PROBATE RECORDS
OF THE
Province of New Hampshire
VOL. 6
1757-1760
State Papers Series
Vol. 36
Edited by
OTIS G. HAMMOND
Director of the
New Hampshire Historical Society
PUBLISHED BY
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
1938
JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to the preservation and publication of portions of the early state and pro-
vincial records and other state papers of New Hampshire.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
That His Excellency the Governor be hereby authorized and empowered, with the
advice and consent of the Council, to employ some suitable person — and fix his
compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated — to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such
portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New
Hampshire as the Governor may deem proper; and that eight hundred copies of each
volume of the same be printed by the state printer, and distributed as follows: namely,
one copy to each city and town in the state, one copy to such of the public libraries in
the state as the Governor may designate, fifty copies to the New Hampshire His-
torical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state librarian, who is
hereby authorized to exchange the same for similar publications by other states.
Approved August 4, 1881.
LIST OF ESTATES
Adams, William, Hollis, 1757
Akerman, Benjamin, Portsmouth, 1757
Allen, Robert, Londonderry, 1757
Ambrose, Jonathan, Nottingham, 1759
Ames, David, Newmarket, 1757 .
Anderson, John, Londonderry, 1757 .
Archdeacon, Peter, Portsmouth, 1758
Ayers, James, Londonderry, 1759
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1760 .
Babb, Joshua, Portsmouth, 1758.
Bagley, Orlando, Amesbury, Mass., 1757
Barnes, Joseph, Portsmouth, 1758
Batchelder, Daniel, Kensington, 1758
Jonathan, Newmarket, 1757.
Joshua, Brentwood, 1757
Josiah, Hampton Falls, 1759
Nathaniel, Kensington, 1757
Page, Chester, 1757
Samuel, Kensington, 1757
Bean, Ruth, Exeter, 1758
Berry, James, Greenland, 1758
Bickford, John, Dover, 1757.
Blair, David, Londonderry, 1759.
Blanchard, Joseph, Nashua, 1758
Boynton, Samuel, Stratham, 1757
Brackett, John, Greenland, 1758 .
Brown, Jeremiah, Hampton Falls, 1758
Pearson, Hampton Falls, 1760
Bruce, William, Durham, 1759 .
Burbank, Jonathan, Hopkinton, 1759
148
208
144
475
29
179
330
397
507
351
60
274
355
67
114
479
131
22
149
356
249
160
372
238
204
226
229
515
368
500
VI
LIST OF ESTATES
Burditt, Daniel, Maiden, Mass., 1760
Burnside, David, Londonderry, 1757
Buss, Lydia, Portsmouth, 1758 .
Butterfield, John, Nashua, 1758 .
Buzzell, Samuel, Kingston, 1757 .
Canney, Thomas, Dover, 1758
Carty, Daniel, Exeter, 1760 .
Gate, Tucker, Greenland, 1757 .
Gaverly, Moses, Harrington, 1758
Ghaddock, William, Somersworth, 1758
Challis, Enoch, South Hampton, 1759
Chase, Nathaniel, Londonderry, 1757
Ruth, Londonderry, 1758
Thomas, Stratham, 1757
Ghilds, Richard, Durham, 1757 .
Ghoate, Benjamin, Kingston, 1758
Jonathan, Kingston, 1757
Glark, Enoch, Greenland, 1759 .
George, Portsmouth, 1759 .
Glement, Daniel, Sandown, 1758.
Glements, James, Somersworth, 1758
John, Salem, 1757 .
Glifford, Samuel, Kensington, 1760
Glough, Ann, Brentwood, 1758 .
Gochran, Joseph, Bedford, 1758 .
Peter, Amherst, 1758
Golby, Nathan, Goncord, 1759 .
Theophilus, Sandown, 1758 .
Gole, Simeon, Durham, 1759
Gonant, Josiah, Hollis, 1757.
Gonnor, Meribah, Kingston, 1757
Gorliss, David, Salem, 1760 .
Gotton, John, Portsmouth, 1759 .
Timothy, Portsmouth, 1759 .
529
162
293
246
130
240
510
83
275
283
369
165
237
30
40
297
38
360
395
261
315
70
516
301
284
323
441
320
490
81
138
537
457
487
LIST OF ESTATES
Vll
Cram, Jonathan, Hampton Falls, 1759
Creighton, Ann, Exeter, 1758
Crockett, Jonathan, Portsmouth, 1758
Crockford, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1757
Cummings, Eleazer, Hudson, 1757
Leonard, Londonderry, 1758
William, Hudson, 1757 .
William, Nashua, 1758 .
Cunningham, John, Londonderry, 1757
Currier, John, Kingston, 1757
John, Plaistow, 1758
Cutt, John, Portsmouth, 1759
Davis, Benjamin, Plaistow, 1758
Daniel, Durham, 1759 .
Joseph, Chester, 1759 .
Timothy, Portsmouth, 1758
Dinsmoor, Asa, Hollis, 1758 .
John, New Ipswich, 1758
Doe, Andrew, Newmarket, 1760
Dole, Parker, Plaistow, 1758
Dow, Daniel, Salem, 1758
Jonathan, Plaistow, 1759
Simon, Hampton, 1757 .
Downs, Gershom, Rochester, 1757
John, Somersworth, 1757
Dresser, Jeremiah, Concord, 1760
Drew, Joseph, Dover, 1757 .
Dudley, Samuel, Exeter, 1758
Dustin, Jonathan, Londonderry, 1757
Dwinell, Amos, Hampton Falls, 1757
Eastman, Thomas, Danville, 1760
Eaton, Jabez, Hampton Falls, 1760
Emmons, Samuel, Kingston, 1757
501
342
352
99
150
333
182
335
48
191
243
483
334
381
477
221
283
282
512
330
220
496
93
51
30
512
78
242
204
no
556
570
49
Vlll
LIST OF ESTATES
Fassett, Peter, Goffstown, 1760 .
Fifield, Joseph, Kingston, 1757 .
Flagg, Eleazer, HoUis, 1757 .
Flanders, Jeremiah, South Hampton, 1757
Phihp, Chester, 1758
Samuel, Brentwood, 1758
Fogg, Daniel, Rye, 1757
Forbush, Benoni, Amherst, 1758 .
Foss, Isaac, Stratham, 1759 .
Foster, Abijah, New Ipswich, 1760
French, James, Salem, 1759 .
James, Salem, 1760
Samuel, Jr., South Hampton, 1757
Gage, William, Methuen, Mass., 1757.
Gale, Jacob, Kingston, 1760.
Garfield, Benjamin, Hinsdale, 1759
Garland, Jonathan, Hampton, 1760 .
Gault, Matthew, Chester, 1759 .
Gilman, Andrew, Brentwood, 1757
Jacob, Kingston, 1757 .
Stephen, Kingston, 1758
Timothy, Newmarket, 1759
Gilmore, James, Windham, 1758
Glines, John, Canterbury, 1757
Godfrey, Simon, North Hampton, 1758
Gooding, James, Newmarket, 1757
Gordon, Thomas, Exeter, 1757 .
Gould, Joseph, South Hampton, 1757
Nehemiah, Mason, 1759
Gove, Enoch, Hampton Falls, 1759 .
John, Hampton Falls, 1759 .
Graham, Arthur, Londonderry, 1759 .
Graves, John, Kensington, 1757 ,
LIST OF ESTATES
IX
Griffin, Isaac, Kingston, 1757
Grow, Ebenezer, Greenland, 1760
Hadley, Joseph, Hampstead, 1758
Samuel, Hampstead, 1759
Haines, Samuel, Greenland, 1760
William, Greenland, 1760
Hale, Thomas, Plaistow, 1757
Hamilton, Samuel, Newmarket, 1758
Hanson, Isaac, Somersworth, 1757
Isaac, Dover, 1758
Joseph, Dover, 1758
Hardy, Dudley, Exeter, 1757
Samuel, Stratham, 1759
Theophilus, Durham, 1757 .
Hazelton, John, Chester, 1758
Heath, Richard, Plaistow, 1757 .
Richard, Plaistow, 1758
Hill, William, Madbury, 1760
Hilliard, Jonathan, Hampton Falls, 1758
Hills, Benjamin, Chester, 1759
Henry, Hudson, 1759
Hinsdale, Ebenezer, Deerfield, Mass., 1760
Hobbs, Benjamin, North Hampton, 1757
Humphrey, Wilton, 1757
John, Hampton, 1760 .
Stephen, Kensington, 1757
Holland, John, Jr., Exeter, 1758
Holmes, John, Portsmouth, 1760
Honey, Gideon, Nashua, 1757
Hopkins, William, Portsmouth, 1760
Homey, David, Portsmouth, 1757
Houston, John, Nashua, 1759
Hoyt, Daniel, Epping, 1757 .
Hubbard, Jonathan, Charlestown, 1760
147
568
327
411
534
538
8
357
91
304
315
130
381
184
324
174
277
590
301
413
150
521
44
57
580
87
282
518
91
535
85
389
189
551
LIST OF ESTATES
Hunt, Nathan, Sandown, 1759 .
Huntoon, Josiah, Newmarket, 1758
Huntress, Samuel, Newington, 1758
Jackson, Dorothy, Portsmouth, 1758
Elisha, Portsmouth, 1760
Joshua, Portsmouth, 1758
Samuel, Portsmouth, 1758 .
William, Durham, 1757.
Jenkins, William, Greenland, 1757
Johnson, James, Charlestown, 1760
Jones, John, Durham, 1759 .
Jonathan, Amesbury, Mass., 1759
Jonathan, South Hampton, 1759
Jose, Ebenezer, Portsmouth, 1760
Judkins, Joel, Brentwood, 1758
Kelly, Richard, Salem, 1757.
Kidder, Benjamin, Bedford, 1757
Benjamin, Bedford, 1759
Kimball, Aaron, Hopkinton, 1760
Joseph, Hampstead, 1758
Richard, Salem, 1757
Thomas, Jr., Exeter, 1757
Ladd, Daniel, Epping, 1758 .
Lancey, William, Nashua, 1757
Lang, Daniel, Portsmouth, 1757
Robert, Portsmouth, 1757
Ruth, Greenland, 1759 .
William, Portsmouth, 1759
Leavitt, Daniel, Exeter, 1760
Elisha, Stratham, 1758 .
Ephraim, Stratham, 1757
Jeremiah, Exeter, 1758 .
436
323
232
331
526
211
253
27
76
510
430
401
406
518
222
178
38
368
546
234
163
37
334
137
lOI
105
392
395
511
356
106
279
LIST OF ESTATES
XI
Leavitt, Moses, Hampton, 1758 .
Leslie, Daniel, Londonderry, 1759
Libby, Jeremiah, Portsmouth, 1757
Liggett, James, Londonderry, 1759
Light, John, Exeter, 1757
Little, George, Plaistow, 1758
Littlehale, Isaac, Pelham, 1757 .
Locke, Ward, Kensington, 1758 .
Lord, Jonathan, Ipswich, Mass., 1757
Love, John, Londonderry, 1757 .
Lovering, Samuel, Kingston, 1760.
Lunt, Daniel, Greenland, 1757
McCargin, Philip, Hampstead, 1760
McConechey, John, Bedford, 1757
Mace, Betty, Dover, 1758 .
Mack, William, Londonderry, 1760
McMurphy, John, Londonderry, 1757
McNeil, Abraham, Manchester, 1757
John, Londonderry, 1759
Main, Amos, Rochester, 1760
Mann, Nathan, Windham, 1758 .
Mannering, John, Portsmouth, 1757
Marsh, Ephraim, Londonderry, 1760
Marston, Daniel, North Hampton, 1757
Martin, Nolar, Portsmouth, 1758
Mason, Robert, Durham, 1760 .
Mattoon, John, Newmarket, 1760
Mead, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1759
Meader, Nicholas, Durham, 1759
Melvin, Patrick, Chester, 1758 .
Merrill, John, Jr., Bow, 1758
Joseph, Stratham, 1760
Samuel, Jr., Hudson, 1758 .
Meserve, Hanson, Portsmouth, 1759
264
501
70
394
86
247
167
281
51
95
518
54
527
26
291
589
29
121
418
529
341
5
591
176
211
560
543
428
424
262
236
547
346
483
Xll
LIST OF ESTATES
Meserve, John, Portsmouth, 1760
Mary, Portsmouth, 1759
Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1758
Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1759
Mills, WilHam, Chester, 1758
Mitchell, George, Londonderry, 1759
Morgan, Timothy, Epping, 1757 .
Morrison, David, Nottingham, 1757
David, Londonderry, 1760 .
James, Londonderry, 1757 .
John, Epping, 1758
William, Nottingham, 1758 .
Morse, Jacob, Kingston, 1758
Moulton, Abraham, Kensington, 1757
Neal, Joshua, Stratham, 1760
Samuel, Newmarket, 1760 .
Nealey, Matthew, Nottingham, 1757
Nelson, James, Portsmouth, 1759
Matthew, Portsmouth, 1757.
Nesmith, Arthur, Londonderry, 1758 .
Newmarch, Thomas, Portsmouth, 1757
Newton, John, Kingston, 1757
Nutt, John, Chester, 1757 .
Ober, John, Jr., Salem, 1758
Osgood, James, Concord, 1757
Otis, Stephen, Madbury, 1759
Packer, Ann, Portsmouth, 1759
Page, David, Epping, 1757 .
Joseph, Plaistow, 1757 .
Onesiphorous, Kingston, 1758
William, Brentwood, 1757
Paine, John, Portsmouth, 1758
LIST OF ESTATES
Xlll
Palmer, Joseph, Pembroke, 1759
Samuel, Jr., Hampton, 1759
Park, Alexander, Windham, 1760
Parker, WilHam, Litchfield, 1760.
Pattinson, Mary, Portsmouth, 1757
Pease, Zebulon, Hollis, 1759.
Peavey, William, Portsmouth, 1759
Pecker, John, Haverhill, Mass., 1757
Perham, Samuel, New Ipswich, 1760
Perkins, Joseph, Durham, 1759 .
Joseph, Hampton Falls, 1760
Perryman, Nicholas, Exeter, 1757
Philbrick, Caleb, Epping, 1759
Joses, Rye, 1757 •
Pierce, Ebenezer, Hollis, 1759
Pomeroy, , GofTstown, 1759
Powers, Peter, Hollis, 1757 .
Prescott, Jonathan, Hampton Falls, 1759
Samuel, Hampton Falls, 1758
Pritchard, Christopher, Newcastle, 1758
Purmort, John, Exeter, 1758
Putney, Henry, New Ipswich, 1757
Quinby, Daniel, Brentwood, 1759
Redman, John, Nottingham, 1758
Joseph, Hampton, 1758.
Reed, Philip, Portsmouth, 1759
Richardson, Seth, Wilton, 1757
Timothy, Hollis, 1757 .
Roberts, David, Plaistow, 1758
Francis, Somersworth, 1758
Stephen, Dover, 1758
Robinson, John, Merrimack, 1757
Jonathan, Brentwood, 1757 .
390
442
525
508
47
415
442
25
543
359
561
120
416
45
490
388
143
367
270
348
335
173
421
349
260
444
183
81
264
307
286
165
97
XIV
LIST OF ESTATES
Rowe, Benjamin, Newington, 1758
Charles, Hampton Falls, 1758
Robert, Hampton Falls, 1757
Robert, Kensington, 1757
Rowell, Job, Salisbury, Mass., 1758
John, Epping, 1757.
Russell, Pelatiah, Litchfield, 1758
Peter, Litchfield, 1759 .
Sanborn, Abraham, Kensington, 1757
Ezekiel, Newmarket, 1757
Israel, Newmarket, 1758
Jonathan, Kingston, 1760
Sanders, Avery, Haverhill, Mass., 1759
Sargent, Zebediah, Haverhill, Mass., 1757
Saylor, John, Nashua, 1760 .
Scribner, Joseph, Exeter, 1757
Searles, Samuel, Nashua, 1758
Seavey, Samuel, Rye, 1760 .
Severance, Ephraim, Jr., Kingston, 1757
Seward, George, Portsmouth, 1759
Seymour, Henry, Portsmouth, 1757 .
Shaw, Benjamin, Nottingham, 1757 .
Shedd, John, Nashua, 1757 .
Sherburne, Hannah, Newcastle, 1759.
Henry, Portsmouth, 1757
Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1757
Smith, Andrew, Londonderry, 1757 .
Benjamin, Haverhill, Mass., 1758
Elizabeth, Kingston, 1757
Oliver, Brentwood, 1757
Oliver, Exeter, 1759
Priscilla, Portsmouth, 1759
Samuel, Exeter, 1760
Stackpole, Samuel, Somersworth, 1758
LIST OF ESTATES
XV
Stark, Archibald, Manchester, 1758
Stevens, , 1758
David, Hampstead, 1757
James, Portsmouth, 1759
John, Chester, 1757
Nehemiah, Hampstead, 1757
Peter, Plaistow, 1759
Phineas, Charlestown, 1760 .
Stickney, Moses, Hampton Falls, 1758
Stinson, Samuel, Dunbarton, 1759
Stoneman, Charles, Portsmouth, 1760
Stoodley, Jonathan, Portsmouth, 1759
Swain, John, Hampton Falls, 1757
Swett, Benjamin, Hampton Falls, 1757
276
281
122
484
153
152
428
550
353
414
515
375
118
173
Taylor, Joseph, Exeter, 1757
Willoughby, Exeter, 1758
Thing, Jonathan, Brentwood, 1760
Thomas, Benjamin, North Hampton, 1758
Thompson, Benjamin, Londonderry, 1759
William, Windham, 1757
Tibbetts, Ephraim, Dover, 1760 .
Tidd, Joseph, Hollis, 1759
Titcomb, Daniel, Dover, 1758
Towle, Benjamin, Hampton, 1758
Ebenezer, Brentwood, 1757 .
Trussell, Moses, Plaistow, 1759 .
Tuckerman, Nathaniel, Portsmouth, 1758
175
268
535
312
374
75
593
415
339
212
204
492
311
Underwood, Phineas, Merrimack, 1757 . . . . 151
Urin, Peter, Salem, 1760 534
Varney, Moses, Dover, 1759 403
Samuel, Dover, 1759 439
XVI
LIST OF ESTATES
Vaughan, Elliot, Portsmouth, 1758
Vennard, John, Newcastle, 1759 .
329
460
-, Concord, 1757
Walker, -
Alexander, Jr., Londonderry, 1759
Walton, Benjamin, Amherst, 1760
Ward, Dorcas, Portsmouth, 1760
Warren, George, Portsmouth, 1760
Watkins, Andrew, Newcastle, 1759
Watson, Isaac, Dover, 1757 .
Samuel, Dover, 1757
Watts, John, Plaistow, 1759.
John, Salem, 1759 ....
Weare, Mary, Kensington, 1757 .
Nathaniel, Hampton Falls, 1758 .
Weeks, Joshua, Greenland, 1757 .
Walter, Jr., Greenland, 1758
Welch, David, Kingston, 1757
Wentworth, Ebenezer, Portsmouth, 1757
Ezekiel, Dover, 1757
Gershom, Somersworth, 1758
Mark, Somersworth, 1757
Samuel, Somersworth, 1758 .
Thomas, Somersworth, 1758.
West, William, Portsmouth, 1757
Weston, Ebenezer, Amherst, 1759
Weymouth, Samuel, Somersworth, 1759
Wheeler, Abner, Salem, 1758
Whidden, John, Greenland, 1757.
Whiting, James, Hollis, 1760
Whittier, Abner, Amesbury, Mass., 1757
Wiggin, Bradstreet, Stratham, 1757 .
Simon, Stratham, 1757 .
Williams, Benjamin, Danville, 1759 .
76
429
566
553
528
380
64
34
422
419
160
357
I
245
96
21
95
286
69
280
349
41
398
373
267
35
560
53
157
107
493
LIST OF ESTATES
XVll
Wilson, , Londonderry, 1759
John, Plaistow, 1757
Winchester, Ebenezer, Portsmouth, 1757
Winslow, Elisha, Kingston, 1760
Wood, Joseph, Charlestown, 1760
Worcester, Jesse, Newbury, Mass., 1758
Worthen, Samuel, Plaistow, 1757
Wyman, Thomas, Pelham, 1760 .
360
168
6
569
552
289
19
508
York, Benjamin, Durham, 1760
Young, John, Kingston, 1758
Jonathan, Rochester, 1759
512
318
419
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
JOSHUA WEEKS 1757 GREENLAND
The Last will and Testement of Joshua weeks of Greenland in
the province of Newhampshire Gentlman Being of Sound Mind
and Memory but Calling to mind the mortality of my Body Do
Therefore this Second Day of November anno: Domini one
thousand Seven hundred and fifty Two make and ordain this
my Last will and Testement * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my beloved wife Comfort
weeks the use & Improvement of one Third part of all my Real
Estate also that half part of my Dweling house which Shee
Shall Chuse and also all my household Stuff Dureing her Nat-
ueral Life as also the use of my negro woman Named Hannah
and the Improvement of Two Cows Six Sheep one horse my
RIdeing Chair and pew in the meetinghouse in Greenland afore
Said So Long as Shee Remains my widow (Exepting one bed
that my Son william weeks now has in his possesion and my
will is that my Son william weeks Shall maintain the Said Two
Cows Six sheep and horse winter and Summer Dureing my Said
wives wddowhood — ■
Item I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my Son John weeks
and to his heirs and assigns for Ever one half of my Lower flats
Bounding against my marsh Commonly Called and Known by
the name of furbors and Shackfords Marsh in Greenland afore
Said I also Give Demise and Bequeath unto my Said John weeks
his heirs and assigns for Ever Ten acres of Land Laying in
Greenland afore Said be it more or Less adjoyning the Land he
now has in his possesion Runing northwardly upon the Road
that Leads from my Said Son John^ house to my own untill it
Coms to a Brook and from Said Brook to Run South Till it
2 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Corns to James Cats Land and So Bounding on Said Cats Land
and Land Belonging to John watson Till it Corns to my Said Son
John weekes« Land that he alrady has also I give and Bequeath
unto my Said Son John weeks his heirs and assigns my Negro
whose Name is Neptune
Item I Give and Bequeth unto my Granson Joshua weeks the
Son of my Son Joshua weeks Deceased Twenty Shillings Lawful!
money in full of his portion in my Estate to be paid by my Son
william weeks within Two years next after my Decease —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter mary the wife
of Jonathan Chasley one hundred and ten pounds old tenor:
Thirty pounds thereof to be paid by my Son william weeks
Emeadatly after my Decease the other Eighty pounds thereof to
be paid by my Said Son william weeks within two years next
after my Decease —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Martha Hilton
the wife of wintroup Hilton one hundred and ten pounds old
tenor Thirty pounds thereof to be paid by my Son william weeks
Emeadatly after my Decease the other Eighty pounds to be
paid by my Said Son william Two years next after my De-
cease —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto My Granson Joshua Wiggin
Son of my Said Daughter Martha Hilton one Three year old
haffer to be Delivered him Emeadatly after my Decease by my
Son william weeks —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Comfort the
wife of waiter weeks one hundred and Ten pounds old tenor
Thirty pounds thereof to be paid by My Son william weeks
Emeadatly after My Decease the other Eighty pounds thereof
to be paid by Said Son william weeks within Two years next
after my Decease —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Two Gransons (viz)
George Marshal and John Marshal Sons of my Daughter Thank-
full the wife of George Marshall (who is Lately Deceased)
Eighty pounds old tenor Equally to be Devided between them
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 3
Said George Marshal and John Marshal when they arive to the
age of Twenty one years to be put to Intrust by my Said Son
william weeks within two years Next after my Decease and by
him be paid to them Said George marshal and John marshall
with the Intrust thereof when they arive to the age of Twenty
one years
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Two Grandaughters
Margret Marshal and Comfort marshal the Daughters of my
Daughter Thankfull Marshall Deceased who was the wife of
George marshall the fifth part of my household goods to be
Taken Care of by my Executors at my own and my wives De-
cease and by them be put to Intrust untill the Said Margret and
Comfort arives to the age of Eighteen years and then be Equally
with the Intrust thereof Delivered unto them by my Execu-
tors —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Margret Smith
the wife of Ebenezer Smith one hundred and ten pounds old
tenor Thirty pounds thereof to be paid Emeadatly after my De-
cease by my Son John weeks and the other Eighty pounds
thereof to be paid by my Said Son John weeks within Two years
next after my Decease I also Give and Bequeath unto my Said
Daughter Margret Smith her heirs and assigns my Negro
woman Named hannah Emeadatly to Recive her at my own and
my wives Decease I also Give my Said Daughter Margret my
lorne Jack
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my fouer Daughters (viz)
Mary Chasley Martha Hilton Comfort weeks and Margret
Smith all my house hold Stuff that is not alrady or hereafter
Desposed of Equally to be devided between them Emeadatly
after my own and my wives Decease —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son william weeks his
heirs and assigns for Ever all my Dweling house Barns and out
houses to Emeadatly possesed of at my own and my wives De-
cease Togather with all my Lands Madows pasturs thatch
Ground and Salt Marsh Laying in Greenland afore Said or alee
4 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
whare Exepting what I have alrady herein and Before Desposed
of I also Give and Bequeath unto my Said Son william weeks all
my horses Sheep Swine Stock of Catle of Every Sort and Kind
Exepting what is and Shall be other waies Desposed of and one
Bad that he have alrady Received and all my Emplements of
husbandtarry all So my Guns Sword Case and the works of
M'' Manton and D'' Mathers Church histrey and al my Right
in a negro man Named Seizer that is not al Rady Desposed of
togather with all my Real and personal Estate Not Desposed of
the Batter to Inable him to pay my Debts and my own and my
wives funeral Charges —
Item I Give unto my Son John weeks and my Son william
weeks all my money Bills Bonds and Notes for payment of
money Equeley to be Devided Between them —
Aand I Do hereby Constitute and ordain and apoint My Said
Sons John weeks and william weeks Executors * * *
Joshua Weeks
[Witnesses] James Brackett, Marthy Brackett, Rich^ Young.
Beit Known unto all men by These presents That whereas I
Joshua weeks of Greenland in the province of Newhampshire
Gentlman have made and Declared my Last will and Testement
in writing Bareing Date the Second Day of November anno:
Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty Two I the Said
Joshua weeks: by This present Codicil Do Ratifie and Confirm
my Said Last will and Testement only by This Codicil Do Ex-
plain my True Intent and meaning how and in what manner my
household Stuff Shall be Devided that is Given to my four
Daughters: (viz) Mary Chasley martha Hilton Comfort weeks
and Margret Smith after the fifth part thereof be Tacken Care of
by my Executors as mentioned in my Said Last will and Teste-
ment for my Two Grand Daughters (viz) margret marshal and
Comfort marshall and That is to Say my Two Executors that I
have apointed in my Said Last will and Testement Shall and are
hereby ordred to Devide my Said household Stuff that Remains
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into four Equal parts for quantity and quality and and my Said
four Daughters To Draw Lots for them —
I Give and Bequeath unto Joshua weeks my Granson The
Sun of my Son william weeks My upper Case and Bottles Lock
and Kee Belonging there unto and to my household Stuff Be-
longs the Suttle in the Corn Barn and what therein is : the Cask in
my Sellers are not ment household Stuff : Nor any thing that in
them is —
further I Give unto my Granson Said Joshua weeks Son of my
s<^ Son william weeks my Truny that I usely puts my Close In
Confirmation whereof I Do here unto Set my hand and Seal the
Elaventh Day of January in the Thirtyeth year of his majestys
Reign Anno: Domini 1757 —
Joshua Weeks
[Witnesses] Nathanel goss, Rich^ Young, Rich^ X Goss.
his mark
[Proved June 28, 1758.]
JOHN MANNERING 1757 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Mannering of Ports-
mouth, mariner, granted to his widow, Sarah Mannering, Jan.
12, I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 83.]
[Bond of Sarah Mannering, widows with Stephen March,
blacksmith, and John Cutt, cooper, as sureties, all of Ports-
mouth, in the sum of £500, Jan. 12, 1757, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, Abraham Trefethen, Joseph Alcock.]
[Inventory, Jan. 13, 1757; amount, £397. 9. o; signed by Jo-
seph Alcock and John Cutt.]
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EBENEZER WINCHESTER 1757 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Ebenezer Winchester of
Portsmouth, physician, granted to Jonathan Gibbs of Framing-
ham, Mass., gentleman, Jan. 15, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 85.]
[Bond of Jonathan Gibbs, with Samuel Hale and Seth Ring,
yeoman, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of £500,
Jan. 15, 1757, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, Samuel Haven.]
[Inventory, Jan. 19, 1757; amount, £501. 14. o; signed by
Samuel Hale and Daniel Rogers.]
BENJAMIN SHAW 1757 NOTTINGHAM
In The Name of God Amen the sixteenth Day of January 1757
I Benjamin Shaw of nottingham In y" prowence of new Hamp-
shire In new England yeoman being weak in Body * * *
Item I Give & bequeath to my well beloved wife Ester Shaw
the use & Improvement of all my Real Estate untill my Son
Benjamin shall arive to y" age of Twenty one years with my
stock & buldings and after that my s"^ wife to have & pecably to
Injoy the one third part of my land with the fore Room In the
easterly end of my Dewelling house & one half of my Celler with
a priviledge In my barn she to have Tow Cows Three sheep and
a Riding hors she to have all my Debts by bills or nots my wife
to have & to hold the above mentioned premisses During her
Widow hood — further more my will is that my wife shall make
sale of all my lands & marsh In the To won Ship of hampton the
first oppertunity after my Decease and If In Case she shall
stand In need of Expending that money for the support of her &
my three Children In their minority she shall Expend it other
wise my will Is that my wife shall pay to my son Benjamin one
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forth part of the Remainder of It & the Rest to be at my
wifes Disposing
Itm I Give & bequeath to my son Benjamin Shaw when he
shall arive at the age of twenty one years Two thirds of all my
Lands in nottingham To Gather with all my Buildings & stock
which I have not all Ready Disposed of in y° with in will with
the whole of all my out Lands & If in Case my wife shall marry
again Then my son Benj"" to Com Into possession of the whole
of my Estate to him & to his heirs for Eveir In Case he shall pay
those Lagesies I shall here after specifie — •
It™ I Give & bequeath to my Daughter sarah shaw one hun-
dred pounds old Tenor — • one Cow & Two sheep to be paid by
my son Benjamin when he shall arive at y" age of Twenty one
yrs
If" I Give & bequeath to my Daughter Ester shaw one hun-
dred pounds old Tenor one Cow & Two sheep to be paid by my
son Benjm" when he shall arive at full age —
Lastly I Do Constutetute & appoint my wife Ester Shaw to be
sole Executrix * * *
his
Benjamin X Shaw
mark
his her
[Witnesses] John X Shaw, Susanna X Shaw, Joseph Draper.
mark mark
[Proved June 27, 1757.]
[Warrant, June 29, 1757, authorizing Thomas Simpson and
John Mason, both of Nottingham, yeomen, to appraise the es-
tate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 25, 1757; amount, £3165. i. o;
signed by John Mason and Thomas Simpson.]
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WILLIAM GAGE 1757 METHUEN, MASS.
[Deborah Gage renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, William Gage, Jan. 19, 1757; witnesses, Daniel
Jaques, Samuel Cole.]
[Warrant from Daniel Peaslee, Justice of the Peace, Jan. 19,
1757, authorizing John Sargent, Samuel Cole, and Daniel
Jaques to appraise the estate in New Salem of William Gage of
Methuen, Mass.]
[Inventory, Jan. 19, 1757; amount, £267. 10. o; signed by
John Sargent, Daniel Jaques, and Samuel Cole; land in Salem.]
[Administration on the estate of William Gage of Methuen,
Mass., granted to his brother, Benjamin Gage of Bradford,
Mass., cordwainer, July 27, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 237.]
[Bond of Benjamin Gage, with Jacob Treadwell and George
Moses, both of Portsmouth, tanners, as sureties, in the sum
of £500, July 27, 1757, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £70. 10. o;
expenditures the same; allowed Aug. 30, 1758.]
THOMAS HALE 1757 PLAISTOW
In the Name of God amen This nineteenth Day of January In
the year of our Lord one Thousend seven Hundred and fifty
Seven I Thomas Hale of Plastow in the Province of New Ham-
shire in New England Husbandman * * *
Imprimis I Give unto my Dearly Beloved Wife Mary the use
and Improvement of one half of my Dwelling House and one
Third part of all my Real Estate all Dureing the Time that she
shall Remain my widow
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Item I Give unto my said Wife all my Household goods and
my Books and one Third part of my stock of Creatures and Two
Hundred Pounds in Bills of Credit of the old Tenor to be paid by
my Executors
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughtor mary noyes or
her Heirs whatsoever she hath allready Received of me and I
Give unto her my said Daughter mary or her heirs the sum of
four Hundred Pounds in Bills of Creadit of the old Tenor more
or other Bills or money Equivelent to be paid by my Executors
within one year aftor my Decease
Item I Give unto my Grand Son Thomas Hale Son to my Son
Thomas Disceased my House and Barn and all my Lands in
Hampstead which I Bought of M"" William Eastman his heirs
and Assigns if he arive to the age of Twenty one
Item I Give unto my Two Sons Benjamin Hale and Ebenezer
Hale their heirs and assigns to be Equelly Divided Between
them all my Housing Lands and meadows in Plastow aforesaid
which I Have not otherwayes Disposed of in and by this my will
and all my Lands in the Township of Chester in the Province
Aforesaid
I Give unto my Daughter Hannah Hale Eight Hundred
Pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Exetors within one year after
my Decease
I Give unto my Daughter Sarah Hale Eight Hundred pounds
old Tenor to be paid by my Executors within one year after my
Decease
furthermore I Give unto my Two sons Benjamin Hale and
Ebenezer whome I Constitute and apoint to be my Executors
Two thirds of my Stock of Creatures and utencels for Husbendry
and my Gun and my Tooles for Cooper and weaver Trades and
my furniture for Horss Excep so much as their mother Shall have
ocatlon to use Dureing Her Widohood and all my wareing ap-
parill and my will Is that my Executors Equally Receive all my
money and my Debts that are Due to me and shall Equally Dis-
charge all my Just Debts Legacies and Funeral Expences and
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my will is if after my Debts Legacies and funeral Expence and
Cost of settling my Estate at the Court of Probate are fully Dis-
charged there should be any of my Estate left not Disposed in
this my will it Shall be Disposed of Equally Among my Children
and those that Shall Legally Represent them and this is my Last
will and Testament Having my present memory and under-
standing as witness my hand and seal this nineteenth day of
January Anno Domina seveteen Hundred and fifty seven
Thomas Hale
[Witnesses] Abel Merril, John Knight, Joshua Merrill.
[Proved Sept. 26, 1759.]
[Mary Hale of Plaistow, widow, accepts the terms of the will
Sept. 24, 1759.]
[Warrant, Sept. 26, 1759, authorizing Nathaniel Knight and
John Knight, both of Plaistow, housewrights, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 19, 1759; amount, £27391. 10. o; signed by
John Knight and Nathaniel Knight.]
[Mary Hale of Plaistow makes choice of Capt. Jonathan
Carleton of Plaistow as guardian of her youngest daughter,
Sarah Hale, March 3, 1761.]
[Hannah Hale of Plaistow makes choice of Benjamin Hale of
Plaistow as her guardian March 3, 1761.]
[Guardianship of Hannah Hale, minor, aged more than 14
years, daughter of Thomas Hale, granted to Benjamin Hale of
Plaistow March 6, 1761.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 42.]
[Bond of Benjamin Hale, yeoman, with Jonathan Carleton of
Plaistow, gentleman, and Benjamin Baker of Chester, cooper, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, March 6, 1761, for the guardianship
of Hannah Hale; witnesses, William Parker, Lydia Parker.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS II
[Guardianship of Sarah Hale, aged less than 14 years, daughter
of Thomas Hale, granted to Jonathan Carle ton of Plaistow
March 6, 1761.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 42.]
[Bond of Jonathan Carleton, gentleman, with Benjamin Hale
of Plaistow, yeoman, and Benjamin Baker of Chester, cooper, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, March 6, 1761, for the guardianship
of Sarah Hale ; witnesses, William Parker, Lydia Parker.]
[Warrant, Sept. 8, 1768, authorizing Jonathan Carleton of
Plaistow, gentleman, Joshua Sawyer of Hampstead, yeoman,
Samuel Little, gentleman, Humphrey Noyes, yeoman, and John
Knight, housewright, all of Atkinson, to set off the widow's
dower.]
Province of \ We the Subscribers (Persuant to a warrant
New Hampshire / to us Directed) have Set off to mary Hale of
Atkinson widow & Relict of Thomas Hale Late of Plaistow in
said Province Gent Deceased her Right of Dower in the Real
Estate of the s<^ Deceased (viz) of the Buildings & Land in s'^
Atkinson the west end of the Dwell House the upright Part so
far as the entry way & the Back room below adjoyning with the
cellar under s'^ part of the House with free Liberty of Passing
through s*^ entry to all her Parts of the House & cellar when oc-
casion shall Require & to pass at the fore Door with the privi-
ledge of the well by s*^ House & to pass to it the best way & of
watering cattle at the usual Place below the orchard & the use of
the Spring of water near the Tann House, also Eighteen feet of
the N° East end of the Barn with one Rod of Land adjoyning her
part of S'^ Barn on the Back side & one Rod & one half at the end
with the priviledge of the Barn yard with those that Shall use
the other Part of the Barn also one third of the garden before the
Barn the s° East side the same wedth up to the way that go into
the Barn yard & the Land adjoyning the west end of the House
to the way that go into s^ yard two Rods by s*^ way also the N°
west Part of the orchard Bounded at the s° east corner of s**
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House & Runing s° easterly half one Rod to the s° west of the
southermost apple tree in the tenth Row from the upper end to
a stake & stones midway between the s'^ tenth & Eleventh Rows
then N° Easterly between s^ Rows Down to the edge of a meadow
then N° westerly by s^ meadow Leaving out two small apple
trees to a fence that Part enclose s'^ orchard then by s"^ fence as
it now stands to the N° East corner of s"* House giving Liberty
for those that Shall live in the East Part of s'^ House to Pass
Round this part & with a team when occasion shall Require also
about ten Acres of field & mowing Land out of the Great field
Bounded at a stake & stones the N° west side of the Barn or
way that go into s'^ field a litle below the way up to s^ House
thence Runing S° Easterly by a Road Leading from Hampstead
by s*^ House to Haverhill about forty five Rods then s° westerly
by Land of Nath. Knight about forty five Rods then N° westerly
about thirty five Rods to a Stake & Stones all by a stone wall
fence then about forty Rods to the Bound by s'^ Barn also Pas-
ture & wood Land about Sixty Acres Bounded at a Large white
oak tree Standing in s^ Road about twenty Rods above s'^ Barn
thence Easterly in the Dividing line between the two Sons of
the s'^ Deceased as they first Divided about one Hundred &
three Rods to a stake & stones then Northerly by Lands of
Benj. Pettingall s^ Knight & Stephen Noyes about seventy Rods
to a stake & stones then westerly by Land of Asa Page about
Eighty four Rods to a stake & stones by s'^ Road then Southerly
about thirty Rods Down s'^ Road to a stake & stones on the west
side near opposite to a Rocky ledge then west to a meadow fence
then s° westerly by s*^ meadow fence to Land of Jon. Page then
southerly by Land of s'^ Jon. about thirty five Rods to a stake &
stones then N° Easterly to a stake & stones by a stone wall the
s^ field fence then Northerly about fifteen Rods then N° Easterly
Still by s^ wall to a stake & stones by s'' Road then Northerly
about Eight Rods to s^ white oak tree
we Likewise have Set off to s'^ widow of the Buildings & Land
in Hampstead in s^ Province the N° east end of the Dwelling
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House to the Parting about twelve feet also one third of the
wedth of the Barn on the southerly side with free Liberty &
convenient Room Round the Same to use them also about
Eighteen Acres of Land one third in Quantity of the Premises
on which the Last s'^ Buildings Stand the N° westerly side ad-
joyning on land lately John Chase's about two Hundred Rods so
Runing S° East from s*^ Chases Land about fourteen Rods on
Each end of s*^ Land to stakes & stones
Atkinson March 28**^ 1769 Jonathan Carleton
Samuel Little
John Knight
JAMES OSGOOD 1757 CONCORD
In y^ Name of God Amen I James Osgood of y Plantation
called Rumford in the Province of New Hampshire in New Eng-
land being now in the full exercise & enjoyment of my Rational
Powers tho under great bodily weekness * * *
I give to my well beloved wife Hannah the Improvement of
my Homestead with y^ buildings thereon standing & also of the
Pasture contigious thereto on y^ westerly side of y" High way by
my dwelling House so long as she shall remain my widow & if she
should at any Time marry again then that she continue entitled
to the one Half of y^ s*^ Improvement during her natural Life &
ye other Half of sd Improvements to goe to these my sons to
whom y'' Reversion of those Lands is ordered also liberty to cut
her fire wood off my Land lying on y southerly side of y^ mill
Road adjoyning to Jacob Hoyts Land during her Natural Life
& the following articles I give her in Fee viz my Indian man
Servant named George also my Negro woman Servant named
Lucy also ye two youngest children she now has — also y^ whole
of my Houshold Goods of all sorts also my mare & one of my
cows at her choice also the one Half of my Flax swine Grain &
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Provisions y* shall be in y House at my decease also sixty
Gallons of Rhum & one Hundred weight of sugar also the Piece
of all wool cloth which is now at mr Robert Calfs to be dressed
& y* in consideration of ye above articles my s*^ wife shall bring
up my youngest son Hazzen without any charge to my estate
untill he shall arrive at y^ Age Ten years —
Item I give to my son samuel my Negro Girl named Phillis
which together with y« Land I have given him by Deed of gift at
a place called suncook I proprose as y*' whol of his Portion
Item I give to Daughter Anna Stickny five shillings which
together with y^ Household goods I have already given her is to
be the whole of her Portion
Item to my Daughter Elisabeth webster I give y sum of five
shillings which together with y" Household stuff she has already
received is to be y whole of her Portion —
Item I give to my Daughter Hannah y* sum of Eighteen
pounds sterling money of great Britain to be paid her when she
shall arrive at y'' Age of Eighteen years or upon marriage Day
if She should be married before that Age the s'^ Legacy to raised
out of my personal Estate at y" descretion of my Executrix if
that shall suffice after my Just Debts & Funeral charges are
discharged & if that shall fall short then such deficiency to be
made up out of y" Lands I have given to my four youngest sons
and if my s*^ Daughter Hannah should die before she is Eighteen
years old & leave no lawful Issue then it is my will that y** s'^
Legacy should be divided between my four youngest sons in such
Proportion as is hereafter provided y* the Residue of my Estate
should be divided
Item I give to my sons James, Benjamin, John & Hazzen y^
whole of my estate both Real & Personal not already disposed
of to be Equaly divided amongst them save that in regard my
son James has an Expensive Trade he should have but Half so
much as one of his three Brethren and it is my will that if either
of my Four last mentioned sons should die before he shall arrive
at y^ Age of twenty one years & leave no Lawful Issue then his
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share shall be divided in the proportion last mentioned among
his surviving Brethren exclusive of their oldest Brother samuel
but if y^ deceased son shall leave any lawful Issue then such off-
spring to be equaly entitled as if their Parent was living —
and I constitute & appoint my s^ wife Hannah to be the sole
Executrix of this my last will & Testament In witness where of
I have set my Hand & seal hereto this twenty fourth Day of
January Anno Domini 1757 and in the Thirtieth year of his
majesties Reign
James Osgood
[Witnesses] Benj* Rolfe, Ezra Carter, Timothy walker Juner,
[Proved May 25, 1757.]
[Warrant, May 25, 1757, authorizing Ezra Carter and Tim-
othy Walker, Jr., both of Rumford, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, filed Aug., 1757; amount, £7179. 3. o; signed by
Ezra Carter and Timothy Walker, Jr.]
Know all Men by these Presents That James Osgood our
Honoured Father late of Rumford in the Province of New-
hampshire deceased did by his last Will and Testament give sun-
dry Tracts of Land in Rumford aforesaid unto his sons James
Osgood, Benjamin Osgood, John Osgood, and Richard Hazzen
Osgood to be divided betwixt them in the Proportion following
(viz*) one seventh part thereof to his son James Osgood and two
seventh parts thereof to each of his other said sons Benjamin,
John, and Richard Hazzen Osgood Furthermore Know y^ that
we the said James & Benjamin being of full age in Behalf of our-
selves and Hannah Osgood relict widow of the said James Osgood
deceased in Behalf of the other two sons John and Richard
Hazzen Osgood both minors have agreed upon the Division of
the said Tracts of Land as follows (viz*) That the said James
Osgood shall have one of said Tracts of Land that contains
ninety five Acres be the same more or less being the forty first
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Lott in the Eighty Acre Division that was laid out to the Right
of John Pecker which Land together with the sum of Thirty
three pounds six shilHngs and Eight Pence old Tenor paid to him
by his Brother the said Benjamin Osgood and sixty six pounds
thirteen shillings & four pence paid to him by the said Hannah
Osgood for & in behalf of the two said minors making in the
whole the sum of one hundred pounds old Tenor the said James
Osgood accepts of as his full share in this present Division That
Benjamin Osgood shall have another of said Tracts of Land con-
taining Ninety five acres be the same more or less being the forty
fifth Lott in the said Eighty Acre Division that was laid out to
the Right of John Austin Also One acre of Interval more or less
laying in the Fann (so called) being laid out to the Right of the
said Austin which two Pieces of Land together with the sum of
two hundred Pounds old Tenor paid to him by the said Hannah
Osgood in Behalf of the said two minors (himself having paid to
his Brother James Osgood the sum of Thirty three pounds six
shillings & Eight pence as above expressed) the said Benjamin
Osgood accepts of as his full share in this present Division. That
John Osgood & Richard Hazzen Osgood shall have a six acre
Lott of Interval more or less the seventeenth Lott in the great
Plain (so called) which Lot was drawn by said John Pecker.
Also fifty three acres of Land more or less laying on the northerly
side of the Mill Road leading to Flanders Mill being laid out to
the Rights of said Pecker and Astin for their Twenty acre
Grants. Also Twenty acres of Land more or less laying on the
southerly side of said Mill Road being laid out to the Right of
said John Pecker for Emendation to his Interval Lotts Also
five acres of Land more or less laying at the middle plain (so
called) bounded as follows (viz*) westerly on Merrimake River
southerly on Land of the Reverend M^ Timothy Walker East-
erly on the mountains and northerly on the Land of M'' Stephen
Farington. Also Fourteen acres more of Land more or less laying
at the Great swamp (so called) which was laid out for Emenda-
tion to the Right of John Mattis bounded Easterly & southerly
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on an high way westerly on Land of Aaron Stephens and north-
erly on Land of George Abbot which five pieces of Land are
(after the sum of Two Hundred and sixty six pounds thirteen
shilHngs & four pence paid as abovementioned by the said
Hannah Osgood is deducted) to be accounted the whole shares
of the said John and Richard Hazzen Osgood in this present
Division N: B: The several Tracts or pieces of Land above
mentioned excepting the two last pieces are all Butted &
Bounded as particularly expressed in the proprietor's Records of
said Rumford Reference thereunto being had In Witness whereof
We have hereunto sett our hands & seals this fifth Day of Aprill
Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred & sixty two
James Osgood
Benjamin Osgood
Hannah Osgood
[Witnesses] Stephen Farrington J"", Paul Burbeen.
[Province Deeds, vol. 70, p. 115.]
JOHN NEWTON 1757 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of John Newton of Kingston,
yeoman, granted to his son, John Newton, Jan. 26, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 94.]
[Bond of John Newton, with Jeremiah Hubbard and Benja-
min Swett as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of £500, Jan,
26, 1757, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Cutts
Shannon, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, Jan. 22, 1757; amount, £1008. 19. o; signed by
Benjamin Swett and Jeremiah Hubbard.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, the personal
estate; expenditures, £180. 17. 6; allowed Feb. 25, 1761.]
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DAVID PAGE 1757 EPPING
[Administration on the estate of David Page of Epping, yeo-
man, granted to Jonathan Moulton, Jr., of Hampton, gentleman,
Jan. 26, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 94.]
[Bond of Jonathan Moulton, Jr., with Israel James of Kings-
ton, yeoman, and Simon Pottle of Stratham, blacksmith, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, Jan. 26, 1757, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Warrant, Jan. 27, 1757, authorizing David Lawrence and
Ebenezer Fiske, physician, both of Epping, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, April 22, 1757; amount, £1228. 7. 6; signed by
David Lawrence and Ebenezer Fiske.]
[Warrant, July 18, 1757, authorizing David Lawrence of
Epping and Noah Emery of Exeter, gentleman, to receive claims
against the estate.]
[Warrant, July 22, 1757, authorizing Capt. James Norris,
Jonathan Rundlett, Ezekiel Brown, Abraham Perkins, and
Samuel Smith, all of Epping, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of \ Eppin Nov' 10*^ I757- Pursuant to the
New Hampshire / within Warrant to us Directed We have Sett
ofT to Abigail Page widow Relict of David Page late of Eppin in
Said Province Deceas'd Intestate for her Dower which happens
to her of the Real Estate which was the Said Davids & of which
he Dyed Seiz'd, Two Acres of Land in Eppin aforesaid at the
South Westerly Corner of that which was the Said David's home
place with the Dwelling house Standing thereon, & have Set
forth the Same by Metes & bounds as followeth viz* begining at
the highway at a Stake at the North Westerly Corner of John
Page's Home place now in his Possession & from thence to run
South Eighty Degrees & an half East forty Six rods thence North
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I9
Nineteen Degrees West Seven rods & an half, thence North
Eighty Degrees & an half West forty Six rods to the highway,
thence South nineteen Degrees East Seven rods & an half to the
bounds first mentioned, Which Premisses So bounded we Sett
of to the Said Abigail in full for her Dower of the Said Real Es-
tate To hold to her in Severalty During the Term of her Natural
Life, as Witness our hands the day & year aforesaid —
James noris
Abr"" Perkins
Samuel Smith i- Commitee
Ezek^' Brown
Jonathan Runlit
[List of claims against the estate, Jan. i8, 1758; amount,
£1260. 7. 3; signed by David Lawrence and Noah Emery.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1403. 7. 6;
expenditures, £528. 17. o; allowed Dec. 18, 1760.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £1260. 7. 3; amount
distributed, £874. 10. o; allowed Jan. 13, 1761.]
[Additional account of the settlement of the estate; receipts,
£401. 7. o; expenditures, £216. 7. o; allowed 1764.]
[Second apportionment to the creditors; amount of claims,
£1260. 7. 3; amount distributed, £234. 7. o; allowed April 8,
1767.]
SAMUEL WORTHEN 1757 PLAISTOW
In the Name of God Amen I Samuel Worthen of Plastow in the
Province of New Hampshire in New England Yeoman * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved Son Thomas Wor-
then the Sum of five Pounds old Tenor to be Paid him Out of my
Estate by my Executor —
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And in Consideration that I have heretofore Given him his
Proportion I Give him no more out of my Estate
Item I Give and Bequeath Unto my Grandson Samuel
Worthen Son of my Beloved Son Samuel Worthen Deceas'd the
Sum of five Pounds old Tenor to be paid him out of my Estate by
my Executor
And in Consideration that I have heretofore Given my said
son his Proportion I Give him no more out of my Estate
Item I Give And Bequeath Unto my Beloved Son Moses
Worthen the Sum of twenty Pounds old Tenor to be Paid him
out of my Estate by my Executor, and in Consideration that I
have heretofore Given him his Proportion I give him no more
out of my Estate
Item. My Will is that all my Estate both Real & Personal
that is not heretofore Disposed of shall be Divided into three
Equal Shares or Parts: And the first Share or Part I Give and
Bequeath Unto the Children of my Beloved Daughter Mary
Buzzel Deceas'd viz* My Beloved Grandaughter Annah Brown
My Beloved Grandaughter Deliverance Clifford and My Beloved
Grandaughter Judith Buzzel
And I do Give And Bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter
Judith Dow the Second third part or Share of my Estate Divided
as aforesaid
And I Give and Bequeath to My Beloved Daughter Hannah
Gove the last third part or Share of my Estate Divided as afore-
said
Lastly I do by these Presents Constitute and appoint my Well
beloved Son in Law Jonathan Gove of Hampton falls in the
Province aforesaid Yeoman, to be Sole Executor of this my last
Will And Testament: And my Will is that my Executor shall
Equally Assess the three parts of my Estate Divided as above-
mentioned to Pay and Satisfy him for his Expence and trouble
in the Discharge of his trust as Executor According to Law and
Justice — And further it is to be understood that my Will and
Meaning is That my Daughters and Grandaughters Abovemen-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 21
tioned Come into Possession of what is Given them at my De-
cease * * *
And for Confirmation of all aforegoing I have hereunto Set my
hand and Seal the twenty Seventh Day of January in the thir-
tieth Year of his Majestys Reign Annoque Domini One Thou-
sand Seven hundred and fifty Seven
Sam' Worthen
[Witnesses] Meshech Weare, Daniel Gove, Jonathan Dow.
[Proved April 30, 1760.]
[Warrant, April 30, 1760, authorizing Moses Stevens and Jo-
seph Harriman, both of Plaistow, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, July 7, 1760; amount, £2378. 11. 4; signed by
Joseph Harriman and Moses Stevens.]
[Petition of Timothy Dow, Israel Clifford, Thomas Critchett,
and Judith Buswell, children and grandchildren of Samuel
Worthen, May 27, 1763, that administration be granted to the
widow of Jonathan Gove, he being deceased.]
EBENEZER WENTWORTH 1757 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen. The Twenty Seventh day of
January in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ one Thousand Seven
hundred and fifty Seven I Ebenezer Wentworth of Portsmouth in
the Province of New-Hampshire Shopkeeper being Sick and
weak in Body * * *
Item I Give devise and bequeath unto my Daughter Rebecca
and her Heirs & assigns for ever all my Estate both real and Per-
sonal wheresoever and whatsoever But in Case my said Daugh-
ter shall dye without Issue lawfully begotten of her Body I Give
bequeath and devise the same unto my Brother Samuel Went-
worth and his Heirs and assigns for ever — And I do hereby
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Constitute and appoint my Brother Samuel Wentworth to be
Executor * * *
Eb' Wentworth
[Witnesses] Marmaduke Browne, Rob* Traill, W™ Drake.
[Proved March 30, 1757.]
[Inventory, May 25, 1757; amount, £11711. 7. o; signed by
Hunking Wentworth and Robert Traill.]
PAGE BATCHELDER 1757 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Page Batchelder of Chester,
yeoman, granted to Andrew Craige and John Underbill, both of
Chester, yeomen, Feb. i, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 104.]
[Bond of Andrew Craige and John Underbill, with Joseph
Batchelder of Hampton Falls, gentleman, and Robert Campbell
of Londonderry, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Feb.
I, 1757, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, WiUiam
Parker, Jonathan Hopkinson.]
[Warrant, Feb. i, 1757, authorizing John Roby, tanner, and
John Webster, innholder, both of Chester, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Feb. 7, 1757; amount, £2635. 15. o; signed by
John Roby and John Webster.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1456. o. o;
expenditures, £1345. 17. 3; allowed Nov. 29, 1758.]
[Guardianship of Mary Batchelder, minor, aged more than
14 years, daughter of Page Batchelder, granted to Joseph Lynn
Aug. 27, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 280.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 2$
[Bond of Joseph Lynn, yeoman, with Edward Presson, house-
wright, as surety, both of Chester, in the sum of £500, Aug. 27,
1766, for the guardianship of Mary Batchelder; witness, William
Vaughan,]
[Guardianship of Isaiah Batchelder, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Page Batchelder, granted to Edward Presson Aug.
27, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 401.]
[Bond of Edward Presson, housewright, with Joseph Lynn,
yeoman, as surety, both of Chester, in the sum of £500, Aug. 27,
1766, for the guardianship of Isaiah Batchelder; witness, William
Vaughan.]
[Warrant, Aug. 27, 1766, authorizing Samuel Emerson, John
Underhill, gentleman, Jacob Chase, Andrew Craige, and Joseph
Clark, yeomen, all of Chester, to divide the real estate.]
Province of \ Where as we the subscribers Were ap-
New Hampshire J poynted by the Hon^^ John Wentworth Esq'
Judge of the Probate &c for said Province to Divide the Reall
Estate of Page Bacheldor of Chester Deceased Intestate among
the widow and children of said Intestate Have Don it in the fol-
lowing maner : all that was shown to us —
first We set of to the widow Elisebath as her Right of Dower
in said Estate about Twenty one acres of Land Laying on the
Easterly side of the Homesteed : bounded as followeth : first at
the South Easterly Corner at a stake and stones being a Bound of
Cap* Underbills Land then west nor west by the High way
Eighteen Rods to a stake and stones : then North north East one
Hundred and Eighty Rods to a stake and stones: then East
South East 18*" Rods to a stake and stones: Then by Cap*
Underbills Land streight to the first bounds mentioned —
2'y We Have Set of to Isaiah Bacheldor the Eldest son a Duble
share Containing thirteen acres and a half of Land: adjoyning
to the widows thirds bounded first at the South Easterly corner
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a Stake and stones then west nor west by the High way Twelve
Rods to a stake and stones then North nor East: i8o: Rods to a
Beech tree marked then East South East twelve Rods to a stake
and stones then by the widows third streight to the first bound
mentioned
3iy We have Set of to Abigail Bacheldor in her Right one
single share containing about Six acres and three Quarters
bounded first at the South Easterly corner at a stake and stones
being the South Westerly bound of what Land we set of to
Isaiah Bacheldor then west nor west by the High way Six Rods to
a stake and stones then north nor East : i8o : Rods to a Hemlock
tree marked then East South East six Rods to a Beech tree
marked then by the Land we set of to Isaiah Bacheldor streight
to the first bounds mentioned
4'y We have set of to Elisebath Bacheldor in her Right one
single share containing about seven acres and a Quarter bounded
first at the South Easterly corner at a stake and stones being the
south westerly bounds of the Land we set of to Abigail Bacheldor :
then west nor west by the High way six Rods and a Half to a
stake and stones then north north East : i8o : Rods to white
pine tree marked then East South East by Carrs Land six Rods
and a Half to a Hemlock tree marked then by the Land we set of
to Abigail Bacheldor Streight to the first bound mentioned —
S^y We Have set of to mary Bacheldor in her Right one single
share containing about Seven acres and a Quarter bounded
first at the South Easterly corner at a stake and stones being the
South Westerly bound of what Land we set of to Elisebath
Bacheldor then west nor west six Rods and a Half by the High
way to a stake and stones then north north East : iSo : Rods to a
stake and stones then East South East by Carrs Land six Rods
and a Half to a white pine tree marked then by the Land we set
of to Elisebath Bacheldor streight to the first bound men-
tioned —
6^y We have Set of to Susanah Bacheldor in her Right one
single share containing about Seven acres and three Quarters
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 2$
bounded first at the South Easterly corner at a stake and stones
being the South westerly bound of the Land we set of to mary
Bacheldor then west nor west by the High way seven Rods to a
stake and stones then north north East by Pressons and Heaths
Land : i8o : Rods to a stake and stones then East South East
by Carrs Land Seven Rods to a stake and stones then by the
Land we set of to mary Bacheldor streight to the first bound
mentioned —
And thus we make our Return this Eighth Day of December
1766
Sam'' Emerson
Joseph Clark
Jacob Chase
JOHN PECKER 1757 HAVERHILL, MASS.
[Hannah Pecker renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, Capt. John Pecker of Haverhill, Mass., March i, 1757,
because of age and infirmity; witnesses, Elizabeth Pecker, Na-
thaniel Peaslee Sargent.]
[Administration granted to James Pecker of Haverhill, Mass.,
physician, Feb. 5, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 162.]
[Bond of James Pecker of Haverhill, Mass., physician, with
Samuel Watts, gentleman, and John Watts, Jr., husbandman, as
sureties, in the sum of £1000, Feb. 5, 1757, for the administra-
tion of the estate of his father, John Pecker, gentleman; wit-
nesses, Thomas Little, Daniel Little.]
[Warrant, Feb. 5, 1757, authorizing Thomas Little, tanner,
and John Watts, yeoman, both of Plaistow, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested April 18, 1757; amount, £3061. 19. o;
signed by John Watts and Thomas Little.]
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JOHN McCONECHEY 1757 BEDFORD
In the Name of God Amen the 1$^^ day of February in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven I
John m^'Conechey of Bedford in the Province of New Hamp-
shire Husband-man being sick and weak in Body * * *
Imprimus I Give and bequeath to Mary my dearly and well
beloved wife the Improvement of one third part of my Real
Estate during her life allso one mare, and one third of all my
Personall Estate except Cattle to be at her disposeal at her
death allso one bond from John Patten and Ninian Cochran of
Londonderry to me of one hundred and twenty pounds old
tenor payable Novb*" 5**^ 1758 allso one Cow
Item I Give to my well beloved Sons Samuel & John
M^Conechey all my Real Estate Except the third before Ex-
prest which I likewise Give at their mothers Deceas to them
their heirs and assigns for Ever in equall shairs — Itim I give to
the S^ Sam^' one Pair of oxen & to the s'l John one pair of Steers
Coming in two years old, allso all my Emplyments of Husbandry
in Equal Shairs between them — Item I Give to my well beloved
son Alex' Orr & daughter Jannet Orr forty pounds old tenor out
of my money Estate to be paid as here after Exprest within Six
months after my decease or to their heirs — Item I Give to my
wellbeloved Daughter Martha m^Conechey one bond from
Patten & Cochran afore^<^ of 120 pounds old ten'' Payable Novb''
I"* 1757 allso one brown Cow with some white on her Rump and
one year old that Came of said Cow & one bed & bedsted &
bolster with half of the Cloaths belonging to s*^ bed and one foot
wheel — Item I Give to my Daughter Mary m^'Conechey one
bond from the s^ Patten & Cochran to me of 120 pounds pay-
able Novb'' the first 1 759 and one Cow that was bought from Hugh
Gillis & the other half of the bed & bed Cloaths before Exprest
and one foot wheel Item I Give to my Sons Samuel & John M"-
Conechey all and Every other articule and thing in Equal Shares
not before willed & bequeathed they paying all my proper debts
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 27
and the before mentioned forty pounds to Alex'' Orr & Jannet
Orr or their heirs also my funeral Charges and Expences of ad-
ministeration and Charges attending it — And I do Constitute
and make and ordain Samuel Patten of Bedford and Province
afore Said Husband man my only & Sole Executor * * *
his
John X m'^Conechey
mark
[Witnesses] James Moor, William Moor, Daniel Moor.
[Proved June 29, 1757.]
[Mary McConechey, widow, and Alexander, Janet, Martha,
Mary, Samuel, and John McConechey, children, accept the terms
of the will June 2^, 1757; witnesses, William Moore, Daniel
Moore.]
[Inventory, June 27, 1757; amount, £1963. o. 8; signed by
William Moore and Daniel Moore.]
[Bonds of Daniel Moore, with Samuel Patten and William
Moore as sureties, all of Bedford, in the sum of £500 each,
June 29, 1757, for the guardianship of Samuel and John Mc-
Conechey, minors, aged more than 14 years, sons of John Mc-
Conechey; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
WILLIAM JACKSON 1757 DURHAM
In the Name of God Amen the Eighteenth day of February
In the year of our Lord God One Thousand Seven hundred and
fifty Seven I William Jackson of the Town of Durham in the
Province of New Hampshire in New England being aged and
well Stricken in years * * *
Imprimis I Give unto Mary my Dearly Beloved Wife one
Pair of Black Silk Gloves —
Item I will and Give my Sons William Jackson and Benjamin
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Jackson Their heirs and Assigns all my Real and Personal Estate
where I now live and Possess with the Priviledges and Appurte-
nances thereof Lying and being in Durham And Partly in Dover
in the Province Aforesaid with the Messuages and Tenements
Thereon with My Marsh thatch bed and flatts to be Equally
Divided between them According to Quantity and Quality to
be had and held by them and their heirs Forever Immediately
after my Decease; Likewise I Give my said Son William my
Right and property in the Second Division of Lands in the
Township of Rochester In the Province Aforesaid. It is my Will
Likewise that my Son Benjamin Shall Have My Right in the
third Division of Lands in Rochester in the Province Aforesaid
To them and their Heirs forever —
I Also Give my Daughter Meribah Huckins wife of Robert
Huckins Ten Pounds to be paid to her or her heirs or Assigns by
my Executor within the Term of one year after my Decease —
Item as to the Remainder and Residence of my Real and Per-
sonall Estate Wherever the same is: I w^U and Give my Said
Son William and his heirs forever, whom I do Constitute and
Appoint to be my Sole Executor * * *
his
William X Jackson
mark
[Witnesses] Samuel Stiles, Job Demeret, William Bruce.
[Proved Jan. 30, 1760.]
[Warrant, Jan. 30, 1760, authorizing Stephen Jones, gentle-
man, and Thomas Chesley, Jr., both of Durham, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, April 28, 1760; amount, £4724. 10. o; signed by
Stephen Jones and Thomas Chesley, Jr.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 29
JOHN McMURPHY 1757 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of John McMurphy of London-
derry, yeoman, granted to his brother, Alexander McMurphy,
Feb. 22, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 104.]
[Bond of Alexander McMurphy of Londonderry, yeoman,
with Robert Clark of Londonderry, yeoman, and James Dwyer
of Portsmouth, truckman, as sureties, in the sum of £500,
Feb, 22, 1757, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, March 30, 1757; amount, £266. 6. o; signed by
Samuel Barr and Thomas Craige.]
DAVID AMES 1757 NEWMARKET
[Bond of Josiah Hilton and his wife, Sarah Hilton, with Ed-
ward Hilton and Josiah Huntoon as sureties, all of Newmarket,
in the sum of £500, Feb. 23, 1757, for the administration of the
estate of David Ames of Newmarket, yeoman, former husband
of Sarah Hilton; witness, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Feb. 23, 1757, authorizing Thomas Young and
Joseph Sanborn, yeoman, both of Newmarket, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested June 20, 1757; amount, £336. 9. o;
signed by Joseph Sanborn and Thomas Young.]
[Warrent, Dec. 28, 1757, authorizing Thomas Young and
Joseph Sanborn, physician, both of Newmarket, to receive claims
against the estate.]
[Notice of the commissioners, May 29, 1758, of a time limit for
filing claims; signed by Joseph Sanborn and Thomas Young.]
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[Warrant, June 28, 1758, authorizing Thomas Young and
Walter Bryent, both of Newmarket, to receive claims against
the estate.]
JOHN DOWNS 1757 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of John Downs of Somersworth,
yeoman, granted to Ichabod Rollins of Somersworth, gentle-
man, Feb. 23, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 119.]
[Bond of Ichabod Rollins, with Cutts Shannon of Portsmouth,
gentleman, and John Perkins of Dover, yeoman, as sureties, in
the sum of £1000, Feb. 23, 1757, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, March 9, 1757; amount, £1102. 9. o; signed by
Moses Stevens and William Wentworth.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £70. 16. 3;
expenditures, £76. 12. 5^^; mentions "Paid the Wid'' Downs
for y^ Bringing up 2 of Her Childring Being under age when ther
fathe Dide Viz Gershom Downs was 4 years old John i year";
allowed Nov. 28, 1776.]
THOMAS CHASE 1757 STRATHAM
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Chase of Stratham,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Love Chase, Feb. 23, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. iii.]
[Bond of Love Chase, widow, with Andrew Wiggin and Sam-
uel Leavitt, yeoman, as sureties, all of Stratham, in the sum of
£1000, Feb. 23, 1757, for the administration of the estate of
Thomas Chase, innholder; witnesses, William Parker, Cutts
Shannon.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 3 1
[Inventory, March 8, 1757; amount, £5234. 8. o; signed by
Joshua Neal and Theophilus Smith.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate ; receipts, £1965. 15. o,
personal estate; expenditures, £1602. 8. o; mentions "Support-
ing my Children that were Under Seven Years old at their
Father's Decease Viz Dudley 76 Weeks Mary 156 Weeks Anna
342 Weeks" ; allowed September 25, 1765.]
[Warrant, June 13, 1799, authorizing Benjamin Barker,
Jonathan Wiggin, gentleman, and Thomas Veasey, yeoman, all
of Stratham, to appraise the income of two thirds of the real
estate while it was in possession of the widow; report, June 24,
1799, at $802; signed by Benjamin Barker, Jonathan Wiggin,
and Thomas Veasey.]
[Warrant, Aug. 22, 1799, authorizing Paine Wingate, Jonathan
Wiggin, gentleman, Thomas Veasey, Joseph Durrell, and John
Light Piper, yeomen, all of Stratham, to divide the real estate.]
Pursuant to the annexed Warrant we the Subscribers have
made partition of the real estate of the said Thomas Chase de-
ceased, and do hereby set off the widow's dower and the respec-
tive shares as therein directed, having regard to the quality as
well as quantity of said land. And to the said Love Chase we
set, as her full thirds in said Estate, the great room at the north-
erly end of the house with the entry way to the outer door, also
the Chamber over the said room and the cellar under the same,
also the scaffold over the stall at the easterly end of the barn &
the priveledge of keeping her stock in the stall under said scaf-
fold & of passing & repassing from said barn and likewise of
using the well and out buildings appurtenant to the house as
occasion may require — And further we set off to the said Love
Chase about three acres and eighty six rods of land bounded as
follows — namely beginning on the northerly side of land here-
after described as set off to the right of Sarah Piper at a point
twelve rods & five links from the country road thence running
32 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
north twelve degrees East twelve rods & three quarters of a rod
on the westerly line of the share hereafter described as set off to
the said Love Chase as the share which belonged to her daugh-
ter Anna deceased, thence running westerly in a strait line paralel
to said Pipers northerly line thirty one rods & twenty two links
until it strikes the land which Phinehas Merrill bought of Jona-
than Hoit & came out of the Thurston place (so called) thence
southerly by the Thurston line (so called) seventeen rods & six
links to land of Thomas Veazey thence by said Veazey's land
easterly until it comes to the land hereafter described as set off
to the right of Sarah Piper, thence northerly by said Pipers land
five rods & a half rod, and thence Easterly by said Piper's land
seventeen rods & twenty links to the point first mentioned. —
To the right or share of Sarah Piper we set off a room adjoyn-
ing to the room set to the widow's thirds & adjoyning to the
room hereafter described as set to the share of Anna deceased
with the priveledge of using a fire place & oven somewhere in the
house, also the use of the scaffold over the barn floor and of the
well & out buildings, And farther we set to the said Sarah's
share one acre & five rods of land bounded as follows namely,
beggining at the southeasterly corner of said land adjoyning to
land of Tho^ Veazey and to the country road thence running by
said road five rods & a half rod to a stake, thence westerly by the
northerly side of said Veazeys land and carrying the full width
of five rods & a half rod to extend Thirty rods westward to stakes
at the southerly & northerly corners of said land.
To Love Chase in the right of her daughter Anna we set off as
her share the room at the northwesterly corner of the room set
to her, as her thirds, with the priveledge of the cellar under that
part of the house & of the scaffold at the northwesterly comer
of the barn & of the well & out buildings as occasion may require,
And further we set off to the said Love Chase as the share of the
said Anna One hundred & fifty rods of land, bounded as follows,
namely, Beginning on the road at the northeasterly corner of
Sarah Piper's share, thence running northerly on the road six
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 33
rods & a half rod thence north seventy four degrees west five
rods & two Hnks, thence north two degrees west fourteen rods &
ten Hnks to land hereafter described as set off to Phinehas Merrill,
thence south eighty seven degrees west three rods, thence south
twelve degrees west nineteen rods & five links to the first men-
tioned boundary of the widows thirds & thence easterly on the
northerly line of Sarah Piper's share twelve rods & five links to
the bound first mentioned.
To Phinehas Merrill as his four shares in said Estate we set
ofif all the buildings and appurtenances of the same not in the
foregoing shares & thirds set off to others, And further we set
off to the said Merrill about four acres & one hundred & forty
one rods, not herein before described and not set off to others,
being all the remaining part of the said Thomas Chases Estate
to us directed to set off.
Given under our hands this Twenty third day of August Anno
Domini Seventeen hundred & ninety nine
Paine Wingate
Jonathan Wiggin
Thomas Veasey
Joseph Durell
John Light Piper
[Warrant, March 22, 1803, authorizing Paine Wingate, Jona-
than Wiggin, gentleman, Thomas Veasey, yeoman, Jonathan
Piper, gentleman, and William Barker, clothier, all of Stratham,
to divide the widow's dower.]
Pursuant to the annexed Warrant we the Subscribers do hereby
make Partition of the Dower of the said Love Chase situate in
said Stratham, in the manner following. That is to say To the
Share of Sarah Piper, for her one Sixth part of said Dower, we set
off eighty eight rods and one half rod of land, bounded as fol-
lows, namely. Beginning at the northwesterly corner of the share
formerly set off to the share of the said Sarah Piper, out of the
estate of Thomas Chase, her late father, deceased thence running
34 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Easterly by said share eight rods and fourteen & a half links to a
stake & stone, thence running North twelve degrees East, ten
rods & eight links, to a stake & stone, thence running north
Seventy four degrees West eight rods & fourteen & a half links
to a stake & stone, thence running Southerly ten rods & eight
links to the bound first mentioned.
To the share of Andrew Chase, for his sixth part of said Dower,
we set off eighty eight rods & one half rod of land, bounded as
follows, namely — Beginning at the Southeasterly corner of the
land herein set off to Sarah Piper & thence running Easterly by
said Sarah Piper's former share eight rods and Fourteen & a half
links to a stake & stone at the southwesterly corner of that which
was set off to the share of Anna Chase out of her late father's
estate, thence northeasterly on said Anna's share ten rods &
eight links to a stake & stone, thence running northwesterly eight
rods & fourteen & a half links to the northeasterly corner of the
land herein set off to Sarah Piper, & thence running southerly by
said Sarah Piper's line to the bound first mentioned.
To the share of Phinehas Merrill for his four sixth parts of said
Dower we set off all the residue of the dower of said Love Chase
situate in said Stratham, lying northerly & westerly of the shares
herein set off to Sarah Piper & to Andrew Chase reference being
had to the former seting off of said dower for a particular
description of the boundaries of said Merrills share — Given
under our hands at Stratham this 6*^ day of April A D 1803 — ■
Paine Wingate
Jonathan Wiggin
Thomas Veasey
SAMUEL WATSON 1757 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Watson of Dover,
yeoman, granted to James Kielle of Dover, tailor, Feb. 23, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 123.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 35
[Bond of James Kielle, with Benjamin Mathes and Eliphalet
Daniell, mariner, both of Durham, as sureties, in the sum of
£500, Feb. 23, 1757, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, WilUam Parker, John Fernald.]
[Warrant, Feb. 23, 1757, authorizing Joshua Wingate and
Joseph Roberts, both of Dover, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 16, 1757; amount, £316. 15. 6; signed by
Joshua Wingate and Joseph Roberts.]
[Commission to Joshua Wingate and Joseph Roberts, gentle-
men, March 29, 1758, to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, attested Feb. 28, 1759; amount, £485. 3. 8;
signed by Joshua Wingate and Joseph Roberts.]
[License to the administrator, March 6, 1765, to sell the
widow's dower, she being deceased.]
JOHN WHIDDEN 1757 GREENLAND
In the Name of God Amen I John Whidden of Greenland In
the Province of New Hampshire Gent, being Aged & Infirm
* * *
Item I Give & Devise to my Son John Whidden that Part of
my Land in Greenland which lies Westerly of a Line runing from
the Country Road or high Way begining three Rods Easterly of
the Barn which he now Improves and from thence running on a
Strait Line (being near North West) to a Red oak Stump stand-
ing at or near the Creek by Deacon Gates Marsh being about
Sixteen Rods Easterly of the Land of Thomas Sherburne and
begining on the other Side of the Said High Way on the West-
erly Side of my Little Orchard and from thence Runing on a
Strait Line to the Southerly End of the Stone Wall my Land &
the Land of Said Sherburne as Said Wall now Stands the Said
36 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
John to have the Land lying on the Westerly Side of this Line
also these Pieces of Land being part of my home place I also
give him ten acres of my Pasture Land to be taken next to the
Land Lately Cap* James Johnsons now Said to be John Banfields
to run from the High Way over to the Land of Clement March
Esq'' and to be the Same number of rods in breadth next to his
Land that it is at the High Way I also give him one half of that
Tract of Land I Purchasd of James Jeffrey lying in Portsmouth
to be taken next to the Land of Samuel Cate to have and hold
all the Said Parcels of Land with all the Buildings and Appurten'
to him my Said Son John his Heirs and assigns. I also give him a
Cow
Item I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Ann Jones the Wife
of John Jones the Sum of Fifty Pounds old Tenor according to the
Present Value to be paid by my Son Samuel within two year after
my Decease this is besides what She has already had — I also
give her a Bed & beding thereto belonging
Item I Give to my Daughter Hannah Jenkins the Wife of
William Jenkins the Sum of Fifty Pounds old Tenor to be paid
by my Said Son Samuel as aforesaid at the Same Value besides
what She has already had
Item I give to the Children of my Daughter Mary Deceased
the Sum of Fifty Pounds as aforesaid to be paid by my Son
Samuel within the time aforesaid & to be Equally Divided be-
tween them my Grand Children
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Hains the
Wife of Samuel Hains the Sum of Fifty Pounds old Tenor at
the Value aforesaid to be paid by my Son John within two years
as aforesaid
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth the Like
Sum at the said Value to be paid by Said John within two
Years as aforesaid I also give her Six Sheep & one Cow and a Bed
& Furniture one of those now in my house to be Delivered by
my Son Samuel within a Year after my Decease I also give her
the use of a Convenient Room in my House which She Shall
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 37
Chuse & to have her Fire Wood Provided by my Son Samuel at
the Door and he to find her all necessary & Comfortable Provi-
sion the Said Room wood & Provision to be so Provided during
the time she Shall live unmarried and during that time to main-
tain her Cow & Sheep aforesaid Summer & Winter I also give
her all the Rest of my moveables within Doors meaning my
household Furniture as Pewter Pots Kettles & Chairs
Item all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Estate Real
& Personal I give to my Son Samuel his Heirs Executors &
admin" forever and I appoint him Sole Executor of this my Last
Will & Testament & Revoke all other wills by me in any manner
heretofore made — In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my
hand & Seal the 26**^ Day of Feb^'^ Anno Domini 1757
John Whidden
[Witnesses] William Parker, Elezar Cate, William Cate Juner.
[Proved May 27, 1767.]
[Bond of Joseph Whidden, blacksmith, with Samuel Langdon,
gentleman, as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500,
May 27, 1767, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William
Parker, Robert Parkes.]
THOMAS KIMBALL, JR. 1757 EXETER
[Joanna Kimball renounces administration on the estate of
her husband, Thomas Kimball, Jr., of Exeter, bricklayer,
March i, 1757, in favor of Jeremiah Leavitt; witnesses, William
Parker, John Fernald.]
[Administration granted to Jeremiah Leavitt of Exeter, inn-
holder, March i, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 131.]
[Bond of Jeremiah Leavitt of Exeter, innholder, with Jere-
miah Bean of Exeter and Benjamin Leavitt of Stratham, yeo-
38 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
men, as sureties, in the sum of £500, March i, 1757, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, John Fernald, John
Langdon.]
[Warrant, March i, 1757, authorizing Ephraim Robinson,
gentleman, and John Purmort, joiner, both of Exeter, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 4, 1757; amount, £892, 9, o; signed by
Ephraim Robinson and John Purmort.]
BENJAMIN KIDDER 1757 BEDFORD
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Kidder of Souhegan
East, yeoman, granted to Benjamin Kidder of Derryfield, yeo-
man, March 4, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 134.]
[Bond of Benjamin Kidder of Derryfield, yeoman, with John
Goffe of Derryfield and Thomas Parker of Litchfield, gentleman,
as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 4, 1757, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, Noah Emery, William Parker,
Jr.]
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Kidder granted to
his son, John Kidder of Derryfield, Feb. 8, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 171.]
[Bond of John Kidder, yeoman, with John Goffe and John
Moore, gentleman, as sureties, all of Derryfield, in the sum of
£500, Feb. 8, 1759, for the administration of the estate of his
father, Benjamin Kidder; witnesses, Benjamin Smith, Matthew
Patten.]
JONATHAN CHOATE 1757 KINGSTON
Elizabeth Bridgham renounces administration on the estate
of her former husband, Jonathan Choate, March 8, 1757, in favor
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 39
of Lieut. Trueworthy Ladd; witnesses, John Ladd, Elizabeth
Ladd.]
[Administration granted to Trueworthy Ladd, gentleman,
March 8, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 134.]
[Warrant, June 6, 1757, authorizing Jeremy Webster, Ebenezer
Stevens, Elisha Swett, Samuel Fifield, gentleman, and William
Calfe, cordwainer, all of Kingston, to set off dower to Elizabeth
Bridgham, wife of Jacob Bridgham of Kingston, cordwainer.]
[Inventory, June 14, 1757; amount, £1323. o. o; signed by
Jeremy Webster and Samuel Fifield.]
Province of 1 To the Hon''''' Wibird Esq'' Judge of the Pro-
New Hamps: / bate of Wills &c for the Province of New
Hamps :
Pursuant to your Hon" Warrant: Authorizing us the subscrib-
ers to sett off to Elizabeth Bridgham now the wife of Jacob
Bridgham: widow & Relict of Jonathan Chote late of Kingstown
in s'^ Province Deceased her Right of dower in the Estate of her
s^ Late Husband : we have proceeded & set off to the s'^ Elisabeth
for her thirds in the Estate of her Late Husband : the s'l Jonathan
Chote: Bounded as followeth beginning at a Pine Stump the
south westerly Corner of the whole Tract & running Easterly on
the southerly Line thereof to the River & so on over the River
as far as the s*^ Chotes Land goes to a Pitch Pine tree marked:
then Back again westerly by meadow or Swamp ground of David
Goodwin & Daniel Goodwin till it Comes to a Red Oak stump
the south westerly Corner of s^ Goodwins meadow Ground : then
Northerly to the River to a stake the North westerly Corner of
s'' Goodwins meadow : then over the River & so down the River
about thirty Rods to a stake by the River : thence westerly to the
westerly end of s*^ Chotes Land to a small white oak tree : then
southerly 24 Rods to the place where it first began twelve acres
be the same more or less: with the Dwelling House thereon:
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said premisses set off & Described as above mentioned by us this
24*'' day of June Annoq domini 1757.
Jeremy Webster
Elisha Sweet
Eben' Stevens
[Warrant, March 31, 1758, authorizing Jeremy Webster and
Samuel Fifield, gentleman, both of Kingston, to receive claims
against the estate.]
[List of claims, Oct. 12, 1758; amount, £103. 3. 6; signed by
Jeremy Webster and Samuel Fifield.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £672. o. o;
expenditures, £463. 8. o; allowed May 16, 1759.]
[Account of Elizabeth Bridgham against the estate ; amount,
£893. o. o; receipts, £233. 6. 8; balance due, £559- I3- 4; men-
tions "Keeping Abigail from the 9**^ of January 1752 til may the
26*^ 1755. . . . D° for Eliz^" from the 9**^ of January 1752 till the
II th of December 1756. . . . D° Anna from the 9**^ of January
1752 till the 3*'' of Jany 1758."]
[Petition of the widow, Elizabeth Bean, Kingston, Sept. 21,
1773, to the court that Capt. Trueworthy Ladd may be sum-
moned to show cause for not paying her a balance due.]
RICHARD CHILDS 1757 DURHAM
This may Certify that on or about the 25 Day of Janu^ Last
I heard Hannah a Woman who has for Some years last past
Lived with Richard Childs Late of Nottingham in New Hamp-
shire Laborer DeC^ Confess that she was not the Wife of the
Said Deceased and She told me they were never Married Wit-
ness my hand the 11*^ Day of March 1757
John Shephard
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 4I
[Administration on the estate of Richard Childs of Durham,
laborer, granted to Nathaniel Peirce of Portsmouth March i6,
I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 135.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Peirce of Portsmouth, with Daniel Peirce
of Poitsmouth and John Chamberlain of Merrimack, gentleman,
as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 16, 1757, for the admin-
istration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Jeremiah
Carleton.]
[Warrant, March 31, 1758, authorizing Eleazer Russell and
Samuel Penhallow, shopkeeper, both of Portsmouth, to receive
claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, Nov. 27, 1758; amount, £205. 16. 4; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £122. 15. 8;
expenditures, £46. 10. o; allowed Dec. 19, 1758.]
WILLIAM WEST 1757 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of William West of Portsmouth
granted to his widow. Love West, March 14, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 135.]
[Bond of Love West, widow, with Philip Reed, mariner, and
John Ayers, gentleman, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the
sum of £1000, March 14, 1757, for the administration of the
estate of William West, mariner; witnesses, Henry Seymour,
John Coultes.]
[Warrant, March 14, 1757, authorizing Samuel Waters,
joiner, and George Marshall, sail maker, both of Portsmouth, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory of the estate of Capt. William West, attested May
42 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
25, 1757; amount, £1228. o. o; signed by Samuel Waters and
George Marshall.]
[Warrant, June 14, 1757, authorizing Eleazer Russell and
William Knight, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to receive
claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, July 25, 1758; amount, £612. 6. 5; signed by
Eleazer Russell and William Knight.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1286. 8. o,
personal estate; expenditures, £732. 9. 6; allowed Sept. 19,
I759-]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £642. 6. 5; amount
distributed, £542. 18. 6; allowed Sept. 28, 1759.]
JOHN GLINES 1757 CANTERBURY
In the Name of God, Amen. This 16*^ Day of March, 1757. I
John Glines of Canterbury, in the Province of New-Hampshire
in New-England, Husbandman, having inlisted my self in his
Majesty's Service to go against his Majesty's Enemies, * * *
Imprimis, I give & bequeath to Mary my dearly beloved Wife
(if she outlives me) the Use & Improvement of All my Home
Place so long as she shall be & remain my Widow — And also
the use of all my Creatures, & Tools for farming, as well as all
the Houshold stuff, which Houshold Stuff she shall have the use
of during her natural Life.
Item, To my beloved Daughter Anne, I give & bequeath what
she has already had of Creatures, & the keeping of them for
several years past which is all the Portion I can give her out of
my Estate — Except as hereafter specified.
Item, To my beloved Son Israel I give & bequeath my hun-
dred-acre Lot which he already has a Deed of, which is all that
I can give him out of my Estate — Except as hereafter specified.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 43
Item, To my beloved son John, I give & bequeath, (beside a
pair of Steers which he has already had,) All that I own in the
Interval which lies between Canterbury Township & Merrimack
River ; & also all that I own of the Pine Plain which lies between
the said Interval & the Line of Canterbury Township; and also
one half of an hundred acre Lot at Contoocook, which I bought
of Thomas Eastman.
Item, To my beloved sons William & Richard I give & be-
queath all my Home place, when their Mother has done with it
to be equally divided between them except that they are to
pay out of it two hundred pounds old tenor to their younger
sisters Mary & Elizabeth when they shall come to the Age of
twenty one years.
Item, To my beloved son James I give & bequeath one half
of my hundred acre Lot at Contoocook, above mentioned.
Item, I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Nathaniel all the
present undivided Land belonging to the original Right of
Samuel Smith jun'' Except that he is to pay out of it forty
pounds old tenor to his two younger Sisters Mary and Elizabeth
when they shall come to the Age of twenty one years, as above-
said —
Item, To my beloved Daughters Mary & Elizabeth I give
and bequeath, to each of them one hundred & twenty pounds
in Bills of Credit of the old tenor, to be paid to them by their
Brothers, William, Richard & Nathanael when they the said
Daughters come to the Age of twenty one years: That is, by
William & Richard, to each of them one hundred pounds.
And by Nathanael, to each of them twenty pounds.
Moreover, My own original Right (what is still my own of it)
I give & bequeath to be equally divided among all my Children
— And also what stock of Creatures I leave at my Decease, to
be divided in like manner: —
My Tools for farming I bequeath to be equally divided
among my Sons; & Hioushold stuff to be equally divided among
my Daughters, when their Mother has done with them all
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Lastly, I do constitute, appoint, & ordain my beloved Sons
William & Richard to be jointly the Executors * * *
his
John X Glines
mark
[Witnesses] John Gibson, Richard Blanchard, James Scales.
[Proved Aug. 31, 1757.]
[Inventory, Aug. 26, 1757; amount, £629. o. o; signed by
Ezekiel Morrill, Jeremiah Clough, and Ephraim Hackett.]
BENJAMIN HOBBS 1757 NORTH HAMPTON
In the Name of God, Amen. The Seventeenth Day of March
1757, I Benjamin Hobbs of Northampton in the Province of
New Hampshire in New England, Gent"" Being very Sick &
weak in Body * * *
Imprimis I give & bequeath to my dearly beloved Wife
Mercy Hobbs, one third of all my real Estate during her Natural
Life after which her Thirds are to be equally divided between
my Son Nathaniel Hobbs & my son in Law John Shepard and
also I give & bequeath to my Said Wife all the Moveables in my
House forever & one Half of all my Dwelling House, & Sufficient
Fire wood till Marriage
Item I give & bequeath to my son Benjamin Hobbs, the sum
of five hundred pounds old Tenor, to be paid, one half by son
in Law John Shepherd at the time my said son Benjamin leaves
College & the other half by my son Nathaniel Hobbs When my
sa'* son Nathaniel shall come to the Age of twenty one years,
And also that my Sa'* son Benjamin be supported comfortly &
conveniently at College by my Sons Nathaniel Hobbs & John
Shepherd —
Item I give & bequeath to my son Nathaniel Hobbs the one
half of all my Estate both real & personal to him & his Assigns
forever —
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 45
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mary Hobbs the
Sum of three hundred pounds old tenor to be paid equally by
my Son in Law the said John Shepherd & my son Nathaniel,
When she arrives at the age of eighteen Years & also I give &
bequeath to her a Cow & four sheap to be deliverd at said
Time by said sons John Shepherd & Nathaniel Hobbs and also
Sufficient Fire wood & one half of my House till marriage
Item I give & bequeath to my son in Law John Shepherd the
one half of all my Estate both real & personal to him & his
Assigns forever —
Item I give & bequeath to my Grand Daughter Mehitible
Marston the sum of five pounds old tenor to be paid by said
sons John Shepherd & Nathaniel Hobbs
I likewise make & ordain & constitute my Friend John
Weeks Esq"" my sole Executor * * *
benjamin hobbs
[Witnesses] William Moulton, Joseph Hobbs, Joseph Knowles.
[Proved Sept. 27, 1758.]
[Warrant, Sept. 27, 1758, authorizing John Wingate, gentle-
man, and Jonathan Wedgwood, yeoman, both of North Hamp-
ton, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 19, 1758; amount, £11870. 5. o; signed by
John Wingate and Jonathan Wedgwood.]
JOSES PHILBRICK 1757 RYE
In the Name of God Amen: I Joses Philbrick of the Perish
of Rye in New Castle in the Province of New Hampsh' yeoman ;
being Sick and apprehensive of my approaching Dissolution
* * *
Item I hereby Constitute & appoint my well beloved wife
Abigail Philbrick my Sole Executrix of this my last will &
testament —
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Item I hereby will & ordain, that out of my Estate all my Just
debts be duly paid in a reasonable time by my Executrix —
Item I Give to my four Sons, (viz) Joseph & Ruben & Daniel
& Jonathan Each & every of them five pounds New Ten"" to be
paid by my afores'' Executrix
Item I give to my four Daughters (viz) Hannah & Triphena &
Abigail & Sarah; Each & every of them five pounds new Ten''
to be paid out of my Estate by my afores'^ Executrix —
Item I Give to my well Beloved wife all the remainder of my
Estate real & personal wheresoever of right it Shall appear; to
be improved by her as She Shall think best; and by her to be
disposed off, when and at what time She Shall think fit; to
my afores'^ Children to them & their heirs & assigns for Ever
* * *
Dated this twenty Second day of March 1757 & in y 30*^
year of his Majestyes Reign
Joses Philbrick
[Witnesses] Anthony Emery, Richard Jennes Jun"", noah
Moulton.
[Proved April 27, 1757.]
[Bond of Abigail Philbrick, widow, with Richard Jenness, Jr.,
and Noah Moulton, yeomen, as sureties, all of Rye, in the sum
of £1000, April 21, 1757, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
William Parker, John Fernald.]
JAMES GOODING 1757 NEWMARKET
In the name of God aman the 23^1 Day of march in the year of
our Lord Christ one thousand Sevn hundred and fifty Seven,
I James Gooding of Newmarket in the Province of New Hamp''
in New England, Being Sick and week in body * * *
Itom I Give to my beloved Son James Gooding all my hus-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 47
banddry tools and utencals for ever also one pair of annd lorns
after his mothers Deces also one Gon to my Son James C}ooding
Itom I give to my gran Son Robert Gooding all my waring
Close and one Gon
Itom I Give to my well beloved wife Susanna Gooding all
my Stock of Catle and Sheep horses and Swine and the movable
Goods in my house that is not before Disposed off During hir
natroul Life. Itom I Give to my Daughter Susanna Palmer ten
Shillings. Itom I Give to my Granson John York five Shilling.
Itom I Give to my Grandaughter Susanna York five Shillings
Itom I Give to my well beloved Daughter Zeviah Gooding all
my Stock and moveables that is Left in hir mothers hands at the
Deceas of hir Said mother and Lastly my will and meaning is
that what Debts is Due to me that my Son James Gooding is to
Receve them be the sam of what kind soever
and I Do apointe my above named Son James Gooding to be
my Sole Executor * * *
his
James + Gooding
mark
[Witnesses] Andrew Wiggin, W"" Welsh, Joseph Smith.
[Proved May 25, 1757.]
[Bond of James Goodwin (so signed) of Newmarket, yeoman,
with Joseph Smith of Newmarket and Thomas Davis of Dover
as sureties, in the sum of £500, May 25, 1757, for the execution
of the will; witnesses, Ephraim Davis, John Fernald.]
MARY PATTINSON 1757 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Mary Pattinson of Ports-
mouth granted to her husband, Joseph Pattinson, March 24,
I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 136.]
48 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Joseph Pattinson, yeoman, with Cutts Shannon,
gentleman, and Joseph Alcock, shopkeeper, as sureties, all of
Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, March 24, 1757, for the ad-
ministration of the estate; witnesses, Hunking Wentworth.
William Earl Treadwell.l
JOHN CUNNINGHAM 1757 LONDONDERRY
In the name of God amene I John Cunnangham of London-
derry In the province of Newhampshire In New England being
now bound to Go to the war this Inshowing Summer * * *
Itam I Give and bequith to brother Robart Cunninham five
pounds old tenor or bills of Credet equall ther too —
Itam I Give to John Cunningham: son to my brother Robart
five pounds Like tenor — •
Itam I Give to Robart Cunningham son to my brother Robart
five pounds Like tenor —
Itam I Give to James willson and his wife five pounds each old
tenor or bills of Credette equal therunto —
Itam I Give to James tagart my Cosien twintey pounds old
tenor or pasabill Bills of Cred equall therunto —
Itam I Give to my Cosien John tagart twintey pounds old
tenor or pasable Bills of Credet equall therunto —
Itiam Give to Co'^ andrew toodd twintey pounds old tenor or
pasabel Bills equall therunto —
Itam I Give to the Rev* David macGregore teen pounds old
tenor or pasable Bills equall therunto —
Itam I Give to Jannet tagart Daughter to John tagart the
sume of three Hundred pounds old tenor: she paying the Corst
that may aries on the administeration and Coast of Exac*"
and I Do appoint make and ordain petter petterson and John
Clark both of the Town and province aforesaid to be Exac*"
* * * In wittnes whear of I have hearunto Sett my hand and
Seal this twintey fifth Day of march In the thirtey year of his
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 49
majestys Rign anno Dom on thousand Seven hundred and
fifley Seven
his
John -f- Cunningham
mark
[Witnesses] Thomas Willson, Samuel Barr, John Barr.
[Proved Dec. 31, 1760.]
[Warrant, Sept. 11, 1760, authorizing William White and Rob-
ert Boyd, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Dec. 30, 1760; amount, £690. 10. o;
signed by William White and Robert Boyd.]
SAMUEL EMMONS 1757 KINGSTON
[Maria Emmons, widow, and Joseph Emmons, son, renounce
administration on the estate of Samuel Emmons of Kingston
March 28, 1757, in favor of Ebenezer Long.]
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Emmons, yeoman,
granted to Ebenezer Long of Kingston, yeoman, April 27, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 154.]
[Bond of Ebenezer Long of Kingston, yeoman, with Ebenezer
Stevens of Kingston and Daniel Little of Plaistow, gentleman, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, April 27, 1757, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, Cutts Shannon, John Fernald.]
[Warrant, April 27, 1757, authorizing Jeremy Webster and
Jonathan Greeley, gentleman, both of Kingston, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, May 19, 1757; amount, £863. 15. o; signed by
Jeremy Webster and Jonathan Greeley.]
[Warrant, July 18, 1757, authorizing Jeremy Webster and
50 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Jonathan Greeley, Innholder, both of Kingston, to receive
claims against the estate.]
[Warrant, Dec. 28, 1757, authorizing Jeremy Webster, Jona-
than Greeley, gentleman, Peter Sanborn, John Judkins, gentle-
man, and Thomas Elkins, blacksmith, all of Kingston, to set off
the widow's dower to Maria, wife of David Colby of Kingston.]
Province of 1 To the Hon^'^ Richard Wibird Esq' Judge
New Hamps: J of the Probates of wills &c for s<^ Province
Pursuant to your Hon" Warrant to us directed Authorizing
us the subscribers to set off to Moriah Now the wife of David
Colby of Kingstown in s^^ Province her Right of Dower which
happens to her of the Real Estate of her Late Husband Samuel
Emmins deceasd &c we have set off the same as follows viz:
Beginning at the upper or westerly End of the Deceased land
taking the whole width thereof & Extending Easterly as the land
lays to the Path or High way: & so having Land of Jabez Page
on the west & on the North the s^ Path or High way on the East
& Land of Sam'^ Sanborn on the south : with the Dwelling House
& Barn thereon five acres be the same more or Less
Kingstown february the 2^'^ 1758 Jeremy Webster
Jonathan Greeley
Thomas Elkins
[List of claims against the estate Jan. 24, 1758 ; amount, £706.
16. o; signed by Jeremy Webster and Jonathan Greeley.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £860. 15. o;
expenditures, £234. 10. o; allowed July 26, 1758.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £706. 16. o; amount
distributed, £626. 5. o; allowed Aug. 7, 1758.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 5I
GERSHOM DOWNS 1757 ROCHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Gershom Downs of Rochester,
yeoman, granted to Joseph Walker and his wife, Margaret
Walker, March 29, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 136.]
[Bond of Joseph Walker, Jr., and wife Margaret, with Joseph
Walker and Barnabas Palmer, yeomen, as sureties, all of Ro-
chester, in the sum of £500, March 29, 1757, for the administra-
tion of the estate ; witnesses, Theodore Willey, Theodore Willey,
Jr., William Parker.]
[Warrant, March 29, 1757, authorizing John Bickford and Ste-
phen Berry, both of Rochester, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, June 16, 1757; amount, £1278. 14. o; signed by
John Bickford and Stephen Berry.]
[Account of Joseph Walker and his wife Margaret of the set-
tlement of the estate of her former husband, Gershom Downs;
receipts, £558. 14. o; expenditures, £711. 12. o; mentions "keep-
ing Gershom a minor son of the Dec* 16 months " ; allowed Aug.
8, 1758.]
JONATHAN LORD 1757 IPSWICH, MASS.
[Guardianship of Thomas Lord, aged less than 14 years, son
of Jonathan Lord of Ipswich, Mass., granted to Jonathan Lord
of Exeter March 29, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 136.]
[Bond of Jonathan Lord, tailor, with Joseph Lougee, tailor,
and Edmund Lougee, joiner, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum
of £500, March 29, 1757, for the guardianship of Thomas Lord,
son of Jonathan Lord of Ipswich, Mass., glazier, deceased; wit-
nesses, John Fernald and John Langdon.]
52 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Esther Lord, minor, aged more than 14 years, daughter of
Mrs. Hannah Lord of Exeter, deceased, makes choice of her
brother-in-law, Edmund Lougee of Exeter as her guardian
Feb. 21, 1757; witnesses, James Thurston and Theophilus
Smith.]
[Guardianship of Esther Lord, daughter of Jonathan Lord,
granted to Edmund Lougee of Exeter March 29, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 136.]
[Bond of Edmund Lougee, joiner, with Jonathan Lord, tailor,
and Joseph Lougee, tailor, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of
£500, March 29, 1757, for the guardianship of Esther Lord,
daughter of Jonathan Lord of Ipswich, Mass., glazier, deceased;
witnesses, John Fernald and John Langdon.]
JOHN SHEDD 1757 NASHUA
[Administration on the estate of John Shedd of Dunstable,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Hannah Shedd, March 30, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 195.]
[Bond of Hannah Shedd, widow, with Thomas Lund and Eph-
raim Lund, husbandmen, as sureties, all of Dunstable, in the
sum of £500, March 30, 1757, for the administration of the es-
tate of John Shedd, housewright; witnesses, Peter Homey,
Rachel Lund.]
[Warrant, March 30, 1757, authorizing John Butterfield and
Ephraim Lund, both of Dunstable, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, April 3, 1757; amount, £2784. 10. o; signed by
John Butterfield and Ephraim Lund.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1414.
10. o, personal estate; expenditures, £1219. 8. 5; mentions
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 53
"maintenance of the children of the Deceased under the age of 7
years"; signed by Hannah Shedd; allowed Nov. 2, 1759.]
[Additional account by Samuel Roby and his wife Hannah
Roby, administratrix; receipts, £41. 2. 6; expenditures the same;
mentions "maintenance of John Shed a child of the said Deceased
under the age of 7 years 197 weeks since the Exhibit^ y" former
ace*"; allowed Oct. 31, 1765.]
[Additional account by Samuel Roby and wife Hannah; re-
ceipts, £56. 13. o; expenditures, £46. 19. o; signed by Samuel
Roby; allowed July 30, 1777.]
ABNER WHITTIER 1757 AMESBURY, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Abner Whittier of Amesbury,
Mass., yeoman, granted to his son, Abner Whittier, March 30,
I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 136.]
[Bond of Abner Whittier of Amesbury, Mass., yeoman, with
Samuel French of South Hampton and John Challis of Salisbury
and Amesbury District, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of
£1000, March 30, 1757, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, March 28, 1757; amount, £1280. o. o; signed by
Joseph Peaslee and Moses Peaslee.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £202. o. o,
personal estate ; expenditures, £44. 18. o; allowed April 26, 1758.]
[Warrant, April 26, 1758, authorizing Enoch Brown, Sargent
Heath, Nathan Hoag, Moses Peaslee, and Robert Stewart, all of
Newton, yeomen, to appraise the real estate for settlement on
the oldest son.]
54 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Return of appraisal, June 12, 1758; thirty two acres of land
in Newton, £325. o. o; signed by Enoch Brown, Nathan Hoag,
and Moses Peaslee. Order of court May 2, 1759, settling the
estate on Abner Whittier, oldest son.]
[Bond of Abner Whittier, cordwainer, with Joseph Peaslee
and Moses Peaslee, husbandmen, as sureties, all of Newton, in
the sum of £650, May 2, 1759, to pay to each of the other
children £83. 9. 2^, to the oldest two within one year, and to
the other males at 21 years of age and the females at 18 years;
witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Administrator's additional account; receipts, £272, 12. 4;
expenditures, £85. o. o; allowed May 2, 1759.]
DANIEL LUNT 1757 GREENLAND
In the name of God amen, I Daniel Lunt of Greenland in the
Province of New Hampshire in New England, being in Body
weak * * *
Imprimis I give and Bequeath unto my wife Mary Lunt one
Third part of my Real Estate During her natural Life after-
wards to Return to those hereafter named —
Item I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Lunt one
Hundred Pounds old tenor to be paid when She comes of age —
Item I give and Bequeath unto mary Williams wife of Ben-
jamin Williams the use and improvement of that House and
Six acres of Land I Bought of John Allen as the Deed Shall
make appear Dureing her natural life and after her Decease, to
Return to Daniel Durgan her Son to him his heirs and assigns
for Ever.
Item I give and Bequeath unto Abraham Lunt of York one
Hundred Pounds old tenor to him and his heirs for Ever —
Item I give and Bequeath unto the Children of my Brother
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 55
Henry Lunt Deceased one Hundred pounds old tenor to be
Equally Divided among them —
Item I give and Bequeath unto Samuel and Job Lunt of
Falmouth one Hundred pounds old tenor to be Equally Divided
among them —
Item I give and Bequeath unto the Children of my Sister
Drake Deceased one Hundred pounds old tenor to be Equally
Divided among them —
Item I give and Bequeath unto my Brother James Lunt of
Newbury one Hundred pounds old tenor to improve During his
natural life after his Decease to go to the Children of my Brother
John Lunt to be Divided among them —
Item I give and bequeath unto my Sister mary wingate two
Hundred pounds old tenor to her and her heirs and assigns for
Ever —
Item I give unto Love Gookins one Hundred pounds old tenor
to her her heirs and assigns for Ever
Item it is my will that whatever of my Estate whether Real
or personal Remains after my just Debts and Funeral Charges
and the above said Lagacies are Paid the Rest of my Estate to
be Equally Devided Betwixt my Brothers and Sisters or those
that Legally Represent them, to them their heirs and assigns
for Ever.
Lastly I Constitute make appoint and ordain my Cousin
John Wingate Executor * * * in witness whereof I have
hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Thirty first Day of March
Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Seven — ■
Daniel Lnt
[Witnesses] Mathias weeks, Simeon Dearborn, Levi Dearborn.
[Proved Oct. 17, 1757.]
[Inventory, Sept. 13, 1757; amount, £9403. 3. 7; signed by
Enoch Clark and Levi Dearborn.]
[Summons, Feb. 17, 1759, to Benjamin Williams of Greenland,
weaver, and his wife Mary, Sarah, wife of Abner Haines of
56 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Greenland, husbandman, and Sarah wife of Matthias Weeks of
Greenland, yeoman, to appear and give evidence in relation to
concealment or embezzlement of the estate.]
Benj'* Williams & Mary his wife and Sarah Weeks appeared
Pursuant to this Sumons and were Sworn & Benj'' Williams
Testified that he knew there was the warp of a Linen Web in the
House of M'' Daniel Lunt when he Died near Enough to make
twenty five yards and Mary his wife Says the same and that
there was two 19^ of woollen yarn in Said House and near
fillen Enough to fill it which two 19^ of woollen yarn with filling
Sufficient woud make about 25 yards M" Weeks Says M'' Lunt
warped at her House a Warp of Linen yarn but how much she
woud not Say but Judgd there was enough for 20 yards tho is
not certain
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £8300. 9. 7,
personal estate; expenditures, £3336. 17. 3; allowed Feb. 27,
1760.]
[Petition, April 24, 1760, of Gershom Griffith of Hampton,
innholder, and his wife Mary, formerly widow of Daniel Lunt,
by their attorney, Cutts Shannon, for the setting off of the
widow's dower.]
[Warrant, Aug. 27, 1760, authorizing Capt. William Weeks,
John Folsom, William Haines, Jr., Joshua Pickering, and James
Brackett, all of Greenland, to set off the widow's dower.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 118.]
[Executor's additional account; receipts, £460. o. o; expendi-
tures, £1732. II. 3; allowed Nov. 13, 1761.]
Agreable to an order from Rich<* Wibirt Esq'' Judge of Probets
for the Province of New Hampshire &c To us the Subscribers,
three of the five men, apointed as a Committee to Set off the
thirds of Mary GrifTeth wife to Gershom Grif?eth her thirds of
the Real Estate that falls to her that was her former husband
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 57
Dan' Lunt Deceased — We who have hereunto Subscribed have
proceeded & done it in the following manner viz of the twenty
acres that said Lunt Bought of Nathan Johnson we have Set off
to the Said Mary the East side of the said twenty Acres the said
thirds to Run the whole Length of said peace of Land & to be
Seven Rods wide at the Road and ten Rods wide at the lower
end toward the great Bay & likewise all the Right that the Said
Dan' Lunt had in y^ house & Barn that he Bought of Said
Nathan Johnson we have Set of to the said Mary all which the
said Mary to Injoy as her Dower or thirds —
Given under our hand at Greenland the 12**^ of May 1763
James Brackett
John Folsom
Joshua Pickering
[Executor's additional account; receipts, £4076. i. i ; expendi-
tures, £3518. 5. 8; allowed March 6, 1764; mentions payments,
evidently legacies, to Jonathan and Priscilla Allen, Joseph and
Jane Pallet, children of Nathaniel Drake, children of Robert
Drake, Abraham Drake, Samuel Lunt, Joshua and Mary Win-
gate, Simon and Mary Marston; Capt. Little for John and
James Lunt.]
HUMPHREY HOBBS 1757 WILTON
[Anna Hobbs renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, Capt. Humphrey Hobbs of Number Two, deceased at
Fort William Henry, April 4, 1757, in favor of her brother, Joseph
Simonds.]
[Administration granted to Joseph Simonds of Middleton,
Mass., yeoman, April 6, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 146.]
[Bond of Joseph Simonds, with Nathan Hutchinson of Monson
and Nathan Blanchard of Number Two, yeomen, as sureties, in
58 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
the sum of £500, April 6, 1757, for the administration of the es-
tate; witnesses, John Langdon, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, attested Sept. 22, 1757; amount, £1291. 2. 9;
signed by John Shepard and Nathan Blanchard,]
[Warrant, Nov. 24, 1757, authorizing Joseph Blanchard, Jr.,
of Merrimack and Joseph French of Dunstable, gentleman, to
receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims; amount, £1730. 6. 7>2 ; attested May 20, 1758,
by Joseph French and Joseph Blanchard.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1239. 6. 3;
expenditures, £611. 8. 9; mentions "p^ the Widow for Support
of her youngest Child 7 months"; allowed June 7, 1759.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £1779. i. 7^;
amount distributed, £627. 17. 6; allowed June 7, 1759.]
JOSEPH PAGE 1757 PLAISTOW
In The Name of God amen The Last will and Testiment of
Joseph Page of Plastow in the provence New hamsher in New
england yeaman. Being Very Sick and weak in Body * * *
Itam I give to Mary my Dearly Beloved wife one Haf of my
Dweling hous and to be cape in Repare by my Exectuer and also
hav Choice of two Cows out of my stock and to be Capt well
winter and sumer by my Excetor also I give her six cord of wood
corded up at the dore also four gallons of rum and Twenty
bushels of Ingan meal and four bushels of rye meal and two
bushels of wheet meal and fower Barrels of sider brought and
put into the Seller and Eight pound of flex teer and Six pound of
Sheeps wool and one pound of Gotten wool and one bushel of
molt and Six pound of Suger and two gallons of mallasses and
also one hundred weight of good beaf and one barrah pig of a
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 59
month old in the month of march and one pack of oatmeal al
these artickles to be paid yearly by my Excuter also I give her
at my Deceas one hundred and fifty wait of good poark to be
paid by my Executer and also I give her the priviledge of being
carried to metting by my Excuter as ofen as she pleasseth and
also to pay his mother as much money yearly as shal pay the
hier of a good maid to wait on her and also I give her all my
within doars houshold stuf such as Bidding Chears bras Iron
wood and tin all these to her and at her Disposing of as Long as
She Remain my widdow —
Item I give unto my Son Timothy Ten pounds in money of
the old taner as it now passeth or Bills of the provence aforesaid
to be paid to him with in one year after my Deceas which money
to be paid by my Excetor which together with what Land I have
here tofore made sure to him by deed is as I say his full portion
out of my whole Estate both Real and parsonal —
Itam I give Unto my son moses Ten pound in money or blls of
craddet of the provence aforesaid of the old taner as thay now
paseth to be paid to the said moses or his heires within one year
after my Deceas this money with what Land I have made Sure
to him by deed when paid by my Excetuer is as I Say his full
portion out of my Estate Both Rael and parsonal —
Itam I give Unto my Daughter Mary Herriman Decest that
is to Say to her Heires Ten pounds in money or bills of credet of
the provence afore said of the old taner as thay now passeth to be
paid by my Exeter with in one year after my Deceas which
Money together with what she has had done or given her hereto-
fore is her or thaire full potion as I Say out of my rael and par-
sonal Estate —
Itam I give Unto my son Joseph with paying my Just debts
and what I have given by will all my Rael and parsonal Estate
which I have not Expresly disposed of in this my Last will and
testament finally I do hereby Nominate and a point My said son
Joseph to be sole Exectuer * * *
In testimony I do here Unto Set my hand and affix my seal
60 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
the fift Day of Aprel in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven
hundred and fifty seven and in The Thirtuth year of his Mejes-
ties Reign also I order my Exceituer to Bury his mother in a
desent Christan buriel —
Joseph page
[Witnesses] Israel Webster, Daniel Peasle, Daniel Poor.
[Proved Aug. 2"] , 1760.]
[Mary Page, widow, accepts the terms of the will Aug. 26,
1760.]
[Bond of Joseph Page, with Israel Webster and Daniel Poor as
sureties, all of Plaistow, in the sum of £1000, Aug. 27, 1760, for
the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker, Solomon
Loud, Jr.]
ORLANDO BAGLEY 1757 AMESBURY, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Orlando Bagley of Ames-
bury, Mass., granted to Orlando Bagley of Kingston, gentleman,
April 6, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 143.]
[Bond of Orlando Bagley, with Benaiah Colby of Chester,
gentleman, and Benjamin Baker of Epping, yeoman, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, April 5, 1757, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, Cutts Shannon.]
[Inventory, May 23, 1757; amount, £5086. o. o; signed by
Jeremy Webster and Ebenezer Stevens.]
Province of 1 To the Hon^^'' Richard Wibird Esq'" Judge
New Hamps: / of the Probate of Wills &c for the Province of
New Hamps: — ■
Pursuant to your Hon" Warrant appointing us the subscribers
& Com*^*^ to Divide the Real Estate of Orlando Baglie Late of
Almsbury in the County of Essex in the Province of the Massa-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 6l
chusetts Bay Esq'" Deceas^ Intestate to & among the Children of
the s^ Deceas^ Being scituate in the Province afores^ of New
Hamps : We haveing met & viewed & valued the Premisses have
divided & set off s^ Estate as follows
Imp^ To Orlando Eldest son of the deceasd the first & second
shares being scituate partly in Kingstown in s'^ Province & partly
in Newtown in s*^ Province as followeth viz One piece scituate in
s*^ Kingstown being mill Pond Right (so called) in the upland
division & Bounded as it Lays & haveing a High way on the south
easterly part & Land of Rowels & Goulds on the south westerly
part & Land of Ralph Blasdel Ter^ in part on the Northerly part
& partly on a High way; and then North Easterly & North wes-
terly on Land or Meadow Ground of the s<^ orlando Baglies ; and
then North Easterly on Powow River (so Called) forty five
Acres and Three Quarters be the same more or Less ; and another
piece being mill Pond Rights in the flowed Ground (so Called)
Containing fourteen Acres be the same more or Less & was Laid
out to the original Right of Thomas Stevens & Bounded as it
Lays, having a High way on the straight side, & Lays partly on
Land or meadow of Samuel Jewel : & also meadow ground of the
s^ orlando Baglie, & otherwise Bounded Chiefly on the aforemen-
tioned Powow River; and two Acres & three Quarters more or
Less being part of the Deceasds Farm at Newtown aboves*^
which shall be hereafter described
-^diy 'phg Third share to David Baglie Laying on the West-
erly side of the s"^ Farm at Newton aboves'^ & Bounded as fol-
loweth viz : Beginning at the North Westerly Corner of s^ Farm
& from thence Running south westerly on the westerly side of
s'^ Farm to Davids other Land in s'^ Farm which he had of his
father (the deceas*^ in his life time) then Easterly or south East-
erly on s*^ Davids s*^ other Land about Twenty Nine Rods &
Thre Quarters to A stake & stones then North Easterly to the
Northerly side of the s<^ Farm to a stake & stones then North
Westerly 29 Rods & about 12 feet to the place where it first be-
gan Nine acres more or Less
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4^y The fourth share to Thomas being also part of the aboves'^
Farm at s'^ Newtown beginning at the North Easterly Corner of
the 3^^ share & running south westerly on the s^ 3^^ share till it
comes to the south Easterly Corner thereof to the s'^ Davids s*^
other Land ; then south easterly on the s*^ Davids s"^ other Land
30 Rods & about three Quarters to a stake & stones; then North
Easterly to the Northerly side of s*^ Farm to a stake & stones,
then North westerly 29 Rods & about 13 feet ^2 to the place
where it first began Nine Acres more or Less then the foremen-
tioned two Acres & Three Quarters to the fore Named orlando
to make up his shares forementioned : Beginning at the North
Easterly Corner Bounds of the 4*^ share & running south west-
erly on s*^ 4*^^ share to the south Easterly Bounds thereof to the
s^ Davids other Land, then south Easterly on s^ Davids s'^ Land
Ten Rods & about 13 feet to a stake & stones then North East-
erly to the Northerly part of the Farm to a stake & stones ; then
North westerly Nine Rods & about 13 feet }4 to the place where it
first began. Two acres & Three Quarters be the same more or less
5^^ The fifth share to Dorothy Now the wife of Jacob Morril
being also part of s^ Farm & Beginning at the North Easterly
Corner of the Piece Last mentioned & running south Westerly
thereon to the s^ Davids other Land ; then south Easterly on s^
Davids Land to the North Easterly Corner thereof, then south
south westerly on the s<^ Davids Land till it Comes to Land of
ColU^ Jonathan Baglie (another of the sons) in the same Farm
Conveyed to him by the deceas^ in his life time, then south East-
erly on s^ Jonathans s'^ Land 1 6 Rods & about one foot & a Half to
a stake & stones then North Easterly to the Northerly side of the s^
Farm to a stake & stones then North westerly 25 Rods }4 & about
1)4 feet to the place where it first began Nine acres more or Less
6'y The Sixth Share to Jonathan (before Named) Beginning
at the North Easterly Corner of the 5*^ share & running south
Westerly on the s^ 5^^ share to the south Easterly Corner thereof
then southeasterly on the s'^ Jonathans other Land above men-
tioned & also partly on Henry's other Land Given him by the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 63
deceas'^ in his Life time Twenty Rods & about Ten feet Si y^ to a.
stake & stones then North Easterly to the Northerly side of
the s^ Farm to a stake & stones then North Westerly Nineteen
Rods & about ten feet & a Half to the place where it first began
Nine acres more or Less
7*y The seventh share to Henry (before Named) Beginning
at the North Easterly Corner of the 6*'' share & running south
westerly thereon to the s*^ Henry's other Land forementioned to
the south Easterly Corner of s'^ 6*^ share then south Easterly on
s"^ Henry's other Land Twenty Two Rods & about one Quarter
of a Rod to a stake & stones, then North Easterly to the North-
erly side of the s^ Farm to a stake & stones, then North westerly
Twenty Rods three Quarters & about lyi feet to the place where
it first began Nine acre more or Less
8^y The Eighth & Last share to Sarah widow & Relict of
Moses Sargent Late of Almsbury deceas'd Beginning at the North
Easterly Corner of the J^'^ share & running south Westerly
thereon to the south Easterly Corner thereof to the s'^ Henry's
s'^ other Land, then south easterly on s^ Henry's s^ other Land
Twenty one Rods Three Quarters & about ten feet to the east-
erly Line of the whole Farm then North easterly on the s^ easterly
Line to the North Easterly Corner thereof, then North Westerly
Twenty one Rods & about one foot & a Half to the place where it
began Nine Acres more or Less —
and it is to be understood here that we reserve a Priviledge
one Rod wide from y^ Easterly end of the whole Farm to the
westerly end thereof, on the Northerly side through all the
forementioned shares, from an open High on the easterly side,
to another open way on the westerly side, for a drift way for the
use & benefit of the s^ shares for ever
August the 3*^ day 1757 Jeremy Webster
Eben"" Stevens
Jonathan Greeley
Jonathan Blasdel
William Rowell
64 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
ISAAC WATSON 1757 DOVER
M'' Dudley Watson Says that he often heard his Uncle Isaac
Watson Say that he had made a Deed of Conveyance to his Son
Samuel of a Tract of Land which he Said was more than his
Proportion of his the Said Isaacs Estate besides what he paid for
it & that he did not Design he Should have any more for that was
more than his Share and has often heard the Said Samuel Say
that he had given his father a Quittance and Discharge from any
farther Demand for his Part of Said Estate
M' Joseph Hall Says that he heard Isaac Watson Say that he
purpos'd to Execute a Deed of a Certain Tract of Land lying
near the Dep*^ Land at Tole End that it was more than his part
of Said Watsons Estate & that he Designd to make him pay a
Sum of money for it and after that he heard the Said Isaac Wat-
son say that he had Executed Such a Deed to his Said Son &
made him pay two hundred pound for it because that 'twas
more in Value than his Share tho' he had a Double portion the
Land he had Conveyd to him was more than his Double Share &
that Samuel told the Depon* he had Such a Deed & had given an
Acquittance to his father of any farther Demand on his Estate
and did not Expect any more and afterwards when the Said
Isaac was asked why he did not make a Conveyance to Samuel
of a Little nuke or Gore of Land adjoining to the other the Said
Isaac Said he woud not do it because Sam^ had got more than
his proportion of his Estate already and the Said Isaac said the
£200 he designd to put the Said Sum out to Interest for his
Son Isaac which he Designd to put out to a Trade & the Dep*
understood what the said Isaac had so Convey'd he Designd to
be his Said Samuels Share of his Said fathers Estate
M'' Joseph Young says that he heard Sam^ Watson Say that
the Acquittance which he had Signd to his father to Acquit the
Estate of any father Demand he had got it & Burnd it with his
Own hand & took it off of the table at M'' Cushions when his
father Signd the Deed he gave to him the Said Samuel said that
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 65
he took it and M' Cushion never had tho' it was thot to be Left
with him
James Rogers Says that he heard Sam' Watson Say that the
Land that was Conveyd to him by his father was Intended by
his father as his full portion & he never Expected any thing more
and after that he the said Sam' Sold it the Depo* in Conversation
with the said Sam' Said to him he was unwise to Sell it the Said
Sam' answerd twas no matter he woud do well Enough why
Said the Dep' you have given an Acquittance have you not yes
Says he why how will you do then why Says he if I have Given it
let them find it and added that he designd to get a Double
Portion yet out of his fathers Estate.
