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Third peace one full third off of the Southerly side of a peace of wood Land Laying in Sandown near Spencer Benits Contain- ing by Estamation thirteen acres and a Quarter Bounded as followeth firstly at a stake and stones standing by the High way near Spencer Benits then Runing Southerly Eleven Rods and an Half by said High way to a stake and stones thence Westerly about forty foure Rods by Land of thomas Wellses to a white
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oak tree thence northerly by Land Left for a High way twelve Rods to a witch Hassel tree marked then Running easterly streight to the first Bound mentioned
also one third of the Seller under the East End of the House the east Room and chamber over the same one third of the Back Room a Priveledge to Lay wood by the House also to go to the well for water unmolested and one full third of the Barn at the west End and the Priveledge of a yard at or near the west end of the Barn Convenant for what stock she Keeps
And thus we make our Return Rockingham ss. Chester April 14th 1777
Nath11 Ingalls Jabez Hoit Ezekiel Currier
WHITCOMB POWERS 1769 MASON
[Inventory of the estate of Whitcomb Powers of Mason, gentleman, Feb. 20, 1769; amount, £204. 2. 8; signed by John Hale and Thomas Tarbell.]
[Administration granted to Elizabeth Powers, widow, June 16, I770.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 256.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Powers, with Stephen Ames, gentleman, and Joseph Leslie, husbandman, both of Hollis, as sureties, in the sum of £500, June 16, 1770, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Samuel Hobart, William Poole.]
Province of Set off to Elisabeth Powers Widow & New Hampshire Relect of Whitcomb Powers late of Mason in said Province Gentleman Deceased Intestate her Dower or full thirds that happens to her out of said Estate by the following Meets & Bounds vizt about forty two acres of Land laying in
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said Mason be the same more or less Bounded as follows begin- ning at a stake & Stones, being the south west corner of the Premises, & being the southwest corner of said Powerses Farm, on the north side of the Road, thence Easterly by said Road Sixty two Rods to a stake & stones, thence north Twelve Degrees East Eighty Rods to a pine Tree with Stones about it, thence west thirteen Degrees North Eighty nine Rods to a heap of stones, thence South Eleven Degrees East Seventy one Rods to the first bound mentioned together with the Buildings &c there- unto belonging, excepting the New House and the west end of the Barn to the Great Floor, & half the scaffold over the floar way with Liberty of using the floar for threshing, & half the yard before said Barn, & Sufficient room to pass & repass with Teems, round the Barn, with liberty to pass & repass from the Barn to the Road which reservation is for the use & benefit of the Heirs to said Estate Mason April 1770
Stephen Ames george rusell Amos Fisk Sam1 Cumings Jr
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £44. 10. 8, personal estate; expenditures, £69. 11. 1I 14 ; allowed June 25, 1777.]
[Bond of Joseph Bates of New Ipswich, gentleman, with John Hale and Amos Fisk, both of Hollis, gentlemen, as sureties, in the sum of £500, July 9, 1770, for the guardianship of Whitcomb Powers, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of Whitcomb Pow- ers; witnesses, Stephen Powers, Samuel Hobart.]
LEMUEL CHESLEY 1769 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Lemuel Chesley of Durham granted to his son, Lemuel Chesley, Feb. 22, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 365.]
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[Sarah Chesley renounces administration on the estate of Lemuel Chesley Feb. 22, 1769; witnesses, Tabitha Jenkins, Simon Randall.]
[Bond of Lemuel Chesley, husbandman, with Simon Randall, husbandman, and Ebenezer Thompson, physician, as sureties, all of Durham, in the sum of £500, Feb. 23, 1769, for the administra- tion of the estate; witness, Walter Bryent.]
[Warrant, Feb. 23, 1769, authorizing Ebenezer Thompson of Durham and Ichabod Canney of Madbury, husbandman, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, June 27, 1769; amount, £1067. 0. 0; signed by Ichabod Canney and Ebenezer Thompson.]
