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Excerpt from Early Long Island Wills of Suffolk County, 1691 1703: An Unabridged Copy of the Manuscript Volume Known as "the Lester Will Book"; Being the Record of the Prerogative Court of the County of Suffolk, New York; With Genealogical and Historical Notes By an addition to the Duke's Laws, in 1665, it was ordered that all original wills, after having been proved at the Court of Sessions, or Assizes, should be returned into the office of Records in New York, and shall remain there, and the executors were to have copies. This has preserved a great many original wills, which are now on file in the New York Surrogate's office. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.