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Last will and Testament In the presence of us the Subscribers
John Houlden John Carter Joseph Estes [Proved Feb. 4, 1728/9.]
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[Bond of Samuel Smith, with James Nute and Thomas Leigh- ton as sureties, March 20, 1728/9, for the guardianship of Jona- than Hanson, minor ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and Mary Gambling. ]
[Guardianship of Solomon Hanson, aged fourteen years, son of Thomas Hanson, granted to Thomas Millett of Dover April 30, 1740.]
[Guardianship of Ebenezer Hanson, minor, aged more than fourteen years, son of Thomas Hanson, granted to Thomas Millett of Dover April 30, 1740.]
SAMUEL FELLOWS 1728 HAMPTON
Articles of Agreemt Indentd made & agreed upon this ninth day of Oct Anº Dom : 1728 & In ye second year of ye Reign of our soveraign Lord George ye Second by ye Grace of God of great Brit- tain ffrance & Ireland King &c. Between Isaac ffellows Sam11 ffel- lows Johannah ffellows Alius Johan : Blake ye wife of Hez : Blake & Rachel ffellows Alius Rachell Shaw ye wife of Sam" Shaw all ye Children of Sam11 ffellows late of Hampton In ye Proe of N : Hampsh' In N : Engld now Decd is as followeth viztt yt wtsoever Estate was our honrd fathers & mothers viz' Sam11 ffellows or Deb- orah ffellows Decd yt Isaac ye Eldest son shall have all their sd Estate wch they have left In Hampton or Else where Except ye house where our father lived in at Hampton falls Parrish wth ye land adjoyning to it Boundd to ye land of Capt Josep Swett Noth- erly & Westerly to ye land of Joseph Lowell southerly & ye high way on ye East & also Eleven Acres of land in ye Second west Di- vision in sd Hampton In ye 39th lot In Number Boundd Easterly to ye land of Cristopher Pottle Notherly to hogpen farme so calld in Hampton to a high way on ye South & to his brother Isaac ffellows his land on ye west this house & land & Every thing upon ye same
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Samuel ffellows is to have for his part & portion of his fathers & mothers Estate-2ly Isaac ye Eldest son to pay to Johan'ah ye wife of Hez : Blake & to Rachell ye wife of Sam" Shaw his Sisters thirty pound apeice wch they have Already Recd In full for their part & portion of their fath' & mother : Sam11 ffellows & Deborah ffellows Decds Estate : & also sd Isaac to pay all our father & mothers Detts & to receive all ye Detts Due to them In their life time & to this above written Agreement we bind our selves & Each of us our heirs Exers & Admis forever as wittness our hands & Seals ye day & year above written : & also we ye subscribers do hereby acquit and Discharge our Brother Isaac ffellows forever from Any Demand of Any part of ye Estate of our Brother John ffellows Decd
Wittness Peter Weare Ebenez : Weare
Isaac ffellows Sam11 ffellows Johanah X Blake her mark Rachell X Shaw her mark Hez : Blake Sam" Shaw
[ Deeds, vol. 16, p. 178.]
[See preceding volume of this series, p. 599.]
ABRAHAM JONES 1728 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Abraham Jones of Portsmouth granted to liis widow, Hannah Jones, Oct. 25, 1728.]
[ Probate Records, vol. II, p. 113. ]
[Bond, in blank, Oct. 20, 1728, signed by Hannah Jones, James Clarkson, and John Lang ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and Mary Gambling. ]
[Warrant, Oct. 25, 1728, authorizing James Clarkson and John Lang, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
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[Inventory, signed by John Lang and James Clarkson ; amount, £482.2.8 ; attested Jan. 23, 1728/9.]
