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Albany County |
Hugh Jolly
Submitted by a Friend of Free Genealogy
[Submitter's Note: Hugh Jolly Sr. was probably born in Scotland, and died in 1805]
The Last Will and Testament of Hugh Jolly
Recorded 7th February 1805
In the name of God Amen, I Hugh Jolly of Bethlehem in the County of Albany & State of New York, being weak in body but of a sound and disposing mind, do make this my last will and Testament, in manner & form following to wit:
Imprimis, I commend my soul to God, hoping to receive remission of all my sins, thro' the merits of our blessed Savior Jesus Christ, and my Body I desire may be buried in a decent manner, I will that all my Just debts & funeral charges be paid & satisfied by my executors hereafter named.
I give & Bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Elenore the Interest of Four Hundred pounds pr. Year during her natural life, with all the household furniture in Lew of any dowry, or claim afterwards and to be supported by her two sons, Samuel Jolly & Hugh Jolly, during her natural life.
I give and Bequeath to my son James Jolly two Hundred & fifty dollars, the one half to be paid one year after my death, the other half after the death of my wife Elenore Jolly.
I give and Bequeath to my daughter Jane, widow of John Crumb, two Hundred dollars, the one half to be paid one year after my death, the other half one year after the death of my wife as aforesaid. I give & bequeath to my daughter Jennet, the wife of James Alexander, Fifty two dollars & half exclusive of what she has already received, the one half to be paid one year after my death, the other half one year after the death of my wife as aforesaid.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Barbara the wife of Robert Henry, two hundred dollars, the one half to be paid one year after my death, the other half one year after the death of my wife as aforesaid.
I give and Bequeath to my daughter Mary Jolly as yet unmarried, two Hundred and fifty dollars, the one half to be paid one year after my death, the other half one year after the death of my wife as aforesaid & to be supported by her two brothers (VUL) [?] Samuel Jolly & Hugh Jolly while unmarried, & if she marries to have an outset equal to what her Sisters have had.
I give & Bequeath to my two sons Samuel Jolly & Hugh Jolly all the residue of my estate, after the above Legacies are paid, to wit Bonds, Bills, Notes & Book debts, Horses, Horned cattle, Hoggs, Sheep, & all farming utensals to be equally divided between them and I give to my wife Elenore the choice of a Cow out of any Stock is she wishes to have one.
Lastly I do nominate constitute & appoint my two sons, to wit Samuel Jolly & Hugh Jolly, and my daughter Mary Jolly, my only executors and Executrix of this my last will & Testament, signed & Sealed this third day of August, eighteen Hundred & two.
The words (her Choice) in the eleventh line were erased before my will was executed.
In the presence of ___ ___ Hugh Jolly L.S.
Francis Nicoll, John Blades, William Marshil _
County of Albany SS _
EVERT VAN ALEN
Page 62. (Written in Dutch language.) -- In den Name Godes, Amen. Know all men that I, the undersigned, EVERT VAN ALEN, of Kinderhook in the County of Albany, being sick in body. I leave to my eldest brother, Lucas Van Alen, ll my right and title to the estate of my deceased father, Lawrens Van Alen, as left to me by his will. All the rest of my estate I leave to my brothers and sisters, Peter, Stephanus, Jacobus, Catrina, wife of Melchgert Van der Poelen, and Christina, wife of Johanes Van Deusen. "Done at Kinderhook, in the County of Albany, at the house of Jacobus Van Alen, September 16, 1719."
Witnesses, Peter Vosburgh, Peter Van Buren, Jacob Turck. Proved, September -- , 1745, before Francis Filkins, Esq., one of the Judges of Common Pleas, and Henry Livingston, Clerk, and John Montross and James Duncan, Justices of the Peace.
Confirmed by Lieutenant-Governor James De Lancey, July 19, 1754; and there being no executor, Lucas Van Alen, brother of deceased, was made Administrator.
Page 97.--Certificate of Myndert Schuyler, Surrogate of Albany County, that Lucas Van Alen, of Kinderhook, farmer, and brother and sole legatee of Evert Van Alen, made oath that the instrument then presented was the last will of EVERT VAN ALEN, and that the inventory is true, and he is appointed executor, August 5, 1754.
[ABSTRACTS OF WILLS ON FILE IN THE SURROGATE'S OFFICE, CITY OF NEW YORK, VOL. V. 1754 - 1760.
