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calfes, 3li. 15s .; 4 yow gotes, 1li. 6s. 8d .; 1 kidd, 4s .; 1 sow and piggs, 1li .; 4 shottes, 1li. 10s .; the houses and 5 akres of land, 7li. ; 2 akers of planting Land, 1li. 10s .; 2 akers salt marsh, 1li .; 6 akers salt marsh at fox hill, 2li. ; 30 akers at the village, 2li .; 1 braspitt, 10s .; 1 iron cettle, 6s. 8d .; 1 brascettle, 3s. 4d. ; 3 ould skillets, 3s .; 1 friing pan, 1s. ; pot hookes and pot hangers, 2s. 6d .; 1 spitt, 1s. 6d .; 7 pewtor platters, 14s. ; 1 bras pestill & morter, 2s. 6d .; 1 candle stick and dripping pan, 2s .; 1 ould warming pan, 3s. 4d .; 1 payre of tongs, 1s .; 1 payre andirons, 2s .; 1 table, 3s .; 1 Chyer, 2s. 6d .; 1 chest, 1 box, 4s .; 1 chest, 1s .; 2 flock beds, 1 boulster, 13s. 4d .; 1 fether bed & boulster, 1li .; 3 coverlettes, 1li. 6s. 8d .; 4 blankits, 13s. 4d .; 3 pillowes, 6s .; 3 prs. sheetes, 1li. ; 1 sheete, 2s. 6d .; 2 payre pillow beres, 6s .; 2 table clothes, 4s .; 1 doos. of napkins, 3s .; ould iron, 4 wedges, 4s .; 1 ould ax, 1s .; 1 ould hatchett, 8d .; 1 mattock, 1s. 6d .; total, 53li. 10s. 3d. Signed by Mary (her mark) Belknapp. The estate owed Joseph Armytage, Francis In- galls, Goodman Phillipes, Rich. Rowton, Tho. Laighton, Ed. Farington, Jerard Spencer, Mr. Kinge and John Person, amounting to 5li. 13s. 3d. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 18.
ESTATE OF ROBERT ANDREWS OF IPSWICH.
" the first of March 1643. In the name of god amen I Robert Andrewes of Ipswch in New England being of pfect vnderstanding & memory doe make this my last will & Tes- tament Imprimis I comend my soule into the hands of my mercifull Creator & redeemer & I doe comitt my body after my departure out of this world to be buried in seemly man- ner by my frends &c concerning my estate Imprimis I doe make my eldest sonne John Andrewes my executor Item I give vnto my wife Elizabeth Andrews forty pounds and to John Griffin the sonne of Humfry Griffin sixteene pounds to be paid vnto him when he shalbe Twenty one yeares of age, & if he shall dye before he comes to that age it shall returne to my two sonnes John & Thomas Andrewes Item concern- ing my sonne Thomas Andrews my will is that he shall live with his brother John Andrews three yeares two of which he shalbe helpfull to his brother John Andrewes in his hus- bandry and the last of the three yeares he shall goe to schoole to recover his learning and if he shall goe to the vniversity or shall set himselfe vpon some other way of living his brother John shall allow him ten pounds by the yeare for foure yeares & then fifteene pounds by the yeare for two
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yeares succeeding after. Item concerning the fourescore pounds which is to be paid vnto my sonne in lawe ffrancklins daughter Elizabeth ffrancklin my grand- child my will is that if she die before the debt is due it shalbe thus disposed ten pounds of it shall goe to my sonne Daniell Hovies Child Daniell Hovey my grand child and the other seav[en]ty pounds shalbe divided betweene my Two sonnes John & Thomas Andrews and if those my Two sonnes should dye then thirty pounds should be divided betweene my kinsmen John Thomas & Robert Burnum by equall porcons. & Twenty more should goe to Humphry Gryffins Two other sonnes & the other Twenty shall goe to Daniell Hovey. And because my sonne John Andrewes is yet vnder age I doe comend him vnto Thomas Howlet as his Guardian vntill he shall come of age."
