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[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Moody granted to his widow, Joanna Moody, May 18, 1731.]
[Warrant, May 18, 1731, authorizing Cartee Gilinan and Thomas Gordon, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Sept. 10, 1731 ; amount, {213.19.0 ; signed by Thomas Gordon and Cartee Gilman. ]
[List of debts due from the estate ; amount, {46.18.8.]
JOSEPH CHESLEY 1730 DURHAM
In the name of God our Savour Amen I Joseph Cheslee of the parish of oysterriver In dover In the provence of newhampshiren new england husbandman being verey sick and weeak of bodey
In primas I Give and be Quath unto my Eldest Son Joseph Cheslee all my homestead Land and orchards with the dwelling house and barn thair on and the other appurtenances thair of Ex- cepting his mother In Law her thirds and also I gave to my sd Son Joseph Cheslee the choyce of my three fatlier beds with the beding thair of and one yoke of oxen and two cows he haveing his choyce out of my Stock and when he comes to Improve the Same : In the Space of five years time gradualey to pay unto my Son his brother Thomas cheslee twenty pounds In current money or passable bills of Credit and also to pay twenty pounds towards the Settelment of my Right In canterbary according to charter
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Item I give and be Quath unto my Saccond Son Thomas cheslee all my out Lands at Rochester my third of a Sheir and at canter- bary all my hole Sheir of Land also the next bed for goodness with the beding thair of and one yoke of oxen and one Cow of his next choyce when he Comes to be of full age be sides the sixty pounds which I will to be paid unto him Itiem I give and be Quath unto my youngest son James cheslee all that my Land on the north side of oysterriver and all my part of the marsh or madow at new- town and my other bed with the beding thair of also one yoke of oxen and one cow when he comes to be of age to Improve the Same then after that In five years gradualley to pay his Said brother Thomas cheslee twenty pounds In current money or bills of credit all these Legagises aforeSd to Each of my said sons thair hairs and assigns for Ever Item I will give and be Queath unto my be Loved and faithfull prudant wife Sarah Cheslee besides her thrds of the benefeet of my homestead Estate five pounds a year to be paid by Each of my Said sons after Either of them Successively may a Rive at age for Improvement while she may Remain my widdow and Live upon my homestead place and I doe hearby will ordain and Constitute my brother In Law Capt John Smith and Lut John Smith to be my Executers of this my Last will and teste- ment and these my Executers to pay all my Just and Lawfull debts out of my hole Estate with all other nessery charges and I doe heary utterly disalow Revoke disanull all and Evey other former testements wills Legaccies and be Quaths aney wasis willed and be Quathed Rattefyed and confermed this and noe other to be my Last will and testement whare of I have hear unto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of apriel anna Qua dominai one thoususund sevendred and thrty
Signed sealed and declared to Joseph Chesle
be his Last will and testement In
the presents of Ebenezer Davis Joseph duda Thomas Young [Proved June 7, 1731. ]
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[Warrant, June 7, 1731, authorizing Thomas Young and John Rollins, both of Dover, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, signed by John Rollins and Thomas Young ; amount, £1266.15.0 ; attested Sept. 6, 1731.]
