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REV. DAVID W. LEATH.
REV. DAVID W. LEATH was born in Fishomingo County, Mississippi, July 17, 1848. When he was eight years of age, his father removed with his family to Tennessee. He was
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educated at a small college at Milan, Tennessee, where he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1870. / In less than a year, he entered upon active preparation for the ministry, which he had decided to enter. In due course of time this preparation was completed, and he was assigned to a circuit.
In 1875, his views changed upon the subject of baptism, and he became a member of the Baptist church. He subse- quently became pastor of a Baptist church in Texas, after which he engaged in missionary work on the Pacific coast. In 1893, his religious views underwent another change, and he became a Seventh Day Baptist, and two years afterward, he joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church, of Chicago, Illinois.
He then engaged in evangelistic work for a time; and in 1899, he became the pastor of the Middle Island, Green- brier, and Black Lick churches, in West Virginia, jointly. Here he remained for a period of two years, when he accepted a call to the pastorate of the Salemville (Pennsylvania) Church.
CLYDE FITZ RANDOLPH.
CLYDE FITZ RANDOLPH, son of Preston and Harrict (Meredith) Fitz Randolph, was born in February, 1875, and died at Morgantown, West Virginia, May 16, 1904.
He was prepared for college in the preparatory depart- ment of Salem College, and in evening school in Plainfield, New Jersey, where he was employed during the day, in the works of the Potter Printing Press Company.
In June, 1899, he was graduated from the West Virginia University, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He had specialised in mechanical engineering, and after a year's graduate study at Cornell University, he was graduated from that institution as a Mechanical Engineer.
Soon after his graduation, he was offered a position as an instructor in the department of engineering at Cornell : but he declined, having previously accepted an appointment as associate professor of mechanical engineering at the West Virginia University.
For a short time after his graduation, however, for the sake of acquiring experience in designing machinery, he
CLYDE FITZ RANDOLP'IL.
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entered the employment of the Blaisdell Machinery Company, of Bradford, Pennsylvania. Here he achieved distinction by working out some hitherto unsolved problems in designs of gas engines and air compressors.
After about a year and a half of this kind of work, he entered upon the active duties of his position at the West Virginia University, where he remained until his untimely death. His work there was of a high rank for a young man, and promised him honour and distinction among his fellows, in the world of mechanical engineering, had he lived.
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CLARKE'S ACCOUNT OF THE VIRGINIA CHURCHES.
Clarke's History of the Sabbatarians, pp. 57-58, has the following :--
"VIRGINIA CHURCHES.
"At the Sabbatarian General Conference, held at Hopkinton, R. I., Sept. 1808, there were letters, sent by Elder John Davis, from two churches in that quarter; one from Lost Creek, Virginia, then com- posed of 23 members, and the other in Salem, Virginia, composed of 38 members, and said Davis had the oversight of both of said churches. Their deacon was Abel Bond, and their clerk was Moses Huffman.
The distance of those churches is so great (although they were admitted in the Sabbatarian Conference) that I have no correct infor- mation from them since. And although I saw Elder John Davis, and heard him preach (who is esteemed by many as an able, entertaining preacher) yet as I had then no knowledge of my writing this history, I took no memorandum of the date of their organisation, or from what people they originated. I rather conclude they formerly went from the state of New Jersey. There was a letter from them at our last conference, in Oct., 1810. But as I took no minutes from it then, and the Conference Minutes have not got to me yet, I must omit giving further account of them.
"There is a number of societies or sections of churches, of this order, in several other places, as a church on the West Fork of the Monongahela River, in the state of Virginia, who also sent a letter to be admitted into the Sabbatarian General Conference. But as they admitted communion with first-day members, they were not admitted into Conference.
"I learn there is a society of this sect, at Red Stone, in Virginia. And I have heard something of one or two other societies of this order in our South-Western Territories, but am. not able to give correct information about them."
On p. 27 he says :-
"I have seen, and heard preach several times, Elder Jacob Davis,- I expect of this church, since the late American War; and I under- stand, that church since I saw Elder Jacob Davis, generally removed into the remote parts of the state of Virginia, where Eld. Davis died. But what has become of that church, I am not able to ascertain with precision; as I have no correct account of them, I shall not give them a place distinctly in this narrative."
