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Silvanus Scott
[Witnesses] James Moses, Jessha Suard, The mark of Mary X Rand.
[Proved Oct. 15, 1756.]
JOSHUA PEIRCE I754 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Joshua Peirce of Portsmo In the Province of New Hampr Esqr Being Indisposed of Body
Item I Give to the Children of my Brother Joseph Peirce late of Portsmouth Esqr Deceased a Debt of thirty two pounds Ten Shillings & two Pence old Tenor which he Owed me at the Time of his Decease I Also Give his three Daughters Twenty five pounds old Tenor Each to be paid by my Executor as they arrive to the age of Eighteen Years Respectively. -
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Sister Sargent an annuity of Twenty five Pounds old Tenor Out of my Estate to be paid by my Said Executor annually During her Natural Life I Also Give & Devise to her son John Winslow all my Right Estate & prop- erty within the Bounds of that Tract of Land Granted By the propres of Masons Right So Called to Ebenez" Varney & Others & to her son Joshua Winslow all my Right Estate & Property In
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that Tract of Land Granted by said Proprs to Jnº Ham & Others -
Item I Give to my Brother in Law Joseph Green my Largest Enamell'd Burnt China Punch Bowl & I Also Give unto his son Joseph Green all my Right Estate Interest & Property In that Township or Tract of Land Called & known By the Name of New Boston & to his son Joshua all my Right Interest Estate & property within the Bounds of that Tract of Land Granted by said Proprs to Jona Chesley & Others -
Item I Give to - Green the Eldest Son of my Sister Mar- garet Green all my Right Interest Estate & property within that Tract of Land Granted as aforesaid Called Parrys Town & to her son - Green the Younger all my Right Interest Estate & Property In that Tract of Land Granted as aforesaid Called Steven's Town -
Item I Give & Devise to Hugh Hall Wentworth three hundred acres of Land & to Joshua Wentworth the son of Daniel Went- worth Late of Portsmouth aforesaid Shopkeeper Deceased two Hundred Acres of Land both said Tracts of Land to be as Near to Winnepiseoky Pond as may be on my Land there not already Laid Out the said Devisees to have Only my Right & Title to Said Tracts of Land to be Laid Out So as to Come to said pound And not prejudice the Laying Out the Residue of my Lands there all the aforesaid Gifts & Devices of Lands to be to the Respective Devisees & their Respective heirs & Assigns forever
Item I Give to my Sister Eliza Osborne One hundred Pounds old Tenor and a Suit of Mourning Such as Shall be Reasonable & Decent Considering of all Circumstances -
Item I Give & Devise to my Brother Daniel Peirce all my Right Estate Interest & Demand In & unto my fathers Estate and also my Mothers Estate or Which Descends to me from her & all my Right Estate Interest & Demand In & unto the Estate Which Was Colo Samuel Moor's And Which Comes to me from my Sister Mary Moor Deceased Saving & Excepting What I have Already Disposed of and also all my Right Estate Property &
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Demand of In & unto the Lands Purchased by me (with Others) of John Tufton Mason Esq (Excepting Twenty Acres thereof Which I have sold & What is Otherways Disposed of Out of the same Lands In this my Last Will) Divided or undivided - I also Devise to him my Said Brother Daniel One Quarter Part of a saw Mill In Nottingham Standing upon Petuckaway Falls & two hundred Acres of Land Lying Near to the said Mill & is Number'd four In the first Range being part of the Original Right of John Bagly To have & hold the said Prem® & to him the said Daniel Peirce his heirs & Assigns forever - I Also Give him my Said Brother all my Wearing apparel In Consideration of all Which I Order him to Pay to my Brother Nathaniel Peirce One hundred Pounds sterling -
