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Item I make my Beloved Wife Luce Stileman my whole & Sole Executrix to this my Last Will & Testament
Item I doe make my beloved ffriends M' Sam" Daniell of Yorke & M John Shapleigh of Kittery overseers of this my Will :
Elias Stileman [seal]
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Fran: Tucker
[Proved Dec. 30, 1695.]
Probate Records, vol. 2, p. 20.]
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ROBERT WATSON 1695/6 DURHAM
[Inventory of the estate of Robert Watson, who died in 1694 ; amount, £III.13.6; taken Jan. 9, 1695/6; signed by Thomas Edgerly and James Davis; attested by Joseph Kent Feb. 4, 1695/6.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 77.]
[Administration on the estate of Robert Watson of Oyster River granted to John Ambler of Oyster River, weaver, and his wife, Hannah Ambler, formerly widow of the deceased, March 2, 1702/3. Jacob Kent appeared Feb. 27, 1702/3, and renounced administration formerly granted to him. ]
[Probate Records, vol .. 4, p. 255.]
[Warrant, March 2, 1702/3, authorizing Thomas Edgerly and' Joseph Meader, both of Oyster River, to appraise the estate. ]
[Bond of John Ambler of Oyster River, weaver, with Thomas. Edgerly, weaver, and Francis Matthews, yeoman, both of Oyster- River, as sureties, March 2, 1702/3, in the sum of £500, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, John Church and Charles: Story. ]
[Inventory, May 4, 1703 ; amount, £88.1.6 ; signed by Thomas. Edgerly and Joseph Meader. The following is added :-
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MOSES WINGATE 1695/6 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen The ffour and Twentieth day of January Anno Dni 1695 And in the Seaventh year of the reign of our Soveraign Lord King William the third by the grace of God of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland Defender of the ffaith &c I Moses Winget of New Hampshire in New England Marri- ner now att London being Sick and weak in body but of Sound and Composed minde and memory praise and thanks be therefore Asscribed to Almighty God, Doe make publish and declare this my last Will and testament in manner and forme following (That is to Say. Imprimis I Give and bequeath unto M' Nicholas ffol- lett of New Hampshire in New England Marriner now att London All my wearing apparrell and Clothes of all Sorts to his use and disposall Item I Give Devise and bequeath unto my welbeloved Sister Ann Wingett of Newhampshire in New England Spinster All and Singular my Messuages lands tenements and heredita- ment monies debts wages goods Chatles and Estate whatsoever Not herein before Given and which Shall Remaine Cleare after payment of all my Just Debts and ffunerall Charges And I Doe name appoint and make my trusty freind M' Nicholas ffollett and my Said loveing Sister Ann Wingett Executor and Executrix of this my last Will and testament In Witnesse whereof I the Said Moses Wingett to this my last Will and testament have put my hand and Seale the day month and Years abovewritten. /
Signed Sealed Published and the marke of
Declared by the Testator In the presence of.
Moses X Winget [seal]
John Sherburn Samuel Allcock
Theº Pomeroy Nory Publ Jullpper Shadwell
[Proved March 10, 1697/8 ; allowed Aug. 7, and administration granted to " Elizabeth " Hodgdon, wife of Israel Hodgdon, for- merly Elizabeth Wingate, sister of the deceased. ]
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[Warrant, Aug. 7, 1705, authorizing Capt. John Tuttle and Zacharias Field, both of Dover, to appraise the estate of Moses Wingate of Cocheco, mariner, Nicholas Follett being dead, and administration granted to "Ann Wingett as Executrix in the will Named now the wife of Israell Hodsdon."]
[Inventory, Sept. 29, 1705 ; amount, £55.10.0 ; signed by John Tuttle and Zacharias Field.]
THOMAS WIGGIN 1695/6 EXETER
[Inventory of the estate of Thomas Wiggin of Squamscott, Feb. 18, 1695/6; amount, £268.12.0 : signed by Samuel Thing and Daniel Bean.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 91.]
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Wiggin of Exeter granted to Martha Thing, wife of Capt. Jonathan Thing of Exeter, formerly widow of the deceased, Feb. 22, 1695/6.]
