Probate records of the Province of New Hampshire Vol. 5 1754-1756, Part 31

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Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Nathaniel Twenty acres of land where he now lives and fourteen acres of land more at ye Southerly End of My Tract of land at Black- water, a place So called in Dover, to him his Heirs and assigns for ever, He paying fifty pounds old Ten' in Species To his Sister Judith, and ye Children of his Sisters Elizabeth & Olive deceased, yt is one third of Sª fifty pounds to Sª Judith & ye other Two thirds to Sª Child" a third to each Daughters Children, within four Years after my decease.


Item I give and bequeath to My Beloved Son Paul thirty three acres of land at Blackwater af'sd where he now Improves at ye northerly End of my Sª Tract of land to him his Heirs & assigns for ever, he paying to his Sister Judith & ye Children of his Said Deceased Sisters as aforesaid. -


Item I give and bequeath to My beloved Son Ebenezer Thirty three Acres of land at Blackwater af'Sª out of my Sa Tract of land Next adjoyning to My Sª Son Paul to him his Heirs & assigns for ever He paying to his Sister Judith & ye Children of his Said Sisters as aforesaid


Item I give and bequeath to My beloved Son Daniel ye whole of My Homestead excepting ye Improvement of part thereof as aforesaid to him his Heirs and assigns for ever excepting half of


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one Acre hereafter to be Mentioned, He paying to his Sister Judith and the Children of his deceased Sisters af'sd one Hundred pounds old Ten' in Species, one third thereof to his sª Sister Judith & ye other Two thirds to ye Sd Children, one third to ye Children of one of ye deceased Sisters & ye other third to ye Chil- dren of ye other deceased Sister, & So ye other Mentioned Sums are to be paid.


Item all ye rest of My Stock of Creatures that I have not disposed of I give & bequeath to my Said Son Daniel to him his Heirs & assigns for ever


Item I give & bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Judith after ye decease my beloved Wife Hannah ye one third of all my Household goods to her her Heirs & assigns for ever.


Item after ye decease of My Wife Hannah I give & bequeath to ye Children of my beloved Daughter Elizabeth deceased, ye one third of all My Household Goods to them their Heirs & assigns for ever


Item after ye decease of my Wife Hannah I give & bequeath to ye Children of my beloved Daughter olive one third of all my Household goods to them their Heirs & assigns for ever.


Item I give and bequeath to My Sª Son Nathaniel ye priviledge of passing with a team fm his land on ye westerly Side of ye twenty acres before Mentioned given to my Son phinehas, to ye South End thereof, and from thence to my Sª Son phinehas & Nathaniel I give ye priviledge of a Cart road round on ye Notherly West- erly & Southerly Side of ye Estate belonging to the Heirs of My Brother Meturen Ricker lately deceased, to ye Cluster of pare Trees by ye Country road to them their Heirs & assigns for ever.


Item I give & bequeath To all My Children & others, who Bury their Dead at ye Burying place in my field one half of an Acre Joyning to ye Country road upon Condition they make a good fence round ye Same & maintain it


Item I will that My Son Daniel part with So Much of My personal Estate to My Executors as shall be necessary to pay All My lawfull Debts


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Item I do likewise Constitute make & ordain my beloved Son Phinehas My Sole Executor John Ricker


[Witnesses] Ebenezer Wallingford, Gershom Wentworth, Benj& Wentworth.


[Proved June 29, 1757.]


[Warrant, June 29, 1757, authorizing Moses Stevens and Ichabod Rollins, both of Somersworth, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]


[Inventory, Sept. 27, 1757; amount, £3676. 5. 0; signed by Moses Stevens and Ichabod Rollins.]


BENJAMIN HAYES 1756 ROCHESTER


In the Name of God Amen The Fifteenth day of May 1756 I Benj& Hayes of Rochester in the Province of New Hampshire * in New England yeoman Being very sick & weak in Body


Imprimis I give & Bequeath to Jean my Dearly Beloved wife one third Part of all the Income of my first Division Lands in sd Rochester During Her State of Widowhood together with the one Half of my dwelling House, & all my Household Goods Debts cows mare & all moveable Effects with the sheep & lambs which I Have not already Disposed off to my son & sd moveable Estate is to be divided by my wife at her decease amongst my Children at Her Discretion -


Item I give to my welbeloved son Benja all my first Division lands in sd Rochester together with a double Part in my second third & undivided Lands in sd Town To Him the sd Benja His Heirs & assigns forever.


