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Thomas Wardwell and his brother, William were the first of this family to settle in the New World. Sailing from England in the summer of 1633 they landed in Boston, Mass. on September 4, 1633 on the ship Griffin. William made the trip with his wife Alice, his first wife, and Thomas was married to Elizabeth Woodruffe aboard the Griffin during the voyage. Thomas was 31 years old when he arrived in Boston. The 200 or more people aboard the Griffin included such people as; The Rev. John Cotton and Edmund Quincy. 1634-1637: Thomas Wardwell was considered a freeholder. 1638: The Rev. John Wheelwright came to Boston on May 26,1636 from Lincolnshire, England. Wheelwright became a preacher at Mount Wollaston, now called Braintree, which at that time was part of Boston. Wheelwright was a brother to Mrs. Ann Hutchinson whose Antinomious zeal brought her into public notice. During a fast in Boston in December of 1636, the Rev. Wheelwright preached a sermon that gave offense to reflect on ministers and magistrates. Rev. Wheelwright was summonsed to civil court to give in his answer explicitly, whether he would acknowledge his offense in preaching his late, seditious sermon, or abide the sentence of the Court. When he pleaded not-guilty of the crime and would leave the colony of his own accord he and his followers were then banished permanently from Massachusetts Bay Territory. Wheelwright bought land in what is now New Hampshire from the Indians called Squamscot Falls. In 1638 he began a Plantation called Exeter. The people formed themselves into a church outside the jurisdiction of Massachusetts and combined into a separate political body. This continued for three years with such people as Richard Merrys, Richard Bulgar, Philamon Purmont, Isaac Gosse, Christopher Marshall, George Baytes, Thomas Wardwell and William Wardwell. Thomas was appointed Justice and Commissioner to try small cases for the Jurisdiction. Exeter eventually fell under the Jurisdiction of Massachusetts, and Wheelwright's followers, still under banishment, had to move again. The people moved into the Province of Maine and settled at Wells around 1641. By the time Samuel was born the family had moved to Andover and Samuel was born in Boston.
(Notes, from 2 different sources)
Thomas and his brother William Wardwell, along with the Reverend John Cotton, Edmund Quincy, Anne Hutchinson, Wheelwright, and 200 other came to Boston on Sept. 4, 1633 on Griffin. Eight weeks sailing time from The Downs. Not long after their arrival, Thomas married Elizabeth Woodruffe. Thomas became a Freeman in the Mass. Bay Colony. The Puritans were non-conformists but could not amicably tolerate views different from their own. Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Colony in 1637, and was killed by Indians at Hell Gate about 1643. Thomas Wardwell was deprived of his arms and excluded from the Colony. He moved to Andover, Mass. where he was later restored to good standing.
| Wardwell, Sgt. Thomas (I3547)
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Timothy Wooster Sr. was one of the principal citizens of Derby, living on the farmlands inherited from his father. In 1716 and again in 1726, he was chosen Selectman, being called in the record "Sergeant."
On 15 August 1693, Timothy bought a tract of land for 20 Pounds from a group of Indians, headed by one with the unusual name of Manquash Chesh-Con-Ug.
Timothy and his brothers Thomas, David and Henry are on a list of settlers who took the freeman's oath for the town of Derby before 1708.
| Wooster, Timothy Sr. (I611)
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To "wife Abigail young my whole estate Real and personal during ye time of her widdohood" To "my Son John young five acres of upland Lying neare ye south side of ye Cove Comonly Called youngs Cove"; To "my two sons Joseph and Nathaniel young ten shillings a peece" To "my Son David young all that upland that is mine where he now lives" To "my Son Robirt young that parcel of upland which I bought of Thomas paine except one small field called ye point ffield against Timothy Coles and one Bed and Beding" To "my son Henry young all my housing and all that upland thatI bought of John mayo and ye point field before excepted Lying against Timothy Coles"; To "my Three Daughters five shillings a peece"; "Capt Sparrow and Daniel Done Ser and Benjamin Higgins to be my over Seers to be assistent to my executors". | Young, John Sr. (I17137)
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To the Honourable Committee Sitting in Salem Sept 13. 1710. An Account of what was seiz'd and taken away by the Sheriffe or his Deputy and assistants out of the Estate of Samuel Wardwell late of Andover Deceased who suffered the paines of Death under condemnation on the Sorrowfull tryalls for witchcraft in the year 1692.
viz Seis'd and taken away
5 Cowes at 2 P 10-00-00
1 Heifer & a yearling 2-5-00
1 Horse 3-0-00
9 Hogs 7-0-0
8 Loads of Hay 4-0-0
A set of Carpenters Tools 1-10-0
6 Acres of corn upon the ground. 9-00-00
36.15.00 | Wardwell, Samuel Jr. (I2545)
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To the Honourable Committee Sitting in Salem Sept 13. 1710. An Account of what was seiz'd and taken away by the Sheriffe or his Deputy and assistants out of the Estate of Samuel Wardwell late of Andover Deceased who suffered the paines of Death under condemnation on the Sorrowfull tryalls for witchcraft in the year 1692.
viz Seis'd and taken away
5 Cowes at 2 P 10-00-00
1 Heifer & a yearling 2-5-00
1 Horse 3-0-00
9 Hogs 7-0-0
8 Loads of Hay 4-0-0
A set of Carpenters Tools 1-10-0
6 Acres of corn upon the ground. 9-00-00
36.15.00 | Hooper, Sarah (I3436)
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To the Honourable Committee Sitting in Salem Sept 13. 1710. An Account of what was seiz'd and taken away by the Sheriffe or his Deputy and assistants out of the Estate of Samuel Wardwell late of Andover Deceased who suffered the paines of Death under condemnation on the Sorrowfull tryalls for witchcraft in the year 1692.
viz Seis'd and taken away
5 Cowes at 2 P 10-00-00
1 Heifer & a yearling 2-5-00
1 Horse 3-0-00
9 Hogs 7-0-0
8 Loads of Hay 4-0-0
A set of Carpenters Tools 1-10-0
6 Acres of corn upon the ground. 9-00-00
36.15.00 | Wardwell, Samuel (I3333)
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VERNON, Conn., and ROCKVILLE, Conn. - William H. "Bill" Folland, 86, of Vernon, Conn., beloved husband of the late Erma Jeanne (Barton) Folland, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. He was born July 12, 1927, in Boston, the son of the late William and Abbie (Hanscom) Folland, stepson to Alden Stanley, and grew up in Thomaston and Rockland.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Technical Sergeant in the Pacific Theater. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge No. 73 of Manchester, the Manchester Elks, the American Legion, the Sphinx Shrine Temple of Newington and a communicant of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Manchester. He retired from Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in 1992 as Manager of NDT after 40 years of service which included his family living in Belgium as part of the European F-100 engine program.
He is survived by his children, Barry Folland and his wife, Kelly, of Vernon, Conn., and Jennifer Folland and her wife, Sandra Imbody-Folland, of Ludlow, Mass.; his grandchildren, Shannon and Christopher and his wife, Beth; his great-grandchildren, Emma and Christopher Jr.; and his nieces and nephews.
Relatives and friends are welcome to join the family 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Burke-Fortin Funeral Home, 76 Prospect St., Rockville, Conn. A funeral home service will follow at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Burke-Fortin Funeral Home. Burial will be private at the convenience of the family. For online condolences please visit: www.pietrasfuneralhome.com. | Folland, T/Sgt. William Harland (I4735)
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Vnto wife Elizabeth, fower pounds tenn shillings a yeare; on fether bed, on payer of sheets &c. after hir desese to returne to my sonne Thomas Marsh. To sonne Oneseferes, one yerling stere, an one to yerling hefer, one hefer Calfe, one Ewe, &c. Dau. Elizabeth Turner, one yerling hefer. Dau. Mary padge, to Ewes gotes, &c. Sonne Thomas Marsh, my house and all my land in Hingham.
Witnes Ralfe Woodard
William Hersee.
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Will of Elizabeth Stover, Probate Court, Plymouth, MA:
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. The Seventh day of December in the first year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, George, by the grace of God of Great Brittan, France, and Ireland, Defender of the faith & c. Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and fourteen;
I ELIZABETH STOVER of SCITTUATE in the County of Plymouth in the Provice of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Spinster; Being of weak body but of sound memory; calling to mind my mortality, & the uncertainty of my Life, I do make & ordain this my Last Will and Testament In manner & form following, hereby revoking & making null & void all former Will or Wills by me made either by word or writing, ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament.
First & principally I give & recomment my Soul into the hands of God yet gave it & my body to the earth to be buried after a Decent & Christian manner at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named. - And as touching such worldly estate as the Lord hath blessed me with, I do give & bequeath & dispense of the same in manner following.
Imprimiss: I give & bequeath unto my son JOHN STOVER the Summ of twenty & three pounds in silver money at eight shillings an ounce.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my son DEPENDANCE STOVER the summ of twenty & three pounds in Silver money at Eight shillings an ounce.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my son JOSIAH STOVER the summ of twenty & three pounds in Silver money at Eight shillings an ounce.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my son GEORGE STOVER the summ of twenty & three pounds in Silver money at Eight shillings an ounce.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my daughter ELIZABETH WALFOOT the summ of twenty & three pounds in Silver money at Eight shillings an ounce.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my daughter SARAH LANCASTER the summ of twenty & three pounds in Silver money at Eight shillings an ounce.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my daughter DEBORAH SAWYER the summ of twenty & three pounds in Silver money at Eight shillings an ounce.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my daughter MARY WANTON the summ of twenty & three pounds in Silver money at Eight shillings an ounce.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my daughter HANNAH BRYANT the summ of twenty & three pounds in Silver money at Eight shillings an ounce.
Item. I give unto Phebie, my Negro woman slave, her freedom at my death, and ten pounds in silver money at eight shillings an ounce to be paid her by my Executors at the end of one month after my decease.
Item. I give unto my said negro woman all her wearing cloths, together with the bed she lyeth on, and the bed stead & clothing which belongs to it.
Item, I give unto Jonathan my Negro Lad, the Son of Phebie my negro woman, his freedom at my decease:
Item I give unto the lad Jonathan all his wareing cloths, the bed whereon he lyeth and the clothing belonging to it, my Gun, and ten pounds in silver money at eight shillings an ounce to be paid him by my Executor when he shall arrive to the age of twenty and one years.
Item. I give unto Jerrusha my Negro Girl the Daughter of Phebie my negro woman her freedom at my decease; Item I give the sd Jerusha her wareing cloths, & ten pounds in silver money at eight shillings an ounce, to be paid unto her by my Executor when she shall arrive at the age of eighteen years. | Norton, Elizabeth (I6724)
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WILL OF GEORGE HALL.
Annexed is a copy of the will of George Hall, ancestor of the foregoing descendants. He was the first clerk and business manager of the ancient Taunton Iron Works, "commenced Anno 1656," and continued so (with the exception of one year) until the time of his death in 1669. [From record of Capt. Thomas. Leonard2, afterwards clerk, son of James1, now in possession of the compiler:]
"Oct. 16, 1669--The Last Will and Testament of George Hall, of Taunton, deceased, exhibited to the Court held at New Plvmouth, the first day of March, 1669, on the Oath of Richard Williams:
In the name of God, amen--I George Hall, of Taunton, in the jurisdiction of New Plymouth, being in health and memory, blessed be the Lord, do here make my last will and testament in manner and form as followeth: I commit my spirit into the hands of the Lord and do dispose of my goods as followeth:
Item--I give to my wife during widowhood, the part of my dwelling house, that part which I built last, and the garden joining to it, and half my new barn and half the stall against the barn:
Item--I give her that I bought of Benjamin Wilson, lying between Richard Williams and that which was Nicholas White's which is eight acres which lyeth on the North side of the great River:
Item--I give unto my Wife the land that is called by the name of Cobb's neck, and the land that I broke up in the neck that John Hall hath and one acre more if she want it:
Item--I give her more at Broad cove, a carriage of hay, half in Samuel's and half in Joseph's, if she doth want it for herself, this is my wife's during her widowhood, after to be disposed of as followeth, and make her my executrix:
Item--I give unto my son Joseph half the neck of land called by the name of Jane Wyatt's bed, and the land the house stands upon, and the four acres that reaches against John Cobb's land, and the neck called by the name of Cobb's neck, and seventy-six acres by the great River at the further side of Thomas Deane's land on the east side, to him and his heirs forever:
Item--I give unto my son Samuel Hall my great lot viz: all my land lying from the great river to James Leonard's land, the one side is against Hezekiah Hoar's land the other side against Mr. Pool's land, and twenty-two acres against the Great River on the north side of Thomas Deane's:
Item--I give unto my son Samuel my twenty acres and the meadow belonging to it at the three mile River, called Rumford, and half my meadow at Broad cove:
Item--I give to my daughter Charity six pounds:
Item--I give unto my son Joseph Hall my home lot, which is eight acres, two acres where I bought of William Harvey, and six acres over the great river, and I give unto him that which I bought of Benjamin Wilson which is eight acres upon the north side of the great River, the east side against Richard Williams:
Item--I give him half my meadow at Broad cove--Samuel is to parcel it equally and Joseph is to choose the half he will have, and I give him my purchase and ten acres from the town of my-division:
Item--I give to each of my grand-children forty shillings:
Item--I give to my daughter Sarah twenty pounds, and if she do not match to her mother's mind she is to have but fifteen pounds:
Item--I give to the church in Taunton, forty shillings to buy cups:
Item--I give to William Evans, twenty shillings:
Item--I give to my son John, my new purchase:
Item--I give to my daughter Mary, forty shillings:
Item--I give to my son Samuel, six acres of land that is due me from the town and three acres of swamp:
(Signed) GEORGE HALL.
