WILLS & PROBATE RECORDS
Source: Ancestry.com
New York City
Wills, 1708-28 --
Wills mentioning
Halsey, Jagger, and Chatfield
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WILL OF JOHN JAGGER. Southampton, Long Island, New York
Dated August 18, 1698 - Proved October 29, 1699
I John Jagger of ye town of S'hampt in ye County of
Suffolk & province of New York... I give &
bequeath unto my son Benjamin Jagger and his heirs
forever ye other half of my close of land lying between
Samuel Coopers land & Isaac Halsey & Jeremiah's
house thereon standing and my meadow at Shinacocke &
Sebonnucke....Signed sealed & declared to be his last
Will and testamt. in presence of us Samuel Woodruff,
Joshua Halsey, Nathan Howell.
[footnote: John Jagger was one of the early settlers in
Southampton. His home lot, left to son Jeremiah, is on
the west side of main street of Southampton. The
"Close on the north side of Samuel Jones close"
is on the east side of the road to North sea, nearly
opposite the road to Seponack. On this the "old
Jagger house" was built in 1707, and was a
well-known landmark till it was burned a few years since.
The ruins still remain. The beach lot was next the beach,
on the west side of Town pond, and is now covered by the
beach banks. "The close lying between Samuel Coopers
land and Isaac Halseys" is on the west side of the
road to North sea. The railroad runs through it.]
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ISAAC NEWTON. In the name of God, Amen, the 7th of March,
1703/4.
I, Isaac Newton, of Southampton, in the County of
Suffolk,...
....I appoint my friends Jonah Rogers, and Jeremiah
Halsey, executors.
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-EZEKIEL SANFORD. In the name of God, Amen. I, Ezekiel
Sanford, of Bridgehampton, in the town of Southampton, in
Suffolk County....
... I leave to my son Zechary Sanford, all my land at
Kelly's Pond, bounded south by Jeremiah Halsey, east by
highway, north by undivided land....
...Witnesses, Daniel Sayre, Thomas Sayre, Jr., Henry
Halsey, Thomas Reed. Proved before Court of Common Pleas,
March 29, 1716.
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GERSHOM CULVER. In the name of God, Amen, November 25,
1715. I, Gershom Culver, of Southampton, in Suffolk
County...
... I leave to my son Moses all my now dwelling house and
barn and the east part of my home lot, and the north west
part of my Head of the creek close, bounded north by the
highway and going west to Isaac Halsey. ...
...Witnesses, Joseph Halsey, Matthew Lum, Christopher
Foster. Proved, March 30, 1716.
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-In the name of God, Amen. I, JOSEPH MORE, belonging to
Southampton, in the County of Suffolk...I make my
friends, David Pierson, Theophilus Pierson, and Abraham
Halsey, executors....Witnesses, Samuel Haines, Thomas
Halsey, Charles Howell. Proved, March 31, 1726.
NOTE.--Joseph More (or Moore) was son of Rev. John Moore,
of Newtown, L. I., who was the ancestor of Bishop
Benjamin Moore, and of Clement C. Moore, the famous
author of the "Night Before Christmas." Joseph
Moore married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Halsey.
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JOHN LUPTON. In the name of God, Amen. I, John Lupton, of
the town of Southampton, in Suffolk County...Witnesses,
Joseph Halsey, Matthew Lum, Christopher Foster. Proved,
March 30, 1716.
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JONAH BOWER. In the name of God, Amen, the 9 May, 1709.
I, Jonah Bower, of the town of Southampton, in the County
of Suffolk... I leave to my son, Jonah Bower,...my meadow
in Jeremiah Jaggers close next the beach, in First neck
pond,
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ABRAHAM SCHELLINX. In the name of God, Amen, the last
will and testament of Abraham Schellinx of East Hampton
in Suffolk County...I appoint my good friends Captain
Abraham Howell, Captain Theophilus Howell, Mr. Ebenezer
White, Captain Thomas Chatfield, William Schellinx, and
Isaac Hedges, executors.
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-In the name of God, Amen, April 26, 1723. I, ROBERT
HUDSON, of East Hampton, in Suffolk County.. I make my
wife and my son Samuel and Thomas Chatfield, executors...
Proved before Thomas Chatfield, Esq. "In pursuance
of a Commission to me directed by his Excellency, August
30, 1726."
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