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And we have apprais'd a piece of Land being the other half of that Lott of Land sett of to Mr Sam1 Hart, being that half next to the Land of M' Michael Whiddens Land, without the Barn & Shay house that is now upon the same, to be Five Hundred pounds old tenor & find the same to be two small to be divided between the Heirs -
We likewise have appraised the Lott of Land & old House where Robert Hart now lives the Land upon the Notherly side Joining the Tanyard lott being about Eighty feet & about Eighty feet upon the westerly side fronting upon the Street that Leads to the Bridge being something of this form to be worth Four
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hundred pounds old Tenor, and find the same to small to be divided between the Heirs
N B We have not concerned ourselves with or adjudgd any thing concerning the charges of administration or Debts due to other Creditors, or such as the said Administr have paid -
In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & Seals this Twentyeth day of October 1758
Sam11 waters John Dennett Thos Peirce
[Order of court, Nov. 29, 1758, settling the remainder of the real estate upon Samuel Hart, oldest son, he to pay the others their shares.]
[Bond of George Hart of Portsmouth, gentleman, with George Libby of Portsmouth, merchant, and Eliphalet Ladd of Exeter, merchant, as sureties, Sept. 30, 1778, for the administration de bonis non of the estate; witnesses, Thomas Clark, William Parker.]
DANIEL PERKINS 1756 HAMPTON FALLS
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Perkins of Hampton Falls, cordwainer, granted to his widow, Susanna Perkins, March 31, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 486.]
[Bond of Susanna Perkins, widow, with Ezekiel Carr and Daniel Sanborn, yeomen, as sureties, all of Hampton Falls, in the sum of £500, March 31, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Meshech Weare.]
[Warrant, March 31, 1756, authorizing Jonathan Fifield and Jonathan Gove, both of Hampton Falls, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
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[Inventory, attested June 28, 1756; amount, £807. 5. 0; signed by Jonathan Fifield and Jonathan Gove.]
[Warrant, Jan. 26, 1758, authorizing Meshech Weare and Jonathan Swett, yeoman, both of Hampton Falls, to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, Dec. 18, 1758; amount, £217. II. 7; signed by Meshech Weare and Josiah Batchelder.]
[License to Susanna Carr, administratrix, April 25, 1759, to sell real estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 223.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate by Daniel Carr and his wife, Susanna Carr, formerly Susanna Perkins, administra- trix; receipts, £240. o. o, personal estate; expenditures, £544. 0. 0; mentions "Daniel one Son of the decd was 4 years old when his father died which was Sept' 1755 . . Mehitable a daughter of the decd 6 months old at that time"; allowed Oct. 26, 1759.]
[Bond of Daniel Perkins, cordwainer, with Ebenezer Fogg, gentleman, and Joseph Hook, cordwainer, as sureties, all of Seabrook, in the sum of £40,000, Feb. 28, 1781, for the adminis- tration de bonis non of the estate of Daniel Perkins of Seabrook cordwainer; witnesses, Abiatha Merrill, William Eaton.]
ZACHARIAH CHANDLER 1756 ROXBURY, MASS.
[License, April 5, 1756, to Hannah Chandler, widow, one of the administrators de bonis non of the estate of Zachariah Chandler of Roxbury, Mass., to sell real estate.]
