WILL OF LUYCAS (LEUCAS) DeWITT
dated Feb 15, 1702/3, and written in Dutch (UCPR 1:65/6)
(In the Old Georgian Calendar the New Year started with March. It was proved 22 days after it was written.)

My Eldest son Jan shall have, in advance, as his birth right, being my eldest son, when he reaches majority, out of the whole estate the sum of £5.

My wife Antie, shall have the just half of the residue in house, land, real and personal property, as well all that is coming to me from my father, as his testament will show.

My children, i.e., my son Jan and my daughter Jannetje, and my wife, Antie, who is at present with child, shall have half (as
before).

lf my wife should remarry, she is to appoint guardians over the minors and to deliver to them one half part of the estate. lf she remains unmarried she is to possess everything.

Signed by the testor.
TEUNNIS ELLISEN (his mark)
TEUNIS TAPPEN
JAN HEERMANS JUER
C BOGARDUS

(Cornelius Bogardus, Teunis Tappen, & Jan Heermans Junior, appeared before the Court, March 9/10, 1703/4 proving the will).

Ulster Co. Court records show that on Sept 27, 1693, Catrina De Duyster charges that she is with childs by Luycas deWitt, and that he promised to marry her. He plead not guilty. In March 1694, Jacomyn Elting, midwife, swears that Catrina De Duyster said that Luycas deWitt was the father of her child. As said Luycas was out of the province at the time, his father Tjerck deWitt is ordered to give bond that the child shall not be a burden on the parish.

Tjerck’s Will, March 4, 1987, left Leucas 1/2 of a sloop he and Leucas built last year. Luycas deWitt appears to be engaged in trade: The Record of a Billof Sale for the sloop St. Barbara, built in 1686, to Capt. Daniel Hobart of Barbados for 200 Pounds, is found in the Registrars Office in the City of New York.