WALTER PHILBRICK 1730 GREENLAND
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty first Day of May 1730 I Walter Philbrick of ye Parrish of Greenland In ye Towneship of Portsmouth In ye Province of new hampshire In New England, Blacksmith Being weake in Body & full of paine, * *
Imprimis I Give & bequeath unto my Dear & fathfull Wife Eliz- abeth, all my Estate both Real and personal, to be by her Im- proved for ye Good of my Children : she Remaining my Widow till my son Robert Tuftin Comes to ye age of Twenty one years, & then he my Son Robert Tuften to be freely Possessed of & to Enjoy as his Proper Estate, which I bequeath unto him, and to his heirs, that is to say iny home place where I Now Dwell with all ye buildings lands trees orchard fences & what ever belongs unto the Same as Reale Estate ; and all my Marsh att Hampton, & all ye land I bought of Unkle John Philbrick Commonly Called ye old feild ; & all that land I bought of my Brother Jonathan Philbrick adjoyneing to ye old feild ; my sd wife yet haveing ye one halfe of ye Same so long as she Remains my Widow, and if She should marry againe then to have but ye one third part of my home place & one third part of my lands I bought of my unkle Philbrick & my brother Jonathan Philbrook, before mentioned, to Improve or ye Income of it : I also Give to my sd wife all my moveable es- tate within Doors and without ; for her to Dispose of among my Children as she shall think best : I also order my Son Robert Tuf- tin to pay to Elizabeth my youngest Daughter Thirty pounds as her portion at her marrage or at ye age of Twenty one years he being my principle heir
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Item I Give & bequeath to my Son Simon, & my Son Walter all yt land yt i bought of the wiggins's & of Sinkler where Thomas Avery now lives, & my Common Right of land, and any right of lands yt. may here after appeare or accrue to me, and all my Debts of money Due by bills & bonds to be Equelly divided be- tween them or their heirs when they Come to ye age of twenty one years ; Excepting Thirty pound apeice to my Daughters, Mary & Deborah at their marriage or at ye age of Twenty one years : also Excepting so much as will pay ye Docters I have Improved
Item I Constitute make & ordaine Elizabeth my well beloved wife to be my Executrix of ys my last will & Testament ; & my well beloved Son Robert Tuftin when he Comes to ye age of Twenty one years, to be Joint Executer with her, & I do hereby utterly Disallow revoke & Disanall all & Every other former Tes- taments wills legacies & bequests & Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirmeing this, & no other to be my last will & Testament, In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand & Seale ye Day & yeare above inen- tioned
Signed Sealled published pro- nounced & Declared by ye sd Walter Philbrook as his last will & Testament In ye presence of us the Subscribers
mark Walter X Philbrick his
Sam" neell mark
Elizabeth X Neale her
William Allen [Proved Aug. 8, 1732.]
PHILEMON STACY 1730 NEWCASTLE
[Inventory of the estate of Philemon Stacy of Newcastle, June II, 1730; amount, £58.3.2 ; signed by Daniel Greenough and
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Joseph Simpson ; attested by Elizabeth Stacy, widow and adminis- tratrix, Oct. 20, 1731.]
[Warrant, July 6, 1730, authorizing Daniel Greenough and Joseph Simpson, both of Newcastle, to appraise the estate of Phile- mon Stacy, tailor, administration of which is granted to his widow Elizabeth Stacy. ]
[Warrant, Oct. 22, 1731, authorizing Capt. Hugh Reed, Joseph Simpson, and Jotham Odiorne, Jr., to receive claims against the estate. ]
[List of claims against the estate, Aug. 11, 1732 ; amount, £316.16.93/4; signed by Hugh Reed and Joseph Simpson. ]
[Administratrix's account of the settlement of the estate ; expen- ditures, £77.11.1 ; additional inventory showing total estate, £270.14.8; balance for creditors, £193.3.7 ; allowed Sept. 5, 1732.]
