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[Bond of James Chaddock of Newcastle, weaver, with Timothy Davis of Portsmouth, joiner, as surety. June 15, 1713, for the administration of the estate of William Hoskins, joiner ; witness, Charles Story. ]
[Warrant, June 15, 1713, authorizing George Walton and John Searle, both of Newcastle, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, June 16, 1713 ; amount, £6.0.0; signed by George Walton and John Searle. ]
JOHN FROST 1713 STAR ISLAND
In The Name of God Amen I John ffrost of Starr island in ye Province of N: Hampshire ffisherman
Imprimis I Give & Bequeath unto my Dear & Loving Wife
:
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Sarah ffrost during her Naturall Life if shee dye my widdow y free & Sole use Income benifitts & profits of All & Singular my Estate as well reall as p'sonall on this Island & Elsewhere but if it so happen that shee Marry my Will is that my Execut' pay her fourty pounds Viz twenty pounds in houshold Stuff Such as Shee Shall chose & twenty pounds in Mony & my Will is that if my Sd wife dye my widdow that her funerall Charges be Defrayed out of my Estate
Item I Give & bequeath unto John ffrost ye Son of my Eldest Son Jnº Deceasd all that my Land at Bricksum that was my ffath- ers & Allso a peece of salt Marish Lying in York Marishes Next to m' Thos Daniells to him ye Sd Jnº & ye heires of his body Law- fully begotten for Ever & in Case of failure of Such Issue ye Sd Land & Marish to bee Equally Devided between all my other children
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Son Sam" his Heires & As- signes for Ever after ye decease or Marriage of my Sd wife ye one half of my now dwelling house & ye garden adjoyning thereunto
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Son Ithamer and ye heires of his body for Ever ye other half of my Sd House & Garden Adjoyning to bee Equally between them at ye Time aforesd.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Deare & Loving wife all my houshold Stuff of what nature or kind Soever to be disposed off as shee shall see meet at her Decease
Item I Give & Bequeath all ye remaining part of my Estate not hereby Disposed of having given my Son in Law William ffox a Deed of Gift of ye Land that his house stands on : Viz my land in Yorke & Elsewhere & all & singular my Stages Stage rooms, boat if any bee morings moring places flakes flakrooms that was formerly m' Phebeans that I bought of Capt: Jnº Lane together with all & Singular ye rights priviledges appertenances belonging to ye fishery & fishing places to bee Equally Divided between my Sd Two sons & Sd Son in Law to them & to their Heires & Assignes for Ever my son Ita mars part & Interest therein to bee to ye heires of his body for Ever only & as for
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ye division of ye flak room my Will is that William ffox have his part next Capt Diamonds Decd & So a third part of ye bredth from Sd Diamond to Jnº Muchemores & I Doe appoint my Son Sam" ffrost my Sole Executor of this my last will & testament hereby disannulling all other in wittness & Confirmation hereof I have here unto Sett my hand & Seale ye 22ª of June Anno Dom: 1713
Signed Sealed & Declared by ye marke of
Sd Jnº ffrost to bee his last Will
John X ffrost [seal]
& Testament in presence of
Nathaneil Lord ye mark of.
Eliz X Cruz J Haniford
[Proved March 7, 1718/19.]
[Inventory, May 19, 1719; amount, £470.4.6, and 332 ounces of silver money ; signed by Nathaniel Lord and Joshua Moody. ]
FRANCIS JONES 1713 PORTSMOUTH
In the name of god Amen
I ffrancis Jones beeing very agged and weak
Item I give unto my beloved wife Susanah all my Estate both houses Lands feilds orchards wood Cattell or goods Untisiles Beds Pewter Brass or Iron or what ever thing or things were or ac- counted or acknowledged mine in my life tyme Item I give unto my beloved son Abraham Jones all those things expresed that I have given unto my beloved wife Susanah Imediately after her deceas : I also order and appoynt my son Abraham att his Mother decease : to pay unto My Daught Abig" Banfeild five pounds in cash And also my Sd Son to pay unto Sam" Widdon Junior his wife Sarah five pound In cash and'furthermore I appoynt and order that my Sd Son shall give unto my Daug" Mary Jones seven pound in cash and one acre of Land Lying Next to John
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Lang and Six appletrees wich Six appeltrees shall remaine in her posesion Six years and then to return againe to my Son Abra- ham And further I order that my son Abraham shall have full Six mounths tyme after after our decease, To pay all those tur mentioned Legacies And further I appoynt my wife to bee whole and Sole Exetrix : of this my Last Will and Testam" I order allio the moveables wich then shall bee left shall bee given unto my Daught Mary after our decease as Wittneseth my hand and Seale this twenty Second of Augst 1713 : Sign" Sealed and delliver in Presence of us
Test
Sam" Swan
John Cutt Jacob Lavers
his Francis X Jones & seale (seal] marke
[Proved May 7, 1718.]
