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Edmond Pendergast
[Witnesses] Dennis Pendergast, Benjamin Bennick, Walter Bryent.
[Proved April 16, 1765.]
[Warrant, Oct. 29, 1765, authorizing John Mead, cordwainer, and Joseph Young, gentleman, both of Newmarket, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 30, 1765; amount, £476. 11. 6; signed by John Mead and Joseph Young.]
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ABEL WRIGHT
1764 NEW IPSWICH
In The Name of God Amen. I Abel Wright of Ipswich in the Province of New Hampshire Being Weak in Body * *
Imprimas I Do Give to my Brother Thomas Wright my Great Coat hatt and Husbanddry Tools.
Item I Do Give to my Brother oliver Wright a Black pare of Britches
Item I Do Give to my Brother Ebenezer wright a Blew Coat and Jacote Each all wool.
Item I Do Give to my Brother Peter Wright a Blew Dew Roy Coat and a white Jacote and my Gun.
Item I Do Give and bequeath to my Beloved wife Eunice all my Estate Both Real and personal with all Noats Book Debts and Do appoint and Constitute her to be the Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testement and to pay all my Justs Debts and funural Charges and Deliver the above Legaces to the persons Named.
In Confirmation hereof I Do hereunto Set my hand and Seal this twenty Sixt Day of November A : D. 1764, and in the fourth year of his Majesties George ye 3 by the Grace of God King &c Abel Wright
[Witnesses] Stephen Adams, Isaac Appleton, Benjamin Adams. [Proved Oct. 30, 1765.]
[Bond of Benjamin Adams, in behalf of Eunice Wright, with Isaac Appleton as surety, both of New Ipswich, yeomen, in the sum of . . .. , Oct. 30, 1765, for the execution of the will ; witnesses, William Parker, Richard Wibird Penhallow.]
JEREMIAH BATCHELDER 1764 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen: November the 28th day 1764 I Jeremiah Bachelder of the Parish of Kensington in Hampton in
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the Province of New Hamps: in New England Husbandman * *
Imps I Give to Theodate my Now dearly beloved wife the use & Improvement of the one Half of my dwelling House, viz: the Easterly End thereof from the top to the Bottom with the Cellar under it: and the one third of my Barn viz: the Easterly part thereof, also I Give to my sd wife the use & Improvement of one Third part of all the residue of my Real Estate: that is my Buildings & all my Lands &c for her to use Improve & take the profits Dureing her Natural life viz. of one Third part thereof as above mentioned : also I Give to my sd wife all my Houshold Stuff for her own to her, her Hiers and Assigns forever, and to be at her dispose Further I Give to her my sd wife Two Cows & four sheep to be delivered to her by my Executor Immediately after my decease if She requests them or at any time whensoever she request or demand them :
Item I Give & Bequeath to my son Jeremiah Bachelder all my Real Estate (as Lands Buildings &c) wherever being, or how- ever scituate; to him his Hiers & Assigns forever, with all my stock of Cattel, Horses, sheep, swine &c and all my Implements without Doors for man & Beast to work with & all my provision viz: Corn Meat &c; and my salt Marsh; The said Real Estate as above Express'd with the above mentioned personal Estate To Have And To Hold to him the sd Jeremiah Bachelder my sd son his Hiers Executors Adminisrs & Assigns for ever, he paying the Legacies & performing the duties hereafter mentioned -
And I do hereby Constitute make & ordain my sd son Jeremiah Bachelder to be sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testa- ment -
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Theo- date now the wife of Benjamin Sanborn the sum of forty shillings sterling to be paid to her by my Executor within one year after my Decease in sd sterling money, or an Equivalency thereto in the Currency that shall then pass, she haveing been already furnishd by me
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Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Huldah the sum of forty Eight pounds sterling, or an Equivalency thereto, as fol- loweth viz: Twelve pounds Sterling at the End of one year after my decease, or an Equivalency in the Currency that then shall pass, and the residue to be paid as followeth viz: A Cow and such things as shall be Necessary for Housekeeping, Suitable to her degree & Quality and she shall request therefor, all to be paid and delivered as before mentioned at the End of one year after my decease
