The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)
Y. city. situate over against the brklgn, mito all appurt'ces, prortitts and advant'ges wh:..u soever thereiuito belong's, Avith all deeds, pattcnts, w-ritiugs. bills, bonds, oblg'ions.
andall things else whats'r, named and unnamed, belonging: Item
to John BoNN-ne, of Flushing, one negro girl n'd Abba ; is att old Thomas limits.
Jt£r,i to Miles Foster, one serv'ble negro boy, such as my s'd d'y
bel'd wife shall appomt. Item to Pdc'd Joues, M'ht, of X. Y., one
negro boy or one negro girl, such as m b d wif shall appoint. Item.
. ". to William Bickley and to my n'w, L. :M., all my right, t and int., in tuid
to the ship Friends' Adventure, as also all of my part of her profits and ad'ges
by freight or orther^ise, to each of th eq'l alike part. Item my s'd
n'w, my gold scale and my negro man Y'eabba ; and whereas, I have beq'd unto m s'd n'w, L. 'M., all m E at the ironworks at T., with this expression, viz : (as soou as H s'l attaine to the age of 21 yeare), 49 as above A\Titten, I doc now revoke ye s'd expression as to time, giving imto 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 hmitations as before men'd, viz : by his conformity to the " f ulfilUng of this uiy last will and testament ; all the rest of my plate and money, silver and gold, I give and becfh unto my dearly beloved wife. Lastly, I desire, fiuthor' and app't my trusty friends, Ric'd Jones and Miles Foster, of K Y., John Bowue, of Flushing, TVm. llichardson, of W C'r, Richard Ilartshonie, and John TIanes, of co of Z^Ionmouth, and VCm.