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& eares for -, 3s .; one barrell, firkin & powdering tubs, 12s .; a paire of scales, 3s .; beere vessells, keelers & other lumber, 14s .; 6 trayes, dishes, trenchers, & payles, 13s .; a woolen & linnen wheele & cards, 13s .; kneading trough & fine sives, 8s .; a cartrop & bedline & hand baskett, 12s .; beefe, pourke & suett & tallow, 2li .; halfe a firkin of sope, 10s .; In bookes, 1li .; old baggs, 3s .; one bullock, 6li. 10s .; 2 Cowes, 8li .; 3 cattell about 3 yr. old, 8li., 16li .; 1 bull, 2 yr. old & 1 yr. old, 3li. 10s .; six ewes & a ram, 3li. 15s .; five swine, 2li. 10s .; cart plow & sled, yokes & caynes, 3li .; in hay and peace, 7li .; sythes, 12 axes & hows, beetell & weedges, forks, 1li. 10s .; owing to the estate, 1li. 13s .; total, 225li. 5s. d. Debts owing from the estate, 24li. 8s. 1d. Clear estate, 200li. 17s. 6d. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 5, leaf 78.
ESTATE OF JOHN CUTTING OF NEWBURY.
"Bee it knowne vnto all men by theise prsents that I John Cutting of Newbury in the County of Essex in Newengland being through gods mercy in health of body and of perfect memory, Considering seriously mine owne frailty and mor- tality, endeauoring to leaue mine estate to my relations as may continue loue & peace amongst them, I do hereby make my last will and Testament first I comend my Soule into the
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hands of my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ, and my body when I shall decease this life, if I dy in Newbury to be buryed in the burying place in Newbury in hope of a happy resurrection. And for my worldly goods I dispose of as fol- loweth, first I giue and bequeath vnto mary my wife dureing her widdowhood, all my Lands goods and Chattells, And do will and appoint her my sole executrix of this my last will and testament. But if my said wife shall change her Con- dition and marry againe, then I order and appoint that she my said wife shall pay yearely afterwards dureing her nat- urall life out of my lands fifteene pounds a yeare. That is to say, To my Daughter Mary the wife of Nicholas Noyes fiue pounds a yeare, And to my Daughter Sara Browne of Charles- towne, the wife of James Browne, fiue pounds a yeare, And to my Grand child Mary the wife of Samuell Moody fiue pounds a yeere, and also out of my stocke to euery one of my Grandchildren and great grandchildren thirty shillings a peice. And at the death of the said Mary my wife, I giue & bequeath vnto my said Daughter Mary Noyes, all that house and land now in the possession of Thomas Bloomfeild that lyeth on the east side of the high way conteineing about fifty or fiue and fifty acres bee it more or lesse both vpland pasture land & meadow and after my said Daughter Mary Noyes her decease to remaine and abide to the proper vse of her Son Cutting Noyes his heires & assignes foreuer 2dly I giue and bequeath vnto my Daughter Sara the wife of James Browne abousaid || & her heires | all the house I now dwell in, with the twelue acres of vpland that the house stands vpon, and three quarters of that twenty acres of Salt marsh land lately pur- chased of mr Steuen Dummer bee it more or lesse. 3dly I giue and bequeath vnto my Grandchild Mary moody the wife of Samuel Moody abouesaid, all the house and Land that is in the possession of John Dauis with the six akers of meadow in the Birchen meadows, and the quarter part of the twenty acres of the salt marsh Land bee it more or lesse as is aboue- specifyed, further I giue vnto her my said Granchild Mary Moody, all that parsell of arable land lately purchased of the said m" Dumer, lyeing vpon the southwest of the high- way betweene the land of Henry shorte on the southeast and John Knights land on the northwest conteineing about twenty or fiue [and ?] twenty acres more or lesse. And the first yeare the said Samuell Moody his heirs &c shall possesse the abouesaid parsell of Land, which shalbe after my wiues decease. then the said samuell Moody or his heirs shall pay
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to my Daughter sara the wife of James Browne aforesaid the summe of forty pounds, But if my Grandchild Mary moody abousaid shall dye without Issue of her owne body, then all the land abouespecifyed that is hereby giuen vnto her, shall after her decease, Remaine equally to bee diuided vnto my abouesaid two daughters Mary Noyes & sara Browne and their Children for euer. And the forty pound that is here mentioned to be paid by Samuell moody vnto my Daughter Sara Browne abouesaid, if paid before, shall be paid backe againe vnto the abouesaid Samuell Moody my Debts and funerall rites being discharged by my said execu- trix. In witnesse whereof I the aboue mentioned John Cut- ting haue sett my hand and seale october the two & twenty- eth In the yeare of our Lord one thousand sixe hundred fifty nine."