[Endorsed] taken ii Apr. 1757
[Warrant, April 13, 1757, authorizing William Shackford,
Moses Wingate, gentlemen, Richard Scammon, Joseph Hanson,
Jr., and Otis Baker, yeomen, all of Dover, to divide the real es-
tate of Isaac Watson of Dover, yeoman, the oldest son, Samuel
Watson, being deceased.]
Province of \ Whereas We the Subscribers being Chosen
New Hampshire 1 and appointed by The Hon^'^ Richard Wibird
Esq"" Judge of Probate for Said Province to Divide the Real Es-
tate of Isaac Watson Late of Dover Dec^ to and among the Rel-
ict Widow and the Children of s^ Deceased Which we find will be
Predicial & hurtfull to the whole Estate to Lot out Every Childs
part by it Self and In as much as it appears that Samuel the Eld-
est Son of Said Dec'' hath been heretofore advanced by Settle-
ment Therefore we agree and Conclude to Divide & Settle the
Same as foUoweth viz* We order & Set off to Joanna Watson
widow of S'' Deceased the two Lower Rooms in the Southerly
End of the Dwellinghouse of s"^ Deceased and also the South
west Chamber over the Largest of Said Rooms together with one
third of the Cellar under y house also the west End of the barn as
far as the barn floor with a Privilidge of the floor to bring in & Carry
out hay or any other fodder whatsoever or for any other use We also
66 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Set off to Said Joanna fifteen acres of Land being part of Shefifields
Grant (So CalH) and bounds westerly partly on the Lands of
George Hanson & Partly on the Land of Isaac Hanson Southerly
on the Land of the Dec* northerly on the Land of Joseph Hanson
Esq"" or however otherwise the Same be bounded It being that
Same fifteen acres which the Said Isaac Watson Purchased from
Charles Baker and is to be agreeable to the Bounds mentioned in
a Deed of the Same on Record and Nine acres and one hundred
& forty four Rods of Land more Joyning to the former and begins
at the Southerly Corner of S"* fifteen acres then runing by Han-
sons Land forty four Rods then northeast Thirty Six Rods Then
north forty two Degrees west forty four Rods to s'* fifteen acres
then by s'* fifteen acres to the afores** Corner with a free and full
priviledge to pass and Repass any where through Said Estate
as She may have occasion for transporting her afTects & no
further So as not hurt or Damage the Estate by any Extrave-
gancy thus far for her right in the homsted farm. We also order
to the said Joanna five acres of Land more being part of a Lot
of Eighteen acres heretofore Improved by s^ Decased for a
mowing field Lying on the northerly side of the Road Leading to
Littleworth (so CalH) and is on the westerly side of said field &
Bounds on the Lands of Ens Joseph Roberts and the Lands of
Ichabod Hayes and is Seven Rods by the Road and is to Run
notherly one hundred & Seventeen Rods holding the bredth of
Seven Rods to the notherly End of Said Eighteen acres being
untill Said five acres be fully Compleated which Compleats her
Dower
And In as much as it appears to us to be hurtfull to Said Es-
tate to Set off Each Child their meats & bounds We apprize and
value the Residue of Said Estate in manner & form following
viz* The two thirds of the house Exclusive of that part Set off
to the widow Six hundred pounds old Tenor the barn Exclusive
of D° two hundred pounds old Ten'' The homsted farm Contain-
ing fifty four acres Exclusive of that part Set off to the widow at
fifty five pounds old Tenor ^ acre two thousand nine hundred &
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 67
Seventy pounds old Ten'' also thirteen acres more on the noth-
erly side of the Road Leading to Little worth being part of Eight-
een acres being part of the Estate of s'^ DeC^ and is Exclusive of
five acres Set off to the widow at Seventy pounds old Ten'' ^
acre nine hundred & ten pounds old Tenor — •
We further order that the widow and heirs Shall Submit and
Give way to Each other through Each of their parts of the whole
premisses for Improvement thereof as far as is needfuU not to
hurt Each other any further then Necessity requires and that
They have hold and Enjoy the Same in manner and form as the
Same is above Expressed —
Given under our hands the Twenty third Day of April Anno
Dom 1757 —
N B we find that there is 136 acres in the Second Division in
Rochester & Some other wilderness Lands that we Cant view &
apprize at Present —
W"* Shackford
Moses Winget
Richard Scam'on
Jos: Hanson j'
Otis Baker
[Additional inventory, April 25, 1758, of land in Rochester,
£1360. o. o; signed by William Shackford, Moses Wingate, and
Joseph Hanson, Jr.]
[Bond of Joseph Watson, yeoman, with John Gage, Jr., inn-
holder, and David Watson, blacksmith, as sureties, all of Dover,
in the sum of £4000, 1758, to pay the other heirs their shares of
the estate, there being thirteen children in all ; witnesses, none.]
JONATHAN BATCHELDER 1757 NEWMARKET
In the name of God amen The Twelve th day of april in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty seven I
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Jonathan Batchelder of newmarket in the province of newhamp-
shire in newengland husbandman being about to go into the
present war * * *
Item I give and bequeath to my Son willian Batchelder Ten
pounds in old Tenor to be paid in one year after my decease by
my Executor I ten I give to my Son Jathro Batchelder fifty
pounds old Tenor bills Credit to be paid in three years after my
decease by my Executor Item I give to my daughter Elisabeth
Batchelder ten pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Executor in
four years after my decease: Item I give to my daughter mary
Batchelder Ten pounds old Tenor to be paid by my said Executor
in five years after my decease: — Item I give to my Daughter
Sarah Batchelder Ten pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Ex-
ecutor in five years after my decease Item I give to my daughter
hannah Batchelder Ten pounds old Tenor to be paid in six years
after my decease by my Executor and further my will is That my
Executor Keep a Cow winter and sumer well for my Loveing
wife Elizabeth Batchelder and deliver to her Ten bushels of
good Indean Corn a year yearly and also Two bushels of malt a
year annualey as Long as she Remains my widdow Item I give
and bequath to my Son Jonathen batchelder all my Land in
notingham in the province aforesaid to gather with all my Stock
namly Two oxen Two Cows Eight sheep with their Lambs To
gather with the swine and also all The utencales belonging to
the farm To have and To hold To him and his hairs for Ever and
I do hearby mak and ordain and appoint my Said Son Jonathan
Batchelder my Sole Executor * * *
his
Jonathan X Batchelder
mark
[Witnesses] Elias Critchett, Nath'^ Doe, Thomas Young.
[Proved June 24, 1761.]
[Bond of Jonathan Batchelder, with Benjamin Piper and Sam-
uel Weeks as sureties, all of Newmarket, in the sum of £500,
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June 24, 1 761, for the execution of the will; witnesses, WilHam
Parker, Solomon Loud, Jr.]
ZEBEDIAH SARGENT 1757 HAVERHILL, MASS.
[Warrant, April 13, 1757, authorizing Daniel Shepard, Jona-
than Watson, and Jonathan Kimball, all of South Hampton,
yeomen, to appraise the estate of Zebediah Sargent of Haverhill,
Mass., to be exhibited by Charles Sargent and Aaron Sargent,
brothers of the deceased.]
[Inventory, April 19, 1757, land in South Hampton and two
rights in Perrystown, £1540. o. o; signed by Daniel Shepard,
Jonathan Watson, and Jonathan Kimball.]
MARK WENTWORTH 1757 SOMERSWORTH
[William Wentworth, Benjamin Wentworth, and Ebenezer
Wentworth renounce administration on the estate of their
brother, Mark Wentworth of Somersworth, "whose Desire it
was that John Wentworth should administer with his wife on
his estate & she having Lately Deceased & Left five Children all
minors"; dated Somersworth, April 16, 1757; witness, Bartholo-
mew Wentworth.]
[Administration on the estate of Mark Wentworth, yeoman,
granted to John Wentworth of Somersworth, gentleman, May
-2^^ I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 167.]
[Bond of John Wentworth, with James Garvin of Somers-
worth, mariner, and Stephen Jones of Durham, gentleman, as
sureties, in the sum of £1000, May 22, 1757, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Jeremiah LIbby.]
70 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory, May 5, 1757; amount, £6305, 17. 6; signed by
Moses Stevens and Moses Carr.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £3345. 17. 6,
personal estate; expenditures, £3820. 19. 5; mentions "p'^
Ebenezer Wallingford for keeping a Child from the first Day of
May 1757 to the first Day of May 1764. . . . To myself keeping
one Child under Seven years old i Year & half. . . . p'^ two
Daughters out of the moveables"; allowed Feb. 23, 1769.]
JOHN CLEMENTS 1757 SALEM
[Administration on the estate of John Clements of Salem,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Ruth Clements, June 29, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 201.]
[Bond of Ruth Clements of Salem, widow, with William San-
ders of Salem and Ebenezer Gile of Hampstead, yeomen, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, June 29, 1757, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, April 25, 1757; amount, £470. 10. 6; signed by
Obadiah Eastman, and Obadiah Dustin.]
JEREMIAH LIBBY 1757 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Jeremiah Libby of Ports-
mouth, gentleman, granted to his widow, Sarah Libby, May 11,
I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 167.]
[Bond of Sarah Libby, widow, with Jeremiah Libby, gentle-
man, and George Libby, mariner, as sureties, all of Portsmouth,
in the sum of £500, May 11, 1757, for the administration of the
estate of Jeremiah Libby, Jr. ; witnesses, William Parker, John
Fernald.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 7I
[Warrant, May 11, 1758, authorizing Hunking Wentworth and
John Shackford, gentleman, both of Portsmouth, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, July 26, 1758; amount, £4845. o, o; signed by
Hunking Wentworth and John Shackford.]
[Guardianship of John Libby and Jeremiah Libby, aged less
than 14 years, sons of Jeremiah Libby of Portsmouth, deceased,
granted to Joseph Simes of Portsmouth, painter, May 21, 1759.]
[Bond of Joseph Simes, with Jeremiah Libby, housewright,
and George Hart, blacksmith, as sureties, all of Portsmouth,
in the sum of £500, May 21, 1759, for the guardianship of John
and Jeremiah Libby; witnesses, Thomas Packer, David Sewall.]
[Administration on the estate of Jeremiah Libby, Jr., of Ports-
mouth, gentleman, granted to Joseph Simes April 25, 1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 545.]
[Bond of Joseph Simes, painter, with Moses Noble, block-
maker, and Michael Whidden, Jr., joiner, as sureties, all of
Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, April 25, 1763, for the ad-
ministration de bonis non of the estate; witnesses, James
Grouard, T. Greenwood.]
DAVID MORRISON 1757 NOTTINGHAM
In the name of God Amen the fourteenth Day of may Anno
Domini 1757 I David Morrison of y« town of Nottingham in y«
Province of New Hampshire in New England Husbandman be-
ing Indisposed of Body * * *
Imprimis I Give and Bequeth to my Daughter Mary Ray
Wife of W™ Ray five shillings money to be Levyed out of my
Estate and paid by my Executors within twalve monthes after
my Decease
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Itim I Give & bequeath to my Grand son David Ray one
Half of the ten acre Lot N° 6 in fishstreet in y^ township of
Notting'" afores'^ to be y Inheritance of my Said Grand Son
David his Heirs & assigns for ever
Item I Give & bequeath to my Daughter Margret Morrison
all my Home Place where I now Live with all y Buildings stand-
ing thereon it being y^ lot N° 38 in fish street in y^ Township of
Nottingham & y one half of y^ Lot N° 6 in fish street aforesaid
to be the Inheritance of my Said Daughter margret her Heirs
and assigns for ever and also I Give & bequeath to my said
Daughter Margret the whole of my Goods Chatties Debts &
movebale Effects she paying out of y« same the Legacis hereafter
mentioned my Just Debts & funeral Charges
Item I Give and bequeath to my Grand son W™ Ray Jun'
my Gun and one Horse Colt 2 years old to be his property for
ever only his father W"" Ray to have the use of them till such
time as my said Grand son W"" Ray shall arive at y^ age of 21
years
Item I Give & bequeath to my Grand son John Simpson son
of Sarah Simpson Deceased which was Wife of Tho^ Simpson of
Notting"! aforesaid ten pounds old tenor to be Levyed out of my
Estate and paid by my Excutors at such time as my said Grand
son shall arive at y" age of twenty one years
Item I Give & bequeath to my Grand Daughter Elisa-
beth Simpson ten pounds old tenor to be Levyed out of my
Estate and paid by my Executors at such time as my said
Grand Daughter Elisabeth shall arive at y" age of Eighteen
years
Item I Give & bequeath to my Grand Daughter Sarah Simp-
son ten pound old tenor to be Levyed out of my Estate and paid
by my Executors at such time as my said Grand Daughter
Sarah shall arive at y" age of Eighteen years
Item I Give & bequeath to W"" Ray all my Body or wearing
Clothes to be his forever
Item I Do hereby Constitute appointe & ordain my Brother
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 73
William Morrison of Notting™ & my Daughter Margret Mor-
rison aforesaid to be Executors * * *
his
David + Morrison
mark
[Witnesses] James Morrison, Andrew Simpson Ju"", Robert
Harvey.
[Proved Dec. 12, 1758.]
[Warrant, Jan. 31, 1759, authorizing Robert Harvey, gentle-
man, and Andrew Simpson, Jr., yeoman, both of Nottingham,
to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 17, 1759; amount, £2288. o. o; signed by
Robert Harvey and Andrew Simpson, Jr.]
JOHN GRAVES 1757 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen I John Graves of the Parish of
Kensington in the Province of Newhampshire in Newengland
Yeoman being weake of Body * * *
ily I Give and Bequeath to my wellbeloved wife Elisabeth
Graves all the household Goods that shee Brought with her and
all my stock of Cratuers of all Sorts to Depose of as Shee Shall
See Cause and I Give my Said wife the improvement of one halfe
of my Dwelling house and the improvement the one halfe of my
Barn and the improvement of all my Land laying in Kensington
untill my son John Graves arives to the age of twenty one years
and then my Said son is to Come into possession as I shall order
in this my will — and then my Said wife Shall have the improve-
ment of but one halfe of my home place and halfe the house and
halfe the Barn During her widowhood and no longer and at her
Death or marriage Day then the land and house and Barn to go
to them that I Shall order in this my will
2ly I Give and Bequeath to my son John Graves forever all
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my land laying in the Parish of Kensington with the house and
Barn on said land only his mother is to have the improvement as
is above mentioned in Every particular and no other wise and I
Give my Said son John Graves my Chast of Draws and a hang-
ing Cubbard my looking Glass and one Tramill and my loom
and Table and one Kittle
3ly I Give and Bequeath To my son william Graves forever
the one half of my land laying in the Parish of Brintwood in
New hampshire my son william to have the East End so Runing
westerly Carrying the whole Breadth of said land untill it Con-
tains the one halfe of Said piece of land and I Give my Said son
one Bead and Tramill and one Iron pot two Chasts and one Box
and my warming pan and one Bason and one puter platter
4ly I Give and Bequeath to my son Jacob Graves forever the
one halfe of my land laying in the parish of Brintwood the west-
erly halfe of Said piece of land
5ly and I order my wife to bury me in Desent Christian man-
ner and to pay all my Just Debts and I Do Constitute and ap-
point Dea° Jonathan Dow to be my Executor * * * In
Witness whereof I the Said John Graves have hereunto Set my
hand and seal this Eighteenth Day of May anno: Domini: 1757
and in the thirtieth year of the Reign of King George the second
&c
John Graves
[Witnesses] Samuel Clifford Ju% Nathan Dow, Ezekiel Dow.
[Proved Oct. 26, 1757.]
[Warrant, Oct. 26, 1757, authorizing Theophilus Page and
Samuel Clifford, Jr., both of Kensington, yeomen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 22, 1757; amount, £5779- 4- 6; signed by
Theophilus Page and Samuel Clifford, Jr.]
[John Graves, aged 14 years, son of John Graves, makes
choice of his uncle, William Marston of Hampton, yeoman, as
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 75
his guardian March 22, 1758; witnesses, Jabez Smith, John
Smith.]
[Bond of WilHam Marston, with Ezekiel Moulton of Hampton
and Joseph Draper of Kensington, yeomen, as sureties, in the
sum of £1000, April 10, 1758, for the guardianship of John
Graves, minor, aged more than 14 years, and WilHam Graves,
aged less than 14 years, sons of John Graves; witnesses, William
Parker, David Sewall.]
WILLIAM THOMPSON 1757 WINDHAM
[Agnes Thompson renounces administration on the estate of
her husband, William Thompson, in favor of her son, Samuel
Thompson; dated Londonderry, May 20, 1757; witnesses, Sam-
uel Barr, John Barr.]
[Administration on the estate of William Thompson of Wind-
ham, yeoman, granted to his son, Samuel Thompson of Wind-
ham, May 25, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 169.]
[Bond of Samuel Thompson yeoman, with Samuel Barr and
James Wilson, yeoman, both of Londonderry, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, May 25, 1757, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, attested May 15, 1759; amount, £1184. 10. o;
signed by Samuel Barr and James Wilson.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1184.
ID. o; expenditures, £1459. 3. 3; allowed March 12, 1760.]
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—WALKER 1757 CONCORD
[Isaac Walker, aged about 16 years, being fatherless, makes
choice of Joseph Hall of Rumford as his guardian ; dated Rum-
ford, May 21, 1757.]
[Elizabeth Walker petitions for the appointment of Joseph
Hall as guardian of her son, Isaac Walker; dated Rumford,
May 21, 1757.]
WILLIAM JENKINS 1757 GREENLAND
In the Name of God Amen I William Jenkins of Greenland in
the Province of New Hampshire Yeoman being in Health * * *
Item I give & bequeath to Mary my beloved wife the use and
Improvement of that part of my Dwelling House & Cellar which
I now Improve for her Sole use during her natural Life and I also
give her two Hundred weight of good Pork Six Cord of good
firewood hald & Cut at her Door Six Barrells of Cyder to be
Deliverd & put into her Cellar or deliverd to her Order yearly
fourteen Bushells of Indian Corn and as many apples as She
Shall have Occasion of for her own use all these to be deliverd to
her Yearly during her natural Life by my Son William in Con-
sideration of what I herein give to him I also give my Said Wife
One good Cow to be at her Disposal and also the support of
Said Cow Summer and Winter to be well kept by my said Son
all the year so long as she Shall keep Said Cow for her own use
& shall live in my Said House I also give her all the Goods &
Effects which she brought to me and were her own before our
marriage together and all the money and Bills of Credit which I
shall leave.
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Allice Grove the
Sum of Ten pounds old Ten"" I having given her already her full
Portion & part of my Estate
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Ayres the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS ']']
Sum of One Hundred Pounds old Tenor I also give her my Bed
and all the Beding & Furniture belonging I also give her One
good Cow & six Sheep the Said Hundred pounds to be paid with
in two Years after my Decease by my Said Son — and the Bed
Cow & Sheep to be Deliverd Immediately after my Decease and
it is my will that the said Sums herein given to My Said Daugh-
ters shall be Equal in value to the Respective Sums herein given
to them at this time —
Item all the Rest & Residue & Remainder of my Estate Real &
Personal both in Possession and Reversion with the Remaind"" &
Reversion of the Real Estate herein given to my wife I give &
Devise to my Son William Jenkins his Heirs and assigns and also
Constitute & appoint him my Said Son to be Sole Execuf of this
my Last Will and Testament hereby ordering him to pay all my
Debts funeral Charges & all the Legacies aforesaid and my mean-
ing is that he shall have all Money & bills of Credit due to me at
my Decease & not in my House but that which Shall then be in
my House I give to my wife as aforesaid and I Do hereby Re-
voke all other wills by me heretofore made In Witness whereof
I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the 2'y^ Day of May 1757
willam Jenkens
[Witnesses] W"" Parker, Samll Weeks, John Furnald.
[Proved Nov. 27, 1765.]
[Bond of William Jenkins of Greenland, with Winthrop Pick-
ering of Newington as surety, in the sum of £500, Nov. 27,
1765, for the execution of the will; witness, William Vaughan.]
JEREMIAH FLANDERS 1757 SOUTH HAMPTON
[Mehitabel Flanders renounces administration on the estate
of her husband, Jeremiah Flanders, May 24, 1757, in favor of
her son, Jeremiah Flanders; witnesses, Richard Collins, Chris-
topher Gould.]
78 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Administration on the estate of Jeremiah Flanders of South
Hampton, yeoman, granted to his son, Jeremiah Flanders of
South Hampton, yeoman. May 25, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 181.]
[Bond of Jeremiah Flanders, with Richard Collins and Chris-
topher Gould as sureties, all of South Hampton, yeomen, in the
sum of £500, May 25, 1757, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, July 14, 1757; amount, £7009. I9- o; signed by
Jerfemy Webster and Richard Collins.]
JOSEPH DREW 1757 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Drew of Dover, yeo-
man, granted to his widow, Tamson Drew, May 25, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 173.]
[Bond of Tamson Drew of Dover, widow, with Thomas Davis
of Dover and Ephraim Davis of Durham, yeoman, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, May 25, 1757 for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Ezekiel Greeley, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, Aug. 29, 1757; amount, £5897. o. o; signed by
James Davis and Joseph Sias.]
[Guardianship of Francis Drew, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Joseph Drew, granted to John Gage, Jr., of Dover,
gentleman. May 31, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 517.]
[Bond of John Gage, Jr., of Dover, with Benjamin Watson of
Dover and Cutts Shannon of Portsmouth, gentlemen, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, May 31, 1758, for the guardianship of
Francis Drew; witnesses, none.]
[Guardianship of Abigail Drew and Joseph Drew, minors, aged
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 79
more than 14 years, and Tamson Drew, aged less than 14 years,
children of Joseph Drew, granted to Hubbard Stevens March
31, 1762.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 329.]
[Bond of Hubbard Stevens of Durham, tanner, with Ephralm
Davis of Durham, yeoman, and Moses Stevens ofSomersworth,
tanner, as sureties, in the sum of £500, March 31, 1762, for the
guardianship of Abigail Drew, Joseph Drew, and Tamson Drew;
witnesses, William Parker, Joseph March.]
[Warrant, March 31, 1762, authorizing Ephraim Hanson,
Joseph Roberts, Howard Henderson, all of Dover, Moses Emer-
son of Durham, and Solomon Emerson of Madbury to set off the
widow's dower to Tamson, now the wife of Paul Hayes of Dover,
gentleman.]
Province of 1 Pursuant to a Warrant directed to us the
New Hamp'' j Subscribers By the Hon*"'^ Richard Wibird
Esq' Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for said Province to view
the Real Estate of Joseph Drew late of Dover deceas'd and to
sett off to Tamson now the Wife of Paul Hayes of Barrington in
said Province Gent° her Dower and the remaining two Thirds to
Divide among all the Children, or make an impartial Appraise-
ment of the same according to the present Value in Order to a
Settlement thereof on y^ eldest Son We have accordingly sett off
as follows Viz*
To the said Tamson for her Thirds; part of the Homestead
Beginning at the N. E. Corner of the House & Runing North
Twenty Feet, then South 70° East to the lower End of the
Farm then Southerly by the Fence to the Road, then Westerly
by the Road Sixty one Rods, then upon a strait Course to the
Corner of the House first mentioned — Also part of the upper
End of said Farm Beginning by the Road at the Southerly
Corner of Sam^i Hayes's Land, and run'ing by said Road 34 Rods,
then N. 52° East 89 Rods then North 40° W. to the High Way
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leading from Dover to Durham, then by said High Way to Land
of Sam^^ Hayes's, then by said Hayes's Land as the Fence now
stands to the Bounds first mentioned. Also one Third part of the
Dwelhng House viz*, the Lower Room & Garrett of the East
End & One Third part of the Barn with Liberty to pass & repass
to & from said Buildings
The Remaining Two Thirds we find can't be Divided among
the Children without prejudice to, or spoiling the whole, there-
fore have apprised it as follows Viz* —
55 Acres of the Homestead @ £70 £3850
25 ditto at a place called the Dry Pines @ £80 2000
II ditto at Madbury @ £120 1320
I ditto of Thatch Bed at a place call'd Johnson's
Creek 130
^^^ of the Dwelling House 132
}^^^ of the Barn 66
old Ten^ £7498
Witness our Hands this 30*'' of June 1762
Sol° Emerson
How^ Henderson
Joseph Roberts
Moses Emerson
[Bond of Elijah Drew, yeoman, with Shadrach Hodgdon,
gentleman, and James Nute, yeoman, as sureties, all of Dover,
in the sum of £3750, Nov. 19, 1762, to pay the other children
their shares when the daughters, Abigail and Tamson, shall be 18
years of age, and the son, Joseph, 21 years, the oldest son, Fran-
cis, having sold his share to Elijah; witnesses, William Parker,
William Vaughan.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate by Paul Hayes and
wife Tamson ; receipts, £1427. o. o, personal estate ; expenditures,
£1261. 12. o; allowed Oct. 26, 1763.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 8 1
TIMOTHY RICHARDSON 1757 HOLLIS
[Administration on the estate of Timothy Richardson of
HoUis, yeoman, granted to Joshua Wright of HoUis May 25, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 173.]
[Bond of Joshua Wright, with Daniel Emerson of HoUis,
clerk, and David Hobart of Dunstable, yeoman, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, May 25, 1757, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
JOSIAH CONANT 1757 HOLLIS
[Bond of Catherine Conant, widow, with Daniel Emerson,
clerk, and Joshua Wright, yeoman, as sureties, all of Hollis, in
the sum of £500, May 2'j , 1757, for the administration of the
estate of Josiah Conant of Hollis, yeoman; witnesses, Samuel
Cummings, Stephen Ames.]
[Inventory, April 5, 1757; amount, £5084. 6. 6; signed by
Samuel Cummings, Francis Worcester, Jr., and David Hobart.]
Province of 1 We the Subscribers, being a Com*'"' to set
New Hampshire J off to the Widow Katharine Conant, her
Dower, or thirds that happens to her, out of the Estate of
Josiah Conant late of Hollis in said Province Joiner Deceased
Intestate which is as follows, vizt
About Eight Acres of woodland being in said Holies, be the
same more or less, bounded as follows beginning at a Stake &
Stones which is the westerly corner of the Premises, thence
North easterly by Benjamin Wrights land Seventy Eight
Rods to a Stake & Stones, thence South Forty one Rods, to land
lately owned by Enoch Hunt to a Stake & Stones, thence west by
said Hunts land Sixty Eight Rods to the first Bound Mentioned.
Also about nine acres of Land more, be the same more or less
being part of the Homestead being in said Holies, Bounded as
follows beginning at a stake & stones, which is the northeast
82 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
corner of the Premises, the same being the northeast corner
Bound of the Homestead, thence South by land of Benjamin
Blanchard, Twenty Six Rods to a Stake & Stones, thence west
Forty one Rods to a Stake & Stones, thence North Seventeen
degrees west Thirty Eight Rods to a Stake & Stones, thence
East three degrees North Six Rods to a Stake & Stones, thence
north about three Rods to the Highway, thence Easterly by the
Highway Forty Six Rods to the Bound first mentioned, Reserv-
ing liberty to pass across the Pasture by Benjamin Blanchards
fence to the other land with putting up the fence or bars, also
the whole of the Dwelling House standing by the Premises last
mention'd, meaning all that part of the Dwelling House that was
built by the Deceased, in his lifetime, (Excepting & Reserving a
Small Bed Chamber, in the Northeast Corner of the House)
from the Bottom of the Celler to the Top of the House, together
with the Liberty of two Rods of Land round the west. South, &
East Ends of the said House for a Priviledge of Leying wood
passing & repassing round the said House in all respects, with
Liberty also, of using the well that is nigh the South End of the
House; Also one third part of the Barn standing nigh the said
House, viz* the Easterly End of said Barn, viz* the one half of
the stable room under the long scaffold, being the northerly end
thereof, & the whole of the said long Scaffold up to the top of the
Barn with liberty of the said Barn floor to cart in Fodder, or any
thing Else, & liberty to thrash out grain &c together with the
Liberty of two Rods of Land round the North, East, & South
Ends of said Barn for a Priviledge of carting yarding or any
thing else that shall be necessary & convenient, the above
Articles we have set off to the said widow, as her full Dower or
thirds, out of the Real Estate of the said Josiah Conant De-
ceased. Holies April 14*'' 1769 —
Sam^ Cumings
Jon^ Philbrick
Noah Worcester
Amos Fisk
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 83
[Appraisal of the remaining two thirds of the real estate at
£103. 10. 8, April 14, 1769, with the recommendation that it
be settled on the oldest son; signed as above. Order of court,
April 26, 1769, settling the remainder on Josiah Conant, the
oldest son, he paying the others their shares.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £2983. i. 6,
personal estate, expenditures, £2463. 12. i; mentions "Main-
tains Boarding Clothing & providing for Katharine, daughter of
the Deceased from Decem"" 16*'' 1756, untill she arived to the
age of seven years, being 195 weeks. . . . ditto Maintaining &c
Abel, from December 16*^ 1756, untill he arrived to the age of
seven years, being 303 weeks"; allowed April 26, 1769.]
[Guardianship of Catherine and Abel Conant, minors, aged
more than 14 years, children of Josiah Conant, granted to Daniel
Emerson Dec. 27, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 232.]
[Bond of Daniel Emerson, clerk, with Stephen Jewett and
Ephraim Burge as sureties, all of Hollis, in the sum of £500,
Dec. 27, 1769, for the guardianship of Catherine Conant and
Abel Conant; witnesses, John Hale, Samuel Hobart.]
TUCKER CATE 1757 GREENLAND
In the Name of God Amen the Twenty Eighth Day of May
anno Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty Seven I
Tucker Gate of Greenland in the province of New hampshire
Yeoman Being very week of Body * * *
Imprimis My Debts and funeral Charge being paid I Give and
Bequeath unto my Dutyfull and Loveing Son Joshua Gate all
my Esteate Boath Real and personal in Greenland afore Said
and where alee any part thereof may be found to him his heirs
and assigns Excepting what I Shall herein after Despose of —
Item I Give unto my Three Daughters viz Abigail Gate
Rachel Gate and Sarah Gate the use and priveladge of one half
of my Dweling house Sellar and Barne while thay Remain un-
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married and a Sufficiency of wood for fire to Burn in Said house
Dureing Said Terme
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved wife all my
moveable Estate oxen Cows Sheep Swine horse Kine and all my
Indore household Goods
Item I Give unto my Granson Jonathan Allen five Shillings
old Tenor to be paid unto him by my Executor herein after
mentioned within one year after my Deceas —
item I Give unto my Daughter mary Allen five Shillings old
tenor To be paid unto her by my Executor herein after men-
tioned within one year after my Decease —
ittem I Give unto My Daughter Lydia Haines five shillings
old Tenor to be paid unto her by my Executor herein after men-
tioned within one year after My Decease —
Item I Give unto my Daughter Cumfort Sevey five Shillings
old Tenor to be paid unto her by my Executor herein after Men-
tioned within one year after my Decease —
Item I Give unto My Daughter Martha Thing five Shillings
old Tenor To be paid unto her by my Executor herein after men-
tioned within one year after My Decease —
Ittem I Give unto my Daughter Margret Johnson five Shill-
ings old Tenor to be paid unto her by my Executor herein after
mentioned within one year after my Decease —
Ittem My will is that if my Said Son Joshua Gate Shall Die
without a Lawfull heir Lawfully Begoten of his own Body that
my Estate Given as afore Said unto him Shall Return unto my
Two youngest Daughters their heirs and assigns viz Rachel Gate
and Sarah Gate — •
Ittem I Do Constitute make and ordain my afore Said Son
Joshua Gate the Executer * * *
Tucker Gate
her
[Witnesses] nathan Goss, Debroah -f Goss, Rich<^ Young.
Mark
[Proved Dec. 28, 1757.]
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[Bond of Joshua Cate of Greenland, yeoman, with Richard
Young and Joshua Hill, both of Stratham, yeomen, as sureties,
in the sum of £2000, Dec. 28, 1757, for the execution of the will;
witnesses, David Sewall, Daniel Oilman.]
DAVID HORNEY 1757 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen. The second day of June in the
year of our Lord Christ one Thousand seven hundred and Fifty
Seven — I David Horney of Portsmouth in the Province of
new-Hampshire Mariner being Sick * * *
I Give and Bequeath unto my Son John Horney, if alive, the
sum of Ten shillings New Tenor.
Item. I Give unto my wife Hannah the use and Improve-
ment of my Dwelling House Garden and Barn in Portsmouth
afores^ during her natural Life in full of her Dower and Thirds of
my Estate —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Prudence the
wife of John Gerrish of Newbury in the County Essex in the
Province of the massachusetts Bay Blacksmith one feather Bed
one Bolster Two Pillows Two Pillow Bears Two sheets and Two
bed Blankets —
Item. I Give unto my Daughter Honour the wife of Joseph
Hixon of Portsmouth aforesaid the sum of Ten Pounds New
Tenor — ■
Item I Give unto my Daughter Mary Horney the sum of
Twenty shillings new Tenor — •
Item I Give unto my son Gilbert Horney the sum of Thirty
shillings New Tenor — ■
Item I Give Bequeath and Devise unto my Daughter Betty
Horney a Chinee Gown also the one Half of my Personal Estate
Funeral Charges Debts and Legacys being paid — ■ I also Give
Bequeath and Devise unto my said Daughter Betty the one half
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of my real Estate (after the Death of my wife Hannah) and to
her Heirs and assigns forever — -
Item I Give unto my Daughter Prudence Gerrish the wife of
John Gerrish the Rest and Residue of my Estate both real and
personall wheresoever and whatsoever and to her Heirs and as-
signs for ever Funeral Charges Debts and Legacys being paid —
Item I Do hereby Nominate Constitute and appoint Matthew
Livermore of Portsmouth aforesaid Esq"" to be my Executor of
this my last will and Testament — And I do Give unto him the
said Matthew Livermore the Sum of Five Pounds new Tenor to
buy him a Ring to Remember me by — * * *
David Horney
[Witnesses] Clem* Jackson, Sam^ Griffith, John Beck.
[Proved June i8, 1757.]
[Hannah Horney accepts the terms of the will July 6, 1757;
witnesses, James Kielle, Nathaniel Fellows.]
[Inventory, June 18, 1757; amount, £4806. 11. o; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Additional inventory, Sept. 16, 1757; amount, £121. 10. o;
signed as above.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £2861.
17. 6, personal estate ; expenditures, £2215. 4. 8; filed June, 1765.]
JOHN LIGHT 1757 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of John Light of Exeter, gentle-
man, granted to his widow, Deborah Light, June 9, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 195.]
[Bond of Deborah Light, widow, with Theophilus Smith and
Noah Emery, gentleman, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of
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£1000, June 9, 1757, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Thomas Deane, Daniel Tilton.]
[Inventory, June 28, 1757; amount, £3592. i. 9; signed by
Benjamin Thing and Nathaniel Folsom.]
[Petition of the administratrix, Aug. i, 1758, for license to sell
real estate; license issued Sept. 13, 1758.]
JAMES MORRISON 1757 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of James Morrison of London-
derry, yeoman, granted to Samuel Morrison of Windham June
9, I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 194.]
[Bond of Samuel Morrison, with John Morrison and Thomas
Morrison, both of Londonderry, as sureties, in the sum of £500,
June 9, 1757, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, John Hogg.]
[Warrant, June 9, 1757, authorizing Moses Barnett and John
Weare, both of Londonderry, gentlemen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested June 26; 1758; amount, £2235. 10. o;
signed by John Weare and Moses Barnett.].
STEPHEN HOBBS 1757 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen: The 14*^ day of June 1757 I
Stephen Hobbs of Kensington in Hampton in the Province of
New-Hamps: in New England Husbandman: * * *
Imp^ I Give and Bequeath unto Patience my now dearly be-
loved wife the one third part of all my Lands for her use &
Improvement so long as she remains my widow: and also the
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fore Room In the Easterly End of my dwelling House : only it is
my true Intent & meaning here, that in Case my Son Samuel
desires it he shall have liberty to dwell in the s'^ Room till he can
otherwise provide for himself also the one third part of my
Barn : viz: at the westerly End: and also that she has sufficient
fire wood provided for her & bro't Home to the House (as
shall be hereafter mentioned) all these priviledge my s'^ wife to
have & Enjoy so Long as she remains my widow: further I Give
& Bequeath unto my s^ wife one Cow & two sheep and all my
Houshold stuff within doors for ever & to be at her dispose —
Itim I Give & Bequeath unto my well beloved son Samuel
Hobbs Twenty acres of Land in my Home place Bounded as
followeth viz — ■ to Lay on the westerly side of my s"^ Home place
the whole Length thereof & to Extend Easterly into my s*^ Land
till it Compleats twenty Acres and also the forementioned
priviledge as beforementioned : Then further my will is & I do
hereby order that the residue of my S^ Lands (that is to say) the
residue over & above the forementioned twenty acres Given to
the s'l samuel & also twenty acres before Given to my son Noah
Hobbs I say all remaining above these two twenty acres, my s'^
two sons viz: Samuel & Noah to be Equally divided between
them as Convenient as Can be: but it is to be understood here
that my s'^' sons shall not Interrupt their mother in her Enjoy-
ment of what I have hereby given her: and so my s^ sons to
Come into the Immediate possession of my s^ Lands & Building
at my decease (saveing their Mothers thirds as above mentioned)
and then at her marriage or death to Come into the possession
& Enjoyment of all as aboves^; and all this Estate as above
mentioned my s'^ sons To Have And To Hold to them their
Hiers & assigns forever —
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my wellbeloved Daughter
Hiphzibah one Cow & two sheep to her, her Hiers & assigns
and also one feather Bed & Comfortable bedding & furniture
therefor, to her Hiers & assigns as the other further I Give to my
s<* daughter one Hundred pounds money Equal to the Old Ten-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 89
our; to be paid as shall be hereafter mentioned and I do aso will
& ordain that the forementioned Cow & two sheep be kept &
supported for my s^^ Daughter yearly & every year summer &
winter so long as she lives a single life & remains unmarried and
that together & as Convenient for her as may be as also shall be
further mentioned — and also that she Enjoy the liberty &
priviledge of the Back Room in the Easterly End of the House —
Again I Give to my s^ son Samuel all my stock of Cattle
Horse sheep swine &c (saveing what is before Disposed of) also
all my tools and Implements for man & Beast to work with I
order to be Equally divided between my s^ two sons also the
fire Arms which is now Called theirs Each to have & Enjoy his
own — further after the marriage or decease of my s'^ wife &
Daughter my Will is that my s'^ son Samuel shall have & Enjoy
the whole Easterly End of my s^ dwelling House : and the Gun
which is now Called mine I Give to the s'^ Samuel also my s^
son Samuel at my wifes decease to have Barn as the House fur-
thermore I Give & Bequeath to my s^ son Noah his Hiers and
assigns for ever all my Right & Interest in a share of salt marsh
so Called being scituate in Hampton before mentoned at a place
Commonly Called the Glade: which s*^ share of marsh my
Brother Nehemiah Hobbs died siezed of: And to my s*^ son
Samul I Give and Bequeath all my Right & Interest in another
share of salt marsh so Called Layin in Hampton aboves'^ by
Sergeants Island way (so Called) which s^ Last share was also
my s^ Brother Nehemiah's: and yet further all the Right Interest
& demand which I now have may or ought to have of in or to
the Estate of my s'^ Brother Nehemiah deceasd my will is that it
be Equally divided between my s^ two sons their Hiers & assigns
forever
Item I Give to my well beloved son Stephen Hobbs his Hiers
& assigns the sum of Twenty shillings (New tenour) to be paid
by my Executors as shall be hereafter mentioned he haveing had
his portion out of my Estate
And I do hereby Constitute make & ordain my two sons viz
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Noah & Samuel to be sole Executors of this my Last Will &
Testament and I do hereby Will & order that my s'^ Executors
provide & bring home to my s^ wife her fire wood yearly & every
year as before mentioned and keep & maintain the Cow & two
sheep before mentioned for my s"^ Daughter as before mentioned,
& also pay the forementioned sum of one Hundred pounds old
tenor to my s"^ Daughter at the End of one year after my decease ;
and also the forementioned Legacie to my s*^ son Stephen : And
in all these duties & Legacies my s*^ Executors to be Equal in
Doing & paying: and also to pay all my Honest Debts, & be at
the Cost of my funeral * * *
Stephen + Hobbs
mark
[Witnesses] Jeremy Webster, Abraham Smith, Elizebeth
Webster.
[Proved Nov. 30, 1757.]
[Warrant, Nov. 30, 1757, authorizing Abraham Prescott and
Jeremiah Sanborn, both of Kensington, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Feb. i, 1758; amount, £5692. 10. o; signed by
Abraham Prescott and Jeremiah Sanborn.]
JOSEPH GOULD 1757 SOUTH HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Gould of South
Hampton, yeoman, granted to Thomas Pike of Newbury, Mass.,
and his wife, Abigail Pike, June 16, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 243.]
[Bond of Thomas Pike and wife Abigail, with Samuel Currier
and Abner Morrill, both of South Hampton, as sureties, in the
sum of £1000, June 16, 1757, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Jeremy Webster, Thomas Morrill.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 9I
[Warrant, June i6, 1757, authorizing Samuel Currier and
Abner Morrill, both of South Hampton, yeomen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, June 23, 1757; amount, £1594. 2, 4; signed by
Samuel Currier and Abner Morrill.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £955. 2. 4;
expenditures, £754. 8. 3; allowed Aug. 30, 1758.]
GIDEON HONEY 1757 NASHUA
[Administration on the estate of Gideon Honey of Dunstable
granted to his widow, Hannah Honey, June 18, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 275.]
[Bond of Hannah Honey, widow, with Thomas Blanchard and
Thomas Blanchard, Jr., husbandmen, as sureties, all of Dun-
stable, in the sum of £500, June 18, 1757, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, Hannah Dow, Jonathan Lovewell.j
[Warrant, June 18, 1757, authorizing Jonathan Lovewell and
Ephraim Adams, both of Dunstable, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested Sept. 2, 1757; amount, £1547. 17. 10;
signed by Jonathan Lovewell and Ephraim Adams.]
[Accountof the settlement of the estate; receipts, £998. 17. 10
personal estate; expenditures, £1350. 12. i; allowed Oct. 2,
1767.]
ISAAC HANSON 1757 SOMERSWORTH
In the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Amen —
Now I give to my well beloved Wife Sarah Hanson, all my home-
stead Lands, and Buildings thereon, and mills and Marsh
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together with all the movables appertaining thereto, During Her
Widowhood State, and She to pay all Honest Debts, and when
She marryeth to carry nothing off from the S'^ Estate only what
the Law allows Her, and the Sick Child to be taken Care of at
the Cost of the S'^ Estate So long as he Shall Remain Sick, and I
Give to my three Daughters, each fifty Pounds old Ten'' out of
the Same Estate, And Isaac Hanson Jun-" (Now being out in the
Kings Service) if he Shall return, to be heir of the same and if not
then John Hanson to have it and his Heirs, and hold it forever,
And Ebenezer Hanson to have all I own in Berwick old Town
except the wood below: and All the Rest of my out Lands, or
all that ever Shall appear to be mine to be Destributed equally
amongst the Rest of my Children, and John to come in with
them if Isaac shall Return
Somersworth June 25**^ 1757 Isaac Hanson
[Witnesses] Nathanal Downes, Daniel Hanson, William
Mark
+ Jons,
his
[Proved Jan. 25, 1758.]
[Bond of Sarah Hanson of Somersworth, widow, with Daniel
Hanson of Somersworth, yeoman, and Nathaniel Downs of
Berwick, Me., as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Jan. 25, 1758, for
the administration of the estate with will annexed; witnesses,
Meshech Weare, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Jan. 25, 1758, authorizing Moses Carr, physician,
and Moses Stevens, tanner, both of Somersworth, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, April 5, 1758; amount, £5475- I5- o; signed by
Moses Carr and Moses Stevens.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 93
SIMON DOW 1757 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen this twenty seventh Day of June
Anno Domini 1757 in the thirty first year of his Majestys Reign
Georg the second King over Grate Britain &c I Simon Dow of
Hampton in the Province of new Hampshier in new england
yeoman * * *
I tarn I Give and bequeath to my son Noah Dow my Lettle
Lot of land Laying in the plains in said Hampton bounding
northly on land that was Peter Johnsons southly on land of the
Parsonage, eastly on the Road Westly on land that was layed to
the falls men in the first of the five Divisions being one acre
more or less with one acre of Marsh near Sargent Island Path
on the ox common in said Hampton bound southly on said
Path that leads to Sargents Island northly on the Mill Creek
Eastly on marsh of Browns westly on marsh of Dearbons
I also Give to my said son Noah Dow a Privilidg of Pastouring
one Cow in my Pastour that lays Joining to Tucks Mill Pond
with a privilidg of getting fier wood on my wood land northly
of Lettle River in said Hampton yearly and every year sufihciant
for one fier I also give to my said son Noah Dow a Privilidg to
Live in the westly end of my Dw^elling house untill he has
Provided him self to Live other whare I also give to my said son
Noah one Eighth Part of the apples that grows in my orchard
yearly and every year I also give to my said son Noah one Gun
all that I give to my said son Noah as above said I give to him
and his heirs excepting only the privilidg of liveing in the westly
end of my Dwelling house which he is to have no longer than
till he has Provided him self a place other whare to live
Itam I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Johnson the
wife of Peter Johnson my Lettle Lot of land Laying in the Ring
swamp which said Johnson hath within fence
Itam I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Jannas the
wife of Nathaniel Jannes Eighty shillings in money old tenour
to be Paid to her by my sons Simon Dow and Jeremiah Dow
equilly between them
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Itam I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Dow one
Eighth Part of the Apples in my orchard and one milks Cow and
nessecery fier wood and sufficiant bread Corn and Meat all as
afore said to be found and provided for her yearly and every
year by my sons Simon Dow and Jeremiah Dow equilly between
them so long as she Remains unmarried I also give to my said
Daughter Mary a privilidg to Live in the westly end of my
Dwelling house so long as she Lives unmarried
Itam I give and bequeath to my said Simon Dow my Dwelling
house saveing onely the Privilidgs in it that I gave to my said son
Noah Dow and mary Dow my said Daughter to live in as before
is expressed in the westly end of my Dwelling house I also give
to my said son Simon one gun
Itam I give and bequeath also to my said son Noah Dow and
my said Daughter mary Dow to Each of them one fether bed
with the beding and furniture of one bed with all other the
moveables in my house which I have not here in other ways
Disposed of to be equilly Devided between them
Itam I give and bequeath to my Said son Jeremiah Dow the
house he Lives in
Itam I give and bequeath to my said sons Simon Dow and
Jeremiah Dow all my land and marsh and meadow Ground and
Pastour Ground which I have Laying in said Hampton (which
I have not here in other ways Disposed of) to be equilly between
them to them and to their heirs with all other my buildings
which I have not here in other way Disposed of I also give to
my said sons Simon Dow and Jeremiah Dow all my stock of
Cattle and husbandry Implements and moveables out of Doores
to be equilly Devided between them it is my will that my said son
Jeremiah Dow Shal have one Gun I Do Like wise Constitute
Make and ordan my said sons Simon Dow and Jeremiah Dow
to be Executors * * *
Simon Dow
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[Witnesses] John Lamprey, Samuel Palmer 3*^, Robert
Moulton T,'^.
[Proved Feb. 29, 1764.]
[Bond of Simon Dow and Jeremiah Dow, with John Lamprey
and Samuel Palmer as sureties, all of Hampton, in the sum of
£500, Feb. 29, 1764, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
James Dwyer, William Parker.]
JOHN LOVE 1757 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of John Love of Londonderry,
yeoman, granted to Patrick Douglas of Londonderry, yeoman,
June 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 199.]
[Bond of Patrick Douglas, yeoman, with Robert Boyes and
Thomas Wilson, yeoman, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the
sum of £500, June 28, 1757, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Thomas Westbrook Waldron, Joshua Wilson.]
[Warrant, June 28, 1757, authorizing Thomas Cochran and
Thomas Wilson, both of New Boston, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. i, 1757; amount, £580. o. o;
signed by Thomas Cochran and Thomas Wilson.]
EZEKIEL WENTWORTH 1757 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Ezekiel Wentworth of Dover,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Elizabeth Wentworth, June
29, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 206.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Wentworth, widow, with Benjamin
Austin and Benjamin Austin, Jr., as sureties, all of Dover, in
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the sum of £500, June 29, 1757, for the administration of the
estate ; witnesses, none.]
[Warrant, June 29, 1757, authorizing Nathaniel Home of
Somersworth and Samuel Austin of Dover, yeomen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Aug. 27, 1757; amount, £2587. 15. o; signed by
Nathaniel Home and Samuel Austin.]
DAVID WELCH 1757 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of David Welch of Kingston,
yeoman, granted to Samuel Welch of Kingston June 29, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 206.]
[Bond of Samuel Welch, yeoman, with Joseph Fellows, yeo-
man, and Benjamin Swett as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum
of £500, June 29, 1757, for the administration of the estate;
witness, John Fernald.]
[Inventory, attested Nov. 30, 1757; amount, £454. 6. 6;
signed by Samuel Winsley and John Stevens.]
OLIVER SMITH 1757 BRENTWOOD
[Bond of Jane Smith, widow, with John Sleeper and Jonathan
Smith, yeomen, as sureties, all of Brentwood, in the sum of
£500, June 29, 1757, for the administration of the estate of Oliver
Smith of Brentwood, husbandman ; witnesses, Israel Smith,
Enoch Bean.]
[Warrant, June 29, 1757, authorizing John Sleeper, gentleman,
and Jonathan Smith, yeoman, both of Brentwood, to appraise
the estate.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 97
[Inventory, July 6, 1757; amount, £531.6.0; mentions
"half the house the other half Being his Brother Thomases";
not signed.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, personal estate as
inventoried and £137. o. o; expenditures, £866. 16. o; mentions
"Abigail maintained 26 weeks. . . . Hannah 104 weeks. . . .
Jeremiah & Oliver 410 weeks Each & not 7 years old now";
allowed Oct. 28, 1761.]
EPHRAIM SEVERANCE, JR. 1757 KINGSTON
[Bond of Elizabeth Severance, widow, with Benjamin Swett
and Jacob Severance, yeomen, as sureties, all of Kingston, in the
sum of £500, June 29, 1757, for the administration of the estate
of Ephraim Severance, Jr., of Kingston, yeoman; witnesses,
Joseph Fellows, Anna Swett.]
[Warrant, June 29, 1757, authorizing Samuel Winsley, yeo-
man, and Joseph Fellows, gentleman, both of Kingston, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Sept. 16, 1757; amount, £1416. 3. o;
signed by Samuel Winsley and Joseph Fellows.]
JONATHAN ROBINSON 1757 BRENTWOOD
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Robinson of Brent-
wood, yeoman, granted to his widow, Alice Robinson, June
29. 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 199.]
[Bond of Alice Robinson of Exeter, widow, with Ephraim
Robinson of Exeter, gentleman, and Josiah Shaw of Hampton,
yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, June 29, 1757, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, none.]
98 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, June 29, 1757, authorizing Benjamin Veasey and
Elisha Sanborn, yeoman, both of Brentwood, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, July 18, 1757; amount, £6321. 18. 3; signed by
Benjamin Veasey and EHsha Sanborn.]
[Additional inventory, Dec. 25, 1758; amount, £2850. o. o;
signed as above.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate ; receipts, £2247. 13. o,
personal estate; expenditures, £991. 7. i ; allowed June 27, 1759.]
[Warrant, March 7, 1770, authorizing Samuel Dudley, Elisha
Sanborn, Joseph Shaw, yeomen, all of Brentwood, Joseph
Greeley, and Elisha Sanborn, Jr., to divide certain real estate.]
Province of 1 To the Hon'^^^ John Wentworth Esq'' Judge
New Hampsh"" / of the Probate wills &c for said Province
Pursuant to the appointment or warrant to us the Subscribers
as a Commettee to Devide a certain piece of Land named in
Said warrant or appointment belonging to the Heirs of Sd
Jonathan Robinson Deceas'd & James Robinson Gent: De-
ceas'd, we have Done the Same according to the best of our
Judgment faithfully & Impatially in manner following Viz*
to Heirs of Cap* James Robinson in y peace or percel of land
afore mentioned begining at Daniel Sanborns north west corner
bounds at a stake & stones So runing north by Leu* Jonathan
Veasey's Land ninety Eigh Rods & one half a rod to a stak &
stones then Runing East forty five Rods to a Stake & Stones
from thence to run South ninty Eight rods & ^ keeping the
Equal bredth of forty five rods to a Stake & Stones then west
forty five rods binding on Sd Daniel Sanborns Land forty five
rods to the bounds first mentioned
To the Heirs of Jonathan Robinson before named to begin
at the northwest corner bounds of Said James's heirs Shair or
part in said peice of land before mentioned to run north ninty
I
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 99
Two rods & one half rod to a certain pile or heap of Stones by-
Said Veasey Line & being Robart Rows bounds of a certain
Peice of Land which S'^ Rowe bought of cap* Leavit then runing
Easterly forty five rods to a stake and Stones, then runing
South ninty Two rods & a half rod to a stake & stones from
thence runing west forty five rods to the first mentioned bounds
in the Last Division i-i- i <-> u
Lhsha Sanborn
Joseph Shaw
Jos. Greely
[Attested March 24, 1770.]
DANIEL CROCKFORD 1757 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Crockford of Ports-
mouth, barber, granted to his widow, Isabella Crockford, July
12, I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 235.]
[Bond of Isabella Crockford, widow, with Ephraim Ham,
blockmaker, and Samuel Evans, cordwainer, as sureties, all of
Portsmouth in the sum of £500, July 12, 1757, for the admin-
istration of the estate; witnesses, Robert Drought, T. Green-
wood.]
[Warrant, July 12, 1757, authorizing Samuel Waters and
John Marshall, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, July 13, 1757; amount, £1022. 2, o; signed by
Samuel Waters and John Marshall.]
[Warrant, July 3, 1758, authorizing Eleazar Russell and
Samuel Penhallow, shopkeeper, both of Portsmouth, to receive
claims against the estate ; mentions John Noble and wife Isabella
as administrators.]
[Warrant, March 29, 1758, authorizing Thomas Peirce, gentle-
man, John Marshall, boat builder, William Lewis, carver,
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Ephraim Ham, blockmaker, and Samuel Waters, joiner, all of
Portsmouth, to set off to Isabella Noble her dower in the estate
of her former husband, Daniel Crockford.]
Province of 1 Portsm*'^ Nov 30 1758
New Hampsh'' J Wee the Subscribers appointed by the Hon^*«
Richard Wibird Esq'' Judge of Probate for S*^ Province to Set
of to Isabella Noble her Dower which happens to her of the
Estate of her former Husband Daniel Crockford Deceased
have Set of to Sd Isabella her Dower in Sd Estate Bouned as
followeth Begining at the North West Corner of the Mains"
house Runing Southerly on the Street twenty four feet then to
Run Through the House or Shop twenty feet Back from the
Street then to Run twenty four feet to Land of M'' John Marshals
then twenty feet by Sd Marshals Land up to the Street that is
the Land within the above Bounds and that Part of the House
from Bottom to Top Standing within Sd Bounds
Tho« Peirce
Will"' Lewis
John marshall
Sam 11 Waters
Ephraim Ham
[List of claims, Jan. 31, 1759; amount, £872, 3. o; signed by
Samuel Penhallow and Eleazer Russell.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate ; receipts, £289. 4. 4,
personal estate; expenditures, £225. 3. 6; allowed Jan. 31, 1759.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £872. 3. o; amount
distributed, £64. o. 10; allowed Feb. i, 1759.]
[Additional inventory, May 20, 1762; amount, £61. 13. 6;
signed by Samuel Waters and John Marshall.]
[Administrators' additional account; receipts, £1271. 13. 6;
expenditures the same; allowed May 26, 1762.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 01
DANIEL LANG 1757 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Daniel Lang of Portsmouth
in the Province of New Hampshire Marin"" being Sick and
Weak * * *
Item I give & Devise to Martha my beloved wife the use and
Improvem* of all my Estate Real & Personal (Excepting what
is herein otherwise disposed of) to hold to her During the time of
her Remaining my widow until and as my Children shall arrive
at Lawful age viz the Boys to the age of twenty One & the Girls
to the age of Eighteen then they shall have their Respective
Portions But upon my wifes marrying after my Decease then
she is to have only her thirds & Dower according to Law and
if She Remains a Widow after the Youngest of our Children
Shall be of full age to Receive his Portion then she to have her
Dower & thirds as aforesaid and if she Continues a Widow as
aforesaid She is to take the Care of bringing up and Educating
our Children till the Respective Ages aforesaid and to have the
use & Improvement of my Said Estate for that End till the
Respective times aforesaid But upon her Marriage as afores'^
then my Executors are to have the Care & Charge afore said &
the Income of my Estate for that End (Except what the Law
gives my Said Wife) till the time their Respective portions are
to be Delivered & paid to them as afores^
Item I give and Devise to my Son Daniel Lang all that Land
and Buildings I Purchasd of my Grandfather Nath' Lang and
that Ten acres of Land I purchased of Stephen Jones to hold
to him my Said Son and the Heirs of his Body Lawfully Begotton
but he is not to Enter nor have the Profits until he Comes to full
age but the Said Profits in the mean time are to be Applied as
above Declared — ^But if my Said Son Shou'd Die without Such
Heirs then the Said Premises are to go to his Brother Moses
and the Heirs of his Body Lawfully Begotten and if my Said
Son Moses Shou'd Die without Such Heirs then the said Premises
shall be Equally Divided among my three Daughters Catherine
Martha & Sarah to hold to them their Respective Lleirs &
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Assigns & the Representatives of Such of them as shall then be
Deceased
Item I give and Devise to my Son Moses Lang the Land &
Buildings thereon Standing where I now Dwell Standing near
the Mills to hold to him his Heirs & assigns but not to Enter nor
take the profits untill he arrives at full age as afores'^ but Such
Profits are to be applied as afores^ But if my Son Moses shoud
Decease before he shoud attain to full age without Lawful
Issue the Said Premises herein last mentioned Shall go his
Brother Daniel if he Shall be then living or to his Male Issue if
my Said Son Daniel shall be then Deceased in fee Simple
Item I give & Bequeath to Each of my Daughters aforesaid
the Sum of three hundred pounds old Tenor according to the
Present value thereof or other Currency Equal thereto that
shall be passing at the time of payment which is to be as they
shall Respectively arrive at the age of Eighteen years yet I
hereby give my Executors Power in Case either or all of them
my Said Daughters Shoud marry before that age Liberty to
pay Said Legacies at said Marriages if said Executors shall
Judge it proper & Convenient —
Item I hereby give & Grant to my Executors herein after
named full Power to Sell all my Right Interest & property in
my father Robert Langs Estate at a Place in Portsm" afores*^
Called Ellinses Point and all my Estate in Rye in said Province
and to Apply the money that Shall be Raised thereby to the
Support of my Children all the Rest Residue & Remainder of
my Estate I give Devise & Bequeath the same to and among
my said Children Equally and the Legal Representatives of
Such as shall be Deceasd when Such Estate Shall Come to be
Divided —
Lastly I hereby Constitute & appoint my Hon-^ father in
Law James Moses & my Uncle John GrifTeth Jointly to be
Executors of this my Last Will & Testament & Revoke all other
Wills bv me heretofore made In Witness whereof I have here-
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unto Set my hand & Seal the i6th Day of July Anno Domini
1757 —
Dan^ Lang
[Witnesses] Rich'^ Evans, Thomas Bickford, W°* Lewis.
[Proved Aug. lo, 1757.]
[Warrant, Aug. 10, 1757, authorizing Samuel Penhallow and
Andrew Clarkson, both of Portsmouth, merchants, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Aug. 23, 1757; amount, £8033. i. 8; signed by
Andrew Clarkson and Samuel Penhallow.l
JOSEPH FIFIELD 1757 KINGSTON
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Fifield of Kingston In the
Province of New Hampshire Yeoman Being in Health of Body &
of Sound mind & memory but being also Aged * * *
Item I give and bequeath to Sarah my beloved wife all my
Household Goods meaning my Furniture and necessaries for
housekeeping within Doors to her own use & to be at her
Disposal as she Shall judge Proper. I also give her One Hun-
dred Pounds Weight of Pork Sixty Pounds of Beaf the keeping
of One Cow & Five Sheep with their Produce yearly, and Eight
Bushels of Indian Corn one of Rye One Bush^ of Malt one of
wheat One Pair of Shoes Six pounds of Flax as many apples as
she can use for her Self One Barrel of Cyder Ten Cords of Wood
to be hald & Cut fit for use at her Door two Gallons of Molasses
& Nine Pounds old Tenor bills of Public Credit of the Old Tenor
or Equal thereto in other Currency all the aforesaid Articles are
to be provided & Deliverd by my Executor herein after Named
Yearly to my Said Wife I also Give her the use of One Conve-
nient fire Room in my Dw-elling House During her Life all
which is to be in Lieu & In Full of her Dower and thirds of my
Estate I also give her One Milch Cow
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Item I give & bequeath to my Son Samuel five pounds old
Tenor he having already had his part & Portion of my Estate
Item to my Daughter Sarah Stevens the Wife of Benjamin
Stevens I give Twenty Shillings old Tenor
Item I give to my Daughter Margaret the wife of Peter Dear-
born the like Sum of Twenty Shillings I having already given
my Said Daughters their Portion of my Estate
Item I give & bequeath to Each of my Grand Children
Timothy Eastman Joseph Eastman & Samuel Eastman the
Children of my Daughter Shuah Eastman Deceasd the Sum of
five Shillings new Tenor bills of Credit I having given their
mother my Said Daughter in her Life time what I Designed to
give her of my Estate —
Item all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Estate Real &
Personal wheresoever the Same is and may be found I give
bequeath and Devise the Same to my Son John his Heirs &
assigns forever And I hereby Constitute and Appoint my Said
Son John Sole Executor * * *
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the
25th Day of July Anno Domini 1757 —
Joseph Fifield
[Witnesses] John Hunton, Tristrum Sanborn junr, John
Tucker.
[Proved July 6, 1761.]
[Sarah Fifield, widow, acknowledges receipt from her son,
John Fifield, executor, of the moveables left to her by the will
of her husband, Joseph Fifield, July 6, 1761, and waives inven-
tory; witnesses, Ebenezer Stevens, Ephraim Elliot.]
[Bond of John Fifield, with John Huntoon and John Tucker
as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of £500, July 6, 1761, for
the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker, Richard
Cutts Shannon.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I05
ROBERT LANG 1757 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Robert Lang of Portsmouth,
mariner, granted to his widow, Abigail Lang, July 25, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 237.]
[Bond of Abigail Lang, widow, with Philip Reed, mariner,
and William Earl Treadwell, merchant, as sureties, all of
Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, July 25, 1757, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, John Fernald, David Sewall.]
[Warrant, July 25, 1757, authorizing Jacob Sheafe, merchant,
and John Griffith, shop keeper, both of Portsmouth, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 6, 1758; amount, £1340. 14. o; not signed.]
JACOB GILMAN 1757 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Jacob Gilman of Kingston,
husbandman, granted to Abigail Gilman of Kingston, widow,
July 27, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 277.]
[Bond of Abigail Gilman, with James Young of Brentwood
and David Clifford of Kingston, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum
of £500, July 27, 1757, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, James Bean, James Dudley.]
[Warrant, July 27, 1757, authorizing James Bean and James
Dudley, both of Brentwood, yeomen, to appraise the estate,]
[Inventory, Oct. 21, 1757; amount, £968. o. o; signed by
James Bean and James Dudley.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £165. 18. o; filed
Feb. 28, 1759.]
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[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £i 103. o. o;
expenditures, £1486. 5. 6; mentions "Cloathing Lodging &
Boarding my Son Peter Gilman 25 Weeks. . . , Ditto for my
son Jonathan Gilman 160 .... Ditto for my Son Stephen
Gilman 364 weeks .... Expenses in my Lieing in with my
son Stephen Gilman"; account submitted by James Proctor,
executor of the will of Abigail Gilman, deceased, and allowed
Aug. 28, 1765; signed by James Proctor and David Clifford.]
[Bond of David Clifford, with Joseph Wadleigh and Daniel
Clark as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of £10,000, June
5, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, John
Moody Gilman, Ann Wadleigh.]
EPHRAIM LEAVITT 1757 STRATHAM
In the Name of God Amen, the fifth Day of August in the year
of our Lord God, one Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty Seven ;
I Ephraim Leavit of Stratham in the Province of New Hamp-
shire Yeoman ; Being weak in Body * * *
Imprimis. I give and Bequeath unto Sarah my well Beloved
wife, all my Cattle Sheep and Swine, and all my Household
Stuff, and all other my Personal Estate, Excepting wearing
Cloaths; also I give unto my Said wdfe, the whole Use and
Improvement of all my Lands and Marsh in Said Stratham, so
Long as She Continues my widdow, She paying my Debts and
funeral Charges.
Item. I give unto my Son Samuel Leavit all my Wearing
Cloaths, Besides what I have given him in time past.
Item. I give unto my Son Jonathan Leavit, and to my four
Daughters viz*^ Sarah Wadley, Elizabeth Bickford, Martha
Dolloff & Hannah Dudley one Hundred Pounds in old Tenor
Money to be Equally Divided Between them; and paid as
hereafter mentioned.
Item. I give unto my Son John Leavit, and to my two
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Daughters Abigael and Susannah, their Heirs and Assigns, all
my Land and Marsh and all the remaining part of my Estate in
Said Stratham, to be Equally Divided between them; they to
come into Possession of the Same when the aforesaid Term of
my Said wives improvement is Expired; and also at the time
when they come into possession thereof, to pay Equally Between
them the aforesaid Sum of one Hundred Pounds old Tenor
Money to my Son Jonathan, and to my four Daughters afore-
mentioned.
Item. I give unto my four Grand Children viz* Martha
Leavit, Samuel Leavit, Jonathan Leavit, & Stephen Leavit,
all my Right of Lands in Gilmantown (that I have not already
Disposed of) to be Equally Divided between them.
And further my Will is, and I do hereby Constitute appoint
and ordain my Said Wife, my Sole Executrix * * *
Ephram Leavit
[Witnesses] Joshua Neal, Sam^' Cate, Sam' Lane.
[Proved Aug. 31, 1757.]
[Guardianship of Samuel Leavitt, minor, aged more than 14
years, granted to William Pottle, Jr., March 29, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 201 .J
[Bond of William Pottle, Jr., blacksmith, with Jonathan
Wiggin and Samuel Wiggin as sureties, all of Stratham, in the
sum of £500, March 29, 1764, for the guardianship of Samuel
Leavitt; witnesses, William Parker, William Vaughan.]
SIMON WIGGIN 1757 STRATHAM
In the Name of God Amen the fifth Day of august, Anno:
Dom: one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty Seven I Simon
Wiggin of Stratham in the province of New hampshire Gent
Being very week in Body * * *
I Give and Bequeath unto my well beloved wife Susannah the
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use Improvement and Incom of all my Reail Estate of Lands
madow Ground and Buildings Laying and being in Stratham
afore Said untill my Son Joseph Wiggin arives To the age of
Twenty one years and after that Time one Third part there of
Duering her Natueral Life —
Also I Give and Bequeath unto my Said wife all my personal
Estate of what Kine So Ever and Six acres of Land Laying in
Eppin in Said province which I Bought of John hains to her and
her heirs and assigns to Inable her to pay My Just Debts and
funeral Charges —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son Joseph wiggin Twenty
acres of Land and madow Ground in Stratham afore Said a
the South-East End of my Land Joyning to Land Now in the
possion of Samuel Clark and from thence to Run aboute west
Nor west the whole wedth of my Land So farr as to Make up
Said Twenty acres to him my Said Son Joseph his heirs and
assigns for Ever —
Ittem I Give and Bequeath to my Said wife Liberty to Sell
So much Land at the west nor west End of the Land I have
Given to my Son Joseph as Shall be Sufhcent to Inable her to
pay my Debts and funeral Charges if what is above mentioned
to her Should prove Insufhcent
Ittem I Give and Bequeath unto welbeloved Son Simon wiggin
all my farme of Land and madow Ground that I have in
Stratham afore Said with all the Buildings Standing thereon
that is not alrady and hereafter Desposed of by this my Last
will and testement to him his heirs and assigns for Ever and all
Right to the Grist mill Standing on the Crick Joyning to Said
premesses and to Com into the possion thereof at the End of
the Time that my Said wife have the Improvement thereof —
allso my Said Son Simon his heirs & assigns Shall have Liberty
to pass and Repass to and from Said premesses through the Land
Given To My Said Son Joseph he and thay Shating Gate and
Barrs after them
Ittem I Give unto my Daughter Sarah perkins fifty pounds
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS IO9
old Tenor To be paid her by my Son Simon wiggin within one
year next after my Decease Shee haveing alrady Receved most
of her portion
Ittem I Give unto my Daughter Susannah wiggin five hundred
and fifty pounds old tenor to be paid to her by my Son Simon
wiggin three hundred pounds thereof within three years next
after my Decease and the other Two hundred and fifty pounds
thereof within Six years next after my Decease and priveladge
of Liveing in my Dweling house Till her marage Day —
Ittam I Give unto My Daughter Mary Wiggin five hundred
and fifty pounds pounds old Tenor to be paid to her by my Son
Simon wiggin three hundred pounds thereof when Shee arives
To the age of Twenty years and the other Two hundred and
fifty pounds thereof when Shee arives to the age of Twenty
Three years and priveladge of Liveing in my Dweling house Till
her marrage Day —
Ittem I Give and Bequeath unto my Two Sons Henry Wiggin
and Thomas wiggin the Land I have in Eppin in Said province
that I Bought of Moses Thurstin and frauds Durgin which
Contains aboute fifty acres be it more or Less to them their heirs
and assigns Equally to be Devided Between them for quantity
and quality —
I also Give unto my Said Sons Henry and Thomas a peace of
Salt marsh Containing aboute Two acres and a half be it more
or Less Laying in Stratham afore Said on the noth East Side of
the Bass Crick So Called to them their heirs and assigns for
Ever Equaly to be Devided Between them the Said henry &
Thomas and to Com into possion thereof at the End of the Time
my wife is to have the Improvement thereof
Item I Give unto my Said Two Sons Henry and Thomas Each
of Them one hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid Them by my
Son Simon Wiggin when Each of them arives to the age of
Twenty one years Either in Labor on the Land Given them In
Eppin afore Said by this my Last will and Testement or in
passable Bills of Credit —
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Item I Do Constitute make and Ordain my well beloved
wife Sussannah Wiggin the Soul Executroix * * *
Simon Wiggin
[Witnesses] John Clark, John Neal, Ephraim Barker.
[Proved Oct. 26, 1757.]
[Bond of Susanna Wiggin, widow, with John Clark, yeoman,
as surety, both of Stratham, in the sum of £500, Oct. 26, 1757,
for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker, John
Smith,]
[Guardianship of Joseph Wiggin, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Simon Wiggin, granted to Simon Wiggin Aug, 31,
1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 79.]
[Bond of Simon Wiggin, husbandman, with William Pottle,
Jr., blacksmith, as surety, both of Stratham, in the sum of
£500, Aug. 31, 1763, for the guardianship of Joseph Wiggin;
witnesses, William Vaughan, Joseph March.]
AMOS DWINELL 1757 HAMPTON FALLS
[Administration on the estate of Amos Dwinell of Hampton
Falls, physician, granted to Abigail Dwinell, widow, Aug. 11,
1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 277.]
[Bond of Abigail Dwinell, widow, with Jacob Smith and
Nathaniel Gove, yeomen, as sureties, all of Hampton Falls, in
the sum of £1000, Aug. 11, 1757, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Meshech Weare, Caleb Sanborn.]
[Warrant, Aug. 11, 1757, authorizing Nathaniel Gove and
Jacob Smith, both of Hampton Falls, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS III
[Inventory, Aug. 29, 1757; amount, £282. 15. o; signed by
Jacob Smith and Nathaniel Gove.]
[Warrant, Jan. 26, 1758, authorizing Meshech Weare and
Jonathan Swett, yeoman, both of Hampton Falls, to receive
claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, Dec. 18, 1758; amount, £49. 12. 9; signed by
Meshech Weare and Josiah Batchelder.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £375. 15. o,
personal estate ; expenditures, £414. o. o; mentions " Bringing up
(Anna) a Child of said Intestate from the Time its Father Died
(in October 1756) till March 1759. . . . D° (Molly & Susannah)
2 other Children of said Intestate yet under Seven from the 29*^
Day of October 1756 till this Time" ; allowed April 25, 1759.]
ELEAZER FLAGG 1757 HOLLIS
In the Name of god Amen The twelth Day of august: A: D:
1757 I Eleazer Flagg of Holies in the Province of New Hamp-
sheir in New England yeoman — being very Sick and weak in
Body * * *
Imprimis I give and bequeath to Hannah my Dearly beloved
wife the Improvement of the one third of my Estate During
her Naturrall life
Item I Give to my well beloved Son Jonas Flagg whom I
likewise Constitute Make and ordain my Sole Executor of this
my Last Will and Testament, for five years sarving of me scence
he was Twenty one years old Two full Shears of all my Estate —
Item it is my will that my beloved Son Eleazer Flagg have
but one Single Shear of my Estate
Item it is my will that my beloved son John Flagg that is gon
in to his Majesties savis if he Returns home again if he gives up
in to my Estate all his wages that he have one shear of my
Estate and if he Refuses and will not give and Deliver up in to
112 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
my Estate his wages my will is that he Shall have five Pound of
my Estate and no more
Item my will is that the Rest of my beloved Chaildren have
Equell Shears of my Estate and those of them that are marriad
that what they have had to be so muth of their Shears * * *
his
Eleazer X Flagg
Mark
[Witnesses] Daniel Emerson, John marshall, Sam^* Cumings.
[Proved Sept. 28, 1757.]
[Inventory, Sept. 21, 1757; amount, £6654. o. o; signed by
Samuel Cummings, Samuel Farley, and Stephen Ames.]
[Warrant, Sept. 28, 1757, authorizing Samuel Cummings,
gentleman, Stephen Ames, Samuel Farley, Benjamin Abbott,
and Zachariah Lawrence, all of Hollis, to set off the widow's
dower.]
Province of 1 By Vartue of authority to us from the
New Hampshire / Honorable Richard Wibird Esq"" Judge of
probate for said Province, to Set of to the widow Hannah Flagg
Relict of The late Eleazer Flagg of Holies Decesed the one
third part of the Decest Reall Estate we have Set of to the said
widow Hannah Flagg at the North End of said Decesed farm
thirty three acres of land Concesting of plowing mowing pas-
tering and wood land with the one half of the Dwelling House
being the East End of s'^ House with prevelidge of the well and
all so one half of the East Barn being the East End of said Barn
all which is Discribed in this plan but resarving to the Children
of the said Decesed prevelidge of passing and repassing as the
path is now trod from the Barn throw the widows paster land
to their own land — and all so we have Set of to the said widow
two acres and three quarters of an acre of orcharding near to
the South East Cornor of the Said Farm as it is likewise Dis-
cribed in said plan and the said widow is likewise to have
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prevelidge of passing through peart of the Childrens land to her
orchard
Holies November the 2g^^ 1757 —
Sam^' Cumings
Benj'^ Abbot
His
Zaceriah X Larrence
Marck
THOMAS NEWMARCH 1757 PORTSMOUTH
[Sarah Newmarch of Portsmouth renounces administration
on the estate of her husband, Thomas Newmarch, in favor of her
son, Benjamin Newmarch, Aug. 17, 1757.]
[Bond of Benjamin Newmarch, blacksmith, with Joseph
Cotton, boat builder, and John Cutt, cooper, as sureties, all of
Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Aug. 17, 1757, for the admin-
istration of the estate of Thomas Newmarch of Portsmouth,
blacksmith ; witnesses, William Parker, John Fernald.]
JOSHUA BATCHELDER 1757 BRENTWOOD
[Mary Batchelder of Brentwood renounces administration on
the estate of her husband, Joshua Batchelder of Brentwood,
blacksmith, Aug. 29, 1757, in favor of his brother, Nathaniel
Batchelder of Kensington; witnesses, James Merrill, Samuel
Batchelder.]
[Administration granted to Nathaniel Batchelder, yeoman,
Aug. 31, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 271.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Batchelder, with Samuel Batchelder,
wheelwright, and William Parker, gentleman, as sureties, all of
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS II 5
Kensington, in the sum of £500, Aug. 31, I757> for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, WiUiam Parker, John Parker.]
[Inventory, Nov. 10, 1757; amount, £2574. o. 6; signed by
John Judkins and James Merrill.]
[Administration granted to William Parker, Jr., of Kingston,
April 10, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 391.]
[Bond of William Parker, Jr., with Noah Emery of Exeter
and John Pickering of Greenland, gentleman, as sureties, in the
sum of £50, April 10, 1767, for the administration de bonis non
of the estate; witnesses, Hunking Wentworth, William Parker.]
[Warrant, April 22, 1771, authorizing Zaccheus Clough, gen-
tleman, Nathan Brown, Daniel Sanborn, yeomen, all of Poplin,
Dyer Hook, gentleman, and Phineas Sanborn, yeoman, both of
Hawke, to divide the real estate.]
Province of 1 Pursuant to a Warrant from the Judge of
New Hampsh / the Probate of Wills &c for said Province
appointing us a Committee to Divide the real Estate of Joshua
Bachelder late of Brintwood in Said Province blacksmith De-
ceased among his Children —
1 We have Set off to Joshua Bachelder the oldest son of
said deceased for his two shares in said Estate that tract of land
in Poplin in said Province which said deceased purchased of
Elizabeth Glidden containing Nine Acres as in the Deed thereof
to said deceased it is bounded —
2 We have set off to Sarah the Wife of Phinehas Beede for
her share in said Estate three acres & fifty Rods of land in a
tract of Land in said Poplin which said deceased purchased of
Jonathan Thing beginning at the Northwesterly Corner of
Nathan Browns land thence to run northerly on the highway
Seven Rods & an half then Easterly by said Browns Land
keeping the breadth of Seven Rods & an half till it comes to
Exeter River
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3 We have set off to Mary Bachelder for her share in said
Estate three acres & fifty Rods of Land in that tract purchased
of Jonathan Thing & adjoining to the share above set of to
Sarah to begin at the Northwest Corner of the said share set off
to Sarah & to run Northerly on the highway Eight Rods &
carrying the breadth of Eighth Rods to run Easterly by Sarahs
said share till it comes to Exeter River —
^ly We have set off to William Bachelder for his Share in
said Estate three acres & fifty Rods in the aforementioned tract
purchased of Jonathan Thing beginning at the Northwesterly
corner of the Share above set off to Mary & thence runing
Northerly on the highway Eight Rods & an half & carrying that
Breadth to run Easterly by Marys said Share to Exeter River —
5'y We have set off to Cornelius Bachelder as his Share in
Said Estate three acres & fifty Rods of Land in the aforemen-
tioned tract purchased of Jonathan Thing to begin at the
Northwest Corner of the Share above set off to William & to
run thence northerly Nine Rods on the highway & carrying
that breadth to run Easterly by Williams said Share to Exeter
River April 27*^ 177 1 — • rr i. r-^ i.
^ Zaccneus Clough
Dyer Hook
Phineas Sanborn
ROBERT ROWE 1757 HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God Amen this thirtieth Day of August
Anno Domini Seventeen Hundred And fifty Seven in the thirty
first year of his Majestys Reign &c: I Robert Row of Hampton
falls in the Province of New H amps'" in New England Yeoman
being Aged and Infirm in Body * * *
Item I Give And Bequeath to my well beloved Wife Mehet-
able All my Stock of Creatures & Moveables within Doors And
without I also order her a Comfortable Maintenance Out of my
Estate by my Son Pain Row As hereafter Mentioned.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS II 7
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Daniel Row his heirs
and assigns a Piece of Land in Kingstown where his DwelHng
House is Containing about four Acres
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Son Pain Row his heirs
And Assigns my Home Place Containing About Sixty Acres be
the Same more or less Lying on both Sides Drinkwater Rode so
Called with the Buildings thereon Excepting that my Son
Nathan Row is to have the Improvement of that Part of my
Dwelling House which he has Liv'd in And Usually Improved
for the term of two Years after my Decease and no Longer —
I Also Give to my Said Son Pain Row a Piece of Land of
About two Acres lying at the Burnt Swamp so Called. And I
Order my Said Son Pain Row to Keep for his mother Mehetable
Row both Winter And Summer A Horse and two Cows and
two Sheep And Also find And Provide for her firewood, Corn,
Meat, And All necessaries for her Comfortable Support And
Maintenance During her life And Pay the Charges of her
Funeral at her Death I Also Give my said Son two Acres of
Marsh —
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Son Nathan Row his heirs
and Assigns All my Land in Kingstown in the Province aforesaid
not before Disposed of
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Taylor
Fifty Pounds old Tenor to be Paid her within two years after
my Decease by my Executor
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Mary Blake
Fifty Pounds old Tenor to be Paid her by my Executor within
two years after my Decease
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Grandson John Row Son of
John Row Deceas'd fifty Pounds old Tenor to be paid by my
Executor within four years after my Decease
Lastly I Do Appoint my Son Pain Row Sole Executor * * *
his
Robert + Row
mark
1 1 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Witnesses] Meshech Weare, Richard Nason, William Swain.
[Proved Sept. 28, 1757.]
[Warrant, Sept. 28, 1757, authorizing Samuel Prescott and
Richard Nason, both of Hampton Falls, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 23, 1757; amount, £8254. 14. o; signed by
Samuel Prescott and Richard Nason.]
JOHN SWAIN 1757 HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God Amen this thirtieth Day of August
Anno Domini Seventeen hundred and fifty Seven in the thirty
first year of his Majestys Reign &c: I John Swain of Hampton
falls in the Province of New Hampshire Yeoman being tho'
Aged and Infirm in Body * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife Martha
the Use Incom and Improvement of One half of my House and
Barn and of my Home Place lying on Each Side of Drinkwater
Rode so Called and a Piece on the Notherly Side of the way by
Coll° Prescutts During her Natural life Also the use of All my
Household Goods for the same term Except what I have Given
to my Daughter Abigail Swain and to my Grandaughter Mary
Blake as hereafter mentioned And after my wifes Decease All
my Houshold Goods shall go to my Daughter Abigail Except
what I Give to my s^ Grandaughter I also Order that my said
Daughter Abigail shall have the liberty for to live in the House
with her Mother so long as my said Daughter shall Remain
LInmarried & if her mother should Dye yet my said Daughter
to have the liberty of Living in the House so long as she Re-
mains Unmarried. I also Give to my said wife two Cows And
four Sheep and my Swine
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Stephen Swain to him
his heirs and assigns four Acres of Land where his Dwelling
House now is Bounding as follows viz* at the westerly End of a
Pair of Bars by the Rode near his House thence Running Noth-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS II9
erly so as to leave one Rod in wedth from the Westerly End of
his House And then to Run so as to take one Row of Apple
trees on the Easterly Side of my Orchard : And from the Place
where it first Began to Run Easterly by the Road till it Comes
within One Rod of the Land of Robert Row And so to Run back
from the Rode so far as to make four acres.
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Son William Swain his
heirs and assigns a Certain Piece of Land Adjoyning to the
Land where he now lives on the Easterly Side thereof Beginning
at the Northeasterly Corner of the Garden he now has where
there is now a Spruice tree And from thence Running on a
Strait line to the Southeasterly Corner of his land then by his
land to the Rode and then by the Rode to the Bounds first men-
tioned also my Right in a piece of marsh lying at Gouges Wigwam
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Jonathan Swain Fifty
Pounds old Tenor to be Paid him within One year after my
Decease by my Son John Swain. I Also give to him his heirs
& assigns All my Right in a Lott of Land which was Sold by
William Swain Deceas'd to Francis Page Lying at the Little
River so Called
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Nathan Swain his heirs
and assigns a Certain Piece of Land in the Township of Exeter
which I bought of Nathanael Bartlett by Estimation twenty
five Acres be the same more or less being the one Moiety or half
part of a tract of land Containing fifty Acres Granted unto
Richard Glidden As I Purchased the same Also a Yoke of Steers
Coming in three years old which have been Called And Reputed
as his Also one Acre of my Marsh Lying at the Clambanks so
Called to be Equal as to Quality with my other Marsh Lying
there
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Abigail Swain
One feather Bed and Beding And one Cow, Also a weavers
Loom with all the tackling belonging therto Also all my Hous-
hold Stuff after her mothers Decease which was given to her
mother
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Item I Give and Bequeath to my Grandaughter Mary Blake
the Bed which was her mothers And a Chest of Draws that was
her mothers Also a Plain Chest & three Pewter Platters Six
Pewter Plates three Porringers which were her Mothers to be
Delivered her by my Executor when she shall Come to the age
of Eighteen Years I also Give her one Cow.
Item I Give to my Son in Law Israel Blake five shillings old
Tenor to be paid by my Executor
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son John Swain to him his
heirs and Assigns All my home Place And Salt Marsh And all
my land in Hampton not before Disposed of And All my Stock
of Creatures and Husbandry Tools And Personal Estate not
otherwise Disposed of And I do hereby Constitute my said
Son John Sole Executor * * *
John + Swain
mark
[Witnesses] Meshech Weare, Pain Row, Caleb Swain.
[Proved Jan. 25, 1758.]
[Warrant, Jan. 25, 1758, authorizing Samuel Prescott and
Nathaniel Healey, yeoman, both of Hampton Falls, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, March 23, 1758; amount, £9159. 13. o; signed by
Samuel Prescott and Nathaniel Healey, Jr.; attested by Col.
Samuel Prescott and Lieut. Nathaniel Healey.]
NICHOLAS PERRYMAN 1757 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Nicholas Perryman of
Exeter granted to Noah Emery of Exeter, gentleman, Aug.
31, I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 272.]
[Bond of Noah Emery, with John Gilman, Jr., of Exeter and
Cutts Shannon of Portsmouth as sureties, in the sum of £500,
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 121
Aug. 31, 1757, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, Jr., John Parker.]
ABRAHAM McNEIL 1757 MANCHESTER
In the Name of god amen I Abrham m^'Niell of Derry field in
the Province of Newhampshire In New Ingland Wifeor Being
wicke of bodey * * *
Item my will is that my Beloved wife Gian m'^Nieall Shall
Have one Hallfe of all my Rell and Persnol Estat —
Item my will is that my Beloved Son Robert m<=Niell Shall
have twentey Shillens paied him out of my Estat by my Exatours
with what he has alredy goet —
Item my will is that my Beloved Dough ter marey m^Neall
Shall have twentey Shillens paied hir out of my Estat by my
Exators with what She has alredy got
Item my will is that the Remandien peart of my Estat Rell &
persnoal Be Equelly Divied By my Exators Be twixt my belovd
Childeren Elisabeth m'=Niell & Ginat m^Nieall and William
m-'Nieall & Richieal m^Nieall
Item my Will is that all my Rell and Persnol Estate Shall Be
Sold By my Exators In order to peay the Sumes Before mine-
sioned —
Item and I Do Hereby Nominate Counstute & appoint my
Beloved wife Gian m°Nieall and John Clark of London Derry
Exautors * * * jj^ Witeness where of I Have here unto Set
my Hand and Sell this thirtey firest Day of August in y^ thirtey-
eth year of His majestes Rigen anno Dom 1757
Abraham McNeill
[Witnesses] Abraham Merrill, Ebenezer stevnes, John Hall.
[Proved July 26, 1758.]
[Warrant, Sept. 23, 1757, authorizing John Hall of Derryfield,
gentleman, and Peter Patterson of Londonderry, weaver, to
appraise the estate.]
122 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory, Oct. lo, 1757; amount, £1072. o. o; signed by John
Hall and Peter Patterson.]
[Commission, Sept. 14, 1758, to James Taggart and Samuel
Dickey, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to receive claims against
the estate.]
[Depositions of Thomas Hall, March 24, 1759, and of the
widow, Jean McNeil, March 26, 1759, as to certain lands and
liabilities of the estate.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £708. 17. i ; signed
by James Taggart and Samuel Dickey, and attested March 26,
I759-]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £988. 10. 6,
personal estate; expenditures, £533. 10. o; allowed March 28,
I759-]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £708. 17. i; amount
distributed, £465. o. 6; allowed March 31, 1759.]
DAVID STEVENS 1757 HAMPSTEAD
[Administration on the estate of David Stevens of Hampstead,
yeoman, granted to Mary Stevens, widow, Aug. 31, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 2y/.]
[Bond of Mary Stevens, widow, with Stephen Emerson,
yeoman, and John Mills, cordwainer, as sureties, all of Hamp-
stead, in the sum of £500, Aug. 31, 1757, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, James Graves, John Muzzey.]
[Warrant, Aug. 31, 1757, authorizing Thomas Wells and John
Muzzey to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 18, 1757; amount, £3874. 3. o;
signed by Thomas Wells and John Muzzey.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I23
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1624. 3. o,
personal estate; expenditures, £996. 15. o; mentions "maintain-
ing 3 Children under 7 years to this time from the time of the
dec^ of the Intestate July 29, 1757"; allowed Sept. 26, 1759.]
[Guardianship of David Stevens and Benjamin Stevens, aged
less than 14 years, children of David Stevens, granted to Benja-
min Stevens of Goffstown March 27, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 407.]
[Bond of Benjamin Stevens, with John Muzzey and Stephen
Johnson, both of Hampstead, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of
£1000, March 28, 1760, for the guardianship of David Stevens
and Benjamin Stevens; witnesses, William Parker, Solomon
Loud, Jr.]
MATTHEW NEALEY 1757 NOTTINGHAM
[Administration on the estate of Matthew Nealey of Notting-
ham, yeoman, granted to Thomas Simpson, yeoman, and Mar-
garet Nealey, widow, both of Nottingham, Aug. 31, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 272.]
[Bond of Thomas Simpson and Margaret Nealey, with John
Nealey of Nottingham, yeoman, and Joseph Young of New-
market, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Aug. 31,
I757> for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William
Parker, Jr., John Parker.]
[Inventory, attested Dec. 28, 1757; amount, £24,641. 12. o;
signed by John McCrillis and Francis Harvey.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £9702. 3. 2;
expenditures, £9720. 14. 6; mentions "To the widow margaret
Nealy for bording the Intestates youngest Child being under
Seven Years old from the seventh of august 1757 to the seventh
of august 1760"; allowed Sept. 24, 1760.]
124 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, Sept. 24, 1760, authorizing Benjamin Whitcher,
Abraham True, James Kelsey, all of Nottingham, yeomen, and
Capt. James Norris and Abraham Perkins, both of Epping,
yeomen, to divide the real estate.]
Province of 1 Persueant to a Warrant from the Hon''^°
New Hamps'' / Richard Wibird Esq"" Judge of the Probate of
wills for Said Province To Benjamin Witcher Abraham True
James Kelsey all of Nottingham in Said Province and Cap*
James Norris Abraham Perkins both of Epping in Said Province
to Divide the real Estate of Matthew Neley Late of Nottingham
in Said Province Deceased Intestate and according to Said War-
rant We Benjamin Witcher Abraham True James Kelsey James
Norris and Abraham Perkins aforesaid have Divided Said Estate
and are Set forth by meets and Bounds each one his or her
Proportion or Share as is hereby Described and Set Down in the
following Manner viz: To margaret the widow of Said Intestate
one full third Part of Said Estate as her Dower for term of Life
and is as followeth viz : twenty acres of Land more or Less Lying
on the North Side of Bow Street in Said Nottingham belonging
to the home Lotts together with the house & Barn Standing on
the Same and Likewise forty acres be it more or Less lying the
South Side of Bow Street and the west Side of fish Street Bound-
ing upon Said Bow Street & fish street excepting two acres that
we Set off to Margaret Neley Daughter of the Intestate Said
forty acres Lyes in the home Lotts in the first Division and also
Eighty acres of Land more or less lying in Lott N° 2 in the Second
Division in Bow Street in Said Nottingham and also one Quarter
Part of a Sawmill known by the Name of Drowns mill in Said
Nottingham —
To matthew Neley Eldest Son of Said Intestate we Set of as a
Double Share Sixty Six acres more or less Lying in Lott N° 13
in Summer Street and twenty acres of Land Lying in Lott N° 11
in Said Summer Street in the Second Division in Said Notting-
ham and also one Eighth Part of a Sawmill known by the Name
of the great falls mill —
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 25
To Joseph Neley Second Son of Said Intestate we allow a full
Single Share one hundred & Six acres of Land more or less Lying
in Lott N° 21 in the Seventh Range in the third Division in Said
Nottingham and also one Quarter Part of that Lott N° 4 in the
Sixth Range in Said third Division beginning at the Northeast-
erly end of Said Lott and run Southwesterly earring the Whole
Weideth of Said Lott So far as will Contain Just one fourth Part
of Said Lott N° 4 —
To Andrew Neley third Son of the Intestate we allow as a full
Single Share three Quarters of the Lott N° 4 in the Sixth Range
in the third Division in Said Nottingham Beginning at the South-
westerly end of Said Lott and run Northeasterly So far as will
Contain Just three fourths of Said Lott and also three Quarters
of that tract of Land Lying in that Lott N° 5 in the Said Sixth
Range that belonged to the Said Intestate at his Decease begin-
ing at the Southwesterly end and run Northeasterly as Said Lott
runs So far as will Contain Just three fourths of Said tract —
To Jean Samborn Eldest Daughter of the Intestate we allow
as a Single Share all that Lott of Land Lying in Bow Street N° 25
in the Second Division in Said Nottingham and also twelve acres
of Land Lying in Lott N° 8 in winter street in the said second
Division and is to begin at the southeast end of said Lott and run
Northwesterly Carring the whole weideth of said Lott so far as
will Contain Just twelve acres of Land and also one Quarter Part
of a Sawmill known by the Name of Fowlers mill in said Not-
tingham —
To Mary Mason Second Daughter of the Intestate we allow
as a Single Share all that tract of Land Lying in the Lott N° 20
in the Seventh Range of Lott in y*^ third Division in Said Not-
tingham that Lyes the southwest side of Pleasant Pond So Called
and also one Quarter Part of that tract of Land Lying in Lott
N° 5 in y® sixth Range of Lotts in Said third Division that be-
longed to the said Intestate at his Decease and is to begin at the
Northeast end of said tract and run southwesterly carring the
whole weideth of Said tract so far as will Contain Just one fourth
126 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Part of said tract and also thirty acres of Land Lying at the
Southeast end of Lott N° lo in winter street in the Second Divi-
sion in Said Nottingham —
To Sarah Neley third Daughter of the Intestate we allow as a
Single Share all that tract of Land Lying in Lott N° 8 in Winter
Street in the second Division in said Nottingham that belonged
to the Intestate at his Decease excepting twelve acres that we
have allowed to Jean Samborn eldest Daughter of the Intes-
tate —
To Margaret Neley youngest Daughter of the Intestate we
allow as a Single Share all that tract of Land Lying in Lott N° lo
in winter street in the Second Division in said Nottingham that
belonged to the said Intestate at his Decease excepting thirty
acres which we allow to mary mason which Lyes at the South-
east end of Said Lott and also one hundred acres of Land Lying
in Lott N° lo in the Nineth Range of Lotts in the third Division
in Said Nottingham and also two acres of Land Lying in Lott
N° 3 in fish Street in the first Division in Said Nottingham and
Bounded as followeth begining at the Northeast Corner of Said
Lott upon Sd fish Street and run Southwesterly as said street
runs till it Contains half the weideth of Said Lott then run
westerly earring one half the weideth of Said Lott till it contains
Just two acres of Land —
To the Division as is above mentioned we the Subscribers do
hereunto Set our hands this 25**^ Day of December Anno Que
Domini one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty &c
Benjamin Witcher '
Abraham True
James kelse [ Committee
James noris
Abraham Perkins
[Guardianship of Joseph Nealey, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Matthew Nealey, granted to Joseph Sias of Lee
Jan. 15, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 331.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 12/
[Bond of Joseph Sias, with Joshua Burnham of Lee and John
Nealey of Nottingham, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £500,
Jan. 15, 1767, for the guardianship of Joseph Nealey; witnesses,
William Parker, Reuben Hill.]
[Bond of Joseph Nealey, with Asa Gile and Joseph Hodgdon
as sureties, all of Nottingham, in the sum of £1000, Aug. 16,
1782, for the administration de bonis non of the estate; wit-
nesses, Jonathan Flanders, William Parker.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 12, 1782; amount, £301. 10. o; signed
by Rice Rowell, Thomas Bartlett, and Jonathan Gove.]
[Warrant, Oct. 30, 1782, authorizing Rice Rowell, John Har-
vey, gentleman, Jonathan Gove, gentleman, Andrew Simpson,
yeoman, and John Ford, blacksmith, all of Nottingham, to
divide the real estate.]
State of New "i Pursuant to a Warrent to us Directed by the
Hampshire I Honourable Joseph Gilman Esq"" Judg of Pro-
Rockingham ss J bate of Wills &c for the Said County of Rock-
ingham we have Divided the Estate of Mathew Nealey Not
already Divided Late of Nottingham in Said County Yeoman
Deceased Intestate in Manner following viz To Each of the
Children and the Representatives of Such as are Dead a Single
Sheare Each which is buted and bounded as foUoweth viz
To Joseph Nealley Son to Said Deceas'd for his Single Share
of Said Estate Not already Divided Begining at the highway on
the Line between Said Deceas'd Estate and Land of Thomas
Bartlett and Bounded Easterly & Southeasterly on Said Bartlets
and Said Bartlets Mothers Land Northwesterly and Land Set
of to Andrew Nealey out of Said Estate and Southwesterly on
Said highway Containing four acres of Land Presiesly with the
Mansion House Standing thereon
To Andrew Nealey Son to Said Deceas'd Not already Divided
we have Set of all the Remainder of Said Deceas'd Estate Laying
on the North Side of the highway Commonly Call'd Bow Street
128 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
belonging to the home Stead Bounded Southeasterly on Land
Set of To Joseph Son to Said Deceas'd Easterly on the widdow
Love Lunts Land Northwesterly on Rice Rowell Land and
Southwesterly on Said highway
To the Hairs of Jena Samborn Daugtor of Said Deceas'd we
have set of out of his Estate Not already Divided as followeth a
Certain Peice of Land bounded as followeth viz begining on fish
street at the bounds between the Lots N° 4 & three in Said Fish
Street and Bounded by Said fish street untill it Comes to Two
acres of Land formerly set of to Margrit Norris in a former
Division of said Deceas'd Estate then Northeasterly on Said
Two acres untill it Comes to the Miter Line So Call'd then on a
Parrelel Line with fish Street untill it Comes to the Divideing
Line between the third and fourth Lot in fish street then by Said
line between said third and fourth Lots in fish street untill it
Comes to the bounds first Mentioned and also Part of the Lot
N° 2 in Bow street Hundred acres Lots Laying on the North Side
of the highway that Leads from Nottingham to Deerfield
Bounded Southeasterly on Land belonging to Ebenezer and
Ezra Barker Northeasterly on bow Street Northwesterly on
Land Sold out of said Lot to James Morrison and Southwesterly
on the said highway that goes from Nottingham to Deerfield
To Mary Hodgdon Daughter of Said Deceas'd we have set of
for her share of said Deceasd Estate Not heretofore Divided a
Certain Peice of Land out of said Lot N° 2 in bow street Hun-
dred acre Lots on the Southwesterly side of the highway that
Lead from Nottingham to Deerfield and is bounded South-
easterly on Lands belonging to Ebenezer Barker and Ezra Bar-
ker and to Extend the full of one half of the width of Said Lot in
Every Part Except what has been sold out of Said Lot to Mor-
rison and to Run to the Southwesterly End of said Lot
To Sarah Gile Daughter of Said Deceasd for her share of said
Estate Not already Divided we have Set of all the Remaining
Part of Said Lot N° 2 in bow street Hundred acre Lots on the
Southwesterly side of the highway that Leads from Nottingham
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 29
to Deerfield Except what has already been set of to Mary Hodg-
don and what has been Sold to Morrison.
To Margrit Norriss Daughter of Said Deas'd for her share of
said Estate Not before Divided we have set of a Peice of Land
in Nottingham Bounded as followeth viz Begining on Bow
street at Place Called Back Street then by bow street to the
Corner of the Squaire Near the Meeting House then by the
Squaire to a Peice of Land Sold out of the Lot N° 2 in bow street
ten acre Lots to Jonathan Longfellow then by said Land Sold to
Said Longfellow to the Miter Line So Called to the South west-
erly Corner of the Two acres Set of to the Said Margrit in a for-
mer Division of said Deceas'd Estate then by Land Set of to the
hairs of Janey Samborn in this Division untill it Comes to the
line between the third and fourth lots in fish street then by the
line between Said third and fourth Lots to Back Street then by
Said back street to the Place first Mentioned
The four going is a Just and Impartial Division of said De-
ceas'd Estate Not before Divided to the best of our Judgments
Nottingham Decemb^ 5**^ 1782
Rice Rowell
John Harvey
Jonathan Gove )■ Committee
And"* Simpson
John Ford
[Bond of Matthew Nealey Sanborn, with Joseph Hodgdon and
Joseph Nealey as sureties, all of Nottingham, in the sum of
£200, April 12, 1783, to receive the real estate of his mother,
Jane Sanborn of Nottingham, he being the oldest son, and to
pay the other children their shares; witnesses, Nathaniel Parker,
William Fogg.]
130 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
DUDLEY HARDY 1757 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Dudley Hardy of Exeter,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Mary Hardy, Aug. 31, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 272.]
[Bond of Mary Hardy of Exeter, widow, with Biley Hardy of
Exeter and Jeremiah Hubbard of Kingston, yeomen, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, Aug. 31, 1757, for the administration of the
estate ; witnesses, WiUiam Parker, John Parker.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 25, 1757; amount, £6903. 9. o; signed
by James Oilman and John Odlin.]
[Administration de bonis non on the estate of Dudley Hardy
granted to John Giddings March 29, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 369.]
[Bond of John Giddings, with Robert Hardy and Eliphalet
Gilman, yeomen, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of £500,
March 29, 1769, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, Samuel Hale, Jr.]
SAMUEL BUZZELL 1757 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Buzzell of Kingston,
yeoman, granted to William Buzzell of Kingston, yeoman, Aug.
31, I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 272.]
[Bond of William Buzzell, with Jeremiah Hubbard and Sam-
uel Roby as sureties, all of Kingston, yeomen, in the sum of
£500, Aug. 31, 1757, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, John Parker.]
[Warrant, Aug. 31, 1757, authorizing Samuel Winsley and
Ebenezer Sleeper, both of Kingston, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I3I
[Inventory, attested Nov. 28, 1757; amount, £744. 2. 4;
signed by Samuel Winsley and Ebenezer Sleeper.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £744. 2. 4,
personal estate ; expenditures, £744. 2. i ; allowed May 30, 1759.]
NATHANIEL BATCHELDER 1757 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen: I Nathaniel Batcheldor of the
Parish of Kensington in the Province of Newhampshire in New
England yeoman being week of Body * * *
ily I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife margaret
Batchelder all my Stock of Creatures of all sorts excepting
one Cow and I Give my Said wife all my moveables within
Doars all to Despose as Shee shall See Cause and I Give my said
wife the improvement of all my Real Estate untill my two sons
Nathaniel and Joseph Shall Come to the age of twenty one years
then my wife is to have the improvement of but one third of my
Real Estate as long as Shee lives and at her Death then her thirds
to go to those that I Shall Give it to in this my will and I Give
my said wife my east fore Room to improve So long as Shee
Continues my widow and no longer —
2ly I Give and Bequeath forever unto my two Sons Nathan-
iel Batchelder and Joseph Batchelder my house and Barn and all
my land laying in Kensington and in hampton falls parish and
allso all my salt marsh laying In partnership with Nathan Batch-
elder Said marsh lays at hampton Twon all my land above men-
tioned and marsh and house and Barn to be Equally Divided
between them when they Come to the age of twenty one years
only there mother Is to Improve as Is above Exprest my two sons
paying as I Shall order them in this my will
3ly I Give and Bequeath to my son John Batchelder all my
land laying In the township of Nottingham forever It being one
third of a two hundred acre lot
4ly I Give and Bequeath to my son Ephraim Batchelder
132 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
three hundred pounds money old tenor Bills of Credit or Equal
there unto in silver at Dollars Six pound apiece to be paid to him
by my two sons Nathaniel and Joseph to pay Equally alike and
to be paid to my Said son Ephraim when he Shall Come to the
age of Twenty one years
5ly I Give and Bequeath to my son Josiah Batchelder two
hundred pounds money old tenor Bills of Credit or in Silver
Equal thereunto Dollors at Six pound apiece to be paid to him
by my two sons Nathaniel and Joseph Equelly alike to be paid
to him when he Shall Come to the age of twenty one years
61y I Give and Bequeath to my son Thomas Batchelder two
hundred pounds money old tenor Bills of Credit or in Silver
Equal thereunto in Dollors at Six pound apiece to be paid to him
by my two sons Nathaniel and Joseph and to be paid to him when
he Shall Come to the age of twenty one years
7ly I Give and Bequeath to my mother Sarah Batchelder
one Cow and three sheep to be paid to her by my wife at my
Decease and I Do Constitute and appoint my wife margeret
Batchelder and my Brother Thomas Batchelder to be my Execu-
tors to this my last will and testiment Rattifying and Confirm-
ing this and no other to be my Last will and testiment In witness
whereof I the Said Nathaniel Batchelder have hereunto set my
hand and seal this seventh Day of September: anno: Domini:
1757 and in the thirty first year of the Reign of King George the
second &c
Nathaniel Batchelder
[Witnesses] Joseph Tilton, Nathan Batchelder, Benjamin
Batchelder.
[Proved Aug. 9, 1764.]
[Warrant, Aug. 9, 1764, authorizing Jonathan Dow of Ken-
sington, yeoman, and Jonathan Gilman of Exeter, innholder,
to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 27, 1764; amount, £14,876. 10. o; signed by
Jonathan Dow and Jonathan Gilman.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 33
[Administration, with will annexed, granted to Winthrop
Rowe March 27, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 410.]
[Bond of Winthrop Rowe of Kensington, with Nathaniel
Healey, Jr., of Kensington, gentleman, and Thomas Rand of
Hampton, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £5000, March
27, 1765, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Joseph
Pattinson, William Vaughan.]
[Guardianship of Josiah Batchelder and Ephraim Batchelder,
minors, aged more than 14 years, granted to Joseph Tilton May
23, 1769-]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 551.]
[Bond of Joseph Tilton of Kensington, with Timothy Tilton of
Kingston as surety, in the sum of £500, May 23, 1769, for the
guardianship of Josiah Batchelder and Ephraim Batchelder, sons
of Nathaniel Batchelder; witnesses, John Wentworth, Jr.,
William Parker.]
Province of 1 Pursuant to a Warrant to us directed from
New Hamp'' j the hon'^^" the Judge of the Probate of Wills &c
for said Province authorizing & appointing us a Committee to
divide a Lot of Land belonging to the heirs of Nathaniel Bach-
elder late of Kensington Deceased, and Sherburne Tilton of said
Kensington lying in Common & undivided being the Lot origi-
nally granted to Aaron Morril Numbered thirteen in the Sixth
Range in the third Division of Lots in Nottingham — We have
proceeded And Set off to the Said Sherburne Tilton for his Third
part of Said Lot one hundred & fifty Acres more or less off the
Northeasterly End of said Lot, beginning at the Northeasterly
End of said Lot & carrying the whole Breadth of Said Lot to run
Southwesterly into Said Lot two hundred & thirty Rods &
twelve feet —
2^^y To Timothy Bachelder one of the sons of the Said
Nathaniel Bachelder Deceased for his Share in the two thirds of
said Lot we have set of four Acres & three Quarters more or less
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bounding on that part of said Lot set off to Sherburne Tilton &
thence running Southwesterly carrying the whole breadth of
Said Lot Seven Rods one Quarter & one foot —
^diy \Ye have Set ofT to Samuel Bachelder another of the
Sons of said Deceased four Acres & three Quarters more or less
bounding on the part above mentioned to be set off to Timothy
Bachelder & taking the whole breadth of said Lot to run South-
westerly into Said Lot Seven Rods one Quarter & one foot —
4^^ We have Set ofT to Thomas Bachelder another Son of said
Nathaniel Bachelder Deceased four Acres & three Quarters more
or less bounding on the part abovementioned to be set off to
Samuel Bachelder & Carrying the whole breadth of Said Lot to
run thence Southwesterly into Said Lot Seven Rods one Quarter
& one foot
S*'^ To Josiah Bachelder another Son of Said Deceased we
have set off four Acres & three Quarters more or less bounding on
the Part Set off to Nathaniel Bachelder abovementioned & tak-
ing the whole breadth of Said Lot to Run thence Southwesterly
into Said Lot Seven Rods one Quarter & one foot —
6*'" To Ephraim Bachelder another of the Sons of Said De-
ceased we have set off four Acres & three Quarters more or less
beginning at the Share above set off to Josiah Bachelder &
thence running Southwesterly into Said Lot carrying the whole
breadth thereof Seven Rods & a Quarter & one foot —
7'y To Joseph Bachelder another Son of Said Deceased we
have likewise set off four Acres & three Quarters more or less be-
ginning at the Share set off to Ephraim Bachelder as before men-
tioned & Carrying the whole breadth of said Lot to run thence
Southwesterly into Said Lot Seven Rods one Quarter & one
foot —
gth Tq Nathaniel Bachelder another Son of Said Deceased
we have set off Nine Acres & an half more or less bounded on the
Share above mentioned to be set off to Joseph Bachelder &
carrying the whole breadth of Said Lot to run thence South-
westerly fourteen Rods and an half & two feet —
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9 To John Bachelder another of the Sons of Said Deceased
all the Remainder of Said Lot we have set off bounding North-
easterly on the Share above mentioned to be set off to Nathaniel
Bachelder & then running Southwesterly (Carrying the whole
breadth of said Lot) to the Southwesterly end thereof being
forty Acres more or less — Memorandum that thro all the
Shares above mentioned to be Set off to the heirs of the said
Nathaniel Bachelder deceased we have reserved & set off a
Drift Way on the Northwesterly Side of Said Lot for the Said
Tilton his heirs & Assigns to pass thro to his Said Share of Said
Lot forever — Witness our hands the first Day of November
Anno Domini 1769 —
Joseph Wadleigh jr
David Green
winthrop Rowe
[Administrator's additional account; receipts, £91. 6. 8;
expenditures, £93. 4. 4^; allowed Sept. 26, 1781.]
ABRAHAM MOULTON 1757 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen I Abraham Moulton of Kensington
in the Province of New Hampshire yeoman being infirm in
body * * *
Item As it has pleased God in his holy Providence to deprive
my two Daughters Mary & Elizabeth of the Exercise of their
Reason, I give Each of them only five Shillings old Ten"" to be
at their Disposal, & for the further Maintaining them I Will
& order that my Daughter Huldah Hilyard take the Care & be
at the trouble & Charge of maintaining & keeping the one of
them viz* my Daughter Elizabeth, and that my Daughter
Dorothy Page take the Care & be at the Charge & trouble of
keeping & maintaining the other viz* my Daughter Mary — ■
for which purpose, & on Condition of the faithful performance
whereof I Give Devise & bequeath unto my said Daughters
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Huldah Hilyard (the wife of Joseph Chase Hilyard) & Dorothy
Page (the wife of James Page) & to the Heirs & assigns of them
my said Daughters respectively forever, All my Real Estate
wherever the same is or may be found, to be equally Divided
between them — •
I further will & order that in Case one of my Said Daughters
mary & Elizabeth, die before the other that the surviving one be
equally maintained by my said Daughters to whom I have
given my real Estate —
Item I Give & bequeath to my Daughter Dorothy Page her
heirs & assigns my Riding Mare & one Cow & five Sheep and all
my Implements of husbandry, two feather beds & bedding, a
brass kettle, & great Iron Pot & a small one, with a fire shovel &
Tongs, & a warming pan, & all my Chairs & my Round Table
& largest & square Table & one Dozen of pewter plates and three
pewter Platters not the largest, all my wooden Trays plates &
Dishes & my moveable pine Closet or Cupboard, & all my wife's
(her mother's) wearing apparrel, & my Great Bible —
Item all the rest & residue of my Estate of what nature or
Kind soever I give & bequeath to my Daughter's Huldah Hil-
yard & Dorothy Page their heirs & Assigns to be equally Divided
between them
Item I will & order that my Daughter Hilyard have & hold to
herself her heirs & Assigns the westerly half of my Dwelling
house And my Daughter Page her heirs & Assigns the Easterly
half of my said Dwelling house The Division of every other
thing herein bequeathed them I leave to be made by them —
Item I hereby constitute & appoint my Sons in Law Joseph
Chase Hilyard & James Page Executors * * * in Witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the Tenth day of
September Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred & fifty
Seven —
Abraham Moulton
[Witnesses] John Page, Caleb Shaw, W"" Parker j^
[Proved Dec. 17, 1761.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 137
WILLIAM LANCEY 1757 NASHUA
[Administration on the estate of William Lancey of Dunstable,
yeoman, granted to William Lancey of Souhegan West, husband-
man, Sept. 12, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p 425.]
[Bond of William Lancey, with Samuel Lamson and Ebenezer
Lyon, both of Souhegan West, husbandmen, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, Sept. 12, 1757, for the administration of the estate
of his father, William Lance}^; witnesses, Benjamin Wright,
Jonathan Lovewell.]
[Warrant, Sept. 12, 1757, authorizing John AUd and Nehemiah
Lovewell, both of Dunstable, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 11, 1758; amount, £1049. 3. o; signed by
John Alld and Nehemiah Lovewell.]
[Commission to John Alld and David Hobart, both of Dun-
stable, yeomen, to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, Oct. 3, 1758; amount, £2650. 6. 2; signed by
John Alld and David Hobart.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1554. 6. o;
expenditures, £226, 8. 3; allowed Nov. 17, 1758,]
[Settlement of claims ; amount of claims, £2650. 6. 2 ; amount
distributed, £1327. 17. 9; allowed Dec. 2, 1758.]
EZEKIEL SANBORN 1757 NEWMARKET
[Elizabeth Sanborn renounces administration on the estate of
her husband in favor of her son, Jonathan Sanborn, Sept. 14,
1757; witnesses, Samuel Weeks, Moses Coffin.]
[Administration on the estate of Ezekiel Sanborn of New-
market, yeoman, granted to Edward Sanborn and Jonathan
Sanborn, both of Newmarket, husbandmen, Sept. 15, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 288.]
138 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Edward Sanborn and Jonathan Sanborn, with Josiah
Burleigh and John Pike as sureties, all of Newmarket, husband-
men, in the sum of £500, Sept. 15, 1757, for the administration of
the estate ; witnesses, William Parker, Edward Eastman.]
