William EDWARDS^{[1, 2, 3]}

• Name	William EDWARDS
  Gender	Male
  _UID	0AFF92285D9DBA4A9550AAC01D3C8C3B309D
  Person ID	I3342	Steeles_Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020

  
  

  Children	1. Sally EDWARDS,   b. 30 Jul 1803, New York ,   d. 30 Sep 1856  (Age 53 years)   2. Aaron EDWARDS   3. Moses EDWARDS   4. George William EDWARDS   5. Stephen EDWARDS   6. John EDWARDS   7. Betsy EDWARDS   8. Rebecca EDWARDS   9. Rhoda EDWARDS   10. Rosetta EDWARDS   11. Morris EDWARDS
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F1256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Last Will & Testament of William Edwards In the name of God amen. I William Edwards Senior of the town ofCoxsackie in the county of Green in the State of New York being weakin body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be to Almighty God for thesame and calling to mind not only the uncertainty of this mortal lifebut also the certainty of death and also believing the holy Scriptureswhich declares we ought to do justly to love mercy and walk humblywith God. Therefore in compliance with this request of doing justly Ishall endeavor to make a just distribution of my earthly propertyamongst my children & earthly companion that they all may enjoy thesame after my decease peaceably which I shall mention in the followingmanner and 1 sly. My wish is that my widow should possess and enjoythe farm on 100 acres I now live on and all the profits thereof duringthe time of her remaining my widow in conjunction with my two youngestsons Aaron & Moses and it is to be noted that this privilege isgranted to my widow in order to enable her to school and maintain mychildren during their age of minority and expecting her also to ______in & pay out all my just debts and I hereby constituting her my soleand only executrix of this my last will and Testament. My intent andfurther to be understood that if after my two sons Aaron & Moses comesto lawful age or twenty one years or more that they then should becomespendthrifts and act imprudently my meaning is that their mothershould no longer be under any obligations to possess _______ or enjoythe farm in conjunction with them or either of them that shall they beimprudent but should have the entire control of the farm & propertyduring her remaining my widow but if they behave prudently then tohave each their equal share of the income of my farm & propertyaccording to their prudence industry and merit during their mother’slifetime if she remains my widow and after her decease. I wish my twosaid youngest sons to have forty acres (last line unreadable) The said forty acres to be set off in the following manner, by actualsurvey that to say beginning at the north east corner of the fieldeast of the orchard north of the Turnpike road joining the woodlandrunning nearly south to a certain pile of stones and thence in asoutherly direction to what is called the garner line or south line ofmy farm and to extend westerly on said line so far as to be in rangewith the Eastside or fence of the field where John Bogardus plantedcorn the last season or summer, and from thence to run northerly &westerly so far as to embrace the said forty acres so as to have ittake in the house barn & orchard and lie in as nearly a square form asis possibly consistent with the first two lines. This I wish my twoyoungest sons their heirs & assign to possess & enjoy forever and theresidue of my land & personal property if any of the personal property& I wish to be equally divided amongst my sons & daughters hereafternamed _____ George William, Stephen & instead of John his oldest daughter Racheland then my daughter Betsey Claw, Rebecca Hallenbeck, Sally Barr,Rosetta Edwards & Rhoda my youngest daughter and as to Aaron & Mosestheir portion has been mentioned as as to Morris Edwards my third sonhaving given him all I intended I only request my widow & Executrixwithin five years if convenient to purchase for & give him a largebible worth four or five dollars that he may look thereon & therein &remember that he had an earthly father & still has a heavenly Fatherwho requires his obedience and loudly calls on him to prepare to meethis God. And as further explanation of the aforesaid grant to my widowI wish to take no reasonable privilege from her while she remains mywidow but if she married I then request and direct that she shouldonly have of my property her third as the law directs & the twoyoungest sons to have their forty acres immediately set off to themand the remainder sold and the money divided among them as isaforesaid or else the land divided among them if they shall choose. Ialso direct that those who are under age should have their maintenanceand schooling from the increase or products of my property duringtheir minority & more especially in case of sickness or misfortune andbecause my widow & two youngest sons will have the increase of all mypersonal property I direct that Rhoda also should not be neglected buthave at least all her earnings from the time of my decease untill ofage and as much more assistance as the income of my property willadmit of & finally as it is impossible for me to foresee future eventsor every circumstance that may occur I hereby leave and expect manythings to be done and transacted discretionary by my Executrix who Itrust is as anxious for the happiness & welfare of her children as Iam I therefore leave it discretionary with her whether she will haveany income or increase from the little lot of land that I own now inthe possession of Samuel Barr & even to convey the title of said lotto his wife (last line unreadable) Receive it as their full portion _ and I hereby certify that this & noother is my last will and testament hereby revoking all other & formerwills by me made _ In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand &seal this twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord onethousand eight hundred & twenty four. Sealed & delivered in the presence of us who in the presence of thetestator subscribed our names as witnesses. Henry Cornwell John Hollister William Edwards (seal) Ruben Brundydge Greene County SS – be it remembered that on the twelfth day of May onethousand Eight hundred & twenty four before Dorrance KirtlandSurrogate of the said county came Henry Cornwell on of the subscribingwitnesses to the original instrument purporting to be the last will &testament of William Edwards deceased of which the foregoing is a copyand being duly sworn made oath that he saw the testator the saidWilliam Edwards execute the said instrument & publish & declare thesame to be his last will and testament and that as well he as theother subscribing witnesses to wit John Hollister & Ruben Brundydgewere all present at the time the said William Edward executed the saidinstrument & subscribed their names as witnesses thereto in thepresence of the said testator & in the presence of each other and thatthe said testator was then of sound & disposing mind and memory and beit further remembered that on the day & year aforesaid before the saidSurrogate came Rachel Edwards the widow and Executrix in the saidInstrument named & was by me the said Surrogate duly qualified intooffice. Dorrance Kirtland Recorded May 22d 1824

  
  

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  [S1100] Imported GEDCOM file. [S1099] Imported GEDCOM file. [S1098] Imported GEDCOM file.