Hunterdon County NJ Archives Wills.....Stout, Freegift Sr. June 9, 1763
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Source: Hunterdon County Wills File# 784j, Book B Pg 65-73, 420
Written: June 9, 1763
Recorded: 1769
Will Codicil & Accounts (Recorded)
Freegift Stout
(supposed son of David & Rebecca)
Will Record # 784J
Book B, Pages 65-73, Page 420
Written 1763/1766 & 1768
Proved 1769
Settled 22 January 1772
(1763)
In the Name of God Amen
The Ninth Day of June in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and
Sixty three I Freegift Stout of the Township of Amwell and County of Hunterdon
and Province of West New Jersey Ye Being Very Sick and Weak in Body but of a
Perfect mind and Disposing Memory Thanks be given unto God for the Same
Calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is Appointed
for all men once to die Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament
That is to say principally and First of All I give and recommend my soul in
the Hands of God That gave it And for my Body recommend to the Earth To be
Buried in a Christian like and decent manner; And as Touching Luck Wor[l]dly
Estate where with it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give Devise
and Dispose of the Same in the following Manner and forme
Imprimis; That is to say first I will that all my Debts and Funeral Charges be
paid and Discharged by my Executors hereinafter named I give unto Mary Stout
my faithfull and well beloved wife Two of the rooms of my Dwelling House Where
I now live which she shall think most Convenient for her Accommodation
together with all my Household goods and Furniture thereunto belonging or in
anywise unto and pertaining with two Milch Cows such as she in her discretion
shall chuse out of my stock and also my Roan Mare on which she used to Ride
And I will that my son Isaac Stout procure and provide a Sufficient Quantity
of Handy Firewood and pay unto her (s’d Mary Stout) or to her order the Sum of
Ten Pounds Current Money yerly and every year During her Natural Life
And whereas in the Life time of my well Beloved son Jadiah Sto[u]t I did grant
unto him by a Deed of Conveyance a Certain Tract of Land to him his heirs and
Assigns forever Together with such other Goods and Chattels as I Desig’d for
his portion in full out of my Estate which s’d Tract of Land Being Situate in
the Township of Winzor and County of Middlesex and Province aforesaid; yet in
remembrance of his (s’d Jodiah Stouts) Birthright, I give and Bequeath unto my
Well Beloved Grand Daughter Rebeckah Stout the Eldest surviving Daughter of
my son Jodiah Stout the Sum of Forty Shilling (several illegible words in fold
of page) To be levied out of my Moveable Estate
I give and demise unto my son Freegift Stout That Plantation or farm being
situate in the Township of Amwell and County of Hunterdon and Province Afs’d
Being the Plantation I purchased of James Oliphant and is now in the Actual
Possession of him ( the s’d Freegift Stout Jun’r) together with Seventy Six
Acres of Land taken out of my Homestead or Plantation where I now Live; Being
Buted(?) and Bounded Agreeable to a Survey taken or made by Samuel Corwine for
the Purpose Afs’d Errors therein Excepted so that it contain the full Quantity
of Seventy Six Acres Rec’d (illegible word) Recourse thereunto be had may more
fully and at Large appear as also Eight Acres of Meddow Land Being a part of
my Homestead or Plantation before Mentioned Being Situate and bounded as
follows Being Adjoining to the Plantation or Land of Peter Vandyck on ye West
thence Estward along the RiverNeshanack Thence northward along a small Run or
Brook of water Adjoining to the rest of my Meddow Thence Westward adjoining
the Afs’d Homestead To the Place of the Begining a Survey having been Taken
or made by Samuel Corwine for the Purposes Afs’d Recourse thereunto being had
may more fully and at Large Appear all which I give and bequeath unto him (the
Afs’d Freegift Stout Jun’r) with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging to
Him his Heirs and assigns for ever.
