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Itt to my Sonn Henery, one fether bed wch Hee useth to ly upon and all the Bed Cloathes thereunto Belonging and the mid- delmost Iron Pott : and I Due by these @sents make and appoint my sonn Henery my sole Exequetor to this last will and testamentt Itt I Doe Give and Bequeath unto my sonn Joseph the some of thirty pounds to bee payd when Hee shall Arive to the age of twenty and one yeers. Itt I Doe Give and Bequeath unto my sonn Danill and to my Daughters mary and Hannah five pounds apeece to be payd to them when they shall Arive to the age of twenty and one years Itt : I Give unto my sonn Thomas & my sonn Jeremiah five pounds a peece to bee payd to them att the age of one & twenty yeeres And after my wives Decease the House & House lott and the six acres of medow to Returne Into the Hands of my Excequetors ; In Cause thatt Hee please to Resigne up the House and fifty Rods of ground which was sometime posesed by Thomas Sleeper Into the Hands of my sonn Joseph
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and Pay unto my five yongest Children above sayd five and twenty pounds thatt is to say five pounds a peece : to bee Payd five pounds to the eldest the yeere after my wives Decease and so five pounds a yeere to the next yonger untill the some of five pounds bee payd to the . fter and still with this #viso thatt in Cause my sone Henery bee nott willing to leave the place wheare Thomas Sleeper lived & to take the lands above sayd After my wives Decease upon the Conditions above named then the sd House & House lot with the Six acres of medow are to Returne to my sonn Joseph who upon the takeing possesion of them is to undertake for the paying of the twenty five pounds above sd to my five yongest Children according to the times above mentioned : Itt I Give unto my wife two of the best of my swine & so much of the Corne in the House as may maintaine Her & my Children untill Harvest & all the Crop on the House lott att Harvest & the Corne till Harvest to bee twenty bushels To this my last will & testa- ment I sett my Hand & Seale ye 16 : 2 mo 1659
Wittnes : Henrye dow
Robert Page His X marke
Sam" Dalton
[Proved Oct. 4, 1659.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. I, p. 85.]
[Inventory of the estate of Henry Dow, Sr., " latt desesed upon the 21st day of Aprill 1659"; taken by Robert Page, William God- frey, and Henry Roby May 19, 1659 : amount, £193.4.6.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. I, p. 86.]
[Joseph Dow acknowledges the receipt from Henry Dow of £30 left to him in the will of his father; dated Nov. 28, 1666; witnesses, Thomas Nudd and Francis Page. ]
[Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 3, p. 46.]
[Jonas Gregory of Ipswich, Mass., acknowledges the receipt from his brother, Henry Dow of Hampton, of £5 left to his wife,
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Hannah Gregory, in the will of her father, Henry Dow; dated June 30, 1670.]
[Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 3, p. 46.]
[Thomas Dow acknowledges the receipt from his brother, Henry Dow, of £5 left to him in the will of his father, Henry Dow ; dated April 29, 1674.]
[Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 3, p. 46.]
[Daniel Dow of Hampton acknowledges the receipt from his brother, Henry Dow, executor, of £10 left to him in the will of his father, Henry Dow; dated Nov. 10, 1676; witnesses, Thomas Nudd and Joseph Dow. ]
[Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 3, p. 46.]
HERCULES HUNKING 1659 STAR ISLAND
A Envatoring of what goodes and botes I Harkles Hunking hath as foleth to three botes with fowar meinsails and three Roads three graplers with oares and all things be longen tow them and house and stage and mouren and Inker and land belongen tow the house and stage uppon the Iles of sholes star Iland named which I have in Joyed this tenn year follin with hose and hoses and land which I have hear tow the moan with upland mash & Cattell as folleth fowar melch Coues and fower Oxen and a lefen yearelans and Cafes and tow and twenty shep and nine honks of all this that I have hear manufested herar and all that I am onar of with in doar and a thout I will give on thered tow my wife and the hose and land tow lef in as long as she shall lef and after her deth tow Reteren to my Eares and the othar tow thirds tow my Daftar Ann Hunking and her Cheldren
the marke of
the mark
Rouger X Kneait wetnas the marke
of Harkles X Hunkings
of Cester X Lor wetnes this the 21th of Agost 1659
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files. ]
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[" An trew Invytary of the Goods of Harculus Hunckine that is uppon the Ile of shoales," taken by Peter Twisden ; amount £127.13.0.
