Will of James Adams - 1762


In the name of God, Amen. I, James Adams, of Albany, Carman.

I leave to my wife Margaret the use of all my estate for life if she remains my widow, and no longer. I leave to my eldest son William £9 before any division. I leave to my daughter Margaret £150 and a negro girl and household goods. I leave to my sons William and Lambertus all the rest of my estate, and they shall pay to my daughter Margaret £30. My negro boy may choose which of my sons he will live with, and the son that he chooses to live with shall pay half of his value to the other.

I make my wife Margaret and my friends, Lambertus Bleecker and John Johnson Lansing [possibly 3739], executors.

Dated August 22, 1762.

Witnesses, Jacobus Hylton, Johanes Van Sante, Jr., James Stephenson, attorney at Law.

Proved, October 29, 1762.


notes

Will dated August 22, 1762 . Probated October 29, 1762. Printed in Abstract of Wills, 1760-1766, p. 193.

Transformed from an online resource by SB, Paragraphing and some punctuation supplied.


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