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  1666 - 1747  (80 years)
| Name | Stephen Emery |  
| Prefix | Ens. |  
| Birth | 6 Sep 1666 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  [1, 2, 3] |  
| Gender | Male |  
| Will | 8 Jan 1746/7 |  
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In the Name of God Amen. This Eighth Day of January In the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & forty six, and in the Twentieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, King of great Brittain etc., I Stephen Emery, of Newbury in the county of Essex, and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gen. Being in comfortable health of Body, and of sound mind & memory (Thanks be to God Therefor) but calling to mind my Own mortallity, Do make and Ordain this my Last Will & Testatment.
 
 Principally & first of all I Humbly Recommend my soul Into the Hands of God who gave it, and my Body I commend to the Earth to be Decently buried at the Discretion of my Execr. assuredly hopeing that at the general resurection, They shall be again united in compleat happiness thro: the merritt & power of Jesus Christ, the Resurection and ye Life and as to the worldly goods therewith it Hath Pleased God To bless me with in this Life, I Give, Devise and Dispose of them, In the following Manner and Form, vizt.
 
 Imprs.  I Give and Bequeath to my Dearly & Well beloved wife Ruth Emery The One third part of my Real Estate of what kind or Nature soever (During Her Natural Life).  I also give unto her my Household goods of Every sort and all the Provisions that may be in my Possession at the time of my Decease of Every kind and the one halfe of my stock of cattle, horses, sheep & swine, To be wholly at her Dispose Forever.
 
 I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughters, Ann Little, Sarah Dole, Ruth Moulton, Judeth Hale, Abigail Bartlett, Elizabeth Moody, Lydia Emery To Each of them the sum of twelve Ounces & an halfe of silver or bills of Creditt Equivalent thereto to be Paid by my Execr. within seven years after my Decease (Besides what I have already given them)
 
 Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughters Hannah and Meriam Emery To Each of the[m] the sum of One Hundred Eighty Seven Ounces & an halfe of silver or Bills of Creditt Equivalent Thereto To be paid by my Executor (The One halfe of sd. sum Immediately after my Decease, and ye Remainder within Three years, not succeeding [it)?] and my will is That these my two Daughters Last mentioned shall have Liberty to Dwell in the South West Lower Room in my Dwelling house and have convenient cellar Rooms therein untill marriage.
 
 Item I Give and Bequeath unto my two Grand sons Thomas & Stephen Noyes, sons of my Daughter Mary Noyes Decd. To Each of them the sum of Eighteen Ounces & three quarters of silver, or Bills of Creditt Equivalent thereto, To be paid by my Execr. when they shall successively arrive To The age of Twenty One years and if Either of my sd Grand sons shall Die Before he arrive to [that?] age Then the survivor shall have ye whole sum as above mentioned.
 
 Finally I Give and Bequeath unto my Only son Stephen Emery his heirs & assigns forever all my Estate Both Real & Personal of what kind or Nature soever or wherever it lies (Except what I have Before Disposed of in this my Last Will He my sd son Paying all my Just Debts Funeral Charges and the Respective Legacies mentioned in this my Will and I Do constitute & appoint my sd son Stephen Emery To be sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament, and I Do Hereby annull all former Wills by me made, and Rattify & Confirm this to be my Last Will and Testament.  In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the Day & year above written.
 
 Signed sealed published & Declared by ye above [___]ed Stephen Emery To be his Last Will & Testamt. In ye presence of [us?] witnesses
 
 John Emery Junr.
 Joseph Merrick
 Thomas Barnard
 
 Stephen Emery (s)
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| Death | 3 Feb 1746/7 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  [6] |  
| Probate | 23 Feb 1746/7 | Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America   |  
| Person ID | I9682 | Duane's Ancestors |  
| Last Modified | 2 Jul 2006 |  
 
| Father | Sgt. John Emery, Jr.,   b. Abt 1628, England  d. Aug 1693 (Age ~ 65 years) |  
| Mother | Mary ________,   b. Abt 1632   d. 3 Feb 1709/10, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  (Age ~ 78 years) |  
| Marriage | Bef 10 Oct 1650 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  [1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] |  
| Family ID | F3735 | Group Sheet  |  Family Chart |  
 
| Family | Ruth Jaques,   b. 14 Apr 1672, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  d. 9 Jan 1764, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  (Age 91 years) |  
| Marriage | 29 Nov 1692 | Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America  [4, 14] |  
| Family ID | F6649 | Group Sheet  |  Family Chart |  
| Last Modified | 10 Apr 2020 |  
| Event Map |  | 
|  | Birth - 6 Sep 1666 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  |  |  | Marriage - 29 Nov 1692 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  |  |  | Death - 3 Feb 1746/7 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  |  |  | Probate - 23 Feb 1746/7 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  |  |  | Pin Legend |  : Address  : Location  : City/Town  : County/Shire  : State/Province  : Country  : Not Set |  
| Sources |  1.  [S134]  Descendants of John Emery, 2, 00137. 
 
 2.  [S940]  First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 119, 00191. 
 
 3.  [S18]  Salisbury and Amesbury, 153, 00466. 
 
 4.  [S144]  Mass & Maine Families, Vol. 2, 354, 00368. 
 
 5.  [S850]  Ruy Cardoso Transcribed Wills, John Emery of Newbury, 1693, 00846. 
 
 6.  [S210]  Vital Records of Newbury, MA, Vol. 2, 590, 00599. 
 
 7.  [S23]  Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 222, 00219. 
 
 8.  [S146]  Mass & Maine Families, Vol. 1, 525, 00367. 
 
 9.  [S18]  Salisbury and Amesbury, 343, 00466. 
 
 10.  [S210]  Vital Records of Newbury, MA, Vol. 2, 164, 00599. 
 
 11.  [S328]  Sawyer Families, 12, 00470. 
 
 12.  [S443]  Descendants of John and Anthony Emery, 4, 00133. 
 
 13.  [S867]  TAG, 17:98, 00863. 
 
 14.  [S210]  Vital Records of Newbury, MA, Vol. 2, 166, 00599. 
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