Item I Give & Devise to my Brother Nathaniel Peirce my Dwelling house Where I now Dwell In Portsmo aforesaid & the Land thereto Belonging On Pickerings Neck, as the Same is now fenced with all the Buildings thereon & that Lot of Wharf Priviledge I bought of Elisha Plaisted Situate On said Neck & Which Lies Eastward of the Dwelling house of Capt Nath1 Jones with the Wharf & Ware house Standing thereon & also two hundred acres of Land Lying In the said Township of Notting- ham being the Lots Number'd Sixteen & Eghteen In summer Street So Called with all the Buildings thereon & three hundred acres of Land In said Nottingham In Winter Street So Called Viz. Number thirteen & Number fifteen & Number twenty & three hundred acres In said Town of Nottingham Lying upon Cross Street So Called which is Part of the Original Right of Joseph Dodge & is Numbered two & three all the Tracts & parcels of Land be they more Or Less & however Bounded & Limitted & Described with all the Buildings thereon to hold to him my Said Brother Nath1 Peirce & his heirs male of his body Lawfully Begotten forever - But In Default of Such heirs male then to my said Brother Daniel & the heirs male of his body Lawfully Begotten & In Default of Such heirs male of the Body of the said Daniel then all the said Prems to Go to the Eldest
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son of my Said Sister Sargent the Eldest son of my Sister Ann Green & the Eldest son of my Sister Margaret Green & to their heirs & Assigns forever - I Also Give & Devise to my Said Brother Nathaniel & his heirs for the Uses Intents & Purposes hereinafter Declared Nine hundred acres of Land In the Said Township of Nottingham One hundred & fifty Acres being Part of the Original Right of Clement Hughes three hundred & fifty acres Part of the Original Right of Edward Sargent One hundred & fifty Acres Part of the Right of John Bagley & two hundred & fifty acres Part of the Original Right of Joseph Richards That is to Say for the Paying all my Just Debts Funeral Charges & the Legacies Given In & by this my Last Will & Testamt Which are Pecuniary Legacies With full Power to Dispose Sell & Convey the Same Or any Part thereof for the Ends & Purposes aforesaid if he Shall Judge it Necessary & all the Residue thereof to be to the use of the said Nathaniel his heirs & Assigns forever -
And all the Rest Residue & Remainder of my Estate Real & Personal Wherever the Same is & Shall be found I Give Devise & Bequeath the Same to him the Said Nathaniel to be Absolutely at the Disposal of him his heirs Execrs & Admrs I Also Give him the said Nathaniel One hundred Pounds Sterling to be Paid to him By my Brother Daniel as aforesaid or Taken Out of the Estate I have herein Given to him - Lastly I hereby Nominate & appoint my Said Brother Nathaniel Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament hereby Revoking all former Wills & Testaments By me made -
Upon Reading and Considering my Will as above Declared I think Proper to make this Alternation that is In Cases of failure of Heirs male of the Body of my Brother Daniel then the Estate Which Shou'd have Gone to such heirs as aforesaid shall Come & Descend to the said Eldest sons of my said sisters as aforesaid & to the survivor of them the said sons & to the Heirs male of the Body of Such Survivor - And In Case of the failure of Such heirs Male then I hereby Give & Devise the said Estate to the Ministers & Wardens of the Church of England
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In the Town of Portsmouth Which is now Settled & Estableshed there for the Time then Being & to their Successors as feoffes In Trust for the use of said Church forever and hereby Revoke the Limitation made as aforesaid to the heirs, & Assigns of the said Sons of my said sisters -
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the 18th day of July Anno Domini 1754 -
Joshª Peirce
[Witnesses] William Parker, Benja Akerman, Moses Ward.
