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Dated at Exeter December th 28 1736
Nicholas Gordon Edward Gilman Cartee Gilman Joseph Loverin Joseph Thing
[Allowed Dec. 29, 1736. ]
NICHOLAS DOLBEAR 1736 RYE
[Administration on the estate of Nicholas Dolbear of Rye grant- ed to his son, Israel Dolbear of Rye, husbandman, March 27, 1736.]
[Warrant, March 27, 1736, authorizing Richard Jenness and John Garland, both of Rye, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, April 26, 1736; amount, £165.17.0; signed by Richard Jenness and John Garland. ]
ELISHA PURINGTON I736 HAMPTON
[Warrant, May 14, 1736, authorizing Jonathan Fifield and Amos Cass, both of Hampton, yeomen, to appraise the estate of Elisha Purington of Hampton, yeoman, administration of which is granted to his widow, Phœbe Purington. ]
[Administration on the estate of Elisha Purington granted to Phœbe Purington of Hampton, widow, May 26, 1736.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 136. ]
[Inventory, signed by Jonathan Fifield and Amos Cass ; amount, £969.16.0 ; attested May 26, 1736.]
[Administratrix's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of personal estate, £464.8.0; expenditures, £467.12.6;
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allowed March 27, 1751 ; mentions "Bringing up & Providing for four children 'till they arrived to Seven years of age one being thirty weeks before lie arrived to Seven Years of Age : The Sec- ond two Years & ten months : The third five years & Eight months : The fourth Seven years"; also "Providing a Nurse & necessarys in Lying in with a child born after the Decease of the father the Intestate." ]
[Warrant, March 27, 1751, authorizing Jonathan Fifield of Hampton Falls, yeoman, Ephraim Brown of South Hampton, gentleman, Theophilus Page, Jonathan Dow, and William Brown Clough, all of Kensington, yeomen, to divide the real estate. ]
Provence of 3 In obedence to a warant directed to us the New Hampshire ) Subscribers march ye 27th 1751 by the honour- able Andrew wiggin Esq Judge of the probate of wills for said provence directing & Impowering us as a Commetee to Set off one third part of the real Estate of Elisha pureington late of hampton falls deceased to phebe pureington widow of the sd Elisha pureing- ton deceased Intestate & to Elijah pureington the Eldest Sone of thie sd deceased a double Share of the remaining two thirds & to Each of the other heirs a single share of the sd two thirds
And accordingly we have set of to phebe Pureington widow of Elisha pureington the East Room in the house from Bottom to top & one half of the Celler Under the little house & one half of the Barn : Vizt the westerly End & ninteen acres of land on the westerly side Joyning Upon Jonathan Dows land bounded on the high way Sontherly twenty two rods & northerly Eighteen Rod wide from the westerly bounds to Stakes num" one at both Ends : & also about one acre of salt marsh Joying northerly Upon marsh of David norteus & southerly at two Stakes at Each End in the inidle of the peace
And then wee took Vew of the other two thirds & divided it into shares and set them forth by mets & bounds as followeth that is to say
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rly we have set of to Elijah pureington the Eldest sone a double share : Viz' : the remaining part of the Buildings & Cellers with about forteen acres of land Joyning westerly Upon land of John Weare & Easterly at two stakes num one at Each End & also about one acre of salt marsh Joyning southerly on Richard Smiths marsh & northerly on the widows marsh afore sd at two stakes in the midle of Each End of the peace
2ly : we have sat of to Mary Green the Eldest daughter of the deceased about seven acres of land Joyning westerly on Elijah pureington share from stakes number one to number two at Each End
3ly : we have set of to lidea Gove the second daughter of the deceased about seven acres of land Joyning westerly on mary Greens land & Easterly on John weares land
4ly we have set of to Jonathan pureington the second sone about nine acres of land Joyning westerly on the widows land & East- erly at stakes number two at Each End
