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THE
PROBATE RECORDS
OF
ESSEX COUNTY
1
MASSACHUSETTS
VOLUME II 1665 - 1674
SALEM, MASS. PUBLISHED BY THE ESSEX INSTITUTE 1917
FIM42
THREE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED
NEWCOMB & GAUSS, PRINTERS SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
LIST OF ESTATES.
Adams, William, Ipswich (guardianship, 1666) 57
Alley, Hugh, Sr., Lynn (1674)
407
Ambrose, Henry, Salisbury (1664) .
1
Andrews, Jedediah, Salisbury (1673)
375
Robert, Boxford (1668)
133
Antrim, Obadiah, Salem (1665)
13
Archer, Samuel, Salem (1667)
103
Aslet, John, Newbury (1671)
233
Auger, Benjamin, Salem (1671)
250
Axey, Frances, Mrs., Lynn (1670) James, Lynn (1669) .
158
Baldwin, John, Salem (1673)
383
Barney, Jacob, Salem (1673)
359
Bartlett, Christopher, Newbury (1670)
181
Baston, Walter (Marblehead?), (1674)
421
Batsou, John (1671)
225
Bayley, Edward (1671)
225
Bird, John (Marblehead?), (1668)
109
Birdley, Giles, Ipswich (1668)
136 229
Bishop, Richard, Salem (1675) Thomas, Ipswich (1670)
431
Blaisdale, Elizabeth, Salisbury (1667)
102
Boardman, Thomas, Sr., Ipswich (1673)
349
Bond, John, Haverhill (1675)
436
Boynton, John, Rowley (1671) 214
Brabrook, Joseph, et al., Newbury (guardianship, 1668) 130
Bracket, Thomas, Jr., Salem (1668) 132
Bradbury, Wymond, Salisbury (1669) 170
Bradstreet, Bridget, Mrs., Ipswich (1666)
31
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209
Bisco, Mary (guardianship, 1671)
211
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LIST OF ESTATES.
Bridges, Hackaliah, Salem (1671)
253
Brocklebank, John, Rowley (1666)
56
Browne, Isaac, Newbury (1674) 398 Jonathan, Salem (1667) 84
Browning, Thomas, Salem (1671)
228
Buffum, Robert, Salem (1669)
174
Burch, George, Salem (1672) .
309
Burr, John (Ipswich?), (1673)
374
Burt, Ann, Lynn (1673) .
361
Button, Matthias, Haverhill (1672)
299
Carlton, John, Haverhill (1669)
152
Casely, William, Cockwood, Eng. (1672)
280
Casey, Samuel (Salem?), (1670) 195
Caulie, Thomas, Marblehead (1672)
272
Charles, William, Marblehead (1673)
372
Charlescraft, Richard (1672) .
306
Chase, Aquilla, Newbury (1671)
217
Cheney, John, Newbury (1672)
258
John, Sr., Newbury (1666)
52
Clarke, Edmond, Gloucester (1666) Richard, Rowley (1674)
389
Clements, Robert, Haverhill (1672)
259
Cogswell, John, Ipswich (1670)
180
Colby, John, Amesbury (1674)
393
Coldum, Thomas, Lynn (1673)
357
Coleman, John (1664-65)
2
Collins, Gabriel, Gloucester (1664)
1
Comey, Peter (Salem?), (1672)
274
Conant, Lot, Salem (1674)
420
Coombes, Henry, Marblehead (1669)
165
Cooper, Peter, Rowley (1668)
120
Cottle, William, Newbury (1668)
129
Cresie, Mighill, Ipswich (1670)
188
Croade, John, Salem (1670) .
202
Cromwell, Giles, Newbury (1673)
335
Crosby, Anthony, Rowley (1672)
318
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LIST OF ESTATES.
