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Edited by OTIS G. HAMMOND Director of the New Hampshire Historical Society


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PUBLISHED BY THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1940


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JOINT RESOLUTION


Relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and pro- vincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire.


Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:


That His Excellency the Governor be hereby authorized and empowered, with the advice and consent of the Council, to employ some suitable person - and fix his compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri- ated - to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire as the Governor may deem proper; and that eight hundred copies of each volume of the same be printed by the state printer, and distributed as follows: namely, one copy to each city and town in the state, one copy to such of the public libraries in the state as the Governor may designate, fifty copies to the New Hampshire His- torical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state librarian, who is hereby authorized to exchange the same for similar publications by other states.


Approved August 4, 1881.


LIST OF ESTATES


Abbott, John, Portsmouth, 1764


73


Adams, Ebenezer, Dover, 1765


127


William, Londonderry, 1764


97


Alexander, Robert, Londonderry, 1765 Allen, Elizabeth, Greenland, 1767 William, Madbury, 1764


209


396


91


Anderson, John, Portsmouth, 1767


384


Apthorp, Henry, Portsmouth, 1765


220


Austin, Samuel, Somersworth, 1766


297


Ayers, John, Portsmouth, 1764


97


Thomas, Greenland, 1764


61


Bartlett, Gershom, Newton, 1765 .


166


Batchelder, Jeremiah, Kensington, 1764


115


Nathan, Kensington, 1764


59


Bean, Jonathan, Kingston, 1765 .


122


Joseph, Raymond, 1764


92


Joseph, Kingston, 1766 . Miriam, Kingston, 1764


5


Beck, Thomas, Jr., Portsmouth, 1767


401


Bickford, Benjamin, Durham, 1764 Thomas, Madbury, 1765


74 125


Blanchard, Nathaniel, Milford, 1766


354


Blood, Simeon, Nashua, 1765


198


Borland, Jane, Boston, Mass., 1765


211


Bowden, John, Exeter, 1765


206


Boynton, Nathan, Rowley, Mass., 1767


406 268


Brackett, Samuel, Newmarket, 1766 . Samuel, 1766 .


. 370


Brewster, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1766


. 360


Brown, John, New Ipswich, 1765


.


153


.


370


vi


LIST OF ESTATES


Brown, Thomas, Hampton, 1765


I36


Thomas, Hampton Falls, 1765 223


Bryant, Andrew, Plaistow, 1765 .


158


Buzzell, Henry, Barrington, 1764


63


Caldwell, Alexander, Litchfield, 1765 .


229


Canney, John, Dover, 1764


77


Carson, John, New Boston, 1765.


147


Cheney, Thomas, Plaistow, 1767.


417


Chesley, Jonathan, Durham, 1765


169 326


Christie, John, Windham, 1766


Cilley, Benjamin, Danville, 1765


228


Clarkson, Andrew, Portsmouth, 1765


208


Coburn, Zachariah, Pelham, 1767


439


Colburn, Thomas, Hudson, 1765


216


Colcord, Ebenezer, Brentwood, 1766 297


Collins, John, Windham, 1767


380


Cook, Richard, Dover, 1764


43


Crommett, John, Durham, 1765 .


212


Crown, John, Portsmouth, 1766 .


364 42


Cummings, Helen, Concord, Mass., 1764 Currier, Isaac, Exeter, 1764 . .


106


Phoebe, South Hampton, 1766


332


Samuel, Hampstead, 1766


338


Dam, Sarah, Madbury, 1766 .


364


Davis, Deliverance, Durham, 1765


I51


Dean, Katharine, Exeter, 1766


307


Dearborn, Joseph, North Hampton, 1766 .


308


Dimond, Reuben, South Hampton, 1764


35


Doe, Samuel, Newmarket, 1767


379


Dow, Ezekiel, Kensington, 1766 .


335


John, Kensington, 1764


108


Duncan, William, Londonderry, 1764 .


