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ORLANDO BAGLEY 1770
[Administration on the estate of Orlando Bagley of Kingston, gentlemen, granted to Jacob
Gale, gentlemen, Feb. 23 1770.] [Probate records, vol. 26, p. 258]
[Bond of Jacob
Gale of Kingston, with William Parker, Jr., of Kingston and Elisha Hill of Portsmouth,
blacksmith, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Feb. 22, 1770, for the administration of the
estate;witnesses,Jacob Tilton, Thomas Achinsloss.]
[Warrant, Feb. 23, 1770 authorizing Nathaniel Batchelder, gentlemen, Ralph Blaisdell, and
Jeremiah Currier, yeomen, all of Kingston, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, March 3, 1770; amount, £121. 13. 4; signed by Nathaniel Batchelder, Ralph
Blaisdell, and Jeremiah Currier.]
[List of claims against the estate, May, 1771; amount, £271.7.0¼; signed by Nathaniel
Folsom and William Parker,Jr.]
[Settlement of claims; amount distributed, £87. 4. 5; allowed Dec.31,1772.
ANTHONY
BRACKETT 1691
In the name of god amen y° 11th day of sep 1691__
I Anthony Bracket sey being in perfict memory doe make this my Last will &
testament,Comiting my soul into the hand of my redemer the Lord Jesus Christ, & my
body to the earth_
Itim I give & bequeath to my daughter Jane hains fouer
acors, in part of marsh being more or Les, which shee formerly made use of & so upward
to yº head of yº cove & to young oxsen Affter my desece
Itim I give & bequeath that three acers of marsh mor or Les
being at black poynt to my daughter Ellener Johnson, which marsh I have a deed for, which
deed doe assign over to my daughter Ellenor, & shee to take it into hur possestion
Affter my deseac
Item: I give & bequeath unto my grand daughter kasia bracket
three cows to be payed at age of Eightenn years or day of marridg
I give to my grand daughter Roose Johnson on heffer
I give to my grand son samuel bracket one heffer,all the Rest of
my cattle & sheep I doe give equally devided amoung the Rest of my gran Children of
what is lefft After my wiffs deseac, I doo here ordain & make my sonn John Bracket
Executor of this my last will & testament, and him pay all Just debts & to gather
all debts which is Justly dew unto mee, my housall good I Leve with my wiff for hur one
use to this I set my hand.
Witness Anthony Bracket Nathaniel drack
X
John Lock: by his mark
[Proved July 11, 1602]
[Deeds, vol. 5. p. 82]
HENRY
DOW 1659
The Last will & testament of Henery Dow Sen of Hampton. Beinge Sick & weeke
of Body butt firme of under standing and memory. Itt I Give and bequeth unto
margrett my loving wife my House lott being by Estamation ten Acres more or less & Six
acres of fresh meddow att the springs & one sheare of the lower Cowes
Comon; Three of
my Cowes: & the Dwelling House upon the lott above sd: and att my Househould stuff
Excepting whatt shall bee other waies Disposed of. Itt I Give and bequeath unto my sonn
Henry Dow all the planting Ground thatt is in my Hands in the east field, and my
seaventeen acres of Salt marsh and....one sheare of the Cow common and a sheare of the ox
Comon and all my Cattell Excepting the three Cowes abovesd.
Itt to my Sonn Henery, one feather bed wch Hee useth to ly upon and all the
Bed Cloathes thereunto Belonging and the middlemost Iron Pott: and I Due by these presents
make and appoint my sonn Henery my sole Exequetor to this will and
testamentt. Itt I Doe
Give and Bequeath unto my sonn Joseph the some of thirty pounds to bee payd when Hee shall
Arive to the age of twenty and one yeers. Itt I Doe Give and Bequeath unto my sonn
Danill and to my Daughters mary and Hannah five pounds apeece to be payd to them when they
shall Arive to the ago of twenty and one yeers. Itt I Give unto my sonn Thomas & my
sonn Jeremiah five pounds a peece to bee payd to them att the age of one & twenty
yeeres. And after my wives Decease the House & House lott and the six acres of
meadow to Returne Into the Hands of my Exequetors; In Cause thatt Hee please
to Resigne up the House and fifty Rods of ground which was sometime posesed by Thomas
Sleeper Into the Hands of my sonn Joseph and Pay unto my five yongest Children above sayd
five and twenty pounds thatt is to say five pounds a peece: to bee Payd five pounds to the
eldest the yeere after my wives Decease and so five pounds a yeere to the next younger
untill the some of five pounds bee payd to the....fter and still with this pviso thatt in
Cause my sone Henery bee nott willing to leave the place wheare Thomas Sleeper lived &
to take the lands above sayd After my wives Deceased upon the Conditions above named then
the sd to my sonn Joseph who upon the takeing possesion of them is to undertake for the
paying of the twenty five pounds above sdto my five youngest Children according to the
times above mentioned: Itt I Give unto my wife two of the best of my swine & so much
of the Corne in the House as may maintaine Her & my Children untill Harvest & all
the Crop on the House Lott att Harvest & the Corne till Harvest to bee twenty
bushels. To this my last will & testment I sett my Hand & Seale y 16:2
mo 1659.
