USA > New Hampshire > Probate records of the Province of New Hampshire Vol. 1 1635-1717 > Part 51
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62
Item I Give unto my Couson Samuell Pages Eldest son my Dweling house & homestead, & half my marsh at ye Clambankes and my share in ye Cow Com'on as it now is : the other half of my marsh at the Clambankes I Give to my above named Couson Jabez Smith-
Item I Give unto my Couson Francis Page my lott in y" old North division-
Item I Give unto my Couson Joseph page my upland, and meadow in the East field towards ye beach .-
Item I Give unto my Couson Jacob Smith my Land at Bride- hill : and my share or Lott in ye first West Division-
Item I Give unto my Couson Joseph Smith at Dedham my lott in the Second West division next Salsbury
Item I Give unto my Brother in Lawe William Moors Dauter by his first Wife : Called mary moore all yt Land which Capt. William moore Gave to my Wife formerly mary moore decesed : and also I Give unto ye Said mary moore my above named brother in Law William moores daughter a Gould Ring Which Was her
695
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Grand mothers which is in a box With another Ring which was her own mothers together With some other small things which was her mothers & left in the Care & keeping of her aunt my wife decesed, which my present wife Elisabeth is to Deliver to her father, or her when at age or upon her father will mores demand
Item I Give nathaniell Locke my oldes fether bed or 40 : shil- ling which he shall chuse to be deliverd to him in Conveniant time after my decease by my wife
Item my Will & meaning is yt what debts, or dues are owing from me before my decease & not by me paid these to whom I have Given my Lands pay them in due time after my decease in Equall proportion as their part of my Lands are apprised : Which if any of them Refuse to doe then what Lands I have Given him, or them to be sold by my Executress and the bequest to them to be voyd
Lastly my will is yt what chattels goods or money I have Given to my beloved wife Elisabeth and if shee have not ocation to make use of them in her Life time yt shee dispose of What is left among my Kindred as shee shall in prudence thinke meet
and I Doe appoint my beloved Wife Elisabeth Samuell page & Jabez Smith all above named Executors to this my Last Will & testament and in Confirmation hereof I have here unto Sett my hand & Seal this 28 : day of october 1712, in ye Eleventh veare of Queen Anne her Reign over Great Brittain &c
Signed Sealed & declared by Joseph Smith [seal] Joseph Smith to be his last will
& testamen in presence of us
Richard Sanburn
John Samborn Thomas bachelder
July 3d 1714. I See good to alter yt part of my Will Where I have Given unto Jacob Smith my land at Bridehill I haveing since sold it to Seth fogg & in lew thereof that ten pounds be paid him out of my Estate by executors before Named Within Con-
696
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
venient time after my decas & if & alltho this adition be not Wit- nessed I char[g]e my Executors to see it performed & if any per- son Contend at law for any other thing then what I have Given them my Will is yt the Contending party Shall loose his bequest to be devided Equally among ye Rest before named
[Proved Feb. 12, 1717/18.] Joseph Smith -
[Inventory, signed by Joshua Wingate and Peter Johnson ; amount, £1034.2.0 ; attested by Elizabeth Smith and Jabez Smith, executors, March 5, 1717/18.]
[Citation, Oct. 7, 1720, to Capt. Jabez Smith to appear and answer the complaint of Samuel Page that certain articles were not included in the inventory.]
[Citation to Ephraim Jackson of Portsmouth and his wife, Eliz- abeth Jackson, executrix, Oct. 7, 1720, to appear and answer the complaint of Samuel Page. ]
[Statement of Joshua Wingate and Peter Johnson, Dec. 6, 1720, as to the manner of making the inventory. ]
m' Eph' Jackson & wife & Capt Jabez Smith Execrs to ye last will & Testamt of Joseph Smith Esq' appearing at this Court to hear his hon's Decree relating to ye Complt of Sam1 Page Exec also to sd will agst them as on file & ye matter having been con- sidered by the Judge It is order'd that ye affair be dismissed for yt ye Exec's difference who are all residuary Legataries is cogniz- able only at ye Com'on Law
[Probate Minutes, June 7, 1721.]
JOB ALCOCK 1712 PORTSMOUTH
In the name of God amen.
