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From the Corwin Genealogy, Edward Tanjore Corwin, Millstone, New Jersey, 1872, pp 161-2
(Southold Records, Lib. B, p. 11, on new Book, Lib. B, p. 127.)
His will, as recorded
in the Southold town records, is yet preserved. The following extracts
from the New-Haven
records are found, referring to this will:
"A writing was presented,
for the last will and testament of Matthias Curwin, but returned for
legal probate.
An inventory of the estate of said Matthias Curwin was presented, taken
15th
of the seventh
month, (1658,) by William Purrier and Charles
Glover, amounting to œ313
8d. That the appraisement
was just, was witnessed upon by the above appraisers before
"BARNABAS HORTON."
(Extract from Hoadley's Recs. New-Haven, vol. ii. 35.)
On p. 400, he adds,
"The last will and testament of Matthias Curwin, late of Southold, was
presented, subscribed
by John Underhill, and deposed by Barnabas
Horton, at the Court,
March 5th, 1660.
Before William Wells, John Youngs."
The original will may possibly yet exist in the New-Haven archives. The following is a copy:
"SOUTHOLD, August 31, 1658.
"The last will
& testament of me, Mathias Curwin, beinge
in perfect memorie, do, in the
name of our Lord
God, & all men, comit my soule to God, & my bodie to the dust from
whence it came.
My will is, that my wife, Margarett Curwin,
& my sonn, John Curwin, shall
be my true &
lawfull executors to administer upon my present estate as followeth: Item:
I
give to my
Daughter, Martha, twentie pounds sterlinge, and over and above such
goods my
wife shall buy
for her in the bay (?) It.: I give unto my sonn,
Theophilus, 20 lbs. sterlinge, to
bee payed to them
when they shall leave their mother, accordinge to the law and custome of
this Colonie. It.:
The remainder of
my estate I give to my wife and son, John, equally betwixt them untill
my
wife marrie. But
in case shee shall marrie, then my son, John, is to pay unto her 40 lbs.
sterlinge uppon
the day of her marriage. And this, my will and testiment, to stand in full
force
& power after
my decease.
"In presence of John Underhill, Barnabas Horton.
"MATHIAS CURWIN."
(Southold Town Records, Lib. B, p. 95.)
From the Corwin Genealogy, Edward Tanjore Corwin, Millstone, New Jersey, 1872, pp 161-2
"On December 5th, 1655, the property of Matthias Curwin is described as follows:
(1.) House lot,
4 acres, with lot of Barnabas Horton on the
west, and that of Thomas Z.
Keryhes? on the
east.
(2.) 18 acres of
woodland, toward the north sea, (L. I. Sound,) bounded north by lands of
Henry Whitnie,
formerly, (now Pastor Young's,) south by lands of Thomas Moore.
(3.) 21 acres of
woodland, toward the north sea, behind, bounded by Mr. Wells's (formerly
Thomas Peakin's)
lands east, and Mr. Hubbard's west.
(4.) 6 acres of
woodland in the neck, near Tom's Creek Head; lands of Philemon Dickinson,
north, and John
Hubbard s, south.
(7.) 2 acres of meadow at the head of Tom's Creek.
(8.) 15 acres of
woodland, adjoining the meadow of John Tucker and John Herbert; lands
of Purrier, west,
and of Henry Whitnie, east.
(9.) 3 acres of
meadow, by Tom's Creek Pond; the meadow of Pastor Young's, north, and
of Lieutenant
Budd, south.
(10.) 1 1/2 acres
of arable land, in the old field, between lands of Joseph
Horton, south, and
John Tucker, north-west.
(11.) 2 acres of
meadow, at Goose Neck, adjoining Pine Neck; the meadow of Henry and
John Scudder, (now
Mr. Elton's,) lying north.
(12.) 1 acre of
meadow, on north-east side of Hog Neck, Mr. Wells's meadow, (formerly
Edward Ketchum's,)
lying north-east.
(13.) 3 acres of woodland in the Calves Neck.
(14.) 4 1/2 acres
of meadow, in Oyster Pond meadows, near to the south
end of the hedge,
about the tobacco houses. (His son John exchanged this with Gideon
Youngs for a meadow
lot, containing six acres, having lands of Charles
Glover on the east,
and the meadow
of Thomas Moore, Sr., (formerly John Tuthill's,)
on the west.)
(15.) A third lot
of meadow at Accoboack; Jer. Vail's meadow,
lying north, and Abr.
Whitehares, south-west.
(16.) A third lot
of meadow at Corchacke, lying on the west side of the old fields, and
extending from
the head of the meadow to the sea, containing 3 acres; Joseph
Horton's
meadow lying west.
(17.) A fourth lot
of meadow, on south side of Pechaconnicke River, containing 8 acres;
Thomas Mapes's
meadow, (formerly John Paine's,) west, and John Elton's, north.
(18.) 200 acres of woodland at Corchack; John Elton's land, east, and William Wells, west.
(19.) 40 acres of
woodland at Corchacke; Richard Benjamin's land, north, and John
Budd's
meadow, south,
and lying partly inclosed in said woodland."
From the Corwin Genealogy, Edward Tanjore Corwin, Millstone, New
Jersey, 1872, pp 161-2
An inventory of
the estate of the said Mathias Curwin, lately deceased.
œ s. d.
Impris. Houses
and lands with th' appertencs,
50 00 00
It. Neate
cattle,
97 00 00
It. In horse
flesh,
20 00 00
It. Sheepe
kinde,
23 16 00
It. In goats
& swyne,
14 00 00
It. Cart,
plow, with all furniture,
05 17 00
It. Working
tools, with other things,
06 14 00
It. Corne
& hay,
29 00 00
It. Bedsteads
& beddinge,
19 17 00
It. The man's
wareinge & tools, & lynnen,
09 16 00
It. Arme's
wooll & some cheese,
16 13 06
It. Pewter,
brasse, & other trumpery,
15 18 00
Apprisers:
BARNABAS HORTON,|
WILLIAM PURRIER,|Sworn.
CHARLES GLOVER.|
(Immediately preceding
this will on the town book, p. 92, is copied, "September 15th,
1658," the inventory
of the estate of Joseph Youngs, mariner; and following it, p. 97,
Thomas Cooper's
will, "15th September, 1658," and p. 98, his inventory, "January 20th,
1658-59.")
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