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All my Sheep (except what hereafter express'd) shall be equally devided between my two Daughters. My best Chest of drawers in the Shop chamber, I give to Eleanor Vaughan ; and ye other Chest of drawers in my Chamber, to my Daughter Daniel. My two Negros, Harry, & his Wife, I give to my Son Vaughan. My half Pink fitted & victualled, to set together with my half of the goods & merchandize now loaden & to be loaden on board her, according to ye discretion of my Executrixes, with the advice of my Overseers, for ye voyage insuing, I give unto Cutt Vaughan. My half Ketch fitted & victualled to Sea, together with one half of a convenient Loading for her, according to the discretions of my Executrixes, with the advice of my Overseers, for ye insuing voyage, I give unto George Vaughan ; the sd Vessels to be im- proved for them by the advice of the Overseers, till they come to age.
Unto my Brother John Alderseys Children, I give one hundred pound in money, to be devided among them, if any of them come, or send within three years after my decease ; & if they come not, then Eleanor Vaughan shall have that hundred pound.
Unto my Cousin Elizabeth Hole, I give ffive pounds ; & as much to my Cousin Ann Clark, in such goods as they have occa- sion for, & Twenty pounds among ye Children of my Cousin Ann Clark, to be paid by my Executors, when they come to age. Unto each of my Servants (Negros excepted) that live with me when I dye, I give a Cow & a Sheep ; and to Amy Harvy two
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Cows & Six sheep. The rest of my Stock I give to my two Daughters. I give my servant Andrew Rankins his time unto my Daughter Daniel ; willing her to send him to sea ; & he shall have ffive pounds out of mine Estate, when his time is out.
More, I give unto my Grandchild Eleanor Vaughan, one hun- dred pounds sterling, to be paid in England out of my Third of ye money received of Sir John ffrederick & Compa; And the remainder of my Third of sd money, being Twenty pound more or less, I give unto my Grandchild Mary Vaughan.
Unto M' Joshua Moody I give Twenty pounds; and to Capt. Elias Stileman I give Ten pounds. All the rest of my Estate in Debts, or otherwise not particularly disposed of, I give in equall shares to my two Daughters; And make them, viz: Margaret Vaughan & Bridget Daniel, the Executrixes of this my Last Will & Testament : Willing them to pay all my Debts, Lega- cies, & ffuneral charges.
ffurthermore I will, that this place in which I now live, shall im'ediately after my decease, be let out to rent, by ye advice of my Overseers ; and the improvement thereof be reserved for ye use of Cutt Vaughan, untill he comes to age; unto whom his Grand father hath given the said Estate.
ffinally I make Capt Elias Stileman & m' Joshua Moody Over- seers of this my Last Will & Testament. In testimony to all and singular ye p'misses I have set to my hand & seal this Twelfth day of July 1684
Mrs Eleanor Cutt did sign & seal this Instrum' above written, and declare it to be her last Will and Testamt this 12th of July 1684, in p'sence of us
John ffletcher John Barsham John Shipway [Proved July 29, 1684.] [Deeds, vol. 4, p. 68.]
Eleanor Cutt [seal]
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[Administration de bonis non of the estate of Eleanor Cutt of Portsmouth, widow, granted to her son-in-law, William Vaughan of Portsmouth, merchant Oct. 12, 1700.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 221.]
[Bond of William Vaughan of Portsmouth, merchant, with Sam- uel Penhallow of Portsmouth, merchant, and George Vaughan of Portsmouth, gentleman, as sureties, Oct. 12, 1700, in the sum of £500 for the administration de bonis non of the estate of Eleanor Cutt of Portsmouth, widow of Richard Cutt; witness, Richard Partridge.]
EDWARD SEWALL I684 EXETER
[Inventory of the estate of Edward Sewall of Exeter, who died in 1683 ; amount, £92.6.6 ; attested by the widow, Sarah Sewall, Aug. 7, 1684.]
