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Lawfully Begotten of Their Bodys to be Equally Devided between Them : when thay Come to the age of twenty one years old : and it is the true intent and meaning that iny granson John Drew shall have ye Liberty and Privilledges of ye whole of the Peaces of Land marsh and thatch Bed untell liis Brother ffrancies Drew Comes to ye age of twenty one years old : and then lie is to have ye one half of the affore sd Land and marsh and thatch Bed : the affore sd John Drew and ffrancies Drew maintaing and all wais keeping a good sufficiant fence between ine and them for Ever and between my Heirs for Ever so as may keep me Indaml- nified in my whom Plaintain and I Do here order in this my Last will and Testament That my two gransons : viz : John Drew & ffrancies Drew to Pay unto their Sister Elizeth Drew my Grand Daughter the sum of five Pounds a Peace of good and Passiable money of new england when she Coms to ye age of Eighteen years old
Item I give and bequeath to my Dearly Beloved wife Rebeckah Drew as is affore said one Third Part of all my housings Barn or Barns orchard or orchards and all other of ye Privilledges as is be- fore mentioned in this first Part of my will : and with ye Last Part of This my Last will and Testament During her Life : freely to be Possessed and injoyed by her : and I Do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannul all and every other former Testaments Wills Leagacies and Bequest and executors by me in any wais before named Willed and bequeathed, Ratifying and Confirmning This and no other to be my Last Will and Testament In wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Day and year above written
and I Do Likewise Constitute and ordain my Trusty ffreinds : Captt Benjamin Wentworth and James Nute in the Town of Dover in the Province of New Hampshire to be overseers of this my Last will and Testament to see that Every articall to be fullfilled in Wittness whereof I have hereunto unto sett iny hand and seal the Day and year above Written
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John drew
sighned, sealled, Published
Pronounced and Decleared by
The sd John Drew as his Last Will and Testament in the Pres- ence of uss the Subscribers
Benjamin Peirce Joseph austin Samuel austin [ Proved Dec. 4, 1723. ]
[Inventory, Dec. 30, 1723; amount, {1588.10.0 ; signed by Samuel Tibbetts, Israel Hodgdon, and Nicholas Harford. ]
HENRY JAQUES 1721/2 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Henry Jaques of Portsmouth granted to Joshua Pickering of Newington March 9, 1721/2.]
[Probate Records, vol. Io, p. 242.]
[Rebecca Jaques renounces administration on the estate of her husband, Henry Jaques, in favor of her brother, Joshua Picker- ing ; dated Newington, Nov. 23, 1722.]
[Warrant, Jan. 21, 1722/3, authorizing John Cotton and Will- iam Loud, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory of the real estate, Jan. 23, 1722/3; amount, £65.0.0 ; signed by William Loud and John Cotton. ]
[Order of court, April 18, 1723, authorizing the administrator to sell real estate, the estate being insolvent. ]
[Warrant, Aug. 27, 1723, authorizing Solomon Cotton and William Loud to appraise the remainder of the estate, John Cotton having died before his appraisal was finished.]
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[Inventory of the personal property, Sept. 12, 1723; amount, £12.0.9 ; signed by William Loud and Solomon Cotton. ]
[List of claims against the estate, Feb. 8, 1724/5; amount, £94.0.8 ; signed by William Cotton and Clement Hughes. ]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, £54.0.0 ; expenditures, £18.18.0; balance for creditors, £35.2.0 ; allowed Oct. 16, 1727.]
[Various accounts, etc., containing signatures of Clement Hughes, Elizabeth Alcock, Henry Jaques, Jonathan Mendum, George Berry, Richard Long, Richard Wibird, Shadrach Walton, Jr., Mary Martyn, Robert Pike, William Cotton, Splan Lovell, and Joshua Peirce. ]
FRANCIS SHERLOCK 1721/2
Colo Shadrack Walton allow'd to adm' on Fra Sherlok's Estate Jnº Sherburne Jnº Leach apprs
[Probate Minutes, March 9, 1721/2.]