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MINISTERS DESCENDED FROM WILLIAM DAVIS.
The following is a list of Seventh Day Baptist clergy- men descended from William Davis, the founder of the Shrewsbury Church.1
Deccased.
I. WILLIAM DAVIS, (founder of the line),
2. JOHN DAVIS, (son of William),
3. JACOB DAVIS, (grandson of William, and first pastor at New Salem).
4. JOHN DAVIS,
5. LEWIS A. DAVIS,
6. PETER DAVIS,
7. SIMEON BABCOCK,
8. JAMES BALL DAVIS,
9. JACOB DAVIS, 2d,
IO. MAXSON BABCOCK,
II. URI MORTON BABCOCK,
12. JOHN LIVINGSTON HUFFMAN. Living.
13. SAMUEL DAVIS DAVIS,
14. DARIUS KING DAVIS,
15. LEWIS ALEXANDER PLATTS, D. D.,
16. LEWIS FITZ RANDOLPH,
17. SIMEON H. BABCOCK,
18. JOHN T. DAVIS, -
I9. GIDEON HENRY FITZ RANDOLPH,
20. DARWIN C. LIPPINCOTT,
21. BOOTHE COLWELL DAVIS, D. D.
22. THEODORE J. VAN HORN,
23. WILLIAM L. BURDICK,
24. RILEY G. DAVIS,
25. JAMES H. HURLEY,
26. SAMUEL HOFFMAN DAVIS,
27. CHARLES S. SAYRE,
28. ELI FORSYTHE LOOFBORO,
29. HERBERT C. VAN HORN.
30. EDGAR D. VAN HORN,
31. AHIVA JOHN CLARENCE BOND.
. This list was prepared by Rev. Boothe Colwell Davis, D. D., of Alfred University.
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MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGE LICENCES.
BY AN ACT of the state of New Jersey, approved by the governor, March 27, 1719, all who so desired could procure a licence to marry from the governor of the state, which per- mitted a marriage without the usual formality of publishing the banns three times from the pulpit. As the licence method was by far the more private, that mode of procedure became quite prevalent ; so much so, in fact, that it was greatly abused. and the licence law was finally repealed the 4th of March, 1795. The licence was not returnable to any public office, and was usually destroyed after the ceremony was performed. But the bridegroom was required by law, on making appli- cation for licence to wed, and before a licence could issue, to file a bond in the penal sum of five hundred pounds, colonial money, with two approved sureties.
These bonds were kept on file in the office of the secre- tary of state. About 1880, Henry C. Kelsey, at that time sec- retary of state, caused these bonds to be bound in thirty-two thick folio volumes. He also had two indexes of these vol- umes made, one of the men, and another of the women. These indexes, together with certain historical matter relating to marriage customs and laws in New Jersey, as well as certain other marriage records, have been published under the editorial supervision of William Nelson, Esq., in the Archives of the State of New Jersey. Documents relating to Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Volume XXII. Mar- riage Records, 1665-1800. Paterson, N. J., 1900.
The following records of marriage licences are from this volume :-
(Any irregular spelling in the following lists may be accounted for by the fact that the exact spelling of the New Jersey Archives has been carefully followed.) Names. Datc.
ALLGOR,1 WILLIAM, Monmouth, and Elisabeth Havens, Monmouth 1763, Jan. 7.
AMOCK, APHAM, Monmouth, and Joseph Davis, 1754, Sept. 1.4. Monmouth
1. Auger, probably.
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ASHLEY, JOHN, Monmouth, and Prudence Maxen, Middletown
1765, July I.
AYARS, DARKIS, Cumberland, and David Randolph, Cumberland
1775, Nov. 8
BABCOCK, SIMEON, Monmouth, and Jane Greggory, Monmouth
1757, Aug. 20.
BARTLETT, JOSEPH, Monmouth, and Hannah Gifford BRAND, REBECCA, Monmouth, and James Davis, Monmouth
BRAND, WILLIAM, Monmouth, and Deborah Law- rence, Monmouth
1767, Feb. 20.
BROWN, ELISABETH, Monmouth, and Nathan Max- son, Monmouth
1764, April 27.
