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BROWN, FRANCIS, was here early. Savage tells us that he had been a servant of Henry Wolcott, of Windsor, and bought out the rest of his time in 1649, and was a small trader in 1651; and that he bought and sold lands in Farmington in 1656. He seems to have been a pertinacious stickler for the largest liberty to the individual. In 1662 he headed a petition to the general court at New Haven, respecting the franchise of all the citizens, respecting equalizing the rates of the several colonies then under the jurisdiction of New Haven, and respecting the Colony School. The court, rather curtly, gave him to understand that " whatever liberties or privileges our laws do allow them, that they should have." He then desires a special court in Stamford for the settlement of these questions. In 1663, he is sworn a constable for the town of Stamford in the general court of Con- netient, and in 1665, '7, and '9 he represented the town in the General Assembly. He married, here, Martha, widow of John Chapman, and had one son Joseph, to whom he gave land in 1683. In 1686 he is reported in a gift of land to his son Joseph, as now of Rye.
PETER BROWN lost his wife Elizabeth here, Sept. 21, 1657; and a child Ebenezer Aug. 21, 1658. His will was presented in the court, Ang. 19, 1658, and his inventory in Nov. of the same year, and testified to, upon oath, by widow Brown and Thomas Brown, Feb. 10, 1658. He had come from New Haven, where he had a daughter baptised Mercy, April 6, 1645, and Elizabeth
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Aug. 1, 1647. He married here, July 27, 1658, Unity, widow of Clement Buxton, and died Aug. 22, of the same year. His widow married Mar. 9, 1659, Nicholas Knapp.
THOMAS BROWN owned land here in 1658. In 1669, then in Rye, he sells his house, and land in Stamford to John Pettit. 1Ie was born in 1638, as appears from his testimony in court at New Haven in 1660.
BUXTON, CLEMENT; died here in 1657. IIe owned land here, as appears from the boundaries of other lands on record still earlier. The inventory of his estate was taken Sept. 3, 1657, and apprized by Richard Law and John Holly. It was given in upon oath of the widow Unica Buxton, May 13, 1668. Clement Buxton, 2d, gave bonds here, April 19, 1686, of twenty pounds, in an action against Daniel Scofield. This name is still represented among the citi- zens of the town.
CHAPMAN, JOHN, owned land here in 1640. The inventory of his estate was presented to the magistrates' court in May 1667, and had been taken Jan. 30 or June 13, 1655, and prized by Richard Law and Francis Bell. According to the town records it was attested by oath of the wife of Francis Brown Oct. 30, 166 -. The legatees are his widow, and his daughters Mary and Elizabeth. In 1656 Martha Chapman sells to George Slawson, a parcel of land lying in Northfield, on the east side of Mill River.
COLGRAVE, THOMAS, had lived here before Oct. 10, 1650, as the following record shows: "Thomas Morehouse affirmeth upon oath that he heard Thomas Colgrave say, in his house, that if he did not come back to Stamford, that he would give Elias Bailey all he had in Stamford ; and particularly he named his part in the 'bark.' "
CLAYSON, (CLASON) STEVEN, married here 11, 11, 1654. Elizabeth Periment, (?), and had children recorded to him. Jonathan, his son, died in 1685, leaving son Stephen. and
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daughter Sarah, as the settlement of this estate, June, 22, 1685, shows. This Stephen in his will, dated Mar. 15, 1699-1700 gave his estate to his son Samuel, his wife while she remained his widow and no longer-sons Stephen and David, daughter Elizabeth, wife of Francis Dan, grand-son Stephen, son of Jona- than, and his sister Sarah.
CORKRYE, THOMAS, does not appear to have been a very rep- utable member of the new colony. He was living here in 1648, was complained of for being drunk and committing sundry other offenses against the good order of the town, was whipped, according to the usages of the age, and then fined for the Mar- shal's fees. Perhaps it is a fortunate thing that his name does not afterwards occur among the records of the town.
DEAN, SAMUEL, was early here, having lands assigned to him in 1650. His son John was born here in 1659, and Joseph in 1661. His death is recorded in 1703. His descendants have been numerous and have given name to one part of the town, where several of them still reside.