[Warrant, May 23, 1778, authorizing Ebenezer Thompson, John Smith, gentleman, John Thompson, yeoman, all of Dur- ham, Hercules Mooney of Lee, and Andrew Torr of Dover, gentleman, to divide the real estate.]
State of New Hampshire Pursuant to a Warrant from the Honble Philips White Esqr Judge of the Probate of Wills & for the County of Rockingham Nominating & appointing the Sub- scribers a Committee to divide the Real Estate of Lemuel Ches- ley late of Durham then in sª County of Rockingham, but now in the County of Strafford deceased Intestate in which sd County of Rockingham, administration of the Estate of sd deceased was granted; we have made said Division in manner following.
To Sarah Chesley Widow of said Intestate for her Dower about sixty five Acres & three quarters of an Acre of the Home- stead Farm, with the House, Barn, and Orchard thereon, bounded as followeth, beginning by the highway at a heap of stones Forty Rods distant south Easterly by said Road from Land belonging to the heirs of Joshua Chesley deceased, thence South Easterly by said highway until it Comes to land of Tim- othy Emerson, thence by sd Emersons Land Southwesterly until it Comes to Land of Jonathan Woodman thence by said Wood-
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mans Land Westerly Eighty Eight Rods to a heap of stones, and from thence on a Straight line to the Bound began at. Also About Seven Acres of Land in the Parish of Madbury, begining at a stake by Land of Colo Sam11 Chesley distant Thirty one Rods Southwesterly from the highway a little below the dwelling house of Solomon Emerson Esqr Thence from said Stake Southwesterly as the fence Stands Forty four Rods to a Stake, thence South 36° East across the Lot to land in Possession of James Jackson Jun™ then by said Jacksons land North Easterly until it comes to a heap of Stones within Thirty one Rods distance from the aforesd highway, and then from said heap of Stones on a Straight line to the Bound began at. -
To Lemuel Chesley Eldest son of said intestate for his Double Share About Fifty Six Acres and a half acre of Land at a place called newtown in the Parish of Lee, Bounded as followith begin- ning by the highway at the Dam of Newtown Mill pond thence by the Highway Southwesterly until it comes to a heap of Stones within the distance of Forty Three Rods from the Land of Daniel Warner Esqr thence from said heap of Stones North 67º West across the Lot until it comes to the Mill pond aforesd being by said Pond distant from the aforesd Warners land Fifteen Rods, Thence by said Pond, to the Dam, where it began. Also the one Sixteenth part of New Town Sawmill, and the one Eighth part of Dishwater Sawmill (so called) in Madbury aforsd.
To Samuel Chesley one of the sons of said Intestate for his share Two Hundred Acre Lots in the Town of Barnstead, Bo't by sd Intestate of John Decker, and Isaacher Dam, (Excepting about Ten Acres sold to Daniel Delan,) and with any Incum- brance or Claim thereon by the Proprietors of the Town of Chichester, which if recovered by said Proprietors, no part thereof to be made good to him the said Samuel by the other heirs of said Intestate.
To Benjamin Chesley one of the Sons of said Inteste for his Share one half of the Second Division Lot, & one half of the Third Division Lot laid out to the Original Right of Capt Thomas Westbrook, in the Town of Rochester in sd County of Strafford.
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Also About Six Acres & one half acre of Land in Madbury Aforesd bounded as follows viz. Beginning by the Highway a little below the dwelling house of Solomon Emerson Esq' by land of Samuel Chesley thence by sd Sam1 Chesleys land Southwesterly Thirty one Rods, to land set off by these presents to the widow, thence by sª Widow's dower across the Lott to land in possession of James Jackson Jun' and then by said Jacksons land to the highway & by that to the first Bound.
To Isaac Chesley one of the Sons of said Intestate for his Share about Twenty Seven Acres of the Homestead Farm Bounded as follows viz. Beginning by the highway at a heap of Stones, thence by said Highway Forty Rods to land in Possession of the heirs of Joshua Chesley Decesª thence by land of said heirs Southerly one hundred & fourteen Rods to Land of Jonathan Woodman, thence by said Woodmans land Easterly Forty Rods to a heep of Stones, thence by the Widows Dower on a Straight line to the first bound, also half a Sixty Acre Lot in the Town of Barnstead purchased by sª Intestate of Issacher Dam.
