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his Lawrence + Straw Mark
his [Witnesses] Prince+Flanders, Morrill Flanders, Israel Straw mark
[Proved May 26, 1762.]
[Inventory, July 27, 1762; amount, £5788. I. o; signed by Abner Morrill and James Graves.]
JOSIAH BURLEIGH 1756 NEWMARKET
In the Name of God, Amen. The third Day of February 1756. I Josiah Burley of the Parish or Town of New Market within his Majesties Province of New Hampshire in New Eng- land House Carpenter, being very sick, and weak in body
Imprimis. I give and Bequeath To Hannah my dearly beloved Wife The one half of all my Land, & orchard adjoyning To my Dwelling House; and the Kitchen and bedroom and half the Dary in the East End of my Dwelling house; and sufficient Room in my barn To keep her Cows & Sheep and Their hay So Long as she shall Continue My Widow. I also give and be- queath to my Wife, one Cow, & one heifer of Three years old, and Three Sheep & all my houshold Goods, Beds & Bedding &c., for her own forever, and also a Sufficiency of fire wood for
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her during her widdowhood; To be brought to her Door, by my Execrtr hereafter named.
Item I give and bequeath To my well Beloved Son Josiah, (whom I do hereby ordain, & appoint to be sole Exectr of this my last Will and Testament) all my Lands & buildings, Stock, & utensils of all sorts, Bills, Bonds, notes, &c Even all my Personal & Reall Estate (Excepting what I have bequeathd To my wife as above.) and What is bequathd To her During her widdowhood I bequath to him, after her Death, or after she ceaseth to be my Widdow, by marrying again, he Paying my Debts, and funeral Charges &c
Item I give and bequath To my well beloved son Thomas, one hundred, & fifty Pounds in Work, or Lumber, in old Tennor: fifty Pounds of it within half a year after my Decease, & the other hundred within one year & half after my Decease, To be paid by my Exectr above named.
Item I give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Samuel, one hundred & fifty Pounds old Tennor, To be Paid by sd Exectr; In work about his building; When he shall build an house &c
Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Eliza- beth one hundred Pounds old Tennor; To be Paid by Said Exectr within four years after my Decease. *
His Josiah + Burley Mark
[Witnesses] Benjamin Smart, John Bartlett, Joseph Sandborn. [Proved Feb. 25, 1756.]
[Warrant, Feb. 25, 1756, authorizing John Bartlett, tanner, and Robert Smart, yeoman, both of Newmarket, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 4, 1756; amount, £3864. 17. 0; signed by Robert Smart and John Bartlett.]
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SETH RING
1756 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Seth Ring of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Husbandman being Weakly & Infirm of Body *
Item I give & Bequeath to my Son Benjamin the Desk which Stands in the Room where I usually Lodge & the Sum of five Shillings New Tenor bills of Credit of Said Province I having heretofore given him what I Principally Design'd he Shoud have of my Estate
Item I give & Bequeath to my Sons Eliphalet & Seth & my Daughter Mary Huntress who are all now at Halifax (as I Suppose) to Each of them besides what I have already done for . them the Sum of One hundred Pounds old Tenor Bills of Credit aforesaid or Equal thereto to be paid by my Executor Imme- diately after my Decease -
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Jane Alcock one of my Beds viz the Best I have with the Bedstead & one pair of Good Sheets & one pair of Good Blankets & a Good Coverlid - She to have her Choice of these things
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Shackford my Riding Chair & my Second best Bed with a pair of Good Sheets & a pair of Good Blankets & a Coverlid as aforesaid after my Daughter Alcock has Chosen them which I have given to her as aforesaid I having heretofore done what I coud afford for my Said Daughters
Item I give & bequeath to my Son Josiah All my Wearing Apparel that I Shall leave both Wollen & Linen Buttons Buckles Shoes & Every thing of my Wearing Apparel -
Item I give & Bequeath to my Son George (if he Ever Comes to Demand it) the Sum of Ten Pounds old Tenor - aforesd
Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter in Law Hannah Simmes the Cow which We have usually milk'd for the Family's use & kept at Home - And as I have Built an Addition to the House which was her Fathers & a Barn upon the Land that was
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his I give my Right in & to the Said Buildings to the Said Hannah her Heirs & assigns In Consideration of her kind Care of & Dutiful behavior Towards me - Item all the Rest & Residue of my Estate I give & Bequeath to my Son Joseph Ring & Con- stitute & appoint him to be Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament ordering him to pay all my Debts & Legacies - & I hereby Revoke all other Wills by me heretofore made - But as I have a Right in the Social Library in Portsmo aforesaid It is not my Intention that my Said Son Joseph Shoud have that as he does not Live in Said Town & woud not be of use to him I there- fore hereby give & Devise & bequeath all my Right in Said Li- brary (being a full Share & Right of an Original Proprietor with all additional Purchases of Rights) unto my Grandson Joseph Alcock the Son of my Said Daughter Jane to him his Heirs & Assign's -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the fifth Day of February Anno Domini 1756
Seth Ring
[Witnesses] Thos Wibird, Thales Greenwood, William Parker. [Proved May 30, 1757.]