" An Invantory of the estate of Hercules Hunkins Deceased : of the tone of Portsmouth," taken by Elias Stileman and Richard Tucker Sept. 6, 1659; amount, £342.1.3, sworn to by Benton Hunking Nov. 8, 1659. ]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
JAMES WALL 1659 HAMPTON
The last will & testament of James Wall of Hampton in the County of norfolke I James Wall being very weake of Body but of Good understanding & memory Due by these p'sents Comend unto all unto whome they shall Come the true Intent of my mind Conserning the setteling of my Estate after my Decease viz Con- serning the Deeds formerly made to my two Eldest Daughters (Elizabeth & Sarah Wall) of my farme which lyeth westward of Robert Pages Land & bounded with the River Called Taylors River towards the South & Likewise Six Acres of Salt marsh lying on the south side of the falls River being bounded with the marsh of will Marston now in the Hands of John Cram towards the south the which lands above mentioned I Doe Conferme unto them my two Eldest Daughters Having made and appointed Henery Roby as a feffer in trust for what I Have Given unto my two Eldest Daughters & to whatt is already Given them the Land is to bee Eaqually Devided between them two : & I Doe farther Give & bequeath unto Elizabeth Wall A Horse Coltt of two yeer & the vantage old : & I Give unto my Daughter Sarah A Horse Coltt of this yeere & A peese of stuffe between them to make Each of them a Goune the stuffe is a peese of mixt stuff of a sad Culler of a boutt twenty-five yards : & I Have Given them a fether bed with a fether bolster with a payer of blankets & a Red Rugge Itum to my Daughter Elizabeth my best Hatt & a Carsey westcot to Each of them =
Ittum I Give and bequeath unto mary Wall my Loving wife &
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to my two Children which I Had by Her viz Mary & Hannah Wall my Dweling House & the House lott lying between the lott of Robert Tuck towards the south and the lott of Thomas web- stur somtimes will Howards towards the north and Six acres of Salt mursh lying on the north sid of the falles River bounded with the marsh of Gilles ffuller towards the north Ittum I Give my wife & Her two Children my fower oxen & fouer Cowes & my. mare and all the moveable Goods Excepting whatt is a bove men- tioned & Given to my two Eldest Daughters Itt a Debt of fifty pounds Due unto mee from mr Samuell Dudly & Humphrey will- son & thirty pounds Due from John Godward & a bill of twenty two pounds from nicolas Smith : & these lands & moveables Given to wife & my yongest Children are to bee Improved by my Ex- cequetor for the maintinance of my wife & the bringing up of my two Children and att my wives Death or mariage whatt is left is to Returne to my two yongest Children mary & Hanna wall and I appoint Henery Robey as a feffer in trust to take noties of what Estate is left & in Cause my wife should marrie or dy whilest the Children are under Age Henery Robey is to take Care of the Estate which shall bee left to settell itt to the Children when they shall a Rive to the Age of Eighteen yeers & for the Cearfull bring- ing of them up in Cause God should take a way my wife by Death sooner : & I Doe make & appoint mary wall my loving wife to bee my lawfull Excequetor to this my last will & tesment which I Doe Conferme with my Hand & seale thearunto affixed the twenteth of september Annº Dm one thousand Six Hundred & fifty nine Signed Sealed & Confermed James [Seal] wall in the p'sents of Samuell Dalton John X Cass His marke
[Proved Oct. 4, 1659.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
[Inventory of the estate, taken by William Godfrey and Samuel Dalton in 1659; amount, £373.16.0.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
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[Guardianship of Mary Wall and Hannah Wall granted to their uncle, Thomas Philbrick of Hampton, Oct. 8, 1672.]