WILLIAM WILLIAMS 1721/2 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of William Williams of Ports- mouth granted to Henry Tibbetts of Dover March 9, 1721/2. ] [Probate Records, vol. Io, p. 234. ]
[Order of court, June 8, 1722, authorizing the administrator to sell real estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 5, 1722 ; amount, {18.0.0; signed by Clem- ent Hughes and Joseph Simpson. ]
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[Account of the settlement of the estate; amount of estate, £26.5.0 ; expenditures, £40.5.4 ; allowed, no date. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 8, p. 404. ]
JOHN ABBOTT 1721/2 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen
The Nineteenth of March 1721/2 I John Abbit of Portsmouth in ye Province of New Hampshire in New-England Yeoman being Very Sick & weak in body
Imprimis I Will to Mary my wife ye Third part of ye Income of my Estate yt I now Live upon during her Life-time.
Itim. I Will and Demise to my Sonn John Abbitt all & Singu- lar My Estate I now Live upon he paying Twenty Shillings To Each of my Grandson's hearafter Named Viz Michall, Marke, and Lambath Abbitt ye Son's of James Abbitt Deceased.
Itim. I Will and give To my Sonn William Laud Eighty Acres of Upland, and fourteen acres of Salt Marsh, being in Winter harbour he paying Ten pound's To Each of my Sonn's & Daugh- ters hearafter Named Viz. Walter & Reuben Abbitt Tenn pounds Each.
Itim I Will & give to my Daughter Sarra Pickering Tenn pounds to be paid by my Sonn Wm Laud
Itim I Will & give to my Daughter Ruth Sprigs Tenn pounds to be paid my Sonn Wm Laud
Itim I Will & give to my Daughter Anna's Bratten Tenn pounds to be paid by my Sonn Wm Laud.
Itim I will & Demise to my Sonn Walter Abbitt one Acre of Land yt was granted to my Father Walter Abbitt as will appear by record ye Land being in great Island viz New-Castle.
Itim I will to my four Daughters my Moveable houshold Es- tate only as for my Daughter Sarra Pickering I give her a Feather bed as also her proportion of ye Rest of the Moveables.
Itim I will & give to iny Sonn John Abbit iny Cow with halfe an horse sd horse being in Custod of my Sonn William Laud. I
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also Impouer my Sonn John Abbitt to receive all my Just Debts, as also to answer ye Lawfull Demands of others.
And I Do hereby disallow revock and Disanull all & Every former Testaments will's Legacies & bequests & Executors by me in any wise before Named Willed & bequathed Ratifying & Con- firming This & no other to be my Last will & Testament In Wit- ness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seall ye Day & Year above Mentioned
Signed, Sealled and Delivered John Abbott by John Abbitt sen' as his Last
will & Testament in Presence of Uss
James Clarkson
William Addams
Joseph Mead
[Endorsed "John Abbots will : bro't 7br 1722 but no Exec' being named admion Cum Testamento annexo was granted to his son John."]
[Administration on the estate of John Abbott of Portsmouth granted to his oldest son, John Abbott, May 5, 1722.]
[Probate Records, vol. I0, p. 240.
[Bond in blank, May 5, 1722, signed by John Abbott, Daniel Quick, and Jeremiah Libby ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and William Laud. ]
[Warrant, May 5, 1722, authorizing Edward Ayers and Thomas Peirce, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, June 16, 1722; amount, {167.6.7 ; signed by Edward Ayers and Thomas Peirce ; attested by the administra, tor Sept. 5, 1722.]
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DUDLEY HILTON 1722
[Nathaniel Ladd and his wife, not named, renounce adminis- tration on the estate of her former husband, Dudley Hilton, 1722, in favor of Clement Hughes. ]
administration allow'd to Capt Nath" Lad on m' Dudley Hil- tons Estate provided he give bonds &c
[Probate Minutes, June 4, 1723. ]
ARTHUR BENNICK I722 DOVER OR EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Arthur Bennick of Dover granted to his widow, Dorcas Bennick, and Thomas Rollins of Dover June 6, 1722.]
[Probate Records, vol. Io, p. 249.]
[Warrant, June 6, 1722, authorizing Capt. Jonathan Wadleigh and James Sinclair, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate of Arthur Bennick of Exeter. ]
[Inventory, June 15, 1722; amount, {221.5.0; signed by Jonathan Wadleigh and James Sinclair. ]
[Dorcas Bennick, being weak and indisposed, renounces administration on the estate of her husband, Arthur Bennick, at Stratham Dec. 4, 1722, in favor of her father, Thomas Rollins. ]
THOMAS POWELL 1722 STRATHAM
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Powell of Stratham granted to his widow, Abigail Powell, June 6, 1722.]
[Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 265.]
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[Bond, in blank, signed by Abigail Powell, William Moore, and John Clark. ]
[Warrant, June 25, 1722, authorizing George Veasey and John Clark, both of Stratham, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Aug. 28, 1722; amount, {262.2.0; signed by George Veasey and John Clark. ]
[Order of court, May 31, 1723, authorizing the administratrix to sell real estate.]
JAMES ALLARD 1722 GOSPORT
[Citation, June 19, 1722, to Oner Allard of Gosport, widow, to appear and take administration on the estate of her husband, James Allard of Gosport ; return signed by James Allard, con- stable.]
THOMAS STARBIRD 1722 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen. The third day of July in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty & Two. I Thomas Starbord of the Town of Dover in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Yeoman *
Imprimis, I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son Thomas Starbord the one half of iny Thirty Acre Lot of Land lying & being in the Town ship of Dover aforesd in that part of the town Commonly Call'd Madberry.
Item, I give & bequeath unto iny well beloved Son Samuel Starbord the other half of iny Sd Thirty Acre Lot of Land lying & being at Madberry afored, as also all my Looms with all the gares & Tackling for Weaving, as also one Yoke of Steers now Two Years old & Two Sheep. But in case he shall die without
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Issue then the Sd Land which I have given him shall return to my Son Thomas Starbord.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Abigail Starbord Two Sheep & iny middle Iron Kettle, as also Twenty Pounds in Mony, or good Province Bills of Credite, to be paid to her iny Sd Daughter, by my Executor hereafter Namned, with in the Space of four Years after my decease, that is to say, five Pounds pr Annum or Yearly till the whole Twenty Pounds be paid.
Item, I give & bequeath unto iny well beloved Son John Star- bord, my Dwelling House & home place together with all & Singuler my Lands Messuages Tenuements, & Chattels thereunto belonging, as also all my Household goods & mnovables, except Such as I have in this Will given unto my Son Samuel, & to my Daughter Abigail, but in Case he Shall die with out Issue, then they Shall return to my Sons Thomas & Samuel, & Shall be equally divided between them.
Furthermore, I Constitute, Make, & ordain my Son John Star- bord my only & Sole Executor of this iny last Will & Testament ; I also order and Injoyne him, viz : my Son John to provide for, & Support my Widow after my decease, with Suitable House room fire wood, meat, drink, Cloathing washing & Lodging & what ever else Shall be necessary for her Comfortable Subsistance, & also to pay unto her viz my Sd Widow the Sum of five Pounds, in Mony or good Province Bills of Credit, pr Annum or Yearly, dure- ing the time of her natural life, or the time that She Shall Con- tinew my Widow, but in Case She Shall marry again from the time of her Marriage he Shall be free froin this obligation.
And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke, & disannul, all & every other former Testaments, Wills, & Legacies Bequest & Ex- ecutors, by me in any ways before this time named, willed or be- queathed, Ratifieing & Confirming this, & no other to be my last Will & Testament, in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the day & year above written.
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Signed, Sealed, Published, Pro- nounced & declared by the Sd Thomas Starbord as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers.
His Thomas X Starbord Mark
Jona Cushing Paul Gerrish [Proved April 18, 1723.]
[Warrant, April 18, 1723, authorizing Capt. Thomas Tibbetts and James Nute, both of Dover, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, June 3, 1723 ; amount, £231.1.0; signed by Thomas Tibbetts and James Nute. ]
JOHN PARTRIDGE 1722 PORTSMOUTH
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In the name of God amen
I John Partridge of Portsmouth In the Province of Newhamp- sh' In New England being very Aged and Infirm * * *
Vizt unto my Daughter Almory my Daughter Elliott my Daughter Hunking my Daughter Roberts & my daughter Tar- rant, all my right Title & Interest in all maner of Lands or Mead- ows Sheep or Cattell of any kinde wtsoevr & otherwise & all maner of household Goods and Aparell of any Sort or kind belonging to me or my wife at her Decease to be Equally Divided between my Said Daughters
I Give and bequeath unto my Grandson Jona Partridge and his wife Each of them a paire of Gloves
As to ye decency of my buriall my Grandson Jona Partridge is Obliged to it according to an Instrument bearing Date the 26th of October 1716
ffinally I make my Sª Daughter Almery, Elliot, Hunkiug,'Rob- erts, Tarrett my Exrs to this my Last Will & Testament In Testi- mony of all above written I have here unto Sett my hand & Seal
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this 28th of Augst in ye ninth year of his Majisties Reign. Anno Domini 1722.
