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BERIAH DAYTON (Lib. 16, 31), of Pantico, will of Apr. 18, 1746, wife JJane, sons Jeremiah, Jolin and Beriah; apprentice John Fields; daus. Rachel Dy- mont, Martha Brown, Esther Brown, Marah Conkling and Jane Dayton : sons John and Jeremiah ex'rs; pro. Sep. 19, 1746.
JOSEPH OSBURNE, Jr. (Lib. 16, 44), will of Apr. 6, 1739, wife Mary, sons Thomas, Jeremiah and Joseph; dau. Mary Baker, bro. Daniel; had tanyard and bark mill; sons Jeremiah and Joseph ex'rs; pro. Sep. 19, 1746.
JOHN CONKLING (Lib. 16, 47), will of Jan. 3, 1739, sons John, Elias and Jona- than ; Elias ex'r; pro. Aug. 23, 1746.
CHARLES BORTNER (Lib. 16, 187) of Berlin in Prussia, now of E., physician and chirurgeon, will of May 3, 1747, watch, gold buttons and knee buckles to Thomas Talmage; diamond ring to Hezekiah Usher; gold clasps to John Mackie ; two gold rings to Elizabeth Hedges ; walking cane to Jonathan Huntting ; snuff-box to Mrs. Joseph Havens, and " saphier stone in the shape of a cane head " to his ex'rs to sell, the proceeds to be put at interest for the maintenance of a school in E. ; surgical instruments to John Mackie with his wearing ap- parel, and his man saddle and bridle to Thomas Talmage and his wife and their son Thomas ; friends Jonathan Huntting of E., and John Mackie of Southamp- ton ex'rs ; pro. June 8, 1747.
JONATHAN BAKER (Lib. 16, 326), carpenter. will of May 31, 1743, wife Han- nah, son Jonathan, gr. son Jacob Baker; wife and son ex'rs; pro. Sept. 12, 1748.
ARON FITINIAN (Lib. 17, 289), yeoman, will of Jan. 12, 1750, weak, wife Bet- tiah, daus. Mary Talmage and Ester Jones, son David; wife and friend Eliezer Miller ex'rs ; pro. June 28, 1750.
JONATHAN HUNTTING (Lib. 17, 391), shopkeeper, will of Jan. 7, 1750, wife Esther, children (not named) ; wife and her father Mathew Mulford ex'rs ; pro. May 8, 1751.
DAVID GARDINER (Lib. 17, 415), of Isle of Wight, gentleman, will of May 16, 1751, sick, wife Mehetable; Mehetable Burrows and Mary Burrows, his wife's daus; sons John, David, Abraham, and daus. Abigail, and Hannah; sons David and Abraham ex'rs; pro. July 23, 1751.
SETH PARSONS (Lib. 18, 255), yeoman, will of Aug. 12. 1752, sick, wife Abi- gail, cousin Seth Barnes; nephew Seth Woodruff, son of sister Elizabeth; nephew Recompense Sherrill, son of sister Puah; nephew Seth Parsons, son of brother Joli; bro .- in-law Recompense Sherrill, Jr., neices Mary and Abigail Parsons, dans. of brother Jolin; wife and bro .- in-law Sherrill ex'rs; pro. Sep. 21, 1752.
MARAH CONCKLING (Lib. 19, 2), widow of Luis Conckling, will of Ang. 15, 1747, son Sineas; four gr. ch. William, Zebedy, Abraham and Elizabeth Pierson ;
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two gr. ch. Chrysopher and Sineas Dible; three gr. ch. Daniel, Lnis and John Miller; daus. now living, Esther, Zeriah and Abigail; son Sineas and Burnet Miller ex'rs; pro. Jan. 11, 1754.
ELIPHALET STRATTON (Lib. 19, 8), yeoman, will of Mar. 19, 1745, wife Phebe, three youngest dans. Rebecca, Mary and Phebe under 18; dan. Martha Pierson; sons Jeremiah, David, Samuel and Abraham ; sons Jeremiah, David, and Sam- uel when he is 21, to be ex'rs; pro. Jan. 11, 1754.
