WILL: (declared invalid) dated April 3, 1714. To son Casparus, 1 shilling; dau Mary Johnson exor gets everything. Witn: Joseph Taylor & Jarvis Marshall.
To all Christian People to whom these Presents shall come, I, JURIAN BLANCK, of New York, yeoman. I leave to my son Casparus, one shilling and no more, in lieu of all that he would or could demand. I appoint my daughter, Mary Johnson, executor, to see all my Debts paid, in expectation of a Christian Buryal. And I leave to her all my houses, lands, and goods.
Dated April 3, 1714. Witnesses, Joseph Taylor, Jarvis Marshall. (Names of two witnesses illegible, the testator's name a scrawl.)
This will was offered for probate in April, 1714, before Governor Robert Hunter. Three witnesses were produced against it, Catharine Whitfield, David Cunningham, and Abraham Kipp. Upon full examination it was decided that the testator was non compos mentis, and that the will "was obtained by Fraud and Circumlocution," and was invalid, and the Governor refused to allow the same. Copy of a Commission granted by Governor Robert Hunter to Jeckomiah Scott, of Southampton, Suffolk County, to take testimony concerning the will of BENJAMIN HAINES, of that town. Also the forms of oath to be administered to the witnesses and executors.
June 11, 1714.
(The will is recorded in Liber 11, Page 129.)
