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ESTATE OF EMME MASON OF SALEM.
Inventory of estate of widow Emme Mazon. deceased, 26 : 3: 1646, taken by Georg Corwin and Walter Price. Sworn in court, 30 : 10: 1646 : All the lyning smalle & great, 2li .; 1 boulster & 1 pillow, 13s. 8d .; 1 fether bed, 3li. 5d .; 1 bed- steed matt, and Cord, 7s .; 1 Red Rugg, 8s. & blanket, 4s. 6d., 12s. 6d .; 1 blankett, 13s .; 3 ould Curtens, 18d., 14s. 6d .; 1 settle, 4s. 6d. ; a Chest, 5s., 1 box, 18d., 11s .; a table boord, 4s., 2 payles, 2s. 4d., 63. 4d. ; one trunk, 8d., a linsy woolsy sutte, 10s., 10s. 8d .; one carsy waskott, 12s., one pettycott, 12s., 1li. 4s .; one sarfe, 16s .; 2 ould wascots, 18d., 7s. 6d .; 1 ould bodes, 8d., 1 stuff wascott, 2s. 6d., 3s. 2d .; a Carsy whood, 2s. 6d., a hatt, 11s., 13s. 6d. ; in pewter, 9s. 7d., more
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in pewter, 4s., 13s. 7d .; one brass cansteeke, 4s., a pestle & morter, 3s., 7s .; one ould warming pann, 3s. 6d., 1 hatchell, 2s. 6d., 6s .; 1 ould chafing dish, 10d., ladle, 6d., 1s. 4d .; a sift, 15d., one skimer, 6d., 1s. 9d .; one hake, 3s. 6d .; tongs, 4d. ; grd. iron, 18d., 5s. 4d .; one baking Iron, 2s. 6d., one brass kytle, 16s., 18s. 6d .; one Iron kytle, 10s. 10d., an Iron pott, 2s., 12s. 10d .; one brass skillett, 4s. 6d., another skil- lett, 8d., 5s. 2d .; one Iron Dogg., 2s., 9 books, 13s., 15s .; 2 books, 4s., one byble, 9s., 13s .; one salme booke, 16d., & a sermon booke, 6d., 1s. 10d .; one lining wheele, - -; one Cotten wheele, 2s., a halfe pek, 6d., 2s. 6d .; 6 boules, 2s., and 2 payles, 14d., 3s. 2d. ; 2 trayes, 6d., 3 platters, 2 wooden dishes, 16d., 1s. 10d .; one erthen pann, 6d., 1 pot, 4d., a. brush, 8d., 1s. 6d .; in yaron, 16s. 8d., 16s. 8d .; 2 cushings, 16d., 1s. 4d. ; one house and an Acre of ground, 2li. 10s .; one smalle kow, 3li. 15s .; in new fensing stuff, 12s .; total, 25li. 16s. Court disposed of these goods according to law, to the elder brother a double portion and the remainder to be equally divided among the rest of the children. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 59.
ESTATE OF EDWARD CANDALL OF SALEM.
Inventory of goods of Edward Candall, deceased Nov. 15, 1646, taken by John Bourne, William Ager and Peter Pal- frey : 19 Bushell of Indian Corne which I bought of him before his Departure at 2s. per bushel, 1li. 18s .; his close being prised at 13s .; total, 2li. 11s. Payd to severall men for him before & after his Departure: to Mr. Price for Shugr for him, 2s. 4d. ; Mr. Feald & Phillip Cromwell, 6s. 6d. ; William Willemore, 7s. 6d .; Henry True, 3s .; myself for Logein and Diet, 1li. 8s. 2d. ; Buriall and Coffing, 13s. 6d .; total, 3li. 1s. Due to Mr. Emry for him, 3s .; due to me for him, 10s. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 60.
ESTATE OF MICHAEL SALLOWES OF SALEM.
