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Hartman Michiel-Jansen had children :
I. Claas, b. April 6, 1675; m. Ist, Annetje, dau. of Hans Harmanse (van Borculo), then of New Utrecht, Long Island, 3 afterwards of Constaple's Hoeck, May 24, 1697 ; she d. Nov. 26, 1698; he m. 2d, Elsje Pieterse, Aug. 19, 1699. He was a member of the Acquackanonk church in 1726, and was elected elder in 1707 and 1713.
By deed Dec. 19, 1728, Claas Vreeland conveyed to Thomas Juriansen, both being of Acquackanonk, "a tract of land be- ginning at the rear of Thomas Juriansen's land the lots num- bered as they begin Number one from said Thomas Jurian- sen's land which said piece of land being a small lot of land Number 13 containing breadth of 7.20 chains and to begin a chain from Are Sip's line who lies on the north side of said land and bounded on the south side by Derrick Vree- land two rods only excepted between the said Vreeland and aforesaid tract of land bounded easterly by the Lot of land No. 12 belonging to John Sip and westerly by the Lot of land No. 14 belonging to John Bradbury." This tract was probably near Third River.
The Vreelands owned extensive tracts of land in the pres- ent townships of Caldwell, Franklin, Belleville, Bloomfield and Montclair, then included partly "in the limits of the town of Newark," and partly in Acquackanonk, Some of these lands remain in the family to this day. Claas evi- dently lived near Third River. His will is dated April 27, 1754; witnessed by John Wanshaer, Christophel Van- rypen, and Metye Vanreypen ; proved Oct. 25, 1757. It is as follows :
In the name of God Amen I Niholaes Vrelandt of the Presinct of Ac- quechenong in the County of Essex in the Eastern Division of the Pro- vince of New Jersey Jeoman being in health of Body and in perfect mynd and memory blessed be God therefore and calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to Dye do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament First and principally recomending my Imortal Spirit in the hands of my Great Creator trust- ing in the Merrits of my blessed Saviour for Pardon and remission of my Sins and an happy admission in in the Regions of Bliss and immortality Item I Will Order and Direct that all my just Debts and Funeral Ex-
1 E. J. Deeds, K2, f. 323.
2 Liber E, of Wills, Secretary of State's office, Trenton, f. 196. A copy of the will would occupy two pages of this volume.
3 Bergen's Kings County Settlers, 21.
pences be payd of and discharged by my Executors hereafter named as soon as conveniently may be after my Deceese Item I Give Devise and bequeath to my Eldest Son Hartman Vreeland for divers Causes to my Self best known the Sum of five Shillings for his Proginiture or Berth Right Item I Give Dvise and bequeath to my Son Hassel all that Trackt or Parcel of Land it being part of my Home Lot Begining by the Noordeest korner of harmen Juryansens Land by the Kings highway thance Wasterly along saed yuryansens Land Ten Chean thance with a dirict Lyne to the Southwesterly Corner of John Wanshaers Land thance along saed Wanshaers Land to the Kings highway thance to the please of begining to him his Heirs and assigns for ever Item I Give Devise and bequeath to my Son Dirrik my Joung Nigro Wench Isebel to him his Heirs and assigns for ever. Item I Give Devise and Bequeath to my Sons Elyas Vreelandt and Dirrik Vreeland thear Heirs and assigns fore ever all the remaender of my real Estaet thea my Sons Elyas Vree- landt an Dirrik Vreelandt paying all my just Depts my Son Dirick to have my oeld hoemsted my Son Elyas to have it whar he now lives But tha must Devyd Soe that tha have thear equel Shear in the Mado Land and in the WoodLand and the Cleer Land Item I Give and bequeath to all my Sevin Childerin all my remeander of my Personell Esteat to be equelly Devyded amongst them all If it should so hapin that I should Dye furst I Give Power to my Wife Aelse of my hoel Estaet to use okepy and poses tel har Disses. And Lastly I do hereby nominate con- stitute and appoint my loving Sons Elyas and Dirrik Vreelandt and Mr. Michael Vreelandt or either of them in case of refusal or Dath to be Executors or Executor of this my last Will and Testement hereby re- voking and disallowing all former and other Wills by me at any time heretofore made Declaring this to be and Contain my last Will and Testament. In Testimony whereof I have hereto Set my hand and Seal this tweenty Sevinth day of April ano Domene One thousand Sevin hundred and fifty foure 1754.1 his Necholaes x Vreelandt L. S.
