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Itam I give & Bequath unto my son Benjamin dow all my homested Besids what I Bove dissposd of houseing orchard stock of catel & movables without Dors to him & his heirs ofrever a Peice of land above the falls reivr now in mny Posiion & all my marsh & medow in salsbury called the cow comon medow & all my marsh & thach ground Lying at the cros Beach in salsbury all that Is now my land and marsh & medow ground that shall Ever hearaftor aPire to Be mine &
Lastly I Do Constitute ordain and aPPoint my son Benjamin Dow my Sole Executor to this My Last will and testament Re-
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voking Disalwing And Makeing uterly Void all will or wills Tes- tament or Testaments heretofore By me made Either In word or wrighting Ratifieing and Conferming this my Last will and no other In the Reign of King Georg the Seccond over Grat Britn and so forth conferming this my Last will & no other In wittnis whear of I have Set to my hand & fixed my Seall the Day of the Date first a Bove writtn
Signed sealed Published and John dow deClared to Be the Last will &
Testament of John Dow in Pres- ence of us wittnises
Amos Cass Samuel Smith Winthrop Dow [Proved Nov. 28, 1744.]
JOB JUDKINS 1737/8 EXETER
In the Name of God Amen I Job Judkins of Exeter in the Pro- vince of New Hamps' in New England Blacksmith being Weak of Body * *
Item I Give to my Son Job Judkins five and twenty Acres of Land which I have Lying in Exeter at a Place Commonly Called Smarts Creek besides What I have Given him already & all my Land Lying in the Common Feild by Estimation an Acre be it more or Less-
Item I Give to my Son Joel Judkins Fifteen Acres of Land Lying in Exeter Near Lamprele River besides the Fifteen Acres I have Given him by Deed-
Item I Give to my Sons Josiah Judkins & John Judkins Sixty Acres of my Common Right to be Equally Divided between them & five & twenty Acres of Land Lying in Exeter at a Place Called Spocasset to be Equally Divided between them-
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Item I Give to my Grandson Thomas Edgerly Ten Arces of my Common Right-
Item I Give to my Daughter Abigail Edgerly ten pounds in money & an Ewe & a Lamb-
Item I Give to my Son Benjamin's Daughter Susanna Judkins thirty pounds in money & an Ewe & a Lamb When She is of Age-
Item I Give to iny Son John Twenty pounds in money When he Comes of Age-
Item I Give to my Brother Benjamin Judkins my Ten Acre Right if he Can Get it
Item I Give to my Son Job ten pounds in Bills of Credit & to Jonathan my Book Debts & Bonds & What is any ways due to me-
Item I Give to my Well Beloved wife Elizabeth Judkins my Dwelling house & Barn & all my Land Adjoining to it known by the name of my home place Supposed to be Twenty five acres be it more or Less for her Own use & Improvement During her Natural Life And all my Moveables Within Doors & Without & all my Stock of Cattle Sheep & Swine not already Disposed of to be to her Own use & at her Own Disposal-
Item I Give to iny Son Jonathan Judkins my Dwelling house & Barn & all the Land Adjoining to it known by the Name of my home Place Supposed to be Twenty five Acres be it more or Less he paying my Just Debts Legacies above mentioned & Funeral Charges & to have the house & Land after his mothers Decease --
Finally My Will is and I Do hereby Appoint my Son Jonan Judkins Sole Executor to this my Last Will & Testament hereby Revoking Disannulling & making void all former Wills & Tes- tamts by me heretofore inade In Witness Whereof I have here- unto Set my hand & Seal this Tenth Day of march Anno Domini One thousand Seven Hundred & thirty Seven Eight
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Signed Sealed & Delivered In Presence of us Thomas Robinson Phillip Wadleigh Mary Wadleigh [Proved April 26, 1738.] [Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 332.]