[Probate Records, vol. 2, p. 23.]
[Account of Mrs. Martha Whipple, administratrix to the estate of her late husband, Thomas Wiggin of Squamscott, Oct. 19, 1704 ; mentions a daughter, Hannah Wiggin ; allowed, Nov. 3, 1704.]
JOHN FABES 1696 NEWCASTLE
New Castell May the 14th 1696
In the Name off God Amen May the ffourtenth one thousand Six hundred ninetey and Six To all Christian Peopel Gretinge Know Yee that I John Fabes Doe make this My Last Will and Testament in Maner as ffolloweth I being Very Sick off Body *
I Give unto my dearely beloved Wife Elizabeth Fabes all my Estate Both Reall and Personall ; Sittuate Leying in America or aney other parte of ye World Dureing her Naturall life ; she pay-
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ing all my Just Debts and Charges as afforesaid paying To my Naturall Dafter Debora Fabes as her portion ffiftey Pound In Sutch things As her Mother Shall bee best abell to pay her in at Said Debora Fabes Day off Marriag ; And I Doe allso give unto my Said Dafter, one ffether Bed and ffurniture and My ould house on the Great Iland Situate on and lieing next to the Land off Capt Elias Stileman Deceased with all the Land thereunto belonginge on the heighway, over against my Grate ware house, To her the Said Debora and to her Heirs ffor Ever ; And I Doe make my Dearley beloved Wife Elizabeth Fabes my whole and Soale Execu- trex off this my Last Will and Testament ; witness My hand and Seale the year and Day above Said
Robt Elliot John fabes [seal]
Jacob Rendell Francis Tucker [Proved Aug. 1, 1698.]
HENRY BROWN 1696 PORTSMOUTH
[Inventory of the estate of Henry Brown of Portsmouth, June 24, 1696 ; amount, £48.13.7 ; signed by John Pickering and John Snell ; attested by Alice Brown July 6, 1696.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 95.]
JOHN EDMUNDS I696
[Inventory of the estate of John Edmunds, who was killed by the Indians June 26, 1696; taken June 27, 1696 ; amount, £32.1.5 ; signed by Henry Sherburne and Benjamin Cotton ; attested by John Westbrook and John Sherburne Aug. 24, 1696.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 97.]
THOMAS EDMUNDS 1696
[Inventory of the estate of Thomas Edmunds, who was killed by Indians June 26, 1696; taken June 27, 1696; amount, £168.
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6.10 ; sighed by Henry Sherburne and Benjamin Cotton ; attested by John Westbrook and John Sherburne Aug. 24, 1696.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 85.]
STEPHEN WILLEY 1696 DURHAM
To all persons to whome this Deed of Gift will or Instrument in writeing comes, Stephen Willy of Oyster River in the province of New Hampshire in New England Sendeth Greeting. Know yee that whereas I the Said Stephen Willy being now bound to Sea on a voyage in the Shipp Unity Thomas Cobbett Com- mander for Barbadoes, do if death should Seize me or in Case of my never Returne to New England, Give Grant and Bequeath unto my Sonn Thomas Willy all that my dwelling House and ffifty Acres of Land more or less neare itt. And alsoe tenn Acres of Land, that lyes between Thomas Bickford, and Joseph Kents Land And alsoe Six Acres of Marsh Land and thirty Acres of Upland which lyes at Greenland be it more or less together with all the Thach Banks beds and priviledges thereof. And alsoe I hereby give & bequeath unto my Said Sonn Thomas willy two Oxen, one Cow one Calfe, and all my sheep wherever they may be found. And I Stephen Willy doe alsoe hereby give and be- queath unto my daughter Abigall Willy all that parcell or Tract of Land which I bought and purchased of Bernard Squire lying at little Bay Together with one Cow and a Calfe and two Sheep To have and possess take and Enjoy all the above demised Lands and Estate Moveables and Immoveables to him and her and they & their heires Execrs and Assignes for ever (my owne Mortality as above Exprest Excepted) Given under my hand and seale this fourth day of July in the yeare of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Ninety and Six.
