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HATEVIL NUTTER 1724/5
Hate : Nutter's will brot & prov'd
[ Probate Minutes, March 3, 1724/5.]
BENJAMIN WEYMOUTH 1724/5 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Weymouth of Dover granted to his son, Benjamin Weymouth of Dover, March 3, 1724/5.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 356.]
[Bond, in blank, March 3, 1724/5, signed by Benjamin Wey- mouth, Nathaniel Perkins, and Silvanus Nock ; witnesses, Ben- jamin Gambling and Samuel Roberts. ]
[Warrant, March 3, 1724/5, authorizing Silvanus Nock and Nathaniel Perkins, both of Dover, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, May 6, 1725 ; amount, {110.5.0 ; signed by Silva- nus Nock and Nathaniel Perkins. ]
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[Warrant, Dec. 29, 1725, authorizing Samuel Roberts and Ele- azer Weare, both of Dover, to receive claims against the estate. ]
[List of claims against the estate ; amount, {85.0.5 ; signed by Eleazer Weare and Samuel Roberts. ]
JOHN BANKS 1724/5 DOVER
[Petition of John Pray, administrator, March 8, 1724/5, that the estate of John Banks of Dover may be declared insolvent. ]
THOMAS REED 1725
[Bond, in blank, signed by Thomas Reed, Thomas Phipps, and John Pray ; witnesses, Theodore Atkinson and Eleazer Russell ; endorsed "Thos Reed his bond admin : on Thos Reed his Estate 12th augst 1725."]
WILLIAM BROWN 1725 HAMPTON
In ye Name of God Amen ye twenty sixth Day of August 1725 I William Brown of Hampton in ye Province of New Hampshir in New England yeman-being sick & weake of body *
Imprimis-my Will is yt all my Just Debts & funerall Charges be Well & truly Paid out of my stock of Creturs-& my Hows & Land which is betwen my brother Thomases Hows & ye Coun- tery Rhood & three quarters of an acre of Land Neear Benjamin greens & two acres & three quarters of Land on ye North Sid of ye mudy Pond and one acre of Land at ye town Neer Benjamin moul- tons-& if any or what shall remain of these fore mentioned Per- tigulers after my Debts & funerall charges are all Paid ye remainder to go to my dafters toward their Portions-And all ye rest of my Lands & marsh in Hampton & Else where I give to my fower sons
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William my Eldest son to have a duble Part of all my Land where my Hows stands with one halfe of all ye howsing & orchard ye other halfe of my Howsing & orchard to bee for my wife during her life or widowhood-my son William to have his duble Part of ye Land with ye orchard on ye East side of my Land where my Hows standeth from End to End ye whole bredth till his duble Part is compleated
Item I give unto my son Benjamin his single Part or fifth Part Next to william in Lake maner
Item I give to Nehemiah ye Next in Like maner with benjinen
Item I give to my 3011 Stephen an Equal Part with Benjamin & Nehemiah & to have my Land at ye great Hill & what that wanteth of his Part by mneasuer to be made up to him on ye West sid of my Land at home-& all my mashs to be devided amongst iny fows sons after thay all come to one & twenty years of age william to have his duble Part & ye rest all a Like in quantity
Item I give to my three Daughters Rachel Sarah & Ann fifteen Pounds Each besids what they have all ready had to be Paid them in one year after my decease by my sone William
Item I give to mary & Elizabeth fifteen Pounds each yt is if any thing remains of what I have appoynted to Pay my Debts & Iunerall charges to go to mary & Elizabeth & if yt do not amount to fiften Pounds Each to be Paid them by my three sons Ben- jamin Nehamiah & Stephen all aLike after they shall come to one & twenty years of age
Item give & order iny Daughter Lidia to be maintained out of my Whole Estate-& if it shold Please God to order it so yt Shee shale marry then to have fifteen Pounds Paid her Every one to Pay his Part according to what he hath of my Lands-
Item I give all Husbendry tools of all sorts what so ever with- out dors to my son William
Item to my son Benjamin my Loom & takling to it
Item I give to my beloved Wife Ann all my Puter Brass Iron beding & all my moveables with my Hows what so Ever
And Every one of all my Childerin to have his or her Part or
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Portion as they com to age of one & twenty years of age-but all those childerin under seven years of age to Be brought up by ye whole estate until they be seven years old
I Likewise Constitute make & ordain my Beloved Wife & my sone William iny sole Executorex & Executor of this my Last will & testiment in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal ye Day & year above Written
signed sealed Published Pro- william Brown nownced & Declared by ye said
William Brown as his Last Will
& testiment in ye Presents of us ye subscribers
Peter Weare Samuel Clifford John Clifford [ Proved May 19, 1726.]
