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In Testimony whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & Affixed my Seal ye 20 ffeb' 1711 Signed Sealed & declared his
in ye Presents of Sam" Penhallow
Rob' X Almery Mark .
John Partridge
Sabina X Lewis marke
As an Appendix and further Explination of this my Last will & Testament my will is that if in Case my Daught' Hannah Hill should dye before my Grand daughter Eliza Hill arrives to the
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age of Twenty years, that then the Quarter part of ye House I within mentioned wch I have given her mother shall be her my sd grandaught' and her own free disposall and benefitt Witness his
Sam" Penhallow
RXA
-John Partridge her Sabina X Lewis
mark
mark [Proved June 8, 1716.]
EDWARD GOVE 1712 HAMPTON
An agreement made and Concluded betweene Ensigne John gove and Ebenezer gove of hampton in the Province of new Hampshire in New England
These Presents Declaireth and Wittnesseth that whareas our honoured Father Edward gove of hampton in said Province De- ceased some Years Since and left his Lands and Estate undisposed of by will and there happening to be many arears and disburst- ments ariseing to the Lands belonging to our Said father and haveing in some Compitent measure Come to a Settlement thereof wee the Sons and Suckcessers of our Sd father Viz John gove & Ebenezer Gove to the end wee may Injoy our parts of Land and Propriety to our Selves our heirs and Suckcessors wtout invaid- ing and Intruding or Claimeing of Right of Propriety in one or the others Precinkts wee the said John Gove and Ebenezer Gove are Come to a full and final Agreement web is as followeth ; The Said Ebenezer Gove to have the homested whare he now Dwells his Land thereof bounded Easterly on the Cuntry Road that Lead- eth from hampton too Salsbury northerly as the fence now Stand- eth betweene him and his brother John Gove and westerly on Lands of Thomas Chace and Southerly on a Small Peace of Land belonging to the Said Tho: Chace this whomested Contain- ing thirty acres more or Less as it is bounded ; as also a lott of
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Land Some times John stevens Laid out in a place Com'only Called Halls Farme, Containing foure acres more or Less as it is laid out bounded on Land Some times Andrew Greeles Eastward, and Land of one fellowes westerly it being the fourty fifth Lott in number in that divition as also ye said Eben' Gove To have Severall two acree Lotts of meddow or marsh Land weh are as followeth Vizt In a Place Called Halls farme, two acres of marsh bounded Easterly on marsh of Isach Greene, and westerly on the ends of Severall mens Lotts as of William osgoods m' stanyans and other Lotts, also two acres of marsh or meddow bounded wth Wm osgoods Land northerly and abraham greens Southerly wch Lott was Some time John Illslys more or less as it is, as allso a lott of , meddow or marsh Containing two acres more or Less Lyeing Something Eastward of the Island Called greenes Island bounded wth the Land of abraham greene on the west and Isach greene Easterly and Joseph ffrench Southerly and abraham greene northerly and also a lott of meddow or marsh Containeing two acres more or Less Lyeing in the Said Place Called halls farme bounded northerly on Calib Perkins marsh Isach Greenes Easterly and Southerly John French Westerly, all these Severall Lotts or peaceses of Land as it is herein Specified wth all wood under wood Springs, all Proffits and Priviledges thereunto belong- ing is to the Said Eben' Gove To Have and to hold to him his heires Exec's Admrs and assignes forever ; And all the Rest of the Lands any way belonging to our Sd Father Edward gove be it airable Lands meddows marshes Pasture Land Com'onages writts and Priviledges under what name or Denomination whatsoever they may be Called, is and Remaine to the Said John gove To have and to hold : to him his heires Exec's Adm" and assignes wth all Profitts Priviledges and Appurtenances whatsoever there- unto belonging forever Without any Pretence of Interest title or Claime of what nature soever of ye Sd Eben' gove his heires or Suckcessors forever. In Confirmation of all above written in this Said agreement wee doe eatch for our selves Sett to our hands and fix our Seales this twenty Sixt day of march Anno Dommini
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one thousand Seaven Hundered and Twelve and in the Eleventh year of our Soveraigne the Lad Ann over great Brittaine france and Ire Land Queene Defender of the faith./
Signed & Sealed John Gove [sele ] Ebenezer Gove [sele]
In ye Presents of us Nath11 Ware Sent Iscoc Green [Deeds, vol. 8, p. 200.]
