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John Pickering
Witness : Edmond Batter, John Horne, ffrancis Lawes and John Kitching.
Proved 1: 5: 1657 by Mr. Batter, John Horne and John Kittchen. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 3, leaf 128.
The inventory, amounting to 137li. 3s. 2d. sworn to 1: 5: 1657, by the Widow Pickrin and allowed. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 14.
ESTATE OF HENRY BULLOCK, JR. OF (SALEM ?).
Administration on the estate of Hen. Bullock, granted 1: 5: 1657, to his widow, Alice Bullock. The estate given to the son who was under twenty-one years, to the daughter, under eighteen years, and to the widow for the bringing up of the children. The feather bed mentioned in the invent- tory to be the property of the son after his mother's decease. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 15.
Inventory of the estate of Henry Bullocke, jr., taken 10: 10: 1656, by Mr. Thomas Gardiner and Nathaniel Felton : The house and outhouses thereto belonging wth. 20 acres of land thereto belonginge joyninge unto it and 20 acres in the north feild and 6 acres of meadow bought of Mr. Ende-
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codt lyinge in the broad meadow against the farme given to Mr. Bishop and a lease of 8 acres for 6 yeares lyinge in the meadow called willeses meadow, £50; 2 stieres, £8; Cowes, £6; 1 heifer, £2. 10s .; 7 loads of hay, £7; 2 sheepe & 2 ewe lambes, £5; 5 younge swine, £1. 16s .; 15 bushels of Indian corne, £1. 17s. 6d .; 1 feather bed and boulster, £3; 1 Rug and 2 blankets, £2; 2 feather pillows, 10s .; 1 flocke bed and bed and boulster, £1; 1 Coverlet & 2 blankets, £1. 10s .; 2 bedsteads, 15s .; Cur- taynes & vallons, £1, 10s .; 2 payre of Sheets, 2 pillowbeares & 2 napkins, £1. 10s .; his wearinge apparel, £6; 2 chests, 15s .; 4 chayres, 8s .; a warminge pan, 5s .; 2 muskets, 1 sword, 2 payre of bandeliers, £1. 15s .; 1 brasse ketle, 10s .; 2 Iron pots, 10s .; 2 frying pans, 5s .; Peuter, 10s .; 1 hake, a payre of tongs & a frye pan, a payre of andirons, a spit & 2 skillets, 13s .; Axes and other workinge tooles, £1; 20 yards of linnen cloth, £1. 10s .; a cradle, 5s .; a pestle and morter, 2s .; planks, 10s .; hemp and flax, £1; flesh, Butter and cheese, £1; old barrels, tubs and payles, 12s .; old lumber, 10s .; a mare colt, £8; total, £119. 18s. 6d. Estate debtor to Mr. Corwine, £2. 8s .; Mr. Willyam Browne, £1. 15s .; Mr. Cromwell, £1. 8s .; Thomas Rootes, 10s .; the Cow keeper, 10s .; Sam Eburne, 8s .; Ralph Tompkins, 7s .; Willyam Robinson, 4s. 2d .; Richd. Leach, 1s. 4d .; Edward Wharton, 12s .; Adam Westgate, 4s .; Widd. Giles, 7s .; Mr. Gardiner, 4s .; total, £8. 18s. 6d. Estate creditor, due from Anthony Nedham, £6; Goodman Herod, 12s .; John Concklinge, £1; John Scot, £2. 10s .; total, £10. 2s .; whole estate, £121. 2s. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 3, leaf 129.
ESTATE OF JOHN ALDERMAN OF SALEM.
