Family-histories and genealogies : containing a series of ...

together with the use and improvement of my dwelling house and half the homestead,
with halfe the barn, y'= s'd halfe to lye on y^ sou-west side, with the liberty and privi-
ledge of cutting so much hay in the meadow as to keep her owne cattle and the
pasturing of three or four cows, if she see cause to keep them. All the above
mentioned to be injoyed by her so long as she remains my widow and no longer,
excepting y" personall estate to be for her and her heirs forever.
" Item, 1 give, bequeath and devise unto my two sons, Eliphelet and Nathaniell
by name, those two lotts of land called the new lott and Wakeman's, their being so
many apple trees planted in the one as in y" other, to be equally divided as to quantity,
and then Eliphelet to have his choice. Also I give unto y" s'd Eliphelet and Nathaniell
y*^ equall halfe of my salt meadow at y^ two mile brook, on that side next the upland,
to be equally divided between them. Item, I give unto Eliphelet my lott of meadow
at y° bound Creek which I bought of Wakeman. Item, I,give to Nathaniell that piece
of salt meadow lying at y" Lower tide pond, the above mentioned tracts of land and
meadow to be to them, their heirs and assigns forever, with the improvement of y"*
remaining halfe of my homestead five years after my decease. Item, I give and devise
unto my son John all that tract of land and pasture lying at y"* two mile brook, with
y^ one halfe of y° lott in y"* Little Neck, with y'= halfe of y" remaining halfe of y"'
meadow at y" two mile brook, and halfe my lott of meadow at Morishes Creek, y*
above parcells to be to him y'^ s'd John, his heirs and assigns forever. Item, I give
and devise unto my son Samuell all that one Lottment of Land called the Pattent
Folsome Milstone, together with the remaining halfe of y" Lott in y" Little Neck, and
y° remaining fourth part of y'= meadow at y'^ two mile brook. Also, liberty for y'^ s'd
John and Samuell to cart cross y"^ other halfe given to Eliphelet and Nathaniell ; also
I give to the s'd Samuell y° remaining halfe of my lott of meadow at Morises Creek,
y^ same to be and remaine to him y" s'd Samuell, his heirs and assigns forever,
together with y'' Improvement of y" halfe of my homestead untill my son Timothy
shall attain to y'^ age of one and twenty years, after y" expiration of y*^ s'd five years
already given to Eliphelet and Nathaniell. Item, I give and devise unto my son
Timothy my whole homestead y'' one halfe thereof not disposed of to my wife, for
him to possess and enjoy when he shall obtain to y" age of one and twenty years, and
y' remaining part thereof at her death or remarying, together with all my land and
meadow over y" Great Swamp, not before disposed off, with y« mendment lott of
meadow at Plums poynt, y° same to be for him, his heirs and assigns forever.
" Item, all my out land and right of land, not yet disposed of in this my last Will
and Testament, I give, devise and dispose thereof unto my s'd five sons (viz.) Eliphelet,
Nathaniell, John, Samuell and Timothy, to be equally divided between them, and to
312