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Hatch, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1717/18
LIST OF ESTATES
XIX
Jenness, Thomas, Hampton, 1731 . ·
423
Joce, Richard, 1734 514 .
Johnson, Alexander, Londonderry, 1733 Edmund, Hampton, 1737 647
499
James, Hampton, 1720 105
Jones, Abraham, Portsmouth, 1728 346
John, Stratham, 1724/5 . 254
Joslyn, Nathaniel, Scituate, Mass., 1728 . 333
Judkins, Job, Exeter, 1737/8 . ·
688
Kenniston, George, Portsmouth, 1718 75 Joseph, Stratham, 1724 218
Keyes, Henry, Portsmouth, 1740
791
Keyser, Timothy, Chester, 1726/7
305
Kincaid, David, Dover, 1719 .
84
Kirk, Henry, Portsmouth, 1728 Knight, Bridget, Portsmouth, 1740 John, Newington, 1720
339
790
. 125
William, 1732/3 463
Knowles, John, Hampton, 1733
498
Laidley, Joshua, Portsmouth, 1732
458
Lancaster, Mercy, Hampton, 1733/4
501
Landell, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1723/4
215
Lane, Edmund, Dover, 1739 .
763
Langdon, Tobias, Portsmouth, 1724 Samuel, Portsmouth, 1725
221
263
Langley, James, Dover, 1730/1 Mary, Durham, 1736
400
Langmaid, Henry, Newcastle, 1737
645 224
Leavitt, Benjamin, Stratham, 1733
483
Daniel, Stratham, 1737
635
James, Portsmouth, 1718 .
33
John, Hampton, 1719
89
579
Lawrence, David, Exeter or Stratham, 1724
XX
LIST OF ESTATES
Leavitt, John, Hampton, 1726
295
Moses, Exeter, 1730
389
Samuel, Stratham, 1740
800
Sarah, Portsmouth, 1733
496
Thomas, Hampton, 1736
618
Levally, John, Exeter, 1739 ·
764
Libby, Anthony, Hampton, 1717/18 Joshua, Portsmouth, 1736
576
Light, John, Exeter, 1718
37
Lock, Jethro, Rye, 1737
644
Long, Mary, Newcastle, 1735
550
Longfellow, Nathan, Hampton, 1730
.
383
Lord, Nathaniel, Gosport, 1725/6 .
269
Lovell, Splan, Portsmouth, 1719
81
Loverill, Ebenezer, Hampton, 1723
180
Lowe, Joseph, Stratham, 1738
739
Lucas, Daniel, Nottingham, 1733
476
Lyford, Francis, Exeter, 1723 Thomas, Exeter, 1726
297
Magoon, Alexander, Exeter, 1731 .
. 421
John, Kingston, 1731
413
Mannering, Thomas, Newcastle, 1733
492
March, Israel, Portsmouth, 1728
340
Marshall, George, Portsmouth, 1718 Thomas, Newcastle, 1718/19 .
79
Marston, Mary, Hampton, 1731/2 Simon, Hampton, 1735
434
Martin, Michael, Portsmouth, 1721
I35
6
45
Mattoon, Jane, Exeter, 1738 .
695
McGregore, James, Londonderry, 1729
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359
McMurphy, -, Londonderry, 1734
·
.
514
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·
.
40
534
Martyn, Mary, Portsmouth, 1717/18 Mason, Francis, Kingston, 1718 John, Stratham, 1718
50
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.
190
.
15
LIST OF ESTATES
XXI
Meader, John, Durham, 1736
605
Melcher, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1722/3
163
Mighill, Samuel, Newmarket, 1736
575
Mitchell,-, 1735/6
565
Monroe, Peter, Durham, 1738
701
Montgomery, George, Dover, 1729 .
359
Moody, Clement, Exeter 1729 John, Exeter, 1730 . Jonathan, Exeter, 1729/30
362 382
Moore, William, Londonderry, 1739
700 561
Morrison, John, Londonderry, 1735/6
214
Moulton, Benjamin, Hampton, 1728/9
353 52
Daniel, Hampton, 1718
David, Hampton, 1732/3
467
Hannah, Hampton, 1738
723 258
Jonathan, Rye, 1735
538
Robert, Hampton, 1727 .
