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8. I give unto my four sons, viz, John, David, Joshua & Caleb my peice of meadow lying between that which was brother Wil- sons meadow, and Richard Matoon's meadow, to be equally devided between them after their mother's decease.
9. Farthermore I give and bequeath unto my beloved sons, viz,
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Moses, Jeremiah, James, John, David, Joshua and Caleb Gilman all my land lying at Lamprel-river, also my sixteen shares of the priviledges of the town commons, purchased by M' Wheelwright ; And all that tract of land given me by Ben: Huntaway which I will shall be equally devided among the aboves" seaven sons.
IO. I give unto my beloved daughter Dudley ten pounds mony or goods equivalent therto, which shall be paid at her mothers decease, if not before.
II. I give unto my beloved daughter, ten pounds, Viz, to my daughter Lyford, in mony or goods equivalent therto.
12. I give unto my beloved daughter Conner twenty pounds mony or goods equivalent therto; and my will is that each of my daughters be paid the above-mentioned viz, to my daughter Dudley ten pounds, to Lyford ten pounds & to Conner twenty pounds, at my wives decease, or sooner if she be well capable of doing it.
13. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, all my dwelling house out housing land and flats adjoyning during her natural life or widowhood and at her marriage or decease, that then it shall be to the sole use and benifit of my two sons, viz, Joshua and Caleb as is mentioned in the sixth and seaventh articles ; I also give her my land lying by M' Scammons, and all my share in the saw mill, with the priviledges therto belonging, and all that land of Welches and fifty acres above it, also my will is that it shall all be to her proper use and disposal, together with all my moveable estate, or any other estate of what kind soever not already willed : Finally my will is that my sd wife shall have the use And improve- ment of all my meadows which are now in my possession during her natural life : And I do hereby appoint and constitute her my sd wife the full and sole executrix of this my last will and testa- ment, Obliging her to pay all my just debts and legacies and to defray my funeral charges; And in all things justly to perform what I have here engaged her, for the benefit of my children, and for the maintaing of love and unity among them. In testimony wherof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the twelyth day of
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January Anno Domini one thousand seaven-hundred and one. Annoq decimo tertio R Regis Guilielmi tertii Angliæ &c.
Signed Sealed and declared
Moses Gilman [seal] in the presence of us-
William Gillman Cartee Gillman John Clark. [Proved Aug. 6, 1702.]
ALLEN LLOYD 1701/2 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Allen Lloyd of Portsmouth, mariner, granted to Edward Toogood of Portsmouth, bricklayer, and his wife, Gartrite Toogood, Feb. 7, 1701/2, they being guar- dians of Allen Lloyd and Frances Lloyd, son and daughter of the deceased.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 244.]
[Bond of Edward Toogood and his wife, Gartrite Toogood, for administering the estate; dated Feb. 7, 1701/2; amount, £300; signed by Edward Toogood, bricklayer, Job Alcock, gentleman, and James Leavitt, cordwainer, all of Portsmouth.]
[Guardianship of Allen Lloyd and Frances Lloyd, son and daughter of Allen Lloyd of Portsmouth, mariner, granted to Edward Toogood of Portsmouth, their grandfather-in-law, and Gartrite, his wife, their own grandmother, Feb. 16, 1701/2.]
[Warrant, Feb. 20, 1701/2, to James Leavitt and William Hunking, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Feb 23, 1701/2; amount, £135.19.3 ; signed by James Leavitt and William Hunking ; mentions Allen Lloyd, first husband of Sarah Fernald, and " second decesed Allen, Lloyd."]
[Return of claims against the estate, Oct. 15, 1702 ; amount, £24.19.9; allowed March 8, 1702/3.]
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[Account of the administrator against the estate, Feb. 21, 1702/3; amount, £3.16.o.]
[Order for the settlement of the accounts against the estate, March 8, 1702/3.]
[Division of the estate ; " Goods and Chattells mentioned in the Inventory of both old and young Lloyd decd," £19.19.0; balance for creditors, £6.3.9 ; claims against the estate, £11.3.6 ; allowed March 8, 1702/3:]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 41.]
