Name/Title
Isaac Bull Will Date 1838Entry/Object ID
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Isaac BullScope and Content
I Isaac Bull of the Town of Blooming-
Grove in the County of Orange & State of New York
Being of a sound mind & memory do make and
publish this Instrument in writing as and for my
last Will and Testament in manner and form following
(To wit) First I order and direct all my just debts
and funeral expencies to be paid in as short a time
as may be convenient after my decease—
Second I give and bequeath unto my son John S. Bull
the sum of two hundred Dollars to be paid in one
year after my decease—
Third I give and bequeath unto my son David Bull
the sum of Seventy five Dollars to be paid in one year
after my decease—
Fourth I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth
Bull the sum of five hundred Dollars to be paid
in one year after my decease—and I also give
to my said Daughter Elizabeth the use of the back
room and bedroom adjoining the same (in the
house where my son Hiram now lives) with a
privilege in the Cellar and firewood for said back-
-room cut and drawed to the door—and the use of a
cow annually—which privilege and use the my
said Daughter Elizabeth is to have so long as she remains
single and is content to live there, and I also give
to my said Daughter Elizabeth all my house-hold furniture
Fifth I give and bequeath unto my son Hiram Bull all
the residue of my estate both real & personal
(Excepting one half acre where the Burying Ground is
with a convenient way or passage to & from the same
which Burying Ground I do hereby give and devise to all my
heirs for a Burying ground to them and their heirs
for ever) the conditions upon which the bequest is
made to my said son Hiram are, that he my said
son Hiram his heirs executors or Administrators
do Do pay to my Executors such sums of money and at such
times as may enable them my Executors to pay all
my just debts funeral and other necessary expenses
and the legacies to my sons David and John S.
Bull, and the legacy to my Daughter Elizabeth
and furnish the firewood & Cow for my Daughter
Elizabeth according to the afore mentioned bequests
then the afore mentioned Residue of my Estate to be
my said son Hiram’s his heirs and assigns for ever
But if my said son Hiram should neglect or refuse
to pay said Legacies furnish said firewood or Cow
then I order and direct and hereby impower my Executors
to sell so much of my said Estate as will pay said
Debts Expenses & Legacies, and retain so much of
the remainder in their hands as will enable them
to furnish said firewood & Cow for my Daughter
Elizabeth.
Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my sons
David Bull and John S. Bull Executors to
this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all
former wills by me made, In Witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand & seal this [blank] day of
May 1838
Signed sealed published and
declared by the said Isaac Bull
for his last Will & Testament
in the presence of us who in his
presence and at his request subscribed
our names as witnesses
Key Details Identified
Testator: Isaac Bull
Date: May 1838
Beneficiaries: Sons David Bull, John S. Bull, and Hiram Bull; Daughter Elizabeth Bull.
Specific Provisions: Elizabeth is specifically granted a legacy that includes the provision of firewood and a cow.
Executors: David Bull and John S. Bull.
