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[Warrant, June 21, 1756, authorizing John Shackford and Cutts Shannon, both of Portsmouth, gentlemen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, June 22, 1756; amount, £2565. 4. 0; signed by John Shackford and Cutts Shannon.]
JOSEPH STEVENS 1756 HAMPSTEAD
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Stevens of Hampstead, yeoman, granted to Timothy Stevens of Hampstead June 23, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 561.]
[Bond of Timothy Stevens of Hampstead, cordwainer, with John Hogg of Hampstead, gentleman, and Robert Boyes of Londonderry as sureties, in the sum of £500, June 23, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Warrant, June 23, 1756, authorizing John Hogg and John Muzzey, joiner, both of Hampstead, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested March 6, 1758; amount, £1006. 16. 0; signed by John Hogg and John Muzzey.]
[Warrant, March 8, 1758, authorizing John Johnson and John Hogg, both of Hampstead, to receive claims against the estate.]
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[Warrant, Sept. 28, 1758, authorizing Thomas Little of Plais- tow, tanner, John Hogg, and John Johnson, both of Hampstead, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of 3 by virtue of a warrant to us Directed from Newhampsh
the Honourable Court of Probate for sd prov- ince we have set of to the widow Ruth stevens Relict of Joseph stevens Late of Hampstead yeoman Deceasd for her Right of Dower out of the Reall Estate of her sd Husband aboute three acres and a half of Land on the north side of the Roade bounded as followeth (viz) begining at the southeasterly Corner at a stake and stons by the Roade thence north through the Corner of the Barn to a stake and stons by Colbys Land being aboute fifteen Rods thence westerly or north westerly by Colbys Land aboute twenty seven Rods to a stake and stons by Woodmans Land thence south westerly by his Land aboute twenty five Rods to a stake and stons by the Roade thence by the Roade aboute thirty four Rods to the first bounds mentioned, also aboute one acre on the southerly side of the Roade bounding northerly by the Roade Eight Rods westerly or north westerly by Timothy stevens Land twenty Rods southerly by Land belonging to sd Estate Eight Rods and Easterly or southeasterly by the Land belonging to sd Estate twenty Rods bounded with a stake and stons at Every angle, and aboute two acres more on the south side of the Roade near the house as it was Laid out by Kings- town propriators to said Joseph stevens and Entred in their propriators book of Records
October ye 19: 1758
John Hogg John Johnson Thomas Little
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1266. 16. 0, personal estate; expenditures, £784. 16. 1; allowed Nov. 29, 1758.]
[Additional account; receipts, £481, 19. 11; expenditures, £330. 9. 8; allowed Sept. 24, 1760.]
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VALENTINE NUTTER 1756 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Volentine Nutter of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Shipwright being Sick & Weak * * Item I give to my Children viz William * Nutter Mary Wills Anthony Nutter Agnes Greely Grafton Nutter Henry Nutter Volentine Nutter Jacob Nutter and Sarah Nutter to Each of them the Sum of five Shillings old Tenor to be paid by my Executrix -
Item all the Rest Residue & Remainder of my Estate both Real & Personal I give Devise & Bequeath to Mary my beloved Wife to hold to her her Heirs & Assigns forever as an Acknowl- edgment of my Gratitude to her for her Great Love & tenderness to me in my Long Indisposition & the Great trouble & Labour that has been Occasioned to her thereby -
I also Constitute & appoint her Sole Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament and hereby Revoke all other Wills & Testa- ments by me in any manner heretofore made -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the 26th Day of June Anno Domini 1756 -
Volentine Nutter + his mark
[Witnesses] Wm Parker, Sarah treadwell, Sam11 Nutter. [Proved Jun. 26, 1757.]
[Bond of Mary Nutter of Portsmouth, with Stephen Jones of Durham and Samuel Nutter of Newington as sureties, in the sum of £500, Jan. 26, 1757, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Henry Nutter, minor, aged more than 14 years, makes choice of William Earl Treadwell as his guardian, 1762; witnesses, William Parker, Mary Parker.]
