The Last Will &
Testament of John BURDGE, Sr. & Related Probate data for the above Will
Will written: 9 July 1821,
Howell Twp. Monmouth Co NJ
Probate opened on 18 March
1830, recorded at Freehold, Monmouth Co NJ.
# 9878 M found in NJA,
Monmouth Co Wills, roll #982
transcribed from a photocopy of the
original on 27 April 1999
by Susan Bidwell Williams P O Box 1584
Gilbert AZ 85299
Email: slw02@sprynet.com Home: (480) 892-8578
NOTE: All
transcription errors are the fault of the above person. Where data is illegible or cannot be
recognized as a valid word a ------- occurs.
If there is a possible reading it will appear in [brackets].
Page 1 of copies
Cover of Will Packet: Preprinted 9878 M
Written: John Burdge
Sr; Will; March 18 1830; Recorded in the Surrogate Office of the county of
Monmouth at Freehold in Boo- [k] - [capital letter C] of Wills folio 152-.
Signed: - [G, J, L]. C. Vanherhoef Surrogate
Page 2 of copies
Richard Longstreet Junior one of the
witnesses to the --------[firthling] wills being duly
sworn according to law did declare and said that he saw John Burdge Senr the testator therein
named sign and seal the same and heard him publish pronounce and declare the
said writing to be his last will and testament, and that at the doing thereof he was of sound disposing
mind and memory so far as he knows and as he verily believes, and that Richard
Longstreet, Senr & Taber C Jeffrey the other
-----------[subscribing] --------[intrueped] were
present at the time & signed their names as -------[intuepe]
to the said will together with this deponent in the presence of the said
testator.
Signed: Richard Longstreet
------
and -------- [Livvus and Desended]
at Freehold
March
18. 1830 before me
- C. Vanherhoef Surrogate
Joseph Burdge one
of the executors in the within instrument named being duly sworn according to
law did declare and say that the herein writing contains the true last will
& testament of John Burdge Sen. The testator
therein named as far as he knows and as verily believes _that he will well and
verily perform the same by paying first the debts and then the legacies in the
said testament specified as far as the goods, chattels and credit of the said
deceased wills there into extends and he will make and exhibit ---in the
Surrogates office of the County of Monmouth as a true and perfect inventory of
the said deceased as can believe come to ----------of---------- all and singular the goods, chattels &
credits as to the ---------[hopepious] of any other person or persons -------- ---------and sends as a just and true account
-------- therein to law fully required.
Sworn & Subscribed at Signed: Joseph Burdge
Freehold March 18 1830
before me
-. C. Vanherhoef
Surrogate
Page 3 & 4 of copies
In the name of God Amen. I, John Burdge of
Howell in the County of Monmouth and the State of New Jersey, being of sound
mind and memory revoking all others/ do make and ordain and publish this as my
Testament and last will. Imprimis it is
my will that all my honest debts and financial charges be paid as soon as
circumstances will admit after my decease; Item to my beloved wife Mary Burdge I give and bequeath the use of the two back rooms in
my dwelling house with the use of the two feather beds and bedding and one cow
for and during her material life or while she continues my widow, and I further
order and direct that my son Joseph herein after to be named shall provide a
reasonable & necessary maintenance for her while she continues to remain in
the apartments which I have assigned her. This he is to do in consideration of the devise herein
made to him. Item to my son Jonathan Burdge I give the sum of one hundred dollars to be paid by
my son Joseph at the expiration of one year after my decease: Item to my son
William I give the sum of fifty dollars to be paid by my son Joseph at the
expiration of one year and six months after my decease; Item to my son John I
give and bequeath the -------[ordm] and quantity of
four chains of land beginning at the northeast corner of the land which I have
conveyed to him by deed then running east along the lines four chains thence
due south to my southern boundary let the same contain more or less; Item to my
son Joseph I give and bequeath all my real estate not before disposed of
subject to the payment of my just debts, funeral charges the above mentioned
legacies and the maintenance of my beloved wife Mary. Item to my daughters Mary M Maxson, Phebe Errickson, Lydia Parker, Sarah Dickinson, Nancy Bilyeu,
Deborah Lippincott, Hannah Van Note I give & bequeath all my personal
estate to be equally divided among them --------------------[probably: share
and share] alike. It is also my will and I hereby order and direct that the
share of my personal estate bequeathed to Phebe Errickson
---[my] daughter shall remain in the hands of my son Joseph and shall only be
payable to her order and not subject to ----- control of her husband; and I
also order and direct that the share bequeathed to Lydia Parker shall remain in
the hands of my grandson William Parker subject only to the order of my said
daughter Lydia and not to the control of her husband. Item it is my will that of either or several above mentioned children should die before me then and in
such case the devise made unto such child to go to the child or children of
such deceased child in equal portions. Item I appoint my friend Taber
Chadwick
and my son Joseph Burdge the executors of this my
testament and last will.
