WILL: Joseph Osborne Jr; Easthampton, Suffolk co., NY
Surname: Osborne, Baker

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SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY
OSBORNE, Joseph Jr.
Easthampton, Suffolk, NY 16-40
Probated: 19 Sep 1746
Surnames: OSBORNE, BAKER

In the name of God Amen.
I Joseph Osburne Junior of East Hampton in the County of Suffolk in the province
of New York yeoman being in helth of body and of perfect mind and Memory thanks
be given to God but calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory life and
knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to die do therefore Make and ordain
this My last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I
give and recommend My Soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and My
Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent and and Christian Manner at
the discretion of My Executors Nothing doubting but at the general Resurection
I shall receive the same again by the Almighty power of God hopeing that in and
through the Merits Death and Passion of My Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and
free pardon of all My Sins and inherit Everlasting life and as touching all such
worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless Me with in this life, I
give demise and dispose of the same in the following Manner and form first My
Will is that all My Just debts and funeral Charges be all paid or be ordained to
be paid in some Convenient time after My decease

Item I give and bequeath unto Mary My dearly beloved Wife the use of the west
room of My Now dwelling House with the Chamber over the said Room and the
Westward part of the linton adjoining to the said room so long as she remains My
Widow I give and bequeath unto My aforesaid wife two Cowes and one half of my
Household Goods of all Except one Bed with the bedding And furniture to the same
belonging Which Bed and bedding and the furniture to the same belonging I give
it to My Son Thomas Osborne and the other half of My Household Goods I give and
bequeath the same to My Daughter Mary Baker 

Item I give And bequeath unto My beloved Son Jeremiah Osborne and to his hiers
and Assigns forever the House Lot I bought of Thomas Wheler with the House
thereon in which he Now dwells With all other Buildings on said Lot with the
Appurtenances the one half of My close lying Near Georgicai the one half of My
close lying Near two Mile Hollow the One half of My Land layed out in tenth
Division lying Near Accabonick one half of My Meadow lying at Norwest and one
half of My Meadow lying at _aupeage My Close called the Sandy Hook Close My close
at the Northwest plain that I bought of John Wheler My Close in the Western
plains adjoining to the Land of Thomas Filer to the westward four Acres alotment
in the Towns Commons and one quarter part of a share of Land running throughout
Meantanck all which Lands Meadows Commons Right in Meantanck and Buildings Givan
to My Son Jeremiah Osborne I give freely to be possessed and enjoyed by him his
heirs and Assigns forever I also give and bequeath to My Son Jeremiah the us of
half My close Yard and bark Mill for his life time 

Item I give and bequeath unto My beloved Son Thomas Osborne the home Lot I bought
of Benj Osborne with all the buildings thereon with the Appurtenances to the same
belonging My Close adjoining partly by the Land of Cornelius Conkling and partly
by the Land of Samuel Hedges one small picece of Land lying between the Old Stage
and Kook Yard Gut one piece of woodland lying in in ama Ganset woods which I and
My brother Daniel bought of Thomas Osborne one piece of Land containing about
fifty Acres lying Near Accabonick Springs Which I had of Daniel Baker on Exchange
for other Land one piece of Meadow with the Swamp adjoining to the same lying at
Accobonick Great Meadow four acres alotment in this Town Commons and the one
quarter of a share of Land running throughout Mantanch all and Singular Which
Lands Meadows Commons building and Rights in Meantanch that I have given to My
Son Thomas aforesaid I give it freely to be possessed and enjoyed by him and his
heirs & Assigns forever 

Item I give I give and bequeath unto My beloved Son Joseph Osborne one his heirs
& Assigns forever My home Lott Wherein I Now live with all My other Lands Meadows
Right in Meantanck And Commons that is Not above given to My Son Jeremiah and My
Son Thomas above Named or to either of them And My Will is that My Son Joseph and
My Son Jeremiah Shall upon their proper Charge Keep and Maintain two cows for My
wife So long as she remains My Widow and to find her with all other things as May
be for her honourable and Comfortable Subsistance in the World During her
Widowhood 

Item I give and bequeath unto My Son Joseph and My Son Jeremiah all My tools
wainage Leather and Instruments of husbandry to be equally divided between them
and as for all My Stock of living Creatures of what Kind soever My will is That
they shall be all (Except the two Cows given to My Wife be equally divided
between My three Sons above Named and My Daughter Mary Baker finally I nominate
Constitute ordain and appoint My Son Jememiah and My Son Joseph to be the
Executors of this My Last and Testament. In Witness whereof I do hereunto set My
hand and Seal the twenty Sixth day of April in the Year of our Lord One Thousand
Seven Hundred and Thirty Nine.
Joseph his X mark Osborne Jun.   L S 

Signed Sealed Published pronounced and declared by Joseph Osborne as his last
Will and Testiment in the presence of us the Subscribers Thomas Talmage Thomas
Talmage Jun. John Daviss

George Clinton Esq. Captain General and Governour in Chief of the province of New
York and Territories Thereon depending in America Vice Admiral of the same and
Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron of his Masestys Fleet. To all to whom there
presents shall come or May Concern Greeting Know ye That at Suffolk County on the
day of the date of these presents hereof before Brinley Sylvester Esq. I being
there unto Delegated and appointed the last Will and Testament of Joseph Osborne
deceased a copy whereof is here unto annexed was proved and Now approved and
allowed of by Me the said Deceased having whilst he lived and at the time of his
death Good Rights & Credits in diverse places within this province by Means
whereof the full disposition of all and Singular the Goods Rights & Credits of
the said deceased and the Granting Administration of the as also the hearing of
Account Calculation or Reckoning and the final Discharge and Dismission from the
same unto Me Solely and not unto inferiour Judge are Manifestly known to belong
and the Administration of all and Singular the Goods Rights & Credits of the Said
deceased and his last Will and testament in any Manner of ways Concerning was
Granted unto Jeremiah Osborn and Joseph Osborn the Executers in the said will
Named Chiefly of well and truly Administring the same and of Making a true and
perfect Inventory of all and Singular the Goods Rights and Credits of the said
deceased and Exhibiting the same into the Registry of the pereogative Court in
the Secretarys office of the province of New York at or before the Nineteenth day
of March next ensueing and of rendering a just and true account Calculation or
Reckoning thereof When there into required the said Jeremiah Osborn and Joseph
Osborn having been duely to the true Execution and performance of the said Will
In Testimony whereof I have caused the prerogative Seal of the province of New
York to be hereunto affixed this Nineteenth day of September One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Forty Six    G W Banya_  D.Secrey