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Jabez Smith [Witnesses] Jeremiah Calfe Jur, Joseph Leavit, James Leavitt. [Proved March 23, 1754.]
THEOPHILUS BATCHELDER 1754 HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God Amen this Eighth Day of March In the twenty Seventh Year of his Majestys Reign Annoque Domini Seventeen hundred And fifty four I Theophilus Bachelder of Hampton falls in the Province of New Hampshire in New Eng- land Cooper Being Sick And weak in Body
Item I Give And Bequeath Unto my Wellbeloved wife Meriah, The One half of All my Stock of Creatures And the One half of all my moveables within Doors to be for her to Dispose of as she Pleases I also Give her the Improvement of One half of all my Lands And Buildings wheresoever Situated or of what Sort- soever for her to Use and Improve During the time she Remains my widow - And my Will is that the Other half of my Stock of Creatures shall be for the Discharge of my Debts And funeral Charges so far as that will Go And for what this shall not be Sufficient my will is that my Executrix Dispose of so much of my Real Estate as shall be necessary to Discharge the Remainder.
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Item I Give and Bequeath to my Three Sons vizt Theophilus, Timothy And Hezekiah My Right in a Tract of Land Granted to Ichabod Robie Esqr & Others by the Purchasers of the Right of John Tufton Mason Esq" Situate in the Province of New Hamp- shire That is to say to Each of them One third part of Said Right to hold in Severalty to him his heirs & assigns I also Give unto my said Three Sons the One half of All my Lands and Buildings of what Sort Soever and wheresoever Situated to hold in Sev- eralty to them their heirs and assigns in the following Propor- tions That is to say to my Eldest Son Theophilus two Shares or a Double part And to Each of my other Sons An Equal Share I Also Give unto my said Three Sons in the Same Manner and Proportion that half of All my Lands and Buildings which my wife is to have the Improvement of During her widowhood to Come into the Improvement thereof at her Decease or time of Marrying Again And I Order my Said three Sons to pay to my Daughters as hereinafter mentioned -
Item I Give And Bequeath Unto my Daughter Lydia Ten Pounds New Tenor to be Paid her by my Executrix when my said Daughter shall Arrive at the Age of Eighteen Years
Item I Give And Bequeath to my three Daughters Susanna, Abigail And Myriam that is to Say to Each of them Seven Pounds ten shillings New Tenor to be Paid them as they shall Respectively arrive at the Age of Eighteen Years by my three Sons Theophilus Timothy and Hezekiah - that is to Say Susanna to be paid by my Son Theophilus, Abigail to be Paid by my Son Timothy And Myriam to be paid by my Son Hezekiah -
Item My Will is that if there be Any thing not mentioned in this my will which of Right belongs to me That the Same shall be Divided Among All my Children in Equal Proportion
Lastly I do Constitute And Appoint my wellbeloved wife Meriah Sole Executrix
his Theophilus + Bachelder mark
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[Witnesses] Meshech Weare, Sam11 Shaw, David Bachelder. [Proved May 29, 1754.]
[Inventory, signed by Josiah Batchelder and Andrew Web- ster; amount, £2797. 18. 0; attested June 24, 1754.]
[Petition of the executrix Oct. 3, 1754, for the appointment of a commission to receive claims against the estate.]
[Warrant, Nov. 9, 1754, authorizing Jonathan Swett and Andrew Webster, both of Hampton Falls, yeomen, to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, April 29, 1755; amount, £985. 14. 5; signed by Andrew Webster and Jonathan Swett.]
