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| Notes for Daniel GOODWIN | ||||||||||||||
| r208 :3/255 1726 Will of Daniel Goodwin In the Name of God Amen I Daniel Goodin Senr of Berwick in the County of York in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in N.E. Husbandman Being Weak in Body but of a Sound Disposing Mind and memory Do ke and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament in Manner and form following hereby revokeing all Other Will or Wills heretofore by me made. First of all I Give and Bequeath my Soul to God Placeing my only Trust in his mercy and the merits of my Redeemer Jesus Christ: and I Commend my body to the Earth to be Decently buried by my Executor hereafter Named In hope of a Glorious Resurrection to life again. And as for my Debts and funerall Chas Is paid I Will and Dispose of it in ye following manner Imprimis I Give and Bequeath to my Son Daniel Goodin five shillings to be paid in Bills of Credit: as also my Part of the Ten Acres of Meadow at Humphrys Pond to him and his Heirs forever. Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Miles Goodin five shillings to be paid in Bills of Credit. Item I Give and Bequeath to my son Nathanll Goodin five shillings as Also it is my will that the Land I Bought of Nicholas & Elizabeth Turbit Shall be to him & his Heirs forever Item I Give to my Son Samuel Goodin five Shillings to be paid in Bills of Credit. Item I Give to my Son James five shillings in Bills of Credit haveing Given him, a Cow Already reserved in My Deed of Gift to my son Thomas to be to my Dispose. Item I Give to my Daughter Margaret Hodsdon five Shillings to be paid in bills of Credit. Item I Give to my Daughter Amy Goodin five Shillings to be paid in Bills of Credit. Item I Give and Bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Goodin one Cow being one of the three Cows Reserved to my Dispose in the Deed of Gift to my Son Thomas Goodin & also I Give and Bequeath five Shillings to her to be paid in bills of Credit. Item I Give & bequeath to my Daughter AnnMoore five shillings to be paid in Bills of Credit haveing Given her a Cow one of the three Reserved to be Disposed of in my Deed of Gift aforsd Item I Give and Bequeath to my Beloved wife all the rest of my Personall Estate not already Disposed of by my Deed oGift Aforsaid that is to say All the household Stuff and the rest of ye Personall Estate not Disposed of to be to her Sole Use Benefit and behoof forever to be Disposed of at her Decease or in her life by will or other Instrument in writing According to her Pleasure Item I Give my homestead to my son Thomas Goodin with the live Stock &ct As is more Particularly Exprest in ye fore mentd Deed of Gift to him & his heirs forever he paying or Allowing my Said Wife half the Income of Said homestead. Lastly I Constitute my Son Thomas Goodin Executor of this my Last will & Testament. Appointing my Beloved Friends Deacon Job Emery and Deacon John Hupper Overseers of this my will whom I Desire to be Adviseing to my Said Executor and to have an Eye to the Execution othis my Last Will & Testament Signed Sealed and Declared to be the Last will and Testament of me the Subscriber Daniel Goodin this. 12. Day of April Anno Dom: 1726 in Presence of. Daniel Goodin John Hupper Junr John Short Thomas (his mark) Bragden | ||||||||||||||
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