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Item-My Will is, and I do hereby order & ordain, that my five daughters and Each of them, shall have free liberty, to sit in my pew ; in the Bank Meeting-House, and in my pews in the
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Plains Meeting-House, whensoever they shall see meet, dureing their Natural lives.
Item-I Give and bequeath to my Neece Mary Mathews, as a testimony of my affection to her, and in recompence of her duti- full behavior to me, a mourning suit of Apparel, of the value of ten pounds, to be provided for her, by my Executors, imediately after my decease.
Lastly-I do hereby ratify and confirm my said Testament, and this Codicil, as a Supplementary part thereof. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the twentieth day of July, Anno Domini, one thousand seven hundred & thirty Eight.
Mr. Henry Sherburn above named, Signed & Sealed this Codicil, and declared it, to be part of his last will & Testament, In presence of us, who were cal- led to be Witnesses of the same Sam1] Bruster Samll Sherburne John sherburn [Proved Aug. 30, 1738.]
Henry Sherburn
[Administration on the estate of Henry Sherburne, innholder, granted to his widow, Sarah Sherburne, Aug. 30, 1738, the execu- tors being absent "in parts beyond the Seas."]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 381. ]
[Warrant, Aug. 30, 1738, authorizing Joseph Langdon and Samuel Brewster, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 403.]
[Inventory, signed by Samuel Brewster and Joseph Langdon ; amount, {2289.15.7 ; attested Nov. 29, 1738.]
[Account of the widow, Sarah Sherburne, administratrix during the absence of the executor ; allowed Dec. 27, 1738.]
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JUDE ALLEN
1738 STRATHAM
[Administration on the estate of Jude Allen of Strathiam, yeo- man, granted to his sons, Samuel Allen and Jude Allen, both of Stratham, July 26, 1738.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, P. 399. ]
[Warrant, July 26, 1738, anthorizing William French and Joshua Neal, both of Stratham, yeomen, to appraise the estate. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 393.]
[Inventory of the estate of Jude Allen, who died June 16, 1738 ; taken Oct. 20, 1738; amount, {1822.9.7; signed by William French and Joshua Neal. ]
[Account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of personal estate, £503.10.7 ; expenditures, £428.4.0 ; mentions a widow ; allowed Dec. 25, 1745.]
LUCY TRIPE 1738 PORTSMOUTH
To the Honble Richd Waldron Esq' Judge of the New Hamp.
Province of ? $ Probate of Wills &c for Said Province-
Humbly Shew the Select men of the Town of Portsmo in Said Province that One Lucy Tripe Late of Said Town Single woman has lately Deceas'd (as is Suppos'd) Intestate leaving behind her an Infant lately born of her body which is likely to be a Town Charge unless Some Care is taken to prevent it-Tliat it is prob- able the Said Deceasd has left Goods & Chattels which ought to be Applied Towards the Support of the Said Child which may probably be Imbezzled unless Some Person be Authorized to take care of the Same
Wherefore your Petition's pray that Your Hon' would appoint & Authorize Some proper person to take the care of the Estate which the Said Deceased has left to prevent Imbezzlemt until Administra' shall be Granted or that it Shall Appear the Said
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Deceased made a Will & an Execr be authorized to take ye Same -And yor Petitioners as in duty bound Shall ever pray
Sam" Hart Mark Langdon Select
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Wm Parker Men Thos Wibird 7
[ Date in endorsement, July 26, 1738.]
[Administration on the estate of Lucy Tripe of Portsmouth, widow, granted to Peter Lewis, Jr., of Kittery, Me., yeoman, Sept. 27, 1738.]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 388. ]
[Inventory, Oct. 25, 1738 ; amount, £50.5.6 ; signed by Daniel Jackson, Jr., and John Shackford. ]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, £50.5.6 ; expenditures, £49.11.7 ; allowed Oct. 31, 1739.]