John [SEAL] Cutting
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Witness : Anthony Somerby, John Browne, Nicholas O wallington.
Proved in Ipswich court Mar. 27, 1660 by Anthony Sum- erby and John Browne.
Inventory of estate of John Cutting of Newbury de- ceased Nov. 20, 1659, taken Dec. 16, 1659, by Wm. Ger- rish and Edward Woodman: the house which he dwelt in & 12 acres of land with 20 acres of salt marsh, 100li .; the house that John Davis dwells in with 25 acres of pasture & plowland & 6 acres of meadow, 100li .; the farme that Thomas Blomfeild rents of about 70 or 75 acres of upland & meadow & pasture land, 300li .; For plate, a cup & a spoone & his wearing apparell, 16li .; 3 mares and a Colt, 50li .; 4 oxen, " cowes & 7 swyne, 59li .; 47 sheep, 23li. In the parlour : one bed & boulster, 2 pillows, a paire of blank- ets, a rugg and bedstead with Curtaines & vallons, 10li .; one Cubbard & a drawer, 3li .; Eight chayres, 2li .; one draw table, 2li. 5s .; one small table, 5s .; one paire of Andirons, tongs, slice, warming pan, 1li. 5s .; Some small things in yarne & settle &c., 2li. 14s .; spice boxes, &c., 15s .; five cushions, 1li. 6s .; two baskets, 6s .; a glass case beset with earthen ware and a looking glass, 1li. 10s .; a great bible & small & other bookes, 1li. 5s .; three Joyne stooles, 6s. In the kitchin : a great brass kettle, a small copper & smal kettle, a brass skellet & 2 small skellets, a skimmer & 2 brasse candle- sticks & morter & pessell, 6li. 10s .; two tramells, a paire of And Irons, spit, tongs, frying pan, 2 small Iron pots & some
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other small things, 2li .; nine platters, a pottle flagon, a quart pot & pint pot, 2 basons, 2 chamberpotts & other small peices, 5li. 10s .; In earthen ware, 10s .; A brewing tub & 3 drink vessells, a table & forme & 2 buckets & 2 pales, 4 trayes & 2 keelers, a churne, 2 powdring tubs, & a cubberd & other things, wth a wheele, 3li .; a Long saw & hand saw with beetle rings, 6 wedges, a broad axe & small axe, 1li. 10s .; A sadle, bridle & pillion, 1li. 10s .; A Cart & wheels & plow & chaynes & yoaks with some small things, 3li. 10s. In the chambers: 4 chests & a box, 2li. In Linnen : 1 paire of Holland sheets, 2 pr. of flaxen sheets, 4 pr. of other sheets, 6 tablecloths, 1 dosen & 1-2 of napkins, 8 pillow bears, 6 towells, &c. 20li .; A bedsted with a fetherbed, boulster, 2 pillowes, one blanket & a rugg with curtaines and a trundle bed & beding to it, 10li. In the other chamber, a bed with beding or furniture to it, 3li. 10s .; Lumber, 2li .; about 18 bushells of corne & wooll, 3li. 10s .; total, 737li .; debts due : from william Sawyer, 3li .; Peter Godfrey, 26li .; Tho. Blom- feild, 20li .; John Bartlet, 1li .; Mr. Woodman, 3li. 2s .; Sam. Moody, 3li .; total, 56li. 2s .; debts owed to Henry Short, 40li .; Goodman Nicholls, 4li. 10s .; Leift. Sprage, 3li. 10s .; Mr. Broughton, 1li. 12s .; John Lewis, 1li .; Goodman Lynes, Yli .; Joseph Noyes, 6li. 10s .; total, 64li. 2s.
