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Item I give to my beloved son Jeremiah Page the one half of my Dwelling House and the one half of my Barn I likewise give him the one half of all my Land lying in plastow to come into the possession of them upon my wives Decease or upon her marrige again. I likewise give him my Lands in Hopkentown that I have not already disposed of in this my will I likewise give him the one half of my Right of land in Perries town so call'd, in quantity and quallity.
Item I give to my beloved Daughter Deborah Kelly, wife of Joshua Kelly twenty Spanished milled Dollars besides what I have already given her to be payed in one year after my Decease by my Executors here after named.
Item I appoint ordain and constitute my beloved Sons Jesse Page and Jeremiah Page to be Executors of this my last will to pay out the above mentioned Legacies and to pay all my Just
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Debts and funeral Charges, to whom I give all my Husbandry Implements to whom I likewise give all my money and Debts due to me by Bonds, Bills, notes, Debts and accounts whatever
And I do ratify and confirm this to be my last will and Testa- ment revoking all others, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty Eighth Day of may 1767 and in the Seventh year of his Majesties Reign George the third, &c Edmund Page
[Witnesses] Benja Little Jur, Joseph Little, Henry True. [Proved Sept. 28, 1768.]
[Bond of Jesse Page of Atkinson, yeoman, with Benjamin Lit- tle, Jr., and Joseph Little, yeoman, both of Hampstead, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Sept. 28, 1768, for the execution of the will; witnesses, Joseph Moulton, Samuel Hale.]
RICHARD SERVAN 1767 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen. I, Richard Servan of Portsmo in the Province of New Hampshire in New England, Cooper Being Weak in Body * *
Item - I give & bequeath to my Honor'd Mother Mrs Mar- garet Jose Forty Pounds Lawful Money, to be paid her by my Overseer hereafter mentioned - the whole or in part, as may be most Beneficial for her support. - & also all my Houshold Furniture whatsoever as Chairs, Tables &cª - & also two Guns - but if any of these Materials shou'd Remain undisposed of at her decease, Then in that Case, I bequeath the same to Mr Ebenezer Odiorne Chair-maker
Item - I give & bequeath to my Hond Grand Mother Mrs Christian Hixson, Fifteen Pounds Sterls with the Interest that is or shall be due thereon, & which is Owing to me from my Uncle Joseph Hixson by an Instrument under his Hand
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Item - I give to my Brother Ebenezer Jose, my Blue Coat, & my Buff knit Waist Coat & Breeches, to be from time to time given him as our Mother may think Proper & Convenient.
Item - I give to my Brother Michael Dennis Jose my Silver Watch when of the Age of Twenty One years, or Sooner, at the Discretion of my Executor & Overseer & my Silver Shoe & Knee Buckles.
My Will is that my Great Coat & Surtout Coat be disposed of at the discretion of my mother
My Stock & Tools in the Cooper's Business; my Will is, that they should be sold at the discretion of my Executor & Overseer
And I do hereby appoint & Ordain my Friend Mr Ebenezer Odiorne, of Portsmouth aforesd Chair-maker, Sole Executor of this my Will, And I also Appoint Theodore Atkinson Jr Esqr Overseer thereof, to whom my will is that my Executor aforesaid shou'd be from time to time Accountable for all such Money & Effects As he my said Executor may Receive & Pay the Same into his my said Overseers Hands, & he the said Overseer to Pay it over to the Legatees (for their necessary Supply's) in this my Will mentioned
And the Residue of my Estate of what kind soever, which shall remain in my said Overseer's Hands after the decease of my said Mother & Grand mother, I bequeath to my Friend Mr Ebenezer Odiorne aforesd
Richd Servon
[Witnesses] Hall Jackson, Eph Ham, William Ferriman.
[Proved June 24, 1767.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £98. 17. II, personal estate; expenditures, £117. 0 5; allowed March 4, 1770.]
