I, Pleasant Bradford of the Township of Downe, County of Cumberland, and State of New Jersey, being of sound and disposing(?) mind, memory and understanding, for which blessing, I thank God, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say--
First - I order and direct my executors hereinafter named to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses as soon as may be after my decease -
Second - I give & bequeath to my sons, Lewis, Robert F. & Fayette N. all my property of every kind and description, bonds & mortgages, leases, &c.
Third. I hereby appoint Lewis Bradford & Fayette N. Bradford my sons, executors of this my last will and testament. Witness my hand and seal this first day of May one thousand eight hundred & ninety one.
Signed, sealed published and declared by the said Pleasant Bradford to be her last will in the presence of us who were present at the same time & subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testatrix & of each other.
All erasures made before signing
Jas. S. Ware
Jas. C. Hoagland
Pleasant Bradford is buried in Bateman Memorial Cemetery, Newport,[2]
Sources
↑ Administrator bond for Pleasant Bradford (Lewis Bradford & Fayette N. Bradford, Administrators). Cumberland County Court House Surrogate Office Administration Book, 1891-1896, Book J-K, page 269-270. Image 179-180. Retrieved from New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records, 1785-1924 on Ancestry.com.
1850, 1860, 18790, 1880 U. S. Federal Census for Downe Township, New Jersey
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