Signed sealed published and declared by the said
John Burdge as his testament and last will this ninth
day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
1821 in the presence of
John Burdge sen
Richard
Longstreet, Junes [Junior]
Richard
Longstreet, Sener
Taber
C Jeffery
Page 5 of copies
Preprinted: 9878 M
Written: John BURDGE
Inventory
March 10 1830
Recorded
in the Surrogate office of the County of Monmouth at Freehold in Liber H of
Inventory folio 402--------
-. C. Vanherhoef Surrogate
Page 6 of copies
A true and perfect inventory of all and
singular the Goods, Chattels, rights & Credits, of John Burdge
Sen late of the Township of Howell dec’d made by us
whose names are hereunto subscribed.
Silver money
in leather purse $
3.00
Wearing
apparel 13.00
Large chest
& sundry tools therein 4.50
Bed bedding
and bedstead willed to the widow 6.00
Pair of
saddlebags 1.00
1 old table
& woolen [wooden] wheel 1.50
18 new chair
frames 3/ 6.75
6 old chairs
with bottoms 1.25
1 old chair .25
1 lot (4)
leather bound books 1.00
1 wooden
box, hammer, powder horn & shot bag .12 ½
1 large old
basket .6 [.06]
Lot of hen
feathers inn old tick willed to widow 1.00
Round table
in kitchen
.75
Bread tray .6 [.06]
Knife box
& settle [kettle] .50
Stone jug; 2
----[tankk] bottles; tin kettle; plate &
candlestick .62 ½
Meal chest
in back kitchen 37
½
2 iron pots,
griddle & old ---[Inn] tea kettle 87
½
1 large
broken pot . 6 [.06]
2 pewter
platters, brass kettle & pickle tub 1.00
2 trammels,
pair andirons, Grid iron, bayonet 2.19
Lot of
turned stuff for wooden wheels, etc .25
2 vinegar
barrels
.62 ½
24 clothes pins .20
The
remaining ------ & c of an old pail
.12 ½
3 tight
--------[tiercez] in cellar 1.25
1 wooden
tunnel & 3 ------ 1.00
1 “Old” iron
bound Hhd & leech tub 1.50
2 meat tubs
& soap tub 3.00
1 lot of
lumber in cellar .10
1 barrel,
trap springs 1.25
Pair lines
& bridle 1.00
Lot of
harness 1.25
Old sled .6 [,06]
5 axes in
workshop
.52
Lot of iron
in cask ditto [workshop] 2.50
2 iron
wedges
.50
Note: This
completes page 1 of inventory $60.07
On bottom of
page: “Turn over”
Page 7 of copies Continuation of Inventory
Amount
brought forward $60.07
Waggon boxes & Clevice
in shop loft .37
------Cutter
& part of Ox chai- [chain/chair] 1.00
Cross cut
saw 2.30
Iron chisel
and hand saw .50
Old saddle .6 [.06]
Hammer,
pitchfork & plane .37
Cutting
knife & scythe .6 [.06]
small new
chair frame .37
Calf skin
& ½ deer skin .90
Old Bed
stead and bed cord 1.00
2 pieces of waggon tyre in crib .40
Powder horn
& shot bag .25
Hive of Bees 1.00
4 empty
hives .25
Half of
grindstone & crank .25
1 chest
& half bushel & -----in barn .87
2 frails
& rake .18
1 Bay Mare 25.00
Hubbs,
spokes & hoops of hind wheels; hubs & spoke of forewheels,
Boesteerbands, 5 bolts & 4 ----attached to wagon
2.50
1 red cow
with short tail 10.00
1 dark red
cow, brown head 11.00
1 red cow
willed to widow 12.00
16 Harrow
teeth & clevice attached 1.00
1 Coutter & clevice 1.00
1 capboard Dresser in the kitchen 2.00
$ 134.96
Appraised by
us He---- Herbert
John B Williams
John B Williams one of the appraisers of
the foregoing inventory being duly sworn according to law declare and say that
the goods chattels &
------ in the said inventory set down and specified were by him
appraised according to I— and ----- ref------ ----& ----after the best of
his judgement & understanding and that Honc-
Herbert the other appraiser herein named
Page 8 of copies
------
-------- was
present at the same time and consented in all things to the doing thereof
another by appraiser all things that
were broryes [
?] to there -isa {?] for appraisement.
Signed John B
Williams
Sworn
& Subscribed at Freehold
March
18 1830 before me
-. C. Vanherhoef Surrogate
Joseph Burdge one
of the executors of the last will and testament of John Burdge
dec’d being duly sworn according to law s--d sealed
and -day that the foregoing inventory
contains a true & perfect inventory of all and singular the goods,
Chattels, ----- of the said deceased so far as have come to his knowledge
------- into the ------------- of any other person or persons for his ------al -----
time of appraisal.
Signed
Joseph Burdge
Sworn
& subscribed at Freehold
March
18 1830 before me
-. C.
Van------hof Surrogate