THOMAS PIPER 1767 STRATHAM
The Last Will and Testament of Thomas Piper of Stratham in the Province of Newhampshire husbandman made the twenty
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ninth Day of may anno domini 1767 being weak and Infirm of body * * *
Imprimes I Give and Devise unto my well beloved wife Tabitha Piper the use of my Dweling house I now Live in i allso Give her my horse I allso Give her the Intrust of three hundred pounds During her Natuerl Life I allso give her all the hard money I leve I allso give her the emprovement of one third Part of my farm And Stock at Stratham During her naturl Life
Item I Give and Devise unto my son Stephen Piper to him his heirs and assigns all my Land in Stratham being by Estamation seventy acres be the same more or Less with the buildings with All the prevlegses thareunto belonging I also give him fifteen pounds Lawfull money of the provnce of Newhmpshire he allow- ing his mother the Emprovement of one third part of Land and Stock During her naturl Life and also paying my funerl Expence and The Legacises given to the severl Persons hereafter men- tioned
Item I Give and Devise unto my Son Thomas Piper to him his heirs and assigns thirteen acers of Land I bought of the Thustens beginning at the Southesterly cornor at a ston in the cornnor of the fence Runing 38 Degres wast to the lower part of a ledg of Rocks then Runing south 42 degreas 1/2 west 44 Rods and four feet to a white Ock and stone standing on the westerly sid of the Land that wase formerly mr Moses Gelmans Land then Running northwesterly fifty seven Rods to a hemlock stump that wase the northest corner of The sd moses Gelmans Land then Runing from sd hemlock stump estnorthest abought fifty one or two Rods on the Land I bought of mr Caleb Gilman and then to the Bounds furst menteoned I allso Give him my selver shou Buckels and knee Buckels I allso Give him all my wareing apparil I allso Give him my Lum and Weving gears and my gun
Item I Give and Devise unto my son Jonathan Piper to him his heirs and assigns my house and Land in Exeter Town with all the Preveleges thareunto belonging
Item I give unto my Daughter Patience Wiggen fifty shillings
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lawfull money of the provence of Newhampshire to be payd her by my son Stephen Piper
Item I Give and Devise unto Daughter Phebe Page half of one half of one acre of Salt marsh that I bought of her husbend Joseph Page I allso Give her four Pounds and teen shillings Law- full money of the Province of Newhampshire be payd her by my son Stephen Piper
Item I Give unto my daughter Abigail Hill seven pounds Lawfull money of the Province of Newhampshire
Item I Give unto my Grand son Henry Young four pounds teen shillings lawfull money of the Province of Newhampshire if he Leves to the age of twenty one years if not then the five pounds Lawfull money to be payd To his mother
Item I Give unto my three Daughters Patience Wiggen Phebe Page Abigail Hill all my household furnetuer but one bad and bading which I Give unto my grand Dauter Sarah Page
I allso Give unto my three Daughters all the hard money that my wife and I leave at our Decese
Item I Give unto my grand Daughter Mehetebel Wicher fifty pounds old tenor equel to fifty shillings Lawfull money of the Province of Newhampshireto be payd her by my son stephen Piper
Item I Give unto my grand Daughter Tabitha Wiggen five Shillings Lawfull money to be payd her by my son stephen Piper
Item I Give unto my grand Daughter Sarah Page one fether Bead and beading my son stephen Piper Paying The Legeses above mentened
Finelly I Do appint my son Stephen Piper sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament as witnest my hand and Seal the Day and year first withen written
Thomas Piper
[Witnesses] Jacob Wiggin, Moses Edgerley, Eliphlett Wiggin. [Proved Oct. 28, 1767.]
[Inventory, Nov. 24, 1767; amount, £760. 7. 412; not signed.]
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[Account of the executor; receipts, £106. 3. 1 1/2; expenditures, £62. 7. I; allowed July 6, 1770.]