[Guardianship of Jacob Nutter, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of Valentine Nutter, granted to William Earl Tread- well Jan. 18, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 375.]
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[Bond of William Earl Treadwell, merchant, with Benjamin Hart, ropemaker, as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Jan. 18, 1765, for the guardianship of Jacob Nutter; witnesses, Jotham Blanchard, William Vaughan.]
HENRY ELKINS 1756 RYE
[Bond of Catherine Elkins of Rye, widow, with Daniel Fogg of Rye and Reuben Marston of North Hampton, yeomen, as sure- ties, in the sum of £500, June 30, 1756, for the administration of the estate of Henry Elkins of Rye, yeoman; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, Sept. 27, 1756; amount, £5559. 3. 0; signed by Richard Jenness, 3d, and Samuel Knowles.]
NOAH BRADDEN 1756 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Noah Bradden of Ports- mouth, mariner, granted to his widow, Mary Bradden, June 30, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 582.]
[Bond of Mary Bradden, widow, with Joseph Loud and Ed- ward Loud, cordwainers, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, June 30, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, Aug. 17, 1756; amount, £113. II. 0; signed by Hunking Wentworth and Thomas Peirce.]
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JOSHUA BROWN I756
KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Joshua Brown of Kingston, trader, granted to his widow, Joanna Brown, June 30, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 567.]
[Bond of Joanna Brown of Kingston, widow, with Josiah Bartlett of Kingston, physician, and John Stevens of Plaistow, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, June 30, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Warrant, June 30, 1756, authorizing William Calfe and Benjamin Swett, both of Kingston, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, July 19, 1756; amount, £1223. 12. 0; signed by Benjamin Swett and William Calfe.]
[Warrant, March 13, 1759, authorizing Jeremy Webster and William Parker, gentleman, both of Kingston, to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, June 10, 1760; amount, £1822. 2. 10; signed by Jeremy Webster and William Parker.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate by Joanna, now wife of Jonathan Brown of Kensington; receipts, £2318. 17. II; ex- penditures, £886. 3. 6; mentions Deborah, widow of John Light, and Sarah, widow of Theophilus Clough; allowed April 20, 1761.]
SAMUEL PERKINS 1756 DURHAM
[Bond of Joseph Perkins, husbandman, with Samuel Chesley, yeoman, and Hercules Mooney, schoolmaster, as sureties, all of Durham, in the sum of £500, July 8, 1756, for the administration of the estate of Samuel Perkins of Durham, yeoman; witnesses, John Parker, William Parker.]
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[Warrant, July 8, 1756, authorizing Samuel Chesley and Her- cules Mooney, both of Durham, to appraise the estate; mentions Joseph Perkins as son of the deceased.]
[Inventory, Aug. 24, 1756; amount, £31. o. o; signed by Samuel Chesley and Hercules Mooney.]
SAMUEL KNIGHT 1756 PLAISTOW
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Knight of Plaistow, yeoman, granted to John Knight of Plaistow July 28, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 591.]
[Bond of John Knight of Plaistow, housewright, with Moses Thurston and John Thurston, both of Stratham as sureties, in the sum of £500, July 28, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Warrant, July 28, 1756, authorizing Jacob Bailey, gentleman, and Lemuel Tucker, husbandman, both of Hampstead, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 20, 1756; amount, £899. 10. 0; signed by Lemuel Tucker and Jacob Bailey.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1044. 7. 4; expenditures, £1090. 18. 4; allowed Sept. 26, 1759.]
CALEB HOWE I756 HINSDALE
[Administration on the estate of Caleb Howe of Hinsdale, yeoman, granted to Abner Howe of Hadley, Mass., July 28, I756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 591.]
