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loueing wife & my Sone Samuell Executors of this my last will & Testament & heere unto set my hand This twelue Day of february in the yeere of our lord one thousand Six hun- dred seventy & three."
Thomas (his + mark) hart. Witness: John Denison, Senior, John Brewer, Sen". Proved in Ipswich court 31 : 1: 1674 by the witnesses.
Inventory taken Mar. 21, 1673-4, by John Whipple, Sr., John Denison, Sr. and John Brewer, Sr .: one fether bed with fether bolster, bedsted and all other furnytuer, 8li .; flockbed with bolster, Ruge, pilow, a payer of blankits & two payer of shetes, 5li .; the dweling hows, barne, orchard with all prive- lidges & homstead of about 3 accers, 150li. ; seven accers & a half of land at plum iland, 15li .; ten accers of salt march in the hundreds, 24li. ; twelve accers of upland in the comon feild, 36li .; two accers of fresh medo, 2li .; foure cowes, one ster, one yerling, 18li .; one mare, thre coultes, 9li .; 27 sheep, 13 lambs, 11li .; the tan yard with housing and a hors and all utensiles belonging to it, 300li .; in nu ingland mony, 5li .; waring clothes, boots, shoes & hates, 12li .; fower yds. of seirg, 1li. 4s .; trundle bed with beding, 1li. 10s .; one grat table with forme, 1li .; Remnant of ginting, 12s .; two chests, 1li .; five chayers, 8s .; seven Cushins, 10s .; two baskits, 5s .; one mus- quit, one birding pece, one sword, 2li .; one fowling pece bar- rill & powder, 16s .; cobirons, boxiron, warming pan, tonges, 17s. ; thre tabl clothes, ten napcins, 2 towells, 1li .; one paver of sheets, 15s .; Linen & woollin & Cotton yerne, 2li .; two wheels, flax & hemp, sheeps wool and cotton wool, 4li. 5s .; two brase Kettels, two brase scillits, 3li .; thre iron potts, one iron Kettle with hooks, 1li. 10s .; two tramels, one payer of tonges, a slyce, 16s .; one frying pan, gridiron & a spit, 6s .; one Iron barr, two sickls, one syth, 19s .; 3 axes, 2 sawes, 3 howes, betle rings, 1li. 2s .; pewter, 2li .; tinn ware, 5s .; earthen ware, 12s. ; barrells, tubes, botels, 1li .; two baskits & small scales, 3s. ; books, 12s .; thre tables, 12s. ; sives & trench- ers, 5s. ; a half bushel & a pecke, 2s .; seven bush. of wheat, two bush. of Rey, 2li. 3s .; one coverlit, 5s .; fower bush. of indian Corn, 12s .; chest, som Lether, hops, planes, aggers, a hat, 2li .; a square, chizel, goug, compases, 6s .; bridle, sadle, pillion & cloth, 1li .; Cart with wheeles, boxes, ringes & other tacling, 1li .; plow, yoakes & chaines, 1li .; bracke, clerer, forks & Raakes, 9s .; fower swine, 1li. 16s .; found due vpon
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his book, 92li. 16s. 6d .; total, 729li. 13s. 6d. Debts he owed, 95li. 14s.
Attested Mar. 31, 1674 by the executor.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 12,613.
ESTATE OF EDMUND MARSHALL OF IPSWICH.
Inventory of the estate of Edmund Marshall taken Sept. - , 1673 : beding, blankets an pillows, 4li. 13s .; wering close, 2li. 14s. ; new cloth, 1li .; to hatts, 9s .; on pote and skillet, 13s .; toe chayrs, 3s. ; one cheest, 6s. ; one loome and takling, 2li. 1s .; thre cows, 12li .; total, 23li. 19s.
Attested in Ipswich court Mar. 31, 1674 by James Cole- man.
Benjamin Marshall being present when his father was upon his death bed, he gave his estate unto the disposing of James Collman, only giving one cow to his brother Edmand and himself and he was contented it should be so. Essex County Probate Files, Docket 17,798.
Administration on the estate of Edmond Marshall granted May 5, 1674, to his son-in-law James Coleman, who brought in an inventory amounting to 23li. 19s., which was allowed. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 246.