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary as the former forty Eight pounds sterling or an Equivalency thereto as follow- eth viz: Twelve pounds sterling within Two years after my decease or an Equivalency thereto in the Currency that shall then pass: and the remainder as followeth viz: One Cow & the remainder in such things as that be Necessary for her keeping House According to her Degree & Quality and she shall request therefor, all to be paid & delivered within Two years after my Decease -
Item as for my son Stephen my Will is and I do hereby Order that my Executor (In Case the sd Stephen should live to grow up to manhood) procure & provide for him the sª Stephen A settle- ment something higher up in the Country than where I dwell, where I Expect Land will be Cheaper than here, and that it be in good Land that will be fit for a man to live upon when bro't too, and that my Sª Executor support him in his own person, with Two years provision after he shall arrive to the age of Twenty one years, if he stand in Need thereof, also that he help him some in his first beginnings about Clearing, and about Building; also that he furnish him with a yoke of Oxen & A Cow when he shall settle for himself; But in Case the sd Stephen as he grows up should Incline to learn a Trade (he being weakly & ailing) that then in that Case my Will is that my sd Executor take Care that he is learn't some Trade or Mystery such as he inclines to & is likely to be Capable of following: and then he Comes to be free (as is Commonly Expressd) to provide for him A settlement
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in some place likly to be Convenient for his Trade & Calling (that is to say) a place for a Tradesman (not a farmer) and to assist him some in Building; and then in this last Case if it should be so my Will is that my sd Executor be Excus'd from the first Case viz: from procureing the farm &c -
And I do hereby Will & order my sª Executor to deliver to my sd wife the forementioned Two Cows & four sheep as fore- mentioned: - also the Two Cows forementioned to my Two Daughters forementioned, and to pay to all my Three Daughters forementioned the several Legacies to them respectively ordered as before mentioned : also I hereby Will & Order my sª Executor to provide a good Horse for my sd wife, such as shall be fit for her Use yearly and every year so long as she remains A widow
Jeremiah Bachelder
[Witnesses] Samuel Hobbs, Joseph Kimball, Jeremy Webster. [Proved Jan. 30, 1765.]
[Inventory, March 13, 1765; amount, £21,877. 6. 0; signed by Jeremy Webster and Abraham Prescott.]
SAMUEL SMITH 1764 DUNBARTON
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Smith of Starkstown, yeoman, granted to John Stinson of Starkstown, yeoman, Dec. 6, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 358.]
[Bond of John Stinson, with Stephen Holland of Londonderry, and John Stark of Derryfield, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £10,000, Dec. 6, 1764, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Samuel Hobart, Matthew Thornton.]
[Inventory, Jan. 17, 1765; amount, £3498. 12. 0; signed by Caleb Page and William Stark.]
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[Account of John Stinson and wife Elizabeth, administrators; receipts, £4470. 0. 0; expenditures, £1721. 8. 10; mentions " 1765 Jan. 25 supporting the Children of said deceased viz Andrew Smith 52 weeks Mary Smith 148 weeks Sam Smith 148 weeks. 1767 Jan Mary Smith 52 weeks more Samuel Smith 104 weeks more"; filed Jan. 15, 1767.]
[Bond of Stephen Holland, with Matthew Thornton as surety, both of Londonderry, in the sum of £200, Jan. 30, 1771, for the guardianship of Andrew Smith, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of Samuel Smith; witnesses, none.]
[Administrator's additional account; receipts, £159. 8. 2; ex- penditures, £3. 3. 0; allowed Jan. 31, 1771, and ordered to be divided among "the woman who was the wife of the deceased" and the six children.]
THOMAS OWEN 1764 PORTSMOUTH
[Guardianship of John Owen, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of Thomas Owen of Portsmouth, granted to Pierse Long Dec. 10, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 342.]
