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The last will and Testament of Mr. henery Cobb made the 4th of Aprill 1673 And exhibited before the Court held att Plym; the third of June 1679 on the oathes of Mr Thomas Hinckley and Mistris Mary hinckley his wife as followeth:
I Henery Cobb of Barnstable though weake in body yett through the Mercye of God of disposing mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory Life; I ame desirous accordirig to my duty to sett things in order before I goe hence, and therfore doe make this my Last Will and Testiment heerby Revoking and disanulling all former Will and Wills by word or writing hertofore by mee made; and doe heerby Constitute and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in Manor and forme following: viz: After my desire to Comitt my soule to God in Jesus Christ whoe Gave it and my body to decent buriall; when God shall please to call mee hence; and as touching my worldly estate which God hath beyond my deserts bestowed on mee my will is to dispose of it as followeth.
Imps. My Will is that all my debts in Right or Conscience to any man due, shalbe first discharged by my executrix heerafter Named; in Convenient time out of my estate; Item I will and bequeath my Great Lott of Land in Barnstable unto my son James Cobb, and to his heires and assignes for ever; hee haveing heertofore payed five pounds to my son John Cobb for his Interest therein; and wheras I heertofore Gave half my Lands att Suconeesett unto my sons John James Gershom and Eliezer equally to be devided betwixt them which was with my Consent sold and exchanged; and forty shillings being in the hand of my son James for my son Eliezers part thereof; My Will is that my son James pay unto his brother Eliezer that forty shillings in pay Currant, with the Marchant; Item I will and bequeath my New dwelling house and all the Rest of my Lands both upland and meddow unto Sarah my deare and loveing wife, during her Naturall life, for her support; and bringing up the Children I had by her
Item my will is that after her decease; my son Samuell shall have my dwelling house and two acrces of my upland; and an acree and a half of my Marsh; which I bought with his Stock being the one half of a parcell of Marsh, lying att Sandy Neck; in partenorship with my son James Item I will and bequeath to my sonnes Samuell Jonathan and Henery all the Rest of my lands both upland and meddowes, To be equally devided betwixt them after my said wifes decease, or sooner if shee see cause; To each of them theire heires and assignes for ever; Item I give and bequeath unto my sonnes John Gershom and Eliezer one shilling to each of them; and to my daughters Mary hannah and Patience to each of them one shilling out of my estate; Item I will and bequeath to my daughter Sarah my second best bed and furniture therunto belonging. Item I will and bequeath all the Rest of my estate in whatsoever It be within dores or without unto Sarah my Loveing wife; whom I doe by these presents Constitute and declare to be my sole exequitrix. In Witnes whereof I have heerunto sett my hand and seale; The date aforsaid with this word half enterlined before Insealeing heerof
Henery Cobb and a seale
In the presence of
Thomas Hinckley Assistant
Mary Hinckley
On further Consideration I the within or above mensioncd Henery Cobb have caused this Coddicell to be added to this my Last Will and Testament viz: my will is that my son Samuell shall have onely two acrees of my upland together with the Marsh att Sandy Neck within mensioned after my wifes decease; and all the Rest of my lands to be equally devided between my said three sonnes Samuell Jonathan And Henery as above mensioned
And further my will is that my son henry shall have my now dwelling house after my wifes decease, and his Pte of the land aforsaid to lye most Convenient to the said house onely my lands att the Hand shalbe equally devided between them my said three sons; whom I will that they shall Give libertie to my son James to dry thach on one half of an acree of the said Hand; when the English Corne is taken off in such place thereof as they shall Annally. appoint, unto him; In witnes wherof I have heerunto sett my hand and seale this 22cond day of February 1678.
Henery Cobb and a seale.
Signed sealed and delivered as an addition to his last Will and Testament within mensioned in the presence of us
Thomas Hinckley Assistant
Mary Hinckley
| Hinckley, Sarah (I9333)
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The twentieth day of January 1664, I Zechariah Symmes of Charlestown,
New England, being at present, through God's free mercy, in some
competent measure of health, yet daily wayting for my change, have revised
the last former draught of my will, but revoking it, do establish this following
as my last will and testament, and do hereby appoint my dear and faithful
wife Mrs. Sarah Symmes sole executrix thereof.
First, I commit and commend what I am and have into the hands of my
most loving Father and Gracious God in Christ Jesus : my soul immediately
upon my death to be received into those heavenly mansions which my
blessed Saviour hath prepared for me ; my body to be for a time, in a comely,
but not over costly manner, interred, in assured faith and hope that my
Saviour will in his time raise up my vile body and make it like his glorious
body, and, uniting it to my soul, will continue them forever with himself in
perfect blessedness and glore.
For my temporal estate wherewith the Lord hath blessed me, it is already
in good parte disposed of by reason of the mariage of my eldest sonne
William, and of six of my daughters, viz., Sarah, Marye, Elizabeth, Huldah,
Rebeckah, Deborah. To each of these seven I have already given
such a portion, as our own necessities would permitt, and that without any
partialitie farther than a legacy given to my daughter Brock, and daughter
Savage did equity require ; therefore my earnest desire and will is that
none of them grudge at any of the other, or trouble their mother in the
least wise any further demand, or motion about what is already disposed of.
For Ruth, my wife hath already set by for her such a portion as with
a very small enlargement (which I leave to my widow's discretion) may
equal her portion with her sisters.
For my two sonnes Zechariah and Timothy, to the former upon his
going to Rehoboth I gave some books, with some household stuff, and to
make up his first dividend, I assign unto him all my library, except what is
after mentioned, and provided that soone after my death he oblige himself
in a bonde of eighty pounds, together with his heirs and assigns, to pay unto
his brother Timothie fourty pounds sterling in money, or merchantable goods
at money price, within one year after my decease, or in case his brother
Timothy dye before the year expired, then to pay it to my other children
surviving, in equal portions, reserving a double portion to my eldest sonne
William.
Other legacies doe some of my dear friends deserve, and therefore may
probably expect, but considering my dear widos probable necesseties, and
that farr most of our first estate came by her, I trust they will take it well
though I do dispose of the remainder of my estate in the manner following.
First, my debts being discharged (which are none that I know of but what
my wife is privye unto) and one legacy of five pounds to my dear brother Mr.
William Symmes, to which I know my wife will be as willing as myself, it
being but a small remembrance of his very great love and costs to us and
ours, I then give and bequeath to my faithful and dearly beloved wife,
the whole use and benefit of all my temporal estate, consisting in lands,
houses, cattell, moneye, plate, with all other goods and moveables which the
Lord hath given, to her own proper use, to have, hold and enjoy during the
whole time of her widowhood. In case she shall see good to marry, which
I suppose she will never do without good advice, then I take it for granted
that it will be with one that may bring some comfortable outward estate
with him, and therefore in case she shall marry I give a third part of my
whole estate to be equally divided among my children then living, only a
double part to my eldest sonne, and at her death the other two thirds to be
alike divided, only I give her liberty and power at her decease to dispose
of fifty pounds sterling to any of her children or any other of her relatives
or friends as she shall see mete. Further, out of my books and papers, I
give her that large English Bible wch was her mothers, also such books as
I have of Doc Sibs or Doc Prestons, also a book of Baynes letters, and
about comfortable walking with God. Also all my notes of my sermons,
one book in octavo upon 16th Mat. 24 and 17 cap of John, 2 small books
of my latter sermons, one in decimo sexto, the other hath yet but a few
sermons. Also I give to my eldest sonne Fulke on Rhem. Test, with 4
books in quarto of Mr. Bolton's works, as also a fourth part of such manuscripts
either mine owne or my father's sermons, as are in papers or sticht,
but not bound up. All my written books besides I give to Zech: with the
rest of the manuscripts, yet so as upon their requests not to deny the lending
of them for a small time to any of their brethren or sisters to peruse
for their owne private use onely, for I never intended nor prepared anything
of mine to be put in print.
Item. At my wives death I give my farm neere Woburne and land at
Nottimos to my eldest sonne, provided that he bynde it over to pay unto
the rest of my children a hundred pounds in equall portions in two years
time : 50 pounds per annum.
Item. I give to all my sonnes in law, at the death of my wife, to each
of them thirty shillings for a ring, or any other meanes of remembering my
love to them ; and to each of my grandchildren, by nature or by law, thirteen
shillings four pence for a spoone.
Witnesses. Francis Norton, Joshua Teed [Tidd].
| Symmes, Rev. Zachariah (I10628)
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The twentieth day of January 1664, I Zechariah Symmes of Charlestown,
New England, being at present, through God's free mercy, in some
competent measure of health, yet daily wayting for my change, have revised
the last former draught of my will, but revoking it, do establish this following
as my last will and testament, and do hereby appoint my dear and faithful
wife Mrs. Sarah Symmes sole executrix thereof.
First, I commit and commend what I am and have into the hands of my
most loving Father and Gracious God in Christ Jesus : my soul immediately
upon my death to be received into those heavenly mansions which my
blessed Saviour hath prepared for me ; my body to be for a time, in a comely,
but not over costly manner, interred, in assured faith and hope that my
Saviour will in his time raise up my vile body and make it like his glorious
body, and, uniting it to my soul, will continue them forever with himself in
perfect blessedness and glore.
For my temporal estate wherewith the Lord hath blessed me, it is already
in good parte disposed of by reason of the mariage of my eldest sonne
William, and of six of my daughters, viz., Sarah, Marye, Elizabeth, Huldah,
Rebeckah, Deborah. To each of these seven I have already given
such a portion, as our own necessities would permitt, and that without any
partialitie farther than a legacy given to my daughter Brock, and daughter
Savage did equity require ; therefore my earnest desire and will is that
none of them grudge at any of the other, or trouble their mother in the
least wise any further demand, or motion about what is already disposed of.
For Ruth, my wife hath already set by for her such a portion as with
a very small enlargement (which I leave to my widow's discretion) may
equal her portion with her sisters.
For my two sonnes Zechariah and Timothy, to the former upon his
going to Rehoboth I gave some books, with some household stuff, and to
make up his first dividend, I assign unto him all my library, except what is
after mentioned, and provided that soone after my death he oblige himself
in a bonde of eighty pounds, together with his heirs and assigns, to pay unto
his brother Timothie fourty pounds sterling in money, or merchantable goods
at money price, within one year after my decease, or in case his brother
Timothy dye before the year expired, then to pay it to my other children
surviving, in equal portions, reserving a double portion to my eldest sonne
William.
Other legacies doe some of my dear friends deserve, and therefore may
probably expect, but considering my dear widos probable necesseties, and
that farr most of our first estate came by her, I trust they will take it well
though I do dispose of the remainder of my estate in the manner following.
First, my debts being discharged (which are none that I know of but what
my wife is privye unto) and one legacy of five pounds to my dear brother Mr.
William Symmes, to which I know my wife will be as willing as myself, it
being but a small remembrance of his very great love and costs to us and
ours, I then give and bequeath to my faithful and dearly beloved wife,
the whole use and benefit of all my temporal estate, consisting in lands,
houses, cattell, moneye, plate, with all other goods and moveables which the
Lord hath given, to her own proper use, to have, hold and enjoy during the
whole time of her widowhood. In case she shall see good to marry, which
I suppose she will never do without good advice, then I take it for granted
that it will be with one that may bring some comfortable outward estate
with him, and therefore in case she shall marry I give a third part of my
whole estate to be equally divided among my children then living, only a
double part to my eldest sonne, and at her death the other two thirds to be
alike divided, only I give her liberty and power at her decease to dispose
of fifty pounds sterling to any of her children or any other of her relatives
or friends as she shall see mete. Further, out of my books and papers, I
give her that large English Bible wch was her mothers, also such books as
I have of Doc Sibs or Doc Prestons, also a book of Baynes letters, and
about comfortable walking with God. Also all my notes of my sermons,
one book in octavo upon 16th Mat. 24 and 17 cap of John, 2 small books
of my latter sermons, one in decimo sexto, the other hath yet but a few
sermons. Also I give to my eldest sonne Fulke on Rhem. Test, with 4
books in quarto of Mr. Bolton's works, as also a fourth part of such manuscripts
either mine owne or my father's sermons, as are in papers or sticht,
but not bound up. All my written books besides I give to Zech: with the
rest of the manuscripts, yet so as upon their requests not to deny the lending
of them for a small time to any of their brethren or sisters to peruse
for their owne private use onely, for I never intended nor prepared anything
of mine to be put in print.
Item. At my wives death I give my farm neere Woburne and land at
Nottimos to my eldest sonne, provided that he bynde it over to pay unto
the rest of my children a hundred pounds in equall portions in two years
time : 50 pounds per annum.
Item. I give to all my sonnes in law, at the death of my wife, to each
of them thirty shillings for a ring, or any other meanes of remembering my
love to them ; and to each of my grandchildren, by nature or by law, thirteen
shillings four pence for a spoone.
Witnesses. Francis Norton, Joshua Teed [Tidd].
| Baker, Sarah (I33651)
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"According to the advice of the Honor'd President Administration granted unto Mary Sayward, Relict or widdow of Hene : Sayward deceased, provided shee give in bond according to law of all such moveables belonging to the aforesaid estate. Wee, Mary Sayward, James Grant & Robert Young do hereby Ingage or selves In a bond of two hundred pounds unto the Treas, of this Province that the sd Mary Sayword, administratrix, shall take a true Inventory of the Moveables of the estate of Henery Sayword, deceased, & shee shall make return y r of & of her doings unto the next Court of pleas to bee holden for the province and to procure some honest indifferent men to make appraisal & what other estate Hene : Sayword was possessed of in Lands & Mills are to be brought in although not appraised."
| Sayward, Henry (I9712)
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"According to the advice of the Honor'd President Administration granted unto Mary Sayward, Relict or widdow of Hene : Sayward deceased, provided shee give in bond according to law of all such moveables belonging to the aforesaid estate. Wee, Mary Sayward, James Grant & Robert Young do hereby Ingage or selves In a bond of two hundred pounds unto the Treas, of this Province that the sd Mary Sayword, administratrix, shall take a true Inventory of the Moveables of the estate of Henery Sayword, deceased, & shee shall make return y r of & of her doings unto the next Court of pleas to bee holden for the province and to procure some honest indifferent men to make appraisal & what other estate Hene : Sayword was possessed of in Lands & Mills are to be brought in although not appraised."
| Peasley, Mary (I9713)
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"At a Court of Assistants held the third of Aprill, 1637, In the Xllj th Yeare of the Raigne of our Souraigne Lord, Charles, by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Kinge, Defender, &______. It is also agreed by the Court that these tenn men of Saugust, vizt. Edmond ffreman, Henry ffeake, Thomas Dexter, Edward Dillingham, William Wood, John Carman, Richard Chadwell, William Almey, Thomas Tapper and George Knott shall have liberty to view a place to sitt Down on & have sufficient lands for three score famylies, upon condicons ppounded to them by the Gou'nor & Mr. Winslowe".
| Feake, Mr. Henry (I9344)
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"At a Court of Assistants held the third of Aprill, 1637, In the Xllj th Yeare of the Raigne of our Souraigne Lord, Charles, by the Grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Kinge, Defender, &______. It is also agreed by the Court that these tenn men of Saugust, vizt. Edmond ffreman, Henry ffeake, Thomas Dexter, Edward Dillingham, William Wood, John Carman, Richard Chadwell, William Almey, Thomas Tapper and George Knott shall have liberty to view a place to sitt Down on & have sufficient lands for three score famylies, upon condicons ppounded to them by the Gou'nor & Mr. Winslowe".
| Dillingham, Edward (I9323)
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"Be it known to all Christian people, Indians and others whom it may concern, that I Pocono, and Ringe, and Quoconoco, and Whim??a, who are right owners of one island in the great river Oantenock where Mr. Goodyear had a trading house, and also the lands on both sides of the river, we do by this present writing grant . . . unto Henry Tomlinson of Stratford, the above mentioned island and the land on both sides of the river, three miles down the river south-east, and the land on both sides of the river upward north-west, which amounts to seven miles in length, and accordingly of three miles in breadth, which amounts to six miles in breadth; all which tract of land and island to have and hold. . . . We confess to have received one piece of cloth and other good pay to our satisfaction.