JOHN ODLIN I754 EXETER
In the Name of God; Amen, I John Odlin of Exeter in the Province of Newhampshire in New England Clerk * * *
Item I Give Devise, and bequeath unto my Son John Odlin My Dwelling house Barns orchard and all my land adjoyning commonly called the Common field land, and one hundred Acres of land over the little River at a place commonly called the Neck: And all my land that I bought of Ebenezer Sinkler that lyes upon the Easterly side of the way leading to Stratham and Joyning to Pine Hill the whole of the above Said Peices of land being in the Township of Exeter. I Likewise Give him the Remaining part of the hundred Acres of land lying in the Township of Exeter and Parish of Brintwood at a place called Deer Hill: by Estimation Fifty acres bee it more or less and lying upon the North side of the way adjoyning to land he had before and Likewise Forty Acres of land lying in the Parish of Brintwood which was my Wives part of Four hundred acres granted to her father, And bounded upon James Leavitts Jeremiah Beans, and Joseph Dud-
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leys and the Robinsons lands And my Will is that all the above said peices of Land which I have given to my son John Odlin, shall be to him his Heirs and Assigns
Item I Give Devise and bequeath unto my son John Odlin and his Wife Alice Odlin their Heirs and assigns the whole of my Farm Lying in Stratham which was my Wives part of her Fathers Farm, Excepting Thirty Acres upon the Easterly Side Lying next to James Robinsons Land and Running the whole Length of Said Farm.
Item I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Grandson Samuel Odlin, According to his Grandmothers Desire My House and Land lying in Exeter on the Easterly side of the River being the Dwelling house where my Wife formerly Lived and the Orchard and land Adjoyning to it and the Garden by Cpt Jonathan Wadleighs: and Likewise the land at a place called Pine Hill by Estimation Twenty three Acres be it more or less and adjoyning to the Land I gave his Father. The whole to him his Heirs and assigns, His Father to have the Improvement of it until he comes to the age of Twenty one years And if he Dies before he comes of Age so as to make any Legal conveyance of it, Then to go to his Three sisters their Heirs and Assigns, viz: Elizabeth Odlin, Alice Odlin and Abigail Odlin to be equally Divided between them.
Item I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Two Grandsons John Odlin and Winthrop Odlin Their Heirs and Assigns One hundred Acres of land in the Parish of Brentwood at a place called Deer hill being part of a Two hundred Acre Grant; They to have their hundred acres at the Easterly end of Said land next to John Mudgets land and to be equally Divided between them: John to have his Fifty acres Next to John Mudgets land, And Winthrop his Fifty Acres Joyning upon his brother John -
Item I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Son Woodbridge Odlin, his Heirs and Assigns; The Remaining part of the Two hundred acre Grant Lying in the Parish of Brintwood at a place called Deer Hill, by estimation one hundred acres be it more or less: and Likewise all my land Lying in Exeter which I bought of
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Ebenezer Sinkler Lying upon the Westerly side of the way lead- ing to Stratham; Excepting the two points of Thatch which I give to my son John his heirs and Assigns -
. Item I Give, Devise and bequeath Unto my Two Grandsons William Odlin and Elisha Odlin their Heirs and assigns Eighty Acres of land out of my Common Right Lying in the Parish of Brintwood to be equally Divided between them And to Elisha my Gilman Town Right: and to William my chichester Right:
Item: I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Two Sons John Odlin and Woodbridge Odlin Their Heirs and Assigns all the Rest and Residue of my Common Right before mentioned to be equally Divided between them: My Son John to have the Im- provement of the Pine Timber upon the whole Lot for the use of his mill:
Item I Give, Devise and bequeath unto my Two Sons John Odlin Woodbridge Odlin and my Grandson John Odlin all my Rights of Land Lying in the Township of Haverhill to them their Heirs and assigns to be equally Divided between them
Item I Give, Devise and bequeath unto my Daughter in Law Judith Odlin Four hundred pounds in money or Bills of Credit of the old Tenor
Item I Give Devise and bequeath to my Grandaughter Anna Odlin Four hundred pounds in Money or Bills of Credit of the old Tenor to be Improved for her bringing up until she Comes to the Age of Eighteen Years and then paid her -
Item I Give Devise and bequeath to my Son John Odlin my Old Silver Tankard and my Horse and my Pew in the Meeting House --
Item : I Give Devise and bequeath to my son Woodbridge Od- lin my Bigest and Newest Silver Tankard and my large Silver Salt seller and one Yoke of Oxen them I had of John Foulsom in Lieu of his steer which I Swapt for them and if they should be disposed of before my death then another yoke I Likewise Give my Son Woodbridge my Library of Books he allowing his Brother
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John liberty to take out Some Small Books for his families use and the assemblies Annotations -
Item: I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Two Sons, John Odlin and Woodbridge Odlin all my Stock of Cattle Sheep and Swine not before Disposed of and all my Bills, Bonds, Notes and Book Debts to be equally Divided between them after my Just Debts, Legacies and Funerall Charges are paid and Discharged, and I Give unto my son John Odlin all my Implements for Hus- bandry -
Item I Give to my Three Grandaughters Elizabeth Odlin, Alice Odlin, and Abigail Odlin all my Houshold stuffe or Move- ables within Doors not already Disposed of to be equally Divided between them, excepting my Flowered Silver Cup which I Give to my Grandaughter Abigail Odlin besides her equal share with her other two sisters.
