In the name of God, Amen. I, Dirck Brat, of the Colony of Rensselaerwyck, blacksmith.

All debts and funeral charges to be paid by my executors.

I leave to my wife Cornelia, all my estate, real and personal, so long as she remains my widow with power to sell.

I leave to my son, Peter D. Brat, "my large Bibel, my gun, and a negro boy, and all my Smith tools, in Right of Primogeniture." After my wife's decease I leave to my son, Peter D. Brat, all my lot and hay land in the Manor of Rensselaerwyck on the north side of the house and lot of Johanes Peterse Fonda, and on the south of the house and lot of Isaac Abraham Ouderkirk, and on the east of the King's road, being the whole lot with all rights which I bought of Douw Johanes Fonda. And he shall pay to my daughter Trintie, wife of Jacob De Forrest, £33, 7s., and to my grandsons, the children of my daughter, Engeltie, deceased, viz., Jesse and Dirck De Forrest, each [one-third] of £33 7s. After the death of my wife I leave [one-third] of all the rest of my estate to my son Peter, and [one-third] to my daughter Tryntie, wife of Jacob De Forrest, and [one-third] to my two grandsons, Jesse and Dirck De Forrest.

I make my wife Catrina [he meant Cornelia] and my sons, Peter and Staats Van Voort, executors.

Witnesses, Ryckert Van Vranken, Seymor Johanes Veeder, John H. Lydius.

Dated December 16, 1763. Proved, June 17, 1767, before John De Peyster. Confirmed, November 12, 1771.

Will abstract printed in Abstract of Wills 31:455-56. Transformed from an online resource by SB. Most spellings and paragraphing has been retained.

At this point, many of those named in the will have not been profiled - perhaps due to the testator's out-of-Albany orientation or because the name references are imprecise.