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Last Will and Testament of William Bull June 19, 1756Entry/Object ID
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM BULL
PROVED JUNE 19, 1756
BEFORE DANIEL FINN, ESQ., SURROGATE
OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Approved and allowed July 1, 1756 by Sir Charles Hardy, Governor. Recorded in the New York County Surrogate's Office in Liber 20 of Wills, page 42.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN
I, WILLIAM BULL, of Goshen in the County of Orange in the Province of New York Mason being of sound and perfect memory (blessed be God) do this twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-five make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following:
Provision for Widow and Unmarried Children at Home
First, I give and bequeath to my dear Wife Sarah Bull my dwelling house and farm whereon I now live during her natural life If she so long continue my widow and I leave her all my Negroes and moveable Estate in trust for the uses and purposes hereinafter mentioned that is to say that my daughters Mary, Margaret, Catharine, Anne and Elinor and my youngest son Richard shall live with my said wife in my dwelling house and be maintained cloathed and supported by her out of the benefit of my said Farm, Negroes and stock and such Industry and benefit as my said wife and said Children shall make upon the said Farm until they are married or come of age and that my wife shall pay to each of my said five daughters at the time of their marriage or when they come of age the sum of seventy pounds New York Currency to be paid out of my moveable Estate and the money which my sons are to pay out of the Lands hereinafter devised to them and it is my will that if any of my said five daughters shall happen to die before they are married or of age the portion hereby bequeathed to the daughter or daughters so happening to die shall be equally divided among the survivors of my said five daughters and their heirs.
Bequest to Married Daughters
And I give and bequeath to each of my daughters Sarah Booth and Hester Miller the sum of forty shillings to buy mourning to be paid out of my moveable Estate after my decease and the decease of my wife in lieu of all dower they having received their portions when married.
Devise to Eldest Son John
And I give and devise to my Eldest son John His Heirs and Assigns forever after the decease of my wife my dwelling House and all that part of the hundred acres whereon I live which lies to the South-westward of a Chestnut Tree standing on the hill at the grave yard being the most southwesterly of the two Chestnut Trees which grow there and to run thence South sixty seven degrees East to the line of the Southeast side of the said one hundred acres and from the said Chestnut tree to run North sixty seven degrees West to the road that leads from my house to Goshen Road then Northeasterly along Goshen Road to the Northeasterly corner of my said son's orchard then along his Orchard Fence Northwesterly to the line of the Lot including the House my said son now lives in, my son John his heirs and assigns paying after the decease of my wife out of the said Lands twenty pounds New York Currency to pay such of my debts or of my daughters' portions as may then happen to be unpaid and if it happens that there be none of either behind or unpaid then the said twenty pounds shall be equally divided between my said five youngest daughters and my son Richard and their heirs share and share alike.
Devise to Son William
And I give and devise to my son William his heirs and assigns forever all my said land that lies on the Northwest side of the Wallkill or paltz river being the farm whereon he now dwells, he his heirs or assigns paying out of the said lands the sum of fifty pounds current money of New York to my Executors hereinafter nominated and appointed to be by them applied towards the paying my debts and my daughters' portions as within mentioned.
Devise to Son Thomas
And I give and devise to my son Thomas his heirs and assigns forever all the remaining part of the tract of land whereon my son William lived which lies on the Southeast side of the said Wallkill, being the farm whereon my said son Thomas now lives, he, his heirs or assigns paying out of the said lands to my Executors aforesaid the sum of ten pounds New York Currency for the purpose aforesaid.
Devise to Son Isaac
And I give and devise to my son Isaac two hundred acres of land where he now lives, bounded Southeasterly by the line of my land, Southwesterly by the line called the new North West line of Capn. John Evans Patent, Northeasterly by the lands of Stephen Harlow and Thomas Sayers, and to extend so far Northwesterly as to contain two hundred acres, he, his heirs or assigns paying to my said Executors for the purpose aforesaid the sum of five pounds current money aforesaid;
Devise to Youngest Son Richard
And to my son Richard, his heirs and assigns, I give and devise forever all the residue and remainder of my land adjoining to the two hundred acres I devised to my son Isaac, being some more than one hundred acres, and I also give and devise to my said son Richard, his heirs and assigns forever, all that piece of land bounded Southwesterly and Northwesterly by the lands devised aforesaid to my son John, Northerly by the East and West line that divides the counties of Orange and Ulster, and Southeasterly by the land of Thomas Sayers.
Appointment of Executors
And I nominate and appoint my said wife Executrix and my son Willm. Bull Executor of this my Will, to see my just debts well and truly paid and the same performed according to my true interest in every respect.
In Witness Whereof, I the said William Bull have to this my Last Will and Testament set my hand and seal the day and year within written.
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