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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. 293 words

Moreover, I g and beq unto my said nep'w, L. M., all my land and m'vvs alt Mattinicot, on Long Isl'd, together with all the profits and privil'es adv'g thereof, to him, his heirs and as's for ever, tog'r wiih one half of all my pewter and the one half of all my house linen for bedding and tabling that is on my plantation over against Harlem, and all my printed books, except such as my said wife shall please to reserve unto herselfe. Note, that these last bequests unto my s'd n'w L. M. are given and beq'd under ye same limitations and rest'ns with those legacys first above mentioned, and not otherwise. Item. I give and beq'th unto ye meeting of Friends, in ihe prov'ce of N. Y., the sum of six pounds per annum, to be paid out of my plant'n ag't Harlem af'd, in the s"d prov'ce. by whoms'er shall enjoy the same, according to my devise thereof, as hereafter appears, and on every 25th of the month called March, yearly and ev'y year forever, unto such p'n or per as shall be thereunto ap'd.

Ile7n. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and my plantation, r''! and pM, where I now inhabilt over against Harlem af'd, I give and beq'h unto my d'ly belov'd wife, Mary Morris, her heirs and as's forever, the lands thereof, cont'g about 2000 acres best m or 1, tog'r with all houses, barns, mills, runns and ponds of water, water courses, rivers, orchards, gardens, trees, woods, negroes of all kinds, cattell, swine, sheep, horse, kinde, and all other creatures and improv'ts whatsoever, as also all goods, household stuff and utensiUs, moneys, platp; and every thing else moveable and im'ble within doors