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- In the name of God, Amen. I, Samuel Lawrence, of Flushing, In Queens County, this 25 August, 1754, being sick.
My executors are to pay all my debts. I leave to my wife Mary all household goods, "& all my stock of creatures of all sorts, Horses, cattle, & sheep," & all farming utensils, & my chaise & all my negroes,
except my negro man "Peter" which I have given to my son Thomas. I leave to my son Thomas all that my messuage, tenement, dwelling house, & tract of land which I purchased of Peter Huff & Matthew Franklin, & a share of fresh meadow which I purchased of John Field, & 1/2 of all my salt meadow at a place called Long Neck in the town of Jamaica, & 10 acres of wood land, to be taken off the north end of my other lands adjoining to Johanes Suydam's land: to begin at the east side of the pond or watering place by the same, & from thence to run east by the Suydam's land & the land of Samuel Cornell until it meets with Thomas Clement's land, & to extend south so far as to make 10 acres, & he shall also have a cartway from his other lands to the said 10 acres of woodland.
I leave to my wife Mary the use of 1/3 of all my messuage, tenement, dwelling house, & tract of land & salt meadows, not before given, while she remains my widow.
I leave to my son William all that my dwelling house & tenement & tract of land where I now live in Flushing, Bounded east by Thomas Clements, north by John Suydam & Samuel Cornell, west by Elbert Hogeland, south by highway, Also all the land on the south side of said highway, bounded west by Derick Whortman, south by said Whortman & Cornelius Cornell, & north by said highway
(except the 10 acres of woodland given to my son Thomas), Also 1/2 of my salt meadow on Long Neck, in Jamaica, Provided he lives to be 25 years old; But if he die without issue under 25, then the same to go to my son Thomas & my son Augustine, & he is to have the use of 2/3 of the said lands after my decease, but to have no power to sell until he is 25 years of age. I leave to my son Augustine £600. To my daughter, Margaret Lawrence, & to my daughter, Abial Lawrence, each f150 (pounds). To my grand children, Mary Willett & Anne Willett, f50 (pounds), To my son Samuel the use of £200, to remain in the hands of my executors to be paid at their discretion.
I leave to my daughters, Deborah Doughty, Elizabeth Willett, Mary Waters, Margaret Lawrence, & Abigail Lawrence, all the rest of my personal estate, except that my daughter, Deborah Doughty, shall have £50 less than the rest of my daughters.
I make my wife Mary, & my son Thomas, & my brother in law, John Willett, Jr., executors.
Witnesses: Samuel Cornell, Derick Whortman, Thomas Hicks, Jr.
Proved, 21 June, 1760, before Samuel Clowes, Surrogate.
Ref: NJ Callender of Wills, page 148. - - - [2]
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Est 1698 - 1794 (96 years)