To Patience Woodman wife of Jonathan Woodman one of the Daughters of said Intestate for her Share, About Seventeen Acres of land at Newtown Aforesª Bounded as follows viz begin- ning at Land of Daniel Warner Esqr by the highway, thence by sd highway North Easterly Forty Three Rods to a heap of stones thence across the Lot North 67° West to the Mill pond, thence by sd pond Fifteen Rods to sd Warners land & by that to the first bound. Also about Eleven Acres on the west side of the Aforesª mill pond, Bounded as followeth, beginning at said mill pond thence Westerly by land of Sam11 Lamous, and land of Joseph Atkinson Esq' fifty four Rods, to a maple Tree marked, thence South 5° West across the lot to land of the aforesd Daniel Warner Esq' thence Easterly by said Warners land to the aforesd Mill pond, and by that to the first bound, also about three acres at Madbury aforesd Bounded as follows viz Beginning at the S W end of the Lot at land formerly Isaac Bussels thence by land belonging to the heirs of Joshua Chesley Northeasterly 44 Rods to land set off as part of the widow's Dower thence by sd
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Dower S 36° East across the lot to land in possession of James Jackson Jun' thence by sd Jacksons land to the first bound. Also one half of a Sixty acre Lot in the Town of Barnstead pur- chased by sd Intestate of Issacher Dam.
To Sarah Meserve wife of John Meserve Jr one of the Daugh- ters of said Intestate for her Share about Thirty four Acres & 3/4 of an Acre of Land, on the west side of the mill pond at Newtown aforesd Bounded as follows viz. Beginning at the aforsd maple Tree the Bound of Land set off to Patience from thence by land of sd Joseph Atkinson southerly by land of Thomas Willey and Easterly by Land of Daniel Warner to the aforesd Land set off to patience, and by that to the maple Tree first mentioned. Also a Sixty Acre Lot of Land in the Town of Barnstead aforsd purchased by said Intestate of John Decker.
Witness our hands at Durham the 26th day of September A D I778.
John Smith Andrew Torr Ebenezer Thompson
[Account of the administrator, "exhibited by Hannah Chesley administratrix of the estate of the said Lemuel Chesley the younger who is also deceased"; receipts, £145. 4. 0, personal es- tate; expenditures, £201. 5. 8; allowed Oct. 19, 1791.]
[Bond of Hannah Chesley, widow, with Smith Emerson, gentleman, and Simon Randall, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Aug. 29, 1792, for the administration de bonis non of the estate; witnesses, Nathaniel Parker, William Parker.]
DANIEL WESTON 1769 AMHERST
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Weston granted to Mary Weston, widow of the deceased, and Thomas Wakefield Feb. 27, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 368.]
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[Bond of Mary Weston, widow, and Thomas Wakefield, hus- bandman, with Nathan Kendall, gentleman, and Ebenezer Weston, husbandman, as sureties, all of Amherst, in the sum of £500, Feb. 27, 1769, for the administration of the estate of Daniel Weston of Amherst; witnesses, Anna Dodge, A. Nichols.]
[Inventory, attested May 31, 1769; amount, £205. 5. 4 ; signed by John Shepard, Jr., and Joseph Boutell.]
[Bond of Thomas Wakefield, yeoman, with Robert Read of Amherst, yeoman, and John Goffe of Derryfield as sureties, in the sum of £500, Feb. 4, 1771, for the guardianship of Judith Weston, Daniel Weston, Mary Weston, and David Weston, aged less than 14 years, children of Daniel Weston; witnesses, William Parker, Joseph Boyd.]
JONAH FRENCH 1769 KEENE
[Administration on the estate of Jonah French granted to Josiah Willard March 13, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 369.]
[Bond of Josiah Willard of Keene, with Josiah Willard of Winchester and Simon Stevens of Charlestown, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 13, 1769, for the administra- tion of the estate of Jonah French of Keene, husbandman; wit- nesses, none.]