I give and demise To my well Beloved Son James Stout, his heirs and assigns
for ever all that Tract or Parcel of Land Being Situate in the Township of
Amwell and [the] County and Province Afs’d Laying on Each Side of Ellisawkin
Brook it being the Plantation or Tract of Land he now Lives on and is in
actual possession of; The which I Purchased of Valentine End[illegible]urse
being had unto the Deed of Conveyance its Situation will more at Large Appear
I further Will and Require that he (s’d James Stout) pay the Sum of Fifty
Pounds As a Legacy to Be Applied to the Payment of and for that Land I Lately
purchased of Jonathan Stout whereon I have settled my Well Beloved Son Obadiah
Stout
I give and demise unto my Well Beloved Son Joshua Stout his Heirs and Assigns
for ever That Tract or Parcell of Land Being Situate in the Township of
Hopewell, and County and Province Afs’d it Being that Tract of Land which I
purchased of Josiah Fareman of Hopewell Afs’d Together with all the
Appurtenances Thereunto Bleonging Recourse being had to the Deed of Conveyance
it Situation will more at Large appear of which he s’d Joshua Stout is now in
possession of
I give and demise unto my well Beloved Son Obadiah Stout, his Heirs and
Assigns for ever That Tract or Parcel of Land which I lately purchased of
Jonathan Stout Being Situate in the Twonship of Rocksbury Morris County, and
Province Afs’d Laying in a Place known by the name of Schooleys Mountain which
he (the s’d Obadiah Stout) is now in the possession of; part of which is still
unpaid; and for the payment of the remainder I will that my Executors Pay the
Same with Money Ariseing from the sale of my Moveable Estate and that a Deed
of Conveyance be made according to agreement with s’d Jonathan Stout unto the
before mention’d Obadiah Stout to him his Heirs and assigns sufficiently to be
Executed in the Law.
I give and demise to my well beloved son Isaac Stout my Homestead Tract of
Land or Plantation which I now Live on as it now lies Except that Eighty four
Acres Laid out for my son Freegift Stout Jun’r herein before mention’d; and
also Thirty Acres which I sold to Hannis Case recourse being had to a Draught
or Map of the Survey its Situation will more at large appear Together with all
the Appurtenances thereunto Belonging Except as Before Excepted as also the
two rooms of the Dwelling House Herein Before Mentioned to the only Proper use
and behoof of him the s’d Isaac Stout his heirs and assigns forever Together
with Three Horses such as he Shall Chuse ot of my stock (except the roan mare
before mention’d)
Son Obadiah Stout one Horse out of the Remaining Stock such as my Executor
shall think proper
I give and demise unto my well beloved Daughter Mary Chaimberlain Wife of
Richard Chaimberlain her Heirs and assigns; Twenty Acres of land to be Taken
out of that Field now in possession of him the said Richard Chaimberlain in
the most Contegious part thereof adjoining to his said Chamberlains own land
and Land of Richard Hines and to that Land which I gave to my son James Stout
herein before mention’d
The remainder of my Moveable Estate I give and bequeath unto my beloved three
remaining Dauhters Namely Sarah Oliphant wife of Ephraim Oliphant of The
Township of Kingwood and Rebeckah Taylor wife of Edward Taylor and Rachel
Rounsavell wife of Richard Rounsavell Jun’r both of the Township of Amwell and
all of the County of Hunterdon and province of West Jersey; to be equally
divided Among them, unless it amount to more than the value oe equivalent of
that twenty acres of Land given to my before mentioned daughter Mary
Chaimberlain which it (illegible words in paper crease) to more than the value
of the Last Mentioned Land to Each Ones Share, Such overplus Shall be Equally
Dividedamong all my Daughters herein before mentioned; and if any of my
Children herein before Mentioned Should Die without Ishu that then their Share
of Inheritance Shal be Equally Divided among the Survivors Without Distinction
to age or Sex
And I hereby Appoint and Constitute my well Beloved sons Freegift Stout Jun’r
and James Stout To be Executors of my Last Will and Testament to se that it is