Witnessed by RICHARD WILLIAMS,
WALTER DEANE." | Hall, George (I16777)
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WILL OF RICHARD LOWLE
"I give and bequeath unto my loveing and beloved wife, Margaret, all my Household Goods (except my Bible and my great Pot) and Chattels with house and land and orchard and meadow, during her widowhood or naturall life if she remains a widow. And after her I give and bequeath unto my son Percival Lowle, all my house and Barnes and outhousing and orchard with all my land adjoying to my house (except my 12 acres on the northeasterly side of my land). Also I give my son Percival my 12 acres of Marsh in the Great Marshes by the Plumb bushes and 5 acres of Marsh or meadow below Benjamin Rolfes & 2 acres of my Marsh of the 8 acres at old Towne and also the 1/2 of my freeholds and privileges of commons and my great Pot and my great Bible. And I do acknowledge that the meadow in Mirchen meadows which was formerly mine to Percivall's by purchase... Also I give and
bequeath to my son Thomas Lowle 12 acres of my Upland adjoining to james Brownes
and Nathaniel Clarkes land and widdow Muzzeya land.. So much in breadth as shall amout to the running the whole length...Moveables to be equally divided between my 2 sons or their heirs. Also I give my liveing stock of Cattell to my son, Thomas, and have a sixth part of the Apples yearly so long as he lives a single man without wife and no longer, and I give a book called Mr. Hookers Politic unto Anthony Somerby, my debts and funeral expenses being discharged by my Executrix." | Lowell, Richard (I5417)
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William Sawyer, who came from England to Salem, Mass., about 1640, removed to Newbury, where a son WILLIAM was born in 1655. In an old burying-ground in Newburyport, there was a tier of tall, oldfashioned slate gravestones marking the earthly resting place of a Sawyer family, and from dates inscribed there they show that some were born in the mother country. | Sawyer, William (I5661)
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William was the servant of Edmund Quinsey. He was admitted to the church in Boston on 9 Feb 1633/4. He was dismissed to Exeter NH on 6 Jan 1638/9 and signed the Exeter combination on 5 Jun 1639.
William then removed to Rhode Island where he was brought to trial in 1643 with Samuel Gorton and others on the charge of heresy; he was confined to Watertown. He removed to Wells, Maine by 1649.
When the commissioners of Massachusetts were summoning townspeople to take the oath of allegiance, he was charged with contempt of court for dissuading his neighbors from taking the oath. However, he maintained that he was absent from the meeting because he was trying to get his neighbors to join with Massachusetts. He took the oath on 5 Jul 1653, and subsequently returned to Boston.
In his will William bequeathed one half of his house in Boston to his wife Elizabeth for her life; he also mentioned his daughter Meribah, wife to Francis Littlefield of Wells Me, leaving her 10 shillings (NEHGR 48:458). The inventory of his estate was done 30 Apr 1670.
Baptized in Parish of Alford Lincolnshire England | Wardwell, William (I6600)
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Wintrub (Weintraub), Rachel, wife of the late Mandel, mother of Harry Weintraub, Mrs. Ann Gelman Mrs. Lillian Weiss, and Mrs. Sally Eichner, grandmother and great-grandmother. Services today, Friday, March 15, at Berkowitz Kumin, Inc., Memorial Chapel, 1985 S. Taylor Rd., at 1 p.m. Family at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weintraub, 2405 S. Belvoir Blvd., University Heights. | Tennenbaum, Rachel (I2822)
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Wintrub, Hy., beloved husband of Molly, dearly devoted, father of Warren, Nancy and grandfather, devoted son of Rachael Weintraub, brother of Harry, Ann Gelman, Lilyan Weiss, Sally Eichner. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, 3 p. m., at Canton, Ohio. Week of mourning will be observed at 3690 Pennington Rd., Shaker Heights. | Wintrub, Hyrman G. (I1165)
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WOOSTER, DAVID, soldier, state legislator, was born March 2, 1710, in Stratford, Conn. He became a brigadier-general in 1775; was one of the originators of the expedition which captured Ticonderoga in 1775; and served as a member of the Connecticut assembly. He was a gallant soldier; and also contributed valuable articles to the literature of the day. For many years he was major-general of the Connecticut militia. He was shot while annoying the enemy's rear-guard with two hundred men in protecting his state from the enemy. He filled many public offices of honor in the civil service prior to the revolutionary war. He was taken to Danbury, and died there May 2, 1777. | Wooster, Gen. David (I698)
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Zachary Bicknell and Agnes his wife sailed from England in the spring of 1635. He was 45 years of age, and his wife 37. The entire family at this time consisted of Zachary, his wife Agnes, their son John (11 yrs. of age) and John Kitchen, a servant, aged 23. This family group formed a part of the company of 106 English emigrants that came with the Rev. Joseph Hull, a forty year old minister, from Somerset and Dorset, and were permitted to settle at Weymouth, MA. Zachary Bicknell died within about a year after his arrival at Weymouth,not, however, until he had built a house and established a home, embracing twenty acres of unfenced land. His widow soon married Richard Rockett (or Rockwood), and the home of the Bicknells was sold to William Reade. His only son and heir, John, lived to produce a large posterity from which most of the Bicknell's in America descend. | Bicknell, Zachary (I8444)
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Copy of Deed of Nantucket to Nine Purchasers
(dated July 2, 1659).
Recorded for Mr Coffin and Mr Macy aforesd ye Day and Year aforesd.
Be it known unto all Men by these Presents that I, Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, Merchant, doe hereby acknowledge that I have sould unto Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swayne, Thomas Bernard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleafe, John Swayne and William Pike that Right and Interest I have in ye Land of Nantuckett by Patent; ye wch Right I bought of James Fforrett, Gent. and Steward to ye Lord Sterling and of Richard Vines, sometimes of Sacho, Gent., Steward-Genrll unto Sir Georges Knight as by Conveyances under their Hands and Seales doe appeare, ffor them ye aforesaid to Injoy, and their Heyres and Assignes forever wth all the Privileges thereunto belonging, for in consideration of ye Sume of Thirty Pounds of Current Pay unto whomsoever I ye said Thomas Mayhew, mine Heyres or Assignes shall appoint.
And also two Beaver Hatts one for myself and one for my wife.
And further this is to declare that I the said Thomas Mayhew have received to myself that Neck upon Nantucket called Masquetuck or that Neck of Land called Nashayte the Neck (but one) northerly of Masquetuck, ye aforesaid Sayle in anywise notwithstanding. And further, I ye said Thomas Mayhew am to beare my Part of the Charge of ye said Purchase above named, and to hold one twentieth Part of all Lands purchased already, or shall be hereafter purchased, upon ye said Island by ye aforesd Purchasrs or Heyres and Assignes forever.
Briefly: It is thus: That I really sold all my Patent to ye aforesaid nine Men and they are to pay mee or whomsoever I shall appoint them, ye sume of Thirty Pounds in good Marchantable Pay in ye Massachusetts, under wch Governmt they now Inhabit, and 2 Beaver Hatts, and I am to beare a 20th Part of ye Charge of ye Purchase, and to have a 20th Part of all Lands and Priviledges; and to have wch of ye Necks aforsd that I will myselfe, paying for it; only ye Purchasers are to pay what ye Sachem is to have for Masquetuck, although I have ye other Neck.
And in witness hereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Scale this second Day of July sixteen hundred and fifty-nine—(1659).
Per me
Tho. Mayhew.
Witness John Smith
Edwaed Seaele
| Nantucket, the purchase of (I45339)
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Copy of Deed of Nantucket to Nine Purchasers
(dated July 2, 1659).
Recorded for Mr Coffin and Mr Macy aforesd ye Day and Year aforesd.
Be it known unto all Men by these Presents that I, Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, Merchant, doe hereby acknowledge that I have sould unto Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swayne, Thomas Bernard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleafe, John Swayne and William Pike that Right and Interest I have in ye Land of Nantuckett by Patent; ye wch Right I bought of James Fforrett, Gent. and Steward to ye Lord Sterling and of Richard Vines, sometimes of Sacho, Gent., Steward-Genrll unto Sir Georges Knight as by Conveyances under their Hands and Seales doe appeare, ffor them ye aforesaid to Injoy, and their Heyres and Assignes forever wth all the Privileges thereunto belonging, for in consideration of ye Sume of Thirty Pounds of Current Pay unto whomsoever I ye said Thomas Mayhew, mine Heyres or Assignes shall appoint.
And also two Beaver Hatts one for myself and one for my wife.
And further this is to declare that I the said Thomas Mayhew have received to myself that Neck upon Nantucket called Masquetuck or that Neck of Land called Nashayte the Neck (but one) northerly of Masquetuck, ye aforesaid Sayle in anywise notwithstanding. And further, I ye said Thomas Mayhew am to beare my Part of the Charge of ye said Purchase above named, and to hold one twentieth Part of all Lands purchased already, or shall be hereafter purchased, upon ye said Island by ye aforesd Purchasrs or Heyres and Assignes forever.
Briefly: It is thus: That I really sold all my Patent to ye aforesaid nine Men and they are to pay mee or whomsoever I shall appoint them, ye sume of Thirty Pounds in good Marchantable Pay in ye Massachusetts, under wch Governmt they now Inhabit, and 2 Beaver Hatts, and I am to beare a 20th Part of ye Charge of ye Purchase, and to have a 20th Part of all Lands and Priviledges; and to have wch of ye Necks aforsd that I will myselfe, paying for it; only ye Purchasers are to pay what ye Sachem is to have for Masquetuck, although I have ye other Neck.
And in witness hereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Scale this second Day of July sixteen hundred and fifty-nine—(1659).
Per me
Tho. Mayhew.
Witness John Smith
Edwaed Seaele
| Swain, John (I44561)
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Copy of Deed of Nantucket to Nine Purchasers
(dated July 2, 1659).
Recorded for Mr Coffin and Mr Macy aforesd ye Day and Year aforesd.
Be it known unto all Men by these Presents that I, Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, Merchant, doe hereby acknowledge that I have sould unto Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swayne, Thomas Bernard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleafe, John Swayne and William Pike that Right and Interest I have in ye Land of Nantuckett by Patent; ye wch Right I bought of James Fforrett, Gent. and Steward to ye Lord Sterling and of Richard Vines, sometimes of Sacho, Gent., Steward-Genrll unto Sir Georges Knight as by Conveyances under their Hands and Seales doe appeare, ffor them ye aforesaid to Injoy, and their Heyres and Assignes forever wth all the Privileges thereunto belonging, for in consideration of ye Sume of Thirty Pounds of Current Pay unto whomsoever I ye said Thomas Mayhew, mine Heyres or Assignes shall appoint.
And also two Beaver Hatts one for myself and one for my wife.
And further this is to declare that I the said Thomas Mayhew have received to myself that Neck upon Nantucket called Masquetuck or that Neck of Land called Nashayte the Neck (but one) northerly of Masquetuck, ye aforesaid Sayle in anywise notwithstanding. And further, I ye said Thomas Mayhew am to beare my Part of the Charge of ye said Purchase above named, and to hold one twentieth Part of all Lands purchased already, or shall be hereafter purchased, upon ye said Island by ye aforesd Purchasrs or Heyres and Assignes forever.
Briefly: It is thus: That I really sold all my Patent to ye aforesaid nine Men and they are to pay mee or whomsoever I shall appoint them, ye sume of Thirty Pounds in good Marchantable Pay in ye Massachusetts, under wch Governmt they now Inhabit, and 2 Beaver Hatts, and I am to beare a 20th Part of ye Charge of ye Purchase, and to have a 20th Part of all Lands and Priviledges; and to have wch of ye Necks aforsd that I will myselfe, paying for it; only ye Purchasers are to pay what ye Sachem is to have for Masquetuck, although I have ye other Neck.
And in witness hereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Scale this second Day of July sixteen hundred and fifty-nine—(1659).
Per me
Tho. Mayhew.
Witness John Smith
Edwaed Seaele
| Hussey, Capt. Christopher (I13089)
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Copy of Deed of Nantucket to Nine Purchasers
(dated July 2, 1659).
Recorded for Mr Coffin and Mr Macy aforesd ye Day and Year aforesd.
Be it known unto all Men by these Presents that I, Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, Merchant, doe hereby acknowledge that I have sould unto Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swayne, Thomas Bernard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleafe, John Swayne and William Pike that Right and Interest I have in ye Land of Nantuckett by Patent; ye wch Right I bought of James Fforrett, Gent. and Steward to ye Lord Sterling and of Richard Vines, sometimes of Sacho, Gent., Steward-Genrll unto Sir Georges Knight as by Conveyances under their Hands and Seales doe appeare, ffor them ye aforesaid to Injoy, and their Heyres and Assignes forever wth all the Privileges thereunto belonging, for in consideration of ye Sume of Thirty Pounds of Current Pay unto whomsoever I ye said Thomas Mayhew, mine Heyres or Assignes shall appoint.
And also two Beaver Hatts one for myself and one for my wife.
And further this is to declare that I the said Thomas Mayhew have received to myself that Neck upon Nantucket called Masquetuck or that Neck of Land called Nashayte the Neck (but one) northerly of Masquetuck, ye aforesaid Sayle in anywise notwithstanding. And further, I ye said Thomas Mayhew am to beare my Part of the Charge of ye said Purchase above named, and to hold one twentieth Part of all Lands purchased already, or shall be hereafter purchased, upon ye said Island by ye aforesd Purchasrs or Heyres and Assignes forever.
Briefly: It is thus: That I really sold all my Patent to ye aforesaid nine Men and they are to pay mee or whomsoever I shall appoint them, ye sume of Thirty Pounds in good Marchantable Pay in ye Massachusetts, under wch Governmt they now Inhabit, and 2 Beaver Hatts, and I am to beare a 20th Part of ye Charge of ye Purchase, and to have a 20th Part of all Lands and Priviledges; and to have wch of ye Necks aforsd that I will myselfe, paying for it; only ye Purchasers are to pay what ye Sachem is to have for Masquetuck, although I have ye other Neck.
