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ESTATE OF EDWARD EASTWICK OF SALEM.
Administration on the estate of Edward Eastwick, intes- tate, granted 26: 4: 1666, to Hester, the widow, who brought in an inventory amounting to 32li. 3d. She was to pay to her several children, 40s. each, at age or marriage, and if more debts appeared, such amount was to be deducted out of every one's share, etc. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, page 164.
Inventory taken June 22, 1666, by Edmund Batter and Francis (his =mark) Nurce : One house & 1 Acre 1-4 of Land 35li. ; Cow & Calfe, 5li. 5s. ; 1 Cubbard, 4 Join stoolls & table, 1li. 12s .; 6 Chares & Stoole, 10s; Iron Pott & 2 Iron Kittles, 10s. ; 2 hanks, 2 spitts, 1 p. AndIrons, 1 frying pan, 1 Iron skillitt, 1 p. of tongs, fire shovell & grid Iron, 2li .; Erthen ware & glaces, 12s .; pewter, 1li. 10s .; 1 great brass kittle & other brass, 3li .; Lumber, 13s .; Iron ware, 17s .; Lumber in ye chamber, 10s .; 3 p. of sheets, 3li .; 6 Napkins, 12s., other Linen, 12s., 1li. 4s .; 1 bed furnitture & chest, 4li. 10s .; 1 bed & furniture, 7li .; 1 muskit, sword & bullitts, 1li. 10s .; 1 Cradle & Piller, 10s .; 1 Chest & Table, 1li .; total, 70li. 3s. Debtor: to Mr. William Browne, 16li. 11s. 5d .; Mr. Philip Cromwell, 13li. 10s .; Francis Nurce, 6li. 1s. 4d .; John Neale, 2li .; total, 38li. 2s. 9d. Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 11, leaf 133.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM RAYNER OF ( MARBLEHEAD ?).
Administration on the estate of William Rayner granted 26: 4: 1666, to Mr. Moses Maverick, and he was ordered to bring in an inventory and witnesses to prove the will, at the next Salem court. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, page 162.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM TRASK, SR. OF SALEM.
"These psents testifie That I william Traske senior of Sa- lem hauing at this time my sense & memory Though weake in bodie do make this my last will & Testament this 15th of may 1666 Imprimis I gine unto Sarah my wife the north end of my dwelling house during the tearm of her life I doe allso apoint that shee shall haue some of the fruit of the or- chard for her owne use & a little spot for a garden if shee desires it during the time of her life Item I giue unto Sarah my wife sixteene pounds p annum to bee paided unto her
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yearelie for her maintenance during the time of her life, & allsoe I gine her a cow, which cow is to be sommerd & win- terd for her, by the executors during the time of her life Item I giue unto my son william all the meadow that lyeth vpon the side of the river betweene the upper & the lower mills & allso the upper mill pond to william Item I giue unto my two daughters Sarah & Susan sixteene pounds a peeice Item I giue unto my daughter mary twentie six pounds & this to bee paid out of my estate by my executors in the space of three yeare & a halfe after my decease Item I giue unto my grandchildren 108 a peice Item I doe apoint my two sons william & John to be executors of this my last will & testament giuing them all the rest of my estate to bee equalli denided betweene them"
William (his m mark) Traske senior.
"Item as concerning my household stuff I apoint that none of it shall bee made away or disposed of so long as my wife lines but she to haue the free use of it as formerly & after her decease I gine vnto my daughter mary the great brasse pan & to my son william my bed & bedding that I now lye upon & the rest to be devided as above said."
William (his W mark) Traske senior. Witness : Joseph (his O mark) Boice, John Hill.
Proved in Salem court 28: 4: 1666 by the witnesses. Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 11, leaf 134.