Job Judkins
CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK 1737/8 NEWCASTLE
In the Name of God Amen the fifteenth day of March 1737/8 I Christopher Federick of New Castle in the Province of New Hampshire Innholder *
I Give & Bequeath to Mary my dearly beloved wife all my Estate both Real and Personal of what kind and Denomination Soever during her Natureal Life She paying all my Just debts and funeral Charges and if She Shall have Occasion in her Lifetime to dispose or Sell all or any part of my Said Estate I do Give her full power and Good Authority So to do. And what Remains of my Estate after her death and decent burial I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary for her use and Improvement and at her decease I Give it to her Children Lawfully Begotten of her body and to their heirs Executors Adininistrators or Assigns forever Equally to be divided amongst them. And I do Constitute make and Ordain my Said wife my Sole Executrix of this my Last will and Testament all and Singular my Lands Messuages and Tene- ments by her freely to be Possessed and Enjoyed and I do hereby utterly disallow Revoke and disannul all and every other former Testaments Wills Legacies and Bequests Executed by me in any ways before Named willed and Bequeathed Ratifying and Confirm- ing this and no other to be my Last will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and year abovewritten-
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Sign'd Seal'd Published Pro- Christopher Federick
nounced declared by Said Fed-
erick to be his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of
Hugh Reed Nathan White Jos. Newmarch [Proved Oct. 5, 1741. ] [Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 132.]
SAMUEL BEAN 1737/8 EXETER
In the Name of God Amen I Samuel Bean Sen' of Exeter in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Husbandman being Weak of Body * *
Item I Give to my Daughter Margaret March twenty pounds in Money or passable Bills of Credit to be paid her within twelve Months after my Decease
Item I Give unto my Daughter Anne Bean twenty pounds in Money or Passable Bills of Credit to be paid her within twelve Months after my Decease-
Item I Give unto my Daughter in Law Judith Swet twenty pounds in Money or passable Bills of Credit to be paid her in a year after my Decease-
Item I Give to my Son Curtis Bean five pounds in Money or in passable Bills of Credit to be paid him within twelve Months after my Decease-
Item I Give unto my Son Samuel Bean the Whole of my Com- mon Right in the township of Exeter being by Estimation fifty Acres be it more or Less-
Item I Give unto my Executor hereafter Named the Whole of iny home Land being By Estimation Eighty Seven Acres be it more or Less it being the Whole of the Hundred & forty Acres Laid Out to John Bean Sen' & Samuel Bean Excepting the forty
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Acres Sold to Jeremh Connor & the thirteen Acres Sold to True- worthy Dudley as by their Deeds may more fully Appear as also all my Moveable Estate and all my Land Lying or Being in Ex- eter Except the Common Right Before Disposed of-
Finally My Will is and I do hereby Appoint Bartholomew Thing Esq' of Exeter aforesd my Sole Exec to this My Last Will & Testament And My Will is that he Shall Sell Convey Dispose or make Sale of all or any part of the Moveables or aforesd tract of Land Given to him So far as shall be Needfull for the payment of my Just debts Legacies & Funeral Charges & Furthermore My Will is that after the payment of my Just Debts Legacies & Fune- ral Charges the Residue of the Land Shall go to my Son Samuel Bean-And I Do hereby Revoke Disannul & Make void all former Wills made by me heretofore In Witness Whereof I the Sd Samuel Bean have hereunto Set my hand Seal this twenty first Day of March Annoque Domini One thousand Seven Hundred & thirty Seven or thirty Eight-
Signed Signed & owned in
Samuel Bean
Presence of us
Jeremiah Bean Abner Dollof
Philip Wadleigh
[Proved May 31, 1738. The executor, Bartholomew Thing, being dead, administration with will annexed was granted to Samuel Bean of Falmouth, Me., husbandman, a son.]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 344. ]
[Warrant, May 31, 1738, authorizing John Lord and Peter Gilman, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 369.]
