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    1. Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Cornelia Maas, wife of Johannes Holsaert & Rutgert Waldron;
    2. James Harder
    3. Thanks Mike. Daughter "Maghdeleentie" in Jurry's will isn't named in Cornelia's, so she was likely born by Hester.  Maybe Engeltje was born first around 1728, Leena/Maghdeleentie 1729, Frederick 1731, John etc.   Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Morrissey <mikemorr@hotmail.com> To: "dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com" <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Cornelia Maas, wife of Johannes Holsaert & Rutgert Waldron; Pam and all, Jurian Blauw married 1st Hester Emmet, as is seen from the baptsims of two of their children:12 Mar 1729; Jurian Blauw, Hester Emmet; Leena; Fredrik Blaw, Lena, z.h.v.Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. II, Baptism for 1620 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York, pg 490. 10 Oct 1731; Fredrick; Juryson Blaauw, Hester s.v.; Nicholaes Vechten, Cornelia s.v.New Utrecth Baptisms, NYGBR 112:211 Jurian was baptized at the DRC of Brooklyn:1708, February 29: -Jurjen; parents: Fredirck Blaauw, Lena; witnesses: Abram Blaauw, Jannetje Brouwer.New York Historical Dutch Manuscripts, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York, First Book of Records, 1660-1752, by A.P.G. Jos van der Linde, pg f152. Based on his baptism in 1708, the baptism of Leena in 1729, and the mention of Engeltje was his oldest daughter, it seems lilkely that Leena died young and they had a second child named Magdalena, though that Magdalena could be a daughter of Cornelia.  Hester's parents were probably John Emmet and Engeltje (?).  It seems likely that John (his oldest son) and Engeltje are Hester's children, named after their maternal grandparents.  Fredrick apparently died young as he is not mentioned in the will. Mike Morrissey> > > Actually, Jeremiah/Juriaen Blauw and his wife Cornelia Waldron had a total > of 8 children, as listed in the will of Jurry Blaew of Gowanus: > > Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York > (Volume V. 1754-1760) > Liber 21, page 317 > Page 338. In the name of God, Amen, March 9, 1759. I, Jurry Blaew, of > Gowanus, in Brookland, in Kings County, farrier, being weak in body. I > leave to my wife Cornelia all household goods. I leave to my eldest son > John £3 for his birth right. All the rest of my estate, real and personal, > to be sold by my executors 3 months after my decease and the money paid to > my wife and children, John, Waldron, Abraham, Hendrick, Magdalena, > Cornelia, and Sara. My eldest daughter Engeltie has been a disobedient > child, and for that reason I debar her from any share. I make my wife, and > my son Waldron, and my friend, Aert Hyer, executors. Witnesses, Nicholas > Vechten, Peter Staats, Simon Boerum. Proved, June 19, 1759. > [Note. The name in old deeds is generally spelled Blaw. W. S. P.] > > > > 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

    04/10/2013 01:41:41
    1. Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Cornelia Maas, wife of Johannes Holsaert & Rutgert Waldron;
    2. CChester
    3. Liz, Mike & Jim, and any others interested, Although not 100% conclusive, it does appear that the Magdalena, mentioned in Jurrie/Jeremiah/Uriah Blauw's will of 1759 was a daughter of Cornelia Waldron and not Hester Emmet. Magdalena died in 1772, and that is the reason why she does not appear in any later wills of the Blauw family including Cornelia's. If born at Gowanus, L.I., where Jurie and Cornelia lived, it can be expected that no baptism record would have survived (the record is probably in the Brooklyn Church records which are lost). Magdalena was married to Jacob Boelen of New York City. On 19 Aug 1770, Magdalena Blaau, h.v. Jakob Boelen, was sponsor for the baptism of Magdalena, daughter of Waldron Blaau and Neeltje Creson at the New York Reformed Dutch Church. On 23 Feb 1772, Magd. Catharina, daughter of Jakob Boelen & Magdalena Blaauw was baptized at the NY RDC, sponsors being Waldrom Blaauw