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The fruits of his marriage have been two sons, Fred. H., now the postmaster at Milton, and L. Harry, jr., the Depu- ty Collector of U. S. Internal Revenue for the 4th Division of the 14th District, N. Y. These young men have yet " their spurs to win," but, as the offsprings of such parents, they can hardly fail to secure the confidence of the general public.
In 1854 Smith was appointed Inspector of Customs, which office he retained until 1862, when a change of ad- ministration brought about, as was proper from a political standpoint, a change in the incumbency of his office.
An incident in Smith's life, while he resided in N. Y., which is not generally known to his neighbors, is so charac- teristic of the man and so redounds to the credit of his heart, that it may be appropriately told here. In the senatorial
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district of which he was a resident, a young and promising lawyer, and a personal friend of his, sought the nomination for state senator, and " Harry," or " The General " as he is frequently called by his friends, pledged him a support. When the nominating convention met, to the surprise of both Smith and his friend, the candidate, the convention nominated Smith. It was unsolicited and unexpected. He was beyond question much better equipped for the office than the candidate and far more popular in the district. But, true to his word and the demands of friendship, he declined, and when it was offered the second time he again declined, and actually forced his friend's nomination and election. The friend has since acquired a state and national reputa- tion, and has amassed great wealth, but he can never be richer than is our friend in the proud consciousness that he was never false to his word, and has never been of those who " crook the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning."
In 1863 Smith opened a coal and lumber yard at Mil- ton landing, and continued in that business until. 1881, when he withdrew entirely from business. His friends wish his health was more promising now than it is, but his mind is as vigorous, his heart as buoyant, his friendship as warm, his counsels as wise, and himself as enthusiastic and earnest in everything that is for the welfare of the general public or individual friends as ever.
MILITARY RECORD.
MARLBOROUGH IN THE REVOLUTION.
The stormy days when our grandfathers fought for liberty did not pass by Marlborough. The community was mainly loyal, though here as elsewhere Tories were found. Among those who signed the pledge of fealty to the Continental Congress and the Constitution were about 250 Irom New Marlborough (which included Plattekill). Among them were the following, whose names are still found among the residents of the town, showing how many residents can trace descent to the loyal of Marlborough in 1776:
Benjamin Carpenter, Lewis DuBois, Jacob Wood, John Woolsey, Michael Wy- gant, Richard Carpenter, Wright Carpenter, Henry Lockwood, Stephen Purdy, Jacob Kent, William Bloomer, Isaac Cropsey, Peter Barrian, Stephen Case, Annanias Val- entine, Zadlock Lewis, Jacob Dayton, Joseph Caverly, Samuel Mackey, Jurian Mackey, Gilbert Bloomer, Joseph Bloomer, Andrew Young, David Mackey, Nathaniel Har- court, John Wygant, John Quick, Thomas Quick, Israel Tuthill, Jeriah Rhodes, Jona- than Woolsey, Daniel Lloomer, Job Wood, Peter Caverly, Joshua Lockwood, Thomas Quick, William Quick, William Caverly, Ilenry Decker, James Merritt, William Purdy, John Scott, John Mackey, Matthew Wygant, Alexander Cropsey, Andrew Cropsey, Joseph Carpenter, William Woolsey, Adam Cropsey, George Woolsey, Encas Quimby, Richard Woolsey, Alex. Mackey, sr., Zephaniah Woolsey, Nathaniel Ilull, Chas. Mackey, Nathaniel Quimby, Benjamin Woolsey, Hendrick Deyo, Nehe- miah Smith, Henry Scott, David Merritt, Joseph Bloomer, Caleb Merritt, Thomas Merritt, Gabriel Merritt, Jacob Canniff, Levi Quimby, James Quimby, Thomas Wy- gant, Thomas Mackey, William Wygant, Josiah Merritt, Ilenry Cropsey, Samuel Hallock, Cornelius Wood, Nehemiah Carpenter, Leonard Smith, Jehiel Clark, Absa- lom Case, Anning Smith, John Stilwell, Leonard Smith, jr., Luff Smith, Joseph Car- penter.
Among the Tories whose adherence to the crown was obnoxious to these loyal men, was one Samuel Devine, whose reckless expression of opinion got him into trouble, as the following old papers show :
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" Die Veneris, January 12, 1776 .- In Committee of Safety, Ulster County.
