Probate records of the Province of New Hampshire Vol. 1 1635-1717, Part 57

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Item I give and bequeath unto my Son John Blake all that part of my share at winnicutt River on ye Souerly side of ye River over against yt part of ye share I have given to my Son Samuel


Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Dorothy crocket twelve pounds in merchantable pay, Jasper to pay nine pounds ten shillings & Sam" two pound tenn shillings one year after my decease as also Jasper to lett her have one cow att ye time above sd And to my Daughter Sarah Bachelder I give five shillings


Item I Give and bequeath unto my Son Jonathan Blake one share in ye old north Division near woodchick, And order my Son Nathan Blake to be put to learne a good trade as my Execu- tor's shall think fitt, & Jasper to pay him seven pounds in merchent- able pay & Sam" to pay him three pounds in mechentable pay all which is to be paid him att ye age of twenti one years And to my Daughter Mehitabel Blake ten pounds in merchentable pay, Sam1 to pay her four pounds & Jasper six pounds ; And I order and appoint my Dearly Beloved Wife and my Son Jasper Blake to be Executors and Exsecutrix to this my last will and Testament in wittness whereof I have here unto sett my hand and seale, the day and year abov written :


Signed Sealed published and the X marke of


Declared by ye sª Jnº Blake as John Blake [seal]


his last will & Testament in ye presence of us ye Subscribers


John Tucke Elisha Smith Caleb X Towle his mark


[Proved May 14, 1716. ]


[Inventory, May 12, 1716; amount, £353.16.6; signed by John Tuck and Elisha Smith. ]


[Frances Blake, the widow, accepts joint executorship May 14, 1716.]


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[Bond of Jasper Blake, with Caleb Towle and Elisha Smith as sureties, all of Hampton, in the sum of £700, May 14, 1716, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Sherrod and Richard Gerrish, Jr.]


ANN MILLS 1716 PORTSMOUTH


[Bond of Abigail Nicholson, widow, with Jacob Lavers, cord- winder, and Richard Parshley, tailor, as sureties, all of Ports- mouth, in the sum of £500, May 15, 1716, for the administration of the estate of her daughter, Ann Mills of Portsmouth ; witness- es, Richard Gerrish, Jr., and John Dimond. ]


SILVANUS NOCK 1716 DOVER


In the Name of God amen. I Silvanus Nock senior of the Town of Dover in the Province of Newhampshire being sick and weak of body *


Imprimis I Give and bequeath unto Easter my well beloved wife one third part of my improved lands belonging to my home- stead to be improved by her during her Widowhood and also the improvement of one Sixth part of my Sawmill so long as she remains a widow and also the lower Room in my dwelling house and one third part of my barn during her widowhood as aforesaid in like manner one third part of all the moveables excepting the bed which shall be wholly at her dispose together with the bed- ding belonging to it


Item I give to my eldest Son 'Silvanus Nock all my home place with all the Housing and lands belonging to it viz two thirds of all my home place as house and barn and lands thereto belonging (not disposed of to his mother) immediately after my decease ; and at his mothers marriage or decease the whole to be his and I do also give unto him all my land and marsh at birch point and


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also half my right and interest in the sawmill with the priveledges thereto belonging as also all my other estate both Reall and per- sonall which shall not be otherwise disposed of in this my will and I do constitute and appoint him my said Son Silvanus Nock to be the Sole executor of this my last will obliging him to pay all my honest debts and funerall charges, and he to receive all the debts due to me


Item I give unto my Son Thomas Nock twentie five acres of land lying in the Town of Barwick in the province of the Massa- chusets bay, adjoyning to loyes brook


Item I give unto my Son James Nock the other part of my lands adjoyning to loves Brook as aforesaid being about twentie five acres adjoyning to that which I have here given to my Son Thomas Nock.


