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As to the Vessells equally divided.
Hilliard The Halfe of the Sloop Joseph With all Things belong- ing to it-
Freese Halfe the Sloop called Anne with all belonging to it
FRANCIS MATTHEWS 1704 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Francis Matthews of Oyster River, yeoman, granted to his son, Benjamin Matthews of Oyster River, yeoman, July 10, 1704.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 283.]
[Bond of Benjamin Matthews, with Joseph Meader, yeoman, and Francis Matthews, yeoman, son of Benjamin Matthews, both of Oyster River, as sureties, July 10, 1704, in the sum of £200, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, Philip Chesley and Charles Story.]
[Warrant, July 10, 1704, authorizing Capt. James Davis and Thomas Edgerly, both of Oyster River, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory of the estate of Francis Matthews, " deceased at Oyster River about fifty or sixty years past "; amount, £119.0.0; signed by James Davis and Thomas Edgerly ; attested by Ben- jamin Matthews March 6, 1704/5.]
[Warrant, the first Tuesday in March, 1704/5, authorizing Capt. James Davis and Joseph Meader to receive claims against the estate. ]
[List of claims ; amount, £356.0.0; signed by James Davis and Joseph Meader ; allowed Nov. 6, 1705. One claim is that of Benjamin Matthews for " keeping his mother Twenty five years att fowerteen Pounds # year."]
[Administrator's account against the estate ; amount, £4.12.0; allowed Nov. 6, 1705.]
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the depision of Debro shoctford aged about Fifty Eight yers of yeag testifieth and saith that the said mrs tamson mathes dilive her son benjamin mathes about forty eyrs pas and that I did Live with the said Benjamin Matheys to tend uppon his mother tamson maths
6th Novbr 1705 Jurat Coram me Joseph Smith
the depison of Josep Kent eged about forty five yers of Eage testifieth and saith that that i knew the said tamson mathes and that the said tamson mathes did Live with her son Benjamin methes abou thurty five yers past and I did Live with him and that hee did maintain hur tel the day of hur death Excepting sun few yers and that she dyed with hin about 15 years agoe
6th Novbr 1705 : Jurat Coram/ Joseph Smith
the depison of Thomas Roberts Aged about sevinty yers of Eage testifieth and saith that about forty five yers past I was well aqunted with mrs tamsun methe and that the forsaid Mathes did Live with hur son Benjamin Mathes until the day of her Deth Excepting som few yers
6th Novbr Jurat Coram me Joseph Smith
SAMUEL TASKETT 1704 DURHAM
[Bond of Samuel Perkins of Dover, yeoman, with John Grey of Dover and Robert Smart of Exeter, yeomen, as sureties, July IO, 1704, in the sum of £200, for the administration of the estate of Samuel Taskett of Oyster River, yeoman ; witnesses, Philip Chesley and Charles Story.]
[Inventory, Aug. 4, 1704 ; amount, £43.18.0; signed by John Woodman and Joseph Meader. ]
[Administrator's account against the estate of Samuel Taskett, his brother-in-law; amount, £4.17.1.]
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MARY SWAINE 1704 NEWCASTLE
["An inventory of what Estat mary swain formerly of New- castell Lefft when shee went to haverhill, maried & there dyed"; amount, £50.0.0; taken by George Wallis and John Bickford Sept. 3, 1704.]
THOMAS CHESLEY 1704 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Chesley of Oyster River granted to Joseph Daniell and his wife, Ann Daniell, for- merly widow of the deceased, Sept. 5, 1704.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 284.]
[Bond of Joseph Daniell of Dover, yeoman, with John Picker- ing of Portsmouth, gentleman, and George Vaughan of Ports- mouth as sureties, Sept. 5, 1704, in the sum of £300, for the administration of the estate.]
[Warrant, Sept. 5, 1704, authorizing John Woodman and Ste- phen Jones of Oyster River to appraise the estate of Thomas Chesley of Oyster River.]
[Inventory, Sept. 29, 1704; amount, £100.4.5 ; signed by John Woodman and Stephen Jones. ]
[Guardianship of Thomas Chesley, aged about sixteen years, son of Thomas Chesley, granted to his uncle, Joseph Chesley, Jan. 2, 1704/5.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 60.]