[Various receipts and accounts, containing signatures of Abigail Long, Charles Frost, Christopher Frederick, Richard Talpey, Benjamin Coker, Philemon Stacy, Ambrose Downs, Alexander Leblond and Samuel Checkley. ]
JOHN WENTWORTH 1730 PORTSMOUTH
In The Name of God Amen
I John Wentworth Esq' Lt Gov' & Commander in Chief of New Hampshire Do inake & ordain this to be my Last will & Testa- ment as follows being under some ill habits of Body but Thro' the mercy of God of a Sound disposeing mind & memory & not know- ing how God in his providence hath determined to Deal with ine do ordain as followeth-(Viz) I do Sincerely recomend my Im- mortal Soul to the Ever liveing God that Gave it me hoping thro' the merritts & Intercession of his only begotton Son Jesus Christ
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he will graciously be pleased to Accept it & Secundly my will is that my Body have a Decent & christian Buriall which I Leave to my Executors hereafter appointed Then as Touching my worldly affairs my will is that all my funerall Charges & Just Debts be paid as Soon as possable-and that no Difference may ar- rise amoungst iny Chilldren after my Decease about a Divission of the Estate which God In his goodness hath been pleased to Bless me with I do hereby order it to be dispossed of as follows Viz-
Imprimis I give & bequeath to my Dear & well beloved wife Sarah Wentworth her heirs & assignes after the debts & Legacies herein mentioned are paid & satisfied the whole Residue & remainder of my Estate both real & Personall in what place or under what circumstance So ever to be at hier Disposall as she thinks proper
Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Benning wentworth his heirs & assignes one moity of iny farm in Cascobay Caled mnare point & Two thousand pounds in any Part of my real Estate at a reasonable Price and where he Inclines also all my armory as guns Pistolls Swords &c and after his mothers deceas my Large Silver Punch Bowl
Item I give iny beloved Son John Wentworth his heirs and assignes the one moity of my farm at Cascobay called mare point & one thousand pounds to be paid him out of such my real Estate as my Executors Shall see ineet at a reasonable rate
Item I Give to my beloved sons Hunking Wentworth Wm Went- worth & Sam' Wentworth & to their Heirs Each of thein One Thousand pounds to be paid them Out of such part of iny Real Estate at a Reasonable Rate, as my Ex's shall think proper-
Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Sons Mark Wentworth Ebenezer Wentworth, Daniel Wentworth & George Went worth & their heirs to Each of them one thousend pounds to be paid them out of my real Estate where my Executors Shall think Proper at a reasonable rate & when they Shall come to age of twenty one years
Item I give to my beloved wife Sarah Wentworth for the use of
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my Daughter Hanah one thousand pounds to be at her the Sd Hanahs own Dispossall when ever She Shall Personally demand it & to be paid out of my real Estate at a reasonable Price or in money at her Election
Item I give to Sam11 Pleasted Esq' five Shillings only because of his Ill Treatment to my Daughter Hanner hereby Cutting him from any other of my Estate-
Item I give to my beloved Daughter Sarah Mackpheadrise one thousend pounds to her and her heirs & Executors to paid by my Executors out of That part of my Estate that they Shall Think proper
Item I give to my beloved Daughter Mary Nelson one thousand pounds to her & her heirs and assignes to paid out of any part of my real Estate that my Executors Shall think Proper & at a reas- onable rate-
Item I give & bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Eliza Went- worth one thousend pounds & my will is that it Shall Lay in her mothers hands & to be paid her in such Sumns & at Such Times as my wife Shall think proper & to be paid out of my real Estate at a reasonable rate-
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter rebecker Packer one thousend pounds to her & her heirs and assignes out of my real Estate at a Reasonable rate & where my Executors Shall think Proper-
Item my will is that in case any of my children above mention- ed die before they cume of age that then their Portion Herin allotted be given to my wife to be Disposed of amongst the rest She thinks Proper
and then Lastly I do hereby appoint and ordain my beloved Wife Sarah Wentworth my son Benning Wentworth my Brother Henry Sherburn George Jeffry Esq' & M' Theodore Atkinson to be my Excecutors to See this my Last will & Testament Exce- cuted Dated at Portsmouth this Seventh Day of august in the fourth year of His Majesties reigne annoqe Domini 1730
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John Wentworth
Signed Seald Dilivered & De-
clared to be the Last will &
Testament of the Honab' John
Wentworth Esq' in the Presents of us
Josh Peirce
Love Cutt
Mary Sherburn
Sarah Cotten
[Proved Feb. 1, 1730/31.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 25.]
JOHN PEVERLY 1730 PORTSMOUTH
In The name of GOD amen. The Last Will and Testament of John Peverly of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire yeoman .- I John Peverly being Sick and weak, labouring under the infirmitys of old age,
Imprims-I give and bequeath to my beloved son Nath1 Peverly and his heirs forever all my right title and interest in the Sawmill and Mill privilege, near my house, and also a peice of Marsh a little below the Said Mill containing about an Acre & half be it more or less.
