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John Folsham Jeremiah Bean
[List of claims against the estate, March 26, 1767; amount, £201. 19. 614 ; signed by Noah Emery and Nicholas Gilman.]
[Account of the administrators, James Bean, David Clifford, and his wife Elizabeth; receipts, £89. 13. 10; expenditures, £73. 16. 9; mentions "maintaining 2 Children under 7 Years of age 105 weeks each"; filed May 27, 1767.]
[Settlement of claims; amount distributed, £15. 17. 1 ; allowed July 23, 1767.]
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ROBERT WHITE I765 NEWCASTLE
[Administration on the estate of Robert White of Newcastle, yeoman, granted to his son, Robert White, June 26, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 464.]
[Bond of Robert White, mariner, with Stephen Batson and John Tolton as sureties, all of Newcastle, in the sum of £10,000, June 26, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Jr., William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, June 26, 1765, authorizing Joseph Newmarch and John Simpson, mariner, both of Newcastle, to appraise the es- tate.]
[Inventory, July 9, 1765; amount, £1933. 5. 0; signed by Joseph Newmarch.]
JOSHUA ROLLINS 1765 EXETER
[Guardianship of Reuben Rollins, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of Joshua Rollins of Exeter, granted to David Law- rence of Epping June 26, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 472.]
[Bond of David Lawrence, with James Bean of Brentwood, yeoman, and Noah Emery of Exeter, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £10,000, June 26, 1765, for the guardianship of Reuben Rollins; witnesses, William Parker, Jr., William Vaughan.]
JOSEPH HIXON 1765 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Hixon of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Mariner being of sound and
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disposing Mind Memory and Understanding (praised be God for the same) and being shortly bound to Sea *
Item I give unto my Dear Wife Honnor Hixon All my Estates both Real and Personal whatsoever and wheresoever Situate lying and being To Hold to my said Dear Wife and her Heirs and assigns for Ever Reserving nevertheless the following Legacy Vizt I Order and direct my Executrix hereafter named to pay or Cause to be paid to my Good Mother Christian Hixon of Portsmouth aforesaid Widow the sum of Eight pounds law- ful money of Great Britain Yearly and Every Year during the Term of her natural life by Quarterly payments to Commence immediately after my Decease & with which payment I charge all my Estates. And I do hereby appoint my said Dear Wife Sole Executrix *
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twenty Seventh day of June Anno Domini 1765.
Joseph Hixon
[Witnesses] Wysman Clagett, Samuel Treadwell, Mary Horney. [Proved Oct. 17, 1769.]
[Inventory, signed by William Whipple and John Parker; amount, £1670. 5. 3; attested Jan. 18, 1770.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 76.]
[Petition of George Hart, administrator de bonis non, May 17, 1786, for a commission in insolvency.]
[List of claims against the estate, April 6, 1787; amount, £1260. 2. 914; signed by John Parker, Joshua Brackett, and Jacob Treadwell.]
[Petition of Betty Hill, Gilbert Horney, Prudence Gerrish, and Polly Underwood, heirs to the estate of Honor Hart, wife of George Hart of Portsmouth, formerly widow of Joseph Hixon, Oct. 26, 1793, for an account of the estate by the administrator.]
[Citation to George Hart, Oct. 29, 1793, to render an account.]
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[Petition of David Hill for himself and his mother, Betty Hill, Gilbert Horney, David Hill as attorney for John Gerrish and Prudence Gerrish, and Mary Underwood, heirs to the estate, May 4, 1795, for an order of court restraining the sale of real es- tate, alledging fraud by the administrator.]
[Petition of the heirs of John Hart, deceased, William Hart, Thomas Hart, the heirs of Joseph Hart, deceased, the heirs of Benjamin Hart, deceased, Henry Hart, Edward Hart, the heirs of Nathaniel Hart, deceased, and Oliver Hart, Nov. 20, 1795, for the division of nine twentieths of "a certain pasture or tract of Land situate in Islington in Portsmouth in said County" held by them in common with George Hart.]
