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Adolphus, aforesaid his executors and assignees for ever ye other equall half of 

 all ye cattle, horses and sheep upon and belonging to ye plantation at ye upper 

 Mills a large boat called ye Unity with her furniture apparell and appurtenances, 

 late by mee bought of Dan Desmaretz, and an equall fourth part of all ye shipps, 

 vessels, money, plate, goods, merchandize, debts, and personall estate whatso- 

 ever which shall belong to me at ye time of my decease, my debts and ye par- 

 ticular legaces in this my will mentioned being first paid and satisfiyed. And 1 

 do give, devise and bequeath to my eldest daughter, Eva, the wife of Jacobus 

 Van Cortlandt, the house and ground with ye appurtenances in ye city of New 

 Yorke where they at present live in with all ye right and interest that I have or 

 ever had in and to ye same as also a lott of ground with itts appurtenances in 

 ye same city in ye that to the southward of ye old warehouse as it lyes at present 

 inclosed and f enct and by me is owned and possest, and an equall fourth part of 

 all ye shipps, vessells, money, plate, goods, merchandise, debts and pesonall estate, 

 whatsoever which shall belong to mee at ye time of my decease, my debts and 

 the particulars legacys in this my will exprest being first satisfyed and paid as 

 aforesaid. To have and to hold ye said houses, tenements and premises to ye 

 said Eva, my daughter, for and dureing her naturall life, ye remainder after her 

 decease to ye second son of her body to be begotten his, heirs and assignees for 

 ever, but for lack of such issues then ye remainder after her decease to her son 

 Frederick Cortlandt and his heirs and assignes for ever. Item, I doe give, de- 

 vise and bequeath to my said daughter, Eva, her heirs, executors and assignes 

 forever a certaine morgage of Dr. Henricus Selyns upon ye land of John Rich- 

 bell, deceased, twenty miles into ye woods with this proviso and exception not 

 to extend over Bronx's river into any of ye land herein devised to my son or 

 grandson. And I do give, devise and bequeath to my daughter, Anneke ye wife 

 of Philip French, that house and ground with ye appurtenance in ye citty of 

 New Yorke where they at present live in, as also ye old warehouse and ground 

 thereunto belonging with ye appurtenances in ye same city lying in ye New 

 street and all that my estate of land and the appurtenances in ye County of Ber- 

 ghen in East Jersey (to witt), in ye town of Berghen, a large garden and plantation 

 of fifteen acres of land with eight moyen or about sixteen acres garden ground 

 and ye right and priviledge in the undivided wood lands of two farms and ye 

 plantation and all those my lands in ye County of Ulster (to witt) a peace of 

 land att Monbachus containing about two hundred and ninety acres, and a peace 

 of land at ye Rondout creek morgaged to mee by John Ward containing about 

 seaven hundred acres, as also after my wife's decease, that lott of ground with 

 itts appurtenances in ye city of New Yorke, extending from ye Broadway to ye 

 New street, lying between ye ground late of Robert White, deceased, and within 

 the clock buyer with ye rights hereditaments and appurtenances to all and 

 singular ye premises belonging or in any wise appertaining. Further, 1 give 

 and bequeath unto Anneke, my said daughter, an equale fourth part of all ye 

 shipps, vessels, money, plate, goods, merchandise, debts and personale estate, 

 whatsoever which sha!l be found to belong to mee at ye time of my decease my 

 debts and ye particular Legacy in this my will bequeathed being first discharged 

 and satisfied as aforesaid. To have and to hold ye said houses, land and premises 

 to ye said Anneke, my daughter, for and during her naturall life ye remainder 

 after her decease to ye second son of her body to be begotten, his heirs and as- 



