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JOHN LEIGHTON 1756 DOVER
In The Name of God Amen the Eighteenth Day of october 1756: I John Layton of the Town of Dover In the Province of New-hampshire In New-England Yeoman Being Sick, and Weak In Body
Imprimis, I Give And Bequeath to Abigail my Dearly beloved Wife one Third of my Estate That Is with this Advantage; It is my will that My Two Eldest Sons William Layton And Hatevil Layton Maniage & Improve my wife's Thirds In Husband Like manner And Render to her the Whole Produce of said Thirds, Yearly, Dureing her Life.
Item I Give And Bequeath to my two Eldest Sons William & Hatevil the whole of my Land Estate be it more Less: that is the Farm on which I Now Live togather with the out houses Barn Orchard with all the privilidges And Appurtenances there Unto belonging or In Any Wise Appurtaining: They to Have Two Thirds of Said Lands Immediately Upon my Decease And the other Third After my wifes Decease to be to them their heirs and assigns for Ever : they being obliged to Improve my wives Thirds as before mentioned & to Render the produce of Said Thirds Yearly to her dureing her Life, And Upon Condition of these my Two Sons their paying Such Legacyes to my other Children As Shall be hereafter Mentioned.
Item I Give to all my other Eight Children : vizt Tobias, Paul, Jonathan, And James; also Abigail, Olive, Mary, and Deborah fourty Pounds Each Immediately after they Come to be of Age : that Is The Sons Twenty one years of age and My Daughters Eighten years of Age. And all This to be paid by my Executors, which Will be here after mentioned.
Also Upon further Consideration I Declare that It is my will with Respect to my beloved Wife That Instead of her haveing but A Third of my House: It is my will that She have the one half of my Dwelling house for her Use and behoof Dureing her Life; And that she have the whole of my Household Moveables,
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And all my Stock of Cattle & sheep to help my said wife In bringing Up our Children that Are Young. I Likewise doe Constitute make & ordain my Two Eldest Sons William & Hatevill Layton my Executors *
his John + Layton Mark.
[Witnesses] Thomas Tuttle, John Tuttle, Joseph Laighton. [Proved Nov. 24, 1756.]
[Warrant, Nov. 24, 1756, authorizing Thomas Tuttle and John Tuttle, both of Dover, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Feb. 23, 1757; amount, £1294. 10. 0; signed by Thomas Tuttle and John Tuttle.]
JOHN McCLURG I756 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of John McClurg of London- derry, yeoman, granted to his widow, Mary McClurg, Oct. 21, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 20.]
[Bond of Mary McClurg of Londonderry, widow, with An- drew Todd of Londonderry and Robert Archibald, of Ports- mouth, tailor, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 21, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Warrant, Oct. 21, 1756, authorizing James Campbell and Hugh Young, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Feb. 21, 1757; amount, £1946. 2. 0: signed by James Campbell and Hugh Young.]
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[Inventory of personal estate disposed of by the widow before administration; amount, £125. 0. 0; dated June 29, 1757.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate by William Wilson and his wife Mary, formerly Mary McClurg, widow and admin- istratrix; receipts, personal estate, £728. o. o; expenditures, £977. 15. 7; allowed Dec. 16, 1757, mentioning the intestate as having died without issue.]
PAUL CHASE 1756 SANDOWN
[Sarah Chase petitions for administration on the estate of Paul Chase of Sandown, and for the appointment of John Wood- man and Orlando Colby as appraisers, Oct. 25, 1756.]
[Administration on the estate of Paul Chase granted to his widow, Sarah Chase, Dec. 29, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 74.]
[Bond of Sarah Chase of Sandown, widow, with Samuel Bean of Sandown, yeoman, and John Woodman of Hampstead, yeo- man, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Dec. 29, 1756, for the ad- ministration of the estate of Paul Chase, yeoman; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Warrant, Oct. 27, 1756, authorizing John Woodman and Orlando Colby, both of Sandown, yeomen, to appraise the estate; mentions Sarah Chase as widow of the deceased.]
