WILL OF THOMAS MOORE -- In ye name of God Amen--I Thomas Moore of Southhold in ye County of Suffolk on Long Island in ye Province of N. Yorke being Exercized under the afflicting hand of God with great weakness yet of sound memory do make constitute & ordain this writing to be my last Will & Testamt, first I bequeath my soul into ye hands of God who gave it and my body being dead to be decently buried in hopes of its resurrection at ye last day unto Eternal life & as for my wordly estate my debts & funeral charges being first paid I do order give dispose & bequeath in manner & form foll. Impmis. I do give & bequeath unto my wife Catharine Moore (2nd wife) one third of all my goods lands commonages & meadow lands dwelling houses barns orchards garden fences & fencing stuffe corn cattle horse kind sheep swine household goods of whatsoever sorts that are now belonging & appertaining unto me within the whole town bounds of Southhold & every part & parcel of sd goods land estate above mentioned to have & hold to her my said wife Katharine Moore with all the issues profits whatsoever during her widowhood or natural life if she marry not & no longer to be fully freely enjoyed by her. Item--I give & bequeath unto my eldest son Thomas Moore all my lands together with ye appurtenances lying & being in Westhold near ye fresh pond by ye wading river-- Item--I do give & bequeath unto my third son Nathaniell Moore all my lands & meadows allotments of lands right of lands commonages meadow lands dwelling houses houses buildings barns orchards gardens fencing stuffe fencing within the old bounds of ye town that is to say between Wm Wells & Toms Creek head. Item--I give & bequeath unto my daughters namely Martha Symons Hannah Symons Elizabeth Grover & Sarah Glover all my household goods of whatsoever sort equally to be divided amongst them-- Also my will is that all the lands estate that are or is herein given to my said sons they shall have hold & enjoy to them their heirs & assigns forever-- Lastly--My Will is that my beloved sons Thomas Moore & Nathaniell Moore shall be the only Executors of this my last Will & Testamt. dated at Southhold this 23d of June in ye 3d year of ye reigne of our sovereigne Lord Willm ye 3d King of England & defender of ye faith &c. Anno Dom. 1691-- (from "Early Long Island Wills," 1897, p. 30. , as quoted in "Register of the Ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt." by Alfred L. A. Holman, Chicago. Privately Printed. 1921, p. 82. |