[Warrant, March 13, 1769, authorizing Jesse Clark and Josiah Ellis, both of Keene, husbandmen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, June 23, 1769; amount, £160. 14. 2; signed by Jesse Clark and Josiah Ellis.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £87. 12. 4, personal estate; expenditures, £50. 7. 9; mentions "Nursing & Cloathing one of the Children from Eighteen month's old Till it was Seven
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Years of age. ... boarding & Cloathing another Of the Chil- dren from five Years & two Months till it was Seven Years old"; allowed May 26, 1773.]
JOHN WHIDDEN 1769 GREENLAND
[Administration on the estate of John Whidden granted to Bridget Whidden March 15, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 368.]
[Bond of Bridget Whidden, widow, with Nathan Johnson of Greenland, gentleman, and Jacob Treadwell of Portsmouth, merchant, as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 15, 1769, for the administration of the estate of John Whidden of Greenland, gentleman; witnesses, John Wentworth, Jr., Samuel Parker, David Simpson.]
[Inventory, April 5, 1769; amount, £549. 18. 4; signed by Na- than Johnson and William Cate.]
[Warrant, May 18, 1769, authorizing Nathan Johnson, Enoch Clark, gentlemen, Simeon Dearborn, Eleazer Cate, and William Cate, yeomen, all of Greenland, to divide certain lands held in common by John Whidden and Samuel Whidden as a legacy from their father, John Whidden.]
Agreable to the within Warrant, we the subscribers have pro- ceeded to Divide the premises mentioned & have set off to the Heirs of John Whidden late of Greenland Deceas'd to them to hold in Severalty that part of the Estate mentioned in the Will of the father of the said John as given to him & his heirs - viz. We have set of to the said heirs that part of the farm the north west side of the Road that is now in possion of the said heirs as mentioned in the said Will & as it is now Enclosed by fence - and the other side the Road we began one Rod & one third of a Rod westwardly of a large Apple Tree the westward side of the
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little orchard mentioned in the Sª Will adjoyning to the sd Road & Runing from thence on a strait Line to the Southwardly End of the stone Wall between said Testator's Land & Thomas Sherburnes Land - the sd Heirs to hold the Land on the westward side of said Line in severalty - We have set off the Ten acres mentioned in said Will in the following manner, viz. we began at the Road next to the Land that was formerly Capt James Johnsons & Run westwardly twenty four Rods & three quarters of a Rod to a stake, then we began at a large white Oak standing in the fence that Runs between s'd Testators Land & the Land that was formerly said Johnsons near Col' Marches Land, & Run westwardly seventeen Rods & two thirds of a Rod on a perpendicular Line to the said fence and a strait Line from sd stake at the Road to the End of Sª perpendicular to be con- tinued untill it comes to Col' Marches Land - all the Land on the Eastward side of said Strait Line we have set off to the said Heirs to them to hold in severalty We have also set off to the said Heirs the westward end of the Land that the said Testator Purchased of James Jaffrey Lying in Portsmouth Begining at Samuel Cates Land & Runing Eastwardly the whole wedth of the Land forty Seven Rods & an half to a stake on each side of the said Land - To them the said heirs to hold in severalty -
Given under our hands at Greenland the 28th day of June 1769 -
Simeon Dearborn Nathan Johnson 1 Committee William Cate
Province of New Hampshire
To the Honble John Wentworth Esq' Judge of the Probate of Wills and Granting Administrations within and for the Province of New Hampshire. -
Humbly Shews Pelatiah Ayers of Greenland in the Province aforesaid That in May 1767 the Will of John Whidden of Green- land aforesaid Gent was at a Court of Probate held at Ports-
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mouth within & for the Province aforesaid, duly proved, ap- proved, and Allowed & Administration on said Estate was Granted to Sam1 Whidden of Greenland aforesaid, son of the said John, now decd - That in and by the same will a Legacy was given to Elizabeth Whidden now the wife of your Petitioner and as the said Samuel in his Life time never paid the aforesaid Legacy, or otherwise administred said Estate according to Law, or has the Executor of the said Samuel Since his decease paid said Legacy, Your Petitioner Therefore prays your honour that the Administration bond Given by the said Samuel may be put in suit, and your Petitioner will indemnify your honour from all Cost or Damage which may Arise by Reason thereof, and your Petitioner will Ever pray &c -
Portsmº May 17th 1771 -
Elipht Neal In behalf of the Petitioner
JOSHUA HICKS I769 SALEM, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Joshua Hicks granted to James Grant March 15, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 368.]
