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48 Mary, b. October 7, 1689.
Matthew Marvin died in 1691.
13.
John, son of (2) Matthew Marvin, Jr., and Mary -, was born in Norwalk, Conn., September 2, 1678 ; married, 1st, Mary, daughter of James Bears, March 22, 1704, and had
49 John, Jr., b. July 22, 1705. 50 Nathan, b. March 4, 1707.
: 51 Seth, b. July 13, 1709 ; m. PHEBE LEES.
52 David, b. August 24, 1711.
53 Elizabeth, b. October 23, 1713.
54 Mary, b. December 29, 1716. 55 Elihu, b. October 10, 1719.
Mary Bears, wife of JOHN MARVIN, died April 17, 1720. He married, 2d, RACHEL, daughter of Matthias St. John, April 27, 1721, and had
56 Hannah, b. December 4, 1722.
57 Joseph, b. May 29, 1724.
58 Rachel, b. December 24, 1725 ; d. an infant.
59 Benjamin, b. March 14, 1727 ; d. an infant (?).
60 Rachel, b. March 27, 1728. 77
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61 Sarah, b. May 18, 1733 ; d. y.
62 Ann, b. September 7, 1741.
John Marvin died in 1774. He was representative in the General Court in 1734 and 1738.
14.
Samuel, son of (2) Matthew Marvin, Jr., and Mary -, married ---- in Norwalk, and had
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63 Matthew, b. October, 1702 ; m. ELIZABETH CLARK.
64 Samuel, m. DEBORAH CLARK, November 25, 1735.
65 Josiah, m. --; d. about 1780.
51.
Seth, son of (13) John Marvin and Mary Bears, was born July 13, 1709 ; married Phebe, daughter of William Lees, and had
66 Seth, b. December 21, 1749.
67 Ellen, b. March 2, 1752.
68 Moses, b. August 25, 1754. 69 Elihu, b. June 8, 1756.
63.
Matthew, son of (14) Samuel Marvin and -- , was born October, 1702; m. Elizabeth Clark, of Ripton (now Huntington), Fairfield county, Conn., and had
70 Hannah, b. September 30, 1732 ; d. 1806.
71 Matthew, b. October 21, 1734 ; d. 1791.
72 Ozias, b. January 29, 1737 ; m. SARAH LOCKWOOD, November 26, 1761.
73 Barnabas, b. December 25, 1739 ; m. HANNAH RICHARDS, April 27,1797.
74 Silas, b. February 4, 1742.
75 Uriah, b. February 17, 1744 ; d. about 1830.
76 Ichabod, b. December 15, 1745; d. February, 1792.
64.
Samuel, son of (14) Samuel Marvin and , married Deborah Clark, November 25, 1735, and had
77 Esther, b. August 22, 1736.
78 Rebecca, b. May 19, 1738.
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79 Samuel, b. February 7, 1740.
80 Betty, b. January 12, 1744.
65.
Josiah, son of (14) Samuel Marvin and , married
-, and had
81 Daniel, b. in Norwalk in 1739.
82 William, b. March 24, 1741.
83 Jared.
84 John, d. in Nova Scotia, a refugee in the Revolution.
85 Josiah, died on Long Island in the British army during the Revolution.
86 Samuel.
And four daughters.
72.
Ozias, son of (63) Matthew Marvin and Elizabeth Clark, was born January 29, 1737 ; married Sarah Lockwood, No- vember 26, 1761, and had
87 Ozias, b. February 10, 1763.
88 Hannah, b. October 7, 1764.
89 Elizabeth, b. November 24, 1766.
90 Sarah, b. June 21, 1768.
91 Esther, b. June 12, 1770.
92 Joseph L., b. December 11, 1774.
93 Clark, b. October 13, 1776.
94 Asa, b. October 13, 1778.
95 Polly, b. June 9, 1781.
96 Silas, b. March 1, 1784.
97 Charles, b. February 21, 1786.
73.
