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Mary Willson of lawfull age Testifies and Says That She See William Dickey a child of Elias Dickey Late of Londonderry Deceased wear a Coat of Broad cloath which She Supposes was taken out of the Shoop of the Said Deceased Before the Estate was Inventoried and She thinks the child had nead of them and that the Deponat understood that Samuel Dickey's Wife had a
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mourning handkercheif & gloves & vail She beleives & John Halls wife veil handkercheif & Gloves Sarah Ferguson vail and Gloves and John Ferguson gloves Eliza Campell and the Deponat hand- kerchief and gloves & Mary McDunald She Believes had vail handkerchief & gloves & the Deponant understood the above said was ordered in the Will of the Deceas'd all before the In- ventory Robert Campbell of Townsend Joseph McDunald & James McDunald of Sholes, had Each Skerf and gloves and Eliz- abeth Dickey handkercheif & gloves Samuel Dickey and John Hall Skerf and gloves all before the Inventory -
Mary Wilson
[Attested March 12, 1757.]
March 15th 1757 the above named Mary Willson appears and Says that when She gave the above Deposition She understood She was to Declare what She knew concerning only the Execu- tors & calling to mind Since that She was to tell the whole She knew of every person, Embezeling or Concealing any part of the within named Deceased's Estate, to keep a good Conscience Says that the Deponant at the desire of the relict of Said De- ceas'd assisted one William White to cary two bags almost full large bags which She Supposed was flax & tow & left Said bags in a little house belonging to Said White and at an other time She carried two prety large bags and left them at the field of Said White and told him and Supposes he took care of them and the Widow told her the bags were full of flax & tow, also the Depo- nant delivered a milk churn to one William addison by order of the above said Widow and by the Advice of the Widow She car- ried two or three bags of flax to the fence of one James Anderson and told his Wife and afterwards Said Anderson's wife told her She had taken Care of the Bags And Said Anderson's wife car- ried from the widow's house a pillow case almost full of Sheats and tow cloath and brass hatchel lace and Sowing silk as she Supposes, and afterwards the Deponant Received from the Said Andersons wife a pair of Sheets and two yards of tow cloath by
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the Widows order and paid the widow for the Sheets and the deponant Wove forty yards cloath for the widow which the widow told her She Sold to one alexander Walker & Peter Patter- son and Some other things not now perfect in her memory and the Deponent Supposes that none of the above articles was in the Inventory or that She knew of came to the knowledge of the Executors -
Mary Wilson
[Additional inventory, March 17, 1757; amount, £51. 17. 0; attested by the widow.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £10,101. 10. 6; expenditures, £5966. II. 0; allowed Nov. 10, 1757.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £15,536. 3. 9; amount distributed, £4134. 19. 6; allowed Dec. 5, 1757.]
[Bond of James Betton of Windham, with Josiah Gage of Pel- ham, and Deacon Gain Armour of Windham as sureties, in the sum of £1000, April 16, 1794, for administration de bonis non; witnesses, John Dinsmoor, Nathaniel Parker.]
[Inventory in reversion of the widow's dower, June 20, 1794; amount, £203. 18. 0; signed by Abel Plummer, Thomas Patter- son, and Andrew Mack.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate: receipts, $662.50; expenditures, $133; allowed Sept. 23, 1797.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, $3391; amount dis- tributed, $529. 50; allowed Dec. 18, 1797.]