" The last will and testamt of michall Sallowes of Salem bearing date the 14th day of the nienth month Anno: 1646 I michall Sallowes sicke in bodie but in pfect memorie do make this my last will and testamt in manner and form fol- lowing viz. my debts paid and my funerall expences dis- charged doe out of those goods weh god hath gyuen vnto [me?] dispose of them after this manner fist I gyue vnto micha Sallowes my youngest sonne the sume of eight pounds for & towards the education of the said micha and doe de-
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syre that Georg Emerie John Jacksonne and Jefferie Massey will dispose of the said micha and of the some afforsaid for the welfare of the aforesaid micha Sallowes. Itm I gyue and bequeath vnto Martha Sallowes my daughter the some of six pounds twoo pillow beeres a morter & a Jug pott wth my ernest desyer that the said John Jacksonne shall bring vp the said martha and improue the said six pounds for my said daughters best advantage. Itm for the remainder of my estate my will is it be equallie divided amongst the rest of my Children viz. Thomas Sallowes, Robert Sallowes & John Sallowes & Samuell Sallowes my sonnes and to Edward wil- sone my sonne in law, by equall porcons And for the better pformance of this my will & testamt I doe apoint for my executor Edward wilson my said sonne in law & Robt Sal- lowes my sonne & for ouerseers of this my will I doe desyre the aboue said Georg Emerie John Jackson & Jefferie massey in witnes whereof I haue herevnto put my hand the day & yeare aboue writen." his mark
his mark michaell " Sallowes
Witness: Georg q Williams, John Tucker, Jeferie massey, Georg Emery.
Proved 31: 10: 1646, by Georg Emery, Jeffery Massie, Jno. Tucker. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 61.
The executors declined to serve, and Jeffery Massey, John Jackson and George Emerie were appointed in their place. 28 : 10 : 1647, Mr. George Emorie and Jefferie Massie were discharged upon request, and their account, under the hands of Capt. Hathorne and Mr. Curwin, approved by the court. John Jackson, the other executor, was continued, two of the children being with him. Salem Quarterly Court Records vol. 2, page 225.
ESTATE OF GEORGE POLLARD OF MARBLEHEAD.
" 3 month 13day 1646. I George Pollard of Marblehead weake in body yet in perfect memory doe make this my last will & testament first I bequeath my soule to God yt gaue it & my body to be interred according to ye discretion of my frends and for my temporal estate I dispose of it as follow- eth Imprimis I giue to Goodman Tiler of linne the summe of tenne pounds Also to John Hart ye younger' the summe of fiue pounds & to Christopher Nicolson the sonne of Edmund Nicolson, the summe of fiue pounds, lastly to see this my will performed I doe appoint Wm Wal- ton of Marblehead my executor to see my debts payd the
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remainder of my whole estate I give vnto ye sayd execu- tor & also I doe intreat m' Mauerick & William Charles to be assisting & helpefull to my sayd executor for ye recover- ing of my debts In witnes heerof I haue heervnto set my hand ye day & yeere aboue written." his mark
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Witness : Moses Mavericke, John I Hart, william W Charles.
Proved 31 : 10 : 1646, by Moses Maverik. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 64.
Inventory, all credits : Due from Willm. Walton, Moses Mauerick, John Deuereux, Wm. Charles, David Carwithin, Nicholas Merit, Ephm. Keene, Ralph Parker, George Vicary, John Coit, Abraham Whitehear, George Chin, Richard Nor- man, Richard Curtis, Edmund Nicholson, John Peach, sr., John Peach, jr., John Bartol, Thomas Pitman, John Hart, Samuel Gatchel, John Gatchel, Thomas Sams, Arthur Sandin, John Legg, Mary Hill, Nicolas Lisson, John Lyon, Wm. Chichester, John Northy, Richard Cooke, Samuel Delabar ; total, 60li. 4s. 3d. Due to John Deuereux for diet for two years and a quarter, 17li. 12s .; and to John Bartol for his boy, 6li. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 65.
ESTATE OF JOHN SATCHWELL OF IPSWICH.