[Bond of Sarah Sewall, widow of Edward Sewall, cordwainer, with William Hilton of Exeter as surety, Aug. 7, 1684, in the sum of £100 for the administration of the estate. ]
THOMAS LADBROOK I684 PORTSMOUTH
[Bond of John Pickering and William Richards, both of Ports- mouth, in the sum of £100, Sept. 29. 1684, for the administration of the estate of Thomas Ladbrook of Portsmouth, cordwainer. ]
[Probate Records, vol. I, p. 287.]
[Inventory, Sept. 30, 1684 ; amount, £17.18.4 ; signed by Ne- hemiah Partridge and James Leavitt.
List of accounts ; attested before Edward Cranfield by John Pickering and William Richards Oct. 20, 1684.]
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EDWARD HOLLAND 1684 STAR ISLAND
[Inventory of the estate of Edward Holland of Star Island Nov. 24, 1684 ; amount, £66.19.0 ; signed by Peter Twisden, John Fabes, and James Blagdon. ]
[Deeds, vol, 3, p. 176 b.]
RALPH TWOMBLY 1684/5
In the name off God Amen
I Ralfe Twamly now Ling uppon my Secke and weacke Bed but in perfect memory it being my Last will and testement do furst Commit my Sole to God that Gave it in hopes ye Lord will Grai- couesly be pleased to reseve it and my body to ye Earth to be desentLy bured-
and after my funerall Chardeges defraied and my Just and onnest debts deschardged I will and bequethe as folleth-ffurst I will that my wife Elerzebeth twamly and my Sone John Twamly shall be sole Exetores of my hole Esestate Joynt Ly togathare and also I will that if my son John will not Live with my wife Eleczebeth JoyntLy togather and is minded to Goo frome his mother that then my wife shall have ye houes and Land to Live uppon and to improve during hir natturall Life and also ye stocke of Cattle and swine or any other moveebles Goodes and I will that aftar my wife Eleezebeths desces and departure outt of thes Life that my Son John Twamly shall have ye one halfe of all my hole Esstatt and ye other halfe to be at my wifes desposing amongst my Children nextly I will that my son Joseph Twamly shall have a haufer ot two yeares ould and also I Give to my daftar Mary Tibbets five shillens in Goods and also I will that if my Sone Ralfe Twomly Live with his mother tell ye time that he is one and twenti yeares of adges that then he shall have tenn pound in Goodes Equefeleant to mony and Lastly I will and bequeth to all ye rest of my Chil- dren namly Eleezebeth hope Sarah Esther william that at the adge of Aighten yeares they shall reseve Each of them a Good
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Cowe of ye Exetores A bove menched and this I delever to be my Last will and testement and also do ingaidge my Exetores above Ritten to pay the Ledgeses according to time and adges and heare I have seat my hand and seale datted ye twenti Aight day of feb- erary 1684
Singed Sealed in the Asine
ye pressents of us Edward Allen John Tuttle
of Ralfe X Twamly [seal]
[Proved Oct. 7, 1686.]
CHRISTOPHER HUSSEY 1684/5
The Last will & testament of Capt christopher Husy made the twenty eigh'h Day of feb - Anno : Dom 1684
I Christopher Husy being through the mercy of god in health of body & of a sound memmory & Disposing capasity for wch I bless the Lord : & yet being strkn in years
Imp'mis I give my 2 Sons steeven Husy & John Husy my farm with all the priviliges thereof namly the hundred & fifty ackers of medow & up land granted me by ye towne as also fifty ackers more of marsh which I bought ajasent to it I say I give it by equal parts that is to say the on full half it to my son steeven his hairs & asigns in fee simpl & the other half to my son John in Lik maner only thay paying to my Dafter mary as hearafter in my will expressed
It I give to my Dafter mary Husy now wife of Thomas page my 7 : ackers of medow Lying near benjanin shaws : & that peec of medow through which the high way Lyeth And also 2 : shars in the ox Comman And also too shars of Cows Comman And also I Do order that my son John Smith shall pay her thirty pound And my 2 sons John & steeven shall pay her forty pounds a peec in good