[Inventory, attested Dec. 27, 1756; amount, £1122. 19. 4; signed by John Woodman and Orlando Colby.]
[Warrant, Dec. 29, 1756, authorizing Samuel Emerson of Chester and Moses Tucker of Sandown to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims; amount, £656. 19. 2; signed by Samuel Emer- son and Moses Tucker.]
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[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £983. 0. 0; expenditures, £423. 19. 0; mentions "17 weeks board & diet for Son Samuel from Sept' 23d the time of the decde death to Jany 20 then 7 year old - To anna & Joseph to July 27, 1757 being 92 weeks for both"; allowed July 27, 1757.]
[Additional account of the settlement of the estate by Moses Sawyer and wife Sarah, "late Sarah Chase"; receipts, £759. 1. 0; expenditures, £974. II. 2; mentions "maintaining anna from July 27, 1757, to Feby 18 1758. . Ditto Joseph from July 27, 1757, to Oct 10th 1759 , & still under 7 years old"; allowed Oct. 10, 1759.]
[License to the widow, now wife of Moses Sawyer of Hopkin- ton, Jan. 25, 1771, to sell real estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 456.]
WILLIAM STRAW 1756 SANDOWN
[Administration on the estate of William Straw of Sandown, yeoman, granted to his widow, Susanna Straw, Feb. 23, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. IIO.]
[Bond of Susanna Straw of Sandown, widow, with Thomas Wells of Chester, gentleman, and Ebenezer Gile of Hampstead, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Feb. 23, 1757, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Nathan- iel Marshall.]
[Warrant, Oct. 27, 1756, authorizing Thomas Wells of Chester and Orlando Colby of Sandown, yeoman, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory attested Nov. 20, 1756; amount, £1000. 13. 6; signed by Thomas Wells and Orlando Colby.]
[List of claims against the estate, no date; amount, £274. 4. 6; "Thare Is Likewise three children was under seven years old
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when there father Died - one was 5 years & 8 months one was 2 years & 7 month one was 7 months."]
[Warrant, Dec. 27, 1758, authorizing Jethro Sanborn of Sandown and James Graves of Hampstead, gentleman, to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, attested June 21, 1759; amount, £261. 3. 2; signed by Jethro Sanborn and James Graves.]
[Warrant, Aug. 29, 1759, authorizing Samuel Emerson of Chester, James Graves of Hampstead, and Thomas Wells of Chester, gentlemen, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of Sandown September 8th 1759 We the Sub- Newhampshire § scribers being appoynted a Committee by the Honnorble Richard Wibird Esqr Judge of the Probate for the Province afforesaid : to set of to Susanah Straw widow and Relect to William Straw Late of Sandown afforesaid Deceased her thirds or Right of Dower that fell to her of her sd Husbands Estate: accordingly we Have Don it in the following mannor (Viz) We find the whole Estate to Contain twenty Seven acres and three Quarters; and we have Laid of to her on the southerly side of said Land where the house and Barne stands Eight acres for her third part bounded first at the South west Corner at a stake and stones standing in the midle between a white oak and a Black Burch being the Bounds of the Sixty fifth Lot in that Range and Runing about East South East bounding on the other half part of said Lott Eighty Rods to a stake and stones then north by East sixteen Rods to a stake and stones then west nor west Eighty Rods to a stake and stones by the High way then by sd High way sixteen Rods to the first bounds mentioned
Sam11 Emerson Thomas Wells James Graves
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £743. 3. 0;
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expenditures, £237. 10. 0; mentions "Support of three Children so long as to amount to 5 years for one"; allowed March 26, I760.]
JONATHAN GILMAN 1756 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Gilman of Exeter, yeoman, granted to Jonathan Gilman of Exeter Oct. 27, 1756.] [Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 33.]
