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Item I Give and bequeath to My daughter Massey Hall five pounds
Item I Give to my daughter Martha been five pounds
Item I Give To my son David Twenty shillings
Item I Give To my daughter Keziah five pounds
Item I Give to my daughter Mary a featherbed and five pounds also furniture for sd bed
I do by these presents Constitute and appoint my son Ebenezer to by my Exexutr to this my Last will and Testament my will is that the Legacies herein Given shall be paid by my son Ebenezer within Two years after he shall arive to the age of Twenty one years also that my son Ebenezer To pay my Just Debts and to be at the Charge of My funerall and I do hereby utterly disalow Revoke and disanull all and every other Testaments wills and
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Legacies Bequests and Exexuts by me in any wayes before this time named willed and bequeathed Rattifiing and Confirming this and No other to be My Last will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale the day and Yeare above Mentioned
Signed Sealed Delivered and James Sinkler
pronounced by the Sd James Sink-
ler to be his Last will and Testa-
ment In presence of us
Jeremiah Calfe
walter wiggin frances Harvey [Proved Feb. 15, 1732/3. ]
SAMUEL HAM I731 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen, The Eleventh day of September, Anno Domini one Thousand, Seven Hundred Thirty and one, I Samuel Ham of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire, in New England, Yeoman, being very Sick and weak in body *
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Eliza- beth Ham all The Improvement of my Estate both real & Per- sonal, all the Profit use & benefit of the Said Estate : untill my well beloved Son William Ham Shall arrive to the age of Twenty one Years for The bringing up of my Children, Provided She re- main a Widow untill That Time, but in Case She marry within That Time, Then my will is That the overseers hereafter named in this my will Shall have Power and Liberty to Improve the Said Estate to the best advantage for the bringing up of my Children as abovesaid
Item I give & bequeath unto my Well beloved Son William Ham abovesaid, all iny Estate botlı real & Personal Which I now have in the Town of Portsmouth abovesaid, & in The Town of
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newington His Heirs for Ever when he Shall arrive to the age of Twenty one Years to be Possessed thereof Provided yt he Shall Pay the Legacies & Gifts hereafter mentioned, but in Case my abovesaid Son dye & Depart this Life & Leave no Surviving Heir Lawfully begotten by his body my will is that my Son Samuel Hame Shall have & Enjoy my Estate as abovesaid he paying Gifts & Legacies as abovesaid, but In Case my above Said Son Samuel Ham Should Dye & Depart this Life & Leave no Surviving Heir Lawfully begotten by his body, my will is That my well beloved Son Ephraim Ham Shall have Possess & Enjoy my Estate as above- said he paying Gifts & Legacies as abovesaid
Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife one Third of my real Estate & Personal Estate During her natural Life when & after my Son William Ham abovesaid, Shall arrive to the age of Twenty one Years as also Twenty Pounds in Money
Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Sons Samuel Ham and Ephraim Ham That Tract or Parcel of Land which I now have in The Town of barington to be Equally Divided betwixt Them, when the Shall arrive to the age of Twenty one Years to be Possessed thereof, & To their Heirs & assigns forever
Item I also give & bequeath unto my abovesaid Sons Samuel Ham & Ephraim Ham To Each of Them Twenty Pounds in Money To be paid out of my Said Estate when they Shall arrive to the age of Twenty one Years
Item I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughters Abigail Leighton, Elizabeth Ham, Mary Hamn, Hannah Ham Katherine Ham To Each of Them Twenty Pounds a piece Currant Money of New England To be Paid To them when they Shall arrive To the age of Eigheen Years one after the other As they Shall arrive to ye Said age
Item I Constitute make and ordain my well beloved Kinsman Ephram Dennet my only and Sole Executor of this my Last will & Testament untill my Son William Ham abovesaid Shall arrive to the age of Twenty one Years, & after that Time I Do Constitute my Said Son William Ham my only and Sole Executor of this my
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last Will & Testament, and I do hereby utterly revoke Disallow all and Every other former Testaments wills Legacies bequests and Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be my Last will & Testament
Lastly I Constitute iny well beloved Kinsmen John Dennet & Ephraim Dennet to be overseers of this my Last will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day & Year first above written
Signed Sealed Published Pro- Samuel ham nounced and Declared by the Said Samuel Ham as his Last will & Testamnt In the Presence of us the Subscribers
his John J F Fernald mark his
Joseph X Rawlins mark Thomas Dennet
[Proved Dec. 9, 1731.]
