4942. Rev.
Henry Smith2815,2816 was born in 1588.2815,2816
He signed a will on 8 Mar 1648. I Henry Smith, of Wethersfield, being
at present in health of body and soundness of minde, considering my mortality,
and knoweing it to be my duty to provide for my family and settle my estate,
that I may leave no occasion of trouble to my children when I am gone, and that
I may be free my self from distractions of this kind, if it shall please God
to visit mee with sickness before I dye; I doe therefore leave this testimony
uppon Record as my last Will and Testament. Then, for my outward estate, wch,
because it is little and I have well proved the difficultyes of this Country,
how hard a thinge it will be for a woman to manage the affaires of so great a
family as the Father of Mercyes hathe blessed me withall, and have had allso
experience of the prudence and faithfullness of my deare wife, who shall, in
parting with me, parte with a great parte of her livelihood, I give to my wife
full power to dispose of all my estate in howses, Lands, Cattell and Goods whatsoever,
within dores and without, only providing if she marry again, or otherwise be
able comfortably to spare it from her owne necessary maintenance, that she give
to my sonne Sammuell that part of my howselott which was intended for my sonne
Peregrine, lyinge next to the burying place, and the land I have beyond the great
River eastward, and also to him and my 2nd sonne Noah, 5 acres apeece of meadow,
with upland proportionable thereunto; and to the rest of my children unmarried,
£20 apeece at the age of 21 yeares, or at the time of her death wch shall
come the soonest; and for my two daughters that bee married, my desire is that
they have £20 apeece, and every one of their children £5 apeece, either
in books or such other thing my wife shall best please to parte withall. And
I desire the Church, whose serviant I now am, to take an oversight of my family,
that they may be brought up in the true feare of God, and to see that this my
will bee faithfully prformed.
Henry Smith He died in 1648
in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.2815,2816
Rev. Henry Smith and [--?--] [--?--] were married about 1620.2815,2816
4943. [--?--] [--?--].2816Children were:
i. | Peregrine Smith2816 died before 1648.2816 | |
2471 | ii. | Mary Smith. |
iii. | daughter Smith.2816 |