[Inventory, Aug. 30, 1738 ; amount, {614.0.0 ; signed by John Lord and Peter Gilman. ]
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JONATHAN WIGGIN I737/8 STRATHAM
In the Name of God Amen The twenty third Day of March One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Seven Eight I Jonathan Wiggen of the town of Stratham in the Province of New Hamp- shire in New England Gent, being very Weak in Body *
Imprimis my Debts & Funeral Charges being paid I Give & Bequeath to my True & Well Beloved Wife One third part of all my Estate Real & Personal During her Natural Life-
Item I Give to my Well Beloved Daughter Sarah Hill Thirty One pounds three Shillings & ten pence Besides What She hath Already Received to be paid by my Executors within one year after the proof of this Will
Item I Give to iny Well Beloved Daughter Anne Jewet the Sum of Seventy pounds Nine Shillings & Five pence Besides What She hath already Received to be paid by my Executrs within three years after the proof of this Will
Item I Give to my Well Beloved Daughter Mary Perkins the Sum of One Hundred pounds Eleven shillings & Nine pence Be- sides what She hath already Received to be paid by my Execut" within Five years after the Proof of this Will-
Item I Give to my Well Beloved Son Andrew Wiggen all my Meadow Land Marsh & Flats Lying in Stratham Bounded on the Northwest upon Exeter River & on the Southwest by the Mouth of a Creek Commonly Called the Hay Creek on the North East Side by the mouth of a Creek Commonly Called & known by the Name of the house Creek & Running up Said Creek untill it comes to a Pitch Pine Tree which is Sam11 Pipers Bounds & So Running By Said Pipers Land untill it comes to the Country Road & the South West Side Running by the Land of William Pottle to the aforesaid Country Road Together With my dwelling House & Barns & all the Priveledges & Appurtenances belonging thereunto-
Item I Give to my Son Andrew Wiggen my Land meadow Grounds Marsh the Ferry House & Barn with all the Priviledge
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or Privilidges for Building of Mills Bounded as Followeth on the North East Side by the hay Creek on the North West by the River on the South West by the Bass Creek & Running up from Said River between the two Creeks untill it Meets with my Bro- ther's Andrew's Wiggens Land-
Be it Known to all Men thay my Will is that my Son Andrew Wiggen Shall have no Power to Sell the above mentioned Premises
Item I Give to My Son Andrew Wiggen all my Lands above the Country Road that Leads from Stratham to Exeter together with all the Rights & Titles I Have to any Lands Whatsoever-
Item I Give to my Son Andrew Wiggen all my Stock of Horses neat Cattle Sheep Hogs Excepting His mothers thirds-
Item I Give to my Son Andrew Wiggin my Desk --
Item I Give to my Well Beloved Daughter Hannah Wiggen Three Hundred pounds to be paid Fifty pounds on marriage Day or at Eighteen years of Age & then Fifty Pounds a year untill the Whole is Compleated to Be paid By my Son Andrew Wiggen-
I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Lydia Wiggen three Hun- dred Pounds to be paid Fifty Pounds on Marriage Day or at Eigh- teen years of Age & then Fifty Pounds a year untill the Whole Sum is Compleated to be paid By my Son Andrew Wiggen-
Item I Give to iny Apprentice Samuel Neal Thirty pounds in Money or Cattle at inoney Price Provided he Faithfully Serves His Prentiship out (Besides What I am Obliged to Give him by his Indenture) to be paid by my Son Andrew Wiggen-
Item I Give to my true & Loving Wife all my Houshold Stuff During her Widow Hood after which it is my Will tht they Should be Equally Divided Among all My Daughters-
Item I Constitute make & Ordain my Loving Nephews Cort Thomas Wiggen & Bradstreet Wiggen the Exectrs of this my Last Will and Testament & do Enable them to the Performance thereof I Give them full Power and authority to Demand Sue & Recover all my Debts to use & Improve the Same in Paying Debts & Funeral Charges & the Over Plus to be Improved in paying my
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Daughters Legacies And I do hereby utterly Disallow revoke & Disannul all & Every other former Testaments wills Legacies and Bequests & Executors by me in any ways before Named Willed & Bequeathed Ratifying & Confiming this & no Other to be my Last will & Testament In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the day & year above Mentioned
Signed Sealed Pronounced Jonathan Wiggen
Published & Declared by the Said
Jona Wiggen as his Last will &
Testament in Presence of us the Subscribers
Jonathan Piper her
Anne X Gibson mark
Thos Tufts
[Proved May 31, 1738.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 337.]
[Warrant, May 31, 1738, authorizing Moses Leavitt and Joshua Neal, housewright, both of Stratham, to appraise the estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 371.]
