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witnes Nathanell Drak
the mark X of
william Marston senior
Jane Drak John X lock his marke
[Proved Oct. 8, 1672.]
[Essex County, Mass, Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 2, p. 263.]
[Inventory of the estate ; personal, taken by Nathaniel Drake and Thomas Marston, 1672; amount, £73.10.0; real, taken by Nathaniel Drake and John Locke; amount, £50.0.0; total amount, £123.10.0.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 2, p. 263 ]
STEPHEN BATCHELDER 1673
[Administration on the estate of Stephen Batchelder granted to- William Richards, husband of Mary Richards, daughter of the deceased, March 26, 1673.]
[Court Records, March 26, 1673, in Deeds, vol. 2, p. 194.]
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GILES FULLER
1673 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Giles Fuller of Hampton granted to Thomas Ward of Hampton and Richard Currier of Amesbury, Mass., April 8, 1673.]
[Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 4, p. 13.]
[Inventory, taken by Thomas Marston, Abraham Perkins, and William Marston April 8, 1673 ; amount, £153.5.3.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 2, p. 284.]
- TRUEWORTHY 1673
[Guardianship of James Trueworthy was granted to Nicholas Shapleigh June 24, 1673, this choice being made by the ward. ]
[Court Records, June 24, 1673, in Deeds, vol. 2, p. 199.]
JASPER BLAKE 1673 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen-
I Jasper Blake of Hampton in the County of Norfolke in the Collony of the Massachusits being sicke & weake and Languish- ing under a sore Desease which in the Judgment of man will bring my fraile body to the Dust from whence itt was taken, doe make this my Last will as followeth
And for whatt Estate God Hath Given mee in this world my will is that my Just Debts being payd my whole Estate (Except- ing whatt is otherways disposed of ) shall bee & Remaine in the Hands of Deborah my Beloved wife Dureing the terme of Her life for her subsistans & the Releife of those Children which are yett to bee Brought up
And my further will is thatt my sone Timothie shall Injoy of my third partt of the farme for his p'sentt Improvementt twenty
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Acres of upland & fower Acres of medow for the which he shall Afford such Helpe & Assistance to my wife as they shall Agree upon, and att my wives Decease the sd #t of the farme being one Hundred Acres as Appears by a deed of Gift from m' Timothy Dalton of Hampton Deceased thatt my sones Timothie & Israell shall Injoy the sd Hundred Acres of land betwixt them to bee Equally Devided both upland & medow and when my wife shall appoint they the sd Timothie & Israell and to pay legacyes to my other Children which Have no land so as itt Exceed nott ten pound for Either of them
Item I doe Give unto my Daughter Deborah Blake one of my Cowes to be Delivered to Her by my Exequetor att Her marriag or att the Age of twenty two yers : and five pound more to bee payd within a year after Her mothers Decease if she bee then living
It I Give & Bequeth unto my son John Blake my lott wher I now live Containing aboutt Eigh[t] Acres more or less as itt is and one share of the Cowes Comon and Six Acres of Salt marsh the which he is to Enter upon and possesse att my wives Decease, paying to my other Children such legacyes as my wife shall ap- pointt nott Exceeding ten pound
Item I Give unto my sone Jasper Blake my Grant of land at the west end of Hampton bounds Called Hampton New plantation being Eighty Acres as Appears by the towne Records the which he is to Enter upon and possesse after my wives Decease
and my will is that all the land & moveables shall Remaine att my wives Dispose the land for Improvementt & the Movables to Her dispose to Her & Her Heires for Ever, and for whatt land my sons Timothie Israell or John shall Improve in the life time of my wife I leave itt to Her & my overseere to treatt with them & Con- clude whatt allowanc they or Either of them shall make to my wife for her subsistans & for the Releife of my small Children ; and I doe Apoint Deborah my Beloved wife to bee my Sole Ex- ceqatrex this my last will and testamentt, and I doe Desire & Request my Cossen m' Sam" Dalton to bee as an oveseere and to
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Have the desiding of any Differanc that any time may Arise be- twixt my wife and any other #son Conserned in this my last will and for the Confermation of this as my last will and testamentt I have Herunto sett my Hand & Seale this Eighteenth Day of July in the year of o' lord one thousand Six Hundred & Seaventy and three
Signed Sealed and Confermed
Jasper X Blake [Seal] His marke & Seale
in the p'sents of us Christopher Hussey Samuell Dalton
[Proved April 14, 1674.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 2, P. 324.]
