Probate Packet 25,489 (image 9):
The transcription of this document is:
The
Account of Ruth and her son John Wood
guardians
of of Josiah Wood Jun^r of Woburn in the County
of
Midellsex a Person non compos mentis.
Ther
said Accountants charge themselves with
the
Estate of the said Deceasds Specified in an Inventory
thereof
exhibited into the Probate Office for said County In the
Seventeenth
^of January^ 1736 amounting in y^e whole to
viz.
Real Estate £ Personal £
D^o by Cash rec^d of Ruth Wood ????? ???? Estate | £16-00-0 |
D^o by Cash rec^d of Ephraim Wood which was due from the Estate of Josiah Wood Deceased | 80-00-0 |
To Sam^ll Woods Bond on y^e Same Account yet due | 20-00-0 |
And
the said Accountants Crave allowance in their
Discharge
as follows viz.
Paid to George Reed £60-15-0 on Bond | £60-15-0 |
To Thomas Skilton ^Junr on Bond | 27-08-0 |
To Sebella Read on Do 11-03-4 John Poulter d^o 22-08-0 | £33-11-4 |
To John Knight on D^o 20-2-10 | 20-03-10 |
To Dr. Jon^a Hayward 8-0-0 | 8-00-0 |
To Edward Walker on Bond | 10-07-0 |
To Eben^r Reed for Rates | 4-02-0 |
To John Wood one of the
Guardians for his Service done in the Places and for y^e Care of the said Josiah and Family for the Space of two years |
} } }60-00-0 } |
To the Guardians for their
Trouble hitherto in Framing the Asccount 5/ Examining and Allowing 6/ |
} } 0-11-0 } |
Recording and Copy | 0-07-0 |
To Cash paid for a pair of Oxen for y^e place | 22-00-0 |
To Repairing the house and Barn | 34-00-0 |
To a Pair of Cart wheels ???? | 10-00-0 |
To Two Cows bought & put on y^e place | 20-00-0 |
To D^o for a Heifer | 6-00-0 |
The transcription of this document is:
N.B. This Estate is further Indebted as
follows
viz. To Edward Wood for three Years
Service on y^e place £90-0-0
And There is due to y^e s^d Estate from
Jno Wood one of the Guardians
for the Land Sold £53-12-0 & for
Timber £5-10-0 - £59-2-0
Midd^x Cambridge December 18^th 1741
Ruth & John Wood Guardians as
within Expressed Presented the
Before Written and made oath that It
Contains a just and
True Account of their said Guardianship
so far as they have
Proceeded therein.
I having Examined the same and seen
Vouchers for the
Principal articles therein Containd I
do allow thereof
Joseph Wood one of the Sons of
the said Josiah was present and Content
and the Rest of the Children Were
Cited.
Jon^a Remington Jpr
The source citation for this probate packet is:
"Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 13 August 2017), Probate Packet 25,489 (14 images), Josiah Wood of Woburn, 1736.
In previous posts about the estate of Josiah Wood of Woburn:
In previous posts about the estate of Josiah Wood of Woburn:
* In 1736, when Josiah Wood of Woburn was age 49, his wife and eldest son petitioned (see
Amanuensis Monday - 1736 Non Compos Mentis Petition for Josiah Wood (1687-1753) of Woburn, Mass.) the Middlesex County Probate Court to have Josiah Wood declared "non compos mentis," meaning not sane, or not in their right mind. At the time, Josiah and Ruth had eight living children, all but one of them (John) were minors.
* Ruth Wood and John Wood, as Guardians, committed to well and truly do their duty as guardians, and, with two friends, post bond of 1,000 pounds each. See Amanuensis Monday - 1736 Bonds for Estate of Josiah Wood (1687-1753) of Woburn, Mass.
* The guardians took an inventory of the estate (over £1,430) and the debts owed (over £220). See Amanuensis Monday - 1736 Inventory and Debt List for Estate of Josiah Wood (1687-1753) of Woburn, Mass.
In the documents in this post, the guardians of Josiah Wood Junior wrote down their account of the estate and the court approved it.
There will be several more posts about this set of probate papers - there are some interesting twists in the records.
Josiah and Ruth (Walker) Wood are my 7th great-grandparents, the parents of Susanna Wood (1724-1780), who married Nathan Reed (1719-1802) in 1743 in Woburn, Massachusetts.
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NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
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