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ESTATE OF WILLIAM BACON OF SALEM.
"The Last will and Testament of mr William Bacon of Salem, diseased Whereby he gaue to his sonn Isaack his dwelling house and ground and Meddow except some certaine parcells of - which afterward he shall otherwise see cause ; he is to haue it att the age of one and Twentie years. If he dye before one and twentie his wyfe is to haue it. And if his wife keeps hir selfe a widdow his sonn is to liue with hir And shee is to take care of the whole Estate. Item he giues to An Potter one Cowe. Item to his two seruants ffortie shillings apeece Item all his household goods, and all his Chattell and all other moueabls whatsoever to his wyfe m's Rebeca Bacon And two hundred Acres of Land which is not yet Laid out to his wyfe m's Rebeca Bacon and Three acers of Land in the tenemt
"As ffor ouerseers Joseph Boyse and Lawrenc Southweeke." [No signature] her mark
Witness : George Emery, Elizabeth E. Boy[se].
Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 2, leaf 105.
Rebecka Bacon brought in an imperfect will of her de- ceased husband, Will. Bacon, 29: 9: 1653. The estate to be divided equally between her and her son Isaac, who is to have the dwelling house, land and meadow, at the age of twenty- one. If the widow marry again, she is to give security, and bring up her son in a manner suitable to the heir of such an estate. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 3, leaf 67.
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Inventory taken 26: 7: 1653, by Thoms. Gardner, sr. and Josif (his I mark) Boys, and sworn before Elias Stileman, clerk : House and Land, 50li .; one mare, 10li .; 2 Oxen, 14li .; 5 Cowes, 22li .; 2 Steeres, 9li .; one heifer, 2li .; 3 Calves, 3li .; 9 Sheepe, 151li .; 7 Swine, 5li .; 4 akers of Indian Corne, 4li .; Ten bushels of wheate, 2li .. 10s .; 12 bushels of Rie, 2li. 8s .; 5 bushels of Pease, 1li .; 3 Feather Beads, 6li .; 2 Rugs, 2li .; 3 blanckets, 1li .; Curtaines & Valens for two beads, 2li .; one Flock bead & Covering, 1li. 10s .; 8 payre of Sheetes, 8li .; pillibes, 16s .; Table Lining, 2li .; Carpets & qushens, 1li. 10s .; His wearing aparell, 5li .; Trunks & Chests, 1li .; Beadsteads, 1li .; Chayres & Stooles, 10s .; Brasse & Iiren Vessels, 4li .; Pewter Vessels, 2li .; Plate, 5li .; Books, 2li .; Tooles belonging to his Trade, 2li .; 2 Tables, 16s .; Racks & Tongs, 6s .; Maps & Pictures, 1li .; one Musket & other Armer, 2li .; one Cart & Plow & plowgeere, 2li .; Axes, wedges & other Tooles, 1li. 10s .; total, 184li. 16s. Debts & Legasies, 38li. Essex Co. Quar- terly Court Files, vol. 2, leaf 105.
ESTATE OF GEORGE PARK OF (MARBLEHEAD ?).
Administration on the estate of George Parke, "feared to be miscaried in a Late Storme" granted Jan. 25, 1653-4 to Mr. Edmond Batter, in behalf of creditors. Signed by Edw. Rawson, secretary. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 3, leaf 69.
ESTATE OF GEORGE CHIN OF MARBLEHEAD.
Administration on the estate of George Chin granted 6: 1: 1653-4, to his widow, Elizabeth Chin of Marblehead. In- ventory, 34li. 4s. Debts, 33li. 7d. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 3, leaf 69.
Court 28 : 4: 1664, ordered that the estate of houses, lands, etc., of George Chin, deceased, in the hands of John Codner, said Chin's successor, be given to said Codner, in considera- tion of bringing up the children of the deceased, and paying his debts. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, page 133.
ESTATE OF JOHN ELIE OF (MARBLEHEAD ?).
John Codner was bound 6: 1: 1653-4, to account for what had been received and paid for the use of Jon. Elie, being ad- ministrator of his estate. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 3, leaf 69.