[Inventory, taken by Samuel Dalton and Christopher Hussey Jan. 21, 1673/4 ; amount, £265.10.0 ; sworn to by Deborah Blake, executrix, April 14, 1674.]
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[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 2, P. 324.]
It is agreed Between Timothie Blake & John Blake adminestra- tors to the Estate of Jasper Blake and thet six Children of the sayd Jasper blake as followeth viz thatt Deborah the wife of Elieasor Elkins hath her partt as appears by a Receitt under the Hand of the sd Eliazor Elkins, and for the other five Children itt is agreed by the sd Timothie & John Blake thatt they shall Receive the some of fiftie pounds thatt is to say ten pound a peece as they Come to age and for the paymentt of the sd fifty pound to the sd five Children we the sd Timothie and John Blake Doe hereby Ingage thatt the Land of the sd Jasper Blake shall ly Responsable for the paymentt of the sd legacies and Hereto wee sett our Hands this tenth Day of november 1679
wittnes mehetabel Dalton Elizabeth Dalton
timothy blake John X Blake his mark
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Timothie Blake and John Blake signed and owned this wright- ing the 10th 9 mo 1679 Before mee
Samuell Dalton Comissoner [Allowed Nov. 11, 1679.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
THOMAS ROBERTS 1673 DOVER
In the name of God Amen
I Thomas Robearts Sent of the Towne of Dover in Piscattaqua
* * River, in New England yeoman beeing weake of Body *
Item I give and bequeath unto my Sone John Robearts, of Dover, aforesaid, the sume of Twenty shill8 in Currant money of New England, to be paid, by my Executor, three monethes, after my discease
Item I give and bequeath, unto my Sone, Thomas Robearts, the sum'e of five shillings, in money to be paid at or within the Space of three monethes, after my disease, by my Executor
Item I give, and bequeath, unto my Daughter, Hester (now the wife of John Martyn, of New Jarze) the sume of five shillings in money, to be paid, by my Executor, three monethes, after my discease, if demanded,-
Item I give, and bequeath unto my Daughter Anne (now the wife of James Philbrooke, of Hampton) the sum'e of five shille, in money to be paid, by my Executor, at or within the Space, of three monethes, after my discease, as is above men'coned .-
Item I give, and bequeath, unto my daughter Elizabeth, now the wife, of Benjamin Heard, of Cochechock, the sume of five shillings, in money to be paid, at, or within, the Space, of three monethes, after my discease by my Executor.
Item I give, and bequeath, unto my Sone, in Law Richard Rich, the husband, of my dearly beloved daughter Sarah, and to his heires, Lawfully begotten (or to bee begotten) on the Body of my said Daughter (be it Either Males, or females) the Males, to bee Ever prferred, before the females, and the elder, before
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the younger, and to his, and their assignes forever, my dwelling house, where in, I now dwell, Lieing and Scituate, in Dover aforesaid, to gether also, with all, and Singular, the Out house- ing, Orchards, planting Land, and pastures, within fence, or Lay- ing, in Common priviledge, of Commons, proffitts, of Commodi- ties, Advantages, hereditamts, and appurtenances, whatsoever, thereunto belonging, or in any wise, appertaining, and now in my owne Tenure, and occupac'on, and also, a Lott of fouer Acres, of planting Land, lieing and Scituate, in Dover aforesaid, neare my Said dwelling house, and Likewise three Acres, of marsh, by Estimac'on, bee it more or Lesse, Lieing, and Scituate, at the mouth of Winnycott River, neare Greeneland, in Piscattaqua River, aforesaid, which I doe now possess, and Enjoy, and also, I doe nomminate, make choice of, and appoint, my sª Sone in Law Richd Rich to bee my whole and Sole Executor, (& in Case of Mortallity, my Daught' Sarah above menc'oned) to Execute, or see Executed, this my Last will, and Testament, according to the purport, true Intent, and meaning thereof, and in Testimony, that this is my Last will, and Testament, Irrevocably, I have hereunto, putt my hand and seale Dated in Dover, aforemenc'oned, this Twenty Seaventh day of Septembr, One Thousand Six hun- dred Seaventy & three. 1673.
