No. 53 Estate of Ezekiel Huls
File No. 53 is found in Monmouth County, Orphans Court Book C, pages 3-4. It is from the April 1801 term which was held at Freehold. Here is my transcription:
Magdalene Huls, Admx. of Ezekiel Huls, decd.:
An application for the sale of real estate; the Administratrix having explained to this Court upon oath a just and true account of the personal estate of the said Ezekiel Huls deceased and of the debts as far as the can discover the same by which it appears that there is not sufficient to pay the said debts. Therefore an application of the said Administratrix setting forth that the said Ezekiel Huls died seized of Real Estate in the County of Monmouth, and praying that aid of the court in the Premises. It is ordered that all persons interested in such real estate do appear before the Judges of the Orphans Court to be held at Freehold in and for the County aforesaid on the fourth Tuesday of July next at two o'clock in the afternoon of said day to show cause, if any they have why so much of the real Estate of the said deceased should not be sold as will be sufficient to pay said debts.
According to Florence Johnson Asman, Brouwer/Brower Ancestry with Allied Families (Illuminage, 1994), p.3, Ezekiel Huls was the husband of Magdalena Brewer, the daughter and youngest child of Adam Brewer (1696-1768). A digital version of the book can be found online through the Family Search website - Brouwer/Brower Ancestry with Allied Families.
Unfortunately this book contains errors, including a fictitious ancestry for Adam Brouwer, and it does not provide a source for the claim that Magdalena Brewer married Ezekiel Huls (or Hulse). Asman states that Magdalena was born on 12 June 1735, however, in her father's will of 22 August 1768, it is clearly stated that she is not yet age 21. There is no record of Adam Brewer having a child born on this date. Asman states that Magdalena's mother is Adam Brewer's first wife, Deborah Allen, which is not possible. She also incorrectly identifies Adam's second wife as Mary Curtis. We now know that Adam's second wife was Catherine Mitchell and she was most certainly the mother of his daughter, Magdalena, who was most likely born in 1743. Adam Brewer's third wife was Mary Davis, the widow of John Curtis.
The placement of Magdalena Brewer as the wife of Ezekiel Huls/Hulse may be correct, but acceptable evidence for the claim has not been found. The petition presented to the Monmouth County Orphans Court is made by "Magdalene Huls, Administratrix of Ezekiel Huls," however, the family relationship between the two is not stated anywhere in the document. Magdalena may well be Ezekiel's widow, and widows often administered their deceased husband's estates, but again, that is not specifically stated. Magdalene Huls could also be a sister of Ezekiel. Additional documents need to be located before it can be stated with certainty that Magdalena Brewer, daughter of Adam Brewer, was the wife of Ezekiel Huls/Hulse.
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Magdalene Huls, the Administratrix of Ezekiel Huls estate was his wife. I have documentation that shows that she is his wife.
ReplyDeleteBy Jan/Feb 1801 Magdalene has married Elihu Cook.
The birth date range for Magdalene Brewer is sometime after Sep 1747-1750. Based on her birth year her mother is Catherine Mitchell
Sources for date of birth
1. New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 states that she is under 21 year of age at the time of her father’s death. Given that statement, it would have to be sometime after Sep 1747.
2. On Ancestry.com. Reference: Gen. Column of the & quot; Boston Transcript & quot;. 1906-1941. (The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 28 Sep 1927, 6113. In the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) volume 86 page 466. Gives the Magdalene Hulse, Birth Date: 1750, Birthplace: New Jersey
The question I have is when Adam and Catherine separated/divorced; did Magdalene stay with her dad or go with her mother? Her Mother remarried on Nov 20th 1759 to an Elisha Johnson.
Ezekiel Hulse was born in 1760 which makes him 10 year younger than her. I cannot locate any marriage documentation for Ezekiel or anyone named Magdalene getting married in Monmouth County, New Jersey. However, on 5 Feb 1797: Ezekiel Huls and wife Magdalene sold property to Anthony Hulse [Ezekiel’s older Bother]. So the question is Magdalene who?