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MORRIS HOBBS I756 NORTH HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen the Sixth Day of April 1756 I Moris Hobbs of North Hampton in the Province of New Hamp- shier in New England Carpender Being Sick & Weak in Body
Imprimies I give & Bequeath to my Dearly Beloved Wife Mary Hobbs One Third of the Income or Improvement of all my Estate during her Natural Life and All my Estate till my Eldest Son comes to the Age of Twenty one Years
Item I give & Bequeath to my Son Moris Hobbs the one Half of All my Estate both Real & Personall Excepting House Hold Goods to him & his Assigns for ever
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Son Thomas Hobbs the one half of All my Estate both Real & Personall all excepting House- hold Goods to him & his Assigns forever And if either of my Sd Sons Should Dye before they come to be the age of Twenty one to go to the other Son
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Huldah Hobbs one Half of my Household Goods & Also Two Hundred & Ten Pounds old Tenor to be Raised & Levied out of my Estate And Paid by my Son moris And A Comfortable Support till She Coms of Age of Eighteen And Also one half of the South Room in my House till marriage
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary Hobbs one half of my Household Goods & Also Two Hundred Pounds Old Tenor to be Raised & levied out of my Estate and Paid by my Son Thomas And Also A Comfortable Support out of my Estate till She comes to the age of Eighteen And Also one half of my South Room till Marriage
I Likwise Constitute make & ordain my Said Wife Mary Hobbs & Benjamin Smith of Said North Hampton Executors
Morris Hobbes
[Witnesses] Nath1 Gookin, James Godfree, John Weeks. [Proved April 28, 1756.]
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[Warrant, April 28, 1756, authorizing Samuel Fogg of Exeter and James Godfrey of North Hampton, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested May 26, 1756; amount, £6051. 0. 0; signed by Samuel Fogg and James Godfrey.]
JAMES TOWLE I756 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen the Eighth Day of April 1756 We James Towle of Hampton in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Husbandman And Kezia Towle Wife of Said James Towle of Hampton in Said Province Spinster We being Weak in Body
Imprimas We give & Bequeath to our Well Beloved Son Abraham Perkins Towle the one half of All our Land & Marsh Excepting A Peice of Land Lying Joyning to the Land of Richard Sandborn & the Land of Lieut. Jonath" Levit and A Peice of Marsh in ye Spring Marsh beyond the great Crick About Two acrs more or Less And a peace of Swomp Lying by Land of Tomas Nudd & Land of my Father Joseph Towle which Peice Contanes Five Acers at the South End of my Lot in Said Swomp which Peices are for our Son Jonathan Also we give to our Sd Son Abraham the one Half of All our Real Estate to him And to his Assigns for ever And Also the one Half of All our Personall Estate
Item We give & Bequeath to our well beloved Son James Towle the one half of all our Land & Marsh Excepting a Tract of Land Lying between Land of Richard Sandborn & Land of Jonathan Lovit And A Tract of Marsh in the Spring Marsh Two Acers More or Less South of the Great Crick And A Tract of Meddow Lying Between Meddow of our Father Joseph Towle &
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Meddow of Thomas Nudd for my Son Jonathan And Also we give to our Said Son James the one half of all our Real Estate to him & to his Assigns forever And also one Half of All our Per- sonell Estate my Two Said Sons Abraham Perkins Towle & James Towle Equally to devide Sd Estate At the time my Said Son James shall Come to the Age of Twenty one Years
Item We give & Bequeath to Our Wel beloved Son Jonathan Towle A Tract of Land Lying by the Country Road between the Land of Richard Sandborn & Land of Jonathan Lovit And Also A Peice of Marsh Lying the South Side of the great Crick About Two Acers And also A Tract of Meddow Containing Five Acers At the South end of My Meddow And Lying Between Meddow of our Father Joseph Towle And Meddow of Thomas Nudd To him & his Assigns -
Item We Give & Bequeath to our Welbeloved Daughter Mary Silver the Sum of Twenty Pounds Old Tenor to be leavied & Raised out of Our Estate & Paid by Our Son James Towle
Item We Give & Bequeath to Our Welbeloved Daughter Mehetable Perkins the Sum of Ten Pounds Old Tenor to be Raised & leavied out of Our Estate & Paid by our Son Abraham Perkins Towle
Item We Give & Bequeath to Our welbeloved Daughter Anna Sandborn the Sum of Ten Pounds Old Tenor to be Raised & Levied out of Our Estate & Paid by our Son Abraham Perkins Towle
Item We Give & bequeath to Our Welblovd Daughter Huldah Towle the Sum of Ten Pounds Old Tenor to be Raised & leavied out of Our Estate & Paid by our Sons Abraham Perkins Towle & James Towle
We Likwise Constitute make & ordain our Two Sons Abraham Perkins Towle & James Towle Executors *
his James + Towle Mark
kezia Toole
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[Witnesses] John Weeks, Benjamin Mason, Joseph towle, Edmund Mason.
