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Eastwardly on a quarter of an acre set off to Ebenez' Lovering, Southwardly on Marsh of Taylor Wear's & Benjm Moulton's, westwardly on Marsh set of to Elesabeth Sanborn. - nextly we have set of to Elisabeth Sanborn, Daughter of ye said Deceased to hold to her in severalty, viz about sixty four acres of land on ye south westward side of Exetor Road, bounded on Exetor Road on ye north Eastward, & land we Set of to Sarah Taylor on ye south, & Capt" Jonathan Tiltons Land on ye west, & on Willm Sanborn's land on ye north; and likewise about three quarters of an Acre of land, it being the eastward end of Seven Acres yt ye Deceased bought of Jesper Blake, said peice being left Seperated from his other lands by changing of lands, we have likewise Set of to Said Elisabeth about thirteen Acres & an half of Salt Marsh in three Peices, one peice contains about two acres and an half & lyeth on Bolters neck (so called) and is undivided with Cornt Jonathan Dearborn Bought of Jonathan Elkins, an- other peice contains two Acres and an half bought of Benjm Cram Deed bearing Date Decembr 28th one thousand Seven hundred & fifty two - the other Peice contains about Eight Acres & an half & is part of ye above Eighteen Acres, ye said Elisabeth is to have all yt is to ye westward of a certain creek containing about seven acres & an half & also one acre below said creek, Runing the whole wedth of ye Marsh & so far from ye Creek to ye East- ward as to contain one acre - Lastly we have set off to Ebenezer Lovering as Representative to Simon Lovering son to Mary Lovering Deceased the Daughter of ye Said Deceas'd to hold to him in Severalty viz. seventy four Acres of upland & Swamp adjoyning to Pages Road on ye northward Tayler Wear's land on ye East & ye Widdows thirds on ye Southw'd & the twenty six acres yt we set off to Sarah Taylor on ye west; we have also Set off to Said Lovering about thirteen acres of Salt Marsh in Hamp- ton aforesaid in Seven Peices, viz. on peice contains about four Acres & lyeth in ye ox common so called, & Decended to ye Deceased from his father Bounded northwardly & Eastwardly on Browns River Southwardly on ye glade so called westerly on
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Marsh belonging to ye Heirs of John Dearborn Deceas'd, an- other peice contains two acres bought of Sam11 Dalton, bounded Southwardly on ye River, Eastwardly on Sam11 Fogg, north- wardly on Steph" Page, westwd on Daultons; ye third Peice con- tains two Acres bought of Henry Dearborn Jr lying at a Place called ye great Neck, another peice contains about two Acres bought of Henry Elkins & lyeth in the Spring Marsh (so called), the fifth Peice contains about an Acre & quarter & is known by ye name of the Acre & lyeth near ye Beech Cossey & Decended to ye Deceas'd from his father, the sixth Peice contains about three quarters of an Acre & is known by ye name of a Thatch Share & Decended to ye Deceas'd from his father: the seventh & last Peice contains about an acre & is ye Eastward end of the above- said Eighteen acres, containing two small Islands be ye same more or less & also one quarter of an acre of the South Eastward Point on ye westward side of ye Slow adjoyning to Tayler Wears Marsh on ye Southward
Given under our hands this 31st day of August one thousand Seven hundred fifty & seven &c -
Robert Moulton Josiah Sanborn Peter folsom Committee
Josiah Robinson Simeon Dearborn
[Account of the settlement of the estate by Esther Dearborn; receipts, £2135. 5. 4; expenditures, £73. 5. 6; allowed Aug. 31, 1757.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate by John Taylor; re- ceipts, £13. 5. 0; expenditures, £439. 18. 8; allowed Dec. 18, 1757.]
[John Taylor's additional account; receipts, £1987. 12. 0; ex- penditures, £5. o. o; exhibited Feb. - , 1760.]
[Account of the division of the personal estate; mentions the
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widow as now the wife of Joseph Wadleigh; allowed Aug. 29, 1776.]
JONATHAN PAGE, JR. 1756 PLAISTOW
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Page, Jr., of Plais- tow, yeoman, granted to Jacob Kent of Plaistow, yeoman, May 26, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 546.]
[Thomas Page of Haverhill, Mass., declined administration on the estate of his son, Jonathan Page of Plaistow, June 3, 1757, and requested the appointment of Jacob Kent.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
[Administration on the estate in Essex County, Mass., of Jonathan Page of Plaistow, intestate, was granted to Jacob Kent June 6, 1757.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 334, p. 374.]
