Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1901, Vol. XXXIV;
Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York,
Vol. X, October 23, 1780 - November 5, 1782; Publication Fund Series;
New York, MDCCCCII.

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pp. 58, 59 - Liber 34, p. 142.

In the name of God, Amen.  I, Richard Stillwell, of the Township of Gravesend,
in King's County, (September 29, 1780).  Lawful debts and funeral charges
to be paid.  I leave to my beloved wife, Ann Stillwell, all my lands and
tenements as long as she remains my widow, but if in case she marry again it
is then my will that she have £1,000 and a negro girl in lieu of her dower
right; to my two sons, Richard and Jaques, all my real estate as follows:
to my elder son, Richard, the old farm I live on; to my younger son, Jaques,
all my farm and plantation I purchased of Cornelius Van Siclen; to my eldest
daughter, Ida, the sum of £1,000 and a negro girl; to my younger daughter,
"Motye," £1,000 and a negro girl.  It is my will that my daughters, Ida
and Motye, have their money or legacies at the expiration of five years
after my decease out of my moveable estate, and further, that if any loss
or losses be on my estate that my wife and children, names above mentioned,
"Loose" in proportion to their legacies, or what I have given them, and
if there be any overplus to go to my two sons, Richard and Jaques, equally.
I make my trusty and well-beloved friends, Isaac Cortelyou, Richard Stillwell,
and Rutgert Stillwell, executors.  [p. 59]

Witnesses, Derick Lake, yeoman, Abraham Emans, yeoman, Daniel Lake, yeoman.
Proved April 12, 1781.

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