THOMAS CHATFIELD (Lib. 19. 11), will of May 14, 1751, wife Hannah, son John, gr. son Thomas, son of dec'd son Thomas, " father Stratten; " gr. dans. Phebe and Abigail Chatfield and daus. Mary Gelston and Anna Mulford; three ch. of dec'd son Thomas; pro. Jan. 23, 1754.
NATHANIEL HUNTING (Lib. 19, 14), clark, will of Sept. 17, 1751, sons Nathan- iel, Samuel and Jolm : two gr. sons ch. of dec'd son Edward, Isaac and Edward; also Edward's two dans. Mercy and Mehitable ; gr. sons Jonathan and Matthew, ch. of dec'd son Jonathan ; gr. son Nathaniel; sons John and Samnel ex'rs; pro. Feb. 11, 1754.
THOMAS OSBORN, Jr. (Lib. 19, 23), taylor, will of Nov. 14, 1753, wife Jean (now with child), son Thomas, daus. Deborah, Jean, Mary and Elizabeth; bros. Joseph and Jeremiah Osborn ex'rs; pro. Jan. 11, 1754.
JOSIAH OSBORNE (Lib. 19, 202), will of Sept. 12, 1754, wife, not named: sons Jedediah and Jonathan; dans. Sarah and Zariah Osborne; Daniel Leak and James Hand, Jr. ex'rs; pro. Dec. 10, 1754.
EDWARD MULFORD (Lib. 19, 204), joyner, will of Sept. 7, 1754, wife Amey, son Nathan; wife and bro. Timothy Mulford ex'rs; pro. Dec. 10, 1734.
JOHN HAND (Lib. 19, 335), yeoman, will of Feb. 1, 1755. wife Hannah, sons Daniel. Henry and John; dans. Mary and Phebe; sons John and Daniel ex'rs: pro. Sep. 11, 1755.
JOSEPH HICKS (Lib. 19, 338), yeoman, will of Feb. 28, 1755; wife Bethia, sons Bishop, Joseph and Samnel; dans. Elizabeth, Bethia and Mary ; wife and bro .- in-law Nathan Conckling ex'rs; pro. Sep. 26, 1755.
JAMES HAND, Jr. (Lib. 20, 453), will of Oct. 19, 1757, sick, wife Mary, son James, dau. Jemima under 21 ; wife and Job Pierson cx'rs ; pro. Dec. 14, 1757.
DANIEL OSBORN (Lib. 20, 455), tanner, will of Sep. 23, 1750, wife, not named, two daus., sons Daniel, Jonathan and David; gr. father Thomas Osborn dec'd; son Jonathan and cousin Joseph Osborne ex'rs; pro. Jan. 12, 1758.
EPHRAIM BURNET (Lib. 22, 416), cordwainer, will of Feb. 1. 1761; wife, not named, dau. Sybill Cook, son Stephen, gr. son Stephen Burnit; pro. Feb. 9, 1761.
ELISHA OSBORN (Lib. 22, 420), will of Jan. 26, 1761, wife Elizabeth, sons Zebedi, Elisha and Matthew; dan. Ruth Stratton; Elizabeth (relationship rot stated) ; dan. Ester Osborn; Daniel Leek and son Zebedi exrs; pro. Feb. 13, 1761.
WILLIAM CONKLING (Lib. 22, 513), will of Nov. 29, 1760, wife Ruth, dan. Ruth, sons William, Stephen and Abraham, dau. Mary, youngest son Jacob; John Chatfield aud son Jacob ex'rs; pro. Mar. 18, 1761.
STEPHEN HEDGES (Lib. 23, 151), yeoman, will of May 22, 1759; wife Annie, sons Matthew, Elias, Timothy and Nathaniel; 40 acres "at a place called Newbourgh on the Hudson River"; dans. Annie, Esther and Roth ; son Nathan- iel to be maintained by Matthew and Elias jointly after Elias is 21 ; Wm. Hedges, Jr. and Timothy Mulford ex'rs; pro. Aug. 27, 1761.
