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- . 1764, Dec. 27. WILL of Leeds, Vincent, of Northampton Twsp., Burlington Co., yeoman; To Mary Knight, alias Mary Roswell, £50. To Barbary Inger, £10. Remainder to my wife, Anna, both personal
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to my grandson, John Goelet. Rest of my estate to my daughters, Sarah, Rachel & Elizabeth.
The share of Elizabeth Goelet, [i.e. Elizabeth Leonard,]
is to be managed by my Executor during the life of her present husband, Francis Goelet, &, after his death, if it should please God he should die, then her share is to be given to her. Executor: my son-in-law, John Berrien.
Witnesses: John Smyth, Norris Thorp, Alexander Watson. Proved June 13, 1761. Lib. H, p. 9.
. After the Battle of Monmouth, John Goelet of New Bridge was brought down by camp fever. The family moved to New Bridge from NYC after a British man-of-war, fired on the city. ...he hired a cart to take him home, but because of the camp fever, he was left on the cart for the night. They left him water. During the night another man with him, John Bogert died during the night. Goelet being too sick to notice.
- Affidavit of John Goelet, Pension Records recorded in The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack. - - - [1]
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