"Dated the 3th of 5th mº 1657 The last will & testament of John Alderman he being weake in body but well in mind disposeth of his estate as followeth Impr I giue to mr Norice the best Cowe I haue: Item to m' Eliot one Cow. And one Cowe to the Indians that mr Eliot doth preach unto to be dis- posed of to them by him: Item I giue one Cowe to mr Thatcher Item I giue one Cowe to m' whiting of Linn Item I giue one Cowe to m' waltom of marbell head. Item I giue one Cowe to m' Cobat Item to John Horne of Salem I giue one heifer Item my house & land which I ualew at 401i my will is that Ezera Clape the sone of Edward Clape: and Na- thaniell Clape the sone of Nicholas Clape shall haue it at that price: & pay for it as followeth, viz, to Israell Mason
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daughter of maior mason tenn pounds, to be paid two years after my decease : the rest to be paid at 3 yeares end by 31 a yeare to m' Norice so long as he liues to Inioy it Item I giue to John Pickiring, one table 2 stools my Cloke a paire of Cloth briches a paier of worsted stockens & 2 bb barly : Item to Elizibeth Pickirin one greene Cloth suitt Item to Jonathan Pickirin my Armes & all my Nursery of Apple trees at my ten acre lott Item I giue to goodwife Bufam 20s to Josuah Bufam 10s & to the rest of her Children 59 a peece. Item I giue to Edward Clape one stufe sute. Item I giue to Prudence Clape her two daughters to Barbara Stoder her two daughters & to Nicholas Clape his two daugh- ters all the houshould stuffe I haue Beding & lining: Item I giue to brother Marshall all my old Aparill Item I giue to mris ffellton 10s to widow Denis 108 to Goody Curtice 10g Item I apoynt Edward Clape & John Horne to be ouerseers Edward Clape to be executor. my ouerseers to haue 13ª a peece for ther labor :"
John Alderman
Witness : Edward Clap, John Horne, Henery (his mark) Keny, Jeylls Corye.
Proved Sept. 3, 1657 by Edward Clapp. Copy of will, Ips- wich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 196.
Copy of inventory of estate of Mr. John Alderman, Sa- lem, lately deceased, taken 23: 5: 1657, by Hillyard Veren, Robert (his mark) Buffom: one dwelling house with two acres of ground adioyning & ten Acres of land lying in the north neck & an out lott Containeing about fiuty Acres more or lesse with the meadow belonging to it, 40li .; 7 Cowes, 24li. 10s .; 2 oxen at 11li., 2 heifers & one steere Yli., 18li .; in Corne uppon the ground, 1li. 10s .; 4 bushells of barly & 2 bushells of wheat, 1li. 4s .; in weareing woollen Clothes, šli .; in linnen, 2li .; 6 yd. of Searg & som other Cloathing, 3li .; 2 feather beds, 4li .; one pillow & 2 bolsters with 3 old curtins, 1li .; one Coverlett & 2 blanketts, 16s .; one bedsteed, 2 little tables, 2 Joinstools, 1li. 5s .; 2 Chayrs, 2 Chests, one trunk, 1li .; 2 potts, one brasse pan, 2 old Kettles, 1li .; in pewter, 12s., one spitt & 1 warminpan, 1 frying pan with som other utensills, 1li .; plow Irons & Chayne & 2 old howes, 12s .; total, 105li. 17s. The Estate debtr., 4li. 10s .; remainder, 101li. 7s.
Edward Clapp delivered this as a true inventory Sept. 3, 1657 before Samuell Symonds and Daniel Denison. Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 197.
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GUARDIANSHIP OF REBECCA BRADSTREET OF IPSWICH.
Rebeacha Brodstreet chose Joseph Jewett to be her guar- dian, and he acknowledged 29: 7: 1657, that he had re- ceived her portion of the estate of her father, Humphry Bradstreet, given to her in his will, from her mother Bridgett Broadstreet, executrix of the will. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 64.
ESTATE OF THOMAS ROFE OF IPSWICH.