[Bond of Jacob Kent, husbandman, with Samuel Bailey, Jr., and Nathan Bailey, cordwainers, both of Newbury, Mass., as sureties, in the sum of £1000, June 6, 1757, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Daniel Appleton and James Tarbox.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
[Inventory of real estate in Massachusetts, taken by Stephen Huse, Joshua Sawyer, and Benjamin Clement, all of Haverhill, Mass., May 30, 1757; amount, £58. 13. 4.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Probate Records, vol. 334, p. 398.]
[Account of the administrator, June 5, 1758; received, £61. 3. 4; expended, £22.7. II12.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Probate Records, vol. 335, p. 324.]
[Certificate of William Parker, Register, Portsmouth, June 9, 1757, that Jacob Kent, administrator, has exhibited to the court
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there his account of administration, and that in his inventory there is no real estate lying in the province of New Hampshire.
The court wrote to the administrator that the latter did not tell him that when making the allowance to the three children they had no mother, therefore the ten pounds allowed is increased to fifteen pounds, twelve shillings.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
[Account, rendered by the administrator May 7, 1759; re- ceived, £50. 19. 2; expended, £33. 6. 312. There was a charge for bringing up three young children since June, 1758, there being no father or mother.
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Probate Records, vol. 336, p. 214.]
[Distribution of the balance of the estate, £17. 12. 1012, to the children, as follows: -
To Josiah Page, eldest son, £5. 17. 8.
To Jacob Page, £2. 18. 10.
To Ruth Page, £2. 18. 10.
To Jonathan Page, £2. 18. 10.
To Elias Page, £2. 18. 10.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Probate Records, vol. 336, p. 214.]
[Guardianship of Elias Page, Jonathan Page, Ruth Page, Josiah Page, and Jacob Page, minors, all less than 14 years old, granted to Jacob Kent June 12, 1758.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 335, p. 353.]
[Bonds of Jacob Kent, one for each ward, with Tristram Knight, gentleman, and Stephen Knight, cordwainer, both of Plaistow, as sureties, in the sum of £1000 on each bond, June 12, 1758; witnesses, Daniel Appleton and Jonathan Cogswell, Jr.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
[Guardianship of Josiah Page, minor, more than 14 years old, granted to William Page of Hampstead April 18, 1763.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 340, p. 277.]
[Bond of William Page, blacksmith, with Thomas Page of Haverhill, Mass., yeoman, and Caleb Tappan of Newbury,
1
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Mass., cordwainer, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, April 18, 1763, for the guardianship of Josiah Page; witnesses, Samuel Rogers and James Tarbox.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
WILLIAM RINDGE 1756 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I William Rindge of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire being bound to Sea * * *
Item I give & bequeath to my well beloved Brother John Rindge Two hundred Pounds Cash old Tenor to be paid by my Executor within one Year after my decease -
Item I give to my well beloved Brother Isaac Rindge Two hundred Pounds to be pd him within one year after my Decease by my said Executor -
Item I Give my Brother Jotham Rindge Two hundred pounds Old Tenor within one Year after my Decease to be pd him by my Executor
Item I give & bequeath to Ann Peirce daughter to my well beloved sister Ann Peirce decd Two hundred Pounds old Tenor in one year after my decease to be pd by my said Executor
Lastly I give & bequeath to my well beloved Brother Daniel Rindge all my Land Houses & Tenements Debts dues money & Estate of whatsoever name or Denomination or wherever it is or may hereby making & appointing him my sole Executor to this my Last Will & Testament he paying the aforesaid Legacys & Just Debts &c In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this 27th day of May 1756
William Rindge
[Witnesses] J Wentworth, Hy Apthorp, John Payne. [Proved Feb. 24, 1768.]
[Inventory, Aug. 27, 1771; amount, £569. 6. 8; signed by George King and William Torrey.]
