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[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 404.]
[Bond of Thomas Wadleigh of Kingston, yeoman, with Nath- aniel Bartlett and John Bradley, both of Plaistow, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 26, 1760, for the guardianship of Mary Stevens; witnesses, William Parker, Eleazer Emerson.]
JOSEPH TAYLOR 1756 CHESTER
[Guardianship of Ann Taylor, minor, aged more than 14 years, daughter of Joseph Taylor of Chester, deceased, granted to Abraham Drake of North Hampton, yeoman, Feb. 25, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 464.]
JAMES VARNUM 1756 CHESTER
[Administration on the etate of James Varnum of Chester granted to his widow, Abigail Varnum, April 28, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 518.]
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[Bond of Abigail Varnum of Chester, widow, with Samuel Emerson of Chester and Samuel Rankin of Londonderry, inn- holder, as sureties, in the sum of £500, April 28, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, James Norris.]
[Warrant, Feb. 25, 1756, authorizing Samuel Emerson and John Webster, both of Chester, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 13, 1756; amount, £1633. 15. 0; signed by Samuel Emerson and John Webster.]
TIMOTHY DALTON I756 NORTH HAMPTON
In The Name of God Amen I Timothy Dalton of North Hamp- ton in the Province of New Hampshire in Newengland Being Weak in Body * * I Give and Bequete unto my Son John all my land in Epsom and all that is Growing Thereon & One Bed and I Give unto my Son John a Yoke of Oxen I Give unto my son John my Colt only to Pay my Son Josiah Thirty Pounds Old Tenor in Money or Bills of Credt for it and I Give unto my Beloved Son Timothy & To my Beloved Son Josiah all my Salt Marsh in Hampton and my house and Barn and all the Land Belonging unto them where they now Stand in North hampton and I Give to Timothy and to Josiah all the Remaining Part of my Stock that I have not yet Dispos'd of to be Equaly Divided and I Give all my Inden and English Corn to my Son Timothy & to my Son Josiah & to my Son Michal and to Be Equaly Divided and I Give to my Son Timothy & to Josiah & to Michal all my Hay I Give unto my Daughter Sarah Prescut forty Shillings Old Tenor Bills of Credt and I Give unto my Daughter Abigail fifty Pounds Old Tenor Bills of Credt and Allso One Cow I Give unto my Daughter Meheteble fifty Pounds 3 Old Tenor Bills Credt and I Give unto my Daughter Meheteble
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One Cow and I Give unto my Daughter Hannah fifty Pounds Old Tenor Bills of Credt & One Cow I Give unto my son Michal One Hundred Pounds Old Tenor Bills of Credt I Give my Daughter Abigail my Loom that I Weave in and all the Tackling I Give All my flax to Abigail my Daughter and to Meheteble and to Hannah I Give my two Best Hatts to Timothy and my felt hat to Josiah and I Give my Close to Timothy and to Josiah I Give unto my Three Daughters Abigail Meheteble & Hannah A Priveledge in the House & I Give also to my three Daughters there Equaly Shears in the Houseell Goods till they Are Better Provided for I Give to my Son Timothy my Gun and I do Ordain and appoint my two Sons my Brother Michal & my Son Tim- othy & Josiah to Be my Excetetors and Excecetrix to this my Last Will and Testament in Wittness Whereunto I have Set my Hand and Seal this 23th Day of Feberey 1756 and in the Twenty Eight year of the Reighn of Our Most Sovereign Lord George the King the Day and date Above Mentioned
Timothy Dalton
[Witnesses] Sim Dearbun, Jonathan Marston, Joshua Went- worth.
[Proved April 8, 1756.]
[Warrant, April 8, 1756, authorizing John Hobbs, Capt. John Leavitt, and Jeremiah Dearborn, all of North Hampton, to ap- praise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 9, 1756; amount, £4272. 0. 0; signed by John Hobbs, John Leavitt, and Jeremiah Dearborn.]
JOHN JOHNSON, JR. I756 HAMPSTEAD
[Administration on the estate of John Johnson, Jr., of Hamp- stead, yeoman, granted to his mother, Mary Johnson of Hamp- stead, widow, March 3, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 476.]
