ABSTRACT OF WILL OF CORNELIUS BOM.
Among Philadelphia Wills.
Cornelius Bom, Baker, late dwelling in Rotterdam, dated 1675, 20th April, new style. Original and translation recorded, 12th of 1st month, 1689. Translation by John De la Vail. Administration granted C. T. A. to his wife Agnes Bom.
"Upon the twentieth of Aprill, new stile, 1675, appeared before mee Jacob Van Oberfelt, Notary Publick appointed by the States General of Holland, dwelling in Rotterdam, and also before the witnesses after mentioned, Cornelius Bom, Baker, and Agnes Makeman his wife, residing in the same city. Then follows the statement that they made a will jointly, after the custom of that country.
There is provision for the daughter of said Agnes, viz.: Wansley Van Sandy, begotten by her first husband, Harman Van Sandy, etc. The witnesses are Peter Degnest and Peter Raibos.
[Difficult to decipher, — no other will dated so early has been found among Philadelphia Wills.]