1685 James Way wrote his will on October 2. The inventory of his estate was taken on October 25. [1]
Liber A, page 19 : Will of James Way : Sr.: of Newtown, Long Island : no business named : dated 2 October 1685 : proved 5 October 1685 : to my wife Ede Way, to my (6) children viz. James Way and Hannah ___ and Elizabeth ___ and Francis Way and Martha ___ and John Way : to my son-in-law Thomas Pettit : to my grand-child Thomas Pettit : Executors my sons John Way and James Way, with Jeremy Burroughs : witnesses Theophilus Phillips and Thomas Taylor : inventory taken 25 October 1685 was 168 pounds, 4 shillings and no pence : Entered 7 November 1685
[1] William Applebie Eardeley, Records in the Office of the County Clerk at Jamaica, Long Island, New York 1680-1781. Wills and Administrations Guardians and inventories, Volume 1 (Brooklyn, New York: 1918), 44, [AncestryImage].