JOHN McMURPHY I755 LONDONDERRY
In the Name of God Amen, I John Macmurphy of London- derey within the Province of New Hampshire in New England Esq' Being in Perfect Health
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Item My Will is that My Beloved Wife Mary Macmurphy Shall Enjoy & Posses Dureing her life time, the one third part of the Income of my House Lott that I Live upon, and the one third part of the yearly Income of that Estate I Purchased of David Cargill, and David Cargill Jun' and of that Estate that I Pur- chased of James Gillmore, and the one third part of the yearly Income of my Half of the Corn Mill, that I Bought of David Cargill and David Cargill Junr and the East End of my Dweling House I now live in, namely the Sellar Low Room Chamber & Gerrat, one Horse or mare Sadle & Bridle & Pillion, Two of the Best of my Cows that She Shall Chuse, and the one Half of all my Houshold Stuff and furniture, and Beding that She Shall Chuse, also the one third part of my Sheep; She Shall also Enjoy my new Barn & Stable that is upon My Home Place for her Hay and Creatures to be Kept in, all the aforesaid Income is to be understood the one third part of the Produce of my part of the Corn Mill, and the one third part of the produce of all the Before mentioned Lands of Every Kind, My Wifes part of the Hay to be put in Good order Seasonably yearly & Every year dureing her naturall life, and the other third of the Produce of all man- ner of Grain & Roots, to be Delivred to her Seasonably & in Good order, as also her part of the Sydar & aples, all which is to be Done and Performed by my Son Robert Macmurphy, with- out any Expence or Charge to my wife, the Grain to be Delivr'd by the Bushell after it is Cleansed & fitt to use, the Flax to be Delivered after it is due Rotted and Housed and all the other Produces when they are fitt to use, She Shall also have her Sydar made and aples Gathered, and put into the Sellar by my Son Robert, and a Constant and Sufficient Supply of fire wood and her fires made for her, at my Son Roberts Charge and Expence, She Shall have my Negron Servant named Will, Dureing life, and if he Sho'd Survive my wife, then to be Return'd to my Son Robert, She Shall also have my apprentice Girl named Margaret Digodon Dureing her apprentisship, and as to what Personall Estate is willed to my wife, She may Dispose of them too & and
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among our Children as She Judges they may prove Most Dutifull & Deserving.
Item My Will is that my Beloved Son Alexander macmurphy Shall Have Twenty five Pounds New Tenor paid him out of my Estate in one years time after my Decease, and aples Sufficient to make five Barrels of Sydar yearly & Every year for the Space of five years, and to my Son in Law Mathew Patten the Same Quantity of aples for the aforesaid time of five years after my Decease and Liberty to mak Each of them their aples into Sydar at my Press.
Item My Will is that my Beloved Son Robert macmurphy Shall Have Posess and Enjoy for Ever Imdiatly after My De- cease, the Severall messuages Tracts & Parcels of Lands Here- after mentioned (viz) my Home Lott I now live upon with all the Buildings and Improvements that are in and upon the Same, and the Lands that I Bought of David Cargill and David Cargill Jun' and James Gillmore and my Second Division and mend- ment land lying Betwen Alexander Macmurphy's land & John Brown's land, and my Half of the Corn Mill Belonging to me of which Sam11 Houston is owner of the other Half, With all the Priviledges and appurtinances Belonging to Each and Every of the aforesaid Premises, Reserving what is before Reserved to my wife, as also all my uttensels of Every Kind Belonging to me fitt for Husbandrey of Every Kind Whatsoever, he performing Punctually the Severall obligations to be done & performed to my wife, Dureing her naturall life time as they are Sett down and Speccified to her in the fore part of this Will.
Item My Will is that my Farm lying in the Half Mile Range in Londonderry Shall he Sold by my Exacature to the Best ad- vantage and my Debts and funerall Charges and other Expences be paid out of the money that the Same Shall be Sold for, and the Remaining part of the Prise to be Equally Divided Betwen my Sons in Law and my Grand Son John Callwell, Namely John Tolford, William Tolford and Mathew Patten or their Children
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by my Daughters Including what I Have Willed to my Son Alexander Macmurphy.
Item My Will is that my Grandson John Callwell Shall Have all my wearing apperall.
Item My Will is that all the Remaining part & Residue of my Real & Personall Estate that I Shall Die Posessed of, whatso- ever, and wheresoever, the Same may be found Except what is allready Excepted, Shall be Equally Divided for Quantity & Quality Betwen the aforesaid Persons, namely my Grand Son John Callwell John Tolford William Tolford and Mathew Pat- ten, or their Children by my Daughters.
Item My Will is that My Son in Law Alexander Callwell Shall Have five Shillings paid him out of My Estate by my Exact with what he has allready Gott.
