Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families . familyin his advanced age a comfort-able support. But, if his saidproperty now being advertisedfor sale by the sheriff and ifsold by him, in all probabilitya great sacrifice will be madetherein and tend to reduce himto penury and want. And, inorder that all my estate Realand Personal (or so muchthereof as will raise a sufficientfund to pay off and discharge all my just debts) be speedily sold to the best advantage. Be it known that I, the saidWilliam Corlies, for divers good causes and valuable consideration m
Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Corlies, Reeves, Bodine and allied families . familyin his advanced age a comfort-able support. But, if his saidproperty now being advertisedfor sale by the sheriff and ifsold by him, in all probabilitya great sacrifice will be madetherein and tend to reduce himto penury and want. And, inorder that all my estate Realand Personal (or so muchthereof as will raise a sufficientfund to pay off and discharge all my just debts) be speedily sold to the best advantage. Be it known that I, the saidWilliam Corlies, for divers good causes and valuable consideration me here unto speedilymoving Have and by these Presents do nominate constitute and appoint my trusty friend,Job Jones of Northampton my true and lawful attorney to dispose of in my name with allpossible speed, all or so much of my estate real and personal (except one hundred acres Ihave sold to William Irick including the mansion house and west end of place) for the bestprice that can be gotten for the same, as will enable my said attorney to pay off and dischargeall my just ?^3?^i^«^^^s^iissaiiia^^ William Corliess House This document was signed by the wife, Ann Corlies, who renounced herdower rights. Three months later, 13 December, 1805, Mr. Corlies releasedto John Jenkins his plantation commonly known as the Red Lion Tavern, situ-ated in the township of Northampton and containing two hundred and nine-teen acres.* The date of William Corliess death is uncertain, but it was doubtlessshortly after the execution of the above release. In November, 1820, SamuelSykes petitioned the Orphans Court of Burlington County for the settlementof the estate of William Corlies, and set forth that the deceased had left 13 * Burlington County Deeds, Liber M, folio THE CORLIES FAMILY children William, Joseph, John, Abiah, Asher, Samuel, Ann Robinson,Jerusha Goldy, Sarah Brown, Lucy Mills, Rebecca Hedger, and Mary Bodine,and that since the decease of William Codies the eldest of h
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