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Note: ID: I18001 Name: Frederick Van Leaw Sex: M Death: 1755 in Jamaica, Queens, New York Note: Will: In the name of God, Amen. I, FREDERICK VAN LEAW, of Jamaica, in Queens County, yeoman, being now sick. My Note: executors are to pay all lawfull debts and funeral charges, and to sell movable estate for that purpose. I leave to my wife Mary my silver tankard and five large silver spoons, and six tea spoons, and my best bed and furniture, and the use of my dwelling house and lands and the rest of my movable estate so long as she continues my widow, for the support and maintainance of my children. If my wife marries, then my dwelling house and lands to be sold by my executors, and they are to pay to my daughters, Catharine, Alletta, and Elizabeth, �60 each, and to my youngest son Frederick �60, and all the rest to my sons, John, Richard, and Frederick. And forasmuch as my father in law, Mr. Richard Betts, by his will left to my daughters Sarah and Mary each �90, therefore I have not named or given them anything. I make my wife Mary and my brother, Henry Van Leaw, and my son John (when of age), executors. Note: Dated February 11, 1755. Witnesses, James Cebra, Richard Betts, Benjamin Hinchman. Note: Proved, April 5, 1755. Page 233 1 Frederick Van Leaw m. Mary Betts Children John b. 1735 d. 30 Jun. 1812 Sara bap. 2 Jul. 1736 Dirck (Richard) bap. 9 Nov. 1740 Catherine m. 28 Jun. 1762 John Dorland Aletta Elizabeth Mary m. 11 Feb. 1769 Johanis Polhemus Frederick b. 5 Feb. 1755 d. 31 Dec. 1838 All of the above information is from the book "Van Liew, Lieu, Lew Genealogical & Historical Record" originally compiled by W. Randolph Van Liew and revised by Emerio R. Van Liew in 1956. LOC Catalog Number 56-10373. The book was supposed to have been distributed to libraries throughout the country.
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