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original Right of Thomas Rymes in the third Devision of Lots in said Canterbury also Ten acres of Swamp in Kingstown in said County which the Deceased purchased of John Fifield
We have set off to Betty for her share as follows viz the South- erly half of the Homestead of said Deceasd and Bounded as fol- lows viz Begining at a stake & stones at the westerly End of Said Homestead which is the Bound of the widows thirds thence southerly about Sixteen Rods to Edward Fifields Land thence Easterly to the southeast Corner of said Homestead thence Northerly about nineteen Rods to a Small Beech tree spotted on four sides & marked W which is a Bound of the thirds thence westerly by said Thirds to the Bound first mentioned we have also Set off to her the westerly End of the Deceaseds Dwelling House and the whole of the Back room with the Chambers & Garrets above them & the Cellar under the said Back room with a priviledge of the Entry & stairs to use occupy & Enjoy the prem- isses also the Easterly half of the Barn with a Priviledge to lay firewood by said House and to pass & Repass to & from the Highway to the said Buildings to use and occupy them so Long as they shall stand. we also allow her the use & improvement of the four Southernmost Rows of apple trees that Grows on the Land Set off for the thirds During the Life of her said mother. wee have likewise Sett off to her about two acres & an half of swamp Land being part of Benjamins Share in the Twenty acres of swamp Land in the Devision of her Grandfather Morrills Estate and is the whole of the said Benjamins share in said Twenty acres Except what was sold by the Said Moses in his Life time we have also sett off to her the Northeasterly half of the Deceased Right and Intrest in the Lot Number Ten in the tenth Range and third Devision of Lots in Nottingham in said County also we have Set off to her a Certain piece of Land in Canterbury in said County and is the Southeasterly half of that Hundred acre Lot of Land that was laid out to the original Right of Thomas Rymes in the third Devision of Lots in said Canterbury witness our hands
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Kingstown Novembr 14th 1774
Josiah Bartlett Nath1 Bacheller David Tilton
[Petition of Benjamin Brown of Epping, gentleman, April 14, 1777, in behalf of his wife, daughter of Moses Morrill, Betty Mor- rill, aged less than 14 years, daughter of Moses Morrill, and John Morrill of Kingston, tanner, tenants in common, for the division of nine acres of swamp in Kingston and four acres of salt marsh in Seabrook.]
State of New Hampshire
Pursuant to a warrant from the Honorable Philips White Esqr Judge of the probate of Rockingham ss wills &c for said County Impowering us the Subscribers to make a division of the Estate of Moses Morrill Late of kingston in Said County Deceased viz that part which was set off to the widow of said deceased we having viewed the premises do hereby agree to make the following return Viz we have Set off to Abigail the wife of Benjamin Brown and Daughter of said deceased the Northerly part of the home place joining northerly on Land of Lieut John Toppan and to Extend South- erly Between Land of Ebenezer Lovering on the East and Land of Samuel Stevens on the west Eight Rods by said Stevens and Nine Rods & half by Said Lovering with Straight Lines from bound to bound Excluding so much of said part as is taken up by the house Together with three Rods on the East and on the north of said house continuing the said northerly three Rod to the highway and to Betty we have set off the other half of the Estate of said deceased which belonged to said widow viz nine Rod and a half on said Lovering and Seven Rod on the westerly End of Said place being straight from bound to bound together with that part of the house which belonged to Said widow with the privi- ledge Round the house as above said also to said Betty three acres and three Quarters of Land near the westerly end of said place jining by Land of Isaac Brown Easterly and the heirs of
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Joseph Eastman on the South and Land of Said Betty on the west and said Eastmans heirs on the north which parts we have carefully viewed and set meets and bounds as above said in Testimony whereof we have hereunto Set our hands this Twenty ninth day of December anno Domini 1777 -
Moses Flanders 1 Committee
David Tilton Ezra Currier
[Additional account of John Prescott and his wife Miriam, administratrix; receipts, £73. 10. 8; expenditures, £20. 4. 9; allowed Feb. 26, 1778.]
NATHANIEL BLANCHARD 1766 MILFORD
[Bond of Joel Crosby, with Thomas Heald, yeoman, and Timothy Heald, gentleman, as sureties, all of New Ipswich, in the sum of £500, Nov. 22, 1766, for the guardianship of Na- thaniel Blanchard and Deliverance Blanchard, aged less than 14 years, children of Nathaniel Blanchard of Mile Slip, husband- man, deceased; witnesses, Ebenezer Heald, Abraham Estabrook, Timothy Heald, Jr.]