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[Bond of Mary Johnson of Hampstead, widow, with John Hogg of Hampstead, yeoman, and James Dwyer of Portsmouth, truckman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 3, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Mary Parker.]
[Warrant, March 3, 1756, authorizing John Muzzey and Ben- jamin Kimball, both of Hampstead, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested March 17, 1756; amount, £3078. 5. 0; signed by John Muzzey and Benjamin Kimball; additional inventory adds £5. 10. o.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1205. 4. 0, personal estate; expenditures, £681. 3. II; allowed June 9, 1758.]
[Agnes Johnson, widow of the deceased, acknowledges receipt from the administratrix of £16. o. o, June 7, 1758; witnesses, John Muzzey, James Vance.]
OBADIAH CLOUGH 1756 KINGSTON
[Bond of Sarah Clough, widow, with Isaac Smith, innholder, and Thomas Wadleigh, yeoman, as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of £500, March 6, 1756, for the administration of the estate of Obadiah Clough of Kingston, yeoman ; witnesses, Paul Chase, Daniel Brown.]
[Inventory, March 29, 1756; amount, £2134. o. o; signed by Henry Morrill and Isaac Smith.]
[Warrant, Sept. 7, 1762, authorizing Israel Dimond, gentle- man, Nathan Jones, Moses Colby, yeomen, all of Hawke, Icha- bod Shaw of Sandown, gentleman, and Daniel Beede of Brent-
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wood, yeoman, to divide the real estate among Edward Eastman and his wife Sarah, who was widow of the deceased, and the three daughters.]
Province of To the Honble Richard Wibird Esq' Judge of Newhampr f ye Probate of wills &c for said Province -
We the Subscribers being by your Honours warrant appointed a committee to Divide the Real Estate of Obadiah Clough Late of Kingstown in said Province Deceasd Intestate &c -
Accordingly we have met viewd valued divided & Set off the Same in the following maner viz. To Edward Eastman & Sarah his wife who was the wife of ye Said Intestate as her Dower of ye Said Estate a full third Part begining at a stake & Stones by the fence between Said deceased & moses Colby than to Run South Six degrees west to a Stake & Stones by the Side of Nathan Joneses Land than to Extend Easterly Carreing the full breadth of ye Said Deceaseds Land to the Extent thereof twelve acers & one half more or Less also the one third of the house & barn
The other two thirds we have Divided to and among the Children of the said deceasd In the following maner -
to Judeth the First Share begins at the Bounds of the widows Dower at Colbys Land than Runs westerly thirty one Rods on said Colbys Land to a stake & Stones than South Six degrees west abought forty three Rods across Said deceasde Land to a stake & Stones than Easterly Carriing the full breadth of Said Deceasds Land to the Said Dower Reserveing a drift way if one Rod wide by Colbys Land to the Said Dower or thirds Eight acers more or Less -
also we allow the Said Judeth ye two ninth Parts of ye house & Barn
To Mary the Second Share Begins at the first mention'd bound of Judeths Share than Runs westerly Forty four Rods to a stake & Stones than South 6 Degrees west across Said deceaseds Land to a stake & Stones than Easterly Carring the full Bredth of Said deceaseds Land to Judeths Share Eleven acers & one
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half more or Less also the Two Ninths of ye house & Barn Re- serveing a drift way of one Rod wide from ye house to Judeths Share by Said Colbys Land also Convenant Previlidge to Pass to & from the house & Barn -
To Sarah the third Share begins on Marys Share Runs west- erly Carring the full bredth of Said deceaseds Land to the Extent thereof Eighteen acers & one half more or Less also the Two ninth Parts of ye house & barn this division made by us this 28th day of September 1762 -
Israel Dimond 1 Committee
Daniel Beede
Moses Colbey
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £821. 0. 0, personal estate; expenditures, £1008. 10. 0; mentions "Nursing the Eldest Daughter of the Intestate for 7 years, She being week & helpless . .. bringing up 2 Small Children of the Intestate"; allowed Oct. 27, 1762.]
HANNAH BLAGDON 1756 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Hannah Blagdon of Ports- mouth, widow, granted to Samuel Dalling of Boston, Mass., mariner, March 15, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 483.]
