The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)
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. Note, that these last bequests unto my s'd n'w L. 31. are. given and beti'd under ye same limitations and rest'ns A\-ith those legacys first above mentioned, and not otherwise. Item. I give and beq'th unto ye meeting of Friends, in the 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 v.homs'er shall enjoy the same, arcording to my devise thereof, as hereafter appears, and on every 2ath of the month called 3Iarch, yearly andev'y year forever, unto such p'n or per as sliall be tbereunto ap'd.
Item. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and ray plantation, r'l and p's, where I now inluibitt. over against Harlem afd, I give and bcrfh unto my d'ly bclov'd wife, 3Lu-y 3[orris, her heirs and as's forever, the lands thereof, cont'g about 20C0 acres best m or 1, tog'r with all houses, barns, mills, runns and ■ponds of waler, water courses, rivers, orchards, gardens, trees, woods, negroes of all kinds, catlell, swiriC, shiep, horse, kiude, and all other creatures and im-