Item I give to my welbeloved Daughters Abigail Elizabeth & Hannah all the Remainder of the Land which I have not before given to my son Benja to be Equal Divided amongst them


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Item I Likewise Constitute make & ordain my Beloved wife Jean & my Son Benja my Executors *


Mark


Benja Hayes X His


[Witnesses] John Hayes mark X, Wentworth Hayes his X mark, Jean Herd Her X .


[Proved June 30, 1756.]


[Bond of Jane Hayes of Rochester, widow, and Benjamin Hayes of Rochester, yeoman, with Wentworth Hayes of Roch- ester and John Hayes of Dover as sureties, in the sum of £500, June 30, 1756, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]


SAMUEL EATON I756 HAMPTON FALLS


[Administration on the estate of Samuel Eaton of Hampton Falls, yeoman, granted to Jabez Eaton of Hampton Falls, yeo- man, May 18, 1756.]


[Probate Records, vol. 19. p. 533.]


[Bond of Jabez Eaton, yeoman, with Amos Dwinell, physician, and Nathan Green, trader, as sureties, all of Hampton Falls, in the sum of £500, May 18, 1756, for the administration of the estate of his brother, Samuel Eaton of Hampton Falls; witnesses, William Parker, Nathaniel Adams.]


[Warrant, May 18, 1756, authorizing Samuel Collins and David Norton, both of Hampton Falls, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]


[Inventory, attested Sept. 6, 1756; amount, £796. 14. 0; signed by Samuel Collins and David Norton.]


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JONATHAN PAGE I756 PLAISTOW


[Thomas Page of Plaistow consents that administration on the estate of his son, Jonathan Page of Plaistow, be granted to Jacob Kent of Plaistow, May 21, 1756.]


[Bond of Jacob Kent, with Jonathan Clement and Samuel Little, Jr., as sureties, all of Plaistow, in the sum of £1000, May 26, 1756, for the administration of the estate of Jonathan Page, Jr., of Plaistow, yeoman; witness, William Parker.]


[Inventory, attested May 25, 1756; amount, £1266. 15. 0; signed by Jonathan Kimball and Samuel Little, Jr .; mentions land in Haverhill, Mass.]


[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £610. 6. 2, personal estate; expenditures, £625. 8. 8; mentions maintenance of children, Jacob Page, born April 4, 1750; Ruth Page, born March 29, 1752; Jonathan Page, born Dec. 14, 1753; Elias Page, born Jan. 17, 1756; allowed June 3, 1757.]


JOSEPH SCRIBNER, JR. 1756 EXETER


[Elizabeth Scribner renounces administration on the estate of her husband, Joseph Scribner, Jr., of Exeter May 24, 1756, in favor of Joseph Scribner, father of the deceased; witnesses, Joseph Lougee, Robert Lord.]


[Administration granted to Joseph Scribner of Exeter May 26, 1756.]


[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 556.]


[Bond of Joseph Scribner, yeoman, with Joseph Lougee, tailor, and Noah Emery, gentleman, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of £500, May 26, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Jeremy Webster, John Nutter.]


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[Warrant, May 26, 1756, authorizing Theophilus Smith and Caleb Kimball, mason, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate.]


[Inventory, July 15, 1756; amount, £715. 18. 9; signed by Caleb Kimball and Theophilus Smith.]


[List of claims against the estate, Jan. 14, 1757; amount, £383. 5. 0; signed by Joseph Scribner; mentions a widow and two small children.]


[Administration de bonis non granted to Joseph Lougee of Exeter, tailor, Oct. 26, 1757.]


[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 329.]


[Bond of Joseph Lougee, tailor, with John Steele and John Glidden, yeomen, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of £500, Oct. 26, 1757, for the administration de bonis non of the estate; witnesses, John Smith, William Parker, Jr.]


