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- Will of Anthony Case, in Hunterdon Co. Wills
#843J.
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In the Name of God Amen, I Anthony Case, of the Township of Amwell, County of Hunterdon,
province of West New Jersey, Yeoman, being in good Health of Body, and of sound and perfect Mind and Memory, Praise be
therefore to Almighty God, do make and ordain this my present & last Will & Testament, in Manner & Form & following,
That is to say, First and principly I command my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God hoping thro: the Merits, Death
& passion of my Saviour, Jesus Christ to have full and free Pardon and Forgiveness, of all my Sins and to Inherit Everlasting
Life. And my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently burried at the decretion of my Executrix & Executors, hereafter, named.
And as Touching the dispossition of all such Temporal Estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me, I give & dispose
thereof as follows, First I will that all Just debts and funeral Charges shall be paid & discharged. Item I give and bequeath unto
my Eldest Son Peter Case the Sum of Ten pounds, over and above his Equal Share hereafter, Mentioned in Lieu and full Satisfaction
of his Birth Right, to be paid to him Six Months after my decease by my Executrix Item I will, give and Bequeath
unto my beloved Wife Eve Cathrine, All the Remainder of my Estate both Real and personal, to and for her use
During her Natural Life, or Widowhood, and at her Decease, I will and order that all my Estate shall decend to and become
the Right in Law of all my Children, whose Names Follow, Vis, Peter Case, John Mathias Case, John Case, Jacob Case,
John Adam Case, Ann Elisabeth, the Wife of Francis Poxon, Anna Mary, the Wife of Coonrad Hummer, and Catha-
rine the Wife of Herbert Trimmer, Among whom it shall be Equally divided share and share, alike, to be delivered
unto them by my Executors, (after the decease of my beloved Wife Eve Catharine,) or in Case she should Marrey, then
to be Intitled, only to her Lawfull Thirds, the Remainder of the Estate to be Equally divided amongst my Children aforesaid
And Lastly, I do Ordain, Constitude, and Appoint my Loving Wife Eve Catharine, to me my whole &
Sole Executrix, during her Natural Life(, & Peter Case, and John Mathias Case, Executors to Assist my said Executrix
in all and every perticular she may or shall Request) of this my last Will and Testament, Intreating of them to cause
the same to be punctually performed and Kept, to whom the Sevivior of them, their Heirs, or Executors, I do hereby Give full
[torn] and Authority to Execute this my last Will and Testiment, According to the Direction herein [torn]
[torn] to sell and dispose of my Estate (if need be) Either by way of public Vendue or otherwise as they shall [torn]
Judge it most Advantagious, for the Heirs herein Named, and to make, Sign, Seal, and Deliver such Legal -
Writings, as shall be Thought Needfull and Necessary for the Confirming the same unto the Purchaser or Purchasers -
And I do hereby Revoke, and Disanul, all any Every other Former Testament Wills Legacies, Bequests and Executors
by me in any Ways, heretofore, Willed and bequeathed Rattyfying and Confirming this and no Other to be my
Last Will and Testament, In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal, this Twentyeth Day of
May, in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God, King -
of Great Brittain, France and Ireland, Anno Domini, One Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty Nine 1769 -
.....................................................................................................(signed) Anthony Case
Signed, Sealed published and declared by the
said Anthoney Case as his last Will and Testam-
ent In presence of us, who in his presence, & In
the presence of Each Other, have hereunto Subscribed, our Names
Robert Dodd
Jacob Servoss
Peter Peterson
- Codecil to New Jersey County WILL #843J, in Codecil to the WILL of Anthony Case.
It is my Will and I do hereby Order, that the Surviveing Children of
my above said Daughter Anna Mary, by her Late Husband, Johanis Yawger,
Namely, Peter, Philip, William and John Yawger, shall with the other children
of the said Anna Mary, by her present Husband, Conrad Hummer, share that part
of my Estate so Willed to my abovesaid Daughter, Anna Mary, Each and every One of them an Equal Share, and Share alike to be paid to the aforesaid Children, of Johan
=nis, Yawger, after the Death of my Loving Wife Eve Catharine, Executrix, as they may
be, or Arrive to the Age of Twenty-One, by my aforesaid Executors, Peter Case & John
Matthias Case, In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this
Seventh Day of June in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand
Seven Hundred & Sixty Nine 1769
Signed, Sealed published, as
above said in presence of
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- Inventory(s) of Anthony Case.
10 Dec 1772 Amwell Twp., Hunterdon, New Jersey, Colonial America
Inventory of Anthonias Case, Farmer, taken by Peter Peterson and Peter Aller
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11 Dec 1772 [3]
Robert Dodd and Peter Peterson two of the Witnesses to the
Will being duly Sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God do
depose and say that they saw Anthony Case therein Named Sign
and Seal the Same, and heard him publish, pronounce and declare
the within writing to be his last Will and Testament and that at the
doing thereof the said Testator was of Sound disposing Mind & Memory
as far as these Deponents verily believes, and that Jacob Servess the
other Subscribing Witness was present at the time and Signed his
Name as Witness to the said Will together with these Deponents in
the present of the Testator.
