The Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1665-1674, Part 29

Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Essex County); Essex Institute; Dow, George Francis, 1868-1936
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Salem, Mass., The Essex Institute
Number of Pages: 544


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ESTATE OF PHILIP STANWOOD, SR. OF GLOUCESTER.


Administration on the estate of Philip Stainewood, intes- tate, granted Sept. 24, 1672, to Jane, the relict, and an in- ventory amounting to 87li. being brought in, court ordered the estate to remain in her hand while she remains a widow. She was not to dispose of any of the land and if she married, she was to acquaint the court that further action might be taken. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 176.


Inventory of the estate of Phillep Stainwood, Sr., of Glou- cester, taken 8: 6m: 1672, by Steven Glover, James Davis and Thomas Riggs: The hous, upland and medow, 50li .; neatt Cattell, 16li .; one younge hors, 2li .; sheep, 4li .; anvell. bellowes & other Iron, 5li .; swine, 4li .; muskett and sword, lli. 10s .; wearing Cloths, 1li. 10s .; beding and housell stufe, 3li .; total, 87li.


Attested in Ipswich court Sept. 24, 1672 by An Stainewood.


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Jane Stainewood now Jane Pearce, being appointed ad- ministratrix of the estate of her late husband Phillip Staine- wood, and now married to another man, the children that are of age desiring their portions, the said administratrix and her children having come to the following agreement, ask the court to confirm the same: the two eldest sons, Phillip and John Stainewood to take the land and pay to the rest of the children bli. a piece as they come to age, and that the land stand bound for the payment thereof; also it is agreed between the said sons and their father in law that in leiu of their mother's thirds he shall have a cow, 6 sheep and a load of hay as long as their mother lives, the sons to pay all the debts of their father's.


Wm. Sergent testified 30: 7: 1673, that he was present when the mother and three of the eldest agreed to this, and she told him the other agreed to what she should do.


Allowed by the Ipswich court 30: 7: 1673.


Essex County Probate Files, Docket 26,229.


ESTATE OF THOMAS WHITTRIDGE OF IPSWICH.


Administration on the estate of Thomas Whitridge, intes- tate, granted Sept. 24, 1672, to Robert Morgan and Richard Norman, who were ordered to bring in an inventory. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 176.


"A declaration of the verball will of Thomas Whittridge deceased which wee Robert morgan & Richard Norman pre- sent vnto this honoured Court now sitting and in reference to their Consill desiring their helpe: vnder submission to their godly dispose


"Our brother Thomas Whittridge being sicke Sent Vnto mee Robert Morgan: by 2 of his Sonnes desiring me with Speede to [send] to our brother Richard norman : & that wee together would come Vnto him; which wee Accomplished & tarried not long: Uppon the 21st of August last past wee went to the howse of our brother : who findinge him Vppon his bedd : after mutuall greting & talke about gods Seuerall dispensations towards vs in ||or| relations in generall : & to him & his family in pticular ; he said hee had beine verry sicke but yesterday mª newman administeringe phisick vnto him hee was reuiued & something better: so comming from his bedd and walking to & fro in his howse spake as ffoll : Bretheren yow being the most Intimate with vs and dearest in our affectons vnto mee & yor sister my wife now taken


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from mee in whom wee putt our Confidence: & in whom I doe Confide: of all our relations remaining aliue: I haue theirfore Sent for yow to decla [re] my mind Unto yow, wch is this: my desire & will is not knowing whether god will dispose mee to death or life to Committ vnto yow my 3 sonnes wch I had by yor sister : withall that smale Estate yt god hath given mee: (then nominating his corne cattle of eury kind being the principle of his estate: & naming some debtes to [whom] they weare due) willing us if he died wch he feared: to take [all his] Estate into our hands & first to pay his debts : & the residue [to] see his 3 sonnes Thomas Richard, William : Whittridge : haue among[st] them deuided Viz to Thomas the one halfe & the other halfe equal [ly] deuided betweene Richard & william: & to putt his Sd 3 Sonnes Unto trades such as they most desire: & wheare their affections most enclined to bee; but with their relations rather then any others: if possibly wee could bring it so to passe And ||if| hee grew worsse & intended to alter any thing of this his mind & will which hee engaged vs in; eyther by adding theirunto or diminishing theirefrom hee would send for his brother Morgan againe he being nearest to him in regard of distance of place : this having Spoken he lay downe vppon his bedd againe & wee according to our duty as the Lord enabled Vs sought unto god with him & for him by prer & in som tyme after departed from him: and all this tyme from our Comming Vnto him Untill our depting from ||him| weare present his owne 3 Sonnes before mentioned : and his brother Sammuell Whittridge: and |his|| Sonne in Law John Traske."


