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[Administratrix's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of personal estate, £1062.11.2 ; expenditures, £760.6.0 : allowed Oct. 27, 1736, and ordered "that the Admx dispose & Distribute the Ballance in her hands According to Law Viz one third part thereof to her Self & the Remaining two thirds to & Among the heirs of the Said Intestate & their Legal Representatives if any of them be Dead that is to say two Shares to the Eldest Son & the rest in Equal shares to the other Children or to his or their Legal Representatives."]
[Guardianship of Winchester Mannering, minor, aged more than fourteen years, son of Thomas Mannering of Newcastle, mariner, deceased, granted to Joseph Peirce of Portsmouth June 16, 1746.]
[Bond of Joseph Peirce, with Arthur Browne, clerk, as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, June 16, 1746, for the guardianship of Winchester Mannering; witnesses, Thomas Packer and William Parker. ]
Portsmouth Dec' 19, 1756
This day Bargind & Sold to M' John Moffatt of Portsmo. one quarter part of the Estate that was my first husbands Thos Man- nering which lyes at the back of great Iland and is the ferry land- ing Commonly known by the name of Mannerings place & which decend'd to me by the death of my Son Winchester Mannering with
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my thirds of dower, all which premises I have sold to said Moffatt for two hundred pounds old Tenor & I acknowledge the rect of thirty pounds old Tenor in hand paid me this day and I promise to give him a deed of the premises whenever he shall desire it.
Sarah Watson
Tho' Mannering of Great Iland Deceased 8ber 1, 1733 & left 3 Children 2 Sons & I daughter the daughter was by his first wife the 2 Sons John & Winchester he had by Sarah Bryer -- Winches- ter Dyed in Jamaica in November 1747-
The place at the back of great Iland on little harbour being the Ferry place (qt) 14 Acres in all with upland marsh and orchard- dwelling house & barn-her thirds of dower and that part which was her son Winchesters
A Deed for a fish room to make 3 vessells fish such vessells as our large Schooners that goes to the banks, where Thos Manner- ing use to make his fish with a way to it & 2 large gundelo load of Sand every year as long as I shall live
[Deeds, vol. C, p. 378. ]
[Various receipts, etc., containing signatures of Mary Frost, William White, Jr., Benjamin Parker, Elizabeth Cross, John Batson, James Boyd, Francis Mathes, Abigail Briard, Thomas Mannering, Sampson Sheafe, Mark Langdon, Daniel Jones, John Flagg, Joseph Jackson, Thomas Hockaday, William Winkley, John Salter, William Pepperell, Jr., John Vennard, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Leigh, Thomas Watson, Joshua Libby, Francis Winkley, Epes Greenough, Nathaniel Lear, Christopher Freder- ick, Richard Neale, John Sherburne, and William Chamberlain. ]
JOHN DAVIS I733 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Davis of Portsmouth, fisherman, granted to his widow, Margaret Davis, Nov. 6, 1733.] [Probate Records, vol. 7, p. 285. ]
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[Bond of Margaret Davis, widow, with James Moses and Zach- ariah Leach, botlı of Portsmouth, as sureties, Nov. 6, 1733, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Nathaniel Shannon. ]
[Warrant, Nov. 6, 1733, authorizing William Cotton and Thomas Cotton, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Jan. 22, 1733/4; amount, {176.12.0; signed by William Cotton and Thomas Cotton. ]
[Citation, July 21, 1738, to the administratrix to appear and render an account of the estate. ]
[Petition of the administratrix, July 26, 1738, for more time. ]
[Administratrix's account of the settlement of the estate, in a rough draft, no date ; mentions
"Boarding of Mary the wife of Emanuel May from the first day of May 1733 to the middle of January 1736/7"
"Do of one Child of the Sd Emanuel and Mary from its birth being the 9th of August 1733 to the middle of January 1736/7"
"Do of one Child of Do from its birth being ye 20th february 1735/6 to ye middle of January 1736/7"
"Do of the sd Emanuel's wife & Two Children from the first of June 1737 to the first of october following"
"Do of one child of D° of about four years old from the first day of November 1737 to the seventh of March following."]
