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GEORGE MONTGOMERY 1729 DOVER
[Bond of Hugh Montgomery, with James Boyd and John Cul- bertson as sureties, all of Portsmouth, April 5, 1729, for the ad- ministration of the estate of George Montgomery of Dover ; wit- nesses, Benjamin Gambling and Henry Keyes. ]
JAMES McGREGORE 1729 LONDONDERRY
[Bond of Mrs. Mariona Macgregore and John Macmurphy, with Thomas Phipps and James Boyd as sureties, April 12, 1729, for the administration of the estate of Rev. James Macgregore of Lon- donderry ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and Catharine Starrett. ]
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MOSES SWETT
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HAMPTON
In the Name of God AMen I Moses Swett of Hampton in ye Province of Newhampshirer in New Eland Being Weak of Body but Sound in mind & of Parfect Meory thanks be to God for the Same & Calling to Remembrance ye uncertenty of this transetory Life & yt all flesh Must Yield unto Dath When it pleases God to Call, have therefore this Fifteenth Day of April in ye Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred tweny nine Made & do Consti- tute Ordain & Appoint & Declear this My Lasst Will & testament in forme & Manar following Revoking & Adnuling by these Pres- sents All and every testament & testaments Will & Wills by mee heretofore made & Declared Either in Word or Wrighting And this to be taken Only for my Last Will & testament & No Other +
Itm I Will & Order that Mary My true & well beloved Wife bee Comfortably & honourably Supported & Maintained by my Ex- ecutor hereafter Named in Maner & forme as is hear in after named & Expressed during her Natural Life if Shee Remain A Widow
Itm as my Eldist Daughter Elizebeth is Deceast I give to her Husband Nathanil Hall five Shillings
Itm I give to my Daughter Mary Swain five Pounds Money or bills of Credit
Itm & to Easther Hoeg five pounds mony or Bills of Credit Shee beeing my Daughter
Itm and to my Son Daniel Swett as I have Given him his treade & considerable of my Estat which he hath Received I give to him five Shillings more to be paid by my Executor
Itm to my Daughter Deliverance Coleman I Give Eight pounds Money or bills of Credit
Itm to my Daughter Theodat Purington I give five pounds in Money or bills of Credit
Itm and to my Son Stephen Swett having Received part of his Portion already I give him twenty Pounds Money or bills of Credit -& to my Daughter Phebe Purington I give five Pounds in Money
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or bills of Credit & to my Daughter Huldah Coleman I give ten Pounds money or bills of Credit & to my Daughter Patiance I Give Fifteen pounds in Money or bills of Credit.
Itm As to ye Way & Man'ar of my beloved Wife having heer Support & Maintanance & my Will & meaning is that My Son Benjamin Swett Whome I Make Executer to this my Will Doo take Care & provide for her Comfortable & Sutiable Maintanainc to gether with him to Dwell as one faimely or as thay agree So that She be Supported & maintained Comfortabley to hier Content & Satisfaction During the time of her Widowhood & in case that My Wife be not Supported & Maintained to her Content & Sattisfaction then Shee to have one Room in my House (viz) ye Lower Room with ye Seller under it & the Chamber over it & one Bed & beding belonging to it & what other housal Stuff Shee hath Ocaison for During the time Shee Doth Live a Widow all So half the Orcheard & half the Garding & two Cowes and one Swine & Lickwise yt my Executor do provid & keepe two Cowes one Swine both Sumer and winter for his mother So yt Shee may have the benifit of them During the time of her Widohood & allso to provide Sufficiant Corne to make her Bread & Mallt to make her beere & firewhood for her to keepe one fire Sumer & winter & in case of Sickness Sutiable Support & tendance in time of hier Sickness all to be pro- vided By my Executor and in case of his dath or absence to be pro- vided and performed by his heirs Executors or Administrators Dur- ing the time of her Widowhood.
