The will of John Van Wickele (made 17 January 1731; proved 8 June 1732)

In the Name of God, Amen, the Seventeenth Day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and thirty one and two, I, John Van Wickele of the New Lotts in the Township of Flatbush in Kings County, being very sick and weak in Body, but of Perfect mind and memory. Thanks be given unto God. Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say:

Principally...of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that save it and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall secure the same again by the almighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.

Imprimis I give and bequeath to Ida my dearly beloved wife, my whole estate, both real and personal to maintain her and my children hereafter named to the time that my beloved wife, Ida, shall happen to remarry and after her remarriage I give full power and lawful authority to my executors hereafter named to take my whole estate in their possession and dispose of the same in following manner, that is to say to divide my personal estate in three equal portions.

One third part for my beloved wife, Ida, and to her assigns forever.

And the other two thirds parts for my two beloved children by names Heyltie and Meltie, for each of her one equal third part and to their heirs and assigns forever.

Item - Before any division of personal estate is made I give to my daughter Heyltie my great Bible and to my daughter Meltie my silver tinker.

It is further my will and order that my executors here after named shall take my real estate in their possession and the two thirds parts of my personal estate that I have in Kings County or elsewhere for the best of my children aforesaid and to divide my said real estate and the said two thirds of my personal estate to my said two daughters Hyltie and Meltie, each one equal portion. So as they come to lawful age, but if my children come to die...without lawful heirs that then my brother and sisters shall have my real estate and the two thirds of my moveable estate each of them one equal portion for them their heirs and assigns forever.

And I constitute, make and ordain my beloved father in law, Jeremias Remse and my brother in law Rem Hememan and Elbert Hegeman and Joseph Hegeman executors of this my last will and testament to be gardings of my nonaged children.

And I do utterly disallow, revoke and d_____ all and every other former testament wills, legacies, and executors by me in any ways before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confiming this and no other to be my last will and testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

Jan Van Wickele (LS)

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the said John Van Wicklen as his last will and testament in the presence 
of his subscribers--viz.

Jacob Cashouw, Jacobus Hegeman, Abraham Lott


309 Probate of the will of John Van Wickele

Rip Van Dam, Esq., president of his majesty's council for the province of New York

To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern... Greeting. Know ye that at New York the Eighth day of June instant before Frederick Morris being thereunto delegated and appointed the Last will and testament of John Van Wickle was proved and now approved and allowed of by me having whilst he lived and at the time of his death goods rights and credits in divers places within this province by means whereof the full disposition of all and singular the goods rights and credits of the said deceased and the granting administration of them as also the hearing of account calculation or reckoning and the final discharge and dismission from the same unto me solely and not unto any other inferior judge are manifestly known to belong.

And the administration of all and singular the goods rights and credits of the said deceased and his last will and testament in any manner of ways concerning was granted unto Jeremiah Remsen, Rem Hageman, Elbert Hageman, and Joseph Hageman the executors in the said last will and testament named chiefly chiefly of will and truly administrating the same and of making a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods rights and credits of the said deceased and exhibiting into the registry of the prerogative court in the secretarys office in the said province of New York and that on or before the Eighth day of December next ensuing the date thereof and of rendering a just and true account calculations and reckoning when thereunto required

In testimony whereof I have caused the prerogative seal of the said province of New York to be hereunto affixed the Eighth day of June Anno Domini 1732.

Frederick Morris

Source:
Harry Macy, Jr. The Van Wicklen/Van Wickle Family: Including its Frisian Origin and Connections to Minnerly and Kranchheyt; The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 128, No. 4 (October 1997); p. 248-9.

The will of Jan Van Wickele, 17 January 1731/2 (i.e made in 1731 and proved in 8 June 1732)