Abel De Voe, Jr.

Notes:

Abel DeVow (De Voe), yeoman, left a will dated April 22, 1774, proved July 29, 1774, New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York in which he devised to his son Abel, "a negro wench and her increase." To his son Frederick he gave a negro man. To his son Andrew, a negro boy. He devised to his daughter Magdalena, wife of Jeremiah Schurman 150 pounds. To his wife Magdalena, Abel devised all the rest of his movable estate. Sons, Abel and Frederick were appointed executors. Witnesses were Gilbert Bloomer, Hezekiah Seaman and Israel Secord. "Abstracts of Wills", Vol. VIII, published by the New York Historical Society.

This could be the will of Abel's father Abel De Voe, who was born about 1688, but would have been age 86 in 1774. The son Abel De Voe, born about 1713, would have been age 61 at the time the above will was written.

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