Itm I Give & bequeth to My Son Benjamin Swett All iny houses Lands Orchieards Garden hom sted with all other Lands Grants of Lands Rights or Intrists of in or unto any Land Medow Marsh of what kind or Natur what Soer ither in Hampton or Else where yt belonged to mee & all so all Stock of Cretures tools or Imply- ments for Work or Debts Due to mee all iny Estat yt belongs to me att ye time of my Deceas & that my Executor be not Imposed up- on for the payment of the Legasies above mentioned Provided he doeth it in two years after my deceas And I do by these presents make Ordain & Constitue my Son Benjamin Swett to be iny Sole
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Executor to this my Lasst Will & testinient to Cause it to be per- formed & fullfilled revoking all other Wills by me mad as above Said Read Signed Sealed and Decleared to be his Last Will and testement in presence of us Wittnesses
Charles Tredwell Abraham Brown Nathan Swett [Proved Jan. 19, 1730/I.]
Moses Swett
RICHARD CROSS 1729 PORTSMOUTH
[Bond, in blank, signed by Joseph Cross, Thomas Phipps, and John Deverson ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and Benjamin Gambling, Jr. ; endorsed " Joseph Cross his Bond of Administra- tion on his Bro : Richd Cross his Estate 19th April 1729."]
[Warrant, April 19, 1729, authorizing Capt. Thomas Phipps and John Deverson, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate of Richard Cross of Portsmouth, administration of which is granted to Joseph Cross of Portsmouth. ]
[Guardianship of Mary Cross, minor, aged more than fourteen years, daughter of Richard Cross of Portsmouth, currier, granted to William Parker of Portsmouth, gentleman, Sept. 26, 1739.] [Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 652.]
CLEMENT MOODY 1729 EXETER
[Alice Moody, widow, renounces administration on the estate of her husband, Clement Moody of Exeter, April 21, 1729, in favor of her oldest son, Clement Moody. ]
[Blank sheet of paper for bond, signed by Clement Moody, Cartee Gilman, and Joseph Smart. 7
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HUGH CRAWFORD 1729 CHESTER
[Guardianship of James Crawford, minor, aged about fifteen years, son of Hugh Crawford of Chester, granted to Dr. Edward Thompson of Haverhill, Mass., June 16, 1729.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Probate Records, vol. 317, p. 36.]
[Bond of Edward Thompson, with Robert Calef, clothier, and Philemon Dane, felt-maker, both of Ipswich, Mass., as sureties, in the sum of £1000, June 16, 1729 ; witness, Daniel Bradley. ] [ Essex County, Mass., Probate Files. ]
RICHARD ELLIOT 1729 PORTSMOUTH
[Warrant, Oct. 6, 1729, authorizing Samuel Shackford of Portsmouth and Richard Downing of Newington, gentlemen, to appraise the estate of Richard Elliot of Portsmouth, administra- tion of which is granted to his widow, Abigail Elliot. ]
[Inventory of the estate of Richard Elliot, yeoman, Oct. 27, 1729 ; amount, {1047.2.6 ; signed by Samuel Shackford and Rich- ard Downing.]
[License, March 17, 1730/1, to the administratrix to sell real estate. ]
[Account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of personal estate, £339.8.6 ; expenditures, £536.19.1; items are, "To Sup- porting Abra-, a Child of the Intestate who was 4 years & Six Months old at his fathers Death," "To Do David another of the Intestates Children which was 2 Years & Six Months Old at the. Death of his father," "To Do another of the Said Children which was but I week old at the Death of his father."]
[Guardianship of David Elliot and Richard Elliot, children of Richard Elliot of Portsmouth, yeoman, granted to John Elliot of Portsmouth, painter, May 27, 1747.]
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[Various receipts, etc., signed by John Gammon, J. Ross, Benja- min Miller, and Ephraim Dennett. The widow appears as Abigail Green on a receipt dated Aug. 26, 1736.]
