USA > New Hampshire > Probate records of the Province of New Hampshire Vol. 1 1635-1717 > Part 53
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
726
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
to Randalls farm, to have his Eighteen acres next Mrs Richard Wyburds land, also one quarter part of my Saw mill : as like Wise the one half of my stock of what kind or sort of Cattell what so ever; to Have hold possess & Injoy all ye above men- tioned bequests to him his Heirs & assigns for ever after mine & my Wifes decease- he my said son John paying such Legacys as is here after Expressed
.
2:ly) I Give & Bequeath unto my beloved Son James Whiddon my house & yt part of my land lying on ye Westwardly side of ye above mentioned Road With ye orchard & all other buylding theron Except ye four acres on yt Side of ye Road next John Kates orchard above mentioned to be given to my son John : And also my said Son James to have that piece of land of about two acres on ye southward side of ye stone wall which is on ye East side ye Said County Road ; as also the other part of my Lott of Land being thirty acres neere the way to Randals farm wher my son John hath his eighteen acres out of ye same Lott : And also ye other part of my Stocke of Cattell : He my said son to Have hould possess & Injoy all ye above bequests unto him his Heirs & assigns for ever after mine & my wifes Decease he my said son James paying Such Legacyes as is here after Expressed.
3:ly) I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Jain Edgerly Twenty shillinges-
4:ly I Give & Bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Alce Hains three pounds-
5 : I Give & Bequeath unto my beloved Daughter abigell White three pounds-
6 : I Give & Bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Sarah Hains six pounds-
7 : I Give & Bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Mary John- son three pounds
8: I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter Elisabeth Whiddon Six pounds-
9:ly I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter Margaret Whiddon Six pounds-
·
727
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Io:ly : I Give & bequeath unto my three Grandsons : ye sons of my son Samuell Whiddon Deceased to Each twenty Shillings- and ye two acres of Land where their fathers house is
II:ly) all which Legacys Together with all my Debts & fune- rall Expences, my Will is yt they be paid by my two Sons John & James above named, in Convenient time after mine & my Wifes deceas in Eaquall proportion betwene my two above named Sons
12:ly I Give & Bequeath unto my Dearly Bloved Wife Mary the profitts & Improvement of all my Estate of what Kind, So ever Dureing her natuerall Life : and all my Hous hould goods of what Kind, or sort so ever together with my Debts & moneys to be for ever at her disposall among my above named Daughters, or such of them as shee in her prudence shall thing meet & Convenient-
13:ly I Give unto my two above named sons besides What is above Given all my Right & title to any Lands or Rights to any Lands or Commonag yt now doth or her after may of Right to me belong to be Eaqually devided Betwene them And unto this my Last Will & Testament I Doe Constitute & appoint my beloved Wife mary : my beloved Sons John Whiddon & James Whiddon Joynt Executors & Executrix &c
14. two acres on ye west side the Contry Road Where my son Samuell house stand I have formerly Given to my sd son now deceased which i do now farther give unto his Heirs
Thus Renowncing all Wills by me formerly made I sign & seal this With my hand this third day of March in ye twelfth year of Queen Anne her Reign over Great Britain &c- annoqe : Domini : 1713/4-
Signed Sealed & Declard by Sam" Whiden [seal]
Samuell Whiddon to be his last
will & testament in presence of us
Walter Philbrock John neall Joseph Smith [Proved May 7, 1718.]
728
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
JAMES SMITH
1714
DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of James Smith of Oyster River granted to his son, John Smith of Oyster River; no date. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 133.]
[Bond of John Smith of Oyster River, yeoman, with Joseph Smith of Oyster River, yeoman, and Jacob Lavers of Portsmouth, cordwainer, as sureties, in the sum of £200, March 26, 1714, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Henry Rust and Charles Story . ].
[Inventory, April 7, 1714; amount, £62.11.8 ; signed by Joseph Smith and Jacob Lavers.]
