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Joseph Bixby

Male - 1701


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  • Name  Joseph Bixby  [1] 
    Gender  Male 
    Baptism  28 Oct 1621  Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Will  11 Nov 1699  Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • The last will and testament of Josaph Bixby Sener living in Boxford being aged and not expacting to contenew long in this world yet perfact in his understanding and in A Resinal disposing miend: I doe bequeath my Souel to Almity God who gave it mee and my body to bee desantly buriad in the Earth after my deseas: and as for my outward Estat I despos of it as heerit foloweth: and to my son Josaph I will and bequeath forty and fouer Acors and a quarter of land: pearte of it is the land I gave him a pon mariag: which land he now liveeth uppon: also I doe give to my son gorg the Eaighteen acors of land hee now liveath a pon and Elaven acors moer behind durty medow and two acors and three quarters of medow in durty medow and three acors of medow in the slip and an acor of upland lying Round it for convenantsy of fencing of it :

      also I doe give to my son Jonathen twenty and Eaight acors of land he now liveath a pon which is the homested I live uppon and fouer acors of medow in long medow which I bout of Captin Chandler: and the Reast of my land shal be Eaqually parted A mongst my 3 sons; and forder my will is that my thre sons Josaph gorg and Jonathen shal keep my wief on cow winter and sommer : and also one hog and a low hir twenty bushel of Endian corn and three bushel of wheat and two of malt one baril of sider and twelve pound of flax tear and six pound of sheeps woll and nien cord of wood all thes a bove sd perticalers aer to be providad yearly during hir wedowhood : also the weast Eand of the hous with the utenses in it: also thes three sons a bove named shal allow thair mother a peec of Eaigh a peec yearly.

      my son daniel hath had his porsion alredy and I doe give to my son benjemien three pound to be payed in corn by my sons Josaph gorg and Jonathen Eaqally a mongst them.

      my daftar Mary Ston hath had seven pound and three shillings wicth is hir porsion.

      and my will is that my dafter Abegal shal have ten pound of that Estat that my wief shal leave behind hir at hir deseas: also my will is that my three sons Josaph goarg and Jonathen doe pay all my honest deats and maintain mee and my wief with meat drink and clothing and wood and tendanc and what wee stand in need of during my natural lief and after my death beury me desantly which charges and disbursments my will is that my three sons Josaph goarg and Jonathen doe bear it eaqually one as much as another.

      it is to be understod that I give to my 3 sons Josaph gorg and Jonathen all the undevidad land not hear named Eaqually amongst them

      also my three sons Joseph goarg and J onathen aer to begin to doe thair shaers in all that is Exprased in this Enstrument att the deat of this Enstrument: I doe desiar that John Pebody and Thomas Redington shall bee my over sears of this my will that it may bee parfermed in all Respact according to what is Exprased in this my last will and testiment

      and in testimoney that this is my las will and testimont I the said Josaph Bixbe sener have seat tow my hand and seall this Elaventh day of november in the year of our Lord one thowsend six hundred nienty and nien

      JOSAPH BIXBEE
      Sener his J mark and seall SARAH BIXBEE hir marck ? 8 widdow to the desesad hath set hir hand hear to in testimony of hir consent to this will of hir leat husband.


      Witneses JOHN PEBODY WILLIAM FOSTER ABRAHAM REDINGTON THOMAS REDINGTON

      Ess.ss. Before ye Honbl John Appleton Esqr Judge of ye probates &c in Ipswch March 6, 1703-4 - William Foster & Abraham Redington of Boxford in ye County of Essex appeard & made Oath yt they were prsent & saw Joseph Bigsbee Senjr of Sd Boxford signe seale & heard him publish & declare ye within written Instrmt to bee his last Will and Testamt & wn he so Did he was of a disposeing mind To ye best of their Discerning and yt They sett to Their hands as Witness in his presence - & at ye same Time They Saw John Pebody & Thomas Redington Sett to Their hand as Wittness In his prsence