I Joshua Peirce of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hamp- shire Esq having made my Last Will & Testament Bearing Date the 18th day of July Anno Domini 1754 - Do Judge Proper to make & Declare this Instrument as a Codicil thereunto -
Imprimis Instead of What I have Given to my Sister Elizabeth Osborne In my Said Will I Give her a Legacy but Leave it In- tirely to the Discretion of my Executor What it shall be both as to Quantity & Quality & hereby Revoke the Legacy Given her In the said Will -
Item I Give unto Capt William Wentworth the Black mare Which I usually Ride & Which I had of him -
Item I Give & Bequeath to the Revd Arthur Brown a Suit of Black Clothes to be Procured & Delivered to him By my Execu- tor the Charge there of to be Paid Out of the Lands I have Given & Assigned In my Said Will for the Payment of Debts & funerall Charges -
Item I Order my Executor to Build a Tomb or Vault In the Church Yard In Portsmouth aforesaid the Charge thereof to be Paid Out of the said Lands & as Soon as it is built to Remove the Bones of my Brother Joseph Peirce Which now Lie at Greenland Into the Same - Lastly I Give to my Brother Nathaniel Peirce Two Rights in the Tracts of Land Called the Manadnuck, Granted By the Propre of the Right of John Tufton Mason Esq he my Said Brother to take his Choice of Which two Rights he Pleases there To hold the said Rights to him his heirs & As-
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signs - and In all Other Respects I Do hereby Ratify & Confirm my Said Will & Declare this Codicil to be a Part of my Last Will & Testamt
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the 27th day of July Anno Domini 1754 -
This to be understood that the two Rights mentioned In the manadnacks is to Contain all the Lots that is Drawn or to be Drawn to my Right In two Townships -
Joshª Peirce
[Witnesses] John Wentworth, Benjamin Akerman, Hugh Hall Wentworth, Jonathan Blanchard.
Portsmouth August 4th 1754
Whereas I had Given my Sister Osborne a Suit of Mourning but hearing she Was Dangerous Ill have Ordered it Otherwise & now I Counter Man those Orders & Order my Executor to Give her a Suit mourning -
Joshª Peirce
[Proved Aug. 28, 1754.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 78.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Peirce, mariner, with Daniel Peirce as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £5000, Aug. 28, 1754, for the execution of the will; witnesses, John Hart, William Parker.]
[Administration granted to Ann Pierce, widow, Jan. 25, 1764.] [Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 159.]
[Bond of Ann Peirce, widow, with George Jaffrey and Clement Jackson as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Jan. 25, 1764, for the administration, with will annexed, of the estate; witnesses, John Wendell, Joseph Clark.]
[Administration granted to Ann Peirce, widow, Feb. 19, 1767.] [Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 345.]
[Bond of Ann Peirce, widow, with George Jaffrey and Leverett Hubbard as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
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£1000, Feb. 19, 1767, for the administration, with will annexed, of the estate; witnesses, John Wendell, Sarah Wendell.]
[Inventory, April 28, 1767; amount, £2205. 0. o; signed by Samuel Penhallow and John Wendell.]
[License to Leverett Hubbard and his wife Ann, administra- trix, Feb. 27, 1782, to sell real estate.]
SAMUEL EATON 1754 PLAISTOW
[Receipt of Job Eaton, Plaistow, Feb. 27, 1754, to his father, Samuel Eaton, for £235. o. o, his share of the estate.]
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Eaton of Plaistow granted to Job Eaton and Samuel Eaton July 31, 1754.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 67.]
[Bond of Job Eaton and Samuel Eaton, both of Plaistow, with Joseph Harriman of Plaistow and Annis Campbell of Kingston as sureties, in the sum of £1000, July 31, 1754, for the adminis- tration of the estate; witnesses, Robert Campbell and Jonathan Blanchard.]
[Inventory, Dec. 12, 1754; amount, £5135. 15. 0; signed by Daniel Little and Jonathan Carleton.]
[Account of Job Eaton, administrator, of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £989. 1. 8; expenditures, £365. 14. 5; exhibited March 31, 1756.]
