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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. I

Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848. 280 words

I give and bequeath unto my son-in-law Adolph Philipse and to his heirs forever, a large silver beaker, on which my name is engraved, a damask table cloth, five Dutch ells and three quarters long^ and two and a half broad, with a long table, in trust to and for the congregation of the Dutch Church erected and built at Philipsburgh, by my late husband Frederick Philipse deceased, according to the discipline of Dort, which beker and cloth I •will and direct shall be always kept at the mansion house of the said Adolph Philipse and his heirs, in that part of the manor of Philipsburgh, whereon the said church is erected, to and for the use of the said Church and congregation, and to and for no other use or purpose whatsoever, &c. Item, I give and bequeath unto the children of Paules Vanderhiders, the sum of £25 current money, &c. Item, I will and direct, that Matty and Sarah, ray Indians or muster slaves, shall be manumitted and set at full freedom.^ Item, all the residue and remainder of my whole estate, both real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever, I do give, devise and bequeath, to my brother Jacobus van Cortlandt, one-fifth, and to all the children of his deceased brother Stephanus, and the daughters of his eldest son Johannes, a fifth part, share and share alike, another fifth part to the children of my deceased sister, Marietje van Renssalear, &c., another fifth part of my said estate to the three grand children of my deceased sister Sophia Teller, to be divided between her grandson Andrew, and the children of her son Oliver, deceased, the remaining fifth part