The affairs of Steven Coerten seem to have prospered. Steven Coerten, six months after his arrival at New Amsterdam, now New York, purchased of Cornelius dircksen Hoagland, a farm or bouwery, with a residence 7 8 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK thereon. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. The Lex Saxonum, in its most primitive form, survived the longest in the ratherbarren country of Drenthe. Hendrickje Stevens Van Voorhees and Albert Albertse Terheune were members of the at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 19 November 1679 "fom Amersfort." Elias William Van Voorhis, A Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family in America, or The Descendants of Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees of Holland and . The next year the people of Amersfoort began building a church. The vessel proved staunch, the sailors faithful, and in the end the anticipated harbor came into view. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Steven Coerte, married Agatha Janse. Daughter of Stephen Coert Van Voorhees and Willempie Roelofse Seubering. 1637, d. ca. based on information from your browser. of Reinier Wizzel- penning and Jannetie Snediker, b. , d. . Children: Willemptje Jansen VAN VOORHEES (1683-????) 3 of Conveyances, page 13. Ch., Flatbush, Kings Co., NY; He is listed as Albert Stephensz, young man from Ruinen in Drenthe and she as Jelletje Reiniers Wizzel-penning, young lady from Middleburg in this country; married second Magdelena van der Schueren, daughter of William van der Schuur and Grietje Platenburg, circa 1691; died after 1727. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Not a few variant spellings are due to frontier school teachers who registered incorrectly the names of the children who came to their schools. In 1664 a British man-of-war came to anchor off the tip of Manhattan facing the guns of the Dutch fort, and demanding the surrender of the colony from Peter Stuyvesant, the testy governor. ], ["New York Genealogical and Biographical Record," Vol. Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees was the younger of two daughters named Hendrickje of father Steven Coerts Van Voorhees; her mother was Willemtje Roelofs Seuberinge. 1702 WFT Est. Resided in flatlands. Albert Stevense van Voorhees; born circa 1654 at Drenthe, Netherlands; married first Helletje Reiniers Wizzelpenning daughter of Reynier Wizzelpenning and Jannetje Snedeker, 24 Apr 1681 at Ref. When the Saxon tribes settled down, they took up the land, which, as the feudal ages progressed, passed more and more in the hands of the relatively few, later known as the nobility. They were the parents of at least 1 son. At sixty years of age he was the head of a large and interesting family. We have sprung from an honored line, a brave, a noble and ancient. Albert Stevense "Voohys" and his wife Jelleties Reyniers Wisselpenninck are listed as members of the Hackensack Ref. Johannes Theodorus Polhemusbecame the first settled minister shortly after his arrival from Brazil that year. 27-Jul-1704, d. 23-Oct-1779 Petrus Van Voorhees b. Vorhees), Steven Albertse Van Voorhees, Coert Albertsen Van Voorhees, Jannetje Albertie Van Vorhees, Willemtje Slot (born Van Voorhees), May 14 1727 - Hackensack, Bergen Co., NJ, USA, Steven (Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/ Steven Coert /vanvoorhees/) Van Voorhees, Unknown Van Voorhees, Van Voorhees, Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees, Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees, Jannetje Stevense Stevenson Simpson Sympson (born Van Voorhees), May 24 1727 - Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, Telletje Reynierse Van Voorhees (born Wizzelpenning), Magdalena Helena Van Voorhees (born Van Der Schueren). Surely a beautiful motto and one to be ever remembered, One to be cherished and loved by all their long line of descendants. An inducement, in addition to the evenness of the land, reminiscent of the fatherland, and its bordering on that body of inland water now known as Jamaica.Bay, also reminiscent of the Zuider Zee, was the fact that land tenure was fairly certain, and there were opportunities to purchase meadow and pasture lands, and also a home and a business. Elias William Van Voorhis, A Genealogy of the Van Voorhees Family in America, or The Descendants of Stephen Coerte Van Voorhees of Holland and Flatlands, L.I. A