BURDGE, DAVID, Monmouth, and Elisabeth Davis,
Monmouth
1753, Aug.
22.
CAMPBELL, ANNE, Woodbridge, and Jacob Sutton, Piscataway
1756, Sept. 27.
COVEN HOVEN, PETER, Monmouth, and Anne Davis, Monmouth
1749, Feb. 5.
CURTIS, JOHN, Monmouth, and Mary Davis, Monmouth
1746, March 31.
DARKIN, JALE, Salem, and David Fitz Randolph, Salem
1740, May 25.
DAVIS, AMY, Monmouth, and Elisha Johnston, Monmouth
1755, Oct. 28.
DAVIS, ANNA, Monmouth, and John Havens, Monmouth
1745, Jan. 21.
DAVIS, ANNE, Monmouth, and Peter Covenhoven, Monmouth
1749, Feb. 5.
DAVIS, BENJAMIN, Monmouth, and Mary Woolley, Monmouth
1749, Dec. II.
DAVIS, ELISABETH, Monmouth, and David Burdge, Monmouth
1753, Aug. 22.
DAVIS, ELISABETH, Monmouth, and Ephraim Max- son, Monmouth
1764, April 27.
Monmouth
1762, Oct. 20.
DAVIS, JAMES, Monmouth, and Rebecca Brand, Monmouth DAVIS, JOSEPH, Monmouth, and Upham Amock,
1765, July I.
Monmouth DAVIS, MARY, Monmouth, and John Curtis,
Monmouth
1746, March 31.
DAVIS, NATHAN, Monmouth, and Anney Gifford, Monmouth
1761, Jan. 20.
DAVIS, THOMAS, Piscataway, and Anne Smalley, Piscataway
1750, Aug. 24.
1766, April 5.
1765, July I.
1
1754, Sept. 1.4.
DAVIS, ENOCH, Monmouth, and Anna Swindon,
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DUNN, ELISABETH, Piscataway, and Thomas Fitz Randolph, Piscataway 1755, May 26
FITZ RANDOLPH, (see also Randolph).
FITZ RANDOLPH, DAVID, Salem, and Jale Darkin, Salem
1740, May
25.
FITZ RANDOLPH, THOMAS, Piscataway, and Elisa- beth Dunn, Piscataway
1755, May 26.
FRAZEE, STEPHEN, Monmouth, and Hannah Gifford, Monmouth
1765, May 16.
GIFFORD, ANNEY, Monmouth, and Nathan Davis, Monmouth
1761, Jan. 20.
GIFFORD, HANNAH, Monmouth, and Stephen Frazer, Monmouth
1765, May 16.
GIFFORD, HANNAH, and Joseph Bartlett, Monmouth GIFFORD, MARGARET, Monmouth, and John Martin, Monmouth
1760, Feb. 5.
GILLMAN, LETTITIA, Cumberland, and David Platts, Cumberland
1763, Jan. 4
GREGORY, JANE, Monmouth, and Simeon Babcock, Monmouth
1757, Aug. 20.
HAVENS, ELISABETH, Monmouth, and William All- gor,1 Monmouth
1763, Jan. 7.
HAVENS, JOHN, Monmouth, and Anna Davis, Monmouth
1745, Jan. 21.
HOFFMIRE, MENER, Middletown, and Benjamin Thorpe, Middletown
1761, Sept. 30.
JOHNSTOWN, ELISHA, Monmouth, and Amy Davis, Monmouth
1755, Oct. 28.
LANGSTAFF, MARY, Piscataway, and Henry Sutton, Piscataway
1751, Oct. I.
LAWRANCE, DEBORAH, Monmouth, and William Brand, Monmouth
1767, Feb. 21.
MARTIN, JOHN, Monmouth, and Margaret Gifford, Monmouth
1760, Feb. 5.
MAXEN, PRUDENCE, Middletown, and John Ashley, Monmouth
1765, July I.
MAXSON, EPHRAIM, Monmouth, and Elisabeth Davis, Monmouth
1764, April 27.
MAXSON, JOSEPH, Monmouth, and Hannah Osborne, Monmouth
1774, Oct. 14.
