Ephraim Buck of Woburn died testate, and his probate records are in Middlesex County [Massachusetts] Probate Court Records, Probate Packet #3,341 (accessed on AmericanAncestors):
"In the Name of God Amen this twenty third day of
November one thousand seven hundred and seventeen, I Ephraim
Buck of Wooburn ^in ye county of Midlesex^ in this province of ye
Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman Being sick and
weak of body, but of prfect mind & memory, Thanks
be given unto god therefore Calling unto minde the mortality
of my Body and knowing yt it is apointed to all men once to
Dye, Do make and ordaine this my Last Will & Testiment that
is to say Principaly and first of all I Give and Recomend
my soule into ye Hands of God yt gave it and my Body I
Recomend to the Earth to be buried in Decent and Christian
maner by my son Ebenezer Buck, He being obliged yr
to by a certain Bond or Oblegation under Hand and Seal,
Nothing Doubting but that at ye Generall Resurection
I shall Recive the same again by the Almighty
power of God. And as touching such worldly estate
where with It hath pleased God to bless me with in
this life besids what I have allredy desposed of to
my wife and Children by Deed of Gift under my
hand and seal, I give, demise and dispose of the
same in ye folowing maner and forme.
"Imp. I Give and bequeath to Sarah Buck my Dearly beloved
Wife all my movable Estat within doors with my
Cattels, ^Hogs^ and Sheep and ^ye Hay and Corn^ to be at her own despose for ever.
"Item. I Give to my two sons namly Ephraim Buck
and Samuell Buck all my land and medow lying
on the Northerly side of Andover Row that is not
otherwise Desposed of, Provided that they pay out
unto the several person hereafter Named the several
sums assignd to them in this my last will and testam-
ent. Itim I Give to my son John Buck thirty shillings
to be payd to Him by my two sons Ephraim and
Samuell in Equiall proportion Emediatly after my
decease. Itim I Give unto my son Ebenezer Buck
thirty shillings to be paid to him by my two sons
aforsd Emediatly after my Decease.
" Itim. I Give to my Daughter Sarah Grover five
Pounds to be payd unto her by my two sons
Ephraim and Sam^ll before named Emediatly
after my Decease. Itim. I Give to my Daughter
Mary Spike five pounds to be paid unto her
by my two sons Ephraim and Samuell afore named
Emediatly after my Decease. Itim. I Give to my
Daughter Eunis Buck Twenty pounds to be payd
unto her by my two sons Ephraim Buck and
Samll Buck afornamed. Itim. I further give
to Eunice Richardson yt I Brou-
ght up five pounds to be payd unto her by my two
sons aforsd, in Equall proportion when she shall
arrive at ye age of Eighteen years or at Her
Marage if it be before that time. Itim. I Give
to my loving Wife Sarah Buck seven pounds
besids what I have alredy given
Her to be payd to her by my two sons afore named
Emediatly after my Decease and Lastly I
Give to my well beloved and trusty friends
John Richardson Senr and Eleazer Flagg Twenty
shillings apeece to be payd to them by my
two sons Ephraim and Samuell in Equall proportion,
and I do by thes presence Constatute make
and ordain them my said Trusty and well
beloved friends, John Richardson and Eleazer Flagg
my sole Exec^rs of this my Last Will and Testament
and I Do by these presents Impower them to
Make sale of that tract of land and meadow
that I have given to my two sons namly
Ephraim Buck and Samuell Buck, In Case they
Refuse to tak up with what I have ordered
and assigned them to pay in this my ^last^ Will and
Testament, and thay With the money to pay
the severall legacies afor named as sone
and I Desire them to take care of my wife and daughter Eunis
& as Conveniantly may be, and I Do hereby uterly
Disallow Revoke and Disannull all and Every other
former Testament Wills Legacies and Bequests and
Exec^rs by me in any Way before Named Willed and be-
quested Ratifying and Confirming this and no
other to be my Last Will and
Testament. In Wittnes Whereof I have Hereunto
set my Hand and seal the day and year first a-
bove written..............................................................................
Signed seald published prono-
unced and declared ........
by the sd Ephraim
Buck as his Last
Will and testament
In ye presence of us ye
subscribers
Benjamin Richardson . Ephraim B Buck {seal}
Ezekell Richardson his mark
his mark
Saml Richardson
The source citation for this probate file is:
"Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital image, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed, 17 January 2015), Packet 3,341, Ephraim Buck of Wobrun, 1721 (6 images); citing original records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives, with digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org.
The will was written on 17 November 1717, and was proved by the executors at the Probate Court in Cambridge on 20 March 1720. A bond of one hundred pounds was posted by Ephraim Buck, Samuel Buck and John Richardson on 20 March 1720. On that date, John Richardson and Eleazer Flagg refused to be executors of the estate, and Ephraim Buck and Samuel Buck were appointed administrators of the estate.
The will names seven of his children - sons Ephraim, John, Samuel and Ebenezer, and three daughters, Sarah Grover, Mary Spike and Eunice Buck. My ancestry is through the son, Ephraim Buck who married Esther Waget in 1696 in Woburn.]\
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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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