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ot p'l of estate that now doth or may hereafter belong unto me, more than I have 

 by these presents entitled him unto,, then, and in such case, I do hereby revoake, 

 r.ullilieand make void, all and every part of what I have herein before given and 

 beq. unto my said ncph'w, L. M. And my will is, that in case of any disturbance 

 by s'd n'w cone'g the premi's or any part or par of e'te, real or p'l, hereby, oth'se 

 beq. and that my s'd dearly bel'd wife Mary M., her h'rs or as, shall thenceforth and 

 then immediately enter into possession, have, occupie and enjoy all and co'n part 

 and parrel of ye beft wrecked premises, beq'ts and legacys given or to b'g,to my s'd 

 n'w L. M., if he or any, under pretence of him, shall at any time molest my s'd 

 wife, her heirs or assigns, in her or their pcac'bl enjoy't of whatsoever est'te, r' 

 or p'l, that is or shall be. herein or hereby given and beq'd unto her or them, any 

 thing herein con'd to the contr'ry notw'hst'g, only giveing unto him; and I doe 

 hereby give and bequeath unto m s'd n L. M. the sum of ten pounds cur't money 

 of N. 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 unto him in case of any such disturbance or molestation as aforesaid. 



Item. I give and beq unto my hon'd friend, William Penn, my negro man 

 Yaff, provided the said Penn shall come to dwell in America ; otherwise the s'd 

 Yaff is to serve my said wife equally with other negroes. Item. I give and beq 



unto "William Bickley one negro girl named Maria. Item to "Win. 



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



n. girl named Buckey. Item. I . . . unto my negro man Toney, the cooper, 

 the sum of 40 shillings a yeare during his life, besides his usual accommodation. 



Item unto my negro w'n Nell her ffreedom and liberty to goe att 



large wheres'r she shall please after the dec'se of my s'd wife. These two last 

 beq'ts are with this restriction and limitation, that they yield all duty, full sub- 

 mis'n and faithfl obed'ee in all respect as becom'h dilig't serv'ts tow'dsmy wife; 

 otherwise, they are to enjoy no benefit hereby, but their beq'ts to be void, as if 

 never written or ment. Item. I g and b unto John Adams, of Flushing, h h and 

 as's, the sum of five pounds, which is due to me on his obligacon. Item. More- 

 over, I g and beq unto my said nep'w, L. M., all my land and m'ws att Mattini- 

 cott, 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 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 the prov'ce of N. Y., the sum of six pounds per an- 

 num, to be paid out of my plant'n ag't Harlem af'd, in the s'd prov'ce, by whom- 

 s'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. 



Item. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and my plantation, r'l 

 and p's. where I now inhabitt, 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, rutins and 

 ponds of water, water courses, rivers, orchards, gardens, trees, woods, negroes 

 of all lands, cattell, swine, sheep, horse, kinde, and all other creatures and im- 



