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( 14 ) [an]d made Oath on the Holy Evangils of Almighty God that they [did] see the Testator therein named Signe and Seal this Will, And [th]at they heard him publish pronounce and declare the same [to] be his Last Will and Testament, and that at the time of his so [do]ing he was to the best of their apprehensions, of sound and [di]sosing mind, memory and understanding; And that they these depon= [a]nts together with William Price the other Subscribing Witness [w]ithin named respectively Subscribed their names as Witnesses to [t]his Will in the presence, and at the request of Thestator, and in the [P]resence of each other . JNicholson.Regr Recorded pr JNicholson Regr In the Name of God Amen I Robert Field of Whitehill in - [th]e Township of Mansfied County of Burlington and province of West [N]ew Jersey, being in good health and perfect mind and memory on [t]he first day of September one thousand seven hundred and Seventy four [ma]ke this my last Will and Testament in manner following. I resign my [S]oul to its Creator in humble hopes of its future happiness as in the [d]isposal of abeing infinitely good, and my Body to the Dust from whence [it] came to be buryed in a decent manner by my Executors hereafter - [n]amed, and my Will that all my just Debts and funeral charges be [f]irst paid and discharged as soon as possible after my decease [I]mprimis I give and bequeath to my son Samuel Field three hundred [A]cres of Land the north wisterly part of my Estate at White Hill joining [t]he River Delaware ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (sic in Record) to be [t]o be divided from the remainder by a South West and North East line, whereever it may fall out Including my mansion House, Bakehouse, [w]harfs and Stores, and Lotts I bought of Richard Brown, the House, Barn [a]nd part of the plantation I bought of Starcy Potts with all the [a]ppurtinances thereunto belonging as soon as he arrives to the age - [of] Twenty one years, he yielding and paying unto his mother if alive yearly |
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