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Will of Gideon Rowzer In the Name of God
Amen the fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one Thousand
Seven hundred and Eighty three I Gideon Rowzer of the Township of Amwell in
the county of Hunterdon and State of west new Jersey yet being sick and very
weak of body But of a Sound and Disposing mind and memory Thanks be given to
God therefore calling to 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 and Desire it may be received by all as such that is to say
principally and first of all I recommend my Soul into the hand of almighty
God that gave it and as for my body I do recommend it too the Earth to be
buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my
Executor hereinafter mentioned and named.nothing Doubting but at the general
resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and
as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in
this life I Give Devise Bequeath and Dispose of the same in the manner and
form (viz) and first I will that all my Just and Lawfull Debts and funeral
charges shall be paid out of the money arising from my personal Estate I
____ I give and bequeath unto my beloved grandson Henry Rowzer eldest son to
my beloved son Mertin Rowzer Dec. who I acknowledge to be my eldest son and
heir by law to my estate the sum of five shillings in gold or silver to be
paid to him by my executor when he arrives to the age of twenty one years in
consideration of his birth right. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved
daughter Catherine Keever and to her heirs and assigns forever the sum of
one Hundred pounds over and above what I have already given her to be paid
to her in gold silver in eighteen months after my decease. Item I give and
bequeath unto my beloved daughter Elisabeth Moor and to her heirs and
assigns forever one Hundred pounds over and above what I have already given
her to be paid unto her in gold or silver in eighteen months after my
decease. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved son John Rowzer the sum of
five pounds to be paid to him in gold or silver in eighteen months after my
decease. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Hannah Jones and
to her heirs and assigns forever the sum of one hundred and fiftey pounds
over and above what I have already given her to be paid to her in gold or
silver in eighteen months after my decease. Item I give and bequeath unto my
beloved son Jacob Rowzer and to his heirs and assigns forever the plantation
wheron I now live with all it appurtenances and also the horse and mare
which is well known by being called his horse and mare. Item further my will
is that all my personal or moveable Estate shall be sold at public sale as
soon after my decease as is decent conveniency will admit in order to raise
money to pay the above recited legacies Item further if after the above
recited legacies are paid out of the amount of the sale of the movable
estate there should be any overplus money yet remaining all such overplus
money shallbe paid to my three daughters in a proportionable dividend to
each legatee according to each of the daughters legacy but no addition to
the boys legacies. Item lastly I do constitute ordain and appoint my beloved
son Jacob Rowzer devize in this my last will and testament and James Jones
my loving son in law both of Amwell above aforesaid my whole and sole
executors of this my last will and testament . And I do hereby uterly _____
revoke and ______ ___________ _________ and forever wills testament legacies
and executed by me before this time made. willed and bequeathed rectifying
and conferming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand ans seal the day and year first
above written. Sign sealed published and pronounced and declared by the
Gideon Rowzer as his last will and testament in the presence of us the
subscribing witnesses.
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