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| 1851 |
In Memory of Mrs Alathea (Kent) Wife of Mr William Brown Who died Sept. 10, 1802 Aged 63 Years | Kent, Alathea (I47732)
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| 1852 |
In Memory of Mrs Bethiah ye Daughr of Mr Nathaniel & Mrs Sarah Peck & Wife of ye Revd Mr Peleg Heath. Decd October 28th 1740 in ye 23 Year of her Age. | Peck, Bethiah (I44185)
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| 1853 |
In Memory of Mrs Sarah Heath ye Daughr of ye Hon Col. Sylvestor Richmond Wife of ye Revd Mr Peleg Heath, Deceasd October ye 9th 1739 in ye 28th Year of her Age. | Richmond, Sarah (I44184)
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| 1854 |
In Memory of Mrs. Annar Heath, relict of Maj. Peleg HEath and daughter of Josiah & Alathear Kent. She died March 2, 1842. aged 96 years, 10 mo's & 24 days.
"Hope thou in God." | Kent, Anna(r) (I44181)
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| 1855 |
In memory of Mrs. Rebecca Heath The amiable wife of Nathaniel Heath Esq. and daughter of Amos Brown and Rebecca his wife Who was born Nov. 9th 1746 & died April 13th 1816 In the 70th year of her age. | Brown, Rebecca (I44195)
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| 1856 |
In Memory of the Revd Mr Peleg Heath Esqr who depd this life on ye 5th Day of October Anno. Domine 1748 in ye 49th Year of his Age. | Heath, Rev. Peleg (I44183)
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| 1857 |
In Sewall's Diary, under date of 3 Nov 1685, we find that James BIGELOW was fined for insulting Lieut.-Governor Stoughton and Dudley. Just what the offense consisted of we are in doubt, but was probably and offense that would not be noticed at the present time [1890] so, rigid were the customs and laws of those early days. !The Genealogy of the BIGELOW Family of America, 1890 | Bigelow, James (I14048)
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| 1858 |
In Southampton Town records, it is said Jonathan Raynor sells to his "kinsman" Samuel Lum 50 acres right of Commonage March 2, 1696. This is thought to be Samuel Lum b. c 1672, but exactly hoe he was "kinsman" is not certain.
Samuel Lum had earmarks granted 1700-1705. It is not know who Samuel's wife was, but he would appear to have had children. | Lum, Samuel (I66391)
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| 1859 |
In the 1758 will of his father, Peter Aldrich is 'Deceased." | Aldrich, Peter (I26686)
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| 1860 |
In the 1850 census, Hannah is 67 years old and born in New York. In the 1855 state census her place of birth is Washington Co.
In the 1790 census, there are only two SPRINGER families in Washington County (in the town of Argyle, p. 187)
Daniel Springer
1 male 16 & over
2 males under 16
2 females
Chrestine Springer
0 males 16 & over
1 male under 16
3 females | Springer, Hannah (I25971)
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| 1861 |
In the 1855 census, place of birth is given as St. Lawrence County. | Townsend, Angeline King (I26415)
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| 1862 |
In the 1894 census, there was living nearby William and Eva, a Jefferson TINDALL, age 27, single, born in Fremont, MI and both parents born in Indiana. This is probably a cousin to Eva.
After she and William divorced, Eva and her son Donald moved to the Detroit area. | Tindall, Eva (I25200)
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| 1863 |
In the 1900 census, Adolphus lists his occupation as woods laborer. In 1893 he was a mechanic. In 1910 he was a farmer in Grand Traverse Co. He also ran a store in Muskegon. On Adolphus' grave there is a small marker which has the initials "FLT". Friendship, Love, and Truth (Odd Fellows).
The 1900 census indicates that Lydia was the mother of 4 children with only three alive in 1900. Process of elimination; James must have died before 1900. Adolphus and Lydia split up before 1920 because they are in the census in separate counties; Lydia in Grand Traverse and Adolphus in Fremont, MI. Adolphus was married again in 1920.
The following are taken from POLK Directory listings for Muskegon:
1921 Bryant, Adolph, laborer, residence 19 John. Also at the address is Mina McM. Bryant, teacher at McLaughlin School
1926 Bryant, Adolph E., (Alma), gro(cer), 899 (15) Emerson Ave.
1928 Bryant, Adolph E., (Alma), gro(cer), 899 (15) Emerson Ave.
1930 Bryant, Adolph E., (Alma), gro(cer), 899 (15) Emerson Ave. | Bryant, Adolphus E. (I1652)
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| 1864 |
In the 1900 census, Anna's date of birth is given as Nov 1885, aged 14. | Ahlberg, Anna Emelia (I78)
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| 1865 |
In the 1900 census, Charles Meredith was "French Canadian", as were his parents. Later in the 1910 and 1920 census, he lists his birthplace as Canada (English)? In 1920 he is still not a naturalized citizen. He came to Michigan in 1861 with his parents.
The 1900 census indicates that Sarah was the mother of 6 children but with 3 alive in 1900. The 1910 census indicates that she was the mother of 8 children with 4 children alive. According to a cousin in Thompsonville, Craig Meredith, three children died in a fire. Need to determine the date of the fire from cemetery records of Thompsonville Cemetery. [db 12/94]
The family moved to Michelson near Houghton Lake in Roscommon County about 1906. In the 1920 Census, Sarah lists her father and mother as being both born in New York. There were four boarders listed and seemingly they were all Merediths as the enumerator did not indicate other surnames. Charles listed his occupation as Lumber Piler at a sawmill.
He had red hair and often had a pipe in his mouth. His later years, he lived with his son Verl in Lansing. | Meredith, Charles Wesley (I1422)
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| 1866 |
In the 1900 census, Henry GIBBS indicated his father's birthplace was Massachusetts. So also did son Joseph indicate. | Gibbs, Justin (I26703)
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| 1867 |
In the 1900 census, son Richard gives New York as the birthplace of his mother. | Cutler, Mary (I25461)
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| 1868 |
In the 1900 census, William's date of birth is given as September 1865. | Bryant, William Cullen (I1420)
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| 1869 |
In the 1910 census Sarah is the mother of 8 children with four currently alive. Her father was born in Michigan and her mother in New York. | Harrison, Sarah M. (I1423)
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| 1870 |
In the agricultural census for Ottawa County, MI:
owned 188 acres; 100 tiled, 70 permanent meadows/orchards; 35 unimproved woods; 36 unimproved "other"
Value:
$7,000 farm
$125 implements
$200 live stock
Cost to keep up fence $10 per year
paid out $25 for labor
value of all production $200
1 horse 2-3 years old
3 horses over 3 years old
3 calves
3 milch cows
1 hog
28 chickens
25 acres clover
25 tons hay production
sold 5 doz eggs
Milk produced: 1200 gallons
Value: $120 milk cream; $200 butter
Indian Corn, Oats, Winter Wheat, Wheat, Potatoes; 20 apple trees | Friz, Andrew Jackson (I721)
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| 1871 |
In the Bellingham records:
"HUNTERMartha, wid., of Brantry, Jan. 14, 1827. P.R.1."