[Warrant, Oct. 26, 1725, authorizing Col. Peter Weare and Sam- uel Clifford, both of Hampton, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Nov. 1, 1725 ; amount, £943.18.0 ; signed by Peter Weare and Samuel Clifford.]
MOSES DAVIS 1725
Deliverance Davis allow'd to adın' on hier late husband moses Davis his Estate Capt Stephen Jones & Capt Sam1 Emerson apprs [ Probate Minutes, Sept. 8, 1725.]
JAMES JACKSON 1725 DOVER
James Jackson allow'd to adın' on the Estate of his late father James Jackson late of Dover his Estate L' Joseph Jones & Ely Demerret apprs
[ Probate Minutes, Sept. 8, 1725.]
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[Bond, in blank, signed by Jaines Jackson, William Jackson, and John Tasker ; endorsed, "James Jackson's bond adm : bond on his father James Jackson his Estate."]
JOHN MOULTON 1725 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Moulton of Portsmouth granted to his widow, Dorothy Moulton, Sept. 20, 1725.]
[ Probate Records, vol. Io, p. 363. ]
[Bond, in blank, Sept. 20, 1725, signed by Dorothy Moulton, Joseph Moulton, and Daniel Moulton ; witnesses, Benjamin Gam- bling and Mary Gambling. ]
[Warrant, Sept. 20, 1725, authorizing Capt. Daniel Greenough and Joseph Simpson, both of Newcastle, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Sept. 23, 1725; amount, £60.12.3 ; signed by Daniel Greenough and Joseph Simpson.]
[Administratrix's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, £63.14.9 ; expenditures, £3.7.6 ; allowed Sept. II, 1726, and balance ordered to be paid to John Frost ; a child is mentioned ; John Moulton died in Antigua. ]
JOHN FOLSOM I725 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of John Folsom of Exeter granted to his widow, Mary Folsom, Oct. 5, 1725.]
[Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 457.]
[Bond, in blank, signed by Mary Folsom, Alexander and Michael Whidden ; witnesses, William Fellows and Benjamin Gambling. ]
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[Warrant, Oct. 5, 1725, authorizing Capt. Alexander Magoon and Cartee Gilman, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate of John Folsom of Exeter, son of John Folsom.]
[Inventory, Dec., 1725 ; amount, £516.7.0 ; signed by Alex- ander Magoon and Cartee Gilman. ]
By Vertue of an Act of The Generall Court Authoriseing and Impouering of us To make A Division of the Estate of John Foul- sain Late of Exeter Decd We have Surveid the Same and Divided it as follows
Viz To the widow of Sd Decd We Set of for her imProvement Two Peices of Land and bounded as follows
First Lot begins at the Westerly Corner of the home Lot by the highway near Kings falls Bridge and then runs: N : 46° : E : Three rods and 3/4 to a stake and then runs : S : 45° : E : 25 : rod and then Runs : N : 35° : E : 10 rod & 1/2 and then runs : S : 56° : E : 35: rod to the Corner of John Scribners Land and then Runs by Sd Scribners Land : S : 30° : W : 59 : rod to a Stake Stand- ing by the fence and Then runs: N : 56° W : 36 rod to a fence and then runs : N : 35° : E : 35 rod and then : N : 28 : W : to the first bounds being about : 13 acres, with the house and barn on it
Second Lot being Part of the Pasture Laving between the Little River and Kings falls by the highway and is bounded As follows Begining at a Stake Standing : 25 : rod : S : 56° : Wer : from the Eastern Corner of Sd Land and runs N : 57° : W : to the Extent of Sd Land to a Little Tree Spoted by a fence and then runs : S : 50° : W : by Sd fence to a Stake Standing : 20 : rod upon a square with the above line and then Runs : S : 57 : E to the high way and runs by Sd way to the first bounds, Being about : II : acres
To Josiah Foulsam Son to Sd Decd We Set of five Lots and Bounded as follows
first Lot Begins at the Nothern Corner of the Widows first Lot by the highway and runs : S : 45 : E: to a Stake : 25 : rod and then Runs :N: 35 : E: 5: rods and then runs : N : 47 : W : to the highway and then bound on sd way to the first bounds