[Proved July 9, 1756.]
[Bond of Kezia Towle, widow, with Benjamin Mason, tailor, and Joseph Towle, 3d, as sureties, all of Hampton, in the sum of £1000, July 9, 1756, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker, Samuel Parker.]
JOHN POWELL 1756 BRENTWOOD
[Patience Powell renounces administration on the estate of her husband, John Powell of Brentwood, April 12, 1756, in favor of John Sleeper of Brentwood, trader; witnesses, Samuel Dudley, Jr., Daniel West.]
[Administration on the estate of John Powell, husbandman, granted to John Sleeper of Brentwood, yeoman, May 17, 1756.] [Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 533.]
[Bond of John Sleeper, yeoman and trader, with Reuben San- born and Richard Fitzgerald, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of £500, May 17, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, John Fernald, William Parker.]
[Inventory, July 12, 1756; amount, £270. 0. 0; signed by James Young and John Smith.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £206. 0. 0; expenditures, £82. 4. 0; mentions support of children; allowed May 31, 1758.]
BENONI WRIGHT 1756 HINSDALE
[Bond of Moses Wright of Hinsdale, yeoman, with Josiah Willard and William Symes, gentleman, both of Winchester, as
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sureties, in the sum of £500, April 16, 1756, for the administra- tion of the estate of Benoni Wright of Hinsdale, gentleman; witnesses, Abraham Scott, James Scott.]
[Warrant, April 16, 1756, authorizing Capt. Samuel Hunt, Lieut. Jonathan Belding, and Stephen Belding, freeholders, all of Northfield, Mass., to appraise the estate; mentions Moses Wright as son of the deceased.]
[Inventory, July 1, 1756; amount, £1030. 0. 0; signed by Jonathan Belding, Samuel Hunt, and Stephen Belding.]
ABRAHAM BROWN 1756 SOUTH HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen I Abraham Brown of South- hampton in the Province of Newhampr in New England Gentle- man being in health of body
Item I Will & bequeath Unto my Son Samuel Brown (in Addition To what I have already given him by a deed in lands & Marsh &c) Two Acres of land lying in the Parish of Brentwood which I Purchasd of Jabez Clough of Said Brentwood (as by a Deed bearing date the 19th day of April 1755 May more fully Appear) to him & his heirs forever As also one feather bed & bedding in my house -
Item I Will & bequeath to my Son Abel Brown (in Addition To what I have already given him by a deed in lands & marsh &c) my Right of lands in a New Township Commonly known by The Name of Majr Stevens's town in Newhampr Aforesaid which I Purchas'd of Samuel Bean of Kingston (As by a deed bearing date the 12th day of January 1753 may more fully Appear) to him & his heirs forever, As also all my Stock of Horses Cattle, Sheep, & Swine, & also all my Tools & Implements of Husbandry, & all Moveables out of doors, & a feather bed & bedding, & my Clock & loom in the house; & also all my debts, & whatever
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Shall be owing to me by Notes Bills or Bonds he paying my Debts, funeral Charges, & the Legacy's that Shall hereafter in this my will be Appointed to him to pay -
Item I Will & Bequeath to my two Daughters Vizt Ann Elkins The wife of Thomas Elkins & Hannah Hook the wife of Dyer Hook both of Kingston in New Hampr (In Addition to what I have already given them) My Right in Two Twenty Acre Lots the one Above the two Hundred Acre grants in Said Kingston & the other below Said two Hundred Acre grants which I Purchasd of Capt" Joseph Greeley of Said Kingston (As by Deed from him may fully Appear) what I Own in Said Lots to be given to my Said two Daughters to be Equally divided between them to them & their Heirs forever -
Item- I Will & bequeath to My Daughter Sarah Tompson the Wife of Matthew Tompson of Stretham in Newhampr (in Addi- tion to what I have already given her) A Certain tract of Land lying in Exeter in Said Newhampr which I Purchasd of Dudley Hardee of Said Exeter Containing fifteen Acres (As by a deed from Said Hardee dated the 24th day of July 1752 may With its bounds more fully Appear) to her & her heirs forever As also the Sum of about fifty Pounds Money According to the old Tenour which remains due to me of a Sum of money that I lent to her husband the Said Matthew Tompson & for which I took No Security of him -