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NATHANIEL MESERVE 1756 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Nathanael Meserve of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Esqr being bound on the Ex- pedition against Crown Point. * * * Item I give & bequeath to Mary my beloved Wife for the bringing up my Children which are under Eighteen Years of Age until the Youngest of them shall attain to that Age or in Case the youngest should Dye before that then till the next shall arrive at that Age the Use & improve- ment of my dwelling House and Garden where I now dwell with the Use of all'the Land & Buildings thereon lying Westward of a Line running from the South East Corner of my Garden North- ward to the Elm Tree standing Northward from the Garden and from thence on the same Course into the Creek and also the Use of the new ware House at the Point of my Land on the North East Part thereof with Liberty to pass & repass to & from the same over my Ship yard as there shall be Occasione with the Use of my Pasture Land at the Creek so called in Portsmº afore- said & that I purchased of Samuel Jackson on the North Side the Creek & the Use of my Land near the Rope walk not other- way's disposed of and the Rent of my Farm near Newington in said Province the salt Marsh I purchased of Joseph Jackson & that Land called the Cedar Swamp the Rent of all these and Forty Pounds Old Tenor or equal to what that now is to be paid her Annually by my Son John with the Use of my Personal Es- tate (not herein otherway's disposed of) for the bringing up the said Children and her own comfortable Support during the Time aforesaid. And I also give her instead & lieu of her Dower & Thirds of my Estate to hold to her during her Life the Rent of my said Farm, the Use of my Dwelling House Garden Land and Buildings aforesaid lying Westward of said Line and the Use of half my Household Furniture within Doors for her Use & the Use of such of my Daughters as shall be unmarried after the Time aforesaid, & see Cause to live in my said House with her. I also give her during her Life my Negro Boy Named Ocro in Case he out lives her and during his if he should dye first. Item I give &
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devise to my Son Nathanael the Building Yard near my said House with all the Utensils Tools & Impliments thereto belong- ing with all the Wharfing Buildings and Land Eastward of the Line aforesaid (Excepting the Wharfe & Land whereon it stands and the Warehouse) I also give & devise to my said Son (after my Wifes Interest therein is Ended) my Pasture Land at the Creek aforesaid and the one half of my Part & Interest in that Tract of Land in said Province called by the Proprietors under Mason's Patent so called the Royal Society Lands all which he is to have & to hold to him his Heirs & Assigns and I order him to pay to my said Wife for the Interest aforesaid the Sum of Forty Pounds a Year during the Time aforesaid and after his youngest Sister shall be Eighteen Years of Age then the said Payment to Cease or in Case of her Decease before that age then till the next shall arrive at that age and then to Cease as is herein before De- clared. - Item I give and devise to my Son John the House & Land thereto belonging where he now Lives which was lately the Mansion House of Jotham Odiorne Esq' Deceas'd & my Rope Walk so called with all the Land & Buildings thereon the Wharfe Ware House and all the Tools & Implements for Rope making together with all my Lands in Rye Town Dantzick & New Chester all in said Province to hold to him his Heirs & Assigns and I order him to pay to my said Wife twenty Pounds a Year old Tenor as aforesaid during the said Term for the Use before Exprest & no longer. Item I give & devise to my Son George the Ware House on the Point aforesaid the Wharf & Land whereon it Stands and Privelege thereto belonging with Liberty of Pass- ing & repassing to and from the same (after the Interest granted to my Wife as aforesaid is determined) over the Building Yard aforesaid as above Expressed and my Land on the North Side of the Creek which I purchased of Samuel Jackson & the other half of my Land called the Royal Society Lands aforesaid to hold to him his Heirs & Assigns and I also give him my said Son my Right Interest & Property in the Social Library in said Portsmouth -
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Item I give & devise to my Son Hanson one Quarter Part of the Snow Stretham of which he is now Master and one Quarter Part of the Cargo or Equivalent to one Quarter Part of the Cargo he shall now take in said Vessel I also give & devise to him the reversion of my said Farm that is all the Right Title Interest & Property thereof after my Wifes Decease I also give & devise to him my said Son Hanson all my Right Title Estate Interest & Property to the Lands called Allen's Town and of in & unto any Part thereof To have & to hold all the said Premises to him his Heirs & assigns and further it is my Will that my Son Nath1 shall after the Decease of my said Wife make a Convey- ance in fee to my said Son Hanson of the House, & Land thereto belonging where the said Nathaniel now lives and upon his so doing I give & Devise to him after my Wifes Decease my said Mansion House and all the Land & Buildings aforesaid which I have herein before given to my said Wife for Life to him his Heirs & Assigns But if the said Nath1 shall refuse & neglect to make such Conveyance then I give the said House Land & Buildings lying Westward of said Line as above described to my Son Hanson his Heirs & Assigns my Will & meaning is that Nathanael shall have his Election to have my said House & Premises beforementioned instead of that he now Possesses & Hanson to have his by his Conveyance as aforesaid But Nathan- ael shall have no Interest or Property in the said Premises (if the said Hanson shall be living at the Time of his Mothers Decease as aforesaid) until he the said Nathanael shall have Executed a Good & valid Conveyance of all the Land & Buildings belonging to him where he now lives as aforesaid -or if Nathanael shoud be prevented by Death or otherwise then Hanson shall have the Premises aforesaid as above Expressed after the Decease of my said Wife I mean my House Buildings & Land Westward of said Line - Item I give & devise to my Daughter Annah Wills all my Land in a Place called Menadnack Number one & in new Boston so called in said Province (having already given her by Deed & otherway's Considerable out of my Estate) to her her
