Son of David Howell and Mary Parshall, husband of Elizabeth Tuthill and father of Elizabeth, Edmund, Joanna, Richard, Phineas S., Bethia, Keziah, Abraham, Parshall and Mary Howell.
The Will of Richard Howell - "In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Howell, of Southold, Suffolk County, yeoman, being weak & infirm of body. All my just debts & Funeral expenses to be paid by my executors. I leave my well-beloved wife Elizabeth, two cows, six sheep, two feather beds, and furniture, six chairs, one trammel, shovel & tongs; Also, one half quarter of an acre to use as a garden, while my widow. Unto my eldest son Edmund, the part of my lot I bought of Deacon Colman; Also, all my lands & meadows east of Mapes lsnr, & south the Ele branch; Also my meadow called Muddy Creek meadow; he paying my wife, his mother, five loads of wood yearly at the house where she, my widow, lives. Unto my second son Phinehas, all the land I bought of Aaron Howell, Samuel Hallock & Peter Hallock; Also, broad meadow point beach & meadow I bought of the Fannings. Unto my son Richard, 30 pounds,. Unto my son Parshall, the remainder of my lands, meadows & buildings not mentioned, he paying my wife yearly, 12 bushels of wheat, 10 of corn, 110 pounds of pork, 50 pounds of beef, 25 pounds flax, and also keep two cows & six sheep summer & winter, for his mother; Also, sufficient firewood, with what my son Edmund shall find for her; Also, a privilege in the orchards and fruits, sufficient for her person. My son Parshall to keep my son Abram, as is becoming in a Christian land, during his life. If he does not provide for Abram, my executors to take sufficient lands willed to Parshall to support Abram. Unto my wife the one half of my dwelling house while my widow; all given her in lieu of dower. Unto my four daughters, Elisabeth Brown, Joanna Terry, Keziah Sopers, & Mary Benjamin, thirty shillings each. All my negros to be sold, and sufficient stock to pay my just debts & legacies, and my executors reasonably for their trouble; the remainder unto my son Parshall. I make my sons, Edmund & Parshall, and my trusty friend Daniel Wells, executors.
Dated March 14, 1783. Witnesses, Thomas Aldrich, Jacob Aldrichk & Joseph Mapes, both of said County, yeoman. Proved March 17, 1784."
(Long Island Surnames; Abstract of Wills - Liber36, p. 428)
The Will of Richard Howell - "In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Howell, of Southold, Suffolk County, yeoman, being weak & infirm of body. All my just debts & Funeral expenses to be paid by my executors. I leave my well-beloved wife Elizabeth, two cows, six sheep, two feather beds, and furniture, six chairs, one trammel, shovel & tongs; Also, one half quarter of an acre to use as a garden, while my widow. Unto my eldest son Edmund, the part of my lot I bought of Deacon Colman; Also, all my lands & meadows east of Mapes lsnr, & south the Ele branch; Also my meadow called Muddy Creek meadow; he paying my wife, his mother, five loads of wood yearly at the house where she, my widow, lives. Unto my second son Phinehas, all the land I bought of Aaron Howell, Samuel Hallock & Peter Hallock; Also, broad meadow point beach & meadow I bought of the Fannings. Unto my son Richard, 30 pounds,. Unto my son Parshall, the remainder of my lands, meadows & buildings not mentioned, he paying my wife yearly, 12 bushels of wheat, 10 of corn, 110 pounds of pork, 50 pounds of beef, 25 pounds flax, and also keep two cows & six sheep summer & winter, for his mother; Also, sufficient firewood, with what my son Edmund shall find for her; Also, a privilege in the orchards and fruits, sufficient for her person. My son Parshall to keep my son Abram, as is becoming in a Christian land, during his life. If he does not provide for Abram, my executors to take sufficient lands willed to Parshall to support Abram. Unto my wife the one half of my dwelling house while my widow; all given her in lieu of dower. Unto my four daughters, Elisabeth Brown, Joanna Terry, Keziah Sopers, & Mary Benjamin, thirty shillings each. All my negros to be sold, and sufficient stock to pay my just debts & legacies, and my executors reasonably for their trouble; the remainder unto my son Parshall. I make my sons, Edmund & Parshall, and my trusty friend Daniel Wells, executors.
Dated March 14, 1783. Witnesses, Thomas Aldrich, Jacob Aldrichk & Joseph Mapes, both of said County, yeoman. Proved March 17, 1784."