ABRAHAM DRAKE 1714 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen : I : Abraham Drake of Hampton in the Province of New Hampshire New England : (Senior) Being weak in Body * *
Ily : I Give and Bequeath unto Sarah my Dearly Beloved wife my west End of my Dwelling House and the Saller under that House so Long as she shall Live or till she shall marreye again and that my two Sons Abraham and Natheniel or there Heirs is for to maintain ther mother Honerable and Decent with all things Convenente for her during the Time above said: or my said wiff shall have the impromente of one thurd of all else my Estate the time abovesaid
2ly : I Give and Bequeath unto my Son Abraham Drake all my land on the north side of the waye with the House and Barne where he now liveth and the Orchard And also two acres and a halfe of fresh medow that was fformerly Colcards and one acre that I had of ffrancis page and all the medow that I had of Joseph page And that the Said Abraham Drake and his Heirs is for to have free Egress over my other Land to Eache passell of medow for Ever for mowen or Carting As he or they may have Ocation ;
729
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
and also the one half of my Spring marsh and half my marsh att the hop ground, and also half my thatch ground in the ffalles marshs and also one half of my two lots in the old north Devision, and the one half of my lott at Burchen playn and the one half of my lott at pine Hill that Is not now ffenced in and the one half of the Timber there : of that that is now ffenced in : Nathaniel Drake to Devied Each parsell and Abraham Drake to Chuse And also one shear of marsh in the Grate ox Com'on and my two shears of thatch groud that Ly together and also one Shear in the Cow Com'on and my two Lotts in the Second west Devision ; and also the one half of all my Implyments for Husbendry-
3ly I Give and Bequeath unto my Son nathaniel Drake my now Dwelling Houses only my wiff is to have the west End and Sellere as beforesaid : as also my Barns orchard plow land and pauster Land and medow that Lys on the South side of the way that was fformerly my father, Abraham Draks Only my Son Abraham and His Heirs is for to have Liberty for to go over itt as abovesaid : and also I give unto my Son Nathaniel the one Half of my Spring marsh : and half my marsh att the hopground : and also half my thatch ground in the ffalles marshs : and also the one half of my Lotts in the old North Devision : and also the one half of my Lott att Burchen playn : and also my Land that is now fenced in att Pine Hill only Abran is to have half the Timber that is on as abovesaid : and also the one half of my Land ther that is not fenced The Said Nathaniel for to Devied Each parcell and Abraham to Chuse: and also one shear of marsh in the Grate ox Com'on and on shear of thatch ground and also one Shear in the Cow Com'on : and also fouer half Shears of Land in the first west Devision : and also my part of the Saw mill : and the one half of all my Implyments for Husbendry ; and I give unto him the Sd nathaniel the Bead that he lys upon with al the furniture belonging to itt: and also ye Bead that I lye one with all the furniture belonging to itt after my Decease and the Decease of my now wiff
4ly I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Drake
730
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
twenty pound in marchentabele paye at mony price : that is to saye five pound to to be Payd her the first yeare after my Deceas and five pound the thurd yeare after : and five pound the fifth yeare and five pound the sixeth yeare After my Deceas all to be payd by my Son Abraham Drake and also I give unto my Daughter Sarah the bead that she Lyeth on with all the furnituer Belonging to itt : and also she is to have Liberty for to live in the East End of my House and a prevelidge in the Seller so long as she shall Live unmarried And also my Son Abraham and my Son Nathaniel is to keep the sd Sarah a Cow wintere and Sumer so long as shee shall live unmarried.