[Bond of Samuel Dalling, mariner, with John Clark and George Janvrin, mariners, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, March 15, 1756, for the administration of the estate of Hannah Blagdon, single woman; witnesses, William Parker, Andrew Wiggin.]
[Warrant, March 15, 1756, authorizing Daniel Jackson and John Shackford, gentlemen, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
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[Inventory, March 20, 1756; amount, £382. 14. 6; signed by Daniel Jackson and John Shackford.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £462. 19. 6; expenditures, £186. 3. 0; allowed Nov. 30, 1757.]
PETER HAYES I756 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen, this Sixteenth Day of March Anno Domini one thousand Seven Hundred & fifty Six; I Peter Hayes of Dover in ye Province of New Hampsr in New-England Husbandman Being in good health of Body *
Imprimis, I Give to my Beloved Wife Sarah Hayes ye fourth Part of ye Produce of ye Land which I Gave to my Son Reuben Hayes by one Deed of Gift, namely one fourth Part of ye Produce of sª Land, of every kind, Yearly & every Year, ye sd Land to be manured & Tilled by my Sª Son Reuben, & ye fourth Part of ye Produce or Crops of Sª Land, to be well & Seasonably Secured & Housed for ye use of my sª Wife, by my sª Son Reuben, or at his Cost & Charge, Yearly & every Year During ye Term of her Continuing my Widow. I also Give to my sª Wife to her own Disposal, Two Cows & four Sheep & Two Swine, being Part of ye Live Stock which I Shall leave upon ye Place on which I now live; And also ye one half of my Household Goods & furniture, Except one Bed & ye Beding belonging to it. I Give to my sd Wife During ye Term of her natural life, & at her Decease I Give Sd Household Goods & furniture to my Daughter Anna Hill And my Will is that my Sª Son Reuben Shall Provide Convenient House Room for my Sª Wife to live in, & also good fire Wood Sufficient to keep her one fire, & likewise Barn Room Sufficient to House her fodder & Cattle, & all During ye Term of her Con- tinuing my Widow.
Item I Give unto my sª Son Reuben Hayes & to his Heirs and Assigns forever all my Homestead Land Dwelling House & Barn
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& Orchard, Standing upon Sª Land, in Dover aforesd, which I have also Convey'd unto him by one Deed of Gift under my Hand & Seal; I also Give unto my Sª Son Reuben Twenty Shil- lings, old Tenor, to be Paid him by my Sª Executor within ye Term of one Year after my Decease.
Item, I Give unto my Son Benjamin Hayes & to his Heirs & Assigns for ever one Hundred Acres of Land in ye Two Mile Streak, So Called, in Barrington, where he now lives, which Land I have also Convey'd unto him by one Deed of Gift under my Hand & Seal. I also Give unto my Sª Son Benjamin, & to his Heirs & Assigns for ever, one Third Part of my Lands in Roches- ter, both in ye Divided in ye undivided Lands in Sd Town.
Item, I have heretofore Given to my Son John Hayes Eight Hundred Pounds Cash, Old Tenor; And I do now hereby also Give unto him my sª Son John & to his Heirs & Assigns for ever the one Third Part of my Lands in Rochester aforesaid; both in ye Divided & in ye undivided Lands in sª Town; & also one Yoke of Steers, Two Years Old, which I Shall leave upon the Place where I now live.
