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an Equitable & fair thing that She be allowed to take of the Crop of Indian Corn planted there & half the flax & half the potatoes & half the English Grain that shall be Raisd on that part of Said Lands not Set off to her to be Divided in the field between her & the Heirs of the Said Deceased and that as Jona Trickey has Plan- ted on the said part Set off to the Said Widow we think he Should be allowed the whole Crop he has So planted
June 55th 1746
Joshua Pickerin John Knight Jun™ Jethro furbur Christoper Huntriss John Downing Juner
[Additional inventory, March 25, 1747; amount, £64.0.0; signed by John Fabyan, Richard Downing, and Seth Ring.]
[Bond of Jonathan Trickey, with Samuel Nutter and Joseph Trickey as sureties, all of Newington, yeomen, in the sum of £1000, March 25, 1747, to pay the sum of £82.0.0 to each of the other children within two years, "Whereas Thomas Tricky Late of Newington aforesaid Shipwright Deceased late father of the Said Jonathan Died Intestate whose Real Estate has been Ap- praised in order to a Settlement thereof upon as many of the Sons as it will Accommodate not being Capable of a Division among all the Children of the Said Intestate without prejudice to or Spoiling of the whole there being ten of them in all According to which Ap- praisement Each Single Share (after Charges Deducted) amounts to the Sum of Eighty two Pounds old Tenor bills of Public Credit for the Homestead & other Lands in Said Newington and the Said Jonathan who is the Second Son of Said Deceased being Willing to take the Homestead &c of Said Intestate which is Set off or Ap- propriated for One Settlement (the Eldest Son being absent be- yond Seas & having no Issue)."]
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SAMUEL TIBBETTS 1738 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen The Eighth day of Novembr anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred & thirty Eight I Samuel Teb- bets of Dover in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Tanner Labouring under Great Indisposition of body
Imprimis I Give to my beloved wife Rachel Tibbets twenty pounds in good Province bills of credit & five Pounds worth of Shoe Leather to be paid & delivered unto her my Said wife by my Exec' hereafter named within the term of three months after my decease-Item I Give to my Son Ichabod Tebbets whom I also make my Sole Exec' to this my last Will & Testament and to his heirs & Assigns forever all My homestead Land where I now Dwell on both Sides of the way together with the Orchard or Orchards Standing or being on the Same and also my Dwelling house & barn and all other Edificies & Buildings Standing & being upon the Said homested Land And also My Tanyard and Tan Pits together with all the Hides & Leather & Tanning Tools or utensils which do properly Appertain unto me And also My four working Cattle or Oxen And twenty Acres of Land lying up at Malligo River so Called in Dover And Eighteen Acres of land to be laid out in the Common or undivided Lands in Said Dover being part of my Com'on Right in Said Town-Item I Give to My Grandson Samuel Tebbets his heirs and Assigns two Hundred Acres of Land lying in the Town of Rochester In My Second division Lot in Said Town at the Southwesterly End of the long Marsh And also one Yoak of Oxen to be delivered him by my Execr to this My will so soon as he Shall Arrive at the age of twenty one Years-Item I Give to My Grandson Ichabod Varney his heirs and Assigns all my Right and Interest in the undivided lands in the Said Town of Rochester Item I Give all my Household Goods & moveable Estate both within doors & without to my four daughters Rachel Legro Martha Whitehouse Mary Chamberlain And Ester Tebbets And to My Grandchildren Mary Cosin Judith Tibbets & Ichabod Tibbets
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the children of my Son Samuel Tebbets Deceased and to Thos. Tebbets the Son of My daughter Sarah Tibbets decd And to John Sam4 Joshua & Jonathan Winget the Children of my daught' Doro- thy Winget Deceased to be Equally divided among them that is to say & it is my true Intent & Meaning this disposition of My Move- able Estate that the forementioned children of my Son Sam1 Teb bets deceased viz Mary Corsen, Judith & Ichabod Tibbets Shall have' a part of the said Moveables Equal to Either one of my fore- mentioned daughters and also that my Said Grandson Thomas Tibbets Shall have the same proportion and that the forementioned children of my Sd daughter Dorothy Winget have also the Same proportion of my Said Moveable Estate And I do hereby utterly Dissallow Revoke & Dissannul all & Every Other former Testa- ments Wills Legacies & Execrs by me in any wise before named Will'd Bequested Ratfying and confirming this & no Other to be. My last will & Testament-In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the day & Year first above written-