Signed Sealed and Declared
In ye sencence of John Hill hannah hill Rachel Robeson [Proved Sept. 3, 1722.]
Jhon partridg X Mark
1 [Citation, Dec. 10, 1722, to Jonathan Partridge and his wife, Sarah Partridge, to appear and answer to charges of concealing a portion of the estate. ]
[Inventory, June 1, 1723 ; amount, £9.15.0 ; signed by Samuel Hart and Clement Hughes ; attested by Axwell Roberts, husband of Joanna Roberts, executor, Sept. 2, 1724.]
JOHN GODDARD 1722 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of John Goddard of Dover granted o Abraham Bennick and Martha Critchet, both of Dover, Sept. 5, 1722.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 170. ]
PETER HERSEY 1722 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Peter Hersey of Exeter granted to his widow, Elizabeth Hersey, Sept. 5, 1722.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 257. ]
[Inventory of the estate ; amount, £249.11.0; signed bk Ephraim Folsom and Thomas Young; attested by Elizabeth Hersey, administratrix, Sept. 5, 1722.]
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THOMAS DOLLOFF 1722 EXETER
The Last will and testament of Thomas Dollof of Exeter in the province of Newhampshire in New England I Thomas Dollof Being weak of Boddy *
Item { I Give unto my well Beloved son Nicolas Dollof forty acres of Laying at or near Deerhill.
Item { I Give unto my well Beloved Son Amos Dollof my Dwel- ling house iny out housing and all my Land and meaddow thereto adjoyning he paying his Brother Thomas the sume of fourscore pound within two year after his coming into posesion of the same.
Item { I Give unto my well Beloved son Thomas Dollof the sume of fourscore pound to be paid to him by his Brother Amos as Above specified- -
Item } I give unto my well Beloved Wife Lydia Dollof Whome I make and ordain the Executrix of this my Last Will and teste- mant all my moveable Estate to be at her Disposall and allso the improvement of all my other Estate During the time of her Natrual Life or Widdowhood and I Do here by these presents Re- voke and Disannull all other wills and testemants by me heretofore made acknowledging this to be my Last will and testemant In witness whereof I have hereunto set iny hand and seall this II day of september Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & twenty two
Signed sealed and owned in the
thomas dollof
presence of
Richard dollof her
Kezia X sinkler mark Cartee Gillman
[Proved Dec. 5, 1722.]
[Warrant, Dec. 5, 1722, authorizing James Sinclair and Bar- tholomew Thing, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate. ]
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[Inventory, Jan. 3, 1722/3 ; amount, £485.10.6; signed by James Sinclair and Bartholomew Thing.]
[Guardianship of Nicholas Dolloff and Amos Dolloff, minors, more than fourteen years old, sons of Thomas Dolloff of Exeter, deceased, granted to Nicholas Gordon of Exeter March 1, 1727/8.] [Probate Records, vol. I0, p. 448.]
[Bond of Nicholas Gordon, with William Fellows and James Nute as sureties, May 25, 1728, for the guardianship of Nicholas Dolloff and Amos Dolloff, minors ; witnesses, Benjamin Gamb- ling and John Cutt. ]
[Blank sheet of paper for bond, signed by Jonathan Gordon, Nicholas Perryman, and Nicholas Dolloff ; witness, John Penhal- low ; endorsed "Jonathan Gordan Bond of Guardianship for Thos Doller son of Thos Doller xbr 9th 1732."]
[Guardianship of Thomas Dolloff, aged about eleven years, son of Thomas Dolloff of Exeter, deceased, granted to Jonathan Gordon Dec. 12, 1732, at the request of his wife, Lydia Gordon, formerly widow of Thomas Dolloff.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 24.]
