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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II

Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848. 250 words

To his eldest son Gilbert he devises his dioelliug house at Mamaronexk, together with the neck of land called Mamaroneck east neck, and all mills, &c., and rights of streams within the limits of Mamaroneck township, known. by the name of the Two Miles Bounds, and also all my lands lying on the east side of Mamaroneck river; and the lands I bought from Anne Richbell, within the county of Westchester aforesaid, running eighteen miles in length into the woods, 1 hereby give and bequeath unto my said son Gilbert Heathcote, one thousand acres, to be laid out by my wife, &c.

'^Item. Out of the legacy lately left me by my brother, William Heathcote, in England, I hereby give and devise to my son Gilbert, £2500 sterling. To my son William Heathcote the same ; and to my four daughters, Anne, Mary, Martha and Elizabeth £4000 each.

"His two brothers in-law, Col. Henry Smith and Major William Smith, he constitutes and appoints executors of this his last will and testament.^

The last will of his wife, Martha Heathcote, bears date 13th of August, 1736, by which she bequeaths to her daughter Anne, the wife of James de Lancey, the sum of £1000, also a pair of silver candlesticks, silver snuffers and snufF dish, together with my silver tea pot, silver tankard, and my large coffer. To her daughter Martha Johnston she bequeaths the like sum of £1000, and to her daugliters Anne and Martha all her wearing apparel, Sec.