[Order for the sale of certain land to settle the claim of Rich- ard Waterhouse, March 20, 1702/3.]
[Account of the administrator against the estate, April 20, 1703 ; amount, £3.1.0.]
SAMUEL FOLSOM 1701/2 EXETER
[Mary Folsom of Exeter, widow of Samuel Folsom, and Eben- ezer Folsom, oldest son, renounce administration on the estate, Feb. 27, 1701/2, and request that a younger son, Samuel Folsom, may be appointed ; witnesses, Moses Leavitt, Jr., and Dorothy Leavitt.]
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Folsom of Exeter, yeo- man, granted to his son, Samuel Folsom of Exeter, yeoman, Feb. 28, 1701/2.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 245.]
[Inventory, May 27, 1702 ; amount, £36.16.6; signed by Ben- jamin Jones and Charles Rundlett, Jr. ]
JOHN DAVIS 1702
DURHAM
[Guardianship, Oct. 14, 1702 ; Jeremiah Burnham of Oyster River, husbandman, appointed guardian of Sarah Davis, daughter
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of John Davis of Oyster River, yeoman ; signed by William Par- tridge.]
[Administration on the estate of John Davis of Oyster River, yeoman, granted to Jeremiah Burnham of Oyster River, yeoman, Oct. 16, 1702, as guardian, of Sarah Davis, daughter of the de- ceased.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 250.]
[Bond of Jeremiah Burnham, with John Smith, of Oyster River, yeoman, and Samuel Shackford of Portsmouth, block-maker, as sureties, Oct. 16, 1702, in the sum of £150, for the administration of the estate. ]
[Inventory, Jan. 11, 1702/3 ; amount, £72.9.5 ; signed by John Woodman and Stephen Jones. ]
[Various receipts and accounts, containing signatures of John Cutt, John Davis, Nathaniel Rogers, and Joshua Peirce. ]
WILLIAM DURGIN 1702 DOVER
[Citation, Nov. 28, 1702, to Catherine Durgin, widow of William Durgin, to appear and take administration on the estate of her hus- band, her son, James Durgin, having applied.]
[Administration on the estate of William Durgin of Dover, yeoman, granted to his widow, Catherine Durgin, Nov. 30, 1702.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 251.]
[Warrant, Dec. 30, 1702, authorizing Elias Crockett and Samuel Doe, both of Dover, to appraise the estate; signed by William Partridge and Charles Story.]
[Inventory, Feb. 16, 1702/3 ; amount, £40.15.0; signed by Sampson Doe and Elias Crockett. ]
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[Citation, April 12, 1703, to James Durgin of Oyster River to appear and answer to the complaint of his stepmother, Catherine Durgin, administratrix, for retaining part of the estate. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 364.]
[Acknowledgment of indebtedness, April 20, 1703, James Dur- gin to the estate.
Order that James Durgin deliver all the goods which he owned in the inventory to Thomas Footman.]
[Petition of John Pickering, attorney for James Durgin, for a postponement of a hearing in regard to the estate.]
RICHARD MANSON 1702 PORTSMOUTH
[Inventory of the estate of Richard Manson of Portsmouth, Nov. 30, 1702 ; amount, £329.2.0; signed by George Snell and John Abbott. ]
[Administration on the estate of Richard Manson of Portsmouth, fisherman, granted to his widow, Esther Manson, Dec. 14, 1702.] [Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 252.]