Received in Ipswich court Mar. 27, 1660.
Essex Co. Probate Files, Docket 6,984.
James Brown acknowledged 15: 8: 1664, the receipt from Samuell Moodey of 20li. being part of the 40li. given him by Mr. Cutting's will; and acknowledged the receipt of the remaining 20li., Nov. 11, 1667. Sworn to June 24, 1675 by Nicolas Noyes. Ipswich Deeds, vol. 4, page 7.
ESTATE OF HENRY TRUE OF SALISBURY.
Inventory of the estate of Henry True of Salisbury taken Mar. 9, 1660, by Robert Pike and Richard (his A mark) Goodall : a debt from one of Salem, 1li. 17s .; a hous and Land att Salem, 50li .; a hous and Land att Salsbury, 45li .; 3 cows, 12li .; a 3 year old stear, 14li .; 2 yearling calves, 2li .; 2 suking calvs, 12s .; 6 sheep, 2li. 10s .; 9 swine, 6li. 10s .; a musket, fowling peec and sword, 2li .; a barell, 2 kelers and other Lumber, 10s .; a spad and ax, 2s .; a bed & bedsteed and appurtainances, 5li. 6s .; a bed & the appurtainances, 9li. 9s .; a cuberd, 1li. 6s .; a chest, 14s .; a box and water cases, 12s .; Table Linen, 1li. 2s .; 3 pillobys, 10s .; a table,
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10s .; 2 joynstools, 4s .; 4 chairs, 8s .; a chest, 5s., 2 Irn potts, 16s., 1li. 1s .; a ketle bell metl, 1li .; 2 skelets, 3s., and a warming pan, 10s., 13s .; a skarlett jaket, 1li. 10s .; a hatt band, 7s .; 4 pear of sheetts, 2li. 8s .; 3 bibls, 12s .; an ager, reap hook and other Lumber, 11s .; puter dishes & a bason, 17s .; drinking vesells, 5s .; a smoothing Iron, 5s .; a frying pann and spitt, 6s .; fire tongs & 2 tramell, 5s. 6d .; a debt du from Richard Curier, 16s .; from William - -, 1li .; from Mr. Petter Oliver, 1li. 10s .; total, 174li. 15s. 6d. The house & Land at Salisbury with the accomadasion, aprised at 45li. by Richard (his A mark) Goodall and John Ilsly. Debts which the estate do owe: To Richard North, 40li .; du for the vesell about 9li .; To John Lewes, 1li. 2s. Uncertaine debts : To Frances Skerry, Mr. Woster and Mr. Carr.
Attested to in Salisbury court 10: 2: 1660, by the admin- istratrix. Essex Co. Probate Files, Docket 28,178.
GUARDIANSHIP OF JUDAH TRUMBLE OF ROWLEY.
Judah Trumble and Ruth Trumble chose John Tod as guardian, May 10, 1660. Tod was bound in thirty pounds. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 87.
ESTATE OF EDWARD HOLYOKE OF LYNN.