[Bond of Pierse Long, mariner, with Samuel Warner, merchant, as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £5000, Dec. 10, 1764, for the guardianship of John Owen, son of Thomas Owen, mariner, deceased; witnesses, William Vaughan, William Parker.]
JOHN LOVERING 1764 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of John Lovering of Exeter granted to his widow, Jane Lovering, Dec. 17, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 385.]
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[Bond of Jane Lovering, with Nathaniel Folsom and Joseph Gilman, merchant, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of £5000, Dec. 17, 1764, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Joseph Gilman, 3d, John Ward Gilman.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 7, 1765; amount, £7554. 7. 0; signed by Biley Hardy and Edward Stevens.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £385. 7. 4; expendi- tures, £419. 2. 314 ; mentions "Supporting & maintaining four of the Intestates Children being under Seven years old from the 13th day of October 1764 being the day of Decease for & During the Terms following viz I. Anna to the IIth of October 1765. 2. Richard to the 27th Decem™ 1767. . . . 3. Nathaniel to May 4th 1768. . 4. Ruhamah to May 4th 1768"; allowed May 8, 1768.]
[Petition of Joseph Lovering and Jonathan Lovering, Aug. 31, 1808, that administration de bonis non on the estate of their father, John Lovering, be granted to their brother, Benjamin Lovering of Exeter.]
[Bond of Benjamin Lovering, cordwainer, with George Hali- burton, mariner, and James Folsom, 3d, saddler, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of $2000, Sept. 14, 1808, for the administra- tion of the estate; witness, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Sept. 14, 1808, authorizing Benjamin Gordon, Dudley Thing, yeoman, both of Exeter, and Simon Magoon of East Kingston, yeoman, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. I, 1808; eleven acres of land in Exeter, $308.00; signed by Benjamin Gordon and Simon Magoon.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £147. 5. 2; signed by Noah Emery and Nicholas Gilman; attested Oct. 10, 1766, endorsed returned Oct. 28, 1808.]
[License to the administrator, Nov. 14, 1808, to sell real estate.]
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[Account of the administrator ; receipts, $753.00; expenditures, $670.01 ; allowed Oct. 23, 1809.]
GEORGE HUNTRESS 1764 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I George Huntress of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Gentleman being Infirm and in a Bad State of Bodily helth *
Imprimis I give to Sarah my Beloved Wife all my Personal Estate whatsoever & wheresoever the Same is or may be found (She paying all my Just Debts & Funeral Charges) To her & her Heirs and assigns forever, Also I give to her the Improvement of all my Real Estate During her Life for her Support & bringing up my Younger Children -
Item I give & Bequeath to my Children Vizt Robert Huntress, George Huntress, Eliza Huntress, Joshua Lang Huntress, Daniel Huntress & Cath " Huntress Each of them five Shillings to be paid within one year after my Decease by my Executrix herein after named -
Item I give unto my Said Children the reversion of my Real Estate to them their Heirs & assigns forever to be Equally Di- vided between them -
Lastly I Constitute & appoint my Said Wife Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revokeing all former Wills by me heretofore made -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the 20th Day of December Anno Domini 1764
George Huntress
[Witnesses] John Griffith, John Leweis, Caleb Beck. [Proved Feb. 27, 1765.]
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ELIJAH DUTTON 1764 NEW IPSWICH
The Last Will and Testement of Elija Dutton of Ipswich in the Province of New-Hampsh' Housewright In the Name of God Amen. I Elijah Dutton of Sª Ipswich being as I apprehend very near my Departure out of this world though Sick yet of Perfect Memory
Item. I Give and bequeath unto Elisabeth my well Beloved Wife my Whole Real and Personal Estate & hereby make her my Sole Heir that the Same be Intirely at her Disposal -
Lastly I Constitute and appoint My Honoured Father John Dutton of Sa Ipswich Blacksmith To be the Sole Executor
Signed Sealed Deliver'd Published and Pronounced on this Twenty Second Day of Decemb' Anno Dom. 1764 in the Fourth Year of His Majesties Reign : Written by the afore sª Elija Dut- ton of Sª Ipswich in the Province of New Hampshire as his Last Will and Testament -
his Elija X Dutton mark
[Witnesses] Benja Hoar, Ephraim Adams, Benja King. [Proved June 14, 1765.]
