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In the name of God amen the twenty first Day of June Seventeene Hundred
and fifty two I Samuel [Carpenter] of Goshen In the County of Oring and
Province of New York Being very sick and weak In Body but of perfict?
Mind And Memory thanks Be Unto God therefore Calling unto Mind the
Motolily of My Body and knowing that it is apointed for all men once to
Dye Do Mack and ordaine this My Last Will and testament that is to say
prinsipally and first of all I give and Recommend My Sole Into hand of
God that gave it and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to Be Buried In a
Desent Christian Burial at the Descretion of My Executors Nothing
Doubting But at the General Resurrection I Shall Rese:? the same againe
By the Myty Power of God and as touching such Wor'ly Estate wharewith it
hath Pleased God to Bless me with I Give Demise and Dispose of the same
In the following Manner and forme
Imprimis, I give to My Well and Dearly Beloved Wife patience that part
of my household goods that she Broght to me when I Married her and
furder I give a cow to her furdermore I give and Bequeth to her the one
third part of all my movable Estate after my dets and funaral charges
are paid and as I Leave my Lands to Be sold I also give her the use of
the one third of what my Land will fech as long as she remains my widow
and now longer
Item I Give to My well beloved children namely Samuel William Abraham
and John Joshuay and Richard my sones and abigail and Marthar my dafters
and one In the Womb Not yet Borne all My Lands or Raile Estate with the
remainder of My Movables When Sold to be equilly to be divided amongst
them when my Eldist son arives to age
My Will is that all My Land or Raile Estate Shall Be Sold By My
Executors and that they give good sifient title for the same furder I
leave the Bringing up of My Children with my Executors Weight Smith
Juner and Benjamin Carpenter Whome I Likewise Constitute Mack and
Ordaine My hole and sole Executors of this My Last Will and testament
and I Do hereby uterly Disalow Revock and Disanul all and Eviry other
former testament Lagases and be queaths and Executors By Me In any ways
Before Named Wills ___? Bequeathed Rattified and Confirming this and no
other to be my Last Will and testament In witness hereof I have herunto
set My hand and Seal the Day and yeare above written Signned and sealled
In the presents of us Note the Word Carpenter Enterlined In the second
Line Before witnessing
James Smith
Samuel Welb
Jonathan Webb
Samuel his X mark Carpenter
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City of New York
ss Be it remembered That on the tenth Day of May 1753 Wait Smith Junior
and Benjamin Carpenter the Executors of the within written will of
Samuel Carpenter deceased appeared before me and were duely sworn to the
true Execution
& Performance of the same Before me
??????[signed]
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Att A Court of Gerneal Sessions of the peace hold Att Goshen J___ In and
for the County of Orange on Wenesday the first Day of November In thes?
Twenty Sixth Year of his present Majesty reign 1752 Present
Abraham Haring
Daniel Everitt
Thomas Dekay
Michael Jackson
Hezekiah Howell
Ebenezer Seely
Jascobus Swartwout ?
John Westbrook Junior
Esqs. Justices of the peace
Memorandum that on the Day & year first above written personally
appeared in open court James Smith Samuell Webb and Jonathan Webb and
being duly Sworn on the Holly Evangelist of Almigty God Declareth upon
their Oath that they & Each of them Saw the Within Named Samuel
Carpenter Sign Seal publish & Declare the Within Written Will as his
___his? Last Will & Testament and that the Said Samuel Carpendor Was of
Sound Mind & Memory at? the? Time of his Signing Sealing & publishing as
aforesaid
___? C__? Fl__? Mathews D__?
Abraham Haring
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Transcribed by Dennis F. Carpenter, 2009