WILL of HENDRICK VUNCK
Town of Charleston
Montgomery County, New York
The Will of Hendrick Vunck of the Town of Charleston was graciously contributed
by researcher Linda A. Roorda.
Linda also contributed 3 other wills for her Montgomery County relatives and ancestors. Notes about
her family search regarding each will follow the individual wills.
Will of Hendrick Vunck
(b. Mar 6, 1757, d. Nov 28, 1840)
Charleston, Montgomery County, NY, Will Vol 6, pg 372.
In the name of God Amen. I Hendrick Vunck of Charleston County of Montgomery &
State of New York being weak in body but of sound mind, considering the
uncertainty of this mortal life and being of soun[d] (sic) mind blessed be God
for the same do make and publish this my last will and testament in the manner
and form following (that is to say I give and bequeath unto my sons Hendrick,
Barnes, Peter, William, Frances, Dollance and Samuel the sum of Two hundred
dollars to be paid in two installments the first to be paid in one year after my
deseased (sic) and the other to be paid in one year after. I also bequeath to
Rowland B. and Mary Vunck one hundred dollars each to be paid when they become of
age with interest from my deseased (sic). I bequeath to my daughters Phebe widow
of John Cooper, Mary wife of John Jacobs, Rebecca widow of Andrew bigams (sic)
and Jane wife of James Dingman to all and each of them one hundred dollars also
to be paid in two in two stallments (sic). Also I bequeath to my daughter Sattys
(sic) two daughters Malinda Ford and Phebe Jane wife of of (sic) Ozias Kneeland
the sum of Fifty dollars to be paid out of my personal property. I also bequeath
to my son Cornelius Seventeen dollars and fifty cents to be paid to him yearly
during his natural life also one hundred dollars to be paid to him as his
necessities requires out of my personal property I also bequeath to my son Joseph
all my real estate to his heirs and assigns, lands and tenements after paying all
the above in stallments (sic) each installment to comence (sic) one year after my
deseaseed (sic), the said Joseph Vunck is to after paying out or caus (sic) to be
secured al the above installments willed and all debts and charges paid the
remaining part of my personal property not willed to be equally divided amongts
(sic) my children. And lastly it is my desire that this my last will and
testament to all intents and purposes I hearby (sic) evoking all former wills
maid (sic) by me. In witness thereof I have hearunto (sic) set my hand and seal
the 21st day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred %amp; forty
- Hendrick Vunck L.S. Signed Sealed published and declared the above named
Hendrick Vunck to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who have
hearunto (sic) subscribed ur names as witnesses in the presence (sic) of testator
Abram Dingman of Charleston County of Montgomery State of New York, Andres
Dingman of Charleseton Montgomery County State of New York, Wm. E. Willobee of
Charleston Montgomery County and State of New York. (The following was written
at the foot of the foregoing will below the witnesses named) ("I furthermore
appoint and declair (sic) Wm. Jameson Lyman Davis and William E. Willobee to be
the executors to this my last will and testament")
State of New York Montgomery County SS
Be it remembered that at a Surrogate
Court held for the County of Montgomery at the Surrogates Office in the Village
of Fonda before Richard H. Cushing Surrogate of the said County on this twentieth
day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one
the last will and testament of Hendrick Vunck late of the said County deceased (a
copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was admitted to probate by the said Surrogate
after a citation to the heir's (sic) and next of kin to the said deceased issued
served returned and filed according to law satisfactory proof having been first
made of the circumstances of the delivery and possession of the said will and
also of the execution thereof by the depositions of William E. Willobee, Andres
Dingman & Abram Dingman subscribing witnesses to the said will copies of which
depositions are also hereunto annexed, Whereupon I the said Surrogate upon the
proof aforesaid, being satisfied of the genuineness and validity of the said will
Order that the same be admitted to probate and that letters testamentary thereon
be granted. In testimony whereof I the said Surrogate have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of my office done at the Village of Fonda aforesaid the day
and year first aforesaid, Richard H. Cushney, Surrogate
Montgomery County Surrogates Court SS
In the matter of the probate of the will
of Hendrick Vunck deceased, which will relates to both real and personal estate
William E. Willobee of the town of Charleston in the County of Montgomery being
first duly sworn deposeth and saith that he saw the said Hendrick Vunck deceased
seal and execute the instrument now shown unto him this deponent which said
instrument purports to be the last will and testament of the said Hendrick Vunck
deceased and bears date the twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and forty that he heart the said Hendrick Vunck
publish and declare the same as and for his last will and testament That at the
time thereof the said Hendrick Vunck was of sound and disposing mind memory and
understanding of full age and not under any restraint to the best of his
knowledge and belief and that he did subscribed (sic) his name to said will a as
witness to the execution thereof in the presence of and at the request of the
said testator and that he at the same time saw Andres Dingman and Abram Dingman
the other witnesses to said will subscribe their names thereto as witnesses to
the execution thereof in presence of and at the request of the said testator -
that he had known the testator from his youth, that testator was about eighty
