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Note: "ABSTRACTS OF WILLS -- LIBER 26. . . . Page 482. -- "In the name of God, Amen. I, JOHN PUGSLEY, of the Manor of Pelham, in Westchester County, Gent., being sick. My executors are to sell all my lands, tenements, and fresh and salt meadows in the Manor of Pelham, and all my lands, tenements, and meadows in the Borrough Town of Westchester, commonly called Cow Neck, and all my right in the Sheep Pasture; Also all my movable estate is to be sold, and my negroes are to have the liberty of choosing their masters, 'and shall not be sold to any one contrary to [Page 228 / Page 299] their inclination.' After all debts are paid, I leave all the rest to my children, James, William, Samuel, Stephen, Gilbert, Israel, John, and David, and to my daughter, Sarah Oakley, And one share is to be deposited in the hands of my executors for the relief and support of my daughter Phebe, wife of Bartholemew Hadden. I leave to Elizabeth Bugby a feather bed and £20; To Elizabeth Taylor, of the White Plains, and to Mary Weeks, of Hunttington, £20 each. £100 are to be placed in the hands of my son James for the support of my daughter-in-law Elizabeth, wife of Israel Pugsley. I made my sons, James, William, Gilbert, and David, executors. Dated December 20, 1768. Witnesses, William Adams, Peter Bertram, Jr., Thomas Wright. Codicil. -- 'Whereas in my will I left a share of my estate to my son John, and now calling to mind, to my great grief, that for a long time past he has led a dissolute and idle life, and has made a very bad use of what I have heretofore given him: my executors shall take his share and carefully lay it out for him in purchasing a farm, but not to be at his disposal, but he may live upon it during his life, and then to his children.' Dated December 24, 1768. Witnesses, Samuel Pugsley, Sarah Wright, Thomas Wright, Physician. Proved, December 31, 1768." Source: Pelletreau, William S., ed., Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York. Vol. VII. June 6, 1766 - November 29, 1771. With Letters of Administration, January 6, 1767 - January 11, 1773. in Collections of The New-York Historical Society For the Year 1898., pp. 228-29 (NY, NY: The New-York Historical Society 1899). "To be sold at public VENDUE, on Wednesday the 14th of March next, or at private Sale any Time before, on the Premises, at the Manor of Pelham ; THE Farm whereon John Pugsley, deceased, lately lived, in the Manor of Pelham, in Westchester County, containing a certain Island called Applebe's-Island, containing 200 Acres on said Island, and 20 Acres on Pell's Neck, (so called) adjoining their Causeway leading to said Island ; which Land is well watered, and about 60 Acres of excellent good Timber Land adjoining the Sound, with two good Dwelling-Houses, two Barns, Cyder-Mill, Mill-House, and sundry other Out Houses, with a good Orchard and Meadows, and other Improvements ; there is plenty of fowling and fishing, oystering and claming, and sundry other Conveniences ; and lies within 22 Miles of the City of New-York. And also one other Tract, lying in the Borough Town of Westchester, on a Neck, called and known by the Name of Cow Neck, containing 200 Acres of Up-land, and Salt Meadow, well wooded and watered, and convenient for the Sheep Pasture; fit for a Gentleman's Seat, as there is the best fowling, fishing and oystering, and twenty Rights of undivided Lands of the Borough Town of Westchester. The Vendue to begin at 10 o'Clock of said Day, and to continue daily till all is sold. And a good Title will be given by us, JAMES PUGSLEY, } WILLIAM PUGSLEY, } Executors." Source: The New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury, Feb. 26, 1770, p. 3. (The same advertisement also appeared in the March 5, 1770 issue of the same newspaper.) March 25, 1771, the same newspaper carried the following advertisement: "To be sold at publick vendue, on the premises, on Tuesday the 16th day of April next, or at private sale any time before ; THE Farm of the late John Pugsly, deceased, containing about 240 acres of good upland and salt meadow, 60 or 70 acres is good timber-land, 220 acres is an island known by the name of Appleby's-Island, and joined to the Manor of Pelham, by a causeway, on which Manor is the other 20 acres; There is on the farm, two good dwelling-houses, two barns, a mill-house, and other out-houses, three very fine gardens and an orchard, containing about 200 fruit trees, with a good well and excellent springs, and streams of water ; the whole lies on the Sound, about 21 miles from New-York, where is good fishing, fowling, and claming, and would be very suitable for a Gentleman or Farmer. A good title will be given by JAMES PUGSLY, } WILLIAM PUGSLY, } GILBERT PUGSLY, } DAVID PUGSLY, } Executors." Source: The New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury, Mar. 25, 1771, p. 3. (The same advertisement appeared in the same newspaper on April 8, 1771.)
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