tradition persists in the family of one of the name, who visited Drente some decades ago, that they were given because of heroic deeds in warfare, for which there had been abundant opportunity. Stephen Coert Van Voorhees and Willempie Roelofse Seubering were members of the at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, in 1677 at Amersfort. cktje Stevense Terhune (born Van Voorhees), Merghen Stevense Van Voorhees, Coert Stevense, Stephense Van Voorhees, Wessel Coerte Van Voor Voorhees, Ruinen, De Wolden, DR, Netherlands, New Amersfoort Flatlands, Long Island, New York, Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, Hendrickje Stephense Kiersen (Van Voorhees), Hendrickje Stevense Terhune (born van Voorhees), Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (born van Voorhees), Hendrickje Stevense Grietja van Voorhees Stevenkonin, Kiers, Kierz, Kiersen, Hendricktje Stevense Terhune (born Vanvoorhees), Hendrickje Stevense Kiers Kiersted (born van Voorhees). She married Albert Albertse Terhune Jr, son of Albert Albertse Terhune and Geertje Denyce, circa 1676 at Flatlands, Kings County, New York. Maria Jean Pratt Hopper, The Hopper Family Genealogy, Descendants of Andries Willemszen Hoppe(n) of New Amsterdam 1651-1658, The First Six Generations (Montvale, N.J.: M.J.P. 20 Apr 1683, d. 10 Oct 1757, On 14 May 1682 Court and Marritie were baptism sponsors for Court son of Meinard Courten Van Voorhees and wife Maria Pia (Pra? Abstracting Lib. Before this, all had become accustomed to the ways of the ship. 1765) daughter of Pieter ALIEEand Margaret Albertse VAN VOORHEES (5) JONATHAN HOPPER(1752 MARGRIETJE WANAMAKER(1759 - 1815) daughter of Christian WANAMAKERand Margaret (Margarietje) SCHUART (6) ALBERT HOPPER(1776 - 1845) m. 1835) Then came Willempie Roeloffse Suebering or Sebring, Steven's second wife, and the mother of six sturdy children. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. He was the son of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees and Aeltje Wessels. He was active in church and civic affairs at Flatlands. Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y., from Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700: With Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies, Compiled from Various Sources. (New York: G.P. N.J . 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. Something also should be said respecting the ancient documentquoted in part above. Ibid., p.413. OFFICERS ELECTED MA Y 21, 1932 "*-'President, Rev. He was a member and deacon of the Dutch Reformed Church in Flatlands in 1677 and captain of the militia in 1689, as well as representative of Flatlands in the Assembly held at city hall in New Amsterdam on 10 April 1664. He arrived in New Netherland in 1630, and near a tract purchased in 1636 many of his descendants have lived during all the succeeding generations. The will of Jan Kiersens of the town of Flattlands in Kings County on Nassau Island (Long Island) was dated 4 August 1705 and probated 3 September 1705. If it resembled others of the time it was about 170 feet long, 49 feet beam, and about 20 feet depth of hold. Shortly before this other families, especially those living in central New Jersey, had accepted the abreviated name, Voorhees. 12, No. Not until 1598 did Jan's son and successor, William Louis, stadtholder of Drenthe, Groningen, and Friesland, secularize the Drenthe property of the former orders, which had moved out of the county during the Reformation period. . You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. 1658 Jannetje Stevense Van Voorhees b. ca. His oldest son signed his name Steven Koerten. 134 lists deed to land in Flatlands. II 1708-1728), Collections of the New York Historical Society (New York: Printed for the Society, 1893), page 29. We encourage you to research and . . It has been stated in several trees and books that Hendrickje was married to a Jan Kiers/Kierse. The change in sovereignty from Dutch to English caused considerable uncertainty as to the validity of land titles. How all were impressed with the, view of the fort over which floated the ensign of the Dutch West India Company, within which was the Dutch Church ; and with the glimpses they had of the city lying beyond ! But the religious orders were left in full possession of their land holdings there by Emperor Charles V, king of Spain and Lord of the Netherlands, grandson and heir of the last of the Burgundians. 