"The will of mee Edward Holyoke made the xxv. of De- cember 1658. As for the holy faith of the holy one God in Trinitie : & of the holy faith of our glorious Lord the son of God the Lord Jesus Christ the Second Adam I haue com- posed a booke and do bestowe vpon each of my sonns in Law a booke as their best legacy beeseeching the heavenly father to instruct them & my daughters chiefly in the holy scrip- tures & vsing that help as a means fro the Lord to vnder- stand the scriptures, & the Lord God by his good Spirit blesse the holy scriptures, & this helpe of their ffather & the publique ministery & any sound bookes of instructio |and I doubt not soe that my booke will giue them an hint of all sound doctrine: and an hint of all false & vnworthy doc- trine. | & it is my hearty desire|| & prayer to God|| that my children & childrens children may delight in the publiq assemblies of the saints & religiously observe the B. Lords day the ch[r]istian Sabbath: & loue priuate and publique prayer yea and secret prayer euery day & loue godly ch[r]is- tians & delight only in them & that they be not drawen aside by the pleesures or pfits & the vaine & froths company of
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this evill world w'ch lyes in all wickednesse. And I intreat my children that they bring vp their children wch they haue borne to God in the knowledg of God & of our Lord Jesus Christ The Lord Grant these things to his poore vnworthy servant that I may haue comfort that although I must be taken out of this warld & go to the ganeration of the godly Patriarcks pphetts Apossles & all the godly yet that I haue left among my children & childrens children the holy faith of the son of God for the hope of the life wch is eternall.
"As touching my worldly estate thus I dispose: a yoke of Oxen & my mare I bequeath to my sonn in Law Georg Key- sar : my mare foale & a kow to my Son Pickman: 2 a kow to my son Andrewes: a kow to my daughter martyn. These oxen & kine are in the hands of goodman Wilkins of Lynn: the mare & foale is att Romney Marsh: I giue to my son Tuttell that 141d that yearly he should haue giuen mee since I putt ouer the howse at Boston to him : I never yet had peny of it: 40$ I gaue him of it: so there is 61d yet behinde: & there is fiue pounds mentioned in goodman wilkins lease that he owes me : 50% of it I giue to my daughter martyn : & Twenty shillings to my kinswoman Mary Mansfield. & x8 of it to John Dolittle and x8 of it to my kinsman Thomas Morris of new haven. & x8 of it to Hannah Keysar. As touching my Apparell: I giue my best Cloake of that cloth that came fro England to my sonne Holyoke: as also my Coate of the same cloth. I giue my other cloke to my sonn Keysor : my best doublet and breeches to my son Tuttell : my stuff doublet ||and my best Hatt|| to my son Holyoke: & all the rest of my wearing apparell to my son keysar.
"As touching the wholl yeeres rent of this yeere 1658. that is due to me from goodman Wilkins of Lyn. I owe Theodore Atkins 49s pay him in wheat: I ow John Hull about 228 pay him in wheate pay m" Russell treasurer 3 bushell of wheate for John Andreues: viii bushell of wheate to m' Wilson Pastor at Boston : & 8 bushell of Indian. as for my linnen let all my daughters pt alike: The xx8 good- man Page oweth mee as my son Tuttell can witnesse I giue my Daughter Martyn: There is about xvs Captaine Sauige oweth mee: intreat him to satisfie my Cousin Davis & the rest giue to my Daughter martyn As for my bookes & writings : I giue my son Holyoke all the bookes that are at Lynn : as also the yron chest. And the bookes I haue in my study that are mr Broughtons works I giue him: he only can make vse of them: & like wise I giue him all my manu-
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scripts whatsoever : & I |giue|| him that large new Testamt in folio wth wast pap betweene euery leafe that I give him. As also mr Ainsworth on the 5. bookes of Moses & the psalms : & my Dictionary & Tremollins Bible in latin : & my Latin coment[ary on] Daniel bound together : these I giue to my son Holyoke. & a pt of the N Testamt: in folio wth wast pap betwene euery leafe: & the great mapps of genealogy & that old manuscript called a synassight. the rest for a musket I gaue of old to my son Holyoke. All my land in Lyn & that land & meadow in the contrey neere Reading all was giuen to my son Holyoke when he marryed mr Pynchons daughter."
Edward Holyoke
Proved June 25, 1660.
M' Elizur Holioke only son of Edward Holyoke appointed June 25, 1660, administrator to his father's imperfect will.