" ffebruary iith 1646. The last will & Testament of me John Satchwell of Ipswich though weake in body yet in pfect sence & memory doe comend my soule to god who gave it & my body to the dust whence it was at first till the resurreccon which I doe expect. And for my estate I give to my sonne Richard all my howses and land wth their apprtenancs except that pt of the 25 acre lott from the vper end of the plowd land & soe downward to the sea, & six- teene acres of pasture beyond muddy river pt of the ox pas- ture towards Rowley which pcells of land I give to Johan my wife during her naturall life and to her Issue if she have any and for want of such yssue then to returne to Richard my sonne his heires & Assignes : further it is hereby pvided & my will is that Johan my wife shall have the vse of my howses barne Cowhowse orchard halfe of my particular dur- ing her naturall life, or vntill she can conveniently pvid otherwise for her selfe. And my will is that if Richard shall not marry wth Rebecca Tuttle which is now intended then my wife shall have her being in the howse as is before men- tioned during her life vnlesse she see good to dispose of her
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selfe otherwise. But in case my sonne Richard should de- cease wthout issue lawfully begotten of his body then my will is that all that estate that is not given to his wife by ioynture shall returne to Johan my wife if then living and if both dept this life without issue then my will is that such estate of land as remayne should be equally divided betweene my brother & sisters' children that are here in New England. I doe hereby give to my brother Theophilus Satchwell my best cloth sute & coate To my brother Curwin my stuff sute To my sister webster about seaven yards of stuff to make her a sute and alsoe a yonge heiffer thought to be wth calfe ffur- ther I doe hereby make my wife sole executrix & to receive what is due to me & alsoe to pay if I doe owe any thinge to any that is iustly due In wittnesse of this my last will & Testament I doe hereto sett my hand the daye & yeare first above written. Those words (of land as remaynes) were in- terlined before the subscripcon hereof."
John Satchwell.
Witness : Jonathan wade, James Howe. Proved Mar. 30, 1647, by the witnesses.
Inventory taken by Jonathan Wade and Thomas Howlett : one dwelling howse & home stall, with barne, cowhowse, orchard yard wth the apprtnancs, 100li .; several pcells of land, meadow & upland, 207li .; 6 oxen, 36li .; 5 cowes, 25li .; one yearling, 1li. 10s .; 3 calves, 1li. 10s .; one heiffer, 2li. 15s. ; corne, not threshed, 5li. ; several pcells of corne, 10li. ; sithes, 12s. ; carts & wheeles & irons belonging to them, 4li. 10s .; plowes & plow irons, 2li .; yoaks & chaines, 2li. 5s .; guns & swords, 5li. 12s. ; a swarme of bees, 1li. ; several bed steeds, 2li. 6s .; a sett of curtaines, 1li .; a fetherbed & bol- ster, 2li. 10s .; a Coverlit, 1li. 16s. 8d .; several blanketts, 1li. 10s. ; a fether bed & pillowes, 1li. 12s .; a Coverlit, 1li. 5s .; a Coverlit, 1li. 5s .; In stuff, 2li. 8s .; Two blanketts, 18s .; A fether bed & bolster, 1li. 9s .; Curtaines, valance & carpit, 2li. 5s .; matts & cords, 15s. ; sheets, pillowbeeres & several lynen, 8li .; Cushens, 12s .; a Chest, 14s .; a Chest, 8s .; a case of bottles, 6s. 8d .; a Table, 10s .; several chaires, 8s .; a Table & stoole, 13s .; In brasse & iron potts, Sli .; pewter & brasse, 1li. 15s .; a frying pan, 7s .; In England upon band, 18li .; swyne, 6li .; dunge, 2li .; powder, 8s .; fire shovell, tongs, spit, 6s .; silver spoones, 15s .; sawes, 10s .; 4 bibles, 1li .; several bookes, 15s .; hatts, 1li. ; Tramell & pott hooks, 6s .; flax seed & flax, 1li. 4s .; ropes, 16s .; Tubbs, churne, barrell, 1li .; other caske, 7s .; a pistoll, 8s .; In debts, 5li. Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 22.