MAXSON, NATHAN, Monmouth, and Elisabeth Brown, Monmouth
1764, April 27.
OSBORNE, HANNAH, Monmouth, and Joseph Max- son, Monmouth
1774, Oct. 14.
1. Auger, probably.
1766, April S
.
FITZ RANDOLPH, EPHRAIM, Piscataway, and Rachel Stelle, Piscataway
1752, July IL.
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PLATTS, DAVID, Cumberland, and Lettitia Gillman, Cumberland 1763, Jan. 4.
RANDOLPH (see also Fitz Randolph).
RANDOLPH, DAVID, Cumberland, and Darkis Ayars, Cumberland
SMALLEY, ANN, Piscataway, and Thomas Davis, Piscataway
STELLE, RACHEL, Piscataway, and Ephraim Fitz Randolph, Piscataway
SUTTON, HENRY, Piscataway, and Mary Langstaff, Piscataway
1751, Oct. I.
1756, Sept. 27.
1762, Oct. 20.
THORP, BENJAMIN, Middletown, and Mener Hoff- mire, Middletown
WOOLLEY, MARY, Monmouth, and Benjamin Davis, Monmouth
1749, Dec. II.
MARRIAGE RECORDS : NEW JERSEY.
Several years ago there were found in western Pennsyl- vania the marriage records kept by Rev. Jonathan Dunham, while he was pastor of the Piscataway Seventh Day Baptist Church, 1745 to 1776, in Piscataway Township (now New Market), New Jersey. The following entries are copied from that record as published in the New Jersey Archives, Vol. XXII, from which the foregoing records of marriage licences have been taken :-
BLOOMFIELD, KEZIA, and Abraham Lufbery 1759, Nov. 28.
DUNN, ELISABETH, and Thomas Fitz Randolph 1755, May 27.
FITZ RANDOLPH, MARGARET, and Samuel Fitz
Randolph
1761, March 25.
FITZ RANDOLPH, SAMUEL, and Margaret F. Ran- dolph
1761, March 25.
FITZ RANDOLPH, THOMAS, and Elisabeth Dunn 1755, May 27.
LUFBERY, ABRAHAM, and Kezia Bloomfield 1759, Nov. 28.
OSMUN, CATHERINE, and Peter Sutton 1762, Dec. 21.
RUNYON, ELISABETH, and Jonas Sutton
1764, Sept. 27. SUTTON, JONAS, and Elisabeth Runyon 1764, Sept. 27.
SUTTON, PETER, and Catherine Osmun
1762, Dec. 21.
MARRIAGES : WESTERN VIRGINIA.
The following marriages are from the records in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of Harrison County, at Clarksburg, West Virginia :--
1775, Nov. 8.
1750, Aug. 24.
1752, July II.
SUTTON, JACOB, Piscataway, and Anne Campbell, Woodbridge
SWINDON, ANNA, Monmouth, and Enoch Davis, Monmouth
1761, Sept. 30.
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By John W. Loofboro.
SAMUEL HARBERT to ABIGAIL LOOFBORO, January 3, 1784.
JOHN HARBERT to SARAH LOOFBORO, January 22, 1789. THOMAS BARKLEY to MARY LOOFBORO, November 17, 1795. JACOB BEARD to CATHERINE RANDOLPH, August 2, 1796. JONATHAN DAVIS to PIETY MAXSON, November 17, 1796.
By Rev. Isaac Edwards, D. D.
JOHN KELLEY, to ANN DAVIS, SR., February 14, 1786. WILLIAM DAVIS to ABBY DENHAM, April 15, 1788.
By Rev. John Patterson.
JOSEPH DAVIS to EXPERIENCE MAXSON, February 18, 1795.
GEORGE MAXSON to ANN HAVENS, September 3, 1795.
JAMES DAVIS to ELISABETH DAVIS, September 8, 1795.
By Rev. John Denham, D. D. JAMES HILL to MARY FITZ RANDOLPH, November 14, 1795. By Benjamin Webb, "D. N."
WILLIAM STROTHER to RUTH RANDOLPH, July 31, 1800.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH to ANN MACKIE, December 29, 1803.
By Rev. John Davis.
GEORGE MAXSON to ELISABETH REED, September 5, 1801.