Dab, Henry (Marblehead?), (1668)
109
Davis, John, Topsfield (1673)
327
Joseph, Haverhill (1672) 261
Day, Thomas (Salem?), (1670)
. 198
Denison, John, Ipswich (1671)
222
Dill, Thomas, Marblehead (1668)
132
Dodge, Richard, Sr., Beverly (1671)
230
Dorman, Thomas, Sr., Topsfield (1670)
189
Dow, John, Haverhill (1673)
338
Dresser, John, Sr., Rowley (1672)
262
Early, George, Salem (1671) . 246
Eastwick, Edward, Salem (1666)
48
Eaton, John, Haverhill (1669)
155
Phebe, Mrs., Haverhill (1673)
342
Ellinwood, Ralph, Beverly (1674)
412
Emerson, Thomas, Ipswich (1666)
34
Endecott, John, Gov., Boston (1665)
38
Eurin, Edward, Exeter (1668)
125
Fairfield, John, Ipswich (1672)
307
Farr, Benjamin, Lynn (guardianship, 1672)
312
John, Lynn (1672) . 303
311
Farrington, Edmond, Lynn (1671) John, Lynn (1666) . .
45
Fearemayes, Benjamin, Capt. (1665)
21
Fiske, Phineas, Wenham (1673)
371
Fitt, Robert, Ipswich (1665) .
11
323
Fitts, Richard, Newbury (1673)
. 138
Flint, George, Salem (guardianship, 1668) John, Salem (guardianship, 1668)
141
Thomas, Salem (1668)
139
William, Salem (1672)
. 363
Foot, Pasca, Sr., Salem (1671)
229
Foster, Edward (1672) .
257
Fraile, Eliza, Mrs., Salem (1669)
165
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Lazarus, Lynn (1672)
216
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LIST OF ESTATES.
French, Edward, Sr., Salisbury (1675)
441
Fuller, John, Ipswich (1666) 57
Gage, Benjamin, Haverhill (1672) John, Bradford (1673) 333
302
Jonathan, Bradford (1675) 425
Gardner, Thomas, Salem (1675)
423
Geare, William, Wenham (1673)
324
Giggles, Elizabeth, Mrs., Salem (1667)
94
Gillow, John, Lynn (1673)
353
Goldsmith, Richard, Wenham (1673)
377
Goodale, Elizabeth, Mrs., Newbury (1647)
447
Goodell, Richard, Salisbury (1666) .
60
Gott, Charles, Sr., Wenham (1668)
122
Grafton, Joseph, Jr., Salem (1671)
226
Nathaniel, Salem (1671) 225
Gray, Robert, Salem (1668)
146
Greenfield, Peter, Salem (1672)
310
Gutterson, William, Ipswich (1666)
52
Haffield, Martha, Mrs., Ipswich (guardianship, 1666) 33
Martha, Mrs., Ipswich (1668) 115
Hall, Edward, Lynn (1669)
168
Hart, John, Marblehead (1672)
288
Samuel (1671) 234
Thomas, Ipswich (1674) . 390
Harvey, Thomas (Gloucester?), (1669)
172
Haseltine, Robert, Bradford (1674) 413
Haskell, Mark, Beverly (1669) 151
Roger (Beverly?), (1667)
87
Roger, et al. (Salem?), (guardianship, 1675) 425
Hassall, John (Ipswich?), (1668)
120
Hathorne, John, Salem (1673)
358
Hawkes, Adam, Lynn (1672)
254
Hayward, Nehemiah (Salem?), (1665)
17
Heath, John, Sr., Haverhill (1675)
435
Joseph, Haverhill (1673) 343
LIST OF ESTATES.