Robert Andrews.
Witness : William Knight, John whipple, Thomas Scot and Joseph Metcalfe.
Proved 26 : 1: 1644.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 6.
ESTATE OF ROBERT MUZZEY OF IPSWICH.
" Januarij 5° AD 1642 I Robert Mussy of the Towne of Ipswich in New England expecting my change approaching though at prsent of firme memory & vnderstanding And de- siring seasonably to sett in order my estate of earthly goods that the lord hath gratiously given me doe thus dispose thereof in particulars as follow : ffirst I give & bequeath vnto Bridgett my wife the howse & howslott that lyes in the west street of the Towne neare ioyning to the howse of John Dane the elder wth the out howsen ptainyng vnto it during her life, and she to keepe it in sufficient repayring But the commonage ptayning to my howse & land I leave to be di- vided betwixt my wife & children according to the discretion of my overseers Alsoe the free vse of a peece of land that I bought latly of John Newman which of the quantity of six acres whether more or lesse ioyning to my farme on the south side of it at Egipt River and this for the terme of her wid- dowes estate. Likewise I give vnto her one of the bedds that I lye vpon (which she shall like best) the rugg one paire of blanketts and one paire of sheets one pillow & bowlster & two pillowbeeres to inioye them for the tyme of her wid- dowhood. I likewise give vnto my wife a morter bell mettle skillett an iron pott & pott hangers a Coltrell or tramell & a brasse kettle during her widdowhood moreover I give her
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two Ewe goates only willing if they prosp she give two Ewe- goates to my daughter Mary I alsoe give her the biggest chest but not to be carried out of my howse alsoe the table but both to be standing in the howse for my daughter Mary afterward : And as for such things as she brought with her I leave them wholly wthout any intermeddling therewith. Item I bequeath to Joseph my eldest sonne my farme wth all the apprtuncs belonging vnto it lying on the other side of Egipt river only reserving a peece of land called the Cowleas and a peece of meadow adioyning to it called the rocky meadowes all which may containe Twenty acres Alsoe I give to him my muskett and what belongs to it Alsoe I give to him foure pewter platters And a felling axe two dubble hookes and my biggest fowling peece alsoe a firepan & tongs. And one bed & a paire of sheets a couerlett & a blankett the second biggest chest alsoe a paire of cobirons and a plow chaine & a spitt & three wedges & a warming pan two nar- row howes & one silver spoone Alsoe I give vnto him my dun mare, one diap napkin & two hollan napkins one of the best hollan pillowbeeres all which I give to him & his heires for ever Item I give vnto my sonne Beniamin the Cowleas & the Rocky meadowe both adioyning to my farme alsoe a peece of land which was foremenconed to be my wives dur- ing the tyme of her widdowes estate & noe longer that I bought of John Newman containyng the quantity of six acres whether more or lesse that I give to my sonne Benia- min after her widdowhood likewise two silu spoones alsoe a Cowple of young steeres and one flockbed a paire of sheets a coverlett alsoe two hollan napkins & one hollan pillowbeere four pewters platters & a felling axe. Item I give to my daughter Mary the howse & howlott that lyes in the west street of the Towne neare adioyning to the house of John Dane the elder with the out howsen ptaining vnto it after the death of my wife. Alsoe I give vnto her foure cowes prsently after my decease alsoe a bull & a Cow calfe & foure ewe goates all these prsently after my decease to be imployed for her best benefit I give her alsoe my best bible a great brasse pan to be reserved for her till she comes to yeares also a silver spoone alsoe a paire of the best sheets & two diap napkins foure peuter platters the broad box with all her mothers wearing linen. Item I give to my daughter Ellen a dripping pan a brasse candlestick a brasse skillet & a spitt. Alsoe I give vnto my daughter Ellen one yoak of oxen Item I give to the vse of the poore one Ewe goate to be disposed of by the overseers of my will to such as are godly onely the
