First, I do order and direct that my Executor hereinafter named shall sell and dispose of all my personal property at public sale giving due notice of the time and place of such sale as soon after my decease as convenient and proper.
Secondly, I do order and direct my said Executor to sell and dispose of my real estate at such time, in such manner and upon such terms as he shall deem most conducive to the interest of my estate.
Thirdly I do order and direct said executor out of the moneys coming into his hands from my Estate or that may accrue from the sale of my personal and real estate to pay all my just debts and funeral expenses.
Fourthly, I do give and bequeath to my beloved wife Susan J. Larew all that remains of my estate after the payment of the debts and expenses of settleing the same and the said remainder to remain in the hands of my said Executor for the use and benefit of her the said Susan J. Larew to be paid to her as she may need it or her circumstances require for her substinence and comfort for and during the term of her natural life or as long as any such moneys shall remain in the hands or invested for her use.
Fifthly, If any of said moneys invested by the foregoing bequest for the use and benefit of my said wife shall remain after her decease and the payment of her funerel expences I do give and bequeath to my five children Daniel A. Larew, Watson F. Larew, Huldah Grovendyke (wife of Ebenezer), Rachel Matilda Smith (wife of John F. S. Smith) and Susan Larew to be divided equally share and share alike.
Sixthly, I do hereby make ordain and appoint my beloved son Daniel A. Larew Executor of this my last will and Testament hereby empowering him to all and whatsoever is nessesary to administer my said estate and execute this my last will and Testament.
In witness whereof I Diltz Larew the Testator have to this my will written on one sheet of paper set my hand and seal this twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty two.
Signed, Dilts Larew
Signed, Sealed and delivered in the presence of who have subscribed in the presence of each other: Silas Huffman, Thomas C. Johnson, Samuel Sproul
Hunterdon County, Silas Huffman one of the witnesses to the within will being sworn did depose and say that he saw Dilts Larew the testator therein name Sign and Seal the Same, and heard him publish pronounce and declare the within writing to be his last will adn Testament and that at the doing thereof the said testator was of Sound and disposing Mind and Memory as far as this deponent knows and as he verily believes and that Thomas C. johnson and Samuel Sproul the other Subscribing witnesses were present at the Same time and Signed their names as witnesses to the Said will, together with deponent in the presence of the testator.
Signed Silas Huffman
Sworn and Subscribed Before me at Flemington, December 1st A.D. 1862, David Van Fleet Surrogate
Hunterdon County, Daniel A. Larew sole executor in the within testament named being duly Sworn did depose and Say that the within instrument Contains the tru last will and testament of Dilts Larew the testator therein named so far as he knows and as he verily believes, that he will well adn truly perform the same by paying first the debts of the Said deceased, and then the Legacies in Said testament specified so far as the Goods, chattles and Credits of the Said deceased can thereunto extend and that he will make and exhibit unto the Surrogate Office at Flemington a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattles and credits of the Said deceased that have or shall Come to his knowledge or possession or to the possession of any other person or persons for his use and render a just and true account when thereunto Lawefully required.
Signed Daniel A. LaRue
Sworn and Subscribed Before me December 1st, 1862, David Van Fleet Surrogate
(Wording at the top of inventory not visible)... goods and Chattles, rights and credits of the Estate of Dilts Larue late of the township of Delaware in the county of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey deceased made this twenty ninth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty two:
| Wearing apparal and chest | 10.00 |
Accounts considered good |
18.42 |
| Bedsted, Bed and Bedding | 12.00 |
| Small Bed and Bedsted | 1.50 |
| Bed, Boulster, Pillows and Bedsted | 2.00 |
| Meal Chest and contents | 1.50 |
| Bread Tray and Contents | .50 |
| Half Barrel and Contents | .25 |
| 3 Coverlids | 1.50 |
| 9 Bags | 2.00 |
| Chest, 4 Blankets, 3 Quilts | 7.00 |
| Lot of Bedding | 7.00 |
| Wool Wheel | .12 |
| Flax ? | .25 |
