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| In ye name of God Amen I Caleb Horton of Southold
in ye county of Suffolk on Nassau Island in ye province of N. York Yeoman
being in good health of body & of soud & perfect memory praise
be therefore given to Almighty God do make and ordain this my last will
& testament. In manner & form following - That is to say first
& principally I commend my soul into ye hands of Almighty God hoping
through ye merits death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have
full pardon of my sins & to inherit everlasting life & my body
I commit to ye earth to be decently buried according to ye discretion of
my Executors hereafter named & as touching ye disposition of all such
temporal estate as it hath please Almighty God to bestow upon me I give
& dispose thereof as followeth - First my mind & will is yt all
my just debts & funeral charges be duly & truly paid & discharged
by my Executors - Item _ I do devise give & bequeath unto my beloved
wife Hester forty shillings yearly & every year to be duly paid unto
her by my Executors in goods provisions wheat & meal at price current
as it passeth from man to man as long as she shall remain my widow &
also my executors are to cart all ye firewood she shall have occasion of
for her use she to be only at ye charge of cutting ye same at some convenient
place on ye lands yt was mine & also she have liberty to keep 20 dunghill
fowls during her natural life or widowhood all which is over & above
w is expressed & agreed upon in writing under hand & seal bearing
the date ye 26 day of April 1699. I do give devise & bequeath
unto my son Jonathan Horton all my lands meadow houses barn orchards gardens
& yards on ye neck it now standeth on ye Southside of ye highway (excepting
fifty acres I purchased of Jeremiah Veile as low as Spring) also I give
my son Jonathan all my creak thatch purchased of Mr. Tuthill Senr &
Mr. Thomas Mapes & also sixty acres of land more or less adjoining
to ye land of John Cleaves & also two fifths of my great lot of land
adjoining to ye land of Thomas Tusten on ye West & West side of said
great lot that remaineth mine two fifths to be enjoyed by my son Jonathan
when he shall attain to ye age to twenty years old & to his heirs &
assigns for ever to enjoy occupy & improve & posses all & every
part & parcel of ye aboves premises (except what is excepted) in his
& their own proper right use & behoof provided of sed land &
meadow before he shall attain to ye age of twenty three years old &
he my son Jonathan to duly fulfil & perform what agreem I made with
Hester my wife before our marriage & also what is herein bequeath unto
her in this my last will & testamt. & for ye better enabling my
son Jonathan to perform ye injunctions aboves to my widow I do give &
bequeath unto him two oxen & two cows & one iron hake he to have
his choice out of ye three & half my husbandry implements of all sorts
(excepting my log chain) also I give my son Jonathan my great table &
ye form belonging & my great Bible & a book upon ye deceitfulness
of mans hearty by Jeremiah Dike & a commentary upon ye Revelation sby
David Pareus & one flock bed bolster & covering belonging &
and one great chair & half ye hogsheads barrels & corn casks &
ye loom & what tackling belongeth to ye same - Item my and & will
is yt if it soe happen that my son Jonathan die without issue then my son
David & his heirs & assigns to enjoy all ye premises he died
possessed of - Item - It is my Will & mind yt my son Jonathan shall
live upon ye farm bequeathed to him if it happen yt I die before he come
to ye age of twenty one years & make ye best improvemt that he can
to defray ye injunctions laid on him but in case he shall neglect to improve
ye same my Executors shall have power to let it out to ye best advantage
for ye use above until he shall comply provided they let it out but for
one year at a time & what overplus may be shall be for Jonathan’s use.
Item - I do give devise & bequeath unto my son David Horton fifty acres
more or less which I purchased from Isaac Willman of S’hampton & also
ye meadow which I purchased from Jeremiah Vaile so low as ye Apring up
to ye highway as it was excepted above in my son Jonathan’s part also three
fifths of my of my great lot being ye Eastwrad part of ye sd lot adjoining
to ye land of John Reeves & bounded by ye south North on ye South by
ye land of my son Jonathan on ye West also forty acres more or less in
ye fort Neck & ye meadow I purchased from Joseph Youngs adjoining
to ye sd. Land & also ye meadow and Creek thatch purchased by me from
my brother Joshua Horton lying in ye Fort Neck also a second lot of meadow
I purchased from Coll. John Youngs deceased. Also a second lot of
meadow I purchased from Mr. Christopher Youngs deceased lying and being
in ye great meadow of Cortchaugue all & Every part & parcel of
ye aboves premises I give to my son David Horton & his heirs &
assigns for ever to occupy posses & enjoy after he shall attain to
ye age of 21 years neither shall attain ye age of twenty three years but
in case my son David happen to die without any lawful issue of his body
begotten in wedlock nor any of the lands alienated then all ye sd lands
& meadows to return to my son Johnathan & heirs and assigns forever
- Also I give unto my son David one bile & a commentary on ye ten commandments
& a book entitle ye Excellency of holy carriage in evil times by Mrs.
