This week's document for transcription is the 1732 Inventory of the Real and Personal estate of Jonathan Boyden (1652-1732) of Medfield, Massachusetts, in Probate Packet 6,257 in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts probate court records:
Image 12 of 49:
A true Inventory of the Estate Both Real and personal of Cap't Jonathan Boyden Late of Medfield Deceaced as it was Apprized by the Subscribers hereunto June the 15 1732, viz, as followeth
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£ s d |
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To silver money at 15 peny weight with plate |
8 – 7 – 0 |
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To paper money in Bills |
15 – 3 – 5 |
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To money in Bonds |
346 – 0 – 0 |
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To Cloathing of all sorts |
23 – 9 – 0 |
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To Books and arms |
9 – 0 – 0 |
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To Beds and Beding all belonging to them |
42 – 16 – 0 |
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To linin Sheets tabel Cloaths and other linin and new Cloath and wool and hemp and Cotton wool |
19 – 16 – 9 |
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To peuter Brass Earthen ware and iron ware in y'e house |
15 – 0 – 6 |
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To Tables Chests Chairs tubs killers and other wooden ware in the house |
13 – 15 – 4 |
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To a cart and plows harrow and Chains |
15 – 9 – 0 |
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To a negro man servant |
80 – 0 – 0 |
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To corn Sacks new Boards Shingle and Cedar rails |
11 – 16 – 0 |
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To the Stock of Chattle Sheep and Swine |
153 – 9 – 0 |
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To Carpender tools and axes hows Sithes and other tools and old iron and Stilyards |
17 – 10 – 6 |
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£ 771 – 12 – 6 |
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To the Buildings house and Barns with the Land they Stand on. Barn yards a well with conveniency of improving said Buildings with mill house |
70 – 0 – 0 |
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To the home Lott with the orchards |
100 – 0 – 0 |
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To all the Land in South plaine belonging to this Estate |
200 – 0 – 0 |
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To a trackt of pasture Land neare a hill Called Mount Nebo |
70 – 0 – 0 |
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To the medow in Broad Medow |
180 – 0 – 0 |
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To the upland and medow Land at the pine swamp neare Joseph Boyden |
130 – 0 – 0 |
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To seven acres of pine Swamp |
17 – 10 – 0 |
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To thirty eight acres of wood Land in wrentham neare Jade walk |
114 – 0 – 0 |
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To the medow in Stop River on both Sides the River |
200 – 0 – 0 |
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To thirty nine acres ^a half^ of wood land ^in wrentham^ eare dimon hill |
78 – 0 – 0 |
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To twenty four acres lying neare South miski ^in^ wrentham |
58 – 0 – 0 |
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To Eight acres neare dick brook in wrentham |
16 – 0 – 0 |
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To four acres ^of^ land in wrentham Joyning to Daniel Laurance and Thomas Boyden |
6 – 0 – 0 |
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To the wood land at noon hill in Medfield |
30 – 0 – 0 |
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To there rights in new Medfield |
30 – 0 – 0 |
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To fifteen acres of land in Medway |
40 – 0 – 0 |
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To acres a half in Cedar Swamp |
3 – 15 – 0 |
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1333 – 5 – 0 |
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Personal estate |
771 – 12 – 6 |
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£2104 – 17 – 6 |
Suffolk Ss By the Hon'ble Josiah Willard Judge of pro &c
John Boyden & David Jones John fisher }
Admin^rs presented the foregoing John Dwight } apprizers
& made oath that it contains Samuel Smith }
a true & perfect Inventory of the Estate of Cap't Jonathan Boyden late of Medfield Husbandman deceased so far as hath come to their knowledge and that if more hereafter appear they will Cause it to be added. The Subscribing Apprizers were sworn before Jonathan Ware Esq'r as the Law Directs. J Willard
Boston June 26'th 1732
The source citation for this probate case file is:
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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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