Inventory of estate of Edward Holyoke of Lynn, who died at Rumney marsh, 4 May, 1660, taken June 19, 1660, by John Tuttell, John Dowlettell: a farme at Lyn, 400li .; 2 oxen, 12li., 4 Cowes, 16li., 3 young cattell, 8li. 10s., 36li. 10s .; 1 Old mare 10li .; 1 two yeere old mare, 8li .; 1 colt, yli., 25li. Vtensills belonging to ye farme, 10li .; a parcell of land at Nahant about 3 acres, 6li .; A farme at Bever Damme neere Readinge, 150li .; Bookes at lynne & Rumney Marsh, 20li .; Wearinge cloths, 10li., a deske 5s. 10li. 5s .; An iron chest & other chests, 40s., 2 bedsteads, 20s., 3li .; a rest for a muskett, 5s., a little lynnen, 20s., 1li. 5s .; Debts about 19li .; total, 681li. According to our apprehensions of the Estate we judge these to be indiffrent prizes thereof.
Some bookes excepted lent out & not Gott in & the two farmes formerly on marriage Cuvent to ye sd. Elizur Hol- yoke.
Elizur Holioke deposed June 25, 1660, this to be a true inventory of his late father's Estate to ye best of his knowl- edge & yt when he knew more he will discover it.
Suffolk Co. Probate Files, Docket 242.
ESTATE OF ERASMUS JAMES OF MARBLEHEAD.
Erasmus James, dying intestate, an inventory of his estate was brought in by his widow, Jane James, June 26, 1660, and she was appointed administratrix. She was to have the estate as long as she remained a widow, and if she died, it
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was to be equally divided between her son Erasmus and daughter Hester. The debts amounted to 19li. 14s. 10d. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 38.
"An inventory of the Estate of Jane James, widdow of Erosmus James deceased," taken by Francis Johnson and Moses Maverick: A Cowe, 4li. 15s., heafer, 3li. 5s., 8li .; a new bedtick & boulster, 2li .; a new green Rugg, 1li. 15s .; a bed & boulster, 2 pillows & 2 pillow beers, a rugg, 2 blankets & sheets, šli. 15s .; a cheste & a box, 1li .; 6 pewter dishes, 1li .; 9 poringers, 4 Candlsticks, 2 salts, 7 sacers, a pewter beer cupe & small Cupp & 5 earthen cups & Juggs, 1li. 9s. 2d .; A warminge pann, a smothing iron, a spitt, pott hooks, tongs, gridiren and friing pann, 19s .; 3 Iron potts & 2 small Iron kittells, 2li .; Latten ware, pailes, tubs, Chares, boules, trenchers, sives, Cann, table and forme, 1li .; an earthen pott, 5 wedges, an Iron Crow, 2 howes, 15s .; more wooden ware as barrills, hogsheads and other lumber, 11s. 6d .; 10 bushels of Indian corne, 1li. 10s .; other Lumber, 4s .; wareing Cloths of the deceased, 5li .; 5 swine, 3li .; a house and tenn Ackre lott, 50li .; total, 86li. 1s. 8d. "The land in Marblehead wth the house in wch the deceased liued and died in, beinge in controversie between Erosmus James Junior & Richard Reed wch we knowe not whose it is, but beinge desired by the said Erosmus James Junior to be prised we vallew at the some of fortie pounds." Wit: John (his T mark) Legd. Debts of the said Erosmus James at his death: To Arthur Sanden, 13s. 5d .; Mr. John Phillips of Boston, 4li .; Mr. Philipe Crumwell, 4li. 14s. 1d .; Mr. Mauericke, 3li. 7s. 4d .; Fra. Johnson, 3li .; Richard Read, 2li. 10s .; Mr. Corwine, 1li. 10s .; total, 19li. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 5, leaf 111.