[Inventory, June 20, 1738 ; amount, £5601.1.3 ; signed by Moses Leavitt and Joshua Neal. ]
JANE MATTOON 1738 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Jane Mattoon of Exeter, widow, granted to Edward Hall of Newmarket, gentleman, March 29, 1738.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 335. ]
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SETH FOGG
1738 EXETER
In the Name of God Amen : This 20th Day of April : 1738 : I Seth Fogg of Exeter In ye Province of Newhampshire In New- england : Being Now Weak & Sick in body **
Imprimes : I Give unto my Beloved Wife meribah Fogg the Improvement of all my Estate Both Rael & Personall untill my Son John Fogg be Twenty one years old : & then She is to have one half of my house Where I Now Dwell : & one Third Part of my Barn : & one Third Part of all my lands & medow Ground : She is to Improve So long as She Shall live :
Itaim I Give unto my Son John Fogg one Half of my house where I Now Dwell & two Thirds of my Barn & two Thirds of my land & medow Ground Where I Now Dwell : Which is to be under Stood two Thirds of my home Stead : When he Shall Come to ye age of Twenty one years old : & ye other half of my house & ye other thirds of my Barn : & the other Third of iny land & medow Ground Which lyes att Home near to ye afore sd house : he is to have att his sd mothers Decease
Itaim. I Give unto my Son Jonathan Fogg one Half of all my Right I have to any out land in ye sd town of Exeter : Whether Divided or undivided he is to have one Half of it : & one Half of all my land I have in ye Town of Chichester : & one Hundred Pounds : Fifty Pounds of it in Pasable bills of Credett : & ye other Fifty Pounds he is to have in Cattel att money Prise : to be Paid to him : by his Brother John Fogg When he Shall Come : to ye age of Twenty one years old : then he ye sd Jonathan Fogg is to have What is Given to him ;
Itaim I Give unto my Son Seth Fogg : one Half of all my out land I have in ye Town of Exeter Divided or undivided he is to have one Half of it : & one half of all ye land I have in ye town of Chichester Divided or undivided he is to have one Half of it : & one Hundred Pounds I give unto him : Fifty: of it he is to have in Pasable bills of Credett : & ye other Fifty Pounds he is to have in Cattel att : money Prise to be Paid to him by his Brother John
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Fogg : When he Shall Come to ye age of twenty one years old he is to have it :
Itaim : I Give unto my Cousen Anne moulton : Twenty Pounds of ye : movables in my house to be Delivered to her by my afore sd : Wife : She is to have them With in one year : after my Decease
lastly : my Will & meaning is yt What Debts or Dus are owing from me: I order my sd Wife to Pay : them : She is to Sell any Part of my Stock of Cattel : or any of ye movables in ye house to Pay them : And after my Debts are Paid : & the Stock of Cattel : & movables yt are left after my Debts are Paid : I Give one Half of my Stock of Cattel : & one Half of my inovables in ye House to my sd : Wife to Du With them as she Pleases : & ye : other Half of my Stock of Cattel : & ye other Half of my movables in ye : house : & my Husbandtry tools I give to my sd : Son John Fogg & What Debts are owing to me my sd Wife is to Receive them for her Self to Du With thein as she Pleases: And I Doe appoint my sd : Wife : & my Brother Samuel Fogg to be Execu- tors : to this my last Will & Testament : In Confirmation hereof : I have here unto Sett my hand & Seal : the day & year above mentioned : In ye Eleventh year of King George ye : Second his Reign over : Grate : Britain :
Signed Sealed & Declared : by
Seth fogg X his mark
Seth Fogg : to be his last Will :
& Testament : in Presence of us : Witneses
Matthies toul Jeremiah Elkins Jos Rawlins [Proved May 29, 1745.]