In the New Braintree records:
"HUNTER, Martha, wid. "Jn," Jan. -, 1827, [a.] 69
There is no record in "Brantry" Braintree, so the reference in the Bellingham record is very likely "New Braintree" | Holbrook, Martha (I5789)
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| 1872 |
In the Branch County Gazatteer, 1870-71, Charles is listed as "farming" in Branch County, with property near the north-west corner of California Township as C. I. Ball. Also C. I. Ball is shown with 40 acres on the Atlas of Branch County, 1872. This is next to property owned by Wm. Playford. By 1876, his name no longer appears in the Branch County atlases. | Ball, Charles Lafayette (I25447)
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| 1873 |
In the census of 1900, her birthdate is May 1860. If this is correct, then she is the Amelia in the 1860 census.
Family records indicate 1866, but she is not listed among the children of John Morris in the 1870 census. | Morris, Louisa J. (Amelia) (I24332)
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| 1874 |
In the court rolls from 1572-1589 he is called "wheelwright" to distinguish him from his elder brother Thomas, called "Junior" and "the middle", and from their still older cousin Thomas, who is always called "senior." In the subsidy of 1566-7 he is called Thomas "the bachaler," but in that of 1575-6 he is called "the whelwrite." He also appears in the subsidies of 1596-7 and 1698-9, and was guardian (or churchwarden) in 1595. In his will he mentions land called Pal gate, given to him by the will of his father John Rowning in 1549. | Rowning, Thomas (I50426)
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| 1875 |
In the death record of Eliakim Morse, Moses' birthplace is given as Walpole. It is also given as Walpole in the biography of Sabin Aldis MORSE (Soldiers of Oakham) | Morse, Moses (I10115)
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| 1876 |
In the Grand Rapids Daily Morning Democrat of 4 Nov 1873: "Died - At Red Bank, NJ on the morning of the 3d, Rev Lawrence Earle, brother of John E. Earle of this city, aged 71 years." | Earle, Lawrence (I33377)
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| 1877 |
In the I.G.I, the marriage is recorded as Lyda or Lida J. Evans and John W. De Haven, March 28, 1865. | Family F1481
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| 1878 |
In the marriage record, Mary Norris is "single woman from Newbury in England." | Family F1255
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| 1879 |
In the marriage record, Rebecca is described as "daughter of Elias Parkman of Boston." | Family F2238
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| 1880 |
In the name of god Amen the nineth day of September in the year of our Lord of one thousand six hunded ninety and six. I William Holbrook of Scituate in the County of Plimouth in new england being weak In body but of a compliant dissposing mind and menory do make and declare this my last will and testament as followeth hereby revoking and making void all former wills and testaments, First and princabley I do Commit and Commend my soul to god who gave if hopeing in him for an everlasting Rest in and through the merrits of Jesus Christ alone and my body to be decently buried by my executor here after named and Concerning the diposall o my temporal estate which god in his mercy have given me I do give and bequeath the same as followeth And my mind and will is first that all my just debts be truely payd and funerall charges defrayed by my executor here after named .
Imprimis I give and bequeqth unto my well beloved wife Abigall Hoolbrook all that estte of house hould goods which shewe brought with her in marriage to me that is now left and not worn up and also I do give unto my sayd wife all that stock of cattell which which (sic) shee brought with her at our marriage together: And that when her sayd stock of cattell brought a abovesayd be made good unto her and also that the stock of Cattell which I brought with me at our marriage be made good as it waws then ws to my executor here after named: That then my my (sic) minde and will is that all the increaseof our stocks of Cattell and money cloth or other goods if any be at my decese shall be eqully divided between my sayd wife and my said executor: and further I doe give unto my sayd wife one green Rugg or brsides(?) what shee brought with her for her own And my minde and will is that shee shll have the use of one warming pan one payre of curtains and one pyre of Iron Andirons during her natural life and then to be returned again to my executor And further I doe give and bequeath unto my sayd wife Abigall Holbrook the sum of three pounds a yeare in money to be payd to her yearly and every yeare during her naatural life shall and doe at my decease deliver up to my executor after named a writing of agreement made between my sayd wife and my selfe Concerning our estates before our marriage together asnd also that she doe Relinquish and give up all her Right and Interest unto and in my estate which shee sayd Abigall might ort Could Claime by virtue of the abovesayd writing but if at my decease my sayd wife shall see reason to stand to hold her interest in my estate according to the sayd writing made between us before marriage that then my minde and will is that all the abovesayd gifts and bequests to my sayd wife shall be void and of none effect and she not to receive the same Item I doe give and bequeath unto my son Cornelius Holbrook his heirs and assigns forever all my lands Right of lands and common priviledges lieing and being in the township of Waymouth and the bill of five pounds he oweth to me be paying to his daughter Mehitable Holbrook the sum of five pounds in money at her day of marriage or when she comes to the age of twenty one years or at which of sayed times shall first happen Item I doe give and bequeath unto my son William Holbrook twenty shillings in money and my gun called a carbine which with what I have formerly givcen to him shall be the whole of his portion of my estate Item I doe give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Bick the sum of twelve pounds in money or other good pay as money to be payd to her within one year after my decease by my executor. Item I doe give and bequeth unto my dughter Hopestill Read the sum of twelve pounds in money or other good pay at moneys price to be payd to her by my executor within one yeare after my decease Item I doe give and bequeath unto my dquhter Mehitable Sprague the sum of twelve pounds in money to be payd to her by her husband out of the twenty pounds he oweth to me by bill and the Remainder of sayd bill of twenty pounds her sayd husband Jonathan Sprague shall pay unto my executor Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane bolcom the sum of twelve pounds in money or other good pay at money price to be payd to her within one year after my decease by my executor and she the sayd Jane shall pay forty shillings of sayd sum to her daughter Albee Item I doe give and bequeth unro my eldet son Samuell holbrook all the Remainder of my estate o wht kinds or of what nature forme it may be or whereforever it be And further my minde and will is that if any of my legatees shall soe farr declare their discontent with whqt is above given them as to goe bout to breqke this my will by law suits then he or shee of them that shall soedoe shall forfit and loswe thweir legcy above given to them, and such forfited legacy to be divided amongst the Rest of the leg tes an i doe hereby constitute and apoint my said loveing son Samuell Holbrooke to be the sole executor of this my last will and Testament to execute and perform the same as is above exprest: in witnes where of I the sayd William Holbrook doe set my hand and seal the day and year above written Memorandum that the words (for her own) and the word ( have) between the thirteenth and fourteenth lines and the word (Hopestill) between the twenty sixth and twenty seventh lines were enterlined before Signing and Sealing here of also the words ( and the bill of five pounds he oweth me) between the twenty second and twenty third lines were interlined before signinq and sealing here of.
the marke of the above written
william WH holbrook
signed sealed published and declared by the abovesyd William Holbrook to be his last will and Testament in presence of us
John Cushing
John Cushing Junr
Joshua Cushing
Will proved July 17, 1699 Plymouth County Court file # 10270
!SOURCE: ALMON HODGES PAPERS.
Copied Sept 25 1901 by Mrs Lucy Hall Greenlaw | Holbrook, William Captain (I5916)
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| 1881 |
In the name of God Amen -
I, George Aldrich being weak in body but of sound understanding dispose of my Estate as followeth:
Item--I leave my house and Land and whole Estate with my beloved wife during her life.
