers kleen en groot 3 kleene vaatjes i scheepel Een Wann nogh Een goed Schoppje 23}^ vaem in Twee stukke goed Touw s knuyl Touw gaere i Trogh met Eyser hanghsels met deksel op Een schael. i88 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. 7 lbs. Werke gaare 6yi lbs. ' Wolle gaere, i Merk Eyser g lbs. gewaschle WoU Een fyn Vlass heekell Een spyker heekele 2 lbs. gesvronge Vlass i oudt Vat Een Spill voor Touwgaere te spinnin i stroo Mess, i steek mess, Een groote Trumm Saagh. (4 poles (to push forward a boat), a hogshead, a meal-tub, a straining cloth, 26 small and large, tin and other baskets, i thin sieve, i kneading-trough, 2 basins for brushes, i good basin, 4 shovels to clean, 2 other shovels to clean with, i spade, 8 bags, a cover of leather, and 3 covers of sole leather, 4 drills, large and small, 3 kegs, i bushel, i winnow and a good shovel, 235^ fathom good cord in two pieces, 5 balls of string, I trough, with iron hangings, and cover, a plate, 7 lbs. yam, 6J4 lbs. wool yarn, i branding iron, 9 lbs. washed wool, a thin flax reel, a cogged reel, 2 lbs. brooded flax, i old barrel, a spindle for the loom, a btraw cutter, a pricking knife, a large trimming saw). Leeder. 4 Zeyde of 2 gantsche huyde Leeder in de Loy Drogh met 2 Calver velle, 3 gehakte Drogge, Een Sleupsteen Een vierde part van Een Run Meule by Petrus LoMW, Een Sneuw Eyser om boomen te Sneuwen (4 parts of two hides in the tanpit with two calfskins, 3 wooden troughs, i grindstone, a fourth part of a tan mill, at Petrus Louw, a snow sledge for sledging trees). Schulden (Debts). By Pieter Scherp staet nogt 19 sch., by Mr. Cockbum ^ sch., by Benjamin Meyer staet nogh mischien 26 sch. of wat meer, by Pieter Win- nen Een Schaepe Lamm, by Christ, Fiero Junr. 12 sch. voor i foot vleesch, by Steph. Fieoro £3 voor Een Jong VuUetje, by Daniel Lucas voor Een koe £3.10 had Een Taer Tyt te betaal by Thorn. Steenberg 7 Ell Wolle Doppelsteen, En Een barl Willem Freligh voor Een harte veil 18 sch. (to P. S. yet 19s., to Mr. C. 3s., to B. M. 26s. or more, to P. W., a lamb, to C. F., Jr., 12s., to S. F. £3, for a colt, to D. L. £3.10 for a cow, a year to pay for it, to T. S. 7 yards wool die (means woven in die form), a barrel (blank space), W. F. for deer skin iSs.). ADDENDA. SECRETARY'S PAPERS, Liber D., page 13. (T. D. R., II., p. 351) : On Nov. 4, 1671 appeared before Cornells Barentsen Sleght and George Hall, commissaries of the Hon. Court at Kingston in America, AERDT MARTENSEN DOORN husband and guardian of Geertruy Andriesen, widow of Jacob Jan- sen Slicoten, as well as the guardians of the latter's son, Jan Jansen Slicoten, the Heer Willem Beecqman and Roelof Swartwout, as the attor- neys for said Geertruy Andriesen, who also appears. Said parties hereby grant full powers of attorney to Mr. Nicolaes De Meyer, merchant at New York, to enquire at Amsterdam for the last will of Jan Jacohsen Slicoten, grandfather of the said child, and also to learn what has been de- vised to Willem Jansen Slicooten, the uncle of said child, said uncle being killed here during the war with the Indians, leaving no other heirs than the said child. .And further to enquire after a will made by the great grandfather of Jacob Jansen Slicoten, who left something to the children of the son, which was expected by said Jacob Jansen Slicoten, and which would revert to the said