province of plastow November ye 16 1756 Pursuant Newhampshire an order from the Judge of Probate for Said Province we have Set off to Hannah Eaton widow Relict of Samuel Eaton late of Plaistow aforesd Deceased for her Dower & thirds of Said Estate as followeth Begining at a Stake and Stones By the Cornouer of John Heath Land thence Running Eastrly
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to a stake and stones thence Runing Northerly to two Burch Bushes by Joseph Herrimans fence then Runing Easterly by the fence to the Rode that leds to Herrimins mill thence Southeast to the Rode that leads to Haverhill - thence Runing Southwest as the Rode goes to John Heath Land thence Norwest By Said Heath Land to the Bounds first menchened and I the Said Hannah Eaton Have agread To Take my Third part of the oute Lands for wood land Bounded as followeth Begining at a mapel tree at the East Side of the Swomp thence Runing westerly by the marked Trees to a Red ash & westerly to a Black Oke tree at the Rode thence Runing Northwest to the fence of peaslee farme So Called thence Runing Eastrly By Said fence to the East side of the Swomp thence Southeastrly to the Bounds first menchened and I the Said wid Hannah Eaton Have Recived one third part of the persenel Estate That is Left Besides paying the Depts and I the Said Hannah Eaton is fully Sattesfied with this agreament wich I Have made with Job Eaton Adminstrator for my third part of my Husband Samuel Eatons Estate I am fully Sattisfied and Contented therewith as witness my Hand
Witness
Jonathan Carleton
her · Hannah X Eaton mark
Bartholomew Heath
the within mentioned Division is made by us according to the best of our Judgmt without Partiality
Joseph harriman moses stevens Jonathan Carleton Bartholomew Heath
[Warrant, Feb. 16, 1757, authorizing Jonathan Carleton, gentleman, Ebenezer Noyes, yeoman, Thomas Hale, gentleman, all of Plaistow, Francis Chase and Thomas Walter Powers, yeomen, both of Newton, to report on the division of the estate.]
[Report, June 13, 1757, against the division of the estate, and appraising it at £630. 7. 8; signed by all the commissioners.]
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[Guardianship of Mehitabel Eaton, Obadiah Eaton, Betty Eaton, and Peter Eaton, aged less than 14 years, children of Samuel Eaton, granted to Thomas Johnson of Plaistow, yeo- man, Oct. 26, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 325.]
[Bond of Thomas Johnson, with Joseph Harriman of Plaistow and Stephen Emerson of Hampstead, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Oct. 26, 1757, for the guardianship of Mehitabel Eaton, Obadiah Eaton, Betty Eaton, and Peter Eaton ; witnesses, John Smith and William Parker, Jr.]
[Guardianship of Ithamar Eaton, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of Samuel Eaton, granted to Thomas Johnson Oct. 26, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 345.]
[Bond of Thomas Johnson, with the same sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 26, 1757, for the guardianship of Ithamar Eaton; same witnesses.]
[Bond of Job Eaton of Plaistow, yeoman, with Joseph Harri- man of Plaistow, yeoman, and Benjamin Emerson of Hampstead, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Oct. 27, 1757, for the payment of their respective shares to Mary Heath, wife of Nehemiah Heath, Ebenezer Eaton, Abigail Eaton, Ithamar Eaton, Mehitabel Eaton, Obadiah Eaton, Betty Eaton, and Peter Eaton; witnesses, James Emerson and Daniel Little.]
[Administrator's additional account; receipts, £1357. I. 4; ex- penditures, £681. 2. 8; allowed Oct. 27, 1757.]
[Guardianship of Mehitabel Eaton, minor, aged more than 14 years, daughter of Samuel Eaton, granted to Elisha Swett of Kingston May 21, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 433.]
[Bond of Elisha Swett, with Jonathan Downing and Francis Batchelder as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of £500, May
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21, 1760, for the guardianship of Mehitabel Eaton' witnesses, William Parker, Abigail Parker.]
[Guardianship of Obadiah Eaton and Betty Eaton; minors, aged more than 14 years, children of Samuel Eaton, granted to Francis Batchelder May 5, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 194.]
[Bond of Francis Batchelder, cooper, with Jonathan Greeley and Ebenezer Batchelder, yeoman, as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of £100, May 5, 1766, for the guardianship of Obadiah Eaton and Betty Eaton; witnesses, Samuel Fifield, William Parker, Jr.]
[Guardianship of Peter Eaton of Kingston, son of Samuel Eaton, granted to Ithamar Eaton June 23, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 460.]
[Bond of Ithamar Eaton, cooper, with Ezra Currier, yeoman, and Nathaniel Batchelder, gentleman, as sureties, all of Kings- ton, in the sum of £100, June 23, 1767, for the guardianship of Peter Eaton; witnesses, Josiah Brown, William Parker, Jr.]