[Bond of George Hart, gentleman, with Samuel Hutchins and Jacob Walden, traders, as sureties, in the sum of $120, Dec. 14, 1795, to prosecute his appeal of the order of court for the division requested above; witnesses, Nathaniel Treadwell, 3d, Joseph Walden.]
[Bond of David Hill of Madbury, yeoman, with William K. Atkinson of Dover and Benjamin Johnson of Northwood, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of $200, Sept. 21, 1797, to prose- cute his appeal of the order of court granting the administrator license to sell real estate; witnesses, Thomas Thompson, H. S. Langdon.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £156. 2. 8; expendi- tures the same; allowed Nov. 19, 1800.]
[Petition of Richard Gerrish, David Hill, Mary Underwood, and Edmund H. Quincy, administrator of the estate of Gilbert Horney, Oct. 22, 1802, for a division of the real estate.]
[Warrant, Oct. 25, 1802, authorizing Thomas Thompson, Jeremiah Libby, Edward Sargent, Thomas Sheafe, and John Goddard, all of Portsmouth, to divide the real estate.]
Rockingham ss - Portsmouth November 20d 1802.
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Pursuant to the annexed warrant we the undersigned have made Partition, and sett off to the severall heirs, therein named, the Real Estate of Joseph Hixon, late of Portsmouth Mariner Deceased, in the following manner, & agreeably to a Plan hereto subjoined. -
Viz Ist we set off to Mary Underwood, her heirs and assigns, Lot Nº I as marked on the plan, Bounded as follows viz, be- ginning at the South Esterly corner of Land belonging to the heirs of the late Theodore Atkinson Esqr Decd on Pitt street, thence runing East, Northerly by Pitt street, Thirty Seven Feet, untill it comes on a line with the Front Entry of the old Mansion House, on said premises, from thence North Westerly thro' said House, thirty one feet, from thence west Southerly by
land sett off to Lot Nº 2, Thirty Seven feet, and from thence South Easterly, by land of said Atkinson Thirty one feet to Pitt Street, the bounds began at togeather with all that part of the old mansion House on said described Premises, with one half the Cellar, and the Privilege of the Front Entrys and Stairways, in common with the owner of Lott Nº 2 -
2ndly we sett off to Richard Gerrish, his heirs and Assigns as his share or part of said Estate, Lot Nº 2, as marked on the plan, bounded as follows, Vizt begining at the South Easterly Corner of Lot Nº I, on Pitt Street, from thence running by said Pitt Street East Northerly, Nineteen feet & four Inches, untill it comes to the New part, added to the Old House, thence running North Westerly by the westerly side of said Addition, Twenty Nine feet, thence turning and running west Southerly by said Old House, and the land set off to Nº 3, Ten feet, thence North westerly by land set off to Nº 3, Twenty feet and Six Inches, thence West Southerly, partly by a passage way, and by land Set off to Nº 4, Forty six feet, to land of the heirs of Theodore Atkinson aforesaid, Thence South Easterly by said Atkinsons land, Eighteen Feet, thence East Northerly by land set off to Nº I Thirty Seven Feet And from thence South Easterly, by land also set of to Nº I, Thirty one feet, to the bounds began at,
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togeather with one half the Cellar under said old House and all that part of the House standing on said Lot Nº 2, reserving the Entrys and Stairways, in said Old House to be in Common for the use of the Owners of the Lots Nº 1 and 2, the Chimneys in said old House, as they now stand, are to be considered as be- longing to lots Nº 1 and 2, so that lot Nº I shall have the use of the westerly Smokes and Fire places, and lot Nº 2 of the East- erly -
