William Spooner 1684 Will

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Contents 1 WikiTree Pages of Interest 2 Bibliographic Notes 3 William Spooner 1684 Will 4 Research Notes 5 Sources

WikiTree Pages of Interest

• William Spooner (abt.1623-bef.1684)

Bibliographic Notes

• As given below from Thomas Spooner, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants (Cincinnati [Press of F. W. Freeman], 1883), 19-20; digital images, Hathi Trust, or InternetArchive.
• William Spooner 1683[/4] will and inventory, Plymouth Colony records, wills ... 4:71; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 567794, Digital Collection (DGS) 7051111, image 573 of 71. Note -- Will dated 8 March 1683[/4], Inventory dated 14 March 1683[/4] (see year penned at upper left of will, "1684").
• Citing "Plymouth Col. Probate 4, pt 2, p. 71," Maclean W. McLean, "Two William Spooners of Dartmouth, Mass.," The American Genealogist, 45 (1969):121-123 at 121; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors, "The progenitor, William¹ Spooner died testate at Plymouth in 1683, leaving a will dated 8 May, proved 14 May 1683 [sic]...."

William Spooner 1684 Will

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“1684.
March 8, 1683.

“The last will & Testament of William Spooner, being aged & weake of body, but yet in perfect understanding & memory, wherein I haue disposed of my estate as followeth, Im primis: I giue vnto my son, John Spooner, that thirty acres of land where he now dwelleth, with Twenty acres more to be added therevnto at ye next deuision of Dartmouth lands to him, his heirs & assigns foreuer; also, I giue to my grandson, John Spooner, one-fourth part of a share of all ye vndeuided lands in ye township of Dartmouth, with two acres of my three acres of good meadow, lying on ye west side of Sconticut neck at ye entering in of ye neck, to him, his heirs & assigns foreuer; also, I giue ye bed which I now lodge on vnto my aforesaid Grandson; also, I giue vnto my son, Ebenezer Spooner, eight pounds, to be paid vnto him three years after my decease, in good current pay.

Also, I giue vnto my son, Isaac Spooner, fiue shillings; also, I giue wnto my son-in-law, John Sherman, my great coat; and vnto my daughter, Sarah Sherman, i giue one cow; also, I giue vnto my daughter, Martha Whing, on cow; also, I giue vnto my daughter, Hannah, & her son, Josua, one cow or the value of a cow; I giue also vnto my daughter, Mercy, to be delieured vnto her two years after my decease;t also, I giue & bequeath vnto my son, Samuel Spooner, my house and ye seat of land belonging to it, both vpland and meadow, containing fourty acres, more or less, with one acre of my three acres of good meadow, lying on ye west Side of Sconticutt aforesaid, vnto him, his heirs and assigns foreuer; also, I giue all ye rest of my upland already laid out, with one-fourth part of a share of all vindeuided lands, except that twenty acres I giue vnto my son John, as aforesaid, to be equally deuided between my son Samuel & my son William, to them, their heirs & assigns foreuer; also, I giue ye rest of my neat Cattell, to be equally deuided amongst my two sons, Samuel & William; also, all ye remainder of my laid-out meadow I giue to be equally deuided amongst my three sons, John, Samuel and William, to them and their heirs foreuer; also, I giue all my household goods, of all sorts, to be equally deuided amongst my son Samuell & my daughter Hannah and my daughter Mercy; also, I make my son Samuel my sole executor, and I haue made choyce of my two friends, Seth Pope & Thomas Taber, for my ouerseers, to see this my will performed.

William X Spooner, mark [SEAL]

“Signed & sealed in ye presence of
"John X JENNY, mark
“THOMAS TABER”

Research Notes

Family members mentioned in the will,

• John Spooner, my son
• John Spooner, my grandson
• Ebenezer Spooner, my son
• Isaac Spooner, my son
• John Sherman, my son in law
• Sarah Sherman, my daughter
• Martha Whing, my daughter
• Hannah, my daughter
• Josua, son of my daughter Hannah
• Mercy, my daughter
• Samuel Spooner, my son
• William [Spooner], my son

• Samuel Spooner, my son, sole executor

Sources