Whereas Abraham Jones Late of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Cordwain' Deceased died Intestate And by an Act of Said Province Entituled An Act for the Settlement & Distribu- tion of the Estates of Intestates among other things it is Enacted that If all the parties Interested in any Estate being Legally Capable to Act shall Mutually agree on a Division of Such Estate among themselves & present the Same in writing under their hands & Seals Such agreement Shall be accepted & allowed for a Settlement of Such Estate &c. all which may more Largely appear by Said Act reference thereunto being had-Agreeable to which Law We Han- nah Jones Widow Relict of the Said Intestate & Admx on ye Estate of the Intestate, Jolin Jones Cordwain' Ebenez' Johnson & Hannalı his wife formerly Hannah Jones Nath1 Jones Tann' Joshua Jones Clothier & James Jones Cordwain' all of Portsmouth aforesaid the Children of the Said Intestate do by these presents for Our Selves our heirs Execrs & Adin's mutually Consent & Agree among our Selves on a Division of the Estate both Real & Personal that did of Right belong to the Said Intestate at the time of his Decease, In Manner following Vizt the Widow aforesaid Shall have one third part of the Lands Situate Lying & being in Portsmouth aforesaid & one third part of all the Buildings Standing thereon which Land & buildings are called & known by the name of the Homestead the bounds of which Land may be known & Ascertained by the respec- tive Deeds & Grants thereof on Record the whole of which is about Eighteen Acres & a half And one third part of thirty acres of Wood Land Lying in Greenland in the Province aforesaid the Bounds whereof to be known as aforesaid And if She shall Se cause at any time hereafter to make partition & to have her third part Set off in Severalty it shall be done on demand by the Persons hereafter named who have the other two thirds of Said Land and to have her third part where she pleases of the whole of Said Land both in Greenland
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& Portsinouth aforesaid. And also one third part of all moveables & Stock an Inventory of which has been Exhibited & registred in the Court of Probate of wills &c. To have & to hold the Said thirds of all the premisses aforesaid to her during her natural life-And the Said John Jones shall have the other two thirds of all the Land and Buildings in Portsmouth aforesaid & all the remaining part of the moveables & Stock except what is hereafter excepted & given to others hereafter named-Ebenez' Johnson and Hanh his Said wife to have fifty Eight pounds to be paid her by the Said John Jones- Nath1 Jones is to have half the right of Land at Barrington the half being Seventy five Acres taking the Same for ten pounds & to have forty Eight pounds more to be paid by the Said John Jones- Joshua Jones is to have the other half the Barrington Right and forty Eight pounds to be paid him as follows viz twenty Seven pounds thereof to be paid by John Jones & twenty one pounds thereof by James Jones within nine months after James Comes to full Age-James Jones is to have the thirty Acres of Land at Greenland aforesaid Except the widow's third part thereof as afore- said And also when he Arrives at the Age of twenty One Years he is to have a Cow to be paid & Delivered him by the said John Jones -This is the Division & mutual Agreement of the Parties In- terested In the Estate of the Said Abraham Jones and to which all of them have Voluntarily Set their hands & affixed their Seals this twenty third day of July in the Eighth Year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. Annoque Domini 1734 at which time livery & Seizin of Each parties Share & Interest respectively was Made to his & her Satisfaction & Content Except the Said James Who being a Minor his part remains with John until the Said James Comes to full Age at which time his Share is to be delivered to him by the Said John his Execrs or Adnirs upon the receipt whereof the Said James is to ratifie & Confirm this Agree- ment by Setting his hand & Seal Hereto again at the time afore- said-
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Signed Sealed & Delivered In presence of Cyprian Jeffry James Titcomb
hannah Jones Ebenezer Johnson hannah Johnson John Jones Nathaniel Jones
Joshua Jones James Jones
[Attested July 31, 1734.]
PITMAN HOWARD · J728 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Pitman Howard of Portsmouth granted to his widow, Lydia Howard, Nov. 1, 1728.]
[ Probate Records, vol. II, p. 88.]
[Bond of Lydia Howard, with John Sherburne and Edward Howard as sureties, in the sum of £160, Nov. 1, 1728, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and Tobias Lear. ]
[Inventory, Nov. 1, 1728; amount, {82.0.0 ; signed by John Sherburne and Tobias Lear. ]
[License, third Tuesday in May, 1731, to John Bowles and his wife, Lydia Bowles, formerly widow of Pitman Howard, to sell real estate. ]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; amount of estate, £121.0.0 ; expenditures, £153.4.3 ; allowed Dec. 8, 1732 ; men- tions " bringing up of two Children a boy & a Girle viz the boy from the age of Six months to Seven years the Girle from 3 1/2 years of age to Seven ;" Pitman Howard is men- tioned as of Ipswich, Mass. ]
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[Various receipts, containing signatures of Samuel Thomas, Emerson Cogswell, Edmund Potter, and Elizabeth Cogswell for Francis Cogswell. ]
JOHN STEELE 1728/9 BOSTON MASS.
