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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition. 545 words

And 1 do give, devise and bequeath to my eldest daughter, Eva, the wife of Jacobus Van Cortlandt, the house and ground with ye appurtenances in ye city of New Yorke where they at present live in with all ye right and interest that I have or ever had in and to ye same as also a lott of ground with itts appurtenances in ye same city in ye that to the southward of ye old warehouse as it lyes at present inclosed and fenct and by me is owned and possest, and an equall fourth part of all ye shipps, vessells, money, plate, goods, merchandise, debts and pesonall estate, whatsoever which shall belong to mee at ye time of my decease, my debts and the particulars legacys in this my will exprest being first satisfyed and paid as aforesaid. To have and to hold ye said houses, tenements and premises to ye said Eva, my daughter, for and dureing her naturall life, ye remainder after her decease to ye second son of her body to be begotten his, heirs and assignees for ever, but for lack of such issues then ye remainder after her decease to her son Frederick Cortlandt and his heirs and assignes for ever. Item, I doe give, devise and bequeath to my said daughter, Eva, her heirs, executors and assignes forever a certaiue morgage of Dr. Henricus Selyns upon ye land of John Richbell, deceased, twenty miles into yc woods with this proviso and exception not to extend over Bronx's river into any of ye land herein devised to my son or grandson. And I do give, devise and bequeath to my daughter, Anntke ye wife of Philip French, that house and ground with ye appurtenance in ye citty of New Yorke where they at present live in, as also ye old warehouse and ground thereunto belonging with ye appurtenances in ye same city lying in ye New street and all that my estate of land and the appurtenances in ye County of Berghen in East Jersey (to witt), inyetown of Berghen, alarge garden and plantation of fifteen acres of land with eight moyen or about sixteen acres garden ground and ye right and priviledge in the undivided wood lands of two farms and ye plantation and all those my lands in ye County of Ulster (to witt) a peace of land att Monbachus containing about two hundred and ninety acres, and a peace of land at ye Rondout creek morgaged to mee by John "Ward containing about seaven hundred acres, as also after my wife's decease, that lott of ground with itts appurtenances in ye city of New Yorke, extending from ye Broadway to ye New street, lying between ye ground late of Robert 'White, deceased, and within the clock buyer with ye rights hereditaments and appurtenances to all mid singular ye premises belonging or in any wise appertaining Further, 1 give and bequeath unto Anneke, my said daughter, an equale fourth part of all ye shipps, vessels, money, plate, goods, merchandise, debts and personale estate, whatsoever which shall be found to belong to mee at ye time of my decease my debts and ye particular Legacy in this my will bequeathed being first discharged and satisfied as aforesaid.