Item I give unto my Son Zechariah Nock twentie acres of land adjoyning to the brook at holmes bridge as also the other half of my right and interest in the Sawmill with the priviledges appertaining to it excepting only his mother's improvement of a third during her widowhood


Item I give unto my abovesaid Sons Thomas Nock and James Nock my old Sawmill equally between ym with the priviledges belonging to it and liberty of rebuilding it at Quomphegen the place where it now stands and near to the other Sawmill here disposed of in part


Item I give unto my Sons Silvanus Thomas and Zechariah Nock all my Quick stock to be divided equally between them only my wife shall improve one third of it During her widowhood


Item I give unto my Daughters Elizabeth and Sarah Nock twentie shillings a piece to be paid by my Executor within two years after my decease


And I do hereby revoke and disanull all other and former wells made by me and do ratifie and confirm this to be my last will and testament In witness whereof I the Said Silvanus Nock sen: have hereunto set my hand and seal this Seaventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seaven hundred and sixteen and in


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the second year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord George by the grace of God of great Brittain &c King defender of the Faith


Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the Said Silvanus Nock to be his last will and Testament


In presence of Silvanus Nock [seal]


Thomas Tebbets Sen


Samuel Tebbets Matthew Short


[Proved Feb. 13, 1716/17.]


[Inventory, July 14, 1716; amount, £252.0.6; signed by Thomas Tibbetts, Samuel Tibbetts, and Hatevil Roberts. ]


[Bond of Silvanus Nock, with Thomas Tibbetts and Samuel Tibbetts, yeomen, as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £500, Feb. 13, 1716/17, for the administration of the estate; witness, Richard Gerrish, Jr.]


ISAAC MATTHEWS 1716 PORTSMOUTH


[Administration on the estate of Isaac Matthews of Portsmouth, sailmaker, granted to John Jones of Portsmouth, mason, July 3, 1716.]


[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 13.]


[Bond of John Jones, mason, with William Parker, tanner, and Michael Whidden, joiner, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £100, July 3, 1716, for the administration of the estate of his brother, Isaac Matthews ; witnesses, Jacob Lavers and Eleazer Russell. ]


JAMES O'SHAW 1716 NEWCASTLE


[Administration on the estate of James O'Shaw of Great Island granted to John O'Shaw of Great Island July 15, 1716.]


[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 14.]


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[Bond of John O'Shaw of Great Island, hatter, with John Pick- ering, gentleman, and William Hunking, shipwright, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of £100, July 15, 1716, for the administration of the estate of his brother, James O'Shaw : witnesses, Samuel Swan and Richard Gerrish, Jr.]


WILLIAM AYERS 1716 PORTSMOUTH


[Administration on the estate of William Ayers of Portsmouth granted to his widow, Mary Ayers, Sept. 28, 1716.]


[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 32.]


[Bond, in blank, for £500, Sept. 28, 1716, signed by Mary Ayers, Sampson Doe, and Richard Gerrish, Jr. ; witnesses, John Cutt and Thomas Harvey.]


[List of claims against the estate of William Ayers ; amount, £186.0.0.]


[Account of expenditures of Mary Ayers in settling the estate of her husband, William Ayers of Portsmouth ; amount, £14.5.2.]


[License to sell real estate granted to Mary Doe, administra- trix to the estate of her former husband, William Ayers, June 7, 1721.]


[Probate Minutes, June 7, 1721.]


NATHANIEL WRIGHT 1716 STRATHAM


In the name of God, amen, the Twenty seventh Day of August, one Thousand Seven hundred and sixteen, and In the third yeare of the Reigne of our sovereign Lord King George, I Nathaniel Wright Husbandman In the Province of New Hampshirend In Township of Stratham Being Aged & weake In Body


I Give and bequeath to my well beloved Kinsman Richard white weaver of the Province and Towneship aforesaid : viz: my house and barne, and land which I now live on and possess ; forty