Inventory of the estate of Thomas Whitteridge of Ipswich, taken Sept. 3, 1672, by Robert Colborne of Ipswich and William Flint of Salem: 2 great Oxen, 10li. ; 2 smaller oxen, 7li. 10s .; 5 cowes & one heifer, 18li .; one young steire, 2li .; 4 calves, 3li .; 12 sheepe, 4li. 16s .; one horse wth his fur- niture, 4li .; one young maire, 3li .; 13 great Swyne, 13li .; 15 smaller Swyne, 4li. 10s .; 50 bushells of barley, 10li .; 5 bushells of wheat, 1li .; 15 bushells of oates, 1li. 10s .; 10 bushells of old Indian corne, 1li .; Indian corne standing, 5li .; 2 load of meadow hay, 1li .; an old chest wth carpenters tooles & other old lumber, 1li. 10s .; one muskett & a frying pann, 17s .; pewter, 17s .; Apples uppon the trees, 1li .; brasse, 2 kettls, 1 skillett, 14s .; 2 Iron potts, 18s .; wooden ware, 10s .; 2 hatts, 1li .; his wearing clothes, 2li. 10s .; her wearing cloathes, 3li .; one sword, belt & smoothing Iron, 10s .; bedd-


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ing, 1li. 10s .; chaynes & yoakes wth ye tackling, 1li. 10s .; in Mr. Richard hubbards hands, 4li .; total, 108li. 12s.


Attested in Ipswich court Mar. 25, 1673 by Richard Nor- man.


Account of the debts of Tho. Whitterige: to Mr. Hinks- man his Landlord, 16li. 8s .; Capt. Corwin for clothes for ye children, 10li .; Mr. Gooding, 1li. 5s .; Mr. Goodman Hutton, 6li. 19s. ; Goodman Noulton, 14s. 6d .; Tho. Noulton, 10s. 4d .; John Whitterige, 2li. 10s .; Samuell Whitterige, 12s .; Daniell Davison, 11li. 5s. ; Goodman Colburn, 6s .; Mr. Coggsell, 10s .; John Salau, 5li .; Lott Connott, 1li. 15s. ; Richd. Stagwayes, 1li. Ss. 7d. ; Joseph Morgan, 18s. ; Mr. Emmery, 12s. ; Richard Nor- man, 3li .; Capt. Curwin, 4li. 12s. 6d .; Elder Payne, Ipswich, 3li. 10s. ; Sachwell, 1li. 10s. ; Robert Bradford, 12s. ; Isaac Hull, 3s. 9d .; Robert Morgan and Richard Norman, for tyme and Charge, 4li .; Mr. Numan, šli .; the Constable of Epseg, 10s .; Samuel Whitteridges Debt at Jonathan Wades, 1li. 2s .; your owne account at Jonathan Wades, 2s. 7d .; total, 84li. 6s. 7d.


Attested in Ipswich court Mar. 25, 1673 by Richard Nor- man.


Essex County Probate Files, Docket 29,780.


There being a verbal will presented to the court Mar. 25, 1673, of Thomas Whitridge, deceased, administration was granted on the estate to Samuell Morgan and Richard Nor- man. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, page 194.


ESTATE OF JOHN HART OF MARBLEHEAD.


Administration was granted Sept. 24, 1672, unto Jonathan Hart of what estate was his father John Hart's, and of which he died possessed and of which Thomas Whitridge was never legally possessed. Ipswich Quarterly Court Rec- ords, vol. 5, page 177.