child. Said De Meyer to enquire diligently, and if necessary to bring suit. The parties humbly pray the Hon. Heeren Orphanmasters of the city of Amsterdam to assist the said Mr. De Meyer in securing the inheritance, which belongs to said child. Said De Meyer to place any money secured at interest with the Orphan's Court, and to present a bond by the said Hon. Orphan-masters. Wilh. Beeckman, Roelof Swartwout, Aert Maertsen Doom, and Geertruyd Andresen (her mark). Ibid., p. 18. (T. D. R., II., 353) : JACOB JANSEN VAN STOUTENBORQH on Nov. 7, 1671 granted full power of attorney to Mr. Nicolaes De Meyer, merchant at New York, for the purpose of receiving his share in the property left by his father, Jan Evertsen Maeter and his mother, Annetie jCornelis. With him in this enquiry are associated his uncle, Robberat Mvertsen and Saer Evertsen, his guardians. Said inheritance is to be enquired for at Amersfordt, in the Secretary's office. Signed by Jacob Jansen (his mark), in presence of Jan Willemsen and Cornejis Barentsen "Sleght. 190 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. Ibid., Liber E., p. 43. (T. D. R., II., p. 400) ; written in English. Sr Edmond Anders (about March 1676/7) appointed EUsdbet Hals administratrix to the estate of GORGE HALL, latte of Kingston in Esopus, who had dyed Intestaet, leaving Elisabed his widdow. Ibid., p. 58. (T. D. R., II., p. 404) : HENDRICK CORNELISEN SLEGHT. Testamentary disposition, dated Nov. 15, 1677, and written in Dutch. "He has three children, to whom his wife is to return half of the estate, in case she should happen to remarry. The whole estate to go to the children after her death. The oldest son to receive all of his father's clothing." Signed Hendrick Slecht, and witnessed by Jacobus Kip and Gerrit Aertsen. Ibid., p. 96. (T. D. R., II., p. 424) : AERDT AERDTSEN OTTERSPOOR. Testamentary disposition, dated May 5, 1678, and written in Dutch. "All his property, house, lot, Holland money, in Holland to go to Cornelis Barensen and his wife; a little closet excepted, which shall go to his daughter Petronella. Aerdt Aerdsen Otterspoor (his mark) ; witnessed by Pieter Corneli- sen (his mark), and Barent Van Borsum. COURT RECORDS, Liber V., p. 170. (T. D. R., II., p. 569) : CAPT, THOOMAS CHAMBERS, widower of Margarietie Hendrix, and Louwerentia Kellenaer, widow of Domine Lourentius Van Gaes- heeck, intend to enter the state of matrimony. The said widow grants to her children with said Gaesbecq, named L. Jacomeyn, Maria, and Abraham Van Gaesbeeck, 100 sch. of wheat each, when of age or married. The son Abraham is to receive of all his father's clothing. Ibid., p. 186. (T. D. R., II., p. 574) : JOHANNA, widow of the deceased GEORGE DAVITS, intends to enter the married state with Hendericus Beecqman, young man, therefore the said bride, Johanna Lopers, grants to her children with said Davits, named Jacobus, Samuel, and Salomon 500 sch. of winter wheat each, when of age. She will also give the children an honest and a Christian education, so far as she is able. As guardian over said Addenda. 