April 25, 1671.
POCONO, his mark.
OCOMUNHED, his mark.
WESONCO, his mark.
POMUNTOCK, his mark.
RIN??, his mark.
COS??USHAMOCK, his mark.
MATARET, the Sachem's eldest son.
TOMO, his mark, the second son of Maturet.
QUOCANOCO, his mark.
WEEKPENOS, his mark.
TOTO, his mark.
MOUEMAT, his mark.
CHETEMHEHU, his mark.
OTHORON, his mark.
PARISCOXAS, his mark."
| Tomlinson, Henry (I617)
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"I, JOHN KILBOURN, Senior, of Wethersfield, in the County of Hartford, in his majesties Territories of New England, yeoman, being at present firme in my senses and understanding, do appoint this my last Will and Testament, in manner following:--Imp's. I bequeath my Soul into the hands of my most mercifull Redeemer, hopeing for his merit's ??ake to find acceptance with God, and a Joyfull Resurrection, my body to be buried in a Christian manner according to the discretion of mine Executors hereinafter named.--I give and bequeath to my Sonn, JOHN KILBOURN, besides what I have formerly given and settled on him, and on his heirs and assignes, my whole right and title to that Tract of Land sometime since parchased of the Indians, on the East side of the great River; also I give to my said Sonn, John, my great bible and one great booke of Mr. Perkins his works.--I give and bequeath to my Sonn, THOMAS KILBOURN, and to his heirs and assignes forever, the remainder of my Land in Naubuck, both meadow, swamp, and uppland, and Six pounds in Current Country pay, to be paid by my Executors hereafter named within two years after my decease.--I give and bequeath to my daughter, NAOMI HALE, (besides what I have formerly given her,) my Silver beaker and one pair of Sheets, to be delivered her by my Executors at my decease. My will is that my present Loveing wife, Sarah Kilbourn, shall enjoy and possess one half of any houseing and Home lott abutting on the broad street East, and one third part of my Lands lyeing on the west side of the great River, dareing the time of her naturall Life.--I give to my Sonn, EBENEZER KILBOURN, and to his heirs and assignes forever, one half of my houseing and home lott facing against the broad street, to be to him and to his heirs or assignes, at my decease, and the other half of the same to him and to his heirs or assignes forever, at the decease of his mother, Sarah Kilbourn. Also one half of mine Eight acree Lott at the pond at the Upper end of the great Meadow, and one fourth part of my Land in the Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Long Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he or his heirs or assignes to enjoy two thirds of those lands at my decease, and the rest at the decease of his mother aforesaid.--I give and bequeath to my daughter, SARAH CRANE, (besides what I have already given her,) the Sum of fifteen pounds, in goods, corn, or Chattells, to be apprized as Country pay, to be paid within two years after my decease.--I give and bequeath to my Sonn, GEORGE KILBOURN, my house and Home lott faceing against Bell Lane, which I have purchased of my Sonn Ebenezer, and one half of my Eight acree Lott at the upper end of the great meadow, and one fourth part of my Land in the Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Long Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he to enjoy two thirds of those lands at the age of Twenty and one years. And he, my said Sonn George, his heirs or assignes, to enjoy and possess the rest forever at the decease of his mother, Sarah Kilbourn. I also give my said Sonn George, one silver Spoon marked G M: G K, provided he shall pay Tenn pounds to my daughter, Mary Kilbourn, in Country pay, within four years after my decease, and Twenty shillings in like Country pay to his brother, Thomas Kilbourn, within the same time.--I give and bequeath to my daughter, MARY KILBOURN, the Summ of Thirty and Eight pounds in Country pay, whereof her brother George is to pay tenn pounds as above exprest, and Twenty and Eight pounds to be paid to her by my Executors hereafter named, in goods or Chattells apprized as Country pay, within two years after my decease, or after her marriage.--I give and bequeath to my Sonn, JOSEPH KILBOURN, and to his heirs or assignes forever, the one half of my Land at the Whirlpools in the great Meadow, and half my Land at Mile Meadow, and half my Land at Beaver Meadow, and one fourth part of my Land at Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Long Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he, his heirs or assignes, to enjoy two thirds of those Lands at the age of Twenty and one years, and the rest at his mother's decease; he also shall pay twenty shillings to his brother, Thomas Kilbourn, within one year after he enjoys the same.--I give and bequeath to my Sonn, ABRAHAM KILBOURN, and to his heirs or assignes forever, half my Land at the Whirlpools in the great meadow, and half my Land at Mile Meadow, and half my Land at Beaver Meadow, and one fourth part of my Land at Wett Swamp, and one fourth part of my Lott at the Town's End. That is to say, he as aforesaid to enjoy two thirds of said Lands at the age of Twenty and one years, and the rest at his mother's decease; also, one heiffer, he paying Twenty shillings to his brother, Thomas Kilbourn, in Country pay, within one year after he shall possess the same. I give to those two last named Sonns, vizt., Joseph and Abraham, my Fifty Acree Lott in the Equall Division, to be to them, their heirs or assignes forever; my will is that they divide the same equally between them.--Lastly, I give and bequeath all the rest of my Moveable Estate, goods, Corn; or Chattells, whatsoever, to my Loveing wife, Sarah Kilbourn, Shee paying all my just debts and Legacies. And I do nominate and appoint my said beloved wife and my Sonn Ebenezer to be the Executors of my last Will and Testament, to whome I give the power of dividing my Lands to my Sonns respectively, as above exprest. In witness that this is my last Will and Testament, revokeing and makeing void all former Wills whatsoever, I have here unto set my hand and seal, this twenty-fourth day of September, in the yeare of our Lord, One Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty Eight, and in the fourth yeare of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, James the Second, by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, &c.
JOHN KILBOURN. [SEAL.]
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of the Witnesses,
SAMUELL BOREMAN, |
SAMUELL BUTLAR.
| Kilbourne, Sgt. John (I8684)
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
| Hilton, Magdalene (I6494)
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
| Moore, Mary (I6955)
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
| Moore, William (I18410)
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
| Young, Rowland (I44282)
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
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"Mrs. James Plaisted, the wife of James Plaisted, was made a captive by the Indians about three weeks after delivery of a male child. They then took her with her infant oif her bed and forced her to travel in her weakness the best part of a day without any respect of pity At night the cold ground in the open air her lodging, and for many a day she had no nourishment but a little water with a little bear's flesh, which rendered her so feeble, that she with her infant were not far from totally starved. Upon her cries to God there was at length some supply sent in by her master's taking a moose, the broth whereof recovered her. But she must now travel many days thro' woods, and swamps and rocks and over mountains, and frost and snow until she could stir no farther. Sitting down to rest, she was not able to rise, until her diabolical master helped her up, which, when he did, he took her child from her, and carried it unto a river, where, stripping it of the few rags it had, he took it by the heels and against a tree dashed out his brains and flung it into the river. So he returned unto the miserable mother, telling her she was now eased of her burden and must walk faster than she did before,"
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"One of his grandsons, an intelligent citizen of New Jersey, writes - 'My grandfather, Gershom Kilborn, never had any knowledge of his parents, brothers or sisters. He could give no account of himself anterior to the time when he was bound out by the Overseers of the Poor to a farmer at Pigeon Hill, Morris Co. In some way, he became impressed with the belief that he was of Scotch descent. He also ascertained from some source unknown to me, the date of his birth.' The circumstance that Ebenezer Kilborn of Glastonbury and his family, early settled in Morris County, with the additional fact that a son of Gershom K. removed to Connecticut, and lived and died there, leads me to believe that he (G. K.) was of Connecticut origin, and renders it probable that he was a son or grandson of Ebenezer K."
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"Vnto Thomas Rider my Sonne in Law & daughter Elizabeth his wife, my new dwelling house in Dorchester with all the outhousing, garden etc. only to & for the vse of my daughter & her children fforeuer, except my great Lott in the great Lotts of Dorchester within Pale & without, Estimated 24 Acres more or lesse wch I giue vnto my daughter Mary Long.
also such personal Estate as I dye possesed of shall by my Executors be thus distributed:
Vnto sonne Thomas Linckhorne of Hingham Å“8 in silver.
Vnto sonne George Lane of Hingham Å“8; sonne Nath Baker of Hingham Å“8; sonne Andrew Lane of Hingham Å“8; the discharge of these Legacyes in siluer aforesaid, Å“60 due vnto me vpon Bill from Mr John Glover.
the Remainder of the Bill after Å“32 in Legacys (being Twenty-Eight) I giue vnto Mary Long my daughter together with all my personall estate, --
except one standing bedstead in the Parlor also one table & one chest in the house & also two fatts in the Leantoo to wett Barley in wch I giue vnto my sone Rider & his wife to Remaine at the house.
Vnto Mary Long all my cattle, haye, corne, mault, Swine, Pewter, brase, beding & and all my Estate, funerall charges & Legacyes being discharged.
Vnto ffredome Kingley who hath beene my faithful Servant 20s
Mary Long to haue liberty in my dwelling house after my decease for the Removall of herselfe & goods from thence such time as my executors thinke convenient, not exceeding sixe months after the day of my Buriall, also such liberty in the Barne & vpon the Land concerning her haye, corne and cattle, wch is thus thus to be vnderstood that it shall not at all p'judice or hinder Tho Rider from the vse of the Land at all; in case I dye in such Season as the Land is to be planted or Sowne, he to haue liberty so to doe and she haue liberty to Reape & take what was by me planted or Sowne.
Louing Brother Joseph ffarnsworth & John Wiswall executors. 28, 12 mo. 1650.
The marke H of WILLIAM LANE.
Signed in p'sence of Thomas Wiswall, ffreedome Kinsley. | Lane, William (I11922)
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"We present Gowen Willson for frequenting the house of John Andrews suspitiously at unseasonable tymes & for his daly accompanying of him selfe with Joane Andrews up & down Pischataque River about frivolous Occasions, whereby the sd Willson doth neglect his owne wife, children & family, and being warned by a grand jury man from the evill of his way who tould him that if he would not desist from that Course hee would Complayne of him in the Court to his sham, Willson answere was, that he would not refrayne that house till he was Constrayned by the Court to leave itt . . . In reference to Gowan Willsons offences, first this (court) Injoyneth an Act of separation betweene the sd Willson & Joane Andrews, & Gowan Willson doth not to come frequently nor unseasonably into the Company of Joane Andrews . . . 2ly. Gowan Willson & Joseph Atkinson doe binde themselves in a bond of tenn pounds that the aforesaid Willson shall appeare before the Court houlden at Strawberre banke on Twesday next to putt in good security for his good behaviour to the valew of tenn pounds relating to his misemeneanurs . . . Gowan Willson paiing 5s the officers fees with an admonition is discharged"
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"You shall be truly loyall to our soverign Lord King Charles his heires and successors (the state and government of England as it now stands.) You shall not speake or doe, devise or advise any thing or things act or acts directly or indirectly by land or water that doth shall or may tend to the destruction or overthrow of this present plantacons Colonies or Corporacon of New Plymouth. Neither shall you suffer the same to be spoken or done but shall hinder oppose and discover the same to the Governor and Assistants of the said Colony for the time being or some one of them. You shall faithfully submit unto such good and wholesome laws and ordnances as either are or shall be made for the ordering and government of the same and shall endeavor to advance the growth and good of the several plantations within the limits of the Corporacon by all due means and courses. All which you promise and sweare by the name of the great God of heaven and earth simply truly and faithfully to pforme as you hope for help from God who is the God of truth and punisher of falsehood."
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(Essex No. 26893) Last will & Testament of Richard Swan of Rowley In the County of Essex in New England.
I Richard Swan, being weak of body but of perfect memory & understanding doe make & appoynt this my last will as followeth: . . . As to my outward estate that God of his goodness hath graciously Lent & bestowed upon mee, I leave Give & bestow it as Followeth: Impr. To my dearly beloved wife Ann Swan I Give and freely Bestow vpon her during her Natural Life: what I contracted wth her to have vpon our agreement before mariage viz: my now dwelling house, orchard Barne & out houses & yards wth the pviledges thereof vpon the Comon: & plow ground behind the Barne: and the English pasture Ground Joyneing vpon the house Lott, and the pasture Ground lying betweene the English pasture & pollipod Lotts: & three Acers of salt marsh Joyneing vpon the ox pasture at the East end of the Towne:
Further not exprest in our Contract before mariage I bestow vpon her dureing her naturall Life, provided she live in the house the reest of my meadow joyneing to that which is before exprest & the prvileges of keeping two Cows yearly in the East end ox pasture: Further I acknowledg the Twenty five pounds to be her due according to our Contract before mariage & hereby her estate except Lands. Further I Give my wife Ten Bushl of Indian & English Corne that may be for her use, till she Can provide Corne for herself after my decease and a third part of what provision I Leave vist: pork, Beef & Bacon &c.
Item. I give to my son Robert Swan as followeth: Impr. I hereby Confirm to him my Village Lands which is about Two hundred Acers; & my Right in an Acer & half Lott that was Thomas Lilford's Joyneing vpon my owne Land in Rowley & the pviledges that belonged to my Right in that Lott: also I give him my now dwelling house Barne Orchard, Yards, & house Lott, & pasture ground Joyneing thereto all but two Acers: which I have added after in my will to what I have given Joseph Boynton my son in Law already from of yt pasture Land: This with all the pviledges thereto belonging I give him the sd Robert to be at his dispose, & for his use after the decease of Ann my wife, provided he pay or Cause to be payd vnto the Three children of my son in Law & daughter Stickney namely, Elizabeth, Samuell, & Sarah Each five pounds, when they shal come to be of the age of Twenty one years: & fifteene pounds to my granchild Richard Sutton at the age of Twenty one years.
