In the name of God Amen I Samuel Barker of Barlborough in the County of Darby Gent being weak in Body but of a sound and Disposing Mind and memory and Calling to mind the uncertainty of this Estate and the Certainty of a future Do make and Ordain this my Last will and Testament in manner and form following Revoking and making void all former wills heretofore made. First my mind and will is that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid and Discharged out of my whole and personal Estate by my Executrix hereafter named.Item I give devise and bequeath unto my niece Mary Bullus who Dwells with me and to her heirs and assigns forever All my Messuages Houses Lands Tenements Rents and hereditaments at Edall in the said County of Derby In Trust Nevertheless to and for the Uses Intents and purposes hereafter mentioned ( That is to say ) That she the said Mary Bullus and her Assigns shall and may take and receive the rents Issues and profits of all the Same premisses to her and their Own proper Use and Uses for and During the Term of the natural Life of the said Mary Bullus And Also That she the said Mary Bullus Shall have full and absolute power and Authority in her lifetime to Give Devise Settle Estate and Assure the reversion and Inheritance of my said Lands Tenements Rents and hereditaments at Edall aforesaid Either by her Last will and Testament or by any Other Writing to be by her Duly Executed in the presence of three or more Credible Witnesses To and upon my Grandson Samuel Boulsbey and his heirs or to and upon any one or more of my Grand Children and his heir and their heirs as to her the said Mary Bullus Shall Seem meet and Convenient and for want of Such Disposition as aforesaid Then I Give and bequeath the said Lands and Tenements Rents and hereditaments at Edall aforesaid from and Immediately after the decease of her the said Mary Bullus unto the said Samuel Boulsbey his heirs and Assigns forever Item I Give Devise and bequeath unto the said Mary Bullus and her Assigns for and During the Term of her natural Life All that the New Erected Messuage Cottage or Tenament Situate and being in Attercliffe in the County of York now in the possession of me the said Samuel Barker Together with all the Outhouses and buildings thereunto belonging And Also all that my little Croft in Attercliffe aforesaid now in the possession of me the said Samuel Barker commonly Called or known by the name of Three Sands Containing by Estimation half an Acre or thereabouts (be the Same more or Less) and from and immediately after the Death of her the said Mary Bullus, Then I Give Devise and bequeath all the said Messuage Cottage or Tenement with the Close and premisses in Attercliffe aforesaid to my said Grandson Samuel Boulsbey and his heirs forever In Case he the said Samuel Boulsby Shall happen to Survive her the said Mary Bullus But if he the said Samuel Boulsby Should happen to Die Living the said Mary Bullus Then my mind and Will is that the said Mary Bullus Shall by her Last will & Testament or any Other writing to be by her Duly Executed in the presence of three or more Credible Witnesses Settle Estate and Assure and I Do hereby give her the said Mary Bullus full and absolute power and Authority to Settle Estate & Assure all the aforesaid Messuage Cottage or Tenement Close and premisses at Attercliffe aforesaid from and immediately after her Decease To and upon any One or more of said Grand Children and to his her and their heirs, as to her the said Mary Bullus Shall Seem most reasonable and Convenient And I do Desire my Niece Mary Bullus that She will Settle Estate and Assure that piece or parcel of Land at Attercliffe aforesaid which was Lately purchased by me and her of One John Stanniforth of Attercliffe aforesaid to and for Such uses as she Shall Settle and Estate the other housing Lands and premisses in Attercliffe aforesaid and for want of Such Gift Disposition or Settlement as aforesaid then I Give and bequeath the reversion of all the Last mentioned premisses after the Death of the said Mary Bullus to the right heirs of the said Samuel Boulsby forever Item I Give Devise and bequeath unto my said Niece Mary Bullus the Sum of fourteen hundred pounds to and for her Own proper Use Item I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Grandson Samuel Boulby One half of all my Lands in West New Jersey of which I have in the whole three quarters of a Propriety for and During the Term of his natural Life and from and Immediately after the Decease of the said Samuel Boulsby my Grandson then to the use and ______ of the first Son by the said Samuel Boulsby Lawfully to be begotten and the heirs of the Body of Such first Son and for Default of Such Issue to the use of the Second Son of said Samuel Boulsby lawfully to be begotten and the heirs of the Body of Such Second Son and for Default of Such Issue to the use of the third fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth ninth and Tenth and every Other