103


Dustin, Obadiah, Salem, 1765


233


LIST OF ESTATES


vii


Dustin, Thomas, Salem, 1766


356


Dutton, Elijah, 1764


122


Eastman, Joseph, Kingston, 1767


392


Obadiah, Kingston, 1765


171


Obadiah, Salem, 1767 398


Elkins, Obadiah, Danville, 1764


81


Emerson, David, Plaistow, 1764 .


54


Estes, Joseph, Dover, 1767


384


Fernald, Humphrey, Portsmouth, 1764


8


Fifield, Edward, Stratham, 1765 .


203


Fletcher, John, New Ipswich, 1765


147


Foss, William, Dover, 1764 .


32


Fox, Benjamin, Nottingham, 1766


270


French, Samuel, South Hampton, 1767 Simon, Kingston, 1764 .


414


Zephaniah, Chester, 1764


82


Frost, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1764


65


Sarah, Portsmouth, 1766


246


Fullerton, John, Epping, 1764


31


Furber, Moses, Newington, 1764


90


Gale, Daniel, Raymond, 1767


400


Edward, Portsmouth, 1767


442


Gambling, Mary, Portsmouth, 1764


37


Gerrish, Paul, Madbury, 1764


20


Gibbs, Robert, Portsmouth, 1767 Gilman, Jacob, Kingston, 1765


441


John, Kingston, 1765


233


Joseph, Newmarket, 1767


395


Moses, Jr., Exeter, 1767


383


Sarah, Exeter, 1766


339


Trueworthy, Exeter, 1765


159


46


Fuller, Thomas, Sandown, 1765


180


174


viii


LIST OF ESTATES


Glidden, Ann, Exeter, 1764 .


40


Goodwin, Bartholomew, Portsmouth, 1765


I28


Gorrell, John, Windham, 1766


245


Gove, Jeremiah, Hampton Falls, 1766 Graves, James, South Hampton, 1765 Phineas, Charlestown, 1767 .


413


Greeley, Insley, Salisbury, Mass., 1765 Richard, Portsmouth, 1766 . 325


197


Green, John, Hampton Falls, 1765


169


Greenwood, Thales, Portsmouth, 1766


342


Gregg, John, Windham, 1767 .


383


Grindall, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1766


366


Hale, Eliphalet, Exeter, 1765


I26


Hall, Joseph, Newmarket, 1767


387


Hamblett, Josiah, Pelham, 1765 .


237


Hanson, Samuel, Epping, 1766


377


Hardy, Biley, Brentwood, 1766


362


Harriman, Abner, Plaistow, 1765 Hart, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1766 Heard, John, Dover, 1765 .


354 163


Heath, Joseph, Kingston, 1764 Joseph, Kingston, 1765 .


23I


Henderson, John, Jaffrey, 1766


364


Hildreth, Levi, Pelham, 1765 Hill, Samuel, Rochester, 1764 Hixon, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1765 Hobbs, James, Pelham, 1765 James, Somersworth, 1767


19I


217


4II


Noah, Kensington, 1765 Holmes, Nathaniel, Londonderry, 1765


20I


Holt, John, Andover, Mass., 1766 Horney, Hannah, Portsmouth, 1764


248


107


Hoyt, Ephraim, Chester, 1767


402


Hubbard, John, Epsom, 1766


325


I23


87


209 IIO


I54


243


163


LIST OF ESTATES


ix


Huggins, Nathaniel, Jr., Greenland, 1765 .


205


Hunt, Zebedee, Rye, 1764


21


Huntress, George, Portsmouth, 1764


I21


Jewell, Samuel, Jr., Newton, 1765


134


Jewett, Joseph, Stratham, 1765


140


Johnson, Josiah, Pelham, 1764


56


Jones, John, Portsmouth, 1766


348


Mary, Stratham, 1766


331


Kelsey, John, Nottingham, 1764


22


Moses, Nottingham, 1764


42


Kelso, William, Londonderry, 1764


6


Kielle, Moses, Dover, 1766 .


301


Kimball, Isaac, Bradford, Mass., 1765


219


Kinnicum, John, Merrimack, 1766


248


Knight, John, Portsmouth, 1765


238


Lamont, Neil, Portsmouth, 1765


237


Langdon, William, Portsmouth, 1766


343


Laskey, John, Durham, 1764


94


Lawrence, Tilton, Stratham, 1767


432


Leavitt, John, Exeter, 1764 .