308
Muchmore, John, Star Island, 1717/18 Richard, 1724
9
Muckleberry, Enoch, Newcastle, 1730
388
Murray, Andrew, Dover, 1739/40
773
Mussey, John, Kingston, 1723/4
210
Naylor, George, Exeter, 1723
. 171
Nealley, Andrew, Nottingham, 1733
488
Nelson, John, 1720/1
I30
William, Portsmouth, 1732
442
Nichols, James, Londonderry, 1725/6
27I
Noble, Lazarus, Portsmouth, 1727
310
Nock, James, Dover, 1724
248
Norris, Jonathan, Stratham, 1717/18
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30
Norton, Bonus, Hampton, 1718 ·
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52
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.
.
.
769
Morrill, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1738
373
Morse, Obadiah, Portsmouth, 1723/4
John, Portsmouth, 1725
225
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XXII
LIST OF ESTATES
Nutter, Anthony, Newington, 1720 ·
·
105
Hatevil, 1724/5 :
.
.
254
Henry, Newington, 1739
771
Odiorne, Jotham, Portsmouth, 1736/7
· 624
Odlin, Abigail, Exeter, 1735 · .
· 530
Packer, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1723
197
Palmer, James, Stratham, 1739
76 1
William, Portsmouth, 1740
. 784
Parker, William, Portsmouth, 1731 Parsons, Thomas, Newcastle, 1726 Partridge, John, Portsmouth, 1722 Nehemiah, Portsmouth, 1726/7
288
152
William, Portsmouth, 1718
72
Paul, Moses, Boston, Mass., 1731
422
Pearson, Ebenezer, Bradford, Mass., 1734/5 Jethro, Exeter, 1738
. 743
Pierce, Daniel, Newbury, Mass., 1737
661
John, Portsmouth, 1735 ·
548
Joshua, Portsmouth, 1739
. 769
Richard, 1737/8
677
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1726
. 283
James, Hampton, 1722/3
·
161
Thomas, Star Island, 1735
541
Peverly, John, Portsmouth, 1730
381
Philbrick, Jeremiah, Kingston, 1721 John, Greenland, 1737
646
Walter, Greenland, 1730
376
Phillips, Edward, Portsmouth, 1728/9 Mary, Portsmouth, 1728 .
352
336
Phipps, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1737
651
Pickering, John, Portsmouth, 1720 ·
114
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. 524
Penhallow, Abigail, Portsmouth, 1739
. 773
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.
Perkins, Isaac, 1726/7
306
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393
303
LIST OF ESTATES
XXIII
Pickering, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1719
87
Pike, Robert, Portsmouth, 1731
426
Robert, Portsmouth, 1737 662
William, Exeter, 1726 294
- Pinder, John, Durham, 1724
227
Plaisted, Samuel, 1732
441
Plummer, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1740
785
Powell, Thomas, Stratham, 1722
149
Prust, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1740 .
785
Pulkinhorn, John, Portsmouth, 1737
646
Purington, Elisha, Hampton, 1736 570 .
Purmort, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1721
141
Ramsey, Hugh, Londonderry, 1736
612
Rand, Samuel, Rye, 1730/I
407
Samuel, Rye, 1740
800
Thomas, Rye, 1731/2
435
Randall, James, Newcastle, 1719 James, Newcastle, 1731
83
Reed, Thomas, 1725
255
Richards, George, Topsham, Eng., 1735
553
Rindge, John, Portsmouth, 1740
811
Roberts, Hatevil, Dover, 1724 ·
241
Robinson, Timothy, Dover, 1736/7
618
Roby, Thomas, Hampton, 1719/20
99
Rogers, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1724 Rollins, Aaron, 1723
178
Benjamin, Exeter, 1736
56
Rowe, Richard, Portsmouth, 1724 William, Portsmouth, 1724
231
' Rowell, John, Chester, 1737/8
683
Moses, Kingston, 1733
476
Rundlett, Charles, Jr., Exeter, 1722/3
160
James, Stratham, 1723/4
213
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233
.
610
Moses, Stratham, 1718
231
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414
XXIV
LIST OF ESTATES
Sachel, John, Stratham, 1725/6 .