Finally My Will is and I do hereby Appoint my Son John Od- lin Sole Executor to this my Last Will and Testament, and do hereby, Revoke and make void all former Wills by me heretofore made and In Witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Ninth Day of March, One Thousand Seven hundred and Fifty four, and in the Twenty Seventh Year of his Majesties Reign : -
John Odlin
[Witnesses] Sam1 Brooks, Samuel Leavit, Daniel Grant. [Proved Dec. 4, 1754.]
[Guardianship of Elisha Odlin, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of Elisha Odlin, granted to John Odlin Sept. 29, 1762.] [Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 448.]
[Bond of John Odlin of Exeter, gentleman, with Levi Dearborn of North Hampton, physician, as surety, in the sum of £500, Sept. 29, 1762, for the guardianship of Elisha Odlin; witnesses, William Parker, Cutts Shannon.]
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PETER CLIFFORD I754 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Peter Clifford granted to his widow, Hannah Clifford, March 12, 1754.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 4.]
[Bond of Hannah Clifford of Chester, with Jonathan Dolbear of Rye, yeoman, and Samuel Clark of Stratham, clothier, as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 12, 1754, for the adminis- tration of the estate of her husband, Peter Clifford of Chester; witnesses, Moses Clark and Anna Freese.]
[Inventory, April 5, 1754; amount, £1049. 4. o; signed by Jacob Basford and Samuel Brown.]
JOSEPH COLBY 1754 HAMPSTEAD
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Colby granted to his widow, Mary Colby, March 14, 1754.]
[Probate Records, vol. 19, p. 4.]
[Bond of Mary Colby and her son, John Colby, with Joseph Little and Benjamin Emerson as sureties, all of Hampstead, in the sum of £1000, March 14, 1754, for the administration of the estate of her husband, Joseph Colby of Hampstead; witnesses, Benjamin Norris and Thomas Hardy.]
[Inventory, signed by Ebenezer Gile, Nathaniel Heath, and Peter Eastman; amount, £418. 16. 0; attested May 23, 1754.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate by John Colby, sur- viving administrator; receipts, £418. 16. o; expenditures, £445. o. o; allowed Feb. 25, 1756.]
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JOHN DAM
1754 PORTSMOUTH
Province of To the Honble Andrew Wiggin Esq' Judge of New Hampr S the Probate of Wills &c for Said Province -
Whereas John Dam late of Portsmouth in Said Province Tanner Deceased Intestate has left an Estate in Such Circum- stances as Require an Immediate Care and Administration thereof - And We the Subscribers the Father & Eldest Brother of the Deceased living at a Distance from the Place where the Estate Lies and for other Reasons not Inclining to be Concern'd in the Administration thereof - Pray your Honour to Grant the Same to Theophilus Dam who is the next Brother and lives Con- venient for that Purpose -
March 16th 1754
Moses Dam Eliphalet Dam
[Administration on the estate of John Dam granted to Theophilus Dam March 19, 1754.]
[Probate Records, vol. 18, p. 638.]
[Bond of Theophilus Dam, joiner, with George Ayers, yeo- man, and John Howe, cooper, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £1000, March 19, 1754, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Paul Wentworth and Jonathan Blanchard.]
[Inventory, April 3, 1754; amount, £1975. 17. 9; signed by John Hart and John Shackford.]