Item I Will & bequeath to Moses Clough the Son of My Daughter Miriam Clough Deceas'd the Sum of Two hundred Pounds Money According to the old Tenour to be paid by my Executor hereafter Named as soon As he shall arrive to the Age of twenty One Years -
Item I Will & bequeath to the three Daughters of My afore- mentioned Daughter Miriam Clough Deceas'd viz Sarah, Miriam & Mary The Sum of One hundred Pounds in Money According to the old Tenour to Each of them to be paid them by my Executor As soon as they shall arrive to the Age of Eighteen Years or at their Marriage --
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Item I give & bequeath to the Said three Daughters of my Said daughter Clough Deceasd all my houshold goods & furni- ture that shall be left by me at my decease that I have not al- ready in this my last Will & Testament disposd of to be Equally Divided between them -
Item all my Wearing Apparrell I give to my two Sons Samuel & Abel beforementioned to be Equally Divided between them
Item I do hereby Constitute & Appoint my Son Abel Brown To be Sole Executor
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this Sixteenth day of April Annoqe Domini One Thousand Seven hundred & fifty Six -
Abraham Brown
[Witnesses] Abraham Smith, Thomas Bacheller, Nathanael Bacheller.
[Proved April 12, 1758.]
[Caveat, March 29, 1758, by Thomas Elkins and Dyer Hook, both of Kingston, yeomen, who married daughters of Capt. Abraham Brown, against the probate of the will without notice; objections withdrawn by both April 8, 1758.]
[Warrant, April 12, 1758, authorizing Jeremy Webster of Kingston and Ephraim Brown of South Hampton, gentleman, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 25, 1758; amount, £4827. 14. 7; signed by Jeremy Webster and Ephraim Brown.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £3547. 14. 7, personal estate; expenditures, £711. 10. 9; allowed Nov. 28, 1759.]
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REUBEN SANBORN 1756 HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God Amen the Seventeenth Day of April In the twenty Ninth Year of his Majestys Reign And in the Year of Our Lord Christ Seventeen Hundred and fifty Six I Reuben Sanborn of Hampton falls in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Yeoman being Sick and Weak in Body
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Daughters Anna Loverin And Abigail Cram to Each of them One hundred Pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Executor fifty Pounds to Each of them within One Year after my Decease And the Remaining fifty Pounds to Each of them within two Years after my Decease And if the Said Sums be not Paid by the times herementioned then I Give to my Said Daughters Each of them (if the Sums abovementiond Remain Unpaid to Each of them) two Acres of Land that is to Say to my Daughter Anna Loverin her heirs And assigns two Acres on the westerly Side of my Pasture Adjoyning to my Brother Joseph Sanborn's Land - And to my Daughter Abigail Cram two Acres to her & her heirs and assigns Adjoyning to My Daughter Loverin two acres which land is to be instead of the Sums above mentioned so that if they have the Land then the money is not to paid them
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Sergent her heirs And Assigns two Acres of Land In Hampton falls aforesaid where her Husband Edward Sargent Now Lives to begin by the Way that goes by his house three Rods Westerly of his Barn and so to Run Down by the way to the Crossway that Goes to the mill and to Run back from the way so far as to make two acres to be of Equal wedth throughout
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Daughters Mary Brown and Phebe Sanborn the Westerly half of my House where I now live from top to bottom for them to live in and Improve so long as they Remain Unmarried Also a Priviledge in the Yard before my Door for Laying of firewood and other necessaries And for Drawing water in the well Also a Priviledge in my Orchard for to