[Bond of John Dutton, with Ephraim Adams as surety, both of New Ipswich, in the sum of £500, June 14, 1765, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker, Sarah Parker.]
JONATHAN BEAN 1765 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Bean of Kingston, yeoman, granted to Joseph Bean, Jr., of Kingston Jan. 9, 1765.] [Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 420.]
[Bond of Joseph Bean, Jr., yeoman, with Jonathan Sanborn
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and Moses Judkins, yeomen, as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of £500, Jan. 9, 1765, for the administration of the estate of his brother, Jonathan Bean ; witnesses, Moses Badger, William Parker, Jr.]
[Warrant, Jan. 9, 1765, authorizing Ebenezer Long and Samuel Philbrick, both of Kingston, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested April 23, 1765; amount, £1024. 15. 0; signed by Ebenezer Long and Samuel Philbrick.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £72. 2. 0; expendi- tures, £29. 3. 10; allowed Aug. 27, 1766.]
ABNER HARRIMAN 1765 PLAISTOW
In The Name of god amen : I Abner Harriman of Plastow in the Province of Newhampshire in New England yeaman, Calling to mind the Mortallity of My Body and Being of a perfect mind and Memory, Do this fourteenth Day of January Domini 1765. make this my Last will and Testament *
Imps I give and bequeth To my son Jaasiel Harriman the sum of four pounds New tenor To Be paid by my Executors in two years after my Decease -
Item I give & bequeath To my Daughter Elisabeth Hooper yo sum of four pounds New tenor To be paid by my Executors in two years after my Decease -
Item I give and bequath To my Daughter Ruth Merrill ye sum of Twenty five pounds New tenor to be paid by my Execu- tors in two years after My Decease
Item I give & bequath to my Daughter Naomi Pike ye sum of Twenty five pounds New tenor To be paid by my Executors in two years after my Decease -
Item I give and bequeath To my Daughter Sarah Kimball ye sum of Twelve pounds Ten shillings New tenor To be paid by my Executors in tow years after my Decease -
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Item. I give and bequeath To my Daughter Ana Haes ye sum of Twelve Pounds Ten shillings New tenor To be paid by my Executors in Two years after my Decease -
Item I give and bequeath To my grandson Abner Plumer my Dwelling house Barn Sawmill Grist mill with all my Homestead farm, and the Land and Medow lying on ye Northoly Side of the Saw Mill Medow Brook Joyning To Land of Benjn Stone with about two acres lying by ye Saw Mill River Joining on Land of John Harriman Jnr with all my Stock Together with all my Husbandry Tools, and all my personal Estate That I Shall have at my Decease, he ye Said Plumer paying all my Just Debts Funeral Charges Legeces before Mentioned -
I also appoint and Constitute him ye Said Abner Plumer afore- said Together with Nathaniel Peabody of Plastow aforesaid Physician sole Executors * in witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal this fourteenth Day of January in ye fifth year of His Majestyes Riagn Domini 1765 -
Abner Harriman
his
[Witnesses] Thomas Stevens, Samuel Little, Jonathan X Stevens. mark
[Proved April 13, 1770.]
[Inventory, May 18, 1770; amount, £170. 13. 4; signed by Jonathan Carlton and Samuel Little.]
[Petition of Reuben Harriman, April 5, 1774, for an account by the administrator, stating that the estate was insolvent, and that "Captn Thomos Noyes and Enock Noyes and Morses Keley Was apinted by the Judg to Recive the Clames and no Return mad of there Doings."]
[Citation to the executor, May 20, 1774, to render an account.]
[Petition of the executor, June 27, 1774, for further time, on account of confused papers, large number of claims, and doubtful titles to real estate.]
