“In ye name of God Amen, febr ye 19 1685-6, according to the computation of ye Church of England, I Benjamin Horton, in ye County of Suffolk in ye Province of N. Yorke on Long Island, being in perfect memory, doe make & ordain this my last will & testament. “Item. - I give to Caleb Horton & Josuha Horton & to Johnathan Horton & Mersey Youngs 80 bushels of wheate & Indian, 20 swine, 20 sheep, to be devided to them four alike. 
“Item. - I give my house & land & meadows except my Meadow of Common over the River to the Sacrament table yearly for evermore. 
“Item. - I give to  my friend Thomas Tusten one lot of the common meadows over the River, and a coate cloth that is at Stephen Bayles, and the corne that is more than the 80 bushels I give to Thomas Tusten. 
“Item. - I give ten oxen for a bell for the meeting-house to call ye people together to worship the Lord God.
“Item. - I give the rest to the poore.
“Item. - My man Joseph one cow, one gun, one sheep & his time, to be out next may day.
“Item. - I give to my sisters my wives cloathes to be divided to them two.
“Item. - I give all the rest of my goods to my brother Joseph Horton.
“I make my brother Joshua Horton sole executor of this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills & testaments, to see all my debts paid.

“Benjamin Horton.”

1683. History of Suffolk County, New York with Illustrations, Portraits, & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals; New York: W. W. Munsell & Co., 1882, pg. 28