WILLIAM HASKINS 1712
[Christian Williams renounces administration on the estate of her former husband, William Haskins, April 10, 1712.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 203 ]
- CASS 1712 HAMPTON
[Jonathan Cass, son of - Cass of Hampton, makes choice of his father, - Cass, as his guardian April 10, 1712 ; wit- nesses, Thomas Phipps and Charles Story.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 207.]
TIMOTHY HILLIARD 1712 HAMPTON
In the name of God amen : This 16 Day of aprell 1712 I Timo- thy Hiliard of Hampton in the province of New hamshier in New England being Crazey (and not knowing the Day of my death ) but of perfect minde and memory, Thanks be to God : *
Imprimis. I give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughtr Elizabeth Shaw all my moveable Estate, Axcept my plow-tack- ling which I Reserve to my Executors.
Itim. wheras I have formerly givin one third-part of my hom- stead to my son Benjamin Hiliard, by Deed of gift, I now give to
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him (my sd son) one third part more of my homsted, with two third parts of all my out Lands and Com'ons, with two third parts, of my farm Rights, and Orchard, and two thirds of all my marsh and meddo ground, and all my Dwelling hows, Itim : I give, and bequeath, one third part of all my homsted, upland meddo ground salt marsh and orcherd, with out third part of all my out lands, Com'onidg and farm rites, to my Grandson Benja- min Hiliard when he shall Cum to the age of twnty-one years, and my sd grandson shall have the Liberty to sett a hows over that Celler where my owld hows now stands, (If he pleas) when he shall Cum of age. ferthermore : I order that my abovesd move- ables, given to my Daughter Shaw at my Deceas, shall be ap- prised, and If it shall fall short of sixty pounds, it shall be made up sixty pounds by my sd Son and Grandson, Each according to his proportion, (to say, my son two thirds and my Gan: son one third
I allso Constitute make and ordaine ; my son Benjamin Hiliard my sole Executor to this my Last will and Testament, and I Doo herby Disallow, Revok and Disan'ull all and Evry other former testaments, wills, Legacies and bequests, and Executors, by me in any ways before named, willed and bequeathed, Rétifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and testament, in witnes wherof, I have herunto set my hand and seall the Day and year above written
Signed sealed published and performed and Declared by me Timothy Hilliard as my Last will and testament before us the subscribers
Timothy hillyard [seal]
James Philbrick Joseph Philbrick Jun" Nathan Philbrick
Be it known to all men by these presents that Wheras I Timothy Hilliard of Hampton in the province of New Hamshier in new-
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England have made my Last will and testament, as on the other side, bearing Date the 16th Day of aprell 1712, I the said Timo Hiliard, by this present Codicil Doe Ratifie and Confirm my Last will and testament ; and Doe give and bequeath unto my wel be- loved wife, besde what I have Confirmed to her formerly in an Instrument bearing Date the 20th of septemb" 1712, Viz that my son Benjamen Hiliard shall give unto mehitobell my beloved wife two Calves with the two Cows mention" in the above named In- strument, and shall keep said two Cows and one Calf, for his mother (in law,) winter and sumer so Long as she shall Live in my hous or Remain a widoe, and that my said wife shall have the use of the East End of my house where we now Live, with the Celer under and Chamber over it, during her naturall Life or widoehood and if my sd : wife shall think best to Remove and Live in some other place ; she shall have power to Latt out her said hous, only giving my sone Benja: the Refusing of it, my son Benjam" shall allso give her his sd mother two good sheets & one good new Bed blanket and one box to put Lining in, and shall find his sd mother with one years provishon after my Deceace and my will and meaning is that this Codicil or schedule be, and be adjudged to be part and percell of my sd Last will and testament and that all things herein mentioned and Contained, be faithfully and truly performed, and as fully and amply in Every Respect, as if the same were so Declared and set Down in my sd Last will and testament, witnes my hand this 9th Day of January in the year 1720/21
Timothy X Hiliards mark
Witnes Ephram marston Jm& Philbrick
[Proved Dec. 4, 1723. ]
Inventory, signed by Nathaniel Weare and Joshua Wingate ; amount, £805.0.0; attested by Benjamin Hilliard, executor, March 4, 1723/4.]