"Stephen Seymour, of full age, being sworn on the Holy Evangelists this 4th day of January, 1776, saith that on Mon- day evening, the first instant, at the house of Daniel McGiden, he heard Samuel Devine repeatedly drink damna- tion to the Congress and all the Whigs; that last year was Whig year, but this would be Tory year ; and likewise that all the Whigs would be hanged in the spring ; and further- more called the Whigs a pack of damned rebels ; and further saith that he would not obey his officers more than he would a dog."
" Ulster County-Henry Lockwood, being of full age, etc., saith that on his way home from Newburgh, he met with some persons, among whom was a certain Samuel Devine, who there asked him if he did not know there was a reward for taking up a committee man and sending him on board the man-of-war; who there threatened to take this deponent, he being one of the committee of Marlborough precinct, and that he would have £40 in cash, or 50 acres of land for delivering him on board the man-of-war, etc."
Devine was released on this charge, but in 1777 was arrested, court-martialed and sentenced to be hung. He was pardoned under the gallows by Gov. Clinton.
Some of these Tories joined the British troops, and were with Vaughan's Expedition which fired at the houses of Major Lewis DuBois and Capt. Anning Smith, and it is sup- posed that they pointed out their houses to the gunners.
There are no records to show what soldiers from Marl- borough fought for their country. Major Lewis DuBois and Capt. Anning Smith were the most prominent. John Wygant, David Brush, Amos Bradbury, John Rhodes, Wm. Martin, William Woolsey, Henry Cropscy, John Kniffin, Jacob Gillis, Reuben Tooker, Joseph Carpenter, Daniel Kniffin, Jchiel Clark, Daniel Purdy and George Merritt are known to have been enrolled on the side of liberty, most of them being in Capt. Arthur Smith's company, which was
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raised in the North District of Newburgh precinct, which territory included Marlborough and Plattekill.
Col. Hasbrouck's regiment, in which Lewis Du Bois served as major, also contained a good many from New Marlbor- ough, and during the conflicts at forts Clinton and Mont- gomery it is reported that the militia from Southern Ulster suffered heavily. Some of them were in service under Major Lewis DuBois at Fort Constitution in October, 1777. It is not known that any of them performed service except along the Hudson and vicinity, which demanded a large force for protection.
Major Lewis DuBois' services are enlarged on in another place. But little is known of Capt. Anning Smith's military career, beyond that his record was praiseworthy. Nehe- miah Carpenter was quartermaster under Major Lewis DuBois, being commissioned Nov. 21, 1776. He was taken prisoner at Fort Montgomery in October, 1777, and after- wards exchanged and promoted to lieutenant.
Capt. Belknap's company, of Newburgh, is supposed to have received recruits from New Marlborough. On the 7th of October, 1776, the company first mustered for duty at the house of Mrs. Ann DuBois, in Marlborough.
After the War of the Revolution was over militia con- panies were kept up. One was organized under the com- mand of William Acker in 1804, and continued in existence to 1838. It was composed of members in both Orange and Ulster, and saw service on Long Island in 1812-13. Capt. Acker was succeeded by Nathaniel DuBois, who served several years. The last captain of the company was Robert D. Mapes, of Marlborough.
WAR OF 1812.
Very few from Marlborough participated in this struggle, those who did being in AAcker's militia company. The only names preserved are William Smith, John Kniffin, Gideon L. Keator, Daniel J. Merritt, Francis Vandebogert, Thomas Warren, Bernard Wygant, and several of the Rhodes family.
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MARLBOROUGH'S REPRESENTATIVES IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
The following is believed to be a full list of those who represented the town in the War of the Rebellion, and is taken from the History of Ulster Co., being drawn from the muster-in rolls of the county, the census return of 1865, and the town register of 1865 :
James Anderson, enlisted Nov. 14, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
Sidney Barnhart, enlisted Sept. 8, 1864, 91st Regt., Co. I. Jacob Berrian, enlisted Oct. 15, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
Reuben R. Bloomer, enlisted Aug. 6th, 1861, 6th N. Y.
Oscar B. Bloomer, enlisted 6th Regt.
