WILL: Thomas Rogers;  Brookfield, Madison co., NY 
surname: Rogers, Dye, Hoxie, Burdick, Darrow, Gorton

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Madison co NY Will Book Vol. BX page 147
Written: May 28, 1802
Recorded: March 2, 1815

I Thomas ROGERS of Brookfield, Madison County and State of New York
considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and
memory ----- be the Lord for the same as Maker publish this my last will and
testament in manner and form following that is to say FIRST I give and
bequeath to my beloved wife AVIS ROGERS three hundred and fifty dollars and as
much of my dwelling house as she shall choose to make use of the east half of
said house with firewood cut for her use cut for the fire and ready at the
house and one cow just for her use the year round on my home ----- convenient
for her use and six bushels of wheat, six bushels of Indian corn, sixty pounds
of pork and forty ponds of beef so entitled to be good and  ------- stable to
be delivered to my said wife as long as she remains my widow. I further give
my said wife all the housing furniture that came to me by her. I do with and
order that a share me made as good to her as I was wehen it came to me  Avid
is my wife and I give and bequeath to my said wife three hundred and fifty
dollars and the house furniture to be her proper estate at her disposal for
ever and with the other gifts I gave her in lieu of and in consideration of
her right of dowery power of thirds.  I give and bequeath to my grand daughter
Deborah ROGERS daught of Thomas ROGERS JR. deceased forty acres of land at the
north of my home farm with the apportanances and privileges hereunto belonging
to her and her heirs. I advise give and bequeath to my two sons James ROGERS
and JOhn ROGERS all the remainder of my howm from where I now live to them
their heirs and assigns forever. I give to my said to the profits of the said
forty acres given to Deborah ROGERS untill she is eighteen years of age. I
order to my sons to pay to my five daughters namely Anne, Elizabeth, Amy, Mary
and Hannah one thousand dollars lying east of Samuel DYE's land -------
Richard DYE's land and running south to the south line of the lot number forty
one. I further give to my grand son Rupert? DYE forty acres of land lying next
to Richard DYE's land and to the cust line of said lot and down to the south
line of the same as to make forty acres and the remainder that I own to
Elizabeth DARROW, Further I give to my ----daughters Mary BURDICK and Hannah
GORTON and my grandson Hoxie GORTON all the land that I own in the lot 
numbers fifty nine  in the nineteenth township equally to be divided among
them according to quarterely and  probity. It is further my will that if
either any of my daughters and sons of my daughtersif they should leave no
heir ---- of them in that case then the said land shall return to my heirs or
otherwise to be to them and their heirs and of ---- ---- estate of heritance.
Further I give and bequiesth unto five of my Daughter Zeriviah's children
namely Stephen DYE, Richard DYE, Thankful DYE and Susannah DYE fifty dollars a
piece. I further expplain my with that is to say that the thousand dollars
given to my five if the provision made for my wife support to be and done by
my two sons out of what I gave them. But the three hundred and fifty dollars
to my wife and the fifty dollars apiece to my five grandchildren, before
named, which is the children of my daughter Zeriviah DYE late the wife of
Richard DYE decesased shal be paid by my executors hereafter names out of my
estate. I give my remaining apparel to my two sons. Then after all my debts
and funeral charges and lawyers are paid  the remaining of my estate to be
equally divided among my heirs.  I appoint my two sons James ROGERS and John
ROGERS my executors to this my last will and testament hereby, revoking all
former wills by me made. In witness thereof I have hereuntofore set my hand
here the twenty sixth day of May in the year of our lord Eighteen hundred and
two.

First page 4th line for  15th line give  Second page 1 line my 13 line of 17 
line I 22 Line a.  third page 9 line out of estate intentioned before signed
and sealed Thomas ROGERS 

Signed sealed publish and declared by the above named Thomas ROGERS to be his 
last will and testement in the presence of us who have hereunto inscribed our 
neames as witnesses in the presence of the testator.  John HOXIE, Hannah
HOXIE, Stephen HOXIE
 
Additional Comments:
T.H. HUBBARD is listed as the surrogate March 2 1815