[Reference, Sept. 27, 1738, to Col. Joseph Sherburne, Capt. Samuel Hart, and John Cutt, as referees, of certain items in the account contested by Emanuel May, "who Married the Daughter & only Child of the Said John."]
[Report of referees, Sept. 28, 1738, allowing the widow £20. 4.0 ; signed by Joseph Sherburne and Samuel Hart.]
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SARAH LEAVITT 1733 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen The tenth day of Novembr anno Domini 1733, I Sarah Lovit of Portsmouth in New Hamps' In New England Widdow being Aged * *
Item I Give unto Nehemiah Partridge my Grandson the Cow that he has Changed away for another Cow-Item I Give unto my Grandson Wm Partridge one Cow to be delivered him by my Execr three months after my decease Item, I Give unto Sarah Mackbride my Grandaughter one Cow one Suit of Apparel one Silver Cup-to be given her by iny Exec' Six months after my Decease-Item I Give unto Abigail Chapman my Grandaughter one Cow & a Suit of Mourning Cloathes at my funeral-Item I Give unto Sarah Partridge my Great Grandaughter one heifer of three or four Years old and balf the household Goods that is now in my former Dwelling house vizt Wood Pewter Iron & brass to be delivered by my Execr three months after my decease Item I Give unto her Sister Abigail Partridge the other half of the house- liold Goods wood iron & Brass & Pewter that is now in the house where I formerly Lived & at present keep also one Rug & one Blanket-to be deliver'd by my Exec' three months after my De- cease-Item I Give unto Sarah Braughton the Daughter of Abigail Chapman a bed boulster Two Pillows one pair of Blankets and one Rug Two pair of Sheets Two Pillow Cases & one Great Pewter Bason & if She the Said Sarah Braughton Should not Live to Lawfull age then the things herein bequeathed Shall be for the children of Samuel Beck my Executor hereafter named-Item I Give unto Sarah Beck my Great Grandaughter my Silver Tankard to be delivered her by my Execr three Months after my decease also one Bed Boulster Two Pillows a blanket and two Rugs to be Delivd her by my Exec' Six months after my decease Item I Give unto my Grandaughter mary Beck Two Cows to be deliver'd by my Execr Six months after my decease-Item I Give unto Mary Partridge the wife of Nehemiah Partridge one Crape Gown to be given her by my Exec' at my funeral and my Riding
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hood to be delivd her by my Exec' three Months after my Decease -- Item I Give unto Mary Partridge the Wife of William Partridge one Crape Gown to be given her by my Exec' at my funeral-Item all the Rest of my Estate Money Bills Debts dues and Duties what- soever & wheresoever of Right belonging to me not lierein Disposed of I Give & Bequeath unto M' Samuel Beck of Portsmo in New Hampshire husbandman and I do hereby Nominate Constitute & Appoint the Said Samuel Beck to be iny Sole Execr of this my Last Will & Testament hereby Revoaking & making Null & Void all other Wills & Bequests by mne heretofore made hereby Ratifying & holding firm & valid this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament-In Witness whereof I have liereunto Set my Mark & Seal the Day & Year first above written
Before Signing Note that whereas Samuel Beck my Exec' las Several Cattle out to lease In his own Name they are my Cattle though Let in his Name-
Signed Sealed & Delivered & pronounced by tlie Said Saralı Lovit to be her last Will and Testament In presence of us
her Saralı X Lovit mark
Samuel Pitman Joseph Pitman Thos Bickford
[Proved and allowed Dec. 27, 1738. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 421.]
[Inventory of the estate of Mrs. Sarah Leavitt of Portsmouth, March 24, 1738/9 ; amount, £146.15.11 ; signed by John Langdon and Thomas Bickford. ]
ROBERT ALMARY I733
[Bond of John Robertson and John Hill, both of Portsmouth, with Daniel Warner and Mark Hunking, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, Nov. 16, 1733, for the administration de bonis non of the
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estate of Robert Almary ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Mary Penhallow.]