191 children she appoints their uncle, David Davits, and Dirck Jansen Schep- moes. As security, she mortgages her house and lot in Kingston. Signed Joanna Loopers, and Henr. Beecqman; witnessed by Wessel Ten Broeck, and W. D. Meyer. Ibid., Liber v., p. 239. (T. D. R., II., p. 595) : CORNELIS BARENTSEN SLEQHT, widower of the deceased Trynntie Tysen Bos, bridegroom, and Elsje Jans, widow of Hendrick Jochemsen, bride, on Sept. 26, 1684, agreed to the following marriage contract: (usual be- ginning, then) the bridegroom donates to the bride as a dowry 200 sch. of wheat. Signed by Cornells Barentse Slecht, and Elsje Jans (her mark) ; witnessed by Jan Eltinge and Elsje Jans, having the greatest affection for her children, gives all her possessions, after her death, to Jochem, Eghbert, Hendrick, Engeltie, Hendrix and Pieter Adriaens. Dated Oct. 8, 1684, and witnessed by Yan Stol, and Jan Van Vliedt (his mark). Engeltie Hendrix, wife of Nicolaes Anthony, is to inherit her share, that is, her grandmother's small closet, 2 pewter saucers, and a cow. Inventory of the estate of Cornells Barentscn Sleght, A house and brewery, an orchard, hop-garden, 3 morgens of land across the Great Bridge, household furniture, described. The money in Holland shall be inherited by the children. The heirs of the deceased Tryntie Tysen Bos, in love and friendship with our father, Cornells Barentsen Sleght have agreed to divide their mother's property in the following way: Cornells Barentsen Slecht to retain the amount, 750 sch. of wheat, paying therefore 5% interest per annum, for which purpose he mortgages his real property, consisting of 3 morgens of land opposite the great bridge, house, orchard, brewery, and hop-garden. The entire property shall be inherited by Hendrick, Jacomyntie, Mattys, Pietronella Slecht, at his death, except the 200 sch. wheat to Elsje Jans, Cornells Barentsen's second wife. Signed Cornelis Slecht, and Jan Elting; witnessed by Mattys Slecht and Jochem Hendricksen. — Ibid., Liber VI., part A., p. 26. (T. D. R., IL, p. 614) : HENDRICK JOCHEMSEN and Elsje Jochems, his wife. Testamentary disposition, dated March 4, 168 1/2, and written in Dutch. "Survivor to possess everything, lands, money, goods, gold, silver, coined or uncoined ;" should the survivor remarry, one half of the prop- erty is to be returned (to the other heirs). 192 Ulster Co., N. Y., Probate Records. The wife's children by a former marriage: Jcmnetie and Sytie shall have 150 gulders each, but as they both have died meanwhile, their chil- dren shall receive the said amounts. As heirs are mentioned Jochem Hendrix, Eghbert Hendrix, Engeltie Hendrix, Hendrick Hendrix, and Pieter Adriaensen. Hendrick Jochemsz, Elsje J onsen, wife of Hendrick Jochemsen (her mark) ; witnessed by Wessel Ten Broeck and W. D. Meyer. Elsje Hendricks or Elsje Jems, wife of the deceased Hendrick Jo- chemsen, in full enjoyment of her senses, and considering how certain friends have exerted pressure and forced her, not leaving her any rest, to thoughtlessly sign certain illegal documents, dated in New Yorck before Notary Bogardus, on May 22, 1683, regarding the inheritance of the chil- dren of Jacob Abrahamsen Santvoordt and Jan Barentsen Kunst, now absolutely annuls said documents, as she has no desire to oppose her dead husband's wishes, as expressed by his will; God forbid that it shall ever again be broken. — Elsie Jans : witnessed by Jan Van Vliet and Yan Stol. Ibid., part A., p. 56. (T. D. R., II., p. 635) : JAN BROERSEN and his wife Willemtie Jacobsz, Testamentary disposition, dated June i, 1682, at Kingston, and written in Dutch. "Survivor to inherit