[Administration on the estate of John Steele of Boston, Mass., granted to Ephraim Fenno and Martha Fenno of Boston, Mass., Jan. 23, 1728/9. ]
[Probate Records, vol. II, p. 104.]
[Bond of Ephraim Fenno and Martha Fenno, with John Brad- ford and Moses Ingrahamn as suretics, Jan. 23, 1728/9, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and Mary Gambling. ]
[Inventory, Jan. 23, 1728/9 ; one right in Nottinghamn, {100.0.0; signed by Thomas Peirce and John Cutt. ]
ROBERT BRISCOE 1728/9 EXETER
In the Name of God, Amen, I Robert Briscoe of Exeter in the Province of Newhampshire in New England, being Weak of Body * *
Item : I give to my Cousin Zechariah Stone of Beverley my Lot Adjoyning to his own Land being between five and Six acres be it more or Less and two acres called the Fish Flakes purchased of Goodnian Morgan and my Pasture at Muckrill Cove-He paying an hundred pounds of New England money as hereafter ordered
Item : I Give to my Cousen John Stevens and his wife Abigail Stevens My Dwelling House in Beverly and all the Land adjoyn- ing to it being about two acres-And all the buildings upon it. He paying Seventy pounds in New England Money as hereafter ordered,
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Item : I give to my Cousen John Driver one hundred pounds in New England Money If he be Living and Demands it. But if he Should Die before he Receives it Then my Will is that it Shall be payed to my Brother John Briscoes Children in England to be equally Divided between them, and the Money to be payed by my Cousin Zecheriah Stone
Item I give to iny Cousin Samuel Stone Ten pounds
Item I give to iny Cousin Robert Stone Ten pounds
Item : I give to the Widow Elizabeth Ober Ten pounds
Item : I give to the Revd M' Thomas Blower of Beverley ten pounds.
Item I give to the poor of Beverley twenty pounds to be Com- mitted to the care of the Selectmen for the time being
Item I Give to the poor of Exeter ten pounds to be Disposed of by the Deacons of the Chh according to their Discretion
Item : My Will is that the Seventy pounds in Legacies Just above Mentioned Shall be payed by my Cousin John Stevens
Item. I give to my Cousin Hannah Veasie five pounds to be payed by my Executrix hereafter Named
Itein. I give to the Revd M' John Odlin Ten pounds to be payed by iny Executrix hereafter Named
Itein I give to my Well Beloved Wife Elizabeth Briscoe all my estate in the Province of New hampshire both Real and Personal and all my Moveables, Bills, Bonds and Book Debts that Now are or hereafter Shall be Due to me Both in Exeter Beverley or else where to be for her own use and at her own Dispose excepting my Silver Tankard which I give to the church of Christ at Exeter for the Service of the house of God after her Decease
Item My Will is that my Negro Boy Cato Shall Serve my wife till he Comes to the age of twenty four Years provided She Lives So Long, but provided She Dyes before that term of time be expired that then he Shall Serve what is Remaining of it 'till he comes to the full age of Twenty four Years with the Revd M' John Odlin- And when his time is out he Shall be payed by my Executrix here- after Named twenty pounds in Money and one Cow.
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Finally : My Will is and I do hereby Appoint my Well beloved Wife Elizabeth Briscoe Sole Executrix to this my Last Will and Testament hereby Revoking Disanulling, and Makeing void all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made. In Witness whereof I the Said Robert Briscoe have hereunto Set my hand and Seal to This iny Last Will and Testament This Third Day of Feb- ruary In the Year One Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Eight or Nine
Signed Sealed & Owned In Robert Briscoe
presence of us- Thomas wilson Josiah Hall richerd preson [Preston] [Proved May 27, 1729.]