[Norfolk County, Mass., Court Records, Oct. 8, 1672, and Deeds, vol. 4, p. 5.]
JEREMIAH WALFORD 1660 PORTSMOUTH:
The last will & Testamt of Jeremiah Walford of Portsmouth 16. Aprill, 1660
Being visited by ye hand of god wth sicknes & nt knowing how hee may please to deale with mee, I have thought meet to make y8 as my last will & Testam' as followes
Impr : I com'end my soule into ye hands of him yt hath made it, & I hope hath redeemed it, as being able to keepe it untill yt day My worldly goods I thus dispose of.
I will y' my beloved wife shall have ye use of my house lands Cattell, & my whole estate as long as shee lives unmarryed, if shee marryes y" my estate to fall to my Children in y8 mann' Twenty Acres of land lying on ye East side of my house to bee divided between my two sonns equally, togither with three Acres of Marsh lying in ye middle of y& Great Island.
Another #cell of land about ten Acres more or lesse lying North-ward fro- ye house, I will to bee equally divided between my two daughters
My Cattell also being nine in Number shall bee equally divided amongst my children, provided yt my wife when shee marryes shall have her thirds of ye whole estate, abovementioned.
This I will & appoint, having ye full use of my reason as for- merly, determining yt it shall stand as my last Will
as witnesseth my hand Jeremiah X Walford his marke
I shall intreate my honrd ffather Tho : Walford & M' Henry sherburn to bee my Executors Wittnesse Henrie Sherburne Henry X Savage his marke. [Proved June 27, 1660. ]
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[Inventory of the estate of Jeremiah Walford, who died April 21, 1660 ; taken by Michael Rowe and William Powell July 10, 1660; amount, £95.11.6.]
JOANNA FERNALD 1660
The Last Will & Testament of Johanna Fernald Widow Made the Twentie third day of April one thousad six hundred & Sixtie
I Johanna ffernald being Weake of body but in perfict memory doe make & ordaine this my last Will & Testament
Imprs I give & bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth my best feather bead boulster & beading belonging unto it.
It I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary my second best feather bed boulster & beding belonging to it. /
It I give & bequeath unto my sª daughters Elizabeth & Mary my now dwelling house betweene them & it is my will that Eliza- beth my daughter shall have ye first choice of what she shall Like best of ye sd house & if it shall hapen that my daughter Mary shall marry first that then the husband of my sd Daughter shall build for my sª Daughter Elizabeth as good a house on je Ilands her father gave her or allow the vallew thereof as shalbe apprized by two Indifferent men & the Like is my will concern- ing my daughter Elizabeth if she mary first & that they shall not mollest or disturbe one the other before the p'missess be #formed & in meanwhile Live quietly together
It I give & bequeath unto my Sonn Samuell & my Sonn John the third feather bed & beding belonging to it to be betweene them
It I give & bequeath unto my Sonn John all the surgery bookes & Instrum's that were his fathers wth his chest
It I give & bequeath unto my Sonn Samuell a sute & cloke that was his fathers.
It I give & bequeath unto my son William fortie shillings
It I give & bequeath unto my Son Thomas one musket & a barrell of a foulling peece & all the Carpenters and Joyners tooles.
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It I give & bequeath unto my three daughters all my waring clothes woollin & Linning wtb all my houshold stuff equally to be devided betweene y"", my daughter Sarah to have the first choice & for the better #formance of this my will I make my Sonn Thomas & my daughter Elizabeth my Executors & Appoynt m' Richard Cutt & Elias Stileman my over seers in witness wereof have hereunto put my hand ye day & year first above written. /
witness Johanna fernall
Anthony Ellins John Deamant Elias Stileman
proved in Court at portsmouth the 28 Jun 60
Elias Stileman Cleric
[Inventory, June 5, 1660; amount, £118.9.6, and £3.3.0 added later ; signed by George Walton and Elias Stileman. ]
WILLIAM LEMON 1660
That whereas W" Lemon deceaseing & Leaving No written will behind him concerning his estate, And M' Antipas Mavick Exhibiting to this Court testimony that ye sª Lemon gave him his estate before witness, This Court accordingly doth allow thereof, provided the sª Maverick doth enter into 20 bonds to be respon- sall for ye sd estate to any other that shall make proofe of a better title to ye same & is hereby enjoyned to bring in an Inventory of the estate to ye next Countie Court at dover or portsmouth
[Antipas Maverick of Kittery gives bond as required above. ] [Court Records, June 26, 1660, in Deeds, vol. 2, p. 42 b.]