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THOMAS CHASE
1712 HAMPTON
In the Name of god Amen
I Thomas Chace of hampton in the province of Newhampshirer in newengland beinge aged & weke of body
Itim I give & bequeth to my brother Joseph Chace my right in a pece of medow lyinge neare the widow bristors lot Comonly So Called my right beinge one halfe of that pece of medow the other halfe beinge my sd brothers alredy all my right & intrest in that pece of medow bee it more or less I give to my sd brother Joseph
2ły I give & bequeth to my brother Isaac Chace fouer pounds in good marchanteble pay to bee payd at Currant prize, to bee payd to him, by my brother Jacob garland within the space & time of fouer years after my deases if hee the sd garlend intend to have the pece of march heare after mentioned
31y I give & bequeth to my sd brother Jacob garlend upon Condition that hee payeth the aforsd four pounds to my brother Isaac Chace not elce : a Certaine pece of Salt march, beinge in the townshipe of hampton lyinge not farr from burch Iland So Called which Sd march hee the sd garland has had the use & Improvment thereof a Considerable time alredy, the sd march lyinge on the north or northerly sid of a great Crike runinge westerly in the march it beinge part of my nine acers as I Com- only Called it,
4ly I give & bequeth to mary Chace the daughter of James Chace one Cow
51y I give to the widow Duglis & her daughter mary Duglis duringe theier Naturell life the Sumeringe of one Cow in my pastuer every Sumer so longe as they or ether of them live in the house where they now dwell neare my house not Elce/
61y I give & bequeth to my Cousen Abigall Chace the daugh- ter of my brother James Chace & now widow & relect of John Chace deasesed all my moveble Estatt that is to Say my Stoke of Cattell of what natuer So ever & goods & utencills in the house to her & her heiers for ever, Also I give unto the sd Abigall
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Chace the use improvment & benifett of the one halfe of all my housinge & orchard lands & medows not other ways disposed of duringe her Naturall life if Shee remains a widow & also the use improvement & benifett of the other halfe of all my housinge or- chard medows pasturs & all my lands, untill her sons Jonathan Elihu & John Chace Come to the age of twenty one years to whome I give it as is heare after exprest :
718 I give & bequeth to the sons of John & abigall Chace namly Jonathan Elihu & John, all my housinge orchard lands eareble pastuer medows marchis & all rightes of Comonage all lands of what Natuer Soever not otherwise disposed of by this my will to them & theier heiers for ever which are lawfully begoten of theier owne body to be equely devided betwne them that is to Say : thay are to recive the one halfe of my sd lands when they Come to the age of twenty one years & the other halfe at the deases of theire mother Abigall Chace, if shee remaine a widow duringe her Nat- urall life if shee hapen to marry, her Children (viz) Jonathen Elihu & John to recive & enter upon the whole of the lands at the age of twenty one years & thaier mother abigall Chace to have the use & benifett of sd lands untill that time as is before exprest And my will is that no part of my sd lands Shall be Sold, but it Shall remaine to the sd Jonathan Elihu & John to them and theier heiers lawfully begotton of theier owne body for ever equely to bee devided betwne them as aforsd & if eather of them hapen to dye before he has any heier lawfully begoton as aforsd then to bee equelly devided betwne the other two & if two of them dye before he has any heier lawfull begotton as aforsd, then to bee unto him that is livinge & his heiars lawfully begotton as aforsaied, and if hee dye without heiers as aforsd then my will is it shall bee & returne to the Eldest daughter or daughters of the sd abigall Chace that shall bee then livinge, but if all her sons & daughters dye without heiers as aforsd, my will is that it Shall bee & re- maine unto my brother Isacc Chaces Eldest Son that shall bee then livinge which in that Case Shall bee my proper heier