[Warrant, Sept. 15, 1757, authorizing Jonathan Gilman of
Exeter and Moses Coffin of Epping, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Nov., 1757; amount, £12,107. I4- o; signed by
Jonathan Gilman and Moses Coffin.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £3605. 2. o,
personal estate; expenditures, £1498. 4. o; allowed Sept. 27,
1758.]
MERIBAH CONNOR 1757 KINGSTON
In the Name of God, Amen. I Meribah Conner of Kingston
in the Province of New-Hamshire Widow * * *
Secondly I give & bequeath to my nephew Amasa Dow of s"^
Kingston & the Children which He now hath, all my Estate
Personal & Real to be at His & their disposal, to His & their use
& Behoof forever.
Thirdly, I constitute & appoint s*^ Amasa Dow to be my Sole
Executor to this my Last Will & Testiment * * *
In Wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my Hand & Seal
this twentieth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one
thousand seven Hundred & fifty seven her
Meribah + Connor
Mark
[Witnesses] Sanders Carr, Edward Sleeper, Micah Brooks.
[Proved Nov. 30, 1757.]
[Bond of Amasa Dow, with Edward Sleeper and Micah Brooks
as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of £500, Nov. 30, 1757,
for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker, David
Sewall.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 139
SAMUEL FRENCH, JR. 1757 SOUTH HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen. I Samuel French Jun"" of South-
Hampton In the Province of New Hampshire in New-England
Husbandman being under bodily Weakness * * *
Item — Secondly I give to my Well beloved Wife Mary
French the use and Improvement of my Home Lots with the
buildings thereon. I also give her the use and Improvement of
my Stock and moveables of all kinds untill my son Samuel
French shall arrive at the Age of Twenty one years, and then my
Son Samuel Shall have Liberty to live in the House with his
mother if he sees fit. Then I give her the use of part of the
House, the Barn, and one third Part of my home Lots, she tak-
ing her third on the North Side of the High way where the Build-
ings now stand, these I give her the Improvement of so long as
She remains my Widow. I also give her the use and Improvement
of my Lands in Kingston untill my Son Henry French Shall
arrive at the age of Twenty one years. I also give her, her Fire
Wood, So long as she remains my widow, she taking it off of my
Kingston Lands. I also give her all my Household Goods,
Household Stuff, and household Moveables to dispose of how
and when she sees fit. My Will also is that she maintains my
son Ezekiel French till he arrives at the age of Twenty one years,
and my Daughter Mary French till she arrives at the age of
Eighteen years.
Item — Thirdly I give to my Son Ruben French Fifty Pounds
old Tenor Money, Bills of Credit, retaining its present Value to
be paid him by my Son Samuel French hereafter named, any
time within three years after he arrives at the Age of Twenty one
years
Item — Fourthly I give to my Son Green French Fifty
Pounds old Tenor Money Bills of Credit, retaining its present
Value to be paid him by my Son Samuel French hereafter named,
any time within three years after he arrives at the Age of Twenty
one years.
Item Fifthly, I give to my Daughter Ruth French Fifty
140 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Pounds old Tenor Money Bills of Credit, retaining its present
Value to be paid her by my Son Samuel French hereafter named,
any time within three years after he arrives at the Age of
Twenty one years.
Item — Sixthly. I give to my Daughter Deborah French
Fifty Pounds old Tenor Money, Bills of Credit, retaining its
present Value to be paid her by my son Samuel French hereafter
named, any time within three years after he arrives at the Age of
Twenty one years.
Item — Seventhly. I give to my Daughter Hannah French
Fifty Pounds old Tenor Money, Bills of Credit, retaining its
present Value to be paid her by my son Samuel French hereafter
named, any time within three years after he arrives at the age of
Twenty one years.
Item — Eighthly. I give to my Daughter Mary French
Fifty Pounds old Tenor Money, Bills of Credit, retaining its
present Value to be paid her by my Son Samuel French here-
afternamed, any time within three years after he arrives at the
Age of Twenty one years.
Item — Ninthly. I give to my Sons Henry French and
Ezekiel French my Lands in Kingston after my Debts are paid,
Excepting fire wood which I before reserved for the use of my
Wife so long as she remains my Widow. That is to Say, I Give
to my Son Henry French the use and Improvement of my Lands
in Kingston, after he Shall arrive at the age of twenty one years.
This I give him the use and Improvement of until my Son Eze-
kiel French Shall arrive at the Age of Twenty one years, and then
my Will is that the Said Kingston Lands are Equally divided
between them that is to say between the Said Henry and Ezekiel
French. This I give to them, their Heirs and Assigns for Ever.
Item — Tenthly I give to my Son Samuel French the Liberty
of living in my House with his mother as long as he sees fit.
My Will also is that my son Samuel French pays the foregoing
Legacies which I have bequeathed and given to my Children
within the Time beforementioned, that is to say To Ruben, To
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Green, To Ruth, To Deborah, To Hannah and to Mary French
Fifty Pounds Each. And when he arrives at the Age of Twenty
one years I give him the use and Improvement of two Thirds of
my Home Lots, during my wifes Widowhood. I also give to
him his Heirs and Assigns forever and Liberty to dispose of the
Same, when and to whom he pleases, after he arrives at the age
of Twenty one years, that part of my home Lot upon the South
Side of the High Way, And that Part of my home Lot upon the
North side of the High Way with the Buildings thereon I give
him the use and Improvement of. After the Decease or mar-
riage of my Wife, during his natural Life, and then to his Eldest
Heir and assigns for ever. I also give him all my stock of
Cattle and Husbandry utensils after he arrives at the age of
Twenty one years, to dispose of, how, when and to whom he
pleases.
Finally — I do make Ordain and Constitute my Well beloved
Wife Mary French to be sole Executrix * * * in Witness
Whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal this Twenty
Second Day of September Anno Domini One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Fifty Seven, and in the Thirty First year of the
Reign of George the Second King Over Great Britain &c.
Samuell french Juner
his
[Witnesses] Henry + French, Benjmin morrill, James French.
Mark
[Endorsed "presented for Proof the last Wendsday in October
proof was suspended on & again & at Length Disallowed for
want of Proof."]
[Warrant, Oct. 2'], 1757, authorizing Samuel French, gentle-
man, and Abner Morrill, yeoman, both of South Hampton, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 5, 1757; amount, £3064. 11. o; signed by
Samuel French and Abner Morrill.]
142 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Administration on the estate of Samuel French, Jr., granted
to his widow, Mary French, Dec. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 435.]
[Bond of Mary French, widow, with Samuel French, gentle-
man, and Joseph Whiter, yeoman, as sureties, all of South
Hampton, in the sum of £1000, Dec. 28, 1757, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, Reuben French, Moses French,
Joseph French, Hannah French.]
To the Honor'' ^^ Judge of Probate in y^ Province of New
Hampshire
Hon'^'^ S'' I Being with m"" Sam^' French Late of South Ham-
ton And Haveing y^ Care of him as a Phisition frequently visited
him in his Last sickness am fully of y opinion that he was Not
for some Month before his Death in a Capacity of acting or
Transacting Any Bisness of Importance Rationally being to
Impared in his Reason
Amesbury Decemb' y 23'- 1757 Nehemiah Ordway
South-Hampton Dec: 31, 1757
S" I am informed you are desirous of having my Thoughts
concerning Samuel French late of this Town deceas^, whether
he was a Person of Sound Judment and of Perfect Mind and
Memory when he made his Will.
To which I Say, that I do not Imagine that he was a Person of
sound Judgment And I also believe his Powers to be much Weak-
ned by Reason of his long Sickness. I visited him often in his
Sickness, Especially in the latter Part of it, and some times
thought him some thing Delirious. He insisted much upon my
writing his Will, And when I wrote, I asked him some Questions
concerning his Will why he made it as he did ? And he gave me
his Reasons which I thought had some Weight in them. But
notwithstanding his Reasons, it is doubtful with me, whether he
was so capable of disposing of his Estate as he was before his
Sickness
From your Humble Serv* William Parsons
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 43
PETER POWERS 1757 HOLLIS
[Administration on the estate of Peter Powers of Hollis,
gentleman, granted to Stephen Powers of Hollis, yeoman, Jan.
6, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 411.]
[Bond of Stephen Powers of Hollis, with Jacob Bailey of
Hampstead, gentleman, and Abel Webster of Hollis, yeoman, as
sureties, in the sum of £3000, Jan. 6, 1758, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, David Sewall, Elizabeth Adams.]
[Warrant, Jan. 6, 1758, authorizing Benjamin Blanchard and
Abel Webster, both of Hollis, yeomen, to appraise the estate;
mentions Stephen Powers as son of the deceased.]
[Inventory, Sept. 23, 1757; amount, £2166. 15. 3; signed by
Jeremiah Lawrence, Benjamin Blanchard, and Abel Webster; an
addition of £40. 18. 6 was made June 12, 1758.]
[Warrant, Sept. 14, 1758, authorizing Jonathan Lovewell of
Dunstable, gentleman, Francis Worcester, and Benjamin Blanch-
ard, yeomen, both of Hollis, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of 1 Pursuant To a Warrant from the Hon'''^
N. Hamp'' / Richard Wibird Esq Judge of the Probate of
Wills &c for Said Province — Directed to us the Subscribers
with Jon* Lovewell Esq appointing us a Committee to Value
appraise & Set off to Anna Powers of Hollis In Said Province
Widow Relict of Peter Powers Late of Hollis aforesaid Gent.
Deceased Intestate (her former husband) her Dower which
happens to her of the Real Estate of the Said Intestate & of
which he Died Seized & to Set forth the same By metes & Bounds
to hold to her In Severalty as her thirds In Said Estate and the
Premises hereafter Described we Adjudge to be Equal to One
third part of the Real Estate of the Said Deceased which we Set
off to her as follows — Begining at a Stake & Stones the North-
west Corner of the Premises w"*" is Deacon Worsters Corner &
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Runing from thence East Seventy two Rods & an half to a Stake
& Stones by the Road Leading from Josiah Bloods to the Widow
Conants thence Southerly by Said Road one hundred & four
Rods To a Stake & Stones by Josiah Bloods Land thence West
Seventy two and an half Rods To a Stake & Stones thence West
by the Rev^ M'' Joseph Emersons Land & Land of Benjamin
Blanchard one hundred & four Rods to the Bounds first men-
tioned with the One half part of the house & Barn Standing on
Said Prem^ which was part of the homestead of the Said Dece*^ as
also y^ Pew In y meetinghouse In Hollis
Nov^ 7th 1759 — Benjamin Blanchard Jun.
Francis Worcester Juner
[List of claims against the estate ; amount, £15,570. 3. 6; signed
by Matthew Thornton and Francis Worcester; attested July 31,
I759-]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £15,405. 7. 4; expendi-
tures, £5048. 6. 8; allowed Jan. 30, 1762.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £15,070. 5. 6; amount
distributed, £10,357. o. 8; allowed Feb. 2, 1762.]
[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £274. 1 1. 4;
expenditures, £188. 16. 6; allowed Aug. 27, 1773.]
[Additional distribution of £1714. 16. 8 to the creditors; al-
lowed Sept. 9, 1773.]
[Bond of Francis Powers of Hollis, cordwainer, with Joseph
Bailey, joiner, and John Dwinell, yeoman, both of Londonderry,
as sureties, in the sum of £1000, April 21, 1791, for the adminis-
tration de bonis non of the estate ; witnesses, Nathaniel Parker,
John Nesmith, Jr.]
ROBERT ALLEN 1757 LONDONDERRY
[Margaret Lee of Boston, Mass., renounces administration
on the estate of her son, Robert Allen, who "dyed Comming
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I45
down from the Camp", in favor of William Clendenin, Sept.
26, 1757.]
[Administration on the estate of Robert Allen of Londonderry,
husbandman, granted to William Clendenin, gentleman, Sept.
27, I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 298.]
[Bond of William Clendenin, gentleman, with James Wilson,
yeoman, and David Hopkins, cordwainer, as sureties, all of
Londonderry, in the sum of £500, Sept. 27, 1757, for the ad-
ministration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, David
Sewall.]
[Warrant, Sept. 27, 1757, authorizing James Wilson and
Matthew Reid, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 6, 1757; amount, £198. 12. o; signed by
James Wilson and Matthew Reid.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £570. 2. o;
expenditures, £239. 15. 6; allowed Nov. i, 1758.]
ELIZABETH SMITH 1757 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Elizabeth Smith of Kingston
granted to Nathaniel Smith Sept. 26, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 296.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Smith of Epping, with Daniel Smith of
Kingston and Nathaniel Gordon of Exeter as sureties, yeomen
all, in the sum of £500, Sept. 26, 1757, for the administration
of the estate of his mother, Elizabeth Smith ; witnesses, William
Parker, Benjamin Rolfe.]
[Warrant, Sept. 26, 1757, authorizing Theophilus Smith of
Exeter and Biley Lyford of Brentwood, yeoman, to appraise
the estate.]
146 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory, Oct. 11, 1757; amount, £2354. 8. o; signed by
Theophilus Smith and Biley Lyford.]
[Additional inventory by the administrator of "Debts Due
to The Estate of my Houn^ Father Nathaniel Smith & mother
Elisabeth Smith both Late of Kingstown Deceased", Aug. 29,
1758; amount, £2040. 11. 0.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £3381. 8. 10;
expenditures, £77.0.0; allowed Aug. 30, 1758. Additional ac-
count, Aug. 12, 1760, of receipts of £88. 4. o, and expenditures of
£12. 16. o.]
ANDREW SMITH 1757 LONDONDERRY
In the name of God amene I Andrew Smith of Londonderry
in the province of Newhampshire in New en gland being sick
and wekly of bodey * * *
Itam my will is that my aged and Honred mother shall have
and Injoy all my personal estate in fee to hir and hir assigns for
ever she Cliring and paying my funnral Charges
Itam I Give and bequith to my Sister Susanna Smith one
quarter parte of my Reall estate with the quarter parte of the
buldins and Improvements ther on in fee Sempel which is in
full for all Legesies and bequithments that I the testator was in
any ways to Give hir by my fathers Last will and testement
Itam I Give and bequith unto my brother in Law James
petterson who is married to my sister Rachel one hundred and
fiftey pounds old tenor to be paid by my brother william smith
hear after mentioned as also the one half of my part of the Saw
mill lorns
Itam I Give and bequith unto my brother In law Jonathan
Adams who is married to my Sister Sarah Smith one hundred
and fiftey pounds old tenor to be paid by my brother william
smith hear after mentioned
Itam I Give and bequith to my brother william smith all the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 47
other three quarters of my Reall estate with the buldins and
Improvements ther on in fee simpel to him his heirs and assigns
for ever and my part of the Saw mill with the one half of the
lorns of the Same he paying the before mentioned Legises and
performing and full filling all the Deuteys to my Honr'ed mother
that I the testator was oblidged to Do and perform by my
Honr'ed fathers Last will and testement: and also to pay to
my sister Sarah Smith wife to Jonathan Adams three hundred
pounds old tenor that I the testator was oblidged to pay by my
said fathers testement
and I Do appoint make and ordain my brother william smith
of the Town and province aforesaid to be my exacutore * * *
in wittnes whear of I have hear unto Sett my hand and Seal
this twintey six Day of September in the thirty first year of
His majisty's Rign ann Dom: on thousand Seven hundred and
fiftey Seven
Andrew Smith
[Witnesses] James Nodd, John Bell, Samuel Barr.
[Proved March ii, 1760.]
[Administration on the estate of Andrew Smith, yeoman,
granted to William Smith of Londonderry, yeoman, March 11,
1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 395.]
[Bond of William Smith, yeoman, with Samuel Barr and
John Bell, yeoman, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the
sum of £500, March 11, 1760, for the execution of the will;
witnesses, none.]
ISAAC GRIFFIN 1757 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Isaac Griffin of Kingston
granted to Mary Griffin, widow, Sept. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 308.]
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[Bond of Mary Griffin, widow, with Abraham Smith, gentle-
man, and John Darling, yeoman, as sureties, all of Kingston,
in the sum of £500, Sept. 28, 1757, for the administration of
the estate of her husband, Isaac Griffin; witnesses, Jeremy
Webster, Mary Blake.]
[Warrant, Sept. 28, 1757, authorizing Jeremy Webster and
Josiah Tilton, both of Kingston, to appraise the escate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 3, 1757; amount, £4372. 10. o; signed by
Jeremy Webster and Josiah Tilton.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1512.
10. o, personal estate; expenditures, £1744. 5. o; mentions
"Support of two Children both under Seven from the Death of
Said Intestate to this Day being 73 Weaks Each"; allowed
Jan. 15, 1759.]
WILLIAM ADAMS 1757 HOLLIS
[Administration on the estate of William Adams of Hollis
granted to Mary Adams, widow, Sept. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 304.]
[Bond of Mary Adams, widow, with Samuel Cummings, gen-
tleman, and Jonas Flagg, yeoman, as sureties, all of Hollis, in the
sum of £500, Sept. 28, 1757, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker and John Pendexter.]
[Inventory, Sept. 21, 1757; amount, £3120. 13. o; signed by
Samuel Farley and Stephen Ames.]
[Administratrix's account of the settlement of the estate; re-
ceipts, personal estate, £970. 13. o; expenditures, £1656. 9. 6;
allowed July 28, 1762; mentions "maintaing one of the dec*^
Children und'' 7 years of age 3>^ years . . . another of his
Children 4 years ^4 and three Weeks."]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 49
[Guardianship of Mary Adams, daughter of WilHam Adams,
granted to Stephen Ames Aug. 12, 1762.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 433.]
[Bond of Stephen Ames, with Stephen Powers and Jonas
Flagg as sureties, all of Hollis, in the sum of £500, Aug. 12, 1762,
for the guardianship of Mary Adams; witnesses, William
Vaughan, WiUiam Parker.]
[Administratrix's additional account; receipts, £546. o. o, or
£27. 6. o, lawful money; expenditures, £44. 7. 10; allowed Oct.
26, 1768.]
SAMUEL BATCHELDER 1757 KENSINGTON
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Batchelder of Ken-
sington granted to Mercy Batchelder, widow, Sept. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 308.]
[Bond of Mercy Batchelder of Kensington, widow, with
Phineas Batchelder and Ebenezer Batchelder, both of Kingston,
yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Sept. 28, 1757, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Benja-
min Rolfe.]
[Warrant, Sept. 28, 1757, authorizing Phineas Batchelder of
Kingston and William Parker of Kensington, gentleman, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 10, 1757; amount, £5760. 5. o; signed by
Phineas Batchelder and William Parker.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £2020. 5. o,
personal estate; expenditures, £421. 5. o; mentions "Maintain-
ing a Son of the Deceased named Samuel under 7 years of age
52 Week .... maintaining a Daughter of the Deceased
named Sarah 36 Week"; allowed Oct. 4, 1758.]
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ELEAZER CUMMINGS 1757 HUDSON
[Administration on the estate of Eleazer Cummings of Not-
tingham West granted to Martha Cummings, widow, Sept. 28,
I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 298.]
[Bond of Martha Cummings, widow, with John Marsh and
Thomas Marsh, yeomen, as sureties, all of Nottingham West,
in the sum of £1000, Sept. 28, 1757, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Richard Greeley, William Parker.]
HENRY HILLS 1757 HUDSON
[Dorcas Hills of Nottingham West renounces administration
on the estate of her husband, Henry Hills of Nottingham West,
Sept. 21, 1757.]
[Administration on the estate of Henry Hills, yeoman, granted
to Ezekiel Hills, yeoman, Sept. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 308.]
[Bond of Ezekiel Hills of Nottingham West, with Henry Hills
of Nottingham West and Ebenezer Richardson of Pelham as
sureties, yeomen all, in the sum of £500, Sept. 28, 1757, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John
Wingate.]
[Warrant, Sept. 28, 1757, authorizing Samuel Greeley and
Samuel Hills, both of Nottingham West, yeomen, to appraise the
estate, administration being granted to Ezekiel Hills, son of the
deceased.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 17, 1757; amount, £2453. 10. o;
signed by Samuel Greeley, Jr., and Samuel Hills.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I5I
ABRAHAM SANBORN 1757 KENSINGTON
[Administration on the estate of Abraham Sanborn granted
to his widow, Dorothy Sanborn, Sept. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 309.]
[Bond of Dorothy Sanborn, widow, with Theophilus Smith of
Exeter and Jonathan Prescott of Kensington, blacksmith, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, Sept. 28, 1757, for the administra-
tion of the estate of Abraham Sanborn of Kensington, gentle-
man ; witnesses, Ebenezer Light, John Nelson.]
[Warrant, Sept. 28, 1757, authorizing Samuel Prescott of
Hampton Falls and Joseph Tilton of Kensington, gentleman, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 24, 1757; amount, £17,016. 8. o; signed by
Samuel Prescott and Joseph Tilton.]
PHINEAS UNDERWOOD 1757 MERRIMACK
[Administration on the estate of Phineas Underwood of Mer-
rimack granted to Mary Underwood, widow, Sept. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 309.]
[Bond of Mary Underwood, widow, with Joseph Blanchard,
Jr., and Jonathan Cummings, gentleman, as sureties, all of
Merrimack, in the sum of £500, Sept. 28, 1757, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, Samuel Cummings, Jotham
Blanchard.]
[Warrant, Sept. 28, 1757, authorizing Joseph Blanchard, Jr.,
and Jonathan Cummings, gentleman, both of Merrimack, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 27, 1757; amount, £6692. i. o; signed by
Joseph Blanchard, Jr., and Jonathan Cummings.]
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[Account of the settlement of the estate ; receipts, £2140. 13, 6,
personal estate; expenditures, £1470. 19. 6; mentions "Bringing
up two Children under 7 from the Intestates decease to this Day
being 176 Weeks for one"; allowed June 7, 1759.]
NEHEMIAH STEVENS 1757 HAMPSTEAD
[Administration on the estate of Nehemiah Stevens of Hamp-
stead granted to Anna Stevens, widow, Sept. 29, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 309.]
[Bond of Anna Stevens, widow, with John Muzzey and
Stephen Johnson, Jr., yeomen, as sureties, all of Hampstead, in
the sum of £500, Sept. 29, 1757, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Stephen Emerson, John Mills.]
[Warrant, Sept. 29, 1757, authorizing Thomas Wells of Ches-
ter, gentleman, and John Muzzey of Hampstead, yeoman, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 18, 1757; amount, £1922. 18. o;
signed by Thomas Wells and John Muzzey.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £722. 18. o,
personal estate; expenditures, £1093. 19. o; mentions "there
being 3 Children, 2 under Seven .... maintainance of two
Children of the Intestate under 7 years Nine years"; allowed
Oct. 17, 1769.]
[Citation to the administratrix, April 7, 1773, to appear and
account for the income of the estate.]
[Additional account; receipts, £2'j. 3. 4; expenditures, £21.
2. 0>^; allowed April 28, 1773.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 53
JOHN STEVENS 1757 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of John Stevens of Chester,
yeoman, granted to John Stevens of Chester Sept. 29, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 309.]
[Bond of John Stevens, husbandman, with Samuel Emerson
and Thomas Wells, gentlemen, as sureties, all of Chester, in the
sum of £500, Sept. 29, 1757, for the administration of the estate
of his father, John Stevens; witnesses, Jethro Sanborn, Eliza-
beth Sanborn.]
[Warrant, Sept. 29, 1757, authorizing Samuel Emerson and
Thomas Wells, gentleman, both of Chester, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 6, 1757; amount, £3118. 19. o; signed by
Samuel Emerson and Thomas Wells.]
[Timothy Stevens, aged more than 14 years, son of John
Stevens, makes choice of Stephen Johnson, Jr., of Hampstead as
his guardian Dec. 21, 1757; witnesses, John Kezar, Benjamin
Little.]
[Guardianship of Timothy Stevens granted to Stephen John-
son Dec. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 394.]
[Bond of Stephen Johnson, Jr., yeoman, with John Hogg,
gentleman, and John Muzzey, yeoman, as sureties, all of Hamp-
stead, in the sum of £500, Dec. 28, 1757, for the guardianship of
Timothy Stevens; witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts as per in-
ventory; expenditures, £357. 17. 6; filed May 2'], 1761.]
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MATTHEW NELSON 1757 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Matthew Nelson of Ports-
mouth granted to Deliverance Nelson, widow, and John Nelson,
husbandman, Oct. i, 1757.]
fProbate Records, vol. 20, p. 309.]
[Bond of Deliverance Nelson, widow, and John Nelson, hus-
bandman, with Henry Sherburne, gentleman, and Walker Lear,
yeoman, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Oct.
I, 1757, for the administration of the estate of Matthew Nelson,
cordwainer; witness, Hunking Wentworth.]
[Warrant, Oct. i, 1757, authorizing Henry Sherburne and
George Waldron, both of Portsmouth, gentlemen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Nov. 30, 1757; amount, £6441. 6. o;
signed by Henry Sherburne and George Waldron.]
[Additional inventories of £170. 10. o, Oct. 23, 1758, and
£19. o. o, Nov. 29, 1758; signed as above.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate ; receipts, £1971. 16. 4,
personal estate; expenditures, £1380. o. 7; allowed Feb. 28,
I759-]
[Warrant, April 15, 1762, authorizing William Shackford,
John Shackford, Joseph Langdon, gentleman, George Waldron,
yeoman, all of Portsmouth, and Richard Jenness, 3d, of Rye to
divide the real estate.]
Province of 1 We the Subscribers by a Warrant to us from
New Hamp"- J the Hon^^'' Rich^ Wibird Esq^ Judge of the
Probate of Wills &" for Said Province have Divided the Real
Estate of Matthew Nelson Late of Portsmouth Deceased in-
testate in the manner following Viz
to the wedow Deleverance Nelson all the Land & marsh on the
East Side of the high way being 12 acres also half an acre where
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the house Stands as it is bounded out by Stacks also the west
End of the house as fur as the Chimney & Doer the East End of
the Seler with Leberty to Pase to & from Said Seler also one
third of the barn at the west End
the Reman der we have Divided in the following maner
1 2 Parts that m'' John Gardner bought of John Nelson as
his Part and Philip babb in the Right of his wife on the North
Side being aboute thirteen acres and halfe Eight Rods & 12
feet by the high way at the torn of the fence in the feld Eight
Rods one foot and halfe and at the head of the Parstor thirteen
Rods & Six feet to Staks in the Ground
2 2 Shares to the heirs of James Nelson Late of Portsmouth
Deceased Said James being the oldest Son of the afore Said
Matthew Nelson bounding northerly on the afore Said John
Gardner Eight Rods & 12 feet by the above Said high way at the
torn of the fence in the feld Eight Rods one foot and halfe and at
the head of the Parster thirteen Rods & Six feet to Staks in the
Ground with that Part of the barn Standing on Said Land Exsept
that Part of the Barn Set of to the wedow as above Said
3 one Share to m'' Sam^^ Gate with the 2 Shares Set of to the
heirs of the Oldest Son on the North Side that the Said Gate
bought of George Nelson bounding four Rods and Six feet on the
afore Said high way four Rods & one foot at the torn of the fence
in the feld and at the head of the Parster Six Rods and 12 feet to
Stakes in the Ground
4 the Remander being the Sixth Share we have Set of to
George ham in the Right of his wife She being the youngest
Daugester Lying on the South Side of the above Said Land
it is further agread that the wedow Deleverance Nelson Shall
have the whole of the above said house to make Good her third
Duering her Life the 11 day of May 1762
W:Shackford
Joseph Langdon
John Shackford
Rich'^ Jenness 3*^
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 57
BRADSTREET WIGGIN 1757 STRATHAM
In the Name of God Amen The fifth Day of October Anno
Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty Seven — I
Bradstreet wiggin of Stratham in the province of Newhamp-
shire in Newengland Yeoman Being very Sick and week in
Body * * *
Ittem I Give and Bequeth unto my apprentice Joseph Den-
net one hundred acres of Land in a place Called New Salam in
the province afore Said in the Second or Third Devison to him
his heirs and assigns provided he Sarves out his Time Till he
arives to the age of Twenty one years and aquits the oxen and a
Trade mentioned in his Indenturs —
Ittem I Give and Bequeath unto my Three Sons Coker
wiggin winterop wiggin and Chace wiggin all my Land and
medow Ground Thatch Ground orchard and Buildings in
Stratham afore Said and all my Land in the Township of Bow in
Said province and in New Salam in Said province or any other
place (Excepting the hundred acres Given to Joseph Dennet)
after My Debts and funeral Charges are paid Equally to be De-
vided amongst them the Said Coker Winterop and Chace for
quantity and quality —
Ittem I Give unto My Daughter Martha wiggin fifty pounds
Money Equal to Dollers at Six pounds apeace To be paid her by
my Son Coker wiggin when She arives to the age of Twenty years
Ittem I Give unto my Daughter Comfort wiggin fifty pounds
Money Equal To Dollers and Six pounds apeace to be paid her
by My Son winterop wiggin when Shee arives to the age of
Twenty years —
Ittem I Give unto My Daughter Anna Wiggin fifty pounds
Money To be paid Equal to Dollers at Six pound apeace to her
by my Son Chace Wiggin when Shee arives to the age of Twenty
years — and in Case My personal Estate prove Insufficent to
pay my Debts and funeral Charges I Give My Executors here
after named full power to Sell So much of my Real Estate as
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Shall be Sufficent to pay the Remainder where thay Shall
Think most proper
Ittem I Constitute Make and ordain my unkle Thomas wig-
gin Jun"" and my Brother Chace wiggin the Executors * * *
Bradstret Wiggin
his
[Witnesses] John piper, Sam" + piper Jun', Rich'^ Young.
Mark
[Proved Oct. 26, 1757.]
[Inventory, Oct. 2'], 1757; amount, £11,638. 5. 6; signed by
Stephen Boardman and Andrew Wiggin.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £2945.
17. 6; expenditures, £4486. 18. o; mentions " Maintainance of
Nancy one of the Dec^ Children 8 Months .... Maintainance
of Comfort another Daughter 21 Months .... Maintainance
of Martha another Daughter three years .... Funeral Charges
of two of the Deceasds Children viz Nancy & Comfort"; al-
lowed Jan. 30, 1765.]
[Guardianship of Chase Wiggin, Winthrop Wiggin, and Coker
Wiggin minors, aged more than 14 years, sons of Bradstreet
Wiggin, granted to Winthrop Hilton Jan. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 375.]
[Bonds of Winthrop Hilton of Newmarket, gentleman, with
Chase Wiggin of Newmarket, yeoman, and Thomas Wiggin of
Stratham, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £5000 each, Jan.
30, 1765, for the guardianship of Winthrop Wiggin, Chase Wig-
gin, and Coker Wiggin; witnesses, William Eastman, William
Vaughan.]
TIMOTHY MORGAN 1757 EPPING
In The name of God Amen the Eighth Day of October 1757 I
Timothy Morgan of the parish of Epping in the province of New-
hampshire yeoman Being very Sick and weak in Body * * *
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 59
Imprimis I Give and Bequeath to Bette Morgan my Dearly
Beloved wife whom I Likewise Constitute make and ordain my
Sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament the whole
Improvement of my Estate Both Reall and personal untill my
two Sons are twenty one years of age that is to Say when my
Eldest Son is arrived to twenty one years my will is that he
Enjoy his part & the other to be Enjoyed By my wife untill my
youngest Son is of the age of twenty one years as abovesaid.
Item I give and bequeath to well beloved Sons Reuben and
Benjamin all my Lands Lying and being in the Parish of Epping
By them freely to be possessed and Enjoyed and to be Equally
divided Between them with the Buildings and appurtenances
Item I give to my well beloved Daughter Hannah forty
pounds old tenor to be paid by my son Reuben in one year after
he Shall Come in possession of the above said Land. Item I
Give to my well beloved Daughter Abiah thirty pounds old
tenor to be paid out of my Estate by my son Reuben in two
years after he Shall come in possession of the Said Land. Item
I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Elizabeth Thirty pounds
old tenor to be paid out of my Estate the one half By my son
Reuben and the other half by my son Benjamin in three years
after my Son Reuben Shall Come into possession of the above
Said Lands. Item give to my well beloved Daughters Anna &
Susannah thirty pounds old tenor apiece to be paid out of my
Estate the one half to my Daughter Anna, By my son Benjamin
in one year after he shall Come into possession of the above
Said Land, and the other half to my Daughter Susannah in
two years after he shall Come in possession of the above said
Land * * *
Timothy Mgan
[Witnesses] Ezikiel Brown, Jeremiah Prescut, frances Jennes.
[Proved Nov. 30, 1757.]
[Inventory, attested May 31, 1758; amount, £3828. 19. 6;
signed by Ezekiel Brown.]
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MARYWEARE 1757 KENSINGTON
[Guardianship of Nathaniel Weare, aged less than 14 years,
granted to his father, Joseph Weare of Kensington, Oct. 10,
I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 310]
[Bond of Joseph Weare, yeoman, with Nathaniel Gordon of
Exeter, yeoman, as surety, in the sum of £500, Oct. 10, 1757, for
the guardianship of Nathaniel Weare, his son by his wife, Mary
Weare, deceased; witnesses, William Parker, Samuel Parker.]
JOHN BICKFORD 1757 DOVER
In The name of God amen. The Tenth Day of October
Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty Seven, I
John Bickford of Dover in y« Province of New-Hamps'" in New-
England Weaver, being exercised with great Bodily Infermities,
& weakess * * *
Imprimis, I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved Wife Judith
Bickford the one fourth Part of y'' Produce of all my Land, both
of Tillage Mowing Pasturing Land & Orchard ; The fences about
s<^ Land to be kept in Repair, the Several Crops to be Seasonably
Gathered in Secured & Housed, by my s'^ Executor, or at his
Cost & Charge, at thier Respective Harvists, Yearly & every
Year, that is to Say, y" one fourth Part of S*^ Crops for y^ use
of my S"^ Wife, During the Term of her Continuing my Widow.
But in Case She Shall Marry, then my Will is that She Shall
have her Proper Dowry as by Law Allowed. I also Give to my
s"^ Wife y* free full & Sole use of one Lower Room in my Dwelling
House namely that Room which I Commonly Lodg in, and Such
Improvement of y^ Chamber over it, & y" Celler under it as She
Shall have occation for: And also y^ use & Improvement of Such
a Part of my Barn as Shall be needful to House her Cattle Sheep
& fodder. My Will also is that my Said Executor Shall Procure
& Provide good fire Wood for y" use of my s*^ Wife, at y"^ Door of
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS l6l
her Dwelling House Sufficient to Support one Comfortable fire
Yearly & every Year During y afores'd Term: I also Give unto
my s^ Wife the Sole use & Improvement of all my Household
Goods, Beds & Beding During y afores'd Term of her Continu-
ing my Widow; But in Case She Shall Marry, then her Thirds of
s^' Household Goods Beds & Beding, & at her Marriage, my Will
is that the other Two thirds of my s*^ Household Goods Beds &
Beding Shall be equally Divided among my three Daughters,
namely Elisabeth Bickford Martha Tibbets & Abigail Bickford,
and also what of S*^ Household Goods Beds & Beding Shall Re-
main at y^ Decease of my S*^ Wife Shall be Divided among my
S"^ three Daughters as aboves'd. I also Give unto my S^ Wife
to her own Disposal one Cow three Sheep & one Pigg.
Item. I Give unto my Son Jonathan Bickford, whom I Con-
stiute make & Ordain Sole Executor of this my last Will and
Testament, & to his Heirs & Assigns for ever all my Land
Orchards & all my Buildings Standing & Being upon S'^ Land;
Except y use of Such Part of y^ S^ Buildings, & Such Part of y^
Produce of S'^ Land as I have in this Will Given to my s^ Wife I
also Give to my s^ Son Jonathan Bickford all my Live Stock of
Cattle Horse Kine Sheep & Swine, Except Such of them as I have
in this Will Given to my s^ Wife, & Daughters, viz: Elisabeth &
Abigail. I also Give to my s'* Son Jonathan Bickford all my
farming Tackling & utencels, and all my Wareing Apparel ; And
also all such Estate that doth Properly belong to me, of what
Kind Soever, or where soever y Same may be found tho' not
mentioned in this Will.
Item, I Give to Each of my two Daughters, viz: Elisabeth and
Abigail Bickfor, one Cow to be Delivered unto them by my
Executor, when & So Soon after my Decease, as they Shall De-
mand them. I also Give unto my S"^ Daughters Elisabeth Bick-
ford Martha Tibbets & Abigail Bickford, one Hundred Pounds,
old Tenor, Each, to be Paid them by my S^ Executor within y«
Term of one Year after y'' Deceas of my S^ Wife. * * *
John Bickford
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[Witnesses] Joseph Bickford Juner, Ephraim Bickford, Eliza-
beth Canne.
[Proved Sept. 29, 1762.]
[Warrant, Sept. 29, 1762, authorizing William Twombly,
gentleman, and Joseph Hanson, yeoman, both of Dover, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 9, 1762; amount, £7118. 10. o; signed by
William Twombly and Joseph Hanson.]
DAVID BURNSIDE 1757 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of David Burnside of London-
derry granted to James Paul and his wife, Margaret Paul,
Oct. 14, I757-]
[Probate Records, vol 20, p. 310.]
[Bond of James Paul and Margaret Paul, with Benjamin
Thompson and John Doak, yeomen, as sureties, all of London-
derry, in the sum of £2000, Oct. 14, 1757, for the administration
of the estate of David Burnside, trader; witnesses, William
Parker, David Sewall.]
[Warrant, Oct. 14, 1757, authorizing Samuel Barr, John
Weare, gentleman, and Benjamin Thompson, trader, all of
Londonderry, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 21, 1757; amount, £5086. 18. 5; signed by
Samuel Barr, John Weare, and Benjamin Thompson.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £10,087.
15. 2, personal estate; expenditures, £5415, 6. 10; filed Aug. 29,
I759-]
[Additional inventory, Aug. 29, 1759; amount, £4986. 15. i.]
[Administrator's additional account; receipts, £5357. 2. 4;
expenditures, £645. 8. 8; allowed Sept. 28, 1763.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 63
RICHARD KIMBALL 1757 SALEM
[Jemima Kimball requests administration on the estate of her
husband, Richard Kimball of Salem, Oct. 17, 1757, and the ap-
pointment of Daniel Gage of Pelham and John Hall, Jr., of
Salem as appraisers; witnesses, William Richardson, Joseph
Rowell.]
[Administration on the estate of Richard Kimball, gentleman,
granted to his widow, Jemima Kimball, Oct. 26, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 317.]
[Bond of Jemima Kimball, widow, with Daniel Peaslee and
Daniel Muzzey as sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 26, 1757, for
the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Richardson,
Benjamin Wheeler, Jr.]
[Warrant, Oct. 26, 1757, authorizing William Richardson of
Pelham, gentleman, and Richard Dow of Salem, yeoman, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Nov. 12, 1757; amount, £6284. 14. o;
signed by William Richardson and Richard Dow ; mentions the
intestate as Capt. Richard Kimball.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate by John Webster and
his wife Jemima, administratrix; receipts, £2152. 14, o, personal
estate; expenditures, £762. 7. 3; allowed Oct. 25, 1758.]
[Warrant, Nov. 15, 1758, authorizing John Hall, Daniel
Massey, Ralph Hall, John Johnson, yeomen, and Obadiah East-
man, gentleman, all of Salem, to divide the real estate.]
Pro van ce of 1 To the Honnerable Judge of probates of
Newhampshier J wils for the Provance of new hampshier in
obediance to a warrent from your honner to Settel the Estate of
Capt richard kimbal Late of Salem Deceas'd we have settled it in
the foiling manner viz
I 'y we have set of one third part to Jemima webster of plastow
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who was the wife of said intestate as hir Dowry and boundded as
followeth Beginning at a white oak tree at the west end of the
house thence running Easterly by the road to Land of Even
Jonses thence southerly by Land of Jonses to the Corner bound
thence to the bounds first mentioned and also the west End of the
house and also the East Scaffold and Lento in the barn 2^y we
have set of to richard kimbal minor the home place with the
hous and barn his mothers thirds Excepted and also a peice of
meadow ground about seven acres Lying apon Spicket river and
also a peice of wood Land Lying betwen nathannel merriels and
peter merriels Containing about twenty acres 3'^ we have set
of to Easter whealer one of the heirs of the intestate four acres of
Land it being one half of an Eight acre Lot Laing apon Land of
Daniel marcies and Steven whelers and a Country road and
bounded as followeth beginning at a Red oak tree marked by the
road thence running westerly by sd road about twenty poles to a
stake and Stones thence Southerly about thirty three pols to a
Stake and Stons thence Southeasterly about twenty poles to a
stake and stons thence Northerly to the bounds first mentioned
and also four acres and an half of meadow ground Laing upon
hittetete brook it being one half of nine acre Lot beginning at the
East end of the Lot a Stake and Stones and a pitch pine being
the tow Corner bounds So running westerly apon both sides of
the brook to Contain four acres and a half 4^^ we have Set of to
hannah wheler one of the heirs of the intestate four acres of Land
it being one half of an Eight acre Lot Lying apon Land of Daniel
marcies and apon Steven whelers and a Country road and
boundded as followeth beginning at a Stake and Stons by sd
road thence westerly by sd road about twenty pols to a swamp
white oak thence southerly thirty three pols to a red oak marked
thence Southeasterly twenty poles to a Stake and Stons thence
northerly to the bounds first mentioned and also a peice of
meadow ground about four acres and a half it being on half of a
nine acre Lot begining at the westerly end of Said Lot the tow
Corner bounds being a whit oak and a pitch pine so running
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 65
Easterly apon both sids of the brook to Contain four acres and a
half
John Hall Jun
Daniel Massey
Rapha Hall
John Johnson
Obadiah Eastman
[Guardianship of Richard Kimball, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Richard Kimball, granted to Timothy Ladd June
30, 1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 2t„ p. 46.]
[Bond of Timothy Ladd of Plaistow, yeoman, with Joseph
Wright of Salem, gentleman, as surety, in the sum of £500,
June 30, 1763, for the guardianship of Richard Kimball; wit-
nesses, Cutts Shannon, William Parker.]
JOHN ROBINSON 1757 MERRIMACK
[Bond of Timothy W^ilkins of Concord, Mass., yeoman, with
Asa Spaulding of Billerica, Mass., yeoman, as surety, in the sum
of £500, Oct. 17, 1757, for the guardianship of John Robinson,
minor, in his fifteenth year, son of John Robinson of Merrimack;
witnesses, Andrew Boardman and Reuben Prentice.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
NATHANIEL CHASE 1757 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Chase of London-
derry, yeoman, granted to James Chase Oct. 18, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 317.]
[Bond of James Chase of Londonderry, yeoman, with Edward
Clark and Nathaniel Merrill, yeomen, both of Salem, as sureties,
l66 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
in the sum of £500, Oct. 18, 1757, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Rebecca Peaslee, Eh'zabeth Peaslee.]
[Warrant, Oct. 18, 1757, authorizing Samuel Greeley and
Samuel Hills, both of Nottingham West, yeomen, to appraise the
estate; mentions James Chase as son of the deceased.]
[Inventory, attested Nov. 12, 1757; amount, £648. 4. 6;
signed by Samuel Greeley, Jr., and Samuel Hills.]
[Warrant, March 3, 1758, authorizing Joseph Blanchard of
Merrimack and Samuel Greeley of Nottingham West, gentle-
man, to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims; amount, £440. 16. 4; mentions "Due to Abi-
gill Webster for Rates her late Husband Was to have Collected
from said Chase"; signed by Joseph Blanchard and Samuel
Greeley, Jr.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £648. 4. 6,
personal estate; expenditures, £499. o. 3; mentions "my Self &
my Wifes attendance on the Deceas*^ & his Wife in their last
Sickness 10 Days each .... keeping a Child of said Intestate
under seven for one year"; allowed Nov. 29, 1758.]
[Settlement of claims; amount distributed, £148. 15. 3; al-
lowed Dec. I, 1758.]
ANDREW GILMAN 1757 BRENTWOOD
[Administration on the estate of Andrew Oilman of Brentwood
granted to Jeremiah Oilman of Brentwood, yeoman, Oct. 19,
1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 317.]
[Bond of Jeremiah Oilman, with Daniel Leavitt and Nicholas
Dudley as sureties, all of Brentwood, yeomen, in the sum of
£500, Oct. 19, 1757, for the administration of the estate of An-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I67
drew Gilman, gentleman; witnesses, Samuel Dudley, Biley
Dudley.]
[Warrant, Oct. 19, 1757, authorizing John Gilman, Jr., of
Exeter and Biley Dudley of Brentwood, yeoman, to appraise the
estate; mentions Jeremiah Gilman as son of the deceased.]
[Inventory, Oct. 24, 1757; amount, £6985. 15. o; signed by
John Gilman, Jr., and Biley Dudley.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1545.
15. o; expenditures, £2079. 4. 7; allowed Oct. 31, 1759.]
[Additional account: receipts, £1740. o. o; expenditures,
£1238. o. 6; allowed Oct. 31, 1765.]
[Guardianship of Mary Leavitt, Stephen Leavitt, and Gilman
Leavitt, children of Daniel Leavitt by his wife, Anna Leavitt,
daughter of Andrew Gilman, granted to their father Oct. 31,
1765-]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 24.]
[Bond of Daniel Leavitt, with Levi Morrill and Jeremiah
Gilman as sureties, all of Brentwood, in the sum of £500, Oct.
31, 1765, for the guardianship of Mary Leavitt, Stephen Leavitt,
and Gilman Leavitt ; witnesses, William Parker, Samuel Hobart.]
ISAAC LITTLEHALE 1757 PELHAM
[Hannah Littlehale renounces administration on the estate of
her husband, Isaac Littlehale, Oct. 22, 1757, in favor of Capt.
William Richardson; witnesses, James Hobbs, Daniel Hutchin-
son.]
[Administration on the estate of Isaac Littlehale of Pelham
granted to William Richardson of Pelham, gentleman, Oct. 26,
I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 28.]
1 68 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of William Richardson, with Amos Richardson and
Levi Hildreth as sureties, all of Pelham, in the sum of £500,
Oct. 26, 1757, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Joseph Hamblett, Josiah Hamblett.]
[Warrant, Oct. 26, 1757, authorizing Joseph Butler and Levi
Hildreth, both of Pelham, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 27, 1758; amount, £2698. 15. o; signed by
Joseph Butler, Levi Hildreth, and Hannah Littlehale.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate ; receipts, £2390. 6. 7 ;
expenditures, £1932. 19. 8; mentions " 163 Weeks a Child of the
dec^ born Sepf i, 1758"; allowed Nov. 4, 1761.]
[Additional account; receipts, £627.12.11; expenditures,
£88. o. o; allowed June 29, 1763.]
[Guardianship of Isaac Littlehale, aged less than 14 years, son
of Isaac Littlehale, granted to Daniel Hutchinson June 28,
1763-]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 191.]
[Bond of Daniel Hutchinson, with Daniel Gage and Joseph
Butler as sureties, all of Pelham, in the sum of £500, June 28,
1763, for the guardianship of Isaac Littlehale; witnesses,
Ephraim Cummings, John Ferguson.]
JOHN WILSON 1757 PLAISTOW
[Margaret Wilson renounces administration on the estate of
her husband, John Wilson of Plaistow, miller, Oct. 25, 1757, in
favor of her brothers, James Waddell of Chester and John
Waddell of Londonderry; witnesses, John Johnson, John
Morrill.]
[Administration granted to James Waddell and John Waddell
of Londonderry Oct. 26, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 317.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 69
[Bond of James Waddell and John Waddell, with Thomas
Johnson and John Barnett as sureties, all of Londonderry, in
the sum of £500, Oct. 26, 1757, for the administration of the es-
tate; witnesses, WilHam Parker, Jr., Cutts Shannon.]
[Wai-rant, Oct. 26, 1757, authorizing John Hogg of Hamp-
stead, gentleman, and Thomas Little of Plaistow, tanner, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 28, 1757; amount, £2341. 19. o;
signed by John Hogg and Thomas Little.]
[Commission to John Tolford of Chester, gentleman, and John
Hogg of Hampstead, March 8, 1758, to receive claims against the
estate.]
[List of claims, attested Sept. 27, 1758; amount, £569. 9. 6;
signed by John Tolford and John Hogg.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate ; receipts, £3004.
10. o; expenditures, £1391. 10. 11 ; mentions "p^ Margaret Wil-
son her acco* for the Support of 2 Children & the charge of the
Last Sickness & Funeral Charge of one of them"; allowed Sept.
27, 1758.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £569. 9. 6; amount
distributed, £403. 4. g}^; allowed Oct. 15, 1758.]
[Administrator's additional account; receipts, £3. 13. 4; ex-
penditures, £8. 10. 8; mentions decease of the widow; signed by
James Waddell; allowed April 19, 1786.]
[Additional distribution of £3. 13. 4 to the creditors; allowed
May 17, 1786.]
JOSEPH SCRIBNER 1757 EXETER
[Lydia Scribner renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, Joseph Scribner of Exeter, and of his son, Joseph
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Scribner, Jr., Oct. 25, 1757, in favor of her son-in-law, Joseph
Lougee of Exeter, tailor; witnesses, Theophilus Smith, John
Glidden.]
[Bond of Joseph Lougee, with John Steele and John Glidden,
yeomen, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of £500, Oct. 26,
I757> for the administration of the estate; witnesses, John Smith,
William Parker, Jr.]
[Inventory, Nov. i, 1757; amount, £3227. 11. o; signed by
Caleb Kimball and Theophilus Smith.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £2183. 13. o; expendi-
tures, £1837. 7. o; allowed April 17, 1760.]
DANIEL FOGG 1757 RYE
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Fogg of Rye, yeoman,
granted to his widow, Hannah Fogg, Oct. 26, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 317.]
[Bond of Hannah Fogg of Rye, widow, with Samuel Knowles
of Rye and Josiah Batchelder of Hampton Falls, yeomen, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 26, 1757, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Jr., William Parker.]
[Warrant, Oct. 26, 1757, authorizing Samuel Knowles, yeo-
man, and Richard Jenness, 3d, gentleman, both of Rye, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Jan. 25, 1758; amount, £10,044. lO- o;
signed by Richard Jenness, 3d, and Samuel Knowles.]
[Guardianship of Daniel Fogg, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Daniel Fogg, granted to Jeremiah Fogg of Kensing-
ton, clerk, Oct. 26, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 317.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 71
[Bond of Jeremiah Fogg, clerk, with Jonathan Dow and Sam-
uel Clifford, Jr., yeomen, as sureties, all of Kensington, in the
sum of £500, Oct. 26, 1757, for the guardianship of Daniel Fogg;
witnesses, William Parker, Jr., William Parker.]
[Warrant, Aug. 5, 1760, authorizing Richard Jenness, 3d,
Reuben Moulton, yeoman, both of Rye, Samuel Knowles,
Enoch Sanborn, and Stephen Batchelder, yeomen, all of North
Hampton, to divide the real estate.]
Province of 1 By order from the Hon'^^'^ Rich'^ Wibird
New Hampshire / Judge of the Probate of Wills for Said Prov-
ince &c appointing us a Commettee to Divide the Real Estate of
Daniel fogg Late of Rye yeoman Deceased — after a Careful
Suervey of Said Estate we have agreed & Set of to Each Party
their Respective Shares & parts of Said Estate in the Manner
following Viz —
to hannah fogg Wedow Relick of Said Intestate one full third
Part thereof viz the East Lower fore Room the west fore Cham-
ber one third of the Garrat at the East End and one third of the
Celler at the East End also twelve feet of the west End of the
Barn the whole weadth also Seventeen acres of Land in Rye in the
home Place Laying on the west side of the high way that Leads
from Rye to hampton and the north End by the high way that
Leads from Rye to North hampton and from Said high way on
the west 34 rods to a tree Marked and by the high way on the
East Side 27 Rods to a Stake in the Ground taking one 3*^ part of
the orchard as it is Laid out and Bounded also the third Part of
thirteen acres at north hampton in the 12 Shares So Called on
the west Side as it is Laid out and Bounded also one third Part
of the Salt marsh at hampton on the South Side as it is Laid out
and bounded also all the Salt Marsh at Little River So Called
also the third Part of five acres of Land at the Little Boars head
as it is Laid out and Bounded
to Daniel fogg the Eldest & only Son of the said Intestate a
Doble Share of the Remaining two thirds viz the East fore
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Chamber Parte of the Kitchen Celler & Garret as makes up his
full part of the house afore Said also 20 feet the full Breadth of the
East End of the Barn — Also about Eight acres of Land at y^
East End of the house Bounding on the high way from hampton
to Rye on the west & the way to the Sea on the north the wedow
Elken's Land on the East and on the South Land of Nehemiah
Moultens Also aboute 13 acres of Land at the west Side of the
high way that Leads to hampton afore Said at the South End of
the home place & to Extend Northerly into baid Place on the
East & west to Stakes Set up for Bounds also aboute 5 acres of
wood Land in the North Division Shares on the South Side to
marked trees also his Part of 13 acres at Northampton on the
East Side also his Part of the orchard Joyning to the wedow also
his full part on the north Side of y^ Marsh at hampton as it is
Bounded out also his part of five acres of Land at Little Boars
head on the west Side also one acre of thach Ground in Rye
to Sarah fogg the only Daughter a single Share of ^ of Said
Estate the west Lower fore Room with all the house & Barn not
before mentioned in this instrement also about 19 acres of the
home place on the west Side of the afore Said way to hampton
Bounding northerly on the wedows part & southerly on Daniels
part as it is Stalked out also her Part of the 13 acre the midle
Share as it is bounded out also her part of 5 acres at Boars head
the midle Share also her part of Salt marsh at hampton the midle
share as Bounded out also halfe an acre of thach Ground in Rye
to Gather with about 3 acres of the Remander of wood Land afore
Said Except one acre of wood Land to the wedow hannah fogg
for her to Cutt wood on when She Cant Geet wood Conventely
on the Land before Laid out to her
Rye august 26*'' 1761
Rich*^ Jenness 3<^
Samuel Knowles
Enoch Sanborn
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 173
BENJAMIN SWETT 1757 HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God Amen the twenty Sixth Day of October
Anno Domini Seventeen hundred And fifty Seven — I Benjamin
Swett of Hampton falls in the Province of New-Hampshire in
New England Blacksmith being Infirm in Body * * * j
do Constitute and Appoint my friend Meshech Weare of Hamp-
ton falls aforesaid Esq"" to be Sole Executor of this my will to
make a Just Settlement of my affairs to Receive all Debts Due to
me and to Discharge Such as I owe so far as my Estate will be
Sufficient And to Pay himself a Debt for which he Stands In-
gaged on my account to Mark Hunking Wentworth Esq"" for
Something more than five hundred Pounds old Tenor And if
there shall be Any Remainder after my Debts as abovemen-
tioned And necessary Charges shall be Paid, It shall be Disposed
of As follows Namely to my Sister Deliverance Coleman of
Nantuckett twenty Pounds old Tenor and to my Sister Huldah
Coleman of Nantuckett thirty Pounds old Tenor they not hav-
ing had their full share of their fathers Estate as others have had.
And all the Remainder of my Estate I Give to my Son Jonathan
Swett * * *
Benj^ Swett
[Witnesses] John Green, Nath* Healey Junr, Daniel Cram.
[Proved Feb. 23, 1758.]
[Warrant, Feb. 23, 1758, authorizing Joseph Worth and Jona-
than Swett, both of Hampton Falls, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Feb. 28, 1758; amount, £1902. 7. 4; signed by
Joseph Worth and Jonathan Swett.]
HENRY PUTNEY 1757 NEW IPSWICH
[Administration on the estate of Henry Putney of New Ips-
wich granted to Martha Putney, widow, Oct. 26, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 471.]
174 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Martha Putney, widow, with Reuben Kidder, gen-
tleman, and Aaron Kidder, yeoman, as sureties, all of New
Ipswich, in the sum of £500, Oct. 26, 1757, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, William Clary, Joseph Blanchard.]
[Warrant, Oct. 26, 1757, authorizing Reuben Kidder and
Aaron Kidder to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Nov. 10, 1757; amount, £62. 3. 11 ; signed
by Aaron Kidder and Reuben Kidder.]
[Warrant, May 20, 1758, authorizing Reuben Kidder and
Aaron Kidder to receive claims against the estate.]
[Martha Putney's account against the estate, May 21, 1759;
amount, £218. 15. 8; mentions "Bringing up a Child from Dec
1755 to the Day of Date hereof Said Child is Seven years old
Next Sepf"; allowed May 22, 1759.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £59. 19. o; signed
by Reuben Kidder and Aaron Kidder.]
RICHARD HEATH 1757 PLAISTOW
[Caveat of Stephen Harriman of Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 26,
1757, against granting administration on the estate of Richard
Heath of Plaistow, husbandman, without notice to the widow,
who has eight small children.]
[Administration on the estate of Richard Heath of Plaistow,
yeoman, granted to Thomas Hale and Benjamin Richards of
Plaistow Nov. 29, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. no.]
[Division of the estate among the creditors; claims, £1327.
I. 10; paid, £445. 2. 3; allowed Nov. 30, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 341.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 175
JOHN ROWELL I757 EPPING
[Administration on the estate of John Rowell of Epping,
joiner, granted to his widow, Sarah Rowell, Oct. 26, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 329.]
[Bond of Sarah Rowell, widow, with Joseph Chandler and
John Dow, yeomen, as sureties, all of Epping, in the sum of
£1000, Oct. 26, 1757, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, Jr., John Smith.]
[Warrant, Oct. 26, 1757, authorizing Jacob Freese, yeoman,
and Ebenezer Fiske, physician, both of Epping, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 20, 1758; amount, £3869. 2. o; signed by
Jacob Freese and Ebenezer Fiske.]
JOSEPH TAYLOR I757 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Taylor granted to
John Taylor Oct. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 329.]
[Bond of John Taylor of Brentwood, yeoman, with Zaccheus
Clough of Brentwood and Willoughby Colby of Exeter, yeomen,
as sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 28, 1757, for the administra-
tion of the estate of Joseph Taylor of Exeter, yeoman; witness,
William Parker, Jr.]
[Inventory, Nov. 15, 1757; amount, £3424. o. o; signed by
Caleb Kimball and Ephraim Robinson. Additional inventory
of £182. o. o, April 28, 1760.]
[Anna Taylor and Catherine Taylor, daughters of Joseph Tay-
lor, "One of us ninteen Years & the other Sixteen Years of Age &
without father or mother", make choice of their brother-in-law,
Moses Lovering, as their guardian March 31, 1761.]
176 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Guardianship of Anna Taylor and Catherine Taylor, minors,
aged more than 14 years, children of Joseph Taylor, granted to
Moses Lovering of Exeter, yeoman, April 8, 1761.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 69.]
[Bond of Moses Lovering, yeoman, with Jonathan Gilman,
innholder, and Noah Emery, attorney at law, as sureties, all of
Exeter, in the sum of £500, April 8, 1761, for the guardianship of
Anna Taylor and Catherine Taylor; witnesses, Richard Sutton,
John Taylor.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £458. 14. 8;
expenditures, £278. 15. 6; allowed April 8, 1761.]
DANIEL MARSTON 1757 NORTH HAMPTON
In the of God Amen I Daniel Marston of North Hampton in
the Province of New Hampshire in New England Yeoman
being in poor state of Body * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Beloved wife Sarah
Marston the improvement of one third part of all my Estate
dureing her Naturel Life and all My Household stuff I give to
her to be at her Disposell my weareing Cloaths and Tropeing
furniture Excepted —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my three Sons Daniel Samuel
and Robie Marston All my lands in the Township of Nottingham
to be Equelly Divided between them to them their hiers Exectr*
Adminisf and Assigns forever Samuel to have his part on the
Easterly Side Daniel to have his part in the middle and Robie to
have his third part on the westerly side of s'^ Land and I also
Give to Each of my s'^ Sons Daniel Sam^' and Robie all my
part of a Saw Mill in Nottingham aforesaid each of them to
have one third of my part when they arive to the Age of twenty
one Years.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 177
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son Theodore Marston
all my Lands in the Township of Bow and also all my Right of
land in a place CalH Buckstreet to him his Heirs and Assigns
forever.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Anna Marston
three Hundred Pounds old Tenor to be paid at the Age of
Eighteen Years or at the time of her Marriage if Sooner —
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Meriam three
Hundred Pounds old Tenor to be paid at the age of Eighteen
Years or time of Marriage if Sooner —
Item I give to my Daughter Sarah Three hundred Pounds old
Tenor to be paid at the Age of Eighteen Years or at the time of
Marriage if sooner.
Item I Give unto my Son David Marston three Hundred
Pounds old Tenor to be paid to him at the Age of Twenty One
Years All the above Legicies to be paid by my Executor here-
after named.
Item I Give unto my Beloved Wife Sarah and my three
Daughters above named the Improvement of one half of my
Dwelling House from the Seller to the Garritt (the East end) to
my Daughters with their Mother so long as they remain un-
married and to my Wife Dureing her Naturel Life — • I Also Give
to my five Sons Daniel Sam^' Robie Theodore and David all
my Cloaths (my Trooping Cloaths Excepted) to be equally
Divided between them
Item All the Rest and Residue of my Estate both Real and
Personel wherever it may be found I Give and bequeath unto my
son Simon Marston to him his Heirs and Assigns forever with
all my Debts Dew to me at my Decease, He paying all my Just
Debts and funeral Charges with all the Above Mentioned
Legicies.
Lastly I do hereby Constitute and Appoint my well Beloved
wife Sarah Marston and My son Simon Marston to be my
Exector^ * * * ^^ Witness whereof I have hereunto set my
Hand and Seal this Ninth Day of November Anno Dom : Seven-
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teen Hundred & fifty seven & in the 31^* Year of the Reign of
George the Second by the Grace of God King &c
Daniel maston
[Witnesses] John Taylor, John M'fee, Levi Dearborn.
[Proved Nov. 30, 1757.]
[Bond of Sarah Marston, widow, with Simon Marston, yeo-
man, Levi Dearborn, both of North Hampton, and John McFee
of Rochester, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Nov. 30, 1757, for
the execution of the will ; witnesses, Thomas Westbrook Waldron,
William Parker.]
[Guardianship of Samuel Marston, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Daniel Marston, granted to Ebenezer Sanborn
May 21, 1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 545.]
[Bond of Ebenezer Sanborn, gentleman, with Simon Page,
yeoman, as surety, both of North Hampton, in the sum of
£500, May 21, 1763, for the guardianship of Samuel Marston;
witnesses, Jonathan Pinkham, William Vaughan.]
RICHARD KELLY 1757 SALEM
[Judith Kelly, widow, and William Kelly, oldest son, renounce
administration on the estate of Richard Kelly, who died Sept. 9,
1756, in favor of Peter Merrill; witness, Peter Merrill.]
[Administration on the estate of Richard Kelly of Salem,
yeoman, granted to Peter Merrill Nov. 23, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 352.]
[Bond of Peter Merrill, yeoman, with Andrew Balch, gentle-
man, and Edward Clark, yeoman, as sureties, all of Salem, in the
sum of £500, Nov. 23, 1757, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Susanna Copp, Caleb Balch.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I79
[Warrant, Nov. 23, 1757, authorizing Richard Dow and John
Hall, Jr., both of Salem, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 6, 1757; amount, £512. 12. o; signed by
Richard Dow and John Hall, Jr.]
[Warrant, Feb. 14, 1758, authorizing Joseph Wright, gentle-
man, and Richard Dow, yeoman, both of Salem, to receive
claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, attested Sept. 4, 1758; amount, £364. i. 3;
signed by Joseph Wright and Richard Dow.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £392. 3. o;
expenditures, £364. 16. o; allowed Sept. 6, 1758.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £364. i. 3; amount
distributed, £27. 6. 2; allowed Sept. 7, 1758.]
JOHN ANDERSON 1757 LONDONDERRY
[Janet Anderson renounces administration on the estate of
her husband, John Anderson of Londonderry, Nov. 14, 1757, in
favor of her brother, James Anderson, and Samuel Fisher; wit-
ness, Robert Wallace.]
[Administration granted to James Anderson, Jr., and Samuel
Fisher of Londonderry, yeomen, Nov. 15, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 352.]
[Bond of James Anderson and Samuel Fisher, both of London-
derry, yeomen, with Robert Anderson of Derry field and Robert
Wallace of Londonderry, gentlemen, as sureties, in the sum of
£1000, Nov. 15, 1757, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, James Wallace, Robert Campbell.]
Londonderry February the 25*'' 1760
To the Honourable Judge of Probates
The humble petition of Jannet Anderson Widow Humbly
Sheweth that your petitioner humbly Begs for y Patience to
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hear my Complaints and Difficulties which I Laboured under
and now Labours under first when my Husband was taken from
me I was in Difficult Circumstance for in thirteen Days after the
Decease of my Husband I was Deliver'd of a Child and then
was taken ill with a fever which held me ill for two months which
Render'd me Incapable of Carrying on the Administration and
under these Difficult Circumstances I gave way to my Brother
James Anderson and my Brother Samuel Fisher to administer
but I wanted to be in along with my Brother Anderson but he
hurried on the administration and told me that I Could not be
one with him Because I was not able to go to your Honour to
take out the Letters of administration and I think I Could do
Better for the Children than what he does and now I wou'd
Desire the favour of your Honour to give me Liberty to act in
the Room of my Brother Anderson and to be Ex*"" in his Stead
for I think it wou'd not be so Chargeable to the Estate if I had
the managment of the Whole of it So I hope your Honour will
Consider me in my Difficulty and grant your petitioner my
Request, and for you I will Ever pray —
Jannet Anderson
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1477. 13. o,
personal estate; expenditures, £1658. 13. 11; allowed Feb. 27,
1760.]
Agreeable to the within warrant we the Subscribers have
Gone and Veiw<^ the Estate of John anderson Late of London
Derry Dec^ therein Mentioned — and according to the Best of
our Judgments have Set of the widdows thirds of Said Estate as
therein Directed and the Bounds thereof is as follows Viz Begin-
ing at a Red oak tree a few Rods South west of the house that
belongs to S*^ farm thence North fivefty four Degrees East Eight
Rods to a Stake thence North twenty four Degrees west ten
Rods to a Stake thence North sixty one Degrees East ten Rods
and an half to a heap of Stones thence South thirty four Degrees
East Eight Rods to a stake thence North fivefty four Degrees
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East to a Broken Red oak tree Marked Standing in the Line
Betwen S'l farm and Land Belonging to Mathew Thornton
Esq"" South East twenty Six Rods to the Leading Rhoad to
Litchfeild thence South west and Bounding on Said Rhoad to
the Cross Rhoad through Said farm thence North westerly to
the Bounds first Mentioned Containing about twenty Acres and
one hundred Rods be the Same More or Less — as also another
part of Said farm Bounded as follows Begining at a heap of
Stones on the South west Side of the Cross Rhoad Before Men-
tioned about Ten Rods Distant from the house belonging to S<^
farm and Due Southwest from S"^ house thence Runing South-
west by Marked trees to the Line of John Clarks Land to a Red
oak tree Marked thence South East and Bounding on S^ Clarks
Land about fourty four Rods to a heap of Stones upon the afores'^
Leading Rhoad to Litchfeild thence Northeast and bounding on
S*^ Rhoad to the before Mentioned Cross Rhoad thence North
westerly Bounding on S'^ Rhoad to the bounds first Mentioned
Containing about Sixteen acres be the Same More or Less as
also one half of the house and one third of the Barn Belonging
to the premises and also a Common privilige for Both the wid-
dows thirds and the Rest of S^ Estate from the North west Cor-
ner of the House to the North East Corner of the Barn and to the
High way — •
Given Under our hands at Londonderry y^ 20*'* of March 1766
Edward Aiken
Henry Campbel
James MacGregore
[Additional account of the settlement of the estate; receipts,
£73. 10. o; expenditures, £98. 3. 7>^; filed March, 1767; men-
tions widow and three children.]
[Guardianship of Jane Anderson, Matthew Anderson, minors,
aged more than 14 years, and John Anderson, aged less than 14
years, children of John Anderson of Londonderry, granted to
Samuel Fisher April 7, 1770.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 405.]
1 82 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Samuel Fisher, with Robert Wallace and Thomas
Wallace as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the sum of £500,
April 7, 1770, for the guardianship of Jane Anderson, Matthew
Anderson, and John Anderson, children of John Anderson;
witnesses, Thomas Wallace, Jr., Robert Wallace, Jr.]
JOHN NUTT 1757 CHESTER
[Bond of Mary Nutt of Chester, widow, wiith John Ramsey of
Londonderry, gentleman, and Nathaniel Lynn of Chester, yeo-
man, as sureties, in the sum of £500, June 17, 1760, for the ad-
ministration of the estate of John Nutt of Chester, yeoman;
witnesses, John Cummings, Robert Clark, Agnes Lynn, Ann
McCarrell.]
[Warrant, Nov. 15, 1757, authorizing Robert Craige and
James Crossett, both of Chester, yeoman, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Aug. 2, 1760; amount, £1194. 5. o; signed by Rob-
ert Craige and James Crossett.]
[License to the administratrix, Mary Greer, Aug. 20, 1760, to
sell real estate.]
[Guardianship of Jane Nutt, minor, aged more than 14 years,
daughter of John Nutt, granted to Joseph Lynn Aug. 27, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 280.]
[Bond of Joseph Lynn, yeoman, with Edward Presson, house-
wright, as surety, both of Chester, in the sum of £500, Aug. 27,
1766, for the guardianship of Jane Nutt; witness, William.
Vaughan.]
WILLIAM CUMMINGS 1757 HUDSON
[Administration on the estate of William Cummings of Not-
tingham West granted to Sarah Cummings Nov. 24, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 531.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I83
[Inventory, Dec. 2, 1757; amount, £4284. 3. 6; signed by Sam-
uel Greeley, Jr., and Henry Hale.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 541.I
SETH RICHARDSON 1757 WILTON
[Administration on the estate of Seth Richardson of Number 2
granted to Sarah Richardson, widow, Nov. 24, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 353.]
[Bond of Sarah Richardson, widow, with Samuel Greeley,
Jr., and Ezekiel Hills, yeoman, as sureties, all of Nottingham
West, in the sum of £500, Nov. 24, 1757, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, Elliot Vaughan, William Parker.]
[Inventory, attested Nov. 14, 1757; amount, £1520. 16. o;
signed by Ephraim Butterfield and Jacob Putnam.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £411. 16. o,
personal estate; expenditures, £492. 15. 6; mentions "mainte-
nance of Susannah the Daughter of the said Deceased under the
age of seven years 192 weeks in the whole deceased y^ i^^^ of
Nov 1759"; allowed Jan. 24, 1761.]
HENRY SEYMOUR 1757 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Henry Seymour of Ports-
mouth, shopkeeper, granted to Ann Seymour, widow, Nov. 30,
I757-]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 360.]
[Bond of Ann Seymour, widow, with Mark Langdon, gentle-
man, and John Sherburne, merchant, as sureties, all of Ports-
mouth, in the sum of £500, Nov. 30, 1757, for the administra-
tion of the estate ; witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
184 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, Nov. 30, 1757, authorizing Eleazer Russell and John
Shackford, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Feb. 20, 1758; amount, £2097. 3. 6; signed by
Eleazer Russell and John Shackford.]
[Warrant, Sept. 11, 1758, authorizing Eleazer Russell and
Samuel Penhallow, shopkeeper, both of Portsmouth, to receive
claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, May 30, 1759; amount, £1052. 17. 9; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
THEOPHILUS HARDY 1757 DURHAM
[Sarah Hardy renounces administration on the estate of her
son, Theophilus Hardy, and his wife, Love Hardy, who left
several minor children, in favor of Mark Jewell of Durham, hus-
bandman, Nov. 30, 1757; witnesses, Joseph Sias, Miles Randall.]
[Administration on the estate of Theophilus Hardy of Durham,
yeoman, granted to Mark Jewell, husbandman, Nov. 30, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 375.]
[Bond of Mark Jewell, with John Davis and Thomas Simpson
of Nottingham, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Nov.
30, 1757, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Simon
Randall, David Sewall.]
[Inventory, Dec. 31, 1757; amount, £5600. 17. o; signed by
Joseph Sias and Miles Randall.]
[Guardianship of Theophilus Hardy, Mary Hardy, Sarah
Hardy, Love Hardy, and Nathaniel Hardy, minors, children of
Theophilus Hardy, granted to Joseph Sias Feb. 28, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 199.]
[Bond of Joseph Sias of Durham, trader, with Jeremiah Burn-
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ham of Durham, yeoman, and Josiah Ladd of Exeter, gentleman,
as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Feb. 28, 1759, for the guardian-
ship of Theophilus, Mary, Sarah, Love, and Nathaniel Hardy;
witnesses, William Parker, John Hoag.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £3099. o, o;
expenditures, £3085. 19. i; allowed June 4, 1765.]
[The guardian being dissatisfied with the account, he and the
administrator agree, July 13, 1767, to submit the same to
Moses Emerson, merchant, John Smith, schoolmaster, and
Ebenezer Thompson, physician. They report, Aug, 15, 1767,
that the administrator is indebted to the estate £20. 15. 8.]
Province of 1 January the 25*^^ Anno Domini 1768 Pur-
New Hampshire J suant To an order from The Honourable The
Judge of Probate of Wills &c for the Province of New Hamp-
shire Appointing us the subscribers a Committee to view the
Real Estate of Theophilus Hardy late of Durham in said Prov-
ince yeoman Deceas^ Intestate & to Consider whether the same
might be Divided into five shares (allowing a Double Portion or
share to the Eldest Son) without prejudice to or Spoiling the
whole and in Case it might be so divided To make the Division
and if not To Appraise the same According To the Present
value in order to make a settlement of the whole on the Eldest
Son as the Law of said Province in such Cases Provided Directs
— We have met & viewed the Real Estate of the Said Intestate &
upon due Consideration do adjudge That the Same Cannot be
Divided as aforesaid without prejudicing & spoiling The whole:
whereupon we have appraised The same as follows viz The
House Barn & one acre & a Quarter of Land Near Durham
Falls at sixty five pounds Lawful money and the Twenty Acres
of Land adjoining To Lands of Cap* Thomas Chesle which the
Said Intestate bought of Col" Joseph Smith of Newmarkett at
Sixty pounds Lawful money in the whole Amounting to one
hundred & twenty five pounds which we apprehend to be the
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present value thereof Witness our hands the Day & year above
mentioned
Moses Emerson
Hubbard Stevens
Jn° Sullivan
Ephraim Folsom
[Bond of Theophilus Hardy of Durham, yeoman, with John
Sullivan of Durham and Walter Bryent, Jr., of Newmarket as
sureties, in the sum of £500, July 26, 1769, for the payment of
their shares to Mary Hardy, Sarah Hardy, Love Hardy, and
Nathaniel Hardy; witnesses, Stephen Cogan, Susanna Varrell.]
[Bond of Antipas Gilman of Gilmanton in the sum of £50,
Oct. 20, 1785, as guardian of Nathaniel Ladd and wife of Gil-
manton, to prosecute a suit on the bond of Theophilus Hardy to
pay his co-heirs their shares; witnesses, Samuel Parker, William
Parker.l
THOMAS GORDON 1757 EXETER
In the Name of God amen the Second day of december an-
noque domini one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty Seven I
Thomas Gorden of Exeter in the Province of Newhampshire in
New England yeoman being ancient * * *
Item I Give and bequeath to my Son Thomas Gorden his
heirs and assigns for ever aboute Six acres of land be the same
more or less lying in the Parish of Brintwood in the Province
aforesaid on the Southerly Side of Jonathan Gliddens land and
the Northerly Side of James Beans land and on the Westerly
Side of the litle River So Called and to be bounded on the
westerly End by land which I Shall Give to my Son Daniel in
this my Will and I also Give to my Said Son Thomas fifty Pounds
Equal to Silver Coine at the Rate of four Pounds old tenor per
ounce to be Paid to him within three years after my decease, I
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 87
having Given him the Greatest Part of his Portion already by
deed.
Item I Give and bequeath to my Son Daniel Gorden his heirs
and assigns forever fourteen acres of land be the same more or less
lying on the Westerly side of that way which Leads from the
way that Goes from the Great hill So Called to the mill Com-
monly Called the black Rock mill to my Son Thomas Gordens
dwelling house it being that fourteen acres of land which was
allowed to me by the last Committee which Proportioned the
Comon and undivided land in Said Exeter and also Seven acres
of land lying on the East Side of land heretofore belonging to
Nathaniel Smith deceased and on the Northerly End by land in
Possession of James Bean and on the Southerly End by land which
I Shall Give to my son Benoni Gorden in this my will and to
be at that End as the fence now Stands between my Said Sons
viz daniel and Benoni and also Twenty Pounds Equal to Silver
Coin at the Rate of four Pounds old tenor bills of Publick Credit
per ounce
Item I Give and bequeath to my Son Benoni Gorden his heirs
and assigns forever five acres of mowing land more or less bound-
ing Northerly by land which I Gave my Son Thomas by deed
Westerly by land lately belonging to Nathaniel Smith deceased
and Southerly as the fence now Stands between my Said Sons
viz: daniel and Benoni and Easterly by Jonathan Glidens land,
and also one hundred Pounds to be paid to him his heirs and as-
signs within one year after my decease at the Rate of Silver
Coin at four Pounds per ounce I haveing Given him Part of his
Portion heretofore by deed. I further Give him my wareing
appariel.
Item I Give and bequeath to my Son Timothy Gorden his
heirs and assigns for ever Twenty Pounds old tenor bills of
Publick Credit Equal to Silver Coin at the Rate of four Pounds
per ounce to be Paid within two years after my decease he
having Received the Greatest Part of his Portion already.
Item I Give and bequeath to my Son James Gorden his heirs
1 88 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
and assigns forever Thirty Pounds old tenor bills of Publick
Credit Equal to Silver Coin at the Rate of four Pounds per
ounce to be Paid within two years after my decease he having
Received the Greatest Part of his Portion already.
Item I Give and bequeath to my Daughter Dinah Mugoon
her heirs and assigns forever one hundred Pounds old tenor
bills of Publick Credit Equal to Silver Coin at the Rate of four
Pounds Per ounce to be paid by my Son Benjamin Gorden out
of what I Shall Give to him in this my will within four years
after my decease and also a Suite of mourning Cloaths at my
decease and a Cow and a Tramiel and a Pot hooks and three
Puter Plates and a fether bed and beding it being the bed and
beding which I now use my Self to lodge in.
Item I Give and bequeath to my daughter Abigail Robards her
heirs and assigns forever Seventy five Pounds old tenor bills of
Publick Credit Equal to Silver Coin at the Rate of four Pounds
per ounce to be paid by my Son Nathaniel Gorden out of what I
Shall Give to him in this my will within one year after my de-
cease, and a Cow and a Smaul pot and a Tramel and a Pot hook
and three Puter Plates to be delivered to her as Soon as may be
Conveanantly after my decease.
Item I Give and bequeath to my daughter Hannah Smith her
heirs and assigns forever, fifty Pounds old tenor bills of Publick
Credit Equal to Silver Coin at the Rate of four Pounds per
ounce to be paid by my Executors Equaly out of what I shall
Give them in this my will within four years after my decease,
and a fether bed which was her mothers and beding and three
Sheep and three Puter Platters to be delivered to her as Soon
as Conveanantly may be after my decease.
Item I Give and bequeath to my two Sons viz: Benjamin
Gorden and Nathaniel Gorden their heirs and assigns forever
all my homestead and my dwelling house and barn and other
buildings thereon Excepting half an acre of land to be Reserved
for a burying Place as Convenant as may be where my last wife
was buryed and Several of my Children & Grand Children and
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 1 89
also a Conveanant way to Pass and Repass to and from it to
the Cuntry Road leading from Exeter to Kingstown. I also
Give and bequeath to my Said Sons Benjamin and Nathaniel
all my medow adjoyning to Benjamin Graves & Henry Steels
land and land which I Sold to Joseph Kimbull of Exeter afore-
said. I also Give them all my Stock of Creatours and all my
Usenteals of Husbandry and all other of my Personal Estate
which I have not alredy disposed of in this my Will, the Said
Premises to be Equally divided between them
Finaly I do hereby Constitute appoint and ordain My Two
Sons viz: Benjamin Gorden and Nathaniel Gorden of Exeter
afore Said my Executors * * *
his
Thomas + Gorden
mark
[Witnesses] Josph Kimball, Daniel Smith, Sam^^ Gilman.
[Proved May 27, 1761.]
[Bond of Benjamin Gordon and Nathaniel Gordon, both of
Exeter, with Joseph Kimball of Exeter and Joseph Smith of
Kingston as sureties, in the sum of £1000, May 27, 1761, for
the execution of the will; witnesses, Cutts Shannon, Solomon
Loud, Jr.]
DANIEL HOYT 1757 EPPING
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Hoyt of Epping, hus-
bandman, granted to Joseph Cilley of Nottingham, gentleman,
Dec. 3, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 376.]
[Bond of Joseph Cilley, with Robert Harvey of Nottingham,
gentleman, and Joseph Burleigh, Jr., of Newmarket, yeoman, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, Dec. 3, 1757, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
190 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, Dec. 3, 1757, authorizing Joseph Chandler and
Simon Drake, both of Epping, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 9, 1758; amount, £1652. 7. 6; signed by Jo-
seph Chandler and Simon Drake.]
[Warrant, April 26, 1758, authorizing John Bartlett of Not-
tingham, Joseph Chandler, Ebenezer Dow, Simon Drake, and
Jonathan Elliot, all of Epping, yeomen, to set off the widow's
dower.]
Province of 1 Pursuent to the within Preceipt I John Bart-
New Hamp« I lett of Nottingham & we Simon Drake & Jon-
athan Elliet of Epping within Named have Sott of to Juda Hoit
Widow Relict of Daniel Hoit Late of Epping Deceasd Seven
acres of Land and the House & Barn theiron to be her full Right
of Dower and is Bounded as followeth viz Begining at the north-
east Corner of the Said Daniel Hoit Land and run South 29 De-
grees West twenty Rods and Sixteen feet to a stake then run
west and be north fifty seven Rods to a stake then run North
29 Degrees East twenty Rods & Sixteen feet from thence east &
be South fifty Seven Rods to the Place first mentioned as Witness
our hand this 22°*^ Day of June at Epping 1759
John Bartlett
Simon Drake
Jonathan Eliot
[Warrant, July 26, 1758, authorizing David Lawrence and
James Norris, gentleman, both of Epping, to receive claims
against the estate.]
[List of claims, July 31, 1759; amount, £1108. 12. 9; signed by
David Lawrence and James Norris.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1732. 7. 6;
expenditures, £570. 12. o; allowed Feb. 22, 1760.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS IQI
NATHANIEL SHERBURNE 1757 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Sherburne of
Portsmouth, shopkeeper, granted to Mehitabel Sherburne,
widow, Dec. 5, 1 757-1
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 377.]
[Bond of Mehitabel Sherburne of Portsmouth, widow, with
William Pearson of Portsmouth, shopkeeper, and Joseph Sher-
burne of Boston, Mass., merchant, as sureties, in the sum of
£1000, Dec. 5, 1757, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Nathaniel Mendum, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Dec. 5, 1757, authorizing Eleazer Russell and Sam-
uel Penhallow, shopkeeper, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 23, 1758; amount, £8680. 16. 10; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
JOHN CURRIER 1757 KINGSTON
In the Name of God Amen I John Currier of Kingston in the
Province of Newhampshire in New England Yeoman being 111 &
weak in body * * *
Item To my beloved Wife Ruth Currier I Will & bequeath
forty Dollars to be her own As also my Negro Servant Named
Sego to be at her dispose I also give her all that is owing to me by
Notes Bills bonds or book debts & all my moveable & personal
Estate (Excepting what shall hereafter in this my will be disposed
of otherwise by me) she paying the Legacys to my Children that
I shall in this my will Appoint her to pay. I also Will her the
Improvement of One half of my Dwelling house & the one half
of the Cellar that is in it & the Improvement of my New barn so
long as she shall remain my Widow I also will her the Improve-
ment of all my Lands & real Estate that I Shall in this my will
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bequeath to my two Sons Ezra & John the whole of their re-
spective parts till they shall respectively Come to be of Age and
after that the Improvement of the one half of Each of their parts
in my Lands As long as she shall remain my widow I also give
her of the things in my house one Bed & furniture half a dozen
of Chairs & a Case of draws to be her Own to use & dispose of as
she shall please I also will her the Improvement of the whole of
my live stock of Cattle horse sheep & swine she keeping the Same
good till my Children to whom they shall in this my will be given
shall respectively come of Age to receive them of her or as long as
she shall remain my Widow
Item To my three Daughters Mary, Rhoda, & Judith I will
And bequeath to Each & Every one of them Ten Acres of land
to them & their heirs which said ten acres of land to Each of
them is to be taken out of a Certain forty Acre lot of land which
I purchased of John Fifield of Kingston & at or near A place
Called Beech plain in s"^ Kingston
Item To my Said three Daughters Mary, Rhoda & Judith I
will & Bequeath the Sum of two hundred Pounds money Ac-
cording To the old Tenour to Each & Every one of them to be
paid them by my Executrix hereafter Named As soon as they
shall arrive to the age of Eighteen years or at marriage I also give
& bequeath to Each of my said Daughters a Cow to be receivd
by them at the age of Eighteen years or at marriage
Item To my Son Ezra I will & bequeath to him & his heirs
my Dwelling house & all my homestead Land Adjoyning &
lying On Each side the way together With the Orchard & build-
ings standing thereon As also a piece of land which I purchasd
of Tristram Sanborn of Kingston Containing about fifteen acres
& lying between the Land of Joshua Woodman & Cap'' Orlando
Bagly of said Kingston Woodmans on the North & Bagly's on
the south of it As also a Piece of salt marsh which I purchased of
John Casman of South hampton Containing about two acres &
an half lying in South hampton Near Gatchels rocks So called I
also give him the Sum of two hundred Pounds money According
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS I93
to the old Tenour to be paid him by my Executrix as soon as he
shall arrive to the age of Twenty one Years
Item To my Son John I will & bequeath to him & his heirs all
that tract of land that I purchased of Samuel Emmons Late of
Kingston deceas'd Containing one or two & thirty Acres or
thereabouts having Land of Joseph Bean of said Kingston on
the west & land of Deacon Nathan Bacheller deceasd on the
East as also all that tract of land which I purchased of Ebenezer
Webster of Kingston where said Webster some Years Ago lived
Said tract of land Containing twenty Seven acres or thereabouts
As also the remainder of the forty Acre lot forementioned which
I Purchasd of John Fifield of Kingston after the thirty acres
which I have already bequeathd to my three Daughters is taken
out of it As also a piece of Salt Marsh which I purchasd of Joseph
Greeley Jun' Containing about two Acres lying in South hampton
& near Gatchels rock so Called As also the Sum of four hundred
Pounds in money According to the old Tenour to be paid him by
my Executrix as soon as he shall arrive to the age of twenty one
Years
Item To my Son Ezra I Will & bequeath to him & his heirs
a Peice of land which I purchasd of my Brother Eliphalet Cur-
rier lying in South hampton & joyning to land of Lawrence
Straw said piece of land Containing Seven Acres or thereabouts
Item my Wearing Apparel I give to my two sons Ezra & John
to be Equally divided between them
Item I Give to Each of my Said Sons a bed & bedding in my
house
Item To my son Ezra I give my Desk
Item as to the rest of my houshold goods that I have not al-
ready in this my will disposd of my will is that they be Equally
divided between my three Daughters Each to receive her part
as soon as she arrives to the age of Eighteen years or at marriage
Item to my two Sons Ezra & John I also give & bequeath all
my Stock of Cattle & horse sheep & swine (Excepting the three
Cows already bequeathed to my three Daughters) to be Equally
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divided between them as also all my tools of husbandry & Im-
plements for work abroad such as Carts & sled Yokes & Chains
Axes hoes & the like to be Equally divided between them
likewise
Item all my right & Interest in the Iron Works Saw Mill &
Grist mill at Trickling falls so Called I give & bequeath to my
two Sons Ezra & John to be Equally divided between them
Item my will is that the ten Acres of land which I have In
this my will bequeathed to Each of my three daughters to be
taken out of the forty Acre lot which I purchased of John Fifield
as before mentioned shall be set off to them in the following
manner Vizt Mary's to be taken off of the West Side Extending
the whole length of the said lot Rhoda's ten Acres adjoyning to
her's & Judiths ten Acres Adjoyning to hers Each to Extend the
whole length of the lot likewise.
Item my will is & I do hereby Constitute & Appoint my
beloved wife Ruth Currier to be Sole Executrix * * * in
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this
seventeenth day of December Anno Domini One Thousand
seven hundred & fifty Seven & in the thirty first year of his
Majisties Reign
John Currier
[Witnesses] Peter Coffin, Jeremiah Currier, Theophilus Clough.
[Proved March i, 1758.]
[Warrant, March i, 1758, authorizing Jeremy Webster and
Ebenezer Stevens, both of Kingston, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 5, 1758; amount, £21,268. 5. 9; signed by
Jeremy Webster and Ebenezer Stevens.]
WILLIAM PAGE 1757 BRENTWOOD
[Elizabeth Page renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, William Page of Brentwood, Dec, 26, 1757, in favor of
Sargent Currier of South Hampton.]
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[Administration granted to Sargent Currier of South Hamp-
ton, yeoman, Dec. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 404.]
[Bond of Sargent Currier, with Abner Morrill and Ephraim
Carter as sureties, all of South Hampton, yeomen, in the sum
of £2000, Dec. 28, 1757, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, David Sewall, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Dec. 28, 1757, authorizing Samuel Currier and
Eliphalet Merrill, both of South Hampton, yeomen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Feb. 15, 1758; amount, £635. 17. 9; signed by
Samuel Currier and Eliphalet Merrill.]
[Citation to Sargent Currier of Hopkinton, April 13, 1778, to
appear and render an account of the estate.]
HENRY SHERBURNE 1757 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Henry Sherburne of Portsmouth
in the Province of New Hampshire Esq"" being aged & weak of
Body * * *
Item I give and Devise to my Sons Samuel Sherburne &
Henry Sherburne all my Lands lying between the Roads or
high Ways Commonly Called the middle Road & the Mill Dam
Road joining to the Said Middle Road the Land of Thomas
Packer Esq"^ the Land of Mark Langdon Thomas Wibird &
Daniel Warner Esq" Equally Divided between them my Said
Sons their Heirs & Assigns
Item my Farm at Greenland and all my Lands there I give &
Devise to my Sons Samuel & John & if either of them Shall Dye
without Lawful Issue then the whole shall be for & go to the
Survivor of them & his Heirs & assigns but if they both leave
Lawful Issue then to go to Such Issue & their Heirs & Assigns
ig6 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Item I give and Devise to my Son Henry all that Land I have
joining to his Land on the Southerly Side of the Road leading to
Rye or on the left hand of the said Road as one goes to Rye to
him his Heirs & Assigns & my Land lying on the other Side said
Road near the Same & so runing up to the Cedar Swamp being
Sixty Acres more or Less I give & Divise to my Grandson Henry
the Son of my Said Son Henry his Heirs & Assigns. I also give
my Said Son Henry that Seventeen acres of Land which joins to
or is near his Land which was Set off to me from Rye aforesaid I
also give to my Said Son all my Land & marsh and Buildings at
the Place called Little Harbour whether it lies in New Castle or
Portsmouth or falls within the Bounds of Rye aforesaid all to
him his Heirs & assigns — and my fresh Marsh lying at the head
of the Creek so called near the Marsh of Hunking Wentworth &
Elliot Vaughan Esq" I give with my Said Farm at Greenland &
to go in the Same manner as I have ordered That as aforesaid —
Item all my Lands in Kingston Haverhill Kittery and all my
Rights & Lands in the New Townships in the Province of New
Hampshire or Else where not herein otherwise disposed of I
give the Same Equally Divided between my Sons Henry and
John their Respective Heirs and Assigns — I also give to my
Son Henry the House & Land thereto belonging where my Late
Son in Law John Eyre Lived near the Dwelling House of Samuel
Wentworth in Portsmouth aforesaid to him his Heirs & assigns — •
Item I give to my Grandson John the Son of my Son John all
the Land I own between the Said House & the School House and
the Street & mr Packer's Land to him his Heirs & Assigns
Item I give to Each of my Daughters Ann Langdon & Dorothy
Oilman the Sum of One hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid to
them by my Executor
Item I give Devise & Bequeath to my Son John my Mansion
House & Land thereto belonging and all other my Real Estate
Lying on the North Side of Crafford's Lane or Daniel Street So
Called to him his Heirs & assigns and all the Rest of my Estate
Real and Personal not herein otherwise Disposed of I give &
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 197
bequeath to him my Said Son John his Heirs & assigns & hereby
Constitute & appoint him to be Sole Executor of this my Last
Will & Testament & order him to give up without any Demand
to the Reverend M'^ Samuel Langdon the Bond I have of his &
the Debt he Owes me and to Pay to the Reverend M"" Arthur
Brown & the Rev* M^" Samuel Haven the Sum of twenty pounds
Each old Tenor as a token of my Regard & Respect for them
* * * In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand &
Seal the 27th Day of Decemb'' Anno Domini 1757
H Sherburne
[Witnesses] Sam* Langdon, Sam' Haven, William Parker.
[Proved April 29, 1758.]
[Decree of court, April 29, 1758, proving and allowing the will
against the protest of Samuel Sherburne, oldest son, who claimed
that the testator was not of a sound and disposing mind.]
[Bond of Samuel Sherburne of Portsmouth, with Joseph
Langdon of Portsmouth, gentleman, and Peter Gilman of Exeter
as sureties, in the sum of £100, June 6, 1758, to prosecute an
appeal of the probate of the will; witnesses, Jonathan Long-
fellow, Joshua Crockett.]
[Administration de bonis non granted to Henry Sherburne of
Portsmouth, gentleman, Nov. 29, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 102.]
[Bond of Henry Sherburne, gentleman, with George Waldron,
husbandman, and Samuel Cate, yeoman, as sureties, all of Ports-
mouth, in the sum of £3000, Nov. 29, 1758, for the administra-
tion de bonis non of the estate; witnesses, David Sewall, William
Parker.]
At a Court of Supreme Probate held at Portsmouth within &
for the Province of New Hampshire on the 27*'' Day of Octob'
1763 his Excellency the Governor having Transmitted to the
Council a Copy of a Judgment of his Majesty in Council on the
198 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
appeal of John Sherburne of Portsmouth aforesaid Merch*
against Sam^ Sherburne Esq"" & others Relating to the Probate
of the Will of Henry Sherburne Late of Portsm° aforesaid Esq''
Deceased Reversing a Judgment of this Court concerning the
Same and affirming a Decree of the Judge of Probate of wills for
said Province touching the said Will &c with which his Excel-
lency Recommended that they woud do what was proper to be
done in the Case upon which it is considered that as the Decree
of the Judge of Probate is affirmed & that of this Court Re-
versed the Said Copy ought to be Sent down to the said Judge to
be carried into Execution
A True Copy attested
^ T Atkinson Jun'' Sec^
From this Probate & Decree an appeal was Asked & Granted
to the Supreme Court of Probate where the Probate of the Will
as to the Real Estate was Reversed Two of the Witnesses being
Disallowed as Incompetent and as to the Question of the Tes-
tators Sanity the Court was Divided from which Decree rVn
appeal was Asked And Granted to his Majesty in Counsel
Whose Judgement is as follows Viz*
At the Court at Saint James's the 5*^ of April 1762
The Kings most Excellent Majesty
Lord President Erl of Powis
Lord Chamberlin Earl of Hardwicke
Duke of Rutland Lord Bathurst
Duke of New Castle M'' Vice Chamberlain
Earl of Bute
Upon reading at the Board a Report from the Right Honour-
able the Lords of the Committee of Council for hearing Appeals
from the Plantations dated the 16*^^ of last Month in the Words
following Viz
Your Majesty having been pleased by your Order in Council
of the 2'' of January last to refer Unto this Committee the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 199
humble Petition And Appeal of John Sherburne Gentleman,
Youngest Son of Henery Sherburne late of New Hampshire Esq""
deceased Setting forth Amongst other things that the Said
Henery Sherburne being Seized of a Considerable Real Estate
in the Said Province And also of some Personal Estate And
having Several Children And no Wife And being minded to dis-
pose of his Said Estate Amongst his Said Children in Such a
manner as he Saw fit did duly make his last Will and Testament
in Writing And therein taking Notice of his being Aged Weak
of Body but of Sound and Disposeing Mind And Memory
willed that all just Debts Should be paid out of his Personal
Estate by his Executor — Item he desvised to his Sons Samuel
Sherburne And Henery Sherburne Certain Lands therein Men-
tioned equally between them their Heirs And Assigns Item his
Farm at Greenland And Certain other lands there he devised to
his sons the Said Samuel And the Appellant, John Sherburne,
And if Either of them shou'd Die without Issue then to the
Survivor of them And his Heirs but if they both left lawful
Issue then to go to such Issue — Item he Devised to his Son Hen-
ery Certain other Lands to him his Heirs And Assigns — And
Certain Other Lands he Devised to his Grandson Henery Son
of his Son Henery And his Heirs And Assigns And devised to
his Son Henery Certain other Land — And his Fresh Marsh
lying at the head of the Creek, he gave with his Said Farm at
Greenland And to go in the Same manner as he had given that
— Item all his Lands in Kingston Haverhill Kittery And all his
Rights And Lands in the New Townships in New Hampshire or
Elsewhere not in his Said Will otherwise disposed of he gave the
Same equally to be divided between his Said Son Henery And
the Appellant John Sherburne — He gave to his Said Son Henery
his Heirs And Assigns a Certain House and Land — And De-
vised to his Grandson Son John Son of the Appellant John
Certain Lands therein Mentioned to him his Heirs And Assigns
— He gave to each of his Daughters Ann Langdon And Dorothy
Gilman One hundred Pounds old Tenor to be paid by his
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Executor He devised to his son the Appellant John Sherburne
his Mansion House And Land thereto belonging And all other
his real Estate Laying on the North Side of Craffords Lane or
Daniels Street to him his Heirs And Assigns And all the rest of
his Estate Real And personal not therein Otherwise Disposed of
he gave to his Said son John the Appellant his heirs And Assigns
And Appointed his Said Son John Sole Executor of his Will
And the Testator ordered his Executor to give Up without any
Demand to the Reverend Samuel Langdon the Bond he had of
his And the Debts he owed him And to pay to Arthur Brown
And the Reverend Samuel Haven Twenty Pounds Each old
Tenor as a Token of the Testators Regard And Respect from
them. And he revoked all other Wills by him thentofore
made which Will was signed And Sealed by the Testator in the
presence of three Witnesses Viz Samuel Langdon Samuel Haven
And William Parker who Attested the Same to be Signed Sealed
And Declared by the Said Testator to be his last Will And Tes-
tament in their Presences who Subscribed as Witnesses in his
Presence — That the two first Subscribing Witnesses are two
of the Small Legatees in the Will And the Testator soon After
making his Said Will without Revokeing or Altering the Same.
That the Appellant John Sherburne the Executor of the Said
Will And one of the Devisees therein After the Testators De-
cease propounded the Said Will before Richard Wibard Esquire
the Judge of Probate of Wills in the Said Province : But the Said
Samuel Sherburne tho' he had been very amply provided for by
the Testator in his life time yet with a Vew to Defate the Ap-
pellant of the Provision that had been made for him by his
Father in his Said Will thought fit to enter a Caveat against the
Pro vein g thereof Alledging And Pretending that there was
Some inequality in the Dispositions therein Contained And that
the Will being but a Short time before the Testators Death he
was not Capable by Reason of his Sickness of making any Rea-
sonable And Just Settlement of his Estate: whereupon the
Parties proceeded to make Proofs And Examine Witnesses in
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 201
the Court of the Said Judge of Probates touching the VaHdity of
the Said Will And the three Subscribing Witnesses being all
Examined as to the fact of the Execution of the Will Samuel
Langdon & William Parker Two of them deposed that they Saw
the Testator Sign & Seal & heard him Declare the Same to be
his last Will & Testament, And that at the time of Doing thereof
he was to their best Discernment of Sound disposing Mind And
Memory And that they with the Other Subscribing Witness
Samuel Haven Subscribed the Same as Witness in the Testators
Presence. And the Said Samuel Haven made Oath to the Same
Saving that he Said he Cou'd not Swear that the Testator was
or that he was not at that time Capable of Disposeing of his
Estate but that at that time Whilst he Discoursed with the
Testor the Testator discoursed rationally — That there was
Also Several other Witnesses Examined touching the Sanity of
the Testator And the Disposition of his Estate And on the 2g^^
of April 1758 the Cause came on for Sentence before the Judge
of Probates, who after hearing Counsel for both Sides And the
Depositions of the witnesses read was of Oppinion the will
was good for that it appeared by the Oaths of the Witnesses to
the will that it duly Executed According to the Law of the
Province for preventing Frauds & Perjuries; That the Testator
had then the Use of his Reason And Two of the Witnesses were
Express as to his Capacity at that time And the other Seemed
only to be Uncertain of the proper meaning And Extent of the
Words Used on the Occasion of disposing mind And Memory
And the Proof was Sufficient to Satisfy the Statute ; besides there
was Several other Witnesses proveing the Testator to have the
Use of his Reason during his Sickness to the last day of his life
And that there was not any Evidence to the Contrary; And as
to the Objection of an Enequal Disposition of the Estate by the
Will the Testator might have Reason to make it And there was
Evidence to that Purpose Therefore the Judge Pronounced for
the Will And Decreed a Probate thereof to be Grated to the
appelant That the Said Samuel Shereburne the Eldest Son of the
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Said Henery Shereburne the Father Deceased being Dissatisfied
with that Sentence and having been joined by Peter Gilman
Esq'^ And Dorothy his wife And Joseph Langdon And Ann his
wife which Said Dorothy And Ann are the two Daughters of the
Said Henery Shereburne Deceased who intervened for their In-
terest they prayed and were allowed an Appeal therefrom to
the Governor And Council of the Said Province Sitting as a
Court of Supreme Probate — That the Parties went into New
And further Proofs in the Said Suprame Court And there were
Several Other Witnesses Examined to the Number of Eight or
Nine who Corroborated the former Proof of the Testators San-
ity And Also of his Declaration in favour of the Appellant his
son John And his having before made Provision for his other
Children that Two Receipts were Exhibited Dated the i^* of
March And the 5*'' of April 1758 from Two of the Subscribing
Witnesses Samuel Langdon And Samuel Haven to the Appel-
lant as Executor of the Testator that is to say Langdon for his
Note of £80. o. o Old Tenor Delivered Up to them According
to the Will And the Other for his Legacy of £20. o. o given him
thereby : And also a General Release from the Appellant to them
of all Actions that on the 29*'' of June 1758 the Cause Coming
on to be heard again in the Said Supreme Court an Objection was
taken to the Competency of the two Subscribing Witnesses to
the Will Viz Samuel Langdon And Samuel Haven for that they
were Legatees in the Will And the Said Supreme Court was
pleased for that Cause to over Rule their Evidence And to
Adjudge them to be disqualified to be Witnesses to prove the
Said Will And therefore did Adjudge that the Said Will so far
as it Related to the Real Estate of the Testator Should be Dis-
approved and Disallowed And as to the Sanity of the Testator
the Judges having been divided in their oppinion gave no Judg-
ment thereon that the Petitioner Conceiving himself aggrived
by the Said Sentence of the Supreme Court in disapproving And
Disallowing the Said so far as it Relates to the Said Real Estate
And Also by the Said Supreme Courts not proceeding to a Sen-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 2O3
tance in Affermance of the Probate decreed of the Said Will by
the Said Judge of Probate prayed And was Allowed an Appeal
to your Majesty in Council from that part of the Said Sentance
that Adjudges the Said Will so far as Relates to the Said Real
Estate be disapproved And disallowed, The Petitioner therefore
prays that the Same may be reversed And that the Said Final
Sentence of the Judges of probate pronounced in favour of the
Said Will And Decreeing Probate thereof to the Appellant may
be Affirmed — The Lords of the Committee in Obedience to
your Majestys Said Order of Reference this day took the Said
petition And Appeal into their Consideration And heard all
partys therein Concerned by their Counsel Learned in the Law
and do thereupon agree humbly to Report as their oppinion to
your Majesty that the Court of Probate has no jurisdiction so
far as the Will Relates to Real Estates And if they had, that
Samuel Langdon And Samuel Haven are Competent Witnesses
And ought Not to have been Rejected And that therefore the
Sentence given by the Supreme Court of Probates on the 29*^
of June 1758 Shoud be reversed And Upon the Rest of the Cause
the Judgment given by the first of Probates on the 29*^ April
1 758 Affirmed —
His Majesty this day took the Said Report into Consideration
And was pleased with the Advice of His Privy Council to Ap-
prove thereof And to order as it is hereby Ordered that the
Sentence given by the Supreme Court of Probates on the 29'^ of
June be reversed And Upon the Rest of the Cause that the Judg-
ment by the first Court of Probates on the 29*^ of April 1758 be
Affirmed — Whereof the Governer or Commander in Chief
of his Majestys Province of New Hampshire for the time being
and all others whom it may Concern are to take Notice And
Govern themselves Accordingly.
Hen ffane
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 25.]
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EBENEZER TOWLE 1757 BRENTWOOD
[Warrant, Dec. 28, 1757, authorizing Joseph Godfrey and
Daniel Beede, both of Brentwood, yeomen, to appraise the es-
tate of Ebenezer Towle of Brentwood, yeoman, administration
of which is granted to his widow, AHce Towle.]
[Inventory, Feb. 5, 1758; amount, £2080. 19. o; signed by
Joseph Godfrey and Daniel Beede.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £615. 19. o, personal
estate; expenditures, Z2']']. 10. o; mentions "maintaining two
Children under 7 years of age from Aug* 24, 1757 to May 30*^
1759"; allowed May 30, 1759.]
SAMUEL BOYNTON 1757 STRATH AM
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Boynton of Stratham,
blacksmith, granted to Sarah Boynton, widow, Dec. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 409.]
[Bond of Sarah Boynton of Stratham, widow, with Joshua
Hill of Stratham and Joshua Gate of Greenland, yeomen, as
sureties, in the sum of £1000, Dec. 28, 1757, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Warrant, Dec. 28, 1757, authorizing Joshua Hill and Nathan
Hoag, both of Stratham, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 19, 1758; amount, £2416. i. o; signed by
Nathan Hoag and Joshua Hill.]
JONATHAN DUSTIN 1757 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Dustin of London-
derry, yeoman, granted to Sarah Dustin of Londonderry, widow
Dec. 28, 1757.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 396.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 205
[Bond of Sarah Dustin, widow, with John Dow of Plaistow,
yeoman, and James Paul of Londonderry, husbandman, as
sureties, in the sum of £1000, Dec. 28, 1757, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Inventory, Jan. 7, 1758; amount, £93. 19. 9; signed by Oba-
diah Eastman, Seth Pattee, and Abraham Dow.]
ROBERT ROWE 1757 KENSINGTON
In the Name of God Amen I Robert Row of the Parish of
Kensington in the Province of Newhampshire in newengland
yeoman * * *
I 'y I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife Apphia Row
the improvement of the East End of my Dwelling house and the
seller under said end of said house and the one third part of my
Barn and the one third part of all my land laying on the west
Side of the Road that goeth from Kensington to Exeter it being
five halfe Shears my said wife to have the improvement of what
is above mentioned so long as Shee Continues my widow and
no longer and at her Death or Day of marriage then what I have
Given to my wife to go to those that I shall Give them to in this
my will ; and I Give my said wife the one halfe of all my Stock of
Creatures of all Sorts and all the house hold Goods shee Brought
with her when I married her and all that we Got since wee
lived together that Shall be in the house at my Decease my said
wife to have to Despose of as Shee Shall think proper
2*y I Give and Bequeath to my son Joseph Row forever the
one halfe of a sixty acre lot laying in the Township of Chester he
haveing had his portion mostly Given him by Deed
3ly I Give and Bequeath to my son Jonathan Row forever
my Dwelling house and seller under it and my Barn and the one
halfe of my five halfe Shears laying in the parish of Kensington
laying on the west Side of the Road that leadeth from Kensing-
206 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
ton to Exeter and I Give my said son the one halfe of my salt
marsh laying in the falls parish and the one halfe of all my stock
of Creatuers of all sorts and all my implyments of husbandry
and I Give my said son Jonathan Row all the moveabls that
was in the house when I married my last wife that I have not
otherwise Desposed of Before only his mother is to improve as
Before mentioned he paying as I shall order him in this my will
4ly I Give and Bequeath to my son moses Row forever the
one halfe of a sixty acre lot laying in the Township of Chester
he haveing his portion Given him by Deed.
5ly I Give and Bequeath to my son Jeremiah Row five pounds
money old tenor Bills of Credit to be paid to him By my Execu-
tors within one year after my Decease he haveing had his por-
tion Given him by Deed
61y I Give and Bequeath to my son Benjamin Row forever the
one halfe of my five half Shears laying in the Parish of Kensing-
ton laying on the west Side of the Road that goeth from Kensing-
ton to Exeter and the one halfe of my salt marsh laying in the
falls parish only his mother is to have the improvement of what
is before mentioned her widowhood and no longer he paying as
I Shall order him in my will
7ly I Give and Bequeath to my son Robert Row forever all my
land laying at Dearhill so Called in the Township of Exeter be it
more or less Excepting fourscore acres that I have Given my
son Jeremiah Row by Deed
Sly I Give and Bequeath to my son Winthrop Row forever
one hundred acre lot laying in the Township of Chester Buting
on the north Branch of Exeter River
9ly I Give and Bequeath to my son Caleb Row forever a
hundred acre lot so Called laying in the township of Chester it
being number 43 which lot his father Bought in the year 1757
loly I Give and Bequeath to my Son John Row forever an
hundred acre lot in the Township of Chester and laying in that
Division Called the second hundred acre lots and a meadow
lot so Called
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 207
Illy I Give and Bequeath to my son Ephraim Row forever a
fourscore acre lot laying in the Township of Chester
I2ly I Give to my four sons namely winthrop Row and Caleb
Row John and Ephraim Row forever all my part in the Common
or undivided land in the Township of Chester to be Equally
Divided Between them and if any one of my above mentioned
four youngest sons Dye without an heir then the other named
to have what I have Given him in this my will
I3ly I Give and Bequeath to my five Granchildren the Chil-
dren of my Daughter Jane Sweat namely Joseph Josiah Jonathan
mehetable and sarah Sweats one hundred pounds money to
paid in Dollors at three pound apiece or in Bills of Credit
Equal there unto to be paid to them within three years after
my Decease By my son Jonathan Row
I4ly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Ruth fellows one
hundred pounds money in Dollors at three pounds apiece or in
Bills of Credit Equal thereunto to be paid to her By my son
Benjamin Row within one year after my Decease
I5ly I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth fellows
one hundred pounds money in Dollors at three pounds apiece or
in Bills of Credit Equal thereunto to be paid to her By my
Executors within one year after my Decease my Executors to
pay fifty pounds each
i61y and if there be any thing that I have not Desposed in this
my will I Give it or them to my Executors and I order my Execu-
tors to bury me in Decent Christian manner at their Charge
and I Do Constitute and appoint my two sons namly Jonathan
Row and Benjamin Row to be my Executors * * * in
Witness Whereof I the Said Robert Row have hereunto set my
hand and Seal the Twenty Eighth Day of December: anno:
Domini: 1757 and in the thirty first yeare of the Reign of King
George the second &c
Robert Row
[Witnesses] Ezekiel Dow, Benja prescott, Joseph Tilton.
[Proved March 25, 1761.]
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[Inventory, March 31, 1761 ; amount, £35,108. 2. 4; signed by-
Philemon Blake and William Parker. 1
BENJAMIN AKERMAN 1757 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God, Amen. The last will and Testament of
Benjamin Akerman I Benjamin Akerman of Portsmouth in the
Province of New Hampshire being Sick and Weak in Body
* * *
Item To my Beloved wife Mary I give the house I now live
in with the Slaughter house and Gardens with all my moveables
during her naturall life which is to be in Steed of her thirds —
Item To my son Benjamin his heirs and Assigns I give my
house Orchard Lands and Tanyard At Islington so Called that
was Kirks, togather with that Lot of Land at Barrington that
was my Origanal Right —
Item To my Son Simeon and his heirs and Assigns I Give my
lot of Land on Pickerins neck that Lays between a Lot belonging
to Thomas Packer Esq"" & Cap* Luke Mills
Item To my Two Sons Nahum and Josiah, their heirs & As-
signs I Give after the decease of my wife the house I now live in
With the Gardens & Land adjoyning my Slaughter house and
Garden and the Land thereto adjoyning to be Equally between
them.
Item To my Three Sons viz* Simeon Nahum and Josiah and
their heirs and Assigns I Give all my Orchard Mowing Land and
pasture Land in Portsmouth Laying towards or near Sagamores
Creek — In Equal Shares between them togather with all the
Residue of my Lands at Barrington in Equal Shares —
Item To my Four daughters viz* Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, and
Hannah I Give One hundred Pounds old Teno Each to be paid
by my Executors —
Item, All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Estate after
the payment of my Debts Legacies and bequests, I give to my
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 209
Two Sons viz Nahum & Josiah their heirs and Assigns in Equal
Shares —
And I do Appoint My Two Sons Benjamin and Simeon to be
Executors * * * And for the Confirmation of all before
written I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Thirty first day
of December in the 31^* Year of his Majestys Reign Annoque
Domini 1757.
Benj* Akarman
[Witnesses] Rob* Stokell, John Marshall, Cutts Shannon.
[Proved Jan. 25, 1758.]
[Warrant, Jan. 25, 1758, authorizing John Shackford and Cutts
Shannon, gentleman, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the es-
tate.]
[Inventory, attested May 31, 1758; amount, £16,801. 6. 9;
signed by John Shackford and Cutts Shannon.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £1228. 6. 9,
personal estate; expenditures, £1097. 9. o; allowed Dec. 26, 1759.]
SAMUEL SEARLES 1758 NASHUA
In the Name of God Amen, the Seventh Day of January anno
Domini 1758 I Samuel Searl of Dunstable in the Province
of New Hampshire Yeoman, being very sick & weak of
Body * * *
Item; I Give & Bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Lydia
Searl the use & improvement of one full third Part of all my
Real Estate during her natural Life ; & all the Household goods &
furniture that my said wife brought with her to my Estate, & a
good milched Cow in the room of that Cow that she brought
with her to my said Estate, the s"* Goods to made as good as
when I received them.
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Item I Give & Devise to my Son Samuel Searl & his Assigns
forever all my Real Estate Lands Meadows & Buildings; Except
the use & improvement given to my Wife as afores<^ he my said
Son paying all my Just Debts & Funeral Charges & Legacy
herein after given to my Daughter Mary Searl; and I also give
my said Son the rest & Residue of my personal Estate, besides
what is given to my wife afores^ —
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary Searl the Sum
of twenty five Pounds Sterling money of Great Briton, the one
half of the s^ Sum to be paid to her at her age of Eighteen years
& the other half, at her age of twenty one years ; and I also give
to my said Daughter all the Household Goods & Furniture that
her own Mother Mary Searl brought to my Estate & also such
as belonged to her Grand Mother Elizabeth Butterfield that
her said Mother Mary Searl had ; notwithstanding the Personal
Estate before herein given to my said Son ;
And I do make Ordain & appoint Ephraim Adams of Dun-
stable in the Province of New Hampshire my sole Execu-
his
Samuel + Searl
mark
his
[Witnesses] Benjamin Thomson, John fletcher, John + Searl.
Mark
[Proved June 7, 1758.]
[Mary Searles, widow, accepts the provisions of the will May
26, 1758; witnesses, Eleazer French, Jacob Adams.]
[Inventory, attested May 31, 1758; amount, £4445. 6. o;
signed by Phineas Lund, Daniel Searles, and William Lund.]
[Mary Searles of Dunstable, minor, makes choice of Thomas
Lund of Dunstable as her guardian Nov. 24, 1758; witnesses,
John Searles, Jonathan Lovewell.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 2X1
[Guardianship of Mary Searles, minor, aged more than 14
years, daughter of Samuel Searles, granted to Thomas Lund of
Dunstable Dec. 4, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 123.]
[Bond of Thomas Lund, with John Lovewell and John Searles
as sureties, all of Dunstable, in the sum of £1200, Dec. 4, 1758,
for the guardianship of Mary Searles; witnesses, Joseph Whiting,
Jonathan Lovewell.]
JOSHUA JACKSON 1758 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Joshua Jackson of Ports-
mouth granted to Nathaniel Jackson, cordwainer, and Samuel
Jackson, joiner, Jan. 13, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 416.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Jackson and Samuel Jackson, with Jere-
miah Libby, housewright, and Mark Hunking, mariner, as
sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £1000, Jan. 13, 1758,
for the administration of the estate of Joshua Jackson, their
brother; witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Inventory, attested March 2"] , 1758; amount, £1902. 4. 6;
signed by George Marshall and Thomas Peirce.]
[Account of the administrators of the estate of Joshua Jackson,
blacksmith; receipts, £839. 15. 4, personal estate; expenditures
the same; mentions a son; allowed Dec. 31, 1760.]
NOLAR MARTIN 1758 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Nolar Martin of Portsmouth,
mariner, granted to Elizabeth Martin, widow, Jan. 24, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 417.]
212 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Elizabeth Martin, with William Hooker, joiner, and
John Banfill, yeoman, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum
of £500, Jan. 24, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, David Sewall, Elizabeth Adams.]
[Warrant, Jan. 24, 1758, authorizing Thomas Bickford, school-
master, and William Hooker, joiner, both of Portsmouth, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 20, 1759; amount, £579. 19. o; signed by
Thomas Bickford and William Hooker.]
[Claims of the administratrix against the estate from Dec. 14,
1754, to Dec. 20, 1758; amount, £1310. 16. o; mentions board of
two children for four years.]
