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PROBATE RECORDS
OF THE
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
TILM
VOL. 5 1754-1756
DAFEM
4 Oct 31 CLL
1 CAR CRAVO. men-275 CATALOGUE NO.
STATE PAPERS SERIES VOL. 35
XLIB7-102#1655
Edited by OTIS G. HAMMOND Director of the New Hampshire Historical Society
DATE MICROFICHED
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PUBLISHED BY THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1936
USKAD OF WIAH 474.2. 18/93
umford
JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and provin- cial 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 por- tions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New Hamp- shire 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 Historical 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
Alcock, Keturah, Portsmouth, 1754 164
Alexander, Elias, Winchester, 1756 493
Allen, David, Salem, 1754 I25
Anderson, Allen, Londonderry, 1755 340
Ayer, John, Portsmouth, 1754
24
Baldwin, Henry, Pelham, 1754
2I
Bartlett, Nathaniel, Exeter, 1755
294
Batchelder, Nathan, East Kingston, 1755 Theophilus, Hampton Falls, 1754
249
Bean, Joseph, Kingston, 1753
566
Beverland, David, Londonderry, 1756
387
Bickford, Joseph, Newington, 1754
183
Bigelow, Jonathan, Charlestown, 1755 Blagdon, Hannah, Portsmouth, 1756 . Blake, John, Hampton, 1755 Joseph, Epping, 1755
30I
404
Blood, Josiah, Hollis, 1754 ·
190
Boyd, Eleazer, Londonderry, 1756 Nathaniel, Manchester, 1755
. 353
Bradden, Noah, Portsmouth, 1756
476
Bradley, Abraham, Concord, 1754
129
Brewster, Margaret, Portsmouth, 1754
19I
Brown, Abraham, South Hampton, 1756 Edmund, Portsmouth, 1755
421
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246
Joshua, Kingston, 1756 Samuel, Hollis, 1755
. 477
· 317
Burleigh, Joseph, Newmarket, 1756
. 384
Buss, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1756
379
Butterfield, Zachariah, Chester, 1754
30
349
364
Bolton, William, Windham, 1755
27I
489
62
iv
LIST OF ESTATES
Caldwell, Alexander, Dover, 1755
362
Cass, Joseph, Epping, 1754
20
Chandler, Thomas, Bedford, 1752
565
Zachariah, Roxbury, Mass., 1756 Chapman, Job, North Hampton, 1754 Chase, Paul, Sandown, 1756.
79
Stephen, Hudson, 1755
304
Chesley, Jonathan, Durham, 1755
225
Christy, James, Chester, 1756
498
Clark, Amos, Hampstead, 1756 James, Dover, 1754
22
Josiah, Portsmouth, 1754
I79
Clifford, Peter, Chester, 1754
68
Clough, Jacob, Chester, 1756
491
Josiah, Salem, 1756
504
Obadiah, Kingston, 1756
402
William Brown, Kensington, 1756 Cochran, David, Londonderry, 1753
566
Colby, Joseph, Hampstead, 1754 .
68
Colcord, Edward, Brentwood, 1756
482
Collins, Joseph, South Hampton, 1754
202
Connell, Thomas, Pembroke, 1756
515
Copp, Moses, Hampstead, 1756 .
512
Crockett, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1754
154
Cunningham, Archibald, Londonderry, 1755 359
Currier, Henry, South Hampton, 1756
462
Dalton, Timothy, North Hampton, 1756 400
Dam, John, Portsmouth, 1754
69
William, Dover, 1754
10
William, Portsmouth, 1755
359
Davenport, Addington, Boston, Mass., 1756
488
Davis, Ebenezer, Durham, 1755
291
John Hampstead, 1756
520
Robert, Concord, 1755 .
