ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK WOOLSEY WILLS. FHL# 842591. H:103. [s/o William Woolsey & Sarah Lewis] 20 SEP 1830.         Noah Woolsey of Marlborough - In the Name of God Amen. I, Noah Woolsey of the Town of Marlborough & the County of Ulster and State of New York Farmer, do make and declare this my last will and Testament in manner and form following - FIRST: I give and bequeath the following articles of personal property, viz. one cherry dining table, one Tea table, one set of brass and-irons with shovel and tongs, two brass candle sticks, one looking glass, six silver table spoons, six silver Tea spoons, two beds and bedding, two sets of curtains with the linen marked P.T., one sale carpet and rugs, one home made carpet, one stair carpet, one dozen fancy chairs, one set of tea china, one large brass kettle and one small spinning wheel to Mary Bailey widow of John Bailey deceased, Asa Thompson and his two eldest daughters Mary and Sarah, all of the county of Dutchess, to be divided between them as follows - one half of said articles to the said Mary Bailey, the other half of said articles to the said Asa Thompson, Mary and Sarah, equally between them. SECONDLY. I give and bequeath unto the said Asa Thompson the desk I received of my late wife Phebe Thompson. THIRDLY. I give and bequeath unto my present wife Phebe, all the personal property she brought with her, and which I received from her since our intermarriage - I also will and direct that my said wife Phebe shall occupy so much of my dwelling house and premises as shall be necessary for her comfort and support, so long as she shall remain my widow, which shall be in lieu of her dower right in my estate. I also give her my riding chair & a horse. FOURTHLY. I give and bequeath all the residue of my personal estate after the payment of my debts and funeral expenses, unto my two nephews Zephaniah Northrip and Richard I. Woolsey to be equally divided share and share alike between them, except my clock, which shall remain in my dwelling house and be considered as attached to the freehold estate, and belong to the person owning said dwelling house after my decease. FIFTHLY. I give and devise unto my said nephew Zephaniah Northrip for and during his natural life, and after his death, unto his son Curtis W. Northrip his heirs and assigns forever, all that part of my real estate being the easterly part of the farm I now occupy situate in the Town of Marlborough aforesaid, and Bounded as follows: BEGINNING on the patent line of William BOND in the Latintown road, runs thence S 13 degrees W 11 chains forty-seven links to a chestnut stump in the fence; thence S 68 degrees E 5 chains ten links to a cedar Bush on the road leading to Newburgh; thence along said road about S 18 degrees W 10 chains, thirty links to the middle of said road; thence N 75 degrees W in company with lands formerly of Nathaniel Harcourt 8 chains forty links to a stake and stones in the fence; thence N 12 degrees E as the fence stands 5 chains thirty-five links to a stake and stones; thence N 81 degrees W 1 chain forty seven links to the end of a stone fence; thence N 8 degrees E 3 chains seventy-seven links to a stone fence in a pond; thnce along the same N 4 degrees E 1 chain forth-three links to the end of the fence; thence Westerly through the pond as the stone fence stands twenty-six links; thence N 12 degrees E along the fence 11 chains seventy links to the Latintown road being a bunch of rocks; thence S 79 degrees W along the road to a rise in the same of some rocks 6 chains fifty links; thence N 14 degrees E over a large rock in the field and by a cedar tree to the line of William Bond's patent 5 chains eighty-five links; thence to the place of beginning containing twenty acres and two-tenths of an acre of land, more or less - with the appurtenances thereinto belonging.  SIXTHLY. I give and devise unto my nephew James Woolsey of the Town of Newburgh in the County of Orange his heirs and assigns forever, all that part of my real estate being the westerly part of the farm I now occupy situate in the Town of Marlborough aforesaid. Bounded as follows: BEGINNING at a button wood tree on the patent line of William Bond adjoining Richard I. Woolsey, runs thence south 5 degrees west 10 chains fifty links to a white wood tree, thence south 15 degrees W 8 chains seventy links to a heap of stones by the fence; thence N 81 degrees W fifty-three links to the joining of the fence; thence S 8 degrees W 5 chains ninety links to the stone fence, thence S 80 degrees E along the fence 7 chains eighty-five links to the corner of the fence thence S 1 degree W along the fence 6 chains; thence S 75 degrees E 1 chain sixty seven links to a rock in the fence marked B. thence across the road S 1 degree E eighty-five links to a rock in the fence marked B thence along the road S 70 degrees W 5 chains seventeen links to a rise of ground in the road; thence as the road runs S 80 degrees W 5 chains thirty links; thence N 75 W 5 chains forty-eight links to a chestnut tree; thence N 1 degree W 34 chains ten lins to a chestnut tree; thence along the patent line adjoining Richard I. Woolsey S 65 E 12 chains to the place of beginning containing thirty nine acres and three tenths more or less, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, on condition that the said James Woolsey pays within twelve months after my decease unto my sister's grand son Noah Avery of the City of New York the sum of one hundred dollars, and unto Curtis Wright of the Town of Marlborough aforesaid the sum of fifty dollars, and on the further condition that his son Noah Woolsey Junr makes no claim of any demand whatever upon my estate. SEVENTHLY. I give and devise unto my said nephew Richard I. Woolsey his heirs and assigns forever, all the residue of my real estate (after running off the above two described parcels of land) situate in the Towns of Marlborough and Plattekill in the County of Ulster aforesaid as the same is now possessed and claimed by me: - And I do hereby order and direct my said nephew Richard I. Woolsey to pay within twelve months after my decease to his brother William Woolsey of the City of New York the sum of one hundred dollars and to the said Curtis Wright the sum of Fifty dollars. LASTLY. I do hereby nominate and appoint my said nephew Richard I. Woolsey and my friend Abraham D. Soper executors and my beloved wife Phebe executrix of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twentieth day of September in the year One thousand eight hundred and Thirty.  Signed sealed, published and declared by the said testator as and for his last will and testament in presence of us, who at his request in his presence, and in the presence ofeach other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereunto. [ Proved: July 1832. Jon : Ostrander, Surrogate] Jacob D. Townsend Residence Milton, Ulster County, New York Robt S. Lockwood Residence Milton, Ulster County, New York