Probate records of the Province of New Hampshire Vol. 9 1767-1771, Part 4

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Item I give to my well beloved Daughter Hiphzibah Green- ough Eighteen pounds Lawfull money with Liberty to live in my House with her mother so long as she shall live unmarried


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Item I give to my well beloved Son Moses Greenough all my Real & Personal Estate but what I have otherwise Disposed of in this will whom I Likewise Constitute make & ordain my Execu- tor of this my Last will & testament to Perform and give to my wife & his mother year by year according to the Direction above said & to pay all my Legacies & Just Debts & the funeral Charges for me & my wife if She Dies my widow


Item I give to my well beloved Daughter Edner Preston twelve Shillings Lawfull money in addition to what I have already given her


Item I give to my well beloved Son Richard Greenough thirty Pounds Lawfull money & one yoak of Stears three years old


Item I give to my well beloved Daughter Eunice Greenough Eighteen Pounds Lawfull money to be Paid her at Eighteen years of age without She shall marry before & then to be paid on her marriage


Item I give to my beloved Grandson Robert Greenough Pres- ton three Pounds Lawfull money


Robert Greenough


[Witnesses] Stephen Noyes, James Little, John Knight.


[Proved Dec. 30, 1767.]


[Inventory, March 16, 1768; amount, £275. 19. 6; signed by John French and John Knight.]


HUMPHREY HANSON 1767 DOVER


[Administration on the estate of Humphrey Hanson of Dover, yeoman, granted to Moses Varney of Dover, yeoman, July 22, 1767.]


[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 489.]


[Bond of Moses Varney, with Ichabod Canney and Benjamin Libby, Jr., as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £500, July 22,


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1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Jane Libby, William Parker.]


[Inventory, Oct. 26, 1767; amount, £459. 13. 0; signed by Joshua Wingate and Joseph Hanson.]


[Account of the administrator; receipts, £172. 17. I, personal estate; expenditures, £113. 16. 512; mentions children under seven years of age; allowed March 19, 1771.]


[List of claims against the estate, Nov. 4, 1770; amount, £256. II. 034; signed by Alexander Caldwell and Joshua Win- gate.]


[Petition of Moses Varney, administrator, and John Burnham Hanson and John Wentworth, administrators of the estate of Ephraim Hanson, April 21, 1772, for the division of land owned in common by the two estates.]


[Warrant, April 23, 1772, authorizing Alexander Caldwell, Joshua Wingate, Stephen Evans, gentlemen, Elijah Estes, and Joseph Hanson, yeomen, all of Dover to divide the land.]


Province of New Hampsr In the County of Rockinhm


We the Subscribers being ap- pointed by the Honable John Winthworth Esqr Judge of Probate of wils in said Province and for Said County To set of one third part of the real Estate of Humphry Hanson Late of Dover Decesd to his wid Joanna Han- son - we have Don the Same as followeth viz - Begining by Isaac Hansons Land on the North Side of the Spring about a Rod from said Spring Runing Noth nineteen Degrees west Six Rods then Runing noth Seventy nine Degrees east Eight Rods then noth Thirty one Degrees west four Rods and a half to Moses Varney Land, then notheasterly by Said Varney Land as it Runs to Cochecho River so cald, then Down Said River Twenty Eight rods then Runing South forty five Degrees east Twenty rods to Epharm Hansons Land Late of Dover Decesd then Runing South forty five Degrees west Twenty Rods then South fifty nine De-