Item. I Give vnto my Grand child son of Robert Swan, Richard Swan, Three Acers of meadow after my wives decease, & the pviledg of Two Cow Gates in the East end ox pasture after her decease which she hath given for the Tearme of her life if she dwell her life time in the House: also I give to my said Grand child a sorrel mare Colt one year old: and if my son Robert doe bestow vpon the sd Richard my Gran child (as sometime he told me he would) what estate I give to him my son Robert in Rowley Towne which will fall to him after my wives decease then the legacies before given of Thirty pounds to my four Grand children, Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Richard, and to be by him paid out of what I gave him is thereby & hereby remitted, which then shall be paid by my executor if they live to ye age aforesaid: and then I Give Richard more Two Acers, & half of Land that lies (of my land) next the ox pasture Land at gate.
Item. I Give vnto my Four Daughters vizt. Jane Wilson, Franciss Quilter, Dorothy Chapman & Mercy Warner each Ten pounds.
Item. I Give vnto my son in Law Joseph Boynton & Sarah his wife with what children of theirs that shall live to the Age of Twenty one years, Two Acers of from that part of pasture Land given to my wife for her life; which shall be payd out Joyneing to her owne fformerly gave him, & pollipod Lotts, & David Bennetts, also I give him & them my Land in the Feild caled Symon's feild: & the Remaynder of that my Land not given to Richard Swan in the Littl feild by the ox pasture Gate in the East End of Rowley: also my salt marsh in the marsh farme Joyneing vpon the pond & casway: also my Lands in the Ry plaine (soe Cald), ten Acers more or Less, also my meadow comonly caled Crane meadow, also a Comonage in the Towne of Rowley that belongs not to my House I live in but fell to mee by Gates wth what Division or Divisions may hereafter bee upon Rowley Comon that belongs to Gate Land & Rate Land:
Item I give vnto all the Rest of my Lands & moveables, & estate what ever not mentioned before to the parties. And give the Lands mentioned to them & theirs: to him & his wife During their naturall life wth out they or either of them that survive the other before their death dispose of it to them before.
Item I appoynt & Constitute my son in Law Joseph Boynton my executor to this my last will: who I appoynt hereby to pay all my debts and legacies and disburstments whatever may be for my Burial: which Debts Legacies & Disburstments I apoynt be paid out of what moveable Estate I have left him which said estate if it reach not to ye value to pay debts &c. I hereby give him leave to sell any part of what is before given him & his wife, & children for to pay with all, and hee is hereby empowered to Give deed or deeds of Conveyanc of the same.
Further my will is that if any person or persons that I have given legacie or legacies vnto (vpon the Sight of my will) will not promiss my executor (whom he shall after his decease appoynt in his stead, upon their demand of what I have given them) to Give him &c. before sufficient wittnesses a full discharg from any further demand or any further claime to any part more of my estate then what I have in this my will given them, Then my executor or any he shall Leave in his Roome after decease shal be at liberty whether he or they will pay any such Legacy or Legacies as I have given in my will to any:
My desir is & I Intreat my Respected Teacher Mr. Samuell Phillips, & my Loveing Friend Nehemiah Jewet to be overseers of this my Last will.
For full confirmation of the promises I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Twenty Fifth of Aprill Anno. Dom. one Thousand six hundred & seventy & eight: the peice of cloth I leave for cloathes for my wife & Richard & Mary.
Signed Sealed & Del. In psence of Wittnesses
Richard Swan.
Abell Langlay, Nehemiah Jewett:
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I William French of Billerica aged about seaventy & six I have already given to all my children that have been already married their portions, I add as followeth to eldest son John French, to Wm. the son of Jacob French, to Elizabeth ye Daughter Richard Ellis, to Jonathan ye son of Jonathan Hides, to ye eldest Daughter of Jonathan Peake, to Marah ye Daughter of Jno. Brackett, which are all my grandchildren.
Remainder unto my wife, & to those children born to me by her. Wife and Jacob French to be executors. Made 5 June 1679. Presnce of Samll. Whiting Junr., Jonath. Danforth Sen
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CHARLES, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, Kinge of England, Scotland, Fraunce, and Ireland, Defendor of the Fayth, &c. To all to whome theis Presents shall come Greeting. Whereas, our most Deare and Royall Father, Kinge James, of blessed Memory, by his Highnes Letters-patents bearing Date at Westminster the third Day of November, in the eighteenth Yeare of his Raigne, hath given and graunted vnto the Councell established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of Newe England in America, and to their Successors and Assignes forever, all that Parte of America, lyeing and being in Bredth, from Forty Degrees of Northerly Latitude from the Equinoctiall Lyne, to forty eight Degrees of the saide Northerly Latitude inclusively, and in Length, of and within all the Breadth aforesaid, throughout the Maine Landes from Sea to Sea; together also with all the Firme Landes, Soyles, Groundes, Havens, Portes, Rivers, Waters, Fishing, Mynes, and Myneralls, as well Royall Mynes of Gould and Silver, asother Mynes and Myneralls, precious Stones, Quarries, and all and singular other Com̃odities, Jurisdiccons, Royalties, Priviledges, Franchesies, and Prehemynences, both within the said Tract of Land vpon the Mayne, and also within the Islandes and Seas adjoining: Provided alwayes, That the saide Islandes, or any the Premisses by the said Letters-patents intended and meant to be graunted, were not then actuallie possessed or inhabited, by any other Christian Prince or State, nor within the Boundes, Lymitts, or Territories of the Southerne Colony, then before graunted by our saide Deare Father, to be planted by divers of his loveing Subiects in the South Partes. To have and to houlde, possess, and enioy all and singular the aforesaid Continent, Landes, Territories, Islandes, Hereditaments, and Precincts, Seas, Waters, Fishings, with all, and all manner their Com̃odities, Royalties, Liberties,Prehemynences, and Proffits that should from thenceforth arise from thence,with all and singuler their Appurtenances, and every Parte and Parcell thereof, vnto the saide Councell and their Successors and Assignes for ever, to the sole and proper Vse, Benefitt, and Behoofe of them the saide Councell, and their Successors and Asignes for ever: To be houlden of our saide most Deare and Royall Father, his Heires and Successors, as of his Mannor of East Greenewich in the County of Kent, in free and com̃on Soccage, and not in Capite nor by Knight Service: Yeildinge and paying therefore to the saide late Kinge, his heires and Successors, the fifte Parte of the Oare of Gould and Silver, which should from tyme to tyme, and at all Tymes then after happen to be found, gotten, had, and obteyned in, att, or within any of the saide Landes, Lymitts, Territories, and Precincts, or in or within any Parte or Parcell thereof, for or in Respect of all and all Manner of Duties, Demaunds and Services whatsoever, to be don, made, or paide to our saide Dear Father the late Kinge his Heires and Successors, as in and by the saide Letters-patents (amongst sundrie and other Clauses, Powers, Priviledges, and Grauntes therein conteyned), more at large appeareth: And whereas, the saide Councell established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, for the plantinge, ruling, ordering, and governing of Newe England in America, have by their Deede, indented vnder their Comon Seale, bearing Date the nyneteenth Day of March last past, in the third Yeare of our Raigne, given, graunted, bargained, soulde, enfeoffed, aliened, and confirmed to Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Young, Knightes, Thomas Southcott, John Humphrey, John Endecott, and Symon Whetcombe, their Heires and Assignes, and their Associats for ever, all that Parte of Newe England in America aforesaid, which lyes and extendes betweene a greate River there comonlie called Monomack alias Merriemack, and a certen other River there, called Charles River, being in the Bottome of a certayne Bay there, com̃onlie called Massachusetts, alias Mattachusetts, alias Massatusetts Bay, and also all and singuler those Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, lyeing within the Space of three English Myles on the South Parte of the said Charles River, or of any, or everie Parte thereof; and also, all and singuler the Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, lyeing and being within the Space of three English Myles to the Southward of the Southermost Parte of the saide Bay called Massachusetts, alias Mattachusetts, alias Massatusets Bay; and also, all those Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, which lye, and be within the space of three English Myles to the Northward of the said River called Monomack, alias Merrymack, or to the Northward of any and every Parte thereof, and all Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, lyeing within the Lymitts aforesaide, North and South in Latitude and bredth, and in Length and Longitude, of and within all the Bredth aforesaide, throughout the Mayne Landes there, from the Atlantick and Westerne Sea and Ocean on the East Parte, to the South Sea on the West Parte; and all Landes and Groundes, Place and Places, Soyles, Woodes and Wood Groundes, Havens, Portes, Rivers, Waters, Fishings, and Hereditaments whatsoever, lyeing within the said Boundes and Lymitts, and everie Parte and Parcell thereof; and also, all Islandes lyeing in America aforesaide, in the saide Seas or either of them on the Westerne or Eastern Coastes or Partes of the said Tractes of Lande, by the saide Indenture mencõed to be given, graunted, bargained, sould, enfeoffed, aliened and confirmed, or any of them; and also, all Mynes and Myneralls, as well Royall Mynes of Gould and Silver, as other Mynes and Myneralls whatsoeuer, in the saide Lands and Premisses, or any Parte thereof; and all Jurisdiccons, Rights, Royalties, Liberties, Freedomes, Ymmunities, Priviledges, Franchises, Preheminences, and Com̃odities whatsoever, which they, the said Councell established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of Newe England in America, then had, or might vse, exercise, or enjoy, in or within the saide Landes and Premisses by the saide Indenture mencõed to be given, graunted, bargained, sould, enfeoffed, and confirmed, or in or within any Parte or Parcell thereof: To have and to hould, the saide Parte of Newe England in America, which lyes and extendes and is abutted as aforesaide, and every Parte and Parcell thereof; and all the saide Islandes, Rivers, Portes, Havens, Waters, Fishings, Mynes, and Myneralls, Jurisdiccons, Franchises, Royalties, Liberties, Priviledges, Comodities, Hereditaments, and Premisses whatsoever, with the Appurtenances vnto the saide Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, and Simon Whetcombe, their Heires and Assignes, and their Associatts, to the onlie proper and absolute vse and Behoofe of the said Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, and Simon Whettcombe, their Heires and Assignes, and their Associatts for evermore; To be houlden of Vs, our Heires and Successors, as of our Mannor of Eastgreenwich, in the County of Kent, in free and com̃on Soccage, and not in Capite, nor by Knighted Service; Yeilding and payeing therefore vnto Vs, our Heires and Successors, the fifte Parte of the Oare of Goulde and Silver, which shall from Tyme to Tyme, and at all Tymes hereafter, happen to be founde, gotten, had, and obteyned in any of the saide Landes, within the saide Lymitts, or in or within any Parte thereof, for, and in Satisfaccon of all manner Duties, Demaundes, and Services whatsoever to be donn, made, or paid to Vs, our Heires or Successors, as in and by the said recited Indenture more at large maie appeare. Nowe Knowe Yee, that Wee, at the humble Suite and Peticon of the saide Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, and Simon Whetcombe, and of others whome they have associated vnto them, Have, for divers good Causes and consideracons, vs moveing, graunted and confirmed, and by theis Presents of our especiall Grace, certen Knowledge, and meere Mocon, doe graunt and confirme vnto the saide Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, and Simon Whetcombe, and to their Associatts hereafter named; (videlicet) Sir Richard Saltonstall, Knight, Isaack Johnson, Samuel Aldersey, John Ven, Mathew Cradock, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, Richard Perry, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniell Wright, Samuel Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Browne, Samuell Browne, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pinchion, and George Foxcrofte, their Heires and Assignes, all the saide Parte of Newe England in America, lyeing and extending betweene the Boundes and Lymytts in the said recited Indenture expressed, and all Landes and Groundes, Place and Places, Soyles, Woods and Wood Groundes, Havens, Portes, Rivers, Waters, Mynes, Mineralls, Jurisdiccõns, Rightes, Royalties, Liberties, Freedomes, Immunities, Priviledges, Franchises, Preheminences, Hereditaments, and Comodities whatsoever, to them the saide Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, and Simon Whetcombe, theire Heires and Assignes, and to their Associatts, by the saide recited Indenture, given, graunted, bargayned, solde, enfeoffed, aliened, and confirmed, or mencõed, or intended thereby to be given, graunted, bargayned, sold, enfeoffed, aliened, and confirmed: To have, and to hould, the saide Parte of Newe England in America, and other the Premisses hereby mencõed to be graunted and confirmed, and every Parte and Parcell thereof with the Appurtennces, to the saide Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, Simon Whetcombe, Isaack Johnson, Richard Pery, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniell Wright, Samuell Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Browne, Samuel Browne, Thomas Hutchins, Samuel Aldersey, John Ven, Mathewe Cradock, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, William Vassall, William Pinchion, and George Foxcrofte, their Heires and Assignes forever, to their onlie proper and absolute Vse and Behoofe for evermore; To be holden of Vs, our Heires and Successors, as of our Mannor of Eastgreenewich aforesaid, in free and com̃on Socage, and not in Capite, nor by Knights Service; And also yeilding and paying therefore to Vs, our Heires and Successors, the fifte parte onlie of all Oare of Gould and Silver, which from tyme to tyme, and att all tymes hereafter shalbe there gotten, had, or obteyned, for all Services, Exaccons and Demaundes whatsoever, according to the Tenure and Reservacon in the said recited Indenture expressed. And further, knowe yee, that of our more especiall Grace, certen Knowledg, and meere mocõn, Wee have given and graunted, and by theis Presents, doe for Vs, our Heires and Successors, give and graunte vnto the saide Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, Symon Whetcombe, Isaack Johnson, Samuell Aldersey, John Ven, Mathewe Cradock, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, Richard Pery, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniel Wright, Samuell Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Browne, Samuell Browne, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pinchion, and George Foxcrofte, their Heires and Assignes, all that Parte of Newe England in America, which lyes and extendes betweene a great River there, comonlie called Monomack River, alias Merrimack River, and a certen other River there, called Charles River, being in the Bottome of a certen Bay there, com̃onlie called Massachusetts, alias Mattachusetts, alias Massatusetts Bay; and also all and singuler those Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, lying within the Space of Three Englishe Myles on the South Parte of the said River, called Charles River, or of any or every Parte thereof; and also all and singuler the Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, lying and being within the Space of Three Englishe Miles to the southward of the southermost Parte of the said Baye, called Massachusetts, alias Mattachusetts, alias Massatusets Bay: And also all those Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, which lye and be within the Space of Three English Myles to the Northward of the saide River, called Monomack, alias Merrymack, or to the Norward of any and every Parte thereof, and all Landes and Hereditaments whatsoever, lyeing within the Lymitts aforesaide, North and South, in Latitude and Bredth, and in Length and Longitude, of and within all the Bredth aforesaide, throughout the mayne Landes there, from the Atlantick and Westerne Sea and Ocean on the East Parte, to the South Sea on the West Parte; and all Landes and Groundes, Place and Places, Soyles, Woodes, and Wood Groundes, Havens, Portes, Rivers, Waters, and Hereditaments whatsoever, lyeing within the said Boundes and Lymytts, and every Parte and Parcell thereof; and also all Islandes in America aforesaide, in the saide Seas, or either of them, on the Westerne or Easterne Coastes, or Partes of the saide Tracts of Landes hereby mencõed to be given and graunted, or any of them; and all Mynes and Mynerals as well Royal mynes of Gold and Silver and other mynes and mynerals, whatsoever, in the said Landes and Premisses, or any parte thereof, and free Libertie of fishing in or within any the Rivers or Waters within the Boundes and Lymytts aforesaid, and the Seas therevnto adjoining; and all Fishes, Royal Fishes, Whales, Balan, Sturgions, and other Fishes of what Kinde or Nature soever, that shall at any time hereafter be taken in or within the saide Seas or Waters, or any of them, by the said Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, Simon Whetcombe, Isaack Johnson, Samuell Aldersey, John Ven, Mathewe Cradock, George Harwood, Increase Noell, Richard Pery, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniell Wright, Samuell Vassell, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Browne, Samuell Browne; Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pinchion, and George Foxcrofte, their Heires and Assignes, or by any other person or persons whatsoever therein habiting, by them, or any of them, to be appointed to fishe therein.