[Account of Joseph Scribner as administrator; receipts, £379. 18. 0; expenditures, £393. 7. 8; allowed April 17, 1760.]


[Account of the settlement of the estate by Joseph Lougee as administrator de bonis non; receipts, £230. o. o; expenditures, £5II. 16. I; allowed April 17, 1760.]


WILLIAM HOBBS I756 AMHERST


[Administration on the estate of William Hobbs of Souhegan West, yeoman, granted to his widow, Amy Hobbs, May 25, 1756.]


[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 533.]


[Bond of Amy Hobbs of Souhegan West, widow, with John Goffe of Bedford and Reuben Chesley of Dover, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, May 25, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Mary Parker, William Parker.]


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[Inventory, attested Aug. 25, 1756; amount, £3021. 18. 0; signed by Benjamin Hopkins and William Peabody.]


To the Honbl Judge of probates of Wills &c


Sir in Obeydiance to your warrant dated ye 25 Day of August A D 1756 We Benjin Hopkins and Nathan Hutchinson of Mon- son yeoman & William Pebody of Souhegan West yeoman the Committee Appointed to Set off Amey Hobbss thirds have don it in ye following manner begining at The South Easterly Corner of said Thirds at a Small Elm Tree on ye Bank of Souhegan River marked with W then Runing North Twelve Degrees West to a wite pine Tree Marked W & so on to ye Notheren line then Run- ning Westerly forty Six Rods then Running South twelve degrees East to a pitch pine marked W And So on to An Elm marked W & Still Continuing ye Same point to an Other Elm marked W on the River bank & So on the River to the bounds First mentioned Together with The old End of the house and Cellar and one third of ye Barn at ye South Side


Souhegan West No 3 October ye 8ª 1756 -


Committee ‹ 1 Benjamin Hopkins Nathan Hutchinson William Peabody


[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £2040. 5. 6; expenditures, £1822. II. II; allowed June 28, 1758.]


[Additional account; receipts, £212. 13. 7; expenditures, £281. 18. 0; allowed Nov. 22, 1758.]


[Guardianship of Phoebe Hobbs, minor, aged more than 14 years, daughter of William Hobbs, granted to John Shepard Sept. 2, 1762.]


[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 447.]


[Bond of John Shepard, Jr., with Robert Read, gentleman, and Ephraim Hildreth as sureties, all of Amherst, in the sum of £500, Sept. 2, 1762, for the guardianship of Phoebe Hobbs; witnesses, James Rollins, Abigail Rollins.]


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EDWARD ROLLINS 1756 ROCHESTER


[Administration on the estate of Edward Rollins of Rochester granted to his widow, Elizabeth Rollins, May 26, 1756.]


[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 533.]


[Bond of Elizabeth Rollins, widow, with John Knight, gentle- man, and John Nutter, yeoman, as sureties, all of Newington, in the sum of £500, May 26, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]


[Warrant, May 26, 1756, authorizing Richard Downing of Newington, gentleman, and Charles Baker of Somersworth, yeoman, to appraise the estate.]


[Inventory, June 21, 1756; amount, £3777. 16. 6; signed by Richard Downing and Charles Baker.]


JOHN ELLIOT 1756 SOUTH HAMPTON


[Administration on the estate of John Elliot of South Hamp- ton, yeoman, granted to his widow, Hannah Elliot, May 26, 1756.]


[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 546.]


[Bond of Hannah Elliot of South Hampton, widow, with Jonathan Kimball of South Hampton, yeoman, and David Elliot of Newton as sureties, in the sum of £500, May 26, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]


[Warrant, May 26, 1756, authorizing Gideon Bartlett of Newton and Jonathan Kimball of South Hampton to appraise the estate.]


[Inventory, June 10, 1756; amount, £3888. 6. I; signed by Gideon Bartlett and Jonathan Kimball.]


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[Warrant, March 30, 1757, authorizing William Rowell, David Bagley, gentlemen, Cutting Favor, yeoman, Jonathan Watson, cooper, and Daniel Goodwin, yeoman, all of Newton, to divide the real estate.]


