"Myn Huysvrouw Margaret durende Naturelick Leven de Derde van De Inkomste van myn Vaast Staat" (my wife Margaret shall have 1/3 of the income from my real estate during her natural life). "Myn oudste Soon Abraham voor syn Eerste Geboorte En syn Gehorsamhyt twe Hondert pondt, et Noyt Enige huer Geven sal van Het Landt of de Raritans Rivier in Nieuw Jerseys Ten Suyden vat het Landt van John Cock Gedurende myn En myn huysvrouws Leven, en na myn overlyden En sal dan Gervardeert werden by onpartydige persoonen sal his betaalen an myn Andre Erfgenamen" (my eldest son Abraham shall have L200, for his right of primogeniture and his obedience, and shall not pay any rent for the land on Raritan's River, in New Jersey, south of the land of John Cock, during my life and my wife's, and after my death said land shall be appraised by unratial persons, and he shall then pay [for the said land] to my other heirs, deducting the improvements made by him since his settlement.) "Myn soon Joel na myn Overlyden al dat stuck lant gelegen onder het Pattent van de Nieuwe Paltz Aan de suyd sy vande Paltze Kill Tuschen de Erfgenamen van Abraham En Jan Hasbrouck de Groote wy En de Looten In't Krenpelboos Wassemakers Lant myn huyse Schuer en Ewe in het dorp van de Palse Hill van het Draij Heck of Tot Trouar, En is Door voor te betaalen aan myn Andre Kinderen de Somma waar voor het selve sal gewaadeert werden by onpartydige Personen" (my son Joel shall have after my death all that piece of land lying in the Patent of New Paltz on the south side of the Paltz Hill, adjoining the heirs of Abraham and Jan Hasbrouck, the great meadow and the lots in the Cripple-bush, Wassmaker's land, my houses, barn, and lot on the north side of said Paltz Hill, from the turn stile, for which he is to pay to my other children such sum as unpartial persons may appraise it to) "Joel sal het portie niet verkoopen sonder de aprobatie En consent van syn Broeder Abraham Du Bois syn Swager Roelof Eltinge En syn Oom Solomon Du Bois" (Joel is not to dispose of his portion without the consent of his brother Abraham Du Bois, his brother-in-law Roelof Eltinge, and his uncle Solomon Du Bois.). "Myn doghter Sara En haar Tegenwoordigen huysman Roelof Eltinge all myn Land aan de Noort Sy van de Voorsyde Paltze Hil dat hy now in Possessie heeft, En all myn Lant aan de suyd sy van de voors. Paltze Hill Tuschen Solomon En Daniel Du Bois dat by now in Possessie heeft, daar voor te betaalen de Somme gewardeert by ontpartydige Personen" (to my daughter Sara and her present husband, Roelof Eltinge, all my land on the north side of said Paltz Hill, now in their possession, and all the land on the south side of said hill, adjoining Solomon and Daniel Du Bois, now in their possession, for which they are to pay such sum as it may valued at by unpartial persons). "Myn doghter Lea En haar tegenwoordige Man Phillips Fires voor haar Levenstydt De hleft van dat Stuck Lant up Canestoga Naast de voors. Tirre lant, En daar voor te betaalen aar voor het sal gewaardeert werden" (my daughter, Lea, and her husband, Phillips Fires, shall have half of the land at Canestoga, next to said Fires' land, for which they are to pay such a sum as it may be valued at).
"Tot Erfgenamen all myn kinderen Abraham, Sara, Lea, Rachel, Catherina, En Joel" (as heirs, all my children Abraham, Sara, Lea, Rachel, Catherina, and Joel). "Myn doghter Catharine sal maar hebben uyt myn Geheele Staat maar de helft," (my daughter, Catharine, shall not have more than half of my estate). - "Nieman van myn kinderen sullen haar parten aan Vreemde Verkoopen voor Eer sy't haar Broeders En susters Bekent maaken," (none of my children shall sell their shares to strangers, before they have informed their brothers and sisters of their intentions).
Son Abraham, "schoon soon" (son-in-law), Roelof Eltinge and Major Johannes Hardenbergh appointed executors.
Signed by the testator. Proved Oct. 22, 1731.