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He was one of the earliest of the family to assume the surname Van Rypen, but in the records he is usually called Gerrit Thomasse.
II. Jurjaen, b. June 12, 1693 ; m. Aeltje Simonse Van Winkle, June 12, 1714. He was chosen deacon of the Ac- quackanonk church in 1724. In 1737 he and Adriaen A. Post secured an Indian deed for the Island and river bottom near the West street bridge. 3 Disappointed in this project for building a mill, he went further up the river, and secured a tract of 125 acres on the east side of the Passaic, some distance above Little Falls, which he caused to be surveyed to him, Dec. 2, 1748.4 He died soon after, probably before he was able to do more than erect the dam and dig the tail- race for his proposed mill. On Jan. 10, 1749 (1750, N. S.), his son Thomas conveyed part of the tract to John Van Rypen, of Saddle River, carpenter, who also received a quit-claim (?) deed therefor from Helmagh Sip, May 27, 1756, and in turn sold the whole tract to Jacobus Post, car- penter, Nov. 23, 1756, for £525 New York money.5
III. Jan, b. Oct. 28, 1694; m. Marritje Van Houten (b. Sept. 25, 1715, dau. of Dirrick Van Houten, of Totowa), May 12, 1732. He called himself Jan or John Van Ryper, but in the records is sometimes spoken of as John Thomasse Van Rypen. He probably lived on the Wesel road. He d. in January, 1782, leaving the following will, dated April 15, 1778, proved Feb. 5, 1782 :
In the Name of God Amen I John Van Ryper of Acquacknuck, in the County of Essex & Province of East New Jersey being very Sick in Body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God Calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die, do make & Ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to say Principally & first of all I Give & recommend my Soul into the Hand of Almighty God that gave it me & my Body I recom- mend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter Named nothing doubting but at tbe General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty Power of God, and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this Life I Give bequeath devise & dispose of the same in the following manner & form. Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife Marritye the use & Improvement of all my Estate both Real & Personal during the Time she Remains my Widow with a full power & authority to sell & dispose of the same as Necessaty requires it. Item I give & Bequeatb unto my Oldest Son Thomas Van Ryper for his Birth Right Ten Shillings Current Money of New Jersey to him his Heirs & Assigns forever Item I Give & bequeath unto my Son Derrick Van Ryper Four acres of Land where he now lives to him his Heirs & Assigns forever Item I Give & bequeath unto my Son Helemich Van Ryper Four Acres of Land out of the Lott by the Brook to him his Heirs & Assigns forever Item I Give & bequeath unto my Son John Van Ryper Four Acres of Land where he now lives to him his Heirs & Assigns forever Item I Give & bequeath unto my Son Garret Van Ryper the Northerly part of my Dwelling house where I now live, with Four Acres of Land Adjoining tbereunto, unto him his Heirs & Assigns forever Item I Give & bequeath unto my son Adryan Van Ryper the Southerly part of my Dwelling House where I now live, with Four Acres of Land Adjoining tbereunto, unto him his Heirs & Assigns forever. Item I Give unto my Daughter Marrithye Van Ryper my Large Dutch Bible & also one Negroe Wench Named Great now living with her to ber her Heirs & Assigns forever Item my Will is that my five Sons Derrick Van Ryper Helameck Van Ryper John Van Ryper Gerret Van Ryper Adryan Van Ryper do pay unto my Daughter Marrithye, each of them Twenty pounds Current Money of New Jersey One year after my Death & my wifes Death that is to say one Year after the Longest liver. Lastly I do uominate Constitute & appoint my two Sons Derrick Van Ryper & John Van Ryper to be Executors of this my last Will & Testament and I do Revoke all Former Will or Wills by me made & all other & all other Executors by me Appointed, Holding for firm this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness wbereof I bave hereunto set my Hand and Seal, this Fifteen day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy Eigbt.
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Signed Sealed Published pronounced & declared by the said John Van Ryper as his last Will & Testament in the presence of us, who in his presence & in the presence of each other other bave bereunto subscribed our Names Garret Haeghoort Derick Van Ryper Lucas Wessells. 1
His wife, Marritje, died in 1789, leaving a will, dated June 21, 1787, proved May 2, 1789, in which she devised all her estate, real and personal, to her son Adrian ; he, how- ever, granted to his four surviving brothers an equal share in the property.2
1 Merselis.
2 to wit.