[Warrant, Dec. 28, 1731, authorizing Benjamin Miller and Seth Ring, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Jan. 25, 1731/2 ; amount, {1301.10.6 ; signed by Benjamin Miller and Seth Ring. ]
ALEXANDER MAGOON 1731 EXETER
[Anna Magoon, widow, renounces administration on the estate of her husband, Alexander Magoon of Exeter, Sept. 15, 1731 ; witnesses, Thomas Mudgett and James Jones. ]
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[Administration granted to Samuel Magoon of Exeter Sept. 21, 1731.]
[Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 22.]
[Bond of Samuel Magoon, with Benjamin Rust and Thomas Crockett as sureties, Sept. 21, 1731, for the administration of the estate of his father, Alexander Magoon ; witnesses, John Penhallow and John Fellows. ]
[Warrant, Sept. 21, 1731, authorizing Thomas Webster and Jeremiah Connor, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Dec. 4, 1731 ; amount, £147.7.0 ; signed by Thomas Webster and Jeremiah Connor. ]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, £153.7.0 ; expenditures, £148.0.0; no date.]
[License to the administrator, Oct. 24, 1732, to sell real estate. ] [ Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 24. ]
MOSES PAUL 1731 BOSTON MASS.
[Bond of Mary Paul, widow, with Daniel Moulton and William Cotton, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of £2000, Sept. 15, 1731, for the administration of the estate of her husband, Moses Paul of Boston, Mass., carver ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Lucy Moulton. ]
[Warrant, Sept. 22, 1731, authorizing Tobias Langdon and Jeremiah Libby, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Sept. 25, 1731 ; amount, £830.0.0; signed by Tobias Langdon and Jeremiah Libby. ]
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[Administration on the estate of Moses Paul of Portsmouth granted to his widow, Mary Paul, Sept. 28, 1731.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 7.]
[Administratrix's account of the settlement of the estate; amount of personal estate, £68.2.6; expenditures, £23.16.5; allowed Feb. 15, 1732/3.]
MARY BROWN 1731 BERWICK ME.
[Samuel Plaisted consents to the administration of the New Hampshire estate of his inother by Capt. Ellis Huske and Dr. Nathaniel Rogers, Oct. 19, 1731.]
[Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 9.]
[Administration on the estate of Madam Mary Brown of Ber- wick, Me., granted to Ellis Huske and Dr. Nathaniel Rogers, both of Portsmouth, Oct. 25, 1731.]
[Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 9.]
[Bond of Ellis Huske and Nathaniel Rogers, with John Cutt and Eleazer Russell as sureties, Oct. 23, 1731, for the administra- tion of the estate ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Mary Lang- maid.]
THOMAS JENNESS 1731 HAMPTON
[Elizabeth Jenness renounces administration on the estate of her husband, Thomas Jenness, Oct. 22, 1731, in favor of her brother, Joseplı Norton.]
[Bond of Joseph Norton, with Nicholas Perryman and Jacob Stanyan, both of Hampton, as sureties, Oct. 25, 1731, for the administration of tlie estate of Thomas Jenness of Hampton, hus- bandman ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Joshua Brown.]
[Warrant, Oct. 25, 1731, authorizing Jacob Stanyan and Ben- jamin Swett, both of Hampton, to appraise the estate. ]
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[Inventory, Oct. 30, 1731 ; amount, £302.5.0 ; signed by Jacob Stanyan and Benjamin Swett. ]
[License to the administrator, Jan. 9, 1732/3, to sell real estate. ] [Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 29.]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, £236.17.7 ; expenditures, £36.14.1 ; amount due cred- itors, £263.3.3 ; allowed April 5, 1733.]
[Warrant, July 23, 1733, authorizing Peter Weare, Jabez Smith, William Staniford, Capt. Joseph Tilton, and Thomas Cram, all of Hampton, to set off to Israel Shepherd real estate purchased by him.]