250, 304, 247, 308, 309. Oct. 1757) (car). In 1584, when the Dutch Republic was formed under the sovereignty of the Lords States General, William the Silent, Prince of Orange, became supreme commander of the army and navy of the republic and also executive or stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, and Gelderland. He lived at Flatlands, Long Island. Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA. Married twice. Enter a grandparent's name. Their authority came to an end and all royal authority as well when the seven united provinces of the Netherlands became in 1581 the Dutch Republic. Please note that membership is not confined to those who bear the ancestral name, forcollateral relatives are welcomed. Willemtje; parents: Lucas Stevense, Jannetje Minnes. One became Governor of New Jersey, and another served his state -Indiana-for many years as United States Senator. Domine John Megapolensisand members of his consistory were there to give friendly counsel, and to advise as to their movements. Witnessed the baptism of Maria Janse , daughter of Jan Adamszen and Grietje Dircx, on 14 January 1665 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Steven Courtszen, Agniet Lodovycksz). T H E NAM E VAN VOORHEES No document has yet been found to prove that our common ancestor used the name Van Voorhees. He was a magistrate in 1664 and 1673. The field of the shield was quartered and tinctured and blazoned most nobly ; Two quarters emblazoned with oak trees, and two were with castles resplendent, Noting a union of lines of equal position and standing. They then made acquaintances that later proved helpful. BIOGRAPHY: After his marriage to Elena, Albert obtained land near Kinderkamack, north of Hackensack, securing a patent for 75 acres on the Hackensack River. A. Brouwer, Rijks Archieven in Drente, at Assen, the provincial seat. Sadie Estelle Voorhees (Mrs. Edward Dawson) 127 Passaic Ave.. Passaic. Thoe corresponds withthe High German sur still found in noble family names. But once the decision was made, the family set itself resolutely to the task of preparing for the trip. Albert was chosen as an elder in the Hackensack Ref. It was named the Et Stoel or Seat of Law. Firm set, of deep root, were the oaks, unheeding the winds that assailed them, While under their wide-spreading branches they offered protection and shelter. Thus, the Saxon blood, speech, and customs prevail today in those areas. He was a grandson of William Roe Van Voorhis of Fishkill Village, New York, who had been a major of the 149th New York State Infantry in the War of 1812. Steven Van Voorhees (1600 - 16 February 1684) was an early Dutch settler and the patriarch of the Voorhees family line and namesakes. A further difficulty appears when Dutch names were replaced by English equivalents. No description of this ship has been found. The generation intervening between 1636 and 1660, the year Steven Coerten and his family arrived, afforded sufficient time for the establishment at Amersfoort of a considerable community of Dutch farmers, artisans, hunters and fishermen. At the same time his brother, Jan the Elder, Count of Nassau, became stadtholder of the three northern- 14 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK most provinces, Drenthe, Groningen, and Friesland. Thus far nothing has been found to indicate that his correspondence has been preserved-a cause for sincere regret. N . John Megapolensis, whose son had studied at Harvard and knew something of English rule, secured the inclusion in the articles of capitulation of a clause insuring the independence" of the Dutch Reformed Church. From that village as a center, one trail led southwestwardly toward Gravesend and beyond to the Narrows near Fort Hamilton, and northeastwardly to the East River at Newtown Creek, corresponding generally to the present Kings Highway ; the other led northwestwardly in the general direction of the present Flatbush Avenue toward what is now downtown Brooklyn, and southeastwardly a short distance tothe "Shell Banks" at Mill Island on the shores of Jamaica Bay. Coert Stevense Van Voorhees was born in April 1637 in Hees, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands, to Aeltje Wessels, age 32, and Steven Coerte Van Voorhees, age 37. The first part of twenty-five pages, consists of introductory matter, something respecting sources of information concerning members of the family