[Bond of Jonathan Gilman of Exeter, trader, with James Leavitt of Exeter, gentleman, and Joseph Wadleigh of Brent- wood, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 27, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Warrant, Oct. 27, 1756, authorizing Theophilus Smith and John Robinson, yeoman, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 3, 1756; amount, £11,832. 13. 0; signed by Theophilus Smith and John Robinson.]
[Warrant, Dec. 16, 1756, authorizing John Haines, black- smith, Josiah Sanborn, tanner, Peter Folsom, joiner, Jeremiah Calfe, joiner, all of Exeter, and Samuel Lane of Stratham, cord- wainer, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of We the Subscribers being appointed by the
New Hampr Honble Richard Wibird Esqr Judge of the Pro- bate of Wills &c for Said Province; to Set off to Elizabeth Gilman of Exeter in Said Province, Her Dower which happeneth to her of the Real Estate of her Late Husband Jonathan Gilman Deceased Intestate of which he Died Siezed; being one full third part thereof, according to Quantity and Quality of Said Estate: and Set forth Said third part by Metes and Bounds to Hold to her in Severalty; and make Return &c -
Therefore after Mature and Deliberate Consideration of
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Quantity and Quality of Said Estate, we have Set off to the Said Widow her full third part thereof (according to the best of our Skill & Judgment) and Bounded the Same as follows vizt Be- gining at the corner of Charles Rundlets Land, by the Road that Leads from Said Exeter to Epping; then Runing Notherly by Said Road till it comes to a Rock, being five Rods Southward of the Front Door of the Dwelling House on Said Estate: and from Said Rock to Run North thirteen Degrees Easterly (through Sd House) Eight Rods and a half, to a Stake put down one Rod and a half North from the North Side of Said House, And from Said Stake to Run (through the orchard) North Eighty five Degrees Easterly, fifteen rods to a pile of Stones, And from Sd Stones to run North Seventeen Degrees Easterly, ten Rods to a Walnut Tree, and from Said Tree to run North three Degrees Easterly four Rods, to a Larg Rock, then South Seventy three Degs West, twenty two Rods, to the Southeastly corner of the Little Barn on Said Estate, Thence Runing South thirty five Degs Westerly four Rods to Said Road, Then to Run Northerly by Said Road, till it comes to a Large Rock in the fence, against John Hains' House; and from Said Rock to Run by the Easterly Side of the Way that Leads to the fresh meadows 'till it comes to Capt. John Gilmans Land : then to Run Southerly and Easterly by Said Capt Gilmans Land to Thomas Lifords Land, Then Runing Southerly by Said Lifords Land, to Joseph Clarks Land, Then Runing Westerly & Southerly by Said Clark's Land to Said Rundlets Land, Then to Run Westerly by Said Rundlets Land to the Corner first mentioned.
And also we have Set off to Said Widow as her Thirds, the Easterly End Rooms of Said Dwelling House from Bottom to top; and also the two Bed-rooms that are in the Back Leanto belonging to Said House: with one third part of the Cellar under Said House, at the North Side of Said Cellar; with Liberty of passing and repassing up Stairs and down, both Celler & Cham- ber Stairs: also the priviledge of Baking in the oven as She Shall Stand in need; and one third of the Use of the Well, with Liberty
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of passing & Repassing out Doors and in, and Round about Said House and Barn on Necessary occasions.
Also Said Widow is to Have the Little Barn on Said Estate for use and improvement as her thirds.
We make this Return the first Day of April Annoque Domini 1757
John haines Sam1 Lane Peter folsom Josiah Sanborn
[Bond of James Leavitt, gentleman, with Nathaniel Gordon and Benjamin Gordon, yeomen, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of £500, May 27, 1761, for the guardianship of John Gil- man, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of Jonathan Gilman; witnesses, William Parker, Solomon Loud, Jr.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £7664. 4. 0; expenditures, £7568. 16. 6; mentions widow and children; allowed July 27, 1763.]
