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what I have Given him the sum of Twenty pounds (if she De- inand it) and this to be paid her Exclusive of her thirds or Dower And I do hereby make Ordain and Appoint my son Ebenezer my Sole Executor of this iny Last will and Testament and I do here- by Revoke Disannul and make void all former wills and testaments by me heretofore made-In Witness whereof I the said John Smith to this my Last will and Testament have set my hand and seal the Day and year first written.
Signed Sealed published and Declared by the Testator in the Presence of us whose names are Subscribed as Witnesses and Attested by us in the presence of the Testator
John Smith
Joseph Chesly Thomas Chesly his John X Andras mark
Walter Bryent [Proved June 27, 1744.] [Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 335. ]
JACOB BROWN 1740 RYE
[Administration on the estate of Jacob Brown of Rye, yeoman, granted to his son, Samuel Brown of Hampton, yeoman, March 26, 1740.]
[Inventory, signed by Samuel Nudd and Samuel Dow ; amount, £34.0.0 ; attested June 25, 1740.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £34.0.0; expenditures, £39.15.2 ; allowed Sept. 24, 1740.]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 64.]
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BENJAMIN SHAW
1740
HAMPTON
In The Fear of God Amen I Benjamin Shaw of Hampton In the Province of New Hampshire In New England altho very weak of Body thro Infirmity But of Perfect understanding & memory Com- init my Soul Into the hands of almighty God & my Body to De- cent Burial In hopes of Eternal Life &c : Do thus Dispose of my Temporal Estate that God hath Graciously Given First To my Daughter Ruth I Give & Bequeath twenty Acres of Land & meadow and one half of my Orchard thereunto Belonging to have & to hold the Term of fifteen Years But the Oak wood I reserve to my Self & I Give unto my above named Daughter four Acres of the above mentioned Land & Meadow During her Natural Life to be Laid out at the Discretion of my Executor or Executors
Secondly I order my son Malachi to pay unto my Daughter Ruths Eldest Daughter fifty Pounds in Passable money when my sou Comes of Age that is my son Malachi if my Grand Child Dies before the above mentioned money be paid then iny above named Son to pay the fifty Pounds to my Daughter Ruths next Surviving Child thirdly I Give unto my well Beloved Daughter Esther Ten acres of Land & marsh for the Term of Ten Years fourthly I Give unto my Daughter Esther two Acres of Land Dur- ing her Natural Life out of my Son Benjamin Shaws Estate to be Paid out by my Executor to the Least Damage of my Son Benjamin Estate and then to Return to him or his heirs at her Decease fifthly I Order my Son Benjamin Shaw to pay unto my Daughter Esther fifty Pounds in Passable Money when the above named Benjamin Comes of Age Provided she Does not marry with Henry Green & Abigail Chases adulteres Son Sixthly I Give & Bequeath unto my Well Beloved Wife all my Estate and the Improvement thereof for the Bringing up iny Children until they come of age that is what I Give unto my Two Sons
Seventhly I Give unto my Son Benjamin Two thirds of all my Estate Both real & Personaly having Regard to the above men- tioned Particulars
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Eighthly I Give unto my Son Malachi Shaw the other third of my Both Real & Personal having Regard to the mentioned Daugh- ters.
Ninthly I give unto my Daughter Hannah one hundred Pounds In money or that which shall be Equivolent to money To be paid by my two Sons Benjamin & Malachi mny son Benjamin to pay four- score pound of the above named one hundred Pounds and my son Malachi twenty Pounds of the above named one Hundred Pounds the above mentioned hundred Pound to be Paid unto my Daughter Hannah when she Comes to the age of Eighteen Years And I do Ordain & appoint my Beloved Wife Mary and my Cousin Benjamin Dow Execx & Executor to this my Last Will & Testament and I do ordain & appoint Richard Neason & my Cousin Benjamin Smith & my Cousin Benjamin Dow over Seers to mny Estate that there be 110 Needless waste made thereof In Confirmation hereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this twentysixth Day of march Sev- enteen hundred and forty & In the thirteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain &c This instrument was Signed & Sealed by Benjamin Shaw and by him Declared to be his Last Will & Testiment
In Presence of us Witnesses Benjamin Shaw
Nathanael Healey Jacob Brown
Timothy Tilton
[Proved Sept. 24, 1740. Benjamin Dow declined to act as execu- tor. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 60.]
