Last will and Testament of Ichabod⁴ Bowerman (Transcription)
Dated 4th Day, Second Month, 1790
Oswego, Dutchess County, NY

[Dutchess County Will Book "A", pages 176-177]

[Note:  Items in brackets inserted by transcriber]

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[This] forth day of the second month in the year one thousand

[seven h]undred ninety I Ecebet Boreman of a Oswago in Batemonds

precinct and Dutchess County being of a disposeing mind and mem:

:mory think it necessary and do hereby make a distribution of my

outward estate by will in the following manner, viz. Imprimis it

is my will and I do hereby order that in the first place that all my

just debts and funaral expinces be paid in order for wich I do di:

:rect and impower my executors hereafter named at their discrition

to sell as much of my stock and furniture as will togather with my

money fully discharge all my just debts.  Imprimis it is my will

that my beloved wife Jane and all my sons except Timothy ~

David and Thomas that the estate be eaquel divided amongst

them except shuch a part as I shall hereafter mention.  Imprimis it is my

will that my three sons namely Timothy, David and Thomas to be paid five

shillings a peas each of them and no more.  Imprimis it is my will that my

daughter Elezabeth be paid five pounds good and lawful money for hir

lagasay.  Imprimis it is my will then my daughter Jane b paid  paid five

shillings of good and lawful for hir lagusay  Imprimis it is my

will that my daughter Hanah to be paid five shillings of good and lawful

money for hir lagasy   Imprimis it is my will that my daughter Sarah to

be paid five pounds of good and lawful money for hir lagasy.  Imprimis

it is my will that my daughter Lydia to be paid five Shillings of good and

lawful money for hir lagasy.  Imprimis it is my will that my daughter phebe

to be paid five shillings of good and lawful money for hir lagasy.  Imprimis

it is my will that my daughter Mary to be paid five shillings of good and

[law]ful money for hir lagasy  Imprimis it is my will that my daughters’ De:

[bo]rah and Amy to be paid five pounds to each of them to be paid in good

[and] lawful money for their lagasy.  Item I do hereby nominate constitute

and appoint my well beloved sons Ichabod and Jonathan my only and

lawful executors to this my will and testament certifiing and confirming

this and no other to be my last will and testament hereby disallowing and

making void all former wills whatsoever in witness whereof. I have hereunto

set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.  Ichabod Bowre:

[:]man his ≠ mark (SEAL)  Signed sealed published pronounced and de:

clared by the said Ichabod Bowerman to be his last will and testament in the

presence of Garret Burtis Josiah Bull, Jun^r. Daniel Haight. Dutchess

County [    ]  Be it remembered that on the first day of march in the year of

[o]ur Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety personally appeared

[be]fore me Gilbert Livingston surrogate of the said county Garrat Burtis of

Beekman town in said county farmer,  being of the people called quakers

[    ] his sollemn affirmation declared that he did see Ichabod Bowreman sign

[an]d seal the proceeding written instrument, purporting to be the will of

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the said Ichabod Bowerman bearing date the fourth day of the second

month (february) in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety,

heard him publish and declare the same as and for his last will and

[tes]tament, that at the time thereof he the said Ichabod Bowerman w[as]

[of] sound disposing mind and memory to the best of the knowledge a[nd]

belief of him the affirmant, and that Josiah Bull Jun^r, and Daniel Haig[ht]

and the affirmant severally subscribed the said will, as witness

thereto in the testators presence.  Gilbert Livingston Surrogate

(SEAL)  The People of the state of New York, by the grace of God

free and independent:  TO all to whom these presents shall come or

may concern, send greeting.  Know ye, that at poghkeepsie in Du[tch:]

:ess County on the first day of March in the year one thousand se[ven]

hundred and ninety before Gilbert Livingston, Esq.  Surrogate of [the?]

said county, the last will and testament of Ichabod Bowreman d[e:]

:ceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved, and is n[ow]

approved and allowed of by us, and he  said deceased having wh[ere]

he lived, and at the time of his death, goods, chattels, or credits within

this state, by means whereof the proving and registering the s[aid]

will, and the granting administration of all and singular the said

goods, chattels and credits, an also the auditing, allowing and [for]

discharging the amount thereof, doth belong unto us;  the admini:

:stration of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the sai[d]

deceased, and any way concerning his will is granted unto Icha[bod]

Bowreman and Jonathan Bowreman the executors in the sa[id]

will named they being first duly sworn well and faithfully to ad[mi:]

:nister the same, and to make and exhibit a true and perfect In:

:ventory of all and singular the said goods, chattels and credits, an[d]

also to render a just and true account thereof when thereunto requi[red.]

In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our said

Surrogate to be hereunto affixed.  Witness  Gilbert Livingston Es=

=quire, Surrogate of the said county, at Poghkeepsie the first da[y]

of march in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and

ninety, and of our Independence the fourteenth.  Gilbert Livingston Sur=

=rogate.  ~

Dutchess County  [  ]   Recorded the preceeding will of Icha=

=bod Bowreman, the certificate of the proff thereof, and letters tes=

=tamentary thereon, this 6^th day of March.  1790

                        Gilbert Livingston, Surrogate

The original will delivered to Ichabod ‘ [   ]  as his Exc^r  April 15^th 1790  G.L.