JAMES PERKINS I754 KENSINGTON
in the Name of God Amen I James Perkins of the Parish of Kensington in the Province of Newhampshire in Newengland Yeoman being weak of Body * *
Ily I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife Shua Perkins the improvement of the one half of my Dwelling house and the one halfe of my Barn and the improvement of the one halfe of all my Land laying in Kensington and the one halfe of all my Salt marsh all to improve So long as shee shall Continue my widow and at her Death or Day of marriage then to go to those that I Give them to in this my will and I Give my said wife the one halfe of all my Stock of Cratuers of all Sorts and all the move-
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ables in my house Excepting three feather Beads and the Beading Beloning to said Beads the Said Stock and moveables as is above Exspressed my said wife to have to Despose of as Shee shall see Cause and the one half of my implyments of husbandry I Give to my said wife
2ly I Give and Bequeath to my three sons namely David moses and simon forever all my Land laying in the township of notting- ham in new hampshire to be Equally Divided Between them according to quantity and quallity -
3ly I Give and Bequeath to my two sons Joseph and Benjamin and my wife being with Child now and if that Should Be a son and live to the age of twenty one years then I Give to the above named Joseph and Benjamin and the Child which my wife is now like to have if it Should be a son all my Rights or Shears or Grants of Land laying in hales Town so Called to be Equally Divided Between them according to Quantity & quality but if my wife Should have a garl then to have its portion some other way -
4ly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Lidia fifteen Pounds money old tenor Bills of Credit, and one Cow to be Paid to her By my son Jonathan Perkins when shee shall Come to the age of twenty years or Day of marriage which shall happen first and one feather Bead and Beading Belonging to said Bead -
5ly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Shua fifteen Pounds money old tenor Bills of Credit and one Cow to be paid to her By son Jonathan Perkins when shee shall arive to the age of twenty years or Day of marriage which shall happen first and one feather Bead and Beading Belonging to said Bead -
6ly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter huldah fifteen Pounds money old tenor Bills of Credit and one Cow to be paid to her By my son Jonathan Perkins when Shee shall arive to the age of twenty years or Day of marriage which shall happen first and one feather Bead and Beading Belonging to said Bead
7ly if my wife Should have a Daughter and it Should live to the age of twenty years then I Give and Bequeath to it forty Pounds
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money old tenor Bills of Credit to be Paid to her By my son Jonathan Perkins when shee shall arive to the years above mentioned
8ly I Give and Bequeath to my son Jonathan Perkins forever all my house and Barn and all my Land laying in Kensington and all my salt marsh laying in Hampton falls Parish and the one half of all my stock Cratuers of all sorts only my wife is to have the improvement of all as is Before mentioned During her widowhood and I Give my said son the one halfe of all my hus- bandry tools and I order my Executor to bury me in Desent Christian manner and I Do Constitute and appoint my well Beloved son Jonathan Perkins to be my Executor to this my Last will and testiment and I Do by these Presents make Void all other wills By me made and Do Confirm this and no other to be my Last Will and testiment In witness whereof I the said James Perkins have hereunto set my hand and affixt my seal this twelfth Day of August anno Domini 1754 and in the twenty eighth year of the Reign of King George the second &c
my will is and I Do order that my son Jonathan Perkins shall be at the Charge of Carrying on my writes in hales town so Called untill Joseph and Benjamin shall Come to the age of twenty one years
James Perkins
[Witnesses] Obadiah Gove, David Green, Ezekiel Dow. [Proved April 30, 1755.]
[Warrant, April 30, 1755, authorizing Josiah Brown and Moses Shaw, both of Kensington, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 23, 1755; amount, £6293. 15. 0; signed by Josiah Brown and Moses Shaw.]
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STEPHEN WESENDUNK I754 LONDON, ENG.
[Order of the Judge of Probate to the Register, Aug. 16, 1754, to give administration on the estate of Stephen Wesendunk of London, Eng., to John Oulton.]