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[Bond of Abner Howe of Hadley, Mass., blacksmith, with Moses Wright of Hinsdale, yeoman, and James Neal of Green- land as sureties, in the sum of £1000, July 28, 1756, for the ad- ministration of the estate; witnesses, none.]
[Inventory, Sept. 28, 1756; amount, £134. 10. 3; signed by John Evans and Thomas Taylor.]
JOHN LONG I756 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Long of Portsmouth, joiner, granted to his widow, Sarah Long, Aug. 2, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 601.]
[Bond of Sarah Long, widow, with Jeremiah Wheelwright, gentleman, and Samuel Tripe, sailmaker, as sureties, all of Ports- mouth, in the sum of £500, Aug. 2, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Nathaniel Adams.]
[Warrant, Aug. 2, 1756, authorizing John Ayers and John Shackford, both of Portsmouth, gentlemen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 27, 1756; amount, £100. 3. 0; signed by John Shackford and John Ayers.]
RICHARD SHORTRIDGE 1756 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Richard Shortridge of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Cooper being Infirm and Disorded in Body *
Item I give to Abigail my beloved Wife the use & Improve- ment of all the Residue of my Estate During the time She Shall
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Remain Single & my Widow - but upon her Marriage to have only what the Law will give her -
Item at the Decease or Marriage of my Wife I give & Devise to my Sons viz Samuel Richard & John all my Real Estate to be Equally Divided between them to hold to them their Heirs & assigns and order that if Either of them Shall be Disposed to Sell his Right or Share therein he Shall offer the Same first to his Brethren or Brother that Shall be Disposed to Purchase the Same and let them or him have the Same Provided they or he will Give as much for the Same as Another -
Item I give to Miriam my Daughter the Wife of John Sher- burne five Shillings new Tenor having already given her her Portion out of my Estate -
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth the Wife of William Brown five Shillings new Tenor as aforesaid and for the Same Reason -
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Abigail the Wife of John Philips Five Shillings as aforesaid for the Same Reason -
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mary the Sum of One hundred & fifty pounds Old Tenor as it now passes to be paid to her by my Executors out of my Personal Estate within One Year After my Decease -
Item I give and Devise to my Daughter Sarah the Like Sum in Said Bills as they now pass & to be paid as aforesaid and If my wife Judges She can Spare it I would have her add the Sum of fifty pounds old Tenor as aforesd at Such time She Shall See Cause to Each of my Said Daughters Last mention'd but this I leave wholly to the Discretion & pleasure of my Said Wife And all the Residue & Remainder of my Estate not herein Dispos'd of I give & Devise the Same to my Said Wife & her Disposal - and I hereby Revoke all other Wills by me heretofore made and appoint my Son Samuel and my Said Wife Joint Executors of this my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the third Day of August Anno Domini 1756
Richard Shortridg
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[Witnesses] Mark Langdon, Samuell Manson, John Griffeth. [Proved Sept. 29, 1756.]
[Bond of Abigail Shortridge, widow, and Samuel Shortridge, weaver, with Mark Langdon, gentleman, and John Griffith, shop- keeper, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Sept. 29, 1756, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
JOHN SCRIBNER 1756 EXETER
The Last Will and Testament of John Scribner of Exeter in the Province of New Hampshire Yeoman made the 10th Day of August Anno Domini 1756, being Sick and weak of Body *
Imprimis. I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my well Beloved Wife Sarah Scribner my part of the Grist mill to be absolutely at her disposal, and the one half of my Stock of Cattle Sheep and Swine, and all my moveables within Doors, to be at her disposal. I also Give her the use and Improvement of my Part of my now dwelling House (viz) the Easterly End of Sª House and the one half of the Celler, and Likewise the Improvement of the one half of my Lands where I now Live known by my Home Place, and the use of my part of the Saw mill, all during her Natural Life.
