Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 3Essex Institute, 1913 |
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Abraham Abraham Drake acres aged Andrews Anthony attorney bill of cost bond Boston bound bushels Capt cleric constable Copy corn Court of Assistants court ordered Daniel Denison dated Mar daughter Debt deceased deponent deposed Edward Elizabeth Emery Ezekiell George giue Goodman Goodwife Greenland Hampton Hathorne haue Haverhill heard Henry Hillyard Veren horse house and land inventory Ipswich court James John Emery John Fuller John Hathorne John Pickard John Tod Jonathan Joseph June 25 jury latter Marblehead mark marsh marshal of Salem Mary Nathaniell Newbury paid Peter pounds Richard Rowland Robert Lord Robert Swan Rogers Rowley Salem court Salisbury Samuel Symonds selectmen Sept served by John served by Robert shee shillings signed by Hillyard signed by Robert Simon Bradstreete Smith strong waters Sworn in court testified Thomas told town Verdict for defendant Verdict for plaintiff wife William Writ
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Page 157 - Andrews in his husbandry, & the last of the 3 years he shall go to scole to recover his learning, & if he shall go to the University, or shall set himselfe upon some other way of living, his brother John shall allow him ten pounds by the yeer for four yeers & then fifteen pounds by the yeer for two yeers succeeding after.
Page 157 - ... my eldest son, John Andrews my executor. Item, I give unto my wife Elizabeth Andrews forty pounds, & to John Griffin the son of Humfrey Griffin sixteen pounds to be paid unto him when he shall be twenty one years & if he shall dy before he comes to that age, it shall return to my two sonnes John & Thomas Andrews. Item, concerning my son Thomas Andrews my will is that he shall live with his brother John Andrews 3 years, two of which he...
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