ESTATE OF CORNELIUS KENT OF (IPSWICH ?) .*


Administration on the estate of Cornelious Kent, intestate, granted Sept 24, 1672, to Francis Wainwright and Sam- nell Yonglove, who was to pay debts according to the inven- tory. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 177.


Inventory of the estate of Cornelius Kent taken by Na- thaniell Browne and William (his M mark) Dergy : 4 swine,


* See also Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Mass., vol. 5 (1916), pp. 135, 147.


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4li .; three yearlings, 3li. 19s .; three cowes, 13li .; heifer, 2li. 10s .; one Iron Harrow, 14s .; 3 tubbs & a churne, 12s. 6d .; one chaire, 2s .; tramell, 5s. 6d. ; mashing tubb, Ss. ; bedstead, 11s .; leneing & a green apron, 1li .; Jackett, wastcot & pr. breeches, 2li. 12s. ; paire of bandaleers, 2s. 6d. ; cloths of his wives & drawers, 1li .; rugg & blankett, 1li. 16s .; one bed & sheete, 10s .; 2 chaires, 4s. 6d .; chest & box, 8s. 6d .; pott, 11s .; one shirt, 8s .; howe, 3s .; pair of brecches, 5s .; an old jackett, 3s .; 3 barrells, 6s .; shirt & neckcloths, 1li .; yard of cotten cloth, 2s .; wollen wheele, 4s .; litell table, 4s .; Shore willson Indebted, 1li. 10s .; One Muskit, 1li. 4s .; horse, 5li. 8s .; total, 43li. 14s. His debts: Samuell young- love, Sr., 12li .; Deacon Goodhue, 3li. 10s .; G. Selair, 1li. 6s. 4d .; Darkis Pettes, 2li. 15s .; Deacon Knowlton, 1li. 12s. 10d .; G. Archer, 1li. 5s. 4d .; G. Rofe, 15s .; G. Danford. 15s .; G. Pood, 1li. 5s .; Mr. Newman, 1li. 10s .; G. Ring, 6s .; G. Chote, 2li. 15s .; G. Rust, 3s .; G. Haward, 8s .; G. Benit, 6s .; G. Dean, 9s .; G. Sayer, 10s .; March [an]t Wainwright, 8li. 13s. 10d .; Mr. Wilson, 13s. 9d .; Sargt. Clerke, 8s .; Brewer Clarke, 5s .; total, 41li. 12s. 5d.


Presented in Ipswich court Sept. 24, 1672. Essex County Probate Files, Docket 15,353.


ESTATE OF MRS. MARGARET LAKE OF IPSWICH.


"In the Name of God Amen I Margaret Lake of Ipswich in America, in the shire of Essex widdow, being weake in body, yet of good & pfect memory & vnderstanding praised be God, doe Dispose of that little estate God hath lent mee as followeth. Inprimis I gine & bequeath vnto my Daughter Hannah Gallop & her Children all my land at New London, And also my best goune & my red Cloth pettycoate, & my enamiled ringe; & after her decease my will is that my granddaughter Hannah Gallop shall haue the said ringe; Also I giue unto my grandaughter Hana Gallop a paire of Sheetes & one of my best pewter platters, & one of the next. Item I give unto my daughter Martha Harris my Tapestry Couerlet, & all my other apparrell which are not disposed of to others pticulerly. Also I giue unto her my mantle, & after her decease to all of her Children as they neede it. Also the Couerlet of Tapestry after my daughter Marthas decease, & I giue it to my Grandsone Thomas Harris, & he dying without Issue to his brother John, & so to the rest of the Children. Also I giue to my daughter Martha my Gold ringe, & my will is, that after her decease, that my


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grandaughter Martha Harris shall haue it. Item I giue to my grandaughter Martha Harris my bed & bedsted, & one boulster, tooe blanckets, tooe pillows, & one Couerlett. Item I giue to my grandaughter Elisabeth Harris, one heyfer at my Cosen Eppes. Item I giue to my grandaughter Mar- garet Harris my Carued box, & one Damaske table Cloth & six Damaske napkins. Item my will is that all my brass & pewter, with the rest of my household stuffe vndisposed, be equally disposed, & divided amongst my daughter Har- rises Children. Item I give & bequeath vnto my sonne Thomas Harris, all the rest of my estate: vizt: my part of the vessell, & all my debts, &c. onely my Byble excepted, which I giue to my Grandsonne John Harris, and a paire of frenged gloues. I Appoynt my sonne Thomas Harris & my Daughter Martha Harris to be my Executor & Executrix of this my last Will & Testament. this Thirtith day of Au- gust, in the yeere of Grace Sixteene hundred Seuenty & tooe. 1672."