Inventory of the estate of Capt. William Trask, taken June 15, 1666, by Thomas Robenes and John Hill : House, upland and meddo, 160li .; the mill, 100li .; 5 Cowes, 22li. 10s .; 2 steares, 2 years ould, 5li .; 2 hefers, 2 years old, 4li. 10s .; 2 year ould hefers, 3li .; 4 Cauefes, 2li. 5s .; 3 Ewes & 3 Lambes, 2li. 10s .; 9 swine, 5li. 5s .; 1 mare & 2 Coultes, Gli .; bras & puter, 5li .; 3 Beades & furnituer, 30li .; pootes & other iorn trade, 3li .; other ioren tooles, 2li .; 2 steares, 3 yeare old, 10li .; wareinge Clothes, 5li .; 2 Chestes & other Lumber, 3li .; total, 364li. Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 11, leaf 135.
ESTATE OF FRANCES LAWES OF SALEM .*
"I ffrances Lawes, of Salem, being weake in body, but of pfect memorye (through the Lords mercye) doe make this my last will and Testament, this sixth daye of November Annº Domij : 1665 : Impr my will is that my son in law John
* See also Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Mass., vol. 4 (1914), p. 169.
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Neale & my daughter Mary his wife, after my decease, shall hane & injoye to theire owne pper use & behoofe, the time of theire liues, Joyntly & seuerally, all my howseing & land that I shall dy possest of, or is of right belonging vnto mee, both upland & meddow, with ye Oarchard & all appurtenances, ly- ing within the bounds of Salem, aforesd, whoe shall keep the pmisses in good repaire, & soe leaue it at the time of their de- cease, to be disposed of as followeth. I giue vnto Jeremiah : son of my said son in law John Neale, my pt of a ten Acre lott, lately bought in ptnership with my said son in law Neale, of frances Scerry, my pt being the one halfe, which my said Granchild shall injoy to him & his heires, after ye decease of his sª Father & mother, John & Mary neale. I giue vnto John- athan son of my son in law John Neale, my dwelling house which I now liue in, with all ye outhouses belonging there- vnto, together with fine Acres of land Inclosed & adjoying to said houseing, be it more or less as alsoe all that my lott, bought formerly of M' Bishop lying in the further end of ye north feild in Salem north ward, with a strip of land ad- joying bought of mr tho: Read & a little strip of marsh ad- joyning, giuen me by the Town to hane & in Joy the afore mentioned p"mises to him & his heires for euer, next after ye decease of his said father & mother John & mary neale. I giue vnto Joseph son of my son in law Jon Neale, two Acres of ground more or less, with the Barne standing there vpon, which is adjoying to ye aboue mentioned houseing & land, & is a part of that ground I Bought of mr Edmond Batter, & was formerly Tho : Antrums deceased & is bounded on ye north with the street & on the east with ye land of mine, formerly ye land of Richard graues, on ye south with ye land of John & Jonathan Pickering & on the west with ye land latly of John Kitchin, to haue & to hold the same next after the de- cease of said John & mary neale, his said father & mother.
"I giue & bequeath vnto my fiue grand children, the chil- dren of my son John neale by mary his now wife: viz. Jere- miah, John, Jonathan, Joseph & Liddea : neale, fifty pounds sterling, betweene them, that is to say tenn pounds each of them to be paid vnto them or either of them, out of my estate, by my executors, when they shall accomplish the age of one & twenty years, seuerally, And my will is that yf any or either of them decease before they shall accomplish the age of one & twenty years, that then his or theire portion shalbe divided equally betweene yr surviuers, and my will is that it be soe understood with respect to what I haue before bequeathed to
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any of them, yf they or either of them shall decease before they come to age as aforsd then there pt to be devided between those that shall surviue & accomplish the age of twenty one yeares as aforesd, I giue vnto Mary my sd daughter my best feather bead, with all that belongs to it viz. bolster pillowes Couerings Blanketts sheets, with ye greene say Curtaines & vallens & all other appurtenances, to be to ye sole & proper use & behoofe of my sd daughter & assignes foreuer. I giue to my grand child John neale aboue said, all my weaueing Tackling as Loomes, slease, harnes & what euer elce belongs there vnto, provided he make use of it him selfe, other wise to be to my daughters Maryes use & dispose, Alsoe my will is that in case my said son John & Mary neale shall in the time of theire liues, or either of them, shall make any new Adition of Building to ye howseing aboue said wherby the said how- sing is & shalbe bettered at the time of theire decease when theire son John shall com to injoy it, that then ye said John shall pay ye value there of vnto his Brother Joseph yf then surviveing. I Appoynt my son in law John Neale, & mary his wife (my daughter) to be executors, Joyntly & seuerally of this my last will & testament."