Barnabas, son of (63) Matthew Marvin and Elizabeth Clark, was born December 25, 1739; married Hannah Richards, April 27, 1797, and had
98 George, b. February 23, 1798 ; graduate of Yale college 1817. 99 Charles R., b. September 30, 1811.
100 Mary, b. November 19, 1816.
(For a fuller account of the Marvin family see New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vols. xv, pp. 235, 250, 252; xxxi, p. 212; xxxii, p. 82.)
MOTT.
(Introduced to show the intermarriages with this family.)
1.
John Mott held lands in Shalford, Essex Co., England, in 1375.
2.
Thomas, a descendant of John Mott, resided in Bocking, in Essex Co. ; married Alice Meade, and had
3 John, m., 1st, CATHARINE ROKE, September 18, 1557, who was buried March 5, 1571 ; 2d, JOAN, sister of Sir Robert Gardner.
4 Mark, bp. April 25, 1549 ; m. FRANCES GUTTER ; buried December 14, 1637.
Thomas Mott was buried in Braintree, March 5, 1554.
3.
John, son of (2) Thomas Mott and Alice Meade, married 1st, Catharine Roke, September 18, 1557, who died and was buried March 5, 1571 ; without issue ; 2d, Joan, sister of Sir Robert Gardner, Lord President of Ireland, under Queen Elizabeth, and had
5 Mary, bp. July 13, 1587 ; m. son of Judge Clench, of Holbrook, Suffolk county, and had a son Capt. ROBERT CLENCH.
John Mott was buried in Braintree, July 13, 1595.
4.
Mark, son of (2) Thomas Mott and Alice Meade, was baptised April 25, 1549 ; married Frances Gutter, of Boeking, and had
6 John, of Eyland and of Wiston, Suffolk county, mn. ALICE HAR- INGTON.
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7 Adrian, bp. March 29, 1578 ; m., 1st, JEANE WADE; 2d, CATHARINE KEMPE ; d. 1662.
8 Mark, d. y .
9 Mark, bp. March 8, 1581 ; m. MERCY TICHBORNE ; buried January 3, 1630.
10 Joseph, bp. March 17, 1586.
11 Edward, bp. June 24, 1590 ; m.
12 Mary, d. y .
13 Mary, bp. February 15, 1587; buried November 3, 1610.
14 Sarah, m. (according to Herald's College) ROBERT WOBUCH, of Greyes Inne (according to Rev. Henry Sherman, of Esopus, N. Y., 1st, ROBERT TENBOROUGH, EsQ., July 1, 1614 ; 2d, Sir JOHN HENLEY, of Yorkshire.)
Frances Gutter, wife of MARK MOTT, was buried in Braintree, February 23, 1615.
MARK MOTT was buried in Braintree, December 14, 1637. He was a munificent benefactor of his parish. He pur- chased the Manor of Sheme Hall in Shalford, in 1599, and was the ultimate heir of his father Thomas. In 1537 he gave a house and a small field, at that time, of the yearly value of ' forty shillings, the income to be disposed of in shirts and smocks of cloth at twelve pence a yard to be given to the poor of Braintree.
6.
John, son of (4) Mark Mott and Frances Gutter, resided first in Eyland and then in Wiston, Suffolk Co .; married Alice, daughter of Thomas Harington, of Essex Co., and had
15 Thomas, m. SARAH BRAND.
16 Mark, m. and had one son JOHN, who had ALICE and MARY.
17 John.
18 James.
19 Alice, bp. March 3, 1604.
20 Dorothy, m. (11 Talcott Ped.) JOHN TALCOTT, of Braintree, and came to America with him in 1632, bringing two children, MARY and JOHN.
21 Sarah.
22 Dorcas.
23. Mary (according to Sherman), who was bp. December 6, 1610.
7.