DIBBLE, JOHN, died 1646, and his widow married, the next year, William Graves, of Stamford. The two sons, Samuel and Zachariah Dibble, probably came with their father. Zachariah married, May, 10, 1666, Sarah Waterbury, and had a son Zachary, born in 1667. His wife obtained a divorce in 1672, and afterwards married Nicholas Webster.
DISBROW, PETER, married Sarah Chapman, here, about 1650. The name in various forms, appears subsequently on the records, though none of the descendants are now known to be left here.
ELLIOT, JOHN, was here early though his name is variously spelled on the records. He was a landholder in 1650. He lost his wife Margret, in 1658; and no later record of the name appears.
ELLISON, JOHN. This name occurs early on the records of the town, and is reported on the list of those who accompanied Mr. Denton to Hempstead, L. I., in 1644.
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FORDHAM, ROBERT, according to Thompson's History of Long Island, was one of the settlers at Stamford. He went with Mr. Denton and his colony to Hempstead.
GARNSEY, JOSEPH, came, probably, from New Haven, about 1647, and married here, May 11, 1659, Rose, widow of John Waterbury. He had a son Joseph born here in 1662. He died Nov. 11, 1688.
GIFFORD, WILLIAM, was before the court here in 1647 or be- fore. The sentence of the court against him was that he be whipped at the court's discretion, and banished.
GREEN, JOHN, lost his wife, Mary, here, in 1657. He was declared freeman of the Connecticut Colony in 1662, and repre- sented the town in 1669. Joseph Green mortgaged lands here in 1651, to Thomas Morehouse ; and William Green appears on the records as landholder in 1650. His land was next to Daniel Scofield.
HARDY, RICHARD, was here in 1650, and gave name to the low grounds just west of our harbor, which are still known as " Hardy's Hole." He married, probably, Ann HIusted, whose daughter Mary, was born April 30, 1659. He is probably the one who in 1639 was living in Concord. In 1683, he gave his son Samuel a house and land. In his will, on record at Fairfield, he makes bequests to his daughters Mrs. Elizabeth Pearson, Hannah Austin, Susanna Sherman, Sarah Close, Ruth Mead, and Mary and Abigail. He was a man of some distinction, representing the town three times in the State General Court. He was declared freeman of the Connecticut Colony in 1662. Robert Hardy was a landholder here in 1650.
HILL, WILLIAM, was here in 1650, as is evident from the court record.
. HOLMES, FRANCIS, was a resident here 1648, as appears from the testimony against Robert Penoyer. His will, on record at Fairfield, dated Sept. 6, 1671, makes mention of his wife Ann,
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and his children Stephen, John, Richard, and Ann, wife of Samuel Dean. Stephen Holmes has lands assigned him, by the town, 1667. Richard Holmes witnesses here, June 17, 1658, the will of Henry Akerly. John Holmes is on the land records often before 1660. This name has always been among the most respectable of the town.
HUNT, THOMAS, was here early in 1650, as the land records show. The IIunt Genealogy says he came from England, and was a High Churchman. He went from Stamford to Rye, by 1652, and was a representative in 1664. He is represented in the family genealogy as one of the most valuable men in the colony. His title was Goodman.
JACKSON, HENRY, had lands here in 1649, as appears from the boundary of Robert Rugg's land. In 1657 he is brought from Fairfield to testify for John Waterbury. Robert Jackson is said by Thompson, in his History of Long Island, to have been one of the settlers of Stamford. He went with Mr. Denton to Ilempstead, in 1644. In 1656 he was one of the settlers at Jamaica.
JESSUP, EDWARD, had lands here in 1649. This is probably the one to whom was given the patent of West Farms, West- chester county, in 1666. The other patentee was John Richard- son. Ilis will, (see Bolton's Westchester), is dated August 16, 1666, in which he mentions his daughter Elizabeth Hunt, Han- nah Jessup, Edward Jessup, grandchild Mary Hunt, and his wife Elizabeth. In notes on the Jessop family, in the tenth volume of the Genealogical Register, we find this record : "Edward Jessop, of Stamford, 1641; Saseoe Neck, Fairfield Co., Conn., 1653; Newtown, L. I., 1653-62; representative for West- chester, 1662-6 ; proprietor at West Farms, 1666, and died at Westchester, N. Y., 1666." We still have this name among ns, as appears from our list of voters.