5ly I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Jane fouer pounds mony to be payd by my two Sons : that is to Saye forty shillings to be payd by my Son Abraham the Second yeare after my Deceas and forty shillings by my Son Nathaiel the third yeare after my Deceas
61y I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary twenty pounds in marchentable paye att mony price to be payd by my Son nath- aniel Drak That is to saye five pound the second year after my Deceas and five pound the forth year and five pound the fifth year and five pound the six year after And I do make Constitute and Apoint my welbeloved wiffe Sarah Drake and my Son Na- thaniel Drake to be my sole Executrix and Executours to this my Last will and Teastiment Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and Tastament In witnes whare of I the befor mentioned Abraham Drake Senior have here unto put my hand and affixt my Seal this twenty fifth day of may in the yeare of our Lord Seventeen hundred and fourteen and in the thirteen yeare of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland Queen
wittnises Joseph Cass Thomas Leavitt Sam" Dow [No record of probate. ]
Abraham X Drake [seal] His marke
731
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory, June 29, 1714; amount, £885.15.0 ; signed by Joseph Cass and Thomas Leavitt. ]
THOMAS POMEROY 1714 PORTSMOUTH
[Inventory of the estate of Thomas Pomeroy of Portsmouth, signed by Benjamin Gambling and William Walker ; amount, £15.13.0 ; attested June 2, 1713.]
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Pomeroy granted to Rebecca Rouse, formerly his widow, June 6, 1713.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 126.]
[Inventory and minutes relating to the estate of Thomas Pom- eroy.
" To bringing up Six Children
" ye first Susanna aged 13 years “2ª Tho: II years
“ 3ª Rebecca
"4 - Wm 9 years
4 years
" 5th Rich1
2 years
“ 6th Eliza 5 months
" to pª w" wounded by ye Indians " to yearly Rent to my Mother "]
NATHANIEL PIKE 1714 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Pike of Portsmouth granted to his widow, Margaret Pike, June 5, 1714.]
[Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 118.]
[Bond, in blank, signed by Margaret Pike, Robert Pike, and John Cutt ; witnesses, Joseph Purmort and Sarah Cutt. ]
732
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory of the estate of Nathaniel Pike of Portsmouth, mari- ner, Dec. 3, 1714 ; amount, £89.15.10; signed by Samuel Hart and Jacob Lavers ; attested by the widow, Margaret Pike, Dec. 4, 1714.]
[Administration on the estate in Salisbury, Mass., of Nathaniel Pike of Portsmouth granted to his widow, Margaret Pike, May 17, 1715 .]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 311, p. 274.]
[Bond of Margaret Pike, with Robert Pike and John Cutt, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £700, May 17, 1715 ; witnesses, Sarah Cutt and Joseph Purmort.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files. ] 1
[Inventory of the Salisbury, Mass., estate, taken by William Bradbury and John Merrill May 17, 1715 ; amount, £330.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Probate Records, vol. 311, p. 274.]
GERSHOM ELKINS 1714 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Ame
I Gershon Elkins of Hampton in the province of New Hampsh in New England, Being antiaant & Weeke in body, but at this time of perfect understanding & memory, Commiting my Sole in to the hands of Allmighty God, & my Body to decent Buriall in hopes of Eternall Life, Doe thus dispose of my temperall Estate which the Lord hath Gratiously Given mee
Imp8: my Will is that all my Just & honist debts be paid by my Executors in Convenient time after my Decease.