SAMUEL HART 1766 PORTSMOUTH
In the name of God Amen I Samuel Hart of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Joiner * *
3ªly I Give to my Dearly Beloved wife Bridget Hart all my Estate both Real and Personal with my Two Negro men & the Real Estate in Portsmouth in the Province aforesaid meaning the House & Land where I now Dwell with the out Houses &ct with the appurtunances thereunto belonging or any Ways ap- pertaining, and also the Lot of Land in Portsmouth aforesaid
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that is between the Lot of Samuel Beck and the House of Susana Pitman being Sixty feet Front & Eighty feet Back fronting on Dear Street (So Called) Dureing her Natural Life and if my wife Bridget Hart Should have Occation to Sell any Part of my Estate Either Real Or Personal for her Support She has Power & Liberty So to Do -
4thly I Give unto my Son Richard Hart & to His Heirs & assigns for Ever my House Land Garden out Houses with the appurtunances where I now Live after the Death of my wife aforesd & if my wife Bridget Hart Should not have occation to Dispose of Part of the Real or Personal Estate for her Support as aforesd & my Son Richard Hart he Paying the Legacies here- after mentioned when it comes into his hands -
5thly I Give to my Daughter Mary Efford five Shillings Lawfull money -
6thly I Give also to Samuel Briard & Elizabeth Briard my Daughter Five Shellings Lawful money -
7thly I Give to Samuel Beck & Joanna his wife who is my Daughter Five Shillings Lawful money -
8thly I Give to my Grandson John Hart Five Pounds Lawful money -
9thly I Give also to my Grand Daughter abigail Slade five Shillings Lawful money -
IOthly I Give to my Son Daniel Hart & His Heirs & assigns for Ever that Lot of Land with the appurtunances between the Land of Samuel Becks and the Land of Susanna Pitman in Portsmouth in Said Province Lying & being in Dear Street (So Called) Front- ing on Said Street Sixty feet front & Eighty feet Back to him after the Death of his mother ms Bridget Hart but if my wife Bridget Hart Should not have occation to Sell or Dispose of the aforesaid Lot for her Support as aforesaid then to him the Said Daniel Hart as aforesd -
The Residue after the Death of my wife as moveables those to be Equally Divided to and amongst my Children and their Respective Heirs -
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Finaly I do Constitute and appoint my Beloved wife Bridget Hart to be my Sole Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament and hereby Revoking all other Wills I do hereby Ratify & Con- firm this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament Witness my hand & Seal this 22d Day of November Anno Domini 1766 -
Samuel Hart
[Witnesses] A R Cutter, Samuel Treadwell, H Wentworth. [Proved Feb. 25, 1767.]
[Bond of Bridget Hart, with Samuel Cutts, merchant, as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Feb. 25, 1767, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Shackford, Richard Hart.]
[Bond of Richard Hart, merchant, with Joshua Brackett, physician, and Samuel Briard, mariner, as sureties, all of Ports- mouth, in the sum of £500, July 14, 1773, for the administration of the estate, with will annexed; witnesses, Samuel Parker, John Pingree Williams.]
THOMAS DUSTIN 1766 SALEM
[Abiah Dustin renounces administration on the estate of Thomas Dustin in favor of Caleb Dustin at Salem Nov. 24, 1766; witnesses, Moses Dustin, Zachariah Johnson.]
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Dustin of Salem, husbandman, granted to Caleb Dustin of Salem, husbandman, May 2, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 426.]
[Bond of Caleb Dustin, with John Currier of Salem and James Paul of Londonderry, husbandmen, as sureties, in the sum of £200, May 2, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Samuel Livermore, Jane Livermore.]
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[Warrant, May 2, 1767, authorizing James Paul and John Currier to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested May 5, 1767; amount, £343. 4. 6; signed by James Paul and John Currier.]
[Warrant, Jan. 17, 1772, authorizing Nathaniel Woodman, Jeremiah Dow, Daniel Gordon, John Currier, and James Paul to divide the real estate.]