[Bond of Esther Manson of Portsmouth, widow, with John Manson and Samuel Manson, both of Portsmouth, mariners, as sureties, Dec. 14, 1702, in the sum of £650, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, Thomas Packer and Charles Story. ]
JACOB RANDALL 1702
In the name of god Amen The twenty third Day of December one Thousand Seven hundred and two : I Jacob Rendell Being Sick and weake off of bodey
Impr I give and bequeath To my Dearely Beloved wife Kath- rine Rendell all my now dweling house with the Garding land and outhouseing to me belonginge for and Dureing the tim that She '
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Remaines A widow, with all my houshold goods and all my other Estate Dureing her widowood; and at her mariage or (her my Said wifes Death) what Shall be lefte of my moveabell estate Shall be and Remaine to my wife at her death or mariage to be Disposed of by her amongs my Children as She Shall see ffitt ;
Item I give and Bequeath unto my Eldest Son Jacob Rendell the two third partes of my now Dwelling house and the two thirds of my Gardin Land out housing after the mariage or the Death of my wife his Mother Kathrine Rendell : to him and his heires and asigns for Ever ; more over I give unto him my Said Son Jacob my gun and my Sword and three Silver Spoons-
Itm I give unto my Son Stephen Rendell one third parte of my now Dwelling house one third parte of my Garding land and out houseing after the mariage or the Death of my wife his mother Kathren Rendell to him his heirs and asignes for ever more over I give to my Son Stephen two Gould Rings my great gould Ring and one Small one
It" I give and bequeath to my daughter Susana Rendell ffive pounds to be paid unt her in mony or in good pay Equivlent to mony to be paid unto her By my Son Jacob Rendell within two yeares after he hath the two third partes of my now Dwelling house in his owne possesion-
Itm I Give and bequeath to my Daughter Kathrine Rendell Three pounds to be paid unto her in mony or in good pay Equivo- lent to mony to be paid unto her By my Son Stephen Rendell with in two years after he hath the one third parte of my now dwelling house in his possesion-
Itm my will is that If Either of my two Sons Jacob or Stephen Rendell Shall hapen to Dey before they attayne to the adge of twenty one yeares of Adge then the Sone that Survives Shall In Joy the whole house I now live in and the garden Land and out- houseing ; after the Mariage or death of his mother to him and to his heirs and asigns for Ever he paying his Sisters their portions according to my above will, and if Either of the Sisters Should : hapen to Dey before She attaines to the adge of Eighten years
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then the Surviver of ye Sistrs to have' the Dceaseds portion ; and If it Should So happen that the two Sons Jacob and Stephen Ren- dell Should hapen to Dey before Either of them com to the full adge of twenty one years of adge then the house and land to be qually devided betwene the two Sisters Susana and Kathrine; and If they Should hapen all four to dey in theire non age then the whole Estat of House land Gardin and outhousing, to be my wife Kathrins and her heirs fforever-
I Doe make my Dearely Beloved wife Kathrine Rendell my Sole Eecutrex to this my Last will and testament witness my hand and Seale
Witness Jacob Rendell [seal]
John Hollicom
John Card Francis Tucker [Proved June 30, 1703.]
MARY WALL I702/3 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Mary Wall, widow, granted to her son, John Tuck of Hampton, Feb. 9, 1702/3.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 253.]
Articles of agreement made & Concluded upon the 12th day of February 1703 Betwene John Tuck of ye Town of Hampton in ye Province of Newhamps' in New England Mill-wright, on the one part : And Mary Marston formerly Mary Wall & Benjamin Moul- ton in, behalf of his Wife formerly Hannah Wall, all of ye above said Town & Province on ye other part Witnesseth (as followeth )
Impr$ That where as our Honord Mother Mary Wall of Hamp- ton in ye aboves'd province late deceased did leave some Estate in lands, goods Chattels & debts ; & Administration being Granted unto s'd John Tuck &c. ye s'd Mary Marston & s'd Benjamin Moulton in Right of his wife Hannah Claims part of s'd Estate