I Job Alcock of Portsm° In the province of New Hampshire in New England being compleatly in Health
697
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Imprimas I give unto My Cossen John Snell and my Cosen Joseph : Banckes ; and my Cosen John Banckes My ffarme at york : to Them and Their : Heairs for Ever allways provided yt Richard Millbre hoe now Lives Apon it : shall have ye refusing of it as ractionell Men shall Judg : it to be worth
2ªly I give : unto Robeart Walker and his wife My house I now Live In : Warfe : and Wear houses with all privileg' And Apertenancs ther unto belonginge to him and his Heires for Ever : he paing unto Abiall Hill : twentey five pounds Currant Money of Newingland halfe A year after my Deseas : alsoe I give : unto Abiall hill My great bras : Kittell : and Cubard : A fether bed and Coverled :
3ªly : I will : yt : after my funerall Charges : and Leggises : be paid that what : mony : or Lands Is Left Is to be Equily Devided : betwen my two Execttar :
4ªly : I give unto Abigall Walker my Lands In England which was her antes Desire and all my Moveables Not : Mentioned In my Will to her and her Heiar for Ever
5ª : I will yt Marey Wellright and Hanah Littellfield And Samuel Allcock : and Joseph allcock yt Thay be paied Twenty Shillings Apes : to be paied In one year : after My Deseas by my Exectuors :
6 : I will y' Ebenezer Hill and Robart Walker b my two Excutors to this my Last will and testement : and allsoe that Cap® Thomas Phipps : and M' Samuel Keais be my oversears to see ye performenc of This my wille and yt Thay be paied twenty Shillings Apeas by my Excutors In mony :
Sined Sealed and delivered In
ye presence of us This 2ª of De- cember : 1712
Job Acock [seal]
eleabeth marshal Mary Sherbuern Sam1 : Keais
The thre scrachin out In This Will was befor In Seallg
[Proved Jan. 27, 1716/17. ]
698
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
EDWARD SEWALL 1712
EXETER
[Bond of Sarah Sewall of Exeter, widow, with Daniel Bean and Alexander Gordon, both of Exeter, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £200, Dec. 3, 1712, for the administration of the estate of her husband, Edward Sewall of Exeter, yeoman ; witness, Stephen England.]
[Warrant, Dec. 3, 1712, authorizing Lieut. John Gilman and Cartee Gilman, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate.]
[Administration on the estate of Edward Sewall granted to his widow, Sarah Sewall, Dec. 6, 1712.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 132.]
[Inventory, April 17, 1713; amount, £193.12.6; signed by John Gilman and Cartee Gilman.]
[Edward Sewall, aged about fourteen years, and Sarah Sewall, aged about sixteen years, children of Edward Sewall, make choice of their grandfather, Nicholas Gordon, for their guardian, June 7,1715.]
[Account of the estate by Samuel Lovering in behalf of his wife, Sarah Lovering, formerly widow of Edward Sewall, 1717.]
[Order of court, 1717, allowing the widow £22.10.10 for her third interest, and Samuel Lovering £47.0.0 for his account for the settlement of the estate ; total, £69.10.10 ; amount of personal property, £67.12.6; the balance, £1.18.4, they relinquish to save the lands from sale.]
[Guardianship of Elizabeth Sewall, daughter of Edward Sew- all, granted to her uncle, Alexander Gordon, April 10, 1717.]
[Guardianship of Thomas Sewall and Samuel Sewall, minors under the age for choosing guardians, sons of Edward Sewall of Exeter, granted to their grandfather, Nicholas Gordon, April 10, 1717.]
[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 52.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Nicholas Gordon of Exeter, yeoman, with Joseph Hall of Exeter, yeoman, and Abraham Bennick of Lubberland as sureties, in the sum of £800, April 10, 1717, for the guardian- ship of his grandchildren, Thomas Sewall and Samuel Sewall, sons of Edward Sewall; witnesses, Richard Gerrish, Jr., and Alexander Gordon.]
[Various accounts containing signatures of Thomas Webster, John Harris, Israel Murch, John Scribner, John Ladd, Anne Mills, James Dudley, John Light, Tristram Coffin, John Lougee, William Cotton, Stephen England, Deborah Wincoll, Bartholo- mew Thing, John Brown, John Pratt, John Siverett, Nicholas Mead, John Gilman, and Benjamin Leavitt.]