II


Lewis, William, Portsmouth, 1764


19


Libby, Joseph, Rye, 1764


43


Lincoln, Jacob, Somersworth, 1764


88


Little, Thomas, Plaistow, 1766


345


Lovering, John, Exeter, 1764


119


Mccutcheon, Phedris, Barrington, 1766


292


Mann, - -, 1765


I71


Marston, Elisha, Brentwood, 1766


287


James, Newmarket, 1767


435


Jonathan, North Hampton, 1766


252


Martin, Jonathan, Newcastle, 1766


.


275


X


LIST OF ESTATES


Mason, Samuel, Somersworth, 1765


I73


Merrow, Benjamin, Rochester, 1764


4


Miller, Isaac, Rochester, 1765


I74


Mills, Luke, Portsmouth, 1764


70


Montgomery, Hugh, Londonderry, 1766


295


Morrill, Moses, Kingston, 1766


349


Moulton, Daniel, Chester, 1764 Jabez, Hampton, 1767


440


Murray, James, Londonderry, 1764


31


William, Londonderry, 1767


407


Musset, John, Rochester, 1767


416


Nesmith, John, Merrimack, 1766


269


Nevin, James, Portsmouth, 1766


30I


Newmarch, Joseph, Newcastle, 1765


22I


Norris, Benjamin, Stratham, 1764


77


Samuel, Epping, 1764


III


Norton, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1765


I49


Nute, Samuel, Dover, 1764 .


33


Odiorne, Jotham, Portsmouth, 1765


145


Ordway, Sarah, South Hampton, 1766


317


Owen, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1764


119


· Paige, John, South Hampton, 1766


289


Palmer, Samuel, Hampton, 1764 Parker, Thomas, Litchfield, 1764 Thomas, Dracut, Mass., 1766


I02


100


34I


Peirce, Mary, Portsmouth, 1764 .


I


II3


56


67


Philbrick, Nathaniel, Epping, 1765


142


Philpot, Elias, Somersworth, 1764


86


Richard, Somersworth, 1766 .


304


Pendergast, Edmund, Durham, 1764 Perkins, Abigail, Hampton, 1764 . Moses, Hampton, 1764 .


105


LIST OF ESTATES


xi


Pickering, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1765


144


James, Newington, 1766


305


Pinkham, Otis, Dover, 1764


4


Place, James, Rochester, 1764


28


Poor, Samuel, Raymond, 1765


232


Pray, Mary, Portsmouth, 1766


278


Prescott, Nathan, Kingston, 1764


107


Presson, William, Chester, 1766 .


344


Pulsifer, Jonathan, Brentwood, 1766


316


Putnam, Nathaniel, Wilton, 1766


298


Rand, Edmund, Hampton, 1764 .


47


Randall, Jacob, Portsmouth, 1764


89


Samuel, Somersworth, 1765 . Richardson, Amos, Pelham, 1765 167


210


James, Dracut, Mass., 1764 .


25


Ricker, Thomas, Somersworth, 1764


100


Ritchie, William, Peterborough, 1766


346


Robinson, James, Brentwood, 1767


419


Roby, Thomas, North Hampton, 1766


249


Rogers, James, Londonderry, 1765


223


Rollins, Caleb, Stratham, 1766


280


Joshua, Exeter, 1765


191


Runnells, Joseph, Dover, 1766


277


Thomas, Deerfield, 1766


247


St. Clair, George, Hampstead, 1767


438


Sanborn, Joshua, Epping, 1764


2


Richard, Nottingham, 1764 . Sargent, Joseph, Newcastle, 1765


232


Sawyer, Mary, Hampstead, 1766


34I


Senter, Jean, Londonderry, 1764 .


