Notes for Jotham CLARK

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Notes for Jotham CLARK

Genealogical Collections, C.C.Gardner p.163. GMNJ Vol. 38 (1963) as to burial.
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The will of Jotham Clark is as follows:
" In the name of God, Amen. I Jotham Clark of New Ark in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish this for my last Will and Testament. First, I have all my property to be divided equally between
my two children Julia and Cornelia and the difference of Five hundred Dollars being added to Cornelia's portion the purpose of giving her an education equal to what Julia has received. Second, I leave it to the discretion of my Executors to sell any of
my property that they shall think best, except my part of the old homestead at Connecticut Farms and the fourteen acres of land on the Springfield Turnpike which I purchased of Obediah B. Brown and John (Gardner?), and the wood lot on the South Orange
road purchased of William Halsey. Third, I appoint my Brother John Clark and my Friend Moses Smith Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness thereof, I have herunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord,
one thousand seven (eight?) hundred and fourteen.
Signed, Sealed, Published and Delivered by the said Jotham Clark to be his last will and Testament in the presence of us,
Wm Camp, James Searing, Moses Lyon
[Taken from a transcript, and while deemed reliable, needed to be compared to the original]
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There are a number of deeds indexed in Essex County, where Jotham and Esther Clark are the Grantors:
Bk. H page 357 to John Alling (1803); Bk. H page 400 to George Nelson (1803); Bk. H page 445 to Thomas Curry (1803); Bk. H page 552 to Israel Curry (1804); Bk. L to Moses Smith (1806).
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See Will Book A, p. 455 - 30 August 1814; Inventory Book B, p. 697; Order to Limit Creditors OCR C262; Decree on Account OCR C379
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Surrogates dockets - #1319
John Clark and Moses Smith, Executors of Jotham Clark, dec'd [Jotham appears to have lived in Newark]
In accounts - "Expenses of John Clark to Albany and back"
Mentions Lydia Parkhurst [his MIL], Phebe Clark, and Mary Clark as if they are his daughters. Need to recheck.
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