[Account of Joseph Daniell, administrator, against the estate ; amount, £37.19.0; signed by Joseph Daniell ; allowed in Jan., 1704/5 ; mentions his wife as dead. One item is "Keeping a Child from the age of Nine Months Until it Came to the age of five years and one halfe."]
[Petition of John Chesley, aged seventeen years, son of Thomas Chesley, that his uncle, George Chesley, may be appointed his guardian ; allowed June 1, 1708.]
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[Citation, June 29, 1708, to Joseph Daniell, to appear and ren- der an account of the estate.]
[Bond of George Chesley, with Joseph Chesley as surety, Aug. 2, 1708, in the sum of £150, for the guardianship of John Ches- ley.]
[Court record, Aug. 3, 1708: Joseph Daniell appeared and delivered administration of the estate to George Chesley, brother of the deceased, and guardian to John Chesley, oldest son of the deceased. ]
RICHARD OTIS 1704 DOVER
[Bond of Susanna Otis, widow, with Joseph Hanson and John Varney, both of Cocheco, yeomen, as sureties, Dec. 5, 1704, in the sum of £200, for the administration de bonis non of the estate of Richard Otis of Cocheco, father of her husband, Richard Otis, Jr.]
[Administration on the estate of Richard Otis granted to Susanna Otis, widow of his son, Richard Otis of Dover, May 1, 1705, " there being several children of the said Richard Otis the sonn now live- ing of whome the said Susanna Otis is appointed by me as their Guardian And the said Richard Otis the sonn dying possessed of the Estate (in Lands) ."] .
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 291.]
[Warrant, May 1, 1705, authorizing Tristram Heard and Thomas Tibbetts, both of Dover, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, June 21, 1705; amount, £120.0.0; signed by Thomas Tibbetts and Tristram Heard; attested by them Aug. 7, 1705, and by Susanna Otis, "according to the Custome of Quakers," June 4, 1706. ]
[List of claims against the estate, June 5, 1706 ; signed by John Pickering and Samuel Tibbetts ; mentions Elizabeth Chadbourne, widow of James Chadbourne. ]
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[Division of the estate as insolvent at eight shillings, nine pence, half penny in the pound ; allowed Sept. 3, 1706.]
[Order, Sept. 3, 1706, that Peter Coffin, principal creditor, have the first refusal of the land when sold. ]
[Various notes, bonds, accounts, etc., containing signatures of George Jaffrey, Samuel Small, Richard Otis, blacksmith, Mary Nelson, Nathaniel Fryer, George Broughton of Berwick, Me., William Thompson, Thomas Paine, James Chadbourne, John Searle, Peter Wittum, Theodore Atkinson, Ichabod Plaisted, Nicholas Haskins, John Pickering, John Heard, Robert Elliot, Joseph Smith, Peter Coffin, Samuel Penhallow, John Shapleigh, and John Leighton ; mentions Mrs. Elizabeth Bezar, late widow of Thomas Paine. ]
SAMUEL WALKER 1704/5
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Walker granted to his brother, George Walker, farmer, Jan. 8, 1704/5.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 285.]
NATHANIEL FRYER 1704/5 NEWCASTLE
In the name of god Amen I nathanell ffrayer siner Inhabitant of the townes shipe of new Castle in the provnce of newhampsh in newengland Beeing weake in Body
I macke ordaine and Constitute my grand Child Abagall Elliot ffull and sole Executrix of my hole Estate Moveables & Immove- ables with in dors and w' out of this my last will and testement After my Just Debts and ffurneall Charges are paid
Itam I give and bequeth & Conforme unto my well beloved wife dorritey ffrey all that pt of the house wt the Ketchin which I now live in During her naturall life and the best bead and ffur- niture belongin to itt in pt of her therds which I formerly prom- esed her with the Couch
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Itam I give and bequeth and Conforme unto my beloved Daf- ter sarah Elliot and to her Desposeal all that land that lyth betwne my house and robt Elliot house home to m' John hinckes ware house alowing A foot way for said hinckes to goe to his back house which I gave to my Dafter Elliot In the yeare of or lord one thousand Sex hundred ninty Eight 1698
Itam I give and bequeth and Conferme unto my grand sone nathanell ffryer Juner and his Ares that house and land that layth betwne Steven grafton major stillman and Edwerd Rendle and my well beeing the bounds betwne me and grafton and stillman
Itam I doe heareby Constute my sones in law Robt Elliot and John hincks Esq" to be overseers of this my last will and teste- ment and Desire the may see the same performed and be Assist- ante to my said Executrix I doe publish and Declare this to be my last will and testement macking voyid all other wills and tes- tements In wittne wheare of I have heare hand and · seale this tenth Day ffebery one thousand . hundred and fouer 1704/5
Signed sealed and
Nathn11 Fryer [seal]
Deliverd in #snt of us Andrew Crainch the marke of John X Cranch Robert Jordan [Proved July 2, 1715.]