and Neeltje Creson, z.h.v. Jacob Boelen was a NYC silversmith and his family and ancestors were covered in an extensive published article by Howard S.F. Randolph in *NYGBR*72 (1941) no. 4. The family of Jacob Boelen is found at pages 284 to 286. Randolph states that Magdalena was the daughter of Jurian Blauw and Cornelia Waldron of Gowanus, L.I. Now, taking into account the fact that Randolph may have been unaware of Jurian's first marriage, the actual events relating to Magdalena still point to Cornelia Waldron as her mother over Hester Emmet. Jacob and Magdalena were married on 4 April 1764 with a NY License. If the "earlier" Lena Blauw, baptized in 1729, had been Jacob's wife, she would have been getting married at the age of 35, which may might be a little old for the record of births that follow. Magdalena had, with Jacob Boelen, six children born between 1765 and 1772, including two sets of twins. The names: Jane & Cornelia (11 Jan 1765); Henry & Mary (25 Jul 1767) and Cornelia (2 Mar 1769). The dates are birth dates and these first five were baptized in the Moravian Church and all buried there as infants or toddlers. The sixth child, Magd(alena) Catharina, bapt. in 1772 (above) has not (according to Randolph) been located in any later record. Magdalena Blauw died soon after her birth and is buried at the Moravian churchyard. I would be of the belief that based upon her date of marriage and the fact that she named two daughters, Cornelia, rather than Hester, Magdalena Blauw is more likely a daughter of Cornelia Waldron, rather then Hester Emmet. If so, she was probably born about 1740, at Gowanus (and therefore no surviving baptism record). According to Randolph, Jacob Boelen married, second, Mary Ryckman with lic. dated 31 Aug 1773. They had six children baptized by the Moravian pastor, and the first five were buried by the Moravian Church as infants. No further record of the sixth child, Maria, bapt. on 6 Jun 1784. As I mentioned, Jacob was a silversmith, and there are a couple of photos of his work in the article. Randolph states that just after the British left NYC, Jacob, as foreman of a company of fireman for NYC petitioned the NY Governor for new apparatus. He was not recorded in the first NYC directory of 1786, and his not listed in the Gold and Silversmith's Society, two places where he should be listed if he were still in NYC. Of Jacob's twelve children, ten were buried before reaching the age of two. Randolph says, "there were doubtless other children," but I'm not sure what leads him to believe that as the birth and baptism dates for the known children are pretty tight. Other records that are help in reconstructing the descendants of Cornelia Waldron (daughter of Rutgert Waldron and Cornelia Maas) are the following wills: Richard Waldron (half-brother of Cornelia). Will dated 21 Dec 1774 (Abstracts of New York Co. Wills, v.8, pp.239-241, abstracting Lib. 29, p. 303). Richard did well for himself and mentions numerous extended family members including his sister Cornelia Blauw, widow of "Uriah" Blauw (first time I've seen that English variant on Jurrie/Jurian, but I can understand it an it is repeated in other records). Also mentions her children Waldron, Cornelia, Sarah and Henry (remember Magdalena is deceased with apparently no surviving children). Waldron Blaau is given money for the benefit of his brother Abraham, and Cornelia and Waldron are two of the executors. Richard also mentions his sister, Sarah Waldron. (Richard's wife was Antje/Hannah de Graaf, widow of John Langendyck and they were married in 1734. Antje/Hannah had married Langendyck in 1717, both records in NY RDC). Abraham Blaau, carpenter of NYC, will dated 13 March 1787 (Abs. NY Co. Wills, v.14, p.118, abstracting Lib. 40, p. 10). Apparently not married and no children of his own, but certainly not incapable as might be implied by Richard Waldron's will (an 18th century carpenter had to actually know math). He leaves bequeaths to his sister Cornelia Cross of Philadelphia (she was Cornelia Alboy, wife of the late John Alboy in her mother's will); mentions his father "Uriah" Blaau, deceased; legacies to his sister Sarah Jarvis and her children. Should sister Cornelia Cross die, her legacy to go to the children of sister Sarah Jarvis. Arthur Jarvis is appointed executor. Waldron Blaau of NYC, dated 23 June 1783 (Abs. NY Co. Wills v. 14, pp. 126-127, abstracting Lib. 40, p. 50). Names his son Richard W. Blaau; wife Eleanor (Neeltje Creson); son Uriah Blaau made executor. Other children mentioned, but not named. Waldron Blau and Neeltje Creson were married on 25 March 1758 (NY RDC) and had eight children baptized between 1758 and 1775 at NY. Family members are among the sponsors. A ninth child, a daughter Frances, is mentioned in the will of Waldron's daughter Eleanor (bapt. 1764). Randolph claims that Waldron was a Loyalist during the Revolution, however, he is listed as a First Lieut, in the New York Militia in October 1776 from the North Ward (NYGBR 2 [1872]:156). Administration on the estate of Eleanor Blaaw, widow of NYC, was granted on 5 May 1794 to daughters Cornelia and Eleanor Blaaw and son-in-law Jotham Post, Jr. (Abs NY Co. Wills, v.14, p.360). She was Neeltje Creson, wife of Waldron Blaau. The will of Eleanor Blaau of NYC, dated 15 Aug 1795 (Abs. NY Co, Wills v.14, p. 326, abstracting Lib. 41, p.611) mentions sister Cornelia Blaau; sister Lanah, wife of Jotham Post, Jr.; sister Frances Blaau; sister Elizabeth, wife of Augustus Bates; nephew Waldron Blaau, son of sister Lanah and Jotham Post, Jr.; aunt Rachel Groome (she appears to have been Neeltje Creson's sister); sister Sarah, wife of James Hine; brother-in-law Jotham Post, Jr. and sister Cornelia appointed executors. (Eleanor was a daughter of Waldron and Neeltje [Creson] Blauw). I'm sure there is more to be found regarding this family, Chris Chester On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:41 PM, James Harder <jaharder88@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks Mike. Daughter "Maghdeleentie" in Jurry's will isn't named in > Cornelia's, so she was likely born by Hester. Maybe Engeltje was born > first around 1728, Leena/Maghdeleentie 1729, Frederick 1731, John etc. > > Jim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Morrissey <mikemorr@hotmail.com> > To: "dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com" <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:54 PM > Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Cornelia Maas, wife of Johannes Holsaert & > Rutgert Waldron; > > Pam and all, Jurian Blauw married 1st Hester Emmet, as is seen from the > baptsims of two of their children:12 Mar 1729; Jurian Blauw, Hester Emmet; > Leena; Fredrik Blaw, Lena, z.h.v.Collections of the New York Genealogical > and Biographical Society, Vol. II, Baptism for 1620 to 1730 in the Reformed > Dutch Church, New York, pg 490. 10 Oct 1731; Fredrick; Juryson Blaauw, > Hester s.v.; Nicholaes Vechten, Cornelia s.v.New Utrecth Baptisms, NYGBR > 112:211 Jurian was baptized at the DRC of Brooklyn:1708, February 29: > -Jurjen; parents: Fredirck Blaauw, Lena; witnesses: Abram Blaauw, Jannetje > Brouwer.New York Historical Dutch Manuscripts, Old First Dutch Reformed > Church of Brooklyn, New York, First Book of Records, 1660-1752, by A.P.G. > Jos van der Linde, pg f152. Based on his baptism in 1708, the baptism of > Leena in 1729, and the mention of Engeltje was his oldest daughter, it > seems lilkely that Leena died young and they had a second child named > Magdalena, though that > Magdalena could be a daughter of Cornelia. Hester's parents were > probably John Emmet and Engeltje (?). It seems likely that John (his > oldest son) and Engeltje are Hester's children, named after their maternal > grandparents. Fredrick apparently died young as he is not mentioned in the > will. Mike Morrissey> > > > > Actually, Jeremiah/Juriaen Blauw and his wife Cornelia Waldron had a > total > > of 8 children, as listed in the will of Jurry Blaew of Gowanus: > > > > Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York > > (Volume V. 1754-1760) > > Liber 21, page 317 > > Page 338. In the name of God, Amen, March 9, 1759. I, Jurry Blaew, of > > Gowanus, in Brookland, in