WILL OF PHEBE TURNER, WESTCHESTER CO., NY

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Abstracts of Wills, Vol XIV, 1786-1796 Page 152.

--PHEBE TURNER, widow of the Borough of Westchester, New York, to my sister,
Abigail Bugbee, all my wearing apparel, my bed, bedding and furniture
thereunto belonging, my chest, looking glass, six plates of X, pewter, one
pair andirons, and my Bible to her own use forever; to my brother, Thomas
Vail, one feather bed, bedding, furniture belonging thereunto; Also one
cupboard, one gun, and a warming-pan. All my linen to be equally divided
between my sister Abigail and brother Thomas; to my cousin, John Vail,
living in New Jersey, œ40; to my brother Stephen, living in New Jersey, œ50;
to my nephew Daniel, son of my brother, John Vail, œ5; to my niece, Phebe
Vail, daughter of my brother, Thomas Vail, œ5; also one table, one wheel,
and one pie-pan; to Phebe Bugbee, daughter of Elijah Bugbee, œ5, also one
cupboard; to Daniel Pugsly, son of David Pugsly, œ5; to the Society of the
People, called Quakers, œ10, to be paid to the clerk of the Meeting for the
time being of the said Quakers in the Borough Town of Westchester, to the
use of the said Meeting, to maintain good works. I order that my negroes
shall have their liberty to choose their masters, and my executors do sell
them to those whom they shall choose. All the remainder of my estate
whatsoever, I give the same to my brother, Thomas Vail, and my sister,
Abigail Bugbee (wife of Elijah Bugbee), and to their several and respective
heirs forever, share and share alike. I make my brother, Thomas Vail, and my
brother-in-law, Elijah Bugbee, executors.

Dated July 20, 1770. Witnesses, Martha Forgison, Gabriel Forgison, John
Bartow, Westchester County, gentleman. Proved, June 19, 1786.




Phebe was murdered by a British soldier.