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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:31:44 EDT
Will of Mary (Chilton) Winslow
In the name of God Amen the thirty first day of July in the yeare of our Lord
one thousand Six hundred seventy and Six I Mary Winslow of Boston in New
England Widdow being weake of Body but of Sound and perfect memory praysed be
almighty God for the same Knowing the uncertainty of this present life and being
desirous to settle that outward Estate the Lord hath Lent me. I doe make this
my last Will and Testamt in manner and forme following (that is to say) First
and principally I comend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator
hopeing to receive full pardon and remission of all my sins; and Salvation
through the alone merrits of Jesus Christ my redeemer: And my body to th eEArth to
be buried in Such Decent manner as to my Executor hereafter named shall be
thought meet and convenient and as touching such worldly Estate as the Lord hath
Lent me my Will and meaneing is the same shall be imployed and bestowed as
hereafter in and by this my Will is Exprest.
Imps I doe hereby revoake renounce and make voide all Wills by me formerly
made and declaire and apoint this my Last Will and Testamt Item I will that all
the Debts that I Justly owe to any manner of person or persons whatsoever
shall be well and truely paid or ordained to be paid in convenient time after my
decease by my Executor hereafter named--Item I give and bequeath unto my Sone
John Winslow my great Square table Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter
Sarah Middlecott my Best gowne and Pettecoat and my Silver beare bowle and to
each of her children a Silver Cup with an handle: Also I give unto my grandchild
William Paine my Great silver tankard: Item I give unto my Daughter Susanna
Latham my long Table: Six Joyned Stooles and my great Cupboard: a beadstead
Bedd and furniture there unto belonging that is in the Chamber over the roome
where I now Lye; my small silver Tankard: Six Silver Spoones, a case of Bottles
with all my wearing apparell: (except onely what I have hereby bequeathed unto
my Daughter Meddlecott & my Grandchild Susanna Latham:) Item I give and
bequeath unto my Grandchild Ann Gray that trunke of Linning that I have alreddy
delivered to her and is in her possession and also one Bedstead, Bedd Boulster and
Pillows that re in the Chamber over the Hall: Also the sume of ten pounds in
mony to be paid unto her within Six months next after my decease: Also my will
is that my Executor shall pay foure pounds in mony pr ann for three yeares
unto Mrs Tappin out of the Intrest of my mony now in Goodman Cleares hands for
and towards the maintenance of the said Ann Gray according to my agreemt with
Mrs Tappin: Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Winslow Daughter of my sone
Edward Winslow my largest Silver Cupp with two handles: and unto Sarah Daughter of
the said Edward my lesser Silver cupp with two handles: Also I give unto my
Said Sone Edwards Children Six Silver Spoones to be divided between them: Item
I give and bequeath unto my grandchild Parnell Winslow the Sume of five pounds
in mony to be improved by my Executor untill he come of age: and then paid to
him with the improvemt. Item my will is that the rest of my spoones be
divided among my grandchildren according to the discression of My Daughter
Middlecott: Item I give unto my Grandchild Mercy Harris my White Rugg: Item I give unto
my Grandchild Mary Pollard forty shillings in mony. Item I give unto my
grandchild Susanna Latham my Petty Coate with the silke Lace: Item I give unto Mary
Winslow Daughter of my Sone Joseph Winslow the Sume of twenty pounds in mony
to be paid out of the sume of my said Sone Joseph now owes to be improved by
my Executor for the said Mary and paid unto her when She Shall attaine the Age
of eighteene yeares or day of Marriage which of them shall first happen Item I
give and bequeath the full remainder of my Estate whatsoever it is or
wheresoever it may be found unto my children Namely John Winslow Edward Winslow
Joseph Winslow Samuel Winslow: Susanna Latham and Sarah Middlecott to be equally
divided betweene them Item I doe hereby nominate constitute authorize and
appoint my trusty friend Mr William Tailer of Boston aforesd merchant the Sole
Executor of this my last Will and testamt: In Witness whereof I the said Mary
Winslow have hereunto set my hand and Seale the daye and yeare first above written
Memorandum I do hereby also Give and bequeath unto Mr. Thomas Thacher paster
of the third Church in Boston the Sume of five pounds in mony to be pd
convenient time after my decease by my Executr.
Mary Winslow
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Signed Sealed and Published by the above named Mary Winslow as her Last Will
& testamt in the presence of us after the adding of foure lines as part of her
will
John Ilands
Ffrancis Hacker
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John Hayward scr
Mr Wm Tailer nominatd. Execr appeard in Court pr May: 1679 and renounced his
Executorship to this will.
attests. Jsa: Addington Cler.
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