[Bond of John Oulton of Newmarket, with John Wentworth and Mark Hunking Wentworth, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Aug. 16, 1754, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Henry Apthorp, William Parker.]
[Bond of William Allen of Boston, Mass., merchant, with John Sullivan of Durham and Samuel Parker of Portsmouth as sure- ties, in the sum of £500, Nov. 28, 1772, for the administration de bonis non of the estate; witnesses, Mary Greenwood, Hun- king Wentworth.]
JOSEPH JENKINS 1754 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen, I Joseph Jenkins of Dover in ye Province of New-Hampse in New-England Husbandman, being advanced in Years, & labouring under Bodily Infirmities
Item, I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved Wife Tabitha Jenkins, all ye moveable Estate of every kind that did Properly Appertain unto her at her Marriage, & that Shall Remain at my Decease, & also one Pair of Silk Gloves.
Item, I Give to my Son William Jenkins, whom I Constitute make & Ordain my full & Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament, & to his Heirs & Assigns for ever, All my Homestead Land, that is to Say all my Land that doth Appertain unto ye farm where I Dwell, Lying on both Sides of ye Country Road that leads along by my Dwelling House, as also my sd Dwelling House & Barns, & all other Buildings & edifices, orchards & all fruit Trees & all other Trees Standing & Being upon ye Sª Land; And also all my movable Estate without Doors, that is to Say,
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all my Live Stock of Cattle Sheep Horse Kine & Swine, & all my farming Tackling & utencils, & also all my Waring Apparril.
Item, I Give unto my Grand Daughter Sarah Randel the Daughter of my Son John Jenkins Deceas'd, & to her Heirs & Assigns forever, Twenty Acres of Land Lying in ye Town of Durham, where my Said Son John Jenkins did lately live, & was his Homestead Land, & also Twenty Acres of Land Lying in ye Town of Dover afores'd at a Place Call'd free Town, & also my whole Shear or Right of Lands in ye Town of Canterbury in ye Province afores'd; Except ye use and Improvement of ye one Third Part of Sª Land, the use & Improvement wherof, namely of ye third Part of ye three Pieces of Land last mentioned I give to my Daughter in Law Hannah ye Widow of my sª Son John Jenkins Deceas'd During her Natural life, & at her Decease I give ye whole of ye sd three Pieces of Land free & Clear of all In- cumbrances whatsoever to my sª Grand Daughter Sarah Randel & to her Heirs & Assigns for ever
Item I Give unto my Two Grand Sons Jonathan and Moses Davis, ye Children of my Daughter Sarah Davis Deceas'd, & to thier Heirs & Assigns for ever All my Land in ye Second & Third Divisions in the Town of Rochester in ye Province afores'd, & in the undivided Lands in sd Town, to be Equally Divided between them.
Item, I give unto my Daughter Jemima, ye Wife of Joseph Hoeg, & to her Heirs & Assigns for ever, my Sixty Acre Lot of Land in ye first Division in ye Town of Rochester afores'd, which I have also Convey'd to her by one Deed of Gift under my Hand & Seal well Executed. I also Give to my Sª Daughter Jemima four Hundred Pounds Money, or good Province Bills of Credit of ye Old Tenor, or in Current Money of the Province afores'd, Equivalent to old Tenor to be Paid her my Sd Daughter by my Sª Executor, as is hereafter Expressed, viz : one Hundred Pounds Yearly or every Year, after my Decease, until ye whole Shall be Paid, my Will also is that all my Household Goods & Furniture Linnen Beds & Beding Brass, Pewter Iron Ware &c:
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Shall be Equally Divided Between my Two Daughters, viz: Jemima & Kezia Hoeg.
Item I Give unto my sª Daughter Kezia ye Wife of David Hoeg, Six Hundred Pounds, old Tenor, or of ye like sort & kind with that which I have herein Given to my Daughter Jemima, & also to be Paid unto her my sª Daughter Kezia, by my sd Executor, at two Equal Payments that is to Say, ye one half, or three Hundred Pounds, within ye Term of Three Years, & ye other half, or Three Hundred Pounds, within ye Term of Six Years after my Decease.
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