Hendricus Deyo will 1724

              May our beginning be in the name of 
God. 



Be it known to all those concerned
that today the fourth of December of the year one thousand
seven hundred twenty-four I the undersigned Henry Doyo
A resident of nu Palle in the county* of ueltre in the
province of nu iorck in America, feeling ill,
in bed and healthy of mind -- may God be praised -- seeing
as death is uncertain but that God, having kept
its hour and moment hidden from us, 
reserves that moment to his great 
providence, that is why, before my death, I 
wished to put all my affairs in order. That is why
I wished to declare here my last will and testament in
the form and manner that follows, and thus I 
recommend my soul to God my creator, to Jesus Christ
my savior and to the Holy Spirit my consolation and my 
sanctifier, and my body to the earth from which it was
taken until it pleases God, on the day that he has 
determined in his eternal counsel, to raise our bodies
from the dead to reunite them with our souls so that they may together 
enjoy
forever the eternal and blessed life that Jesus 
Christ his Son our Lord bought us by His blood
and that He promised to all those who will be faithful
to Him until death. 



First it is my desire and will 
that all my legitimate debts be paid in a timely way
by those whom I designate below. 



Item.   It is also my desire and will that after my




Translated from the original French by David Wilkin, February 2003