sly we have set off to David pureington the third sone about nine acres of land Joyning westerly on Jonathan pureingtons land & Easterly at Two stakes number three at both Ends
6ly : we have set off to Elisha pureington the youngest sone about nine acres of land Joyning westerly on David pureingtons land & Easterly Upon John pureingtons land
And this Return we make this Eightenth of april one thous- and seven hundred & fifty one
William brown Clough Jonª Fifield Thopus Page Ephraim Brown
SAMUEL FELLOWS JR. 1736 KINGSTON
Articles of Agreemt mad & Concludd upon June ye 2ª 1736- Between Sam" Fellows of Chensford In ye County of Middlesex
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In ye Proe of ye Massa Bay In New Engld Carpenter & Joseph Fellows of Kingston In ye Proe of N : Hamps' In N : Engld labour' wch Agreemt is as followeth as to ye Division of ye Estate of their Honrd father Sam" Fellows late of Kingston abovesd Decd as to ye lands yt were laid out to him In his life time In sd Town & wt has been laid out to his Right in sd Town since his Decease they Being ye sole heirs to sd lands : firstly ye sd Joseph Fellows to have ye East Division so Called it Being Sixty Acres by Estima- tion inore or less as it was laid out & Boundd & Recordd In Kings- town to Town Book of Records & ye four acres yt was laid out ajoyning to sd Sixty Acres & also ye twenty Acres lott yt lyes Be- tween ye two hundred Acre Grant & the lower 2ª Division & ye abovsd Joseph Fellows to have two Comn'on Rights in al ye undividd land In sd Town wth al ye Rights #vileges & Com'odeties in any wise Appertaining to sd lotts of & to him ye sd Jos Fellows him his heirs forever & ye sd Sam" Fellows to have al ye other lands yt w' laid out to his their Honrd father In his life time & wt hath been laid out to his Right In sd Town Since his Decease wch lotts or Divisions of land wch ye sd Sam" Fellows is to have are as fol- loweth : firstly ye two hundred Acre Grant : 2ly ye forty acre lott in our uper West Division : 31y ye twenty Acres lott in ye uper 2d Division 41y ye North Grant : 5ly ye little lott next Exeter line & also two Shares in ye Com'on or undividd land In sd Town wth al ye Rights #vileges & Com'odeties thereunto Belonging or In any wise Appertaining to him ye abovesd Sam" Fellows him his heirs & assigns forever & In Confirmation of al above written we have hereunto set our hands & seals this 2d day of June In ye year of our Lord 1736 & In ye 9th year of his Majts Reign George ye 2d by ye Grace of God over great Brittain France & Ireland King De- fender of ye faith &c-it is to be understood yt ye sd Sam" Fellows is to have ye two lotts of land ajoyning to Esq' Stevens this Enter- lining was Before Signing & Sealing-
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Signd seald & Dd In ye sents of Zachh Emery John March Jnº Fifield [Deeds, vol. 22, p. 172.]
Samuel Fellows ye X mark of Joseph Fellows
[See 31 State Papers, 776.]
HENRY TIBBETTS 1736 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Henry Tibbetts of Dover yeo- man, granted to his widow, Elizabeth Tibbetts, June 7, 1736.]
[Warrant, June 7, 1736, authorizing Josepli Estes and Otis Pinkham, both of Dover, yeomen, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, June 14, 1736; amount, £395.15.0; signed by Joseph Estes and Otis Pinkham.]
[Bond of Timothy Robinson, with Joseph Austin and James Philpot as sureties, all of Dover, yeomen, in the sum of {200, April 27, 1748, for the guardianship of Peter Tibbetts, minor, aged more than fourteen years, son of Henry Tibbetts : witnesses, William Parker and Nathaniel Sargent.]
[Bond of Timothy Robinson, with John Bickford and James Young as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £500, Jan. 25, 1748/9, for the guardianship of Hepzibah Tibbetts, minor, aged less than fourteen years, daughter of Henry Tibbetts ; witnesses, William Parker and George Meserve.]
[Account of Joseph Hussey and his wife, Elizabeth Hussey, formerly widow of the deceased, of the administration of the estate ; amount of personal estate, £329.11.8; expenditures, £406.5.8 ; allowed Aug. 30, 1749 ; mentions "maintaining and
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nursing two of the Decds Children one Seven years the other five years and a half."]