According to the Warrant & authority given to Us by the Honer" Benjn Gambling Esq' Judg of Probate for ye Province of New Hampshirer bearing date ye 23 day of July 1733 We the sub- scribers have this 28th day of July 1733 devided and set out to Israel Shepherd two thirds of ye House Barn & about one acre of Land adjoyning to ye same formerly Thomas Jennings of Hamp- ton in said Province decd shewed to us by Joseph Norton ye admin- istrator as foloweth Viz Eighteen feet of the south side of ye House right up from botom to ye top which takes ye Lower room & Chamber on ye south side and fourteen feet & Eight Inches from the south side of the seler cleer acroos under ye south Room-and forteen feet from ye Easterly or Northest End of the Barn Cleear acroos barn & Lento from sid to sid-and two thirds of ye Land ajoyning to the House southward
Peter Weare Joseph. Tilton Willm Staniford Jabez Smith
[Guardianship of Hezekiah Jenness, minor, aged more than fourteen years, son of Thomas Jenness of Hampton, yeoman, de- ceased, granted to Benjamin Swett, Jr., of Hampton Falls, yeo- man, May 27, 1745.]
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[Various receipts, notes, etc., containing signatures of Thomas Deane, Thomas Clough, Eleazer Hudson, LEnoch Gossp Joshua Peirce, Benjamin Rust, John Wentworth, Samuel Brown, Thomas Jenness, Eleazer Russell, Gilbert Warner, William Hook, Stephen Greenleaf, Clement Jackson, Edward Williams, Edmund Toppan, Nathaniel Weare, Jonathan Cass, Sampson Sheafe, Shadrach Wal- ton, Amos Rand, Thomas Proctor and Joseph Norton. ]
SUSANNA BICKFORD 1731 NEWINGTON
In the Name of God Amen The Eighth day of November 1731 I Susanna Bickford of Newington in the Province of New-hamp- shire in New-England widdow being Sick in body : .
& as to my Lands I pretend not To make any disposal of them but hope They may be divided among my children Without Jars or Contentions. But as to my household Goods that is Such as are properly mine Even all of them wheither with in doors or with- out be they Less or more
I give and bequeath them all to my Beloved Daughter Anna Walker widdow and that as a token of my Love to her and as Some what of a Retalliation of her great Care & Tenderness towards me in my Long Continued Weakness & Indisposition of Body. In Witness where of I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day & Year Above Written
Signed Sealed Published pro- nounced & Declared by said Su- sanna Bickford as her Last will & Testament In presence of us the Subscribers
Joseph Adams Thomas Beckford his John X Wiggins mark [Proved Nov. 13, 1732. ;
her Susanna X Bickford mark
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[Administration granted to Anna Walker, widow, late of New- ington, Nov. 13, 1732, no executor being named in the will.]
ROBERT PIKE I731 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Dr. Robert Pike of Portsmouth granted to Benjamin Miller and Benjamin Akerman Dec. 15, 1731, his brother, Solomon Pike, renouncing. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 44.]
[Bond of Theodore Atkinson, with Daniel Warner and Thomas Packer as sureties, all of Portsmouth, Dec. 15, 1731, for the ad- ministration of the estate; witnesses, John Penhallow and Ann Mills. ]
[Warrant, Dec. 15, 1731, authorizing Benjamin Miller and Ben- jamin Akerman to appraise the estate of Dr. Robert Pike, whose brother, Solomon Pike, renounced administration. ]
[Inventory; amount, {1160.0.0 ; signed by Benjamin Miller and Benjamin Akerman ; attested Dec. 21, 1731.]
[License to the administrator, Dec. 21, 1731, to sell real estate. ] [Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 44. ]
JOHN EMERSON 1731 PORTSMOUTH
Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire in New England
This thirty first day of December one thousand seven hundred and thirty one In the name of God Amen. I John Emerson of said Portsmouth Clerk being at present of sound memory and Well disposing mind, but Weak and infirm in body
Firstly .- My Will is that my funeral Charges & Just Debts be payd by iny Executors as Soon as conveniently may be after my decease, and yt iny Executors Sell my Negro man Ceesar, my Li- brary and my two horses for that end and purpose, and in Case the
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Money raised and produced by the said Negro man Library and two horses be not sufficient therefor my Will is that it be made up out of those bonds that are due to me.