3dly We set off to David Hill, his heirs and Assigns as his Share or part of said Estate Lot Nº 3, as marked on the plan, bounded as follows Vizt begining at the Southeasterly Corner of Lot Nº 2. on Pitt Street, and running East Northerly by said Street Twelve Feet and Eight Inches thence Northwesterly by Atkin- son Street, Forty Nine Feet, to a Common Passage way, thence west Southerly by said Passage way, Twenty Three feet, thence Southeasterly by land sett off to Nº 2, Twenty feet and Six Inches, thence East Northerly by said Lot Nº 2 Ten Feet, and from thence Southeasterly by the end of the Old House Twenty Nine feet to Pitt Street the bounds began at, with the Buildings thereon - also the privilege of digging a Vault of Six Feet square, and building a necessary house over the Same at the westerly end of the common Passage way as marked in the said Plan -
4thly We sett off to the Heirs of Gilbert Horney, deceased as their share or Part of said Estate, Lot Nº 4 as marked on the plan, bounded as follows, Vizt begining at the Northwesterly Corner of the Common Passage way on Atkinson street, and running by said Street North Westerly Thirty Feet, to land of Capt Peter Coues, from thence westsoutherly by land of said Coues Sixty nine feet, to land of the heirs of the late Theodore Atkinson Esqr, deceased, thence Southeasterly by land of said Atkinsons Heirs, Thirty five feet, thence Eastnortherly by land set off to Nº 2 Thirty two feet, to land set off to Nº 3 for a Vault, thence Northwesterly by said vault six feet, thence Eastnortherly by the Same Six feet, thence Southeasterly to the Common
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nº 68 deg East 69 feet
Lot nº 4
Set off to the Heirs of Gilbert Horney deceased
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Garden
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Passage way one Foot and from thence Eastnortherly by said Passage way, Thirty One feet, to Atkinson street, the bounds began at.
We have also set off a Passage way of Five feet wide on At- kinson Street, carrying that breadth westsoutherly Thirty one Feet, and bounded on Lots Nº 2, 3, 4, as marked on the Plan, which Passage way is to be in common, for the use of the Owners of said three Lots.
And in Order to make the division equitable, and not to In- jure the Property, we report that Mary Underwood to whom we set off Lot Nº I, pay to Richard Gerrish to whom we have set off Lot Nº 2, Fifty Dollars, and that David Hill, to whom we have set off Lot Nº 3, Pay to the Heirs of Gilbert Horney deceased, to whom we have set off Lot Nº 4, One hundred Dollars.
Thos Thompson Edward Sargent Jeremiah Libbey John Goddard
INSLEY GREELEY 1765 SALISBURY, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Insley Greeley of Salisbury, Mass., yeoman, granted to Moses Greeley of Salisbury, Mass., June 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 460.]
[Bond of Moses Greeley, yeoman, with Abel Davis of Hampton Falls and Abba Brown of Kensington, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £10,000, June 30, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Sarah Parker, William Vaughan.]
[Warrant, June 30, 1765, authorizing Abel Davis, Winthrop Dow, and Jonathan Weare, all of Hampton Falls, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
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[Inventory, June 29, 1765; thirty acres of land in South Hampton, £2700. 0. 0; signed by Abel Davis, Winthrop Dow, and Jonathan Weare.]
BENJAMIN WINN 1765 NOTTINGHAM
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Winn of Notting- ham, carpenter, granted to his widow, Judith Winn, July I, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 557.]
[Bond of Judith Winn, with Abraham Page, gentleman, and John Bly, slay-maker, as sureties, all of Nottingham West, in the sum of £200, July 1, 1765, for the administration of the es- tate; witnesses, Jonathan Lovewell, William Harris.]
[Inventory, July 1, 1765; amount, £424. 15. 0; signed by George Burns and Abraham Page.]
[Bond of John Combs of Merrimack, yeoman, with Thomas Clark and John McClenche as sureties, in the sum of £500, Aug. 9, 1768, for the guardianship of James Winn, minor, aged more than 14 years, "now living in Merrimack"; witnesses, Nehemiah Lovewell, John McClenche, Jr.]