[Bond of Joseph Ring of Scarborough, Me., mariner, with John Hart and Joseph Alcock, shopkeeper, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, May 30, 1757, for the execution of the will; witnesses, Samuel Watts, T. Greenwood.]
DAVID BEVERLAND 1756 LONDONDERRY
In the Name of god Amen
I David Beverland of Londonderry within the province of Newhampr In New England Yeman being Very much Indis- posed In Body *
Imprimes I Gave and Bequeth to my Dearly Beloved Son Thomas Beverly one third part of my whole Estate
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Item I Give and Bequeath to my two Dearly Beloved Daugh- ters Elisabeth and margrate Beverly one other third part of my Real and personall Estate to be Divided Equally Between them Both
Item I Give and Bequeth to my Younger Son David Bevera- land the other third part of my Estate
Likewise I order that if it please god in his providence to call of either of them by Death or more then one of them without an hier or eishew that thier part Shall Equally be Divided among the Rest of the Remaing children and I Do Nominate and
* constute John Barrett and Joseph Boyes Exacutors * * In witness whereof I Do hearunto Set my hand and Seal this Seventh Day of February Anno Dominie 1756 and In the Twenty ninth year of his majestys Reign
his David X Beverland Mark
[Witnesses] James Boyes Jur, Joseph bell, William Rogers. [Proved May 26, 1756.]
[Warrant, March 6, 1756, authorizing James Nesmith, Jr., and Thomas McClary, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested May 25, 1756; amount, £390. 5. 3; signed by Thomas McClary and James Nesmith, Jr.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1958. 18. 6; expenditures, £302. II. 6; allowed May 24, 1758.]
JOHN FOLSOM I756 EXETER
In The Name of God Amen This Twelveth Day of Febuary anno Domini 1756 I John Foulsom of Exeter in the province of Newhamp Gentelman
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I Give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Mary the Use and Improvement of my Two Little Romes in my Dwelling hose (viz) my bead Rom & Little Chitchen where there is a Fier Place in Each Roam & the Celler under the Said bead Rom & allso I Give unto my Said Wife one Cow & Six Sheep and to be Kept on my Whome Place Summer & Winter and my Will is That my Said Wife Shall have Two Galons of Rum and Two galons of melasses a year & yearly During the term here after mentiond and Like wise to have one hunderd wait of Good Pork and one hunderd Pound of Good Beafe Ten bushels of Inden Corn Two barels of Cyder and what appels She Shall have accation of for her own use both Summer & Winter and what fier wood She Shall have accation for Cut & haled to her Door and The use of a horse to Ride to meeting all During her naturel Life or So long as She Remains my Widow and all to be at The Coust of my Excutors Eaqualy betwen them and allso I Give to my Said Wife one Coverled & Two blankets
Itm I Give unto my Son Peter Foulsom and to his heirs & assing fer Ever all my Lands That I have att Purscassett (So Caled) That adjoyns to my Said Sons home place that he now lives on the Said Lands Lyes Partly in Exeter & partly in New- market he my Said Son Peter Paying The one halfe of all my Debts & the one halfe I Given to his mother and The Legseys That I Shall order him in This my Last Will and Testement
Itm I Give unto my Son Joshua Folsom and to his heirs & assings for Ever Fifty acres of Land lying and being in the parish of Epping and being the one halfe part of That hunderd acre Lot which Was allowed & propotiond To me by a Commitee Chosen by the Town of Exeter and lays in the Second Raing The Said fifty acres above mentioned being all The Remainder Part of The above Said Hunderd acres but what I have Convayed to my Said Son allredey by Dead and I Give to my Said Son Joshua Two barels of Cyder yearly for Ten years after Deceeace and to be Deliverd to him by my Son Josiah Foulsom at his house in Exeter