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Second lot Begins at the Southern Corner of the Widow first Lot at a stake standing by the fence and then Runs : N : 56 : W : 18 rod to a stake and then runs : S : 90 : rod to a stake Standing by the fence and so to have all the land to the Eastern of sd Line in the home Lot being about : 14 : acres 1/2 --
Third Lot begins at the Southern Corner of Sª Widows Second Lot being Part of the Pasture and then Runs up by the highway untill it Comes to the way that goes from Carty Gilmans Land to Cap John Gilmans mill and then Bounding on Sd Way untill it Comes to the Widows Western Corner and then Runs : S : 57º : E : to the first Bounds
fourth Lot Being Part of a Tract of Land Laying upon the White Pine Plain and on the South Side of the Way that leads to Coppy holl and begins at The North East Corner of Sd Land and then Runs : West and be North by sd way : 66 : rod and then runs South & be west the same bredth to the Extent of Sd land being : 54: rod
fifth Lot Is Part of the Common Right and bounded as follows Begining at Nº : 90 : In the third Range and Runs to : Nº : 94 being four ten acre Lots
To Susanah and Mary Daughters to Sd Decd We have Set of five Lots and Bound them as follows
first Lot Begins at The North Corner of Josiah foulsams first Lot and then Runs : S : 47 : E : 25 : rod to a stake and then runs : N : 35 : E : 5 rod & 1/2 to the high way by John Scribners, and So bound : North westerly by Sd way to the first Bounds
Second Lot being Part of the home Place and bounded as fol- lows Begining at the North West Corner of Josiah foulsams second Lot and then runs Sth : 90 : rod and so to have all the Land in the home Lot to the Western of Sd Line and binding on the Widows Lot
Third Lot Begins at the Eastern Corner of the Pasture aforesd by the high way by Benja Smiths Land and then Runs : S : 56 : W : 25: rod to a stake and then runs: N: 57: West to the utmost bounds of Sd Land and then Runs : N : 50° : E to Benja
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Smiths Land and So down by Sd Smiths Land to the first bounds
fourth Lot Is Part of a Tract of Land Laying on the White Pine Plaine afore Sd and begins at the Norwest Corner of Land by the way and so Runs Down sd highway East and be South : 70 : Rod and then Runs South & be West the same Bredth to the Extent of Sd Land being 54 rod
fifth Lot Is the other part of the Common Right above Sd and Begins at : N : 94 : in the third range and Runs to : Nº : 98 : being : 4 ten acre Lots
This Division Made By us this : 26th : of Novbr 1745
Benja : Thing Daniel Gilman John Gilman
THOMAS SHERBURNE 1725 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Sherburne of Ports- mouth granted to his widow, Margaret Sherburne, Nov. 13, 1725.] [ Probate Records, vol. Io, p. 360. ]
[Bond, in blank, signed by John Sherburne and Henry Sher- burne ; endorsed " John Sherburnes bond of Administration."]
[Inventory of the estate of Capt. Thomas Sherburne of Ports- mouth, mariner, Jan. 7, 1725/6, amount, £306.18.9 ; signed by Clement Hughes and Jeremiah Libby ; attested by Margaret Sher- burne, administratrix, Jan. 8, 1725/6.]
[Guardianship of Thomas Sherburne, minor, aged more than fourteen years, son of Thomas Sherburne of Portsmouth, mariner, granted to Henry Sherburne, Jr., of Portsmouth, yeoman, May 20, 1742.]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 174.]
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SAMUEL EDGERLY 1725 DOVER
[Elizabeth Ambler of Dover, formerly widow of Samuel Edgerly, renounces administration on his estate Dec. 7, 1725, in favor of her son, John Edgerly. ]
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Edgerly of Dover granted to his son, John Edgerly of Dover, Dec. 8, 1725.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 387. ]
[Bond, in blank, signed by John Edgerly, Francis Mathes, and James Stevens. ]
[Warrant, April 11, 1726, authorizing Capt. Francis Mathes and John Edgerly, both of Dover, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, June 3, 1726 ; amount, {255. 11.0 ; signed by Fran- cis Mathes and John Edgerly. ]
SAMUEL TIBBETTS 1725 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Tibbetts of Dover granted to his widow, Judith Tibbetts, Dec. 8, 1725.]