Item I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Son John Scribner to him his Heirs and assigns the one half of my Place where I now Live being at a place commonly Called King's falls, and known by my Home Place. I also Give unto my Son John Scribner his Heirs and assigns the Other half of my Lands with my part of my now dwelling House, and my half of the Saw mill and Privilege of the Stream at his mothers Decease. I Likewise Give him the one half of my Stock of Cattle Sheep and Swine and all my Implements for Husbandry.
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Item. I Give unto my Daughter Abigail Young Ten pounds old Tenor besides what I have already given her to be payed her by her Brother John Scribner in Convenient Time after my Decease.
Item. I Give unto my Daughters Martha Robinson, Sarah Robinson and Elizabeth Harper Five pounds a piece (Old Tenor) to be Payed unto them by their Brother John Scribner, in Con- venient Time after my Decease.
Finally, I Give Devise & Bequeath unto my Son John Scribner to him his Heirs and assigns the residue of my Estate whether Real or Personal not before disposed of, He paying my Just Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences and do appoint him Executor
John Scribner
[Witnesses] Benj Gilman, Edward Ladd, Caleb Gilman. [Proved Sept. 29, 1756.]
[Warrant, Sept. 29, 1756, authorizing Benjamin Gilman of Brentwood and Caleb Gilman, Jr., of Exeter, yeomen, to ap- praise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Dec. 27, 1756; amount, £2209. 2. 0; signed by Benjamin Gilman and Caleb Gilman, Jr.]
EDWARD COLCORD 1756 BRENTWOOD
In the Name of God Amen I Edward Colcord of the Parish of Brentwood in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Gentleman * *
Item I Give Demise and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Colcord and to her heirs and assigns forever the Sum of one Hundred and Fifty Pounds Equal to Bills of Credit of ye old Tenor to Be paid by my Executor out of my Estate in one Year after my Decease it being In full of the Legasie Given her by her
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honoured Grandfather Nicholas Gordon Late of Exeter De- ceas'd
Item My Will is, that after my Just Debts Funeral Expences and the afore mentioned Legacie is paid; that my Beloved Wife Mary Colcord Should have the Use and Improvement of all my Estate Both Real and Personal During her Natural Life
Item I Give and Bequeath to my son Edward Colcord all my wearing Apparril and my little Gun he having Receivd his Por- tion of my Estate before as by Deed of Gift may appear
Item Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Colcord aforesd her heirs & assigns forever the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds Equal to bills of Credit of ye old Tenor to be paid by my Executor out of my Estate In Six months after the Decease of my Wife mary Colcord aforesd
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Colcord her heirs And assigns forever the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds Equall to Bills of Credit of ye old Tenor to be paid by my Execu- tor out of my Estate In Six months after ye Decease of my Be- loved Wife Mary Colcord aforesd-
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Meriah Colcord and to her heirs and assign's forever the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds Equal to Bills of Credit of ye old Tenor To be paid by my Executor out of my Estate In Six months after the Decease of my wife aforesd
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Deborah Colcord her heirs and assigns forever the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds Equal to Bills of Credit of ye Old Tenor to be Paid by My Execu- tor out of my Estate In Six months after the Decease of my Wife aforesd
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Anna Colcord and to her heirs & assigns forever the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds Equal to Bills of Credit of ye Old Tenor to be paid in Six months after the Decease of my Wife mary Colcord aforesd By my Ex- ecutor
The afore mentioned Sums (of Two Hundred Pound Each)
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Given to my Five Daughters as above mentioned, is Given to make them Equal to what I Gave to my Three Daughters at their marriage Namely to Mary Hearsey Hanah Winslow and Lydia Philbrick
Item My Will is, that after the Decease of my Beloved Wife Mary Colcord aforesaid and the Payment of ye aforementioned Legaces to My Daughters that all the Rest and Residue of my Estate both Real and Personal Should be Equally Devided be- tween my Eight Daughters (Viz) Sarah Colcord Mary Hersey Elizabeth Colcord Hanah Winslow Lydia Philbreck meriah Colcord Deborah Colcord & Anna Colcord to them and their Desposal forever
Finally I Do hereby Constitute Ordain and appoint my Trusty & well Beloved Son Edward Colcord to be Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I do hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Fourteenth Day of August Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Six And in the 30th Year of his Majistys Reign
Edward Colcord
[Witnesses] Hawly Marshall, Aaron Rawlings, Daniel Leavitt. [Proved Oct. 27, 1756.]