CATHERINE WIGGIN 1738 STRATHAM
[Warrant, April 26, 1738, authorizing John Cate and John Neal, both of Greenland, to appraise the estate of Catherine Wig-
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gin of Stratham, widow, administration of which is granted to Rev. William Allen of Greenland and John Tufton Mason of Portsmouth, the executor named in the will being dead. ]
[Inventory, May 3, 1738; amount, £25.15.0, "Exclusive of her Cloaths Which Thay Say She Often Desired her Grandaugh- ter Deborah Philbrook Might have and Are Judged to Be Worth About Eight Pounds ; " signed by John Cate and John Neal. ]
WILLIAM COCHRAN 1738 LONDONDERRY
In the Name of God Amen the fourth day of may One thousand Seven Hundred & thirty Eight I William Cochran of Londonderry within his majesty's province of New Hampshire in New Eng- land Husbandman being very Sick & Weak in body *
Imprimis I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife mary Coch- ran alias miller after all Due Debts & funeral Charge is paid One Cow which I Allow my Son James to keep for her in the Winter & Summer as he Doth his Own also I leave her the use of one half of all the Household Goods During her natural life & then to Return to my Son James Cochran if he takes Good care of his mother as a Dutifull Son Ought to Do & if he Does not take that care of his mother as he Ought to Do then any of my Children that Shall take care of her Shall have the Said Cow & Goods for their trouble & if it so happen that my Son James & his mother Cannot agree So as to live both by one fire then he Shall provide a Room for her & find her necessarys there to live
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Son James Cochran all my Tooles and Iron or wood Impliments for Labour also the One half of all my house Goods-
Item I leave to my Son John Cochran twenty Shillings as his part or what I allow him Out of my Estate & all Other Effects belonging to me-
Item I leave unto my Daughter anne Nichols twenty Shillings if She Demand it as the Remainder or last of her portion
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Item I leave unto my Daughter Jean Rogers twenty Shillings if She Demand it as the Remainder or last of her portion-
And as for my Other three Daughters Namely Mary Janet & hannah Cochran I Leave them Nothing by Will I having bound my two Sons Namely Robert Cochran & James Cochran to pay them their portions-
I Likewise Constitute make & Ordain my two Sons Robert Cochran and James Cochran to be my Sole Execrs of this my last will & Testament And Do hereby utterly Disallow Revoak & Dissannul all & Every Other Testaments Wills Legacies & Be- quests & Execrs by me in any wise before named Willed & Be- queathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last will & Testament-In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day & Year above written
Signed Sealed Published pro- his William X Cochran mark
nounced & Declared by me the Said William Cochran as his last will & Testament In the presence of us the Subscribers
Robt Wear Samuel Morrison her Mary X Morrison mark [Proved Aug. 30, 1738.] [Probate Records, vol. 14, P. 359. ]
[Inventory of the personal estate, Aug. 18, 1738 ; amount, £48.0.0 ; signed by Robert Weare and Samuel Morrison.]
[Additional inventory ; amount, {8.14.6; signed by Robert Weare and Samuel Morrison. ]
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NATHANIEL MORRILL 1738 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Morrill of Ports- mouth, clerk, granted to his widow, Sarah Morrill, May 4, 1738.] [Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 294.]
[Warrant, May 4, 1738, authorizing Daniel Jackson and John Griffith, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 348.]
[Inventory, June 13, 1738; amount, £46.6.9 ; signed by Daniel Jackson, Jr., and John Griffith. ]
[Warrant, Feb. 27, 1738/9, authorizing Daniel Jackson, Jr., and John Griffith, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory of real estate, Feb. 28, 1738/9; amount, £13.0.0; signed by Daniel Jackson, Jr., and John Griffith. ]
[License, May 30, 1739, to the administratrix to sell real estate. ]
[Additional inventory, Aug. 18, 1739; amount, £78.5.0 ; signed by Sarah Morrill. ]
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Morrill of Ports- mouth was granted to his father-in-law, Jotham Odiorne of Ports- mouth, May 9, 1738.]
[ Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 318, p. 183. ]
[Bond of Jotham Odiorne, with Joseph Badger and James Ayers, both of Haverhill, Mass., as sureties, in the sum of £500, May 9, 1738 ; witnesses, Israel Webster and Daniel Appleton. ]
[ Essex County, Mass., Probate Files. ]
[Inventory of the estate, taken by Israel Webster, Thomas
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Meekins, and Stephen Bartlett May 9, 1738 ; amount, £130 ; mentions Isaac Morrill, father of deceased. ]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Probate Records, vol. 324, p. III.]