ABIGAIL COTTON 1722 STRATHAM
The Testimentary words of Abigail Cotton of Stretham in the province of New Hampr Singlewoman as they were Spoken by her at the house of Jnº Meed of Sd town, where She lived, in the time of her last Sicknesse of which She dyed which was on the Sixth day of October 1722-Viztt I will give all I have to Nabbe- a Second time, I will give all I have to Nabbe, except what buries me-She then looking upon Jnº Mead, & directing her Speech to him, who was the father of Nabbe or Abigail Meed-
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JACOB CLARK
1722
NEWCASTLE
[Administration on the estate of Jacob Clark of Newcastle granted to his widow, Alice .Clark, and Capt. Joshua Peirce Oct. 8, 1722.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 398.]
[Bond, in blank, Oct. 8, 1722, signed by Alice Clark, Joshua Peirce, Theodore Atkinson, and Andrew Wiggin; witnesses, James Jeffry and Benjamin Gambling. ]
[Inventory, Oct. - , 1722 ; amount, £439.9.6; signed by Jotham Odiorne and Theodore Atkinson. ]
[Warrant, Dec. 18, 1722, authorizing William Fellows, Clement Hughes, and John Cutt, all of Portsmouth, to receive claims against the estate. ]
[List of claims, Dec. 5, 1723 ; amount, £888.13. 10 1-2 ; signed by William Fellows, Clement Hughes, and John Cutt. ]
[Administrators' account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, £432.9.6 ; balance for creditors, £304.0.0; allowed March 10, 1723/4.]
[Receipt of Alice Clark for £79.8.o due from John Frost to the estate of her husband, Jacob Clark; dated Newcastle, May 15, 1725, witnesses, Dorothy Watkins and Elizabeth King.]
[Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 4.]
[Various accounts, notes, bonds, etc., containing signatures of William Tyler, Jacob Clark, John Hill, James Davis, George Jaf- frey, Richard Wibird, John Frost, Shadrach Walton, William Pepperell, Jr., William Ball, Michael Whidden, Edward Sadler, Joshua Peirce, Nathaniel Weare, Daniel Greenough, Jotham Odiorne, John Batson, Thomas Bell, Daniel Quick, Thomas Walden, Meshech Bell, Thomas Peirce, and Robert Pike.
Mention is made of a son Samuel and a daughter.]
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[Administration on the estate of Jacob Clark of Newcastle granted to his widow, Alice Clark, Jan. 8, 1723/4.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 123. ]
[Warrant, Jan. 7, 1723/4, authorizing John Adams, Withers Berry, and Richard Cutt, Jr., to take an inventory of the estate in York county, Me. ]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 37.]
[Inventory of the estate in York county, Me., Jan. 12, 1723/4 ; two lots of land in Kittery, Me., thirty-three acres and thirty- eight acres, valued at £177.10.0.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 37.]
[Account of Alice Clark, administratrix, against the estate, Oct. 6, 1729 ; amount, £7.5.0.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 4, p. 48.]
THOMAS AYERS 1722 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Ayers of Portsmouth granted to his sons, Abraham Ayers and Thomas Ayers, both of Portsmouth, Dec. 5, 1722.]
[Probate Records, vol. Io, p. 247.]
[Inventory, Dec. 4, 1722 ; amount, {110.5.0; signed by Eph- raim Dennett and John Downing.]
[Bond, in blank, Dec. 5, 1722, signed by Abraham Ayers, Thomas Ayers, Ephraim Dennett, and John Downing. ]
DANIEL TILTON 1722 STRATHAM
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Tilton of Stratham granted to his widow, Elizabeth Tilton, Dec. 5, 1722.]
[Probate Records, vol. Io, p. 214. ]
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[Bond, in blank, signed by Elizabeth Tilton, Joseplı Rollins, and Joseph Low ; witnesses, Job Chapman and Jethro Tilton. ]
[Warrant, Jan. 14, 1722/3, authorizing Joseph Rollins and Joseph Low, both of Stratham, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, signed by Joseph Low and Joseph Rollins ; amount, £295.6.0; attested by the administratrix March 6, 1722/3.]
