Name/Title
Last Will and Testament for Caleb Gilbert date 1760Entry/Object ID
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Caleb GilbertScope and Content
Know all men by these presents that I Stephen Gilbert of the precinct of
Goshen in the County of Orange and province of New York Yeoman am
Held and Firmly Bound unto Silas Pierson and Samuel Birdsey Executors
of the Last Will and Testament of Caleb Gilbert Late of the precinct County and
province Afforesaid Deceased In the Sum of One Hundred and Five pounds
Seven Shillings Current Money of New York to be paid to the said Silas Pierson
and Samuel Birdsey their Executors Administrators or Assigns to Which payment
Well and Truly to be made I Do Bind my self my heirs Executors and Admrs
Jointly and Severally Firmly By these presents Sealed With my seal Dated the
Twentieth Day of [hole]ber in the [hole] Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hund[hole]ed
and Sixty and in [hole] Thirty Fou[hole] Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord
George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brittain France and Ireland Kg
The Condition of the above Obligation is Such that Whereas the Above Bounden Stephen
Gilbert With Thomas Goldsmith of Ulster County in the province Afforesaid Yeoman at the Instance
and Request of the Above Named Caleb Gilbert, in his Lifetime, Became Bound In One
Certain Obligation of Two Hundred pounds Current Money of New York to Jacobus Bruyn of
the Said County of Ulster and province Afforesaid Esqr Conditioned to pay the Said Jacobus
Bruyn the Sum of One Hundred pounds With the Lawfull Interest, Bearing Date the Eighteenth
Day of November in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Nine, Which
Said Sum of One Hundred pounds, Was Received by And Applyed to the proper Use
and Bonifit of Him the Said, Caleb Gilbert in his Lifetime, And Since his Deceas paid
by the said Silas Pierson and Samuel Birdsey, Executors as Aforesaid, to the Above Bounden
Stephen Gilbert the Receipt Whereof he Doth Hereby Own and Acknowledge In Full Dis=
=charge of the Before in part Recited Obligation and Condition Reference Thereunto Being had
may More fully and at Large Appear, If Therefore the Above bounden Stephen Gilbert
[hole] Heirs Executors and Administra[hole] and [hole] them Do and shall From time to
[hole]e and at all Times hereafter [hole]ly Acqui[hole]norate and Discharge, Or Otherwise
Well and Suffeciently Save and Keep Harmless and indemnified the Above Named Silas
Pierson and Samuel Birdsey their and Each of their Heirs Executors and Administrrs and Every
of their and Each of their Goods Chattles Lands Tennements and Heridittaments And Every
of Them as Well against the Children of the Above Named Caleb Gilbert Late Deceased, their
Executors Administr[noted as Admrs] and Assigns And Every of them, as Also against all and Every Other
person or persons Whatsoever, of For From And Concerning all and All Manner of gifts
Legaceis, Childrens portions Sum and Sums of Money And Bequeaths Whatsoever
Given and Bequeathed unto them and Every or Any of Them In and By the Last Will
and Testament of the said Caleb Gilbert or Otherwise of And From all Actions Suites
Costs~
(The back/second page of the document)
Costs and Charges Whatsoever which Shall or May at any time Hereafter happen
to Arise against them the Said Silas Pierson and Samuel Birdsey Their Executors
Administrrs and Assigns or Any of Them, Upon or by Reason of the Same
That then the Within Written Obligation to Be Void And of None Effect or Else
to Remain in Full Force and Virtue
Stephen gilbert — [Seal]
Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of
John Mathews
Sarah Mathews
