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In the Name of God Amen the Sisenty [sic] | In the Name of God Amen the Sisenty [sic] | ||
| − | Ninth day of | + | Ninth day of Decembar [sic] Annoque Domini [in the year of Our Lord] One Thous |
| − | =sand Seven hundred and Fifty Three I Tjerck De | + | =sand [sic] Seven hundred and Fifty Three[underlined Seven...Three] I Tjerck De |
| − | Wit of the Corporation of Kingston in the County of | + | Wit of the Corporation of Kingston in the County of |
| − | Ulster and Province of | + | Ulster and Province of Newyork being in good health of |
body and of a Sound and perfect Memory & Understan | body and of a Sound and perfect Memory & Understan | ||
=ding (Blessed be the Name of the Lord) Calling to mind | =ding (Blessed be the Name of the Lord) Calling to mind | ||
that it is Ordained for all Flesh Once to die, and being | that it is Ordained for all Flesh Once to die, and being | ||
| − | + | Desirous to Settle [illegible] things in order, do make this my | |
Last Will and Testament in manner and form following | Last Will and Testament in manner and form following | ||
(that is to say) First and principally I Commit | (that is to say) First and principally I Commit | ||
my Immortal Soul In the Protection of God Almighty | my Immortal Soul In the Protection of God Almighty | ||
| − | hoping and Trusting through the [ | + | hoping and Trusting through the Meritorius [sic] death |
| − | and passion of my Soul | + | and passion of my Soul Saviour [sic] and Redeemor Jesus |
| − | Christ to | + | Christ to Receive full pardon and Remission of all my |
Sins, and my body to the Earth and a Christian | Sins, and my body to the Earth and a Christian | ||
| − | Like | + | Like desent [sic] Burial asto my Executors Shall |
| − | Seem meet and [? | + | Seem meet and Coneosing [Composing?] Such Temporal Estate |
as it hath pleased God to bless me with (far above | as it hath pleased God to bless me with (far above | ||
my deserts) I give bequeath order and devise the | my deserts) I give bequeath order and devise the | ||
Same in Manner and form following (that is to Say) | Same in Manner and form following (that is to Say) | ||
| − | I Give and bequeath unto my | + | I Give and bequeath unto my SixGrand Children the |
Children of my Son Henry deceased (to Wit) unto Tjerck Claeson | Children of my Son Henry deceased (to Wit) unto Tjerck Claeson | ||
| − | Jacob, John, Henry, Elizabeth and Hannah, The two | + | Jacob, John, Henry, Elizabeth and Hannah, The two |
| − | Bonds I have of my Son Henry their Father Deceased | + | Bonds I have of my Son Henry their Father Deceased [underlined to Wit... Deceased] |
Each Bond being one hundred pounds Newyork Cur= | Each Bond being one hundred pounds Newyork Cur= | ||
=rency to be Equally divided Amongst my above | =rency to be Equally divided Amongst my above | ||
| − | Name Six | + | Name Six Grand Children [underlined Six...Children], Share and Share alikeand |
| − | this is all I leave unto my above named Six | + | this is all I leave unto my above named Six Grand |
Children, I have Already given my Son Henry and | Children, I have Already given my Son Henry and | ||
their | their | ||
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| − | This Tjeick | + | This Tjeick De Witt is the son of Tjeick Claace De Witt who was one of the |
| − | first by that name in this county and was a [ | + | first by that name in this county and was a [brother?] of |
Andries DeWitt | Andries DeWitt | ||
| − | This Will in recorded in the | + | This Will in recorded in the Surrogates office in the City of New York Lib 24 page 517 Dated December 29th 1753 |
Tjeick DeWitt died Aug 30th 1762 aged 79 years. [Received?] in Church yard (East side) at Kingston. | Tjeick DeWitt died Aug 30th 1762 aged 79 years. [Received?] in Church yard (East side) at Kingston. | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 7 March 2021
In the Name of God Amen the Sisenty [sic] Ninth day of Decembar [sic] Annoque Domini [in the year of Our Lord] One Thous =sand [sic] Seven hundred and Fifty Three[underlined Seven...Three] I Tjerck De Wit of the Corporation of Kingston in the County of Ulster and Province of Newyork being in good health of body and of a Sound and perfect Memory & Understan =ding (Blessed be the Name of the Lord) Calling to mind that it is Ordained for all Flesh Once to die, and being Desirous to Settle [illegible] things in order, do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First and principally I Commit my Immortal Soul In the Protection of God Almighty hoping and Trusting through the Meritorius [sic] death and passion of my Soul Saviour [sic] and Redeemor Jesus Christ to Receive full pardon and Remission of all my Sins, and my body to the Earth and a Christian Like desent [sic] Burial asto my Executors Shall Seem meet and Coneosing [Composing?] Such Temporal Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with (far above my deserts) I give bequeath order and devise the Same in Manner and form following (that is to Say) I Give and bequeath unto my SixGrand Children the Children of my Son Henry deceased (to Wit) unto Tjerck Claeson Jacob, John, Henry, Elizabeth and Hannah, The two Bonds I have of my Son Henry their Father Deceased [underlined to Wit... Deceased] Each Bond being one hundred pounds Newyork Cur= =rency to be Equally divided Amongst my above Name Six Grand Children [underlined Six...Children], Share and Share alikeand this is all I leave unto my above named Six Grand Children, I have Already given my Son Henry and their
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This Tjeick De Witt is the son of Tjeick Claace De Witt who was one of the first by that name in this county and was a [brother?] of Andries DeWitt This Will in recorded in the Surrogates office in the City of New York Lib 24 page 517 Dated December 29th 1753 Tjeick DeWitt died Aug 30th 1762 aged 79 years. [Received?] in Church yard (East side) at Kingston.
