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shall haue a duble portion of it to either of his sisters and I will and giue one fift part of this which wilbe an equall sister part or daughters portion to be equally devided vnto the Chil- deren of my daughter mary How if any then liveing also my will is that my welbeloued wiffe Emm Couper be the solle excequtorix of this my last will and Testament Made and Signed this third of January 1667."
Peter (his P mark) Couper. Witness : Maxemillion Jewett, Samuell Brocklebanke.
Proved in Ipswich court Mar. 31, 1668 by the witnesses.
Inventory taken by Maxemillion Jewett, Samuell Brockle- banke and John How : one Cloke, 1li. 5s .; the best Jacket and breches, 1li. 15s .; a searge dublet and breches, 17s .; Jacket and breches of home made cloath, 1li .; one ould coate, 5s .; other ould Cloathes and two hates and a paire of stockins, 1li .; the best bed with all the furniture about it, Sli. 1d .; one bed more in the parler, 3li. 10s .; one bed in the Chamber, 3li. 5s .; one coverlet, one blankett and 7 coushins, 1li. 12s .; hempe and flaxe and tow, 5s .; towe yarne, 6s .; cotton woolle, 4li. 10s .; barlley and malt, 2li. 15s .; pease and beanes, 1li .; Rie 4 bush., 16s .; hogsheads and other tubbs, 12s .; cheste and boxe, 11s .; kneeding trough and sives, 4s .; bages, 15s .; bas- kets and ould bedsteeds and a fall table, 5s .; wheat, 1li .; one paire of the oxen, 13li .; one paire of oxen more, 11li. ; a white face cow and hir calfe, 5li. 2s. 6d .; one ould blacke cow and her calf, 4li. 17s. 6d .; one other blacke cow and hir calfe, 5li .; one farrow cow, 3li. 6s. Sd .; one heifer comeing 3 yeare ould, 3li .; 2 cattell comeing 2 yeare ould, 5li .; 2 yeareing cattell, 3li .; 7 swine, 5li. 10s .; cart, sleade, yockes, Chanes, ploughs, cart roape and all other tacklings belongeing to them, Gli .; house, barne, orchard and land that it stand on on the east side of the street, 55li .; land on the west side of the street being elleven acres, 46li .; one acre of land in bacheler feild, 2li .; Nine acres of land at new Plaine, 13li. 10s .; two acres and a halfe of upland called gate land and two acre and a halfe of meadow one the same account of gate land, 4li .; meadow in bachelor meadow one acre and a halfe, 7li. 10s .; one acre and a halfe of marsh at oyster poynt, 3li .; one acre and halfe Rough marsh, 5li .; two acres of marsh at Mr. Dumers farme be it more or lese, Sli .; two acres more of salt marsh, 4li .; hay in the barne, 5li .; gate marsh at hoge Iland marsh and for a peace called highway marsh, 7li .; land at merrimacke, 20li .; land at Village, 18li .; 5 gates or com- monages, 10li .; cotton yarne, 3li .; axes, sithes, sickles, spades,
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shovells, forkes, boriors, Tongs and other ould Iron things, 2li. 6s .; a halfe bush. measure, 1s. 6d .; keeller, pailles and trayes, 12s. 2d. ; bonlles and dishes, Trenchers, 2s. 8d. ; backon, 2li .; brase vessells, 1li. 14s .; pots and other Iron things as smothing Iron, heater, lampe and a paire of bellowes, 1li. 4s .; puter and spouns, 16s .; one foulleing peece, 2li .; armes and amunission, 2li. 12s .; tables, forme and chaires, 1li. 10s .; wheelles for cotton and linen and Cards with other things, 15s .; a coubbard, 10s .; beare vesell and meat tubbs, 12s .; linen sheets, pillow beares, napkins and such like things, 4li. 10s .; more hempe and flax and a pillion, 10s .; indian corne, 40 bush., 6li .; wheelle barrow, how, Ss .; one broad axe, 5s .; estate in bill and other way, 16li. 17s .; debts due from the Estate, 32li .; whole estate, 396li. 8s. 4d .; debts deducted there remains, 364li. Ss. 4d.
Attested in Ipswich court Mar. 31, 1668 by Emm Cooper, widow of Peeter, and executrix of his estate.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 6,321.
ESTATE OF CHARLES GOTT, SR. OF WENHAM.
