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Long Island Genealogy Pages Of (Clowes) Sussex County
Records, Delaware
Compiled by C. H. B.
Turner of
Lewes, Delaware, 1909
and submitted by Raymond Clowes
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Abstracts of Wills Vol V 1754-1760
Page 203.--In the name of
God,
Amen. "I, SAMUEL CLOWES, of Jamaica, in Queens County, Gent.,
being
now 85 years and 5 months old, and infirm of body, but, Praised be God,
of
sound mind." I leave to my wife Mary her bed, completely furnished, and
all
other things and goods that she brought with her, Also my riding chair
and
her choice of my horses, And my executors are to pay her œ12 yearly
during
her life, Also my easy chair and 6 best other chairs, and the Sconce
which
hangs in my bed chamber. I leave to Samuel Clowes, eldest son of my
cousin,
Samuel Clowes, "who now does, or lately did, belong to the Custom House
in
London, œ25 Stirling." I leave to Rev. Samuel Seabury, minister of
Hempstead,
œ5, and to his son, Rev. Samuel Seabury, of the town of Jamaica, œ10.
"I
order my executors to lay out the sum of œ15 in Bibles, to be given to
all
my grand children and great grand children which shall be alive at the
time
of my decease. I leave to my son John œ50, To my son Peter œ100, as a
recompense
and reward for their particular pains and trouble they will be at as
executors.
All the rest of my estate I leave to my two sons, John and Peter, and
my
daughters, Alletta, wife of Edward Willett, Melicent, wife of Joseph
Sackett,
Catharine, wife of Nathaniel Mills, Mary, wife of Daniel Thorne, and
Juliana
Clowes. My estate is to be divided as follows: The tract of 600 acres
which
I have given to my son in law, Edward Willett, and 400 acres which I
have
given to my son in law, Joseph Sackett, and a certain tract of land
which
I have given to my son Peter at the place where he now lives, shall be
reckoned
as part of their shares. And because the boundaries of the Patents of
Wawayanda and Minissink, where the chief part of my land now is, are
not yet perfectly settled, if any of the said tracts fall short, it is
to be made up. I make my sons John and Peter executors, and in case of
their death, my 4 sons in
law, And if they die before the estate is settled, then my grand sons,
Timothy
Clowes, son of my late son Gerardus, and John Clowes, son of my son
John,
and they shall have so much of the undivided lands as shall be adjudged
to
them by the Chief Justice of New York. "Written with my own hand this
24
July, 1750."
Witnesses, Benjamin Hinchman, James Cebra, Jacob Ogden.
Proved before Thomas Braine, Surrogate, August 28,
1760.
NOTE.--Samuel Clowes, Jr., who
was for many years Surrogate of Queens County, died about January,
1760,
and Letters of Administration were granted to his father, Samuel
Clowes,
February 20, 1760. He was probably son of the testator.
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