Provided alwayes, That yf the said Landes, Islandes, or any other the Premisses herein before mencõned, and by theis presents, intended and meant to be graunted, were at the tyme of the graunting of the saide former Letters patents, dated the Third Day of November, in the Eighteenth Yeare of our said deare Fathers Raigne aforesaide, actuallie possessed or inhabited by any other Christian Prince or State, or were within the Boundes, Lymytts or Territories of that Southerne Colony, then before graunted by our said late Father, to be planted by divers of his loveing Subiects in the south partes of America, That then this present Graunt shall not extend to any such partes or parcells thereof, soe formerly inhabited, or lyeing within the Boundes of the Southerne Plantacõn as aforesaide, but as to those partes or parcells soe possessed or inhabited by such Christian Prince or State, or being within the Bounders aforesaide shal be vtterlie voyd, theis presents or any Thinge therein conteyned to the contrarie notwithstanding. To have and hould, possesse and enioye the saide partes of New England in America, which lye, extend, and are abutted as aforesaide, and every parte and parcell thereof; and all the Islandes, Rivers, Portes, Havens, Waters, Fishings, Fishes, Mynes, Myneralls, Jurisdiccõns, Franchises, Royalties, Liberties, Priviledges, Com̃odities, and Premisses whatsoever, with the Appurtenances, vnto the said Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, Simon Whetcombe, Isaack Johnson, Samuell Aldersey, John Ven, Mathewe Cradock, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, Richard Perry, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniell Wright, Samuell Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Browne, Samuell Browne, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pinchion, and George Foxcroft, their Heires and Assignes forever, to the onlie proper and absolute Vse and Behoufe of the said Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, Simon Whetcombe, Isaac Johnson, Samuell Aldersey, John Ven, Mathewe Cradocke, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, Richard Pery, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniell Wright, Samuell Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Browne; Samuell Browne, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pinchion, and George Foxcroft, their Heires and Assignes forevermore: To be holden of Vs, our Heires and Successors, as of our Manor of Eastgreenwich in our Countie of Kent, within our Realme of England, in free and comon Soccage, and not in Capite, nor by Knights Service; and also yeilding and paying therefore, to Vs, our Heires and Sucessors, the fifte Parte onlie of all Oare of Gould and Silver, which from tyme to tyme, and at all tymes hereafter, shal be there gotten, had, orobteyned, for all Services, Exaccons, and Demaundes whatsoever; Provided alwaies, and our expresse Will and Meaninge is, that onlie one fifte Parte of the Gould and Silver Oare above mencõed, in the whole, and noe more be reserved or payeable vnto Vs, our Heires and Successors, by Collour or Vertue of theis Presents, the double Reservacõns or rentals aforesaid or any Thing herein conteyned notwithstanding. And forasmuch, as the good and prosperous Successe of the Plantacon of the saide Partes of Newe-England aforesaide intended by the said Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endecott, Simon Whetcombe, Isaack Johnson, Samuell Aldersey, John Ven, Mathew Cradock, George Harwood, Increase Noell, Richard Pery, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniell Wright, Samuell Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Browne, Samuell Browne, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pinchion, and George Foxcrofte, to be speedily sett vpon, cannot but cheifly depend, next vnder the Blessing of Almightie God, and the support of our Royall Authoritie vpon the good Government of the same, To the Ende that the Affaires and Buyssinesses which from tyme to tyme shall happen and arise concerning the saide Landes, and the Plantation of the same maie be the better mannaged and ordered, Wee have further hereby of our especial Grace, certain Knowledge and mere Mocõn, Given, graunted and confirmed, and for Vs, our Heires and Successors, doe give, graunt, and confirme vnto our said trustie and welbeloved subiects Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Younge, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endicott, Simon Whetcombe, Isaack Johnson, Samuell Aldersey, John Ven, Mathewe Cradock, George Harwood, Increase Nowell, Richard Pery, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniell Wright, Samuell Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Browne, Samuell Browne, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pinchion, and George Foxcrofte: And for Vs, our Heires and Successors, Wee will and ordeyne, That the saide Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Young, Sir Richard Saltonstall, Thomas Southcott, John Humfrey, John Endicott, Symon Whetcombe, Isaack Johnson, Samuell Aldersey, John Ven, Mathewe Cradock, George Harwood, Increase Noell, Richard Pery, Richard Bellingham, Nathaniell Wright, Samuell Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Goffe, Thomas Adams, John Browne, Samuell Browne, Thomas Hutchins, William Vassall, William Pinchion, and George Foxcrofte, and all such others as shall hereafter be admitted and made free of the Company and Society hereafter mencõed, shall from tyme to tyme, and att all tymes forever hereafter be, by Vertue of theis presents, one Body corporate and politique in Fact and Name, by the Name of the Governor and Company of the Mattachusetts Bay in Newe-England, and them by the Name of the Governour and Company of the Mattachusetts Bay in Newe-England, one Bodie politique and corporate, in Deede, Fact, and Name; Wee doe for vs, our Heires and Successors, make, ordeyne, constitute, and confirme by theis Presents, and that by that name they shall have perpetuall Succession, and that by the same Name they and their Successors shall and maie be capeable and enabled aswell to implead, and to be impleaded, and to prosecute, demaund, and aunswere, and be aunsweared vnto, in all and singuler Suites, Causes, Quarrells, and Accons, of what kinde or nature soever. And also to have, take, possesse, acquire, and purchase any Landes, Tenements, or Hereditaments, or any Goodes or Chattells, and the same to lease, graunte, demise, alien, bargaine, sell, and dispose of, as other our liege People of this our Realme of England, or any other corporacon or Body politique of the same may lawfully doe.
And further, That the said Governour and Companye, and their Successors, maie have forever one comon Seale, to be vsed in all Causes and Occasions of the said Company, and the same Seale may alter, chaunge, breake, and newe make, from tyme to tyme, at their pleasures. And our Will and Pleasure is, and Wee doe hereby for Vs, our Heires and Successors, ordeyne and graunte, That from henceforth for ever, there shalbe one Governor, one Deputy Governor, and eighteene Assistants of the same Company, to be from tyme to tyme constituted, elected and chosen out of the Freemen of the saide Company, for the twyme being, in such Manner and Forme as hereafter in theis Presents is expressed,which said Officers shall applie themselves to take Care for the best disposeing and ordering of the generall buysines and Affaires of, for, and concerning the said Landes and Premisses hereby mencõed, to be graunted, and the Plantacion thereof, and the Government of the People there. And for the better Execucon of our Royall Pleasure and Graunte in this Behalf, Wee doe, by theis presents, for Vs, our Heires and Successors, nominate, ordeyne, make, & constitute; our welbeloved the saide Mathewe Cradocke, to be the first and present Governor of the said Company, and the saide Thomas Goffe, to be Deputy Governor of the saide Company, and the saide Sir Richard Saltonstall, Isaack Johnson, Samuell Aldersey, John Ven, John Humfrey, John Endecott, Simon Whetcombe, Increase Noell, Richard Pery, Nathaniell Wright, Samuell Vassall, Theophilus Eaton, Thomas Adams, Thomas Hutchins, John Browne, George Foxcrofte, William Vassall, and William Pinchion, to be the present Assistants of the saide Company, to continue in the saide several Offices respectivelie for such tyme, and in such manner, as in and by theis Presents is hereafter declared and appointed.
And further, Wee will, and by theis Presents, for Vs, our Heires and Successors, doe ordeyne and graunte, That the Governor of the saide Company for the tyme being, or in his Absence by Occasion of Sicknes or otherwise, the Deputie Governor for the tyme being, shall have Authoritie from tyme to tyme vpon all Occasions, to give order for the assembling of the saide Company, and calling them together to consult and advise of the Bussinesses and Affaires of the saide Company, and that the said Governor, Deputie Governor, and Assistants of the saide Company, for the tyme being, shall or maie once every Moneth, or oftener at their Pleasures, assemble and houlde and keepe a Courte or Assemblie of themselves, for the better ordering and directing of their Affaires, and that any seaven or more persons of the Assistants, togither with the Governor, or Deputie Governor soe assembled, shalbe saide, taken, held, and reputed to be, and shalbe a full and sufficient Courte or Assemblie of the said Company, for the handling, ordering, and dispatching of all such Buysinesses and Occurrents as shall from tyme to tyme happen, touching or concerning the said Company or Plantacon; and that there shall or maie be held and kept by the Governor, or Deputie Governor of the said Company, and seaven or more of the said Assistants for the tyme being, vpon every last Wednesday in Hillary, Easter, Trinity, and Michas Termes respectivelie forever, one greate generall and solempe assemblie, which foure generall assemblies shalbe stiled and called the foure greate and generall Courts of the saide Company; In all and every, or any of which saide greate and generall Courts soe assembled, Wee doe for Vs, our Heires and Successors, give and graunte to the said Governor and Company, and their Successors, That the Governor, or in his absence, the Deputie Governor of the saide Company for the tyme being, and such of the Assistants and Freeman of the saide Company as shalbe present, or the greater nomber of them so assembled, whereof the Governor or Deputie Governor and six of the Assistants at the least to be seaven, shall have full Power and authoritie to choose, nominate, and appointe, such and soe many others as they shall thinke fitt, and that shall be willing to accept the same, to be free of the said Company and Body, and them into the same to admitt; and to elect and constitute such Officers as they shall thinke fitt and requisite, for the ordering, mannaging, and dispatching of the Affaires of the saide Govenor and Company, and their Successors; And to make Lawes and Ordiñnces for the Good and Welfare of the saide Company, and for the Government and ordering of the saide Landes and Plantacõn, and the People inhabiting and to inhabite the same, as to them from tyme to tyme shalbe thought meete, soe as such Lawes and Ordinances be not contrarie or repugnant to the Lawes and Statuts of this our Realme of England. And, our Will and Pleasure is, and Wee doe hereby for Vs, our Heires and Successors, establish and ordeyne, That yearely once in the yeare, for ever hereafter, namely, the last Wednesday in Easter Tearme, yearely, the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Assistants of the saide Company and all other officers of the saide Company shalbe in the Generall Court or Assembly to be held for that Day or Tyme, newly chosen for the Yeare ensueing by such greater parte of the said Company, for the Tyme being, then and there present, as is aforesaide. And, yf it shall happen the present governor, Deputy Governor, and assistants, by theis presents appointed, or such as shall hereafter be newly chosen into their Roomes, or any of them, or any other of the officers to be appointed for the said Company, to dye, or to be removed from his or their severall Offices or Places before the saide generall Day of Eleccõn (whome Wee doe hereby declare for any Misdemeanor or Defect to be removeable by the Governor, Deputie Governor, Assistants, and Company, or such greater Parte of them in any of the publique Courts to be assembled as is aforesaid) That then, and in every such Case, it shall and maie be lawfull, to and for the Governor, Deputie Governor, Assistants, and Company aforesaide, or such greater Parte of them soe to be assembled as is aforesaide, in any of their Assemblies, to proceade to a new Eleccõn of one or more others of their Company in the Roome or Place, Roomes or Places of such Officer or Officers soe dyeing or removed according to their Discrecons, And, ym̃ediately vpon and after such Eleccõn and Eleccõns made of such Governor, Deputie Governor, Assistant or Assistants, or any other officer of the saide Company, in Manner and Forme aforesaid, the Authoritie, Office,and Power, before given to the former Governor, Deputie Governor, or other Officer and Officers soe removed, in whose Steade and Place newe shabe soe chosen, shall as to him and them, and everie of them, cease and determine
Provided alsoe, and our Will and Pleasure is, That aswell such as are by theis Presents appointed to be the present Governor, Deputie Governor, and Assistants of the said Company, as those that shall succeed them, and all other Officers to be appointed and chosen as aforesaid, shall, before they vndertake the Execucon of their saide Offices and Places respectivelie, take their Corporal Oathes for the due and faithfull Performance of their Duties in their severall Offices and Places, before such Person or Persons as are by theis Presents herevnder appointed to take and receive the same; That is to saie, the saide Mathewe Cradock, whoe is hereby nominated and appointed the present Governor of the saide Company, shall take the saide Oathes before one or more of the Masters of our Courte of Chauncery for the Tyme being, vnto which Master or Masters of the Chauncery, Wee doe by theis Presents give full Power and Authoritie to take and administer the said Oathe to the said Governor accordinglie: And after the saide Governor shalbe soe sworne, then the said Deputy Governor and Assistants, before by theis Presents nominated and appointed, shall take the said severall Oathes to their Offices and Places respectivelie belonging, before the said Mathew Cradock, the present Governor, soe formerlie sworne as aforesaide. And every such person as shallbe at the Tyme of the annuall Elecõn, or otherwise, vpon Death or Removeall, be appointed to be the newe Governor of the said Company, shall take the Oathes to that Place belonging, before the Deputy Governor, or two of the Assistants of the said Company at the least, for the Tyme being: And the newe elected Deputie Governor and Assistants, and all other officers to be hereafter chosen as aforesaide from Tyme to Tyme, to take the Oathes to their places respectivelie belonging, before the Governor of the said Company for the Tyme being, vnto which said Governor, Deputie Governor, and assistants, Wee doe by theis Presents give full Power and Authoritie to give and administer the said Oathes respectively, according to our true Meaning herein before declared, without any Com̃ission or further Warrant to be had and obteyned of our Vs, our Heires or Successors,in that Behalf. And, Wee doe further, of our especial Grace, certen Knowledge,and meere mocon, for Vs, our Heires and Successors, give and graunte to the said Governor and Company, and their Successors for ever by theis Presents, That it shalbe lawfull and free for them and their Assignes, at all and every Tyme and Tymes hereafter, out of any our Realmes or Domynions whatsoever, to take, leade, carry, and transport, for in and into their Voyages, and for and towardes the said Plantacon in Newe England, all such and soe many of our loving Subjects, or any other strangers that will become our loving Subjects, and live under our Allegiance, as shall willinglie accompany them in the same Voyages and Plantacon; and also Shipping, Armour, Weapons, Ordinance, Municon, Powder, Shott, Corne, Victualls, and all Manner of Clothing, Implements, Furniture, Beastes, Cattle, Horses, Mares, Merchandizes, and all other Thinges necessarie for the saide Plantacõn, and for their Vse and Defence, and for Trade with the People there, and in passing and returning to and fro, any Lawe or Statute to the contrarie hereof in any wise notwithstanding; and without payeing or yeilding any Custome or Subsidie, either inward or outward, to Vs, our Heires or Successors, for the same, by the Space of seaven Yeares from the Day of the Date of theis Presents. Provided, that none of the saide Persons be such as shalbe hereafter by especiall Name restrayned by Vs, our Heires or Successors. And, for their further Encouragement, of our especiall Grace and Favor, Wee doe by theis Presents, for Vs, our Heires and Successors, yeild and graunt to the saide Governor and Company, and their Successors, and every of them, their Factors and Assignes, That they and every of them shalbe free and quitt from all Taxes, Subsidies, and Customes, in Newe England, for the like Space of seaven Yeares, and from all Taxes and Imposicons for the Space of twenty and one Yeares, vpon all Goodes and Merchandizes at any Tyme or Tymes hereafter, either vpon Importacõn thither, or Exportacõn from thence into our Realme of England, or into any other our Domynions by the said Governor and Company, and their Successors, their Deputies, Factors, and Assignes, or any of them; Except onlie the five Pounds per Centum due for Custome vpon all such Goodes and Merchandizes as after the saide seaven Yeares shalbe expired, shalbe brought or imported into our Realme of England, or any other of our Dominions, according to the auncient Trade of Merchants, which five Poundes per Centum onlie being paide, it shall be thenceforth lawfull and free for the said Adventurers, the same Goodes and Merchandizes to export and carry out of our said Domynions into forraine Partes, without any Custome, Tax, or other Dutie to be paid to Vs, our Heires or Successors, or to any other Officers or Ministers of Vs, our Heires and Successors. Provided, that the said Goodes and Merchandizes be shipped out within thirteene Monethes, after their first Landing within any Parte of the saide Domynions.