PRUDENCE SPOORE 1729 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen The ninth day of December 1729 I Prudence Spoore of Portsmouth in New Hampshire in New Eng- land Innholder
Item I give and Bequeath unto my Son William Bratten and his Heirs forever the Northerly Part of my Dwelling house with the western half of my Garden the house as 'tis divided by the Parti- tion from Bottom to top-Item I give & bequeath unto my Son John Bratton the Southerly Side & front of iny Dwelling house from bottom to top with the Easterly half of my Garden to be to him his heirs and Assings forever-Item I give unto iny Daughter Mary Akerman my Silver Tankard-
Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Roberts my Silver Porringer and also all my wearing apparel-Item I give & Bequeath Elizabeth Horney iny Daughter my Six Silver Spoons-
Item I give unto my Son Samuel ten pounds to be paid him by William & John Bratton iny aforesaid sons Each of thein to pay him five pounds within twelve months after my Decease - Item all the rest of iny movable Estate Goods & Chattles Debts bills Bonds & Notes to be Equally Divided between my three Daugh- ters before herein Named And I do hereby Constitute & appoint my well beloved Friend & Neighbour William Lewis to be my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament & I do hereby Revoke Disannul & make void all Foriner & other wills & Bequests by me made & that this & no other to be my Last will & Testament Contained on the two Pages of this Sheet of Paper-
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Signed Sealed & Delivered De- clared & Pronounced by the Said Prudence Spoore to be her Last will & Testament In Presence of
her
Prudence X Spoore
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Ephraim Jackson John Deverso1 James Jeffry [Proved and allowed Jan. 5, 1729/30.] [Probate Records, vol. II, p. 1IS.]
SAMUEL JACKSON
1729
PORTSMOUTH
In the name of God Amen I Samuel Jackson of Portsmouth being week in body **
That my present wife Shall have the Sole use and improvement of my estate (my debts first paidd,) for the bringing up of my Children according to her best prudence, and that after they are brought up I then will that what is left in her hands be equally divided amongst them all Saving to her hier Dower
and I do hereby nominate and constitute my aforesd wife to be the Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament
In Testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seall the Seventeenth day of December in the Third Year of the reign of King George the Second. annoq Domini. 1729
Signed Sealed And Declared in Samuell Jackson presence of Us
Thomas Phipps Hanah ffellows Lazarus noble [ Proved April 20, 1732.]
[Inventory of the estate of Samuel Jackson, shopkeeper, April 13, 1732 ; amount, {225.0.5 ; signed by James Jeffrey, Timothy Davis, and Nathaniel Fellows ; attested by the widow, Elizabeth Jackson, July 7, 1732.]
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[Elizabeth Jackson, minor, aged upwards of fourteen years, daughter of Samuel Jackson of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased, makes choice of her brother, Samuel Jackson of Boston, Mass., blacksmith, as her guardian Feb. 22, 1733.]
[Suffolk County Probate Registry, Boston, Mass. ]
[Bond of Samuel Jackson, with Samuel Grafton, gentleman, and Nathaniel Cobbett, cordwainer, both of Boston, Mass., as sureties, Feb. 22, 1733, in the sun of £200, as guardian ; witnesses, John Payne and Thomas Monk. ]
[Suffolk County Probate Registry, Boston, Mass. ]
ALEXANDER DENNETT 1729 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God amen
The twenty sixth Day of December in the year of our Lord : 1729 : I : Alexander Dennet of the Town of Portsmouth in new Hampshire in new England yeoman Being in perfect health *