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first yeares vse I appoynt to my brother Dane the elder if she brings kidds or else longer and when the goat growes old I will that one of the yonge ones be reserved for such a vse. I likewise intreete & appoynt mr Bradstreet mr Dumer mr Rogers & m" Norton to be overseers of this my will to see the same faithfully pformed & leave what is doubtfull & defective by them to be ordered & disposed moreover I de- sire mr Dumer to take Joseph mr Norton to take Beniamine & my daughter Mary if it pleaseth him when the overseers shall ioyntly see meet to take them from my wife my will likewise & meaning is that the stock which I give to my children seually shalbe in the hands & vse of each of those freinds that take them into their governmt giving assurance for the payment thereof vnto my children when they shall come to convenient age as to my two sonnes when they come to the age of one & twenty yeares & my daughter Mary at the age of eighteene yeares and for any addicon to be made to the prsent stock I leave it to the good will of those my frends on whom I repose the trust of their educacon. ffineally I appoynt Bridgett my wife the sole executrix of this my last will & testament And after all this what ever my overseers shall see remaining meet to be divided I will that they dis- pose thereof equally amonge my three least children
"In wittnes hereof I sett my hande & seale the day & yeare above written."
(his mark) Robert Muzzall
Witness : John Daine, Humphry Bradstreet, William Norton and ffrancis Dane.
" Item I give & bequeath vnto Joseph my eldest sonne one yoake of two yearling steers with my best yoake & a chaine with my cart & plough Alsoe I give vnto him my dun mare Alsoe I give vnto him my grug axe alsoe I give to my sonne Joseph one spade & shovell Alsoe I give vnto him three bills alsoe I give vnto him one yoake & a chayne alsoe I give vnto him my hand sawe a long saw alsoe I give vnto him the practice of piety alsoe I give vnto him my little hamer Alsoe I give vnto him my pisterill shot tmould alsoe a pitchforke alsoe a draught shave and a hatchett alsoe a sword & a fowling peece. Alsoe I give vnto my sonne Joseph mr Prestons works I alsoe give to him my best hammer alsoe I give vnto my sonne Joseph 2 S bullett moulds Alsoe 1 give to him my horse booke alsoe a pitch- forke alsoe I give to him my phizike booke alsoe I give to him my broad axe & frow alsoe I give to him a sword & a fowling peece alsoe I give to my daughter Mary m™ Down-
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hams works & m" Dods works Alsoe I give to her my great butter churne alsoe I give vnto her the second best gowne & a green wastcote with all her owne mothers wearing linen And I give to my daughter Mary foure of the best ewe goats & a ram. Alsoe I give to my wife Bridget one of my form™ wives best gownes and two of the best petticotes.
" And I give vnto my two sonnes Joseph & Beniamin all my wearing cloathes & my bootes & stockins and shoes.
" 18th of this first month 1643. My will is that whereas I gave vnto my wife two ewe goates that now she shall have in the lieu of them one milch cowe vntill the tyme of her death and after her decease to returne to my daughter Mary Item my will is that whereas I gave to my two sonnes Joseph & Beniamin either of them a pillow-beere now my will is that my daughter Mary should have them Item whereas I gave to my daughter Ellen a yoke oxen now my will is that my eldest sonne Joseph should have them & that he in consideracon of them after the terme of seaven yeares after my decease shall pay vnto my daughter Ellen sixteene pounds in Cuntry paye Item whereas I gave vnto my daughter Mary foure Cowes & a Bull now my will is that she shall have two cowes one bull & three yearling heffers and one two yearling heffer.
"These alteracons vnder the date of the 18th of ye first month 1643 were made & written by the appoyntment of Robert Mussy being of pfect memory."
Witness : Robert Payne, John whipple.