year of age as he was been informed - witness drew the will offered for probate
there was no other person in the room at the time witness was drawing the will
that the testator remained in the same room until after the will was executed,
that after the will was drawn the other witnesses were called in to witness the
execution, while witness was drawing the will Rebecca Biggam a daughter to the
said deceased came into the room and said "when you speak to William speak lower
he is not deaf" the testator was hard of hearing %amp; spoke loud - that the clause
at the bottom of said will appointing executors was written before the execution
of said will and was published by said testator as a part of the same as he the
deponent believes. Wm. E. Willobee. Subscribed and sworn to before me the 11th
day of January 1841. Richard H. Cushney,
Surrogate
Montgomery County Surrogates Court SS
In the matter of the will of Hendrick
Vunck deceased which will relates to both real and personal estate Abram Dingman
of the town of Charelston in the County of Montgomery being first duly sworn
deposeth and saith that he saw the said Hendrick Vunck deceased seal and execute
the instrument now shown unto him this deponent, which said instrument purports
to be the last will and testament of the said Hendrick Vunck deceased and bears
date the twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty that be heard the said Hendrick Vunck publish and declare the
same as and for his last will and testament. That at the time thereof the said
Hendrick Vunck was of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding of full
age and nor under any restraint to the best of his knowledge and belief and that
he did subscribe his name to said will as a witness in the execution thereof in
the presence of and at the request of the said testator and that he at the same
time saw William E. Willobee and Andres Dingman the other witnesses to said will
subscribe their names thereto as witnesses to the execution thereof in presence
of and at the request of the said testator - that he has known the testator from
his childhood & that at the time of the execution of said will he saw nothing on
the part of the said testator to excite a suspicion or induce a belief that he
was not of sound mine memory & understanding. Abram Dingman Subscribed and sworn
to before me the 11th day of January 1841.
Richard H. Cushney, Surrogate
Montgomery County Surrogates Court SS
In the matter of the probate of the will
of Hendrick Vunck deceased which will relates to both real and personal estate
Andres Dingman of the town of Charleston in the County of Montgomery being first
duly sworn deposeth and saith that he saw the said Hendrick Vunck deceased seal
and execute the instrument now shown unto him this deponent which said instrument
purports to be the last will and testament of the said Hendrick Vunck deceased
and bears date the twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty, that he heard the said Hendrick Vunck publish and
declare the same as and for his last will and testament That at the time thereof
the said Hendrick Vunck was of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
of full age and not under any restraint to the best of his knowledge and belief
and that he did subscribe his name to said will as a witness to the execution
thereof in the presence of and at the request of the said testator and that he at
the same time saw William E. Willobee and Abram Dingman the other witnesses to
said will subscribe their names thereto as witnesses to the execution thereof in
presence of and at the request of the said testator. Andres Dingman. Subscribed
and sworn to before me the 11th day of January 1841.
Richard H. Cushney, Surrogate
I Richard H. Cushney Surrogate of the County of Montgomery do hereby certify
that the foregoing are true copies of the will probate and proofs thereof of
Hendrick Vunck deceased. Registered the 20th day of January 1841.
Richard H. Cushney, Surrogate
Transcribed: July 7, 2002 from Sampubco
Linda A. Roorda
NOTES:
HENDRICK VUNCK - was born 1757, of Freehold Township, Monmouth County, NJ. He married
Chestinah Hagaman born 1760, also of Freehold, but I do not know who her parents were.
Hendrick and Chestinah removed to Charleston, Montgomery Co, NY about 1793. They were
both buried in Charleston, Montgomery County, near the old Bell Cemetery, found on
the Montgomery County GenWeb site. Hendrick served as private and corporal in the
1st New Jersey Regiment during the Revolutionary War. He served on a campaign to
the St. Lawrence. He was captured near Sandy Hook, NJ and held on a British
prisoner-of-war ship anchored in New York City, later serving in his home-town
militia till the end of the War (per Rev. War pension record). His daughter,
Jane Vunck b 1796, married James Dingman b 1798; their daughter Christina married
Jacob Henry Kniskern, my ancestors. I would be interested in learning who Chestinah
Hagaman's parents were, and would enjoy hearing from other descendants.
"I was in touch with another Vunck descendant of said Hendrick and
Chestinah - actually my correspondent and I helped each other with what
we each had, and traded our data to help each other to complete our lines
as much as possible; that's what this should all be about. Anyway, her
ancestor is a brother of my Jane Vunck; he married the sister of James
Dingman who was my Jane's husband - it was just too marvelous a find!
We long to find Chestinah's Hagaman line and am also hoping by
placing this will out there someone just might know! We have Hendrick's
connection to the original "Vonck" family that I found through a researcher in
Canada. The Dutch
Vonck is possibly where most folks get lost as I suspected that was
changed to the Vunck spelling and was correct in that assumption."
Linda A. Roorda
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