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Itm I Give unto my Son Josiah Foulsom and to his heirs and assings for Ever, all my home place That I now live on in Exeter & like wise all my buldings of all Sorts (Exepting one Quarter of an acre and The house Standing Thereon Which I Shall here after in This my Last Will Give to my Daughter Susannah Bean) The Said Lands Is bounded northerly Partly on The Country Road and Partly on The above mentioned Quarter of an acre and Easterly on Land of oliver Smith & Southerly on Land of John Leavit and Westerly on Land belongin To The heirs of Benjamin Foulson Decest allso I Give unto my Said Son Josiah & his heirs & assings all my Lands which I have on the South Side of Walls Cove (So Caled) in Exeter afore Said be the Lands more or Less and I Give to my Said Son Josiah all my Utensells for husbondry He my Said Son to Com into Porsition There of at my Deceece Excepting What I have Given to his mother During the Term before mentioned and That at her Deceece or marrige my Said Son Josiah Paying halfe my Just Debts and The Legices as I Shall order him in this my Last Will and The halfe of my furnal Charges
Itm I Give unto my Daughter Mary Foulsom Fifty Pounds old tener money to be Paid to her by my Son Peter Folsom The one halfe in one year after my Deceece The other Twenty five Pounds old ten in Two years after my Decece
Itm I Give unto my Daufter Elisabeth Thirston fifty Pounds old-tener money and to be paid to her by my Son Josiah Folsom and to be paid to her Twenty five Pounds old ten in one year after my Deceece and The other Twenty Five Pounds old ten in Two years after my Deceece
Itm I Give unto my Two Dafters (viz) mary Foulsom and Elisabeth Thirston and to There heirs and assings forever Equaley to be Devided betwen Them for Quantity & quality All That Thirty acres of Land more or Less Lying att Dear Hill (So Caled) in The parish of Brintwood and Lays att The head of John Things Grant northerly on Capt John Gilmans Land or belonging to his heirs Southerly on oliver Smiths Land and
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Westerly on Land belonging To The heirs of Benjamin Foulsom Deceaced
It im I Give unto my Daughter Sarah Foulsom Sixty Pound old tener and to be paid unto her by my Son Peter Foulsom and to be Paid Fifteen Pounds old tener in one year after my Deceace and So fifteen Pounds old tener yearly untill The Sixty Pounds be paid
Itm I Give unto my Daughter Susannah Bean and to her heirs & assing one Quarter of an acre of Land in my home Place and to Lay at the North East Corner of my Land and to begin adjoyn- ing to oliver Smith Land at The Countrey Road and Then to Run Westerly as The Road runs four Rods and Then to Run Southerly or Southwesterly Caring the Same breadth of four Rods untill it mark out forty Sevean Rods with The bulding which Stands on Said Land and Likewise I Give unto my Said Daughter Susannah Fifty Pounds old tener and to be paid by my Son Josiah Twelve Pounds ten Shilings old ten in one year after my Decease & So Twelve Pounds Ten Shilings yearly untill The fifty Pounds be paid
Itm I Give unto my Grand Son John Thirston one yoke of Stears Comming in Three years old at my Deceece and to be Deliverd to him by my Excutors
Itm I Give unto my Three Sons Peter Joshua and Josiah all my wearing apparil Equaly to be devided between them
Itm I Give unto my four Daughters Mary Elisabeth Sarah & Susannah Equaly to be Devided between them all my Stock of Cattel Sheep and Swine and horse and all my hause hold Goods with Dores Excepting what I have allredey Desposed of in This my Will and finaly I Do herely Constitute & appoint my Two Sons Peter Folsom & Josiah Foulsom to be my Excutors
his John + Folsom mark
[Witnesses] Joseph Leavit, Robt Light, The: Smith.