PETER DAVIS to SARAH DAVIS, November 6, 1802.
JAMES BELL to ESTHER DAVIS, September 26, 1805.
CORNELIUS SUTTON to ELISABETH MAXSON, September 18, 1806. SAMUEL CHANEY to ANN DAVIS, November 12, 1807.
DAVID DAVIS to LYDIA JEFFREY, March 10, 1807.
GEORGE J. DAVIS to CATHARINE DAVIS, November 10, 1807.
ELI BOND to AMELIA BOND, April 9, 1816.
SYLVESTER DAVIS to LOIS VANHORN, January 8, 1822. JEPTHA DAVIS to MATILDA LOOFBORO, August 4, 1822.
WILLIAM F. RANDOLPH to MARY DAVIS, August 12, 1823.
WILLIAM BABCOCK to ASENETH DAVIS, October 14, 1823.
PHINEAS F. RANDOLPH to MARVEL MAXSON, February 27, 1823. JOSHUA DAVIS to HANNAH BELL, February -, 1823- GEORGE WILLIAMS to MARGARET F. RANDOLPH, November 6, 1823. EPHRAIM BEE to CATHARINE DAVIS, June 19, 1823. JOHN KELLEY to TACY DAVIS, June 23, 1825.
JONATHAN BONNELL to ELISABETH MAXSON, September 22, 1825
JOHN L. F. RANDOLPH to EXPERIENCE BROWN, October 12, 18.6. CALVIN DAVIS to LYDIA MAXSON, April 21, 1823.
ETHELBERT BOND to MARY DAVIS, August 1, 1832. LEVI SUTTON to SARAH BROWN, April 8, 1833.
THOMAS FORD to HANNAH DAVIS, May 22, 1833.
DAVIS W. SUTTON to LURANA DAVIS, September 16, 1834.
EVAN HUTSON to CHARLOTTE DAVIS, September 16, 1834
WINTER HUTSON to SARAH DAVIS, October 13, 1834 (27)
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By Rev. Joseph Cheuvront.
JESSE DAVIS to HANNAH DAVIS, May 11, 1806. JOHN SUTTON to RACHEL DAVIS, December 2, 1807. PHINEAS DAVIS to RULANA F. RANDOLPH, May 16, 1816. By Rev. Thomas Maxson. WILLIAM VANHORN to JANE MAXSON, August 13, 1812. WILLIAM DAVIS to CATHARINE ASH, January 18, 1813. ASA DAVIS to CONTENT DAVIS, July 15, 1813.
By Zebulon Maxson.
WILLIAM DAVIS to RACHEL HUGHES, November 20, 1813. SEHABA DAVIS to SARAH DAVIS, June 14, 1815.
JAMES HILL to DEBORAH DAVIS, March 19, 1816.
NATHAN DAVIS to KEZIAH DAVIS, May 8, 1816.
JOSEPH JEFFREY to TACY DAVIS, April 24, 1817.
ASA BEE to HANNAH MAXSON, September 24, 1818.
JOHN DAVIS to PERMELIA MAXSON, -
MARTIN HUGHES to ANN DAVIS, June 23, 1819. By Joseph Morris.
REUBEN BOND to SARAH BELL, August 17, 1814.
By R. Smith.
JONATHAN BEE to PATTY HOWARD, September 5, 1817.
By Rev. Tho. M. Hudson.
JESSE F. RANDOLPH to ELISABETH GILLIS, March 23, 1826.
By Rev. Peter Davis.
SAMUEL P. F. RANDOLPH to HANNAH DAVIS, October 27, 1827.
REUBEN SUTTON to DRUSILLA MAXSON, February 27, 1828.
