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- Johannes (1655-1704), brewer, member of the Common Council 1684-5; alderman, member of the Assembly 1691.
Will of Johannes Kip dated September 16, 1702, proved November 11, 1704. I, Johannes Kip of New York, brewer, being in sound and perfect health. My will is that all my estate of houses and lands shall after my decease, remain in the hands of my wife Catharine Kierstede, alias Kip, during her widowhood, and she shall bring up such children as I shall leave behind me until they are of age. After her decease all the estate to be divided among the children, but my eldest son shall have 25 pounds over and above the rest, in lieu of any pretense of being heir. And he shall have the refusal of my house and brew house I now live in, at the price it shall be valued at by indifferent men. If my wife should marry again, she is to give a true inventory of all the estate, and she is to have one half of the movables, and the children the other half. Sole Executrix, wife Catharine. Brothers Jacob Kip and Abraham Kip, and Lucas Kierstede were appointed tutors of his children. Witnessed by John Crooke, Andries Marschalk, William Alkrst, Franz Van Dyke. "Abstracts of Wills," Vol. I, p 400, published by The New York Historical Society.
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