[Receipt of John Driver of Bristol, Eng., mariner, now a resi- dent of Beverly, Mass., June 29, 1730, for £100 legacy from his uncle, Robert Briscoe, formerly of Beverly, Mass., but later of Exe- ter, paid by Zachariah Stone of Beverly, Mass., coaster, devisee ; witnesses, John Higginson and William Osgood.]
[Probate Records, vol. 13, p. I. ]
EDWARD PHILLIPS 1728/9 PORTSMOUTH
[Bond of Neil Phillips, with John Abbott and Ichabod Clark as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £200, Feb. 18, 1728/9 ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and John Fellows ; endorsed, "Neel Phillips his bond adm : on his Bro: Edwds Estate."]
[Warrant, Feb. 18, 1728/9, authorizing William Cotton and James Clarkson to appraise the estate of Edward Phillips of Ports- mouth administration de bonis non of which is granted to his brother, Neil Phillips of Portsmouth. ]
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BENJAMIN MOULTON 1728/9 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen. The Twentieth day of February 1728/9. In the Second Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain &c. I Benjamin Moul- ton of Hampton in the Province of New Hamps' in New England farmer, tho Sick & Weak in Body *
Item I Give to My Loving Wife Hannah Moulton the best End of My now Dwelling house, Barn And Well, And the Improvem' of the Land near about the House & Barn, so long as She Shall continue My Widow, And then to be disposed off as hereafter mentioned. Also I give to my sd Wife My Orchard, and four Acres of Land Adjoyning thereto, ye Land to run the whole wedth of the Plow land. And One half of a Share of Land on this Side the Little River in the first Division, & Two Shares of Wood land laying on the Other side the Little River in sd Division ; And One Share of Marsh and One Share of Thatch ground at the Ox Common, And Two Acres of Marsh (be it more or less) as it lays in the little Meadow near the Great Boars head. Also Two Cows, A year Old Calf, My Horse, And all the Moveables of every Sort & kind with- in-doors, All which I give to My sd Wife to Her and her Heirs for ever. Also I give unto my Sd Wife Twelve Cords of good Wood to be deliver'd at her Door yearly and every Year during her Widowhood, And to be paid as follows vizt My Son James Moul- ton to deliver to his Moth' Three Cords and an half, Benja Moul- ton Two Cords & an half, Joseph Moulton Two Cords, & Eze- kiel Moulton four Cords ; all of ym Yearly and every Year during her Widowhood, as above said.
Item. I give unto my Son James Moulton One quarter Part of my Farm near John Crams, And his part to lay next to land of Sam : Melcher And the One half of My Five Acres of Salt Marsh laying below the landing Place. And the One half of my Three Acres of Meadow laying in the Great Meadow, also a quarter part of my Half share of Wood land laying at the Temple, All which I give to my s Son to him his Heirs & Assigns for ever.
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Item. I give unto my Son Benjamin Moulton the One half of iny Five Acres of Salt Marsh laying below the landing place, And the one half of My Three Acres of Meadow laying in the Great Meadows. Also A quarter part of My Half Share of Wood land laying at the Temple. All which I give to My Sd Son, to him, his Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item. I give unto my Son Joseph Moulton One Acre and an half of land laying in the home-lot, to begin at the South West End of said Son's land (he now possesses) And to Run to Sam11 Moultons land, # the side of Seth Foggs land. Also the Eighth part of a Share or Right of land in ye first Division (so called) And a Share of Marsh in Boulters Cove also the Use & Liberty of My Well. All which I give to My sd Son, & to his Heirs & Assigns for ever.
Item. I give unto My Son Ezekiel Moulton the Remainder of the land laying in the Home-lot, wch is not allready disposed off in this My Will. And A quarter of a Right or Share of land on this Side the Little River in the first Division. Also the Half of My Half Share of Wood land laying at the Temple, also the Westwardly End of My Now Dwelling house, and all My Instruments of Hus- bandry, all which I give to My said Son, and to his Heirs & Assigns for Ever.