And, Wee doe for Vs, our Heires and Successors, give and graunte vnto the saide Governor and Company, and their Successors, That whensoever, or soe often as any Custome or Subsedie shall growe due or payeable vnto Vs, our Heires, or Successors, according to the Lymittacon and Appointment aforesaide, by Reason of any Goodes, Wares, or Merchandizes to be shipped out, or any Retorne to be made of any Goodes, Wares, or Merchandize vnto or from the said Partes of Newe England hereby moncõed to be graunted as aforesaid, or any the Landes or Territories aforesaide, That then, and soe often, and in such Case, the Farmors, Customers, and Officers of our Customes of England and Ireland, and everie of them for the Tyme being, vpon Request made to them by the saide Governor and Company, or their Successors, Factors, or Assignes, and vpon convenient Security to be given in that Behalf, shall give and allowe vnto the said Governor and Company, and their Successors, and to all and everie Person and Persons free of that Company, as aforesaide, six Monethes Tyme for the Payement of the one halfe of all such Custome and Subsidy as shalbe due and payeable unto Vs, our Heires and Successors, for the same; for which theis our Letters patent, or the Duplicate, or the inrollemt thereof, shalbe vnto our saide Officers a sufficient Warrant and Discharge. Nevertheles, our Will and Pleasure is, That yf any of the saide Goodes, Wares, and Merchandize, which be, or shalbe at any Tyme hereafter landed or exported out of any of our Realmes aforesaide, and shalbe shipped with a Purpose not to be carried to the Partes of Newe England aforesaide, but to some other place, That then such Payment, Dutie, Custome, Imposicõn, or Forfeyture, shalbe paid, or belonge to Vs, our Heires and Successors, for the said Goodes, Wares, and Merchandize, soe fraudulently sought to be transported, as yf this our Graunte had not been made nor graunted. And, Wee doe further will, and by theis Presents, for Vs, our Heires and Successors, firmlie enioine and com̃aunde, as well the Treasorer, Chauncellor and Barons of the Exchequer, of Vs, our Heires and Successors, as also all and singuler the Customers, Farmors, and Collectors of the Customes, Subsidies, and Imposts, and other the Officers and Ministers of Vs, our Heires and Successors whatsoever, for the Tyme Being, That they and every of them, vpon the shewing forth vnto them of theis Letters patents, or the Duplicate or exemplificacõn of the same, without any other Writt or Warrant whatsoever from Vs, our Heires or Successors, to be obteyned or sued forth, doe and shall make full, whole, entire, and due Allowance, and cleare Discharge vnto the saide Governor and Company, and their Successors, of all Customes, Subsidies, Imposicõns, Taxes and Duties whatsoever, that shall or maie be claymed by Vs, our Heires and Successors, of or from the said Governor and Company, and their Successors, for or by Reason of the said Goodes, Chattels, Wares, Merchandizes, and Premises to be exported out of our saide Domynions, or any of them, into any Parte of the saide Landes or Premises hereby mencõed, to be given, graunted, and confirmed, or for, or by Reason of any of the saide Goodes, Chattells, Wares, or Merchandizes to be imported from the said Landes and Premises hereby mencõed, to be given, graunted, and confirmed into any of our saide Dominions, or any Parte thereof as aforesaide, excepting onlie the saide five Poundes per Centum hereby reserved and payeable after the Expiracõn of the saide Terme of seaven Yeares as aforesaid, and not before: And theis our Letters-patents, or the Inrollment, Duplicate, or Exemplificacõn of the same shalbe for ever hereafter, from time to tyme, as well to the Treasorer, Chauncellor and Barons of the Exchequer of Vs, our Heires and Successors, as to all and singuler the Customers, Farmors, and Collectors of the Customes, Subsidies, and Imposts of Vs, our Heires and Successors, and all Searchers, and other the Officers and Ministers whatsoever of Vs, our Heires and Successors, for the Time being, a sufficient Warrant and Discharge in this Behalf.
And, further our Will and Pleasure is, and Wee doe hereby for Vs, our Heires and Successors, ordeyne and declare, and graunte to the saide Governor and Company, and their Successors, That all and every the Subiects of Vs, our Heires or Successors, which shall goe to and inhabite within the saide Landes and Premisses hereby mencõed to be graunted, and every of their Children which shall happen to be borne there, or on the Seas in goeing thither, or retorning from thence, shall have and enjoy all liberties and Immunities of free and naturall Subiects within any of the Domynions of Vs, our Heires or Successors, to all Intents, Construccõns, and Purposes whatsoever, as yf they and everie of them were borne within the Realme of England. And that the Governor and Deputie Governor of the said Company for the Tyme being, or either of them, and any two or more of such of the saide Assistants as shalbe therevnto appointed by the saide Governor and Company at any of their Courts or Assemblies to be held as aforesaide, shall and maie at all Tymes, and from tyme to tyme hereafter, have full Power and Authoritie to minister and give the Oathe and Oathes of Supremacie and Allegiance, or either of them, to all and everie Person and Persons, which shall at any Tyme or Tymes hereafter goe or passe to the Landes and Premisses hereby mencõed to be graunted to inhabite in the same. And, Wee doe of our further Grace, certen Knowledg and meere Mocõn, give and graunte to the saide Governor and Company, and their Successors, That it shall and maie be lawfull, to and for the Governor or Deputie Governor, and such of the Assistants and Freemen of the said Company for the Tyme being as shalbe assembled in any of their generall Courts aforesaide, or in any other Courtes to be specially sumoned and assembled for that Purpose, or the greater Parte of them (whereof the Governor or Deputie Governor, and six of the Assistants to be alwaies seaven) from tyme to tyme, to make, ordeine, and establishe all Manner of wholesome and reasonable Orders, Lawes, Statutes, and Ordiñnces, Direccõns, and Instruccõns, not contrairie to the Lawes of this our Realme of England, aswell for setling of the Formes and Ceremonies of Governmt and Magistracy, fitt and necessary for the said Plantacõn, and the Inhabitants there, and for nameing and setting of all sorts of Officers, both superior and inferior, which they shall finde needefull for that Governement and Plantacon, and the distinguishing and setting forth of the severall duties, Powers, and Lymytts of every such Office and Place, and the Formes of such Oathes warrantable by the Lawes and Statutes of this our Realme of England, as shalbe respectivelie ministred vnto them for the Execucõn of the said severall Offices and Places; as also, for the disposing and ordering of the Eleccõns of such of the said Officers as shalbe annuall, and of such others as shalbe to succeede in Case of Death or Removeall, and ministring the said Oathes to the newe elected Officers, and for Imposicons of lawfull Fynes, Mulcts, Imprisonment, or other lawfull Correccõn, according to the Course of other Corporacons in this our Realme of England, and for the directing, ruling, and disposeing of all other Matters and Thinges, whereby our said People, Inhabitants there, may be soe religiously, peaceablie, and civilly governed, as their good Life and orderlie Conversacon, maie wynn and incite the Natives of Country, to the Knowledg and Obedience of the onlie true God and Sauior of Mankinde, and the Christian Fayth, which in our Royall Intencon, and the Adventurers free Profession, is the principall Ende of this Plantacion. Willing, com̃aunding, and requiring, and by theis Presents for Vs, our Heires, and Successors, ordeyning and appointing, that all such Orders, Lawes, Statuts and Ordinnces, Instruccons and Direccõns, as shalbe soe made by the Governor, or Deputie Governor of the said Company, and such of the Assistants and Freemen as aforesaide, and published in Writing, vnder their com̃on Seale, shalbe carefullie and dulie observed, kept, performed, and putt in Execucõn, according to the true Intent and Meaning of the same; and theis our Letters-patents, or the Duplicate or exemplificacõn thereof, shalbe to all and everie such Officers, superior and inferior, from Tyme to Tyme, for the putting of the same Orders, Lawes, Statutes, and Ordinnces, Instruccõns, and Direccõns, in due Execucõn against Vs, our Heires and Successors, a sufficient Warrant and Discharge.
And Wee doe further, for Vs, our Heires and Successors, give and graunt to the said Governor and Company, and their Successors by theis Presents, that all and everie such Chiefe Comaunders, Captaines, Governors, and other Officers and Ministers, as by the said Orders, Lawes, Statuts, Ordiñnces, Instruccõns, or Direccõns of the said Governor and Company for the Tyme being, shalbe from Tyme to Tyme hereafter ymploied either in the Government of the saide Inhabitants and Plantacõn, or in the Waye by Sea thither, or from thence, according to the Natures and Lymitts of their Offices and Places respectively, shall from Tyme to Tyme hereafter for ever, within the Precincts and Partes of Newe England hereby mencõed to be graunted and confirmed, or in the Waie by Sea thither, or from thence, have full and Absolute Power and Authoritie to correct, punishe, pardon, governe, and rule all such the Subiects of Vs, our Heires and Successors, as shall from Tyme to Tyme adventure themselves in any Voyadge thither or from thence, or that shall at any Tyme hereafter, inhabite within the Precincts and Partes of Newe England aforasaid, according to the Orders, Lawes, Ordiñnces, Instruccõns, and Direccõns aforesaid, not being repugnant to the Lawes and Statutes of our Realme of England as aforesaid. And Wee doe further, for Vs, our Heires and Successors, give and graunte to the said Governor and Company, and their Successors, by theis Presents, that it shall and maie be lawfull, to and for the Chiefe Comaunders, Governors, and officers of the said Company for the Time being, who shalbe resident in the said Parte of Newe England in America, by theis Presents graunted, and others there inhabiting by their Appointment and Direccõn, from Tyme to Tyme, and at all Tymes hereafter for their speciall Defence and Safety, to incounter, expulse, repell, and resist by Force of Armes, aswell by Sea as by Lande, and by all fitting Waies and Meanes whatsoever, all such Person and Persons, as shall at any Tyme hereafter, attempt or enterprise the Destruccõn, Invasion, Detriment, or Annoyaunce to the said Plantation or Inhabitants, and to take and surpriseby all Waies and Meanes whatsoever, all and every such Person and Persons, with their Shippes, Armour, Municõn, and other Goodes, as shall in hostile manner invade or attempt the defeating of the said Plantacon, or the Hurt of the said Company and Inhabitants: Nevertheles, our Will and Pleasure is, and Wee doe hereby declare to all Christian Kinges, Princes and States, that yf any Personor Persons which shall hereafter be of the said Company or Plantacõn, or any other by Lycense or Appointment of the said Governor and Company for the Tyme being, shall at any Tyme or Tymes hereafter, robb or spoyle, by Sea or by Land, or doe any Hurt, Violence, or vnlawful Hostilitie to any of the Subjects of Vs, our Heires or Successors, or any of the Subjects of any Prince or State, being then in League and Amytie with Vs, our Heires and Successors, and that upon such injury don and vpon iust Complaint of such Prince or State or their Subjects, Wee, our Heires and Successors shall make open Proclamacõn within any of the Partes within our Realme of England, com̃odious for that purpose, that the Person or Persons haveing com̃itted any such Roberie or Spoyle, shall within the Terme lymytted by such a Proclamacon, make full Restitucõn or Satisfaccõn of all such Iniureis don, soe as the said Princes or others so complayning, maie hould themselves fullie satisfied and contented; and that yf the said Person or Persons, haveing com̃itted such Robbery or Spoile, shall not make, or cause to be made Satisfaccõn accordinglie, within such Tyme soe to be lymytted, that then it shalbe lawfull for Vs, our Heires and Successors, to putt the said Person or Persons out of our Allegiance and Proteccõn, and that it shalbe lawfull and free for all Princes to prosecute with Hostilitie, the said Offendors, and every of them, their and every of their Procurers, Ayders, Abettors, and Comforters in that Behalf: Provided also, and our expresse Will and Pleasure is, And Wee doe by theis Presents for Vs, our Heires and Successors ordeyne and appoint That theis Presents shall not in any manner envre, or be taken to abridge, barr, or hinder any of our loving subjects whatsoever, to vse and exercise the Trade of Fishing vpon that Coast of New England in America, by theis Presents mencõed to be graunted. But that they, and every, or any of them, shall have full and free Power and Liberty to continue and vse their said Trade of Fishing vpon the said Coast, in any the Seas therevnto adioyning, or any Armes of the Seas or Saltwater Rivers where they have byn wont to fishe, and to build and sett vp vpon the Landes by theis Presents graunted, such Wharfes, Stages, and Workehouses as shalbe necessarie for the salting, drying, keeping, and packing vp of their Fish, to be taken orgotten vpon that Coast; and to cutt down, and take such Trees and other Materialls there groweing, or being, or shalbe needefull for that Purpose, and for all other necessarie Easements, Helpes, and Advantage concerning their said Trade of Fishing there, in such Manner and Forme as they have byn heretofore at any tyme accustomed to doe, without making any wilfull Waste or Spoyle, any Thing in theis Presents conteyned to the contrarie notwithstanding. And Wee doe further, for Vs, our Heires and Successors, ordeyne and graunte to the said Governor and Company, and their Successors by theis Presents that theis our Letters-patents shalbe firme, good, effectuall, and availeable in all Thinges, and to all Intents and Construccõns of Lawe, according to our true Meaning herein before declared, and shalbe construed, reputed, and adiudged in all Cases most favourablie on the Behalf, and for the Benefitt and Behoofe of the saide Governor and Company and their Successors: Although expresse mencõn of the true yearely Value or certenty of the Prem̃isses or any of them, or of any other Guiftes or Grauntes, by Vs, or any of our Progenitors or Predecessors to the foresaid Governor or Company before this tyme made, in theis Presents is not made; or any Statute, Acte, Ordiñnce, Provision, Proclamacõn, or Restrainte to the contrarie thereof, heretofore had, made, published, ordeyned, or provided, or any other Matter, Cause, or Thinge whatsoever to the contrarie thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
In Witnes whereof, Wee have caused theis our Letters to be made Patents.
