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The Last Will and testament of Samuel Smith of haverhill Destrict and province of new hampshire in new England Mill wright * * * first I Give and bequeth to My well Beloved wife Abigail all my personal Estate to be by her freely posesed and Injoyed for ever I allso give my wife the free use and Improvement of all my Real Estate Dureing the term of her naturel Life— Secondly I Give and Bequeth to my Beloved Son Samuel Smith the whole of my homestead Lands and buildings and he is to Come into possesion of it at his mothers Decese— thirdly I give and Bequeth to My Beloved Son nathanel smith the sum of five shillings to be paid by my Executor at my Decesce— 428 NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS fourthly I Give and Bequeth to my beloved Daughter Han- nah the Sum of five pounds old tenor: to be paid her by my Executor hereafter named at or before one full year wives Decese— fifthly I Give and bequeth to my Beloved Daughter Abigail the sum of twelve pounds old tenor: to be paid by my Exec- utor at or before two full years after my wives Decese— Sixthly I Give and Bequeth to my Beloved Daughter mehet- able the sum of five pounds old tenor: to be paid by my Exec- utor at or before three full years after My wives Decese— Seventhly I Give and bequeth to my Beloved Daughter mary the Sum of five pounds old tenor: to be paid by my Executor at or before four full years after my wives Decese— Eightly I Give and bequeth to my Beloved Daughter Sarah the sum of five pounds old tenor: to be paid by my Executor at or before five full years after my wives Decese— ninthly I Give and Bequeth to my Beloved Daughter Susanna the sum of five pounds old tenor: to be paid by my Executor at or before Six full years after my wives Decese— tenthly I Give and Bequeth to the Second Church of Christ in haverhill the Sum of forty Shillings old tenor to be my Executor at my Decese— Eleventhly I will and ordain that all those Debts which in Duty Right or Concience I owe to any person or persons what soever together with my funerall Expences and Charge: and allso the Legaces herein Expressed be well and truly paid by my Executor herein named— Lastly I Constitute ordain and appoint my Beloved Son Samuel Smith to be the Sole Executor of this my Last will and testament and I Do hereby utterly Revoke Disanul and Disalow all former wills testaments Legaces and Executors heretofore named or made Ratifiing and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and testament in testimony whereof I the Said Samuel Smith have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this for— NEW HAMPSHIRE WILLS 429 teenth day of febuary anno Domini 1746: and in the twentyth year of his majestys Reign— Signed Sealed published pro- his nounced ed and Declared by the Samuel X Smith Said Samuel Smith to be his mark Last t will & testament in the presents of us Anne Harriman John Harriman Saml Harriman [Proved April 27, 1748.] [Bond of Samuel Smith, housewright, with John Harriman and Samuel Harriman, husbandmen, as sureties, all of Haverhill District, in the sum of £100, March I, 1748/9, for the execution will; witnesses, Joseph Freese and Solomon Smith.[1]
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