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- Abstracts of Wills Vol I 1665-1707 - New York Page 130.--PETER DE LANOY. "In the name of God, Amen. I, Peter De Lanoy, considering the mortality of man, have with good knowledge made my last will and testament as followeth." I leave to my brother, Abraham De Lanoy, my clothes and my School books, and my Dutch books of Divinity, Provided I have no child by my present wife, Mary. I leave to my beloved wife, Mary, the parcel of ground given to her by her father, Samuel Edsall, by deed of gift. Leaves all the rest to his wife. If he leaves a child, the estate is to be appraised, and the child to have one half. Makes his wife executor, and his brother, Abraham De Lanoy, and his brother in law, Engelbert Lott, overseers.
Dated September 2, 1696. Witnesses, Johanes Kirbyll, Johanes Kip, Johanes De Peyster, G. Van Imbrugh, C. De Peyster. Proved before Colonel Stephanus Van Cortlandt, November 20, 1696
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