Item. I Give unto my Sons Ichabod & Elijah Hayes & to thier Heirs & Assigns for ever, the following Tracts of Land Lying in Berwick in ye County of York, viz: one Tract of Land which I Purchased of my sd Son Reuben Hayes, Containing about one Hundred & Six Acres, together with ye Dwelling House Barn & Orchard Standing & Being upon Sª Land; And also another Tract of Land in Sd Berwick which I Purchased of Elihu Gunnison Esqr Containing fifty Acres; And also another Tract of Land in Sd Berwick Containing forty Acres, being Part of an Hundred & forty Acre Lot which I Purchased of sª Gunnison, the other Hundred Acres of sª Lot I Sold to Samuel Clements of Summers- worth, all which Tracts of Land I have also Convey'd to my sd Sons Ichabod & Elijah by one Deed of Gift under my Hand & Seal, to be Equally Divided between them. I also do hereby Give unto my sd Sons Ichabod & Elijah & to thier Heirs & As- signs for ever, the one Third Part of my Lands in Rochester afores'd in ye Province of New-Hamps' afores'd, both in ye
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Divided & in ye undivided Lands in Sd Town, to be equally Di- vided between them. I also Give unto my sd Sons Ichabod & Elijah all my live Stock of Cattle Sheep Horse Kine & Swine which I Shall leave at my Deccase, both on ye Place where I now live, & also upon my Place at Berwick afores'd, Except Such of them as I have herein Given to my sd Wife, & to my Son John Hayes. It is to be noted, that all ye live Stock upon ye Place where I now live which do Properly belong to me and which I have Disposed of in & by this Present Will, Exept my Horse Kine & Swine, are Ear-Marked, by ye Top of each Ear being Cutt off, & a Slit Cutt down in each Ear from ye Top, after ye sd Piece is Cutt off & also a Notch, Commonly Call'd an half Penny, Cutt in ye under Side of ye Right Ear. I also Give unto my Sª Sons Ichabod & Elijah all my farming Tackling & utencils, as Yokes Plows Carts Wheels & Chains &cr. And also one Bed & Beding belonging unto it, and all my Wearing Aparril; & like- wise whatsoever Shall be Due to me at my Decease, by Bill Bond or Note of Hand. And my Will is that all ye Personal, as well as Real Estate herein Given to my Sª Two Sons Ichabod & Elijah Shall be Equally Divided between them.
Item. I Give unto my Daughter Anna Hill all my Household Goods, Beds Beding & furniture belonging to them, Excepting one Bed & ye Beding belonging unto it, which I have, in this Present Will, Given unto my sª Two Sons Ichabod & Elijah Hayes, & Excepting also ye Use & Improvement of ye one half of my Sª Household Goods, ye use whereof I have in this Present Will Given unto my Sd Wife During ye Term of her Natural life, & at her Decease my Will is that my Sª Daughter Anna Shall have the whole of my Sª Household Goods & furniture.
And I do hereby Constitute make & Ordain my Sª Son Benja- min Hayes to be my Sole Executor
His Peter + Hayes Mark
[Witnesses] Jona Cushing, John Wood, Peter Cushing. [Proved April 27, 1757.]
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WALTER MCFARLAND I756 MANCHESTER
In the Name of God amen I Wallter macfarrlien of Derryfield within the province of New Hampshire New England Wifer Being Wieck of Body
Item my Will is that my beloved Wife Elenor macfarrlien Shall Have one Houndred and fortey poundes old tenor out of my Rell and pernsol a Stet as Soon as Convinens will allow after Sell is med of Sd Estat together woth my Beed & greet whill and Litel whill and pot & tramell -
Item My will is that my beloved son Samuel macfarrlien Shall have five Shillengs paid him out of my Estate by my Exautors with what he has already got -
Item My will is that my Beloved Daughter marget mcfarrlien Shall Have one Houndred pounds old tenor out of my Estate after Sell is med of Sd Estate worth Convenint Speed
Item My will is that my Beloved Daughter marey mcfarrlien Shall Have Eightey pounds old tenor out of my Estate paid hier by my Exators -
Item My will is that my Beloved Daughter marthey mcfarrlien Shall Have Sixtey poundes old tenor out of my Estate paid hier by my Exautors -
Item My will is that my Beloved Son Joseph mcfarrlien Shall Have Sevintey poundes old tenor out of my Estate paid Him by my Exautors
Item My will is that my Hounred mouther Margout me- farrlien Shall Have fourtey poundes old tenor out of my Estate paid Hir By my Exautors -
Item my will is that all my Rell and personal Estate Shall Be Sold By my Exatours Excep what is all Redey Excepted in order to pay the Soumes Before minesioned and if ther is aney money more In the Hands of my Exautors Efter peaying the Soumes minesioned to Be peorishned aCourding to the above Soumes all Readey minesioned -
Item And I do hereby Nominate Consitute and appoint my Belovied wife Elienor mefarrlien and Leut John Hall Exautors
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* In witeness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Sell this Sevintenth day of march in the twountey ninth year of Hies majistes Reigen Anno: Dom: 1756
Waltor mcfarlond
[Witnesses] William McClintok, Adam dickey, Alex' Mac- murphy.