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grees east Eighteen rods by the aforesd Epharam Land, then Runing South forty Degres west to the aforsaid Isaac Hanson Land then Runing by Sd Isaac Land as it Runs to the first bounds all within these aforesd bounds we set of to the aforesd wido it be- ing Part of the homestead, Lowing a Road through this aforesd Land to pass and repass Transport anything to the other Part of the aforsd Decesd Land - Together with one Lower rume in the Southwesterly cornor of the Dwelling house and Chamber and Garret over the aforsd Lower rume - and one Third Part of the Dary and Culler and a priviledge to bake in the oven - more Land Two acres Lying on Pine hill So Cald - more Land Lying on the north side of Cochecho river it being Part of a Grant of Land that was Granted to Thos Wiggens Begining by James Chesley Land at the Easterly Cornor of Epham Hanson Land Late of Dover Decesd Runing by Sd Ephr Land South thirty five Degrees west Sixteen Rods then South fifty two Degrees East fourteen Rods and a half to James Chesley Land then by Chesly Land noth Thirty five Degrees East Sixteen rods then a strat Corse to the first Bounds all within thes aforsd bounds mor or Less we set of to the aforesd wid and the west Eand of the Barn as far as the Second Teer of Posts for her third Part of ye aforesd Estate and as the Dwelling house and barn Stands on the other Part of the aforesd Decesd Land the aforesd Wid is not to be Debard from Pasing Repasing Transporting any thing to in or from her Part of the aforesaid buldings - all which is Humbly Submitted by us according to the best of our Judgment -


Dover april 23th 1772 -


Joshua Wingate Alex' Caldwell Elijah Estes


Commeette


Province of 1 We the Subscribers appointed a Committee New Hampshire


by the Judge of Probate for said County to Rockingham ss divide the Real Estate held in Common & un- divided by Ephraim Hanson & Humphry Hanson late of Dover


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in said County deceased have made. Division thereof in the fol- lowing manner vizt -


Of fifteen Acres of Land more or less lying on the North side of Cochecho River in Dover aforesd We have set off to the Heirs of the said Ephraim three fifth Parts of the same containing nine Acres more or less bounded as follows vizt beginning at Richard Kimbals Land by James Chesly's Land & runs south fifty two Degrees East fifteen Rods & an half by the said James Chesly's Land then runs south thirty five Degrees West to Cochecho River aforesd then up said River to the said Richard Kimbal's Land then by said Kimbals Land as it Runs to the first Bounds -


To the Heirs of the said Humphry We have set off two fifth parts of said Land containing six Acres more or less bounded as follows vizt beginning at the Easterly Corner of the aforesd nine Acres & runs south thirty five Degrees West to Cochecho River aforesd then down said River fourteen Rods & an half to the said James Chesly's Land then by said Chesly's Land North thirty five Degrees East seventy two Rods then on a straight Course to the first Bounds


Dover April 23ª 1772 Joshua Wingate Elijah Estes


Comtee Alex' Caldwell


[Citation to Moses Varney of Wolfeborough, administrator, Dec. 13, 1792, to render an account of the estate.]


[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £365. 12. 0; expenditures, £291. II. 1012; allowed Jan. 14, 1793.]


SIMON DEARBORN 1767 EPPING


[Administration on the estate of Simon Dearborn of Epping, yeoman, granted to Benjamin Dearborn of Epping, yeoman, July 29, 1767.]


[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 489.]


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[Bond of Benjamin Dearborn, with Simon Dearborn and Ben- jamin Page as sureties, all of Epping, in the sum of £500, July 29, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Robert Parks.]


[Warrant, July 29, 1767, authorizing David Lawrence and Jo- seph Chandler, Jr., gentleman, both of Epping, to appraise the estate.]


[Inventory, Oct. 24, 1767; amount, £794. 18. 6; signed by David Lawrence and Joseph Chandler.]


NATHANIEL LAMOS 1767 MADBURY


In the Name of God amen. This first Day of august annoque Domini 1767 I Nathaniel Lamos of the parish of madbury in the province of Newhampshire Yeoman, Being Stricken in years and Indisposed in Body


Imprimis. I will and Bequeath my wife Abigail one Third of all my Real Estate wheresomever the Same may be found to be and Remain to her use During her Natural Life; also the one half of my Personal Estate within Doors, that is to Say household furniture to her and her heirs and assigns forever and one third part of all my Cattle and Live Stock of any & every kind to her & to her heirs and assigns forever -