      Upon which This Will was proved approved & allowed
      Attest Danl Rogers

      On back of Will :
      Joseph Bixbees Senr
      Will proved approved & allowed Record Examdd 1704 Boxford
      Sargent Bixbes will proved approved & allowd
    Died  19 Apr 1701  Boxford, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    • Sgt. Josaph Bixbee
    Probate  29 Apr 1704 
    • Inventory.
      Aprell 29: 1704 than we whos names are undar writen being desired by Joseph Byxbe to prize the Estat of his father who desased Aprell the 17: 1701* and we have vewed and prized the a bove Sd estat as fouloeth all as mony

      First the land that he gave by his will to his Son Joseph 44 acrs we have prized at thirty too pounds

      and the land he gave to his son gorg by his will we priz: at twanty on pounds

      and the land he gave to his son Jonathan we doe priz at sixty pounds housing and orchard and madoe included

      and his undavided land spoken of in the will we doe priz at twanty five pounds.

      and the hous hould stuf we priz as mony on fethar bad 2 boulstars 3 pelowes 2 shets :
      2 coverlads 3 bad blankts 3-14-0
      3 napkens on tablcloth five pelow bers 0-08-0
      brace*** 2 ketels on mortar and pastel
      worming pane: scelet scemor 01-06-6
      putor 7 platers 2 pots and som ould putor 00-17-0
      five small books 00-04-0
      on chast five smal Boxis 4 ould toubs 00-11-0
      2 iron pots and pothuks spet and sword tramells
      tongs shore and coultar grediron 02-02-0
      1 chain 3 wadgis chafing dish dish ironfoot
      2 Irones 2 axis 4 agars and other ould iron 1-09-0
      3 Chairs and three sheers 00-16-0
      trundel badstord and othar ould things we priz at 00-11-0

      We have prized what is mentioned ase mony as witness our hands Boxford Aprell: 29: 1704.

      JOSEPH PABODY
      JOHN STILLS

      * The date was first written 1700, and later changed to 1701. It must be remembered that at that time the year ended late in March, and the writing of 1700 was a natural lapse.
      44 acres inserted in another hand as also the figures 35 3/4, 32 and 9 L in the following paragraphs.
      ***Brass; just as the following paragraph enumerates the value of the pewter utensil.
    Person ID  I48819  Bryant
    Last Modified  11 Dec 2005 

    Father  George Bixby,   d. Abt 09 Dec 1666, Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Anna Cole,   d. Abt 03 Apr 1627, Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  16 Oct 1617  Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID  F3355  Group Sheet

    Family  Sarah Riddlesdale,   d. Bef 06 Mar 1703/4, Boxford, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Aft 18 Oct 1647  Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Gave a bond of 30 pounds to marry each other and two sons of Sarah to be "well brought up," etc.
    Children 
     1. Joseph Bixby,   b. 1648, Ipswich, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1725, probably, Boxford, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Daniel Bixby,   b. Abt 1651, Ipswich, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 May 1717, Andover, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Benjamin Bixby,   b. Abt 1653, Ipswich, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1727, probably, Topsfield, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Sarah Bixby,   b. Abt 1656, probably, Ipswich, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1657, Ipswich, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Nathaniel Bixby,   b. Abt 1658, probably, Ipswich, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1658, Ipswich, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Mary Bixby,   b. 18 Feb 1659, Ipswich, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. George Bixby,   b. Abt 1660, Rowley, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. EITHER 1729 OR 1739, Boxford, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Jonathan Bixby,   b. 1666/67, Rowley, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 20 May 1717, Boxford, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Abigail Bixby,   b. Abt 1670, Rowley, Essex Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F3353  Group Sheet

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 28 Oct 1621 - Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Aft 18 Oct 1647 - Essex Co, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 11 Nov 1699 - Essex Co, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Apr 1701 - Boxford, Essex Co, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S345] Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Bixby, 1621-1701, Bixby, Willard Goldthwaite, (Author, Brooklyn, NY, 1914).

    2. [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 141:238.

    3. [S345] Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Bixby, 1621-1701, Bixby, Willard Goldthwaite, (Author, Brooklyn, NY, 1914), p. 24.

    4. [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Boxford: 225.

    5. [S13] NEHGR, NEHGR, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), 6:243.


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