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NEW YORK CITY WILLS – 1665 - 1776
Thomas Dongan, Lieutenant-General and Governor. To all, etc. Know ye that at a Court of Sessions held in Westchester, June 16, 1686, the last will of SAMUEL DRAKE was proved, in which his son Joseph was made executor, and Samuel and John Drake were appointed overseers. The same is confirmed, November 20, 1686.
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SAMUEL DRAKE, Eastchester.
In the Name of God Amen, I Samuel Drake of Eastchester being sicke and weake. Leaves to wife Ann all household goods, except one bed with furniture sufficient to keep warm in winter, and some pewter, and a kettle, a warming pan and a bed pan, which are to be delivered back at her decease, and if she remarry, then security to be given for them. Also £4 which is in the hands of my son John Drake. Part of it is to be paid by my son Samuel Drake of Fairfield, Connecticutt. And, £3 a year so long as she remains my widow, and noe longer. Leaves her some cows "and grasse to winter five head of cattle. The dwelling house is to be put in repair for her use.
Leaves to son Samuel Drake, my best horse that is in Fairfield County, and my branding iron.
To son John my bed pan, to be delivered after my wife's decease.
Leaves to daughter Mary, £25 to be paid at Fairfield by my son Samuel, and one cow when she is married, and 2 pewter platters and four Porringers.
Leaves to his son in law Joseph Jones 5 shillings.
To sons in law Lofels and Slatter 5 shillings.
To son in law Richard Headley 5 shillings, and the same to grand children Samuel and Robert Headley, Joseph and Samuel Jones, Mary and Hannah Jones, and Martha and Elizabeth Slatter."
My lot of upland, and my lot of meadow at Cornelis, with one half of my home lot in Eastchester," are to be security for the payment of above legacies. Leaves the remainder to his son Joseph Drake, and makes his wife executor.
Dated May 3d, 1686
Witnesses,
John Tompkins
Richard Shutt
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Here follows an Inventory of the goods and estate of SAMUEL DRAKE, who deceased on the 15th of May, 1686.
One half of Home lot containing 5 acres and the barn, £20
6 acres of meadow and 8 acres of upland, £28
2 oxen and 4 cows, £22.
Total amount, £170.
aken May 21, 1686.
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Samuel Drake 1624–1686
Eleventh Great Grandfather
Samuel Drake was born in 1624 in England. Samuel married Ann Barlow on Sep. 13, 1650 in Fairfield, Connecticut. He passed away on May 15, 1686 in New York.
"Abstracts of Wills." Collections of the New-York Historical Society. Vol. XXV. 1893. 134-35. Web.
Thomas Dongan, Lieutenant-General and Governor. To all, etc. Know ye that at a Court of Sessions held in Westchester, June 16, 1686, the last will of Samuel Drake was proved, in which his son Joseph was made executor, and Samuel and John Drake were appointed overseers. The same is confirmed, November 20, 1686.
Samuel Drake, Eastchester. "In the Name of God Amen, I Samuel Drake of Eastchester being sicke and weake." Leaves to wife Ann all household goods, "except one bed with furniture sufficient to keep warm in winter, and some pewter, and a kettle, a warming pan, and a bed pan," which are to be delivered back at her decease, and if she remarry, then security to be given for them. Also £4 which is in the hands of my son John Drake. Part of it is to be paid by my son Samuel Drake of Fairfield, Connecticutt. "And £3 a year so long as she remains my widow, and noe longer." Leaves her some cows "and grasse to winter five head of cattle." The dwelling house is to be put in repair for her use. Leaves to son Samuel Drake, "my best horse that is in Fairfield County, and my branding iron." To son John "my bed pan, to be delivered after my wife's decease." Leaves to daughter Mary, £25 to be paid at Fairfield by my son Samuel, and one cow when she is married, and 2 pewter platters and four Porringers. Leaves to his son in law Joseph Jones 5 shillings. To sons in law Lofels and Slatter 5 shillings. To son in law Richard Headley 5 shillings, and the same to grand children Samuel and Robert Headley, Joseph and Samuel Jones, Mary and Hannah Jones, and Martha and Elizabeth Slatter. "My lot of upland, and my lot of meadow at Cornelis, with one half of my home lot in Eastchester," are to be security for the payment of above legacies. Leaves the remainder to his son Joseph Drake, and makes his wife executor. Dated May 3d, 1686. Witnesses, John Tompkins, Richard Shutt.
"Here follows an Inventory of the goods and estate of Samuel Drake, who deceased on the 15th of May, 1686." "One half of Home lot containing 5 acres and the barn, £20. 6 acres of meadow and 8 acres of upland, £28. 2 oxen and 4 cows, £22. Total amount, £170. Taken May 21, 1686.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Article: Records of the Town of Eastchester, New York , v62i3 p236, 1931:
(Liber A, Westchester County Land Records) “the rest of my jades in and about Fairfield to be divided among my loving children…” [1] |
Abt 1624 - 1686 (~ 62 years)