Item .- I Give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Grace Ross and her heirs forever The little House where I now live with the land about it upon the Hill as the Same is within fence containing about two Acres more or less and also all my Cattle & Sheep that I have upon my place, which I will Shall be Wintered by my son John the next Winter, I having already made provision for them, and farther I will that my Said Son John Shall pasture one cow for my said Daughter Grace with his own Cows on my place during her the Said Grace's natural life.
Item-I Give and bequeath to my Grandson Jonathan Ross and to his heirs forever all my land at Barrington
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Lastly-I Give and bequeath to my beloved son John Peverly after the beforementioned legacys are paid & Made good ; and after my Just debts and funeral Charges are paid and Satisfyed, all the residue and remaining part of my Estate whether Real or personal as my lands out lands feilds orchards Meadows Marsh with all the appurtinances to the Same belonging, To be to my Said Son John Peverly and to his heirs forever and him iny Said Son John I do Constitute by these presents to be sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the fifth day of September 1730-In the fifth year of King George the Second
Sign'd Seal'd & Declared by Mr John Peverly to be his last Will & Testament In Presence of
The Mark X of John Peverly
Richd Waldron
Mathew nelson
William Nelson [Proved Nov. 25, 1731. ]
[ Blank sheet of paper for bond, signed by John Peverly, Mat- thew Nelson, and John Griffith ; witnesses, John Ayer and John Penhallow ; endorsed, "John Peverly's Bond to fulfill His ffathers Will."]
JOHN MOODY 1730 EXETER
[Inventory of the estate of John Moody of Exeter, Oct. 30, 1730 ; amount, £442.8.0; signed by Nicholas Gilman and Cartee Gilman. ]
[Administration on the estate of John Moody granted to his widow, Abigail Moody, Aug. 10, 1731.]
[Bond of Abigail Moody, with Nicholas Gilman and Cartee Gilman, both of Exeter, as sureties, Aug. 10, 1731, for the admin-
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istration of the estate; witnesses, John Penhallow and Richard Wibird, Jr. ]
[Additional inventory, Nov. 15, 1731 ; amount, £50.10.0.]
[List of debts due from the estate, Nov. 15, 1731 ; amount, £232.16.1.]
[License to the administratrix, Nov. 16, 1731, to sell real estate. ]
NATHAN LONGFELLOW 1730 HAMPTON
The Last will and Testement of Nathan Longfellow of hampton in The province of Newhampshirer in New England being week and in a Low Condition of body : *
Imprimis : I Give and bequeath to my Son Jonathan Longfellow forty acers of Land Layeing in a place Caled the New plantation which Land I bought of Samuell Dow and half of a Twelve acer Lott I bought of Thomas Loveit
2ly I Give and bequeath To my Son Jacob Longfellow Sixty acers of Land Layeing in the New plantation which Land I bought of Sam" Dolton and the half of the above Mentioned twelve acer Lott I bought of Said Thomas Loveitt also my will further is that my Said Son Jacob Longfellow shall have the Improvement of Sixty acers of Land that I bought of Jacob Stanyan untill he Coms to be possed of what was Given him by his Grandfather Jacob Green of hampton afore Said Deceased : and No longer
3ly : I Give and bequeth To my Son Seuel Longfellow Two Lotts of Land Layeing in a place Called the Grasse Swamp Con- taining Each Lott Twenty acers which Lotts I bought of Capt Joseph Swett and Elehas Chace-as also one half a Twenty acer Lott Runing up the Rad oak Rige the other half owned by Joseph Low as also fifty acers of Land Layeing in the New planta- tion which Land I bought of Capt Joseph Cass
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4ly I Give and bequeath unto My Son Nathan Longfellow a home Lott I bought of Caleb Swaine and John Swain Containing aboute Sixteen or Seventeen acers as also forty acers of Land Laid out To me by ye province Lott Layers and Retorned to me on This province Records and Eight acers of Land I bought of Jacob Stanyan and a Lott of Land I bought of John french Containing aboute Sixteen acers and also a lott of Land I bought of Jonathan Godfrey Containing aboute Sixteen acers