3 See p. 139 ante.
4 Perth Amboy Surveys, N 2, f. 250.
5 Bergen County Transcribed Deeds, A, 540.
1 Recorded in Liber 24 of Wills, Trenton, pages 8 &c.
2 Recitals in written opinion of Abraham Ogden,'of Newark, Oct. 5, 1797, among papers of Adrian R. Van Houten.
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IV. Abraham, b. April 4, 1696; m. Ist, Elizabeth Hesselse (dau. of Hessel Pieterse), April 29, 1721; 2d, Ca- trintje Andriesse, spinster, Sept. 13, 1729. He owned Lot No. 3, and Lot No. 10, East, and Lot No. 7, West, in the Bogt subdivision. He was called Abraham Thomasse, or Abraham Van Rype. He d. intestate.
V. Isaac, b. Oct. 28, 1697 ; m. Lea Simonse Van Win- kel, Aug. 24, 1722.
VI. Jacob, b. Oct. 9, 1699 ; m. Marietje (Maria) Ger- brantse, living at New Barbadoes, Dec. 17, 1728. He was chosen deacon of the Acquackanonk church in 1728, and elder in 1734.
VII. Geesje, b. Oct. 4, 1702 ; m. Jacob Banta (son of Dirck Epke Banta and Ester Hanse Diedricks ; Jacob m. Ist, at Hackensack, Hendrickje Albertse Terhune, May 31, 1718), about 1725; she joined the Hackensack church, May 6, 1730. Issue : I. Dirck, bap. Feb. 20, 1726 ; m. Antje Van Giesen ; 2. Jannetie, bap. Sept. 27, 1728 ; m. Jan Van Rypen, Nov. 20, 1756 ; 3. Hester, bap. June 27, 173I ; m. Nicholas Prior, Jan. 8, 1761; 4. Thomas, bap. Feb. 13, 1735; m. Anna Stilwell, March II, 1761 ; 5. Margrietjen, bap. July 9, 1738 ; m. William Day, of Hackensack; 6. Hendrickje, bap. Sept. 29, 1745 ; 7. Joannes, b. Nov. 26, 1747; m. Annatie Vanderhoff.1
VIII. Martje (i. e., Martha), b. Oct. 3, 1704 ; m. Adrian- Adrian-Adrian-Adrian Post, Jan. 9, 1730.
IX. Elisabet, b. April 4, 1707 ; m. Gerrit Van Hoorn, Nov. 30, 1728; both lived at Acquackanonk at the time. Issue : I. Dirck, b. Sept. 29, 1729 ; 2. Janneke, b. Nov. 17, 1730; 3. Geesjen, bap. March 20, 1737; d. in inf .; 4. Geesje, bap. June 22, 1740.
X. Dirck,. b. Jan. 25, 1709; m. Pietertje Post, Sept. 28, 1732. Dirck Van Ryper, of Essex county, probably his son, was appointed administrator of Dirck Thomasse Van Riper, Nov. 15, 1757. Dirck Thomasse Van Riper owned a great deal of land in various parts of Acquacka- nonk. In 1754 he and his brother John owned the lot southwest of Lot No. 9, in the Eight Hundred Acre Tract.
XI. Marietje (i. e., Mary, or Maria), m. Peter Bras, Oct. 17, 1728 ; they were spinster and bachelor, and both lived at Second River.
Cornelius and Johannes Tomason, planters, of the town of Bergen, bought extensive tracts of land between Second river and Third river, from Gerret Leydecker, cordwainer, of Newark, May 29, 1695 ;2 from John Gardiner, planter, of Newark, June 3, 1699 ;3 from Thomas Davis, yeoman, of Newark (to Cornelius Tomason), Jan. 13, 1723,4 and from John Crane, of Newark (to Cornelius Tomason), Feb. 24, 1723.5 . By an agreement dated Dec. 29, 1738, Cornelius Tomason, yeoman, and Maria his wife, of Essex county, convey all their property, real and personal, to their grand- children-Cornelius Idesen and Marshall (Merselis) Idesen,
yeomen, and John Sip, of Essex county-the grandchildren agreeing to secure to tlieir grandparents a comfortable maintenance for life.1 It is evident that Cornelius and Jo- hannes could not have been children of Thomas Juriaensen.
