Will for Abigail Lippincott
Will for Abigail Lippincott.
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" WILL OF ABIGAIL LIPPINCOTT "
I, Abigaill Lippencott of Shrewsberry In ye County of Monmouth and Province of East Jersey,
In America & Relick of Richard Lippencott deceased, being at this time through mercy of a
sound mind and memory, for ye better setling and Disposing of ye outward Estate which it
has pleased God to possess me of, And to prevent All discord that might otherwise ensue,
I do make and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, revoyking &making voyd
All former Wills and this only to stand In force According to ye true Intent and plaine
meaning of ye express words herein, without any forced construction or Interpretation
upon them.
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I do order and Appoint that all my Debts which shall be Legally Due from me at my Decease
be paid out of my Stock as soone as possibly may be done.
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Item, I do give and bequeath unto my Grandson John Lippencott & to his Heirs, Executors,
Administrators or Assigns, one hundred Acres of upland & meadow, being part of ye new
purchase called Passequenoque, In Shrewsbury Aforsaid, which I bought of Francis Jackson
& his wife, as by their Deed to their purpose, bearing date ye sixteenth day of ye
third month 1687, may more fully & at large appeare.
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Item I give and bequeath unto my son Freedom Deceased unto his wife ye sum of five pounds,
& unto ye children of my Aforesaid son Freedom Deceased, Excepting his Eldest son Samuel,
I do give & bequeath ye sum of fiftie pounds all current money, the which fiftie five pounds is
to be paid out of ye produce of my Land that I have In ye new purchase called Freehold,
containing one hundred & fifty acres, as by my Pattent doth fully appear; and also my Negro
Woman called Bess, being put to sale and sold ye overplus thereof is to Return to ye Stock.
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Item, I give and bequeath unto my three grandaughters Even the offspring of my daughter
Increase Dennis, unto Abigail Dennis I give tenn pounds, and unto my Grandaughter Zybiah Dennis
I give five pounds, and unto my Grandaughter Rachel Dennis I give five pounds more, which
sume of money is to be paid out of my goods & chattels, and unto my son In Law Samuel Dennis
I give five shillings, and by this same do freely Requitt & forgive all Debts and Dues belonging
unto me by book or otherwise from him : And also after my Decease ye Aforesaid Samuell Dennis
shall have ye use and benefit of ye aforesaid sume of money that I have given unto his three
daughters untill they Survive to ye age of Eighteen years, or untill their day of marriage.
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Item, I give and bequeath unto my sone Restore Lippencott ye Sume of twenty pounds which
is to be paid out of my goods and chattels.
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Item, I give and bequeath unto my sone Remembrance Lippencott my Negro boy Gilbie.
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Item, I give and bequeath unto my Sone John Lippencott that parcell of meadow which I bought
of my sone Restore, Lying on ye South side of Shrewsberry River as by Deed may more
largely appear: Also I give unto him my young Negro boy called Oliver: Also I do give and
forgive unto all my children, viz.
Remembrance Lippencott, John Lippencott, Restore Lippencott, all such Debts, Dues &
Demands, Sume or Sumes of money or other pay that shall be Due unto me from any or
either of them by booke Recpt or otherwise; also I give to ye meeting of friends in Shrewsbery
ye sume of thirty shillings, for friends to dispose of as they see fitt.
And all ye rest and remainder of my Estate, of what kind or nature soever not herein disposed
of before, I do order and appoynt It shall be Equally devided between my three sons and
ye children of Freedom my dear son deceased parted by Lott.
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Lastly I desire authorize & Appoynt my beloved friends John Hance, William Worth &
William Shattock to see this my Last Will & Testament to be faithfully performed.
Freedoms son Samuell was Interlined before being Excepted against for some
Reasons, his father dying without a will, And further it is my will that my two Negros
Oliver Cosen & his wife Attah have their Freedom after my Decease.
And if any of my Grandchildren aforementioned unto whom I have given Legacies should
dye before they receive it, then their Legacy shall Returne to ye rest of their relations
In Witness hereunto I ye above said Abigall Lippencott have here unto sett my hand
and scale this twenty Eight day of ye fourth month one thousand six hundred ninety seven.
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ABIGALL LIPPENCOTT ( her mark.)(Seal)
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Signed, Sealed In ye presence of George Curliss, William Shattock, Anne Lippincott,
Margarett Lippencott.
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I did promise Thomas Hewitt that he should have the Refusal of my Negro Bess after my Decease.
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Perth Amboy, August ye 24th 1697: Then appeared before me William Shattock and George Curlis, two of ye witnesses to ye within Testament and having taken their Solemn protestation doeth say, that they did see the within Abigall Lippencott signe
Seale publish and declare this within writing to be her last Will and Testament, and at ye same time, that she was of sound mind and perfect memory.
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