8ly whereas I have Sold a pece of land to moses Norrice of
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exeter & upon failluer of payment there is a forfittuer my will is that if the sd norrice shall & doe within a yeare after my deseas pay the mony accordinge to Condition mentioned in his sd deed then the land to bee & remaine to the sd norrice, but if hee doe not pay the mony the sd land is to bee returned acordinge to Condition Specified in Sd deed & then my will is that the land Shall bee equelly devided betwene the two daughters of Abigall Chace which shee had by her husband John Chace deasesed Namly Elizabeth & hanah Chace Shall have but if the mony bee payd by the sd norrice to the excetrix or executor to this my will that they or either of them Shall have liberty at the age of four- teene years to make Choice of theier gardien : who may demand & recive the mony of the executor or exsekitrix & improve it to the best advantige hee Can till thay Come to the age of aighteen years & then deliver it with what profitt Shall bee to the two daughters Namly Elizabeth & hanah Chace & if ether of them die before they recive thier part of the mony then the other liv- inge to recive the whole
Itim I give & bequeth to Henry williams & to Christian his now wife a small pece of land where the sd williams his house now Standeth of about fouer rod squere bounded easterly on the Con- try road northerly on the fence by the metinge house yard west- erly toward the house where Sarah downer dwelt, Southerly to Ephrim Hoitts fence So as there bee a Convenent way left to the well : & so to the house where Sarah downer somtims dwelt & after the deasese of sd henry williams & Christian his wife I give it to the daughter of sd williams wife Namly lidia haskins & if Shee dye without havinge any Child then to the next of sd Chris- tins children that Shall bee proper heier
Item I make Constitutt & apoint my well beloved Cousan Abi- gall Chace widow & relect of John Chace deasesed my true & lawfull Exckitrix to this my last will & testiment but if shee shall see Cause not to except thereof then I make ordaine & apoint Captin Jacob greene to bee my true & lawfull executor ; to this my last will, but if hee shall See Cause not to except thereof, my
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will is that the Judge of the probat of wills doe apoint an execu- tor, or over seare to see this my will performed untill the Son of the sd abigall Chace now widow, Shall arive to the age of twenty one years who at that age I make Constitutt & apoint him my true & lawfull executor my meaninge is the eldest of the Sons of the sd Abigall Chace that are now livinge & if hee dye before hee Come to the age of twenty on years of age then his brother that Shall first bee of the age of twenty on years to bee executor to this my last will
the lyne & two halfe lyns oblittereted on the other page was before the Signinge and Seallinge heareof signed & sealled this twenty sixth day of apriell Ano: Dom: one thousand Seven hun- dred & twelve and in the eleventh yeare of her majestys reigne the lady Ann over great Brittin queen &c
Wittness Tho Chase [seal]
Nath" Weare Jun'
John Gove St Tho Waite
[Proved Dec. 8, 1714.]
[Inventory of the estate of Thomas Chase, who died Oct. 23, 1714; taken Nov. 8, 1714: amount. £837.10.0; signed by Na- thaniel Weare, Jr., and John Gove. ]
THOMAS PHILBRICK 1712 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Philbrick of Kingston, yeoman, granted to his widow, Mehitable Philbrick, June 6, 1712.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 92.]
[Bond of Mehitable Philbrick, widow, with Lieut. James Phil- brick and John Redman as sureties, in the sum of £200, Sept. 24, 1712, for the administration of the estate of her husband, Thomas Philbrick of Kingston; witnesses, Joseph Smith and Ephraim Marston. ]
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[Warrant, Sept 24, 1712, authorizing Ebenezer Stevens and Thomas Sleeper, both of Kingston, to appraise the estate. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 243.]