Gerrit-Juriaen Thomasse and Beelitje Dirckse Osten had children :
I. Elizabeth, b. May 14, 1694 ; m. Michael H. Vree- land, May 30, 1719 ; d. Nov. 18, 1767.
II. Lea, b. Sept. II, 1697; m. Jacob Van Wagenen, May 22, 1719 ; d. Dec. 19, 1775.
III. Juriaen, b. Aug. 15, 1699; m. Margrietje Died- ricks; d. July 29, 1739.
IV. Garret, b. Dec. 4, 170I.
V. Dirck, b. Jan. 17, 1704.
VI. Aeltje, b. March 29, 1705 ; d. Sept. 30, 1710.
VII. Cornelius, b. Oct. 6, 1707 ; m. Aeltje Van Winkle, June 29, 1728 ; d. Jan. 17, 1771. In his will, dated Aug. 29, 1767, proved May 4, 1772, he describes himself as of the town of Bergen, and gives all his estate to his wife Altye during her widowhood, and afterwards to his children- Garret, Daniel, Bailitye, Yonitye and Altye. 2
VIII. Johannis, b. June 3, 1710; m. Ist, Sarah, dau. of Henricus Kuyper, Dec. 2, 1740; she d. July 2, 1741 ; he m. 2d, Margrietje Van Winkle, Sept. 5, 1742; d. Aug. 24, 1776. He was called "Beelitje's Hans."
These children of Gerrit were frequently called simply Gerritse-Elizabeth, Lea, Juriaen, etc., Gerritse.
Aelt-Juriaen Thomasse and Gerritje Mattheuse had child- ren :
I. Juriaen, m. Martje Vreeland, both of Acquackanonk, May 13, 1727. He was called Juriaen Aeltse.
II. Cornelis, m. Geesje Post, both being of Acquack- anonk, Jan. 19, 1728 ; he was known as Cornelis Aeltse. He probably lived on the Wesel road, where he owned Lot No. 3 and Lot No. 4; the latter he conveyed in 1748 to Ger- rit Post, as already related. He also owned Lot 14, of the Wesel subdivision, being the farm fronting on the river at the Wesel bridge, having part of Market street on the north, and the Post farm on the south. He was a blacksmith by trade. He lived at the corner of Market street and the Wesel road, probably on the site of the stone house occu- pied for so many years by John Merselis, and more recently by Samuel S. Sherwood. In his will, dated Feb. 24, 1777, proved Jan. 3, 1790, it will be noticed that he calls himself Cornelus Aeltse. The witnesses were of his nearest neighbors -Michael Harmanse Vreeland, Cornelius Hartmanse Vree- land and Hessel Pieterse. The will is given herewith :
In the Name of God, Amen. I Cornelius Aeltse of Ackqueghenonck in the County of Essex and in the eastern division of the province of New Jersey blacksmith being weak in body but of sound mind and memory blessed be God therefore do this twenty fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven make and publish this my last Will and testament in manner and form following that is to say. IMPRIMIS I recommend my soul into the hands of almighty God who gave it me and my body to the earth from whence it came in hopes of a joyful resurrection through the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ and as for that worldly estate wherewith it