MOSES COPP 1756 HAMPSTEAD
[Administration on the estate of Moses Copp of Hampstead, yeoman, granted to his widow, Mehitabel Copp, Oct. 27, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 24.]
[Bond of Mehitabel Copp, widow, with Stephen Emerson and Moses Kimball, yeomen, as sureties, all of Hampstead, in the sum of £500, Oct. 27, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Edward Colcord.]
[Warrant, Oct. 27, 1756, authorizing Daniel Little and Benja- min Emerson, gentleman, both of Hampstead, to appraise the estate.]
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[Inventory, attested Feb. 26, 1757; amount, £5422. 16. 0; signed by Daniel Little and Benjamin Emerson.]
[Warrant, Nov. 10, 1757, authorizing Daniel Little, George Little, Benjamin Emerson, gentlemen, John Moore, yeoman, all of Hampstead, and Thomas Little of Plaistow, yeoman, to di- vide the estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 92.]
[List of payments to creditors by the administratrix, Oct. 23, 1758; amount, £664. 10. 2; mentions Elizabeth Ingalls, wife of John Ingalls, daughter of the deceased.]
Province of by virtu of a warrant to us Directed from New hampsh the Honourable Court of probate of wills &c. for the province aforesd to Divide the Reall estate of Moses Copp Late of Hampstead in sd province Gent Deceasd we have at- tended that service and Have Divided the same as followeth (viz)
first we have set of to the widow Mehetabell Copp as her Dower of said estate the easterly half of the house & half the Celler and one third part of the barn the east end allowing half the flore way to Joshua and aboute twenty acres on the easterly sid of the Roade bounded as followeth (viz) begining at the south west Corner at a stake and stons by moses Hales Land thence northerly by the Roade aboute twenty four Rods to a Red oake tree marked thence northeasterly by Land set of to Joshua Copp aboute one Hundred and thirty two Rods to a Red oake tree marked by Samuel Littles Land thence southerly by sd Littles Land aboute twenty four Rods to a stake & stons by moses Hales Land thence by sd Hales Land southwesterly to the first bounds, and the Improvement of the orchard which is on Joshuas Land her Life time and then to Return to Joshua and also aboute sixty five Rods of Land that the buildings stands on and for a Conveniency of Improveing the buildings
secondly we have set of to Joshua Cop the only son for his
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Double share the west half of the house and half the Celler & two thirds of the barn the westerly part with half the flore way and aboute sixty five Rods of Land for the Conventiency of the build- ings which together with the sixty five Rods set of to the widow makes in the whole one Hundred and thirty Rods and is bounded as followeth (viz) begining at the north east Corner at a stake & stons by the Road on the north side of the house thence south westerly aboute sixteen Rods to a stake & stons thence south easterly aboute nine Rods to a great Rock thence easterly aboute ten Rods to a stake & stons by the sd Roade thence by sª Roade about eleven Rods to the first bounds mentioned we have also set of to sd sone aboute thirty three acres on the easterly side of the Roade bounded as followeth (viz) begining at the south west Corner at a Red oake tree marked also a bounds of the Land set of to the widow thence by the Roade northerly aboute forty eight Rods to a stake & stons by the Reverend Mr Trues Land thence northeasterly partly by Mr Trues Land & partly by Stephen Emorsons Land aboute one hundred and Eight Rods to a stake & stons thence southeasterly partly by Benjamin Emor- sons Land & partly by Samuel Littles Land aboute forty four Rods to a Red oake tree marked also a bounds of Land set of to the widow thence by her Land south westerly to the first bounds mentioned allowing the Widow the Improvement of the orchard that is on the same her Life time