Item--I give to my daughters Mary Aldrich, Sarah Bartlett and Mercy Randall and Martha Dunbar twelve pence apiece to be paid by my Executrix.
Item--I give all my wearing Clothes to my eldest Son Joseph Aldrich.
Item--I give to my son John Aldrich all my Bookes after my wifes decease.
Item--I give to my grandchild John Aldrich Son of Joseph Aldrich thirty Shillings upon condition that he lives with his grandmother during her life according to his fathers promise.
Item--I give to my youngest son Jacob Aldrich all my Lands after my wifes decease, Its hereby intended all my Land Paid out or to be Paid out with all rights and privileges thereto belonging --- I make my beloved wife sole Executrix of my whole Estate --- I make my son Jacob Aldrich overseer of this my will. Dated Mendon on the second day of November 1682.
By me George Aldrich
Signed in the presence of us - Josiah Chapin, Joseph White. | Aldrich, George (I15067)
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| 1882 |
In the Name of God Amen - The last Will & Testamt. of John Trayne of Watertown in the Count. of Middx. in the Massachusetts Colony in New England. First. I give & bequeathe my soul to God
ye gave it me, & my body to the Earth from whence it came.
Secondly I give & bequeaths my loving wife Abigail Train five ponds a year to be paid her halfe in money & th' other halfe in good merchantable pay during her widowhood, & all such goods as she brought with her & two pr. of sheets.
Thirdly I give & bequeaths to my loving son John Trayne, that house, barn, orchard, lands & meadow which he now injoys with all rights, privileges & apertenances whatsoever & halfe the pasture lands belonging to the house ye I now live in.
4. 1 give to my son Thomas Trayne ye house & land which I now live in with barne & orchard, except halfe the pasture wch. I have given to my son John Trayne as is above specified.
5. All my remote land & meadow I give to my two sons John Trayne & Thomas Trayne to be equally divided between them.
6. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Stratton twenty shillings to be paid her within one year after my decease.
7. I give & bequeaths to my daughter Rebecca Basto twenty shillings to be paid to her within one year after my decease.
8. I give & bequeathe to my daughter Sarah Cole twenty Shill. to be paid to her within one year after my decease.
9. I give to my loving daughter Abigaill Towning twenty shill to be paid her within one yeare after my decease:
10. I give to my love: Daughter Hannah Child three pounds to be paid her within one year after my decease.
11. I give to my loving Son John Trayne his children twenty shill: a piece to be paid ym at the time they come to age.
12. I give to My daughter Elizabeth, her children twenty shill: a piece when they come to age.
13. 1 give to my daughter Rebecca Basto her children twenty shill: a piece to be paid when they come to age.
14. I give to my daughter Sarah Cole her children twenty shill: a piece to be paid when they come to age.
15. I give to my daughter Abigaill Towning her children twenty shill a piece to be paid when they come to age.
16. I give to my daughter Hannah Child her children twenty shill: a piece to be paid when they come to age.
17. I give to my daughter Mary Memory her children John Memory, Samuel Memory, Joseph Memory & Mary Memory twenty shill: a piece to be paid when they come to age & yt they shall be kept & maintaind at school till they be fitt to goe to trades by my Executors.
18. ffurther I constitute & appoint my two sons John Trayne & Thomas Trayne to be my Executors to order & prform this my last Will & Testamt as witness my hand & seale this one & twenty day of January in the yeare of or Lord one thousand six hundred eighty & one.
the mark of
John Trayne & seale
seald & signed in prsence of:
John Bright
John Nevinson
Apr. 4. 81
John Nevinson
John Bright - appearing in
Court made oath to the will above.
Jonath: Remington Cl. | Traine, John (I25016)
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| 1883 |
In the name of God Amen I Timothy Townsen of Canaan in the County of Columbia and State of New York do make publish and declare this is my Last Will and Testament.
First all my just debts and funeral expenses are to be punctually and speedily paid.
Second I order and direct that my executors hereafter named shall within six months after my decease procure and erect a Tomb Stone (the value of which not to exceed twenty-five dollars) which expense shall be paid out of my estate.
Third I will and devise all my real and personal estate which may remain after all demands are paid to the following persons viz:
Lucy Loomis or her heirs shall be entitled to the ninth part of all my estate,
Anne White or her heirs
Sylvia Stevens or her heirs
Clarissa Palmer or her heirs
Jonathan Townsen or his heirs
Josiah Townsen or his heirs
Timothy Townsen Junr. or his heirs
All the above named persons or their heirs shall receive the on equal ninth part of my estate after my decease.
Fourth I also will and devise to the heirs of Elice Griffing the on equal ninth part of all my estate after my decease
Fifth I also will and devise to the heirs of Betty Barnes deceased the on equal ninth part of all my estate after my decease.
Sixth I order and direct that in case any dispute shall arise concerning any gift bequest matter or thing then and in that case no suit at law shall be commenced but the same shall be referred to three impartial and honest men of the Town of Canaan to be selected as follows. Two of the men by my executors and those two men shall elect a third - which three men thus chosen shall declare their sense of the Testator's intentions and their decision in the premises to be binding on the parties the same as any courts in the United States.
Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint Uriah Edwards and Jirah Dean to be Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty fourth day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
Timothy Townsen L.S.
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the
above named Timothy Townsen to be his Last Will
& Testament in the presence of us as witnesses in
the presence of each other
J. D. Allen, Betsey Edwards, Harriet J. Allen | Townsend, Timothy (I24986)
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| 1884 |
In the name of God Amen the Eighteenth Day of March 1758 I David Aldrich of Mendon, in the County of Worcester in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Blacksmith being grone old and weak in Body But of a Perfect mind and memory, Thanks be given unto God Therefore calling to mind the Mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make and Ordain this my Last will and Testament (that is to say) Principally and first of all I Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a Decent Christian Burial at the Direction of my Executor nothing Doughting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty power of God And as touching such Worldly Estate that I have Left wherewith it has pleased God to Bless me at present with it being some small matter of moveable or personal Estate my reall Estate I have near all given to my sons hereafter mentioned by Respective Deed which may make it fully app___. Said Personal Estate after my just Debt, and funeral charges and Probate Charges are paid I Give Devise and Dispose of in the following manner and form.
In primas I Give and Bequeath to Mehetabel my Dearly Beloved wife Twenty Spanish mil'd Silver Dollors to be raised and Levied out of my Said Estate to geather with one Third part of my Houshold Good Debts and moveable Effects as the Law Directs.
Item--I Give and Bequeath to David Aldrich my Eldest Son to be raised out of my Estate on cow one Silver Spoone, one Spanish mil'd Dollor Silver.
Item--I Give and Bequeath to Edward Aldrich my Second Con on Dollor as aforesd.
Item--I Give and Bequeath to Benjamin Aldrich Son of my Eldest Daughter Elizabeth Deceased wife of Abel Aldrich on Dollor aforesd.
Item--I Give and Bequeath to the Children of my 3rd Son Peter Aldrich Deceased on Shilling Lawful money apiece to be paid to them out of my sd Estate by my Executor as they shall come of age.