ELIAS MULFORD (Lib. 23, 154), yeoman, will of Apr. 16, 1756, wife Mary, daus. Elizabeth and Phebe, son Samuel; wife and son ex'rs; pro. Oct. 10, 1761.
JAMES HAND ( Lib. 23, 156), will of Oct. 19, 1754, sick, wife, not named, sons James, Jr., Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Samuel; daus. Mary Thorps, Sarah Tal- mage and Rebecca Hand; gr. dau. Experience Hand; son James, and Elenor, son of Elnathan White ex'rs; pro. Oct. 17, 1761.
JONATHAN HEDGES (Lib. 24, 17), will of Dec. 16, 1762, wife Hannah, brother Benjamin, dans. Lois Barnabe, Mehitable and Abigail, sons Renben and Jona- than ; col. Abraham Gardiner and son Jonathan ex'rs; pro. April 16, 1763.
DANIEL DAYTON (Lib. 24, 185), will of Sept. 14, 1761, wife Mary, sons Daniel and Henry, and the latter's three children, Deborah, Hannah and Samuel ; dau. Mary Mulford and three of her children, Mary, Jonathan and Nathan; wife and son Daniel ex'rs; prob. May 19, 1763.
NATHAN DAYTON (Lib. 24, 472), will of March 10, 1763, sons Nathan, Abra-
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ham and Jonathan (the latter to support his brother Samuel), dans. Elizabeth and Joanna; sons Nathan and Abraham ex'rs; prob. June 30, 1764.
JOIN GARDINER (Lib. 24, 520) .*
GILES GARDINER (Lib. 24, 522), will of Jan. 17, 1760, son Abraham Baker, grandson Roseel Gardiner, dau. Elizabeth Baker, grand dan. Abigail Gardiner; Uriah Miller and John Gardiner ex'rs; prob. Nov. 7, 1764.
JOHN TALMAGE (Lib. 24, 524), will of Oct 10, 1760, wife Ann, sons John, Ennis (Enos?), Jeremiah, Daniel, David, Nathaniel and Josiah; Elizabeth Hedges, Experience Edwards, Rebecca Cady, Abigail Conkling and Margaret Butler (probably daughters) ; three youngest daus. Hannah Leek, Martha Strong and Rachel Talmage; Elihu Howell and Daniel Leek ex'rs; pro. Nov. 7, 1764.
BETINIAII BURNIT (Lib. 24, 527) will of July 25, 1764, son Stephen Burnit, grand dans. Mary Burnit and Sybel Cook; dau. Sybel Cook; son Abraham Cook ex'r; pro. Nov. 9, 1764.
V. THOMAS MULFORD (Lib. 25, 89), will of May 28, 1757, yeoman, wife Deborah, sons Elisha, Thomas, Daniel and Barnabas; sons Elisha and Thomas ex'rs; pro. June 26, 1765.
JOHN DIMON (Lib. 25, 92), will of March 8, 1764, yeoman, dans. Deborah Miller, Elizabeth Hand, Rachel and. Mary; sons John, Abraham and Isaac, the last two ex'rs; pro. June 26, 1763.
JOHN DAVIES (Lib. 25, 292), will of Aug. 30, 1763, aged and infirm, dan. in law Mehittabel Stratton and her son Benjamin Stratton; nephew John Davis; devises to Jonathan Baker, Deborah wife of Josiah Miller, Jr., John Davis Jr., Abigail wife of Daniel Conkling, Hanmah wife of Lion Gardiner; books of his- tory and divinity to Mchettable Stratton, Hannah Gardiner, Abigail Conkling and nephew John Davis; Mehittabel Stratton, John Davis, Jr., and friends John Gardiner and Daniel Conkling, ex'rs; pro. Ang. 8, 1766.
JOHN STRATTON (Lib. 25, 461), will of May 7, 1759, farmer. wife Elizabeth, sons Matthew, Stephen, Jolm and Samuel; dans. Hannah, Phebe, Amy and Elizabeth; wife and son Matthew ex'rs; codicil of Aug. 29, 1761; pro. Jan. 28, 1767.