"23d of 11th mo: 1667 The Last Will & Testament of Charles Gott seni" I Being Sick & weake of Body yet of pfit memory Comit my soull into the hands of Almighty God & my Sauir Jesus Christ & Dispose of my Goods as followeth Imprimise I Giue to my well beloued wife my howse & one third Pte of my Land in the plaine Duering hir life time & the Rest of my land in the plaine I Giue to Charles & Daniell Charles to haue two Akres & my son daniell the Rest & at my wifes Descease my son Charles to haue one Akre more & the howses & Rest of my wifes thirds to be my son Daniells Also my will is that my son Charles shall haue two Akrs of medow & my son Daniell the other six also my will is that my son Charles shall haue my Greate Copper Kitle & my son Dan- iell my Brass Kitle also I Gine to my son Daniell my Bed & furniture except the Rugg & Blanket which I Giue to my son Charles onely my wife is to haue the vse of it hir life time also my will is that my son Daniell shall | |haue|| my halfe horse & the rest of my Catle & swine 1 Gine to my wife to be at hir despose & for the Rest of my moueable Goods I Giue to my two sons Charles & Daniell to be Eaqually Deuided Betwixt them at thire mothers Descease also my will is that my well beloued wife be soule executrex to this my will also I make Choic of william Geare & Thomas fiske my ouerseeres to Assist my wife that this my will be Attended."
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Witness : William Geare, Tho. Fiske.
Proved in Ipswich court Mar. 31, 1668 by the witnesses, to be the last will of Charles Gott of Wenham.
Inventory of the estate of Mr. Charles Gott, Sr. of Wen- ham, who died Jan. 23, 1667, taken Jan. 26, 1667, by William Clarke and William Geare: the dwelling house & barne, 42li. 10s .; the Heirable Land, 67li. 10s .; Eight acres of medow, 16li .; neate Cattle, sheep & horses, 17li. 1s .; swine, 2li .; Corne, 4li. 10s .; Apparell, 6li. 6s .; Bedd & Bedding, 12li. 10s .; Cotten yarne & fflax, 1li. 13s .; Puter, 1li. 5s .; Brasse, 5li. 4s .; Iron ware, 6li. 16s .; meate & butter, 2li .; a bedstead, Cubberd, Chest & other houshould implemts, 5li .; total, 190li. 15. Debts about 14li.
Received in Ipswich court Mar. 31, 1668.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 11,320.
ESTATE OF GEORGE TAYLOR OF LYNN.
"Decemb 20th 1665 The Last will, of Gorge Tayler Liue- ing in Line in the County of Essexe beeing at this Present time : at the wrighting heare of in Perfet Memory and have- ing his sences and vnderstanding. Imprimis, First, I Com- mit my bodye to the Dust, and my Sperrit vnto god, that gave it, I will that I make my wife Elizabeth Tayler: my full and solle Excector : and William Clarke and Henery Rhodes my over seers: I will: that my wife Elizabeth Tayler have and Inioye all my Howses Land and Medowe with all my Cattell great and small : Allsoe I will that my wife Elizabeth Tayler Out of this Estate Paye vnto my sarvant Joseph Farre the some of tenne Powndes: I Gorge Tayler : doe make this my Last will and Deed :"
George (his O mark) Tayler (SEAL) Witness : William (his - mark) Clarke, Henery Rhodes. Proved in Ipswich court Mar. 31, 1668 by the witnesses.
Inventory taken by Henery Rhodes, William Clarke: in Cloathes, +li. 9s. 6d .; in Linen, 4li. 15s .; beding, 6li. 13s .; bras, Eyron and Pewter, 2li. 5s .; gun, sord and owld Eyron, 3li. 10s .; Inglish graine, 3li. 4s .; flaxe and yarden, 1li. 10s .; a Panell, 6s .; meate, 2li .; Cart, Plow and slead, 2li .; hay, 4li .; 10 shepe, 5li .; A Pare of Oxen, 11li .; five cowes, one calfe, 20li .; tenne Acors of upland & medow, 50li .; three Acors of upland, 6li .; in howsing, 10li .; mare and coullt, 5li .; bookes, 1li .; swine, 2li .; total, 144li. 12s. 6d.
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Attested in Ipswich court Mar. 31, 1668 by Elizabeth Tay- lour, the executrix.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 27,300.
ESTATE OF THOMAS HOWLETT, JR., OF IPSWICH.