265
Salter, -- , 1728
336
Sanborn, Benjamin, Hampton, 1740
809
Edward, Hampton, 1727/8
327
John, Kingston, 1723/4
211
John, Hampton, 1727
316
Josiah, Hampton, 1728
330
Nathaniel, Hampton, 1721
138
Peter, Hampton, 1724
226
79
661
233
193
565
31
Samuel, Exeter, 1730/1
395
Seavey, William, Rye, 1728/ 9
356
Seward, Henry, Portsmouth, 1734 Shackford, John, Portsmouth, 1738
724
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1730/1
404
Shaw, Benjamin, Hampton, 1740 Samuel, Hampton, 1723
179
Sherburne, Henry, Portsmouth, 1738 John, Portsmouth, 1723 .
191
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1725
261
Sherlock, Francis, 1721/2
146
Simes, John, Portsmouth, 1725
529
Simonds, -, 1721 .
I35
Simpson, Susanna, Portsmouth, 1737/8 Thomas, Portsmouth, 1733/4 .
500
Sinclair, James, Exeter, 1731 .
417
John, Exeter, 1730 .
388
Slayton, William, Portsmouth, 1740
811
Sleeper, John, Kingston, 1720
121
Thomas, Kingston, 1723 .
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· 202
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780
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714
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678
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William, Hampton, 1718/19 Sargent, John, Portsmouth, 1737 Savage, Henry, Portsmouth, 1724 Scammon, Richard, Dover, 1723 Scribner, John, Exeter, 1735/6 Thomas, Kingston, 1718
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LIST OF ESTATES
XXV
Sloper, Samuel, Portsmouth, 1738 .
721
Smart, Robert, Exeter, 1718 .
56
William, Exeter, 1723/4 .
202
Smith, Israel, Stratham, 1723
171
Ithiel, Hampton, 1717/18
26
John, Durham, 1729
358
John, Durham, 1739
758
John, Durham, 1739/40
775
Joseph, Durham, 1727
312
Samuel, Hampton, 1738
737
Theophilus, Exeter, 1736/7
628
Snell, John, Portsmouth, 1718
73
Spinney, James, Portsmouth, 1720
II2
Spoore, Prudence, Portsmouth, 1729
364
Stackpole, James, Somersworth, 1736 `Stacy, Philemon, Newcastle, 1730 .
377
Stanyan, John, Hampton, 1717/18
IO
Starbird, Thomas, Dover, 1722
150
Steele, John, Boston, Mass., 1728/9 Stevens, Edward, Exeter, 1718
76
James, Durham, 1737
645
Joshua, Stratham, 1738
705
Samuel, Exeter, 1735
546
Thomas, Portsmouth, 1719
91
Stevenson, Bartholomew, Dover, 1718
34
Stiles, William, Dover, 1740 .
791
Stoneman, John, Portsmouth, 1738/9
744
Sumner, Isaac, Portsmouth, 1737
677
Swain, Roger, Portsmouthi, 1734
516
Swett, Joseph, Hampton, 1720
I24
Moses, Hampton, 1729 .
360
Symmes, Thomas, Bradford, Mass., 1727/8
325
Taylor, Edward, 1720
. 105
Edward, Exeter, 1727 .
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318
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577
350
XXVI
LIST OF ESTATES
Taylor, Jonathan, Hampton, 1724
227
William, Exeter, 1735/6. . 567 ·
Thackham, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1726
273
Thing, Bartholomew, Exeter, 1738 Jonathan, Exeter, 1720
106
Thom, Jesse, 1733 .
468
Thomas, James, Dover, 1719 .
82
Thompson, John, Portsmouth, 1732 John, Durham, 1733
459
Thomas, Londonderry, 1739
748
Thurston, Stephen, Stratham, 1728
.
337
Tibbetts, Henry, Dover, 1727
314
Henry, Dover, 1736
574
Samuel, Dover, 1725
262
Samuel, Dover, 1738
735
Tilton, Daniel, Strathamn, 1722 Samuel, Hampton, 1725/6
263
Tobey, Richard, Portsmouth, 1739
764
Toogood, Edward, Portsmouth, 1737
639
Toppan, Edmund, Hampton, 1740
783
Trickey, Thomas, Newington, 1738
. 731
Tripe, Lucy, Portsmouth, 1738
719
True, Obadiah, Newcastle, 1735/6
566
Tucker, Catharine, 1718
43
Turner, James, Portsmouth, 1737 ·
663
Tuttle, John, Dover, 1725/6 .