Signed Sealed Published Pro- Samuel Tebbets
nounced and declared by the Said
Samal Tebbets as his last will & Testament In the Presence of us-
Jonª Cushing John Bickford Juner Thomas Miller [Proved Jan. 31, 1738/9. ] [ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 426. ]
[Warrant, Jan. 31, 1738/9, authorizing John Wood and Tobias Hanson, Jr., both of Dover, to appraise the estate of Samuel Tib- betts of Dover, gentleman, whose son, Ichabod Tibbetts, is ex- ecutor of his will. ]
[Inventory, Feb. 20, 1738/9 ; amount, {1727.0.4 ; signed by John Wood and Tobias Hanson, Jr.]
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[Guardianship of Samuel Tibbetts, minor, aged more than fourteen years, son of Samuel Tibbetts, granted to Ichabod Tib- betts of Dover, tanner, Nov. 28, 1739.]
JOHN BLAIR 1738 LONDONDERRY
[Guardianship of William Blair, aged less than fourteen years, granted to his father, John Blair of Londonderry, yeoman, Nov. 21, 1738.]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 401.]
SAMUEL SMITH 1738 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen this 22d day of Nov' 1738 I Samuel Smith of Hampt in the Province of New Hampshire in New Eng- land being now weak & Sick in body *
Imprimis I Give unto iny Beloved wife Elizabeth Smith the Improvement of my Dwelling house where I now Dwell & one half of my Barn So long as She Shall live I also give to my Said wife all iny Moveables in my house to do with them as She pleases & to dispose of them as She See cause But only I Reserve the best bed but one in my Said house & the bedding belonging to it And the largest Brass Kettle that I have in my Said house them I Shall dispose of hereafter I also give to my Said wife the Im- provemt of one half of all my Real Estate Particularly one half of my upland and Meadow Ground and one half of my Salt Marsh She is to Improve So long as She Shall live I also give to my wife all my Stock of Cattle And horse & Sheep & Swine to Dis- pose of as She pleases-Item I Give unito my Son Samuel Smith one half of all my Real Estate yt I have particularly one half of all my upland & Meadow Ground and one half of iny Wood Land & one half of my Salt Marsh and one half of my Barn & all my Hus- bandry Tools I also give unto my Said Son Samuel my Dwelling house & ye other half of my Barn & the other half of all my Real
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Estate he is to have at his mothers decease But only one Share or Lot of Land which lies in the Second North Division I Shall here- after dispose of I also give to my Said Son one half of my Wear- ing Clothes and one half of the Cloth that I have in my Said house -Item I Give unto my Son Stephen Smith one Good Bed & ye Bedding Belonging to it he is to have his Choice of all my Beds but one & also I Give to him one half of iny Wearing Clothes & one half of the Cloth yt I have in my house-
Item I Give unto my Grandson William Smith one Share or Lot of Land which lies in the Second north Division & is laid out for twenty acres & lies near to David Pages house in Hampt
Lastly my Will & meaning is that what Debts or Dues are owing from me I order my Son Samuel Smith to pay them and what Debts are Due to me My Said Son is to Receive them for himself and I do Appoint My above named wife Elizabeth & my above named Son Samuel Smith and my Brother Elisha Smith to be Executors to this my Last will & Testament And in confirmation hereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the day & Year above mentioned And in the twelfth year of King George the Second His Reign over Great Britain
Signed Sealed & Declared by Samuel Smith to be his last Will & Testament In presence of us Witnesses
the mark & Seal of
Samuel X Smith
Samuel Marston Reuben Derburne Jabez Smith
[Proved Feb. 28, 1738/9. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 442.]
