Will of Hendrick Cuyler, Jr. - 1761



In the name of God, Amen. I, Hendrick Cuiler, of Albany. I leave to my wife Margaret the use of all my estate during widowhood, provided she maintains my children as usual, during the time she remains my widow.

I leave to my son Abraham my silver Tankard, for the right of Primogeniture. “I leave to my daughter Elizabeth, when married, £100 and my silver tea pot, in lieu of an outset.” I also leave her the income of ½ of my real estate, and the other half after the marriage of my daughter Elizabeth, and I value it at £500. I leave to my daughters, Catrinite, wife of Jacob Van Schaick, Catalina, wife of Hendrick Bleecker Jr., and Elizabeth, each £500. All the rest of my estate to my children.

I make my son Abraham, and my brother, Nicholas Cuiler, executors.

Dated March 11, 1761. Witnesses, Johanes Roseboom, John Glen, and Abraham Yates, Jr.

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Will dated March 11, 1761. Proved March 17, 1767. Printed in Abstract of Wills volume 31, pp. 140-41.

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