In the name of God, I, Elisha REYNOLDS of the town of Petersburgh, in the County of Rensselaer and state of New York Yeoman, ... do this Tenth day of September in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirteen, make publish and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, ... and I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife one dollar over and above the sum which was agreed upon for her to have by agreement before marriage between us,
Item I give unto my son John Reynolds one dollar,
Item I give and bequeath unto my son Elisha one dollar,
Item I give and Devise unto my son Thomas his heirs and assigns forever all my lands and tenements, lying and being in the town of Allburgh, County of Grand Isle, State of Vermont,
Item I give and Devise unto my son Stephen his heirs and assigns forever all that piece or parcel of land with the appurtances? thereunto belonging, which I purchased of Rensselaer Schuyler and Elizabeth his wife, being Forty-Seven Acres and a Half be the same more of less ...
Item I give unto my Daughter Celia Randall Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
Item I give unto my Daughter Phillipa Gardner Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
Item I give unto my Daughter Waity Reynolds Two Hundred And Fifty Dollars.
Item I give and bequeath unto my grandson Benjamin Reynolds One Hundred Dollars,
I give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Alice Salsbury One Hundred Dollars.
Item I further give order and direct that my executor hereinafter named shall out of the real estate which I have devised unto him as above pay yearly unto my said Daughter Phillipa Gardner so long as she remains without a husband Ten Bushels of Good Indian Corn, One Hundred Weight of Good Fresh Pork, Fifty Pounds of Fresh Beef, Ten Pounds of Flax, and 10? Pounds of Sheep' s Wool and to ____ ___ _____ of a Cow Winter and Summer, and One Room in the Dwelling House It is my will and I order and direct that after one year upon my decease the Legacies be paid to ... and whatever moveable property I may die possessed? of not heretofore disposed of be equally divided between my Children namely, Elisha, Thomas, Stephen, Celia, Phillipa and Waity.
And Lastly I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my said son Stephen Reynolds of the town of Petersburgh in the County of Rensselaer and state of New York Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking disallowing and making void all other Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made, declaring this and none other to be and contain my Last Will and Testament In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written
ELISHA (his mark) REYNOLDS
... witnesses at his request and in his presence
John Bowles, Luther Hanks, Potter Maxon