| Table, Box and Preserved fruits | .50 |
| Basket and Contents | .12 |
| 1 Bureau | 2.00 |
| 1 Looking glass | .50 |
| 20 yds Rag Carpet | 2.50 |
| 1/2 Doz. wood Chairs | 1.50 |
| 1pr. Andirons | .06 |
| 1 Secretary | 5.00 |
| 1 Bed, Bedding and Bedsted | 6.00 |
| Picture frames and Window papers | .25 |
| 1/2 Doz. rush Bottom Chairs | .50 |
| 2 Rocking Chairs | .50 |
| 1 Breakfast Table and Contents | 2.00 |
| 1 Stand | .50 |
| 1 Cherry Dining Table | 2.00 |
| 1 Looking Glass | .50 |
| 1 Small ? | .125 |
1 Map |
2.00 |
| 1 Nine plate Stove and pipe | 1.00 |
| 25 yds Rag Carpet | 5.00 |
| 1 Cooking Stove pipe and fixtures | 12.00 |
| 1 Stand | .13 |
| 1 Clock | 1.00 |
| Crockery in Cupboard | 1.25 |
| Table linnen towels etc. | 7.00 |
| Square Cupboard | .25 |
| Table in Kitchen | .75 |
| Corner Cupboard and Contents | 2.00 |
| 7 Kitchen Chairs | .75 |
| 1 Pr. Steelyards | .50 |
| 1 gun | 1.50 |
| 3 Sadirons | .37 |
| Teakettle and boiler | .25 |
| Shovel and tongs | .06 |
| Contents of Kitchen Closet | 1.00 |
| Lot of tin ware and Salt Box | .75 |
| Coffee Mill | .25 |
| Lot of Apples | 3.00 |
| Potatoes | 1.25 |
| 1 Barrel and Contents | .75 |
| 1 ? and Pickles | 1.25 |
| 1 ? | .125 |
| 1 ? Soft Soap | 2.00 |
| Jug and Brass Kettle | .375 |
| Stone Jug | .25 |
| Jug | .13 |
| Table and contents | .50 |
| 6 Earthen Dishes | .06 |
| 2 Lard Kegs | .50 |
| 1 Bench | .12 |
| Lot of Tin ware | .50 |
| Churn and Butter Tray | .50 |
| Barrel and Vinegar | 1.00 |
| 2 Barrels and 1 Keg Cider | 3.00 |
| Lot of Iron | .25 |
| Lot of Augurs | .50 |
| Lot of Hoes | 1.00 |
| Beetle and Wedges | .25 |
| Handsaw Square and ? Knife | .25 |
| Lot of Tin ware | .50 |
| Hammer and chisel | .12 |
| Lot of old Iron | .50 |
| Barrel and Tubs | .25 |
| 2 Pails | .12 |
| Wood Funnel | .13 |
| 2 Shovels | .37 |
| 1 Barrel and 1 half Barrel | .12 |
| 3 Axes | .38 |
| Keg and Leather | .06 |
| 1 Grind S tone | 1.50 |
| 3 Pots and Kettle | 1.00 |
| Lot of Spokes | .12 |
| 4 Shoats | 24.00 |
| 1 large Sow | 15.00 |
| 1 Farm Wagon | 10.00 |
| 1 Hogshead and Vinegar | 2.00 |
| Crowbar, Chain and Sledge etc. | 2.00 |
| Keg and Nails | .50 |
| 3 Hogsheads and f Barrels | 2.00 |
| 1 Box | .75 |
| 2 Scythes and Snathes | .75 |
| 4 Pitch forks and 1 Dung fork | 1.25 |
| 1 WheelBarrow | 1.50 |
| 1 Fan Mill | 10.00 |
| half Bushel 7 1/2 pk Measures | .13 |
| 2 Rakes | .25 |
| Corn Basket and Contents | .25 |
| Lot of Ropes | .12 |
| Cutting Box | .25 |
| 1 Heckle | .13 |
| Feed Boxes | .35 |
| 2 Ladders | 1.00 |
| 1 Hogshead | .13 |
| 2 Flails | .12 |
| Lot of Clover Seed | .25 |
| Lot of rye Straw | .60 |
| Lot of Broom Corn | .37 |
| Hay in Barn and Hovel | 35.00 |
| Wheat in Sheaf | 10.00 |
| Oats in Sheaf | 15.00 |
| Cultivator | .25 |
| Lot of Boards | 1.00 |
| Wagon and plough Harness and Ropes | 5.00 |
| 1 Bay Mare | 70.00 |
| 1 Black Horse | 20.00 |
| 1 Brindle Cow | 20.00 |
| 2 Red and White Cows | 36.00 |
| 1 Heifer | 15.00 |
| 1 Iron Scoop Shovel | .50 |
| Corn in Shock and in Barn | 15.00 |
| Stalks | 6.00 |
| Rye on the Ground | 6.00 |
| Wheat on the Ground | 40.00 |
| 18 Geese | 9.00 |
| Lot of Barn fowls | 6.00 |
| 5 Guinea Fowls | 1.00 |
| 22 Bus. Buckwheat | 17.00 |
| Rye unthrathed | 20.00 |
| Scythe and Cradle | 2.00 |
| Fallow Harrow | 2.00 |
| 2 Ploughs | 5.50 |
| 1 Carriage | 25.00 |
| Single Harness | 7.50 |
| Lot of Lumber | .50 |
| Lot of Posts | 1.00 |
| Total | 615.58 |
Appraised by us this 29th day of November 1862: Daniel A. Larue, Executor, James Snyder and Silas Huffman, Appraisers.
Hunterdon County, Daniel A. Larew Executor of Dilts Larew deceased on his Oath Saith that wht within writing Contains a true and perfect inventory of all and Singular the goods, chattles and Credits of the Said Dilts Larew deceased as far as have Come to his Knowledge or possession or to the possession of any other person or persons for his use.
Signed Daniel A. LaRue
Sworn and Subscribed Before Me Dec. 1, 1862, David Van Fleet
Hunterdon County, Silas Huffman one of the appraisors of the within inventory on his Oath Saith that the Goods chattles and Credits in the Said Inventory Set down and Specified were by him appraised according to their just and true respective rates and believes after the best of his Judgement and understanding - and that James Snyder the other appraisor whose name is thereunto Subscribed was present at the Same time and consented in all things to the doing thereof - and that they appraised all things brought to their views for appraisment.
Signed Silas Huffman
Sworn and Subscribed Before me, Dec. 1st AD 1862, David Van Fleet, Surrogate