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Heirs & Assigns. Item I give to my Daughter Sarah Odiorne all my Land in the Place called South Town and in the Place called Wears Town in said Province to her her Heirs & assigns having also given her already other Things besides. Item I give and Devise to my Daughter Mary Batson all my Land in that Tract of Land called Dover first Grant and that Tract called Hopkinton both in said Province to her her Heirs & As- signs having also done for her by other Means. Item I give & devise to my Daughter Ann & to her Heirs & Assigns all my Lands in the Place called Menadneck Number five in Peters- borough both in said Province & one Lott of Land fronting on Dear Street Seventy one feet & carrying that Extent back Eighty feet and is the Lott there Numbered one. Item I give and devise to my Daughter Elizabeth all my Lands in Bedford & Hillsborough both in said Province & one Lott on Dear Street aforesaid of the same Dimentions of the others being the Lott Number three to her her Heirs and Assigns. Item I give & devise to my Daughter Jane all my Lands in the Place called Daniel Marstons Town, Palmers Town & Browns Town so called all in said Province & one Lot of Land on Dear Street of the same Dimentions aforesaid to hold to her her Heirs & Assigns being Nº 4. Item I give & devise to my Daughter Esther all my Land at the Place called Menadneck Number Eight and one Lot of Land in Derryfield belonging to me & one hundred & fifty Acres of Land in Barrington which I purchased of Mrs Ann Slayton and one Lot of Land on Dear Street being the Lot there next to the Creek and Numbered Seven. Item I give to each of my four youngest Daughters viz. Esther, Jane, Elizabeth & Ann the Sum of Five hundred Pounds old Tenor according to the pres- ent Value or Equal thereto in Money or other Currency in said Province at the Time of Payment to be raised & paid by my Executors by Sale of so much of my Personal Estate, my Land at Barrington not otherway's disposed of my Land at Frame Point so called and that which was formerly William Locks Land which I purchased of Ephraim Dennet & his Wife all
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which I hereby give them Power to Sell & to Execute good & valid Deed or Deeds of Conveyance of the same and also the Vessel now in building in my Building Yard with all the Rigging Prepared for the same which I would have Sold Immediately & not fitted out if my Decease should happen before that is done; these Legacy's to be raised & put out to Interest by my said Execurs as my said Daughters shall arrive at the Age of Eighteen Years Respectively for them and as they arrive at the Age of Twenty one Years or at Marriage then which ever of those Events shall first happen they are to have the Intire Command & dis- posal thereof, Each to her Self respectively and if by any acci- dent it should happen that my Personal Estate with the Land before ordered to be Sold as above Declared will not be Sufficient to Raise the aforesaid Sums with other Demands on my Estate then Each Legatee is to abate in Proportion & have only the Sum that may be raised & spared from other more necessary Payments for paying said Legacys and all the Rest of my Estate not herein disposed of I give & devise to all my aforesª Children in the same Proportion which the Law would give it them if I had made no Will and if either of my said four Daughters should be married before she shall be Eighteen Years of Age her Legacy afores. shall be paid as soon as the same may be done at or after her Marriage. I also give to Each of my said four youngest Daughters a Feather Bed with good decent Furniture & Bedding according to the Discretion of my Executors making them all Equall as near as may be and in Case my Wife should Decease before my youngest Daughter arrives at the Age of Eighteen I then Desire their Uncle George Libbey to be their Guardian to do for them instead of my said Wife & to apply the aforesaid Income of my Estate given for their Support as is herein before Declared to that purpose according to the true Intent & mean- ing of this my Will and I hereby Earnestly Request of him to take this care upon him. Lastly I Constitute & appoint my Said Wife and my Son Nathanael Executors of this my last Will & Testament hereby revoking all others by me in any manner
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made before this In Witness whereof whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the 28th Day of May Anno Domini 1756. Nath. Meserve
[Witnesses] William Parker, John Hart, Elizabeth Adams, John Furnald.
[Proved Aug. 18, 1758.]
.[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 36.]
[Mary Meserve, widow, waives the will of her husband, Nathaniel Meserve, Aug. 9, 1758, and claims dower.]
[Probate Records, vol. 16, p. 492.]
[Inventory, Jan. 18, 1759; amount, £40,348. 9. 6; signed by John Moffatt, Jacob Sheafe, and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 152.]