ELIONA DAVIS to SOPHIAH DAVIS, August 14, 1828. ABSOLOM DAVIS to POLINA DAVIS, October 9, 1828. HUGH TATE to ELISABETH F. RANDOLPH, August 2, 1831. JOSIAH BEE to PRISCILLA DAVIS, August 11, 1831. AMOS DAVIS to ASENETH DAVIS, March 23, 1833. JESSE DAVIS to HULDAH DAVIS, May 2, 1833. ZIBA DAVIS to JOSEPHINE DAVIS, January 22, 1834. WILLIAM P. HALL to FATIMA DAVIS, February 10, 1834. EHUD DAVIS to CATHARINE DAVIS, February 26, 1835. JESSE M. LOWTHER to LUCINDA HALL, April 23, 1835- JOHN D. BEE to INGABE DAVIS, June 14, 1835. LODOWICK H. DAVIS to MARGARET DAVIS, July 2, 1835. JEPTHAH F. RANDOLPH to DEBORAH SUTTON, February 7, 1836. SUTTON MAXSON to VIENNA SUTTON, October 6, 1836. ALBERT FORD to RHULANA DAVIS, March 16, 1837.
ALFRED N. DAVIS to REBECCA DAVIS, November 9, 1838. NATHAN G. DAVIS to MARY ANN M. DAVIS, March 8, 1838.
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By Elias Brown.
RICHARD C. BOND to ELIZA GRANT, October 19, 1837. By Rev. Lewis A. Davis.
JOB VANHORN to PRUDENCE DAVIS, September 20, 1839. MARRIAGE LICENCES RECORDED IN MONONGALIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA.1
Groom.
Bride.
Officiating Clergyman
JOHN DAVIS
MARY JONES
JAMES FLEMING.
LUKE DAVIS
1797.
SARAH BROWN
JOHN WILLEY.
JOHN DAVIS
1799. ELISABETH COLE
JOHN WILLEY.
ROBERT DAVIS
MARY KOON
1795.
I. It is doubtful if any of these Monongalia County licences are of interest to Seventh Day Baptists. In the list of licences granted for the years 1799 and :803. the name of John Patterson appears several times as that of the officiating clergyman. Cf. Transallegheny Historical Magasine. Vol. II., No. 1, pp. 56 et s.4.
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WILLS, ETC.
The following are references to the records in the office of the secretary of state at Trenton, New Jersey :-
NATHAN MAXSON, intestate,
Will Book No. 28 p. 293.
THOMAS BABCOCK, guardian of Jacob Covenhoven Will Book No. 28, p. 296.
ZEBULON MAXSON, will, Will Book No. 29, p. 326.
THOS. DAVIS, will and inventory, Will Book No. 30, p. 80.
JOSEPH MAXSON, will, Will Book, No. 38, p. 299.
On October 17, 1760, letters of administration were granted Isaac Rogers on the estate of William Davis, late of Monmouth County.
As the best available information pertaining to the man- ners and condition of life which prevailed among the members of the Shrewsbury Church, the will, with the annexed inven- tory of his personal property, of Zebulon Maxson is here given. It runs as follows:
"IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. Know ye that I, Zebulon Maxson, of the Township of Shrewsbury, County of Monmouth, and Eastern Division of the State of New Jersey, Farmer, being in good health of body, and of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God for it, and calling into mind the mortality of the body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die, do ordain this my last will and testament.
"Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it; and as for my body I recommend [it] to the earth to be buried in a christian-like and decent burial at the discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at the general resur- rection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God; and as touching such worldly estates wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give and dispose of the same in manner and form following; viz.,
"That first of all my will is that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid out of my estate by my executors.
"Item. I give and bequeath unto my dear and loving wife the best bed and furniture, a cow and my Great Bible, Pot chest, and chest of drawers, the largest basin and platter, a woolen wheel and linen wheel, together with a privilege of the house during the time she remains my widow.
"Item. My will is that these my three children, Zebulon, Bethiah, and Experience, have their bringing up till they arrive to age, out of
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my estate, or till in a proper capacity to maintain themselves; and the remainder of my estate to be divided among my five children, Marvel, Elisabeth, Bethiah, and Experience, Zebulon.
"Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved son all my lands when he comes to age, with a proper maintainance of his aged mother, to him and his heirs forever.
"Item. I give and bequeath to my four daughters all my moveable estate : Marvel and Elisabeth to have one feather bed apiece, and the other two daughters when they come to the age of eighteen years, and as much more of the moveable estate as to make them equal with the two oldest, and the remainder divided among my four daughters when my youngest daughter comes to age.