SAMUEL MIGHILL 1736 NEWMARKET
In ye Name of God Amen the Twentieth Day of July one thousand Seven hundred and thirty Six I Samuel Mighell of New Market In the Township of Exeter in His Majesties Province of New Hampshire in New England Yeoman being Sick & weak in body
Imprimis I give & bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved wife My House & all my Land with all ye Priviledges & appurtenances thereunto belonging To be used & improved by her at her own discretion Dureing the time of her Widowhood-and I give & bequeath unto my wife all my Stock of Cattle Sheep & Hogs -- and all my household Stuf for her own forever
Item I give to iny well beloved Sons Samuel & Jolin all my Land with ye Priviledges and appurtenances thereunto belonging That is to Say I give to my Eldest & well beloved Son Samuel the North Side of iny land begining on the line between Marston & me & Runing Southwardly half the breadth of iny Land & So the whole length of Sd Land with the barn yt Stands upon it & all other priviledges & appurtenances thereunto belonging
I also give to my youngest & well beloved Son John The other half of all my Land viz begining on ye South Side of Said Land by the highway & So Runing Northwardly half The breadth of Sd Land & So Runing the whole Length of Sd Land with My Dwelling House yt is Upon it & all other Priviledges & appur- tenances thereunto belonging
Item I give To my well beloved daughters Rebekah Elisabeth Abigail & Mary Each of Them Ten pounds in Passable bills of Credit in New England which Ten f to Each I appoint to be Paid to ym by my Tow Sons viz yt Samuel should pay Rebekah & Elizabeth each ten Pounds & yt John should Pay Abigail & Mary
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Each Ten Pounds & I do hereby appoint constitute & ordain Sarah my wife to be my Sole Executrix of ye my Last will & Testament
And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke & disannul all & every other former testaments, Wills Legacies & Bequests, & Executors, by me in any ways before named, willed & bequeathed, Ratifying & Confirming ys & No other to be my last will & testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal ye day & year above written
Signed Sealed Published pro- Sam" Mighell nounced & declared by ye Sd Sam- uel Mighell as his Last will & Testament in ye Presence of us ye Subscribers
Edward Hall James Marston Fitz Wm Sargent [Proved Aug. 25, 1736.]
[Warrant, Aug. 25, 1736, authorizing Edward Hall, gentleman, and Fitz William Sargent, yeoman, both of Newmarket, to ap- praise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Sept. 14, 1736; amount, £402.17.0 ; signed by Edward Hall and Fitz William Sargent.]
JOSHUA LIBBY 1736 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Joshua Libby of Portsmouth, mariner, granted to Joshua Peirce, Jr., of Portsmouth, merchant, Aug. 1, 1736.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 273. ]
[Warrant, Sept. 2, 1736, authorizing Hunking Wentworth and Mark Langdon, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate of Joshua Libby, administration of which is granted to Joshua Peirce, Jr., creditor, the widow declining to act. ]
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[Inventory, Sept. 14, 1736; amount, {105.0.0; signed by Hunking Wentworth and Mark Langdon. ]
[License to the administrator, Oct. 1, 1736, to sell real estate. ] [Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 290. ]
JAMES STACKPOLE 1736 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of James Stackpole of Dover, yeoman, granted to Jolin Stackpole of Biddeford, Me., yeoman, Aug. 6, 1736.]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 284. ]
[Warrant, Aug. 12, 1736, authorizing Nathaniel Perkins and Thomas Wallingford, both of Dover, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory of the estate of James Stackpole of Somersworth, signed by Thomas Wallingford and Nathaniel Perkins ; amount, £141.10.0 ; attested Dec. 31, 1736.]
[License to the administrator, Dec. 31, 1736, to sell real estate. ]
THOMAS HARVEY 1736 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Harvey of Portsmouth, innholder, granted to his widow, Ann Harvey, Aug. 13, 1736.]