(signed) Rob't Dodd
(signed) Peter Peterson
Sworn at Pitt Town the
11th day of Dec - 1772
before me Geo. Reading Sorag.
Eve Catharine Case, Peter Case and John Mathias Case Execs. in the
within Testament named being duly Sworn on the Holy Evengelist of Al-
mity God, did depose and Say, that the within Instrument contains [worn]
the true last Will and Testament of Anthoney Case the Testator therein
Named, as far as they know or verily believes, and that they will well
and truly perform the same, by paying first the Debts of the said deceased
and then the Legacies in the said Testament specified as far as the Goods,
Chattle, Rights and Credits of the said deceased can thereto extend and that
They will make and exhibit into the Perogative Office in Burlington
a true and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the Goods Chattles and
Credits of the deceased that have or shall come to their knowledge or Possession
or to the knowledge or possession of any other Person or Persons for their use,
and send a just and true Account when thereunto Lawfully required
Eve Catharine (her X mark) Case
(signed) Peter Case
John Mathias (his X mark) Case
Sworn at Pitts Town this
11th day of Dec. 1772
before me Geo. Reading Sorag.
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13 Aug 1785 [3]
Demand for Accounting
Hunterdon Court, ?? State of New Jersey To our Sheriff of Hunterdon
Greeting, We comand you to cite Peter Case and John
Matthias Case, surviving Executors of the Testament and
last will of Anthony Case, deceased, to be and appear
before our Judges of our Orphans Court to be holden at
Trenton in and for our County of Hunterdon, on the
fourth Tuesday of October next, to show wherefore they have not exhibit-
ed and settled their Accounts and made Payment of Legacies as Ex-
ecutors of the said Testament and last will; and further, to se-
cure and fulfil such orders and Directions as our said
Judges of our said Court shall there then consider of and give
in the Premisses; and have there then our ???
witness Joseph Reading, Esquire, Judge of our said Court at
Trenton aforesaid, the fourth Day of August in the Year of our
Lord seventeen Hundred and eighty-five.
Furman, Clk
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Oct 1785 [3]
The Account of Peter Case and Mathias Case Surviving Executors of Anthony Case
[Left side]
To Amount of Inventory.......357.9
To Cash of George Trimmer..38.0.8
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.................................................£395.9.8
Ballance in Specie...................379.8.2
To Cash for Farm...................2125.0.0
Ballance in ????.....................2060.12.6
[Right Side]
By Sundry payments.........................£3.13.9
By Coms. at 2 1/2 pct. on £495.9.8.....12.7.9
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................................................................16.1.6
Ballance............................................379.8.2
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.........................................................£395.9.8
By Cash paid for Coffin................£11.5.-
Coms. at 2 1/2 pct. on £2125...........53.2.6
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............................................................64.7.6
Ballance in ???...............................2060.12.6
........................................................£2125.-.-
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- NJ Colonial Documents Calendar of Wills , in Summary of the WILL of Anthony Case
1771-1780, p. 85.
20 May 1769 ANTHONY CASE, of Amwell Township, Hunterdon Co., yeoman.
Eldest son, Peter, 10 pounds. Wife, Eve Catharine, real and personal
estate, and after her death, to my children, Peter Case, John Mathias
Case, John Case, Jacob Case, John Adam Case, Ann Elizabeth, the wife of
Francis Pozon, Anna Mary, wife of Coonrad Hummer, and Catharine, wife of
Herbert Trimmer. Executors - Wife, Eve Catharine, Peter Case and John
Mathias Case. Witnesses - Robert Dodd, Jacob Serves, Peter Peterson.
7 June 1769 Codicil. The surviving children of my daughter, Anna Mary,
by her late husband, Johanis Yauger, viz., Peter, Philip, William and
John Yawger, shall, with the other children of said Anna Mary, by her
present husband, Conrad Hummer, share that part of my estate so willed
to my daughter, Anna Mary. Witnesses - Robert Dodd, Jacob Serves,
Peter Peterson. Proved 11 December 1772.
10 December 1772. Inventory, #357.9.8, made by Peter Peterson and Peter
Aller. (Lib. 14, p. 461).
- ↑ Short Title More Palatine Families Author Henry Z. Jones, in More Palatine Families - Some Immigrants to the Middle Colonies 1717-1776 and their European Origins .
Author Henry Z. Jones, Publisher. Universal City, CA, 1991
"bpt. Dom. 1 Adv. Nov 29 1691 - sp.: Johannes Groß, Johan Thönges Äden (?), the w/o Paul Schneider at Langenbaum."
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