[Bond of Daniel Greenough, goldsmith, with Daniel Bayley and John Cranch, all of Newcastle, as sureties, in the sum of £40, July 9, 1715, for the administration of the estate, in behalf of his wife, Abigail Greenough, formerly Abigail Elliot, execu- trix ; witnesses, Eleazer Russell and Richard Gerrish, Jr.]
[Warrant, July 9, 1715, authorizing Theodore Atkinson and Sampson Sheafe, both of Newcastle, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, July 20, 1715 ; amount, £8.0.0; signed by Theo- dore Atkinson and Sampson Sheafe, Jr.]
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JOHN YOUNG 1704/5 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of John Young of Exeter granted to Peter Coffin of Exeter March 6, 1704/5.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 286.]
[Inventory of the estate of John Young of Exeter, who died Aug. 8, 1704; amount, £66.6.4 ; signed by Alexander Magoon, Clement Moody, and William Graves. ]
[Citation, Feb. 14, 1704/5, to Mary Young, widow of John Young, and Robert Young and Joseph Young, his brothers, to appear in answer to the petition of Peter Coffin, principal cred- itor, for letters of administration ; served by Henry Wadleigh, constable. ]
[List of claims against the estate, Feb. 1, 1705/6; amount, £124.18.3 ; signed by Nicholas Gilman and Samuel Thing.]
[Account of Peter Coffin, administrator, against the estate ; amount, £8.15.0; allowed March 4, 1706/7.]
[Distribution of the estate, as insolvent, to the creditors, at the rate of six shillings and three pence to the pound; amount of claims, £124.15.5 ; amount distributed, £38.18.}; approved March 4, 1706/7.]
[Various bills, notes, bonds, and accounts, containing signa- tures of Thomas Vering, Peter Coffin, Henry Wadleigh, Joseph Smith, John Young, Barthomew Thing, Benjamin Leavitt, Sam- uel Thing, John Bean, James Young, Eleazer Collins, Stephen Coffin, Nathaniel Merrill, Sarah Merrill, Nathaniel Saltonstall of Haverhill, Mass., Thomas Phipps, Robert Wadleigh, George Jaf- frey, Jonathan Wadleigh of Exeter, Edward Sewall, and Charles Story. ]
NATHANIEL MEADER 1705 DURHAM
[Eleanor Meader renounces administration on the estate of her husband, Nathaniel Meader, April 3, 1705, in favor of his brother, Joseph Meader.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 64.]
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[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Meader of Oyster River, granted to his brother, Joseph Meader of Oyster River, April 3, 1705.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 289.]
[Warrant, April 3, 1705, authorizing Capt. John Tuttle and Zacharias Field, both of Dover, to appraise the estate.]
[Warrant, April 3, 1705, authorizing Capt. John Tuttle and Zacharias Field to receive claims against the estate.]
[Inventory, June 19, 1705 ; amount, £116.9.0; signed by John Tuttle and Zacharias Field. ]
[Account of the administrator against the estate; amount, £7.6.0 ; allowed Nov. 6, 1705.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £81.18.8; signed by John Tuttle and Zacharias Field.] -
[Division of the estate among the creditors, widow, and children, April 2, 1706. No names of widow or children are given.]
[Various notes, claims, bills, etc., containing signatures of Rich- ard Wibird, Nathaniel Meader, John Buss, Christian Leathers, John Smith, and Joseph Smith. ]
JAMES MARSTON 1705 HAMPTON
[Dinah Brackett, wife of John Brackett of Newcastle, renounces administration on the estate of her former husband, James Mars- ton, May 1, 1705.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 64.]