ffrancis Lawes.
Witness : Hillyard Veren, Bartholomew Gedney.
"further my will is that, my Grandchild Jonathan aboue mentioned when he shall come to Injoy the housen & land aboue mentioned next after ye decease of his said father & mother as abousaid : he shall pay or cause to be paid to his Brother Jeremiah & John or theire asignes the sum of thirty pounds sterling that is to say in one yeare after the said Jon- athan injoyes the said house & land : ten pounds to John : & in the second yeare after ten pounds to Jeremiah & the third yeare the other ten pounds to John."
Proved 28: 4: 1666 by the witnesses.
Inventory taken June 28, 1666, by Edmund Batter and Bartho. Gedney : One howse & Lands, 6 or 7 ackers about the house with barn and other out buildings, 20li .; 15 ackrs. of Land in ye North field, 15li .; 5 Cowes att 4li. 10s., 22li. 10s .; 1 mare & 2 Colts, 8li .; 1 Bed & furniture, 5li. 10s .; 1 chest & 1 chare, 10s .; weareing apparell, 5li .; Lining, 6li .; 1 fether bed, 2li .; pewter & Iron potts, Kitells & brass, 2li. 10s .; 1 Lume & tackle, šli .; total, 192li.
Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 11, leaf 136.
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ESTATE OF WILLIAM GUTTERSON OF IPSWICH.
Administration on the estate of William Gutterson, intes- tate, granted Sept. 25, 1666, to Elizabeth Gutterson, his widow. There being an inventory presented amounting to 56li., and there being five children, court ordered that she have the estate for the bringing up of the children and to pay them 20s. each at age. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 155.
Inventory of the estate of William Guttersonn, deceased July 12, 1666, taken by William Goodhue and Thomas Kim- ball : His tools and old Iron, 8li. 5s. ; 4 Cowes one 2 yeares old and a year old and calf, 20li .; muskett and sword and what belongs too itt, 1li. 12s. ; his wearing apparel, 5li. ; books, 12s .; a beed and Rougg, bolsters, 5li .; a chest and 3 boxes, a bead line, 1li. 2s .; sheets too payer, too pilouebers & napkins, 3li .; Iron potts and a scilett & a frying pan, 1li. 13s. ; earthen and wooden ware and tin ware, 2li .; lumber, hemp and flax, 1li .; his shar of Ind. corn, 22 bush., 3li. 6s .; his shar of Inglish on the ground, 1li. ; old Iron, 10s .; a sowe and too shottes, 1li. 10s .; total, 56li.
Attested in court by Elizabeth Gutterson. the widow, be- fore Robert Lord, cleric. Essex County Quarterly Court Files, rol. 12, leaf 9.
ESTATE OF JOHN CHENEY, SR. OF NEWBURY.