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By a deed (unrecorded) dated August 22, 1724, Claes Vre- land and Dirk Vreland, of Achquechenonk, yoemen, and Michael Vreland of Gemoenepa, conveyed to Enoch Vre- land, of Achquechenonk, the island of upland granted to Hartman Michaelse by Gawen Lawrie and others, by patent dated January 6, 1685, and also the tract granted to Christopher Hoogland by Governor Philip Carteret, by patent dated July 15, 1678, and by Dirk Hoogland, son and heir to Christopher, conveyed to Hartman Michaelse, ex- cepting such portion as Hartman Michaelse had disposed of. The deed recites that the tract in question was then in the possession of Enoch Vreeland.
II. Aeltje, bap. Oct. 8, 1677.
III. Michael, b. Dec. 31, 1678; d. Jan. 14, 1692.
IV. Dirck, b. April 3, 1681; m. Margrietje Diedricks Banta, of Hackensack, Oct. 17, 1702 (she was a dau. of Hendrick Epke Banta and Angenitie Hendricks, and was bap. Nov. 18, 1682); Dirck lived at Acquackanonk, and was elected deacon of the church there in 1720 and elder in 1724. His will, dated November 8, 1769, was proved Dec. 9, 1773, and probate granted to Dirck Vreeland, executor. It is as follows :
In the Name of God Amen I Dirk Vreeland Senr. of Acquacknung in the County of Essex and Province of New Jersey being of sound mind and Memory do this Eighth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty Nine make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say Imprimis I will that all my Just debts and funeral Charges be first paid by my Executor herein after named out of my Personal Estate. Item I give unto my daughter Claasie Sixty six Pounds thirteen Shillings and four pence cur- rent money of the Province of New York to be paid unto her, her Ex- ecutors Administrators or assigns six years after my death by my son
1 Recorded in Liber F, of Wills, Trenton, pages 464 &c.
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Michael Vreeland. Item I give and devise unto my said son Michael Vreeland his heirs and assigns forever All my Right, title, Interest and Estate whatsoever in and to all the Lands Tenements and Heredita- ments contained in the Patent called the Point patent and in and to the one equal Moiety or half Part of the Commons or undivided Lands in the Patent called the Acquacknung Patent in case and on Condition that the said Michael his heirs or assigns shall and do within the Space of two years after my death give full and sufficient Security unto my said daughter Claasie her Executors Administrators or assigns for tbe pay- . ment of the said Sixty six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence in manner aforesaid and also within the space of two years after my death well and faithfully pay and discharge all and every sum and sums of money whatsoever which shall then he due or unpaid on all and every Bond Bill Note or Obligation whatsoever wherein I or my son Dirk Vreeland are joined or Stand Bound with him the said Michael for the proper debt of the said Michael to Hendrick Kipp Dirk Van Houte or to any other person or persons whatsoever, And if my said son Michael shall for the space of two years after my death Neglect or Refuse to give the Security aforesaid or to pay and dis- charge all and every sum and sums of money which shall or may be due on every Bond Bill Note and Obligation whatsoever aforesaid ac- cording to the true intent and meaning of this my Will, then my Will is that my said son Michael shall have five Pounds of Current money of New York out of my wbole Estate and no more any devise, Gift, Clause or thing in this my will contained to the contrary in any wise not- withstanding And tben and in such case I give and devise unto my son Dirk Vreeland his heirs and assigns forever all my Right title and Inter- est in and to all the Lands above given and devised unto my son Mich- ael Subject Nevertheless to the payment of the said Sixty six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence to my said daughter Claasie her Exec- utors Administrators or assigns in manner and form as above given to her &c. Item I give unto my said son Michael his Executors Adminis- trators and assigns full and free liberty to have take and carry away or Remove the Dwelling house and Barn he Built on that part of my Farm whereon he lately lived, provided he, his Executors Administrators or assigns do and shall take away and Remove the same off from my said Farm