To the Honble Richard Waldron Esq" Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for the Province of New Hampshire Humbly Shews
Jedidiah Sleeper & Ruth his wife Daniel Chase and Esther his wife all of Hampton in the Province aforesaid
That the said Ruth & Esther are Daughters of Benja Shaw late of Hampton aforesd Yeoman Deceas'd & who it is pretended made his will before his Decease-That your Petic'oners humbly Con-
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ceive the Said Will ought not to be Approved & Allow'd because the Testator was not in his Right mind at the time of making the Same and for other Reasons which yor Petitioners upon a hearing Concerning the Same will be able to give-
Wherefore they pray that your Honour will not take the Probate of the Said will nor approve & allow the Same until Yor Petic'oners are heard thereon before your Hon' and that your Hon' would be pleased to order that your Petic'on's have notice after ye Said Will is offer'd to be prov'd, of the Day which yor Hon' will hear them thereon and Allow the Regr of yor Hon's Court to give yor Peti- c'oners a Copy of the Said will & Citations for such Witnesses as they Shall have Occasion for Relating to the premisses-and yor Petioners as in Duty Bound shall ever pray &c-
Hampton 23rd
June 1740
Jedidiah Sleeper Ruth Sleeper daniel Chase Esther X Chase
[Warrant, Sept. 24, 1740, authorizing Meshech Weare, gentle- man, and Joseph Sanborn, husbandman, both of Hampton Falls, to appraise the estate of Benjamin Shaw, administration of which is granted to his widow, Mary Shaw, pending the probate of the will. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 76.]
[Inventory, Oct. 17, 1740 ; amount, £1883.11.0 ; signed by Meshech Weare and Joseph Sanborn ; attested by Mary Shaw, executor, Dec. 31, 1740. ]
[Bond of Jonathan Swett of Hampton Falls, with Samuel Clark of Stratham as surety, in the sum of £100, April 3, 1753, for the guardianship of Malachi Shaw, minor, aged more than fourteen years, son of Benjamin Shaw ; witnesses, Abigail Doe and Anna Freese. ]
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EDMUND TOPPAN 1740 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Edmund Toppan of Hampton, physician, granted to his widow, Sarah Toppan, March 26, 1740.]
[Warrant, March 26, 1740, authorizing William Stanford and Jonathan Leavitt, both of Hampton, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, signed by William Stanford and Jonathan Leavitt; amount, £1159.15.0 ; attested April 30, 1740.]
[Petition of Sarah Toppan, widow of Dr. Edmund Toppan of Hampton, May 2, 1748, that her brother, Paine Wingate, be ap- pointed guardian of her children, Anna Toppan, Sarah Toppan, and Christopher Toppan, minors.]
[ Essex County, Mass., Probate Files. ]
[Guardianship of the above-named children granted to Rev. Paine Wingate of Amesbury, Mass., May 2, 1748.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 323, p. 13[.]
[Bonds of Paine Wingate, one for each ward, with John Stick- ney of Newbury, Mass., boat-builder, and Francis Hook of Salis- bury, Mass., husbandman, as sureties, in the sum of f1000 on each bond, May 2, 1748 ; witnesses Daniel Appleton and James Tarbox.]