13


Shackford, John, Portsmouth, 1765


ISI


Shannon, Cutts, Portsmouth, 1764


2I


Sherburne, John, Kensington, 1767


434


5


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LIST OF ESTATES


Sherburne, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1765


129


Shirley, John, Chester, 1764


92


Sloane, William, Lyme, 1766


348


Smith, Ebenezer, Durham, 1764


15


Francis, Salem, 1766 .


312


Jacob, Nottingham, 1765


189 369


Jean, Londonderry, 1766


Joseph, Durham, 1765


182


Paul, Chester, 1766


322


Samuel, Dunbarton, 1764


II8


Snell, Solomon, Barrington, 1764


76


Spead, John, Stratham, 1766


293


Stanyan, Jacob, Hampton Falls, 1764


IIO


Stevens, Mary, Portsmouth, 1765


150


Stockell, Robert, Portsmouth, 1764 Swett, Mary, Hampton Falls, 1764


14


Tarbox, Noah, Londonderry, 1766 Taylor, Timothy, Merrimack, 1766


276


Thing, Daniel, Exeter, 1765


226


Thompson, Benjamin, Wilton, 1767


432


Thurston, Samuel, Exeter, 1764 . Tibbetts, Gideon, Rochester, 1766 Obadiah, Rochester, 1765


39


273


Todd, Samuel, Peterborough, 1765 Toppan, James, Kingston, 1765 Towle, Anthony, Chester, 1765


I32


172


Caleb, Jr., Danville, 1765


22I


Twaddell, James, Salem, 1766


252


Twombly, John, Dover, 1764


48


Ulmore, Jacob, Portsmouth, 1767


440


Usher, John, Merrimack, 1766


337


Wadleigh, Philip, Exeter, 1765


. I36


Walker, Lucy, Portsmouth, 1766.


266


.


.


89


333


I44


I56


LIST OF ESTATES


xiii


Walton, George, Newington, 1764


95


Ward, Abel, Kensington, 1766


240


Watson, Joseph, Dover, 1766


272


Webster, Josiah, Rye, 1764 .


77


Wentworth, Joseph, Somersworth, 1765


151


Wheat, Josiah, Narragansett No. 6, Mass., 1764


I


White, Robert, Newcastle, 1765


191


Whitney, James, Dunstable, Mass., 1764


IOI


Wibird, Richard, Portsmouth, 1765


174


Thomas, Portsmouth, 1765


217


Wiggin, John, Stratham, 1764


27


Wilder, Andrew, Lancaster, Mass., 1767


433


Willey, John, Durham, 1766


255


Williams, Joseph, Durham, 1764


19


Wilson, Joshua, Exeter, 1766


255


Wingate, John, Dover, 1764


51


Joshua, North Hampton, 1764


25


Winn, Benjamin, Nottingham, 1765


198


Woodman, Daniel, Kingston, 1767


407


Worthen, Jonathan, Bow, 1764


93


Wright, Abel, New Ipswich, 1764


II5


Wyman, Levi, Pelham, 1766


267


York, Richard, Epping, 1766


. 240


NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS


JOSIAH WHEAT 1764 NARRAGANSETT No. 6, MASS.


[Guardianship of Solomon Wheat, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of Josiah Wheat of Narragansett No. 6, Mass., granted to Thomas Wheat Jan. 14, 1764.]


[Probate Records, Vol. 23, p. 160.]


[Bond of Thomas Wheat, yeoman, with Samuel Hobart, gentleman, and John Hale as sureties, all of Hollis, in the sum of £500, Jan. 14, 1764, for the guardianship of Solomon Wheat; witnesses, Samuel Cummings, Jr., John Williams.]


MARY PEIRCE 1764 PORTSMOUTH


I Mary Peirce Widow Give to My Kinsman John Hawkins my Lot of Land now in Possesion of Colo1 Daniel Warner


I give unto my Daughter Mehiteble Sherburne my Land at Bennington with all my Plate and other moveables with my Right of my Pue in the North Meeting house Portsmt


Mary Peirce


January 18 1764 Witnes Thos Peirce


Martha Smith Lydia Peirce


[Proved April 25, 1764, mentioning Mary Peirce as a widow, and Mehitabel Sherburne as administratrix with will annexed.]