And I do Hereby nominate Constitute and appoint my Son Robert macmurphy Exacutor of this my Last Will & Testament, and Do Hereby utterly Disalow Revoke and Disanul all and Every other Testaments, Wills and Legacies, and Bequests, and Exacutors by me in any wise Before Willed and Bequeathed, In Witness Whereof I Have Hereunto Sett my Hand and Seal this Twenty ffifth Day of February in the Twenty Eight year of his Majesties Reign : anno Dom: 1755
John Macmurphy
[Witnesses] Robt Clark, John Clark, Sam11 Clark. [Proved Dec. 3, 1755.]
[Warrant, Nov. 6, 1755, authorizing Joseph Scobey and Robert Clark, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Dec. 20, 1755; amount, £13,966. 11. 0; signed by Robert Clark and Joseph Scobey.]
[Additional inventory, attested Jan. 28, 1758; amount, £799. 19. 3; signed by Robert Clark and Joseph Scobey.]
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TOBIAS LEAR
I755
NEWCASTLE
[Bond of John Griffith, shopkeeper, with Mark Langdon, gentleman, and Jacob Sheafe, shopkeeper, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £1000, Feb. 25, 1755, for the ad- ministration of the estate of Tobias Lear of Newcastle, yeoman; witnesses, William Parker, Jonathan Blanchard.]
[Warrant, Feb. 25, 1755, authorizing Samuel Beck of Ports- mouth and Amos Seavey of Rye, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 3, 1755; amount, £4450. 2. 0; signed by Samuel Beck and Amos Seavey.]
[Warrant, March 22, 1756, authorizing Daniel Jackson, block maker, Edward Cate, gentleman, John Jones, cordwainer, Thomas Bickford, schoolmaster, all of Portsmouth, and Walter Bryent, gentleman, of Newmarket, to divide the real estate.]
Province of \ Pursuant to A Warrant from the Honorable
Newhampr Richard Wibird Esqr Judge of the Probate of wills &c for said Province authorizing us the Subscribers to view the Real Estate of Tobias Lear Late of New Castle in Said Prov- ince Deceased & set off to Elizabeth Lear widdow Relict of Said Intestate one full third part of said Estate & to apprise the other two thirds thereof -
We have accordingly set off to Said widdow the one third part of Said Estate as shewn to us by the following Bounds Begining at the South East Corner of the Dwelling house on the home place and from thence It Runs South Eighty five Degrees East to the way that Leads to the ferry then begining again at said corner of Said house & Runs by the South side of Sd house to the middle of the Chimney way then northerly thro the middle thereof to the north side of said house then by Said house to the north west Corner thereof then as the fence Stands to the north East Corner of the Barn then on the north of the Barn by Said Barn to the middle of the Barn floor then southerly thro the middle of Said Barn floor to the South Side thereof then from
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thence westerly as the Barn & fence Stands as far as the fence Runs westward then Runing in the wheal way as it now goes un- til it Comes to the South East Corner of the young orchard fence then it Runs westerly on Said fence as the fence Stands to the Southward of the orchard and keeps the General Coase of ye fence to the Clay Cove (So Called) then Southerly by Said Cove to the head thereof then South to the southerly fence of Said farm then on said fence about north eighty two Degrees East to the South East Corner of said farm then north ward on said fence to the East End of the said South Eighty five Degrees East Line with the Buildings thereon with about the one third part of the wood Lott at Rye as Discribed in the plan on the other side of this paper Refarance to Said plans being had and haveing viewd said Estate (viz) the home place Containing about ninty acres the Eight acres of salt marsh the four acres of fresh mash and twenty od acres of wood Land at Rye Do apprise the true value of two thirds of Said Estate to be Equal to one thou- sand one hundred and twenty Pounds in Bills of Credet in this Province of the new tenor -
Dated at portsmouth this 17th Day of April anno Domini 1756
memo that Each partie is to pass & Repass thro sd primises thro Proper gates & Bars as shall be neadfull & Convenient and also value ye neat profets of sd place for the year past to be forty pounds in Bills of Credet of the new tenor
Edward Cate Dan1 Jackson Thos Bickford
John Jones Walter Bryent
[Approved April 30, 1756, and the two thirds settled upon "Tobias Lear the Eldest Son of Tobias Lear Deceasd who was the Eldest Son of Tobias Lear Deceasd the Said Intestate," he to pay the other heirs.]