MUNGO CRAWFORD 1712 NEWCASTLE
[Letter, Susanna Crawford to Charles Story, dated Boston, Nov. 13, 1712, accepting his and Theodore Atkinson's administration in her behalf.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 205.]
[Administration on the estate of Mungo Crawford granted to Charles Story and Theodore Atkinson, in behalf of the widow, Susanna Crawford of Boston, Mass., Dec. 6, 1712.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 203.]
[Bond of Theodore Atkinson of Newcastle and Charles Story of Portsmouth, with Richard Wibird and Benjamin Gambling of Portsmouth as sureties, Dec. 6, 1712, in the sum of £500, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Joseph Sherburne and Henry Johnson. ]
[Inventory of the estate of Mungo Crawford of Newcastle, Dec., 1712 ; amount, £166.13.82 ; signed by Richard Wibird and John Frost. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 225.]
700
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[List of claims against the estate, April 9, 1714; amount, £400.9.5.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 215.]
[Division of the estate of Mungo Crawford of Newcastle, mer- chant, under the administration of Theodore Atkinson and Susan- nah Story, widow of Charles Story ; amount of estate, £228.18.6; claims allowed against the estate, £400.9.5 ; charges of adminis- tration, £55.12.2 ; allowed May 3, 1716.]
[Various accounts, notes, bills, etc., containing signatures of George Vaughan, Thomas Phipps, Daniel Johonnot, John Light, Abraham Merrill, William Ayers, Catherine Weymouth, Charles Story, Joshua Henshaw, Samuel Penhallow, Mungo Crawford, Benjamin Gambling, John Frost, Theodore Atkinson, Joseph Cal- lender, Samuel Lynde, James Lendall, Jeremiah Dummer, John Cutt, John Walley, Paul Dudley, Timothy Davis, Jr., Samuel Wentworth, Isaac Addington, Thomas Newton, Charles Hobby, Penn Townsend, and Alexander Miller. ]
[Various bills, notes, bonds, etc., containing signatures of John Cotton, William Fellows, James Sinclair, Thomas Webster, John Gilman, William Kelly, John Giles, George Peream, John Pitts, Mungo Crawford, Robert Armstrong, Susanna Ellison, Thomas Bannister, Paul Dudley, Oliver Welsted, Jeremiah Dummer, Jonathan Hilton, Joseph Jacob, Charles Frost, Clement Hughes, Richard Wibird, Thomas Packer, Enoch Hobart, Peter Reverdy, John Heath, and Thomas Phipps. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, pp. 205-231.]
EDWARD KENNARD 1712 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Edward Kennard granted to his son, John Kennard of Portsmouth, mariner, Dec. 6, 1712.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 264.]
701
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond, in blank, signed by John Kennard, Charles Story, and Joshua Peirce ; witnesses, Robert Armstrong and Edward Sar- gent.]
[Warrant, Dec. 6, 1712, authorizing Mark Hunking and Thomas Phipps, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 269.]
[Inventory, signed by Mark Hunking and Thomas Phipps ; amount, £130.0.0.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 271.]
WILLIAM MORGAN 1712 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of William Morgan of Exeter granted to Edward Masury of Exeter, yeoman, and his wife, Abiel Masury, formerly widow of the deceased, Dec. 9, 1712.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 141.]
[Bond of Edward Masury, with Benjamin Jones and Charles Rundlet, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of £400, Dec. 9, 1712, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, William Fel- lows and Charles Story. ]
[Inventory, Feb. 6, 1712/13; amount, £34.0.0; signed by James Sinclair and Benjamin Jones.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 247.]
RICHARD SHORTRIDGE 1712 PORTSMOUTH
[Warrant, Dec. 19, 1712, authorizing Mark Hunking and George Walker, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate of Richard Shortridge of Portsmouth, administration of which is granted to his widow, Alice Shortridge.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 265.]
702
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Administration on the estate of Richard Shortridge of Ports- mouth, mariner, granted to his widow, Alice Shortridge, Dec. 22, 1712.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 267.]