2ly : I Give & Bequeath unto my beloved Wife mary all my houshould goods, Both Beds, Beding, puter, Brass, or Wood of what kind or soart so ever; dureing her Natureall Life (& after her Deceas to be disposed as is here after Expresed) as also the one half of my other Real Estate both houses Buyldings lands &
733
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
orchard, as also the one half of my stocke of what kinde so ever Together With six Cord of Good fier wood brought to her dore all which she my said Wife is to Injoy dureing her Natureall Life
3ly) I Give, & bequeath unto my beloved Son Jonathan Elking twenty pounds in passable money of New England or Bills of Creaditt to be paid by my executors to him his Heirs or assigns Within two years afer my Decease
4ly) I Give & Bequeath unto my beloved son Moses Elkins fifteen pounds in pasable Money of New England or Bills of Creaditt to be paid unto him my Son Moses his Heirs or assigns With in two years after my Decease
5ly) I Give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Joannah Elkins ten pounds in passable Money of New England or Bills of Creaditt to be paid by my executors Within two years after my decease, together With all my househould goods above mentioned at ye Deceas of my Wife, her mother &c
6ly) I Give & bequeath unto my beloved son thomas Elkins all my houses Buyldings lands, meadows, marsh, pasturs, with all out lands & Rights to lands in Hampton With all my Estate in said town not before Disposed of he my said son thomas provide- ing for his mother yearly & every year dureing her Natureall life six Cord of Wood as above mention : And also to provide Con- venent house Rome & fire wood for his Sister Joannah so long as she liveth unmarried as abovesaid : my meaning is that my son thomas shall possess & Injoy all the above Estate bequeathed unto him his Heirs Executors Adm's: & asignes for ever after mine & my Wifes deceas : (viz) the one half emediately after my Deceas, & the other half at his mothers Decease &
7) And farther I Give unto my son Jonathan all my lands & Right to lands at Kingstown not all Redy disposed of-
8) What ever other Estate in money or goods not before men- tioned to be dispossed off, I give to my Executors, or ye surviver of them, he or they defraying my funerall Charges & paying my just debts-
And unto this my last Will & Testament I Doe Constitute &
734
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
appoint my beloved Wife mary, & my son thomas Elking Joynt Executrix & Executor & in Case of ye Death of the one the other to be Sole Executor
Thus Revokeing all Wills by me formerly made, I sign & seal this with my hand this ninth day of June in the thirteenth year of Queen Anne her Reign over Great Britain &c- Annoq : Dom- ini-1714
This Instrument Was signed & sealed by Gershon Elkins and affermed by him to be his Last Will & Testament in presence of us Witnesses
Gershon Elkins [seal]
Peter John Son
thomus murrie
Elisabeth Smith Joseph Smith
[Proved March 5, 1717/18.]
[Bond, in blank, signed by Thomas Elkins, Jabez Smith, and Peter Johnson. ]
[Inventory, Feb. 28, 1717/18; amount, £555.8.6; signed by Jabez Smith and Peter Johnson. ]
SAMUEL DOW 1714 HAMPTON
In the name of god Amen I samuell Dow of hampton in the Province of new hampshire in new England (Senior) being weak in body
Ily I give and bequeath unto sarah my dearly beloved wife the geate Roome in my house with the Chamber over it & the seler and my barn next my house and all my spring marsh that was my fathers all during her life or untill she marry Again : and she to improve my lot where my house stands untill she marry again and I give her two Cows and at her death or marriage samuell dow to have it all but the Cows
735
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
2ly : I give to my daughter sarah Clifferd my two shears in the owld west devision and half A shear in the second west devision and half A shear in the Cow Common-
3ly I give to my daughter Rachel dow my marsh that I bought of Phileman Dolton between the great Creek and the River and half A shear in the second north devition- and if she live to marry then she to have A Cow and A bead with all the furniture belonging to one bead and I order her to pay my daughter han- nah dow five Pounds if the sd hannah live to the age of twenty years-
4ly I give to John garland Juner my marsh bought of samuell Colcord and my shear of medow at winicut and half my saw mill and half my tools of husbandry
5ly I give to my son samuell dow all the Reste of my housings and barns and all my lands and marsh and moveabls within dors and with out Except what I have disposed of other ways and he and John garland to find there mother fire wood as long as she live A widow and I doe order my son samuell dow to paye to my daughter hannah dow fivefteen pounds if she live to the age of twenty years and he to find his mother four fleses of wool A year as long as she lives A widdow and I doe make Constitute and apoint my son samuel dow to be sole Executour to this my Last will and teastiment Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and testament in witnes whar of I the before mentioned samuell dow senior have here unto put my hand and affixt my seale this nineteenth day of June in the yeare of our Lord seventeen hundred and fourteen and in the thirteenth yeare of the Raign of our sovereign Lady Anne of England Scotland ffrance and Ireland Queen &c -
Samuel Dow [seal]
wittnises
Christopher Page Samuel Nudd Thomas Haines Jabez Dow
[Proved Dec. 7, 1714, and again by Page and Haines, Jan. 25, 1743/4.]