BENJAMIN TOWLE 1758 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen the Thirteenth day of February
1758 I Benjamin Towle of Hampton in the Province of New-
Hampshire in New England Husbandman being Weak in
Body * * *
Imprimis I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved Wife Sarah
Towle the Improvement of the East half of my Dwelling House
And Barn dureing Life, and all my moveables in my House And
one half of my Stock of Cattle horses Sheep & Swine forever And
also one Third of my Real Estate dureing Life
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Son Benjamin Towle the West
half of my Dwelling House And one half of my Barn And the
Other half of my Said House & Barn I give unto my Said Son
After the Deceas of my Said Wife And one half of all my Estate
in Hampton Both real & Personall to Improve dureing Life and
then to go to Rebeckah Towle the Wife of Said Benjamin to
Improve till my Grand Son Jacob Towle Shall come to the age of
Twenty one Years And then to go to Said Jacob & to Assigns
forever
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Son Elisha Towle my House &
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 213
Barn where he now lives & one Half of All my Estate in Hamp-
ton both Real & Personall to him & his Assigns forever
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Grand Son John Sleeper my
right of Land in Cantabury to him & to his assigns forever —
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary Page Thirty
Pounds Old Tenor to be raised & levied out of my Estate & Paid
by my Son Benjamin
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Tabathy Tuck
Thirty Pounds Old Tenor to be raised & levied out of my Estate
and paid by my Son Elisha
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Patience Hobbs
Thirty Pounds Old Tenor to be raised & levied out of my Estate
And Paid by my Son Benjamin
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Hapzabah Page
Thirty Pounds Old Tenor to be raised & levied out of my Estate
& Paid by my Son Elisha
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Clififord Thirty
Pounds Old Tenor to be raised & levied out of my Estate & paid
by my Sons Benjamin & Elisha
I give & Bequeath to my Sons Benjamin Towle & Elisha
Towle All my Estate that is not mentioned in this Will
I Likewise constitute make & ordain my Sons Benjamin
Towle & Elisha Towle and my Son in Law John Page to be my
Executors * * *
his
Benjamin + Towle
Mark
[Witnesses] John Weeks, James Leavit, Sambon Chandler.
[Proved June 2y, 1759.]
[Warrant, June 27, 1759, authorizing Joshua Lane, cord-
wainer, and James Leavitt, yeoman, both of Hampton, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 29, 1759; amount, £7110. i. o;
signed by Joshua Lane and James Leavitt.]
214 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Province of New H amps'
Whereas by an Act of the General Assembly of Said Province
Entitled "An Act for making Partition of Certain Lands therein
mentioned" among other things it is Enacted that there be five
freeholders in this Province appointed and authorized they or
any three of them to make Partition of Said Lands; Part of
which Lands Refered to in said act are Certain Lands in Hamp-
ton Devised to Elisha Towle, and Benjamin Towle in Common
by their father Benjamin Towle late Deceas'd —
In Pursuance of which Act we the Subscribers have Under-
taken to make Partition And Division of said Lands between
the said Elisha and Benjamin, and having given Due Notice to
all Parties Concern'd Agreeable to the Direction in said act, We
have made the Partition And Division to Each to hold in Sever-
alty as follows viz* of that tract of Land which lyes on the
Notherly Side of the Road where the Dwelling Houses of the said
Elisha and Benjamin Stand Containing in the whole about one
hundred forty three acres we have set off to the Said Elisha the
Easterly Part where his Dwelling House Stands to begin at a
Stake set up by the Road near a pair of Barrs and from thence to
Run to the Southeasterly Corner of Elkins's land and the Said
Elisha to have all to the Eastward of this line which is about
fifty acres & three quarters: also we have set off to the Said
Elisha a Piece on the Notherly Side of the Spruce Swamp Con-
taining About thirteen acres — being fifty four Rods and three
Quarters on the Easterly Side and fifty one Rods and one Quarter
on the Westerly side Bounded on the Westerly Side by a Red
Burch Spotted and on the Easterly Side by a Spruce tree Spotted
as is Described in the Plan herewith annexed ; also a Small Lott or
Share Containing About three quarters of an acre lying at the
Northwesterly Corner of the abovementioned Piece at the Spruce
Swamp. — and all the Remainder of that tract of Land lying on
the Notherly Side of the Road aforesaid we have set off to the
said Benjamin Towle in Severalty and also a Small Lott or
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 215
Share Containing about one acre on the Notherly side of the
Spruce Swamp. — ■
Also we have Divided One Other Piece of Land lying on the
Southerly side of the aforesaid Road Containing in the whole
forty Six acres and a half and twenty one Rods as follows viz*
We have set ofif to the said Elisha the Northeasterly Part Con-
taining twenty Eight acres and twenty one Rods ; and to the said
Benjamin the Southwesterly part Containing Eighteen acres and
a half, The Dividing line between said parts is as follows to begin
at a Stake set up Sixteen Rods and a half from the Corner by
the backway And from said Stake to Run across said land to a
Red Burch Spotted at the Southeasterly Side of said Piece of
land as Described in the Plan herewith annexed. Also we have
Divided Sundry Pieces of Marsh between the said Elisha and
Benjamin as follows viz* To the said Elisha a small Piece near
the Beach Containing two acres and thirty two Rods Described
in the Plan by the letter A Also one other Piece near Browns
mill Containing two Acrfes and thirty two Rods Described in the
Plan by the letter D, also one Other piece near Pine Island Con-
taining One acre Described in the Plan by the letter F, also one
other piece on the Beach Containing about three quarters of An
Acre Described in the Plan by the letter G And to the said
Benjamin we have set off a Piece of Marsh near the Beach Con-
taining one acre and three quarters being one half of what is
Described in the Plan by the letter B the other half belonging to
Other persons, also one other piece of marsh near the beach
Cassway Containing three acres and four Rods Described in the
Plan by the letter C also one other Piece near Browns mill Con-
taining one hundred and one Rods Described in the Plan by the
letter E. And this we make as Our Return of the Partition and
Division of the Sundry Pieces of land and Marsh beforemen-
tioned this fourth Day of June Anno Domini 1760 —
Meshech Weare
Jonathan Tilton
James Leavit
2l6 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Whereas the whole of The Lands belonging to the Said Elisha
and Benjamin Towle, Devised to them in Common by their
father Benjamin Towle Deceas'd which are Refer'd to in the
beforementioned act Are Not Contained in the foregoing Re-
turn; and James Leavett, who assisted in making the Division
of what is beforementioned being unable to assist in Dividing the
Remainder; We the Subscribers three of the Committee Ap-
pointed by the aforesaid Act Have Divided the Remainder
(haveing Given Due Notice to all Parties Concern'd) which is
part of a Lott or Share In the Second North Division so Called
In Hampton lying on the Easterly Side of the Road near the
Dwelling House of m"' Jonathan Page five Acres of which Lott
having before been Sold to said Jonathan Page at the Notherly
End the whole width of the Lott : we have Divided the Remain-
der of said Lott Containing thirteen Acres and twenty Seven
Rods to the said Elisha and Benjamin Equally to hold to Each
in Severalty Namely to the Said Elisha the Westerly half and to
the said Benjamin the Easterly half the Division being made
Lengthways of the Lott And the bounds of the Division being a
Red Ash tree Spotted on four Sides in the middle of the Lott by
said Page's five Acres at the Notherly End and a Stake in the
middle of the Lott at the Southerly End. And This we make as
Our Return this fourth Day of September Anno Domini 1760
A Plan of which Lott and Division is herewith Returned. —
Meshech Weare
Josiah Sanborn
Jonathan Tilton
[Account of the settlement of the estate by Elisha Towle;
receipts, £1607. 7. 9^2, personal estate; expenditures, £1560.
14. I ; mentions "paid to Jonathan Tuck his Legacy .... John
Page his D° . . . . Thomas Page his D° . . . . Patience Hobbs
her D° . . . . William Clifford his D°"; allowed Feb. 27, 1765.]
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DANIEL DOW 1758 SALEM
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Dow of Salem, yeo-
man, granted to Nathaniel Dow of Salem, yeoman, Feb. 14,
1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 506.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Dow, with Andrew Balch, gentleman, and
Peter Merrill, blacksmith, as sureties, all of Salem, in the sum of
£2000, Feb. 14, 1758, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Joshua Thorndike, Ephraim Woodbury.]
[Warrant, Feb. 14, 1758, authorizing John Hall, Jr., yeoman,
and Daniel Massey, both of Salem, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 9, 1758; amount, £1586. 15. o; signed by
John Hall, Jr., and Daniel Massey.]
SAMUEL STACKPOLE 1758 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Stackpole of Somers-
worth granted to Philip Stackpole of Somersworth, yeoman,
Feb. 22, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 435.]
[Bond of Philip Stackpole, with John Hall of Somersworth,
yeoman, and Samuel Hall of Portsmouth, tanner, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, Feb. 22, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, Sargent Currier.]
[Warrant, Feb. 22, 1758, authorizing James Hobbs, gentle-
man, and Daniel Goodwin, yeoman, both of Somersworth, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested April 25, 1758; amount, £2693. 7. o;
signed by James Hobbs and Daniel Goodwin.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 221
TIMOTHY DAVIS 1758 PORTSMOUTH
The Deposition of Joseph Moulton Aged Seventy two & of
Abigail his wife Aged Seventy Years & of Jeremiah Libbey Aged
Sixty Nine Years all of Portsmouth in the Province of New
Hampshire in New England these Deponents Testifie that they
knew & are well Acquainted with Timothy Davis of Berwick in
the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay
who is the Reputed son of Timothy Davis Late of Portsmouth
aforesaid Deceased who was the Reputed son of Timothy Davis
formerly of said Portsmouth who died near about Forty Years
ago That the said Timothy first named was the Eldest son of the
said Timothy his father born in s^ Portsm" as was also his father
& was the Eldest son of his Father That the said Persons were
Born in said Portsm° as aforesaid were brought up there & lived
in the Neighbourhood of these Deponents That the Said Tim-
othy Davis the Eldest who Deceased so long ago lived in Ports-
mouth aforesaid but was Reputed to have been Born in Wales
being Commonly Called a Welsh Man & it was Commonly said
in his time that he had an Estate in some part of Wales That he
Died in said Portsmouth Leaving Several Children with whom
these Deponents were well Acquainted of Which the Second
Timothy above named was the Eldest That all the s^ Timothys
followed the Trade of a Joiner & farther say not
Joseph Moulton
Abigail Moulton
Jeremiah Libbey
[Attested March i, 1758.]
[Province Deeds, vol. 55, p. 308.]
[See estate of Timothy Davis, 1736, vol. 2, this series, p. 609.]
PHILIP FLANDERS 1758 CHESTER
[Hannah Flanders renounces administration on the estate of
her husband, Philip Flanders of Chester, March 2, 1758, in favor
222 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
of Lieut. Samuel Roby of Chester, she having no children of age;
witnesses, Samuel Emerson, Nathaniel Emerson.]
[Administration granted to Samuel Roby of Hampton Falls,
gentleman, March 21, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 453.]
[Bond of Samuel Roby, with Samuel Emerson of Chester and
Josiah Batchelder of Hampton Falls, yeoman, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, March 21, 1758, for the administration of the es-
tate; witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Warrant, March 21, 1758, authorizing Andrew Craige and
John Webster, both of Chester, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 19, 1758; amount, £794. o. o; signed by
Andrew Craige and John Webster.]
[Commission, June 28, 1758, to Samuel Emerson and John
Webster, innholder, both of Chester, to receive claims against
the estate.]
[List of claims, March 26, 1759; amount, £467. 5. 4; signed by
Samuel Emerson and John Webster.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £764. o. o; expendi-
tures, £484. 2. 8; allowed April 25, 1759.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £634. 11. 2; amount
distributed, £279. 17. 4; allowed May 5, 1759.]
JOEL JUDKINS 1758 BRENTWOOD
In The Name of God Amen This Eleventh Day of March one
Thousand Seven hundred and fifty Eight I Joel Judkins of
Brintwood in our Province of New Hamp' In New England
Yeoman Being Sick of Body * * *
Imprimas I give and bequeath To my Son Joseph Judkins The
one half of all my Real Estate that I have not allredy Disposed
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 223
of in Brintwood or Else where Except The Lott before my Dwell-
ing house on y*' South westerly Side of the High way that Leads
to Crawles falls adjoyning on Thomas Chritchets Land ; and The
Little Lott by the Pond on the northeasterly Side of said high
Way and the orchard on the northerly Side of the high way
aforsd — att the Southeasterly End of the house Containing
aboute Two acers The three peaces afors*^ Joseph is to have no
parte of and all three Peaces Contain aboute five acers and an
half Takeing in y« Barn House and Well — which Samuel is to
have with y other half of all
Item I Give and bequeath To my Son Samuel Judkins the
House Barn well and Three Peaces of Land Last mentioned over
and above the one half of my Estate afors^ and the one Half of
the Remaining Parte of my Estate To be Equally Divided Be-
tween him & his Brother Joseph Provided and upon Conditions
that they and Each of Them Submitt to the primises And Pre-
form the duties hereafter Injoyned them and my will is that
Joseph & Samuel Shall have the Stears Equally Betwen them
and that the old farrow Cow to be fated att Samuels Cost for
Beaf for the famely this fall & to be killd & Equally Divided Be-
twen His mother my wife and his Sister Sarrah my Daughter
& him and my will is that Joseph Shall have all my wareing ap-
parel
Item I give and bequeth to my Wellbeloved wife Anna Jud-
kins The Privelidge of Living in my house with Samuel my Son
and Daughter Sarah as Long as She Remains my widow and my
will is that If Samuel Sees good to pull Down the house it being
old and Sett up an other in y« place for y« use of his mother &
Sarah as aforsd he may Do it allso I give to my wife one Cow to
be kept winter and Summer for her use as Long as She Remains
my widow by Joseph & Samuel
Allso I Give to my wife my best fether Bed and Beding Be-
longing Thereto as Long as She Remains my widow and the one
half of all my movebales within Doors which half y^ Bed afors*^
is parte of to be for her use as Long as She Remains my widow as
224 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
afors*^ after that to Returne to my Daughters Mary Bean abigail
Gorden & Rebeca Lord
Allso I Give To my Daughter Sarah Judklns The use of the
other half of my moveabls within Doors for Ever If She Should
marey If not no Longer then her Life time & allso one Cow and
Two Sheep To be kept Intirely for her use as Long as She Liveth
and on married as afors<^ winter & Summer By my Two Sons as
afors^ they to be at Equall Cost therein and If She marries to be
hers for Ever and allso a privelige of Liveing In the house on the
Same Terms of her mother: and in Case She Should not marey
the Cow & Sheep to Returne To Joseph and Samuel att her
Decase and the movebals afors*^ to Returne To my three Daugh-
ters To witt Mary Bean abigail Gorden & Rebeca Lord or their
hairs
Item I Give and bequeth To my Daughter Mary Bean one
hundred Pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Son Joseph Judkins
in Two Years after my Decase or her hairs If She Should not
Live to y* time
Item I Give To my Daughter abigail Gorden one Hundred
Pounds old tenor to be paid By Samuel my Son in Two Years
after my Decase : N : B : I Give and bequeth to my wife all That
is before or after mentiond in this will Provided and on Condi-
tions She aquits her Thirds of my Estate and not Else
Item I Give to my Daughter Rebeca Lord one Hundred
Pounds old Tenor to be paid By Samuel my Son in Two years
and an half after my Decase : and my Son Samuel to pay Sarah
one Hundred pounds old Tenor att marige Day over & above her
maintainenc afors*^
Item I Give to Jonathan Judkins my Grand Son the Son of
Zecheriah Judkins my Son Decas'i Sixty pounds old Tenor to be
paid when he is Twenty one years of age If he Lives To it In Lue
of his fathers Portion his father haveing had his Portion allredy
By Joseph & Samuel Equally
Item I give to my Grand Daughter Rebecca Judkins Daughter
To my Son Zecceriah Judkins afors"^ Decs'^ Ten pounds old tenor
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 225
To be paid when She arives to y« age of Eighteen years by my
Sons afors**
Item I give to abigaill Hutchenson Daughter of John Huchen-
son of Iping Ten pounds old tenor to be paid when She arives to
the age of Eighteen years By my Sons afors*^ allso my will is that
my wife and Sarah my Daughter Shall Have an Honourable
maintainance out of my Estate and that my Two Sons Joseph
and S^^ Aforesaid Shall find and Suply Them with all Things
Comfortable and Nessessary for their Suport Dureing the time
thay Remain unmaried and to keep my wife Two good Sheep for
her use & profits winter and Sumer for The Term afors"^ and that
my wife an Daughter aforsd Shall Have Two thirds of the appels
that Grow in the orchards that is one third a pace During y*
Term afors"^ and the Privilige of Some good Spots of Land If
thay See fitt to Improve it for Sowing of flax and good Garden or
Gardens where thay Chuse it Dureing S'^ Term and allso the
mare To be for all their use as they Shall have ocation and allso
that my wife Shall have the privelige to keep a Swine She now
hath of her own Dureing S*^ Term and my will Is that all my
Just Debts and funerall Charges Shall Be Paid oute of my Estate
By my Two Sons Joseph and Samuel Equally and the Estate be-
formentioned that is y« Lands To be Equally Divided betwen
my Two Sons afors<^ Except The three Small peaces before Ex-
cepted which are my Son Samuels as afors"* and they the Said
Joseph and Samuel To hold S'^ Lands to them and their hairs
for Ever and I Do Hereby make ordain and Appoint my well
Beloved and Trusty friend James Bean of Brintwood and Prov-
ence aforesaid yeoman Sole Executor * * *
Joel Judkins
[Witnesses] Thomas Critchet, Anne Critchet, John Sleeper.
[Proved May 31, 1758.]
[Warrant, May 31, 1758, authorizing John Sleeper and
James Dudley, both of Brentwood, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.!
226 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory, June 28, 1758; amount, £4061. o. 6; signed by
John Sleeper and James Dudley.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £1811. o. 6, personal estate;
expenditures, £572. 4. 6; allowed Aug. 29, 1759.]
[Guardianship of Jonathan Judkins, minor, aged more than
14 years, son of Zachariah Judkins of Brentwood, yeoman,
granted to Jonathan Smith of Brentwood, cordwainer, March
^1^ I759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 203.]
[Bond of Jonathan Smith, with James Proctor of Kingston,
blacksmith, and John Sleeper of Brentwood, trader, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, March 27, 1759, for the guardianship of
Jonathan Judkins; witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
JOHN BRACKETT 1758 GREENLAND
In the Name of God amen, the Seventeenth Day of March in
the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty
Eight I John Bracket of Greenland in the province of Newhamp-
shire in Newengland Gentlman Being very week in Body
* * *
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Granddaughter Mary
Bracket the Daughter of my Son Thomas Bracket Late of Green-
land afore Said Deceased a peace of Land Laying in Greenland
aforesaid Between the Road that Leads to hampton and the
Road that that Leads to Stratham which peace of Land Contains
about a quarter of an acre be the Same more or Less it being one
half within Said Bounds the other half thereof is owned by my
Brother James Bracket and if my Said Granchild Should Dye
without Lawfull Issue the Said premesses Shall Return to my Son
Joshua Bracket I haveing alrady Given to my Said Son Thomas
Bracket Deceas'^ his portion of my Estate by a Deed of Gift
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my well Beloved wife Elisa-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 227
beth Bracket my negro named pay and my horse and Rideing
Chair and one third of my Estate Dureing her Nauteral Life
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son George Bracket his
heirs and assigns for Ever all the Land madow ground Thatch
Ground and fiats that I have in Greenland afore s'^ and in
Stratham in Said province with all Buildings privelages and
appurtinances Standing and Being thereon Exepting the Land
Marsh and flats I Bought of Coffin —
I also Give unto my Said Son George Bracket his heirs and
assigns the one half of my part of the Sawmill Standing at a
place Called wadleghs falls in Durham in Said province with all
the priveladges and appurtinances there unto Belonging and
also one half of my Land in Nottingham in Said province that I
have in partnership with Samuel Bracket James Bracket and
Issa foss also all my Stock of Cattle Sheep horses Swine Exepting
one horse alrady Given to my wife and all my Utancials for
husbandarey and all my wareing Cloaths and my Clock and if
my Said Son Should Dye without LawfuU Issue then the Said
premesses Shall Return To my Surviveing Childred Equally to
be Devided among them
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Son Benning Bracket his
heirs and assigns for Ever and my Land marsh and flats I have in
Stratham afore Said that I Bought of peter Coffin and also
Seventy acers of Land in Newmarket in Said province that I
Bought of Joseph Smart be the Same more or Less also the other
half of my part of the Sawmill Standing on wadleighs falls So
Called in Derham afore Said with all priveladges and appurti-
nances thereunto Belonging and all the Land I have in Durham
and Newmarket afore Said in a Grant of Land Called Simonses
Grant and also that Twenty acres of Land in Durham afore Said
that Abner Coffin is Now in possession of or the Money Said
Coffin Shall pay for the Redemcion thereof and the other half of
My Land in Nottingham afore Said that I have in pertnership
with Samuel Bracket James Bracket and Isaac foss — • I also
Give unto my Said Son Benning Bracket one yoak of oxen Two
228 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Cows Eight Sheep and one horse to be paid and Delivered unto
him by my Son George Bracket when my Said Sun Benning
arives to the age of Twenty one years and Two Chains one Ring
and Staple and a New plow and plow iorns if he Dyes without
Lawful Issue Said premesses to Return to my Surviveing
Children
Item I Give unto my Son Joshua Bracket Two Thousand
pounds money Equal to the present Currincy of old Tenor at
this Time to be paid unto him by my Son George Bracket within
Six months after my Decease and also M'' Henrys works upon
the Bible in five voloms — and a mare that he Calls his and one
Cow and my Long Gun that was my fathers
Item I Give unto My Son John Bracket Sixty pounds Money
Equal to the Currincy of old Tenor at this Time yearly to be paid
him by my Son George Bracket Dureing the Time of my Said
Son Johns Nauteral Life
Item I Give unto my four Sons Joshua John George and Ben-
ning Brackets Each of them a Bad and Bading
Item I Give unto My Daughter Mary Bracket Six hundred
pounds money Equal to the Currincy of old Tenor at this Time
To be paid unto her by my Son George Bracket within Twelve
months next after my Decease and one half of all my Indore
household Goods not alrady Desposed of to be Delivered to her
at my wifes Decease
Item I Give unto my Daughter Elisabeth Bracket Six hundred
pounds Equal to the Currincy of old tenor at This Time to be
paid to her by my Son George Bracket within Twelve months
next after my Decease and one half of all my Indore house hold
Goods Not alrady is not Desposed of to be Delivered unto her at
my wifes Decease
Item I Give and bequeath unto My four Sons and Two Daugh-
ters viz Joshua John George Benning Mary and Elisabeth
Brackets theire heirs and assigns all my out Lands not alrady
Desposed of Laying in Nottingham Ipsom and Bow all within
Said province To be Equley Devided Between them
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 229
Item I Give unto My Son George Bracket all my money
bonds Notes and Debts and all my Trooping furnitior —
Item I Do hereby apoynt and or Dain my well Beloved wife
Elisabeth Bracket and My Trusty Son George Bracket My Sole
Executors * * *
John Brackett
[Witnesses] James Brackett, nathanil watson, waldron kinnison.
[Proved Feb. 28, 1759.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Brackett, widow, and George Brackett,
yeoman, with William Weeks, gentleman, and James Brackett,
yeoman, as sureties, all of Greenland, in the sum of £1000,
Feb. 28, 1759, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William
Parker, John Dennett.]
JEREMIAH BROWN 1758 HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God Amen this twentieth Day of March In the
year of Our Lord Christ Seventeen hundred and fifty Eight, I
Jeremiah Brown of Hampton-falls in the Province of New
Hampshire in New England Yeoman * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath to my wellbeloved Wife Mary The
Use Income and Improvement of One half of my Dwelling House
and one half of my Barn And One half of my Place where I now
live viz* of the Mowing, Orchard, Pasture, & Planting Land
Also the Use of my Horse, And two Cows and four Sheep to be
Provided Out of my Stock of Creatures, All the foregoing she is to
have the Use And Improvement of During the time she shall
Remain my Widow And no Longer I Also Give her All my Hous-
hold Goods to Dispose of As she Pleases
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Son Jedediah Brown his
heirs and Assigns a Lott of Land which I Purchased of Daniel
Gale lying in the Township of Chester in the Province aforesaid
Containing by Estimation One hundred Acres, Also the use
230 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
benefit And Improvement of a Part of my Orchard by the falls
River so Called which I Purchased of Jonathan Longfellow;
Namely my said Son Jedediah and my Son Elisha Brown are to
have the Improvement Equally between them of One half of said
Orchard Until five years after my Son Jonathan Brown shall
Come to the Age of twenty one years And no longer —
Also five Acres of Marsh by Blackwater River so Called which
I Purchased of my Brother Thomas Brown Also One half my
Husbandry Tools And two oxen And One Cow to be Deliverd
to my said Son Jedediah when he shall Come to the Age of
twenty One years by my Executor
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Jonathan Brown his
heirs and Assigns to Come into Possession when he shall Arrive
at the Age of twenty One Years A Piece of Land Situate in
Hampton falls aforesaid which I Purchased of Jonathan Long-
fellow Containing About twenty Acres lying by the falls River so
Called, Also A Piece of Land lying by Little hill so Called Con-
taining About twelve Acres, Also five Acres of Marsh which I
Purchased of David Swett Also two Cows to be Deliverd him
when he arrives at the Age of twenty one years by my Executor
my said Son Jonathan having now a yoke of Steers which I
allow to be his own And he is to have the Liberty of Keeping
them or Another yoke in their Room Upon my Place untill he
shall arrive at the Age of twenty One Years and then to take
them to his own use And further my will is that my Said Son
Jonathan shall Live And Carry on with his Brother Elisha And
have his Support out of the Place untill he is twenty one years of
Age
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Elisha Brown his heirs
and assigns all my Estate both Real And Personal not Otherwise
Disposed of And I Order him to Pay all Such Debts as I owe and
to Receive such As are Due to me And further My will is that my
Sons Elisha & Jonathan shall Assist their Brother Jedediah about
Building a House on his Land at Chester by Labouring with him
to get up the frame and board the Same
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 23 1
Lastly I do Constitute and Appoint my Son Elisha Brown
Sole Executor of this my will * * *
his
Jeremiah + Brown
mark
[Witnesses] Joseph Pearkins, Daniel Chase Green, Paul Green-
leaf.
I Jeremiah Brown abovenamed being thro' the Goodness of
God Yet in the Land of the living and of a Sound Disposing
mind and Memory this Eighth Day of June Anno Domini 1758
Do hereby add to my foregoing Will this which follows being
Desirous to Prevent All Disputes among my Children after my
Decease Namely my will is and I do hereby Order That in Case
any thing shall be Recoverd Against my Estate by Any Person
to whom I have Sold Lands with Warranty on account of the
failure of my title thereto, that then whatsoever shall be so
Recoverd shall be Paid and born Equally Among my three Sons
beforementioned Elisha Jedediah and Jonathan, I having Dis-
posed of my Estate Among them in such a manner as Renders
this to be Just and Equal * * *
The mark of
Jeremiah + Brown
[Witnesses] Meshech Weare, Joseph Pearkins, Paul Greenleaf.
[Proved June 28, 1758.]
[Mary Brown, widow, accepts the terms of the will and waives
inventory June 26, 1758.]
[Bond of Elisha Brown, yeoman, with Meshech Weare and
Joseph Perkins, yeoman, as sureties, all of Hampton Falls, in the
sum of £1000, June 28, 1758, for the execution of the will; wit-
nesses, William Parker, Josiah Hilton.]
232 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
CHARLES ROWE 1758 HAMPTON FALLS
[Judith Rowe renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, Charles Rowe of Hampton Falls, March 22, 1758, in
favor of Nathan Rowe of Hampton Falls; witness, Benjamin
Rowe.]
[Administration on the estate of Charles Rowe, blacksmith,
granted to Nathan Rowe, yeoman, March 24, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 454.]
[Bond of Nathan Rowe, with Meshech Weare of Hampton
Falls and Noah Emery of Exeter, gentleman, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, March 24, 1758, for the administration of the es-
tate; witnesses, John Goffe, Moses Blaisdell.]
[Warrant, June 28, 1758, authorizing Richard Nason, gentle-
man, and Elisha Prescott, yeoman, both of Hampton Falls, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 18, 1758; amount, £263. 18. o, personal es-
tate ; signed by Richard Nason and Elisha Prescott.]
[Additional inventory, Nov. 25, 1759; amount, £105. o. o;
signed as above.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £226. 15. 8; signed
by Richard Nason and Caleb Sanborn; attested Jan. i, 1760.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £370. 8. o, persona
estate; expenditures, £196. 2. o; allowed Sept. 10, 1760.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £226. 15. o; amount
distributed, £174. 6. o; allowed Sept. 16, 1760.]
SAMUEL HUNTRESS 1758 NEWINGTON
In the Name of God, Amen the Twenty Ninth Day of March
in the Thirty first Year of his Majt«« Reign Anno Domini 1758,
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 233
I Samuel Huntriss of Newington in the province of Newhamp'
in New England Yeoman knowing my Mortalitie * * *
I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary over and above
her Dower five Shillings
Item I give unto my ffive Chilldren Viz* William Solomon
Joseph Abigail Wife of Phinehas Coalman and Eliz^ the wife of
Samuel Fabyan ffive Shillings Each —
Item I give unto my s^ Son William Huntriss two thirds of all
the land I own in Newington aforesaid where I now Dwell be the
whole Tract fforty Acers More or less, and all my Oxen Cows
Horses or Horse kind Sheep Swine that is to Say all my Cattle of
all kinds Except what I Shall hereafter give by this my last will
to my Said Son Joseph, Togeather with my Dwelling house
Barn out houses, orchards, gardens &c with all the Privelidges
thereof What Soever within Doors and without Except before
Excepted to him the s^ William Huntriss his heirs and assigns
for Ever in Fee Simple
Item I give unto the Chillderin of my Son George Huntriss and
my Said Son Solomon Huntriss all my Right title Intrest Estate
and Demand which I have to any lands in the Town Ship of
Barnstead in the Province aforesaid to be Equally devided be-
tween them the Said Chillderin of my Said Son George Huntriss
Deceased and my Son Solomon aforesaid to them the S*^ Chil-
deren of the Said George and the s<^ Solomon in Severalty and to
there Several and Respective Heirs and assigns in Fee Simple
for ever Except it shall so happen that the s*^ Chillderen Shall
Die before they arive to ffull age in the law or the Said Solomon
Shall happen to Die with out lawfull Issue of his Body then the
S<* Device or Devices part or parts of S'^ Lands Shall revert to the
s^ William and Jos: in the ffollowing Proportion to be justly
divided between them according to Quantity and quality vizt
two thirds thereof to the s<^ William Huntriss and one third
thereof to the Said Joseph Huntriss
Item I give unto my Said Son Joseph Huntriss the one third
part of the Said land whereon I now Dwell the whol being fforty
234 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Acers more or less the Other two thirds of said fforty Acers I
haveing before in this my last will given to my said Son William
I also give my said son Joseph one half of that Dwelling house
wherein my Brother John Huntriss Deceased used to live which
half was given me by my honoured ffather I also give to my s**
Son Joseph one good Cow and four Sheep one Dozen of my
Peauter Plates and two peater Dishes one of the leargest Size the
Other of the lesser Size
Item I give unto my two gransons the Sons of my Son Samuel
Huntriss Deceased fiftve pounds old Tenor money Each if they
Shall arive to the age of Twenty one years.
All the Rest and Residue of my Estate wheither real or per-
sonal I give and bequeath to my aforesaid Will'" Huntriss and I
doe hereby Constitute and Appoint him my said Son William
Huntriss Executor * * *
his
Sam'i _|_ Huntriss
Mark
[Witnesses] Geo Walton, Josiah Downing J% Noah Rawllings.
[Proved May 20, 1758.]
[Mary Huntress, widow, acknowledges receipt of one third of
the personal estate and waives inventory May 22, 1758; wit-
nesses, James Pattinson, Valentine Mathes.]
JOSEPH KIMBALL 1758 HAMPSTEAD
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Kimball of Hamp-
stead, yeoman, granted to his widow, Sarah Kimball, March 30,
1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 35.]
[Bond of Sarah Kimball, with John Kent of Hampstead and
John Dustin of Plaistow, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of
£2000, March 30, 1758, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Ebenezer Kimball, Daniel Little.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 235
[Inventory, April 22, 1758; amount, £4831. 18. o; signed by
Daniel Little and John Kent.]
[Commission, March 28, 1764, to Thomas Little, John
Ingalls, and Willett Peters, all of Plaistow, yeomen, to set off the
widow's dower.]
Province of 1 In obedience to a Warrant to us Directed
Newhampshear / from the Honor^i^ Richard Wibird Esqr Judge
of the Probate of Wills &c for said Province
We Have set of to the Widow sarah Kimball for her Dower out
of the Reall Estate of her Late Husband Joseph Kimball Late of
Hampstead yeoman Deceas'' aboute twenty acres of Land where
the house stands and is bounded at the northeast Corner with a
stake and stons also a bound of John Kents Land thence westerly
by his Land aboute forty one Rods to a White oake tree marked
thence southerly partly by s^ Kents Land and Partly by John
Ingalls Land and partly by Jonathan Nelsons Land to a Red
oake stump by the Roade being aboute seventy four Rods thence
Easterly and Northerly Round by the Roade to the first Bounds
and also the House on the same and one third of the Barn the
East End thereof with a Convenient way to the barn and a
Convenient barn yard
Dated Hampstead April y« 19: 1764 John Ingalls
Thomas Little
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £2240. 18. o; expendi-
tures, £2290. II. 4; allowed Oct. 31, 1764.]
[Guardianship of Patty Kimball, minor, aged more than 14
years, daughter of Joseph Kimball of Hampstead, granted to
Sarah Kimball Oct. 31, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 322.]
[Bond of Sarah Kimball, widow, with Samuel Brown, yeoman,
as surety, both of Hampstead, in the sum of £500, Oct. 31, 1764,
for the guardianship of Patty Kimball; witnesses, William
Parker, William Vaughan.]
236 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Additional account; receipts, £67. 13. o; expenditures, £27.
2. 2; mentions "bringing up the Children"; allowed Oct. 26,
1768.]
[Administratrix's account of the settlement of the estate;
receipts, £2240. 18. o; expenditures, £3438. 10. 6; allowed Jan.
26, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 332.]
JOHN MERRILL, JR. 1758 BOW
Portsmouth March 30*'' 1758 —
To the Hon^^^ Richard Wibird Esq' Judge of Probate for the
province of New Hampshire.
The Humble Request of Timothy Walker of pennicook In
said province, for & In Behalf of the Heirs if Such there are of
John Merrill of said Pennicook, & for & In Behalf of the Father
of said Merrill by his Desire, Shews —
That the said Merrill Was Out in the Army the Last Year, &
is missing, Whether Dead or alive no one Can tell, & the Wife
of the said John, your Requester, as well his Father is Informed,
Calls her self a widow, & has applyed, or will Soon for a Letter of
Administration on y® Estate of her Husband Jn° Merrill as tho
Dead, & now Just on the point of Marriage, Wherefore Your In-
former for & in Behalf of the Heirs, Altho by No Legal authority,
& for & in Behalf of his Fathar, by his Desire, prays that your
Honour will not Grant Any Letter of Administration to the wife
of the said John Merrill ; Untill hes Dead by Law, or otherways,
Your honour may have farther Intelligence of the facts, or as In
your wisdom Shall think proper to Act. —
Timothy walker
[Administration on the estate of John Merrill of Bow, yeoman,
granted to his father, John Merrill of Bow, yeoman, Aug. 27,
1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 480.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 237
[Bond of John Merrill, with Timothy Walker and John Web-
ster as sureties, all of Bow, in the sum of £500, Aug. 27, 1760, for
the administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker,
Solomon Loud, Jr.]
[Inventory, Nov. 21, 1760; amount, £1829. 8. o; signed by
Richard Eastman and Ezra Carter.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £99. 4. 10^; expendi-
tures, £128. 18. 4; mentions "Paid the Doctors for Attendance
on two the Deceased children which died"; allowed May 31,
1768.]
RUTH CHASE 1758 LONDONDERRY
[Bond of Stephen Spaulding of Londonderry, yeoman, with
Nathan Cross, yeoman, and Samuel Greeley, gentleman, both
of Nottingham West, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, March
31, 1758, for the administration of the estate of Ruth Chase of
Londonderry, widow; witnesses, William Richardson, Daniel
Marshall.]
[Warrant, March 31, 1758, authorizing William Richardson
of Pelham and Samuel Greeley of Nottingham West, gentlemen,
to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 13, 1758; amount, £1800. o, o; signed by
William Richardson and Samuel Greeley, Jr.]
[Commission, Dec. 12, 1759, to Samuel Greeley, Daniel Mar-
shall, Reuben Spaulding, Samuel Hill, and Roger Chase, all of
Nottingham West, to divide the real estate into five shares, a
double share for the oldest son. On the reverse are the names
''Abigi Chase Ruth Kelly Mary Kelly Eliz* mar'^sis Dec^ (Doro-
thy Beetle Abiel Beetle) Joseph Kelly Eldest Son of London''
Oliver Saunders of New Salem Roger Chase of Nottingham
West."]
238 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Joseph Kelly of Londonderry, yeoman, with Roger
Chase of Nottingham West and Oliver Saunders of Salem, yeo-
men, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Feb. 14, 1760, to pay the
other children their shares of the estate of his mother, Ruth
Chase, as follows: to Abigail Chase, Ruth Kelly, and Mary
Kelly £62, 10. o each, and to Dorothy Beetle and Abiel Beetle,
children of Elizabeth Beetle, deceased, who was a daughter of the
intestate, the share of the said Elizabeth, £62. 10. o, to Dorothy
when 18 years of age, and to Abiel when 21 ; witnesses, William
Parker, William Parker, Jr.]
JOSEPH BLANCHARD 1758 NASHUA
In the name of God Amen I Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable in
the Province of New Hampshire * * *
Item that all my Children under Twenty one Years be Brought
up taken care of & Educated by & at the Discretion of my Ex"'
hereafter named, the Expence to be paid out of my real Estate
Untill Each of them Severally Come to the age of Twenty one
years & not to be any part of their portion & in as much as my
Son Joseph Blanchard, in Lands & otherwise hath had advance
what I Esteem to be Equal to five thousand pound at 3 pound
ten pr Dollar old Tenor, that there be no further advance for his
portion untill Each of his Brothers & Sisters has had of Equal
value —
And that my Daughter Rebecca the wife of M"^ James Minot
has had by Deed to her Husband and other ways what I esteem
to be Equal to four Thousand pounds old Tenor all in Bill of
New Hampshire the Value Determin'd at three Pound ten Per
Dollar.
& that my S*^ Executr^ Divide & Sett off to the remander of
my Children (viz) Katharine Jon^ Sarah James Jotham augustus,
& Hannah so much of my real Estate as She Shall at any time
think fit always to observe that they all Who have not as yet
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 239
marryed have in Equal proportions untill they have four thou-
sand pounds old Tenor Each at three pound ten Per Dollar &
Each Son when he Comes to Lawful age Shall have his Choice as
to Scituation & that the remander of my Estate real & personal,
(Except what I hereafter give to my wife) be Divided in Equal
Shars Amoung all my Children married & unmarried, reserving to
my Ex'^ full power, in this Last Division to give more or less to
any Child as they are more or less Dutyful
Item I give & Bequeath to my Weell Beloved Wife Rebecca
The Dwelling House I now live in with all the Furniture there
unto appertaining, The Farm I now live on, Improv'd & Unim-
proved with all the Building Stock & Tools of Husbandry of
every Kind there unto Belonging, Likewise my Negro Man
servant Called Cesar, free from all Incumbrances, to be Solely at
Her disposal her Heirs & Assigns forever. Like wise my part in
the Social Library at Portsmouth, All my fire Arms Swords
Watch & Wearing apparrell & all my Provision of every kind
Notwithstanding anything before Written I give & bequeath
unto Elizabeth Parker the Daughter of the Rev*^ M"" Tho:
Parker of Dracut Two hundred Pound old Tenor at the value of
the Money the 29 of June Seventeen Hundred fifty five, to be
paid a year after my Decease
and my said wife Rebecca Blanchard Depending on her
tender Care & Equal Affection to all my Children who with
tender Kindness & reverend Respectful behaviour Carry towards
her do Committ the aforesaid trust to her & Constitute Ordain
& appoint her Sole Executrix of this my Last will & Testament :
Dated April 6*^ in The Thirty first year of his Majestys Reign
A D 1758
Joseph Blanchard
[Witnesses] Zacheus Lovewell, Mathew Thornton, Elias Smith.
[Proved May 3, 1758.]
[Bond of Rebecca Blanchard of Dunstable, widow, with James
Minot, gentleman, and Joseph Blanchard, both of Merrimack,
240 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
as sureties, in the sum of £5000, May 3, 1758, for the execution of
the will; witnesses, Katharine Blanchard, Jonathan Blanchard.]
[Bond of Jonathan Blanchard of Merrimack, with James
Blanchard of Dunstable and Oliver Parker of Monadnock No. 7,
yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Nov. 2, 1774, for the
administration, with will annexed, of the estate; witnesses,
Samuel Hale, Jr., William Chadbourne.]
[Inventory, June 15, 1776; lands in Dublin, Stoddard, and
Fitzwilliam, £185. o. o; signed by Enoch Hale and Samuel
Moore.l
THOMAS CANNEY 1758 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen the tenth Day of April in the year
of our Lord Christ Seventeen hundred and fifty Eight I Thomas
Canne of Dover in the Province of New Hampshire in New Eng-
land yeoman being Something Aged & Infirm in body * * *
(2ly) I Give & Bequeath to My Eldest Son Thomas Canne ten
acres of Land more or less where he now Dwells also one hundred
pounds old tenor at my Decease to be paid him by my Said
Execu^ which with three hundred pounds old Tenor more I paid
him my Self heretofore which Sums together with what I have
already Given him is in full of his Portion out of my Estate.
Item I Give to my Daughter Susanna Hanson one hundred
pounds old Tenor to be paid her by my Execu"" in three years
after my Decease. Item I Give to my Daughter Martha Meder
one hundred pounds old Tenor to be paid her in three years after
my Decease in Manner aforesaid. Item I Give to my Son
Benjamin Canne one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid him in
manner & term afore S^^ which Sum together with what I have
already Given him Compleats his Portion. Item I Give to my
Daughter Rose Canne one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid
her by my Execu' also, one Fether Bed and furniture for the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 24I
Same also one Iron Pot one Iron Skilott one frying pan & one
Pewter Platter, together with free & full Liberty of one Room in
my house to Dwell in and also to have an equal Share or Com-
fortable Support out of my Real & Personal Estate So long as
She Shall remain Single & unmarried. Item I Give to my Son
William Canne one hundred pounds old tenor to be paid him by
My Said Execu'^ in manner & term aforesaid which with what I
have already Given him Compleats his Portion. Item I Give to
my Son John Canne all my homsted farm where I now Dwell
except a small orchard with the Land whereon it Stands Joyning
to Ephraim Tibbets's Land &c I likewise give to my Said Son
John Canne all the Edifices buildings & other orchards thereon
together with all that tract or tracts of Land of mine on the
westerly Side of the back River also one Right in the ox Pasture
So Call'd together with one piece of thatch Bed at or near
patridge point also one fether bed & furniture for the Same to-
gether with all my farming Utencels (Viz*) Plows harrows Cart &
wheels Sleds Yoaks Chains axes &c with all the Iron work in or
about my house except what I have already Given to my Daugh-
ter Rose Canne to be to him the S** John Canne his heirs &
assigns forever he & they Carefully Complying with & paying
out the above Metioned Debts and Legacies. Item I Give to
my Grand Son Joseph Canne the within mentioned Small
orchard with the Land whereon it Stands Joying to Land which
formerly belonged to Joseph Hall Deceased also to the Land of
Eph'' Tibbets aforesaid and I Desire that my Son Benj^ Canne
may have the Care and management of the Same for my S**
Grand Son untill he is Twenty one years of age. Item I Con-
stitute & appoint My Son John Canne Sole Executor * * *
his
Thomas -f Canne
Mark
[Witnesses] Elijah Tuttel, Nathaniel Austin, Alex"" Caldwell.
April 10*^ 1760
P : S ; Mem" I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Rose Canne
242 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
over & above what is mention'd in the foregoeing Will (viz*) one
Fire Shovel on p' of Tonges and one Tramel. And all the Rest
& Residue of my Estate Real & personal or of whatever name
Nature or kind or where Soever the Same is or Shall be found I
Give & Bequeath to be Divided in equal Shares or proportions
amongest all my Children * * *
his
Thomas + Canne
Mark
[Witnesses] Elijah Tuttel, Nathaniel Austin, Alex' Caldwell.
[Proved June 30, 1762.]
[Inventory, attested July 27, 1763; amount, £11,518. o. 3;
signed by Joseph Hanson and Thomas Tuttle.]
SAMUEL DUDLEY 1758 EXETER
In the Name of God amen, the Thirteenth day of april an-
noque Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty Eight I
Samuel Dudley of Exeter in the Province of Newhampshire in
New England yeoman being week in body * * *
Item I Give and bequeath to my Sister Mary Watson one
hundred Pounds Equal to old tenor bills of Publick Credit to be
Paid by my Executor out of my Estate.
Item I Give and bequeath to my Sister Elizabeth Dudley one
hundred Pounds Equal to old tenor bills of Publick Credit to be
Paid by my Executor out of my Estate.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Sister Sarah Leavit one hun-
dred Pounds Equal to old tenor bills of Publick Credit to be
Paid by my Executor out of my Estate.
Item I Give and bequeath to my Sister Marcy Thing one
hundred Pounds Equal to old tenor bills of Publick Credit to be
Paid by my Executor out of my Estate.
Item I Give and bequeath to my Brother Jonathan Dudley of
Brintwood alias Keenborough in the Province aforesaid all my
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 243
land and orchard lying in Exeter aforesaid, and all my other
Estate Real and Personal whare Ever it may be found to be his
his heirs and assigns forever he or they Paying out as above
mentioned.
Finally I do hereby Constitute appoint make and ordain my
brother Jonathan dudley aforesaid my Sole Executor * * *
his
Samuel + dudley
Mark
[Witnesses] Samuel Blake, Jeremiah Ellsworth, John Purmort.
[Proved Feb. 28, 1759.]
[Bond of Jonathan Dudley, with Jeremiah Ellsworth as surety,
both of Brentwood, in the sum of £500, Feb. 28, 1759, for the
execution of the will; witnesses, Joseph Newmarch, William
Parker.]
JOHN CURRIER 1758 PLAISTOW
In The Name of God Aman The Last will and Testament
of John Currier of Plastow In the Provence of New hamsher
in New england yeaman — Being Very sick and weak in
Body * * *
Imprimes I Give unto my son John Twenty acors of Land he
paying to my Executors one Hundred pounds of silver money of
the old taner that is to say in Dolers at forty and five shillings per
Doler also I order my son John to pay to my Executors one
Hundred pounds of Hamsher money of the old taner that is to
say to be in Vallew as good as one Hundred pounds old taner is
at this day and the said Land that I Give to my son John is part
of the Land that I Now live one and the west End of my Land
and is bounded as followeth — Begining at the southwest angel
or Corner with a stake and stones it also being Daniel whit-
tickers Nortwest corner Bounds of his Land thence a way East-
erdly By Whittickers Land about Eighty and five Rhods and
244 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
a haf to a walnut tree marked standing Near the Line of whitick-
ers Land Thence a way Northerdly about Thirty seven Rhods
and a haf to a walnut tree marked Near the Line of Theoder
Adkissons Esq"" Land thence a way westerdly By adkissons Land
a Bout Eighty five Rhods and a haf to a stake and stones Thence
a way Southerdly about Thirty seven Rhods and a haf to the
furst Bounds mentioned; the southwest corner Bounds of this
Land was Daniel Whittickers origenal Bounds Now Bounds of
Timothy Lads Land which Land when the money a Bove said is
paid is the full of his portion as I say out of my Estate Both
Rael and Personal —
Item I Give unto my daughter sarah fifty pounds old taner of
Hampsher money to Be paid to her by my Executors when she
is Eighteen years of age and the money when paid is to be made
as good in Vallew as it is at this day : when paid which is as I Say
her full part out of my Estate Both Rael and personal
Itam I Give unto my Daughter Rachel fifty pounds old taner
of New hamsher money or Bills of Creddet to be paid to Her by
my Executors when she arive to the age of Eighteen and the
money when paid is to be made as good in vallew as fifty pounds
old taner is at this day which is as I say her full part out of my
Estate Both Rael and Personal —
Itam I Give unto my Daughter mary fifty pounds of Hamsher
money of the old taner to Be paid to her By my Executors to her
when she coms to the age of Eighteen and the money when paid
is to be made as good to her By my Executors as fifty pounds old
taner is at this day of the date hereof which is as I say her full
part out of my Estate Both Rael and personal —
Itam I Give unto my Grand Daughter anne Marbel five
pounds old taner of Hamsher money to be paid by my Executors
when she a Rive to the age of Eighteen and the money when paid
to be made as good as it is at this day which money with what
I have given her mother here to fore is her full part out of my
Estate Both rael and personal as I Say
Itam I give unto my son Daved all my Rael and personal
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 245
Estate which I have not Expresly Disposed of in this my Last
will and testament with paying all my just debts —
Finally I do hereby Nominate and apoint my son Daved and
M'' Timothy Lad of Plastow to Be my Sole Executors * * *
In Testimony I do Hereunto set my hand and affix my seal
the fourteenth day of aprel in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven Hundred and fifty Eight and in the Thirty furst year of
his majesties Raign —
his
John + Currier
Mark
[Witnesses] Moses Page, John Webster junr, Daniel Poor.
[Proved May 31, 1758.]
[Warrant, May 31, 1758, authorizing Tristram Knight and
Jonathan Page, both of Plaistow, gentlemen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, June 6, 1758; amount, £4743. i. o; signed by
Tristram Knight and Jonathan Page.]
WALTER WEEKS, JR. 1758 GREENLAND
[Administration on the estate of Walter Weeks, Jr., of Green-
land granted to Mary Weeks, widow, April 18, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 473.]
[Bond of Mary Weeks, with Walter Weeks and Abraham
Dearborn, yeomen, as sureties, all of Greenland, in the sum of
£1000, April 18, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Warrant, April 18, 1758, authorizing Enoch Clark, innholder,
and James Brackett, yeoman, both of Greenland, to appraise
the estate.]
246 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory, May 9, 1758; amount, £3050. 4. o; signed by
Enoch Clark and James Brackett.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £2007. 11. 4, personal
estate; expenditures, £554. 19. o; mentions "bringing up Walter
Weeks a minor under seven years of age till this Day" ; allowed
Sept. 26, 1759.]
[Additional account of Andrew Wiggin, 3d, and Mary, his
wife, formerly Mary Weeks, administratrix; receipts, £1759. 3. o;
expenditures, £587. 10. o; mentions "Maintenance of Walter
Weeks a Minor from 26 Sepf^ I759 till he was 7 years old being
228 Weeks"; allowed June 24, 1772.]
JOHN BUTTERFIELD 1758 NASHUA
[Mary Butterfield renounces administration on the estate of
her husband, John Butterfield, April 22, 1758, in favor of her
son, Thomas Butterfield; witness, Jonathan Blanchard.]
[Administration on the estate of John Butterfield of Dun-
stable, yeoman, granted to Thomas Butterfield of Dunstable,
yeoman, June 13, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 11.]
[Bond of Thomas Butterfield, with Ebenezer Harris and
Thomas Lund, yeomen, as sureties, all of Dunstable, in the
sum of £500, June 13, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Hannah Dow, Jonathan Lovewell.]
[Warrant, June 13, 1758, authorizing Jonathan Lund and
Elnathan Blood, both of Dunstable, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 9, 1758; amount, £4060. 16. o;
signed by Jonathan Lund and Elnathan Blood.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 247
[Return of claims against the estate, Dec. i, 1769, one, only,
being allowed, that of Thomas Butterfield for £3266. 13. 6, or in
lawful money, £163. 6. 8; signed by Jonathan Lovewell and
Samuel Roby.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £181. 2. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £35. 13. 9; allowed Feb. 7, 1772.]
[Settlement of the balance of the estate on Thomas Butter-
field, sole creditor, Feb. 7, 1772.]
PELATIAH RUSSELL 1758 LITCHFIELD
[Administration on the estate of Pelatiah Russell of Litch-
field, yeoman, granted to Olive Russell, widow, April 22, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 531.]
[Bond of Olive Russell of Litchfield, with Samuel Moore of
Litchfield, gentleman, and John Gofife of Derryfield as sureties,
in the sum of £500, April 22, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Margaret Moore, Sarah Goffe.]
[Bond of Timothy Underwood, yeoman, with James Pollard,
gentleman, as surety, both of Westford, Mass., in the sum of
£500, Dec. 10, 1760, for the guardianship of Pelatiah Russell,
in his ninth year, son of Pelatiah Russell; witnesses, Gershom
Fletcher and Andrew Bordman.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
GEORGE LITTLE 1758 PLAISTOW
The last will and testement of George Little of the town of
Plastow in the Province of new hamshire in new england yeoman
Imp"" whereas my son Thomas Little have received his whole
248 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
portion by deeds of gift I give him five shillings in lawful mony
of new England
Item whereas my Son George Little have received his whole
portion in land and other Species I give him five Shillings in
lawful money of new England
Item whereas my Son Ezekil Little have received his whole
portion in land and other species I give him five shillings in
lawful mony of New England
Item I give to my Daughter Edna Ela all my household goods
that is in my possesion
Item I give to my son Joseph Little whom I constitute make
and ordain my whole and sole executor of this my last will and
testement my dwelling house and all the land and orchard ad-
joyning to the house being about five acers and all my land on
the west sid of the road that I have not givend to my son Ezekiel
bounded as followeth begining at the road at a stake with
stones about it which is Ezekiel northerly bounds and the runing
westerly about seventy rods to a stake with stones about it and
then norwesterly to a stake with stones about it at the corner
of the rye feild and then notherly to a red oak tree near the
brook and then runing easterly by the parsonage medow about
one hundred and sixty rod to the land of Caleb Emersons land
and then southerly and easterly by said Emersons land to the
road and then southerly by the road to the bounds first men-
tioned it being about ninty acers and I give to my son Joseph all
my estate real and parsonal that is not above given away in this
my last will and testement: and to receive all the detes that are
due to me and to pay all the detes that I do owe and legecies
and also my funeral charges: and this is my last will and teste-
ment haveing my perfect memory and understanding as witness
my hand and seal this twenty fourth day of April annoque domini
one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight
George Little
[Witnesses] Eldad Ingalls, Stephen Dole, John Ingalls.
[Proved July 30, 1760.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 249
[Bond of Joseph Little, with Eldad Ingalls and Stephen Dole
as sureties, all of Plaistow, in the sum of £500, July 30, 1760,
for the execution of the will; witnesses, none.]
JAMES BERRY 1758 GREENLAND
[Administration on the estate of James Berry of Greenland,
yeoman, granted to James Berry of York, Me., and Francis
Berry of Greenland April 26, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 4.]
[Bond of James Berry of York, Me., and Francis Berry of
Greenland, yeoman, with Abner Fogg of North Hampton and
Paul March of Portsmouth, gentlemen, as sureties, in the sum
of £1000, April 26, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Warrant, April 26, 1758, authorizing William Haines, Jr., Sim-
eon Dearborn, yeoman, and Enoch Clark, innholder, all of Green-
land, to appraise the estate; mentions the administrators as sons
of the deceased.]
[Inventory, June 6, 1758; amount, £6953. 6. o; signed by
Simeon Dearborn, Enoch Clark, and William Haines, Jr.]
[Account of the administrators; receipts, £682. 6. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £545. 15. o; allowed Sept. 2'], 1759.]
[Agreement of the heirs, June 25, 1760, to submit all differences
to Samuel Veasey of Stratham, yeoman, Ebenezer Sanborn of
North Hampton, gentleman, and Samuel Fabyan of Newington,
yeoman, for decision; signed by James Berry, Francis Berry,
Richard Berry, Robert Tufton Philbrook, and Henry Dow in
behalf of his mother. Charity Dow.]
[Warrant, Feb. 17, 1761, authorizing Richard Jenness, 3d, of
Rye, Ebenezer Johnson, William Haines, William Berry, yeo-
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men, and John Folsom, innholder, all of Greenland, to set off
the widow's dower.]
Province of \ By order from the Honb'^ Rich'^ Wibird
New Hampshire / Judge of the Probate of wills for Said Province
we the Subscribers have Set off to Eleanor Berry of Green-
land Wedow her Part of the Estate of her Late Husband James
Berry Dec*^ viz
the Land on the west Side of the high way from the house
begening at Chapmans Land & runing by Said high way twenty
Rods to a noch in the fence and at the West end of Said Land
twenty Rods from Land of Joseph Heans Deceased to a white
Borch tree marked —
the Land where the house Stands the full one third on the
North Side twenty five Rods from Chapmans Land by Said
high way to a noch in y^ fence & twenty five Rods at the East
End by Land of W" wallas to Bounds in y^ fence
the one halfe of ten acres by John Heans Land next to Said
Heans Eight Rods in weadth as the Bounds Stand in the fence
the north End of the house Lower Room & Chamber with y«
Small Celer under said house
also the west End of the Barn ten feet in Length with a priva-
ladge of the Barn flooer for thrashing
the Pear tree & Six apple trees in the Grate orchard that is
marked
Greenland January 24*^ 1761 Ebenezer Johnson
Rich*^ Jenness 3<*
William Berray
[Commission, March 31, 1761, to Richard Jenness, 3d, of
Rye, Ebenezer Johnson, William Berry, yeomen, William Weeks,
gentleman, and John Folsom, innholder, all of Greenland, to di-
vide the real estate. The committee report against the division,
and appraise the real estate at £6276. 13. o; signed by Ebenezer
Johnson, Richard Jenness, 3d, and William Berry.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 25 1
[Additional account of the administrators; receipts, £1646.
17, o; expenditures, £1514. 4. 4; allowed March 31, 1761.]
[Warrant, April 6, 1765, authorizing Richard Jenness, 3d,
and Joseph Brown, yeomen, both of Rye, Levi Dearborn of
North Hampton, physician, John Folsom, and Enoch Clark,
both of Greenland, innholders, to divide the real estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 408.]
Province of 1 Pursuant to a Warrant Directed to us the
New Hampsh"" / Subscribers from the Hon'''* Richard Wibird
Esq' Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for Said Province to
Divide the Real Estate of James Berry late of Greenland De-
ceasd Intestate among the Children of Said Deceased
i^* To the heirs of William Berry Eldest Son of the aforesaid
James Berry Deceased two Shares of Land Bounded as follows
Viz on the West Side of the Highway with Land of the Widow
Chapman & Land of the Heires of Joseph Haines on the North
Land of Francis Berry & Joseph Berry on the South & Land of
Robert Tuftin Philbrick on the West Containing Twenty one
Acres and a Half as it is Laid out & Bounded also the Barn as it
Stands on the East Side of the Highway to the aforesaid Heirs
of William Berry Deceased for their Two Shares —
2'y Laid out to Francis Berry his Share or part of Land on the
East Side of the Highway where the House Stands Containing
ten Acres with Land of the Widow Chapman on the North
begining at the Widow Chapman Land & Runing by the High-
way thirteen Rods to a Stake in the Ground & Carrying that
Bredth of thirteen Rods to William Wallases Land as the Bounds
now Stands Also the Sixth part of the House as it is Divided —
3'y Laid out to Priscilla Philbrick her Share or part of Land
lying on the East Side of the Highway Containing Twenty
Acres Bounding Northerly on Land of Francis Berry aforesaid
■& from Said Francis Berrys Land by the Highway Seventeen
Rods & 2 feet to a Stake in the Ground Carrying that Bredth of
Seventeen Rods & two feet to Land of William Wallaces as the
252 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Bounds Now Stands Also the Sixth part of the house as it is
Divided —
4'y Laid out to James Berry his Share or part of Land Con-
taining Eleven Acres on the East Side of the Highway Bounding
with Land of Priscilla Philbrick on the North & Runing from
her Land Southerly by the highway Seventeen rods & fourteen
feet to a Stake in the Ground And Carrying that Bredth of
Seventeen rods & fourteen feet to Land of William Wallice as
the Bounds now Stands also the one Sixth part of the House as it
is Divided —
5'y Laid out to Richard Berry his part or Share of Land
Containing twelve acres on the East Side of the Highway
Bounding with Land of James Berry on the North & Runing
from Said James Berry's Land Southerly by the Highway
Twenty two rods & three feet to a Stake in the Ground and
Carrying that Bredth of 22 rods & 3 feet to William Wallases
Land, Also the one Sixth part of the House as it is Divided —
6'y Laid out to Joseph Berry his Share or part of Land Con-
taining twelve Acres and one half be the Same more or Less
Bounding Westerly on the above Said Highway Southerly on
the Highway that Leads to Rye & Easterly on land of William
Wallice as the Stake Drove in the Ground now Stands, Also
four acres one Hundred & Twenty rods more or Less on the
West Side of the Highway Bounding Easterly on Land of
Francis Berry Northerly on Land Laid out to the Heirs of Wil-
liam Berry DeC^ Westerly on Land of Rob* Tuftain Philbrick &
Southerly on the one Acre Laid out to Charity Dow as the
Bounds now Stands Also the one Sixth part of the House as it is
Divided —
7'y Laid out to Charity Dow her Share or part of Land Con-
taining ten acres Bounding Northerly on Land of John Haines
Easterly on the Highway & Southerly on land of William Wal-
laces as Said Ten Acres is laid out & Bounded also one Acre of
Land on the West Side of the Highway with Land of Francis
Berry on the East Land laid out to Joseph Berry on the North &
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 253
Land of John Haines on the South — All the aforesaid Pieces
of Land lying & being in Greenland aforesaid and was the Estate
of James Berry Late of Greenland Deceased Survayed & Di-
vided by us this 23^^ Day of April 1765
Rich^ Jennes 3^
Enoch Clark
John Folsom
Joseph Brown
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 408.]
SAMUEL JACKSON 1758 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen The Last will and Testament of
Samuel Jackson I Samuel Jackson of Portsmouth in the Prov-
ince of New Hampshire Joyner being Week in body * * *
Item I give unto my well beloved wife all that my house and
Lands where I now Live, and all the Lands I purchased from
her Father Moore during her Natural Life, and all the Land that
was my Fathers on the north side the fresh Marsh Creek that I
am now possed off, I give to her to be Improved by her towards
the Support of her Children untill the Youngest of them Shall
arive to the age of Eighteen Years, and all my household goods
(Except one bed & beding therefor) with my Two Cows & one
heifer, to be at her own disposall.
Item I give unto my Sons Joseph Nathaniel Samuel Thomas
& Richard and to my Daughter Mary (they being Children I
had by my first wife) all my Land in Kittery in the County of
York that was part of the Estate of their Grandfather Hill to be
divided in Equal Shares to be to them their heirs and assigns
and my will is that if any one or more of my said Children should
die Intestate under the age of Twenty one Years And his or her
part not disposed off (if more than Twenty one Years old) his
her or their part shall be divided to and among the Survivors or
Survivor of them in Equal Shares.
254 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Item I Give unto my Son Jonathan my Daughters Elizabeth
Margaret and Sarah after the decease of my wife, all that my
house and Land where I now live, and all the Land I purchased
from their Grandfather moore in Equal Shares only the peice of
flats Grounds to be to Jonathan more than his Share of the whole,
to be to them their heirs and assigns and if any or either of four
Last mentioned Children shall die under the age of Twenty one
Years, or if more than Twenty one Years old Intestate and his
part not disposed of It shall be Equally divided among the
Survivors or Survivor of them
Item I give unto my Son Samuel my Gun that was my Brother
Joshua's —
Item I give unto my Son Richard all my working tools —
Item I give unto my Daughter Mary one bed & beding, it
being the Same that was her mothers, and all her mothers
wearing apparrell
And after my youngest Child is arived to the age of Eighteen
Years, then it is my will that the Land Lying on the north side
the fresh marsh Creek in Said Portsmouth, and that I gave my
wife the Improvement of untill that time, shall be sold by my
Executor and the money Raised by the Sale thereof shall be
Equally divided among my Children I had by my first wife or
in Case of the death of any to be to the Survivor as I mentioned
by the Lands herein given them and my Executor I impower to
Sell the Same —
Item After the Settlement of my Estate by my Executor,
what of Cash shall Remain in the hands of my Executor I Give
one third part thereof unto my Beloved wife to be paid her by
my Executor. I also Give her my Canoe —
Item The other Two thirds parts of the aforesaid Cash I give
in Equal Shares to and among my Children I had by my first
wife, to be paid to the Boyes when, and as they arive to the ageof
Twenty one Years, and to the Girl when and as She arives to the
age of Eighteen, and I desire my Executor to take Each Childs
Share that is under age as aforesaid & put it out to Interist untill
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 255
they Severally arive to age as aforesaid, and if any or either of
my Children shall die under the age aforesaid then his her or their
part of the Said money shall be equally divided among the Sur-
vivors of them
Item All the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Estate if any
their be I give to be divided among my Children I had by my
first wife — And I Constitute and Appoint my brother Nathan-
iel Jackson Sole Executor * * * and In Testimony whereof
I the Said Samuel Jackson have hereunto Set my hand and Seal
this Twenty Sixth day of April in the thirty first Year of his
majestys Reign annoque Domini one thousand Seven hundred
and fifty Eight 1758
Samuel Jackson
[Witnesses] George Marshall, Joseph Davis, Cutts Shannon.
[Proved May 31, 1758.]
[Warrant, May 31, 1758, authorizing Samuel Waters and Sam-
uel Penhallow, shopkeeper, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, June 23, 1758; amount, £6104. 15. 5; signed by
Samuel Waters and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Richard Jackson, minor, aged more than 16 years, son of
Samuel Jackson, makes choice of Nathaniel Jackson of Ports-
mouth, cordwainer, as his guardian Sept. 19, 1758; witnesses,
William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Guardianship of Richard Jackson granted to Nathaniel
Jackson Sept. 19, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 57.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Jackson, with Michael Whidden, Jr., joiner,
as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Sept. 19,
1758, for the guardianship of Richard Jackson; witnesses, Wil-
liam Parker, David Sewall.]
256 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £2642. 14. i, personal
estate; expenditures, £2590. 14. i; allowed March 25, 1761.]
ISRAEL SANBORN 1758 NEWMARKET
In the Name of God Amen the twenty ninth Day of April
1758 I Israel Samborn of Newmarket in the Province of New-
hampshire Black Smith Being listed in the Kings Service and
going into the Armie Uncertain where I shall Ever Return or
Not * * * first I Give all my land and mobibles to my
Brother Benjamin and Joseph to be Divided Equal Between them
I Give to my Honoured Mother Elizabeth folsom one hundred
and forty pounds acording to Dollars Six pound per dollar to
Come out of my brother Josephs part that I Give him as fast as
the Land produces it. I Give to my Sister mary fox twenty
pounds Equal to Dollars Six pound per Dollar to Be paid out of
my brother Benjamins part —
If my Brother John Comes home and I Dont I Give him all
that was willed to me by our honoured father But If not I
Give it all to my honoured mother * * *
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal
this twenty Eighteth Day of April one thousand Seven hundred
and fifty Eight and In the 31 year of his majesties Reign
Israel Sanborn
[Witnesses] Moses Coffin, John Samborn, Mary pike.
[Proved Nov. 28, 1759.]
[Bond of Benjamin Sanborn of Newmarket, cordwainer, with
Moses Coffin of Epping and John Sanborn of Newmarket, yeo-
men, as sureties, in the sum of £800, Nov. 28, 1759, for the ad-
ministration of the estate, with will annexed ; witnesses, Shadrach
Bell, David Sewall.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 257
JAMES GILMORE 1758 WINDHAM
In y« Name of god amen I James Gillmoor of the parish of
Windham within the province of Newhampshire in New England
Gentleman : Being Sick and Indisposed in Body * * *
Item my Will is that my Dearly Beloved Wife Margrat Gill-
moor Shal Be paid By my Exa*°" the Sum of thirty Eight Dollars
which is now Due to me upon notes of hand ; and Like wise all
my houshould furniture for her use and Benefict Dureing her
Naturall Life
Item my Will is that my Wife Shall have my Mear Saddle and
Bridle and her Choice of two of my Cows given her By my
Exa*°"
Item my Will is y* my wife Shall have given her By my Son in
Law Gann Armour he In joying my Real Estate twenty Six
Bushalls of Indean Corn and four Bushalls of Riey and four
Barralls of Syder and Cute her wood and Bring it hom to her
what is Necesary for her fire ; and the afore said Mear and Cows
to be keept for her Bouth Sumer and Winter all these articles
afores^ to Be performed By the S^ Gann Armour Yearly and
Every year Dureing her Naturall Life —
Item my Will is that my Beloved Son Gann Armour and Jenet
Armour his Wife Shall have and In joy all my Real Estate and all
the money that is Due to me upon notes or Bounds Exclusife of
the afore mentioned Dollars: and Likewise all my Stock of
Chattle Exclusife of the afores*^ Mear and Cows: and also all my
farming utentials for their use and Benefite : he paying the Sums
here after mentioned to my other Children and to other hereafter
mentioned : Said Sums is as followeth and Days of payment the
first payment of the one half is at the End of two years after my
Decease and the other half at the End of four years
Item my Will is that my Son Gann Armour pay out of my
Estate to my Son in Law Samuell m^addams and Mary m "ad-
dams his wife the Sume of five hundred pound old tenor and also
to Each of their Children : that is Janet — John — Margrat —
258 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
and James m"addams the Sum of one hundred pound old tenor —
Likwise to my Son in Law John Stuart and Margrat Stuart his
Wife the Sum of one hundred and fifty pounds old tenor and to
Each of thire three Childern he hath By my Doughter Margrat
Stuart that is Sarah and John Stuart and the youngest which is
not yet Baptizt the Sum of one hundred and fifty pound old
tenor — and Likewise to my Son in Law James Gillmoor and
Augness Gillmoor his Wife the Sum of three hundred pounds old
tenor • — and also to James Gillmoor a Child Son to the
afores'^ James Gillmoor and Augness Gillmoor the Sum of four
hundred pound old tenor and Likwise to jean Armour and Mary
Armour Children to the afores'^ Gann Armour and Janet Armour
his Wife to Each of them the Sum of three hundred and fifty
pound old tenor — But if Dollars Should Be Com Less then Six
pound pr Dollar; then these afores<^ Sums to Be Less accord-
ingly —
Item my Will is that David Gillmoor the Boy that Lives with
me have one hundred pound old tenor paid him By my Son in
Law Gann Armour out of my Estate at the End of four years
after my Deceass
Item my will is that Anthony Eady that is Bound to Serve me
Shal have fifty pound old tenor paid to him By the afore S<^
Gann Armour out of my Estate at the End of the time he is
Bound provided he serves out his time honestly and is obedient
to my wife Margrat Gillmoor his Mistress But if not I allow him
Nothing —
Item my Will is y* my Son Gann Armour pay out of my Estate
to the first Minister in this parish of Windham as Soon as Set-
tled the Sum of fifty pounds old tenor; — and Likwise fifty
pound old tenor to the Bulding of a pulpet in the Meetting hous
of S*^ Windham as Son as the work is Don —
and I Do here By Constitute nominate and appoint my Be-
loved Son in Law Gann armour afore mentioned and Samuel
Morison of Windham a fore S*^ Gentleman — my Exacutors
* * * in Witness whereof I have here unto Sett my hand
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 259
and Seal this Ninteenth Day of May and in the thirty first year
of his Majesties Reigne anno Domi 1758
his
James + Gillmoor
Mark
[Witnesses] William Thom, John Thom, William Thom Junr.
[Proved June 28, 1758.]
[Inventory, Aug. 29, 1758; amount, £5550. 10. o; signed by
John Cochran and William Thom.]
[Guardianship of James Gilmore granted to his father, James
Gilmore, June 28, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21 p. 8.]
[Bond of James Gilmore, with Gain Armour and William
Thom as sureties, all of Windham, in the sum of £1000, June 28,
1758, for the guardianship of James Gilmore; witnesses, William
Parker, Nathan Rowe.]
[Guardianship of Sarah Stewart and John Stewart granted to
their father, John Stewart, April 30, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 249.]
[Bond of John Stewart of Haverhill, Mass., with Nathaniel
Woodman and William Wheeler, both of Salem, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, April 30, 1766, for the guardianship of his chil-
dren, Sarah Stewart and John Stewart, for the estate given them
by their grandfather; witnesses, William Vaughan, William
Parker.]
ARTHUR NESMITH 1758 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of Arthur Nesmith of London-
derry granted to Margaret Nesmith of Londonderry, widow,
May 24, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 76.]
260 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Margaret Nesmith, with John Hopkins and James
Wilson, yeomen, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the sum of
£1000, May 24, 1758, for the administration of the estate of
Arthur Nesmith, cooper; witnesses, John Hopkins, Samuel
Barr.]
[Warrant, May 24, 1758, authorizing John Barnett and George
Duncan, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested March 22, 1759; amount, £3382. 16. o;
signed by John Barnett and George Duncan.]
JOSEPH REDMAN 1758 HAMPTON
In the Name of God amen this twenty forth Day of May
Anno Domini 1758 In the thirty first year of his majestys Reign I
Joseph Redman of Hampton in the province of Newhampshire in
New England yeoman being Sick and weeak In Body * * *
First I give and bequeath to my Son John Redman all my
land Laying in my home place and adjoyning to Itt Excepting
Six acres in the first range Joyning upon Little river marsh
Southerly and wersterly upon william Masting which I bequeath
to my Son David Redman
2'^ly I gve unto My Son John Redman all my buildings
Dweling House Barn on itt with all my lands in the first Division
of the five Devisions in hampton both on the northerly and
Southerly Side of little River with my land in The East field So
Called and my Spring Marsh So Called And my Boares marsh
bought of Daniel Moulton With my marsh on the Northerly
Side of the beach Casway Joyning Southerly to palmers marsh
Excepting the above mentioned Six acres
3'*ly I Give and bequeath to my Son trustrim Redman my
Share of land att north hill in the Second North Devision In s^
Hampton with my Share of Marsh and a Share of thatch Ground
both laying on the ox Common and my Share of upland on S"*
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 26l
OX Common with my Share of hucklebury Marsh So Called and
a little Share of marsh in little marsh partly Covered with Sand
4'y I Give and bequeath to my son David Redman One hun-
dred pounds in money old tenor sixty pounds of to be paid by
my Son John Redman and Forty pounds to be paid by my Son
trustrim in one year after my Decease
5'y Itt is my will that my S*^ Sons John Readman Trustrim
Redman and David Redman Shall have all my right and land
Laying in Chichester in S'l Province and Devided Eaqueally
between them with my apparall and my Movables in the house
I also Give to my s^ three Sons Equally between them
6'y I give to My S"^ two Sons John and trustrim all my Stock
of Cattle and husbandry Emplements Eaqualy Between them
7'y I Give and bequeath to my Daughter hannah Godfree
Wife to Nathan Godfree five pounds old tenor to be paid By
my S*^ Son John
S^y I Give and bequeath to my Daughter patience Newman
wife to Benjamin Newman five pounds old tenor to be Paid by
my Son trustrim
I Doe likewise apoint and ordain my S*^ Sons John Redman
and Trustrim Redman to be Executors * * *
Joseph Redman
[Witnesses] John Lester, mary Peacock, Samuel Greenfield.
[Proved June 28, 1758.]
DANIEL CLEMENT 1758 SANDOWN
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Clement of Sandown,
yeoman, granted to Sarah Clement of Hampstead, widow. May
29- 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 4.]
[Bond of Sarah Clement, with Theophilus Eaton, yeoman,
and William Marshall as sureties, all of Hampstead, in the sum
262 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
of £500, May 29, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, WiUiam Parker, William Weeks.]
[Inventory, June 2^] , 1758; amount, £3022. o. o; signed by
Theophilus Eaton and William Marshall.]
PATRICK MELVIN 1758 CHESTER
In the Name of God Amen I Patrick melven of Chester in the
Province of New hamp'' in Newengland Weaver Being Very
weak in Body * * *
Imprimes I Give to mary my Well Beloved wife the whole of
my Personell Estate for her to use Improve and Dispose of as
She Sees cause, and also the Improvement of one third of my
Reall Estate During Life
Item I Give to my Son Benjamin Melven my homesteed place
where on I Dwell Containing twenty acres more or Less and also
all my Lands that I Purchesed from adam Smith as by his Deed
to me may fully appear be it more or Less: and also the Im-
provement of two thirds of my five acres that I Purchesed
from Jonas Clay till my two Children shall Come of Lawfull
age to whome I shall Give the same ; he paying and Performing
as I shall here after order
Item I Give to my son Abreham Melven the Sum of Two
Hundred Pounds old tenor to be Paid to him by my son Benja-
min when he shall arive to the age of twenty years old
Item I Give to my Daughter Elisebath melven the Sum of
two Hundred Pounds old tenor to be Paid to her when she shall
arive to the age of twenty one years old or marriage Day ; to be
Paid to her by my son Benjamin melven
Item I Give to my Daughter mary melven the sum of two
Hundred Pounds old tenor to be Paid to her out of my Estate by
my son Benjamin Melven when she shall arive to the age of
twenty one years old or Day of marriage
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 263
Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah melven the sum of two
Hundred Pounds old tenor to be Paid to her out of my Estate by
my son Benjamin melven when she shall Arive to the age of
twenty one years old or Day of marriage
Item I Give to my son John melven the sum of Two Hundred
Pounds old tenor to be Paid to him out of my Estate by my son
Benjamin melven when he shall arive to the age of twenty one
years old ; and I also Give him the one Half of my five acres of
Land that I Purchesed from Jonas Clay as by Deed may appear
Item I Give to my Daughter Lydia melven the sum of two
Hundred Pounds old tenor to be Paid to her out of my Estate by
my son Benjamin melven when she shall arive to the age of
twenty one years old or Day of mariage ; and I also Give to her
the one Half of my five acres of Land that I Purchesed from
Jonas Clay as by Deed may appear
Item I Give to my Daughter Jean melven the sum of two
Hundred Pounds old tenor to be Paid to her out of my Estate by
my son Benjamin melven when she shall arive to the age of
twenty one years old or Day of marriage
Item It is my will that my funurell Charges shall be Paid in
Equell Proportion out of Each ones proportion as I have Given
to them : and I Do appoynt my well Beloved wife mary and my
son Benjamin melven to be my Executros * * * in witness
to all above written I Have here unto set my hand and affixed my
seal the 2g^^ Day of may annodomini 1758 first above written
his
Patrick + melven
mark
[Witnesses] thomas Willson, David Nutt, Sam'' Emerson.
[Proved April 25, 1759.]
[Bond of Benjamin Melvin, yeoman, with Samuel Emerson as
surety, both of Chester, in the sum of £500, April 25, 1759, for the
execution of the will; witnesses, Zaccheus Clough, William
Parker.l
264 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Receipt of Mary Melvin, April 24, 1759, for the personal es-
tate bequeathed to her in the will; witnesses, Samuel Roby,
Samuel Emerson. 1
MOSES LEAVITT 1758 HAMPTON
[Additional account of the administratrix, Sarah Dearborn,
wife of Jonathan Dearborn, formerly widow of Moses Leavitt;
mentions support of a child under seven years of age one year
after former account; allowed May 31, 1758.]
[Guardianship of Mary Leavitt, minor, aged more than 14
years, daughter of Moses Leavitt of North Hampton, granted to
John Weeks of Hampton Dec. 8, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 125.]
[Bond of John Weeks, with Benjamin Prescott and Stephen
Haley, husbandmen, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Dec. 8,
1758, for the guardianship of Mary Leavitt, minor, daughter of
Moses Leavitt of North Hampton; witnesses, William Parker
and D. Sewall.]
[See estate of Moses Leavitt, 1745.]
DAVID ROBERTS 1758 PLAISTOW
[Administration on the estate of David Roberts of Plaistow,
yeoman, granted to Joanna Roberts, widow. May 31, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 506.]
[Bond of Joanna Roberts of Plaistow, with Thomas Johnson
of Plaistow and Nathaniel Dow of Salem, yeomen, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, May 31, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, James Stoodley, Jr.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 265
[Warrant, May 31, 1758, authorizing Thomas Johnson and
Moses Stevens, both of Plaistow, yeomen, to appraise the es-
tate.]
[Inventory, Aug. 28, 1758; amount, £1557. 4. o; signed by
Moses Stevens and Thomas Johnson.]
[Warrant, April 25, 1759, authorizing Thomas Johnson,
yeoman, Jonathan Carleton, gentleman, Moses Stevens, John
Knight, and Bartholomew Heath, yeomen, all of Plaistow, to
set off the widow's dower.]
Province of 1 we the Subscriber being appointed a Com-
New-Hampshire / mitte to set off to Joanna Roberds widow
Relict of David Roberds late of Plastow Decased her Dower of
thirds of the Real Estate of her late Husband aforesaid as is
hereafter mentioned about nine acres & one quarter of Land
with the House & Barn standing on the Same Excluding the
shop said Land is Bounded as followeth (viz) begining at a
stake & stones by a Road thence Runing westerly by land of
Henry Heseltine about twenty Eight Rods to a stake & stones
thence by land of s'l Estate about forty five Rods southerly to
two white oak trees by Land of Bartholomew Heath thence by
s"^ Heath about Eleven Rods & one half to a stake & stones
thence Northeasterly by Land of s^ Estate about Sixty Rods
to a stake & stones by s^ Road thence Northwesterly by s^ Road
about twenty one Rods to the Bound first mentioned
In Witness whereof we have set to our Hands
Plastow May 28*^ 1759 Thomas Johnson
Bartholomew heath
John Knight
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1789. 10. 6; expendi-
tures, the same; mentions "maintaining 2 of the dec'^'' Children
from Feb^ 17, 1757, to Ocf 29, 1760, being both now under
Seven Years of age"; allowed Oct. 29, 1760.]
266 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
JACOB MORSE 1758 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Jacob Morse of Kingston,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Abigail Morse, May 31, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 11.]
[Bond of Abigail Morse, widow, with Orlando Bagley, gentle-
man, and Ralph Blaisdell, yeoman, as sureties, all of Kingston,
in the sum of £1000, May 31, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Jeremy Webster, Jonathan Blaisdell.]
[Warrant, May 31, 1758, authorizing Jeremy Webster and
Jonathan Blaisdell, yeoman, both of Kingston, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, June 16, 1758; amount, £3356. i. o; signed by
Jeremy Webster and Jonathan Blaisdell.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, personal estate as
inventoried and £7. 8. o; expenditures, £392. 16. o; mentions
two children under 7 years of age; allowed Sept. 30, 1761.]
[Guardianship of Mary Morse and Sarah Morse, minors,
aged more than 14 years, and of Abigail Morse and Ruth Morse,
minors, aged less than 14 years, daughters of Jacob Morse,
granted to Moses Cooper of Newbury, Mass., March 5, 1764.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 341, p. 133.]
[Bonds, one for each ward, of Moses Cooper, yeoman, with
Nathan Chase of Newbury, Mass., yeoman, and Abner Morse of
Kingston as sureties, in the sum of £1000 on each bond, March
5, 1764; witnesses, Samuel Rogers and Samuel Rogers, Jr.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
JOHN MORRISON 1758 EPPING
[Administration on the estate of John Morrison of Epping
granted to Mary Morrison of Epping May 31, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 533.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 267
[Bond of Mary Morrison, widow, with Ebenezer Morrison
and Ezekiel Brown, husbandman, as sureties, all of Epping, in
the sum of £1000, May 31, 1758, for the administration of the
estate ; witnesses, William Parker, Cutts Shannon.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 29, 1758; amount, £7578. 10. 5;
signed by Jonathan Rundlett and Jacob Freese.]
[Account of John Perkins of Epping and Mary, his late wife,
administratrix; receipts, £4940. 14. i, personal estate ; expendi-
tures, £3367. 10. 3; allowed Aug. 29, 1764.]
[Guardianship of Mary Morrison, John Morrison, and David
Morrison, children of John Morrison, granted to Moses Baker
Aug. 29, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 290.]
[Bond of Moses Baker of Candia, yeoman, with John Perkins
of Epping, yeoman, as surety, in the sum of £500, Aug. 29,
1764, for the guardianship of Mary Morrison, John Morrison,
and David Morrison, aged less than 14 years, children of John
Morrison ; witness, William Vaughan.]
[Bond of Moses Baker of Candia, with Ezekiel Brown, gentle-
man, and Thomas Dearborn, yeoman, both of Epping, as sure-
ties, in the sum of £200, Feb. 8, 1771, for the guardianship of
John Morrison, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of John
Morrison; witnesses, Elizabeth Parker, William Parker, Jr.]
ABNER WHEELER 1758 SALEM
In the Name of God Amen the Last Will & Testament of
Abner wheeler of Salem in the Province of New Hampshire in
New England Yeoman * * *
Imprimis I give & bequeath to my Brother Jonathan Wheeler
jun"" all & Singular of my Lands he paying to my Brother Wil-
268 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Ham Wheeler Fifty Spanish Milled Dollars within the Term of
One Year after my Decease.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Brother William Wheeler
whom I do hereby constitute & appoint my Sole Executor of this
my last will all those Debts by Bonds Notes of Hand or other-
wise that are due to me as likewise all my Stock Moveables
Household stuff & Cloathing. I likewise give him Fifty Spanish
Milled Dollars to be paid him by my Brother Jonathan Wheeler
jun'' as above mentioned I give him these things he paying all
my just Debts executing this my will & paying my funeral
Charges, & I do hereby publish & declare this to be my Last will
& Testament This Second Day of June Anno Domini One
Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty & Eight & in the Thirty First
Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second of
Great Brittain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c
his
Abner + Wheeler
Mark
[Witnesses] Abner Bayley, Mary Bayley, Hannah Patee.
[Proved Nov. 15, 1758.]
[Bond of William Wheeler of Salem, yeoman, with John
Webster of Plaistow, gentleman, as surety, in the sum of £4000,
Nov. 15, 1758, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William
Parker, Samuel Parker,]
WILLOUGHBY TAYLOR 1758 EXETER
In The name of God amen This Third Day of June anno
Domini 1758 I Willibey Tayler of Exeter in the Province of
Newhamp'' Cordwiner being in helth of body and of a Sound and
Perfect mind & memory Thankes be to allmighty God for the
Same; but am Desined to go into The Desined Expedition now
forming against his majesties Enemies * * *
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 269
First I Give and bequeave unto my brother William Tayler
and to his heirs and assing for Ever all my Real and Personall
Estate, Lying and being in Exeter or Else where my Said Brother
William to Come into Porsission Emeaditaly after my Decease
viz all that acre of Land which I Purchesed of Caleb Gilman
where I have Erected i new House and all The Land and other
Estate which falls to me as an heir to my Hone*^ Father Joseph
Tayler Late of Exeter Deceased, and I hereby appoint my be-
loved brother William Tayler of The Same town & Province
afore Said to be Sole Excu' * * *
Willoughby Taler
[Witnesses] Caleb Gilman, Robart Kimball, Theo: Smith.
[Proved Aug. 30, 1758.]
Fort Edward July y« 24^^ 1758
My Dear I can send you but a few lines to let you know
Yesterday as a Number of Carts with a Gaurd went from this
place towards Lake George were Attackt By the Indians who
made a great Slaughter upon them wee heard the Guns and turn
out and pursued the enemy with all Speed the mischief being
done about 4 miles of wee came upon some of them, when they
took into the woods & wee followed them ; when they halted ; and a
fire begun upon both Sides, there was one man shot through the
Shoulder within 10 foot of me, they kil<^ but one of Cap* Gilmans
men his name was Willoughby Tayler —
Wee were engaged with them near two hours att length they
went of but the Slaughter they made upon the Gaurds and upon
the Oxen was very Shocking wee buried twenty five two of
them were women, and they kiled 100 & Odd Cattle and des-
troy"^ a Great Quantity of Liquors & Provisions —
being in hast I must Conclude with very kind love to you
and our dear Children which is all att Present from your Loving
husband till Death
William Harris
270 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Addressed] To M' William Harris Att Exeter In New Hamp-
shire
[Bond of William Taylor, with Caleb Gilman and Robert
Kimball as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum of £500, Aug. 30,
1758, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker,
James Stoodley, Jr.]
SAMUEL PRESCOTT 1758 HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God amen this third Day of June In the year
of Our Lord Christ One thousand Seven hundred and fifty Eight.
I Samuel Prescutt of Hampton falls in the Province of New
Hampshire Esq"" * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Jeremiah Prescutt to
him his heirs and Assigns forever All the Land I have in the
Parish of Eping in the Province aforesaid lying on the Southerly
Side of Lampereel River so Called, I having already Given him a
Deed of ten acres on the Notherly Side of said River. And fur-
ther I Give to my said Son his heirs and assigns the One half of a
Last hundred Acre Lott so Called in the Township of Chester in
the Province aforesaid which Lott is Number 34, to be Equally
Divided as to Quantity & Quality I Also Give him One third
part of a Piece of Salt Marsh Containing About five Acres Ly-
ing near the falls River so Called in Hampton falls aforesaid ;
Also two hundred Pounds old Tenor to be Paid him by my son
William Prescutt, Also my Sword, Walking Cane, And Great
Bible
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Son Samuel Prescutt to him
his heirs and assigns forever twenty Acres of Land in Hampton
falls aforesaid where his Dwelling House now is Bounding East-
erly on Exeter Road And so to go Westerly Carrying the whole
Wedth of my Land 'till twenty Acres are Compleated. Also a
Piece of Land in Hampton falls aforesaid by the Crankway
so Called Containing about twenty one Acres, Also a Piece of
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 27 1
Land in Hampton falls aforesaid on the Easterly Side Taylors
River so Called Containing About twenty Acres And is part of
the Land I Bought of John Swain & Nathanael Prescutt Bound-
ing by said Taylors River Westerly, by land of Joseph Sanborn
Southerly, by land left for a way Easterly, And by land belong-
ing to the heirs of Joseph Garland Deceasd Northerly Also one
Acre of Marsh on the Southerly Side of my Marsh by Swains
Creek so Called. Also One half that hundred Acre Lott in
Chester aforesaid of which I have given the Other half to my
son Jeremiah Also One feather Bed and Beding. And I Order
him my said Son Samuel to Pay One hundred Pounds old Tenor
to my Son John Prescutt and One hundred Pounds old Tenor to
my Son Joseph Prescutt One half to be paid within One year
after my Decease, and the Other half within two years after my
Decease
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son John Prescutt his heirs
and assigns a Piece of Land lying in the Parish of Eping in the
Province aforesaid where he now lives Containing About fifty
four Acres Bounding Southerly partly on land I gave to my Son
Joseph And partly on land my said Son John Bought of his
Brother Jeremiah, Notherly on Land belonging to the heirs
of Jonathan Prescutt Deceas'd, Also one half of a first hundred
Acre Lott so Called in Chester aforesaid Number 83. Also one
third part of a Piece of Marsh of About five acres lying near the
falls River so Called in Hampton falls aforesaid. Also one
feather Bed And Beding. Also One hundred Pounds old Tenor
to be Paid him by my Son Samuel Prescutt.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Joseph Prescutt to
him his heirs And Assigns A Piece of Land lying in Eping afore-
said where he now lives Containing About forty four acres.
Also nine acres of Land on the Notherly Side of Lampereel
River so Called Bounding Southerly by said River, Notherly
by land of my Son John. Also one half of that hundred Acre
Lott in Chester aforesaid of which my Son John has the Other
half. Also one third part of a Piece of Marsh of About five acres
272 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
lying near the falls River so Called in Hampton falls aforesaid.
Also one hundred Pounds old Tenor to be Paid him by my Son
Samuel.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son William Prescutt to him
his heirs and assigns All my Home Place Land and Buildings Ex-
cept what I have Already Given to my Son Samuel Containing
About fifty two Acres where my House and Barn Stand. Also
a Piece of Land I Bought of Caleb Swain Containing About
twenty Acres. Also a Piece of Land which I Purchased of Rob-
ert Row and Nathanael Prescutt on the Westerly Side of
Taylors River. Also a Piece of Land in Hampton falls aforesaid
which I Lately Purchased of Reuben Sanborn Containing About
thirty Acres. Also About three Acres of Salt Marsh by Swains
Creek so Called being the Remainder of what marsh I have at
that Place not given to my Son Samuel. Also all the Land which
belongs to me in the Township of Chester aforesaid not before
Disposed of in this my will. I Also Give him my Clock, And
one feather bed and beding And all my Husbandry and Carpen-
try Tools, And my Gun And Desk, And I Order my said Son
William to pay to my Son Jeremiah two hundred Pounds old
Tenor one half within One Year after my Decease And the
Remainder within two years after my Decease. I Also Order
my Said Son William to Pay the Sum of four hundred and Ninety
Pounds old Tenor Equally between my four Sons Jeremiah,
Samuel, John, and Joseph within one year after my Decease
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Grandson Samuel Prescutt
Son of Jeremiah, twenty Pounds old Tenor to be paid him when
he arrives at the age of twenty one years by my Executor
Item I further Give to my Sons Samuel and William Equally
Between them my Part of the old Sawmill so Called in Hampton
falls aforesaid And Priviledges thereto belonging
Item My will is And I do hereby Order that after my Debts
And funeral Charges shall be Paid, My Stock of Creatures
Wearing Apparell, Moveables within Doors, Not before Disposed
of in this my will. And my Bonds, Notes, and Money As also
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 273
what Lands I own in a tract of land Granted to Ichabod Robie
Esq"" and Others, shall be all Equally Divided Among my five
Sons beforementioned And further my will is and I do hereby
Order that if anything shall be Recover'd Against my Estate on
account of a Piece of Land which I have Sold lying in Kensing-
ton in the Quarter of Mile so Called which is now in Controversy
in the Law, That my Son William shall Pay the Same 'till it
Amounts to the Sum of three hundred Pounds old Tenor, and
if Any thing more than that Sum shall be Recoverd that the
Remainder shall be paid and Satisfied Equally by my Sons
Jeremiah, Samuel, John, Joseph, & William
Lastly I do by these presents Constitute and Appoint my Son
William Prescutt Sole Executor * * *
Sam^' Present
[Witnesses] Meshech Weare, Elisha Prescut, Malachi Shaw.
[Proved June 28, 1758.]
[Jeremiah Prescott, Samuel Prescott, John Prescott, and
Joseph Prescott, sons of Samuel Prescott, accept the provisions
of the will and waive inventory of the personal estate June 20,
1758.]
[Bond of William Prescott, yeoman, with Meshech Weare
and Elisha Prescott, yeoman, as sureties, all of Hampton Falls,
in the sum of £1000, June 28, 1758, for the execution of the will;
witnesses, William Parker, Josiah Hilton.]
BENJAMIN ROWE 1758 NEWINGTON
In the Name of God Amen I Benjamin Row of Newington In
the Province of New-hampshire in New-England, being about to
Goe Into the War * * * Imprimis I Give And bequeeth to
My Mother Rachel Row Widdow fifty Pounds old Tenor To be
paid Unto her by my Executor who Is hereafter to be Men-
tioned And the Rest to be Equally Divided Among My Sisters
274 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
that Shall Survive Me : And All to be paid to them by the Exec-
utor of this My Last will And Testament and to be paid with In
Six Months After they Receive a Certain Account of My De-
cease In Case God should so order It in his Providence that I
should not Return to my friends Again. And I Doe with All
Constitute And Appoint my frind & Cozen Jonathan Quint to
be the Sole Executor of This My Last Will And Testament.
In Witness Whereof I have To These presents set my hand
And Seal This Third Day of June In The Thirty first Year of the
Reigne of our Sovereigne Lord George The 2'^ of Great Brittaine
&c King Defender of the faith And In the Year of our Lord God
1758.
Benjamin Row
his
[Witnesses] Joseph Adams, Benj : Adams, John + Brown.
marke
[Proved Nov. 29, 1758.]
[Bond of Jonathan Quint, yeoman, with Benjamin Adams,
gentleman, as surety, both of Newington, in the sum of £1000,
Nov. 29, 1758, for the administration of the estate; witnesses.
William Parker, Moses Barnett.]
JOSEPH BARNES 1758 PORTSMOUTH
[Guardianship of Joseph Barnes, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Joseph Barnes of Portsmouth, potter, granted to
Mark Langdon of Portsmouth, gentleman, June 3, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 533.]
[Bond of Mark Langdon, with Thomas Pattinson and James
Hewitt, mariners, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
£500, June 3, 1758, for the guardianship of Joseph Barnes, son
of Joseph Barnes, deceased ; witnesses, William Parker, David
Sewall.l
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 275
MOSES CAVERLY 1758 HARRINGTON
In The name of God Amen. The Last will and Testament of
Moses Caverly of Barrington in the Province of New Hamp-
shire Bricklayer * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Dearly beloved wife
Margaret Caverly all my Real Estate in Barrington aforesaid
during her Natural Life and the Improvement of all my hous-
hold furniture so long as she shall live
Item. To my Two Sons Moses and Thomas Caverly I give
(after the decease of my said wife) all my Real Estate in said
Barrington aforesaid to them their heirs and assigns to be
Divided in Equal Shares between them, and also my Stock of
Cattle and Utensels to be divided as aforesaid —
Item. To my Two Sons William and Nathaniel Caverly I
give five Shillings new Tenor Each, they having had a house
and Land at Islington by Deed
Item. To my Daughter Mary Nelson I give Twenty pounds
old Tenor to be paid by my Two Sons Moses and Thomas viz
Ten pounds to be paid to her by Each of them —
Item. To my Two Daughters Sarah and Hannah Caverly.
I give (after the decease of my wife) all my household furniture
to be Equally divided Between them —
Item. My Brick Yard in the Rock field so Called in Ports-
mouth in the Province aforesaid and the way leading from the
Road thereto I order to be Sold by my Executor and the money
Raised thereby to be applyed to the payment of my Debts and
funeral Expences, and after the payment of the Same, the Resi-
due if any there by shall be divided Equally between all my
Daughters —
Item, all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Estate
after the payment of the Legacy given to my Daughter Mary I
give unto my aforesaid Two Sons Moses and Thomas Caverly
their heirs and assigns —
And I Do appoint my said Son Moses Caverly to be Sole
276 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Executor of this my last will and Testament, hereby Revoking &
making Void all Wills & Testaments by me heretofore made,
Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last will and
Testament. In Testimony whereof I the said Moses Caverly
have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Twelfth day of June in
the thirty first Year of his Majestys Reign annoque Domini One
thousand Seven hundred & fifty Eight
Moses Caverly
[Witnesses] Jacob Treadwell, Nathanael Jackson, Cutts
Shannon.
[Proved April 17, 1765.]
[Bond of Moses Caverly of Barrington, yeoman, with William
Earl Treadwell of Portsmouth, merchant, as surety, in the sum
of £500, April 16, 1765, for the execution of the will; witness,
William Parker.l
ARCHIBALD STARK 1758 MANCHESTER
In the Name of God Amen June 22^^ Annoque: Dom. 1758 I
Archibald Stark of Derryfield & Province of New Hampshire
Yeoman, Being weak in Body * * * i Bequeath to my
well-beloved wife Elinor Stark one third part of the Income of
my Estate, During her Life. Item I Bequeth my whole Estate
Real & Personal to my Children William Stark, John Stark
Archibald Stark Samuel Stark, Henry Stark, Isabel Stirling &
Jean Stinson To be Divided in Equal Shars amongest them, after
they have Performed as above & given to every one of my Grand -
Children a Cow or the Value thereof in Money.
Finally I Ordain & Appoint my Two Sons William Stark &
John Stark Executors * * *
Archebld Stark
[Witnesses] Caleb Towle, Benjamin Sleeper, Caleb towl jun^
[Proved Aug. 4, 1758.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 277
[Inventory, attested Jan. 29, 1759; amount, £9618. 12. o;
signed by Matthew Patten and Thomas Hall.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £4161. 3. 8; signed
by Matthew Patten and Alexander McMurphy; attested June
12, 1760.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, £1618. 12. o, personal es-
tate; expenditures, £4624. 17. 2; allowed Oct. 31, 1765.]
RICHARD HEATH 1758 PLAISTOW
[Miriam Heath of Plaistow renounces administration on the
estate of her husband, Richard Heath of Plaistow, yeoman, in
favor of Lieut. Thomas Hale and Ensign Benjamin Richards,
both of Plaistow, June 24, 1758; witnesses, Thomas Little, Mary
Little.]
[Administration granted to Thomas Hale and Benjamin Rich-
ards Nov. 29, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. no.]
[Bond of Thomas Hale, gentleman, and Benjamin Richards,
yeoman, with John Wentworth of Somersworth and Andrew
Craige of Chester, gentlemen, as sureties, in the sum of £500,
Nov. 29, 1758, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Cutts Shannon, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Nov. 29, 1758, authorizing Thomas Little, yeoman,
and Tristram Knight, gentleman, both of Plaistow, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Feb. 23, 1759; amount, £1387. 11. o;
signed by Tristram Knight and Thomas Little.]
[Commission, Feb. 28, 1759, to Thomas Little and Tristram
Knight to receive claims against the estate.]
278 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[List of claims, Sept. 25, 1759; amount, £1327. i. 10; signed by-
Tristram Knight and Thomas Little.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £1327. i. 10; amount
distributed, £445. 2. 3; allowed Nov. 30, 1759.]
[Account of Benjamin Richards, surviving administrator; re-
ceipts, £1460. o. o; expenditures, £569. 15. 6; mentions "al-
lowed the Widow out of the Inventory for her Support and main-
taining a Child .... paid for the funeral of a Child under age " ;
allowed Jan. 12, 1760.]
STEPHEN OILMAN 1758 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Stephen Gilman of Kingston,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Mary Gilman, June 28, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 11.]
[Bond of Mary Gilman, with Daniel Gilman and Nathaniel
French, gentlemen, as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of
£500, June 28, 1758, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Ruth Brown, Josiah Bartlett.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 29, 1758; amount, £2212. 13. o;
signed by Samuel Winsley and Josiah Bartlett.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1391. o. o; expendi-
tures, £1995. 6. o; mentions "Bringing up 2 Children under
seven years old 364 weeks. . . . Extra Costs in nursing & Pro-
viding for the youngest Child being a Cripple nine years":
allowed Oct. 26, 1768.]
Province of 1 We the Subscribers being appointed a Corn-
New Hamps"^ / mittee to Set off to Mary Gilman Widow &
Relict of Stephen Gilman late of Kingston yeoman Deceased her
Dower which happens to her of the real Estate of which he died
Seized — Have proceeded & set off to her twelve Acres more or
less of Land with the buildings thereon bounded as follows viz*
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 279
beginning at a White oak Stake marked & Standing (near the
fence at the Country Road) twenty Rods South of the North-
west Corner of the late homestead of said Deceased thence
running Southerly by said Road about twenty Rods to the high-
way leading to the Spring (so called) then running Easterly partly
by said high way & partly by Land of John Fifield to land said
Mary heretofore sold to D"" Josiah Bartlett, then running north-
erly by said Bartlets Land Twenty Rods, then Running west-
erly to the said White oak Stake — November 28*^^ 1768
Eben"^ Stevens 1
W"" Parker jr ^ Committee
Josiah Bartlett J
JOB ROWELL 1758 SALISBURY, MASS.
[Administration de bonis non on the estate of Job Rowell of
Salisbury, Mass., granted to Sarah Rowell June 28, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 20, p. 518.]
[Bond of Sarah Rowell, widow, with Samuel Bernard, gentle-
man, and Eliphalet Merrill, yeoman, as sureties, all of South
Hampton, in the sum of £1000, June 28, 1758, for the adminis-
tration of the estate, the executor being deceased; witnesses,
William Parker, James Stoodley, Jr.]
JEREMIAH LEAVITT 1758 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Jeremiah Leavitt of Exeter,
gentleman, granted to his widow, Mary Leavitt, June 28, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 5.]
[Bond of Mary Leavitt, with Samuel Fogg, yeoman, and
Ephraim Robinson, trader, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the sum
of £1000, June 28, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, Abel Brown.]
28o NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, June 28, 1758, authorizing Ephraim Robinson and
John Purmort, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, July 25, 1758; amount, £2526. 7. o; signed by
Ephraim Robinson and John Purmort.]
[Commission, April 24, 1759, to Ephraim Robinson and Noah
Emery, both of Exeter, gentlemen, to receive claims against the
estate.]
[List of claims, April 25, 1760; amount, £3742. 9. 5; signed by
Ephraim Robinson and Noah Emery.]
[Account of Benjamin Connor and his wife Mary Connor, ad-
ministratrix; receipts, £4109. 8. o; expenditures, £1551. 5. 4;
mentions "Support of 2 Children under Seven Years of Age 2
Years & Six months Each"; allowed Oct. 10, 1760.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £3742. 9. 5; amount
distributed, £2558. 2. 8; allowed Nov. 18, 1760.]
SAMUEL WENTWORTH 1758 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Wentworth of Somers-
worth, yeoman, granted to Sarah Wentworth of Somersworth,
widow, June 28, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 12.]
[Bond of Sarah Wentworth, with Otis Baker, merchant, and
Isaac Home, husbandman, both of Dover, as sureties, in the sum
of £1000, June 28, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, James Stoodley, Jr.]
[Warrant, June 28, 1758, authorizing Moses Carr, physician,
and Ezekiel Wentworth, yeoman, both of Somersworth, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 19, 1758; amount, £6865. o. 6; signed by
Moses Carr and Ezekiel Wentworth.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 281
WARD LOCKE 1758 KENSINGTON
[Margaret Locke of Kingston renounces administration on the
estate of her son, Ward Locke of Kensington, housewright,
June 30, 1758, in favor of Moses Shaw of Kensington; witnesses,
William Parker, Jr., Joseph Greeley, Jr.]
[Administration granted to Moses Shaw July 26, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 24.]
[Bond of Moses Shaw, housewright, with William Parker of
Kingston and Joseph Cilley of Nottingham, gentleman, as sure-
ties, in the sum of £400, July 26, 1758, for the administration of
the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Hall.]
[Inventory, Oct. 8, 1759; amount, £707. I5- o; signed by
William Parker and Jonathan Perkins.]
STEVENS 1758
Honrabil Sir I Recived a sititation from your Hon^ Last wiek
bearing Date 24 of January Kept up one purpos I supose to non
pluses me and was Likewise suprayising to me for mr John
Hoog told me he had settled the afear but sir when my husband
Dayed July Last was twelve months I was then the Likelest to a
dayed and Lay two month after he Dayied with 4 small Child ring
about me in the woods destitute almost of either brede or meate
but was suplayd by the Charety of Christian pepoal ; and had but
a smal stock only 3 Cows 2 heffers and a hors and having no hay
to Keepe them Got them praysed and payd deets with the price
of them which I Cann Shew: but Sir I Cann not Com this Sesean
of the year having no hors and not abel to hayer one and Likwise
the warning so short that itt is Imposable for me to attend the
Last wedensday of february Covant but as sown as it is posabel
for me to traviel I will Com and setle Evirey thing in that Regard
in a klear Light and prays that adiminestration may not be
282 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Granted for thes Resons and many others untill I Com which is
sir from a destitute widow
Londonderry february y« 23: 1759
her
Sarah X Stevens
mark
JOHN DINSMOOR 1758 NEW IPSWICH
[Hannah Dinsmoor renounces administration on the estates of
her sons, John Dinsmoor and Asa Dinsmoor, July 4, 1758, in
favor of her son, Abraham Dinsmoor; witnesses, Benjamin
Wright, Gershom Drury.]
[Administration on the estate of John Dinsmoor of New Ips-
wich granted to Abraham Dinsmoor of Hollis, yeoman, July 6,
1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 19.]
[Bond of Abraham Dinsmoor, with Samuel Thurston of Ep-
ping and Abner Thurston of Stratham, yeomen, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, July 6, 1758, for the administration of the es-
tate; witnesses, William Parker, Moses Thurston.]
[Warrant, July 6, 1758, authorizing Samuel Cummings, gen-
tleman, and Stephen Ames, yeoman, both of Hollis, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 23, 1758; amount, £1385. 18. o; signed by
Samuel Cummings and Stephen Ames.]
JOHN HOLLAND, JR. 1758 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of John Holland, Jr., of Exeter,
laborer, granted to John Odlin of Exeter July 6, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 29.]
[Bond of John Odlin, with James Leavitt and Noah Emery,
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 283
both of Exeter, gentlemen, as sureties, in the sum of £500, July
6, 1758, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Theophi-
lus Smith, Jonathan Loud.]
[Warrant, July 6, 1758, authorizing Noah Emery and James
Leavitt to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, July 8, 1758; amount, £782. 10. 3; signed by James
Leavitt and Noah Emery.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £782. 10. 8, personal
estate; expenditures, £77. 14. 8; allowed March 31, 1762.]
ASA DINSMOOR 1758 HOLLIS
[Administration on the estate of Asa Dinsmoor granted to
Abraham Dinsmoor of Hollis, yeoman, July 6, 1758,]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 19.]
[Bond of Abraham Dinsmoor, with Samuel Thurston of Ep-
ping and Abner Thurston of Stratham, yeomen, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, July 6, 1758, for the administration of the es-
tate of Asa Dinsmoor of Hollis, yeoman; witnesses, William
Parker, Moses Thurston.]
[Warrant, July 6, 1758, authorizing Samuel Cummings, gen-
tleman, and Stephen Ames, yeoman, both of Hollis, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 23, 1758; amount, £400. o. o; signed by Sam-
uel Cummings and Stephen Ames.]
WILLIAM CHADDOCK 1758 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of William Chaddock of Somers-
worth, mariner, granted to Abra Chaddock of Somersworth,
widow, July 26, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 23.]
284 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Abra Chaddock, with William Wentworth, gentle-
man, and William Stackpole, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of
£1000, July 26, 1758, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, James Hobbs.]
[Inventory, Aug. 30, 1758; amount, £3559. 10. o; signed by
Moses Carr and James Hobbs.]
JOSEPH COCHRAN 1758 BEDFORD
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Cochran of Bedford,
yeoman, granted to Margaret Cochran of Bedford, widow, and
Samuel Cochran of Litchfield, yeoman, July 26, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 30.]
[Bond of Margaret Cochran and Samuel Cochran with Samuel
Patten and Robert Walker, both of Bedford, yeomen, as sureties,
in the sum of £900, July 26, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Matthew Patten, Elizabeth Patten.]
[Warrant, July 26, 1758, authorizing Samuel Patten and Rob-
ert Walker, both of Bedford, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 22, 1758; amount, £5097. 10. 9; signed by
Samuel Patten and Robert Walker.]
[Account of the administrators; receipts, £2850, 9, 6, personal
estate; expenditures, £652. 15. 2; mentions "maintaining two
Children of said Intestate 64 Weeks Each .... To a Negro
Infant appraised at £40 allow^ the accountant for its main-
tenance"; allowed Sept. 26, 1759.]
[Additional account of the administrators; receipts, £109. 17.
8)4 ; expenditures, £71. 5. 10; mentions "Boarding Victualling
&c Agnes Cochran Daughter of the Deceasd Six years & Eight
Months .... Boarding victualling &c Mary Cochran Daugh-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 285
ter to the Deceased Six years & Eight Months"; allowed Oct.
30, 1765-]
[Petition of James Steele of Bedford, yeoman, Nov. 9, 1774,
who married Margaret, widow of Joseph Cochran, for the set-
ting off of the widow's dower.]
[Commission, Nov. 9, 1774, to Robert Walker, gentleman,
Thomas Boyes, James Aiken, John Moore, yeomen, all of Bed-
ford, and Alexander Gilchrist of Goffstown, yeoman, to set off
the widow's dower.]
To the Honourable John Sherburne Esq"" Judge of the probate
of Wills for the County of Rockingham
Hon'''^ Sir, Pursuant to your order to us to Divide the Estate
of Joseph Cochran Late of Bedford Deceased, and set off the
Dowrey that happens to Margret Steel Widow of the said
Joseph Cochran now the wife of James Steel. Agreeable therto
we have made the following Division (Viz) Begining at a white
pine Stump at the west End of said farm thirty three Rods from
the south west Corner bound thereof, to Run East from said
stump, till it come to the East Line of the farm, and North from
the formentioned stump thirty two Rods to a stake and Stones
that is in the West Line of said farm, thence East Parralill to
the first Mentioned Line till it come to the East End of said
farm. Reserving the orchard that is about the Midle of said farm
which happens to be in that Part set off to Steel and his wife,
for the use of the Heirs, Excepting three Rows of Apple trees on
the south side of the orchard from the West to the East End
thereof, which three Rows the said Steel and his Wife is to have
for their use and Improvement, Said Steel and his wife is to have
the house and ten feet of the East End of the Barn that is on
said farm. Reserving a lane two Rods wide from the high Way
that is at the West End of said farm in to the barn and the
floorway of the barn for a Priviledge for all the Parties that Im-
prove any Part of said farm to Enjoy in common. Likewise said
Steel and his wife is to have the Improvement of a Lot of
286 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Medow in Crosbys medow (So Called) that belonged to said
farm Excepting two acres on the south Side of said Lot of medow,
which two acres is Reserved for the use of the Heirs
Bedford March 29: 1775
Robert Walker
John Moor Jun""
Alex"" Gilcrist
James Aikin
Thomas Boies
STEPHEN ROBERTS 1758 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Stephen Roberts of Dover,
tanner, granted to Keziah Roberts of Dover, widow, July 26,
1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 24.]
[Bond of Keziah Roberts, with Joseph Bickford and Timothy
Roberts, yeomen, as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £500,
July 26, 1758, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, Ebenezer Long.]
[Warrant, July 26, 1758, authorizing Timothy Robinson and
Alexander Caldwell, both of Dover, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 28, 1758; amount, £8029. 6. o; signed by
Timothy Robinson and Alexander Caldwell.]
GERSHOM WENTWORTH 1758 SOMERSWORTH
In the Name of God Amen, The Second Day of August in the
Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty Eight, I
Garshom Wentworth of the Town of Somersworth in the Prov-
ince of New Hampshire in New England Gentleman * * *
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 287
Imprimis I give and bequeath to My dearly beloved Wife
Sarah y^ Improvement of the one half of my Estate both real &
personal during her widowhood and if She marries again then
the one third of My real & personal Estate during her natural
life.
Item I give and bequeath to My beloved Sons Gershom Went-
worth & Benjamin Wentworth all my lands in Somersworth,
in Rochester, in the New Township at the Head of Berwick
commonly known by y" Name of Towwow, & else where, with all
y« buildings thereon standing (excepting y^ lands hereafter to be
Mentioned) together with all y appurtenences priviledges &
commodities to the same belonging, equelly to be divided be-
tween them, to them their Heirs & assigns for ever, except y^
Improvement of part thereof as afore said.
Item I give and bequeath to My two Said Sons Gershom &
Benjamin all My Interest in Saw Mills in S<^ Somersworth, to-
gether with all the appurtenances & priviledges to the same be-
longing to be equally divided between them, to them their
Heirs and assigns for ever excepting the Improvement of part
thereof as af'^s'^.
Item I Give to my two S*^ Sons Gershom & Benjamin, to
each of them one feather bed.
Item I give & bequeath to My S^ beloved Son Gershom My
Silver Tankard, to him his Heirs & assigns after the decease of
my S^ wife Sarah,
Item I give & bequeath to my S*^ beloved Son Benjamin My
Silver Kan & all My Silver spoons to him his Heirs & assigns
after y decease of My Said Wife Sarah.
Item I give and bequeath to My beloved Grand Daughter
Sarah Baker y^ Child of My beloved Daughter Lydia deceasd all
my Interest in lands in Canterbury together with all y" appur-
tenances & priviledges to y® same belonging to her her Heirs &
assigns for ever.
Item I give & bequeath to my Said beloved Grand Daughter
Sarah, the one half of my Second Division Lot in Rochester
288 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
which my beloved Brother Paul Wentworth gave me in His last
will & Testament and also all my lands in the Third Division of
lands in S*^ Rochester together with all the appurtenences &
priviledges to y" same belonging, to her her Heirs & assigns for
ever.
Item I give & bequeath to the present Church of Christ in
Somersworth two Hundred Pounds old Tennor y^ use or Interest
of S"^ Sum to be Improvd by S*^ Church for y^ use & benefit of
S*^ Church, as Said Church shall think or Judge for y« best, the
S^ two Hundred pounds to be paid equally by my two S*^ Sons
Gershom & Benjamin within one year after my decease.
Item I give and bequeath to my two S'^ Sons Gershom & Ben-
jamin the one half of my Stock of Creatures, & the other half also
& all the rest of my Household Goods after my S"* wife Sarahs
Decease.
Item Its My will that My two S'^ Sons Gershom & Benjamin
pay equally between them all my lawfull Debts, and all My
funeral Charges.
Item all y rest of My Estate both real & personal I give &
bequeath to my two S*^ Sons Gershom & Benjamin, to be equally
divided between them, to them their Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item I do hereby Constitute make & ordain My S*^ Beloved
Wife Sarah and my Said beloved Son Gershom my Sole Executors
* * *
Ger: Wentworth
his
[Witnesses] John + James, Ebenezer Ricker, Thomas Went-
worth. Mark
[Proved June 27, 1759.]
[Sarah Wentworth declines to act as executor of the will of her
husband, Gershom Wentworth, June 25, 1759; witnesses,
Ezekiel Wentworth, Mercy Ricker.]
[Bond of Gershom Wentworth, with Benjamin Wentworth and
John James as sureties, all of Somersworth, yeomen, in the sum
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 289
of £1000, June 27, 1759, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
William Parker, Benjamin Prescott.]
JESSE WORCESTER 1758 NEWBURY, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Jesse Worcester of Newbury,
Mass., yeoman, granted to Francis Worcester of Hollis, yeoman,
Aug. 19, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 42.]
[Bond of Francis Worcester, with Joseph Knight, saddler, and
James Thurston, blacksmith, both of Exeter, as sureties, in the
sum of £1000, Aug. 19, 1758, for the administration of the estate
of his brother, Jesse Worcester; witnesses, Abner Thurston,
Theophilus Smith.]
[Inventory of the estate in New Hampshire, Aug. 19, 1758, 30
acres of land in Brentwood, £600. o. o; signed by Theophilus
Smith and Abner Thurston.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £360. o. o; expendi-
tures, £727. 12.0; allowed Nov. 12, 1761.]
NATHANIEL MESERVE 1758 PORTSMOUTH
[Bond of George Meserve, merchant, with William Earl
Treadwell, merchant, and Paul March, gentleman, as sureties,
all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £5000, Aug. 18, 1758, for the ad-
ministration of the estate of Nathaniel Meserve of Portsmouth ;
witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Warrant, Aug. 19, 1758, authorizing John MofTatt, Jacob
Sheafe, and Samuel Penhallow, merchants, all of Portsmouth, to
appraise the estate of Nathaniel Meserve, administration, with
will annexed, being granted to his son, George Meserve.]
290 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
BENJAMIN SMITH 1758 HAVERHILL, MASS.
[Certificate of Sargent Smith, Aug. 21, 1758, that he is ad-
ministrator of the estate of Benjamin Smith of Haverhill, Mass.,
and that he has settled his accounts in Essex County, Mass.;
witness, Nathaniel Peaslee Sargent.]