[Bond of James Grant of Salem, Mass., gentleman, with Mark Hunking Wentworth and Daniel Peirce, both of Ports- mouth, as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 15, 1769, for the administration of the estate in New Hampshire of Joshua Hicks of Salem, Mass .; witnesses, Peter Babb, Jr., John Wentworth, Jr.]
[Warrant, March 15, 1769, authorizing John Shepard, Jr., William Peabody, Samuel Stewart, all of Amherst, John Stimp- son, and Jonathan Cram, both of Lyndeborough to divide the real estate.]
[Inventory, Oct, 26, 1769; amount, £253. 19. 8; signed by William Peabody and Samuel Stewart.]
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November 3ª 1769 Pursuant to an Order to us from the Hon le Judge above named, herewith Return'd have Divided and Set off the Estate above Inventoried and Appraised in man'er following - that is to say -
To George Walter Burns a Great Grand-Son of said Intestate Lot Nº 102 and Nº 52 lying in said Lyndeborough - In said Amherst Lot Nº 49 in the third Division Nº 10 in the first Division Nº 33, in the first Division Nº 91, in the second Division, and Nº 88 in the Second Division, Together with three full shares in the Common & undivided Lands -
To James Grant in the Right of Mary his Wife, in said Lyndeboroh Lot Nº 97 - In said Amherst Lot Nº 31 in the Second Division, and Nº 115 in the third Division
To Daniel Mackey in the Right of Elizabeth his late wife (now Deceased which Mary and Elizabeth were Daughters of said Intestate) In Lyndeborough afores'd Lot Nº 114 - In said Amherst Lot Nº 70 in the Third Division and Nº 72 in the first Division -
Witness our hands -
John Shepard jun" Jonathan Cram Samuel Steward
1 Committee William Peabody
[Bond of Robert Read, gentleman, with Nathan Kendall, gentleman, and Timothy Smith, husbandman, as sureties, all of Amherst, in the sum of £1000, March 15, 1769, for the guardian- ship of George Walter Burns, minor ; witnesses, Archelaus Towne, John Shepard, Jr.]
JOHN FIFIELD 1769
KINGSTON
In the name of God Amen this 20th Day of March 1769 I John Fifield of Kingston in the province of New Hampshire Husbandman
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2ndly I Give & Bequeath unto Hannah my Beloved wife the whole of the Estate which she Brought to me that shall be in my possission at my Decease to her, her Hiers & assigns forever, also the use and improvement of the Back part of my Dwelling House viz the Back Chamber Lower Rooms & Cellar, also the west End of my Barn so as to Contain the westermost floor, During the whole of the time that She Remains my widow: I also Give her Seven pounds ten Shillings Proclamation money pr Annum During the time that She Remains my widow, to be paid her yearly in Necessaries for House keeping by my Executor hereafter named
3dly I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved son John Fifield five shillings lawful Proclamation money to be paid by my Ex- ecutor in ten years after my Decease:
4th I Give to my Beloved Daughter Sarah now the wife of Jacob Bohonon five shillings to be paid by my Executor in ten years after my Decease
5th I give unto my Beloved Daughter Dorothy Seven pounds ten shillings to be paid within ten years after my Decease by my Executor :
6th I Give unto my Beloved Son Joseph Fifield five shillings to be paid him by my Executor in ten years after my Decease:
7th I Give unto my Beloved Daughter Elizabeth now the wife of Joseph Bean five shillings to be paid by my Executor in ten years after my Decease.