212
416
507
397
517
LIST OF ESTATES
V
Dearborn, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1755
270
Henry, Hampton, 1756
44I
John, Hampton, 1754
72
Nathaniel, Kensington, 1754 I7I
331
Thomas, North Hampton, 1754
95 4
Dickey, Adam, Chester, 1753
567
Elias, Londonderry, 1755
233
Downing, John, Newington, 1755
332
Downs, Samuel, Somersworth, 1755 William, Somersworth, 1754
I47
Drake, Robert, Hampton, 1756
499
Dudley, Trueworthy, Exeter, 1754
163
Duncan, John, Londonderry, 1754 Thomas, Portsmouth, 1755
350
Dunlap, Archibald, Chester, 1755
246
Eastman, David, Sandown, 1756 Eaton, Jeremiah, Hampstead, 1754
197
Samuel, Plaistow, 1754 .
I39
Samuel, Hampton Falls, 1756
433
Edgerly, Joseph, Rochester, 1755
304
Elkins, Henry, Rye, 1756
476
Ellinwood, Robert, Salem, 1754
54
Elliot, John, South Hampton, 1756
437
Emerson, Timothy, Durham, 1755
285
Farrar, John, Epping, 1756 .
· 428
Fernald, Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 1756
·
457
Fletcher, Daniel, Nashua, 1754
I81
Fogg, James, Hampton, 1754
IOI
John, Hampton, 1754
120
Jonathan, Exeter, 1755 .
. 273
Folsom, John, Exeter, 1756
388
William, Newmarket, 1755
. 203
Reuben, North Hampton, 1755
Thomas, Chester, 1754
256
I74
516
vi
LIST OF ESTATES
Footman, Francis, Durham, 1756 379
Fowler, Philip, Newmarket, 1754 106
Freese, Jonathan, Hampton, 1748 French, Jonathan, Nashua, 175I
Joseph, South Hampton, 1754 Frost, Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 1755
206
Gage, Thomas, Pelham, 1756
. 550
Garland, Jonathan, Jr., Hampton, 1756
486
Gerrish, Timothy, Kittery, Me., 1756
410
Gilman, Jonathan, Exeter, 1756 .
510
Glidden, Nathaniel, Exeter, 1754
II7
Richard, Brentwood, 1755
355 262
Gordy, Jacob, Chester, 1755 .
Gould, Joseph, Amesbury, Mass., 1756
530
Grant, Joshua, Somersworth, 1755
304 320
Joseph, Kingston, 1754 .
Reuben, Hudson, 1755 .
194 363
Green, Abraham, Kingston, 175I
563
Ann, Portsmouth, 1754
170
Benjamin, Epping, 1755
316
Griffin, Isaac, Kingston, 1755
23I
Haines, Matthias, Portsmouth, 1754 . Hammond, Nathaniel, Swanzey, 1756
519
Hannaford, John, Stratham, 1755 Hanson, John, Jr., Dover, 1756 Robert, Dover, 1754
494
I2I
Hardison, Hannah, Portsmouth, 1755
248
Hardy, Theophilus, Exeter, 1754
I76
Hart, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1756
412
Hayes, Benjamin, Rochester, 1756
432
Elihu, Dover, 1755
303
Peter, Dover, 1756 .
405
563
564
183
Greeley, Jonathan, Kingston, 1755
54
258
LIST OF ESTATES
vii
Hazzen, Richard, Hampstead, 1754
55
Heard, Samuel, Jr., Dover, 1756
461
Hersey, Peter, Newmarket, 1754 Hill, James, Swanzey, 1756
19I
529
Joseph, Greenland, 1755
207
Hilliard, Benjamin, Hampton Falls, 1756
374
Hinkson, Robert, Epping, 1755 .
273
Hinman, Alexander, Londonderry, 1755
222
Hobbs, James, North Hampton, 1756 367
Jonathan, North Hampton, 1756
412
Morris, North Hampton, 1756 William, Amherst, 1756
435
Howe, Caleb, Hinsdale, 1756
478
Hoyt, Ezekiel, Brentwood, 1754
86
John, South Hampton, 1754
89
Hunking, John, Hampstead, 1754
19I
Hunter, David, Londonderry, 1754
I74
Huse, Israel, Sandown, 1756.
502
Jackson, Joseph, Dover, 1756 532
Mary, Portsmouth, 1755
260
Samuel, Durham, 1754
79
Jenkins, John, Durham, 1754 Joseph, Dover, 1754
I78
Jenness, Richard, Rye, 1754
I45 IIO 565
John, Jr., Hampstead, 1756 .
