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Meribah Wardwell[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Female 1637 - 1679  (42 years)


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  • Name Meribah Wardwell 
    Birth 14 May 1637  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 25 Jun 1637  Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8, 10, 12
    Will 5 Feb 1674/5  [6, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

    • I Francis Littlefejld Junjor of Wells, In the Massatusetts Colony in New England this fifth day of ffebruary, one thousand six hundred seaventy foure, though weake in body yet Prfect in memory blessed bee god, doth willingly & with a free heart Committ my soule into ye mercifull hands of Almighty god my saujor, & my body vnto the earth from whence It Came, & my estate I dispose of as followeth/
      Inprs Ater my funeralls bee discharded, & all other debts, I doe giue & bequeath unto my Loueing wife Meribah, my househould stuff to dispose of to my children, unto wch of them shee thinkes good, & I give unto my sayd wife one thrid of all my stocke & Moueables with out to bee hers & her assignes for ever/
      Item I give unto my Elldest sunn Joseph, my home lott with all my houseing, Saw Mill, & Corne Mill, with all the appurtenances yrvnto belonging, and the other two 3d parts of my stocke, Namely oxen houseing Cows, with other Cattle, when hee hath Attayned the age of Twenty two yeares, hee paijing the Legacys follg
      Namely to my sunn Nathan five pounds/
      To my sonn Jonathan five pounds/
      To my sunn Job five pounds/
      To my sonn Daniell five pounds, When they Attayne the age of Twenty one yeares/
      And my will is that hee shall pay unto my daughter Mary, Tenn pounds/
      To my daughter Johanna Tenn pounds/
      To my daughter Tabbatha Tenn pounds/
      To my daughter Hannah tenn pounds to bee payd to them wn they have Attayned the age of eighteen years/
      Item I give unto my sonn Nathan, & Jonathan all my lands & Meddows at Mary Land, equally to bee devided, between them wn they come to bee the age of Twenty on years/
      Item: I give unto my sonn Job, & David all my Land at Ogunquett, with the seaven Acers of Marsh that I bought of John Barrett, equally to bee devided between them wn they have Attayned the age of Twenty one yeares/
      And my will is wn my sunn Joseph doth enter upon ye house & Land hee
      shall pay unto my wife tenn pounds.
      Ann : for three years towards the Mantayneing of the small children/
      And my will is that my whoole estate as It now is shall remajne in my wifes hand, to mannage & Improue for the namtayneing of her & my children, vntill my sonn Joseph bee at age namely Twenty two years ould/
      And I doe hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & Loueing wife Meribah & my sonn Joseph & Nathan to bee my executors, of this my last Will & testament, & hereby doe desire & appoynt my Loueing frejnds Mr. Williã Symonds & Samell Wheelewright ouerseers of this my last will & testament, Revoakeing all other wills gyfts bequessts & testaments, whatsoeuer In
      testimony whereof I haue here vnto set my hand & seale the day & yeare aboue written/
      Samuell Wheelewright/ Francis Littlefejld (ₛhₑᶦₐsₗₑ)
      Fran : Littlefejld Senjor/ Junjor his marke Γ

    • Role: Executor
    Death 12 Dec 1679  Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6640  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2008 

    Father William Wardwell,   b. 4 Jan 1606/7, Well, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 18 Apr 1670 and 25 Apr 1670, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Alice Pyce,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1657, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1636  [2, 6, 8, 19, 20
    Family ID F2173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ens. Francis Littlefield, Jr.,   b. Abt 1635/6, Titchfield, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1674/5, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years)  [8, 18, 21
    Marriage Abt 1658  [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 22, 23
    Children 
    +1. Joseph Littlefield,   b. Aft 1652   d. Bef Jul 1698 (Age < 44 years)
     2. Joanna Littlefield,   b. Aft 1653
    +3. Mary Littlefield,   b. Aft 1653   d. Bef 1723 (Age < 68 years)
     4. Nathan Littlefield,   b. Aft 1653
     5. Tabitha Littlefield,   b. Aft 1653   d. 27 Apr 1736 (Age < 81 years)
    +6. Jonathan Littlefield,   b. Abt 1662   d. Bef 25 Feb 1735, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years)
     7. Job Littlefield,   b. Aft 1665   d. Bef 13 Nov 1694 (Age < 27 years)
    +8. David Littlefield, Sr.,   b. Abt 1670, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1751, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years)
     9. Hannah Littlefield,   b. Abt 1675   d. 10 Oct 1738 (Age ~ 63 years)
    Family ID F2360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 May 1637 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 25 Jun 1637 - Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Dec 1679 - Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S30] The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 479, 00540.

    2.  2.  [S23] Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 87, 00219.

    3.  3.  [S144] Mass & Maine Families, Vol. 2, 484, 00368.

    4.  4.  [S145] Mass & Maine Families, Vol. 3, 550, 00369.

    5.  5.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 223, 00539.

    6.  6.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 67:348, 00390.

    7.  7.  [S446] Record of the Rust Family, 23, 00448.

    8.  8.  [S576] TGMSP, William Wardwell, 00516.

    9.  9.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 102024428, 00974.

    10.  10.  [S2] The Story of Connecticut, Volume IV, 1208, 00548.

    11.  11.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 987, 00466.

    12.  12.  [S544] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4., 416, 00193.

    13.  13.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 3:39, 00390.

    14.  14.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 578, 00466.

    15.  15.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 438, 00218.

    16.  16.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 54-56, 00349.

    17.  17.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 671, 00218.

    18.  18.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 102024271, 00974.

    19.  19.  [S148] Records of a Loyalist Family, 5, 00449.

    20.  20.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 779, 00395.

    21.  21.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 21013422, 00974.

    22.  22.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 720, 00218.

    23.  23.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 439, 00218.