Finally, I do hereby Revoke, Disannul and make void all former Wills and

THE TOWN OF LEWISHORO.

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Bequests by me made, and declare this only to be my Last Will and Testament ; anil In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. JAMES BROWN.

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and delivered by the Testator to be his last Will and Testament in presence of

sljssanna vengaraue, William Tennent, Jh. Thomas Pitch, Jr.*

This shows that the Testator at the time of his death in 1769, wras in possession of Lands, (which he styles the Patent,) on the north side of the road leading from Ridgefield to Bedford, which extended north as far as Long Pond, and that he held a one-half moiety of land on the south side of said road bounded west by the twenty mile line, and south by Cross Pond, which made one-half of that part of land which lie owned adjoining the Patent on the south side of said road; and, also, that he had other lands which he was then endeavoring to recover possession of. James Brown, Esq., the eldest son of James Brown, and second Patentee of Lower Salem, was born at Norwalk, Conn., Dec. 18, 1720. He was for some time a Justice of the Peace, and a warm friend and supporter of the Church of England, and for the endowment of this parish gave one hundred acres of land said to be the " Parsonage Lands."* The services of the Church of England were held in his house prior to the erection of the church edifice in 1771, which stood on land donated by him, directly opposite the cross roads leading from South Salem to Ridgefield. This land is now held by the family of the late Thaddeus Keeler.