SIMEON BLOOD 1765 NASHUA
[Administration on the estate of Simeon Blood of Dunstable, yeoman, granted to Samuel Hobart July 5, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 557.]
[Bond of Samuel Hobart, with Samuel Cummings and John Hale as sureties, all of Hollis, in the sum of £500, July 5, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Ebenezer Pierce, Samuel Hale.]
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[Warrant, July 5, 1765, authorizing Stephen Powers and Wil- liam Cummings, both of Dunstable, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, July 25, 1765; amount, £540. 0. 0; signed by Stephen Powers and William Cummings.]
[Bond of Samuel Hobart of Hollis, with Jonas Cutler, shop- keeper, and William Nutting, gentleman, both of Groton, Mass., as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 10, 1768, for the adminis- tration of the estate of Simeon Blood of Dunstable; witnesses, Josiah Sartell and James Prescott.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Warrant, March 16, 1768, authorizing Benjamin Parker, Josiah Sartell, and William Nutting, all of Groton, Mass., to appraise the estate and set off the widow's dower.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
We The Subscribers Being Appointed a Comtee By the Honrble Samuel Danforth Esqr Judge of Probate for the County of Middlesex To Inventory and Apprize That Part of the Real Estate That Simeon Blood Late of New Hampshire Deceased Intestate Died Seized and Possessed in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay We have Attended Sª Sarvice and Apprized Aboute Sixty Acres of Land in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay Sª Land is Bounded North on the Province Line Westerly on Lanchester River So Called and Southerly on Land of James Blood and Common Easterly on Land Common which Land we Apprized att Twenty five Pounds Lawfull Money -
Then we Proseeded and Sett of To the Sd Deceased Wide Sarah Blood Six Acres of Wood Land att the Easterly Ende of Sd Lott and Bound Easterly on Common land a white Pine Tree being the South East Cornor Then runs westerly to a Maple Then Turns and runs North by a Smal Dame So to a white oke So to the Province Line to make up the Six Acres apprised at Six Shillings ₱r Acre -
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Also we Sett of to Sd Wedo four Acres and an Halfe on the East Side of the road that goes by Sª House and is Bounded North on the Province Line from a Stake and Stones it runs South on Sd Road Eighteen Pole to a Smal Bush marked for a Cornor then runs East Barring to the South to and other Bush marked in a fince and It Turns and runs North to Sd Province Line to a Stake and Stones Supposed to be in the Province Line apprized at Twenty Shillings +r Acre
Also we Sett of to Sd aboute four Acres of Land on the West Side Sd road Part Plowed Land and Part wood Land and Bound East on Sd road from the Province Line Thirteen Poles and Lyes West and South on the remainder of the Deceased Land and North on the Province Line Apprized and Ten Shilling H Acres (The Whole Being Apprized att Eight Pounds Six Shillings and Eight pence which made Her full Part out of that Part of the Decesd Real Estate we Apprized) all which we Humbley Submitt To Yr Hon' for Confermation &
Benja Parker Josiah Sartell
Come Willm Nutting ,
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Petition of Samuel Hobart, administrator, Oct. 25, 1768, for license to sell real estate; endorsed "not granted-because sd Simeon did not dye within this Province."]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £33. 17. II ; expendi- tures, £67. 13. 4; mentions a widow and "Maintaining 3 Chil- dren under seven years of age, 18 Months each"; allowed Oct. 21, 1768.]
[Bond of Daniel Merrill of Dunstable, gentleman, with Ebenezer Jaquith of Dunstable and Samuel Jewett of Hollis, husbandmen, as sureties, in the sum of £200, March 18, 1771, for the guardianship of Simeon Blood, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of Simeon Blood ; witnesses, John Hale, Samuel Hobart.]