[George Jaffrey, Stephen March, and John Elliot, creditors, ask for an extension of the time allowed for filing claims against the estate; dated Portsmouth, March 14, 1755.]
[List of claims against the estate, July 16, 1755; amount, £1382. 17. 4; signed by Eleazer Russell and Andrew Clarkson.]
[Administrator's account against the estate; amount, £306. 18. 6; exhibited March 31, 1756; mentions children under age.]
[Joshua Dam, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of John Dam, makes choice of Eliphalet Dam of Newington, yeoman, as
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his guardian, Jan. 16, 1760; witnesses, William Parker and John Langdon.]
[Bond of Eliphalet Dam of Newington, with George Dam of Portsmouth as surety, in the sum of £500, Jan. 18, 1760, for the guardianship of Joshua Dam; witnesses, William Parker and John Langdon.]
[Guardianship of John Dam, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of John Dam, granted to George Dam Aug. 4, 1762.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 424.]
[Bond of George Dam, cordwainer, with John Grant, mariner, as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Aug. 4, 1762, for the guardianship of John Dam; witnesses, William Parker, William Vaughan; signed "George Dame."]
[Guardianship of Mary Dam, minor, aged more than 14 years, daughter of John Dam granted to George Dam Oct. 24, 1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 121.]
[Bond of George Dam, cordwainer, with Theophilus Dam, gen- tleman, and Thomas Chadbourne, blacksmith, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Oct. 24, 1763, for the guardian- ship of Mary Dam; witness, William Vaughan.]
[Bond of George Dam, cordwainer, with Theophilus Dam as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Jan. II, 1769, for the guardianship of William Dam, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of John Dam; witnesses, James Stoodley and John Parker.]
JEDEDIAH PHILBRICK 1754 KINGSTON
In the Name of God Amen. Jedidiah Philbrick of Kingston in the Province of New-Hampshire Esq" make this my Last Will & Testiment
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First I give & devise to Mary my beloved wife the Improve- ment & Income of my whole Estate Except the Legacys herein after mentioned, during her remaining my Widow: If she shou'd marry I give to her two Cows & all my Household Stuff to take with her, except one Bed & its Bedding.
Secondly, I give & devise to the Heirs of my Son Jeremiah Philbrick deceased, one Hundred Pounds old tenor, to be de- ducted out of that, which He was indebted to Me from his Es- tate; He having received his Portion of my Estate by Deed.
Thirdly, I give & devise to my Daughter Hannah, wife of Humphrey Hook, two Hundred Pounds old tenor, to be paid to Her as soon as my Debts can be recovered I give also to my sd Daughter, all my Household Stuff, except one Bed & Bedding, at her Mother's Decease; To Her & Her Heirs & Assigns for- ever.
Fourthly I give & bequeath to my Grand Daughter Mary Hook a Cow & six Sheep, if she shall live to be eighteen Years of Age.
Fifthly I give & devise to my Sons Samuel & Joseph All my real Estate, my Lands & Buildings, also my Arms & all Move- ables, belonging to the Buisness or Management of Husbandry, & one Bed with its Bedding, to be equally divided between them. I likewise give to my sd Sons all my Stock that may be left, at their Mother's Decease or Marriage Except that which I have to my Grand Daughter as above mention'd; to them their Heirs & Assigns forever.
Finally I do hereby constitute & appoint Mr Samuel Fifield, with Mary my Wife to be Executors of this my Last Will & Tes- timent: & I do hereby utterly revoke & renounce all & every other Will, & Establish this My Last Will & Testiment.
In Wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my Hand & Seal this Sixteenth Day of March, in the twenty seventh Year of his Majesty's Reign Annoq; Domini one Thousand seven Hundred & fifty four
Jedidiah Philbrick
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[Witnesses] Eben' Stevens, John Judkins, Jacob Hook. [Proved March 27, 1754.]
[Inventory, April 15, 1754; amount, £7783. 2. 4; signed by Jeremy Webster and Benjamin Stevens.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £154. 10. 0 personal estate; expenditures, £655. II. 10; allowed Dec. 30, 1755.]