Kings County, farrier, being weak in body. I > > leave to my wife Cornelia all household goods. I leave to my eldest son > > John £3 for his birth right. All the rest of my estate, real and > personal, > > to be sold by my executors 3 months after my decease and the money paid > to > > my wife and children, John, Waldron, Abraham, Hendrick, Magdalena, > > Cornelia, and Sara. My eldest daughter Engeltie has been a disobedient > > child, and for that reason I debar her from any share. I make my wife, > and > > my son Waldron, and my friend, Aert Hyer, executors. Witnesses, Nicholas > > Vechten, Peter Staats, Simon Boerum. Proved, June 19, 1759. > > [Note. The name in old deeds is generally spelled Blaw. W. S. P.] > > > > > > > > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

    04/12/2013 01:29:18
    1. Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Cornelia Maas, wife of Johannes Holsaert & Rutgert Waldron;
    2. James Harder
    3. Not conclusive but persuasive. Thanks. Uriah for Jurry/Jurrian makes a little more sense than Jeremiah.  ________________________________ From: CChester <ccbnf1404@gmail.com> Although not 100% conclusive, it does appear that the Magdalena, mentioned in Jurrie/Jeremiah/Uriah Blauw's will of 1759 was a daughter of Cornelia Waldron and not Hester Emmet.   "Uriah" Blauw (first time I've seen that English variant on Jurrie/Jurian, but I can understand it an it is repeated in other records). 

    04/12/2013 05:49:16
    1. Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Cornelia Maas, wife of Johannes Holsaert & Rutgert Waldron;
    2. E Johnson
    3. Thanks to everyone here who provided the detailed and in-depth responses to my quetion about the two daughters of Rutgert Waldron and Cornalia Maas. All of your input is greatly appreciared. I'm a little behind on replying as well as on data entry, so I'll continue with both of those tasks today. Thanks again! Liz J On 12 April 2013 07:29, CChester <ccbnf1404@gmail.com> wrote: > Liz, Mike & Jim, and any others interested, > > Although not 100% conclusive, it does appear that the Magdalena, mentioned > in Jurrie/Jeremiah/Uriah Blauw's will of 1759 was a daughter of Cornelia > Waldron and not Hester Emmet. Magdalena died in 1772, and that is the > reason why she does not appear in any later wills of the Blauw family > including Cornelia's. If born at Gowanus, L.I., where Jurie and Cornelia > lived, it can be expected that no baptism record would have survived (the > record is probably in the Brooklyn Church records which are lost). > > Magdalena was married to Jacob Boelen of New York City. > On 19 Aug 1770, Magdalena Blaau, h.v. Jakob Boelen, was sponsor for the > baptism of Magdalena, daughter of Waldron Blaau and Neeltje Creson at the > New York Reformed Dutch Church. > On 23 Feb 1772, Magd. Catharina, daughter of Jakob Boelen & Magdalena > Blaauw was baptized at the NY RDC, sponsors being Waldrom Blaauw and > Neeltje Creson, z.h.v. > > Jacob Boelen was a NYC silversmith and his family and ancestors were > covered in an extensive published article by Howard S.F. Randolph in > *NYGBR*72 (1941) no. 4. The family of Jacob Boelen is found at pages > 284 to 286. > Randolph states that Magdalena was the daughter of Jurian Blauw and > Cornelia Waldron of Gowanus, L.I. Now, taking into account the fact that > Randolph may have been unaware of Jurian's first marriage, the actual > events relating to Magdalena still point to Cornelia Waldron as her mother > over Hester Emmet. > Jacob and Magdalena were married on 4 April 1764 with a NY License. If the > "earlier" Lena Blauw, baptized in 1729, had been Jacob's wife, she would > have been getting married at the age of 35, which may might be a little old > for the record of births that follow. > Magdalena had, with Jacob Boelen, six children born between 1765 and 1772, > including two sets of twins. The names: Jane & Cornelia (11 Jan 1765); > Henry & Mary (25 Jul 1767) and Cornelia (2 Mar 1769). The dates are birth > dates and these first five were baptized in the Moravian Church and all > buried there as infants or toddlers. > The sixth