And in witness hereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Scale this second Day of July sixteen hundred and fifty-nine—(1659).
Per me
Tho. Mayhew.
Witness John Smith
Edwaed Seaele
| Barnard, Thomas Sr. (I12968)
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| 422 |
Copy of Deed of Nantucket to Nine Purchasers
(dated July 2, 1659).
Recorded for Mr Coffin and Mr Macy aforesd ye Day and Year aforesd.
Be it known unto all Men by these Presents that I, Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, Merchant, doe hereby acknowledge that I have sould unto Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swayne, Thomas Bernard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleafe, John Swayne and William Pike that Right and Interest I have in ye Land of Nantuckett by Patent; ye wch Right I bought of James Fforrett, Gent. and Steward to ye Lord Sterling and of Richard Vines, sometimes of Sacho, Gent., Steward-Genrll unto Sir Georges Knight as by Conveyances under their Hands and Seales doe appeare, ffor them ye aforesaid to Injoy, and their Heyres and Assignes forever wth all the Privileges thereunto belonging, for in consideration of ye Sume of Thirty Pounds of Current Pay unto whomsoever I ye said Thomas Mayhew, mine Heyres or Assignes shall appoint.
And also two Beaver Hatts one for myself and one for my wife.
And further this is to declare that I the said Thomas Mayhew have received to myself that Neck upon Nantucket called Masquetuck or that Neck of Land called Nashayte the Neck (but one) northerly of Masquetuck, ye aforesaid Sayle in anywise notwithstanding. And further, I ye said Thomas Mayhew am to beare my Part of the Charge of ye said Purchase above named, and to hold one twentieth Part of all Lands purchased already, or shall be hereafter purchased, upon ye said Island by ye aforesd Purchasrs or Heyres and Assignes forever.
Briefly: It is thus: That I really sold all my Patent to ye aforesaid nine Men and they are to pay mee or whomsoever I shall appoint them, ye sume of Thirty Pounds in good Marchantable Pay in ye Massachusetts, under wch Governmt they now Inhabit, and 2 Beaver Hatts, and I am to beare a 20th Part of ye Charge of ye Purchase, and to have a 20th Part of all Lands and Priviledges; and to have wch of ye Necks aforsd that I will myselfe, paying for it; only ye Purchasers are to pay what ye Sachem is to have for Masquetuck, although I have ye other Neck.
And in witness hereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Scale this second Day of July sixteen hundred and fifty-nine—(1659).
Per me
Tho. Mayhew.
Witness John Smith
Edwaed Seaele
| Greenleaf, Capt. Stephen (I7492)
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| 423 |
Copy of Deed of Nantucket to Nine Purchasers
(dated July 2, 1659).
Recorded for Mr Coffin and Mr Macy aforesd ye Day and Year aforesd.
Be it known unto all Men by these Presents that I, Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, Merchant, doe hereby acknowledge that I have sould unto Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swayne, Thomas Bernard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleafe, John Swayne and William Pike that Right and Interest I have in ye Land of Nantuckett by Patent; ye wch Right I bought of James Fforrett, Gent. and Steward to ye Lord Sterling and of Richard Vines, sometimes of Sacho, Gent., Steward-Genrll unto Sir Georges Knight as by Conveyances under their Hands and Seales doe appeare, ffor them ye aforesaid to Injoy, and their Heyres and Assignes forever wth all the Privileges thereunto belonging, for in consideration of ye Sume of Thirty Pounds of Current Pay unto whomsoever I ye said Thomas Mayhew, mine Heyres or Assignes shall appoint.
And also two Beaver Hatts one for myself and one for my wife.
And further this is to declare that I the said Thomas Mayhew have received to myself that Neck upon Nantucket called Masquetuck or that Neck of Land called Nashayte the Neck (but one) northerly of Masquetuck, ye aforesaid Sayle in anywise notwithstanding. And further, I ye said Thomas Mayhew am to beare my Part of the Charge of ye said Purchase above named, and to hold one twentieth Part of all Lands purchased already, or shall be hereafter purchased, upon ye said Island by ye aforesd Purchasrs or Heyres and Assignes forever.
Briefly: It is thus: That I really sold all my Patent to ye aforesaid nine Men and they are to pay mee or whomsoever I shall appoint them, ye sume of Thirty Pounds in good Marchantable Pay in ye Massachusetts, under wch Governmt they now Inhabit, and 2 Beaver Hatts, and I am to beare a 20th Part of ye Charge of ye Purchase, and to have a 20th Part of all Lands and Priviledges; and to have wch of ye Necks aforsd that I will myselfe, paying for it; only ye Purchasers are to pay what ye Sachem is to have for Masquetuck, although I have ye other Neck.
And in witness hereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Scale this second Day of July sixteen hundred and fifty-nine—(1659).
Per me
Tho. Mayhew.
Witness John Smith
Edwaed Seaele
| Coffin, Hon. Peter (I7250)
|
| 424 |
Copy of Deed of Nantucket to Nine Purchasers
(dated July 2, 1659).
Recorded for Mr Coffin and Mr Macy aforesd ye Day and Year aforesd.
Be it known unto all Men by these Presents that I, Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, Merchant, doe hereby acknowledge that I have sould unto Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swayne, Thomas Bernard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleafe, John Swayne and William Pike that Right and Interest I have in ye Land of Nantuckett by Patent; ye wch Right I bought of James Fforrett, Gent. and Steward to ye Lord Sterling and of Richard Vines, sometimes of Sacho, Gent., Steward-Genrll unto Sir Georges Knight as by Conveyances under their Hands and Seales doe appeare, ffor them ye aforesaid to Injoy, and their Heyres and Assignes forever wth all the Privileges thereunto belonging, for in consideration of ye Sume of Thirty Pounds of Current Pay unto whomsoever I ye said Thomas Mayhew, mine Heyres or Assignes shall appoint.
And also two Beaver Hatts one for myself and one for my wife.
And further this is to declare that I the said Thomas Mayhew have received to myself that Neck upon Nantucket called Masquetuck or that Neck of Land called Nashayte the Neck (but one) northerly of Masquetuck, ye aforesaid Sayle in anywise notwithstanding. And further, I ye said Thomas Mayhew am to beare my Part of the Charge of ye said Purchase above named, and to hold one twentieth Part of all Lands purchased already, or shall be hereafter purchased, upon ye said Island by ye aforesd Purchasrs or Heyres and Assignes forever.
Briefly: It is thus: That I really sold all my Patent to ye aforesaid nine Men and they are to pay mee or whomsoever I shall appoint them, ye sume of Thirty Pounds in good Marchantable Pay in ye Massachusetts, under wch Governmt they now Inhabit, and 2 Beaver Hatts, and I am to beare a 20th Part of ye Charge of ye Purchase, and to have a 20th Part of all Lands and Priviledges; and to have wch of ye Necks aforsd that I will myselfe, paying for it; only ye Purchasers are to pay what ye Sachem is to have for Masquetuck, although I have ye other Neck.
And in witness hereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Scale this second Day of July sixteen hundred and fifty-nine—(1659).
Per me
Tho. Mayhew.
Witness John Smith
Edwaed Seaele
| Swain, Richard Sr. (I14349)
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| 425 |
Copy of Deed of Nantucket to Nine Purchasers
(dated July 2, 1659).
Recorded for Mr Coffin and Mr Macy aforesd ye Day and Year aforesd.
Be it known unto all Men by these Presents that I, Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard, Merchant, doe hereby acknowledge that I have sould unto Tristram Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard Swayne, Thomas Bernard, Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleafe, John Swayne and William Pike that Right and Interest I have in ye Land of Nantuckett by Patent; ye wch Right I bought of James Fforrett, Gent. and Steward to ye Lord Sterling and of Richard Vines, sometimes of Sacho, Gent., Steward-Genrll unto Sir Georges Knight as by Conveyances under their Hands and Seales doe appeare, ffor them ye aforesaid to Injoy, and their Heyres and Assignes forever wth all the Privileges thereunto belonging, for in consideration of ye Sume of Thirty Pounds of Current Pay unto whomsoever I ye said Thomas Mayhew, mine Heyres or Assignes shall appoint.
And also two Beaver Hatts one for myself and one for my wife.
And further this is to declare that I the said Thomas Mayhew have received to myself that Neck upon Nantucket called Masquetuck or that Neck of Land called Nashayte the Neck (but one) northerly of Masquetuck, ye aforesaid Sayle in anywise notwithstanding. And further, I ye said Thomas Mayhew am to beare my Part of the Charge of ye said Purchase above named, and to hold one twentieth Part of all Lands purchased already, or shall be hereafter purchased, upon ye said Island by ye aforesd Purchasrs or Heyres and Assignes forever.
Briefly: It is thus: That I really sold all my Patent to ye aforesaid nine Men and they are to pay mee or whomsoever I shall appoint them, ye sume of Thirty Pounds in good Marchantable Pay in ye Massachusetts, under wch Governmt they now Inhabit, and 2 Beaver Hatts, and I am to beare a 20th Part of ye Charge of ye Purchase, and to have a 20th Part of all Lands and Priviledges; and to have wch of ye Necks aforsd that I will myselfe, paying for it; only ye Purchasers are to pay what ye Sachem is to have for Masquetuck, although I have ye other Neck.
And in witness hereof I have hereunto sett my Hand and Scale this second Day of July sixteen hundred and fifty-nine—(1659).
Per me
Tho. Mayhew.
Witness John Smith
Edwaed Seaele
| Coffin, Tristram Sr. (I7204)
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| 426 |
I being weake in body yet hauing yͤ քfect uʃe of my memoriᵉ doe
make this as my Last Will & Testament; Imp.ͬˢ my Will is that
what euer Debts I owe to any man be first payd out of
my Estate & yͤ reʃidue of my Estate I doe diʃpoʃe of as
followeth: I Giue unto my Deare & Louing Wife yͤ one
halfe of my whole Estate/ whether in houʃing lands cattle
Debts due to me from any/ or moueables or wᵗ euer Elʃe
is mine & this to be hers to dispoʃe of as She Shall See
cauʃe Either in her life time or at her death. I
Giue to my Eldest Son Isack Morrill a double portion
of yͤ other halfe of my Estate to be payd to him at yͤ
age of One & Twenty yeares or Day of Marriage the
rest of yͤ Said halfe of my Estate I Giue unto my
other fiue Children Abraham Jacob Sarah Moses &
Lidia Morrill to be Equally Divided betweene ym &
to be Enjoyed by them as they come to yͤ age of One
and Twenty yeares or at yͤ Day of Marriage my will
is if any of my aforesᵈ Six children die before the come
of age to Enjoy thier portion that then thier portion
be Diuided betweene yͤ Surviving children Equally
My will is my whole Estate be kept & Improued
together & noe Diuiʃion made untill my Eldest Son
Isaack come to age to receiue his portion & afterwards
as much as may be with any Conueniency my Will
is that my Deare & Louing Wife & my Eldest Son Isaack
Morrill Shall be yͤ Executors of this my Will my request
is that my loving friend Mʳ Tho: Bradbury & my
louing brother Job Clements be yͤ Ouerʃeers of this
my last Will and Testament: his
Witneʃs John Stevens Abraham ճՂԈMorrill
Tobias Davis marke
Roda Remington
Mary Wiʃe | Morrill, Abraham (I9076)
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| 427 |
In the Name of God Amen, I Samuel Whellwright of Wells in the County of Yorke in his Majties Province of the Massathusets Bay in New England being weak and Infirm of body but of Perfect Memory & of Sound understanding do make Constitute and appoint this my last Will and Testament.
I Commit my Soul into the hands of Almighty god my faithfull Creator & mercifull Redeemer & my body to the Earth from whence it was taken to be decently buried by my Executors hereafter Named In hopes of a Joyful & glorious Resurrection through Jesus Christ Amen.
And as for my Worldly goods and Estate I do will and bestow as Followeth.
Impris My Will and Intent is that my funerall Charges and all my lawfull and Just Debts shall be discharged and paid by my Executrs out of my Moueable Estate.
Item. I do give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary one quarter part of my farm where I do now dwell, after she is Marryed & to the Children that shall be borne of her body, forever, and for want of such Heirs, to the Heirs of my son John Whelwright forever. I do except twenty Acres of land out of the whole Farme, where my dwelling house and barne stands, which I have Already excepted in a Deed of Gift to my son Joseph.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Whelwright one quarter part of my sd Farme together with that twenty Acres of land before excepted, with the housing and building that are upon it, after my decease and The Decease of Hester my Wife, she having the vse and Income thereof During her Natural life, Onely Joseph shall have the libarty to make vse of one halfe of the dwelling hovse and barne if he hath occasion before my Wives decease, Also I bequeath to my Son Joseph halfe that land which I bought of Augustine Legendra, and all that land and meadow which I have at Merryland, Except that part which I have already disposed of, Also I give to my son Joseph all that Towne grant of land and priviledge for a saw mill at another place near Merryland all to be to him and his Heirs lawfully begotten of his body, and for want of such Heirs to my son John Whelwright and to his Heirs forever, a double part thereof, & the other part to my Daughters and to their Heirs forever.