736
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory, taken by John Redman and Christopher Page ; amount, £511.7.0.]
JOHN COTTON 1714 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen.
The fourteenth day of September in the Yeare of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & fourteen ; I John Cotton of the Town of Portsmº In New Hampshire in New England Yeoman Being Verry Infirme & weak of body
Item I Give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Wm Cotton my Halbert : besides twenty Pounds in money he hath had : which I forgive him
Item I Give & bequeath to my Son Solomon All & Singular the house & Land where he now lives : togeath with a p'ce of fresh meadow on the West Side of Joses weh he hath Sold Georg Vaughan Esq' to be to him his heirs & Assignes for Ever-
Item I Give and bequeath to my Son John Cotton all & Sin- gular my land in the Province of Maine which I Bot of David Libby & Jacob Smith as by theire Deed of Sale will appear be the Same more or less : And alsoe one halfe of the fresh Meadow in the fresh Marshes on the North Side of the brook yt Comes to the Creek Mills : (his brother thomas to have the other halfe of the fresh Meadow) the above sd Land & halfe the fresh meadow to be by him the sd John Cotton his heirs & Assignes freely possessed & Enjoyed for Ever: But if he Die without Issue then all the above given Land & Meadow shall be to my son Thomas Cotton & his heirs : if he has None then to my son Solomon & his heirs male
Item I Give & bequeath unto my son Thomas Cotton All & singular my halfe Lott of Land on the Bank : as specyfied in a Deed of Partition between my self & John Downing Sent of Dover & is on Record : And also halfe the fresh Meadow against his Brother John Cotton In the fresh Marshes one the North side of
737
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
the Brooke that Comes to the Creek Mills- And alsoe all & sin- gular my lot of the Com'on Land of this Town togeth' with Eight acres old Grant bought by my father Cotton of John Locke : as tis Laid out with the same Com'on Land as will appeare by the Return of the Com'itte Entred on Portsmo town Books : to- geather with all the preveleidges to the same belonging : to be by him his heirs or Assignes freely possessed & Enjoyed for Ever : But if he Die without Isue then all the above given Land & Meadow shall be my son Johns & if John has noe Isue then to the heirs Male of my son Solomon
Item I Give & bequeath to my Daughters Abigall Marget & Susannah Cottons : to Each of them the sume of twenty Pounds in Money and alsoe a feather bed to Each of them : with all its furniture as Bolster Pillow Curtaines &c' all that belongs to it : & if Either of the sisters Die before her part is rec" then her part shall be Equally Divided between the other two above Named
Item- I have Given Each of my five Eldest Daughters Viztt Eliza Tomson : Mary Paul : Joannah Jones : Sarra Catter & Hannah Mead Each of them theire portions & parts already-
Item : I Give & bequeath to my well beloved wife Sarrah whome I likewise Constitute make & ordaine my sole Exetrix of this my last will & testam' all my Moveable Estate both within Doores and without (that is not already Given) & alsoe all Debts Dew to me of any Kind : Willing that if she see Cause to Marry againe that then she make Distribution of what Estate is Left to Either of the Daughters as may have most need according to her Discre- tion : & if she see Cause to take the advice of any friend in ye Distribution she may chuse whom she will And my further will is that if She Die a widdow : then to make the like Distribution to any of our Daughters
if any thing more then is herein specyfied Remaine after my self & wifes Decease It shall be Distributed to any of our Daugh- ters as above-
And if what I Leave should not be sufficient to pay the twenty pounds a peice to the three sisters above saide then my two son
47
738
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
John & Thomas Cotton : or Either of theire heirs : shall Each of them pay out of theire Respective parts of Land they have Recd : within one yeare after it is soe known the sume of seven pounds ten shillings : to be paid theire three younger sisters above said to Each of them five pounds in money-
Item I Give to my sons : William John & Thomas Cotton all my yoaks Chaines & all Materialls of Iron and Wood for haul- ing plowing & such Like to be Equally Divided amongst them
