Will 1686 DE New Castle Stiddem Timon

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New Castle Co., DE, A/73 Also at http://hometown.aol.com/RLSteadham/TimenWeb.index.html

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To all to whom thes Presents shall come Greeting. Know yee yt Lucas Stiddem & Erasmus Stiddem have duly & Legally Proved in this office a certain will called ye Last Will & Testament of Timon Stiddem their Late father deceased The tenor whereof followeth.    Praysed be god for Ever.  In ye name of goda Amen in ye year of oer Lord & savior Jesus Christ 1686 appeared before ye underwritten witnesses Mr. Timon Stiddem born at Hammell inhabitant in Christina Creek who being sick in bed but of full and Perfect sence and understanding as outwardly appeared to us & he considering ye fraylty of this mortall life ye certainty of death & ye uncertain hour thereof and being unwilling to depart this world untill he should first have disposed of what Temporall Estate & goods [God] has been pleased to bestow on him. Therefore ye sd Testator doth first of all committ his soul into ye hands of god yt gave it him and his body after his decease a decent buriall & as for ye disposall of his temporall estate ffirst I wil yt my wife Christina Oels daughter shall have & receive one Part or share equall wth. my children of all loose and moveable goods moveable and immoveable Present and to come. And as to ye land & its Appurtenances ye same shall be by my Children Equally shared or Injoyed Except my daughter Ingober Stiddem who shall have for her Part or share thereof one young steer & one cow. this Will and Testament being word by word read to ye Testator he approved thereof & desired yt. this might be held & Reputed as his Last Will and Testament desireing all Courts & Judges of this his sd. Last Will & Testament might be held good & allowed of & in Testimony of ye truth hereof I have hereunto sett my hand in usuall form on ye 1st day of ffebruary 1686: in ye 1st year of ye Raign of oer sovaraign Lord King James ye 2nd in ye Pressence of Hendrick Lemmens. (was signed) Timon Stiddem Wittnesses Present Hendrick Lemmens Carrell X his marke Jansen A true translation Eph. Herman (his mark). ----- Whereas Lucas Stiddem and Erasmus Stiddem the sons of Timon Stiddem deceased have exhibited into ye office of Probate of Wills and Granting Letters of Adminstration for ye County of New Castle an Inventory of ye Estate of ye sd. Timon Stiddem deceased and given security to administer according to law These are therefore by ye Kings authority and in ye name of ye Proprietary and Gouvernor to authorize and impower ye sd Lucas Stiddem and Erasmus Stiddem to administer upon ye estate goods and chattels debts and other effects whatsoever belonging to the sd Timon Stiddem their late father deceased or to him in any ways appertaining hereby giving and granting to ye sd Lucas Stiddem and Erasmus Stiddem full power to enter upon and take possession of all ye estate real and personal whatsoever late belonging to their sd deceased father and to sue for recover and obtain ye same out of ye lands of any person or persons whatsoever that is owing unto or hath ougth in custody of or belonging to ye sd Timon Stiddem deceased and therewith to satisfy all his just debts and according to law to pay all legacyes and to allot to his late wife Christina and ye children their several shares and parts by ye law is directed and further to do execute and perform such other lawful act or acts thing or things in and about ye premises as fully and amply to all intents and purposes as any other administrator by ye Laws of this Province of Pensilvania and Territorys may can or ought to be. Given under my hand and ye seale of ye office this 24th of April, 1686. Signed by John White, Dept Register by order of James Bradshaw, Register Gen. (Ref: Allied Families of Delaware, by Edwin Jaquett Sellers)