Signed Sealed and Deliv'd Thomas Roberts [seal] in the p'sents of us.
Job Clements Sener
Job Clements Ju witnesseth n
Richard Allexander
[Proved June 30, 1674. ]
NICHOLAS SMITH 1673 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Nicholas Smith of Exeter was granted to his widow, Mary Smith, Oct. 14, 1673.]
[Norfolk County, Mass., Court Records, Oct. 14, 1673, and Deeds, vol. 4, p. 22.]
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[Inventory of the estate of Nicholas Smith, "died June 22th, 1673"; taken by John Clark and Jonathan Thing July 1, 1673 ; amount, £129.5.6.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
JOHN CASS
1674 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen
The last will and Testament of John Cass of Hampton in the County of Norfolk in New England being sick & weake of Body *
Imp: 'I Give and Bequeath unto Martha Cass my Beloved Wife all my whole stock of Cattle Both of one kind and other and all my other moveables both within dores and without to hir heires and Assignes for Ever. Also I Give unto Martha Cass my wife all my Houseing and Lands in Hampton Both Upland and med- ows Dureing the time of hir widdowhood And at her Deceas or Day of marriage
itt I Give and Bequeath unto my two sons Joseph and Samuell all my upland Belonging to the farme with all my Housses orchard and the Lot which my House standeth upon and the Comonage belonging to my part of the farme as also all my medow and marsh of the uper Devision downe to the Great Crick Below the Dame (my meaning is that Part of the Crick Below the Dam wher the water Ebbeth Northerly shall be their easterly bonds so far as that Part of the Crick Runs in my marsh the said Houses, Barne, Lands, medows to be equally devided Between them my intent is that Samuell shall devide the Land and medows and Joseph · shall Chuse which Part he will have and likewise that Samuell shall sett the price of houseing and Barne and if Joseph shall have his Choyce to take the houses and Barne and to pay unto samuell one halfe of the price so set upon them and if Joseph shall Refuse the Houses and Barne Samuell shall have them Paying unto Joseph one halfe of the price so set by .samuell all which Land and medows & Houses they shall Enter upon and
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injoy mediately after my wifes Deceas or at the Day of her Mar- riage alwaies provided that they shall have no power to make sale of any of their Land till they shall arive to the age of twenty and eight yeares if they should enter upon it before
itt I Give unto my Daughter Abigall the sum of twenty pounds to be paid to hir by my Wife
itt I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth twenty pounds to be paid by my two sons Joseph and Samuell in Corne & neat Cattle ten pounds to be paid within one yeare after they enter upon their Lands and the other ten pounds the Next year after to be payd in the same specie
itt I give unto my Daughter Mercy twenty pounds to be paid to her by Joseph and Samuell in Corne and neat Cattle ten pounds to be paid within three yeares after they enter upon their Lands and the other ten pounds within one yeare after my intent is that Joseph and Samuell shall pay equall shares of the forty pounds to Elizabeth & Mercy
itt I Give unto my two sons Jonathan And Ebenezer all the Rest of my marsh from the abovesd Great Crick to the Maine River by sandy point all my land at the New plantation and my out Land of the North Devision and one share of the Cow Comon all to be equally devided : between them accor[d]ing to the Good- nes or Worth of itt and they shall enter upon the said Lands and marshes imediatly after my wifes Deceas or at the day of her Mariage but my intent and meaning is that if any of my Children be under age when their inheritance is due to them by this my will that it shalbe improved by my executors for their Benifitt till they are of age neither shall my two yongest sons Jonathan and Ebenezer have power to make sale of any Land given them . by this my will till they shall arive at the age of twenty eight years if they shall enter upon it before : and I do apoint my be- loved Wife martha Cass and my Loveing Brothers Philip Lews and Thomas Philbrick executrix & executors to this my will and testiment which I doe confirme by seting to my hand and seale
itt I ad before the signeing and sealeing that My Daughter Mar-
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tha hath alReady had thirty pounds and My Daughter Mary Hath had Cows & other things which my intent is shall be their Portions In Confirmation of all the Abovesd premisses I have set my hand & seale this fourth of the third month in the yeare of our Lord 1674
Read Signed & sealed in the
preassents of
mark John X Cass [Seal ]
Thomas Philbrick
Joseph Dow Samuel philbrick
[Proved April 13. 1675.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 3, p. 3.]