"I John Cheney senior of Neubery in the Countye of Essex in New England : being weake in body : but hauing parfect knowledg and understanding doe ordaine and apoynt this pesent Act and writing be my last will and Testament as fol- loweth ffirst I doe giue vnto my Son Daniel Cheney : my Now Dwelling | |howse !! and Barne with all the Corne land pastur and Meddowes with al the profits and priveleges thearto be- longing : it being al in one Inclosure to it selfe : it lying and being in the old Towne of Neubery. Also I doe giue the sayd Daniel my Carte and plough and harrow with all the rest of my husbandry tooles : save what I dispos of otherwise Next : I doe giue vnto Martha Cheney my loving wife libertie of dwelling in the howse her life time and I doe Enioyne my Son Daniel afore sayd to maintaine her Comfortably with meat and drink linen and wollen and other nesesaries as her adg sshal reqwir during the time of her naturall life. But if the sayd Martha my wife shall Chuse rather to live elswhear :
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I doe give vnto the sayd Martha Ten | |pound|| by the year to be paied out of my living in good Marchantable Wheat barley and Indian in eqwal proportions or the thirds of my land which she pleas also I doe give the sayd Martha my wife all her wearing apparel linnen and wollen also I doe leave vnto the sayd Marthas disposing all my howshold goods save what I doe by will dispose of I doe also give vnto Martha my wife my Mare with her furniture: Al the which premises I doe give vnto the sayd Marth my wife
"Next vnto my Son John Cheney I doe give one 2 acker lott somtimes Anthony shorts lying | |in!| the south field in Neubery old towne. and a lott of salt marsh 3 Ackers mor or les : lying on the neck on the South side of Neubery River. also I doe give the sayd John a tract of land 24 Ackers be it more or less lying in Saulsbury new towne bounds at the place Caled Gimeco next to Haverel bounds butting on Sals- bury river att one end : and the other end butting on haverel hie way. Also I doe give vnto my Son John : my wearing Apparel : namly one Coate one Cloke one Cloth suit : one searg suit : one lether suit two shirts two paiers of stokins and my shoes and my best Hatt. also my machlock Musket: and the shortest Croscutt sawe. also I doe give him one 3 year old haifer Caled brendle: onely I doe Resarve the Crop on the lott Called Shorts lott to the vse of my executor And after the decease of Martha | |my wif|| I doe give vnto my Son John : Thirty pounde to be payed out of my living in the years next ensuing Ten pound a year the one halfe in good marchantable barley and Indian the other halfe in Cattel vnder eight year old: Also I doe give unto the sayd John after my wifes deceas the great brass kettel and one new peuter dish marked with I C: and one white bed Rugg Also I doe give vnto the sayd John : six boshels of Apples out of the Orchyard yearly for Seven year after my decease Next I doe give vnto my Son Peter Cheney as an Adicion to what he hath had: Ten pounds which he hath alredy in hand: and five pound mor within 3 year after my wifes decease out of my living Also I doe give vnto the sayd Peter six boshels of Aples out of the Orchyard yearly : for seven years after my decease Next I doe give vnto my Son Nathaniel Cheney my four Oxen with their yoaks and Chaine also I doe give vnto him Two Cowes with thier Calves the one Caled old Line: the other Called Pie and one thre year old hayfer with the Calfe and a yearling Colte also I doe give vnto the sayd Nathaniel one yearling hayfer Caled kurle also I doe give