Margaret (her K mark) Lake. Witness: Thomas Knoulton, Sen., James Chute.


Proved in Ipswich court Sept. 24, 1672 by Thomas Knowl- ton, and Mar. 31, 1674 by James Chute.


Inventory taken Dec. 24, 1672, by John Dane, Thomas Knoulton and John Lighton: all the Land which is men- shoned in the will at New London or nere thereunto which the saide Mrs. Lake gave her daughter Galop before she made her will we menshon not the prise; one tapestre Coverlit, 4li. 10s .; one bedsted, feather bead, flockbed, thre doune pillowes, 17li .; thre ould blankets, thre ould cuferlits, boulster and a pese of canvas, 3li .; a sarge sute, a penestone petticot, 2li. 10s .; a parsell of waring Clothes, wastcots, petticots and bodis, 4li. 12s .; baking pan, 12s .; basen and Ure, 16s. ; pastie plate, 10s .; peuter dishes, sausers, poringers, culender, 5li .; peuter candelstickes, sugar box, head of a warming pan and a Roster, 1li. 10s .; thre carved boxes, 1li. 10s .; two rought Joyne stolles, 1li. 10s .; two hand baskets, 3s .; two ould hudes, two ould silke wastcotes, one more a blacke silke one, 1li. 15s .; a scarlet mantell, 4li .; thre scarves, a hud and a pese of sike, 2li. 10s .; four payer of holn shets and thre payer and one shete, 11li .; a damask tablecloth and six napkines, 4li .; sixtene napkins and fife tableclothes, 4li. 18s .; fower course napkins, 6s .; fower holon piloberes and two others, 1li. 8s .; one promised Cubberd Cloth and thre pillowes cuferes, 1li. 4s .; fower shifts, 1li. 16s .; hir


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weadding shift, 1li .; a great bible, 12s .; a pair of gloves, Ss .; a box of small Lining, +li. 11s .; cubard cushin, 4li .; munney 2li. 10s .; a small box with seavarrall Samplers, lases and broidred works, 10li .; a pot and two glases, 5s .; two gould Ringes, 3li. 10s .; a trunke, 1li. 10s .; sum bras and Eyorn pots and Cittelles, 4li .; one cow, 3li. 15s .; a pare of stockines and a peuter pot, 6s. Debts due : Matthew Perry, 4li .; William Quarls, 5li .; Ms. ipse, 4li .; Joseph Lee, 5li .; parte of the barke, 12li .; total, 141li. 7s. Debts to be paid : marchant wanrite, 2li. 19s. 7d .; Decon goodhewes, 10s.


Attested in Ipswich court 24: 7: 1672 by Tho. Harris, executor.


Essex County Probate Files, Docket 16,121. ESTATE OF RICHARD JACOBS OF IPSWICH .*


"In the Name of God Amen I Richard Jacob of Ipswich being at ye present Sicke & weake in body but of pfect mem- orey and understanding, doe make my last Will & Testament as follows I Committ my Soul vnto Almighty God, and my Body to a decent buriall In hope of a Blessed Resurrection vnto Eternall life, and my outward Estate dispose off in this manner Imps I hereby Confirme vnto my beloued wife Jo- hanna by this my will and testament what I haue agreed and engaged p a writing under my hand Dated ye third of May 1669 To which referre for my Intentions towards hir : 21y I Confirme vnto my Son Thomas my Eldest Son now liueing, All my land upland and meddow on the west side of ye road way to Boston and about twelue acres of meddow be- low ye Sluce of my farme adjoyning and ye vpland within ye now standing fence also six or eight acres of meddow be it more or less bought of Henry Kemball adjoyning to mr Saltingstalls farme all which is in ye possession of my Said son Thomas, prouided my aforesaid son Thomas pay ye full Sume of fiftie shillings Unto his mother in Law my wife Johanna p Annum dureing the terme of life in place and quallitie according to agreement and also paying fifty pound unto his Sister Martha within one year after my decease if She be marryed otherwise to pay hir Eight Ipence|| p pound yearly till she be marryed or come to twenty eight years of age, and than she shall haue liberty to demaund ye full Sume, also my Said Son shall haue free Egress & regress to & from the twelue Acres of meddow aforementioned, and is to Enjoy the twentie fiue pound Stock