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Acres of land more or less to him his heirs or assigns forever with orchard and fenceing and all priviledges & appertenances there- unto belonging : Buting and bounding as followeth : the North west end buting att or neare The head of walls Creek or March and so running upon a southeast point of the Compass upon the North East side of the land of Thomas Reed Deceased buting south East upon the land of Elias Crichets, and North East upon the land formerly In the possession of Isaac Cole and the sd Richard white his heirs or assignes to be in full possession of sd land and houseing at the Decase of myselfe & wife- and I do hereby utterly Disollow, revoke & disanul all and Every other former Testament, wills legacies and requests, & Executors, by me in any wayes before named, willed & bequeathed, Ratifieing, and Confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testa- ment, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale the day and yeare above written- signed, sealed, published, pronounced and Declared by the sd Nathaniel Wright As his last will and Testament in presence of us the subscribers


William Allen Nathaniell Wright [seal]


Elinor Allen mark


Deliverance X Brookin her


[The widow, Hannah Wright, being " antient & not able to travill," renounces administration Sept. 26, 1717, in favor of Richard White ; witnesses, Jane Lewis and Andrew Wiggin. ]


[Will proved and allowed Oct. 5, 1717. No executor being named in the will, administration with will annexed was granted to Sarah White, widow of Richard White of Stratham. ]


[Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 15.]


[Inventory of the estate of Nathaniel Wright, who died Sept. 9, 1717 ; taken Oct. 9, 1717 ; amount, £161.12.0 ; signed by Thomas Wiggin and Richard Crockett; attested by Sarah White, admin- istratrix, Oct. 11, 1717.]


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JOB CLEMENT


1716 DOVER


In The Name and ffear of God Amen


I Job Clements sent of the Towne of dover in the Province of . .


new hampshire Aged and sick and Weak of boddy


Viz I doo give and bequeathe unto Abigall my beloved wif . the Use benefett & yearly Profets of my dwelling house barne or- chard and Improved Lands on dover neck to gether with the Use Improvement of all my Land Lyeing on the West side of the back River for and duering her Widowows Estate in this naturall Liffe I doo further give to my beloved Wife the bed that I now Ley on In my sicknes with the furniture belonging to it with what more is necesary to fitt it Compleat and allso one Third Part of my Quick stock and all other moveable Estate to be at her dispose for Ever the other too thirds of my Quick stock to be at her dispose for the Use of her self and family with out Controle


Itt I doo Will and dispose to my Eldest son Job Clements that the hundred and forty Acres of Land which I gave him deeds for shall be his Portion and full Proportion oute of my Estate and doo by this my Will Exclude and debarr him from any further Claim or Challeng there on further then I shal order an dispose to him in this my will


Itt I doo give and bequeathe unt my son Jame Clements one hundred acres of Land which my father bought of Jeremiah Teb- bets Lyeing in Cocheca woods


I" I doo give and bequeathe to my Son John Clements one hundred Acres of Land which my father bought of Ralph Twom- ly lyeng in Cocheca woods


Itt I doo give and bequeathe to my Son daniell Clements one hundred Acres of Land which my father bought of decon John hall Lyeing in Cochecha Woods


Itt I doo give and bequeathe to my daughter Margrett Clements three score Acres of Land which my father bought of Thomas Pain Lyeing on the back side of otis his hill in Cochecha Woods


I" I doo give and bequeathe to my beloved Wife all the Right


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title and Intrest which of Right belongs to mee out of her fathers Estate at sturgins Creek free and Clear for Ever


Itt I doo Will and dispose that my dwelling house barne & Lands on dover Neck and back River the which I have given my Wife the Use and Improvement of for her futuer Comfort and Well being duering her Widdows Estate when it shall decend from her be Estimated according to the Trew Vallew there of and bought by one of my Children that shall be first able to Lay downe the money for it Except they other waies agree amongst them selves and the money so Paid to be distributed amongst my Children the Eldest haveing a duble Portion and for all other of my Land not given in this my will I Will and dispose that they be sould by my Executrix and Executor and that the money be distributed the one third Part to my beloved Wife the other two thirds amongst my Children by Even and Eaquall moyeties the Like disposall and distributions to be made of all debts which shall be Recovered " that is oweing to me by bills bonds or other wise becoming due to me