WALLACE FINLAYSON 1738 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Wallace Finlayson of Ports- mouth, mariner, granted to Henry Sherburne of Portsmouth, prin- cipal creditor, Aug. 13, 1738.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 137. ]
[Inventory of the estate in York county, Me., April 2, 1740 ; eighty acres of land in Scarborough, Me., laid out to Finlayson June 29, 1720, by virtue of a grant to him by the proprietors of Scarborough June 22, 1720, valued at £200.0.0.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 179.]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, {200.0.0 ; expenditures, £79.3.0 ; allowed April 15, 1740 ; mentions a widow. ]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 180. ]
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[Additional account of the administrator against the estate ; amount, £7.1.6 ; allowed July 15, 1740. ]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 200.]
[Additional account of the administrator against the estate; amount, £14.18.0; allowed Jan. 19, 1741/2.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 255. ]
SAMUEL SLOPER 1738 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of god Amen the Twentey third Day of Augt In the year of our Lord 1738 I Samiueal Sloper of Portsmoth N Eng- land In ye Province of New Hamshea Salar Being Very Sick and Weak in Body *
Itam I give my Father and mother all my money that Is all my Cash at home or a Brod Expt one Ring I give Capt Nath"} Warner allso one Ring To M' Williin Forst, allso thurtey Shillings N England money for Ech of my Brother Salers on Bord Sd Ship Itam To my Brother Hanoray & my Sistr Leada I give all my Lands and- I Dow hear By Utterly Disalow Revoke and Disannul and Every other former Testaments wills and Leagacs Bequests and Executors By me In Eaney Wise Befor this Time Named Willed and Bequethed Ratifying and Confirming this and No other to Be my Lasst Will and Tastement In Witnis whereof I have hiaron To Set my Hand and Seal the Day and year above Writtin
Sind Seld Published Pro- Sam1 Sloper nounced and Declard By the Sad Samuel Sloper as his Last Will and Testament In the Pra- sents of ous the Subscribers
Witness William Forst Nath"] Warner John Tomson
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[Proved Jan. 24, 1739/40, and administration granted to Henry Sloper, father, no executor being named in the will.]
[List of articles belonging to Samuel Sloper on board the ship Fanny and Sally, Aug. 24, 1738.]
[Warrant, Jan. 26, 1739/40, authorizing John Ayers and John Shackford, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, signed by John Ayers and John Shackford ; amount, £257.12.0; attested April 30, 1740.]
GEORGE COOLBROTH 1738 NEWINGTON
[Administration on the estate of George Coolbroth of Newing- ton, husbandman, granted to his father, George Coolbroth of Newington, yeoman, Aug. 30, 1738.]
[Warrant, Aug. 31, 1738, authorizing John Fabyan and James Pickering, yeoman, both of Newington, to appraise the estate.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 408. ]
[Inventory, signed by John Fabyan and James Pickering ; amount, {260.12.6 ; attested Nov. 29, 1738.]
SAMUEL CUTT 1738 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Cutt of Portsmouth, mariner, granted to his widow, Sarah Cutt, Aug. 30, 1738. ] [Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 383.]
[Warrant, Aug. 30, 1738, authorizing John Ayers and John Shackford, Jr., both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 406. ]
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[Inventory, Nov. 20, 1738; amount, £2061.12.0 ; signed by John Ayers and John Shackford. ]
[License to the administratrix, May 30, 1739, to sell real estate. ] [ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 624.]
[Warrant, Aug. 23, 1739, authorizing John Ayers and John Shackford to appraise property recently found by the administra- trix, Sarah Hart, formerly Sarah Cutt.]
[Additional inventory, signed by John Ayers and John Shack- ford ; amount, {223.8.0 1-2 ; attested Sept. 26, 1739.]
HANNAH MOULTON 1738 HAMPTON
IN the Name of God amen, I Hannah Moulton of Hampton in the Province of New Hampshire in New England. Spinster .