"I Thomas Rofe being at prsent full of payne and not Knowing what the Lords pleasure is towards me doe make this my last will as followeth I commit my soul into the hands of my saviour the Lord Jesus Christ my body to the earth to be desently buried & for that little outward estate the Lord hath giuen me I leave vnto my deare wife conceiue- ing it little enough & two little to maynetayne her in the condition she is In & doe apoynt her sole execotrix of this my last will in wittnes whereof I haue heervnto sett my hand this 12th of agust 1657"
Thomas Roof
her mark
Witness : Robert Lord, Hanah H Day.
Proved in the Ipswich court Sept. 29, 1657 by the wit- nesses. Essex Co. Probate Files, Docket 24,128.
ESTATE OF THOMAS SCOTT OF IPSWICH.
Administration on the estate of Thomas Scott granted 29: 7 : 1657, to his wife Margret Scott. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 64.
Inventory of estate of Thomas Scott, Ipswich, taken Sept. 20, 1657 by John Appleton and William Geed -: his wear- ing cloths, 2li .; 3 payers of cors sheets, 1li .; in bed and bed cloths & old curta, 3li. 10s .; in peutter, 1li .; 3 old Kettels, 1li. 4s. 6d .; a lettel Kettel, a scummer, a warming pan, litt. scilli, 10s .; too smal Iron potts, 12s. 4d .; Iron things and belows, 12s. 4d .; and old bras frying pan, 2s. 6d .; a payer of larg stilards, 2li .; too old chest and a trunk, 8s. 6d .; a cast with 6 bottel, 5s .; Some books and brasses other implymet, 12s .; 5 old cast, 3s .; hous and barn land, 80li .; in Goodman West hands, 62li .; in wampome, 2s. 6d .; in debts, 27li .; a bed stead, som lumber, 10s .; total, 183li. 12s. 8d. depts yt were owing 184li.
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Proved to be a true inventory in Court held at Ipswich, Sept. 29, 1674, by the administratrix.
A letter to Col. Gidnye, Judge of the Probate of wills, dated Jan. 14, 1694, with "the Humble Request of william Rodgers Humbly sheweth that Thomas Scott my Grandfather dyed in Ipswich about thirty and eight yers agoe and made noe will he left my Grandmother with onely two Children viz margerett Scott: my mother and thomas Scott: my sd Grandmother was made an Administratrix to my sd Grand- fathers estate but ther was noe settlement made of the sd estat by the Court at all; and my sd uncle thomas Scott went into old England and dyed ther. and when I was about fowr yers old my mother dyed and in a short time after my Grandmother dyed: about sixten yers agoe, my sd Grand- father dyes seazed of agood Considerable estat in land in Ipswich; I am the onely suruiuing person descended from my sd Grandfather and now I am come to the Age of twenty one yers doe humly Craue that your Honnour will Grant Administration to me of the estat of my sd Grandfather that hath not bien leagally disposed of." Signed William Rogers.
A caution, dated Newbury, Feb. 15, 1694-5 to prevent Wil- liam Rogers being appointed administrator of estate of Thomas Scott, for "I a legal administration (and quiet possession ) twelve years sin- from a county court held at Boston." [Signature faded.]
Essex Co. Probate Files, Docket 24,971.
ESTATE OF JOHN TRUMBLE OF ROWLEY.
An Trumble was appointed 29: 7: 1657 administratrix of the estate of her late husband, John Trumble. There were eleven children of three marriages. The estate was ordered to be divided, to four of Mighill Hobkinson's, five of John Trumble's before he married her, and two of his and hers, viz. : To Jonathan Hobkinson, 25li .; Jeremiah Hobkinson, 18li .; John Hobkinson, 18li .; Caleb Hobkinson, 18li .; to John Trumble, 15li. ; Hannah Trumble, 8li .; Judah Trumble, 8li .; Ruth Trumble, Sli .; Joseph Trumble, 8li .; and to Abi- gaill Trumble and Mary Trumble, children of John and An, 20li. each. The rest of the estate, 55li., was allowed to the widow. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 65.
