Mary, Widow of Thomas2 Terrill - Will - 28 February 1726/27
Probate records, 1697-1900, New Jersey Surrogate's Court (Essex County) LDS #545455
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In The Name of God, Amen. The Twenty Eighth Day of February in the Thirteenth Year of The Reign of our Soveraign Lord George By the Grace of God, King of Great Brittain &c.a and in the year of Our Lord Christ (according to English Accompt) one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Six I Mary Terrill widow (of late the wife of Thomas Terrill Late of Elizabeth Town In the County of Essex and Province of New Jersey——Black-smith Deceased) Being Sick and weak In Body but of Sound and perfect mind and Memory (Thanks To almighty God therefore) Do make this my Last will and Testament In Manner and form following That is To say first I Commit my Soul and Spirit To almighty God Who Gave it and My Body to the Dust to Receive a Decent Christian Burial; And Whereas In and by The Last will and Testament of my said Deceased husband he made and Appointed me the sole whole and only Executrix thereof And Therein Ordered me To pay All his Just Debts out of his Moveable Estate, as also a Legacy of The Sum of ten Shillings Current money of the province of New Jersey To his Eldest son Ephraim Terrill his Execurs adminrs or assigns out of the Same Movable Estate, And Then (his Just Debts and the sd Legacy being first Paid and Discharged as aforesd) Did Give and Bequeathe unto me (his then wife) The One Equal Third Part of all his sd whole movable Estate then Remaining — (as by the said Last will and Testament Relation being thereunto had may and will more and at Large appear — And forasmuch as there are yet some few Debts Due to sundery Persons from the sd Estate, And Therefore have not yet made up my Accts as Executrix in the Registry of the Prerogative office of sd Province Now ^therefore by this my Last will and Testament I will and order my wel beloved son John Terrill of Elizabeth-Town abovesd (whom I also make ordain and appoint the sole whole and only Executor of this my Last will and Testament) To Pay and Discharge out of the said Movable Estate (before any Division thereof be made) all such Debts as are Justly Due therefrom to any Person or persons, and as soon as Conveniently he Can to Render in to the Prerogative Court an accompt of my administration of and for [_?_] Goods Chattels and Credits of my said Deceased husband - And as for my Equal Third Part of the said Movable Estate I Give bequeath and Dispose of the same as followeth, That is To say first I Give and bequeathe unto my youngest Daughter Phebe Terrill All and singular my waring Apparrel of what sort and kind forever - Item I Give and Bequeathe unto my Daughter Sarah Terrill my Riding side saddle with all the appurtenances thereto Belonging — Item I Give and bequeathe unto my Daughter Abigail Baldwin the sum of five shillings out of my sd Third part of the said Movable Estate hereby Debarring her from any further Claim to the same or any part thereof — Item, All the Rest and Remainder of my sd Third part of sd Movable Estate I Give and Bequeathe unto my said Two Daughters Sarah Terrill and Phebe Terrill To be Equally Divided Bewtween them Part and part Equal and Alike - And my will is [that] if Either of them the said Sarah or Phebe shall happen to Die before the Age of Eighteen Years [and] before Marriage that then and in such Case the part and portion of her of her so hapening to Die as aforsaid shall fall [lie] and Remain To the survivour of her so hapening to Die before such age and not married as aforesd. — Item I will and Order by these p[re]sents that the Other Two Third parts of the said Movable Estate (the Just Debts herefrom Due to any person or persons being thereout first Discharged shall be ordered and Disposed of according as in the sd Last will and Testament of my sd Deceased husband is Given and bequeathed. Item, I make ordain and appoint my Trusty and wel beloved son John Terrill above mentioned to be the sole whole and Only Executor of this my Last will and Testament Desiring him and hereby willing that he Take into his Care and Charge my Three Younger Children (namely Daniel Sarah and Phebe) together with their several Legacys to them Given and bequeathed both by the last will and Testament of my sd Deceased husband and by this my Last will and Testmanet and the same to Delivr to them severally - as they successively attain to Lawful age or sooner if sooner married — and I Do Require him my said son John In the Name of God to Execute this my Last will and Testament according to the True Intent and meaning thereof, and I do Nulifie and make utterly Void all former wills and Testaments by me at any time heretofore in any wise made and Declared Ratifying and Confirming this to be my only Last will and Testment. In witness whereeof I the said Mary Terrill have hereunto set my mark instead of my name and afixed my seal the Day and Year first herein above written [the word (to pay) plac'd in the Margent before the Tenth Line, and the word (therefore) over the seventeenth Line, - being first so plac'd and interline.]
The Mark of
Mary (mark) Terrill Widow |
Signed and Sealed, Published and Declared
by the sd Testatrix, to be her Last will &
Testament, In the p[re]sence of us wittnesses,--
Samuel Whitehead.
Jonathan olliver
Susanna her/SC/mark Craig
[The will was proved 16 October 1727.]
Transcribed by Conrad W. Terrill, Aug. 2009.