2ndly .- I give and bequeath unto my true and well beloved Wife Mary Emerson the sum of one hundred pounds to her own use, to be payd Her by my Executors, as soon as conveniently may be, after my decease, out of the money due to me from the Parish also my Will is that my Wife have ye use and Improvement of my home- stead with the two houses on the same during her natural life and that she have all the house hold goods, Plate and other things she brought with her, also I Give and bequeath unto her for her own use and benefit my Negro woman Dinah and one Cow provided and in Case she release her thirds in my lands at the Plains and at Stretham
3rdly .- My Will is that the remainder of my moveables with what plate belongs to me be equally divided amongst my Children except the stock on My farm formerly belonging to Samuel Pen- hallow and Richard Waldron Esqrs which I will have remain on the same
4thly-I Give and bequeath unto my two Youngest Daughters Viz Dorothy and Martha the sum of one hundred pounds each over and above their equal share and proportion with my other Children in my Estate, to be payd out of my bonds by my Execu- tors unto my true and Well beloved Wife, one of my Executors hereafter named, to be improved by her for the supporting and bringing up of my said Two Daughters till they shall come of age and what of it shall not then be spent to remain in the hands of my said Wife for her own use and service.
5thly .- My Will is that my lands at the Plains & at Stretham be sold as soon as may be to ye best advantage by my Executors, and that out of the money for the same and out of the residue of my bonds and Debts due To me, there be payd by my Executors, as soon as may be, to each of my three Daughters, Vizt Elizabeth, Anne and Sarah the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds each to make them equal with their sister Winkly
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6thly .- My Will is that my Daughter Dorothy be payd by my Executors the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds when she shall arrive at the age of eighteen Years or when she shall marry, if before that age, to make her equal with her other sisters aforemen- tioned and that my Daughter Martha be payd the said sum of one hundred and fifty pounds at the age of eighteen years or when she shall marry, if before that age, to make her equal with her sisters aforesd and that the same be payd out of the residue of my bonds and debts and the income of my farm formerly belonging to Sam- uel Penhallow and Richard Waldron Esqrs excepting my Wife her thirds in the same, and in Case of non Sufficiency in ye bonds, debts & income of my farm aforesd, for the payment thereof, that it be made up to them at the discretion of my Executors and in Case any of my sd Daughters dy before they receive the said sum, that then it be divided equally among my surviving Daughters
7thly .- I Give unto my Daughters and their Heirs forever my farm aforsd vizt that was formerly Samuel Penhallows and Richard Waldron Esqrs with the stock now upon it to be equally divided amongst them, when they all come to the age of twenty one Years, and my Will further is that my Wife have her thirds of sd farm during her naturall life. I also Give unto my Daughters and their Heirs for ever my Homestead and the Two houses thereon to be equally divided amongst them after the Decease of my wife
8thly-I Give and bequeath five Sixths of my Right, Title and Interest, be the Same more or less, of, in and to Cox Hall in the County of York, to the use and service of the Ministry of said Cox Hall for ever and the other sixth part of it to the use and benefit of the school of sd Place for ever
9thly -- Whatsover estate not mentioned in this my last will and Testament, that may hereafter be found to be mine my Will is that it be equally divided amongst my Children
rothly I do make Constitute and appoint my True and well be- loved Wife Mary Emerson Colonel Henry Sherburne of Portsmouth, Joseph Moody Esq' of York Captain Stephen Greenleaf and Mr Ephraim Jackson both of Sd Portsmouth to be Executors of this
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my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirty first day of December one thous- and seven hundred and thirty one and in the fifth Year of the reign of his majesty King George the second of Great Britain, france and Ireland King Defender of the faith &c
Signed, sealed, published and J. Emerson
declared by the said John Emer-
son to be his last will & Testa- ment in presence of
Thomas Sherburne William Hooker Matthew Livermore
[Proved Feb. II, 1731/2.]
[Warrant, Feb. 22, 1731/2, authorizing Ephraim Dennett, James Clarkson, and Capt. George Walker, all of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, March 6, 1731/2 ; amount, {2938.0.0; signed by Ephraim Dennett and George Walker. ]
[Guardianship of Dorothy Emerson and Martha Emerson, mi- nors, more than fourteen years old, daughters of Rev. John Emer- son of Portsmouth, granted to Increase Howe of Ipswich, Mass., July 17, 1732.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Probate Records, vol. 319, p. 457.]
[Bond of Increase Howe, with George Hart and John Baker, both of Ipswich, Mass., as sureties, in the sum of £2000, July 17, 1732.]