·
[Inventory, Dec. 23, 1712; amount, £114.8.6 .; signed by Mark Hunking and George Walker. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 3. p. 267.]
THOMAS JONES 1712/13 NEWCASTLE
The deposition of John Russel of full age Testifieth and Saith That The Seventeenth Day of This Instant January That : he was att The : house of Shadrack Bells where Thomas Jones Lay Sick and The said John : Russel asked The said Thomas Jones whome : He intended to leave : his estate To and He answered That thay that did most for Him should have it and farther saith not-
Pro: N: Hamp'
Sworne the 23" of Jan'y 1712
before Theo: Atkinson J: Peace
The : deposition of m' Sarah Reed of full age Testifieth : and Saith That The sixtenth of This Instant January : That she : was : att The house of Shadrak Bells : whare : Thomas Jones : lay Sick and she : The said Sarah : Reed Asked The Said Thomas : Jones and Advised him To make: his Peace: with God and also to settel : his Esstate And he answered and Said Thay That loocked after Him should : have it and farther saith not-
Pro: N: Hamp"
Sworne the 23 Jan'y 1712
before Theo: Atkinson J: Peace
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Jones of Newcastle granted to Shadrach Bell of Newcastle, fisherman, Jan. 23, 1712/13.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 109.]
703
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Shadrach Bell, with Meshech Bell and Thomas Paine as sureties, in the sum of £50, Jan. 23, 1712/13, for the adminis- tration of the estate ; witness, J. Bridger. ]
[Inventory, Jan. 29, 1712/13; amount, £25.5.0; signed by Andrew Pepperell and Thomas Paine.]
[Various accounts, containing signatures of Timothy Davis, Theodore Atkinson, Honor Bryant, Thomas Paine, Matthew Williams, and Sarah Reed.]
ISAAC GREEN 1712/13 HAMPTON
In the name of God amen ye 20th day of february 17" I Isaac Green of Hamton in new hamshier in New England laborer being weak in body * *
Impris: I give & bequath unt Mary Green My dearly beloved wife all my housing stock of cattle money debts houshold goods & all moveable estate to be at her own dispose to her & her heirs for ever excepting my iron chains weh my will is they should be devided between my two sones namely Jacob & Isaac Green wch Isaac shall divide & Jacob chuse also I give unto my s" wife the whole improvement & use of all my real estate both lands & Marsh with all the appurtenances during her widowhood-
2Wy I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Mehetabell Page the one half of a six acre lot of salt Marsh lying in Salis- bury Cow Common division near the long pines so called web I bought of Jacob Bradbury-
3ªy I Give & bequeath unto my beloved sone Jacob Green all the rest of my Marsh lying southerly of Andrew Grelys Mill in ye township of Salisbury as also the one half of two lotts of marsh wch is between my brother Abraham Green & myself weh is yet undivided as also thre Acres of Marsh containd on two small Islands a little northerly of sª Greelys Mill as also a lot called ye ponde Lot together with all my land at a place called high spain butting
704
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
upon ye road leading to Exeter all weh s" Marsh & land my sd sone is to be possest of at my Wifes decease or as soon as she shall be Marryed again-
41y I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Isaac Green all the rest of my land & marsh which I have in Hamton or else where not before disposed of (except my common Right in hamton wch my will is it be devided betwixt my sª sones web Isaac shall devide & Jacob chuse if ever it be laid out) & my sª sone Isaac shall possess ye sd land & marsh at my sd wifes decease or as soon as she shall marry. again-
51> My will is that my son Isaac shall pay as a legacy thirty pounds in or as money to my beloved daughter Mary Green when she comes to the age of twenty one years & also twenty pounds in or as money to my sª Daughter Mehetabel Pages four Children which she had by her husband dow five pound to each Child when they come to the age of twenty one years
Item. I make Constitute & ordain my loving wife Mary Green my sole Executrix of this my last will & testament & I do hereby utterly disalow revoke & disanull all & every other former testa- ment by me in any wise before named willed & bequeathed, Rati- fying & Confirming this & no other to be my last will & testament in witness wherof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day and year above written-
Signed sealed published pro- nownced & declared by the s'1 Isaac Green as his last will & tes- tament in presence of us the sub- scribers
Isaac Green [seal]
Jacob Bradbury Thomas Crosbie deborah Crosbye
[Proved June 6, 1716.]