Adrian, son of (4) Mark Mott and Frances Gutter, was baptised March 29, 1578 ; married 1st, Jeane Wade, and had
24 Adrian, of Kettonson in Suffolk ; m., 1st, ELIZABETH DYKE; 2d, MERCY FISHI.
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Jeane Wade, wife of ADRIAN MOTT, died. He married 2d, CATHER- INE KEMPE, January 1, 1604, and had
25 Mark, b. October 23, 1604; m. ANNE DOVE; buried May 2, 1667. Adrian Mott was buried in Braintree, March 29, 1662.
9.
Mark (Rev. D. D.), son of. (4) Mark Mott and Frances Gutter, was baptised March 8, 1581 ; married Mercy, daughter and sole heiress of Rev. Wm. Tichborne, and had
26 Mercy, bp. November 2, 1617.
27 Frances, bp. December 6, 1618.
28 Henry, bp. March 12, 1619 ; buried January 19, 1634.
29 Dorothy, bp. January 28, 1620.
30 Anne.
31 Mark.
32 Mary.
33 Sarah, d. y.
Mercy Tichborne, wife of Dr. MARK MOTT, was buried in Rayne, February 29, 1627.
Dr. MARK MOTT was buried in Rayne, January 3, 1630. He was Rector of Rayne where, and at Braintree, Bocking, Rock- ford and Great Birch in Essex, and also in Herts, he had landed estates. The estate at Great Birch, valuable and of great antiquity, he left by will to his three daughters, Dorothy, Anne and Mary, who were possessed of it in 1635. In 1669 it belonged to Thomas Kempe, clerk.
11.
Edward, son of (4) Mark Mott and Frances Gutter, was baptised June 24, 1590 ; married -, and had
34 Mary, m. - - DIGBY.
15.
Thomas, of Stoke, Suffolk Co., gentleman in 1664, son of (6) John Mott and Alice Harington, maried Sarah, daughter of John Brand, of Edgwardstone, Suffolk Co., and had
35 Sarah.
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20.
Dorothy, daughter of (6) John Mott and Alice Har- ington, married (11 Talcott Ped.) John Talcott, of Braintree, and had
36 Mary, b. in Braintree ; m. (2) Rev. JOHN RUSSELL, in America, June 28, 1649.
37 John, b. in Braintree ; m. 1st, HELENA WAKEMAN, October 29, 1650 ; 2d, MARY COOK, November 9, 1676, both in America.
38 Samuel, b. in New England, 1635 ; m. 1st, (13) HANNAH HOLYOKE, November 17, 1661 ; 2d, MARY -, August 6, 1679.
John Talcott, accompanied by his wife and two children, came to America in the ship "Lion" in 1632 ; settled first at Newtown, Cambridge, Mass., and from thence to Hartford, Conn., with the Rev. Mr. Hooker (see 11 Talcott Ped.) He is the ancestor of all the Talcotts in America.
24.
Adrian, son of (7) Adrian Mott, of Braintree, and Jeane Wade, his first wife, of Redgwell, Essex Co., resided in Ket- tonson, Suffolk Co., Master of Arts in Cambridge; married, 1st, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Daniel Dyke, and had
39 Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Dyke, wife of ADRIAN MOTT, died. He married, 2d, MERCY, daughter of Sir William Fish, of Bigleswade, in Bed- . ford county, and had
40 Mark, son and heir, aged 4 years, Anno 1664 ; m. SUSANNA MARKE.
41 Nathaniel.
42 Katharine.
43 Martha.
25.
Mark (Rev.), of Chelmsford, son of (7) Adrian Mott and Catharine Kempe, his second wife, was baptised October 23, 1604 ; married Anne, daughter of Robert Dove, and had .