[Petition of Hugh Banfield, John Savage, and Edward Phillips, sons-in-law of Francis Jones, for leave to appear and show cause why the will should not be allowed. ]
[Administration on the estate of Francis Jones granted to his son, Abraham Jones of Portsmouth, May 7, 17IS, the widow, Susanna Jones, named executrix in the will, having died. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 166.]
[Bond, in blank, signed by Abraham Jones, Jacob Lavers, and Samuel Clark ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and Mary Gam- bling.]
[Inventory, Aug. 2, 1718; amount, £226.16.0: signed by Ephraim Jackson and Samuel Manson.]
JOSEPH TRICKEY 1713 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Trickey granted to his widow, Rebecca Trickey, Sept. 1, 1713.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 272.]
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[Bond, in blank, of Rebecca Trickey of Dover, widow of Joseph Trickey of Dover, shipwright, with Jacob Lavers, cordwainer, and Samuel Shackford, blockmaker, both of Portsmouth, as sureties ; witnesses, Mary Palmer, R. Gerrish, Jr., and Charles Story. ]
[Inventory, June 2, 1714 : amount, £60 : signed by Nathaniel Hill and Benjamin Bickford ; attested by Rebecca Downing, ad- ministratrix, formerly widow of Joseph Trickey, Oct. 21, 1714.]
[List of claims against the estate, Aug. 9, 1714 ; amount, £246.16.8 ; signed by Samuel Hart and Thomas Peirce.]
[Account of the administratrix, Rebecca Downing, wife of Joshua Downing, against the estate; amount, £7.18.6.]
[Division of the estate, allowed April 10, 1717; due from the estate, £243.16.8 ; net estate, £53.15.8.]
[Various notes and accounts, containing signatures of William Vaughan, Joseph Trickey, John Barsham, John Light, Nathaniel Fryer, Isaac Boodey, Nicholas Haskins, Eleanor Vaughan, Ben- jamin Morse, William Allen, Thomas Follansbee, Joseph Wood- bridge, James Leavitt, Sarah Partridge, John Partridge, Elias Brodhead, Mary Partridge, Samuel Keais, William Partridge, Jr., Sarah Ferniside, John Norris, John Twombly, Edward Allen, Joshua Fryer, Freeman Clark, John Kelly, Elisha Briard, Sam- uel Penhallow, John Plaisted, and Theodore Atkinson.
In these are mentioned Elizabeth, widow of William Pitman of Portsmouth, June 1, 1714; Sarah Foss, formerly Sarah Ferni- side, May 25, 1714; William Partridge, Jr., son of Nehemiah Partridge, May 24, 1714 ; Dodavah Hull, son of Reuben Hull, June 3, 1714; Ephraim Trickey, deceased, brother of Joseph Trickey, Jan. 10, 1714/15.]
HUMPHREY VARNEY 1713 DOVER
In the Name of God amen. the seventeenth day of the Seventh Month one thousand Seven hundred and thirteen I Umphrey
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Varney of the Town of Dover in the province of New Hampshire in New England yeoman being weak in body
I give and bequeath unto Sarah my dearly beloved wife the thirds of the purchase of all my Lands to be yearly paid to Her by my Executor after my decease or as they shall agree.
I give and bequeath unto my beloved Sonn Ebenezer Varney Six Shill- to be paid by my Exec' after my decease.
I give and bequeath unto my belovid daughter Abigal Brackston one cow to be paid by my Execº after my decease.