1 Banta Genealogy, 31-32 ; Hackensack Church Records, passim.
2 E. J. Deeds, F, f. 666.
3 E. J. Deeds, G, f. 317.
4 E. J. Deeds, D 2, f. 199. Ib., 201.
1 E. J. Deeds, H 2, f. 37.
2 E. J. Wills, K, f. 485.
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hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give and dispose thereof as follows. FIRST it is my will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be well and truly paid and discharged by all my children hereinafter named and that each of my children shall pay their equal seventh part thereof. ITEM I give to my son Garrit my biggest gun for his birth right ITEM I give and bequeatb to my son Cornelius all that certain piece or part of my lot of Land I now dwell upon that is to say begin- ning at Passaick River from thence westerly with the full breadtb of my sd lot to a certain ditch together with all the buildings and privileges thereunto belonging which I give to my said son Cornelus his heirs and assigns forever. ITEM I give and bequeath to my son Jacob and to his heirs and assigns forever all that piece or part of my sd Lot of land to wit beginning at the aforesaid ditch wbich is to the westward of my hay barriks and from thence running westerly with the full breadth of my said lot until it comes to an apple tree standing near or at the drift road on the west side of said Jacobs Hay Barrick and the remainder of my said lot of land aud my share in the School house and in the land there- unto belonging. I do give and bequeath to my said to sons Cornelus and Jacob and to their beirs and assigns forever to be equally divided between them in such a manner as will be most convenient for each of tbem. ITEM I give and bequeath to my daughter Leuya all my house- hold furniture also two milk cows and three shcep. ITEM I give to my daughter Catriena one milk cow ITEM I give to my said son Cornelus all my blacksmiths tools and it is my will that all the remainder of my moveable estate shall be equally divided between all my children namely Gerret, Cornelus Adriaen, Jacob and my daughters Catriena and An- naatye share and share alike and further it is my will that my said sun Cornelus shall furnish my grandson Cornelus (eldest son of my son John dec'd) with a good set of blacksmiths tools that is to say when my said grandson Cornelus shall attain the age of twenty one years and further it is my Will and order that my son Cornelus shall pay the sum of sev- enty five pounds current money of New York that is to say the sum of fifteen pounds to my son Garrit and the sum of fifteen pounds to my son Adriaen and the sum of fifteen pounds to my daughter Lecya and the sum of fifteen pounds to my daughter Catriena and the sum of fifteen pounds to my daughter Annaatye or to their heirs or assigns and that at or before the expiration of ten years after my decease, it is also my Will and order that my said son Jacob shall pay the sum of seventy five pounds current money of New York to my sons Garrit and Adrean and my sd daughter Lecya Catriena Annaatye and to each of them their beirs or assigns the sum of fifteen pounds at the expiration of ten years after my decease, and I do nominate and appoint my two sons Garrit and Cornelus executors of this my last will and testament and do hereby revoke and disannul all former Wills by me made confirming this to be my last will and testament, In Witness Whereof the said Cor- nelus Aeltse have bereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Cornelus Aeltse. (SEAL).
III. Martje, m. Peter Adolf, both of Acquackanonk, May 6, 1727. She was called Martje Aeltse.
IV. Annetje, bap. at Bergen, May I, 1696; m. Peter Gerritse, widower, June 22, 1733.
V. Rachel, m. Barend van Hoorn, both being of Ac- quackanonk, Nov. 17, 1727. Issue : I. Aeltje, b. Sept. 19, 1728, at Wesel ; m. Johannes Ruthan, Dec. 26, 1746; he was b. at Rosendale ; at the time of his marriage he lived in Ber- gen county, and she lived at Wyckoff ; 2. Dirck, b. Feb. 20, 1730; 3. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 18, 1731.
VI. Lea, m. Elias Vreeland. Ch., Gerret, b. Feb. 5, 1729.
Jan-Juriaen Thomasse and Neeltje Gerbrantse had child- ren :
I. Jurie, b. Jan. 22, 1703 ; m. Helena Van Houten, b. at Acquackanonk, Oct. 19, 1738. He was called Jurie Jansze Van Rype-Jurie son of Jan. Some of his descend- ants took the name Jurianse or Yereance, and others Aury- ansen.
II. Marritje, b. March 16, 1706.
III. Mettie (Metje), b. July 22, 1711 ; m. John Vreeland.
IV. Gerrebrant, b. at New Barbadoes Neck, June 1, 1719; m. Fytje Van Vorst (b. at New Barbadoes Neck), Jan. 6, 1742. He was called Garbrant Jurriyaansen in the marriage record.
Harmen-Juriaen Thomasse had children :
By his first wife, Marietje Frerikse;
I. Jurjaen, b. Sept. 12, 1710. This was probably the Jerry Van Ryper, of Somerset county, whose will, dated Oct. 2, 1788, proved Oct. 10, 1789, names children : I. Harmen Van Rype or Van de Ripe ; 2. John ; 3. Magda- len ; 4. Sarah; 5. Chrisyn; 6. Mary; 7. Catharine ; 8. Charity ; 9. Judah.