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NOAH HOBBS
1765 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen July the 8th day 1765: 1 Noah Hobbs of Kensington in Hampton in the Province of New Hamps: in New England, Yeoman: being sick & weak in Body * *
Imps I Give & Bequeath unto Elisabeth my now dearly beloved wife all my Houshold stuff; & all my stock viz: Cattle sheep &c to her, her Hiers & assigns forever, and to be at her Dispose, and all my moveable goods & Effects without Doors and within -
2ly I would premise that I expect my sd wife is now with Child & shall in the remaining part of this my Will, Conduct myself with respect thereto: and therefore Further -
I Give to my sª wife the use & Improvement of all my Real Estate Saveing & Excepting what my Hond mother Patience Hobbs is vested withal, & will or may take the posession of & Improve as her dower by virtue of the last Will & Testament of my Hond father Stephen Hobbs late of sd Kensington deceased I say the use & Improvement of the residue of my real Estate until my yongest Child that shall then be liveing, shall arrive to the age of fourteen years; and that to be for her support, & for the support & bringing up of my Children, and then after that to Content herself with the Enjoyment of but only one Third of my real Estate -
But now with respect to my Children my Will is that in Case the forehinted at Child now in the Womb should be Born a son & live to grow up to manhood, viz: to the age of Twenty one years, then he to have all my real Estate that I now have, & all that may hereafter fall to me or to my Right, if any there be hereafter; therefore in the Case forementioned I Give to my sd son if such there be, all my lands Buildings & marsh; which I now Enjoy with all that may hereafter fall to my Right, to him his Hiers & assigns for ever -
Again if the before hinted at Child in the Womb should be
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Born a Daughter, then my Will is that at the forementioned Term viz: the age of fourteen years of the youngest Child then surviving that all my Estate (saveing my sª wifes Thirds) be equally divided between them, and after their mothers decease then the sd Thirds to be divided between them as the former to be enjoyed by them their Hiers & assigns forever -
But yet again : In Case the before hinted at Child in the womb should be born a son & live as forementioned that then in that Case I Give to my Two daughters viz: Patience & Mary the sum of Twenty five pounds (New Ten') Each to be paid to them when they arrive to the age of Eighteen years or on their mar- riage by my Executors out of my Estate -
But in Case of A Miscarriage, or born a Daughter that then the forementioned legacy to be Null & void & the forementioned division as forementioned to take place -
And I do hereby Constitute & appoint my well beloved Brother Samuel Hobbs & my sd wife Elisabeth to be sole Execu- tors of this my last will & Testament -
And I do hereby Will & order my sª Executors to pay all my Honest debts & my funeral Charges, and to perform all the duties to my Hond mother which I was Ordered to perform & do by the last Will & Testament of my forementioned father Stephen Hobbs: also the duties which I was thereby ordered to do & perform for my Sister Hephzibah Hobbs; and in the fore- mentioned Case of a son to be born then to pay the fore men- tioned legaices as forementioned
his Noah X Hobbs mark
[Witnesses] Jeremy Webster, Abraham Prescutt, Jeremiah Sanborn.
[Proved May 28, 1766.]
[Inventory, July 2, 1766; amount, £189. II. 6; signed by Abraham Prescott and Jeremiah Sanborn.]
