From The New York Historical Society Collections, this 1895 volume features abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogates Office, City of New York, from 1744 to 1753.

Page 143.--In the name of God, Amen. I, ANNA THOMPSON, wife of John Thompson, of New York, being sick, "I commend my soul to God, and my body to the earth, there to be buried in a decent manner, and to be buried in the Old Dutch Church. And the Pall bearers and those who shall undress me after my decease, shall each have a gold ring and a pair of gloves." All my 11 lots of ground in Montgomery Ward, in New York, as laid out and divided in a certain chart or map of said lots, and are all lying together, and bounded east by Queen street, north on the house and land of Robert Benson, and south on Hague street. I dispose of them as follows, viz., to Cornelius Clopper, Jr., Margaret Rutgers, and Anna Clopper, the children of my brother, Cornelius Clopper, Lots 7 and 8, with the house upon them. To Evert Bancker, son of Christopher Bancker, in consideration of services done, Lots 6 and 12. To Christopher Bancker, Jr., son of Christopher Bancker, Lot No. 3. To John Thompson, son of my husband, John Thompson, Lot No. 15. To Cornelius Rosevelt, son of John Rosevelt, Lot No. 4. To Anna Bancker, daughter of Christopher Bancker, Lot No. 14. The other 3 lots are to be disposed of by my executors, and the money used for funeral charges and legacies, "and the remainder to such and so many poor widows, being communicants of the Protestant Dutch Church of New York, as my executors shall judge best." I leave to John Thompson, son of my husband, John Thompson, œ10 when of age, and œ10 at my decease, "for clothing and learning." I leave to John Rosevelt and Christopher Bancker each œ10. My will and desire is that my husband, John Thompson, may live on the place at Goshen, in Orange County, as long as he lives. I leave all my wearing apparell to Hyltie, wife of John Rosevelt. And all the rest to Cornelius Clopper, Jr. I I make my friends, John Rosevelt, Christopher Bancker, and Evert Bancker, executors.

Dated August 30, 1748. Witnesses, John Nicholls, Joseph Lester, John Porter.

Codicil, September 20, 1748. Leaves to widow Sarah Sandford and Hannah Johnson, each œ5. To my husband, and his son, John Thompson, each a suit of mourning. My lot No. 15, left to John Thompson, is to be sold by my executors, and the money used to pay debts and legacies.

Witnesses, William De Peyster, Vincent Montanye, Paul Roome. Proved, May 15, 1750. At that time John Rosevelt was dead.

[NOTE.--The lots mentioned in the above will include all the land between Hague street and No. 381 Pearl street. Anna Thompson was the widow of Patrick McKnight and daughter of Cornelius Clopper, from whom she inherited these lots. Her first husband was Patrick Macknight. Hague Street was the boundary between her lots and those of her brother, Cornelius Clopper.--W. S. P.]