within three years after my death and also give sufficient Security to my Executor herein after named to do and perform the Condition of the above devise to him according to the true intent and meaning of this my Will and not otherwise. Item I give and Bequeatb unto my ·daughters Hester and Maragritie the sum of Sixty six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence of like Current money aforesaid each to he paid six years after my death by my son Dirrik Vreeland, And it is my will that in case there shall at the time of my death be any money due or un- paid on a Certain Bond or Obligation wherein I was jointly Bound with -and for John DeVoisne the former husband of my said daughter Hester to John Wansoort, then my said son Dirk shall deduct out of said Sixty six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence ahove given to Hester so much as shall so be due or unpaid as aforesaid on said Bond to Wansoort and shall pay and discharge the same in full of said Bond and the Remainder only he sball pay unto my said daughter Hester six years after my death in full of the Legacy given to her as aforesaid. Item I give to my said daughter Maragritie the Negro Girl named Saar, daughter of my Wench called Nance. Item I give and devise unto my said son Dirk Vreeland his heirs and assigns forever All the Farm where- on I now dwell together with all the houses, Outhouses, Barns, Brew- ery with the Brewing Utensils belonging thereto and also all the Re- mainder of my Lands, Meadows and Real whatsoever and wheresoever together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belong or appertaining, Excepting and Reserving to my son Michael the liberty aforesd. of taking and Removing of from off my farm aforesaid the house and Barn Built by him on that part whereon he formerly lived provided be Removes the same in manner aforesaid with- in three years after my death and gives the Security aforesaid for per- forming the Conditions of the above devises to him according to the true intent and meaning of this my will. Item it is my will that a Cer- tain Bond bearing even date with this my Will given to me by my said son Dirk Vreeland Conditioned for the payment of One hundred and thirty three pounds six shillings & Eight pence Current money of New York shall he Null and Void to all intents and purposes whatsoever upon his paying unto my said daughters Hester and Maragritie their Lega- cies of Sixty six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence each as above
mentioned. Item it is my Will that all the Lands and Real Estate above devised to my said son Dirik shall be subject to the payment of said Leg- acies to Hester and Maragrietie so as to secure the Payment thereof. Item my will is that my old Negro man named Frank shall live with and be maintained by such of my Children above named as shall from time to time Chuse to live with. Item I give to my son Dirk my Negro Girl named Nance daughter of my Wench called Nance Item I give and Bequeath all the Remainder of my Personal Estate unto my four Child- ren above named viz : Michael, Dirk, Hester, Claasie and Maragrietie to be equally divided Share and Share alike. Lastly I do Nominate, Con- stitute and appoint my said son Dirk Vreeland Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament herehy Revoking and making Void all former & other Will and Wills by me made declaring this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and Year ahove Written.1
Signed, Sealed, Published and de-
clared hy the above named Dirk Vreeland the
Testator as and for his last Will & testa-
ment in presence of. N. B. the word November
being first wrote on a Razure.
Mary Gouverneur, Charles Ogden, Lewis Ogden +
his Dirk X Vreeland Senr. mark L. S.
V. Fitje, b. Feb. 21, 1683; m. Dirck Paulusen, of Gemoenepa, Aug. 19, 1699; they lived at Acquackanonk. Ch., Antje, bap. Sept. 9, 17II.
VI. Aagtje, b. Oct. 28, 1684; m. Cornelis Blinkerhoff, then of Midwout, L. I., (son of Abraham Jorise Brincker- hoff) May 24, 1708; d. Feb. 20, 1761. Children-I. Ma- ritje, b. Feb. 27, 1709; 2. Claesje, b. Dec. 31, 1710; 3. Hendrick, b. Dec. 13, 1713 ; Aege, b. March 23, 1715.
VII. Dedricksje, b. Nov. 27, 1685.
VIII. Marietje, b. Nov. 23, 1687; m. Thomas Freder- icks, alias De Cuyper, April 27, 17II.
IX. Jannetje, b. July 22, 1691; m. Gerrit Thomaszen (Van Riper), June 19, 1718. Her descendants will be found under the Van Riper Genealogy.
