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BOOK IV, FOL. 57.
fifth day of Aprill one thousand six hundred Eighty fiue/ Signed sealed & Delivered/ John Shapleigh (seale)
In the Presence of/ Mr John Shapleigh came before John Purrington/ mee this 30th of March 1686 : & Joseph Hamond/ owned this Instrument to bee his act & Deede/
Edw : Rishworth Jus : pe :
A true Coppy of this grant transcribed out of ye originall & there with Compared y$ 7th of Aprill 1686
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Know all men by these Presents that I Peter Wittum of the Town of Kittery, & Prouince of Maine, Senjor, do by these Presents Convey, Assigne & sett ouer, & Estate the one halfe of the aboue specifyd Premisses, vnto William Wittum my sonn, & his lawfull heyres after him for euer, In as full & ample manner, to all intents & purposes as euer, It was my own by all & euery Condition & Conveyance wtsoeuer, made to mee yrof (one acre thereof excepted) which I reserue for my own uss, dureing the tyme of my owne, & my wifes naturall life, & to bee with in the fenced ground of my sd sonn ; & hee to keepe tenantable the out- side fence for security thereof, which acre of Land shall bee wr I thinke most meete, & the first Choyce yrof abide un- changable : In Consideration of ye Premisses my sonn is to pay mee, dureing the tyme of my naturall life, foureteene buslls to bee deliuered at my house of M'chtble Indean Corne, & dureing the life of my wife after mee seaven buslls
BOOK IV, FOL. 57.
ditto delivered as aforesd, & in default of the payment as aforesd, the Land remaineth obliged/
Signed sealed & delivered/
In the Presence of us/
The signe of Peter (seale)
Siluanus Nocke/
Wittum Senor
William Gowen
alias Smith/ : 18 :
March The foureteene buslls of Corne is to bee understood to bee : 1685 : payd Annually at the house of Peter Wittum Senjor & seaven buslls of Corne to bee payd yearely to Riddigon Wittum dureing her his wifes life, her husband dying before her/
Wee Peter Wittum Senjor & Riddigon his wife do ac- knowledg this Conuayance or Instrumet to bee our Act & Deede, this 5th of Aprill : 1686 : before mee
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Bee It known unto all men by these Presents, yt I william Wittum of ye Town of Kittery In the Prouince of Mayne, for suerall good Causes & Considerations, mee here vnto moueing, but more espetially for & In Consideration of a Certen Tract of Land by mee in hand received of Peter Wittum Junjor my brother, the which tract being the one halfe of a Certen Tract of Land purchased by my father of Joseph Hammond of the sd Kittery, lijng & being at a place Called Tompsons Poynt, between the Land of Thomas Roads on the one side, & the Land of William Furbush on ye other side, & formerly known by the name of William Oliuers Land; the one halfe of which tract being given,
BOOK IV, FOL. 57.
granted, Confirmed, by Peter Wittum Senjor my father unto Peter Wittum Junjor my brother ; Now Know yee yt ffor & in Consideration of yt halfe or Moeity so Assign'd, & Con- firmed by my father to my brother ; That I willia : Wittum by mutuall & free exchange with Peter Wittum my brother, do by these Presents, giue, grant, signe, & sett ouer to Peter Wittum my brother all my right & title to & in a Certen tract of Land, Contajneing about fifety acres more or less, part wrof by mee Improued fronting on Sturgion Cricke, lijng & being between the now possession of Leonard Drowne on the one side, & William Sanders on ye other side, as also my right & title in Twenty acres of Land, granted to mee by the Town of Kittery, & beareing date 24th of June 1682 : all which I do by these Presents Confirme & Conferr my whoole right yrof & y'in ; to my brother Peter Wittum Junjor in as full & ample manner, as In any wise I can Estate the same, euen as fully & properly as euer It was my own, from mee my heyres executors, Administrators, or Assignes, to him & his for euer/ In witness w'unto I haue here to affixed my hand & seale this sixt day of Aprill one thousand six hun- dred eighty six, In the first yeare of the Reigne of his Maiesty James the secund, of England, Scotland, France, & Ireland King, fidej Defenors 1686 : William Wittum (seafe) Signed, sealed, William Wittum came before & Delivered in Presence of/ mee this 6th of Aprill 1686 : Nicholas Smith/
John Howe/
his marke
& acknowledged this In- strumt aboue written wrunto hee hath afixed his hand & seale to bee his Act & Deede/
Edw : Rishworth Jus : pe : A true Coppy of this Instrumt transcribed, & with origi- nall Compared, this 9th day of Aprill 1686 :
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BOOK IV, FOL. 58.