" Proved by Robert Payne and John Whipple, May 16, 1644, except that clause concerning the ewe goat given to the poore & the vse to John Dane for the first yeare; otherwise by word of mouth disposed of viz : to the widdow Vernham for that yeare."
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 40.
Inventory taken 2: 2: 1644, by Robert Payne and John Whipple : in the hall : one small ioynd table, 5s. ; one ioyned chest, 5s .; 2 small fowling peeces, 16s .; 12 pewter dishes, one chamb. pott with some other small peeces of pewter, 1li. 10s .; 3 kettles, one old caldron, one brasse pan, 2 skilletts, one warming pan, 2li. 5s .; one iron pott, one brasse pott, 6s .; 3 payles, one Cowle, one firkin, two charnes, one beere ves- sell, 10s .; 4 silu. spoones, 1li. 6s. 8d .; 3 bibles with other bookes, 1li .; one paire cobirons, one paire tongs, one fire pan, 6s. 8d .; 2 spitts, one paire tramells & one gridiron, 5s .; 2 swords, 6s. 8d .; 2 fether bedds, 2 fether boulsters & 2 pil- lowes, 3li. 10s .; one paire blanketts, one rugg, 10s .; 'one
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flockbed, one other featherbed, 2 paire blanketts & 2 cover- letts, 1li .; one great chest, one small chest, one box, one trunk, 16s .; one table cloth, 5 napkins, 3 diap. napkins, 3 paire pillowbeeres, 18s .; 5 paire sheets, 2 towells, 1li. 5s .; all his wearing apparrell, 5li .; 2 candlesticks, one pestle & morter with other implements, 5s .; 3 axes, 2 howes, 2 sawes with other working tooles, 15s .; 2 plow chaynes, one cowlter, one share, one wayne, 2 yoaks, 1li. 5s .; 3 Cowes, 12li., 2 oxen, 12li .; 2 steers, 6li .; one heffer, 3li .; one bull, 3li .; 3 yearlings, 4li. 10s. ; one mare, 7li .; 7 gotes, 7 kidds, 3li. 7s. ; 3 calves, 1li. 16s .; 3 piggs, one sowe, 1li .; one cow hide, 12s. ; 2 calves skins, 4 goat skins, 4s. ; in mony, 13s .; a debt due from Joseph Jewett, 2li. 15s .; total, 82li. 19s. 4d.
Inventory taken May 16, 1644, by Tho. Scott, Thomas Howlett and John (his mark) Gage: one silu. whissell & a Corall, 2s. 6d .; corne upon the ground, 3li .; corne upon the chamb., 18s. ; 4 hogsheads & some old trayes & a peece of an old heire, 7s. 6d. ; some other small things, 2s. memord. one blankett was sett downe on the other side more then was.
This addition together with the rest of the inventory sworn to by Brigitt, wife of Thomas Rowlison, late wife of Robert Mussey, 17 : 2: 1648. She had been instructed by the Court to go to such members of the Court as should be together in the meeting house of Ipswich on April 17th and perfect the first inventory.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 42.
27: 1: 1649, Joseph Mussye judged to be twenty-one years old, and his portion to be paid him. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, leaf 16.
Mary Muzye, "being of age," according to her father's will, on 25 : 1 : 1651, chose Mr. John Norton for her guardian and gave him power to dispose of her in marriage. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, leaf 23.
ESTATE OF HUGH CHURCHMAN OF LYNN.