CORNELIUS CONKLING (Lib. 25, 464), will of March 30, 1765, yeoman, dan. in law Rnth, widow of dec'd son Cornelius; gr. son Cornelius under IS, Ruth, Deborah and Abigail, all children of dec'd son Cornelius; daus. Elizabeth and Esther: children of dec'd dans. Mary and Jane; sons Mulford and Nathan, who are ex'rs with friend Eleazer Miller; pro. Jan. 28, 1767.
JEREMIAH MULFORD (Lib. 25, 466), will of Dec. 28, 1765, yeoman, sons Lem- uel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Job, Abraham and David; dans. Hannah Brant and Abigail Howell ; sons Lemnel and Ezekiel ex'rs; pro. Dec. 17, 1766.
DANIEL HAND (Lib. 25, 480), will of Feb. 13, 1761, wife Sarah, sons Josiah, Silas and David; land in Hanover, Morris Co., N. J .; dan. Elizabeth Pierson; wife and son David ex'rs; pro. Mar. 11, 1767.
DAVID CONKLING (Lib. 26, 270), will of Sept 5, 1754, yeoman. indisposed, wife Hannah, sons David and Simon, dans. Hannah Dayton and Sarah Conk- ling ; sons Samnel and Zebulon ex'rs; pro. Dec. 24, 1767.
THOMAS MILLER (Lib. 26, 284), will of Apr. 19, 1766, wife Hannah, son Thomas " if compos mentis when 21," two married daughters, and for younger daughters ; friends Job Pierson and Daniel Leek ex'rs with wife; pro. Jan. 12, 1768.
JOHN HUNTTING (Lib. 26, 359), will of Feb. 23, 1768, cooper, wife Clemence, daus. Clemence Sherrell, Jane Conkling, Ruth Miller, Mary Osborn. Phebe Mul- ford, Lucreshe Miller, Temperance Conkling, Jerusha Hedges and Easter Chat- field; four gr. daus. children of dec'd dau. Elizabeth Miller, Mary, Elizabeth, Phebe and Ruth; dau. in law Jane Conkling; three sons in law. Burnet Miller, Jeremiah Miller and capt. David Mulford ex'rs; prob. Apr. 25, 1768.
ISAAC BARNS (Lib. 27, 156), will of Jan 2, 1765, son Isaac, dans. Patience, Elizabeth and Anna; friends Noalı Barns and David Stratton ex'rs; pro. Sept. 16, 1769.
NATHANIEL HUNTTING (Lib. 27, 289), will of July 18, 1768, wife Mary, sous Nathaniel, William and Joseph, grandson John Huntting, three sons ex'rs : pro. July 25, 1770.
* This will is printed in full in " Lion Gardiner and his Descendants," by Curtiss G. Gardiner, St. Louis, 1900.
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JONATHAN HEDGES (Lib. 27, 291), will of Oct. 9, 1769, wife and children (not named); wife and friends Timothy Miller and Benjamin Hedges ex's; pro. July 25, 1770.
JAMES BARNABY (Lib. 27, 401) will of July 21, 1769, wife Lois, son James, dans. Hannah, Sabra and Elizabeth (speaks of " sons and daughters ") ; Thomas Wickham and John Chatfield ex'rs; pro. Nov. 26, 1770.
BETHIAH FITHIAN ( Lib. 27, 402), will of Mar. 5, 1768, spinster, son David Fithian, " my great bible," " dan. Mary Talmage the child of my dau. Esther Johnes "; John Gardiner and John Davis ex'rs, pro. Nov. 26, 1770.
HENRY CONCKLING (Lib. 27, 403), will of July 7, 1770, yeoman, wife Amy, sons Henry (under 21) and Jedediah, daus. Charlotte, Amy, Mary, Sarah, Cloah, HIannah, Ruth and Easter; wife, brother John Davis and brother Edward Conkling ex'rs; pro. Nov. 26, 1770.
JOSIAH MILLER (Lib. 27, 406), will of Feb, 13, 1768, yeoman, son Josiah ; grandson David, son of Josiah; son Jeremiah; dan. Phebe Parsons; son Mat- thew Miller, "a cripple and unable to support himself"; son in law John Par- sons 4th and son Jeremiah ex'rs; pro. Nov. 26, 1770.