[Warrant, Oct. 29, 1756, authorizing Daniel Jackson, gentle-
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hart of two thirds
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man, John Shackford, Andrew Clarkson, merchant, George Huntress, innholder, and John Marshall, boat builder, all of Portsmouth, to divide the real estate.]
Province of Pursuant to the annexed warrant Having New Hampr J met & Vewd the Real Estate of Said Intestate as to us Shown -
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I We have set of to the widow Elizabeth Lear in full for her Dower of Said Estate the House & Land wher she now lives, which Land was bo't of John Plaisted Referance being had to the Deed for Bounds -
2ly we have set of to the Eldest Son Tobias Lear for his Double Share all the house & Land Bo't of Sarah Wentworth Referance to the Deed being had for Bounds, & all the Land Bo't of Elisha Plaisted Referance to the Deed for Bounds -
3ly we have set off to Elizabeth Lear the Only Daughter of the Said Intestate for her shair all the Pasture Bo't of Edward Cate Referance to the Deed for Bounds & the Pew In ye South Meet- ing House In Portsmouth, all the above Purchases being made by Said Intestate in his Life time
Portsmouth Nov 15th 1756
Dan1 Jackson John Shackford Andrew Clarkson George Huntterss John Marshall
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £575. 8. 4, personal estate; expenditures, £792. 13. 6; allowed Jan. 4, 1757.]
[Warrant, Dec. 23, 1766, authorizing Daniel Jackson, Edward Cate, Samuel Cate, gentlemen, Thomas Seavey, innholder, and Jonathan Ayers, cordwainer, all of Portsmouth, to appraise the widow's dower.]
[Appraisal of the widow's dower at £100, Jan. 5, 1767; signed by Daniel Jackson, Edward Cate, Thomas Seavey, Jonathan Ayers, and Samuel Cate.]
[Order of court Jan. 5, 1767, settling the real estate of the dower, the widow being deceased, upon Tobias Lear, grandson of the intestate, he paying to the other heirs their proportion.]
[Release of claim by John Banfill, June 17, 1767, to the admin- istrator, in the right of his wife Mary, deceased, daughter of Tobias Lear, in behalf of their children.]
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ARCHIBALD DUNLAP I755 CHESTER
[Bond of Martha Dunlap, widow, and William Leach, innholder, both of Chester, with Andrew Craige of Chester, husbandman, and Andrew Todd of Londonderry, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Feb. 26, 1755, for the administration of the estate of Archibald Dunlap of Chester, weaver; witnesses, William Parker, Jonathan Blanchard, Samuel Emerson, James Quinton.]
[Warrant, Feb. 26, 1755, authorizing Samuel Emerson and Silvanus Smith, yeoman, both of Chester, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 17, 1755; amount, £2575. 3. 0; signed by Samuel Emerson and Silvanus Smith.]
EDMUND BROWN I755 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Edmund Brown of Ports- mouth, prison-keeper, granted to his widow, Mary Brown, March 7, 1755.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 207.]
[Bond of Mary Brown of Portsmouth, widow, with John Lovering of Kensington and Reuben Sanborn, Jr., of Hampton Falls, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, March 7, 1755, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, James Carrick, Jonathan Blanchard.]
[Warrant, March 7, 1755, authorizing Hunking Wentworth and James Stoodley, Jr., both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 17, 1755; amount, £1193. 16. 0; signed by Hunking Wentworth and James Stoodley, Jr.]
[Warrant, Feb. II, 1756, authorizing Meshech Weare and James Carrick, merchant, both of Hampton Falls, to receive claims against the estate.]