[Inventory of the estate of John Cass who died April 7, 1675 ; taken by Edward Gove and Joseph Dow; amount, £1,037.8.6.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 3, p. 4.]
Wheras by the Last will and Testament of my Honoured father John Cass Late of hampton Deceased the Land Given to his two Eldest sons Viz Joseph Cass and Samuell Cass, as by the sd will is more att large to bee seen and Understood, and the sd Samuell Cass Being appointed to Divide the said Land into two parts Both Upland and medow and then Joseph Case to make Choyce of his partt, these p'sents wittneseth thatt the sayd Land hath been Di- vided by my Brother Samuell Cass Acording to my fathers Last will and the Dividing bounds hath Been shewed to mee the sd Joseph Cass this 26 Day of July 1680 and I the sd Joseph Cass have this Day made Choyce of the north Division of all the Up- land and medows on the East side of the Country way According to the Bounds fixed by my Brother Samuell and on the westerly side of the Country way I the sd Joseph have made Choyce of the south Division bounded with the land of Thomas Chase towards the south and the Country way East : Com'on land west and a way into the Com'ons towards the north and my partt as is above
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mentioned I Doe by these p'sents owne my selfe fully Satiesfied & Contented with and to this Choyce and Agreement I have Sub- scribed my hand and Seale, and my Brother Samuell Cass is to have the other partt, and all the houses and Buildings standing there Upon : for the which I Have taken bill Under his hand for my partt & ? portion of all the houses which my father Left as they are now in being : wittness my hand & seale this 5 of No- vember 1680
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Joseph Cass [seal]
the p'sents of Us Samuell Sherburn
Philemon Dalton
[Deeds, vol. A, p. 58.]
whereas by the Last will and testament of my Honoured father John Cass Late of Hampton Deceased the Lands Given by the sd will Unto His two Eldest sons Viz Joseph Cass and Samuell Cass was by the sd Samuell Cass to be Divided into two parts and after Division the sayd Joseph Cass was to make Choyce of his partt of both Upland and medow
These p'sents wittnesseth thatt the sd Land Haveing Been Di- vided according to the sd will and the Dividing Bounds shewed Unto the sd Joseph Cass the 26 Day of July in the year of our Lord 1680 and the sd Joseph haveing made Choyce of his partt as appears by a wrighting Under his hand & Seale Bearing Even Date with these p'sents & I the sd Samuell Case Doe by these ₹ sents Declare my selfe well Satiesfied with his Choyce and Doe Accept of the other partt of the Land Vize the South partt of all the Upland & medow thatt lyeth on the East side of the Country way and with the north Division on the west side of the Country way and have taken into my partt all the houseing thatt are now in being into my partt : and have Given to my brother Joseph se- curity Under my hand for his partt of all the houses as they are now in being and thatt my Brother Joseph Shall peacably Injoy his partt & thatt I Doe Rest Satiesfied with the other partt : I
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have hereunto sett my hand and Seale this 5 of November 1680 : with this #viso thatt my Brother Joseph Cass shall have the use of all the Houseing both Dwelling house & out houses this winter and the Easterly End of the house Untill the 24 Day of June next Insueing
Signed Sealed & Delivered in Samuell Cass [seal]
the p'sents of Us
Samuell Sherburn Philemon Dalton
[Deeds, vol. A, p. 59.]