child, Magd(alena) Catharina, bapt. in 1772 (above) has not > (according to Randolph) been located in any later record. Magdalena Blauw > died soon after her birth and is buried at the Moravian churchyard. > > I would be of the belief that based upon her date of marriage and the fact > that she named two daughters, Cornelia, rather than Hester, Magdalena Blauw > is more likely a daughter of Cornelia Waldron, rather then Hester Emmet. If > so, she was probably born about 1740, at Gowanus (and therefore no > surviving baptism record). > > According to Randolph, Jacob Boelen married, second, Mary Ryckman with lic. > dated 31 Aug 1773. They had six children baptized by the Moravian pastor, > and the first five were buried by the Moravian Church as infants. No > further record of the sixth child, Maria, bapt. on 6 Jun 1784. As I > mentioned, Jacob was a silversmith, and there are a couple of photos of his > work in the article. Randolph states that just after the British left NYC, > Jacob, as foreman of a company of fireman for NYC petitioned the NY > Governor for new apparatus. He was not recorded in the first NYC directory > of 1786, and his not listed in the Gold and Silversmith's Society, two > places where he should be listed if he were still in NYC. Of Jacob's twelve > children, ten were buried before reaching the age of two. Randolph says, > "there were doubtless other children," but I'm not sure what leads him to > believe that as the birth and baptism dates for the known children are > pretty tight. > > Other records that are help in reconstructing the descendants of Cornelia > Waldron (daughter of Rutgert Waldron and Cornelia Maas) are the following > wills: > Richard Waldron (half-brother of Cornelia). Will dated 21 Dec 1774 > (Abstracts of New York Co. Wills, v.8, pp.239-241, abstracting Lib. 29, p. > 303). Richard did well for himself and mentions numerous extended family > members including his sister Cornelia Blauw, widow of "Uriah" Blauw (first > time I've seen that English variant on Jurrie/Jurian, but I can understand > it an it is repeated in other records). Also mentions her children Waldron, > Cornelia, Sarah and Henry (remember Magdalena is deceased with apparently > no surviving children). Waldron Blaau is given money for the benefit of his > brother Abraham, and Cornelia and Waldron are two of the executors. Richard > also mentions his sister, Sarah Waldron. (Richard's wife was Antje/Hannah > de Graaf, widow of John Langendyck and they were married in 1734. > Antje/Hannah had married Langendyck in 1717, both records in NY RDC). > > Abraham Blaau, carpenter of NYC, will dated 13 March 1787 (Abs. NY Co. > Wills, v.14, p.118, abstracting Lib. 40, p. 10). Apparently not married and > no children of his own, but certainly not incapable as might be implied by > Richard Waldron's will (an 18th century carpenter had to actually know > math). He leaves bequeaths to his sister Cornelia Cross of Philadelphia > (she was Cornelia Alboy, wife of the late John Alboy in her mother's will); > mentions his father "Uriah" Blaau, deceased; legacies to his sister Sarah > Jarvis and her children. Should sister Cornelia Cross die, her legacy to go > to the children of sister Sarah Jarvis. Arthur Jarvis is appointed > executor. > > Waldron Blaau of NYC, dated 23 June 1783 (Abs. NY Co. Wills v. 14, pp. > 126-127, abstracting Lib. 40, p. 50). Names his son Richard W. Blaau; wife > Eleanor (Neeltje Creson); son Uriah Blaau made executor. Other children > mentioned, but not named. Waldron Blau and Neeltje Creson were married on > 25 March 1758 (NY RDC) and had eight children baptized between 1758 and > 1775 at NY. Family members are among the sponsors. A ninth child, a > daughter Frances, is mentioned in the will of Waldron's daughter Eleanor > (bapt. 1764). Randolph claims that Waldron was a Loyalist during the > Revolution, however, he is listed as a First Lieut, in the New York Militia > in October 1776 from the North Ward (NYGBR 2 [1872]:156). > > Administration on the estate of Eleanor Blaaw, widow of NYC, was granted on > 5 May 1794 to daughters Cornelia and Eleanor Blaaw