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JOSHUA SANBORN 1764 EPPING


[Administration on the estate of Joshua Sanborn of Epping granted to Abial Sanborn Jan. 18, 1764.]


[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 160.]


[Bond of Abial Sanborn, widow, with Moses Coffin and Stephen Gale as sureties, all of Epping, in the sum of £500, Jan. 18, 1764, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, John Collier, William Stilson.]


[Warrant, Jan. 18, 1764, authorizing William Crockett and Abraham Perkins, both of Epping, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]


[Inventory, Jan. 24, 1764; amount, £13,896. 5. 0; signed by William Crockett and Abraham Perkins.]


Epping May the 1, 1773 we the subscribers Being appointed by Abiall Burligh Late wife of mr Joshua Samborn Late of Epping Decesed and administratrix to his Estate and By hur present husband mr Jacob Burligh of Newmarket to vallew the profit or yearly incom of the said Joshuay Samborns Real Estate since his Deces having vew'd the primises and Do Judg that the Neat profet thereof is thirteen pounds ten shilings Lawfull money yearly


Timothy Jones William Crocket


[Account of Joseph Burleigh and his wife Abial, administra- trix; receipts, £279. 12. 3, personal estate; expenditures, £123. 4. 4; mentions "Maintenance of Tristram Sandborn a minor child 201 Weeks"; allowed June 30, 1773.]


[Warrant, April 25, 1781, anthorizing Samuel Gilman, Jacob Burleigh, yeoman, both of Newmarket, Moses Davis, Gould French, and Isaac Dimond, all of Epping, yeomen, to set off the widow's dower.]


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State of New Hampshire ( Rockingham ss -


Pursuant to a Warrant from the Honourable Phillips White Esq' Judge of the Probate of wills &c for Said County, appointing us the Subscribers a Committee to Set off to Abial Burleigh widow her Dower which happens to her of the Estate of her Late Hus- band Joshua Samborn Late of Eppin in Said County yeoman Deceased intestate and set forth the Same by metes and Bounds, to hold to her in Severalty during her natural Life and accord- ingly we have Set off to her a full third Part of Said Estate in the following manner viz. fourteen acres of Land Lying on the Southwesterly side of the highway it being the whole of the Land that Lyes on the Said Southwesterly Side that belonged to the home Stead of the said Deceased and also Nine acres of Land Lying on the northeasterly Side of the Said highway and Bounded as followeth viz. beginning at the Southwest Cornor at the aforesaid highway & run Northwesterly by Said highway fourteen Rods then run north thirty three Degrees cast twenty five Rods and a half to a walnutt tree then run South 66 Degrees East five Rods then run North about 27 Degrees east Parralell with Jeremiah Samborns Side Line Carrying Six Rods in Breadth till it Comes to the north east end of said home stead we Like- wise Set off and allow to the Said widow as her full third Part of the Dwelling house viz. the Southeast room and a Bed room in the Chamber at the Northeast Cornor of the house and also a Priviledge to Pass and repass through the Back room So Called and also one third Part of the Celler under the Dwelling house and we Likewise Set off to the Said widow as a full third Part of the Barn viz. twenty feet of the tie house So Called at the east end of the Barn towards the north Side and also ten feet of the Bay Place So Call'd the whole Length toward the north side of said Barn and also a Priviledge of the Barn floor equil in Pro- portion to the Part of the Barn set off to the said widow as is above mentioned-


We Likewise Set off and allow the said widow to have Liberty to Pass and repass to and from said Dwelling house and the


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Barn around said house and Barn as much as shall be Sufficient for the improvement thereof at all times in Proportion to the Part of said house and Barn set off to her-Eppin April ye 30th Day A. D. 1781 -


Sam1 Gilman


Jacob Burleigh 1 Committee


Moses Davis


Gould French


Isaac Dimond


OTIS PINKHAM 1764 DOVER


[Administration on the estate of Otis Pinkham granted to Abigail Pinkham Jan. 25, 1764.]


[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 159.]