269
Twombly, John, Dover, 1724
229
Underhill, Sampson, Chester, 1732
439
Underwood, John, Newcastle, 1727
310
Urin, John, Greenland, 1734 .
504
Usher, Elizabeth, Charlestown, Mass., 1732
438
Varney, Peter, Dover, 1732/3
464
Vaughan, George, Portsmouth, 1724
242
William, Portsmouth, 1736 .
· 598
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468
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I57
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708
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LIST OF ESTATES
XXVII
Wadleigh, Henry, Exeter, 1732/3 . 463
Robert, Stratham, 1733 · 484
Walden, Nicholas, Portsmouth, 1720 Thomas, 1724/5
104
253
Waldron, John, Dover, 1740 . .
787
Walford, Jeremiah, Newcastle, 1732/3
462
Walker, George, Portsmouth, 1740
793
Wallace, James, Londonderry, 1737
669
Wallingford, Ebenezer, Dover, 1721
136
Wallis, George, Newcastle, 1724/5
251
Walton, Shadrach, Newcastle, 1737 Ward, Sarah, Portsmouth, 1732 Thomas, Hampton, 1738
741
Warren, Walter, Portsmouth, 1736
604
Waterhouse, Richard, Portsmouth, 1717/18
27
Richard, Portsmouth, 1731 414
Watkins, John, Newcastle, 1723
I73
Weare, Daniel, Hampton, 1733
472
Webber, Lydia, Portsmouth, 1720
I23
Richard, Portsmouth, 1719/20
IO2
Webster, Ebenezer, Kingston, 1735/6 Isaac, Kingston, 1718
63
John, Rye, 1734
515
Joshua, Jr., Greenland, 1736/7
26
Leonard, Portsmouth, 1717/18 Wells, Edward, Portsmouth, 1737/8 Wentworth, Benjamin, Dover, 1726
273
Benjamin, Dover, 1728 4
340
Ephraim, Somersworth, 1738/9 Ezekiel, 1720
IO4
John, Dover, 1718/19
78
John, Portsmouth, 1730 .
378
Thomas, Dover, 1719
81
Weymouth, Benjamin, Dover, 1724/5
·
254
.
559
Weeks, Joseph, Greenland, 1735
552
620
679
745
672
440
XXVIII
LIST OF ESTATES
Whidden, Michael, Portsmouth, 1738
728
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1732 442
White, Joseph, Antigua, 1718
· 34
Philip, Portsmouth, 1719 .
80
Richard, Stratham, 1718
64
Whittock, John, Portsmouth, 1731/2 Wibird, Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 1739
750
John, Portsmouth, 1730/I
400
John, Portsmouth, 1732 .
. 437
Richard, Portsmouth, 1732
. 459
.
236
Wiggin, Catherine, Stratham, 1724 Catherine, Stratham, 1738
697
Chase, Stratham, 1733
488
Jonathan, Stratham, 1737/8
693
Simon, Stratham, 1719/20
IOI
Thomas, Stratham, 1726/7
298 87
Wilcomb, Richard, Star Island, 1719
. 745
Williams, John, Durham, 1735 William, Portsmouth, 1721/2 .
146
Winkley, Nicholas, Portsmouth, 1739
759
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1726 .
