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Pages Of (Clowes) Sussex
County Records, Delaware
Compiled by C. H. B. Turner
of Lewes, Delaware, 1909
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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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