Duly and Truly performed according to the True Intent and Meaning thereof and
do utterly of Revoke and Disanul all and Every Other Former Testament Wills
Legacies made by me in any wise before this Time Named Willed and bequeathed
Ratifying and Confirming 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 above
written
Signed Sealed and Published and Declared by}
By the S’d Freegift Stout as his Last Will}
And Testament in the Presence of us S’d Subscribers}
Freegift Stout (Signature)
Jos’e Higgibns
John Stout
John Manners
(1766)
Codicil:
I, Freegift Stout of the Township of Amwell and County of Hunterdon and
Province of west new Jersey this Eighteenth Day of may in the year of our
Lord One Thousand Seven hundred & Sixty six do make and publish this my
Codicil to my last Will and Testament in manner following that is to say
Whereas in and by my last Will & Inventory I [have] given and demised to my
well beloved son Obadiah Stout his heirs and assigns forever that tract or
parcel of land I purchased of Jonathan Stout being situate in the Township of
Roxbury in Morris County and Province as st’d hereby order and declare this to
be my will that instead of land above mentioned the sum of one hundred and
fifty pounds current money to be paid unto the said Obadiah Stout by my
Executors to be levied out of my moveable Estate and paid in manner following
that is to say the sum of fifty pounds to be paid at or within one year after
my decease and fifty pounds the next ensuing year and fifty pounds more at or
within one year after
And further my will is that my son Isaac Stout shall pay unto my before
mentioned soon Obadiah Stout the sum of fifty pounds current money for a
legacy at or within one year after the before mentioned legacy and every part
thereof shall become due
And further I will and bequeath to my Beloved granddaughter Ann Stout daughter
of my son Jediah Stout the sum of forty shillings to be levied out of my
Moveable Estate and paid by my Executors when she shall arrive at the age of
eighteen years
And further I do will and require that my (illegible words) Tract or Parcel of
Land in (illegible words) my four daughters vis Mary the wife of Richard
Chaimberlain and Srarh the wife of Ephraim (illegible0good and Rebecka the
wife of Edward Taylor and Rachel the wife of Richard Rounsavell Jun’r
And further more fully and better effecting the same
I do hereby authorize and Impower my said Executor granting and [conveying]
full power and absolute authority to grant Bargain Sell Release Sign Seal
Execute & Confirm all such requisite and lawfull conveyances as shall be
necessary for conveying and confirming the this last described land and lastly
it is my will and desire that this present Codicil be annexed to and made part
of my last will and testament and to be as(illegible) to all intents and
purposes
Witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal this day of the year
first above written
Freegift Stout (signature)
Signed Sealed Published by the said Freegift Stout a Codicil to be En
(illegible)ed to his Will in the presents of
Jos’ Higgins
Jn’o Stout
John Manners
(1768)
Whereas my daughter Sarah the Wife of Ephraim Oliphant as mentioned in my Last
will and Testament Having departed this life I will and Ordain that the Legacy
to her bequeathed in and by my Last Will & Testament hereunto ennexed be
equally Divided and Paid to her Surviving Children and to each of them
respectively when they shall come of age with Lawfull Interest. Allowing my
Executors a Reasonable time to Dispose of my Land and effects as in my Said
Will directed before they shall be Liable to be Charged with said Interest
And I will that this be deemed part of my Will anything in my said Will to
the Contrary notwithstanding in Testamony
Whereof I have this Tenth Day of July Anno Dom one Thousand Seven hundred and
Sixty Eight Signed Sealed and Published this my Codicil for the purposes above
mentioned
Freegift Stout
Witness present}
Peter X Vandyke (Mark)
Peter Vandyke Jun’r
Benjamin Stout
Sworn at Amwell this 2’d Day of Aug’t A.D. 1769 ~ before Wm Kirkpatrick,
Surrogate
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