[Warrant, Feb. 28, 1738/40, authorizing Jonathan Page and Thomas Dearborn, both of Hampton, yeomen, to appraise the estate. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 607.]
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[Inventory of the estate of Samuel Smith, who died Nov. 23, 1738; amount, {1173.3.0; taken March 3, 1738/9 ; signed by Jonathan Page and Thomas Dearborn ; attested by the executors, not named, April 25, 1739.]
JOSEPH LOWE 1738 STRATHAM
In The Name of God Amen I Joseph Low of Stratham in the province of Newhampshiren New England Coopper being Varey weak of Body
item I Give To Elesabeth My well beloved wife all iny house- hold Goods within Dores To be at her own Disposeing-and The Improvement of all iny Real Estate in Sd Stratham for and Dureing The Term of five Years and the Improvement of one half Thareof So Lond as Shee Remains my widow
Item I Give To My Daughter Margaret Thirty pounds passable Bills of Credett and a Lum and Taxling Said Thirty pounds To be paid within one year after the proveing of This my Last will and Testement
Item I Give To my Daughter Elasebath Twenty five pounds passable Bills of Credett To be paid her within Two years after The proveing of This my Last will and Testement
Item I Give To my Daughter Ann : Twenty five pounds To be paid her in Good pay at mony price within Three years after the proveing This my Last will and Testement-and my will is That if God in his providence Should Take away my wife by Death that my Three Daughters above Named Shall have the Improvement of the west End of my Dweling house and the Saller under the Same So Long as thay or Either of Them Remain unmarried with Liberty To pass and Repass into and from The Same-
Item I Give To My Daughter Susannah Twenty pounds To be paid her in Good pay at mony price within Six years after The proveing This my Last will and Testement-
Item I Give To my Daughter Dorcies Twenty pounds To be
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paid her in Good pay at mony price within Ten years after the proveing This iny Last will and Testement-
Item I Give To my Son Jacob all my Land and Medow Lands being in Stratham afore Said Togather with my dweling house and Barn and other Buldings Standing on the Same To him his heirs and Assigns for ever he paying the Sums above Mentioned To- gather with my Just Debts and funerall Charge also I Give to my Said Son Jacob all my Right and Title To a Common Right in The Town Ship of Ipswich in the County of Essex in the pro- vince of The Massachusets Bay in New England Said Right for- meraly Belongd To my Honered father John Low also all my Cooper Touls and my Right in the Township of Bow in the pro- vince of Newhampshire
Item I Give To my Son Joseph one hundred acers of Land Layeing in The Township of Notingham in Newhampshireifty acers Thareof Layeing in Summer Street or half a hundred acer Lot Noumber Seven the other fifty acers being part of my Last Devision in Said Notingham at a place Caled Crosstreett he my Said Son payeing to my Daughter hannah and iny Daughter Mary The Sums That I Shall Give Them That is I Give to my Daugh- ter Hannah Twenty pounds to be paid her in Good pay at mony price within Twelve years after The proveing This my will and Testement-
I Give to my Daughter Mary Twenty pounds To be paid her within fouerteen years after the proveing This my Last will and Testement To be paid in Good pay at mony price
Whereas my wife is now with Child that if shee Lives to Be Deliverd of a Male Child I Give to it the Remainder of my Land in Said Notingham but if of a fameal Child I Give to it Twenty pounds to be paid her in Currant mony or passable Bills of Credett by my Said Son Jacob when Shee is Eighteen years old : and the Said Remainder of my Land in sª notingham I Give to my Said Son Jacob and my Son Joseph Equalley to be Devided between them
finally my will is and I Do hereby apoynt my beloved wife Elasebeth and my Son Jacob Low my Sole Executors To This my
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Last will and Testemant : and I Give to my Said wife all my Stock of Catle and other Creters and all my Eplements for hus- bandrey
And I Do hereby Revoke Disannul aud Make voyd all former wills made by me heretofore In witness whereof I the Said Joseph Low have here unto Sett my hand and Seal This Sixteenth Day of December annoquedomini one thousand Seven hundred and Thirty Eight-
Signed Seald and owned in presents of us Jonathan Dearborn William Pottle Richd Young [Proved July 25, 1739.]