James Bailey, enlisted Aug. 16, 1864, 7th Regt., Co. A. Walter M. Bailey, enlisted Oct. 24, 1861, 7th Regt., Co A.
Chas. A. Bailey, enlisted Oct. 24, 1861, 7th Regt., Co. A.
Thomas Brown, enlisted Aug. 27, 1862, 156th Regt., Co G.
Patrick Conley, enlisted Mch. 21, 1861, 56th Regt., Co. A.
Jos. D. Cassidy, enlisted Aug. 28, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
Henry Cassidy, enlisted Oct. 1862.
David C. Crossbary, enlisted Mch. 14, 1862, 20th Regt., Co. A.
John H. Crossbary, enlisted 1862, 20th Regt., Co. A, died in service. George W. Detmar, enlisted Aug. 30, 1862. Died at Andersonville. David Davis, enlisted Aug. 1862, 120th Regt., Co. A.
Ferris G. Davis, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, 120th Regt., Co. A.
Daniel Davis, enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, died at Belle Isle.
Benjamin V. C. De Witt, enlisted Aug. 27, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
Peter E. De Witt, enlisted Sept. 19, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
George J. Fowler, enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A, died in service.
Luther P. Hait, enlisted Aug. 6, 1861, 1st Cav., Co. H, died in All- dersonville Aug. 10, 1861.
John Harding, enlisted Sept. 12, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
John Kenney, enlisted Oct. 18, 1862, 5th Regt., Co. B.
Edward H. Ketcham, lieut., enlisted aug. 26, 1862, 120th Regt., Co. A., killed at Gettysburg.
John T. Keteham, lieut , enlisted Feb. 4, 1863, 4th Regt , died in Lib- by prison Oct. 8, 1863.
John Mc Vay, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
Win. Miller, enlisted Sept. 2, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
George H. Miller, enlisted Feb. 21, 1861, 20th Regt., Co. G, died in service.
John MeCarty, enlisted May 5, 1862, Ist Regt., died of wounds.
John H. Mackey, enlisted Aug. 12, 1862. 120th Regt., (Co. A. died in service.
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Charles Lee Mackey, enlisted Sept. 1, 1864, 128th Regt., Co. H. David F. Mackey, enlisted Sept. 20, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G. Morris Lee, enlisted Aug. 10, 1862, 120th Regt., Co. A.
Wm. J. Purdy, lieut., enlisted Nov. 14, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G. Peter V. L. Purdy, enlisted May 3, 1861, 5th Regt., Co. E.
Alonzo S. Petit, enlisted Nov. 1861, 5th Regt., Co. E.
Stephen J. Power, enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, 6th Regt., Co. I, died in service.
George W. Quimby, enlisted Sept. 20, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G. John D. Quimby, enlisted Sept. 19, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
Thos. Elliot, enlisted Aug. 15, 1861, 73rd Regt., Co. H.
Chas H. Free, enlisted Aug. 15, 1862, 6th Regt., Co. I, died of wounds received at Cedarville.
George Palmateer, enlisted Jan. 5, 1861, 156th Regt., Co. E. Stephen Rhodes, enlisted Sept. 3, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G. George Ryer, enlisted Aug. 27, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
Reuben H. Rose, enlisted Aug. 8, 1862, 6th Regt., Co. I.
Aaron Rhodes, enlisted Meh. 11, 1862, 20th Regt., Co. A. Theodore Rhodes, enlisted Aug. 1862, 156th Regt., Co. A.
Walter Rhodes, enlisted Aug. 1861, 20th Regt.
George W. Smith, enlisted May 1, 1862, 19th Regt., Co. I. Henry Scott, enlisted Aug. 6, 1861, 6th Regt.
Isaac Lewis, enlisted April 19, 1861, 3rd Regt., Co. B.
Phineas H. Smith, enlisted Sept. 2, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
Isaac Theals, enlisted April 21, 1864, 98th Regt., Co. C.
Peter Terwilliger, enlisted Aug. 22, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G, died in service, July 30, 1863.
Jeremiah Terwilliger, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, 120th Regt., Co. A. James Terwilliger, enlisted Sept. 18, 1862, 168th Regt.
Matthew Terwilliger, enlisted Sept. 30, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G. Daniel Tuthill, enlisted Nov. 1861, 5th Regt., Co. E.