8th I Give unto my Beloved Daughter Martha now the wife of Daniel Hunton Seven pounds ten Shillings to be paid by my Executor in ten years after my Decease.
9th I Give unto my Beloved son Edward Fifield five shillings to be paid by my Executor in ten years after my Decease
IOth I Give unto my Beloved Daughter Shuah fifteen pounds to be paid by my Executor in ten years after my Decease
IIth I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved son Abraham Fifield to him his Hiers & assigns forever that Eighty acre Lot of Land which was Laid out to my Original Right in Stevens Town now
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Salsbury in Said Province also my Right in the Undevided Lands in Said Salsbury
12 I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter Mary Twenty pounds lawful money to be paid by my Executor the one half when she shall arrive at the age of Eighteen years or the Day of her marriage which shall first Happen and the other Half in three years after.
13th I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved Son Jonathan Fifield to him his Hiers & assigns forever, the whole of my Real Estate in Kingston aforsd also all my moveable Estate (Except the House Hold Goods, those of them which I have not Before in this my will, Given to my wife I order to be Equally Devided between all my six Daughters)
I also Give my said son Jonathan my Desk He paying all my Just Debts & funeral Charges also all the Legacies which I have or shall order in this my last will & testament to be paid
Lastly I Do Constitute and appoint my said son Jonathan Fifield to be Sole Executor to this my last will & testament hereby Revoking & making void all former wills by me made Ratifying & Confirming this to be my last will & testament: In witness whereof I Do here unto Set my hand & Seal the 20th Day of March in the ninth year of his majesty's Reign 1769 before mentioned :
John fifield
[Witnesses] Amos Gale, Daniel Colcord, Josiah Bartlett. [Proved Dec. 27, 1769.]
[Inventory, Jan., 1770; amount, £381. 7. 3; signed by Samuel Colcord and Josiah Bartlett.]
MATTHEW REID 1769 LONDONDERRY
In the Name of God Amen : I Mathew Reid of Londonderry in the Province of New Hampshire Glasier this Twenty third Day
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of March one Thousand seven Hundred and sixty nine Being weak of Body * * *
Imprimes I give & Bequeath to my well Beloved wife Mary ann Reid the one halfe of my House Duering her Life twenty Bushels of Grain Yearly (viz) fifteen of Indian Corn & five of rie three Barrels of syder & seven score pounds of meat (the one Halfe Beef the other pork) yearly with two Cowes & them kept winter and summer and a Horse at her Command when shee pleases to use it with sufficiency of wood Haul'd to her Door & made ready for the fire as also all my Houshould furniture - The afforesaid Cowes & Houshold Furniture to be at her Disposel at her Desceas (with this provisio) that if my wife Mary anne should Marry I order and allow that she shall have with her two Cowes her Bed Case of Drawers pewter & her thirds or Dowerry as in that Case the Law provids -
Item, I give and Bequeath to my Beloved son Abrm Reid one peice of meadow Lying in flat Rock so Called which goes under the Name of Chamber's & patersons meadow
Item I give and Bequeath to my Beloved son John Reid all my Land that lyes together wher my Building stand with the Buildings & all my personal Estate him paying all my Just Debts Funerall Charges what I have already will'd to his mother and what I shall will to his Brethren & sisters as also I Bequeath to my son John two thirds of Alison Meadow (so Called) off the upper End -
Item I give and bequeath to my Beloved son Mathw Reid twenty five pounds Lawfull money & one Yoak of Oxen to be paid by my son John, five pounds & the Oxen to be paid Imedi- atly After my Disceas the one half of the Remainder in one year & the other halfe in two years after my Disceas
Item I give & Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Isebela Hopkin thirty shills Lawfull Money in two years after my Death to be paid by my son John
Item I give & Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Sarah Reid Nine pounds Lawfull money to be paid by my son John the one
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Halfe to be paid in one year and the other halfe to be paid in two years after my Desceas as also one Case of Drawers & Large ovel Table when the Said Sarah Requests it
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