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John Cooke Jos : Hanson 3rd Jos Hanson Jun'
Edm Layn
[Proved Oct. 31, 1739, and administration granted to John Wood of Dover, innholder, a creditor, at the request of the widow, no executor being named in the will. ]
[Warrant, Oct. 31, 1739, authorizing John Hayes and Joseph Roberts, both of Dover, yeomen, to appraise the estate. ]
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[Inventory, Nov. 20, 1739; amount, £154.17.0; signed by - John Hayes and Joseph Roberts. ]
[Warrant, Jan. 30, 1739/40, authorizing John Wingate, gentle- man, Joseph Estes, blacksmith, and John Canney, husbandman, all of Dover, to receive claims against the estate. ]
[Petition of the administrator, July 30, 1740, asking for three months additional for the commissioners to receive claims ; granted. ]
[List of claims against the estate ; amount, {638.2.5 ; signed by John Wingate, John Canney, and Joseph Estes. ]
RICHARD TOBEY 1739 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Richard Tobey of Portsmouth, cordwainer, granted to his widow, Martha Tobey, Sept. 26, 1739.] [ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 649.]
[Warrant, Sept. 26, 1736, authorizing John Cutt and John Pray, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, Dec. 25, 1739 ; amount, {208.8.0 : signed by John Cutt and John Pray. ]
JOHN LEVALLY 1739 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of John Levally of Exeter, tailor, granted to Dudley Odlin of Exeter, physician, Sept. 27, 1739.]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 650.]
[Warrant, Sept. 27, 1739, authorizing Peter Gilman, gentle- man, and Daniel Thing, clothier, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate. ]
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[Inventory, Oct. 1, 1739; amount, £78.1.0 ; signed by Peter Gilman and Daniel Thing. ]
[List of claims against the estate ; amount, {126.9.3.]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, £110. 10.0 ; expenditures, £158.12.0 ; allowed Nov. 25, 1741.]
DANIEL GOODWIN I739 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Goodwin of Somers- worth granted to his son, Daniel Goodwin of Somersworth, Oct. I, 1739.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 158.]
Inventory of the estate in York county, Me., Oct. 12, 1739 ; fifty acres of land in Berwick, Me., valued at £110.0.0.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 166. ]
[Administrator's account against the estate; amount, {105.11.6; allowed April 15, 1740. ].
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 198.]
JAMES BOYD I739 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I James Boyd of Portsmouth in New Hampshire in New England Shopkeeper
Item I Give unto my Brother John Boyde of Chester in New Hampshire Aforesd Twenty Acres of Land being called the Hom- sted Lott of my Right in Chester Aforesd To have and to hold to him his Heirs & Assigns forever-Item Whereas my kinsman John Boyd (Son of the Above Named John Boyd) is lately come to live with me & to Assist me in my Shop Business (which if he Continues Fathfully to do) I Give unto him forty Acres of Land being Part of one hundred Acres of Land Laid out as part of my
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Right of Land in the Town of Chester Aforesd Neare Massabeseck To have and to hold to him my Said kinsman John Boyde his Heirs & Assigns forever-Item all the Rest of my Estate both Real & Personal I Give unto my Daughter Mary Boyd To have and to hold to her her Heirs & Assigns forever But So as the Same Shall be in the hands & under the care & Mannagmt of my Very Good Friends the Reverend David McGregory M' John McMurphy & M' John Archibald all of Londonderry in New Hampshire Afore- said (whom I Earnestly Desier to take upon them Joyntly or Severally the Trust) And I Do hereby Nominate and Appoint, them the Said David Magregore John Macmurphy, & John Archi- bald, Joyntly and Severally Guardians to my Said Daughter and do Direct & Order that She Shall Not act or do any thing with what I have Given her but by & with the Advice of them the Said Magregore, Macmurphy & John Archibald, or Either of them Nor have Any thing at her own Disposal until She Attaine the Age of Twenty one Years, Or if She Shall Mary Against their Good Likeing & Consent & will not be Ruled & Governed by them then my Will is that all I have given her Shall be Disposed as hereafter, in case She Shall not have Issue of her Body Lawfully begotten-