Inventory of estate of John Trumble of Rowley, deceased, taken by Joseph Jewit, Maximilall Jewit, Thomas Dickin-
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son and John Pickerd : Hous and barne, gardings, orchards, swamps belowe and all below the house and streett, 26li .; in Bradforth street lots, five acres and a half, 18li .; in Batchelers feild, two acres and a half, 6li .; in the marsh feild comanly called Mr. Dumers farme, meadows & upland, Eight acres, 12li .; Three cowe Gattes and a quarter, 2li. 3s. 4d. ; his land in the northeast feild, 4 acre and a half, 5li .; Bought land in batchelders feild, three acre, 9li .; in land at the new plaine, 8li .; in meadowes, 4 acre, 9li .; in 4 gates more upon the Commans, 2li. 13s. 4d .; in corne upon the ground and grass upon the meadows, 14li. 16s .; one mare and one yearing colt, 20li .; Three oxen and one stere, 19li .; Six cowes, 18li .; one hefer of two yere old, 2li. 10s .; Two catle that is one yere old, 3li .; Two calves, 1li .; in swine, 7li .; his apparill, 6li .; in Books, 1li. 6s. 8d .; in a bearing fiuer linen and Three course sheets, 2li. 10s .; one Bed and bed cloathes thereon, 5li .; one Rug and one Covering, 1li. 4s .; in cotten woole, 7li .; Chists & one trunke, Two hogsheads and kush- ings, 1li. 11s .; one halbird, one sword, one pair of Bandelers, 15s .; more in Beding, one ruge more, 2li .; one sword more, one fouling peice, with kettls, pots & other small matters, 5li. 6s .; In pewter, 1li .; in wooden vessell, 1li .; in Tools be- longin to his traid, 1li. 10s .; a saddl, Bridle, apannell, with some other small matters, 14s .; in cart, plow and other In- struments of husbandry, 3li. 10s .; in cowper wood, 10s .; in wheat, malt, Indian, with Bags and other imploments, 2li .; in brick, 4s .; total, 225li. 17s. 10d. Debts owing : To John Tod, 3li. 16s. 3d .; to Mr. Joseph Jewit, 1li .; total, 4li. 16s. 3d.
Sworn to in Ipswich court 29: 7: 1657, by his widow Ann Tromble. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 3, leaf 140.
ESTATE OF JOHN EYERS, SR. OF HAVERHILL.
"The last will and Testament of John Eyers ye Elder of Haverhill made ye twelfe of March one thousand six hundred fifty six : fifty seaven : ist ffirst I giue vnto my Sonne John Eyers my dwelling house and house Lott, butt my wyfe to haue the |my|| house and Orchyard & the pasture of English grass by the barne, and the leantoo att the South end of ye barne and to haue libertie in ye Same Nue barne to lay in such hay or corne as shee shall haue occasion to make vse of duering the tyme of hir Naturall life and att hir death to returne to my Sonne Jnº Eyers, and duering the tyme of my wiues life my Sonne is to haue the vse of my house Lott
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and barne, and to pay vnto my wife tenn shillings an acre for every acre of broken vpp land in this my house Lott, and after the end of my wyues life when this falls into my Sonne John Eyers hand then hee shall pay as followes, fiue pound the first yeare after my wyfes death to my Sonne Nathaniell. The second yeare fiue pound to my daughter Hanah the Third yeare fower pound to my daughter Rebecka the fourth yeare fower pound to my daughter Mary: if either my daughters Rebecka or Mary die before this pay bee due vnto them, then it shall remaine vnto their childeren, butt if Nathaniell or Hanah die before it bee due & haue no childe then his or hirs to bee pay'd vnto my Sonne Obediah as is aboue specified to bee pay'd vnto them 2 I giue vnto my Sonne Nathaniell the house & house lott wch I bought of my Sonn John Eyers and two Cow comons withall the