II. Frerik (Frederick), b. Feb. 22, 1713; m. Ist, Ca- trintje Hopper, Oct. 19, 1738; 2d, Annetje Van Vorst (b. at New Barbadoes Neck), Dec. 2, 1742.
III. Abraham, b. Jan. 25, 1716; m. Elizabeth Bradbery, m. bond dated Nov. 28, 1747. He was called Abraham Van Ryper. His wife was the dau. of John Bradbery, a miller on the Third River, who acquired a large interest in Ac- quackanonk at an early day. 1 Abraham attained to a great
1 According to tradition-not a safe dependence, usually-John Brad- bury and his wife Elizabeth came to this country from England with six children-three sons and three daughters. He was already settled at "Achquickenuncke " when he bought from the East Jersey Proprietors, March 28, 1698, for {15 " current silver money of the Province," a tract of fifteen acres on Bareskin brook; also another tract about fifteen chains square, " bounded south by the Dutch Men's Land west by the Tbird river and his own land, north by Achquickenunk Line, east by Sam- uel Plum and Samuel Ward." He subsequently bought more land from John Plum, of Newark, 1 and at a later date became the owner of a tract known as Lot No. I, in the Acquackanonk Patent; also of Lot No. 13, East, in the Bogt subdivision. He bad considerable mills on the Third river, and altogether was a man of importance in the community. The name is variously written in the records as Bradbury, Broadberry, and in Dutch as Braet-berri, the pronunciation being always the same. Delightfully vague rumors have come down through succeeding genera- tions of a vast " Bradbury Estate " lying dormant in England, awaiting claimants. As an aid to these prospective heirs, but particularly for the light it gives on the title to various tracts in the ancient Acquackanonk Patent, the will of John Bradbery is given herewith :
In the Name of God Amen this Eleventh day of August Anno One Thousand Seven hundred & thirty Nine in the thirteen year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of Great Britain ffrance & Ireland King Defender of the ffaith &c. I Jobn Bradbery of Acquack- nonck in the County of Essex and province of the Eastern Devision of New Jersey Miller being at tbis present time in Sound and perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore, but calling to mind the frailty and mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed unto men once to dey do make and ordain this my last will and Teste- ment, in manner and forme following (that is to say) first and princi- plely I recommend my Soule into the hands of God that gave it hopeing through the merrits of Christ my Saviour to bave Eternal Life and my bodey I recommend to the Eart to be by my Executors hereafter named to be buried in Deasent & Christian maner at ther discretion and tuching such worldly Estate wherewith it haith pleased God to bless me with in this Life I give devise and dispose thereof in the following maner and form. Item I give devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife during her natural Life the Dweling House wherein I now live in, the use of the best Wagon, 2 horses foure milsh Cows the Choyce of
1 E. J. Deeds, F, 553 ; I, 244. By a survey dated Feb. 24, 1721, there was returned to him and Jacob Freeland a tract of 147.5 acres on Stink- er's brook (near Third river), of which Bradbury was to have 103.3. acres .- Perth Amboy Surveys.