I" I doo nominate Constitute ordain and appoynt my beloved Wife abigall Clements and my Loveing sone Job Clements to be my sole Executrix and Executr in Trust Joyntly and severally them or the Longer Liver of them to se this my will duely Exe- cuted according to the Contents there of finally I doo by these Presents abbrogate Adnull and make Voide all former Wills and Testaments here to fore by me made allowing and holding fearme and stable this and this onely to be my Last Will and Testament Erevoakable as Witnes my hand and seal this Eight day of octo- ber in the third year of the Reigne of our Soverain Lord George of great brittian france and Irland King &c Ano : dom 1716


signd seald and Published In Job Clements [seal] The Presents of Us Jnº Tuttle Joseph Beard Thoms Hall [Proved Dec. 3, 1716. ]


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[Warrant, Dec. 22, 1716, authorizing Capt. John Tuttle and Ensign Joseph Beard, both of Dover, to appraise the estate. ]


[Inventory, Dec. 1, 1716; amount, £698.14.0 ; signed by John Tuttle and Joseph Beard.]


JAMES GEORGE 1716 PORTSMOUTH


In the name of god amen I James Gorge being sick and week but of sound mind and memory the prayes of god doo make this my last will and testement Revoking all former dates at my house in porchmouth : on pescattaqua rever In Newingland the 19th day of Novem: 1716 :


Itom : I Give my sole to god that gave it and my boddy to the dost from whench it Came tho be desently buried by my Wife sarah Gorge my hole and sole Eckseter


Itom I Give all my Estat In ambery or solbery or elce wheere unto my belowed wife sarah Gorg to her hole and sole desposing at her will and plecher : Dated In porchmouth the 9th November 1716 : sined with my sele as witnes my hand


In pasentes & witnes


his


Richard Mein


Henry Sewerd mary Benet [Proved Feb. 3, 1716.]


James X Gorg [seal] mark


[Bond of Robert Pike, with John Cutt and Thomas Harvey as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £40, Feb. 3, 1716/17, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, Sampson Doe and John Snell.]


[Various accounts, etc., containing signatures of Robert Pike and Richard Main. It appears from these papers that James George and Sarah George, his wife, died about the same time, and were buried together. The estate, amounting to SIS. I.S, was divided between Dr. Robert Pike and Richard Main, credit- ors. ]


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DODAVAH HULL 1716 PORTSMOUTH


[Administration on the estate of Capt. Dodavah Hull of Ports- mouth granted to " Hannah Snell Widow & her son John Snell mother and Bro' to Capt Dodipher Hull," Dec. 10, 1716.]


[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 33.]


[Bond, in blank, in the sum of £700, Dec. 10, 1716, signed by Hannah Snell, John Snell, Robert Pike, and Thomas Harvey ; witnesses, Sampson Doe and John Cutt; endorsed " Hannah Snell Wido & her Son Jnº Snells bond of Administration."]


[Warrant, Dec. 10, 1716, authorizing Thomas Harvey and Samuel Shackford, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]


[Inventory, amounting to £62.0.0.]


[List of claims against the estate ; amount, £64.10.5 ; signed by Thomas Phipps and Samuel Shackford. ]


[Various accounts, notes, &c., containing signatures of Eliza- beth Janvrin for her husband, John Janvrin, Dec. 1, 1718, Doda- vah Hull, William Frost, James Davis, Henry Seward, Nathaniel Mendum, James Libby, John Snell, Robert Pike, and George Jackson.


Mention is made of Capt. Hull's sister Sarah. ]


SAMUEL KEAIS 1716 PORTSMOUTH


In the Name of God, Amen


I Samuel Keais of Portsm° in ye Prov: of New Hampshi New England *


Secondly As to the Worldly Estate which it has Pleased God to Give me whether in Lands, Money Debts or any thing else what soever. My Will Is That it shall be Equally Divided betwen my two Beloved sons, Sam1 & William Kaeis except what is here- after Excepted And forasmuch as my Daughter Gerrish hath bin


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very helpfull to me in my Advanced Years My Will is that she shall have all my household Goods Excepting only two beds & furniture which. I will shall be unto my two sons