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Herrick, Henry, Beverly (1671)
219
Hilliard, Job, Salem (1670) · 194
Hodges, Andrew, Ipswich (1666)
24
Holmes, Robert, Newbury (1673)
380
Hooper, Robert, Marblehead (1674)
403
Hopkinson, Caleb, Rowley (guardianship, 1668)
138
Howlett, Thomas, Jr., Ipswich (1668)
124
Hull, John, Newbury (1670)
179
Humphrey, Joseph, Lynn (1672)
301
Jacobs, Richard, Ipswich (1672) 291
Samuel, Ipswich (1672) 280
James, Edmond (Newbury ?), (1673) 317
Jane, Mrs., Marblehead (1669) 160
Thomas (Salem?), (1666) 46 Thomas, Salem (1675) 449
Jane, Richard (Marblehead?), (1668)
110
Jewell, William, Marblehead (1671)
246
Johnson, Richard, Lynn (1666)
76
Jones, Isaac, Salisbury (1665)
10
Thomas, Gloucester (1671)
243
Thomas, Jr. (Gloucester?), (1673)
332
Jordan, Stephen, Newbury (1670) Susanna, Mrs., Newbury (1673)
322
Kenny, John, Salem (1670)
202
Kent, Cornelius (Ipswich?), (1672)
288
Killam, Alice, Mrs., Wenham (1667) Austin, Wenham (1667)
99
King, Daniel, Lynn (1672)
267
Kingsbury, John, Rowley (1671)
224
Kinsman, Robert, Ipswich (1665)
2
Knight, Daniel, Lynn (1672) .
305
John, Sr., Newbury (1670)
190
Nathaniel, et al., Ipswich (guardianship, 1672) 262
Philip, Topsfield (1668) 141
187
100
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LIST OF ESTATES.
Lake, Margaret, Mrs., Ipswich (1672)
289
Lambert, John, Rowley (1667) 102
Lancton, Roger, Haverhill (1672) 260
Law, William, Rowley (1668) . 110
49
Leach, Robert, Manchester (1674) Samuel (1672), Samuel (1675)
310
Lee, John, Sr., Ipswich (1671)
236
Legg, John, Marblehead (1674)
408
Lemon, Robert, Salem (1667) .
90
Lilford, Thomas, Haverhill (1673)
340
Longhorne, Constance, Rowley (guardianship, 1669) 151
Richard, Rowley (1669)
147
Sarah, Rowley (guardianship, 1674) 397
Lord, William, Sr., Salem (1673)
352
Lyndsey, Christopher, Lynn (1669)
160
Manning, Thomas, Ipswich (1668)
145
Mansfield, Elizabeth, Mrs., Lynn (1673)
382
John, Lynn (1671)
251
Robert, Lynn (1667) 78
Marchent, William, Ipswich (1668)
138
Marsh, John, Salem (1674) 422 John, Jr., Salem (1669) . 172
Marshall, Edmond, Ipswich (1674)
393
Martin, Emanuel, Salem (1670)
194
Meere, Thomas, Salem (1674)
417
Mercer, Richard, Haverhill (1671) 245
378
Metcalf, Joseph, Ipswich (1665)
18
Moore, William, Ipswich (1671)
235
Morgan, Robert, Salem (1673)
355
Morrill, Isaac (Salisbury?), (guardianship, 1666)
33
Moulton, Abigail, Mrs., Salem (1666)
27
Robert, Sr., Salem (1665)
20
Samuel, Salem (1668)
132
Musselwhite, John, Newbury (1670)
185
Lawes, Frances, Salem (1666)
399
450
Merrill, John, Newbury (1673)
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LIST OF ESTATES.
Neal, John, Salem (1672) · 275
Newhall, Thomas, Sr., Lynn (1674)
404
Newman, Antipas, Wenham (1673) John, Sr., Ipswich (1674) 386
324
Norman, John, Manchester (1672)
308
North, Richard, Salisbury (1668) Ursula, Mrs., Salisbury (1671) . 223
125
Owen, Timothy, Marblehead (1671)
253
Palmer, Thomas, Rowley (1669)
169
Partridge, Michael, Marblehead (1674)
402
Patch, Nicholas, Beverly (1673) 383
Perkins, John, Ipswich (1668) 131
Jolın, et al., Topsfield (guardianship, 1671) 235
Perley, Nathaniel, Ipswich (1668) . 131
Pitts, Susanna, Mrs., Marblehead (1670)
195
Plummer, Francis, Newbury (1672)
319
Pope, Joseph, Salem (1667)
92
Post, Richard (Lynn?), (1671)
222
Powell, William, Salem (1669)
177 26
Price, Theodore, Salem (1672)
265
Walter, Salem (1674)
405
Prince, Robert, Salem (1674)
401
Proctor, John, Sr., Ipswich (1672)
315
Randall, Thomas, Marblehead (1667) 107
Rayner, William (Marblehead?), (1666) William, Marblehead (1673)
48
Rcad, Thomas, Salem (1667) .
