This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zQB.2ACE/1886 Message Board Post: Source: Middlesex County Wills, 1831-1833, 11584L, W. 1832. Inv. 1832, Microfilm 900 (Trenton, NJ: State Archives), copy provided by Ann Boldt of Trenton, NJ. Abstract: Testator: Richard Runyon of Piscataway Dated: 28 Oct 1826, Piscataway Recorded: 20 Dec 1831, Piscataway Inventory: 9 Feb 1832, Piscataway Inventory recorded: 13 Mar 1832, Piscataway Executors: Samuel L Pound, friend; Elias I Runyon, grandson. Subscribers: Joel Dunn, Lewis Dunn, Ambrose Dunn Recipients and relation to deceased: Prudence Runyon, wife William Runyon, son Margaret Runyon, daughter Anna Toratt, daughter Isabella Martin, daughter Elizabeth Linch, daughter Catharine Runyon, daughter Runyon Dunn, grandson (under 24 yrs. old) Elias I Runyon, grandson Charles Linch, grandson Caroline Linch, granddaughter Text of Last Will and Testament: In the name of God amen I Richard Runyon of Piscataway County of Middlesex and eastern division of New Jersey being in good health and of sound and disposing mind and memory thanks be given to Almighty God therefore, calling to mind the frailty of human nature and the uncertainty of this life, do make and ordain this to be my last will and Testament. Principally and first of all I recommend my soul into the hand of God who gave it me and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors herein after named and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath please God to bless me in this life I give devise and bequeath in the following manner and form. Imprimis, my will and pleasure is and I do hereby order that all my personal estate unless such part hereafter bequeathed be sold by my Executors as soon as may be with convenience after my decease, and the monies arising therefrom be applied towards paying my just debts and funeral expenses. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Prudence Runyon my brown horse, riding chair and harness, the choice of two cows and three sheep likewise her choice of one bed, bedstead and curtains and all the bedding which was left her by her mother also all my silver spoons and largest looking glass; Item I give and bequeath to my Son William Runyon during his natural life five acres of Land on which the house he now lives in stands and immediately at his decease to be sold and the monies arising from said sale to be equally divided among his surviving children the said five acres to be set off to him at the discretion of the Executors as they shall think best. Item, I give and bequeath to my five Daughters viz. Margaret Runyon, Anna Toratt, Isabella Martin, Elizabeth Linch and Catherine Runyon All that undivided Land on which my son William now lives excepting the afforesaid five acres to be sold or equally divided among them share and share alike as my Executors shall think most propper. Item I give and bequeath to my Grandson Runyon Dunn to him his heirs and assigns forever all the farm I now live on with the [?] thereunto belonging to come in possession of when he arives to the age of twenty four then to [?] of [?] possession, It is my will that my beloved wife Prudence Runyon and my two Daughters viz Elizabeth Linch & Catherine Runyon with the remainder of the family shall have provision for one year out of my personal property and likewise have the use of the house and Garden until said Grandson Runyon Dunn shall have arived to the age of twenty four yr There is to be no wood cut on s'd farm except for necessary repairs. It is my Will that my Executors put out the afforesaid farm and the profits arising therefrom be applied towards paying my just debts excepting such part as my Executors shall think best to let my [?] have toward their support and likewise schooling Elizabeth's two children viz Charles and Caroline Linch. It is my Will that my wife and my two Daughters Elizabeth Linch & Caroline Runyon do have a living on s'd farm and likewise my wife Prudence Runyon do have sufficient houseroom as long as she remains my Widow and pasturing for the aforesaid creatures as long as my wife continues as my Widow and my two Daughters remain single. But if the profits of s'd farm with the personal property heretofore named do not pay my just Debts by the time my Grandson Runyon Dunn arives to the age of Twenty four Then in that case it is my Will that it shall remain in the hands of my Executors to let out as afforesaid until such debts be paid. And likewise it is my will that the above bequest to my beloved wife Prudence Runyon shall be in lieu of her right of Dower and power of thirds and not otherwise. And lastly I do hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my trusty friends Samuel L Pound and my Grandson Elias I Runyon as Executors to this my last Will and Testament I hereby revoking and making void all other Wills heretofore made by me delivering this to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and Twenty six 1826 . . . . Signed sealed published expressed by the said Richard Runyon as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers: Joel Dunn Lewis Dunn signed Richard Runion Ambrose Dunn