[Warrant, Dec. 3, 1724, authorizing Ensign John Sanborn and Capt. John Smith, both of Hampton, to appraise the estate of Daniel Tilton, administration of which was granted to his widow, Elizabeth Tilton, and after her death to Capt. Joseph Tilton and Jethro Tilton. ]
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Tilton of Stratham granted to Joseph Tilton and Jethro Tilton, both of Hampton, Dec. 4, 1724.]
[Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 435.]
[Bond, in blank, Dec. 4, 1724, signed by Joseph Tilton, Jethro Tilton, James Prescott, and Nathan Longfellow ; on the reverse is "Capt. Tilton apointed Guardian to Dan1 ye youngest child."]
[Inventory, Feb. 27, 1724/5; amount, {278.7.4 ; signed by John Smith and John Sanborn. ]
BILEY DUDLEY 1722/3 EXETER
I Biley Dudley of Exeter in the Province of New-Hampshire in New-England being of Sound mind and memory but antient and infirm
2dly I give and bequeath unto my beloved kinsman Theophilus Hardy immediately after mine & my Wife's Decease about three acres of Flatts lying against that which was James Dudleys land
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to be to him and his heirs for ever provided that my Sd Wife hath not occasion to dispose of it Otherwise in her life time
3dly I give and bequeath unto my beloved kinsinan Biley Lyford Son to Stephen Lyford immediately after mine and my wive's decease my dwelling house and barn and all my Lands, marsh and flatts lying between Stanyins brook and the Larys Land and bounded on the west by the Highway and Eastwardly by the river & also about Sixteen acres of Land on the west Side the way near Thomas Lyford's house to be to him and his heirs for ever provided that my Sd Wife Elizabeth Dudley hath not occasion to dispose of the Same Otherwise
4thly I give unto my well-beloved Wife Elizabeth Dudley all iny other Estate either real or personall to be entirely at her disposal for ever
5thly And finally my will is that my beloved Wife Elizabeth Dudley Shall have full power to sell or dispose of any of The Above mentioned Lands marsh or flatts if her necessity require it.
Unto this my last will and Testament I make my beloved Wife Elizabeth Dudley my Sole Executrix obliging her to pay all my Just debts and to defray my funerall Charges.
In Testimony to all and Singular the Premises abovewritten I have hereunto Set my hand and affixd my Seal this Twenty fourth day of January One Thousand Seven hundred & twenty two or three.
Signed Seald and deliverd in
Biley Dudley
presence of us
John Kimball
Abigail Lyford
Nichº Gilman
[Proved Sept. 4, 1728.]
BENJAMIN CROSS 1722/3 PORTSMOUTH
In the name of God amen January 29th 1722/3 I, Benjamin Crosse of Portsmouth in the province of New Hampshire in New
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England Marriner, Being of Sound disposeing mind & perfect memory, being likewise sensible of the many Casualtys and Dan- gers I may undergo in my. present Intended Voyage to Sea wth the uncertainty of Life, Do make and ordain this to be my last will & Testament as Followeth Vizt
Imprs I give my Soul to God that gave it hoping & Trusting that in and Through the Merrits of iny Blessed Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ he will Graciously be pleased to Accept of it.
Itemi, I give and bequeath unto iny beloved wife Elizabeth Crosse all my Estate both real & personall in any part or place in the World whatsoever, as well what I am really possessed of as what I may by any ways or means Soever become my right or due hereafter ; as also all my debts, dues, or demands of any Sort or denomination whatsoever -
Item I Will that my said wife Elizabeth Crosse be Sole Execu- trix to this my last will & Testament and that she pay & dis- charge all my Just debts out of iny Estate-
Signed Sealed published & De- Benjn Crosse
clared to be my last will and
Testament in presence of
Dan11 Greenough
David Gardnar Willm Brock [Proved Dec. 28, 1730.]
CHARLES RUNDLETT, JR. 1722/3 EXETER
[Citation, March 6, 1722/3, to Lydia Rundlett of Exeter to appear and take administration on the estate of her husband, Charles Rundlett, Jr., of Exeter'; return signed by Benjamin Lea- vitt, deputy sheriff. ]
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JAMES PERKINS
1722/3 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen I James Perkins of Hampton in the Province of Newhampshire in new England ( Senior) Being weak in Body
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