40I
Timothy, Greenland, 1756
427
Jones, Jonathan, Stratham, 1754
35
Joseph, Durham, 1755 ·
280
Judkins, Joel, Kingston, 1754
I4
Kelsey, Alexander, Londonderry, 1755
360
Kezar, George, Hampstead, 1755
257
King, James, Westford, Mass., 1754
I55
Johnson, Elisha, Hampton, 1753
417
viii
LIST OF ESTATES
Knight, Nathaniel, Plaistow, 1754
I
Samuel, Plaistow, 1756 . . .
478.
Lamb, Richard, Kittery, Me., 1755
329
Langley, Job, Durham, 1755
346
Lavers, George, Portsmouth, 1755 Jacob, Portsmouth, 1756
. 329
550
Lear, Tobias, Portsmouth, 1755 Leavitt, Emerson, Exeter, 1756
242 531
James, Stratham, 1754 .
84 26
Moses, Stratham, 1754 .
IIO
Stephen, Brentwood, 1755
274
Timothy, Brentwood, 1756
37I
Leighton, John, Dover, 1756
.
505
Light, Robert, Exeter, 1756
. 540
Linn, Joseph, Boston, Mass., 1755
258
Littlehale, Ezra, Pelham, 1756
502
Long, John, Portsmouth, 1756
479
William, Kingston, 1754 .
2I
Lord, Elizabeth, Gosport, 1755
358
Jonathan, Scarborough, Me., 1754
. 201
McClurg, John, Londonderry, 1756
506
McConnell, Thomas, Pembroke, 1754
I78
McDonnell, James, Hollis, 1756
486
McFarland, Walter, Manchester, 1756
408
Mckellips, David, Salem, 1755
. 356
McMurphy, John, Londonderry, 1755
238
Marsh, James, Hudson, 1748/9
563
Marshall, John, Hudson, 1756
426
Mason, Benjamin, Somersworth, 1754 Francis, Exeter, 1754
82
163
Mead, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1756
472
Merrill, Abraham, Newton, 1755
213
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Samuel, Stratham, 1754
LIST OF ESTATES
ix
Merrill, Nathaniel, Hampstead, 1754 .
177
Nathaniel, South Hampton, 1754 I86
Meserve, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1756 Miller, Archibald, Chester, 1754 .
450
Joseph, Newmarket, 1755
284
Joseph, Portsmouth, 1756
466
Mitchell, George, Portsmouth, 1755
336
Moore, James, Londonderry, 1755
345
Morrill, Benjamin, Kingston, 1755 Samuel, South Hampton, 1754
198
Moulton, James, Hampton Falls, 1755
34I
Samuel, Hampton, 1754
12
Neal, Samuel, Greenland, 1756 392
Walter, Newmarket, 1755 269
Nelson, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1755 330 Philip, Plaistow, 1756 458
Newbold, Deborah, Portsmouth, 1754
I54
Newmarch, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1756
369
Nock, Thomas, Somersworth, 1754
95
Noyes, James, Plaistow, 1755
35I
Nudd, James, Greenland, 1754
98
Nute, Abraham, Dover, 1756
459
Nutter, Valentine, Portsmouth, 1756
475
Odlin, John, Exeter, 1754
64
Judith, Exeter, 1756
552
Ordway, Jonathan, Kingston, 1754 Joseph, Kingston, 1755
77
354
Page, Francis, Hampton, 1755
277
John, Salem, 1755
351
Jonathan, Plaistow, 1756
434
Jonathan, Jr., Plaistow, 1756
447
Samuel, Hampton, 1755
.
. 280
159
218
x
LIST OF ESTATES
Parsons, Josiah, Newmarket, 1755
254
Patch, Thomas, Nashua, 1756 467
410
Patterson, Samuel, Londonderry, 1756 Peabody, Ebenezer, Portsmouth, 1754 Peaslee, Joseph, Salem, 1755 353
179
Peirce, Joshua, Portsmouth, 1754
I33
Perkins, Daniel, Hampton Falls, 1756
415
James, Kensington, 1754
I42
Samuel, Durham, 1756 .
