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The Last Will and Testament of JOHN PRIOR, of Matinecock, in the town of
Oyster Bay, February 2, 1736. My executors are to sell all my estate, real
and personal, "to the best they can," and they are to be paid for their
trouble out of my estate. I leave to my brother, Daniel Prior, and my
cousin, John Cock, and my friends, Joshua Cock and Thomas Pearsall, Jr.,
and Daniel Willis, son of William Willis, ΒΆ100, to be divided among them.
The three children of my brother, Joseph Prior, deceased, are to have 1/5
of the remainder, viz., Elizabeth, John, and Deborah. All the rest of my
estate I leave to my brothers and sisters, Matthew and Daniel Prior, and
Hannah Frost, and Elizabeth Carpenter.
Witnesses, Daniel Underhill, Henry Cock, Josiah Cock, Jacob Frost. Proved,
November 25, 1748.
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