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ESTATE OF MRS. CHAMBERLINE OF (IPSWICH?).
Mrs. Chamberline dying intestate, an inventory of her es- tate, amounting to 32li. 4s. 5d. was filed 30: 1: 1647. Or- dered to be divided, two parts to the son and one part to the daughter. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 7.
Mr. Whitingham and Joseph Medcalfe to be administra- tors. Marke Symonds and Edward Browne to help divide the goods. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, leaf 7.
ESTATE OF MICHAEL CARTHRICK OF IPSWICH.
" I Michael Carthrick of Ipswich in New England Carpen- ter being weake in body but of good memory thanks be to the lord doe make & ordaine this my last will & Testament in mann & forme following first I comitt my body vnto the earth there to be interred decently according to the discre- tion of myne executrix and my soule into the hands of god that gave it and as for my outward estate as followeth Imprimis I leave my wholl estate of which I am now possessed in the hands of my wife to be improved by her for her owne & my childrens good vntill my sonne John shall accomplish the age of 21 years alsoe I give vnto my sonne John my howse wherein I now dwell with the barne out howses fences & howslott wth all thapp'tenªncs to them be- longing and alsoe all other my lands & meadow of which I am now possessed to him & his heires for ever when he shall accomplish the age of one & Twenty yeares to be delivered vnto him in good condicon & repaire fitt for habitacon & vse alsoe my minde & will is That my two childen John & Mil- dred shalbe brought vp by my wife vntill the tyme of the putting forth of my sonne or at his full age & vntill the tyme of marriage or full age of my daughter Alsoe my will is that my sonne John shalbe by my wife kept at schoole pvided there be a schoole in the Towne where she liveth vn- till the age of 14 or 15 yeares yet foe as that at tymes his mother shall have power as the condicon of the family & her necesseties shall require to take him off to be helpfull to her in her businesse as the overseers & his mother shall see cause further my will is that my sonne John at the age of 14 or 15 yeares as the overseers shall thinke good shalbe put out to some trade and that his mother shall then furnish him with dubble apparrell & pay vnto the overseers sixli to be imployed for his best advantage either for his putting forth or other- wise according to the discretion of the overseers further I
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giue vnto my daughter Mildred ten pounds to be paid vnto her out of the movable goods according to the appoyntmt of the overseers when she shall have accomplished the full age of 21 yeares or at the day of her marriage she marrying with the consent of the overseers & her mother: further in case my wife shall marry whilst my children or either of them be vnder age my will is that my wife & her husband shall both stand bound to fulfill my will vnto my children according to the true intent thereof and that her husband shall agree with my overseers for the fulfilling of the same in defect whereof or of the due vsage of my children or either of them my overseers shall have power to dispose of them by removing of them or otherwise soe as they may see them supplied & educated according to the true intent of this my last will & Testamt he or she paying according to the pporcon of the charge that shall soe arise about the children And further my will is that my wife shall not remove both or either of my children out of this Jurisdiccon without the consent of my overseers ffineally I doe make Sarah my lov- ing wife sole executrix of this my last will & Testamt desir- ing her to see all things therein to be pformed according to my Intent & meaning therein specified as alsoe I doe appoynt our reverend & faithfull Teacher m" John Norton & Robert Payne oversers of this my last will & Testamt and in case of the decease or departure of either or both of them I give either or both of them power to appoynt an other or others in his or their place or places In wittnesse to this my last will & Testamt I have herevnto sett my hand & seale the 16th day of the eleventh month 1646."
Michael Carthrick.
Witness : Robert Lord, Edward Browne. Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 30.
Proved 30: 1: 1647, by the witnesses. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 7.