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It I give & bequeath to my Dafter hulda in the Lik maner all the rest of my lands & housing & Coman Rights in the towne of hampton and all the housold stuff & goods & stok then remaing that is to say : my house & all in it or with it with all the Land ajasent And the planting Lot & 3 ackers medow lot towerd the spring 2 shars in the ox Coman & 2 shars in the cow Coman & Do order & appoint that he shall pay to my Dafter mary thirty pound toword her pension
It my will is that the Legases that I have bequethed to my Dafter mary that part of it weh is in Land that shee shall enjoy it Imediatly after my Deaseas : & the thirty pound that shee shall have of my Son John smith the husband of my Dafter hulda I Do will it to be payd her in too years after my Desease that is to say the on half the first year & the other half the second year in good pay of Country
It my will is also that the forty ponds a peec that I have willed my too sons steeven Husy & John Husy to pay her that it be payd her also within or by the end of 2 years next after my Desease in som good pay of the Country
and in Case of fayler shee my sd Dafter shall have in Lue ther of thirty ackers of the farm part whearof shalbe the old feild lying on the other sid of the way on end whear of buts upon my old hous & the other end toward the mil River by the bridg & the rest to be made up of the farme wch sd Lands shall be ingadged hearby & shall Ly responsibl for the payment of the aforesayd som : ten or twelve ackers whearof shalbe medow
It my will is that the sd som being payd my sayd sons steven and John shall have the farme First bequeathed by even & equal #porsion only my son John shal not be - or hindered of what he have built on nor his bulding accompted in the valuing of the farm : because thay ar his owne the Land on wch thay stand be rekond or valud
I Do upon further considerasion will & Declare that it shalbe in my sª Dafter marys choyc whether shee will have the Land for-
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mensiond in the farme or the 80 pounds of my : 2 : sons steeven & John Husy
Lastly I make & ordaine my son John Husy & my son John smith to be Joint executers of this my will : & in case either of them shoold Dy before thay have executed the same then the Sole power to be in the surviver & in case thay shoold both Dy before as abovesd then I Do apoint my Dafter mary & in case shee shoold also in Lik maner fayle then I apoint my son steephen to be my executer in thayr steed
and my trusty ffreinds maj" Richard waldron & maj' Robt Pike to be overseers of this my will
In wittnes of all weh I have hear unto sett my hand & seal the Day & year afore mensiond signed sealed & Declared to his Christopher Hussey [seal] Last will & testament before us
Moses Pike
Robt Pike
Steeven Tong X his mark
Salsbury octobr ye 28 1685 upon a considering of som Dubioustes in the expresion of som things in this my will Respecting Coman Rights or priviliges I Do by these present for the avoyding of any contraversy or mistaks about it in time to Com Declare that by the priviliges mensiond belonging to my farm by it I Do plainly intend w'soever woods woodland or feeding right or coman Lands to be Devided that Do belong to ye sd farm it shall remaine & be to the sd farme & so #porsionably to be Devided to my too sons that have the farme & Lands ajasent or Lands not yet posest that Ly in coman
And in Lik manner the Coman Rights that Do belong to the Lands that is givn to my too Dafters mary & hulda my Towne it shal belong to each of them according to thayr several ?portions of Land I meane any Coman rights therto belonging Devided or undevided & this I Do Declare to be my plaine intent & meaning
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in that case as wittnes my hand & seale ye Day & yeare above writtn
signed sealed & Declard in Christopher Hussy [seal]
ye presnt of us
The mark of X steevn Tong
Robt Pike
Martha Pike
[Proved Oct. 7, 1686.]