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EDWARD FIFIELD
1765 STRATHAM
In the Name of God Amen the twenty fifth Day of July Anno que Domini Seventeen Hundred and Sixty five I Edward Fifeld of Stratham in the Province of New Hamps' in New England Gentleman *
Imprimas I Give unto Eleasibath my Beloved wife the im- provement of the one half of all my Lands in Stratham afore said and also of my orcherd and also the improvement of one half of four acres and half of Salt marsh that I have in hampton in sd Province & the one half of my Cratures of every Sort So Long as she Remains my widow and in Case it Should So happen that She Should marry again then to have But one third of all aforesd I also Give unto my sd wife the improvement of the Largest Lower Room at the East End of my Dwelling House on said Land & the Largest Chamber at the west End of sd house & one third Part of my Celler under sd House with a Priveledge in the ovens in sd House and one fourth Part of my Barn So Long as she Remains my widdow & if She Should marry again after my Decease & Become a widow again and Should have Ocasion She Shall have the improvement of sd House as above said So Long as she Lives & also I Give unto my sd wife the whole use & im- provement of all my House hold Goods Dureing her natural Life
Itam I Give unto my Son Edward fifeld one fifth Part of my wareing Cloaths Besides what I Have given him by Deed of gift
Itam I Give unto my Son Benjamin fifeld one fifth Part of my wareing Cloaths Besides what I Have Given him by Deed of Gift Itam I give into my Son John Fifeld one fifth Part of my ware- ing Cloaths Besides what I Gave Him by Deed of Gift -
Itam - I Give unto my Son Jonathan Fifeld one fifth Part of my wareing Cloaths Besides what I Gave Him by Deed of Gift
Itam I Give unto my Son Joseph Fifeld His Heirs and assigns all my Homestead Viz my Dwelling House and Barn in Stratham afore said & all my Lands adjoyning thereto be it more or Less
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and also four acres and one half of salt marsh in Hampton afore Said which I now improve and also one fourth Part of my Gil- mantown Right and also all my Stock of Cratures of every Sort Except only the improvement which his mother my sd wife is to have as afore Said and after She hath Done with them as afore Said then he my Sd Son Joseph to Come into the Quiet Poses- sion of all that his sd mother did improve also I Give unto my sd Son Joseph all my Husbandery tools and implements of every Sort whatsoever and also one fifth Part of my wareing Cloaths he the sd Joseph Paying all my Lawfull Debts and funarall Charges & also Paying all the Legaces I Shall herein after men- tion
Itam I Give unto my Grand Children the Children of my Daughter Dorethy fifeld to be Equeally devided amongast them thirty Pounds old tenor Counting Dollers att Six Pounds Each to be Paid by my Son Joseph Fifeld in two years after my Decease and also one third Part of my Household goods after my sd wifes Decease to be Devided as afore sd if any of sd Children Should Die Before they Recive sd Legesey all to be Equally Devided amongst the Surviving Children
Itam I Give unto my Grand Children thomas Lyford & mary Lyford & Eleasebath Lyford to be Equally Devided amongst them thirty Pounds old tenor Counting Dollers at Six Pounds Each to be Paid by my Son Joseph Fifeld in two years after my Decease and one third Part of my Household goods after my said wifes Decease to be Devided as afore sd if any of them should Die Before they Recive sd Legasey all to be Equally Devided amongst the Surviving
Itam I Give to my Grand son Stephen Fifeld his Heirs and as- signs my fifty acre Lot of Land in Brintwood in sd Province which I Bought of william Long his mother the widow of my son moses Fifeld to have the improvement of one third Part of sd fifty acres of Land Dureing her widdohood he the Said Stephen Paying forty Pounds old tenor Counting Dollers at six Pounds Each to Each of his Sisters as follows Viz: to Mehetabel forty
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Pounds in one year after my Decase to martha forty Pounds in two year after my Decease to Abigil forty Pound in three years after my Decase to mary forty Pounds in four year after my Decase to Elizabath forty Pound in five year after my Decase
Itam I Give to my Grand son Ebenezer Eastman thirty Pounds old tenor Counting Dollors at Six Pounds Each to be Paid by my son Joseph Fifeld in one year after my Decase
Itam I Give unto my Grand Daughters Sarah Eastman & mary Eastman one third Part of my Household goods to be Equally Devided Between them after my Said wifes Decease if one of my sd Grand Daughters Should Die Before She Recives sd Legasey the Surviving one to have her Part: all the afore Sd Leagases to be to them their Heirs and assigns forever and further my will is and I Do hereby Constitute and appoint my Said Son Joseph Fifield my Sole Executor
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