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- Will of John Marston dated September 12, 1712, proved April 14, 1721. "I John Marson, of Flushing in Queens County, being at this present indisposed of body. I leave to my sons Francis and Cornelius, all my lands and meadows within the bounds of Flushing with the housing and orchards. 'My will is that if my eldest son Francis shall see cause, or incline to this place where I now live, he hath his liberty to take or refuse, so to him shall best seem meet," together with the 20 acre lot lying upon the east side of Thomas Hinchman's land. 'My will is further, that the place where my said son Francis now lives, with the Housing and land thereto belonging with the 10 acre lot of land lying upon the south side of the Hills. I leave these to my son Cornelius, but if he die without issue then to my son John Marston.' And whereas the 20 acre lot purchased from Colonel Thomas Willett, the deed being made to my son Francis. If my son Francis shall accept this homestead where I now live, then he shall be obliged to give a deed for the same to my son Cornelius. I leave to my sons Francis and Cornelius all my meadow, salt and fresh, both in the town of Flushing and at the South, in Jamaica bounds. To my son Cornelius 3 horses, and a plow and wagon. And I leave them all my carpenter tools. All the rest of my estate, horses, cattle and household goods to my granddaughters, Isabel Hoff and Elizabeth Gardner, and my grandson, John Hoff, the son of my daughter, Isabel Hoff, deceased. I make my sons Francis and Cornelius, and my brother-in-law William Bloodgood, executors. Witnessed by Anthony Gleam, James Haight, James Clement. "Abstracts of Wills", Vol II, published by the New York Historical Society.
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