[Bond of Abigail Pinkham, widow, with John Canney and Paul Pinkham, yeomen, as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £500, Jan. 25, 1764, for the administration of the estate of Otis Pinkham of Dover, yeoman; witnesses, William Parker, Alex- ander Park.]


[Inventory, attested Nov. 30, 1764; amount, £11,007. 0. 0; signed by Thomas Tuttle and Howard Henderson.]


BENJAMIN MERROW 1764 ROCHESTER


[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Merrow of Roches- ter, yeoman, granted to Jonathan Merrow Jan. 31, 1764.]


[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 415.]


[Bond of Jonathan Merrow of Somersworth, with Paul Varney and Nathaniel Varney, both of Dover, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Jan. 31, 1764, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Susanna Wendell, Martha Oliver.]


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NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS


RICHARD SANBORN 1764 NOTTINGHAM


[Administration on the estate of Richard Sanborn granted to John Pearson Sanborn and William Sanborn Jan. 31, 1764.]


[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 159.]


[Bond of John Pearson Sanborn and William Sanborn, both of Nottingham, yeomen, with Francis Harvey of Nottingham, yeoman, and Daniel Sanborn of North Hampton as sureties, in the sum of £500, Jan. 20, 1764, for the administration of the estate of Richard Sanborn of Nottingham, yeoman; witnesses, William Vaughan, John Collier.]


[Inventory, Feb. 17, 1764; amount, £19,108. 5. 0; signed by Joseph Chandler and Abraham Perkins.]


MIRIAM BEAN 1764 KINGSTON


In the Name of God Amen the 3ª Day of February 1764 I Miriam Bean of Kingston in the Province of New Hampshire widow & Relict of Joseph Bean of said Kingston Deceasd Being by the Goodness of God of a sound mind & memory tho' under weakness of Body


2ndly I Give & Bequeath unto my well Beloved Daughter mary now the wife of william Eastman to her her Heirs & assigns forever the one Compleat Half of all my In Door moveable Estate also my Cow & that my Executor pay her the sum of forty Pounds old tenor out of my Estate


3dly I Give & Bequeath unto my well Beloved Daughter miriam Bean to her, her Heirs & assigns forever the other half of all my In Door moveable Estate


4thly I Give unto my Beloved Grandchild Jeremiah Eastman the son of my Daughter Mary Twenty Pounds old tenor


Item I order my Executor make sale of that ten acres of Land which was lately sat off to me by the Committe that Devided


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my said Husbands Estate adjoyning to the Estate of the widow Judkins and out of the Produce of said sale to pay my said Debts & funeral Charges also the two Beforementioned money Legacies also the Charges of setling my Estate and the Remainder if any there be with all the rest of my Estate Both real & personal moveable & Immoveable I order to be Equally Devided Between my five well Beloved sons viz Joseph Bean Nathaniel Bean Jonathan Bean Daniel Bean & Fulsham Bean to them their hiers & assigns forever


Moreover I Do hereby Constitute & appoint Josiah Bartlett of Said Kingston Physician to be sole Executor In witness where off I Do here unto set my hand & seal this third Day of february one thousand seven Hundred & sixty four & in the fourth year of his majesties Reign


her Miriam X Bean Mark


[Witnesses] Moses Judkins, Jonathan Sanborn Juner, Lenurd Judkins.


[Proved Feb. 29, 1754.]


[Warrant, Feb. 29, 1764, authorizing Benjamin Swett and William Calfe, both of Kingston, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]


[Inventory attested May 31, 1764; amount, £2022. I. 0; signed by Benjamin Swett and William Calfe.]


[Account of the executor; receipts, £2033. 13. 8, personal es- tate; expenditures, £1943. 7. 0; allowed Sept. 25, 1765.]