288
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1737
. 635
Wormwood, Jacob, Durham, 1735/6
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563
Yeaton, Richard, Isles of Shoals, 1732 . . · 443
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Wilson, John, Newcastle, 1738/9
539
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437
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
BENJAMIN BATCHELDER 1717/18 HAMPTON
I Benjamin Bachelder of Hampton in ye Province of Newhamp- shire in New England being weake of Body
2ly-Itim I give to my Eldist Son Joseph all my right titell & intrest in Hampton reall & personall howses Lands marsh medow Comonage & all moveabel things what soever Paying to his three sisters Ester: inerribah & susannah ten pounds to Each of them if it pleas god thay Live to twenty years of age or to Each of them yt shall Live to that age or in one year after they shall marry
Itim 3ly I give to my second son Josiah my thre Score Acers of Land in ye East devison in Kings Town-& allso halfe my Lot where my saw mill stands-& ye improvement of my mill & benifit therof to Joseph & Josiah till thair bretheren com to age & as thay com to age to have privileg & right alike
Itim 4ly I give to my son Page my howse Lot in Kings Town
Itim 5ly I give to my son Benjmin my Lot of Land in ye second Devision in Kingstown
Itim 6ly I give to my other two sons frances & Theophilous all my right of comonage in Kings Town & all Lands yt hereaftar shall be Laid out ther unto-& if my wife shall Live to bring forth yt Child or Children which She is now big withall & it or thay Live then to be brought up by ye whole Estate at ye discresion of my Executors-& if it shall live to twenty one yers of age then to be paid five pounds by Joseph & Josiah equaly alike
Itim 7ly I give to my Beloved wife ye thirds of all & Every Part of my afore sd Esteat or what so Ever shall appear to be mine Duer- ing her widowwod & if provedence shold order it yt she shold marry then to my children as above sd-& Lastly
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I make my Beloved wife & my Eldest son Joseph my Executors of this my last will & testement
in witness to all above writen I have hear unto set my hand and seal this tenth day of January 1717/18 & in ye fourth year of our soveran King George His Raign over great Britain france & Irland defender of ye faith
witness Peter Weare Benjamin Lamprey Benjamin Sanbon
the marke X & Seal of Benjmin Bachelder
[Proved Sept. 3, 1718. ]
[Inventory, June 30, 1718 ; amount, £488.9.6 ; signed by Peter Weare and Benjamin Lamprey.]
THOMAS ASH 1717/18 DOVER
the forteenth day of Jenuaray one thousan seven hundred and seventeene18 Thomas Ash senuer of dover in ye province of New hampshire in New England yeoman being Sec and weack of bodey but in perfect sence and memerry and heare doe declare his last will and testement
I give and bequeaf unto Mary my well beloved wife the youse and hole benifet of my home steed and by her to be posesed an Injoyed dewering her widowed or long as shee keeps her selfe in my name
I will that all those debts and deutis as I doe owe in righte or Conscinence to aney maner of person or persons what sover shall be well and truly Conted an paid or ordained to be paid in Conveien- ent time after my decease by my Executors heare after named
I give and bequeath unto my well beloved daughter hannah peirce the sum of five shilings with what she have had allreadey
I give and bequeath unto ye reast of my daughters and my sun Thomas ash all my moveabals to be Equially devided betwen then after her widowoed
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I give and beqeath unto my well beloved sun thomas ash whome I likewise Constitute make and ordain my only and sole Executor of this iny last will and testament all and singuler my lands mes- suage and tenements by him freely to be possed and Injoyd and I doe heare by utterly disallow revoke an disanul all an Every other former testaments wills and lagacies requests and Executors by mee in aney before this time named wiled and bequeatlied ratifying and Conferining this and no other to be my last will and testament in witness where of I have heare unto set iny hand and seal this for- teen day of Jenuaray one thousan seven hundred and seventeen
Signed Sealed published prou- mark
nounced and declared by ye Sd thomas ass as his last will an testament in ye presance of us ye subscribers.
Thomas ash his X
John Bampton Sam" Tebets John Bickford his X mark [Proved June 3, 1718. ]
[Inventory of the estate of Thomas Ash, who died April 10, 1718; amount, {127.12.0; signed by Thomas Tibbetts and John Bickford ; attested by Mary Ash June 3, 1718.]
