1715 Thomas Pettit of New Rochelle wrote his will on July 24. It was proved on September 13. Pelletreau's abstract states, [1]
Page 410.-—Thomas Pettit. In the name of God, Amen, July 24, 1715. I, Thomas Pettit, of New Rochelle, in the County of Westchester, yeoman, being sick. I leave to my wife Catherine, all estate during her life. I leave to my eldest son Thomas, 10 shillings, and what I have already given him by deed of gift. I leave all the rest of my houses, lands, and tenements to my sons Benjamin, Joshua, Samuel, Bartholomew, and Nathan, and my son-in-law, Daniel Baruch. I leave to my daughter Christian, wife of Daniel Baruch, £24. I make my wife executor.
Witnesses, John Moreau, Stephen Garison, Edward
Fitzgerald. Proved, September 13, 1715.
Research Notes:
Torrey mentions a marriage license 26 November 1698 for Thomas Pettit and Cathrine Branch. [2]
[1] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's office: city of New York, Vol. 2, 1708-1728 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1894), 154, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[2] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Vol. 2 H-S (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 1175, [AmericanAncestors].