WILLIAM KELSO 1764 LONDONDERRY


In the name of God Amen this Sixth Day of feberwary in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and sixty


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NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS


four I william Kelso of Londonderry in the province of new- hampshire in new England yeman * * *


Ittem I give and bequth to my wellbeloved wif Elizabath Kelso the third of my housold goods and the third of my stoke, with the third of my homplace During hir natural Life


Ittem I give and bequith to my son John Kelso the Land I bought from william orr Exepting twelf acers which I reserve to my self which Land resurved bounds on Robert wallace's Land and the High way and Likwiss to him one hundred acers of the Land I bought from Robert macmurphy on that sid Jon- joning to william Cunigham's Land to him his hairs or asigins for ever


Ittem I give and bequaith unto my son Alexander Kelso the remander of said farm bought from Robert macmurphy to him his hairs or asigens for ever


Ittem I give and bequaith unto my wellbeloved son David Taylor and his wiff margrat Taylor twenty pounds old tenor besids what I have given them already


Ittem I give and bequith to my son Thomas Kenedy and to his wiff Janet Kenedy twenty pounds old tenor besids what I have given them already


Ittem I give and bequaith to my two daughters Elesabeth Kelso and my daughter Agness Kelso all the Land which I have in the Town of Chester contaning two Eghty acer Lotts and a sixty acer Lott to them and ther hairs or asignes forever in Equal shairs and if said Land shal not be accountied worth two thou- sand pounds accounting dollars at six pounds then to be made up out of my hom place or personal Estate


Ittem I give and bequaith to my wellbeloved daughter Anne Kelso nine hundred pounds old tenor accounting dollars at six pounds


Ittem I give and bequith to my son Jonathan Kelso my hom place I now Live on together with the twelf acers befor reserved out of the Land I bought from william orr Except what I have bequathed to my wiffe Elesabath Kelso


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and I make and ordain Thomas Criste and my son John Kelso to be my Exectors


his william × Kelso mark


[Witnesses] Jennet Boyes, Margret Boyes, Robert Boyes. [Proved June 28, 1769.]


[Inventory, attested Oct. 2, 1769; amount, £430. 3. 9; signed by George Moore and James McGregore.]


[Guardianship of Ann Kelso and Jonathan Kelso, minors, aged more than 14 years, granted to Thomas Christie and James McGregore Oct. 25, 1769.]


[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 68.]


[Bond of Thomas Christie and James McGregore, both of Lon- donderry, with Samuel Allison and John Gilman as sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 25, 1769, for the guardianship of Ann Kelso and Jonathan Kelso, children of William Kelso; witnesses, Jane Christie, Mary Christie.]


HUMPHREY FERNALD 1764 PORTSMOUTH


In the Name of God Amen I Humphry Fernald of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Cooper being Sick & weak


Imprimis my Will is that all my just Debts and funeral Charges be paid out of my Estate by my Executrix as she can with Conveniency after my Decease and for that purpose & for bringing up my Younger Children and other uses which she may have Occasion of I give & Devise to her & to her Heirs and Assigns all my Land at Berwick in the County of York & Prov- ince of the Massachusetts Bay and all my land at Barrington in New Hampshire


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NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS


Item I give and bequeath to Dorothy my beloved wife (whom I make Sole Executx of this my last Will and Testament) besides the Lands aforesaid for her Own use the use and Improvement of all my other Estate real and Personal during her life with a Power to Dispose of so much of my Personal Estate as shall be necessary to pay my Debts & funeral Charges if the Lands afore- said shall not produce money enough for that End and she may turn any of my Personal Estate into money if she shall find & judge it may be more beneficial for my Children as Personal Estate grows worse & of less value by use and Age and after her Decease to Come to my Children as hereafter expressed.


Item I give to my Children viz John, Elizabeth, Humphry, Mary, & Samuel, five shillings Each to be paid by my Executx within one year after my Decease in old Tenor bills of Credit of said Province of New Hampshire I also give to them in Equal shares the Reversion & Remainder of all my real Estate given as aforesd to my said wife during her life to them their Heirs and assigns. I also give them the Personal Estate which shall be left & not worn out belonging to me the use of which I have given to my Said Wife as aforesaid & the money which shall be raised by Sale of all or any part of such Personal Estate as aforesaid to be Divided among them in manner aforesaid.


Lastly I hereby Constitute and appoint my Said Wife Execu- trix as aforesaid and Revoke all other wills by me in any manner heretofore made


In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Sixth Day of February Anno Domini 1764 -




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