"This 21 Day of Desember 1667 Wheras I Thomas How- let ||Jur. || being weak in body yet haueing my perfite vnder- standing doe make this to be my last will and testament Imp in case my wife be with child and hath a son I doe giue and bequeaue to him halfe as much more to him as to any one of my Daughters. but if it be a daughter then I doe giue and be- queaue unto my e[1]dest daughter one third part more then vnto any of the other two. and also I doe giue and bequeaue to my two youngest daughters equal portions both alike. and these to be heire one to an other in case either of them dy childles and further I doe giue and bequeaue vnto my Dere and loueing wife al my moueable goods and my stock and the benifite of the | |housing and|| lands vntell my chilren com to age which wil be at the day of mariage or at eighteen years of age for my Daughters and my son at one and twenty. and after the children com to age she shal haue halfe the ben- ifite of the | |housing and || lands dureing her life tim I will- ing my debts to be payd out of my estate doe make my ffather Pebody and my wife excecutor & excecutres."
Thomas (his X mark) Howlet.
Witness: John Redington, Sr., Daniell Borman, Isaacke Cumings, Sr.
Proved in Ipswich court, Mar. 31, 1668 by John Redding- ton and Isaack Comings.
Inventory of the estate of Thomas Howlet, Jr., deceased Dec. 23, 1667, taken by Isaacke Cummings and John Red- ington : house and lands one hundred acres more or les, 220li. ; one horse, 6li .; two oxen, 14li .; five Cows, 20li .; two 2 yeare old steers, li .; two hefers at one yeare old, 4li. 12s .; nine swine, li .; Beding, bedsted, Coverlid, two blankets, Curtins, bed, strawbed, bolster and sheets, two pilows, Sli .; five sheets, a table cloath, seven napkins, three shurts, foure pillowbeers, 6li .; Dublite, paire of breches, two Coats, paire of drawers, two paire of stockings, 3li. 10s .; paire of boots, 1li .; his best aparill he gave away when he was vpon his death bed; two brase kittles, bras skilet, pewter and tinn of al sorts, 4li .; meat, porke, baken and sewet, 5li. 10s .; Iron materialls, share, coulter, chaine, adses, exes, wedges, agers, saws, yoaks, hamers
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and all the other tools of iron, 3li .; two gunse, 2li. 15s .; yearne twenty pound hemp and flex, 2li. 10s .; tables, chests, chaires, stools, barells, tubs, pailes, boxes, wheels with al the rest of the wooden ware, a case for glases, 2li. 10s .; two and twenty bushels of Indean Corne, 2li. 18s. 8d .; eight and twenty bushels of wheat, 7li .; Twelve bushels of barly, four bush. of rye, 3li. 4s. ; Two hats and gloves, 1li. 6s .; Books and sadle, 1li .; debts due to him, 7li. 5s .; total, 340li. 8d.
Allowed in Ipswich court Mar. 31, 1668. Essex County Probate Files, Docket 14,092.
ESTATE OF EDWARD EURIN OF EXETER.
George Vezie and James Kid, administrators, were bound 14: 2: 1668, to give an account of the estate of Edw. Evrin. Salisbury Quarterly Court Records, vol. 3, leaf 99.
ESTATE OF RICHARD NORTH OF SALISBURY.'
"In the name of God Amen : The 26th day of January 1648 I Richard North of the towne of Salisbury in ye County of Norfolke, massechusets in Newengland husbandman being weake in body butt of sound & pfect memory (prayse bee giune to God for the same) and knowing the vncertenty of this life on earth, and being desierous to settle things in Order doe make this my last will & Testament in manner & forme following : That is to say first & principally I comend my Soule to Allmighty God my Creator assueredly beleiuing that I shall receive full pardon & free remission of all my Sinns, & bee saved by ye prsious death & meritts of my blessed Savior & Redeemer Christ Jesus, & my body to ye earth from whence it was taken to bee buried in such decent, & Christian manner as to my Executrix herafter named shalbee thought meet & convenient And as touching such worldly estate as ye Lord in mercy hath lent mee, my will & meaning is the same shalbee imployed, & bestowed as here after by this my will is expressed : And first I doe revoke re- nounce frustrate, & make void all wills by mee formerly made or declared by w- writing & declare, & appoint this my last will & Testament & none other : ffirst I will that all those debts & duties as I owe in right, & Conscience to any manner of pson or psons whatsoever shalbee well & truly con- tented & payd, or ordeined to bee payd wthin convenient
* See also Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts, Essex County, Mass., vol. 4 (1914), p. 347 ; vol 5 (1916), p. 235.