And in Consideration that my Sonn peter Varney have taken care of me in my Old age, I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Sonn peter Varney whom I likewise Constitute make and ordaine my Onely and Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament all and Singuler my Lands Messages and Tenements by him freely to be possessed and enjoyed, an alsoe all Houson an Move- able goods both without Door and within, and all the Estate that is mine of All Sorts whatsoever that is found to be mine I give unto my Sonn peter by him Freely to be possessd and Injoyed and I doe hereby Utterly disallow, revoke, and disannull all and Every other former Testaments, Wills, legacyes, Bequests and Execu- tors by me in any ways before this time Named, Willed and be- queathed Ratifieing and confirming this and noe other to be my last will & Testament. In Wittness whereof I have here unto Sett my hand and Seal the day and year above written.
Humphrey Varney [seal]
Signed Sealed and published and declared by the Said Hum- phrey Varney as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the subscribers.
Joseph Hanson 1 Edward Whitehouse John Bampton [Proved June 2, 1714. ] [Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 277.]
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AARON MOSES
1713 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Aaron Moses of Portsmouth, yeoman, granted to his widow, Mary Moses, Nov. 21, 1713.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 137.]
[Bond of Mary Moses, widow, with John Abbott and John Leach as sureties, in the sum of £500, Nov. 21, 1713, for the administration of the estate : witnesses, Benjamin Downing and Charles Story. ]
[Inventory of the estate of Aaron Moses, who died in July, 1713 ; taken Feb. 5, 1713/14; amount, £327.17.4; signed by Tobias Langdon and Hugh Banfield.]
order'd that a warrt of appraismt go out a new on Aaron moses decd his Estate W" Sevy James Ra[n]dal & Eph" Denet appris- ors only ye land to be apprais'd. ]
[Probate Minutes, June 4, 1718.]
[Inventory of real estate, July 12, 1718; amount, £261.0.0; signed by James Randall, William Savage, and Ephraim Den- nett. ]
[Bond of James Moses of Portsmouth, with George Walker and John Jackson, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, Oct. 19, 1733, for the administration de bonis non of the estate of his father, Aaron Moses of Portsmouth ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Elizabeth Penhallow.]
[Warrant, Oct. 22, 1733, authorizing Thomas Beck of Ports- mouth and John Sherburne of Newcastle to appraise the estate of Aaron Moses, administration de bonis non of which is granted to his oldest son, James Moses, the widow, Mary Moses, having died. ]
[Inventory, Oct. 23, 1733; amount, £191.15.0; signed by Thomas Beck and John Sherburne. ]
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[Warrant, Oct. 24, 1733, authorizing John Lang, Thomas Beck, Jr., and Samuel Beck to report on the division of the estate into eight equal parts. ]
[Report, Oct. 25, 1733, that the estate cannot be divided with- out damage to the whole, " & that if the Land be well improved, the whole of it will not be more than sufficient to Maintain one small ffamily, a Great part of ye Land being Rocky & Barren, & but Little firewood upon the whole "; signed by John Lang, Thomas Beck, Jr., and Samuel Beck. ]
[Warrant, Oct. 26, 1733, authorizing Seth Ring of Newington, Samuel Brackett of Rye, and Joseph Langdon of Portsmouth to appraise the estate, that the eldest son may purchase the whole. ]
[Inventory, April 3, 1734; amount, £294.8.9; signed by Seth Ring, Samuel Brackett, and Joseph Langdon. ]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, £294.8.9; expenditures, £54.18.0; mentions " his Brother Aron (who is since Dead without Issue," " his sister Eliza- beth Smith (since dead without Issue"; allowed Sept. 10, 1734, and ordered that the administrator pay each heir £34.4.43.]