[Warrant, Dec. 6, 1712, authorizing Major Joseph Smith and Capt. Joshua Wingate, both of Hampton, to receive claims against the estate.]
[Probate Records,.vol. 3, p. 241.]
[Inventory, Oct. 8, 1712 ; amount, £141.11.0; signed by Eben- ezer Stevens and Thomas Sleeper.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 247.]
[License, Aug. 14, 1713, to the administratrix to sell real estate. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 251.]
[Various accounts, notes, etc., containing signatures of Joseph Russell, Samuel Rollins, Bartholomew Thing, and Philip Greeley. Mentions a wife, son, and daughter. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, pp. 245, 249, 251.]
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STEPHEN GILMAN 1712 KINGSTON
[Bond of Cartee Gilman of Exeter, with Clement Moody of Exeter and Bartholomew Thing of Portsmouth, shipwright, as sureties, July 7, 1712, in the sum of £200, for the administration of the estate of Stephen Gilman of Kingston ; witnesses, Richard Wibird and Charles Story.]
[Warrant, July 13, 1712, authorizing Capt. Nicholas Gilman and Samuel Thing, both of Exeter, to receive claims against the estate of Stephen Gilman, administration of which is granted to his brother, Cartee Gilman.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 275.]
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[Warrant, July 16, 1712, authorizing John Fifield and Joseph Young, both of Kingston, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 28[.]
[Inventory, Oct. 3, 1712 ; amount, £153.16.0; signed by John Fifield and Joseph Young. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 283.]
[List of claims against the estate, Oct. 6, 1712; amount, £25.9.6 ; signed by Samuel Thing and Nicholas Gilman. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 285.]
[Various bills, etc., containing signatures of Thomas Webster, Francis Mason, Charles Rundlett, James Dudley, Bartholomew Thing, Daniel Ladd, Samuel Thing, William Long, Tristram Sanborn, Thomas Sleeper, and Joseph Brown.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, pp. 287-291.]
ISAAC TRICKEY 1712 DOVER
[Warrant, Aug. 4, 1712, authorizing John Dam and John Down- ing, both of Dover, to appraise the estate of Isaac Trickey. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 255.]
[Administration on the estate of Isaac Trickey of Dover granted to his son, John Trickey of Dover, yeoman, Aug. 13, 1712.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 277.]
[Bond of John Trickey of Dover, yeoman, with Samuel Shack- ford and John Shackford, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of £200, Aug. 13, 1712, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, Samuel Ring and Charles Story. ]
[Inventory, Sept. 16, 1712 ; amount, £99.12.2 ; signed by John Dam and John Downing, Jr. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 259.]
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Warrant, Oct. 30, 1712, authorizing Thomas Phipps and Will- iam Fellows to receive claims against the estate. ]
[List of claims against the estate ; amount, £123.10.8; signed by Thomas Phipps and William Fellows ; allowed July 2, 1714; mentions Thomas Trickey, son of Isaac Trickey. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 9.]
[Administrator's account against the estate ; amount, £15.12.4 ; allowed July 2, 1714.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3. p. 17.]
[Settlement of the estate as insolvent, April 10, 1717 ; amount of inventory, £99.12.2; administrator's account, £16.15.4 ; net estate, £82.16.10 ; debts due from the estate, £123.10.8.]
[Various bonds, notes, and accounts, containing signatures of Isaac Trickey, Richard Gerrish, Richard Webber, William Pit- man, George Vaughan, John Pickering, Charles Story, George Jaffrey, James Libby, Mary Martyn, Samuel Fernald, Nathaniel Hill, Thomas Coxill, Nicholas Harrison, James Thomas, John Smith, Robert Elliott, Samuel Penhallow, and Elihu Gunnison. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3. pp. 13-31.]
HUMPHREY PERKINS 1712 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Humphrey Perkins of Hamp- ton, yeoman, granted to his widow, Martha Perkins, Sept. 16, 1712.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 119.]
