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- Will of Henry Fowler, dated July 2, 1734, proved July 12, 1734, Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York. To eldest son (not named) "10 shillings and 1/3 of all my wearing clothes and 1/3 of all my armour, in full for his claim as my eldest son and heir at law. To my second son Henry, the dwelling house and lot, and all land thence upward until it shall include my fields called Winfield, and all of which lyeth, (description) and to ye Manor of Scarsdale, also 1/2 of all my salt meadow, also 1/2 my wearing clothes and 1/2 my armour. To my third son Gilbert, Headly field so called with the Hammocks, (description), on the east side of the road to Manor of Scarsdale, also 1/2 of my salt meadow and 20 acres of land. My son Henry to pay Joseph Fowler, the eldest child of my son Joseph Fowler, 20 pounds on December 25, 1740. Also Henry is to pay my granddaughters, Sarah, wife of Underhill Budd and Jane, wife of William Barker, each 10 pounds on December 25, 1742. All of the rest of my lands and tenements to my sons Henry and Gilbert. My youngest daughter Anne Fowler, all the wearing apparel and clothes that did belong to her mother, my late wife, also 80 pounds when she is 18. " Executors appointed were, "my brother Moses Fowler of Eastchester"and Mr. Daniel Purdy of Rye. Witnessed by Joseph Sutton, John Horton and John Horton, Sr. "Abstracts of Wills," Voll III, p 151, published by The New York Historical Society.
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