Item, I do give and bequeath unto Hesther my beloued Wife, all my Cattell of all sorts, with one Negro Servant named Titus, with all my Mouable estate of all sorts which is not hereafter excepted, Also one acre of Marsh which I bought of Moses Littlefield, all this to be at her dispose to all or any of her Children at her decease, I do also give to her all the rent which was dew to me from my lands at Crofts in the County of Lincoln in England, untill the time it was sold by Mr Edw Loyde, if the sd Loyde hath made sale thereof, and if the land be not sold, my Will is that Hester my beloved wife shall have all the rent of Sd land, during her naturall life, to be at her sole dispose and in case the Sd land be sold, then My will is that shee shall have one Hundred pounds out of the Money. or principall the land was sold for, Out of which Hundred pounds she shall pay to my Daughter Mary Fourty pounds & to my son Joseph Thirty pounds & to my Daughter Hannah Parsons Thirty pounds, all to be paid at such time or times as my wife shall see most fitt & Convenient, And the Remainder of the said Estate I do give to my son John Whellwright to dispose of and Improve for the Vse and benefit of my wife during her naturall life & at her decease I giue the Sd Estate to him and to his Heires forever, I also give to Hester my wife the vse & income of the one halfe of another Farme in Wells, during her naturall Life, which farme I have by Deed of gift given to my son John, Also provided my land aforesd in England be not Sold, Then I give to my wife the use of the Sd land during her naturall life, and after her decease I give and bequeath to my son Iohn Whellwright all the above mentioned lands in Crofts in England with all the vse and Interest and benefit thereof to him and to his Heirs forever, out of which he shall pay forty pounds in money to my Daughter Mary, to be paid twenty pounds thereof. within one year after the Sd Estate comes into his hands, and the other twenty pounds to be paid within two years after, and also to pay thirty pounds to my son Joseph half money and the other halfe Equivalent to money; And thirty pounds to my Daughter Hannah, one halfe in money & the other halfe Equivalent to money, all to be paid within two years after the Estate comes into his hands to them & to their Heirs forever, And in Case Any of them have no Children, then to the Heirs of my son John Whellwright forever.
Item. I doe give to my son John Whellwright all my Books now in the Custady of Mr Eliakim Huchinson in Boston, and I give also to my son John one suit, Cloke & hatt and staffe I also give to him all my Estate which is in the hands of Captn Bozen Allen of Boston dew for my wiues portion, One quarter part of what he shall recover, I doe will to my wife.
And I doe Constitute & appoint my dear & loving wife Hesther together with my loving sons John Whellwright and Joseph Whelwright to be Executors of this my last will and Testament And I doe appoint my trusty and wellbeloved freinds Captn Job Alcock of Portsmouth & Mr Samuel Emery & Mr Jonathan Hammond of Wells to be the overseers of this my last Will.
In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seall this Thirtyeth day of Janury One Thousand Six Hundred, Ninety Nine; Seaven Hundred, 1699/700
Signed & Sealed in Samll Wheelwright (his Seal)
presents of vs
Samll Emery
Jonathan Hamond
James Addams
| Wheelwright, Samuel (I16542)
|
| 428 |
In the Name of God Amen. I John Staple of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of Maine in New-England Yeoman being of Sound Mind and Memory, But knowing the Uncertainty of this transitory Life do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner and form following, that is to Say, First I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently burried by my Executors herein hereafter named; and as touching the Disposition of all my temporal Estate I give & dispose thereof as followeth vizt.
Imprimis, I will that my Debts and funeral Charge be paid out of my Estate by my Executors.
Item, I give my Sons Hezekiah & Solomon, whom I have advanced already, each of them Five Shillings.
Item, I give my Son Samuel Four pounds.
Item, I give my Son Thomas's three Children Four pounds to be paid thus Forty Shillings to the Eldest, and Twenty Shillings to each of the other Two.
Item, I give my Daughter Hannah Whitehouse, and my Daughters Annah Brooks and Elizabeth Tomson each of them Four pounds.
Item, I give my Daughter Mary Hanscomb Four pounds to be paid her if living when the time of paymt hereafter mention'd comes.
Item, I giue and bequeath to my well beloved Wife all my personal Estate Goods and Chattels within Doors and without and also the one Third of the Income of my Real Estate, and the Easterly End of my dwelling House from Ridge pole to the Bottom of the Cellar, and a Convenient part of the Barn and out Houses if She desires it.
Item, I give and bequeath to my Son Mark Staple all my Real Estate, that I now have or ought to have in Kittery or elsewhere to him his Heirs and Assigns for ever : he paying the Legacies I have herein before given to his Brothers and Sisters and his Brother Thomas's Children and to pay them within two or three years after my Decease, and to Such first as he Shall think hath most need, and so on One after the other. And to pay his Mother the one Third of the Income of my Place Yearly during her Life. And I do hereby nominate and appoint my well beloved Wife and my Said Son Mark Staples Executrs to this my last Will and Testament. And I do hereby revoake disannul and make Void all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made by word or Writing.
In Witness whereof I the Said John Staple hath hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the twenty first Day of November in the year of our Lord Christ One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty four.
Iohn Staples & a Seal.
Signed Sealed published & declared by the Testator to be
his last Will and Testamt in the presence of us whose
Names are Subscribed as Witnesses and Signed by us in
the the [sic] presence of the Testator.
Ioseph Fernald
Iames Fernald Junr
Timothy Brown
| Staples, Mark (I20238)
|
| 429 |
In the Name of God Amen. I John Staple of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of Maine in New-England Yeoman being of Sound Mind and Memory, But knowing the Uncertainty of this transitory Life do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner and form following, that is to Say, First I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently burried by my Executors herein hereafter named; and as touching the Disposition of all my temporal Estate I give & dispose thereof as followeth vizt.
Imprimis, I will that my Debts and funeral Charge be paid out of my Estate by my Executors.
Item, I give my Sons Hezekiah & Solomon, whom I have advanced already, each of them Five Shillings.
Item, I give my Son Samuel Four pounds.
Item, I give my Son Thomas's three Children Four pounds to be paid thus Forty Shillings to the Eldest, and Twenty Shillings to each of the other Two.
Item, I give my Daughter Hannah Whitehouse, and my Daughters Annah Brooks and Elizabeth Tomson each of them Four pounds.
Item, I give my Daughter Mary Hanscomb Four pounds to be paid her if living when the time of paymt hereafter mention'd comes.
Item, I giue and bequeath to my well beloved Wife all my personal Estate Goods and Chattels within Doors and without and also the one Third of the Income of my Real Estate, and the Easterly End of my dwelling House from Ridge pole to the Bottom of the Cellar, and a Convenient part of the Barn and out Houses if She desires it.
Item, I give and bequeath to my Son Mark Staple all my Real Estate, that I now have or ought to have in Kittery or elsewhere to him his Heirs and Assigns for ever : he paying the Legacies I have herein before given to his Brothers and Sisters and his Brother Thomas's Children and to pay them within two or three years after my Decease, and to Such first as he Shall think hath most need, and so on One after the other. And to pay his Mother the one Third of the Income of my Place Yearly during her Life. And I do hereby nominate and appoint my well beloved Wife and my Said Son Mark Staples Executrs to this my last Will and Testament. And I do hereby revoake disannul and make Void all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made by word or Writing.
In Witness whereof I the Said John Staple hath hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the twenty first Day of November in the year of our Lord Christ One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty four.
Iohn Staples & a Seal.
Signed Sealed published & declared by the Testator to be
his last Will and Testamt in the presence of us whose
Names are Subscribed as Witnesses and Signed by us in
the the [sic] presence of the Testator.
Ioseph Fernald
Iames Fernald Junr
Timothy Brown
| Dixon, Mary (I7566)
|
| 430 |
In the Name of God Amen. The Second Day of Ianuary Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty eight, I Ioseph Willson of Kittery in the County of York & Province of the Massats Bay in New England Housewright, being aged & weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given unto God. Therefore calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make and ordain this my last Will & Testamt That is to Say : principally and first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Manner at ye Discrition of my Executors hereafter named, Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive ye Same again by the Mighty Power of God. And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in ye following Maner & form.
Impr My Will is that my just Debts & funeral Charges be raised & paid out of my Estate as Soon as may be conveniently after my Decease by my Executrs hereafter named.
Item. I give & bequeath unto Iudith my dearly beloved Wife ye Use & Improvemt of one third part of my real Estate in Manner as the Law directs in Case of Intestate Estates.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Well beloved Son Ioseph Willson his Heirs & Assigns part of my Land as follows Vizt one part thereof beginning at a Bunch of pair Trees about Six Rods Eastwardly from my Barn on ye Northerly Side of a Lane that Leads from my Barn, on ye Northerly Side of my Orchard twoards Thomas Hutchins Land, and to run from Said Pear Trees Northerly Straight to two Small Elmn Trees mark'd, and then continuing the Same Course to the Cart Path that leads from my Barn to the head of my Mowing Ground and then to run Northeasterly as the Path goes to the Head of my Mowing Ground at the Bars in the Stone Wall; And then running Southwardly as the Wall runs next the Pasture to the Corner thereof; And then running South westerly by the Wall and Fence to the turn of the Lane and then running as ye Lane Runs to the beginning : And also give to my Son Joseph Liberty to pasture three Cows eight Sheep & two Calves in my Pasture Land during his Life; and also give unto my said son Joseph Six Bushels of Winter Apples, and Six Barrells of Cyder per year during his Life to be made out of the Orchard on my Lands during his Life; And also the Priviledge of living in & improving that part of the House he now lives in, And the Same Priviledge in the Barn he now improves.
Item. I confirm unto my well beloved Son Moses Willson what I have already conveyed to him by Deeds which is for his full Portion of my Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Sons David Willson & Gowen Willson all the remaining part of my Lands & Buildings whatsoever & wheresoever the Same is or may be found to them their Heirs & Assigns forever to be divided between them in equal Shares.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Hannah Willson Thirteen pounds Six Shillings & eight pence lawful Money or the Value thereof out of my Stock of Creatures, And also Six pounds thirteen Shillings and four pence or the Value thereof out of my Household Goods all at the then Currt price as Such things go at.
And further my Will is that if my Said Son Joseph Shall have need to Sell or dispose of the Land or any part thereof that I have given him he Shall Sell it to one of his Brothers, if they See Cause to purchase and will give as much as another person. And all the remaining part of my personal Estate I give unto Iudith my Wife, whom I make & ordain my Executx and David my aforesd Son whom I make & ordain my Executor with his Mother of this my last Will and Testament to pay my Debts & funeral Charges. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannull all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacys & Bequests & Executors by me any ways before named willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testamt.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written after ye Words (David Willson and Gowen Willson) were interlined, Memo that ye Words (to pay my Debts & funeral Charges) were interlined before Signing & Sealing.
Ioseph Willson (seal)
Signed Sealed & published pronounced & declared by the Said Joseph Willson as his last Will & Testamt in the presence of us the Subscribers,
Thomas Hutchins
Ioseph Weeks
â‚•t¢â‚›
Andrew X Lewis 3d
mtƒrt
John Godsoe.
| Wilson, Joseph (I16130)
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| 431 |
In the Name of God Amen. The twenty third Day of March in the 21st year of His Majts Reign Annoque : Domini 1747, I George Stover of York in the County of York & Province of the Massa. Bay Yeoman, being of a sound & perfect Mind and Memory, thanks be to God, and calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men Once to die, to prevent Trouble & Disputes among such of my Children as may Survive me, concerning Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to Say, principally & first of all, I recommend my Soul into ye Hands of God that gave it, and my Body to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named in hopes of a glorious Resurrection. And as touching my worldly Estate aforesd after my just Debts & funeral Charges are paid I give demise & dispose of the Same in Manner & Form following,
Impr. My Will is that my loving Wife Elizabeth, (besides her Dowry in my Estate as the Law allows) Shall have the Use and Improvemt of all my Household Gods, during her Life, and after her Decease to be equally divided to & among my Children.
Item. I give and bequeath to my two youngest Sons Iosiah and Abraham all my Nubble Pasture so called Situate on the Cape Neck in York aforesd as the Same is now within Fence to be equally divided between my Said Son Josiah and Abram both for quantity & quality, and to their Heirs and Assigns forever.
Item. My Will is and I do hereby order & direct that all the rest & residue of my Upland, in York aforesd Shall be equally divided both for quantity & quality into two parts by a Line from the Sea Ward up thrô my Land lengthways to the Head & extent thereof leaving my dwelling House and Barn in the Southwesterly part or Division thereof And the Said Southwesterly part or Division together with my Dwelling House & Barn, I will & bequeath to my two aforesd Sons Iosiah & Abraham equally to be divided between them and to their Heirs & Assigns forever, and the Northeasterly part or Division I will & bequeath to my two elder Sons Isaac & Joseph to be equally divided between them and their Heirs & Assigns forever.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Sons Isaac Ioseph Iosiah & Abrãm all my Marsh or Meadow lying in the Cranbury Marsh so called equally to be divided between them both for Quantity & Quality and to their Heirs & Assigns forever.
Item. My Will is that my Son Ioseph's part & Share of the Land herein before given & bequeathed to him Shall be taken up & laid out to him so as to include and take in where his dwelling House now Stands.
Item. My Will is that my two aforesd Youngest Sons Josiah and Abraham Shall pay to my Daughter Abigail the Wife of George Rodick twenty five pounds new Tenor Bills of Credit so called equal to One Hundred pounds of the old Tenor out of what I have bequeathed before to them, and I do hereby Will to my Said Daughter Abigail the aforesd twenty five pounds which together with what I have before given her & not herein particularized Shall be in full of her Portion. And Finally, I appoint my Son Iosiah Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament, and I do hereby utterly disannul all & every other Wills Testaments Legacys & Bequests & Execrs by me in any Ways before named willed & bequeathed ratifyg and confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year first herein before written.