Province of New Hampshir


To the Honorble Richard Wibird Esqr Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for ye Province of New Hampshir


Persuant to your Honrs Warrant to us directed appointing us a comtte to view the Real Estate of John Elliot Late of Newtown decesed Intestate & set off to Hannah Elliot widow of the decesed her Right of dower in sd estate &c We haveing met & viwed as natural the premises which we find in this province & have sett off to the sd widow for her thirds as followeth which we Judge to be a full third part of sª Estate Viz Begining at ye south easterly Corner Bounds of the Homestead of the decesd at the High way & Runing Northerly on the Easterly Line of sd Estate to the North Easterly Corner of sd Homestead: then Runing Westerly on the Northerly Line of sd Homestead forty Rods to a stake & stones then Runing southerly across sd Homestead to a stake & stones at the fore mentioned High way then Easterly on sd way thirty two Rods to the place first mentioned twenty five acres or be the same more or Less: with the one half of the Dwelling House thereon viz the Easterly end thereof & one half of the celler; and also the one half of the Barn thereon viz the Easterly End thereof: with all the privilages & appurtenances (saveing & Excepting a privilage to use and Improve the other End of sd Dweling House as followeth: sd Privilage Begining at ye High way at a stake and stones so Runing northerly to the midle of the fore Door & so through sd House to a stake & stones half a Rod Northerly from sd House then westerly two Rods to a stake & stones at ye Northwesterly corner of ye House then Run- ing southerly to a stake & stones at the High way two Rods westerly from the Bounds now first mentioned and also a con- veinant privilage to use and improve the westerly End of the Barn


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Furthermore it is our Humble opinion & Judgment: that the Remaining two thirds of sd Estate Cannot be Divided without great prejudice to & spoiling of the whole: there fore We apprise & value the same as followeth Viz the whole Remaining two thirds of sd Estate We Judge the present value to Be 1935 Pounds (old tener) as witness our Hands the 15th day of April anoqui Domini 1757


William Rowell David bagly Cutting favour


Jonathan Wattson Daniel Goodwin


[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £960. 18. 9; expenditures, £483. 12. 0; allowed July 21, 1757.]


[Warrant, Dec. 1, 1757, authorizing Joseph French, Samuel Currier, Samuel Barnett, Richard Collins, and Eliphalet Merrill, all of South Hampton, to divide the real estate among the widow and eleven children.]


Province of Where as We The Subscribers Being By New Hampshire The Hon ble Richard Wibird Esq Judge of the Probates of Wills For said Province appointed a committee To set off to Hannah Elliot Widow Relict of John Elliot Late of South Hampton Deceased Intestate Her Dower which Happens to her of the Real Estate of which he Died Seizd of By meets and Bounds To hold to her In severalty and to view and Consider whither The Remainding part of said Estate Can be Divided among the Children of said Deceased which survived Him with out Prejudice or spoiling of the whole as appears By Warrant Directed In Pursuance where of we Have setteled said Estate as Followeth


Imps To Hannah Elliot Widdow and Relict of the Deceasd for her Right of Dower in said Estate about Twenty three acres and sixty five Rodes of Land Laying on the Easterly side of the Deceasd homsted Beginning at the Bounds Between James


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George and said Deceasd Estate then Running westerly By a High way about thirty one Rodes To a stake and stones thence Nourtherly about one Hundred & Four Rodes to A stake and stones thence about thirty nine Rodes Easterly to the Bound in the Line Beween sª George and ye Deceasd Land thence south- erly about one Hundred and ten Rodes To the first mentioned Bounde Be the same more or Less with ye Deceasd House and Barn that standes upon the Land set off to said widow for her thirds -


