WILL OF GEORGE TAYLOR, SENIOR
Of Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
Signed January 8, 1835
Proved February 19, 1835
Renunciation
To all whom it may concern. Whereas George
Taylor Sen. in the County of Monmouth in the State of New Jersey deceased
in and by his last Will and testament bearing date the 8th day of
January AD 1835 did nominate and appoint me the Subscriber one of the Executors
of the same, Now Know ye that for divers good causes and considerations me
thereunto moving, I have renounced and do hereby renounce the said Executorship
and the Execution of the said Will and testament and do hereby refuse to take
on myself the bother of the same. In
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 9th day
of Feby AD 1835. Witness present J M Hartsham, John G Taylor
Will
In the name of God Amen.
I George Taylor Senior of the Township of Freehold in the County of
Monmouth and State of New Jersey, being advanced in years, but of sound and
disposing mind and memory blessed be 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 in manner and form following
that it is to say.
Impremis. I give
and recommend my Soul to God who gave it and my body to the earth from whence
it came, to be buried in a Christian and decent like manner by my Executors
hereinafter named, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection to receive
the same again by the mighty Power of God.
And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to
bless me, I give bequeath and devise as follows, to wit.
Item. It is my
will and I do order that all my just debts and funeral Expenses be duly paid
and Satisfied as soon as can be after my decease.
Item. I give and
devise unto my son Edward Taylor all
my lands tenements hereditaments and Real Estate whatsoever and wheresoever to
have and to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever, subject however to the
charges and incumbrances herein after charged upon the same.
Item. I give and
devise and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth
Taylor the use and enjoyment of part of the house wherein I now live to
wit, the Kitchen next to the Barn and the room next adjoining said Kitchen and
the pantry, to have and to hold to her during her natural life.
Item. I give and
bequeath unto my said daughter Elizabeth Taylor one cow her choice to be
pastured and wintered by my son Edward Taylor.
I also give and bequeath unto my said Daughter Elizabeth Taylor her
mothers Bed and Bedding and all the furniture belonging thereto my Desk and
Dining Table Standing in the Room she is to occupy. I also give unto her the said Elizabeth
Taylor as much of the household furniture as will be necessary for her to keep
house with. I give and bequeath unto my
said Daughter Elizabeth Taylor her support and maintenance of the farm
bequeathed to my son Edward Taylor, and I do order and it is my will that my
son Edward Taylor shall furnish her with everything necessary for her
comfortable support and maintenance such as fuel meat drink all other
necessaries to make her comfortable during her life.
Item. I give and bequeath
unto my Daughter Rachel Andrews my
Dutch Cupboard.
Item. It is my
will and I do order all the remainder and residue of my personal Estate not
herein before disposed of, to be sold as soon after my decease as conveniently
can be by my Executors herein after named and after paying my debts and funeral
expences and other necessary charges. It
is my will that the monies arising therefrom be equally divided among all my
children. Share and share alike to wit, James Taylor, John Taylor, Edward Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor, Hannah Smith, Rachel Andrews, the children of George Taylor, and the children of Eleanor Embly, the children of George
& Eleanor to have their parents share.
And Lastly I do nominate and appoint my two sons Edward
Taylor and John Taylor to be the Executors of this my last Will and Testament,
hereby revoking and annulling all other Wills by me heretofore made, and
confirming this to be my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
this Eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty five. --- George Taylor
Senior
Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the
said George Taylor Sen to be his last will and testament in the presence of us
who have signed our names as witnesses thereto in the presence of each other
and of the testator. --- J M Hartsham. Hendrick
W Sickles. Hendrick I Sickles.
Henry W Sickles and Hendrick I Sickles, two of the
witnesses to the within will, being duly sworn according to Law, did Severally
depose and say that they saw George Taylor Senior, the testator therein named,
sign and Seal the same and heard him publish, pronounce and declare the annexed
writing to be his Last Will and testament, and that at the doing thereof the
said testator was of sound and disposing mind and memory as far as these
deponents know and as they verily believe and that James M Hartsham, the other
subscribing evidence, was present at the same time and signed his name as
witness to the said will, together with these deponents in the presence of the
said Testator and of each other.
--- Hendrick W Sickles, his mark. Hendrick I Sickles.
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 19th day
of February AD 1835. Henry D Polhemus, Surrogate.
Edward Taylor, one of the Executors in the within
testament named, being duly sworn according to Law, did depose and say that the
annexed instrument contains the true last will and testament of George Taylor
Senior, the testator therein named, as far as he knows, and as he verily
believes, that he will well and truly perform the same, by paying first the
debts of the said deceased, and then the Legacies in said will specified, so
far as the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said deceased can thereunto
extend and that he will make and Exhibit into the Surrogates Office of the
County of Monmouth, a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods,
Chattels, and Credits of said deceased that have or shall come to his
Knowledge, or possession or to the possession of any other person or persons
for his use and under a just and true account when thereunto lawfully required.
Edward G Taylor.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 19th day
of Feby AD 1835. –Henry D Polhemus
Surrogate
I, Henry D Polhemus, Surrogate of the County of Monmouth,
do certify the annexed to be a true copy of the last will and testament of
George Taylor Senior, late of the County of Monmouth, deceased, and that Edward
G Taylor, one of the Executors therein named, proved the same before me and is
duly authorized to take upon himself the administration of the Estate of the
Testator agreeably to the said will.
Witness my hand and seal of Office at Freehold this
nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty five.
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