[58] Wee the select men of the Town of yorke, whose names are here subscribed hane layd out vnto John Twisden, a Tract of Land Contajneing one hundred & Twenty Acres, lijng & Adioyneing unto the brooke on the North East side of Phillip Addams his house lott of Land, & runneth in breadth from Richd Bankes his house lott of Land, North West, sixty poole or pearchs to the bounds of the Lands of Henery Sympsons which hee now liueth vpon, & runneth backewards from the Countrey highway into the woods North East 320 poole or pearch as Ric Bankes & Hene : Symsons lotts runnes & adioying to y onely sd Twisden to leaue half an high way into ye Woods on the North West side of it out of the sd Land next to Henery Sympsons All which abouesd Tract of Land part wrof hee hath long pos- sessed, Wee haue layd out & Confirmed, unto the aforesd John Twisden his heyres & Assignes for euer, with all the Interest the Town of yorke hath in the sayd Land/ Witness our hands this 12th day of June 1685 : Job Allcocke /
ys grant mistaken in ye Entrey, & is Entered in the: 59: John Harmon /
pa: This aboue written is Entered in ye Town booke of yorke Records, this 16th of June: 1685: John Sayword/
p me Abraham Preble Town Clarke |
· A true Coppy transcribed, & with originall Compared this 28th of Aprill 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth ReCor :
To all Christian people, to whome these Presents shall come ; Know yee yt I John Twisden in the Town of yorke in the Prouince of Mayne yemon, in New England send Greeting ; know yee that the sd John Twisden, for diuerse good Causes & Considerations, yrunto moueing, & more espetially for a ualewable some to mee In hand already payd, & secured, before ye Ensealeing & delivery of these Pres- ents, by Joseph Mowlton of yorke aforesd Yeamon, rescid- ing in the sd Prouince, the receipt whereof I do acknowledg, & do for my selfe my heyres, executors, administrators, &
BOOK IV, FOL. 58.
Assignes, acquitt & discharge the aboue named Jos : Mowl- ton, his heyres executors Administrators & Assignes from euery part & Parcell yrof, haueing given, granted, & by these Presents do freely & absolutely giue, grant, bargane, sell aliene Enfeoff & Confirme, vnto Joseph Mowlton, his heyrs, executors, Administrators, & Assignes, one hundred & twenty acres of vpland, given & granted to mee by the Select men of the Town of yorke, in the aforesd prouince, lijng & Adioyning, unto the brooke on the North East side of Phillip Addams his house lott & Land, & runneth In breadth from Richd Bankes his house Lott, of Land North West sixty pooles, or pearch, to the bounds of the Land of Hene : Sympson which hee now liueth vpon, & runneth backeward from the Countrey high way North East three hundred & Twenty pooles, or pearches as Ric : Bankes his, & Hene : Sympsons Lotts runnes, & Adioyneing to them onely the sd Twisden is to leaue halfe an high way into the Woods, on the North West side of it out of the sd Land next to Hene : Symsons/ all wch abouesd Tract of Land part where of hee hath long possessed ; Wee haue layd out & Confirmed unto the aforesd John Twisden, his heyres, & Assignes for euer with all the Interest the Town of yorke hath in the sd Land wch land as aboue bounded & is by these bounds & lymitts expressed with all my right title & Interest I now haue or out to haue at ye tyme & delivery of these Presents in all ye Lands p. rch. as parsters fenced arrable Land, planted & unplanted, Comonages tymber Tymber trees woods, vnderwoods, profitts, priuiledges, & all manner of appurtenances, wtsoeuer, there unto be- longing, or in any wise apprtaineing ; To haue & to hould, all & singular the ye aboue granted, & barganed Premisses with all other rights & priviledges, yrunto belonging unto mee the sd Twisden with euery part & parcell there of unto the sd Joseph Mowlton his heyres executors Administrators & Assignes, to his & yr onely proper benefitt & behoofe for
BOOK IV, FOL. 58.
