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The transcription of this appraisal is (with handwritten words in italics):
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To all People unto whom these Presents shall come:
John Chandler Esq.
Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. in the County
of Worcester within the Province of the
Massachusetts-Bay, in New England, sendeth Greeting.
Know ye, That pursuant to to Acts or Laws of the said
Province, relating to the Settlement or Distribution of the Estates
of Intestates, and the Direction, Power and Authority to me
therein given, I do hereby Order and Assign unto Moses Brigham
Eldest son of Moses Brigham Late of Westborough,
In said County, Yeoman Dec'd.
all those Pieces and Parcels of Land, with the Buildings and Appurtenances
thereon and thereunto belonging, being y'e Whole of y'e Real Estate
of said dec'd Except the Widdows Dower & Scituate
In said Westborough
and the same is particularly set forth and described in the Return of the
Commissioners by me appointed and sworn for the Apprisal thereof, and
by them valued at four hundred Pounds
(as by the Return of the
said Commissioners into the Registry of Probate for the said County
of Worcester may appear) TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the
hereby ordered and assigned Land and Premises, with the Members and
Appurtenances thereof unto him the before-named Moses Brigham
and to his Heirs and Assigns forever.
PROVIDED he the said Moses Brigham his
Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, shall and do well and truly
pay, or cause to be paid unto the rest of the before-named deceased's
Children, their legal Representatives, or Guardians, the several Sums of
Money hereafter in this my Decree to them respectively ordered to be paid,
together with the Interest for their respective Sums or Portions, after the
Rate of ??? Pounds per Cent. per Annum, to commence on and from
the fifteenth Day of July Anno Domini 1774
and both Principal and Interest to be paid (if demanded) on or before the
tenth Day of October which will be in the Year of our
Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy five.
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ACCORDINGLY I Order the before-named Assignee Moses Brigham
his Heirs, &c. in the first place to pay and clear the Charges
relating to this Settlement, amounting in the whole to two pounds ten shillings.
Then to pay unto his sister ^Sarah^ Forbes Wife of Jonathan Forbes
or her Legal Representative the sum of forty nine pounds
thirteen Shillings & nine pence half penny Lawful money
In one Year with Lawful Interest ^for the same^ from y'e fifteenth day of
July Last. Top his Brothers ^& Sisters vizt^ Phinehas Brigham Ebenezer
Brigham Joseph Brigham Mehetable Brigham and
Mary Brigham their Guardians or Legal Representa-
tives Each the Sum of forty nine pound thirteen shillings
& nine pence pence half pence.
2:10:0 [charges]
49:13:9 [sister Sarah Frobes]
49:13:9 [brother Phinehas Brigham]
49:13:9 [brother Ebenezer Brigham]
49:13:9 [brother Joseph Brigham]
49:13:9 [sister Mehetable Brigham]
49:13:9 [sister Mary Brigham]
99: 7:6 [eldest son Moses Brigham]
£400:0:0
In like Money, Manner, and with the Interest before-mentioned. all which
aforesaid Sums, with the Share of said Assignee, amount to the apprized
Value of the two thirds of said dec'd Estate and (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Share therein to be agreeable to the Direction of the Law.
PROVIDED also, in case all or any Part of the hereby assigned Land
and Premises shall be legally evicted from the above-named Assignee,
Moses Brigham his
Heirs, Executors, Administrators or Assigns, that then the rest of the
aforesaid deceased's Children, their Heirs, &c. (Sharers in this division)
shall refund their rateable Parts, with Law Charges. In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of the Probate Office
for the County aforesaid, the tenth Day of October
Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy four and in
the fourteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign.
John Chandler
Worcester. Recorded with y'e Records of Wills ???? County
pr C???? Chandl Reg
The source citation for this probate case file is:
Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Probate Packet 7407 (32 pages) intestate estate of Moses Brigham of Westborough, 1770; "Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881," digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 15 March 2020); Original records in Worcester County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Moses Brigham died intestate in Westborough, Massachusetts on 3 December 1769, leaving a widow Mehitable (Grout) Brigham (1726-1795) and seven children between the ages of three and eighteen.
The widow Mehitable Brigham was granted administration on her husband's estate on 1 January 1770, and posted a bond of 500 pounds with Jonathan Grout (perhaps Mehitable's brother or uncle). An inventory of the real and personal estate was taken by 15 January 1770, which totaled 783 pounds. Mehitable's widow's thirds included the personal estate after debts were paid, and a portion of the real estate, including one third of the house. By 8 June 1772, Mehitable filed an account showing that she had paid the debts of the estate. The court waited until the eldest son, Moses Brigham, turned 21 years old, and then in 1774 ordered the real estate appraised and then split between the widow (one third) and the children (two thirds). The real estate was appraised at 600 pounds, so the children were to split 400 pounds.
Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Probate Packet 7407 (32 pages) intestate estate of Moses Brigham of Westborough, 1770; "Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881," digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 15 March 2020); Original records in Worcester County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Moses Brigham died intestate in Westborough, Massachusetts on 3 December 1769, leaving a widow Mehitable (Grout) Brigham (1726-1795) and seven children between the ages of three and eighteen.
The widow Mehitable Brigham was granted administration on her husband's estate on 1 January 1770, and posted a bond of 500 pounds with Jonathan Grout (perhaps Mehitable's brother or uncle). An inventory of the real and personal estate was taken by 15 January 1770, which totaled 783 pounds. Mehitable's widow's thirds included the personal estate after debts were paid, and a portion of the real estate, including one third of the house. By 8 June 1772, Mehitable filed an account showing that she had paid the debts of the estate. The court waited until the eldest son, Moses Brigham, turned 21 years old, and then in 1774 ordered the real estate appraised and then split between the widow (one third) and the children (two thirds). The real estate was appraised at 600 pounds, so the children were to split 400 pounds.
This document also shows, on image 4, the list of money to be paid for each child. Apparently, there was an abortive attempt in the left-hand margin to calculate the money splits - it is crossed out. The eldest son, Moses Brigham, received a double share (although nothing in this record indicates that), so the 400 pounds was divided into 8 shares. After the 2 pounds ten shillings for the charges, the son Moses Brigham was to pay his siblings 49 pounds, 13 shillings and 9 pence each as their share and he would own the children's portion of the real estate.
Moses and Mehitable (Grout) Brigham are my probable 5th great-grandparents through their son Phineas Brigham (1755-1802) who married my Lydia Batherick (1752-1795) in 1779 in Westborough, Massachusetts. I am descended through their son Phinehas Brigham, his son Lambert Brigham, and his apparent daughter, Sophia Newton (1834-1923).
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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."
Moses and Mehitable (Grout) Brigham are my probable 5th great-grandparents through their son Phineas Brigham (1755-1802) who married my Lydia Batherick (1752-1795) in 1779 in Westborough, Massachusetts. I am descended through their son Phinehas Brigham, his son Lambert Brigham, and his apparent daughter, Sophia Newton (1834-1923).
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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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