c) Barnstable County [Mass.] Probate Records, Volume 3, page 529 (right-hand side of image):
The transcription of these two pages is:
[page 529]
Eastham The Tenth Day of November 1719:
Then Joseph Higgins Whose hand
is Sett To the Codicil or Addition To
The Within Written Will Personal appearing
before the above named John Otis Esq^r
Judge of the Probate of Wills &c made oath
That he wrote the sd Codicil or
Addition To the Within Written Will at the Reques^t
of Maj^r John Freeman Late of Eastham
Decea^sd and That The sd Freeman Did
Dictate To him or directed him what he
should write: and That he saw the sd Free-
man Sign the same and that he sd
Higgins Sett his hand thereto in presence of
sd Freeman as a Witness and that he Did
suppose him to be of Disposing mind
and memory When he so Did. Patience
Burge whose name or hand is also sett to y^e
same Codicil or Addition to sd Will
appeared before the sd Judge at the same
Time and made Oath that she Did hear sd
Maj^r John Freeman own that
which is written at the Bottom of his
Will to be part of his Will and That
he Desired her to sett her hand thereto
as a Wittness which she saith she Did in his
presence and that she Did suppose him
To be of Disposing mind and
memory.
Attest W^m Bassett Reg^tr
John Otis Esq^r Commissioned by his
Excel^cy The Governour and Councill of y^e
Province of the Massachusetts Bay to be
Judge of the Probate of Wills & for grant-
ing Letters of Administration on the
Estates of Persons Deceased, having Goods Chattels
Rights or Credits In the County of
Barnstable Within the Province aforesd.
To All unto Whom These presents shall
Come Greeting. Know Ye That upon y^e
Day of the Date hereof before me at
Eastham In the County of beforesd, The Will
of Maj^r John Freeman Late of Eastham
In sd County now Deceased to these
presents Annexed was moved approved and
allowed who having while he Lived and
at the time of his Death Goods Chattels
Rights or Credits in y^e County aforesd and the
probate of the sd Will and power of
Comitting Administration of all & singular y^e
Goods Chattels Rights and Credits of
y^e sd Deceased by virtue thereof appertaining unto
me. The Administration of all and
singular the Goods Chattels rights and Credits of y^e sd
Deceased and his Will in any manner
Concerning is hereby Comitted unto John Freeman
eldest son of sd Deceased Executor in
y^e same will named well and faithfully to Execute
the sd Will and To Administer the
Estate of y^e sd Deceased according thereunto and to
make a True and perfect Inventory of
all and singular the Goods Chattels rights and Credits
of the sd Deceased and to Exhibit the
same Into the Registry of the Court of Probate for
for the County aforesd at or before the
Last Day of January next E??dining and
also to Render a plain and True accompt
of his sd Administration upon Oath when
Called Thereto – In Testimony Whereof
I have hereunto sett my hand and y^e seal
of the sd Court of Probate. Dated at
Eastham the Tenth Day of November
Anno Domini 1719.