92
Redding, Joseph, Ipswich (1675)
426
Ring, Susanna, Ipswich (guardianship, 1669)
158
Robbins, Samuel, Salisbury (1672) Roberts, Robert, Ipswich (1673)
298
Samuel, Ipswich (1670) £ 193
Robinson, Elinor, Mrs., Salem (1671)
246
Timothy, Salem (1668)
146
Preston, Roger, Salem (1666)
326
352
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LIST OF ESTATES.
Rogers, Ezekiel, Ipswich (1674) .
. 416
Rolfe, Hannah (Andover?), (guardianship, 1666) 46
Ropes, George, Salem (1670) 196
Rowell, Jacob (guardianship, 1674) 389
Ruck, Elizabeth, Mrs., Salem (1670)
206
Thomas, Salem (1670) 193
Safford, Thomas, Ipswich (1667)
79
Sanders, John, Lynn (1670)
193
Sandie, Arthur, Marblehead (1666)
73
Sargent, William, Sr., Amesbury (1675)
438
Sawyer, Edward, Rowley (1674) 387
Scott, Benjamin, Rowley (1671)
238
Scudder, Elizabeth, Mrs. (Salem?), (1666)
75
Searle, William, Ipswich (1667)
96
Seeres, Alexander (Salem?), (1667)
89
Severance, Ebenezer (Salisbury?), (1667) 82
95
Shatswell, Susanna, Mrs., Haverhill (1672)
298
Shepard, Samuel, Rowley (1668)
127
Sherratt, Elizabeth, Mrs., Haverhill (1670) 199
Short, Henry, Newbury (1673) 345
101
Slater, John, Jr., Marblehead (1665)
16
Smith, George, Ipswich (1675)
429
John (1672) 309
Samuel, Rowley (guardianship, 1665)
19
Thomas, Newbury (1666) 42
Thomas (guardianship, 1671)
222
Somerby, Abiel, Newbury (1672)
258
Soolart, John, Wenham (1672)
283
Southwick, Ann, Mrs., Salem (1668)
135
John, Salem (1672)
313
Stacey, Elizabeth, Mrs., Ipswich (1669) 171
John, Marblehead (1672)
271
Sharp, Alice, Mrs., Salem (1667) Samuel, Salem (1666) 74
Simons, William, Haverhill (1667)
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LIST OF ESTATES.
Stanwood, Philip, Sr., Gloucester (1672)
285
Starkweather, Robert, Ipswich (1674)
419
Stickney, William, Rowley (1665)
5
Symonds, Joanna, Mrs., Ipswich (1666)
33
John, Salem (1671) 247
Samuel, Jr., Ipswich (1669)
173
Tandy, Michael (Salisbury?), (1673)
345
Tappan, Abraham, Newbury (1673)
328
Tarbox, John, Sr., Lynn (1674)
410
Taylor, George, Lynn (1668)
123
Thorndike, John, Beverly (1670) Thurston, Daniel, Newbury (1666)
30
Tompkins, Ralph, Salem (1666)
75
Towne, William, Topsfield (1673)
358
Trask, William, Sr., Salem (1666)
48
Travers, James, Newbury (guardianship, 1665)
17
Treadwell, Thomas, Sr., Ipswich (1671)
239
· Tyler, Abraham, Haverhill (1673)
380
Varney, Bridget, Mrs., Gloucester (1672)
312
Veren, Nathaniel, Capt. (1665)
12
Vincent, Humphrey, Ipswich (1665)
4
Wallis, Robert, Ipswich (1674) 387
Walton, Josiah (Marblehead?), (1673)
384
William, Marblehead (1668) 141
Wellman, Thomas, Lynn (1673)
337
Wells, Abigail, Mrs., Ipswich (1671)
241
Richard, Salisbury (1672)
· 296
Thomas, Ipswich (1666)
63
Wheeler, George, Newbury (1668) John, Newbury (1670) . 200
· 130
Whipple, John, Sr., Ipswich (1669)
166
White, John, Haverhill (1668)
. 108
Thomas, Wenham (1672) .