Item--I Give and Bequeath to my fourth Son Jonathan Aldrich on stake anvil on vice for the Black Smith and one Spanish mil'd Dollar as aforesd -- the anvill and vice is in his hand already.
Item--I Give and Bequeath to my Second Daughter MArgaret Smith wife of George Smith one of my Best feather Beds and all the Beding and furniture thereunto belonging She Paying to my Executor Thirty Six Shillings Lawful money.
Item--I Give and Bequeath to my two younger Sons Abner and Levi Aldrich to them their Heirs and asigns forever as it was and is the intent of all the foregoing Legacy The Remainder part of all my Estate Either reall or personal that is not Disposed on by Deed or Deeds under my hand and Seal already or any Estate that Shall or might by Right become to be mine I Give to them aforesd to be Equally Divided betweend them or their Heirs all the aforesd Legacies Excepting Peters Children is to be paid out by my Executor one year after my Death.
Witnesses: Ralph Freeman, William Cook and Paul Cook.
Sole Executor: Abner Aldrich | Aldrich, David (I26628)
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| 1885 |
In the Name of God Amen the Eleventh day of Decembr one Thousand seven Hundred & Eight I Obadiah Bowen of Swanzey in ye County of Bristol in New England Yeoman being Grown Ancient & weake of body Yet of sound mind & memory blessed be God for the same And being willing & desirous to set my house in Order & settle my outward Estate which the Lord in mercey hath Lent me I do make this my Last will & Testamt In manner & form following Viz:
Imprimis I Commit my soul into the hands of God who gave it hopeing through grace to Receive the Remission of all my sins And through the Mirrits of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ to be made pertaker of the Inheiritance of y' saints in Light And my Body to be Decently buried according to the discresio of my Executors of this my Last will and Testament hereafter Named
And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this life I give Demise and Despose of the same in the following manner and form
My will is that all my Just Debts which I owe to any person or persons whatsoever be duely payd by my Executr out of my Estate in time Conveinient after my Decease
Impms I give to my well beloved son Samuel Bowen of Cohansey Ten pounds silver money at the fifteen peny weight and seventeen pounds of the like money I give to my said son Samuel Bowen and my Daughter hannah Brooks Equally to be divided betwixt them I do also give to my daughter hannah Brooks my bed and beding
Item I give to Lidia Mason a Cow
Itt: I give & bequeath unto my Grandsons Aron Bowen & Daniel Bowen sons of my son obadiah Bowen Deceased to them and Each of them for ever All yt my Right & Interest of and in the lands both divided and undivided scittuate Lyeing & being within the Township of Attleborrough in the County of Bristol aforesd Equally to be divided between them:
Item I give unto my Grandson Nathan Bowen son of my sd son Obadiah Bowen to him the said Nathan Bowen for Ever All that my two Divissions of lands in Rehoboth the one being allready laid out & the other now due to be layd out by ye selectmen of Rehoboth aforesd that land wch is allready layd out being somewhat distant from Blisses saw mill and allso all my Right of fresh meadow' vizt two peices of fresh meadow the one lyeing at a place called the great meadow the other somewhat distant from sd meadow
ltt I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Bowen his heires and Assignes for ever All that my Division or Divisions of land layd out adjacent to said Josephs lands within the Township of Rehoboth aforesd and allso the whole of all my undivided lands throughout the Commons of undivided lands both in the township of Rehoboth & Swanzey aforesaid
Itt I give and bequeath unto James Bowen & Hezekiah Bowen forever Respectively all that my lot of land lyeing & being in Rehoboth aforesd Contayning Twenty acres it being Recorded to william Bowen in said Rehoboth Land Records And to all other of my Relations not herein mentioned that should under any Tollerable pretence Claime any portion of my Estate left I give one shilling allso in full sattisfaction to them all: And whereas there is Amongst my household stuff four pewter platters that were given to me in my infancy when I was Baptized I do now give one of sd platters to my Grand Daughter Katherine Bowen And one of them to my Grandaughter Sarah Bowen and one of them I give to my Granddaughter Allice Bowen and the fourth & last platter I give to my Grand daughter Elizabeth .Bowen. that is to say to each of them a Platter
Item I Give to my Grand daughtert a smale iron Kettle
Itt I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Bowen all the Rest of my Estate not yet disposed of And ffinally .I do hereby make Constitute Appoint & ordain my said son Thomas Bowen to be my sole Executor of this my last will and Testament & doe allso Charge him to see it Punctually and duely performed according to the purpose & true meaning thereof
And I do allso hereby Revoke and utterly null & make void all former wills & Testaments by me at any time made Either by word or wrighting to be of no Effect or Use But this my last will & Testament to stand firm I & good In witness whereof. I the said obadiah Bowen have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seale with my own hand given and published and Declared the day &year first above written
Signed sealed and Delivered Obadiah Bowen
In the presence of us
Caleb Eddy, John Paddock. John Devotion | Bowen, Obediah (I50554)
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| 1886 |
In the name of God Amen, - I, Ransford Comstock of the town of Exeter, County of Otsego xx at state of New York being weak of body, but of a sound and fit mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament in memory and for if Aouiny To wit, First, I give and bequeath unto my son Jesse Comstock the sum of one dollar; - To my son Charlotte nirs, the sum of one dollar - To my four daughters Amy Comstock, Mercy Dart, Nancy V Loomis and Delany Burwith, each the sum of one dollar; - To my son Ransford B. Comstock, all of my Tanning and Currying Tools, and tueter sheep which said sheep are to be paid in two years from my demise. -- To my son Guy D. Comstock, the sum of one hundred dollars to be paid in met stock; -- Which said several laguies or sums of money I will and order shall be paid to the said several Legatees, other than those therein specified; within one year after my demise; - And lastly, as to all the rest residue and remainder of my uai with personal estate goods and chattels of what kind and nature so ever I give and bequeath the same to my beloved wife Azubah Comstock during her natural life. Whom I hereby appoint sole Executrix of this my last will and testament. Hereby re- voking all former wills by me made in any manner or form whatsoever; And at her death, I give and bequeath the same to my youngest son Daniel Comstock or such portion of the same as my said wife Azubah shall have at her death - Signed sealed, published and declared by the above named Ransford Comstock, to be his last will and Ransford Comstock testament, in the presence of us, who have here unto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the Testator. - Luriel Stoney
Executed 15th Fue 1812
Beny Payn
WMhtsrstl | Comstock, Ransford (I60166)
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| 1887 |
