& Constitutiones in ea parte Legitime Stabilitas & publicatas & non aliter neque alio modo tibi de cujas fidelitate, morum Integritate, Literarem Scientia, Sana Doctrina & diligentia plurimum confidimus (prestito primitus per te juramento tam de agnosendo regiam Supremam Majestatem juxta vim, formam, & effectum Statuti parliamenti dicti regni Angliæ in ea parte edit & provis quam de canonica obedientia Nobis & Successoribus nostris in omnibus licitis & honestis per te prestanda & Exhibenda Subscriptisque per te Tribas illis Articulis mentionalis in Tricessimo Sexto Capitulo libri Constitutionem Sive canonem Ecclesiasticorum Anno Domini 1604 regia Authoritate Editorum & promulgatorum) Licentiam & facultatem Nostram Consedimus & Impertimur per presentes ad Nostram bene placitum Duntaxit duraturas In cujus rei Testimonium Sigillum Nostram quo in Similibus plerumque utimur presentibus apponi fecimus Dat Secundo die Augusti 1697.

H. LONDON.

TRANSLATION.

Henry, Bishop of London by Divine permission, to our beloved in Christ William Vesey, clergyman, health and grace. By these presents, which shall continue only according to our good pleasure, we grant and impart our license and authority to you (in whose fidelity, correctness of morals, scholarly accomplishments, soundness of doctrine and zeal we have the utmost. confidence) to discharge the duties of pastor of the church of New York (in the west), in common prayers and the other ecclesiastical ministrations pertaining to the office of pastor according to the form prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer, published and provided for this purpose by the authority of the parliament of this renowned Kingdom of England and according to the canons and ordinances lawfully established and set forth in this regard, and not otherwise nor in any other manner an oath having, first of all, been taken by you recognizing as well the royal supremacy according to the force, form and effect of the act of Parliament of the said Kingdom of England in this connection passed and provided, as also recog nizing the obedience to be given and shown by you to us and our

successors in all things good and lawful; and on your subscribing, besides, to the three articles mentioned in the thirty-sixth chapter of the book of Constitutions or Ecclesiastical Canons published and promulgated by royal authority in the year of our Lord 1604.

In testimony of which we have caused our seal that we generally use on similar occasions to be affixed to these presents. Given on the second day of August, 1697.

MANDATE FOR MR. VESEY'S INDUCTION.

H. LONDON.

Benjamin Fletcher, Captain General and Governor of the Province of New York in America and vice-admiral of the

same.

To all and singular, the rectors, vicars, chaplains, curates, clergymen and ministers whatsoever in and throughout the whole province aforesaid, wherever established, and also to Thomas Wenham and Robert Lurting, the present wardens of Trinity Church in New York, greeting:

Whereas, I commit to you jointly and severally our beloved in Christ, William Vesey, clergyman, presented to the rectory or parochial church of the Trinity at New York in the province aforesaid, now vacant, to be instituted rector of the same; and firmly enjoining, I command you to collate and induct, or cause to be inducted the said William Vesey or his lawful proctor in his name and for himself, into the real, actual and corporal possession of said vestry or church, and of all its rights and appurtenances, and that you defend him so inducted; and that (when duly required thereto) you certify to me or to some other competent judge what you have done in the premises, or whoever of you being present shall have executed this my mandate. Given under the prerogative seal of said province the 25th day of December. Anno Domini 1697. BEN. FLETCHER.

CERTIFICATE OF MR. VESEY'S INDUCTION.

By virtue of the above mandate, in presence of the Reverend Domine Henry Selyns, minister of the Dutch Church in the City of New York, and of the Reverend Domine Johannes Petrus Nucella, minister of God's Word, the undersigned, Thomas Wen

ham and Robert Lurting, wardens of Trinity Church aforesaid, have collated and inducted the aforesaid Reverend William Vesey, clergyman, into Trinity Church before named, after the usual manner and custom, and into all the rights and appurtenances of the same, on the 25th day of December, 1697.

In testimony whereof we have signed these presents, the day and year above said.

HENRY SELYNS,

Minister of the Dutch Church, New York.

JOHANNES PETRUS NUCELLA,

Minister of Dutch Church, Kingston.

THOMAS WENHAM,

ROBERT LURTING,

Church Wardens.

GLEANINGS FROM THE SURROGATE'S OFFICE.

A GOLD RING WITH POESIE.