44 Mercy, m. RICHARD SMITH.
45 Frances, m. JOHN CLOPTON, and had ANNE.
46 Dorothy, m. THOMAS ABBY.
47 Mary, m. Rev. THOMAS KEMPE.
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Anne Dove, wife of Rev. MARK MOTT, died. By a second wife (whom the Rev. Mr. Sherman says, was ELIZABETH DYKE, married September 13, 1610, but which could scarcely be, as the official pedigree, which I have from the Herald college at London, makes ELIZABETH DYKE the wife of his brother ADRIAN) he had
48 Mark, of Wethersfield ; m. BARBARA ADY ; d. 1694.
49 Nathaniel, of Little Waltham ; m. - -
50 Elizabeth, bp. February 29, 1631.
51 Susanna, m. - - MASCALL, February 20, 1660.
The Rev. Mark Mott was buried at Rayne, May 2, 1667. The living at Chelmsford had been sequestered from John Michaelson for political delinquencies, and Morr was his im- mediate successor, as appears from the order in the House of Commons, February 9, 1643. Morr had previously been Michaelson's curate. His signature appears to the petition in favor of Thomas Hooker. He also signed the Essex Testimony in 1648. In 1650 the return for Chelmsford is:
" MARK MOTT (presented by) the parliament on the seques- tration of J. Michaelson, an able preaching minister." Michael- son recovered his living at the restoration, Morr was therefore ejected under the act (of uniformity) 1660. " David's Non-Con- formity in Essex."
42.
Mark, of Wiston, son and heir of (24) Adrian Mott and Mercy Fish, was 4 years old in 1664 ; married Susanna Marke, and had
52 Mark, b. in Ireland.
53 John, of London ; m. ELIZABETHI
54 Thomas.
55 Susanna.
50.
Mark, of Wethersfield, son of (25) Rev. Mark Mott, of Chelmsford, and his second wife, married Barbara, daughter of Thomas Ady, M. D., of Wethersfield, and had
56 Mark.
57 Ady, of Wethersfield.
58 Nathaniel.
59 Thomas.
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60 Mercy.
61 Dorothy. 62 Anne.
63 Barbara, m. WILLIAM WARD, LL. D,
Mark Mott of Wethersfield, died in 1694.
51.
Nathaniel, of Little Waltham, son of (25) Rev. Mark Mott, of Chelmsford, and his second wife, married - and had
64 Thomas, Fellow of Eman, Cambridge college.
65 Mary.
55.
John, of London, son of (42) Mark Mott, of Wiston, and Susanna Marke, married Elizabeth -, and had
66 Milford. 67 John. 68 Elizabeth.
In 1648 the Essex Chambers were organized in classes with ministers appointed by Parliament and lay elders. William Skinner was one of the elders of Bocking; ADRIAN MOTT was one of the elders of Braintree ; Robert Talcott, gentleman, St. Leonard's, Colchester.
SAMUEL MOTT, gentleman, was twice Mayor of Colchester in Essex ; died January 8, 1698, æ. 66 years.
TEMPERANCE, widow of SAMUEL MOTT, died March 19, 1698-9. Has a monument in St. Runwald's with arms a crescent.
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PYNCHON.
(Introduced to show the intermarriages with this family.)
1.
Nicholas Pynchon, of Wales, Sheriff of London in 1532, had
2 John, m. JANE, daughter of Sir Richard Empson ; d. November 29, 1573.
2.
John, son of (1) Nicholas Pynchon, married Jane, daugh- ter and heiress of Sir Richard Empson, and had
3 William, m. ROSE REDING : d. October 15, 1591.
4 John, m. - ORCHARD.
5 Sir Edward.
6 Agnes, m. THOMAS CHICELE, of Hingham Ferries.
7 Elizabeth, m. GEOFFREY GATES, of St. Edmund's Bury.
8 Jane, m. ANDREW PASCHAL, of Springfield, England.
John Pynchon died November 29, 1573, and his widow married Dr. Thomas Wilson, Secretary of State. JOHN PYNCHON resided at Writtle, Essex Co., England.
3.