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get Apples Sufficient for their Own Use Summer & for Winter Apples - Also firewood Sufficient for one fire to be Provided for them by my Executor, at the Door Cut fit for the fire Also the Use and keeping of one Cow for Each of them to be kept for them both Summer and Winter by my Executor - Also the Improvement of my Garden that is behind my house. I Also give to Each of them ten Bushels of Corn now in my house And a Sufficient Proportion of my other Provisions in the House for their Support the Ensuing Summer I also Give to Each of them a Pig of those which I now have at the Door I also Give to Each of them ten Bushels of Corn and two Barrils of cyder to be provided for them yearly & put into the House by my Executor so long as they Remain Unmarried As abovementioned And my will And Meaning is that if One of my said Daughters should marry before the Other then that which Remains Unmarried to Injoy the Priviledge of the House Yard, Well, firewood, Orchard keep- ing of a Cow Garden, ten bushels of Corn & two Barrils of Cyder Yearly to be provided by my Executor As abovementioned So long as she Remains Unmarried - I also Give to Each of my said Daughters Mary Brown & Phebe Sanborn One hundred Pounds old Tenor to be paid them by my Executor (if they shall Marry) within One Year after the time that Either of them shall Marry And if My Executor shall not Pay the said Sums as here ordered then I Give to Each of my Said Daughters her heirs & assigns two Acres of Land In the Same Manner as I gave to my Daughters Anna Loverin & Abigail Cram to lye Ad- joyning thereto - I also give to my Daughter Phebe Sanborn One Cow And all my Houshold Goods Commonly Used in the House
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Reuben Sanborn to him his heirs and Assigns all my Estate both Real & Personal not Otherwise Disposed of in this my Will And I do hereby Appoint him Sole Executor
his Reuben + Sanborn Mark
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[Witnesses] Meshech Weare, Samuel Prescutt the third, James Prescutt.
[Proved May 28, 1756.]
[Bond of Reuben Sanborn, with Bradbury Green and Stephen Healey as sureties, all of Hampton Falls, in the sum of £1000, Aug. 19, 1757, for the execution of the will; witnesses, Meshech Weare, Jonathan Cram.]
JOHN MARSHALL 1756 HUDSON
[Thankful Marshall, widow, and John Marshall, oldest son, renounce administration on the estate of John Marshall of Not- tingham West April 20, 1756; witnesses, Ezekiel Greeley, Eze- kiel Chase.]
[Administration granted to Daniel Marshall of Nottingham West, yeoman, April 20, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 507.]
[Bond of Daniel Marshall, husbandman, with Ezekiel Greeley, trader, and Samuel Greeley, Jr., innholder, as sureties, all of Nottingham West, in the sum of £1000, April 20, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Josiah Spaulding, Ezekiel Chase.]
[Thankful Marshall releases all her rights in the estate to Daniel Marshall for £200 April 20, 1756; witnesses, Ezekiel Greeley, Samuel Greeley.]
[Inventory, May 10, 1756; amount, £2286. 8. 6; signed by Phineas Underwood and Stephen Chase.]
[Warrant, Sept. 10, 1756, authorizing Joseph Blanchard, Jr., and Phineas Underwood, yeoman, both of Merrimack, to receive claims against the estate.]
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[List of claims, March 3, 1757; account, £2904. 9. 7; signed by Joseph Blanchard and Phineas Underwood.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1713. II. 7, personal estate; expenditures, £398. 16. 0; allowed Dec. 16, 1757.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £2904. 9. 7; amount distributed, £1314. 15. 7; allowed Dec. 16, 1757.]
TIMOTHY JOHNSON I756 GREENLAND
[Administration on the estate of Timothy Johnson of Green- land, joiner, granted to his widow, Margaret Johnson, April 21, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 507.]
[Bond of Margaret Johnson, widow, with John Allen and William Johnson, yeomen, as sureties, all of Greenland, in the sum of £500, April 21, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Richard Sanborn, William Parker.]
[Warrant, April 21, 1756, authorizing Nathan Murdough and Samuel Norton, both of Greenland, joiners, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, July 27, 1756; amount, £52. II. 0; signed by Nathan Murdough and Samuel Norton.]