[Middlesex County, Mass., Probate Files. ]
[Receipt of Sarah Toppan, mother of the wards, for £III. 8. 1 from the guardian, which amount he had received from the admin- istrator of the estate of Rev. Christopher Toppan, grandfather of the said children, towards their share of his personal estate. ]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 342, p. 169. ]
[Receipt of Christopher Toppan and Sarah Smith for their shares of the legacy, dated Hampton, Oct. 28, 1762.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 342, p. 169. ]
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WILLIAM PALMER 1740 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen-this twenty ninth day of April Anno Domini, One thousand Seven hundred and forty, And In the thirteenth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second King over Great Britain &cª I William Paliner of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Marriner being bound on a Voyage to Sea, and Considering the Uncertainty of this Transitory Life, I Do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner & form following, That is to Say-
First and Principally I Give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator trusting in him for the pardon and Remission of all my Sins, in and through the Merits Death and passion of my Lord Jesus Christ, And my Body I Commit to the Sea, or earth as it may please God to Order it, believing the Resurrection thereof to Eternal Life, And as touching my Tem- poral Goods and Estate I Give Devise and bequeath the Same in the following manner Vizt --
Imprimis I will that all my just debts and funeral expences (if any there be) be paid and defrayed in Convenient time after iny decease by my Executrix hereinafter named-
Item I Give Devise and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Hannah Palmer, of Portsmouth aforesaid all my Estate as well real as personal whatsoever and wheresoever, the Same Shall or may be found, for and during the Term of her Natural Life, for her Comfortable Support and Subsistence, and for the brings up of my Son namely William Palmer a minor, about two years Old to whom I Give all the residue of my Estate, after myWifes de- cease, to Hold the Same to him, his heirs Executrs Administrators and Assigns for ever-
Lastly I do Constitute my said Wife Hannah Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament hereby Revoking and making null and Void, all other Wills and Testaments by mne at any time heretofore made
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In Witness whereof I the said William Palmer have hereunto Sett my hand, and affixed my Seal, the day and year aforewritten
Signed Sealed Published and Willm Palmer
Declared by the Testator as his
Last Will and Testament in the presence of us- Henry Emmes
Willm Clark Wm Morto
[Proved May 28, 1745.] [Suffolk Co., Mass., Probate Registry. ]
THOMAS PRUST 1740 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Prust of Portsmouth, shop-keeper, granted to his widow, Sarah Prust, April 30, 1740.]
BENJAMIN PLUMMER 1740 PORTSMOUTH
In the name of God Amen
I Benjamin Plum'er of Portsin° in the Province of new Hampr in New England Esq being of a Sound Disposeing minde & Mem- ory tho at Present under a Bdly Indispossition Do make & ordain this as my Last And only will & Testament & first I would re- comend my Immortal Soul in to the Arms of the allmighty ever Liveing God that gave it me hopeing thro the merrits of my Bles- sed redeemer Jesus Christ he will be graciously Pleased to Accept of it Secundly my Body to the Grave in a Christian Decent maner then as to what Estate it hath pleased God to make ine the Posses- sor of my will is that it be Disposed of in the following manner-
Imprimis my will is that all iny Just Debts & funeral Charges be Paid & Satisfyed
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Item my will is & I do hereby give & bequeath to my much es- teemed friend Misstres Mary Mackpheadrise my Gold watch my negro Boy named Juba & a ring of five guneas Price Desireing She would Accept the Same as a Token of the Great Value & regard I have for her
Item I give to Theodore Atkinson Esq' my Sadle horse & to him & his wife Each of them a Gold ring
Item I give & bequeath to M' John Loggin one Suit of mourning Apparrell
Item my will is & I Do hereby order & Desire that the whole of my apparrell be Sold for the most they will fetch in the Town of Boston
Item I give & bequeath to iny Honoured mother the Suin one hundred pounds Sterling & the residue of my Estate to be Equally Divided amoungst my Brothers-
Lastly I Do hereby nominate Constitute & appoint my Brother M' Thomas Plum'er of London Mercht & Theodore Atkinson of Portsmº Esq' to be my Executors of this my Last will & Testa- ment & I Do hereby revoke all other wills by me made holding as good & Vallid this & and this only In wittness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed my Seal this 7th Day May in the 13th year of his Majty King George the Secunds reigne Annoq Domini 1740-
Signed Seald Delivered & De- clared to be the Last & Will & Testamt By the above mentioned Benja Plumer in Presents of us Wittnesses
Arthur Browne James Jeffry Josh Peirce [Proved May 28, 1740. ]
Benja Plum'er