Item, In Case my Said Daughter Shall die before Marriage or without Issue of her body Lawfully begotten then & in Such Case my Will is that all I have Given my Said Daughter Shall be at the Disposal of Madam Maran Clarke of Londonderry Aforesaid Widow & her Son David Magregore abovesaid & their Heirs & Assigns for Ever, they or Either of them paying the Aforesaid John Macmurphy five pounds And I do hereby Nominate make & Appoint the Aforesaid David Magregory John Macmurphy & John Archibald Jovntly & Severally Executors of this my Last Will & Testament (& Desiering them Also to Accept of the Guardianship & Trust as Aforesaid) & I do hereby, Revoke Disanul & make Void all former Wills & Testaments by me heretofore made either by word of mouth or in Writing-In Witness whereof I the Said James Boyd to this my Last Will & Testament (Contained in the
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two foregoing Pages of this Sheet of Paper & Part of this Page) have Set my hand & Seale this twenty Ninth day of October in the Year of Our Lord Christ 1739-
Signed Sealed & Declared by James Boyd
the Testator in the Presence of us whose Names are hereunto Sub- scribed as Witnesses & in the presence of the Testator
John Pray
Francis Tucker
[Proved Nov. 22, 1739. The executors declining to act, ad- ministration with will annexed was granted to Alexander Caldwell of Portsmouth, shopkeeper, a creditor. ]
[Warrant, Nov. 22, 1739, authorizing Richard Wibird and Hunking Wentworth, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, signed by Hunking Wentworth and Richard Wibird ; amount, £1618.5.4 ; attested March 26, 1740.]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate; amount of personal estate, {1222.0.4 ; expenditures, £693.9.11 ; allowed June 25, 1746, and ordered that the balance be paid to Rev. David McGregore and his wife, Mary McGregore, only daughter and heir of the deceased. ]
[Guardianship of Mary Boyd, minor, aged more than fourteen years, daughter of James Boyd, granted to David McGregore of Londonderry, clerk ; no date. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 664. ]
AMOS FERNALD 1739 PORTSMOUTH
[Warrant, Oct. 31, 1739, authorizing John Fellows and John Hart, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate of Amos Fernald
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of Portsmouth, cooper, administration of which is granted to Humphrey Fernald, cooper, and John Fernald, mariner, both of Portsmouth. ]
[Administration on the estate of Amos Fernald granted to his sons, Humphrey Fernald, cooper, and John Fernald, mariner, both of Portsmouth, Nov. 28, 1739.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 2.]
[Inventory, signed by John Fellows and John Hart ; amount, £148.II.0 ; attested Jan. 30, 1739/40.]
[Petition of the administrators for license to sell real estate ; endorsed "Jnº & Humphery Furnells Petition to the Judge of Pro- bate for the Sale of their Fathers Estate, 1740."]
[License to the administrators, July 10, 1740, to sell real estate. ]
JOHN GRINDALL 1739 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Grindall of Portsmouth, laborer, granted to Timothy Batt of Portsmouth, housewright, Oct. 31, 1739.]
[Warrant, Oct. 31, 1739, authorizing Daniel Jackson and Charles Treadwell, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 26, 1739 ; amount, {155.1.0 ; signed by Daniel Jackson, Jr., and Charles Treadwell. ]
[Petition of the administrator for license to sell real estate ; no date. ]
[License to the administrator, Nov. 26, 1741, to sell real estate. ] [Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 72.]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount
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of estate, {126.1.0 ; expenditures, £152.19.7 ; allowed July 28, 1742.]
[Various receipts, containing signatures of Thomas Peirce, Jo- seph Berry, Nathaniel Rogers, Joshua Peirce, Michael Whidden, and Timothy Batt. ]
JOSHUA PENHALLOW I739 PORTSMOUTH
[Warrant, Oct. 31, 1739, authorizing Nathaniel Rogers and Hunking Wentworth, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate of Joshua Penhallow of Portsmouth, physician, administration of which is granted to Benjamin Gambling of Portsmouth, gentle- man.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 73.]