JOHN DEARBORN I754 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen the nineteenth day of March 1754 I John Dearborn of Hampton in the Province of New Hampsh in New-England Husbandman Being Sick & Weak in Body *
Imprimis I give & Bequeath to Anne my Dearly beloved Wife ye one Half of my Dwelling House & Celler it Being ye Eastward Half of ye Same & Two Cows & Keeping Winter & Summer & Six Sheep & keeping Winter & Summor & Likwise Twenty Bushalls of Indian Corn Per Year Two Bushalls of Malt Per Year & Two Barriels of Cyder Per Year & Twenty Pound of Flax from ye Swingle Per Year Two Hundred wate of Pork Per year & one Hundred waite of Beaf Per Year & as many Apples as She Needs for her own Use And Likwise the Priviledge of A Garden whare She thinks Proper & one Bushall of Petatoes & Two Bushalls of Turneps Per Year, and Likwise Fourteen Cord of Wood Per Year - All the Above Said Perticulers to be De- livered as abovesaid Dureing her Widdow Whood to be De- livered By my Two Sons Josiah Dearborn & John Dearborn And Likwise all my House Hold Goods & ye Improvement of All my Estate Both Real & Personal till my Said Sons Shall Arive to the Age of Twenty One Years
Item I give & Bequeath to my Son Josiah Dearborn ye one Half of my Dwelling House & my Barns & one Half of my Home
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Lote it Lying on the North-West of sd Lote & one Half of my Meddow it Lying before my House & Being ye North West Half of sd Meddow & Three Acers of Land Lying by Land of Stephen Smith & Half an Acer of yt I Bought of Jasper Blake & my Pas- ture Land Lying in ye Fourth Devision & Likwise Half my Land at Timber Swamp it Being the South-West Half of Said Land & Half my Pasture Lying by Land of Jonathan Shaw it Being ye North West half of Sd Pasture Land & Half my Pasture Land Lying By Land of Deac" Tuck & Being ye East Half of Sª Land & half my Land Lying in the Second North Devision & Being the North West half of sd Land & Likwise half my Marsh Ground Lying at Hampton Falls Side of ye River And A Lote of Marsh & Thatch Ground Lying at the Hop Ground So Called, And Lik- wise my Land Lying at the Grate Neck And A Lote of Marsh Ground Lying by Sargents Island & A Share of Thatch Ground Lying Nearest ye Ceders A Share of Land Lying on ye Comon And half my Land Lying at Chichester & half my Land Lying Near to Pemissiwoset River to my said son & to his Assigns for ever And Likwise one half of my Husbandry Tools And Likwise half my Stock of Cattle & Sheep to be Delivered to him when he Shall Arive to the Age of Twenty Three Years & a Five Month
Item I give and Bequeath to my Son John Dearborn & to his Assigns forever the one Half of my Home Lote And half my Meddow that Lyeth Before my House & Likwise my Home Pas- ture Land & Half my Land at Timber Swamp And half my Land Lying Near to Land of Jonathan Shaw and half my Land Lying Near to Land of Deacon Tuck & A Peace or Lote of Land Lying Above the Oke So Called, And my Land Called ye Sheep Pasture in the Grate Field, and half my Land Lying in the Second North Division and Likwise half my Marsh Ground Lying At Hamp- ton falls Side of the River & my Marsh Ground Lying Belowe Browns Mill And A Lote of Marsh Ground Lying upon ye Little Neck So Called, My Meddow Lying Upon the Lower Beach & my Thatch Share And half my Land Lying in Chichester And
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half my Land Near to Pemisiwoset River And Likwise half of my Husbandry Tools & half my Stock of Cattle & Sheep to be Delivered to him when he Shall Arrive to the Age of Twenty One Years
Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Anne Wadleigh Five Pounds Old Tennor to be Leavied & Paid out of my Estate by my Two Sons Josiah Dearborn & John Dearborn At the End of One Year After they Shall Come into Possession of Sd Estate
Item I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Blake Five Pounds Old Tennor to be leavied & Paid Out of my Estate by my Two Sons Josiah & John At the End of One Year after they Shall come into Possession of Sd Estate
Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary Wadleigh Five Pounds old Tennor to be leavied & Paid out of my Estate by my Two Sons Josiah & John At the End of One Year After they Shall come into Possession of Sd Estate
Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Ruth Dearborn Five Pounds Old Tennor to be Leavied & Paid out of my Estate by my Two Sons Josiah & John At the End of One Year After they Shall come into Possession of Sd Estate
Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Dearborn Five Pounds Old Tennor to be leavied & Paid out of my Estate by my Two Sons Josiah & John At the End of one Year After they Shall come into Possession of Sd Estate
Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Meriam Dearborn One Hundred Pounds Old Tennor to be Leavied & Paid out of my Estate by my Two Sons Josiah & John At the end of One Year After they Shall come into Possession of Sd Estate
I Likwise give & Bequeath to my Two Sons Josiah & John all my Estate Both Real & Personal thats Not Mentioned in this Will
I Likwise constitute make & Ordain my Wife Anne to be Executrix & Josiah Sandborn of Exeter in the Province Aforesd to be Executor
John Dearborn
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[Witnesses] John Weeks, Ebenezer Fisk, Jonathan Dearbon. [Proved April 24, 1754.]
[Inventory, signed by Joshua Lane and Jeremiah Elkins; amount, £13,921. 13. 3; attested May 29, 1754.]
JONATHAN ROBINSON I754 EXETER
In the Name of God, Amen : I Jonathan Robinson of Exeter in the Province of Newhampshire in New England Carpenter : being in health of body
Item I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Son Jonathan Robinson his heirs and assigns: The other half of that peice of Land Lying in the Township of Exeter and Parish of Brintwood the one half of which I have given him already by Deed: The Said peice of land lyes between the land of Nicholas Dudley, and David Robinson And likewise the whole of my land lying upon the North side of the way, opposite to m' Trasks Dwelling house in Brintwood, and bounding upon the land I have given to my Son Ephraim Robinson by Deed. And my Will is that my Son Epharaim Robinson, shall have free Liberty for himself, his heirs or assigns, to pass or Repass through the said peice of land, either a foot or with horses or Teams so far as is Necessary to come to his Twelve acres of land which I have given him by Deed, with- out any molestation from the Said Jonathan Robinson or his Heirs
Item : I Give Devise and bequeath unto my Son James Robin- son his heirs and assigns: Thirty Five Acres of land being the one half of Seventy Acres of land Lying in the Township of Exeter and Parish of Brintwood It being the land he now lives on, and which I bought of Cpt James Leavitt the other half being given him already by Deed. And Likwise the whole of my land Lying upon the South Side of the way neare m' Trasks Dwelling House in Brintwood.
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Item My Will is that my two Sons Jonathan Robinson and James Robinson or their heirs, Execurs or Admin's shall by an equal proportion between them make up and allow to my Son Epharaim Robinson, his heirs, Execurs adminrs or assigns as much land as shall make him equal with them both as to quan- tity and quality, or as much money as shall be to the value thereof accounting the whole of the land which I have heretofore given to my two Sons, Jonathan Robinson and James Robinson before by Deed and what I have now given them in my Will and Likewise what I have heretofore given to my Son Epharaim Robinson by Deed and the whole to be accounted as unimproved land. And if my two Sons Jonathan Robinson and James Rob- inson Refuse to make their brother Epharaim equal with them according to my Will: Then I Give to my Son Epharaim Robin- son one third part of the land which I have given to my two Sons Jonathan Robinson and James Robinson in my Will: To him his heirs and Assigns
Item I Give, devise and bequeath unto my Son Josiah Robin- son his heirs and Assigns: The whole of my Dwelling House, Barn and Orchard and all my land adjoyning and Lying near to it both Planting Mowing and Pasturing all Lying in Exeter and known by the name of my home place And Likewise Twenty two Acres Lying in Hampton at a place called Bride Hill which I bought of Isaac Green and John Garland : And all my Salt Marsh at Hampton being the whole of the land which I have lately Improv'd my self, which I have not before given him by Deed -
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