ESTATE OF JOHN COLBY OF AMESBURY.
"Know all men by these presents That I John Coleby off ye Towne off Amsbury in ye County off Norfolke NE being weake & infirme off body yett through Gods goodness off perfect memory & und standing Doe make this my last will & testamt as followeth : 1: Inprimis I commend my Soule into ye hands off Xt my Redeem" & my body to ye grave decently to be buried att ye chardge off my Executrix whome I shall here after name & appoynt: In hopes off a joyfull resurrection. 2 I dispose off my worldly Goods as is hereaftr expressed : scil : My will is yt all my Just & due debts be duly payd & dis- charged by my Executrix : unto wch purpose, & not otherwise but only for ye payment off any Just & due debt off mine, & yt only only in such case off absolute necessity as yt ye debt cannot be otherwise dischardged & satisfied I doe Invest my Executrix with full powr to sell any part off ye land or estate in this present Instrument hereaftr by mee bequeathed unto my two sons or eldest daughtr. Alwayes provided yt itt be
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not done without ye advice off those whome I shall appoynt ov'seers off this my last will & testament: Whose advice also by her is to be had in ye disposall off any othr land or stock by way off sale & alienation in any case whatsoever 3: Alsoe my will is yt in ye first mentioned case ye Damage done there- by unto any off my sayd children shall be born & sustained by every off them three proportionably to ye value off the severall legacies or portions by mee bequeathed vnto ym in this my last will & testament viz: yt child out off whose land or estate any such sale shall be made shall have his or her damage accord- ing to the formentioned ordr & proportion made vp out off ye land portion or estate off ye other twoe by such sale not damnified or less damnified : ye child damnified alsoe bearing his or her own pticulr proportion off ye loss or damage by such sale 4 : Also I give & bequeath unto ffraunces Coleby my wife my now dwelling house & ye land orchard outhousen with all fences priviledges and appertinances & town rights there- unto belonging. As also one third part off all the lands yt I now stand seized & possessed off during her life. 5 Also I give & bequeath unto John Coleby my eldest son to him & to the heirs off his body lawfully begotten for evr one halfe of a lott off meadow in ye towne off Salisbury commonly called Groomes lott, scituate in a place commonly called the hig- glety pigleys lying betwixt the lotts off John Dikerson & Wil- liam Boswell when he shall come to ye age off twenty one years. Att wch time iff my son John shall & will make ovr his right, title & interest unto his lott in ye childrens land commonly soe called in ye town off Amsbury : unto my Exeentrix then I doe moreovr give & bequeath unto him & his heirs as before sayd all yt land weh I purchased of the Town of Amsbury which iff my sd son shall refuse to doe my will is yt ye sd land purchased off ye Town shall be equally divided amongst all my children to ||be|| inherited by them & ye lawfull be- gotten heirs off their bodyes for evr. 6 : My Will furth" is That my son John shall remaine with & helpe my wife his mother untill yt he come unto ye age off twenty one years 7 I give & bequeath unto Thomas Coleby my youngest sonn all my land in & adjoyning unto ye greatt plaine being two lotts ye one purchased off Edwrd Gove more perticularly specified in the deed I had off him ye othr being a lott wch I had off my ffathr Coleby : & ye othr halfe off ye sd Gromes lott, every off which premises he is to be possessed | |of|| for an inheritance unto himselfe & ye heirs off his body lawfully begotten forev" aftr
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yt he shall come to ye age off twenty one years. 8: My will is yt iff any off my sons depart this life without an heir off their body lawfully begotten yt then the portions bequeathed to them shall be equally divided amongst all ye rest off my chil- dren then surviving 9: I give & bequeath unto Sarah Coleby my eldest daught" my little pasture lying by ye Powow Rivr side, wch I purchased off my Broth" Sam" Coleby to be imme- diately possessed by her for an Inheritance for herselfe & ye lawfull begotten heirs off her body for evr aftr my decease : As alsoe my now dwelling hous, land, orchard, & outhousen, with all priviledges & appertinances Thereunto belonging to herselfe & heirs as before aftr the decease off ffraunees my wife :