Item I will and Bequeath unto my Son Samuel Lamos to him his heirs and assigns forever a Tract of Land Scituate Lying and Being in the parish of Lee in the province aforsaid Containing about forty five acres of Land Be the Same more or Less it Being the Whole of the Land on which the Said Samuel now Lives -


Item I will and Bequeath unto my Son James Lamos Ten acres of Land in madbury aford Being Part of my Pasture Land Bounded as followeth viz Beginning By the highway By Land of William Jenkans By a small pond of water & Running Southerly


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one Rod then Easterly 4 rods Leaving the wedth of one Rod from william Jenkanss fence then to Extend in wedth South- westerly Sufficient to Compleat The Said Ten acres in a Square Body Between that & Jenkans® Land and Land formerly Belong- ing to amos pinkham also all that part of my Dwelling house that is two Story high Being Two Rooms upon Each floor


Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Two Sons James Lamos and Nathaniel Lamos all the Remainder of my Real Estate wheresomever the Same may be found Besides what I Dispose of Otherways in these presents (Equally Divided between them) to them their Heirs and assigns forever Likewise Two thirds of my Cattle & whole Live Stock and all my husbandry utensils Car- penters tools &e Equally Divided Between them their heirs and assigns forever


Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son Nathaniel Lamos his heirs and assigns forever all that part of my Dwelling house which is one Story high Being the Northerly part


Item I give and Bequeath unto my four Daughters (their heirs and assigns forever) Namely Elizabeth, wife of William Caldwel Sarah wife of Ebenezer Drew Deliverance wife of Stephen Varney and Abigail wife of Seth Jacobs all my Right and Title that I now have or Ever ought to have in Lands in the Town of Canterbury (Equally Divided among them)


Item I Give and Bequeath my Daughter Sarah Drew Two pounds ten Shillings Lawful money to be paid her by my Two Sons James and Nathaniel within one year after my Decease


Item I Give and Bequeath my Grandson Paul Caldwell a yoke of Stears Two years old


Item I give and Bequeath my Grandaughter Abigail Lamos Daughter of my Son Samuel, a heifer Two years old


Item it is my will that all my Debts and funeral Charges be Equally Paid by my two Sons, James and Nathaniel aford


And I Do hereby Constitute and appoint my Son James my Executor


Nathanael Lamos


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[Witnesses] Clement Meserve, Stephen Meserve, Ebenezer Thompson.


[Proved Aug. 31, 1768.]


[Bond of James Lamos of Dover, yeoman, with Clement Me- serve of Dover and Ebenezer Thompson of Durham, gentlemen, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Aug. 31, 1768, for the execution of the will; witnesses, Mark Noble, Joseph Moulton.]


WILLIAM WALLACE 1767 PETERBOROUGH


In the Name of God Amen this forth Day of Agust in the year of our Lord God one thousand Seven hundred and Sixtey Seven I william Wallace of Peterborough in his Majsts Prov- ince of New hampshire yeman being very sike and wake of body -X- *


Imprim I Give and bequith unto my Son in Law Ezablon Dodge five Shillings Starling money of Great Britten -


Itm I Give and bequith unto my son in Law George McClorg my settling Lot he now Lives upon and five Shillns Starling money of Grait Britten -


Itm I Give and bequeth unto my son David wallace A Duble portion of the Remander of my personall Estate if he Lives to Com hom before the Deces of my Self or my wife and if not the wholl is to be Equaly Devided Amongst the following persons (viz) John white Jean Hill, John Greyham, Thomas Little, Elizebeth Beard the Daugher of william and Sarah Beard, and the Ears of Arthor and margret Doraugh, and my Gran Daugh- ter Elizebeth Holmes wife to Aberahm Holms - Note all the Legecis and bequithments is to be Delivered to the Abve Legetees in one yeare after the Decise of my Self and my wife -


and I ordein and Constetut my trustey frends Thomas morri- son and Samuel mitchel Gentelmen both of Peterborough in Sd province to be my Soll Exectuers of this my Last will and test-


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ment Revocking All other wills bequithments testments Whatso- ever allowing this and no other to be my Last will and testment - his William X wallas mark


[Witnesses] John Swan Jnr, thomas Cuningham, James Robbe. [Proved Sept. 27, 1770.]