privilidges belonging vnto two cow comons and to haue this when his apprentiship is out with his master ffrench and in the meane tyme my wyfe to haue the disposeing & benefitt of it, and if Nathaniell dies before the expiracon of ye said time of Nathaniells the said guift to Nathaniell to remaine to my daughter hanah I doe likewise giue to my Sonne Nathaniell my meadow in Haukes meadow, & my north meadow butt nott to haue itt till after the death of my wyfe butt she to haue the vse and benefitt of itt duering hir natural life I doe likewise enjoyne these my two Sonnes John & Nathaniell not to sell these howses or house Lotts or any part of it to any except they first proffer it to all their other brothers and they to haue the refuseing of it att an other mans price which if either of them shall doe then this my guift shalbe voy'd in Law and his house or land which hee or they shall so sell shall bee forfeited to my other Sonnes :
"I giue my land in ye vpper and lower playnes to bee equally divided between my Sonnes Robert Thomas & Obediah Eyers and for as much of itt as is broken vpp to pay yearly to my wife for every acre tenn shillings an acre in such corne as shall growe on the say'd land att such price as ye Contrey rate shalbe pay'd att & if they shall nott impue it for corne then to pay in such pay as shalbee equivalent to corne att contrey price likewise my Sonnes John; Nathaniell ; Robert ; Thomas ; & obediah shall maintaine all ffences aboute this land & to pay all rates which shalbee due vppon ye same after the yeare one thousand six hundred fifty seven; butt this yeare fifty seaven my wyfe to haue the vse & benefitt of all my land and meadow, and after to bee my Sonnes as is before Speci- fied ;
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"I farther enjoyne these my Sonnes not to sell any part or parcell of this land without the consent of the other two brothers which if any doe then this my guift to bee voy'd in Law and the land so sould to bee forfeited vnto my other Sonnes provided that my other Sonnes will take it att an other mans price and if either of my Sonnes shall refuse to take my land vppon these termes which are here sett downe then that which any of them shall so refuse provided he haue all or else none of his said land by mee thus giuen shalbee my wifes to dispose of as shee please I likewise giue to my Sonne Obediah two oxe comons in the comon oxe pas- ture & two | cow|| cowcomons with all the privilidges belong- ing to fower commons; and halfe my second division of meadow & vpland and a young calfe of this yeare when it shalbee weanable it shalbe which my wyfe please, and that young Sowe, whose eare hangs downe and all my flaggy meadow I giue to my Sonne Peter the other halfe of my second division of meadow & vpland, & two Oxe comons with all privilidges belonging to two Oxe commons and three acres of land in ye vpper playne which hee hath allreadie in his possession : I giue my third division of land which is agreed on by the towne to bee lay'd out, I giue vnto my Sonne John Eyers & Peter Eyers to bee equally divided betweene them I giue to my wife my best Cowe, and to my daughter Hannah my second best cowe, & my other Cowe and three yeare old heifer to my daughters Rebecka & Mary: And all my other goods and Cattell and Swine and house hold stuff vndisposed of I giue vnto my wyfe Hanah Eyers whom I make my Sole Executrix and whom I appoint to discharge all my debts & to take care for my buriall :"
[No signature.]
Proved in Hampton court 6: 8: 1657 by Henry Palmer. Copy of will. Norfolk Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 58.
