WILL: Thomas Frost;  Schodack, Rensselaer co., NY 
surname: Frost, Buckley, Myers, Lewis, Finch, Pinney, Stephens

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Rensselaer co NY Will Book Vol 6 page 346
Written: August 29 1818
Probated: August 17 1820

The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Frost with the probate thereof,
recorded this 17th day of August - 1820

In the name of God Amen I Thomas Frost of the town of Schodack county
of Rensselaer A State of New York being in perfect health mind and
memory and considering the uncertainty of life Blessed be God for the same
do make this my last will and testament in words following, that is to say I
will unto my beloved wife Lydia Frost one half of my house & one half of
my furniture which belongs to my house our cow and all sorts properties
sufficient for her support during her natural life and one third of my real
and personal Estate during her natural life in the house to make up the one
third of my real and personal Estate and at her decease then to return unto
the hands of my two sons Thomas Frost Junior or his heirs and Nathan Frost or
his heirs I will to my (Daffer?) Phoebe Bulkly (sic - Buckly) or her heirs ten
Dollars, I will to my son Elijah Frost or his heirs Two Hundred & Fifty
Dollars two years after my decease, I will to my son Tartulus Frost or his
heirs ten Dollars, I will to my son Ezra Frost or his heirs two hundred and
fifty dollars with what he has had I will Daughter Deborah children ten
dollars to be equally divided, I will to my daughter Elizabeth Frost
Myers five Dollars, I will to my son John Frost heirs five dollars to be
equally divided, I will to daughter Hannah Finch or heirs fifty Dollars, I
will to son Thomas Frost Junior or heirs & my son Nathan or heirs all my real
and personal Estate after my Debts and Legacies is paid as above ritten and
that part which I give son Thomas Frost Junior is to continue in my son
Nathan Frosts hands to be dealt out to him as my son Nathan Frost shall
think he stands in need and if my son Thomas shall die without issue then
my son Nathan is to be due the whole of the Estate which would otherwise
belong to Thomas and Further I do appoint my beloved wife Lydia Frost
and my son Nathan Frost my sole Executors to this my last will and
Testament.  Done at the town of Schodack this twenty ninth day of August
one thousand and eight hundred & eighteen in pursuance of

                                                     Thomas Frost (L.S.)
Eli Vickery
Peter Finch
William S Green
                                                       

State of New York
Rensselaer County Be it remembered that on the seventeenth day of August
in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and twenty personally
appeared before me Nicholas M Masters Esquire Surrogate of the Said County of
Rensselaer Peter Finch and William S Green two of the Subscribing Witnesses to
the will of Thomas Frost late of the town of Schodack in said County decease
who being duly sworn declare that they did see the said Thomas Frost seal &
execute annexed written instrument purporting to be the last will and
testament of the said Thomas Frost bearing date the twenty ninth day of August
in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred & Eighteen & hearby publish
and declare the same as & for the last will and Testament, that at the time
thereof he the said Thomas Frost was of sound disposing mind and memory to the
best of knowledge and belief of the said Peter Finch and William Green and
that they the said William S Green and Peter Finch  together with Eli Vickery
the other witness to the said will severally subscribed their hands and names
to the said will as witnesses thereto in the presence of the testator and of
each other

                              Nicholas Masters
                                        Surrogate

Additional Comments:
Thomas Frost mentions 6 sons:Elijah, Tartulas, Ezra, John(1779-1814), Thomas
and Nathan and 4 daughters: Phoebe (Mrs. Jabez) Buckley, Elizabeth (Mrs.
Henry) Myers, Deborah (Mrs. Jacob) Lewis (1788-1813) and Hannah (Mrs. William)
Finch.  He married Lydia Pinney in 1818 after the death of his wife Deborah
Stephens in 1818.