We the Subscribers are well knowing that Benj* Smith late of
Haverhill in y County of Essex deceas'd Intestate who died
about Sixteen Years ago, left but four Children & Heirs y"
Eldest named Benjamin, y^ Second named Ballard & y" third
named Abigail, & the last named Dorothy & that Dorothy the
Widdow of y" s<^ Benj'' is now married to Obadiah Johnson & in
full Life as we are Informed —
Dated Haverhill Aug* 2i«* 1758
Thomas Abbot
Sargent Smith
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Smith, joiner,
granted to Sargent Smith of Newbury, Mass., yeoman, Oct. 3,
1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 83.]
[Bond of Sargent Smith of Newbury, Mass., yeoman, with
John Webster, gentleman, and Daniel Poor, yeoman, both of
Plaistow, as sureties, in the sum of £2000, Oct. 3, 1758, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, John Green, Nathaniel
Peaslee Sargent.]
[Inventory of estate in New Hampshire, Oct. 5, 1758; land in
Plaistow, £480. o. o; signed by John Webster, Timothy Ladd,
and Daniel Poor.]
[Warrant, Oct. 13, 1758, authorizing Col. James White, Tris-
tram Knight, John Webster, gentlemen, Timothy Ladd, and
Daniel Poor, yeomen, all of Plaistow, to appraise the estate in
New Hampshire for settlement on the oldest son; return of 43
acres of land in Plaistow at £537. 10. o; signed by James White,
Tristram Knight, John Webster, and Timothy Ladd.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 29 1
[Order of court, Dec. i8, 1758, settling the real estate on Ben-
jamin Smith, oldest son, he to pay the others their shares.]
[Bond of Thomas Abbott of Andover, Mass., yeomen, in be-
half of Benjamin Smith of Andover, Mass., blacksmith, with
Daniel Poor and Samuel Kimball, both of Plaistow, yeomen, as
sureties, in the sum of £1000, Dec. 18, 1758, for the payment to
the other heirs of their shares; witnesses, Joshua Emery, Nathan-
iel Peaslee Sargent.]
[Account of the administrator against the estate; amount,
£118. o. o; allowed Dec. 18, 1758.].
BETTY MACE 1758 DOVER
In The Name of God Amen the twenty third Day of August
1758 I Betty Mace of Dover In the Province of New Hamp"^ Be-
ing Sick & weak in Body * * *
Item I Give & bequeath to my Hon*^ Mother Eliz" Harford
my black Gound & Riding-Hood
Item I give & bequeath to my Sisters Patience Ham & Ann
Evers all my wearing apparrel not before mentioned to be
Equally Divided between them
Item I Give & bequeath to my Couzin Elizabeth Nethersell
Daughter of my brother Joseph Harford & to her Heirs forever all
my real & personal Estate Debts & moveable Effects whatsoever
Item I Constitute ordain & appoint my friend Thomas West-
brook Waldron sole Executor * * *
Betty Mace
[Witnesses] Silvan us Hussey, Zaccheus Purintun, William
Wentworth.
[Proved Sept. 27, 1758.]
Whereas Betty Mace Late of Dover in the Province of New
Hampshire Widow Deceasd Appointed me Sole Executor of
292 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
her Last Will & Testament but In Consideration that the Resid-
uary Legatee who was when Said Will was made a Singlewoman
Inncapable of the Executorship thereof is now married & her
Husband Desiring to have the management thereof in his own
hands I hereby Renounce & Relinquish the Said Trust and Sub-
mit the Same to the Disposition of the Law Witness my hand
the 15*^ day of March 1759
Tho^ W" Waldron
[Bond of Samuel Heard, Jr., yeoman, with Thomas West-
brook Waldron, gentleman, as surety, both of Dover, in the sum
of £1000, March 15, 1759, for the administration, with will an-
nexed, of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, David SewalL]
JOHN PAINE 1758 PORTSMOUTH
To the Hon^i« Richard Wibird Esq' Judge of the Probate of
Wills and Granting administration on the Estates of Persons
deceased within the Province of New Hampshire.
Whereas John Pain Late of Portsmouth within the Province of
New Hampshire Joyner deceasd died Intestate Leaving neither
widow nor Children, and no Relation nigher than an Aunt, and I
am that Person & as adm° of said Estate by Law is my Right, I
pray that Your Hon' will Grant administration of said Estate to
my Two Children viz Joseph Buss and Hannah Horney Jointly,
and after the payment of Debts due from said Estate & the Same
is Settled if no other distribution should be made, I desire the
Same may be divided Equally Between my said Children — &
desire that one half of the movables may be deliverd to my said
Daughter, she giving Security to pay half the debts due from
said Estate
Portsmouth, August 24, 1758 her
Witness, Nath' Fellows Lydia X Buss
Mark
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 293
[Administration granted to Joseph Buss, joiner, and Hannah
Horney, widow, both of Portsmouth, Aug. 30, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 52.]
[Bond of Joseph Buss and Hannah Horney, with John Shack-
ford and WilHam Pearson, shopkeeper, as sureties, all of Ports-
mouth, in the sum of £500, Aug. 30, 1758, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Samuel Hart.]
[Warrant, Aug. 23, 1758, authorizing Hunking Wentworth and
Samuel Penhallow, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Aug. 30, 1758; amount, £1988. 16.6; signed by
Hunking Wentworth and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Account of the administrators; receipts, £1701. 8. 9; expendi-
tures, £2276.4.11; mentions "Sundrys Supply the dec^ for
mourning on His mothers death, . . , paid for the dec"^" Funeral
in Jamaca"; allowed July 29, 1761.]
[Caveat, Jan. 27, 1762, by Joseph Sherburne of Boston, Mass.,
representing John Paine, father of the deceased, against the al-
lowance of the accounts of the administrators.]
[Additional account of Hannah Horney, surviving administra-
tor; receipts, £622. 16. 2; expenditures the same; allowed April
29, 1762.]
LYDIA BUSS 1758 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen. The Last will and Testament of
Lydia Buss. I Elizabeth Buss of Portsmouth in the Province of
New Hampshire Widow being aged and Infirm * * *
Item unto my Son Joseph Buss I give Twenty Shillings old
Tenor
Item unto my Daughter Hannah Horney & her heirs and as-
signs I give the one quarter part of the Real Estate that was my
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Late husbands and after his decease was the Share of Mary Buss
late of Portsmouth Single woman deceased (my daughter), and
on her decease decended to me as next of Kin, which is the Share
I hereby dispose of, and I also give unto my said Daughter all the
Personal Estate that was my said Daughter Marys as well what
was her Share in her fathers Estate as otherwise, also the One
half of the Estate that fell to me by the Death of my Nephew
John Pain Late of said Portsmouth Joyner deceasd, be the Same
Real or parsonall. And as to the Thirds of the movable Estate
that was my said Husbands and fell to me at the time of his
death, I will that the Same shall Be disposed off so far as to
defray and pay of all Debts Due from me, and my funeral Ex-
pences and if after the payment thereof any thing shall Remain
I will that the Same shall be Equally divided Between my Son
Joseph and Daughter Hannah —
Item. To my Son Joseph I Give the one half of the aforesaid
Estate that fell to me by the Death of my said Nephew and all
other of my Estate if any there be shall be Equally divided be-
tween my said Children, And I appoint my said Son Joseph
and Daughter Hannah to be Executors of this my last will and
Testament and hereby Revoke all other wills and Testaments by
me formerly made Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to
be my last will and Testament In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto Set my hand & seal this Twenty Six day of August
anno Domini 1758
her
Lydia + Buss
mark
[Witnesses] Nath' Fellows, James Thompson, Rich"* Greley,
Cutts Shannon.
[Proved Jan. 31, 1759.]
[Caveat of Joseph Buss of Portsmouth, Oct. 25, 1758, against
the probate of his mother's will on the grounds of mental
incompetency.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 295
[Summons, Nov. 28, 1758, to Clement Jackson, Hannah Hale,
Ann Yeaton, and Priscilla Downs, single women, all of Ports-
mouth, to appear and testify as to the testator's sanity.]
[John Nelson states that he was prevented from appearing in
court by the death of one of his children and the sickness of his
wife and two other children; dated Exeter, Nov. 28, 1758.]
The deposition of Priscilla Down of Lawfull age testifieth &
saith that she was well acquainted with Miss Lydia Buss for nine
or ten months before her Death & that she the said Lydia was
very Childish & forgetfull for all that time often forgetting &
denying that she had eat her meals when I well rembered she had
eat them, and mistaking the evening for the morning, & neglect-
ing to warm her bed in the Coldest night in winter she would
warm it in the hottest night in Summer — And in her last Sick-
ness when she was at her Daugher Hornys She w* Say she was at
M' Mark Wentworth's house & that she wanted to get home, &
when she was told that she was at her Daughter Hornys she w<*
say her Son Horny was angry with her for Staying there & Com-
plained that he did not Come up to see her and many Such like
Childish actions & word too many to enumerate which shew the
want of reason & understanding
her
Priscilla X Down
mark
Sworn in Court Nov 30*'' 1758
attest W"" Parker Reg'
The Deposition of George Gains of Lawful age Who testifieth
& saith that he was well acquainted with Miss Lydia Buss late of
Portsmouth widow deceased & that he knew her well for Six
years before her death, All which time this deponent says She
was very Childish and weak in her understanding being very old
& subject to fits, & as this deponent veryly thinks not of dispos-
ing mind & memory fit to make a will. And that she was full of
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Childish actions Such as denoted want of reason & understand-
ing. That one day last June this deponent was papering a room
for M'' Joseph Buss where the said Lydia Buss came & picked up
the strips of paper & had them put on her head as Ribbands &
wore them as Such & seem'd greatly pleased with them as a Child
w*^ with any Toys & would have wore them to her Daughter
Horneys unless she had been hindred by her Said son Joseph
Buss. And that Sometime in February last her Nephew John
Paine being gone a voyage to Jamaica & having Saild in January
last & being looked for in may or June folloing she the said Lydia
in the Said month of February last laid by for her Said Nephew
a piece of roasted pork & kept it till it stunk Saying the said John
Paine was very fond of roast Pork, & that in the month of march
last she would very often enquire once or twice a week whether
the Brig (in which her nephey Saild) was expected Soon altho she
was always informed it would not arrive before may or June —
And after the news came that her said nephew was dead in
Jamaica she would often Say she wished the Brig w^ arrive that
she might see her Said nephew, and that in winter time after the
said Brig was Saild & might probably have got to Jamaica She
the said Lydia w^ often in a great Storm inquire whether it did
not endanger the Brig & seemed very anxious about the poor boy
as she Calld the said John Pain. And that she was full of such
like Childish Talk and actions.
Sworn in Court Nov' 30*'' 1758 attest George Gains
W"" Parker Reg'
[Bond of Joseph Buss of Portsmouth, joiner, with Joseph
Alcock of Portsmouth, shopkeeper, as surety, in the sum of
£100, Jan. 31, 1759, to prosecute his appeal against the probate
of the will, contested between himself and his sister, Hannah
Horney of Portsmouth, widow, and allowed by the Judge of
Probate; witnesses, Hunking Wentworth, Thomas Palmer.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 297
BENJAMIN CHOATE 1758 KINGSTON
[Bond of Ruth Choate, widow, with William Calfe, cord-
wainer, and Benjamin Swett, yeoman, as sureties, all of Kings-
ton, in the sum of £2000, Aug. 28, 1758, for the administration
of the estate of Benjamin Choate of Kingston, yeoman ; witnesses,
Jeremy Webster, Simeon Brown.]
[Warrant, Aug. 18, 1758, authorizing Jeremy Webster and
William Calfe, both of Kingston, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Aug. 28, 1758; amount, £3575. 5. o; signed by
Jeremy Webster and William Calfe.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £911. 5, o, personal
estate; expenditures, £660. 13. o; mentions "Supporting one
Child from four years old to seven"; allowed Sept. 30, 1761.]
[Commission to Jeremy Webster, Josiah Bartlett, John Calfe,
gentleman, Solomon Wheeler, and Simmons Secomb, yeomen,
all of Kingston, to divide the real estate.]
Province of New Hamps: Rockingham:
Pursuant to Warrant from the Honb'** John Wentworth Esq'
Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for the County of Rockingham
in the Province afores*^ to us the subscribers directed appointing
us a Com*^^ to Divide the real estate of Benjamin Choate late
of Kingstown in the County afores*^ deceas'd to & among the
widow & Children of the deceas'd: We have proceeded & have
divided & set off the s*^ estate as followeth viz :
i^' To Ruth widow of the deceasd (now wife of William Sleeper)
for her right of dower (or thirds) in s** estate as followeth
i^* In the Home place: beginning at the High way going
through s'^ Kingstown, at the southwesterly Corner of the
premisses & from thence running Northerly by s^ High way to
the North westerly Corner of the Barn and so on by the s^ High
way to a stake about one rod Northerly from the North westerly
Corner of the dwelling House, then easterly four rods to a stake;
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then southerly about twelve rods to a stake, then Easterly to the
south westerly Corner of Solomon Wheelers land then still
easterly by s'^ Wheelers land till it comes to Joshua Bartlets Jun'
land on which he now lives, then south crossing the premisses,
to the Southerly Line of the premisses, then westerly to the fore-
mentioned Highway to the place where it first began Nine acres
more or less; with the fore room in the Dwelling House & the
chamber & garret over it & one Half of the cellar under it & one
third of the Barn viz: the easterly end thereof; But it is to be
understood here and our true Intent & meaning is that there be a
priviledge from the High way to the House & also the Barn and
about each of them for the children to go to, & from, the s^
Buildings to use & Improve their respective parts of, & Interest
in them as Convenient as may be
2*y In the woodland as followeth viz: four acres more or less
Scituate in s^ Kingstown being laid out to the right of Benjamin
Choate father of the forementioned Benjamin Choate, & is
Bounded as may appear on s"^ Kingstown Book of records; and
eight acres Joyning to the s*^ four acres which is part of Nine
acres purchas'd of D'' Simeon Brown s^ eight acres Bounded as
followeth viz: beginning at the Northerly End or side of the s<*
Nine acres & takeing the whole width thereof to Extend south-
erly as the land lays, so far as to leave one acre on the southerly
side or end thereof, which s'^ acre is set off to one of the children
as shall be hereafter mentioned
2'y To Ruth daughter of the deceasd, now the wife of Benja-
min Judkins for her share in the premisses seven acres more or
less Beginning at the North Easterly Corner Bounds of the whole
tract on the High way going to Trickleing falls (so called) &
Joyning land of Joshua Woodman jun'' and from thence to run
southerly by s"^ High way about thirty rods to a stake & stones,
then westerly about forty rods to a Black Oak Tree marked,
then Northerly to a stake & stones at the south westerly corner
of s^ Woodmans land then easterly by s"^ Woodmans land to the
place where it first began with one fifth part of the dwelling
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 299
House & Barn exclusive of the widows thirds & privilidge to go to
them to use & Improve them
2 3 The Second & Third shares to Ammi Choate the eldest
son of the deceasd Bounded as followeth viz : Beginning at the s<*
High way going to the Trickleing falls (so called) at the stake &
stones the Bounds of the first share & from thence running west-
erly by the s^ first share to a Black Oak Tree the Bounds thereof,
then southerly to a Pitch Pine Tree & so on the same Course to
Land belonging to the Hiers of M"" Benjamin Choate father
to the forementioned Benjamin Choate deceasd then easterly
by the last mentioned land, to ten acres of land which is part
of the premisses hereby divideing then southerly as the s^ ten
acres lays to the south westerly corner thereof, then Easterly
to the south Easterly Corner Bounds of the whole tract then
Northerly about sixty rods to the stake & stones first mentioned,
and two fifths of the remaining part of the Dwelling House &
two fifths of the remaining part of the Barn exclusive of the
widows thirds, with convenient priviledge of land from the High
way to the s"* House & Barn & about them both to use & Im-
prove the same
4'y The fourth share to Simeon Choate Bounded as followeth
viz Beginning at a stake & stones the North westerly corner
Bounds of the first share also the south westerly corner Bounds of
the forementioned Joshua Woodman jun' land & from thence
running southerly by the first, & part of the second & third
shares to the souther: Line of the premises hereby divided, then
westerly on the s^^ Line to the widows thirds then North by the
s^ thirds to the south westerly corner Bounds of Joshua Bartlets
Jun' land, then Easterly by s^ Bartlets land to the place where
it first began Eleven acres more or less and one fifth of the re-
maining part of the Dwelling House & Barn Exclusive of the
widows thirds with a Convenient priviledge of land to go from
the High way to them & about them to use & Improve them
5'y The fifth & last share to Benjamin Choate Bounded as
followeth viz: Beginning at the North westerly Corner Bounds
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of the forementioned Solomon Wheelers land by the High way
called Scotland rode & from thence running westerly by s"^ rode
or way to the main rode going thro' s'^ Kingstown then southerly
by the last mentioned rode or High way Eight rods to a stake
which is a Bounds of the widows thirds then Easterly by the s<^
thirds four rods to a stake another Bounds of the s^ thirds then
southerly still by the s^ thirds Twelve rods to a stake which is
also another Bounds of the s'^ thirds then Easterly by the s*^
thirds to Solomon Wheelers land fore mentioned, then Northerly
by s*^ Wheelers Land to the first mentioned High way three acres
& an Half more or less, and one acre in the forementioned wood
land it being part of Nine acres forementioned in setting off the
widows thirds; & is part of the s"^ nine acres, & lays on the south-
erly side thereof to run the whole length thereof from east to
west & to be of an Equal Breadth in all places & is Bounded
Northerly on part of the s'^ thirds, also we set off to the s'^
Benjamin one fifth of the remaining part of the dwelling House
& Barn with Convenient priviledge to go from the s^ High way
to them & about them as there shall be Occasion in their useing
& Improveing of them
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this Seven-
teenth Day of april in the 12*'' year of his majestys Reign annoq :
Domini 1772
Jeremy Webster
Josiah Bartlett
John Calef
Solomon Wheeler
Simmons Seccomb
[Additional account by William Sleeper and Ruth Sleeper,
formerly Ruth Choate, administratrix; receipts, £16. 10. 7>^;
expenditures, £8. i. o; allowed April 29, 1772.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 3OI
ANN CLOUGH 1758 BRENTWOOD
[Administration on the estate of Ann Clough of Brentwood
granted to Jacob French of South Hampton, yeoman, Aug. 28,
1758.1
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 42.]
[Bond of Jacob French, with Samuel French of South Hamp-
ton, gentleman, and Reuben Sanborn of Hampton Falls, yeo-
man, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Aug. 28, 1758, for the ad-
ministration of the estate of his mother, Ann Clough ; witnesses,
William Parker, Samuel Slade.]
[Agreement, Jan. 2, 1759, of Jacob French, William French of
Hampton Falls, Samuel Winslow and wife Jane, formerly Jane
French, Nathan Sanborn and wife Jemima, formerly Jemima
French, all of Epping, Daniel Roby of Chester and wife Anna,
formerly Anna French, Winthrop Clough of Kensington and wife
Rachel, formerly Rachel French, Anthony Peavey and wife
Mary, formerly Mary French, children of Ann Clough, formerly
Ann French, widow of Jacob French of Hampton Falls, joiner,
as to the division of her personal estate; witnesses, Elijah Cram,
James Russell.]
JONATHAN HILLIARD 1758 HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God Amen this twenty Ninth Day of August
Anno Domini 1758 In the thirty Second Year of his Majestys
Reign I Jonathan Hilyard of Hampton falls in the Province of
New Hampshire in New England Yeoman * * *
Item my Will is as to my well beloved wife Mary that she have
the same part and Share of my Estate Real and Personal As
the Law allows
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Joseph Hilyard his
heirs and assigns Six Acres of Land at the Southwesterly Corner
of my Land where I Live Bounding Southerly by the Way
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which goes by my House to Hogpen so Called to be twenty Rods
in wcdth upon said way, and so to Run back from said way
Carrying the same wedth by the Side of Cap* Nason's land untill
Six acres are Compleated, I also give to my said Son two acres
of Marsh which I Bought of Abner Sanborn
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Benjamin Hilyard his
heirs and Assigns All the Remainder of my Land in Hampton
be the Same more or Less With my Dwelling House and Barn
and all my Buildings And all Appurtenances to said Land and
Buildings belonging or Appertaining And in Consideration
hereof I Order him my said Son Benjamin to Purchase forty
acres of Good Land Suitable for to Settle upon in the Township
of Chester or Nottingham or in Some other Town as Convenient
for to Settle in as said Towns are And to Convey said forty
acres of Land to my Son Jonathan Hilyard when he said Jona-
than shall Arrive at the age of twenty one years so that he my
said Son Jonathan may have & injoy the Same to him his heirs
and assigns which is part of the Settlement I Design for my said
Son Jonathan I Also Order my said Son Benjamin to pay to his
Sisters as hereafter mentioned
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Son Jonathan Hilyard his
heirs and assigns my Right in the tract of Land Granted to
Ichabod Robie Esq' And Others by the Purchasers of the Right
of John Tufton Mason Esq% Also the forty acres of Land my
Son Benjamin is to purchase for him As Above Ordered, And
further I Order my said Son Benjamin to pay what shall from
time to time be Due upon the above mentioned Right that so
the Same may not be forfeited
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Rachel Sanborn
Six sheep to be Deliverd her by my Executor.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughters Hannah, Eliza-
beth, Nanne, Mary and Marcy Each of them fifty Pounds New
Tenor to be paid to Each of them As they Respectively Arrive
to the age of twenty one years by my Executor hereinafter-
named
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 3O3
Item I Give And Bequeath to Marcy Taylor who formerly
lived with me twenty five Pounds New Tenor to be paid her by
my Executor within four years after my Decease or at the time
of her being married which shall first happen
Item I Order that my Husbandry Tools shall be kept for man-
aging my Place my wife Mary to have the use of them with my
said Son Benjamin And as to my Stock of Creatures after my
Debts and funeral Charges shall be paid the Remainder to my
Son Benjamin
Lastly I Do by these presents Constitute & Appoint my Son
Benjamin Hilyard Sole Executor * * *
Jonathan Hilyard
[Witnesses] Meshech Weare, Joseph Chase hilyard, Joseph
Pearkins.
[Proved Nov. 30, 1758.]
[Warrant, Nov. 30, 1758, authorizing Meshech Weare and
Deacon Josiah Batchelder, both of Hampton Falls, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 10, 1759; amount, £10,186. 16. o; signed by
Meshech Weare and Josiah Batchelder.]
[Guardianship of Mercy Hilliard, minor, daughter of Jona-
than Hilliard, granted to Joseph Chase Hilliard of Kensington,
yeoman, June 27, 1770.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 256.]
[Bond of Joseph Chase Hilliard, with Richard Nason of Hamp-
ton Falls and Stephen Prescott of Kingston, yeoman, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, June 27, 1770, for the guardianship of Mercy
Hilliard, aged less than 14 years, daughter of Jonathan Hilliard;
witnesses, John Wentworth, Nathan Green.]
[Guardianship of Mary Hilliard, minor, aged more than 14
years, granted to Joseph Chase Hilliard of Kensington, yeoman,
July 12, 1770.]
[Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 457.]
304 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Joseph Chase Hilliard, with Caleb Shaw of Kensing-
ton, gentleman, as surety, in the sum of £200, July 12, 1770,
for the guardianship of Mary Hilliard, daughter of Jonathan
Hilliard; witnesses, John Shaw, William Parker, Jr.]
ISAAC HANSON 1758 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Isaac Hanson of Dover, yeo-
man, granted to Susanna Hanson of Dover, widow, Aug. 30,
1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 43.]
[Bond of Susanna Hanson, with Ichabod Canney of Dover and
Benjamin Canney of Somersworth, yeomen, as sureties, in the
sum of £1000, Aug. 30, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, Thomas Hart.]
[Warrant, Aug. 30, 1758, authorizing Joseph Austin and Joseph
Hanson, Jr., both of Dover, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 9, 1758; amount, £7929.4.0; signed by
Joseph Austin and Joseph Hanson.]
[Administration de bonis non granted to Ichabod Canney of
Dover, yeoman, Sept. 23, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 500.]
[Bond of Ichabod Canney, with Benjamin Canney of Dover
and John Plummer of Rochester, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum
of £500, Sept. 23, 1760, for the administration de bonis non of the
estate; witnesses, Cutts Shannon, John Hogg.]
Province of \ We the Subscribers being apointed with others
New Hams' / by the Hon^'^ John wentworth Esq"" Judge of
Probate of wills for said Province as ^ Warrant to us directed To
Devide the Rale Estete of Isaac Hanson Late of Dover Decs^
among his Childrin by the Request of the oldest Son, we have
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 3O5
divided the Estate as hereafter to them as it appeared to us it
might be done
first — To Tobias Hanson the oldest Son Two Shires the
Dweeling House and Part of the homestead Land bounding as
followeth viz Begining by the main Road that Leeds through
Cochecho South 12'^ west Eighteen Rods from the west Cornor of
the afores*^ Land Runing Noth Sc^ East Eight Rods then South
io<^ east five Rods then noth So"^ East Seventy four Rods to
Sheffelds Land So Call*^ then by Sheffelds Land south 45^ east
Eleven Rods to George Hansons Land then by s^ Georges Land
South 31*^ west Sixty Two Rods then noth fifty eight Degrees
west fifty Seven Rods then south 89^^ west Sixteen Rods to the
Road then by s** Road to the first bound Containing nineteen
acres more or less all within these afores'^ bound we set of to the
afores*^ Tobias Hanson for his Two Shers in the afores^ Estate
Together with the barn now standing on his sisters Hannah
Right or Loot of Land in the afores<^ Estate we alowing the afores^
Tobias Hanson six months from the Date hearof to take of the
afores'^ barn. If s** barn is not Remov^ with in the afores'^ time
alow^ then his afores** sister Hannah Hanson to keep the af ores'*
barn —
2ly — To Lydia watson part of the home Stead Land begining
noth 69^ East Seven Rods and a half from the west Cornor of
saide Land Runing South iS'^ East fifteen Rods then noth 76"*
East Twenty Two Rods then Runing noth i8<^ west Twelve
Rods then South 76^ west eleven Rods then noth 29*^ west three
Rods then to the first bounds Containing one acre and Three
Quarters, more Land eight acres and half Lying on the south Sid
of the Road that Leeds from Cochecho to Jon^ Bickford in Dover
bounding Notherly by the way and Southerly by Elijah Tuttels
Land and Westerly Partly by Moses and Aron Wingate and
Partly by Caleb Hodgdon there Land all within these afores^
Lydia bounds more or less we set of to the afores^ Lydia Watson
for her Right in the fores'* Estate
3'y — To Hannah Hanson Part of the home Stead begining by
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the main Road that Leeds through Cochecho att Benj^ Hanson
Land Runing noth I2<^ east eight Rods then noth eighty nine
Degrees east Sixteen Rods then South 58 '^ east fifty seven Rods
to George Hanson Land then by s^ Georges Land South 31"^
west thirty eight Rods then noth 82^ west Twenty nine Rods
then noth 37 '^ west Teen Rods and a half to Knock Hoige Land
then by s^ Hoiges Land noth iG'* east twenty Rods then noth
Two Degrees east Twenty four Rods by the wi'^ Sarah Hanson
Land then noth 58 '^ west Partly by the wi'^ Sarah and Partly by
Benj» Hanson their Land to the first bounds Containing Thirteen
acres all within these afores^ Hannah bounds more or Less we
set of to the afores'^ Hannah Hanson for her Right in the afores<^
estate excepting the barn Standing on the afores^ Hannah Land
low^ to her brother Tobias If the afores'i Tobias Hanson moves it
of from the afores"^ Hannah Land within the time we alow^ him
If not Removd within the Time alowed then the afores'^ Hannah
Hanson to have the afores^^ barn for her own —
4'y — To Isaac Hanson Part of the homestead Land begining
att the west Cornor of s'^ Land by the Road Runing South 12*^
west Eighteen Rods by s'l Road then noth 80*^ East eight Rods
then South ic^ East five Rods then noth 80^ east Seventy four
Rods to Sheffelds Land so CaH then noth 45 ^^ west Twenty eight
Rods by Sheffeld then noth 67'^ west six Rod then South 6y^ west
twenty seven Rods by Humphry Hansons Land Late of Dover
Deces'i then South 18'^ east twelve Rods then South Seventy six
Degres west Twenty Two Rods then noth 18*^ west fiften Rods
then a Strate Corse to the first bounds Containing nine acres
more or Less all with in these afores^ Isaac bounds we set
of to the afores'^ Isaac Hanson for his Right in the afores<^
Estate —
5'y To Susannah Hanson and Rose Hanson the out Land Lying
on the west side of the mane Road that Leeds from Cochecho to
Rochester att black water So CaH and Lying Partly in the Town
of Summerworth and Partly in Dover afores^ Containing Eighty
acres to be Equelly Divided between the afores'^ Susannah and
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 3O7
Rose acording to Quonitty and Quolity for there Part of the
aforesaid Estate
All which is Humbly Submitted by us acording to the best of
our Judgment. Dover april 6*^ 1771 —
Joshua Wingate 1
Joseph Roberts > Committee
Elijah Estes J
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £75. 18. o; expendi-
tures, £76. 12. 9; allowed May 22, 1771.]
FRANCIS ROBERTS 1758 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Francis Roberts of Somers-
worth, yeoman, granted to Moses Carr of Somersworth, physi-
cian, Aug. 30, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 47.]
[Bond of Moses Carr, with James Philpot of Somersworth,
mariner, and James Kielle of Dover, tailor, as sureties, in the sum
of £500, Aug. 30, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, Thomas Hart.]
[Warrant, Aug. 30, 1758, authorizing John Wentworth, gentle-
man, and Moses Stevens, tanner, both of Somersworth, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Dec. 28, 1758; amount, £5090.15.0;
signed by John Wentworth and Moses Stevens.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £2167. 14. o; expendi-
tures, £2191. 12. 3; allowed June 30, 1762.]
[Additional account; receipts, £3616. o. 8; expenditures, £3481.
17. 3; allowed April 29, 1772.]
Rockingham ss
To the Honble John Wentworth Esq'' Judge of the probate of
wills &c for the County of Rockingham
308 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Humbly shews Love Roberts of Somersworth in the County of
Rockingham yeoman that your Petitioner owns one Half of one
Hundred Acres of Land with the Buildings on the Same in
Somersworth afores^ which descended & Came unto your Peti-
tioner & Francis Roberts late of said Somersworth dec^ from their
Father Love Roberts late of Somersworth afores'^ Gent" dec<^
which said Estate your Petitioner and the s^ Francis held in
Common & undivided with Francis till his Death & Now is held
in Common and undivided by your Petitioner to whom one
Moiety belongs & the other moiety to Betty, Sarah, Francis,
John & Molly Children & Heirs to the said Francis wherefore
your Petitioner prays your Honor to Issue your Warrant to Five
sufficient Freeholders to divide the premises afores'^ into two
equal parts the one Moiety to hold to your Petitioner in severalty
& the other to the Heirs of said Francis & set them off by good
& sufficient metes & Bounds
Portsm" April 29*'^ 1772 Love Roberts
[The court ordered notice to be served on Charles Baker,
guardian of Molly, Francis, and John Roberts, John Ham and
his wife Betty, daughter of Francis Roberts, and Sarah Roberts.]
[Warrant, May 4, 1772, authorizing Ichabod Rollins, James
Garvin, gentlemen, Francis Yeaton, Jonathan Wentworth, and
John Pike, husbandmen, to divide the estate held in common.]
Pursuant To a Warrant To us directed By the Hon" John
Wentworth Esq"" Judge of Probate for the County of Rocking-
ham, To divide the Real Estate of Love Roberts, late of Somers-
worth in said County dec<^ between Love Roberts Son to the said
deceased and the Heirs of Francis Roberts late of Somersworth
afores*^ deceased. We have divided the same in the Following
Manner —
To the Heirs of said Francis, the western End of the Home-
stead Scituate on the South side of the road that leads from
Salmon falls to the Meeting House in said Town, Begining at the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 3O9
N: W: Corner of s'* Land then So: 24° East Six Chains Then So:
11° 30. E. Nine Chains, So: 50° E: Nine Chains Sixty Hnks —
North seventy five degrees E: Thirteen Chains Twenty links —
No: 39° E: Twelve Chains fifty links — North 13° W: Nine
Chains fifty Links — So: 87° 30 W: Twelve Chains No: 15° W:
Eight Chains — So: 62° W: Three Chains — So: 68° W: Seven
Chains — Then on a strait Course to The first Bounds, Contain-
ing Fifty four Acres — also a Tract of Land at Black-Water (so
Called) in s^^ Town — Begining at the N E Corner of the Parson-
age in s-i Town, Then No: 6° W: Thirteen Chains — So: 84° W:
Fifteen Chains Fifty links — So: 6° E: Thirteen Chains So:
84° W: Eleven Chains fifty links — So: 6° E: 7:50 No: 84° E
Thirteen Chains 50 L to the Parsonage afores^ — No : 6° West
7 :50 — No : 84° E Thirteen Chains Sixty links to the first Bound
Containing Thirty Six Acres also half a Right in the Town of
Canterbury in the County of
To the s^ Love the Eastern End of s^ Homes'^ Begining at the
N: E: Corner of the Heirs of s<^ Francis then So: 13° E Nine
Chains fifty Links — So : 39° W : Twelve Chains Fifty Links —
So: 75° W: Thirteen Chains Thirty Links — So: 50° E Eight
Chains Forty Links — No: 87° E: Six Chains fifty Links No:
Fifty five degrees E : Seventy five Links — No : 86° E Four
Chains So: 84° E Three Chains No 15° E Nine Chains No: 46° E:
5 Chains — No: 66° 30" E. seven chains — No: 41° E: 2}4
Chains No: 6° E: Three Chains 75 links — No 15° W: Six Chains
fifty links — No: 29° 30" W: Five Chains Fifty Links — So:
79° W: Three Chains — West One Chain fifty links So: 87° W:
Nine Chains Eighty Eight Links — Then on a strait Course to
the first Bound, Containing Forty four Acres — Also to the s"^
Love or his Assigns, the remainder of the Tract of Land at black
Water afores*^ Beginning at the S: E: Corner of the Parsonage
afores'i Then runing S: 84° W Thirteen Chains Sixty links No: 6°
W Three Chains — So: 84° W: Thirteen Chains 50 Lk — So:
6° E Three Chains No : 84° E : Three Chains forty seven links — ■
So: 10° E. Twelve Chains — No: 80° E: Twenty Three Chains
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Fifty links — Then on a Strait Course to the first Bound Con-
taining Thirty Acres — also the remaining half of the right
afores'^ in the Town of Canterbury — Dated at Somersworth the
26 day of May, 1772
Icha^ Rollins
James Garvin
Jon" Wentworth }■ Committee
Francis yeaton
John Pike
[Warrant, Dec. 25, 1772, authorizing Ichabod Rollins, James
Garvin, Francis Yeaton, Jonathan Wentworth, and John Pike to
divide the real estate.]
Pursuant to a Warrant To us directed By the Hon « John Went-
worth Esq' Judge of Probate for the County of Rockingham To
divide the Real Estate of Francis Roberts late of Somersworth in
s^ County dec*^ Between the Wid'' of s^ Francis and his heirs,
We have divided the Same in the Following Manner —
To the Wid^ of s^ Francis the Eastern End of the homes^
Begining at the N : E : Corner of s^ Land by the Road that leads
from Salmon-falls to the Meeting-house in s^ Town Then Runing
So: 15° E 8 Chains — No: 87° 38 E 12 Chains So 13° E 9 Chs
50 Ls — So : 39° W : 12 Chs 50 Ls No : 22° W : 25 Chs 40 Ls to the
Road afores'^ Then on a Strait Course to the First Bound —
Containing 19 Acres & half — To Francis Roberts Son to s^
Francis dec^ Sixteen Acres and one Quarter Begining at the N W
Corner of the Wid"^ Thirds By the Road afores'^ then Runing
So 22° E 25 Chs 40 Ls — So: 75° W: 7 Chs — No: 21° W: 24 Chs
20 Ls to the Road afores*^ Then on a strait Course to the First
Bound — To John Carr Roberts Son to the s"^ Francis dec<*
Nine Acres and 20 Poles Begining at the N: W: Corner of s**
Francis Then runing So: 21° E 24 Chs 20 Links — So: 75° W: 4
Chains 90 links — No: 19° W: 24 Chains to the road afores'*
then on a Strait Course to the First Bound — To Molly Roberts
daughter to the s*^ Francis dec^ Nine Acres and 20 Poles Begining
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 3 II
at the N: W: Corner of s^ John, Then Runing So: 19° E 24 Chs
So: 75° W: one Chain Forty Links No: 50° W: 9 Chs 60 Links
No 11° W 9 Chains — No: 24° W: 6 Chains to the road afores"^
Then on a Strait Course to the First Bound — To Betty Ham
daughter to the s^ Francis dec^ Six Acres at Black Water in s*^
Town, Begining Three Chains To the No'* of the S: W: Corner of
the Parsonage in s^ Town, runing W: 6° S 13 Chs 50 Links —
No: 6° W: 4 Chs 40 L East 6° No: 13 Chains 50 L to the Parson-
age afores^ — So : 6° E 4 Chs 40 Ls To the First Bound — Also
half a Right in the Town of Canterbury in County of To
Sarah Roberts Daughter to the s<* Francis Dec* Thirty Acres at
Black Water afores** Begining at the N : E : Corner of the Parson-
age afores^ Runing W: 6° S 13 Chains and Half — So: 6° E. 7
Chains and half — W: 6° S 13 Chs 50 L — No: 6° W 7 Chains &
Half — E: 6° No: 11 Chs 50 Links N: 6° W: 13 Chs — E: 6°
No: 15 Ch 50 Ls Then So: 6° E 13 Chains To the First Bound —
Dated at Somersworth December 21^* 1772
Icha'* Rollins
James Garvin
Jon" Wentworth )■ Committee
Francis Yeaton
John Pike
[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £3616.
0.8; expenditures, £3626. 13. 11 ; mentions "half of a Negro
man"; allowed Aug. 31, 1774.]
NATHANIEL TUCKERMAN 1758 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Tuckerman of
Portsmouth, mariner, granted to John Tuckerman of Newcastle,
fisherman, Aug. 31, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 55.]
[Bond of John Tuckerman, with Joseph Brewster, shopkeeper,
and George Boyd, rope-maker, both of Portsmouth, as sureties,
312 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
in the sum of £1000, Aug. 31, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
BENJAMIN THOMAS 1758 NORTH HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen I Benjamin Thomas of North
Hampton in the Province of New Hampshire Gent, being aged
* * *
Item I give to Abigail my beloved wife the use & Improvement
of my Part of the Dwelling House wherein I live with Liberty of
the use of the Well Cellar & Dairy Room thereto belonging with
liberty of taking as many Apples as She Shall have Occasion to
use for her Self out of my Orchard & Land Sufficient for a Garden
as She Shall judge Convenient and besides this I give her one
hundred Pounds of Pork & One hundred Pounds of Beef and the
use of two good milch Cows maintain 'd Winter & Summer with
Sufficient fire wood to be hal'd & Cut at her Door with Ten
Bushels of Indian Corn & two Bushels of English two Bushels of
Malt & three Barrels of Cyder when my Orchard produces fruit
Sufficient for it with Twelve pounds of Flax from the Swingle
with three pounds of Sheeps wool all these Particulars to be pro-
vided for her yearly by my Executor during the time she shall
Remain my Widow I also give her all the Goods & Estate She
bro't to me at her marriage with me and that house hold Furni-
ture which has been made or Purchased Since we have lived to-
gether by us and also a Decent Suit of Mourning — and in
Default of my Said Execufs finding and Providing for my Said
wife the Particulars above mentiond yearly I hereby give her
Power to Dispose of any part of my Personal Estate or to Enter
& take the Profits of any Part of my Real Estate Equal in Value
to what Shall be wanting and in Arrearage of the Said paym*' or
Provision aforesaid Yearly — this is to be in Lieu of her Dower —
Item I give to my Son Jonathan my Great Coat and to my Son
Benjamin Thomas twenty Shillings old Tenor I having given
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 313
them their part & Portion of my Estate and as much as I can
afford them —
Item I give to my Grandsons Elisha & WilHam the Sons of my
Son James Deceased all my wearing Apparel Except what is
otherways herein Particularly Dispos'd of — to be Equally
Divided between Them — Item I give to my Grand Daughter
Abigail Nudd all my Household Furniture within doors not
herein before given to my wife Provided the Said Abigail Shall
live to the Age of Eighteen years but if she Shall Die before she
arrives at that age then the Said Goods are to be for her Sister
Martha these being the Daughters of my Daughter Abigail
Deceas'd. I also give to Each of my Grand Children not
herein Named and who are Children of my Said Daughter De-
ceased and the Children of my Son James Deceasd who are not
before herein named five Shillings old Tenor Each —
Item I give to my Son Elisha my best Strait Bodied Coat and
all my other Personal Estate not herein before Disposed of to
Enable him to pay all my Debts & Legacies and to give & Pro-
vide for me a Decent Funeral & make the Yearly Payments
aforesaid to my wife I also give & Devise to my Son Elisha all my
Real Estate to him his Heirs & assigns forever upon Condition of
his making Said Yearly payments to my Said Wife as above
mentioned & permitting her to use & Improve that part of the
Same herein before given to her use according to the Limitation
aforesaid Quietly & Peaceably and after her Interest & use
therein shall be Determined either by her Death or marriage
then my Said Son to have & hold the whole as aforesaid but if he
Should Sell the Same before my wifes term therein as afores*^
Shall be Ended I hereby Subject the whole of my Said Real
Estate to answer for the bequests made to her as above men-
tioned & give her by these Presents full Power to Enter into the
Same for that End — in whose hands Soever it shall be
Lastly I hereby appoint my Son Elisha to be Sole Execuf^ of
this my last Will & Testament and hereby Revoke all other
wills by me heretofore made In Witness whereof I have here-
314 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
unto Set my hand & Seal the 12*^ Day of Septemb"" Anno Domini
1758
Benj" Thomas
[Witnesses] Daniel Samborn, Reuben Gove Dearborn, Charles
Crymbel, William Parker.
In the Name of God Amen I Benjamin Thomas within Named
having Considered my foregoing Will & there being Some altera-
tion in my Circumstances Since I made the said Will as some
other Reason for making an Alteration I Judge it proper to make
this as a Codicel to my Said Will & Testament In the first place I
give to my Said Wife my horse which I now Own or if I shall
Change him for any other that which I shall own at my Decease
to be at her own Disposal — To my Grand Daughters Abigail
Nudd & Martha Nudd I give all my household furniture within
Doors which in my Said Will is given only to Abigail I now give
the Same to them both Equally Divided and if one of them Dies
before marriage the Survivor to have the whole — And as to the
Devise in my Said Will which I have in my Said Will made to my
Son Elisha Considering that he does not manage his Affairs with
Prudence & good Husbandry I Revoke every article thereof &
give him only a Strait Bodied Homespun Coat of my wearing
Apparel & twenty Shillings old Tenor besides what he has already
had of my Estate And all & Every matter article & thing which
in my said Will is given & Devised to my Said Son Elisha I
hereby give & Devise the Same to my Grand Son James Nudd to
hold to him his heirs & assigns he & they doing & Performing for
my said Wife what my Said Son Elisha is orderd to do In my
Said will and to hold to him the said James under the Same
Conditions & Limitations as fully & Effectually as if the same
Estate had been at first Devised & given to him the Said James
In all other Respects I confirm my Said Will and order & Ordain
this Codicil to be Considered as part of my last Will & Testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the
15th Day of May Anno Domini 1760
Benj Thomas
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 315
[Witnesses] Abigail Parker, Samuel Parker, Sol' Lowd, W™
Parker,
[Proved Nov. 26, 1766.]
JOSEPH HANSON 1758 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Hanson of Dover
granted to his son, Ephraim Hanson of Dover, innholder, Sept.
12, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 57.]
[Bond of Ephraim Hanson, with Dependence Bickford, yeo-
man, and James Kielle, tailor, as sureties, all of Dover, in the
sum of £2000, Sept, 12, 1758, for the administration of the es-
tate; witnesses, William Parker, Thomas Wendell.]
[Warrant, Sept. 13, 1758, authorizing William Shackford and
Thomas Westbrook Waldron, both of Dover, gentlemen, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 4, 1758; amount, £25,266. 14. 11; signed by
William Shackford and Thomas Westbrook Waldron.]
[Guardianship of John Burnham Hanson, minor, aged more
than 14 years, son of Joseph Hanson, granted to Valentine
Mathes Jan. 22, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 145.]
[Bond of Valentine Mathes of Durham, yeoman, with Win-
throp Burnham of Durham, tanner, and Nathaniel Adams of
Portsmouth, merchant, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Jan. 22,
1759, for the guardianship of John Burnham Hanson; witnesses,
Winborn Adams, Meriel Burnham.]
JAMES CLEMENTS i75« SOMERSWORTH
In the Name of God Amen. The Twentieth day of Sep' in y"
year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty Eight I
3l6 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
James Clements of The Town of Somersworth in the province of
New: Hampshire in New England, Husbandman * * *
Imprimis I give & bequeath to my dearly beloved Wife Sarah,
the one quarter of the Income of my Homestead Yearly, During
her widowhood, & if she marries again, then y^ Improvement of
one Third of My Homestead, during her natural life
Item I Give & bequeath to my said Wife Sarah all my personal
Estate as Household Goods Stock of Creatures &c excepting my
Gun
Item I give & bequeath to my S^ wife Sarah the use of My
House during her widowhood & if she marries again, then the use
of one half of My House during her natural life
Item I give & bequeath To My beloved Son Job the one half of
all My lands in Somersworth, Rochester, Dover & elsewhere to
him his Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item I give & bequeath to My belved Son Abner, the other
half of all My lands in Somersworth, Rochester, Dover & else-
where, to him his Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item Its my will that my Said Sons Job & Abner cut & hall
equally between them so Much firewood for My s*^ wife Sarah,
as she shall have occasion to burn during her widowhood.
Item I give and bequeath to My beloved Daughter Abigail
fifty pounds old Ten' after the rate of Dollers at Six pounds old
Tennor to be paid equally by My two Said Sons Job & Abner
within Seven years after My decease
Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Shuah fifty
pounds old Ten"" after y rate of Dollers at Six pounds old Tennor
to be paid equally by my two Said Sons Job & Abner within
Seven years after my decease.
Item I give & bequeath to My beloved Daughter Sarah fifty
pounds old Tennor after y^ rate of Dollers at Six pounds old
Ten"^ to be paid equally by My two s'^ Sons Job & Abner within
Seven years after My decease.
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Son Abner My dwell-
ing House after My wife has done with it, He helping My Son
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 317
Job to build another End to the house he lives in, that Is being at
half the Cost.
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Grandaughter, Sarah,
y daughter of my beloved Son John deceasd Two Hundred
pounds old Ten'' after y« rate of Dollers at Six pounds — to be
paid equally by My s^ Sons Job & Abner, when she arrives at y*
age of Eighteen Years, but if she dies before she arrives at S'^ age,
they are to keep Said Soms to themselves
Item I give & bequeath to My S*^ Grandaughter Sarah Eight
good sheep to be paid her equally by My two Sons Job & Abner
Item Its My will that My S"^ Sons Job & Abner give each of
them a Cow, to my s*^ Grandaughter Sarah, when she arrives at
y« aforesaid age. If she Marries befor said age, she is to be paid
when she marries
Item I give & bequeath to My Grandson James, y® Son of
My S<^ Son Abner My Gun.
Item I will that My s^ Sons Job & Abner pay My funeral
Charges & all My LawfuU Debts,
Item I do hereby Constitute Make and ordain My S'* Sons
Job & Abner My Sole Executors * * *
James Clements
[Witnesses] Samuel Russell, Samuel Rendel Juner, Daniel
Pike.
[Proved Oct. 31, 1764.]
[Sarah Clements, widow, accepts the terms of the will and
waives inventory Oct. 31, 1764; witnesses, James Pike, Moses
Stevens.]
[Bond of Job Clements and Abner Clements, with Samuel
Randall, gentleman, as surety, all of Somersworth, in the sum of
£10,000, Oct. 31, 1764, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
John Sullivan, William Vaughan.]
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JOHN YOUNG 1758 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of John Young of Kingston,
wheelwright, granted to Dorothy Young of Kingston, widow,
Sept. 2-], 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 58.]
[Bond of Dorothy Young, with Benjamin Cilley, yeoman, and
Aaron Young, millwright, as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum
of £2000, Sept. 27, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, David Sewall, Jonathan Sanborn.]
[Inventory, Jan. 30, 1759; amount, £4037.6.0; signed by
Thomas Eakens and James Proctor.]
[Moses Young, aged about 19 years, makes choice of his uncle,
Jonathan Young of Kingston, gentleman, as his guardian Feb. 5,
1759; witnesses, John Sleeper, Edward Sargent, Nathaniel
Etheridge.]
[Guardianship of Moses Young, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of John Young, granted to Jonathan Young of Kings-
ton, gentleman, Feb. 6, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 192.]
[Bond of Jonathan Young, with Aaron Young and Benjamin
Sanborn as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of £500, Feb. 6,
I759> for the guardianship of Moses Young, son of John Young of
Kingston, yeoman, deceased; witnesses, Nathaniel Huntoon,
Jacob Garland.]
[List of claims against the estate, June 10, 1760; amount,
£1237. 8. 7; signed by Jeremy Webster and William Parker.]
[Warrant, Feb. 14, 1760, authorizing Jeremy Webster, Jona-
than Greeley, Josiah Bartlett, physician, William Parker, gentle-
man, and Thomas Batchelder, joiner, all of Kingston, to set off
the widow's dower.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 319
Province of New Hamps'^
Pursuant to Warrant from the Honb^'' Court of Probate of
Wills &c for s'^ Province We the subscribers have proceeded & set
off to Dorothy Tompson now the wife of Thomas Thompson
formerly Widow & Relict of John Young Late of Kingstown in s*^
Province deceasd her Dower (or Thirds) in the Estate of her
former Husband the s*^ John Young described & Bounded as
followeth viz : all the Land belonging to the deceas'd in his Life
time that Lays on the Easterly side of the High way going by
Alder Meadow Mill (so Called) to the North Rode (so Called)
and on the Easterly side of the Brook that runs from the s"^ mill
till it Comes into Lieu* Samuel Colcords Land as it lays & is
Bounded; seven acres be it more or Less; as witness our hands
the 3^^ day of March Anno: dom: 1760
Jeremy Webster
W°> Parker
Thomas Bachelder
[Account of Thomas Thompson and his wife Dorothy, admin-
istratrix; receipts, £3661.3.0; expenditures, £1838.7.2; men-
tions "Sundries in Inventory by mistake which were given by
said Deceased in his life time to one of his Sons for house keep-
ing .... maintenance of a Child under 7 years 2 years 3
Months"; allowed Nov. 14, 1760.]
WILLIAM MORRISON 1758 NOTTINGHAM
[Administration on the estate of William Morrison of Notting-
ham, yeoman, granted to James Morrison of Nottingham Sept.
27, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 65.]
[Bond of James Morrison, with Thomas Simpson and James
Kelsey as sureties, all of Nottingham, yeomen, in the sum of
320 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
£2000, Sept. 21, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, WilUam Parker, David Sewall.]
THEOPHILUS COLBY 1758 SANDOWN
[Administration on the estate of Theophilus Colby of San-
down, yeoman, granted to Priscilla Colby, widow, Sept. 27, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 76.]
[Bond of Priscilla Colby, with Benjamin Tucker of Sandown,
yeoman, and John Woodman of Hampstead, cooper, as sureties,
in the sum of £2000, Sept. 27, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, John Muzzey, John Hogg.]
[Warrant, Sept. 27, 1758, authorizing John Hogg, gentleman,
and John Muzzey, yeoman, both of Hampstead, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 2, 1758; amount, £846. 5. o; signed
by John Hogg and John Muzzey.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £891. 15. o; expendi-
tures, £595. 8. 6; mentions "maintaining i of the Deceas'd Chil-
dren 3^ years She being 7 years old in May 1759 .... Ditto
another Child 4^ Years She being now of that Age"; allowed
Nov. 26, 1761.]
SAMUEL FLANDERS 1758 BRENTWOOD
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Flanders of Brent-
wood, yeoman, granted to Mary Flanders, widow, Sept. 27,
1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 76.]
[Bond of Mary Flanders, with Orlando Weed of Brentwood
and Benjamin Cilley of Kingston as sureties, in the sum of £500,
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 321
Sept. 2"], 1758, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
WiUiam Parker, David SewalL]
[Warrant, Sept. 27, 1758, authorizing Orlando Weed and
Joseph Godfrey, both of Brentwood, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 19, 1758; amount, £4010. 6. o; signed by
Orlando Weed and Joseph Godfrey.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1542. 6. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £767. 18. 6; allowed Oct. 31, 1759.]
[Warrant, Nov. i, 1759, authorizing Daniel Beede, Joseph
Godfrey, Ebenezer Sleeper, Jonathan Cram, and Leander Weed,
all of Brentwood, to set ofif the widow's dower.]
[Warrant, March 25, 1761, to the same parties to divide the
real estate.]
[Additional account of expenditures by the administratrix;
amount, £74. o. o; Onesiphorus Flanders, Samuel Flanders,
and Mehitabel Flanders certify, May 27, 1761, that their mother
has done the work on the cellar as charged; Daniel Beede and
Edward Locke certify to the same; allowed May 27, 1761.]
Province of 1 To the Hon*''^ Richard Wibird Esq"" Judge of
New Hamp"" J the Probate of wills &c for said Province
Whereas by your Hon" warrant we y^ subscribers ware ap-
pointed a Committee to divide the Real Estate of Samuel Fland-
ers Late of Brintwood in said Province deceas<^ Intestate to &
amonge the widow and Childran of the said deceas*^ agreeable
to Law Accordingly we have mett view^ valued Divided & set off
thee said Estate In shares as folio we th viz
i^* To Mary Flanders y widow of y s^ Deceas*^ her Dower or
third part as follows Begining on Lyfords Land Runing westerly
Carrying the whole Bredth of y^ s"* Deces"^^ till it Comes to y«
high that Leads by the said deces'^ house & binding on Every
part of y^ East side of s'^ way & on the west side of Said way
322 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Begining at Eph™ Merrills Land Runing northerly on said way
Twelve rods to a stump than west & by North 140*^ Rods to the
head of y« Lott than Southerly Twelve Rods to s^ morrills North-
west Corner than Easterly on morril to the afore said way Seven-
teen acers more or Less & y^ fore Room in the house with y"
one half y^ Celler & the one half of the Chamber &c —
The other Two thirds we have Divided & set off to and amonge
y* children of said Deceas'^ as followeth viz To Rhoda the i"*
Share Begining at a stump Mention*^ for a bounds of the widows
3** from said stump Runs northerly on Said way Thirteen Rods &
one half than to Run west & by North Carrying the Bredth of s<^
13^ Rods sixty Rods five acers more or Less and y^ one Twelfth
part of the Said dwelling house To Samuel the 2 & 3*^ Shares
Begining at a stake Being the South west Corner of Rhoades
from thence Runs North 27 degrees East Twenty Rods & one
half to a stake than runs west & by north Ce^rrying y« Bredth of
y^ 20 & j^ Rods 8o*y Rods to the way at the head of y^ Lott Ten
acers more or Less & y^ Sixth part of s^ House To Abigail the
4*^ Share begins at y® north East Corner of Sam^'^ Being a stake
than Runs north 27 Degrees East Ten rods & one quarter to a
stake than west & by North Carrying the Bredth of 10 & >^ Rods
to the afore said way five acers more or Less & the one Twelfth
part of the said house To Mary y« 5*^ Share Begining at a stake
Being the north East Corner of Abigails from thence Runs north
27 Degrees East Ten Rods & one quarter to David Weeds Land
than Runing westerly Binding northerly on weed & southerly on
Abigail to y" afore said way five acers more or Less & y^ Twelfth
part of s'^ house To Oniciphoras the 6*'* share Begins at a stake
Being y« north East Corner of Rho^^ Share Runs northerly bind-
ing on said way Thirteen Rods & one half to a stake than west &
by north Carrying y** same Bredth of 13 & J^ Rods to Sam'^' &
Abigails shares five acers more or Less & y^ Twelfth part of the
Said House Mehetabels the 7*^' share Begins at the stake Last
mention'^ & Runs northerly binding on said way thirteen Rods &
two thirds to David Weeds Land than west & by north Carrying
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 323
the Bredth of thirteen Rods & two thirds of a rod to Marys
Share five acers more or Less & y« twelfth part of the said house
The above Division was made by us the subscribers this 30*''
day of march Anno Dom 1761 According to the Best of our
Judgment & Discretion
Ebenezer Sleeper
Joseph Godfry
Daniel Beede
Committee
JOSIAH HUNTOON 1758 NEWMARKET
[Administration on the estate of Josiah Huntoon of New-
market, cordwainer, granted to Joanna Huntoon of Newmarket,
widow, Sept. 27, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 91.]
[Bond of Joanna Huntoon, with Edward Hilton and Thomas
French, yeomen, as sureties, all of Newmarket, in the sum of
£500, Sept. 27, 1758, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Daniel Huntoon, Mary Hilton.]
[Warrant, Sept. 2'], 1758, authorizing Charles Rundlett and
Josiah Hilton, both of Newmarket, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested Nov. 29, 1758; amount, £1136.0.0;
signed by Josiah Hilton and Charles Rundlett.]
PETER COCHRAN 1758 AMHERST
[Administration on the estate of Peter Cochran of Souhegan
West, yeoman, granted to Jane Moore of Londonderry, widow,
Sept. 28, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 163.]
324 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Jane Moore, with Samuel Moore and Robert Moore,
yeomen, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the sum of £500,
Sept. 28, 1758, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Agnes Moore, Mary Moore.]
[Warrant, Sept. 28, 1758, authorizing Robert Clark and John
Wallace, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to appraise the estate;
mentions Jane Moore as sister of the deceased.]
[Inventory, attested Dec. 12, 1758; amount, £1306.5.0;
signed by John Wallace and Robert Clark.]
[Additional inventory, Sept. 22, 1760; amount, £92.15.0;
signed as above.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1128. 15.0; per-
sonal estate; expenditures, £442. 4. o; allowed Sept. 23, 1760.]
JOHN HAZELTON 1758 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of John Hazelton of Chester,
yeoman, granted to Mary Hazelton of Chester, widow, Sept. 27,
1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 97.]
[Bond of Mary Hazelton, with Samuel Emerson and Daniel
Webster, yeoman, as sureties, all of Chester, in the sum of £500,
Sept. 27, 1758, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Thomas Wells, Nathaniel Emerson.]
[Inventory, Oct. 9, 1758; amount, £7135.13.0; signed by
Thomas Wells and Daniel Webster.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £2715. 13. o; expendi-
tures, £237. 12. o; mentions two children under 7 years of age;
allowed Sept. 26, 1759.]
[Warrant, May 30, 1766, authorizing Samuel Emerson,
Thomas Wells, gentleman, Ephraim Hazelton, Thomas Hazelton,
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 325
yeomen, and Thomas Wells, Jr., husbandman, all of Chester, to
divide the real estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 410.]
Province of 1 We the Subscribers being appointed by the
Newhampshire / Honorabl Judge of Probat for Said Province to
Set of and Divide the Real Estate of John Hasseltine of Chester
Decased agreable to a warrant sent to us have Don it as foUow-
eth —
first we have set of to mary Hall Late wife of the Said Deceased
ten acrs of Land for hir thirds in the homstead Laying on the
Southerly Side bounded first at the Southeasterly Corner at a
Stake and Stons then Runing westerly by Deacon Hasseltine
Land one Hundred Rods to a Stake and stons by Jeams Akins
Land then abouth north East by s*^ aikins Land Seventeen Rods
to a Stake and Stons then Runing about South East to a stake
and stons by the High way then by s'^ High way fifteen Rods to
the first bounds mentioned allowing hir one third of the house on
the Same but Reserving Liberty and a Priveledg for Sam'^ Has-
seltine to Improve the other parte of s'^ house as he sees Cause
2'y we have set of to Sam'^ Hasseltine Elder Son of the De-
ceased a Duble Shear Containing twenty acrs of Land more or
Les Laying on the homstead Laying on both sids of the high way
the first peace Laying on the west side and is bounded Lastly on
s*^ High way Southerly on what Land we set of for thirds and
Northwesterly on Land Now in poseson of Jeams and John
Akens the other peace about six Acrs Laying on the East Side of
the high way boundering on s^ high way Southerly on the High
way Leading to the Saw mill Easterly on majer tolfords Land
and Northerly on Land in Poseson of John Akens —
yy we have set of one single Shear to Jeams Hasseltine ten
Acers of Land more or Les Laying in Sandown bounding westerly
on the High way Leading from Chester toward Haverhill
Norther on Aron Rowell Land Easterly on a High way and
Southerly on williams Follinsbees Land with about one Acer
326 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Laying on the westerly side of s'^ High way Leading towards
Havehrill Northerly on s^ Rowell Land westerly on Londonderry
Line and southerly on s"^ Follinsbees Land together with fifty
Acrs more or Les Laying in Chester in the second part of the
Second Division that is Number fifty five Laying on the south-
erly side of Said Lot Boundind Southerly on Dearbons Land
Easterly and westerly on Land Left for High way so taking Ex-
actly half the wedth of Said Lot to stakes and stons at Each
Ende
4'y we have set of to Belle Hasseltine one single share Contain-
ing about seventy Acrs more or Les Laying in three peaces the
first in Sandown in ... . wests Division Next Chester Con-
taining about 20 Acrs more or Les Bounding on the north side
upon Land of Sam'' Keens Land Southerly on Capt thomus
wills Land Laying about Eight Score Rods in Length the second
peace Lays by Akens mill So Called in Chester and Containing
ten acres and is Bounded on Northeasterly on Jacob Hills
Land Norwesterly on williams Craffords Land Southwesterly
and South Easterly on Land Left for High ways the third peace
Ly in Chester and Contains fifty acers more or Les Laying on the
Northerly sid of that Hundred Acer Lot in the Second part of the
Second Division that is Nomber fifty five and is Bounded as
foleth Northerly on Land of Col" Jonathan moultons Easterly
and westerly on Land Left for High ways and Southerly on the
Land we have set of to Jeams Hasseltine
5'y we have set of to John Hasseltine one single share Contain-
ing about one Hundred and fifty Acers more or Les Laying in
three peaces Laying in the township of Chester the first peace
Contains the whole of that Eight acer Lot in the third Division
that Number 20 as s'^ Lot is Layd out and bounded as by the
Records of Chester as the Same may more fuly appear the second
peace Contains forty acers more or Les being one Half of that 80
Acre Lot in the s'' third Division that is Number twenty one and
is not Divided the third peace Contains about thirty Acres more
or Les in the forth Division it being full Half of that Sixty Acre
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 327
Lot that is Number 92 Laying near tower Hell pond not Divided
Chester march 20**^ 1767 Sam'^ Emerson
Ephraim Hasseltine
Thomas Hasseltine
SIMON GODFREY 1758 NORTH HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Simon Godfrey of North
Hampton, cordwainer, granted to Abigail Godfrey, widow,
Sept. 29, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 80.]
[Bond of Abigail Godfrey, with John Allen, yeoman, and Tim-
othy Jones, innholder, as sureties, all of Greenland, in the sum of
£500, Sept. 29, 1758, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Inventory, attested Dec. 27, 1758; amount, £452. 16. 5;
signed by Joseph Clark and Timothy Jones.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £941. 11. 5, personal
estate; expenditures, £934. 12. 6; mentions "230 Weeks main-
taining One of the dec^ Children yet under 7 years old " ; allowed
Dec. 29, 1762.]
JOSEPH HADLEY 1758 HAMPSTEAD
The Last Will and Testament of Joseph Hadly of Hampstead
in the Province of New Hampshire Yeoman * * *
first I Give and Bequeath to Annah my Dearly Beloved wife
All my Household Stuf to be by her freely Posess"^ and Enjoy*
and allso the Improvement of my Stock So Long as She Remains
my widow (Excepting only one Cow which my Daughter Han-
nah is to have at my Deceese —
Secondly I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved Son Joseph the
Sum of ten Pounds old tenor —
328 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
thirdly I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Easther
the Sum of ten Pounds old tenor
forthly I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Elisa-
beth the Sum of ten Pounds old tenor
fifthly I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Hannah
the Sum of ten Pounds old tenor; and allso one Cow at my
Deceese
Sixthly I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Mary
the Sum of ten Pounds old tenor
Seventhly I Give and Bequeath to my Belov^ Daughter
Susanna the Sum of ten Pounds old tenor
Lastely I Give and Bequeath to my two Belov^ Youngest sons
namely David and Daniel; whom I Likewise Constitute and
Appoint the Sole Executors of this my Last Will and testament
Equaly alike (and as tennants in Common and of Equal Pro-
priatey) All and Singaler the whole of my Real and Personall
Estate which I have not Disposd of above in this my Last will
and testament * * * in Testimony whareof I have here-
unto Sett my hand & Seal this fourth Day of occf Anno Domi
1758 his
Joseph + Hadly
mark
his
[Witnesses] Samuel -f Hadly, Nicodenes Watson, John John-
son, mark
[Proved Oct. 25, 1758.]
[Inventory, attested Feb. 24, 1759; amount, £3228.10.0;
signed by John Johnson and Nicodemus Watson.]
JOHN OBER, JR. 1758 SALEM
[Administration on the estate of John Ober, Jr., of Salem, yeo-
man, granted to Anna Ober of Salem, widow, Oct. 4, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 95.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 329
[Bond of Anna Ober, with John Ober and Ebenezer Woodbury,
yeoman, as sureties, all of Salem, in the sum of £2000, Oct. 4,
1758, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, John Dins-
moor, Andard Armour.]
[Inventory, Oct. 16, 1758; amount, £1882.10.0; signed by
Andrew Balch and John Hall.]
ELLIOT VAUGHAN 1758 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Elliot Vaughan of Portsmouth
granted to Anna Vaughan of Portsmouth, widow, Oct. 11, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 84.]
[Bond of Anna Vaughan, with William Bennett, gentleman,
and Daniel Peirce as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
£1000, Oct. II, 1758, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Warrant, Oct. 11, 1758, authorizing Eleazer Russell and
Samuel Penhallow, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 18, 1758; amount, £42,955. 14. 6; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
[License to the administratrix, Dec. i, 1760, to sell "a Certain
Island in Portsmouth aforesaid situate in the Northerly part of
said Town near the Ferry Place to Kittery with a Ware house
thereon standing".]
[Administration on the estate of Elliot Vaughan of Portsmouth
granted to James Noble of Boston, Mass., Aug. 15, 1758.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 45.]
[Inventory of the estate in York county, Me., Nov. 9, 1758;
amount, £1830. 15. o; lands in Scarborough, Me.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 92.]
330 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Administrator's account against the estate; amount, £12. 8. o;
claims against the estate, £735. 11. o; allowed June 21, 1759.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. lo, p. 92.]
PARKER DOLE 1758 PLAISTOW
[Administration on the estate of Parker Dole of Plaistow,
cordwainer, granted to Hannah Dole of Plaistow, widow, Oct.
13. 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 85.]
[Bond of Hannah Dole, with Tristram Knight, gentleman, and
Timothy Ladd, yeoman, as sureties, all of Plaistow, in the sum
of £1000, Oct. 13, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Daniel Little, Joseph Little.]
[Warrant, Oct. 13, 1758, authorizing Tristram Knight and
Timothy Ladd to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 16, 1758; amount, £3761.6.6;
signed by Tristram Knight and Timothy Ladd.]
PETER ARCHDEACON 1758 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Peter Archdeacon of Ports-
mouth, mariner, granted to Andrew Clarkson of Portsmouth,
merchant, Oct. 17, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol.. 21, p. 85.]
[Bond of Andrew Clarkson, with Thomas Hart, merchant, and
George Libby, mariner, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum
of £500, Oct. 17, 1758, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Inventory, Nov. 2'j, 1759; amount, £95.5.0; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 33 1
DOROTHY JACKSON 1758 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God amen the Nineteenth day of October in
the Year of our Lord 1758, I Dorothy Jackson of Portsmouth in
the Province of New Hampshire Innholder, Widow of Ephraim
Jackson late of Portsmouth aforesaid Cooper Deceased being
Aged and weak in body * * *
Item I Give unto My Son in law * Johnson Jackson the Sum
of ten Shillings
Item; I Give unto My Son in Law Jeffry Jackson the Sum of
ten Shillings —
Item, I Give unto My Son in law Joseph Jackson the Sum of
ten shillings also one Carved Casse of Draws, and a Suit of White
Curtains & vallins for a Bed
Item I Give unto My Son William Jackson the Sum of ten
Shillings
Item I Give unto each of the Children of My Son-in-law
Ephraim Jackson Deceased the Sum of five Shillings —
Item, I Give unto My Son in law John Murphy the Sum of
ten Shillings
Item I Give unto My Daughter-in-law Elizabeth Churchill the
Sum of Ten Shillings —
Item. I Give unto My Daughter-in-law Mary Monson the
Sum of ten Shillings —
Item I Give unto My Daughter Dorothy Whipple the Sum
of ten Shillings —
Item I Give unto My Daughter in law Hannah Bestow the
Sum of ten Shillings —
And as to the rest and residue of My Estate both real and
personal that I leave at the time of My Decease after My just
Debts And funeral Charges are paid out of the Same, I Give and
bequeathe the Same to and among all the before Named Children
of My late Husband Ephraim Jackson Deceased Males and
females viz. to Johnson Jackson, Jeffry Jackson, Joseph Jackson,
* Stepson.
332 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
William Jackson, the Children of Ephraim Jackson jun"^ De-
ceased, Elizabeth Churchill Mary Monson and Hannah Bestow,
and to their heirs and Assigns forever to be Divided equally
among the Said Children and the Children of My Said Son-in-
law Ephraim that is for both the Children of My Said Son-in-law
Ephraim to have one Shear, or an equal part with one of the
Children of My Said Husband, equally between them both
And I the Said Dorothy Jackson Do hereby Constitute Make
and Ordain Thomas Bickford of Portsmouth in New Hampshire
aforesaid Schoolmaster and John Marshall of Portsmouth afore-
said Boat builder Executors * * *
Dorothy Jackson
[Witnesses] W"* Hooker, the Mark of Mary -f Stoneman,
alec stonman.
[Proved Jan. 31, 1759.]
[Administration with will annexed granted to John Murphy
Nov. 25, 1761.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 279.]
[Bond of John Murphy, mariner, with John Churchill, yeoman,
and Nathaniel Furber, boat-builder, as sureties, all of Ports-
mouth, in the sum of £500, Nov. 25, 1761, for the administration,
with will annexed, of the estate; witness, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Jan. 26, 1763, authorizing Eleazer Russell and
Samuel Penhallow, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to receive
claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, Nov. 17, 1763; amount, £1541. 11. 2; signed
by Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £1528. 15. 8; expendi-
tures, £618. 15. 8; allowed March 10, 1764.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £1541. 11. 2; amount
distributed, £910. o. o; allowed March 21, 1764.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 333
LEONARD CUMMINGS 1758 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of Leonard Cummings of Lon-
donderry, yeoman, granted to Jane Cummings of Londonderry,
widow, Oct. 25, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 91.]
[Bond of Jane Cummings, widow, with John Senter and
Samuel Senter, husbandmen, as sureties, all of Londonderry,
in the sum of £1000, Oct. 25, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, John Lovewell, Jonathan Lovewell.]
[Warrant, Oct. 25, 1758, authorizing William Butterfield and
Samuel Senter, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 25, 1758; amount, £3182. 19.0; signed by
William Butterfield and Samuel Senter.]
[Guardianship of Jerathmeel Cummings and Rachel Cum-
mings, minors, aged more than 14 years, and Silas Cummings,
aged less than 14 years, children of Leonard Cummings, granted
to Joel Parkhurst of Dunstable, Mass., yeoman, Feb. 21, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 172.]
[Bond of Joel Parkhurst of Dunstable, Mass., yeoman, with
Noah Tarbox of Londonderry and John Fletcher of Dunstable as
sureties, in the sum of £5,000, Feb. 21, 1766, for the guardianship
of Jerathmeel Cummings and Rachel Cummings, aged more than
14 years, and Silas Cummings, aged less than 14 years; witnesses,
Leod Tarbox, John Clark, Eleazer Farwell, James Whitney.]
[Bond of Joel Parkhurst, husbandman, with Joseph Spaulding,
husbandman, as surety, both of Dunstable, Mass., in the sum of
£500, Sept. 14, 1769, for the guardianship of Silas Cummings,
minor, in his fifteenth year, son of Leonard Cummings ; witnesses,
Joseph Lee and Nathan Barrett.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
334 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
BENJAMIN DAVIS 1758 PLAISTOW
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Davis of Plaistow,
yeoman, granted to Ruth Davis of Plaistow, widow, Oct. 25,
1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 86.]
[Bond of Ruth Davis, with James Pike of Plaistow, yeoman,
and John Johnson of Hampstead as sureties, in the sum of
£1000, Oct. 25, 1758, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, William Gilchrist.]
[Warrant, Oct. 25, 1758, authorizing James Pike and Moses
Stevens, both of Plaistow, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 26, 1759; amount, £3804.7.8; signed by
James Pike and Moses Stevens.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1162. 5. 2, personal
estate; expenditures, £348. 8. 4; mentions "maintaing 3 of the
dec^^ Children Under Seven years old Since his decease viz Ruth
from Sept^ 16, 1758 to June 19*^ 1759, is 39 weeks (then Seven
years old) Moses from D° to Oct' 31 1759, (said Child born
Jany 27, 1755) 57 weeks Amos from D° to D° (born May 8, 1757)
57 weeks"; allowed Oct. 31, 1759.]
DANIEL LADD 1758 EPPING
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Ladd of Epping, yeo-
man, granted to Alice Ladd of Epping, widow, Oct. 25, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 91.]
[Bond of Alice Ladd, with Philip Wadleigh of Exeter and
Joseph Wadleigh of Brentwood, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum
of £500, Oct. 25, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, James Stoodley, Jr., William Parker.]
[Warrant, Oct. 25, 1758, authorizing Ezekiel Brown and Abra-
ham Brown, both of Epping, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 335
[Inventory, attested Dec. 26, 1758; amount, £1785.11.0;
signed by Ezekiel Brown and Abraham Brown.]
[Guardianship of Nathaniel Ladd, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Daniel Ladd, granted to John Dow of Epping Jan.
30, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 384.]
[Bond of John Dow, yeoman, with Daniel Tilton of Exeter,
trader, and Richard Hoyt of Epping, yeoman, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, Jan. 30, 1760, for the guardianship of Nathaniel
Ladd; witnesses, William Parker, John Langdon, Jr.]
JOHN PURMORT 1758 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of John Purmort of Exeter,
joiner, granted to Hannah Purmort Oct. 25, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 213.]
[Bond of Hannah Purmort, widow, with Ephraim Robinson,
gentleman, and Daniel Grant, cabinet-maker, as sureties, all of
Exeter, in the sum of £1000, Oct. 25, 1758, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, Benjamin Dow, Noah Emery.]
[Warrant, Oct. 25, 1758, authorizing John Oilman and Eph-
raim Robinson, shopkeeper, both of Exeter, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. i, 1759; amount, £9206. 8. 6; signed by John
Oilman, Jr., and Ephraim Robinson.]
[List of claims against the estate, Sept. 20, 1760; amount,
£6914. 3. 5 ; signed by John Oilman, Jr., and Ephraim Robinson.]
WILLIAM CUMMINOS 1758 NASHUA
[Administration on the estate of William Cummings of Dun-
stable, yeoman, granted to Lucy Cummings of Dunstable,
widow, Oct. 25, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 91.]
336 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Lucy Cummings, with Zaccheus Lovewell and Noah
Johnson, husbandman, as sureties, all of Dunstable, in the sum
of £500, Oct. 25, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Samuel Cummings, Jonathan Lovewell.]
[Inventory, Nov. 20, 1758; amount, £8210.3.4; signed by
Samuel Cummings and Francis Worcester, Jr.]
[Petition of the widow for an allowance from the estate, no
date, "having a great fammily and Divers Small Children and
one but about a month old."; witness, Whitcomb Powers.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £2983. 9. 8;
expenditures, £3160. i. 3; allowed June 24, 1761.]
[Caveat of Stephen Powers of Hollis in his own behalf, and as
an heir to the estate, Jan. 30, 1762, against the allowance of the
account of Lucy Cummings, administratrix, without notice.]
[Warrant, Oct. 27, 1763, authorizing Samuel Cummings,
Francis Worcester, Jr., and Benjamin Blanchard, Jr., all of
Hollis, to set off the widow's dower to Lucy Kendall, wife of
Ebenezer Kendall of Dunstable, Mass., yeoman.]
Province of 1 Pursuant to a Warrant to us from the
New Hamp' / Hono**'^ Richard Wibord Esq' Judge of Probats
of Wills for the Province of New Hampsheir To seat of to Lucy
Kendall late widow of Deacon William Cumings late of Dun-
stable Deceased her Part or Dower of thirds in the Deceseds
Estate During her life — we have Seat of to the said Lucy
Kendall about 40: acres on the westerly side the Homsted as is
Discribed in the Plan which we have taken of the same the
Dwelling House stands on the Land set of to the s"^ Lucy and she
is to have the west End of the House the lowar rom Chamber and
garat and one half of the sellor with one half of the liberty of the
Enterry and stears in to the Chamber and garrat with liberty of
Baken in the oven in the East rom and the said Lucy is to have
one half of the Barn with Sutable yard rom and liberty of passing
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 337,
and repassing to and from the Barn and the Children of this
.... to have the East End of the DwelHng House from the
garret to the bottom with half the sollor and Enterry and stears
and sutable yeard rom for laying wood and the s"* Children is to
have the benifit of the old House that stands on the Said Lucys
thirds
Holies March the 6*^ 1764 Francis Worcester
Benjamin Blanchard
Sam^ Cumings
[Additional account of the settlement of the estate; receipts,
£2237.11.8; expenditures, £3030.9.9; mentions "Boarding
Clothing & Maintaining Three children under seven years of age
(viz) Caleb Cumings from Septem'' i, 1759 till January i^' 1762,
at which time he arived to Seven years. . . . Joshua Cumings
from Septem"" i^* 1759 till Feb. i«* 1764 at which time he was
seven years of age .... Larnard Cumings from January 31
1759, till this day, or untill he shall be seven years of age";
allowed March 27, 1764.]
[Guardianship of Caleb Cummings, Joshua Cummings, and
Earned Cummings, aged less than 14 years, children of William
Cummings, granted to Samuel Hobart April 11, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 214.]
[Bond of Samuel Hobart, with John Hale and John Atwell,
joiner, as sureties, all of Hollis, in the sum of £100, April 11,
1764, for the guardianship of Caleb Cummings, Joshua Cum-
mings, and Earned Cummings; witnesses, Jonathan Johnson,
John Williams.]
[Guardianship of Philip Cummings, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of William Cummings, granted to William Cummings
April 23, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 218.]
[Bond of William Cummings of Dunstable, yeoman, with
Stephen Powers and John Atwell, yeoman, both of Hollis, as
338 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
sureties, in the sum of £3000, April 23, 1764, for the guardianship
of Philip Cummings; witnesses, Samuel Hobart, Joshua Boyn-
ton.]
[Warrant, April 27, 1764, authorizing Samuel Cummings, John
Hale, Francis Worcester, Jr., yeoman, Benjamin Blanchard, Jr.,
and David Hobart, gentleman, to appraise the remainder of the
real estate for settlement upon the oldest son. Return of ap-
praisal at £1866.0.0, April 30, 1764, signed by Samuel Cum-
mings, Francis Worcester, John Hale, and Benjamin Blanchard.
A note adds "Childrens Names, William Philip, Lucy,
Bridgett Elisabeth Rebecca Caleb: Joshua Larnard but Ebenezer
has got a deed of gift of 100 acres of Land which was apprisd
at £800 which is more than his Equal, or Double Share."]
[Appraisal of the two thirds of the real estate at £70, o. o
sterling, attested July 3, 1765; signed by Samuel Cummings,
Francis Worcester, and Benjamin Blanchard; order of court
settling the estate upon William Cummings, second son, the
oldest son, Ebenezer, having received his share.]
[Guardianship of Caleb Cummings, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of William Cummings, granted to Samuel Tarbell
June 14, 1770.]
[Probate Records, vol. 5, p. 232. J
[Bond of Samuel Tarbell of Mason, with Stephen Powers and
John Atwell of Hollis as sureties, in the sum of £500, June 14,
1770, for the guardianship of Caleb Cummings; witnesses,
Samuel French, Ephraim Lund.]
[Bond of Samuel Tarbell, with Nathan Coburn and David
Sloane as sureties, all of Mason, in the sum of £500, March 13,
1 77 1, for the guardianship of Caleb Cummings; witnesses, David
Farnsworth, Richard Lawrence.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 339
DANIEL TITCOMB 1758 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen, I Daniel Titcomb of Dover in y«
Province of New Hamps' in New-England Blacksmith; Being
Exercised with great Bodily Infirmities * * *
Imprimis. I Give to my Beloved Wife Anne Titcomb the free
& full use & Improvement of y Westerly lower Room in My
Dwelling House, & Such a Priviledge in y^ Celler under it as She
Shall have Occation of for her own use; And also the use and
Improvement of y« one half Part of my Barn, During y« Term
of her Continuing my widow; I also Give unto my S"^ wife y"
one half Part of the Produce of my Homestead Land of every
kind, & my will is that y« one half Part of y« Hay Produced by
my Mowing Land, & one half Part of y^ Crops of every kind,
Produced by my Tillage Land, Shall be well & Seasonably
Secured & Housed, by my Son Daniel Titcomb, or at his Cost &
Charg, for y« Use of my S<^ wife, Yearly & every Year, During
y« afores'd Term of her Continuing my widow; But in Case jShe
Shall Marry, then my Will is that She Shall have her Proper
Dowry out of my Estate, as by Law Established. My will also
further is that my S"^ Wife Shall have y* free liberty of using So
much of y« fire-Wood Standing & Being upon my Said Land as
She Shall have occation of to Support one Comfortable fire
During y« afores'd Term of her Continuing my widow. I also
Give unto my S*^ Wife all my Household Goods, Beds Beding &
furniture belonging unto them, & also all my Live Stock of
Cattle Sheep & Swine to her own Disposal.
Item I Give unto my Son John Titcomb fifty Pounds, old
Tenor, to be Paid him by my S'^ Son Daniel Titcomb, within y"
Term of Six Months, after my Decease, & y« Decease of my S"*
Wife.
Item, I Give unto my S^ Son Daniel Titcomb, & to his Heirs &
Assigns for ever, all my S*^ Homestead Land, together with my
Dwelling House, Barn, Smiths Shop, & all other Buildings
Standing & Being upon S*^ Land, Excepting y« Use & Improve-
340 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
ment of Such a Part of y^ S*^ Dwelling House & Barn, & Such a
Part of y^ Produce of S^ Land as I have in & by this Will, allow'd
& Given to my 5*^ wife, During y^ Term of her Continuing my
widow, and Such a Part as is Allowed her by Law During y^
Term of her natural life. I also Give to my S"^ Son Daniel all
my Smiths Tools & Utensils.
Item. I Give unto my Son David Titcomb fifty Pounds, old
Tenor, to be Paid him by my S"^ Son Daniel Titcomb, within y«
Term of one Year after my Decease, & y^ Decease of my S^ Wife.
Item. I Give unto my Son Enoch Titcom Two Hundred
Pounds, old Tenor, to be Paid him, by my S"^ Son Daniel Tit-
comb, within y« Term of Two Years after my Decease & y^
Decease of my S*^ wife.
Item. I Give unto my Son Benjamin Titcomb & to his Heirs
& Assigns for ever, all my Land in Rochester being y^ one moiety
or half Part of a Tract of Land which I together with John
Plumer of S'* Rochester lately Purchased of Joseph Watson of
Dover afores'd & which Tract is now Posses'd by my Self & S"^
Plumer as Tenents in Common.
Item, I Give unto my Daughter, Sarah Winget one Hundred
Pounds, old Tenor, to be Paid her by my S^ Son Daniel Titcomb,
within y« Term of one Year after my Decease & y Decease of my
Sd Wife.
Item I Give unto my Daughter Mary Titcomb Two Hundred
Pounds, old Tenor, to be Paid her by my S'^ Son Daniel Titcomb
within y« Term of Two Years after my Decease, & y^ Decease of
my s^ wife. And my Will also is that my S<^ Daughter Mary
Shall have y liberty of living in that Part of my Dwelling House
which I have herein Allotted & Asign'd unto my wife to live in.
So long as my S'^ Daughter Shall live unmarried.
Item, I Give unto my Daughter Elisabeth Plumer fifty
Pounds, old Tenor, to be Paid her by my S'^ Son Dan^' Titcomb
within y« Term of Two Years after my Decease, & y*' Decease of
my S^ Wife.
Item I Give unto my Daughter Abigail Libbe fifty Pounds, old
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 34I
Tenor, to be Paid her by my S<^ Son Dan^' Titcomb within y«
Term of Two Years after my Decease & y^ Decease of my S*^
Wife.
And I do hereby Constitute make & Ordain my S'^ Wife Anne
Titcomb my Sole Executrix * * * jn Witness whereof I do
hereunto Set my hand & Seal this Twenty Seventh Day of
October Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty
Eight, & in y^ Thirty Second Year of y^ Reign of his Majesty
King George y^ Second.
Daniel Titcomb
[Witnesses] William Shackford, Benj* Lebby, Peter Tibbets.
[Proved March 28, 1759.]
[Bond of Ann Titcomb, widow, with Daniel Titcomb, yeoman,
James Kielle, tailor, and John Titcomb as sureties, all of Dover,
in the sum of £6000, March 28, 1759, for the execution of the
will; witnesses, John Clark, William Shackford, and D. Sewall.]
NATHAN MANN 1758 WINDHAM
[Mary Mann of Windham, being, "Infirm of bodey," re-
nounces administration on the estate of her husband, Nathan
Mann, in favor of James Wilson, chief creditor; dated at London-
derry, Oct. 30, 1758; witnesses, Samuel Barr, John Barr.]
[Administration on the estate of Nathan Mann of Windham,
husbandman, granted to James Wilson of Londonderry, yeoman,
Nov. 21, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 102.]
[Bond of James Wilson, yeoman, with William Crawford of
Chester and Gain Armour of Windham, yeomen, as sureties, in
the sum of £2000, Nov. 21, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Samuel Barr, John Wilson.]
342 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Inventory, Nov. 25, 1758; amount, £2426.8.0; signed by-
Samuel Barr and James Dunlop.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £948.8.0, personal
estate; expenditures, £777. 14. 2; allowed Sept. 27, 1759.]
ANN CREIGHTON 1758 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Ann Creighton of Exeter,
widow, granted to Thomas Creighton of Exeter, shipwright,
Nov. 14, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 95.]
[Bond of Thomas Creighton, with Nathaniel Folsom, gentle-
man, and Jonathan Lord, tailor, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the
sum of £1000, Nov. 14, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, Mary Parker.]
[Warrant, May 28, 1764, authorizing Samuel Gilman, Jr.,
Nathaniel Folsom, Noah Emery, gentlemen, Daniel Tilton, and
Theophilus Gilman, traders, all of Exeter, to divide lands held
in common by Martha Pearson of Portsmouth, widow, and the
heirs of Ann Creighton.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 350.]
Province of I Pursuant to a Warrant from the Hon**'"
New Hampshire [ Richard Wibird Esq"" Judge of the Probate
of Wills &c for Said Province, Appointing us the Subscribers a
Committee to make Partition & Division of Lands held in
Common & undivided by Martha Pearson of Portsmouth in Said
Province Widow, and the Heirs of Ann Creighton Deceas'd
(Agreeable to a Special Act or Law of Said Province Authorizing
the Judge of Probate for Said Province for the time being to
make Partition & Division of Said Lands as he is by Law
Enabled to do of the Estates of Persons dying Intestate) and to
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 343
Set forth Each part by metes & bounds To Hold to the respective
parties in Severalty —
We have Accordingly made Partition & Division of Said
Lands in manner Following — Namely We have Proportioned &
Set off to the Heirs of the Said Ann Creighton Forty rods of Land
in Exeter in Said Province Adjoyning to Lands heretofore Jabez
Smith's Deceas'd & Lying on the Northerly Side of the road
leading from the Great Bridge in Exeter towards Stratham &
begins at the road aforesaid About two feet Eastward of the
South Easterly Corner of a Shop or Storehouse lately belonging
to & occupied by the said Jabez Smith Deceas'd, and from thence
to run South Seventy five Degrees East Sixty feet by Said road
to a Stake & Stones, & from thence to run North Four Degrees
West Eleven rods Seven feet & three Inches to a Stake, and
thence North Seventy five Degrees West Sixty feet to a Stake and
from thence South four Degrees East Eleven rods Seven feet
and three Inches partly by Lands of Joshua Wilson & partly by
Lands lately the Said Jabez Smith's, now in Possession of James
Thurstin to a Stake and Stones where it begins. And also about
an Acre & a half and thirty three rods of Land in Said Exeter
bounded as follows viz beginning at the Westerly Corner of Eight
acres of Land held in Common by the Said Parties at a Stake
Standing where Hampton road & Stratham road meet Exeter
road And from thence to run South fifty Eight Degrees East by
Hampton road aforesaid Eighteen rods, thence South Seventy
Degrees East Ten rods. Thence South Eighty Degrees East Six
rods by Said road. Thence North Ten Degrees East Six rods to a
Stake, Thence about North Fifty Six Degrees West Twenty
Seven rods and one foot to Stratham road aforesaid and from
thence by Said Stratham road Twelve rods to the Corner of the
Eight acres aforesaid begun at. And also Two Acres & Seventy
rods of Land in Exeter aforesaid bounded as Follows viz Begining
at the North Easterly Corner of the Land Lately Called &
known by the name of Joshua Wilson's Field, Adjoining to
Theophilus Smith Esq" Land at Stratham road aforesaid & from
344 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
thence to run South thirty Degrees West Twenty five rods by
Said road to a Stake and Stones, And then to begin again at the
aforesaid North Easterly Corner and to run North forty five
Degrees West Five rods & an half by Said Smith's land, and
thence West Twenty five rods. Thence South about Thirty two
Degrees East by Joshua Wilson's land to the Southerly End of
the Twenty five rods line aforesaid at Said Stratham Road, All
which Pieces of Land as before Described we have Sett off to the
Said Heirs of the Said Ann Creighton Deceas'd To Hold to them
in Severalty —
And to the Said Martha Pearson We have Proportioned and
Set ofif Forty rods of Land in Exeter aforesaid on the Northerly
Side of the road Leading from Exeter Great Bridge towards
Stratham and bounded as Follows viz begining at a Stake
Standing by Said Road at the South Easterly Corner of the
aforementioned Forty rods of Land herein before Set off to the
Said Heirs of Ann Creighton Deceas'd and from thence to run by
the Same Forty rods of Land North four Degrees West Eleven
rods Seven feet & three Inches, thence South Seventy five De-
grees East by Joshua Wilson's land Sixty feet, Thence South four
Degrees East by Said Wilson's land Eleven rods Seven feet &
three Inches to the road aforesaid Leading towards Stratham, to
a Stake & Stones Thence North Seventy five Degrees West by
the road aforesaid Sixty feet to the Stake begun at — And also
about Six Acres and Forty Seven rods of Land in Said Exeter
lying South Eastwardly of the aforesaid Stratham road & North-
erly of the Said Hampton road and Bounded as Follows viz
Begining at Stratham road aforesaid At a Stake Standing at the
North westerly Corner of the aforesaid one acre & a half & thirty
three rods of land before Set off to the Said Heirs of Ann Creigh-
ton Deceas'd, and from thence to run about South Fifty Six
Degrees East Twenty Seven rods & one foot to a Stake, Thence
South Ten Degrees West Six rods to Hampton road aforesaid,
Thence by Said road South Eighty Degrees East two rods,
Thence South Eighty five Degrees East Twenty four rods & an
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
345
half by the Said Hampton road, Thence North Twenty three
Degrees West about Forty Eight rods to Stratham road afore-
said, Thence South about Forty Eight Degrees West about
thirty one rods by Said Stratham Road to the Corner begun at
— Which Two pieces of Land last bounded & Described we have
Sett off to the Said Martha Pearson To Hold to her in Severalty
346 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
— Done at Exeter this Twenty Eighth day of July Anno Domini
1764.
Sam' Gilman j' '
Noah Emery
Nathii Folsom
Theo' Gilman
Com'ittee
SAMUEL MERRILL, JR. 1758 HUDSON
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Merrill of Nottingham
West, husbandman, granted to Rebecca Merrill of Nottingham
West, widow, Nov. 17, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 171.]
[Bond of Rebecca Merrill, with Ebenezer Blodgett and Jere-
miah Blodgett, housewrights, as sureties, all of Nottingham
West, in the sum of £2000, Nov. 17, 1758, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, Thomas Colburn, Jonathan Love-
well.]
[Inventory, Dec. 4, 1758; amount, £471.3.6; signed by
Thomas Colburn and George Burns.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts. £963. 17. 4, per-
sonal estate; expenditures, £709. 11. o; mentions "maintenance
of 2 children of the said Deceased under the age of seven years
from the last of September 1758 to this day"; allowed May 8,
1760.]
[Bond of Samuel Merrill of Nottingham West, with Ezekiel
Chase of Nottingham West and Joseph Butler of Pelham as
sureties, in the sum of £1000, May 16, 1760, for the guardianship
of Abel Merrill and Rachel Merrill, aged less than 14 years,
children of Samuel Merrill, Jr.; witnesses, Eleazer Whiting,
Hugh Tallant.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 347
[Guardianship of Abel Merrill, minor, aged more than 14 years,
son of Samuel Merrill, Jr., granted to Daniel Merrill April 14,
1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 544. 1
[Bond of Daniel Merrill, yeoman, with Nathaniel Merrill,
clerk, and James Sherburne, yeoman, as sureties, all of Pelham,
in the sum of £500, April 14, 1763, for the guardianship of Abel
Merrill ; witnesses, Catherine Parker, William Parker.]
[Bond of John Hamblett, cooper, with Amos Richardson and
Josiah Hamblett, yeomen, as sureties, all of Pelham, in the sum
of £10,000, March 28, 1764, for the guardianship of Isaac Merrill,
aged less than 14 years, son of Samuel Merrill of Nottingham
West, yeoman, deceased; witnesses, John Kimball, Samuel
Davis.]
Pursuant to the order of the Judge of Probate of Wills &c for
the Province of New Hampshire we the subscribers have viewed
the Real Estate of Samuel Merril Ju' Late of Nottingham west
yeoman Deceased Intestate which said Estate is in Nottingham
west in said Province and contains abote Forty acres bounded
Northerly and Easterly by Daniel merrils Land southerly &
westerly by Tyngs land and have set off to Rebecca Merrill the
Widow of said Interstate her Dower being one third of the same
bounded as followeth begining at the Northeast corner from
thence runing westerly by Daniel Merrils land Eighty Three
Rods from thence runing southerly Twenty three rods to a
stake and stons from thence Runing Easterly Seventy one Rods
to a stake and stons by the Town Rode thence Northerly by
said roade Twenty three Rods to the Bounds first mentioned
where we began —
and the Remaining two thirds of said Real Estate we Judge
can not be divided amoungst the Children without Prejudice and
Spoiling the whole for a settlement and we have appraised the
said two thirds and Judge the present Value of it to be Twenty
348 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
five Pounds five shillings & four pence Lawfull Sterling money of
Great Britan Nottingham west May y^ 4*'^ 1769 —
George Burns
Sam'' moor
Henry Chase
Nehemiah Hadley ,
Committee
CHRISTOPHER PRITCHARD 1758 NEWCASTLE
[Administration on the estate of Christopher Pritchard of
Newcastle granted to Shadrach Bell of Newcastle Nov. 20,
1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. loi.]
[Bond of Shadrach Bell, innholder, with Joseph Newmarch
and Thomas Bell as sureties, all of Newcastle, in the sum of
£500, Nov. 20, 1758, for the administration of the estate of
Christopher Pritchard, mariner; witnesses, Nathaniel Sargent,
Benjamin Randall.]
[Warrant, Nov. 20, 1758, authorizing Nathaniel Sargent,
physician, and Benjamin Randall, mariner, both of Newcastle,
to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 3, 1759; amount, £410.12.6; signed by
Nathaniel Sargent and Benjamin Randall.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £438. 17. o; expendi-
tures, £228. 6. II; allowed Nov. 23, 1759.]
WILLIAM MILLS 1758 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of William Mills of Chester,
husbandman, granted to John Mills of Chester, yeoman, Nov.
29, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 103.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 349
[Bond of John Mills, with Andrew Craige and John Underhill
as sureties, all of Chester, yeomen, in the sum of £500, Nov. 29,
1758, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William
Parker, Benjamin Adams.]
[Inventory, Feb. 22, 1759; amount, £2363. o. o; signed by Wil-
liam Litch and James Crossett.]
THOMAS WENTWORTH 1758 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Wentworth of Som-
ersworth granted to Mary Wentworth of Somersworth, widow,
Nov. 29, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 107.]
[Bond of Mary Wentworth, with John Wentworth of Somers-
worth and Thomas Hale of Plaistow, gentlemen, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, Nov. 29, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, Cutts Shannon.]
[Warrant, Nov. 29, 1758, authorizing Moses Stevens and
Benjamin Warren, both of Somersworth, tanners, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 25, 1758; amount, £1925.0.0; signed by
Moses Stevens and Benjamin Warren.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1705. 10. o; expendi-
tures, £1856. 18. o; mentions "Bringing up 4 Children 500 weeks
all added together"; allowed June 28, 1769.]
JOHN REDMAN 1758 NOTTINGHAM
[Administration on the estate of John Redman of Notting-
ham, yeoman, granted to Nicholas Smith of Brentwood, yeoman,
Nov. 29, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 276.]
350 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Nicholas Smith, with Jeremiah Bean of Brentwood,
yeoman, and Theophilus Gilman of Exeter, blacksmith, as
sureties, in the sum of £1000, Nov. 29, 1758, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, Theophilus Smith, John Gilman,
Jr.]
[Warrant, Nov. 29, 1758, authorizing Theophilus Smith and
John Gilman, Jr., both of Exeter, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 22, 1758; amount, £7286. 2. 6; signed by
Theophilus Smith and John Gilman, Jr.]
[Commission, June 9, 1759, to Noah Emery and Nicholas
Gilman, both of Exeter, gentlemen, to receive claims against
the estate.]
[Warrant, May 14, 1760, authorizing Theophilus Smith, John
Gilman, both of Exeter, Benjamin Shepard, Joseph Morrill,
and Robert Kelsey, all of Nottingham, to set ofif the widow's
dower.]
[Additional inventory, filed Feb. 12, 1761; amount, £520. 10.
o; signed by Theophilus Smith and John Gilman, Jr.]
Province of 1 Pursuant to a Warrant to us Directed by
New Hampshire / the Hon''^^ the Judge of Probate for Said
Province Appointing us a Committee to Sett off to Sarah Red-
man of Nottingham in said Province widow Relict of John
Redman late of Said Nottingham Yeoman Deceas'd, her
Dower of the Estate of which he Died Seiz'd In Said Province &
to Sett forth the Same by Metes & bounds to hold to her in
Severalty We have Accordingly Sett off to the Said Sarah Red-
man for her Dower of the Said Estate a Certain Piece of Land
in Said Nottingham Containing about Forty three acres & an
half of Land more or Less bounded as follows viz begining at the
Northerly Corner of the Lott Numbered Seventeen in Bow
Street & on the North Easterly Side of Said Street — & from
thence to run North forty three Degrees East Seventy three
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 351
rods to the North East Side of Said Redman's land, Thence
South forty three Degrees East Ninety one rods to the Corner of
Said Land Thence South forty three Degrees West Sixty one
rods to another Corner of Said Land Thence South forty three
Degrees East twenty one rods, Thence South fifty five Degrees
West, Twelve rods. Thence North fifty three Degrees West one
hundred & twelve rods to the bounds begun at — Which Prem-
isses we have Sett off to the Said Sarah Redman for her Dower
(which happens to her of the Said Estate of which the Said
John Redman Dyed Seiz'd) in Severalty During the Term of
her Natural Life, as Witness our hands the third day of Febru-
ary Annoque Domini 1761. —
John Gilman Jr
Benj* Shepard
Joseph morrill
Robert Kellse
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £5240. 12. 5;
signed by Noah Emery and Nicholas Gilman; attested June
23, 1761.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £7925. 15. 6; expen-
ditures, £2963. 15. 6; allowed Oct. 12, 1761.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £5240. 12, 5; amount
distributed, £4962. o. o; allowed Nov. 23, 1761.]
JOSHUA BABB 1758 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Joshua Babb of Portsmouth
granted to Philip Babb of Portsmouth, husbandman, Nov. 29,
1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 114.]
[Bond of Philip Babb, with George Waldron and Nathaniel
Muchmore, yeomen, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum
352 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
of £1000, Nov. 29, 1758, for the administration of the estate of
Joshua Babb, glazier; witnesses, David Sewall, WilHam Parker.
[Warrant, Nov. 29, 1758, authorizing Cutts Shannon and
John Elliot, both of Portsmouth, gentlemen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested Jan. 31, 1759; amount, £928. 15. o;
signed by Cutts Shannon and John Elliot.]
[Commission to Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow, mer-
chant, both of Portsmouth, to receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, April 30, 1760; amount, £590. 16. o; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £1300. o. o; expen-
ditures, £310. II. 6; allowed April 30, 1760.]
JONATHAN CROCKETT 1758 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen, The first Day of December
Seventeen Hundred & fifty Eight — I Jonathan Crocket of
Portsmouth in the Prov^ of New Hampsh^ Mariner being now of
a sound & disposing mind & memory tho weak of Body * * *
Item I give unto my only Daughter Elizabeth Crocket five
Pounds old Tenor to be pd by my Executrix when my S'^ Daugh-
ter Shall arrive at y^ age of Eighteen years —
The Residue of my Estate real & personal wheresoever &
whatsoever I give & bequeath unto my Beloved Wife Elizabeth
Crocket To Have & To Hold to her & her Heirs & assigns
forever
and I do hereby constitute & appoint my Said Wife Elizabeth
Crocket Executrix * * *
his
Jonath X Crocket
mark
[Witnesses] D Pelrce, Hannah Dame, Hannah Chadbourne.
[Proved Jan. 31, 1759.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 353
BENONI FORBUSH 1758 AMHERST
[Administration on the estates of Benoni Forbush of Souhegan
West, yeoman, and Mary Forbush, his widow, granted to John
Shepard of Souhegan West, gentleman, Dec. 5, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 122.]
[Bond of John Shepard, with Thomas Parker of Litchfield and
James Kielle of Dover, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £2000,
Dec. 5, 1758, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
John Hart, Thomas Westbrook Waldron.]
[Warrant, Dec. 5, 1758, authorizing Robert Reed and Samuel
Gray, both of Souhegan West, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Feb. 19, 1759; amount, £110. o. o, real
estate; signed by Robert Reed and Samuel Gray.]
[Commission, March 28, 1759, to Joseph Blanchard of Merri-
mack and Samuel Patten of Bedford, yeoman, to receive claims
against the estate.]
[List of claims, Sept. 28, 1759; amount, £503. 2. 11 ; signed by
Joseph Blanchard and Samuel Patten.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £782. o. o; expendi-
tures, £403. 18. o; allowed April 25, 1760.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £465. 2. 11 ; amount
distributed, £378. 2. o; allowed April 26, 1760.]
MOSES STICKNEY 1758 HAMPTON FALLS
[Administration on the estate of Moses Stickney of Hampton
Falls, husbandman, granted to Nathaniel Gove of Hampton
Falls, husbandman, Dec. 6, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 125.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Gove, with Reuben Sanborn, yeoman,
and Wade Stickney, husbandman, as sureties, all of Hampton
354 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Falls, in the sum of £1000, Dec. 6, 1758, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, Wyseman Clagget, Cutts Shannon.]
[Warrant, Dec. 6, 1758, authorizing Jonathan Gove and
Abner Philbrick, both of Hampton Falls, yeomen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Feb. 19, 1759; amount, £2922. 10. o;
signed by Jonathan Gove and Abner Philbrick.]
ONESIPHOROUS PAGE 1758 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Onesiphorous Page of Kings-
ton, husbandman, granted to Ebenezer Batchelder of Kingston,
yeoman, Dec. 9, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 126.]
[Bond of Ebenezer Batchelder, yeoman, with John Darling,
yeoman, and Thomas Batchelder, joiner, as sureties, all of
Kingston, in the sum of £300, Dec. 9, 1758, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, John Sanborn, William Parker,
Jr.]
[Warrant, Dec. 9, 1758, authorizing Edward Fifield and
William Parker, Jr., both of Kingston, gentlemen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 19, 1758; amount, £250. 6. o; signed by
Edward Fifield and William Parker, Jr.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £459. 16. 6; expendi-
tures, £399. 2. 4; mentions "Deceased wages receivd out of the
Province Treasury. . . . p*^ Joseph Eastman for keeping David
Page a son of said Deceased under Seven Years of Age, from the
19*'' of feby 1759"; allowed Jan. 28, 1761.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 355
[Additional account; receipts, £60. 13. 8; expenditures, £34.
15. o; filed Sept. 2, 1761.]
DANIEL BATCHELDER 1758 KENSINGTON
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Batchelder of Kens-
ington, joiner, granted to Mary Batchelder of Kensington, widow,
Dec. 15, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 249.]
[Bond of Mary Batchelder, with Jeremiah Fogg, clerk, and
James Fogg, yeoman, as sureties, all of Kensington, in the sum
of £1000, Dec. 15, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, Jr., Sarah Fogg.]
[Warrant, Dec. 15, 1758, authorizing William Parker of Kings-
ton, gentleman, and John Sherburne of Kensington, joiner, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 15, 1758; amount, £3250. 13. 6; signed by
William Parker, Jr., and John Sherburne.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1443. 13. 6, per-
sonal estate; expenditures, £2387. 5. 10; mentions "By Mainte-
nance of 3 Children under Seven Years of Age the first 156
weeks the Second 234 weeks the third 253 weeks"; allowed
Oct. 10, 1763.]
[Guardianship of Elizabeth Batchelder, Abigail Batchelder,
and Hannah Batchelder, aged less than 14 years, children of
Daniel Batchelder, granted to Joseph Wadleigh, Jr., Oct. 10,
1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 120.]
[Bond of Joseph Wadleigh, Jr., with Joseph Wadleigh as
surety, both of Kensington, in the sum of £500, Oct. 10, 1763,
for the guardianship of Elizabeth, Abigail, and Hannah Batchel-
der; witnesses, William Parker, Jr., Michael Brown.]
356 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
ELISHA LEAVITT 1758 STRATH AM
[Administration on the estate of Elisha Leavitt of Stratham,
cordwainer, granted to Elizabeth Leavitt of Stratham, widow,
Dec. 27, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 136.]
[Bond of EHzabeth Leavitt, with James Merrill, Jr., of
Stratham and Timothy Jones of Greenland, joiners, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, Dec. 27, 1758, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, none.]
[Warrant, Dec. 27, 1758, authorizing Joshua Neal, house-
wright, and Satchell Clark, cooper, both of Stratham, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 2, 1759; amount, £394. I5- o; signed by-
Joshua Neal and Satchell Clark.]
[Commission, March 28, 1759, to Theophilus Smith of Exe-
ter and Joshua Neal of Stratham, gentleman, to receive claims
against the estate.]
[List of claims, Oct. 10, 1759; amount, £269. i. 10; signed by
Theophilus Smith and Joshua Neal.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts £421. 11. 8; expendi-
tures, £336. II. 6; mentions "By charges in the Sickness &
funeral of a Child which Died und'' Seven Years of age"; al-
lowed Jan. 30, 1760.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £269. i. 10; amount
distributed, £85. o. o; allowed March 21, 1760.]
RUTH BEAN 1758 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Ruth Bean of Exeter, widow,
granted to James Bean of Brentwood Dec. 27, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 136.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 357
[Bond of James Bean, with Timothy Jones of Greenland,
joiner, and John Bergin of Newmarket as sureties, in the sum of
£1000, Dec. 27, 1758, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, WiUiam Parker, James Graves.]
[Warrant, Dec. 27, 1758, authorizing John OdHn and Samuel
Gilman, both of Exeter, gentlemen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 10, 1759; amount, £3584. 15. o; signed by
John Odlin and Samuel Gilman, Jr.; attested by James Bean,
Quaker.]
SAMUEL HAMILTON 1758 NEWMARKET
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Hamilton of New-
market granted to John Bergin of Newmarket Dec. 27, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 134.]
[Bond of John Bergin, glazier, with Samuel Hart, joiner, and
William Kennedy, laborer, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in
the sum of £1000, Dec. 27, 1758, for the administration of the
estate of Samuel Hamilton, schoolmaster; witnesses, Cutts
Shannon, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Dec. 2"], 1758, authorizing Joseph Smith and Joseph
Judkins, yeoman, both of Newmarket, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 27, 1759; amount, £28. 15. o; signed by
Joseph Smith and Joseph Judkins.]
NATHANIEL WEARE 1758 HAMPTON FALLS
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Weare of Hampton
Falls, yeoman, granted to Mehitabel Weare of Hampton Falls,
widow, Dec. 29, 1758.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 213.]
358 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Mehitabel Weare, with Meshech Weare and Andrew
Webster, shipwright, as sureties, all of Hampton Falls, in the
sum of £500, Dec, 29, 1758, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Caleb Sanborn, Jeremiah Lane.]
[Warrant, Dec. 29, 1759, authorizing Jonathan Swett and
Caleb Sanborn, both of Hampton Falls, gentlemen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 4, 1759; amount, £557. o. o; signed by Caleb
Sanborn and Jonathan Swett.]
[Warrant, June 26, 1759, authorizing Meshech Weare and
Caleb Sanborn, innholder, both of Hampton Falls, to receive
claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, Dec. 26, 1759; amount, £2146. 19. o; signed by
Meshech Weare and Caleb Sanborn.]
[Account of Mehitabel Shaw, administratrix; receipts, £557.
o. o, personal estate; expenditures, £560. 12. o; mentions "For a
Nurse and Necessaries in my Lying in with a Child After the
father went in the Army. . . . For Expences for bringing up of
three Children from the time of the Death of their Father on the
25*^^ of Nov 1758 being one year and Nine months, the Eldest
of them being not yet Six years old " ; allowed Aug. 27, 1760.]
[Guardianship of Mary Weare, Elizabeth Weare, and Mehita-
bel Weare, aged less than 14 years, daughters of Nathaniel
Weare, granted to Jonathan Moulton Feb. 24, 1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 541.]
[Bond of Jonathan Moulton of Hampton, with Hunking
Wentworth and Cutts Shannon, gentleman, both of Portsmouth,
as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Feb. 24, 1763, for the guardian-
ship of Mary, Elizabeth, and Mehitabel Weare; witnesses,
William Vaughan, George Libby.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 359
JOSEPH PERKINS 1759 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Perkins of Durham,
husbandman, granted to Joseph Hicks of Dover, gentleman,
Jan. 12, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 140.]
[Bond of Joseph Hicks, with Samuel Hale of Portsmouth and
Thomas Westbrook Waldron of Dover, gentlemen, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, Jan, 12, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Thomas Parker, Jr., Jonathan Blanchard.]
[Warrant, Jan. 12, 1759, authorizing Hubbard Stevens, tan-
ner, and Miles Randall, yeoman, both of Durham, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, attested May 30, 1759; amount, £292. 8. o;
signed by Hubbard Stevens and Miles Randall.]
[Commission, Nov. 13, 1759, to Benjamin Mathes, gentle-
man, and Jonathan Chesley, husbandman, both of Durham, to
receive claims against the estate.]
[List of claims, April 10, 1760; amount, £728. 2. o; signed by
Benjamin Mathes and Jonathan Chesley.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £703. 8. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £337. 8. o; allowed March 26, 1761.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £728. 2. o; amount
distributed, £366. o. o; allowed April 22, 1761.]
TIMOTHY OILMAN 1759 NEWMARKET
[Administration on the estate of Timothy Gilman of New-
market granted to Deborah Gilman of Newmarket, widow,
Jan. 12, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 140.]
360 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Deborah Gilman, with John Bergin of Newmarket,
glazier, and Zebulon Giddings of Exeter, trader, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, Jan. 12, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, WilHam Parker, James Oilman.]
[Warrant, Jan. 12, 1759, authorizing Winthrop Hilton, gentle-
man, and Peter Folsom, yeoman, both of Newmarket, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 16, 1759; amount, £3618. 6. o.]
WILSON 1759 LONDONDERRY
Londonderry January y^ 20 1759
Sir after Duerespects thes Coms to Inform you that Benjamin
Willson of this town is Coming Down to Portsmouth to Ad-
minester on his fathers Estat who is Leatly Deceased and the
Widow and his oldest son is both Alive and the widow Praid me
to writ to you that he May be stopt till the Wether be a litell
modrat that she Can Com Down or that she may have time to
appoint Some Proper Person to Adminester on said Estat there
is nothing to Adminester on but a small Mater of Personall estat
which will hardly Clear the Charges this is all that is Nidfull at
Present from sir your humbel ser*
Rob* Wallace
ENOCH CLARK 1759 GREENLAND
In the Name of God Amen, The twenty third day of January
1759. I Enoch Clark of Greenland, in the Province of New
Hampshire, Inholder, being under bodily Indisposition * * *
Imprimis I give & bequeath to Mary my beloved wife, the
third Part of all my real Estate in Greenland to be under her
Improvement or for her use & benefit, during her natural life,
according to The direction of the Law in such Case; also I give
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 36I
her sixteen Pounds lawful money of Great Britain, or equal
thereto, in whatsoever may be the lawful Currency of the Prov-
ince aforesaid, to be Paid by my Executor, also one good Cow,
six Sheep, my riding Chair The third part of all my household
Furniture, excepting a Clock & Desk, & the third part of all the
Eatables such as Grain, Meat & Sauce, which may be in my
house at the time of my Decease ; also Six Cord of good fire wood
annually, during her widow-hood to be cut & Haled to her
Door, one half of it by my Son Joseph & the other Half by my
Son Enoch, or by their Heirs or assigns; also my large Bible dur-
ing her natural life, & after her Decease to Mary Clark, the
Second Daughter of my Son Joseph, & in case of her Decease,
before Then, it shall return to my Son Enoch, or his Heirs —
Item I give & bequeath to my Son Joseph the house where he
Now lives, in Greenland, with all the Land adjoining thereto,
which belongs to me, and all the Buildings thereon, & appurte-
nances thereunto Belonging, excepting eight acres adjoining to
Land of Lieut. Nathan Johnson's; also I give him all the Imple-
ments of Husbandry on said Farm, which belong to me, that is
to say a Cart, Ploughs, iron Chains one iron bar & all the Move-
ables belonging to me within said house; And the Mare which is
now on said farm & a Steer coming in three, also one Half of a
Pew in the meeting house in Greenland adjoining to the Pew
which belongs to M"^ Tufton Philbrook —
Item I give & bequeath to my Son Greenleaf one Acre of Land
in said Greenland, adjoining on the easterly part to a Lot of
Land which I Sold to M^ Thomas Odiorne, & running back to
the Ditch in the bog & By said Ditch, & fronting on the Country
road leading to Exeter, so Far West as to make one Acre; also
I give him one half of the above mentioned eight Acres of Land
reserved out of the farm which I have given to my Son Joseph &
adjoining to Land of Lieut. Nathan Johnson's aforesaid; also
I give him a mortgage Deed of twenty five acres of Land in
Exeter, which I have from Constantine Gilman, the bounderies
of which are specified in said Deed bearing Date the twenty
362 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
second day of October, Anno Domini 1754; also a quantity of
house Timber hewed, lying near my Barn, & about twelve hun'^
feet of pine boards sixteen pounds lawful Money of Great
Britain, or equal thereto in whatever may be The lawful Cur-
rency of the aforesaid Province, to be paid by my Executor,
also one Cow, one of the middling sort of my Feather Beds One
Coverlaid, one pair of tow & linnen Sheets, one of my pewter
Dishes of the middling Size, and six plates of the smallest Size;
also Half of a Pew in the meeting house aforesaid, on the left
hand of The Pulpit adjoining to a Pew of the late Cap* Jn*
Bracketts, & a whip Saw —
Item I give & bequeath to my Son Ebenezer two fifty Acre
Lots of Land lying in Notingham East in the aforesaid Province,
which I bought of Tho^ Burleigh, with the house & barn thereon
& all the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, & five pounds
lawful money of Great Britain, or equal thereto in whatsoever
may be the lawful Currency of said Province & my beaver Hat ;
also one of the middling Sort of my beds, one Coverlaid, one pair
of tow & linnen Sheets, one Cow, one Pewter Dish of the mid-
dling size ; & six plates of the smallest, a cros-cut Saw, the short-
est of my Guns, & half of the Forementioned Pew adjoining to
M' Tufton Philbrook's Pew —
Item I give & bequeath to my Son Daniel twelve acres of
Land which I bought of Tho« Burleigh, lying in Notingham
aforesaid & all the Land that I have in Ipsum & the Sum of
Forty pounds lawful money of Great Britain to be paid to Him
at the Age of twenty two Years, if he shall arrive to that Age;
thirty two pounds of said sum to be paid by my Executor, &
eight pounds by my Son Joseph, or by their Heirs or assigns;
also I give him one of the middling Sort of my feather Beds, one
Coverlaid two tow & linnen Sheets, one pewter Dish, middling
size, six plates of the middling Size, one of the best of my large
silver Spoons, half of a Pew in the Gallery & six Sheep —
Item I give & bequeath to Rev^ Sam' Macclintock forty
Shillings lawful money of Great Britain, or equal thereto in
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 363
whatsoever may be the lawful Currency of said Province to be
paid By my Executor —
Item I give & bequeath to the Parish of Greenland forty Shil-
lings lawful money of Great Britain, or equal thereto in whatso-
ever may be the lawful Currency of the Province aforesaid,
towards purchasing a Bell for the Meetinghouse in said Green-
land, to be paid to the Parish by my Executor, when said Parish
shall buy or send for a Bell ; on condition that he shall be truly
paid by said Parish, agreeable to their Vote, the ballance of the
account of building the Meetinghouse which is due to me —
Item I give & bequeath to my four youngest Sons, viz. Enoch
Greenleaf, Ebenezer & Daniel, all my wearing apparrell, to be
equally divided between them —
Item I give to my Negro Woman Phillis her Freedom after
serving Fifteen Years from the date hereof; me, during my life
(& in case of My Decease before the Expiration of said Term)
my Son Enoch or His Heirs or assigns the remaining Part of said
Term —
Item I give & bequeath to my Son Enoch whom, I constitute
& appoint sole Executor of this my Last will & Testament the
dwelling House where I now live with all the Land adjoining
thereto (except The abovementioned acre given to my Son
Greenleaf) and all the Buildings thereon & appurtenances
thereunto belonging, also four acres of the aforesaid eight Acres
of Land, adjoining to Land of Lieut. Nathan Johnson's afore-
said ; also a Lot in the cedar Swamp in Greenland which I bought
of one Sherburne ; also half of the aforesaid Pew on the left hand
of the Pulpit adjoining to a Pew of the Late Capt. Jn° Brackett's
reserving the Privilege to my wife of sitting in said Pew during
her Life; also all my Money, Bills, Bonds, & Debts, all my store
of spirituous Liquors, all my live Stock, All my Casks, my
Clock Desk & all my other houshold Furniture Except what is
given away already & mentioned under the above Articles, and
all & every other Part or Parcel of my Estate, whether Real or
personal which I have not given away already in this My Last
364 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
will & Testament, or which may not be given away Before my
Decease, and I appoint him his Heirs Executors or assigns to see
that all the abovementioned Articles of this my last will And
Testament be faithfully fulfiU'd according to my Intention
Therein express'd, & to pay all my just Debts & funeral Charges,
out of his Legacy * * * Enoch Clark
[Witnesses] Joseph Moultin jun'', John Folsom, Joshua Pick-
erin Ju^
[Proved Feb. 28, 1759.]