[Warrant, Aug. 13, 1736, authorizing Samuel Hart and Henry Keyes, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, signed by Samuel Hart and Henry Keyes ; amount, £807.10.7 ; attested Aug. 25, 1736.]
[" Inventory of the Real Estate of Thomas Harvey late of Portsmouth Gent Decd Intestate & of Ann Slayton late of Ports- mouth Widow Deceas'd Intestate Appraisment August 29th
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1760; " amount, 56625.0.0; signed by Mark H. Wentworth, Samuel Hale, Jacob Sheafe, Daniel Rogers, and Samuel Penhallow.
"Upon the Motion of John Harvey & others Relating to the Estate of their father Thos Harvey and of Ann Slayton their inother both Deceased Intestate Representing that the Personal Estate of said Ann woud be Sufficient for the payment of her Debts she having paid his & that the Real Estate might be Divid- ed among the Heirs who had been long kept out of their Respec- tive shares thereof & Requesting that Process might be Issued in order to a Legal Settlement of the Same-and thereupon a Cointee of five freeholders have been Appointed to View the Said Real Estate & to Consider whether the same might be Divided among all the Children of said Thomas & Ann & the Legal Representa- tives of Such of them as are Deceased and if mnight then to make such Division but if not then to Appraise the same according to the Present value thereof in order to a Settlement of the whole on the Eldest Son of Said Deceased as the Law in Such Cases Pro- vided Directs who have Returnd that the same coud not be so Divided & have Appraised the same according to the Present Value amounting in the whole to the sum of Six thousand Six hundred & twenty five pounds old Tenor as may Appear by their Return on Oath & the Inventory of the Particular parts of the Estate which Estate appears to be partly she hield as Admx of the Estate of her former Husband Thomas Harvey Late of Portsmouth aforesaid Deceased Gent Intestate & partly the Estate of the said Ann and as the said Children are the Children & Heirs of both the said Thomas And Ann and the said Report having been made upon the whole and the Settlement of both Estates at once Saving Considerable Expence And further the said John Harvey Appear- ing & Consenting to take the whole of said Estates at the Ap- praisement aforesaid & to Give Security for paying the other Heirs their part thereof within the time that Should be Limited I there- fore Order & Decree that the whole of the Real Estate of the said Thomas Harvey and the whole of the Real Estate of the said Ann Slayton Returnd in the Said Appraisement be & hereby is Settled
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upon & the Right thereof Vested in the Said John Harvey their Eldest Son he giving good Security to pay to Each of the other Children of the said Thomas & Ann & the Legal Representatives of such of them as are Deceased within Six Months with Lawful Interest for the same their Proportion thereof Respectively the Pro- portion of Each Child is Seven hundred thirty Six pound two shillings & three pence old Tenor Except the Eldest Son whose share is Double there being Eight Shares per Stirpes
R Wibird "]
[Bond of John Harvey, boat-builder, with Samuel Cutt, mer- chant, as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £3000, Aug. 30, 1760 ; witnesses, William Parker and Charles Banfield. ]
MARY LANGLEY 1736 DURHAM
In The Name of God Ainen-The ninth Day of September In The year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Six I Mary Langley of Durham in the Province of New Hampshiren New England Being Weak in Bodey * *
It I Do give unto my Son James Langle thirty Shilings It I Do give unto my Son Thomnos Langle Thirty Shilings It I Do give unto My Son John Langle Thirty Shilings
and it is My Will That all the Remainder of my Estate not Dis Possed of To Be Eaqually Divided Be Tween my For youngest Childron Job Langle Mary Langle Samuel Langle Eldad Langle
It I Do Make and ordain My Son Job Langle to Be My Execu- tor to This My Last will and Testement
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In the Presence of 115
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Joseph X Stevenson Mark Benjamin Mathes Volintine Mathes [Proved April 18, 1737.]
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Mary X Langle Mark
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KINSLEY HALL 1736 EXETER
[Mary Hall renounces administration on the estate of her hus- band, Capt. Kinsley Hall of Exeter, Sept. - , 1736.]