[Blank sheet of paper for bond, Oct. 25, 1734, signed by Sam- uel Hart, Joseph Moses, and Samuel Hart, Jr. ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Mary Penhallow. " This is only a Bond of Guardianship that Sam1 Hart Esq' Gives in behalf of the Children of Robert Almerry Vizt Mary near fourteen & Hana Abt Ten Years old."]
JOHN KNOWLES I733 HAMPTON
In the name of god Amen I John Knowls of Hampton in the Provence of new Hampshirer in new England Sener being sick and weak in Bodey
Imprime I give and bequeth unto Susanah my beloved wife iny East End of my dwelling house and my Son Amos Knowls to maintain his mother my Said wife Honourably and well dureing her nateural Life or untill she marry again
2ndly I give and bequeath to my beloved Son John Knowls fourty shillings in Bills of Creditt to be Payed by mny Son Amnos Knowls within one year after iny desceese
3dly I give and bequeath to my beloved son Ezekeil Knowls twenty shillings in Bills of Creditt to be Payed by my Son Amos Knowls within one year after iny Deceese
4thly I give and bequeath to my beloved granchild Epheram marston the Son of Ephram Marston Juner by my Daughter Abi- gail his wife Deceesed three Pound in Bills of Creditt to be Payed within one year after my Deceese to be Payed by my son Amos Knowls
5thly I give and bequeath to my beloved granDaughter Phebe marston the Daughter of Said Ephram Marston by my Said Daugh- ter Abigail Deceesed one bed and all the furnetuer belonging to one bed and all my Puter Iron and Brass moveables within Doores which I have not other ways disposed of and She to have the Same after mine and my wifes Deceese
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. 6th : I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Amos Knowls my house and Barn and all my house Lott where my house Standeth and all iny marsh and upland Laying near the Beach and all my Salt marsh and my Island of marsh and my Thatch ground Join- ing to itt Laying near Browns Rivers mouth So called and all my Right in the first Division of the five Devisions in Hampton on Each Side of Lettle River Devided and undevided and all my moveables without dores and all my husbandry Implements and what So ever I have Left out or forgott If any thing there be of land or moveables undisposed of my Said Son Ainos is to have itt
7th I give and bequeath unto iny son in Law Sd Ephrain mars- ton five shillings to be Payed by my Son Amos Knowls-and I Do make Constetute appoint and ordain my Said Son Amos Knowls to be my sole Executor to this iny Last will and Teste- ment Ratifieing and Conferming this and no other to be my Last will and Testment In wittness here of I the before mentioned Jolın Knowls Senr have here unto Put my hand and affixed my Seal this fift Day of December In the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Thirty and three and in the Seventh year of his maj- esties Reign Georg the Second over grate Britain france & Ireland King &c
Signed Sealed Pronounced and declared in Presence of Wittnesses
Samuel Palmer Junr Jeremialı Page Elezebeth Page [Proved Jan. 4, 1733/4.]
John X Kowls his
mark and Seal
ALEXANDER JOHNSON 1733 LONDONDERRY
[Bond of Jolin Anderson, with James Leslie and Jolin Goffe, Jr., as sureties, Dec. 6, 1733, for the administration of the estate of . Alexander Johnson of Londonderry ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Jolin MacMurphy. ]
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[Warrant, Dec. 6, 1733, authorizing John Goffe and James Leslie, both of Londonderry, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Dec. 12, 1733 ; amount, {24.12.7 ; signed by John Goffe and James Leslie. ]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, {24.19.7 ; expenditures, £26.13.3 ; allowed Jan. I, 1733/4.]