JONES, CORNELIUS, was evidently here in 1657. Ile married the widow of Thomas Ilait, or Hyat, as is evident from the re-
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ceipts which three of Thomas Hoyt's children give him. On the 17th Dec., 1657, there is a record made of the age of his children, probably by a former wife. There are six of them, aged respectively, eleven, ten, eight, six, and three years, but the margin on which the names are written is gone. His will, found at Fairfield, is dated June 2, 1690, and mentions his son Joseph and his grand-child Ruth "Ilyat," explaining also why he does not make bequests to his daughter, Mary Hyat.
Joseph Jones, son of the above, died here before 1690. The inventory of his estate, of that date, attested by Elisha Holly and Daniel Scofield, gives the names and ages of his children, as follows: Mary, 13; Hannah, 11; Joseph, 9; Samuel 6; and Cornelius, 3. It also gives Rebecca as the name of his wife. In the distribution of the estate of Joseph and Cornelius Jones deceased, 170 3-4; Joseph Jones, jun. ; Samuel Jones, jun. ; Cornelius Jones, jun. ; Cornelius Seely, husband to Mary Jones, " dafter" to Joseph Jones ; David Miller, husband to Hannah, " dafter" to Joseph Jones, are named as the heirs. The estate thus distributed is said to be "their father's and grand- father's names, Cornelius and Joseph Jones." Cornelius, jun., when of age is to pay a debt due to Daniel Scofield and John Ambler.
KARMAN, JonN, as Thompson in his history of Long Island tells us, was one of the Stamford settlers. Ile went with Mr. Denton's colony to Hempstead, L. I., where his son was the first child born in the colony.
KNAPP, NICHOLAS, had land here in 1649, as appears from the land records. His wife, Eleanor, died Angust 16, 1658. Savage thinks he may have come in the fleet with Winthrop and Saltonstall in 1630. His children were Jonathan, born Dec. 27, 1631; Timothy, Dec. 14, 1632 ; Joshua, Jan. 5, 1635 ; Ca- leb Jan. 20 1637. Sarah, Jan. 5, 1639; Ruth, Jan. 6, 1641 ; and Hannah, March 6, 1643. After coming to Stamford he had probably Moses and Lydia. After the death of his wife, Eleanor,
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he married, March 9, 1659, Unity, widow of Peter Brown, who had also been the widow of Clement Buxton. He died in April 1670, and his will, now in the probate records of Fairfield, dated the 15th of that month, names the children in the follow- ing order: Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Sarah Disbrow, Hannah, Lidea, Ruth, and Sarah and Uniea Buxton, daughters of Clement.
Knapp, Caleb, son probably of the above, had a son, Caleb, born in 1661. His will, bearing date, 10, 3, 1674, names his children : Caleb, John, Moses, Samuel, Sarah, and Hannah.
Knapp, Joshna, son of Nicholas, was married here in 1657 to Hannah Close. He had one child recorded here-Hannah, born March 26, 1660. He lived later in Greenwich, having had then seven children, Joshua, Joseph, Ruth, Timothy, Benjamin, Caleb, and Jonathan. Ilis inventory bears date Oct. 27, 1684.
LARESON, JOHN, is complained against for selling wine in 1648, without license from the court. In 1651, Obadiah Seely discharges John Lareson of all debts due himself "from the be- ginning of the world to this day." A James Lareson appears on the land records in 1650.
LOCKWOOD, EDMUND, in 1650, Oct. 14th, sold all his right and title in Stamford to Ann Akerley. How long he had been here at that date does not appear. He was probably a son of Edmund, of Cambridge. His children were John, Daniel, Ed- mund, Mary, and Abigail. Under date of March 24, 1698-9, the town grants the children of Edmund Lockwood, deceased, liberty to take up as much land for their father's estate in the second "lotment" at Runkinheag, as he had in the first di- vision there, "his lotment in the first division being not to be found." He died here in Jan. 31, 1692, as appears from invent- ory of his estate, now on record. Book 1st, page 119, amount- ing to £305. This name has been numerous and prominent here to the present day. It now stands next to the Scofield name in numbers.
