 Abt 1645 - 1719 (~ 74 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Read |
| Birth |
Abt 1645 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will |
25 Dec 1688 [3, 4, 5] |
I, Richard Porter, of Weymouth, In New England, being apprehensive of my near approaching departure out of this world, and being through the mercy of God of a short memory and disposing mind; trusting in the mercy of God through ye Lord Jesus Christ for Etternall Life: Do make this my last will and testament as folowth:
Item: I do give and bequeath unto my grandchild, Thomas Porter, the only sone of my sone Thomas Porter, deceased, my now dwelling house and barn and orchard, the swampy meadow, and ye land adjoining ffrom ye swampy land of James Lovelll, and Joseph Dyer, downward along by ye country highway, so far as the gate by which wee did turne out of the highway into ye feild comonly called ye middle gate, and from that gate crose ye feild upon a streight line into ye land now in ye ocupation of John Blanchett (Blanchard.)
Also, I give unto my said grandchild tlie one full halfe of my lott of land being in the second devision of common lott, the divission to be made when ye said Thomas shall come to ye age of twenty years; always provided, and it is my will, that if ye said Thomas shall dye before he come to ye age of twenty years, that then the foresaid estate shall be and remaine so, to my grandchild Ruth Richards, and the heirs borne of her body, if any be then living, if not then to return to my sone John, to him and his heirs: my will is that ye said Thomas Porter shall have the income of his part of ye estate immediately after my decease.
I give and bequath unto my Grandchild, Samuel Bayley, that my two Acres of Land on King Oak Hill.
Also I give and bequath unto my daughter, Mary Bicknell, ten pounds of my estate to be paid by my Executors after my decease.
All the rest of my estate not before given by this my will, I give and bequeath to my sone, John Porter, whom I do make, constitute, and appoint my sole executor to this my last will and testament, and I do desire and appoint my loving ffriends, James Lovell, sen'r, and Thomas Reed, as overseers to this my last will and testament, in all respects that it may be fulflled; and I do hereby make void and null all other former wills by me made and declared, and do declare and publish this to be my last will and testament. In witness thereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal, the five & twentieth day of December, in ye year of ye Lord one thousand six hundred eighty and eight, in ye fourth year of his Majesty's reign James the Second, by ye grace of God, King of England, and defender of ye faith.
RICHARD X PORTER,
Signed, sealed and published in presence of Abiah Whitman, Zechariah Bicknell, Stephen Ffrench, sen'r.
- Role: Overseer
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| Death |
14 Nov 1719 [1] |
| Person ID |
I43177 |
Duane's Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
19 Feb 2019 |
| Father |
William Read |
| Mother |
Avis Chapman |
| Marriage |
BY 1635 [6] |
| Notes |
- JLR gives him a daughter Esther, which Anderson has assigned to the other William of Weymouth - most likely because of the Weymouth birth record. [7]
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| Family ID |
F4145 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah Bicknell, b. Abt 1651 d. 21 Aug 1719, Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America  (Age ~ 68 years) [2] |
| Marriage |
1670 [2] |
| Family ID |
F16930 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2020 |
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| Sources |
- 1. [S1373] Reed Genealogy, 5, 00033.
- 2. [S1373] Reed Genealogy, 14, 00033.
- 3. [S1418] Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Porter, 8, 01148.
- 4. [S1418] Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Porter, 9, 01148.
- 5. [S576] TGMSP, Richard Porter, 00516.
- 6. [S216] History of Weymouth, weygentuvwx.txt, 00283.
- 7. [S867] TAG, 00863.
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