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JOHN WALDRON I740 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen this twelfth day of May One Thou- sand Seven Hundred and forty I John Waldron Senior of Dover in His Majesties province of New Hampshire in New England Gentle- man being very Sick and weak of Body *
Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Mary Waldron One Half of my Homestead place whereon I now live with One Half of iny Dwelling House and one Half of my Barns and all Other Edifices that is standing thereon, as Also my Negro Man Kent, both the half of the place & Negro man to Her During her Natural life, & at Her Decease, the place and Negro to return to iny Son Richard Waldron to the Use of Him his Heirs and Assigns for ever-And I Also Give & bequeath unto my Abovesd wife one half of all my Quik stock & one half of all other my moveables with one half of my Utensills & Implements of Husbandry to Her use and Disposal for ever
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son John Waldron Junior (besides the Hundred Acres of Land whereon he now Lives I hav- ing already given him a deed thereof) One third part of Two hun- dred and twenty Acres of Land in the Sacond Division at Roches- ter & is that Land which I bought of the Twombleys to him His Heirs and Assigns for ever & after my Decease all my Wearing Apparell
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Kemball the Wife of Ezra Kemball Thirty Acres of Land in Dover being part of Land which I purchased of Rayner to Her & her Heirs & Assigns for ever & Thirty pounds in passable money or Species As they can Agree to be paid by my Executor within One Year next after iny Decease
Item-I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Anna Roberts the Wife of Timothy Roberts Seventy Acres of Land in Rochester, whereof Thirty Acres is in the first Division in Rochester and is that Lot whereon Joseph Richards Junior now liveth the Other forty is in the Second Division Adjoining to the lot which Deach
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Gershom Wentworth bought of Esq' Atkinson, to her & her Heirs and Assigns for ever, & thirty pounds in passable money or Species as they can Agree, to be paid by my Executor within one Year next after iny Decease-
Item I give unto my Daughter Mehitable Chesly the wife of James Chesly Thirty Acres of Land in Dover being part of that Land I purchased of Rayner to Her & her Heirs and Assigns for ever & Thirty pounds in passable money or Species as they can Agree to be paid by my Executor within one Year next after my Decease-Item I give unto my daughter Sarah Libbey the wife of Isaac Libbey Thirty Acres of Land in Dover being part of that Land I purchased of Rayner, to Her & Her Heirs & Assigns for ever, & Thirty pounds in passable money or Species as they can Agree to be paid by my Executor within one Year next after my decease
Item I give unto iny Grandson John Waldron one fifth part of the Second Division in Rochester which was given to me by the Charter of Rochester to Him his Heirs and Assigns for ever,- Item I give unto my Grandson Richard Kemball one fifth part of my Second Division Lot in Rochester which was given to me by the Charter of Rochester to Him his Heirs & Assigns for ever- Item I Give unto my Grandson Ebenezer Chesly One fifth part of my Second Division Lot in Rochester as Abovesaid to him His Heirs and Assigns for ever-Item I give unto my Grandson John Roberts one fifth part of my Second Division Lot in Rochester to him His Heirs and Assigns for ever-
Item I Give unto my Grandson Paul Libbey one fifth part of my Second Division Lot in Rochester as Abovesaid to him His Heirs and Assigns for ever-
Item I give unto my Son Richard Waldron after he hath paid all my Just Debts funeral charges, whom I like wise Constitute Ordain and make my Sole Executor of this iny last will and Testa- ment, all my Other lands not herein before disposed of in this Pro- vince of New Hampshire or Else where in his Majesties Dominions to Him the said Richard Waldron His Heirs or Assigns by him or
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them forever freely to be possessed or Enjoyed As also to my said Son Richard Waldron, all my Estate both real & personal of what kind Nature Quality or Conditions Whatsoever Goods Chattells Im- plements Debts Bills Bonds Species Sums of Money, and all Other things Whatsoever as Well Moveables as Immoveables of what Nature kind or Quality Whatsoever & in what hands custody Possession Goverment & keeping Soever they be, by him the said Richard Waldron His Heirs and Assigns for ever to be possessed & Enjoyed-
And I do hereby utterly Disallow revoke and disannul all & every other or former Wills and testaments Ratifying and confirm- ing this & no Other for to be my last will and Testament In Witt- ness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Sealthe day & Year Above written
Signed Sealed published pro- nounced & declared by the said John Waldron to be his last Will and testament In the presence of
his John X Waldron mark
Wm Frost
John Gage Thomas Miller [Proved July 30, 1740. ]
[Mary Waldron, widow, exempts her son, Richard Waldron, executor, from filing an inventory of the estate of her husband, John Waldron, Aug. 5, 1740.]
