This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Will Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2AIBAIB/375 Message Board Post: Source: "Salem County Wills: Recorded in the Office of the Surrogate at Salem, New Jersey: 1831-1860" by H. Stanley Craig b. 1872; Publisher H.S. Craig; Merchantville, NJ; abt 1940 Vol 1; Pg 38: 1809, Sep 22. SIMPKINS, ABNER, Upper Alloways Creek. To wife RACHEL, household good, 1 horse, 2 cows, riding waggon and harness during her life; at her death to be divided between my children: ABNER SIMPKINS, JOB SIMPKINS, MARY CRAVEN, woodland. To son ABNER, west side of my plantation whereon I now live. To son JOB, the remainder of the homestead. Son JOB to provide for his mother as long as she lives. To 3 grandchd. DAVID, MARY and JOHN ENGLISH, $1. Exec. son JOB SIMPKINS and son-in-law RICHARD CRAVEN. Wit. WILLIAM EMBERSON, JAMES STRETCH, JR., and WILLIAM WILLIS. Proven Oct 17, 1809. Vol 1; Pg 40: 1808, Feb 16. SIMPKINS, DEAN. To wife ELIZABETH, 100 pounds, to be paid out of my movable estate, household goods and one cow. To son JAMES, the lower part of my plantation where I now live. To son EXEKIEL, remainder of plantation. To dau. MARY KEEN and my 3 grandchd., MARY, DEAN and EZEKIEL Peterson, remainder of movable estate. Exec. son EZEKIEL SIMPKINS and JACOB WRIGHT. Wit. ANDREW LARRANCE, JOHN HOLTON, JR., and JOHN PENTON. Proved Apr 24 1810. Vol 1; Pg 41: 1800, Apr 27. SIMPKINS, JAMES, Upper Penns Neck. To wife ANN, real and personal estate, after debts are paid, as long as she remains my widow. Plantation to be rented until children are of age. Exec. wife ANN SIMPKINS and HUDSON SPRINGER of Pedricktown. Wit. GIDEON DENNY, MICHAEL WALKER and JAMES McCOLLISTER. Proved Aug 7, 1810. Vol 1; Pg 56: 1813, Jul 16. SIMKINS, JOEL. Lower Penns Neck. To dau. MARY PEDRICK, $50. All book accounts against ISAAC PEDRICK should stand balanced at time of my decease. To dau. HANNAH SIMKINS $200 in goods and money at 18 years of age: also bed and bedding, to be deducted from her $200. To wife SARAH, $500 to be paid out of my estate. Residue of estate to three youngest children CATHERINE, DANIEL and SARAH, except SARAH shall have $200 more than CATHERINE or DANIEL. Wife to receive interest from the children's estate until they are 14 years old, to clothe the children. Bros. WILLIAM and ELLIS SIMPKINS, all wearing apparel. Exec. wife SARAH. Wit. SUSANNAH LIPPINCOTT, VINING HILL and PHEBE COPNER. Proved Aug 2, 1813. Vol 1; Pg 61: 1814, Aug 12. SHIMP, PETER, Lower Alloways Creek. To wife MARTHA, all estate. Exec. FREDERICK REMSTER. Wit. EDWARD B. GIBBS, ABIGAIL CRAFT and MARY SIMPKINS. Proved Aug 27, 1814. Vol 1; Pg 79: 1817, Jan 30. SAVIDG, WILLIAM, Lower Alloways Creek. To ELEANOR dau. of JOSEPH and EDITH SIMPKINS, $50. To Trustrees of Friendship School, $300 in trust, the interest thereof to be applied to the schooling of poor children within its limits. Remainder of personal estate to be divided between my housekeeper, REBECCA CROSSLEY, ZADOCK STRETCH, ELEANOR STRETCH and MARY CROSSLEY. To ZADOCK STRETCH, land bot. of EZRA BRADWAY, adjoining WILLIAM PLUMMER. To ROBERT GRISCOM, 19 acres of salt marsh on Alloways Creek and Fogg's Ditch. Remaining estate to be divided between cousins JOSIAH HILLMAN, JONATHAN HILLMAN, RACHEL NELSON, ROBERT GRISCOM, ANDREW GRISCOM, JR., CLARK GRISCOM, THOMAS DRAPER, REBECCA DUNN, ELIZABETH SIMS, REBECCA GIRTON and PRUDENCE SIMPKINS. Exec. BARZILLAI JEFFERIS and my cousin JONATHAN HILLMAN. Wit. WILLIAM SIMPKINS, ISAAC DAVIS and ELIJAH JEFFERIS. Proved Feb 8, 1817. I have no further information on this families and am only posting these for the benefit of others.