[Proved Sept. 16, 1757.]
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[Warrant, Sept. 16, 1757, authorizing Theophilus Smith of Exeter and Israel Gilman of Newmarket, gentleman, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Nov. 28, 1758; amount, £13,584. 5. 0; signed by Israel Gilman and Theophilus Smith.]
SAMUEL NEAL 1756 GREENLAND
In the Name of God Amen I Samuell Neal of Greenland in ye Province of New Hampshire in New England Yeoman being infirm & weak in body, *
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife Elizebeth During her Nateral Life ye Improvement of one third part of all my Real Estate & ye Improvement of Two Cows & of Six Sheep & the improvement of half my House ye East end from ye Seller to ye Garret & of half my Barn, and all ye movables I give to her to be at her Disposal as She Shall See best ---
Item I give & bequeath unto my grand Son Samuell Neal Mason the Son of my Daughter Elezabeth Mason Decesd twenty Acres of Land on ye South Side of my Home farm adjoyning to my Brother Deacon John Neals Land, To Run from ye Road ye whole length of my land & so far Northwardly as to Contain Twenty Acres, he Paying his Brother Daniel Mason ye Son of my said Daughter Elizebeth five Pounds old Tenor in value as it Now Stands Said Legice being the Portion which I Designed for my Daughter their Mother Deces'd, & also all ye Buildings on Said Land after ye Death of my Wife & ye Marriage of my Daughter Hannah if he lives to ye Age of Twenty one Years & in Case of his Death in his Non Age the one half to go equally between my Children or their heirs the other half to his Brother Daniell Mason if he lives to ye Age of Twenty one Years, & if not to go equally between my Daughters or their heirs.
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Item I give & bequeath unto my Grandson Jonathan Neal Berry ye Son of my Daughter Genea Berry Deceas'd Eleven Acres of Land lying on ye east end of my land Bounded Southerly partly on my own & partly on two Acres of Meddow land which I Sold to my Brother Decon John Neal Easterly on Berrys Island so Called, Northerly on land of Samel Johnson's, Westerly on my own, to Run so far Westward from said Island into my land as to Contain Eleven Acres it bearing ye Same Wedth at ye Westward end yt it is from Said Deac" Neals Two Acres to sd Johnson's land with all ye Priveledges & appurtenances to ye Same blonging Provided yt he live to ye Age of twenty one Years and in Case of his Death in his Non Age ye one half of ye land to be equally Divided between my Children or their heirs, & ye other half to go to his Brother James Berry ye Son of my Said Daughter Genea if he live to ye age of Twenty one & if not to go equally between my Children or their Heirs.
Item I give unto my Daughter Hannah Neal ye Use of one Room in my Dwelling House So long as She Remains unmarried.
Item All ye Rest Residue & Remainder of all my Estate both Real & Personal after my Debts Legacies & funeral Charges are Paid - I give Divise & bequeath unto my four Daughters, viz. Comfort Berry, Mergeret Philbrook, Hannah Neal & Ruhamah Norton to be equally Divided between them to them & to theirs Heirs Executors Administrators & Assigns forever -
Lastly I Do hereby Constute & appoint Frances Berry & William Norton Jun' Both of Greenland in ye Province of New Hampshire Yeomen to be my Executors of this my last will & Testament, and I Do hereby Revoke all Other Wills heretofore by me made - In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the sixteenth Day of February one thousand Seven Hundred fifty & Six
Samuel Nel
[Witnesses] William Nortoren, Henry Clark, Simeon Dearborn. [Proved Aug. 25, 1756.]