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tyme after my decease by my Executrix: Item I giue & be- queath to my daughter Mary Jones, the wyfe of Thomas Jones fiue pound : & to my grand childe Ann Bates the childe of my daughter Sarah Old [a]m fiue pound pvided shee bee aliue att my decease: Item I giue & bequeath vnto my daugh [ter] Susana Martyn ye wyfe of George Martyn twenty shillings & the tenn pound wch hir husband the said George Martyn doth owe vnto mee for cattle weh hee received of mee: Item I giue & bequeath the residue of all my goods Chattells lands howsings debts bills bonds wth all other Rights and privilidges to mee any wayes appertaining or belonging : (after my debts pay'd my funerall expences performed & these my Legasies conteined in this my prsent Testament fullfilled) vnto my deare & welbeeloued wyfe Vrsula North whom I doe make & ordeine my sole Executrix: Also I doe make & Ordeine my trustie and welbeeloued ffriends MY Tho. Bradbury & Richard Wells both of Salisbury Overseers of this my Will & Testament and for their care & paynes therin I bequeath to each of them tenn shillings as a token of my love : And In witness that this is ye Act & deed of mee the said Richard North I haue hervnto sett iny hand & seale the daye & yeare aboue written."
Richard (his ) mark) North (SEAL) Witness: Tho. Bradbury, Mary Joness.
Attested by Tho. Bradbury and Mary Jones, now wife of Nath Winsley. [no date]
Inventory of the estate of Richard North of Salisbury, taken Mar. 16, 1667-8, by Richard Wells, Henry Browne and Sam- muell ffelloes : houses, landes, midoes and preveliges belonging there vnto, 40li .; debtes due, 75li. 17s. 9d .; 2 cows and there calfes, 8li .; one yeare old calfe, 1li .; corne, 14s .; puter and brase, 2li. 10s. ; iron potes, in old iron, 1li. ; books, 12s .; waring cloes linon and wollon and shoes, 7li .; mony, 6s .; the trunke and linnon in it, 5li; a bed and beding, 5li .; a trunelbed, tabell and other wodden hould goodes, 2li .; prouission in the house, 1li. 10s .; erthen vesselles and all othe small thinges, 5s.
Attested in Salisbury court, 14: 2: 1668 by Ursula North. Essex County Probate Files, Docket 19,587.
Francis (his W mark) Bates and wife Ann (her D mark) formerly Ann Oldum, acknowledged receipt from Ursula North, executrix of Richard North of Salisbury, deceased, of
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a legacy given to said Ann in the will of her grandfather, Richard North, Oct. 4, 1669. Witness: Tho: Bradbury and Richard Wells. Acknowledged by both Oct. 5, 1669, before Robert Pike, commissioner.
Thomas (his O mark) Jones of Gloucester, formerly called Cape Ann, acknowledged receipt from Ursula North of Salis- bury, widow, of a legacy given to his wife Mary in the will of her father, Richard North of Salisbury, late deceased, July 24, 1669. Witness: Tho. Bradbury and William Bradbury. Proved by oath of the witnesses in court at Salisbury Apr. 29, 1673.
Norfolk County Records, vol. 2, leaf 292.
Susanna Martyn and Mary Jones making application for the division of the estate of Richard North between them, by virtue of a judgment of the Court of Assistants in March, 1673-4, which declared that said North's will was not legally proved and referred it to the Norfolk court 14: 2: 1674, affirmed that it had been legally proved, and Capt. Bradbury testified that he was one of the witnesses before the court and at that time he was compos mentis. Salisbury Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, leaf 28.
Court 14: 2: 1674, ordered that the papers put into this court about North's will be delivered to Susannah Martyn and Nathll. Winsly, each to have their own papers, all except the copy of the judgment of the Court of Assistants, last past. Salisbury Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, leaf 30.
ESTATE OF SAMUEL SHEPARD OF ROWLEY.