TIMOTHY MILLER (Lib. 27, 409), will of Apr. 27, 1769, wife Hannah, sons Daniel. Timothy, Peleg, Elisha and David; daus. Zurviah, Temperance, Eliza- beth, Hannah and Charlotte (all Miller) ; wife, and sons David and Elisha ex'rs ; pro. Nov. 26, 1770.
WILLIAM HEDGES (Lib. 27, 582) will of Jan. 28, 1735, yeoman, " poorly in body," sons William and Stephen; grandson David, son of dec'd son Jeremiah ; son Ezekiel; five daus. Hannah, Mary, Zurviah, Elizabeth and Phebe; sons William and Stephen ex'rs; pro. Jan. 14, 1771.
NATHANIEL BAKER (Lib. 28, 259) will of Apr. 10, 1771, son (oldest) David, and Samuel (" youngest now living "), dans. Sarah Hedges and Phebe Howet(?) ; sons ex'rs ; pro. June 2, 1772.
NATILAN DAYTON (Lib. 28, 448) will of Feb. 3, 1773, sons Abraham, Elias and Nathan; dans. Amy, Phebe, and Mary ; brother Samuel to be maintained by the six children ; brother Samnel Mulford and friend Stephen Hedges ex's; pro. March 5, 1773.
JEREMIAH TALMAGE (Lib. 28, 452), will of Ang. 29, 1770, farmer, wife Mary, son Jeremiah, wife and loving brother Daniel Leek ex'rs : pro. Mar. 5, 1773.
MATTHEW MULFORD (Lib. 29, 105), will of Apr. 23, 1774, yeoman, grandson David Hedges, granddaus. Elizabeth and Jerusha Gardiner; "lawful" son Daniel Mulford, who is ex'r; pro. June 2, 1774.
DAVID GARDINER (Lib. 29, 188), will of Sept. 7, 1774, gentleman, of the Isle of Wight, wife Jerusha, sister Jernsha Gardiner; brother Septimus, sister Hannah Gardiner, youngest son David, oldest son John Lyon Gardiner; children all under 21; uncles Col. Abraham Gardiner and Capt. David Mulford, and friend Thomas Wickham ex'rs; pro. Sept. 16, 1774.
MARY MILLER (Lib. 30, 68), will of Oct. 15, 1770, wife of Eleazar Miller, consins Patrick Anthnr Gold and Sarah Farnon; silver tankard " which was father Howell's" to Annanias Cooper's four daus. ; cousin Pheby, wife of Theophilus Halsey; three daus. of James Hildradge, Marah, Rebekah and Pheby, under 18; sons of James Hildrage, Joshna, Noah and David, under 21; to Elisha Pain, pastor of the church at Mecot £4, and £60 for charitable use ; James Hildrage, Jr. ; husband signs approval; Elisha Pain, John Cook and Annanias Cooper, all of Southampton, ex'rs; pro. Nov. 28, 1775.
JOHN DAYTON (Lib. 30, 176), will of Mar. 5. 1768, sick, wife Abigail, son Jolin; names wife's first husband Seth Parsons; four daus. Joanna, Elizabeth, Phebe and Martha, grandsons John, Josiah, and David Dayton; wife, son Jolin, and Burnet Miller ex'rs; pro. Apr. 27, 1776.
WILLIAM OSBORN (Lib. 30, 233), will of Jan. 12, 1771, yeoman, wife Sarah, grandson William Mulford, dau. Johannah Mulford; said gr.son and Abraham Gardiner, ex'rs; pro. Feb. 25, 1774.
DAVID BAKER (Lib. 30, 249), will of Apr. 1. 1774, yeoman, wife Melitable, daus. Mary and Sarah, son David under 20; " cane, sword, desk and plate that was my father's"; wife and brothers in law Abraham Miller and Stephen Hedges, ex'rs; pro. April 19, 1774.
