then & the other third part at ye time of ye Disease of my foresaid Wife Margarett Sayre Item I give bequeath & devise unto my son Richard Sayre one Tenement of Lands with its Appurtenances wch I bought of my Uncle Ephraim Sayre bounded & butted as by ye Deed of Sale wch I had from my said Uncle as doth & may appear together with ye other moyty or other half of all the proprietory Rights aforesaid to be occupy'd & enjoy'd by him ye said Richard Sayre when he arrives at ye age of twenty years, for himself his Heires & Assignees forever or in case my wife Margarett Sayres be Alive at his ye said Richard Sayres my sons coming to ye Age of twenty years then two third Parts then, & ye other third part at ye decease of my said wife. Item in case one of my said children Joseph Sayre or Richard Sayre shd happen to die afore he arrives at the Age of twenty years as aforesaid not Leaving Issue of his body then living when he shd have arrived at such an Age then I give & bequeath all ye forementioned Lands tenements & Proprietory Rights above bequeathed to ye child so dying, to his surviving Brother or ye Issue of his body then Living wn he shd have arriv'd at ye Age of twenty years as aforesaid. Item in Case both my said Sons Joseph & Richard shd happen to die afore they arrive at the Age of twenty years not leaving issue of their bodies then living, Then I give bequeath & devise ye forementioned Lands, Tenements & Proprietory Rights to be equally divided between my then surviving Brethren or their Heires they or their Heires at ye time of their having thereof paying ye sum of thirty pounds Lawfull Currency to my sister Tamson Vaunce if then Living or to her children if any be then living: Item I give & bequeath my foresaid Children during their Minery to my beloved wife Margarett Sayre to be maintained, brought up & educated in a Christian Way suitable to their place & station, but in Case my undernamed Trustees or overseers & Executor shall think my said children or any of them, not to be maintained brought up & educated as aforesaid I do hereby authorise & empower them to take my said children & to dispose of them as they see cause in order to their being so brought up during their minority. Item I name, constitute & appoint Jonathan Fythian & Ephraim Geily to be Trustees or Overseers & my Loving Uncle Ephraim Sayres to be ye sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament. Hereby revoking & disannulling all former Wills & Testaments by me made or Declared. IN WITNESS whereof I have made this my last Will & Testament to be read & published & do hereunto put my hand & seal this twenty seaventh day of December in ye year of our Lord God 1715. Read, Published, declared, sign'd & seal'd in the Presence of, H. POWELL SAMUEL BARNS JOSEPH SAYRE (L. S.) Salem 24 January Annoq Dom 1715 Howel Powell one of ye Subscribing Wittnesses to ye Within Written Will Came before me John Rolfe Surrt Appointed for Proving of Wills &c & being Solemnley Sworn upon the Holy Evangelist of ye allmighty God did Declare that he Saw Joseph Sayrs ye within Mentioned Publish & Declare ye within Instrument to be his Last Will & Testament & yt at ye Same Time he Was of Sound Mind & Memory to ye best of his Knowledge & understanding & yt he saw the other two Wittnesses Samuel Barns & David Sayers Signe ye Same H. POWELL (L. S.) Sworn ye Day & Year abovesd before me JOHN ROLFE Surrt Salem 24 January 1715 Came before me Margeritt Sayers ye Wife of Joseph Sayers Decesed Ephraim Sayers Executor being Decesed before ye Prooving of ye Said Will has Taken Oath for Duley Executing ye Same According to ye Contents of ye Said Will & return ye Inventory 150 JOSEPH,5 died unmarried. 151 RICHARD,5 of Salem, N. J., died unmarried. His will, dated September 12, 1736, probated August 1, 1738, mentions that he is preparing a voyage to England, and gives to his sister Mary Pledger, wife of John Pledger, Jr., 10, and an iron pot which was given to his brother Joseph by his mother. To his sister Ann Johnson, £10, and an iron pot and brass cettle (sic). To his loving brother Robert Johnson, £10, when of age. (These were half-sisters and -brothers.) Cousins Richard, Thomas, and Job Butcher, sons of Richard Butcher, of Stow, when of age; John Butcher, son of Richard Butcher; cousin James Vance, son of James Vance, carpenter, of Mannington; cousins Tamsen and Ruth Sayre, when of age: £20, for propagating free schools in Salem for Friends' children. Uncle Richard Butcher, Executor. LINE OF DANIEL, DANIEL.2 55 DANIEL SAYRE, born at Southampton, L. I., was called “Daniel Tertius" in a list of inhabitants of Southampton in 1698. He married Phebe, daughter of Isaac Rayner. He moved to Elizabeth, N. J., about 1730, and bought a farm at Connecticut Farms, about half a mile west of the church, on the road to Scotch Plains, extending to the Rahway River. He died in 1763. His will is recorded at Trenton in Liber H, folio 256, dated January 29, 1763, probated May 30, 1763, and reads as follows: In the name of God amen the twenty-ninth day of January In the second year of his majstys Reighn George the third by the grace of god King Defender of the faith &c. and in the year of our Lord Christ seventeen hundred sixty & three, I, Daniel Sayer of the Boro of Elizabeth & Countey of Essex & province of East New Jersey yeoman being varey sick and weake of body & of Perfict Mind and memory Thanks be given to Allmighty god thairfor. Calling to mind the mortality of my bodey and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do thairfor make this my last will and Testament In maner and form following that is to say Principally and first of all I Surender and Commit my Sole in the hands of god that gave it and as touching my bodey I Recomend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christean like decent maner at the discretion of my executors hereafter named nothing doubting but at the generall Resurrection, I Shall Reseve the saim again by the mighty power of god and as for such Worldly Estate Wharewith it hath Pleased god of his goodness to bless me in this life, I give devis and Bequeath as followeth first my will is that all my just & lawful debts be payed out of my moveable Estate. Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Phebe & to her heirs & asighns my Negrow woman Ruth and the one third of my moveable Estate after my Debts be payed and I give unto my sd wife the free use and possession of the one Equal third part of my farm & buildings during har natroal Life Excepting that part which I gave to my son Daniel. Item I give and bequeath unto my loving Son Daniel & to his hairs and asighns all that small plantation which I purchesed of my Son John Sayer Bounded East by the land of John Seving North by the land of Samuell Higans west & South by highways by Estemation containing thirtey five acors on Condition that my s Son Daniel shall pay the sum of fiftey pounds Courant Money at 8 pr. ct. which shall be aded to Encreas my moveabel estate & pay my debts and legeseys. Item I give and bequeath unto my two loving Sons John and Abraham Sayer all the remaining part of my homsted farm to be Equily divided between them part & part with the Condition that they shall provid for & mentain & keep my Dafter Phebe Comfortabely during her natural life and as nither of my sd sons is mareyed if thay or Either of them Shuld so continu til death thin his or thair part of my farm so gave shall be equally Divided amongs all my surviveing Childring but if Either or both of my Sd sons shuld marey & have a Child that then and in that cais his or thair part shall be free and clear to him or them & thair hairs and asighns. Item I give and bequeath to my five Dafters which air mareyed vz. Hannah Smith, Sarah Terrel, Abegeal Brokfeald, Marey Higans & Elizabeth Smith to Each of them the Sum of ten pounds Curant money at 8 prct. together with what thay have allreadey Reseved, Item I give & Bequeath unto my two loving granddafters vz. Jemima & Marey Higans the sum of ten pounds Each of them to be Raised out of my moveabel estate & put out to Intrest by my Executors until thay severally arive to age of Eighteen & then to be payed by my Executors & if either of my s granddafters shuld die befor that age than her part shall be payed to the Surviveor of them. Item Whairas I have a small plantation setuate & leying on the mountain which I purchesed of Joshua Morehous my will is that my Executors shall maike Sail of the said plantation at thair Discretion & the money arising thairby shall be aded to Encreas my moveabel Estate. Item, I give and bequeath all the Remainding part of my moveable Estate to be Equaly Divided amongs all my Dafters, and I doe hereby make & Constitute My Loving & trusty sons Daniel Sayer and Jacob Brockfeald and my Loveing and trustey friend John Stits all of the Boro & Countey aforesaid Executors of this my Last will and Testament Revoking & disanuling all former or other wills Testaments & legaseys heretofor by me maid or dun Ratfying allowing & holding this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day, month & year first above written. DANIELL SAYRE (L. S.) Sighned Sealed Declaired Published and pronounced to be the last will and testament of him the testator. In Presants of us— JOB MULFORD MARGRET STITS Jun! JAMES HINDES. Memorandum that on the thirtieth day of May one thousand seven hundred and sixty three John Mulford and Margaret Stites Jun' two of the Subscribing Evidences to the within Will Personally appeared before me Jonathan Deare duely authorized &c. and they being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists on their oaths do declare that they were Present and did see Daniell Sayer the testator within named sign and seal the same and heard him Publish Pronounce & Declare the within instrument to be his last Will and Testament, that at the doing thereof the said Daniell Sayer was of sound mind and memory to the best of their knowledge and as they verily believe, and that at the same time James Hindes the other subscribing witness was also Present and Signed his name thereto as they Each did in the Presence of the said Testator. Also at the same time Jacob Brockfield and John Stites two of the Executors in the within will named came before me and were qualified by taking the Oaths of Executors as by Law appointed. CHILDREN. 