2ly That all my remaining Estate both Real & Personal be divided among my Children in manner and form following. Vizt
Imprime I give and bequeath unto my beloved Sons James Moulton and Benjamin Moulton & unto their Heirs and Assigns for ever, the One half of my Four Acres of Salt Marsh laying in Hampton in sd Province of New Hampsh
Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Son Joseph Moulton and unto his Heirs and Assigns forever, all that part of my Five Acres of Salt Marsh (laying in Hampton aforesd) wch he hath part of allready.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Ezekiel Moulton and unto his Heirs and Assigns for ever my Share of Thatch Ground, laying in Hampton aforesaid
Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Hannah Bradford, and unto her Heirs and Assigns for ever, the One half of my Four Acres of land laying before the Door, and also one half of the Orchard, also my half Share of land laying in the first
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Division (so called) on this Side the little River, And my Three Acres of land laying on the other side of the Little River, also the one half of all my Moveables of every sort & kind, both without doors; & within.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Elizabeth Moulton & unto her Heirs and Assigns for ever, The one half of all my moveable Estate of every sort & kind, both Without doors and within, & also one half of the Orchard.
Item. I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughters and unto their Heirs and Assigns for ever, my now Dwelling House. and Barn.
Finally I do constitute and Appoint my Daughter Hannah Brad- ford Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revocking all other and former Wills, and ratifying and confirm- ing this, and no other, to be my last Will and Testament. In Wit- ness whereof I the said Hannah Moulton have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Thirty first day of August Anno Domini 1738. And in the Twelfth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain &c :-
Signed Sealed and declared by the sd Hannah Moulton to be her last will & Testament in presence of us.
hanah X Moulton.
Simon Dow Juner
Josiah Moulton juner [Proved Nov. 24, 1742.]
JOHN SHACKFORD 1738 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I John Shuckford of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Blockmaker being Sick * * *
Item I Give & Bequeath to Sarah my Beloved Wife the Use &. Improvement of my Dwelling house during her Widowhood only
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Excepting & Reserving that part thereof which I have herein here- after Reserved to the Use of my Daughter Toome-I also Give to my Said wife the furniture or household Goods that is in my Dwel- ling house belonging to me & the Sum of twenty Nine pounds Annum to be paid her Yearly during her widowhood by my two Sons Paul & John Shuckford Equally and this that I have herein Given to my Said wife I design Shall be in Lieu & full for her Dower & third of my Estate but if She will not Accept it as Such then She is not to have the Gifts & bequests herein Mentioned- or in Case She Marries Again
Item I Give & Devise unto my Son Paul Shuckford my Said Dwelling house & Land whereon it Stands & Round it until it comes to that which was my Brother Sam1 Shuckfords & to that which I have Have Given iny Son John by Deed my Said Son Paul not to have the use of the Said House until the Interest which I have herein Given to my wife Shall Cease & Determine I also Give & Devise to my Said Son Paul the northeast part or Side of the Lot of Land which I Bought of Wm Keese that is to Say twenty foot fronting on the Street Running Down to the River & Carry- ing that Breadth fifty foot Back from the Said Street to have & to hold the Said house & Lands aforesd to my Said Son Paul his heirs and assigns forever-
Item I Give and Devise unto my two Sons Paul & John Shuck- ford all my Other Lands & Real Estate whatsoever & wheresoever the Same is and Shall be found to have & to hold the One Moiety thereof to Paul his heirs & assigns & the Other Moiety to John his heirs & assigns forever and all my Live Stock I Give to my two Said Sons Equally Divided between them as aforesd & I Order my Said Sons to pay to their mother the sum of twenty Nine pounds Yearly during her Widowhood & to pay it Jointly Each the half Sum thereof Yearly-
Item I Give to my Son John all the Tools & Utensils of my Trade & the Stock of Wood & Other Materials for Carrying on iny trade & all my Interest in the Negroes which I have in Com- mon with my Said Son John & my Couzin Wm Shuckford I Give
