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| | Long Island Wills and Death Notes, 1665-1707 |
 | | Whereas JOHN MARSTON, of Flushing, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, upon Long Island, dyed in ye month of February last, and made a will wherein he leaves John Hinchman of the same place to be the guardian of his two sons. |
 | | His negro man John is to be freed after four years, and "he is to have 1 good suit of Clothes, 1 cow, 1 horse, and whatever else my wife shall see fit." If his daughter Mary should die, then the whole is to go to his wife and her heirs. |
 | | Mercer, of Long Island, but now belonging to the sloop "Loyal" inBarbadoes, have made and appointed my trusty and beloved friend John Wingfield, my attorney, to demand and receive alldebts due to me, etc. And I do declare these presents to be my last will and testament. |
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