Lockwood, Jonathan, was here in 1659, as appears from his
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testimony in court, at Fairfield, Feb. 24th of that year. He is reported as then 24 or 25 years of age. This corresponds with the presumption that he was son of Robert Lockwood, of Fairfield, and that he is the son born in Watertown, Sept. 10, 1634. His children were Jonathan, Robert, Gershom, Joseph, and John. He sold his estate here in 1665, and was afterwards a prominent citizen of Greenwich, representing that town in the state legislation for four years.
Loekwood, Joseph, went in 1644 to Ponndridge, where he had sons, Joseph, James, Soloman, Israel, Reuben, and Nathaniel. His wife was Hannah, daughter of Soloman Close. His oldest son Joseph, had two sons-Major Ebenezer, of Poundridge, who lived until 1821, and was the father of the Hon. Ezra and Ho- ratio Lockwood; and Joseph had also sons, among whose de- scendants are the Hon. Albert, of Sing Sing, N. Y., and Gen. Munson Lockwood, of White Plains.
LYON, THOMAS, was here as landholder in 1650, as appears from land records of Daniel Scofield.
MARTIN, JOHN, buys land of John Bishop here May 1, 1650, in the East Field, seven acres of upland, lying between said Bishop and Richard Ambler.
MILLS, RICHARD, was here in 1654. In 1657 he pledged his house and home lot and a pareel of land in Northfield to pay Jeremy Jagger a debt. On page 32 of record book No. 1, " Richard Mills, of Stamford, in New Haven jmisdiction," sold to Joseph Alsupe (Alsop), of New Haven, for the use of Mrs. Margaret Skiet, of Boston, his " housings and homelot and all accomodations thereunto belonging." This sale was Mareh 16, 1662; and Joseph Alsop transferred the same property to John Miller. June 21, 1687, the town vote Mr. Mills, ship earpen- ter, four acres of land on east side of Noroton River above the path, "so that he improve it for his own use." In 1691 John Mills, shipright, sells his pink called the Blossom, built in Stam- ford, with burthen of "seventy odd tons." In 1693-4, Jona-
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than and John Selleck, brothers, enter a caution, or cavitt (caveat), against all the lands and housings of John Mills, sen. In a sale of land, Jan. 18, 1695, executed by John Mills, Mary Mills, and John Mills, sign the deed; and in another land record John Mills' sons are named John, William, and Robert. "Ye Antient widow mary mills dyed ye 19th day of November, 1732."
MEAD, JOSEPH, of Stamford, sells his house and land to John and Daniel Weed. From his testimony given in court at New Haven in 1660, it appears that he was born in 1630. He went to Greenwich, which town he represented in the Connectieut Legislature, from 1669 to '71.
Mead, Jonathan, sells land in 1650, and in '59 he sells land to Henry Smith.
MITCHELL, DAVID, son of Mathew, had lands here in 1650. He had come hither with his father, and removed not many years after to Stratford. He had four sons-Matthew, who set- tled in Southbury; John, who lived in Woodbury; Nathan in Litchfield; and Abraham in Southbury. Cothren's History of Southbury has a catalogue of the descendants of the first two of these sons. The Rev. Justis Mitchell, who was settled in New Canaan, was a descendant of this David, of the fifth gener- ation-the steps in the descent being John, of Woodbury, Lieut. John, Captain Asahel, and Rev. Justns. He married Martha, daughter of Rev. Josiah Sherman, of Woodbridge, sister of the IIon. Roger M. Sherman, and had a gifted family-among whom were Minot, the eminent lawyer of White Plains, and Chaney R., the gifted and brilliant orator ; also a lawyer, settled at Delhi, N. Y., where he died in the very opening of his busi- ness career.
MORRIS, THOMAS, had land here in 1650, as appears from the boundaries of William Potter's land.
NEWMAN, DANIEL, made freeman 1670 (son probably of Wil- lian), died here August 7, 1695. The inventory of his estate is
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on page 141, book 1st. His widow Sarah, August 31, 1695, makes over to her brothers, Thomas Newman, David Waterbury, Increase and John Holly, all her right in the estate of her hus- band Daniel Newman.
