Will of Jacob Reed, father of Philip Reed of Honeoye
In the Name of God, Amen. A Jacob Reed of East Windsor in
the County
of Hartford and Colony of Connecticut being weak of body yet of Sound
mind and
Disposing memory Thanks be to God therefor. I do therefore make and
Complete this my last Will and Testament in the
manner following (viz) I give my Soul
into the hand of God who gave it and my Body to the Earth Hopeing that
I Shall
Receive the Same again at the Resurrection of the Just Throo the Merits
of Christ
my Redeemer. And as to the Worldly Estate
that it has Pleased God to give me, I Dispose of the Same as follows
etta Imprimis my will is that my Past Debts & also all charges
be first paid. Item; I Give and Bequeath
to my well Beloved Wife Lydia, two good Cows, one good Riding Horse,
&
furniture, and Ten Sheep; and also Twenty Pounds Money to be paid
within three
years after my Decease. Also my will is
that my Sd wife have all my Household furniture During the time of her
Natural
Life: And at her Death to be Equally
Divided between my Daughters Esther & Lucy. furthermore I give to
my Sd wife a yearly Pension During the time of her
Widohood: to be faithfully provided by my Executor here in after Named.
(viz)
Sufficient Hay & Pasturing to Requisit Creatures above mentioned.
Seasoned
& Piled Sufficient fire wood to maintain one fire, Eight Bushel
Indian
Corn, eight bushel Rie, four bushels Wheat, one half barrel good Pork,
one half
barrel good Beef, Two barrels laden, with as many Apples as She Shall
want for
her own use, one bushel Malt, one Gallon Rum, Two Gallons Molasses, Six
pound
Sugar, one bushel Salt, one pound Tea, one bushel Turnips, two bushel
Potatoes,
half Bushel Beans, twenty pound of flax, And also I give to my Sd Wife
the
Improvement (During her widowhood) of the North side of my now Dwelling
House Beginning
at the Double Door running (Front to back?) Throo the House West with a
Convenient garden near Sd House, with Liberty to pass & egress to
&
from Sd garden, and to & from the Well. Item I Give and bequeath to
my Son Jedediah, the farm that I bought of
Mr. Ross (Stuarte?) in Toland: he the Sd Jedediah Paying Sixty Pounds
as may
appear by his Notes. Item, I Give and Bequeath
to my Son Josiah Twenty Pounds Money to be paid out of the first note
Jedediah
gave me. Item, I Give and Bequeath to my
Son Philip Eighty Pounds Money to be paid within one year after he
shall be one
& twenty years of age: he Sd Philip to Live with Silas until of
age. Item, I Give and Bequeath to Each of my two
Daughters, Esther and Lucy, Twenty Pounds Money to be paid to Each of
them when
they Shall be Eighteen years of age: Item, I Give and Bequeath to my
Son Silas all the Land I own in the Parish
of Ellington with all of the Rest & Remaining part of my Estate
both Real
& Personal he paying the Debts and Legecyes above. And I do hereby
make and ordain my Sd Son
Silas Sole Executor to this my Last Will and Testament hereby revoking
all
other said forms and testaments heretofor (made by me and I do?)
declare this
only to be my last will and Testament. Witness my name and seal this 23rd Day of May AD 1774.
Signed Sealed Philip & Jedediah
Jacob X Read
mark
in presence of
Jason Kingsbery
John Porter
Matthew Hyde
Hartford County East Windsor June 2nd: 1774
Personally appeared this day Simon Kingsberry, Matthew
Hyde and John Porter the witnesses to the within will and made Solemn Oath that
they Saw Mr. Jacob Read Sign and Seal the Same and Heard him Deliver Pronounce
and Declare it to be his last will and testament and also that they signed same
as witnesses in the presence of the testator and of Each other: and also that
they then judged Him to be of Sound Judgement and Disposing memory.
Before me Charles Ellsworth Jr. Justs Peace
Thanks to James Reed for this donation.
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