Would anyone have access to the will of John Young of Morris County, 23 March, 1778? and could you tell me the relationship between John, the Peter in your message and a Robert Young? Thank you, Sharon Rhodes [email protected] wrote: > Dear Joan and Dick > After finding a Courter deed which mentioned the property of Peter Young > being divided by Cornelius Young, as son and executor of Peter Young, among > his sisters I was curious about Peter Young who d 1796. > Joan this is what you wrote me concerning Susanna Young who married Hermanus > Courter and Hermanus Courter will. > Susanna Young, daughter of Peter Young and Antje Smith) had a brother > Pieter b. 3/26/1715. He had three wives. With wife, Elizabeth Van Duyn > - m. 10/21/1747, he had 9 children, including Cornelius young, b. > 3/26/1765 in Hopper Hills near Montville. M. abt 1788 to Elizabeth > Mandeville. (my line) A son of Cornelius Young was named James. Also > in my Mandeville history, I have a Mary Courter married David > Mandeville and had daughter Susanna - could this be Mary and Susanna > Mandeville? > > Joan Collin > > The following will is that of the son of Peter Young and Antje Smith and his > death in 1796. > > I have the four sons of Peter Young and Elizabeth VanDuyne from the will > which follows: > Cornelius, Abraham, Peter and Henry. > Who are the daughters of Peter Young and Elizabeth VanDuyne? > > What is written in brackets is what I have added. > > Hutchison, Ellnert, NJ Archives 1st Series Vol. 38, Abstract of Wills, Vol > 9, 1796-1800, 1944 > and from the original will Book 36, p 329, NJ, Morris Wills, 926N: > 30 Nov 1796 > Anthonly Mandeville interviewed as a witness > James Young, Cornelius Young swore as executor that inventory was done > James James Jacobus swore he did inventory with Peter Mead > [Inventory 29 Nov 1796 > One sorrel hourse, 3 calves, red milk cow, yearling bull, heafer, 5 sheep, 1 > 2 year old cow, windmill, 4 waggons and tacking, 1 pleasure sleigh, 1 cask, 2 > hog head, misc. household items and furniture, Cornelius Young note $6, > Cournelius Young book accounts $10, Abraham Young book accounts, $2, 1 steer > sold to J. Salter, total amount 135 pounds, 7 shillings and 10 pence. > Someone in the householf could have been a weaver because of amount of looms > and flax in household goods.] > This is the will from NJ Archives, p 430, with additions after reading > original. > "1791, April 1, Young, Peter, Sr., of Pequanock Twsp., Morris County.; will > of, Son, James, 35 acres of meadow, joining [NE corner] lot he bought of > testator and 15 acres joining Johnston's land. [on south side of farm] [this > would be Jeremiah Johnson referred to in some of Mourison deeds] Son, > Abraham, 20 acres on the mountains where he [now] lives. Son, Peter, > remainder of the mountain tract; but in case he should not come to possess > said land, same to be divided between my sons, James, Abraham, and Cornelius. > Son, Cornelius, residue of real with buildings; he paying 100 pounds. > Personal estate to be divided between all my daughters (unamed); the > youngest, if unmarried, to first have an outset; also granddaughter > (unnamed), daughter of son Henry to have equal share with daughters, in case > she should come here. Executors-sons, James and Cornelius and Thomas C. > Doremus. > Witnesses-Anthony Mandeville, Samuel Roome and Charles A. O'Brien. Proved > Nov. 30 1796. Book 36, p 329." [signs with an X] > 1796, Nov, 29, Inventory, 135 pounds, 7 shillings and 10 pence; made by James > James [Jacobus] and Peter Mead, file 1926N." > Judy Ullman