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[Warrant, Aug. 25, 1756, authorizing Enoch Clark, innholder, and William Haines, Jr., yeoman, both of Greenland, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 5, 1756; amount, £4478. 13. 0; signed by Enoch Clark and William Haines, Jr.]
ABIGAIL WALKER 1756 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of Amen. I Abigail Walker of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Widow being in health * *
Item I give and devise unto George Walker Shannon Nathan- iel, Abigail and Margaret Shannon being the Children of My Son Nathaniel Shannon deceas'd The Sum of Five pounds Old Tenor Each to be paid out of a note of hand which my Said Son Nathaniel gave to George Walker Late of Portsmouth aforesaid Gentleman deceasd my late husband, and by him given to me, The said Sums to be paid by my Executor as Soon as he Can Recover the Money due on the Said Note, and not until he Shall Recover the Same, in Case he Shall Endeavour the Same by all proper means -
Item I give and Devise unto Richard Cutts Shannon, William Thomas, James Noble, Nathaniel, Mary and Elenor Shannon Children of my son Cutts Shannon Five pounds old Tenor Each, to be paid by my Executor as aforesaid
Item, I give unto my son Cutts Shannon and to his heirs and assigns forever all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Estate both Real & personal Named or unnamed wheresoever the Same is or Shall be found wheather in possession Revertion or Remainder. And I Constitute and appoint my said Son Cutts Shannon to be Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament. And I hereby Revoke disannull and make Void all other and former wills and Testaments by me in any manner heretofore made. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my
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hand and Seal the Eighteenth day of February Anno Domini 1756, and in the Twenty ninth Year of his Majestys Reign - Abig1 Walker
[Witnesses] H. Wentworth, Daniel Rogers, Joseph Allcock. [Proved Oct. 29, 1762.]
[Inventory, attested Dec. 23, 1762; amount, £3217. 0. 0; signed by John Shackford and James Stoodley.]
[Order of court, June 13, 1763, allowing an appeal against the probate of the will to Alice Hight of Portsmouth, widow, in be- half of her children by Nathaniel Shannon of Portsmouth, deceased.]
[Bond of Alice Hight, with Joshua Brackett, physician, and Jotham Rindge, merchant, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £50, June 13, 1763, for the prosecution of her appeal; witnesses, Nathaniel Shannon, William Vaughan.]
BENJAMIN RICHARDS 1756 ROCHESTER
[Eleanor Richards renounces administration, Feb. 18, 1756, in favor of Joseph Hanson, on the estate of her husband, Benjamin Richards of Rochester, yeoman, "being a Private Soldjer in Colo Blanchards Regiment in the late Expedition agst Crown point and Died Intestate in his return from Said Expedition at a place Called Licester."]
[Administration granted to Joseph Hanson of Dover April 28, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 524.]
[Bond of Joseph Hanson of Dover, with Moses Stevens of Somersworth, tanner, and Samuel Brewster of Barrington, housewright, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, April 28, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, none.]
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[Account of the settlement of the estate: receipts, £141. 10. 0; expenditures, £147. 18. 6; expenditures are credited to the estate of Joseph Hanson, administrator; filed June 20, 1757.]
[Administration de bonis non granted to John Gage June 30, 1762.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 397.]
[Bond of John Gage of Dover, with Cutts Shannon of Ports- mouth, gentleman, and William Parker of Kingston as sureties, in the sum of £500, June 30, 1762, for the administration de bonis non of the estate; witnesses, Joseph March, Richard Cutts Shannon.]
[Warrant, June 30, 1762, authorizing Charles Baker of Somers- worth, blacksmith, and Solomon Hanson of Dover, yeoman, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 20, 1762; amount, £2135. 16. 6; signed by Charles Baker and Solomon Hanson; also an inventory of the estate of Joseph Richards of Rochester, same date, John Gage, administrator; amount, £2203. 14. 0; also signed by Charles Baker and Solomon Hanson.]