[Administration on thie estate of Kinsley Hall of Exeter, gen- tleman, granted to Nathaniel Ladd and Francis James, both of Exeter, yeomen, Sept. 11, 1736.]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 416.] .
[Warrant, Sept. 11, 1736, authorizing Bartholomew Thing and Edward Gilman, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Oct. 25, 1736; amount, {2871.18.10 ; signed by Bartholomew Thing and Edward Gilman ; an addition of £25.2.6 was made Nov. 22, 1737.]
[Warrant, Oct. 26, 1737, appointing Capt. Samuel Hart, Capt. William King, and John Cutt, all of Portsmouth, as referees on certain claims against the estate, issued by the consent of the adininistrators, the guardian of some of the grandchildren, Jon- athan Jones and his wife, Mary Jones, Hannalı Hall, Tobias Lear, in behalf of his wife, Elizabeth Lear, John Langdon and his wife, Mary Langdon, all interested in the estate. ]
[Administrators' account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of personal estate, £637.15.4 ; expenditures, £493.11.9 ; allowed March 29, 1738 ; mentions "Mary Walter (now Jones)". ]
Province of ? To the Honble Richard Waldron Esq' Judge of New Hampr the Probate of Wills &c for the Province aforesd
The Petition of Appeal of Nath1 Lad of Exeter in the Province aforesd Gent. Humbly Sheweth-
That your Petitioner being one of the Adin's on the Estate of Kinsly Hall late of Exeter aforesd Gent. Decd finds himself ag- grieved at yor Hon's Decree on the Accompts of Administra' on the Said Estate Exhibited by yo' Petitioner & his co-adm' for that
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the whole of the Said accompts of Payments & Disbursemts was not allowed by yor Hon' as by them Exhibited-
Your Petition' further Sheweth that he finds him Self aggrieved at yor Hon's Decree for the Settlemt & Distribution of the Said Estate both real & personal for that your Hon' has thereby In- tirely precluded Yor Peticoner from having any part of the Said Estate in the Right of his wife which he Apprehends he ought not by Law to be for that his Said wife is a Child of the Said Kinsły & Intitled to a Share in his Estate both real & personal- Wherefore yor Peticoner Prays that he may be allow'd an Appeal from Yo' Hon's Decree Relating to both the Said matters or from both parts of the said Decree to the Supreme Court of Probate for the Province aforesd for the due prosecution of which he is Ready to give Legal Security-
And yo' Peticoner as in Duty bound Shall ever pray &c Nathaniel Ladd
[Appeal denied April 26, 1738, as to administrators' accounts, because the other administrator did not join in the petition, but granted as to distribution of the estate.]
Province of To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq New Hampshire ) Capt Gen1 & Governour in Chief in and over his majesties Province of New Hampshire in New England and to the Honourable his Majesties Council for the said Province as the Supreem Court of Probate for the Province aforesaid to be holden at Portsmouth within and for said Province within thirty dayes from ye 26th day of April A. D. 1738.