ABRAHAM GREEN 1717/18 HAMPTON
In ye Name of God amen
The third day of febreuary 1717 or 18-I Abraham Green of Hamton in ye Province of New Hamshier in new England yeoman being very weak in body
imprimiss I give & bequeath unto my Daughter abigail Jolin- son fourty pounds in money to be paid wthin a twelve month after my decease by my Executors-
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2ly I give & bequeath unto my sone John Green a lot of land lying by the grass swamp so called & also a lot of land lying by the Hogpen meadow so caled & also iny piece of Marsh commonly called ye cod & also my piece of salt marsh lying below Caleb Perkins Nook so caled & also my part of ye Marsh wch my Brother Isaac Green & I used to cut together
31y I Give & bequeath unto my sone Henry Green six acres of land joyning as conveniently to my dwelling house as may be to get ther wth the House & other buildings & orchard wch stands upon ye sd land & also my new lot so called joyning to ye falls river & also a percel of Marsh wch I let out to Ebenezar Gove to mow in ye year 1717 (only I reserve convenient room in iny sd dwelling house for my Daughter Marsa Lankester to live in during her widowhood & also I reserve a quarter of an acre of ye aforesd Marsh for my sones John & Benjamin to spread thatch where they use to improve for yt use) to himn & his heirs for ever & in case my sd sone Henry should die without any heir lawfully begotten of his body then my will is yt ye before named bequests shall return equally among my surviving Chilldren
4thly I give & bequeath unto my son Benjamin Green two thirds of my pasture lands joyning to my Homestead & also that parcel of salt Marsh wch joyns on ye south side of my Brother Jacob Greens Marsh & also what there is more then two acres of yt land wthin fence wch I formerly gave to my sone Nathan I give to my sd sone Benjamin on ye north side ye orchard
5thly I give & bequeath unto My Daughter Marsa Lankester all yt land & Marsh wch I formerly gave to my sone Nathan Green (in case he should never return more) and also one cow
6thly I give & bequeath unto My grandson Abraham Green a piece of land wch is fenced in ajoyning to his fathers land farther- more I give & bequeath unto my son John a pice of Marsh bounded on ye East & north wth Meadow of Ebenezar Gove on ye west on ineadow of John Gove & southerly on meadow belonging between my Brother Isaacs & mine
More over I give & bequeath unto my sone Henry Green my part
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of a lot of upland lying in halls farm wch belonged to my Brother Isaac & I : but in case he die without an heir lawfully begotten it shall then return to my surviving Chilldred
farthermore I give & bequeath unto my two sones John & benjamin Green whom I likewise constitute ordain & appoint to be my Executors to this my last will & testament my land in ye burnt swamp so caled & also whatsoever lands & marsh may or ought to fall to me by my fathers will as also yt marslı which buts on ye Islands in halls farm & all my wearing apparel all this to be equally devided between them & also my shear in ye common to be equally devided between them also I give unto my son Benjamin a lot of land runing over ye littel hill so caled it being ye 29th lot in number of ye last west division
allso my will is yt my executors do pay five pound towards ye finishing of ye meeting house wch I belong to in case it be finished in two years from ye date of these presents & I do utterly dissalow revoke & disanull all other & former will legacys & bequests And executors by me in any wise before named willed & bequeathed ratifieing & confirming this & no other to be my last will & testa- ment in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this day & year above written
signed sealed published pro- nunced & declared by the sd Abraham Green as his last will & testament in presents of us ye subscribers
his Abrahamı X Green mark
Jacob Bradbury Benja ffifield Jonathan fifield . [Proved March 5, 1717/18.]
[Inventory, March 11, 1717/18 ; amount, £617.1.0; signed by Moses Swett.]
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MARY MARTYN
1717/18 PORTSMOUTH
I Mary Martyn of Portsmouth within the Province of New Hampshire in New England Widow
Item I give and bequeath all my Waring apparell of Silks Woling and Lening of Every kind, unto my Grandaughters Marey Wentworth Daughter of my Son John: And Ann Shirburn Daughter to my Daughter Darritey, to be Equley Devided be- twext them-
Itam I Give and bequeath unto my Grandaughter Sarah Went- worth Daughter to my Sonn John Wentworth A Small Strep or feeld of land Lying betwext the land of Walter Warrin & the land of Captt Artchbel Makphedres
Itam -: I Give Devise and bequeath my Moiety or half part of ye Messuage or Tenement & Land thereto belonging left me by my Husbond Wentworth, unto the Lawfull Heairs of my son in law Sam" Rimes Deceast
Itam I Give to my abovesd Grandaughter Ann Shirburn a lot of land ajoyning to ye hous and Land of hir father Henrey Shirburn which I Purtchised of iny Son Ebenezer Wentworth-
Itam : I Give wliat Plate I may leave unto the Children of my Sons John and Ebenezer Wentworth
Itam : I Give and bequeath all the Residew & Remainder of my Goods Chattels Moveabells Money and Estate what So Ever and whare so Ever boath Reall and personal unto my Sones: Sam1l Jnº and Ebenezer : that is to Saye : one halfe part thereof unto my Son Sam" for his Seport and Not to pay any of his Depts, he having meet with very Great Losses, I think Just so to doe and what he has not nead of During his & Wifes Naturall.life, I Will that his son shall have the same & the Other half part to be Equly De- vided betwext my other two Sons : J11º & Ebenezer : I having all redey Don.for my Son Rymes his Children : verey Considerabell & more then their Perpotion, And my Son Shirburn : fiften years Rent in the Hous he Now Dwells in : begening with ye year 1698 : and I Charge him Rent but from ye year 1713-
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Item : I Do hearby Nominate Constitute and Appoint my Lov- ing Sons Sam" John & Ebenezer Wentworth the Executors of this my Will to take Care of ye Due Execution thereof and my Desire is that the Six Next Neighboring Ministers Would do me that Respect as to asist in baring my body to the Grave And I Will that Each of them have a Scarffe & a Ring given them at my funerall : In Testimony And for Confirmation of this iny last Will & Testa- ment, hearby Revokeing & Making Voide all former & others I the Said Mary Martyn have hearunto Set my hand and Seal the third day of febeuary : 1717/8 & in ye ffourth year of the Reaine of Our Soverargn Lord George of Great Brretton &c King &ca
Signed Sealed & Published by Mary Martyn
inrs Mary Martien to be hir last Will & Testament in pressents of us, Who Subscribed our Names as Witnesses in the Sd Testators presence.