[Warrant, July 27, 1763, authorizing Charles Baker of Somersworth and Solomon Hanson of Dover to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims; amount, £1512. 16. 2; signed by Charles Baker and Solomon Hanson ; filed May 30, 1764.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1743. 19. 5; expenditures, £1202. II. 10; mentions two children under 7 years of age; allowed June 1, 1770.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £1512. 16. 2; amount distributed, £541. 7. 7; allowed June 21, 1770.]
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AMOS CLARK 1756 HAMPSTEAD
[Sarah Clark renounces administration on the estate of Amos Clark of Hampstead Feb. 20, 1756, in favor of Capt. Jonathan Carleton of Plaistow.]
[Administration granted to Jonathan Carleton of Plaistow, gentleman, Feb. 25, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 465.]
[Bond of Jonathan Carleton, gentleman, with Thomas Hale and Moses Belknap, yeomen, as sureties, all of Plaistow, in the sums of £500, Feb. 25, 1756, for the administration of the estate of Amos Clark of Hampstead, yeoman; witnesses, William Parker, Titus Salter.]
[Warrant, Feb. 25, 1756, authorizing Peter Morse and John Webster, both of Hampstead, gentlemen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested March 26, 1756; amount, £604. 17. 0; signed by Peter Morse and John Webster.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £898. 3. 8, personal estate; expenditures, £872. 4. 1 ; allowed Jan. 30, 1760.]
AARON STEVENS 1756 PLAISTOW
[Elizabeth Stevens renounces administration on the estate of her husband, Aaron Stevens of Plaistow, in favor of "one of the Children," Feb. 24, 1756; witnesses, Ebenezer Noyes, James Noyes.]
[Administration granted to John Stevens of Plaistow, hus- bandman, Feb. 25, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 465.]
[Bond of John Stevens, husbandman, with Jonathan Carleton, gentleman, and Moses Belknap, yeoman, as sureties, all of
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Plaistow, in the sum of £500, Feb. 25, 1756, for the administra- tion of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Titus Salter.]
[Warrant, Feb. 25, 1756, authorizing Thomas Johnson and Ebenezer Noyes, both of Plaistow, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Aaron Stevens of Kingston, son of Aaron Stevens of Plaistow, consents that his brother, John Stevens, administer the estate of their father, March 3, 1756; witnesses, Thomas Johnson, Ebenezer Noyes.]
[Inventory, April 26, 1756; amount, £728. 16. 0; signed by Thomas Johnson and Ebenezer Noyes.]
[Warrant, Feb. 23, 1757, authorizing Jonathan Carleton, gentleman, Thomas Johnson, Moses Stevens, Ebenezer Noyes, yeomen, all of Plaistow, and John Webster of Kingston, yeoman, to set off the widow's dower.]
Provence of Plastow Apriel the 19th 1757 We the Sub-
New Hampshir scribers Being Appointed as A Committee to Seet off to Elizabeth Stevens of Kingstown widow Reluit to Aaron Stevens Late of Plastow Deceased which Happens to her of the Real Estate of her Late Husband aforesaid one full third Part there of According to Quantity & Quality, that is to Say Begining At a Stake and Stones by Land of Thomas Johnsons & so Runing North Easterly by said Johnsons Land to a Stake & Stons by Land of John Stevens that he had of his Honnoured Father thence Runing North westerly nine Rods by said Stevens Land thence Runing south westerly to a stake and stons standing by the backside of the House, and so through the House to a Stake that Stand aboute a Rod a fore Side of said House, thence Runing Easterly aboute four Rods to a Stake and Stones, thence westerly to a stake and stones Standing by the Road that Leades to Plastow meeting House thence Runing four Rods by said Road to the bound first menchened
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In Witness whereof we have here unto set to our Hands
John Webster Moses Stevens Thomas Johnson
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £423. 8. 0; expenditures, £501. 19. 8; allowed Dec. 26, 1757.]
[License to the administrator, April 27, 1758, to sell the widow's dower, she being deceased.]
[Additional account; receipts, £103. 0. 0; expenditures, £118. 14. 8; allowed Nov. 25, 1760.]
[Guardianship of Mary Stevens, aged less than 14 years, daughter of Aaron Stevens, granted to Thomas Wadleigh of Kingston March 26, 1760.]
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