In the name of God Amen. I, John Van Veghten, of Albany, “ now a major in the New York Forces.” I direct all debts to be paid. I leave to my wife Anattie all my estate, real and personal, to be at her disposal as she shall think proper, and I make her my executor.

Dated May 12, 1762. Witnesses, Gussie Van Schaick, Gerard De Peyster, John Visscher.