[Warrant, Aug. 17, 1756, authorizing Enoch Clark, innholder, and Nathaniel Marston, yeoman, both of Greenland, to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims; amount, £678. 10. I; signed by Enoch Clark and Nathaniel Marston; attested May 25, 1757.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £55. 19. 0; expenditures, £32. 0. 0; allowed July 27, 1757, with mention of a child less than 7 years of age at the decease of the intestate.]
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JOHN FARRAR
I756 EPPING
[Bond of Ezekiel Brown, yeoman, with James Norris, gentle- man, and Benjamin Baker, yeoman, as sureties, all of Epping, in the sum of £1000, April 28, 1756, for the administration of the , estate of John Farrar of Epping, yeoman; witnesses, none.]
[Warrant, April 28, 1756, authorizing Samuel Thurston and Joseph Gordon, yeomen, both of Epping, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory of personal estate, attested July 28, 1756; amount, £649. 16. 0; signed by Joseph Gordon and Samuel Thurston.]
[Inventory of real estate, Sept. 29, 1756; amount, £1500. 0. 0; signed by Samuel Thurston and Joseph Gordon.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £746. 7. 8, personal estate; expenditures, £386. I. 9; allowed Nov. 13, 1759.]
DANIEL ROBERTS I756 HAMPSTEAD
In the Name of God Amen this 30th day of April A D 1756 I Daniel Roberds of Hampstead in the Province of New Hamp Shire in New England yeoman *
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to Martha my Dearly beloved wife the free use of half my Dwelling House & half my celler and half my Barn and convenient Room for improveing House and Barn and well and also the improvement of ten Acres of Land five acres of Plowing & mowing land & five acres beyond the Causway that was Mudgits so long as she remains my Widow I also give my said Wife two sheep and two lambs and one Cow and all my swine I also give the use of My Housel stuff to my said wife giveing her Power to Dispose of the same to my Daughters as she se cause
Item I Give to my welbeloved son Daniel's three Daughters five shillings old tenor Each
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Item I Give to my well beloved Daughter Mary Foster two acres and half of my whomstead with the ten Acres I have already given a Deed of
Item I Give and bequeath to my well beloved Daughters namely Hannah & Sarah all my Real & Personal Estate that I have not yet Disposed of Equally to be divided between them both: onely I give my Daughter Hannah one Cow more than Sarah; they paying my legeses and all my Just Debts and mine and my wifes Funeral Charges
I hereby Constitute make and ordain my said Daughters namely Hannah and Sarah my Executrixes * * *
Daniel Robardes
[Witnesses] Joseph Little, Bejamin heath, Daniel Little. [Proved Oct. II, 1757.]
[Warrant, Oct. II, 1757, authorizing John Muzzey and Daniel Johnson, both of Hampstead, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Dec. 26, 1757; amount, £1751. 15. 0; signed by John Muzzey and Daniel Johnson.]
JOHN RICKER 1756 SOMERSWORTH
In ye Name of God Amen the fifteenth Day of May in ye Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty Six I John Ricker of the Town of Somersworth in ye province of New-Hampshire in New-England Yeoman *
Imprimis I give and bequeath to my Dearly beloved Wife Hannah ye Improvement of one half of My Homestead during her Widowed Lif & if she marries again ye one third of ye Im- provement of my Sª Homestead during her natural Life.
Item I give & bequeath to My Sª Wife Hannah one Cow & one Heifer, and the Improvement of all my Houshold Goods during her natural Life.
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Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Phinehas Twenty Acres of land where he now lives and about Twelve Acres more out of my pasture on ye northerly Side of it Joyning to land in possession of Brother Ephraim Ricker which Sª Son has now in possession and five acres more Joyning to said twelve acres, from land in possession of Richard Ricker to ye land in posses- sion of Deacon Gershom Wentworth to him his Heirs & assigns for ever Excepting So Much wood as I shall want & a privilage for me & mine to water Creatures at ye Brook He paying fifty pounds old Ten' to his Sister Judith, & ye Child" of his Sister Elizabeth & olive deceased, one third to Judith ye rest to be equally divided between Sª Children all to be paid in Species within four years after my decease.
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