To the Honourable John Wentworth Esqr Judge of Probate of wills in and for the Province of Newhampshire at Portsmouth Residing the Humble Petition of Elizabeth wallace the widow of William wallace Late of Peterborough Deceaced Humbly Sheweth for that whereas to me the Sd widow by my Husband william wallace afors'd Deceased I am Left the Keeping of two cows and one horse as appears by a bond which the exacutors will show Your honour which two Cows and one horse were Left upon the premises by my Sª husband but the property of them not Left to me by will and therefore Consequently can not have any Right to them but by your honours gratuity and I would further begg Leave to Inform Your honour that in Sd will I have No part of any houshold furniture Left me whereby I can there- with Keep house or even subsist I would therefore Pray your honour to Consider a poor widow and your petitioner as such a one and grant me Such Necassarys as your honour by the In- formation of the exacutors of my husbands will can think I may in any Comfortable measure subsist with and upon your Com- pliance your petitioner as in Duty bound will ever pray


Peterborough September 17th 1770


mark Elizabeth X wallace her


atest John Young Sarah Beard


[Inventory, Nov. 27, 1770; amount, £13,306. 6. 0; signed by John Swan, Jr., and James Robbe.]


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SUSANNA PITMAN 1767 PORTSMOUTH


[Administration on the estate of Susanna Pitman of Ports- mouth, widow, granted to Mark Noble of Portsmouth, boat- builder, Aug. 6, 1767.]


[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 524.]


[Bond of Mark Noble, with Joshua Pike, boat-builder, and Robert Parker, mariner, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Aug. 6, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Joseph Moulton, 3d.]


[Warrant, Aug. 7, 1767, authorizing William Torrey and Joseph Whipple, both of Portsmouth, merchants, to appraise the estate.]


[Inventory, attested Oct. 22, 1767; amount, £395. 18. 912; signed by William Torrey and Joseph Whipple.]


[Account of the administrator; receipts, £255. 18. 972, per- sonal estate; expenditures, £28. 17. I ; allowed Aug. 31, 1768.]


[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £246. 5. 812; expenditures, £28. 16. 0; allowed June 28, 1771.]


EBENEZER NOYES I767 DOVER


[Administration on the estate of Ebenezer Noyes of Dover, physician, granted to Joseph Chase of Newbury, Mass., yeo- man, Aug. 7, 1767.]


[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 524.]


[Bond of Joseph Chase, with Thomas Westbrook Waldron, gentleman, and Stephen Evans, both of Dover, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Aug. 7, 1767, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Thomas Shannon, Thomas Horne.]


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[Warrant, Aug. 6, 1767, authorizing Moses Carr of Somers- worth, physician, and Jacob Sawyer of Dover, blacksmith, to appraise the estate.]


[Inventory, Aug. 8, 1767; amount, £170. 12. 714; signed by Moses Carr and Jacob Sawyer.]


JOSEPH LANGDON 1767 PORTSMOUTH


In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Langdon of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Gent being Indisposed in body


Item I give & Devise to Ann my beloved Wife a Comfortable Support and Honorable Maintainance out of my Estate during her natural Life


Item I give & Devise to My Daughter Mary Seavy the wife of Amos Seavy thirty acres of Land to be taken off the Southerly part of my homestead next to the Land of Joseph Edmunds the whole Length of my said Homested farm with half the barn I purchased of John Cotton to hold to my Said Daughter her heirs & assigns to run as far as Banfills Land


Item I give & Devise to my Daughter Hannah Whidden the wife of Samuel Whidden her Heirs & assigns that thirty Acres of Land lying on the Westerly Side of the High Way where I live which I purchased of Thomas Cotton with three Acres of Salt Marsh which I bot of John Banfill