306
Whittier, Abraham, Sr., Manchester ( 1674)
. 418
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206
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LIST OF ESTATES.
Whittridge, Thomas, Ipswich (1672)
286
William, Ipswich (1668) 143
Wilkins, John, Salem (1672) 271
Willcock, Samuel, Haverhill (1667) 102
Williams, John, Sr., Newbury (1673-4) 385
Window, Bridget, Mrs., Gloucester (1673)
381
Richard, Gloucester (1665)
14
Winsley, Samuel, Salisbury (1667)
82
Witt, Hester (guardianship, 1674) Jonathan, Lynn (1665)
8
Woodbury, William, Jr., Beverly (1668)
114
Woodcock, William, Salem (1669) .
162
Worcester, Timothy, Salisbury (1672) William, Rev., Salisbury (1667)
93
Worth, Lionel, Newbury (1667)
97
Wright, John, Newbury (1673)
317
44
Wyatt, Elias (Rowley?), (1666) John, Ipswich (1665)
21
Yabsley, William (1672) .
256
Yard, Edward (Marblehead?), (1668)
109
Young, Elias (1672)
255
419
297
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
ESTATE OF HENRY AMBROSE OF SALISBURY .*
Ebenezer Ambross (signature Ambrous), aged about 22, having seen my father's inventory ye amount that my father John Severans hath paid out of ye estate of my father Henry Ambross, is discharged to him by my said father John Sever- ans, 4: 12 mo : 1664. Witness: Isaac Jones and Jnº Blome- feild. Norfolk Deeds, vol. 2, page 108.
ESTATE OF GABRIEL COLLINS OF GLOUCESTER.
Inventory of the estate of Gaburall Collings deceased Feb. 15, 1664 : 4 yeards of whit Cotten 4s. { yd., 16s .; 6 yeards 1-2 of whit Cotten at 4s. p. yard, 1li. 6s .; 2 payer of stock- ens one blew yearning payer, one payer of grey wosted, 6s .; 8 payer of ould stockings, 4s. 6d .; 1 payer of showes, 4s. 6d .; 7 ould woven weast cost, 11s .; 1 Chist, 4s .; 6 payer of ould toren drawers, 7s .; one grey Cot and briches, 1li. 10s .; one blacke hat and silver twist, 10s .; 2 ould munmor Caps, 4s .; one fether pillow, one bed sacke and on blanket, 1s. 6d .; 5 shools, 11s .; 5 ould nec Cloths, 1s. 6d .; 1 payer of sisers, thred and tape, 2s. 6d .; 1 hamer, one spillter, 1s .; one smal runlet, 1s .; 3 dozen of houkes, 4 Lins, 15s .; 2 mackerell Leads, 1li. 8s .; total, 6li. 16s. 2d.
Subscribed to Feb. 15, 1664, by the select men of Gloster, Thomas Millet, Sr., Clement Colddrom, John Davis, Thomas Riggs. Essex County Probate Files, Docket 6,056.
Gabrill Collings of Gloster dying intestate last winter, an inventory of his estate, amounting to 6li. 16s. having been brought into the last Ipswich court, but no administration asked for, court granted Apr. 27, 1665, administration to John Collings of Gloster, one of the creditors. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 144.
* See also Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Mass., vol. 2 (1912), page 379.