[Warrant, Feb. 21, 1757, authorizing John Gilman of Exeter, gentleman, Samuel Dudley, gentleman, Sinclair Bean, Daniel Leavitt, and Hawley Marshall, all of Brentwood, yeoman, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of 3 Brintwood June 25th 1757 Pursuant to the
New Hampr f above Warrant to us directed We have it off to Mary Colcord Widow of Edward Colcord Deceased above men- tioned for her Dower which happens to her of his Real Estate one third part thereof according to Quantity and Quality being about fifteen acres more or less With the Edifices and Appur- tenances to hold to her in Severalty by the following meets and boungs Viz Begining at a White Oak tree four Rods and four feet from the South West Corner of the Mansion house of Said
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Deceas'd Marked With E C and from thence runs Sixty Tow Rods about North to a large Red oak tree marked E C from thence runing about East & by North thirty nine Rods to a White pine tree marked E C adjoyning to Sinkler Beans thence runing Southerly by Said Beans land forty two Rods to his South West Corner Bounds and twenty rods on the Same point by Daniel Leavits Land and from thence Runing Westerly binding on Said Leavits land untill it Comes to Hawly Marshalls land then runing north to his north East Corner and then West to his North West Corner and from thence Southerly by Said Mar- shalls land to the high Way and from thence runing Westerly Bounding by the Said high Way nine Rods and an half to the bounds first mentioned Witness our hands the day and year aforesaid. -
Hawly Marshall Daniel Leavit Samuel Dudley
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 227.]
[Inventory, Nov. 8, 1756; amount, £4119. 2. 0; signed by James Leavitt and John Dudley.]
[Commission, July 18, 1757, to John Odlin and Noah Emery, both of Exeter, to receive claims against the estate.]
[Additional inventory, Nov. 12, 1757; amount, £96. 15. 0; not signed.]
[List of claims; amount, £3758. 3. 10; signed by John Odlin and Noah Emery; attested May 24, 1759.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £2215. 10. 2; expenditures, £1243. 19. 0; allowed May 31, 1759.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £3758. 3. 10; amount distributed, £971. II. 2; allowed June 8, 1759.]
[Executor's additional account; receipts, £1056. 16. 4; ex- penditures, £270. 16. II; allowed Oct. 28, 1765.]
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[Additional settlement of claims; amount distributed, £786. 0. 0; allowed Dec. 10, 1765.]
[Executor's additional account; receipts, £820. 0. 0; expendi- tures, £75. 0. 0; allowed Feb. 28, 1770.]
JONATHAN GARLAND, JR. 1756 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Garland, Jr., of Hampton, yeoman, granted to his widow, Bethia Garland, Aug. 25, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 605.]
[Bond of Bethia Garland of Hampton, widow, with John Weeks of Hampton and Samuel Tuck of Kensington, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Aug. 25, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Warrant, Aug. 25, 1756, authorizing Nathaniel Drake, gentleman, and Joshua Lane, cordwainer, both of Hampton, to appraise the estate; mentions Bethia Garland as widow of the deceased.]
[Inventory, Sept. 20, 1756; amount, £2010. 17. 0; signed by Nathaniel Drake and Joshua Lane.]
