Monday, March 5, 2018

Amanuensis Monday - Inventory of Thomas Carter (1585-1652) of Charlestown, Massachusetts

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1652 Inventory of Thomas Carter (1585-1652) of Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts:

a)  Middlesex County, Mass. Probate Packet 4,303, image 4 (original document image):

b)  The Probate Court transcription (Volume 28, page 20):

Note:  I chose to transcribe the Probate Court transcription:


made the 25th day of the 4th month 1652

A true Inventory of the Housen, Lands, goods and Cattell of Thomas Carter of
Charlestowne late deceased. By us whose Names are heer under writt:

Imprimis His dwelling Hous, and shopp and Barne and all the
         out housing with an orchard, yeard and Garden
At   80 – 00 - 00
Item The dwelling Hous that his son Thomas liveth in
        with the Barn, and out Housing and orchard yeard
        and garden with the Land adjoyning to the House
        on the Back syde therof
At   30 – 00 – 00
Item A servant Mathew the scotchman At   14 – 00 – 00
Item Thirteen Akers of Land more or less lying in y^e East field At   50 – 00 – 00
Item Three Hay Lotts lying in the Low marsh in the High field At   06 – 00 – 00
Item A parcell of meadow lying in Maldon nere John Spragues At   04 – 00 – 00
Item four cowes comons and a quarter belonging to Him At   08 – 10 – 00
Item four cowes and twoo Heifers At   22 – 00 – 00
Item Three Piggs At   00 – 15 – 00
Item In mony at his death At   07 – 12 – 06
Item his wearing Aparrell At   06 – 00 – 00
Item A muskett, a Sword, Bandileers, and rest At   01 – 05 – 00
Item In Linnen: six paire of sheets, twoo table cloaths
       Eaight napkins, seven pillowbeers, w^th other smale linen
At   05 – 00 - 00
Item A half headed Bedsteedl A feather Bed and bolster, and
       6 pillows, a green Rugg, two blanquets, a straw bedd
At   10 – 00 - 00
Item A Bedsteed, and a fliock bed, in the chamber above with
       a cover-lid, and other furniture to it
At   01 – 10 – 00
Item Three Chests, a box, a Table and five chairs, and four                   cushions At   02 – 00 – 00
Item six bushells of wheat At   01 – 00 - 00
Item In Bras, pewter, Iron vessells, and furniture in the
        kitchen with Lumber in the Chamber
At   06 – 00 – 00
Item The shopp tooles, and Iron and steele in the shopp At   15 – 06 – 00
Item His Debts At    15 – 03 – 00


286 – 01 – 06
Thomas Lynde
Robert Hale
Ralph Mousell





A true Record                          Attest W.E. Rogers Register





The source citations for this record are:

a)  "Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital image, American Ancestors(http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 25 February 2018), Probate Packet #4,043, Thomas Carter of Charlestown, 1652 (original document).

b)  "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 February 2018), Middlesex County, Volume 28, page 20, Thomas Carter inventory (court clerk transcription of original).

Thomas Carter (1585-1652) was married to Mary --?--, and they had six children, all named in the will (Thomas, Joseph, Samuel, John, Hannah and Mary). 

Thomas and Mary (--?--) Carter are my 10th great-grandparents.  I am descended from their son Joseph Carter (1610-1676), who married Susanna Chamberlain (1616-1697) in 1644, and resided 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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