Humbly Sheweth Nathaniel Ladd of Exeter in sd Province Gent in Right of Mercy Ladd wife of ye said Nathaniel one of the daughters of Kinsley Hall late of Exeter aforesd Gent Decd Intes- tate That at a Court of Probate holden at Portsmouth aforesd for ye Province aforesd on ye 29th day of March A. D : 1738 before ye Honble Richard Waldron Esq' Judge of ye Probate of Wills &c for sd Province A Decree was Passed by the said Judge that ye sum
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of one hundred forty four Pounds three shillings and Seven pence being the Ballance of the Accot of administration On ye Estate of ye aforesaid Kinsley Hall Decd Exhibited by ye aforsd Nath1 Ladd and Francis James administrators to said Estate should be paid & Distributed by the Said Admin' among such of the Children of ye said Intestate or their Legall Representatives as have not had their part & Portion of said Estate of the said Intestate in his life time Vizt two fifth parts thereof to ye. sentatives of Josiah Hall ye Eldest son of the said Deceased Intestate (ye
Dead) and one fifth part to Elisabeth the wife of Francis James a Daughter of ye said Intestate and one fifth part to Mary Jones ye Legall representative of Mary Harriss a Daughter of ye said Intes- tate (the said Mary Harriss being Dead) & one fifth part to Elisa- beth the Daughter & Legall representative of Paul Hall a son of the said Intestate ( who is likewise Decd) And Mercy Ladd aforesd one of the Daughters of ye said Intestate is in said Decree Men- tioned as having had her part and Portion of his Estate settled on her by him in his life time So nothing was thereby ordered & De- creed for her of ye said Intestates Estate & from ye said Decree as wrong & Erroneous the said Nathaniel Ladd in Right of ye said Mercy Ladd appealed to your Excellency & Honours for reversion of the said Decree & for reasons say-
I that the said Mercy ought to have had an Equal Share of ye £144.3:7. Ordered to be Distributed as aforesaid &
2 the Accot Exhibited as aforesd is only of Personall Estate & so is ye order for ye Distribution thereof & not of the real Estate the Decree of ye Judge ought not to have Distributed that alone without the real Estate
3 the said Mercy hath not had an Equall Portion of ye Estate of ye sd Intestate as is Mentd in sd Decree
4 Several of the Children of sd Intestate to whom Portions are ordered in ye decree aforesd have had Portions of ye said Intestate in his lifetime of Equall Value or of more Value than what ye said Mercy hath recd which is not observed in sd Decree but they have
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their full shares & more than their shares besides therein allow'd theni
5 Nothing appears to Shew the Value of what ye said Mercy had of said Intestate in his lifetime whether it was of half ye value of a Share in said Intestates Estate which ought to be made to appear for ye said Mercy is Entituled by Law to So Much of ye Estate of the said Intestate as to make her Share Equall to ye Other Children ( Except the Eldest son or his representatives)- for which reasons & what Else may be offered your Appellant humbly pray that ye said Decree may be reversed & that the Real as well as ye Personall Estate may be Distributed to & amongst ye Heirs of ye said Intestate & their Legall representatives And to ye said Mercy a Share thereof as being one of ye said Heirs Ac- cording to Law
May 2ª 1738 Noah Emery his attor
Province of At a Court of Probate held at Portsmouth with- New Hampr ) in and for the Province of New Hampshire on the 26th Day of July Anno Domini 1738 before the Honble Richard Waldron Esq' Judge of the Probate of Wills and for Granting Administration on the Estates of Persons Deceased having Goods Chattels Rights & Credits within the Province aforesaid --
Upon Consideration of the Circumstances & Condition of the Real Estate of Kinsly Hall late of Exeter aforesaid Gent. who Deceas'd Intestate the Debts due from the Said Intestate being paid & Administra' on the Said Intestate's Estate being finish'd & a Considerable Real Estate Remaining to be Divided Among his heirs According to Law It is therefore order'd and Decreed that the Real Estate that was the Said Intestate's at the time of his Decease Sliall be Divided Among Such of the Children of the Said Intestate or their Legal Representatives as have not had their part & portion of his Estate in his Life time (they having given bond According to Law) Vizt two fifth parts thereof to the Legal Representav of Josiah Hall the Eldest Son of the Said In- testate (the Said Josiah being Dead) and one fifth part to Elizabeth
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the wife of Francis James a Daughter of the Said Intestate and One fifth part to Mary Jones the Legal Representative of Mary Harris a Daughter of the Said Intestate the Said Mary Harris being Dead And one fifth part to Elizabeth the Daughter & Legal Representative of Paul Hall a Son of the Said Intestate who is Likewise Deceased Mercy Lad (another of the Daughters of the Said Intestate & who with the others before mention'd are all the heirs of the Said Intestate in the next or nearest Degree) having had her part & portion of his Estate Settled on her by him in his Life time and as it appears was the whole, or all, that he Intended She Should have of the Same Is therefore Excluded from having any further part or portion thereof by this Decree-
And It is further Order'd & Decreed that a Warrt be forthwith Issued to five Free-holders to make the Said Division According to Law
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