Item : I give and Demise unto iny son Moses Dennet all my Estate in Lands (Excepting the westerly End of my house and Land at the Bank which shall Be Expressed herein hereafter :- and my will is that iny son Moses Maintain his Brother Samuel During his Life: ( : unless it shall plese God to Return his Reson againe that then my son Moses pay him one hundred pounds : and to Be quit of maintaining him :- also I give unto my said son moses my houshold goods and all my husbandry : & : Carpendtary tools and utensils for his own use : and all my Real Estate to Be to him my said son Moses to have and to hold, to him his Heirs & Assigns for Ever :
Item : I give unto my Daughter Susannah the West End of my house at the Bank with the west half of my Land thereunto be- longing that I have not sold John Jackson : to Be to hir and hir heirs and assignes for Ever
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Item : I give unto my son Ebenezar my Daughter Mehetabell Stuart : and iny Daughter Elizbeth Sandburn : and my Daughter Sarrah Waymath to Each of them one shilling to be payd them By my son Moses : I haveing advanced them out of my Estate alredy :-
Item : I: Give unto my son Samuel Dennet his maintenance out of my Estate During Life : unless it shall Plese God to Restore him to his Reson & understanding againe : then my will is that his Brother Moses pay him one hundred pounds out of my Estate and to be quit of maintaining him :
Item : I Do By these presents Constitute make and ordaine my said son Moses My Executor of this my Last Will and Testement and I Do hereby utterly Disanull & Revoak all & Every other former Will & Testment Legacy & Bequest and Ex' : By me in any wise Before Named Willed and Bequested : and I Do herby appoint my Kinsmen John and Ephraim Dennet to Be overseers of this my Last will and to see the full and true performance of the Same Requesting them to accept the Charge and trust there of : I hereby Ratifying Allowing and Confirming this and noe other to Be my Last will and Testement In Wittness where of I have here- unto Set my hand and seal the Day & : year first above mentioned :
Signed sealed & Declared By the said Allexander Dennet to Be his Last will & Testement In Presence of us
Alexander Dennet
Ephm Dennet Joseph Downing William Furnald [Proved June 26, 1733.]
[Blank sheet of paper for bond, June 26, 1733, signed by Moses Dennett, Ephraim Dennett, and Joseph Downing. "This is only a Bond That Moses Dennet should fulfill the Will of His Father Allexander Dennet."]
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MARTHA CRITCHETT 1729/30 DURHAM
To al people to whom these #sents shal Come Greeting know ye yt I Martha Critchett of ye Loverland part of Oyster River Parish in Dover wthin ye Proe of N : Hampsh' In N : Engld Relict Widow of Elias Critchett Sen' Decd Intestate being ye proper owner & Disposer of the houses & lands there so long possessd by me from my own right of Inheritance derivd unto ine from my own father Jnº Goddard & having obtaind help of God my Saviour to Continue Alive untill now tho so Aged & Infirm In Body yet of Sound mind & memory & waiting for iny departure hence by iny Death of body whenever yt my Change Shal Come trusting In his promises of free grace for the Salvation of my Soul wch I Com'itt into ye hands of my Dearest Redeemer Christ Jesus Order- ing my body to be Decently buried After iny Decease & ye Charges thereof to be first of al pd Equally by my sons hereafter Named for heirs of my lands Instead of my last Will & Testament do Appoint & Determine this my Deed of gift to be unalterable for ye Disposal of my Real Estate as following is herein Specified : Altho dureing my Present life I Reserve al my Estate for my own Support Order- ing & Improvement as I do or shal see most Expedient Neverthe- less to be In force After my Decease I have given & grantd & by these Usents do fully freely & Absolutely give & grant unto my beloved Children & Grand Children In matter maner & form as followeth viztt ten pounds to Each of my Daughters or ye Survive- ing Ofspring Children of