John Crinco and John Donnis, two of the Witnesses to the within Will being Duly Sworn did Severally depose that they saw George Rible the Testator within named, sign and seal the same and heard him publish, pronounce, and declare this above within instrument to be his last Will and Testament and that at the doing thereof the said Testator was of sound disposing mind and memory as far as those Deponents know and as they truly believe and that William Schuiler the other subscribing witness was present and signed his name as a witness to the said will together with those deponents in the presence of the testator.
Sworn at Newtown in the County of Sussex(?) 15 November 1763 before me
(signatures illegible)
George Ribell, Anthony Ribel, Executors in the within testament and being duly sworn did depose that the within instrument contains the true last will and testament of George Ribel, the testator therein named, so far as they know and as they only believe and that they will well and truly perform the same by paying first the debts of the said deceased and then the legacies in the said testament specified so far as the goods, chattles, produce of the said deceased can thereunto
extend and
. Will make and exhibit unto the Probate office at Burlington a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods ion or to the disposition of the said deceased that have or shall come to their knowledge or possession or to the possession of any other person or persons for their use and render just and true account when thereunto lawfully required.
At Newtown in the County of Sussex. 15 November, 1763
George Ribel
Anthony Ribel
In the name of God, amen, I George Rubel of the Township of Tewksbury in the County of Hunterdon, and province of West Newjersey, Yeoman, being very sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God, calling unto mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, to make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in decent Christian burial, at the discretion of my executors hereafter named, nothing doubting but at the general resurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God. And as I, reaching all such worldly and temporal state wherewith it hath pleased me in this life, I give, and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
First, I give and bequeath to my eldest son, Antony Rubel the sum of thirty shillings, current money of Newjersey, at eight shillings per lb.(?) besides his equal share hereafter mentioned, _____..full satisfaction of his birthright.
Item, I give and bequeath until Marlena Schryner, daughter of John Schryner, the sum of fifteen pounds, Newjersey currency, to be paid unto her by my executors hereafter named, when she shall arrive to the age of eighteen years.
Item, it is my will and I do order, that my titled land, mentioned in a deed, bearing dates the first of September, Anno Domini 1760, containing four hundred acres, more or less, shall be equally divided unto my three sons herein after named, to wit, one hundred and thirty three acres and one third, more or less unto Antony Rubel, and one hundred and thirty three acres, ond one third, more or less, unto John George Rubel, and one hundred and thirty three acres and one third, more or less, unto William Rubel, to the only proper use of them, the said Antony, John George, and William Rubel, and their heirs forever.
Item, I give unto my beloved wife, Anne Eve the sole use, profit, guidance, and government of all the residue and remaining part of all my moveable estate of what kind or quality soever it be, for the discharge and payment of my just debts, the maintenance of the family, and her comfortable livelihood during her natural life and after her death, the then remaining part of my estate
shall descend and become the right in
of my three sons, above mentioned, among whom it shall be equally divided and
I do hereby ordain, constitute, and appoint my loving sons, namely, Antony, and John George Rubel to be executors of this my last will and testament , entreating to them to cause the same to be punctually performed and
. Whom and the survivor of whom, I do hereby give full power and authority to execute this my last will and testament, according to the directions herein given, and further to make, sign for, and deliver such legal writings as shall be thought necessary for the confirming of anything herein specified.
And I do hereby evoke and disannul all and every other
.testaments, wills, legacies, bequests and
by me in any ways heretofore named, willed and bequeathed and attesting this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the thirtieth day of Septemer, A.D. 1763
Signed, sealed and published and declared by the said George Rubel as his last will and testament in the presence us, whom the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names.
Signed George Ribell
Witnesses:
Johannes Ingram?
Johannes Crinco?
William Schuiler
Transcribed by Jan (Wilson) Ramos preserving spelling, grammar, syntax of the original. Some of the original was illegible and noted by question mark (?) or blank (__).
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