"10 My will is yt my wives thirds out of every parcell off land bequeathed unto my two sonns & eldest daught" shall be excepted to remaine firme unto her propr use & benefitt during her life 11: I give & bequeath unto my daught's Elizabeth & ffraunees Coleby five pounds apiece to be payd unto each off ym att the day off mariage or att ye age off twenty years iff they marry not before by mny son John Coleby: 12 I give & bequeath unto my daught's Mary & Hannah Coleby unto each off them five pounds apiece to be payd unto Them by my son Thomas Coleby when he my sayd son shall come unto ye age off twenty three years. 13 Also my will is that iff any off my daught's shall depart This life without an heir off their bodies lawfully begotten then ye portion or legacie bequeathed by mee shall be equally divided amongst the rest off my daugh- t's then surviving. 14: I give also & bequeath all the rest off my whole estate both moveable & immoveable, lands, chattells both personall & reall unto ffraunces my wife : Whome I make, constitute & appoynt sole executrix unto this my last will & testament. 15: ffinally I doe make & appoynt my trusty ffriends : My broth" Samuell Coleby off haverill & my Loving friend Thomas Barnerd jun" off Amsbury ov seers off this my last will & testamentt, to see & take care yt in every pticlr itt be duly pformed. And in confirmation off ye forewritten premisees to be the pticulr contents off my last will & testament I the Sayd John Coleby have hereunto subscribed my hand & seale. Dated This twenty second day off January Anno Dom- ini : one thousand six hundred seventy three (Seventy four) 22: 1: 1673-4 :
"It is alsoe declared before sealing to be ye will off this Testat" John Coleby : yt his part off his ffather Colebyes estate
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belonging unto him from & by virtue off a Court ordr aft" the decease off his mother Susanna Whithredg shall be equally di- vided amongst all his daught's: as Witness his hand the day & year abovesayd & seale affixed."
John Colby (SEAL) Witness : John (his H mark) Hoyt, Sen"., Thomas Wells. Proved in Salisbury court Apr. 14, 1674 by the witnesses.
Inventory of the estate of John Coleby of Amsbury, de- ceased 6: 12m : 1673-74, taken 2: 1m: 1673-74, by William Barnes and Thomas Barnerd, Sr. of Amesbury : eight sheep & a lambe, 4li .; twoe oxen at bli. pr. & four cowes at 3li. pr., 22li. ; one two year old heifer, 1li. 10s. ; one yearling & a calfe, 1li .; five young swine, 1li .; ye dwelling house, outhousen, homestead & land by ye Powwow River, 30li. ; a lott of land at Bugmore, 4li .; fourty acres of land in ye great plaine, 46li .; a parcell of land purchased of ye towne, 20li .; thirty five acre lott in ve woods, 20li .; lott in ye ox pasture, 5li .; a division of land in ye Lyons mouth. 5li .; a lot of meadow called Groomes lott, 20li .; a lot of meadow in ye lower higglety pigley, 20li .; beadstead, feather bed, bedding & curtaines, 8li .; trundle bedstead, flockbed & bedding thereto belonging, 3li. ; a chaff bed & bedding thereto belonging, 1li .; corne in ye house, 3li .; twenty pound of wool, 1li .; his wearing cloathes, 1li. 10s .; halfe a barrell of meat, 1li. 10s .; an old chest, box & linnen therein & a bible, 2li .; his Armes, 2li. 10s .; cart, sled, plow, yoke & tackling belonging, 3li .; flax, & a tenant saw, 16s .; axes, hows, sickles & a shave, 12s. ; pott, pot hookes, tramell, kettle & two skillets, 2li .; frying pan & warming pan, 8s .; pewter, smothing Iron & a sieve, 12s .; trenchers, trayes, wooden platters, dishes & spoones, 10s .; two spinning wheels, three payr of cards, 8s .; old tubs, barrels & payles &c, 1li .; a bill, 1li. 18s .; total. 234li. 4s.
Attested Apr. 14, 1674 by Frances Coleby, the executrix.
