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Subject: [NYSUFFOL] Will of Thomas Halsey 1591-1678
Date: 2 Jul 2001 19:25:52 -0600

Thomas Halsey 1591-1678
Southampton, Suffolk, NY
Vol 1 page 198
Written June 28, 1677
Probate July 8, 1679

The Last Will + Testament of
Thomas Halsey of Southampton
the 28 Day of June 1677
I Thomas Halsey Sr being in a right mind + Sound Judgement, doe make this my Last will + Testament as ffolloweth
1stImprimis I give + bequeath my Soule to god that gave it + my body I bequeath to the Earth decently to bee buried + my worldly goods as followeth
2lyI doe give unto my wife one woollen wheele + one Linnen wheele + my Little Iron pott + a yellow Rugg + one white Dutch blankett + four bushells of wheat, to bee paid
yearly as long as shee Liveth, the first to be paid within one month + four Ewe sheepe;
3ly I doe give + bequeath unto my Son Thomas my House + housing + home Lott with all the Apurtenance thereunto belonging + the Beach Lott + the Little plaine Close + the Little Close of the South Side of Mr. Raynors, Comonly called troublesome + the Close at the Mill Neck Comonly knowne by the name of Peters Close + I give to my Son
Thomas the Lott I had this Last Division at Maycocks + the Table in the parlor + the five Joynt Stooles + the Bedsted + Curtains in the Porch Chamber;
4lyI doe give + Bequeath unto my son Isaac my close in the head of the creeke + five Acres adjoyning theirunto + five Acres in the great plaine in the ten Acres Lotts + three Acres lying at the towne pound + ten Acres lying in the oxe pasture + the ginn Lott with four Acres + a halfe in the Little plaine + of the next division twenty Acres + hee is to have his choice out of my three hundred in Lue of the Land at Sayaponack + the Remainder of all divisions whatsoever; hearafter they are to divide it Equally Betwixt them all three, + the Rest of that division, hee is to have his Equall part with Thomas + Danell + hogg - neck is to bee divided Betwixt them Equally allso, And that Lott of meadow that is in Seabonack one the South Side + one Acre in Halseys neck + halfe the meadow on the South Beach + the other halfe I give to Danell.
6lyI doe give + bequeath unto my Son Daniell one Lott of the meadow lying on the North Side of Seabonack, + the home Lott I bought of Mr Smith + my Lott at Seabonack
+ two Acres in the little plaines that is the easternmost two acres. I have there, + one horse + one Mare + two Oxen;
7lyI doe give + bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of Richard Howell, twenty pounds to bee paid in goods or Cattle according as two men shall Apprize them;
8lyI doe order that my three Sonnes shall divide all Aquagonautack + all the north side towards Southhold + all Hoggneck betwixt them Equally;
I doe will + appoint my Sones Thomas + Isaack to bee Executors of this my Last will + Testamt to See that it be Justly + Truly pformed + what shall remaine of the Estate
not here mentioned in my will, that they divide it Equally betweene them my two Executors In Wittness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand the day + year Above written
Thomas Halsey
In the presence of
Richard Barrett
John Else
Sr Edmond Andross (.......)

Whereas Thomas Halsey Sen Late of South......... in the East Riding of Yorkshire upon Long Island deceased did in his Last Will + Testament nominate + Appoint his Sonns
Thomas + Isaac to bee his Executors And proofe having beene made of the will + Testament at the Court of Sessions held at Southton in the month of march Last for the East ryding, where the said Thomas + Isaac were Admitted Executors + Security taken by the Court, These psents may Certify + declare that the said Thomas + Isaac are Admitted
+ Confirmed to all Intents + purposes Executors of the last Will + Testament of the sd Thomas Halsey their their Father deceased. They having hereby full power + Lawfull
Authority to enter into or keepe possession of the premisses + to dispose thereof as in the sd will is Required + as Executors According to Law Given under my Hand +Seale July the 8, 1679
E. A.
past The office
M N Secr
The Apprizement of the Inventory
Amounts to L672 as Returned from
the Court of Sessions.

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