JOHN MORROW, JR. 1767 WINDHAM
In the Name of god amen I john Morrow jr of Windham within the province of Newhampshire in New England Yeoman : Being Sick & Indisposed in Body
Item my Will is that my Derly Beloved Wife Elizabeth Mor- row shall have and Enjoy out of my personall Estate all the Bed- ing and household furniture that I had with her when we were married and Like wise the two Cows I had with her at the time afore sd
Item my Will is that my Real Estat in Litchfield be Sold By my Exaors as Soon as Convenient oppertunity will offer and as my Exaors Shall judge Convenient; provided Charles Mellen from whom I purchased the Same Shall give me my heirs Exaors or admiors a good and Lawfull Deed free of all Incumbrances and allso the Remander of my personall Estate Exclusif of what I Before Bequeathed to my Beloveed Wife and also Exclusef of my Body Clouths and the Remender of the money they may be Sold for put to Intrest after all my just debts is paid for the use & Benefite of my Doughter jean a Child: But if the sª Charls Mellen Do not make out and give a Lawfull and Clear Deed to me or my heirs Exars or administrators against the first Day of Next Sepbr as he hath Bound him Self to me in a Bond then my Will is that my Exaors Shall make Seal of that part of the farm that sd Mellen Lives on in Londonderry which I hold by a Deed and the money of sd farm with the Benefite of the afore men- tioned Bond put to Intrest for the Benefite of my Child Before mentioned
Item my will is that my Exars Shall give the afore sª Charls Mellen a Lawfull Deed of yt part of his farm in Londonderry which I hold by the aforesd Deed; against the first of Next Sepbr
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provided he give to me my heirs Exars or admini's a Lawfull Deed of my farm in Litchfield: or other wise make good the Ninety Nine pound Mentioned in the afore sd Bond
Item my Will is yt all my Wearring apperral Exclusef of my Silver Buckles: be given to my two Brothers Allexdr and James Morrow Each of them an Equal Share but my Buckels I Be- queath to my Beloved Wife
Item My Will is that my father John Morrow may Be ap- pointed Gaurdain for my Child untill Shee a Rive at the age of fourteen years he Comploying to give Bonds to the Court of probat as the Law Derects and that he Recive the money from my Exaors for the use of my Child as Soon as they have Setteled my Estate and mad Return to ye Court and I Do hereby Con- stitute Nominate and appoint my good frends Sam11 Morison & jams Gillmoor Bouth of Windham aforesd Exaors of this my Last will and testament Ratifying and Confirming this and Now other to be my Last will and testament in witness wherof I have here unto Sett my hand and Seall this first Day of june and in the Seventh year of his Majesties Rigne anno Domi: 1767
John morrow
[Witnesses] Alexander Park, Jonathan Thomson, James morrow.
[Proved Sept. 30, 1767.]
[Inventory, Oct. 7, 1767; amount, £158. 16. 4. 3; signed by Alexander Ritchie and Gain Armour.]
[Account of the executors; receipts, £115. 15. 9, personal es- tate; expenditures, £125. 4. 034; allowed Feb. 26, 1778.]
JEREMIAH CARLETON 1767 LYNDEBOROUGH
In The Name of God Amen - I Jeremiah Carleton of Lynd- borough in The Province of New Hampshire in New England Yeoman Being in Reasonable Health of Body
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I Give to my well Beloved Wife Eunice my whole Dwelling House together with the Cellar Under the Same, with one Third part of my real Estate to be set of at the North End of the Lotts No. 33, & 34, Together with the Barn, and all my moveable within Doors she to have the Sole use & Improvement of the Same so long as She lives -
I Give to my Son Osgood The sum of five Shillings Lawful Money
I Give to my Son Jeremiah The Sum of Five Shillings Lawful money
I Give to My other Children viz Mary, Timothy, David Abi- gail & Ebenezer The remaing Part of my Estate to have Equal Shares saving that Mary have But half so much as one of the other
I Do Appoint Ordain & Constitute John Stevenson of Said Lyndborough Gentleman & My Wife Eunice to Be my Sole Executors of This my last Will & Testament And Furthermore my Will is That these my Executors See this my last Will & Testament perform'd in form as above -
In Testimony that This is my last Will & Testament I have hereunto sett my hand & Seal this Tenth Day of June in the Seventh Year of our Lord the King annoq: Domini 1767
Jeremiah Carleton
[Witnesses] Ephraim Putnam, John Carkin, Sewall Goodridge. [Proved June 29, 1768.]
[Inventory, March 15, 1768; amount, £90. 10. II; signed by Ephraim Putnam, Melchizedek Boffee, and Benjamin Cram.]
[Consent of the heirs, Oct. 14, 1769, to the sale of the estate as a whole; signed by Timothy Carleton, David Carleton, Abigail Carleton, Ebenezer Carleton, Osgood Carleton, Jeremiah Carle- ton, and Mary Batchelder.]