euer, & I the sd John Twisden do by these Presents, Coue- nant & promiss for my selfe, & in the behalfe of my heyres, executors, Administrators & Assigns that at & upon the Ensealeing of these Presents, I was the true & lawfull owner, of all & singular the aboue granted Premises, & I had & haue good right, & lawfull authority in my own name, to grant bargane sell aliene, Convay & Confirme as aforesd, the same aboue expressed ; And yt the sayd Joseph Mowlton his heyres, executors, & Administrators may & shall, by vertue of these Presents from tyme to tyme, & at all tymes for euer hereafter, lawfully & peaceably Inioy, haue, hould, vss, occupy & possess, all the aboue granted Premisses, with yr appurtenances free & Cleare, & freely and Clearely acquitted & discharged, from all manner of gifts, grants, barganes, sales, Leases, Morgages, Joynters, Dowers, Judgmts executions, forfitures, troubles, & all other Incomberances wtsoeuer, had, made, done, or suffered to bee done, by mee John Tysden my heyres, executors, Admin- istrators or Assignes, at any tyme or tymes before the En- sealeing & delivery of these Presents, and that the sayd John Twisden In behalfe of him selfe, his heyres, executors, Administrators & Assignes, shall & will at all tymes & for euer hereafter warrant & Defend the right & Title of ye aboue granted, & mentioned Premisses, with the appurte- nances, & euery part and Parcell there of unto the aforesd Joseph Mowlton, his heyres executors, or Administrators, against euery Person, & all Persons wtsoeuer laijng any Claime yrto, or to any part there of from by or under mee, or any other by my procurement/ In testimony wrof I haue here unto afixed my hand & seale, this tenth day of Aprill,
BOOK IV, FOL. 58, 59.
one thousand six hundred eighty fiue, Annog Regni, Regis Jacobi Secundi/ John Twisden (seale)
Signed, Sealed, & Deliuered/
In the Presence of/
Edw : Rishworth/
Arther Bragdon ye sonn of Thomas Bragdon/
John Twisden Susanna Twisden & Samll Twis- den came before mee this 10th of Aprill 1686 : & owned this Instrumt aboue written to bee yr act & Deede/ Edw : Rishworth Jus : pe :
Always It is to bee under- stood yt Joseph Mowlton is to pay ye proprietors rent When It is Demanded/
Wee Susanna Twisden, & Samll Twisden do giue or free Consents to this bill of Sale aboue writ- ten, w'unto we haue afixed our hands & seales
Susanna Twisden her (se)
marke ST Samuell Twisden (his )
his marke
ST
A true Coppy of this Instrumet aboue written, transcribed out of the originall & y'with Compared, this 28th of Aprill 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
[59] These Presents do bind mee Joseph Mowlton of the Town of yorke In the prouince of Mayne, my heyres, execu- tors, Administrators & Assignes, In Consideration of a Par- cell of Land, & swine which I bought of John Twisden, & of his Mother & brother Samell, who were also there in Con- cern'd, for ye sume of one hundred & eighty pounds, the sale wrof appeareth beareing date the 10th of Aprill 1685 : do hereby stand obleiged to pay or Cause to bee payd the aforesd nine scoore pounds, according to tyme & Conditions follow- ing, from mee my heyres, executors, administrators, & As- signes, vnto the aforesd John Twisden, or in Case of his decease to his Mother Susanna Twisden, & after her decease to Samuell Twisden, or to whome ye longest suruiuer shall
BOOK IV, FOL. 59.
appoynt, according to the seuerall tymes & Conditions thereof /
The first payment there of, is to bee pd In the yeare 1685 : being twelue pounds in goods at Current prises, & eight pounds in money / And the other eight scoore pounds, is to bee payd unto John Twisden, & after him to the Longest suruiuer, namely tenn pounds Annually & euery yeare for the tyme & tearme of sixteene yeares, six pounds In goods, & foure pounds in money, vpon the Twenty ninth day of Aprill, & ye goods to bee at Current prises, the Issew of wch payments will end In Aprill Anno Dom : one thousand seauen hundred & too/
It is always to bee understoode, that It shall bee lawfull, If cause requir to take any Legall Course to recouer any of these Prticular payments, if Neglected/ In testimony wrof I haue here unto afixed my hand seale this Tenth day of Aprill one thousand six hundred Eighty & fiue 1685 :
Signed sealed & Delivered/
In Presence of/ Edw : Rishworth/ Arther Bragdon, the sonn of Thoms Bragdon/
Joseph Mowlton (seite) Joseph Mowlton came before mee this tenth of Aprill one thousand six hundred eighty six, & owned this Instrument within written to bee his Act & Deede/
Edw : Rishworth Jus : pe :
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Wee ye Select men of the Town of yorke, whose names are here subscribed, haue layd out unto John Twisden a Tract of Land Containeing one hundred & twenty Acres lijng & adioyneing unto a brooke, on the North East side of
BOOK IV, FOL. 59.