Witnes ourself, at Westminster, the fourth day of March, in the fourth Yeare of our Raigne.
Per Breve de Privato Sigillo,
Wolseley.
Praedictus Matthaeus Cradocke Juratus est de Fide et Obedientia Regi et Successoribus suis, et de Debita Executione Officii Guberatoris Juxta Tenorem Praesentium, 18 ° Martii, 1628. Coram me Carolo Casare Milite in Cancellaria Mro.
Char. Cæsar. | New England, a charter for settlement in (I46233)
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Harold Buchhalter, 94, formerly of Denver and Boston, passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2005. in Deerfield Beach, FL. A Memorial Service for his family and friends in the Boston area will be held at 9:00 AM on Friday, May 27 at Congregation Or Atid, 97 Concord Rd, (Rte 126), Wayland, MA. Donations may be made in his memory to the Rabbi's Discretionary Fund at Congregation Or Atid.
Published in the Boston Globe from 5/24/2005 - 5/26/2005. (obituary placed by Merril Buchhalter)
Time of death: 13:35 | Buchhalter, Harold Seymour (I1387)
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Information sent to me by Jan Saremi:
The History of Milton, Mass. : 1640 to 1887 by Anonymous, Boston: Press of Rockwell & Churchill, 1887, 711 pgs.
Page 116:
The author(s), in writing about Milton Hill, wrote this:
"Notable Events.
This is a noted and memorable spot. In the first house built here, Catherine Grenaway, wife of William Daniels, was accustomed to gather the Indians living on the hill and in various parts of the town, for their enlightenment and instruction. This was continued for three years, 1650-3, until its beneficial influence and effect attracted official notice, as appears by the following record:
On September 24th, 1653, at the meeting of the ommissioners of the United Colonies holden at Boston, recorded. Having learned that the wife of William Daniels hath for three years past bestowed much of her time in teaching several Indians to read, think fit to allow her 12 pounds, for the time past; and to encourage her to continue the same course, that more of the Indians may be taught by her, think fit to allow her 3 pounds more, before hand, towards another year."
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To My Dear and Loving Husband
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me ye women if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that Rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee, give recompence.
Thy love is such I can no way repay,
The heavens reward thee maniford I pray.
Then while we live, in love lets so presever,
That when we live no more, we may live ever. | Dudley, Anne (I17604)
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The la∫t Will and te∫tament of Josef Pesly is that my deats ∫hall be paid out of my E∫tate and the remainner of my e∫tate wch is left my deats being paid I doo give and dooe bequeaf the on have unto Mary my wiff During her life and I doo give to mv da∫ter Sara all my hous and lands that I have at Sal∫bery and I doo give unto Josef my sonne all my land that I have upon the plain at Haverell and doo all so give unto Josef my sonn all my medo ling in Ea∫t medo at Haverell and doo give unto Josef my sonn all my right in the co pa∫ter at Haverell and doo give unto Josef my sonn five of the common rites that doo be long to the plain. I doo give unto my da∫ter Elesebeth my fourty fower eakers of upland lying we∫tward of Haverell and doo give unto my da∫ter Elesebeth fower Eakers and a have of medo ling in the We∫t medo at Haverell and doo all so give to my da∫ter Elesebeth fower of the common rites that doo be long to the plain and doo give unto da∫ter Jean tenn shillengs and to my da∫ter Mary tenn shillengs. I doo give unto Sarea Saier my grandchild my upland and medo ling at Speaket rever and I doo give unto my sunn Josef all the re mainner of my land at Haverell wich is not heare disposed of this is my la∫t will and te∫tement being in my right mind and memere wittnes my hand the 11 of nouember 1660
Josef pesle
witness Phill Challis
Thomas Barnard
Richard Currier
I doo all so make Mary my wiff my Soull execeter and do allso leave Josef my Sunn and the esteat I have giveen him to my wiff's de sposen tell Josef my sonn be twenty yeares of aige
This was atte∫ted vppon oath by Phillip Challis & Tho: Barnett to bee ye la∫t will & te∫tamt of Joseph Peasly before ye court held at Salisbury 9th: 2mo: 1661. Tho: Bradbury
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The la∫t Will and te∫tament of Josef Pesly is that my deats ∫hall be paid out of my E∫tate and the remainner of my e∫tate wch is left my deats being paid I doo give and dooe bequeaf the on have unto Mary my wiff During her life and I doo give to mv da∫ter Sara all my hous and lands that I have at Sal∫bery and I doo give unto Josef my sonne all my land that I have upon the plain at Haverell and doo all so give unto Josef my sonn all my medo ling in Ea∫t medo at Haverell and doo give unto Josef my sonn all my right in the co pa∫ter at Haverell and doo give unto Josef my sonn five of the common rites that doo be long to the plain. I doo give unto my da∫ter Elesebeth my fourty fower eakers of upland lying we∫tward of Haverell and doo give unto my da∫ter Elesebeth fower Eakers and a have of medo ling in the We∫t medo at Haverell and doo all so give to my da∫ter Elesebeth fower of the common rites that doo be long to the plain and doo give unto da∫ter Jean tenn shillengs and to my da∫ter Mary tenn shillengs. I doo give unto Sarea Saier my grandchild my upland and medo ling at Speaket rever and I doo give unto my sunn Josef all the re mainner of my land at Haverell wich is not heare disposed of this is my la∫t will and te∫tement being in my right mind and memere wittnes my hand the 11 of nouember 1660
Josef pesle
witness Phill Challis
Thomas Barnard
Richard Currier
I doo all so make Mary my wiff my Soull execeter and do allso leave Josef my Sunn and the esteat I have giveen him to my wiff's de sposen tell Josef my sonn be twenty yeares of aige
This was atte∫ted vppon oath by Phillip Challis & Tho: Barnett to bee ye la∫t will & te∫tamt of Joseph Peasly before ye court held at Salisbury 9th: 2mo: 1661. Tho: Bradbury
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Here lies
A worthy matron of unspotted life,
A loving mother and obedient wife,
A friendly neighbor, pitiful to poor,
Whom oft she fed, and clothed with her store;
To servants wisely aweful, but yet kind,
And as they did, so they reward did find:
A true instructor of her family,
The which she ordered with dexterity,
The public meetings ever did frequent,
And in her closest constant hours she spent;
Religious in all her words and ways,
Preparing still for death, till end of days:
Of all her children, children lived to see,
Then dying, left a blessed memory.
Anne Bradstreet
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In the name of God and through the strength of Je∫us Christ my alone savior. I, Thomas Blanchard, of Charlsto , in the Countie of Midl∫ex being weak in body, but through mercie in ∫ound memory, doe make this my last will and testament in man‾er following. First I give unto my Beloved wife, Mary Blanchard, and my son‾, Nathaniel, the u∫e of the new end of my dwelling hou∫e, and the dayry hou∫e during the life of my sayd wife; All∫o, I give unto my wife, Eight cows, wherof three or four are called and known by the name of her cows. Al∫o I give unto my wife, free sumer feed and winter store or food for the sayd Eight cows, or ∫o many other cows to be kept and provided for, by my Executors, in all respects, in matter of food among their own cows. Al∫o I give unto my wife, fiftie bushels of corne A year during her life, to be payd by my Executors yearly, at of before the first of the 2d month in wheat, rye, pea∫e, Barley and Indian, in Equal proporcon‾s. Al∫o, I give unto mywife one of the beds I now ly on, with all things appertaining therunto, as al∫o one third part of all other my hou∫hold stuff (excepting the bedding) to be ∫et out, or apporco‾ned by my over∫eers. Al∫o I give my wife my old mare, the afore∫ayd Cows, houshold stuff and mare to be her and her heirs for ever. Al∫oI doe dispo∫e and Intrust Beniamin Tompson unto, and with my wife to provide for, and bring up in learning (at her own plea∫ure) ∫o as to fit him for the univer∫itie,in ca∫e his parents plea∫e to leave him with her, and she live to that time.
2dly I give unto my ∫on,Samuel be∫ides all former gifts now in his hands, the sum of four ∫core pounds, wherof thirtie pounds to be payd in catle upon valuacon‾ of my over∫eersat or before the first of the 9th month next after my decea∫e, and ten‾ pounds in corne, at or before the first of the ∫econd month following, and ten pounds A yeare in catle or corne, at or before, the first of the tenth month, for the space of foure years following.
3dly I give unto my son‾s George and Nathaniel all my farme, hou∫ing and appurtenances after my decea∫e unto them and their heirs for ever, excepting as before expres∫ed, to the u∫e of my wife.
4thly I give unto my Grandchild Jo∫eph Blanchard, my two teate heifer, to be kept for his u∫e,by my son George, his father.
5ly I give unto my Reverend and well beloved friend Mr Mathews, one Cow, and to the Church of Maldon one Cow, and to Jn. Barrit 40s.
6thly I give unto my ∫on Nathaniel, my Colt to Run‾ with the dame til the first of the 10th month next; al∫o, I give unto Nathaniel my ∫ix working oxen, but buck and Spark to be none of the ∫ix, and to George, my hor∫e. All other my Estate of what kind ∫oever not before dispo∫ed of, I give unto my Son‾s George and Nathaniel, (my debts and funeral charges first discounted) who I doe make joynt Executors unto this my Last will and Testament, and for the better performance herof According to my love intent and meaning I doe appoint and Authorize my welbeloved friends, Mr Edward Collins, and Mr Jo∫eph Hills my over∫eers to whom as a remembrance of my Love, I doe give ten‾ shillings A piece, be∫side what my Executors shall allow for their payns on their occasions; whom Al∫o I doe appoint and Impower to Apporco‾n the Land and Estate hearby dispo∫ed of as need shalbe, and to ∫ettle all other things that may be of doubtfull understanding as to them shall ∫eeme just, and Equall, for the Establishment and preservaco‾n of peace, Love and unitie Among all my relaco‾ns. In witnes wherof I have herunto put my hand and Seale this 16th of the third month one Thou∫and ∫ix hundred fiftie foure.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In the pre∫ence of William Sargent themark of
the mark of Tho: X Blanchard (seal)
John B Barrett
Jo∫eph Hills
Memorandum: that wee, Edward Collins and Jo∫eph Hills, who took in brief notes from Tho. Blanchards mouth, the particulars expres∫ed in this will, did understand the re∫ervaco‾n of his wives dwelling in the hou∫e, and provico‾n for eight Cows to beduring the time of her widowhood and not otherwi∫e; witnes our hands this 22. 3d mo 1654.
Jo∫eph Hills
Edward Collins
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In the name of God and through the strength of Je∫us Christ my alone savior. I, Thomas Blanchard, of Charlsto , in the Countie of Midl∫ex being weak in body, but through mercie in ∫ound memory, doe make this my last will and testament in man‾er following. First I give unto my Beloved wife, Mary Blanchard, and my son‾, Nathaniel, the u∫e of the new end of my dwelling hou∫e, and the dayry hou∫e during the life of my sayd wife; All∫o, I give unto my wife, Eight cows, wherof three or four are called and known by the name of her cows. Al∫o I give unto my wife, free sumer feed and winter store or food for the sayd Eight cows, or ∫o many other cows to be kept and provided for, by my Executors, in all respects, in matter of food among their own cows. Al∫o I give unto my wife, fiftie bushels of corne A year during her life, to be payd by my Executors yearly, at of before the first of the 2d month in wheat, rye, pea∫e, Barley and Indian, in Equal proporcon‾s. Al∫o, I give unto mywife one of the beds I now ly on, with all things appertaining therunto, as al∫o one third part of all other my hou∫hold stuff (excepting the bedding) to be ∫et out, or apporco‾ned by my over∫eers. Al∫o I give my wife my old mare, the afore∫ayd Cows, houshold stuff and mare to be her and her heirs for ever. Al∫oI doe dispo∫e and Intrust Beniamin Tompson unto, and with my wife to provide for, and bring up in learning (at her own plea∫ure) ∫o as to fit him for the univer∫itie,in ca∫e his parents plea∫e to leave him with her, and she live to that time.
2dly I give unto my ∫on,Samuel be∫ides all former gifts now in his hands, the sum of four ∫core pounds, wherof thirtie pounds to be payd in catle upon valuacon‾ of my over∫eersat or before the first of the 9th month next after my decea∫e, and ten‾ pounds in corne, at or before the first of the ∫econd month following, and ten pounds A yeare in catle or corne, at or before, the first of the tenth month, for the space of foure years following.
3dly I give unto my son‾s George and Nathaniel all my farme, hou∫ing and appurtenances after my decea∫e unto them and their heirs for ever, excepting as before expres∫ed, to the u∫e of my wife.
4thly I give unto my Grandchild Jo∫eph Blanchard, my two teate heifer, to be kept for his u∫e,by my son George, his father.
5ly I give unto my Reverend and well beloved friend Mr Mathews, one Cow, and to the Church of Maldon one Cow, and to Jn. Barrit 40s.
6thly I give unto my ∫on Nathaniel, my Colt to Run‾ with the dame til the first of the 10th month next; al∫o, I give unto Nathaniel my ∫ix working oxen, but buck and Spark to be none of the ∫ix, and to George, my hor∫e. All other my Estate of what kind ∫oever not before dispo∫ed of, I give unto my Son‾s George and Nathaniel, (my debts and funeral charges first discounted) who I doe make joynt Executors unto this my Last will and Testament, and for the better performance herof According to my love intent and meaning I doe appoint and Authorize my welbeloved friends, Mr Edward Collins, and Mr Jo∫eph Hills my over∫eers to whom as a remembrance of my Love, I doe give ten‾ shillings A piece, be∫side what my Executors shall allow for their payns on their occasions; whom Al∫o I doe appoint and Impower to Apporco‾n the Land and Estate hearby dispo∫ed of as need shalbe, and to ∫ettle all other things that may be of doubtfull understanding as to them shall ∫eeme just, and Equall, for the Establishment and preservaco‾n of peace, Love and unitie Among all my relaco‾ns. In witnes wherof I have herunto put my hand and Seale this 16th of the third month one Thou∫and ∫ix hundred fiftie foure.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In the pre∫ence of William Sargent themark of
the mark of Tho: X Blanchard (seal)
John B Barrett
Jo∫eph Hills
Memorandum: that wee, Edward Collins and Jo∫eph Hills, who took in brief notes from Tho. Blanchards mouth, the particulars expres∫ed in this will, did understand the re∫ervaco‾n of his wives dwelling in the hou∫e, and provico‾n for eight Cows to beduring the time of her widowhood and not otherwi∫e; witnes our hands this 22. 3d mo 1654.