JOSEPH CHESLEY 1740 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Chesley of Dover, hus- bandman, granted to Reuben Chesley of Durham and Timothy Hanson of Dover, husbandmen, July 8, 1740.]
[Warrant, July 8, 1740, authorizing John Wood and Joseph Roberts, both of Dover, to appraise the estate. ]
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[Inventory, July 18, 1740 ; amount, £1308.10.0; signed by John Wood and Joseph Roberts. ]
[Citation to the administrators, March 4, 1742/3, to render an account of the estate. ]
[Petition of the administrators, March 30, 1743, for license to sell real estate.]
[License to the administrators, March 30, 1743, to sell real estate. ]
[License to the administrators, June 24, 1747, to sell real estate. ]
[Account of Timothy Hanson, surviving administrator, of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, £1330.2.8 ; expendi- tures, £1528.5.9 ; allowed July 20, 1791. "Memorandum the Coadministrator had the Vouchers of this Account in keeping & lost them many Years which was the reason the Settlement was many Years delayd-after his death they were found which was about two Years since."]
BRIDGET KNIGHT 1740 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Bridget Knight of Portsmouth, widow, granted to her son, John Knight of Portsmouth, gentle- man, July 30, 1740. ]
[Warrant, July 30, 1740, authorizing Tobias Langdon and John Ayers, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate. ]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 58.]
[Inventory, Oct. 26, 1740; amount, £343.18.9 ; signed by Tobias Langdon and John Ayers. ]
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WILLIAM STILES 1740 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of William Stiles of Dover, black- smith, granted to William Stiles of Dover, blacksmith, July 30, 1740.]
[Warrant, July 30, 1740, authorizing Samuel Roberts, gentle- man, and Silvanus Nock, yeoman, both of Dover, to appraise the estate of William Stiles, administration of which is granted to his son, William Stiles. ]
[Inventory, Aug. 12, 1740; amount, £379.0.0; signed by Samuel Roberts and Silvanus Nock. ]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of personal estate, £179.0.0 ; expenditures, £125.13.2 ; allowed Nov. 25, 1741 ; mentions death of the widow. ]
[Guardianship of Samuel Stiles, minor, aged more than four- teen years, granted to Benjamin Mason of Dover, gentleman, Feb. 27, 1750/I.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 18, p. 124.]