Inventory taken 25: 11 : 1646, by Marke Symonds, Edward Browne and Robert Lord : one great cubberd, 1li .; an old little table & 3 chaires, 4s. 6d .; two wheeles, 6s .; one paire of tongs, one firepan, one andiron, 2 tramells, 1 spitt & one gridiron & one paire of bellowes, 13s .; a fowling peece, one muskett, 2 swords, 2 paire of bandeleeres & 2li & halfe of powder, 3li. 3s .; 10 pewter dishes, 2 quart potts, one pint pott, one beaker, a little pewter cupp, one chamb. pott, 1li. 8s .; a pewter salt, a brasse candlestick, a brasse pann, a morter & pestle, 12s. 6d. ; a little kettle & two posnetts, 12s .;
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a great bible, psalme booke & an other booke, 10s .; 3 gally dishes, an iron candlestick, 2 old lamps, 2s .; 3 iron potts, 1 iron kettle & two paire of pott hooks, 2li. 4s. ; one powdering tubb, 2 keelers, a kneeding trough & other lumber, 1li. 3s .; one bushell of mault & 20 bushells of indian corne, 3li. 4s .; one flock bedd & bolster, 2 blanketts, matt & bedsteed, 1li. 15s. ; hempseed, hopps & flax seed & leather, 8s .; 10li. of hempe undrest, 4s. 2d .; 12 li. of linen yarne, 1li .; two old hogsheads, 2s. ; one bedsted in the parlor, 1li. 4s. ; one fether bed waying 58 li. at 14d. & 3 pound of fethers, 3li. 10s .; one fetherbed and two boulsters weying 64li. at 12d., 3li. 4s .; one paire of blankets and two coverlets, 2li .; curtaines, valents and hangings, 2li .; 5 payer of sheettes, 1li. 15s .; 4 tablecloths, 8s .; one cupboard cloth, 5s .; 1 short diaper table cloth, 6s. 8d., 11s. 8d .; two paire of pillow beeres, 9s .; 6 old napkins and one towell, 7s .; 3 shirts, 10s .; his weare- ing apparell, shooes, stockings & hatt, 4li. 10s .; a warmeing pan and a payer of tongs, 11s. ; one chaire & 3 joyned stooles, 10s .; 2 chests & 3 boxes, 1li .; a hatchett, 12s .; a looking glasse & halfe houre glasse, 2s. 6d .; 2000 of nailes, 10s .; a lanthorne, 2 beere vessells & beerestall, 6s .; 200 of clap- boards, 7s. ; 3 pitchforks & 2 rakes, 4s. ; one spade & shovell, 3s .; several tooles sold to Jo: Catcham, 17s .; one large handsaw, 6s., 7 axes, 22s., 1li. 8s .; one twibill, 5s., one long saw, 5s., one hand saw, 3s., 13s .; 5 augers, 3s. 4d., 4 augers, 6s., 9s. 4d. ; 2 ham[mer]s & a holdfast & 16 planes, 1li. 1s .; 9 chissells, 7s., several small chissells, 3s., 10s .; a shave, a little square, a little sawe & a hatchett, 4s .; an auger & a frame sawe & hand saw, 4s. 4d .; a frow, a mattock & a square, 6s. 6d. ; a beetle ring & 4 wedges, 5s .; Tooles laid by for willm Addams, 4s .; two cowes, 9li .; one steere, 2li., one calfe, 20s., 12li .; 5 piggs, 7li. 10s .; 12 acres of land, within the fence, 12li .; 26 acres of land, 4li. ; a grindstone, winch & trough, 5s. ; the howse, barne, yards, garden & the apprtences, 20li. ; total, 991i. 2s. 6d. Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 31.
Michaell Carthricke by his will gave his son John all his houses and land, and the said John dying after he was twenty years, Thomas Brigden, in right of Mildred, his wife, only sister of John, and by whom Brigden hath children, petitioned the court for due aud just relief. May 28, 1659, ordered that Mildred, the only daughter of Michael Carth- rick, and sister and heir to John, should have the estate given to her brother, and to pay the widow of Carthricke 10li. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 4, page 377.