[Administration on the estate of James Marston of Hampton granted to Nathaniel Prescott, May 1, 1705.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 290.]
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[Inventory of the estate of James Marston, who died Sept. 3, 1693 ; amount, £91.0.0; signed by William Sanborn and Benja- min Moulton ; dated July 12, 1705.]
[Account of Nathaniel Prescott, administrator, against the estate ; amount, £4.5.0 ; signed by Nathaniel Prescott ; attested May 7, 1706.]
This Agreement made this Seaventh day of May Anno Domini 1706 between John prescott in Right of his wife Abigal, Nathan11 prescott in Right of his wife Anne, Bethia Marston Mary Mars- ton and Lydia Marston Single women as followeth.
That whereas James Marston late of Hampton in the Province of New Hampshire in New England decd and left five daughters (viz) Abigal the wife of John Prescott, Ann the wife of Nathaniel prescott, and Bethia Marston, Mary Marston, and Lydia Marston, and Administration is Granted unto the abovenamed Nathaniel prescott It is mutually Agreed and wee the abovenamed parties, doe for our Selves our heires Execr and Adm's Covenant and Agree to and with each other that the Adm' Nathaniel prescott abovenamed for payment of Debts & Administration Charges doe Sell three Acres of Land be the Same more or less where the above named James Marston did dwell in his life time and where part of his House is now Standing. And the over plus of what it is sold for be Equally divided among us the five above Named Children And alsoe wee Agree that the Six Acres of Marsh lying at the Clamm Banks be Equally divided into three parts and the Share of the Ox Common be divided into two parts And what ever difference there be in the Goodness of each part, the other person or persons to this Agreem' to be paid soe much Mony by the party receiveing as the difference in Goodnesse shall be Judged by indifferent persons to be if the above named partyes cannot Agree ; And alsoe that all other Estate either Real or per- sonal which did belong to our father James Marston in his life time to be Equally divided among us the five above named partyes to this Agreement. And further wee the parties to this Agree-
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ment doe Covenant and obleidge our Selves and each of us and each of our Successors to Sett out and deliver Unto our Mother formerly Dina Marston the one third of all the Estate that was our father James Marstons when she shall demand it out of each of our parts. And wee humbly request the Judge of probates &c: for this province to Allow of this Agreem'; And that it be Recorded in the Registers office &c: In Witnesse hereof wee the parties to this Agreement have Sett to our hands and Seales this thirtyeth day of September one thousand seaven hundred and Six in the fifth yeare of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lady Anne Queen of England &c:
Signed Sealed & owned
in the prsence of us-' John Sanborn
the mark of
Deborah X Godfrey
the mark and seal of
John X prescott [seal]
the mark & seale of
Nathaniel prescott [seal] the mark & seal of Bethiah X Marston [seal] the mark & seal of
Mary X Marston [seal] the mark & seal of
Lydia X Marston [seal] [Attested Sept 30, 1706; allowed, Oct. 1, 1706.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 81.]
THOMAS DEVERSON 1705 PORTSMOUTH
[Inventory of the estate of Thomas Deverson, May 21, 1705 ; amount, £177.10.0 ; signed by John Partridge and James Leavitt. ]
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Deverson of Ports- mouth, mariner, granted to his widow, Sarah Deverson, Aug. 7, 1705.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 295.]
[Bond of Sarah Deverson, widow of Thomas Deverson of Ports- mouth, with John Pickering of Portsmouth, gentleman, as surety,
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Aug. 7, 1705, in the sum of £300, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, Richard Joce and Charles Story. ]
her marke
[Account of disbursements from the estate by " Sarah X Deverson formerly but now Sarah Ward"; not dated ; mentions daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Joanna (a cripple), and Mary, and son John. ]
[Division of the estate among widow and children, who were "John Deverson Eldest sonn of the deceased," " Elizabeth the wife of - being a Daughter of the deceased," " Sarah the wife of Ebenezer Morss being ditto," " Joanna Deverson another daugh- ter of the dec"," " Mary Deverson ditto "; allowed March 4, 1706/7.]
