Hi List,
Can't remember if I ever posted these before. In case anyone is interested, I will post a few.
Jo

Abstracts of Wills, Vol XIII, 1784-1786
>From The New York Historical Society Collections, this 1904 volume features abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogates
Office, City of New York, from 9/3/1784 to 6/12/1786.

Page 52.--May 2, 1785. CALEB GREEN, of North Castel, Westchester County, New York. To my son Thomas, tract of
land lying in North Castel, in Westchester County, beginning at a heap of stones lying at the southwest corner of Thiash
Greens land running northerly and westerly, and then northerly as the land of Iasiah Greens land until it meets with the land of Charles Haights, then with the land of Charles Haights, until it meets with the fence that divides the neck from the swamp, then southerly as the fence stands, until it meets with the cart road that gives unto the neck, thence easterly as the road runs until it comes to the bars that comes out of the long field, thence a straight line to a long stone lying in the stone fence just below the bridge, thence as the highway runs to the first mentioned bounds; Also a piece of land lying on the south side of the road
beginning at the northeast corner where the shop used to stand, thence running southerly as the road runs until it meets with land of John Greens, until it meets with the fence that divides a small piece of meadow from the other field, thence as the fence stands to the highway, thence easterly as the highway runs to the first mentioned bounds, to him and his heirs forever; to my son Joseph, the tract lying in North Castel, county and state mentioned above, beginning at a certain long stone lying in the stone fence across the brook just below the bridge, thence running as the cart path goes to the bridge that goes to the neck,
thence as the cart path goes across the swamp to the bars, thence southerly as the fence stands until it meets with the stone fence that runs east and west across the ridge, thence as the same fence runs west across the ridge until it meets with the fence that runs north and south, thence northerly as the fence now stands until it meets with the land of Iasiah Greens, thence easterly and northerly with the land of Isaiah Greens until it comes to the north point of the neck, then easterly until it meets with the land of Charles Haights, then southerly as the fence now stands unto the cart path that goes unto the neck, thence a straight line southerly to a certain watering place, from thence a due south line to the land of Walter Simmans lands, thence
easterly to a certain walnut tree standing northwest of a piece of bogs, thence southerly to a row of stones that lies the north side of the highway and so to the highway, thence easterly to the first mentioned bounds; Also another tract lying south side of the highway in the corner where the old house used to stand; all that meadow that is within the fence as it now stands to him and his heirs forever; to my son William, one tract of land lying in North Castel, County and State aforesaid, beginning on the north side of the highway that leads from my house to John Greens, then northerly to certain walnut tree standing northwest of a piece of bogs, thence westerly to the northeast corner of Walter Simmans land, then westerly until it meets with the
south line that comes to the watering place, thence northerly along the said line until it comes to the east end of the stone fence that crosses the ridge, thence westerly by the said stone fence until it meets the fence that runs north and south, thence  northerly by the said fence until it meets with the land of Isaiah Green, thence westerly to a maple tree standing on the west side of Shapaqua Brook, thence southerly partly as the brook runs to the northwest corner of John Carpenter's land, thence easterly along said John Carpenter's and Walter Simmans land, thence southerly by the said Walter Simmans until it comes to the highway, thence easterly by the highway until it comes to the land of John Green's, thence easterly by the land of John Greens and so by the highways to the first mentioned bounds to him and his heirs forever; to my son Henry, a tract of land lying in North Castel, County and State aforesaid, all that remains of that farm that I bought of Michael Lownsbery, except what I sold to John Green, to him and his heirs forever; my sons Thomas, Joseph and William and their heirs shall have free
liberty to cart from the highways along the cart path to the bridge and unto their own lands at all times; to my sons Thomas, Joseph and William, a tract of land lying in North Castel, County and State aforesaid, bounded on the south by Isaiah Green, on the west by a Frances Wright, on the north and east by Charles Haight, containing eleven acres more or less to them and their heirs forever; and my movable estate be sold at the discretion of my executors, and that the money arising therefrom be paid as follows: to my daughter Sarah œ45, my grandson, Caleb Green (son of my son Caleb Green), œ30. If the sale falls short to pay my debts and legacies, then my sons shall pay their equal part; to my son Thomas, the use and benefit of my part of the saw mill so that he doth allow his brothers to saw their own logs. I appoint my sons, Thomas and William, executors.
Dated May 2, 1785. Witnesses, Robert Carpenter, Mary Palmer, Jacob Carpenter, yeoman. Proved, April 23, 1786.
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