"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is the 1795 will and other probate papers of Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796) of Walpole, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Volume 2, page 501:
Volume 2, page 502:
Volume 2, page 503:
The transcription of the will and other documents is (transcribed line-by-line):
[page 501, bottom of page]
[Right margin]: Probate of Nathaniel
Guild's Will
S.S. To all people to whom these
presents shall come, William
Heath Esq'r Judge of the Probate of
Wills &c. in the County of Norfolk,
within the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, sendeth greeting.
Know ye that on the fourth day of
October, Anno Domini 1796,
the Instrument hereunto annexed,
purporting the last will & Testa-
ment of Nathaniel Guild, late of
Walpole, in said County, Yeoman,
[page 502]
deceased, was presented for Probate by
Samuel Guild the Executor, there-
in named; then present Nathaniel
Billing & Isaac Felch, witnesses
thereto subscribed, who made oath, that
they saw the said testator sign,
seal, and heard him declare the said
instrument to be his last Will
and Testament, and that they, with
Jonathan Billing, subscribed
their names as witnesses to the
execution thereof in the said testator's
presence,; and tha he was then, to the
best of their judgment, of sound
and disposing mind. I do prove,
approve and allow of the said
instrument as the last Will &
Testament of the beforenamed de-
ceased, and do commit the
administration thereof in all matters
the same concerning, and of his estate
thereof he died seized & pos-
sessed in said County, unto Samuel
Guild the beforenamed Exec-
utor, well & faithfully to execute
the said Will, and to adminis-
ter the estate of the said deceased
according thereto, who accepted of
his said trust, and gave bond to
exhibit an Inventory of the
said estate, within three months &
to render an Account, upon
oath of his proceedings, within one
year.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand & seal of office,
the day & year above written.
W Heath
[left-hand margin] Will.
In the name of God, Amen. I Nathaniel
Guild of Walpole, in
the county of Norfolk, in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
yeoman, considering the uncertainty of
this mortal life, and being of
sound & perfect mind and memory,
blessed be Almighty God for the
same, so make & publish this my
last Will & Testament, in man-
ner & form following (that is to
say): First, I give & bequeath
unto my beloved daughter Mehitable
Guild (in consideration of the many
years service she has done in my house
since she became of age) one
half of all my estate both real and
personal, during her natural life;
& in case she should marry, she
shall quit said half, upon receiv-
ing one hundred silver dollars, well &
truly paid by my Executor, &
an equal share of my estate with her
brothers & sisters. Also I give
and bequeath to my beloved wife Anna
Guild, to the heirs of my son Nath-
aniel Guild deceased, to my son Samuel
Guild, & to my daughters,
Mary Plimpton, Mercy Hewins, Susanna
Morse & Mehitable Guild
one half of all my estate both real &
personal, during the natural
life of my daughter, Mehitable Guild,
and after the decease or mar-
riage of the said Mehitable, I give
unto them the whole of my estate
to be equally divided among them, after
one hundred dollars has been
[page 503]
paid out of the same to the said
Mehitable, in case she marrys.
Also I do hereby appoint and ordain my
son Doctor Samuel Guild
Esq'r of Easton my sole Executor of
this my last Will & Testament;
hereby revoking all former Wills by me
made. In witness whereof,
I have hereunto set my hand and seal
the twenty ninth day of
September in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred &
ninety five. Nathaniel Guild {seal}
Signed, sealed, published &
declared by the abovenamed Nathaniel Guild,
to be his last Will & Testament in
the presence of us, who have here-
unto subscribed our names as witnesses
in the presence of the testator,
Jon'a Billing Nath'l Billing Isaac
Felch.
Exam'd Sam'l Haven Reg'r
[right hand margin] Order to notify
Norfolk Ss. In Probate Court at
Dedham, within & for the same
county of Norfolk, on Tuesday the
fourth day of October, 1796.
Ordered that Samuel Guild Executor of
the last Will of Natha-
niel Guild late of Walpole, deceased,
advertise notifications of his
being Executor as aforesaid, by posting
the same up in some pub-
lic places at Walpole in said County, &
by publishing it in the In-
dependent Chronicle printed in Boston,
within three months.
Given under my hand, the fourth day of
October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred & ninety six.
W Heath Judge of Probate
Exam'd Sam'l Haven Reg'r
[right-hand margin] Warrant to approve
Norfolk Ss. To Col. Ebenezer Clap of
Walpole, Capt. Nathaniel Morse,
& Mr. Isaac Felch, both of Sharon,
all in the County of Norfolk, Greeting.
You are hereby appointed a Committee to
appraise on oath all
the estate of Nathaniel Guild, late of
Walpole aforesaid, Yeoman,
deceased, and make return of your
doings, together with this
Warrant, into the Registry Office of
the Court of Probate in &
for said county. Given under my
hand, this fourth
day of October, A.D. 1796. W Heath Judge of Prob.
Exam'd Sam'l Haven Reg'r
The source citation for this probate record is:
"Norfolk County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records, 1793-1881," court clerk manuscript, Volume 2, Pages 501-503, will of Nathaniel Guild, 1795, accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,843,573.
The will names his wife Anna Guild, his son Samuel Guild, heirs of his son Nathaniel Guild, and his daughters Mehitable Guild, Mary (Guild) Plimpton, Mercy (Guild) Hewins, and Susanna (Guild) Morse.
Anna was his second wife; the mother of his children was Mary (Boyden) Guild (1708-1776). He made a special provision for his daughter Mehitable Guild, who apparently helped him considerably in his later years.
Nathaniel and Mary (Boyden) Guild are my 6th great-grandparents. I am descended through their oldest daughter, Mary (Guild) Plimpton (1735-1800), who married Amos Plimpton in 1756.
The inventory of the real and personal property is interesting, and I will probably transcribe it in another post in this series.
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