" I heugh Churchman of Len do macke this my last will as foloeth : first, I give my howse and Lot |in Len|| wth ale my march and ale other the apurtenances tharevnto belong- ing to wilyam wenter tel his son Josias shale atayen the age of twenty one yeares and then to his son Josias and his Ayeres for ever : wth this Condicon that he shale paye to his sister hanna winter ten poundes wth in one hole year after the aforsayed Josias winter shale atayen the age of twenty one yeares and if he shale Refeuse to paye to his sister hana win-
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ter ten poundes of Corant money then my will is that hanna winter shale have the howse and lot wth ale and singeler the apurtenances to her and her ayeres for ever and she shall paye to her brother Josias ten poundes : and my will is that if the aforesaid Josias shale dy before he shale atayen the age of twenty & one yeares that then the aforsayed hanna shale have it wthout paying aney thing out of it : and my will is further that if the aforsayed Josias and hanna shale booth dy before that theye shale atayen the age of twenty one yeres that then wilyam winter or his now wif or the longer liver of them shale have it to them and thar Ayeres for ever : I do give to the widow Androes that thre shilinges that she oethe me and further I do giv her one buchel of Ingen Coren to be payed wthin one moneth after my death : I do give gorge far one buchel ale so to be payed at the same tyem : I do ale so give to edward burt ten shil- inges to be payed wthin one hole yer after after my death : I ale so give to m' whiten and mr Cobet : five shilinges apece to be payed wthin one hole year after my death : ale the Rest of my goodes or Chateles vnbequeaved I give to wilyam win- ter whom I do macke sole exeter to this my will in witnese whar of I have her vnto put my hand the fourth daye of the fourth mounth in the sixtenth year of the Rayen of ower soveran lord Charles by the grace of god Kyng of Ingland scotland ffrance and Irland &c 1640."
hegh Churchman.
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 20.
Witness : Zacheus Gould.
Proved 9: 5: 1644, by Zacheus Gould. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 154.
Inventory taken 4 : 6 mo : 1644, by Nathaniel Tiler, Hugh Burtt and Robert Driver: Wearing aparrill, 2li .; straw bed, two blankits, tow pillows, three shetes, 1li .; little iron pot, little bras cettle & a friing pan, 10s. ; puter pint pot & 2 sponns, 2s. ; grediron, pot hookes and bellowes, 2s. ; one trofe with a cover and a little kneding trof, one tra, and other woden dishes & trenchers, 6s. 8d. ; 2 emti cask, a pale, a peck and a halfe peck, 4s. 6d .; 2 chestes, 4s .; shers and presing iron and yard & a qushing, 1s. 6d .; betle and wedgis, 2 axis, 2 sawes, 2 hows and other working towls, 16s .; a flich of ba- con, 6s. ; puter Chamber pot, 1s .; a bed cradle,with other lum- ber,3s .; 20 bushels wheat,4li. : 4 bushils Indian,12s. ; 2 bushils barly veri cors & musti, 4s. 6d. ; 3 bags, 1s. 6d .; a bible with another booke, 4s .; corne one the ground, 2li. 10s .; debts due, 1li. ; 4 scins, 6s. ; total, 14li. 14s. 8d. Atendance in his
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siknes & chargis at his buriall, 1li. 15s. 6d. Debts owing by him, 26s. 3d. House, lot and marsh appraised at 6li. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 20.
ESTATE OF ROBERT LEWIS OF NEWBURY.
Inventory of estate of Robert Lewis, deceased, brought in 10 : 5 : 1644, and referred to the Governor to take oath. John Croxen swore that the deceased made Goody Jackson, wife of John, his executrix to pay his debts and give the remainder to his wife and child. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 157.
Inventory of estate of Robert Lewis, deceased May 4, 1643, taken 6: 5: 1644, by Goodman Edwards and Goodman Prince : Mr. Fowles bill, 7li .; bill of John Bond, 3li. 20s .; Richard Hollingsworths bill, 1li. 7s .; his best clothes, 16s .; 2 yards 1/2 ell of kersie, 9s. ; ould hat, 7s .; ould stuffe dub- lett, 3s. ; a cotten wasecoate, 3s. ; cotten paire of breeches and wasecoate, and a paire of Cotten stockeings, 3s .; paire stock- ings, 2s. ; 2 shertts, 7s. ; cotten sheete, 5s .; 10 yards of lock- rum, 11s. 8d .; 4 bands, 2s. 6d .; a chist, 5s .; a bible, 8s .; hatte, 7s .; paire shewes, 4s. ; one pillow, 2s .; total, 26li. 12s. 8d. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 21.