THOMAS SIMPSON I733/4 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen
The Twenty Ninth Day of January Anno Domini 1733/4 I Thomas Simpson of Portsmouth in New HampshireIn New Eng- land Shopkeeper *
Imprimis and first of all I will That My Just Debts and funerall Charges be paid by my Exx out of my Parsonall Estate : Itim I give to my well Beloved Wife Suzannah all the household goods and furniture Beds and Beding in my House, Also I give my sd Wife Two hundred Pounds in Money Item That my said Wife Shall have her Thirds of all my Estate Real and Parsonall besides the Gifts and Payments Above Said : And also her living in the House I Bought of James Leby witli the Service of my Nigro Boy Named Pompey Dureing her life
Itim the Remainder of My Estate whatsoever that is is not Above Disposed of I give And Devise the same unto my Son William Simpson now living in Boston to be given him by my Executrix Twelve Months After my Decease ; And What lands I have to be to him his Heirs and Assignes for Ever After my Said Wifes Decease. And I Do hereby Nominate Constitute And Appoint my Said Wife to be Sole Executrix of this My last Will and Testa- ment. And I Do hereby Disallow Revok Disanull and make Voyd all And Every former Testament Wills Legacies And Bequests Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will &
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Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand And Seall the Day And Year Above Written signed Sealled Published And Thomas Simpson Declared by the said Thomas Simpson to be his last Will And Testament In the Presence of us the Subscribers James Clarkson Wm Bennett Thos Hart [Proved Oct. 22, 1735.]
[Warrant, Oct. 24, 1735, authorizing Joseph Simpson and Henry Keyes, both of Portsmouth, shopkeepers, to appraise the estate of Thomas Simpson of Portsmouth, shopkeeper, of whose will his widow, Susanna Simpson, is executrix. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 94.]
[Inventory, signed by Henry Keyes and Joseph Simpson ; amount, £1235.7.0 ; attested Nov. 26, 1735.]
[Receipt from William Simpson of Portsmouth, shopkeeper, to his step-mother, Susanna Simpson, Oct. 15, 1736, for his por- tion of the personal property of his father, Thomas Simpson of Portsmouth, shopkeeper. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 164.]
MERCY LANCASTER I733/4 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Mercy Lancaster of Hampton granted to Jonathan Gove of Hampton March 1, 1733/4. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 23.]
[Warrant, March 1, 1733/4, authorizing Jonathan Fifield and Simon Fogg, both of Hampton, to appraise the estate of Mercy Lancaster, administration of which is granted to her son-in-law, Jonathan Gove. ]
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[Inventory, signed by Jonathan Fifield and Simon Fogg ; amount, £452.10.4 ; attested March 18, 1733/4.]
[Bond of Jonathan Gove, with Jonathan Fifield and Simon Fogg as sureties, all of Hampton, for the administration of the estate ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Elizabeth Penhallow.]
JONATHAN GODFREY 1733/4 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen the Second Day of march Anno Dominni Seventeen hudred & Thirty three or four I Jonathan Godfree of Hampton in the Provence of new Hampshirer in new England farmer being verey sick and week in Body
Imprimas I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife me- hetebeal the westly End of iny Dwelling house and all my move- ables with in Dores and to be att her dispose I also give and be- queath to my said wife mehetebeal one half of iny stock of cattle and moveabls without Dores to Improve and Dispose of for the benifitt and bringing up of my Children also my said wife mehet- ebal to Improve the whole of my Estate boath real and Parsonal Till my two Eldest Sons are of the age of one and twenty years and my two sons Jonathan Godfree and Nathan Godfree After they are one and Twenty year old Shall Honnourably suport and maintain my beloved wife mehetebal their mother with Nesseceris and Conveneices and Sufficiant fire wood and Keep her end of the house warm and in repair and they also to find and Provid for their said mother two good new milks cows yearly and Every year and the summering and wintering of them Dureing her Nateraul Life or widdowhood with the charg of her nessecery tendenc If she should be sick
Secndly I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Jonathan god- free all my Land Laying in the west feild adJoining to and in Giles Swamp in Said Hampton Except four acres of itt which I give to my Son nathan Godfree butting on the road that gos from Hamp-
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ton to Portsmouth I also give to my said son Jonathan godfree one half of my Lott in the twelve shares and one half of my share in Second North Division in said Hampton and also one half of my marsh att the falls Rivers mouth and one half my marsh att birch Island so called and one half of my marsh Joining to the Parsonage Land and also one half of my medow Laying north ward of the Town Caseway and one half my Right in the uper Sawmill and one half my husbandrey Implements after he Comes to the age of one and twentey years
