Thomas Lombard
"Thomas Lumbert of Barnstable" bequeathed to "my wife that she shall have her
habitation in the house that I now live in so long as she liveth or continueth a
widow, and further that she shall have the use of one third of my arable lands
... and the meadow lying in Mattakessett field"; to "my son Caleb my house and
one third of my lands ... moreover my son Caleb and my son Jedadiah and my son
Benjamine all of them are to have habitation and free egress and regress in the
house so long as my wife liveth or continueth a widow"; at wife's death or
remarriage "my son Caleb shall give unto my son Jedediah and my son Benjamine
each of them £5 and then the house and forementioned lands to be Caleb's"; "if
my son Jedediah or Benjamine shall see cause to remove their dwellings that if
they be willing to have their forementioned £5 apiece; that upon six months'
warning my son Caleb shall pay it unto them; and the other two thirds of my
lands I give unto my other two sons, Jedediah and Benjamine"; "I do confirm by
this my last will and testament certain parcels of lands that formerly I gave
unto other of my children as followeth ... unto my son Barnard twenty acres of
land, unto my son Joshua two acres of land, and unto my son-in-law Josepth
Benjamine four acres of land and unto my son-in-law Edward Coleman one acre of
land"; to "my wife the old mare, one cow and two heifers only she is to give
unto my son Joshua and my daughter Margarett Coleman the first living colt";
"she is to give unto my grandchild Abigaill Benjamine the first heifer calf that
shall come of the forementioned cows"; to "my wife my yoke of oxen with yokes,
chains, cart and wheels" and at her death they to be divided between "my three
sons Caleb, Jedediah and Benjamine equally"; residue to "my wife and to be at
her dispose, only an hogshed of mackerel that is due from Thomas Starr my son
Caleb is to have for his own use in lieu of some bedding that was his"; to "my
son Caleb the yoke of oxen and a gale and the thr ee year old mare that was
always accounted his, and his carpenter's tools and his arms and the saddle and
bridle ... only he shall give unto my son Barnard the half of the first colt
that his forementioned mare shall have"; to "my son Jedediah the young mare of a
year and vantage old, and a calf of a year old and a cow and a gale and his
arms"; to "my son Benjamine the black horse and a cow and a calf of a year old
with his arms"; "my wife shall give ... unto my son Barnard's wife 10s. and unto
my son Barnard my looms with all materials"; the bay horse lately bought of Mr.
John Freeman equally divided among "my three sons Caleb Jedadiah and Benjamine
and they shall pay "unto my son Joshua Lumber 20s. within a year"; "I do confirm
the cow that formerly I gave unto my daughter Jemina" Inventory: £210 8s. 6d., including "lands and housing" valued
at £60. Administration of his estate was granted to Joyce, "the wife of Thomas
Lumbert, deceased," Jedediah Lumbert and Caleb Lumbert. The name of his first wife is not known.
They were probably married before 1602. [--?--] [--?--]
The name of his second wife is not known, but they were married by about 1617.
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The name of his third wife is not known. They were married between 1630 and 1635, probably in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [--?--] [--?--] |