William, son of (2) John Pynchon and Jane Empson, was born at Writtle; married Rose, daughter of Thomas Red- ing, of Pinner, Middlesex Co., England, and had
9 Peter, d. m. 15 years.
10 Sir Edmund, m. DOROTHY WESTON.
11 Henry.
12 Christopher, m. MARY VINCENT, and had a son EDWARD.
13 Elizabeth.
14 Anne, m. RICHARD WESTON, Earl of Portland.
William Pynchon died October 15, 1591.
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4.
John, son of (2) John Pynchon and Jane Empson, mar- ried the daughter and heiress of - Orchard, and had
15 William, m., 1st, -; 2d, FRANCES SANFORD ; d. 1662.
10.
Sir Edmund, son of (3) William Pynchon and Rose Reding, married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Jerome Weston, of Skreene, in Roxwell, and had
16 John, m. ELIZABETH CORNWALL ; d. July 30, 1654.
17 Mary, m. WALTER OVERBURY.
18 Elizabeth.
19 Anne, m. JOHN WOLFE.
15.
William, son of (4) John Pynchon and - Orchard, married , and had
20 John, b. 1625 ; m. AMY, daughter of Gov. Wyllis, of Connecticut, October 30, 1645. She died January 9, 1698, æ. 74. He died January, 1703.
21 Anna, m. HENRY SMITH, and returned to England.
22 Margaret, m. Capt. WILLIAM DAVIS, December 6, 1644; d. July 3, 1653.
23 Mary, m. (4) ELIZUR HOLYOKE, November 20, 1640 ; d. October 26, 165'7.
-, wife of Hon. WILLIAM PYNCHON, died in Roxbury, Mass., August, 1630. He married, 2d, FRANCES SANFORD, of Dor- chester, Mass., by whom he had no children.
Frances Sanford, wife of the Hon. WILLIAM PYNCHON, died in Wraisbury, Buckinghamshire, England, October 10, 1657.
Hon. WILLIAM PYNCHON died at the same place October, 1662, æ. about 72 years. He was one of the Patentees of the Charter of Charles I. granted to the Colony of Massachusetts March 4, 1629. He was chosen an assistant magistrate by the General Court of the Massachusetts Company in London, Oc- tober 20, 1629, and came to this country in 1630. He first settled at Roxbury, Mass. ; he was subsequently chosen treas- urer of the company and removed to Springfield, Mass., of
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which he was one of the original proprietors. It is said that on account of religious controversies, he and his wife returned to his seat at Wraisbury on the Thames in 1652.
16.
John, son of (10) Sir Edmund Pynchon and Dorothy Weston, married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Cornwall, and had
24 Edward, d. February, 1672.
25 Bridget, m. WILLIAM PETRIE, 4th BARON PETRIE, and had an only child, MARY, b. March 25, 1679 ; m. GEORGE HENEAGE, of Hampton, County Line, England.
John Pynchon died July 30, 1654.
Here the older branches of the family seem to terminate. .
20.
John, son of (15) Hon. William Pynchon and - was born in England in 1625; married Amy, daughter of Gov. George Wyllis, of Connecticut, October 30, 1645, and had
26 Joseph, b. July 26, 1646 ; d. December 30, 1682. .
27 John, b. October 8, 1647 ; m. MARGARET HUBBARD ; d. April 21, 1721.
28 Mary, b. October 28, 1650 ; m. JOSEPH WHITING, October 5, 1659.
29 William, b. 1653 ; d. June 15, 1654.
30 Mehitabel, b. 1661; d. July 24, 1663.
Amy Wyllis, wife of JOHN PYNCHON, died January 9, 1698, o. s.
JOHN PYNCHON died January 17. 1703, N. s.
RATHBONE.
No attempt has as yet been made to trace out and confirmn by documentary evidence, the carly history of the RATHBONE family in America. Various accounts were formerly current concerning their origin, one asserting that the family was descended from THOMAS RATHBONE who came from England in 1621; another deriving them from JOHN RATHBONE of the Liverpool family who emigrated from that city in 1625 ; and a third from an elder brother of Col. JOHN RATH- BONE, an officer of the Parliamentary army of 1658, who was noted for his devotion to Republican principles.
