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- Thomas Leggett left a will dated September 1707, proved April 13, 1708, West Farms, Westchester County, New York, as follows" "I give my full power to my mother, Elizabeth Leggett, whom I make sole executor, to dispose of all lands and meadows lying in the West Farms, which my father Gabriel Leggett gave to me. She having the advice of William Nicoll, Esq., Mr. Richard Alsop of Maspeth Kills, and Mr. John Lawrence of Hellgate. Whatever the lands are sold for is to be put out for the benefit of my brother Gabriel Leggett, until he comes of age, and such lands as are not sold are to be his, when he comes of age; But if he die without issue, then to my brother, William Leggett, and if he die without issue then to my three sisters, Sarah, Alice and Elizabeth Leggett. But if they leave no issue then to the heirs of Martha Davenport, wife of William Davenport, Jr. I leave to my sister Martha Davenport, 5 pounds, and 5 pounds to each of my other sisters. I appoint my mother Elizabeth Leggett, sole executor, and William Nicoll, Richard Alsop and Captain John Lawrence as assistants." Witnessed by Joseph Jennings, Bethiah Ketcham, Anne Turner, David Clark, Joseph Ketcham. "Abstracts of Wills," Vol. II, published by the New York Historical Society.
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