[Warrant, Feb. 6, 1759, authorizing John Moffatt Jacob Sheafe, Samuel Penhallow, and John Penhallow, merchants, and John Shackford, all of Portsmouth, to set off to Mary Meserve the widow's dower, and to divide the personal estate among the widow and children.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 527.]
Province of Pursuant to a Warrant from the Honble
New Hampr _ Richard Wibird Esqr Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for Said Province to us the Subscribers to sett of to Mra Mary Meserve Widow Relict of Nathaniel Meserve Esqr late of Portsmouth Decd her Dower of the Real Estate of Said Decd of which he died Seized and Likewise to divide the Personal Estate of Said Decd to be Shewn us by the Administrator in manner fol- lowing viz one third part thereof to the Said Widow & the Remaining two thirds among the Children of Said Decd We sett off to the Widow Mrs Mary Meserve for her third part of the Real Estate at the East End of the Mantion House the back Kitchen only Exeptª With a Passage way from the great Entrey into said Kitchen & the Said Passage way is to be where there is now a Closset & those in the west end of said house to have Liberty to Pass & Repass through the East End of said House to Carry
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anything into the Sellar under the Said West End we also set of to Said Widow the East half of the Garden beginning at the broad Ally & the priviledge of the Well in Common & the Whole of the Barn Standing upon the East Side of said Garden and from the North end of said Barn a Streight line Running to the South East Corner of the Work house (so Called) and from said Corner into the River in which said Work house is Included & from said Work house Including all the Warfage and Priviledges untill it shall meet a parellel line which Runs through the East side of the Great Entry of said house and the Said great Entry to be in Common and the Passage way to be left open leading from the front of said House down to the Wharf Warehouses and Landing upon the point of land the Said Way to be left open for the Benefit of those that have their Interest laying upon the aforesaid point of Land and We Also set off to Said Widow a piece of pasture Land Beginning at Capt George Meserve Decd house and runs down to the Creek and lays upon the South Side of the Roape Walk
[Personal property; to the widow, £6281. 0. 2; to the heirs of Nathaniel Meserve, £1012. 18. 10; to Anna Wells, the heirs of John Meserve, Sarah Odiorne, George Meserve, Hanson Me- serve, Mary Batson, Ann Meserve, Elizabeth Odiorne, Jane Meserve, and Esther Meserve, each £506. 9. 5; signed by John Moffatt, Jacob Sheafe, John Shackford, and John Penhallow; attested Nov. 11, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 527.]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate; re- ceipts, £31,722. 14. 3; expenditures, £23,783. 2. 10; allowed Sept. 24, 1764; mentions "Wm Odiorne his Wifes Legacy £600," "3 youngest Daughters," "paid Ann Meservey to Buy a Gown £42. 0. 0," "Schooling for Esther," "to Ann to buy Shoes &c." "Shoes & Mitts for Janne"; mentions also a widow, and lega- cies of £600 each to Ann Meserve, Esther Meserve, and Jane Meserve.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 328.]
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ELIZABETH FERNALD 1756 PORTSMOUTH
In the name of God Amen the Twenty Ninth Day of May Anno Domini 1756 I Elizabeth Fernald of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Widow of William Fernald Late of Kittry in the County of York Shipwright De- ceased - being aged *
Item I Give and bequeath unto My Son William Fernald and his Heirs the Sum of five Shillings to be paid him or them by My Executor out of My Estate within three Year after My Decease
Item I Give and bequeath unto My son John Fernald his heirs and assigns forever the Eastermost half of My Dwelling House and the Eastermost half of My Land whereon and where about My said house Stands Scituate in Portsmouth aforesaid fronting on the high way that Leads from Pickerins Mills (so Called) to the North Meetinghouse in Portsmouth aforesaid thirty feet or thereabouts Carrying that Same breadth of thirty feet or near thereabouts back towards the South or South West- erly to the Mill Pond - It being the one half of that piece or parcel of Land Given and granted unto Me by My Father William Cotton Late of Portsmouth aforesaid Deceased -
Item: I Give unto the Children of My Daughter Mary Men- dum Deceased the Sum of five Shillings Equally among them to be paid out of My Estate by My Executor within three Years after My Decease
Item: I Give and bequeath unto My Daughter Elizabeth Lowd the wife of Joseph Lowd and to her own Disposing the Sum of fifty Pounds New Tenor to be paid her out of My Estate within three Years after My Decease by my Executor hereafter Named -
Item: I Give and bequeath unto My Son George Fernald his Heirs and assigns forever the Westermost half of My Dwelling House and the Westermost half of My Land on and near where My Said house Stands Scituate in Portsmouth aforesaid fronting on the Highway that Leads from Pickerins Mills to the North
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