 1649 - 1734 (85 years)
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Name |
Cutting Noyes |
Prefix |
Deacon |
Birth |
23 Sep 1649 |
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12] |
Gender |
Male |
Freeman |
9 Jan 1673/4 [9, 11] |
Occupation |
cordwainer [3, 9, 11] |
Will |
16 Jul 1730 [9] |
- Will of Cutting Noyes of Newbury, file date 18 Nov 1734, transcribed from microfilm of Essex County probate copybooks at Massachusetts Archives, Volume 316, pages 534-536 (volume and pages as numbered by the Archives). Probate and bond documents exist but are not included here. Punctuation, spelling, grammar, and capitalization are as they appear on the microfilm. Brackets indicate any illegible portions or editorial comments. Spacing between paragraphs added to increase readability.
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In the Name of God amen; The sixteenth Day of July 1730, I Cutting Noyes of Newbury in the County of Essex in his majesties Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England being of perfect mind & memory, Thanks be given unto God, Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my Body [___], do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament; That is to say Principally and first of all, I give and recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, [___], and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors [___], and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and Form.
Impr. I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Noyes my beloved Wife twelve Pounds in money or Bills of Credit and fifteen Ounces out of the Silver I have in my House and all my Stock of living Creatures and all my Household Goods and also I appoint my two Sons John Noyes & Joseph Noyes to keep for their mother, my abovesaid Wife two Cows winter and Summer, and they shall provide for her six Cord of good wood suitable for her and twenty Bushels of Indian Corn and two Bushels of wheat and three Bushels of Rye and six Bushels of Barley and one hundred Pound of good salt Beef, and six Pound of sheeps Wool, and eight Pound of flax [T__] and one third Part of the Apples that shall grow in my Orchard yearly; and I appoint my said two Sons John and Joseph to pay to said mother said Payments yearly the wood to be delivered at the House, and the other Things also, or where she shall order to be delivered, and also I give my said Wife ye Use and improvement of the southerly half of my dwelling House with convenient Cellar room for her and Liberty of using the well for water, and Priviledge of keeping a [___] or [Two?] at the door, and also the Use of a suitable garden spot of Land, and my Will is that my said two Sons shall pay said yearly Payments each of them the one half thereof, and fence said Garden and keep it fenced, all which I give my said Wife in Case she demand no Third or Right of dower in my real Estate, and in Case my said Wife see cause to [marry?] again she shall have none of said yearly Payments so long as she [is?] a married woman, but at all Times when she is a widow she may demand and [___] ye abovesaid Priviledges and Payments, as if she had remained a Widow, and in Case what is above given to my said Wife, be not enough to maintain my said Wife comfortably and Credibly, Then my said Two Sons shall provide for her all [Things?] that she shall want in Sickness and in Health during her Widowhood and at her Decease give her a a decent burial (in Case she be a widow) And further my Will is that what my Wife shall leave at her decease of [what?] is above given her and undisposed of by her, shall be equally divided to and among my [three?] daughters, namely Elizabeth and Bathsheba Pettingall and Mary Moulton, or such as shall legally represent them.
2 To my Son John Noyes [___] his heirs and assigns forever, I give and bequeath the one half [of my?] Land and meadow called my Homestead ye southerly Half
of it, from the High Way down to half way [___] meadow and the One half of ye Remainder of ye Homestead and one half of my two Lotts of pasture land in the lower Commons in Newbury, & the one half of my other Land, lately laid Out to my Common Rights, and one half of ye Lands belonging to my Rights in the undivided Lands in Newbury and one half of my Lott of Land at Indian Hill ye southwesterly half by measure, & I give my Son John my Case of glass bottles after ye Decease of my Wife, and I appoint my Son John to pay to his mother ye one half of ye yearly Payments as above given to her.
3 I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Pettingall thirteen Pound in money or Bills of Credit to be paid by my Son John Noyes & Eleven Pounds to be paid by my Executor.
4 I give to my daughter Bathsheba Pettingall ten Pounds in money or Bills of Credit fourteen Pounds to be paid by my Executor & ye sd. ten Pounds to be paid by my son John Noyes.
5 I give to my daughter Mary Moulton ten Pounds to be paid by my Son John Noyes in money or Bills of Credit and fourteen Pounds to be paid by my Executor.