3dly We have set of to Elisabeth Ingalls the wife of John Ingalls Daughter of the Deceased for her share aboute twenty acres of Land on the west side of the Roade and is bounded as followeth (viz) begining at the southeast Corner at a stake & stones at the Roade thence south westerly by Land set of to the buildings sixteen Rods to a stake and stons thence further south westerly aboute one hundred and fourteen Rods to a pine stump by James Dustins Land thence north westerly by sd Dustins Land aboute Eighteen Rods & a half to an elm tree thence north easterly by Mr Trues Land aboute one hundred and forty two Rods to a stake & stons by the Roade thence by the Roade
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southerly aboute thirty six Rods to the first bounds mentioned 4ly we have set of to mehetabell Copp daughter of the sd Deceasd for her share aboute twenty one acres of Land on the west sid of the Roade and is bounded as followeth (viz) begining at the northeast Corner at a stake and stons by the Roade thence westerly aboute ten Rods to a great Rock thence nor- westerly aboute nine Rods to a stake and stons also a bounds of the Land set of to Elisabeth thence southwesterly by her Land aboute one Hundred and fourteen Rods to a pine stump by James Dustins Land thence south easterly partly by sd Dustins Land and partly by John Kents Land aboute seventeen Rods and a half to a black oake tree marked thence south easterly by Land now in the possestion of Benjamin Heath aboute one Hundred and thirty two Rods to a stake and stons by the Roade thence northerly by the Roade about twenty four Rods to the first bounds mentioned
Daniel Little George Little Commte
Thomas Little
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, personal estate, £1382. 16. 0; expenditures, £457. 7. 0; allowed Oct. 25, 1758.]
THOMAS CONNELL I756 PEMBROKE
[Account of the settlement of the estate of Thomas Connell of Suncook by Mary Connell, administratrix; receipts, personal estate as inventoried, and £10. 19. 0; expenditures, £575. 14. 0; allowed Oct. 27, 1756.]
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DAVID EASTMAN 1756 SANDOWN
[Administration on the estate of David Eastman of Sandown, yeoman, granted to his widow, Susanna Eastman, Nov. 24, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 49.]
[Bond of Susanna Eastman of Sandown, widow, with Ephraim Brown of South Hampton, yeoman, and John Eastman of Salis- bury, Mass., as sureties, in the sum of £500, Nov. 24, 1756, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Warrant, Oct. 27, 1756, authorizing Thomas Wells of Chester, gentleman, and James Graves of Hampstead, yeoman, to ap- praise the estate; mentions Susanna Eastman as widow of the deceased.]
[Inventory, attested Nov. 20, 1756; amount, £1535. 12. 0; signed by Thomas Wells and James Graves.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £473. 12. 0; expenditures, £1076. 2. 0; mentions "Laying in with a Post- humus Child nursing the Child 6 months attending the Same in its Sickness & Expence in its burial. ... nursing a Child one Year before his arival at 7 years of age after its fathers decease viz. Kingsbury. ... keeping I Child Two years before its ar- rival to 7 years of age .... keeping Two other Children two years since their fathers decease, one of which was three year old & the other one year old at their fathers decease"; allowed Aug. 30, 1758.]