"Item. I also do appoint and ordain my loving wife executrix, and my loving brother Ephraim Maxson to be executor of this my last will and testament, ratifying, pronouncing, and declaring this and no other to be my last will and testament.
"In witness whereof I do hereunto put my hand [and] seal this Fifteenth Day of February in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-nine.
"Signed, sealed, declared, and pronounced
'This to be my last will and testament.
"EPHRAIM MAXSON "ZEBULON [L. S.] MAXSON."
"THOS. DAVIS, JR."
INVENTORY. "October 31, 1787.
"A true inventory of the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Zebulon Maxson, late of the Township of Shrews- bury in the County of Monmouth and state of New Jersey, deceased, taken and apprised this day at the request of Expe- rience Maxson, executor.
"Prised by Jacob Davis and William Davis :---
£sd
To wearing apparel of the deceased (money of the State of New Jersey) 3 00
Flax in sheaf
12 0
Bilsted [sic] boards
15
One yoke of oxen and yoke
18 00
One yoke of yearling steers
1 60
One yearling heifer
6 0
One cow bell
4 00
Two stacks of hay
1 00
To one bottom of rye
2 50
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To two beehives
I IO O
To one hay tackling
10 0
To one wagon
6 10 0
To one wheelbarrow
10 0
To one corn plow
8 0
To one iron harrow
15 0
To two fattening hogs
4 00
To one dutch plow
I 5 0
To one cider barrel
3 0
To one small ox-chain
4 6
To one big clevis
2 6
To one wood sledge
5 0
To one shaving-horse
I O
To corn in the crib
2 12 6
To oak plank for felloe stuff
6 0
To one large ox-chain
7 6
To one spade
3 0
To one pair of beetle rings
2 0
To two ax eyes
2 0
To one grubbing hoe
3 0
To two broad hoes
I 6
To offal corn
I
2 6
To one post ax
5 0
To one cutting knife
I 6
To carpenter's tools
7 0
To shoe-make tools and lasts
5 0
To one cider barrel in the Cambor [sic-chamber ( ?) ]
3 0
To offal leather
5 0
To sundries of tubs and barrels
3 0
To old iron
I O
To one bed and furniture
6 10 0
To one loom, warping bars, quill-wheel, and scarn and spools, about 20
1 10 0
To six slay [sleys]
I 4 0
To thirteen pair of gears
17 0
To one frying pan
4 0
To one copper kettle
10 0
To one iron tea kettle
5 0
To one iron pot
6 0
To one tin sieve
9
To two pair of shears
I O
To one beaming knife and bark-shave
5 0
To one iron trammel and two hooks
10 0
To one grid-iron
6
To eleven turkeys
15 0
To pewter
10 0
To crockery ware on the dresser
2 0
438
SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS IN WEST VIRGINIA
To earthen [ware] and trenchers
30
To four jugs and two bottles
20
To three pair of pillow cases
86
To three sheets and table cloth
8 0
To 5 kegs
6 0
To foot wheel
76
To one old chest
3 01
To three scythes and two tacklings
12 0
To one bed in the back room
3 15 0
To one trundle bed and bedstead
2 10 0
To three trays, wooden bowl, and leaden dish
2 5
To one large cedar tub
1 6
To one small ditto
10
To one churn
5 0
To one half-bushel [measure]
1 6
To one large table
1 6
To one ditto
IO
To two meal bags
30
To eight chairs
46
To one plat [sic] iron
2 0 )
To knives and forks
2 0
To one Bible
6 0
To one psalter
1 6
To one Testament
1 0
To one spelling ditto [sic]
1 0
To one psalm ditto
6
To one water pail
2 6
To one basket (large)
1 6
To three ladles
1 6
To one slate
2 0
To loft hay
4 15 C
To one bed, bedstead and furniture
7 00
To one cow
3 IS O
To one foot wheel
10 0
To one wool ditto
8 0
To one pewter platter
4 0
To one iron pot
10 0
To one case of drawers
1 6
To one Bible
10 0
To one pewter basin
2 6
To two pair of temples and two shuttles
5 0
To one iron kettle
6
To one tray, 2 pails, and two not [sic,-note or nut ( ?)] dishes
3 0
To one not [sic,-note or nut(?)] dish
3
To old chest
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