JAMES McDONNELL I756 HOLLIS
In the name of god Amen the Twenty fifth Day of august 1756 I Joseph mcDonnall of Holles and the Province of New Hamp- sheer in New England Husbandman being weak in body * *
Imprimis I give and bequeath to my well Be Loved Brother James McDonnall and his heirs all my Part and Shar of one hundred and Eighteen acres of Land that was our Brother Randls Deceesed on the which he had Sat up a house and Barn - out of the which the Said James is to pay to my well be loved
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Sister Rose annar Dickey widow one hundred Pounds according to the old Tenor in Hampsher money
Item I give and bequeath to my Beloved Brother Elexander McDonnall and his Hiers all my Hom Stead on whih I Dwell and all my part or Share of madow Caled Swallows madow and Like wise my gun
The Improvement and profitts of my hom stead and my madow untill my Brother Elexander or his Heirs shall Call for it I give to my honord mother as long as she needs it then to the Poor -
Like wise I give to my hond Mother my horse and a Cow with a whit face a heifer and two Calves and my Corn Rye sider and Meat
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Sister Elisebith Campall my Cow that is black and white and I give my great Coat to my Brother Campall
Item I give and bequeath to Cusan Henry Forgason a brown Stear with a whit face and Deer Skin - and all the Rest of my Cloth I give to my Brother Elexander and his heirs as all so my grat Bible after my Mothers Decese
Item My peart of the hom stead with the Paster the south side it that my Brother Randall Left me I give the Improvement to my hond mother During her life and then to be sold to som of our famaly and the money to be given to the poor at the Discression of My Executor
and Like wise I Constitue make and ordain Isaac Farrow my sole Executor
Joseph McDonnell
[Witnesses] Benjamin Brooks, Benjamin Brooks jun™, Eben- ezer Giles.
[Proved July 27, 1757.]
[Warrant, July 27, 1757, authorizing Samuel Cummings, physician, and Stephen Ames, yeoman, both of Hollis, to ap- praise the estate.]
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[Inventory, Oct. 4, 1757; amount, £1957. 10. 0; signed by Stephen Ames and Samuel Cummings.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £652. 0. 9; expenditures the same; allowed Jan. 30, 1764.]
[Receipt to the executor for legacies, Feb. 20, 1764; signed by Alexander McDonnell, Robert Campbell, Henry Ferguson, and Mary McDaniels; witnesses, Benjamin Blanchard, 3d, Samuel Hobart.]
ADDINGTON DAVENPORT I756 BOSTON, MASS.
This is the last Will & Testament of me Addington Daven- port of Boston in New England Merchant
I Give, Devise & bequeath unto my dear Wife Ann Daven- port, and her Heirs & Assigns for ever, all my Lands, Tene- ments, and Hereditaments, in the Town of Boston or elsewhere in New England, which I am now possessed of, or shall be on the death of my Honoured Grandmother Elizabeth Davenport
Likewise, I give and bequeath unto the said Ann Davenport, her Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, all my personal Es- tate whatsoever & wheresoever. And I do hereby Constitute & appoint the said Ann Davenport, William Baker Esqr Alder- man of London, Joseph Dowse of Boston in New England Esq' Merchant & James Holland of Batwell in the County of Nottingham Hosier, Executors of this my last Will & Testa- ment, dated this First day of September, in the Year One Thousand, Seven hundred & Fifty Six
Addington Davenport
[Witnesses] John Carter, John Morgan, Geoe Hogsflesh. [Proved March 25, 1761.]
[Inventory of the estate of Addington Davenport of Ports- mouth, merchant, April 6, 1761; amount, £9368. 13. 8; signed by Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
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ELEAZER BOYD I756 LONDONDERRY
In the Name of God Amen, September the Sixth AD 1756. I Eliezar Boyd of Londonderry, in the Province of New Hamp- shire Yeman *
Imprimis. I Give & Bequeth unto my well be Loved Brother John Boyd & my Sister Mary Boyd, all my Estate Both Real & Personal, to be Divided in Equal Shares between Them; after, all my Just Debts are paid, Excepting the Following Legacies which they are to pay out of Said Estate
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