Samuel Valentine, enlisted Aug. 3, 1864, 16th Regt , Co. M. John H. Valentine, enlisted April 14, 1861, 3d Regt., Co. B. David M. Weed, enlisted Sept. 6, 1862, 156th Regt., Co G. James N. Whims, enlisted Sept. 12, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G. James B. Williams, enlisted Jan. 27, 1864, 156th Regt., Co. G. John Wordin,-enlisted Sept. 12, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
Isaac Fletcher Williams, enlisted Sept. 8. 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G. Charles C. Wygant, enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, died at Salisbury Prison, Nov. 30, 1864.
John S. Wood, enlisted Aug. 1863, 15th Regt., Co. B.
Chas. L. Woolsey, enlisted April 23, 1861, 5th Regt., Co. E.
C. M. Woolsey, lient., enlisted Oct. 6, 1864.
William York, enlisted Aug. 3, 1862, 120th Regt., Co. A.
John H. Dingee, enlisted July 25, 1862, 124th Regt., Co. A.
Wm. H. Duncan, enlisted Aug. 10, 1862, 120th Regt., Co. A. James C. Brewster, enlisted Sept. 20, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
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James M. Benson, 120th Regt., Co. A.
R. F. Coutant, enlisted Aug. 22, 1861, 156th liegt., Co. G. C'evonia Lounsbery, enlisted Jan. 19, 1863, 98th Regt., Co. B. John Hendrickson, enlisted Aug. 24, 1864, 10th Regt., Co. A. Lewis Hornbeck, enlisted Sept. 20, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G Isaac N. Hornbeck, enlisted Sept. 15, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G.
Augustus Clark, Jesse Lyons, Jonathan M. Staples, W. H. Dimsey, John B. Ball, Alexander Coc. Geo. Rowley, James B. Ellis, Andrew S Ward, James P. Giddes, John C. Ward, James I. Fitzgerald, Andrew Mundt, Thomas Morron, Jacob Rightmag, Eli Dark, Joseph Todd, Abram Alexander, Andrew Helehan, Calvin Parker, Robt. Thornton, Jesse W. Staght, W. A. Clark, Win. Buckley, Thomas O. Brien, Hugh MeGingh, George Goldsmith, Nehemiah Frear, Jerome Scouten, Moses Mundleson, George Holmes, Renben P. Taylor, James Grach, Daniel Sullivan, Sison D. Trew, Frederick Lewis, Alfred DeDonnel , Wm. I. Phelon, Wm. Hasker, W. A. Palmer, Joseph Fearen, James Carney, W. I. Reed, Thos. MeArtney, Wm. Fleming, Chas. Chatt, James Mar- tin, Carl Kample, Thos. Hevey, Oscar Lutz, John Decker, George T. Fland, Chas. Partridge, Patrick Mc Becker, Samuel Myer, Wm. Tee, John Miller, John Stakley, James Dann, Joseph Colnell, Win. Duffy, Thomas Brown, James Debricina, Frederick Stearns, James Morris, Chas. M. Sanley, Wm. Minner, Daniel Sarlie, James Riley, Henry Marey, Walter Sharp, Geo. E Terin, George Pendleton, James Smith, Thomas Ryna, James Many, Wm. Stillwell, John Kelley, John O'Brien, John Ryan, Oscar Collier, Thomas Marr, Patrick Murphy, James Dryer, Robert Burke. Daniel Nevins, enlisted Oct 18, 1861.
Daniel B. Martin, enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, 120th Regt., Co. A. Hezekiah Martin, enlisted Ang 11, 1862, 120th Regt., Co. A.
John Margison, enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, t20th Regt , Co. A.
Wmn. York, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, 120th Regt., Co. A.
Elmore Terwilliger, enlisted Ang. 1, 1862, 120th Regt., Co. A. Win. L. Dougherty, enlisted Aug. 1, 1862, 124th Regt., Co. A. Jesse E. Knapp, enlisted Aug. 13, 1862.
Oliver Lawson, 2d lieut. 1st Mtd. rifles, enlisted Aug. 5, 1862. James A. Hyde, capt , enlisted Ang. 22, 1862, 120th Regt. George Duncan, enlisted 1861.
Wm. Duncan, enlisted 1861, 12th Regt.
