a) Probate Packet 23,417, image 2:
The transcription of the will is:
Medford
June: 12: 1707 In the name of god, Amen.
I
Nathanael Wade of Medford in the county of Middlesex in
New
England being sensible of my approaching death & being yet in my
perfect
understanding,
& enjoying my senses, do ordain this as my last wil &
testament
committing
my soul to god, & my body to y^e earth by a decent burial.
1
I do constitute my loving wife Mercy Wade my sole Executrix of this
my
last wil & testament, & do give to her during her natural
life my whole
estate
(& do immediately upon my death put it into her hands) real &
personal.
2
I do ordre that al my just debts be paid, & do impower her my
Executrix
to
sel what lands are needful for that end.
3
My wil is that my daughter Anne Wade shal have at my decease as
much
in
land, or otherwise, as the eighteen Acres of land given already to
her sister
Dorothy
Willis is valued at.
4
I do order, & my wil is, that after y^t death & buryal of
my loving wife Mercy
Wade
the Executrix, the remaining part of my Estate be thus divided
amongst
my
sic children. That my son Nathanael Wade shall have the value of
five
pounds
only, he having had his portion already, & given acquittance for
it.
That
y^e rest of my Estate remaining be thus divided, one third part to my
three
daugtters
Mercy Bradstreet, Anne Wade & Dorothy Willis, equally every one
their
equal
share, & that the other two thirds be divided betwixt my two sons
Jonathan
Wade
& Samuel Wade after this manner viz that my son Samuel shal have
three
parts, to my son Jonathan two parts. And it is to be understood that
what
these
my sons, or daughters have, already received of their portions, as
Also what
my
daughter Anne Wade is to receive at my decease, shal be computed as
so
much of their share, & every ones part to be made up
proportionably according
to
the above stated rule of division. And that my son Jonathan Wade &
Samuel
Wade, shal freely (at this time & from my decease, til the time of
division
shal come) enjoy & possesse the brickyard & ???? ground
adjacent,
proportionably
to the shares given them in the abovesaid dividend, without any
allowance
for y^e use of it. And this I signe & seal & declare to be
my
last wil & testament, respecting the whole estate & goods
that god
hath
gratiously given me.
Nat^h
Wade {seal}
Witnesses:
Benj. Woodbridge
Thomas Taft
Sam^ll Woodbridge
The source citation for this will is:
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Nathaniel Wade Case File 23,417, 1707, Medford, 15 images; "Middlesex County, Mass. Probate File Papers, 1648-1871," digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 3 August 2017); original papers on file at Suffolk County Probate Court, Boston, Mass.
Nathaniel Wade (1648-1707) died 28 November 1707. He married Mercy Bradstreet (1647-1715) in 1672 in Andover, Massachusetts. They had six children living at the time Nathaniel Wade wrote his will on 12 June 1707. All six children are named as heirs in the will.
There are no records of a probate by the executor, Mercy (Bradstreet) Wade, who died in 1715. Son Samuel Wade was appointed administrator in 1714, the will was proved on 3 November 1714, but the estate was not settled until 1724. By that time, son Jonathan Wade was deceased. The probate case file has a number of receipts for debts owed by Nathaniel Wade, several accounts filed by Samuel Wade, but no inventory. The accounts are very difficult to read.
Nathaniel Wade (1648-1707) is my 8th great-grandfather. I descend through his son Jonathan Wade (1683-1720), who married Mary Dolberry in about 1701.
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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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