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ESTATE OF MRS. ELIZABETH GOODALE OF NEWBURY.
Mr. Edward Rawson, Richard Kent and Henry Short of Newbury appointed 6 : 5: 1647, administrators of the estate of Mrs. Goodale until the General Court takes further order. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 217.
Petition of Abraham Toppan, in right of Susan, his wife, and Thomas Milward and Richard Lowle, overseers to the will of Elizabeth Lowle, and on her behalf, that as this court, on their petition in 1647, granted unto Abraham Top- pan, in right of Susan, his wife, and to Elizabeth Loule, ex- ecutrix to the estate of her husband, John Loule, power of administration to the estate of Elizabeth Goodale, their mother, amounting to 191li. in money and about 30li. in goods, and reserved liberty to John Goodall anytime within three years to make challenge thereunto, now the time being expired, and no record found of the court's grant, desire that it may be entered on the records. Ordered May 27, 1652, that the former grant be recorded. Mass. Bay Colony Rec- ords, vol. 4, page 92.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM CLARKE OF SALEM.
Cp. Wm. Hathorne, Mr. Georg Corwin and his widow Katherine Clerk, all of Salem, appointed 6 : 5: 1647, admin- istrators of estate of William Clerk, late of Salem, deceased. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 219.
Inventory taken 25: 4: 1647, by William Hathorne and sworn to by Mrs. Katherin Clerk, 9 : 5: 1647 : An eight pte of a barke in Robert Lemmon his hands, 10li. 10s. ; an eight pte of a barke in Mr. Gooses hand, 20li .; twoo thirds of a shallop att marblehead in the hands of John Keagle, 7li. ; a house & land neere Mr. Johnsons & 200 acres of land neere Mr. Humfryes farme, 20li .; a third of 9 acres of corne upon the ground, 3li. ; the houses & an acre of land neere Mr. Brownes, 28li. ; three Cowes, 13li. 10s .; 12 small swine, 6li .; pte of a bagg of Cotten, containing 1} hundred weight, 6li. 15s .; 40li. of ginger at 9d. per li., 1li. 10s .; 500 waight of Tobacco in Mr. Peeters seller at 4d. per li., 8li. 6s. 8d .; in Mr. Downing's seller, 1000li. of Tobacco at 4d. per li., 16li. 13s. 4d. ; one hogshead & pt. of 2 hogsheads of suger, being about 700li. waight, 26li. 5s. In the Hall : One long table & frame, 4 Joynt stooles & a bench, 1li. 13s .; 1 Court cub- berd & old cloth, 14s .; 3 red Leather chaires, 13s. 4d .; 1 short forme, 2s. In the Parlor: 1 Table, 3 formes & a stoole,
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14s. 6d. ; 1 halfe headed bedstead, 7s. ; 1 curtaine & vallance, 5s .; 1 feather bed & bolster, 2li .; 1 straw bed & flocke bol- ster, 7s .; 1 white blanckett, 3s .; 1 pr. of sheetes, 7s .; 1 greene rugg, 14s .; 1 other bedstead & mat, 7s .; 1 Curtaine & valance, 2s .; 1 canvas flocke bed, 10s .; 1 Feather bolster, 14s. ; 1 pr. of old sheetes, 4s .; 2 old blancketts, 4s .; 1 Red Rugg, 8s. In the great Chamber : In a Deske in silver, 4li. 11s. 3d. ; in Wampon about 3li. worth, 3li .; his deske, 1li .; 3 Joynt stooles, 5s .; 3 Leather stooles, 5s .; 1 old Turky carpet, 8s. ; in the Closett in Endico, 5li .; trenchers & other small things, 14s. In the hall Chamber : 1 table & forme, 10s. ; one old carpett, 3s .; one Joyned bedstead, 14d .; Car- tines & vallances, 16s .; 1 feather bed, 