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to my Son John to be at his Dispose-and I Give to my Son Paul a Debt of forty pounds which he Owes me by note of hand-
Item I Give and Devise to my Son in Law Wm Seward that Lot of Land where his house Stands & which I Bo't of the Said Wm Keese as aforesd (only Excepting that part thereof which I have herein before Given to my Son Paul) to have & to hold to the Said Wm Seward his heirs & assigns forever-
Item I Give to my four Daughters viz Mary Seward Deborah Suinners Sarah Flag & Elizabeth Toome the Sum of ten pounds Each to be paid Out of my Goods or Personal Estate after my Debts and funeral Charges are paid the Said ten pounds to be paid to Each of them in English Goods all the Remaining part of my Personal Estate my will is that it Shall be Divided Equally Among my Six Children beforenamed-
Item I Give to my Daughter Toome the Use of the Great Cham- ber in my Said Dwelling house for the term of Six years or So long as She Shall be a Widow (if that happens) not Exceeding Six years in Case of her Widowhood & if She Shall not be a Widow She is to have No Interest there-It is my Intent that That She Shall not let this Priviledge to any person nor have it unless for her Own Use ---
Item I Give to my Grandaughter Mary Sumners the Sumn of ten pounds to be Laid Out by my Execrs to purchase a peice of plate to be Given to her as a token of my Love and to Remember me by-
Finally I Constitute & Appoint my two Sons Paul & John Shuck- ford Joint Execrs of this my Last will & Testament hereby Revok- ing & Dissannulling all & Every Other Will & Testament by me in any Manner heretofore made-In Witness whereof I have here- unto Set my hand & Seal the Eleventh day of Septemb' Anno Domini 1738 and in the twelfth Year of his Majesty's Reign
Signed Sealed published & pro- his nounced by the Said John Shuck- ford as his last will & Testament In presence of
John X Shuckford
mark
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Wm Shackford John Wentworth Jnº Sherburne [Proved Oct. 25, 1738. ] [ Probate Records, vol. 14, P. 391.]
To all People to whom these Presents Shall Come William Seward mariner & Mary His wife (formerly Mary Shackford) An- drew Toome Mariner & Elizabeth his wife (formerly Elizabeth Shackford) John Flagg mariner and Sarah his wife (formerly Sarah Shackford) and Deborah Sumners Widow all of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Send Greeting
Whereas John Shuckford late of Portsmouth aforesaid Block- maker Deceas'd father of the Said Mary Elizabeth Sarah and Deborah in and by His last Will & Testament duly proved Ap- proved & allowed among other Gifts & Bequests gave and Be- queathed all the Remaining part of his Personal Estate (after pay- ing and Discharging Sundry Gifts Legacies & Dispositions there- of particularly mentioned in the Said Will) to & among his Six Children to Wit his two Sons Paul & John Shuckford Executors of the Said Will and the Said Mary Elizabeth Sarah & Deborah which Clause in the Said Will making it Necessary for the ascer- taining and Security of the Interest of the Said Daughters of the Testator in the Said Remaining part of the Said Personal Estate that an Inventory of the Personal Estate of the Said Testator Should be Exhibited into the Registry of the Court of Probate for Said Province-Now Know Ye that the Said William Seward & Mary His Wife Andrew Toome & Elizabeth his wife John Flagg & Sarah his wife and Deborah Sumners as well for the trust faith and Confidence which they have in the Integrity & fidelity of their Said Brothers Execrs as aforesaid for the faithfull Discharge of their Said office & trust as also for a valuable Consideration already Received of the Said Execrs by the Said William Mary Andrew Elizabeth John Sarah and Deborah they the Said Parties last men- tioned do by these Presents as far as in them lies Grant Consent &
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agree to and with the Said Execrs that they the Said Execrs should be Exonerated Released Exempted & Discharged of & from the Burden Labour trouble & Duty of Exhibiting of any Such Inven- tory as aforesaid or any Inventory of the Estate of their Said Tes- tator-In Witness whereof they the Said William Mary Andrew Elizabeth John Sarah & Deborah have hereunto Set their hands and Seals the twenty fifth day of November Anno Domini 1738 And in the Twelfth Year of His Majesty's Reign-
Signed Sealed & Delivered In presence of
Lazarus Shackford
Debrh newbould
susaner studely
Samuel huntris
Mark Haddon
William Seaward her Mary X Seaward mark her
Elizth X Toome mark John Flagg
Sarah flagg Deborah Sumner Andr Toome
[Acknowledged May I, 1739, and Aug. 29, 1739.]