"Aprill 4 1668 I Samuell Shepard now of Rowley being very weeake in body yet of competent judgment and perfect memory doe leaue this as my last will and Testament Con- cerneing the disposseall of my worldly estate which god hatlı giuen and from man is due Imprimis That forty pounds due to me by my granfather Hookers will one twenty ther of I doe bequeath to my honered vncle Newton the other Twenty : ten to my vncle Willson and ten to my vncle Samuell Hooker My estat in or about Rowley I doe wholy giue vnto my Child Samuell; And the care and education of him my sonn Samuell Shepard I giue ouer into the hands of my honered father and mother flint And the wholle estat that I haue giuen vnto him to be improued by them accor [d]ing vnto ther best descresion for to inable them to bring him vp with such education as they in ther wisdom shall Thinke best vntill he come of age :
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And if it should please the lord to take away my Sonn by death befor he come of age to Receaue his estat my will is that my father and mother haue all his estat excepting ; my libery which Then I will and giue to my brother Jeremiah Shepard ; also my will is that my writings the which and the use of which be made ouer vnto my loueing brother Josiah flint: my three zauches I haue given vnto my brother Jeremiah Those in ould couers my will is and I giue full power | | of excequtorship|| vnto these my honered father and mother flint that out of the moneables of the said estate they doe Requite according vnto ther wisdome the kindnes of any one of our loueing friends whether natturall Relations or stran- gers only i bequeath to my brother Seth a heiffer calfe of a yeare ould and to my Sister Ruth a calfe of this yeare that also is a heiffer : let it also be understood that I will my debts and funerall expences be discharged out of this estat."
Sam: Shepard.
Witness : Samuell Brocklebanke, Sarah Phillips, Hannah Hassen.
Proved Apr. 22, 1668 by Lt. Samuell Brocklebanke and Hanah Hassen before Mr. Samuell Symonds and Maj. Gen. Daniel Denison.
Inventory of the estate of Mr. Samuell Shepard, late Pas- tor of the church in Rowley, taken by Moses Paine, Maximil- ian Jewett and Samuell Brocklebanke: in silver & plate, 13li. 10s .; waring clothes linnen & woollen, 37li. 10s .; Cushions and chaires, 14li. 10s .; Tables, carpetts, cupboards, 6li. 10s .; Chests, trunkes, boxes & Deskes, 1li .; Bedsteads & Beding, 30li .; Table linnen & other linnen, 4li .; Andirons, Jack, fire- pan, tongs & such like, 4li .; brasse ware, 5li. 10s .; pewter & tinne ware, 4li .; Iron ware, 2li .; A limbeck & Coopers ware, 3li .; Beef, porke & corne, 5li. 3s .; Flax & yarne cotten & linnen & sheeps wool, 1li. 17s .; Dwelling house, barne & home land, 130li .; A farme granted by the Towne, 30li .; vp- land near the Mill, 20li .; upland 4 Acres not laid out, 8li .; Fresh meadow 8 Acres, 20li .; Salt marsh twelve Acres, more salt marsh at Hogg Iland, 43li .; Commons for six cowes, 9li .; Two cowes & calves, 10li .; One mare, 5li .; One Saddle & pil- lion, 3li .; swine & sheep, 6li .; Debts due to the estate, 6li. 8s. 4d .; Books in his Library, 54li. 13s. 2d .; A legacy in Mr. Hookers will, 40li .; total, 515li. 11s. 6d. The estate is debt- our to severall particulars, 25li. 10s. 1 1-2d .; In legacys given by the will, 41li. 15s .; to Mr. Hezekiah Usher of Bos- ton, Gli .; total, 73li. 5s. 1 1-2d.
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Allowed Apr. 22, 1668, and Mr. Flint gave bond of 600li. as executor of the estate.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 25,186.
Bond of Margery Flint, relict of Mr. Henry Flint, execu- trix, and Josiah Flint of Beverly, her son, executor of the will of Mr. Samuell Shepheard of Rowley, of 600li., Aug. 27, 1668, for the payment of the legacy to Samuell Shepheard, son of the above-mentioned Samuell. Witness : Edward Raw- son, John Saunders. Suffolk County Probate Files, Docket 488.
In answer to the petition of Mrs. Margery Flynt executrix of the will of Mr. Samuell Shephard, formerly pastor of Row- ley, the court June 11, 1680, granted her request to make sale provided she exchange it for land or purchase lands to the value, as she sees cause. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 5, page 274.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM COTTLE OF NEWBURY.
Administration on the estate of William Cottl, intestate, granted June 25, 1668, by Mr. Samuell Symonds and Major Genrll. Denison, to Sarah the widow, who was ordered to bring in an inventory to the next Ipswich court. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 73.