Either of them ye sd sum to be Equally Divided Amongst & unto Each of sd Children Namely to ye Child- ren of my Deceasd Daughter Wealthen Huckens alius Gray ye sum of 1011-os-od to ye Children of my Daughter Elizabth Crom'ett : 10-0 -- o to ye Children of iny Daughter Anne Bunker 10-0-0 to my Daughter Mary Rawlins -- 10-0-o to my Daughter Abi- gail Nock Alius Leathers-10-0-0 yt is to say one third part thereof wch is three pounds Six Shills & Eight pence for her Selfe & ye other two thirds viztt Six pounds thirteen Shill's & four pence to be Equally Distributed & pd Amongst & unto her Children by
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her former husband Elder James Nock : Also unto my Grandson Joseph Thomas one Acre of my Salt Marsh Any Side where he shal Choos it After it may be Divided Into Acres besides his father -& my son James Thomass Improvemt of land wch I have Already given and grantd unto him my'sd Grandson likewise al ye rest of my Estate In houses land & Marsh I do hereby give & grant unto iny two sons namely Benjamin Thomas & Elias Critchett to be · Equally Divided between them as near In quantity & quality as may be for themselves their heirs Exers Adin's & Assigns forever they or theirs paying Equally ye proportion of one halfe Each of sd fifty pounds as Above Specified wthin ye space of one year After my Deceas_ to Each of my sd Children or Grand Children of full Age & to iny Grand Children when at ye Age of fourteen years viztt ye little Children of my Son James Nock Aforesd also I do Will order & Require my sd Grandson Joseph Thomas out of yt part of my Estate wch I have given to him to pay unto his Sisters within one year After my Decease as Specifid following to his sister Patience Tash ye Sum of 211-o-o to his Sister Sobriety Crom'ett ye sum of 211-o- o to his Sister Elizth Davis ye sum of 311-0-0 to his sister Mary Perkins ye Sum of 3"-o-o to these my Gran- daughters the total Sum of IIll-os-od Eleven pounds so to be Distributed Amongst them As Wittness my hand & Seal this twenty first day of January In ye year of our Lord Christ Jesus one thousd Seven hundred and twenty nine thirty & In ye third year of ye Reign of his Majty King George ye Second of Great Brittain Ireland & New England &c. Defender of ye faith
Signª Seald & Deld In ye sence of Hugh Adams Nat" Hill John Smith "Deeds, vol. 17, p. 53.]
Martha Critchett her name written wth her own hand
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JOSIAH HALL
1729/30 EXETER
[Warrant, Feb. 2, 1729/30, authorizing Capt. Jonathan Wad- leigh and John Lord, both of Exeter, gentlemen, to appraise the estate of Josiah Hall, administration of which is granted to his widow, Hannah Hall. ]
[Bond of Hannah Hall of Exeter, widow, with John Lord and Cartee Gilman, both of Exeter, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, May 18, 1731, for the administration of the estate of her husband, Josiah Hall of Exeter ; witnesses, John Bowles and John Pen- hallow.]
[Inventory of the estate of Josiah Hall, merchant, Dec. 7, 1731 ; amount, £811.17.8; signed by Jonathan Wadleigh and John Lord.]
[Administration on the estate of Josiah Hall granted to his widow, Hannah Hall, June 20, 1732.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 13.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate ; receipts, £591.17.8; expenditures, £370.9.7 ; allowed May 31, 1738 ; mentions "Main- taining Sam1 Hall a Child of the sd Intestate who was five Years & five months old at his fathers Death"; "D° of Abigail another of the Said Intestates Children until She was Seven Years of Age three Years & Eight months"; the order of court mentions that "the Said Intestate left Children by two Several Venters some of whom Deceased after the Said Intestate & before they Came of Age or were Married", and directs the division of the estate among the widow and four surviving children. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 463.]