Rockingham ss Persuant to a Warrant to us Directed Province of Hamr by the Honour John Wintarth Esqr Judge of Probate of wills &c for said Province to make Pertion and Division of the Rael Estate of Thomas Dusten Late of Salem in Said Province yeoman Deced amongst the heirs of said Deced wee have accordingly atended Said Service and maid Division of Said Estate amongst the heirs in manner and form following (viz) -
first we have Divided out to moses the Eldes Son in age two full shears a cartain Peace of Land that his Decest father bought of Samuel ayrs of haverhill Containing abought ninty acrs bound as followith beginning at the norwest Corner by land of Nathaniel woodman thence Southerly by the Rode fifty Pools to Land of mary Copps thence Easterly by sd Land fifty three Pools to a Pitch Pine marked thence Southerly by sd Copps Land Sixty two Pools to John allens mill Pond thence Easterly by John allens Land one hundred and thirty two Pools to a Pitch Pine marked near the Rode thence northerly to Caleb marbels land thence westerly by sd marbels Seventy three Pools to a black oak by William Clements Land thence norwesterly by sd Clements Land forty Six Pools to a stake and Stones thence westerly Eighty Eight Pools to the bounds first mentioned -
2ly we have Laid out to Stephen the next son in age the Southeast Lot beginning by the Rode by Land of the heirs of Obadiah Dusten Decest thence East abought one hundred and Eighteen Pools to a stake and stones which is the bounds of the sd obadiah Dustens Decst thence north twenty two Pools to a
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stake and stones thence west abought one hundred and ninteen Pools to the Rode to a stake and stones thence Southerly twenty four Pools and three quarters to the bounds first mentioned -
3ly Ebenezer the next son in age begins at the sd Stephens norwest Corner at a stake and stones thence East by sd Land one hundred and ninteen Pools to a stake and stones thence north twenty two Pools to a stake and stones thence West abought one hundred and thirty Pools to a stake and stones by the Rode thence southerly by the Rode abought twenty five Pools to the bounds first mentioned - -
4ly amos the younger son in age beginning at a stake and stones Which is the northwest Corner bounds of the above sd Ebenezer thence East by sd Ebenezer abought one hundred and thirty Pools to a stake and stones thence north abought twenty Pools to Pitch Pine marked by Seth Patees Land thence west by sd Patees Land and Nathaniel Belnaps abought one hundred and forty Six Pools to the Rode thence southerly by the Rode to the bounds first mentioned Reserving the Previlege of the streem to Each of the heirs according to there Right threw the firm -
5ly furthermore we have Set off the Lowest Cornor of said firm ten acrs and one half of wood Land to Stephen and amos which Complets there full shear Stephen shall have the northerly half and amos the southerly half of sd ten acrs and an half bound as followeth upon the north Side by Alexander Gordens Land upon the west side by Enos Websters Land upon the south side by the above sd Gordons Land upon the East Side by sd Gordens madow -
6ly to mary the Eldest Daughter we have Set of the norwest Lot bounded as followeth (viz) beginning at the notheast Corner at a stake and stones which is the South East Corner bounds of Alexander Gordens Land thence Southerly by the Rode to the brook thence Down the brook Eighteen Pools to stump with stones abought it thence west to alexander Gordens Land north- erly by sd Gordens Land thirty five Pools to a stake and stones which is the notheast corner bound of Said Gordens Land
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thence by Caleb Dustens and sd Gordens Land Running East to the bounds first mentioned Reserving four acrs and an half to Caleb Dusten out of said Lot as shall appear by Deed -
7ly to abiah the youngest Daughter the Southerly Lot bounded as beginning at the Rode at a stake and stones by Land of the heirs of Obadiah Dusten Decest thence west by sd heirs Land Eighty two Pools to a stake and stones thence north by sd heirs Land fifteen Pools to a stake and stones thence west by sd heirs Land to the madow thence northwesterly by sd madow to a Popler tree which is the South East Corner bound of alexander Gordens Land thence northerly by sd Gordens Land to the above sd marys Land thence East by sd marys Land to the brook thence over the brook thence up the brook to the Rode thence South- erly by the Rode to the bounds first mentioned Reserving the Privilege of the barn to Stephen Ebenezer amos mary and abiah Exclusive of the widows thirds Each an Equel shear till abiah shall Come to Lawfull age after that to be the three sons namely Stephen Ebenezer and amos an Equel Share Exclusive of the widows thirds and at the widows Decse to belong to the above named Sons Stephen Ebenezer and amos -
Sly we have set of the widows Dower (viz) beginning at a stake and stones by the Rode thence west thirty Six Pools to the up- land at a stake and stones thence northerly by the upland to alexander Gordens Land thence East by Sa Gordens Land to the Rode thence Crossing the Rode and Runing by Nathaniel Beelnaps Land twenty Eight Pools to a stake and stones thence southerly to a stake and stones by Land of Obadiah Decest thence west Sixteen Pools to the Rode thence Crossing the Rode and then Running ten Pools to a white Pine tree thence northerly to a mapel tree by the brook thence up the brook ten Pools to the Rode thence Cross the book to the bounds first mentioned we have Set of to the widow a wood Lot at the East End of the firm beginning at the notheast Corner at a Pine tree marked by Seth Patees Land thence south to a stake and stones standing by the Land of obadiah Dusten Decest thence west Eightteen
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Pools to a stake and stones thence noth to the sd Patees Land thence East Eighteen Pools to the bound first mentioned ferther- more we have set of to the widow twenty acrs of wood Land of the Land that Thomas Dusten bought of Samuel ayrs of haver- hill bound as followeth beginning at the norwest Corner by Land of Nathaniel woodmans thence Southerly by the Rode twenty Eight Pools thence Easterly a strate Line to a black oak which is the southwest Corner bound of Caleb marbels Land thence by william Clements Land forty Six pools to a stake and stones thence westerly Eighty Eight Pools to the bounds first mentioned Reserving a Privilige of Passing and Repassing threw Each others Land both for widow and Children furthermore the widow shall Have the East Cattel and ty up Privilige in the flore -
firthermore Ebenezer Shall have a Privilige of building a house at the west End of the house
Dated Salem June ye 15th 1772
John Currier
James Paul Daniel Gorden
[Account of the administrator; receipts, the real estate; ex- penditures, £46. 2. 3; allowed March 25, 1773.]