In the name of God Amen. I Thomas Morse, Minister of God his word in the Countie of Essex and in the Dyocess of London, do make and ordeyne this my Last [sic] and Testament in manner and form followinge, first althoughe weake in Bodye yet in good and perfect Remembrance thancks be unto God Doe bequeathe my soule to almighty God, and my Bodye unto the earthe from whence it was taken. Item, I give and bequeathe to my nyne children now lyvinge, nyne score Poundes of good and lawful money of Englande, that is to saie, To John, Samuel, Daniell, Joseph, Jeremye, James, Nathaniell and Phillipp my sonnes, and to Sara my daughter, and to every of them Twentye Pounds att the age of Three and twentye yeares, Savinge my mynde is that my daughter Sara shall receive her porcon of Twenty poundes at the age of One and Twentye yeares. And yf any of them doe departe this life before theis yeares of age be expired, Then I will that his or her parte of partes be equally devyded among my children weh shall be then livinge. I give and bequeathe unto Richard Morse my brother, Fortie shillings of lawfull money. Item I give more unto Margarett Morse my sister, Twentye shillings. Item, I give unto my eight youngest children Eight Bybles, every of them a Byble to be provyded at the cost ad charges of my eldest sonne, uppon weh Condicon I give hum all my Bookes in my Studdye. Item, I give and bequeathe unto the poore of the parishe of Foxenate [Foxearth] Tenne shillings. The rest of my goods, money, plate, Bonds, morgages, cattle, household stuffe, or whatsoever else unbequeathed, my Legacyes discharged, I give unto Margaret my wife, with condicon to bringe upp my children in Learnynge with all things fitt for them until she shall place them in some honest service, whome I make my sole Executrixe for the performance of this my last will and Testament. Also I will that yf Margarett my saide wife doe dispose herselfe to marrye, that then she and he whome she shall marrye with enter into sufficient Bondes unto myh eldest sonne then livinge before her marriage for the discharge of all these things which concerne here to be discharged in this my will. Also, yf yt please, God she doth marrye that she doe enter into sufficient Bondes to give unto my eight sonns before rehearsed Thirty and fyve poundes equallye to be devyded amounge them and unto my daughter Sara tenne poundes weh is all Five and Forty poundes, To be paide weh in one year after the marriage of the saide Margaret or att the severall yeares of their ages before menconed. And yf she shall refuse to enter into sufficient bonds for the discharge of theis Legacies before expressed or any parte of them, I then will that my eldest sonne then livinge shalbe Executour in her place, and she to resigne all over to hym. And he to enter into sufficient bonds to paye unto Margarett my Wiefe wth in one yeare after the takinge of this Oggice, Fourescore pounds of good and lawfull money of Englande, besides she shall enioye all my house hold stuffe and cattell, Onlie my will is that she shall deliver in all my Bonds, morgages and money. And if any be consumed, she for to make it good. And that my sonne shall enter into sufficient Bondes for the discharginge of my will as ys before required of my Wiefe. And yf Margarett my Wife doe departe this liefe unmarryed, that then my desire and will is that she geve unto my Foure Children which I had by my first wiye Twentye poundes of good and lawfull money, that is eche of them Fyve poundes. And this is my ture mynde and will the which I doe testefye by my hande and seale this Tenth of November, and in the yeare of our Lorde 1596.
THOMAS MORSE, his mark.
In witness whereof we have setto or names,
RICHARD CARTER,
This will was probated at RICHARD BLOCK,
London April 28, 1597
WILLIAM DOWNES, his mark | Morse, Thomas Rev (I10417)
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| 1888 |
In the Name of God Amen. The Twenty eighty day of January 1712/13 I Mary Mason of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol in ye Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, widow, being aged but in perfect mind & Memory Thanks be give to God therefore, Calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body & Knowing it is Appointed for all men Once to Dye Do make and ordaine this my last will & Testament; that is to say Principally and first of all I give & Recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it And my body I Recommend to be buried in Decent and Christian Buriall at the Decresion of my Executor hereafter mentioned Nothing Doubting but at the Resurrection I shall Receive the same againe by the Mighty power of God And as Touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this life I give and Dispose of the same in manner following After my Just Debts & ffunerall Charges be payed.
Imps's. I give & bequeath to my beloved son in Law Ephraim Wheaton and my Daughter Mary Wheaton his wife All my goods & Cattle which are at his or their house where I now Dwell, Together with all my Rents & Dues: Due to me from my sone Pelatia Mason; to them the said Ephraim & Mary Wheaton, their heirs and assigns forever.
I give unto my daughter Sarah five shillings & I give & bequeath unto my Grand Children the Daughters of my Daughter Bethyah wood Deceased on shilling each of them ---
I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Thankfull Bowen the sum of five shillings: the Reason why i Give no more unto my said Daughters (viz. Sarah, Bethiah & Thankfull) is I have allready given them a portion according to my ability at the time of their Marriage. ---
And all the Rest of my estate Remaining (after all Charges aforesaid are defreyed) in the hands of my two sons Palatiah Mason and Benj: Mason and eight pounds due to me from the estate of my Son Noah Mason deceased & six pounds from my son Paletiah Mason I commit unto the law & ordering of my two sons viz Samuel Mason and Joseph Mason for the support of my son Samson Mason as he may stand in need & want and as they in their Discresion shall find proper as the sd estate may hold out for his Supply: And I ordain Constitute & Make my Beloved son in Law Ephraim Wheaton my Executor of this my Last will and Testament & I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke and Disalull all & every other former Testaments wills Executors by me in any way before made; Rattifying & confirming this to be my last will & Testament in witness whereof I have herunto set my hand and Seal the day & year above written.
Mary Mason
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of
Samuel Bullock
John Wheaton
Samuel Whitaker.
Probated December 6, 1714.
Inventory taken October 1714 In Rehoboth. | Butterworth, Mary (I50762)
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| 1889 |
In the name of God, Amen. I John Freemyre of the town of Fulton, Schoharie County, being of sound mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same, do make publish and declare this my last will and testament, in manner and form following that is to say,
First I give and devise to my son William Henry Freemyre and to his heirs and assigns, the farm upon which I now reside in the town of Fulton Schoharie County. Containing about two hundred acres, bordered Easterly by the Breakabeen road. Southly by the road leaving form the said Breakabeen road, to Samuel Mithcells. Northerly by laws formerly of J.S. and J. L. Bouck (One hundred acres of the farm I have deeded to said William Henry Freemyre). Also I give and devise to my said son, William Henry my wood lab in Woods Patent containing about one hundred and fifty acres (and which I have also deeded to my said son William Henry Freemyre) I also give and devise to my said son William Henry, all the real estate I may own at the time of my decease or in which I may have any interest and wheresoever situated, the said several devises are subject however to the payment of all my just debts, and funeral expenses and to the payment of fifteen hundred dollars and interest at five per cent from the time of my decease to my Grandson Edgar Nelson Patterson son of my daughter Aurelia deceased as hereinafter provided and said devises to my son William Henry are subject also to the right of all my children and descendants, to burial on the burying ground on said farm. And I hereby dedicate and set apart one quarter of an acre for such burial purposes when said burial ground is located the same to be substantially. Enclosed by my said son William Henry having made advances to my sons John and Abraham J. and to my daughter Dorothy Elizabeth Waldorn and Catherine Ann Wooford, equal in my opinion to their just share of my estate, nothing posses to them directly in this my last will and testament.
Second I give and bequeath to my Grandson Edgar Nelson Patterson fifteen hundred dollars to be paid to him by my son William Henry upon his arriving to the age of twenty one years, with interest from the time of my decease at five per cent per annum, and in case my Grandson should die before arriving to the age of twenty one years the said fifteen hundred dollars and the interest on the same at five per cent, shall be divided by my said son William Henry among all my children share and share alike, the children of any son or daughter that may be deceased to take the share of their parent. And I do hereby in the event of the death of my said Grandson before arriving to age of twenty one years, thus bequeath said Fifteen Hundred Dollars and interest on the same at five per cent to all my children, the same to be paid by my son William Henry.