Inventory of the estate of William Cottell of Newbury, taken Sept. 28, 1668 by Benjamin Roafe (Rolfe) and An- thony Somerby : one feather bed & bolster with a pr. of Blan- kets & Rug with curtaines and vallons, 3 pillows, 8li .; a flockbed & 2 cotten Rugs & a paire of Blanketts, 4li .; four pr. of sheets, 3 pillow bears & 2 cotten bolster cases, 3li. 10s .; two Iron pots & a small Iron kettle, a warming pan & skillet, 2li. 10s .; two pewter dishes with a paile & bucket & keiler & other lumber, 15s .; a silver poringer & a silver wine cup, 2 dram cups & 3 silver spoones, 2li. 10s .; two cowes, one Gale, one yearling heifer & two Calves, 16li .; sixe swyne, šli .; Debts at New Yorke & New Jarsy & in Cattell there, 140li .; mare and Colt, 6li .; Churne, 2 beare Barells, a powdering tub & a Coule with 3 Chests and a box with other lumber, 1li. 15s .; his wearing apparrell, 6li .; debts in Newbury, Gli .; A neger maid servant ; total, 202li. Debts he oweth : to Joseph Down- er, Gli. 10s. ; Samuell Moody, 2li .; Benjamin Roafe, 2li .; total, 10li. 10s.
He left four children, the youngest a son, and another child unborn.
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The 140li. at New York and Jarsye very hazardable and not to be paid much of it this 6th year. The court ordered the estate to remain in the widow's hands for the present and if she marry again to ask the court for a division of the estate.
Received in Ipswich court Sept. 29, 1668. Essex County Probate Files, Docket 6,402.
ESTATE OF GEORGE WHEELER OF NEWBURY.
Susana, widow of George Wheeler, late deceased, brought in an inventory of her husband's estate, amounting to about 29li., which was allowed June 30, 1668. Said George dying intestate, she was appointed administratrix, the estate to be in her hands until the court take further order. Salem Quar- terly Court Records, vol. 5, leaf 10.
Inventory taken May 28, 1668, by Anthony Somerby and William Titcome : House & about half an acre of land, 15li .; one cow & a yerling heifer & calfe, 5li .; two small swyne, 16s .; in the chamber, a bedsted with a bed & 2 old blankets & cov- erlet & cradle & a chest, broken box with about 3 bushels of Indian corne & lumber, 1li. 12s .; in the house, a bedsted & bed and one blancket & a Rug and bolster with curtaines, 2li .; one paire of And Irons & tongs & fire shouell & cottrell & spit, 7s. 6d .; an Iron pot, a frying pan, brass skillet, old chayer, 12s. 6d .; foure pewter dishes, 3 small saucers & a pewter cup & smoothing Iron, 11s .; 2 old chests & an old box, one small tablecloth, eight napkins, thre pillowbears & five old sheets, 2li. 2s .; a warming pan, an old chamber pot, tining tunnell, water bucket, 2 Wooden trayes, a rodden basket & 3 old chayres, salt box, looking glasse & other lumber & In cellar 3 small vessels & 2 keelers, 1li .; total, 29li. 1s. Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 13, leaf 66.
GUARDIANSHIP OF JOSEPH BRABROOK OF NEWBURY.
Joseph Brabrook, Sara Brabrook and Rachell Brabrook, pe- titioned to the court June 20, 1668, that Hen. Short of New- bury and Simond Tompson of Ipswich be appointed their guardians. Court appointed them and they were bound. Sa- lem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, leaf 10.
Joseph Brabrooke, having reached the age of twenty-one years, discharged Symon Tompson, his guardian, Sept. 28, 1669. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 97.
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ESTATE OF NATHANIEL PERLEY OF IPSWICH.
Administration on the estate of Nathaniell Pearly granted June 30, 1668, to Allen Pearly and he was ordered to bring in an inventory. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, leaf 10.
Inventory of the estate of Nathaniell Perly, deceased Apr. 29, 1668, taken May 26 next following, by Isaac Foster and Nehemiah Abbott : A frame almost fited for raising, 5li .; two Cows, Sli. 10s .; a bull and a steere, Sli. 8s .; two steers, 5li. 10s .; Corn, 1li. 13s .; A sadle, 20s .; A pike and intrest in a gune, 12s .; tools, 2li. 1s .; chest and Clothes, 10li. 6s .; upland and medow, 60 acrs, 60li .; Six Acrs and half an Acre of medow, 16li. 5s .; two Acrs and half an Acre of medow more, 9li .; boards and Logs, 10s .; plough and tackling, 10s .; Debts due to the abovenamed deceased, 3li. 17s. 6d .; total, 133li. 2s. 6d. Due from the estate: in debt, 2li. 6s .; to the phision for his comeing to him, about 1li .; funerall expences, 2li.
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