JONATHAN FIFIELD 1738 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Fifield of Hampton, cooper, granted to Henry Fifield of Hampton, husbandman, Sept. 15, 1738.]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 384. ]
MICHAEL WHIDDEN 1738 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Michael Whidden of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Gun Smith being in Good health
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Imprimis my Will is that my Execrs do Sell my Land in Bar- rington & Kingswood for the payment of my Debts & that they dispose of the money which they Shall raise by the Sale of the Said Lands to that purpose and for Defraying my funeral Charges and if that Shall not be Sufficient then the Residue of the Debts due from me which the Said money will not pay shall be Paid out of the Debts Due to me-
Item I give to each of my Children that are living now viz Abi- gail Nutter Michael Whidden & Mary Perkins twenty Shillings to be paid by my Execrs out of my Estate & also to the Children of my Son John Whidden Deceasd I give twenty Shillings to be paid as aforesaid-
Item I give to my grandson Nathanael Perkins who now lives with me all my Gunsmith's Tools provided he Tarries & Serves out his Apprenticeship till he Arrives at the age of twenty one Years with iny wife after my Decease if that Should happen first but if he will not Tarry then the Said Tools to go as the rest of my Personal Estate-Item to my well beloved Wife Rebecca I give & Devise the use and Improvement of all the remaining part of my Real Estate during her Natural life and after her Decease I Devise the Same among my Said Children Equally to be Divided with my Grand Children the Children of my Said Son John Whid- den Deceased that is to Say each of my Children before named to have one quarter part thereof and the Children of my Said De- ceased Son to have the other quarter to hold to my Said Children & Grandchildren their heirs and Assigns forever-And all my Personal Estate which are not before Dispos'd of herein I give to my wife for her maintainance & Support during her life Injoining and desiring her that if she Shall not have Occasion to use & dis- pose of the whole or any part thereof for her own Support to dis- pose of what shall be so left to and Among my Said Children or their Representatives and my Said Grand Children last mentioned in the proportion aforesaid Lastly I Constitute and Appoint my Said wife & Capt Samuel Hart Esq' Joint Execrs of this my last will & Testament and do hereby Revoke & Disannul all & every
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other & former will & Testament by me in manner heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the twenty Sixth Day of September Anno Domini 1738 and in the twelfth Year of His Majesty's Reign
Signed Sealed publish'd & pro-
Mich1] Whidden
nounc'd In Presence of-
Solaman Pike Moses Nobel William Parker [Proved March 28, 1739.] [Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 453. ]
[Warrant, Oct. 8, 1745, authorizing Samuel Hart, Mark Lang- don, gentleman, Jeremiah Libby, housewright, John Griffith and Moses Noble, masons, all of Portsmouth, to divide the estate of Michael Whidden of Portsmouth, joiner, his widow being dead, one half to his son, Michael Whidden, one fourth to the children of his son, John Whidden, deceased, and one fourth to Jonathan Stoodley of Portsmouth, shop-keeper, who has purchased the shares of two other children. ]
Province of Pursuant To a Warrant To us directed By the New Hamps' \ Honourable Andrew Wiggen Esq" Judge of the Probate of Wills &ct for the said Province, We have made a Divis- on of the House and Garden mentioned in said Warrant as follows Vizt-
Jonathan Stoodley to have the End of The House next the water- side, Viz' Thirty one & half feet on the front and Thirty one & half feet on the Back of the House exclusive of the little Chamber over the Entry, & Including the Land upon which the said End of the House stands, and of the Land Adjoining behind said House said Stoodley to have Thirty four & half feet In depth from the street next the waterside .-
Michael Whidden to have the Lower part of the House and Land
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from said Stoodley's Thirty five and half feet In Front and Thirty two & half feet in Rere-
The Children of John Whidden deceased to have the Chambers over said Michael Whidden with the Garrett and the Little Cham- ber over the Entry, and the Celler next The Street under said Michael Whidden's End and Thirty Three feet of Land at the Upper End and to Run Across the Garden-
The Entryway and Stairs to be in Common from the Lower floor to the Garrett ( Except the Little Camber over the Entry that is set of to sd John Whidden Deceased's Children) also to have an Alley or gangway of two feet and half in breadth from the foot of the Stairs by the pertition that is now standing until we Come two foot and half in the front Seller and the pertition to be at the said Childrens Cost And When the said House shall be Down then Each party to have only the Number of feet of Land as set forth above-
Each Party is to bear Their Proportion in Repairing the Entry way and Stairs that is Common-
Dated at Portsmouth In the Province aforesaid the fourteenth Day of Oct' & in the Nineteenth Year of His Majestys Reign- Witness our Hands-
[Allowed Oct. 30, 1745.]