in Holland, translations of letters received from them, and such information as had been secured respecting Steven Koerte, as the name appears on the passenger list of De Bonte Kou on its voyage from Holland to the New 'This province is spelled on the earlier map, Drentia; on the later, Drente. Children of Steven Van Voorhees and Aaltjen Wessels: +1. As this accounts for only six when there were seven, the suggestion that two were twins has been made. He gave oath of allegiance in Sep-1687. Respecting the arms, the following was read at a Voorhees reunion held in New Jersey in the summer of 1905. an account of which appears in another chapter. https://www.ancestry.ca/interactive/6961/42037_2421401696_0511-00229?pid=82153, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm, Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society, http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:New_Netherland_Settlers_-_Approval_System. 12, No. I f a new genealogy is to be published it must be the result of concerted endeavor. Stephen Courtz. It was a happy group indeed that, after six or more weeks-on shipboard, and a brief stay in New Amsterdam, arrived at the new settlement, and was welcomed by former fellow citizens of Drente, and by others whom they soon came to know as neighbors who were already well settled in their new homes with a hopeful look toward the future. He soon became a magistrate of Amersfoort. Ch. Map of a part of the Province of Drenthe, Holland, showing the location of the village of Hees. Let each one take as a motto and a strong incentive to duty The words on the scroll of our scutcheon, so dear to the heart of our fathers, And say, as we go forth to labor, each in his calling appointed, VIRTUS CA.STEX.LUM MEUM, Virtue's my Castle or Fortress. In 1568 the United Provinces, which then included Belgium, began their revoltagainst his rule. Upon the demise of CoertAlbertse in 1676, Jan Coerten, brother of the emigrant, became meyer of Voorhees Manor and remained such until 1700. Fish with varifications from Cond.Gen.of Van Voorhees Families pg 5;Hist.Handbook of Van Voorhees Family pg 30-37;N.Y. K 2c pg 374-381,391,B5F13 pg 10-15;Abridged Comp. He sometimes signed his name as Coert Stevensen van Ruinen. Have you taken a DNA test? A list of ten children of Steven Coerten, and another of eighty-six grandchildren, numbered consecutively in Roman numerals, with husbands and wives so far as then known, concludes this part of the volume. Had eight sons and three daughters. Sometime later they returned to Holland to attend to their property at Stynwick in Drenthe as per letter from Hilbert Coert to Coert Stevense dated 9 Feb 1687. In Midwout, November 29, 1660, A.D., Appeared before me Adriaen Hegeman, herein Secretaryof Midwcut and Amesvoort in New Netherland, and before the hereafter name 1 witnesses, Corneles Dercsen Plooghlant on the one side and Steven 30 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK Koerten on theother ; the said Cornells Dircksz Hooghlant acknowledging that he has sold and he, Steven Koerten, that he has bought of him, a parcel of maize land situate within Amesfoort, between the bowery of Wolffert Gerritsen Van Couwenhoven and Frans Jensen, Timmerman (carpenter), wide on the west side thirty-six rods, on the east side thirty-two rods, large nine morgens ; further a piece of woodland situate north of the land of Elbert Elbertsz, south of Frans Jansz, wide on the east side thirty-two rods, on the west side twentyfour rods, running from the maize land to the land of Spysser, about west-northwest, large seven morgens ; a piece upon the Flats, lying between the Town and Jan Martensz, wide thirty-eight rods, large ten morgens ; a piece of Meadow situate between Spyser and Jacob V an Couwenhoven, large five morgens : amounting together to thirtyone morgens : together with the house and house-lot lying and being in the Town of Amesfoort, and the hay ricks, with the brew house and allthe brewing implements, kettles, tubs, vats and all that belongs thereunto, with a wagon, plow and iron harrow, with two oxen, together with the grain that is at present sowed upon the said land and four schepels of pease and four schepels of buckwheat. Brother of Lucas Stevense van Voorhees; Jan Stevense Van Voorhees; Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees); Aeltje Stevense van Voorhees; Jannetje Stevense van Voorhees and 2 others; Albert Van Voorhees and Abraham Stevense Vanvoorhees less Under date of October 4, 1667, Governor Nicolls issued a patent, known as the Nicolls Charter, to eight named inhabitants of "Amesfort als Flatlands." 