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John Codner had previously brought in an inventory of the estate of John Elie. Amount, 25li. 6s. He stated to the court 27: 4: 1654, that other outstanding bills had been found, so that the amount of the estate was but 20li. 9s., and debts, 19li. 16s. 11 1-2d. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 3, leaf 73.
ESTATE OF JOHN KNOWLTON OF IPSWICH.
"This 29th : of the 9th mth : 1653: I the said John Knowl- ton being att this prsent time in perfect memory I make my wife my Executrix & I doe giue vnto margery my wife my house & land & Cattell with other estate for her use & the bringing of my Children up so long as she liues & after her death the remainder to be deuided half of it to my eldest sonne John & the other halfe of it to be deuided betweene my sonne Abraham & my daughter Elisabeth, & if it please God any of my Children do Chang ther Condition it is my desire with the aduice of mr Symonds & our pastor and the ouer- seers and my wife Consenting therto that they should impt something unto them according as god shall guide you and I giue to Margery my wife all my household goods to be at her owne disposing onely my shop tooles I giue to my eldest sonne John and some of my wearing clothes to my brother william I make m" Tredwell by brother Wilson & my [brother?] Thomas Knoulton my ouerseers. Theophilus Wilson & Thomas Knoulton sworne testified that John Knoulton was redy to haue subscribed this to be his last will if his wife did accept to be executrix within two dayes which she did & so this is proued to be his will in the Court held at Ipswich the 28th of march 1654." Copy of will, Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 137.
Proved Mar. 28, 1654. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 44.
ESTATE OF MRS. MARGERY KNOWLTON OF IPSWICH.
"ffebruary the 20th: 1653. This is to Certify that I Mar- gery Knoulton widdow do make my brother Thomas Knoul- ton Executor to me & Assigne in my stead to fulfill my hus- bands will in my Roome & also for my selfe to giue to my Children according to our wills, for my household goods which are at my disposeing I doe giue equally to be deuided to my 3 Children John Elisabeth & Abraham, onely I giue my great Byble to John, & all my weareing parrell to Elisabeth & a
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Iron pott with a bed tike that is hers & 20s that is John and 2 Candlesticks that are Abraham's. And I make mª Tredwell & my brother Wilson my ouerseers. Also Abraham is to haue the yearne & Cloth to make him two shifts & to haue a new hatt. these 3 interlines were made before she set her hand." her mark Margery Knoulton
[In the margin of the record, midway, is written: "These are beside the Division."]
Proved 28: 1: 1654, by Theophilus Wilson, Elisabeth Wil- son and Mary Tredwell. Copy of will, Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 138.
Copy of inventory of estate of John Knoulton and Margery, his wife, of Ipswich, both deceased, taken Mar. 3, 1653, by Robert Payne and Robert Lord: in the Hall : a little table, 4s .; 3 Chaires & 3 old Cushins, 6s. 6d .; one great Byble, 10s .; a broad booke of Mr. Bifields workes, 4s .; 9 other bookes & bibles, 15s .; a Muskett, bandalers, sword, rest, Knapsack with rest moulds & scourer, 1li. 2s .; A Chest with a drawer, 1li .; 6 paire of sheets at 12s. a paire, 3li. 12s .; 3 finer sheets, 1li. 6s .; 3 Course sheets, 14s .; one fine table Cloth, 9s .; 3 other table Cloths, 10s. 6d .; one halfe sheete, 5s. 4d .; 2 paire fine pillow beeres, 18s .; 1 paire of pillow beeres, 5s .; 3 Course old pillow beeres, 2s. 6d .; 10 napkins at 8d., 6s. 8d .; 3 old table clothes & 2 towels, 5s. 6d .; 5 remnants of Canvas & lockrum, 14s .; one shirt, 4s .; Child bed lenen, 26s. 8d., 2 ruffes, 5s., 1li. 11s. 8d .; white thred & a remnant of new cloth, 5s. 4d .; 4 yards & a halfe of pagon at 4s. 6d., 1li. 3d .; almost 4 yards of french serge, 1li. 4s .; one yard of broad Cloth, 12s .; a mantle, 10s .; 4 yards 1-4 of lockrum at 16d., 5s. 8d .; one remnant of red bayes & one of greene, 7s. 4d .; her weareing Clothes, 9li .; her wearing Lennen, 1li. 16s. In the little Parlour : his weareing apparell, 4li .; 2 ould Chests, 10s .; 2 little boxes & a deske with some small things, 5s .; 1yd. blew lennen, 2s. 6d .; a feather bed, a boulster & a straw bed, 3li .; Curtaines & valients, 1li .; one paire of blankets, 1li. 5s .; one rugge, 1li. 6s. 8d .; bedsted & Cord, 8s .; an old trundle bed cord & old strawbed, 5s .; a little flockbed & boul- ster, 10s .; 5 pillows & 3 blankets, 1li. 10s .; 4 Curtaine rods, 4s. In the shop Kitching & buttery : the shop tooles, 1li. 10s .; leather, 3li. 10s. ; in wooden & earthen vessells, 17s. 6d .; a pot of suet, 3s., butter & tub, 9s .; in porke, 1li. 10s .; 2 quarts of oyle & a bottle, 2s .; 43li. of pewter at 16d., 2li. 17s. 4d .; a morter & pestel & tinne ware, 8s. 10d .; 3 postnets, 6s .; one
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kettle, 12s., 2 old pots, 12s. 3d., 1li. 4s. 3d .; a scimer & fry- ing pan, 5s .; one kettle, 14s. & a little kettle, 3s., 17s .; 2 tramels, 1 grediron, 2 p potthookes, one paire of tongs, cob- irons, spitt, slice & tosting iron, 1li .; an ould warmeing pan, 3s. 6d .; a p of bellows & 2 lamps, 2s. 6d .; 2 vineger bottels & 2 payles, 3s. 4d .; 2 ould wheeles & a paire of scales, 4s. 6d .; in waites, 1 kneading trough, a little table, 2 formes, 2 old Chaires & 2 old Cushens, 8s. 10d .; one flasket & 2 other baskets, 3s. 6d .; 4 wedges & 2 pitchforkes, 10s .; one shovell, one spade, one mattock, one howe & one axe, 9s. In the Chambers: 12li. of Cotten wooll, 12s .; 2 pillow tikes & a boulster tike, 15s .; 3 yards of lensywoollsey, 4s. 6d .; 4 bush- ells of Indian Corne, 12s .; a flockbed, boulster & straw bed, 1li. 10s .; one rugge & blankett, 2li. 5s .; one bedstead & a Coard, 8s .; one trundlebed, flockbed & boulster, 1li. 15s .; an old blanket & ould Coverlet, 5s .; 2 bushell & halfe of barly, 12s. 6d .; a bill, ads, 2 wry bitts & other lumber, 4s .; a bushell of Indian beanes, 5s .; 4 yards of lennen & Cotton Cloth, 8s .; 13li. of wooll at 14d., 15s. 2d .; 4li. 1-4 of flax & 5li. of towe, 7s. 10d .; 2li. 1-4 of yarne at 2s. 4d., 5s. 3d .; lennen yarne, 1s. 2d .; in rye meale, malt, wheate & hops, 14s .; a Cellar Case, firken, forme & halfe tub, 5s .; 2 sacks & a leather bage, 4s .; a sithe, 2 sickles, hand saw & a half bushell, 10s .; the howse, barne & ground about it, 30li .; 3 acres in the north feild, 5li .; 6 Acres at the pequit feild, 6li .; 3 Acres of meadow at west meadows, 1li. 10s .; 5 acres of marsh, 1li. 5s .; 3 Cowes & one heifer 2 yeare ould, 16li .; one hogg, 14s .; in Debts, 20li. 9s .; A ladder 1s. 4d .; A hyde of leather, 18s. 6d .; more in leather & rosen, 1li. 16s. 6d .; a lookeing glasse, mat- tock & a wheelebarrow, 5s .; total, 158li. 15s. 3d. Debts owing from the estate, 30li. Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 138.
ESTATE OF JANE KENNING OF IPSWICH.
