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the south side of said road, and to be so divided between them as to make it 

 equal as neai as may be in Quantity and Quality, and the other half of that 

 Farm of land so tying and adjoining I give and devise unto my sons James and 

 Samuel, and my daughter Joanna and to their heirs and assigns forever in 

 equal shares to be divided among them. 



Item, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Joanna Brown, and to her heirs 

 and assigns my negro man Cato and the wench he hath now married ; likewise 

 I give and bequeath unto my said daughter Joanna one cow and calf, such as 

 she shall choose, and my young mair colt at Salem which came of my old black 

 pacing mair. 



Item, I give, Devise and bequeath unto my daughter Rebecca Brown her heirs 

 and assigns forever, the house she now lives in at Salem, and ten acres of land 

 next adjoining to it on both sides of the Highway. 



Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Raymond and to her heirs 

 and assigns one cow and a calf, and as to the remainder of my stock of cows, 

 oxen, young cattle, horses and swine not claimed by my son James, I give and 

 bequeath unto my two sons James and Samuel to their heirs and assigns to be 

 equally divided between them — and as to the remainder of my estate both real 

 and personal, not heretofore in this my last will Disposed of, I do hereby ap- 

 point, authorize and fully empower my said sons James Brown and Samuel 

 Brown to sell, Dispose of and convey the same — that is to say, all my houses and 

 lands that belong to me either by Law or Equity, whether the same lyeth in the 

 Colonies of Connecticut or New York, or Elsewhere, and thereof to make and 

 execute such good and ample deed, to the purchasers thereof for their holding 

 the same as my said sons shall think proper — and in case the outstanding Debt3 

 that I may have at the time of my Decease, shall not be sufficient to pay all the 

 Just Debts that I may owe at the time of my Decease, then I will and order that 

 my said sons James and Samuel whom I do hereby appoint Executors of this my 

 last Will and Testament shall pay out of the money that my said Houses and 

 Lands may sell for what my Debts shall not be sufficient to pay in the first 

 place. 



And secondly, that my said Executors shall pay out of the moneys my said 

 Houses and Lands may sell for unto my two youngest daughters Elizabeth and 

 Ann so much with what I have already given them as to make them equal to 

 what I have heretofore given to my two daughters Rebecca and Mary ; and 

 thirdly, my will is that what money may remain for any of my lands sold by 

 my two sons as aforesaid, after all the just charges my said sons may be put to 

 in selling and disposing of my said lands, any charges or law suits that may hap- 

 pen in recovering any part of my said lands or any agreements my said sons may 

 come into for the procuring the possession of any part of my said land, being 

 first deducted out of the prices of the lands so sold for shall be divided among 

 my children in the following manner, viz. : unto my sons James and Samuel 

 three quarters thereof to be equally divided between them, and the other quarter 

 thereof to be divided to and among my five daughters in the following manner, 

 that is to say, daughter Joanna a double share of said quarter, and the 

 remainder of said Estate to be equally divided to and among my other four 

 daughters. 



Finally, I do hereby Revoke, Disannul and make void all former Wills and 