[Inventory of the estate of Humphrey Perkins, who died Jan. 7, 1711/12 ; amount, £174.10.0; taken Sept. 15, 1712 ; signed by Samuel Marston and John Moulton. On the reverse is written
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" Childrens Names Jonathan Perkins, Lydia, Mary, James, Mar- tha, Sarah, Abigail."]
[Bond of Martha Perkins, widow, with Samuel Marston and John Moulton, as sureties, all of Hampton, in the sum of £500, Sept. 16, 1712, for the administration of the estate; witness, Charles Story.]
[Order of court, March 6, 1713/14, allowing the widow to sell certain real estate for payment of debts and support of herself and two young children. ]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; amount of estate, £174.10.0; expenditures, £15.7.0; attested by the administra- trix March 6, 1714/15.]
[A scrap of paper, on which is written " my youngest Child was borne in march the forth day in the year 1708".]
[Various documents bearing signatures of Nathaniel Sargent, Joshua Wingate, Jonathan Perkins, Jasper Blake, Samuel Lunt, and Jacob Clifford.]
THOMAS SEWALL 1712 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Sewall granted to his brother, Edward Sewall, and his brother-in-law, Alexander Gordon, both of Exeter, Sept. 19, 1712.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 98.]
[Warrant, Dec. 3, 1712, authorizing Alexander Magoon and Cartee Gilman, both of Exeter, yeomen, to appraise the estate of Thomas Sewall of Exeter. ]
[Inventory, June 2, 1713 ; amount, £53.17.0; signed by Alex- ander Magoon and Cartee Gilman. ]
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JOHN LEIGHTON
1712 DOVER
Dover in the provence of Newhamshear the 24th of the : 71 month 1712 John Layton his will and desiear how his estate shall be devided after his desece I give to my son Thomas himself and his ayears forever my home place with all the priviliges and buldings thareon binding him to let my wife Ellenor have hous rume and fier wood convenant he shall hall the wood to the dor and cut itt fit to put into the fier as long as shee seese fit to live with him on the place with hous roome for her creaturs thomas shall manage the place to the best advantage that he can and he shall give unto his mother in law ellener the sixth part of the pro- duce of the hole farm the corn husks and the grain the asht and the hay evary yeare year by year as long as she liveth I give to my son John him and hairs forever all my land and marsh up the back river binding him to pay ten shillings every year to his mother in law Ellenor as long as she liveth I give my land att madbary to my Sun James after my funiral charg is payed and severral depts payed my muvables shall be equally devided be- twene my wife ellenor and my dafter lidia and my son James Sarah hath her porstion allredy in a cow and bead and other things what muvables within dors that can be found which my wife ellennor had when wee ware married one with 2 cows and six good sheepe that shall not be rectened in my estate
John layton
witnesses Joseph Meder mark mary X Roalings her
[Endorsed " not to be recorded."]
[Inventory, April 8, 1718; amount, £524.1.0; signed by Sam- uel Emerson and Tristram Heard ; attested by Thomas Leighton, administrator, June 4, 1718. ]
[Administration on the estate of John Leighton of Dover granted to his son, Thomas Leighton of Dover, June 4, 1718. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 31.]
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[Blank sheet of paper for bond, signed by Thomas Leighton, Tristram Heard, and James Nute. ]
JOSEPH SMITH 1712 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen : I Joseph Smith of Hampton in ye Province of New Hampshirer in New England : being at this pres- ent time in good helth of Body : *
Imprimes I Give unto my beloved Wife Elisabeth the Improve- ment of all my: Estate both Real & personall Dureing the time of her Widdowhood : and if She marrey to Injoy one third part dureing her natureall Life & to have my house & homestead in part of her thirds &c-
Item I Give unto my Couson Jabez Smith my second West Division Lott : lying towards ye old saw mill Joyning to his lott : & also that piece of Land on ye south side tailer River neer Israell Cliffards
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