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December 4, 2006
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Monday, December 4, 2006
Abstract of 1768 Will of John Pugsley of the Manor of Pelham
What follows is a transcription of an abstract of an early Pelham will.
The abstract was prepared by William S. Pelletreau and was published in
1898. A citation to the source appears immediately following the
transcription of the abstract.
"506. John Pugsley, Pelham.
'Gentleman.' 'All my lands, tenements and meadows, in the Manor of Pelham
and all lands, tenements and meadows in the Borrough town of
Westchester, commonly called the Cow Neck, and my right in the Sheep
Pasture to be sold.'
Proceeds to children James, Wm, Samuel,
Stephen, Gilbert, Israel, John, David
and Sarah Actey. Legacy to daughter Phebe wife of
Bartholomew Haddon. Legacies to Elizabeth Buzby,
Elizabeth Taylor of White Plains, and Mary Weeks of
Hungtington, L. I. 'My daughter in law Elizabeth wife of
Israel Pugsley.'
Witnesses
WM ADAMS
PETER BERTAIN JR
THOMAS WRIGHT
Dated Dec. 20, 1768".
Source: Pelletreau, William S., Early wills of Westchester County, New
York : from 1664 to 1784 : a careful abstract of all wills (nearly 800)
recorded in New York Surrogate's Office and at White Plains, N.Y. from
1664 to 1784 : also the genealogy of "the Havilands" of Westchester County
and descendants of Hon. James Graham (Watkinson and Ackerley families) :
with genealogical and historical notes, p. 262 (NY, NY: F. P. Harper
1898).
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