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MOSES JEWETT
1767
EXETER
In The Name of God amen This 13th Day of June anno Domini 1767 : I Moses Jewett of Exeter in the Province of Newhampshire yeoman being but Week of bodey
first I Give & bequeave unto my beloved wife Marthay and to her Desposel for Ever all my Housel Stuf within Dores & allso I give unto my Said wife During her naturall Life the full one Third Part of all my Stock of Cattle horses Sheep & Swine after my Just Debts furnall charges are paid & Likewise I Give unto my Said wife During the Teirm above mentioned The full one Third Part of all my Real Estate viz the full one Third Part of my Dwelling House & barn and Lands according to Quantity & Quality be the Same more or Less Lying and being in the Town Ship of Exeter
Itim I Give to my Son John Jewett Three Sheep & three Lambs and allso I Give to my Said Son John one note of hand which I have against my Said Son John Dated December the 8th 1761 my Said Son having Recd the greatest Part of his Porsesion allreadey
Itim I Give unto my Son Jedadiah Jewett Fifteen Pounds Lawfull money and to be Paid to my Executor mentioned in this my Last Will when my Said Son Jedadiah arives at the age of Twenty one years my Said Son having Recd the greatest Part of his Porsisition all Readey
Itim I Give unto my Son Moses Jewett Forty Pounds Lawfull money and to be Paid to my Said Son moses when he arrives at the age of Twenty one years by my Executor here after men- tioned in This my Last will
Itim I Give unto my Son Daved Jewett forty Pounds Lawfull money & to be Paid to my Said Son Daved when he Shall arive The age of Twenty one years by my Executor hereafter men- tioned in this my Last Will
Itim I Give unto my Son Jonathan Jewett Forty Pounds Lawfull money & to be Paid to my Said Son Jonathan when he
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Shall arive at the age of Twenty one years by my Executor here- after mentioned in this my Last Will
Itim I Give unto my Daughter Mary Connor Six Shillings Lawfull money & to be Paid to her in five years after my Deccase by my Executor here after named in this my Last will my Said Daughter having Rec'ved the greatest Part of her Portisian all readery before marrage
Itim I Give unto my Daughter Eunices Twenty Five Pounds Lawfull money & to be paid in Such Housel Stufe as She Shall Chuse at Cash Prise by my Executor here after mintioned in this my Las will when She arives at the age of Eighteen years or on marrage Day which shall first happen
Itim I Give unto my Daughter Marthy Twenty five Pounds Lawful money & to be Paid to her in Such Housel Stuf as Shee Shall Chuse at Cash Price by my Executor here after mentioned in this my Last Will when She arive at The age of Eighteen years or marrage which Shall first happen
Itim I Give unto my five youngest Sons vz Samuell Jedediah moses David & Jonathan all my Wearing apparill be the same more or Less Equaley to be Devided between them at the Dis- creetion of there mother
Itim my Will is That my Three youngest Sons vz Moses David & Jonathan be put out to good Trades when they arive at the age of fourteen years & further more my Will is That if any of my Children now under age Die before There Legecey becom Due That there Share be Equally Divided to and among my Said Children now under age
Itim I Give unto my Son Samuell Jewett and to his heirs and assings for Ever all my Lands & buildings be the Same more or Less Lying & being in the Township of Exeter Caled my whome steed where I now Live Containing about one hunderd & Twelve acres it being all that Land which I Purchased of Philip Connor and Mark Jewett & all my other Real Estat not Pertuckalery mentioned my Said Son Samuell to Come into Porssition Thereof at my Decease Excepting what Priviledge I have given to his
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mother in my Real Estate and that at her Decease & allso I Give to my Said Son Samuell all my Personall Estate not all readey Disposed off in this my Last Will my Said Son Sam11 Paying all my Just Debts furnall Charges & the Legacies as I have ordered in this my Last Will
Lastly I Do hereby Constitute & appoint my Son Samuell Jewett to be Sole Executor
his Moses X Jewett mark
[Witnesses] Daniel Smith, John Robinson Juner, Theo® Smith. [Proved July 29, 1767.]
[Warrant, July 29, 1767, authorizing Theophilus Smith and Daniel Smith, yeoman, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Aug. 25, 1767; amount, £524. 2. 3; signed by Theophilus Smith and Daniel Smith.]