[Inventory, March 25, 1687; amount, £651.13.0; signed by Joseph Dow and John Tuck. ] ,
JOHN DAVIS I685 DURHAM
In the name of God Amen the ffirst day of Aprill in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand Six hundred Eightie five I John Davis of Oyster River in the Province of New hampshire *
It I doe give to my Sonn John Davis the Sixcore Acars of Land which I had by a towne grant Scituate & lying & being at Turtel pond in Oyster River, and my best ffeather bed, the tick- ing & ffeathers after the decease of my wife-
It I doe give to my Sons Moyses Davis & Joseph Davis that tract of Land Scituate & lying at mount Spickert falls in the towneship of Haverell which was willed to me by the Last will & testament of my ffather being by estimation two hundred acars be it more or less to be equallie divided betweene them
It I doe give to my Son Moyses davis Pollishie Meadoe which my ffather did will to me Lying in haverell township
It I doe give to my Son Joseph Davis the one half of the marsh which I bought of Mr Valintine Hill Scituate & lying at Greeneland-
It I doe give to my three elder daughters Marie Hearth, Scarah Smith, & Hanna Kezar, each of them five shillings
It I doe give to my three younger Daughters Jane Davis, and Jemina Davis, & Judeth Davis flifteene pounds each of them, And at or before the first day of Aprill in the yeare of o' Lord God one
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thousand Six hundred Eightie Six (to be delivered) to each of them one Cow & one Ew sheep in p' of the said ffifteen pounds at such a price as my overseers shall Judge of, or as my Executor & they can agree, And the one half of what shall be dew to them of the said fifteene pounds apeece to be paid to each of them at or before that day twelve moneths Next folloing, And the remainder of the said fifteene pounds to be paid to each of them at or before that day twelvemoneths then next folloing after, And If it doe hap- pen that if either one of them or two of them doe die before & not being married ; that then their said porsions shall remaine to the Survivers, or Surviver of the three but If providence of god rouled it sall occur that they coulde not pay thes ligegises but with dam- age to the estate then my will is to stay a yeare or too longer
It whereas John Hearth my grandchild which I have kept & brought up ever since he was two yeares of age, Now if the said John Hearth doe remaine & dwell with my Executers Untill he shall accomplish the age of one & twentie years that then my will is that my Executor doe give the said John Hearth twentie pounds-
It I doe give to my fouer Sons, my Cloths, & my gun's, & all my tools as I shall order them to be divided in a Coddicell, or a peice of writing-
It alsoe for my household goods which I shall not dispose of by a Coddicell or a peice of writing I doe leave them to my wife to dispose of to my daughters as shee shall see meet
It I doe give Unto my Son James Davis my estate of houses & Lands with all the p'vilidges there unto belonging where in I now dwell after the decease of my wife & alsoe the one halfe of the marsh at greenland, & doe also make my beloved wife Jane Davis, & my said son James Davis, to be Joynt Executors dureing my wifes life or Widdoe whod, dureing which time, I give my wife the Linto & the linto garret to her use
It I doe bind my Executor James Davis not to trouble my Brother James Davis nor his Executors Concerning the land which I had when I did live at Haverell
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It I desire M' John Gerish of Dover & M' Thomas Edgerlie of oyster River to be my overseers in trust to see this my will per- formed
Wittness John Evens John meeder Joseph meder
John Davis
The 7th day Aprill 1685
This Codicell or peice of Writing which is the trew Meaning & intent of my Last Will and testement Dated ye first Day of April 1685 that is to Devide my Cloths my tools & Guns among my fouer Sons vizt: my Son John Davis to have my Cosslet & my best Cloak and one Sute of my Coopers tooles, & my Son Joseph Davis is to have my best hatt and my Cane and ye Other Sett of my Coopers tooles and my Son Moses Davis is to have all ye Rest of my waring Clothes & my Brass pistol and my Guns to be devided to Each on as my Exectrs shall see meet ; and my Son James Davis is to have the Rest of my working tools with all ye Land that I have or ought to have that which is not mentioned in my Will or disposed of to Enabell him my Executor to pay my Honest Debts and this is the true Intent & maining of my Last will and testement In testimony hereof I have set my hand
John Davis
his John X Meader mark John Evens Joseph Meader : [Proved May 25, 1686.]
[Codicil is in Deeds, vol. 4, p. 99.]
WILLIAM PALMER 1685
[Administration on the estate of William Palmer granted to his widow, Abishag Palmer, Aug. 6, 1685.]
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JOSEPH HALL 1685 GREENLAND
[Bond of Elizabeth Hall, with Anthony Nutter, and Thomas Wiggin as sureties, Dec. 30, 1685, in the sum of £100, for the administration of the estate of Joseph Hall of Greenland ; signed by Walter Barefoote. ]
[Inventory, Feb. 25, 1685/6; amount, £846.3.0; signed by Thomas Litchfield and Nathaniel Green.]