[Inventory ; amount, {129.18.6; signed by Nathaniel Rogers and Hunking Wentworth ; attested Dec. 31, 1740.]
[Warrant, Dec. 31, 1740, authorizing Eleazer Russell and John Cutt, gentlemen, both of Portsmouth, to receive claims against the estate ; time extended six months in July, 1741.]
[List of claims against the estate, exhibited Dec. 31, 1740 ; amount, £277.17.9.]
[Petition of the administrator, Aug. 26, 1741, for an extension of time; granted six months. ]
WILLIAM MOORE 1739 LONDONDERRY
In the name of God amen the Sixth Day of November in the Year of our Lord God 1739 I William Moor of Londonderry in the Province of New Hampshireing very Sick and weak in Body
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Imprimis I give and bequeath to Martha my Dearly beloved Wife my Lands Goods and Chattels by hir to be possesed and kept together for the use Benefit and Mintenance of hir and my Beloved Children which Land they are to Labour and be obedient to hir and Shee as in Dutey bound to Learn and Instruct them as God Shall Enable hir Enduring hir Life but and if it Should pleas . God to call hir hence then the Boys that are under age to be bound out to Traids
Itim the Lands goods and Chattels which Shall or may be at hir Deceas to be Sold and made into Mony I do leave and bequeath unto my Beloved Sons George Moor Thomas Moor Allen Moor and William Moor in Equal parts and Portions one Hundred and Twenty Pound being Exampted and Given to my well beloved Daughters
Itim to my beloved Daughter Jean Cristy I leav and bequeath Twenty pounds to my beloved Daughter Betty Moor I leave and bequeath Fifty pounds and to my beloved Daughter Mary Moor I leave and bequeath Fifty pound and if Either Betty or mary Should die without Isshue hir part to be given to the other and Likewise My Beloved Sons if any of them Should Die without isshue their part to come to their Brethren I Likewise Constitute make and ordain Allen Anderson and Samuel Anderson my only and Sole Executors of this my last will and Testament and do Ratify and Confirm this and no other to be my last will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and year above Written-
Signed Sealed published Pro- nounced and Declared by the said William Moor as his last will and
Testament in the presence of us ' the Subscribers viz
Archibald miller thomas dunshe Thomas Bacon [Proved Aug. 26, 1741.]
william moor
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[Warrant, Aug. 26, 1741, authorizing John Weare and Moses Barnett, both of Londonderry, to appraise the estate. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 136.]
[Inventory, signed by Moses Barnett and John Weare ; amount, £651.0.6 ; attested Oct. 28, 1741.]
JOHN COLLINS 1739 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Collins of Portsmouth, mariner, granted to his widow, Mercy Collins, Nov. 28, 1739.] [ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. I.]
[Warrant, Nov. 28, 1739, authorizing John Cutt and Daniel Jackson, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 51.]
[Inventory of the estate of Capt. John Collins of Portsmouth, Aug. 27, 1740 ; amount, £1430.3.3 ; signed by Daniel Jackson and John Cutt. ]
HENRY NUTTER 1739 NEWINGTON
In the Name of God Amen : The Twenty fourth Day of Decem- ber 1739 I Henry Nutter of Newington in the Province of New hampshire in New-England Yeoman being Lame & week in body
Impriniis I Give & Bequeath to Mary my Dearly Beloved Wife all my Lands in Newington be they more or Less as also my house & house hold Goods Barn Cattle Sheep hogs & vizt the Whole of my Estate in Newington to her Use Benifit & Behoof dureing her Natural Life : Except wt is needfull for the payment of Debts & Funeral charges. Unless my Sd wife should marry Again : & then to have but her Thirds.