Signed Sealed published pronounced George Stover (seal)
& declared by the Said George
Stover as his last Will & Testamt
in presence of us, after the Words
and ye Words,
were interlined
Iohn Millbery Dan. Moulton
Nathaniel Freeman
| Stover, George (I1824)
|
| 432 |
The last Will & Testament of Robert Knight of Yorke/
Concerning the small Estate left by the prouidence of god vnto mee, I doe bequeath & dispose of as followeth/ Inprs: fiue Acres of Marsh bounded West & by South, on the one side, & West & by North on the other side, vpland butting on the Land of Thomas Beeson, & soe backe vnto the swampe vntill It come to a Prcell of Land of Mr Sam̃ll Mauericks, with an house & barne on the sayd Land, of Robert Knights, alsoe two Cows & a bull all wch as aboue expressed, alsoe wtsoeuer else shall be found to mee belonging, on or in the sayd house land or barne, I do whoolely & for euer bequeath, vnto my sonn Richd Knight liueing in Boston, & to his Assignes for euer/ In witness of all which as aboue written, I haue here vnto sett my hand & seale this 23d day of June 1676 :
Owned & Delivered The marke of
In the Prsence of Robert ๙ Knight (â‚›lt¢oÙˆct¢t˜â‚—sâ‚—t¢)
Nicholas Willmott/
his marke X
John Tucker/
William Bartholmew/
| Knight, Robert (I7771)
|
| 433 |
In the Name of God Amen I Ioseph Pribble of York in the County of York in the Province of the Massachussets Bay in New England Yeoman being Sick of Body but as yet Blessed be God of Sound mind & memory Do make this my last will & Testament in manner following First and above all I CoÍžmitt my Soul in to the hands of God my Maker & Redeemer and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried by my Executrix hereafter mentioned and then as to my Worldly Estate which a bountifull God has Graciously given me I dispose of it in manner following
Imprimis Imprimis [sic] I give & bequeath unto my Loving & faith full Wife Ann Prible one third part of my Personall Estate forever & the Improvement of one third part of my Real Estate dureing her Naturall Life She Acquitting all Interest in that two hundred pounds hereafter given to my five Children which I had by my former Wife.
Item I give and bequeath unto my five Elder Children Viz : Hannah Mary Nehemiah Elisebeth & Bithiah two hundred pounds Equally to be divided among them and to be forthwith paid out of my Bonds & to be improved for their best advantage by the advise of my Overseers hereafter Named & to be Delived to them at the Time of Marriage or Sooner as my Sd overseers Shall think best.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son Nehemiah a full double Portion of my whole Estate not herein before disposed of to be taken in Lands as the Estate Shall be Apprised by three Indeferent men to be appointed by my over seers Fifty Acres of his Sd Double Portion to be Set of to him when he shall come to be of the Age of twenty one Years & to lye on the Southwest Side of my home Stead adjoyning mr Stones Land to begin at the End next the Sea thirty poles in Breadth and So to run back the Same breadth till fifty Acres be compleated to be then apprised as afore Sd.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Ioseph Preble one full Portion or Share and an half Share of all my Estate to be taken in Lands & to be Sett of to him when he Shall come of the Age of 21 years.
Item I will and bequeath unto Each of my Daughters one full Share or equall Portion of my Estate twenty pounds thereof to be paid to Each of them by my Executrix at ye Age of Eighteen Years or time of marriage & the Residue when my youngest Child if a Son Shall be of the Age of 21 years and if a Daughter of the Age of Eighteen years.
Item My will is that all my Children be brought up out of my Estate the Sons till they come to ye Age of twenty one years and the Daughters to the Age of Eighteen years or time of Marriage.
Item It is my will that if the Child with which my Wife Now goeth Should be a Son He shall have an Equall Share with my Son Ioseph that is one full share and an half of my Estate to be taken in Lands when he comes of Age as aforeSd.
Item It is my will that if either of my Sons shall Se Cause to sell his Land herein bequeathed or any Part there of his Brother or Bretherin Shall have the Refusall at the Price that three Indeferent men shall then Value it at but they shall sell to no other Person whatsoever.
Item It is my will that my Sons shall have Liberty to take that Part of Land to be allotted to their Sisters which shall lie most Convenient to them Respectively they paying to their Sisters within three Years what the Same Shall be apprised at when the rest of my Estate is apprised as afore Said but if my Sons Shall refuse to Purchase the same as afore Said then their Sisters Shall Dispose of the Same as they Se Cause.
Item It is my will that all the Lands herein bequeathed to my sons as afore Said or that Shall be Sold one to the other as aforeSd Shall desend to the Heirs mail of their Bodys Lawfully begotten for ever & in failure of Heirs male then to be Equally Divided among the Females Lawfully begotten as aforeSd.
Item It is my will that my well Beloved Wife Ann Prible be & I do hereby appoint her to be the Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament.
Item I do hereby Nominate & appoint my Trusty Friends Samll Came & Ioseph Moody Esqrs & Mr Samll Milbury to be the Over seers to Councell and Advise my Executrix with respect to the Execution of this my last Will and Testament & to end all Diferences that may arise relating to the true Intent & meaning of this my last will and Testament and any Clause or Article theirin & if either of my Sd Overseers should dye then I do desire & empower the two Survivers to appoint another in his stead and the Determination of the Said Overseers or any two of them I do hereby order to be a finall End of ye Sd Disputes relaiting to the Premises.
Lastly I do hereby revoak any former will by me made I do hereunto set my hand and Seal April 24th 1732
Signed Sealed Published pronounced Joseph Prible (Seal)
& declaired by Joseph Preble above
named as his last Will & Testament The words Yeoman
my Forthwith whole before equall to each of on the First
Page & on this Page the words or Brethering respectively
to be shall or that shall be Sold by one to ye other as
aforeSd interlined & five whole lines on this Page oblit-
erated before Signing in Presence of us
John Sayword
Abill Goodwin
Samll Black
John Millbury
| Preble, Joseph Jr. (I12375)
|
| 434 |
In the Name of God Amen I Ioseph Pribble of York in the County of York in the Province of the Massachussets Bay in New England Yeoman being Sick of Body but as yet Blessed be God of Sound mind & memory Do make this my last will & Testament in manner following First and above all I CoÍžmitt my Soul in to the hands of God my Maker & Redeemer and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried by my Executrix hereafter mentioned and then as to my Worldly Estate which a bountifull God has Graciously given me I dispose of it in manner following
Imprimis Imprimis [sic] I give & bequeath unto my Loving & faith full Wife Ann Prible one third part of my Personall Estate forever & the Improvement of one third part of my Real Estate dureing her Naturall Life She Acquitting all Interest in that two hundred pounds hereafter given to my five Children which I had by my former Wife.
Item I give and bequeath unto my five Elder Children Viz : Hannah Mary Nehemiah Elisebeth & Bithiah two hundred pounds Equally to be divided among them and to be forthwith paid out of my Bonds & to be improved for their best advantage by the advise of my Overseers hereafter Named & to be Delived to them at the Time of Marriage or Sooner as my Sd overseers Shall think best.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son Nehemiah a full double Portion of my whole Estate not herein before disposed of to be taken in Lands as the Estate Shall be Apprised by three Indeferent men to be appointed by my over seers Fifty Acres of his Sd Double Portion to be Set of to him when he shall come to be of the Age of twenty one Years & to lye on the Southwest Side of my home Stead adjoyning mr Stones Land to begin at the End next the Sea thirty poles in Breadth and So to run back the Same breadth till fifty Acres be compleated to be then apprised as afore Sd.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Ioseph Preble one full Portion or Share and an half Share of all my Estate to be taken in Lands & to be Sett of to him when he Shall come of the Age of 21 years.
Item I will and bequeath unto Each of my Daughters one full Share or equall Portion of my Estate twenty pounds thereof to be paid to Each of them by my Executrix at ye Age of Eighteen Years or time of marriage & the Residue when my youngest Child if a Son Shall be of the Age of 21 years and if a Daughter of the Age of Eighteen years.
Item My will is that all my Children be brought up out of my Estate the Sons till they come to ye Age of twenty one years and the Daughters to the Age of Eighteen years or time of Marriage.
Item It is my will that if the Child with which my Wife Now goeth Should be a Son He shall have an Equall Share with my Son Ioseph that is one full share and an half of my Estate to be taken in Lands when he comes of Age as aforeSd.
Item It is my will that if either of my Sons shall Se Cause to sell his Land herein bequeathed or any Part there of his Brother or Bretherin Shall have the Refusall at the Price that three Indeferent men shall then Value it at but they shall sell to no other Person whatsoever.
Item It is my will that my Sons shall have Liberty to take that Part of Land to be allotted to their Sisters which shall lie most Convenient to them Respectively they paying to their Sisters within three Years what the Same Shall be apprised at when the rest of my Estate is apprised as afore Said but if my Sons Shall refuse to Purchase the same as afore Said then their Sisters Shall Dispose of the Same as they Se Cause.
Item It is my will that all the Lands herein bequeathed to my sons as afore Said or that Shall be Sold one to the other as aforeSd Shall desend to the Heirs mail of their Bodys Lawfully begotten for ever & in failure of Heirs male then to be Equally Divided among the Females Lawfully begotten as aforeSd.
Item It is my will that my well Beloved Wife Ann Prible be & I do hereby appoint her to be the Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament.
Item I do hereby Nominate & appoint my Trusty Friends Samll Came & Ioseph Moody Esqrs & Mr Samll Milbury to be the Over seers to Councell and Advise my Executrix with respect to the Execution of this my last Will and Testament & to end all Diferences that may arise relating to the true Intent & meaning of this my last will and Testament and any Clause or Article theirin & if either of my Sd Overseers should dye then I do desire & empower the two Survivers to appoint another in his stead and the Determination of the Said Overseers or any two of them I do hereby order to be a finall End of ye Sd Disputes relaiting to the Premises.
Lastly I do hereby revoak any former will by me made I do hereunto set my hand and Seal April 24th 1732
Signed Sealed Published pronounced Joseph Prible (Seal)
& declaired by Joseph Preble above
named as his last Will & Testament The words Yeoman
my Forthwith whole before equall to each of on the First
Page & on this Page the words or Brethering respectively
to be shall or that shall be Sold by one to ye other as
aforeSd interlined & five whole lines on this Page oblit-
erated before Signing in Presence of us
John Sayword
Abill Goodwin
Samll Black
John Millbury
| Came, Capt. Samuel (I2311)
|
| 435 |
In the Name of God Amen I Ioseph Pribble of York in the County of York in the Province of the Massachussets Bay in New England Yeoman being Sick of Body but as yet Blessed be God of Sound mind & memory Do make this my last will & Testament in manner following First and above all I CoÍžmitt my Soul in to the hands of God my Maker & Redeemer and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried by my Executrix hereafter mentioned and then as to my Worldly Estate which a bountifull God has Graciously given me I dispose of it in manner following
Imprimis Imprimis [sic] I give & bequeath unto my Loving & faith full Wife Ann Prible one third part of my Personall Estate forever & the Improvement of one third part of my Real Estate dureing her Naturall Life She Acquitting all Interest in that two hundred pounds hereafter given to my five Children which I had by my former Wife.
Item I give and bequeath unto my five Elder Children Viz : Hannah Mary Nehemiah Elisebeth & Bithiah two hundred pounds Equally to be divided among them and to be forthwith paid out of my Bonds & to be improved for their best advantage by the advise of my Overseers hereafter Named & to be Delived to them at the Time of Marriage or Sooner as my Sd overseers Shall think best.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son Nehemiah a full double Portion of my whole Estate not herein before disposed of to be taken in Lands as the Estate Shall be Apprised by three Indeferent men to be appointed by my over seers Fifty Acres of his Sd Double Portion to be Set of to him when he shall come to be of the Age of twenty one Years & to lye on the Southwest Side of my home Stead adjoyning mr Stones Land to begin at the End next the Sea thirty poles in Breadth and So to run back the Same breadth till fifty Acres be compleated to be then apprised as afore Sd.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Ioseph Preble one full Portion or Share and an half Share of all my Estate to be taken in Lands & to be Sett of to him when he Shall come of the Age of 21 years.
Item I will and bequeath unto Each of my Daughters one full Share or equall Portion of my Estate twenty pounds thereof to be paid to Each of them by my Executrix at ye Age of Eighteen Years or time of marriage & the Residue when my youngest Child if a Son Shall be of the Age of 21 years and if a Daughter of the Age of Eighteen years.
Item My will is that all my Children be brought up out of my Estate the Sons till they come to ye Age of twenty one years and the Daughters to the Age of Eighteen years or time of Marriage.
Item It is my will that if the Child with which my Wife Now goeth Should be a Son He shall have an Equall Share with my Son Ioseph that is one full share and an half of my Estate to be taken in Lands when he comes of Age as aforeSd.
Item It is my will that if either of my Sons shall Se Cause to sell his Land herein bequeathed or any Part there of his Brother or Bretherin Shall have the Refusall at the Price that three Indeferent men shall then Value it at but they shall sell to no other Person whatsoever.
Item It is my will that my Sons shall have Liberty to take that Part of Land to be allotted to their Sisters which shall lie most Convenient to them Respectively they paying to their Sisters within three Years what the Same Shall be apprised at when the rest of my Estate is apprised as afore Said but if my Sons Shall refuse to Purchase the same as afore Said then their Sisters Shall Dispose of the Same as they Se Cause.
Item It is my will that all the Lands herein bequeathed to my sons as afore Said or that Shall be Sold one to the other as aforeSd Shall desend to the Heirs mail of their Bodys Lawfully begotten for ever & in failure of Heirs male then to be Equally Divided among the Females Lawfully begotten as aforeSd.
Item It is my will that my well Beloved Wife Ann Prible be & I do hereby appoint her to be the Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament.