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ESTATE OF JOHN COLEMAN.
Administration on the estate of John Coleman, intestate, granted Feb. 18, 1664-5, by the Honered Majestrates, Mr. Samuell Symonds and Major Genrll. Denison, to Mr. Petter Duncan, and he was ordered to bring in an inventory to the next Ipswich court. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 138.
An inventory was presented to the court 27: 4: 1665, by Mr. Peeter Dunean and allowed, and said Duncan was ap- pointed administrator. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, page 146.
Inventory taken by Peter Duncan: In Cloathes which the Selectmen Prised at £4. 11s .; 2 quentalls of fish, £1. 11s .; 5 quentalls of refuse fish, £2. 10s .; total, £8. 12s. Account of what he owed: To Peter Duncan, £6. 13s. 7d .; administra- tor's services, 10s .; stage room for making his fish, 6s. 8d .; total £7. 10s. 3d. Other debts : To Jno. Collens, sr., £3. 12s .; Will. Cannon, £1. 4s .; Will. Sargent, 5s .; total, £5. 1s. Es- sex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 10, leaf 145.
ESTATE OF ROBERT KINSMAN OF IPSWICH.
"These presents declareth that I Robert Kinsman of Ips- wich in the County of Essex being at present sick and weake of Body but through gods merey inioyeing my vnderstanding and memory doe make this my last will and testament first I doe give my soule into the hands of Jesus Christ my body to be desently buried in Ipswich burying place And for my outward estate I dispose as followeth Item I doe giue and bequeath vnto my sonn Robert my meddow Land att cho- bacho which he doth now impue to the halfes payeing vnto Isaack & Sarah Ringe the chilldren of my daughter mary ten pound apeece when they come to age & if either of them dye before they come to age the surviver to Inioy the whole twenty pound Item I giue vnto my daughter mary The wife of vsuall wardell ten pounds and to her foure Elder children Twenty shillings a peeee viz Daniell Roger mary and Susan Ringe Item I giue vnto my daughter sarah the wife of sam- uell You[n]gloue my foure acre lott which I exchanged with Samuell Ayres and to her child or children which shall be then liveing after her decease Item I give vnto my Daugh- ter Hanah the some of forty pounds Item I give vnto my
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daughter martha the wife of Jacob ffoster the Some of thirty pounds Item I give vnto my daughter Tabitha Kinsman my dwelling house and apptena [n]ees & Land about it payeing out of it twenty pounds within Two yeare after my decease also I give vnto hir my sayd daughter Tabitha my househould stufe Item I give vnto my coussen Richard Nicolls ten pounds to be payd by my sayd daughter Tabi[t]ha pt of the twenty pounds and the other ten pounds to be payd vnto my Daughter Hanah by my sayd daughter Tabitha as pt of the forty pounds before given vnto her Item I give vnto my five daughters each of them a sow and I give vnto mary my dagh- ter ffosters child my heifar. And I Apoynt my Sonn Robert Kinsman and Robert Lord Sent to be my Executors of this my last will to see it pformed wittness my hand this 25th of January 1664."
Robert (his R K mark) Kinsman. Witness : Eben (his E mark) Dane. Robert Lord.
Proved in Ipswich court, Mar. 28, 1665 by Robert Lord, Sr. and Eben Dane.
