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- Havens Family in America (ca. 1638)
Havens Family in America (ca. 1638)
- By FHS Editor
- Published 12/13/2001
- Imlay Family
I Samuel Havens of the Township of Dover County of Monmouth and State of New jersey being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding do make publish and Declare this my last Will & Testament In manner and form Following ToWit, I Order and Direct that my Executors herein after named do as soon as may be Convenient after my Decease make sale at public vendue of so much of my personal estate as my said Widow and thay may think will not be necessary for her use and Also to Collect as soon as possible all outstanding Debts I Give and Devise unto my beloved Wife Sarah Havens for and During her natural Life all the net proceeds of my personal Estate after paying therefrom as Follows ToWit, to my Two Sons Kortenius and Samuel the Sum of Two Hundred Dollars Each To my Daughters Phebe Gant Anna Polhemus Sarah Clayton & Maria Polhemus The Sum of Two Hundred Dollars Each my other sons having had as I Consider heretofore to that amount over and above their Two Brothers and four Sisters for which they are not Charged on my Books—I also order and Direct that my said Executors pay therefrom all my Just Debts And funeral Expenses as and also receive therefrom a sufficiency for the purpose of Buying head and foot stones of White marble & Lettering in such manner as is descretionary with them and be put up at the Graves of myself my Wife and Son Samuel—and after the Decese of my said Wife I Order & direct that all the Estate that may remain Either real or personal be sold by my said Executors at Public Vendue and the Net proceeds thereof after paying her her Just debts and funeral Expenses therefrom be Equally divided amongst all my Children share and share alike Excepting my son John to whose son Samuel I have herein after Given a Tract of Woodland which I Consider will be Equal to a Share in the above named residue I Also Give and devise unto Peter W Havens the residue that may remain after the death of my son Samuel of the personal Estate herein by me Bequeathed to him the said Samuel provided he the said Peter Shall Continue to provide for and use the said Samuel Well during his the said Samuels Life & not otherwise I Give and Devise unto my Two Grandsons James & Hugh Runyan sons of Henry Runyan Three Certain Tracts of Woodland & Ceder Swamp Situated on Green Branch in Dover Aforesaid which I purchased from the Estate of Abraham Woolley Esq Decd which Together Contain about Forty acres—I Give and Devise unto my son John Havens in Trust for his son Samuel Havens a Certain Tract of Woodland Situate in Dover Aforesaid which I purchased of my son Peter W Havens Containing about sixty five acres untill he the said Samuel shall arrive at full age and it is my wish and desire that the said Samuel shall Let his father the said John Havens have the use and benefits of the said premeses during his the said John Havens have the use and benefit of the said premeses during his the said Johns natural Life, But I Leave this matter at the Discretion of the said Samuel I leve and Devise unto my son Samuel Havens for and During his natural Life my Equal undivided One third part of a Certain Ceder swamp Containing about sixty or seventy acres situated on Ceder Bridge Branch in Dover aforesaid which I Own in partnership with my Two sons Peter & James and And I Order and direct that my said Executors make sale of the same after his the said Samuels Decease and divide the the net proceeds thereof amongst All my children share and share Alike—It Will be Observed by my Executors that I have Kept a Book of Accounts with my Children on which all of them who have had any Outset or Going to housekeeping stand Charged with the same And in Order to do Justice to all alike It is my Will and Desire that all such Accounts or Obligations standing Against them be strictly Observed and Allowed by them in settlements with my said Executors and of any Legacy herein to them Bequeathed And I hereby Constitute and appoint my son Kortenius S Havens and Friend Samuel f Allen Executors to this my Last Will and Testement In Witness whereof I Have hereunto set my hand and seal this Fourteenth day of June In year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty One
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Signed sealed published And Delivered by the said Testator as and for his Last Will & Testament in Our presence who at his request in his presence and in presence of Each other have Subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto — Abraham Osborn |
Samuel Havens |
[Will proved October 15, 1841]