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[Account of the administrators; receipts, £131. 1012. 0; ex- penditures, £124. 12. 212; allowed April 26, 1769.]
[Bond of Peter Pearse, merchant, with John Penhallow as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Oct. 3, 1771, for the guardianship of Jotham Odiorne of Portsmouth, minor; witnesses, Daniel Rogers, Jonas Minot.]
[Warrant, Oct. 10, 1771, authorizing Samuel Hale, Samuel Cutts, Joseph Whipple, Nathaniel Treadwell, merchants, and George Hart, blacksmith, all of Portsmouth, to divide the real estate.]
Pursuant to the Above Warrant, We have divided the Estate of the said Jotham Odiorne deceas'd in Portsmouth, being a House & Garden near the Hay-Market, and have Set off to Jotham Odiorne Son to said Deceas'd for his two Thirds, The Westerly End of the House & the Land Adjoining to Said Part of the House, from the Street round Westerly to M' Jacob Tread- wells Land, and on the back side of the House to the Middle of the back Entry, the west half of the back Entry below, & the Cellar under said half, the front Chamber in the East End of the said House, to be parted off in the Middle of the weadth of the House he being at one half the Charge, The Whole Garrett & the Cellar under the fore Entry, also the use of the fore Entry below, & back Entry on the Chamber floor in common with the Owner of the other part of the House, Also Thirty five feet wide on the west side of the Garden over to the back Street, He to keep in repair two thirds of the roof of the House -
We have set off to Sarah Haynes Daughter of said Deceas'd for her third part of said Estate, the two lower Rooms in the Easterly end of said House, the Celler under said Rooms the Land adjoining to said Part from the Street round Easterly to Mr Jotham Blanchards Land, & on the back of the House to the Middle of the back Entry, to extend Southerly Sixteen feet to the Garden & the back Chamber in the East End of the House, to be parted off in the middle of the Weadth of the House she
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being at one half the Charge, the Easterly half of the back Entry below & Celler under said half, also the use of the fore Entry below & back Entry on the Chamber floor in Common with the Owner of the Other Part of the House, also Seventeen feet Wide on the East Side of the Garden over to the back Street. She is to keep in repair one third of the roof of the House -
Portsmouth October 16th 1771
Samuel Hale
Sam' Cutts Jos: Whipple Nath' Treadwell
Geo. Hart
[Additional account of the administrators; receipts, £210. 10. 8; expenditures, £211. 7. 134; allowed Feb. 26, 1777.]
[License to Peter Pearse, Feb. 3, 1789, to sell real estate.]
JOHN FLETCHER 1765 NEW IPSWICH
[Administration on the estate of John Fletcher of New Ips- wich, yeoman, granted to William Hodgkins March 2, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 390.]
[Bond of William Hodgkins of Fitchburg, Mass., with John Hale and Benjamin Abbott, gentleman, both of Hollis, as sure- ties, in the sum of £500, March 2, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Abel Webster, Samuel Hobart.]
JOHN CARSON 1765 NEW BOSTON
In the Name of God Amen I John Carson of New Boston in the Province of Newhampr Yeoman Being Sensionble of my Approaching Dissolution
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Itim I Give & Bequeath unto my Two Sons John & Simon Two Hundred acres of my homsted in Newboston aforesaid with all the Improvements & Buildings on the same to hold the same in severalty in Equal propotion
Itim My will is and I Give unto my two Daughters vizt Sarah & Margret fifty acres of Land to be Laid of on the North End of my said Homestead with all my Lands in Hillsborough, so Called, to hold sd Land in severalty in Equal propotion --
Item my will is that if any of my said Children shall die Before they Come to the age of Twenty one years or Before they have Lawfull Esue that there part or parts potion or potions be Equally Divided Between all the Surviveing Children
Item my will is and I do hereby Constitute ordain and make my well Beloved Frinds vizt William Carson William McQuesten Jun & David Lewis Executors to this my Last will & testament Ratifying & Confirming whatsoever is aforewritten In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Sixth day of March in the fifth year of his Majistys Reign Anno Domini 1765
John Carson
[Witnesses] John McQuig, John X McQuesten, James Under- wood.
[Proved June 14, 1765.]
[Inventory, June 20, 1765; amount, £5723. 13. 6; signed by John Smith and John Cochran.]
[Guardianship of John Carson, Sarah Carson, Simon Carson, and Margaret Carson, minors, children of John Carson, granted to William Carson of Lyndeborough, yeoman, Oct. 25, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 171.]