"The 14th of 12th mth 1653 This is to Certify that I Jane Kenning being in pfect memory do make my two sisters Elisabeth Wilson and Margery Knowlton to be my Execu- trixes & they to chuse whom they see fitt to Asist them in the disposing of that which I haue giuen which is as followeth, To John Knowlton I giue Twenty pounde & to the rest of my sisters Children ten pound a peece Elisabeth Knowlton Elisa- beth Wilson Seaborne Wilson, & Abraham Knowlton, And to my brother Wilsons sone Thomas three pounds, & the rest for my mothers vse during her life & for that that remaines
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equally to be deuided in Case there be not enough of that which is left then there is to be a deduction pportionable out of the former gift." [No signature].
Witness : Mary Tredwell, Thomas Knowlton.
Proved Mar. 28, 1654 by Thomas Knowlton and Mary, wife of Thomas Tredwell. Copy of will, Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 140.
Copy of inventory taken Mar. 3, 1653, by Robert Payne and Robert Lord: one Joyned bedsted, 1li. 6s .; A fetherbed & boulster, curtaines & valents, one pillow & a straw bed, 7li .; one payre of blanketts, 1li. 10s .; a blue Rugge, 1li. 10s .; an ould Rugge, 16s .; a flockbed & boulster, 1li .; A trundle bed, 5s .; 3 payre of sheets, 3li .; 2 payre of sheets, 1li. 10s .; 2 payre sheets, 1li .; one table cloth & one duz: of napkins & one, 18s. 6d .; one pillow beare & 1 paire of old pillowbeers, 6s. 4d .; 3 Towels & a short table cloth, 3s .; A Table, 10s. & a little table, 3s. 6d .; 13s. 6d .; hir weareing lennen, 2li. 1s .; hir red peticoate, 22s., a serge peticoate & wastcoate, 2li. 2s .; hir paragon peticoate, 16s .; a yard & halfe of serge, 9s .; A Cloath wastcoate, 10s .; hir searge Gowne, 2li .; hir Cloth Gowne, 2li. 5s .; hir red peticoate with 2 laces, 1li .; 3 old peticoats, 1li. 2s .; a lensy woollsy Apron, 2s. 6d .; an ould stuffe peticoate & wastcoate of cloth, 10s .; 7 yards of Carsy at 6s. 8d., 2li. 6s. 8d .; 4 yards of blue bayes, 1li .; 2 yards & 1-2 of broad Cloth at 15s. p. yd., 1li. 17s. 6d .; 4 yards of Curtaine stuff, 1li .; a kersy Covering, 1li. 2s .; 2 pillows & a flock boulster, 19s .; 40li. of pewter at 16d., 2li. 13s. 4d .; one postnet, brasse ladle & a spoone, 4s. 6d .; a brasse pott, 12s. 4d .; pins, 3s. 6d., a morter & 2 pestells, 6s. 8d., 10s. 2d .; a paire of Andirons, 6s. 8d .; a great Iron pott & pot hookes, 16s .; an old kettle, 8s. 6d .; a little kettle & 2 pudding pans, 4s. 4d. ; a tramell, spitt & firepan, 5s. 9d. ; a keeler & 3 trayes, 6s. 8d .; a trundle bed, 4s. 6d .; 6 bushells of wheate, 1li. 10s .; 2 bushell & one peck of Indian, 6s. 9d .; 3 baggs & 3 tubbs & other lumber, 7s. 6d .; 3 Chaires & 3 old Cushins, 4s .; 6 Cushins, 15s .; A Chest & fforme, 11s .; a tub of Porke, 18s .; a paire of bellows & other lumber, 6s. 6d .; one Cowe, 4li. 12s .; the howse & ground aboute it, 35li .; one Sowe, 1li. 1s .; 600 of nayles at 12d., 600 of nailes at 10d., 11s .; 400 of nailes at 7d. & a narrow axe, 2s. 2d., 4s. 6d .; one smoothing Iron, 1s. 6d .; in debts, 71li. 4s. 7d .; total 166li. 7s. 1d. a flock bolster twise prised. Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 141.
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ESTATE OF MARK QUILTER OF IPSWICH.