641. Item, It is further my will that if any of my above-named children shall happen to die under age and without issue, that then the deceased's portion shall be equally divided among the survivors of my above- named children or their heirs. 18 T H E VA N VOORHEES HISTORICAL HANDBOOK Ample funds must be available either as cash or credit. These were considered the correct forms at that time, thereafter Coerten and Coert most frequently appear. Steven Coerten and Coert Stephens, his oldest son, were two of the eight patentees named in the Charter which confirmed in the town and the inhabitants thereof title to their respective land holdings. He was also known as Coerte Stevens Van Vorhis. In Oct. 1667 Steven with others, patented the town of Flatlands. Father, Steven Coerte immigrated to "Nieuw Amsterdam" with his wife and eight children (and one son-in-law) in 1660. 155, 158, 161; E. Van Voorhis, "Ancestry of Wm. This is in accordance with the general American practice. The daughters became entitled to use the arms of the families into which they married, and their sons carried down those respective emblems. There is considerable fish in the rivers. 51; H. Stoutenburgh, "Documentary History of Oyster Bay," pg. Johannes Coerte, married Barbara Van Dyck. Good tillage land. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. 19 Nov 1679. Treasurer. Ch. Elias Van Voorhis was a student at the College of the City of New York, later at Columbia Law School, from which institution he received his LL.B. It was not easy to give up a home and life in which the family had known much of happiness. Jun. m. Jacobus Wyckoff Jan VAN VOORHEES (1686-1771) m. Neeltje Nevius Lucas VAN VOORHEES (1692-????) [5], Coert (Koert) Stevens(e) (Stephense) was born in 1637 in the Netherlands. Just one grandparent can lead you to many To that end I caused a search to be made at the St. James College of Heraldry for arms, if any, belonging to the Holland family of Van Voorhees, and on the return of the search received the following description of the Van Voorhees arms with a herald's certificate under the seal of the College : V AN VOORHEES E c aux 1. It is easy to believe that a copy of Van Tienhoven's pamphlet found its way into Steven Coerten's home at Voorhees manor, and had much to do with his decision to become an adventurer in the new world. M.D . Brother of Lucas Stevense van Voorhees; Elder Albert Stevense Van Voorhees; Hendrickje Stephense Terhune (Van Voorhees); Aeltje Stevense van Voorhees; Jannetje Stevense van Voorhees and 2 others; Albert Van Voorhees and Abraham Stevense Vanvoorhees less There were heart burnings to be sure. He was one of the original patentees of Flatlands. A little later families moved to Pennsylvania, to Central and Western [4] New York, and the more venturesome to Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Apparently the father died in 1662, leaving six out of nine children surviving, and this son then became sole meyer. Aug. 13, 1651; d. (Will dated Feb. 3, 1704). We greet you with welcome most hearty, and praise the discrimination That led to a choice so happy and gave you a place in our circle. This was indeed a far-away colony of the Fatherland. In 1730, when forty-seven years of age, Johannes Van Voorhees removed from Freehold, New Jersey, to Dutchess County, New York, where he had purchased for 670 pounds an estate extending from the Hudson river northeasterly beyond the village of Fishkill, about six miles in all, containing "2790 acres more or less," and became the progenitor of the Fishkill branch of the family. 1, page 52 (1996): 1:53. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. 10 May 1698, d. 28 Oct 1734 5. He was born circa 1639 at Of, Ruenen, Drenthe, Netherlands. New Amsterdam 1660-now When Steven Coerte arrived in the new world, he settled at New Amersfoort which was renamed Flatlands after British occupation. He married Elena Vander Schure after 1691, they had eight children baptised Dutch Church, Hackensack, NJ between 1694 and 1708. VII , page 128, in the session held at Anloe eight days after Saint Magnus in 1604, as having died a short time earlier, leaving orphan children. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. It is not thought necessary to copy all these unusual spellings. 