Thomas Brush

DEATH: !Will: Dated 18 Apr 1698. proved 26 Apr 1699, Suffolk Co., NY. DEATH: "In ye name of God Amen ye Eighth day of April in ye year of our Lord God 1698 I Thomas Brush of Huntington in ye County of Suffolk on Nassau Island in ye province of New York in America yeoman being very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind ye mortality of my body and knowing it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will & testmt. that is to say principally & first of all I give & recommend my soul into ye hands of God that gave it and for my body I commend to ye earth to be buried in a Christian like & decent manner at ye discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at ye general resurrection I shall receive ye same again by ye mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give devise & dispose of ye same in ye following manner & form -- Item -- I give & bequeath unto my son Thomas Brush my house & home lot with this provision that my dear wife shall have possess & Enjoy ye said house with a third part of my orchard & ye third part of ye benefit of my home lot during her widowhood and if my son shall see cause to marry then ye said Thomas Brush shall allow his mother room to live in this sd house or set her up another convenient room where she shall see most convenient. I also give & bequeath unto my son Thomas Brush all my right of meadow in ye old Mill Pond & my lot of land in ye old field and half my meadow at Naguntague and half my right of land there with a hundred pound right of commange all those forementioned parcels of land & meadow I give & bequeath unto my son Thomas Brush to him and his heirs & assigns forever -- Item -- I give & bequeath unto my son Jacob Brush my two lots of land in ye west necke joining together -- Also I give & bequeath unto my son Jacob ye other half of my meadow at Naguntague with ye remaining part of my land there and half a hundred pound right of commage all these aforementioned lands and meadows I give and bequeath unto my son Jacob Brush to him and his heirs and assigns forever-- Item -- I give & bequeath to my son Timothy Brush my lot in ye South hollow & my hollow of land lying on ye East side of Tredwells plain and half my meadow lying on ye east Neck at South with half a hundred pound right of commonage all these forementioned lands & meadows I give & bequeath unto my son Timothy Brush to him his heirs & assigns forever -- Also twenty three acres of land lying southward joining to my brother John Brush's land & ye other of my right of meadow on ye east neck at South and half a hundred pound right of commonage this I reserve as yet not knowing whether my wife be with child with a son or with a daughter, if a son I give & bequeath these forementioned sons - Imprimis - I give & bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife a third of my moveables with ye bed I now lye on to be part of it to be raised & to be levied out of my estate -- Item -- I give & bequeath unto my six or seven daughters Rebecca, Sarah, Susannah, Elizabeth,Mary, Martha all of them to have equally alike Except my daughter Rebecca being eldest to have an iron pot & a sermon book which was her grandmothers-- Item -- I give & bequeath to my son Thomas Brush my gun & sword & great bible -- Item -- My coopers tools I give & bequeath unto my son Jacob he returing thirty shillings to his sisters -- Item -- I give and bequeath all my carpenters tools yt I have to my son Thomas Brush disallowing revoke & disannul all and other former testaments wills legacys bequests executors by me in any ways before this time named willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last will and testamt. in witness whereof I the aboves Thomas Brush have hereunto set to my hand & seal ye day & year above written -- I the abovesaid Thomas Brush do by these presents make constitute and appoint my well beloved wife Sarah Brush my whole & sole Executrix of this my last will & testamt, this was written before ye ensealing & delivery herrof, Also my bother John Brush & John Wickes I do appoint to be Executors with my loving wife in this my last will and testamt. Thomas Brush (Seal) Signed and sealed & delivered in sight & presence of us John Wickes John Brush John Ketchum "Early Long Island Wills of Suffolk County, 1691-1703" by William S. Pelletrequ, A.M., New York Francis P. Harper, 1897 More About Thomas Brush: Probate: April 26, 1699