JOHNSON and SCHAUFELBERGER GENEALOGY
Will of Benoni Dare
Will dated
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December 16, 1768; witnessed by Isaac Grace, John Gray, Ephraim Sheppard
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Inventory taken
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August 13, 1770 for 263.10.9 pounds by Thomas Maskell and Mark Sheppard
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Will proved
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August 14, 1770
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Dare, Benoni of Greenwich Township, Cumberland Co.
at Lib. 14, p. 317 from Archives of the State of New Jersey, Abstracts of Wills 1761-1770, Series I vol. 33
Wife, 1/3 of personal estate. Grandsons Benoni and Elkanah, 114 acres, according to my son Elkanah's will. I also give them 6 acres of marsh, but, if my daughter-in-law [Elizabeth], now wife of Michael Lea, should bring any account against my estate, then the said marsh and 14 [114?] acres to be sold to pay said account. Grandsons, Annes and John, 50 acres as it is divided by their father's will. Son, William Dare, 40 acres where he lives, formerly assigned to him. Rest of my lands in Stow Creek Twsp. not above given, to my son, Abiel Dare. Son, Reuben, plantation I live on, he paying 100 pounds to my son James, and 10 pounds to my grandson Benjamin Dare, when 21. Granddaughter, Prudence Hall [d/o unknown and Elinore (Dare) Hall], and grandson, David Long [s/o Joseph and Elizabeth (Dare) Long], 5 shillings each. Daughters, Elaner, Elizabeth and Rachel, rest of moveable estate. Friend, Ananias Sayre, to be Trustee for grandsons Benoni and Elkanah Dare. Executors - son, Reuben, and my wife, Clemens.
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