152* DANIEL,5 m. Margaret Sturges. JONA. DEARE. He was not married at 153 JOHN 5 had a farm which he conveyed to his father. 154 ABRAHAM 5 was not married at date of his father's will, and, doubtless, Following is a copy of an advertisement that appeared in the " New Jersey Journal," of Elizabeth. The application referred to has been diligently sought for in the record offices in Trenton and Newark, but in vain. As far as can be ascertained from the scanty records, Daniel Sayre (472), called "Daniel Sayre 4th," must have previously purchased from Abraham Sayre, who is believed to have died unmarried in Newark about the year 1800, his half of the farm referred to in the advertisement, and subsequently purchased the other half from the heirs of his uncle John. Rev. Menzo Rayner, of Elizabeth, N. J., and several Rayners of Hempstead, L. I., in 1798 conveyed to Daniel Sayre 4th their interest as heirs of one ninth part of John Sayre's estate, but their kinship has not been discovered. Wednesday, December 14, 1796. Notice is hereby given, that upon application to me by Daniel Sayre of Elizabethtown, Essex Co., N. J., who claims an undivided 1⁄2 part of all that tract of land, which formerly belonged to Daniel Sayre, the elder, deceased, which was given and bequeathed by the last will and testiment of the said Daniel Sayre the elder, unto his 2 sons John and Abraham Sayre, to be equally divided between them, subject to the creditors and limitations, in the said will mentioned, and expressed, which said tract of land, so given undivided, is situated, lying and being in Elizabeth Town aforesaid, bounded easterly by the land possessed by John Allen; southwardly, partly by land possessed by Henry Jefferies, and partly land formerly of John Stites, Esq., deceased; westwardly by Rahway River, and northwardly by the road, or highway leading from Conn. Farms to the Scotch Plains. I have nominated Jonas Wade, Esq., David Crane, Esq., and Joshua Winans, commissioners to divide the said tract of land into 2 equal shares or parts; and unless proper objections are stated to me, at the house of Mr. Ferd Cotter, innkeeper in Elizabeth Town aforesaid, on the fourteenth day of February next, the said Jonas Wade, David Crane and Joshua Winans will then be appointed commissioners to make partition of the said land, pursuant to an act entitled "An Act for the more easy partition of lands held by copartners, joint tenants and tenants in common." Passed the 11th day of November 1789. Given under my hand and seal the 13th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1796. JOHN CHETWood, A Judge of Supreme Court of N. J. One of these probably married Elijah Crane. Elijah Crane and Mary Higgins, in 1804, unite in a conveyance of their interest in the "John Sayre right." 159 ELIZABETH,5 m. Ralph Smith. CHILD. JAMES SMITH,6 of Mount Holly, N. J. (in 1809). 160 PHEBE.5 56 ISAAC+ SAYRE, of Bridgehampton, N. Y., married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (White) Smith. She was born November 26, 1699, at Haddam, Conn. Her mother was a daughter of Captain Nathaniel White, and granddaughter of Elder John White, of Haddam. Isaac Sayre on December 22, 1721, "declares ear mark" at Southampton. In the Southampton town book, Vol. II, p. 187, is an account of the proceedings of the Commissioners of Highways, in 1726, in rectifying the highway between Hezekiah Topping's and Isaac Sayre's corner; and also "between East Hampton line and Isaac Sayre's land, we have laid out a highway to the beach.” He died in 1726. His will, New York surrogate's office, Liber X, folio 413, reads as follows: In the Name of God Amen the 14th day of this instant December in the 12th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George and in the year of our Lord God 1725 I, Isaac Sayre of Southampton in the County of Suffolk in the colony of New York Husbanman being very sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the mortallity of my body knowing that it is appointed for man once to die do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament, and 1st I give my soul to God that gave it and my body to be commited to the earth to be decently buried at y discretions of my executors hereafter named, And touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me with I give and bequeth as followeth And first I will that all my just debts be paid in convenient time after my decease 1st I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth Sayre the use and improvement of all my lands houseings and moveable Estate until my son Isaac Sayre shall arrive to the age of 21 years, provided she remains my widow but and if she shall marry sooner then the use of my aforesaid lands and houseing to be for the use of my child or children and one half of my moveable estate after my debts are paid to be and remain hers forever and the other half to be my child or children's but if my wife remains my widow after my son arrives to the age aforesaid then she shall still hold and injoy the part of my houseing and of all my lands dureing her widowhood. 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