Printed for the state, 1897 from the Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1896 - Transcribed by Vivian Nicholson]
EVERT WENDELL
Page 40.--In the name of God, Amen. "God's Will must be done upon Earth as in Heaven, and this is my last Will and Testament."
I, EVERT WENDELL, of the city of Albany, Attorney at Law. I leave to my oldest son Johanes all my surveying instruments, as Compass, etc., Also my Law Books, in bar of all claims as heir at law and eldest son, and I do hereby exclude him from all my real and personal estate, "And I quit cut him out of all, nothing excepted I have in this world, and my reasons are to me best known." "However, I give and bequeath to his dear, pretty children, and the heirs of his body, all my real estate in the Town of Schenectady, as house, lands, pastures, gardens, and lots." "I give to my dear, trusty, faithful, beloved, honest son, Abraham Wendell, all my lands and premises in Albany, on both sides of the kill or creek, called the Beaver Creek, or Kill, as by several deeds made over to me, Together with the stream of water, and all buildings, saw mills, grist mills, brew house, etc., and all my carpenter and joiners' tools, log sledge and log chains, and all that belongs to my saw mills," "Also my Large Holland gun, marked with my name on the lock," Also, two lots of ground in the south part of the city, being Lots 10 and 5, as by deeds from the children and heirs of my father, Jeronimus Wendell may appear. Also another lot of ground in the north part of the city, next to the Pasture ground of Jesse De Vrest, "and have been allways (sic) used for a Term pitches or Yards, as by the deeds of the heirs of my father may appear. "Dear son Abraham, my will is that you dispose o the said three lots, and the money shall go towards paying my just debts, or you may keep them yourself, and pay the value to my creditors." It is my will that the farm or tract of land at the Normans Kill, which Killian Van Rensselaer and his wife Elizabeth have given to me, I give it to my son Abraham, "and humbly desire the Lord of the manor to confirm his ancestor's gift and give you an ample title," " And you shall let your brother Philip have two acres, he paying the tenth of the produce, according to the custom of the manor of Rensselaerwyck." I leave to my dear youngest son, Philip Wendell, all that my dwelling house and lot of ground in the first Ward of Albany, as made over to me by several deeds, and also my pasture land on both sides of the kill or creek, called the Rutters Kill, adjoining to my lot, as the same was made over to me by my father in law, Jan Lansingh, by his deed. But my son Philip shall not sell the same while my wife is living and his two sisters Elizabeth and Engeltie remain unmarried, But they shall remain and dwell in the said house, except as they may agree in writing. My son Philip shall have pasture for a horse in my pasture and free grinding for his bread corn, And my sons Abraham and Philip shall build a Chocolate mill for the use of my son Philip. I also leave to my son Philip my wearing apparell and a gun. I leave to my three daughters, Ariantie, Elizabeth, and Engeltie, "all my lot of pasture ground in the south part of the city, just behind the city Stockadoes." Which lot I purchased from my brothers Dirck and Daniel Brett, as by their deeds. I leave to my son Philip my large Clock, which I will shall remain in my dwelling house. I leave to my son Abraham all my negroes after my wife's decease. All the rest of my estate I leave to my 5 children, Abraham, Ariantie, Elizabeth, Engeltie, and Philip, and I make my son Abraham and my daughter executors.
Dated July 29, 1749. witnesses, John H. Lydius, Tielman Schellwyne, Peter Lansingh. Proved before Myndert Schuyler, Esq., in Albany, July 20, 1750.
[ABSTRACTS OF WILLS ON FILE IN THE SURROGATE'S OFFICE, CITY OF NEW YORK, VOL. V. 1754 - 1760.
Printed for the state, 1897 from the Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1896 - Transcribed by Vivian Nicholson]
SAMUEL COEYMANS
Page 91.--In the name of God, Amen.
