- In the name of God, Amen, May 15, 1780. I, JOHANNES CLEMENTS, of Beekmans Precinct, Duchess County, being of old age and weak in body. I will that my funeral charges and all my just debts and my son, Tobias Clements, be paid for my board and living. All the rest of my estate I leave to my daughter Cate, late wife of Deliverance Mabey, my son Thomas, my son Tobias, my daughter Rachel, wife of Gideon Hall, my son Peter, and to my three grandchildren, Thomas, Mariche, and Cornelius Clements, children of my son John, deceased. I leave to my two grandchildren, William and Gabriel Strang, the children of my daughter Hannah, deceased, wife of Gabriel Strang, one-seventh of my estate. I make my son Tobias, executor."
Witnesses, Jesse Oakly, William Hall, Daniel Whitehead
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