Hunterdon County NJ Archives Wills.....William KASE, April 18, 1769 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Tinney linda@branches-n-twigs.com August 27, 2008, 3:06 am Source: State Of New Jersey, Will Number 775j Written: April 18, 1769 In the Name of God Amen this eighteenth Day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven Hundred and sisty nine, I William Kase of Amwell in the County of Hunterdon & Province of West Jersey, being sick & weak in Body but of sound and deposing Mind & Memory do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner & form following viz. First of all I Give and bequeath my Soul [unreadable] of God who gave it, and commend my Body to [unreadable] whence it came to be buried in a decent & christian like Man- ner at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named, in sure and certain Hopes of the Resurrection of the same again at the last Day. And as touching such worldly Goods wherewith it hath pleas- ed God to bless me in this life, I give and dispose of it in the following Manner ??? first it is my Will and order that all my just Debts and Funeral Charges be fully paid and satisfied--- Item it is my Will and Order that my Executors hereafter named do make Sale as soon as they conveniently can after my Decease of all my Estate both real & personal, and that the Amount of the Sale be divided in the Manner and Form following, viz I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Elizabeth Kase one Third Part of my Whole Estate after the Debts and Funeral Charges are paid, to be for her use while she remains my Widow. Item It is my Will and desire that the Remaining two Thirds of my Estate be equally divided amongst all my Children, viz. Mary, Peter, Catharine, William, Philip, Frank, Charity, Adam, Christian, Henry & Margaret, share and share alike. And also that my Wifes Share after she ceases to be my Widow shall be equally divided among my Children aforesaid, Share & Share alike. And if any of my Children aforesaid die before they are married ??? then, and in all such Cases the Share or Shares of all such ??? [second page] be equally divided amongst my surviving Children, share & share alike. Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Adam my Silver ??? over and above his Equal Share with the rest of the Children aforementioned. Item I order my Executors hereafter named to give unto all my Children who are unmarried a Suit of Clothes, such as had been given to those who are already married, and that those unmarried Children shall have an equal Share in the aforesaid Division with the married notwithstanding Item I do hereby constitute and appoint my dear and Well beloved Wife Elizabeth Kase, and my trusty and well beloved Sons Peter Kase, & Adam Kase to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament. [unreadable line] Will or Wills by me heretofore made, and ratify and publish this, and this only as my last Will and Testa- ment. In Witness whereof I have hereto set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year first above written (signed) William Kaese Sign'd Sealed, published pronounced and declared in Presence of----- (signed) Peter Wyckof Adam (his X mark) Dales (signed) Catreen Wyckof Peter Wikoff & Adam Dales two of the Witnesses of the fore- going Will, being duly sworn on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God did severally depose and say that they saw William Kaese the Testator within named testator sign and seal and heard him publish pronounce & declare [unreadable] to be his last Will & Testament, and that at the doing thereof, the said Testator was of sound & disposing Mind & Memory as far as these Deponents know, and as they verily believe, and that Catharine Wikoff the othe subscribing Evidence was present and signed her Name as a Witness to the said Will together with these Deponents in the Presence of the said Testator Sworn at Amwell, this 5th Day of May A.D. 1769 before Wm. Kirkpatrick, Sur----- (signed) Peter Wyckof Adam (his X mark) Dales Elizabeth Kaese, Peter Kaese, and Adam Kaese Executors in the within Testament named, being duly sworn on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did depose that the within Instrument contains the true last Will & Testament of William Kaese the Testator herrein Named so far as they know and as they verily believe, & that they will well & truly perform the same by paying first the Debts of the said deceased and then the Legacies therein specified, so far as the Goods, Chattels, & Credits of the said ??? can thereunto extend, and that they will make & exhibit to the perogative office in Burlington a true & perfect Inventory of all & singular the Goods, Chattels & Credits of the said deceeased that have or shall come to their knowledge or possession or into the Possession of any other Person or Persons for their use, & render a just & true Account when thereunto lawfully required. (signed) Petter Kas (signed) Adam Kaese Sworn at Amwell, this 5th day of May 1769 -- before Wm. Kirkpatrick, Sur-- Additional Comments: Transcript from photocopy of the original. Spelling and punctuation as they appear in the original document. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/njfiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/hunterdon/wills/kase-w.txt