Item I do hereby Nominate & appoint my Trusty Friends Samll Came & Ioseph Moody Esqrs & Mr Samll Milbury to be the Over seers to Councell and Advise my Executrix with respect to the Execution of this my last Will and Testament & to end all Diferences that may arise relating to the true Intent & meaning of this my last will and Testament and any Clause or Article theirin & if either of my Sd Overseers should dye then I do desire & empower the two Survivers to appoint another in his stead and the Determination of the Said Overseers or any two of them I do hereby order to be a finall End of ye Sd Disputes relaiting to the Premises.
Lastly I do hereby revoak any former will by me made I do hereunto set my hand and Seal April 24th 1732
Signed Sealed Published pronounced Joseph Prible (Seal)
& declaired by Joseph Preble above
named as his last Will & Testament The words Yeoman
my Forthwith whole before equall to each of on the First
Page & on this Page the words or Brethering respectively
to be shall or that shall be Sold by one to ye other as
aforeSd interlined & five whole lines on this Page oblit-
erated before Signing in Presence of us
John Sayword
Abill Goodwin
Samll Black
John Millbury
| Paine, Anne (I12407)
|
| 436 |
An Inventorie of the estate of James Kidder, Ensigne of Billerica, who desed Aprill 16th, 1676.
£ s J
Inpr — 20 Acrs of Arrable land & Pasture & orchard at 3
lb. per acre 060 00 00
20 acrs wilderness Land at home at 20s per acre 020 00 00
House & barne & hovelling at 060 00 00
Remote lands.
Twenty six acrs of land at loose playne with ye corne
upon it 029 00 00
2. accrs ¼ of meadow on west of concord rivor 003 00 00
4. accrs of meadow upon Shawshin rivor 016 00 00
2. accrs & ½ of meadow next to Andevor bounds on
Shawshin rivor 006 05 00
60. accrs of land on the South of ffoxes Hill called 2d
division 018 00 00
1 ¾ of peat meadow at ffort wall on ye west concord river 001 10 00
12. acrs ½ of upland on west of Concord river 003 15 00
31 acrs on ye pyne playne at head of heath brooke 007 15 00
12. acrs ½ of upland beyond Content brooke 003 02 06
4. acrs of meadow at Prospect hill 010 00 00
1 acr at north east of Prospect hill 000 05 00
2 acr ¼ meadow at North Cove neere Andevor 003 10 00
Cattell
A pr. of oxen 8lt‡ 10s. pr. of steers 8lt‡ 10s 017 00 00
5 cowes 15lt‡. 2. 2. yeare old steers 4lt‡. 019 00 00
2 steers 3 yeare old & a heiffer at 50s. 4d 007 10 00
2 young calves 18s. 16 sheep 4 lb. 004 18 00
1 young horse & an old mare at 004 10 00
9 swine 005 10 00
1 great stead 7s. Tumbrell, wheels, hoops & pins 002 17 00
One pr. of drag wheels 4s. 3 plows 25s. 001 09 00
One draught cop yoake & 2 peeces of chayne 000 08 00
An old timber chayne 5s. a brake 2s. 000 07 00
Shovell & spades & old hows beetle rings wedges bill &
old axes 16s. Pitchfork sithes & tacklings 9s. 001 05 00
A cheese press & 2 troughs 000 08 00
Hamer & old Iron 3s. sadle Pillyon & cloath 15 000 18 00
Kneading trough 3s 6d little table 3. 6d 1 doz of trenchers
12s 008 00 00
In Pewter & spoons 20s. cehey ware 12d. brass 20s. 002 01 00
One lanthorne 000 01 06
3 Iron potts 20s. trammels & other Iron ware 26s. 002 06 00
In earhern ware 1s. 6d. house glass 12s. 4 glass bottles
2s. Chayres & stooles 7s 6d. 000 12 00
3 wts. & old Iron 12d. Pewter Candlestick 1s. 2 small
boxes 1s. chamber pott 2s. snapsacks 1s. 000 06 00
Bible & other books 12s. knife 6d. 000 12 06
In wooden ware 2lb. 5s. in ye chamber in ware 5s. 002 10 00
In ware & old Iron 4s. wooll and cards 13s. 6d. In hops
15s. 002 10 00
In bedding & bed steads 3 lbs in come & provisions 4 lb.
10s. 007 10 00
In flax 15s. a linnen wheel 3s. a small bag of feathers 1s. 000 19 00
In The Chamber Over ye Parlor.
In bedding 17s. corne basketts & tallow 4s. 6d. 001 01 06
In Armes & amunition 001 11 00
In The Parlor.
In linnen 4 pr. of sheets 2 lb. 10s. flock bed & bolster 003 15 00
Pillow beers & a feather pillow 6s. coverlitt 16s. 001 02 00
2 blancketts 18s. bed teeking 6s. 001 04 00
In cash 003 11 00
A web of cloath from the fulling milne 36 yds at 3s. p. yd. 005 08 00
In table cloath & napkins & towels 12s. shirts 20s. 001 12 00
Scarfe for a girl 4s. Kersie sute 2 lbs. 002 04 00
a loose coate 20s. leather wescote & drawers 8s. 001 08 00
other wascote drawers and stockings 16s. 000 16 00
2 pr. of shooes 8s. gloves 3s. 000 11 00
3 yds of kersie 24s. in leather drest 24s. 002 08 00
In calicoe 6s. coarse webbing yarne to lay & fill 60 yds.
2s. 3d. a yard 007 01 00
A small Parcell(?) of hose yarn & flax teere 000 02 06
A small remnant of new cloath, seive bottome 000 01 06
Chests & Cubbard & bedsteads 001 10 00
Curtaynes 1 lb. 6d. 3 cushions 3s. 001 09 00
The remainder of a bin of Indian corne. 7 bush. 001 01 00
4 sacks abt. ½ worne 000 12 00
3 acrs ½ of English graine, seed & labor 002 16 00
Seed & labor bestowed upon the land yt ye Indian corne
is upon 002 00 00
A small pr'cll of hemp from ye brake 000 01 06
Debts due to ye estate 000 08 06
In Poultry 4s. Sope & tarr 8s. 6d. grindstone 5s. 000 17 06
Another bed & bolster 3 lb. 2 sheets 13s. 2 pillows 6s. 003 19 00
A hatt 5s. pillow beers & napkins 5s. coverleed 001 06 00
The estate dr. in small debts 009 00 07
Dr. to Mr. Chickering __________
Totall sume of the estate is 369 03 05
Taken & apprized by us whose names are underwritten, June 1, 1676.
Ralph Hill
Joseph Tompson
| Kidder, Ens. James (I9208)
|
| 437 |
An Inventorie of the estate of James Kidder, Ensigne of Billerica, who desed Aprill 16th, 1676.
£ s J
Inpr — 20 Acrs of Arrable land & Pasture & orchard at 3
lb. per acre 060 00 00
20 acrs wilderness Land at home at 20s per acre 020 00 00
House & barne & hovelling at 060 00 00
Remote lands.
Twenty six acrs of land at loose playne with ye corne
upon it 029 00 00
2. accrs ¼ of meadow on west of concord rivor 003 00 00
4. accrs of meadow upon Shawshin rivor 016 00 00
2. accrs & ½ of meadow next to Andevor bounds on
Shawshin rivor 006 05 00
60. accrs of land on the South of ffoxes Hill called 2d
division 018 00 00
1 ¾ of peat meadow at ffort wall on ye west concord river 001 10 00
12. acrs ½ of upland on west of Concord river 003 15 00
31 acrs on ye pyne playne at head of heath brooke 007 15 00
12. acrs ½ of upland beyond Content brooke 003 02 06
4. acrs of meadow at Prospect hill 010 00 00
1 acr at north east of Prospect hill 000 05 00
2 acr ¼ meadow at North Cove neere Andevor 003 10 00
Cattell
A pr. of oxen 8lt‡ 10s. pr. of steers 8lt‡ 10s 017 00 00
5 cowes 15lt‡. 2. 2. yeare old steers 4lt‡. 019 00 00
2 steers 3 yeare old & a heiffer at 50s. 4d 007 10 00
2 young calves 18s. 16 sheep 4 lb. 004 18 00
1 young horse & an old mare at 004 10 00
9 swine 005 10 00
1 great stead 7s. Tumbrell, wheels, hoops & pins 002 17 00
One pr. of drag wheels 4s. 3 plows 25s. 001 09 00
One draught cop yoake & 2 peeces of chayne 000 08 00
An old timber chayne 5s. a brake 2s. 000 07 00
Shovell & spades & old hows beetle rings wedges bill &
old axes 16s. Pitchfork sithes & tacklings 9s. 001 05 00
A cheese press & 2 troughs 000 08 00
Hamer & old Iron 3s. sadle Pillyon & cloath 15 000 18 00
Kneading trough 3s 6d little table 3. 6d 1 doz of trenchers
12s 008 00 00
In Pewter & spoons 20s. cehey ware 12d. brass 20s. 002 01 00
One lanthorne 000 01 06
3 Iron potts 20s. trammels & other Iron ware 26s. 002 06 00
In earhern ware 1s. 6d. house glass 12s. 4 glass bottles
2s. Chayres & stooles 7s 6d. 000 12 00
3 wts. & old Iron 12d. Pewter Candlestick 1s. 2 small
boxes 1s. chamber pott 2s. snapsacks 1s. 000 06 00
Bible & other books 12s. knife 6d. 000 12 06
In wooden ware 2lb. 5s. in ye chamber in ware 5s. 002 10 00
In ware & old Iron 4s. wooll and cards 13s. 6d. In hops
15s. 002 10 00
In bedding & bed steads 3 lbs in come & provisions 4 lb.
10s. 007 10 00
In flax 15s. a linnen wheel 3s. a small bag of feathers 1s. 000 19 00
In The Chamber Over ye Parlor.
In bedding 17s. corne basketts & tallow 4s. 6d. 001 01 06
In Armes & amunition 001 11 00
In The Parlor.
In linnen 4 pr. of sheets 2 lb. 10s. flock bed & bolster 003 15 00
Pillow beers & a feather pillow 6s. coverlitt 16s. 001 02 00
2 blancketts 18s. bed teeking 6s. 001 04 00
In cash 003 11 00
A web of cloath from the fulling milne 36 yds at 3s. p. yd. 005 08 00
In table cloath & napkins & towels 12s. shirts 20s. 001 12 00
Scarfe for a girl 4s. Kersie sute 2 lbs. 002 04 00
a loose coate 20s. leather wescote & drawers 8s. 001 08 00
other wascote drawers and stockings 16s. 000 16 00
2 pr. of shooes 8s. gloves 3s. 000 11 00
3 yds of kersie 24s. in leather drest 24s. 002 08 00
In calicoe 6s. coarse webbing yarne to lay & fill 60 yds.
2s. 3d. a yard 007 01 00
A small Parcell(?) of hose yarn & flax teere 000 02 06
A small remnant of new cloath, seive bottome 000 01 06
Chests & Cubbard & bedsteads 001 10 00
Curtaynes 1 lb. 6d. 3 cushions 3s. 001 09 00
The remainder of a bin of Indian corne. 7 bush. 001 01 00
4 sacks abt. ½ worne 000 12 00
3 acrs ½ of English graine, seed & labor 002 16 00
Seed & labor bestowed upon the land yt ye Indian corne
is upon 002 00 00
A small pr'cll of hemp from ye brake 000 01 06
Debts due to ye estate 000 08 06
In Poultry 4s. Sope & tarr 8s. 6d. grindstone 5s. 000 17 06
Another bed & bolster 3 lb. 2 sheets 13s. 2 pillows 6s. 003 19 00
A hatt 5s. pillow beers & napkins 5s. coverleed 001 06 00
The estate dr. in small debts 009 00 07
Dr. to Mr. Chickering __________
Totall sume of the estate is 369 03 05
Taken & apprized by us whose names are underwritten, June 1, 1676.
Ralph Hill
Joseph Tompson
| Hill, Capt. Ralph Jr. (I11861)
|
| 438 |
I Francis Littlefejld Junjor of Wells, In the Massatusetts Colony in New England this fifth day of ffebruary, one thousand six hundred seaventy foure, though weake in body yet Prfect in memory blessed bee god, doth willingly & with a free heart Committ my soule into ye mercifull hands of Almighty god my saujor, & my body vnto the earth from whence It Came, & my estate I dispose of as followeth/
Inprs Ater my funeralls bee discharded, & all other debts, I doe giue & bequeath unto my Loueing wife Meribah, my househould stuff to dispose of to my children, unto wch of them shee thinkes good, & I give unto my sayd wife one thrid of all my stocke & Moueables with out to bee hers & her assignes for ever/
Item I give unto my Elldest sunn Joseph, my home lott with all my houseing, Saw Mill, & Corne Mill, with all the appurtenances yrvnto belonging, and the other two 3d parts of my stocke, Namely oxen houseing Cows, with other Cattle, when hee hath Attayned the age of Twenty two yeares, hee paijing the Legacys follg
Namely to my sunn Nathan five pounds/
To my sonn Jonathan five pounds/
To my sunn Job five pounds/
To my sonn Daniell five pounds, When they Attayne the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is that hee shall pay unto my daughter Mary, Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Johanna Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Tabbatha Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Hannah tenn pounds to bee payd to them wn they have Attayned the age of eighteen years/
Item I give unto my sonn Nathan, & Jonathan all my lands & Meddows at Mary Land, equally to bee devided, between them wn they come to bee the age of Twenty on years/
Item: I give unto my sonn Job, & David all my Land at Ogunquett, with the seaven Acers of Marsh that I bought of John Barrett, equally to bee devided between them wn they have Attayned the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is wn my sunn Joseph doth enter upon ye house & Land hee
shall pay unto my wife tenn pounds.