JAMES ROLLINS 1685 DOVER
In the name of god Amen
to all christian people to whom these presents shall com greett- ing, know yea whome it may Concern that I James Rawlins of dover in ye province of Newhampshirew England : by ye good grace of god : now at this present time in my useall & Right sences & understanding : though in body very sick & weak : have don & hereby doe make my Last will & testament : as foloeth in ye distribution, ordering deviding & Rightly to part I have humbly beged the deriction of allmighty god to whome be prais & glory for ever amen
In ye first place : In Consideration of the Love favour & Affect- tion which I have & ought to have for my well beloved Loveing & dear respective wiff hannah : I do bequeath bestow & give : the whole use proffitt & privilidg of all my hous goods Chatls & Lands : dewring hur Naturall Liff: only Exsepted : Iff shee my Sª wiff shall Affter my deces see good to marry : Espouse : or Live with an other man as a husband that then shall hur part proffit & privilidge be only on third parte of the goods Lands or chatles afore Sd : & the other two parts : com in ye posestion of my well beloved obediant & duettyfull son Benjamin : to whom In Consideration of many good causes moveing mee thereunto : I doe bequeath give grant : & bestow all ye Land or Lands goods & chat- tles whatsoever : I have in on or belonging in way or condition whatsoever on in & the tract of Land or ground whereon my
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now dewling hous standeth the same to him his heirs Executors adminestrators & assigns to posese In as Larg & ample maner : & by the same power as Ever I did, but that affter ye deseac of mee & my afore Sd wiff, & what is said is to be understood only to be of my Lands & concerns in Long Reach in dover aforesd and Lickwise Iff my afore Sd wiff continue unmarried : it is to be understood that my will is that shee shall at hur one descretion despose of all the moveabls to whome shee shall think good, and whereas I have appertaing unto me a parcile or tract of Land Lying & being as is Exspresed in a deed I have of ye & for ye Same I doe in Like maner as afore Sª bequeh the marsh on ye west of . pond & an hundred acers ther unto most Con- venant, to despose of as in ye aforesd moveables if containeng unmarried & further my will is that my well beloved Eldest son Icabod shall have, only Excepted ye aforesaid on hundred acers. & marsh, two hundred acers, in his chois place of all ye afore Sa tract of Land, & to have it all in on place Lest dameg thereby might be don to ye Remainder part thereof, which my will is be Equally devided betwene all my Children Every one sones & daughters their heirs & Assignes to posese for Ever, it is further to be understood, that within two years after ye deseas of ye Longest . Liver of Ether me or my Sa wiff it is my will that my son benja- min his heirs Executors adminestrators or asigns, shall pay unto- my son Joseph twelve pounds valluable to twelve pounds of good mony, In witnes to ye trew meening of what is within wretten, I ye within named James Rawlings have hereunto put my hand and seale the 16th day of desember Anno dominy 1685
being present Ja: Rawlings [seal]
henry Langstaff Jun' Joseph Allexander
I the within mentioned & above named James Rawlings do. hereby Constitut ordain & apoint my well beloved trusty & trew frends m' henry Langstaff sen' & obediah mors & phillip Chesly to be overseers & according to their or Ether of their will & pleshuer to see every of ye within wretten matters deuly Executed Espe-
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shally that my within named wiff Receave no wrong for want of observeing ye trew mening of what is within wretten not alltreing ye substanc whereof I have here unto set my hand the day & year above wretten
Ja: Rawlings-
[Proved July 25, 1691.] [Deeds, vol. 5, p. 82.]
GEORGE WALLIS I685/6 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of George Wallis of Portsmouth, yeoman, granted to Eleanor Wallis, Jan. 2, 1685/6.]
[Inventory of the estate of George Wallis of Little Harbor, who died Dec. 14, 1685 ; amount, £183.0.0 ; signed by Abraham Drake and James Randall ; attested before Walter Barefoote by William Wallis and George Wallis Feb. 4, 1685/6.]
[William Wallis and George Wallis, April 7, 1686, choose Rob- ert Elliott and John Pickering, both of Portsmouth, to divide the estate of their father. ]
[Deeds, vol. 6, p. 77.]
