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Note: FIRST GENERATION 1. Johann(es) Georg WEIDKNECHT1 was born on 15 Dec 1700 in Adelshofen, Baden, Germany. He died between 1779 and 1783 in the Souerland Mntns., Somerset, NJ. He was sponsored in baptism in Adelshofen by Georg Daniel Frick, Dietrich Casselman, Hans Michel Gauderer, Adelshofen chbk, friends of his father and . He has reference number 888. He was baptised in adelshofen, sp by frick, casm, gauder. BIOGRAPHY: The first record of Johannas Wietkneght then is that he joined the church at Readi ngton (North Branch,) N. J. in 1728. He was on the tax list of 1735 in Franklin, (called 6-Mi le Run in 1716) Somerset Co., N.J. as owning 100 acres of land, cattle 7, and was taxed £1 1 s 3d. Hw was a freeholder (of land) in the Sourland Mountain (Western Precinct) in 1753 an d a member of Mr. Frelinghuysen's church at 6-Mile Run and was voted an elder of the church o n Sept. 25, 1751. In 1761 he donated £0.10s 0 to build the kerk at Neshanneck. Services wer e in English and Dutch until 1784.
Last Will and Testement:
In the Name of God Amen. the twenty fourth day of August In the Year of our Lord One t housand Seven hundred and Seventy Nine. I Johanes Witeknaght of Sowerland Mountains in the Co unty of Somerset and State of New Jersey Yeanan? being in Midling Good health, and of Sound a nd Perfect mind memory and Understanding thanks be given unto God. therefore and Considerin g the Uncertaintly of this Transitory life I do make and declare this my last Will and Testam ent in the following manner and form. Imprimis, it is my Will and I do order that in the firs t place all my Just Debts and Funeral Charges be paid and Satisfied. Item it is my will an d I do order that my loving Wife Neeltye shall have the Use and Benefit of all my Estate bot h Real and Personal during as long as she shall Remain my Widow, and if my said Wife shall ha ppen to marry again then I give and bequeath unto my said Wife an Equal Share with the Rest o f my Children to her, her Heirs and assigns forEver, which said Equal Share shall be in Lin e and in Stead of all her right and Title of Dower that she may have in my Estate. Item, it i s my Will and I do order that after the Decease or Marriage of my said Wife that my Executor s herin after named or the Survivor or Survivors of them do sell and dispose of all my Estat e both Real and Persoanl and the moneys arising from the sale thereof I give and bequeath a s is herein before, and hereafter shall be divided as follows. in the first place I give an d bequeath unto my Grand Son Johannes Witeknaght Son of my son Johanes Witeknaght Deceased Fi ve Pounds money at the Rate of Seven Shillings and Six Pence ?? dollars and it is my Will an d I do order that my Son Abraham Witeknaght shall an outSet when he marries such as my othe r Sons have had that are married and that my Daughter Sarah Witeknaght shall have such an Out set when she Marry as my other Daughters have had that are Married. and it is my Will and I d o order that the Remainder of my Estate be Equally divided between all my Children named as f ollows Cornelius Witeknaght, Andric Whiteknaght, Hendrick Witeknaght, Abraham Witeknaght (an d the children of my Said Son Johannes Witeknaght decd. to have on Equal Share among them t o be paid unto them when they shall Attain the age of twenty one years) and my Daughters Jann etye, Neetlye, Margaret, and said Sarah Witeknaght to them their Heirs and Assigns forEver. I tem I give and Grant unto my Executors or the Survivors or Survivor of them Good Right full P ower Lawfull and Absolute Authority to Grant Bargain sell and dispose of my Estate Real and P ersonal and Lastly I do hereby Nominated Constitute and Appoint my loving Sons the said Corne lius Witeknaght and Andrics Witeknaght and my friend Johannes Stryker Senior of Sowerland al l in the County of Somerset and State of New Jersey to be Executor of this my last Will and T estament, and I do hereby REvoke disannul and make Void all Former Wills and Testaments by m e at any time heretofore made declaring this only and no other to be my last Will and Testame nt. In Witness whereof I the said Johannes Witeknaght the Testator, have hereunto Set my han d and Seal the day and Year first above Written--
DEATH: Johannes Witeknaght
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DEATH: Signed, Sealed, Published, and...
Declared, by the said Testator Johanes
Witeknaght as his last Will & Testament
In the Presence of Peter Stryker
D. Hegeman Joseph Hegeman
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