COL. ISAAC PRESTON WILL & INVENTORY 1777, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

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Will & Inventory of Isaac Preston, Cumberland County, NJ - 1777
Recorded in No 18 Pg 166

In the Name of God Amen I- Isaac Preston of Fairfield Township in the 
County of Cumberland and Provence of New Jersey being Present in a weak 
and sick state of body, but through the mercy of God and am of sound 
mind and perfect memory before God for the same; Do make and ordain, 
this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following. (Viz;)  
First and Principally I commit my spirit into the Hands of God who gave 
it hoping and praying that through infinite merits and Prevalent 
Intercession of Jesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour to receive a full 
and free pardon of all my sins and free grace to Inherit Eternal Life; 
To the next place Assign my body to its Original Dust to be Decently 
Interred at the descretion of my Executor hereafter named, and as to 
the Disposition of that Temporal estatewhich God hath entrusted me with 
I give and give and Demise the same as followeth 

IMPRIMIS I will that Funeral Charges and all other my Just Debt be 
discharged by my Executrix hereafter Named

ITEM give to my well beloved wife Hannah Preston, one half of my 
Movable Estate after my Just Debts are paid also I give unto my said 
wife one Equal third Part of all my Lands and Marsh during her Life 
also the use of every part of my buildings; Except the New Pecan Log 
House also the use of one third part of my barn and out-houses during 
her widowood.  Also all my grain in the Barn and all my grain on the 
ground also all my Indian Corn in the cribb, also all my Pork and Beef 
in the Celler and six of the best Swine in the Pen and all my store 
wine.

ITEM - I give unto my two daughters Bathsheba and Hannah Preston Twenty 
Pound each to be paid unto them when they arrive at the age of eighteen 
years by my executor.

ITEM - I give unto my two Sons Isaac and John Bower Preston all my 
Lands and Marsh (sic) swamps out land not Disposed of as above and my 
will is that at the Decease of my wife after that my two sons       
that have all and singular my Land to be Divided equally between them 
in quantity and quality and that my son Isaac shall have his Choice and 
my will is that If either of my sons above named should decease with 
issure that my son David Preston shall arrive at the age of twenty one 
years that each off of my sons, Isaac Preston and John Bower Preston 
shall pay unto him that is David fifty pounds each as his Legacy.  the 
true Intent and meaning of thes presentation if the said David Preston 
should by virtue of this will upon the Decease of e;ither of my sons as 
above inherit aprt of the Land afforsaid that he shall not have any 
Legate paid him as above further my will is that if either of my sons 
should deceas before they shall Arrive at the age of twenty one years 
that they who shall survive and inheret the Land afforesaid shall pay 
unto my Daughter Bathsheba and Hannah & Elizabeth Prissilla and Ruth 
Preston the sum of ten pounds to each of them.

ITEM - I give unto my three Daughter Elizabeth, Pricilla and Ruth ten 
pounds, Each to be   to them when they arrive at the age of Eighteen 
years by my Executor and further my will is tht the profits and rents 
of my Land should be applyed to bringing up and educating my children 
and to pay the Legatees above Mentiond by my Executor and in the Last 
place I do constitute and appoint my beloved wife Hannah Preston to be 
Executor of this my Last will and Testament - - Signed Sealed Published 
Pronounced and declared by the within Named Isaac Preston to be his 
Last

Ephrain Harris
John Bower                  Isaac Preston
William Preston

Hannah Preston Sole Executrix in the written testment names being duly 
sworn upon the Holy  evangelists of almighty God        and say, that 
the within instrment contains the last will and testament of Isaac 
Preston.  The Testator therein named as far as she knows and is verily 
be     the the will    and duly perform the same by paying fire the 
debts of the deceased, and then the Legacies in the said testament 
specified.  So far s the goods chattles and credits of the Said 
deceased   thereunto exetent and that the will make and exhited into 
the      office at Burlington, or everywhere in the State of New jersey 
a time and perfect 

New Jersey Archives - 23 Sep 1997 - Copied from Microfilm - Mary Love 
Berryman