* Copy, Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 185.


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which was formerly delivered when he entred upon ye Said farm also he shall haue the thirteen bushells of Apples p annº till Seuen years be expired Out of my farm adjoyning to his. 31y I also giue unto my son John One hundred pound at Ipswich in m'chantable pay within one year after my decease what is paid in Cattle to be rec [eived p : copy] my said Son Jolin ye first of May after my decease


"41y : I also giue unto my Son Nathaniel when he comes of age, half that farme near Topsfeild, Vizt. that part next unto Isack Cummings farme, to be pportioned equally in quantitie according to quallitie, and my Said Son is to pay thirtie shillings p annº unto his mother in Law Johanna my wife dureing the terme of hir life in place & quallitie ac- cording to agreement, And also to pay Sixtie pound to his sister Judeth within a year (after possesed or come of age) if shee be marryed, otherwise to pay hir Eight pence p pound yearly till she be marryed or come Vnto twenty eight years of age, than she shall haue libertie to demaund ye full sume. 51y : I also giue unto my Son Joseph the other half of ye same farme near Goodman Howes when he comes of age, And my Said Son shall pay unto his Mother in law my wife Johanna twentie shillings p annm dureing ye terme of hir life, in place & quallitie according to agreement, And also to pay fourty pound to ye Executor within one year after possession of ye farme or come of age. 61y : I also giue unto my Daughter Martha Jacob One hundred pound within a year after my decease if she be married otherwise to be al- lowed eight pence p pound yearly till she be married or come to twenty eight years of age, and than shall haue liber- tie to demaund ye sume aboue mentioned. That is Say hır Brother Thomas to pay fifty pound therof, and ye Executor ye other fifty pound, and a considerable part thereof to be paid in househould stuff a fether bed wth furniture to be part ly : I also giue unto my daughter Judeth One hundred pound forty pound thereof to be paid within a year after my decese p ye Executor if she be marryed, otherwise to be allowed eight pence p pound yearly till she be marryed or come to twenty eight years of age haueing than liberty to demaund ye said sume of fourty pound a considerable part whereof to be in househould stuffe a fether bed & furniture being part. And sixtie pound to be paid p my Son Na- thaniel according as he is Ingaged.


"gly : I also giue unto my Grandchild Lydia Jacob, one hundred pound to be paid by ye Executor within one year


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after hir marriage, or when she come of age, but if she die before she comes of age the Estate to fall to ye Executor But if Either of my two youngest Sons should depart this life before they |bell of age to receive their Portions Itt shall be equally deuided among all the rest of ye Brothers & sisters Suruiueing I Also giue liberty unto my Daugh- ter Jacob late wife ||of|| my Son Samuel now deceased to dwell In half ye house she now possesseth, Thus divided vizt. The Parler, & Chamber, & Garrett ouer them with the little parler & seller under it (but ye Chamber ouer, & ye wash house to be Improved mutually between hir & the Executor) with ye benifitt of the orchard adjoyning and ye the most Easterly Bay of the Barne and ye Leantoo adjoyning for hir Use, and Six Acres of tillage land half in one feild & half in another laid out p ye ouerseers hauing referrence to ye quallitie of ye land in each feild, and liberty to Cutt eight load of Hay yearly. she also shall haue liberty of keaping one horse, four Cowes, & ten Sheep where ye Execu- tor or any in his roome keap theirs, And also twelue Swine Small & Great, ordered according as he or they ordr: theirs. But if shee marry ||or remouel ye Immunities shall cease, and in Consideration therof my Executor shall pay hir six pounds p annm Untill the Child be marryed or till twentie one years of hir age be expired And then my Daughter shall onely | haue| thr[e] pound yearly dureing hir life the [sayd payments : copy] to be [made : copy] 2-3 in wheat, mault, or porke, & one third in Indian corn. But she is to deliver vp all my stock and what Estate soeuer of mine in hir hand or hir occupation vpon Demaund p my Executor ffurther I doe acequitt my daughter in law abouesaid of all dues & debts to me from my Son Sam11: deceased or from hirself for Rents or otherwise till ye date hereof, pvided she my said Daughter doth giue me as full an Aecquittance from any elaimes or demaund that may be made by hir or any from hir or any other in my abouesaid Son or Daughters rights.