The first of the name, however, who appears in America, is the Rev. WILLIAM RATHBONE to whom allusion is made in a work published in 1637, and reprinted in the Historial Collec- tions of Massachusetts. He seems to have been an author, and as his doctrinal views did not accord with those prevailing in the Massachusetts Colony, the supposition is that he and his descendants were not admitted into the New England church as members, and consequently were not permitted to take part in general public affairs.
Mr. James Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, speaks of one of a somewhat similar name George (Rabone) Rabun (which Belknap, in his History of New Hampshire, says may be a mistake for RATHBONE), who was in Exeter in 1639. This George Rabone was one of those who in the previous year had sympathized with the Rev. Mr. Wheelwright,* the brother
* Wheelwright was a man of learning, piety and position, "but how and when he came to America is unknown." See Drakes History of Boston, p. 60.
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of the famous Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, and was with him ban- ished from Boston for defending his religious opinions. Being deprived of all his privileges as a citizen he combined with his fellow exiles, some thirty-five in number, in setting up an independent government at Squamscot Falls, N. II., which they called Exeter.
In the Rhode Island Colonial Records mention is made of a John Rawsbone, of New Shoreham, who was admitted to full political rights as freeman, May 4, 1664, being the same person whom the Block Island Records name JOHN RATHBONE. This JOHN RATHBONE was one of those who met at the house of Dr. Alcock August 17, 1660, to confer about the pur- chase of Block Island, and was one of the original sixteen purchasers of that island from Gov. Endicott and three others to whom it had been granted for public services. In 1676 JOHN RATHBONE was chosen one of the surveyors of highways. In 1682, 1683 and 1684, he occupied a place in the Rhode Island General Assembly as representative from Block Island. In 1686 he was one of the petitioners to the King of Great Britain in reference to the "Quo Warranto," and in 1688 was one of the grand jury of Rhode Island.
In Niles' Historical Narrative of the French and Indian wars, published in 1760, we find the following : " In the year 1689 in the month of July, Mr. RATHBONE had a narrow escape from the French, who had come in three vessels and were then pillaging the island. They inquired of some one or more of the people " who were the likeliest among them to have money." They told them of JOHN RATHBONE as the most likely. The French proceeded to capture him, as they supposed, and demanded of him his money. The captive denied having any but a trifling sum. They endeavored to make him confess that he had more and to deliver it to them, by tying him up and whipping him barbarously. While they
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were doing all this to an innocent man whom they mistook for the monied JOHN RATHBONE, the latter made his escape with his treasure. They had mistaken the son for the father, who by submitting to this cruelty in the room of his father saved him from being robbed."
Arnold in his history of the State of Rhode Island, Vol. 1, p. 304, says : "The local history of Block Island truth- fully written would present an interesting study. The tradi- tionary history of the aborigines is full of the romance of war. Their authentic history in connection with the whites abounds in stirring incidents, the peculiarities of the English settlers, and their posterity, their customs, laws and domestic institutions are among the most singular and interesting developments of civilized life, while the martial defense of a people, within and around whose Island there has been more hard fighting than on any territory of equal extent in America, and where the horrors of savage and of civilized warfare have alternately prevailed, almost without cessation from the earliest traditionary period down to a recent date, would altogether furnish material for a thrilling history that might rival the pages of a romance. The dangers of the sea and the sterner perils of war united to produce a race of men whose courage and hardihood cannot be surpassed. It was out of such material that naval heroes were made."
1.