[Bond of William Carson of Lyndeborough and William McQuesten, Jr., of Litchfield, yeomen, with William Read, gentleman, and James Underwood, both of Litchfield, as sure- ties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 25, 1765, for the guardianship of
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John Carson, Sarah Carson, Simon Carson, and Margaret Carson; witnesses, Samuel Cotton, Elizabeth Cotton.]
[Guardianship of John Carson, son of John Carson, granted to William McQuesten Sept. 23, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 402.]
[Bond of William McQuesten, Jr., of Litchfield, yeoman, with Nathan Kendall of Litchfield and John Senter of Londonderry, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Sept. 23, 1766, for the guardianship of John Carson, minor, aged more than 14 years; witnesses, James Kelly, Samuel Hobart.]
DANIEL NORTON 1765 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Norton of Ports- mouth, mariner, granted to Joseph Norton March 8, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 399.]
[Bond of Joseph Norton of Chester, with John Higgins and William Cate, Jr., both of Greenland, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £5000, March 8, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Vaughan, Matthew Stanley Parker.]
[Warrant, March 8, 1765, authorizing Eleazer Cate and Sam- uel Whidden, both of Greenland, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 29, 1765; amount, £1025. 0. 0; signed by Eleazer Cate and Samuel Whidden.]
[Order of court, Jan. 12, 1773, putting the administrator's bond in suit.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £161. 6. 3; expendi- tures, £13. 8. o; allowed April 1, 1773.]
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MARY STEVENS 1765 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen. This Twenty third day of March Anno Domini 1765. I Mary Stevens of Portsmouth In the Province of New Hampshire widow - being Sick & weak of * * body *
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to my Son Nathaniel Doe five Shillings new Tenor in full of his Portion of my Estate.
Item I Give and bequeath to my Son Zebulon Doe five Shil- lings new Tenor in full of his Portion of my Estate -
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Mary Swett the wife of Capt Jonathan Swett five Shillings new Tenor in full of her Portion of my Estate --
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Frost, widow of Capt Samuel Frost Deceas'd five Shillings new Tenor in full of her Portion of my Estate -
Item In Consideration of the Kindness and Care, that my Son in Law James Stoodly and my Daughter Elizabeth Stoodly his wife have had & Taken of me & Towards me I do hereby Give Devise & bequeath to him the Said James Stoodly his heirs & assigns Forever All the Estate Real & Personal whatso- ever & wheresoever not herein before Dispos'd of That I Shall be possess'd of and All Debts, Rents, Proffits & Incomes that Shall be due, owing, payable or Coming to me at the time of my Decease -
Item I do hereby order and It is my Will that my Executor hereafter named Do in Convenient time after my Decease Sell & Convey my Negro Woman Slave Named Flora, and also her Child named Alice, to Some Person or Persons In the County of Essex (if they will Purchase them), and that the Money raised thereby be apply'd to the use of My Said Son James Stoodly, to Enable him to pay my Just Debts, Legacies & funeral Charges -- And I do hereby Constitute Ordain & Appoint the Said James Stoodly Sole Executor
Mary Stevens
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[Witnesses] Elisabeth Hart, Isaac Tucker, Rd Emery, Noah Emery.
[Proved June 22, 1765.]
DELIVERANCE DAVIS 1765 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Deliverance Davis of Dur- ham granted to Moses Davis of Durham March 28, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 395.]
[Bond of Moses Davis, yeoman, with Hercules Mooney, gentleman, and Eliphalet Daniel as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, March 28, 1765, for the administration of the estate of Deliverance Davis, his mother; witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
JOSEPH WENTWORTH 1765 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Wentworth of Somers- worth, yeoman, granted to Thomas Westbrook Waldron of Dover April 2, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 411.]
[Bond of Thomas Westbrook Waldron, gentleman, with Dud- ley Watson, gentleman, and Moses Ham, tailor, as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £500, April 2, 1765, for the administra- tion of the estate; witnesses, John Parshley, Thomas Horne.]
[Warrant, April 2, 1765, authorizing John Wentworth and Samuel Austin, yeoman, both of Somersworth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 16, 1765; amount, £10,011. 10. 0; signed by John Wentworth and Samuel Austin.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 457.]
