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- Will of William Betts, December 12, 1673. Yonkers Plantation, "Jurisdiction of New Orange so called." (New York). Leaves to wife Alice, "house, barn and home lot, and meadows that are lying by my house lot," also one third of my lot in the Planting Field, during her life. Also leaves her household goods. Leaves to son Samuel Betts, after his wife's decease, the said house, Home lot and meadows, and one third of all lands in Onckers Plantation. Also a Home lot next to the lot of Goodman Neuman, in the Town of Westchester. Also six acres of meadows next to Samuel Barrets, in the west meadow of Westchester. Leaves to son Hopestill Betts, one third of his lands in the Planting Field, and one third of the rest of his lands in Yonckers Plantation. Also eight acres of fresh meadows lying to the wet of Long Neck in Westchester" Leaves to son John Betts, one third of land in the Planting Field and one acre los of meadow in the west meadow of Westchester, next to Consider Woods, and six acres Ib bough of Cregier, next to Consider Woods, and the other six acres lot lying between the meadow of Edward Waltes and meadow of Joseph Hunt, of Westchester. And he is to live with his mother during her life, and manage her farm and stock. Also leaves to son John, 'my house and orchard and two home lots next to the orchard and eleven acres of upland by the west meadow and one and a quarter acres of salt meadow on the south of Quimby's neck, all of which lie in the bounds of Westchester. Leaves to daughter Mehitabel Tippets 20 shillings. To John Barret, son of Samuel Barrett, twenty acres of upland, eastward upon the hills by Eastchester path in the Yonckers Plantation and one acre in he west meadows, "my meadow at Yonckers which has been wrongfully taken from me," if recovered is left to my three sons. Witnesses. Francis French, John Barrett. Wife, Alice Betts is confirmed as executrix January 2, 1675. "Abstracts of Wills", Vol. I, p 33-34, published by The New York Historical Society.
William Betts married Alice Ensygn. They had sons, Samuel, Hopestill and John. Their daughter Mehitable, married George Tippett, father of Methitable Tippett who married as her second husband, John Conklin.
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