everything, land, houses, money, moveables, etc . . " — Both signed their marks. No witnesses. Ibid. p. 57- (T. D. R., II., p. 635) : AERDT OTTERSPOOR on July 25, 1682 annulled the will which he made in favor of Cor- nells Barentsen's wife. The little closet, bequeathed to Pieternel, is not to be delivered to her. — Signed with a mark. No witnesses, except the Secretary, Wm. Montagne. Ibid., Liber VI., part B., p. 235. (T. D. R., III., p. 184) : WILLEM BEECK. Testamentary disposition, dated March 28, 1684. "His wife shall share with the children the house and lot, one half to each of them. Whereas a woman Indian has with the Governor's ap- proval granted him a plot of land at Waerwaersinck, on condition that the said woman shall have a plantation there, the testator now orders that his wife shall have one half of said land, and the children the other half. Residue to wife. As guardians over the children: Pieter Jacohsen Mauris, Jacob Abrahamsen, Isaack Van Vlerck, and Jan Willemsen Hooghteyling, Signed W. P. Beeck, and witnessed by Roelof Kierstede and Arent Tuenessen. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. PAGE 36 — Last line should read: "See note, page 31." 53 — 5th line, read : "Van Wijlen," instead of "Van Wiljen." jy — Heading should read : "Will owned by Ralph Lefevre, New Palis." 79 — Heading should read : "Will owned by Ralph Lefevre, New Paltz." 93 — 22d line, read: "Magdalena Schutt,"' instead of "Marritje Mar- tissen." 102 — 9th line from bottom, add : "x. Willem, bt. Dec. 5, 1686." 113 — 13th line to be taken out entirely. 132 — 20th line, read: "Znyder," instead of "Zynder." 177 — 5th line, read : "they saw," instead of "the saw." 181 — 1st line, read: "Abstracts," instead of "Absrtacts." 193 INDEX TO WILLS. TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITIONS, LETTERS OF AD- MINISTRATION, ADMINISTRATION BONDS. POWER OF ATTORNEY, RENUNCIATIONS. MARRIAGE CONTRACTS, and INVENTORIES ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY. ABBREVIATIONS USED: A. B. (or AtlmmiBlration-Bonils; Inv. (or Inventories; L. A. (or Leilors o( Adminislra- tion; M. C. for Marriage Contracts; O. W. (or Original Wills; P. A. (or Power o( Attorney; R. (or Renunciations; T. D. (or Testamentary Dispositions; W. (or Wills. Instru- Filed ok Name. Residence. ment. Dated. Probated. Page. AARTSE, GERRIT. Kingston, Will, Dec. 17, 171S, Mar. 9, 1720-1, 102 AARTSEN, JACOB. Wagendal, Will, Oct. 5, 1714, Mar. 7, 1716-7, 9J or Van Wageningen, or Ja- cobse. See also Otterspoor. ADREIJANSE, FETTER, Kingston, T.D., Feb. 30, 1686, 47 ADRYANSEN. JOOST. Pynacker, T.D., Sept. 2, 1665, 29 or Joost Adriansen Vermeu- len. ^-^5^ ANDRIESEN. GEER- TRUy, P.A., Nov. 4, 1671, 189 and her husband, Aert Martensefi Doom. aryance; hendrick, Will, Sept. 11,1690, June 16, 1 701, S8 / BARENTSEN, CORNELIS, or Cornelis Barentse Slecht and his wife, Tryntie Ty- sen Bosch. BEATTY, JOHN, BEECK, WILLEM, BEECQMAN, HENDE- RICUS, BEVIERE, LOUIS, SR., BLANCHAN, MATTHES, and his wife, Magdalen loore. BLANCHAN MAT- THEUS, B T.D., Aug. 17, (?) 