Item I give & Devise to my Daughter Elizabeth the wife of James Seavy to her & her heirs & assigns thirty acres of Land next to said thirty acres of Land I gave to my said Daughter Mary to be taken the whole Length of my Land as aforesaid - with the other half of the barn aforesaid


it is my will that if my Said Daughter Hannah Should not Dis- pose of the said Land I have herein given to her which she has


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hereby a Power to do it shall go to her Son Joseph Whidden his Heirs & Assigns


Item I give & bequeath to James Seavy that four hundred pounds old Tenor which I lent to him & to my Son Samuel Lang- don the four hundred pounds I Lent to him & I give to my Son in Law Amos Seavy the note of hand I have of Winthrop Marston to take the money thereby due to his Amos's own use


Item I give & Devise to my Son Samuel Langdon all the rest and residue of my Real Estate wheresoever the same is and of whatever Quality & kind to hold to him his Heirs & assigns for- ever and all my Personal Estate (Except that part thereof which my wife shall take to her own use which I allow her to do for her Comfortable Support as aforesaid) I give & bequeath to my Son Samuel his Executrs admin's & assigns & order him to pay to Each of his Sisters of the Same thirty pounds Lawful money to Mary her Execrs & admin's within One Year after my Decease & to Hannah her Execrs and Admrs within two years & to the other viz Elizabeth within three Years as aforesaid And I make my Said Son Sole Execut of this my Last Will & Revoke all other Wills by me in any manner heretofore made In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the 8th Day of Augt 1767


his Joseph X Langdon Mark


[Witnesses] Wm Parker, D. Sherburne, John Langdon, Wallis foss.


In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Langdon of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Gent. Having made my last Will & Testament of the Eighth Day of August Instant have upon further Consideration tho't proper to make this Codicel & addition thereto and in those Instances an alteration viz


I give & Devise to my Grandson Joseph Whidden five Acres of Land at the head of my homestead at the Northerly or North West End thereof to begin at a Certain Rock there and to be laid


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out next to the Land of Moses Brewster of Such a Breadth & Extent as will best accommodate both Parties who shall be the owners viz my Said Grandson and the owner of my Said Home- stead To hold the said five acres to my Said Grandson Joseph his Heirs & assigns


Item I give & Devise to my Gran'son Joseph Seavy five Acres of Land to hold to him his Heirs & Assigns to be laid out at the Southerly End of my homestead Joining to the Land of Madam Odiorne & to the Land of Edward Edmunds in such manner as may be agreed between him and my Grandson Joseph Langdon son of my Son Samuel to whom I give the other part or Re- mainder of the Lot I Purchased of John Cotton to hold to my said Grandson his Heirs & Assigns


Item I Revoke that part of my will Relating to my Personal Estate and hereby give and bequeath all my Personal Estate to be Equally Divided between all my Children & my wife Equally that is to Say one fifth part to Each to them & their Respective executors & admrs and all my out Lands & all my Real Estate except my homestead and the Particular pieces given to my grand Children I give & Devise among all my Children & their Respective Heirs & assigns my meaning all that part of my Real Estate not before Particularly mentioned - and it is my mean- ing that all my Debts & funeral Charges should be first Deducted & allowd before the Division aforesaid In all other things I con- firm my Said Will & Testament -


In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Eleventh Day of Augt One thousand Seven hundred & Sixty Seven --


his Joseph X Langdon Marke


[Witnesses] Wm Parker, Henry Sherburne, Thomas Sevey. [Proved Sept. 11, 1767.]