[Bond, in blank, Dec. 8, 1725, signed by Judith Tibbetts, Thomas Wallingford, and James Canney. ]
[Warrant, Dec. 8, 1725, authorizing Silvanus Nock and James Tibbetts, both of Dover, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Feb. 22, 1725/6 ; amount, {275.10.6 ; signed by James Nute and Silvanus Nock. ]
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SAMUEL LANGDON 1725 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Langdon of Ports- mouth granted to his widow, Hannah Langdon, Dec. 23, 1725.] [Probate Records, vol. Io, p. 459.]
[Bond, in blank, Dec. 20, 1725, signed by Hannah Langdon, Hezekiah Jenness, and John Jenness ; witnesses, Thomas Jenness and Elizabeth Jenness. ]
[Warrant, Dec. 23, 1725, authorizing Capt. George Walker of Portsmouth and Capt. Jabez Dow of Hampton to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, signed by George Walker and Jabez Dow ; amount, £479.II.0 ; attested March 2, 1725/6].
SAMUEL TILTON 1725/6 HAMPTON
An Agreement Made & Concluded this twenty first Day of Janu- ary in the year of Our Lord Seventeen hundred & twenty five or twenty Six and in the twelfe year of King Georges Reign Over Grate Brittain &c Between Samuell Tilton Abigell Tilton Meribah & Josiah Tilton all of Hampton in the Province of Newhamp- shire in New England, all Children of Samuell Tilton Late of Said Hampton Deceast-Whereas thair Said father Died Intestate Without any Written Will or testament for the Disposall of his Estate & thair Mother Paying All Debts & Demands & brought up Said Children ; So that although there Was No Administra- tion granted to her yet the Estate is Left without Imbasellment or Incombrance by Any Debts or Demands And Now thair Mother being Deceast & the afore Named Children being Come to that age that thay are Willing to have Each one thair part Singly by themselves And Wee the Above Named Samuell Abigell Meriba & Josiah Tilton have Mutually agreed for the Devideing of all the goods & Estate that belongs to us which was Our Honoured ffathers aforesaid Deceast-firstly as to all the Moveabls and of
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Cretures Wee have Devided to all our Sattisfaction & Each of us have taken our Parts into Our Own Posesion to take Care thereof accordingly-
And Likewise have Devided the Lands & agreed for the house & Medow or Marsh as followeth (Viz) As Samuell Had the Land Where the house Stands given to him by his grandfather he is to have the house barn & all fences or What So Ever that belonged to our father that is upon or belongs to Said houselot and the Lot in the Second West Devision Which ajoynes to Said house Lot and a Lot in the Same Devision Which Our ffather Bought of John Knowls it being the one hundred & Sixteenth Lot in Numbr in Said Devision-and one acre of Marsh that was given to Our Mother by our Granfather Page which Lieth Near the Cassway Caled the Town Cassway & one acre of Land Laid out to the Right of Rob- ert Page together with Sume Land Laid to the Right of Robrt Tuck Now Claimed by Benjamin & Rubin Sanborn the Whole Peice being Bounded Southwest on a Way as May appear by the Return of the Lot Layars All the Peices of Land & Marsh & all the houseing & Premises Lieing & being in hampton aforesaid and be & Remain to Samuell As it is above Exprest-And Abi- gell & Meribah to have a tract or Peice of Land Laid out to the Origenall Right of Robrt Page in a Place Caled the Quarter of Mile by Estemation Seventeen acres bee the Same More or Less as it is Laid out & bounded Notherly on Land of John Prescut Estrly on a way Southerly & westrly on Land Laid to the Claime of Rubin Sanborn- And Josiah to have Sixty acres of Land Lieing in Kingstown Which our ffather bought of Ichabod Ro- bie of Sª Kingstown & a halfe Share of Land in the first West Devision in Hampton Which our father Drew as a birthright Share in Sd Hampton And Wee the above Named Samuel Abigall Meri- bah & Josiah Tilton haveing all Mutually Agreed to the Above Named agreement & Devided to Each & Every one of us our Parts to stand & Remain as a finall Devision & Settlement between us & Each & Every one of us to hould use Occupie & injoy to their own Proper Benifit & behoof their Parts Singly by themselves
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Without any Let hindrance or Deniall of any or Eather of us or Our heirs Executor Administrator or assignes or any Manar of Parson in our Names or by our Procurement and in Confirmation of all above Written Wee have hereunto Set to our hands & ffixed our Sealls the Day of the Date above Written-
Signed & Sealed in Presents of
us Wittnises Nath" Weare Josiah Wester
Samuel Tilton the Mark of Abigell X Tilton
the Mark of Meribah X tilton Josiah Tilton
[Allowed June 13, 1726.]
