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PROBATE RECORDS
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PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
VOL.38 1764-1767
STATE PAPERS SERIES VOL. 38
DATE MICROFILM 9 Oct. 81 ITEM QN ROLL 4 CAMERA NO. MRD-2#5 CATALOGUE NO. XL187-102# 1658
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
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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
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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
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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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NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
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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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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NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
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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