5ly I give and bequeath unto My Daughter Ann Longfellow one hundred acers of Land I bought of Thomas ward Layeing in a place Called the New plantation as also the one half of my Com- mon Right I bought of Jethro Tilton and Jacob Moulton
6ly I Give and bequeath unto My Daughter Abigiall Longfellow one hundred acers of Land I bought of Edward Shaw Layeing in a place Caled the New plantation as also the other half of My Right in the Common that I bought of Jethro Tilton and Jacob Moulton
zly I Give and bequeath unto My Child as Not Yet born if it Should be well born and Live to the age of Twenty one years That Sixty acers of Land I bought of Jacob Stanyan or when my Said Son Jacob is to aquit the Same by being possed of his Said Grand- fathers Estate
8ly I Give and bequeath unto Mary my Dearly and well beloved wife My Dweling house and barn with all the Lands I have ad- joyning to them that I bought of Capt Joseph Swett Duering her Naterall Life then to Retorn to my above Said Son Jonathan and Jacob Longfellow Equaley to be devided Between them
my will further is that all my Just Debts that I Do In Right and Consince owe to any parson or parsons to Gather with My funerall Charges be Truly paid and Satisfied out of my parsonal Estate in Sum Convenant Time after my Decease by my Executors here- after Named
my will further is that those Children of mine that are Chargable for Maintainence in thare briging up that thay shall be brought
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up with an Equial prepotion of Each of my Childerns potions above Mentioned
and I Doe by these presents Make Constitue and apoynt my Dear and well beloved wife Mary Longfellow and my well beloved and Dutyfull Son Jonathan Longfellow to be My Sole Executors to This my Last will and Testement to See that it be preformed in Every pertickeler and To Take Speciall Care for My Decant and Cliristian Like buriall and my will further is that if any one of my above Mentioned Childern should meet with any Difilcity or destorbunce in thare Respective porticions as above Said then Eachlı one of them to bare an Equall prepotion of all Charges and for the Conferiation of all above written I the Said Nathan Longfellow have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Twenty Second day of December annoque domini one thousand Seven hundred and Thirty and in the fourth year of the Reaign of our Soveragian Lord George the Second by the Grace of God King over Grate brittian &c
witness
Nathan Longfellow
Anne Adams Elisabeth Cram Richd Young [Proved Feb. 2, 1730/1.]
[Inventory, Feb. 22, 1730/1 ; amount, {2630.9.1 ; signed by Henry Clark and Richard Young. ]
[Guardianship of Ann Longfellow, aged about thirteen years, Jacob Longfellow, aged eleven years, Sewall Longfellow, aged eight years, Abigail Longfellow, aged six years, Nathan Long- fellow, aged four years, and Green Longfellow, aged twenty- three months, children of Nathan Longfellow, granted to their mother, Mary Longfellow, March 6, 1732/3. ]
[Blank sheet of paper for bond, signed by Mary Longfellow, Stephen Greenleaf, and Samuel Hilton ; witnesses, John Penhallow
25
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and Jarvis Ring ; endorsed " Mary Longfellow Bond of Guardian- ship for six Children Vizt
Ann Longfellow Jacob Sewal Abigail Nathan Green
Born Augt 2ª 1719
Born July 20th 1722 8br 6th 1724 Febr 5th 1726/7 June 8th 1729 April 3ª 1731"]
[Guardianship of Ann Longfellow, minor, aged more than four- teen years, daughter of Nathan Longfellow of Hampton, granted to Joseph Norton Aug. 6, 1733.]
[Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 125.]
[Blank sheet of paper for bond for guardianship of Ann Long- fellow, Aug. 6, 1733, signed by Joseph Norton, John Gaines, and Jonathan Longfellow ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Elizabeth Penhallow.]
[Guardianship of Jacob Longfellow, minor, aged more than fourteen years, son of Nathan Longfellow of Hampton, granted to his brother, Jonathan Longfellow of Hampton, yeoman, Sept. 3, 1736.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 141. ]
[Guardianship of Abigail Longfellow, Nathan Longfellow, and Green Longfellow, aged less than fourteen years, children of Nathan Longfellow of Hampton Falls, yeoman, granted to Joseph Wadleigh of Hampton Falls, yeoman, Dec. 20, 1740.]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 4.]