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THOMAS BICKFORD 1765 MADBURY
In the Name of God amen this Twenty Sixth Day of Janu" one thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty five I Tho" Bickford in the parrish of Madbury in the province of New Hampshire Yeoman Being Very Sick And weak in Body * *
Item I Give to my Beloved wife Juanna Bickford to be at her Disposing one Suit of mourning apparel that is to Say one silk Crape Gown hood vail hankerchief & Gloves with my meat & Corn & the Cow She brought with her & two Yearling Calves one Yearlin Colt two swine with one sheep & the Increase of four sheep one year to Delivd by my Executor
Item I Give to my Son Thos Bickford his heirs & assigns forever four acres of Land in madbury abovsd now in the Posision of my son Charles Bickford bound at the Eastern End next to Leut James Davises Land
Item I Give to my son Charles Bickford his heirs & assigns forever Seven acres of Land now in his possesion where he now Dwells Joyning to his Land being the whole Length thereof
Item I Give to my son John Bickford his heirs & assigns for- ever my Right or Intrest in a new Town ship in said province in the Midle town under Tufton Mason Lying by the head of Rochester & also my working Oxen
Item I Give to my son Samuel Bickford his heirs & assign for- ever four acres of Land in sd madbury now in the Possesion of my Son Charles Bickford Lying between what I have willd to him & my son Thos Bickford
Item I Give to my Daughter Temperance Young one Cow to be Deliva her by my Executor one Year after my Decease
Item I Give to my Daughter Elisabeth Young one Cow to be Dilevd her by my Execur two Years after my Decease
Item I Give to my Daughter Rebbeca Cook one Cow to be Delivd her by my Execur three Years after My Death
Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah Blake one Cow to be Deliv'd her by my Execut' four Years after my Decease
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Item I Give to my son Joseph Bickford whome I likewise Constitute make & ordain my Sole Execut' to this my Last will & Testament, to him his heirs & Assigns forever my homested farm where I now Dwell with my Dwelling House & barn stand- ing thereon with my farming ox tackling with my live Stock Excepting what I have Given aforesd I likewise give to my son Joseph whatsoever shall hereafter appear to be my Estate not mentioned in the foregoing to be by him freely Possesd & Enjoyd *
Thomas Bickford
[Witnesses] Solo Emerson, Ruben Cheslee, Eben' Demerit. [Proved Feb. 27, 1765.]
[Bond of Joseph Bickford, yeoman, with Reuben Chesley and John Tasker, husbandmen, as sureties, all of Madbury, in the sum of £500, Feb. 27, 1765, for the execution of the will; wit- nesses, John Sullivan, William Vaughan.]
ELIPHALET HALE 1765 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Eliphalet Hale of Exeter granted to his son, Eliphalet Hale, Jan. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 374.]
[Bond of Eliphalet Hale of Exeter, gentleman, with John Shackford and John Dennett, gentleman, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of £20,000, Jan. 30, 1765, for the ad- ministration of the estate of Eliphalet Hale, physician; wit- nesses, William Eastman, William Vaughan.]
[Elizabeth Hale renounces administration Feb. 6, 1765.]
[Inventory, April 10, 1765; amount, £422. 6. o; signed by John Rice and Noah Emery.]
[List of claims against the estate, attested July 29, 1767;
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amount, £521. 15. 2; signed by Noah Emery and Nicholas Gilman.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £304. 0. 7; expendi- tures, £214. 18. 7; mentions "Supplying the Widow & Three Daughters with Provisions & fireing for one year"; allowed Oct. 31, 1770.]
[Settlement of claims; amount distributed, £89. 2. 0; allowed Nov. 13, 1770.]
EBENEZER ADAMS 1765 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Ebenezer Adams of Dover granted to his widow, Lois Adams, Jan. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 374.]
[Bond of Lois Adams of Dover and Benjamin Adams of New- ington, with Jonathan Downing of Newington, yeoman, and George Boyd of Portsmouth as sureties, in the sum of £5000, Jan. 30, 1765, for the administration of the estate of Ebenezer Adams, trader; witnesses, Samuel Penhallow, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, Feb. 28, 1765; amount, £5815. 3. 5; signed by Thomas Westbrook Waldron and Ephraim Hanson.]
