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"The last Will and Testament of SAMUEL DODGE, of New York, this 25 March,
1761." I leave to my wife Elizabeth all her wearing apparell and my
best bed and suitable furniture for it, "with other conveniences to
keep house, such as a pot, Tea kettle, shovel, tongs, dishes, etc." And
the privilege to dwell in my now dwelling house in which room or two
rooms she pleases, during the time she remains my widow, with the
privilege of the well and the kitchen, And all the rent of my house at
the east end of my ground, also my negro wench. I leave to my son
Jeremiah all that house and lot of ground in New York fronting Queen
Street, in Montgomery Ward, lying between a lot of Dr. Lawrence on the
north and another lot of my own on the south. Also the house at the
east end of my lot after my wife's decease. I leave to my son Samuel
all that house and lot on which we both dwell, adjoining on the north
side to the above lot; and on the south to a lot now in possession of
Philip Pelton. My two sons shall pay all debts. I leave all household
goods to my two sons and my daughter, Deborah Mott, "and she is to have
a feather bed with a single tow ticking," and two sheets, etc. I leave
to my granddaughter, Deborah Dodge, ae10 when of age. I leave to my
grandson, Samuel Dodge, son of my son, Wilkie Dodge, deceased, all that
ground lying on Cow Neck on Long Island near the house of Joseph Dodge,
on the south side of the road that leads from said house up the Neck
between said road and the fence of Oliver Baxter, be it more or less. I make my two sons executors.
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