Hi All, For what its worth, the will of Harmanus Rutgers does not name any executors. Abstracts of Wills Vol II 1708-1728, page 69: Liber 8 > Page 37.--HARMANUS RUTGERS. In the name of God, Amen. Be it known and > manifest unto all people, that I, Harmanus Rutgers, of New York, brewer, > being very ancient and weak in body but of sound memory. I give to my > eldest son, Anthony Rutgers, £15. I leave all the rest of my estate to my > well-beloved wife, Catharine Rutgers, while she remains my widow, but she > is not to have power to sell. But if she marries she shall give to my > friends,Nicholas Rosevelt, of New York, bolter, Myndert Schuyler, of > Albany, merchant, Johanes Kerfbyl of New York, merchant, and Jacobus Goelet > of New York, school master, a true and perfect inventory, and she shall > have one-half. The other half is left to my sons Herman and Anthony, and my > daughter Elsie, wife of David Schuyler of Albany, merchant. If my wife does > not marry then after her decease the estate is to go to my children. > Dated March 6, 1709/10. Witnesses, Hendrick Varck, Johanes Heyer, Abraham > Gouverneur. Proved, April 25, 1711. > Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York > (Volume XVI. Corrections to Vol.I-V) page 63 > page 69 > 10 lines from top Will of Harmanus Rutgers read Harman Rutgers. > 11 lines from bottom for Hendrick Varck read Hendrick Vonck. > Best regards, Pam Sears

The original recording of the Will of Harman Rutgers dated 6 Mar 1709 is at Liber 8 Page 32 (incorrectly indexed at Sampubco): http://tinyurl.com/bv7n4m5 "Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my said wife Catharin to be the only and sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament." ________________________________ From: Pamela J. Sears <pjsears904@gmail.com> To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Catharin de Hooges, wife of Harmanus Rutgers Hi All, For what its worth, the will of Harmanus Rutgers does not name any executors. Abstracts of Wills Vol II 1708-1728, page 69:  Liber 8 > Page 37.--HARMANUS RUTGERS. In the name of God, Amen. Be it known and > manifest unto all people, that I, Harmanus Rutgers, of New York, brewer, > being very ancient and weak in body but of sound memory. I give to my > eldest  son, Anthony Rutgers, £15. I leave all the rest of my estate to my > well-beloved wife, Catharine Rutgers, while she remains my widow, but she > is not to have power to sell. But if she marries she shall give to my > friends,Nicholas Rosevelt, of New York, bolter, Myndert Schuyler, of > Albany, merchant, Johanes Kerfbyl of New York, merchant, and Jacobus Goelet > of New  York, school master, a true and perfect inventory, and she shall > have one-half. The other half is left to my sons Herman and Anthony, and my > daughter Elsie, wife of David Schuyler of Albany, merchant. If my wife does > not marry then after her decease the estate is to go to my children. > Dated March 6, 1709/10. Witnesses, Hendrick Varck, Johanes Heyer, Abraham > Gouverneur. Proved, April 25, 1711. > Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York > (Volume XVI. Corrections to Vol.I-V)  page 63 > page 69 > 10 lines from top Will of Harmanus Rutgers read Harman Rutgers. > 11 lines from bottom for Hendrick Varck read Hendrick Vonck. > Best regards, Pam Sears ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message