Inventory taken 10: 2: 1657, by Robert Clements, James Davise, Sr. and Henry Palmer: 4 oxen, 25li .; 4 cowes, 2 steeres and a calfe, 20li .; 20 swine and 4 piges, 18li .; one plough, 2 paire of plouing Irons, one harro, one yoke and chaine and a cart rope, 4li .; 2 hoes, 2 axes, 2 shoveles, one spade, 1li .; 2 wedges, 2 bettle ringes, 2 sickels and a reape hook, hangers in the Chimny, tonges and pot hookes, 13s .; 2 potes, 3 kettels, one skillet, a frying pan, a warming pane, 3li. 3s .; in peuter, 1li .; 3 flocke beds and bed Cloathes be- longing to them and bedsteeds, 18li .; 12 yards of Cotton
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Cloth and Cotton woole and hemp and flax, 4li .; wooden stuf belonging to the house, 1li. 16s. 6d .; 2 wheeles, 3 Chests and a Cubber, 1li. 3s .; 2 muskets and al that belongs to them, 2li. 10s .; bookes, 15s .; in flesh meat, 15s .; about 40 bushell of corne, 7li .; his wearing aparill, 8li .; about 6 or 7 akers of graine in and upon the ground, 9li .; the dweling house and barne and land broken and unbroken with all apurtenances belonging unto it, 120li .; forkes, rakes and other smale imployments about the house and barne, 1li .; In debts oweing to him, 1li. Some things forgoten: betwen 2 or 3 bushels of salt, some nayles, 10s. Total, 248li. 5s. 6d.
This inventory brought into the Hampton court Oct. 6, 1657 by Hanah Eyer executrix to the will of John Eyer, Sr. Essex Co. Probate Files, Docket 1,088.
ESTATE OF THOMAS WATHEN OF GLOUCESTER.
Administration on the estate of Thomas Wathen granted 24: 9: 1657 to Ezekiell Wathen, and he to bring in an in- ventory. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 17.
Inventory, taken 30: 4: 1658: In the hands of Capt. Tho. Clerk, 7li. 14s. 2d. Signed by Ezekiel Wathen who swore in court, June 30, 1658, that this was all the estate of his kins- man, Thomas Wathen. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 4, leaf 59.
ESTATE OF SAMUEL YOE (OF SALEM ?).
Administration on the estate of Samuel Yoe granted 24: 9 : 1657, to his wife, Rebecca Yoe. Inventory, 12li. 10s. Sa- lem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 18.
ESTATE OF AGNES BALCH OF SALEM.
An illegal will of Agnis Baulch of Salem, deceased, pre- sented 24: 9: 1657. Benjamin Balch appointed administra- tor. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 18.
Widow Anis Woodbery, Nicholas Patch, her brother and his wife, John Hill and his wife, Abigail Hill, Rachill Ray- ment, Hanah Woodbery and John Grover testified that they knew Anes Ballch more than two years before her death, dur- ing her long sickness, and judged that all her estate would
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not pay Bengeman Ballch and his wife for their trouble, labor and charge. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 3, leaf 146.
Inventory of estate of Anes Balsh taken Nov. 25, 1657, by John Rayment and Henery Hericke : One bed and bolster and pilo, £3; two Rugs, £1; one payer of shets, 6s .; one Cot and blancett, £1; 3 Cotes, £1; one waskot and two aprons, 10s .; two shiftes and an aperen and A pocetket hanshercher, 10s .; one pot, a Cettell, one Scelet and payll, 8s .; one hat, 8s .; one bibell, one payer stockings, 10s .; one trunck and Chest, 5s .; one warmen pan, 3s., one Carpet and plater, 8s., 11s .; one Chayer, one Crock, one payer beloes, £9. 11s. Benjamin Balch brought in his bill of charges: Attendance for two years, £15. 12s .; for coming to town to Mr. Curwin, £1; at hir buriall for Cofen and Casks and drink, £2; total, £18. 12s. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 3, leaf 147.
Ordered June 29, 1658, that Benjamyn Balch have the estate of Agnis Balch, in order to pay her debts. Salem Quar- terly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 20.
ESTATE OF HUMPHREY GILBERT OF IPSWICH.