21y We Have Viewed and Considered whether the Remainding Part of said estate can be Divided among the Children of said Deceased and we find that it Can not be Divided with out Prej- udice or spoiling of the whole and so we Have appraised it in our Judgments according to the Present Value in order That the same may be settelled upon one of the sones of said Deceased First we Have apprised the Remainding Part of the Deceasd Homestead at Forty Pounds old tenor pr acre and Bounded it as followeth Begining at a stake and stones by the High way on the westerly side of the Widows thirdes thence Running westerly 52 Rodes by said way thence North westerly by said way 97 Rodes to a stake and stones thence North Easterly 71 Rodes to a stake and stones then southerly to the First mentiond Bounde it Being about 39 acres and another Piece of Land Belonging to the Deceased Being Scituate Parte in South-Hampton and parte in New town in said Province Containing about 15 acres Butting Easterly upon a High way and Southerly upon Land of David Elliots and Westerly and Nourtherly upon Land of Benjamin Morsses and we Have apprised it at 35 pounds old tenor pr acre


In Testament of all foregoing We Have Here unto set our Hands the 23 Day of January 1758


Joseph French Samuel Currier Samuel Barnard Richª Collins Eliphelet Merrill


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[Ordered by the court, April 10, 1758, that the two thirds of the estate be settled on the oldest son, John Elliot, he to pay the other children £143. 15. 0 each.]


[Additional account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £477. 6. 9; expenditures, £211. 6. 10; allowed April 10, 1758.]


[Bond of John Elliot, joiner, with Daniel Goodwin and Jon- athan Currier, Jr., yeomen, as sureties, all of Newton, in the sum of £800, April 10, 1758, for the payment to the other children; witnesses, Timothy George, Timothy Goodwin.]


[Bond of Thomas Elliot of Sandown, with David Bagley and Thomas Bedel, both of Newton, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Sept. 23, 1760, for the guardianship of Timothy Elliot, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of John Elliot; witnesses, Eliphalet Bartlett, Gideon Bartlett.]


[Bond of Daniel Goodwin of South Hampton, with Henry Lancaster and Stephen Bartlett, both of Newton, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Sept. 23, 1760, for the guardianship of Judith Elliot and Lois Elliot, minors, aged more than 14 years, children of John Elliot; witnesses, Gideon Bartlett, Eliphalet Bartlett.]


[Additional account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £265. 19. II ; expenditures, £124. 0. 0; allowed March 19, 1762.]


HENRY DEARBORN I756 HAMPTON


[Administration on the estate of Henry Dearborn of Hampton, yeoman, granted to Esther Dearborn, widow, and John Taylor, yeoman, May 26, 1756.]


[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 546.]


[Bond of Esther Dearborn, widow, and John Taylor, both of Hampton, with Samuel Fogg of Exeter and Jeremiah Eastman


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of Kensington, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, May 26, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]


[Bond of Ebenezer Lovering, yeoman, with Abner Fogg, gentleman, and Benjamin Hobbs, yeoman, as sureties, all of North Hampton, in the sum of £2000, May 26, 1756, for the guardianship of his son, Simon Dearborn Lovering, aged less than 14 years; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]


[Inventory, attested Aug. 25, 1756; amount, £22,082. 8. 6; signed by Jonathan Page and Josiah Sanborn.]


[Additional inventory, Nov. 22, 1756; amount, £5730. 12. 2; signed by Jonathan Page and Josiah Sanborn.]


[Warrant, Feb. 14, 1757, authorizing Peter Folsom of Exeter, Robert Moulton of Hampton, Josiah Sanborn and Josiah Robin- son, both of Exeter, and Simeon Dearborn of North Hampton to divide the estate.]


[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 272.]


[Simon Dearborn Lovering makes choice of his father, Ebenezer Lovering, as his guardian April 19, 1757.]


[Bond of Ebenezer Lovering, with Abner Fogg and Samuel Jenness of Rye, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, April 18, 1757, for the guardianship of his son, Simon Dearborn Lovering, minor, aged more than 14 years; witnesses, John Langdon, John Fernald.]


