A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II
Y. city situate over against the bridge, unto all appurt'ces, profitts and advant'ges whatsoever thereunto belong'g, with all deeds, pattents, writings, bills, bonds, oblig'ions, and all things else
whats'r, named and unnamed, belonging. Item to John Bowne,
of Flushing, one negro girl n'd Abba ; is att old Thomas Hunts. Item. . . to Miles Foster one serv'ble negro boy, such as my s'd d'y bel'd wife
shall appoint. Item to Ric'd Jones, M'ht, of N. Y., one negro
boy or one negro girl, such as ra d b wif shall appoint. Item to
William Bickley and to my n'w, L. M., all my right, t and int in and to the ship Friends' Adventure, as also of all my part of her profits and ad'ges by
freight or otherwise, to each of th eq'l alike part. Item my s'd
n'w, my gold seale and my negroman Yeabba ; and whereas, 1 have beq'd unto m s'd n'w, L. M., all ra E at the ironworks at T., with this expression, viz. (as soon as H s'l attaine to the age of 21 yeare,) 49 as above written, I doe now revoake ye s'd expression as to time, giving unto him, my s'd n'w, full power and auth'y to enter into and possess the s'd e'te, and ev'y part and p'l thereof, imm'ly after my decease, anything before above w'n to the contrary not'g, but under the same restrictions and limitations as before men'd, viz. by his conformity to the fulfilling of this my last will and testament ; all the rest of my plate and money, silver and gold, I give and beq'th unto my dearly beloved wife. Lastly, I desire, author and app't my trusty ffriends, Ric'd Jones and Miles Ffoster, of N. Y., John Bowne, of Fflushing, Wm.