"february the 7th: 1653: I Marke Quilter of Ipswich in Essex in new England doe make my last will and Testament in manner and forme as followeth. flrst I doe giue and be- queath unto my wife: during her life my house and the land adioyning thereto And I doe giue to my wife a six acre lott during her life which was giuen mee by the towne Joyning to a lott of goodman warners. which house and lands I doe giue to my son Joseph when my wife shall die, And I doe giue vnto my wife all my meadow ground during her life and after her death to be equally diuided betweene my sonne Marke & my son Joseph. and if it shall please god to take away my son Joseph before my wife then I doe giue his portion to be deuided among the rest of my children my son Marke to haue a double share thereof, I doe alsoe giue my moueable goods vnto my wife to bee at her owne disposing: and I doe giue to my sonne Marke a Six acre lott which I bought of goodman Johnson and ten pounds more when my wife shall die. and if my wife shall die before my son Joseph is of age the vse of my house & the land shall goe to the rest of my Children till Joseph be of age, And I doe giue to my daughter mary & to my Daughter Rebecca & to my daughter Sarah five pounds a peice to be paid when my wife shall thinke meete howeuer to be paid at the death of my wife moreouer I doe giue to my daughter Sarah at present a yeerelinge Cow Calfe which wee call grissles Calfe & the rest of my Cattle to my wife to be at her owne disposing, And I doe make my wife Executor of this my last will and Testament." [No signature. ]
Witness : Edward (his mark) Lumis, Danyell warner, Will : Adams, Junr.
Proved Mar. 28, 1654 by the witnesses.
Copy of inventory taken 23: 12: 1653, by Robert Lord and Daniell Warner; one flockbed, 13s. 4d .; an ould Coverlet & a paire of ould blanketts, 1li. 12s .; one flock Boulster & 3 pillows, 10s .; A little ould flockbed & boulster & strawbed with 2 other straw things, 12s .; one ould Trundle bed, 3s .; 3 paire of sheetes & 3 pillow cases, 1li .; 3 Curtaynes, 1li .; his weareing Cloths, 2li .; 3 ould Chaires & 2 ould Cushings, 4s .; 1 yard & halfe of Cloth, 15s .; A warmeing pan, 10s .; one kettell, one Iron pott, a postnet, tramell & pothookes, 1li. 13s. 4d .; 2 ould lennen wheeles & a Cotton wheele, 5s .; 2 could axes, 2 wedges, a paire of beetle rings, a bill & som other things, 10s .; 3 sithes, 10s .; 10 bushells of Indian
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Corne & 3 bushells of wheate, 2li. 5s .; 2 ould hogsheads & other lumbar, 12s .; 4 bushells of barley & an ould ffunn, 1li. 6s .; an ould table & forme, 5s .; a muskett, bandaleers & sword, 1li .; in pewter, 10s .; A hand saw & other small things, 6s. 8d .; in Cotton & Cotton yarne, 12s .; lennen yarne & hempe, 1li .; A Cart & plough wth what belong to them, 2li. 10s .; 4 steeres & Oxen, 24li .; 5 Cowes, 1 3 yeareling, 3 2 yearelings, 2 yearelings & 2 Calves, 40li .; 2 shoates, 1li .; the house & ground about it, 25li .; 12 Acres of Land & about 12 Acres of meadow fresh & salt, 22li .; in barly at the kill, 13 bushells, 3li. 5s .; total, 137li. 9s. 4d. Debts owing to severall men to the vallew of 14li. 11s. Debts being deducted the estate is 122li. 18s. 4d.
Copy of will and inventory, Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 162.