[License to Sarah Ward, formerly Sarah Deverson, administra- trix, Nov. 4, 1707, to sell land belonging to the estate of her for- mer husband, Thomas Deverson, "containeing two Rodds in Breadth lying and being Bounded on the East Side by the Land formerly Nehemiah partridges decd and on the west by the Land of John Hunkins, and by a Cove on the North End and Running twenty Rodds more or less unto a Cove on the south end Scituate lying and being in the Town of portsmº Neare Adjacent to the Meeting House."]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 98.]
ROGER ROSE 1705 PORTSMOUTH
In the name of God Amen
I Roger Rose now of Portsmº being of a sound and disposing mind but very Infirm and week in body and remembring the cer- tainty of my death, do constitute this to be my Last will and Tes- tament hereby revoking all wills formerly made by me- Humbly commending my spiret into the hands of my Redeemer-
I Will that all my honest and Just Debts be paid and funerall charges defrayed- and then as to what substance it hath pleased God to bestoe upon me I dispose of it as followeth-
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Impremise I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Abigail my farme at the mote in Lamperil River as also that Land bought of John Preson in Portsm° together with all my mony weh I have by me or which may be due to me by bill or otherwise- and my will is that she have the same to live upon and if there be acation by Reason of Sicknes or Length of her Life that then she may spend the whole sum and also that she may sell the Land abovesd if her necessities do require it to subsist upon, ffurther my Exspres will is that she shall not give away either mony or Land to any person whatsoever, And after her decase, my will is that my Executors pay as a Legecies to my brother Joseph Grant of Watertowne ten pounds, and to m' Rogers the minister of Portsmº three pound-
Item I will that after my wifs Decease that my Kinseweoman Elizabeth Aysley In London shall have my whole Estate wch my wife Leaves
ffinally my will is that my freinds James Levitt and m' Denitt of Portsm° be overseers to my sd wife to whome I give forty shil- lings apeice praying them to advise her in what may be most proper for her, during her Life In testimony w'of I have here- unto set my hand & seale this thirty day of July 1705-
signed Sealed &
his mark
delivered before us
Roger X Rose [seal]
Joshua Peirce
James Levitt
Thoms Phipps
[Proved Sept. 3, 1705, by Joshua Peirce and James Leavitt, but Thomas Phipps makes oath that he saw Roger Rose make his mark, and does not believe that he was of a sound mind. ]
[Inventory of the estate of Roger Rose " sum time of Lubber- land in ye township of dover in ye province of New hampshire Latly deseced in portsmº"; taken Sept. 3, 1705 ; amount, £216. 13.3 ; signed by John Pickering, William Cotton, and John Par- tridge.]
Upon a hearing of the Widdow Rose & the Trustees to the ffeofment made by Roger Rose
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Ordered that the will be proved. And Administration granted to the widdow, she giveing bond &c And that the ffeoffees pay out of the mony twenty pounds & Annum for her Maintenance and give Accts thereof from time to time before the Govr & Council that there be noe further Complainte./
[Council Records, Oct. 21, 1706.]
ROBERT HUGGINS 1705 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Robert Huggins, "alias Hokins," of Dover, granted to his grandson, Robert Huggins, " alias Hokins," of Dover, yeoman, Aug. 7, 1705.]
· [Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 296.]
[Bond of Robert Huggins of Oyster River, yeoman, with John Woodman and Jeremy Burnham, yeoman, both of Oyster River, as sureties, Aug. 7, 1705, in the sum of £100, for the administra- tion of the estate; witnesses, John Knight and Charles Story.]
JOHN WOODMAN 1705 DOVER
In The Name and ffear off God Amen- the twentie day of de- cember in the year of our Lord God one thousand Sevin hundered and five I John Woodman of the Towne of dover in the provance of New hempshir being Aged and well stricken in yeares
first I will Bequeath and Give my Sone Jonathan Woodman the whole of all my Landes Improved and unImproved and the whole part of the mill att oystor river with the whole off all my marsh and middow Grownd all which whole off my Landes milles marshes and middowes I do Give with all the priveledges and appurti- nances unto my Son Jonathan woodman his heires and Executores and assigneyes to be had and hold by him and them for Ever from and Immediatlie after my decease- Itt: I doe will bequeath give to my daughter Mary Small six shillinges in money with what I have formerlie Given her to be payed by my Executur within six
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month after my decease. Itt I doe will bequeath and Give to my daughter Sarah Tamson six shillings money with what formerlie Given her to be payed by my Executor within Six month after my decease Itt as to the Remainder of my Esteat personall and Reall billes bonds dewes debts and demandes whatsoever or in whos hands soever it may be found I doe will bequeath to my sone and heir Jonathan Woodman whom I doe ordaine Constitut and ap- poynt my Sole Executor in Trust to sie this my will performed all which Esteat to be had and hold by him the Said Jonathan wood- man his heires Executors and assigneyes for Ever Immadiatlie from and after my decease he or they paying such sum or sumes of money as I shall see Cawse herafter by a Coddisall to annex my hand and Seall .