John Rathbone, of Block Island, married Margaret , and had
2 William, m. SARAH - -, December 18, 1680.
3 Thomas, m. MARY DICKENS, April 21, 1685.
4 John, m. ANN DODGE, January 10, 1688.
5 Joseph, m. MARY MOSHER, May 19, 1691.
6 Samuel, b. August 3, 1672 ; m. PATIENCE November 3, 1692; d. January 24, 1757.
7 Sarah.
8 Margaret.
9 Elizabeth.
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John Rathbone, Sr., died at Block Island, R. I., between February 12, and October 6, 1702. His widow survived him. He left the following will :
WILL OF JOHN RATHBONE, SENIOR.
In the name of God, Amen. I, JOHN RATHBONE, Senior, of Block Island, also New Shoram, in the Colony of Rhode Island, and Providence plantation in New England, Yeoman, being sick in body but of perfect memory, thanks be to Almighty God, and calling to remembrance the uncertain estate of this transitory life and that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call, do make, constitute, ordain and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following, revoking and annulling by these presents all and every testament and testaments, will or wills heretofore by me made and declared, either by word or by writing, and this is to be taken only, for my last will and testament and none other. And first, being penatent and sorry from the bottom of my heart for my sins past, most humbly desiring forgiveness for the same, I give and commit my soul unto Almighty God, my Saviour and Redeemer in hand, and by the merits of Jesus Christ, I trust and believe assuradly to be saved and to have full remission and forgiveness of all my sins, and that my soul with my body at the general day of resurrection shall arise again with joy and through the merits of Christ's death and passion, possess and inhabit the Kingdom of Heaven prepared for his elect and chosen, and my body to be buried in such place where it shall please my executors.
First - I give and bequeath to my son SAMUEL RATHBONE the table and cubbard which stand now in his house as for are lomes (heirlooms ?) to the house, and I leave my wife MARGARET RATHBONE my executrix of all my movable and household goods, houses and chattles, cattle, sheep, and horse kind; and I leave (her ?) the income of my house at Newport for her life- time, and at her decease the westward (end ?) of my house at Newport, and the leanto of that end so far as the post that the door hangs on, and the shop to be left for my son JOHN RATH- BONE's son John, and his heirs forever; and the eastward end of said house and the rest of the leanty (leanto ?) to be left for
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my son WILLIAM RATHBONE's son Jolin and his heirs forever, and the yard to be equally for their use.
And I leave, to my wife for her life-time the twenty acres of land which I bought of Henry Hall, and the running of two cows and a horse and the end of the house which I now live in ; and I leave that my four sons shall pay to my wife during her life-time forty shillings a piece a year, that is to say, JOHN RATHBONE, WILLIAM RATHBONE, and JOSEPH RATHBONE and SAMUEL RATHBONE. And I leave to my wife during her life- time my neager (negro) man, and at her disposing, and at her decease to my son THOMAS RATHBONE for three years, and at the end of the three years, to give him as good clothes as his mistress leaves him, and then to set him free. And at my wife's decease what household goods are left to be equally divided between my three daughters Sarah and Margaret and Elizabeth, and for what cattle and sheep and horse kind are left to be equally divided between my five sons. And I leave that my wife shall take up all bonds and debts due to me.
And I leave that my executrix shall see this, my last will, performed.
In witness whereof, I have hereinto set my hand and affixed my seal in Block Island aforesaid, the twelth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and two (1702.)
JOHN RATHBONE.
Signed, sealed and delivered to be the last will and testament of JOHN RATHBONE, Senior, in presence of,
WILLIAM HANCOCK, JONAS WELCH, ROGER DICKENS.
BLOCK ISLAND, October 6, 1702.
William Hancock, Jr., and James Welch and Roger Dickens personally appeared before me, and did testify upon solemn oath that they were testamony to the signing and sealing of this will and testament before me.
SIMON RAY, Warden.
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Those persons above specified, William Hancock, James Welch, Roger Dickens personally appeared and acknowledged before the public town meeting that they had taken upon solemn oath before me Simon Raye, Head Warden, to the truth of the above written and subscription. Entered by order of the Wardens and Town Council by me,
NATHANIEL MOTT, Town Clerk. January 12, 1702-3.
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