Item, I will and devise to my eaid wife, during her uaturall life, that lottof ground with ye appurtenances in ye city of New York extending from ye Broadway to ye New Street lyeing between ye ground late of Robert White, deceased, and William ye Clockbuyer, and I do will, order, determine and direct that my said wife shall have ye custody, tuition and guardianship of my grandson, Frederick Flipse, and his estate to his use until he comes to ye age of one and twenty years, who I desire may have ye best education and learning these parts of ye world will afford him not doubting of her care in bringing him up after ye best manner possibly shee can. Lastly, I do make, appoint and ordaine my said son, Adolphus Flipse, and my son-in-law, Jacobus Van Cortlandt, executors of this my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and scale this 26th day of October, anno dom, 1700.

Frederick Flipse. (S)

Signed, sealed and declared in ye presence of ye underwritten witnesses who also in ye presence of ye Testator have subscribed their names, Isaac de fforeest, Olof Van Cortlandt, Philip Van Cortlandt, W. Nicoll, New York, Dec. 0th, 1702. Then personally came before me Edward Viscount Corubury, Captain General and Governor-in-chief of New York, Ed. William Nicoll, Oloff Van Cortlandt and Philip Van Cortlandt, witnesses, who have subscribed their names to ye within will and made oath upon ye holy Evangelists of Almighty God that they saw ye within named ffrederick fflipse sign, scale and declare ye same will and testament and that at ye time thereof he was of sound mind and memory to ye best of their knowledge, Jurat Coram me Cobxbury.