JOHN SACHEL 1725/6 STRATHAM
I John Sachel of ye Town of Stratham In ye Province of N Hampshır Husbandman : Imprimis ; being Sick & Weak, but yet Sensible of what I have talk of wth my wife in perfect health relating to my Estate real & sonal I give her the Sd Eleanor Sachel my well beloved wife all my Land my dwelling house & al my Moveables to her own proper use her heirs & assigns for Ever, all Funeral charges paid & ye Doctors for my Sickness & all Lawfull Debts whatsoever, & this I Constitute as my Last will & Testament
Moreover I constitute John Sinkler of ye Sd Town & Province Executr of this my Last Will & Testament
his John X Sachel mark
Sign'd Seal'd & deliver'd in ye Presence of us
George Clark Thomas Wiggin his
James X Kenniston mark [Proved Feb. 8, 1725/6.]
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[Inventory of the estate of John Sachel, who died Jan. 11, 1725/6 ; amount, £188.0.0; taken Jan. 29, 1725/6 ; signed by James Kenniston and George Clark. ]
PETER BALL 1725/6 PORTSMOUTH
Province of The Dipposision of Mark Hunking Sent of full N : Hampsheir age : Testefieth & Saith that Sum' time in ye Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & nineteen Peter Ball Sent of Portsmouth & Province abovesd Came to my house and desired me ye deponent to Write his Will : Whereupon I tooke ye heads there of on a pece of paper from Sd Balls own Mouth which was as followeth as neare as I Can Remember And did Write his Will Accordingly as he Desired, and after Recommending his Soule to God that gave it he Gave his Son Peter Ball his hole Estate both Reall & Perssonal : Excepting his Right of Common Land Due to him from ye town of portsmouth which he Gave to his Son in Law John fficket & his Wife my Daughter Sewsanah one Condition said fficket Should pay unto my fower Daughters Mary White : Sarah Ward Elizabeth Rowe & Margret Ball : five pounds to Each of them : & to be paid in twelve monts after my Deceas ; & is Each of their portions which I alot themn out of my Estate-
and further I Do Order iny sª Son peter to pay unto my Daugh- ter Christian Pain : ten shellings & fortey shelings to my Daugh- ter Margret Ball & thirty shelings to my Daughter Elizabeth Row : which is in full of all Demandes they are to make out of iny Estate Either Reall or Parsonall & is to be paid by mny Son Peter Ball in Six monts after my Deceas-And I do further appoint my Sd Son Peter Ball iny Sole Execter to See that all my Just & Law- full Depts be paid & to inaintaine ine ye Sd Peter Ball Sen' Dur- ing my Naturall Life both in Sickness & health in all Decence ; & to see this my Last will & Testement Complied with, and after my Deceas out of this Life to See me Decently Inteard-
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Sum time affer the Sd Peter Ball Sen' Sent in' Epheraim Jackson to me to pray me ye Deponant to walke up to his House & bring his Will which he desired me to write for him Sum time before, and accordingly I did : & after a litle time being in ye hows with him & m' Epheraim Jackson being present, Said Ball Sent asked me whether I had brought ye Will he desired me to write for him, I tould him yes then Sd he Reead it to me-which I did ; & he said he liked it well & was to his satisfaction & was then Signed & sealed & ye Deponant Signed ye Sd Will as a Witness with in" Epheraim Jackson & mr Stephen Knowles all three of us being then present at ye same time-
Province of New Hampshirebruary 23d 1725/6-
Marke Hunking Esq' personally appearing before us ye Sub- scribers made Oath to the truth of what is before written accord- ing to ye best of his Knowledge in Prepetuam Rei Memoriam
Coram Nobis
George Jaffrey ¿ Justice of Peac
{ Jnº ffrost & of ye Quorum
Entred & Recorded according to ye Oridgenall ye 28th ffeb- ruary : 1725/6
[Deeds, vol. 14, p. 448.]