X. Michael, b. Dec. 26, 1694: m. Elysabet Gerrits (Van Riper), May 30, 1717; d. April 6, 1766; he lived at Gemoenepa. His will, March 19, 1762, was witnessed by Hendrick Blinkerhof and John Van Horne, and was proved Feb. 4, 1768; his son, Hartman Vreeland, and grandson, Robert Sickles, qualified as executors. The will is as fol- lows :
In the Name of God amen The Ninthteent day of Mart and in the year of our Lord One Thousant Seven hundered Sixty & two I Machiel Hartmanse Vreeland of Gemoenepa in the County of Bergen in the Provence of East niw Jersy Yoman being weak in body hut of sound and perfect mind memory & understanding blessed be God therefore Know- ing that it is appointed all men once to die do therefore make and de- clare this my last will and Testament revoking all other and former Wiles I make this my last in manner and form following First I Com- mitt my Soul in the hands of my most mercifull God & Saviour and my body to be buryed at the Disscretion of my Executors hereinafter named and as for and touching the Dissposition of my Real & Personal Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me after payment of my just Debts and funeral Expences hy my Executors herein after named in manner and form following : Imprimis I give devise & bequeath unto my well Beloved Son Hartman Vreelandt the sum of twelve Pounds Currant money of niw york to be Reised out of my Real or Personal Es- tate wherewith I do hereby utterly Exclude and bar him from all other and future Claim or Pretence as being my Eldest son and heir at Law, Item I will devise and bequeath unto my well heloved Wife Elizabeth
1 Recorded in Liber L of Wills, Secretary of State's Office, Tren- ton, pages 44 &c.
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Vreelandt the full Possession & Profits of my whole Estate during the thim she remains my widow, Item after the Death or Remarriage of my said Wife Elizabeth Vrelandt or if she Consents to it before I give de- vise & hequeath unto my Eldest son Hartman Vreelandt & to heirs and Assigns forever the whole right that I have Purchased from Claes Ro- myn with the Hereditaments & Appurtenances thereunto helonging Cit- uate lying and being at a place called Weesel where he now livis on for his portion Item I will Devise and bequeath unto my son Gerret Vree- landt and unto his heirs and Assigns for ever the whole right that I have Purchased of Jacoh Symonse van Winckle & one other Pise Joyning to the same with the both of Hendrick Veldman Cituate lying and heing at the afforesaid place called weesel with the Hereditaments & appurtenan- ces thereunto helonging for his portion and he has full power to will at to one of his Brother or Sisters Shildren and none other : Item I will devise and hequeath unto my son Claas Vreelandt and unto his heirs and As- signs forever the Land Laying on the south south side of Regpokes Island with the House Barne Woodland and and all the Hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging upon this Proviso or Condition that he shall pay unto his Brothers and Sisters the Sum of three hund- dred and fifty Pounds Currant Mony of New york or to thare heirs or Assigns hut in case my son Claas Vreeland shold die before my Grant Child Machiel Vreeland son of aforesaid Claas Vreeland lives to he of the Age of Twenty one Years than and such Case what is hefore willed & hequeathed unto his Father Claas Vreeland shall devolve upon his son the said Machiel Vreeland but if my aforesaid Grant Child Machiel Vree- land should die under the Age of Twenty one years and my son Claas Vreeland should have male issue then that aforesaid part of my Es- tate is to devolve upon him or them hut in Case he leaves no male hut Female issue in such Case I do Expressly will devise and bequeath that the aforesaid Inheritance made under those Several Conditions shall Re- volve and become the Property of my two sons Namely Hartman and Gerret Vreelandt they paying unto the Daughter or Daughters of Claas Vreelandt the Sum of Six hundred Pounds for her or their Portions Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Beletje Vreeland and unto her heirs & Assigns for ever my two lotts of Land in the Boght the one Called the Drie Hook and the other lays between Simeion van Winckles Land and the Boght aforesaid and also two hundred Pounds Mony out of my moveahles Item I give and hequeath unto my Daugh- ter Marritje Vreelant and other lott of Land lying in the Right of Sad- dle River with the Hereditaments & Appurtenances and four hundred Pound Mony out of my moveahle Estate ; Item It is my will & desire that every unmarried Child of mine shall receive out of my Estate a Com- pleat out sett on the day of their Marriages Item I give and hequeath to my son Gerret Afforesaid after the Death or Remarriage of my said Wife my two Negro hoys named Tom further is my will and desire that after to payment of the before mentioned mony out of my moveahle Es- tate to my two Daughters helitje & Marritje Vreeland the overplush shall be Equally divided amongst my Children Share and Share alike and my son Claas is to pay the three Hundred & fifty Pounds in ten years after the Death or Remarriage of my Wife every year one tenth part thereof untill the whole is paid and also to allow my son Gerret the free use and Liherty of a Room in my House as long as my said Wife shall live or he remains unmarried, Item Notwithstanding what is before or- dained & directed it is my will and desire that if any of my Children or Child should die without issue then the Estate I have herehy Willed and hequeathed him or them who shall so die without issue shall Revolve on the Survivor or Survivors of them Lastly I do hy these Presents Nom- inate Constitute & appoint my loving wife afforesd. and my sons Hart- man and my Shisters son Rohhert Sickels to he my sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament, desiring them to se these presents duly & faithfully Complyed to & Performed ordering and directing that if any of my Children should Attempt to take advantage of any Imperfec- tion herein hy Law or otherwise it than is my Positive order & Direction he she or thy be utterly & totally Excluded from any and every part or persell of my whole Estate & to he deemed as Refractory, In Witniss whereof I have hereunto satt my hand & seal at Gemoenpa this Eaigh- teen day Marts Ano q Dom. One Thousant seven hundred & sixty three
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M Machiel Har (seal) tmanse Vreeland,
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Notwithstanding the dire threat contained in the last clause of this remarkable instrument, 1 which seems to have taken a year in its composition (compare the first two and last two lines), some of his children did prove "refractory," and the will was agreed to be invalid in law-whether from its peculiar chirography, from its uncertainty, or from the lack of three subscribing witnesses, does not appear. Hartman, as the oldest son and heir-at-law, under the Eng- lish law of primogeniture then prevailing in the Province, became vested with all the testator's lands, including the Lots mentioned in the will,2 he doubtless making proper compensation to the other children in consideration of their relinquishing their claims. Moreover, his sons Michael and Cornelius, by deed dated May 4, 1787, did a graceful act. in releasing unto their uncle Claas, of Gemoenepa, farmer,. the tract of land south of Regpokes island, devised to him. by his father, they "being willing," says their deed, "to show the regard they have unto equity and good conscience and being also willing and desirous to quiet the mind of the said Claas Vreeland and to restore it to peace and tran- quility."3 How much is suggested in that last sentence.
XI. Arriantje (Adriana, it is given in some of the rec- ords), b. July 19, 1698; m. Zacharias Sickles, Dec. 3, 1719 ; d. Dec. 2, 1731. Children-I. Robert; 2. Geertruy, b. Feb. 14, 1729.
XII. Enoch, m. Jannetje Van Blerkum.
Johannes Michiel-Jansen had children :
I. Michiel, b. Sept. 14, 1684; d. Jan. 27, I7IO.
II. Dirck, bap. Oct. II, 1686; m. May 12, 1716, Sit- ske (b. April 14, 1695), dau. of Derrick (or Dirck) Epke Banta and Ester, dau. of Hans Dedricks, one of the Ac- quackanonk patentees. Dirck Vreeland and Sitske his wife were members of the Acquackanonk church in 1726. As stated on page IIO, ante, his brother Elias released to him most of the lands owned by their father, the deed being dated June 7, 1750. Dirck had one child: Klaesje, b. April 25, 1729; m. Edward Earle, of Bergen county, November 3, 1747.
III. Fitje, bap. Oct. 28, 1688 ; d. Jan. 27, 17I0, unm.
IV. Enoch, bap. Oct. 28, 1688; m. Mercy -
V. Aagtje, bap. April 22, 1690 ; m. Cornelis Helmig- sen Van Houten, April 19, 17II. Her descendants will be- found in the Van Houten Genealogy.
VI. Helena, m. Johannes Helmigsen Van Houten, June 17, 1719; d. March 15, 1774. Her descendants will be found in the Van Houten Genealogy.