Burroughs also a sermon book by Mr. Jeremy Turner also two oxen three cows
one horse my log chain half my husbandry implements & my small eight
square table one iron hake & half ye hogshead barrels corn casks -
Item - I do give devise & bequeath unto my grandson ye eldest son of
my son Barnabas deceased all my right of upland in Occabaugue divisions
and all my shares and allotmts of meadow on both sides Peaconnecke River
all & every part thereof to be enjoyed & possessed by my grandson
Caleb & his heirs & assigns forever - I do give devise & bequeath
unto my daughter Mary ye wife of Nathaniel Teryy one first lot of Commonage
& a lot of upland in ye last division of ye old town bounds to have
& to hold forever to her & her heirs & assigns forever - Item
- I do give devise & bequeath my youngest daughter Phebe Horton a box
& what is in it which was her mother’s desire before her decease -
Also I give her a feather bed bolster curtains & valens & two pillows
with covering & all furniture belonging & one iron pot which I
shall appoint & one small iron pot about a quart & one brim pewter
basis yt was her grandmothers & one iron hake one box iron & heaters
& two cows - Item - My mind & will is that my grandson Barnabas
Horton shall be put after my decease to William Whitier until he shall
attain to ye age of one and twenty years old to learn ye art & trade
of a weaver & to learn to read & write in the consideration thereof
my executors are to deliver to William Whitier a cow out of my estate when
he shall receive ye boy he ye sd Whitier to return to ye boy at expiration
of his time he is to live with him another cow as good but in case
William Whitier do not see cause to accept ye boy then my Executors are
to put him to some good place to be educated & brought up to ye childs
benefit according to their best discretion - Item - It is my mind &
will yt my son David after my decease shall be put to Mr. Joshua Wells
to live with him until he attain to ye age of twenty one years old, Mr.
Wells to profit him in his reading and learning him to write & instruct
him in carpenter work but if Mr. Wells refuse I leave my son to disposal
of my executors according to their best discretion for my sons good - Item
- My mind & will is that my daughter Phebe shall live with her sister
Hester Mapes until she shall attain to age to make choice of her Guardians
but if Jonathan Mapes see cause not to accept I leave it to ye executors
to dispose of her to one of her sisters but let Jonathan Mapes have ye
first refusal & those of her sisters she shall live with may &
shall have ye use of her two cows & the three cows bequeath to David
& use all of ye meadows given to David until she shall attain to ye
age of fourteen years to choose her guardians they returning ye principal
good again for ye use as they are bequeathed - Item - I do give devise
and bequeath unto my two sons Jonathan & David my grandson Caleb Horton
all my wearing clothes to be equally divided between them three - Item
- I do give & bequeath unto my son David Horton the feather bed I lye
on after my wife Hester is remarried or deceased which shall first happen
together with furniture shall there to it - Item - My
will and mind is yt all my just debts shall be truly paid & also necessary
charges yt may arise about ye premises to be paid by my executors out of
my moveables estate yt is not yet already bequeathed or disposed
of by any contract or this my last Will & testamt. saving grain &
provisions necessary for my wife & those yt shall remain in ye family
- Item I do give devise & bequeath unto my five daughters & one
grandchild (vize) Mary ye wife of Nathaniel Terry, Hannah ye wife of Ensign
John Booth, Hester ye wife of Jonathan Mapes, Abigail ye wife of Benjamin
Moor, & Phebe my youngest daughter & Barnabas Horton my grandson
all my moveable good and chattels of what kind or nature soever within
doors or without except what is given & bequeathed by contracts or
aforesd in this my last Will and Testmant. & it is to be understood
that my beloved wife if to have her choice first of ye household goods
for her use during her natural life or widowhood according to our agreemt
before marriage & afterward that part is also to be equally divided
between my five daughters & grandchild aforesd & my mind is that
my widow shall have ye use of ye warming pan during her widowhood &
what estate or goods my wife Hester brought with her or have brought since
or shall hereafter bring of her own estate or yt was hers’ together with
all her wearing clothes of what sort soever she or any of her children
shall have free liberty to take & dispose of ye same at their will
& pleasure & to remove them at or before or after her decease without
any molestation - Item - It is my mind & will yt my Executors may be
careful to preserve ye timber on David’s and make use of none but what
may be of pure necessity until he come to enjoy it himself - Item - I do
hereby make authorize & appoint my son Jonathan Horton and Nathl Terry
& John Booth to be my whole & sole Executors of this my last Will
& testamt & do hereby revoke & call back all former wills &
bequests & do by these presents appoint this only to stand in force
for my last Will & Testamt. Witness my hand & seal this 30th Decr
1699.
Signed sealed & declared by Caleb Horton to be his last Will &
testamt in presence of us
Taken from Early Long Island Wills of Suffolk County, 1691-1703, pgs. 245-252 |
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