Finally I Make Constitute & Declare my Beloved Freinds Sam' Penhallow Jn° Wentworth & George Jaffrey Esq" Guardians unto my two sons Desireing their Care and Advice in ye Premisses & to take Charge of all and singular ye Goods Chattalls &c of any kind whatsoever That I have Given my sd sons untill they Come . to Age and that they see unto a Right Divission thereof for the Maintaining of Unity betwen them. as to my Debts & funerall Charges I Desire my s" friends to see unto the Defraying thereof In Testimony wherof I Doe hereunto sett my Hand & seall this 25th Day of Decemb. 1716


Wittness. Will: Callwell Abraham Boule William Fairweather


Samuel Kais [seal]


[Proved Dec. 12, 1720.]


[Warrant, July 13, 1719, authorizing Capt. Henry Sherburne, and Samuel Shackford, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate, administration of which is granted to John Wentworth, Samuel Penhallow, and George Jaffrey, no executor being named in the will.]


[Inventory, Sept. 2, 1719; amount, £600.0.0 ; signed by Sam- uel Shackford and Henry Sherburne. ]


JOHN HEARD 1716/17 DOVER


[Administration on the estate of John Heard of Dover granted to John Smith of Berwick, Me., Jan. 9, 1716/17.]


[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 34.]


[Bond of John Smith of Newichwannock, Me., with John Pray and Richard Tobey, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum


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of £200, Jan. 9, 1717/18, for. the adminir ration of the estate ; wit- nesses, Samuel Heard and Richard Gerrish, Jr. The signature of John Smith does not appear y


SIR CHARLES HOBBY 1716/17 BOSTON MASS.


[Administration on the estate of Sir Charles Hobby demanded by Oliver Noyes and Elisha Cook Jan. 21, 1716/17; refused by the court, the general assembly advising that the matter be suspended. ]


[Probate Records, vol. 9, P. 35 . ]


[Letter from Gov. Samuel Shute to Richard Waldron, Dec. 17, 1717, requesting the appointment of Oliver Noyes and Elisha Cook as administrators of the estate. ]


[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 82.]


[Petition of John Milo, James Gooch, David Jeffries, James Bowdoin, Jonas Belcher, Thomas Fitch, Oliver Welsted, John Alford, and John Coleman, creditors, Dec. 13, 1717, for the ap- pointment of Elisha Cook and Oliver Noyes of Boston, Mass., as administrators.]


[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 83.]


[Administration on the estate of Sir Charles Hobby of Boston, Mass., granted to Elisha Cook and Oliver Noyes Dec. 30, 1717.]


[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 84.]


[Petition, Dec. 30, 1717, for license to sell real estate ; granted, the estate appearing insolvent. ]


[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 85.]


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JOSHUA PIKE 1716/17


PORTSMOUTH


[Administration on the estate of Joshua Pike of Portsmouth granted to Thomas Symmes of Bradford, Mass., in behalf of his wife, Hannah Symmes, oldest sister of Joshua Pike, Jan. 23. 1716/17.]


[Essex County, Mass., Court Records, vol. 312, p. 13.]


[Bond of Thomas Symmes, with Daniel Appleton of Ipswich, Mass., as surety, in the sum of £200, Jan. 23, 1716/17 ; witnesses. Thomas Berry and Daniel Rogers.]


[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]


[Petition of Thomas Symmes, April 16, 1717, for the appoint- ment of a committee to divide the Salisbury, Mass., real estate left by John Pike of Dover to his children, Dr. Robert Pike, Joshua Pike, Solomon Pike, Hannah Symmes, Mercy Gardiner. and Sarah Pike, daughter of Nathaniel Pike, deceased. The land was divided by William Bradbury, Daniel Moody, and Jere- miah Allen.]


[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Probate Records, vol. 312. p 86 )


JANE GERRISH 1719


Richd Waldron & Geo: Jaffry Esq being Two of The Exec" appointed in The last will and Testamt of M" Jane Gerrish Dec4 presented The Said Will to This board as ye Supream probate & prayed That The Same might be there proved The Witnesses being psent, it was done accordingly-


[Council Records, May 2, 1719.]