Ann : for three years towards the Mantayneing of the small children/
And my will is that my whoole estate as It now is shall remajne in my wifes hand, to mannage & Improue for the namtayneing of her & my children, vntill my sonn Joseph bee at age namely Twenty two years ould/
And I doe hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & Loueing wife Meribah & my sonn Joseph & Nathan to bee my executors, of this my last Will & testament, & hereby doe desire & appoynt my Loueing frejnds Mr. Williã Symonds & Samell Wheelewright ouerseers of this my last will & testament, Revoakeing all other wills gyfts bequessts & testaments, whatsoeuer In
testimony whereof I haue here vnto set my hand & seale the day & yeare aboue written/
Samuell Wheelewright/ Francis Littlefejld (â‚›hₑᶦâ‚sâ‚—â‚‘)
Fran : Littlefejld Senjor/ Junjor his marke Γ
| Littlefield, Ens. Francis Jr. (I284)
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| 439 |
I Francis Littlefejld Junjor of Wells, In the Massatusetts Colony in New England this fifth day of ffebruary, one thousand six hundred seaventy foure, though weake in body yet Prfect in memory blessed bee god, doth willingly & with a free heart Committ my soule into ye mercifull hands of Almighty god my saujor, & my body vnto the earth from whence It Came, & my estate I dispose of as followeth/
Inprs Ater my funeralls bee discharded, & all other debts, I doe giue & bequeath unto my Loueing wife Meribah, my househould stuff to dispose of to my children, unto wch of them shee thinkes good, & I give unto my sayd wife one thrid of all my stocke & Moueables with out to bee hers & her assignes for ever/
Item I give unto my Elldest sunn Joseph, my home lott with all my houseing, Saw Mill, & Corne Mill, with all the appurtenances yrvnto belonging, and the other two 3d parts of my stocke, Namely oxen houseing Cows, with other Cattle, when hee hath Attayned the age of Twenty two yeares, hee paijing the Legacys follg
Namely to my sunn Nathan five pounds/
To my sonn Jonathan five pounds/
To my sunn Job five pounds/
To my sonn Daniell five pounds, When they Attayne the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is that hee shall pay unto my daughter Mary, Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Johanna Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Tabbatha Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Hannah tenn pounds to bee payd to them wn they have Attayned the age of eighteen years/
Item I give unto my sonn Nathan, & Jonathan all my lands & Meddows at Mary Land, equally to bee devided, between them wn they come to bee the age of Twenty on years/
Item: I give unto my sonn Job, & David all my Land at Ogunquett, with the seaven Acers of Marsh that I bought of John Barrett, equally to bee devided between them wn they have Attayned the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is wn my sunn Joseph doth enter upon ye house & Land hee
shall pay unto my wife tenn pounds.
Ann : for three years towards the Mantayneing of the small children/
And my will is that my whoole estate as It now is shall remajne in my wifes hand, to mannage & Improue for the namtayneing of her & my children, vntill my sonn Joseph bee at age namely Twenty two years ould/
And I doe hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & Loueing wife Meribah & my sonn Joseph & Nathan to bee my executors, of this my last Will & testament, & hereby doe desire & appoynt my Loueing frejnds Mr. Williã Symonds & Samell Wheelewright ouerseers of this my last will & testament, Revoakeing all other wills gyfts bequessts & testaments, whatsoeuer In
testimony whereof I haue here vnto set my hand & seale the day & yeare aboue written/
Samuell Wheelewright/ Francis Littlefejld (â‚›hₑᶦâ‚sâ‚—â‚‘)
Fran : Littlefejld Senjor/ Junjor his marke Γ
| Littlefield, Nathan (I6903)
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| 440 |
I Francis Littlefejld Junjor of Wells, In the Massatusetts Colony in New England this fifth day of ffebruary, one thousand six hundred seaventy foure, though weake in body yet Prfect in memory blessed bee god, doth willingly & with a free heart Committ my soule into ye mercifull hands of Almighty god my saujor, & my body vnto the earth from whence It Came, & my estate I dispose of as followeth/
Inprs Ater my funeralls bee discharded, & all other debts, I doe giue & bequeath unto my Loueing wife Meribah, my househould stuff to dispose of to my children, unto wch of them shee thinkes good, & I give unto my sayd wife one thrid of all my stocke & Moueables with out to bee hers & her assignes for ever/
Item I give unto my Elldest sunn Joseph, my home lott with all my houseing, Saw Mill, & Corne Mill, with all the appurtenances yrvnto belonging, and the other two 3d parts of my stocke, Namely oxen houseing Cows, with other Cattle, when hee hath Attayned the age of Twenty two yeares, hee paijing the Legacys follg
Namely to my sunn Nathan five pounds/
To my sonn Jonathan five pounds/
To my sunn Job five pounds/
To my sonn Daniell five pounds, When they Attayne the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is that hee shall pay unto my daughter Mary, Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Johanna Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Tabbatha Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Hannah tenn pounds to bee payd to them wn they have Attayned the age of eighteen years/
Item I give unto my sonn Nathan, & Jonathan all my lands & Meddows at Mary Land, equally to bee devided, between them wn they come to bee the age of Twenty on years/
Item: I give unto my sonn Job, & David all my Land at Ogunquett, with the seaven Acers of Marsh that I bought of John Barrett, equally to bee devided between them wn they have Attayned the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is wn my sunn Joseph doth enter upon ye house & Land hee
shall pay unto my wife tenn pounds.
Ann : for three years towards the Mantayneing of the small children/
And my will is that my whoole estate as It now is shall remajne in my wifes hand, to mannage & Improue for the namtayneing of her & my children, vntill my sonn Joseph bee at age namely Twenty two years ould/
And I doe hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & Loueing wife Meribah & my sonn Joseph & Nathan to bee my executors, of this my last Will & testament, & hereby doe desire & appoynt my Loueing frejnds Mr. Williã Symonds & Samell Wheelewright ouerseers of this my last will & testament, Revoakeing all other wills gyfts bequessts & testaments, whatsoeuer In
testimony whereof I haue here vnto set my hand & seale the day & yeare aboue written/
Samuell Wheelewright/ Francis Littlefejld (â‚›hₑᶦâ‚sâ‚—â‚‘)
Fran : Littlefejld Senjor/ Junjor his marke Γ
| Littlefield, Joseph (I6902)
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| 441 |
I Francis Littlefejld Junjor of Wells, In the Massatusetts Colony in New England this fifth day of ffebruary, one thousand six hundred seaventy foure, though weake in body yet Prfect in memory blessed bee god, doth willingly & with a free heart Committ my soule into ye mercifull hands of Almighty god my saujor, & my body vnto the earth from whence It Came, & my estate I dispose of as followeth/
Inprs Ater my funeralls bee discharded, & all other debts, I doe giue & bequeath unto my Loueing wife Meribah, my househould stuff to dispose of to my children, unto wch of them shee thinkes good, & I give unto my sayd wife one thrid of all my stocke & Moueables with out to bee hers & her assignes for ever/
Item I give unto my Elldest sunn Joseph, my home lott with all my houseing, Saw Mill, & Corne Mill, with all the appurtenances yrvnto belonging, and the other two 3d parts of my stocke, Namely oxen houseing Cows, with other Cattle, when hee hath Attayned the age of Twenty two yeares, hee paijing the Legacys follg
Namely to my sunn Nathan five pounds/
To my sonn Jonathan five pounds/
To my sunn Job five pounds/
To my sonn Daniell five pounds, When they Attayne the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is that hee shall pay unto my daughter Mary, Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Johanna Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Tabbatha Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Hannah tenn pounds to bee payd to them wn they have Attayned the age of eighteen years/
Item I give unto my sonn Nathan, & Jonathan all my lands & Meddows at Mary Land, equally to bee devided, between them wn they come to bee the age of Twenty on years/
Item: I give unto my sonn Job, & David all my Land at Ogunquett, with the seaven Acers of Marsh that I bought of John Barrett, equally to bee devided between them wn they have Attayned the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is wn my sunn Joseph doth enter upon ye house & Land hee
shall pay unto my wife tenn pounds.
Ann : for three years towards the Mantayneing of the small children/
And my will is that my whoole estate as It now is shall remajne in my wifes hand, to mannage & Improue for the namtayneing of her & my children, vntill my sonn Joseph bee at age namely Twenty two years ould/
And I doe hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & Loueing wife Meribah & my sonn Joseph & Nathan to bee my executors, of this my last Will & testament, & hereby doe desire & appoynt my Loueing frejnds Mr. Williã Symonds & Samell Wheelewright ouerseers of this my last will & testament, Revoakeing all other wills gyfts bequessts & testaments, whatsoeuer In
testimony whereof I haue here vnto set my hand & seale the day & yeare aboue written/
Samuell Wheelewright/ Francis Littlefejld (â‚›hₑᶦâ‚sâ‚—â‚‘)
Fran : Littlefejld Senjor/ Junjor his marke Γ
| Wardwell, Meribah (I6640)
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| 442 |
In the name of God Amen I Ioan Young of York in the County of York in Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England Widow & Relict of Rowland Young of York Deceased being at present under Indisposition of body & much weakness and not knowing how it may please God to deale with me but being at prsent of a well disposing mind and Sound Memory doe make this my last Will and Testament as followeth.
Imprs I doe by ffaith and prayer recomend my precious and immortall Soul into the hands of my precious & Dear redeemer ye Lord Jesus Christ And my body to be comitted unto ye dust from whence it came by a Decent & Christian buriall in hopes of a Joyfull and a happie resurrection And as for ye Small Estate I am at present possessed of my will and pleasure is that it be disposed of as ffolloweth vizt I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Rowland Yount four Acres of that Marsh of mine up in York Riuer and three and twenty Acres of Land lying on the South Side of York Riuer ouer against his now dwelling house in York to be peaceably Enjoyed by him and his heires for ever.
Item I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Job Young all ye housing and land where my old dwelling house now Stands Adjoyning to George Norton to be for his use and improvement while he liues but not to be Sold nor Alienated by him ye sd Job Young but to Descend unto his Son or Male heires of his body And in Case of failure unto the ffemales/ as Also three Acres of Marsh up ye Riuer & two sheep
Item I doe giue unto my daughter Mary Molton Six shillings.
Item I doe giue and bequeath unto my daughter Lydia Haines three Acres of Marsh Lying up in York Riuer And all my Neat Cattle and two Sheep And all my cloathing and bedding And as for my ffunerall and other Charges And Lawfull Debts my Will and pleasure is that they be answered and discharged in the first place out of the whole And that all and all manner of Debts that are due to me be Added unto ye whole for ye defraying of these Charges And further I doe hereby make Constitute and Appoint my trustie and Welbeloued Son Rowland Young to be Sole Executr of this my last Will and Testament And my trusty and welbeloued ffriends Abraham Preble Esq r & Mr James Plaisted both of York to be overseers to See to ye due Execution and pformance hereof And that this is my last Will & Testament And that I doe hereby revoke all former and other Wills Testaments conveyances and Alienations whatsoever about any of these Premises: I have hereunto put my hand and Seal by way of Testimony this twelfth day of May in ye year of our Lord one Six hundred Ninety and Eight In ye tenth year of his Majesties Reign.
Signed sealed and Deliuered Joan X Young (her Seal)
in the presents of Isaac Negus
Daniel Smith her mark
Thomas X Baker
his X mark
| Knight, Joan (I7757)
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| 443 |
In the name of God Amen I Ioan Young of York in the County of York in Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England Widow & Relict of Rowland Young of York Deceased being at present under Indisposition of body & much weakness and not knowing how it may please God to deale with me but being at prsent of a well disposing mind and Sound Memory doe make this my last Will and Testament as followeth.
Imprs I doe by ffaith and prayer recomend my precious and immortall Soul into the hands of my precious & Dear redeemer ye Lord Jesus Christ And my body to be comitted unto ye dust from whence it came by a Decent & Christian buriall in hopes of a Joyfull and a happie resurrection And as for ye Small Estate I am at present possessed of my will and pleasure is that it be disposed of as ffolloweth vizt I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Rowland Yount four Acres of that Marsh of mine up in York Riuer and three and twenty Acres of Land lying on the South Side of York Riuer ouer against his now dwelling house in York to be peaceably Enjoyed by him and his heires for ever.
Item I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Job Young all ye housing and land where my old dwelling house now Stands Adjoyning to George Norton to be for his use and improvement while he liues but not to be Sold nor Alienated by him ye sd Job Young but to Descend unto his Son or Male heires of his body And in Case of failure unto the ffemales/ as Also three Acres of Marsh up ye Riuer & two sheep
Item I doe giue unto my daughter Mary Molton Six shillings.
Item I doe giue and bequeath unto my daughter Lydia Haines three Acres of Marsh Lying up in York Riuer And all my Neat Cattle and two Sheep And all my cloathing and bedding And as for my ffunerall and other Charges And Lawfull Debts my Will and pleasure is that they be answered and discharged in the first place out of the whole And that all and all manner of Debts that are due to me be Added unto ye whole for ye defraying of these Charges And further I doe hereby make Constitute and Appoint my trustie and Welbeloued Son Rowland Young to be Sole Executr of this my last Will and Testament And my trusty and welbeloued ffriends Abraham Preble Esq r & Mr James Plaisted both of York to be overseers to See to ye due Execution and pformance hereof And that this is my last Will & Testament And that I doe hereby revoke all former and other Wills Testaments conveyances and Alienations whatsoever about any of these Premises: I have hereunto put my hand and Seal by way of Testimony this twelfth day of May in ye year of our Lord one Six hundred Ninety and Eight In ye tenth year of his Majesties Reign.
Signed sealed and Deliuered Joan X Young (her Seal)
in the presents of Isaac Negus
Daniel Smith her mark
Thomas X Baker
his X mark
| Preble, Capt. Abraham Esq. (I12400)
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| 444 |
In the name of God Amen I Ioan Young of York in the County of York in Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England Widow & Relict of Rowland Young of York Deceased being at present under Indisposition of body & much weakness and not knowing how it may please God to deale with me but being at prsent of a well disposing mind and Sound Memory doe make this my last Will and Testament as followeth.
