Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756 - 1831)

Born 17 Feb 1756 in New Jersey

Ancestors

Died 7 Jan 1831 at age 74 in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Andrew Kirkpatrick is Notable.

Andrew Kirkpatrick was born in 1756. He was the son of David Kirkpatrick. He married of Mary Jane (Bayard) Kirkpatrick in 1792.^[1] Together, they were the parents of Mary Ann Margaret (Kirkpatrick) Howe, John Bayard Kirkpatrick, and Jane Endora (Kirkpatrick) Cogswell.

Andrew Kirkpatrick was appointed to the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1798. In 1804, he became the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and he remained so until 1825. In addition, he served as a trustee of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), trustee of Queen's College (now Rutgers), and was a Vice-President of the American Bible Society. He passed away on January 7, 1831 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States.^[2]

Mortage Indenture was made to Andrew Kirkpatrick of New Brunswick on 09 Jun 1797 by John DeGrove. The Indenture shows it was signed in front of John Bayard and approved in court on 05 Jul 1797.^[3]

Will

His Will was written in his own words and by him on 17 Feb 1824 and contains some eloquent language. It was proved in the Court of Middlesex County, New Jersey on 12 Jan 1830. A full transcript of his will is as follows:

This is the last Will and testament of Andrew Kirkpatrick of the City of New Brunswick in the State of New Jersey and Chief Justice of the said State written with his own hand subscribed with his name and sealed with his seal on the seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four to wit, It is my Will
1 That all my lawfull debts be fully paid; and among these / if not hereafter paid in my life time, a debt of five hundred dollars to my daughter Mary Ann being so much of the money now in my hands
2 That my beloved wife Jane Bayard who has been my counsellor and my friend and the partner of all my cares in the acquisition of what we posses shall have my dwelling house with the garden, lot of land and appurtenances thereunto belonging so long as she remains my widow but no longer; that she shall have in absolute property all my plate and household furniture of every kind all my library the department of law only excepted all the family stores which may be in the house at the time of decease and Ten Thousand dollars in money.
3 That my four children, that is to say my two sons John Bayard and Littleton and my two daughters Mary Ann and Jane shall have all the residue of my estate both real and personal to be equally divided among them; that if any of them should die during my life time and this instrument not withstanding shall remain uncancelled at the time of my death the dividend thus given shall not be considered as a lapsed legacy but shall go to the lawfull issue if any there be and if not to the next of kin of such decedent. And further if I should advance any one of them in my life time, in money, goods or land, and should leave an entry or memorandum thereof in my own hand writing ex – expressing the thing given to be in advancement, the amount so advanced shall be taken into estimation in the division of my estate and counted to the party advanced for so much. But there shall be no refunding or interest reckoned when such advancement let the estate turn out as it may.
4 That my said beloved wife and my said two sons, and the survivors and survivor of them shall be the executors of this my Will with full power to sell lands as well as goods and to make distribution of the proceeds according to the true intent and meaning hereof. But there shall be no fees commissions or charges for services except for moneys actually laid out, upon the executorship it being my intention that the bequests made shall be in full compensation thereof.
5 That all former Wills, arrangements, promises, and dispositions wether in writing or not in writing of a testamentary nature by me heretofore made and which might be remembered or attempted to be set off after my death shall from henceforth stand revoked and be utterly null and void it being my intention that this will shall carry my whole estate.
6 Having thus disposed of all my estate both real and personal in such way as I have thought most just and most for the benefit of all my family, there is nothing farther which I can bequeath but a fathers blessing. May the God of Heaven bless them may he teach them when I am gone to love and comfort and support one one another: may he grant unto them in this world, riches, and honors, and length of days with hearts to devote them to his service, and in the world to come everlasting life. May he indeed be a father to the fatherless, and the widows God.
I now seem to myself to have closed as it were the concerns of this life and to have peace myself upon he confines of the eternal world. The prospect before me is vast, vast as eternity. And awfull as the presence of him that dwelleth there. But, tho awful yet it is sublime. Illuminated with a ray of heavenly light which opens up a glimpse of life and immortality beyond the grave it not only fills the soul with reverential fear but also elevates its hopes and inwraps it in everlasting Joy: I. go. Farewell a long farewell to all my dear friends Receive my spirit O. my God. Andw Kirkpatrick^[4]

Research Notes

1. Conveyance was made by David Kirkpatrick on 17 Oct 1812 to his sons, Andrew and Alexander.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "New York Marriages, 1686-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1K-T9S : 21 January 2020), Andrew Kirkpatrick, 1792.
2. ↑ "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZHQ-N44 : 19 January 2020), Andrew Kirkpatrick, 1831.
3. ↑ Somerset County (New Jersey), County, Clerk, Mortgages, v. D-F 1778-1805, Volume E, Page 139, Salt Lake City, Utah, Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-J38T-J9SC-5?i=294&cat=222976
4. ↑ "New Jersey Probate Records, 1678-1980," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8933-PXNY?cc=2018330&wc=MQTC-82Q%3A338013401%2C341238801 : 21 May 2014), Middlesex > Wills 1824-1846 vol C-D > image 216 of 692; county courthouses, New Jersey.
5. ↑ Somerset County (New Jersey) County Clerk, Deeds, 1779-1901, Deeds Volume G 1812-1814, Page 73, Salt Lake City, Utah, Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSYH-F3YN-C?i=59&cat=219590

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 December 2018), memorial page for Andrew Kirkpatrick (17 Feb 1756–7 Jan 1831), Find a Grave Memorial no. 72499821, citing Van Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Joanne Guggenheim (contributor 47498536) Find A Grave: Memorial #72499821.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Kirkpatrick_(lawyer).
• Wilson, James Grant, Andrew Kirkpatrick, chief justice of New Jersey, from 1803 to 1824, Publisher not identified, ~1870, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/821229-andrew-kirkpatrick-chief-justice-of-new-jersey-from-1803-to-1824
• Wilson, James Grant, Memorials of Andrew Kirkpatrick and his wife Jane Bayard, New York, New York : Priv. print. for Mrs. Dr. How, 1870, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/790621/?offset=0#page=2&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=