Court 28: 9: 1665, ordered that all differences between Jane James, widow, and her son Erassmus James, they con- senting, be left to the Worshipfull Major Wm. Hathorne and Mr. Moses Maverick to be determined within one month. Also that said Jane should not sell any of the estate except by court order. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, page 154.
Court 26: 4: 1666, ordered Jane James, widow, liberty to sell the land mentioned in an inventory on file of the estate of her deceased husband, and of the effects to build her a house upon part of the said land or elsewhere in Mar- blehead. The overplus was to be delivered into the custody of the Worshipful Maj. Wm. Hathorn and Mr. Moses Maver-
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ike, to be used for necessities during her life, the two latter having charge of selling the land and building the house, and to order where the house should be built. Salem Quar- terly Court Records, vol. 4,. page 166.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM GOLT OF SALEM.
Administration on the estate of William Golt, intestate, granted June 26, 1660, to his widow, Mary. Salem Quar- terly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 39.
Inventory taken Apr. 21, 1660, by Jefferie Massey and John Kitchin: A dwelling house wth. 16 pole of land aptayning thereunto, 20li .; a feather bed, a feather boulster and an ould pillow, 3li .; one ould Rugg & one ould Cover- ing, 1li .; Curtens and valence, 15s .; 2 beedsteeds wth. 2 bed Cords, 15s .; 1 ould bed, 1 ould boulster, 2 blankets and 1 ould Covering, 1li. 4s .; 3 payre of sheets & 1 odd sheete, 2li .; 3 ould Course napkins, 1s .; 2 Chests, 16s .; 2 Trunkes, 12s .; a Cheare table, 7s .; a Cobbord, 8s .; 2 pewter dishes, 9s .; 3 small ould pewter dishes, 4s. 6d .; 1 pint pot, 1 pewter botle, a pewter candlestick and 2 dram cups, 8s .; a latin puding pan, a latin lamp and a sawce pan, 2s .; 1 brass ketle, 1 ould warming pan and a skellet, 1li. 3d .; 2 Iron ketles, 1 Iron skellet and 1 Frying pan, 16s .; fyre shovell, tongs, hake and hookes, 7s .; 5 Cheares, 5s .; barells, tooles and trayse wth. other wooden Implements, 1li. 1s .; 1 Smoothing Iron wth. heating Irons, 3s .; 9li. of linen yarne, 1li .; Coton wooll and Coton yarne, 8s .; 1 axe, 2 Iron wedges, a shave, a black bill wth. other small Iron tooles, 11s .; shoomakers tooles, 9s .; a bible wth. other small bookes, 11s .; ledder unwrought, 5li .; 1 hamer, 2 ould hatchets wth. ould Iron, 3s .; shoomaker's last wth. stoole trees, 13s .; wearing aparell, 4li. 8s .; a stone Jar wth. other Implemts., 5s. Debts due out of the estate : To Mr. William Browne, 3li. 12s .; Mr. Georg Corwin, 2li. 10s .; Mr. Gedney, 15s .; Mr. Phillip Cromwell, 1li. 16s .; John Porter, jr., 6li. 5s .; Bridgham of Boston, 5li. 2s .; Mr. Batter, 1li. 2s .; the balance of the estat, Rest Cleare, 27li. 2s. 6d. Children of William Goult, deceased : Rebecca, aged nineteen years; Debora, aged about fifteen years; Sara, aged about thirteen years. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 5, leaf 112.
Inventory of the estate was brought into court by the widow. Amount, 23li., clear, besides the debts. The court
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27: 9: 1660, allowed the children, Rebecka, Deborah and Sara, 4li. each, to be paid in such goods as were inventoried, when they became of age or were married. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, page 60.
ESTATE OF JOHN BRADSTREET OF MARBLEHEAD .*
Administration on the estate of John Bradstreet granted June 26, 1660, to his wife, Hana Bradstreet. Salem Quar- terly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 39.
