1) Probate packet 12191, image 2, Letter Testamentary:
The transcription of the Letter Testamentary is:
To all unto whom these Presents shall
come
Jonathan Remington Esq^r Judge of the
Pro-
Bate of Wills &c within the County
of Midd^x
within the province of the
Massachusetts Bay in
New England Sendeth Greeting.
Know ye that on the Day of the Date
hereof the Instrument within written
purporting
the last Will and Testament of Jonathan
Hubburd of Concord in
said County ^Decd^ was presented for
Probate by Ebenezer Hubburd a
Son of the said decd and Sole Execut^r
for the s^d Instrument
named when were present Mass^s Samuel
Meriam
William Wood and Timothy Minot the
three witnesses thereto
Subscribed who upon Oath declared that
they Saw the Said
deced Sign and Seal and heard him
Declare the said
Instrument as his last Will and
Testament and they
Subscribed their names together as
Witnesses to the Execution
thereof in the Testators presence and
that he was then
to the best of their Judgments of Sound
and disposing mind.
At the same time Hannah Hubburd the
widow, and Jonathan
Hubburd, Samuel and Joseph Hubburd
Samuel Fletcher and
Daniel Davis Heirs of the Deced
Signified under their hands that
they were Satisfied and consented to
the Proof of the said Instrument.
And I do hereby prove & approve and
allow of the s^d
Instrum^t as the last Will and
Testament of the beforementioned
deced and commit the Admin^on thereof
in all matters the
Loune concerning and of his Estate
whereof he died Seized and
possessed in said County unto the
beforenamed Ebenezer Hub-
bard (who accepted of this Trust) well
and faithfully to
execute the Said will and to admnister
the Estate
of the said deced accoring thereunto –
and he gave Bond
in 500^00 Samuel Meriam of Said Concord
husbandman
Surety. – In Testimony whereof I
have hereunto Set
my hand and affixed the seal of the
Probate Office
for the said County the twenty fifth
day of November
In the year of our Lord One thousand
Seventeen and
and twenty eight.
By order of the Judge &c
Fra Foxcroft Reg^r Jon^a Remington
Entred in the Registry of Wills &c
for the County of midd^x Lib. 18 pa. 529
Bond filed Attest Fran Foxcroft Reg^r
2) Probate packet 12191, image 4, the will of Jonathan Hubburd:
The transcription of the will is:
In the Name of God amen. The twenty
fifth Day of August Anno Dom: one
Thousand Seven hundred and twenty four.
I Jonathan Hubbard of Concord In the County of
Midd^x within the Province of the
Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman being
of perfect mind and memory and calling
to mind the mortality of my body knowing that
it is appointed to all men once to dye
do make and ordain this my last Will and Testa-
ment (that is to Say) Principally I
recommend my Soul into the hands of God who gave it
and my body I recommend unto the Earth
to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at the
discretion of my Execut^r nothing
Doubting but at the General resurrection I shall receive
the Same by the Almighty power of God;
And as touching Such worldly things and affairs
wherewith it hath pleased God to bless
me here in this life I Give and Dispose of the Same
in manner and form following.
Imp. I Give and Bequeath unto my well
beloved wife Hanah Hubburd all my moveables
in the house for ever and the entire
use and Improvement of the East end of my house from
top to bottom with the use of one half
of the cellar under the West end of said house also
three pounds of mony to be paid unto
her by my Execut^r yearly, twelve bushels of Indian
Corn and Six Bushels of rye, one
hundred pounds of pork and fifty pounds of beef and Suffici-
ent firewood and brought unto her door
and all this yearly during her widowhood.
I also give my wife one cow which is to
be kept both Summer and Winter for her use and
benefit during her widowhood, by my
said Execut^r also two Bushels of malt two pounds of cyder
and what Apples she needs yearly and
the Improvement of a third part of the garden.
Item To my Daughter Mary Daviss I Give
one feather bed and a boulster.
To my Son Jonathan Hubburd three pounds
of money and my cane.
To my Daughter Hannah Temple three
pounds of money.
To my Son Sam^ll Hubburd three pounds
of money and my muff.
To my Son Joseph Hubburd three pounds
of money.
To my Daughter Elizabeth Haywood on
feather bed and a boulster.
To my Son John Hubburd three pounds of
money.
To my Son Daniel Hubburd the one half
of my village right and three pounds of money
To my Son Thomas Hubburd three pounds
of money, and to my Daughter Abigail Fletcher three
pounds also.
Item. I give all my wearing Apparel
unto my Sons to be equally Divided among them and my books unto my
Sons and Daughters to be equally distributed among them.
Item. I Give and Bequeath unto my Son
Ebenezer Hubburd whom I make the sole Execut^or of this my Last Will
& Testament
the residue of all my Estate both real
and personal, paying out the Several bequests abovesaid within four
years after
my Decease: Providing for my wife as
afores^d and burying her in case She dies my widow in Decent and
Chris-
tian Burial. And I do hereby utterly
Revoke and Disallow all other Testaments and Wills, Legacies and
Execut^rs
by me before made or named, Ratifying
and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament
And In witness thereof I have Set my
hand and Seal the day and year aboves^d .
Signed Sealed Published, Pronounced &
Declared by s^d Jonathan Hubburd
as his last Will and Testament In
presence
of us the Subscribers Jonathan Hubburd {seal}
Samuel Meriam
William Wood
Timothy Minott
3) Probate packet 12191, image 7, affidavit of heirs:
The transcription of the affidavit is:
Sept 1728
These are to certify whom it may
concern that we
whose Names are Subscribed being the
Relict
widow and children of Mr. Jon^an
Hubburd of
Concord late Dec^d: Do hereby Signify
and Mani-
fest our free consent unto the Proof
and Esta-
blishm^t of the last Will and Testament
of said
Jon^an Hubburd. As witness our hands
her
Hannah H Hubburd
mark
John Hubburd Jon^th Hubburd
Daniel Hubburd Samuel Hubburd
Thomas Hubburd Joseph Hubburd
Samuel Hayward Samuel flether
Daniel Davis
The source citation for this probate packet is:
"Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital images, Ameircan Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 6 November 2016), Probate Packet 12,191, 8 images, Jonathan Hubburd estate, will proved 1728; original probate papers in Middlesex County, Mass. Probate Court, Cambridge, Mass.
Jonathan Hubburd (1659-1728) married Hannah Rice (1658-1747) in 1681 and resided in Concord, Massachusetts. They had 11 children, all of whom were born in Concord and are named in the will and were alive in 1724 when Jonathan wrote his will.
Before he died on 17 July 1728, his daughter Hannah (Hubbard) Temple, wife of John Temple, died in 1725. Samuel Fletcher was the husband of Abigail (Hubbard) Fletcher. Samuel Hayward is the husband of Elizabeth (Hubbard) Hayward. Daniel Davis is the husband of Mary (Hubbard) Davis.
Jonathan and Hannah (Rice) Hubburd are my 8th great-grandparents through their son, Samuel Hubbard (1687-1753), who married Sarah Clark (1681-1720) and resided in Concord.
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