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and in order to ye setling s'd estate, & finall ending aney differ- ence that hath, or here after may arise &c The above named John Tuck doth hereby for him self his Heirs, Executors & Admin's Covinant & agree to & with ye s'd Mary Marston & Benjamin Moulton their, or either of their Heirs, Executors, & Admin's that the meadow which ye above named mary wall their Hond mother late deceased bought of Richard Swain be the same nine acres more or less, being scituate & lying within ye limits of Hampton aboves'd, and lying on ye westwardly side of ye Causey beyond Benjamin Shaws house, &c- Be equally devided in to two parts, and yt ye s'd John Tuck have the one half, and yt the s'd mary Marston, & Benjamin Moulton have the other moiety ; and that in devideing s'd meadow regard be had to quantity onely, and that s'd John Tuck have his half on ye west side next his own meadow, & his two sisters (viz) Mary & hannah to have the other half betwene them- &c-
Item It is farther agreed betwene ye above named partys that the s'd John Tuck pay all the charge of Administration & fees due there for : and yt the above s'd Mary Marston & Benjamin Moulton shall defray ye funerall expences-
Itm. It is also agreed by the above named partys that ye s'd John Tuck shall have & possess all ye moveable goods that he had in his actuall possession at ye decease of his mother, togather with one half of the debts due to her, and also shall pay one half of ber debts which she ye s'd Mary wall owed at her decease-
and that ye s'd Mary Marston, & Benjamin Moulton shall have & possess all the moveable goods & chattells (of their s'd mother) which was in their or either of their custody, or possession at their s'd mothers decease : togather with one half of her debts due to her &c- and likewise to pay the other half of all ye debts which their s'd mother owed at ye time of her death &c- And In Witnes that this is a full & finall settelment and agreement made and Con- cluded the year & day above mentioned : Wee ye said John Tuck, Mary Marston, & Benjamin Moulton have mutually sett to our hands & seals this sixth day of march Anno Dom one thousand
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seaven hundred & three or four : in the second year of ye Reign of our soveraign Lady Anne Queen of England &c-
signed sealed & owned
Jnº Tucke [seal]
in presence of us
the marke & Seal
Peter Johson
of Mary X Marston [seal]
Dorothy Smith
the marke & seall of
Benj" X moulton [seal]
[Acknowledged March 7, 1703/4.]
[Inventory of the estate of Mary Wall of Hampton, widow, who died in Oct., 1702 ; taken May 5, 1703; amount, £77.17.0; signed by Thomas Roby and John Leavitt. ]
MARY RICHARDS 1702/3 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Mary Richards of Portsmouth, widow, granted to her son, Samuel Richards, and his brother-in- law, Samuel Shackford of Portsmouth, block-maker, Feb. 10, 1702/3.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 254.]
[Bond of Samuel Shackford, block-maker, and Samuel Rich- ards, both of Portsmouth, with William Cotton of Portsmouth and Theodore Atkinson of Newcastle as sureties, Feb. 10, 1702/3, in the sum of £300, for the administration of the estate of Mary Richards, their mother; witnesses, Nehemiah Partridge and Charles Story.]
[Warrant, Feb. 11, 1702/3, authorizing Samuel Keais and Ed- ward Toogood, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Feb. 15, 1702/3 ; amount, £143.7.11 ; signed by Samuel Keais and Edward Toogood.]
HEZRON LEAVITT 1702/3 HAMPTON
Artickels of agreement made this fifteenth day of febeuary 1702 : three between Hezron Levvitt of Hampton in New Hampshi
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New England of ye one partie & his Son Thomas Leavvett of ye Other partie Wittneseth y' I ye Sª Hizron Levvitt do Covenant Promise & ingage to & with ye Sa Thomas Levvitt yt he shall have ye use & improvement of all my Dwelling House out houses Tanyard & all yt is therein as allso all my Lands Meadow & Mashes (Excepting only ye on half of my lott in ye North plaine adjoyning to Isaac Marstons Lott) as also all my Cattell Horses & : Swine, as allso on bed with all ye bed Clothes thereunto be- longing as also all ye Moveabls & Houshold Stuff Now in ye House & all Moveabls both Within Dors & : without all during my Naturall life but Reserve to my Self ye Disposing of ye Moveabls yt is now in ye house at my decease I ye Sª Thomas Levvett Do Cove- nant promise & Agree to & : with my Sa ffather Hezrom Levvett yt I will ffaithfully & Carefully allow unto my Sd ffather & Mother theire Living in ye Said House in which roome they please as also to Maintaine them with A Honourable & Comfortable Maintainance as to meat Drink Clothing & afier allways provided for them & Every thing Suttable to make there lives Comfortable with what they Shall be pleased to doe themselves over & above besids what my ffather Doth Geet by his practiz & my Mother by Stilling which they are to Have for there own use: I also Promis & Ingage yt if it Should please god that my ffather Should Happen to Die within one yeare after ye date hereof that I will pay unto Every on of my fower Sisters five pounds apece but if he Live above a yeare after ye Date hereof I am to pay Nothing to my Sister Lidia Sam- bron nor to my Mary Thomas : & if my ffather Dye within two years after hereof then I am to pay five pound to my sister Abbi- gall Levvett & five pound to my sister Sarah Levvett but if my ffather live above two years after ye Date hereof then I am to pay them Nothing, but they are to have ye Houshold Stufe devided amongst them according as my father & Mother please & if it Shall pleas god y' I Happen to dye before my Sª father then all his Estate y' Shall be then in being in my hands at ye time of my De- ceace Shall all Return into ye Hands of my ffather againe as for- merly but if it Should Happen that I Should Leave a wife & Child