[Inventory, May 25, 1716; amount, £761.17.0 ; signed by Ben- jamin Brown and Thomas Crosby. ]
705
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
THOMAS ROUSE 1712/13 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Rouse granted to his widow, Rebecca Rouse, March 6, 1712/13.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 279.]
[Bond, in blank, signed by Rebecca Rouse and Anthony Rowe : witness, George Vaughan.]
[Warrant, May 22, 1713, authorizing William Walker and Johir Savage to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, signed by Benjamin Gambling and William Walker ; amount, £106.4.0 ; attested June 2, 1713.]
SAMUEL WENTWORTH JR. 1712/13 BOSTON MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Wentworth, Jr., granted to his father, Samuel Wentworth of Boston, Mass., merchant, March 6, 1712/13.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 136.]
[Warrant, Feb. 16, 1715/16, authorizing Capt. Nicholas Gil- man and Sergt. Samuel Dudley, both of Exeter, to appraise the New Hampshire estate of Samuel Wentworth, Jr., of Boston, Mass., merchant.]
[Inventory, March, 1715/16, signed by Nicholas Gilman and Samuel Dudley. The estate is " one hundered & thirty acres of land lying in Quanscot patent given him by his Granfather M. Andrew Wiggin Deceast," valued at £130.]
45
706
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
THEOPHILUS DUDLEY 1713 EXETER
In the Name of God Amen the Eight day of april in the year of our lord : one Thousand Seven hundred & Thirteen I Theop- lius Dudley of Exeter in the Province of New Hampshirew England gentleman being very Sick and weak in body * *
Item I Give unto my well beloved Brother: Biley Dudley whom I likewise constitute make and ordain my only &: Sole Executor of this my last will & Testament : all my : moveable Estate : & all my moneys : and my house : & orchyard with about a acre of land to him and his wife forever to be at their own Des- pose : Item I give unto my Brother Biley Dudly two Thirds of all my lands and medow Lying Between the Larys land & Stay- nels Brook : below the way within fences and the other third part of ye said land & medow unto my Sister hardy during their Nat- ural life : and after the decease of my Brother biley on third part of his two thirds unto my Cusen Stephen Lyford and the other third part unto my Cousen Theophlius Hardy : and after ye de- cease of my sister Hardy her third part I give unto my said Cou- sen Theophlis Hardy : to be by : them possessed and Enjoyed : Item I give unto my Brother Thomas dudley and to my sister Lyfords three youngest Daughters & to my cousen Marcey Hilton my hundred acres of land at the head of brayes lot above Jere- miah Gillmans to be Equally Divied amongst them five: Iten I give unto my cousens Theophlius Hardy & Stephen Lyford my fifty acre of land at the head of Kingsley Hall hundred acre lot to be Equally devided amongst them and do hereby utterly Dis- allow revoke & Disannul all and Every other former wills testa- ments and lagacies bequeasts and Executors by me in any wayes before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying & con- firming this and no other to be my last will & Testament : In witnese whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale the day and year above written.
Iitem I give unto my cousens Theophlius Hardy and Stephen Lyford my lands above the way between the larys & Stanyels
.
707
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Brooke Joyning to said way to be Equally devided amoungat them both being about fourteen acres :
Signed Sealed Published Pro- nounced and declared by the said Theophilus Dudley as his last will and Testament in the presences of us the Subscribers vizt
Theophilus Dudley [seal]
Thoms Webster ju' Sam" Dudley Joseph sinkler [Proved June 3, 1713.]
MATTHEW NELSON 1713 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Matthew Nelson of Portsmouth, tanner, granted to his widow, Agnes Nelson, April 11, 1713.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 116.]
[Bond of Agnes Nelson, widow. with Thomas Westbrook and Nathaniel Tuckerman as sureties, in the sum of £500, April 11, 1713, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, John Pev - erly, Matthew Nelson, and John Edmunds. ]
[Inventory of the estate; amount, £1163.13.0; signed by Thomas Westbrook and Henry Sherburne. ]
[Account of the administration of the estate ; amount of estate, not including homestead, £222.14.0 ; expended, £279.14.4.]