I hereby expressly charge the real Estate devises to my said son William Henry, with the payment of the above mentioned fifteen Hundred Dollars and interest as above provided.
I give and bequeath to my son William Henry all my personal property of every name and nature, the said William Henry to pay all my debts and funeral expenses and I hereby revoke all former and other wills by me made.
I hereby nominate and appoint my said son William Henry sale executor of this my will and testament.
In witness where of I have here unto set my hand and seal this 8th day of March 1870
John Freemyre L.S.
Signed sealed published and declared by the said John Freemyre as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses. Lyrnau Sauford - Middleburgh, Schoharie Co.,
William E. Thorne - Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., | Freymeyer, Johannes (I47261)
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| 1890 |
In the name of the Lord, Amen. I, John Thompson, Sr. of the town of Mendon. being sensible of my own bodily weakness and infirmities, the manifest alarms of my hastening and approaching dissolution, acknowledge with all the humble thankfullness divine goodness, affording such an opportunity whilst blest with disposing mind to set my house in order before my Earthly Tabernacle is dissolved, do make and constitute this my last last Will and Testament.
Item: I give unto my beloved and loving wife, Sarah Thompson. whose great love and pains I pray God to be rewarded, ten pounds, to be paid by my executor after my decease.
Item: To my beloved daughter, Mihitabel Haywood, the wife of Samuel Hayward, I give and bequeth the sum of, ten shillings, to be paid by my executor within a full year after my decease.
Item: To my beloved son-in-law John Aldrich, I give and bequeath the sum of, five shillings to be paid by my Executor within a full year after my decease.
Item: I constitute and appoint my beloved and dutiful son, John Thompson, my sole executor, to whom (all debts and legacies, forementioned excepted) I give and bequeath all my lands, chattels, household goods, wearing apparel, and whatever estate I dye seized of.
Signed JOHN THOMPSON, Sr.
Signed the 27th of March 1684 in presence of
Joseph White and Josiah Chapin;
Probated by John Thompson-2,
April 27, 1686, in Boston.
Source: The Thompson Genealogy by Adrian Scott & Henry Whitney,
Pub, by the Mendon Historical Society, 1913 | Thomson, John (I15064)
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| 1891 |
In the old cemetery at Mendon, there is a small stone, lettering continuous without breaking spaces, appearing to read "John, son of John Thomson." Date of death is APR 17??. Next to this stone is a similar one which appears to say "Benoni." | Thompson, John (I15066)
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| 1892 |
In the Will he makes bequeaths to near-kinsmen Samuel Fisher and Thomas Fisher; these were two sons of Thomas Fisher and his wife Elizabeth. | Allin, John Rev. (I24159)
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| 1893 |
In the Will of Swaentje JANSE, widow of Cornelis De POTTER and mother of Ariaentje BLYCK, dated 31 March 1676, Swaentje leaves everything to her daughter Ariaentje and at her daughter's death, the estate to her children in equal shares. "Issue of daughter Arientje: Maria, Cornelius, Petrus, Sarah, Catherina, Johanna, Catherina NEVINS and Helena AERTSER, procured by her present husband John AERTSON." The will was proven 28 May 1692. | Jans, Swaentje (I46033)
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| 1894 |
In the will, he names his wife, Thankful, sons, Ebenezer, Samuel, Seth, Daniel and daughter Thankful. The inventory taken in 1718 showed assets of 1,282 Pounds, 16 Shillings, and 11 Pence. It included apparel, money, furniture, brass, pewter, ironware and table linen - items that represented a pleasant lifestyle for those times. The homestead was valued at 800 Pounds. The inventory included 40 Pounds due from Richard Bullock, son, and 70 Pounds for the farm that Ebenezer Bullock lived on and 30 Pounds for land given to Ebenezer Bullock.
Probated 7 April 1718. | Bullock, Samuel (I44261)
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| 1895 |
In the year 1738, the lung fever got into the family, and they were all sick with it, excepting my grandfather and Leah, and Oliver, who was about two years old ; he was taken from the family during the sickness, and taken cure of by one of his aunts. In a short time, not more than two or three months after, six of the. children, with their mother, were dead, viz. : Philip, Benjamin, Jonathan, Betsey, and Lydia. The fever was very violent, and seemed to sweep everything before it. I have been informed by a. number of old people, who were neighbors and gave their assistance during the sickness, that the distresses of the family were very great indeed, and that my grandfather's fatigue and troubles were so great that he could scarcely retain his senses at times. At one time when the doctor came to see them, two of the family lay dead in the house, and he told the doctor that he "did not know but he would kill all his family." The physician was so grieved at being implicated as the means of their death, that he wept like a child. It was thought, however, that he used-every means in his power to save their lives, according to his best skill and judgment. His name was Thayer, and he was called a very skillful physician. The method of treating fevers in those days was very different from what it is now. My father, at the time of this sickness, was living with my grandfather Scott, in Bellingham; yet he was with his father's family considerable, and by that means caught the fever, and was sick at his grandfather Scott's. He was so sick that his life was despaired of he craved, very much, cold water, but the physician would not allow him to drink any thing cold. At the time he was sickest, Peter Cook, a young man about his age, one of his associates, came to watch with him; and after the family had retired to bed, my father begged very hard for cold water, so hard that Cook went to the well, and got some for him. Cook, thinking that he would not live until morning and that some cold water would do him no hurt, gave him some, and found to his surprise that it relieved him. He gave him some a second time, which also bad good effect. Being encouraged from this, he continued from time to time to give him water during the night. In the morning he was in a moderate sweat, and the fever had turned.
This story I have heard my father and Cook tell a great many times. They both considered that the water was the means of saving his life. Cook, the last time I saw him, when be was about ninety years old, said he once saved my father's life by giving him cold water.
My grandfather married for his second wife, Sarah Brown, the widow of Benjamin Brown. She again became a widow, and lived several years after his death.
CHARLES CAPRON was born in October, 1716, and died May 9, 1789, in the seventy-third year of his age. He married Mary Scott, daughter of Joseph Scott. of Bellingham. Her mother's maiden name was Jenks, and she was cousin to my grandmother Capron. They had eleven children, -five sons and six daughters. Their names, with the time of their respective births and deaths, the names of their respective husbands or wives, with the time their respective deaths, &c., &c., may be found on the twenty-seventh page of this book.
