Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Mass. - Part 5

This week's documents for Amanuensis Monday are from the Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Court records for John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (presented in date order):

a)  Probate Packet 10414 (image 20 of 22):

b)  Probate Packet 10414 (image 21 of 22):

c)  Probate Packet 10414 (image 22 of 22):

The transcription of this record is:

[image 20 of 22]

Bristol Ss: Order for making a Division of y^e Personal Estate of

Mr. John Garnsey Late of Rehobath Deceased

By y^e Honobl^e Nath^a Paine Esq^r Judge of y^e Probate

of Wills & Granting of Letters of Administration within

said County

To Mr. John West, Mr. Francis Wilson Mr. James Thirber

Liuet Jonathan Kingsley & Mr. Thomas Shaw

Pursuantt to an Actt of y^e General Assembly Instituted an actt

for y^e Settlement & Distribution of the Estate of Intestates

I do by this present Nominate appoint & Impower you the said

John West Francis Wilson James Thirber Jonathan Kingsley Thomas

Shaw

All Sufficient Freeholders within y^e County of Bristo^l or any three

of you to make a divission of y^e Personal Estate of John Garnsey

lat of Rehobath deceased Intestate to and amongst his Widdow

& Children and such s hath Legally Represent them if any then be

dead according to y^e Directions mentioned & Contenied In the before

Recited and which you are Sworne to attend and make Return

of yor doings In observence hereof together with this order unto

myself at the Registers Office In Bristol hereof fayle not. Given

under my hand In Bristol the tweluth day of May 1722

In y^e eight year of his majesties Reigne.

The Gentlemen above Named

personally appearing were sworne Nath^l Paine

to make a Devission according

to y^e best of their understandings

except mr. James Thirbr

May 22^th 1722 Juratt Coram Nath^l Paine

[image 21 of 22]

In observance of an order from y^e Honoble Nath^a Paine Esq^r

Judge of Probate of wills and Granting Letters of Administration

within y^e County of Bristol for making a devission of y^e

personal Estate Now in y^e hands of Seth Garnsey James Bowen

Administrators to y^e Estate of mr. John Garnsey late of Rehobath

deceased Intestate.

Wee the Subscribers here of under oath according to the best

of our understanding have made an Equal distribution of

the Personall Estate belonging to John Garnsey deceased being yett

Remaining in y^e hands of y^e Administrators as followeth

To Sarah Garnsey the Widdow and Relict of the said John Garnsey

one third part being Twenty Sixp ound twoo shilling ten pence

as followeth:

Imprimis to one feather bed and furniture thereunto belonging	08 – 06 – 00
To 1 Chest with a drawer	00 – 13 – 00
To 1 Cow	04 – 00 – 00
To Salt pork and meate Tub	02 – 02 – 00
To 1 Iron pott	00 – 07 – 00
To 2 pewter platters and one plate	00 – 19 – 09
To money Received of the Administrators	00 – 10 – 00
To 1 brass Skillet & Trammel 1 pr of Tongs & friing pan	00 – 18 – 00
To yerne	01 – 05 – 00
To Wooden Ware	00 – 12 – 00
To 1 pigen Cards and sive	00 – 05 – 03
To 1 swine	00 – 13 – 00
To eleven yeards of Cotton and Woolen Cloath	02 – 04 – 00
To 5 bushalls Indiane Corne 1 bushall Ry and bush^l of malt	01 – 15 – 00
To 1 pillion	00 – 07 – 00
To 1 wheele 1 beare Cask 1 Churne 1 Tunnill	00 – 07 – 00
To 1 Vubbard and 2 Cheares	00 – 12 – 00
To 1 Washing Tub bellows and Knife	00 – 03 – 10
The Sum totall	26 – 02 – 10

Item To Henry Garnsey Eldest Son of the above sd John Garnsey Deceased a double portion

being eight pounds ten shillings and Ten pence as followeth

Item To Ebenezer Garnsey Son of John Garnsey deceased whose parte or portion is foure

pounds five shillings and five pence is as followeth

[image 22 of 22]

Item To Joseph Garnsey Son of the sd John Garnsey deceased whose parte

is foure pounds five shillings and five pence is as followeth

Item To John Garnsey Son of d John Garnsey deceased

whose parte is foure pounds five shillings ten

pence which is as followeth

Item Seth Garnsey Son of the sd John Garnsey Decsd

Whose parte is foure pounds five shillings

and five pence which is as followeth.