[Order of court Oct. 14, 1662, that William Furber and Rich- ard Otis, administrators to the estate of William Lemon, bring in an inventory.]
[Norfolk County, Mass., Court Records. ]
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CATHERINE JOHNS I660
[Administration on the estate of Catherine Johns, widow, granted to John Fabyan June 26, 1660. ]
[Court Records, June 26, 1660, in Deeds, vol. 2, p. 41.] .
[Inventory ; amount, £35.7.0; signed by John Hunking and Peter Twisden ; brought into court July 10, 1660. ]
ALEXANDER BATCHELDER 1660
[Administration on the estate of Alexander Batchelder granted to his widow, Ann Batchelder, June 26, 1660.]
[Court Records, June 26, 1660, in Deeds, vol. 2, p. 41.]
MARKER HINGER 1660
[Administration on the estate of Marker Hinger granted to William Follett June 26, 1660.]
[Court Records, June 26, 1660, in Deeds, vol. 2, p. 41 b.]
JOHN JACKSON 1660 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Jackson, who died at the Isles of Shoals, granted to John Cutt July 12, 1660.]
[Court Records, July 12, 1660, in Deeds, vol. 2, p. 43.]
[Inventory of the estate of John Jackson of Portsmouth, Dec. 6, 1666; amount, £234.15.0 ; signed by Henry Sherburne and Elias Stileman.]
This Court grants unto Widdow Joane Jackson & Rich. Jackson pow' of Administrac'on unto ye estate of John Jackson deceased with out will, the sª Joane & Richard Jackson brought in an Inventory of ye sd estate into this Court at ye same time amount- ing unto 2341: 158 Concerning weh estate the Court ord's with ye Consent of Ric Jackson & Tho: Jackson then p'sent that the
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Widow shall have the whole estate in her hand during her Life · excepting 4 acres of marsh to be equally betweene Tho. Jackson & John Jackson web they are to have at prsent & after sd Widows decease Richard Jackson to have the house & Land at home & to allow his Bro : Thomas : 20 shillings & his brother John Jackson eleven pownds ; & the sd Thomas Jackson to have one halfe ye Land in ye plaine & John Jackson ye other halfe & w' the estate that is in moveables shall be wasted the 3 brothers aforesd to beare theire proportions of it & w' debts ye estate oweth to pay accord- ing to proportion and wt is due to ye estate to have their propor- tions the Eldest to beare & have a double portion as the estate may increase or decrease in debts & moveables / .
[Court Records, June 25, 1667, in Deeds, vol. 2, p. 130 b.]
December the 24th 1681 This day by the ffree consent & app of my Brother, Richard Jackson ; M' Elias Stileman came and laid out for me tenn acres of land joyneing to the Lands I now possess beginneng from the Creek or Well, running 44 Pole, to Richard Saurtridges Land from that 48 Pole S. W. to a black Pine Stump on the West side of Rowes Land and from W : or W. N. W. 40 Pole to a Pine small Tree of Peter Balls bounds from that to the brook or well or stone where Peter Balls land begins the course being nighest N East Easterly : 76 : Pole, at which time I paid said Stileman for his labour, in my Brother Richards presence three shillings in money in my own house
[Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 363.]
John Jackson
ROGER SHAW 1660 HAMPTON
In the name of God Amen The 25th day of August 1660 I Roger Shawe' of Hampton in the County of Norfolk being sick and weake in body
ffirst I give unto my son Joseph Shawe my ffarme, that is to say one hundred Ackers of upland bounded as followeth from the Towne bridge & goodman Levitt in #t, and Comon Contry way
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in part, & the Comon in part one the south east : ffifteene Ackers of Land of my owne on the South west and mr Dalton's ffarme northwest medowes belonging to the ffarme north east And ffive and Twenty Ackers of fresh medow surrounded with [t]he Tay- lors River and the upland of the ffarme, the medow lying north East, And all my Salt Marsh (Excepting) ffive Ackers of that marsh to lye adjoyning to Thomas wards marsh on the south side of Taylors River with all preveledges belonging to the ffarme.