[Guardianship of Moses Jewett, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of Moses Jewett of Exeter, granted to Jonathan Connor, Jr., of Exeter, yeoman, Dec. 30, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 46.]
[Bond of Jonathan Connor, Jr., with Jacob Tilton as surety, both of Exeter, yeomen, in the sum of £500, Dec. 30, 1767, for the guardianship of Moses Jewett; witness, William Parker.]
[Guardianship of David Jewett, minor, aged more than 14 years, granted to Jonathan Connor March 29, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 367.]
[Bond of Jonathan Connor, Jr., of Exeter, with Joseph Prescott of Exeter, yeoman, and James Pickering of Epping, husbandman, as sureties, in the sum of £300, March 29, 1769, for the guardian- ship of David Jewett; witnesses, none.]
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JAMES SANBORN 1767
HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen I James Samborn of Hampton in the Province of Newhampshire husbandman being aged * *
Itam I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Esther Samborn an honarable maintainance out of my Estate dureing the term thet She Shall remain my widdow -
I Do moreover give to my above Named wife all the other Profits and improvement of my Estate Real & Personal untill my Son James Samborn is twenty & one years old Provided nevertheless if She my above named wife shall after being a widdow be married to another man She is neither to have nor receive none of those other improvemens nor Profites -
Itam I give & Devise to my Son James Sanborn all my estate both Real & Personal and all my household goods & all my uttensells or tools for husbandry work as Cart Plow Chains &c
Lastly I Do apoint my wife Esther & Josiah Shaw to be my Sole Executers to this my Last will & testement & I Do hereby revoke all other wills & testements by me heretofore made in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this Six- teenth day of june annoqui Dommini one thousand Seven hun- dred & Sixty Seven & in the Seventh year of his majistys Reign James Samborn
[Witnesses] Jonathan Shaw, John Taylor, John Fogg. [Proved May 25, 1768.]
[Bond of Esther Sanborn and Josiah Shaw, with John Taylor, Jr., and John Fogg as sureties, all of Hampton, in the sum of £500, May 25, 1768, for the execution of the will; witnesses, Richard Cutts Shannon, Joseph Moulton.]
JOHN BUTTERFIELD 1767 GOFFSTOWN
[Administration on the estate of John Butterfield of Goffs- town granted to Phoebe Butterfield June 18, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 6.]
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[Bond of Phoebe Butterfield, with Daniel Kendall, gentleman, and James Russell, yeoman, both of Litchfield, as sureties, in the sum of £400, June 18, 1767, for the administration of the estate of her husband, John Butterfield; witnesses, Samuel Parker, James Underwood.]
[Inventory, Dec. 22, 1767; amount, £311. 15. 6; signed by James Underwood and William Read.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £191. 14. 4, personal estate; expenditures, £240. 19. 034; mentions "Maintenance of 2 Children under Seven years of age"; allowed Sept. 27, 1770.]
THOMAS COLBURN 1767 HOLLIS
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Colburn of Hollis granted to his widow, Esther Colburn, June 18, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 461.]
[Bond of Esther Colburn, with Jonas Flagg, gentleman, and Ebenezer Kendall, yeoman, as sureties, all of Hollis, in the sum of £500, June 18, 1767, for the adminstration of the estate of her husband, Thomas Colburn of Hollis, yeoman ; witnesses, William Brooks, Sarah Blood.]
[Inventory, May 27, 1767; amount, £261. 12. 0; signed by Stephen Ames, Amos Lamson, and Ebenezer Kendall.]
[Warrant, April 6, 1781, authorizing William Reed, William Brooks, Daniel Emerson, William Cummings, gentlemen, and Joseph Leslie, yeoman, all of Hollis, to divide the real estate.]
[Report of committee, April 12, 1782, that the real estate can- not be divided among the children, and appraising it at £200; signed by William Read, William Brooks, and Joseph Leslie.]
[Bond of James Colburn, husbandman, oldest son, with Jonas Flagg, gentleman, and Wilder Chamberlain, husbandman, as
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sureties, all of Hollis, in the sum of £400, Jan. 28, 1785, for the payment of their shares to his brothers and sisters, Hannah Campbell, wife of John Campbell, Ruth Campbell, wife of Jonas Campbell, John Colburn, minor, and Thomas Colburn, minor; witnesses, David Burge, Samuel Chamberlain, Jr.]