Jo∫eph Hills
Edward Collins
| Blanchard, Nathaniel (I10876)
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In the name of God and through the strength of Je∫us Christ my alone savior. I, Thomas Blanchard, of Charlsto , in the Countie of Midl∫ex being weak in body, but through mercie in ∫ound memory, doe make this my last will and testament in man‾er following. First I give unto my Beloved wife, Mary Blanchard, and my son‾, Nathaniel, the u∫e of the new end of my dwelling hou∫e, and the dayry hou∫e during the life of my sayd wife; All∫o, I give unto my wife, Eight cows, wherof three or four are called and known by the name of her cows. Al∫o I give unto my wife, free sumer feed and winter store or food for the sayd Eight cows, or ∫o many other cows to be kept and provided for, by my Executors, in all respects, in matter of food among their own cows. Al∫o I give unto my wife, fiftie bushels of corne A year during her life, to be payd by my Executors yearly, at of before the first of the 2d month in wheat, rye, pea∫e, Barley and Indian, in Equal proporcon‾s. Al∫o, I give unto mywife one of the beds I now ly on, with all things appertaining therunto, as al∫o one third part of all other my hou∫hold stuff (excepting the bedding) to be ∫et out, or apporco‾ned by my over∫eers. Al∫o I give my wife my old mare, the afore∫ayd Cows, houshold stuff and mare to be her and her heirs for ever. Al∫oI doe dispo∫e and Intrust Beniamin Tompson unto, and with my wife to provide for, and bring up in learning (at her own plea∫ure) ∫o as to fit him for the univer∫itie,in ca∫e his parents plea∫e to leave him with her, and she live to that time.
2dly I give unto my ∫on,Samuel be∫ides all former gifts now in his hands, the sum of four ∫core pounds, wherof thirtie pounds to be payd in catle upon valuacon‾ of my over∫eersat or before the first of the 9th month next after my decea∫e, and ten‾ pounds in corne, at or before the first of the ∫econd month following, and ten pounds A yeare in catle or corne, at or before, the first of the tenth month, for the space of foure years following.
3dly I give unto my son‾s George and Nathaniel all my farme, hou∫ing and appurtenances after my decea∫e unto them and their heirs for ever, excepting as before expres∫ed, to the u∫e of my wife.
4thly I give unto my Grandchild Jo∫eph Blanchard, my two teate heifer, to be kept for his u∫e,by my son George, his father.
5ly I give unto my Reverend and well beloved friend Mr Mathews, one Cow, and to the Church of Maldon one Cow, and to Jn. Barrit 40s.
6thly I give unto my ∫on Nathaniel, my Colt to Run‾ with the dame til the first of the 10th month next; al∫o, I give unto Nathaniel my ∫ix working oxen, but buck and Spark to be none of the ∫ix, and to George, my hor∫e. All other my Estate of what kind ∫oever not before dispo∫ed of, I give unto my Son‾s George and Nathaniel, (my debts and funeral charges first discounted) who I doe make joynt Executors unto this my Last will and Testament, and for the better performance herof According to my love intent and meaning I doe appoint and Authorize my welbeloved friends, Mr Edward Collins, and Mr Jo∫eph Hills my over∫eers to whom as a remembrance of my Love, I doe give ten‾ shillings A piece, be∫side what my Executors shall allow for their payns on their occasions; whom Al∫o I doe appoint and Impower to Apporco‾n the Land and Estate hearby dispo∫ed of as need shalbe, and to ∫ettle all other things that may be of doubtfull understanding as to them shall ∫eeme just, and Equall, for the Establishment and preservaco‾n of peace, Love and unitie Among all my relaco‾ns. In witnes wherof I have herunto put my hand and Seale this 16th of the third month one Thou∫and ∫ix hundred fiftie foure.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In the pre∫ence of William Sargent themark of
the mark of Tho: X Blanchard (seal)
John B Barrett
Jo∫eph Hills
Memorandum: that wee, Edward Collins and Jo∫eph Hills, who took in brief notes from Tho. Blanchards mouth, the particulars expres∫ed in this will, did understand the re∫ervaco‾n of his wives dwelling in the hou∫e, and provico‾n for eight Cows to beduring the time of her widowhood and not otherwi∫e; witnes our hands this 22. 3d mo 1654.
Jo∫eph Hills
Edward Collins
| Blanchard, George (I10873)
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Within this tomb a patriot lies
That was both pious, just and wise,
To truth a shield, to right a wall,
To sectaries a whip and maul,
A magazine of history,
A prizer of good company
In manners pleasant and severe
The good him loved, the bad did fear,
And when his time with years was spent
In some rejoiced, more did lament.
1653, age 77
Anne Bradstreet
| Dudley, Gov. Thomas Esq. (I20493)
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12th December : 1677 :
In the name of God Amen/
The last Will & testament of Annis Littlefejld/
1 : first I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty god, my maker, my body to bee buried in Christean buriall, at ye discretion of my executor hereafter mentioned/
1 : I do giue unto my daughter Hannah Cloyce my bed & bowlster, & Katterine Wakefejld to deliuer It to her/
2 : I giue unto my three daughters, Elizabeth Wakefejld Mary Barrett, & Hannah Cloyce, all my lining & Wollen New & ould to bee æqually diuided amongst them/
I giue unto my sonn John Littlefejld my Cow Gentle & fiue buslls of Corne/
I giue to my daughter Merribah fouâ´re buslls of Wheate due from ye Mills
I giue to my Grandchild Katterine Wakefejld my Rugg & eight buslls of Corne/
I giue to my sonn Peter Cloyce too Acres of Marsh bee it more or less, yt lyeth on the South West side of Mr Whelewrights Necke of Land/
I giue vnto my sonn Thomas Littlefejld, who hath taken a great deale of care of mee, all the rest of my househould goods Corne & Chattles, & I do make my sd sonn Thomas Littlefejld, my whoole & soole executor, & to receiue all debts comeing to mee, & to pay all If any thing there bee that I do ow, & to take all the remajndr to him selfe, & to see my will fullfilled/
Signed, & Deliuered, Annis Littlefejld
In ye Presence of us, her marke X
Joseph Bolls/
William Symonds/
| Austin, Annis (I777)
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12th December : 1677 :
In the name of God Amen/
The last Will & testament of Annis Littlefejld/
1 : first I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty god, my maker, my body to bee buried in Christean buriall, at ye discretion of my executor hereafter mentioned/
1 : I do giue unto my daughter Hannah Cloyce my bed & bowlster, & Katterine Wakefejld to deliuer It to her/
2 : I giue unto my three daughters, Elizabeth Wakefejld Mary Barrett, & Hannah Cloyce, all my lining & Wollen New & ould to bee æqually diuided amongst them/
I giue unto my sonn John Littlefejld my Cow Gentle & fiue buslls of Corne/
I giue to my daughter Merribah fouâ´re buslls of Wheate due from ye Mills
I giue to my Grandchild Katterine Wakefejld my Rugg & eight buslls of Corne/
I giue to my sonn Peter Cloyce too Acres of Marsh bee it more or less, yt lyeth on the South West side of Mr Whelewrights Necke of Land/
I giue vnto my sonn Thomas Littlefejld, who hath taken a great deale of care of mee, all the rest of my househould goods Corne & Chattles, & I do make my sd sonn Thomas Littlefejld, my whoole & soole executor, & to receiue all debts comeing to mee, & to pay all If any thing there bee that I do ow, & to take all the remajndr to him selfe, & to see my will fullfilled/
Signed, & Deliuered, Annis Littlefejld
In ye Presence of us, her marke X
Joseph Bolls/
William Symonds/
| Littlefield, Thomas (I6272)
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A true Inventory of all the goods, moveable & immoveable of Henry
Adam late of Braintre dyed seized.
£. s. d.
Imprimis, all his apparell £2-5. Itm. the bed in ye parlor &
all that belongs to it £5—4 07-09-00
Itm. the bed in the chamber & all that belongs to it 01-12-00
Itm. another bed in the chamber and all belonging to it 02-02-00
Itm. a parcell of hops 8s., Itm. a parcell of Indian corne
£3-10 03-18-00
Itm. one chest of linnen £2, Itm. one warming pan 5s.,
Itm. one chest 2s. 02-07-00
Itm. Some ould bookes 9s. Itm. all the brasse £2—16. Itm. all the
pewter 8 s. 03-13-00
Itm. one Silver Spoone 4s. Itm. Some yron & tooles 14s. 00-18-00
Itm. I frying pan, i spitt & trivett & gridyron 00-10-00
Itm. Some flaxes & threed los. & ould Lumber los. 01-00-00
Itm. I cow & heifer £7—6, Itm. swine, £3, Itm. Corne £3 13-06-00
Itm. I grindstone 4s., Itm. a parcel of hay £1—10 01-14-00
Itm. plow yrons, chaines & harrowes 01-04-00
Itm. the house & barne & ground about them 26-00-00
Itm. Some ground within the fence leading to Waymouth
ferry 10-00-00
________
75-13-00
Deposed in Court 8(4)1647
Increase Nowell, Sec.
(Suffolk County Probate Records, volume 2, page 32.)
| Adams, Henry (I19878)
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A true inventory of the e∫tate of Thomas Barnes of Hingham in new England weaver who decea∫ed on the twenty ninth day of november one thou∫and six hundred seaventy and two 1672.
Totall Sum errors excepted: £276.13.8. The above written Inventory made & the e∫tate aprised on the thirteenth day of December 1672 by us.
Daniell Cushing,
Edm: Pitts
| Barnes, Thomas (I36348)
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A true Inventory of the Estate both Real & Psonall of John Dillingham Late of Harwich deceased as it was apprized June ye 24th, 1715 by us Peter Thacher 8c Annanias Wing.
His wearing apparil 13 £ Plate 11 £- 18-8; silver
money 34 £ - 16 s 58-14-08
More In money due by bonds 425-08-08
Beds & Beding at 39£-1-0 sheets and small linen
5 £-2-0 44-03-00
Iron ware att 6 £ brass & puter att 4 £-15s-6d 10-15-06
A Cobard one Trunk and other small things att 03-08-00
Sheeps wool flax and linen and woolen yarn all att 07-11-00
Tabels forms Ghears earthen ware 8: books all att 02-14-06
Fifteen Sheep 8c 8 Lambs 5 £-7-0 three Cows 8: one
Calf 12 £ 17-07-00
One mare 20 £ SIckrs 8V. other Lumber att 13s-6d 20-13-06
More puter & Stone Jugg prised, at 0-07-00
The Housing Lands and meadows prised at 400-00-00
_________
993-03-04
more due to the estate 2 £-ls-9d
mere In grain 4-19-00
Peter Thacher
Ananias Wing
| Dillingham, Lt. John (I9311)
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Acquittance of William Hackett and Sarah Hackett his wife, of Salisbury, to their brother Jon Barnerd of Amesbury, administrator to the estate of their mother Ellenor Little, deceased, they having received full satisfaction out of the estates of their mother Ellenor Little and their father Thomas Barnerd.
Signed and sealed Jan. 31, 1695-6. Witness: Thomas Wells, John Hoyt, Samuel Clough.
Acknowledged Feb. 20, 1695 by William Hakat and Sara his wife.
Acquittance of Samuel Fellows, jr. and Abigail his wife, of Salisbury, to their brother John Barnerd of Amesbury, administrator to the estate of Ellenor Little of Amesbury, they having received full satisfaction out of the estates of their father Thomas Barnerd and mother Ellenor Little. Signed and sealed Jan. 24, 1695-6. Witness: Thomas Wells, Thomas Weed. Acknowledged Mar. 14, 1695-6 by Samuell Fellows and Abigal his wife and she yielded up her right of dower befre Robert Pike, Just. of the Peace.
Acquittance of Phelep Eastman and Mary Eastman to their brother John Barnerd of Amesbury, administrator to the estate of their mother Elenor Little of Amesbury who was administratrix to the estate of their father Thomas Barnerd of Amesbury, they having received full satisfaction out of the estates of their father and mother. Signed and sealed June 25, 1695. Witness: Thomas Wells, Thomas (his X mark) Barnerd Senr. Mr. Thomas Wells and Thomas Barnerd, Senr., made oath June 22, 1697, that they saw Elizabeth Estman and Mary sign, seal and deliver this acquittance.
Acquittance of Nathaniell Barnard, sr. of Nantucket to his brother John Barnard of Amesbury, administrator to the estates of their mother Elener Little of Amesbury, deceased, who was administratrix to the estate of their father Thomas Barnard of Amesbury, of all portions due unto him from said estates. Dated Aug. 29, 1695.
Witness: Tho. Currier, Samll. Weed.
Acknowledged Aug. 29 1695 by Nathaniell Barnard before Robert Pike, Just. of Peace.
Acquittance of Hannah Stevens of Salisbury, relict of Benjamin Stevens late of Salisbury, and administratrix to his estate, to John Barnerd of Amesbury administrator to the estate of her mother Ellenor Little of Amesbury, she having received full satisfaction out of the estates of her mother Ellenor Little and father Thomas Barnerd.
Signed and sealed Nov. 5, 1695. Witness:
Thomas Freame, Joseph Hoyt.
Acknowledged Feb. 20, 1695 by Hanah Steevens, widow.
Acquittance of Joseph Peasely of Haveril, husbandman, and Ruth Peasly his wife to John Barnerd of Amesbury, administrator to the estate of their mother Ellenor Little of Amesbury, they having received 8li. in money out of the estates of their mother Ellenor Little and father Thomas Barnerd.
Signed and sealed May 24, 1697.
Witness: Thomas Wells, Thomas Currier.
Acknowledged Nov. 29, 1697 by Joseph and Ruth Peasley before Nath. Saltonstall, Just. of the Peace.
Acquittance of Samuell Bucknum of Newbury, feltmaker, and Martha his wife, to John Barnerd administrator to the estate of their mother Ellenor Little of Amesbury, deceased, they having received a great iron kettle out of the estates of their father Thomas Barnerd and mother Ellenor Little of Amesbury.
Signed and sealed June 22, 1697.
Witness: Thomas Wells, Jeremiah Easman.
Acknowledged June 22, 1697 by Samuell Buckeman and Martha his wife, and she also yielded up her right of dower. | ________, Eleanor (I14367)
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Administration upon the estate of Tho. Barnard, sr., late of Amsberie, who was killed by the Indians, was granted Oct. 9, 1677, to Elener, the relict, and she with as many of her husband's children as she could get were ordered to come to the next Salisbury court for a division of the estate between the children and the widow.
Source: Hampton Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 76.