And I Doe hereby utterly Disanull Disalow & Revoake all & Every other former Testam' Wills Legacies & Bequest & Execrs & Exetrixs By me in any wise before Named Willed & bequested Ratifying & Confirming this & Noe other to be my Last will & testam' In Wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the Day & Yeare first above written-
signed seald & Declar'd by the John Cotten Sener [seal] Said John Cotton Sent to be his
Last will & testament In #sents off
the mark of
susannah X Tufften the mark of Annis X Graffam James Jeffry [Proved Dec. 9, 1714. ]
FRANCIS JENNESS 1714 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen
I Francis Jennis of Hampton in ye Province of New Hampsh * *
in New England being antient & Weeke in body :
2ly I Give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sollome, all yt I Received with her at our marriage (viz) the bed and furni- ture unto ye same belonging, and two sheep, & one Cow for ever at her dispose: And also dureing her Widowhood to possess & Injoy my dweling house & a quarter of an Acre of plowland on
739
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
ye Northwardly side of my Barn, together with the benefit of ye orchard & Garden on ye East side of ye Way Going to my Dwel- ing house : as also ten bushills of Indian Corn : besides the two bushills yt Richard Jennis is to pay & one bushill of wheat, And the Wintering, & summering one Cow, & two Sheep With four Cord of fierwood brought home to the dore of my dweling house & fifty Waight of good merchantable Beefe : as also ye use of my mare to Ride on so long as she dwels in my said house and also the provision Which I shall Leave in my house at my decease : or if I Die before ye season of Killing of Creaturs for subsisting my Family then shee my said Wife to have them to her own use : as also all Cloth made or yarn spun in my family within one year last past I Give to her for ever I also quit any Claim to ye house & about two acres of land which Was her former husbands John Whites- my meaning is ye Frut of ye said orchard ; not swepage of it &c
3ly I Give & bequeath unto my beloved son Hezekiah Jennis all yt land which he now Injoys and four Rods more from his old dwelling house to Extend four Rods southwardly towards my land the Bounds being a Rock in a Cove: And also another Rocke which is ye bounds agreed upon betwene him my said son Heze- kiah & my son Richard : I also Give unto my Grandson thomas Jennis son of said Hezekiah the two shares in ye old North Division Which I bought of moses Cox, but if ye said thomas die before he hath Issue: then to his next Brother he my said son Hezekiah to pay yearly & every year (dureing the Widowhood of my said Wife) unto my son Richard twenty shillings in money or one load of Good hay
4ly I Give & bequeath unto my beloved son John Jennis all yt land he is in possession of adjoyning to his dweling house : With ye addition of twenty Rods in bredth across from Where his house stands, towards my dweling house : together with six acres of meadow he being allredy in possession of part of it : the whole piece being in partnership betwene mee & my son Richard : he my said son John to possess the same dureing his Natureall life
740
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
and at his deceas unto his son Job if arived to ye age of twenty two years he my said son John to deliver unto my above named Wife yearly & Ever year dureing her Widowhood fifty Weight of good Beefe & four Cord of Wood brought home to her dore, all which she my said wife is to have dureing her Widowhood as above said
5ly I Give & bequeath unto my beloved son Richard Jennis all my houses buyldings lands of what kind or sort so ever, not allready disposed of unto him his Heirs executor & assigns for ever : together With all my stocke of what Kind or sort so ever, With all my houshold goods (except what is here after Excepted) With my utensells for Husbandry & other tooles -With all Brookes or streemes of Water to me belonging : With all my Debts, moneys or other Estate not mentioned to bee disposed of: unto him my said Richard & unto his Heirs & assigns for ever : he my said son paying unto my Daughter hannah Locke twenty shillings within two years after my decease, And unto my son Hezekiah the sum of three pounds in good merchantable pay Within two years after my decease- And unto my Daughter Mehitable the sum of three pounds in merchantable pay within two years after my decease and to winter & sum'er her my said Wife one Cow & two sheep & deliver her yearly & Every year dureing her Widowhood ten bushills of Indian Corrn & one bushill of wheat-
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.