Thomas Challis with Mary his wife acknowledged Sept. 3, 1696, the receipt from her brother Thomas Colby of Ames- bury of the bli. bequeathed to the said Mary by the will of her father, John Colby of Amesbury.
Thomas Challis, Mary (her M mark) Challis (SEAL) Witness : Thomas Wells, William Challis.
William Osgood of Salisbury with Hannah Coolby his wife, acknowledged Sept. 1, 1722, the receipt from her brother
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Thomas Collby, of the 5li. bequeathed to the said Hannah in the will of her father John Coolby, formerly of Amesbury.
hannah (her X mark) Osgood, William Osgood. (SEAL) Witness : Joseph Osgood, Apphiah Osgood.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 5,919.
Joseph Prichitt and Fraunces his wife acknowledged Dec. 12, 1687, the receipt from John Collby of Amesbury of the šli. bequeathed to the said Fraunces by the will of her father John Collby, Sr. of Amesbury.
Joseph Pricte (SEAL) Witness : Thomas Wells, Thomas (his X mark) Hoyt, Jr.
Elisabeth Collby of Amesbury acknowledged May 18, 1689, the receipt from her brother John Colby, eldest son of John Colby, of the 5li. bequeathed to her by the will of her father John Collby of Amesbury.
Elizebth (her X mark) Colby (SEAL) Witness : John Hoyt, Sr., Mary Hoyt.
Attested Nov. 22, 1723 by the witnesses, John Hoyt and his wife Mary Hoyt before Thomas Noyes and Joseph Wood- bridge, Jus. of the Peace.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 5,921.
GUARDIANSHIP OF SARAH LONGHORNE OF ROWLEY.
Sarah Longhorne made choice of Daniell Wicom to be her guardian, May 5, 1674, and he was bound. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 242.
Sarah Longhorn, "who was left yong and of Tender agge," having been under the charge of an executor, petitioned the court for a guardian.
Petition to the court, dated Ipswich, 4 : 3 : 1674, "Constance Crosbie Grandmother to this Orphan Sarah Longhorne under- standing that Daniell Wiekam is like to be perswaded to ac- cept of Guardianship for her: I thinking that she had need of one that hath more experienc to oversee her and for other Reasons I am very unwilling & doe desire that such a thing may not be proceeded in or Granted till Thomas Longhorne of Cambridge her Unele knowes & Gives his Consent for he takes more Care of the children than I expected he would have don : not more at psent your poor & humble servant & Handmaide."
Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 21, leaf 45.
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ESTATE OF ISAAC BROWNE OF NEWBURY.
Administration upon the estate of Isaack Browne of New- bury granted May 21, 1674, to Rebecka Browne, his widow, who was to bring in an inventory to the next Ipswich court. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 253.
Inventory of the estate of Isak Browne of Newbury taken June 8, 1674, by Wiliam Titcomb and John Emery, Jr .: a yoake of oxen, 13li. ; 3 kowes, on heifer, on yerling, 3 calves, 18li .; twelve swine, Sli .; on hors, 5li .; three sheepe, on lamb, 1li. 10s .; weareing clothes, 10li .; two beds, bedsteads and beding, 16li .; Iron, brase, peuter and other houshould stufe, 6li. 13s. ; lumber, 1li. 10s .; indian corn and provision, 1li. 5s .; armes, 2li .; working tooles, 3li .; cart, plowes and teame tak- ling, 2li. 10s .; land at havrill, 80li .; howse and land, 120li .; ten acres of meadow, 50li .; about two acers of meadow after thomas browns descas, 6li .; a freehold, 20li .; corne on the ground, 5li .; total, 369li. Ss.
Attested in Ipswich court Sept. 29, 1674 by Rebecha Browne, the widow, administratrix of her husband's estate.
Debts dne from Isak Browne: to Peeter Topan, 10li .; amos Stikeny, 10li. 15s .; Captain gerish, 2li .; richard dole, 7li .; richard bartlet, 3li .; John bartlet, 1li. 5s. ; ensign greenleaf, 1li. 10s. ; ben. lowle, 1li .; small debts. 2li .; total, 38li. 10s.