To all Christian People to whome this Writeing shall come
Know yea that whereas Wm Wallis & George Wallis have made Choice of us whose names are hereunder Written to make a de- vision of the Lands & Marshes fformerly theire ffathers, and by agreement said Wm & George have bound themselves in one Thousand pound Bond Curt money to Stand to and abide by the devision Which we shall make Which Bond bares date the 7th day of this Ins' Aprill and whereas we underwritten haveing ben upon the Lands & Marshes & according to o' Best Skill & Judgm' Well Veiwed the Same & thereupon have Concluded & Doe Give in this as o' ffinall Determinacion & End Between said Wm Wallis & George Wallis and is as ffolloweth that said Wm His Heirs Exec's & Administrars ffor his & theire part & Portion is to hold & for
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ever Enjoy all yt Upland adjoyning to Said Wms now dwelling House & fformerly theire sd ffathers Excepting onely Six Acres Adjoyning Near to Cold pond With all Timber Trees & Woods Wich to Belong to George Wallis togeather wth five Acres of Salt Marsh at the South End of theire Marsh at Sandey Beach & all the Rest of Said Marsh to Belong to Said Wm as aforesd & Said George Wallis & his Heirs for Ev'; to have hold & Enjoy all the Houseings Orchards Lands & Marshes therunto Belonging and fformerly theire ffathers With ye Marsh at the North End of the Great Pond, Sd George is also to allowe Said Wm three Bar- rills of Syder a year & Every Year for & dureing Seven Year from the season Next ffollowing the Date hereof and also Said George is to allowe Said Wm Liberty to plant ye North half of yt ffeild Next James Randalls Orchard for his Said Wms Use & Benefitt for four years next ffollowing & then to be Said Georges, also Said W" is to ffind Barrills to put said Syder in & help make it and this We Give in as or ffinall End and determinacion of all, Whereunto We have Set of hands & affixed o' Seals this 8th of Aprill 1686-
[Deeds, vol. 6, p. 78.]
Robert Elliot [seal] John Pickerin [seal]
JOHN BICKFORD 1685/6 DURHAM
Know all men by these presents that I John Bickford Sent of Oyster River Yeoman for and in consideration of the Love and Good will that I bare unto my beloved wife Temperance Bickford I give unto her and bequeath all my Movueablells without Doares which Doe appeare to be mine, as Cattell horses, sheep hogs &c as all so I give unt her all my moveabells within Doares which Doe appeare to be mine, as Beding pott Kettells and puter &c, only out of it I give unto my Dafter Joana one feather Bed and Bed Cloaths to it and I give unto my wife the Lower fire roome at the west end of my house, During her Life time all the above
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mentioned I give unto my beloved wife In witness here off I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale the 12th of Feburary Annº Dominy 1685
Signed Sealed Delivered John X Bickford his Marke
in presents of us Reu: Hull Joseph Smith John Norris
[Probate Records, vol. 2, p. 37.]
To the Honorable the President and Counsill in the Province of new Hampshire now sitting att New Castell this first day of September 1697
The Humble petition of John Redman of Hampton in Province above sayd Juner Humbly Shewith
That your pore petitioner haveing lately married with one Jo- hannah Bickford Daughter of John Bickford and Temperance his wife of oyster River late deceased and the said John Bickford made a will and in the same gave severall things to his wife Temperance Bickford and left them to be att Hir dispossing of I am informed The sd Temperance Bickford also made a will although through some mistake ther was no Exequetour appointed but in Sayd will of Hers as may more ffully appeare by the Same did dispose of Severall moveables among her children and to my wife Johanah Redman fformerly Johanah Bickford Daughter of the above su John and Temperance Bickford she gave Severall things among the rest But her Brother Thomas Bickford (under pretence of looking on it and giveing it to hir againe) have gitten her fathers will from Hir she haveing it in hir keeping ; And also detaine the goods given to hir by hir mother Temperance Bickford in hir will and refuse to deliver them but under what pretence I know not And not knowing any other way for the ffatherles to come by there undoubted Right but to come to your Honours ffor releife We Humbly pray that your Honours would be pleased to take the same into consideration and so order that hir ffathers will and
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