Wittness:
Henrye dow
Robert Page
His X marke
Sam" Dalton
[Proved Oct. 4, 1659]
[Essex County Mass., Probate Files, amd Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 1, p.85]
[Joseph Dow acknowledges the receipt from Henry Dow of £30 left to him in the will of his
father; dated Nov. 28, 1666; witnesses, Thomas Nudd and Francis Page.] [Norfolk County
Mass., Deeds, vol. 3, p.46]
JOSEPH EASTMAN 1770
[Administration on the estate of Joseph Eastman of Kingston granted to Sarah Eastman,
widow, March 21, 1770]{Probate Records, vol. 26, p. 256}
[Bond of Sarah Eastman, with Abraham Smith and Josiah Tilton, gentlemen, as sureties, all
of Kingston, in the sum of £500, March 21, 1770, for the administration of the estate;
witnesses, William Parker Jr., Nathaniel Batchelder.]
[Inventory, March 26, 1770; amount, £951. 15. 10;signed by Josiah Tilton and Nathaniel
Batchelder.]
[Account of Jeremiah Bean and Jemima Eastman, administrators; receipts, £146. 6. 7,
personal estate; expenditures,£38. 7; mentions "maintaining Joseph one of the
Children of the Deceased 2 years to this day....D° Elizabeth to this time 2 years";
allowed Oct. 30, 1776.]
ANN
CLOUGH 1758
[Administration on the estate of Ann Clough of Brentwood granted to Jacob French of South
Hampton, yeoman, Aug.28, 1758.]{Probate records, vol. 21, p.42.}
[Bond of Jacob French with Samuel French of South Hampton, gentlemen, and Reuben Sanborn
of Hampton Falls, yeoman, as sureties, in the sum of £500, Aug. 28, 1758, for the
administration of the estate of his mother, Ann Clough; witnesses William Parker, Samuel
Slade.]
[Agreement, Jan. 2, 1759, of Jacob French, William French of Hampton Falls, Samuel Winslow
and wife Jane, formerly Jane French, Nathan Sanborn and wife Jemima, formerly Jemima
French, all of Epping, Daniel Roby of Chester and wife Anna, formerly Anna French
Winthrop Clough of Kensington and wife Rachel, formerly Rachel French, Anthony Peavy and
wife Mary, formerly Mary French, children of Anne Clough, formerly Ann
French, widow of Jacob French of Hampton Falls, joiner, as the division of her personal
estate; witnesses, Elijah Cran, James Russell.]
EDMUND
PAGE -1767
In the name of God, Amen, I Edmund Page of Plastow in the Province of New Hampshire in New
England Husbandman, being under bodily weakness,* * *
Imprimis, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Abigail Page the use and
improvmernt of one half of my house and barn, and the use and improvment of the one half
of my lands in Palstow, so long as she remains my widow. I likewise give to my wife
all my stock, and all my household goods and moveables in the house for her to dispose of
in way and manner she shall think proper.
Item I give to my beloved son David Page twelve shillings lawfull money
besides what I have already given him, to be payed in one year after my Decase by my
Executors hereafter named--
Item I give to my beloved Jesse Page the hone half of my dwelling House and
the one half of my barn. I likewise give him the one half of all my lands lying in Plastow
in quanitity and quality to come into the possession of them at my decease.
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