[Proved March 31, 1756.]
[Inventory, April 20, 1756; amount, £927. 16. 6; signed by Alexander McMurphy and John Cochran.]
[Margaret McFarland, Mary McFarland, and Martha McFar- land, minors, aged more than 14 years, make choice of Moses Barnett, gentleman, and James Taggart, yeoman, both of Lon- donderry, as their guardians, May 26, 1758.]
[Guardianship of Margaret McFarland, Mary McFarland, Martha McFarland, and Joseph McFarland, minors, children of Walter McFarland, granted to Moses Barnett and James Tag- gart Nov. 29, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 110.]
[Bond of Moses Barnett, gentleman, and James Taggart, with John Holmes and Robert McCurdy as sureties, all of Lon- donderry, in the sum of £1000, Nov. 29, 1758, for the guardian- ship of Margaret, Mary, Martha, and Joseph McFarland, "three of whom are upwards of fourteen years of Age," children of Walter McFarland; witnesses, William Parker, Cutts Shan- non.]
[Caveat of the guardians, Nov. 29, 1758, against the allowance of the executor's accounts without their examination.]
[The guardians consent to the allowance of the executor's accounts Dec. 19, 1758, "as the widow and Children has but Little or Nothing Coming to them"; signed by Moses Barnett and James Taggart.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1224. 8. 3; expenditures, £1164. 8. 3; allowed Dec. 28, 1758.]
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TIMOTHY GERRISH 1756 KITTERY, ME.
[Sarah Gerrish renounces administration on the estate of her husband, Timothy Gerrish, in favor of two of her sons, Robert Elliot Gerrish and Joseph Gerrish, March 22, 1756; witnesses, William Pepperell, Elizabeth Gerrish.]
[Administration on the estate of Timothy Gerrish of Kittery, Me., granted to his sons, Robert Elliot Gerrish and Joseph Ger- rish, both of Kittery, Me., March 24, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 481.]
[Bond of Robert Elliot Gerrish and Joseph Gerrish, both of Kittery, Me., gentlemen, with Hunking Wentworth and John Dennett, gentleman, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 24, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Samuel Penhallow.]
[Warrant, March 24, 1756, authorizing Shadrach Hodgdon and Joseph Drew, both of Dover, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, June 17, 1756; amount, £1900. o. o; signed by Shadrach Hodgdon and Joseph Drew.]
[Expenditures in the settlement of the estate; amount, £175. 19. 0; signed by Robert Elliot Gerrish and Joseph Gerrish; allowed March 31, 1757.]
[Additional inventory, May 23, 1757; amount, £400. 0. 0; signed by Shadrach Hodgdon and Joshua Wingate.]
SAMUEL PATTERSON 1756 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Patterson of London- derry, yeoman, granted to Elizabeth Patterson, widow, and
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Peter Patterson, yeoman, both of Londonderry, March 31, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 486.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Patterson, widow, and Peter Patterson, yoeman, both of Londonderry, with Robert Clark of London- derry, yeoman, and Samuel Emerson of Chester as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 31, 1756, for the administration of the es- tate; witnesses, William Parker, Samuel Morrison.]
[Inventory, attested March 29, 1756; amount, £2436. 0. 0; signed by Thomas Dunshea and Thomas Christy.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £741. II. 0, personal estate; expenditures, £704. 13. 4; mentions funeral of a daughter, and "Support of the family there being one under seven & Several Small Children"; allowed Sept. 30, 1761.]
THOMAS WALDEN I756 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Thoms Walden of Ports- mouth, mariner, granted to his widow, Anna Walden, March 31, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 489.]
[Bond of Anna Walden, widow, with Paul March and William Earl Treadwell, merchants, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, March 31, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Samuel Morrison.]
[Inventory of the estate of Capt. Thomas Walden, Aug. 21, 1760; amount, £3100. 10. 0; signed by Hunking Wentworth and Cutts Shannon.]
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JONATHAN HOBBS 1756 NORTH HAMPTON
[Administraton on the estate of Jonathan Hobbs of North Hampton, yeoman, granted to his widow, Mary Hobbs, March 31, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 494.]