"The 14 of the 12 moth 1657 The last will & Testamente of Humfrey Gilbard haueing his perfect memory dwelling in the boundes of Ipswich after my debts being payde I giue vnto my son John all The middow & Vpland wch is my farme one hundred Akers more or less & That this farme be let out or Improued acording To my wifes discretian for The bring- ing of my Child vpp till he com to age or be able to Improve it him selfe and it is my will that twentie pounds be payde oute of The Incom of my farme To my four daughters when They are seaventene yeares of age & in case god Take any of them a way by death before the age specied That her pro- portion shall be equally deuided To the Rest of the sisters or if a second or a Third still it com to she That doe seuiue moreouer it is my will That tow oxen and tow Cows that I haue now In possesion be let oute with the farme I doe also giue vnto my daughter abbigal one heffer of four yeares olde I doe giue vnto my Loueing and deare wiffe Elissabeth Gil- bard twelue ackers of vpland with my dwelling Howse I doe likwise giue vnto my wiffe my ffetherbed wth the furniture Therevnto belonging It is my will In Case my son should
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die in his nonage That what I haue giuen to my son should be equially deuided a mongst my daughters."
his mark Humfre H Gilbard
Witness : Charles Gott, Thomas Hobes, Richard Hutton
Proved in Ipswich court Mar. 30, 1658 and administration granted to Elizabeth Gilbard wife of Humphry Gilbert.
Inventory taken 10: 1: 1658, by Charles Gott, Edward Co- borne and Richard Hutton : one payre of Oxen, 12li .; one Red Cow, 4li .; one Cow white faced, 4li. 5s .; one Black Cow, 4li .; one 2 yeare old steare, 2li .; one yearelin Heffer, 1li. 5s .; 3 swine, 2li .; one stuff sute, 13s .; one payre of Hose & one old Cote and wastecote, 14s .; one Hatt, 4s .; 4 payre of shetes, 1li. 10s .; one napkin, 2 old pillebeares, 2s. 6d .; tow bolester Casses, 6s .; one sherte, 4s .; five bandes, 3s. 4d. ; one fetherbed & bolster, tow fether pillowes & one bolster case, tow blan- kits, one Rugg, 7li. 10s .; one bras ketle, 1li. 10s .; one bras skillit, 2s. 6d .; one warmeing pan, 6s .; one pewter dish & fowre spownes, one poringer, tow sawser, one lattin pan, 9s .; tow Iron pots & one Iron skellit, 17s. 6d .; one ax, one han- saw, one shave, 5s .; one payre of Tonges, 3s .; one muskit & sword, 8s .; one plow & Tacklin, 10s .; one smothing Iron, 2s .; earthen ware, 2s. 6d .; Tow Chistes & tow boxes, 16s. ; wooddin ware, 12s .; 2 sives, 2s .; Bookes, 8s .; one shepe, 1li. 5s .; one flock bedd, 6s .; one friing pan, 3s .; Tow baskets, 4d .; one payre of shows, 1s. 6d .; one Glass, 6d .; one payre of stockins, 1s. ; halfe a ferkin, 8d .; one spade, 1s. 2d .; small Towles, 5s .; one payre of Cardes, 1s. 3d .; one Cros Cut saw, 4s .; Halfe a whip saw, 5s; Howses and Lande, 120li .; total, 169li. 12s. 6d.
Attested to in Ipswich court Mar. 30, 1658 by the widow of Humphry Gilbert.
Essex Co. Probate Files, Docket 10,889.
William Rayner, husband of Elizabeth, late wife and ad- ministratrix of Humfry Gilbert, deceased, was ordered 26: 4: 1666, to deliver to Hanna Gilbert, daughter of the said Humfry, a great kettle, a box and a pewter platter, which were mentioned in the inventory of the said estate. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, page 162.
The wife of William Geare deposed that she heard Good- man Gilbert say when he made his will that the bed, kettle and some other things were to be Hanna's.
Ellen Haselton, aged about twenty-five years, deposed that
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Goodwife Gelbord gave her daughter, upon her death bed, a great brass kettle, a pewter platter and a black box.
Elisabeth Hotten deposed that Gilberd said that there were several things his other wife had given his daughters and he would not alter it. Sworn, 27: 4: 1666, before Wm. Ha- thorne.
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