Agreement dated 29: 7: 1674, of Rebecca Browne widow of Isack Browne, concerning the disposal of his estate: "his land which hee had of his father that it was his desier that his sone thomas should have the said land my desier is the same that my sone thomas should have the land at 21 years of age paying to his four sisters ten pounds apeace at their mar- riage or at twenty ycers of age only I doe reserve the thirds of the said land If I see cause to take it or if my sone should not live to inioy it then his eldest sister then liveing should enioy it paiing twenty pounds apeace to the rest of her sisters : also I doe give out of the rest of the estate to my daughters five pounds apeace and shall be willing to doe more for them if it shall please god to give me ability also I doe desier my brother fransis browne and my uncel John emery may be overseers that this may be performed."
Allowed in Ipswich court Sept. 29, 1674.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 3,582.
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ESTATE OF ROBERT LEACH OF MANCHESTER.
This writing is to inforin the Court, that although Robert Leach late of Manchester died without perfecting his will, yet sometime before he died he declared in the presence of some neighbors as witness that his mind was "that after som lega- cies as follows were paid to his daughters, that is to say to his maried daughters: Sara & Elizabeth, fiue pounds apeece, to his daughter mary ten pounds & to his two youngest daugh- ters: Bethia & Abigaile eight pounds apeece, that then his whole remaining estate should be left with his beloved wife, Alce Leach, & his two sons Samuell & Robert Leach to be equally proportioned amongst them.
"This is farther to certifie, that although this was the last will and testament of the aforesaid Robert Leach, yett upon farther consideration, Alce Leach the widdow & her two sones Samuell & Robert Leach, have agreed within ourselves freely & Joyntly together, to make an adition to these legacies out of our owne estates, as to the two eldest daughters, Sara & Elizabeth what they received from theire father, as theire portions, with the legacies given them by theire father, in his last will & testamt : as abone written, & the adition made there vnto by their moth" Alce Leach the widdow, & theire brothers Samuell & Robt Leach is to amount to fifteene pounds appeece, to each of them they being married haveing received som por- tion alreddy with that then received & the legacies due by theire fathers last will & testament, with the adition made by theire mother, & brethren doth make up fifteene pounds apeece to Sara & Elizabeth, for the rest of the daughters, Mary, Be- thiah & Abigaile what theire father left them as legacies in his last will & testament & the adition made by the widdow Alce Leach there mother, & Samuell & Robt: there brothers, comes to fifteene pounds apeece, to each of them : Mary, Be- thiah, & Abigaile
"This farther to inform the Honrd Court wt is agreed upon within o'selues, alce Leach the widdow & her two sons, Sam11 & Robt Leach, that Samuell & Robert Leach taking into consideration theire mothers condition, shee being left a wid- dow, wee haue consulted together for her comfortable sub- sisting, for som way to continue her maintenance in this her condition, And that ye widdow Alce Leach with her free con- sent haneing resigned up her interest in that estat as left by her husbant Robt: Leach, in his last will & testament, the which her Interest shee hath, resigned up to her sons Samuell
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& Robert Leach, upon condition as followeth, That Sam11: & Robt: Leach haue taken that whole estate, as left by our father Robt. Leach late deceased in manchester, upon the re- signement of the widdow alce Leach our mother, haueing re- signed up her interest in that estate soe left by our father into our hands in consideration wheareof wee the aforesd Samuell & Robert Leach, haue ingaged to paye to our mother, the widdow Alce Leach, ten pounds by the yeare in such pay as may be for her use & as shee stands in need of, & the houss left by our father where shee now lines with the stuff now be- longing thereto is to remaine to her out of this estat : soe that the yearly pay ingaged by her sons to be pd her with the house & household stuff, is to remaine to her if shee continue in a widdowes condition but if shee marry then all the whole es- tate fals into the hands of her sons : Samuell & Robert Leach they to continue or remaine ingaged to paye, but fiue pound by the yeare to there mother Alee Leach duering her life time
"It is further to certifie that Samuell & Robert Leach doe freely consent that theire mother Alee leach the widdow shall reserve to herself out of the estate afore mentioned, shee to reserve to herselfe twenty pounds, without any exception made of conditions, only that when she dyes, shee to bequeath it to her children according as she please, vnto whome to be- stow it vpon as legacies from herselfe.