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[Warrant, April 23, 1767, authorizing Moses Carr, physician, Moses Stevens, tanner, Daniel Hanson, Samuel Randall, yeo- men, all of Somersworth, and Joshua Wingate of Dover, gentle- man, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of 1 We the Subscribers being appointed by the New Hamps J Honble John winthworth Esqr Judge of the Probate of wills for Said Province to Set of one third part of the Rale Estate of Joseph Winthworth Late of Summersworth Decesd to his widow Rachell Wenthworth we have Done the Same in the following form viz -
Begining at the Southerly Side of the Road that Leads to the Great falls so Cold by Benja Wenthworth Land Runing by Sd Benja Land South South East forty Seven Rods then Runing Noth Sixty Seven Degrees East Thirty Tow Rods then Runing Nor Nor west to the aforesd Road then Runing by Sª Road to the first Bounds Containing about Nine acres and all the Land Lying on the North Side of the aforesd Road Containing Eight acres and one third Part of the Priviledge and mills that her Husband Died sesd of together with the East Eand of the Dwell- ing House and seller for her Third Part in the aforesd Estate and as the Dwelling House Stands on the widow Rachels Land She is not to Debare the owner of the other part of sd House from Enjoying his Part in Sª House as Long as it is standing which is Humbly Submited by us acording to the best of our Judgment.
Sommersworth May 18th 1767 -
Moses Carr Daniel Hanson Committee
Joshua Wingate
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £10,386. 10. 9; ex- penditures, £6281. 18. 6; allowed March 23, 1768.]
[Settlement of claims against the estate; amount of claims, £426. II. 8; amount distributed, £205. 4. 714 ; allowed April II, 1768.]
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JOHN BROWN
I765 NEW IPSWICH
[Administration on the estate of John Brown of New Ipswich granted to his son, John Brown, April 5, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 458.]
[Bond of John Brown, yeoman, with Reuben Kidder and Isaac Appleton, yeoman, as sureties, all of New Ipswich, in the sum of £500, April 5, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Edmund Bryant, Joseph Richardson.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £17. 9. 3, personal estate; expenditures, £104. 12. II ; mentions "Clothing & Main- taing Susannah Daughter of the Deceased one year & four Month till she was seven years. ... Ditto Peter & Sybel being Twins three years & Eight months . ... Ditto Sarah five years & Eight Months"; allowed Nov. 7, 1765.]
[Warrant, Nov. 22, 1765, authorizing Benjamin Hoar, Jonas Woolson, gentlemen, and Ephraim Adams, yeoman, all of New Ipswich, to divide the real estate.]
[Inventory of real estate, Nov. 25, 1765; amount, £96. 13. 4; signed by Benjamin Hoar, Jonas Woolson, and Ephraim Adams.]
[Mary Brown, widow, consents, Nov. 25, 1765, to the settle- ment of the whole of the real estate of her husband on her oldest son, John Brown, administrator; witness, Nathaniel Stone.]
[Order of court, April 25, 1766, settling the real estate on the oldest son, John Brown, the commissioners advising against division among the eight children, and the widow waiving her right of dower.]
[Bond of John Brown, yeoman, with Ephraim Adams and Benjamin Adams, gentlemen, as sureties, all of New Ipswich, in the sum of £200, April 25, 1766, to pay the other children their shares; witnesses, Peter Fletcher, Amos Emery.]
[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £92. 15. 4; expenditures the same; filed April 25, 1766.]
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NATHANIEL HOLMES 1765 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Holmes of Lon- donderry, yeoman, granted to Elizabeth Holmes and Robert Moore April 15, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 557.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Holmes, widow, and Robert Moore, yeo- man, with Stephen Holland and Daniel McNeil, yeoman, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the sum of £500, April 15, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Thomas Flagg, Samuel Hobart, Robert Wallace.]
[Inventory, May 8, 1765; amount, £4453. II. o; signed by James Ewins and John Aiken.]
[Account of the administrators; receipts, £350. 14. 012; ex- penditures, £34. 15. 6; allowed Oct. 30, 1765.]
