The Jacob Van Voorhis, Henry Van Voorhis and John Van Voorhis mentioned in the first above deed, from John De Witt, Sheriff, were the executors of the will of their uncle, Zacharias Van Voorhees, and the described premises were a part of the property of Zacharias Van Voorhees. The will of William Roe Van Voorhis is recorded in the office of the Surrogate of Duchess County. WILLIAM R. VAN VOORHIS, Will dated Sept. 13, 1828. of Fishkill, Duchess County. Recorded Liber H, p. 118. In the name of God, Amen! I, William R. Van Voorhis, of the Town of Fishkill, in the County of Duchess, being weak in body but of sound disposing mind, memory, and understanding, being conscious of the uncertainty of life and of the certainty of death, and being desirous of making a suitable disposition of the worldly estate wherewith God has blessed me, do make, publish, and declare this to be my last Will and Testament; and I do hereby revoke all other Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made. First, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my beloved wife Rachel, if she should survive me, Executrix; my son William R. Van Voorhis, and Isaac Adriance, of the City of New York, Counsellor at Law, Executors of this my last Will and Testament. Second: I do hereby give, devise, and bequeath unto my said Executrix and Executors all my Estate, both real and personal, to have and to hold the same to them and to the survivor of them, and to the heirs of such survivor, with full power and authority to them, and to the survivor of them, and to the heirs of such survivor, to sell and dispose of all or any part of my real estate at public auction, and to execute any deed or deeds to the purchaser thereof in fee simple, whenever they may deem it most advisable so to do, which devise to my Executors and Executrix is for the uses and purposes and upon the trusts hereinafter mentioned, viz.: To pay all my just debts and funeral expenses, then to pay the annual income arising from my said estate so devised in trust to my beloved wife during her natural life, or so long as she shall remain my widow. As I have given to my daughter Hannah, wife of Isaac C. Van Wyck, and to my daughter Susan, wife of Sylvanus Rapalje, each the sum of five hundred dollars for their marriage outfits, I do likewise order and direct my Executrix and Executors aforesaid to pay unto each of my daughters Rachel and Julia respectively, the like sum of five hundred dollars upon their respective days of marriage, or upon the decease of my said wife, whichever event may first happen. I do likewise order and direct my said Executors to pay unto my son, Cornelius Westbrook, the like sum of five hundred dollars, to be paid to him after the death of my said wife, and I do likewise give to my son William the sum of five hundred dollars, to be paid to him after the death of my said wife. As my son Elias lived with me after he arrived at lawful age, and assisted me on my farm, and I having at different times advanced him large sums of money, which were intended by me as a recompense for his services; now, in order to make the said Elias equal with my other children, I do order and direct my said Executors to pay unto the said Elias the sum of one hundred dollars after the death of my said wife, which sum of one hundred dollars, with the moneys I have already advanced him, is to be in lieu and in bar of all claim or claims upon my estate for services rendered, or for any legal claims he may have against me. And should the said Elias, after my death, prosecute any claim or claims against my estate, I do order and direct my said Executors to charge him with all the moneys so advanced by me to him, and to satisfy his legal claims out of the share of my estate coming to him by this my Will. Having heretofore given to my son Joseph a note for four hundred dollars, which was intended by me as an outfit for him, but which has never been paid, I do order and direct my said Executors, after the death of my wife, to pay to the said Joseph the sum of five hundred dollars in lieu and in.bar of the said note; and in case the payment of the said note should be enforced by law, I order my said Executors to pay the same out of the share of my estate coming to the said Joseph by this my Will. If my said wife and Executors should think proper to pay all or any of the aforesaid legacies before her death, they are to be at liberty to do so. After the death of my said wife, and after the payment of my just debts, funeral expenses, and legacies aforesaid, I order and direct my said Executors to divide the residue of my personal estate, and the proceeds of the sales of my real estate, into eight equal parts. I do then order my said Executors to pay unto my son Elias, his heirs or assigns, the one equal eightḥ part thereof; to my son Joseph, his heirs or assigns, one other equal eighth part thereof; to my son William, his heirs or assigns, one other equal eighth part thereof; to my son Cornelius Westbrook, his heirs or assigns, one other eighth part thereof. I do hereby order and direct my said Executors to pay over into the hands of each of my daughters, Hannah, Susan, Rachel, and Julia respectively during their natural lives annually, the annual interest arising from each : of the remaining equal eighth parts of my Estate, upon their respective receipts only, notwithstanding they are or may be covert, and not to be subject to the charges, control, debts or demands of their present or future husbands; and in case of the death of my said daughters, or either of them, my said Executors are to pay over to such person or persons respectively, as they may respectively designate and appoint, an equal eighth part of my Estate of which they respectively have the use, and in default of such appointment by an instrument in writing, duly made according to law, sufficient to pass real estate by Will, I do order and direct my said Executors to pay the same to the right heirsat law of the one so dying. My Will further is that all the property coming to my daughters by virtue of this my Will, in consequence of the death of either of my aforesaid children, shall be held by my Executors upon the same trusts, and for the same purposes, as the four-eighths of which they respectively have the use. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. WILLIAM R. VAN VOORHIS. Signed, sealed and published and declared by William R. Van Voorhis, the above-named Testator, to be his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses, at the request of the said Testator, and in his presence and in the presence of each other, the following interlineations and erasures being first noted: the words "to pay to the said Joseph," second page, interlined; the word "each," of first page, interlined; the word "eight" altered to "eighths," on last page; a line drawn in the sixth line, last page, between the word "use" and the word "and." THOMAS L. ADRIANCE. ISAAC ADRIANCE. Signature of William Roe Van Voorhis. Hm R. Van Voorhis. The will of Isaac Vail is recorded in the office of the Sur In the name of God, Amen! I, Isaac Vail, of the Town of Fishkill, County of Duchess and State of New York, Farmer, being weak in body, but of sound mind and memory, blessed be God, do, this sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eight, make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say: First, I give my negro boy Lewis, aged ten years, unto my son Joseph Vail and his heirs, until the first day of May, which will be in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, at which time it is my will that he be furnished with two good suits of clothes and be maunumitted. I give my son-in-law, William R. Van Voorhis, and to his heirs, my negro boy Peter, aged fifteen years, until the first day of May which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, at which time it is my will that he be fur |