Item I give unto my son Benjamin Shaw my dwellying howse howses, Orchard Garden and all the land I have on the northside Taylors River, medow, upland or swamp wth all Comonages and prveledges thereunto belonging wth ffifteene Ackers of upland or Swamp lying att ye South west end of the ffarme, with ffive Ack- ers of salt marsh on that side my marsh towards Taylors River adjoyning to Thomas wards
Item I give to Margarett ward my Daughter ffive shillings
Item I give to my Daughter Ann ffogg thirteene pounds
Item I give to my Daughter Hester Thirteene pounds
Item I give to my Daughter Marie Twenty pounds.
Item I give unto my son Daniell Tilton ffive pounds
Item I give to my son Benjamin one horse Coult, Three yeare- lings one Ewe Lamb the bed he lyeth on two puter Dishes, one of ev'ye Iron thing in the howse if there be two (or els not) A third part of all husbandry ware halfe of all Carpenters Tooles I have : six bushels of wheat and ffowerteene of Indian Corne but hee must be att cost of all labor to itt : Also I appoint Benjamin to have for his use my howse and Land on the southeast side the Country high way now for his use. Excepting halfe of the Orchard wch I give to my son Joseph for Two yeares and the peece of medow on this side the Towne Bridge, And for all these goods I give unto Benjamin my will is that he shall pay unto Daniell Tilton [t]he sum of Twenty five pounds when hee comes to the aige of 21 yeares : The wch sum is xxth pt of itt wch I was to pay by Covent & 51 I give him more as is above expressed in my will And for want of paym' of his 251 I do bind over my
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sons Benjamins Lands for the securitye of itt to be paid out of the rents of the Lands untill itt be fully paid : Also I Do appoint Samwell ffogg & my son Joseph as trustees to order & direct my son Benjamin untill hee come to ye age of 21 yeares according to Law in all thinges.
Item I give all the rest of my goods both moveable & unmove- able wth the use of all the ffeild on the oth" side on the high way (but two Ackers on the nerer side one yeare) I give unto my son Joseph And my will is that hee is sole Executor of this my last will and Testamt and I appoint him to pay all my Debts Legacyes that are or shall appeare to be Due according to Law Excepting what is appointed to be paid other wayes. And if my Executo fails to make paymt I appoint his Lands shall pay them (not by saile) but by [t]he Rent of itt untill they be paid or any pt there- of. And my will further is that if my son Joseph and Benjamin Dye without issue then [t]he Lands to goe my other Daughters Ann, Hester, & Marye & to their Heires for ever Considering a Competencye for there wifes att the Discretion of my supvisors John Leveritt & samuell ffogg whome I appoint as trustees to see this my will # formed
And renounce my all other former wills either by words or write- ings I make this my last will & Testament In witnes whereof I have here unto sett my hand & seale the day and yeare above writ- ten.
Roger [Seal] Shawe
Signed sealed in the
presence of us :
John Cleford
Samwell Hall Ser.