To the Honble Richard Waldron Esq' Judge of ye Probate of wills &c. In and for the Province of New Hampshire in New England.
The Petition of Mary Mecress of Hampton in ye Province aforsd humbly sheweth That whereas her son Named Green Longfellow
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a Minor Under the Guardianship of m' Joseph Wadley of said Hampton And by him Comitted to the Care of Timothy Hilliard suffers very much for want of suitable provision as to meat And Cloathing and proper Instruction & Education so that his health is ınuch Impaired and his life rendered very burthensom to him And his Estate also is much Neglected and Great wast and spoil made of ye wood and timber thereupon by sundry persons whether by the Indulgence or allowance of his sd Guardian I Cannot say y' Petition' therefore humbly prays that the said Minor may have releif under or release from his prsent servitude and be Comitted to such as will take more Effectual Care for his suitable provision and Education And to that End that yr Hon' would please to Con- stitute me (his Natural) to be a Legal Guardian of his person And some other meet person Guardian to liis Estate for the better pres- ervation and Improvemt of the same if need be So shall y' Petition' Ever pray &c.
Mary Mecress
dated April 28th 1742
[Account of Joseph Wadleigh as guardian of Abigail Longfellow, Nathan Longfellow, and Green Longfellow ; expenditures, £51. 12.0 ; receipts, £73.18.0 ; allowed Aug. 25, 1742.]
[Guardianship of Nathan Longfellow granted to Jonathan Gove of Hampton Falls, yeoman, June 29, 1743.]
BENJAMIN CLARK 1730 NEWCASTLE
[Warrant, Dec. 28, 1730, authorizing Joseph Simpson and Nathan White, both of Newcastle, to appraise the estate of Capt. Benjamin Clark of Newcastle, administration of which is granted to his widow, Jane Clark. ]
[Inventory, May 18, 1731 ; amount, {1745.15.6 ; not signed. ]
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[Administratrix's account of the settlement of the estate of Capt. Benjamin Clark, mariner ; amount of estate, £1745.15.6 ; expen- ditures, £1289.16.11 1-2; allowed Sept. 24, 1740; mentions "Clothing & Bringing up my youngest Son five years," "Funeral Charges of my Son Benja," "To my Eldest Son Wms Clothings & Charges for Schooling &c 7 years & 3 months."]
ENOCH MUCKLEBERRY 1730 NEWCASTLE
[Administration on the estate of Enoch Muckleberry of New- castle granted to his widow, Mary Muckleberry, Dec. 28, 1730.] [Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 228.]
[Warrant, Dec. 28, 1730, authorizing Joseph Simpson and Capt. Daniel Greenough, both of Newcastle, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Dec. 29, 1730; amount, {209.16.6 ; signed by Daniel Greenough and Joseph Simpson. ]
[License to the administratrix, Oct. 15, 1756, to sell real estate. ]
JOHN SINCLAIR I730 EXETER
In the name of God Amen I John Sincler of Exeter in the pro- vince of New hamshire in New England being weak of Boddy * *
Item : I give unto my son John sinckler ten shilling he hav- ing received his portion allready by A deed of Gift
Item I Give unto my son Samuel Sincler the one half of the Land which now Live upon after his mothers Decease the other half being Given to my son John Sinckler by A Deed of Gift
Item I Give unto my three Daughters Abigail sinckler margret sinckler and Elisabeth sinckler to Each of them five pounds
Item I Give unto my well Beloved wife Elisabeth Sinckler whome I make and ordain the sole Executrix of this my last will
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and testmant all my moveable Estate and allso one half of my Land laying in Exeter town the other half being Given already to my Son John by A deed of Gift and I like wise Give unto her all my right in the Commons to be at her Disposall for Ever and Likewise I Give unto her all my right in A Saw mill to be at her Disposall and I do by these present hereby revoke and Disannal all former wills and Testaments by me here to fore inade in Con- firmation Whereof I have to this my Last will and testament Set too my liand and seall this twenty Eight day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty
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