I, SAMUEL COEYMANS, of the manor of Rensselaerwyck, being advanced in years, but of sound mind. All debts and funeral expenses to be paid. I leave to my wife Catrina all personal estate, to do therewith as she shall think fit. I leave to my nephew, Andries Ten Eyck, ½ of all that tract or parcel of land situate near Achquetock, on the north side of the Hanacroys kill or creek, beginning at a certain cedar post marked with a cross, 25 paces from a certain small creek which is on the east side of a certain piece of land called the Popple Vlachte (Poplar Flat), and thence a thousand paces broad, and thence west till it makes a thousand paces above the Popple Vlachte, thence south to the bounds of David Ver Planck, and thence along the said bounds to the division line between Thomas Witbeck and Andries Ten Eyck, Together with the house, barns, barracks, and other improvements, and now in the possession of said Andries Ten Eyck, And he is to pay yearly to my wife 10 shillings. The other ½ of said tract I leave to the children and grand children of my nephew, Coenradt Ten Eyck, deceased, viz., Jacob C. Ten Eyck, Anthony Ten Eyck, Barent Ten Eyck, Tobias Ten Eyck, Margaretie Ten Eyck, Geritie, wife of Peter Gansevoort, and Elizabeth Bradt, daughter of Geritt Bradt, deceased, And they shall pay yearly to my wife 10 shillings. And it is my will that Geritie Ten Eyck, widow of Coenradt Ten Eyck, shall enjoy the rents during her life. All the rest of my real estate I leave to my wife Catharine during her life, and then to be sold by my executors, and the proceeds to be paid to the chidlren of my brother, Andries Coeymans, and the children of Peter Coeymans, and the children and grand children of Coenrad Ten Eyck, deceased, and the children Johanes Bleecker, and the children of Barent Ten Eyck, and to Nicholas Van Potten, son of Mariche Van Poten, widow.
Whereas my brother, Andries Coeymans, was in his life time indeted to me in a sum of money, which still remains unpaid, my executors are to retain from the share of his children enough to pay the debt, and it is to be paid to my wife Catrina. I any of my devises are molested in their title to my lands, the cost of the same is to be paid out of my estate. I make my wife, and my nephew, Jacob C. Ten Eyck, and Anthony Ten Eyck, executors.
Dated June 25, 1754. Witnesses, Isaac Bogert, Guisbert Van Sant, David Ver Planck. Proved in Albany, September 9, 1754, before Myndert Schuyler, Esq.
[Note.---The lands mentioned are a part of the Coeymans Patent, and are in the north part of the town of New Baltimore, in Greene County. The Coeymans Patent is a tract of about 12 miles square, and was granted to Barent Piertersen Coeymans in 1673. For a more extended account, see "History of Greene County, NY."--- W.S.P.]
[ABSTRACTS OF WILLS ON FILE IN THE SURROGATE'S OFFICE, CITY OF NEW YORK, VOL. V. 1754 - 1760.
Printed for the state, 1897 from the Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1896 - Transcribed by Vivian Nicholson]
LUYHES JOHANISE WYNGAARD
Page 160.--In the name of God, Amen.
I, LUYHES JOHANISE WYNGAARD, of Albany, merchant, being very sick. After the payment of debts and funeral charges. I leave to my cousin, Luyhes Geritse Wyngaard, 40 shillings in full of all claim as heir at law. I leave to Hendrick Wemp, of Schenectady, blacksmith, for the favor and friendsip he hath shown to me, £12, and I leave to Milbarn Van Hoesen, for favor and friendship shown, £4. I leave to Abraham Van Urnen, for the friendship he and his family hath shown to me, all the money that he owes me by account in my book. I leave to Catharine, wife of Volkert Oothout, for the kindness she and her husband have shown me in my sickness, £20. I leave to Jacobus Sharpe, son of Thomas Sharpe, of Albany, wig maker, for help and attendance about my affairs and assistance in my sickness, £500, to be paid out of the bonds due to me from Helmer Veeder and his sons, Hendrick and Helmer Veeder, and from John Van Sice, Jr., all of Schenectady. I leave to my loving cousin and step brother, Simon Veeder, of Normans Kill, in the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, all the rest of my estate, real and personal, for the constant love and affection that he has by all manner of ways testified to me. I make Simon Veeder, Jacobus Sharpe, and James Stevenson executors.
Dated July 24, 1754. Witnesses, Thomas Sharpe, Isaac Hansen, John Williams. Proved, January 16, 1755.
[ABSTRACTS OF WILLS ON FILE IN THE SURROGATE'S OFFICE, CITY OF NEW YORK, VOL. V. 1754 - 1760.
Printed for the state, 1897 from the Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1896 - Transcribed by Vivian Nicholson]
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