[Bond of Benjamin Mason, gentleman, with Joseph Hussey, yeoman, and James Kelly, tailor, as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £500, Feb. 27, 1750/1, for the guardianship of Samuel Stiles ; witnesses, William Parker and William Rindge. ]
HENRY KEYES 1740 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen-I Henry Keese of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire In New England Shop-keeper
Item I give & Devise to my Daughter Mary Keese a good Bed and Furniture and also Decent furniture for one Room to be pro- cured & Delivered her by my Said Execx-
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Item I give & Devise to my Daughter Elizabeth Wentworth (besides what I have already given her) a Legacy of only ten pounds to be paid by my Said Execx-
Item I give to my Sister Mary if now living twenty Shillings to Buy her a pair of Gloves to be paid as aforesaid
Item all the Rest & Residue of my Estate whatsoever and where Soever the same is or Shall be found I give & Devise to Elizabeth my Well beloved Wife in manner following, all my In- terest in any Real Estate or Chattels Real unto her during her Natural Life and the Use & Service of my Negro Boy Exeter during her life as aforesaid as also my Interest In the Pew in the North Meeting house wherein I usually Sit and all my Personal Estate not herein before disposed of I give to her to be at her own Disposal for her Comfortable Subsistence-And I appoint my Said wife Sole Exec* of this my said Last Will & hereby Revoke all & every other will & Testament by me in any Manner made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Ninth Day of August Anno Domini 1740 & in the fourteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign-
Signed Sealed published & De- his
clared by the said Henry Keese to be his last Will & Testament In presence of us R Wibird Benjn Slade William Parker
Henry X Keese mark
In.the Name of God Amen-
I Henry Keese of Portsmº in the Province of New Hampshire Shop-keeper having made my last Will & Testament on the Ninth Day of August Anno Dom 1740 being now of Sound Mind & Memory and having Reconsidered the Contents thereof do think proper to add this as a Codicel to iny Said Will and first as to the Devise & Bequest in my Said Will Devised & Bequeathed to my Beloved Wife Elizabeth I do hereby alter & Revoke the Same as
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it there Stands & give & Devise unto her in the following manner & form viz I give her iny Negro Boy Exeter to be at lier own1 Dispose absolutely-I also Devise & give her full power to dispose of any Chattels Real for the payment of my Debts if my Personal Estate or Chattels personal are not Sufficient for that purpose & what Shall Remain of any Real Estate or Chattels real after my Debts & Funeral Charges shall be paid & Discharg'd I give & Devise the Same to my Said wife during her Life-
And in all other Respects I do hereby Ratify & Confirm my Said Will by these presents In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the twenty fifth Day of April Anno Dom. 1741 & in the 14th Year of his Majesty's Reign ---
Signed Sealed & Declared by his
the said Henry Keese as a Codicel to his Last Will & Testam In presence of
Henry X Keese mark
R Wibird Benjn Slade Wm Parker [Proved Oct. 26, 1748.]
[Inventory, April 12, 1749 ; amount, {1149.19.6 ; signed by Hunking Wentworth and Jacob Sheafe.]
GEORGE WALKER 1740 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen. The eighteenth day of August in the fourteenth year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Second and in the year of our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven hundred and forty. I George Walker of Portsmouth in the Province * of New Hampshire Gentleman
First, I Will & order That all my Just Debts and Funeral Charges be paid by my Executors in Convenient time after my Decease, And to enable my Executors to pay the Same, I will and order that
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my Negro Man Jupiter, my Negro woman Phillis, My Negro Girl Nancy and my Negro Boy England be Sold, and that if the Money that shall be raised by the Sale of the Said Negros Shall not be Sufficient to pay the same I will and order that my Executors sell my share in a certain Dwelling house in Portsmouth aforesaid And my Share of Land whereon it stands which house stands where the old meeting house stood and which house and land whereon it stands now belongs unto Captain Stephen Greenleaf of Portsmouth aforesaid & my self. Also I will and order my Executors to sell so much of a certain Piece of land lying at the Bank so called in Portsmouth aforesaid (or all if need be) as to pay my Debts and funeral charges, bounded as followeth namely southerly by land in Possession of Capt Daniel Moulton westerly by a street that leads from the North meeting house in Portsmouth aforesaid to the Dwelling house of the Reverend M' Jabez Fitch, in part and by land formerly belonging to one John Low deceased in part, Nor- therly in part by land formerly belonging to Richd Wibird Esq' deceasd in part by land now in the Possession of Mark Newmarch, In part by land of the said John Low decd and in part by the yard belonging to the house wherein Solomon Pike deceasd lately lived and Easterly by a street that leads from the Ferry to the north meeting house aforesaid, as the said Piece of land is now fenced in. And if the Produce of the said Negros, my share of the House and land where the old meeting house stood and the said Piece of land bounded as aforesaid, shall not be Sufficient to pay my Debts and funeral Charges, I will and order my Executors to Sell so much of my Real Estate any where except at the Bank as will pay the same
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