Signed Sealed & Delivrd In presence of Tho: Cobbitt Theodore Atkinson
Signum Stephen X Willy [seal]
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Stephen Willy appeared this 4th July 1696 and acknowledged the above to be his Act and Deed before me
Shadrach walton Just: peace
Entred and Recorded by the Original the 27th day of January Anno Domini 1700
Cha: Story Secretary
[Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 405.]
PHILIP TOWLE 1696 HAMPTON
In the name of God Amen ; I Phillip Towle of Hampton in the Province off Newhampshire in New England Senior, being Sick and weake off Body
Impr I give and bequeath unto Esabell my well beloved wife all my Stock of Cattell of all soarts what soever and all my Move- abell Goods within dors and without to be all at her disposeing off ffor her Comfortabell livelyhood And ffor her to dispose off among my Children according to her Discretion : I allso give unto her three Cows to be kept, and ffouer Sheep and Two Swine to be kept and Maintained yearly and every yeare by my Executours Dureing her naturall life or her day off mariage as allso twelve bushells of Indian Corne Dureing the terme above said to be paid by my Executours
Item I Give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son Phillip Towle all that Land in his possesion where his house; Standeth allso one Share of the Cow Com'ons in Hampton and one Aker of Meadow or Marsh att the North East of my Meadow by the great Boars head I Allso give unto him my grant of Land in the north Division Comonly so called-
Item I guive and bequeath unto my beloved Son Joshu Towle all that Land that he have in his possesion where his house Standeth
It I give and bequeath unt Benjemen Towle my well beloved Son all that Land he have In his possession where his house Standeth Allso one Share off the Cow Com'on off the towne off
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Hampton as Allso my Marsh and that ground that belong to my share off the great ox Com'on in Hampton
Item I give unto my well beloved Sons Joseph and Caleb Towle, my Dwelling house Baren ; orchard and all my lott where Sayd House Standeth to be Eualey devided betwen them Joseph to have his halfe nex John Blaks Lott where sayd Josephs house stands I Allso give unto them Joseph and Caleb one Share off the Cow Com'ons in Hampton I allso give unto them my Tenn akers off Marsh be it more or less towardes the Clam Bancke or beyond the landing place, as allso my Share of upland on the great ox Co'mone and all my Marsh by the great Boares head Excepting Phillips acker all to be Eaqualy Divided betwen them ; with this proviso that they performe to theire Mother what I have ordered them as Executours in ye Artickell of this my Will; Reserveing to my wife Dureing her natureall Life or to hir Day of Marryage the use off one off' my ffier Roomes She to have her choyce, and to be kept in Repaire by my Executors
I Doe Make Constitute and appoint my Well beloved sons Joseph Towle and Caleb Towle, to bee my Soale Executors to this my Last Will and Testament them or Either of them If one dey or Renownce his Executour Shipp then the other to be Executour a Lone ; and ffor the perfformance and Declareing this to be my last Will and Testament I the said Phillip Towle Sent have here unto put my hand and ffixed my Seale this Eighteenth day of December in the yeare off our Lord Sixtenn Hundred nintey and Six in the Eigth yeare off the Reigne off our Sovereigne Lord William the third by the Grace of God King off Great Brittaine ffrance, and Ireland Deffender off the Faith &c:
Witnesses
John Smith Sent Samuell Smith Henry Dow [Proved May 25, 1697.]
Phillip Towle Sen" his X mark & Seale
[Probate Records, vol. 2, p. 27.]
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[Inventory of the estate of Philip Towle, who died Dec. 20, 1696 ; taken Jan. 14, 1696/7 ; amount £240.5.0 ; signed by Henry Dow, John Smith, and John Dearborn. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 113.]