[Order for the division of the estate, Sept. 19, 1715, " that the Widdow have one thurd pt of both Real and personal Estate dur- ing her natural life and that the other two thurds be Equally devided amongst the Children the Eldest haveing two Sheirs Save only that the two thurds partes of the Land be devided In Seven Sheires amongest the Six Sons they giving Security to pay there
708
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Sisters Each there proportions of Sa Land when they come to Age or marry." Capt. Tobias Langdon and Capt. Thomas West- brook, both of Portsmouth, are appointed to divide the estate. ]
[License, June 6, 1716, to Agnes Nelson, administratrix, to sell real estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 1.]
Memd to write a new order for ye Division of Matthew Nelsons Estate & to date it 7 years backward
Nath" Tuckerman appointed Guardian to mark Nelson & to Wm Nelson if he s' Wm desire it he being of age to chuse his Guardian
[Probate Minutes, March 8, 1720/1.]
Wras Capt Westbrook & Capt Langdon were impowered to make a Devision of m' Mathew Nelson Decd his Estate but they not perfecting the Same it is therefore authoriz'd that m' James Jeffrey be Joined wth Capt Langdon to finish sª Division
Wm & mark Nelson having chosen Nath" Tuckerman their Guardian it is allow'd by ye Judge
[Probate Minutes, March 6, 1722/3.]
HENRY NOCK 1713 DOVER
In the Name of god, Amen, the Twentie third Day of may, 1713 : I Henry Nock of Dover in ye Province of New Hampshir Weaver; being very Sick and Weak in Body *
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to Sarah my Dearly beloved Wife Whome I Likewise Constitute make and ordain my sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, all and singular my Lands, Messuages and Tenements by her freely to be pos- sesed and Enjoyed
· Item I give and be queth to my Brother Sillvenas Nock my half partt of a Cross Cutt saw and a pair of chisels.
709
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
nextly I give and bequeth to my Cousen'silvenas Nock a great Coat and my Broad A.x-
Item I give and bequeath to my Cousen Thomas Nock my Beast Hatt-
Nextly I give and bequeath to my Cousen Zachariah Nock my best Gunn-
And I Do hereby utterly Disallow, Revoke and Disannul all and every other former Testimants, Wills Legacies and Bequests and executors, by me in any wais before Named, Willed, and bequethed Rattifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testiment : In Wittness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and Seal the Day and year above Written
sighned Sealled Published Pro- henry Nock [seal]
nounced and Declared by the said
Henry Nock, as his Last will and testament in ye Presence of us the Subscribers
Samuell Tebets sen"
Benjamin Peirce
[Proved March 2, 1713/14.]
[Inventory, May 19, 1714 ; amount, SISo.6.3; signed by Sil- vanus Nock and Samuel Tibbetts. ]
JOHN LOWE 1713 PORTSMOUTH
[Bond of Joanna Lowe, widow, with William Fellows, vintner. and Samuel Hart, smith, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £1000, June 11, 1713, for the administration of the estate of her husband, John Lowe of Portsmouth ; witnesses, Richard Wibird and Charles Story. ]
[Administration on the estate of John Lowe of Portsmouth granted to his widow, Joanna Lowe, June 14, 1713.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 112.]
710
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory, July 22, 1713 ; amount, £593.5.0 ; signed by Will- iam Fellows, Samuel Hart, and Michael Whidden. ]
[List of claims against the estate ; amount, £151.13.II.
" The deceased John low : deperted this life : on May ye 24th 1713:
" The names of his Children and thare Ages when he dyed are as followeth :
" Sarah Low II year and 3 mounths
" Mary D" 9 year & : I Mounth
"John : D° 6 year & : 8 mounths
" Johanah D°. 4 : year & : 3 Mounths
" Nathaniell Do I. year & : I Mounth "]
WILLIAM HOSKINS 1713 NEWCASTLE
[Administration on the estate of William Hoskins of Newcastle granted to James Chaddock and his wife, Rachel Chaddock, daughter of the deceased, June 15, 1713.]
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.