MATTHIAS TOWLE 1767 EPPING
In the Name of God Amen the twenty Second Day of June Anno Domini 1767, I Matthias towl of Eppin in ye Province of New Hampshire Husbandman, being week in Body *
Imprimis I give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife Hannah towl one third Part of all my Real Estate for and During her Natureal Life, Itm: I give and bequeath to my two Sons Solomon towl and Jennes towl and to their Heirs and assigns for ever all my Rael Estate and to be equeally Devided between them according to Quantity and Quality Itm: I give and be- queath to my Daughter moley towl five Pounds Lawful money and a Cow and to be Paid by my Son Solomon towl as Soon as he Shall arrive to the age of twenty one years Itm. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hannah towl five Pounds Lawful money and a Cow and to be Paid by my Son Jennes towl as Soon as he Shall arive to the age of twenty one years -
and as my Personal Estate is not above mentioned, it is my will that all my Parsonal Estate except my house hold goods Shall be Sold by my Executerix to Pay the Debts as far as they will Answre
Itm; I Likewise give to my well beloved wife all my house hold goods for the use and Benefit of her self and my Children : I do Constetute and appoint my well beloved wife Hannah towl to be my Executerix
his Matthias X towl mark
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[Witnesses] Joseph Prescot, Elias Philbrick, Abraham Perkins. [Proved May 25, 1768.]
JOHN BOWDEN 1767 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of John Bowden of Exeter, joiner, granted to John Mead June 24, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 461.]
[Bond of John Mead of Newmarket, cordwainer, with Walter Bryent of Newmarket and Ichabod Whidden of Lee, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £100, June 24, 1767, for the administra- tion of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Jr., William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, July 6, 1767; amount, £92. 14. 3; signed by Joseph Young and Trueworthy Durgin, Jr.]
EBENEZER CROMMETT 1767 DURHAM
[Guardianship of James Crommett and Ebenezer Crommett, aged less than 14 years, children of Ebenezer Crommett of Durham, granted to Elizabeth Crommett, widow, June 24, 1767.] [Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 460.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Crommett, with Joshua Crommett, hus- bandman, and Francis Mathes, yeoman, as sureties, all of Durham, in the sum of £200, June 24, 1767, for the guardianship of James Crommett and Ebenezer Crommett; witnesses, Robert Parks, William Parker, Jr.]
ABRAHAM LIBBY 1767 EPSOM
[Administration on the estate of Abraham Libby of Epsom granted to Joseph Libby of New Durham, yeoman, June 25, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 460.]
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[Bond of Joseph Libby, with Ephraim Holmes of Barrington, yeoman, and Walter Bryent, Jr., of Newmarket as sureties, in the sum of £100, June 25, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, George Boyd, William Parker, Jr.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £40. 4. 0, personal estate; expenditures, £25. 17. 0; allowed Sept. 6, 1769.]
ROBERT GREENOUGH 1767 PLAISTOW
In the Name of God Amen the thirtieth Day of June 1767 I Robert Greenough of Plastow in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Shoe-maker
Impimis I give & Bequeath to Edner my Dearly beloved wife the free use of that Spot of Land before my Door we now Im- prove for a garden & the free use of one third of my Dwelling House with the Privileges belonging to the same as Cellars & ovens (giving Liberty that my Daughter Hephzibah Shall live with her in my said house During her unmarried State) also I give to my said wife two cows & three Sheep & Kept for her winter & Summer that is to have the Profit or Encrease of the said Cows & Sheep year by year also I give her Eight bushels of Indian Corn four bushels of Rye one hundred weight of Pork forty weight of Beef Six bushels of Potatoes two bushels of tur- nips half bushel of Beans one third of the apples two Berrils Cyder one bushel malt also four cord wood & ten Pound of comb'd flax all the above said articles to be Perform'd & given her year by year by my Executor at her house So long as She Shall live my widow Likewise I give unto my said wife the whole of my Housel Stuff During her Natural Life then to be Divided Equaly among my Daughters
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