477
Pettengill, Benjamin, Plaistow, 1756
Philbrick, Ebenezer, Rye, 1755 Jedediah, Kingston, 1754
522 209 70
Jeremiah, Kingston, 1754
II6 II
Pitman, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1754
Powell, John, Brentwood, 1756
420
Prescott, Elizabeth, Hampton Falls, 1755
2II
James, Kensington, 1754 I55
Purrington, Joshua, Epping, 1754
180
Quimby, John, Jr., Kingston, 1755 293
Rand, Thomas, Rye, 1756
369
Richards, Benjamin, Rochester, 1756
395
Richardson, Moses, South Hampton, 1755
232
Ricker, George, Somersworth, 1754
47
John, Somersworth, 1756 .
429
Rindge, William, Portsmouth, 1756
449
Ring, Seth, Portsmouth, 1756 ·
386 428
Daniel, Jr., Hampstead, 1755
364
Ebenezer, Somersworth, 1755
319
John, Brentwood, 1756 .
498 223
Love, Somersworth, 1755
Robinson, George, Chester, 1754
54
Jonathan, Exeter, 1754
75
Roberts, Daniel, Hampstead, 1756
LIST OF ESTATES
xi
Roby, Ichabod, Kingston, 1755
337
Rogers, James, Londonderry, 1755
343
Rollins, Edward, Rochester, 1756 Thomas, Jr., Stratham, 1755
437
362
Rowell, Rice, Nottingham, 1754 .
32
Thomas, South Hampton, 1755
260
Rowen, Andrew, Plaistow, 1754
85
Runnells, John, Durham, 1756
469
Mary, Stratham, 1755 208
Rymes, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1755
347
Sanborn, Elisha, Epping, 1755
348
Ephraim, Epping, 1754
119
Reuben, Hampton Falls, 1756
424
Tristram, Kingston, I753
264, 566
Savage, John, Portsmouth, 1754
94
Scott, Silvanus, Portsmouth, 1754
I32
Scribner, John, Exeter, 1756 Joseph, Jr., Exeter, 1756
434
Scruton, Michael, Barrington, 1755
356
Sinclair, Ebenezer, Exeter, 1754
129
Slayton, Ann, Portsmouth, 1756 .
500 6
Smart, Joseph, Newmarket, 1754
34
Smith, Benjamin, North Hampton, 1755
310
Benjamin, Exeter, 1756
553
Ithiel, Brentwood, 1756.
495
Jabez, Exeter, 1754
61
Jacob, Jr., Brentwood, 1755
317
Samuel, Durham, 1755 .
299
Snow, Jonathan, Nashua, 1755
319
Spaulding, -, 1754
.
13
·
481
Shortridge, Richard, Portsmouth, 1756 Simpson, William, Portsmouth, 1754 .
479
198
Sleeper, Moses, Kingston, 1754
Isaac, Kingston, 1756
561
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xii
LIST OF ESTATES
Stevens, Aaron, Plaistow, 1756
397
Edward, Epping, 1756 . 464
Joseph, Hampstead, 1756 473
Phineas, Boscawen, 1755
227
Samuel, Exeter, 1755 .
209
Straw, Lawrence, South Hampton, 1756
382
William, Sandown, 1756
.
508
Tasker, John, Dover, 1755
312
Taylor, John, Durham, 1755
. 308
John, Exeter, 1755
361
Joseph, Chester, 1756
399
William, Newmarket, 1755
283
Templeton, Allen, Chester, 1755
329
Thomas, Edward, Portsmouth, 1754
25
Thompson, Abigail, Durham, 1756
373
Jonathan, Durham, 1756
489
Samuel, Durham, 1755 .
·
257.
Thurston, Moses, Stratham, 1756
.
526 150
Towle, Amos, Hampton, 1754 James, Hampton, 1756 .
418
Joseph, Hampton, 1754
159
Varnum, James, Chester, 1756
399
Venning, William, Portsmouth, 1754 .
103
Wadleigh, Jonathan, Brentwood, 1755 Walden, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1756
. 292
William, Portsmouth, 1754 .
