James Parker Snr of Groton 1700 Will

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Last Will and Testament

In the name of God amen: I James parker Sener of Groton: in the County of midlesex: in the provinces of mathusetts in New England the twenty fift day of may one thousand sevens hundred Being wek of Body But of good and parfit memory and understanding thanks Be to god for it having arived to the age of fouer score and three years or there a Bouts Calling to remembrance the uncertainty of this life and that all men must dye: when it shall plese god: I do make constitute ordain: and declare this my last will and testament in maner and form following Revocking and anulling by these presents all testaments will and wills heretofore by me made either by word or writing and this is to be taken: only for my last will and testament and no other = =

first of all I give and commit my soull to all mighty god my Saver in whome I trust I shall be saved and that my soull with my Body at the genrell day of Resuerriction shall rise again: with: Joye throw: the merites of Christ and my Body to be deacently and Christenly Buried at the dicrison of my Excutour hereafter named and __ do apint and nextly for the setting of my Estate and goods as it hath plesed God to bestow upon me I do order give and dispose of the same in maner and forme following that is to say first: = = = = = = =

I will that all these debts and dutys I owe to any persons whatsoever shall be well and truely contented and payed within conveniente time after my decese by my Excutor hereafter named and all funerell charges = = =

Item I give and bequeth to my well beloved wife Eunis parker forty pound in current mony of new england or Equielent to money within the space of twelve munths after my decease or after when she shall call for it also to living [in] my house deuring my widow: in the west end of the house: and also the Yuse of the houssed things now in that rome: during my widow [while she remains my widow] except the bead and furnituer belonding to it to continnew there and not to be made Yuse of exsepte it be upon spesiell ocation = = = = = and allso here [her] own thirds of her former husbands Estate to continew hers: with[out] interuption: also too acer of land and the orcherd at the well gate to make use of upon as reasonable terms as any parson: during deuring my widow = = = = = = = = =

Iteam I bequeth the [and] give the improvement of all my hous and lande on the west side of the highway for the Bringing up [of] my daghter Sarah tell she is eightten year old or tell marriadge and allso halfe my dear hedge lott for a wood lott for the above named hose: and land and also the west end of gibett hill: from the ten aceres of land which: I bought of the widow Larrance.

Item I will and bequeth to my daghter Elizebath gary twenty pounds in mony or as mony equielent to be paid within the space of twelve munth after my decease = Item I give: and bequeath to my daghter anna Blood five pounds in paye to be payd within five mounths after my decease Item: I give and bequeath to Elizebath parker the daghter of my son: Zechariah parker deceased one ten acer right of land in the town of groton in all divition or thirty pounds in mony which i promesed in a writing to give her to be at the discriton of my executor = Item I give and bequeth: to abiell parker the daghter of my son Joshua parker deceased ten pounds in mony or equielent thereto to be paide her at Eighttene years old or at mariage day also a grandchilds portione = = = = = = =

Item: I give and bequeath to my daghter Sarah Forty pound in or as mony to be paide her at Eighten years of age or at marige to be payd her out of my hous and lands on the west side of the highway by Broad madow if she desiers it and the madow that belongs to a ten acre right of my madows undisposed of also I give unto my daghter Sarah halfe my dear hedge lott on that sid next James Nuting lande = = = =

Item I give and Bequeath to my grend children: all the Reast of my land and estate in housing movables and whatsoever als equelly acordingly at the discriton of my executor the former Legesys [legacies] and debts being paide and also whereas I have: given to severell of my sons James Josiah Samuell Zehariah and Eliazer parker my Natrell sons there [their] severell proportions in lande and otherwise I do order and will that ten acere right which I have given to them be rekned as ther full portion nather are thay to make any fourther demand or challinge from any part of my Estate: Item I give: and Bequeath: to my daghter Sarah: parker my Best feather Bead and the riad [red] curtins and green Rugge and all tacklin to it = = = = = = = = = = = =

finally I do by these presents Intreat and Request outhorize and Appinte my son Josiah: parker of Cambrdge in the County of middlx in New england in the provence of the masitusetts my soulle Executor: hoping and trusting he will honesty and eqelly see to it that it be don according to my treue intent and meaning without parshality -- and In easpesell manner to have the oversigh[t] of my daghter Sarah:

James Parker

Signed Sealed in presents of us Jonas Prescott Thomas tarbell James Blanchard

This will was proved in Charlestown, Massachusetts August 7, 1700 by the oaths of the three witnesses. ^[1]

Inventory

An Inventory of the Estat of Cap't James Parker late of Groton Deceased aprised as money by us ye sub______ this: 12 day of July: 1700^[2]

first a Dweling house: and orchard land & medow £50

Joyneng all on ye west sid the highway

2 on the Est sid the highway: 100: acers of land £80

and medow: two orchards one barn and stable

3 two oxen two cows horse swine & other Catle £25 10/0

4 three fether beds & bedsteds: £17 5/0

armes and amunition

5 chains cart plows hoes axes fork & Irons &c £6 7/0

6 spitt frieng pans tongs Iron pots putr werming pan £4 17/0

7 Tramels: __ Iron Tabls chairs chests Tubs bowls &c £4

8 Table linen and other linen £2 10/0

9 land and medow in several parcels £61 9/0

on this sid ye River

10 Land & medow on ye west sid the River or Sevral £69 17/0

£319 15/0 Jonas Prescott Thomas Tarbell

Sources

1. ↑ Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Probate Papers 16556-16660 (LDS 421482), packet 16611, James Parker, 1700: Transcribed by H. Neal Parker at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hnparker&id=I898. I have attempted to copy the following will exactly as it is written. From a modern point of view the spelling is highly non-standard. There are no periods or commas. Colons seem to function as commas, but they are scattered rather haphazardly throughout the text, often in places where no modern writer would put a comma or any other punctuation. The use of upper case letters is also haphazard and non-standard. Square brackets indicate my additions or corrections. Accessed August 11, 2015
2. ↑ Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Probate Papers 16556-16660 (LDS 421482), packet 16611, James Parker, 1700: Research of Neal Parker