. witnes John woodman [seal]
Stephen Jones Joseph Jones [Proved Feb. 4 and II, 1706/7.]
JOHN CHAPMAN 1705/6 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of John Chapman of Hampton, yeoman, granted to his widow, Dorothy Chapman, March 5, 1705/6.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 303.]
[Bond of Dorothy Chapman of Hampton, widow, with Samuel Cass and John Chase as sureties, March 5, 1705/6, in the sum of £100, for the administration of the estate of her husband, John Chapman ; witnesses, Thomas Chase and Abigail Chase.]
JOHN SEWARD 1705 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen the 21st day of March in the year of our Lord 1705 I John sewer of portchmouth in the province of Newhampshirewinglant shiprit
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Imprimis I do give all My present Estat or goods to My well beloved wif agnes Sewer during my Nattrall Lif and After her deses I do givf and bequeth to My well beloved son hennery Sewer and his hers forever lafolly be gotton of his on boddy whom I do mak my only and Sole Eayre and Executer and Adminestra- tor of Lands Goods Monneys Chattalls and moveables whatsoever by him frely to be possed and Injoyed and I do hereby uterly dis- anull all other wills and testamnts before this time any way by me named only Paying to my son sameuell sewer ten pounds and Lik wis to pay to my dafter Jhean ten pounds and Likwis to My dafter agnes ten pounds and Likwis to my dafter Charrety ten pounds and my dafter Lovf twellf pounds Ratifing and Confirm- ing this to be my Last will and tesamnt In wittness wher of I have herunto set my hand and Seale this day and year above written
Signed seled and pronounced John sewer [seal] and declared by the said John sewer as his Last will and testa-
ment in ye present of ous
george Marchall
Reuben Hull
[Proved April 3, 1705.]
JOHN CLARK 1706 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Rev. John Clark of Exeter granted to his widow, Elizabeth Clark, April 2, 1706.]
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 305.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Clark of Exeter, widow, with Capt. Robert Coffin and Lieut. Nicholas Gilman, both of Exeter, as sureties, April 2, 1706, in the sum of £1000, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, John Odlin and Martha Sinclair. ]
[Warrant, April 2, 1706, authorizing Robert Coffin and Nicholas Gilman to appraise the estate.]
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[Inventory, July 2, 1706; amount, £811.14.6; signed by Nich- olas Gilman and Robert Coffin. ]
[Warrant, Aug. 5, 1706, authorizing Capt. Robert Coffin and Capt. Nicholas Gilman to receive claims against the estate. ]
[List of claims against the estate, Sept. 30, 1706; amount, £140.18.1 ; signed by Robert Coffin and Nicholas Gilman. ]
Province of ? By the Honourable Joseph Smith Esq' Judge New Hampshire $ of Probate of Wills and Granting Letters of Administr for the said Province./
Whereas the Reverend m' John Clark late of Exeter dyed intes- tate Leaveing behinde him as ₱ Inventory Eight hundred Eleaven pounds fourteen shillings and Six pence Administration of which is granted unto his widdow and Relict mrs Elizabeth Clerk who hath Since inter married with the Reverend John Odlin. And there being four Children of the Deceased left behinde to witt Ben- jamin Clerk Nathaniel Clerk Ward Clerk and Deborah Clerk And the Relations to them in General being willing that they should Remaine and live with the Said John Odlin and by him be brought upp and Educated and provided for with Meat Drink Lodging and Apparrell till they come to age And that their portions out of the Said Estate be & Remaine in the hands of the said John Odlin till they severally attaine the age of twenty one yeares &c:
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