JAMES LEACH 1696/7 PORTSMOUTH
In the name of God amen this 14th Day of January 1696/7 James Leach Sent off' Portsmº In the Province of New Hampshire In New England : Beeing very weake of Body
2nd My will is that all my Just debts bee paid as soone as my Ex- ecutrex Can my debts being payed and ffunurall charges defrayed what Remaineth I dispose off in maner and fforme ffollowing-
3day I give and bequeath unto my dearely beloved Wife Jane Leach all my moveabells boath within doares and without of what Soart or kind soever Together with all the land housing and Marsh which I had with her For her Comfortable Subsistance dureing her Life ; Leaveing it wholy to her selfe to give and dis- pose of what shall be left at her Death Amongst my Children or so many of them as She shall see good Reserveing out of all my Estate to be disposed of as herein after mentioned
Viz: I give and bequeath unto my Son John Leach all my Lands in the great bay being thirty ffouer ackers more or less givin me by the towne off Portsmº: to him and his heires fforever always provided and it is to be plainly to be understood That if my 3ª Son John Leach doe by what I have all ready given him and what shall be given him by my wife Jane, have hold an injoey the houseing and Land on whith I now live together with the marsh at Littell harbor, which I desire my beloved wife Jane to bestow upon him In case She Spends it not for her Comfortable Subsis- tance : That then my will is If my sª Son John so be invested : I do in those considerations : Reserve, and give the one halfe of the said thirty ffouer akers to my Son James Leach his heirs &c for ever the other halfe to my sd Son John Leach and his heirs &c: -
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4thly My Will is that Each of my dafters be paid ffive Shilling A peese as theire portions
5thly And Lastly I doe make my beloved wife, my Sole Execu- trex of this my Last will giveing unto her my whole power as before mentioned ffor confirmation here off I have here unto Sett my hand and Seale the day and yeare above said.
in presents
John Pickerin Sent Richard Endell
the marke of James X Leach [seal] and Seale
[Proved June 30, 1697.]
[Probate Records, vol. 2, p. 29.]
[Inventory ; amount, £44.18.3 ; signed by John Pickering and Hubartus Mattoon ; attested by the widow, Jane Leach, June 30, 1697.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 109.]
ROBERT EVANS 1696/7 DOVER
In the name of God Amen The nintenth day of ffeburary in the yeare of our Lord God 1696 I, Robert Evins sent off Dover in the province off New Hampshire plant. being weake in body *
Imp' I doe give and bequeath to my three sons viz Robert Evins, Jonathan Evins and Joseph Evins ; all that my three score ackers of land in the Ash swamp to be Equally divided amongst them to be had and held by them theire heirs and assigns for Ever-
Itm I doe give unto my other six children viz Elizabeth ; Mary Hannah, Sarah Patience and Benjemen ; five pounds apece to be paid by my Executors out of my Estate to my above named Chil- dren as they shall com to the adge of Eighteen years and Benje- mens to be paid at one and twenty-
Itm As to the remainder of my Estate after my Just and honest Debts paid and funerall charges defrayed I Doe give and bequeath
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the one halfe part of all and singular the halfe of my deweling house barne orchard Lands meddow quick stock household goods and other goods mooveabell within doares and without to Ann my be- loved wife to be had held and injoyed by her widdowhood or till my children arive at Lawfull age and then she is to have only one third parte of my estate and her third of a ffether bed and furne- ture belonging to it to be at her owne dissposeing the lands return- ing to my Executour at he [r] Marriage and death
It" I give to my well beloved son Edward Evins whome I lick- wise Constetute make and ordaine my only and sole Executor of this my last will and testament all and Singular my lands mesuage and Tenements with all other of my Estate personall reall where so ever it may be found the one halfe in actuall possesion the other half as it shall decend from his mother by mariage or death to be had and held by him and his Heires Lawfully begotten of his body and for want thereof to my son Joseph Evins to be had and held by them and theire heires as it shall desend from one generation too another for Ever And I doe hereby uterly disalow Revoke and make voyde all other wills and Testaments formerly by me made Ratifying and Confirmeing this to bee my last will and testament in witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale the day and yeare above wrighten
Signed sealed and pub-
The assigne of
Robert X Evins sen' [seal]
lished in the presents of John Tuttell Sent
Tho X Roberts sen' his Mark
John Church
[Proved Nov. 5, 1697.]
[Probate Records, vol. 2, p. 38.]
