Will of Jonathan Mason, Providence Rhode Island, 1798

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Surname/tag: Mason

This is a transcript of the register copy of the Will of Jonathan Mason, of Providence Rhode Island. It was written on 12 May 1797. It was probated on 25 Aug 1798. Transcript provided by Amanda Mason-Thomas ^[1]

Persons Listed:

• Jonathan Mason, Yeoman, Testator
• Jonathan Mason, Testator's son
• Keziah Tucker, Testator's daughter
• Ezra Tucker, husband of Keziah Tucker
• Lydia Streeter, Testator's daughter
• Johnson Streeter, husband of Lydia Streeter
• Mason Pickering, grandson of Testator's deceased daughter Patience Pickering
• Hannah Streeter, Testator's daughter
• William Streeter, husband of Hannah Streeter
• Chad Mason, Testator's son
• Molly Ballou, Testator's daughter
• Ziba Ballou, husband of Molly Ballou
• George Mason, Testator's son
• Abraham Mason, Testator's son
• Patience Mason, Testator's wife, Executor
• Joseph Follett, witness
• Mary Mason, witness
• Jotham Carpenter, witness

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In the Name of God, Amen: I, Jonathan Mason of Cumberland in the County
of Providence and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, yeoman, being
in Perfect health of body and of a perfect mind & Memory, Blessed be God therefore,
Do, this twentyeth day of may in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven
hundred & ninety seven, make and ordain this my last will & testament in manner &
form following, that is to say:

Imprimus. First of all I give my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God who gave it to me
& my body to the earth from whence it came, to be decently buryed by my
executor hereinafter named, in hope of a joyful resurrection through the merits of
Jesus Christ our Saviour, and as for that worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased
God to bless me with in this life, I dispose of the same as follows.

Item. I give to my well beloved son, Jonathan Mason, Eighty four Cents, to be
paid to him, by my executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease,
to be and remain to him, his heirs & Assigns forever.

Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter, Keziah Tucker, wife of
Ezra Tucker, Eighty four cents, to be paid to her, by my executor hereafter
named, within one year after my decease, to be & remain to her own disposal.

Item I give to my well beloved daughter, Lydia Streeter the wife of Johnson
Streeter, Eighty four cents, to be paid to her by my executor hereafter named,
within one year after my decease, to be & remain to her own disposal.

Item I bequeath to my well beloved grandson, Mason Pickering, the son of my
daughter Patience Pickering deceased, Eighty four cents to be paid to him by
my Executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be & remain
at his disposal.

Item I give to my well beloved daughter, Hannah Streeter, the wife of William
Streeter, Eighty four cents, to be paid to her by my Executor within one year
after my decease, to be & remain to her own disposal.

Item I give to my well beloved son, Chad Mason, Eighty four cents, to be paid to
him by my Executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be &
remain to his own disposal.

Item I give to my well beloved daughter, Molly Ballou the wife of Ziba Ballou,
Eighty four cents, to be paid to her by my Executor hereafter named, within one
year after my decease, to be & remain at her own disposal.

Item I give to my well beloved son, George Mason, Eighty four cents, to be paid to
him by my executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be &
remain to his own disposal.

Item I give to my well beloved son, Abraham Mason, Eighty four cents, to be paid
by my executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be &
remain to his own disposal.

And my mind and will further is and I do hereby order & direct that my just debts &
funeral charges be paid by my Executor hereafter named, out of my personal
estate.

Item I give & bequeath to my well beloved wife, Patience Mason, all my personal
estate of what name or nature soever, money, surities for money besides what
is heretofore disposed of, to remain to her and her own disposal. And lastly I do
hereby make & appoint my well beloved wife, the above Said Patience Mason,
sole executor of this my last will & testament, Hereby revoking all other wills and
testaments by me willed or bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this & no other
to be my last will and testament.

Signed, Sealed, Published & Declared by the said Jonathan Mason as & for his
last will & testament In the presents of us who did each of us in his presents and
at his request in the presents of each other subscribe our names as witnesses
hereunto.

Joseph Follett
Mary Mason
Jotham Carpenter

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Jonathan Mason, Cumberland, Rhode Island Wills. Vol. 7, page 52