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vnto him his Armes Compleat. and one broad howe and one Axe and his Sithe and sickle Also I doe give vnto him one half headed bedsted with the bed and one bolster and one pillow and one paier of shetes and a Cotten yellow Rug: and I doe give vnto Nathaniel the great yron pott and and the lesser posnit : and After my wifes deceas I doe give vnto the sayd Nathaniel Twentye Pounds to be payed one halfe in Marchantable Corne halfe barley and the other halfe in wheat and Indian in eqwall proportions out of my living within two year after my wifes decease: also I doe give vnto Na- thaniel the best Chest and my Bible. and one peuter platter after my wifes deceas and I doe give vnto the Sayd Nathaniel six boshels of Aples : a year: for 7 year
"Next I doe give vnto my daughter Ellizabeth thre Cowes one Called spark with her Calfe: the other is whitifaced. the third is Called Col : also I doe give her the two yearling hay- fers Also I doe give vnto Elizbeth abovesaid fiveten pounds out of my living : to be payed within two yeares after my de- cease the one halfe in marchantable Corne wheat barley and Indian in eqwall proportions the other halfe in Cattel vnder eight year old Next I doe give vnto Joseph Plomer five poundes : to be payed out of my living within two years after my wifes deccas Also I doe give vnto John Kenrick a Bill of four poundes whiche he owethe me. and I doe give him A Cow which he hath alredy in hand Also I doe give vnto Richard Smith five poundes to be payd within two years after my wifes decease by my executor Also I doe give vnto Wil- liam Lawes thre daughters namly Rebeca: Mary: and Pri- cilla fforty shillings a piece: to be payed vnto them: and either of them as they Come to the age of eighten yeares : by my executor And as Concarning my Grandchild Abiel Sadler. his father deceasing befor he was borne I was by: the Honnord Hampton Coarte Intrusted to take Care of him as Gardian And the Honnored Coart Ordered him to have Ten poundes out of his ffathers estatt at the adge of one and twentye for pformance whearof I stand engaged : And I doe also ad vnto the same five poundes to be payed : the whol fivten pound vnto the sayd Abiel at the adge of one and twentie by my Executor, Also I doe give vnto the sayde Abiel Sadler my lastes and Toles belonging to my Trade thear is also a great bosed bible and a peuter basen apertayning to him of his fathers which I enioyne my Executor to deliver to him when he Cometh to adge Lastly I doe give vnto my Grandchild Hanna Burkebe thre poundes to be payed when
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she Cometh to eighten years of age by my Executor And I doe Ordayne and appoynt my Son Daniel Cheney to be my Suall and Alone Executor to this my last will and Testament in witnes wheareof I have set to my hand and Seale : The 5th Day of the 4th Month : 1666."
John Cheney senior.
Witness : Richard Dole, William Ilslie.
Proved in Ipswich court Sept. 25, 1666 by the witnesses.
Inventory taken Aug. 22, 1666 : one house & barne and 12 acres of plowground & 40 Acres of marsh & medow with the orchard wth 20 acres of pasture, 350li. ; 3 parsels of land more containing 30 acres of upland & marsh, 40li .; 17 neat Catell, 60li .; one mare & Colt, 10li .; 8 swine, 5li .; 12 acres of Corn upon the land & in the barne, 12li .; the wearinge Clothes, 12li. ; one bed & bolster & bilow a bedsted and Rugg & a payer of sheets & Curtains as it stand in the parlor, 10li. ; one trun- dlebed & bedsteed & Rugg, 2li. 10s .; one chest & box, 1li .; one Table in the parlore, 12s .; one Chair, 4s .; a parsell of yarne, lli. 10s .; a parsell of Books, 1li .; 3 payer of sheets, 3li .; 3 Cotten Blankets, 1li. 10s .; 5 pilow Cases, 1li. 10s .; 