.--In the name of God, Amen. I, JOSEPH OLDFIELD, of Goshen, in Orange County, being sick. I leave to my son Joseph, a lot of meadow in Queens County, now in his custody. I leave to my son Elias, all my houses and lands in Goshen, where I now live, with all my undivided rights in the town, and all my stock and utensils. And he is to pay to my son Augustus, €30. I leave to my daughters, Mary Smith, Martha Drake, and Esther Halsted, the rest of my movables. I make my son Elias, and my son-in-law, Richard Halsted, executors. Dated May 14, 1741. Witnesses, Daniel Denton, Henry Smith, Daniel Everett. Proved, November 24, 1742.
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