[Inventory, Nov. 4, 1697 ; amount, £226.10.0 ; signed by Rich- ard Scammon, Thomas Roberts, and John Tuttle.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 135.]
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WILLIAM DAVIS 1697
The last will and testement of william davis now being weak and eal but in perfect memory I comit my sole to god who gave it my body to be buryed my estat as folloeth that is to say my whol estat lands and other gods to be at the proper sole youst bene fet and riett of my well beloveed wif elesabath daves dureing the time of her widdo hod my lands to be disposed of to owne of my sones whome mi wif shall see most worthi but not before he shall arive to the foll age of twnty one years he sone whome my estat shall be plast upon shall pay to the rest of his brothers and sisters as thay shall come in age five pownds apeas as mony in cattel or shuch things as the plase shall produse
I in trust and impour my brothers Sammuel and Joseph hill as overseers of my estat and children dated and sealed ye second day of aprel in presense of us
philip lewis ye mark of X williaum daves [seal]
Samuel . Weeks
[Proved June 2, 1707, and the same day Daniel Allen makes oath that the will was signed and sealed in the year 1697.]
[Elizabeth Davis, widow, renounces administration on the estate in favor of her son, Samuel Davis, June 3, 1707.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 348.]
WILLIAM WENTWORTH 1697 DOVER
[Inventory of the estate of William Wentworth of Dover, who died March 15, 1696/7 ; amount, £97.16.4 ; signed by Nathaniel Heard, Tristram Heard, and Thomas Downes ; attested by the widow, Elizabeth Wentworth, April 4, 1697.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 117.]
JOHN GODFREY 1697 HAMPTON
[Inventory of the estate of John Godfrey of Hampton, who died March 19, 1696/7 ; amount, £73.16.0; dated April 17, 1697 ;
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signed by Henry Dow, Thomas Roby, and Isaac Marston ; at- tested June 20, 1706.]
[Administration on the estate of John Godfrey granted to his son John Godfrey, June 4, 1706.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 309.]
[Bond of John Godfrey of Hampton, with John Blake and Samuel Dearborn, son of Thomas Dearborn, as sureties, June 4, 1706, in the sum of £150, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, Deborah Godfrey and Zacharias Brackett. ]
NICHOLAS OTIS 1697 DOVER
[Inventory of the estate of Nicholas Otis of Dover ; amount, £30.8.6; signed by Nathaniel Heard and George Ricard ; filed May 18, 1697.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 119.]
JOHN DERRY 1697 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of John Derry of Oyster River granted to his widow, Deliverance Derry, May 18, 1697.]
[Probate Records, vol. 2, p. 25.]
by the desier and order of m' nathanel fryer asquir baring deat the S of november 1697 for the devideng of the esteat of John dery desesed in to thre pearts all the percens not Apering we the per- sens that Have Herunto subcribed Heve devided said Astet in maner as follouth out of the movebely to nathenell pitman Husband to the dLeverens Derye twenty seven pound toe shilens and six pence and the other toe pearts Left in the Hands of the toee bonds mean : the Lands being in contryversy we thought it not convenent to conseren our selves Aboutet
november the 13 : 1697
John woodman John smith ffrances X Pitman his mark
[Allowed Nov. 17, 1697.]
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To the Right Honble Sam" Allen Esq' Govern' & Command' in Cheife ; of his Majties Province of New Hampshire ; and Councill Assembled Jan'y 7th 1698
The humble petition ; of Deliverence Pittman; formerly the wife ; of John Derry ; and now the wife of Nathaniel Pittman.