Item I Give to my Beloved Son Samuel Nutter that is to say after my Beloved wifes decease all my Lands in Newington as
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above mentioned be they more or Less as also my house & house- hold Goods Barn Cattle &c vizt the whole of my Estate in New- ington that is to say upon his paying my Debts and Funeral Charges & also Such Legacyes as I Shall hereafter order to be paid. After my wifes Decease the whole of this Bequeeth to be to him his heirs or Assigns for Ever.
Item : I Give to my Beloved Son Vollintine Nutter fifty pounds to be paid him by my Executor after my Wife's Decease.
Item : I Give to my Beloved son Joseph Nutter all my Lands in the Township of Rochester he to take possession of them Im- mediately after my Decease.
Item : I Give to my Beloved Daughter Elizabeth Croket Ten pounds to be paid her by my Executor After my wifes Decease.
Item : I Give to my beloved Daughter Mary Nutter Ten Pounds to be paid her by my Executor after my wifes Decease.
And I doe Likewise at the sam time make ordain And Appoint my Beloved Son Samuel Nutter my Sole Executor of this My Last will and Testament To pay all my Debts. and Legacyes as Above Mentioned And I Doe hereby Disallow Revoke and Disannul all and Every Other former Testaments wills Legacies and Bequests & Executors by mne in Any way before Named willed And Be- queathed. Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be iny Last will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set iny hand & Seal the Day And Year Above written.
Signed Sealed published pro- nounced and Declaared by the Said Henry Nutter to be his Last will & Testament In Presence of Us the Subscribers.
his Henry X Nutter Mark
Joseph Adams
John nutter her Deboralı X Croket mark [Proved Jan. 30, 1739 40.]
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ABIGAIL PENHALLOW `1739 PORTSMOUTH
[Sarah Winslow, in behalf of her children, renounces adminis- tration on the estate of her mother Penhallow in favor of her "Broth' King ;" dated, Portsmouth, Dec. 31, 1739.]
[Administration on the estate of Abigail Penhallow of Ports- mouth, widow, granted to her son-in-law, William King of Ports- mouth, mariner, April 30, 1740.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 30.]
[Warrant, Nov. 22, 1740, authorizing Daniel Jackson and John Shackford, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate of Abigail Penliallow of Portsmouth, widow, administration of which is gran- ted to William King of Portsmouth, mariner. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 79.]
[Inventory of the estate of Mrs. Abigail Penhallow of Ports- mouth, Dec. 31, 1740 ; amount, £190.0.0 ; signed by Daniel Jack- son and John Shackford.]
[License to the administrator, Dec. 31, 1740, to sell real estate. ]
ANDREW MURRAY 1739.40 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Andrew Murray of Dover, laborer, granted to James Murray of Londonderry, husbandinan, Jan. 30, 1739/40. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 12. ]
[Warrant, Jan. 30, 1739/40, authorizing Jolin Cutt and John Pray, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 13.]
[Inventory, Jan. 30, 1739/40 ; amount, £15.8.0 ; signed by John Cutt and John Pray. ]
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SAMUEL EMERSON 1739/40' DURHAM
The Last Will and Testament of Samuel Emerson of Durham in the Province of New-Hampshire in New England-
I the sd Samuel Emerson growing Aged & Infirm in Body
*
Imprimis-To My dearly beloved Wife Judith Emerson I give and Bequeath All and Singular My Houshold goods Servants Chat- tells, Debts & Moveable Effects.
Item. To My Son Timothy, He having Already recieved his por- tion of My Estate, I give the Sum of Five Shillings Money-
Item. To My Son Solomon he also having recieved his Part of My Estate, I give the like Sum of Five Shillings Money
Item. To My Daughter Abigail, Wife of Robert Thompson & Her Heirs I give and bequeath a certain Tract of Land contain- ing about Twenty Acres be it More or less which I bought of Nicholas Hereford lying in Dover together with the Land adjoyn- ing which I had of Thomas Leighton being all My Land on that Side of the Way And also Five Acres of Woodland at the North West Corner of a Lot of Land which I bought of Joseph and Thomas Hall in sd Dover, To Her and her Heirs She Paying Forty pounds Money to two of My Grandchildren that is to say Twenty Pounds to Samuel Clemens & Twenty pounds to Job Clemens Sons of My Daughter Hannah within two Years after my Decease.