JOHN VARNEY 1713/14 DOVER
In the name of God Amen ye twenty first day of ye Eleventh month in ye yaer of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and thirten I John varny of Checker in Dover in the County of nuham- sher in her majesties Provinc being very Sik and wek in body but of Parfet mind and memry thanks be Given unto god therefor Cal- ing unto mind mortlaty of my body and knoing that it is Apointed for al men once to dy do mak and ordain this my Last wil and testment that is to Say Princply and first of al I Give and bequal the Land which I had by my wif To her youngest Son Nickles
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Otes : also I give and bequef a Pare of Shets to Rebeckah otes : also I Give the bigst Pot and the lest Kitle to Stevn otes also I Give and bequaf the bed and beding and the Rest of the housel stuf to my Son Nickles otes and if he dyes without an are Lit it be given to Steven otes also I Give and bequef five Pound of Laful mony to her Dafter Ros otis that her Grandfathe Give to her mother : also I Give and bequef to my brother Peter varny one half of ye Seven Pound that he ose me ; also I give and bequef the other half to my Sister Abgil Clakston ; also I Give and bequef thirty Akers of Land at Seaterwit to brother Ebenezers Son John varny also a lot of Land at oster River my fathe Give me by ded of Gift I Give with the Res of the my Estait To my brother Ebenezer varny I Give my brother
Also I Give my brother Ebenezer ful Pour to Git the wil Copid if any wis man Ses fit and if thar be any thing Emis Reckfie it Witnesed my hand and Sel
X John varny [seal] his mark Samuell Gaskill Thomas Hanson John hanson
[Proved May 28, 1716. ]
[Warrant, March 22, 1715/16, authorizing Lieut. Tristram Heard and William Foss, both of Dover, to appraise the estate. ]
[Bond of Ebenezer Varney, with Thomas Hanson and John Hanson, husbandmen, as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £200, May 28, 1716, for the administration of the estate; wit- nesses, Edward Wills and Richard Gerrish, Jr.]
STEPHEN PAGE 1713/14 . HAMPTON
In the Name of God. Amen. the Six an twenty day of January : 1713 : or : 14 : I Stephen Page of Hampton in the Province of New
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Hampshier in New England : being very sick and weak in Body,
Imprimis : I give and bequeath to mary my dearly beloved wiffe the whole improvement of all my Estate till my Sons shall Come to the eage of twenty on years or until she shall marry againe
Item. I give to my well beloved Son Thomas Page all and singular these primices here after mentioned (viz) two shears or Lotts of Lande in the ould North Devision and two half shears of Lande in the first west Devision and on shear or Lott of Land in the second west Devision as they ar all Layd out and Bounded, and also all my marsh By Benjamin shaws : and also on half shear in the Cow Com'ons as it now Lyeth undevied and all my Right in ye Saw mill : the said Thomas Page is to Come in pos- session of att the eage of twenty on years : and my son Thomas page is to paye unto my Daughter hannah page the sume of ten pounds when she shall Come to the eage of twenty on years
Item : I give to my well beloved Son John Page all and singular these primices here after mentioned (viz) : my now Dewllen House and Barne and all my land att home plowe lande and pastuer and all my fresh medow and my Land att Jacob Gar- land and also on shear of Land in the second North Devision as they ar now Layd out and Bounded and also on half shear in the Cow Com'ons as it now lyeth undevied the said John Page is to Come in possesion of att the Eage of twenty on years : and my Son John Page is to paye unto my two Daughters : vez: Rachel page and mary page the sume of ten pound a peces when then shall Come to the eage of twenty on years-
and I do Constitute and appointe my well beloved Brother Christopher Page my sole Executors of this my Last will and Testament : and I do hereby utterly disallow Revoke and dis- annul all and Every other former Testaments wills and Legacies and Bequests and Executors by me in any ways before named willed and bequeathed, Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and Testament in witness whereof I
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have here unto set my hand and Seal the Day and year above written
and all my Right in the Saw mill was enter lined before the signing and Sealing
Signed Sealed published Pro- nounced and Declared by the said Stephen page as his last will and Testament in the presence of us the subscribers
Stephen X Page [seal] His marke
Samuel Smith: John X Blake Jur his mark
Sam" Dow
[Proved June 4, 1714. ]
[Inventory, March 30, 1714; amount, £275.2.0; signed by Samuel Page and Samuel Smith. ]
HUGH HAYWARD 1713/14 BRISTOL ENG.
[Register of the Douglass at the island of Nevis, Feb. 3, 1713/ 14, whereof Hugh Hayward of Bristol, Eng., and John Spencer of the island of Nevis are sole owners, and Thomas Walden mas- ter ; described as square sterned, 40 tons, built at Portsmouth in 1712 ; signed by Daniel Smith, commander-in-chief of the Lee- ward Caribbean islands, and lieutenant-governor of Nevis, and John Huffam, collector.]