I53
Walker, Abigail, Portsmouth, 1756
394
Wallace, Joseph, Londonderry, 1755
357
Warren, John, Portsmouth, 1754 .
24
Weare, Nathaniel, Hampton Falls, 1754
47
Webster, Gideon, Kingston, 1756
561
John, Hampton, 1754
182
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Tibbetts, Ephraim, Jr., Rochester, 1754
157
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LIST OF ESTATES
xiii
Weeks, Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 1754
125
Wesendunk, Stephen, London, Eng., 1754 .
I45
Weymouth, Benjamin, Somersworth, 1754 Whipple, Joseph, Hampton Falls, 1754 White, James, Pembroke, 1754
104
78
179
Wiggin, Nicholas, Stratham, 1752
565
Willard, Moses, Charlestown, 1756
537
Worthen, Samuel, Hampstead, 1756
521
Wright, Benoni, Hinsdale, 1756
420
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1754 .
93
Wyman, Edward, Pelham, 1754
165
Edward, Pelham, 1756
50I
Yeaton, John, Newcastle, 1756
519
Young, Samuel, Dover, 1755 ·
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NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
NATHANIEL KNIGHT I754 PLAISTOW
In the Name of God Amen: this first day of January: 1754: I Nathaniel Knight of Plastow in the Province of New Hamp- shire in New England yeoman *
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to Sarah my Dearly beloved wife the one half of my Dwelling House the improvement thereof Dureing her nateral life with her thirds of the rest of my Estate
Item I Give to my well beloved sons namely John Nathaniel and Abial my whomsted lands and buildings as shall be here after Exspresed paying as hereafter spesifid I Give to my said son Nathaniel thirty four Acres with the building on the same which land is to be thirty four Rods in wedth and adjoyns to Lieut Thomas Hales land: I Give to my said son John thirty Eight Acres it being thirty Eight Rods in wedth and also my Dwelling House and Barn: I Give to my said son Abial Twenty Eight Acres it being Twenty Eight Rods in wedth he paying his Brother Samuel Knight one Hundred Pounds old tenor the said Abials part adjoyns to Land of Joseph Noyes
Item I Give to my well beloved son Samuel Eight Hundred pounds old tenor seven Hundred pounds of which is to be paid by my Executors as shall hereafter be Exspresed
Item I Give to my well beloved son Joseph fifteen Acres of land I purchased of Benjamin Gale and Twenty Acres I pur- chased of Richard Hazzen being in the whole thirty five Acres
Item I Give to my well beloved Daughter Sarah one Hundred and fifty pounds old tenor to be paid by my Executors at my Decease and also one half of my Hosel Stuff after my wifes Decease
Item I Give unto my well beloved Daughter Jane one Hundred
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and fifty pounds old tenor to be paid by my Executors when she is Married if she be married before she arives to the age of Twenty one years and if she is not Married when she shall be Twenty one years old to be paid then and one half of my Housel Stuff after my wifes Decease
I hereby Constitute make and ordain my said sons John and Nathaniel my Executors of this my last will and Testament they to have my personal Estat and to pay my legeses and Just Debts and funeral charges for me and my wife: my said son John to pay to my said son Samuel four Hundred and fifty pounds old tenor: and my said son Nathaniel is to pay to my said son Samuel two Hundred and fifty pounds old tenor my sd Executors to pay my said Daughters and my Debts equally alike between them:
Nathaniel Knight
[Witnesses] Moses Gile, Thomas Hale Jun', Daniel Little. [Proved Nov. 19, 1754.]
[Warrant, Nov. 19, 1754, authorizing Daniel Little of Hamp- stead and Humphrey Noyes of Plaistow to take an inventory of the estate.]
[Warrant, Nov. 19, 1754, authorizing Daniel Little of Hamp- stead, Humphrey Noyes, Samuel Little, Jonathan Kimball, and James Noyes, all of Plaistow, yeomen to set off the widow's dower.]
[Inventory, Dec. 17, 1754; amount, £5804. 19. 0; signed by Daniel Little and Humphrey Noyes.]