"I doe also appoint and Constitute my Son Richard Jacob to be my Sole Executor of this my last will and testament, and doe bind ouer my farme lately Improued by my Son Samuel now Deaceased for the true pformance of all legacies Annuities, &e aforementioned : I doe also bind Ouer all the rest of my Lands unto my said Executor for ye true pfor- mance of those legacies and annuities according as they are respectively Ingaged in my Will So my Debts, Legacies, & Annuities being all discharged I giue all ye rest of my estate


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land debts| vnto my [fore: copy] mentioned Executor. I doe also [request & de : copy] sire my Louing brother Cap". John App [leton : copy] my Louing brother Leift: Samuel Appleton, and my good ffreind mr Richard Hubbert | Ouer- seers| of this my last Will and Testament that If in case any differance shall arise between my Executor and any of my Children, About the disposeing, diuideing, paying, or receiueing any of ye pmises, I doe fully Impower my afore- said Querseers or any two of them Concurring, to determine and settle all Such differences."


Rich [ard] Jacob.


"Dated the sixth day of September In ye year of our Lord One thousand six hundred Seuenty & two."


Witness : John Appleton, Samuell Appleton, William Good- hue.


Proved Oct. 5, 1672 by Capt. John Appleton and Lift. Samuell Appleton before Mr Samuell Symonds and Maj. Gen. Daniell Denison.


Inventory taken 4: Sbr: 1672, by John Whipple, Sr. and Thomas Burnum, Sr .: one bedsted & trundlebed with lines and matts (in ye Parler), 1li. 6s .; Curtaines, vallents, cur- taine rods with a ps. of curtaine at ye head, 1li. 15s .; one fether bed, 5li .; two blanketts, 12s .; one coverlid, 11s .; one sheett, 10s. ; one pillow, one boulster, 35s .; Six Cushins, 18s .; 4 cushins, 8s .; one Carpett, Ss .; one long table, 16s .; four Joint stooles, 10s. ; one enshin stool, 2s. 6d .; two flag chaires, 4s. 6d .; one 3 Square chaire, 4s .; fower Lether chaires, 32s .; one chest of drawers, 35s .; one great Chest, 16s .; one case wth knifes, 6s .; pr. of Cobirons, 12s .; one sword, 10s .; 2 pr. of gloves, 3s .; 8 yd. of dowlis, 1li. 6s. 8d .; one ell of fus- tion, 2s. 6d .; 2 shirts, 15s .; 1 old shirt, 2s .; a box iron & heaters, 3s .; one doz. napkins, 8s .; one bedsted, 25s .; matt & bed line, 3s. 6d .; Curtaines, vallents and curtain rods, 15s .; one coverlid, 32s .; one old coverlid, Ss .; 3 old blanketts & ps. of carpet, 18s .; one lether Chaire, Ss .; a flag bottome chaire, 2s .; one high chest, 15s .; one pine chest, Ss .; chest, 5s .; 41li. yarn, 4li. 2s. 3d .; 8li. yarn, 16s .; fetherbed, one pillow & 2 bowlster waighing 103li., 5li. 13s .; one pr. of sheets, 16s .; 2 fether pillowes, 7s .; 1 doz. trenchers, 18d .; two blanketts, 14s .; one childs baskett, 12d .; cubberd cushin, 18d .; cushion stool, 2s .; one chest, 4s .; bedsted cord & matt, 12s .; fether bed & bowlster waighing 99li. wth ye ticking, 5li. 15s .; red Coverlid, 10s :; one blankit, 8s .; 2 sheets, 11s .;