the Sons of the body of the said Samuel Boulsby Successively as they Shall happen to be in Order and priority of Birth and Seniority of Age and the heirs of their Several and Respective bodys the Eldest of the Sons and the heirs of his Body being always preferred before the Younger and the heirs of their bodies and for Default of Such Issue to the use of all and every of his Daughter and Daughters of the said Samuel Boulsby -- Lawfully to be begotten and the Several heirs of their Several Bodies and for Default of Such Issue to the use and behoof of my said Niece Mary Bullus her heirs and assigns forever In trust Nevertheless that She the said Mary Bullus her heirs or Assigns Shall Settle and Estate the Same to and amongst Such of my Grand Children or to Such other of my Relations as to her Shall Seem most meet and Convenient Item I Give, Devise and Bequeath unto my said Niece Mary Bullus her heirs and assigns forever Two thousand Acres of the best of my Lands and Tenaments in New Jersey Such as She or any One by her order or Appointment Shall Elect Chose or pitch upon for her Use and as for the remaining part of my Lands and Tenaments before mentioned to be Lying and being in West New Jersey and yet undisposed of I Give Devise and bequeath the Same as followeth -- First I Give and Devise thereout to Such of my Grandsons Boulbies and their heirs forever as shall be willing to Go and Reside in West New Jersey aforesaid when they Shall attain their Ages of One and Twenty Years respectively or are loose from their Apprentiship Two hundred acres of land apiece and to Such of my Grand Daughter Boulbies and their heirs forever as Shall be willing when they attain their Ages of Twenty One Years to go and Reside in West New Jersey as aforesaid One Hundred acres of Land apiece the Same to be Set out by my said Grandson Samuel Boulby if he be then living But in Case he is then Deceased the Same to be Set out by my said Niece Mary Bullus or by Such Other Person or persons as she Shall pitch on or Appoint to Set forth the Same Item I Give and bequeath unto the first Issue male of my Grand Daughter Elisabeth Boden and to his heirs forever Two hundred acres of my Land in West New Jersey aforesaid to Enter to the same when he shall Come to his Age of One and Twenty Years in Case he be brought up in the Protestant Religion and not Otherwise But my mind and will is that if he be Brought up in the Roman Catholic Religion that then I Give and bequeath the Same to Such Other Son or Sons of my said Grand Daughter Boden as Shall be Brought up in the Protestant religion and to their heirs forever But in Case none of her said Sons be brought up in the protestant religion Then I Give and Bequeath the same to and for the use and behoof of the said Samuel Bowlsby his heirs and assigns forever in Case he be then Living and not Otherwise But if he be then Dead I Give and Bequeath the Same unto my Neice Mary Bullus her heirs and Assigns forever the Same to be by her Disposed of to my said Grand Children or to Some Other of my Relations as to her Shall Seem most meet and Convenient And my mind and will also further is that the said Samuel Boulsby or his assigns Shall and will for and During his natural Life take and receive the rents Issues and profitts of all my said Lands in West New Jersey to his Own proper Use until Such Time as my said Grand Children Shall go to West New Jersey to make their abode there But in Case my said Grandson Samuel Boulsby Shall happen to Dye living my said Neice Mary Bullus That then my said Neice Mary Bullus her heirs or Assigns Shall take and receive the rents Issues and profits of all my said Land or Tenements in West New Jersey aforesaid unto her and their Own proper Use until Such time as my said Grand Children Shall go to West New Jersey to make their abode there And all the residue of my said Lands in West New Jersey Aforesaid I do hereby give and Bequeath unto the said Samuel Boulsby his heirs and Assigns forever in Case he be alive at my Decease But in Case he be then Deceased I Give and bequeath the Same unto my Niece Mary Bullus her heirs and Assigns forever In Trust Nevertheless that She the said Mary Bullus her heirs or Assigns Shall Settle and Estate the same to and for the Use of such of my Grand Children or any Other of my Relations as to her Shall Seem most Meet and Convenient Item I Give and bequeath unto my said Niece Mary Bullus her heirs and Assigns forever All my Lands Tenements Rents and Hereditaments in Pennsylvania Containing five hundred Acres be the Same more or less And Wheras there will become Due to me upon a Certain Indenture of Mortgage now in my Custody from Sir John Roads Knight to my Executrix within three months next after my Decease the Sum of Twelve hundred pounds Now I do hereby give Devise and bequeath the Same in manner and form following (that is to Say) I give Devise & bequeath unto my Niece Mary Bullus the Sum of Seven hundred and forty pounds being, part or the said