Province of We the subscribers Persuant to a Warrant New-Hampshire J to us Directed have set off to Sarah Knight of Plastow widow and Relict of Nathaniel Knight Late of said town in said Province yeoman Deceased her Right of Dowry or what was willed to her by the said Deceased, it being one half of his Dwelling House with on third of the Rest of his Estate to wit the westerly half of said House with half of the cellar allowing a
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priviledge of the oven and the other half of the cellar to the other half of the House also one lower Room in the northerly corner of the other House of the said Deceased with Liberty of passing through the other Room into it; her part of the Barn to be half the use of the Barn floor with the Rest of the Barn on the East- erly side of said floor the said Widows Real Estate or her part of the Land of the said Deceased beginning with a stake and stones by the Road two Rods Northwesterly from a piece of stone wall thence Runing southeasterly by said Road to Land of Joseph Noyes thence Easterly by said Noyes's Land to Land called Kimballs farm thence Northerly by said farm twenty Eight Rods thence westerly to a stake and stones in the orchard thence southerly about twenty Rods to a Stake by a large Rock then to the bound first mentioned. The next parcel for said widow is bounded begining at the Southeasterly corner of the House first mentioned thence Runing northeasterly through the orchard and across a hollow of mowing Land to a stake and stones (Including all the mowing Ground in said hollow on the east side of said orchard) thence on northeasterly to the northwesterly corner of Robert Greenough's Land thence northerly to the southeasterly corner of Thomas Hales Land Excepting twelve Rods thence westerly twelve Rods off of said Hales Land to a stake and stones on the westerly side of said hollow thence south- erly to a stake and stones one Rod and half a rod from said Road then to said Road thence by Said Road to said Dwelling House first mentioned, then seven acres and a half adjoyning to the Premises it being the southeasterly half of fifteen acres of Land Purchased of Benjamin Gale it being nine Rods adjoyning to the Premises before Described and adjoyns southeasterly on Land of John Knight northeasterly on said Gales Land northwesterly on the other half of said fifteen acres, we also have set off to said widow at the westerly end of the homestead for wood Land five acres and fifty Rods it being nine Rods in wedth at the north- erly end and eight Rods in wedth at the southerly end Runing Straight across said homestead
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Personal Estate we also set off to said widow (viz)
all the Housel Stuff one mare three years old two Cows one yearling four sheep two swine the saddle one ax one how Little Plow three Cyder Berrils the apples that shall grow on four trees that stand on the Northeasterly side of Abiels orchard and on the Land that he Improves
Dated April 25th 1755
Daniel Little Samuel Little Humphery Noyes
THOMAS DEARBORN I754 CHESTER
In the Name of God Amen I thomas Dearbon of Chester in the Province of Newhampr in Newengland Husbondman being very weeke in body:
Imprimis I Give to Dorithy my well Beloved Wife the Im- provement of one third of all my Reall Estate During her Life I also give her all my house hold Goods for her to use Improve and Dispose of as She Sees Cause -
Item I Give to my son John Samborn Dearbon my homesteed place Being two home Lotts: the one origenelly Ebenezer East- mens and the other Jacob Garlands: with what Land I Bought adjoyning to the same: I also give him my house and Barn and Priveledge about the Same, and I give him my saw mill and what Land I Have adjoyning about the said mill and Barn I also give him one third of my hundred acre Lott Nº 61 : origenelly James hoggs he Paying to my three Daughters (Viz) mary Dearbon Dolley Dearbon and Elisebeth Dearbon fifty Pounds New tenor bills to Each of them as I shall here after order -
Item I Give to my Son Thomas Dearbon my Eighty acre Lott in the third Division in Chester Nº 38 : origenelly Thomas Silvers and I also give him one third of my hundred acre Lott Nº 61 : origenelly James hoggs
Item I Give to my son Sam11 Dearbon my Eighty acre Lott in
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the third Division in Chester that is Nº 45 origenelly David Til- tons and I also give him one third of my hundred acre Lott that is Nº 61 : origenelly James hoggs -
Item I give to my Daughter mary Dearbon the Sum of fifty Pounds New tenor bills of Credite to be Paid to her by my son John Sambun Dearbon when she shall arive to the age of twenty three years old -
Item I give to my Daughter Dolley Dearbon the sum of fifty Pounds New tenor bills of Credite to be Paid to her by my son John Sanbun Dearbon; when she shall arive to the age of twenty one years old -
Item I give to my Daughter Elisebath Dearbon the sum of fifty Pounds New tenor bills of Credite to be Paid to her by my son John Sanbun Dearbon when she shall arrive to the age of twenty one years old -
Item it is my will that my stock of Creturs what is Needful of it be sold and Disposed of to Pay my Debts and funurell Charges; and the Remainder of it shall Be Equelly Divided amongst all my Children -
And I Do appoynt my Brother Peter Dearbon of Chester af- foresd to be my sole Executor to this my Last will and Testament he to Receive and Pay all Just Debts Due to and from my Estate and my funurell Charges and to see that it be fullfiled in Every Perticuler Renouncing all other wills Bequest and Executors In Witness to all herein Contained I Have hereunto affixed my hand and seal the seventh Day of January anno domini 1754: first above Written -
his Thomas X Dearbon mark
[Witnesses] Sam11 Emerson, William Gillchrest, Stephen Morse.
