Edward Howard Jr

Edward Howard of Pawling left his "beloved wife Phebe the use and improvement of all the household furniture during her lifetime which is the whole of what I think proper to give her considering that my two sons Stepehen & Edward on consideration of what I have heretofore given them stand firmly bound & holden to provide for and support her after my death..." After her death, the furniture was to be divided equally between his four "beloved daughters Ruth, Mary, Sarah and Patience except to the amount of a good decent calico gown or something equal in value" to granddaughter Phebe Martin. All the rest of his estate was to be split between his four sons, Thomas, John, Benjamin and William, excepting the he gave sons Stephen and Edward five shillings each, and sons Matthew and Richard, ten shillings each. Edward Howard mentioned that the last four sons mentioned would e about equal to the first four named sons considering what he had already done for them. Thomas and William were made executors. The only date given was 1801.³