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In the Name of God Amen the Sisenty [sic] Ninth day of December Annoque Domini [in the year of Our Lord] One Thous =sand Seven hundred and Fifty Three I Tjerck De Wit of the Corporation of Kingston in the County of a Ulster and Province of New York 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 Devisons [sic] 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 [Meritor?i??] death and passion of my Soul Sorvivour [sic] and Redeeming Jesus Christ to Recieve full pardon and Remission of all my Sins, and my body to the Earth and a Christian Like desont [sic] Burial asto my Executors Shall Seem meet and [?oneosing] 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 a Bonds I have of my Son Henry their Father Deceased Each Bond being one hundred pounds Newyork Cur= =rency to be Equally divided Amongst my above Name Six grand Chrildren, Shale and Share a likeand 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 DoWitt is the son of Tjeick Claaee DoWitt who was one of the first by that name in this county and was a [illegible] of Andries DeWitt This Will in recorded in the [?] 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.