To Robert Eastburn, son of my deceased brother Robert, the sum of fifty dollars, and Scott's Bible, which he requested; and to his son Joseph, my silver watch. To Thomas Eastburn, another son of my deceased brother Robert, the sum of sixty dollars.

To Mary Ann Jones, daughter of my said brother, the sum of sixty dollars.

To the two sons of Abigail Boyer, who are grandsons of my said brother, the sum of forty dollars to each of them, to be kept for them by Robert Eastburn, or Mary Ann Jones.

To the daughters of my brother John Eastburn, who are poor, to wit: Sarah Eastburn and Maria Wells, to each of them the sum of one hundred dollars.

To my dear aged friend, captain Benjamin Wicks, for his kind attention to my poor son, one hundred dollars. To Mr. John Harned, who has acted as clerk in our Mariner's Church, one hundred dollars.

To the family of Mr Gilbert Gaw deceased, who was with us in the Mariner's Church from the first, one hundred dollars.

The best cloak, the best hat, and the best coat in my wardrobe, given to such minister of the gospel, as my executors or a majority of them, may think proper, and the residue of my wearing apparel to my niece, Maria Wells, for the use of her children.

The open stove, and the time-piece fixed above it in the parlour of my dwelling, to remain as fixtures, and for the use of the family who for the time being may occupy the house.

And to my housekeeper, Ann Mack, who has been very attentive to me for more than eight years, one hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to any wages which may be due to her at the time of my decease.

And I do direct the foregoing legacies to be paid as soon after my decease as conveniently may be, by my

executors.

Third, I do give, devise, and bequeath all the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, real and personal, whatsoever and wheresoever, to the Trustees of the

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in the United States of America, and to their successors and assigns for ever: to be held by them in trust, and for the use and purpose of supporting a preacher or preachers of the gospel to the mariners, in and of the port of Philadelphia: and for that end to pay over the clear net income or product of said estate, to such person or persons, as shall be designated to them by the Presbytery of Philadelphia as animated, zealous, and orthodox in preaching the everlasting gospel to said mariners; and in visiting, as may be convenient to him or them, the hospitals, poorhouses, and prisons of Philadelphia: such payment to be made semi-annually: and the said Presbytery not to be liable to any claim from any preacher to the mariners, but upon their appointment of him, and agreement with him: and in default of any such designation by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, I will and direct, that the said income be applied and paid by the Trustees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in the United States of America, to and for such religious objects and purposes as they may think proper: always desiring that my affection for the mariners, and my desire to promote the eternal interest of that class of my fellow-beings, may be, so far as is practicable, borne in mind, in the distribution of said income: and as, whilst meditating alone, I thought of the kindness of the Lord to me in giving me a comfortable. house, and allowing me to live in it above forty-two years, I concluded it might be an encouragement to the Mariner's Church to have it as a parsonage-house for the preacher, if appointed as above, for the time he may be the minister, he paying the taxes and repairs, I do therefore authorize and empower the said trustees, to devote the house and lot where I now dwell to the said purpose of a parsonage-house for said church: to be occupied by the preacher for the time being, if he have a family; but if he be a single man, and not desire to live in it, then to be rented for the use and benefit of said church, in the manner aforesaid.

Last, I do appoint Robert Ralston, Jacob J. Janeway, D. D., Mr. Jacob Dutton, Mr. Thomas Latimer, and

Mr. John Willis, all of Philadelphia, to be the executors of this my last will and testament.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this twenty-fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven. JOSEPH EASTBURN. (Seal.)

Signed, sealed, published, and declared by Joseph Eastburn, as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us.

JOSEPH LESLEY,
JOHN H. IRWIN.

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SECOND APPENDIX.

It may be recollected that in the account given by Mr. Eastburn of his first religious exercises, he mentions that his "father having been a prisoner among the Indians, brought his circumstances too low to afford his son more than a common English education." A narrative of this Indian captivity was printed in 1758; and a copy of it was preserved with great care by Mr. Eastburn. It is certainly both entertaining and instructive; and it has been thought proper to preserve, in a separate appendix, this memorial of a father whom the subject of the foregoing memoirs greatly loved and venerated. As the whole of this narrative, both in its substance and manner of statement, is calculated to exhibit the state of things in our country, in times long since gone by, it is given, with the title-page of the pamphlet which contains it, and the preface and recommendation by which it is introduced.