Humbly Sheweth .- That in the yeare ; 1694: yo' petition's House ; was Burnt by the Indians ; and our Cattle Killed ; as alsoe most of our Children ; my husband, one Child, and yor Petition" taken Captives ; in weh Captivitye my husband dyed ; none but your Petition' Returned ; hopeing to enjoy what Estate was Left by yor Petition's husband ; in due method of Law : In Pursueance to wch yor Petition' took out Lettrs of Administrac'on ; gave in Securitye one Joseph Smith ; and Jeremiah Burnam, which Se- curitye have since ; violently ; and Contrary to Law Seized ; upon yo' Petition's Cows ; and Estate ; the whole Amounting to Ninety Pounds, forty ffive of wch are in Lands ; all there Pretence being for soe doeing ; that it is for the Good of my Children, which I had to my first husband ; Derry ; But in truth yo' Petition" Knows of noe; Such Children ; being now Liveing : and if yo' Petition" have not the Cows; & Land againe; she & family must needs perish .- May it therefore Please yo' Hon's and you Gentlemen of his Majties Councill; Seriously to Inspect into the illegall method of the Said Joseph Smith ; and Jeremiah Burnam ; and Comiserate the Condic'on of yo' Petition" and Grant an order that the said Cows, & Estate may be Restored to yo" Petition" or that the Said Joseph Smith and Jeremiah Burnam may Enter into Suffi- cient Securitye for the Keeping or withholding the said Cows : and Estate.
And yor Petition' shall pray &c-
Nath: Pitman
on behalfe of his wife Deliverence [Misc. Provincial Papers, mss., vol. I, p. 214.]
[Inventory of the estate of John Derry ; amount, £98.1.10; not dated or signed.]
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[Agreement by Nathaniel Pitman and Deliverance Pitman, Sept. 22, 1701, for the release of Joseph Smith and Jeremiah Burnham, sureties on their bond for the administration of the estate. ]
[Account of Joseph Smith and Jeremiah Burnham against the estate ; allowed Sept. 22, 1701, and sureties discharged.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Pitman, Dover, yeoman, John Downing of Dover, butcher, and John Cotton of Portsmouth, butcher, Sept. 22, 1701, in the sum of £200, for the settlement, by Nathaniel Pitman, of any lawful claims against the estate.]
[Various documents, summonses, warrants, lists, etc., contain- ing signatures of Joseph Smith, Jeremiah Burnham, Francis Tucker, Nathaniel Fryer, and Nathaniel Meader. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, pp. 111, 112, 115, 116.]
ELIZABETH MASON 1697 HAMPTON
[Inventory of the estate of Elizabeth Mason of Hampton, who died May 21, 1697 ; taken by Isaac Godfrey and Josiah Sanborn May 24, 1697 ; amount, £122.10.0; attested by John Mason, ad- ministrator, July 28, 1698.]
[Administration on the estate of Elizabeth Mason of Exeter granted to her son, John Mason, May 18, 1698.]
[Probate Records, vol. 2, p. 53.]
[Warrant, Dec. 30, 1702, authorizing Henry Dow and Henry Williams, both of Hampton, to receive claims against the estate ; signed by William Partridge.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £44.7.5 ; signed by Henry Dow and Henry Williams ; mentions John Mason of Hampton, husband of Elizabeth Mason, and Mary Poore of New- bury, Mass., administratrix to her husband's, George Hardy's, estate. ]
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[Division of the estate, approved by William Partridge Oct. 18, 1703 ; mentions following children : John, oldest son, Francis, Joseph, Benjamin, Elizabeth, wife of James Johnson, Mary, Han- nah, Catherine, and Esther.]
ALEXANDER GORDON 1697 EXETER
[Inventory of the estate of Alexander Gordon, Aug. 7, 1697 ; amount, £29.1.0; signed by Theophilus Dudley and Samuel Thing ; attested by John Gordon of Exeter, a son, Aug. 15, 1697.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 137.]
provence of new hamshear
Samuel Thinge aged about therty years testifieth that som time in this month of August he heard mary Gourden widow of Ellex- ander gordinge Seay that shee would not admenister upon her Lat husband estate :
Samuell Thinge made oth to the above evedence August 23 : 1697
Peter Coffin Justis : P:
william gravs aged about twent tow years testifeth to the truth of the above written sworn Befor mee the deay above written . Peter Coffin J P [Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 137 .]
[Administration on the estate of Alexander Gordon of Exeter granted to his son, John Gordon, Aug. 25, 1697, the widow, Mary Gordon, and the oldest son, Nicholas Gordon, renouncing admin- istration.]
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