JOSEPH BREWSTER 1766 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Brewster of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Shopkeeper being Indisposd in body
Item I give & Devise to my Son in Law George Hart that Lot of Land where he has built an house as the same has been usually fenced & Improved by him or under him but to Extend no farther to him his Heirs & assigns
Item all the rest of my Estate real & Personal I Give & Devise
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the use of the Same to Phoebe my beloved wife during her natural life with power to dispose of so much of my Personal Estate as She shall have Occasion to Support her Comfortably during her life
Item I give & Devise to my Grandson Joseph Boyd all the reversion & remainder of that part of my real Estate which I had out of my fathers Estate with that I purchased which formerly belonged to Wm Lock lying near the other to have & hold to my Said Grandson & the heirs of his body Lawfully begotten forever -
Item all the reversion & Remainder of My Estate that is all my real Estate after my wife's Decease and all my Personal Estate which she shall not have Occasion to use I give Devise and Dispose of among all my Children their heirs & assigns Equally Divided but if any of them Shall be Deceased at the time of her Decease the share which woud have been Such De- ceased Child's shall then go to the Children of that Person so Deceased Lastly I hereby Constitute & appoint my Said wife to be Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and re- voke all other wills by me in any manner heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereto Set my hand & Seal the 25th Day of November Anno Domini 1766 -
Joseph Brewster
[Witnesses] William Parker, Daniel Peirce Jun', Matthew Haslett.
[Proved Dec. 23, 1766.]
[Bond of Phoebe Brewster, with George Boyd as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Dec. 23, 1766, for the execu- tion of the will; witnesses, William Parker, Daniel Peirce, Jr.]
[Caveat of George Boyd and George Hart, July 20, 1767, against the granting of administration without notice, the execu- trix being deceased, "as your Petitioners fear Joseph Brewster the Son of the Deceased will be unwilling to comply with the said Will and in Consequence thereof will move for administra-
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tion on said Estate with a View of keeping the whole in his hands & not without hopes of some other advantage That as his right is no better than one of the other Children your Petitionrs in Right of their wives have as good a right as he."]
[Administration granted to George Hart of Portsmouth, blacksmith, July 29, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 488.]
[Bond of George Hart, with George Boyd and Zachariah Foss, innholder, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, July 29, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Robert Parks, William Parker.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £206. 8. 912; expen- ditures, £37. 15. 8; allowed March 16, 1769.]
BILEY HARDY 1766 BRENTWOOD
[Administration on the estate of Biley Hardy of Brentwood, yeoman, granted to Nicholas Hardy Nov. 26, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 314.]
[Bond of Nicholas Hardy of Brentwood, yeoman, with Joseph Wadleigh of Brentwood, yeoman, and Jethro Pearson of Exeter, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £10,000, Nov. 26, 1766, for the administration of the estate; witness, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, Jan. 24, 1767; amount, £353. 0. 10; signed by Edward Stevens and Daniel Clark.]
[Warrant, March 30, 1767, authorizing Walter Bryent of New- market, Samuel Dudley, gentleman, and Jonathan Smith, yeo- man, both of Brentwood, to set off to Mehitabel Hardy the widow's dower.]
