This week's document for transcription is the 1704 Inventory for the Estate of John Plimpton (1649-1704) of Medfield, Massachusetts, in Probate Packet 2,865 in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts probate court records.
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The transcription of this inventory is:
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A true Inventory of all and singular the goods chattels and Creditts
of John Plimpton husbandman late of Medfield (Deceased) as it was
made March y'e 23'd Day of 1704 by the subscribers hereunto
Imp's his apparil Books armes money and bills of creditt - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 -- 9 -- 0
Itm to one bed in y'e parlor bedstead and beding belonging to it - - - - - - - 6 -- 16 -- 0
Itm one other small bed bolster blanket and coverled - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - 1 -- 15 -- 0
Itm 33 sheets pillow beers and Table linnin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 -- 7 -- 0
Itm peuter platters pots, basons and other small peuter ware - - - - - - - - - - 2 -- 6 -- 0
Itm brasse kitles, skillet, warming pan, frying pan, andirons }
tongs, peel Tramils, gridiron, old still tining ware and two irons } - - - - 3 -- 12 -- 0
pots, Pot hooks, iron Kitle and some other such small ware }
Itm Tables, Chests, chairs, boxes, stools, Earthin ware, chees phats }
Tubs, Killers, churns, pails, barrels, spining wheels, Trays } - - - 5 -- 05 -- 0
Dishes, spoons, corn sacks cloath of sacking and other small ware }
Itm New cloath curtains and valliant horse furniture }
Rope and woolling yarn } - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 -- 14 -- 6
Itm Cart, cart irons plows chains yoak harrow sleads - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 -- 19 -- 0
Itm axes, hows, Catle Ring, wedges sithes sickels spades }
and bells and other Small Tools for husbandry } - - - - - - - - - - - 3 -- 6 -- 0
Itm hemp and flax - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -- 1 -- 0
Itm grain of all sorts, and provision - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 -- 0 -- 0
Itm horse tackling - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 -- 10 -- 0
Itm 4 oxen, 9 cows and other young cattell }
horses, sheep and swine } - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 62 -- 17 -- 0
Itm the homestead y'e Land on both sides of y'e way with y'e building thereon - 88 -- 0 -- 0
Itm 5 acres of meadow in north meadow & one acre and 1/2 in broad mead. 32 -- 0 -- 0
Itm 4 acres of meadow by y'e Long causeway and 3 acres and a }
Rood of meadow lying in two parcels by Stop River } - - - - - - 29 -- 10 -- 0
Itm 27 acres an a Rood of meadow and swamp by Stop River - - - - - - - - - - 65 -- 0 -- 0
Itm a parcel of meadow by harbor Iland about six acres - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 -- 0 -- 0
Itm 62 acres of woodland and other Lands on y'e south side of Stop River - 55 -- 11 -- 0
Itm the clay pit paster - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 -- 0 -- 0
Itm 6 acres and od measure of woodland on y'e north side of Town - - - - - - 5 -- 0 -- 0
Itm 5 acres and od measure of pine swamp near wheelers bottom - - - - - - - 3 -- 0 -- 0
Itm 160 acres of Lands on y'e west side of Charls River - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 40 -- 5 -- 0
Itm a wood lot in Dedham bounds and 2 acres of Cedar Swamp - - - - - - - - 3 -- 5 -- 0
Itm his Lands in wrentham bounds and two cow commons - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 -- 0 -- 0
Itm a parcel of Swamp at Black Swamp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -- 10 -- 0
Itm one quarter part of a grist mill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10 -- 0 -- 0
Itm one quarter part of a Saw mill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 -- 0 -- 0
Itm for timber and board - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -- 0 -- 0
Itm a part in Stillyards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 -- 5 -- 0
Itm 6 acres of Woodland lying at Chesnut Island in Medfield - - - - - - - - - - 3 -- 0 -- 0
Sum total 529 -- 3 -- 6
Wearing Apparel, Linnen and some
other things w'ch were belonging to the
deceaseds first wife And are contained
in a Chest, the s'd John Plympton in
his lifetime declaring that he laid
them up for his two Children w'ch he
had by that wife. Sam'll Barbur
Benjamin Clark
Eleazer Wheelock
Inv. 5'h April 1704 (Turn over)
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Sufflk Ss. By the hon'ble Isaac Addington Esq'r Judge of Probate,
John Plimpton Admitted Adm'r presented the
within written, and made Oath That it Contains
a just & true Inventory of the Estate of his
late Father John Plimpton late of Medfield dec'd
so far as hath come to his knowledge. And that
if more hereafter Appears he will cause it to be
Added.
Boston April 5'th 1704 Jur. Cor. Is'c Addington
The source citation for this probate case file is:
Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Case File 2865 (37 images), John Plimpton of Medfield, 1705; "Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899," digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 6 August 2020). From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives, digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org.
John Plimpton (1649-1704) married (1) Elizabeth Fisher (1659-1694) in 1678 in Medfield, and they had three children:
* John Plimpton (1680-1730), married 1707 Susanna Draper (1687-1769)
* Henry Plimpton (1684-1731), married 1706 Mary Smith (1688-1774)
* Joseph Plimpton (1686-????).
John Plimpton married (2) Sarah Turner (1663-1738) in 1697 in Medfield, and they had two children:
* Sarah Plimpton (1700-1706)
* Elizabeth Plimpton (1702-1725), married 1719 Jonathan Metcalf (1690-1758).
John Plimpton died intestate on 30 January 1704 in Medfield, Massachusetts. Bond and Letter of Administration on 5 April 1704 by sons John Plimpton and Henry Plimpton, and the Inventory was presented on 5 April 1704. A committee of three divided the estate - one third to the widow and two-thirds to the three living children - John (two shares), Henry (one share) and Elizabeth (one share), with John receiving the rest of the homestead. When the second wife, Sarah (Turner) Plimpton, died in 1738, her third share was appraised, and distributed to the grandchildren of John Plimpton, since the three children were deceased, with grandson John Plimpton (son of John Plimpton) receiving the homestead.
John and Elizabeth (Fisher) Plimpton are my 8th great-grandparents, through their son John Plimpton (1680-1730) who married Susanna Draper (1687-1769) in 1707 in Medfield, Massachusetts.
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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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