3dly I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Nathan godfree all my Buildings in Sª Hampton (Except the westly end of my Dewel- ing house which he is to have att his mothers Decees or when she Maryes again) and all my land adJoining to where my Dwelling house stands, and four acres of land Laying in the west feild joing forty rod northly on Thomas fullers land Eastly itt comes to the road and one half of my Lott in the twelve shares and one half my share in the second north Division and also one half my marsh att the falls Rivers mouth and one half of my marsh att Birch Island and one half of my inarsh Joining to the Parsonage Land and one half of my medow Laying to the northly of the Town Causway and one half of my Right in the uper sawmill and one half my husband- rey Implements
4ly In Case one of my said sons should Dye before he comes to the age of one and twenty years my youngest Son to have all and Singualer that which was given to him that is Deceesed and shall Perforin all that the Deceesed was InJoined to Perform
sly I give and bequeth to my beloved Son Isaac godfree all my Rights of Lands in Kingston and when he is of Suteable age to be out to such a 'Trade as he shall Choose
6ly I give and bequeth to Each of my Daughters Sarah mehetabel and Hannah Godfree Ten Pound in Bills of Creditt to Each Ten Pound a Peice to be Equelly Payed by my Sons Jonathan Godfree and Nathan Godfree
7ly I also give and dispose of my Negro mnan Ceaser to my be- loved wife ineletebel to Dispose of him as she Pleaseth and also
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what moneys are Dew to me I dispose of to Pay my Just Debts and If there be not anough Dew to me to Pay my Debts the rest to be Payed out of my Stock of Cattle
I also appoint Constiute make and ordain my beloved wife mehetebal and Jesper Blake to be my Executors of this my Last will and Testement and I Do hereby utterly disallow revoke and Disanul all and Every other former Testinents wills Leagueses and bequests and Executors by me in any ways before named willed and bequethed Ratifying and Conferming this and no other to be iny Last will and Testament In witness here of I the said Jona- than Godfree have here unto sett my hand and Seal the Day and. year above written
Signed Sealed Published and Jonathan Godfrey Declared by the Said Jonathan godfree as his Last will & Testa- ment In the Presence of us the Subscribers
William Godfree
Samuel Palmer Jonathan Tucke [Proved April 4, 1734.]
[Warrant, March 27, 1734, authorizing Samuel Palmer and Jonathan Tuck, both of Hampton, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, April 1, 1734; amount, {1247.15.8; signed by Samuel Palmer and Jonathan Tuck. ]
[License to the executors, Sept. 10, 1735, to sell real estate. ]. [ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 86. ]
JOHN URIN I734 GREENLAND
Province of New Hampshire Aprill 13-1734-
Wee the Subscribers hereof, the Widdow and Children of John Urin Late of Greenland in New Hampshire affore Said Coard-
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wainer, Do hereby Mutually agree that the Real Estate of the said John Urin Deceas'd Intestate, be Divided amongst us, as by the Draught of the same on the Backside hereof Each ones part being Measured and Stak't out And Numbered : the Widdows thirds being first Set of as in the Draught : which is to be Divided in like Manner after the Widdows Decease In Witness of wch agreement Wee have hereunto Set our hands and Seales the Day and yeare first above Written-
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TRISTRAM HEARD 1734 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen the Eighteenth day of April one thousand Seven hundred & Thirty four I Tristram Heard of Dover in the Province of New-Hampshire in New-England Husband- man being very sick and weak of Body, * * *
Imprimis, I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Heard and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever Thirty Acres of Land lying above the Faggotty Bridge, and Nine Acres of land where liis now Dwell- ing House standeth, with one half the Orchard next to the sd House, and one third Part of my Mill-Priviledge on ye Northerly side of Cochecha River at Tole-End Falls, & forty Acres of Land in my first Division Lott at Rochester, & one third part of my Second Division Lott in sd Rochester, Excepting forty Acres in Sª Lott, which I give unto my Grandson Ruben Heard, and also to my sd son Joseph Heard I give one third part of ye undivided lands in sd Rochester which appertain unto mne, and also ye one half of the Common or undivided land in the Township of Dover which doth or shall hereafter belong unto me.