Phillip Addam house lot of Land, & runneth In breadth from Richd Bankes house lott of land North West, Sixty pooles or pearch to the bounds of the land of Hene : Symp- sons, Which hee now liueth vpon, & runneth backeward from ye Countrey high way, North East, three hundred & Twenty pooles, or pearches, as Richd Bankes his lott, & Henery Sympsons lotts runnes, & adioyneing to them, onely the sd Twisden is to leaue halfe an high way into the woods, on the North West side of it, out of ye sd land next to Hene : Sympons, all which abouesd tract of Land, part wrof liee hath long possess'd Wee haue laid out, & Confirmed, vnto ye aforesd John Twisden, his heyres & Assigns for euer, with all ye Interest ye Town of Yorke hath In ye sayd Land/ witness or hands this 12th day of June 1685 :
This aboue written Entred in the Town
Job Allcocke /
book of yorke ReCords, this 16th of June 1685 :
John Harmon/ John Sayword/
p me Abra : Preble Town Clark :
A true Coppy of this Town grant, transcribed, & with originall Compared this 28th of Aprill 1686 :
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Receiued the 20th day of March 168g of John Mills fourty shillings in moneys, and other pay which is in full payment for land my late father George Taylour sould to the sayd John Mills, & is in full payment of all bills, bonds, obliga- tions, yt euer my sayd father George Taylour euer had, or any other hath of sd John Mills in there hands/ I say received the sume abouesd/ Signed sealed & delivered/ In the Presence of/ George Pearson/ p mee Andrew Taylour/ Andrew Taylor acknowledged this receipt aboue to bee his Act, & Deede, & signed & delivered by him March 20th 1685 : Before mee
John Richards Assistt
BOOK IV, FOL. 59.
A true Coppy of this receipt aboue written, transcribed out of the Originall & there with Compared this 30th day of March 1686 : p mee Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
George Taylours bill of sale/
Bee It known unto all men by these Presents, yt I George Tayler & Margeret Taler my wife with one Consent Sell vnto John Mills our plantation of vpland, & possession of vpland, & a little Ysland, of Meddow belonging vnto it, vnto John Mills with all purtenances, & priuiledges yrto belonging, unto John Mills, & John Mills is to pay, or cause to bee payd vnto Geo : Tayler, his heyres, executors, administrators & Assignes, the full & iust sume of thirteen pounds, in any pay yt is payable from man to man, whereof the sayd Mills hath three years of payment, paijng fiue pounds a yeare, & the last yeare fourty shillings in Money, & the sayd George Tayler doth bind him selfe his heyres, executors, Administrators, or Assignes, in a bond of Thirty pounds to make good sale of the sd Land, & Meddow, aboue mentioned, & a small Necke of Meddow, belonging to the Ysland aboue mentioned/ In witness here of wee sett too our hands, & seale this 29th of Julie 1679 :
Andrew Brown/ The Marke of George Tayler ( seale)
his
William Burregh/ The marke z of Margeret Tayler/
William Burregh Andrew Brown, did appeare before mee this 13th of Aprill 1686, & made oath that they did see George Tayler, & Margerett his wife sign seale & deliuer this Instrument unto John Mills, as thejr act & Deede, & Geo : Tayler gaue him possession by Turffe & Twigg, in part in lew of the whoole/
Taken vpon oath this 13th of Aprill 1686 : before mee Walter Gyndall Comissior
BOOK IV, FOL. 59, 60.