Inventory taken Feb. 7, 1664, by John Dane and Simon (his - mark) Thomson : his wearcing Apparell, 4li. 10s .; a yard & 3-4 of cloth, 13s .; glasse, lead, vice and tooles be- longing to the glaseing trade. 10li. 10s .; emptie glase chests, 16s .; Barley, 4li. 14s. 6d .; Rye, 1li .; wheat, 16s .; oates, 9s .;. Indian corne, 1li. 7s .; a muskett, sword & pouch, 19s .; 2 axes and a bar of Iron, 10s .; a beetle and 3 wedges, 7s .; 7 sheepe and a sow, 4li. 12s .; a bible and a testament, 8s .; in pourke, 1li. 10s .; a paire of shieres, 1s .; in cheeses, 12s .; in Apples, 12s .; a how and plowshare, 6s .; two sacks, a bag & paire of fetters, 14s. ; a cord of wood, 5s. 6d. ; nine acres of pasture & plow Land, 50li .: In debts owing to the estate, 12li. 11s. 1d. ; foure acres of Land, 20li .; 5 cowes and a hei- fer, 25li. : The dwelling house, barne, orchyard and ground about it and the apptenanees, 50li .; a bedsted, fether bed & furniture. 9li. 10s .; A trundlebed and furniture, 3li. 12s .; an old coverlet & a hogshead. 6s .; two paire of sheetes & an od one, 2li. ; two boulster beeres. 10s. ; pillobeeres and Tow- ells. 1li. ; more pillowbeers & napkins, 1li .; 2 old chests, 12s. ; a chest and som small things in it, 5s .; an houre glase & other small things, 4s. ; a warmneing pan and Iron morter, 10s .; in pewter and Tin ware, 1li. 16s .; in brase, 2li .; in Iron ware, 1li .; trammell, tongs, fire pan, grediron, bellows, 13s .; sives and a baskett, 6s .; occumy spoones, 3s .; wheeles
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THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
and cards, 12s .; Tubs, trayes, dishes, keelars and earthen ware, 1li. 10s .; foure chaires, 10s .; a table and formes, 16s .; a kneading trough & cheesmotts, 6s .; beere vessells and tub, 8s .; total, 222li. 13s. 1d. Debts dew from the estate, 15li. 5s. 1d .; more debts due from the estate about 4li .; more to the estate in meddow Land, 30li .; more in debts dew to the estate, 15s .; total clear estate, 234li. 4s.
Received in Ipswich court Mar. 28, 1665.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 15,855.
Robert Lord, sr., being named as executor in the will, did not accept it, but renounced it Mar. 28, 1665 in open court. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 141.
ESTATE OF HUMPHREY VINCENT OF IPSWICH.
"In the name of god, amen. Vpon the first day of ye eleventh month in ye yeare of our lord god 1660 I Humphry Vincent of Ipswich in the County of Essex in New England growing aged and weaker in body but of good & fresh vnder- standing & memory thankes be vnto god doe make & declare this my last will & Testament in manner & forme following viz: first I comend my soule into the handes of almighty god my most deare and blessed Saviour Jesus Christ; and my body decently to be buried in Sure hope of a joyfull res- ureccon to eternall life at the last & great day of ye lords Alsoe I give vnto mris Martha Symonds daughter of mr Sam- uel Symonds of Ipswich aforesaid, one of our honored Magis- trates Twenty pounds; to be paid in current pay within six monthes after my decease. Item I give vnto Thomas Harris of Ipswich aforesaid Ten pounds to be paid in like mann" & tyme. Item I give vnto m' Samuel Symonds aforesaid all my howses, lands, goods leases & chattells & all the rest of my estate both reall & psonall whatsoever & wheresoever ; whom I doe appoynt & ordayne to be my executor of this my last will & Testament. In wittnes whereof I have hervnto sett my hande & Seale; the day & yeare above written."
Humphry (his H V mark) Vincet. Witness : James Chute, thomas Harris.
Proved in Ipswich court Mar. 28, 1665, by the witnesses, and Mr. Symonds to perfect the inventory.
Inventory taken Dec. 12, 1664, by James Chute and Rob- ert Lord: the howse & howse lott & barne, 50li .; A planting lott of 6 acres, 26li .; A paire of oxen, 14li .; fether bed &
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bolster & 2 pillows, 4li. 10s .; an old gren rugg & 3 old blankets, a straw bed & bolster, 1li. 10s .; 2 pr. sheets, 1li. 10s. ; 2 pr. old sheets one of ym Cutt, 10s .; 3 old pillowbeers, 3s .; 3 nue shurts, 1li. 1s .; 3 old shurts & a peece, 10s .; 3 bands & 3 handkerchiefs, 4s. 6d .; an old trevet, Iron pott & hooks, 3s .; an old Chest & an old box, 8s .; his waring apar- rell & a new hatt, 5li. 10s .; old pewter, 8s .; An old bedsteed, Ss .; 3 Curtaine rods & a chaire & burch box, 8s .; 2 pr. taylers sheeres, 2s .; sizars, 6d .; Carsy buttons & silk, 2li. 5s .; a sett of Darnacle Curtaines sum what worn, 10s .; total, 110li. 1s.