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JAMES ALEXANDER 1729/30 LONDONDERRY
In the name of God amen the ninth Day of February one thou- sand Seven hundred and twenty nine thirty, I James Alexander of Londonderry within his Majesties province of newhampshire in New England Cordwinder being Sick and weak of Body *
Imprimus I Give and Bequeath to mary my Dearly Beloved wife the Benefit of my home lot Consisting of sixty acres with all the Building and Improvements that are in and upon the same to- gether with the Benefit of my out meadow's untill my Children come of age, Together with all the Household Goods and furni- ture and moveable Effects Except what is willed by me to the heirs after mentioned
Item I Give to Agnus Alexander my well Beloved Daughter a Second Division of Land Consisting of fourty acres by Estimation, Joyning upon John MacClurg's home Lott, together with two Divisions of meadow belonging to me which lieth in that meadow which goes by the name of the Eight acre meadow, as also one feather bed with a full shuit of Bed-Cloths of all sorts, three peauter Dishess, with half a duzen of peauter platers and a fine Dipper table Cloth and one spining wheall, and if my Doughter when She Comes of age be more Inclineable to take money rather than the aforesd land & meadow, then and in that Case She shall have in Consideration of said land and meadow, the sum of Sixty pounds in Currant passible Bils of Credit
Item I Give and Bequeath to my son Joseph Alexander the house Lott before mentioned Consisting of sixty acres with all the Building and Improvements that Shall be in and upon the same, and Seventy acres of my mendment and addition land, with all the other Divisions of lands and meadow's that shall fall to my share as a propretor in the township of Londonderry, Together with my great Bible a pair of Silver Buckels one Gunn and a Kean, and a yoke of oxen of five years old when he Comes of age
I also allow my Children to be Dutifull to their mother and live with her untill they Come of age, and if God Should Spare and Con-
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tinue my son Joseph untill that time that he Incline to mary a wife that then and in that Case he shall have a House built for him to live in on said house lott out of what is allready willed and Bequeathed to my wife and I allow my wife to Enjoy after my sons marriage the one half of the house Lott with the half of the Improvements Dureing her life and at her Death to Return to my Son Joseph, and I allow my Children to be Christianly taught and Educated to Read the holy Scriptures and to Write and Sifferr, and what Education Can be afforeded with what money and Debts that Belongs to me, and with what money iny Broad Cloth Shuit of Cloths Can be Sold for, and to be Kept in Good and Decent Cloathing till they Come of age
Item I Give and Bequeath to my D' Wife one hundred and thirty acres of my mendment and addition land to be Disposed of by her as she sees Cause at her Death, and I order my serv' man to be Dispos'd off and the money to be laid out for a servant that may be sutable and I order my other Cloths to be made fitting for said servt that I now have, and I allow my wife all my houshold Goods & moveable Effects to be Disposed of by her as Shee Sees Cause, Except what is before mentioned
Item I order and allow and appoint that if any of my Children should be Removed by Death Before they Come of age that the surrviveing Child Shall Enjoy and posess what is willed and Be- queathed to the Disceased Child, and if it Should be ordered by God that they be both Removed by Death, that then and in that Case, all that is willed and Bequeathed to them, Shall be Equally Divided among my nearest Relations and my wife's nearest Re- lations,
And I do hearby utterly dissallow revoke and disanull all & Every other former testaments Wills Legacies and Bequeats and Exacrs by me in any ways before named willed and bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and testament, and do Constitute make & ordain James Reid and John Macmurphy and my D' wife Exacutors of this my last will and
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testament In Wittness whereof I have hearunto Sett my hand and Seal this tenth Day of February 1729/30
Signed Seal'd published pro- nownced and Declared by me James Alexander as my last will
James Alexander
and testament in the presence of the Subscribers
Robert Campbell :
Robtt : Wear Jams Clark
[Proved Feb. 17, 1730/1.]
[Blank sheet of paper for bond, signed by John MacMurphy, Mary Alexander, James Reid, Robert Weare, and James Clark ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Mary Trickey. ]
JONATHAN MOODY 1729/30 EXETER
In the name of god amen I Jonathan Moody of Exeter in the province of new hamshire in New England being weak of body *
Item I Give unto my son Jonathan moody when he Comes unto the age of twenty one years my Dwelling house and all my Land he paying unto his sister the sume of twenty pounds
Item I give unto my Dogher sarah moody the sume of twenty pound to be paid by her Brother Jonathan moody
finally I give unto my well beloved wife Johanah moody whome I ordain the Executrix of this my Last will and testament the use of all my Lands and all my Estate till my son Jonathan moody comes to the age of twenty one years and the time of her natrual Life If she remains A widdow in my name and I do hereby give her my sd1 wife full power to sell so much of my Lands as shall pay my Just and honest Debts and I do acknowledg this to be my Last will and testament hereby Revoking and Disanulling all other former wills aud tetaments by me heretofore made and to this my Last
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will and testament I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of feburary Anno Domini 1729/30
Signed sealed and owned in
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Jonathan X moody his
the presence of
Eunice Giles her mark X
Elizabeth marsh her mark X Cartee Gilman [Proved May 18, 1731.]
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