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or Children at my Decease then my Wife is to Have all that is Hers that She bring with her to me She is also to Have all y'is mine yt I doe produce & bring into ye house by my Labour & industry And my father is to give my Child or Children an Equall propor- tion of his Estate with his own Children I ye St Thomas Levvitt am to pay all Depts yt my ffather owe & to Receive all debts Due unto him to free him from any truble thereabout : And if it shall at any time fall out y' my ffather or Mother Shall think y' I neglect my Duty in not providing for them y' which Shall make there lives Comfortable according to all above Written It Shall be Ajudged by two or three Indiferant Men Chosen by us who if they shall adjudge y' I have not performed this above Written agree- ment Relating to ye Honourable & Comfortable Maintaining of my sd ffather & Mother in Every Respect as Above mentioned yt then it shall be in ye power of my Sª ffather to ReEnter upon all ye s" Houses & lands and Estate yt was his without any Suitt att Law for ye Same & peaceably to injoy ye Same as formerly : but if it shall so fall out yt their shall be no Re Entry upon y" Same as abovesd Then I ye above Mentioned Hizrom Levvitt doe Give Grant & Confirme unto ye sd Thomas Levvitt all and singuler my Dweling house out houses Tan House tanyeard with all therein & thereunto belonging with all my Right Title & intrust yt I have in any Lands Meadowes or Mash ground in what place so Ever or where so Ever ye same Shall lay or bee Excepting only ye on halfe of my lott in ye North plaine Commonly so Caled Adjoyn- ing to Isaac Marstons : ye above mentioned Thomas Levvitt To Have & to Hold and Peaceably to injoy all ye above Mentioned Houses & lands Excepting what before Excepted) to him ye Sa Thomas Levvett his heirs Execut's & assigns to his & their owne proper uses & behoofes for Ever freely & Quietly without ye least lett Henderance or Molistation of me ye S' Hizrom Leavitt my heirs Execut's Administra or assignes or any other person or per- sons what so Ever : from by or under me ye Sa Hezrom Levvitt Moreover it is to be understood y' whereas it is Said above yt Thomas Levvitt is to have ye use of ye Moveabls the intent is
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ye Moveables without Doars but not ye houshold stuff Nor Mova- bles within doars : Now & it is to be understood yt ye Sd Thomas is to Maintaine his father & Mother as above Sd both during there Naturall lifes & ye Said Hizrom Livvitt or his Wife to have ye Milk of on Cow if he or shee desierit during yt time to be improved ffor there Maintainance & if ye Sª Hizron Levvett Dye before his Wife & ye sd Thomas Levvett neglect his Dutey in Pro- viding for his Mother & it be so adjudged as aboves" then shee is to have ye use of So much of ye land & Estate as will make Her life Comfortable during hir Naturall Life & if it Should happen yt ye Sª Thomas Levvett pay any of ye above Written Legecys he is to pay but five pound a year beginning att ye Eldist first & So as they are of age And for ye Conformation of all above Writen wee ye sd Hezrom Levvett & Thomas Leavett Have hereunto put our Hands & Seales this fifteen day of febeuary on thousand Seven Hundred : and two three & in ye first yeare of Her Majts Reigne Queen Anne Over England &c: -
Wittness :
John Tayler Samuell Smith [Deeds, vol. 13, p. 237.] ·
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Hezron Leavit (saeal) Thomas Leavit (seale)
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JOSEPH DOW 1703 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen
I Joseph Dow of Hampton, in ye Province of New Hampshire in New England haveing through Gods goodness, still my under- standing & Memory, in some good measure, * *
2ly : I give unto Mary my Beloved Wife, my best Bed with all things therunto belonging my best Iron Pot, Iron Kettle, tramell, Bible, warming Pan thre Cyder Barrels and such other of my Household goods as she shall have occation of for hir own use (not heerafter otherwayes Disposed of ) for Ever.