NEWMAN, THOMAS, probably son of William, had land here, as appears from the boundaries of other lands, recorded in 1649. . His will, dated June 2, 1659, at Easttown, New Netherlands, gives his estate to his son William at Stamford, who is made his sole executor. It also requires him to provide for his wife Mary ; to give Catherine Carles, alias Archer, the wife of John Archer, twenty shillings; and unto each of his (Archer's) sur- viving children five pounds. The will was witnessed by Rich. ard and Samuel Mills, and was probably made in Stamford.
OLINESON, HENRY, had land here in 1649, as the record of Thomas Morehouse's land shows.
OLLIVER, WILLIAM, was here in 1658, having June 17th of that year witnessed Henry Ackerly's will, and had property as ap- pears from testimony given by goodwife Slawson, Isaac Finch, John Holmes, and Richard Law, respecting a heifer which had been swamped.
PENOYER, ROBERT, or PENOIR, as the name is spelled frequent- ly, was here early. In 1648 he is complained against for drink- ing wine and becoming noisy and turbulent, and abusing the watchman. IIe had a son Thomas, born here in 1658. He had several parcels of land assigned him soon after the settlement of the town. Savage says he came in the Hopewell, 1635, aged twenty-one, and that he was sentenced to be whipped in 1639.
PETET, JOHN, was here early and had children recorded to him before 1650. His inventory, dated 5, 4, 1676, made by Richard Law and Francis Bell, mentions his widow Sarah, and his two sons, names not given, and his daughters, Sarah, Mary, and Bethia. Richard Law was appointed guardian of his
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children in a court of magistrates, the governor being present, 14, 4, 1662.
PETTIT, DEBROW, died here in 1657. This name is afterwards spelled Petit.
POTTER, WILLIAM'S, name occurs frequently on the early re- cords. His home lot is on record, 1650. In 1652 he sells his house lot to Thomas Lyon, and purchases a parcel of land from John Finch. In 1661 he sells land to Jacob Pearson. His will, dated March 9, 1684-5, gives to the church in Stamford five pounds, " to be improved for the use of the Lord's table." The sil- ver cups now in the service of the table of the First Congrega- tional Church are still witnesses to this bequests. He also made bequests to the three sons of Mr. Bishop, the minister, Joseph, Ebenezer, and Benjamin; and to the children of his son-in-law, John Mead, viz. : John, Joseph, Ebenezer, Jonathan, Benjamin, Nathaniel, Samuel, Hannah, Abigail, Elizabeth, and David. In 1656 he appeals to the general court at New Haven, to excuse him from training in consequence of his weakness. The court do so, but notify him that if he recover his strength he must resume the service again. In 1684, in his testimony before Jonathan Bell, he says he is 75 years old.
RIVIS, GARRET, bought land here in 1657. He is called in the records a Dutchman. He purchased of Peter Ferris, and also of John Rockwell, and seems to have been in partnership with Aron Andreson, or Andreas.
RUGG, ROBERT, in 1651, sold to Richard Webb, his housing and home lot. The sale is witnessed by Thomas Lyon and Robert Basset. The inventory of his estate is on record and was prized by Francis Bell and Richard Law. The general court records make the date of it Jan. 29, 1655. This is proba- bly the one of whom the record of the Connecticut Court of June 5, 1646, makes this unenviable entry : "Robert Rugge stands bownd in 40 Z.," and that he " keepe good behavior and appeare the next court."
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SCOFIELD, RICHARD, owned land here in 1659, as appears from the recorded lands which Daniel Scofield sold to John Mead. His inventory was recorded by his widow, then the wife of Robert Penoyer, May 6, 1671. His daughter Elizabeth was born here in 1653, and his son Jeremy in 1658. There was also a Daniel Scofield here. at the same date, with a family. This family has become more numerous than any other in town, and the present representations of it are among our best citizens.