W^m Bassett Reg^tr John Otis
Eastham
10^th of Novem^br 1719 Mrs. Mary
Knowles
Mrs. Patience Paine and Mrs. Hannah Mayo all Daughters
of Maj^r
John Freeman Late of Eastham Decea^sd after Probate of their
Fathers
Will Desire that a Caviat might be Entred again for y^e Probate of it
Ls mr W^m
Bassett Reg^tr
[page 530]
An Inventory of the Goods and Chattels
Lands & Tenements of Maj^r John
Freeman of Eastham in y^e County of
Barnstable Esq^re Deceased
Taken by us the Subscribers Thereof
November 19^th 1719
£ s d
|
|
Imp's To 161 pounds Weight and Ten Ounces Avoirduopoise In Silver money and Plate | |
Itm to Bills of Credit |
12 = 16 = 00
|
Itm To Wearing Clothes Woolen and Lining with some wool Cloth and black ????? in a plain Chist with y^e Chist all at |
15 = 02 = 00
|
Itm To sheets Table Clothes pillowbears Napkins with Two Remnants of Cotton and linen Cloth In a Winsest Chist with y^e Chist all at |
04 = 16 = 08
|
Itm To the Great best Chest |
01 = 10 = 00
|
Itm To a Great Cubbin |
01 = 05 = 00
|
Item to a Great Table and Two Joynt Stools |
01 = 10 = 00
|
Item To The bedsted beds and furniture thereto belonging in y^e Lower room all but the sheets and pillowber |
11 = 05 = 00
|
Itm To Chairs Cushings and hatts |
01 = 05 = 00
|
Itm To Trundle bedsted bed and beding thereto belonging in y^e Chamber Except y^e sheets |
07 = 04 = 00
|
Itm To old Chests Cask 1 pound Cotton wool in y^e Chamber & old settle |
00 = 05 = 00
|
Itm To the Negros bedsted bed and beding in y^e Chamber |
08 = 00 = 00
|
Itm To four Oxen |
22 = 05 = 00
|
Itm To Ten Cows and other Cattle |
65 = 06 = 00
|
Itm To Bookes |
02 = 10 = 00
|
Itm To Swine |
03 = 00 = 00
|
Itm To Twenty five Sheep |
08 = 05 = 00
|
Itm To a pare of old Andirons part of 2 old Guns and old Sword all |
02 = 00 = 00
|
Itm To a pare of Iron Dogs |
00 = 18 = 00
|
Itm To a pare old S?ilards iron pots and household Iron Things Skillet old ax & hot |
04 = 03 = 06
|
Itm To warming pan Two old Iron Standards brass Kittles Copper fumi?? ware and Driping pan |
05 = 05 = 06
|
Itm To houshold ????? Lanthorn ??ine mo?? Tin^n turmill Earthen ware and Candle ???? all |
03 = 03 = 06
|
Itm To milk kec?ots tongs pails Lead weight Churn Spining wheels Cheese pork butter Tubbs ponding Tubb b??? barrils and sifting Trough |
01 = 01 = 00
|
Debts Due to the Estate |
16 = 19 = 00
|
It To the Tenament Lands & meadows Given by Will to Nath^ll Freeman Esq^r according to the accompt to us given valued at |
1000 = 00 = 00
|
It To the Lands & meadows by Will Given to William Freeman accompt given to us given valued att |
150 = 00 = 00
|
It To the Twenty pound Sheeps wool 01 = 05 = 00 It To about 10 pound flax in sheaf 00 = 05 = 00 It Some Grain and Some hay Raised ???? Last year on y^e family valew not yet known It a Debt due to y^e Estate 00 = 05 = 00 It an old saw half Ches??? and Chain and forms for fences old things at 00 = 06 = 00 |
Joseph Doane
John Sparrow
December y^e 15^th 1719. Then mr. John
Freeman
Executor to the Last Will and Testament
of Maj^r
John Freeman Late of Eastham now
Deceas^d
and Nath^ll Freeman Esq^r the other
son of said Deces
Before John Otis Esq^r Judge of Probate
&c for sd County of Barnstable made Oath y^t y^e within
written is a true inventory of y^e
Estate of sd John Freeman their deceased Father as far as they know
in that if anything else that is
material that yet further Come to y^e knowledge y^t
They will also bring it to this
Inventory. Attest W^m Basset Reg^tr
The source citation for this document is:
"Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 December 2016), Barnstable County, "Probate and Guardianship Records, Vol 1-2, 1674-1742; Vol 3, 1743-1747," Volume 3, pages 527-530 (images 766-768 of 828), John Freeman probate papers, 1719.
See Part I of this series for more details about the family of Major John Freeman of Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, who died 28 October 1719.
This estate proceeding moved right along; John Freeman died 28 October 1719, the will was proved on 10 November 1719, the Inventory was taken 19 November 1719, and was approved on 15 December 1719.
The Inventory total is not provided in the documents. My estimate is that the Inventory totaled £1,150 in real estate and over £363 in personal estate.
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"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
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