3 napkins & 3 table Clothes, 1li .; in the little roome, one chest & boxe, 12s .; small Cubord & smale table, Ss .; two spining wheles, Ss .; working tooles, 42 lasts, 10s .; 9 aule hafts with 13 aule blades, 4s .; two payer of pincers & 8 tackes & on punch & 3 knives & two dressers, two Reising wedges, one holowing sticke, one stoping st[ick], one Cutting knife and paturns, 10s .; one shoomakers hamer, 1s .; in the Chamber, one bed & bedstead & Rugg & pilow and bolster, one blankett, 4li .; a parsell of Cotton woole, 16s .; a parsell of Indian Corne in trase, 1li .; in the parler Chamber, one bed & bolster & two pilows & one ruge & one payr of sheets & one bedsteed & one blankett, 4li .; 20 cheeses, 1li .; one peece of bakon, 10s .; one great Brasse ketle, 1li. 10s .; one litle Brasse ketle, 8s .; two Bras skilits, 8s .; one warming pane & a bras skimer, Ss .; one brase Candlesticke, 2s .; 4 puter platers, 1li .; one bason, 3s .; 3 porengers & one pint pott, 6s .; half a dosen spoones, 2s .; two puter Chamber pots, 6s .; one great Iron pott, 16s .; one leser Iron pott, 14s .; one Iron dripinge pane, 4s .; one spite & one friinge pan, 6s .; one payer of andirons, 5s .; two tramels in the Chimny, 8s .; one firepan & tongs, 3s .; one payer of belows, 3s .; one silver spoone, 5s .; one table & form in ye kitchen, 4s .; one houer glass, 1s .; 3 chayers & two Cuchins, 4s .; trayes & dishes & trenchers, 6s .; 4 pailes & a Churne, 10s. ; hogsheads & tubs & barels, 1li. 10s .; one gune &
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sword & bandiliers, 1li. 10s .; one old muskett, 5s .; earthen ware, 4s .; two Croscut saws and one hansaw, 1li .; one payer of Cards, 2s .; two bags, 4s .; one rigned betle & 3 wedges & one axe, 10s .; two broad hows, 4s .; one Cart & wheles, 2li. 10s .; yoaks & Chain & plow & harrow, 1li .; one spade, one shovell, 8s .; one Cart rope & 3 prongs, 5s .; sithes & sickles, 6s .; one Iron pestell, 1s .; a smoothing iron & baskett, 2s .; one sadle & pilion & bridle, 1li. 6s .; a parsell of flaxe, 10s .; 3 rakes, 1s. ; one hide att the taners, 10s. ; depts at unsertaine, 10li .; total, 557li. 9s.
Attested in Ipswich court 25: 7: 1666 by the executor.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 5,277.
ESTATE OF JOHN BROCKLEBANK OF ROWLEY.
"I John Brocklebanke being weake of body but of prfect understanding and memory doe make and ordaine This my last will and Testament Imprimis I will That after my funerall Rights prformed my debts be paid I will also and give vnto John stevens my prentise out of my estat twenty shillings I will and giue vnto my maide seruant mary michill twenty shillings And as for the Rest of my estat I will and giue the one halfe of it vnto my well beloued wife Sara Brock- lebanke the one halfe of my wholle estat The other halfe of it I will and giue vnto my two daughters Elizebeth and Sara to be equally deuided betwixt them and to haue it paid vnto them at the day of ther mariage or at the age of twenty one yeares and if it should please the lord to take away either of them by death before they ataine to marriage or the age of one and twenty yeares my will is the other shalbe heire to the deceased sisters portion; It I will that my welbeloued wife be the excequtorix of this my last will and Testament And I desire and apoint my very loueing and Tender father in law Harchelaus Woodman And my loueing Brother Samuell Brocklebanke the ouerseers of this my last will and Testament In wittnes vnto this as my last will I set to my hand and sealle this 30 of Nouember 1665."
John Brocklebanke. Witness : James Barker, Samuel Brocklebanke.
Proved in Ipswich court Sept. 25, 1666 by the witnesses.