ABRAHAM GARDINER, Esq. (Lib. 35, 205), will of Ang. 18, 1772, indisposed, wife Mary, sons Abraham and Nathaniel, dans. Mary Thomson and Rachel Mulford; friend and niece Ruth Smith; friend Rev. Samuel Bnell. M.A .; wife
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and two sons and sons in law Isaac Thomson and David Mulford ex'rs; pro. Dec. 30, 1782.
PHIEBE PARSONS (Lib. 37, 74), will of May 17, 1781, very sick, dan. Phobe, gr. daus. Phebe and Elizabeth, cousin Lncretia Wickham, dan. Mary Osborn; "the noat that I have against Jeremiah"; friend Stephen Hedges and son Jeremiah Osborn ex'rs; pro. May 10, 1784.
JONATHAN OSBORN (Lib. 37, 75), will of Nov. 11, 1781, yeoman, wife Eliza- beth, son Joseph, brother David, youngest son Daniel, sons Jonathan, Henry and Samuel; Samuel Hutchinson, sons Joseph and Jonathan ex'rs; pro. May 19, 1784.
JOIIN PARSONS 4th (Lib. 37, 78), will of Oct. 21, 1775, yeoman, indisposed, wife Phebe, daus. Phebe Hutchinson and Mary Parsons, son in law Samuel Hutchinson; wife, son in law, and dan. Mary ex'rs; pro. May 19, 1784.
WILLIAM JAGGER (Lib. 37, 83), will of July 25, 1775, mariner; wife Abigail sole devisee and ex'x ; pro. May 19, 1784.
ELIAS CONKLING (Lib. 38, 73), will of May 29, 1780, wife (nnamed), dans. Loes, Mary and Amey ; wife and Ezekiel Mulford ex'rs; pro. June 20, 1785.
ZEBADEE OSBORN (Lib. 38, 371), will of Dec. 2, 1785, yeoman, wife Mary, dau. Abigail Norris, sons Abraham and Elisha; brother Elisha and son Elisha ex'rs; pro. Dec. 22, 1785.
JOHN MULFORD (Lib. 38, 373), will of Aug. 23, 1783, yeoman, sick, only son Josiah, wife (not named) ; gr. son Jolm, eldest son of dec'd son John; daus. Jerusha, Esther and Mary ; gr. dau. Phebe, child of dec'd dan. Hannah ; brothers in law John Dayton and Abraham Miller, and son Josiah ex'rs; pro. Jan. 26, 1786.
RECOMPENSE SHERRILL (Lib. 39, 4), will of Feb. 4, 1786, yeoman, sons Abraham and Stephen, eldest son Recompense, eldest dan. Sarah Conkling, dan. Puah, unmarried; wife (not named) ; sons Abraham and Stephen, and doctor Samuel Hutchinson ex'rs; pro. Mar. 14, 1786.
JOHN HEDGES (Lib. 39, 5), will of Mar. 10, 1786, yeoman, dans. Mary Isaacs and Ruth Howell; son Daniel and Jeremiah Miller ex'rs; pro. Mar. 14, 1786.
MULFORD CONKLING (Lib. 39, 13), will of Jan. 23, 1781, yeoman, son Daniel (under 21), wife Puah, daus. Puah and Mary, son Mulford; wife, bro. Nathan Conkling Jr. and Jesse Dayton, ex'rs; pro. Mar. 27, 1786.
JEDEDIAH OSBORNE (Lib. 39, 67), will of Feb. 19, 1785, very weak, sons Jacob, John and Isaac, and "other children"; "Jacob to improve his land until son Isaac shall return home "; sons Jacob and Isaac ex'rs, (only Jacob qualified) ; pro. Apr. 18, 1786.
SAMUEL BAKER (Lib. 39, 302), will of Feb. 25, 1786, yeoman, wife Abigail, son Thomas, daus. Joanne, Amy, Sarah and Hannah; sons Nathaniel, Lewis and Abraham; bro. David dec'd; wife and Nathaniel Dominy ex'rs; pro. Oct. 20, 1786.
WILLIAM SCHELLINX (Lib. 9, 84), administration on his estate to Phebe Schellinx, July 8, 1719.