Imprs I doe by ffaith and prayer recomend my precious and immortall Soul into the hands of my precious & Dear redeemer ye Lord Jesus Christ And my body to be comitted unto ye dust from whence it came by a Decent & Christian buriall in hopes of a Joyfull and a happie resurrection And as for ye Small Estate I am at present possessed of my will and pleasure is that it be disposed of as ffolloweth vizt I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Rowland Yount four Acres of that Marsh of mine up in York Riuer and three and twenty Acres of Land lying on the South Side of York Riuer ouer against his now dwelling house in York to be peaceably Enjoyed by him and his heires for ever.
Item I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Job Young all ye housing and land where my old dwelling house now Stands Adjoyning to George Norton to be for his use and improvement while he liues but not to be Sold nor Alienated by him ye sd Job Young but to Descend unto his Son or Male heires of his body And in Case of failure unto the ffemales/ as Also three Acres of Marsh up ye Riuer & two sheep
Item I doe giue unto my daughter Mary Molton Six shillings.
Item I doe giue and bequeath unto my daughter Lydia Haines three Acres of Marsh Lying up in York Riuer And all my Neat Cattle and two Sheep And all my cloathing and bedding And as for my ffunerall and other Charges And Lawfull Debts my Will and pleasure is that they be answered and discharged in the first place out of the whole And that all and all manner of Debts that are due to me be Added unto ye whole for ye defraying of these Charges And further I doe hereby make Constitute and Appoint my trustie and Welbeloued Son Rowland Young to be Sole Executr of this my last Will and Testament And my trusty and welbeloued ffriends Abraham Preble Esq r & Mr James Plaisted both of York to be overseers to See to ye due Execution and pformance hereof And that this is my last Will & Testament And that I doe hereby revoke all former and other Wills Testaments conveyances and Alienations whatsoever about any of these Premises: I have hereunto put my hand and Seal by way of Testimony this twelfth day of May in ye year of our Lord one Six hundred Ninety and Eight In ye tenth year of his Majesties Reign.
Signed sealed and Deliuered Joan X Young (her Seal)
in the presents of Isaac Negus
Daniel Smith her mark
Thomas X Baker
his X mark
| Young, Deacon Rowland Jr. (I7755)
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| 445 |
The Last will & Testament of John Barn's
which is as ffollows.
To All whome these may concern (Know you That I John Barn's (being of my Sound Understandinge: doe declaire This to be my Last will and Testament Knowing not how soon ye lord may call me out of this world doe theirfore Labor to give noe occasion of strife unto those that shall survive me But that peace may be Among them
1. In the first place I doe desire that my body be decently buryed and that Funerall charges to be Expended out of my psonall Estate. —
2. That all Legacys be payd before any division of my estate be mayd. —
3. I doe apoynt yt my dear wife Joan Barn's & my son Jonathan Barn's be ye Exectors of this my Last will and Testament. —
4. I doe Bequeath unto my wife Joan Barn's half of Every pt. and pcell of my housing and Lands yt I doe now psess in ye Township of New Plimoth dureing The Tearme of her life. —
5. I doe bequeath unto my sonn unto my sonn Jonathan the other half part of my above said housing Lands &c unless my sayd Sonn shall forfitt it on condittions as follow's in an oyr pt of this my will. —
6. I doe bequeath all my Land lying Near to Road Island unto my grand Sonn John Marshall as also ye silver dish yt I doe usually use to Eat in. —
7. I doe bequeath to my Cozen ye wife of henery Samson forty shilling's out of my Estate to be payd Beffore division of my Estate. —
8. I doe Bequeath my moveable Estate as follow's one third to my wife for ever in Case she shall not molest any pson to whome I have fformerly sould any Lands unto in Case she shall so doe, yn it shall fall to my Sonn or grandson John Marshall ye Next third I doe bequeath to my Sonn Jonathan In Case he doe not demand any pt of That Estate yt fformerly I gave to my daughter Lyddyah: Now deceased. in case he shall Soe doe yt third shall fall unto my grandson John Marshall ffor ever The Next third I doe bequeath to my grandchildren now in being togeither wth my Kinswoman Ester Ricket to pay to each of ym an Equall pt of yt my Estate hoping That my Last will may be an instrument of peace; shall cease waiting for ye Time of my chang. —
9. I doe Further Request and desire Elder Thomas Couchma Lt. Ephraim Morton and Joseph Warren to be the overseers of this my Last will and Testament
Signed and Sealed In his mark
ye prsence of John X Barnes
george Soule Senr: Seal
Saml: Seaburij
Samuell hunt
| Barnes, John (I45002)
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| 446 |
The Last will & Testament of John Barn's
which is as ffollows.
To All whome these may concern (Know you That I John Barn's (being of my Sound Understandinge: doe declaire This to be my Last will and Testament Knowing not how soon ye lord may call me out of this world doe theirfore Labor to give noe occasion of strife unto those that shall survive me But that peace may be Among them
1. In the first place I doe desire that my body be decently buryed and that Funerall charges to be Expended out of my psonall Estate. —
2. That all Legacys be payd before any division of my estate be mayd. —
3. I doe apoynt yt my dear wife Joan Barn's & my son Jonathan Barn's be ye Exectors of this my Last will and Testament. —
4. I doe Bequeath unto my wife Joan Barn's half of Every pt. and pcell of my housing and Lands yt I doe now psess in ye Township of New Plimoth dureing The Tearme of her life. —
5. I doe bequeath unto my sonn unto my sonn Jonathan the other half part of my above said housing Lands &c unless my sayd Sonn shall forfitt it on condittions as follow's in an oyr pt of this my will. —
6. I doe bequeath all my Land lying Near to Road Island unto my grand Sonn John Marshall as also ye silver dish yt I doe usually use to Eat in. —
7. I doe bequeath to my Cozen ye wife of henery Samson forty shilling's out of my Estate to be payd Beffore division of my Estate. —
8. I doe Bequeath my moveable Estate as follow's one third to my wife for ever in Case she shall not molest any pson to whome I have fformerly sould any Lands unto in Case she shall so doe, yn it shall fall to my Sonn or grandson John Marshall ye Next third I doe bequeath to my Sonn Jonathan In Case he doe not demand any pt of That Estate yt fformerly I gave to my daughter Lyddyah: Now deceased. in case he shall Soe doe yt third shall fall unto my grandson John Marshall ffor ever The Next third I doe bequeath to my grandchildren now in being togeither wth my Kinswoman Ester Ricket to pay to each of ym an Equall pt of yt my Estate hoping That my Last will may be an instrument of peace; shall cease waiting for ye Time of my chang. —
9. I doe Further Request and desire Elder Thomas Couchma Lt. Ephraim Morton and Joseph Warren to be the overseers of this my Last will and Testament
Signed and Sealed In his mark
ye prsence of John X Barnes
george Soule Senr: Seal
Saml: Seaburij
Samuell hunt
| Warren, Joseph (I10506)
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| 447 |
The Last will & Testament of John Barn's
which is as ffollows.
To All whome these may concern (Know you That I John Barn's (being of my Sound Understandinge: doe declaire This to be my Last will and Testament Knowing not how soon ye lord may call me out of this world doe theirfore Labor to give noe occasion of strife unto those that shall survive me But that peace may be Among them
1. In the first place I doe desire that my body be decently buryed and that Funerall charges to be Expended out of my psonall Estate. —
2. That all Legacys be payd before any division of my estate be mayd. —
3. I doe apoynt yt my dear wife Joan Barn's & my son Jonathan Barn's be ye Exectors of this my Last will and Testament. —
4. I doe Bequeath unto my wife Joan Barn's half of Every pt. and pcell of my housing and Lands yt I doe now psess in ye Township of New Plimoth dureing The Tearme of her life. —
5. I doe bequeath unto my sonn unto my sonn Jonathan the other half part of my above said housing Lands &c unless my sayd Sonn shall forfitt it on condittions as follow's in an oyr pt of this my will. —
6. I doe bequeath all my Land lying Near to Road Island unto my grand Sonn John Marshall as also ye silver dish yt I doe usually use to Eat in. —
7. I doe bequeath to my Cozen ye wife of henery Samson forty shilling's out of my Estate to be payd Beffore division of my Estate. —
8. I doe Bequeath my moveable Estate as follow's one third to my wife for ever in Case she shall not molest any pson to whome I have fformerly sould any Lands unto in Case she shall so doe, yn it shall fall to my Sonn or grandson John Marshall ye Next third I doe bequeath to my Sonn Jonathan In Case he doe not demand any pt of That Estate yt fformerly I gave to my daughter Lyddyah: Now deceased. in case he shall Soe doe yt third shall fall unto my grandson John Marshall ffor ever The Next third I doe bequeath to my grandchildren now in being togeither wth my Kinswoman Ester Ricket to pay to each of ym an Equall pt of yt my Estate hoping That my Last will may be an instrument of peace; shall cease waiting for ye Time of my chang. —
9. I doe Further Request and desire Elder Thomas Couchma Lt. Ephraim Morton and Joseph Warren to be the overseers of this my Last will and Testament
Signed and Sealed In his mark
ye prsence of John X Barnes
george Soule Senr: Seal
Saml: Seaburij
Samuell hunt
| Morton, Hon. Ephraim (I10269)
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| 448 |
The Last will & Testament of John Barn's
which is as ffollows.
To All whome these may concern (Know you That I John Barn's (being of my Sound Understandinge: doe declaire This to be my Last will and Testament Knowing not how soon ye lord may call me out of this world doe theirfore Labor to give noe occasion of strife unto those that shall survive me But that peace may be Among them
1. In the first place I doe desire that my body be decently buryed and that Funerall charges to be Expended out of my psonall Estate. —
2. That all Legacys be payd before any division of my estate be mayd. —
3. I doe apoynt yt my dear wife Joan Barn's & my son Jonathan Barn's be ye Exectors of this my Last will and Testament. —
4. I doe Bequeath unto my wife Joan Barn's half of Every pt. and pcell of my housing and Lands yt I doe now psess in ye Township of New Plimoth dureing The Tearme of her life. —
5. I doe bequeath unto my sonn unto my sonn Jonathan the other half part of my above said housing Lands &c unless my sayd Sonn shall forfitt it on condittions as follow's in an oyr pt of this my will. —
6. I doe bequeath all my Land lying Near to Road Island unto my grand Sonn John Marshall as also ye silver dish yt I doe usually use to Eat in. —
7. I doe bequeath to my Cozen ye wife of henery Samson forty shilling's out of my Estate to be payd Beffore division of my Estate. —
8. I doe Bequeath my moveable Estate as follow's one third to my wife for ever in Case she shall not molest any pson to whome I have fformerly sould any Lands unto in Case she shall so doe, yn it shall fall to my Sonn or grandson John Marshall ye Next third I doe bequeath to my Sonn Jonathan In Case he doe not demand any pt of That Estate yt fformerly I gave to my daughter Lyddyah: Now deceased. in case he shall Soe doe yt third shall fall unto my grandson John Marshall ffor ever The Next third I doe bequeath to my grandchildren now in being togeither wth my Kinswoman Ester Ricket to pay to each of ym an Equall pt of yt my Estate hoping That my Last will may be an instrument of peace; shall cease waiting for ye Time of my chang. —
9. I doe Further Request and desire Elder Thomas Couchma Lt. Ephraim Morton and Joseph Warren to be the overseers of this my Last will and Testament
Signed and Sealed In his mark
ye prsence of John X Barnes
george Soule Senr: Seal
Saml: Seaburij
Samuell hunt
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"It is covenanted and agreed between Gowen Wilson and the town of Exeter that the said Gowen is to keep all the neat herd of the town of Exeter from one-year-old and upward (working cattle excepted) from the day of the date hereof until three weeks after Michaelmas, to go every morning through the town at the usual time cow-herds go forth, and so to have the cattle turned into the town street and the said Gowen to drive them into the wood, and all day to keep them in such convenient places as may be best for their feeding, on both sides of the river, and at night to bring them home again, at the usual time of herds coming home; in like manner to bring them through the street from the first house to the last who have cattle on that street, and seek up or cause to be sought any that shall be lost from before him and in the like manner to keep them every third Sabbath day. To be paid the sum of Eleven Pound, half to be in good English commodities at price current, about the beginning of August next, and the other half of the pay to be paid in corn at harvest at 3 sh. a bushel. [signed] by Gowen Wilson and John Legat, James Wall, Henry Roby, selectmen of Exeter."
| Wilson, Gowen (I15968)
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Complaint being made this day to us by Sam'll. Martin of Andivor & Moses Tyler of Boxford, against Elizabeth Johnson widow and Abigall Johnson Singleweoman of Andivor that they the Said Elizabeth Johnson & Abigall Johnson hath greviously, afflicted and abused Martha. Sprage of boxford & Abigall Martin of Andivor Singleweomen by witchcraft contrary to the Peace of our Sover'ne Lord & Lady William & Mary King & Queen of England &c & to their Majesties Lawes in that case provided, and Said Sam'll Martin & Moses Tyler haveing given Sufficient bond to prosecut their Said Complaint to Effect These are therefore to require you in their Majesties name forthwith to apprehend & seize the Bodys of the Said Elizabeth Johnson widow & Abigall Johnson her dauter Singlewoeman of Andivor & them Safely, convey to Salem before us their Majesties Justices of the Peace to be examined & proceded with according to law, forw'th. this shall be your warrant.
Dated in Salem 29: August 1692.
*Bartho Gedney
* John Hathorne
*John Higginson
Just'es. Peace
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