32 5^^^ fp/^o p.n I Marbletown, W., Apr. 26, 1720, Mar. 9, 1720, 100 T.D., Mar. 8, 1684, ipi M.C., 190 New Faltz, Will, May 2, 1720, July 4, 1720, 97 T.D., Aug. 22,j67i, Apr. 30, 1688, 48 T.D., Sept. 7-17. i66s, 3° 196 Index to Instruments. Instru- Filed or Name. Residence. ment, Dated. Probated, Fagc BLANSJAN, CHATHA- RINA, T.D., Oct. 13,1676, 34 and her husband, Lowies Du Booys. BLANSJAN, ELISABETH, T.D., Nov. I, 1676, 3S and her husband, Peter Cornelissen (Low). BLANSJAN, MADELENA, T.D., Sept. 2S, 1676, 33 and her husband, Jan Ty- sen (Mattysen.) BOGARDIES, PIETER, Kingston, Will, Feb. 3, 1701-2, Sept. 20, 1703, 63 BOGART, HENDRICK, Marbletown , w.. Dec. 12, 1707, May 12, 1707, 92 BOMSCHOTEN, SALO- MON, SR., Kingston, w.. Nov. 14,1737, June 7, I7S4, 132 BOSCH, TRYNTIE TY- SEN, T.D., Aug. 17, (?) 32 or Tryntie Barentsen, and her husband, Cornelis Barentsen or Cornelis Ba- rentse Slecht. BRINK, See Lambert Huy- bertse, and Cornelius Lam- bertse. BROERSON, JAN, T.D., June 1, 1682, 192 and his wife, Willemtje Jacobs (Jans). BRUYN, JACOBUS, Bruynswick , w.. June 20, 1744, June 11, 174^. 124- BURHANS, ABRAHAM, Kingston, O.W.. Oct. 3. 1763, Not recorded.. 181 CHAMBERS, THOMAS, c M.C., 190 CLAESSE(N), HEN- DERICK, T.D., Nov. 12, 1688, 49 CLARWATER, ABRA- HAM, Marbletown, W., Apr, 21. 1776, Sept. 19, 1798, 162 COCK, JOHN, Marbletown, T.D., July 20. 1710, 99 COOL, CORNELIS, Hurley, Will, Jan. 10,1732, Sept. 7,1736, 118 CORNELIS, ANNETIE, T.D., Feb. 23, 1682, 44 and her husband, Cornelis Vernooy. CO'RNELISE, MARTE, Claverak, T.D., Aur. 13, 1685, June 19, 1699, 53 and his wife, Mayke Cor- ^ nelise. CORNELISSE, THEUNIS, W.D., July 21, 1677, 73 or Theunis Cornelisse Swart, and his wife, Elizabeth Van der Linden, or Van der Lende. Index to Instruments. 197 Name. CORNELISSEN, PETER, or Peter Cornelisen Low, and his wife, Elisabeth Blansjan. CORNELISSEN, PIETER, (LOW), CORNELISON, GERRITT, COTTIN, CATHERINE, CRANS, JOHANNIS. CRAWFORD, HENRY, CRESPEL, ANTOIN, iMSTRU- Filed or UENT. Dated. Probated. Page. T.D., Nov. I, 1676, 35 Residence. Kingston, W., Dec. 20, 1690, Mar. 4, 1707, 73 Hurley, W., Feb. •>. 1686, Mar. 4, 1695-6, 59 Kingston, W., July 23, 1712, Dec. 10, 1713, 83 Hanover, W., Apr. 17, 1775, July 5, 1777, 142 Marlborough, W., Mar. 27, 1816, Sept. 6, 1824, 174 Kingston, W., Nov. 6, 1707, Jan. 10, 1707, 71 DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER, DAVITS, JOHANNA, DEIJOU, CHRISTIAN, DELAMATER, DAVID, . DEPUY, JACOBUS, DE WITT, ANDRIES, DE WITT, BOUDEWYN, DR., DEWITT.DIRCK CLAES, see Tjerek Claese De Witt. DE WITT, JAN, DE WITT, JAN CLAETS, DE WITT, LUYCAS, DE WITT, TJERCK CLAESE, DONALDSON, ABRA- HAM, DOORN, AERDT MAR- TENSEN, •and his wife, Geertruy Andriesen. DOYO, ABRAHAM, DUBOIS, CORNELIUS, DUBOIS, DANIEL, DUBOIS, HENDRICUS, DUBOIS, JACOB, DUBOIS, JOSHUA, DUBOIS, LOUIS, DUBOIS, LOWIES, DUBOIS, LOWIES, DUBOIS, LOWIES, and his wife, Chatharina Blansjan. Marbletown, W., M.C., New Paltz, W., Kingston, W., Rochester, O.W,. Kingston, W., June 12, 1778, Sept. 23, 1794, Febr. i, 1687, Sept. 23, 1769, Dec. 15, 1778, Mar. 17, i8oo. June 30, 1687. Sept. 3, 1790, Not recorded. Jan. 8, 1807, Kingston, W., June 24, 1703, July 15, 1703, Mombacus, W., Oct. 29, 1700, Amsterdam, W., Mar. 31, 1699, W., Feb. 15, 1702, Kingston, W., Mar. 4, 1687, New Paltz. W., May 16, 1805, P.A., Nov. 4, 1671, New Paltz, W., Sept. 20, 1724, New Paltz, W., Nov. 6, 1780, New Paltz, O.W., Aug. 16, 1729, New Paltz, W.. June 21, 1774, Hurley, W, Apr. 3, i739, Kingston, W., Dec. 30, 1818, New Paltz, W., Mar. 30, 1686, Kingston, W., Mar. 27, 1694, Kingston, W., Feb. 22, 1695, T.D., Oct. 13, 1676, Apr. 12, I7IS, June 26, 1699, Mar. 9