Received and allowed in Ipswich court Apr. 28, 1665.
Humfry Vincent growing weak and unable to attend to his affairs, appointed Samuel Symonds of Ipswich, gent, whom he had made sole executor of his will, his attorney to attend to all matters pertaining to his estate; also as he had in his will given all his estate to Mr. Symonds, now to make it sure granted to him all his houses and lands in Ipswich or elsewhere, but with the meaning that he was to enjoy them as long as he should live.
Signed and sealed Jan. 14, 1663. Witness : James Chute, Thomas Harris.
Testified in Ipswich court Mar. 28, 1665 by the witnesses.
Testimony of John Perkins and Hanah (her H mark) Gallop given in Ipswich court Mar. 28, 1665, concerning the last will of Humphry Vincent, as it was spoken by him the third of December, two days before he died, who when some told him that he had already given Mr. Symonds his estate, said he was "taken in a fooles Paradise" and that now Mr. Symonds would not come to him nor provide for him, and that he desired the will from him but could not get it. But his will was that Thomas Harris should have all his estate because he "had beene at trouble with him" and if Mr. Symonds did keep the estate he would never prosper with it. Essex County Probate Files, Docket 28,607.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM STICKNEY OF ROWLEY.
"I william Stickney of Rowley in the County of esex in New England being weeake of body but of prfect vnder- standing and memory doe make and ordaine This my Last will and Testament first I will and Committe my Soulle vnto god That gave it and my body vnto the common bury-
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ing place in the hope of a blesed Resurection And as for my outward estat after funerall expences discharged I will and dispose as followeth Inprims I will and giue vnto my welbeloued wife elizebeth stickney the benefit of my dwelling house out houses barne orchard land and meadowes that are or lie within the fiue mille bounds of the towne of Rowley with all the priueliges belonging vnto those lands as also the meadow in Ipswich west medowes as also one third part of the house hould stufe which she shall chuse for Convenient and nessecary use as also two cowes and all this I giue hir dureing hir naturall life
"as for my Son Samuell stickney I haueing bene at cer- tane Cost toward his settleing therfor I will and giue vnto him but ten pounds more out of my estate and that to be his full portion and I will him to be satisfied therwith As for my son Amos stickney he haueing at noe time bene any way benificiall to my estat and I haueing procured him a trade and giuen him some part of estat toward his settleing I therfor will and giue vnto him but fiue pounds more out of my estat and that to be his full portion and I will him to be satisfied therwith As for my other sixe childeren John Andrew Thomas mary ffaith and mercy I will that they haue the Rest of my estat equally among them as followeth I will and giue my sone John stickney the inheritance of the lands and meadowes and houses that I have given vnto my wife dureing hir naturall life to be his posesion prouided that he pay out of it it being a greater part then ther wilbe for any of the rest soe much out of it as will make the por- tions of the rest equall with his portion and I will that he setle and Improue this land as his owne paying vnto his mother yearly dureing hir life three pounds ten shillings and carfully winter hir two cowes yearly and she to Injoy one of the roomes for her owne pertickuler use dureing hir life vnto my Son Andrew Stickney I will and give him for his Inheritance of my lands my land at merrimacke and if in its vallueation it amounteth to more then his equall Share with the rest of his brothers and Sisters when my estat is devided then I will that he pay some thing backe to equal- lize them and if it be vallued at lese than his equall part then it to be made vp vnto him
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