3li .; 1 feather boul- ster, 15s .; four feather pillowes, 1li .; 1 matt, 2s. 6d., 1 Ta- pestry covering, 1li. 10s., 1li. 12s. 6d .; 1 Round Table, 7s .; 1 Cubberd cuishion, 2s .; 1 greate blacke Truncke with locke & key, 10s .; 1 great cuishion wrought with wosted with a chaire covering, 1li .; one sempiternum cubbord cloth with silke frenge, 1li .; 2 Cubberd cuishions of dammaske & one needle worke one, 1li .; 1 phylaselle cloake lined with plush, 3li. ; for 1li. of silke frenge, 10s .; 3 say curtaines & a peece of vallance, 15s. ; 3 red capps, 3s. ; 6 silver spoones & 2 small peeces of plate, 3li. ; one small Truncke, 6s .; one dussen of diaper napkins & a table cloth, 1li. 4s .; 1 dussen of lockrum napkins & a table cloth, 1li .; 1 dussen & } of Hol- land napkins wrought & a table cloth, 1li. 14s .; a paire of holland sheetes wth seaming lace, 1li .; a dussen of towells, 2s .; 1 close stoole, 6s. In the Chamber over the kitchin : 1 great truncke, 2s .; 10 pr. of sheetes, 5li .; 2 dussen of flaxen napkins & 2 table cloths, 1li. 4s .; 3 dussen of old napkins, 10s .; 3 old Table clothes, 10s .; 1 great chest, 14s .; 1 Tur- key Carpitt, 1li. ; 1 old Carpitt, 8s .; 1 great truncke with some small things in the same, 12s .; 1 bedstead, 5s .; cur- taines & vallance, 7s., 12s .; a feather bed and boulster, 4li .; a covering & a blanckett, 8s. ; a fire shovell, tongs & a pr. of andirons, 10s. ; in a low bedstead, 1 feather bed & boulster, 2li. ; a blanckett Rugg & a curtaine, 6s .; a Cutlas & a leath- er belt, 14s. 4d. ; 1 old quilt, 3s. 4d .; a warming pan, 4s. In the Garrett : 2 flocke beds & a boulster, 14s. ; a quilt & a Rugg, 4s .; some old tubs & Lumber, 1li .; 3 bushells of indian corne, 8s. ; 15 bushells of wheat at 8d. per li., 2li. 15s .; 35 bushells of mault at 4s. per bushell, 7li. In the kitchin : 20 pewter platters, 2li. 10s. ; 2 great plates & 10 little ones, 12s. ; 1 great pewter pott, 1 flagon, 1 pottle, 1 quart, 3 pints, 4 ale qrts., 1 pint, 6 beare cups, 4 wine cups, 4 Candlestickes,
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5 Chamber potts, 2 pewter lamps, 1 tunnill, 6 sawcers & old pewter, 3li. 18s .; China dishes, 12s .; 1 great brasse Copper, 1 small Copper kittle, a great kettle, 1 brasse pan, 1 brasse pott, 1 little kettle, 6li. 19s .; Iron, 1 great pott, 3 hangers, 2 spitts, 1 treevett, a paire of tongs, 1 fire shovell, 1 peele, 1 Jacke with some old Iron & tubs in the kitchin, 3li. 2s. 6d .; in the seller, hogsheads & old lumber, 1li .; a bible & Pur- chas Pilgrimage, 1li .; his wearing apparell, 6li .; owing to him per book, 310li. 13s. 5d., but what debts he oweth doth not to us appeare; total, 586li. 2s. 2d. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 81.
Mrs. Katherine Clarke of Salem, widow, petitioned the General Court about the settlement of her husband's estate and it was referred to this court. Ordered 30: 10: 1647, that the widow have 150li. and the four younger children have 110li., 40li. to be allowed toward their education, and the remainder to be paid when of age or upon marriage. " The elder son to have a double pchon and his eldest son by his former wife to have 20li., the othr 10li. and shee that was married in his life time, 5li." Salem Quarterly Court Rec- ords, vol. 2, page 226.
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