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[Warrant, Dec. 13, 1756, authorizing Richard Nason, gentle- man, Paine Rowe, husbandman, Samuel Prescott, 3d, Henry Roby, yeomen, all of Hampton Falls, and John Gilman of Exeter, gentleman, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of By Vertue of the Power to us given by the
New Hamps™ Hon1 Ricard Wibird Esqr Judge of the Pro- bate of Wills for said Province to us Directed to set off to Mary Brown of Hampton-falls Widow Her Dower which happens to her of the Real Estate of her Late Husband Edmund Brown Late of Portsmouth Prisonkeeper Deceased Intestate being one full third part, We do herby set off to said Widow for her Righ of Dower one Peice of Land with the buildings their on and one halfe of a well and is bounded as followeth Begining at the North- west Corner of Capt Benjamin Swets Land in Hampton falls where he now Resides and from thence runs northerly by the Road untill it comes to a fence which runs across the middle of a well and from thence runs Easterly by said fence till it Comes to Capt Swets Land and then runs Southerly about sixteen feet to said Swets Land and then runs westerly binding on Cap Benjamin Swets Land to the first bounds the whole contains Eleven Rod more or Less as by a Deed from John Brown Late of Hampton falls Deceasd to Edmond Brown aforesaid will appear Given under our Hands at Hampton falls the seventeenth day of february 1757
Richard Nason John Gilman Jr Samuel Prescutt the 3d
[List of claims, Feb. 23, 1757; amount, £1438. 15. 3; signed by Meshech Weare and James Carrick.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1204. 19. 3; expenditures, £765. 7. 0; mentions maintaining two children un- der 7 years of age; allowed Oct. 31, 1757.]
[Account of the settlement of claims; amount of claims, £1510. 19. 10; amount distributed, £439. 12. 0; allowed Dec. 5, 1757.]
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[Guardianship of Edmund Brown and John Brown, minors, children of Edmund Brown, granted to John Cram May 29, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 459.]
[Bond of John Cram of Raymond, with Daniel Beede of Poplin and Jacob Fowler of Pembroke as sureties, in the sum of £500, May 29, 1765, for the guardianship of Edmund Brown and John Brown; witnesses, Zebulon Foss, Josiah Robinson.]
HANNAH HARDISON 1755 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Hannah Hardison of Portsmouth In the Province of New Hampr Widow being Sick & Weak In Body * *
Item I Give & Bequeath unto Catherine Odiorne a Crimson Quilted Petty Coat & a Spotted Chintts Gown & all my Wearing Linnen & all my under Petty Coats - and I Give to her Daugh- ter Mary my Scarlet Cloak - I Also Give to her Daughter Elizabeth a Chints Gown -
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Brother Nathaniel Odiornes Wife a Black Quilted petty Coat & a Dark Russet Gown & a Striped Cotton & Linen Gown I Also Give to his Daughter Sarah a Blue Quilted petty Coat & I Also Give to his Daughter Mary a pair of Stays -
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Brother Samuel Odiornes Wife my Crape Gown & Green Quilted petty Coat - I Also Give to his Child my Chints Wrapper -
Item all the Rest Residue & Remainder of my Estate after the Debts & Legaces aforesd are all paid I Give & Devise to Allcock Stevens of New Castle In sd Province to him his heirs & Assigns -
Lastly I Do hereby Constitute & appoint Benjamin Dearborn
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of Portsmouth aforesaid Physician to be my Sole Execr of this my Last Will & Testamt and I Do hereby Revoke all Other Wills by me heretofore made
In Witness Where of I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the 14th day of March Anno Domini 1755
her
Hanh + Hardison Mark
[Witnesses] Joseph Moulton, junr, William Knight, Temple Knight.
[Proved June 10, 1755.]
[Warrant, June 10, 1755, authorizing Samuel Penhallow and John Penhallow, both of Portsmouth, shopkeepers, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, June II, 1755; amount, £209. 3. 0; signed by Samuel Penhallow and John Penhallow; attested by Simeon Dearborn, administrator.]