Province of Agreable to a Warrent from the Honbl


New Hampsr S Richª Wibird Esqr Judge of the Probate of Wills for Said Province &c Impowering us a Committe to Divide the Real Estate of Henry Dearborn late of Hampton in said Province Yeoman Deceas'd we have Effected the same in the following manner, viz. we have set off to ye widdow Esther Dearborn, widdow Relict of said Deceas'd one full third Part of all the Real Estate that was shown us as the Estate yt ye said


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Deceased Died Posses'd off, according to Quantity & Quality to ye best of our Judgments, to hold to her in severalty as her Dower thereof, viz. two lotts of Land where the said Deceas'd lived in his life time & on which his Building now stand contain- ing about twenty Eight Acres with said Buildings, and likewise thirty five Acres of upland & swamp adjoyning to ye said two lotts or a highway on ye South & Robert Moultons land on ye west thirty three Rod & an half & Runing from thence north fifty five Degrees East untill it Comes to Taylor Wear's land, and then by Said Tayler Wears land untill it comes to the said two Shares or highway - we have likewise Set off to ye Said Widdow about Eighteen Acres of Salt Marsh in Hampton afore said in five Peices, one peice contains about five Acres & an half & was bought of John Sherburne by ye said Deceas'd Deed bearing Date ye 31st of May Anno Dommini one thousand seven hundred & thirty six, another Peice contains two Acres bought of Jonathan Godfree Deed bearing Date ye 7th Day of november Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred & twenty two, the third Peice contains two Acres and an half & twenty two Rods bought of Jonathan Godfree & lyeth undivided with Nathan Godfree ye whole peice is bounded eastward & westward on the River Northwardly on Jonathan Dearborns Marsh & Southward on James Godfrees Marsh, the forth Peice contains about three Acres & an half of flats or Thatch Ground which ye Deceased bought of Shubal Sanborn, & lieth undivided with Robert Drake ye whole lyes adjoyning to flats which Dan11 & Jonathan Marston owned on the Southward, & marsh of Jona- than Elkins on ye north - the fifth Peice contains four acres & is part of a Peice of marsh that Decended to ye Deceased from his father containing about eighteen Acres, the Said four acres is bounded on Marsh of Nathan Cram's on ye north, on a certain Slow on ye north East and on Marsh we have set of to Sarah Taylor on ye South, & on Marsh we have set of to Elisabeth Sanburne on ye west - And the Remaining two third we have Divided into three Equal Parts according to Quantity & Quality


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to ye best of our judgments and set them off to ye heirs of the said Deceased in the following manner, viz. we have set of to Sarah Taylor the Daughter of ye Said Deceased to her to hold in severalty a Peice of Land Containing about seven acres & an half which lyeth on ye Southwestward side of Exeter Road before the House of ye Said Deceased, bounded Northwardly on ye said Road & on land belonging to James & Jonathan Sanborn East- wardly on land of Thomas Elkins, southwardly on Robert Drake's land, Westwardly on a highway or James Foggs land, we have likewise set off to ye said Sarah twenty Six Acres of upland & Swamp adjoyning to Pages Road on ye Northward, on land set off to Ebenez" Lovering on ye East on ye Widdow's thirds on ye South & on Robert Moulton's land on ye west, we have likewise Set off to said Sarah about twenty two Acres of Land on ye Southwestward side of Exeter Road adjoyning to ye Road on ye northeastward end, Southwardly on James Foggs land, Southwestwardly on Nathan & Jonathan Tiltons land, or ass brook (so called) northwardly on land we set of to Elisabeth Sanborn, said peice is to be Seventeen Rods wide at ye Road on a Perpendicular line & Nineteen Rods wide at ye other end, that is at ye westward end of James Foggs land on a Perpendicular line, the northward side of said twenty two acres is to Run from the Road to Tilton's Land or ass Brook - we have likewise Set off to Said Sarah about Eleven Acres of salt Marsh in three Peices, one peice contains about three acres and three quarters of an acre Bought of Joseph Batchelder being commonly known by ye name of Birch Island, another Peice contains about three acres & an half & Decended to ye Deceased from his father, bounded Eastwardly on Hampton River Southwardly on James Lovits Marsh, westwardly on Shaws Marsh, northwardly on Chases Marsh; the other Peice contains about three Acres & three quarters of an Acre being Part of ye Eighteen Acres above mentioned yt Decended to ye Deceas'd from his father, said three acres & three quarters is bounded northwardly on four acres we set off to ye widdow, northeastward on a certain Slow,




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