Joseph Low
THOMAS WARD 1738 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen this 27th Day of Decr Anno Domini 1738 I Thomas Ward of Hampton in the Province of New Hamps" in New England Being aged and weak in Body * **
Item I Give Unto my Beloved wife Sarah Ward the Improv- ment of my House where I Live and Barn and Orchard & Upland & meadow Ground and wood land adjoyning to Said house : that is all my homestead so long as she shall remain a widow : and if she marry Again then she is to improve but one half of all above- mentioned : I also Give unto my Said wife all my moveables in my house and all my Stock of Cattle & Horse sheep & Swine to Dis- pose of as she pleases among my Children And Grand Children
Item I Give Unto my Son Noah Ward to him his heirs and as- signs for ever All my Houses and Barn and Orchards and all my Upland And woodland adjoyning to my houses and one half of my meadow Ground : he is to have them at his mothers Decease : I also Give unto my Said Son Noah my Pasture land and wood land which lies in the fourth Division Joyning to his own land to have it at my decease and all my husbandry tools-
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Item I Give unto my Son Abel Ward twenty shillings to be paid to him by my Executor hereafter named I also Give him one acre of marsh Lying at the northwesterly Corner of my marsh Bound- ing notherly on the way that leads by Drakes : On a Creek north- westwardly and on the other Sides my Upland-
Item I Give unto my Son Shadrack Ward one half of my fresh marsh and one half of my meadow Ground joyning to the land where I now dwell to have it at his mothers decease I also Give him one lott in the Second West Division where his Barn now Stands to have it at my Decease-
Item I Give unto my Daughter Sarah Sleeper thirty three Pounds Six shillings and Eight pence in passable Bills of Credit to be paid within one year after my Decease by my Executor here- after named-
Item I Give unto my Daughter Margrett Lock thirty three Pounds Six shillings & Eight pence in passable Bills of Credit to be paid in one year after my decease by my Executor hereafter named-
Item I Give unto my Grandson Daniel Ward one whole Right of all the divided and undivided lands in the township of Barn- stead in the Province of New Hamps to take his Choice of the two Rights which I own in said township : I also Give him thirty three Pounds Six shillings & Eight pence in passable Bills of Credit to be paid by my Executor hereafter named
Item I Give unto my Grandaughter Rachel Ward one whole Right of all the Divided and undivided Land belonging to one whole Right in the township of Barnstead in the Province of New Hamps™
Lastly My Will is that my Son Noah Ward be Sole Executor to this my will And he is to Receive for himself all Debts due to me and to pay all such as I owe and by these presents Revoking all former will or wills testament or testaments by me at any time made I do Ordain this to be my last will and testament In Witness whereof I do hereunto Set my hand & Seal the day and year afore-
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mentioned and In the twelfth year of King George the Second his Reign Over Great Brittain &c :
Signed & Sealed and Declared Thomas Ward
by the Said Thomas Ward to be
his Last will and testament In presence of
Jabez Sınith John Brown Jr John Brown [Proved May 25, 1743.]