By virtue of an order from the Honble Samuel Tenney Esq" Judge of Probate &c. to us directed Empowering us to make a Division and to set off by metes & bounds to Elizabeth Duncan widow her Dower which happens to her of her former husband Nathaniel Holms late of Londonderry Decd who Died Intestate the which we have done as followeth viz -
A Parcel of Arable & mowing land with the orchard thereon That is bounded as follows Beginning at the South Easterly Corner of the Barn now standing on the sd original farm of the sd Decd Then runing South Thirty three degrees East to a stake and stones on the line of Capt Wm Danforths land then North easterly by sd Danforths land to the high way then north wes- terly by the highway and the fence as it now stands round to the bound first mentioned containing about four acres
As also a piece of meadow lying in Beaver Brook meadow - So Called - between Mrs Davidsons and John Andersons That is bounded as follows viz Beginning at a stake and stones standing on the line of Capt Danforths land then South Easterly by the line of the sd John Andersons meadow to a large Island in sd
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meadow then northeasterly bounding on the upland to the corner of the sd Mrs Davidsons meadow then North westerly by the sd Davidsons meadow to the upland then to the bound first mentioned containing two acres be the same more or less -
As also another piece of Pasture &c Beginning at a stake and stones on the line of Daniel Aikens land then south westerly by sd Aikens land about forty rods to a stake on the corner of L' Wm Wallaces land then south forty seven degrees Easterly by sd Wallaces land about Eighty rods to the high way then north Easterly about thirty rods by the sd high way to a stake then North Thirty Eight degrees westerly Eighty rods to the bound first mentioned contain about Eighteen acres -
As also another piece of woodland Beginning at a stake stand- ing on the high way leading towards Chester on the line of John & Peter Cochrans land then South Twenty Seven degrees East fifty six rods by sd Cochrans land to a stake by Mr Boyes meadow then north East three rods to a stake then North twenty seven degrees west to the aforesaid high way then to the bound first mentioned containing one acre -
Together with the east end of the dwelling house viz the lower room celler and chamber with so much of ye Entry &c. standing now on sd farm together with all the other previledges necessary for the full occupation of the same - As also the South scafold in the Barn with the tye up under it together with ye use of the Barn floor and barn yard so far as necessary
As witness our hands at Londonderry this 27th day of Nov' I795 -
John Bell John Miltimor Joseph Gregg John Morrison David Patterson
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SAMUEL TODD
I765 PETERBOROUGH
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Todd of Peterbor- ough, yeoman, granted to Alexander Todd April 16, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 140.]
[Bond of Alexander Todd, yeoman, with Andrew Todd and George Cochran, yeoman, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the sum of £500, April 16, 1765, for the administration of the es- tate; witnesses, John Bell, Andrew Todd.]
[Warrant, April 16, 1765, authorizing Thomas Morrison and William Smith, both of Peterborough, gentlemen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 18, 1765; amount, £5120. II. 0; signed by Thomas Morrison and William Smith.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £112. 10. 6; expendi- tures, £92. 7. 934 ; allowed Dec. 26, 1770.]
By order of the Honourable Phillips White Esqr Judge of Probate of wills &c dated february 26th 1777 ordering and direct- ing us by metes and bounds to sett off and ascertain the thirds of right belonging to Ann Clark formerly widow of Samuel Todd Late of Peterborough Deceased having viewed the farm and Lands of sª Decesd do mete and bound off for sd Ann Clark as follows viz begining at the Corner of the Stone wall on the South side of the road which Leads from Samuel Moors east on the Line between sd moor farm and sd Todds thence runing east 14 rods to a stake and stones thence south 52 rods to a Stake and Stones thence west 14 rods to a heap of stones thence north to the bound first mentioned the afsd for mowing and Plowing and for further accommodation do mete and bound as follows be- gining at the South east Corner of the afsª Discribed percell of Land and from thence south 30 rods to a Stake and Stones from thence west 15 degrees south to the west Line of sd farm from thence Northwardly 30 rods thence east 15 degrees North to the-
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bounds first mentioned this as plowing and mowing and as to pasture we do mete and bound as follows viz begining on the west Line of sd farm and the cast Line of moors Land across the road North of the first mentioned bounds and from thence cast 47 rods to a stake and stones thence North 4 rods to a stake and stones thence cast 10 degrees North to the North west corner of the barn then North 16 degrees cast to the North Line of sd farm and Said Ann Clark to have one third of the barn viz the South west Corner of sd barn given under our hands Peterbor- ough march 20th 1777
John Swan John Smith George MeClourg Isaac Mitchel Sam' Cuningham
[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £69. 8. 834; expenditures, £88. 4. 7; allowed Sept. 27, 1780.]