Province of Persuant to the within order we have Set of New Hampry to the said Widow her Dower of the within Mentioned Estate in the following Manner, viz. a peice of Land
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Bounded as follows beginning at the river at the Northerly Corner of the Land Belonging to the heirs of Reuben Smith Deceas'd & thence running Northwesterly by said river fourteen & one half Rods to a stake thence rung Southerly Carrying the Bredth of fourteen & one half rods Bounding on the aforesaid Smiths Lands to a stake standing Square with the Northerly End of the orchard thence a Streight line to the Easterly side of the Barn floor to the Middle of the Barn thence Easterly across to the Next Girt thence southerly by said Girt to the Poast thence a Streight line to one Rod westerly of the west corner of the Dwelling house then to begin again at the Northeast Corner of said house & thence to run Northerly in the Middle between the third & fourth Rows of apple trees (leaving the four Rows to the Eastward) to the Northerly end of said orchard thence Easterly by said orchard to the aforesaid Smiths lands together with all the westerly end of the Dwelling house Excepting the garret also one third of the sellar on the south side with the half of one oven & also a way from the house to the high way together with a previledge of the well with all the Previledges and Ap- purtenances Appertaining to the Premises Excepting and Re- serving to the Easterly part of said House the previledge of a Way from the Back or Northerly Door of said house ten feet wide Round the Easterly Corner of said House, and also one third part of a Certain Peice of salt Marsh Situate on Exeter River set of as Dower as aforesaid and Bounded as follows viz Beginning at the South westerly Corner of said Marsh at the upland adjoining to Marsh of thomas Lifords & thence Rung Bounding on said Lifords Marsh to the aforesaid River thence Bounds on the upland on the west & the aforesaid River on the East & thence running Down said River fifteen Rods on a Streight Line Carrying the full Bredth of said Marsh Dated at Exeter the 6th Day of April Annoque Domini 1767
Samel Dudly Jonathan Smith commitee
Walter Bryent Jun
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[Account of the administrator; receipts, £317. 18. II12; ex- penditures, £173. 8. 312; allowed Sept. 27, 1780.]
JOHN CROWN 1766 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Crown of Portsmouth granted to Ann Crown Nov. 28, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 325.]
[Bond of Ann Crown, widow, with Nathaniel Adams and John Parker, merchants, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Nov. 28, 1766, for the administration of the estate; wit- nesses, William Parker, William Whipple.]
[Inventory, Jan. 28, 1767; amount, £91. 5. 6; signed by Henry Prescott and Stephen Batson.]
JOHN HENDERSON I766 JAFFREY
[Administration on the estate of John Henderson of Monad- nock No. 2, yeoman, granted to Reuben Kidder Dec. 5, 1766.] [Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 327.]
[Bond of Reuben Kidder of New Ipswich, with Samuel Hobart of Hollis and Enoch Hale of Monadnock No. I, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Dec. 5, 1766, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Jonathan Lovewell, Philip Fowler, Jr.]
SARAH DAM I766 MADBURY
In the Name of God amen This Tenth Day of December annoque Domini, one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Six, I Sarah Dam of ye Parish of Madbury, in the Province of New-
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hampshire, widow, Being advanced in Years, and Exerciesed with Bodily Infirmities *
Imprimis I Give and Bequeath unto my Grandaughter Martha Jones and to her heirs and assigns forever my Whole Estate both Real and Personnal wheresomever the Same may be found (Except what I Shall Otherways Dispose of in these Pres- ents) to be Entered upon and be Possessed by her as Soon as She may Enter into Wedlock or be Lawfully Married to any Person or if She Remains Single at the age of Twenty one Years, and untill that Time to Remain in the hands of my Executors hereafter named But in Case my aforsd Grandaughter Martha Jones Should at the Time of her Decease Leave no Issue of her Body Lawfully Begotten, then my will is that what I have By these presents Bequeathed to her her heirs and assigns Shall be Equally Divided Between my Relations as follows -
That is to Say to be Equally Divided Between Elizabeth Evans wife of John Evans of madbury aforsd and Martha Flood both the Daughters of my Brother Moses Commins Deceased and to their heirs & assigns -
Item I Give and Bequeath unto the Society of People Called Quakers in the Town of Dover in Said Province Twenty five pounds Lawful money of said Province to be Paid the overseers of Said Society within one Year after my Decease by my Execrs out of my Estate and to be at the Discretion of the Said Over- seers to be used for the Benefit of the Society -
Item it is my will That my Negroman Named Boston and Negro woman Named Coor Shall at and after my Decease have their Freedom and be no Longer used as Slaves nor Sold as Such and Shall also have During their Natural Lives ye free use & Liberty of the North Easterly Room in the house where I now Live also During as aford to have an allowance out of my Estate to Comfortably Support them Besides what their Labour may Produce them to be allowed them at the Discretion of my Execrs (untill they may Settle & Deliver the Estate to the heirs according to the intent of these presents) and after that to have
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