[List of claims against the estate, May 28, 1765; amount, £6326. 3. o.]
[Petition of Caleb Hodgdon of Dover, mariner, May 15, 1771, for permission to sue the bond of the administrators.]
[Caveat of Caleb Hodgdon, creditor, May 21, 1771, against the allowance of the list of claims against the estate.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £280. 2. 2; expendi- tures, £226. 4. 614; mentions "maintenance of three Children while under 7 years of age"; allowed June 14, 1771.]
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[List of claims against the estate, June 5, 1771; amount, £431. I. 314 ; signed by Thomas Westbrook Waldron and Ephraim Hanson.]
[Settlement of claims; amount distributed, £53. 17. 734; al- lowed Aug. 12, 1771.]
BARTHOLOMEW GOODWIN 1765 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Bartholomew Goodwin of Portsmouth, mariner, granted to William Knight and John Hooper Feb. 4, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 387.]
[Bond of William Knight of Portsmouth and John Hooper of Berwick, Me., with Samuel Penhallow and John Penhallow, both of Portsmouth, merchants, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Feb. 4, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Vaughan, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Feb. 4, 1765, authorizing Samuel Penhallow and Capt. Thomas Peirce, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Feb. 5, 1765; amount, £5118. 15. 0; signed by Thomas Peirce and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Account of the administrators, William Knight of Portsmouth and John Hooper of Arundel, Me .; receipts, £124. 12. 3; ex- penditures, £133. 19. 7; mentions "paid Mrs Hooper towards support of ye Children"; allowed Oct. 26, 1770.]
[Additional account of expenditures; amount, £32. 10. 4; mentions "Attend ce of Jnº Hooper & his Time Trouble & carry- ing the children to Arundel. . . . To a pair of Shoes for Anne a minor under Seven Years of Age. . . . Supplying & finding the aforesd Minor till she was Seven Years of Age being two years"; allowed Feb. 8, 1771.]
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SAMUEL SHERBURNE 1765 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen
I Samuel Sherburne of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Esqr being affected with Bodily Pain & Indisposition *
Item I give & bequeath to the Church of England as by Law Established in the Town of Portsmo & Province aforesd Two Thousand Pounds of the Present Value of old Ten' so called to be under the Care & Directions of the Vestry & Church Wardens of the Queens Chapel in sd Town for the Time being and this give for a Perpetual fund for that End & the Interest and Income of the Same to be appropriated & expended if necessary for the support of an organist in sd church or Parish forever without any Diminution of the Principle Sum -
Item - I give & bequeath to the sd Church or Chaple my Moiety or half Parte of a Pasture or Lot of Land & meadow supposed in the whole about Twelve acres more or less situate in Portsmo aforesd and Lying on ye Southerly or South Easterly Side of the Highway leading from the Hay market to Wibirds Hill so called & which sd Tract was given me by my Hond Father in his Last Will & Testament and this bequest to be under the Directions of the Church Wardens of said Parish for the Time being and to remain as a Perpetual Glebe to the said Church & Parish and their Successors for ever
Item I give & bequeath to sd Church or Parish my lot of Land in Portsmo which I bought of George Allmary bounded and Discribed as by his Deed will appear to be under the Care & Directions of the Church Wardens & Vestry as above said & this I intend as a Place to build a School House upon To have & to Hold the Same to the Church Wardens & Vestry for the Time being for ever
Item I give & bequeath to my Sister Ann Langdon during her Natural Life the Interest or Income of Two Thousand Pounds old Tenour to be paid her annually by my Executors hereafter in
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this will mentioned and after her Decease my will is & I hereby give & bequeath the said Principle Sum of Two Thousand Pounds to the Church of England aforesaid to be added to the Two thousand Pounds old Ten' bequeathed to sª Parish in this my will above & to be held & applyd and Improved and Dis- posed of as in & by this my Will & Testament the above Legacy (to the Church) of Two Thousand Pounds is mentiond to be applyd & Improved -
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