THOMAS SIMONDS 1674
The Last will and Testament of Thomas Simons as ffolloweth Inpris I aforesaid do Comemend my Soule in to the hands of Almighty God my Maker & Christ Jesus my Saviour & Redeemer, and my Body to Christian Buriall.
It I doe Constute & ordaine My wife to bee my True & Law- full Executrix to demaund & Receive all such moneyes as is due to mee & alsoe to pay all such debts as is lawfully due from mee as shall appeare
It. I doe in my Executrix place & steed Constute & ordaine my trusty and well beloved ffreind & Neighbour to bee my Execu- tor intrust to demaund lawfully what money is due to mee & to pay wt is due ffrom mee here in New England, that is to say Henry Maine ; here of the Isles of Sholes and this I doe make as my Last will as aforesd this seaventh day of May Anno Domini 1674 Sealed & signed the signe of
Thomas X Symons [seal] in ye p'sents of Michaell Endell
Arthur Clapham.
[Proved June 16, 1674. Allowed July 2, 1674.]
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JOHN DEW
1674
In ye name of God Amen : I John Dew of Piscataway river sea- man beinge : sick In body : yet In Perficet memorey Praysed : be God I doe : as my Last will & Testment. Constiute ordayne & apointe my well beloved frind Robart : Rowsley : to be my hole & Sole Exceutor & adminstratr : of all ye Goods & money yt ye sayed John Dew : hath : Lefte according to Inventory Tacken : at ye macking of this my Last will & Testement. & w I shall have Left : after : my departur all things discharged : I doe bequeth unto ye Above sayed Robart : Rowsley. & for ye Performance of this my Last : accte & deed I doe desire my Loving frind Samuell Keais as one to se ye Above sayed Premises Efeceted : as wittness my hand this thirteyeth of May 1674
Seald & Delivered The marke of
in the p'sence of us : John ffletcher ffran. Morgan [Presented in court June 30, 1674. See Court Records.]
John X Due [seal]
JOSEPH POMEROY 1674
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Pomeroy granted to his widow, Elizabeth Pomeroy, June 30, 1674, who presented an inventory of £82.7.0.]
[Court Records, June 30, 1674, in Deeds, vol. 5, p. 6.]
[Administration on the estates of Joseph Pomeroy and his wife, Elizabeth Pomeroy, granted to John Hunking Dec. 30, 1674, and he was ordered to care for the children until the meeting of the county court. ]
[Court Records, Dec. 30, 1674, in Deeds, vol. 5, p. 6.]
[Inventory of the estate of Joseph Pomeroy, " taken after his wiff's desec october the Last 1674"; amount, £77.15.0; signed by John Barsham and William Cotton ; attested by John Pick- ering Jan. 27, 1674/5.]
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[Administration granted to John Pickering June 29, 1675, and the court ordered " that he doe not dispose of any of ye estate without ye consent & approbac'on of m' John Hunking & Elias Stileman wth whose consent the whole estate shalbe disposed & Sold to pay his debts & maintaine that child of his putt to goodm: Bowmans of portsmº to Nurse & Keepe, & if there be any thing to spare to be for the other child weh mr Jnº Hunking hath taken to Keepe as his owne."]
[Court Records, June 29, 1675, in Deeds, vol. 5, p. 9.]
[John Hunking petitioning the court for compensation for main- ing John Pomeroy, son of Joseph Pomeroy, the court, June 27, 1676, bound the child to John Hunking as an apprentice until he should reach the age of twenty-two years, being aged five years Jan. 20, 1675/6.]
[Court Records, June 27, 1676, in Deeds, vol. 5, p. 16.]
[John Bowman, having taken Abigail Pomeroy, a young child of Joseph Pomeroy, and asking the court for her apprenticeship, the court, June 27, 1676, binds her to him until she is nineteen years old. ].