Inventory taken by James Barker and Leonard Harriman : in bookes, 1li. 5s .; in Apparrell, The best suite, 2li .; a paire of searge briches and jacket. 1li. 5s .; on ould cloth coat, 13s. 4d .; one ould searg coat, 6s. 8d .; one wasecoat, 6s .; other
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ould clothes, 5s .; Boote whose topes, 3s .; stockins, 6s .; shirts, 8s. ; hatts, 15s. ; one paire of shoos, 2s. 6d .; Table linen, 16s .; pillow beares, 3s .; five sheets, 1li. 5s .; the best bed with the furniture belonging unto it, li .; one Trundlebed and the beding on it with some other ould beding, 3li .; one Table and Chaires, 1li. 5s .; one Raiper and the belt, 16s .; one halbert, 5s .; Trunke and Boxes & hat case, 10s .; woollen cloath, 18s .; cushins, 6s .; Iron vessell and Brase vesell, 12s .; puter, tinn and spoones, 1li. 15s .; Trenchers and earthen vessell, 5s .; milke vessell and beare vessel and other wooden ware, 1li .; wheeles and cards, 7s .; Tongs, tramells, greadiron, bellows and pot hookes, smoothing iron and such other small things, Ss .; one gun, 6s .; hempe and flax, 1li .; feathers, 4s .; corne and meall and malt, 3li .; Corne tubs, meall tubs, sives, 8s .; two skines, 4s .; cooper Toolles, 1li .; in provision, 5s .; cart tackleing, plowes, yoakes and cheane, slead and ould sadle, 4li. 77s .; sithe and sickles, axes, hows, forke, 10s .; staves and Truse hoopes, 10s. ; the house, orchard and land at home, 55li .; land at pollypod lots, 6li .; commonages or gates 5, 5li .; 5 acres of land on long hill, 5li .; one halfe of the salt marsh at Mr. Nelsons Iland that was laid to Sam. Brocklebanke, Sli .; salt marsh in Newbery necke, 10li .; land and meadow at pen, 80li .; corne on the ground, 5li. 10s .; one horse, 5li .; 5 cowes, one 2 year ould heifer, on yeareing calfe, one calfe nere, 22li .; 3 swine and 3 piges, 2li .; total, 243li. 8s. 6d. Debts due from the estate upon bill to the Doctors and other wayes, 40li.
Attested in Ipswich court Sept. 25, by Sarah Brocklebanke, widow of John and executrix.
Essex County Probate Files, Docket 3,383.
GUARDIANSHIP OF WILLIAM ADAMS OF IPSWICH.
William Addams made choice of his uncle, John Adams as his guardian, Sept. 25, 1666. Ipswich Quarterly Court Rec- ords, vol. 1, page 156.
ESTATE OF JOHN FULLER OF IPSWICH.
"In the name of God Amen I John Fuller being weake in body, but of sound and perfect memory, in case of death, doe thus dispose of the Estate which God hath given mee First I give unto my son John twenty pound, to be payd in two years paie after the decease of my wife. To my sonne William I give five shillings when he is of age: and in case that he shall relinquish his interest, and right in the land which I have of
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THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
his in possesion, my will is that he shall have thirty pound payd him, when he comes of age, otherwise my will is yt he shall have but five shillings; To whom, and to his brother John I beqneath no more, because their uncle hath under- taken to give y" sufficient portions. To my daughter Susanna, and Elizabeth, I give ten shillings a peice at the day of their marryage, or when they are twenty years of age; to whom also I give no more, because their Grandfather hath lately given them portions. I make | |my wife and|| my son James Executours of this my last will and Testament, But in case my wife should marry, my will is that James shall have the disposing of my whole estate, house, Lands, meadows, stocks, moveables, and debts, untill his other brothers come of age, when he shall pay them their portions | |as after follows || my will also is, That James shall pay unto his mother seven pound a yeare, during the time of her naturall life or els suffer her to enjoy her thirds "which she pleases|| according to the knowne order of the generall Court: Item I give unto my wife my best bed, & bedsted wth the furniture thereunto belonging, for her use so long as she liveth, and then to leave it to the disposing of the Executor surviving, my will also is that my whole estate shall be exactly prized within one moneth after my death, and to be divided into seven equall parts, and so much as the seventh part amounts unto, shall be payd by my sayd executors ||or executor|| to each of my children, not already mentioned, viz. to Thomnas, Nathanael, Joseph, Sarah & yt wch is to be borne. After they come to age | |or within four yeares after at four payments | And my son James to enjoy the remaynder to himselfe, and his heyres for ever. In case [faded] of my children shall dy before they come of age my will is, yt ! | their portion || shall fall to James : my intent also is the same, if my wife should now be wth child, that is already mentioned concerning the four last named children; viz. That, that child if it live to be of age, shall have an equall portion wth ye sayd forementioned children I desire that ye IIonred mr Symonds and Major Denison, would be ye overseers of this my last will and Testament : In witnes that this is my last will, I have hereunto set my hand."
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