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DAVID ROBINSON 1767


STRATHAM


In the Name of God Amen, the Eleventh Day of August Anno, 1767. I David Robinson of Stratham in the Province of New Hampshire Yeoman, being weak in Body * *


Imprimis I give and Bequeath unto Martha my Beloved wife her Heirs & Assigns two Cows, two Sheep and one good Swine, and all the Debts that Shall be Due to me at my Decease; and all the Money I Shall then leave by me, (my Just Debts and Funeral Charges being first paid out of the Same) and all the wearing Cloaths and Household goods (then in being) which She brought with her to me: and also the one half of the Household Goods, and all her wearing Cloaths, and one half the Beding we have gotten together Since; and one half of all the Provisions in my house left at my Decease of every Sort. I also give unto my Said wife During her Natural Life, the Use and improvement of the West End of my Dwelling House from bottom to top; and one third of my Celler ; a priviledge in my Well; one third of my Barn; and my little back room adjoining to my House; and Liberty to get her firewood on my Land in Stratham; and also one quarter of the produce of all my Land in Said Stratham, to be Delivered to her yearly free of Charge (including the keeping Said Cows and Sheep which are to be kept for her on Said Land Summer and Winter) During her Natural Life as aforesaid.


Item. I give unto my Grand Daughter Hannah Wiggin the wife of Nathaniel Wiggin of Said Stratham, the whole use and improvement of all my Land and Buildings in Said Stratham and of my Salt Marsh at Hampton (excepting only what use and income thereof I have given to my wife as aforesaid) untill her son David Wiggin (to whom I herein give it) shall Arrive to the age of twenty one years, also one half the Household Goods I had before I married my present wife, and half we have gotten since: & half the Provisions I leave


Item I give unto my great Grand Son David Wiggin, Son of Said Nathaniel Wiggin, and to his Heirs and Assigns; all my


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Land and Buildings in Said Stratham; and my Salt Marsh at Hampton, he to come into Possession thereof at the age of twenty one years; (Excepting only the use & income out of it, given to my wife as aforesaid, in Case She survives that time.) And in Case Said David Wiggin Shall Die before he arrives to the Age of twenty one years as aforesaid; My Will is that what I have given him as aforesaid shall go to his Eldest Surviving Brother, his Heirs and assigns.


Item. I give unto David Robinson, (Son of Capt Josiah Robinson of Exeter) who now lives with me, and to his Heirs and Assigns forever; one Compleat moiety or half part of all my Land at Brentwood in Said Province, on the Easterly Side thereof, to be Equally Divided by a Streight Line from one end to the other; with the Buildings Standing on Said Land; which I give him as a full reward for his Service with me; Said David pay- ing out of the Same unto my great Grand Daughter Esther Merril when She Shall Arrive to the age of twenty one years or Marriage Day the Sum of Thirty Pounds Lawful Money, Said David to come into possession of Said Premises at my Decease.


Item. I give unto my great Grand Daughter Esther Merril, Daughter of Elias Merril Deceased, and to her Heirs and Assigns forever; the one Compleat moiety or half part of all my Land at Brentwood aforesaid, on the Westerly Side thereof; to be Equally Divided by a Streight Line from end to end thereof; She to come into possession at the age of twenty one years or Marriage Day; and my Will is that She Shall be well brought up out of the Income of Said Land; that She be Carefully taught to Read write & Cypher, as well as to Sew Spin and Knit, and other proper work agreable to her Capacity; and the remaining part of the income of said Land (if any be) Shall be kept for her till she arrive to the time of Possession aforesaid. I also give unto Said Esther Merril her Heirs and Assigns, the above Said Sum of Thirty Pounds Lawful Money to be paid to her by the abovesaid David Robinson (who now lives with me) when She Shall arrive to the age of twenty one years or Marriage Day. I also give to


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Said Esther all the remainder of my Household Goods not given to my wife, and Grandaughter Wiggin as aforesd.


Item. I give unto David Folsom (son of John Folsom of Greenland) my great Grand son and unto his Heirs and Assigns, my original Right in the Town of Bow in sd Province (Excepting only the first Division Lott) I also give him one of my Bibles.


Item. I give unto my great Grand Daughter Hannah Thurs- ton, Daughter of John Thurston of Stratham; and to my great Grand Son, Samuel Smith, son of Samuel Smith Esqr of Durham in sd Province, and to their Heirs & assigns, all my Stock of Creatures, Horse Sheep Swine and Cattle, that I do not herein otherwise Dispose of, that Shall be left by me at my Decease to be Equally Divided between them.




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