[Bond of Mary Hobbs of North Hampton, widow, with Wil- liam Berry of Rye, yeoman, and Jeremy Webster of Kingston as sureties, in the sum of £1000, March 31, 1756, for the adminis- tration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Benjamin Prescott.]
[Warrant, March 31, 1756, authorizing Abner Fogg and Reu- ben Marston, gentlemen, both of North Hampton, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 6, 1756; amount, £460. 15. 0, personal estate; signed by Reuben Marston and Abner Fogg.]
SAMUEL HART I756 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Hart of Portsmouth granted to Samuel Hart, joiner, and John Hart, blacksmith, both of Portsmouth, March 31, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 498.]
[Bond of Samuel Hart, joiner, and John Hart, blacksmith, with Joseph Alcock, shopkeeper, and John Gunnison, tailor, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £1000, March 31, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, none.]
[Inventory, attested April 28, 1756; amount, £4237. 9. 0; signed by Eleazer Russell and John Shackford.]
[Articles of agreement, Sept. 20, 1758, between Samuel Hart, joiner, Robert Hart, butcher, John Hart by his attorney John
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Shackford, Thomas Hart, shopkeeper, John Elliot, glazier, and his wife Hannah, all of Portsmouth, and John Elliot as attorney for William Elliot of Pelham and his wife Elizabeth, they, the said Samuel, Robert, John and Thomas Hart, and Hannah Elliot and Elizabeth Elliot being co-heirs of Samuel Hart, appointing John Griffith, shopkeeper, Samuel Waters, joiner, Thomas Peirce, gentleman, James Stoodly, innholder, and John Dennett, gentleman, all of Portsmouth, referees to divide the estate and settle claims; witnesses, Thomas Landell, Hawley Marshall, James Stoodly.]
Provs of Pursuant to the annexed articles of agree-
New Hamp' } ment we the Referees therein named, have heard the several parties respecting their several Claims, as Creditors to the Estate of Sam1 Hart Esqr deceased, and find there is Due to M' Samuel Hart the sum of Four Hundred & sixty pounds seventeen shillings & 5ª old tenor -
And we find there is due to Co1 John Hart Two Thousand Seven Hundred & sixty eight pounds, seventeen shillings & five pence old tenor
And we find due to M' Thomas Hart One thousand & Eighty Eight pounds fifteen shillings & nine pence old tenor
And we have taken into consideration Mr John Elliots account and find there is nothing due to him from sd Estate, and so we dismiss the acct as it now stands - he keeping the Bed men- tioned in sd Acct & he to discharge the Estate from any Claim for his Wife & her sister Mary Warren deceas'd on acct of their father Almarys Estate -
And we have also valued & apraised the several parcells of Land & Buildings here after discrib'd, and Assigned, the same for the payment of said Debts respectively Vizt
To M' Samuel Hart, the Half of that piece of Land between Mr Michael Whiddens Land & the Land of Reuben Abbett & being that half Joining said Abbett, being the same part or piece of Land that the said Sam' Hart has improved some time since
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for Five hundred pounds old tenor, which sum being thirty nine pounds three shillings old tenor more than was due to him from sd Estate, he must be accountable or pay to the Heirs of said Estate for the same -
And to Co1 John Hart the mansion House & Garden thereto belonging, and a piece of Land right over against sd House be- tween the Land of Mr Furnell & Mark H& Wentworth Esq' being Thirty feet front & about Thirty five feet deep with all the Privilidges thereto belonging for Two Thousand nine hundred pounds old Tenor which sum being, One hundred Thirty one pounds two shillings & seven pence old ten' more than was due to him from sd Estate, we adjudge that he should pay sd Sum for the use of the Heirs of the Deceas'd
And to Mr Thomas Hart a piece of Land & Tann yard being Two hundred & twelve feet on the Notherly side upon the Street that leads from Mr Thomas Peverlys House to the Salt Water Westward & One hundred & eighty eight feet on the southerly side & about ninety feet deep, with the Bark House frame mill- stone & the other frame with all the prividges to the same belonging (be the same more or less) For Twelve Hundred pounds old Tenor which sum being one hundred & Eleven pounds four shillings & 3ª old Tenor more than was due from sd Estate, we Judge he should pay the sd sum for the use of the Heirs of the deceased -
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