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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. 317 words

Y., to be paid unto him by my s'd ex'x, h h's and as's in full of my bequests and legacys imto him in case of any sucli disturbance or molestation as aforesaid.

Item. I give and beq unto my hon'd friend, WUliam Penn, my negro rnan Yaff, provided the said Penn shall come to dwell in .cVmerica ; otherwise the s'd Yafl is to serve my said wife eiiually with other negroes. Jtcm. I give and beq

unto "William Bickley one negro girl named 3Iaria. Item to "NVm.

Kichiirdson one negro boy named Jack. Item to Sam'l Palmer one

n. girl named Buckey. Item. I . . . unto my negro man Tone}-, the cooper, the sum of 40 shillings a yeare during his life, besides his usual acconunodation.

Item unto my negi'O w'n Nell her ffreedoni and liberty to goe att

large wheres'r she shall please after the dcc'se of my s'd wife. These two l.vst beq'ts are with this restriction and limitation, that they yield all duty, fiill subniis'n and faithf lobed'ce in all respect as becom'h dilig't serv'ts tow'dsmy wife; other%\-ise, they are to enjoy no benefit hereby, but their beq'ts to lie void, as if never Avritten or ment. Item. I g and b unto John Adams, of Flushing, h h and as's, the simi of five pounds, which is due to me on his obligacon. lte?)i. 3torcover, I g and beq unto my said nep'w, L. 3L, all my land and m'ws att 3Iattinicott, 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 with 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 Ilai'lem, and all my printed books, except such as my said wife shall please to reserve mito herself e.