Item Mehetable Horton wife of John Horton &c

Daughter to the sd John Garnsey Late Deceased

whose parte is foure pounds five shillings and

five pence which is as followeth

To a Cow	03 – 15 – 00
To 1 Chest	00 – 11 – 00
To Due to the Estate	01 – 01 – 00
	04 – 05 – 05

Item Hannah Horton wife of Thomas Horton

Daughter of the sd John Garnsey Deceased

whose parte is as followeth

Elezabeth Bowen wife of James Bowen

Daughter to the sd John Garnsey Deceased

Whose ^part^ is foure pounds five shillings and

five pence which is as followeth

Mary Hix wife of Samuell Hix Daughter

od the sd John Garnsey Deceased Whose parte is

foure pounds five shillings and five pence which

is as followeth.

Item Waitstill Tittus Wife of Timothy Tittus Daughter

of the sd John Garnsey Deceased whose parte

is as followeth foure pounds five shillings sixx pence

Beriah Garnsey Son of sd John Garnsey Deced

whose Gordian is Jacob Ormesbe Whose parte

is fourp ounds five shilling five pence

which is as followeth

The Sum Totall                        77 – 07 – 16

                                   John West

                                   Francis Wilson

                                   Jonathan Kingsley

Whear as theare was som which had more in the

goods then others because we could not make all things

fare Like we Drawed the over pluss in money

and aded to those which were wanting

From John Horton	01 – 01 – 07
From James Bowen	01 – 04 – 07
Samuel hix	00 – 03 – 03
Timothy Tittus	00 – 05 – 07

Bristol Ss July 13^th 1722

The before written devission of y^e

personall estate of mr. Jno Garnsey

being presented unto Nath^ll Paine

Esq^r Judge of Probate of wills

&c within y^e County of Bristol

was by him allowed and ordered to

bee of Record        Nath^ll Paine

Bristol July 19^th 1722

Entred in y^e forth book

for wills on 86, 87, 88

The source citation for the entire probate packet is:

Bristol County [Mass.] Register of Probate, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, 1690-1881, Estate File 10414 (22 images), John Garnsey of Rehoboth, 1722; digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 29 January 2017); citing original records at Probate Registry, Taunton, Mass.

John Garnsey (1648-1722) resided in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts when he died on 31 March 1722.  He married three times - with his first wife Elizabeth (1652-1714), he had 13 children; with his second wife, Judith Ormsbee (1673-1715), he had one child; with his third wife, Sarah (Miller) Titus (1655-1742), he had no children.

John Garnsey died intestate - leaving no will to probate, so the Probate Court went through the administration process of appointing an administrator, the administrators took an inventory, submitted an account, and distributed the estate to the heirs at law.  There are 22 images in the probate packet for John Garnsey of Rehoboth on the American Ancestors website.  

In the first post in this series (Part 1), the widow and eldest son petitioned the court to relieve them of administratrix/or responsibility, and the Court appointed Seth Garnsey and James Bowen as administrators.

In the second post (Part 2), the three appraisers produced an Inventory of the estate totaling £110 in real estate and £85-13-11 in personal estate.

In the third post (Part 3), the administrators have made their account and had it approved by the probate court.

In the fourth post (Part 4), the court accepted the account and directed that the balance of the estate be divided one third to the widow and two thirds to the children, with a double share going to the eldest son.  The names of 11 children are mentioned in this order to distribute the personal estate.

In this post, the probate court ordered a committee to divide the personal estate of John Garnsey among his heirs, allowing one third to the widow, a double portion to the eldest son, and a single portion to the other ten living children of John Garnsey.  A single portion was 4 pounds, 5 shillings and five pence.  

They did that, and painstakingly wrote down every thing given to each of the heirs.  In some cases, the heir had to pay money to the estate, and some heirs received money to make everything even.   Note that I listed the items only for the widow and for my ancestor, Mehitable Horton, wife of John Horton.  

There will be one more post for this intestate estate in Bristol County, Massachusetts.

John and Elizabeth (--?--) Garnsey are my 8th great-grandparents, through their eldest child, Mehitable Garnsey (1673-1742) who married John Horton (1672-1752) in about 1689, and resided in Rehoboth, 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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