ESTATE OF THOMAS SCOTT OF IPSWICH .*
"This 8th of march 1653-54 I Thomas Scott of Ipswich in Essex in Newengland doe appoint this my last will and Tes- tament as followeth. Inpr I doe giue to my Daughter Eliz- abeth Twenty & five pounds to her & her heires to be paid the one halfe with in halfe a yeare after by deceace the other halfe with in a yeare after my decease to her & her heires. Item I doe giue to my daughter Abigaille Twenty & fiue pounds to be paid to her & her heires. the one halfe to be paid with in one yeare after my decease the other halfe to be paid with in a yeare & halfe after my decease. Item I doe giue to my daughter Hannah Twenty & fiue pounds to her & her heires to be paid when she is Twenty & one yeares of age, & if shee doe marry before shee be of the age of Twenty & one yeares, The one halfe of it shall be paid at the day of marriage. & the other halfe at the age of twenty and one yeares. Item I doe giue to my daughter Sarah Twenty & fiue pounds. to be paid to her & her heires when she is Twenty & one yeares of age. & if shee doe marry before shee bee of the age of Twenty & one yeares, one halfe shall be paid at the day of her marryage and the other halfe at her age of Twenty and one yeares. Item I doe giue to my daughter Mary Twenty and fiue pounds. To be paid to her & her heires, when shee is of the age of Twenty & one yeares. & if shee doe marry be- fore shee bee Twenty and one yeares of Age. the one halfe shall be payd at the day of her marryage & the other halfe at
* See also Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Es- sex Co., vol. 3 (1913), page 96.
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her Age of Twenty & one yeares. And I intend that my daughter mary shall bee maintained out of my estate soe as the executors shall see meete with her labour. Item I doe giue to my son Thomas Scot all my Estate ungiuen : and doe appoint my Brother Richard Kembell and Thomas Rowlin- son sen" and Edmund Bridges executors of this my last will & testament and doe appoint them to be paid whatsoeuer charges they shall be at out of my estate and hereunto I doe set my hand."
Tho. Scott
Witness : Daniel Warner, Will Adams, Jun".
Proved 28: 1: 1654. Copy of will, Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 163.
Inventory taken Mar. 17, 1653-4, by John Whipple and Theophilus Wilson : in the parlor, one bedsted wth a feather bed, two feather bolsters, two pillowes with a flock bed, two blankets, a rug, five curtaines and valants, 8li. 15s. 4d .; two chests, one broad box, one Chaire with one old chest with two locks and a warming pan, 15s. 10d .; a Coverled, 12s .; 4 yards quarter and halfe of Canvis at 22d. p yard, 8s .; 2 peeces of Cotten Cloth containing 4 yards and a halfe at 3s. p yard, 13s. 6d .; 4 yards of Cotten Cloth at 2s. 6d. p yard, 10s .; 2 yards of white Cloth, 5s .; 2 yards halfe a quarter of Carsy at 3s. 6d. p yard, 7s .; 2 yards quarter and halfe of red Cotton at 2s. 6d. p yard, 5s. 10d .; a yard and halfe of Carsy, 6s .; a yard and halfe and halfe quarter of serge, 6s. 6d .; a table Cloth, 7s .; 2 small table clothes, 3s. 4d .; a peice of locram, 3 yards, 4s. 6d .; 3 paire of sheetes, 18s .; 5 napkins, 3s. 4d .; 4 pillow beers, 6s .; 2 shirts, 10s .; 2 towells, 1s .; a locke with 2 paire of Joynts, 2s .; 36li. of pewter in the hall at one shil- ling p li., 1li. 16s .; one kettle weighing 17li., 7s. 8d .; a kettle, 2 posnits & a Scumer weighing 11li. 3q, 10s .; a kettle weighing 16li., 10s .; a brasse morter weighing 4li. 1q., 2s .; a chamber pot, 1s. 6d .; an Iron skillet, 4s .; an Iron kettle, 5s .; 2 Iron potts weighing 53li. and a halfe, 15s .; a trevet 18li., 6s .; a smoothing Iron, 1s .; 21li. of Iron things, 8s. 9d .; a frying pan, 2s. 6d .; a paire of bellowes, a brush with other implements, 6s. 8d .; 6 ocamy spoones, 2s. 4d .; old Iron, 9s .; 2 plowshares, 2s. 6d .; wedges, 2s .; 3 pailes, an old kettle and a spade, 5s .; 3 bookes, 12s. 2d .; a hamer, a paire of pincers and an ax, 4s .; Two muskets, a sword and a paire of bande- leers with a long fowling peece, 1li. 10s .; 500 & a halfe of nailes, 4s .; 3 bells, a hacksaw, a framing saw, a handsaw &