M Hunking Record"
Epheraim Jackson of full age Testefieth & Saieth yt Peter Ball Sen' made a Will & Signed it and acknowledged it before Coll Hunking Sum time in the Year on thousand Seven Hundred & Nineteen & in his Will he gave unto his Son Peter Ball all his Estate both Reale & Parsonall : for Ever : but his Son Peter Ball Was to pay unto Cristain paine ten shelings and Likewise to pay Elizabeth Row thirty Shelings & Margret Ball fortey Shelings, Six monts after his deseas : and further Said Ball Said he gave all his Common Land to John fficket on Condition that ye Sd fficket paying five pounds apeese to fouer of his Daughters marey White to Sarah Ward to Elizabeth Row & to Margret Ball ; and Like- wise Co11 Hunking & m' Steven Noules and mny Sellf Signed as Witneses to ye Sd Will
Prov : N : Hampsher : ffebry 26th 1725/6-
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Ephraim Jackson Appearing Made Oath to ye truth of this deposition in perpetuam Rei Memoriam
Coram M Hunking J : Pac : Quor : Geo. Jaffrey
Entred & Recorded according to ye Origenal ye 28th of ffebeuary 1725/6
pr M Hunking Record"
[ Deeds, vol. 14, p, 449. ]
The Depisision of Stephen Noles of full age Testifieth & Saith that In the Year One Thousand seven hundred & Nineteen I being at ye house of mr Peter Ball at which time : I Signed as Wittness to a will which m' Peter Ball Sen' had made and as I under stood Written by Col Marke Hunking and further testefieth that Coll Mark Hunking & m' Epheraim Jackson Signed as Witneses at ye same time-
Stephen Noles- Prov : N : Hampshire : febery : 26th 1725/6-
Stephen Noles Mad Oath to the truth of ye within Deposition In perpetuaın Rei Memoriam-
Coram M Hunking George Jaffrey J. Pac Quorm
Prov : N : Hampsheir ffeb Ty 28th 1725/6
Entred & Recorded according to ye Origenall pr M Hunking Record"
[Deeds, vol. 14, p. 450. ]
ROBERT BOYD 1725/6 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Robert Boyd of Chester granted to John Woodburn Feb. 24, 1725/6.]
[Probate Records, vol. II, p. I.]
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[Warrant, Feb. 24, 1725/6, authorizing Robert Given and Abraham Holmes, both of Londonderry, to appraise the estate of Robert Boyd, administration of which is granted to John Wood- burn, his son-in-law.]
[Inventory of the estate of Robert Boyd, who died Feb. 10, 1725/6 ; amount, {67.4.0 ; signed by Robert Given and Abraham Holmes.]
JOHN TUTTLE 1725/6 DOVER
[Jude Tuttle renounces administration on the estate of her hus- band March 2, 1725/6, in favor of her son. ]
[Adminstration on the estate of John Tuttle of Dover granted to his son, Thomas Tuttle of Dover, March 2, 1725/6.]
[Probate Records, vol. II, p. 13.]
[Bond, in blank, March 2, 1725/6, signed by Thomas Tuttle, James Nute, and Silvanus Nock.]
[Warrant, March 2, 1725/6, authorizing Capt. Francis Mathes and James Nute, both of Dover, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, March 16, 1725/6 ; amount, £301.10.0 ; signed by Francis Mathes and James Nute. ]
NATHANIEL LORD 1725/6 GOSPORT
In the Name of God Amen I Nathaniell Lord of Gosport In the Province of New Hampshire in New-England *
Item 2dly I Doe nominate Constitute and Appoint My Dear and Beloved wife Elizabeth Lord Executrix of this my last will and Testament. To whom I Give and bequeath the sole benefitt and
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improvement of all my Estate both Real & Personal during her natural life, Furthermore I Give and bequeath to my said wife Elizabeth all that Estate She had when I married her to be att her own dispose for Ever of any kind whatever.
Item 3dly : As to what Estate we have gott since we came to- gether I Give to be Equally Divided between my brothers, Robert Lord John Lord, Joseph Lord, James Lord, & my wives two Sons Dimond Currier & Weymouth Currier, to witt all my lands at Ips- wich both upland and Meadow and my house at Gosport at my wives decease and not before, or any other Estate that shall then be left They amongst them Paying to Nathaniel Lord the son of James Lord of Ipswich in the County of Essex in the Province of thee Massachussets Bay In New England the sum of Ten pounds in Bills of Creditt or Current money, within twelve months after my wives decease .- Also they among them I order to Pay to Rich- ard Currier the son of my son in Law Dimond Currier the sum of Ten pounds in Bills of Creditt or Current money within a twelve month after my wives decease .-
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