[Sailing orders for the Douglass, dated Nevis, Feb. 7, 1713/ 14 ; signed by Hugh Hayward and John Spencer; mentions " my father in law " George Mason, merchant, of Bristol, Eng. ]
[Certificate of the death of Hugh Hayward at the island of Nevis on March 4, 1713/14 ; signed by Daniel Smith, commander- in-chief.]
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[Protest of the master and crew of the Douglass, May 3, 1714, in which it is stated that " on the Ninth day of April last past, they being with the Said Sloop in the Latitude of thirty Eight degrees North, the Wind being then at South South West, come- ing from Barbadoes they mett with a Sudden and a Violent Storm at Sea, which forced them to goe before the Wind and Sea, for the Safety of their lifes ; at last a very Great Sea broke into the Said Sloop, ffilled Her Deck, Shifted all Her Ballast most of the Cask and Some of the Cargoe Stove their water Cask ; Soe that they were in great danger of losing their lifes ; And on Saturday the first day of May Currant the Wind being at North Nº We the Said Sloop came into the River of piscataqua in the Said province about three of the Clock in the afternoon"; the crew consisted of Ralph Burne, Jonah Parker, John Cass, and Abra- ham Dent ; signed by Thomas Walden ; witnesses, Samuel Swan and Richard Parsley.]
[Statement of the crew in regard to the storm ; signed by Ralph Burne, Jonah Parker, John Cass, and Abraham Dent.]
[Petition of Thomas Walden to Governor Joseph Dudley, May 8, 1714, for the securing of the sloop and cargo for the owner's estate, the petitioner being under age.]
[Warrant, May 8, 1714, from Governor Dudley, authorizing Charles Story, deputy judge of the court of admiralty, to secure the sloop and cargo for the benefit of the owners. ]
[Appointment of John Knight, merchant, Richard Wibird, merchant, Joseph Sherburne, master and mariner, Stephen Eastwick, master and mariner, and John Snell, deputy marshal of the court of admiralty, all of Portsmouth, as custodians of the Douglass and cargo, May 21, 1714.]
[Administration on the estate of Hugh Hayward of Bristol, Eng., mariner, who died at " Nevis in America," granted to
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Jethro Furber of Portsmouth, mariner, principal creditor, May 26, 1714.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 275.]
[Bond of Jethro Furber, mariner, with John Wentworth and George Jaffrey, merchants, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, May 26, 1714, for the administration, as principal creditor, of the New Hampshire estate; witnesses, Andrew Rusk and Elihu Gunnison.]
[Inventory of the sloop and cargo ; amount, £735.12.6 ; signed by Richard Gerrish, John Knight, and Richard Wibird. ]
[Account of the estate, July 3, 1714 ; amount of estate, £735. 12.6; expended, £510.13.2} ; balance due, £224.19.32 ; signed by Jethro Furber. ]
[Warrant, Nov. 10, 1715, authorizing Capt. Stephen Eastwick and Capt. Joseph Sherburne to appraise the sloop Douglass ; signed by Richard Gerrish and Theodore Atkinson.]
TIMOTHY PHILBRICK 1713/14 KINGSTON
[Request of Mehitable Hillard, Jedediah Philbrick, Abraham Bradley, and Daniel Ladd, " the mother and the brothers of the decesed timothy Philbrick," Feb. 5, 1713/14, that John Sleeper of Kingston may be appointed administrator. ]
[Inventory, Kingston, Feb. 27, 1713/14; amount, £59.3.0 ; signed by John Swett and John Sanborn. ]
[Administration on the estate of Timothy Philbrick of Kingston granted to John Sleeper March 2, 1713/14.]
[Bond of John Sleeper, yeoman, with Ebenezer Webster and Aaron Sleeper, yeomen, as sureties, all of Kingston, March 2, 1713/14, for the administration of the estate; witness, Charles Story.]
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[License, June 2, 1714, to John Sleeper, administrator, to sell real estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 251.]
[Administrator's account of expenditures in settling the estate, March 15, 1714/15.]