[Court Records, June 27, 1676, in Deeds, vol. 5, p. 16.]
[Inventory of the estate was presented to the court June 27, 1676, by John Pickering, administrator, and the court ordered that John Bowman have £12 out of the movables. ]
[Court Records, June 27, 1676, in Deeds, vol. 5, p. 18.]
JOHN LINES 1674 ISLES OF SHOALS
The Last Will, and Testament of John Lines now resident upon ye Ile of Shoales ffisherman, and being of perfect memory, made this 29th day of Septembr 1674 :
Imprimis : I do give, and bequeath unto my loveing Sister Mary Johns, threescore pounds
2 : I do give, and bequeath unto my loveing sister Wilmot Williams, threescore pounds :-
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3 : I do also give, and bequeath unto my brother in law Nicho- las Johns, ten pounds, if liveing, if not, I give it to my Sister, mary Johns :
4 : I do also give unto my Brother in law, Edward Williams, ten pounds, if liveing, if not, I give it to my Sister, Wilmot Will- iams :-
5 : I give, and bequeath unto my necce Ebbet Parsons, Daugh- ter to my Sister, mary Johns, Twenty pounds :-
6 What shall, (after the paiment, of the abovesaid Legacies) remaine of my Estate, I doe give unto the godly poor, and needy, Non-Conformists ministers, or others, and the Disposeal of the same, I leave to the wisedome, and discretion, of the Reverend m' John fflavel, and m' Robert Bake merchant, of Dartmouth, whom I do hereby appoint to be the Executors, and Administra- tors of this my will :
And because my Estate now lieth in New England, where I now reside, I do hereby appoint my loveing friends, m' Samuel Belcher and m' John ffletcher, residents in New England, Over- seers of this my will, In my name, to demand, and receive into their Custody, all my Estate, whether at present in my hands, or others, and due to me by Bill, Bond, or otherwise, and to Conveigh the same, to the abovesaid Executors, they calling for it, and Con- venient opportunities presenting for the sending of it, that this my will may be fulfilled :-
7 : And I do hereby give unto the above named, overseers, mª Samuel Belcher minister of the Ile of shoales and m' John ffletcher chirurgion, in Portsmouth in New England, Ten pounds apeice, for the labour, and paines they shall take in the premises :- This is my last will, and Testament, wittness my hand, and Seal, the day and year above written ;-
Signed and sealed, in the presence of Peter Twisden & John ffabes [Proved June 29, 1675.]
John X Lines [seal] his marke;
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[Inventory, June 16, 1675 ; amount, £729.13.0 ; signed by John Fabes and Christopher Joce.]
JONATHAN THING 1674
[Inventory of the estate of " Jonathan Thing senior Late de- ceased the 29 of April anno 1674"; taken by John Gilman and William Moore; amount, £444.17.7; attested by Joanna Thing and Jonathan Thing, administrators, Oct. 13, 1674 ; addition to inventory of £137.10.0, Nov. 17, 1676.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 3, p. 18.]
[List of debts due from the estate ; amount, £534.7.8.] [Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
An agreement Made and Concluded by and betweene Johanna Thing Administratrix And Jonathan Thing Administrator to ye estate of Jonathan Thing of Exetor in the County of norfolke De- ceased
Impr: It is agreed by us to Manage ye estate togather Joyntly as Copartners untill either or both of us doe Chang our Conditions by Marage; and Improve the estate for our owne Lively hod and bringing up of ye Children and wee Indeaveing to give them educa- tion to our abillity and when they Come of age samuell Thing to receive : 25 pounds for his portion : and Elizabeth Thing and Marey Thing to receive : 20 pounds apeece those portions to be payed oute of ye estate part in Land and part in Moveable goods out of ye estate at such prices as it is Aprized in the Inventory : and we ingage to pay all Just debts ; and desire to receive all due Debts : this is our agreemt in Case ye honoured Courtt please to Aprove of it as witnes our hands this : 9th day of octob: 1676 Johana Thing Jonathan Thing
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