6 I give to my son Cutting Noyes three Pounds in money or Bills of Credit to be paid by my Executor having paid said Cutting his Portion already.
7 I give to my Grandson Jacob Noyes three Pounds in money or Bills of Credit to be paid by my Executor.
8 I give to my Grandson Samuel Noyes four Pounds in money or Bills of Credit to be paid by my Executor.
9 I give to my Wife my wearing Apparell to dispose as she please, & I give to my Grand Daughter Eliza. Noyes fifteen Pounds to be paid by my Executor in one year after My Decease.
10 I give to my Son Joseph Noyes and to his Heirs and assigns forever the northerly half of my Homestead down to half way the meadow, and half the Remainder of ye Homestead meadow, and my Will is that ye lower half of my Homestead meadow shall be equally divided betwixt my two Sons John & Joseph Noyes in Quantity and Quality, and my Half of the Lane called Rolfs Lane, is to be reckoned as a Part of Josephs half of the Homestead, and also I give my said Son Joseph Noyes his Heirs and assigns forever the one half of my two Lotts of pasture Land in the lower Commons in Newbury, and one half of my Lands lately laid Out, and one half of ye Lands belonging to my Common Rights, and one half of my lott of Land at Indian Hill ye northeasterly half of it, and I give to my Son Joseph Noyes ye Buildings on his half of the Homestead, also my Will is that my Sons John & Joseph Noyes and their Respective Heirs and assigns shall have Liberty of passing & repassing over each others Lands herein given to them for the improving the Lands not in Corn Fields or in mowing Lands, but so as may be most convenient and doing each other as Little damage as may be, and my Son Joseph Noyes shall pay to his mother my now Wife, the one half of ye yearly Payments as above given to her, & the Legacies given in this my Will shall be paid within two years after my Decease, and further I give to my Son Joseph Noyes all my Estate both real and personal which is not disposed of in this my Will, and I do ordain and appoint my Son Joseph Noyes to be the sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament to receive all my Debts and to pay all my Just Debts & Legacies as he is above Ordered to Pay and my funeral Charges & my Executor shall provide a Man & Horse and carry his above named mother to and from meeting & at all Other Times as she shall desire (so long as she is a Widow) to be carried from Place [___] and I give to the first Church in Newbury Twenty Shillings, & I do revoke and disallow all f[ormer?] Wills by me made and ratify and confirm this my last Will and Testament [___] whereof I the abovenamed Cutting Noyes have set to my Hand & Seal ye Day and Year above written.
Signed, sealed, published & declared by the abovesaid
Cutting Noyes to be his last Will & Testament in
Presence of Witnesses
Samuel Moody
Joseph Lunt
Nathanael Coffin
his mark
Cutting Noyes (seal)
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Death |
25 Oct 1734 |
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America [3, 6, 9, 11, 13] |
Probate |
18 Nov 1734 |
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America [9] |
Person ID |
I7106 |
Duane's Ancestors |
Last Modified |
30 Apr 2017 |
Father |
Deacon Nicholas Noyes, b. Abt 1614/5, Cholderton, Wiltshire, England d. 23 Nov 1701, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 86 years) |
Mother |
Mary Cutting, b. Abt 1622, London, Middlesex, England d. 23 Nov 1701, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 79 years) |
Marriage |
BY 1641 [1, 2, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22] |
Family ID |
F2941 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Elizabeth Knight, b. 18 Oct 1655, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 20 Jan 1746/7, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age 91 years) [10, 23, 24] |
Marriage |
25 Feb 1673/4 |
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America [3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30] |
Children |
| 1. John Noyes, b. 15 Nov 1674, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. Bef 24 Mar 1745/6 (Age < 71 years) |
| 2. Ens. Cutting Noyes, Jr., b. 28 Jan 1676/7, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 1757 (Age 79 years) |
+ | 3. Joseph Noyes, b. 21 Jan 1688/9, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 14 Feb 1755, Falmouth, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age 66 years) |
| 4. Mary Noyes, b. 27 Mar 1693, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 14 Feb 1755 (Age 61 years) |
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Family ID |
F3012 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
10 Apr 2020 |
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Event Map |
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 | Birth - 23 Sep 1649 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America |
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 | Marriage - 25 Feb 1673/4 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America |
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 | Death - 25 Oct 1734 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America |
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 | Probate - 18 Nov 1734 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America |
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Sources |
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