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Humphrey Bradstreet[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

Male Abt 1594 - 1655  (~ 61 years)


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  • Name Humphrey Bradstreet 
    Birth Abt 1594  [3, 5, 9, 14
    Gender Male 
    Migration 30 Apr 1634  From Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
    To Boston
    aboard Elizabeth 
    • The ship arrived in July of 1634.
    • Role: Family7
    Freeman 6 May 1635  [3
    Will 21 Jul 1655  [3
    • The last will and testament of Umphrah Brodstreate of Ipswich, jul 21 1655 being weake in boddy doe therfore ordaine this my last will, in manner as followeth: I give my soule to God that gave it me, and my boddy to be buried in the buriing place of Rowley, and doe beleve the cumfortable resurrection of the same; as for my outward estate, my will is my farme on which I now dwell, with halfe the commons belonging to me from Ipswich, and all the commons to me from Rowley, shall be my beloved wifes, for the terme of her life , in case she doe not marry, but if she marry , then the one halfe of the farme shall be for the bringing up of my sonn Moses, and in case she dy, before my sonn Moses attain the age of 21, then the one halfe shall be my sonn Mosesis, and the other halfe (that is the benefit of it) shall be equally divided among my five daughters, or so many of them as shall be then Living, and my will is that when my sonn Moses attains the age of 21: he shall have and injoy the whole said farm except my wife be then living , who shall then enjoy halfe the said farme, with all the dwelling house for the terme of her life, and after her death it shall all be my sonn Mosesis.
      Item I doe give unto my wife Bridget one brown cow, one ew sheepe, one horse colt.
      Item I doe give unto my sonn John allmy farme at Mudde River, now in the occupation of Richard Camball of Ipswich, with one halfe of my commons from Ipswich soe long as he keeps the farme unsold, but in case he sell it, the commons are to returne (and belong) to the farm given to my wife.
      Item I doe give to my daughter Hannah Rofe 20 (twenty) pound.
      Item I doe give to my daughter Martha Beale one pound and more. I doe leeve fiftene pounds in the hand of her mother, to be given to her her or to her child at her discretion.
      Item I doe (give) to my daughter Mary Brodstreete forty pound.
      Item I doe give to my daughter Sarah Brodtreete thirty pound.
      Item I doe give to my daughter Rebecca Brodstreet forty pound :
      Item I doe give to my two grand choldren Daniel and Hannah Rofe each of them five pound to be paid out of the farme by my sonne Moses when they attain the age of 21 years.
      Item I doe give to Sammuell Beale (five pound) to be paid as above as the said Daniell and Hannah Rofe is.
      Item I doe give to the pore of Rowley one pound :
      and my will is that if my estate doe fall short of the full discharge of all my debts and Legacies then there shall be an equall abatement out of the severall Legacies given acording to proportion. and I doe intreat my beloved friends Mr Sammuell Phillips, Mathew Boyes, and John Harris, to ioine with my wife for the disposing of my children in mariage. or otherwise as need may require. and I doe make my wife Bridget Brodstreete Sole exequiteris of this my last will, and I have hereunto set my hand July 21: 1655: Humphri Bradstreet Witness: Mathew Boyes, John Harris
    Death 25 Jul 1655  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 39
    Inventory 6 Sep 1655 
    • one hat, one cloak and the rest of his cloths 2-10-0
      a pair of sheets, two pilowbears, one tabl cloth 1-0-0
      seven sheets and foure napkins 1-10-0
      four cotton blankits 1-4-0
      one flock bed, one rugg and one boulster 1-0-0
      one flock bed, one rug, one boulster 2-0-0
      one flock bed, one rug, 2 boulsters, one pilow 2-0-0
      a parsil of sheeps wool 0-15-0
      a parsil of wheat and a parsil of rie 2-10-0
      thre ould chists, one box 0-14-0
      one bed stead and cortan 0-10-0
      indian corne 1-10-0
      two sieves 0-2-0
      ould Iyron and two sickle 0-5-0
      a parsill of barley malt 0-10-0
      a cros cut saw 0-8-0
      sertane carpin for tools 0-17-0
      one kettel, the iyron pots, one posnit, pot hooks 2-0-0
      one waring pane, one frying, 0-4-0
      some peuter and a bras candlstick 1-0-0
      thre bushill of rie malt 0-11-0
      two bibles and another book 0-15-0
      two glas bottels, one chear, one smal box 0-7-6
      twenty pound of butter 0-10-0
      tubs and beare vesils 1-0-0
      one cubard, two earthin pots 0-3-0
      four wegs, two beetl rings 0-8-0
      one spade, one how 0-2-0
      one grinding stone 0-3-0
      one cart, one plow with chains and yoaks 3-0-0
      four oxen 30-0-0
      nine cowes 38-5-0
      one bull 4-0-0
      two stears 9-0-0
      two yearlings and one calf 7-0-0
      two hefers 6-0-0
      one maire 16-0-0
      one hors coult 8-0-0
      thre yewes, thre lambs 9-0-0
      swine 10-0-0
      wheat and rie 6-0-0
      indian corn 5-0-0
      barley 1-0-0
      hay 5-0-0
      a home lot att Ipswig 8-0-0
      a cannow 0-15-0
      a muskit 0-10-0
      lamp 0-5-0
      in debt owing him 50-0-0
      in debts he did owe 20-0-0
      total 146-10-0

      The farme where he lived 160-0-0
      The farme at muddy River 70-0-0

      Taken by Danall thirton and William Lawe
    Probate 25 Sep 1655  [3
    Person ID I10809  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2016 

    Family Bridget ________,   b. Abt 1604   d. Nov 1665 (Age ~ 61 years)  [5, 11, 14
    Marriage Bef 1624  [3, 4, 5
    Children 
    +1. Hannah Bradstreet,   b. Abt 1625   d. 20 Jun 1665, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years)
     2. John Bradstreet,   b. Abt 1631
     3. Martha Bradstreet,   b. Abt 1632
    +4. Mary Bradstreet,   b. Abt 1633
    Family ID F4046  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Boston,aboard Elizabeth  - 30 Apr 1634 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Jul 1655 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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