M Hunking the mark of Mary X Fabins James Jeffry [Proved Jan. II, 1730/1.]
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SAMUEL HATCH 1717/18 PORTSMOUTH V
V [Administration on the estate of Samuel Hatch of Portsmouth granted to his widow, Elizabeth Hatch, Feb. 5, 1717/18.]
[Inventory of the estate of Samuel Hatch, mariner, March 5, 1717/18; amount, £334.7.0; signed by John Knight and James Jeffry ; mentions the existence of children. ]
[Order of court, May 10, 1718, authorizing the administratrix of the estate of Capt. Samuel Hatch to sell real estate. ]
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NEHEMIAH HEATH 1717/18 HAMPTON
[Inventory of the estate of Nehemiah Heath of Hampton, Feb. 11, 1717/18 ; amount, £327.13.10 ; signed by Joseph Swett and Thomas Crosby ; attested by John Gove, a Quaker, March 5, 1717/18.]
[Bond, in blank, in the sum of £600, Feb. 12, 1717/18, signed by John Gove, Joseph Swett, and Samuel Shaw. ]
[Administration on the estate granted to John Gove of Hamp- ton, March 5, 1717/18.]
[Probate Records, vol. 9, p. 147.]
John Gove allow'd Guardian to Patience Eliza & Mercy Heath. [Probate Minutes, Dec. 5, 1722.]
[Elizabeth Heath, aged 16, daughter of Nehemiah Heath, chooses Daniel Weare of Hampton as her guardian Oct. 1, 1725, and Mercy Heath, another daughter, aged about 14, chooses Jonathan Fifield of Hampton.]
[Bond of Daniel Weare, with Nathaniel Weare and Jonathan Fifield as sureties, Oct. 6, 1725, for the guardianship of Elizabeth Heath ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and Mary Gambling.]
[Bond of Jonathan Fifield, with Nathaniel Weare and Daniel Weare as sureties, Oct. 6, 1725, for the guardianship of Mercy Heath ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and Mary Gambling.]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, £327.13.10 ; expenditures, £128.14.9 ; allowed Dec. 10, 1725 ; mentions widow. John Gove was the father-in- law of Nehemiah Heath. ]
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JOHN MUCHMORE 1717/18 STAR ISLAND
In the name of God, Amen. The Eleventh day of February, In the year of our Lord 1717/18, I John Muchemore of Star Island in the Province of New-Hampshire, in New-England Fisherman being verry Sick and weak in body *
Item. I give and bequeath to Anne my dearly beloved wife one third part of iny Estate personall and reall and a room in my house to live in to gether with the use and improvement of my houshold goods as long as she continues my widow-
Item I constitute and appoint iny well beloved Son John Muchemore to be my only and sole Executer of this my last will and testement.
Item : I order that all my Estate singularly my lands houses, Messuages or tenements : as dwelling houses stage flak rooms, a house and land at Great Iland: after my debts are paid, to be equally divided among my children, John Muchemore Richard Muchemore, Joseph Muchemore William Mnchemore Abigail Preist. Rachel Down Sarah Muchemore, and I doe hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other formner testa- ments wills, by me in any wayes made before this time named. willing ratifieing and confirmneing this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seal, the day and year above written
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