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Page 147.--In the name of God, Amen. February 12, 1735. I, RICHARD SMITH, of Smithtown, in Suffolk County, but now resident of Rhode Island, bolter. My executors are to sell all my lands, tenements, mills, and implements in Smithtown, and all my right in certain Thatch beds, so-called, in Smithtown. I leave to my wife Elizabeth a negro woman, two negro boys, and €50. To my son Gilbert, €20, when of age. To my son John, €200, when of age. To my son Tallman, €200. To my son Richard, €200, when of age. To my son Samuel, €200. To my daughter, Mary Smith, €100, when 18. "To the child with which my wife is now pregnant," €100. All the rest to my wife, and my executors are to sell all cattle, etc. I make my brothers-in-law, Peter Tallman and Daniel Waters, both of Flushing, executors.
Witnesses, John Lawrence, Matthew Borden, Joseph Fox. Proved, November 9, 1736.
[NOTE.--Richard Smith was son of Job Smith, who was one of the sons of Richard Smith, the Patentee of Smithtown. To distinguish him from others of the same name, he was known as "Saint" Richard.--W. S. P.]
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