vera Copia of this Deed aboue written transcribed out of ye originall & yrwith Compared this first day of May 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth ReCor :
To all Christian people to whome this Deede or Instru- ment shall Come/ Andrew Taler now of Boston Seaman, In the County of Suffocke in New England In America, sonn & heyre to George Tayler Yeamon formerly of Bla : Poynt in ye prouince of Mayne lately deceased, vpon seu- erall good Causes, & Considerations mee yrunto moueing, & more espetially for & in Consideration of seauen pounds eight shillings in moneys, to mee In hand payd by John Mills of Bla : Poynt, in the Prouince of Mayne in New England, the receipt wrof I do acknowledg before the seale- ing here of, & do acquitt the sd John Mills, his heyres, ex- ecutors Administrators & Assignes, for euer, by these Pres- ents : Giue, grant bargan, Sell, aliene & absolutely Con- firme, unto ye sd John Mills his heyres executors & Asignes, [60] all yt vpland &c : which my late father George Tayler, formerly sould unto the sd John Mills, his heyres, executors & Assignes for euer, & further I Andrew Taylor being now at full age Twenty one years & vpwards, haue given granted, barganed & sould unto the sd John Mills his heyres, execu- tors, & administrators all that Meddow & Marsh ground that lyeth on the North West side of ye Pigsty Riuer, & all other Meddow else where, lijng at Bla : Poynt, which for- merly was in the possession of my late father Geo : Tayler, & now in my owne right & pouer to sell & dispose of as heyre unto my late father George Tayler, being about thirty Acres of Meddow bee it More or less, & the vpland Con- tajnes fiuety Acres bee It more or less, with all the profitts, Comonages easements Imunitys, & all & singular the priui- ledges, & ye appurtenances any wise apprtajneing yrunto,
BOOK IV, FOL. 60.
quietly to haue & to hould, with out any matter of Chal- lenge, Clajme or demand of mee the sayd Andrew Tayler, or any Person or Persons from by or under mee, my heyrs executors, Administrators or Assignes for euer & I do fur- ther Couenant & promiss that the Land & Meddows aboue- sayd, Which I Andrew Tayler now Sell & confirme unto John Mills his heyres & Assignes, I Andrew Tayler do Ingage, my selfe, my heyres, executors, Administrators, to & with the sd John Mills, his heyres, executors, Adminis- trators and assignes, the vpland, & Meddows are free & Cleare from all Gifts, grants, barganes Sales, leases, Dowers, Morgages, Judgmts or any other Incomberances wtsoeuer, & do likewise warrant & defend the Title, & Interest of the premisses, & euery part & Parcell yrof, to him ye sd John Mills, his heyres, executors &c : for euer: from me my heyres, executors &c : or any other Person or Persons, from by or under mee, or by my procurement ; In witness wrof I haue here unto set my hand & seale, this 20th day of March one thousand six hundred eighty fiue six 1685 In the secund yeare of ye Reigne of or Soueraigne Ld, James the secund, King of England, Scotland &c :
Andrew Tayler (se11e)
Signed, sealed, & Delivered, Andrew Tayler appeared this In the presence of/
James Carre / George Pearson/
20th day of March 1685 : & acknowledged this Instru- mt to bee his Act & Deede, before mee
John Richards Assistant/
A true Coppy of this Instrumt aboue written, transcribed out of ye originall & yrwith Compared, this first day of May 1686 : p Edw : Rishworth, Re : Cor :
Bee It known unto all men by these Presents, that I An- drew Tayler now of Boston seaman in the County of Suf- focke, in New England in America being the rightfull sonn,
BOOK IV, FOL. 60.
& heyre, of my late father George Taler of Bla : Poynt in the prouince of Mayne as abouesd, haue made, ordajned, Constituted, authorized & appoynted, & by these Presents, do make ordaine, & Constitute authorize, & appoynt, my trusty & well beloued frejnd John Mills of Bla : Poynt Yeo- man, In the prouince of Mayne &c : my true & lawfull At- turney, to take & receiue peaceable & quiet possession, & seazine of, & in all yt Messuage or tenement, that my late father George Tayler formerly sould him, & all other Med- dows, or Marsh ground lijng on the North West side of pig- sty Riuer or else wr at Bla : Poynt, with all the rights, mem- bers, & app'tenances sould by my late father George Taler & my selfe unto the sd John Mills, & the same possession so had, & taken, to detajne & keepe to his own vss & behoofe, his hejrs & Assignes, according to the Tenor & true meane- ing of ye Deede, wrby the sd Premisses are Conuayed, unto the sayd John Mills, & If any refuse to giue quiett & peace- able possession, of the Premisses aboue mentioned, I do Impoure my sd Atturney, to sue arrest, Implead, Imprison, condemne & release, & to appeare before any Judges, Jus- tises, yr to answere reply, make answere, & psecute any yt shall refuse deliuery, or giueing possession of sayd land, or Meddow, or do any other Act or thing that may bee for the secureing of the sd vpland & Meddows, ratifijng & Con- firmeing all & wsoeuer my sd Atturney or his substitutes shall do or cause lawfully to bee done in & about the Prem- isses by these Presents/ In witness wrof I haue here unto set my hand & seale, this Twenty & secund day of March one thousand six hundred eighty & fiue, six, In the secund yeare of ye Reigne of or soueraigne Ld James the secund King of England Scotland &c : 1685
Andrew Taler (seale) Signed, sealed & delivered/ Andrew Talor appeared & ac- In ye Presence of/ James Carr / George Pearson/
knowledged this letter of Atturney to bee his act & Deede this 22th of March 168₴ before mee John Richards Assistant
BOOK IV, FOL. 60.