Mark Langdon moses nobel John Griffeth
THOMAS TRICKEY 1738 NEWINGTON
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Trickey of Newing- ton, shipwright, granted to his widow, Mary Trickey, Sept. 27, 1738.]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, P. 388.]
[Warrant, Sept. 27, 1738, authorizing John Fabyan and John Downing, Jr., both of Newington, to appraise the estate.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 413.]
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[Inventory of the estate of Capt. Thomas Trickey ; amount, £1952.7.10; signed by John Fabyan and John Downing, Jr .; attested Nov. 29, 1738.]
[Administratrix's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of personal estate, £994.14.6; expenditures £241.0.2 ; allowed Oct. 29, 1740 ; mentions a son, Lemuel, aged 5 years and 7 months at his father's death. ]
To the Honble Andrew Wiggin Esq' Judge of the Probate of Wills &c in the Province of New Hampr --
Humbly shews Jonathan Trickey of Newington in the Province of New Hampr shipwright That Thomas Trickey father of your Petitioner late of Newington aforesd shipwright ded dyed some time in ye year 1738 Intestate That soon after ye decease of ye sd Thomas Administration on his Estate was committed unto Mary Trickey widow of sd decd and Mother to your Petitioner-That your Petitioner is now near twenty five years of age-That your petitioner can't find yt any administration acct has been allowd as yet by the Court of Probate-wherefore your Petitioner prays your Honour that ye sd Mary may be cited To appear at the Court of Probate as soon as may be to render an acct of her administration in ordr to have a distribution and division of the surplus according to Law
Jan. 16 : 1745/6 Jonathan Trickey
[Guardianship of Joseph Trickey, Keturah Trickey, and Lemuel Trickey, minors, aged more than fourteen years, children of Thomas Trickey, granted to Mary Trickey, widow, Feb. 26, 1745/6.]
[Warrant, April 8, 1746, authorizing John Fabyan, Richard Downing, and Seth King to appraise the estate and report on the advisability of dividing it among the widow and children. ]
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[Warrant, June 14, 1746, authorizing Joshua Pickering, John Knight, John Downing, Jr., Jethro Furber, and Christopher Hun- tress, all of Newington, yeomen, to set off to the widow her third: from the real estate in Newington.]
Province of Pursuant to the Annexed Warrt we have Set off New Hampr One full third part of the Real Estate of Thos Trickey late of Newington in Said Province Shipwright Decd Situate in Said Newington having Regard to the Quality & Quanty of the said Estate unto Mary Relict of the Said Deceased for her dower of the Estate viz out of that Calld the Homested Seventeen acres Bounded as follows viz Begining at a Stake in the Road leading to Fox point from thence Runing South forty five Degrees East four Chains & twenty five Links thence South Sixty Six Degrees West twenty Seven Chains & forty five Links thence North ten deg. West Nine Chain & Sixty five Links to an Oak Tree thence North Seventy Nine Deg. East twenty four Chain & forty Links to the State where it began Reserving to the Heirs the use of the Well in Common wth her & a Sufficient Way to the Barn also the Westerly End of the House from the Ground floor to the Roof Saving to the Heirs the Privilege of the Yard & the Entry & Stairs in Common with the Widow & one third part of' the Cellar viz at the Westerly End with the Privilege of the Great Cellar Door in Common with the Heirs & One half of the Barn viz the Easterly End & one half of the Garden viz on the Wes- terly Side-and also One third part of the Pasture Lands bot of Joseph Rawlins viz that third lying next to the parsonage Lands the whole Length of the Said pasture Lands-these Tracts of Land So Bounded we agree to Set Off to the Widow of the Said ' Decd in full of her Dower of his Estate in Newington aforesd & also in full Satisfaction of her Dower of his Estate in Rochester in .. said Province the other half of the Barn to be for the use of the Heirs tho' Standing on the sd third part and as the Said Widow had planted on the other part of the Lands in Newington aforesd before the Issuing of the warrant aforesd we agree to Report it as
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