Item I give to My Sons Benjamin Moulton & Joseph Moulton My Right or Share of land laying in the New Plantation, to them their Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item I Give to Thomas Batchelder five Shillings in Money.
Item. I Give unto My Daught' Hannah Small the Wife of Richd Small One Cow.
Item I Give unto My Daught' Elizabeth Moulton Two Acres of Plow land in the Home-lot adjoyning to the Land I gave her Mother, & to run the whole Wedth of the Plowland And Two Acres and an half of Meadow be it more or less laying near the Ox Comon at a place known by the name of Browns Meadow, And A Quarter of a Share or Right laying on this Side the little River in the first Division. And One Heifer, Also the Improvement of the largest End of My Now Dwelling House (After her Mothers Mar-
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riage or Decease) all which I give to my Said Dauglit' to her her Heirs & Assigns forever.
Item. I make aud Ordain My Loving Wife Hannah Moulton & My Son James Moulton to be Executors of this My last Will and Testament, and desire them to take this Charge upon them, & to See this My last Will and Testament Performed. And I hereby dissanull and Utterly Revoke all other wills & Testaments by Me at any time heretofore Made, and Declare this to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I the said Benjamin Moulton have Subscribed this My last Will and Testament with mine own hand, And thereunto put My Seal. The day and Year first above written.
Signed, Sealed and Declared by the sd Benja Moulton to be his last Will and Testament in pres- ence of us
his Benjamin X Moulton mark
Seth Fogg Josph Batchelder William Moulton [Proved June 19, 1733.]
[Blank sheet of paper for bond, June 29, 1733, signed by Mat- thew Bradford and William Parker, Jr .; witnesses, Richard Ward and John Penhallow. "This is a Bond That Hana Moulton & James Moulton should fullfill the Will of Benja Moulton Decd ."]
ISAAC GREEN · 1728/9 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Isaac Green of Hampton granted to Huldah Green of Hampton March 4, 1728/9.]
[ Probate Records, vol. II, p. 95. ]
[ Bond of Huldah Green, with Nathaniel Weare and Daniel Weare as sureties, all of Hampton, in the sum of £2000, March 4, 1728/9,
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for the administration of the estate of her husband, Isaac Green of Hampton ; witnesses, Ann Mann and Samuel Tibbetts. ]
[Warrant, March 4, 1728/9, authorizing Jonathan Gove and Amos Cass, both of Hampton, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory ; amount, {1324.4.9 ; signed by Jonathan Gove and Amos Cass ; attested July 7, 1729.]
[Warrant, Oct. 26, 1737, authorizing Joseph Worth and Jona- than Gove, both of Hampton, to appraise the annual income of the estate. ]
[Inventory, Nov. 30, 1737 ; signed by Joseph Worth and Jona- than Gove ; amount of annual income, £30.0.0.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; amount of personal estate and income, £364.0.0 ; expenditures, £289.10.4 ; mentions " bringing up my Eldest Child from ye Death of her father to Seven Years of age being 3 Years & five weeks ;" also "a Second Child to yt Age being 5 years;" also " a third Child born after his fathers Death ;" also funeral charges of two of said children ; al- lowed Dec. 28, 1737, and ordered that one third of the balance be paid to the widow, and the rest to Mary Green, the only child. ]
[Various receipts, containing signatures of Tristram Little, Jonathan Gove, Amos Cass, Benjamin Little, Daniel Swett, Sarah Weare, Jeremiah Gove, Samuel Seddon, Edmund Toppan, Enoch Sanborn, Joseph Norton, Thomas Cram, Enoch Sawyer, Elizabeth Cram, Mehitable Dow, Hannah Merrill, Abraham Green, and Robert Rogers. The widow is mentioned as Huldah Green June 7, 1731, and as Huldah Davis May 16, 1734 and after. ]
WILLIAM SEAVEY 1728/9 RYE
The Last Will and Testament of William Seavey of the Parish of Rye in the town of New Castle in the province of New Hamp'
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made the Twenty first day of March in this Year of our Lord 1728/9.
I William Seavey being of sound & perfect memory, but crazy and infirm in body do ordain and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me made
I I commit my soul into the hands of God in Christ Jesus trust- ing that it shall be keept by him until that day, and my body to a decent Burial.