JETHRO PEARSON 1738 EXETER
In the Name of God Amen I Jethro Peirson of Exeter in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Yeoman being in Health of body *
Imprimis I Give and Bequeath to my dearly beloved Wife Jane Peirson all my Houshold Goods and all my Stock of Cattle horses Sheep or Swine and All Moveable Effects to be for her own use and at her own Dispose-
Item I Give to my Son Jethro Peirson my Dwelling house Barn Orchard and all my land Lying or being in Exeter or in Stretham he allowing his Mother the Improvement of one half of my Dwel- ling House Barn Orchard and land both in Exeter and Stretham during her Life.
Item I Give to my Daughter Anna Sanborn Ten Pounds.
Item I Give to my Daughter Elizabeth Sanborn Ten Pounds .-
Finally My Will is and I do hereby Constitute and Appoint my Well beloved Son Jethro Peirson Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament He to pay my Just Debts Legacies and Funeral Charges. And I do Hereby utterly disallow Revoke and Disannul all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made, and do Ratify and Confirm this and no other to be iny Last Will and Testament. - In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set My hand &
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Seal this Thirtieth Day of December Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred and thirty Eight .-
Signed Sealed Published and
his
Jethro X Peirson mark
Declared in the Presence of us Daniel Thing Samuel Gilman Jun™ Abigail Conner [Proved Oct. 26, 1743.]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 295. ]
WILLIAM COLLINS 1738/9 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of William Collins of Portsmouth, mariner, granted to his widow, Deborah Collins, Jan. 30, 1738/9.]
[Warrant, no date, authorizing Hunking Wentworth and Daniel Rogers, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 74.]
[Inventory of the estate of Capt. William Collins, Dec. 17, 1740 ; amount, {692.13.9 ; signed by Hunking Wentworth and Daniel Rogers. ]
JOHN STONEMAN 1738/9 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Stoneman of Portsmouth granted to his widow, Mary Stoneman, Jan. 31, 1738/9.]
[Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 435.]
[Warrant, Jan. 31, 1738/9, authorizing Thomas Beck and Thomas Cotton, Jr., both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate of John Stoneman, shipwright. ]
[Inventory, signed by Thomas Cotton and Thomas Beck ; amount, {169.15.0 ; attested March 28, 1739.]
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JOHN WILSON
1738/9
NEWCASTLE
In the Name of God Amen The twenty fourth day of February 1738 I John Wilson of New-Castle in the Province of New Hamp- shire Shoe-Maker
I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my dearly beloved Wife all My Estate both real & personal, of what kind & denomination soever for her Use & benefit to give, Grant, bargain, Sell, make over & dispose to whom She Shall See fit, She paying all my Just Debts & funeral Charges; Excepting to my two Sons Joseph & William I Give five Shillings to each & to iny three daughters : Sarah Elizabeth & Abigail I give to each five Shillings : And I do Constitute, make & ordain Elizabeth my Said Wife my Sole Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament : All & Singular my lands Messuages & tenements by her freely to be possessed & enjoyed. And I do hereby Utterly disallow, Revoke & disannul all & every other former Testaments, Wills Legacies & Bequests Executed by me in any ways before Named, Willed & bequeathed 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- John Wilson nounced & declared by Sd John
wilson to be his Last Will &
Testament in the presence of-
Joseph Newmarch
John Trundy John Foss [Proved March 28, 1739.] [ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 449. ]
EPHRAIM WENTWORTH 1738/9 SOMERSWORTH
In the Name of God Amen, the Sixteenth Day of March in ye Year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred & thirty Eight
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nine. I Ephraim Wentworth of ye parish of Summersworth in ye Province of New Hampshire in New-England, being weak and Indisposed in body
Imprimis I give unto my Well beloved Sou Ephraim Went- worth ye Sum of five Shillings, Having already given him by Deed of Gift his full proportion out of My Estate, which Sd five shillings is to be paid him by my beloved Son Ezekiel Wentworth, whom I shall Constitute & ordain to be ye Sole Executor of this My last will & Testament.
Item I give unto My Well beloved Son Spencer Wentworth ye Sum of five Shillings having already given him by Deed of Gift his full proportion out of My Estate which sd five Shillings is to be paid him by My afore Said Son Ezekiel Wentworth.
