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- Page 598.--JOSEPH PURDY. In the name of God, Amen. I, Joseph Purdy,ofthe Town of Rye in the County of Westchester, being sick in body.Iappoint my wife Elizabeth, and Colonel Caleb Heathcote and JohnHyatt, myexecutors. I leave to my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth Purdy,during herlife, provided she doth not marry again, all my movableestate, and theuse of my dwelling house and barn, and one-half of thefarm where I nowlive. I leave to my eldest son Joseph all my right ofland and meadows inthe White Plain Purchase, lying on the west side ofMamaroneck Riverwhich I had by draft from the town of Rye. And also apiece of saltmeadow lying at the lower end of my neck by the millcreek, over againstthe red bank, bounded north by a great tree, lyingin said meadow, andsouth by my son Daniel's line, and containing aboutan acre. And he is topay yearly to his mother 20 shillings. I leave tomy son Daniel, besidesthe land given him by deed of gift, all the landand meadow which shallbe taken by running the same line from thesouthernmost bounds on theeast side of his lot to the mill creek,which he now doth, from rear ofhis lot to the country road. I leave tomy son Samuel, one-half of my lotand farm where I now live, except mydwelling house and barn; Alsoone-half of my land on Budd's Neck. Ileave to my son David, all my rightof land and meadow on Browns Point.I leave to my sons Jonathan and John,all my right of lands in Pondfield, and Lame Wills Purchase, and all therest of my lands andmeadows east of Blind Brook, except a small piece ofland lying nearthe falls of Blind Brook, which I impower my wife tosell. I leave tomy son Francis, after my wife's decease, or when sheshall think fit toput him in possession, my dwelling house and barn, andone-half of myhome lot and farm, where I now live, and one-half of myland on BuddsNeck. I leave to my daughters, Elizabeth, Jude, Mary andPhebe each 20shillings, the rest of my movable estate my wife may divideamong mychildren.
Dated, October 25, 1709. Witnesses, Elizabeth Ogden, AbrahamMiller,Anthony Miller. Proved before Governor Robert Hunter, October26, 1710.
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1654 - 1709 (55 years)