And as to my estate which I have not already disposed of to my wife and children I dispose thereof in manner following-Viztt
2. I give and bequeath to my Loving Wife Hannah Seavey to her and her Heirs & Assigns forever Two Acres of Salt Marsh Lying and being in the aforsd Parish of Rye, and is adjoining to the Ferry Marsh between the ffence and the Creek, then runing Eastward till the Two Acres be accomplished. I likewise give her my negro woman Amini. Also the one halfe of my Stock of Cattle Horses, Hogs, Sheep-which Shall be at my decease, also all my Houshold goods and Moveables whatever, excepting the utensils of Husbandry to be at her disposal forever.
3. I do further declare that it is my mind and Will that those Deeds of gift which by ine have been heretofore made to my Sons Win Seavey and to my Son James Seavey be confirmed and I do hereby in all respects ratify and confirm the aforsd Deeds to my son Win Seavey and to my son James Seavey and the houses Lands Mills and intrests I do hereby confirm to them respectively to be holden by them in Fee & to their Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the Considerations and Conditions in the aforsd Deeds respec- tively made and mentioned.
4. I give to my daughter Hannah Wallis the Sum of Fifteen pounds mony, To my daughter Hephzibah Wright Fifteen pounds Mony, to Capt" Sam" Banfeild Three pounds and to Mary Langdon my Granddaughter Three pounds mony and to my son Stephen Seavey Twenty Shillings all to be paid by my son Wm Seavey, on which Conditions I have inade a Deed to my sd son of my Home- stead in Sd Rye. I give also to my Son Thomas Seavy the Sum of Fiveteen pounds mony and to my son Ebenezer Seavey I give
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Fifteen pounds to be paid by my son James Seavey, and is the conditions on which I have given to my sd son James Seavey my Lands on the south side of the Mill Stream, iny sd sons Wm Seavey and James Seavey to make their payments respectively within Two Years from and after iny decease
And finally I do hereby make and appoint my Loving wife Han- nah Seavey and my son William Seavey, to be the Executors of this my Last Will and Testament desiring them to See that this my Will be fulfilled in all respects. In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seall the day And Year first above men- tioned
Signed Sealed And Declared to
be the last Will and Testament of
William Seavey in presence of us
Jotham odiorne
Thomas Phipps William Bearry [Proved June 18, 1733.]
William Seavey
JOHN SMITH 1729 DURHAM
[Elizabeth Smith renounces administration on the estate of her husband, John Smith, March 27, 1729, in favor of her son, John Smith. ]
[Administration on the estate of John Smith of Dover granted to his son, John Smith, March 27, 1729.]
[Probate Records, vol. II, p. 116.]
[Bond of John Smith, with Samuel Emerson and Zebulon Dam as sureties, all of Oyster River, March 27, 1729 ; witnesses, Benja- inin Gambling and John Fellows. ]
[Warrant, March 27, 1729, authorizing Francis Mathes and John Burnham, both of Oyster River, to appraise the estate of John Smith of Oyster River. ]
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[Inventory, May 20, 1729 ; amount, £564.12.0 ; signed by Fran- cis Mathes and John Burnham.]
[Administration de bonis non of the estate of John Smith granted to his son, James Smith of Durham, husbandman, July 25, 1739, the former administrator having died. ]
[Warrant, Oct. 31, 1739, authorizing James Davis, Stephen Jones, gentleman, Francis Mathes, gentleman, Jonathan Thomp- son, gentleman, and Hubert Stevens, tanner, to divide the real estate, "One third Part thereof To Elizabeth The Said Widow & two Sixth parts of the Remaining two thirds thereof to Hannah Smith Widow Administratrix of all & Singular the Goods Chattels Rights & Credits of John Smith Aforesd Who Died Intestate with- out Issue to hold During the Time of her Sd Administration One Sixth Part to Elizabeth Woodman One Sixth Part to James Smith One Sixth Part to Joseph Smith, One Sixth Part to Mary Smith & One Sixth Part to Hannah Smith All Children of Said Intestate."]
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