Item I give unto My Well beloved Son Ezekiel Wentworth all My Homestead with my House barn and whatsoever is upon ye same together with all my plows Sleads Carts chains, and all my other Utensils for Husbandry to be his his Heirs & assigns for ever
Item I give unto My Well beloved Son Ezekiel Wentworth all My Tract of land containing about fourteen Acres, wch lies Joyn- ing to ye South Side of ye road yt leads from Cochecho to fresh Creeck, Joyning Westerly and Southerly to James Heards land & Jabez Garland land, to be his his Heirs & assigns for ever
Item I give unto My Well beloved Son Ezekiel Wentworth all my oxen Cows and all my other Stock of Creatures, to be his his Heirs and assigns-
Item I give unto My Well beloved Son Samuell Wentworth all my Home lot in ye first Division in Rochester together with ye one half of my Undivided lands in sd Rochester to be lis His Heirs and assigns forever.
Item I give unto My Well beloved Son Jonathan Wentworth one Hundred and Eighty Acres of land in ye Second Divison in Rochester, together with ye one half of My undivided lands in sd Rochester to be his, His Heirs and assigns for ever.
Item I give unto My Well beloved Daughter Mary Kimbal ye
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Sum of fourty pounds which My afore Said Son Ezekiel Went- worth is to pay to her either in Money or in Such things as he Shall raise of, of ye lands I have given to him, as he shall choose, at ye Market price, within two year after my decease.
Item I give unto my Well beloved Daughter Anna Ham ye Sum of fourty Pounds, which is to be paid her by my afore Said Son Ezekiel Wentworth either in Money or in Such things to ye Value thereof as he Shall raise of, of ye lands I have given, as he Shall choose at ye Market price, within two years after my decease, or to her Heirs & assigns.
Item I give unto my Well beloved Daughter Martha Twombly or to heirs and assigns ye Sum of fourty pounds to be paid her by my afore Said Son Ezekiel Wentworth in Money or in Such things to the Value thereof, as he Shall raise of, of ye lands I have given to him, at ye Market price, within two years after mny decease.
Item I give unto my Well beloved Daughter Elizabeth Went- worth to her Heirs and assigns ye Sum of fourty pounds to be paid her by my Said Son Ezekiel Wentworth in Money or in Such things to ye Value thereof, as he Shall raise of, of ye lands I have given to him at ye Market price within two years after my decease
Item I give unto my afore Said Daughters, Mary, Anna, Mirtha & Elizabeth all My Puter pots and other Houshold goods to be equally divided between ym
Item I give unto my Servant Boy Thomas Witherall thirty acres of land in my Second Division in Rochester, to his Heirs assigns forever provided he Serves with me as an apprentice till he is twenty one Years of age, and if he Should not serve with me So long then the sd thirty acres of land is to revert to my af'sd Son Jonathan Wentworth his Heirs and assigns forever
Item I give unto my well beloved Son Ezekiel Wentworth all my Estate real & personal to be his His Heirs & assigns forever, which I have not mentioned in this Instrument.
Item I Constitute make and ordain My af'sd well beloved Son Ezekiel Wentworth to be Sole Executor of this my last will and
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Testament, and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannull all & every other former Testaments, wills Legacies & Executors by mne in any ways before named, willed & bequeathed, Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal ye Day & year above written.
Signed Sealed published pro- Ephraim Wentworth nounced & declared by ye sd Eph-
raim Wentworth as his last will and Testament in ye presence of
James Pike
Moses Carr
Paul Gerrish Jun [Proved June 29, 1748.]
[Bond of Ezekiel Wentworth, yeoman, with Gershom Went- worth and John Wentworth, gentlemen, as sureties, all of Somers- worth, in the sum of £1000, June 29, 1748, for the execution of the will ; witnesses, Love Roberts and Matthew Livermore. ]
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