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THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.


bedsted, cord & matt, 10s .; one old Coverlid, 4s .; a thick coverlid, 7s .; two old blanketts, 3s .; one sheet, 3s .; one flock bed & bowlster, 24s .; Sheeps wooll, 18s .; cheese, 33s. 4d .; one holland sheett, 16s .; 11 napkins, 10s .; 3 pillowbears, 12s .; two pr. of sheets, 32s .; one old sheett, 3s .; one pr. of new sheets, 20s .; 3 pillowbears, 7s .; 2 towels, 2s .; one pr. of sheets, 18s .; one sheet, 12s .; one tablecloath, 8s .; small cloath, 2s .; 1 pillowbere, 2s .; four towels, 4s .; 2 pil- lowbers, 4s. 6d .; two pillowbers, 3s. 6d .; 3 pillowbers, 5s .; 12 napkins, 8s .; three small table cloths, 7s .; two more, 3s .; 27li. of ye newest pewter, 2li. 18s. 6d .; old pewter, 13s. 6d .; 9 1-2li. pewter, 19s .; chamber pott, pint pott, beer boule & a pottinger, old, 10s .; two small kettles, 7s .; two skelletts, 5s .; tinn ware, 2s. Gd .; a great kettle, 25s .; warming pan, 6s. 6d .; one kettle, 10s .; one brass pan, 7s .; Tynn ware, 16s .; 2 candlestickes, 4s .; twenty fiue Swine, 2li .; three Iron potts, 26s .; one Skimmer, 12d .; ten spoones, 5s .; a little table, Ts. 6d .; table leafe & forme, 5s .; five chayres, 12s .; two wheles, 10s .; one whele, 3s .; meall trough, 3 sives, 8s .; a frying pan, 3s. ; one Iron drippin pan, 8s .; spitt, shredding knife, 5s .; two Juggs, 2s .; earthen ware, 3s. 6d .; old Tubbs, 4s .; 6 earthen pans, 2s .; 2 Cream potts, 2s .; two trayes, 2 bowles, 4s .; 2 half firkins, 4s .; 2 powdering tubbs, 5s .; a Chern, 5s .; four beer barrills, 10s .; four small caske, 8s .; cheese press, 4s .; 1 keeler, 2s. 6d .; mishin tubb, 5s .; 150li. of cheese, 2li. 10s .; butter, 15s .; fyer pan, tongs, old peele, 6s .; large pr. of tongs & firepan, 9s .; two trammells, 10s .; 3 pr. pott hookes, 3s .; one fowling peice, 30s .; two musketts, 30s .; a great coat, 40s .; one cloake, 30s .; a wastcoat, 7s .; other cloathes wth hatts, shoos, stockins, Capp & band, 4li .; pillion, 6s .; scales & weights, 9s. 6d .; trammell, 3s. 6d .; two morters & pessells, 10s .; six Oxen, 33li .; fower Oxen, 22li .; twelve Cowes, 48li .; twelve sheep, 5li .; two heifers wth a calf, 6li .; two 2 year old steers, 4li .; three pr. plow Irons & one plow, 1li .; five hay forkes, 5s .; beetle rings, 3 wedges, 6s .; two augers, one spade, 5s .; three Sawes, 14s .; one Adse, three axes, 10s .; two hammers, pinchers, 2 chizells, 6s .; two pr. hoopes for wheels, 10s .; 2 boxes, 2 Expins, 6s .; three chaines, 18s .; 5 yoakes wth Irons, 12s. 6d .; a flocke pillow & boulster, 8s .; a flaskett, 3s .; flock bed and boulster, 30s .; two blanketts, one rugg, 16s .; the two farmes adjoyning to mile brooke, 550li .; the two farmes at Topsfield, 300li .; Sundry small debts, 4li .; Dew pr. bill from Wm. Starling, 12li .; from Mrs. Flintt, 1li. 10s .; total 1,120li. 9d .; about




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