"To what is heare agreed upon as afore mentioned wee the pties aforesaid doe sett our hands."
Alce (her U mark) Leach, Sam11: (his S mark) Leach, Robt. Leach.
Witness: Sam: Freind, John Elathorpe, this 29 June, 1674.
Allowed by the court 1 : 5m : 1674 and the said Alce, widow and the two sons Samuell and Robert Leach appointed ad- ministrators. Essex County Probate Records, vol. 301, pp. 51-53.
Inventory of the estate of Robert Leach, late of Manchester, deceased, appraised by John West and Paul Thorndike: One dwelling house and barne, orchard and 4 score and five akers of upland, 230li. ; eight akers of Meadow, 50li .; six oxen, 30li .; eleven Cowse and other young Cattell, 43li .; for three Jades and Swine, 14li .; for Cartwheeles, plowtackling axes and a part in a sawmill, 10li. ; a part in a boat, 15li .; debts in John Leaches and farmer Wests hands, 35li .; for canooes, guns, sword and other small things, 4li .; wearing Cloaths and bed-
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ing and corn, 28li .; for peuter, brass and Iron and other houshold stuff, šli .; total, 464li.
Attested in Salem court 1: 5m: 1674 by the widow of the deceased and John West.
Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 22, leaf 8.
Agreement made between Samuell Leach and Robert Leach, sons of Robert Leach of Manchester to divide the estate which their father left in their possession as their own inheritance : the houseing, Barns and other small houseing which the said Samuel Leach now possesses with the land they stand upon, that is to say all the land from the Cross Fence standing at the northeast end of ye sd Samuell's orchard and so southward to the Cross Fence that now stands on the northeast side of sd. Robert Leach's barn, it being about an acre and a quarter with the house lot and orchard that was our Uncle Foots, as also two acres of salt marsh adjoyning to the marsh of Jno. Sibblee, and land which we bought of Henry Ley, these all to Samuell Leach.
To Robert Leach, the dwelling, outhouseing and barn which the sd. Robert Leach now possesses with the land from the Cross Fence now standing on the northeast side of sd. Robert's barn to the River downward and so between the lot of Jno. Norman and the marsh of Nicholas Vinson. A di- vision of all moveable goods was formerly made to the satis- faction of both parties.
Also there is a considerable part of land and meadow they were both concerned in that is yet undivided and the said Samuell not being capable of making any further division appoints his trusty friends John Sibblee and Thomas West his trustees to attend to the division.
Signed and sealed Oct. 7, 1691.
Samuel (his 8 mark) Leach, Robert (his R. mark) Leach. (SEAL)
Witness: Thomas West, Sarah (her un mark) Smith. Es- sex County Probale Records, vol. 309, page 216.
ESTATE OF ROBERT PRINCE OF SALEM.
"the last will and testemony of robart prince maed the 24 of maye 1674 being in parfete memery and good understand- ing yet weecke of bodye furst I bequecue my sole unto god that gaue It and my body unto the ground there to reste un- tell that great daye of the resreictone I giue unto my toe
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sones James and Joseph Princ all my ! |houses and fences| & land both upland and medous for to bee Equally to bee deuided betwene them both when thay Come to the agee of one and twenty yeres. I giue unto my daftere Elisebath Prince forty pounds to be payed by my tow sones ! |when thay Come to agee|| fiftene pounds appece and tenne pounds by my wife: and this to bee payed vnto my dafter at the age of Eighttine yers. I giue unto henery brage three pounds to bee payed by my Excectore, my will is that my wife shall haue the hous and land untelle my sones Come unto age and bring up my Children : allso all my stocke of Cattell and movabell goods : Excepet fouer of the great pueter platers which I giue unto my dafter. my will is If Ethere of my Children should desese before thay Come unto age then the Estate or legecy to bee devided betwene him or them that survine. lastly I make my wife my sole Exceteure of this my will. allso I apoynt and desier thomas and John Putnam to bee the ouer- seeres of this my will. my will is that If all my Children shall desese befor thay shall Come to age that then all my land shall fall to the next of blode."
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