Inventory of the estate of Thomas Barnard, Sr. taken 21: 6m: 1677, by Phill. Challis, Thomas Wells and John Weed: ye Dwelling house, Barne, orchard & homestead, 140li.; a 40 acre lott at ye back River, 25li.; 3 acres of meadow att ye pond meadows, 6li.; twoe acres of meadow att ye new meadows, 2li. 10s.; 4 acres of meadow in ye higglety pigleyes, 20li.; a sweepage lott, 12li.; 10 acres more or less on salisbury side on ye powow River, 20li.; 200 acres att ye great lotts, 40li.; a 40 acre lott in ye Champion land, 20li.; a 50 acre lott att ye childrens land, 25li.; a Bugmore lott, 5li.; a 40 acre River lott, 38 li.; 40 acre Lott on ye division beyond ye pond, 16li.; a 10 acre lott in ye ox pastures & a swamp lott, 10li.; twoe lotts in ye Lyons mouth, 10li.; a payre of oxen, 14li.; 4 Cowes, 16li.; 2 2 yr. old heiffers & advantage & 3 yearlings, 12li.; 3 calves, 2li.; eight sheep young & old, 3li. 5s.; a young horse, 2li.; 10 swine old & younge, 7li.; 8 hives of bees, 2li.; English, Indian corne & Flax, 12li.; Cart wheels, Irons, chaine, plow & Irons, yokes, 3li.; Betle Rings, wedges, axes, howes, forkes, shave, 10s.; Iron potts, Kettle, tramells, spitt, Frying pan, tongues, 2li. 10s.; Brass & pewter ware, 2li. 16s.; Bedds, Bedding, Bedsteads, curtains, vallants, 25li. 10s.; Table linnen & hand towells, 2li. 10s.; his wearing clothes yt were left, 8li.; His Bible wth twoe other Bookes, 10s.; woll & wollen & linnen yarne, 3li. 14s.; Cubbard, Table, chaires, wheels, formes, 3li.; old caske, trayes, Dishes, spones & other necessaries, 3li. 14s.; Baggs, saddle & grindlestone, 1li. 10s.; a bull: & 7 yds. of cloth, 4li. 10s.; his right in common land drawd for but undivided, 5li.; in money, 4s.; a bill from Nathaniell Griffin due to ye sd Barnerd, 15s.; Due from his son att Nantucquett pr. Bill, 80li. where of is payd & received 4 barrells of beefe & 30 lbs of sheeps wool; shingle nailes, 4s.; total, 607li. 12s.
Attested in Hampton court 9 : 8m : 1677 by Ellenor Barnard, widow of Thomas Barnard, and administratrix of his estate.
Elenor Barnard, administratrix of the estate of Tho. Barnard of Amesbury, with four of her sons, asking for a settlement of the estate, court April 9, 1678, ordered to the widow, 200li., comprising the house and home lot, half of the higgledee piggledee lot of salt marsh and the whole sweepage lot at the beach at the prices entered in the inventory, and such things as she desires as per the inventory. Court ordered that unless there be a necessity, as the court should judge, for the sale of any of the lands for her maintenance, she should not sell it or give it away except to one or more of her children. Court also ordered that a due respect being had to what any of the children have already received as portions, the same should be divided among the rest of the children, the eldest son having a double portion.
Capt. Tho. Bradbury, Leift. Phillip Challis and John Weed, upon request of some of the children of the widow Barnard, were impowered to divide the estate of their father Tho. Barnard which was given to them, and to make return to the next Norfolk court.
Salisbury Quarterly Court Records, vol 2, leaf 87.
Tho. Bradbury, Phillip Challis and John Weed having been appointed by the court Apr. 9, 1678 to divide the estate of Thos. Barnard of Amesbury, who died intestate, have accordingly apportioned to the widow Barnard 200li. and to Tho. Barnard the eldest son 83li. and to the rest of the children, eight in number, 41li. 10s. each, and some overplus their mother to have.
Dated Apr. 6, 1679, and approved by the court Apr. 8, 1679.
Salisbury Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, leaf 69.
The disposal of part of the lands of Tho. Barnard, sr. of Salisbury, who died intestate, by a committee appointed by the court: to his relict, the dwelling house, barne & homested, 140li.; halfe ye higledee piglede lot of salt marsh, 10li.; ye whole sweepage lot at ye beach, 12li. To Tho. Barnard ye eldest son, a lot at ye back River, 25li.; halfe ye higle piglee marsh lot, 10li.; ye right in comon land, 5li.; 10 upland & 2 acre lot of meadow, 14li.
Acknowledged and accepted Mar. 24, 1683-4 by Thomas Barnard
Norfolk County Records, vol. 3, leaf 316.
| Barnard, Thomas Sr. (I12968)
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An Inventory of the lands goods and Chattle of Benajah Pratt desesed taken by us whose names are under written the 6 of may 1682 as followeth
£ s d
Imprimis his wearing aparel 04 10 00
Item in booke 00 18 00
2 oxen at 6 10 0 3 Cows 6 10 0 2 2 year olds 3 0 0 3 yearlings 3 0 0 19 00 00
1 Cart and 1 paire of wheels and yoke 1 19 01 19 00
1 plow and plow ions 1 1 chaine 1 paire of hookes and flayle 1 bolt and
Shakel and 2 axeltree pinns 01 15 00
3 axes and 2 wedges 10s 6 old hows and other yron and hammers 01 07 00
3 saws and reap hookes and sithes and 1 paire of chisels 00 10 00
1 pitchforke and dung fork 3s 3 sithes and 2 snethes 00 16 00
2 guns at 2s an old sword powther and bullets and shot and powther
hornes and shot bags 03 00 00
The widows bed and furniture 6 li 5 paire of Sheets 6s-10 10 10 00
on trundle bed and trundle Sted and furniture 04 00 00
1 bed in the Chamber and furniture and 3 blankest 05 10 00
9 pillow beres 15s 1 table cloth 8 napkins iod 01 08 00
A smal pillow and a parcel of fethers 01 10 00
in pewter 1 li 1 5s Spoons 4s 6d trenchers and knives and sisers 02 02 00
earthen weare and glas botels ns 6d yron pots and pot hooks 01 17 05
old bras 5s 6d 2 paire of pot hangers 2 smothing yrons 1 grindston 1
fire slice 1 paire of tongs i spit 01 08 00
wollen and linen yarn and flax teere and sheeps wool 02 16 06
4 chests with old boxes 1 siveting trough and 2 sives 01 04 06
tubs trays paines 1 Spinning wheel with other old lumber 01 14 00
1 paire of Cards bags and baskets with smal things 01 00 00
4 chaires 5 deere Skins 00 11 00
1 hundred of shingle bolts in the woods and 50 at home 00 13 00
a parsell of pine knots in the woods and 1 thousand and halfe of Shingle 01 04 00
5 tar barrels 00 06 00
The housing and land adioning and 3 acres adjasent total is 44 10 00
8 acres of land at a place called pontuses medowes 12 00 00
5 acres of medow at the South medowes 10 00 00
6 acres of medow at Crane brooke 09 00 00
6 acres of upland at a place called Smal gaines not laid out 02 10 00
60 acres of land at (...) at 02 10 00
4 acres of Swamp at Cedar bridge at Southmere not laid out 1 Cart rope
and horse trases 00 07 00
Debts due from this estate to mr Gray 06 05 00
to Abraham Jakson 03 13 00
to will Ring 01 03 00
to will harlow Senior 00 05 03
to John Jordan 00 03 00
On the oath of Persis Pratt Widdow
This Inventory is Recorded according Will harlow
to order pr me Nathaniel Morton Joseph Donham
Secretary see book of evidences johnathan X his mark
of lands Recorded folio 12 pratt
| Pratt, Benajah (I37414)
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An Inventory of ye estate of Richard Porter, late of Weymouth, deceased, appraised by ye subscribers.
To his purse and wearing apparell 03.00.00
To 1 ffeather bed and bedding 04.10.00
To 1 Chest and 5 Chaires 00.06.00
To a dwelling house, barn and orcliard, and about ten acres
of land adjoining 40.00.00
To 2 Acres of land in King Oak Hill 04.00.00
To 9 Acres of pasture land 18.00.00
To 1 piece of salt meadow upon ye Back river 08.00.00
To 1 lott of land in ye second devision 02.00.00
To 1 broad ax and adds 00.04.00
Sumar. 80.00.00
Signed, John Porter, Stephen French, Joseph Green.
| Porter, Richard (I8442)
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Bee it knowne unto all men by theise psents th [at I:copy] John Wheeler of Newb[erie in:copy] the county of Essex in Newengland Massachusetts co[nsider:copy]ing my old age & [my owne:copy] weaknes, being in health of body and of pfect me[mory] through gods mercy hereby make my last will and testament, comend[ing] my soule [in]to [t]he han[ds] of my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ and my body to be buryed in the burying place of Newbury (whensoeuer it shall please god to take me hence by death) in hopes of a blessed Resurrection.
And for my worldly goods I dispose [as] followeth first I giue and bequeath vnto my Son David wheeler ten pounds of that debt hee owes mee,
2dly I giue to my Sonne Edward wheeler of the Citty of Salisbury in the Realme of England ten pounds ||of which he is|| to pay three pounds and ten shillings to the chamber of the Citty abousaid,
Also I gi[ue] & bequeath to my Son Adam [Wheeler of:copy] the said Citty forty shillings A[also I giue:copy] to my sone [Thomas Wheelar forty:copy] shillings and also I giue to my son [Will]iam wheeler forty sh[illings]in case he shall come ouer into this coutry, Also I giue to my daught[er] Mercy forty shillings, And to my daughter Elizabeth Button I giue four pounds, Also I giue to my daughter Anne Chase four pounds, and to my Daughter in law Susanna wheller four pound, twenty shillings apiece to all theisse my children, of this estate was giuen them by thei[r] mother which is included in the seuerall summs aboue exprest I giue and bequeath to my Son Georgs children Ephraim wheeler & s[am II]:copy] Wheeler four pounds a piece that is eight pounds between them [when:copy] they shalbe of age of one and twenty to be paid by my Execu[tor. Also:copy] I giue to my son Roger wheelers Daughter Mary Wheeler [three:copy] pounds to be paid to her when she shall be of the age of [eighteen years:copy] And to her brother Joseph wheeler I giue forty shillings [when hee shalbe:copy] of the age of one & twenty years, And to my daughter El[izabeths chil:copy] dren forty shillings apeice, To Thomas forty shillings to be [payd to:copy] hime when he shalbe of the age of one & twenty & to mary [forty shill:copy] ings & to Elizabeth forty shillings when they shalbe Eight[een years:copy] of age.
All these Legacyes are to be paid in New england in [such:copy] pay as my Estate I leaue wilbee due to my executor [in, which:copy] he shall reeine it, And the Legacyes abouementioned which is to my children shalbe paid within one whole yeare after my decease but those to my Grandchildren to be the vse of my Executor vntill they shalbee of the ages abouementioned,
Also I giue the Land to my daughter in law Susanna my son Georgs wife which I gaue her husband which he built [vpon:copy] as it is inclos[ed:copy], Also I appoint my Son Henry wheeler to be the sole Executor of this my Last will & testament And to haue all the rest of my goods & chattells vndisposed of my debts & funerall being discharged march 28th 1668
John Wheeler
Witness:
Anthony Somerby
Augustinn Stedman
Roger Steedman
Beniamine Lowle
Jonathan Woodman
Proved in Hampton court Oct 11, 1670 by Benj, Leel and Jonathan Woodman.
Source: Norfolk County Court Records, Book 2, leaf 192
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Bee it knowne unto all men by thiese prsents that I John Cutting of Newbury in the County of Essex in New england being through gods mercy in health of body and of perfect memory. Considering seriously mine owne frailty and mortality, endeavouring to leave mine estate to my relations as may continue loue & peace amongst them, I do hereby make my last Will and Testament, first I comend my Soule into the hands of my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ and my body when I shall decease this life, if I dy in Newbury to be buryed in the burying place in Newbury in hope of a happy resurrection. And for my worldly goods I dispose of as followeth,
first I giue and bequeath unto mary my wife dureing her widdowhood, all my Lands goods and chattels. And so will and appoint her my sole executrix of this my last will and testament. But if my said wife shall change her Condition and marry againe, then I order and appoint that she my said wife shall pay yearely afterwards dureing her naturall life out of my lands fifteene pounds a yeare.
That is to say. To my Daughter Mary, the wife of Nicholas Noyes fiue pounds a yeare, And to my Daughter Sara Browne of Charlestowne, the wife of James Browne, fiue pounds a yeare, and to my Grand child Mary--the wife of Samuell Moody, fiue pounds a yeare, and also out of my stocke to every one of my Grand children and great grand children thirty shillings a peice.
And at the death of the said Mary, my wife I giue & bequeath unto my said Daughter Mary Noyes all that house and land now in the possession of Thomas Bloomfield that lyeth on the east side of the high way conteineing about fifty or fiue and fifty acres bee it more or lesse both vpland pasture land & meadow and after my said Daughter Mary Noyes her decease to remaine and abide to the proper use of her Son Cutting Noyes, his heires & assignes foreuer.
2dly I giue and bequeath vnto my Daughter Sara, the wife of James Browne abousaid & her heires, all the house I now dwell in, with the twelue acres of vpland that the house stands vpon, and three quarters of that twenty acres of Salt Marsh land lately purchased of Mr. Steuen Dummer bee it more or lesse.
3dly I giue and bequeath vnto my Grandchild Mary moody, the wife of Samuel moody abouesaid, all the house and Land that is in the possession of John Dauis with the six akers of meadow in the Birchen meadows and the quarter part of the twenty acres of the salt marsh land bee it more or lesse as is abouespecifyed,further I give vnto her my said Grandchild Mary Moody, all that parcell of arable land lately purchased of the said mr. Dumer, lyeing vpon the southwest of the highway betweene the land of Henry shorte on the southeast and John Knights land on the northwest conteineing about twenty or fiue twenty acres more or lesse. And the first yeare the said Samuell Moody, his heirs &c. shall possesse the abouesaid parsell of Land which shalbe after my wives decease, then the said samuell Moody or his heirs shall pay to my Daughter sara, the wife of James Browne aforesaid the summe of forty pounds. But if my grandchild Mary moody abousaid shall dye without Issue of her owne body, then all the land abouespecifyed that is hereby given vnto her, shall after her decease, Remaine equally to bee diuided vnto my abouesaid two daughters Mary Noyes & sara Browne & their Children for euer. And the forty pound that is here mentioned to be paid by Samuell moody vnto my daughter Sara Browne abouesaid, if paid before, shall be paid backe againe unto the abouesaid Samuell Moody my Debts and funerall rites being discharged by my said executrix.
In witness whereof I the aboue mentioned John Cutting haue sett my hand and seale october the two & twentyeth. In the yeare of our Lord one thousand sixe hundred fifty nine.
John (Seal) Cutting
Witness:
Anthony Somerby
John Browne his marke
Nicholas O Wallington
Sworne in Court held at Ypswich the 27th of march 1660 by Anthony Sumerby to be the last Will and testament of John Cutting.
Robert Lord Clerke
Certified upon oath by John Browne to be sealed and subscribed by John Cutting in Court held at Ypswich the 27 (1) 1660.
Robert Lord Clerke
Source: Transcribed from the original in Salem, Probate files and published in "The Essex Antiquarian" Volume VIII, January 1904, Page 165 "Will of John Cutting".
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