[ Essex County, Mass., Probate Files. ]
[Letter from Mary Emerson, mother of the wards, to the court, relative to the guardianship. ]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files. ]
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[Guardianship of Dorothy Emerson and Martha Emerson, mi- nors, aged more than sixteen years, daughters of Rev. John Emer- son of Portsmouth, granted to Capt. Stephen Greenleaf Feb. 6, 1732/3.]
[Probate Records, vol. 13, p. 98.]
[Blank sheet of paper for bond, March 5, 1732/3, signed by Stephen Greenleaf, Thomas Pickering, and Mary Emerson ; wit- nesses, Thomas Clark and John Penhallow ; "Mem' the Above Instrumt is a Bond that Stephen Greenleafe shall perform ye office of a Guardian for mss Dorothy & Martha Einmerson."]
[Account of the guardian of Dorothy Emerson, allowed July 23, 1736; receipts, {106.10.8 ; expenses, £7.17.0.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Probate Records, vol. 316, p. 435.]
[Account of the guardian of Martha Emerson, allowed June 8, 1738; receipts, £157.14.6 ; expenses, £8.5.0.]
[ Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Probate Records, vol. 322, P. 312.]
[License to the executor, July 28, 1742, to sell real estate. ] [ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 185.]
Memorandum of an Agreement made ye 26th day of Sept In ye 12th year of ye Reign of our Soveraign Lord George ye 2d by ye Grace of God of Great Brittain France & Ireland King Defender of ye faith &c-Anºq : Dom: 1738 Between ye Children & heirs of John Emerson late of Portsmº In ye Proe of N : Hamps' Clerk Decd & such as have Purchasd ye Right of some of ye sd Children & heirs of ye sd Decd to part of ye Estate that was his In his lifetime (viz) Francis Winkley of Kittery In ye County of York In ye Proe of ye Massa Bay Boatbuilder & Mary his Wife Eliza Emerson of Portsmº aforesd Gent : woman Stephen Greenleaf of sd Portmº Gent : & Ann his Wife Martha Emerson of ye same place Elihu Gunnison of Kit- tery aforesd shipwright & Dorothy his Wife Henry Sherburn Jun" of Portsmº aforesd Merchtt In ye Right of Sarah Davis & Joseph
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Norton of ye sd town Husbandinan In ye Right of ye sd Dorothy & Martha Being tenants In Com'on of a certain #cel or Tract of land Scituate In Portsmº aforesd near a place Calld & know by ye Name of Breakfast Hill Containing two hundred & twenty five Acres more or less of wch ye sd Jnº Einerson Dyed seizd & Possessd & wch he purchasd of Thos Westbrook late of sd Portsmº now of Falmoth In ye County aforesd Esq' by two several Deeds ye one Bearing Date ye 15th day of Jan'y 1719/20 & ye other ye 14th day of Jan'y 1724/5 & of Sam]] Penhallow late of sd Portsmº Esq' Decd by one other Deed Bearing Date ye IIth of day Aprll anº Dom : 1720 ye Butts & Bounds w'of may at large Appear by ye sd Deeds Reference thereunto Being had of & Concerning a Division of ye sd Tract or #cel of land wch has been of late known by ye name of Emersons farm wch Agreemt is as follows (vizt) yt ye same shall be divided by three men Namely Sam" Palmer of Hampt In ye Proe of N : Hamps' Gent : Water Bryant of N : Market In sd Pro® Yeoman & Jnº Godso of Kittery In ye County of York yeoman or any two of them to & among ye sd Partys or those who have Purchasd of them under ye following limitations & Restrictions In as Equal a Proportion as they may or can haveing Regard to ye quantity & quality of ye land wch limitations & Re- strictions are as followeth (vizt) ye Parts & shares of ye sd Eliza Martha & Dorothy to be laid out In order one after ye other at ye End of ye sd farm next to ye land of Thos Cotton & ye part & share of ye sd Henry Sherburn to be laid out at that End or part of ye sd Farm wch is Nearest to ye land of Coll : Henry Sherburn Esq' father of ye sd Henry yª sª Division to be In al other Respects According to ye Discretion of ye sd Sam11 Palmer Walter Bryant & Jnº Godso they haveing a Regard to Justice & Equity In makeing ye same & it is Agreed among ye parties aforesd yt ye sd Dividers or Gent" Before namd to make ye sª Division after they have made ye same under ye limitations and Restrictions aforesd shal have power & hereby are Authorizd to Determin Appoint & set out to Each of ye sd parties his or her #ticalar lott & to say wch of ye lotts so Dividd shal belong to Each of ye sd parties Respectively yt has
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a Right or to whom any share or part of ye }mises dos Belong by virtue of ye Will of ye sd Jnº Emerson or by purchase from any of ye Devisees In ye sd Will Namd & such Division & Appointmt shal be good & vallid agt Each of ye sd parties their heirs & assigns for- ever & Each shal have hold Occupy ye part or share set of to him or her as aforesd In Severalty agt any & al of ye other of sd parties his her or their Respective heirs & Assigns forever In Witness wrof ye sd parties have hereunto set their hands & seals ye day & year first above written-
Signª Seald & Dª In #sence Jacob Tredwell Wm Gerrish Mark Newmarch
Francis Winkley
Mary Winkley
Stephen Greenleaf
Ann Greenleaf
Martha Emerson
Elihu Gunnison
Dorothy Gunnison
Henry Sherburn Jun'
Eliza Emerson
[Deeds, vol. 23, p. 536.]