ESTATE OF JOANNA CUMMINGS OF SALEM.
" I Jone Comins : dow give vnto my sonn John affter my death my house & ground & my gote : & my sow & he shall give vnto gooman Cornish a hog pig of tow months ould : mª :es noris shall have my mufe. I dow give my Cow to m[y] gran Child mary Bourne : [I dow give |all| my best Apparil & Beding & bed to my Gran Child Johanah to by a heafer of tow yere ould to bee put forth for hir good & that wich ken a parte of that to my sonn John to Buery mee with all .* ]
" I will have my debtes to bee payed out of the pipe staves & that wich Remaynes to bee giuen the one halfe to my granchild mary borne & the other halfe to Johanah borne my gran Child.
" I will haue all my best Apparel bed & bedding & all my housould goods sould : & out of that a heafer of tow yere ould to bee bought for Johanah Bourne & Jerefr to burie mee || I give to mr Noris Twenty shilings & to the Church twenty shilings : desiring ym to Exsept so smal a gift I giue to goody Cotta my Blew petticote & a wast Cote. My trunck & Cloth vpon it Goodye wathin shall haue it for tenn shilings & the feet to bare it vp with & Goody | wathin | shall bee
*The words enclosed in brackets are crossed out in the original.
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payed what I owe hir & the Rest to the deacons for them to giue wher Is appoynted Goody ffeld shall haue my Iorn pot at 4ª a pound to bee payed that I owe hir & that wch Remaines to the dacuns I giue to goody Beacham a petticot with 3 laces about & a green savegard & an ould wast Cote & an ould linin Change I giue to Ann shiply Tow linin Changes. I give goodman boyce an ould blanckit wc [is] vp in the Chamber & a pilow wich he hath a Redie what so euer is vnder my bed I giue to goody Corning & goody wathin to bee Equally deuided I giue John brownes wife a whit Cutworke Coyfe: I giue goody wathin a black Coyfe wth a lace : a grograne Coyfe : I giue my whit llas wast Cot & ould hat to Deborah wathin I giue goody ffeld one of my lase han car- chefes wich is at good bornes
" I desire That | the| Tow deacons mr Got : & goodman horne : that they shall haue the ordring & desposing of these things in my will to Improve for the Childrens good : yt it may not bee bangled away The 11 of the : 3d : month Caled may beeing the last day of the week."
her mark
Jone Comins her mark
Witness : Mary 8 Beacham, Elizabeth VI Corning, her mark
Elnor M Wathin.
Proved 10 : 5: 1644.
On the same paper upon which the will is written the tes- tatrix gives a list of her debts, viz : " I owe to John Matt- stone, 25s., upon his covenant concerning my house; Mris. Goose for a pound of sugar ; Goody Feld, 3s. 6d .; Mr. Cocall, 1s. od .; Good Masse, 6d. ; ould Knight, 3s. 6d .; yong Goody Lech, 8d. ; something to Goodman Salace, let him tell it, and the deacon will pay it; Goodman Salace, 5s; and Goody Sharman in the Bay, 6d."
