 1637 - 1679 (42 years)
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Name |
Meribah Wardwell |
Birth |
14 May 1637 |
Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America [2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] |
Gender |
Female |
Baptism |
25 Jun 1637 |
Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America [5, 8, 10, 12] |
Will |
5 Feb 1674/5 [6, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] |
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
- Role: Executor
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Death |
12 Dec 1679 |
Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America |
Person ID |
I6640 |
Duane's Ancestors |
Last Modified |
19 Dec 2008 |
Father |
William Wardwell, b. 4 Jan 1606/7, Well, Lincolnshire, England d. Between 18 Apr 1670 and 25 Apr 1670, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age 63 years) |
Mother |
Alice Pyce, b. England d. 1657, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America |
Marriage |
1636 [2, 6, 8, 19, 20] |
Family ID |
F2173 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Ens. Francis Littlefield, Jr., b. Abt 1635/6, Titchfield, Hampshire, England d. 6 Feb 1674/5, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 39 years) [8, 18, 21] |
Marriage |
Abt 1658 [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 22, 23] |
Children |
+ | 1. Joseph Littlefield, b. Aft 1652 d. Bef Jul 1698 (Age < 44 years) |
| 2. Joanna Littlefield, b. Aft 1653 |
+ | 3. Mary Littlefield, b. Aft 1653 d. Bef 1723 (Age < 68 years) |
| 4. Nathan Littlefield, b. Aft 1653 |
| 5. Tabitha Littlefield, b. Aft 1653 d. 27 Apr 1736 (Age < 81 years) |
+ | 6. Jonathan Littlefield, b. Abt 1662 d. Bef 25 Feb 1735, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 73 years) |
| 7. Job Littlefield, b. Aft 1665 d. Bef 13 Nov 1694 (Age < 27 years) |
+ | 8. David Littlefield, Sr., b. Abt 1670, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 28 Sep 1751, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 81 years) |
| 9. Hannah Littlefield, b. Abt 1675 d. 10 Oct 1738 (Age ~ 63 years) |
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Family ID |
F2360 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
4 Apr 2020 |
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Sources |
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