WILL: Joseph Oldfield; Goshen, Orange co., New York
surname: Oldfield, Smith, Drake, halsted

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Source: sampubco.com
Original Wills, folder AO-3
also recorded, New York Co., Will Book Vol. 14 page 304
Written: 14 May 1741
Probated: 24 Nov 1742

In the name of God, Amen. I, JOSEPH OLDFIELD, of Goshen, in Orange County,
being sick. I leave to my son Joseph, a lot of meadow in Queens County, now in
his custody. I leave to my son Elias, all my houses and lands in Goshen, where
I now live, with all my undivided rights in the town, and all my stock and
utensils. And he is to pay to my son Augustus, *30. I leave to my daughters,
Mary Smith, Martha Drake, and Esther Halsted, the rest of my movables. I make
my son Elias, and my son-in-law, Richard Halsted, executors.
Dated May 14, 1741. Witnesses, Daniel Denton, Henry Smith, Daniel Everett.
Proved, November 24, 1742.