ANNANIAS CONKLING (Lib. 11, 36), administration on his estate to his son Joseph Conkling, Oet. 22, 1730.
WILLIAM SCHELLUXX (Lib. 13, 371), yeoman, administration on his estate to William Schellunx, Apr. 19, 1740.
NATHANIEL BISHOP (filed but not recorded), will of May 1, 1685, in health and good mind, wife (not named), son Daniel, six and one half acres in Indian Well Plain to son Nathaniel; dau. Mary; Capt. Josiah Hobart and Samuel Mulford ex'rs.
In an ancient volume, known as " Sessions No. 1," in the office of the County Clerk of Suffolk, the following Easthampton wills occur.
WILLIAM HEDGES (p. 40), will of March 17, 1674, eldest son Stephen, wife Rose, son Isaac, four daughters (not named) ; wife ex'x; pro. Nov. 11, 1679; inventory appraised Sep. 29, 1674.
RICHARD STRATTON, Sr. (p. 57), will of Apr. 7, 1674, eldest son Richard, second son Thomas, wife Elizabeth, younger sons Isaac and Benjamin, dan. Elizabeth; wife ex'x; father in law William Edwards and bro. John Stretton, Sr., overseers; pro. June 7, 1676.
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EDMUND SHAW, Sr. (p. 6C), will of May 3, 1675, sons Thomas and Richard; two dans. ; wives of Henry Undlami and John Foster; pro. June 6, 1676.
JOSHUA GARLICK, Jr. (p. 78), will of Aug. 24, 1677, sons Joshua (under 21) and John, dan. Hannah and wife Elizabeth; capt. Tahnage and Jolin Mulford overseers ; pro. Mar. 16, 1678.
WILLIAM FITIHAN (p. 113), will of Dec. 11, 1678, wife Margaret, who is ex'x; eldest son Enoch, son Samuel, daus. Sarah and Hannah; child of dec'd dau. Martha; son Samuel ex'r if he survives his mother, if not, then Enoch; Thomas Baker and Thomas James overseers; pro. Mar. 2, 1681.
THOMAS DIAMENT (or Dyment) disposed of his estate by making four deeds, of gift, which the Court of Sessions, sitting at Southampton on 7th, 8th and 9th days of March 1683, accepted as his will. The first, dated Aug. 21, 1677, recites a proposed marriage between his son James and Hannah, dau. of min- ister James, and the grantor binds himself to the minister to convey certain lands to the son to be enjoyed by him after the death of the grantor and his wife. The second, dated Dec. 27, 1680, gives to same son furniture and per- sonal property. The third, dated July 28, 1682, reeites the death of youngest son John, and gives James additional real estate, charging him and grantor's wife Mary to pay small legacies to daus. Sarah Headly of New Jersey, Abygayle, Hannah Bird, Ruth Dayton and Elizabeth Miller. The fourth instru- ment, also dated July 28, 1682, calls the grantor Thomas Dyment, Sr., and recites that having given the house and land at Georgica to his youngest son Thomas at his marriage, this is to convey to him other lands to take effect at the death of grantor and wife. (Dyment died, and a dispute about the division of his estate was settled Mar. 9, 1683 by agreement signed by the widow, min- ister James and Edward Howell, as recorded in same volume, p. 132.)
RICHARD SHAW, Sr. (p. 141), will of Sept. 7, 1680, wife Remember, five sons now at home, eldest Richard, second Edward, and William, Joshma and Ben- jamin; dau. Elizabeth under 18; son John has been given to grandparents Garlick; son Richard ex'r; pro. June 1683.
WILLIAM EDWARDS (p. 175), will of Feb. 1, 1681, sons John and Thomas; gr. son William, son of Thomas; gr. son, Josiah, son of John; dan. Sarah ; gr. sons William, son of John, and Ephraim, son of Thomas; dau. Elizabeth Baker, dau. Ann Squire; five children of dau. Elizabeth, viz. Richard, Thomas, Isaac, Benjamin and Elizabeth Stratton; wife Ann ex'x; pro. Oct. 22, 1685; inventory taken Aug. 19, 1685.
