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Note: The abstract of his will reads:"1762, Oct. 19. Rappalje, Jerommis, of Somerset Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Aeltie, my silver tankard. Eldest son, Cornelius, �7. Daughterinlaw, Mary Van Arsdalen, a negro wench, and, after Mary's death, to my grandsons, Jeromus, Peter, and Teunes Rappelye, children of my son, Teunes, deceased. To each of said grandsons, �20. My wife to have the use of the rest of personal and real estate, and, after her death, 1/3 I give to my eldest son, Cornelius, and 1/3 to Jeromus, Peter, and Teunes, children of my son, Teunes, deceased, and 1/3 to my grandchildren, the children of my daughter, Sarah. Executors wife, Aeltie, and Dirck Rappelye."Witnesses Gerret Voorhees, Henry Vannest, and John Van Voorhees.Proved July 27, 1775.1775, July 24. Inventory, made by Gerret Voorhees and Philip Fulkerson. Lib. L, p. 324 ("Documents Relating to the Colonial and Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey," First SeriesVol. XXXIV, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Volume V 1771-1780, by A. Van Doren Honeyman of Committee on Colonial Documents, MacCrellish & Quigley Co., Printers, Trenton, New Jersey, 1931, p. 415; New Jersey Wills, Liber L, p. 324).
Jeronemus Rappalje died prior to 24 July 1775. The will lists only three children, and makes it pretty clear that these were Jeronemus and Aeltie's only children. Further proof that the family lived in the Eastern Precinct of Somerset County, New Jersey, comes from the administration of the estate of Aeltje Rappalye, who died prior to 08 February 1776. The abstract of the probate of the estate of Aeltie Rappalye, who died intestate, reads:"1776, Feb. 8. Rappalye, Aeltie, of Eastern Precinct, Somerset Co. Int. Adm'rDerrik Rappalje. FellowbondsmanCornelius Rappelye; both of said place. Lib. M, p. 36." (Ibid, p. 415; New Jersey Wills, Liber M, p. 36).
Aeltie died shortly after her husband, at about the age of 84, and most likely on the family estate, from the documents cited. "Dirck Rappelye" and "Derrik Rappalje" on these two documents may be the same man, and he was probably Jeronemus Rappalje's younger brother, who also settled in Somerset County, New Jersey according to Bergen.
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