(Long Island Surnames; Abstract of Wills - Liber36, p. 428)
Son of David Howell and Mary Parshall, husband of Elizabeth Tuthill and father of Elizabeth, Edmund, Joanna, Richard, Phineas S., Bethia, Keziah, Abraham, Parshall and Mary Howell.
The Will of Richard Howell - "In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Howell, of Southold, Suffolk County, yeoman, being weak & infirm of body. All my just debts & Funeral expenses to be paid by my executors. I leave my well-beloved wife Elizabeth, two cows, six sheep, two feather beds, and furniture, six chairs, one trammel, shovel & tongs; Also, one half quarter of an acre to use as a garden, while my widow. Unto my eldest son Edmund, the part of my lot I bought of Deacon Colman; Also, all my lands & meadows east of Mapes lsnr, & south the Ele branch; Also my meadow called Muddy Creek meadow; he paying my wife, his mother, five loads of wood yearly at the house where she, my widow, lives. Unto my second son Phinehas, all the land I bought of Aaron Howell, Samuel Hallock & Peter Hallock; Also, broad meadow point beach & meadow I bought of the Fannings. Unto my son Richard, 30 pounds,. Unto my son Parshall, the remainder of my lands, meadows & buildings not mentioned, he paying my wife yearly, 12 bushels of wheat, 10 of corn, 110 pounds of pork, 50 pounds of beef, 25 pounds flax, and also keep two cows & six sheep summer & winter, for his mother; Also, sufficient firewood, with what my son Edmund shall find for her; Also, a privilege in the orchards and fruits, sufficient for her person. My son Parshall to keep my son Abram, as is becoming in a Christian land, during his life. If he does not provide for Abram, my executors to take sufficient lands willed to Parshall to support Abram. Unto my wife the one half of my dwelling house while my widow; all given her in lieu of dower. Unto my four daughters, Elisabeth Brown, Joanna Terry, Keziah Sopers, & Mary Benjamin, thirty shillings each. All my negros to be sold, and sufficient stock to pay my just debts & legacies, and my executors reasonably for their trouble; the remainder unto my son Parshall. I make my sons, Edmund & Parshall, and my trusty friend Daniel Wells, executors.
Dated March 14, 1783. Witnesses, Thomas Aldrich, Jacob Aldrichk & Joseph Mapes, both of said County, yeoman. Proved March 17, 1784."
(Long Island Surnames; Abstract of Wills - Liber36, p. 428)
The Will of Richard Howell - "In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Howell, of Southold, Suffolk County, yeoman, being weak & infirm of body. All my just debts & Funeral expenses to be paid by my executors. I leave my well-beloved wife Elizabeth, two cows, six sheep, two feather beds, and furniture, six chairs, one trammel, shovel & tongs; Also, one half quarter of an acre to use as a garden, while my widow. Unto my eldest son Edmund, the part of my lot I bought of Deacon Colman; Also, all my lands & meadows east of Mapes lsnr, & south the Ele branch; Also my meadow called Muddy Creek meadow; he paying my wife, his mother, five loads of wood yearly at the house where she, my widow, lives. Unto my second son Phinehas, all the land I bought of Aaron Howell, Samuel Hallock & Peter Hallock; Also, broad meadow point beach & meadow I bought of the Fannings. Unto my son Richard, 30 pounds,. Unto my son Parshall, the remainder of my lands, meadows & buildings not mentioned, he paying my wife yearly, 12 bushels of wheat, 10 of corn, 110 pounds of pork, 50 pounds of beef, 25 pounds flax, and also keep two cows & six sheep summer & winter, for his mother; Also, sufficient firewood, with what my son Edmund shall find for her; Also, a privilege in the orchards and fruits, sufficient for her person. My son Parshall to keep my son Abram, as is becoming in a Christian land, during his life. If he does not provide for Abram, my executors to take sufficient lands willed to Parshall to support Abram. Unto my wife the one half of my dwelling house while my widow; all given her in lieu of dower. Unto my four daughters, Elisabeth Brown, Joanna Terry, Keziah Sopers, & Mary Benjamin, thirty shillings each. All my negros to be sold, and sufficient stock to pay my just debts & legacies, and my executors reasonably for their trouble; the remainder unto my son Parshall. I make my sons, Edmund & Parshall, and my trusty friend Daniel Wells, executors.
Dated March 14, 1783. Witnesses, Thomas Aldrich, Jacob Aldrichk & Joseph Mapes, both of said County, yeoman. Proved March 17, 1784."
(Long Island Surnames; Abstract of Wills - Liber36, p. 428)
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