Roger Conant Will, 1677[/8]

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Roger Conant (1592-1679)

Bibliographic Notes

Frederick Odell Conant. A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America (Portland, Me. : Private print. [Press of Harris & Williams] 1887), 99-128 (Roger^1 Conant) at 123-125; digital images, HathiTrust, InternetArchive.

Will

The original will is preserved among the County Court Files; it runs as follows:

At Salem Court, 25: 9: 1679. The Last will and testament of Roger Conant, dated the 1st of the 1 mo. [March] 1677. I Roger Conant aged about eightie fiue yeares, being of perfect vnderstanding, though weak & feeble in body, doe hereby declare my will and minde wherein in the first place Ldoe bequeath my soule vito God that gaue it & my body to the graue, in hope of a blessed Resurrection: & for my outward estate and goods, I giue ynto my Sonne Exercise one hundred and fortie acres of Land lyeing neer adjoining vnto the new towne of Dunstable a part of two hundred acres granted me by the General court: also I giue & bequeathi vnto him ten acres of Land next adjoining vnto his p'sont home lott and land Lying by the side of william Dodgeses his land, and butts one the land of thomas Herrick: also I give him two acres of marsh at the south end of the great pond by whenham, or if my daughter Elizabeth Conant will exchange to have soe much at the great marsh neer wenham: also I give him my swamp at the head of the railes which is yet undivided betwixt me and Benjamin Balch adjoining vnto william Dodgeses swamp: also I giue him my portion of land Lying by llenry Ilaggats on wenham side: now out of this fore mentioned Land he is to pay seaven pounds toward the discharge of such Legassis as I have given & bequeathed: according as is hereafter sett down
more I giue ynto my grandchild John Conant sonne of Roger Conant ten acres of Land adjoining to his twenty acres by the great pond side he paying twenty pounds for the same towards the payment of legassis as after mentioned
more I giue vnto my grandchild Joshua Conant seaventeen acres of Land Lying by the south side of the great marsh neer wenham and bounding unto the land of peeter woodbery: and the rest to return to my Executor.
also I giue vnto my Daughter Sarah two acres of Land lying between the head of the railes & Isaac Ilull his ground as part of six acres betwixt me and Benjamin Balch: this to her and her children.
also sixtie acres of Land out of my farm granted me by the General Court neer the new town of Dunstable I giue and bequeath unto the hands of Capt Roger Clap of the castle neer Dorchester for the use of a daughter of one mrs. pitts deceased whose daughter now Liveth in culleton a towne in Devon in old England and is in lue for certaine goods sold for the said mrs. pitts in London and was there to be paid many years since but it is alleaged was neuer paid and the aforesaid capt clap to give a discharge as theire atturney according as he is impowered and intrusted in theire behalfe:
furthermore as legacies I doe giue vito my some lott his ten children twenty pounds to be equally divided: to my daughter Sarahs Children to John tive pounds to the foure daughters fiue pounds betwixt ym: to my daughter Mary Dodge to herself fiue pounds and fiue pounds to her five children equally divided: to Exercise his children foure pounds betwixt them: to Adoniron Veren three pounds to his sister Hannah twenty shillings and her two In Beverly, near Wenham. children each ten shillings: to my cozen Mary Veren wife to Hillier veren three pounds as also three pounds unto the daughters of My Cozen Jane Mason deceased to be divided amongst them including Loue steevens her children a share:
my wearing apparell I giue and household implements not otherwise disposed of and my Gray horse and cattle to my sonn Exercise and sheepe I giue to Rebacka Connant my grandchild and one sheep to Mary Leach: and whereas there remains in my hands a certain portion of cat- tle belonging vnto one Mr Dudeney in England and by him assigned vnto his nephew Richard Conant valued at twenty five pounds and now left in the hands of my sonne exercise Conant that there be a rendering vp of such cattle or theire valuation mentioned unto the said Richard Conant upon seasonable demand he giuing a full discharge for the same.
and further my will is that my sonn Exercise be my executor to my will and Testament and for further help in seeing these things forementioned my sonne william Dodge and my grandchild John Conant Senior to be overseears of the same. In witness whereof I haue here vnto sett my hand the day and yeare aboue written. The blotting out of part of a line and a whole line under the part was before signing hereof
The mark X of ROGER CONANT his seale

John BENNET
BENJAMIN BALCH
Sealed in the presence of the aforesaid witnesses and delivered
JOHN BENNET
BENJAMIN BALCHI
25-9-mo 1679 Benjamin Balch and John Bennett gave oath in Court at Salem that they signed as witnesses to the within written that then the said Roger Conant declared the same to be his last will and testament and there is no later will of his that they know of
Attest HILLIARD VEREN Cler:

Research Notes

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