vera Copia of this Instrument with written transcribed, & with the originall Compared, this 3d of May 1686 :
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Know all men by these Presents, that I Renald Jenkines of Kittery in the County of Yorke In New England, for diuerse good causes & Considerations mee there unto moue- ing, haue given, & granted vnto my sonn Jabez Jenkines & by these Presents, do giue grant & Confirme vnto my sayd sonn Jabez, his heyres & Assignes for euer, my too lower most peeces or Parcells of sault Marsh, lijng on each side of Sturgeon Cricke, with all ye priuiledges & benefitts there vnto belonging : To haue & to hould, the aboue mentioned Marshes, with out any Molestation, let or hinderance, from any laijng Claime there vnto, from by or vnder mee, In witness where of, I haue here unto sett my hand & seale, this tenth day of ffebr : one thousand six hundred seauenty and eight/ The marke of UN
Signed sealed & delivered
Renold Jenkins(ghi3 )
In the Presence of/ Renald Jenkins appeared before mee Jos : Hammond/ Katherin Leighton/ the 20th' day of March one thousand six hundred seaventy and eight, & nine, seaventy, 167§ & did ac- knowledg the aboue written Deed of Gift, to bee his Act & Deede/ John Wincoll Assotiate/
A true Coppy of this Deed of Gift aboue written, tran- scribed out of the Originall, & there with Compared this 13th day of May 1686 : p me Edw : Rishworth Re : Cor :
BOOK IV, FOL. 60, 61.
To all before whome these Presents may come/ Bee It known yt I Thomas Mowlton Senjor of ye Towne of yorke In the prouince of Mayne, out of my naturall affection I beare vnto my too Sons, Jeremiah & Joseph Mowlton, & other Causes also mee yr vnto moueing, do freely giue, grant, & by these Presents fully Confirme vnto my too sons fore mentioned, & thejr heyres for euer, my whoole farme, vidz All my land both arable, & pasture Land, all my Med- dows fresh, & sault, also all my out lands apptajneing in any wise unto mee, as well as that Which is Inclosed, to- geather with my now dwelling house, & all out houses, with all my moueables, with in doores & with out, & to declare my right, & Title unto all the before granted Premisses, to bee iust & good, & from the Date here of do Invest, & pos- sess : these my too sons with ye same for thejr own proper vsse & benefitt for euer, all which is to bee equally diuided between my too sonns, & which is already done by them selues, [61] (the orchard onely excepted) which haue be- tore given to my sonn Joseph; All this to stand good, & abide firme for euer prouided there shall bee a Comfortable mantenance allowed to my selfe & beloued wife, dureing our naturall lifes ; the Land and stocke before mentioned shall bee Carefully Improued, from tyme to tyme at ye soole & æquall Charge of these my too sonns, the Land shall bee tilled, all sorts of grajne, gathered in housed threshed out, & made fitt for vsse, & eight Cow kind with one Mare, shall bee at the Constant Comand of my selfe & wife so long as Wee shall liue, these Cattle shall bee prouided for both summer & winter, with out any Cost of ours/ onely at the decease of my beloued wife, if shee out liue mee, shee may dispose of all her weareing Cloaths too platters, to whome shee pleaseth, & the bedd yt now wee ly. vpon, shall bee my sonn Josephs ; In witness wrof wee haue here unto set or
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