Isaac Sims, enlisted April, 1861, 3rd Cav. NAVY.
Cornelius Atherton, enlisted Sept. 5, 1864, ship " Grand Gulf." David Johnson, enlisted Ang. 16, 1864, ship "Clamatus." Horace B. Sands, enlisted Sept. 7, 1862, ship " Mohegan." John W. Williams, enlisted Sept. 7, 1862, ship " Mohegan." Martin Fisher, enlisted Aug. 16, 1861, ship " Columbus."
It is impossible to give any history of what these men did, as they were so scattered that their record would embrace a complete history of the Rebellion.
OLD PAPERS.
MAJOR DUBOIS' WILL.
L. S. S THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BY THE GRACE OF GOD. FREE AND INDEPENDENT :
ALL to whom these presents shall come, or may concern, Send greeting: KNOW YE, That at Ulster County, on the first day of February, instant, before Joseph Gasherie, Esq., Surrogate of our said County, the last will and testament of Lewis DuBois, deceased, (a copy whereof is hereunto an- nexed) was proved, and is now approved and allowed of by us, and the said deceased having, whilst he lived, and at the time of his death, goods, chattels, or credits within this State, by means whereof the proving and registering the said will, and the granting administration of all and singular the said goods, chattels and credits, and also the audiung, allowing and final discharging the accounts thereof, doth be- long unto us; the administration of all, and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased, and any way concerning his will is granted unto Lewis Du Bois, junior, Johannis T. Jansen and Johannis Bruyn, executors in the said will named, they being first duly sworn well and faithfully to administer the same, and to make and exhibit a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said goods, chattels, and credits, and also to render a just and true ac- count thereof when thereunto required. In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our said Sur- rogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness, Joseph Gasherie, Esq., Surrogate of the said County, at Kingston, the eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and three, and of our Independence the twenty-seventh. JOSEPH GASHIERIE,
Surrogate.
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In the name of God ! Amen! I, Lewis Dubois, of the town of Marlborough, in the County of Ulster, and State of New York, being in health, and of sound mind and memory, ( Blessed be the Lord) Do, this nineteenth day of Novem- ber, in the year of our Lord Christ, one thousand, seven hun- dred and ninety-five,.make and publish this my last will and testament, in manner following: Imprimis, I order all my just debts and funeral charges to be paid out of my personal estate, in as short a time as the same may be conveniently done after my decease ; Also I give unto my beloved wife, Rachel, the Northwest room in my present dwelling house, also the room to the East thereof, called the stoveroom, also one of my cellars in the same and as much garret room and as much of the gardens as she may stand in need of, and also of the water, and privilege of the bleach yard, together with a free and uninterrupted privilege of passing and repassing thro' the other part of my said dwelling-house, with her servants and attendance, as often as she may think proper. Also the privilege of taking as many apples or other fruits out of the orchard, and as much of the cyder, when made, as she may have occasion for her family's use, all which is to be at her command during her widowhood, also I give unto my said wife, Rachel, two feather-beds, with the bedsteads and all the furniture thereunto belonging, together with her choice of my negro-wenches, also my best cow, two iron pots, one pair of hand irons, one fire shovel and tongs, one tramel, one tea kettle, one set of tea cups and saucers, my best cup- board, with all the linen therein, as well as all the linen brought with her when I married her, together also with all her wearing apparel, also my best looking-glass, half a dozen common chairs, my best table, one trunk, one- half a dozen of table knives and forks, one dozen pewter plates, my dresser with the glass doors, also one of my best horses. Also, I give, devise and bequeath unto my son Lewis all that part of the tract of land whereon I now dwell. granted by letters patent bearing date the fifth day of June, Anno Domini 1712, unto Augustine Graham and Alexander Griggs, which part of the said tract hereby devised to my