1 RESPECTING HERALDRY A coat-of-arms was the insignia used by a military leader in the early middle ages for the guidance of his followers. Ann Voorhees who married Benjamin Hyde. Stephen Robin Voris 2526 East 26th St.. Brooklyn, N . Signed, sealed, published, pronounced, and declared by the said John Stevenson as his last Will and Testament, in the presence of subscribers, William Couwenhoven, Dirck Amerman, Gerrit Foy. Baptisms from 25 December, 1639 to 27 December, 1730. Maria Jean Pratt Hopper, The Hopper Family Genealogy, Descendants of Andries Willemszen Hoppe(n) of New Amsterdam 1651-1658, The First Six Generations (Montvale, N.J.: M.J.P. Children of Hendrickje Stevense Van Voorhees and Albert Albertse Terhune Jr: supposed Annell Terhuyne Willemtje Terhune b. Dec. 1680 - ), Johannes Coerte Van Voorhees+ (20. STEVEN COERTEN, LAND OWNER Our common ancestor must have been possessed of substantial means, or at least of excellent credit, for it is of record that, on November 29, 1660, within six months after his arrival, he purchased from Cornelius Diercksen (Hooghlant) for 3400 guilders ($2000) - a very considerable sum of money for those days-several scattered parcels of landaggregating some thirty-one morgens, or sixty-two acres ; also, a house, houselot and brewery. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. On May 5, 1714, he bought from his brother, Lucas Stevense Van Voorhees, 280 acres of land in Middlesex Co., New Jersey, " beginning 80 chains from the Raritan river by the land of Cornelius Langstreet, running thence S. W. 80 chains, from thence at right angles 35 chains the course being N. 45 degrees W., thence N. E. 80 chains, from thence to the place of beginning.". The work proved far greater and costlier than he had anticipated. Husband of Marretje Gerretse van Couwenhoven 19 Nov 1679. New Brunswick, N. J. OSCAR M. VOORHEES, May 15, 1935. Then in 1683 the territory in and about New York was divided into counties, the western end of Long Island being called Kings County, with boundaries about as they are today. Filmed from the typed manuscript in the Holland Society of New York, p.454. He was the son of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees and Aeltje Wessels. Coert married Marretje Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, daughter of Gerret Wolfersen Van Kouwenhoven and Aeltje Cornelis Cool, before 1664. She was the second daughter of Steven Coerts Van Voorhees to be named Hendricktje. He was appointed Magistrate in 1673 and was a Deacon in the church on 1674 In 1687 he took the Oath of Allegiance to the British. Y., a letter which contains a few statements in addition to those in the book itself. 1835 WILLIAM Tuscaragas C., 0. He was Captain of the Militia in 1689. This church under succeeding clergymen continued to minister to the religious life of Manhattan and surrounding communities. A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 156. No doubt he received many letters during the four years of his life subsequent to the publication of the Genealogy. Then came his daughter Hendrickje, and her husband, Jan Kiers, eagerly seeking a place where youthful energy might find suitable opportunity for initiative. Van Voorhees Association, "Steven Coerts (Coerte) (Coerten) Van Voorhees", New Netherland Connections Vol. They settled in Flatlands. Jacob Leisler on Dec. 27 1689. 22STATE AND CHURCH ON LONG ISLAND 23 In accordance with the Dutch method, church and civic life were closely associated. A point of interest was the Dutch Reformed Church that had been organized at New Amersfoort six years before their coming. and Credits of the said deceased, and his last Will and Testa- ment in any manner or way concerning, was granted unto Femmetje Stevenson, the Executrix, in the within Will named, chiefly of well and truly administering the same, and of making a just, and true, and perfect Inventory of all and singular, the Goods, Rights, and Credits of the said deceased, and exhibiting the same into the registry of the Prerogative Court in the Secretary's Office for the Province of New York, and that on or before the twentieth day of May next ensuing, and of rendering a just and true account, calculation and reckoning when thereunto required. Preparations were begun with the purpose of sailing inthe spring of that year. 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