Mary Clark signified & declared Her Consent to this last will
& Testament of her Husband lately Deceas'd in presence of us
John Folsom
Joshua Pickerin Ju'
[Bond of Enoch Clark, innholder, with John Folsom and
Joshua Pickering, Jr., as sureties, all of Greenland, in the sum
of £1000, Feb. 28, 1759, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
William Parker, John Dennett.]
[Daniel Clark of Greenland, minor, aged more than 14 years,
son of Enoch Clark, makes choice of his brother, Joseph Clark
of Greenland, cooper, as his guardian, March 22, 1759; wit-
nesses, Enoch Clark, Robert Bryent.]
[Guardianship of Daniel Clark granted to Joseph Clark April
25, I759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 219.]
[Bond of Joseph Clark, with Enoch Clark and William John-
son, yeoman, as sureties, all of Greenland, in the sum of £1000,
April 25, 1759, for the guardianship of Daniel Clark; witnesses,
William Parker, Moses Stevens.]
[Warrant, Feb. 18, 1761, authorizing Richard Jenness, 3d, of
Rye, Levi Dearborn of North Hampton, physician, Joseph
Brown of Rye, yeoman, James Brackett, and Thomas Odiorne
to set off the widow's dower.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 365
Prov^ of 1 Memorandum of one third part of the Real
New Hamp"" j Estate of M"" Enoch Clark Late of Greenland
Deceas'd sett of to his widow Mary Clark by us the Subscribers
Appointed for that end by the Hon^'^ Rich"^ Wibird Esq'' Judge
of Probate of Wills &c this 27 Day of Feb'^y 1761 — viz' —
The Westerly end of the Barn belonging to the whomstead
ten foot from the west end up & down with the privilege of
using the Barn floor & keeping her riding Chair therein
The working Shop begining at one third of the Chimney &
runing South to the beem then east to the side as mark'd out —
One third of the acre given to Greenleaf Clark four rods & a
half fronting the road & running that breadth the whole Depth
back — the westerly part of s"^ acre —
The whole westerly end of the Land of s<^ Deceas'd beginning
at Greenleaf Clarks fence & running westerly to the corner by
the schoolhouse about fourteen rod then running Southerly
twenty six rod then easterly twenty two rods then Northerly to a
fence in the bog running to Greenleafs acre then by his fence to
the Road.
The Garden one rod the south side of the Garden the whole
depth —
The orchard beginning at the North west corner of the milk
house & running Westerly four rods & half, then Southerly two
rods & Quarter then Easterly five rod & half to the house with
liberty to pass round the House —
Cedar Swamp beginning at the North West corner & running
Southerly Sixteen rods then easterly six rods to a mark'd tree
then runs Northerly sixteen rods then Westerly to the first
mentioned bounds
Joseph Clarks House the east end of the Chamber as the Peti-
tion now stands & the North or kitchin Room below, & the east
end of the Cellar one third
The East end of Jos Clarks Barn as far North as the main post
or fence, & one third of Barn floor —
The Northerly end of the Pasture the easterly side of the road
366 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
as is parted by a stone wall, likewise the North end of the orchard
& all the field above the orchard beginning one rod above a pair
of Barrs which Barrs are about six rods above Jos Clarks House
so as to take in three rows of apple trees to the North,
The Pasture Joyning L* Nathan Johnson beginning Eleven
rods from the fence & running Westerly by the Road thirteen
Rods then running back to the other fence so as to make two
acres & two thirds —
The outer Cellar Six foot & half from the South end across.
The Inner Cellar three foot & Eight Inches from the West
side, the whole length
The Kitchin part of the mansion House & the bedroom next to
it & the garret over the west end with liberty of a passage to the
garret & Cellar & Well also liberty of the back yard by the
Well —
Five rod of Land Deep Next to Tho* Odiornes & Eight rod in
length by the road running from s** Odiornes Land easterly
towards the meetinghouse
Liberty of setting a pig pen at the South end of the Kitchen'^&
a passage round the House & liberty of the fore yard to pass &
repass
Rich'^ Jenness 3<*
Levi Dearborn
Tho^ Odiorne
Joseph Brown
James Brackett
AVERY SANDERS 1759 HAVERHILL, MASS.
[Administration on the estate of Avery Sanders of Haverhill,
Mass., joiner, granted to Joseph Clark of Methuen, Mass.,
yeoman, Jan. 24, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 145.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 367
[Bond of Joseph Clark, with Peter Merrill and Richard Dow,
both of Salem, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of £2000, Jan.
24, 1759, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, David
Sewall, John Langdon.]
JONATHAN PRESCOTT 1759 HAMPTON FALLS
[Abigail Whidden, late of Hampton Falls, renounces adminis-
tration on the estate of her son, Jonathan Prescott of Hampton
Falls, Jan. 30, 1759, in favor of her husband, James Whidden of
Nottingham; witnesses, Joseph Cilley, Robert Harvey.]
[Administration granted to James Whidden, yeoman, Jan.
31. I759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 146.]
[Bond of James Whidden, with Joseph Cilley and Robert
Harvey, both of Nottingham, gentlemen, as sureties, in the sum
of £1000, Jan. 31, 1759, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, John Shackford, William Parker.]
[Warrant, Jan. 31, 1759, authorizing Thomas Simpson and
John McCrillis, Jr., both of Nottingham, yeomen, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, attested June 25, 1759; amount, £482. o. o; signed
by John McCrillis and Thomas Simpson.]
GEORGE SEWARD 1759 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of George Seward of Ports-
mouth, cordwainer, granted to his son, George Seward of Ports-
mouth, boat-builder, Jan. 31, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 146.]
368 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of George Seward, with John Shackford and Joseph
Cotton, boat-builder, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum
of £1000, Jan. 31, 1759, for the administration of the estate;
witness, Daniel Gilman.]
[Inventory, Feb. 28, 1759; amount, £2065. 7. o; signed by
Daniel Jackson and Samuel Waters.]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate;
receipts, £1025. 7. o; expenditures, £491. 19. 10; allowed May
28, 1760; mentions "my Mothers Funeral."]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 449.]
WILLIAM BRUCE 1759 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of William Bruce of Durham,
trader, granted to Elizabeth Bruce of Durham, single woman,
Jan. 31, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 150.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Bruce, with Joseph Atkinson, physician,
and Hercules Mooney, schoolmaster, as sureties, all of Durham,
in the sum of £1000, Jan. 31, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, S. Livermore, Cutts Shannon.]
[Inventory, attested May 30, 1759; amount, £4100. 8. 6;
signed by Jonathan Woodman and Miles Randall.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate by John Lane and
wife Elizabeth Lane, administratrix; receipts, £3153. 13. 6,
personal estate; expenditures, £3587. 15. 3; allowed Nov. 24,
1762.]
BENJAMIN KIDDER 1759 BEDFORD
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Kidder granted to
his brother, John Kidder of Derryfield, Feb. 8, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 171.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 369
[Bond of John Kidder, yeoman, with John GofFe and John
Moore, gentleman, as sureties, all of Derryfield, in the sum of
£500, Feb. 8, 1759, for the administration of the estate of Benja-
min Kidder of Souhegan East, yeoman; witnesses, Benjamin
Smith, Matthew Patten.]
[Warrant, Feb. 9, 1759, authorizing Moses Barron of Bedford
and John Moore of Derryfield, gentlemen, to appraise the estate
of Benjamin Kidder, Jr.]
[Inventory, May 30, 1760; amount, £153. 4. 5>^; signed by
Moses Barron and John Moore; mentions "his wages in his
majesties Service 1757 £51. 5. 4."]
ENOCH CHALLIS 1759 SOUTH HAMPTON
[Dorothy Challis renounces administration on the estate of
her husband, Enoch Challis of South Hampton, in favor of her
brother, Peleg Challis, Feb. 12, 1759.]
[Administration granted to Peleg Challis of Amesbury, Mass.,
yeoman, Feb. 28, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 181.]
[Bond of Peleg Challis, with David Bagley of Newton and
Benjamin Batchelder of Chester, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum
of £1000, Feb. 28, 1759, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, John Dennett.]
[Warrant, Feb. 28, 1759, authorizing Daniel Goodwin and
John Elliot, both of South Hampton, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, March 27, 1759; amount, £7735. 6. 4; signed by
John Elliot and Daniel Goodwin.]
[Warrant, May 22, 1759, authorizing Jeremy Webster, Joseph
Bean, innholder, Nathan Ordway, yeoman, all of Kingston,
370 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Jonathan Kimball, and Daniel Goodwin, both of South Hamp-
ton, yeomen, to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of 1 To the Honb'^ Richard Wibird Esq"" Judge
New Hamps: / of the Probate of Wills &c for the Province
afores**
Pursuant to your Hon"^^ Warrant to us directed appointing us a
Com*«« to set off to Dorothy Challis of South Hampton widow
her dower which happeneth to her of the Real Estate of her Late
Husband Enoch Challis of South Hampton aboves'^ deceas*^
&c — We haveing met at the place & viev/ed the premisses &c
& maturely Considered the Case & Circumstances have set off
to the s^ widow the s*^ Dorothy for her thirds or Dower in s*^
Estate as followeth viz : Beginning at the south westerly Corner
of the deceas'ds Lands or Estate & running North Easterly on
the High way fifty & Nine Rods to a stake by the fence: then
North westerly to a Poplar Tree standing at the Northwester-
most part of the s'^ Lands s^ tree is marked on four sides : and in
Case the s** Poplar tree should not stand exactly in the Line of the
s^ land ; our meaning is that this Line shall run that Course thro'
the s'^ Estate to the Northwestermost part thereof: then south
westerly as the deceas<^ Land Lays to the North westerly corner
thereof being about fifty six Rods then South Easterly on that
line of the whole tract to the place where it first began: thirty
three acres more or less : also the New Dwelling House being on
the s'^ thirds : with the one Half of the Barn viz : the westerly End
thereof: with full liberty & priviledge to use & Improve her s*^
part of the s<^ Barn in summer & in winter as Occasion may
serve: the s^ premisses with the Appurtenances as above men-
tioned & described : we set off to the s*^ widow for her Dower of
the Real Estate of her s"^ Late Husband : — as witness our hands
the 31^* day of May Anno: Domini 1759
Jeremy Webster
Joseph Bean
Jonathan Kimball 1^ Com*
Nathan Ordway
Daniel Goodwin
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 37 1
[Guardianship of Lydia Challis, Sarah Challis, and Thomas
Challis, aged less than 14 years, children of Enoch Challis,
granted to Micah Hoyt of Newton March i, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 395.]
[Bond of Micah Hoyt, yeoman, with William Smith and
Samuel Brown, both of Kingston, yeomen, as sureties, in the
sum of £1000, March i, 1760, for the guardianship of Lydia
Challis, Sarah Challis, and Thomas Challis; witnesses, William
Parker, Jr., Eliphalet Coffin.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £1847. 18. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £1862. 7. 8; mentions "bringing up the
Young Children"; allowed May 28, 1760.]
Province of New Hampshire
To the Honourable John Sherburn Esq'^ Judge of probates of
Wills for the County of Rockingham
The petetion of Lydia Varnum widow to Peter Varnum De-
cease* and Daughter of Enoch Challis of Newtown in said prov-
ince Deceased Humbly Sheweth that whereas my uncle Peleg
Challis who administred on the estate of my said Father De-
ceased Lives in Amesbury in the province of the massachusetts
Bay; and my said Father Left three children Liveing: and my
grand father Micah Hoit of s*^ newtown was Guardian for all of
the three my Father Died Seized of an estate of an Hundred
acres of Land in said Newtown and my uncle who was the ad-
ministrator Sold aboute twenty acres to pay my Fathers Debts
and Since my Grandfather is Deceased and there have been no
Settlement and your petetioner is a poor widow Left with won
child and wants to have' my part of my Fathers Estate to
Improve towards Supporting my Self and child of aboute 18
months old: I am the Eldest of my Fathers children there is a
Sister aboute twenty years old and a Brother aboute Eighteen or
Nineteen and the Estate is now Improved by my uncles Benja-
min and Samuel Hoits Sons to my said Grandfather Micah Hoit
Deceas<* & we did not Chuse Guardians for our Selves as we might
have don your petetioner prays your Hon"^ to appoint a Commit-
372 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
tee to Divide said Estate So that your petetioner may have
some Encum and that it be don as soon as may be and your
petetioner who as in Duty bound Shall Ever pray
Newtown ii*'^ April: 1775 her
Lydia X Varnum
mark
Test Caleb Pilsberry
[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £2. 4. 10;
expenditures, £11. 14. o; attested May 31, 1775.]
DAVID BLAIR I759 LONDONDERRY
In the Name of God amen the Sixteen Day of Feb^ one thou-
sand Seven hundred and fifty nine I David Blair of Londonderry
within his Maj*'^ provance of Newhamps. in Newingland yeman
being in helth and Steringh * * *
Imprimesses I Give and bequeath unto My wellbeloved
Brother William Blair all my Reale and personall Estate that I
am possesed of or hes a right unto after My Debts and funerall
Charges is pay^ and the legecies hereafter mentioned
Etam I allow to be pay* out of my Estat to my Sister ann
Cliningens ten Shillings Starling —
Itam I allow to be pay* out of my Estat to my Sister Elesebeth
Blair twinty pounds Starling —
Itam I allow to be pay^ out of my Estat to my Brother will™
Blairs Son william ten Shillings Starling —
Itam I allow to be pay** out of my Estat to my Brother will"
Blairs Daughter Jean Blair twinty pounds Starling — ■
Itam I allow to be pay* out of my Estat to my Brother will""
Blairs Daughter Frances Blair ten Shillings Starling and Like-
wise I Constitute make and ordain my Brother william Blaire
and Moses Barnett to be my Sole Executors * * *
David Blair
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 373
[Witnesses] Rob* Clindinin, William Vance, Samuel Barr.
[Proved Aug. 28, 1765.]
[Bond of William Blair, husbandman, with Robert Clendenin,
husbandman, and Samuel Livermore as sureties, all of London-
derry, in the sum of £200, Oct. 2, 1765, for the execution of the
will; witnesses, Peter Green, Samuel Eaton.]
SAMUEL WEYMOUTH 1759 SOMERSWORTH
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Weymouth of Somers-
worth, yeoman, granted to John Mason of Somersworth, hus-
bandman, Feb. 22, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 163.]
[Bond of John Mason, with Jacob Lavers of Portsmouth,
joiner, and George Home of Dover, yeoman, as sureties, in the
sum of £2000, Feb. 27, 1759, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, David Sewall.]
[Esther Mason, wife of John Mason, authorizes her husband
to receive what is due her from the estate of her brother, Samuel
Weymouth, 1759; witnesses, William Perkins, Joseph Tate.]
NEHEMIAH GOULD 1759 MASON
[Bond of Esther Gould, widow, with Phineas Waite and Wil-
liam Parker, yeomen, as sureties, all of Groton, Mass., in the sum
of £100, Feb. 25, 1759, for the administration of the estate of her
husband, Nehemiah Gould of No. i ; witnesses, James Reynolds
and William Lawrence.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Account of the settlement of the estate; mentions "Bringing
up her Posthumes Child to this time being four Years And nine
374 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
months .... Supporting three other of the deceased Children
all under seven years of age Two of which were Supported by her
more then Two years Each & the other nine months"; allowed
June 25, 1764.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
BENJAMIN THOMPSON 1759 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Thompson of Lon-
donderry, yeoman, granted to Janet Thompson of Londonderry
Feb. 27, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 213.]
[Bond of Janet Thompson, widow, with John Crombie and
John Crombie, Jr., yeomen, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in
the sum of £1000, Feb. 27, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Blair, Moses Barnett.]
[Warrant, Feb. 27, 1759, authorizing Samuel Barr, Moses
Barnett, gentleman, and William Blair, 3d, all of Londonderry;
to appraise the estate.]
[Barbara Thompson, aged more than 14 years, and James
Thompson, aged about 12 years, children of Benjamin Thomp-
son, make choice of James Carr of Goffstown as their guardian
April 23, 1759; witnesses, Moses Barnett, Samuel Barr.]
[Guardianship of Barbara Thompson, minor, aged more than
14 years, and of James Thompson, aged less than 14 years,
children of Benjamin Thompson, granted to James Carr of
Goffstown April 25, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 220.]
[Bond of James Carr, with John Goffe of Derryfield and
Samuel Moore of Litchfield, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of
£1000, April 25, 1759, for the guardianship of Barbara and James
Thompson; witnesses, William Parker, Timothy Walker, Jr.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 375
[Inventory, attested July 23, 1759; amount, £6343. 16. 11;
signed by Samuel Barr and Moses Barnett.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1943. 16. 11, per-
sonal estate; expenditures, £2032. 3. 3; mentions "maintain-
ance of a Child under Seven 2 Years to January 24, 1761";
allowed Nov. 26, 1760.]
[Additional account of the administratrix; receipts, £500. o. o;
expenditures, £1246. 8. 8; mentions "maintaining of a Child
under Seven years of age 2 years & Eight Months .... Neces-
saries for Schooling the Children"; allowed Nov. 30, 1763.]
[Guardianship of James Thompson minor, aged more than
14 years, son of Benjamin Thompson, granted to Robert Clark
Nov. 30, 1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 121.]
[Bond of Robert Clark of Londonderry, yeoman, with James
Caldwell of Bedford, yeoman, and Samuel Emerson of Chester
as sureties, in the sum of £500, Nov. 30, 1763, for the guardian-
ship of James Thompson; witnesses, William Parker, Jr., Wil-
liam Vaughan.]
JONATHAN STOODLEY 1759 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Stoodley of Ports-
mouth, mariner, granted to Mary Stoodley of Portsmouth,
widow, Feb. 28, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 167.]
[Bond of Mary Stoodley, with John Shackford and John
Dennett, gentleman, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum
of £500, Feb. 28, 1759, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, George Seward.]
[Warrant, Feb. 28, 1759, authorizing Hunking Wentworth
376 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
and Samuel Penhallow, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 4, 1759; amount, £6114. 11. o; signed by
Hunting Wentworth and Samuel Penhallow.]
[John Stoodley, minor, aged more than 14 years, son of
Jonathan Stoodley, makes choice of Samuel Treadwell of Ports-
mouth, boat-builder, as his guardian June 18, 1768; witnesses,
Samuel Parker, Joseph Moulton.]
[Bond of Samuel Treadwell, with Nathaniel Treadwell of
Portsmouth, tanner, as surety, in the sum of £500, June 18,
1768, for the guardianship of John Stoodley; witnesses, Joseph
Moulton, Samuel Parker.]
[Citation to Mary Furber, administratrix, Oct. 20, 1790, to
render an account of the estate.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £130. 14. 6^4 -, ex-
penditures, £107. 10. 10; mentions " maintainance of John be-
fore he arrived to seven years of age being in the whole 38 weeks.
. . . maintainance of Elizabeth before she arrived to seven
years of Age five Years & eight months" ; allowed Feb. 16, 1791.]
Rockingham ss To the honorable Oliver Peabody Esq' Judge
of the Probate of wills &c within & for the County of Rocking-
ham
Humbly shew the subscribers that they are tenants in Common
of a messuage and lot of Land situate in Portsmouth in said
County being two thirds of the real estate of which Jonathan
Stoodley late of Portsmouth aforesaid dec* died seized they
therefore pray your honor to order partition of said estate be-
tween them agreeable to their respective claims viz to Nath^
Folsom two sixth being the double share that belonged to James
Stoodley son of said dec^ and to Mary Furber one sixth as heir
of her son John Stoodley, to Robert Ham one sixth which be-
longed to Mary Treadwell dec*^ to Catherine Treadwell one
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 377
sixth & to Elizabeth Gookin one sixth — and as in duty bound
will pray
Portsmouth Feb" i6th 1791
Nath^ Folsom for James
Stood ly 2 shares
Robert Ham
Mary Furber
Nath' Tread well y
Na' Gookin
[Warrant, Feb. 16, 1791, authorizing John Fernald, Daniel
Hart, Jacob Walden, Thomas Sheafe, and Thomas Chadbourne,
all of Portsmouth, to divide the real estate.]
State of New Hampshire 1 Pursuant to the Warrant to us
Rockingham ss J directed by the Hon^^^ Oliver Pea-
body Esquire Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for the said
County We have made a Division of the Estate of Jonathan
Stoodly late of Portsmouth deceased as mentioned in said War-
rant to us directed as follows Viz*
Mary Furber widow for her Dower to have the Eastern Front
Room Closet Bed Room Store Room over the Shop and Shop
Cellar under the Bed Room with all the Avenues leading to
them, with the priviledge of the front Entry and a passage way to
hir Cellar from the front Cellar door near the Shop and of the
Yard at the West End of the house which is to be in Common
Amongst the heirs —
Mary Furber and Nath^ Folsom to have the large front
Chamber and the two Small Chambers at the Eastern End of it
Adjoining thereto and the south half of the Eastern Garrett
and one Cellar at the left hand as you pass down the Cellar
stairs Eight feet by six feet the Other Cellar is Eight feet Square
south of the south East Chimney — with all the avenues leading
to them and the priviledge of the front Cellar door and front
Entry and the Western Yard which is to be in Common as before
described
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Nath' Gookin and Robert Ham to have the two Western
Lower Rooms and the Cellar under them and the North half of
the Eastern Garrett with the priviledges of the Yard Cellar door
and Entry as described above
Nath^ Treadwell & Nath' Folsom to have the whole north
East part of the House fronting Fore Street and Cellar under it,
the whole of the Land untill it comes squair with the western
End of the Great House and the priviledge of the front Entry and
Western Yard in Common with the rest of the heirs as above dis-
cribed
And when the House shall be down then Each respective heir to
have the Number feet of Land as by Division is set of to them in
the Plan hereto Anexed Reference there to being had as may
more fully appear
Portsmouth y^^ March 1791 Witness our hands
David Hart
Jacob Walden
Thomas Chadbourn
ANDREW WATKINS 1759 NEWCASTLE
[Administration on the estate of Andrew Watkins of New-
castle, gentleman, granted to Jane Watkins, widow, Feb. 28,
1 759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 199.]
[Bond of Jane Watkins, with Joseph Newmarch and George
Frost, mariner, as sureties, all of Newcastle, in the sum of £500,
Feb. 28, 1759, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, John Folsom.]
[Warrant, Feb. 28, 1759, authorizing Nathaniel Sargent,
physician, and John Simpson, mariner, both of Newcastle, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 29, 1759; amount, £1898. 12. o; signed by
Nathaniel Sargent and John Simpson.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 38I
SAMUEL HARDY 1759 STRATH AM
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Hardy of Stratham,
cordwainer, granted to Sarah Hardy of Stratham, widow, Feb.
28, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 183.]
[Bond of Sarah Hardy, with David Burleigh of Stratham, yeo-
man, and John Nelson of Exeter, shipwright, as sureties, in the
sum of £1000, Feb. 28, 1759, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, John Dennett.]
[Warrant, Feb. 28, 1759, authorizing David Stevens and Jacob
Lowe, both of Stratham, husbandmen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested June 27, 1759; amount, £227. 15. o,
personal estate; signed by Jacob Lowe and David Stevens.]
DANIEL DAVIS 1759 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Davis of Durham,
yeoman, granted to Elizabeth Davis of Durham, widow, Feb.
28, I759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 192.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Davis, with Ephraim Davis and Valentine
Mathes, yeomen, as sureties, all of Durham, in the sum of £1000,
Feb. 23, 1759, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
John Burnham Hanson, Jonathan Drown.]
[Warrant, Feb. 23, 1759, authorizing Joseph Smith and
Joseph Sias, trader, both of Durham, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Aug. 27, 1759; amount, £11,975. I5- o; signed by
Joseph Sias and Joseph Smith.]
[Warrant, April 13, 1764, authorizing Joseph Smith, Ebenezer
Thompson, physician, Jeremiah Burnham, Miles Randall, and
382 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Jonathan Woodman, yeomen, all of Durham, to divide the real
estate.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 310.]
Pursuant to a warrant from the hon'« Richard Wibird Esq'
Judge of the Probate of wills &<> for the province of Newhamp-
shire Appointing us the Subscribers a Committee to Divide the
Real Estate of Daniel Davis Late of Durham in Said province
yeoman Deceased intestate among the wife and Children of
Said intestate — accordingly we have made a Division of said
Estate in manner Following viz —
i«* To Elizabeth Davis widow & Relict of Said intestate for
her thirds in Said Estate part of the homestead Farm viz. Six-
teen acres of up Land, Together with the Flatts adjoining. Butted
& Bounded as followeth Beginning by the highway adjoining to
Land Belonging to the heirs of Francis Footman Deceased &
Running by Said highway North 54° west 32 Rods to a heap of
Stones & then North 40° East 132 Rods to a Stake by the Salt
marsh & So the Same point of Compass to the Channel of the
Creek the Line between Said Estate and Abraham Stevensons
land & then by Said Channel to the afores'* Footmans Land & by
Footmans Land to the first bounds — also Twenty one acres of
Land on the opposite side of the highway aforsaid Beginning
By Said highway at a heap of Stones adjoining Land Sat of to
thomas one of the heirs and Running By the highway South 54°
East 22 Rods to Land Sat of to Sarah one of the heirs & then
South 32° west 59 rods then South 78° East 7 rods then South
53° west 24 rods — then north 58° west 39 rods and then North
East to the first Bounds, also one half of the Dwelling house on
Said Farm being the East End & one half the Barn with Liberty
to Pass and Repass from the highway to Each & the priviledge
of Laying wood &'' by the Door of said house —
2'^^y To Obadiah Davis Eldest Son of Said intestate for his
Double Share in Said Estate the following peices of Land all in
the town of Durham afors"^ viz. 12 acres of Land at a place
Called the hook being Said intestates share or Lot in the Second
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 383
Division of Common Lands in Said town also five acres of Land
at North River being said intestates share in the third Division
of Common Lands in Said town also 24 acres of Land Laid out to
Said Intestate on the South Side of Little River for Butts &
Bounds thereof Reference Being had to the Return on said town
records also 17 acres of Land Laid out to Said intestate at a
place Called the hornswoods for Butts & Bounds thereof Refer-
ance being had to the return under the lottlayers hands on said
town Records —
3^'y To Thomas Davis Second Son of Said intestate for his
Share in Said Estate part of the homestead viz about fourteen
acres & 3 quarters of an acre of Land, Six acres and 3 quarters
is butted and bounded as followeth beginning by the highway ad-
joining to Land Sat of to the widow at a heap of Stones and Run-
ning North 40° East 132 Rods to the flatts & then about N W. 6
Rods & >^to a stake & then South 41° 30^ to the aforsaid highway
& by that to the first bounds including the flatts that fronts
against it also about 8 acres on the opposite of the highway
Beginning at a heap of Stones by the widows thirds & Running
South west 108 Rods to a heap of stones & then N. 58° west 12
Rods & then to a heap of stones and then N E 108 Rods to the
highway & By that to the first bounds also the Lower Room in
the w^est End of the house & ^2 the barn with Liberty to pass &
Repass from the highway to Each —
^thiy "Pq francis Davis third Son of Said intestate for his
Share the following Lands viz. one whole Share or Right of land
in the town of Canterbury originally granted to Said intestate
also 37>^ acres of Land in the town of nottingham being the
Eastern Part of the Lot N° 45 in the Second Division in winter
Street & was originally granted unto one David Chafifins also 8
acres of Common Grant in Said Town of Durham not Laid out
& was part of said intestates share in the first Division of Com-
mon Lands in s'* Town —
^thiy 'Pq Elizabeth Cromett Eldest Daughter of Said intestate
for her share Part of the homestead viz about 18 acres & 3
384 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
quarters of an acre of Land 8 acres & 3 quarters is Butted &
bounded as followeth Beginning by the highway adjoining to
Zurviahs share one of the heirs at a heap of Stones and Running
North forty five Degrees East 132 Rods to the flatts & then N. W
one rod & then S W 21 Rods & then South 81° West 15 Rods &
then S W to the highway & by that to the first bounds Together
with all the thatch bed & Saltmarsh fronting or that was im-
proved by the Intestate to the westard thereof also about 10
acres on the opposite Side of the highway Beginning by Zurviah
Share at a heap of Stones & Running S W 108 rods to a heap of
stones & then N 58° west to the parsonage or Town lot & by that
to the highway & so by that to the first bounds also the west
Chamber in the house — •
5th ly Xq Sarah Davis Daughter of Said intestate for her Share
in Said Estate 4 acres & >^ an acre in the homestead Butted &
Bounded as followeth viz Beginning by the highway adjoining
the widows thirds & Running South 32° west 59 Rods and then
South 78° East Nineteen Rods then N 36° East 30 rods & then
N 32° west 17 Rods & then north 32° E 17 Rods to the road &
then to where it Began being four Rods — also the 5*^ Part of
the Second Third & fourth Divisions of Lands in the Town of
Rochester that Belongs to the Original Right of Col' James
Davis Late of said Durham Deceased also 18 acres of the Com-
mon or undivided Lands in said Town of Durham & is Part of
the Original Right of said Intestate in the first Division of Com-
mon Lands in said Town —
ythiy Yo Phebe Davis Daughter of Said intestate for her Share
in Said Estate part of the homestead viz about 13 acres and 3
Quarters of an acre Six acres and three Quarters is Butted &
Bounded as followeth beginning by the highway adjoining to
Thomas^ Share at a heap of Stones & Running North 41° 30^
East 132 rods to the flatts & then Northwest 6 rods >^ to a Stake
& then South 43° west to the highway to a heap of Stones & then
by the highway to the first bounds with the thatch bed that
fronts it. Also Seven acres of Land on the opposite Side of
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 385
the highway beginning at a heap of Stones by thomas Share &
Running S W 108 rods to a heap of Stones & then N 58° west 10
Rods & ]4 Rod to a heap of stones & then N E 108 Rods to the
highway & by that to the first bounds —
gthiy 'Pq Zurviah Davis Daughter of Said intestate for her
Share in Said Estate part of the homestead viz about fourteen
acres. Six acres is Butted & Bounded as followeth Beginning
by the highway adjoining to Phebes Share at a heap of Stones
& Running N 43° East 132 Rods to the flatts to a Stake & then
N W 6 rods & y^ rod to a Stake & then South 45° west 132 Rods
to the highway to a heap of Stones & By that to the first bounds
with the thatch bed that fronts &c also about 8 acres on the op-
posite Side of the highway beginning by Phebes Share & Run-
ning S W 108 Rods to a heap of Stones & then N 58° west 12
Rods & then North East to the highway & by that to the first
bounds Excepting out of it the house & Barn Sat of to other
heirs & Liberty to Pass & Repass — witness our hands at
Durham the 25*'' Day of September in the fourth year of his
majesties Reign A D 1764.
Joseph Smith 1
Ebenezer Thompson \ Committee
Jerem^ Burnum Jun J
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £2582. o. 6, personal
estate; expenditures, £1327. 17. o; mentions "maintaining one
Child 9 months"; allowed Nov. 8, 1764.]
[Guardianship of Francis Davis minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Daniel Davis, granted to Ebenezer Thompson Oct.
31 » 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 323.]
[Guardianship of Thomas Davis, minor, aged more than
14 years, son of Daniel Davis, granted to Ephraim Davis Oct.
31, 1764-]
[Probate Records, vol. 2-x,, p. 322.]
386 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Ebenezer Thompson, physician, with Joseph Smith
and Ephraim Davis, yeoman, as sureties, all of Durham, in the
sum of £500, Oct. 31, 1764, for the guardianship of Francis
Davis; witnesses, Wyseman Claggett, John Sullivan.]
[Bond of Ephraim Davis, yeoman, with Joseph Smith and
Ebenezer Thompson, physician, as sureties, all of Durham, in the
sum of £500, Oct. 31, 1764, for the guardianship of Thomas
Davis; witnesses, Wyseman Claggett, John Sullivan.]
JAMES NELSON 1759 PORTSMOUTH
[Guardianship of the children of James Nelson of Portsmouth
granted to Samuel Sherburne of Portsmouth, husbandman,
March i, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 201.]
[Bond of Samuel Sherburne, with John Nelson, shipwright,
and Thomas Flanders, joiner, both of Exeter, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, March i, 1759, for the guardianship of the children
of James Nelson, deceased; witnesses, David Sewall, John
Langdon.]
NATHANIEL MESERVE 1759 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Nathaniel Meserve, Jr., of
Portsmouth, shipwright, granted to Sarah Meserve March 2,
I759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 249.]
[Bond of Sarah Meserve, widow, with Mark Hunking, mariner,
and George Meserve, merchant, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in
the sum of £1000, March 2, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Michael Whidden, James Whidden.]
[Inventory, June 20, 1759; amount, £7296.3.7; signed by
John Shackford and Jacob Sheafe.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 387
[Commission, May 4, 1771, to Samuel Penhallow, Samuel
Hale, William Torrey, Whipple, and John Parker, all of
Portsmouth, to divide the real estate.]
Province of 1 Pursuant to a Warrant from the Hon^'* John
New Hamp^ J Wentworth Esq"^ Judge of the Probate of Wills
&c for said Province directed to us to divide the Real Estate of
Nath^ Meserve late of Portsmouth in said province Shipwright
dec"^ Intestate — we have done the same in the following manner
— viz*
We have set off to Sarah the Wife of Nehemiah Wheeler who
was Wife of said Intestate a part of the Mansion House belonging
to the Estate of said deceased scituated in Portsmouth aforesaid
viz* the Southwest Room in s^^ House with the Chambers over it
& the Cellar under it and a piece of Land adjoining bounded as
follows Southerly by Land belonging to the Heirs of George
Meserve dec* Fifty one feet. Westerly by Land of John Hart &
the Heirs of Jonathan Odiorne dec^ Twenty five feet. Northerly
by Land hereafter set off to Jane Meserve one & fifty feet. East-
erly by the yard adjoining s'^ House twenty five feet. —
To Henry Meserve the Son of said Intestate we have set off a
certain Tract of Land in Portsm" aforesaid containing three acres
bounded as follows viz Northerly by a Road that leads to New-
ington Easterly by Land of John Martin & Hunking Wentworth
Esq"" Southerly by Land of John Penhallow & Eleazer Russell, &
Westerly by Land of John Hart Esq"" also another piece of Land,
adjoining to the Mansion House of said deceased bounded
Easterly by a Street thirty feet. Southerly by said House, &
Land hereafter set off to Sarah Meserve Eighty Seven feet,
Westerly by Land of John Hart j"" thirty feet, & Northerly by said
Harts Rope walk Eighty Seven feet —
To Sarah Meserve Daughter of said Intestate we have set off
the Kitchen in said Mansion House & the Northwest Chamber
over it & the Cellar under it, with a piece of Land adjoining
bounded Northerly by Land set off above to Henry Meserve one
& fifty feet. Easterly by a yard on the West End of said House
388 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Eight feet, Southerly by Land hereafter set off to Mary Meserve
one & fifty feet, Westerly by Land of John Hart Eight feet.
To Mary Meserve Daughter of said Intestate we have set off
the North East Room in said Mansion House with the Chamber
over it & the Cellar under it, and a piece of Land Sixteen feet
wide & one & fifty feet long adjoining to the last mentioned piece
sat off to the said Sarah. —
To Jane Meserve Daughter of said Intestate we have set ofT
the South East Room in the said Mansion House with the
Chamber over it & the Cellar under it & a piece of Land adjoin-
ing to the last mention'd piece sat off to Mary Meserve above,
being Eight feet wide & one & fifty feet long. — The Yards
on the South Side & the west End of said House, & the
Entries in s'^ House & the Well to be in Common among the
Parties. —
Portsmouth May lo**^ 1771 Sam' Penhallow
Will"" Torrey
Jn° Parker
POMEROY 1759 GOFFSTOWN
[Mehitabel Pomeroy of Goffstown makes choice of Capt.
Moses Barron of Bedford, gentleman, as her guardian, March 3,
1759; witnesses, John Goffe, William S. Harvey.]
BENJAMIN GARFIELD 1759 HINSDALE
[Bond of Eunice Garfield of Hinsdale, widow, with Benjamin
Bellows of Walpole and Oliver Willard of Brattleborough, Vt.,
gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, March 8, 1759, for
the administration of the estate of Benjamin Garfield of Hins-
dale, yeoman; not signed or witnessed.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 389
JOHN HOUSTON 1759 NASHUA
[Administration on the estate of John Houston of Dunstable,
carpenter, granted to Hannah Houston of Dunstable, widow,
March 8, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 213.]
[Bond of Hannah Houston, with Nehemiah Lovewell of Dun-
stable, gentleman, and Timothy Taylor of Merrimack, husband-
man, as sureties, in the sum of £2000, March 8, 1759, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, Noah Johnson, Jonathan
Lovewell.]
[Warrant, March 8, 1759, authorizing Noah Johnson and
Nehemiah Lovewell, both of Dunstable, husbandmen, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 12, 1759; amount, £293.5.6; signed by
Noah Johnson and Nehemiah Lovewell.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1079. 2. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £1091.11.6; mentions "maintance of
Noah a child of the Intestate under y^ age of 7 years 205 weeks.
. . . Nursing & Vittilling 4 children of the Intestate 20 weeks
each at 40/ p'' week being all sick togather. . . . Nursing
Hannah a daughter of the Intestate 6 years & 3 months being
sick"; allowed Oct. 31, 1765.]
ARTHUR GRAHAM 1759 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of Arthur Graham of London-
derry, yeoman, granted to Eleanor Graham of Londonderry,
widow, March 10, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 276.]
[Bond of Eleanor Graham, with Samuel McKeen and Samuel
Smith as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the sum of £500, March
390 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
10, 1759, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, Joseph
Butler, David Campbell.]
[Warrant, March 10, 1759, authorizing Samuel Anderson and
Hugh Graham, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested April 16, 1759; amount, £2905. 10. o;
signed by Hugh Graham and Samuel Anderson.]
JOSEPH PALMER 1759 PEMBROKE
In the Name of God Amen this Fifteenth Day of March
Annoq. domini Seventeen Hundred Fifty & Nine, I Joseph
Palmer late of Stratham in the Province of New-Hampshire in
New-England yeoman, now residing at a Place Called Buckstreet
in said Province being now very Weak and Infirm in Body
* * *
Imprimis I give & bequeath unto Sarah my beloved wife
(whom I do hereby constitute & ordain my sole Executrix of this
my last well & Testament) all the money due to me from all
Persons whomsoever & all my cattle, and Houshold Goods &
Even all my moveable Estate whatsoever or wheresoever
Item My will is that my said Executrix (at my Decease) pay
unto my beloved Daughter Elizabeth (the now Married Wife of
Stephen Thirston of said Stratham) Forty Shillings in Bills of
the old tenor which with what I have already given Her I judge
to be her Equall part of my Estate
Item My will is that my said Executrix pay all My Debts
Funerall Charges & the cost of Proving this my last will &c
Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Son Daniel Palmer
and to his Heirs & Assigns forever about seventy acres of Land
Situate Lying & Being in the Town of Bow in said Province viz
one quarter part of the first Division Lot of that Right in said
Bow that origionally belonged unto cap* John Gilmon; said
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 39I
Division is N° twenty and lies in the Fourth Rang of the first
Division Lots in said Bow ; — and also the first Division Lot of
that Right in S'^ Bow that origionally belonged to Chase Wiggin
said Lot is No Nineteen & lyes in said Range, Together also with
one Moity or half part of the first Division Lot of that Right in
said Bow that origionally belonged unto Ens" Joseph Merril said
division is N° Eighteen & lyeth in said Range: the said half part
is to lye Adjoying to the aforementioned Lot N° Nineteen
Item I give and Bequeath unto my beloved son John Palmer
and to his Heirs & assigns forever about sixty acres of land
situate Lying & Being in the aforesd Town of Bow; viz the other
Moiety or half part of the aforementioned Lot N" Eighteen to-
gether also with the first Division Lot of that Right in said Bow
that origionally belonged to John Satchel said Lot is No seven-
teen and lyeth in the aforementioned Range —
Item My will is that my afore mention Son Daniel when he
shall arive at the age of Twenty Three years shall pay Unto My
Beloved Daughter Mehetable Palmer twentv Five Spanish
mill'd Dollars of full weight or so much m any lawful money
that shall then be passing in said Province as shall be Equall in
valine thereto
Item My will is that my aforementioned son John when he
Shall arive at the age of twenty three years shall pay unto My
beloved Daughter Hannah Palmer twenty Five Spanish Mill'd
Dollars of full Weight or so much in any lawfull money that shall
then be passing in said Province as shall be Equall in Vallue
thereto * * *
Joseph palmer
[Witnesses] David Connor, Samuel Innes, Samuel Connor.
[Proved May 30, 1759.]
[Bond of Sarah Palmer of Bow, with Jonathan Robinson of
Stratham and David Connor of Buckstreet, yeomen, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, May 30, 1759, for the execution of the will;
witnesses, William Parker, John Wingate.]
392 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
RUTH LANG 1759 GREENLAND
In the Name of God Amen —
I Ruth Lang of Greenland in the Province of New Hampshire
in New England widdow * * *
Imprimes I Give Unto my son Nathaniel Shearburn of
Portsm° five shilling New Tenor to be paid by my Executor
within one Year after my Deceas.
Item I Give Unto my Daughter Mary Philbrock wife of Caleb
Philbrock five shillings New Tenor to be paid by my Executor
within one Year after my Deceas.
Item I Give Unto my Son John Shearburn of Kensington five
shillings New Tenor to be paid by my Executor within one Year
after my Deceas.
Item I Give unto my Daughter Ruth Row of Kensington five
shillings New Tenor to be paid by my Execf^ within one Year
after my Deceas.
Item I Give unto my Daughter Pressilla Sandborn five shilling
New Tenor to be paid by my Executor within one Year after my
Decease
Item All The Rest and residue of my Estate Real and Personel
of what Nature or kind soever wheresoever the same may be
found I Give and Bequeath unto my Son in Law Matthias
Hains of Greenland
Lastly I Appoint and Ordain Matthias Hains aforesaid to be
my sole Executor to this my Last will and Testamen ordering
him to pay the Legassies as abovsaid. —
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this
19*^ Day of March Anno Domini 1759 and in the 32*^ Year of the
Reign of George the Second King &c
her
Ruth + Lang
Mark
[Witnesses] William Haines, William Blazer, Levi Dearborn.
[Proved Feb. 10, 1761.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 393
[Bond of Matthias Haines, gentleman, with WiUiam Haines,
yeoman, as surety, both of Greenland, in the sum of £500, Feb.
10, 1 761, for the execution of the will; witnesses, Solomon Loud,
Jr., William Parker.]
MATTHEW GAULT 1759 CHESTER
In the Name of God, Amen this nineteenth Day of March
Annoq. Domini one thousand seven Hundred fifty & nine I
Matthew Gaalt of Chester in the province of New-Hampshire in
New-England, Husbandman * * * And as touching my
woldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this
life I give and Bequeath the whole of it unto Elizabeth my now
Married & well beloved wife (whom I do hereby constitute &
ordain my Sole Executrix of this my last will & Testament) and
to her Heirs and Assigns for Ever, that is to say I give to my said
wife and to her Heirs & Assigns for ever — the whole of all &
Each of those Lots of Lands that were given unto me &c by
my Honoured father Samuel Gaalt of said Chester in said Prov-
ince in and by his deed to me under his hand & seal Bearing Date
the twenty ninth Day of January annoq. Domini seventeen
Hundred fifty & nine together with all the money due to me
from any person or persons whatsoever and all my cattle Hous
Hold goods or moveable Estate whatsoever and Even the whole
of My worldly Estate & Interest Either in possession or Rever-
sion
and furthermore My will is that My funerall charges and all
the debts lawfully due from me to any person or persons what-
soever be paid out of my Estate by My Said Executrix * * *
Matthew Gait
[Witnesses] John Noyes, Asa foster, Abigail whittemore.
[Proved Aug. 29, 1759.]
394 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
JAMES LIGGETT 1759 LONDONDERRY
In the Name of God Amen I James Ligget of Londonderry
within the province of New hampshire In New england yeo-
man * * *
Itim my Will is that my Beloved Brothers John Ligget and
Samuel Ligget now Living in the Kingdom of Ireland Shall
Posses all my Reall Estate in the Peack (so caled) which is the
Place I Bult and improved upon In Equall Shairs to them their
Heairs and assighns for Ever: they the afore Said John and
Samuell paing in Equall Shairs to my beloved Sisters Effey
Ligget who was maried to John Smith to hir or hir Heairs or
asigns the Sum of two Hundred Pounds old tenor and to my
Sister Kathrin Ligget who was married to Archibald mac-
Konechey the sum of two Hundred Pounds old tenor, to Hir or
hir heairs or assighns —
Itim my Will is that my third Devision and mendiment Land
and Likewise my Half of the fourth Devision and a peace
of midow Laying in hittitite (so caled) Shall be sold by my
Exactor —
Itim my Will is that Robert macmurphy Shall have the In-
come of my Home Place untill the Heairs Comes hear to Receve
Said Place free of Rent
Itim my Will is that Jane macmurphy Shall have two Hun-
dred Pounds old tenor out of the money of which above men-
cioned lands shall be Sold for
Itim my Will is that Robert macmurphy Shall Have all my
Personal Estate —
And I do Hearby Nominate Constitute and apointe my well
beloved freand Robert macmurphy of Londonderry afore Said
yeoman Exacitor of this my Last Will and testament and I Do
Hearby utterly disalowe Revocke and Disanull all and Every
other testament Will and Legaceis by me Done or Bequeathed
In wittnes whereof I have heare unto Set my hand and Seall this
twenty first Day of march and in the thirtey Second year of his
Majesties Reign anno: Domo: 1759 y j •
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 395
[Witnesses] Sam'' Houston, Alex'' Houston, John + mils his
mark
[Proved Feb. i8, 1760.]
[Warrant, Feb. 19, 1760, authorizing Samuel Houston and
Alexander McMurphy, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested June 18, 1760; amount, £2634. 12. o;
signed by Samuel Houston and Alexander McMurphy; mentions
real estate in The Pike, so called, in Londonderry.]
GEORGE CLARK 1759 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of George Clark of Portsmouth,
mariner, granted to John Long, commander of the ship Win-
chelsea, April 4, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 213.]
[Bond of John Long "now resident in Portsmouth Commander
of the Ship Winchelsea", with Mark H unking Wentworth and
Wyseman Claggett, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of
£2000, April 4, 1759, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, John Knight, Jr., Henry i\pthorp.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £49. 9. o; expendi-
tures, £27. 14. 10; allowed May 23, 1759.]
WILLIAM LANG 1759 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God amen the fifth day of april one thousand
Seven hundred and fifty nine I William Lang of Portsmoth in
the Province of New Hampshire Husbandman Being Very Sick
& Week in Body * * *
Imprimis I Give to my well beloved Wife Susanna Lang the
one half of My Reale Estate also the one halfe of my House hold
396 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Goods for and during her widowhood & if She Marrays to Dis-
pose of amongst my Children as She Shall here after think most
Proper —
Itam I Give to my Well beloved Son Willim Lang and to his
Heirs and assigns for Ever the one halfe of a forty acre Lot of
Land in the town Ship of Chester that I Bought of Simon Barry
Itom I Give to my well beloved Son John Lang Nine Dollers
or that Value to be paid him in Paper Bill by my Executors with
in one Month after my Decease
Itom I Give to my Son Benjamin Lang and to his Heirs and
assigns for Ever the one halfe of a thirty acre Lot of Land in the
township of Chester it being Land I Bought of Simon Bary of
Rye
Item I Give to my well beloved son thomas Lang and to his
Heirs and assigns for Ever the one half of one Eighty acre Lot
of Land in the town Ship of Chester it being Land I Bought of
Simon Bary
Item I Give to my well beloved Son Mark Lang the Halfe of
all my Real Estate not before Disposed of in this my Last will
also halfe of my Parsnel Estate
Item I Give to my wellbeloved Daughter Susanna Yeaten one
Doller to be paid her by My Executors within one month after
my Decease
Item I Give to my Well Beloved Daughter Molly Lang Seven-
teen Dollers or that Value in Bills of Creadit to be paid her by
my Executors within one month after my Decease
Item I Give to my Grand Child John Rand ten Pounds old
tenor Bills or that Value to be Paid him with intrest at fifteen
pr Cent if he Shall Live to the age of twenty one years old to be
paid by my Executors
Item I Give to my Grand Child Rachel Rand ten Pounds old
tenor Bills or that Value to be paid her by my Executors with
intrest at fifteen pr Cent if She Shall Live to the Age of Eighteen
years old
Item I Give to my Grand Child Lucia Rand ten Pounds old
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 397
tenor Bills or that Value to be Paid her by my Executors with
intrest at fifteen pr Cent if She Shall Live to the age of Eighteen
years old
I Likewise Constitute make & ordane my wellbeloved wife
Susanna & my well beloved Son Mark Lang to be Sole Exec-
utors * * *
his
Willim + Lang
Mark
[Witnesses] John Norton, Jonathan Norton, Rich^ Jenness j<^.
[Proved Aug. 29, 1759.]
[Bond of Susanna Lang, with Richard Jenness, 3d, gentleman,
and Walter Weeks, yeoman, both of Greenland, as sureties, in
the sum of £2000, Aug. 29, 1759, for the execution of the will;
witnesses, David Sewall, Jonathan Jewett.]
JAMES AYERS i759 LONDONDERRY
In The Name of God Amen I James Eyers of Londonderry
Yeman & Treader in y« Provance of New-Hampshire in New
England, Being Sick and full of pain * * *
Imprimes Unto my well Beloved wife the one third of all my
Reall and personall Estate Durin her life and then to Devolve
to my Children in proportion as my Other Esteate —
Item I Bequeth to my Sons will'" and Sam^' my Home lott
will"" To have the South and Sam^' the North side of said lott
and it is my will thatt the Exec"" of this my last will and Testment
may sell to the Best Advantage thatt lott or percell of land I
Bought of John and David M-'Alester and after the Debts of s'^
Place are paid it is my will thatt my four Doughters have there
Equell part with my two Sons of w* Remains of S*^ lott of land —
My Personall Estate Exceep whatt is Bequethed to my wife is
to Divoulve to my two Sons —
398 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
And of this my Last will and Testment I Do nominate and
Appoint my Natrull Son Wm Eyars & and my Trusty freind
Edward Aken son to Nath'' Aken To be wholl and Sole Ex" to
this my last will & Testment
James Eayers
her her
[Witnesses] Elizabath + Elison, Anna + Boyd, Sam^' Cochran.
mark mark
[Proved at Boston, Mass., May 4, 1759.]
[William Ayers of Londonderry declines executorship of his
father's will June 26, 1759; witnesses, Thomas Wallace, Robert
Wallace.]
[Warrant, June i, 1759, authorizing Samuel Fisher and
Thomas Wallace, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to appraise the
estate,]
[Inventory, June 20, 1759; amount, £3456. 11. 6; signed by
Samuel Fisher and Thomas Wallace.]
[Account of Edward Aiken, executor, receipts, £4231.3. 11;
expenditures, £4253. 9. 6; filed Sept., 1763.]
EBENEZER WESTON 1759 AMHERST
In the Name of God Amen — this Twenth fourth Day of
April A D 1759 I Eben"" Weston of a place Called Souhegan west
(N B) in the Province of NewHamp'' Yeoman * * *
Imprimis I give to my well beloved Wife Ruth Weston Six
Bushels of Endian Corn four Bushels of Rye one Bushel of Wheet
Yearly but if the s*^ Bushel of Wheet should not be produced on
my place then an Equivalant In Rye & one Bushel of malt yearly
& Ninety pounds of Poark Forty pounds of Beaff Annually with
three peck* of Beans one Bushel & an half of Turnups & Ten
pounds of Flax & one Bushel And an half of Petatoes yearly
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 399
And a good Cow keept well for her from year to year so long as
Shee shall remain my widdow and to have a Horse found her
when & where shee shall have occation so long as Shee Shall
remain my widdow & half y Ground that is now fenced in for a
garding y same to be Well fenced & Well Dunged so long as Shee
Remains my Widdow with nine Shillings Sterling Money of
great Britain Annually so Long as Shee remains my Widdow
with the Full Privilidge of my house of every part thereof During
the aforesd period With the house Hold Moveable Effects which
Shee Brought me to her Self for her own use & Benefit for ever
& as much wood Brought to the Door & cut fit for ye fire so Long
as Shee Shall Remain my Widdow And if my Wife should marry
again then my will is that Shee Quit the Legacies only those
Effects shee Brought —
Item I Give to my Sons Eben"^ Weston Ju"^ & Dan'^ Weston
their Heirs and assigns for ever All my Real Estate or Estate in
Lands As shall Appear by Deed or Deeds viz to Eben'' Weston
afores'^ Thirty five acres on the Easterly Side of y^ farm I now
live on Adjacent to the Tract my son Eben"" Afores'^ purchased of
me with one moiety of y" Intervail belonging To that Tract of
Land I Bought of Co'' Eben'' Nichols Including the Intervail
that is Included in y« Deed the s*^ Eben"" hath of the Land he
bought of me — & After my Wifes Decease the house I give To
Dan" Aforesd or if my wife should Contract Matrimony then s^
House to be Da"^ As afores*^ & my Barn to be Divided Equally
between Eben'' & Dan" as afores<^ & my Stock to be Equaly
Divided between Eben'' & Dan" I Likewise Constitute & ordain
the s'^ Eben'' Ju'' my sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testa-
ment And the s*^ Eben'' To Levy & Rais out of y« premises money
to pay my Debts & Funeral Charges & s<^ Eben'' & Dan" to pay
the Legacies herein before & hereafter mentioned by Parts as
here Destin^ Eben'^ Weston to provide one third of my wife^
maintainance As Allowed herein & Danil y« other Two thirds &
my Wifes Funeral Charges my Executor to Levi out of my Es-
tate —
400 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Item it is my Will that the S^ Ebener Ju'' Should pay my
Daughter Mehetibel Nichols one pound Sterling money As a
Legacey out of my Estate & to Elezebeth Larrabee my Daughter
one pound Sterling money in Two years after my Decease
Item it is my will that Daniell aforesd should have all my
Real Estate which I have not given to Eben'' afores'^ on his Pay-
ing the Legacies mentioned herein To Hepzibah Weston my
Daughter Six pounds Sterling money to be paid In Two months
After my Decease, And the s'l Dan'^ to pay my son Tho^ Weston
Six pounds as Aforesd viz Sterling money in Two months after
my Decease Likewise to pay to Isaac my son the same sum at
the same time as to ye other Children viz Hepzibeth & Thomas
Allso it is my Will that Eben"" Juner as aforesd should pay To my
Daughters Tabatha & Son Southrick Six pounds Sterling money
to Each of them In Two months After my Decease
Item it is Will that Hepzibah & Tabatha should have all my
house hold goods Excepting what I Disposed of In this Testa-
ment heretofore which shall be Estimated as part of their portion
before bequathed & what y" Effects are valued at Shall be
Equaly Divided among my Children which have none of my real
Estate That is Excluding Mehitabel & Elezebeth before men-
tioned * * *
Ebenezer Weston
[Witnesses] Semeel Lamsen, William odell, John Shepard
Jun^
[Proved May 26, 1761.]
[Warrant, Feb. 5, 1761, authorizing Samuel Lamson and John
Shepard, Jr., both of Amherst, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 25, 1761; amount, £7140. 15. 8; signed by
Samuel Lamson and John Shepard, Jr.]
[Bond of John Shepard, Jr., of Amherst, with Samuel Lamson
of Amherst and Nathaniel Bartlett of Plaistow as sureties, in the
sum of £500, May 27, 1761, for the guardianship of Thomas and
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 4OI
Isaac Weston, minors, aged more than 14 years, children of
Ebenezer Weston; witnesses, William Parker, Samuel Little, Jr.]
JONATHAN JONES 1759 AMESBURY, MASS.
[Mehitabel Jones renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, Jonathan Jones of Amesbury, Mass., April 24, 1759, in
favor of her oldest son, Daniel Jones of South Hampton; wit-
nesses, Barnes Jewell, Dorothy Jewell.]
[Warrant, April 25, 1759, authorizing Abner Morrill and
Eliphalet Merrill, both of South Hampton, yeomen, to appraise
the estate, administration of which is granted to Daniel Jones.]
[Inventory, May 3, 1759; amount, £6195. 15. o; signed by
Abner Morrill and Eliphalet Merrill.]
[Petition of the widow, of Amesbury, Mass., for the setting off
of her dower, and suggesting Joseph Jewell, Reuben Dimond,
Benjamin Brown, Richard Collins, and Deacon John Ordway as
a committee.]
[Petition of the widow. May 20, 1760, for the setting off of her
dower, and suggesting Deacon Joseph French, Reuben Dimond,
Deacon Samuel Currier, Richard Collins, all of South Hampton,
and Jeremy Webster of Kingston as a committee.]
[Warrant, May 28, 1760, authorizing Jeremy Webster of King-
ston, Joseph French, Reuben Dimond, Samuel Currier, and
Richard Collins, all of South Hampton, to set off the widow's
dower.]
Province of 1 Whereas we the Subscribers Were Appinted
New Hampshir / by the Honourable Richard Wibird Esq'
Judge of the probate of wills &c within and for said province and
authorized and Impowered to sett olT to Mehitable Jones of
Almsbery in the county of Esex and province of the Massatu-
402 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
setts bay widow her dower which hapneth to her of the Real
Estate of Jonathan Jones of said Almsbury Deceased lying in
South Hampton in the province of New Hampshir aforesd and
accordingly We have Set off to the widow of the Deceased for
her third part of six acers and thirty three Rods of land belonging
to the home stead bounded as fowlleth Begining at y River next
to Joseph Jewels land thence Runing by y® River Northly the
whole width of the land till it comes to the land set off to Abigal
pike formerly the widow of Joseph Gould Deceased thence Run-
ing from sd River by the line of y^ sd pikes land fifty six Rods
westerly to a stake and stones and then Runing five Rods and
one foot southerly to a stake and stones and then Runing
Eaighteen Rods westerly to a stake and stones thence Runing
sixteen Rods to the west side the back Door of the Dweeling
house thence to follow y^ province line Easterly till it meets
Joseph Jewels land and then to follow the Line by said Jewels
land Down to the River the bound first Mentioned and also the
west bay and half the Barn floor Bay in the Barn Reserving a
conveniant privilege for y use of the other part of the Barn.
then we set off to the Widow one third part of the orchard
Begining at Cristopher Goulds corner bound from thence
Runing Eaight Rods by the line of the said Gould land northerly
to a stake and stones and then Runing westerly across the or-
chard to a stake and stones standing nere the River and then
Runing southerly by the River to the original bound of said land
then Runing Easterly to the Bound first Mentioned Reserving
a conveniant passing way to pass and Repass to the other part of
the orchard through y^ said third part then we set off six acers
and Sixty four Rods of Land Lying on the Northerly side powes
River Begining at Sam^' Jones north westerly Corner bound
Next to Cap* John Currier land thence Runing by y*' line of the
said Curriers land in part and by y^ land of sam^' straw in part
till it Comes to a stak and stones standing in the line next to the
said Straws land then Runing by the line of Jacob Jones land
fourteen Rods Easterly then Runing southerly fourteen Rods in
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 403
Width till it Comes to the said Sam'' Jones land first mentioned
Reserving a Convenient passing way to pass and Repass from
the widows land through the other part of the Estated of y« sd
Jonathan Jones Deceased out to y^ high way which we Judge to
be her full third part of the Real Estated of y sd Deceased this is
our Return as Witness our hands this tenth Day of July ano
Dom"' 1760
Reuben Dimond
Joseph french
Samuel Currier
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £3085. 5. o; expendi-
tures, £2089. 19. 3; allowed Dec. 31, 1760; additional account;
receipts, £995.5.9; expenditures, £772. 11. 7; allowed Dec. i,
1763; another of expenditures of £460.0.0, allowed Sept. 30,
1772; another of expenditures of £26. 18.9, allowed Oct. 25,
1788.]
MOSES VARNEY 1759 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Moses Varney of Dover,
yeoman, granted to Phoebe Varney, widow, and James Varney,
yeoman, both of Dover, April 25, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 222.]
[Bond of Phoebe Varney and James Varney, with Nathaniel
Austin and Elijah Tuttle, yeomen, as sureties, all of Dover, in
the sum of £1000, April 25, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, W. Claggett.]
[Warrant, April 25, 1759, authorizing Joseph Austin and
Joseph Hanson, both of Dover, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 8, 1759; amount, £10,718. 18. o; signed by
Joseph Austin and Joseph Hanson.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1930. 2. 2, personal
estate; expenditures, £2031. 4. 2; allowed April 23, 1764.]
404 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, April 29, 1765, authorizing Thomas Westbrook
Waldron, Joshua Wingate, gentlemen, Alexander Caldwell, yeo-
man, Ephraim Hanson, innholder, and Joseph Hanson, yeoman,
all of Dover, to divide the real estate.]
Province of \ Pursuant to a Warrant from the Hono'''"^ the
New Hamp"^ / Judge of Probate of Wills & for Granting
Letters of Administration for the Province aforesaid — Wee the
Subscribers have Divided the Estate of Moses Varney Late of
Said Dover Dec^ according to the Annex'i Plan — viz* —
To His Widow Phebe Varney her thirds N" 3: 4 & 6 in the
homested & Eight acres N° 7, in the home Lot at Rochester with
a Priviledge of Passing & repassing to & from any of her Said
thirds through any of the heirs parts where it may adjoyn thereto
& most Conveniently Suit unto the road or roads as also the room
in the west End of the Dwelling house — -
To James Varney the Eldest Son N° i : & 2 In the homested &
also thirty acres in a third Division Lot N° 49: in the Town of
Rochester aforesaid within which is Comprehended the shares of
Sarah the wife of Solomon Leighton & Lydia the wife of Solomon
Varney which he Purchased of them by Deeds Duly Authenti-
cated —
To Elijah Varney his share N° 5 : in the homested & also Eight
acres N° 8: in the s'^ home Lot at Rochester within which is
Comprehended the Share of Humphry Varney which he Pur-
chased of him by a Deed Duly Authenticated therefor —
To Peter Benjamin & Elizabeth Varney the whole Second
Division right in the Town of Rochester aforesaid N° loi also
the fourth Division belonging to said right & also three Eighths
of one third of another fourth Division in Said Rochester Equally
Divided Between them
To Mordeca Varney his Share thirty acres in a Second Division
in Said Rochester N° 79: & also Eighteen acres in a third Division
Lot in said Rochester N° 5 Both pieces In Comon with the other
owners of Said Lots it being the Deceas<^* right therein
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406 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
To Moses Varney twenty four acres in the said home Lot at
Rochester N° 9
To Phebe the wife of Joseph Bickford jun' one hundred & ten
acres in the third Division in Said Rochester N° 49
All which Contains the whole of the Estate Shewn us to Divide
& is Humbly Submitted By us the Subscribers — Dover July
26*'' 1765 —
Joshua Wingate
Alex^ Caldwell
Jos: Hanson
Eph"" Hanson
JONATHAN JONES 1759 SOUTH HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Jones of South
Hampton granted to Daniel Jones of South Hampton April 25,
I759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 219.]
[Bond of Daniel Jones, with Abner Morrill and Eliphalet
Merrill as sureties, all of South Hampton, in the sum of £1000,
April 25, 1759, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, Timothy Walker, Jr.]
[Caveat of William Parker, Jr., May 15, 1760, in behalf of the
heirs, against the allowance of the administrator's account with-
out their appearance.]
[Warrant, June 12, 1761, authorizing Jeremy Webster of King-
ston, William Rowell of Newton, Richard Collins, Joseph Jewell,
and Joseph Collins, yeomen, all of South Hampton, to divide the
estate.]
Province of 1 Pursuant to a Warrant from the Honb'*
New Hamps: / Richard Wibird Esq"" Judge of the Probate of
Wills &c for said Province appointing us the subscribers a Com*«"
to divide the real Estate of Jonathan Jones Late of South Hamp-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 4O7
ton Deceas'd Intestate to & among the Children of s'^ Deceasd
&c —
We have proceeded & divided the s^ estate as followeth:
makeing two divisions thereof: The first in the Home place: and
have set of to Moses Jones the first share in the s"^ first Division
Bounded as followeth viz: beginning at the Province Line and
on a High way going by s"^ estate where it is Bounded with a stake
& stones; from thence running easterly to Land set off to the
widow of the deceasd for her thirds or right of dower, in the s"^
estate where it is Bounded with a stake near the Back door of the
Dwelling House of the deceasd : then Northerly on the s^ thirds
about six rods to a stake : then westerly to the s'^ Highway to a
stake by the fence : then southerly on s*^ way about six rods to the
place where it first began : one Quarter of an acre more or Less —
2^y The second share to Samuel Jones Beginning at a stake by
the s'^ way the Bounds of the first share: from thence running
easterly by s"^ first share to the s'^ thirds where it is Bounded with
a stake, which is the Bounds of the s'^ first share : then Northerly
on s*^ thirds about five rods to a stake: then westerly to the s'^
way to a stake, then southerly on the s"^ way about five rods to
the place where it first began, one Quarter of an acre more or
Less —
3'y The Third share to Hannah the wife of John Elliot Begin-
ning at a stake which is the Bounds of the second share: then
running Easterly on s^ second share to the s*^ thirds to a stake
which is also a Bounds of the s*^ second share then Northerly on
s'l thirds about four rods and a Half to a stake which is a Corner
Bounds of the s^ thirds: then westerly to the s<^ way to a stake
then southerly on s*^ way about four rods and an half to the place
where it first began, one Quarter of an acre be it more or Less —
4'^ The fourth share to John Jones Beginning at a stake which
is the Bounds of the third share then running Easterly on the
s<^ third share four rods and about two feet to a stake, then
Northerly to the High way to a stake, then westerly on the s^
way four rods and about two feet to the Corner of the land : then
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southerly on the High way to the place where it first began: one
Quarter of an acre more or Less
^th & giy xhe fifth & sixth shares to Daniel Jones Eldest son of
the deceasd Beginning at a stake by the High way which is the
Bounds of the fourth share & running southerly on the s^ fourth
share till it comes to the third share where it is Bounded with a
stake which is the Bounds of the fourth share then running
easterly four rods and about two feet to a stake : then easterly
on the forementioned third share & widows thirds four rods &
about two feet to a stake : then Northerly to the High way to a
stake by the fence: then westerly on the s"^ way four rods and
about two feet to a stake : then still westerly on the s*^ way four
rods and about two feet to the place where it first began : Half
an acre more or Less —
7'y The seventh share to Sarah the wife Ezekiel Flanders
Beginning at a stake by the s^ way which is the Bounds of the
sixth share & running southerly on the s"* sixth share to the fore-
mentioned thirds where it is Bounded with a stake the Bounds
also of the s^ sixth share : then easterly on the s^ thirds four rods
and a Half to a stake then Northerly to the way to a stake then
easterly on the s'^ way five rods and a Half to the place where it
first began one Quarter of an acre more or Less —
8^y The Eighth share to Judith Jones Beginning at a stake by
the High way which is the Bounds of seventh share; & running
southerly on the s"^ seventh share to the widows thirds where it is
Bounded with a stake a Bounds of the s'^ seventh share: then
running easterly on the s"^ thirds five rods and an Half to a stake,
then Northerly to the way or Christopher Goulds Land to a
stake: then westerly on s'^ way or Goulds Land six rods and a
Half to the place where it first began one Quarter of an acre
more or Less —
9'y The Ninth & Last share to Mehetabel Jones widow of the
deceasd in the Right of her daughter Miriam that is deceasd:
Beginning at a stake the Bounds of the Eighth share & then run-
ning southerly on the Eighth share to the s"* thirds then easterly
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 4O9
on the s^ thirds about six rods and a Quarter to a stake another
Bounds of the s'^ thirds, then Northerly also on the s^ thirds to
the s"^ Christopher Goulds Land where it is Bounded on a stake :
which is another Bounds of the s'^ thirds: then westerly on the s^
Goulds Land about seven rods and a Half where it first began ;
one Quarter of an acre more or Less —
2^y The second division set off & Bounded as followeth viz:
i^* The first share to Mehetabel widow of the deceasd in the
right of her daughter Miriam deceasd in the orchard Bounded as
followeth viz: Beginning at a stake in the orchard standing by
the forementioned Christopher Goulds orchard; which is a
Bounds of the widows thirds in the orchard; and from s^ stake
running Northerly on s<^ Goulds orchard till it comes to Powow
River (so called) : then westerly or south westerly by the s^
River to a stake standing on the Rivers Brink: then southerly to
the s'^ thirds in the s'^ orchard where it is Bounded with a stake &
stones ; then easterly on the s'^ thirds about four rods to the place
where it first began : Half an acre more or Less
2'y The second share to Samuel Jones in the above mentioned
orchard ; Beginning at a stake & stones by the s*^ thirds which is
the Bounds of the first share: then running Northerly on the s'^
first share to the s*^ River where it is Bounded on a stake which is
a Bounds of the first share; then south westerly, on the s*^ River
to the s*^ thirds then Easterly on the s*^ thirds about four rods to
the place where it first began : Half an acre more or Less —
3'y The Third share to Moses Jones in the deceasds Land on
the River Bounded as followeth viz : Beginning on the High way
& at the River by the Bridge & from thence running Northerly on
the River to a stake: then southerly to the High way to a stake;
then Easterly about twelve rods to the place where it first began
Half an Acre & ten rods more or Less —
4'y The fourth share to Hannah now the wife of John Elliot:
Beginning at a stake by the s*^ High way which is the Bounds of
the third share: then running Northerly on the s*^ third share
till it comes to the river: then still Northerly on the river to a
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stake : then southerly to the forementioned High way to a stake
then easterly on the s"^ High way about five rods to the place
where it first began Half an acre & ten rods be it more or Less —
S^y The fifth share to Judith Jones Beginning at a stake by
the s'^ High way which is a Bounds of the 4*'' share: and then
running Northerly on the s^ fourth share till it strikes the River
then Northerly on the River till it Comes to the great Rock (so
Called) in the turn of the River: (which said great Rock is a
Bounds of the deceas'ds Land on that side of the River) and then
from s"^ great Rock running westerly (or South Westerly) on ten
acres of the Deceasds Land sold by order of Court since his death
about two Rods to a stake then southerly to the forementioned
High way, then Easterly on s*^ way about five rods to the Bounds
first mentioned ; Half an acre & ten rods more or Less —
6 The sixth share to John Jones Beginning on the s*^ High
way at a stake which is a Bounds of the fifth share ; & from thence
running Northerly on the s"^ 5*"^ share to the forementioned ten
acres to a stake the Bounds of the fifth share : & then westerly or
south westerly on the s'^ ten acres about five rods & three Quar-
ters to a stake; then southerly to the s^ High way to a stake:
then Easterly on s^ way about four and a Half rods to the place
where it first began ; Half an acre and ten rods be the same more
or Less —
7'y The seventh share to Sarah now the wife of Ezekiel
Flanders Beginning on the s'^ High way at a stake the Bounds of
the sixth share then running Northerly on the s*^ sixth share to
the Land formerly sold as aboves*^ to a stake the Bounds also of
the 6*'* share; then running as the Last mentioned westerly (or
south westerly) on the Land sold as forementioned about six
rods and a Quarter to a stake then southerly to the s'^ High way
to a stake; then easterly on the s'' way about five rods to the
place where it first began: Half an acre & ten rods more or
Less —
gth ^ giy xhe Eighth & Ninth shares to Daniel Jones Eldest
son of the deceasd Beginning at the s^ High way, at a stake
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 4II
which is the Bounds of the seventh share & running Northerly on
the s*^ seventh share to the Land sold as aboves*^ where it is
Bounded on a stake which is the Bounds of the seventh share:
then running westerly (or south Westerly) on the Land formerly
sold as forementioned till it comes to a stake standing by the
fence which is between the deceasds s^ Land and a piece of Land
now in the possession of Joseph Jones: and then easterly on s"^
Joseph Jones's s<^ Land till it strikes the forementioned High
way and then still easterly on the s<^ way to the place where it
first began one acre & twenty rods more or Less —
In Testimony of all foregoing we do hereunto set our hands the
28*'' day of July Anno Domini 1761
Jeremy Webster
William Rowell
Rich*^ Collins
SAMUEL HADLEY 1759 HAMPSTEAD
In the name of God Amen: this Second day of May: 1759: I
Samuel Hadley of the Town of Hampstead in the Province of
New Hampshire in New England yeoman * * *
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to Judith my Dearly beloved
Wife the Improvement of all my Real & Personal Estate so long
as she remains my widow: and when she shall Marry another
man my will is that she have the improvement of only one third
of my Estate after my funeral Charges and other Debts are
paid
Item I Give and bequeath to my two Sons namely Samuel &
Jonathan all my Real Estate & my Right in a saw mill & also
all my Husbandry Tools and all my Creatures not invadeing
their mothers Right as above Exspressed : my said son Samuel to
have my fire lock: and in all other respects my said two sons to be
Equal and to pay Equal to their sisters
Item I Give and bequeath to my Seven Daughter namely
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Dorothy Abigail Sarah Judith Ruth Hephszibah Elenar; one
Hundred pounds old tenor to Each to be paid by my two said
sons; my said son Samuel to pay one Hundred pounds old tenor
to my Daughter Abigail when he is Twenty two years old;
further my said son Samuel to pay to my Daughter Sarah one
Hundred pounds old tenor when he is Twenty four years old;
my will is that when my said son Jonathan is Twenty two years
old he shall pay to my Daughter Judith one Hundred pounds old
tenor: further it is my will that my said son Jonathan when he is
Twenty four years old Shall pay to my Daughter Ruth one
Hundred pounds old tenor: further it is my Will that my said son
Samuel Pay to his sister Hephszibah when he is Twenty Six years
old one Hundred pounds old tenor; again it is my Will that my
said son Jonathan pay to my Daughter Elaner one Hundred
pounds old tenor when he is Twenty six years old ; also it is my
will that my said two sons Samuel & Jonathan pay to my
Daughter Dorothy one Hundred pounds old tenor Equally
betwen them when Jonathan my said son is Twenty Eight years
old ; further it is my Will that if one of my said sons die without
Heirs the surviveing son to have what is willed to them both he
paying what is Wil'd to my said Daughters if it be not paid
Item I give to my above said Daughters all my Housel stuff
Equally Divided betwen them after my wife have done with
them: I hereby Constitute make and ordain Judith my wife my
soul Executrix of this my Last will and Testament giveing her
all that is due to me from any Person or Persons She paying my
funeral Charges and Just Debts * * *
his
Samuel + Hadley
mark
[Witnesses] Eben' Gile, John Beard, Daniel Little.
[Proved June 3, 1761.]
[Inventory, attested June 2, 1763; amount, £5686. o. o; signed
by Edmund Sawyer and Edmund Morse.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 413
BENJAMIN HILLS 1759 CHESTER
In the Name of God Amen. The Second Day of May 1759.
I Benjamin Hills of Chester in the Province of New Hampshire
in New England Yeoman, being Aged & infirm in Body * * *
Imprimis I give & bequeath to Rebecca my dearly beloved
wife, a Case of Draws One Feather Bed with the Cloaths &
furniture & all the Peuter to her & her Heirs forever My riding
Horse & Two Cows, & one Third part of my Dewilling house &
Barn, & y one Halfe of the income of my Homestead, with a
Sufficiency of good firewood during her Natural Life to be carried
on & procured Yearly by my Executor.
Item I Give to my well beloved Samuel Hills besides what I
have Already given to him ye Sum of five Shillings
Item I give to my Well beloved Daughter Abigail Moody
besides what I have already given her the Sum Seven Dollars or
An Equivalent in Paper Currancy within one Year after my
Discease to her & her Heirs for Ever
Item I give to My Well beloved Daughter Rebecca Hills be-
sides what I have Already given to her the Sum of Seven Dollars
or An Equivalent in paper Currency within Two Years After My
discease to her and her Heirs for ever
Item I give to My well Beloved Daughter Johanah Hazeltine
besides what I have Already given to her y^ Sum of Ten Dollars
or An Equivalent in paper Currency to her & her Heirs for ever
to be paid within Three Years After my Discease
Item I give to my well beloved Son Abner Hills besides what I
have already given to him All my remaining part of that Hun-
dred Acre Lott which I purchased of Philemon Blake to him &
his Heirs forever
Item I give to My Well beloved Daughter Hannah French
besides what I have Already Given to her y^ Sum of Ten Dollars
or An Equivalent in paper Currancy within Four Years After my
discease to her & Her Heirs for ever
Item I give to My well beloved Daughter Prudence Chase
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besides what I have already given to her the Sum of Ten Dollars
to be paid within five years After my discease
Item I give to My well beloved Son Moses Hills besides what I
have Already given him All my Coopers Tooles to him & his
Heirs for ever
Item I give My Wearing Apparels to My Sones Equally to be
divieded Amongst them
Item I gve to My Daugters After My Wifes discease All my
Household Stuff to be Equally dived Amongst them
Item I give to My well beloved Son Benjamin Hills whom I
Constitute my Executor of this my last Will & Testament All my
Other Estate as well real as personal whatsoever & wheresoever
whether in possession or revesion or remainder by him freely &
fully to be possess'd & Enjoyed for ever by him & his Heirs
* * *
Benjamin Hills
[Witnesses] Joseph Richardson, Nathan Long, John Ambros.
[Proved May 25, 1763.]
[Bond of Benjamin Hills, with Nathan Long as surety, both of
Chester, yeomen, in the sum of £500, May 25, 1763, for the
execution of the will ; witnesses, William Parker, Cutts Shannon.]
SAMUEL STINSON 1759 DUNBARTON
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Stinson of Starks-
town, yeoman, granted to James McCalley of Litchfield, yeo-
man, and his wife, Jane McCalley, May 4, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 276.]
[Bond of James McCalley and Jane McCalley, with Thomas
Russ of Derryfield, cordwainer, and Matthew Patten of Bedford
as sureties in the sum of £2000, May 4, 1759, for the administra-
tion of the estate; witnesses, Hugh Sterling, John Hall.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 415
[Warrant, May 4, 1759, authorizing John ?Iall and Hugh
Steding, both of Derryfield, gentlemen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, June 26-27, I759; amount, £1722. 7. o; signed by
John Hall and Hugh Sterling,]
[Account of the administrators; receipts, £896. 7. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £1055. i. o; mentions "Sundry Expences
Laying in & nursing &c with a Child since the decease of said
Stinson being Very 111 Some time after .... Supporting the
dec*^^ Son John from Aug* 19 1757 to Feb^ lo**' 1760 being under
seven years of age .... Ditto his Son Sam'^ born march 29"^
since his fathers Death to the above date"; allowed Feb. 18,
1760.]
ZEBULON PEASE 1759
[Phoebe Stevens, wife of Samuel Stevens of Newmarket,
yeoman, acknowledges the receipt from her son, Samuel Pease,
of £452. o. o which came to her from the estate of her son,
Zebulon Pease, May 7, 1759; witnesses, William Parker, David
Sewall.]
[See estate of Nathaniel Pease, 1749, vol. 3, this series, p. 678.]
JOSEPH TIDD 1759 HOLLIS
In the Name of God amen the fifteenth Day of May: 1759 I
Joseph Tidd of Holies in the Province of New Hampsheir Hus-
bandman being bound into his majesties Sarvis * * *
Imprimis I Give and bequeath to and order that my Honored
mother be Comfortably Supported out of my Estate in a Decent
mannar so long as she shall need it —
Itim I Give to my well beloved Brother Benjamin Peirce all
my wearing apparrill —
and after my mothers Decess my Will is that all the Remander
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of my Estate be Equally Devided betwen my Brother and Sister
and I Do likewise Constitute make and ordain Samuell Jewett of
Holies yeoman in the Province aforesaid my sole Executor
* * *
Joseph Tidd
[Witnesses] Peter Wheeler, Sam^ Cumings, Prudence Cumings
Jun^
[Proved Jan. i6, 1760.]
[Inventory, Jan. 4, 1760; amount, £256. 2. 11 ; signed by Ben-
jamin Abbott and Ezekiel Jewett.]
CALEB PHILBRICK 1759 EPPING
In the Name of God Amen the 16*^^ Day of May 1759 I Caleb
Philbrick of Epping in the Province of New Hampshire in New
England Husbandman I being Well in Body * * *
Imprimis I give and bequeath to my beloved wife mary Phil-
brick the Incum of one half of my home Stead and the Best room
in my House and also one half of my Barn So Long as She Re-
mains my widow and also I give to my wife all my Parsenal
estate at her Despossel
Item. I give & bequeath to my well bloved Son John Phil-
brick all my Land where My Son John Now Lives that I have
not Despos'd off before by deed, escept two acres Which I Re-
serve for my Son Samuel —
Item. I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son Samuel
Philbrick two acres of Land and Bounded as followeth Begining
at the South westerly Coner of the Six acres I Sold him and run
Northeasterly Binding on Said Six acers the Whole Bredth of my
Land So far as will Contain two acres
Item. I give & Bequeath to my Son Jonathan Philbrick the
one half of my home Stead according to Quantity & Quality and
also one half of my Buldings —
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 417
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Nathanieal
Philbrick all my Land Lying between the Land of Joseph Avery
and thomas Drakes and also I order my son Nathaniel to Pay to
my Executors five Hundred Pounds old tenor —
Item. I give to my beloved son Elias Philbrick the one half of
my home Stead according to Quantity & Quality and also one
half of my Buldings and to Come in Porsession at the age of
twenty one years
Itim I give and bequeath to my beloved Dafter Elenar fogg
twenty five Pounds old tenor and to be Paid By my Executors or
Executor
Item I give & bequeath to my beloved Dafter Abaigal Phil-
brick twenty five Pounds old tenor and also one good Cow and
Like wist to be fited with goods at the Day of her marridge or at
y* years of Eighteen as Well as her Sister Elenar was and to be
Paid by my Executors —
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Dafter Ruth Phil-
brick twenty five Pounds old tenor and also one good Cow and
Like wise to be fited with goods at the Day of her marridge or at
the age of Eighteen years as well as her Sister Lienor was and to
be Paid by my Executors —
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Dafter alley Philbrick
twenty five Pounds old tenor and also one good Cow and Like-
wise to be fitted with goods at the Day of her marridge or at the
age of Eighteen years and to be Paid by my Executors —
I Likwise Constitute make & ordain my Wife mary Philbrick
and my Son Jonathan Philbrick Executors * * *
Caleb philbrock
[Witnesses] Joseph Chandler, Peter Robinson, Abraham
Perkins.
[Proved Dec. 26, 1759.]
[Bond of Mary Philbrick and Jonathan Philbrick, yeoman,
with Abraham Perkins and Joseph Chandler, yeomen, as sure-
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ties, all of Epping, in the sum of £1000, Dec. 26, 1759, for the
execution of the will ; witnesses, William Parker, Joseph Simes.]
STEPHEN OTIS 1759 MADBURY
In the Name of God Amen, this twenty Second Day of May
1759 I Stephen Otis of Madbury Weaver, being very Sick & weak
in Body * * *
Imprimis I give unto my three eldest Sons (viz) Joshua
Stephen and John Otis if living, to each the Sum of Forty Shil-
lings to be paid out of my Estate by my Executor or Executors
without fraud.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Wife Elizabeth Otis whom I
constitute and ordain my sole Executrix of this my last will and
Testament all my Estate, Real & Personal to be by Her enjoy'd
during her widowhood after which tis my will it be divided be-
tween the Children born to me of Her Body (i.e.) to the one or
more of which she is now pregnant if it prove a Son to have a
Double Share but if it prove a Daughter to share equally with the
One now living (viz) Susannah Otis. * * *
Stephen Otis
[Witnesses] Israel Hodgdon, John Hanson, Nathan Kidder.
[Proved Aug. 29, 1759.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Otis, with John Hanson and Israel Hodg-
don, both of Dover, husbandmen, as sureties, in the sum of
£3000, Aug. 29, 1759, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
Timothy Walker, Jr., David Sewall.]
JOHN McNEIL 1759 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of John McNeil of London-
derry, mariner, granted to James Caldwell of Londonderry,
yeoman. May 28, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 286.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 419
[Bond of James Caldwell, with Matthew Thornton and
Robert Clark, yeoman, as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the
sum of £500, May 28, 1759, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Matthew Reid, Samuel Emerson.]
[Warrant, May 28, 1759, authorizing Robert Boyes and James
Ramsey, trader, both of Londonderry, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 14, 1759; amount, £4732. o. o;
signed by Robert Boyes and James Ramsey.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £2064. 12. o; expendi-
tures, £2175.9. 10; mentions "Keeping of the Deceasts Child
from Aprile 20*^ A D 1756 to March 20*'^ 1761"; allowed Dec.
17, 1764.]
JONATHAN YOUNG 1759 ROCHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Young of Rochester,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Elizabeth Young, May 29, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 303.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Young, widow, with Richard Bickford of
Rochester, husbandman, and James Kielle of Dover, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, May 29, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Cutts Shannon, David Sewall.]
[Warrant, May 29, 1759, authorizing James Place and Joseph
Walker, both of Rochester, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 26, 1759; amount, £2579. 11. o; signed by
James Place and Joseph Walker.]
JOHN WATTS 1759 SALEM
[Elizabeth Watts renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, John Watts of Salem, May 30, 1759, in favor of Samuel
Watts of Haverhill, Mass.]
420 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Administration granted to Samuel Watts of Haverhill, Mass.,
yeoman, May 30, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 249.]
[Bond of Samuel Watts, with Samuel Little, Jr., of Plaistow,
yeoman, and Cutts Shannon of Portsmouth, gentleman, as
sureties, in the sum of £500, May 30, 1759, for the administration
of the estate; witnesses, Samuel Penhallow, William Parker.]
[Inventory, April 26, 1759; amount, £2276.4.0; signed by
Samuel Watts and Jonathan Page.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £2165. 15. 4, personal
estate; expenditures, £1524. 2. 10; mentions "Support of the
Children"; allowed May 27, 1761.]
Wee the subscribers a Committee apointed to Set off the Right
of Dower or thirds to Elisabeth Watts Rellict To John Watts
Late of Salem In the Province of New Hampshire yeoman Decs'*
and Have accordingly set off as folio we th (Viz) Two Hundred
and fifty Seven Pound seven shillings old tenor In Personal
Estate allso The House and Barn and three acres of Land on the
Easterly side of the Roade and Joyns on Land of obediah East-
man and James Gregg, and also Twelve acres of Land on the
westerly side of the aboves'i Roade Begining at a stake and
stones a Bounds of moses Kelley's Land so Westerly By s<*
Kelleys Land to a Nother stake and stones By Dustons Land
so Takeing Equal width at Each End so far as to contain the
aboves'^ Twelve acres —
Dated at Salem y« s^^ of Jana-" 1762 —
Obadiah Eastman
Timothy Ladd
Committee
[Additional account of the administrator; expenditures, £48.
4. o; mentions "Funeral Charges for a Child"; allowed Aug. 29,
1764.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 421
PRISCILLA SMITH 1759 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Priscilla Smith of Portsmouth,
single woman, granted to Martha Smith of Portsmouth, single
woman. May 30, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 249.]
[Bond of Martha Smith, with H unking Wentworth and George
Jaffrey as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, May
30, 1759, for the administration of the estate; witnesses, William
Parker, Richard Harvey.]
[Warrant, May 30, 1759, authorizing Joseph Peirce and Joha
Wendell, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate; mentions
the administratrix as sister of the deceased,]
[Inventory, Oct. 10, 1759; amount, £80. 15. o; signed by John
Wendell and Joseph Peirce.]
DANIEL QUINBY 1759 BRENTWOOD
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Quinby of Brentwood,
husbandman, granted to his widow, Hannah Quinby, May 30,
I759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 276.]
[Bond of Hannah Quinby, with Joseph Judkins and Sinclair
Bean, yeomen, as sureties, all of Brentwood, in the sum of £500,
May 30, 1759, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Samuel Dudley, Benjamin Veasey.]
[Warrant, May 30, 1759, authorizing Sinclair Bean and Samuel
Dudley to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 27, 1759; amount, £1366. 12. o;
signed by Sinclair Bean and Samuel Dudley.]
422 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
JOHN WATTS 1759 PLAISTOW
In the Name of God amen this Eleventh Day of June Anno
Domini 1759: I John Watts of Plastow in the Province of New
Hampsh'' in New England yeoman : being aged * * *
Item I Give and bequeath unto Sarah my dear and well be-
loved wife all my Household stuff and Goods within doors to be
at her disposall also the use & Improvement of one third part of
all the Housing & Lands which I herein bequeath to my two sons
Samuel & Nathaniel Dureing her naturall Life to be by her
freely possessed & in joyed
Item I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Samuel all
the Housing and Lands where he now lives Lying in the Town of
Haverhill in Essex adjoyning to Land of Jonathan Marbles
Heirs on one side & Websters Land on the other side in full of his
portion in my Estate he paying to my Daughters what I here in
order him
Item I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Johns
Heirs the Farm whereon he dwelt adjoyning to Land belonging
to the Heirs of Cap* Pecker on the south & on all other parts on
the Highway Leading to Londonderry & Land of other Persons:
in full of his portion in my Estate
Item I give and bequeath unto my welbeloved son Nathaniel
all my Land and Buildings in Plastow and Salem near Prove-
dence Brook so Called within fence & not Disposed of he paying
what I shall hereafter appoint him it being in full of his Portion
of my Estate
Item I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter
Sarah Clement one Hundred pounds old tenor New Hampshire
Money which I order my said son Samuel to pay her within one
year after my Deceas
Item I give and bequeath unto the Heirs of my well beloved
Daughter Elizabeth Curriar one Hundred pounds money old
tenor to be paid by my Executor in manner following to my
grandaughter Hannah Curriar Sixty pounds old tenor when she
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 423
shall be Twenty one years old : and to my four granson Nathaniel
Dudly James Simeon: I order that as they arive to the age of
Twenty one years that they have ten pounds old tenor paid to
each of them by my Executor and if any of them die before they
have received as above their part to be equally Divided to the
survivers
Item I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter
Mehitabel Eastman wife of Obadiah Eastman one Hundred
pounds money old tenor New Hampshire money which I will and
order my said son Samuel to pay her within two full year after
my Decease
Item I give unto my well beloved Daughter Mary Webster
wife of Joshua Webster one Hundred pounds old tenor which I
order my s^ son Nathaniel to pay her in one year and half after
my Decease
all the remainder of my Estate Exsepting some Land that I
shall hereafter mention after all my Just Debts and mine and my
Wives funeral Charges is paid is to be Equally Divided between
my two sons Samuel & Nathaniel
and I do hereby Constitute ordain & appoint my son Nathan-
iel to be sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament I also
impowr my Executor to sell about sixty Acres of Land that
lyeth between my son in Law Eastmans Land and the Land I
have given to the Heirs of my s'^ son John and also adjoins to
Land of Seth Patee : the money this peice of Land fetches what is
not improved to pay my s<^ son Johns Debts and for my support
in my lifetime I will and order to be given to my said son Johns
son when he is Twenty one years old and if he departs this life
before that time to be equally Divided to the surviveing Children
of my said son John • * * John Watts
[Witnesses] Henry hall, Abigail + Annis, Daniel Little.
[Proved Jan. 4, 1760.]
[Inventory, attested Feb. 11, 1760; amount, £3623. 11. o;
signed by Tristram Knight and Jonathan Page.]
424 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
NICHOLAS MEADER 1759 DURHAM
In the Name of God, Amen, the Ninth Day of June Anno
Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty Nine, I Nicholas
Meader of Durham in y Province of New Hamps® in New-
England Husbandman, being advanced in Years, * * *
Imprimis, I Give & Bequeath unto my Beloved wife Sarah
Meader the free & full Use & Improvement of my Dwelling
House & Barn, & y^ Produce of that Division of my Homestead
Land on which my S*^ Dwelling House Stands, & also y^ Produce
of a Certain Piece of my mowing Land, beginning at a Certain
Elm Tree which is y« Bound between my Land & my Brother
Joseph Meaders Land, from thence Runing Easterly by y«
Dividing line between my Land & my s'^ Brothers Land Twenty
Rods, from thence northerly to a large Rock lying upon y«
Land near a Division line between my Land & my S*^ Brothers
Land, & from thence by y^ Division line between my Land & my
S"^ Brothers Land to my Pasture Land, And also the Produce of
all my Thatch Bed from y« head of the Creek down to a Certain
Stone Set in y« Ground, with liberty to Dry or Cure s'^ Thatch
upon y Land, y use of which I have Given to my Son Daniel
Meader, adjacent to S'* Thatch Bed, And also all y^ Produce of
my Salt Marsh from y^ head thereof Down to y Trench, & from
thence by y s"^ Trench northerly to an heap of Stones. And
also y one half of y*' Feed of my Pastures, both of y^ uper and
lower Pastures; and also y® use & Improvement of thirteen
Acres of my Land lying at Wheelwrites Pond ; for fire wood to
Support her fire, y^ s^ thirteen acres in that Part of my s'^ Land
which adjoyns to Joseph Stimson's Land, Runing from y^ High
Way across my Land to y« afores'^ Pond, & of a Breadth Suffi-
cient to Compleat thirteen acres, holding an equal Breadth in
Every Part. All y« aforegoing articles which I have Assigned
unto my s^ Wife, I Give & Allow for her Sole use & Improvement
yearly & every year during y^ Term of her Continuing my Wid-
ow, but in Case She Shall Marry, then my will is that She Shall
have her Proper Dowry out of my Estate, as by Law established.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 425
I also Give & Grant to my S<^ Wife y free & full use and Improve-
ment of all my Household Goods, Beds & Beding, & also of all my
farming Tackling and utensils, during y^ afores'd Term of her
Continuing my widow. I also Give to my S*^ wife, to her own
Disposal, my Saddle Horse & one Yoke of oxen, & also y« one
half of y^ Remaining Part of my live Stock of Cattle Sheep &
Swine.
Item, I Give unto my Son Samuel Meader & to his Heirs &
Assigns for ever. Ten Acres of Land Adjoyning to his Home-
stead Land, being Part of my forty Acres on which my Son,
John Meader lives, y" s** Ten Acres Lyes in a Strip Runing y«
whole length of my S"^ forty Acres, & as wide as to Compleat &^
Ten Acres ; and also Six Acres of Land more Lying on the West-
erly Side of Lamper-Eel River, being the Part of Land that fell
to me in y" Hook Land So Call'd.
Item, I Give unto my Son John Meader y^ free & full use &
Improvement of my Thirty Acres of Land where he now lives;
and also y« Produce of my Thatch Bed, begining at a Certain
heap of Stones, lying near y" little Marsh, & from thence Runing
down to y*' Mill Dam, & also y'' Produce of y^ one half of my
Salt Marsh lying below the Trench, During the Term of his
Natural life.
Item I Give to my Son Daniel Meader y" Produce of all my
Land, begining Twenty Rods from y" aforesd Elm Tree & from
that Extent Runing down to y*' Marsh Point; And also y one
half y^ feed of my Pasture Land; and also y" use of Twelve
Acres of my wood Land, at Wheelwrite's Pond, to Support his
fire. During y^ Term of his natural Life.
Item, I Give unto my Son David Meader & to his Heirs &
Assigns for ever, my Dwelling House & Barn and that Division
of Land which my S'^ Dwelling-House Stands upon, & the one
half of my Pasture Land, and also a Certain Piece of my mowing
Land, begining at a Certain Elm Tree, being y« Bound between
my Land & my Brother Joseph Meaders Land, & from thence
Runing Easterly by y^ Dividing Line between my Land & my
426 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
s^ Brothers Land Twenty Rods, & from thence Northerly to a
large Rock lying upon y« Land near a Division Line between my
Land & my s^ Brothers Land, & from thence westerly by y"
Division Line between my Land & my s^ Brothers Land to my
Pasture Land. And also all my Thatch-Bed from y« Head of y«
Creek down to a Certain Stone, Set in y Ground, with liberty to
Cure or Dry his Thatch, Yearly & every Year, upon y^ Land y*
use & Improvement of which I have Given to my Son Daniel
Meader, during his natural life, which Land is Adjacent to S'^
Thatch-Bed. And also my Salt Marsh from y" Head thereof
down to y" Trench, & from thence Northerly by y S<^ Trench to
an heap of Stones. And also y one half of my Pasture Land,
both of y" upper & lower Pastures. And also Thirteen Acres of
my Land lying at Wheelwrites Pond, being that Part of my
Land which adjoyns to Joseph Stimson's Land, Runing from y*
High-Way across my Land to y^ afores*^ Pond & of a Breadth
Sufficient to Compleat Thirteen Acres, holding an Equal Breadth
in every Part, And also all my Household Goods Beds & Beding,
& all my farming Tackling & utensils. But my Will is that my
S^ Wife During y« Term of her Remaining my Widow, Shall
have y^ free & full use & Improvement, Profit & Income of all y"
afore mentioned Articles, which I have herein Given to my s*^
Son David & to his Heirs & Assigns for ever, as is before Ex-
pressed. I also Give to my S*^ Son David all my Waring Aparril.
Item I Give unto my Grand-Son Thomas Meader & to his
Heirs & Assigns for ever Thirty Acres of Land lying where his
father John Meader now lives, & also my Thatch Bed begining
at a Certain heap of Stones lying near y little Marsh, & from
thence Runing down to y mill Dam, & also y« one half of my
Salt marsh lying below y" Trench, y" use & Improvement Prod-
uce & Profit of which Land Thatch Bed & Salt Marsh I have
herein given to his S^ father during y« Term of his natural life.
But in Case my s'* Grand Son Thomas Meader Should not Sur-
vive his s<^ father John Meader, then I Give unto my Grand Son
Stephen Meader & to his Heirs & Assigns for ever all y" above
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 427
mentioned Articles herein Given to y° s^ Tho* Meader, to be
Possess'd & Enjoy'd by him y« S^ Stephen Meader, after y De-
cease of his S<^ father, & by his Heirs & Assigns for ever.
Item, I Give unto my Grand-Son Mark Meader, the Son of
Daniel Meader, & to his Heirs & Assigns for ever, all my Land,
begining Twenty Rods from the afores'd Elm Tree & from that
Extent Runing down to y Marsh Point; And also y one half of
my Pasture Land both of y" upper & lower Pastures; and also
Twelve Acres of my Wood Land lying at Wheelwrites Pond, The
use & Improvement Produce & Profit of which Land, both mow-
ing Pasturing & Wood Land, I have herein Given to his father
Dan' Meader during y" Term of his natural life; But after his
Decease, to be Possess'd & Enjoy'd by his S'^ Son Mark Meader
& by his Heirs and Assigns for ever. And my Will is that my
s'* Son Daniel Meader, & my s"^ Grand Son Mark Meader Shall
make & keep in good Repair y" Partition fence between the mow-
ing Land & y Pasture Land, begining at y Elm Tree afores'd &
Runing Northerly to a Certain heap of Stones being y" Bound
between my Land & my S** Brother Joseph's Land.
Item I Give to my Grand Daughter Lydia Roberts four Hun-
dred Pounds, old Tenor, to be Paid her by my Said Son Samuel
Meader, within y^ Term of Six Months after my Decease.
And I do hereby Constitute make & Ordain my s'^ Wife Sarah
Meader to be my Executrix, & Thomas Tuttle of Dover in y*
Province afores'd to be my Executor * * *
nicos meder
[Witnesses] William Laighton, Hatevil Laighton Jn', Tobias
Laighton.
[Proved July 29, 1767.]
[Inventory, attested April 27, 1768; amount, £533. i. 8;
signed by Amos Peaslee and Silas Tuttle.]
428 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
PETER STEVENS 1759 PLAISTOW
[Administration on the estate of Peter Stevens of Plaistow,
husbandman, granted to Tristram Coffin of Newbury, Mass.,
yeoman, June 12, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 256.]
[Bond of Tristram Coffin, with Peter Coffin, clerk, and Jeremy
Webster, both of Kingston, as sureties, in the sum of £500,
June 12, 1759, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Daniel Treadwell, William Parker, Jr.]
[Warrant, June 12, 1759, authorizing Samuel Kimball, yeo-
man, and Nathaniel Cheney, cordwainer, both of Plaistow, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 8, 1759; amount, £570. 4. o; signed
by Samuel Kimball and Nathaniel Cheney.]
[List of claims against the estate. May 31, 1762; amount
£131. 2. 5; signed by Nicholas White and Thomas Follansbee.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £540. 4. 6; expendi-
tures, £444. 7. 10; mentions a widow and two minor children;
allowed Nov. 16, 1762.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £111. 2. i; amount
distributed, £95. 16. 8; allowed March 2, 1763.]
THOMAS MEAD 1759 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen. The Last will and Testament of
Thomas Mead of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hamp-
shire Cooper. I Thomas Mead being Sick * * *
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Han-
nah Mead, the whole of my Estate both Real and personal dur-
ing her Natural life. But if she shall have Occation to use any
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 429
part or the whole thereof, the same I give unto her, her heirs and
assigns.
Item After the decease of said Wife, if any of my Estate shall
be Remaining, the Real Estate to be divided between my Son
Joseph and daughter Marga' and my parsonal Estate to my
daughter marga' I give the Same to them as aforesaid to them
their heirs and assigns —
Item, my will is that my Two Grand Children Joseph and
ann Wilkinson shall be paid the Sum of Ten pounds old Tenor
(at the present Value) Each to be paid by my Son Joseph and
daughter marga* the Boye to Receive his part at twenty one
Years of Age, and the Girl at Eighteen
Item, I do Request, and hereby appoint m"" Benjamin Aker-
man of Portsm° to be Sole Executor * * * j have hereunto
Set my hand and Seal the thirteenth day of June, in the 32'*
Year of his majesty's Reign annoque Domini One thousand
Seven hundred and fifty nine —
Thomas Mead
[Witnesses] Richard Fitzgerald, Richard Shortridge, Joseph
Akarman.
[Proved Sept. 26, 1759.]
ALEXANDER WALKER, JR. 1759 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of Alexander Walker, Jr., of
Londonderry, trader, granted to Alexander Walker of London-
derry, yeoman, June 14, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 256.]
[Bond of Alexander Walker, with Samuel Rankin and Thomas
Walker as sureties, all of Londonderry, in the sum of £1000,
June 14, 1759, for the administration of the estate of his son,
Alexander Walker, Jr. ; witnesses, William Parker, David
Sewall.l
430 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, June 14, 1759, authorizing Moses Barnett and
James McGregore, gentlemen, both of Londonderry, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Nov. 19, 1759; amount, £3286. 7. 7;
signed by Moses Barnett and James McGregore.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £1557. o. 6; signed
by Moses Barnett and James McGregore; attested Feb. 2, 1761 ;
also list of claims for which Alexander Walker, Sr., was surety;
amount, £2199. 1.6; signed by Alexander Walker, and attested
June 2, 1761.]
[Bond of Samuel Barr and James McGregore, gentleman, both
of Londonderry, with John GofTe of Derryfield and David Steele
of Peterborough, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, June
8, 1769, for the administration de bonis non of the estate; wit-
nesses, James Kielle, Ezekiel Greeley, John Parker, Samuel
Hale, Jr.]
[Account of the administrators, May 30, 1770; nothing to
administer; signed by both.]
GEORGE MITCHELL 1759 LONDONDERRY
[Guardianship of John Mitchell, minor, son of George Mitchell
of Londonderry, granted to John Mitchell, Jr., of Londonderry,.
June 27, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 262.]
JOHN JONES 1759 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of John Jones of Durham^
yeoman, granted to Abigail Jones of Durham, widow, June 27,
I759-]
fProbate Records, vol. 21, p. 261.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 43 1
[Bond of Abigail Jones, with Hubbard Stevens and Joseph
Stevens, both of Durham, tanners, as sureties, in the sum of
£500, June 27, 1759, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Wilham Parker, John Mitchell, Jr.]
[Warrant, June 27, 1759, authorizing William Drew and
Samuel Demeritt, both of Durham, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 26, 1759; amount, £9754. 11. 6; signed by
William Drew and Samuel Demeritt.]
[Account of Ebenezer Jones and his wife, Abigail Jones, ad-
ministratrix; receipts, £2829. 11. 6; expenditures, £1618. 7. 10;
allowed Sept. 30, 1761.]
[Warrant, April 30, 1762, authorizing Benjamin Mathes,
Joseph Sias, gentleman, Jonathan Woodman, yeoman, Joseph
Atkinson, and Thomas Chesley, yeoman, all of Durham, to set
off the widow's dower.]
Province of | Pursuant to a Warrant directed to us the
New Hampshire j Subscribers by the Hon^'"' Richard Wibird
Esq'' Judge of the Probate of Wills for the Province afores*^
To set off the one third part of the Real Estate of John Jones
late of Durham in s^ Province Yeoman deceas'd unto Abigail
Jones the Widow of the said Deceas'd —
We have accordingly set off and bounded the s^ Abigails part
as follows — beginning at the North West corner of the land
which belonged to the said John by Eli Clarks land and running
South Seventy One degrees East thirty one Rods & a half —
then Runing South three deg""^^ west Sixty Rods, then East four
Rods, then South 3 Deg^ West fifty Seven Rods to Benjamin
Jones's land, then South 86 Deg^ West forty three Rods by s'^
Benjamin's land, then South 76 Deg^ West Seven Rods, then
West Twenty four Rods to the Road, then North Ten Deg*
West fifty Six Rods by the Road to Clark's land then North
Seventy five Deg^ East Sixty Rods by s*^ Clarks land, then North
432 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
four deg" East fifty four Rods to the first mention'd bound —
the whole within s^ Boundarys is forty three Acres Excepting
Two thirds of the orchard at the East End which is in the Above
Boundaries —
And also we have set of to the s^ Abigail her third of the
dwelling house it being that which was first built, joining on the
north side of the new house, together with the Cellar under her
part — Also one third of the Twelfth part of the Stream at
Durham Falls &c — Also one third part of the Barn viz* the
Southerly end. —
And Also we have agreed that all the possessors of the Estate
of the s"^ John Jones deceased shall have full liberty to pass and
Repass thro' each other's land to and from their respective lotts
& the buildings and Orchard —
Durham October 20*'' 1762
Benjamin Mathes 1
Joseph Atkinson j
Thomas Chesle \ Committee
Joseph Sias
Jonathan Woodman
OLIVER SMITH 1759 EXETER
In Name of God amen This Fifth Day of July anno Domini
1759 I Oliver Smith of Exeter in the province of Newhamp""
Gentelman being but Weak of body * * *
first I Give unto my beloved Wife Rachel and to her Disposel
all The Houshuld Stufe which she brought to me when I marred
her, and I Give to my said wife one Cow and that to be Keept
sumer and winter During the naturall Life of my Said wife or
so Long as she Remains my widow as I shall hereafter order &
I Give unto my said wife the Use and improvement of the west-
erly End of my Dwelling House and my bead Room and the one
Halfe of my Celler and fierwood for one fier haled to her Door
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 433
and the wood to haled from my Place at Dear Hill (so Caled)
and teen bushels of Corn one Hunderd walght of Pork one Hun-
derd waight of beafe Two Galons of Rum Two Galans of melases
Four Barels of Cyder one bushal of Potaters one bushel of Tur-
naps & half a bushel of beans Six Pounds of sheeps wool Ten
Pounds of flax from the swingel Two Pare of Shews & the use of
my Garden & Clock all The Pertucklers to be Paid and Deliverd
to my said wife yearly During her natural Life or so Long as
Shee Remains my Widow and I Give unto my said wife fifty
pounds old tener and to be Paid out of my money
Iti" I Give unto my my Daughter mehetabel Lyford & to her
Disposel The full one Halfe of all my Personall Estate both
within Dors & with out not allready Desposed of, to her mother
in this my Last will viz the one halfe of my Housel Goods & the
whole of my Clock after her mothers Desceece or marrage and
the one halfe of all my Stock of Catel Sheep horses & Swine &
the one halfe of my Debts & money
And I Give unto my Said Daughter mehetabal The use and
Inprovenent of all my Lands be the same more or Less Lying &
being in the Parish of Brintwood & near Dear Hill (so Caled)
During her naturall Life and Thin The said Lands to be Equaly
Divided to & among the Children of my said Daughter meheta-
bel That Shall Survive There mother & to there heirs & assings
My said Daughter or her Leguall Representives Paying and De-
livering to my said wife The full one halfe Part of what She is
to have yearly as a Leagsey During her naturall Life or so Long
as shee Remains my Widow
Iti™ I Give unto my two Grandsons (viz) oliver Calfe and
Jeremiah CafTe sons to my Daughter Ruth Calfe Deceased and
to there Heirs & assings for Ever Equaly to be Divided between
them all my Lands in Exeter or Stratham Caled my whome-
stead be the same more or Less With all my buldings standing
on the same and allso all That seventeen acres & halfe of Land &
medow Ground Which I Purchesed of John Folsom Laying in
Exeter aforesaid & on the south side of Walls Cove (so Caled)
434 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
They my said Grand sons to Come into Possession Imeadetly
at my Decease Exepting That Part of the Dwelling House and
Garden which I Gave to my wife & That at her Decease or mar-
rage and my will is That if Either of my said Grand sons should
Die before he arive to the age of Twenty one years Leiving no
Issue Lawfully begoten of his body Then his Surviving Brother
Shall have his Part of my Real Estate and furthermore I Give to
my said Grand sons above mentioned the full one halfe Part of
all my Personall Estate both within Dors & without Equally to
be Divided between them & There aunt Lightford Excepting
my Clock and what I Shal Give to There Sister Elisabeth in my
Last will and what I have Given to my wife in this my Last
will and Like wise my Will is That my said Grand sons viz Oliver
Calfe & Jeremiah Calfe Shall have free Liberty to Cut There
fier wood for there fiers for Twenty years after my Decease on
that Tract of Land in brintwood which I Gave to my Daughter
mehetabel & to her Children my Said Grand sons oliver & Jere-
miah Paying & Delivering unto there Grandmother as it shall
becom Due the full one halfe Part of what I have Given her in
this my Last will & Testenent and to Pay There sister Elisa-
beth her Legsecy as I shall order in this my Last will.
Iti™ I Give to my Grandaughter Elisabeth Calfe Daughter of
Ruth Deceased The full one halfe Part of my Housel Stufe within
Dores Exepting my Clock and what I have Given to her Grand-
mother and I Give unto my said Grandaughter Elisabeth Calfe
Five Hunderd Pounds old tener as money is at This time and to
be paid to her by my two Grand sons oldiver Calfe and Jeremiah
Calfe Each to Pay to there sister Two Hundrd and fifty Pounds
old ter & to be Paid in six month after They arive at the age of
Twenty one years
Iti™ I Give unto Abraham Clark That Served his time with
me fifty Pounds old tenor bills of Credit to be paid by my Execu-
trix in one year after my Decease
Iti™ I Give unto my two Grandsons Oliver Calfe & oliver
Smith Lightford and to There heirs & assings Eccquely to be
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 435
Divided between them according to Quantity & Quality all my
Right in the Town of Gilmantown in the province afore said be
the same more or Less
Iti-" I Give unto Ithiel Smith Son of Ithiel Smith Late of
Brintwood Deceased and to his heirs & assings all my Right of
Land in That Tract of Land Granted by Theador Atkisson
Esq"^ and others to John Samborn & others & Layeth near
Pemessewaseet (So Caled) in the Province afore said
Lastly I Do hereby Constitute and appoint My Wife Rachel
to be sole Excu^ * * *
Oliver Smith
[Witnesses] Abnar Thustin, Joshua Wilson, Theo: Smith.
[Proved June 25, 1760.]
[Bond of John Calfe of Exeter, yeoman, and Moses Lyford of
Brentwood, tailor, with Abner Thurston, cordwainer, and
Joshua Wilson, yeoman, both of Exeter, as sureties, in the sum
of £1000, June 25, 1760, for the administration, with will an-
nexed, of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, Solomon Loud,
Jr.]
[Warrant, June 25, 1760, authorizing Theophilus Smith and
James Leavitt, gentleman, both of Exeter, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, June 26, 1760; amount, £33,172. 11. o; signed by
Theophilus Smith and James Leavitt.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £137. o. o and per-
sonal estate; expenditures, £795. n. 6; mentions "abigail
Maintained 26 Weeks .... Hannah 104 weeks .... Jere-
miah & Oliver 416 weaks each & not 7 years old now"; allowed
Oct. 28, 1761.]
(Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 235.]
436 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
NATHAN HUNT 1759 SANDOWN
Province of 1 To the Honnerd Richard Wibard Esq"" Judge
Newhamp"" J of Probets of wills &c — ■
Sir my husband Being Ded and Left me with a famuely of
small children and I my selfe not capebel To manige the setteling
of the small Estate Left by my husband this is To Request of
your Honner To grant a Leter of administration To Eben""
Stevens Esq"^ as he is the Digest Credeter that I Know of To the
Estat of the Decesed — and is so doing you will much oblige
your most Humbel Sarvent
Kingston July the 18*^ 1759 her
Ledea X Hunt
Ichabod Shaw mark
Sarah Shaw
[Administration on the estate of Nathan Hunt of Sandown,
yeoman, granted to Ebenezer Stevens of Kingston July 25,
1 759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 274.]
[Bond of Ebenezer Stevens, with Daniel Peirce of Portsmouth
and Samuel French of South Hampton, gentleman, as sureties,
in the sum of £1000, July 25, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, none.]
[Warrant, July 25, 1759, authorizing Ichabod Shaw and Israel
Dimond, both of Kingston, gentlemen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 10, 1759; amount, £1476. 12. o;
signed by Ichabod Shaw and Israel Dimond.]
[Additional inventory, March 12, 1761; amount, £310.0.0;
signed as above.]
[Warrant, May 23, 1761, authorizing Ichabod Shaw of San-
down, Israel Dimond, Nathan Jones, Henry Morrill, and Moses
Colby, all of Hawke, yeomen, to divide the real estate among the
widow, Lydia Hunt, and the seven children.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 437
Province of 1 We the Subscribers being appointed By the
New Hamp'' / hon^'« the Judge of the Probate for said Prov-
ince A Committee to view the Real Estate of Nathan Hunt late
of Sandown in said Province Yeoman Deceased Intestate & to
set off to Lydia the widow of said Deceased her Dower in said
Estate & to Consider whither the remaining two thirds of said
Estate may be divided among all the Children of said Deceased
without prejudice to the whole, & if it cannot to appraise the
Same Have proceeded & Set off to the said Lydia her Dower as
follows viz beginning on Land possessed by Samuel Plummer
then run* Southerly by said Plummers Land thirty three Rods to
Land in Possession of Benj" Pilsbury thence westerly twenty
Rods to a Stake & Stones, thence northerly fifty two Rods to a
Stake & Stones at Angling Pond thence Easterly thirteen Rods
to a Stake & Stones thence Southerly thirty eight Rods to a
Stake & Stones thence Easterly five Rods to the Place where it
first began —
We have also Considered the remaining two thirds & think it
can not be divided among all the Children of Said Deceased
without Prejudice to the whole & have therefore Appraised the
same & think the Present Value thereof to be five hundred &
forty pounds Old Ten"" there being twelve Acres of the Same —
Witness our Hands June 8^^ 1762
Ichabod Shaw ]
Israel Dimond j^ Committee &c
Henry Morrill J
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £928. 17. o; expendi-
tures, £861. 17.2; mentions "Support of Eliz"* Hunt for three
years being a minor under 7 years"; allowed June 30, 1762.]
ANN PACKER 1759 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Ann Packer wife of Thomas
Packer of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Esq'
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By and with the Consent of my Said Husband having a Personal
Estate in my Own Right »& being my Own Property * * *
Imprimis If Providence shoud order it so that I shoud be left a
Widow & Contract any Debts my Will is that Such Debts & my
Funeral Charges be paid out of my Estate with all Convenient
Speed after my Decease —
Item I Give & bequeath all my wearing apparel to my Daugh-
ters Elizabeth Wentworth Mehetabel Rogers & my Grand-
Daughter Anna Peirce Equally to be Divided —
Item all the Residue of my Estate I give & Devise to my Sons
John Daniel William Isaac and Jotham and my Daughters
Elizabeth & Mehetabel & my Said Grand Daughter Anna Peirce
Equally to be Divided without any Preference of One to the other
Item Lastly I hereby Constitute & Appoint my Son Daniel
Rindge Sole Executor * * * in Witness whereof I have
hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Thirty first Day of July
Anno Domini 1759
Ann Packer
[Witnesses] James Stoodly Ju"", John Clark, Joshua Brackett.
[Proved Feb. 8, 1762.]
Know All Men By these Presents That I the within Named
Thomas Packer for Divers good Causes & Considerations more
Especially that Justice & Equity may be Done to the Children
& Grand Child of my Said Wife within named and that neither
I my Self nor any Person Claiming in my Right either by Decent
as next of kin or by Purchase may have any Part Interest or
Demand in & unto the Estate mentioned & Referrd to & be-
queathed by the within Written Will & Testament or thereby
Intended to be Dispos'd of Did freely Consent to & approve of
making the same as therein Declared & to the full & Due Execu-
tion thereof and farther did advise my Said Wife to Dispose of
the said Estate in such manner and form & to whomsoever she
shoud See Cause — And I do by these Present fully Approve
Ratify & Confirm the said last Will & Testament as within
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 439
Written & Executed & Every clause & article thereof And for my
Self my Heirs Executors & admin" do hereby Grant Remise
Release & forever Quit Claim to the within Named Devisees &
Legatees Respectively all the Right Title Interest & Demand
which I by Law have or Ought to have to the Estate Devised or
Bequeathed to them in & by this Said Last Will & Testament of
my Said Wife And that I my Heirs Executors or Admin" shall
not & will not make any Objection or take any Exception to the
Probate & full Allowance »& Approbation thereof In Witness
whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the thirty first Day
of July Anno Domini 1759 —
Tho^ Packer
[Witnesses] James Stoodly Ju% John Clark, Joshua Brackett.