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Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter in Law Jean Hayes, the now Wife of Benja Hayes, the sole use and Improve- ment of Thirty Acres of land, to be taken out of my sixty Acre lott at Scatter-witt, on ye Easterly side of sd Lott, & ye use of the Dwelling House standing thereon, untill my Grand-Children Jolın Heard Jean Heard Ruben Heard & Tristram Heard, the Children of my son Tristram Heard, or either of them shall arrive at, or attain to the Lawfull Age to Inherit, or Enter upon yo Possession of, sd Land, & I also give unto my sd Dangliter in Law Jean Hayes, the use & Improvement of the one third part of the aforesd Thirty Acres of Land during her natural life, accord- ing to the Tenner of a Deed of Gift to my sd Daughter Jean Hayes under my hand and Seal.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my fore mentioned grand Child- ren John, Jean, Ruben & Tristram Heard, & to their Heirs and Assigns forever, the forementioned Thirty Acres of Land to be taken out of my Sixty Acre lott of land at Scatterwitt, on ye East- erly side of sd Lott, with the Dwelling House standing thereon where their father Tristram Heard formerly lived, when and so soon as they or either of them shall arrive at the aforesd lawful Age to Possess and Inherit the Same, except the aforementioned third Part of s" Thirty Acres, which is to be Enjoyd by thier Mother Jean Hayes, during her natural life as aforesd and at her Decease the whole sd Thirty Acres of land is to be Posses'd & Enjoyed by my sd Grand-Children John Jean, Ruben & Tristram Heard, and thier Heirs and Assigns for ever. I also give unto iny sd Grand-son Ruben Heard forty Acres of Land in my Second Division lott at Rochester, to be taken out of ye Easterly End of s1 Lott next to Salmon fall River.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Grand-Children Mary and Nathaniel Heard, the Children of my son Nathaniel Heard Thirty Acres of Land, to be taken off my Sixty Acre Lott at Scatterwitt, on the West side of sd Lott together with the Dwelling House standing thereon, in which thier father Nath" Heard formerly lived, to them and thier Heirs and Assigns for ever, as is mentioned
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in a Deed of Gift to them the sd Nath"] & Mary Heard under my Hand & Seal.
Item, I give unto my Son John Heard Thirty Two Acres of Land & fresh Marsh where he now lives with the House Barn and Orchard standing thereon, To him his Heirs & Assigns for ever, he or they Allowing & Delivering the one third part of the Produce Profit or Income of ye sd Land fresh Marsh, and Orchard yearly & every Year unto my Wife Abigail Heard during the time of her Continuing my Widow, & in Case she shall marry again, she Shall have ye liberty to Improve the one third part of the abovesd Land fresh Marsh & Orchard, at her own Charge during the term of her Natural life. I also give unto iny sd son John Heard & to his Heirs and Assigns for ever, the one half of my Mill Priviledge on the southerly side of ye River at Tole-End, & a third part of iny Mill Priviledg on the Northerly side of sd River at Tole-End, and the one half of iny Thirty Acres of Land Lying between Black- Water Bridge, and the Pitch-Pine Plains And also the one fourth part of ye Common or undivided Land in the Township of Dover, that doth or shall belong unto me And also Ten Acres of Land in my first Division Lott at Rochester, and one third part of my undivided Lands in the Township of sd Rochester.
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