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son Lewis, Begins at a walnut tree, formerly marked with three notches on four sides, for the Northwest corner of the said tract, standing where two stone fences meet ; thence along the Westerly bounds thereof, as the magnetical needle pointed in the year 1786, South twenty-nine degrees and thirty minutes, West twenty-five chains to a stake and heap of stones ; then along a line of marked trees, South sixty- nine degrees, East fifty-three chains and thirty links to a black oak sapling, marked three notches on four sides, stand- ing about two chains Southwesterly from a small pond of water; then, as the needle now points South twenty-three chains and seventy-two links to a tree marked on the North bank of the Old Man's Kill, and so continuing the last men- tioned course, two chains and forty links further, to a stake and stones put upon the South side of the public road, lead- ing westward from the town of or village of Marlborough, along the said Old Man's Kill; then South sixty-eight degrees and fifteen minutes, East eleven chains and twenty-four links to a stone formerly set in the ground, for the rear lots of said town; then South sixty-two degrees, East eight chains and sixty-three links to the Northwest corner of lot number 8 of said town ; then, along the Northerly bounds thereof, South eighty-five degrees and fifteen minutes, East four chainsto the stone set for the Northeast corner thereof, also a corner of the lot by me leased to Thurston Wood ; then, along the last mentioned lot, South thirty-seven degrees, East two chains and three links to a stone set in the ground; then South fifty-one degrees and a half, East along the Southwest side of the lot distinguished by the name of Crown Hill, by me leased to Henry Decker, to the Southerly bank of the Old Man's Kill, aforesaid ; then, along the said Southerly bank, down the stream, as the said bank turns and winds, to a certain point of land at the North side of the South branch of the said Old Man's Kill, being the place of beginning mentioned in the said letters patent, and runs thence, along Hudson's River, Northerly as it runs, to the North bounds of the said tract, being on a direct line, one hundred and two chains ;
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thence, along the North bounds of said tract, the needle pointing as in 1786, Southi eighty-six degrees and thirty minutes, West one hundred and twenty-six chains and a half, to the place of beginning. Containing eight hundred and twenty-four acres, be the same, within the bounds aforesaid, more or less.
Also I give and devise, unto my said son Lewis, all the right, title and interest which I hold of, in and to two water lots lying between the channel and the West bank of Hudson's River, adjoining on the East side of the above de- vised lots, so as the said two water lots have lately been sur- veyed at my expense, by Henry Livingstone, of Poughkeep- sie, a map and return of which survey, is now lying under the consideration of the land office of this State. Also I give and devise unto my said son Lewis a certain lot of land ad- joining the town or village of Marlborough, aforesaid, being bounded by the Northeast thereof by the said lots by me leased to Thurston Wood and Henry Decker, and the line of the first lot herein devised to my said son Lewis, and bounded to the Southward thereof by a line drawn on a South, eighty-three degrees. East course, the needle point- ing as in the year 1785, from the Southeast corner of the lot number six in the said town or village, and is to extend from the fronts of the lots number six, number seven and number eight, eastward, between the aforesaid line drawn and the fronts of the said lots leased to Thurston Wood and Henry Decker, and the said line of the first lot herein devised so far, untill it contains one acre and a half of land, which said four lots of land, hereby devised, with the rights, members and appurtenances thereunto belonging, with the rents, is- sues and profits thereof are to be holden unto my son Lewis and to his heirs and assigns forever, in fee simple, subject, nevertheless to the devise hereinbefore mentioned, in favor of my said wife, and I do hereby order my said son Lewis, his heirs, executors or administrators to provide and bring to the door of my said wife, all the firewood which she may have occasion of for her fuel, also provide good keeping for her horse and cow, both in winter and summer, or for such
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time and so long as she may incline to live in my present dwelling house or on the above described premises and re- mains my widow, and I do hereby make that part of my es- tate hereinbefore devised unto my said son Lewis, charge- able with the provision and delivery thereot unto my said wife ; AAlso I give unto my said son Lewis, one good cart, one waggon, one plow, with the irons thereunto belonging, one yoke of oxen and three horses, two milk cows, all my chains and all my gears and tackling for furnishing of teams, my potash kettle, my weaving loom and all my reeds and gears and appurtenances thereunto belonging, my fanning- mill, all my sleds, my croebars and all my ironwork belong- ing unto my saw mill, my screen and all my tools and im- plements belonging of commonly made use of in my grist mill, together with all other farming utensils and implements of husbandry whatsoever not hereinbefore mentioned ; Also twelve sheep, one featherbed and bedstead, with all the furniture, one saddle and bridle, my gun and silver-hilted sword, my writing-desk and my clock now in my dwelling- room ; also my negro man named Tite.
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