and son-in-law Jotham > Post, Jr. (Abs NY Co. Wills, v.14, p.360). She was Neeltje Creson, wife of > Waldron Blaau. > > The will of Eleanor Blaau of NYC, dated 15 Aug 1795 (Abs. NY Co, Wills > v.14, p. 326, abstracting Lib. 41, p.611) mentions sister Cornelia Blaau; > sister Lanah, wife of Jotham Post, Jr.; sister Frances Blaau; sister > Elizabeth, wife of Augustus Bates; nephew Waldron Blaau, son of sister > Lanah and Jotham Post, Jr.; aunt Rachel Groome (she appears to have been > Neeltje Creson's sister); sister Sarah, wife of James Hine; brother-in-law > Jotham Post, Jr. and sister Cornelia appointed executors. (Eleanor was a > daughter of Waldron and Neeltje [Creson] Blauw). > > I'm sure there is more to be found regarding this family, > > Chris Chester > > > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:41 PM, James Harder <jaharder88@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > Thanks Mike. Daughter "Maghdeleentie" in Jurry's will isn't named in > > Cornelia's, so she was likely born by Hester. Maybe Engeltje was born > > first around 1728, Leena/Maghdeleentie 1729, Frederick 1731, John etc. > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Michael Morrissey <mikemorr@hotmail.com> > > To: "dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com" <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> > > Cc: > > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 8:54 PM > > Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Cornelia Maas, wife of Johannes Holsaert & > > Rutgert Waldron; > > > > Pam and all, Jurian Blauw married 1st Hester Emmet, as is seen from the > > baptsims of two of their children:12 Mar 1729; Jurian Blauw, Hester > Emmet; > > Leena; Fredrik Blaw, Lena, z.h.v.Collections of the New York Genealogical > > and Biographical Society, Vol. II, Baptism for 1620 to 1730 in the > Reformed > > Dutch Church, New York, pg 490. 10 Oct 1731; Fredrick; Juryson Blaauw, > > Hester s.v.; Nicholaes Vechten, Cornelia s.v.New Utrecth Baptisms, NYGBR > > 112:211 Jurian was baptized at the DRC of Brooklyn:1708, February 29: > > -Jurjen; parents: Fredirck Blaauw, Lena; witnesses: Abram Blaauw, > Jannetje > > Brouwer.New York Historical Dutch Manuscripts, Old First Dutch Reformed > > Church of Brooklyn, New York, First Book of Records, 1660-1752, by A.P.G. > > Jos van der Linde, pg f152. Based on his baptism in 1708, the baptism of > > Leena in 1729, and the mention of Engeltje was his oldest daughter, it > > seems lilkely that Leena died young and they had a second child named > > Magdalena, though that > > Magdalena could be a daughter of Cornelia. Hester's parents were > > probably John Emmet and Engeltje (?). It seems likely that John (his > > oldest son) and Engeltje are Hester's children, named after their > maternal > > grandparents. Fredrick apparently died young as he is not mentioned in > the > > will. Mike Morrissey> > > > > > > Actually, Jeremiah/Juriaen Blauw and his wife Cornelia Waldron had a > > total > > > of 8 children, as listed in the will of Jurry Blaew of Gowanus: > > > > > > Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York > > > (Volume V. 1754-1760) > > > Liber 21, page 317 > > > Page 338. In the name of God, Amen, March 9, 1759. I, Jurry Blaew, of > > > Gowanus, in Brookland, in Kings County, farrier, being weak in body. I > > > leave to my wife Cornelia all household goods. I leave to my eldest son > > > John £3 for his birth right. All the rest of my estate, real and > > personal, > > > to be sold by my executors 3 months after my decease and the money paid > > to > > > my wife and children, John, Waldron, Abraham, Hendrick, Magdalena, > > > Cornelia, and Sara. My eldest daughter Engeltie has been a disobedient > > > child, and for that reason I debar her from any share. I make my wife, > > and > > > my son Waldron, and my friend, Aert Hyer, executors. Witnesses, > Nicholas > > > Vechten, Peter Staats, Simon Boerum. Proved, June 19, 1759. > > > [Note. The name in old deeds is generally spelled Blaw. W. S. P.] > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Pam Sears > > >

    04/12/2013 08:26:55