NATHAN BATCHELDER 1755 EAST KINGSTON
In The Name of God Amen, March the 15th 1755. I Nathan Bacheller of The East Parish in Kingston in the Province of New Hampshire in New-England Husbandman Being Sick and week in Body, *
Imps I Give and Bequeath unto Mary my now Dearly Beloved Wife all my Moveable Goods and Houshold Stuff within Doors, and also the one Half of all my stock Without Doors, and also the one Half of all my Debts that are Due To me To her her Heirs and assigns for Ever To Be at her Dispose further I Give To my sd wife the one Half of My Dwelling House viz; the East- erly End thereof with the Cellar under the Same, and the one Half of my Barn viz. the Southerly or Southwesterly End thereof
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For Her use and Improvement Dureing her Natural Life, and also the one Third of the use, Profit Income and Improvement of all my Real Estate Dureing her sª Life also I Give To my sd wife the one Haff of the Hay in my Barn, also I Give To My sd wife all the Provision in My House with all other Goods which are not Included in the Denomination of Houshold Stuff, and also all the Real Estate which By this my will I Give To My Son Nathan untill he arrives To the age of Twenty one years, and then To Take But one Third as is Before mentioned and also my Pew in the Meeting house Dureing her Life -
Item. I Give and Bequeath unto My well Beloved Daughter Elisabeth Now the wife of the Revd Mr James Hobbs the Sum of Thirty Pounds (old Tenor) She having had her Portion out of My Estate -
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved Daughter anna the sum of Five Hundred Pounds (old Tenor) To Be·Paid as Followeth viz. one Hundred and Fifty Pound in Passable Bills of Credt of the (sd old Tenor) or in other money or Passable Bills of Cred. Equivalent and the Remaining Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds To Be Paid in Stock and Houshold stuff as shall Be Here after mentioned all To Be Paid and Delivered within six months after my Decease -
Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved son Na- thanael Bacheller his Hiers and assigns for Ever My Lands, Be- ing Part of my Homeplace Viz. the Lot which My Hond Father Purchased of Ens" John Fifield Late of sd Kingston Deceased with the Land which I Purchased of Samuel Lock adjoyning To the Sd Lot, and also Twenty acers of that Land which I Pur- chas'd of Daniel Clough Late of sd Kingston Deceased, sd Twenty acers To Lay on the Westerly Side of sd Land; with the Buildings on the sd Lot viz, the house and Barn (saveing and Excepting what I have Before in This my will Given To my sd wife) Dureing her Natural Life, and then at her Decease my sd son To Possess and Enjoy all as Before Expressed the sd Prem- isses with the Appurtenances my sd son Nathanael Bacheller To
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Have and To Hold To him his Hiers And assigns for Ever with the other Remaining Half of My stock without Doors and also all my Tools Instruments and Implaments for all sorts of work for man and Beast. But it is here To Be understood that if my sd Son Nathanael should Depart this Life Before he arrives To Twenty one years of age then my will is that the sd Lands Hereby Given To him shall Returne To my son Nathan his Hiers and asseigns for Ever. Also I Give my Pew in the meeting House To my sd Son Nathanael at my wifes Decease
Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved son Nathan Bacheller his Hiers and assigns for Ever a Cartain Piece of Land Scituate in sd Town which I Purchased of John Mussey Being Twenty acers more or Less as it Lays and is Bounded with a Piece of Land which I Purchased of Samuel Emmons adjoyning To My sd Home Place on the westerly side there of Containing Eleven acers Be the Same more or Less and also the Residue of the Forementioned Lands Purchased of Daniel Clough over and above what I have Before in this will Given To my son Nathanael and also a Piece of Land which I had of the Commoners of sd Kingston and my Brother Ebenezer Bacheller, Laying in that Piece of Common Land Laying Between the Lots in the Two Hundred acers Grants, Containing Twenty Three acers More Or Less and Bounded as may appear on sd Kingston Book of Rec- ords The sd Premises viz. the sd Twenty Acers more or Less Lay- ing on the Northerly Side of the way and the sd Eleven acers More or Less Laying on the Southerly side of the way with the Residue of the Lands Purchased of Daniel Clough and the sd Thwety Three acers above the Town with their Priviledges and appurtenances To Have And To Hold To him the sd Nathan his Hiers and assigns forever; and also one yoke of oxen and one Cow To be Deliverd when he arrives To the age of Twenty one years - But it is To Be understood here that my sd wife is to Enjoy her Thirds as Before mentiond and so my sd Son Nathan is not To Come into Possession of what I have Given to My sd wife Till her Decease and then to Come into the Full Possession
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