[Warrant, Aug. 30, 1758, authorizing Thomas Wells of Chester, gentleman, James Graves of Hampstead, gentleman, and Reuben Clough of Sandown, yeoman, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of Pursuant to a warrant to us directed from New Hampshir the Honrble Judg of the probate of wills and for the sd province as a Commitee to set of to Susannah Eastman
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wife of Nath11 Eastman Jun' of the Parish of Sandown in sd province yeoman hir Right or dowry of the Real Estate of her Late Husband David Eastman Late of Sandown aforesd yeoman Decesed which he died seized of and have set apart twelve acres of sd Estate the Same by meats and bounds (viz) at the south- east corner a Chestnut tree standing by the Highway thence Northly by said way forty Rhods to a maple which is the south- east Corner of Jacob Wells Land thence westerly on sd wells Line forty Eight Rhods to a stake and stons thence southrly forty Rhods to ye Line of the Land of Daniel Hibbard then East- rly on Said Hibbards Land to the first bound mentioned acording to best of our Judgment and siteuate acording to her Choise as wittnis our hands this 15 day of November 1758
Thomas Wells 1 Commitee
James Graves
Reuben Clough
WILLIAM BROWN CLOUGH I756 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen I William Brown Clough of the Parish of Kensington in the Province of Newhampshire in New- england yeoman Being weake of Body *
Ily I Give and Bequeath to my honored mother Rachal Clough my house and Barn and all my Land laying in the Parish of Kensington and all my Stock of Creatuers of alsorts and all my Husbandry tools of all Sorts all to Despose as shee shall see Cause shee paying as I shall order her in this my will
2ly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Betty Clough all the houshold Goods that ware her mothers and the one halfe of all my land laying in the Township of Nottingham in Newhamp- shire and I Give my said Daughter two hundred pounds money old Tenor Bills of Credit and a Cow all to be paid to her by my
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Executrix when Shee shall Come to the age of Eighteen years or Day of marriage which Shall hapen first
3ly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Anne Clough all the household Goods that ware her mothers and the one halfe of all my Land laying in the Township of Nottingham in Newhamp- shire and I Give my said Daughter two hundred pounds money old tenor Bills of Credit and one Cow all to be paid to her By my Executrix when she Shall Come to the age of Eighteen or Day of marriage which shall hapen first
4ly I Give to my Brother winthrop Clough the one halfe of all my wearing Cloths of all sorts
5ly I Give and Bequeath to my Brother Benjamin Clough the one halfe of all my wearing Cloths of all Sorts and all my Sur- veying instruments and all my Books
6ly And I in this my will order my Executrix to take Good Care of my two Children and Bring them up on my Estate -
And I Do Constitute and appoint my honored mother Rachel Clough to be my Executrix to this my Last will and Testiment Rattifying and Confirming this and no other to be my will and Testiment In witness whereof I the Said William Brown Clough have hereunto set my hand & affixt my seal this Twenty Eighth Day of october anno: Domini: 1756 and in the Thirtieth yeare of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George the second &c
William Brown Clough
[Witnesses] Stephen Palmer, Benjamin Brown, Philip Dow. [Proved April 27, 1757.]
[Warrant, April 27, 1757, authorizing Philip Dow and The- ophilus Page, both of Kingston, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested June 18, 1757; amount, £7257. 10. 0; signed by Philip Dow and Theophilus Page.]
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NATHANIEL HAMMOND I756 SWANZEY
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Hammond of Swanzey, yeoman, granted to Joseph Hammond of Swanzey, yeoman, Nov. 6, 1756.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 60.]
[Bond of Joseph Hammond, yeoman, with Jonathan Ham- mond, gentleman, and Thomas Hammond, yeoman, as sureties, all of Swanzey, in the sum of £500, Nov. 6, 1756, for the admin- istration of the estate; witnesses, Samuel Watts, Josiah Willard.]
[Inventory, Nov. 23, 1756; amount, £1023. 3. 4; signed by Samuel Belding and Thomas Cresson; mentions date of death of deceased as Feb. 2, 1756.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1324. II. 5; expenditures, £269. II. II; allowed Nov. 30, 1758.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £1436. 10. 10; signed by Josiah Willard and Samuel Ashley.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £1471. 3. 0; amount distributed, £1069. 1. 10; allowed Nov. 30, 1758.]
JOHN YEATON 1756 NEWCASTLE
In the Name of God, Amen the eighth day of November 1756 I John Yeaten of New Castle in the Province of New-Hampshire, Fisherman alias Husbandman being very Sick & Week in Body *
Imprimis I give and Bequeath to Elisabeth my dearly beloved wife the Income of all my Estate this present Year with all my Stock of Creatures and one half of the Income of all my Estate fer the two next ensuing or following Years to be delivered Her by my Son Richard Yeaten.
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Item I give to my well beloved Son Richard Yeaten the Im- provement fer two Years next following of all my real Estate he giving to my beloved Wife one half of the Income of the Same delivered to Her or her order in there proper Seesons
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