The twentieth of march one thousand Six Hundred and Sixty I Roger Shaw being yett in the land of the living & in sound memory & Sence : Doe thinke meett to aDe to this my last will as ffolloweth viz that whearas thear are two of the Children which Have thirteen pound a peese Given them I doe appoint thatt theey shall have butt five apeece : and whearas I have Given one Child five shillings I doe appoint thatt itt shall have five pound all which
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somes are to bee payd within a yeere after my decease & whearas I did bequeath fourteen bushils of indian Corne to my son Benja- men & Six bushils of wheatt I doe now appoint thatt Hee shall Have none : & whereas I did appoint y' benjamin should Sow two acres of yt lott on the other sid of the way the next yeere I doe now appoint that Joseph shall Have the #fitt thereof the next yeere and whearas I did appoint Benjamen to pay his brothr Daniell Tilton twenty five pownd when hee Cam to age I Doe now appoint Him to pay His Sister Mary twenty pounds att the time appointed her to pay five pound to His brother Joseph when Daniell Comes to' Age & I Doe appoint my son Joseph to pay Abraham & Daniell Tilton their portions according to Covenant when they shall Come to Age and to this my last addition I Doe sett my Hand & seale the Day & yeere a bove written
Signed Sealed in
Roger [Seal] Shawe
the p'sents of us
Samuell Dalton
John Cliford
[Proved Oct. 10, 1661.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
[Inventory of the estate, taken by John Sanborn and William Moulton June, 1661 ; amount, £369.1.0.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
ANN BATCHELDER I660 PORTSMOUTH
The last Will & Testament of Anne Batchelor widdow of Ports- mouth in Pascataq River made ye 5th Novemb' 1660.
I Ann Bachelor being weake of Body, but in fect memory doe ordaine this as my last Will & Testament, heereby revokeing all former Wills, Legacyes & bequests w'ever.
Imp' My debts & funerall charges being paid out of my whole estate I give & bequeath unto my Sonn Jnº Bachelor ye true sum'e of thirtye pounds, my son being alive at my death, if hee bee not
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alive at my Death then I will ye said Sum'e unto his widdow & theyr joynt Children equally to bee divided among them.
I give unto James Leech twenty shillings, unto his wife twenty shillings, & unto theyr foure children ten shillings a peice
I give unto Jane ffurzen my best hatt & blue pettycoate
I give unto Mary Walford Widdow my best pettycoate & twenty shillings & unto her foure Cheldren ten shillings a peice
If in Case I dye before my Servant Richard Peirce his time bee out wt time remaines I give him, wth an Axe, handsaw, Adze Augre a calking Iron or two togither wth two suits of Apparell & three shirts
I give more unto my said servant Rich : Peirce forty shillings.
I give unto Tho : Paine w" his time is expired forty shillings & Executours for ye better performance of this my will I make Joshua Moodey & M' Elias Stileman & desire M' James Pendleton to bee my overseer.
In wittnes wrof I have heere unto set my hand in ye day and yeare above written
Witnesse The Marke of
The marke of Ann X Batchelour
Mary X Walford The marke of
Ann X Hart.
[Proved June 26, 1661.]
[Inventory, Nov. 27, 1660; amount, £96.1.0 ; signed by Will- iam Seavey, James Leach, and Samuel Haines.]
THOMAS JOHNSON 1661 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Johnson granted to William Furber and William Follett June 27, 1661.]
[Court Records, June 27, 1661, in Deeds, vol. 2, p. 57.]
[Inventory, July 1, 1661; amount, £200.6.6; signed by John Davis and William Roberts.]
FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY GENEALOGICAL SESMERTH WEST TEMPLE OF UTAH SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84150
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[Settlement of the accounts, brought into court by William Fol- lett and William Furber, administrators, June 30, 1663. One item is " diett for the Chilld."]
This Court ordrs that the child of Thomas Johnson shall live with goodman Layton if he consent untill she be ten yeeres of age, & he to be allowed out of her estate 5" a yeere, & from the age of ten yeeres untill she be fourteene yeeres he is to Keepe & maintaine her at his owne pro @ cost & charge & then she is to make choice of her guardian, unto this agreem' goodman Layton did consent
[Court Records, June 30, 1663, in Deeds, vol. 2, p. 76 b.]
The Estate of Thomas Johnson of Oyster River deceased not having any heire making claime thereunto is Comitted to the use of the Towne of Dover according unto the Law title eschates pa : 28, & this Court further orders that the Administrators to ye sd estate deliver it up unto the select men of the sd Towne & a Com'- ittee be appoynted to audit ye sd Administrators acco
The Com'itte agreed upon & then chosen were Capt Rich : Waldern : Deacon Jnº Hall : & m' Petr Coffin
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