Whereas we ye subscribers being appointd by ye Children & heirs of ye Revd Jnº Emerson, late of Portsmº In ye Proe of N : Hamps" Clerk Decd (vizt) Francis Winkley of Kittery In ye County of York & Proe of ye Massa Bay Boat Builder & Mary his wife Eliza Emerson of Portsmº aforesd Gent woman Stephen Greenleaf of sd Portsmº Gentn & Ann his Wife Martha Emerson of ye same place Elihu Gunnison of Kittery aforesd shipwright & Dorothy his Wife Henry Sherburn Jun' of Portsmº aforesd mercht In ye Right of Sarah Davis to make a Division of a Certain Tract of land scituate In Portsmº aforesd near a place Calld & known by ye Name of Breakfast Hill wch has of late Been known by ye Name of Emer- sons farm to & among sd parties or those who had Purchasd of them haveing Regard to ye quanty & quality of ye land as may appear by an Agreement under their hands & Seals Bearing Date ye 26th day of Sept Anoq : Dom: 1738 accordingly we have Pro-
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ceedd & taken a survey of sd farm & set of & Boundd out to Each of ye sd parties their parts or Proportions of sd farm In quanty & quality according to ye Best of our Judgmts & understandings In y· following manner & form (vizt)-Ist we have set of to Henry Sherburn Jun' aforesd for his part or Proportion of sd land a part thereof Begining at ye North Corner of ye land of Henry Sher- burn Esq' by ya Roud yt leads from Ambros Slopers to Breakfast Hill & runing by sd Road North 50 Degrees East twenty one rods & then Southeast to N : Castle line & then Southeast by sd line to Henry Sherburn Esqrs land & by it to ye first Begining-2ly we we have set of to Francis Winkly & Mary his Wife for their part or Proportion of sd farm a part thereof Begining at ye North Cor- ner of yt part set of to sd Henry Sherburn & runing from thence North fifty Degrees East Eighteen 3/4 rods by sd Road & from thence southeast to N : Castle line & by sd line Southwest to sd Sherburns part & by sd Sherburns line to ye first Begining-31y we have set of to Stephen Greenleaf & Ann his [wife] for their part or Proportion of sd farm a part thereof Begining at ye North Cor- ner of ye land set of to Frans Winkly & Mary his Wife & runing from thence North fifty Degrees East twenty four 1/4 rods by sd Road & from thence southeast to Jnº Langs land & from thence southwest 10 1/3 rods by sd Langs land then southeast Partly by sd Langs land to N : Castle line & then southwest by sd line to sd Winkleys part & then to ye first Begining-4ly we have set of to Eliza Emerson Elihu Gunnison & Dorothy his Wife & Martha Emerson for their parts or Proportions of sd farm ye Remaining part thereof Begining at ye North Corner of ye land set of to Stephen Greenleaf & Ann his Wife it Being a stake set up about one rod south west from ye House where Joseph Norton now dwells & running from thence southeast to Jnº Langs land then by sd Langs land North East twenty eight 2/3 Rods to sd Lang' Corner Bounds & then southeast by sd Langs land to his East Corner Bounds & then southwest by sd Langs land thirty Nine Rods & from thence to N : Castle line S : E : & then Northeast to Tho' Cottons land & from thence Norwest to ye aforesd Road & by y'
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