Item to My Grandson Samuel Emerson Only Son of Micah Emerson I give and bequeath all the Land which I bought of Na- thaniel Meader containing about Thirty Acres be it More or less lying in Dover aforesd as also all the Remaining Part of that Tract of Land which I bought of Joseph and Thomas Hall abovesd which I have not disposd of to My sd Daughter Abigail-He the sd Samuel Emerson Paying to Each of His two Sisters Hannah and Abigail Twenty Pounds money within two Years after he shall Pos- sess the premises-
Finally. I do hereby constitute and Appoint Abovesd Robert Tompson of Durham Sole Execr of this My Last Will and Testa-
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ment -Hereby revoking dissallowing & dissannulling all and every other Former Testaments Wills Legacies and Bequests, by Me Named Willed and bequeathed or said So to be-Ratifying & Confirming this and No Other to be My Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have Hereuuto Set my Hand and Seal this Third, Day of March in the Thirteenth year of his Majesties Reign Annoq. Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Nine Forty-
Signd Seald Publishd pro- samuel Emerson nounced & declard by the sd Samuel Emerson as his Last Will and Testament in Presence of us the Subscribers-
David Davis Nichº Gilman Jun' Joseph Atkinson [Proved Aug. 31, 1743.]
[Warrant, Aug. 31, 1743, authorizing John Woodman and Eli Demerit, Jr., to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, signed by John Woodman and Eli Demerit, Jr .; amount, £2725.18.10.]
JOHN SMITH 1739/40 DURHAM
In the Name of God Amen The Tenth day of March in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and thirty nine/40 I John smith of Durham in New Hampshire in New England Yeo- man being Aged and well Stricken in years *
Imprimis my will is that my debts be paid by my Execr out of the Estate I herein Give him and that he my said Executor pay two fifth parts of inine and my wifes funeral Charges and my sons John Smith Joseph Smith and Benjamin Smith Each of them the one fifth part of the said Funerals Charge-
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Item-I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved Son John Smith all my Right of the lands and privileges thereof whereon he now Liveth in Durham with all the Improvements thereof and also one fifth part of my Saw mill on the second falls of Lamperell River in Durham aforesaid with one full and Equal fifth part of the falls Stream and Privileges that Belongs to me and one sixth part of two Acres of Land that is mine on the North side of Lampereel River Adjoyning to the said River and near the said falls and one fifth part of all my Right of Lands in the Town of Rochester in New Hampshire aforesaid all the aforesaid Lands and privileges to be to my said Son John Smith to have and to hold to him his heirs and Assigns forever. Item-I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved Son Josep Smith all my house and Lands and Orchard Lying near the second falls on Lampereel River on the North side of the said River (Excepting five six Parts of the two Acres of Land Adjoyning to the said River which I herein Give his Bretheren and Sister as before and hereafter) Also I Give my said Son one fifth part of my Right in the saw inill falls and Privilege on the second falls on Lampereel River in Durham aforesaid To have and to hold all the Lands and privileges aforesaid to him my said Son Joseph Smith his heirs and Assigns forever-Item I Give and Be- queath to my Well beloved Son Samuel Smith all my Grant of Land on the South Side of Lampereel River at the Second falls on said River in Durham aforesaid and two fifth parts of all my Right in the saw mill on the aforesaid Second falls with two fifth parts of said Right in the falls and Stream and priviledges and two Sixth parts of my two Acres of Land on the North side of Lampereel River aforesaid Adjoyning to the second Falls as aforesaid and Also my ten Acres of Land (Joyning to the Land formerly Granted to William Partridge and William Vaughan by the town of Dover) in Durham aforesaid near the lower falls and also Ninty Acres of Land which I bought of my brother Samuel Smith of Durham aforesaid Lying in New Market in New Hampshire aforesaid it being part of the old Mill Grant Granted to Edward Hilton by the Town of Exeter in New Hampshire aforesaid Bounded as followeth