[Account of the administrator, Aug. 14, 1739 ; receipts, f101 ; expenses, {22.15.0.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files. and Probate Records, vol. 324, p. III. ]
PETER MONROE 1738 DURHAM
In the Name of God amen the Eightenth Day of may one thousand seven Hunderd and thirty Eight I Peter mondor of the Town of Durham and Provence of Newhampshire aged and Well stricken in years * *
I will and Bequeath unto my Loving wife mary mondor all my moveables goods within Doors and without with my now Dwell- ing House with all my Land Stock and that Dureing her widow- hood but if she shall Contract marrage or dye then all my Lands to my loving son and heir John mondor to him his heirs and assigns for Ever Likewise I leave and bequath my Daughter mary mondor five pounds to be paid in money to my Daughter Hannah mondor five pounds to be paid in money to my Daughter Elesebeth mondor five pounds to be paid in money to my Dafter Abigile mondor five pounds to be paid in money all to be paid by my son and heir John mondor Within fore years after he Coms to the years of twenty and one years old and Do here by Constitute my Loving frand Jonathan Tompson my lawfull Executure in all things in trust to see this my last will performed in all things above men- tioned I here unto doe annex iny hand and Seal the day and year above written In Presence of these Witnesses
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peter mow his John X Laskey mark his Joseph X Stevenson mark [Proved May 31, 1749.]
his peter X mondar mark
[Inventory, July 28, 1752 ; amount, £520.0.0; signed by Joseph Sias and Hubbard Stevens. ]
JAMES GILMAN 1738 EXETER
I James Gilman of Exeter in the Province of New Hampshir in new england Gentleman being of a Sound Disposing mind and memory Blessed be God for it tho' through age in firm in body *
First I give and bequeath unto my Loving wife Mary Gilman all my Personall Estate to be disposed of as Shee Shall se meet and also the use and Improvement of that End of my Dwelling house wherein I now live being the East half or end of my Said House During her naturall Life as also the Improvement of my barn next to my said house and my orchard and one third part of all my pasture Land above the high way adjoyning to my Dwelling house and all my upland and orchard below the high way that I formerly Cleard and Improved and now lyes Between the Lands that my Sons James and nehemiah hath Cleard and now use and Improve During her naturall Life-
Item I give Devise and bequeath unto my son James Gilman and his Heirs & assigns forever my Salt marsh at brais so called in Exeter aforesaid being about two acres and a Half or there abouts
Item I give Devise and Bequeath unto my Son Nehemiah and to his Heirs And assigns forever all my Salt marsh adjoyning to
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my home Place Lying between Decon wilsons marsh & on the westerly side of a Island it being about three Acres
Item I give Devise and Bequeath unto my Grandson Peter Hear- sey & to his heirs and Assigns forever the one halfe of that fifty acres of Land at Piscassack in the Townshipe of Exeter aforesaid that I formerly bought of moses Norris Late of Exeter Deceased which halfe part is the Easterly Side of Said fifty acres as also the Improvement of my Saw mill or my Part of a Saw mill at Piscas- sack aforesaid two years from and after my Decease he Paying to my Daughter Hannah foulsham the sum of Ten pounds in Money or passable bills of Credit within two years next after my Decease
Item I give and bequeath unto Each of the five Children of my Daughter Elizebeth five Shillings in money to be paid by my Ex- ecutors within two years next after my Decease. Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Marys four Children fifty Shillings to Each to be paid in money or Passable bills of Credit by my Execu- tors within two years next after my Decease. Item I give and be- queath unto my Daughter Sarah Leavitt the Suin of Ten pounds to be paid by iny Executors within two years next after my Decease in money or passable bills of Credit. Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Rachell foulsom the Sum of Ten Pounds to be Paid her by my Executors within two years next after my Decease in money or Pasable bills of Credit-Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Ruth Cram the Sum of Ten Pounds to be Paid her by my Executors within two years next after my Decease in money or Pasable bills of Credit. Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah foulsom the Sum of Ten pounds to be paid unto her by my Grandson Peter Hearsey aforesaid in money or pasable bills of Credit within two years next after my Decease as aforesaid. Item. I give Devise and bequeath unto my two Sons James Gilman and Nehemiah Gilman and to their heirs and As- signs forever the whole of my home Place boath above and below the highway To be Equally Devided between them together with the flats thereto belonging and adjoyning immediately after my Decease Except what is before given to my Loving wife mary
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