Person:Sarah Haviland (1)

Page 433.--In the name of God, Amen, January 19, 1762. I, THOMAS HAVILAND, of the town of Rye, in Westchester County, being at present in good health. It is my will that my wife Jane shall have the use and benefit of my farm where I now live in Harrison's Purchase, so called, in Rye, so long as she remains my widow, And the use of 1/2 my dwelling house and other buildings, Also my road mare and riding chair and ?50, and the use of three cows. I leave to my eldest son, James Haviland, all my lands and tenements in Harrison's Purchase, both the farm where I now live and the farm at Mamaroneck river, which I bought of my uncle, Jacob Haviland, according to their respective bounds, Also 3 acres of sedge ground on Memursing Island and one acre of sedge ground near Lyons Mill, both in Rye, which I bought of my uncle, Jacob Haviland. All my just debts and funeral charges and the charge of settling my estate are to be paid out of my movable estate, and what I have given to my wife is to be deducted, and all the rest to my son James. All my lands and rights of land on Memursing Island, except the 3 acres of sedge ground given to my son James, are to be sold by my executors, and the proceeds paid to my two daughters, Sarah, wife of Peter Cornell, and Jane, wife of Timothy Wetmore. My eldest son James shall within twelve months pay to his brother Ebenezer £100. I make my wife Jane, and my son James, and my cousin, Samuel Haviland, executors. I leave to my wife the use of all household goods, but not bonds, books, or money. Witnesses, Gilbert Bloomer, Gilbert Merritt, John Carhart, school master. Proved, May 27, 1762, before Caleb Fowler, Surrogate.