FRANCIS DREW 1717 DOVER


[Administration on the estate of Francis Drew of Dover granted to Ann Drew June 6, 1717.]


[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 53.]


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[Inventory, May 30, 1717 ; amount, £455.7.0; signed by Sam- uel Tibbetts and Tristram Heard; attested by the widow and administratrix, Ann Drew, June 6. 1717.]


WILLIAM BERRY 1717 RYE


Wee James Berry son of William Berry of sandy Beech : De- ceasd : & John Berry & Joshua ffoss Grand children of the said Wm Berry Deceasd have Mutually agreed on the Divission of the Neck of Land Granted the said Wm Berry : about Sixty years since, and in our posses" Ever Since sd Wm Berry Deceas'd : & for our Quiet and that Each Brother & Brothes child may Know his own proper part, have agreed on the six Divisions as above Made, and in testimony of our agreement have hereunto set our hands, this thirteenth Day of June in the yeare of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and Seventeen


the mark off James X Berry the mark off John X Berry Joshua ffoss


WILLIAM HARFORD 1717 DOVER


Dover the 16th of ye 4th month 1717


whareas I william harford of dover in the provinc of new ham- shr by the good providence of the Lord am now very sick and weeke in body and nott Like nor no hops to continue long in this world but in sound and disposeing memory and understand- ing praise be given to god for the same I desire that this may be my will and doe make this my will and Tastement and do thare- fore by this my will desire that whatt the Lord has betrusted me with of this worlds Estate thatt itt should be thus disposed of as followeth


In the Name of god Amen. first I bequeath my soul to the


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Lord that gave itt me and my body to the grave to be deasently Laid thare in : to thatt End thatt this my will and Testament may be fulfilled doe will and desire thatt my dear and loveing wife mary harford may be my hole and absolute Executricx to home I doe give and bequeath all thatt is lawfulyly mine in this world : dur- ing her Life Time she being aged and weake for her better suport and cumfortt I desire that my wife may have and doe as follow- eth first all my housing and lands be itt more or lese with all my cattlle sheepe swine horses or hors kind with all my houshold Stuff of all sorts I do give and bequeeth to my loving wife mary harford dureing hir Life time and affter her death I doe Give and bequeth all my housing of all sorts and lands with every part and parsell thareof with all the privelidges and apurtinances their unto belonging unto my well beloved son in law Thomas Cenney To him and his heirs for ever To home I doe give and bequeth as abovesd and doe make him hole and sole heir of all my hous- ings and lands which is called mine on dover neck affter the de- sease of my dear and loving wife as above sd whome I doe make sole Executrix of this my last will and Testementt Revoaking all . other wills by me heartofore made but iff the Lord who is able is pleased to Raise me up from this my Sickness againe then itt shall be in my power to Regelate this my will or to make a new will as then I shall se most meett but if other wise I desire to sub- mitt myself to the good pleasure of the Lord leaveing things as above menttined


in wittness herof I have herunto sett my hand and siell this 16th day of the fourth month one thousand seven hundred and seventeen 1717


sined sealled and published in


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the presents of


Thomas Whitehouse


Otis Pinkham James Mussey [Proved March -, 1717/18.]


william harford X [seal] mark


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[Power of attorney from Mary Harford of Dover to her son, Thomas Canney, May 27, 1719, to act for her in proving her husband's will, she being aged and very weak ; witnesses, Thomas Tibbetts and Joseph Beard. ]


[Inventory, May 27, 1719; amount, £49.0.0; signed by Thomas Tibbetts and Joseph Beard.]


Mary Hartford disclaiming her Executorship adm: to be granted to Tho: Canny Cum Testamento annexo.


[Probate Minutes, June 3, 1719.]


JOHN HUDSON 1717 NEWINGTON


*


In the Name of God, Amen. I Joltn Hudson of Newington in ye Province of New hampshirew Engld, being aged and infirm




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