SEELEY, OBADIAH, was early a resident here, as several entries in the records show. In 1651 he acknowledged payment of a debt due him from John Lareson. He died in 1667, and his in- ventory taken 24, 12, 1665, by William Newman and Robert Usher, mentions his widow Mary and his sons Obadiah, Cor- nelius, and Jonas. His widow Mary, had been the widow also of John Miller, of Stamford. He was probably a son of Robert Seeley, of Watertown, who settled afterwards in Wethersfield, and became quite famous as a Lieutenant in the Pequot war; and still later of the New Haven force under Sedgwick and Leverett against the New Netherlands. This name has been well represented in all its generations in the town.
SHERWOOD, THOMAS, sells land to John Holly in 1648. His will, dated July 21, 1655, was probated Oct. 25, 1655, and men- tions his wife Mary ; his sons Steven, Mathew, and Isaac; and daughters Margaret, Ruth, and Abigail, the children of his first wife; and probably those of his second wife, Thomas, Joanna or Jane, daughter Thompson, Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Rose, and Rebecca.
STEVENS, THOMAS, died here in 1658. He had been a land- holder as early as 1649, as appears from the land records. His will and inventory of estate are on record, dated Nov. 30, 1658. His property was bequeathed to his wife, for the children; but if she should marry, she was to have her third and the rest to be divided; the oldest son, if deserving and of godly carriage to have a double portion, if not to share equally with the rest.
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In 1670,the county court made Obadiah, his son, Administrator, giving him the home and house lot, and requiring him to pay the legacies. His children were-Obadiah, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, and Ephraim, of whom, Dec. 20, 1686, Obadiah, Ben- jamin, and Joseph, give bonds for the settlement of their mother.
STEWARD, JAMES, probably a son of Alexander of Water- town. That he was a resident of Stamford in 1649 is evident from an action in court of that date, in which he was defendant, and Robert Hustiee and Jeffrey Ferris, plaintiff's. It was shown that he had engaged to keep the town oxen ; "to keep them from coming home, and out of the Indian's corne;" and that he neglected his duty so that the oxen injured the corn, to the extent of twelve and a half bushels of corn and two and a half bushels of peas. The court ordered him to pay the corn and peas, and "to beare the charge of the court." He was a land- holder in 1650.
STOKEY, GEORGE, bought Henry Jackson's house and lot in 1650, and was still a resident in Stamford in 1660, as appears from testimony of Cornelius Jones in court of that year. His will was probated in court, at New Haven, in 1663, made in 1660, and witnessed upon oath by Daniel Scofield and John Holly, before Richard Law, at Stamford, Feb. 25, 1660. The name is spelled Stuckey on the town records. Elizabeth Stuckey, the wife, probably, of the above, died here in 1656. In his will he makes bequests to his daughter-in-law Mary Close, then not of lawful age; because she hath been obedient to her mother, to his wife Ann, and his daughter Elizabeth, who was also under age. He appoints as overseers for the daughters, his well beloved neighbors and friends Franeis Bell, Robert Bates, Richard Mills, and George Slawson.
SYMINGS, HUMPHREY, was here in 1648, a creditor of Peter Brown, from whom he received his house and homelot.
TAINTER, CHARLES, witnessed here a deed in 1650. I have seen no other evidence of his presence here.
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TAYLOR, GREGORY, died here Sept. 24, 1657, and goodwife Tay- lor, probably his wife, the month before him. In 1655 he made application to the general court at New Haven, to be freed from watching and training, in consequence of his bodily weakness. He had come from Watertown, where he was constable in 1642. He had two children by his wife Achsa; but they probably died young, as, after his wife's death, Aug. 18, 1667, his property is given by the court to John Waterbury and his wife. The in- ventory of his estate amounted to £48 14s. 6d., taken Oct. 1, 1657, and prized by Richard Law and Francis Bell. They tes- tified in court, at Stanford, June 14, 1662, "that these goods within written, were presented to them and acknowledged by John Waterbury and his wife, to be the estate which the said Taylor, deceased, had in possession, and left at ye time of his death, but ye sd. Waterbury would not acknowledge that this was all, nor would his wife attest it upon oath to be a true in- ventory of the whole estate. Alsoe the said apprizers doe tes- tify yt the apprizement is just according to ye best of their skill."
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