It may be observed that this large family, consisting of eleven children, all lived till the youngest was more than fifty years old, anti their average ago at that time was more than sixty years, - which is very remarkable for so large a family. There is but one instance within my knowledge that exceeds it; and that is the family of Moses Aldrich, of Mendon, the Quaker preacher. His family consisted of twelve children. When the first died the youngest was more than sixty years old, and they lived to between seventy and eighty, and from eighty to ninety years. The mother was nearly a hundred years old when she died. | Capron, Charles (I19296)
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| 1896 |
In the Year of our Lord one thousand six hundred seventy four the second daye of May, 1. Joshua ffisher of Medfield Senior...brought to old age and being thourby with the inffirmities...wife Ann...the bed with all belongings in the little chamber next to the stairs and all soe two good blankets more and two payres of sheets and two pillows and that trunke now standing in the bed Chamber below marked A.F. with what soe ever is now in it and all hir wearing apparrell as well linen as wooling and one payer of andirons...and payier of tongs one trammel...and two heaters one payere of pothookes two brass vesselles...bellows...two chairs two fouer ffooted stolles two chushings such as she shall chuse and three puter dishes two of the..and one...and three bushels of Endian corne and forty pound wayt of butter and forty pound of chese and fifty pound wayght of porke and one cow such as she shall chuse and all my fire wood that is cut out when god shall take me away whether in the woods or in my yard and soe much more of my moveable goods as shall be vallued at ten pound in such as she shall chuse or also soemuch in good and merchantable wheat as com to ten pound, and fifteen pound in good and curant ne England mony and further my will and desire is that my above said wife may live in that end of the house that I live in according to the will of my son John ffisher deceased untill such time as the heirs shall cum of age (and then to injoy...with the benefit of any one now of the apple trees in the orchard) and then too live in the other end and there to injoy During the terme of her naturall life all such Liberties and prevelidges as are enjoyed in my deed of gift fformerly made to my son John ffisher...
Unto my daughter Marcy Battle the wife of Thomas Battle and her heires ffor ever thirty pound...to grandson Joshua 60 pounds it being already in his hands payd to him out of that Estate which I had in his fathers hands...
to Mary Clap my grand daughter and wife of Thomas Clap 5 pounds...John ffisher grand child, son of Joshua ffisher 5 pounds...to Hannah B...grand child 5 pounds...John ffisher son of my son John ffisher all land in Medfield, etc....further that John ffisher son of my son John ffisher within the space of two years after he shall com to one and twenty years of age shall pay 40 pounds to his brother Jonathan ffisher...Vigilance ffisher my grand child son of my son Joshua ffisher 40 shillings...and I constitute appoint and ordain my trusty and well beloved cosen Daniel ffisher of Dedham and Joshua Fisher my grand child
executors of this my last will...
Joshua ffisher
John Wilson
Ralph Wheelocke | Fisher, Joshua (I10446)
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| 1897 |
IN the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred seventy-two, the seventh day of the twelfth month, I, Thomas Wight, senior, of Medfield, in the County of Suffolk, in New England, being by the good hand of God in some comfortable measure of health at the present, and sound in my memory and understanding, yet being grown in age and accompanied with the infirmities incident thereunto, and thereby frequently put in mind of my mortality, do therefore, in the name and fear of God, (in preparation to my expected change,) make and ordain this my last will and testament for the disposing and settling the things of this life wherewith it hath pleased God to intrust me, in manner and form as followeth:--Wherein, I first give and commit my soul into the hands of Jesus Christ, my dear Redeemer, and my body to the earth whence it was taken, to be after my decease christianly buried at the discretion of my executors.
Imprimis,--Whereas Lydia, my present dear and well beloved wife, did before my marriage with her make an agreement with me in all respects concerning her supply from me in case of my departure out of this natural life before herself, which agreement, under my hand and seal, is yet remaining in the keeping of Mr. John Eliot, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Roxbury, her brother.
Item -- I do hereby fully settle and confirm unto and upon my son, Henry Wight of Dedham, my eldest son, all those my houses and lands lying and being in Dedham, formerly contracted for, with all the rights and priviledges thereunto belonging; and further I give unto the said Henry, my son, my two bigest books.
Item -- I give and bequeath unto my son, Thomas Wight, the one half of that parcell of wood land which I formerly bought of Major Lusher, lying in Dedham bounds, and four acres of my swamp lying by William Cheney's, on the side next the said William Cheney and of the swamp at the end of Month Street lotts, three acres adjoining to his own swamp, and the one half of all my wearing clothes, both linen and wollen, boots, shoes and hats.
Item -- I will and bequeath unto my son, Samuel Wight, and to his heirs forever, all that parcell of meadow which I formerly bought of John Warfield of Medfield, and all that parcell of land granted me by the town of Medfield, lying and adjoining to the parcell last above mentioned, and also one other parcell of coarse meadow lying in the swamp called Maple swamp, as also one half of all my wearing clothes, both linen and wollen, boots, shoes and hats.
Item -- I will and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary Ellis, the wife of Thomas Ellis, and her heirs forever, that my bed, bedstead, and all the furniture thereunto belonging, fitted in all respects for use, as it now standeth in the parlor chamber in my dwelling house, as also one half of all such brass, pewter and iron pots as I shall leave at the time of my decease.
Item -- I will and bequeath unto my son, Ephraim Wight, and his heirs forever, all that my dwelling house, barn and out houses belonging to the same, with all that my house lot whereupon they stand and are situated, and all other the appurtenances and accommodations to that my house and lot, as well already laid out as to be laid out whatsoever, both meadow, upland and swamp not formerly given and bequeathed, with all town rights and priviledges any way belonging or any way appertaining to the same or any part thereof; as also the one half of all that tract of wood land which I formerly bought of Major Lusher of Dedham, lying in Dedham bounds; as also twelve acres of land which I formerly bought of John Ellis; as also four acres of meadow land lying on the mill brook; as also all that my parcell of land lying in Dedham bounds, comonly known by the name of the round plain, the ten acres formerly given to my son, Thomas Wight, excepted.
Item -- I will and bequeath unto my grandchild, Juda Ellis, the daughter of my daughter, Mary Ellis, five pounds, to be paid to my executors in good and current country pay, within six months after my decease; and as for the residue of my estate, bills, bonds, debts, cattle, household stuff and moveables of what kind or sort soever not formerly given and bequeathed, (my just debts being payed and my funeral expenses discharged,) are hereby willed and bequeathed unto my son, Ephraim Wight.
Item -- I do hereby nominate, appoint, ordain and constitute my well beloved son, Henry Wight of Dedham, and my son Ephraim Wight of Medfield, to be my executors to this my last will and testament, to whom I give and commit full power and trust for the full execution and performance of this my last will and testament, in all respects as is above mentioned; and in witness that this is my last will and testament contained in this sheet of paper, I do hereby renounce all other wills and bequeathments by me at any time formerly made, and have hereunto put my hand and seal, the date and year above written.
Signed, sealed and published, his mark.
in the presence of THOMAS T WIGHT and a seale.
GEORGE BARBER.
his mark.
HENRY H LALAND.