Also, I give unto my wife so long as shee shall Remain a Widdo, yearly and Every year hir liveing in the House yt I now
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live in, withe so much Cham'ber Room, & Cellar Room as shee shall have occation of for hir own use, and also yearly, & Ever year so long as shee Remain a widdo ten bushels of Indian Corn, one bushel of Wheat, one bushel of Rye, two bushels of Malt, one hundred & twenty pound of Pork neat weight Eighty pound of Beef, thirty pound of Mutton, (all good & marchantable) also the milk of two Cows, three Barrels of Cyder, twelve Bushels of Apples for Winter, and what Apples shee shall have occation for in the sum'er, ten load of wood Cut fit for the fire, also ten pound of Cotten Wool & flax, twelve pound of sheeps wool, all to be payd Annually (so long as my wife Remain a widdo) by my son Josiah.
3ly : I give to my beloved son Joseph, beside what I have already given him, Emediately after my Deceass, my part of a Lott of Land neer grape Hill (so Called) layd out to the name of Cobham, my Com'onage in Salisbury, and after my wives Deceas, or marriage one half of my peece of marsh bought of Richard Hubbard, yt is one half of that which layeth to the westward of the Iland of upland Joyning to his own Marsh, to him his heirs & Assignes for Ever.
4ly : I give to my beloved son John beside what he hath alredy had, Emediately after my Deceas, my Lot of Land in the North Division (so Called) being in Hampton, and a Quarter of my share of Cow Com'on in Hampton.
And after my Wives Deceas, or marriage, the other half of my peece of marsh bought of Richard Hubbard, from the westerly End of the Lott, to the Iland of upland ; to him and his heirs & Assignes for Ever.
5ly : I give to my beloved Son Henery Emediately after my Deceas ; My House, & Barn & orchard at Salisbury. & about Eleven Acres of Land as it is alredy bounded and in his posse- sion. And after my Wifes Deceas, or Marriage my peece of marsh Laying neer the westerly End of the Cross Beach so Called. to him his heirs & Assignes for Ever he paying such Lege- cyes as Heerafter mentioned, to be payd by him.
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6ly : I give to my beloved Son Jeremiah, Emediately after my Deceas, about thirteen Acres of Land at Salisbury, as it is alredy bounded on which his House, & Barn standeth, & is alredy in his Possession ; and my Cross Cutt Saw. And after my wifes De- ceas, or Marriage, my Peece of marsh on the southerly side of the Cross Beach Joyning in part to his own marsh to him his heirs and Assignes for Ever.
7ly : I give to my beloved Son Josiah, Emediately after my Deceas my House & Land I now live upon, Barn, orchard, out houses being in Hampton, Cellars Cyder mill, press, Also, my six Acres of marsh bought of Thomas Philbrick, one half of my part of flats at the Beach that is undivided, four Acres of my Lott in Halls farm at that End of my Lott next to Thomas Crams, a small peece of marsh in that Lott I bought of Richard Hubbard, be- tween the Iland and the River, also my Lott of Land in the west Division, my peece of Land bought of Wymond Bradbury, one Quarter of my share of Cow Com'on in Hampton. also all my stock of Cattle, sheep, & swine, all my Implements of Husbandry, & Hay Boate. Also my Broadest Loom, with one half of all the tackleing belonging to weaveing, my Books, and Box of wright- ings my Chest Dated with what is in it, my biggest Iron Pott, tow Comb, Beding and Bed Cloathes not otherwayes disposed of in this my will, Cyder Cask and such other things belonging to the House as my wife hath not occation of for hir own use all abovesd to him, his heirs, & Assignes for Ever, alwayes Reserving House Room & Cellar Room for my wife as aforesd.
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