Agreeable to a warrant Directed to us by the honble Phillips white Esqr Judge of Probate of wills for the County of Rocking- ham in the state of Newhampshire for the dividing the farm of Samuel Todd Late of Peterborough in the County of Hills- borough Deceasd do mete and bound and divid the afsd farm and real estate as follows viz the whole being bounded as will appear by the Plan and is said to Contain 225 acres of Land the widows thirds marked 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0 the other Shares is marked with Letters and numbred to the Numbers 1-4 and 5 the meedow Land on the west belonging to each of these Numbers is the Same Letters and Numbers and each division of Land contains the Number of acres Specified within each division - further- more we allot and order that the house and two thirds of the barn be annexed to and included in the property of the division marked B: Nº I
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Given under our hands at Peterborough June ye 27th 1780
John Young Henry Farguson Charles Stuart Adams gragg
Stake
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E nº 4 acres 24 /4
Jane Toda
n: 97 rods
Stake
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B. nº1 acres 15
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Ebz Todd
ANDREW BRYANT 1765
PLAISTOW
In the Name of God Amen the Sevententh Day of April Ano Dommini 1765 I Andrew Bryent of Plasstow in the Province of New Hampshire in New England yeoman being Very Sick & weak in Body *
first I Give and bequeath to Elizabeth my Dearly beloved wife the Improvement of one Third Part of my Real Estate Dureing her Natural Life with the whole of my Houshold Stuf Dureing Said term and allso my Executor hereafter Named to Provide her Suficient firewood Dureing the time She Lives my widow
Allso I Give to my well beloved Son William Bryent Three Spanish millª Dollars within three years after my Decease to be paid by my Execcutor hereafter Namd
Allso I Give to my well beloved Son Mathew Bryent one
meadow Land
ashtree
30 rods 241d
acres 23°
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Spanish milld Dollar within three years after my Decase to be paid by my Execcutor herafter named
Allso I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Elizabeth Bryent fifty Spanish milld Dollars and one Cow in one year after my Decease & allso all my Household goods after her mothers Decease to be paid by my Execcutor hereafter Named
Allso I Give to my well beloved Son andrew Bryent my fifty acre Lot in Starks Town So Called and all the Undivided Land belonging to Said Right and allso a Pair of two year old Steers & Three yews and thre Lambs at my Decease and all my wearing apparel at the above Said Term and allso Eighty three Spanish milld Dollars when he arives at the age of Twenty one years to be Paid by my Executor herafter Named
Allso I Give to my well beloved Son David Bryent whom I Likewise Constitute make and ordain my Sole Execcutor of this my Last will and Testament all my Estate both Reall and Persoall Exept what is above Disposed of freely to be Posesed and Enjoyd & my Execcutor afforsaid is to Pay all my just Debts and funerall Charges
Andrew bryent
[Witnesses] Jonathan Kimball, Benjamin Clement, Nath11 Rolfe.
[Proved May 15, 1765.]
[Inventory, May 15, 1765; amount, £3814. o. o; signed by Jonathan Kimball and Benjamin Clement.]
TRUEWORTHY GILMAN 1765 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Trueworthy Gilman of Exeter, gentleman, granted to his son, Trueworthy Gilman, April 24, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 446.]
[Bond of Trueworthy Gilman, Jr., of Exeter, with Stephen
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Thing of Exeter and Henry Clark of Epping, yeomen, as sure- ties, in the sum of £10,000, April 24, 1765, for the administration of the estate of Trueworthy Gilman of Exeter, gentleman; witness, William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, April 24, 1765, authorizing Jonathan Gilman, gentleman, and Stephen Thing, yeoman, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, July 25, 1765; amount, £12,401. 0. 0; signed by Jonathan Gilman and Stephen Thing.]
Province of Pursuant to a Warrant to us Directed to New Hampshire _ Divide the Real Estate of Trueworthy Gilman late of Exeter in Said Province Gentleman Deceas'd among the Children of Said Deceas'd bearing Date the 24th day of October 1765 - We have Accordingly Divided the Said Real Estate in manner Following viz We have Set off to True- worthy Gilman the Eldest Son of the Said Deceas'd, about Three acres of Land part of the Homestead of Said Deceas'd bounded as Follows viz begining at the Highway leading to the little river at the Northwesterly Corner of about five Acres of Land belonging to Coll1 Daniel Gilman, & from thence to run Westerly by Said Highway Twelve rods & Twenty one Inches, and from thence South Twenty three Degrees East a Parralel line with the westerly Side line of the Said Col' Daniel Gilman's Said Land about forty rods till it Comes to the Land of Coll! Samuel Gilman. - And also about fifty Six acres of Land in Said Exeter Called the Hill Pasture bounded as follows viz begining at the Northwesterly Corner of Twelve acres of Land which the Said Trueworthy as Administrator of the Said De- ceas'd Sold to his brother Daniel Gilman at the highway, and from thence runing South Westerly by Said highway to Land of Thomas Odiorne, & then bounding Southerly by Said Odiorne's Land & by land of John Glidden till it Comes to the Great river and then bounding by the Said river till it Comes to land of Capt John Odlin, and then to run North about Ten Degrees
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East by Said Odlin's Land till it Comes to the South Easterly Corner of the Twelve Acres aforesaid and from thence by the Said Twelve Acres on a Strait line to the bounds begun at - And also a Small Neck of Land or Peninsula in Exeter aforesaid, lying on the Southerly Side of Said river Containing about Two Acres and a quarter bounded Southwesterly by Land of Cape Nicholas Gilman and on all other parts by the Said River, All the Said Premisses being the full Double Share of the Said True- worthy (the Eldest Son) of & in the said Real Estate To Hold to him in Severalty forever -
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