SAMUEL VARNEY 1759 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen y^ twenty forth of y^ 8'^° one
thousand Seven Hundred & fifty Nine I Samuel Varney of Dover
In the Province of Newhampshire in Newengland Husbandman
Being veary week in Body * * *
Item I Give To Mary My well Beloved wife all My Estate
within Dores & without Dureing Hir widowhood Exclusive of y*
above Debts & Nessesary Charges that Shall Arise on the Estate
& what I Shall Bisstow on my two Daughtors Hereafter men-
tioned —
Item I Give to My Daughtor Sarah twenty & Seven Pounds
Starling Money when Shee Shall arrive to the age of twenty
years to Be Paid in Household Goods
Item I Give to My Daughtor Mary when Shee arrives to
Eighteen years of age Thirty & two Pounds Starling Money to
Bee Paid as above —
Item I Give unto My Seven Sons Solomon Timothy Samuel
440 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Simeon Amus Shubel & Joseph — after the Deceas or marriage
of My Wife all the Remaining Part of my Estate to Bee Equally
Devided Between them.
I also Constatute Make and ordain My Eldest Son Solomon
Varney Sole Executor * * *
Samuel Varney
[Witnesses] Silvanus Hussey, Danl Ricker, Samuel Richards.
[Proved April 30, 1760.]
[Bond of Solomon Varney, with Paul Ricker and Samuel
Richards as sureties, all of Dover, in the sum of £500, April 30,
1760, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William Parker,
David Sewall.]
[Mary Varney, widow, expresses her satisfaction with the
executorship of Solomon Varney June 25, 1760; witnesses,
William Ham, Samuel Richards.]
[Guardianship of Samuel Varney, minor, son of Samuel
Varney, granted to Nathaniel Varney of Dover, yeoman, Jan.
28, 1761.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 21.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Varney, with John Brewster and Jacob
Chamberlain, both of Rochester, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum
of £500, Jan. 28, 1 761, for the guardianship of Samuel Varney;
witness, Solomon Loud, Jr.]
[Guardianship of Amos Varney, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Samuel Varney, granted to Joshua Varney Nov.
28, 1764.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 342.]
[Bond of Joshua Varney of Dover, with Joseph Lowe and
Enoch Hoag, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of
£500, Nov. 28, 1764, for the guardianship of Amos Varney;
witnesses, William Parker, Jr., William Vaughan.j
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 44I
NATHAN COLBY 1759 CONCORD
[Hannah Colby, widow, and Nathan Colby, oldest son, re-
quest that administration on the estate of Nathan Colby of
Rumford be granted to Timothy Walker, Jr., of Rumford,
Aug. 24, 1759.]
[Administration granted to Timothy Walker, Jr., of Rumford,
bricklayer, Aug. 29, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 278.]
[Bond of Timothy Walker, Jr., bricklayer, with John Noyes of
Suncook and James Graves of Hampstead, gentlemen, as sure-
ties, in the sum of £2000, Aug. 29, 1759, for the administration of
the estate; witnesses, Israel Hodgdon, John Hanson.]
[Warrant, Nov. 29, 1759, authorizing Ezra Carter and George
Abbott, yeoman, both of Rumford, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 28, 1759; amount, £3022. 17.0; signed by
Ezra Carter and George Abbott.]
[Commission, Nov. 28, 1759, to Ezra Carter of Penacook and
John Noyes of Bow, yeoman, to receive claims against the
estate.]
[List of claims, June 12, 1761 ; amount, £2354. 3. 10; signed by
Ezra Carter and John Noyes.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £2141. o. o; expendi-
tures, £1522. 6. 9; mentions "maintaince of Children that are
under Seven Years old at this time .... funeral Charge & the
Charge of lying in after the Intestates Decease"; attested Aug.
6, 1761.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £2354. 3. 10; amount
distributed, £618. 13. 3; allowed Nov. 25, 1761.]
442 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
WILLIAM PEAVEY 1759 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of William Peavey of Ports-
mouth, mariner, granted to John Peavey of Portsmouth, car-
penter, Aug. 27, I759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 276.]
[Bond of John Peavey, with Daniel Warner and Nathaniel
Warner, merchant, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
£2000, Aug. 27, 1759, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, George Libby, Thomas Wendell, T. Greenwood.]
SAMUEL PALMER, JR. 1759 HAMPTON
In the name of God Amen this twenty Seventh Day of August
Anno Domini 1759 and in thirty third year of his Majestys
Reign Georg the Second King over Grate Britain &c I Samuel
Palmer Juner of Hampton in the Province of new Hampshier in
new England Esq'' * * *
first I give and bequeath to my Daughter Jane Knowls the
wife of Samuel Knowls twenty five pounds in money old Tenor to
be Paid to her by my son Samuel Palmer within two years after
my Decease
Secondly I give and bequeath to my Daughter Anna Palmer
one hundred Pounds in money old tenor to be paid to her by my
Said Son Samuel Palmer within one year after my Decease I also
give to my Said Daughter Anna Palmer one fether bed and
furnituer belonging to it that was her own mothers and further it
is my will that my Said Daughter Anna Palmer shall have Lib-
erty to Live in and Improve the westerly End of my Dwelling
house untill she is married and also have six bushels of Indian
Corn and sixty pounds weight of Pork and forty Pounds waight
of beef and four Cord of fier wood and the milk of one Cow all
found and Provided for her yearly and every year by my said
Son Samuel Palmer untill she is married and no Longer
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 443
thirdly I give to my said Daughters Jane and Anna all the
moveables of all sorts that was their own mothers to be
equilly Devided between them excepting onely the bed and
beding which I gave to my said Daughter Anna as afore
said
fourthly I give and bequeath to my son the said Samuel
Palmer my Dwelling house and barn saveing onely the Privilidg
as afore Said that my said Daughter Anna Palmer is to have of
Liveing in the westerly Room in my Dwelling house untill she
is married I also give to my said son Samuel Palmer all my land
where my Dwelling house is six acres more or less with all my
land in the Pastour some time Called Palmers Pastour Joining
westerly to land of Redmans Southly to land of the Dows
Eastly on Land of the Palmers six acres more or less with all my
land Laying in the nook so Called six acres more or less bounding
northerly on the way that Leads to tucks mill westly on land of
Jeremiah Moulton southly on Palmers Paster so called Eastly on
land of Josiah Moulton Junr to gether with all other my land
laying in the first Division of the five Divisions in said Hampton
both on the northly and southely side of lettle River with all my
marsh Called the spring marsh and my meadow in the old fresh
meadow near the Beach and also all my huccle Berry marsh
laying between tuck mill and the Beach all the Said Parcels of
land marsh are laying in Hampton afore said I give to my said
son Samuel all my stock of Cattle and husbandry Implements
with all my moveables in my house which I have not here in
other ways Disposed of as afore said it is my Will that my Said
Daughter Anna Palmer shall have one seventh Part of the apples
in my orchard yearly every year so long as she Remains un-
marryed
all the Lands I have Laying in Hampton as afore said or else
where I give to my said son Samuel Palmer and to his heirs and
assigns for ever and I Do here by Constitute make and ordain
my Said Son Samuel Palmer to be sole executor * * *
Samuel Palmer Junr Esq
444 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Witnesses] John Lamprey, Jonathan Lock, Robert Moulton
[Proved June 30, 1762.]
[Inventory, attested Nov. 24, 1762; amount, £5317.0.0;
signed by John Weeks and John Lamprey.]
PHILIP REED 1759 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of PhiHp Reed of Portsmouth,
mariner, granted to Dorothy Reed of Portsmouth, widow,
Aug. 29, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 285.]
[Bond of Dorothy Reed, with Mark Langdon, gentleman, and
Samuel Griffith, shopkeeper, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in
the sum of £3000, Aug. 29, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, David Sewall, Benjamin Akerman.]
[Inventory, Sept. 13, 1759; amount, £5859. 19. 11; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.l
ENOCH GOVE 1759 HAMPTON FALLS
[Administration on the estate of Enoch Gove of Hampton
Falls, yeoman, granted to his widow, Hannah Gove, Aug. 29,
I759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 303.]
[Bond of Hannah Gove, with Jonathan Swett and Caleb San-
born, gentlemen, as sureties, all of Hampton Falls, in the sum of
£3000, Aug. 29, 1759, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Meshech Weare, Susanna Sanborn.]
[Warrant, Aug. 29, 1759, authorizing Jonathan Swett, gentle-
man, and Nathaniel Gove, yeoman, both of Hampton Falls, to
appraise the estate.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 445
[Inventory, Oct. lo, 1759; amount, £12,123.2.0; signed by
Jonathan Swett and Nathaniel Gove.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £3058. 18. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £838. 10. 3; mentions personal estate of the
former husband of the administratrix and his children; allowed
March 28, 1760.]
Province of 1 We the Subscribers being Appointed a
New Hamps"" j Committee by the Honourable Judge of
Probate of Wills &c : for said Province To Divide the Real Estate
of Knock Gove late of Hampton falls in said Province Yeoman
Deceas'd Intestate Among the Widow and Children of said
Intestate. We have accordingly made Division of said Estate
Shewn to us by Hannah Gove Administratrix of said Estate As
follows viz*
To the said Hannah Gove the Widow for her Dower and
thirds in said Estate We have Divided and Set off The Easterly
Lower Room in the Dwelling House, where the said Deceas'd did
lately live and the Back Room iVdjoyning thereto — And the
Garrett Over said Easterly Lower Room, And One third of the
Celler As the Same is now Parted: also a Small Piece of Land
between the East End of the Dwelling House and the Country
Road, also a Priviledge in the Yard before the House for laying of
wood going to the well and Such like also One third of the Barn
at the Easterly End as far as to the third Post and Beam And a
Proportionable Priviledge in the Cow yard also a Small Piece of
Land for a Garding between the Cow yard And Orchard As the
Same is now in fence also about One third of the Orchard at the
west End Marked in the Plan herewith annexed by the letter m.
and Bounded by Stakes Set up at Each End: also all the Re-
mainder of that Piece of Land lying to the Westward of the
Orchard and Barn yard Containing about twenty Eight Acres
and a half Marked in the Plan by the Letter A. Bounding South-
erly by a Way Westerly Land of Jonathan Chase & Notherly
By Lands of Abraham Dow, Jonathan Moulton & y^ widow
44^ NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
French also we have Set off to her five acres out of that Piece of
Land which lyes on the Easterly Side of the Countrey Road being
the Second Share from the Road As Discribed in the Plan and is
Bounded Westerly by a Share Set off to Knock Gove Easterly by
a Share set off to Mary Gove by Stakes Set up at Each Corner,
Notherly by a Way which goes into Halls farm so Called and is
ten Rods and Eight links of a Chain in Wedth by Said Way,
Southerly by a Strip of Land one Rod and a half in Wedth left
for a way to Cap* Pike's land And is Nine Rods and three
quarters of a Rod in wedth at that End Also a Piece of Salt
Marsh in Hampton Falls aforesaid Containing five acres and
One hundred and Seven Rods lying by the Dock And Commonly
Called the Dock Marsh, Also One acre at the Easterly End of
another Piece of Marsh near Waltons Grist mill Marked in the
Plan by the letter O. Provided Nevertheless that the Lower
Room in the Easterly End of the Dwelling House is not so set off
to the said Hannah But that the Sons Enock Gove and Nathan
Gove to whom the other part of the House is Set off may have
liberty of Passing thro' to go to the Celler as they may have
Occasion —
And the Remainder of Said Real Estate we have Divided
Among the Children of said Deceas'd as follows viz* :
To Eleazar Gove the Eldest Son we have Divided and set off
two Shares in that tract of Land lying on the Easterly Side of the
Countrey Road at the Southerly End thereof the first Share Con-
taining Eight acres and One Quarter of an acre Bounding South-
erly by Canes Brook so Called Westerly by the Countrey Road
and is twenty four Rods and three Quarters of a Rod in wedth
by the Road and thirty One Rods and a half in Wedth at the
Easterly side to Stakes Set up And the Second Share adjoyning
to the first Containing Six Acres And One Quarter of an acre
being fourteen Rods and a half in Wedth at the Westerly End by
the Road and twelve Rods and three quarters of a Rod at the
Easterly End to Stakes Set up —
Also we have Set off to the Said Eleazar two Shares in the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 447
Orchard at the Southeasterly Corner Marked in the Plan by the
letters b. and c. Each Share being About two Rods and a half in
wedth and about ten Rods in length as the Stakes are Set up.
Also we have set off to the said Eleazar the One half of his fathers
Right in the Tract of Land Granted to Ichabod Robie Esq'- And
Others by the Purchasers of the Right of John Tufton Mason
Esq^ Also two shares in the Marsh Namely One Piece Called the
Marston Piece Containing One acre and one quarter of an acre
Marked on the Plan by the letter P. and one other piece being
the Westerly part of that piece of marsh near Walton's Mill
Containg one acre and One hundred Rods Marked in the Plan by
the letters Q and R.
Also we have Divided and set off to Enock Gove Son of the
said Deceas'd for his Share of that Piece of Land lying on the
East Side of the Countrey Road viz* Eight Acres And One
Quarter of An Acre at the Northwest Corner Bounding Westerly
by the Countrey Road Notherly by the way into Halls farm And
is 29 Rods and One Quarter of a Rod by said Way to a Stake
Set up Bounding Easterly by a Piece set off to the widow and by
a Stake at the Southerly End Also One Share in the Orchard
Marked in the Plan by the letter k. being about ten Rods in
length and two Rods & a half in wedth being the Second Share
from the Notherly Side.
Also One Share in the Marsh lying at the Southeasterly
Corner of a Piece of Marsh by Perkins River so Called Said
Share Contains about one acre and Eleven Rods Marked in the
Plan by the letter A being fifteen Rods and five links of a Chain in
Wedth at the Southerly End And Seven Rods and five links at
the Notherly End by the Creek
Also we have Divided And Set off to Nathan Gove Son of said
Deceasd for his Share Part of that Piece of Land lying on the
Easterly Side the Countrey Road viz* Seven acres and fifty five
Rods at the Northeasterly Corner Bounding Easterly by land of
Cap* Pike Notherly by the way into Halls farm And is Eighteen
Rods and three Quarters of a Rod in wedth at that End, Westerly
448 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
by a Share Set off to Rachel Chase by Stakes Set up Southerly by
a Strip of land left for a way to Cap* Pike's land And is Eighteen
Rods and a half in wedth at the Southerly End As Described in
the Plan. Also One Share in the Orchard Marked in the Plan by
the letter i being the Notherly Share Also One Share in the
Marsh being part of that Piece of Marsh near Perkins's River
aforesaid Said Share Contains about One acre and Eleven Rods
Marked in the Plan by the letters D. and E. the Piece D. being
Surrounded mostly by a Creek And the Piece E. is a Small
Piece between the Creek and the Share Set off to William
bounded by Stakes Set up.
Moreover we have Divided And set off to the abovenamed
Enock Gove and Nathan Gove Between them As part of Each of
their Shares The Shop by the Countrey Road near the Dwelling
House And the Land on which it Stands Also All the Remaining
part of the Dwelling House & Barn And Priviledge of a yard by
the Door Cow yard well and Land About the House Except
what is set off to the widow for Dower as beforementioned
Also we have Divided And Set off to William Gove Son of the
said Deceas'd for his share Part of that Piece of Land lying on
the Easterly Side of the Countrey Road viz* Six Acres and One
Quarter of an acre Bounding Notherly by the way into Halls
farm and is fourteen Rods in Wedth by said Way, Westerly by a
Share Set off to Mary Gove by Stakes set up, Southerly by a
Strip of land left for a way to Cap* Pike's land And is thirteen
Rods And Eight links of a Chain in wedth at the Southerly End
Easterly by a Share Set off to Rachel Chase by Stakes Set up.
Also we have Set off to the said William One half of his fathers
Right in the Tract of Land Granted to Ichabod Robie Esq'
And Others by the Purchasers of the Right of John Tufton Mason
Esq"" — Also One share in the Marsh being Part of that Piece of
Marsh by Perkins's River aforesaid Said Share Contains about
One acre and Eleven Rods Marked in the Plan by the letter F.
being Nine Rods and a half in Wedth Bounding Westerly by a
Share set off to Sarah Blake by Stakes Set up, Southerly by a
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 449
Creek, Easterly partly by Nathan and partly by Mary as the
Stakes are Set up also One Share in the Orchard Marked in the
Plan by the letter k. Running from South to North thro' the
Orchard and bounded by Stakes Set up
Also we have Divided And Set off to Rachel Chase wife of
John Chase ju"" Daughter of said Deceas'd for her Share Part of
that Piece of Land lying on the East Side the Countrey Road
Containing Eight Acres and One Quarter of an acre Bounding
Notherly by the way into Halls farm And is twenty Rods and
One Quarter of a Rod in wedth by said Way Westerly by a Share
Set off to William by Stakes Set up Southerly by a Strip of land
left for a way to Cap*^ Pikes land And is Eighteen Rods And
twenty one links of a Chain in wedth at the Southerly End:
Easterly by a Share Set off to Nathan by Stakes Set up. Also
One Share in the Orchard Alarked in the Plan by the letter d.
being about ten Rods in lengh and two Rods and a half in wedth
Bounded by Stakes Set up Also one Share in the Marsh being
part of that Piece by Perkins's River Said Share Contains about
one acre and Eleven Rods Marked in the Plan by the letters I.
and K. being ten Rods and three quarters of a Rod in wedth at
the Notherly End And Eleven Rods and one quarter of a Rod in
wedth at the Southerly End Bounding Easterly by a Share set
off to Sarah Blake and westerly by a Share Set off to Mary
Greenleaf by Stakes set up
Also we have Divided and set off to Margarett Greenleaf wife
of Paul Greenleaf Daughter of said Deceasd for her Share Part
of that piece of Land lying on the Easterly Side the Countrey
Road, Said Share Containing Eight acres and One quarter of an
Acre Bounding Westerly by the Countrey Road and is Eighteen
Rods and Sixteen links of a Chain in wedth by Said Road, South-
erly by a Share Set oft' to Hannah Brown by Stakes set up,
Easterly by land of Cap* Pike And is Seventeen Rods in Wedth
by said Pike's land and Notherly by a Strip of Land left for a way
to Cap* Pike's land by Stakes Set up. Also One share in the
Orchard marked in the Plan by the letter e. being about ten
450 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Rods in length and two Rods and a half in wedth Bounded by
Stakes Set up. Also One share in the Marsh being part of that
Piece of Marsh by Perkins's River Said Share Contains One
acre and twenty Rods marked in the Plan by the Letter L. being
twelve Rods and a half in wedth at the Notherly End and twelve
Rods and three Quarters of a Rod at the Southerly End Bound-
ing Westerly by a Share Set off to Hannah Brown and Easterly
by a Share Set off to Rachel Chase by Stakes set up —
Also we have Divided And set off to Sarah Blake wife of
Jeremiah Blake Daughter of said Deceas'd for her Share Part of
that Piece of Land lying on the Easterly Side of the Countrey
Road, said Share Containing Eight Acres and one Quarter of An
acre Bounding Westerly by the Countrey Road and is twenty
Rods in wedth by said Road, Southerly by a Share set off to
Eleazar by Stakes Set up. Easterly by land of Cap* Pike and is
twenty Rods in Wedth at the Easterly End Notherly by a Share
Set off to Hannah Brown by Stakes set up Also One Share in the
Orchard marked in the Plan by the letter f. being the fourth
Share from the Notherly Side Bounded by Stakes Set up. Also
One Share in the marsh Containing about one acre and Eleven
Rods Marked in the Plan by the letters G and H. being ten Rods
and a half in Wedth at Each End Bounding Easterly by a Share
set off to William and Westerly by a Share set off to Rachel
Chase by stakes set up.
Also we have Divided And set off to Hannah Brown wife of
Jonathan Brown Daughter of said Deceas'd for her Share
Part of that Piece of land lying on the Easterly Side of the
Countrey Road said share Containing Eight Acres and One
Quarter of an acre Bounding Westerly by the Countrey Road
and is Eighteen Rods and a half in wedth by said Road, Southerly
by a Share set off to Sarah Blake by Stakes set up. Easterly by
land of Cap* Pike and is Eighteen Rods and a half in wedth by
said Pike's land, and Notherly by a Share Set off to Margaret
Greenleaf by Stakes set up — Also One Share in the Orchard
Marked in the Plan by the letter g. and is the third Share from
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 451
the Notherly side Bounded by Stakes set up. Also One Share in
the Marsh at the Westerly End of the aforesaid Piece by Perk-
ins's River Containing two acres marked in the Plan by the letter
M being twenty Six Rods & three quarters of a Rod on the
Southerly Side and twenty two Rods and one quarter on the
Notherly Side Bounding Easterly by a share set off to Margarett
Greenleaf by Stakes Set up —
Also we have Divided And set off to Mary Gove Daughter of
said Deceas'd for her Share part of that Piece of Land lying on
the Easterly Side of the Countrey Road, Said Share Containing
Eight Acres and One Quarter of an acre Bounding Notherly by
the Way into Halls farm Eighteen Rods in wedth by said Way
Westerly by a Piece Set off to the Widow by Stakes set up
Southerly by a Strip left for a way to Pikes land and is Sixteen
Rods and Eight links of a Chain in Wedth at the Southerly End
Easterly by a Share Set off to William by Stakes set up — Also
a Share in the Orchard Marked in the Plan by the Letter 1.
between the Share of William and that set to the widow also
One share in the abovementioned Piece of Marsh Containing
One Acre and Eleven Rods Marked in the Plan by the letters
B & C. The Piece Marked B, lying between Enock's Share & the
Creek And that Marked C. is a Small piece on the Notherly side
the Creek Bounded by Stakes Set up. All which Several Shares
Are Described and Marked in the Plans herewith annexed In
Making which Division we have had Regard to the Quality as
well as Quantity of Said Estate and made the Several Shares As
Equal as we Could : and this we make as our Return Dated the
tenth Day of March Anno Domini 1761. —
Meshech Weare
Jeremiah Lane
[Additional account of the administratrix; receipts, £2260.
18. 9; expenditures, £331. 10. o; allowed Sept. 30, 1761.]
[Petition, June 12, 1804, for division of the widow's dower, she
being recently deceased ; signed by Nathan Gove, William Gove^
452
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
-££>V
A Plan of the sundry pieces of marsh Belonging to the Estate of Lieu* Enoch Gove
Late of Hamp* falls Deceased which marsh is Divided Between the Several Heirs of
said Deceased A to Enoch Gove B to mary Gove C to mary D and E to Nathan F to
William G and H to Sarah Blake I and K to Rachel Chase L to Marg* Greenleaf M to
Hannah Brown N to the widow O to the widow P to Eliazer Call'd the marston piece
Containing I )4 Acres Not measured therefore perhaps not in its proper shape Q and
R to Eliezer.
Hampton falls Aug' 23: 1760.
Jer. Lane
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
453
M^'aru7>^'r"^'.r , vS
A Plan of the Land of
mr. Enoch Gove Late of
Hampton falls Deceased,
which Land is Lying in
Hampton falls afores"* Con-
taining no Acres 62 Rods
A. Contains 28 Acres &
102 Rods Set to the widow
B. Contains 81 Acres & 120 Rods, Divided
into Sundry parts with the owners name in Each
part a High way i }4 Rod wide Runing through
the midst from the Country Road to Land of
Cap' Pikes.
C. the orchard Divided into 12 parts.
a. a corner to Fogg. b. To Eliezer. c. to
Eliezer. d. to Rachel Chase, e. To Marg*
Greenleaf. f. To Sarah Blake, g. To Hannah
Brown, h. To Enoch, i. To Nathan, k. to
William . 1. To Mary. m. To the Widow.
^1^ the House, n. a priviledge about the
west E nd bel onging thereto about 3 Rod Each
way. ""TH the Barn. H shop.
Hampton falls April 30. 1760.
Jer: Lane Surveyor
454 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
and Joseph Philbrick in behalf of the rest of the heirs except
Rachel Chase and Mary Perkins.]
[Commission, Sept. 17, 1804, to John Smith, Benjamin Dow,
John Janvrin, Joseph Philbrick, all of Seabrook, and Simeon
Rowe of Kensington to divide the widow's dower.]
Rockingham ss Pursuant to the above warrant We have set off
the shares as follows (viz) — We have set off to Mary the Wife
of Joseph Perkins one share containing one acre & one hundred
and thirty rods & bounded as follows (viz) beginning at the
westerly end of the Dower in the home place thence running
easterly carrying the full wedth of said Dower fifteen rods & one
half rod to a stake binding northerly on land of Benjamin Dow
We have set ofT to Hannah the wife of Thomas Chase one
share containing one acre & one hundred & thirty rods, binding
westerly on land set off to Mary the wife of Joseph Perkins,
thence running easterly fifteen rods & one half rod to stakes &
stones carrying the full wedth of said Dower
We have set off to Heirs of Elezer Gove one share containing
one acre & one hundred & thirty rods binding westerly on land
set of Hannah the wife of Thomas Chase, thence running easterly
carrying the full wedth of the said Dower fifteen rods & one half
rod to stakes & stones
We have Also set off to the aforesaid Elezer heirs one half
share in the home place containing two acres & fourty rods bind-
ing westerly on land set off to the heirs of Sarah the wife of Jere-
miah Blake thence running easterly carrying the full wedth of
said Dower nine rods & one half rod to stakes & stones —
We have further set off to the aforesaid Elezer heirs one half
share situate in Seabrook on the northerly side of the farm road
so called binding Easterly on land of Paul Greenleaf & westerly
on land of Enock Gove Jr the above half share contains about
Five acres
We have set off to the heirs of Pegey the former wife of Paul
Greenleaf one share containing Two acres & one half acre
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 455
bounded as follows westerly on land set off to the heirs of Elezer
Gove, thence running easterly carrying the full wedth of said
Dower thirteen rods binding northerly four rods on land of
Benj'* Dow & nine rods on land of Timothy B. Lock to stakes &
stones
We have set off to the heirs of Sarah the wife of Jeremiah Blake
one share containing Three acres & fourty two rods binding
westerly on land set off to Pagey the former wife of Paul Green-
leaf thence running easterly carrying the full wedth of said
Dower fourteen rods & one half rod to stakes & stones, the above
shares binding southerly on a Highway with a stake & stones
between each share
We have set off to Nathan Gove one share containing five
acres & One hundred & twenty five rods binding westerly on
land set off to the heirs of Elezer Gove thence running easterly
Twenty five rods carrying the full wedth of the said Dower to
stakes & stones binding southerly on a Highway northerly on
land of Timothy B Lock in part & land of Enoch Gove in part
We have set off to William Gove one share containing Five
acres & fifty two rods binding westerly on land set oft" to Nathan
Gove thence running easterly carrying the full wedth of the said
thirds binding southerly on a highway Thirty four rods & nine-
teen links to a stake & northerly on land of Enoch Gove Jr.
twenty two rods to a stake
We have set off to the heirs of Enoch Gove all the Remainder
part of the Twenty eight acres in the home place it being about
four acres, together with all the building thereon, and all privi-
leges to the same belonging
We have set off to Rachel Chase one share containing Five
acres & two thirds of salt marsh it being the dock lot marsh (so
called) Also one acre thach ground or flatts situate in Seabrook in
the great flatts
Seabrook Octo"""" 2'* 1804 Simon Rowe 1
Benj'' Dow r Committe
Joseph Philbrick J
456 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
ISAAC FOSS 1759 STRATHAM
In the Name of god Amen this thirtyeth Day of August Anno
Domini one thousend Seven hundred and fifty nine. I Isaac
foss of Stratham in the province of New Hampshir in New Eng-
land gentelman, Being of Sound mind and memory But weak in
body * * *
Imprimas I give and Bequeath to my Beloved wife Sarah foss
the Southerly End of my house from top to Bottom to improve so
Long as She Remains my widow & the improvement of my
orcherd Before the house and a horse when She wants and the
Keeping of one Cow and four sheep winter and summer and the
Income of s'^ Cow and Sheep and Sufhcent firewood Cut fit for
the fire at the Dore these to Be provided So long as She Remains
my widow
Itam I give to my son thomas foss my Land that I bought of
Nathanell write white & my Land I Bought of James Keneston
& my Land I Bought of John pray Runing about North west
from Sandy point Road to the River Except an acre of flats at
the mouth of walls Creek : and my marsh I had of John wiggen
and one half of my part of a Saw mill at wadleys falls So Called
& one half of my Land at Notingham according to Quantity and
Quality & one Chain & a pair or Set of Cart whoops & a pair of
Steeres
Itam I give to my son Isaac Cole foss the Remainder of my
land and marsh & flats in Stratham and Notingham not Before
Disposed of and my Dwelling house that I now Live in Except
that part my wife is to improve & the whole when She hath Done
with it & my Barns on sd Land and the other half of my part of a
saw mill at wadleys falls So Called & my oxen and two Cows and
two hefifers & my horse & my husbandry tooles & Implements
Except what I gave to my son thomas foss
Itam I give to my son in Law Eliphelet wiggens fifteen pounds
old tenor
Itam I give to my Daughter Sarah Burley one hundred and
twenty pounds old tenor money to be paid in four years after my
Decease
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 457
Itam. I give to my Daughter Comfort foss one hundred &
twenty pounds old tenor money to be paid five years after my
Decease and to Be fitted out as my other Daughters ware to
Keep house withall at or Before the time She marries & a privi-
ledg in the Rome with her mother while single
Itam I give to my Daughter Eleasebath foss one hundred and
twenty pounds old tenor money to be paid six years after my
Decease and to be fitted to Keep house as well as my other
Daughters ware at or Before marrige Day and a priviledg in
the Rome with her mother while single
and Lastly I give to my sons thomas and Isaac Cole all the
Debts Due to me and if their be any thing not Deposed of I give
it to my sd sons and order them to pay all my Debts Legecis and
funerall Charges according to what thay Recive And I Do
hereby Nominate and appoint my sd sons thomas foss and Isaac
Cole foss to be Executors * * *
Isaac foss
[Witnesses] Ephraim Crockit, Cotton dockum, Daniel Sam-
born.
[Proved Nov. 25, 1761.]
[Administration on the estate of Isaac Foss of Stratham,
testate, granted to Thomas Foss and Isaac Cole Foss, executors,
Nov. 25, 1761.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 279.]
[Bond of Thomas Foss and Isaac Cole Foss, both of Stratham,
yeomen, with Daniel Sanborn of North Hampton as surety, in
the sum of £500, Nov. 25, 1761, for the execution of the will;
witnesses, William Parker, Theophilus Smith.]
JOHN COTTON i759 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God amen the thirtieth Day of August in the
Year of our Lord 1759, I John Cotton of Portsmouth in the Prov-
ince of New Hampshire Tanner being Weak in Body * * *
458 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Item: I Give and bequeath unto my Son William Cotton his
heirs and assigns forever the Sum of four pounds money New
Tenor to be paid out of my Estate by my Executor within two
Years after my Decease
Item: I Give and bequeath unto My Son John Cotton his heirs
and assigns forever the Sum of four pounds Money New Tenor
to be paid out of my Estate by my Executor within two Years
after my Decease —
Item: I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Cotton
her heirs & assigns forever the Sum of four pounds New Tenor
and one feather Bed to be paid and Deliver'd out of my Estate
by my Executor at a Convenient time after my Decease —
Item: I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Martha Cotton
her heirs and assigns forever the Sum of ten Shillings money
new Tenor, One feather bed and one Large Oval Table to be
paid and Delivered out of my Estate by my Executor a Con-
venient time after My Decease —
Item: I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth
Cotton her heirs and Assigns forever the Sum of twelve pounds
money new Tenor and one Feather bed to be paid and Delivered
out of my Estate by my Executor when she the Said Elizabeth
shall arive at the age of Eighteen Years or on the Day of her
Marriage which shall first happen —
Item: I Give and Bequeath unto My Daughter Abigail Cotton
her heirs and assigns forever the Sum of twelve pounds money
new Tenor and One Feather bed to be paid and Delivered out of
my Estate by my Executor when the Said Abigail shall arive at
the Age of Eighteen Years or on the Day of her Marriage which
shall first happen —
Item: I Give and bequeath unto My Daughter Sarah Cotton
her heirs and Assigns forever the Sum of Twelve pounds money
new Tenor one Large Looking glass and a Chest of Draws, the
Said Looking Glass and Chest of Draws I Will and order to be
Sold to the best advantage by my Executor and the money that
is raised thereby, and the Said twelve pounds New Tenor be all
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 459
put out to use and the Principal and Intrest thereof to be paid
unto the Said Sarah when she shall arive at the age of Eighteen
Years or on her Marriage Day
And I Will and Order that my Dwelling-house and Land where
I now live with all the privelidges and appurtenances thereof,
with my Pasture and the whole of my Estate Both Real and
personal Whatsoever and Wheresoever Not in this My Will dis-
posed of, Be Sold by my Executor at a publick vendue and out
of the Money that is raised thereby, I Will that all my just
Debts funeral Charges Leagacies Necessary Charges and the
Charges in Cloathing and Boarding My Minor Children until
they shall be put out to an apprentice or Sarvice be paid, and the
Remainder of What my Said Estate shall be Sold for after the
payment of my Said Debts funeral Charges Leagacies Necessary
Charges Cloathing and Boarding My Minor Children be taken
from the Same I Give and Bequeath unto my Sons Clement
Cotton and Joel Cotton their heirs and Assigns forever & the
Same to be Divided Equally between the Said Clement and Joel
Cotton their heirs and assigns both Principal and Intrest, (as I
Desire the Money may be put to use as Soon as may be) and for
the Same to be paid unto the Said Clement and Joel Cotton
when they shall respectively arive at the age of Twenty One
Years, by my Executor — ■ And if one or More of my Said Chil-
dren shall Decease before their Said Respective ages or Mar-
riages I Will and Order that the Leagacy or Leagacies of the
Deceased be equally Divided among My Serviving Children by
my last Wife Bethiah I Also Will and order that those of my
Children (that are in their Minority, and not as Yet put out)
Be put out to Apprentice or Service Soon after my Decease by
my Executor to places or people that my Children Consent to
live with and my Executor shall approve of. And I Do hereby
Nominate Constitute and appoint my Well beloved friend M""
Andrew Clarkson of Portsmouth in New Hampshire aforesaid
Merchant to be My only and Sole Executor * * *
John Cotton
460 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Witnesses] Thomas Bickford, Jos Clark, Deborah Mealcher.
[Proved Sept. 26, 1759.]
[Warrant, Oct. 6, 1759, authorizing Eleazer Russell and Samuel
Penhallow, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the es-
tate.]
[Inventory, Nov. 6, 1759; amount, £2295. 15. o; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
JOHN VENNARD 1759 NEWCASTLE
[Samuel Vennard renounces administration on the estate of
his mother Sept. 10, 1759, in favor of his brother, William Ven-
nard ; witness, Joshua White.]
[Administration on the estate of John Vennard of Newcastle,
mariner, granted to William Vennard of Newcastle, mariner,
Sept. 10, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 286.]
[Bond of William Vennard, with Alcock Stevens, cooper, and
Meshech Bell, innholder, as sureties, all of Newcastle, in the
sum of £2000, Sept. 10, 1759, for the administration of the es-
tate; witnesses, Samuel Parker, David Sewall. In this bond the
name Elizabeth Vennard is changed to John Vennard as the
deceased.]
JOHN GOVE 1759 HAMPTON FALLS
[Citation, Sept. 11, 1759, to Ruth Gove of Hampton Falls,
widow, and Edward Gove, Jr., son of the deceased, to appear and
take administration on the estate of her husband, John Gove of
Hampton Falls, yeoman, deceased, intestate, more than six
months, or to show cause why it should not be granted to Sam-
uel Page, who married a daughter of the deceased.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 46 1
[Ruth Gove renounces administration Oct. 2, 1759; witnesses,
David Gove, Martha Gove, Ebenezer Lovering.]
[Administration granted to Edward Gove of Hampton Falls,
yeoman, Oct. 31, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol 21, p. 315.]
[Bond of Edward Gove, Jr., with Nathaniel Gove and Eben-
ezer Lovering as sureties, all of Hampton Falls, yeomen, in the
sum of £2000, Oct. 31, 1759, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Ebenezer Stevens, David Sewall.]
[Guardianship of Patience Page, aged less than 14 years,
granted to her father, Samuel Page of Kensington, Feb. 14,
1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 388.]
[Bond of Samuel Page, with Theophilus Page and Joseph Clif-
ford as sureties, all of Kensington, in the sum of £1000, Feb.
14, 1760, for the guardianship of his daughter. Patience Page;
witnesses, William Parker, Jr., Joseph Greeley, Jr.]
Province of New Hamps"^
Whereas by an act of the General Assembly of said Province
Entituled "An act for making Partition of Certain Lands therein
Mentioned" Among Other things it is Enacted that there be
live freeholders in this Province Appointed and Authorised they
or any three of them to make Partition of said Lands Part of
which Lands Referred to in said act are a Certain Piece of Land
Situate in Hampton falls on the Notherly Side of the Road
Commonly called the Mill Road near the Sawmill formerly
Deacon Weare's Lying in Common And undivided between the
heirs of John Gove Deceasd and the heirs of John Hobbs De-
ceas'd In Pursuance of which act we the Subscribers have under-
taken to make Partition and Division of said Piece of Land hav-
ing first given Due notice to all Parties Concerned agreeable to
the Directions in said Act: And have Divided the Same as fol-
lows viz' The Whole Piece Containing Eleven Acres and Eighty
two Rods, We have set off to the heirs of John Gove Deceas'd to
462 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
hold to them in Severalty five Acres on the Westerly Side, and
to the heirs of the said John Hobbs Deceas'd the Remaining Six
Acres and Eighty two Rods on the Easterly Side to hold to them
in Severalty having Regard to the Quality of the Land in mak-
ing said Division the bounds of said Division being a Stake set
up at Each End — and the Easterly half set off to the heirs of
said Hobbs we have Divided to and among said Heirs to Each
to hold in Severalty as follows viz* That Share at the Notherly
End marked in the Plan herewith annexed N° i. Containing one
hundred Rods of Land being Nine Rods in wedth we have set off
to the heirs of Amos Towle Deceas'd, And the Second Share
Marked in the Plan N° 2, Containing one hundred Rods of
Land being Nine Rods in wedth we have set off to the heirs of
James Towle Deceas'd. And the third Share marked in the
Plan N° 3. Containing One hundred Rods of land being Nine
Rods in wedth We have set off to Thomas Brown and Mehetable
his wife in her Right. And the fourth Share Marked in the
Plan N° 4. Containing One hundred Sixty four Rods of Land
being fourteen Rods in wedth we have set off to Jonathan Towle
And the fifth share marked in the Plan N° 5, Containing one
hundred Sixty four Rods of Land being fourteen Rods in wedth
We have set off to John Towle And the Sixth Share marked in
the Plan N° 6. Containing One hundred Sixty four Rods of Land
being fourteen Rods wedth we have also set off to the said John
Towle. And the Seventh Share marked in the Plan N° 7.
Containing one hundred and fifty Rods of Land being thirteen
Rods in wedth we have set off to Jonathan Page and Mary his
wife in her Right. And the Eighth Share marked in the Plan
N° 8. Containing one hundred Rods of Land being the Share by
the Mill Road aforesaid We have set oft to Joseph Towle As set
forth in the Plan herewith Annexed. And this we make as our
Return Dated the twenty third Day of June Anno Domini
' Meshech Weare
Josiah Sanborn
Jonathan Tilton
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 463
[Inventory, March 20, 1760; amount, £30,511. 12. o; signed by
Ezekiel Worthen and Ephraim Brown.]
[Warrant, Dec. 9, 1760, authorizing Meshech Weare, Ezekiel
Worthen, gentleman, Abner Phiibrick, Nathaniel Gove, and
Jeremiah Lane, yeomen, all of Hampton Falls, to divide the real
estate.]
Province of New Hamps'
We the Subscribers being appointed by the Honourable Judge
of Probate of Wills &c; for the Province aforesaid a Committee
to Divide the Real Estate of John Gove Yeoman Late of Hamp-
ton Falls Deceas'd Intestate to and among the widow and Chil-
dren of said Intestate Have Accordingly Divided the Same as
hereafter Described, viz* there being Seven Children or Repre-
sentatives of the said Deceas'd We have Divided the whole into
Eight Shares allotting to the Eldest Son two Shares in the Same
manner as we Should have made the Division had there been no
third to have been set off to the Widow and then have Divided
and Set off to the widow her third Part out of Each Respective
Share the Division being made in this manner at the Special Re-
quest of Ruth Gove the widow of the said Deceas'd that her thirds
might be so allotted that after her Decease Each Child's share
might be Conveniently together: The Division is as follows
To Ruth Gove the widow of the said Intestate for her third
part of what would be the Eldest Son's two shares if the whole
were Divided among the Children, we have Set off the Westerly
half of the Dwelling House where the said Ruth now lives, and a
Piece of Land Containing one acre and fifty three Rods the
Southwest Corner of the land on the North Side of the ....
where the House Stands being twelve Rods and one quarter of A
Rod in wedth by the Highway and the Easterly line passing
through the middle of the House Bounded by Stakes set up as
Described in the Plan by the letter O. also one third of the
Largest Barn on the Southerly Side of the way at the Westerly
End of said Barn, also a Piece of Land on the Westerly Side of
464 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
the land which Hes on the South Side of the Way Containing
fourteen acres and one hundred & Seven Rods being twenty four
Rods in wedth at the Southerly End and the Easterly line Pass-
ing through the Barn so as to take one third thereof at the
westerly End Described in the Plan by the letter T, Bounded by
Stakes Set up being Nineteen Rods in wedth on the Highway and
from the highway Running South twenty five Degrees west
Eight Rods passing through the Barn then on a Strait Course
to the End of the twenty four Rods at the South End — Also a
Piece of Marsh Containing two acres and a half of an acre lying
on the Southerly Side of a Piece of Marsh by french's Creek so
Called being Seven Rods and a half in Wedth Bounded by Stakes
Set up and marked in the Plan by the letter m.
Also to the said Ruth for her third part of what Would be the
Share of Daniel Gove one of the Sons of the Said Intestate if the
whole were Divided Among the Children We have Set off A
Piece of Land at the upper or Westerly End of the old Place so
Called Containing Eight Acres and twelve Rods Described in the
Plan by the letter C. being fifty two Rods And Eight links in
length upon the Notherly Side from Jonathan Chase's land then
Running Square across to the Southerly Side to a Pine Tree But
not to Include one acre and a half at the Southwest Corner
whereon an Orchard is Planted as marked in the Plan by the
Letter D. also we have set off to the said Ruth One other piece of
land Containing two acres and fifty three Rods part of that
piece of Land which lyes on the notherly Side the way where the
aforesaid Dwelling house is being Seven Rods And a half in
wedth the Southwest Corner thereof being twenty two Rods and
four links from the Southwest Corner of a Piece of land own'd by
Edward Gove And is Bounded by Stakes Set up and Described
in the Plan by the Letter M. and is fifty five Rods in Length.
Also one Piece of Marsh at the Northeast Corner of the Halls
farm Marsh Containing One acre and fifty four Rods lying in a
triangular form Bounded by Stakes Set up Marked in the Plan
by the letter a. Also we have Set ofT to the said Ruth for her
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 465
third part of what would be the Share of Obediah Gove One of
the Sons of the said Intestate if the whole were Divided among
the Children A Piece of Land in Kensington on the Noth Side of
the Road Called Stumpfield Road Containing Eleven acres &
Seventy three Rods on the Westerly Side of the land where the
said Obediah lives it being twelve Rods and Sixteen links in
wedth Bounded by Stakes Set up, and Marked in the Plan by
the Letter X.
Also we have Set off to the Said Ruth for her third Part of
what would be the Share of Jonathan Gove One of the Sons of
the said Intestate if the whole were Divided among the Chil-
dren a Piece of Land at the upper End of the Long Pasture so
Called Containing ten acres and twenty five Rods being twenty
three Rods and a half in Wedth Bounded by Stakes Set up
Marked in the Plan by the Letter H. also a Piece of Marsh Con-
taining one acre and Seventeen Rods lying on the Notherly
Side of a Piece of Marsh near Blackwater River so Called
Bounded by Stakes Set up Marked in the Plan by the Letter i.
Also we have Set off to the said Ruth for her third Part of
what would be the Share of David Gove one of the Sons of the
Said Intestate if the whole were Divided Among the Children A
Piece of Land lying on the Southerly Side of the Mill Road so
Called Containing three acres and Sixty Rods being Seven Rods
& ten links And a half in wedth And on the Westerly Side Sev-
enty three Rods in length from the aforesaid Mill Road And on
the Easterly Side Seventy Rods in length Bounded by Stakes
Set up Marked in the Plan by the Letter K. which lyes on the
west Side of the home farm
Also one other Piece of Land containing five acres and Eighty
Eight Rods on the Notherly Side of the aforesaid Aiill Road
adjoyning to land of Jeremiah Gove on the west being Eleven
Rods and Eight links in wedth Bounded by Stakes Set up,
Marked in the Plan by the Letter P, also One acre of Marsh on
the Southerly Side of a Piece of Marsh Southerly of Perkins
River so Called being two Rods and Sixteen links in wedth
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marked in the Plan by the Letter t. Bounded by Stakes Set
up. —
Also we have Set off to the said Ruth for her third part of what
would be the Share of Ruth Green Daughter of Said Intestate
if the whole were Divided Among the Children ; A Piece of Land
in Kensington Containing Six acres lying on the Southerly Side
of Stumpfield Road so Called And on the Westerly Side of the
Piece of Land which lyes there Bounded by Stakes Set up,
Marked in the Plan by the Letter V. also a Piece of marsh in the
Halls Farm Marsh so Called Containing one acre and one hun-
dred And Six Rods Bounded by Stakes set up marked in the
Plan by the Letter c. Also One Other Piece of Marsh Contain-
ing two acres and a half lying on the Notherly Side of a Piece of
Marsh in Salisbury near the Place formerly Joseph Dow's being
Nine Rods and Eight links in Wedth at the westerly End
Bounded by Stakes set up Marked in the Plan by the Letter s.
Also we have set off to the said Ruth Gove for her third part
of what would be the Share of Patience Page Grandaughter of
the said Intestate her Mother one of the Daughters of said
Intestate being Dead; A Piece of land Containing Eight acres
lying on the Easterly Side of the land on the Southerly Side the
way near the Dwelling House Adjoyning to land of Jonathan
Chase being fourteen Rods and fourteen links in wedth at the
Notherly End by the way, and fifteen Rods and Sixteen Links
at the Southerly End Bounded by Stakes Set up marked in the
Plan by the Letter Q. also a Piece of marsh Containing one acre
and one hundred and Six Rods in the Halls farm Marsh so Called
being Eight Rods in wedth Bounded by Stakes Set up Marked in
the Plan by the letter d.
The Widows thirds being Set off as abovementioned in order
that the Childrens Shares after her Decease might lye Con-
veniently together We have Divided the Remainder of said Real
Estate Among the Children As follows viz* To Edward Gove the
Eldest Son for his two Shares we have Set off a Piece of land
where the Dwelling House is Containing Six Acres and one hun-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 467
dred and Seven Rods, with the Easterly half of the Dwelling
House The Westerly line is twenty two Rods beginning by the
way and Passing through the middle of the Dwelling House then
Easterly Seven Rods then Notherly fourteen Rods and ten
links then Easterly twenty five Rods and a half, then Southerly
thirty Eight Rods to the aforesaid Road then Westerly by the
Road to where it began Bounded by Stakes and Stones Marked
in the Plan by the Letter N. Also a Piece of Land on the South
Side the way — Containing twenty Seven Acres And fifty three
Rods with two thirds of the Largest Barn thereon Bounding
Westerly by a Piece Set off to the Widow Southerly by French's
land. Easterly by a Piece Set off to Patience Page and Northerly
by the way by Stakes set up Marked in the Plan by the Letter
S. Also a Piece of Marsh Near Waltons Mill so Called Con-
taining three acres and fifty two Rods Marked in the Plan by the
Letter r. Also a Piece of Marsh by French's Creek so Called
being the Notherly half of Said Piece of Marsh there lying being
Seven Rods and a half in wedth Bounded by Stakes set up
Marked in the Plan by the Letter n.
Also we have Set off to Daniel Gove for his Share a Piece of
Land where the said Daniel now lives being part of the old Place
so Called Containing fourteen acres and One hundred and four
Rods at the Easterly End with the Dwelling House and Largest
Barn thereon Bounded westerly by a Piece set off to the widow
by a Stake at the Notherly Side and a Pine tree at the Southerly
Side Notherly partly by land of Jonathan Gove and partly by a
way and on the other sides partly by a Countrey Road partly by
land of the widow Carr and partly by land of Edward Gove De-
scribed in the Plan by the letter B. Also a Piece at the South-
west Corner of the old Place Containing one acre and a half
being twelve Rods in wedth and twenty two Rods in Length De-
scribed in the Plan by the Letter D. Also one other Piece of
Land Containing four acres and One hundred and Seven Rods
lying at the Southeast Corner of the farm where the Deceas'd
lately liv'd Being fourteen Rods and fifteen links & a half in
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wedth at the Southerly End by the way and thirteen Rods in
wedth at the Notherly End Bounded by Stakes set up Marked in
the Plan by the Letter L. also a Piece of Marsh Containing two
acres and a half on the Notherly Side of that piece South of Per-
kins River being Eight Rod in wedth marked in the Plan by
the letter p. also a Small piece in the Halls farm Marsh Con-
taining thirty Six Rods marked in the Plan by the Letter n.
Also we have set off to Obediah Gove for his Share a Piece of
Land in Kensington Adjoyning to two acres whereon the said
Obediah's House Stands on the Notherly Side of Stumpfield
Road aforesaid Containing Sixteen Acres And One hundred And
twelve Rods Bounding westerly by a Piece set off to the widow
for her thirds Southerly by the aforesaid Road and at the South-
east Corner by two acres belonging to said Obediah where his
house Stands And on the other sides by lands of Other Persons
And is Marked in the Plan by the Letter W. also a Piece of
Marsh near Waltons Mill Containing about one acre Called the
Island Marked in the Plan by the letter k. also half an acre
near Browns Rocks on the Southerly side of the Piece of marsh
there marked in the Plan by the letter q.
Also we have Set off to Jonathan Gove for his Share A Piece of
Land part of the long Pasture so Called Bounding westerly by a
Piece set off to the widow for her thirds Southerly by the way
and on the other Sides by lands of Others Marked in the Plan by
the letter G also one other Piece at the Easterly Corner of the
Long Pasture so Called Marked in the Plan by the Letter F.
both Pieces Containing twenty Seven acres and fifteen Rods —
also half an acre of Marsh near Brown's Rocks so Called being
the Middle half Acre Marked in the Plan by the letter g. Also
a Piece of Marsh Near Blackwater River so Called Containing
two acres and thirty five Rods Bounding Notherly by a Piece
set off to the widow for her thirds by Stakes set up and is Marked
in the Plan by the letter j. Also we have Set off to the said Jon-
athan the Small Barn on the old Place so Called to be by him
taken off of said Place within twelve months from this Date
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 469
Also we have set off to David Gove for his share a Piece of
Land on the North side the mill Road so Called Containing
Eleven acres and four Rods Marked in the Plan by the letter E.
Bounding westerly by a piece set off to the widow for her thirds,
Southerly by the way and on the other Sides by lands of Others,
also one other Piece on the Southerly Side of the said Mill way
Containing Seven acres and thirty five Rods Bounding westerly
by a Piece set off to the widow for her thirds and is Seventy
Rods in length on the Westerly Side Notherly by the way And
on the other sides by the Shares of Others As Marked in the Plan
by the Letter J . Also a Small Piece of marsh near Browns Rocks
so Called Containing half an acre marked in the Plan by the
letter f. Also a Piece of marsh South of Perkins River so Called
Containing one acre and a half Marked in the Plan by the letter
o. Bounding Southerly by a Piece set off to the widow for her
thirds by Stakes set up, and Notherly by a Piece set to Edward
Also we have Set off to said David the Small House in which he
now lives And the Small Barn on the South side the way he to
take off said house and Barn within twelve months from this
Date or to forfeit them
Also we have set off to Ruth Green for her Share a Piece of
Land in Kensington on the Southerly Side of Stumpfield Road
so Called Near where Obediah Gove lives Containing Nine acres
Marked in the Plan by the Letter U. Bounding Notherly by
said Road, Westerly by a Piece set off to the Widow for her
thirds by Stakes set up and on the Other sides by lands of Others.
Also one Other Piece in Hampton falls on the Southerly Side the
Mill Road so Called Containing Seven Acres Bounding Notherly
by said Road, Easterly by land of Jonathan Weare And others
twenty Eight Rods and on the Other Sides by Shares Set off to
others by Stakes set up As Marked in the Plan by the letter L
Also a Piece of Marsh in the Halls farm Marsh so Called Contain-
ing three Acres and fifty four Rods marked in the Plan by the
letter v. Bounding westerly by a Piece Set to the widow for
her thirds by Stakes set up, and on the other Sides by marsh of
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Others, also a Piece of flatts near the Beach Called three Acres
marked in the Plan by the letter k. also a Piece of marsh in
Salisbury Containing one acre and a half Marked in the Plan by
the letter 1. Bounding Notherly by a Piece Set off to the widow
and on the other Sides by Marsh of Others.
Also we have set off to Patience Page for her Share a Piece of
Land in Halls farm Containing thirteen Acres and thirty four
Rods Marked in the Plan by the letter A. with a Piece of Marsh
adjoyning thereto Containing five acres and fifty four Rods
marked in the Plan by the letter e. Also a Piece of Land on the
South Side of the way that goes by the House where the Deceas'd
lately lived Containing Eight Acres marked in the Plan by the
letter R. Bounding Notherly by said way Easterly by a Piece
set to the widow for her thirds by Stakes set up and Westerly by
a Piece set off to Edward. Also we have set off to said Patience
the House on the old Place Called the Mill House, to be Re-
moved off of said Place within twelve months from this Date or
Else to be forfeited
To All Which Several Shares after the widows Decease the
Perticular Parts set off to her out of Each Share are to be an-
nexed —
And this we make As Our Return Dated this thirtieth Day of
June Anno Domini 1761 —
Meshech Weare
Abner Philbrick
Jeremiah Lane
Each ones share Including with them the widdow's Thirds
whole upland
acres Rods
To Edward, N, O, Eight acres S, T, 42
To Daniel B C D 24 acres 32 Rods, L M 7
To Obadiah W X 28 acres 25 Rods
To Jonathan F G H 37 acres 40 Rods
To David E P J K 27 acres 27 Rods
50
00
31
32
28
25
37
40
27
27
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471
To Ruth I 7 acres U 9 V 6
To Patience A 13 acres 34 R Q R 16 acres
upland
To Edward m, n five acres r 3 acres 52 R
To Daniel a i acre 90 Rods. p. 2 acres & half
To Obadiah h. one acre, q, half an acre
To Jonathan 3 acres 22 R. i. j. and g half an
acre
To David f. half an acre. o. Two acre & half
To Ruth b, c five acres k one 1, s. four
To Patience d. e seven acres
marsh
upland
Land & Marsh Total
22
00
29
34
224
158
whole marsh
acres
Rods
8
52
4
10
I
80
3
102
3
00
10
00
7
00
37
224
262
22 'Rod.
B. The Old place so call'd with C & D contains
Twenty four Acres & 32 Rods
B. To Daniel as part of his share 14 acres 104 Rod
C. To the widow. 8 acres & 12 Rods
D. To Daniel whereon his own orchard stands
I }4. Acre
E. To David Eleven acres & 4 Rods
F. G. To Jonathan 27 acres & 15 Rods
H. To the Widow Ten Acres & 25 Rods
I. To Ruth wife of David Green 7 acres
J. To David Seven acres & 35 Rods
K. To the Widow Three acres & 60 Rods
84
82
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k. To Ruth flatts, call'd 3 Acres Equel to one
1. To Ruth in Salisbury one acre & half
m. To the widow 2 acre & 80 Rods by Frenches creek, call'd
n. To Edward 2 acres & 80 Rod by Frenches creek
o. To David one acre & half south of Perkins River, call'd
p. To Daniel 2 acres & half,
south of Perkins River
s. To the widow Two acres &
half in Salisbury ^ c;
u. To the widow one acre "^
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
473
.'''\\^
Province of 1 A Plan of the Estate of John Gove Late of Hampton falls
New Hampshire / Deceased Intestate with the Division thereof Lying in Sundry
pieces both upland and Marsh and is Included within Black Lines Except by Creeks &
Rivers in the marsh; Lines of Division between the Children of said Intestate a fine
black Line, and the Widows Third part set off upon Each ones share with a prick'd
Line. Each ones share of upland Discribed to them by Capital Letters as A. B. C. &c.
of marsh by Small Letters of the alphabit as a. b. c. &c.
Hampton falls may 4''' 1761.
p'' Jeremiah Lane Surveyor
A. In Halls farm so call'd containing 13 Acres & 34 Rods and is set to Patience,
Daughter of Sam' Page &c as part of her share
a. To the widow which contains i acre & 54 Rods
b. To Ruth Three Acres & 54 Rods.
c. To the Widow one acre 106 Rods. ^
d. To the widow one acre 106 Rods.
e. To Patience Five acres 54 Rods.
f. To David half an acre, at Browns Rocks so call'd
g. To Jonathan half an acre, at Browns Rocks,
q. To Obadiah half an acre, at Browns Rocks.
r. To Edward Three acres & 52 Rods near W'altons mill,
h. To Obadiah one acre, call'd the Island,
i. To the widow one acre & 17 Rods, at Black water River
j. To Jonathan Two acres & 35 Rods, at Black water River
u. To Daniel 36 Rods
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iioj6iiis-ufi
U. To Ruth the wife of David Green Nine acres
V. To the widow six acres
W. To Obadiah sixteen acres & 112 Rods
X. To the widow Eleven acres & 73 Rods
L. To Daniel Containing four acres & 107 Rods
M. To the widow, Two acres & 53 Rods
N. To Edward Six acres & 107 Rods
O. To the widow one acre & 53 Rods
P. To the widow five acres & 88 Rods
Q. To the widow Eight acres
R. To Patience Eight acres
S. To Edward Twenty Seven acres & 53 Rods
T. To the widow fourteen acres & 107 Rods which is 19 Rod on the highway
then through the Barn S 25 Deg. W. 8 Rod from thence to contain as aforesaid
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 475
[Bond of Theophilus Page of Kensington, yeoman, with
Ezekiel Worthen of Kensington, gentleman, as surety, in the
sum of £500, April 13, 1770, for the guardianship of Patience
Page, aged less than 14 years, daughter of Samuel Page, his son;
witnesses, Benjamin Eastman, Enoch Worthen.]
JONATHAN AMBROSE 1759 NOTTINGHAM
In The Name of God amen This fourteenth Day of September
Anno Domini 1759 I Jonathan Ambrose of Nottingham in the
province of New hampshire Joyner being now Sick of a feavour
and being apprehensive of the near approach of death * * *
I Give and bequeath to my Son Natthaniel Ambrose twenty
Shillings old ten"" to be paid when he Comes to the age of twenty
one years, by my Executer hereafter named.
Item I give to my Son Samuel Ambrose twenty Shillings old
ten'' when he Comes to the age of twenty one years, to be paid
by My Executer hereafter named.
Item I give unto my daughter Abigail Ambrose twenty Shil-
lings old ten'' to be paid to her at the age of Eighteen years old
by my Executer hereafter named.
Item I give to my Daughter hannah Ambrose twenty Shillings
old ten' to be paid to her at the age of Eighteen years.
Item I give to my Daughter Mary Ambrose twenty Shillings
old ten'' to be paid to her at the age of Eighteen years.
Item I give to my daughter Rebecka Ambrose twenty Shillings
old ten"" to be paid to her at the age of Eighteen years
Item As it appears that my wife is like to have another Child
tho yet unborn I give unto it twenty ShilHngs old ten"" (if it lives)
to be paid at twenty one years of age if a son and at Eighteen if
a daughter — •
Item I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Abigail
and to her heirs and assigns forever, all my lands and Buildings
laying and being in Exeter or Elsewhere and also I give unto my
476 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Said wife all my movables both within doors and without, with
my Cattle and Swine and likewise my tools belonging to my
trade to be at her disposal for the bring up my Children Except
what is before disposed of to be paid to my Children Above
named
finally I do make and ordain my honoured father in law Sam-
uel Goodhue of Hollis Gen* to be Sole Executer * * *
his
Jonathan + Ambrose
Mark
her
[Witnesses] Benjamin Butler, Robert Harvey, Martha +
Huchinson. mark
[Proved May 23, 1760.]
[Abigail Ambrose, widow, consents to the executorship of her
father, Samuel Goodhue of Hollis, May 23, 1760; witnesses,
Daniel Grant, Sarah Bickford.]
[Bond of Samuel Goodhue, with John Hutchinson of Notting-
ham and Nicholas Doe of Newmarket, yeomen, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, May 23, 1760, for the execution of the will;
witnesses, Thomas Bradford, Mary Wendell.]
[Guardianship of Nathaniel Ambrose, minor, aged more than
14 years, granted to Richard Bartlett April 18, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 369.]
[Bond of Richard Bartlett of Pembroke, physician, with Aaron
Whittemore of Pembroke, husbandman, and John GofTe of
Derryfield as sureties, in the sum of £100, April 18, 1769, for the
guardianship of Nathaniel Ambrose, living in Pembroke; wit-
nesses, Samuel Hale, Jr., Jotham Odiorne.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 477
JOSEPH DAVIS 1759 CHESTER
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Davis of Chester,
cordwainer, granted to Matthew Thornton of Londonderry
Sept. 15, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 328.]
[Bond of Matthew Thornton, with James Ewins, yeoman,
and WiUiam Wallace, cordwainer, as sureties, all of Londonderry,
in the sum of £500, Sept. 15, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Thomas Christy, Joseph Smith.]
[Warrant, Sept. 15, 1759, authorizing Samuel Emerson and
Jonathan Hall, yeoman, both of Chester, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Sept. 19, 1759; amount, £273. 5. o; signed by
Samuel Emerson and Jonathan Hall.]
[Guardianship of Abigail Davis, Sarah Davis, Samuel Davis,
Nathan Davis, and Hannah Davis, minors, less than 14 years
old, children of Joseph Davis, was granted to Benjamin Davis
of Newbury, Mass., July 10, 1761.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 338, p. 253.]
[Bonds, one for each ward, of Benjamin Davis, joiner, with
Edmund Davis of Newbury, Mass., cordwainer, and John
Choate, Jr., of Ipswich, Mass., blacksmith, as sureties, in the
sum of £1000 on each bond, July 10, 1761; witnesses, Daniel
Davis and Daniel i\ppleton.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
[Guardianship of Daniel Davis, minor, more than 14 years old,
son of Joseph Davis, was granted to Edmund Davis of Newbury,
Mass., July 10, 1761.]
[Essex County, Mass., Probate Records, vol. 338, p. 253.]
[Bond of Edmund Davis, cordwainer, with Benjamin Davis of
Newbury, iNIass., joiner, and John Choate, Jr., of Ipswich,
Mass., blacksmith, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, July 10,
1761; witnesses, Daniel Davis and Daniel Appleton.j
{Essex County, Mass., Probate Files.]
47^ NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
HANNAH SHERBURNE 1759 NEWCASTLE
In The Name of God Amen, I Hannah Sherburne of New Cas-
tle in the Province of New Hampshire Widow, * * *
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Grandson Thomas Odiorne
of Greenland in the Province aforesaid Shopkeeper, and to my
Grand daughter Elizabeth Odiorne who now lives with me All
that my part Share Right & Title of in and to, the Dwelling
House where I now live in New Castle aforesaid, together with
the Land & appurtenances thereto belonging, To Hold to them
the said Thomas Odiorne and Elizabeth Odiorne and their Heirs
as Tenants in Common, and not as joint Tenants To the only
proper Use and Behoof of them the said Thomas Odiorne and
Elizabeth Odiorne and their Heirs for Ever, Save and Except
a peice of Salt Marsh Containing by Estimation One Acre and an
Half or thereabouts adjoining to Land of my Son Noah Sher-
burne, and which he rented of me at halves, Which said last
mentioned peice or Parcell of Salt Marsh so reserved as aforesaid
I do hereby give unto my aforesaid Son Noah Sherburne of New
Castle aforesaid Husbandman, for and during the Term of his
naturall Life, And after his Decease, I give the same to the said
Thomas and Elizabeth Odiorne & their Heirs for Ever as Ten-
ants in Common as aforesaid. Item I give unto the said Eliza-
beth Odiorne One Cow, One Calf and two Sheep, also the Bed
and Bedding, which I now lie on, All the Furniture of my Cham-
ber as it now stands, all my Wearing Apparell Outside and In-
side, One large Pewter Soup Dish Six Pewter Plates, and my
little Kettle. Item I give unto my Daughter Katherine Odiorne
of Portsmouth in the Province aforesaid Widow, my large Bible
and a Pewter Dish, for her life, and at her Decease, I give the
same to the said Thomas Odiorne. Item I give and bequeath
to my Daughter Hannah Blunt Wife of John Blunt of New
Castle aforesaid Mariner, my Desk and Set of White Curtains
Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Randall
Wife of James Randall of New Castle aforesaid Mariner, my
great Iron Kettle Item I give to my Grandson Ebenezer Odiorne
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 479
of Portsmouth Chairmaker and to his Heirs for Ever All my
Right in & to Lands in Epsom in the Province aforesaid Item I
give unto the said Thomas Odiorne, my large Looking Glass in
the Hall of my said Dwelling House And I do hereby Nominate
and appoint the said Thomas Odiorne Executor and residuary
Legatee of and under this my Will, and desire that he may be
Guardian of the Body and Estate of his said Sister Elizabeth
Odiorne untill She shall attain the age of Twenty One Years,
or be married * * * j^ Witness whereof I have hereunto
Set my Hand and Seal this Seventeenth day of September Anno
Domini 1759.
The Mark of + Hannah Sherburne
[Witnesses] Mark Langdon, Geo: Janvrin, Samuel Aris.
[Proved Jan. 26, 1763.]
JOSIAH BATCHELDER 1759 HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God Amen the twenty Second Day of Septem-
ber in the year of Our Lord Christ one Thousand Seven hundred
And fifty nine, I Josiah Bachelder of Hampton falls in the Prov-
ince of New Hampshire in New England Yeoman * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife Sarah the
Use Income and Improvement of One third part of all my Lands
In Hampton whether Upland Salt Marsh or meadow And One
third Part of my Dwelling House and Celler and of my Barn for
her to Improve During her Natural life if she Sees Cause; I also
Give her to be at her own Disposal One third part of all my
Stock of Creatures and of all my moveables without Doors of
what Sort soever, And of all my Houshold Goods within Doors ;
And the Remaining two thirds of all my Stock of Creatures
and moveables without Doors I Give to my two Sons Nathanael
And David Equally Divided between them. And the Remain-
ing two thirds of All my Houshold Goods within Doors I Give to
my said Wife to Dispose of Among all my Children According to
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her Discretion, And if no such Disposal shall be made by her In
her lifetime Then I Give one half of said two thirds to my Daugh-
ter Healey, And the Remainder Equally among all my Sons
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Nathanael Bachelder
one half of all my Lands and Buildings in Hampton of what
Sort soever (Excepting one Acre and a half of marsh lying in a
Bend of Taylors River so Called which I have Given to my Sons
Elisha and Reuben as hereafter mentioned ; and the Improvement
my wife is to have) what I have here Given to my Said Son
Nathanael my meaning is that he shall hold the Same in the fol-
lowing manner Namely To him During his Natural life, And if
he shall Dye without Issue lawfully Begotten of his Body then
the Same shall go to my Son David Bachelder his heirs and as-
signs. But if my Said Son Nathanael shall have Issue Lawfully
begotten of his Body then to hold the Same to him the said
Nathanael his heirs and assigns.
I also Give to my said son Nathanael his heirs & assigns One
half as to Quantity and Quality of what land I own in the
Eighty Acre Division so Called in the Township of Chester in
the Province aforesaid which is half a Lott laid out to the Orig-
inal Right of Philip Towle and one Lott which I boughtof
Michael Dearbon, my said Son Nathanael to have one half of
said Lott and half. Also One half of a Certain Piece of Land which
I have lying in the Township of Kingstown in the Province afore-
said Containing About Sixty Acres lying at the upper or westerly
End of the Lott N° i in the two hundred acre Grants so Called
Bounding on Exeter line Westerly, And Land of Jonathan Swett
Easterly. I Also Give to my said Son Nathanael One half of all
my Right in the Township of Chichester in said Province, And
I Order him my Said Son Nathanael to Pay to his Sister Sarah
Healey Six Pounds Sterling or Equivalent thereto In any Bills
of Publick Credit; to be paid her within two years after my
Decease —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Elisha Bachelder to
him his heirs and assigns One half of a Certain tract of Land
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 48 1
which I have lying in Kingstown aforesaid being part of the
Lotts N° I, and N° 2, In the two hundred Acre Grants so Called,
my said Son Elisha to begin at the Lower or Easterly Side of
Land Owned by Cap* Richard Nason, And thence to go East-
wardly so far as to take One half that tract of Land which I
there have lying below or to the Eastward of said Nason's land.
I Also Give to my said Son Elisha his heirs and assigns one half
of all my lands in the Township of Chester aforesaid Except
what I have given In this my will to my Sons Nathanael And
David. I also give to my said Son Elisha his heirs and assigns
one half of All my Right in the tract of Land Granted to Ichabod
Robie Esq"^ and Others by the Purchasers of the Right of John
Tufton Mason Esq''
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Reuben Bachelder to
him his heirs and assigns the Eastwardly half of that tract of
Land which I have lying in Kingstown aforesaid, the Westerly
half whereof I have Given to my son Elisha. Also the half of all
my Lands in the Township of Chester aforesaid Except what I
have Given to my sons Nathanael and David ; Also one half of
all my Right In the tract of Land Granted to Ichabod Robie
Esq"" And others by the Purchasers of the Right of John Tufton
Mason Esq""
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Sons Elisha & Reuben above-
named One Acre and a half of marsh lying in a Bend of Taylors
River so Called at the Northeasterly part of my meadow there
which is part of my home Place to be Equally Divided between
them, Each to hold One half thereof in Severalty to him his
heirs And Assigns —
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Son David Bachelder to
him his heirs and assigns. On half of all my Lands and Buildings
In Hampton of what Sort soever (Excepting that in the Bend of
Taylors River which I have Given to my sons Elisha And Reu-
ben; And the Improvement which my wife is to have) Also I
Give and Bequeath to my said Son David his heirs and assigns
the one half as to Quantity and Quality of what Land I own in
482 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
the Eighty Acre Division so Called in the Township of Chester
aforesaid, the Other half whereof I have Given to my Son Na-
thanael as abovementioned ; also One half of the Piece of Land in
Kingstown aforesaid Containing about Sixty Acres as above
Described the Other half whereof I have Given to my Son Na-
thanael, Also One half of all my Right in the Township of Chi-
chester aforesaid the other half whereof I have Given to my Son
Nathanael And I Order my Said Son David to pay to his Sister
Sarah Healey within two years after my Decease Six Pounds
Sterling or Equivolent thereto in Bills of Publick Credit.
Item I Give and Bequeath my wearing Apparell to my Sons,
Nathanael, Elisha, Reuben, and David Equally Between them —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Healey
twelve Pounds Sterling or Equivolent thereto in Bills of Publick
Credit to be Paid her within two years after my Decease by my
Sons Nathanael and David Equally between them as before
Ordered
Lastly I Do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint My
Sons Elisha Bachelder and David Bachelder to be Executors
* 4c *
Josiah Bachelder
[Witnesses] Meshech Weare, Sam^' Shaw, Joseph Bachelder.
[Proved Oct. 31, 1759.]
[Elisha Batchelder of Kingston declines executorship of the
will in favor of his brother, David Batchelder, Oct. 29, 1759.]
[Warrant, Oct. 31, 1759, authorizing Meshech Weare and Jo-
seph Batchelder, husbandman, both of Hampton Falls, to ap-
praise the estate.]
[Inventory, Dec. 24, 1759; amount, £47,795. 6. o; signed by
Meshech Weare and Joseph Batchelder.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 483
HANSON MESERVE 1759 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen The twenty Seaventh day of
September anno Domine One thousand Seven hundred and fifty
nine —
I Hanson Meserve of Portsmouth in y^ Province of New
Hampshire Mariner * * *
Item I Give unto my Beloved Brother Georg Meserve of
Portsmouth aforesaid Merchant all that my Farm in Ports-
mouth aforesaid now in the occupation of John Hight, and all
my Lands in that Township or Tract of Land Calld Aliens Town
in Said Province and all that that was my Late Honourd Father
Nathaniel Meserve Mansion house in Said Portsmouth with y®
Garden Warehouse and all the Privileges and appurtenance
thereunto belonging of what kind or Nature Soever and all my
Personal and Real Estate whot soever and wheresoever it is or
may be found I giv unto my Said Brother George Meserve To
Have & to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever and I do
hereby Constitute and appoint my Said Brother George Meserve
Executor * * *
Hanson Meserve
[Witnesses] D Peirce, Sam' Hale, Will^ Earl Treadwell.
[Proved Dec. 31, 1762.]
JOHN CUTT 1759 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Cutt of Portsmouth
granted to his son, John Cutt of Portsmouth, cooper, Oct. 2,
1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 304.]
[Bond of John Cutt, with Samuel Cutt, merchant, and James
Dwyer, truckman, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
£1000, Oct. 2, 1759, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, James King.]
484 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, Oct. 2, 1759, authorizing Eleazer Russell and Sam-
uel Penhallow, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 26, 1760; amount, £7228. 7. o; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £3578. 7. o; expendi-
tures, £1682. 13. i; allowed Jan. 20, 1761.]
[Additional inventory, Feb. 25, 1761; amount, £1662. o. o;
lands in Chester; signed as above.]
[Appraisal of the real estate, March 7, 1761, at £10,990. o. o;
signed by Hunking Wentworth, John Hart, Daniel Rogers,
Joseph Alcock, and Stephen March. Order of court, June 30,
1 761, settling the real estate on the only son, John Cutt.]
[Receipt, April 18, 1761, from Jacob Mills to his brother, John
Cutt, for ^1000, part of his wife's portion of the estate of her
father, John Cutt.]
[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £1983.
8. II; expenditures, £986. 3. 2; allowed June 24, 1761.]
JAMES STEVENS 1759 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen, The Last will and Testament of
James Stevens, I James Stevens of Portsmouth in the Province
of New Hampshire being Weak in Body * * *
Item, To Mary my beloved wife and to her heirs and assigns I
give my Negro woman named Flora, (and I desire my said wife
to Sell her so that she may go and live at Gloster in the County
of Essex) all the Estate that was her's at the time of her Inter-
marriage with me (Except a Suit of Curtains) my Best bed
bedsed Curtain Rods Curtains and Vallins, my worst Bed, Six
leather Chairs, one Great leather Chair, a Haretine Easey Chair,
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my Great Silver Tankard, one Silver Spoon, one Silver Porringer,
three Silver Teaspoons, one Cow my little Looking Glass and one
third part of all the Residue of my parsonal Estate herein not
particularly disposed off, also unto my said wife during her
natural Life I give Two thirds of the Income of my Real Estate
in Gloster in the County of Essex, my Desk Closestool and bed-
pan
Item, To my son Samuel James Stevens and to his heirs and
assigns I give my Silver pepper box one Silver Spoon; my desk,
Close Stool and Bed pan after my wife decease; with one third
part of my parsonal Estate not herein particularly given away —
Item. To my Daughter Susanna James, her heirs and as-
signs, I give one Silver Porringer one Silver Spoon one bed and
bedsteed and one third part of my parsonal Estate not herein
particularly given away —
Item. To my Daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Jacob Elwell,
her heirs and assigns I give my Chest of Drawers, she having al-
ready what more I designd for her.
Item. To Elizabeth Littlehale that now lives with me, and
her heirs and assigns I give my second best bed beding for the
Same, Second best Curtains Vallins bedsted & Curtain Rods;
my little Silver Tankard one Silver Porringer one large Silver
Spoon and Two Silver Tea Spoons —
Item I appoint my Brother William Stevens and M"" James
Stoodley Jun"" to be Executors of this my last will and Testament,
and desire them to Receive the third part of the income of my
Estate in Gloster that is not herein before mentioned and lay out
the Same in Repairing the Same, during the time of my wife's
natural Life and immediately after the decease of my said Wife I
order the said Estate at Gloster to be sold and hereby authorise
my Executors (or the Survivour if one dies before the Same is
finished) to Sell the Same and the money that shall be Raised by
the Sale thereof Togather with what of the third part of the Rent
Remaining unlaid out as aforesaid (if any there be) shall be di-
vided among all my Children in Such manner as the Law directs
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 487
as in Interstate Estates, viz Two Shares to my Son & a Single
Share to Each of my Daughters, and I farther order and desire
my Executors to Sell My Great looking Glass Great Brass Kettle
and high Candle Stick and the money Raised by said Sale to be
Improved to defray the Expences of my Funeral * * * and
in Confirmation hereof I have here unto set my hand & Seal this
fourth day of October in the Thirty third Year of his majesty's
Reign annoque Domini 1759 —
James Stevens
[Witnesses] Clem* Jackson, John Shackford, Cutts Shannon.
[Proved Oct. 23, 1759.]
[Warrant, Oct. 23, 1759, authorizing Eleazer Russell and Cutts
Shannon, gentleman, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Oct. 23, 1759; amount, £2872.7.0; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Cutts Shannon.]
[Account of James Stoodley, executor; receipts, £2891. 2. i,
personal estate; expenditures, £3096. 16. o; mentions "Expences
of the two Brothers of the Deceas'd while at the Funeral"; al-
lowed April 27, 1768.]
[Additional account of James Stoodley, surviving executor;
receipts, £106.6.8; expenditures, £84.9.1; allowed Dec. 12,
1769.]
TIMOTHY COTTON 1759 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Timothy Cotton of Ports-
mouth, joiner, granted to Mary Cotton of Portsmouth, widow,
Oct. 30, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p 309.]
[Bond of Mary Cotton, with John Elliot, glazier, and Gregory
Purcell, merchant, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of
£500, Oct. 30, 1759, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, George Libby, David Sewall.]
488 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
PETER RUSSELL 1759 LITCHFIELD
In the Name of God Amen: I Peter Russel of Litchfield In the
Province of New Hampshire Gentleman Being Sensiable of my
Approaching Dissolution * * *
Item my Will is and I do hearby Bequeath unto my Beloved
wife Deborah whome I Likewise Constitute and ordain Sole
Executor of this my Last will and Testament for her maintenance
and support after my Decease During her Natural Life the one
full Third part of the Improvemet of my Real Estate and one
half of my house with one Third part of my Barn with one Third
part of my household furnture with one Third part of my stock
and Husbandry Utensills
Item my will is and I do Give unto the Heirs of my son Peletiah
Rusell Deceased five Shillings Starling which is his or there full
pard or Portion out of my Estate to be paid within one year
after my Decease
Item I Give and Bequeath unto My Daughter Rachel five
Shillings Starling which is her full portion out of my Estate to be
paid within one year after my Decease which is her full part out
of my Estate
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Rebackah three
Pounds five Shillings Starling mony to be paid within one Year
after my Decease which is her full part out of my Estate
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Phebe four
Pounds Starling mony to be paid within one Year after my
Deceas which is her full part out of my Estate
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Deborah five
Shillings Starling mony to be paid within one Year after my
Decease which is her full part out of my Estate
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah four
Pounds Starling mony to be paid within one Year after my De-
cease which is her full part out of my Estate
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah four
Pounds Sterling mony within one Year after my Deceas which is
her full part out of my Estate
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 489
Item my will is that my four sons (viz) Peter Russell Jun'
Joseph Russel James Russell & Thomas Russell Have the Re-
mainder of my Estate Real and Personal in Equal Propotion
Item my will is that all my Just Debts and Duties that I do
owe In Right to any Person or Persons whatsoever Shall be well
and Truly paid together with all the Leagusies Before mentioned
within the Term of one Year after my Decease by Executor
Before Mentioned Together with a Desent Burial to be paid out
of my Estate by my Executor
Item my will is that at the Decease of my wife her Thirds
Shall be Equaly Devided Between my four sons (viz) Peter
Joseph James & Thomas with my Six Daughters (viz) Rachel
Rebackah Phebe and Deborah Hannah and Sarah in Equal
Propotion * * *
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal
this third day of November in the Thirty third Year of his
Majestyes Reign Anno Q Dom. 1759
Peter Russell
[Witnesses] william Patterson, William mcQuesten Junier,
James Underwood.
[Proved Nov. 28, 1759.]
[Bond of Deborah Russell, with James Nahor and William
Reed, gentlemen, as sureties, all of Litchfield, in the sum of
£1000, Nov. 28, 1759, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
John Harvell, John Cochran.]
MARY MESERVE 1759 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Mary Meserve of Portsmouth,
widow, granted to Joseph Jackson of Portsmouth, housewright,
Nov. 5, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 328.]
490 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Joseph Jackson, with James Dwyer, innholder, and
George Janvrin, mariner, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the
sum of £3000, Nov. 5, 1759, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Joseph Simes, Mary Wendell.]
SIMEON COLE 1759 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Simeon Cole of Durham,
yeoman, granted to Abner Clough of Nottingham, yeoman,
Nov. 16, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p 351. 1
[Bond of Abner Clough, with Ezekiel Greeley of Londonderry
and Nathaniel Thompson of Durham, husbandmen, as sureties,
in the sum of £2000, Nov. 16, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witness, David Sewall.]
EBENEZER PIERCE 1759 MOLLIS
[Bond of Elizabeth Pierce, widow, and Eleazer Stearns, both
of Hollis, with Ebenezer Ball of Hollis, husbandman, and
Zachariah Shattuck of Monson as sureties, in the sum of £500,
Nov. 26, 1759, for the administration of the estate of Ebenezer
Pierce of Hollis; witnesses, Rachel Lovewell, Jonathan Lovewell.]
[Inventory, Nov. 7, 1759; amount, £2736.7.4; signed by
Benjamin Blanchard, Jr., and Francis Worcester, Jr.]
[Account of Eleazer Stearns and his wife, Elizabeth Stearns,
administratrix; receipts, £1243.7.4, personal estate; expendi-
tures, £841 .8.8; mentions " maintaince of Mary daughter of said
Deceased under seven years old 297 weeks"; allowed Sept. 19,
1765.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 49I
[Guardianship of Mary Pierce, aged less than 14 years, daugh-
ter of Ebenezer Pierce, granted to John Hale Oct. 8, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 558.]
[Bond of John Hale, with Samuel Cummings and Samuel
Hobart as sureties, all of Hollis, in the sum of £300, Oct. 8, 1765,
for the guardianship of Mary Pierce; witnesses, Samuel Hale,
Ebenezer Pierce.]
We the subscribers Set of to Elizabeth Stearns late widow &
Relict of Ebenezer Peirce of Holies in the Province of New
Hampshire D*^ her Dower, or one full third part of her said
Husbands Real Estate lying & being in Holies, being in two
pieces Containing Eleven Acres & sixty one pole, be the same
more or less. One piece lying on the East side of the Road Con-
taining one Acre & eleven Rods bounded as follows, beginning
at a stake & Stones, about one Rod north of the House, thence
East Seventeen Degrees South Ten Rods to a Stake & Stones,
thence South Fifteen degrees west Thirteen Rods & an half till
it comes to land lately owned by Richard Peirce to a Stake &
Stones, Thence Westerly by said Peirces land to the Road,
Thence Northerly by said Road to the first Bound Mentioned
Together with the House well «&c which is on this Piece. —
The Other piece lying on the west side of the Road, Containing
Ten Acres & Fifty Rods, Bounded as follows beginning at a
Stake & Stones, being the Southeast Corner of the Premises,
bounding on land lately owned by Richard Peirce, Thence West-
erly by said Peirces land Twenty six Rods to a Stake & Stones,
Thence North nine degrees East Fifty Rods untill it comes to
land owned by Timothy Cook to a Stake & Stones, thence East-
erly by said Cooks land to the Road, thence Southerly by said
Road to the first Bound mentioned. — The Barn Stands on this
piece, & the Widow is to have only the East end as far as the
Floar way, with priviledge of the Floar to pass & repass & to
thrash grain &*=, allowing the Heirs liberty of the other part of the
Barn, & yard room to the Road also liberty for the heirs to pass
492 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
& repass through the last mentioned piece of Land, on the north
side next said Cooks, where it will be the least damage, they
putting up the fences &*= —
Holies April 15th 1766 Sam" Cumings
Samuel Hobart
Stephen Powers
[Additional account of the administrators; receipts, £13, 8. o;
expenditures, £3. 11. o; allowed June 27, 1766.]
MOSES TRUSSELL 1759 PLAISTOW
[Bond of Jane Trussell, widow, with John Mills and Thomas
Williams, both of Hampstead, yeomen, as sureties, in the sum of
£500, Dec. 6, 1759, for the administration of the estate of Moses
Trussell of Plaistow, yeoman; witnesses, Daniel Little, Edmund
Sawyer.]
[Inventory, attested March 3, 1760; amount, £1895. 5. o;
signed by Edmund Sawyer and Edmund Morse.]
[Guardianship of Jacob Trussell, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Moses Trussell, granted to Jonathan Carlton June
2, 1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 46.]
[Bond of Jonathan Carleton of Plaistow, gentleman, with
Joseph Blanchard of Merrimack as surety, in the sum of £500,
June 2, 1763, for the guardianship of Jacob Trussell; witnesses,
John Hale, Thomas Westbrook Waldron.]
[Warrant, Jan. 27, 1764, authorizing Edmund Sawyer, Ed-
mund Morse, John Mills, Bartholomew Heath, and Nathan
Goodwin, all of Hampstead, to appraise the real estate for settle-
ment on the oldest son; returned at £800 Feb. 20, 1764, signed by
Edmund Sawyer, Edmund Morse, and John Mills.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 493
[Warrant, April 12, 1764, authorizing Edmund Sawyer, Ed-
mund Morse, and John Mills to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of 1 To the Hon'''" Richard Wibird Judge of
Newhampshire j Probate &c for said Province
In obedience to a warrant from your Hon"^ to us Directed For
that purpose We have sot off to the widdow Jane Trussell her
thirds of the Real Estate of Moses Trussell Deceas*^ as Directed
in Said warrant which is Bounded as followeth (Viz)
Begening at the South Easterly Corner of Land now in Posses-
sion of Joseph Hadley of Hampstead thence Runing Southerly
By the Highway that Leads from Hamp'^ to Plastow about
twelve Rods to a stake and stons Thence westerly aboute Sixty
Rods to a stake and stons Thence Northerly aboute fourty Rods
to the westerly Corner of Said Hadleys Land then Runing By Sd
Hadleys Land as that Runs to the Bounds first mentioned En-
cluding the Buildings on the Same
Plastow June y'' 11*'' 1764 Edmund Sawyer
Edmund Morss
John mills
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1145. 5. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £590. 7. 8; mentions "Suport of a Child
under Seven years 112 weeks"; allowed June 21, 1764.]
BENJAMIN WILLIAMS 1759 DANVILLE
In the Name of God x'Xmen this Nineteenth Day of December
one thousand Seven hundred fifty nine I Benjamin Williams of
Newbury in the County of Essex and Province of the Massa-
chusets bay in New England Husbandman * * *
Imprimis I Give to my beloved Wife Jemima all my houshold
Goods wereing apperrel & Provision in the house I give her also
the Improvment of all my Estate both real and personal four
years from this time provided She take the care of & bring up my
494 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
children till the four years be Expired & after the S'^ four years
are Expired my will is that She Should have the Imprment of
one third part of all my Estate during her natural life I also Give
to this my wife five acres of land in Newbury which lays by
Indian river so called and I do constitute & ordain this my wife
the Sole Executrix of this my last will & testament and it is my
will that She pay all my Just debts and funeral charges and re-
ceive all that is due to me
Item I give to my Daughter Abigail four pounds to be paid by
my Son Thomas in four years from this time besides what I have
Given her before
Item I give to my Daughter Mary thirty Pounds to be paid to
her by my Sons Thoms and Joseph Equly between them, in four
years from this time
Item I Give to my Son Thomas the one half of all my Estate
both real and parsonal which is not otherwise disposed of when
he Shall arive to the age of twenty one years or when his mothers
four years Improvment are Ended: this I give him provided he
Shall pay to his Sister Abigail four Pounds his Sister Mary fifteen
pounds his Sister Jemima twenty Six pounds twelve shillings &
Eight pence and to his brother Benjamin twenty five pounds at
Such times as I have Given it to them
Item I Give to my Son Joseph the other half of all my Estate
when his mothers four years Improvment are Ended this I Give
to this my Son provided he Shall pay to his Sister Mary fifteen
pounds his Sister Sarah twenty Six pound twelve Shillings &
Eight pence and to his Brother Benjamin twenty five Pounds at
Such times as I have given it to them in this my will
Item I give to my Daughter Jemima twenty Six pounds twelve
Shillings & Eight pence to be paid to her at the age of twenty one
years or at marrage which Shall first happen by my Son Thomas
Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah twenty Six pounds twelve
Shillings and Eight pence to be paid to her by my Son Joseph
when She Shall arive to the age of twenty one years or at Marrage
which Shall first happen
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 495
Item I Give to my Son Benjamin fifty Pounds to be paid to
him by my Sons Thomas and Joseph Equilly between them when
he Shall arive to the age of twenty one years * * *
Benjamin Willems
[Witnesses] Abner Sawyer, Caleb Moody Ju"", Edmund Bayley.
[Endorsed] not provd filed Aug* 1766
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Williams of Hawke,
cooper, granted to Jemima Williams, widow, Aug. 27, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 280.]
[Bond of Jemima Williams, widow, with Jonathan Blake and
Israel Dimond, yeomen, as sureties, all of Hawke, in the sum of
£500, Aug. 2";, 1766, for the administration of the estate; wit-
ness, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory, filed Dec. 3, 1766; amount, £479. 11. 4; signed by
Samuel Webster and Henry Morrill.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £235. 7. 4, personal
estate; expenditures, £127. 17. 10. 2; allowed July 29, 1767.]
Province of \ We the Subscribers Being appointed a
New Hampsh"^ j Committee By the Hon^'^ Judge of Probate
of wills &c for said Province to Divide & set off to Jemima Wil-
liams of Hawke widow & Relict of Benjamin Williams late of
Hawke yeoman Deceas^ Intestate her Dower which happens to
her of the Real Estate of the said Deceased, Being one full third
Part: Likewise the other Two Thirds to be Divided among the
Children of said Intestate Pursuant to the above trust we found
the said Intestate when he Died to be siezed of sixty six acres and
three Quarters of an acre of Land in Hawke aforesaid which we
Proceeded to sett off and Divide in the Following manner (viz)
Leaving one Third Part of said Land on the North and the other
third part on the south the widows Thirds Lying in the middle
and to be sixteen Rods on the High-way and to Run west that
width the whole Length of said Land Containing Twenty Two
496 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
acres and twenty Rods Likewise one Third part of the House and
Barn and a Third part of the Income of the orchard Likewise one
Third part of a Coopers shop on said land and then sett off &
Divided the other Two Thirds to the Children being seven in
Number in the following manner (viz) Eleaven acres and
twenty Rods on the North side of said Land to Thomas williams
the Eldest Son it Being Two Shares Then five acres and an Half
and Ten Rods to Mary the wife of Dudley Kindrick & Likewise
the Same Number of acres to Jemima Williams which Contains
the one Third part on the North side of the widows Then the
other Third part on the south of the widows; Sett off to Joseph
Williams one share Being five acres and an Half & fifteen Rods
adjoining to the widows then one share to Abigail the wife of
Stephen moulton one share to Sarah Williams & one share to
Benjamin Williams all the above shares or Pieces are Bounded at
Each End with stakes and stones — and Likewise Evry one of
them their share in the Buildings — ■
Dated at Hawke aforesaid this Twelfth Day of December
Annoque Domini 1767
Henry morrill
Israel Dimond
Phineas Sanborne
JONATHAN DOW 1759 PLAISTOW
[Mary Dow renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, Jonathan Dow of Plaistow, who "Died Intestate Some
time about the month of June last having no Child of full age",
Dec. 19, 1759, in favor of Nathaniel Bartlett of Plaistow; wit-
nesses, Enoch Bartlett, Katharine Bartlett.]
[Administration granted to Nathaniel Bartlett, yeoman, Dec.
26, I759-]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 352.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 497
[Bond of Nathaniel Bartlett, with Daniel Annis of New Hop-
kinton and John Webster of Penacook, yeomen, as sureties, in
the sum of £1000, Dec. 26, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, WilHam Parker, Cutts Shannon.]
[Warrant, Dec. 26, 1759, authorizing Moses Stevens and John
Green, both of Plaistow, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, Jan. 28, 1760; amount, £5532. 5. o; signed by John
Green and Moses Stevens.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts as per inventory; ex-
penditures, £361. 13. 2; allowed May 27, 1761.]
[Warrant, June 24, 1761, authorizing Nicholas White, Samuel
Little, William Ayer, gentleman, Moses Stevens, and Thomas
Cheney, yeomen, all of Plaistow, to set off to John Cooper and
his wife Mary her dower in the estate of her former husband,
Jonathan Dow.]
Province of \ Plastow January y 22 : 1762
Newhamp' J By order of y^ Hon^'i^ Judg of Probate of
wills &c the subscribers have set of to John Cooper of Plastow
yeoman & mary his wife her Dowry which Happened to Her out
of the estate of her former Husbon Jonathan Dow Late of Plas-
tow Disceast buted & bounded as followeth (viz) Begining at y"
high way at a stake & stones about ten Rods southerly of Land
belonging to Cap* Ayers thence southwesterly about Sixty Poles
to a small white oack mark* with stones about it thence North
westerly about fifty Poles to a small wallnut tree mark* thence
south westerly about thirty Poles to a stake by John ayers Land
thence on y^ Line on s^ ayers Land to Sawyers & by Sawyers to
y^ highway thence Notherly by y" Rode to y^ bounds first men-
tioned In eluding in s'^ Dowry y^ one halef of the house & barn
with y^ Privilidges there to belonging
moses Stevens
Thomas Cheney
William Ayer
498 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Guardianship of Phoebe Dow, Nathan Dow, and William
Dow, aged less than 14 years, children of Jonathan Dow, granted
to Samuel Kimball Nov. 24, 1762.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 500.]
[Guardianship of Mary Dow, minor, aged more than 14
years, daughter of Jonathan Dow, granted to Samuel Kimball
Nov. 24, 1762.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 500.]
[Bond of Samuel Kimball of Plaistow, yeoman, with Benjamin
Scribner of Brentwood and James Bly of Plaistow, yeomen, as
sureties, in the sum of £1000, Nov. 24, 1762, for the guardianship
of Mary Dow; witnesses, Daniel Gilman, 3d, John White.]
[Bond of Samuel Kimball, with the same sureties, in the sum
of £1000, Nov. 24, 1762, for the guardianship of Phoebe, Nathan,
and William Dow, aged less than 14 years, children of Jonathan
Dow; witnesses, the same.]
[Additional account of the administrator; receipts, £1081. 9. o;
expenditures, £1613. 17. 2; mentions "allowance to the Widow
for brings up two of the deceased children Since may 1762";
allowed Dec. 29, 1762.]
[Guardianship of Phoebe Dow, minor, aged more than 14
years, daughter of Jonathan Dow, granted to William Ayer
May 17, 1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 78.)
[Bond of William Ayer, with Ebenezer White as surety, both
of Plaistow, in the sum of £500, May 17, 1763, for the guardian-
ship of Phoebe Dow; witnesses, William Parker, John Went-
worth.]
[Account of Samuel Kimball as guardian of Nathan Dow and
William Dow, minors, children of Jonathan Dow; receipts,
£10. 6. 6; expenditures, £56. 8. o; allowed April 30, 1766.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 196.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 499
Provence of 1 To The Honarabel John wintworth Esq"^ Judg
Newhamsher / of Probets for Said Provence —
In a Bedence to the order of the Governor Council & assembley
we have attended the service of Deviding the Estate of Jonathan
Dow Late of Plastow Decest and have Divided of to Nathan &
wilHam a Bout fourteen ackers and a half of Land alowing the
Eldest Son a Dubel Share (it is Bounded as followeth) Beginning
at a stake & stones By the Rhode Being a Bounds of Cap* william
ayer Land thence Runing southerdly by the Rhode Ten Rhods
to a stake and stones that is a Bounds of there mothers thurds
thence westerdly By there mothers Land about fifty eight Rhods
& half to a stake and stones Thence Norlwesterdly By there
mothers Land a Bout thurty eight Rhods & half to a small tree
marked which is a Bounds of there Sisters Land thence Noarth
Earsterly or Earsterly By there Sisters Land about fifty Rhods to
a stake and stones By Land of Cap* ayer thence By ayer Land
South Earsterly a Bout thurty three Rhods to a stake and stones
thence By ayer Land Earsterdly or Southeasterly about Eighteen
Rhods to the furst Bounds mentioned — we Give it as our
appinion that it is there parts of Said Land —
Plastow august 8-1766 - Jonathan Carleton
Daniel Poor
Humphery Noyes
[Additional account of Samuel Kimball as guardian of Mary
Dow, Nathan Dow, William Dow, and Phoebe Dow, children of
Jonathan Dow; receipts, £64. i. 5^; expenditures the same;
allowed May 25, 1768.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 171.]
JAMES FRENCH 1759 SALEM
[Mary French, "being his Heir," renounces administration on
the estate of James French of Salem Dec. 25, 1759, in favor of
Capt. Jacob Bayley; witnesses, Abner Bayley, Hannah Pattee.]
500 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Administration granted to Jacob Bayley of Hampstead,
gentleman, May g, 1760,]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 431.]
[Bond of Jacob Bayley, with James Dwyer of Portsmouth,
innholder, and James Carr of Goffstown, yeoman, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, May 9, 1760, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, Solomon Loud, Jr.]
JONATHAN BURBANK 1759 HOPKINTON
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Burbank of New
Hopkinton, gentleman, granted to his widow, Ruth Burbank,
Dec. 26, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 352.]
[Bond of Ruth Burbank, with Daniel Annis of New Hopkin-
ton, and James Cochran of Londonderry, yeomen, as sureties, in
the sum of £1000, Dec. 26, 1759, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, Cutts Shannon.]
[Warrant, Dec. 26, 1759, authorizing Peter Howe and John
Putney, both of New Hopkinton, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory of the estate of Capt. John Burbank, March 19,
1760; amount, £5847. 11. 2; signed by John Putney and Peter
Howe.]
[Commission July i, 1 761, to Ezra Carter of Bow and Timothy
Clements of New Hopkinton, yeoman, to receive claims against
the estate.]
[Commission, July 25, 1764, to Henry Lovejoy of Bow and Asa
Foster of Pembroke, gentlemen, to receive claims against the
estate.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 5OI
DANIEL LESLIE 1759 LONDONDERRY
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Leslie of Londonderry,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Hannah Leslie, Dec. 26, 1759.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 352.]
[Bond of Hannah Leslie, with James Cochran of Londonderry
and Daniel Annis of New Hopkinton, yeomen, as sureties, in the
sum of £1000, Dec. 26, 1759, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, Cutts Shannon.]
[Warrant, Dec. 26, 1759, authorizing James McGregore and
William Rankin, both of Londonderry, yeomen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested March 12, 1760; amount, £10,265. 2. o;
signed by James McGregore and William Rankin.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £2325. 2. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £4032. 9. 10; mentions "maintaing 3 of the
dec^ Children under the age of 7 years one 156 Weeks & still
under age one 117 one 24"; allowed Nov. 12, 1762.]
[Bond of Alexander Leslie, cordwainer, with James Cochran
and Jonathan Cochran, yeomen, as sureties, all of Londonderry,
in the sum of £500, April 25, 1778, for the administration de
bonis non of the estate; witnesses, Dinah Cochran, Samuel
Allison.1
JONATHAN CRAM 1759 HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God Amen This twenty Ninth day of Decem-
ber in the year of Our Lord Christ One Thousand Seven hundred
fifty nine I Jonathan Cram of Hampton falls in the Province of
New Hampshire in New England Yeoman * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife Elizabeth
the Use Income and Improvement so long as she shall Remain
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my Widow, of the Southerly part of my new House as far As the
Partition between the Rooms, Also of the Celler Under the Same,
And of One half of my Barn that is on the South Side of my
House, And of One half of my Orchard on the West Side of
Exeter Rode, And also of One half of my Land where I now live
on the Westerly Side of Exeter Road Containing about One
hundred Acres in the whole And also of two Cows and My Horse
and Six sheep out of my Stock of Creatures, And also of One half
of all my moveables within Doors: All That is here mentioned
that my wife is to have the Improvement of so Long as she Re-
mains my Widow at her Decease or time of marrying Again shall
go to my two Sons Nehemiah And Jonathan my Executors Ex-
cepting the moveables. And further I give and Bequeath to my
said Wife One third part of all my Moveables within Doors for
her to use and Dispose of As she shall think proper what I have
here given my said wife is so to be understood that she Release
Any Other Demands on my Estate —
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son John Cram to him his
heirs And assigns a Piece of Land where he now lives in Chester
in the Province aforesaid it being one half of An Hundred Acre
Lott so Called Number i8 Also one half of an hundred Acre Lott
so Called in Chester aforesaid Number i6, being the Southerly
half of said Lott Also One third Part of half a Right which I own
in the Township of Chichester in the Province aforesaid.
And I Order him my said Son John to Pay to my Son Ebenezer
when he shall Come to the Age of twenty years One yoke of three
year old Steers, One Cow one three year old heifer, a Horse five
Sheep, two Chains, a Cops and Pin. And I further Order my
Said Son John to Pay to my Son Joseph when he shall Come to
the Age of Twenty years, One yoke of three year old Steers, five
Sheep And One Chain.
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Two Sons Nehemiah Cram
And Jonathan Cram to them their heirs and Assigns Equally
Divided between them As to Quantity and Quality All my Home
Place where I now live on the westerly Side of Exeter Rode Con-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 503
taining About one hundred Acres be the Same more or Less with
the Buildings thereon Excepting the Improvement of any part
thereof Otherwise ordered in this my will for the term of such
Improvement I Also Give to my said two Sons Nehemiah and
Jonathan in manner aforesaid, One Other Piece of Land in
Hampton falls aforesaid Containing About thirty five Acres
Adjoyning to Land of Cap* Row And Philimon Blake, Also One
Other piece of Land in Hampton falls aforesaid on the East
Side of Exeter Rode Containing About twenty three Acres Ad-
joyning to land of Benjamin Cram on the Northerly Side, Also
one other piece of Land in Hamptonfalls aforesaid Containing
About twenty Acres near Taylors River so Called Adjoyning to
land of Benjamin Moulton, Also One Other Piece of Land lying
in Kensington in the Province aforesaid at a Place called Grassy
Swamp Adjoyning to land of Col° Peter Gilman Also a Piece of
Salt Marsh in Hampton falls aforesaid Containing About two
Acres and a half, Also all my Husbandry And Carpentry Tools,
And All my Stock of Creatures not Otherwise Disposed of in this
my will all these to be Equally Divided Between my said two
Sons Nehemiah And Jonathan And I Do hereby order them to
pay to my Son Joseph Cram when he shall arrive, at the age of
twenty years. One Cow, one three year old heifer One Horse one
Chain and one Cops and pin. I Also Order them to find and
Provide for my Daughter Mary Cram five Cord of Good fire-
wood Hailed to the Door and Cut fit for the fire yearly so Long as
she shall live unmarried, also one Barrill of Cyder and to let her
have Out of the Orchard Apples Sufficient for her use Winter
And Summer
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Ebenezer Cram to him
his heirs and assigns An Hundred Acre Lott so Called in Chester
in the Province aforesaid Number 22, also One Cow, one Horse,
five Sheep, one yoke of three year old Steers one three year old
heifer two Chains and One Cops and pin to be paid him by my
Son John as before ordered in this my will
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Benjamin Cram his heirs
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and assigns An hundred Acre Lott of Land in Chester aforesaid
Number 20, in the Second Range of Lotts, Also One Cow, One
Horse, five Sheep, One Yoke of three year old Steers One three
year old heifer two Chains and One Cops and Pin to be paid him
when he shall Arrive at the Age of twenty years by my Son
Nehemiah Cram whom I hereby order to pay the Same
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Sons Joel Cram and Joseph
Cram their heirs and Assigns Equally Divided between them
An hundred Acre Lott so Called in Chester aforesaid Number
112, Also three Quarters of an hundred Acre Lott in Chester
aforesaid Number 113, Also three quarters of An Eighty Acre
Lot so Called in Chester aforesaid Number 100, Also I Give to
Each of them One Cow, One Horse, five Sheep One Yoke of three
year old Steers, one three year old heifer two Chains, and One
Cops and pin to be Paid them as they Respectively Arrive at the
age of twenty Years, Joel to be paid by my Son Jonathan, And
Joseph to be paid by my Sons John Nehemiah And Jonathan as
before ordered in this my will.
Furthermore I do hereby Give all my wearing apparel to my
four Sons Ebenezer Cram Benjamin Cram Joel Cram And
Joseph Cram to be Equally Divided between them
Item I Give And Bequeath to my Daughter Mary Cram One
hundred Pounds old Tenor to be paid her by my Executors within
One year after my Decease, also One third part of All my Move-
ables within Doors at my Decease, Also the Use of One fire Room
Namely at the North End of my new House and half the Celler
under the Same so Long as she Remains Unmarried Also firewood
Cyder and Apples to be Provided by my Sons Nehemiah and
Jonathan and Deliverd her As before Ordered so long as she shall
Remain Unmarried. I Also Give her one Cow And a two year
old heifer And four Sheep And the Cow is to be kept for her
winter and Summer by my said Sons Nehemiah and Jonathan if
my said Daughter shall Desire it so long as she Remains Un-
married
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Nehemiah Cram my
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 505
Great Bible Also half a Sixty Acre Lott so Calld in Chester
aforesaid
Item I Give One half An Original Right which I have in the
Township of Chichester in the Province afores'd Equally be-
tween my three Sons John, Nehemiah and Jonathan. And I
Give my Clock to my Son Jonathan, what is here mentioned in
this place of part of a Right in Chichester to my Son John In-
tends the Same as was before mentioned to him
Item If there be Any Lands belonging to me not mentioned in
this my will I Give the same to my Sons Nehemiah And Jonathan
Equally between them also my Right in the old Sawmill so
Called in Hampton
Item I Give and Bequeath to my four Sons Ebenezer Benjamin
Joel And Joseph all my Houshold goods not before Disposed of
Equally between them
Lastly I Do by these presents Constitute and appoint my Sons
Nehemiah Cram and Jonathan Cram to be Executors * * *
Jonathan Cram
[Witnesses] Meshech Weare, Jonathan Tilton, Nathan Tilton.
[Proved May 28, 1760.]
[Elizabeth Cram, widow, renounces her legacy and claims
dower May 28, 1760; witnesses, Jonathan Tilton, Joseph Shaw.]
[Warrant, May 28, 1760, authorizing Theophilus Smith of
Exeter and John Sherburne of Kensington to appraise the es-
tate.]
[Inventory, June 5, 1760; amount, £50j8o3, 14. 6; signed by
Theophilus Smith and John Sherburne.]
[Guardianship of Ebenezer Cram, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Jonathan Cram, granted to John Cram of Chester
Oct. 29, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 512.]
[Guardianship of Joel Cram and Joseph Cram, minors, aged
506 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
more than 14 years, children of Jonathan Cram, granted to
Jonathan Cram of Hampton Falls Oct. 29, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 513.]
[Guardianship of Benjamin Cram, aged less than 14 years, son
of Jonathan Cram, granted to Nehemiah Cram of Hampton
Falls Oct. 29, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 513.]
[Bond of Jonathan Cram, yeoman, with Theophilus Smith of
Exeter and John Cram of Chester, yeoman, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, Oct. 29, 1760, for the guardianship of Joel Cram
and Joseph Cram; witnesses, William Parker, Cutts Shannon.]
[Bond of John Cram of Chester, yeoman, with Theophilus
Smith of Exeter and Jonathan Cram of Hampton Falls, yeoman,
as sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 29, 1760, for the guardianship
of Ebenezer Cram; witnesses, William Parker, Cutts Shannon.]
[Bond of Nehemiah Cram, yeoman, with Theophilus Smith of
Exeter and John Cram of Chester, yeoman, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, Oct. 29, 1760, for the guardianship of Benjamin
Cram; witnesses, William Parker, Cutts Shannon.]
[Guardianship of Joseph Cram, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Jonathan Cram, granted to Nehemiah Cram of
Hampton Falls Feb. 25, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 346.]
[Guardianship of Joel Cram, minor, aged more than 14 years,
son of Jonathan Cram, granted to John Cram of Raymond
Feb. 25, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 346.]
[Bond of John Cram of Raymond, with Nehemiah Cram of
Hampton Falls and Simon Sanborn of Hampton as sureties, in
the sum of £500, Feb. 25, 1767, for the guardianship of Joel
Cram; witness, William Vaughan.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 507
[Bond of Nehemiah Cram, with John Cram and Simon San-
born as sureties, in the sum of £500, Feb. 25, 1767, for the guard-
ianship of Joseph Cram; witnesses, William Vaughan, William
Parker.]
SAMUEL AYERS 1760 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Ayers of Portsmouth,
barber, granted to Jacob Lavers, joiner, and Samuel Frost,
mariner, both of Portsmouth, Jan. i, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 358.]
[Bond of Jacob Lavers, joiner, and Samuel Frost, mariner,
with Charles Hight, sailmaker, and John Wendell, merchant, as
sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Jan. 2, 1760, for
the administration of the estate; witnesses, Joseph Simes,
Eliza Wibird.]
[Inventory; amount, £2091. 9. o; signed by John Shackford
and Joseph Peirce; no date.]
[Warrant, April 5, 1762, authorizing Eleazer Russell and Sam-
uel Penhallow, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to receive claims
against the estate.]
[List of claims, Oct. 26, 1762 ; amount, £10,380. 7. 4; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
PETER FASSETT 1760 GOFFSTOWN
[Administration on the estate of Peter Fassett of Gofifstown
granted to James Carr of Goffstown, yeoman, Jan. 4, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 358.]
[Bond of James Carr, with John Gofife of Derryfield and Moses
Barron of Bedford, gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £500,
Jan. 4, 1760, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, John Langdon, Jr.]
508 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, Jan, 4, 1760, authorizing John Goffe of Bedford,
gentleman, and Job Kidder of GofTstown, yeoman, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Jan. 25, 1760; amount, £49. 12. 9; signed
by John Goffe and Job Kidder.]
WILLIAM PARKER 1760 LITCHFIELD
[Administration on the estate of William Parker of Litchfield,
rope-maker, granted to his brother, Thomas Parker of Litchfield,
gentleman, Jan. 19, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 358.]
[Administration on the estate of William Parker granted to
his widow, Mehitabel Parker, and Thomas Parker of Litchfield,
Feb. 7, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 385.]
[Bond of Mehitabel Parker and Thomas Parker, with William
Richardson of Pelham and Richard Nason of Hampton Falls,
gentlemen, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Feb. 7, 1760, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, Thomas Westbrook
Waldron, John Chamberlain, Thomas Bixby, Samuel Gibson.]
THOMAS WYMAN 1760 PELHAM
In the Name of God amen the Nineteenth Day of January one
Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty and in y Thirty third year
of his Majestys Reign: I Thomas Wyman of Pelham in the
Province of Newhampshire Husbandman Being very Sick and
weak in Body * * *
Item My will further is: I Give to my only Surviving Son
Thomas Wyman Ju' all the lands I now Possess in the Town of
Pelham wheresoever the same may be found: viz my homstead
or house Lots Containing about Sixty acres more or less allso
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 509
Beaver Brook meadow with the upland adjoyning thereunto
about Thirty nine acres more or less: allso one hundred acres at a
Place Called Chandlers farme more or less being quantity for
quallity as the same may be Butted and Bounded : and Divided
with Cap* William Richardson : allso all my Buildings Standing
on any of the above said lands: allso all my Stock of Cattle my
horse and hogs Excepting one red Coullared Cow which I give to
my Daughter Sibbell Wyman: allso I further Give to my said
son Thomas all my working Tools of husbandry allso all my
other Movable Estate without and within Doors of Every sort
Excepting that Part of household stuff or Movable Estate which
I have lately sold to my Daughter Sibbell Wyman by a Bill of
sale Some time before I made this Will: the whole that I have
Given to my said son Thomas: I Likewise Give it to his Lawfull
heirs:
Item my will further is: I Give to my Daughter Lucy Stearns
or to her Lawfull heirs with what I have allready Given her:
the sum of one hundred Pounds passable money according to
the old Tenor to be Paid to her out of my Estate by my Son
Thomas Wyman or his lawfull heirs at or before the End of
two years from my Discease
Item My will further is I Give to my Daughter Sibbell Wyman
or to her Lawfull heirs : with what I have allready Given together
with the within mentioned Cow: the Sum of three hundred
Pounds Passable money according to the old tenor: to be Paid
to her out of my Estate by my said Son Thomas Wyman or his
lawfull heirs at or before the End of one year from my Decease :
Item I Constitute and ordain my Son Thomas Wyman Ju"^
above mentioned and M"" John Butler of Pelham in said Province
Husbandman to be my Executors * * * Jn Witness
whereof I have here unto Set my hand and Seal the Day and
year above Written
his
Thomas + Wyman
mark
5IO NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Witnesses] James Sherburne, Eleazar Whiting, WiUiam
Wyman.
[Proved Feb. 13, 1760.]
[Bond of Thomas Wyman, Jr., and John Butler, with James
Sherburne and WilHam Wyman as sureties, all of Pelham, in the
sum of £1000, Feb. 13, 1760, for the execution of the will;
witnesses, William Parker, Jr., William Parker.]
[Account of the executors; receipts as by inventory; expendi-
tures, £1056. 14. 4; allowed June 17, 1761.]
JAMES JOHNSON 1760 CHARLESTOWN
[Administration on the estate of James Johnson of Number
Four, gentleman, granted to his widow, Susanna Johnson, Jan.
25, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 384.]
[Bond of Susanna Johnson, with Isaac Parker, gentleman,
and John Hastings, Jr., yeoman, as sureties, all of Charlestown,
in the sum of £1000, Feb. i, 1760, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Heywood, Silvanus Hastings.]
[Inventory, April 5, 1760; amount, £219. 10. o; signed by John
Hastings, Jr., and William Heywood.]
[Account of Susanna Hastings, administratrix; receipts,
£229.16.7^; expenditures, £573. 19. 5>2; mentions "Cash
paid Jos: Morse which he lent Cap* James Johnson when in
Captivity"; allowed May 16, 1774; signed by John Hastings,
Jr., and Susanna Hastings.]
DANIEL CARTY 1760 EXETER
[Anna Carty renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, Daniel Carty, in favor of her father-in-law, John
Carty, Jan. 29, 1760; witnesses, Nathan Rowe, Noah Emery.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 5 II
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Carty of Exeter,
yeoman, granted to his father, John Carty of Exeter, yeoman,
Jan. 29, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 362.]
[Bond of John Carty, with Nathaniel Folsom, gentleman,
and Jeremiah Smith, yeoman, as sureties, all of Exeter, in the
sum of £500, Jan. 29, 1760, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, John Langdon, Jr.]
DANIEL LEAVITT 1760 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Daniel Leavitt of Exeter,
laborer, granted to Daniel Tilton of Exeter, trader, Jan. 30,
1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 383.]
[Bond of Daniel Tilton, with Theophilus Smith of Exeter and
John Dow of Epping, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £1000,
Jan. 30, 1760, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
William Parker, John Langdon, Jr.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £102.0.0 "Cash
rec<^ of Cap* Sam' Gerrish for Wages as an artificer in the Kings
works"; expenditures, £51. o. o; allowed Feb. 25, 1761.]
[Guardianship of Daniel Leavitt, aged less than 14 years,
granted to Nathaniel Healey Feb. 22, 1769.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 365.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Healey of Kensington, with Benjamin
Moulton and Jeremiah Lane, both of Hampton Falls, yeomen,
as sureties, in the sum of £500, Feb. 22, 1769, for the guardian-
ship of Daniel Leavitt, son of Daniel Leavitt ; witnesses, Samuel
Hale, Jr., Stephen Swett,]
512 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
JEREMIAH DRESSER 1760 CONCORD
[Administration on the estate of Jeremiah Dresser of Rumford,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Mehitabel Dresser, Jan. 30,
1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 384.]
[Board of Mehitabel Dresser, with Ephraim Worthen of
Rumford, yeoman, and Nehemiah Lovewell of Dunstable,
gentleman, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Jan. 30, 1760, for the
administration of the estate; witnesses, William Parker, John
Langdon, Jr.]
ANDREW DOE 1760 NEWMARKET
[Administration on the estate of Andrew Doe of Newmarket,
husbandman, granted to Samuel Doe of Newmarket, gentleman,
Jan. 30, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 383.]
[Bond of Samuel Doe, with Thomas York of Durham, yeo-
man, and Zachariah Foss of Portsmouth, innholder, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, Jan. 30, 1760, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Langdon, Jr.]
BENJAMIN YORK 1760 DURHAM
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin York of Durham,
yeoman, granted to Thomas York of Durham, yeoman, Jan. 30,
1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 384.]
[Bond of Thomas York, with William Drew of Durham,
yeoman, and Samuel Doe of Newmarket, gentleman, as sureties.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 513
in the sum of £500, Jan. 30, 1760, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Langdon.]
[Warrant, Jan. 30, 1760, authorizing Thomas Young and
Robert Smart, yeoman, both of Newmarket, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested April 30, 1760; amount, £1578,4.3;
signed by Thomas Young and Robert Smart.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £1577. o. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £425. 13. 4; mentions "Two Years looking
after & Tending the dec^ and his wife"; allowed Nov. 25, 1761.]
SAMUEL SMITH 1760 EXETER
[Dolly Smith renounces administration on the estate of her
husband, Samuel Smith of Exeter, yeoman, "Lately Dyed (in
the Army) ", in favor of her father, Theophilus Smith of Exeter,
Jan. 26, 1760; witnesses, James Thurston, Benjamin Boardman,
Theophilus Smith, Jr.]
[Administration granted to Theophilus Smith of Exeter Jan.
30, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 385.]