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(viz) Beginning at a Red Oak Tree about a stones Cast from where the old Mill stood from thence North and by East Eighty Rods and then West and by North nine Score Rods and then South and by West Eighty Rods and then East and by South to the tree aforesaid with all the Priviledges and Appurtenances thereof all the above given Lands and Priviledges To have and to hold to him my said Son Samuel Smith his heirs and Assigns for- ever-Item I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved Son Benja- min Smith the North East Side of my homestead Plantation in Durham aforesaid whereon his house now Standeth and Bounded as follows (vizt) Beginning at the Great Red Rock on the Westerly side of Broad Cove from that rock near south west Nineteen Rods to another Rock lying about half tide and from thence Running North North West about Seventy Eight Rods to a Rock between the Edge of the Mowing Ground and Planting Ground and so So Run- ning the same Course forty three Rods more to a Cleft Rock near a pine Tree and from the head of this Dividing Line North Nortlı East to the out side of my Land and also the one half of all my land (Commonly Called the Pasture Land) Lying on the head of the Homsted Plantation aforesaid (his brother Ebenezer to have the other half) and Also the flats fronting on that part of the liom- stead that I have Given him and Also my piece of Salt Marsh that lies within the Mouth of Goddard's Creek being Near the Old Landing place and Running up as the fence now goes taking in a sinall point of Land and Also one fifth part of my Right in the Sawmill falls Stream priviledges on the second Falls in Lampereel River aforesaid and one sixth part of my two Acres of Land on the North Side of the said Lamperel River Adjoining to the Second falls aforesaid all the said Land and privileges To have and to hold to him iny said son Benjamin Smith his heirs and Assigns forever. Item I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Elisabeth the Wife of Robert Burnum two fifth parts of all my Right of Lands and Privileges in the Town of Rochester in New Hampshire aforesaid and Sixth part of my two Acres of Land on the North
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side of Lampereel River at the Second falls aforesaid with the Privileges thereof To have and to hold to her my said Daughter Elizabeth her heirs and Assigns forever-
Item-I Give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Hannah the wife of Tristiam Coffin two fifth parts of all my Right of Lands and privileges within the Town of Rochester aforesaid To have and to hold to my said Daughter Hannah her heirs and Assigns for- ever. -
Item .- I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved Son Ebenezer Smith all the South West part of my Homstead Plantation with the Houses Barns Edifices thereon and Orchards Gardens and Mea- dows and all the flats fronting said part of said plantation to be set off by the bounds as follows (viz) Beginning at the great Red Rock aforesaid (where his brother Benjamin beginneth) from that Rock near South west nineteen Rods to another Rock Lying at half Tide and from thence Running North North west seventy- eight Rods to a Rock by the Edge of the Mowing ground and plant- ing ground so Running the same Course forty three Rods more to a Cleft Rock by a Pine Tree (this being the Dividing Line between him and his Brother Benjamin) then Running West to the out side of my Land where the fence now standeth and also the one half of my Lands (Commonly Called the pasture Lands) Lying on the head of the homsted aforesaid his Brother Benjamin having the other half as aforesaid also I Give all the Remaining part of that Land I bought of my brother Samuel Smith aforesaid (besides what I have Given to iny Son Samuel) to my said Son Ebenezer Lying in New Market aforesaid it being my part of the old mill Grant aforesaid all the Lands and Buildings and priviledges with their appurtenances that I have Given and hereafter shall give my said son Ebenezer shall be to him his heirs and Assigns forever and also all the rest and Residue of my Estate Real and personal Goods Lands money Bills Bonds and Chattels whatsoever I Give and Bequeath unto my said Son Ebenezer To have and to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever my further will is that my said Son Ebenezer shall pay unto his mother Yearly During her life out of
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