[Proved Jan. 30, 1754.]
[Inventory, Feb. 8, 1754; amount, £5629. 2. 0; signed by Abel Morse and Samuel Emerson.]
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[Dorothy Emerson requests, Feb. 24, 1755, that her husband, Samuel Emerson, may be appointed guardian of her children by her former husband, Thomas Dearborn.]
[Guardianship of Mary Dearborn, John Sanborn Dearborn, Thomas Dearborn, Dorothy Dearborn, Samuel Dearborn, and Elizabeth Dearborn, aged less than fourteen years, children of Thomas Dearborn, granted to Samuel Emerson of Chester Feb. 26, 1755.]
[Bond of Samuel Emerson of Chester, with Andrew Craig of Chester, yeoman, and Andrew Todd of Londonderry, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Feb. 26, 1755, for the guardian- ship of the children; witnesses, William Parker and Jonathan Blanchard.]
[Executor's account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1511. 0. 6; expenditures, £636. 18. 2; allowed Nov. 26, 1755.]
MOSES SLEEPER I754 KINGSTON
In the Name of God Amen I Moses Sleeper of Kingstown in the Province of New Hamps: in New England Gentleman being sick & weak of Body *
Imp® I Give & Bequeath unto Margaret my now Dearly be- loved wife all my moveable goods & Effects within Doors to be at her Dispose & also two Cows all to be at her Dispose and the Southerly End of my Dwelling House Dureing her state of widow Hood -
Item I Give unto my son John Sleeper his Hiers & Assigns the sum of five shillings New tenor -
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my well beloved son Richard Sleeper Thirty Six Acres of Land in that part of my Home place on which my Dwelling House now stands laying on the southerly side of the Country Rode going from sd Kingstown to Exeter &
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on the Northerly side of the Rode going from thence to Hampton as followeth viz: beginning at the sd Country Rode where my House now stands taking the width of my Land there & Running Easterly between the sª Rode going to Hampton & Land I formerly sold to my son Jonathan taking all my Land there to Eight Acres I also formerly sold to my sd son & the residue even to make up the sd Thirty six acres on the Easterly side of the sd Eight acres & Comeing to the Rode there and also the one full Half of the Little pasture (so Called) Laying on the Northwesterly side of the sª Country Rode, the sd Half of sd pasture being four acres more or Less, to Lay at the North Easterly part, and also the one full Half of my swamp (so Called) viz the Easterly Half Joyning to land of Ely Bedy & Peter Sanborn, and also the one full Half of my wood Land being Eighteen Acres more or Less, Laying in the 3d & 4th Lots in the East Division (so Called) in sd Kingstown viz the Northerly Half thereof & also the Northerly End & Half of my Dwelling House wherein I Now live, and the other Half at the decease of my sd wife and also all my Barn I now Give to my sd son Richard, and further I Give to my sd son Richard the one Half of my stock of Cattle, Horses, sheep, & swine &c all to him his Heirs & and assigns forever he paying the Legacies & per- forming the duties hereafter mentioned
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