[Bond of Theophilus Smith, with Daniel Tilton of Exeter,
trader, and Joshua Neal of Stratham, gentleman, as sureties, in
in the sum of £1000, Jan. 30, 1760, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, John Langdon, Jr.]
[Warrant, Jan. 30, 1760, authorizing Ephraim Robinson and
Noah Emery, both of Exeter, gentlemen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, April 30, 1760; amount, £2356.5.0; signed by
Ephraim Robinson and Noah Emery.]
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JOHN MESERVE 1760 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Meserve of Portsmouth,
rope-maker, granted to his widow, Sarah Meserve, Jan. 30, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 383.]
[Bond of Sarah Meserve, with Luke Mills, mariner, and
Samuel Waters, joiner, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum
of £1000, Jan. 30, 1760, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, John Pickering, Samuel Ham.]
[Warrant, Jan. 30, 1760, authorizing Eleazer Russell and
Samuel Penhallow, shopkeeper, both of Portsmouth, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Feb. 4, 1760; amount, £4240. 4. o; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Warrant, April 27, 1761, authorizing Eleazer Russell and
Samuel Penhallow, merchant, both of Portsmouth, to receive
claims against the estate; another warrant of the same date
appoints Andrew Clarkson and William Knight, both of Ports-
mouth, merchants.]
[List of claims, Feb. i, 1762; amount, £9589. 8. 10; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Samuel Penhallow.]
[Warrant, Feb. 15, 1762, authorizing Eleazer Russell, Samuel
Penhallow, and John Griffith,, all of Portsmouth, shopkeepers,
to set off the widow's dower.]
Province of 1 We the Subscribers appointed a Commit-
New Hampshire / tee By the Hon'*'* Richard Wibird Esq
Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for said Province to set off to
Sarah Meserve Widow Relict of John Meserve Late of Ports-
mouth Ropemaker Deceas'd her Dower of the Real Estate of
said Deceas'd Pursuant thereto by Estimation according to the
best of our Judgment We set off and hereby do report to have
set off to the said Sarah Meserve for her Dower, the Mansion
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 515
House & Land & Buildings thereon, Bounded Southerly on the
Street to Islington, Westerly on the street to the Bridge, North-
erly & Easterly on the Land of Doctor John Ross Late of Ports-
mouth Deceas'd —
Given under our hands Portsmouth May the 14*'' 1762 —
Eleazer Russell
Sam' Penhallow
John Griffeth
[Additional inventory, Sept. i, 1762; amount, £419.16.3;
signed as above.]
PEARSON BROWN 1760 HAMPTON FALLS
[Administration on the estate of Pearson Brown of Hampton
Falls, yeoman, granted to Samuel Gerrish of Dover, gentleman,
Feb. I, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 385.]
[Bond of Samuel Gerrish, with Philip Johnson of Greenland
and Alexander Todd of Landonderry, gentlemen, as sureties, in
the sum of £1000, Feb. i, 1760, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, Nathaniel Adams.]
CHARLES STONEMAN 1760 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Charles Stoneman of Ports-
mouth, joiner, granted to his widow, Esther Stoneman, Feb.
4, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 385.]
[Bond of Esther Stoneman, with Joseph Abbott, laborer, and
John Savage, farmer, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum
of £500, Feb. 4, 1760, for the administration of the estate;
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witnesses, Elizabeth Wibird, Mary Wendell.]
[Warrant, March 7, 1760, authorizing Richard Evans and
Daniel Davis, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 8, 1760; amount, £475. 10. o; not signed.]
SAMUEL CLIFFORD 1760 KENSINGTON
In The Name of God Amen I Samuel Clifford of the Parish
of Kensington in the Province of Newhampshire in Newengland
Yeoman * * *
ily I Give and Bequeath to my Well beloved Wife Sarah
Clifford the improvement of the east end of my Dwelling house
and the one halfe of my orchard and the Improvement of all
my moveables Within Doars During her Widowhood and no
longer and at her Death or Day of marriage the house orchard
and moveables to go to those that I Give them to in this my Will
— and I Give my sd wife two Cows to improve her Widowhood
and to be Keept winter and Sumer by my son Samuel Clifford
and at her Death I Give Said Cows to my son Samuel Clifford and
I Give my Said wife twelve Bushels of Indian Corn one Bushel
of Rye two Bushels of wheet two Bushels and a halfe of mault
two hundred weight of pork one hundred weight of Beef Eight
pound of sheeps wool five pound of Gotten wooll Six pound of
flax from the Coome and five Cord of wood at the Doar Cut fit
for the fier all and every article which I have given my Said
wife I order my son Samuel Clifford to provide for his mother
yearly and every year so long as Shee Continues my Widow and
no longer But if my Son Samuel Should Refuse to provide for
his mother as is above exprest then my Said wife Shall have
Liberty By this my will to Enter into possession of all my estate
During her widowhood
2ly I Give and Bequeath forever unto my son Benjamin Clif-
ford the one halfe of my land laying in the Parish of Eppin be y*
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 517
whole fifty acres more or less he haveing had a large Portion
Given him by Deed from his father
3ly I Give and Bequeath to my Son Joseph Clifford three
pound money old tenor Bills of Credit to be paid to him by my
Son Samuel Clifford within one year after my Decease he having
had his portion by Deed Before
4ly I Give and Bequeath to my four Daughters namely
abigail Carr Sarah Prescott Rachal Prescott and hannah
Palmer all my Brass Iron puter Beads and Beading in or Belong-
ing to my house Excepting one Bead and Beading Belonging to
Said Bead and I Give my Said Daughters all my Chasts and
Chairs Excepting my newest Great Chair all and every article
to be Equally Divided between my Said four Daughters at my
wives Decease and not till then
5ly I Give and Bequeath to my Son Samuel Clifford forever
the east end of my Dweling house the one halfe of my Barn and
my orchard only his mother is to improve as is Before mentioned
and I Give my Said son all my Stock of Creatures of all Sorts
whatsoever and newest Create Chair and one Bead and the
Beading Belonging to Said Bead and I Give my Said son Samuel
Clifford forever all my land laying in the Parish of Kensington
be the Same forty four acres more or less laying in the first
West Division So Called and in the Second Range — and I
Give my Said son all my Implyments of husbandry and all my
Wearing Cloaths and all my money by me or Due to me and if
their be any thing that I have not Desposed of in this my Will
I Give it or them to my Executor — and I Do Constitute and
Appoint my son Samuel Clifford to be my Executor * * *
In Witness Whereof I the s'^ Samuel Clifford have hereunto
Set my hand and affixt my seal This Eighth Day of february:
anno: Domini 1760 and in the thirty third year of the Reign of
King George the second &c ^ , r-i-rr i
Samuel Clifford
[Witnesses] Simon Clifford, Theophilus Page, Ezekiel Dow.
[Proved April 27, 1763.]
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[Warrant, April 27, 1763, authorizing Theophilus Page and
Benjamin Brown, Jr., husbandman, both of Kensington, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 28, 1763; amount, £11,000.0.0;
signed by Theophilus Page and Benjamin Brown.]
JOHN HOLMES 1760 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Holmes of Portsmouth,
shipwright, granted to Jeremiah Holmes of Portsmouth, ship-
wright, Feb. 8, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 385.]
[Bond of Jeremiah Holmes, with Benjamin Holmes, mariner,
and James Holmes, shipwright, as sureties, all of Portsmouth,
in the sum of £500, Feb. 8, 1760, for the administration of the
estate ; witnesses, William Parker, Lydia Parker.]
SAMUEL LOVERING 1760 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Lovering of Kingston,
yeoman, granted to William Lovering of Kingston, yeoman,
Feb. II, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 388.]
[Bond of William Lovering, with John Thorne, yeoman, and
Josiah Bartlett, physician, as sureties, all of Kingston, in the
sum of £500, Feb. 11, 1760, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, Jr., Nathan Rowe.]
EBENEZER JOSE 1760 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God Amen I Ebenezer Jose of Portsmouth in
the Province of New Hampshire in New England Cooper being
at Present in an ill State of bodyly Health * * *
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Imprimis I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Ebenezer
Jose & to his heirs & assigns the moity or one half of all my
Estate Subject nevertheless to such Conditions restrictions &
reservations as are herein after mentioned & not otherwise —
Item — I give & bequeath to my beloved son Michael Dennis
Jose & to his heirs & assignes one moity or half Part of my Estate
afores*^ Subject nevertheless to such Conditions & reservations
and ristrictions as are herein after Expressed & not otherwise
Item — I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Joanna
Jose Two Hundred Pounds of the Value of the Present Currency
of the old Tener So called One Hundred Pounds to be paid her
by my Son Ebenez'' Jose the other Hundred Pounds thereof to
be paid her by my Son Michail Dennis Jose and each respec-
tively to Pay the Same within one Year after they respectivly
arrive at the age of Twenty one Years or their coming into the
Possession of the respective Legacies above s'* which soever
Shall last happen (if Personaly Demand by her) & not otherwise
and this is one of the Conditions mentioned in the respective
Legacys bequeathed them above —
Item My Will is & I hereby give & bequeath unto my beloved
wife Margret Jose the whole & Sole Improvement of my now
Dwelling House & the Land whereon it Stands togeather with
all the Gardens out Houses and also all the Furniture House-
hold Stufif & Utensells therein or thereunto belonging ; to have &
to hold the same during the Time She Continues my Widow &
no longer and then to revert to my Said Sons as above men-
tioned & this also is one of the Conditions & reservations made
in the respective Legacys given to my Said Sons as above
mentioned —
Item My Will is That it case it should happen that either of
my Said Sons should Die before he arives at the age of Twenty
one Years that the Survior Shall Have Hold & Enjoy the Legcy
herein before bequeathed to such son so Dying & the Said
Survivor in this Case to Pay to his Sister Joanna Four Hundred
Pounds (old Tenor as afore s'^) to be paid her at Such Period &
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on Such demand as is before in this will mentioned for the
Payment of One Hundred Pounds by my aforesaid sones re-
spectivly & this to be in Lieu of the s*^ Two hundred Pounds
before mentioned & in full of all her Demands by Virtue of this
my Will —
Lastly I do hereby also nominate Constitute & appoint my
beloved Wife Margret Jose Executrix & my much respected
Brother Cap" Joseph Hixon Executor of this my Will & Testa-
ment hereby revoking & Disannulling all others by me Excecuted
in Testamony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this
20*'' Day of Feb'^^ One thousand Seven hundred & Sixty —
Ebenezer Jose
[Witnesses] Niel Lamont, Theodore Atkinson Jun"", Richard
Servan.
A Codicil to be Annext to & taken as Part of my Last Will &
Testament,
Whereas I Ebenezer Jose of Portsmouth in New Hampshire
in New England have Executed a last will and Testament
Bearing Date the 20*^ Day of February Instant in which I have
Disposed of & order'd the Settlement of my Real & Personal
Estate but made therein no Particular Disposition of my Estate
that Desended to me from my Father Richard Jose late of Ports-
mouth Decease'd & as I have not in my said will order'd what
Part of my Estate shou'd be Disposed of for the Payment of my
Just Debts & Funeral Expences or for the Repayment of such
Debts as may be Contracted in my sickness. I do by these
Presents order & Direct that what ever may be my Part share
or Portion coming & belonging to me from my said Fathers
Estate shall be Disposed of for the Paym* of such Debts &
Funeral charges & I hereby Impower and Desire my said Exe-
cutors to sell & Dispose of the same and Apply the neat Proceeds
thereof as there shall be occation to answer the Ends aforesaid
Dated at Portsm° the 26^^ Day of Feb''>' 1760
Ebenezer Jose
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 521
[Witnesses] Theodore Atkinson Jun"", Abraham Crusey, Rich-
ard Servan,
[Proved March 26, 1760.]
EBENEZER HINSDALE 1760 DEERFIELD, MASS.
In the Name of God Amen I Ebenezer Hinsdale of Deerfield
in the County of Hampshire in the Province of the Massachu-
setts Bay in New England Esq' being very infirm and Weak in
Body, But of Sound and perfect Mind and Memory (Blessed be
God) Do this Twenty Third Day of February in the Year of our
Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty make and Publish
this my last Will and Testament * * *
And my real Estate and Personal Estate I dispose in the fol-
lowing manner, That is to say I give to my worthy and beloved
Wife Abigail all my Personal Estate of every sort wheresoever
the same is or may be at the Time of my decease to have and to
hold s'^ personal Estate to her the s'^ Abigail her Executors Ad-
ministrators and Assigns forever.
Also I give to my said wife all my real Estate lying and being
within the Township of Deerfield afores'^ and the District of
Greenfield, To have and to hold s'^ real Estate to her my said
Wife during the Term of her Natural Life and no longer And
to the Natural and lawfuU begotten Children of my Brother
Samuel Hinsdale who shall be living at the time of my said
wifes Decease Born or that shall be Born I give three Ninth
Parts of all my s"* real Estate in Deerfield and Greenfield afore-
said to be taken immediately upon my s^ Wife's decease and not
before, And to have and to hold the s^ three Ninth Parts to said
Children in the following manner and Proportion to wit in case
said Children shall be all male or all Female It is my will Intent
and meaning that said three Ninths shall be equally divided to
and among them and that each of said Children shall hold one
such equal Part and Share to him or Her and his or her Heirs
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and assigns forever; But in case it shall so happen that some of
said Children shall be Male and some Female It is my Will and
meaning that Each and every Male of said Children shall take
and have a share and Portion double to the share and Portion
of the Female of said Children and that the shares of the males
shall be equal the one to y*" other and that the shares of the
Females shall be Equal the one to the other and that Each one
of them both Male and Female shall have and hold their respec-
tive Shares to him and her, and to his and her Heirs & assigns
forever respectively.
Also to the natural Children of my Brother John Hinsdale
deceased, who shall be living at the Time of my said Wife's De-
cease I give two ninth Parts of all my said Real Estate in Deer-
field and Greenfield aforesaid to be taken immediately on my
said Wife's decease and not before, and to have and to hold the
said two ninth Parts to said Children in the following Manner
and Proportion, That is to say in case such Children shall be
all Male or all Female It is my Will and meaning that s'^ two
ninth Parts shall be equally divided between them, and that
each of said children shall hold one such equal Part and Share
to him or her and his or her Heirs and assigns forever. But in case
some of said Children shall be Male and some Female It is my
will and meaning that each and every Male among said Children
shall take and have a Portion and share double to the share and
Portion of the Female among said Children and that the Shares
of Each male shall be equal the one to the other & the Share of
Each Female shall also be equall the one to the Other, and that
Each one of them both Male & Female Shall have and hold
their Respective Shares to him & her & his & her Heirs and as-
signs Forever Respectively.
And to the Natural and lawfull begotten Children of my
Brother Elijah Williams Esq'' who shall be living at the Time of
my said Wife's decease, Born or that shall be Born I give Four
Ninth Parts of all my s^ real Estate in Deerfield and Greenfield
aforesaid to be taken immediately after my said Wife's decease,
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 523
and not before, and to have & to hold the four Ninth Parts to
them s^ Children in the following Manner and Proportion that
is to say in case such children shall be all Male or all Female,
It is my will that s'^ four Ninth Parts shall be equally divided
between them and that Each of said Children shall hold one
such equal Part & Share to him or her and his or her Heirs and
assigns Forever But in Case some of said Children shall be Male
and some Female It is my Will and meaning that Each & every
Male of said Children shall take and have a Portion and Share
Double to the Portion and Share of the the Female among said
Children and that the shares of Each Male (if there be more than
one) shall be equal the one to the other, and that the Shares of
the Females (if there shall be more than one) shall be equall the
one to the other and that each one of them both Male and Fe-
male shall have and hold their respective Shares to him and her
and his & her Heirs and assigns Forever respectively
Also I give to my s^ Wife Abigail all the residue of my Real
Estate wheresoever the same lies and is Situate either in this
or any other Province or Colony in America to have and to
hold the said Residue to her the said Abigail Heirs and assigns
forever to her Sole use & disposal forever
Also in Case Darius Hinsdale the Son of my Brother Samuel
Hinsdale shall be liberally Educated and shall be sent for such
Education to Harvard Colledge in Cambridge in New England ;
I give to said Darius Twenty Pounds Sterling Money of Great
Britain to be paid to him immediately on his being entred and
Admitted a Student of s^ Colledge, & in case s<i Darius shall
continue a Student of said Colledge one year I give to him an-
other Sum of Twenty Pounds Sterling to be paid to him at the
Expiration his s'^ First year & in case he shall continue a Student
at said Colledge two years I give him another Sum of Twenty
Pounds Sterling to be paid at the End of said Second year. And
in Case he shall continue a Student there three years I give him
s'^ Darius another Sum of Twenty Pounds Sterling to be paid
to him at the End of his Third Year, And in case he shall con-
524 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
tinue a Student of said Colledge Four Years and shall at the
end of said Four years be Honoured with the Degree of Bachelor
of Arts, at said Colledge I give him said Darius other Twenty
Pounds Sterling to be paid immediately after his being Ad-
mitted to Said Degree.
Also in case my Hon'^ Mother shall out live her present Hus-
band M'' George Beale I give to her my said Mother an annuity
of Forty Shillings Sterling to be paid to her every Year during
her Natural Life from and after her said Husband's decease.
And I hereby order that in case It should so happen that all
my Personal Estate besides and Exclusive of all Wearing ap-
parrell and all my Household Furniture and Utensils, of all
Sorts and all such Husbandry Implements & Utensills as my
Executor shall Judge Necessary for her own use; Shall not
Extend and be Sufficient to pay and satisfy all the Just Debts
which I shall owe at the Time of my decease, I say I Order that
my Executrix herein after Named shall Sell so much of any of
my Lands either in New Hampshire or this Province according
to her discretion as shall be necessary & Sufficient together with
my Personal Estate Exclusive of the Wearing apparrell House-
hold stuff and Husbandry Implements aboves^ to make Moneys
Enough to pay my s"^ Debts Notwithstanding the above demises
of the Remainder of my Estate in my Lands in Greenfield &
Deerfield after y Expiration of my Wife's said Term there in to
the Children of my Brethren above named, and in that case I
fully authorize and Impower my Executrix herein after Named
to make Sale of so much Land as aboves'^ and to make and
Execute all Such Deeds, and Instruments as shall be proper &
Needfull effectually to convey such Land to y Purchaser.
But if my Personal Estate exclusive of all Wearing apparrell
& all my Household Stuff and all such Husbandry Utensills as
abovesaid, shall be fully sufficient to pay my Just Debts; In
that Case It is my will and Intent that none of my Lands or
Real Estate either in Deerfield or Greenfield should be Sold to
pay Debts But that my Personal Estate not herein before Ex-
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 525
eluded and Excepted shall be improved & disposed to that
Purpose and it was my true meaning in the foregoing Gift and
Bequest thereof to my Said Wife that She should have the same
so charged —
And Lastly I hereby make and appoint my s^ Wife Abigail
sole Executrix * * *
Ebenezer Hinsdale
[Witnesses] Joseph Hawley, Thomas Williams, Moses Sever-
ance.
[Proved in Massachusetts Feb. 17, 1763, and in New Hamp-
shire March 2, 1763.]
[Inventory, filed March, 1764; amount, £119. 10. 10; personal
estate; signed by Peter Evans and Daniel Shattuck.]
ALEXANDER PARK 1760 WINDHAM
[Bond of Joseph Park, with Robert Park and Alexander Park
as sureties, all of Windham, yeomen, in the sum of £500, Feb,
26, 1760; for the administration of the estate of Alexander Park
of Windham, yeoman; witnesses, John Cochran, Robert Boyes.]
[Warrant, Feb. 26, 1760, authorizing John Cochran and Sam-
uel Morrison, both of Windham, gentlemen, to appraise the
estate; mentions Joseph Park as son of the deceased.]
[Inventory, March 8, 1760; amount, £4270. i. o; signed by
Samuel Morrison and John Cochran.]
ABIJAH FOSTER 1760 NEW IPSWICH
[Administration on the estate of Abijah Foster of New Ips-
wich, yeoman, granted to his widow, Mary Foster, March i,
1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 423.]
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[Bond of Mary Foster, with Samuel Kenney, yeoman, and
Timothy Heald, gentleman, as sureties, all of New Ipswich, in
the sum of £1000, March i, 1760, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Asa Bullard, Martha Brooks.]
[Inventory, March 19, 1760; amount, £140. 11. 7. 2; signed
by Ephraim Adams and Benjamin Adams.]
[Guardianship of Samuel Foster, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Abijah Foster, granted to Aaron Kidder of New
Ipswich April 25, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 549.]
[Bond of Aaron Kidder, with John Dutton and Ichabod Howe
as sureties, all of New Ipswich, yeomen, in the sum of £500,
April 25, 1760, for the guardianship of Samuel Foster; witnesses,
Francis Fletcher, Peter Fletcher.]
ELISHA JACKSON 1760 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Elisha Jackson of Portsmouth,
mariner, granted to Daniel Jackson of Portsmouth, gentleman,
March 3, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 395.]
[Bond of Daniel Jackson, gentleman, with Simeon Akerman,
boat-builder, and Richard Hart, shopkeeper, as sureties, all of
Portsmouth, in the sura of £500, March 3, 1760, for the admin-
istration of the estate of his son-in-law, Elisha Jackson; wit-
nesses, William Frost, William Parker.]
[Warrant, March 3, 1760, authorizing John Griffith and
Thomas Hatch, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 23, 1760; amount, £797. 17. o; signed by
John Griffith and Thomas Hatch.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 527
[Guardianship of Hannah Jackson, minor, aged more than
14 years, daughter of Eiisha Jackson, granted to WilHam Pearne
May 8, 1762.]
(Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 346.)
[Bond of William Pearne, mariner, with George Boyd, mari-
ner, and Ebenezer Odiorne, turner, as sureties, all of Portsmouth,
in the sum of £500, May 8, 1762, for the guardianship of Han-
nah Jackson, daughter of Eiisha Jackson, blockmaker; witnesses,
Samuel Aris, Joseph Lowe.]
[Guardianship of Hannah Jackson, minor, aged more than 14
years, daughter of Eiisha Jackson, granted to Joseph Lowe of
Portsmouth, tinman, Dec. 2, 1767.]
[Probate Records, vol. 25, p. 46.I
[Bond of Joseph Lowe, with Thomas Chadbourne, black-
smith, as surety, both of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Dec.
2, 1767, for the guardianship of Hannah Jackson; witnesses,
Peter Pearse, Robert Parkes.]
[Account of William Pearne, guardian; receipts, £296. 13. 4;
expenditures, £1983. 5. o; mentions "boarding Schooling &
Cloathing the said Ward from the 4*^ day of January 1755 till
the 2^ day of February 1763"; allowed Jan. 31, 1770.]
PHILIP McCARGIN 1760 HAMPSTEAD
[Petition of Dinah Robertson, Hampstead, March 8, 1760,
for the appointment of John Muzzey of Hampstead as guardian
of her son, Philip McCargin, aged less than 14 years.]
[Guardianship of Philip McCargin, aged less than 14 years,
son of Philip McCargin of Hampstead, yeoman, granted to
John Muzzey of Hampstead March 28, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 408.]
[Bond of John Muzzey, with Peter Eastman and Stephen
Johnson as sureties, all of Hampstead, in the sum of £1000,
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March 28, 1760, for the guardianship of PhiUp McCargin; wit-
nesses, William Parker, Solomon Loud, Jr.]
GEORGE WARREN 1760 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of George Warren of Ports-
mouth, blacksmith, granted to his widow, Elizabeth Warren,
March 21, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol 21, p 400.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Warren, with Robert Hart and John
Pendexter, butchers, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum
of £500, March 21, 1760, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, Solomon Loud, Jr.]
[Administration on the estate of George Warren granted to
his widow, Elizabeth Warren, and George Warren of Ports-
mouth, blacksmith, May 28, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol 21, p 448.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Warren and George Warren, yeoman,
both of Portsmouth, with John Pendexter of Portsmouth, yeo-
man, and Thomas Leighton of Newington, husbandman, as
sureties, in the sum of £3000, May 28, 1760, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, David Sewall, George Seward.]
[Warrant, May 28, 1760, authorizing Eleazer Russell and
Thomas Peirce, gentlemen, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the
estate; the same document was issued under date of March 21,
1760.]
[Inventory, Aug. 27, 1760; amount, £2675. 8. o; signed by
Eleazer Russell and Thomas Peirce.]
[Account of the administrators; receipts, as per inventory;
expenditures, £20. 19. 7><; allowed Oct. 29, 1766.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 529
DANIEL BURDITT 1760 MALDEN, MASS.
These may Certify that I Joanna Burditt Earnestly Desire
that m' Thomas Burditt of maiden may be Guardian of my only
Child Joanna Burditt who is about four years old
her
Joanna X Burditt
mark
[ Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Bond of Thomas Burditt of Maiden, Mass., cordwainer, with
Thomas Burditt of Medford, Mass., leather dresser, as surety, in
the sum of £500, March 24, 1760, for the guardianship of Joanna
Burditt, daughter of Daniel Burditt of Dunstable; witnesses,
Andrew Bordman and David Green.]
[Middlese.K Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Bond of Jonathan Green, gentleman, with Joanna Burditt,
widow, as surety, both of Maiden, Mass., in the sum of £500,
Nov. 28, 1763, for the guardianship of Joanna Burditt, minor, in
her ninth year, daughter of Daniel Burditt of Maiden, Mass. ;
witnesses, Andrew Bordman and Ebenezer Stedman.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
AMOS MAIN 1760 ROCHESTER
In y" Name of God Amen the twenty fourth Day of March one
Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty I Amos Main of the Town of
Rochester in ye Province of New Hampshire in New-England
Clerk being very weak in Body * * *
Imprimis I give & bequeath to my dearly beloved Wife
Elizabeth y'' produce of the one Third of My Homestead during
her widowed, & if she marries again then the Improvement of
one Third of My Homestead during her Natural Life.
Item I give and bequeath to My Said dearly beloved wife all
my Houshold goods to be disposed of by her w^hen she pleases
among her Daughters
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Item I give & bequeath to my Sd dearly beloved Wife My
Negro man Pomp to her, her Heirs, & assigns, and also my
Gelding Horse & my mare.
Item I give & bequeath to my S^ beloved Wife three Cows, &
all my Hiefers, to her Her Heirs & assigns.
Item I give & bequeath to My Said beloved Wife y« Improve-
ment of two or three Acres of My Homestead, where she pleases
for planting.
Item I give & bequeath to Said beloved wife & My Unmarried
daughters y" use of one half of My dwelling House, which half she
pleases, so long as she & they or any of them remain Unmarried.
Item I give & bequeath to My beloved Son Josiah all my
Homestead (excepting half an Acre, which I shall hereafter dis-
pose off for a Burying place, & a few rods w^ I shall hereafter
Mention, out of y lot which was originally John Busseys & y^
produce & improvement of part thereof as afore Said, together
with y*^ buildings thereon standing and all y^ appurtenances &
priviledges thereunto belonging excepting y*' use of part of Sd
House as above Said, To Him his Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to My S<^ beloved Son Josiah My
Home lot, which is Called y" Ministers lot, which fell to me by
Virtue of my being y^ first Settled Minister in Said Town of
Rochester, to him his Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item I give & bequeath to My Said beloved Son Josiah y®
Marsh in y^ Lot called y« Ministers Lot in y^ Second Division
of lands in S^ Rochester to him his Heirs and assigns for ever,
with y^ priviledge of passing too & from S^ Marsh as he shall
have occasion.
Item I give & bequeath to My S'^ beloved Son my Oxen &
Steers for y common use of y^ family
Item I give and bequeath to My Said beloved Son Josiah,
My Stallion Horse & one Cow
Item I give and bequeath to My S*^ beloved Son Josiah y«
whole of My third division lot which belongd to y^ Ministers
right or lot before Mentiond, to him his Hiers & assigns for ever.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 531
Item I give and bequeath to My beloved daughter Mary
Seventy Acres of land in y" Second Division of lands in S'^
Rochester, which I bought of M' John Wood, which originally
belongd to John Bussey, to Her, Her Heirs & Assigns for ever.
Item I give & bequeath to My beloved Daughters Elizabeth
& Lydia Two thirds of y'' Lot of Land in y^ Second Division in
S'^ Rochester which I bought of Jonathan Church, to be equally
divided between them, to them their Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item I give & bequeath to My beloved Daughters, Hannah,
Abigail & Mercy y« whole of My Lot in y« Second Division of
Rochester afrs^ belonging to y Ministers right before Mentioned,
excepting y<= Marsh before Mentioned, to be equally divided
between them, to them their Heirs & assigns for ever
Item It is My Will that My Said beloved Son Josiah receive
all My Outstanding Debts, & that he pay all my lawfuU debts
out of y'' Same So far as they will go: & if they are not enough
to discharge all my debts, then its my will that my Said Son
take or Sell so Much of My lands in S^ Rochester, as yet not
bequeathed as shall be Sufficient to discharge S*^ outstanding
Debts, & what remains of My Unbequeathed lands in Said
Rochester, after My Said debts are discharged, I give & be-
queath to all My afore Said Daughters, to be equally divided
between y™ to them their Heirs & assigns for ever
Item I give and bequeath to My beloved Grand Son Amos
main Hayes a Certain parcell of land belonging to y Lot I
bought of S'l John wood, which originally belong'd to S^ John
Buzzey, y* is to say y^ Home lot, begining by y^ main road y*
passes thro' y^ first Division of lands in S^ Rochester Joyning
to y« northeasterly Corner of Wentworth Hayes land, running by
S<^ Road Northwesterly four rods then taking y« four rods in
width, running Southwesterly by S^ Wentworth Hayes land
till Said Wentworth Hayes's tan pits are included and no farther,
to him his Heirs & assigns for ever, only y« S'^ Wentworth Hayes
to have y^ Improvement thereof, during his natural life.
Item I give & bequeath one half acre of land Square, Joyning
532 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
to y^ South-west Corner of y Burying place by y^ Meeting
House in S*^ Rochester for a Burying place for My family forever
Item I give and bequeath My whole Library to My S"^ Wife
& Children to be equally Divided between y" to y°* their Heirs
& assigns
Item I do hereby constitute make & ordain My S"^ Son Josiah
My Sole Executor * * *
Amos Main
[Witnesses] Charles Baker, Is"" Libby, Paul Libby.
[Proved April 30, 1760.]
[Inventory, July 28, 1760; amount, £5580. o. o; signed by
Edward Tibbetts and Isaac Libby.]
JONATHAN GARLAND 1760 HAMPTON
In the name of God Amen this twenty fifth Day of march
Anno Domini 1760 in the thirty third year of his Majestys
Reign Georg the second King over Grate Britain &c I Jonathan
Garland of Hampton in the Province of new Hampshier in new
England Cordwainer * * *
I I give and bequeath to the Children of my son Jonathan
Garland Deceased twenty shillings in money old tenor —
2"d I giyg an(j bequeath to my son Joseph Garland twenty
shillings in money old tenor —
3'y I give and bequeath to my Daughter Abigail Marston the
wife of David marston twenty shillings in money old tenor —
4^^ I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Tucke the wife
of Benjamin Tucke twenty shillings in money old tenor —
5th J gjyg and bequeath to my Daughter Rachel Johnson the
wife of Benjamin Johnson twenty shillings in money old tenor —
6th J giyg and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Garland one
fether bed and beding belonging to one bed and furnituer of it
and one Cow and also it is my will that my said Daughter Mary
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 533
shall have so much Puter and brass and Iron and wooden furni-
tuer for the furnishing a house as either of her Sisters that are
married had of me all to be provided for her by my son Samuel
Garland : further it is my will also that my said Daughter Mary
shall have liberty to live in the westly Room in my Dwelling
house so long as she Remains unmarried
y^^ I Give and bequeath to my son the said Samuel Garland my
Dwelling house Saveing onely the liberty for my said Daughter
Mary to live in the westly Room of my Dwelling house as afore
said. I also give and bequeath to my afore said son Samuel
Garland my barn and all my buildings in Hampton with all my
land and marsh and meadow Ground that I have laying in said
Hampton to gether with all my Right in the town ship of Chi-
chester in the Province afore Said with all my thatch Ground
laying at the Cross Beach, I also give to my said son Samuel
all my stock of Cattle and husbandry Implements that is I give
to my said son Samuel Garland all my estate Real and Parsonal
to him and to his heirs -and assigns for ever which I have not here
in other ways Dispoised of, and it is my will that my said son
Samuel garland Shall Pay my afore said Leaguses Just Debts
and funeral Charges. I Do Like wise Constitute make and or-
dain my said son Samuel Garland to be sole executor * * *
Jonathan Garland
[Witnesses] Samuel Dow, Samuel Palmer 3^^, Jonathan Dow.
[Proved May 28, 1760.]
[Warrant, May 28, 1760, authorizing Samuel Palmer and
Deacon Joseph Philbrick, both of Hampton, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, July 28, 1760; amount, £6948. 5. o; signed by
Samuel Palmer and Joseph Philbrick.]
534 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
SAMUEL HAINES 1760 GREENLAND
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Haines of Greenland,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Anna Haines, March 26, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 400.]
[Bond of Anna Haines, with Joshua Jenness of Rye, yeoman,
and Benjamin Parker of Portsmouth, shopkeeper, as sureties, in
the sum of £1000, March 26, 1760, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, Theodore Atkinson, Jr.]
[Warrant, March 26, 1760, authorizing Richard Jenness, 3d, of
Rye and John Folsom of Greenland, yeoman, to appraise the
estate.]
[Inventory, attested May 28, 1760; amount, £5319. 5. o;
signed by Richard Jenness, 3d, and John Folsom.]
PETER URIN 1760 SALEM
[Administration on the estate of Peter Urin of Salem, yeo-
man, granted to his widow, Ruth Urin, March 27, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 412.]
[Bond of Ruth Urin, with Peter Merrill, blacksmith, and Isaac
Clough, Jr., yeoman, as sureties, all of Salem, in the sum of
£500, March 27, 1760, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Edward Clark, Amos Merrill.]
[Warrant, March 27, 1760, authorizing John Hall and Edward
Clark, both of Salem, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 15, 1760; amount, £i959- 5- o; signed by
John Hall and Edward Clark.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 535
WILLIAM HOPKINS 1760 PORTSMOUTH
In the Name of God amen The Twenty Seventh Day of
March in the Year of our Lord Christ 1760, I WiUiam Hopkins
of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Blockmaker
being weak and low in Body * * *
Item I Give and Bequeath to My beloved Wife Elizabeth
Hopkins, her heirs and assigns forever My Dwelling House and
the Land thereto belonging with all the appurtenances thereof.
Also the whole of My Estate both real and personal Whereso-
ever and Whatsoever after My just Debts and funeral Charges
is payed out of the Same as aforesaid
And I the Said William Hopkins Do hereby Constitute Make
and Ordain My Said Wife Elizabeth Hopkins Sole Execu-
trix * * *
William Hopkins
[Witnesses] Israel True, Thomas Bickford, Hannah Bickford.
[Proved Nov. 25, 1761.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Hopkins, with Thomas Bickford, school-
master, and Titus Salter, merchant, as sureties, all of Ports-
mouth, in the sum of £500, Nov. 25, 1761, for the execution of
the will; witnesses, William Parker, Ichabod Libby.]
JONATHAN THING 1760 BRENTWOOD
In the Name of God Amen I Jonathan Thing of Brentwood
In y« Province of New Hampshire in New England Yeoman,
being weak of Body * * *
Item I Give Devise and Bequeath to my well Beloved Sons
Jonathan Thing and John Thing their heirs and assigns forever
all my Lands to be Equally Divided between them Immediately
after my Decease
Item I Give and bequeath to my Son Jonathan Thing the
Dwelling house that he now lives in and y« one half of my Barn,
536 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
and my will is y* my Son Jonathan Thing aforesd Should have
his part of my Whome place on y Westerly Side of Sd Place
Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son John Thing my Now-
Dwelling House and y one half of my Barn, and my will is y*
my Son John Thing aforesd Should have his part of my whome
place on y Easterley Side of Sd place
Item I Give to my well Beloved Daughter Elizabeth Thing y
Sum of Two Hundred and fifty Pounds old Tenor money when
She arives at y^ age of Eighteen Years, to be paid by my two
Sons aforesd
Item I Give to my well beloved Daughter Mehetable Thing y^
Sum of two Hundred and fifty Pounds old Tenor money to be
paid by my two Sons before mentioned when She arives at y
age of Eighteen Years
Item I Give to Each of my Daughters aforementioned (Viz)
Elizabeth Thing and Mehetable Thing a Cow and Calf Imme-
diately after my Discease and also to Each of my Sd Daughters
a pair of Sheep
Item I Give to my Sd Daughters Elizabeth Thing and Mehe-
table Thing all my Indoor Moveables Excepting my wearing
Apparrel, which I Give to my two Sons before mentioned
Item My Will is y* my two Daughters be brought up by my
two Sons aforesd at their Cost and Charge till they arive at y^
age of Eigteen Years
Item I Give Devise & Bequeath to my two Sons aforesd Viz
Jonath Thing and John Thing all y^ Rest of my Stock and all my
out Door moveables to be Equally Divided between them after
My Decease
Item I Give and Bequeath My Pew in Brentwood meeting
house to be Equally Divided between my four Children Namely
Jonathan Thing John Thing Elizabeth Thing & Mehetable
Thing
Finally I Do hereby Constitute Ordain and appoint My
Trusty and Well beloved Sons Jonathan Thing and John Thing
to be Executors * * * Jn Witness whereof I have hereunto
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 537
Set my hand and Seal this Twenty Seventh Day of March Anno
Domini 1760 and in y Thirty Third Year of his Majestys Reign
Jonathan Thing
[Witnesses] Nathaniel Trask, Gilman Lougee, Edward Thing.
[Proved April 30, 1760.]
[Warrant, April 30, 1760, authorizing Samuel Dudley and
Abraham Clark, both of Brentwood, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested May 27, 1760; amount, £12,245. o. o;
signed by Samuel Dudley and Abraham Clark.]
[Guardianship of Elizabeth Thing, minor, aged more than 14
years, daughter of Jonathan Thing of Brentwood, granted to
Jonathan Cram of Brentwood June 25, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 460.]
[Bond of Jonathan Cram, yeoman, with Jeremiah Rowe, yeo-
man, and Moses Lyford, tailor, as sureties, all of Brentwood, in
the sum of £500, June 25, 1760, for the guardianship of Elizabeth
Thing; witnesses, Solomon Loud, Jr., William Parker.]
DAVID CORLISS 1760 SALEM
[Administration on the estate of David Corliss of Salem, yeo-
man, granted to his widow, Hannah Corliss, March 28, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 407.]
[Bond of Hannah Corliss, with Peter Merrill, blacksmith, and
Isaac Clough, Jr., as sureties, all of Salem, in the sum of £500,
March 27, 1760, for the administration of the estate; witnesses,
Edward Clark, Amos Merrill.]
[Inventory, April 3, 1760; amount, £1681. 5. o; signed by
John Hall and Edward Clark.]
[Petition of Hannah Corliss, June 30, 1762, for licence to sell
real estate, stating that "the demands against the said Estate
538 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
amounts to the Sum of about 730 £ old Tenor besides Two young
Children at the time the dec*^ went into the army one of which
was Sickley and lived only about four months after the father,
and one Child the adm^ was big with at the time the dec<^ went
away which Child was only one month old at the time of his
decease"; licence granted the same date.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1681. 5. o; expendi-
tures the same; mentions "maintaing 3 Children of the dec^ to
this time being under age in the whole being 372 weeks, one only
4 years old now"; allowed June 7, 1763.]
DAVID MORRISON 1760 LONDONDERRY
[Bond of John Morrison, yeoman, with Abram Morrison,
cooper, and Alexander Craige, weaver, as sureties, all of Lon-
donderry, in the sum of £500, March 29, 1760, for the adminis-
tration of the estate of David Morrison of Londonderry, yeoman ;
witnesses, Robert Wallace, Hugh Young.]
[Warrant, March 29, 1760, authorizing Robert Wallace, gen-
tleman, and Hugh Young, yeoman, both of Londonderry, to ap-
praise the estate; mentions John Morrison as a brother of the
deceased.]
[Inventory, April 12, 1760; amount, £3868. 5. o; signed by
Robert Wallace and Hugh Young.]
WILLIAM HAINES 1760 GREENLAND
In the Name of God Amen I William Haines of Greenland in
the Province of New Hampshire Gen* being under Indisposition
of Body * * *
Item I give & Bequeath to Mary my beloved wife the use &
Improvement of the Room in my Dwelling House where we
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 539
usually Sit the Chamber over it the Bed Room we lodge in the
Dairy Room & the Poarch leading to the Well During her Life
I also give her to her own Disposal all my Houshold Goods &
moveables within Doors meaning my Furniture & utensils of
housekeeping I also give her my weaving Loom with all the Geer
& Tackle thereto belonging I also give her two Milch Cows &
the keeping of the same Winter & Summer & the Calves till they
shall be three months old Yearly During her Life I also give her
Eight cord of Good Merchanable Cord wood to be hal'd to her
Door Yearly During her Life & Cutt fit for her fire & Eight
Bushels of Corn, a Bushel of Good wheat two Bushels of malt
three Barrels of Cyder, one hundred pounds weight of good Pork
& the same quantity of good Beef five pounds of Sheeps wool
& three pounds of Gotten wool all & every of said particulars to
be provided & delivered to her Yearly at her House afores'^
I also give her my Saddle horse which I usually Ride & my part
of the Horse Chair & tackling which I have with my Son Wil-
liam —
Item I give to my Son Matthias twenty acres of Land more or
Less where he now lives bounded South Easterly by the Road
leading to Hampton on the South West by the Way leading from
said Road to John Langs on the North West by Land of said
Langs & on the North East by a Fence which parts said Twenty
Acres more or less from my other Lands said Fence running up
to the Country Road I also give him all my part share & interest
in the undivided Lands in the Town of Epsom in said Province
& one half part of my Right title & Interest in the Stream &
Sawmill at Greenland aforesaid on the Road leading to Stratham
at the place called the great Bridge & one half of an acre of
thatch ground Lying in the Parish of Rye all which premises I
devise to him my said son his Heirs & Assigns forever —
Item I give & Devise to my son William his Heirs & assigns all
my salt Marsh & Thatch ground in Greenland afores*^ and all
other my lands and Buildings & all Real Estate in Greenland
with the Reversion & Remainder of the Buildings aforesaid
540 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
devised & given to the use of my Wife besides what I have given
to his Brother Matthias as afores'* I also give my said son Wil-
Ham all the Residue & remainder of my personal Estate which
is not Disposed of in this my last will & I order him to provide
for his mother all the particulars herein before given to her as
aforesaid & in Defalt of his so Doing then She shall hereby have
full power & authority to enter upon & take the profits of any
part of my Real Estate herein given to the said William to the
full V'alue of what he shall fail of providing & Delivering to her
Yearly as afores*^
Item I give & Devise to my Son David the Bed & Beding
which he has of mine in his possession as also the Chains Sled
& other Utensils which he already has in his hands & for some
time has had & I also Confirm to him his Heirs & assigns all that
Land which I have given him by Deed already Executed all
which I intend to be his full part & all that he shall have of my
Estate —
Item I give & devise to my Son John that five hundred pounds
which I let him have to pay for the Land he purchased of Dud-
ley Ladd & Nathaniel Ladd & the Smiths anvil & other Tools
which I let him have with the Shop I built for him & half an acre
of thatch ground in the Parish of Rye all which he has already in
his hands & possession to his Heirs & assigns forever
Item I give to Patience Lock & Jonathan Lock the Children of
my Daughter Sarah Lock the late Wife of Jonathan Lock be-
sides what I have already given her in her life time the Sum of
fifteen pounds viz* to each Seven pounds Ten Shillings of the old
Tenor or other Bills of Credit or money equal to so much old
Tenor as it now passes to be paid within two Years after my
Decease to be paid by my Son William —
Item I give & bequeath my Grand Children John & Margaret
Johnson the Children of my Daughter Margaret Deceas'd the
Sum of fifteen pounds old Tenor as aforesaid that is Seven
pounds ten Shillings each to be paid by my Son William within
four Years after my Decease —
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 54 1
Item I give & bequeath to my Daughters Mary Johnson &
EHzabeth Jones each Fifteen Pounds old Tenor as aforcs"^ be-
sides what they have already had to be paid by my Son William
within four Years after my Decease
Lastly I Constitute & Appoint my Son William to be Sole
Executor * * * Jn Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett
my hand & Seal the first Day of April Anno Domini 1760 & in
the thirty third year of his Majesties Reign
Wiliam Haines
[Witnesses] Abraham Johnson, John Lang, Ebnezor Johnson
Jur.
[Proved Feb. 10, 1761.]
[Bond of William Haines, yeoman, with Matthias Haines,
gentleman, as surety, both of Greenland, in the sum of £1000,
Feb. 10, 1 761, for the execution of the will; witnesses, William
Parker, Solomon Loud, Jr.]
SAMUEL SEA VEY 1760 RYE
In the name of God amen the first day of Aprail, one thousand
Seven Hundred and Sixty I Samuel Sevey of Rye in the Province
of New Hampshire Husbandman Being Very Sick & Week in
Body * * *
Imprimis I Give & Bequeath to my well Beloved wife Abagail
Sevey one cow and all my house hold Goods to her dispose
amongst my Children for Ever also one third of all the income of
my Estate and one third of my house with fire wood Conveant
for her to be found by my Executor for and duering her Life time
Itam I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved Son Ithamy
Sevey the one halfe of my Right of Land in Jenness town to him
& to his Heirs and assigns for Ever
Itam I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved Son Samuel
Sevey Ju"" that house & Barn where he now Lives also the Land
542 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
he improves by Said house also the one halfe of my Land in
Jennes town to him & to his heirs & assigns for Ever.
Itam I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved Son Henry
Sevey the one halfe of my Land in the town Ship of Epsom to
him and to his Heirs and assigns for Ever
Itam I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved Son Jonathan
Sevey the one halfe of my Land in the township of Epsom to him
and to his Heirs and Assigns for ever also one hundred pounds
new tenor bills to be paid him by my Executore
Itam I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved Son Moses
Sevey and to his Heirs and assigns for Ever all my Estate Real &
Persnal where So Ever & what So Ever not other ways Disposed
of in this my Last will
Itam I Give to my Grandson Sam' Sandborn ten pounds New
tenor to be paid him by my Executor when he is twenty one years
old & if he Should dye befor then to be paid to his Brother
Nathaniel Sandborn
Itam I Give and Bequeath to my Grand Son Nathaniel Sand-
born ten pounds New tenor to be paid him by My Executore
when he Comes to the age of twenty one years and if he Shall dye
before he Comes to the age of twenty one years then to be paid
to his Brother Sam' Sandborn
Itam I Give unto my three Daughters twenty Pounds New
tenor Bill Each of them namely Abagail Clifford Mary Connor
and Mehetable Blue to be paid them by My Executour with in
one mounth after my Decease
Lastly I do by these Presents Constitute and appoint my Son
Moses Sevey to be my Sole Executor * * *
Samuel
his + Marke
Sevey
[Witnesses] Francis Lock, Henry Dow, Rich'' Jenness 3^.
[Proved Sept. 30, 1761.]
[Warrant, Sept. 30, 1761, authorizing Francis Locke and Sam-
uel Jenness, both of Rye, yeomen, to appraise the estate.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 543
[Inventory, Nov. 5, 1761; amount, £7720.0.0; signed by
Francis Locke and Samuel Jenness.]
JOHN MATTOON 1760 NEWMARKET
[Administration on the estate of John Mattoon of Newmarket,
mariner, granted to Hubartus Mattoon of Newmarket, black-
smith, April 2, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 463.]
[Bond of Hubartus Mattoon, with Jacob Fowler of Newmar-
ket, tailor, and John Dudley of Exeter, trader, as sureties, in the
sum of £1000, April 2, 1760, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Amos Seavey, Cutts Shannon.]
SAMUEL PERHAM 1760 NEW IPSWICH
[John Perham, aged and infirm, states that he is grandfather
of the children of Samuel Perham, and requests that his son,
Lemuel Perham of Dunstable, may administer the estate, and be
appointed guardian of the five children under 14 years of age;
dated Littleton, (Mass.), April 3, 1760.]
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Perham of New Ips-
wich, yeoman, granted to Lemuel Perham of Dunstable, Mass.,
yeoman, April 15, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 412.]
[Bond of Lemuel Perham of Dunstable, Mass., with Thomas
Lund and Oliver Woods, husbandmen, both of Dunstable, N. H.,
as sureties, in the sum of £500, April 15, 1760, for the adminis-
tration of the estate; witnesses, Phineas Lund, Jonathan Love-
well.l
544 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Warrant, April 15, 1760, authorizing Reuben Kidder, gentle-
man, and Joseph Bates, husbandman, both of New Ipswich, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 23, 1760; amount, £474. 6. o; signed by Reu-
ben Kidder and Joseph Bates.]
Province of Newhampshire Newipswich Janna'' y" 2'^ 1761
To The Right Honorable Richard Wibert Esq'' Judge of Pro-
bates —
Sir this is to Inform you that m'' Sam'^ Perham of this place &
wife Died Last March and Left Seven Children the youngest was
about nine months old and five of y^ youngest of S"^ Children have
no Guardeen : —
Your Humble Petisioners prayeth that you would grant (if
Such a thing may be) that Lemuel Perham may no Longer ad-
minister on y" Estate of y^ Deceas^ for he has Taken no Care to
pay anything for keeping S"* Children and hath Taken y Chief
of y Stock into his own hands which he might have Sold for the
Support of y Children which he Refused and Tels those which
have the Children that they must keep them or provide places
for them which they cannot by Reason of there being no money
for their Support and there is no body to Let them out for any
Term of Time the oldest of s'^ five is Eleven years old and y
administrator has paid Towards Cloathing S'^ Children Eighteen
Shillings and Sixpence in Sterling money, the most of s*^ Children
Remain at the places that in pity they ware taken to when their
parents ware Sick — We therefore Desire that your Honour
would be pleased to Consider us in our Difficulties as an Infant
Plantation and be plased to Give a Letter of administration to
Cap* Reuben Kidder and of Gaurdeenship for he appears a man
of Truth and fidelity and we make no Doubt he will Take faith-
full Care of y" poor fatherless and motherless Children that we
as an Inhabitants may not be at y^ Cost to Bring them up when
we Believe there is Estate Enough to pay all y Debts and Bring
up s"^ Children if Prudently managed —
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 545
But if Such a thing may not be as to put in a new Administra-
tor y Petisioners pray you would by some means Releive us from
these Difficulties and you'l greatly Oblige y Humble petisioners
and Servants —
Oliver Procter Benj* King
Jonas Woolson Isaac Appleton
John Dutton John Chandler
Eben"" Bullard John Dutten Ju
Joseph Bates Joseph Kidder
Ephraim Adams Benjamin Adams
Joseph Stevens
[Guardianship of Mary Perham, Lydia Perham, Sarah Per-
ham, Asa Perham, and Elizabeth Perham, aged less than 14
years, children of Samuel Perham, granted to Reuben Kidder of
New Ipswich, yeoman, Jan. 20, 1761.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 7.]
[Bond of Reuben Kidder, with Joseph Blanchard of Merri-
mack and Samuel Hobart of Dunstable, gentleman, as sureties,
in the sum of £1000, Jan. 20, 1761, for the guardianship of Mary,
Lydia, Sarah, Asa, and Elizabeth Perham; witnesses, Hercules
Mooney, William Parker.]
[Guardianship of Samuel Perham and Amos Perham, minors,
aged more than 14 years, children of Samuel Perham, granted to
Benjamin Adams of New Ipswich, yeoman, Feb. 24, 1761.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 30.]
[Bond of Benjamin Adams of New Ipswich, yeoman, with
Joseph Cotton, boat-builder, and John Elliot, glazier, both of
Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of £1000, Feb. 24, 1761, for
the guardianship of Samuel and Amos Perham; witnesses, Wil-
liam Parker, Solomon Loud, Jr.]
[Warrant, June 6, 1761, authorizing Jonathan Lovewell and
Jonathan Loud, gentleman, both of Dunstable, to receive claims
against the estate.]
546 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[List of claims, March 22, 1762; amount, £373. 7. 11; signed
by Jonathan Lovewell and Jonathan Lund.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £412. 13. 3; expendi-
tures, £139. 4. 2; mentions children, Samuel Perham, Amos
Perham, Lydia Perham; allowed May 5, 1762.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £373. 7. 11 ; amount
distributed, £273. 9. i; allowed May 22, 1762.]
AARON KIMBALL 1760 HOPKINTON
In The name of God Amen : I Aaren Kimball of new Hoepkin-
town so Caled In the proviance of new hampshear in new Eng-
land yamman * * *
secondly I Hearby Appoint my Beloved wife Susanah Kim-
ball Executer of this my last will — And
I Hearby Give to my wife Susanah Kimball all my personal
Estate Also I Give unto my beloved wife above said all the Im-
provement of my Homestead that is alredy under Improvement
so long as She Remains my Widow
thirdly I Give unto my sun Abel Kimball a fourty acher lot
He now lives on
Fourthly I Give unto my suns timothy Kimball and Abraham
Kimball all my home stead Containing by Estemation Eighty
achers also I Give to my sd suns Timothy and Abraham Kimball
a forty acher lot of land laying by land of Jotham How all sd
land to be Eaqualy Devided
fiftly I Give unto my sun Samuel Kimball a second Devishon
lot of land Containing by Estemation Eighty achers which lot I
purchesed of Jotham How
Sixthly I Give unto my three yongest suns Aaron Kimball
nathaniel Kimball and Phinias Kimball all my lands and medow
in the township of the above said hopkintown that I have not
alredy Disposed of and In Case one or more of my three yongest
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 547
suns Decese Before thay arive to the age of twenty one years
then he or thay that survive is to have the whole
Seventhly I Give unto my Daughter Elisabeth How five
pounds old tennor to be payed By my suns timothy and Abraham
Kimball in two years after my Decease :
Sly I Give unto my Daughter mary How Fifty pounds old
tennor to to Be payed by my suns timothy and Abraham in one
year after my Deceas
9ly I Give unto my Daughter Susannah Kimball one hundred
and fifty pounds old tennor to be payed By my suns timothy and
Abraham at the age of Eighteen
loly I Give unto my Daughter Ruth Kimball one hundred
and fifty pounds old tennor to be payed By my Suns timothy and
Abraham above said at the age of Eighteen
The Above Leageses to be payed Eaqualy by the above said
Timothy Kimball and Abraham Kimball in money at the Same
Value as it is at this Day
In testemony of all which I have Hear to Set my Hand and
seal this fifth Day of Aprill anno Domini one thousand seven
Hundred and sixty and in the thirty third year of His majesties
Reign
Aron kimball
[Witnesses] Nathan Kimball, Samuel kimball, Benj'^ Gage.
[Proved Aug. 27, 1760.]
[Inventory, Nov. 20, 1760; amount, £14,514, 14. 6; signed
by Ezra Carter and Matthew Stanley.]
JOSEPH MERRILL 1760 STRATHAM
In the name of God amen the Sixteenth Day of april 1760 —
Joseph merril of Stratham in the province of newhempshir in new
England Shoomaker Being well in Body * * *
Imprimis I Give and Bequeath to Charity Merril my beloved
wife the norwest End of my Dweling house and one third of my
548 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
Seler & twenty Rods of Land near my Dweling house and the
Liberty of water at my well So Long as She Lives my widow and
my executor hear after named shall provide for my said wife
three Cord & a half of fier wood a year yealy So Long as she
Lives my widow : and I Give to my Said wife the income of one
Cow & two Sheep So Long as she Lives my widow and my Said
wife to tak her Chois of my Cows and Sheep and my Executor
hear after named shall keep said Cow and sheep sumer and
winter so Long as she Lives my widow and I give to my Said wife
fifteen bushels of Ingin Corn & fifteen pounds of Flax a year
yearly So Long as She Lives my widow from the Swilgle and I
give to my said wife two Cyder Barrals and to be fild with good
cyder and apals for my wifes own use and fifty pound of Beef a
year yearly as She Lives my widow and I give to my Said wife
one Swine and to be parstred by my Executor hear after named
so long as she Live my widow and all to be paid and Dun by my
Executer hear after named for my widow that is above writen
yearly So long as She Remains my widow and if my Said wife
Shold marry again then She is to quit all these things above
writen and to have only hir thirds of my Estate
Itim I Give to my Beloved Son Joseph merril five pounds in
money or pasable Bills of Credit old tener to be paid out of my
estate by my Executor hear after named with in two year after
my Decease I have given to my Son Joseph merril formerly what
I thought was proper for him
Itim I Give to my beloved Son Dainel merril five pounds in
money or passable bill of Credit old tener to be paid out of my
Estate by my Executor hear after named with in two year after
my Decease I have Given to my Son Dainel merril formerly what
I though w^as proper for him
Itim I Give to my beloved Son James merril five pounds in
money or passable bills of Credit old tener or one half of my
wearing Close which the Said J aims pleases to be paid by my
Executer hearafter named with in two three mounths after my
Decease
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 549
Itim I Give to my beloved Daughter Elizabath Lavitt five
pounds in money or passable Bills of Credit old tener and my
handiorns to be paid by my Executor hear after named within
two year after my Deceas
Itim I Give to my Granson Josiah Lavitt Sixteen Dolers or the
Valey of it in marchentable pay to be paid by my Executor hear-
after named to be paid to the Said Josiah when he Coms to be
one and twenty years of age if then Living outherwas for to
Return to my Son Benjamin one half and the outher to my
Daughter Elizabath Lavitt
Itim I Give to my Beloved Daughter Ester merril fifty pounds
of money or passable Bills of Credit old tener and a Cow and Calf
and a Brass kittel and Still and kulinder and two Sheep to be
paid by my Executer and Deliverd that is my Executor hear after
named is to pay the Said Ester the fifty pounds & Deliver the
outher things above menshened to the above Said Ester when
she is of Eighteen years of age and the Bed that the said Ester
Lies on
Itim my Will is that my Wife shall have the houshold goods
that she Brough with her and one half of all the houshold goods
that we have got together since we ware marrid, and my Son
Benjamin merril shall find my said wife a hors for her to Ride on
So long as she Lives my widow and if my said wife shold marrey
again then She is to quit all these things above written
Itim I Give to my beloved Son Benjamin Merril the East end
and back part of my Dweling house and Barn and I Give all my
Land in Stratham to my son Benjamin merril and his Heirs &
assings for Ever, and I give all my Cattel and Sheep and hors &
Swine to my son benjamin merril that are not gifen away befor
and my Said Son Benjamin is to have my shop & tools with all
my LTetensels for husbandtri of what nater or kind so ever & the
bed & beding that he now Lies upon and my gun & Loome &
sadil & Bridel & Cyder Barrils & malt Barrils & a lorn Kittel
to be my said Benjmin merril and I ordar my son Benjamin
merrill to pay all my honest Debts and all the Legeses above
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mensined in my will & give me & my wife a Deaseant burel my
will is that my Son Benjamin merril is to have one half of my
Close I Likewise Constitut and make & ordain my Said Son
Benjamin merril my Sole Executor * * *
Joseph merrill
[Witnesses] Jacob Low, Thomas Moore Jun., William Moore
Jun^
[Proved March 27, 1771.]
[Bond of Benjamin Merrill, with William Moore, 3d, and
Jacob Lowe as sureties, all of Stratharn, in the sum of £500,
March 27, 1771, for the execution of the will; witnesses, Samuel
Hale, Jr., Joseph Boyd.]
PHINEAS STEVENS 1760 CHARLESTOWN
[Administration on the estate of Phineas Stevens of Charles-
town, gentleman, granted to his widow, Elizabeth Stevens,
April 16, 1760.]
(Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 488.]
[Bond of Elizabeth Stevens, with John Hastings, Jr., and
William Heywood, yeomen, as sureties, all of Charlestown, in the
sum of £500, April 16, 1760, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Benjamin Bellows, Samuel Hunt.]
[Warrant, April 16, 1760, authorizing Isaac Parker and John
Hastings, Jr., both of Charlestown, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory; attested Dec. 27, 1760; amount, £347. 3. o; signed
by Isaac Parker and John Hastings.]
[Warrant, May 8, 1761, authorizing Isaac Parker, Samuel
Hunt, gentlemen, John Hastings, Jr., William Heywood, and
Stephen Farnsworth, yeomen, all of Charlestown, to divide the
real estate.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 551
Province of 1 Agreable to the Warrant Exhibited to us
N. Hampshire J y° Subscribers by y« Judge of the Probate of
wills, for the Dividing of y« Estate of Cap* Phinehas Stevens Late
of Charlestown Deceas'd finding the Real Estate to be £93. 10 —
Sterling Money of Great Britton after the Debts being paid, of
which Sum we have set of to y" widow Elizabeth Stevans Relect
to y« Intestate £31 in Land & three & four pence in Money being
her Dower or thirds of y« above £93. 10. Viz 2 three acre Lotts
N° 36 & 37 in the first Division of Interval at £21 — also i six
acre Lott N° 41 in y" fourth Division of Interval at £10 — Mak-
ing £31 —
The Remainder of y^ Real Estate being Sixty two pounds Ten
shillings Lying 111 Convenient for a Division we Judge it best to
be Settled upon Sam' Stevens the Eldest son to the Intestate
upon his paying to Each of y" Heirs y sum of six pounds four
shilling & Eight pence Sterling Money Viz. To Willard, & Simon,
Enos, Mary, Phinehas Catharine Prudence & Solomon Stevens
being all Heirs to the Deceas'd Allowing Sam' Stevens to be
Equal to two of y^ other Heirs and three shilling & four pence
Sterling to y* widow makes in y® whole £62 — 10 —
The Estate that is to be Settled on s^ Sam' Stevens is as fol-
lows Viz —
3 5 acre Lotts N° 61 : 62 & 63 in y^ Second Division of Interval
at £54 —
I 6 Acre Lott N° 32 in y fourth Division D'' £8. 10 — £62.
10 —
Charlestown y« 25^^ august 1761 j^^^^ p^^j^^^ ^
W"" Heywood / Com**«
JONATHAN HUBBARD 1760 CHARLESTOWN
[Administration on the estate of Jonathan Hubbard of
Charlestown, gentleman, granted to Benjamin Bellows of Wal-
pole April 16, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 412. |
552 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Benjamin Bellows of Walpole, with Theodore At-
kinson and Daniel Peirce, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, April 16, 1760, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, Theodore Atkinson, Jr., Joseph Weeks.]
[Warrant, April 16, 1760, authorizing Isaac Parker, gentle-
man, and John Hastings, Jr., both of Charlestown, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 26, 1760; amount, £98. o. 3; signed
by Isaac Parker and John Hastings, Jr.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £99. 11. 8; not
signed.]
[Bond of Amos Whitney, gentleman, with Zachariah Emery,
yeoman, as surety, both of Townsend, Mass., in the sum of
£500, Oct. 16, 1 761, for the guardianship of Jonathan Hubbard,
minor, in his fifteenth year, son of Jonathan Hubbard ; witnesses,
Eleazer Green, Jr., and Abel Lawrence.]
[Middlesex Co., Mass., Probate Files.]
[Guardianship of Samuel Hubbard, minor, aged more than
14 years, son of Jonathan Hubbard, granted to Benjamin
Bellows March 11, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 442.]
[Bond of Benjamin Bellows of Walpole, with Samuel Stevens
and Simeon Olcott, gentleman, both of Charlestown, as sure-
ties, in the sum of £1000, March 11, 1765, for the guardianship
of Samuel Hubbard; witnesses, John Holt, Benjamin Bellows,
Jr.]
JOSEPH WOOD 1760 CHARLESTOWN
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Wood of Charlestown,
yeoman, granted to Benjamin Bellows of Walpole April 16,
1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 412.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 553
[Bond of Benjamin Bellows, with Theodore Atkinson and
Daniel Peirce, both of Portsmouth, as sureties, in the sum of
£500, April 16, 1760, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, Theodore Atkinson, Jr., Joseph Weeks.]
[Warrant, April i6, 1760, authorizing Isaac Parker, gentle-
man, and John Hastings, Jr., yeoman, both of Charlestown, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 26, 1760; amount, £61. 10. 3;
signed by Isaac Parker and John Hastings, Jr.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £53. 5. 8.]
DORCAS WARD 1760 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Dorcas Ward of Portsmouth,
widow, granted to Henry Sherburne of Portsmouth, gentleman,
April 17, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 413.]
[Bond of Henry Sherburne, with John Pendexter, butcher,
and John Gunnison, tailor, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the
sum of £500, April 17, 1760, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker, Solomon Loud, Jr.]
[Inventory, April, 1760; amount, £2182. i. 3; signed by Sam-
uel Sherburne and Thomas Peirce.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £2172. 3. 3; expendi-
tures, £994. 17. o; mentions "Expense for Nahum a Son Shoes
&c his board &c. from March 29, 1760, to march 31, 1762 being
104 weeks he having been kept School during that time ....
nursing negro Woman in her Sickness"; allowed March 31,
1762.]
[Additional account; receipts, £1177. 6. 3; expenditures, £497.
6.3; mentions "Eight Munths Board of Nahum from first of
April till Last of Nov"; allowed June 2"], 1764.]
554 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Additional account; receipts, £771. 18. o; expenditures, £123.
18. 3; mentions Nahum Ward, son of the deceased; allowed Aug.
31. 1769.1
[Guardianship of Nahum Ward, minor, aged more than 14
years, son of Nahum Ward, granted to Noah Parker of Ports-
mouth, gunsmith, Oct. 30, 1765.]
[Probate Records, vol. 24, p. 23.]
[Bond of Noah Parker, with George Gains and Edmund Davis,
joiners, as sureties, all of Portsmouth, in the sum of £500, Oct.
30, 1765, for the guardianship of Nahum Ward; witnesses,
Richard Wibird Penhallow, William Parker.]
JACOB GALE 1760 KINGSTON
In the Name of God Amen: the 22^ day of April 1760 I Jacob
Gale of Kingstown in the Province of New Hamps: in New
England, Inn holder; being now Sick in Body * * *
Imp^ I Give and Bequeath unto Susanna my now dearly
beloved wife the one third part of all my personal estate to her,
her Hiers & Assigns for ever, & to be at her dispose; Likewise I
Give to my s^ wife Dureing he Natural Life the One Third part
of my Real Estate, and my dwelling House and Barn I Give to
her only so Long as she remains my widow —
And I do hereby Constitute make & ordain my s^ wife & my
son Daniel to be sole Executors of this my Last Will & Testa-
ment —
And my Will is that my Executors pay all my Honest debts;
and gather & Collect all my debts that are due to me —
Further I Give to my s^ wife Susanna, & my s*^ Son Daniel
my Said Executors the remaining two thirds of my Estate;
by them to be enjoyed & Improved; for the Support of my
younger Children until they & Each of them arrives to the age of
fourteen years ; and hereby will & order them to take Care of &
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 555
provide for each of them until they arrive to that age ; and then
viz: when my youngest Child Liveing Shall be fourteen years
old, my will is that the s*^ two thirds of my Estate both Real &
personal be divided to & among my Children in the following
manner viz: my sons Jacob, Daniel, Eliphalet, Amos, Eli, Ben-
jamin, John Collins & Stephen be all Equal in all their parts &
shares (Saveing & Excepting the s*^ Amos) whose share or part
my will is that it shall be ten dollars Less than one of the other
sons ; and my Daughters viz : Susanna now the wife of Nathanael
Bachelder, & Mary, shall be Equal in their shares or parts but
their shares or parts to be but Half so much as the sons; And
I haveing furnished my s'* daughter Susanna for House keeping
in order for marrying &c to the amount of 200 Dollars which is
to be allowed towards her part and so I Give & Bequeath the s<^
two thirds of my Estate to my s'^ Children as abovementioned to
be divided among them viz: the s^ Sons to be Equal in their
shares or parts : (Saveing & Excepting Amos) as bovementioned
whose part is to be Ten Dollars Less than another share and a
daughters share or part to be but Half so much as a sons and so
my s*^ Daughters in that proportion to be Equal, allowing &
Includeing the above mentioned sum which she has already
receiv'd, it being deliver'd to her in January 1757: And then the
other remaining Third with the Dwelling House & Barn I will
at the Decease of s^ wife to be divided to & among my s** Chil-
dren in the forementioned proportion; only without Exception
viz my s'^ sons to be Equal therein, and my s*^ Daughters also
to be Equal ; tho but Half So much as a son : and so my s*^ Chil-
dren my s'^ Estate in the forementioned Manner; To Have And
To Hold to them their Hiers & assigns forever; And further I
Will & order that the forementioned Division of my s*^ Estate
at Each of the Seasons there of be made & Set off to my s<^
Children by five of the Selectmen for the Town of Kingstown,
(or within the Town of s^ Kingstown) that shall then be in the
office of Select men, or the Major part of them * * *
Jacob Gale
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[Witnesses] Jeremy Webster, Daniel Rowell, William Witcher.
[Proved June i6, 1760.]
[Warrant, June 16, 1760, authorizing Jeremy Webster and
William Parker, both of Kingston, gentlemen, to appraise the
estate.]
[Amos Gale, son of Jacob Gale, makes choice of his mother,
Susanna Gale, as his guardian Jan. 21, 1761; witnesses, Jeremy
Webster, Daniel Gale.]
[Guardianship of Amos Gale, minor, aged more than 14 years,
son of Jacob Gale, granted to Susanna Gale of Kingston Jan.
28, 1761.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 18.]
[Bond of Susanna Gale, widow, with Jeremy Webster and
Daniel Gale, yeoman, as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of
£500, Jan. 28, 1 761, for the guardianship of Amos Gale; wit-
ness, Solomon Loud, Jr.]
[Guardianship of Eli Gale, minor, aged more than 14 years,
son of Jacob Gale, granted to Nathaniel Batchelder March 14,
1763-]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 542.]
[Bond of Nathaniel Batchelder, yeoman, with Jeremy Webster
and William Parker as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of
£500, March 14, 1763, for the guardianship of Eli Gale; wit-
nesses, John Elliot, Jonathan Currier.]
THOMAS EASTMAN 1760 DANVILLE
In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Eastman of Hawke in
Province of New Hampshire being bound abroad in the Ex-
pedition against Canada * * *
Item. I give & bequeathe to my Brother obadiah Eastman
his heirs & Assigns Seven hundred pounds Old Ten"" as money
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 557
now is viz* Dollars at Six pounds a piece to be paid him in one
Year after my Decease by my Executer hereafter named —
Item I give & bequeath to my Brother Ebenezer Eastman
Seven hundred pounds old Ten"^ as money now is, when he shall
arrive to the age of twenty one years to be paid him by my
Executor hereafter mentioned.
Item I give & bequeath to my Sister Sarah Eastman One hun-
dred pounds Old Ten'' as money now is to be paid her by my
Executor when she arrives to the age of Eighteen Years —
Item I give & bequeath to my Sister Mary Eastman One
hundred pounds old Ten"" to be paid her by my Executor when
she arrives to the age of Eighteen Years, as the money now is —
Item I give & bequeath to my Brother Edward Eastman his
heirs & Assigns for ever all the residue of my Estate both real
& personal wherever the same is or may be found with all Debts
& monies that at the time of my Decease may be due & justly
coming to me
My will further is that if my said brother Ebenezer Should die
before he is twenty one years of age that the money herein given
him shall be equally divided between my said Sisters Mary &
Sarah & paid to them accordingly — or if either of my said
Sisters should die before they are respectively eighteen years of
age that what is given them be paid the Survivor —
& I hereby Constitute & appoint my said Brother Edward
Eastman Sole Executor * * * in Witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand & Seal the 24.*^ Day of April Anno
Domini one thousand Seven hundred & Sixty —
Thomas Eastman
[Witnesses] Elizabeth Parker, Eliphalet Coffin, W Parker.
[Proved Dec. 23, 1760.]
[Bond of Edward Eastman, yeoman, with Thomas Wadleigh,
yeoman, and Thomas Welch, innholder, as sureties, all of Hawke,
in the sum of £1000, Dec. 24, 1760, for the execution of the will;
witnesses, Elizabeth Parker, William Parker.]
558 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Guardianship of Ebenezer Eastman, minor, aged more than
14 years, son of Thomas Eastman, granted to Jonathan Fifield,
Jr., of Hampton Falls, yeoman, March 17, 1761.]
[Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 50.]
[Bond of Jonathan Fifield, Jr., with Thomas Wiggin, gentle-
man, and Joseph Fifield, yeoman, both of Stratham, as sureties,
in the sum of £500, March 17, 1761, for the guardianship of
Ebenezer Eastman; witnesses, Richard Nelson, Cutts Shannon,]
JOSHUA NEAL 1760 • STRATHAM
In the Name of God Amen, the twenty fourth Day of April,
in the year of our Lord God one Thousand Seven Hundred and
Sixty I Joshua Neal of Stratham in the Province of New Hamp-
shire Gentleman, being weak in Body * * *
Imprimis. I give and Bequeath unto Abigael, my well Beloved
wife the whole Use and improvement of all my Home place
where I now Dwell both House and Land; and also the use &
improvement of one third part of my Land & Buildings at my
Farm where I formerly Dwelt; and also the use & improvement
of all my Household Goods, During her Natural Life; also I
give to my Said wife one Cow, and all my Sheep, and all the
Swine at my Door, and all the Provisions I now have in my
House, and all the Money I Shall have by me at my Decease;
and Two Hundred Pounds in Money of the old Tenor to be
paid her out of my Estate within twelve Months after my
Decease ; and also Six Cords of wood per year yearly During her
Natural Life to be Delivered to her Equally by my Executors
hereafter Named.
Item. I give unto my two Grand Daughters viz* Elizabeth
Grif^th and olive Griffith their Heirs and Assigns, Two Hundred
Spanish Mill'd Dollers; or so much of other Money as Shall be
Equal to two Hundred Dollers, to be Equally Divided between
them, and paid to them when they Shall come to the age of
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 559
twenty one Years, or Marriage Day, And in Case that Either
of them Shall Die before She Arrives to that Age or Marriage Day
that the whole Sum be paid to the Surviving one if it Arrives
to the Abovesaid time. And in Case that Neither of them Shall
Arrive to that Age or Marriage Day, My Will is that Said Sum
be paid to my two Daughters Anna Veazey and Abigael Cate
or to their Heirs, Equally to Each.
Item I give Unto my Grandson Stephen Cate his Heirs and
Assigns All my Home place where I now Dwell both House and
Land and he to come into Possession thereof at the Age of twenty
one years, if my Said wife has Done with the improvement
thereof by that time, also I give Said Stephen my Gun, to be
Deliver'd to him at the Age of twenty one years.
Item. I give to my Grandson Joshua Veazey his Heirs and
Assigns one Hundred Spanish Mill'd Dollers, or so much other
Money as Shall be Equal thereunto, to be paid out of my Es-
tate when he Shall Arrive to the Age of twenty one Years.
Item. I give unto my two Daughters their Heirs and Assigns
viz* Anna Veazey and Abigael Cate, (after all my Debts and
Legacies, and Funeral Charges are paid) all the Remainder of
my Estate both Real and Personal, whatsoever & wheresoever
which I have not given away as aforesaid, to be Equally Divided
between them.
And further my Will is, and I do hereby Constitute Appoint
and Ordain my two Sons in Law viz* Thomas Veazey and Sam-
uel Cate my Sole Executors * * *
Joshua Neal
[Witnesses] Samuel Veasey, Samuel Leavitt, Sam' Lane.
[Proved May 28, 1760.]
[Bond of Thomas Veasey and Samuel Cate, both of Stratham,
yeomen, with Hubartus Neal of Newmarket, gentleman, and
Samuel Leavitt of Straham, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of
£5000, May 28, 1760, for the execution of the will; witnesses,
David Sewall, Samuel Lane.]
56o NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
ROBERT MASON 1760 DURHAM
In the Name of God Amen —
the Twenty fifth day of april in the year of our Lord one
Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty I Robert Mason of Durham
in newhampshire in newengland husbandman being Sick and
in a Low Condition * * *
Item I give and bequath my Daughter mary mason five
ShiUings to be paid to her when she arives to the age of Eighten
years by my Said Executrex —
Item I give and bequath to my Daughter Temprance mason
five ShiUings to be paid her by my Executrex when she a rives
to the age of Eight years
Item I give and bequath to my Son Lemuel mason five shil-
lings to be paid by my Executrex when she Coms to be Twenty
one years of age —
Item I give and bequath unto my Loveing wife Susana mason
all the Remaining part of my Estate in the Town of Durham
both Real and personal to her and her hairs and assigns for
Ever To have and To hold —
and I do hereby make ordain and appoint my Said Loveing
wife Susana mason my Sole Executrex * * *
Robert Mason
[Witnesses] John Adams, Thomas young, Josiah Hilton,
[Proved May 28, 1760.]
[Inventory, June 18, 1760; amount, £1523. 4. o; signed by
Thomas Young and Walter Bryent.]
JAMES WHITING 1760 HOLLIS
[Claims of James Whiting, April 26, 1760, against the estate
of his father, James Whiting of Hollis, deceased; amount,
£257. 18. o; mentions "my brother .... Docf Hall for his
Bill for visits and medicines for the Deceased & wife when sick" ;
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 561
claimant desires "Administration may not be Granted to any
other person as I am an heir and the bigest Creditor and being
obliged to go in the war desire the Adm" may rest untill I return
next fall if Providence admit of it."]
JOSEPH PERKINS 1760 HAMPTON FALLS
In the Name of God Amen this Twenty Ninth day of April
anno domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty: I Joseph
Perkins of Hampton falls in the Province of New Hampshire
in New England yeoman being Sick and weak in body * * *
Secondly. I Give and Bequeth unto my well beloved wife
Elesebeth Perkins my Riding Beast I also give my wife the one
third Part of all my Land and marsh which in Right that doth
to me belong for her to use and Improve as Long as she shall
Remain my widow I also Give my said wife all my houshold
goods within doors for her use and Improvment and for her to
dispose of to my Children as She Shall See fit
3'^'y I Give and Bequeth unto my Son Benjamin Perkins & his
heirs for Ever that twelve acres of up Land Laying on the falls
River Eastward of my Dwelling house which twelve acres of
Land I Bought of Abraham Dow: I also Give my Said Son Ben-
jamin four Acres of Salt marsh Laying in hampton falls at a
Place Called Perkens Neeck to be the East End of my marsh
there I also order my Son David Perkins to Deliver to my Said
Son Benj" one good Cow when he Shall Come to the age of
twenty one years I also order my Said Son Benj" Shall be Put
out to Som Sutable Trade at Convenant age: I order my Ex-
ecutor here after Named shall Improve what I have given My
Son Benj " in this my will untill he the Said Benj " Shall Com to
the Age of Twenty one years : —
^thiy J Give unto my Daughter Lydia Swain wife to william
Swain of Hampton falls Junour Twenty Pounds old tenor to be
Leavid out of my Estate and and be Paid within one year after
my Decease: to be Paid by my Executor here after Named:
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^thiy J Give and Bequeth unto my Daughter Sarah Perkins
Two Hundred Pounds old tenor in money or houshold goods to
be Leavid out of my Estate and to be Paid by my Executor
within two years after my Decease to be money or goods which
Shall Then best Sute him to Pay : — but and if She Shall marry
within two year after my Decease then he my Executor Shall
Pay her the money or goods on her marrage;
5th ly J Give and Bequeth unto my Daughter Hannah Perkins
Two Hundred Pounds old Tenor in money or houshold goods to
be Leavid out of my Estate and to be Paid her by My Executor
hereafter Named when She Shall Come to the age of Eighteen
year: to be money or goods which Shall best Sute my Executor
at that time: I also order my said Daughter Hannah Shall be
Brought up on my Estate until She Shall Come to the age of
Eighteen year : by my Executor here after Named
ythiy 2^pj(j Lastly I make and ordain my Son David Perkins Soal
Executor to this my will : I Give and bequeth unto him my Son
David he Paying and Preforming what I have ordered him to
Pay and Preform in this my will to him and to his heirs and as-
signs for Ever all my whole Estate which I have Not Disposed
of alreaddy in this my will as Land marsh Buildings Cattle
Sheep and Swine with my Impliments of Husbandry or hus-
bandry tools or any Estate or Part of Estate whatsoever with
Those Parts I have given of my Estate to my wife the Improv-
ment of for a Term of time when the time of her Improvment
IS out * * *
Joseph Pearkins
[Witnesses] John Pierce, Ebenezer Tucker Jun, Abner Phil-
brick.
[Proved June 24, 1761.]
[Warrant, June 24, 1761, authorizing Jonathan Fifield, Jr.,
and Henry Roby, both of Hampton Falls, yeoman, to appraise
the estate.]
[Inventory, Aug. 3, 1761; amount, £10,178. o. o; signed by
Henry Roby and Jonathan Fifield.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 563
JONATHAN SANBORN 1760 KINGSTON
In the Name of God Amen this 7*'' Day of may 1760 I Jona-
than Sanborn of Kingston in the Province of New Hampshire in
New England Yeoman * * *
Imp^ I Give & Bequeath unto Hannah my now well Beloved
wife the one half of my home Place that is to say as I have Be-
fore Disposed of one half of what was formerly my home Place
by Deed I Give to my said wife one half of the Remainder with
one third Part of the House & Barn standing on said Place for
her use & improvement so Long as she Remains my widow:
further I Give & Bequeath to my said wife two Cows two sheep
& one swine to her her Hiers and assigns forever also all the
Household stuff that she Brought with her to me that shall be
found in being at my Discease also the Priviledge of Cutting a
Load of hay yearly on my Land in the mill Pond meadow so
Called so Long as she Remains my widow
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well Beloved son Timothy
Sanborn his Hiers & assigns forever all the Residue of my Land
when he now Lives; Forty acres I have already Given him the
said Timothy by Deed and the Residue of my Land there I
hereby Give to him his hiers & assigns as above mentioned : and
also the one twelfth Part of the saw mill in s<^ Town Called the
Little River saw mill it being the Lower mill on the said Little
River in said Town also the one half of my Pew in the meeting
house in said town
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well Beloved son Samuel
Sanborn his Hiers and assigns forever all the Residue of my
Land in the Seventh Lott in the Division of the two Hundred
acre Grants so Called in the Parish of Sandown in Said Kingston
viz all the Residue of my Land in said Lott over and above what
I have Before this instrument Given to him the said Samuel
Sanborn with the one half of my Right & Intrest in the saw mill
on said Lott where the said Samuel now Lives (Commonly
Called Deerfield mill) and the said half of my Right & Intrest
in the Privilidge of the Stream & other Priviledges & appur-
564 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
tenances there to Belonging: He Paying the Legacies hereafter
mentioned
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well Beloved Daughter Love
now the wife of Reuben Clough one Hundred Pounds Equal to
what is Called the old tenor to be Paid as followeth viz one
moiety at the End of one year and the other moiety at the End
of two years after my Discease and to be Paid as above said by
my son Samuel Sanborn the one half of Each Payment to be
made in marchantable Lumber and the other half in Passable
Bills of Cred* of the afors'^ old tenor or other money or Passable
Bills Equivalent she having already had her Portion out of my
Estate
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well Beloved son wooster
Sanborn his Hiers & assigns forever all the Residue of my Land in
Brentwood in the Province afors*^ which I Purchased of Maj'
Daniel Gilman of Exeter (that is to say) all the Residue of my
Land there over and above what I have Before Given him my
said son wooster by Deed, with all the Priviledges & appur-
tenances thereto Belonging; with the other half of my Right &
Intrest in the forementioned saw mill Commonly Called Deer-
field mill with the other half of the Priviledge of the Stream & the
other half of my Right & Intrest in all the Priviledges & appur-
tenances there to Belonging —
Item I Give & Bequeath to my well Beloved Daughter Joanna
now the wife of Robert Crafford, her hiers & assigns one Hundred
Pounds Equal to that which is now Called the old tenor to be
Paid the one half in one year after my Discease the other half
in two years after my Discease The one half of Each Payment
to be made in Good marchantable Lumber and the other half in
Passable Bills of the old tenor or in other Money or Passable
Bills Equivalent Fifty Pounds of which sum to be Paid as above
mentioned by my son Samuel Sanborn and the other fifty
Pounds to be Paid as above said by my son Jonathan Sanborn she
the said Joanna having also had her Portion out of my Estate —
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my well Beloved son Jonathan
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 565
Sanborn his hiers & assigns forever all the other half of my Home-
stead Living being Situate in Kingston it being Part of the Little
River Mill Grant so Called with the one half of the Buildings
thereon the other half of my said Homestead Living I have
Before this Instrument Given my said son Jonathan by Deed
But it is to be understood here that I have in this my Last will
Given one half of the Remainder of my said Homestead Living
to my said wife for her use & Improvement so Long as she Re-
mains my widow; and so my said son Jonathan is not to Come
into Possession of her part till her marriage after my Death or
her Decease and then my said son Jonathan his hiers & assigns
to Come into the Peaceable Possession & Enjoyment thereof
with the Remaining Part of my Right or Intrest in the Little
River saw mill so Called with the stream & Dam & all Privi-
ledges and appurtenances thereto Belonging which I have not
Disposed of by this my Last will : And also my meadow in trick-
ling falls mill Pond so Called being about ten acres more or Less
as it is Laid out & Bounded also a small Piece of Land which I
Purchased of Richard Long Lying Near the Cramberry meadow
(so Called) in said Town also about fifteen acres of Land be the
same more or Less which was Laid out to the Right of my Honor"*
Father Jonathan Sanborn Esq"" in the upper west Devision
Next to Chester and in the seccond Range of Lotts in said
Devision also one half of a Right or share in the Common & Un-
devided Lands in said Kingston also the other half of my Pew
in the meeting House in said Town I also Give to my said son
Jonathan and his hiers and assigns all the Rest of my Estate
Both immovable as Lands &c where Ever situated & moveable
as Cattle sheep &c & implements for work &c and all other of
my Estate of what Name or Nature soever which I have not
Disposed of by this my Last will & testament He paying the
Legaices here in Before mentioned —
And I Do further will & ordain that my two sons Samuel
& Jonathan Pay the Beforementioned Legacies as Beforemen-
tioned — •
566 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
And I Do hereby Constitute make & ordain my said son
Jonathan to be sole Executor * * * .
Jonathan Sanborn
his
[Witnesses] Amasa + Dow, Josiah Bartlett, Parmenas Watson.
Mark
[Proved June 25, 1760.]
[Inventory, July 3, 1760; amount, £9667. 8. o; signed by
Jeremy Webster and William Parker.]
JAMES FRENCH 1760 SALEM
[Administration on the estate of James French of Salem, yeo-
man, granted to Jacob Bailey of Hampstead, gentleman, May 9,
1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 431.]
BENJAMIN WALTON 1760 AMHERST
[Administration on the estate of Benjamin Walton of Am-
herst, yeoman, granted to John Harvell of Litchfield, yeoman.
May 13, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 432.]
[Bond of John Harvell, with Jonathan Lovewell of Dunstable
and William Richardson of Pelham, gentleman, as sureties, in
the sum of £500, May 13, 1760, for the administration of the
estate; witnesses, William Parker, Solomon Loud, Jr.]
[Warrant, May 13, 1760, authorizing William Read, gentle-
man, and James Underwood, yeoman, both of Litchfield, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, June 26, 1760; amount, £1025. 10. o; signed by
William Read and James Underwood.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 567
JOHN SAYLOR 1760 NASHUA
[Administration on the estate of John Saylor of Dunstable,
yeoman, granted to WiUiam Greenleaf of Boston, Mass., mer-
chant. May 17, 1760.]
(Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 432.]
[Bond of William Greenleaf, with William King and Thomas
Bradford, both of Portsmouth, merchants, as sureties, in the
sum of £500, May 17, 1760, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Simon Hobbs, Benjamin Ingalls.]
[Inventory, May 5, 1760; amount, £348. 3. i ; signed by John
Swallow, Timothy Read, and Philip UUerick.]
[Administration de bonis non granted to David Fick Jan.
5. 1764-]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 159.]
[Bond of David Fick of Salem, Mass., sugar refiner, with
William Torrey and Henry Appleton, both of Portsmouth,
merchants, as sureties, in the sum of £10,000, Jan. 5, 1764, for
the administration of the estate; witness, William Vaughan.]
[Inventory of the real estate in New Hampshire, Nov. 12,
1764; amount, £266. 10. o; signed by Enoch Hunt, Stephen
Powers, and David Nevin.]
[License to the administrator, David Fick of Dunstable, yeo-
man, April 13, 1767, to sell real estate.]
[Warrant, April 13, 1767, authorizing Jonathan Lovewell and
Robert Fletcher, yeoman, both of Dunstable, to receive claims
against the estate.]
[Power of attorney from David Fick of the Northern Liber-
ties, Philadelphia, Pa., sugar refiner, to James Lovell of Boston,
Mass., merchant, July 2, 1768, to settle his account as adminis-
trator.]
568 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £32. 6. o; expendi-
tures, £30. 6. o; allowed May 29, 1772.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £151. 4. 3>^;
signed by Jonathan Lovewell and Robert Fletcher, and attested
May 26, 1772.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £151. 4. S}4; amount
distributed, £2. o. o; allowed May 29, 1772.]
EBENEZER GROW 1760 GREENLAND
In the Name of God Amen I Eben' Grow of Greenland in the
Province of New Hamp"" Blacksmith going into the army & as
tis uncertain whither I shall return again or not * * *
Imprimis I give & bequeath unto my Brother Isaac Grow One
Broad Cloth Coat Jacket & Breeches, one Shirt, one pair of
Stockens one Castor Hatt & one Wigg all which are now in a
Chest in the Hands of M"^ Joshua Pickerin also I give him my
s'* Bro"" all my wages except fifty pounds which is given to
Bro"" Elijah.
Item I give & bequeath unto my two Sisters Hannah and Sarah
Grow One hundred & fifty pounds old Tenor Equally Divided
between them both which is let out at Interest & the Notes in
the Hands of M"" Joshua Pickerin Jun"" of s*^ Greenland —
Item I give unto my Brother Elijah the Sum of fifty pounds
old Tenor out of my Wages — & herely Constitute & appoint
M"" Joshua Pickerin my Sole Executor * * *
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the
20*^ Day of May 1760 —
Ebenezer Grow
[Witnesses] John Sherburn haines, Tho^ Odiorne, Thomas
piper.
[Proved March 31, 1762.]
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 569
ELISHA WINSLOW 1760 KINGSTON
[Administration on the estate of Elisha Winslow of Kingston,
gentleman, granted to Jonathan Downing of Kingston, yeoman.
May 21, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 433.)
[Bond of Jonathan Downing, with Elisha Swett and Francis
Batchelder, yeomen, as sureties, all of Kingston, in the sum of
£500, May 21, 1 761, for the administration of the estate; wit-
nesses, William Parker, Abigail Parker.]
[Administration granted to Jonathan Moulton Oct. 27, 1763.]
[Probate Records, vol. 23, p. 89.]
[Bond of Jonathan Moulton of Hampton, with Joseph Wright
of Salem, gentleman, and Benjamin Blake of Epsom, husband-
man, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Oct. 27, 1763, for the ad-
ministration of the estate; witnesses, John Hale, Samuel Hobart.]
[Inventory, Nov. 5, 1764; amount, £620. o. o; signed by John
Moulton and William Parker, Jr.]
[List of claims against the estate; amount, £146. 16. 8; signed
by Jonathan Greeley and William Parker, Jr., and attested
March 21, 1767.]
[Account of the administrator; receipts, £35. 2. o; expendi-
tures, £13. 17. o; allowed Sept. 19, 1767.]
[Settlement of claims; amount of claims, £146. 16, 8; amount
distributed, £21. 5. o; allowed Oct. i, 1768.]
SAMUEL NEAL 1760 NEWMARKET
[Administration on the estate of Samuel Neal of Newmarket,
yeoman, granted to his widow, Catherine Neal, May 2%, 1760.]
[Probate Records, vol. 21, p. 447.]
570 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
[Bond of Catherine Neal, with Hubartus Neal, gentleman, and
Walter Neal, husbandman, as sureties, all of Newmarket, in the
sum of £5000, May 28, 1760, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, Richard Jenness, 3d, David Sewall.]
[Warrant, May 28, 1760, authorizing Capt. Winthrop Hilton
and Peter Folsom, both of Newmarket, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Aug. 28, 1760; amount, £10,385. 10. o;
signed by Winthrop Hilton and Peter Folsom.]
JABEZ EATON 1760 HAMPTON FALLS
[Bond of Sarah Eaton, widow, with Jacob Smith, yeoman, and
Abner Hoyt, husbandman, as sureties, all of Hampton Falls, in
the sum of £3000, May 28, 1760, for the administration of the
estate of Jabez Eaton of Hampton Falls, gentleman ; witnesses,
Meshech Weare, Giles Merrill.]
[Warrant, May 28, 1760, authorizing Richard Smith, gentle-
man, and Daniel Felch, yeoman, both of Hampton Falls, to
appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, attested Oct. 28, 1761; amount, £12,956. 5. o;
signed by Richard Smith and Daniel Felch,]
[Warrant, July 7, 1762, authorizing Meshech Weare, Richard
Smith, Daniel Felch, Tristram Collins, and Jeremiah Lane,
tailor, all of Hampton Falls, to divide the real estate.]
[Account of the administratrix; receipts, £1406. 5. o, personal
estate; expenditures, £860, 8. 8; allowed May 30, 1764.]
Province of 1 By Order of the Hon^'« Richard Wibird
New Hampsh"' / Esq'' Judge of the Probate of Wills &c for
Said Province To us the subscribers, to Divide the Real Estate of
Jabez Eaton Late of Hamptonfalls in the Province aforesaid
Yeoman Deceased Intestate, among the Widow & children of
Said Intestate as the Law Directs &c. We have as follows (viz)
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 571
Firstly We have Set off to Sarah Eaton widow Relict of Said
Intestate as her Dower & third part of said Estate, a piece of
Land where the House stands Containing two Acres with Or-
chard thereon, Bounded as follows (viz) Westerly on a share of
Orchard Set to Joshua Eaton hereafter named, the south west-
erly Corner Bounds of said two acres being stake & stones put
Down by the fence six rods & Ten Links of the chain from the
Southwest Corner of said Orchard, thence runing by the High-
way before the House Twelve rods & a quarter to stake and
stones by the fence & runing from said Highway Northerly
Down to the Creeck where it is also Bounded, at the Northwest
Corner with a small maple tree standing Down the Bank being
Six Rods & Ten Links of the chain from the fence which runs
from the Highway Down to said Creek at the West End of the
orchard, & from said maple Easterly Twelve Rods & a quarter to
an Elm tree spotted on three sides which piece of Land is
mark'd in the Plan hereto annexed with the Letter W. We
have also set to the said Sarah the East half of the Dwelling
house so far as to the middle of the Chimney throughout from
Top to Bottom, also the West End of the Barn so far as the
middle of the Barn floor also the Priviledge of the Barn yard be-
longing thereto We have also set to the said Sarah a piece of
Land in the place call'd the Carr pasture Containing Ten acres &
one hundred & thirty two Rods being the westerly side of said
pasture which piece of Land is mark'd in the aforesaid Plan with
the Letter P. Also a piece of Land lying before the house on the
Southerly Side of the highway call'd the Barn Lott Containing
Five acres & one hundred & twelve rods which piece of Land is
mark'd in the Plan with the Letter N. Also a Piece of Land in
the place Call'd the great Pasture Containing three acres & one
hundred & forty rods Lying at the Southwest Corner of said
Pasture being fourteen Rods and a half wide at the South End
where we have put Down stake and stones by the fence & Run-
ing Northerly Forty five Rods being thirteen Rods & a quarter
wide at the North End where is also stake & stones which piece
572 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
of Land is mark'd in the Plan with the Letter M. Also a piece of
Land in the place Calld the Brown place Containing fourteen
acres & one hundred and thirty six rods, the south westerly
corner Bound being stake and stones put Down at the corner of
the fence and the Northwesterly Corner Bound a stake at the
south westerly Corner of the Field & Bounded Northerly on said
field as the fence now stands allowing a Drift way for passing and
repassing to the marsh where the way now is by said fence which
piece of Land is mark'd in the Plan with the Letter D. We have
also set to the said Sarah a piece of Marsh Containing Four
Acres and Seventy Eight Rods which piece of marsh is Call'd
the mill Island piece and is mark'd in the aforesaid plan with the
Letter (i) Also a piece of marsh Containing two Acres being the
Northerly side of the piece of marsh Call'd the Sanborn marsh
& we have set a stake at Each End for the Southerly Bounds of
Said two acres which piece of marsh is mark'd in the plan with
the Letter (f)
Secondly We have Set off to Samuel Eaton Eldest Son of the
Said Intestate for his Double Share of said Estate A Piece of
Land Containing Sixty Rods being part of that call'd the Brown
place and is the piece on which the Old house stands which is
Call'd the Brown house together with said house which piece is
mark'd in the aforesaid Plan with the Letter Q. Also A piece of
Land Lying before Said old house on the southerly side of the
Highway Containing Eight Acres & one hundred & fifteen Rods
being the Northerly part of the field belonging to the aforesaid
Brown place and is Bounded as follows (viz) begining at a stake
by the fence at the upper End of the orchard which stake is about
two Rods from the Northwesterly Corner of said orchard from
thence runing on a strait line through the Orchard Easterly
Down to the Edge of the Marsh which is about Ninty Rods to a
Stake set up at the Edge of said marsh about twelve Rods South
from the fence and from thence to said fence then Bounded
Northerly on said fence, Land of Jonathan Walton & the high-
way which piece is Described in the aforesaid Plan by the Letter
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 573
B. Also a piece of Land Containing Ten Acres & Ninty two
Rods, Nine acres & twelve Rods of which is the Westerly Side of
the aforesaid Brown place, being fourteen Rods wide at the
North End where there is a stake set up, & Ten Rods wide at the
South End at which Ten Rods we have also set a stake with
stones around the same & one acre & a half of Said Ten Acres &
Ninty two Rods is the South Easterly Corner of the piece calld
the great Pasture being Forty five Rods in length and five Rods
& Eight Links of the chain in wedth at Each End where we have
put Down stake & stones both of which pieces are included in
one and are accordingly set forth in the plan as but one piece
which is there Described by the Letter H.
We have also Set to the Said Samuel a piece of Marsh call'd
the Close Containing Four acres & Seventy three Rods mark'd
in the Plan with the Letter (k)
Thirdly We have Set off to Paul Eaton for his share the west
half of the Dwelling house so far as to the middle of the Chimney
throughout, also a strip of Land at the backside of the same & at
the West End Joyning thereto half a Rod wide together with the
Priviledge of the yard before Said house belonging thereto and
also the priviledge of the Well
We have also set to the said Paul a Piece of Land where the
Barn stands Containing three acres Bounded as follows (viz)
Westerly on Land Set to the widow aforesaid Begining at the
aforesaid widows South Easterly Bounds which is stake & stones
by the highway & Runing by said way sixteen Rods & a half to
stake & stones by the fence & Runing Northerly to the Creek
where it is bounded on the west side with an Elm tree before
mentioned which is spotted on three sides from thence Easterly
Sixteen Rods & a half to a black oak tree spotted on three sides
which piece of Land is Described in the aforesaid Plan with the
Letter V. we have also set to the said Paul the East End of the
Barn so far as to the middle of the Barn floor: also a piece of
Land in the place call'd the Car Pasture Containing Five acres
Lying on the Easterly side of said pasture being Eleven Rods and
574 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
ninteen links of the chain wide at Each End where we have put
Down stake & stones which piece of Land is mark'd in the Plan
with the Letter O. Also a piece of Land lying in the place calld
the great Pasture Containing two acres & a quarter Lying on the
westerly side of the aforesaid acre & a half set to Sam' in said
great pasture as aforesaid the westerly Bounds of which are its
Easterly Bounds & from then Runing Westerly Eight Rods to
stake & stones at Each End which piece of Land is mark'd in the
Plan with the Letter L. we have also set to the said Paul a Piece
of marsh Lying in Salisbury at the place call'd the wood side
medow Containing one acre lying on the southerly side of said
Piece of marsh being four Rods & two thirds of a Rod wide at
Each End where we have set Down stakes which piece of marsh
is mark'd in the Plan with the Letter (a).
Fourthly We have Set off to Sarah Eaton for her share a Piece
of Land in the home place Containing four acres Bounded as
follows (viz) Westerly on a share set to Paul aforesaid which
Easterly Bounds are the Westerly Bounds for the Said Sarahs
four acres from thence Runing Easterly Twenty three Rods at
Each End to stake & stones by the highway, & to a black burch
at the North End spotted on three sides which piece of Land is
mark'd in the Plan with the Letter T. also a Piece of Land in the
aforesaid Brown place So call'd Containing five acres & a half
Bounded as follows (viz) Easterly on Land set to the widow, in
part and part on Land of Trustram Collins, being Six Rods & a
half wide at the South End where we have Set Down stake &
stones, & seven Rods at the North End from the North Westerly
Corner Bound of the aforesaid widows share before mentioned,
to a stake by the highway fence, allowing the Priviledge of
Passing & Repassing through the North Easterly Corner of said
share where the way now goes which share is mark'd in the Plan
with the Letter E. also we have set to the said Sarah a piece of
marsh Containing one acre & one hundred and thirty six Rods
being the southerly side of the piece Call'd the Sanborn Marsh to
a stake set Down at Each End which piece of marsh is mark'd in
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 575
the Plan with the Letter (e) also one other piece of marsh Lying
in Salisbury aforesaid being part of the piece of marsh Call'd the
wood side as aforesaid Containing one acre Lying on the North-
erly side of the aforesaid acre set to Paul aforesaid the North-
erly Bounds of which is its southerly Bounds from which
Runing Northerly five Rods at Each End to stakes there set
Down which piece of marsh is mark'd in the Plan with the
Letter (b)
Fifthly We have set off to Jabez Eaton for his share a piece
of Land in the aforesaid home place Containing four acres and
a half Bounded Westerly on the share Set to Sarah aforesaid
from thence Runing Easterly the whole wedth of said home place
thirty three Rods on the highway to a stake set Down by the
fence, & twenty Seven Rods on the North side by the Creek to
a Black oak tree standing up the Bank spotted on three sides
which piece of Land is mark'd in the Plan with the Letter S.
Also a piece of Land Lying on the south side of the highway over
against said four acres & half being part of the place Call'd the
great Pasture aforesaid Containing five acres & thirty two Rods
being the North Westerly part of Said great pasture, Bounded
Westerly on Land of Benjamin Eaton, southerly on Land set to
the aforesaid widow as part of her Dower, thirteen Rods & one
third part of a Rod to stake & stones. Northerly on the highway
twelve Rods and two thirds of a Rod to a stake by the fence
Easterly on the share set to Joshua aforesaid, which piece of
Land is Described in the Plan by the Letter K. Also a piece of
Land Containing half an acre which is the upper End of the
orchard by the aforesaid Dwelling house, with orchard thereon
Lying in a strip from the highway to the aforesaid Creek three
Rods & five links wide to stake & stones at Each End which
is mark'd in the Plan with the Letter Y. Also a piece of marsh
in Salisbury aforesaid being the Northerly part of the piece of
marsh calld the wood side Bounded Northerly on the Ditch,
Easterly on the River, being Ten Rods & three quarters on said
River to a stake and thirteen Rods and a half wide at the West
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End where is also a stake put Down in the marsh, the south side
being on a strait Line from stake to stake Containing two acres
& one hundred & twenty Eight Rods which piece of marsh is
mark'd in the Plan with the Letter (d).
Sixthly We have set off to Joshua Eaton for his share a piece
of Land Containing four acres & Seven Rods being the Easterly
End of the aforesaid home place Bounded Westerly on the share
set to Jabez aforesaid whose Easterly Bounds before named are
the Westerly Bounds of the said four acres & seven Rods from
which Bounds to contain all that lies Easterly from them of
said home place which piece of Land is mark'd in the plan with
the Letter R. Also a piece of Land Lying on the southerly side
of the highway being the North Easterly part of the place
Call'd the great pasture aforesaid Bounded Westerly on the afore-
said share Set to Jabez the Easterly Bounds of which are its
Westerly Bounds, Bounded Northerly on the aforesaid highway
twelve Rods & two thirds of a Rod, & southerly on Paul afore-
said and part on the aforesaid Samuel thirteen Rods & a third
part of a Rod, & Easterly on the said Samuel taking half the
wedth of the aforesaid place call'd the great pasture Containing
five acres & a half which piece of Land is Described in the plan
by the Letter L Also a piece of Land with orchard thereon
Containing half an acre being part of the aforesaid orchard by
the Dwelling house Bounded Westerly on the aforesaid share of
orchard set to Jabez whose Easterly Bounds are its westerly
Bounds being three Rods and five links wide at Each End &
throughout Bounded Easterly on the share of orchard set to
the aforesaid widow whose before named Westerly Bounds are
its Easterly Bounds which piece is mark'd in the Plan with the
Letter X. Also a piece of marsh in Salisbury aforesaid being
part of the piece calld the wood side aforesaid Containing two
acres & sixty two Rods Bounded Northerly on the Share Set
to Jabez aforesaid Easterly on the River ten Rods & three
quarters to a stake, & being thirteen Rods & a half wide at the
West End where is also a stake set Down in the marsh & Runing
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 577
on a strait line from stake to stake which piece of marsh is markd
in the Plan with the Letter (c).
Seventhly. We have Set off to Abigail Eaton for her share a
Piece of Land Containing five acres & twelve Rods being part
of the piece of Land Call'd the Brown place Bounded Westerly
on the share set to Samuel aforesaid Northerly on the aforesaid
highway seven Rods to a Stake by the fence Southerly on a
highway six Rods & Runing on a strait line from stake to stake,
which piece of Land is markd in the plan with the Letter G.
Also a piece of Land Containing five acres & Sixty Rods being
the South Easterly part of the field belonging to said Brown
place Bounded Southerly on the fence the whole length of said
fence So far as it goes strait, which is about fifty Rods Westerly
on a share set to Mary Eaton hereafter named Runing from the
upper End of said strait piece of fence Northerly about square
twelve Rods to a stake by the Edge of a Ditch, from thence
on a strait line about fifty five Rods to a stake which stands
twenty two Rods North from the lower End of the aforesaid
strait piece of fence which piece of Land is markd in the Plan
with the Letter A. Also a piece of marsh Joyning partly on said
piece of Land Containing two acres & Seventeen Rods the North
Westerly Bound of which marsh is a stake set Down thirteen
Rods North of said lower End of the aforesaid strait piece of
fence & from said stake Easterly about square is another stake
which is by the Ditch & is the North Easterly bound of said
piece of marsh from thence following the Ditch & fence &c
to the aforesaid stake which piece of marsh is markd in the Plan
with the Letter (g)
Eighthly We have Set off to Mary Eaton for her share a piece
of Land Containing four Acres & one hundred & thirty four Rods
being the South Westerly part of the Field in the aforesaid Brown
place Bounded as follows (viz.) begining at a stake by the high-
way which stake is the South Westerly Corner Bounds of the
aforesaid Samuels Share in said field and from said stake south-
erly as the fence goes six Rods then westerly with the fence by
578 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
said highway to the Corner of said field which is about Eleven
Rods then South Easterly about Seven Rods as the fence goes
to a stake set up at the Corner of said fence which stake is the
North Easterly Corner Bound of the Share set to Sarah afore-
said from thence Easterly as the fence of the field goes to the
Corner which is about forty Rods then Northerly by the fence
to the Corner then to the aforesaid stake set by the Ditch for
the aforesaid Abigails Northwesterly Corner Bounds, from
thence on a strait line thro' the orchard to the stake first men-
tioned which piece of Land is markd in the Plan with the Letter
C. Also a piece of Land in the aforesaid Brown place Containing
five acres & Nineteen Rods Bounded Westerly on the aforesaid
Abigails Share Northerly on the highway Seven Rods to a stake
by the fence & southerly on a highway Six Rods to stake and
Stones by the fence from thence on a strait line Northerly to
the aforesaid stake by the highway which piece is markd in
the Plan with the Letter F. Also a piece of marsh being part
of said Brown place Containing two acres & seventeen Rods
Bounded Westerly on Samuel aforesaid in part & part on Abi-
gail aforesd to the aforesaid stake set for the Northwesterly
Bound of the said Abigails marsh & southerly on said Abigails
Marsh to the stake by the Ditch aforesaid Easterly on said Ditch
& Northerly by fence &c to the stake for the aforesaid Samuels
North Easterly Bounds, which piece of marsh is mark'd in the
Plan with the Letter (h)
thus have we Divided the Real Estate of Jabez Eaton afore-
said and this we make as our Return thereof. Dated at Hamp-
ton falls December 29*^ 1763
Tristram Collins
Richard Smith I' Committee
Jeremiah Lane
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
579
A Plan of the Real Estate of Jabez Eaton Late of Hamptonfalls Deceased Intestate,
as it is Divided among the Widow & Children of said Intestate Said Estate both Lands
& Marsh are Included within Black lines, Except by Rivers & Creeks are prick'd:
Division lines between shares are prickd lines the shares of upland are mark'd with
Capital Letters as A. B. C. &c. the marsh with small Letters as a. b. c. &c. A Con-
^ SccU «f so if.rfj. ia f, tut Int'k
tains 5 Acres & 60 Rods B. 8 Acres & 115 Rods C. 4 A. 134 R. D. 14 A. 136 R. E. 5 A.
80 R F. 5 A. 19 R. G. 5 A. 12 R. H. 10 A. 92 R. I. 5 A. 80 R. K. 5 A. 32 R, L. 2 A.
40 R. M. 3 A. 140 R. N. 5 A. 112 R. O. 5 Acres. P. 10 A. 132 R. Q 60 Rods. R. 4 A.
7 R. S. 4 A 80 R. T 4 A. V. 3 A. W. 2 A. X 80 R y. 80 R. Marsh, a i Acre b. i A.
c 2 A. 62 R. d. 2 A 128 R. e. I A 136 R. f . 2 A. g. 2 A 17 R. h. 2 A 17 R. i. 4 A 78 R.
k. 4 A 73 R.
580 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
JOHN HOBBS 1760 HAMPTON
Province of 1 Whereas by An Act of the General Assembly
New Hamps'' j of said Province Entituled "An Act for mak-
ing Partition of Certain lands therein mentioned" among other
things it is Enacted that there be five freeholders in this Province
Appointed And Authorised they or any three of them to make
Partition of said Lands, Part of which Lands Referred to in said
act are Certain Lands in Hampton Lying in Common among
the Heirs of John Hobbs late Deceas'd And Others —
In Pursuance of which Act we the Subscribers have Under-
taken to make Partition and Division of Said Lands as follows
(having first given Due Notice to all Parties Concern'd Agreeable
to the Direction in said act :) Namely A Piece of Land in Hamp-
ton near Lobbs Hole so Called Containing in the whole twenty
five Acres and one hundred forty four Rods lying in Common
between the heirs of John Hobbs Deceas'd and the heirs of
Amos Towle Deceas'd On the Southerly Side of a Certain high-
way we have Divided and sett off the westerly half to the heirs
of the said Amos Towle Deceas'd to Hold in Severalty and the
Easterly half to the Heirs of the said John Hobbs Deceas'd
to hold in Severalty the Bounds of said Division being a Stake
and Stones on the Notherly Side by the aforesaid highway, and
on the Southerly Side a Small Pine Spotted and a heap of
Stones as Described in the Plan herewith annexed: and the
Easterly half of said Piece of Land we have Divided to and
among the Several heirs of the said John Hobbs Deceas'd to
hold to Each of them in Severalty as follows viz* The Easterly
Share marked in the Plan N° i we have set off to John Towle
Containing One Acre and Ninety Nine Rods of Land the Bounds
between that & the Second Share being at the Notherly End a
Stake and Stones by the aforesaid highway, and at the Southerly
End a Birch Tree Standing in the Corner of the fence And the
Second Share marked in the Plan N° 2 we have Set off to the Said
John Towle he having a Double Share; said Second Share is
five Rods and a half in wedth at Each End and Contains the
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 58 1
like Quantity of Land the Bounds between that and the third
Share being at the Notherly End a Stake and Stones by the
aforesaid highway and at the Southerly End a Knotch in the
fence and the third Share Marked in the Plan N° 3 being five
Rods and a half in wedth at Each End Containing the like
Quantity of Land we have sett off to Thomas Brown and
Mehetable his wife in her Right The Bounds between the third
and fourth Shares being at the Notherly End a Pine bush Spot-
ted by the aforesaid Way and at the Southerly End a Knotch
in the fence. And the fourth Share marked in the Plan N° 4
being Six Rods in wedth at each End Containing the like Quan-
tity of Land we have sett off to Joseph Towle the Bounds be-
tween the fourth and fifth Shares being at the Notherly End a
Small pine bush Spotted by the aforesaid highway and at the
Southerly End a Small Alder Spotted. And the fifth Share
marked in the Plan N° 5 being Six Rods and one quarter in
wedth at Each End Containing the like Quantity of Land we
have sett off to Jonathan Towle, the Bounds between the fifth
and Sixth Shares being at the Notherly End a Stake by the
aforesaid way, and at the Southerly End a knotch in the fence.
And the Sixth Share marked in the Plan N° 6, being Six Rods
and one quarter in Wedth at Each end Containing the like
Quantity of Land we have sett off to the heirs of James Towle
Deceas'd the Bounds between the Sixth and Seventh Shares is
at the Notherly End a Pine bush Spotted And at the Southerly
End a Pine Stump Spotted. And the Seventh Share marked
in the Plan N° 7, being Six Rods and a quarter and two links
of a Chain in wedth at Each End Containing the like Quantity
of Land we have sett off to Jonathan Page and Mary his wife
in her Right the Bounds between the Seventh and Eighth Shares
being at the Notherly End a Stake and Stones by the aforesaid
way and at the Southerly End a knotch in the fence. And the
Eighth Share marked in the Plan N° 8, being Six Rods and a half
in wedth at Each End Containing the like Quantity of Land we
have Set off to the heirs of Amos Towle Deceasd. And this
582 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
we make As Our Return Dated the twenty third Day of June
Anno Domini 1760 — ,;, , 1 ttt
Meshech Weare
Jonathan Tilton
James Leavit
Province of 1 Whereas by an Act of the General Assemby
New Hamps' J of said Province Entituled "An Act for making
Partition of Certain Lands therein Mentioned" Among Other
things it is Enacted that there be five freeholders in this Prov-
ince appointed and authorized they or any three of them to
make Partition of said Lands Part of which Lands Referred to in
said act are a Certain Piece of Land in Hampton lying in Com-
mon among the Heirs of John Hobbs late Deceas'd and the heirs
of Amos Towle late Deceas'd near the House of Jonathan Towle
in Hampton and a Certain Piece of Land in Kensington at the
Cedar Swamp lying in Common Among the heirs of John Hobbs
late Deceas'd and Thomas Brown, and a Piece of Land in North
Hampton lying in Common with the heirs of Amos Towle late
Deceasd and Others In Pursuance of which Act we the Subscrib-
ers have Undertaken to make Partition and Division of said
Lands having first given Due Notice to all Parties Concernd
agreeable to the Directions in said act And have Divided Said
Lands as follows viz* That Piece of Land in Hampton near
Jonathan Towles house Containing four acres and Eight Rods
of Land in the whole Bounding Southerly by the Countrey
Road and Eastwardly by a way which goes by Jonathan Towles
House we have Divided between the heirs of John Hobbs
Deceas'd and the heirs of Amos Towle Deceas'd to Each to hold
in Severalty And have set of the Southerly half next the Coun-
trey Road to the heirs of the said John Hobbs Deceas'd And the
Notherly half to the heirs of said Amos Towle Deceas'd, the
Bounds being a Stake and Stones set up. And the Southerly
half of said Piece of land we have Divided to and among the
Several heirs of the said John Hobbs Deceas'd to hold to Each of
them in Severalty as follows viz*. We have set off the Southerly
NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 583
Share next the Countrey Road marked in the Plan N° i to
Jonathan Towle: and the Second Share marked in the Plan N°
2 to John Towle: And the third Share marked in the Plan N° 3
to John Towle: and the fourth Share marked in the Plan N"
4 to the heirs of James Towle Deceas'd: And the fifth Share
Marked in the Plan N° 5 to Thomas Brown and Mehetable
his wife in her Right: And the Sixth Share marked in the Plan
N° 6 to the heirs of Amos Towle Deceasd : And the Seventh Share
marked in the Plan N° 7 to Jonathan Page and Mary his wife in
her Right: And the Eighth Share marked in the Plan N° 8 to
Joseph Towle, all which Several Shares have the same quantity
of land and are of the Same wedth being three Rods and Eight
links of a Chain in wedth And are Divided by Parellel lines
Across said lott and Stakes set up at Each Division as Described
in the Plan herewith annexed. — That Piece of Land in Ken-
sington at the Cedar Swamp lying in Common among the heirs
of John Hobbs Deceas'd and Thomas Brown we have Divided
between the said heirs and said Thomas Brown and have Set
off to the said Thomas Brown to hold in Severalty ten acres at
the Southerly End of said Lott : And to the said heirs ten Acres
and One Half of an Acre to hold in Severalty at the Notherly
End of Said Lott making the Division Equal having Regard to
Quantity and Quality — the Bounds of said Division are a
Black burch tree Spotted Standing by the fence on the westerly
side And a Stump of a tree Standing by the fence on the Easterly
Side Spotted. And the Notherly half of said Piece of Land
we have Div-ided to and among the Several heirs of the said John
Hobbs Deceasd to hold in Severalty as follows viz* that Share
next to Thomas Brown's marked in the Plan N° i Running
Across the Lott being Sixteen Rods And a half in wedth we have
Set off to Joseph Towle: the Second Share marked in the Plan
N° 2 being Sixteen Rods and Eleven links of a chain in wedth
we have set off to Jonathan Towle the third Share marked in the
Plan N° 3 being Sixteen Rods and ten links of a chain in wedth
we have set off to Jonathan Page and Mary his wife in her Right :
584 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS
the fourth Share marked in the Plan N° 4 being Sixteen Rods
and nine Hnks in wedth we have set off to the heirs of James
Towle Deceas'd: the fifth Share Marked in the Plan N° 5 being
Sixteen Rods and Eight links in wedth We have set off to the
heirs of Amos Towle Deceasd : The Sixth Share marked in the
Plan N° 6 being Sixteen Rods and Seven links in wedth we have
Set off to John Towle The Seventh Share marked in the Plan
N° 7 being Sixteen Rods and Six links in wedth we have set
off to John Towle: all the foregoing shares Contain Equal quan-
tity of Land: And the Eighth Share marked in the Plan N° 8
being Eighteen Rods in wedth we have set off to Thomas Brown
and Mehetable his wife in her Right said Share being Larger
than the Other by Reason of the Quality of the Land The
Bounds between the Seventh & Eighth Shares being a he 
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