Sum of Twelve hundred pounds Item I will that my said Niece Mary Bullus Shall pay into the hand of my Grandson Samuel Boulsby the Sum of Two hundred pounds being another part of the Said Sum of Twelve hundred pounds In Trust that he the said Samuel Boulsby Shall pay unto his Mother Martha Boulby the Interest and Increase of the said Sum of Two hundred pounds Yearly and every Year During her natural Life, the Same to be paid to her Own proper hands not withstanding her Coverture and that her Receipt Shall be a Discharge for the Same unto the said Samuel Boulsby his heirs Executors or Assigns or to Such Other Person or Persons who of right Ought to pay and Discharge the Same and that the Interest and Increase So Designed her Shall not be Subject or liable to the Debts Dispositions Assignments or Incumbrances of her said Husband My mind and will further is that in Case the said Samuel Boulsby be alive or any Child or Children of his body Lawfully begotten and at the death of his said Mother--that then the said Sum of Two hundred pounds Shall be for the proper Use of Such Child or Children as the said Samuel Boulsby Shall leave living at the time of his decease to be Equally Divided amongst them if more than One And my mind and will also further is That in Case my said grandson Samuel Boulsby Shall Die without any Children as aforesaid living the said Martha his mother That then the said Principal Sum of two hundred pounds Designed for the said Samuel Boulsby Shall immediately be returned and paid by the heirs Executors or administrators of the said Samuel Boulsby into the hands of the said Mary Bullus To and for the proper Use and behoof of the said Mary Bullus her Executors administrators and Assigns forever Upon Condition Nevertheless that She the said Mary Bullus her Executors administrators and Assigns Shall pay and Discharge the Interest and increase thereof to the proper hands of the said Martha Boulsby During her Natural Life in Such manner and form as the Same was Designed to be paid her by the said Samuel Boulsby Item I Give Devise and bequeath unto Elisabeth Boden my Grand Daughter the Sum of thirty pounds the Same to be paid her Out of the Said Sum of Twelve hundred pounds and to the three Daughters of my Son in Law Thomas Bowlsby--the Sum of thirty pounds apiece, and my Grandson Jordan Boulsby the Sum of Twenty pounds and to the Other four of my Grand Sons Boulsbeys the Sum of thirty pounds apiece the said Several Sums or Legacies to be paid them out of the said Sum of Twelve hundred pounds Item I Give and bequeath unto my Executrix hereafter named all Such Debts and Sums of money as are Due and Owing to me from my Son in Law Thomas Boulsby Together with all Such Writings and Securities as I have for the Same Item I Give unto my Daughter Martha Boulbey one Guinea in Gold to be paid unto her Own proper hand not withstanding her Coverture And I Give unto Thomas Boulsby her Husband the Sum of five Shillings and my mind and will is that what I have herein before Given unto them the said Thomas Boulsby & Martha his wife Shall be in full of what they or Either of them may or Can Claim out of my whole Estate Item I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Grandson Samuel Boulsby and the heirs of his Body Lawfully to be begotten all my part of the Royalty or Liberty of Matlock in the said County of Darby But for Default of Such Issue of the body of the said Samuel Boulsby then I give Devise and bequeath the same unto my Niece Mary Bullus her heirs and Assigns forever Also I Give and bequeath unto the said Samuel Boulsby One Bed and Bedding thereunto belonging the Same to be Set out by my said Niece Mary Bullus Also I Give and Bequeath unto my said Niece Mary Bullus all my Estate Tennant Right and Title of in and unto all that Messuage Cottage or Tenament Lying and being in Barlbrough aforesaid now in the possession of One Timothy Maden Also I Give and bequeath unto My Daughter in Law Mary Barker four Guineas Item I do hereby Give Devise and bequeath unto my said Niece Mary Bullus all my goods Chattells and Debts Due unto me by Bond Bill Mortgage or Otherwise And All Other my Estate whatsoever not herein or hereby given and Disposed of And Lastly I do hereby nominate and Appoint the said Mary Bullus to be the Executrix of this my Last will and Testament In Witness whereof I the said Samuel Barker the Testator to this my Last will and Testament being written upon Seven Sheets of paper have Set my hand and Seal this ninth Day of January in the Eleventh year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George Now King of Great Britain Anno Dom 1724 Samuel Barker.
Signed Sealed and published in the presence of us who all of us Subscribed our Attestations in the presence of the Testator Jes Sudlam, Wm. Machon, George Marshall, Sam Bullus.


Transcribed by Pati Blowers May

1724 Will of Samuel Barker
New Jersey Archives Will Book 10 pages 303-310.

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