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age, and when ninety years old conveyed all his property to his children in consideration of the following agreement, 1 which was not unusual in those days, and which, according to family tradition, turned out happily for all concerned :
Know all men hy these presents that we John Van Riper of tbe Township of Newark and Pbilip Van Riper of the Township of Acquackononck botb in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey
best pasture, the use of the Barne fire wood, and long fodder Sufficient for the sd Horses & Cows. Also the use of two of my best Servants to wait upon her, the use of Such ffurniture as shall be necessary. Also free Grinding of all such graine she sball have occasion for or of Item I give devise and bequeath unto my Sun Richard Bradbery and to the heirs of his hodey Lawfully to be begotten all yt Tract of Land & Orchard whereon I now live lying on the west side of the Rode leading to ye third River beginning at the East side of my Mill Dam and from thence running Easterly to Cornelious Loherson's Line thence along the said Line to the third River thence along the third River to the Dutchmen's Line as is so mention in the patent for the same Land thence Southerly along the Same iine to Bastian Van Geassels line, thence Easterly as the same line runs to the highway, thence along the highway to the first mentioned plase together with all the houses out houses Mills Barns thereon Erected Excepting the use of my said house Barne and Grind- ing as is heretofore given Wife for her use during her natural life, as also three acors Land lying hy Pasaik River which I bought of Abraham Bucke with bolting hox & bolting cloth and the house thereon Erected with this Express Condition that be my son Richard shall pay unto my beloved wife the sum of Twenty pounds Current money of New Jersey Yearly and every year during her Natural Life Also to my Daughter Susanna the Sum of One hundred thirty three pounds Six Shillings and Eight pence & to her heirs foure years after my decease. Also »ty Daughter Elizabeth Sum of one hundred thirty three pounds Six Shill- ings and Eigbt pence foure years after my decease, the Sum of Sixty Six pounds thirteen Shillings and four pence to my Grand Daughter Mary Bery four years after my decease & tbe Sum of Sixty Six pounds thir- teen Shillings and four pence to my Grandson William Bery when he shall come to ye Age of twenty one years but in case my Sun Richard dos not comply with every Article Clause and Condition berein Con- tained and at the time limited, tben I Will that the said Tracks of Lands Houses Mills Barn bolting box holting Cloth house thereon Erected be devided in foure Equal Shares or parts as followeth, one Eaquel forth part unto my Son Richard and to his heirs Lawfully begotten, one Equal forth part to my Daughter Susanna and to her heirs, One Equal forth part to my Daughter Elizabeth and to her heirs Lawfully to be hegotten, One Equal forth part to the Children of my Daughter Mary Bery decd and to their heirs to he Equally divided among them share & share alike and to the Survivors of them in Case any of tbem dey in their nonage Also in Case my Sun Richard does not Comply with the aforesaid Conditions then my heloved wife will - deprived of a Suffi- cient Maintenance I will tbat my Executors bereafter named shall pay out of my personal Estate unto my beloved Wife the - Sum of Twenty pounds yearly and every year insted of the twenty pounds my Sun Richard should have paid her Item as tuching all my real Estate howsoever or wberesoever which I have not herein devised, I do give and bequeath as followeth ; unto my Daughter Susanna one Equal third part and to her heirs unto my Daughter Elizabeth one Equeal third part and to her heirs and unto the Children of my Daughter Mary Bery de- ceased one Equeal third part & to their heirs to he Equally divid Amoung them and unto the Survivors of them in Case any of them dey in their nonage. Item as to my personal Estate which I shall dey pos- sessed of Excepting such things as I have given to my wife for her use during her Life, I give & bequeath as followth Viz: unto my Sun Rich- ard One Equal forth part and to his heirs, unto my Daughter Susanna one Equal forth part & to her heirs unto my Daughter Elizabeth one Equal forth part and to her heirs & one Equal forth part to the Children of my Daughter Mary Bery deceased and unto there heirs to be Equally divided among them And Whereas it may so bappen that the Children of my Daughter Bery be under age at my decease so that they will be
and Richard Van Houten of the township of Saddle River in the County of Bergen and State aforesaid are held and firmly hound unto Abraham Van Riper of the Townsbip of Acquackononk in the County of Essex and State aforesaid in the sum of Five hundred and fifty dollars Lawful money of the State of New Jersey to be paid to the said Ahraham Van Riper or to his certain Attorney Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns for which payment well and truly to he made and done We hind ourselves our Heirs Executors and Administrators Jointly and Severally firmly by these presents Sealed with our Seals and Dated this
uncahle of deviding to Prevent the Ill Consequence thereof I will and do order my Executors hereafter named do make a just and true divis- ion according to the intent & meaning of this my will and give unto Each Legatee there just and true devidend according as I have herein left tbem. Item in Case any of my Children sbould dey without lawfull Issue tbat part share or portion which they was to have I will devise and bequeatb the same unto my Surviving Children and to there heirs that has lawfull Issue. Lastly I do hereby nomenate & appoint my my Sun in Law John Ludlow & my Trusty ffrend Samuel Rattan Executors of this my Last will and Testement & do berehy utterly revoke disanull & make void all & any other former wills and Testements heretofore hy me maid rattifying allowing & holding firm & Effectually tbis & no other to be my last Will & Testement. In Witness wbereof I have hereunto Set my hand & seal ye day and yeare first abouve written.1
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