Abstract of the will of Elizabeth (Cornell) Stillwell, widow of Nicholas Stillwell III:
Elizabeth Stilwell, of Jamaica, Queens County, widow, being infirm in body. My funeral charges and just debts are to be paid by my daughter, Miriam Marsh. I leave all my personal and movable estate (except my negro woman, Hagar, and her two daughters) to my daughter, Miriam Marsh, during her life, and then what may be remaining shall go to Miriam Southard, wife of Samuel Southard of Hempstead, and Esther Sayre, now wife of John Sayre, of New York, a tailor. An inventory is to be made of all my goods. And my daughter, Miriam, is to give eighteen silver spoons, out of my estate, each to weigh two ounces, as follows : Six of them to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Southard; six to Elizabeth, daughter of John Sayre; six to Elizabeth, daughter of James Millward, son of my daughter Elizabeth, deceased, 'and they are to keep the same in remembrance of me.' I leave to James Millward 10 pounds. My negroes named above are to be free and to have their bedding and apparel. I make John Sayre and Jarvis Mudge, Jr., of Oyster Bay, executors.
Dated September 11, 1735.