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a paire of sheeres, 14s .; 9 old tubs, 10s .; porke, 1li. 11s .; a halfe headed bedsted, a pillow with a paire of blankets and a small bed, 1li. 3s .; 12 Caskes, 6s .; a fan, 3 sickles, 2 sithes with other implements, 7s .; in wearing Clothes, 8li. 3s. 10d .; in money, 2li. 15s. 6d .; 14 yards and a halfe of Cotten Cloth, 2li. 3s. 6d .; girt webb, 1s. 4d .; foure skins with a peece of match, 9s .; lead, 7li., 1s. 2d .; a flitch of bacon weighing 26li. and a halfe, 10s. 10d .; a gowne, 15s .; caps and bands with a paire of stockings, 8s .; wheate, 36 bushels and a pecke, 9li. 1s. 3d .; 55 bushels, 3 peckes of malt, 13li. 18s. 9d .; a brasse frying pan, 3s. 6d .; Indian Corne, 34 bushels, 5li. 2s .; Cattle in the hands of John West with tackling for plow and Cart, 52li .; in the hands of John davis, 5li .; Cattle in the hand of Robert Roberts, 15li .; Cattle at home and swine, 33li. 5s .; a beast in the hand of John Spofford, 6li .; in debts, 4li. 18s .; a house, a barne and land, 129li .; a grinstone, 5s .; total, 318li. 19s. 11d.
Allowed in Ipswich court 28: 1: 1654. Essex Co. Probate Files, Docket 24,971.
Richard (his F mark) Kimball and Edman Bridges, on May 10, 1661, acknowledged the receipt from Mr. Ezekell Rogers of 25li. the legacy given to Sarah Scott by her father. Wit: Tho. Lovell and William Goodhue. Essex Co. Quar- terly Court Files, vol. 9, leaf 48.
Acquittances brought in Sept. 29, 1663, by Richard Kim- ball and Edmond Bridges, executors of the will of Thomas Scott, under the hands of the legatees, that is, the children of said Scott, of the receipts of their several legacies. Said ex- ecutors were discharged. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 123.
Haniell Bosworth certified, Oct. 1, 1663, that he received 25li. from Richard Kimball and Edmond Bridges, which was a legacy given to his wife Abbigaile by her father, Thomas Scott. Wit: Thomas Lovell, sr., and Thomas Lovell, jr.
Mary (her X mark) Scot certified, Apr. 23, 1663, to the receipt of 25li. from Ezek. Rogers, of Ipswich, which was the legacy left her by her father. Wit: Richard Jacob and Dan- iel Hovey.
Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 9, leaves 49, 50.
ESTATE OF SAMUELL SYMONDS, JR. OF IPSWICH.
"I Samuell Symonds Jun", being very weake in body & of
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good memory, doe make this my last will & Testament in mann" & forme following viz: Imprimis haueing (I blesse God) rest in my heart concerning my euerlasting Condicon, through Jesus Christ my prtious Sauior, I doe giue unto my brother Harlakinden Symonds all my lande in wenham, & foure of my best bands. Item I giue to my brother John Sy- monds three pounds & ten shillings, to be paide next Michael- tide come three yeare, or within one month after his demand of it, in Case he cometh to Newengland in the meane time. Item I giue unto my brother Samuell Symonds, to my sisters Martha, Ruth, & Priscilla, & to my nephew Samuell Epps, Twenty shillings a peece, to be paide, within one yeare after my deceace. Item I giue to my sister Mary Epps, the little peece of new holland cloth. Item I giue vnto Killigresse Rosse my Chest with the lock & key to it. Item I giue to my brother Samuell all my bookes. Item I giue vnto Rebecca warde fiue shillings. Item I giue unto my brother william Symonds (whom I appoynt & desire to be my executor of this my will) all my lande at Chebacco, in Ipswch : & all the rest of my goods vndisposed of, haueing paid, & discharged all my debts, & duties. In wittness whereof I haue heereunto sett my hand, & seale, Dat 22th day of the nineth month Anno Dom 1653."
Samuell Symonds.
Witness: James Chewte, Elizabeth Chewte, Samuel Sy- monds.
Proved 28: 1: 1654 by testimony of James Chute and affirmed by Mr. Samuell Symonds.
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