THE TOWN OF LEWISBORO. 



WILL OF JAMES BROWN. 



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In the name of God, Amen, the thirty-first day of July, in the sixth year of 

 the reign of our sovereign, Lord George, the Third of Great Britain, France and 

 Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &o, Annoque Domini, one thousand seven 

 hundred and sixty-six. I, James Brown, of Norwalk, in the County of Fair- 

 field and Colony of Connecticut, in New England, being arrived to old age and 

 under great Bodily Infirmity, but being of sound mind and perfect memory, 

 thanks be to God therefor, and being desirous to set my house in order before I 

 Die, Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament ; that is to say, 

 principally, and first of all I commit my soul into the hands of God who gave it, 

 and my body to the earth to be Decently buried at the Discretion of my Execu- 

 tors hereafter mentioned, hoping by the Almighty Power of God to receive the 

 same again at the General Resurrection"; and as touching such worldly estate as 

 it hath pleased the Lord to bless me with in this life, I give, Devise and Dis- 

 pose of in the following manner and form, that is to say, Imprimis, I will that 

 all my Just Debts ihat I owe, either in Law or Conscience, be fully answered by 

 my Executors, and that my funeral expenses be fully answered and Discharged 

 by the Executors. Item, I give and bequeath unto Joanna Brown my Dear and 

 Loving wife my Negro man Tower Hill during the term of her natural life, and 

 in case the said negro man Tower Hill shall live after my said wife's decease, I 

 give him to my son Samuel Brown, during the natural life of the said Negro 

 man ; and my will is that my said wife shall have the Benefit of one Hooni to 

 live in of my Mansion House in Norwalk, that is, such a Room as she shall chose 

 and twenty pound paid to her yearly by my Executors, out of my Estate for her 

 support during the Term of Her natural Life. In case she Demands it and in 

 case she shall not Demand it, my Executors shall not be accountable to any Per- 

 son whatsoever for any part of said yearly sum of twenty pound, after my wife's 

 decease, and my will further is that my said wife shall have the one-third part 

 of all my household goods, to dispose of as she shall think proper, and the re- 

 maining part of my household goods, I give and bequeath unto my two daugh- 

 ters Joanna and Ann to be equally divided between them, except my Large 

 Looking Glass, which I give and bequeath unto my said Daughter Joanna, 

 and it shall not be reckoned to be any part of her share of my household 

 goods. 



Item, I give and bequeath unto my son James Brown and his heirs and 

 assigns forever — the Dwelling House he now lives in at Salem, in the Province 

 of New York, and all the lands that I have, which lyeth north of the Road or 

 Highway leading from Ridgefield to Bedford, which lyeth south of a pond call- 

 ed the Long Pond, and I likewise give and bequeath to my said son James 

 Brown, to his heirs and assignees forever my negro man Lucas and his son 

 Dyar. 



Item, I give, Devise and Bequeath unto my sons James and Samuel and to 

 their Heirs and assigns forever the Barn standing on the south side the said 

 road leading from Ridgefield to Bedford with one-half of the land I have, lying 

 on the south side of the said road, which is bounded west by the twenty mile 

 line, and south by a pond called the cross pond, and so to extend easterly so far 

 as to make the one-half of that part of land I have adjoining to the Patent on 