VII. (Child), b. June 28, 1697.
VIII. (6th dau. and 13th child), b. July 19, 1698.
IX. Jannetje, m. Martin Winne, a mason by trade, Dec. 2I, 1716; he d. July 8, 1737. Children-Levinus, m. An- netje Sip, Oct. 8, 1749; d. May 31, 1802 ; 3. Antje, b. April 15, 1723; m. Robert Sickles, Oct. 8, 1749 ; 5. Ma-
1 Recorded in Liher I of Wills, Secretary of State's office, Trenton, f. 266.
2 See recitals in deed dated May 4, 1787, recorded in Bergen County" Deeds, Liber E, P. 37.
3 Bergen County Deeds, E, 37.
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ritje, b. March 6, 1730. No record has been found of the . others.
X. Elias, m. Marietje Van Hoorn, May I1, 1723. It is believed that he lived on the Wesel road, or "the road leading from the Great Falls to Acquackanonk," some dis- tance south of Crooks avenue. He owned Lot No. 4, East, and Lot No. 2, West, in the Bogt subdivision, and also one of the Wesel Lots, between Vreeland avenue and the river. His will, dated Sept. 22, 1767, was witnessed by the Rev. David Marinus, pastor of the churches at Acquackanonk and Totowa, by his near neighbor, Petrus Poulisse, who also lived on the Wesel road south of Crooks avenue, and by Hartman E. Vrelandt. It was proved March 20, 1775, on which day probate was granted to John Vreelandt and Derick Van Ryper, executors. Following is the will :
In the Name of God Amen this twenty second Day of September Anno Domini One thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty seven I Elyas Vreland of Wesel in the County of Essex and Eastern Division of New Jersey being aged but of Sound Mind and Memory thanks be to God therefore but calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body and that it is ap- pointed unto Man once to Dye do make & Ordain this my last Will and Testament in the following manner and form and first and principally I Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it my Body to be Buried in a Christian decent Manner And touching such Worldly Estate wherewith God hath been pleased to bless me in this Life I Give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following Manner Imprimis my Will is that all my Just Debts and funeral Expences be Paid and Discharged Item I Give & Bequeath unto my beloved Wife Marytje Vreland the Use and Improvement of all my Estate for her Comfortable Support during the Time She Remains my Widdow Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son John Vreland my large Bible for his birth Right Item I Give and Be- queath unto my Daughter Neeltie VanRype forty Acres of Land in the County of Bergen adjoining to the Land of Isaac thomasse VanRyper land to be and Remain unto her and unto the Heirs descended from her Body & their Heirs & Assigns forever Item I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my two Daughters Cleajiel VanRype.& Jannitje Drummond a Lott of Land in the Bought of Wesel Containing Seventy five Acres be the Same more or less as also a small Lott back of Wesel Containing two Acres & three Quarters more or less to be equally divided between my two Daughters aforesaid to be and Remain unto them & unto the Heirs desended from their Bodys and unto their Heirs and Assigns forever all my other Lands Swamps Meadows Tenements with their Improvements & Appurtenances I Give Devise & Bequeath unto my Son John Vreland & unto his Heirs and Assigns forever Excepting a Lott of Land at We- sel Bridge Containing forty four Acres which I Give Devise and Be- queath unto my Grandson Elyas Vreland the Son of my Son John Vre- land to be & Remain unto him his Heirs & Assigns forever Item it is my Will that if any of my Children abovesaid should depart this Life Heir- less that is to Say without any Child or Children desended from their Body that then & not otherwise their Share of Land by me to them De- vised Shall devolve upon them of my Children or their Heirs, who Shall then Remain alive Item my Will is that my Negro Man Bonk Shall have his Choice to live with whom of my Children he please the Re- mainder of my Moveable & Personal Estate I dispose of in the follow- ing Manner my Will is and I Bequeath unto each of my three Daugh- ters abovesaid the Sum of Fifty Pounds current Lawful Money of New- York & all the Remainder of my Moveable and Personal Estate to be equally divided among my four Children John Vreland Neeltje Van Ry- per Claasie Van Ryper and Jannetje Drummond Share & Share alike to be & Remain unto them their Respective Heirs & Assigns forever and I do Nominate Constitute and Appoint my Son John Vreland & my Son in Law Derick Van Ryper Executors of this my last Will and Testa- ment and do by these presents Revoke & Disanull and Make Void all other Will or Wills Bequest or Bequests by me made holding for firm this to be [my] last Will & Testament,2
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