In the name of God Amen To all Christian People Greeting Know Yee that I Randolph Evans of the Citty of New Yorke Inholder being through Gods blessing of sound Memory & Understanding butt weak in body Doe make this my last Will & Testament in manner & forme following that is to say first bequeath my Soule unto the hands of Almighty God my heavenly ffather from whom I received itt by whom of his meer Grace I trust to be Saved & Received into his Eternall Rest through the meritts of my Saviour & Redeemer Jesus Christ my body in hopes of a Joyfull Resurrection I Committ to the Earth to be buried in Such Descent Manner as becometh And Touching the Distribution of what temporall Estate it hath pleased God to Endow me with in this world I dispose of the Same as followeth

Imprimis I Doe give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth the Child of Martha Evans my Second wife the Sume of twenty pounds Currtt Money of this Province to bee paid unto her att he

coming to age or on the Day of her Mariage Out of the Mony which is to bee Gott for my house att Broockland When the Same is sold

And My Will is that the same Remaine in the hands of my now wife Margarett Evans Dureing the time of her the said Elizabeths Non Age And of my said Wifes making good use thereof & no longer As Also I give unto my said Daughter A feather bed with Shetts blanketts Curtains And all the Appurtenances which belongeth to A bedd, With a Gold Ring which did belong to her said Mother the poesie Whereof is A vertuous Wife Preserveth Life and two Silver spoons And I doe hereby nominate & Appoint my beloved ffriends Richard Eliott & John Crook to bee Guardians to and Overseers of my said Daughter and her Legacy so left by me to her as Above, And my further Will is that she be maintained in all things Necessary out of My Other Moveables & Estate Dureing the time of her minority

Item My further Will And Pleasure is that all my other moveable & Estate bee Equally Divided Amongst My Wifes two Sonns William & John She Being Obliged to maintaine my Said Children Out of the said Estate

In Witness whereof I the said Randolph Evans have subscribed this my last will & Testamt with My owne hand And thereunto Putt my Seale the 12th day of March Anno Dom❜o 1687 Anno Reg. R. Ja Scei Nunc Aug 8 i c tertio

RANDOLPH EVANS [Seal]

Signed, Sealed & Delivered & Declared & published by the above named Randolph Evans as his last Will & Testament In the presence off uss A. D. Mill. George Walgrave James Hutchinson James Purdie

Entered in the Records of the Citty of N Yorke the 23rd Day of August 1687 by John Knight Ct

Will probated on "Tuesday the three & twentyth day of August, 1687"

THE WILL OF ELIZABETH CLARKSON.

In The Name of God Amen I Elizabeth Clarkson of the City of New York, Widow being at present in a poor State of Health but of sound Mind Memory and Understanding (Thanks be to

God for the same) and considering the uncertainty of this Life and the certainty of Death do make My Last Will and Testament as follows First my Will is that all my Debts and Funeral charges be paid by my Executors in some convenient time after my Death -Secondly I give to my brother James De Peyster and to each of my Sisters and to the Hon. William Axtell Esquire and to my Brother in Law David Clarkson and to the Wife of James Van Cortlandt each a mourning Ring-Thirdly I give and bequeath all my Estate whatsoever and wheresoever both Real and personal unto my two Sons David Clarkson Junr and Mathew Clarkson and to their heirs and Assigns forever equally to be divided between them Share & Share alike as Tenants in common and not as joint Tenants and if Either of my said two Sons should die under Age and without Lawful Issue then the part and share of him so dying Shall go to the Survivor of my Said two Sons and to the heirs and assigns of such Survivor forever But if both my Said two Sons Should die under Age And without Lawfull Issue then and in such case I give devise and bequeath one Seventh part of my said Estate both Real and personal unto my brother James De Peyster and to his heirs and Assigns forever. One Seventh part thereof unto my Sister Catharine the Wife of John Livingston and to her heirs and assigns forever. One other Seventh part thereof unto my Sister Margaret the Wife of the Honourable William Axtell and to her heirs and Assigns forever.

One other Seventh part thereof unto my Sister Mary the Wife of John Charlton and to her heirs and Assigns forever. And one other Seventh part unto my Sister Eve De Peyster and to her heirs and Assigns forever. And if any or Either of them Should die before me then the Part and Share of him her and them So dying Shall go to and be Equally divided among the Survivors of them and the heirs and Assigns of such Survivors forever as Tenants in Common and not as joint Tenants And the remaining two Sevenths parts of my said Estate both real and Personal in case both my Said Sons should die under Age and without Lawfull Issue I give devise and bequeath unto my said two Sisters Margaret Axtell and Mary Charlton as a mark of my particular affection and to their heirs and Assigns forever equally