George Barber and Henry Laland, the two witnesses to this instrument, personally appeared before John Leverett, Esq. Govr and Edwd Tyng, Assist., April 2d. 1674, and deposed that they were present on the day of the date of this instrument, and then and there did heare and see Thomas Wight, the subscriber, seal and publish the same as his last will and testament; and that when he so did, he was of a sound disposing mind, to their best understanding.--Suffolk County Probate Records, Vol. 7, page 444. | Wight, Thomas (I12978)
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| 1898 |
In the yeare of our Lord 1678: the six day of the second month John Bullard of Medfeild in the County of Suffulke in the Massachusetts Collony in New England being by the good hand of my god preserved to old age and in som considerable Degree of bodyly health and sound in memory and understanding blesed be the Lord but considing that the end of mans life is uncertaine and in as much as I am p[erlswaded that it is my Dutye to provid for death that I be not unprovided when I shall [ ] I have though fitt for the quite of my mind to ordaine and make this my last will and Testament in manner and forine followeth
first I give and bequeath my soufl in to the handes of Almity god from whom at first I received in and through the meritt of Jesus Christ my Saviour that my said souh after it be departed out of this said body shall ymediatly inherit life and glory and as For my body I commit it to the earth to be Christianly bburyed at the discriton of my Executors and as for my worldly goodes which god of his mercy have given me I doe dispose of them in maner and termes as followeth viz
first I wil and bequeath unto my Loveing son Joseph Bullard my hom Lott with all my buildings on it dwelling house Bames Leantoes and shades orchards and yarding in and upon the same with all other Landes that I am interest in at the time of my Decease whether in possession or [ ] improved or not improved with all the rightes and prevelidges there unto belonging whether [ ] Layd out or to be Layd out as also my stocke of Cattle and all my householld stuff not other wise Disposed still provided the above said Joseph make Due payment of all the Legesies under wretten
Itm I will and bequeath unto my sonne in Law John Partridg Five pound to be to be payd with in the space of one full yeare after my decease in good and curant Contry paye
Itm I will and bequeath unto my deere and Loveing Daughter Abigail Stockwell Five pound to be payd with in the space off one yeare after my decease in good and currant Contry pay
Itm I will and bequeath unto my Loveing and and welbeloved Daughter Hanah Allin wife of Benjamin Allin twenty pound to be payd in good and currant contry pay five pound to be payd with in the space of one full yeare after my decease and the other fiften to be payd with in the space of two full yeares next after my decease and as for the residue of my estate billes bondes Debtes or moveables not formerly given and bequeathed in this my present and Last will and testament all my Just Debtes being payd and my funerall Expences performed are hereby given and bequeathed unto the soll use of my Executor and I Doe hereby constitute appoint and ordaine my Loveing and well beloved Son Joseph Bullard my Executor of this my last will and testament to the intent that he shall see the same efectually performed according to my true intent and meaning there in unto whom I commit and give all full power and trust for the Execution thereof and I Doe also nominat and appoint my trusty and well beloved Friend George Barbor overseer of this my Last will and Testament desireing that he would be Ayding and Assisting in the Execution thereof and I Doe hereby utterly revoke all other Willes and bequethments what soer by me formerly made at any time and in token that this is my Last will and testament contained in this sheet of paper I have hereunto put my hand and affixed my seall this 22 day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred seaventy and eight
Signed SeaBd and published in the presence of John Bullard
Samuell Barbur his mark
zachariah Barbur
(Suffolk Probate #1081, proved May 1679) | Bullard, John (I11820)
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| 1899 |
In the Yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty-eight in ye fourth Yeare of the Reigne of our sovoraigne, King James the 2nd, and the fourteenth day of December, I Thomas Clap Senr of Dedham in the county of Sullolk in his Majestys Terrytorys in New England, calling to mind my mortality and being put in mind of my change by weakness and infirmity atending me Do therefore now in the time of the enjoymt of my understanding and memory upon good consideration make and ordaine this to be my last will and testament tor tbe disposing of my estate, wherein first I comit my soul into the hands of Almighty God in & through the Lord Jesus, my blessed Redeemer, & my body to the earth to be therein interred after my decease in Christian Buryall at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named.
Impris: I do give unto my deare and well beloved wife Mary Clap one bedd with all the furniture thereto belonging and to the value of fifty shillings in household stuff all at her choyce & one end of my Dwelling house & eight pounds p. year each year she live a widow, three pounds thereof per year in money and other five pounds p. year in corne and such other provisions as may be suitable for her use; & if my said Wife do marry againe then she is to have only the use or Rent of the thirds of my buildings & lands, & aforesaid bedd & moveables to return to my children after her decease, and further my mind and will is that my estate should be aprized as money & being devided into nineteen parts for quantity of paymt to be devided amongst my children as followeth:
Imp : I do give and bequeath to my eldest son Thomas Clap four parts of the said nineteen whereof he have received forty pounds in the house & lands I bought for him that he now live in.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my other sons Joshua Clap, Eliezer Clap & Samuel Clap nine parts of the aforesaid nineteen parts to be equally divided viz each one of them three parts.
Item, I give unto my three daughters Mary, Abigail & Hannah, the other six parts not disposed of aforesaid to be equally divided betwixt them viz to each one of them two parts. My lands are to be equally devided betwixt my sons by Overseers or supervisors as they judge most equall & what each son receive in lands more than their portions as aforesaid they are to make payment in good currant Country paymt to their sisters each child to receive their portions at one and twenty years of age, or marriage which time come first my daughters to be paid their portions in three equal payments in three years after the aforesaid time. If any of my aforesaid children dye before they attayne the aforesaid age or Marryage their portion is to be divided betwixt them of my children that survive. By the rules aforesaid each child aforesaid at their receiving their portion or any put thereof is then legally to engage to pay their just proportion in the eight pound p. yeare each yeare to their mother according to the ------ as aforesaid during all the time aforesaid & if my said Wife after my decease while she continues a widow shold by sickness or weakness any way suffer so as the aforesaid eight pounds p. yeare prove not sufficient for her needful maintenance there shall be so much added as the three overseers hereafter named shall judge & determine needful for her supply to be paid by each child their due proportion answerable to their aforesaid portions on my said estate. My mind & Will is that my buildings should be aprized so that my son or sons that shall inherit them may not be to much disadvantaged in meet accommodations of lands, & paying Legacys.
I do appoint and empower my loving sons Thomas Clap & Joshua Clap to be my Executors of this my last Will & Testament & do request my loveing friend Samuel Barber my loveing brother John Fisher, and my loveing sousin John Plimpton, all of them of Medfield to be the supervisors & overseers whose order advice and counsell my executors must attend & in all waity matters, in all parts of my Will & division of estate to my children, their determination or the surveying of them shall be as of legal force and value at all times as if myself had done and acted the same things. To confirm all the premises I the said Thomas Clap, Senr have set to my hand & scale in the presence of us
Thomas Battell,
Joshua Fisher,
John Aldis, Jr.
Furthermore, upon good consideration I do add to the aforesaid portion of my daughter Mary ten pounds to be added to her aforesaid portion out of my said estate. This addition is before signing and sealing.
Thomas Clap, Senr. | Clap, Thomas Jr. (I23342)
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| 1900 |
In this will, Joane Marche of Sherford, widow, disposed of an estate appraised at 140 pounds, 7s., including apparel, live stock, and a lease in reversion of twenty-one years in a tenement called Sand Wills. She directed that she be buried in the parish church of Sherford, and bequeathed 10s. to the poor of Sherford. She left ¹5 to her eldest daughter, Alice March, to be paid within a half year after her death, ¹5 to her second daughter, Elizabeth March, to be paid within one year after her death and 50s. to each of the rest of her daughters namely Ulalia March, Amias March, Jane March, and Johane March, to be paid within a year after her death. She made William March, her son, her executor and residuary legatee. John Bickford and Gregory Bickford were two of the overseers of her will, and George March, undoubtedly her brother-in-law, was a witness. | Martyn, Joane (I60303)
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