A Deviden of the Estate of Timothy Philbrick Late of Kings- town Deceas'd Agreed on by the Brothers, as ffollows Viz'-
Daniel Lad 2 rights in ye Comon
Dº 5 Acres of Land out of ye first devission Abraham Bradley 2 Rights in ye Comon
D° 5 acres of Land out of ye first devission
Jnº Sleeper 10 Acres in på of ye first Devission
Jedediah Dyer [Philbrick ] 2 acres of medow
Do ye Second Devission abot 40 Acres
all which is agreed on by us the subscribers this 8 day of Sep- temb' 1715 as witnessed our hands Wittnesses
Cha8 Rundlet
Daniel Lad John Sleeper Jiedidiah
To all Peopell to whom these presents shall Come Greeting know yee that whare as we whose names are heirunto subcribed Being ye Brothers and heirs of ye Estatt of timethoy Philbrock Latt of kingstown desesed and whare as we did formerly agree as Consarning ye Said Estatt butt It nott being Completed acord- ing to Law we do now agree as formerly as followeth to witt thatt ye heires of John Sleeper our brother Latt of kingstown Latt de- sesed for his Charge of Adminstring upon said Estatt and paying the depts which ware due from said Estatt shall have ye house Loott In ye Abovesd town of kingstown which was Lay outt to ye said timethoy Philbrock and all his partt of Saw mill that he had Standing upon ye trickling fales so Called In ye Abovsaid town, and the movebles y' Ware In his hands which was In full of all depts and Charges
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As for ye Rest of ye Estat we have deveid Between Brother & Brother As followeth to John Slepers heirs ten Acers of Land Laying near Rubesy meddow which was Layed outt In part of ye Said Timethy Philbrocks first devesion And to Abraham Bradly five Acers of Lands In ye Abovesd tractt of Land and two shares In ye Common and to daniell Lad five Acers of Land In ye Abovsd tract of Land and two shares In ye Commons and to Jerediah philbrock 40 Acers In ye seccond devesion which Is ye fuil of his seccond devesion and two Acers In ye Rubshe medow
As witness our hands ands Seles this thirtieth day of november In year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty and In ye seventh year of his majestyes Raign king Geoarge and ce Signed seled and Thomas Sleeper [seal]
delivered In ye pres- ents of us
The mark of Abraham Bradly X [seal]
John ffifeld
Daniel Lad [seal]
Sam11 Essman
Jedidiah philbrick [seal]
[Attested Nov. 30, 1720.]
[Various bills, notes, etc., containing signatures of Isaac Brad- ley, Susanna Staples, Abraham Bradley, Jacob Gilman, Jonathan Sanborn, Joseph Kimball, Mary Kimball, Joseph Brown, Thomas Webster, William Moulton, John Kimball, and Thomas Sleeper.]
ANDREW PEPPERELL 1713/14 NEWCASTLE
[Administration on the estate of Andrew Pepperell of New- castle, mariner, granted to his widow, Jane Pepperell, Feb. II, 1713/14.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 120.]
[Inventory of the estate of Capt. Andrew Pepperell, May 14, 1714 : amount, £1366.0.4 ; signed by Daniel Greenough and Joseph Simpson. ]
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[Administration on the estate of Capt. Andrew Pepperell of Newcastle, mariner, granted to his son-in-law, [step-son ?] Charles Frost of Kittery, Me., April 1, 1728.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 267.]
[Jane Frost renounces administration on the estate of her former husband, Andrew Pepperell.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 267.]
[Inventory of the estate in York county, Me., May 1, 1728 ; four hundred acres of land at Pudding Hole in Kittery, Me., and sixty acres in Berwick, Me., valued at £1250.0.0.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 272.]
[Administrator's account against the estate, Oct. 1, 1728 ; amount, £7.17.6.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 4. p. 8.]
[Margery Wentworth, minor, daughter of Capt. Andrew Pep- perell, makes choice of her uncle, William Pepperell, Jr., of Kittery, Me., as her guardian Feb. 1, 1730/1.]
York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 83.]
SAMUEL WHIDDEN 1713/14 GREENLAND
In the Name of God Amen-
I Samuell Whiddon of Greenland Within ye Township of Ports- mouth in the Province New Hampshirengland, Being antient : *
2:ly : I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Son John Whiddon all that my piece of Land In Greenland Which Lyeth on ye East- wardly Side of the Road Leading from Greenland to portsmouth being part of my homesteed : Excepting about two acres at ye southwardly End on ye south side of ye stone Wall : As also four acres on ye Westwardly side of ye Road at ye Northwardly End next John Kates orchard : as also Eighteen acres of a lott of land being laid out to me as part of my Commonage nerre ye Way
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