JOIN PARSONS (p. 202), will of Mar. 5, 1686, eldest son Samuel under 21, sons John and Robert, brother Samuel Parsons; wife and daus. but not named ; no ex'r named; pro. Mar. 16, 168C.
JOHN STRATTON, Sr. (p. 220), will of Ang. 30, 1684, eldest son John, second son Joseph, third Stephen, fourth Cornelius; gr. ch. Joseph, son of Stephen Hand; dau. Abigail, wife of Harry Norris; dan. Rebecca Busnell; dau. Ruth White; son Joseph; grandsons Steven Hand and Stephen Hedges; sons John, Stephen and Cornelius ex'rs; pro. Mar. 16, 1686.
JOHN MULFORD, Sr. (p. 230), will of Dec. 4, 1683, wife Freezneed, son John. eldest son Sammel; dan. Hannah, wife of Benjamin Conkline, who has ilve children; youngest dau. Mary, wife of Jeremy Miller, who has two children; bro. William Milford; son John ex'r. Thomas James and bro. William over- seers; pro. Oct. 19, 1686 .*
WILLIAM MULFORD, Sr. (p. 238), will of Feby, 26, 1679, wife Sarah, eldest son Thomas (unmarried), sons William and Benjamin; two eldest daus. Sarah and Rachell, both married ; wife ex'x; Samnel Mulford and Stephen Hedges overseers ; codicil of Nov. 26, 1684; pro. Mar. 15, 1687.
BAZALLIELL OSBORNE (p. 243) uncupative will Feb, 11, 1687, bro. Jonathan, wife Elizabeth; bro. in law Arthur Howell aud his two sons and dan. Elizabeth ; bro. Joseph; proved on oaths of Benjamin Conkling, Jolm Greenfield and John Enorrs; pro. March 17, 1687.
Recorded in the " Lester Will Book" in the office of the County Clerk of Suffolk are the following wills, etc.
* There is a bequest to "hester," and 5 sh. each to her three children, but nothing to indicate her relation to testator. Presumably she was a daughter, as the bequests to her children are the same as to his grandchildren.
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THOMAS TALMAGE (p. 26), will of Apr. 23, 1687, wife Elizabeth, sons Na- thaniel, Shubacl and Onesimus; gr. son Thomas, son of Nathaniel; daus. Naomi, Hannah and Sarah Bee; sons Nathaniel and Onesimus ex'rs; pro. Sep. 29, 1691.
JOHN CARYLL (p. 42), letters of administration on his estate to Remember, his widow, Oct. 21, 1691.
STEVEN HAND, Sr. (p. 76), will of May 17, 16SS, oldest son Stephen, sons Samuel and Joseph, and five daus. ; wife Rebecca; letters of administration to widow, Apr. 15, 1693.
JOHN EDWARDS (p. 86), will of Aug. 25, 1685, wife Mary, oldest son Thomas, sons John, William and Josiah; wife ex'x; pro. Nov. 10, 1693.
THOMAS JAMES (Rev.) (p. 123), will of June 5, 1696, eldest dau. Sarah, wife of Peregrine Stanborough; dau. Mary, wife of John Stretton; dau. Hannah, wife of James Dyment; dau. Ruth, wife of Thomas Harris; gr. ch. Mary Stanborough and Mary Stretton; dau. in law Anne, now wife of Mr. Abraham Howell of Southampton, formerly wife of testator's son Nathaniel; eldest gr. son John M. Stanborough; dau. in law Mary, wife of John Mulford; dan. in law Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Osborn; sons in law Stanborough, Stretton, Dyment and Harris, ex'rs; sons in law Mulford and Osborn overseers; proved June 23, 1696.
Recorded in Liber A of Deeds in the Office of the County Clerk of Suffolk.
THOMAS CHATFIELD (p. 4), will of June 22, 1686, oldest son Thomas, wife (not named), dau. Anne, wife of Josiah Stanborough, dau. Elizabeth, wife of Edward Joanes, daus. Sarah and Mary, and son John; son Thomas ex'r, John Mulford Jr., Benjamin Osborne, and Thomas James, overseers; pro. Oct. 20, 1687.
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