The following are
excerpts from Philip Luke of JVW Luke’s will
Last will and testament
of Philip Luke dated 1/14/1887
First - I bequeath to my
beloved wife Hannah four thousand dollars plus residence he now resides in know
as 34 Trinity Place, Albany
All furniture ornamental
and useful
Second - bequeath to
Philip Vanderzee son of Philip and Jane Vanderzee the sum of seven thousand
dollars
Third - bequeath to Anna
Vanderzee daughter of Philip and Jane Vanderzee the sum of two thousand dollars
Fourth - bequeath unto
Katy otherwise know as Catherine daughter of Philip and Jane Vanderzee the sum
of two thousand dollars
Fifth - direct executor
to expend annually for the support of Mary Jane Vanderzee wife of Philip not to
exceed $350 per annum for her natural life.
Sixth - bequeath to
Frederic Clausen nephew by marriage on thousand dollars.
Seventh - bequeath to
Henry Luke of Albany the sum of one thousand dollars
Eighth - bequeath five
hundred dollars to Solomon Luke for him or for his benefit…..
Ninth - bequeath unto
Philip Luke, Conrad Luke and Garret Luke children of Henry and Jane Luke the
Sum of five hundred dollars each.
Tenth - bequeath unto
Jacob Relyea two hundred dollars.
Eleventh - bequeath unto
Mary Flanagan two hundred dollars
Bequeath unto Catherine
Cullen fifty dollars
Thirteenth - Bequeath
unto Margaret Devine one hundred dollars
Fourteenth - bequeath
unto the home of Aged men where James B. Jermanis resides five hundred dollars.
Fifteenth - to the
Stipend of the First Presbyterian Church of the city of Albany five hundred
dollars to be expended by it for the use of the poor.
Sixteenth - bequeath
unto Carrie Wemple wife of John two hundred dollars
Seventeenth - a suitable
monument in the Albany Rural Cemetery, not to exceed one thousand dollars
Eighteenth -
Nineteenth - ……………..
Remainder divided between Hannah and Frederic Clausen
Twentieth - forfeit anyone who shall attempt to break
this my last will and testament
Twenty first - None of my real estate shall be sold until after five years from my decease.