Inventory of the estate of John Broadstreet of Marvell- head, lately deceased, taken 14: 4: 1660 by John Bartoll and Joseph Dalliver : One Bible wth. 3 small seabookes, 1li. 6s .; sea instruments, 1li. 5s .; one feather bed, one pillow, one flocke bed, one Cotton Rugg wth. the Bedlinnon, 8li. 17s .; one peece of Hollan, 4li .; eight yds. of Canvas, 24 yds. of Ossembrike, one halfe peece of Blulinnon wth. som Taken, 4li. 5s .; Three Pewter platters, 1 pott, 2 dishes, 2 Iron potts, 3 hangers wth. one Postnett, 2li. 8s .; Beaver, 2li. 5s .; one suit of Waring Apparrell, one Cloke, wth. Sea Cloathes, 33 Chayres, 8li. 3s .; one payre of Curtanes and Vallance, 1li .; Two Cowes, 8li .; one mare, 12li .; howse, 20li .; Fower ten Acre lotts, 30li .; total, 103li. 9s. Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 5, leaf 114.
Upon petition of Mosses Bradstreet and his sisters about ordering the estate of their brother John Bradstreet, de- ceased, his widow, now the wife of William Watters, having been appointed administratrix at Salem court, June 26, 1660, the court 27: 7: 1664, ordered the estate as follows: There being an inventory brought into that court, amounting to 103li. 9s., and other estate to the value of 20li. more now being presented, court ordered the four ten acre lots in the inventory appraised at 30li., free from thirds, to be given to Moses and his sisters, in case the said wife of William Watters made claim to her thirds, then ten pounds more out of the other estate, and the rest of the estate to the said Hanah Watters, wife of William. Moses was to have a double por- tion and the sisters to have the rest, both land and estate, to be equally divided among them. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 134.
* See also Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex Co., Mass., vol. 3 (1913), p. 183.
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A petition having been presented to court by Hana Waters, administratrix of the estate of John Bradstreete, deceased, concerning a portion of the estate disposed of by the last Ipswich court, the court 28 : 9 : 1665, ordered that a summons be sent to all concerned to appear at the next Ipswich court. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, page 152.
ESTATE OF LAWRENCE SOUTHWICK OF SALEM.
Will and inventory of the estate of Laurence Sothwick, deceased, brought into court June 26, 1660, by John and Danyell Sothwick, had not been legally proved nor inventory perfected. They were given until the next Salem court to perfect them, and were bound in 400 pounds. Salem Quar- terly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 39.
"I Lawrence Sethwick late of Salem in new England now being at the house of Nathaniell Silvester on Shelter Island being weake in body but of sound mind and memory doe make and Ordayne this my last will & Testament The Tenth day of the 5mth 1659: First I giue and bequeath vnto my Sonne Daniell Sethwick my dwelling house at Salem wth all the houses Orchards gardens & appurtenances. And Gyles Lott, Provided that John Burnell shall haue a house lott on the ground at the further end of the Orchard newly fenc't in. Item my will is That the lott wch I had of Josiah Sethick shall returne to him againe Item I giue vnto my Daughter Provided fifty pounds sterl to be payd out of ye stock of Cattle & horses &c Item I giue vnto John Sethick the lott next adioyning to his owne. Item my will is That the great meadow wch lyes at Ipswich river fenc't in shalbe divided be- tweene Daniell Setheck and John Burnell equally. Itm I giue vnto Samuell Burton forty shillings Item I giue vnto John Burnell if he stand faythfull in the Truth 2 young steeres & ye first mare foale Item I giue vnto Henry Traske Marshalls lott ioyning to his Orchard, Provided that Daniell may haue liberty to mow a load of Hay euery yeare therein Item I giue vnto Mary Trask my daughter wife to Henry Traske Tenne pounds sterling I giue vnto Deborah Setch- wick and young Josiah each of them fifty shillings sterling Item I giue vnto Ann Potter forty shillings in what shee thinks is beneficiall for her I give vnto Mary Trask daugh- ter to Henry Traske one good serge suyt of clothes and vnto Sarah and Hannah Trask, each of them a suit of clothes I
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