Inventory taken 17 : 3 : 1644, by Gervase Garford, Jefferie Massey and Georg Emery : House and quarter acre of ground, with the corn upon it, 3li; ewe goat, 7s .; spotted sowe, 18s. ; milch cowe, 5li. 10s. ; fether bed and flocke boul- ster, 1li. 15s .; 1 green rugge, 10s .; 1 litle fether pillow, 1s. 6d .; 3 blankits whitt, 14s .; one littell Darnix curtayn. 3s .; 2200 pipe stavs of whitt oake, 8li. 16s .; one sad collored Carsy gowen and hud sutable, 1li .; 1 stamill Carsy peetty coot mitered about the scirts with vellvit, 1li. 6s. 8d. ; 1 green Carsy petticot, 3 laces, 10s .; 1 blew petticote, 7s .; 1 stufe petticoot, 7s .; 1 blacke wastcoot, 1s. ; 1 red cotton shage wast- cot, 3s .; 1 whit shagg wastcoot, 5s .; 1 blacke cloake, 1s .; 1
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blacke grogerane Goune, 1li. 6s .; 1 wastcoot and petticoote, 12s .; 1 tauny seay appron, 2s .; 1 green say appron, 1s .; 5 Corse sheets, 1li .; 1 blacke hatt, 4s .; 2 callico approns lased about, 5s .; 9 Crostcloths, last and playn, 4s. 6d .; 2 Coyfes, one Cutworke, one blacke worke, 2s. 6d .; 4 hancherifs, more playn, 1s .; 2 payer stockins, 2s .; 1 brass morter & pestell, 3s. 4d .; shifs ould, 7s. ; 1 lining pillabear, 2s. ; looking glass, 3s .; blew apron, 6d .; payer of shoos, 1s. 6d .; trunke with a foot, 14s. 6d. ; littell Box with locke & key, 1s. 6d. ; carpitt and tabell, 7s. 8d .; one mufe, 2s. ; Chamber pott, 6d. ; 2 syves, 2s. ; tubs and paylls, 8s .; littel barrill, 1s .; pare bellows, 1s .; Iron pott and hanger, 8s. ; bras kettell and scellit, 6s .; whell, 4s. ; Candell sticke, 4d. ; total. 33li.
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 22.
Inventory taken "divers years agoe " by Henry Skerry and Georg Emery, but received 14 : 11 : 1646: The house & lot at home & the tenn Aker lot & the corne upon them both, 22li. ; halfe an aker of salte marsh, 1li. 10s .; 1 heafer of 2 yeares old & vantage, 3li. 10s .; 2 swine, 1li. 10s .; 1-2 a canowe, 5s .; 2 fethar bedes, 4 bolsters, 3 pillowes, 3li .; 5 blankets, 1 ruge & one covering, 10s .; 6 dieper napkines & 2 tow towalles, 7s .; 3 par of sheetes, 1li. 4s. ; 1 warminge pan, 6s. 8d .; 1 trunke & 2 chaistes, 15s .; 9 peeces of putor, 15s. ; 3 boxes for lining, 4s .; 1 bedstead, 4s. ; 1 brase kettell & a skellet & 2 skimmers, 6s. 8d .; 2 chayers & a forme, 4s .; 1 Iron pott, 6s. ; 1 payer of sheetes more, 10s. ; glasses, trayes & earth weare & other old lumber, 6s .; total, 39li. 3s. 4d. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 66.
ESTATE OF JOHN MATTOX OF SALEM.
Will of John Mattox proved 10: 5: 1644, by Thomas Pickton and inventory brought in. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 157.
Inventory of estate of John Mattackes, deceased Apr. 22, 1643, taken 6 : 5 mo : 1644, by Goodman Edwards and Good- man Prince : bill of Mr. Fowles, 5li .; John Buds bill, 21i. 7s .; bill of John Bonds, 2li. 16s. 9d .; best shute, 1li. 10s .; ould shute of truckinge Clothe, 4s .; cotten shute, 6s. 6d .; ould Cloth shute, 10s .; ould graye shorte Coate, 2s .; paire of knitt stockings, 2s .; 4 bands, 5s .; paire of Cloth stock- ings, 2s .; paire of Russitt bootes, 11s .; paire of Canvis sheetes, 20s. ; 2 shertes, 7s. ; Chistle, 4s. ; ould blanckitt, 2s .; paire of shewes, 4s .; ould hatt, 4s. ; 4 Raile hoockes, 4s. ; an old pillow, 2s. 6d .; paire of shewes, 4s. Total, 14li. 13s. 9d. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 21.
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