52 Ancestors - Week 458: #729 Mehitable (Garnsey) Horton (1673-1742) of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts

Mehitable Garnsey (1673-1742)   is #729 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #728  John Horton (1672-1752) before 1690 in Milton, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son #364 John Horton (1696-1796), who married #365 Mary Chase (1695-1734) in 1719.

*  their son, #182 Nathaniel Horton (1730-1819), who married #183 Sarah Pray (1734-1820) in 1753.

*  their daughter,  #91 Phebe Horton (1772-a1820), who married #90 Simon Wade (1767-1857) in about 1790.

*  their daughter #45 Miranda Wade (1804-1850), who married #44 Jonathan White (1803-1850) in 1824.

*  their son #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married #23 Amy Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844.

*  their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.

*  their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Name:                  Mehitable Garnsey[1–4]

*  Alternate Name:  Mehitable Horton [5-6]

*  Sex:                       Female

*  Father:                  John Garnsey 1648-1722

*  Mother:                Elizabeth --?-- 1652-1714

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                    2 November 1673, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1-2]

*  Baptism:               2 September 1677 (age 3) Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[3]

*  Distribution:        16 April 1722 (age 48), father's estate administered, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[5]

Death                  15 October 1742 (age 68), Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[1-4,6].

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:              John Horton 1672-1753

*  Marriage 1: about 1690 (about age 17), Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States [6-7]

*  Child 1: Sarah Horton 1692-1725

*  Child 2: Jonathan Horton 1695-1774

*  Child 3: John Horton 1696-1796

*  Child 4: Thomas Horton 1698-1733

*  Child 5: Jotham Horton 1705-1797

*  Child 6: Hezekiah Horton 1714-1787

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

Mehitable Garnsey was born 2 November 1673 in Milton, Massachusetts, the eldest child of John and Elizabeth (--?--) Garnsey[1-4].  She was baptized 2 September 1677 in Dorchester, Massachusetts[3].

Mehitable married John Horton (1672-1753) in Milton in about 1690[1-5].  John was the son of Thomas and Sarah (--?--) Horton of Milton and Rehoboth.  John and Mehitable (Garnsey) Horton had six children, all born in Rehoboth but not recorded in the town records:

*  Sarah Horton (1692-1725), married 1712 to John Millard (1692-1728).

*  Jonathan Horton (1695-1774), married 1725 Ann Millard (1706-1751).

*  John Horton (1696-1796), married (1) 1719 Mary Chase (1694-1733) (2) 1756 Elizabeth (a1705-1784)

*  Thomas Horton (1698-1733), married 1721 Kesiah Carpenter )1697-1763).

*  Jotham Horton (1705-1797), married 1729 Hannah Martin (1704-1739).

*  Hezekiah Horton (1714-1787), married 1735 Mary Martin (1715-1802).

Mehitable's father, John Garnsey of Rehoboth, died intestate on 31 March 1722, and his estate was probated by the Bristol County (Massachusetts) Probate Court[5].  The division of the personal estate of John Garnsey of Rehoboth was made so that:

• "widow Sarah Garnsey received one third of the personal estate, 26 pounds, 2 shillings.
• Henry Garnsey, the eldest son, received 2 shares of the remainder, or 8 pounds, 10 shillings, 10 pence.
• Ebenezer Garnsey, Joseph Garnsey, John Garney, Seth Garnsey; Mehetible Horton (wife of John Horton), Hannah Horton (wife of Thomas Horton), Elizabeth Bowen (wife of James Bowen), Mary Hix (wife of Samuel Hix), Waitstill Titus (wife of Timothy Titus) and Beriah Garnsey (son, whose guardian is Jacob Ormsbery) were granted one share each of 4 pounds, 5 shillings, 5 pence. The division was dated 13 July 1722."

Mehitable (Garnsey) Horton, wife of John, died 15 October 1742 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts[1-4,6].

There is no extant burial record for Mehitable, and there are no known probate records for Mehitable Horton.

5.  SOURCES

1. Judith L. Young-Thayer, The 2005 Garnsey, Garnsey, Guernsey Genealogical Dictionary (Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 2005), page 134, John Garnsey family sketch.

2. Peter Thacher; Hannah Vose, Milton records : births, marriages and deaths, 1662-1843 (Boston, Mass. : A. Mudge & Son, 1900), Births, page 27, Mehittabel Garnsey, daughter of John, entry, 2 November 1673.

3. Judith L. Young-Thayer, The 2005 Garnsey, Garnsey, Guernsey Genealogical Dictionary, page 185, John Horton family sketch.

4. Margaret R. Jenks and Frank C. Seymour, Thomas Horton of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts (n.p. : Margaret R. Jenks, 1984), John Horton family sketch.

5. Bristol County [Mass.] Register of Probate, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, 1686-1880, American Ancestors, Estate File 10414 (22 images), John Garnsey of Rehoboth, 1722; digital images, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org); citing original records at Probate Registry, Taunton, Mass.

6. James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rehoboth, 1642-1895, Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths (Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 1992), Deaths, page 884, Mehitable Horton, wife of John, entry.

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NOTE:  Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog in 2014.  I have extended this theme in 2022 to 468 Ancestors in 468 Weeks.

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1673 Birth Record of Mehittabel Garnsey in Milton, Massachusetts

  It's time to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings for Treasure Chest Thursday.

The treasure today is the 1673 birth record of Mehittabel Garnsey in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts:

The birth record is the first record of the Garnsey section:

The transcription of this birth record is:

"GARNSEY, Mehittabel, Dau. of John,  Nov. 2, 1673"

The source citation for this record is:

 Peter Thacher and Hannah Vose, Milton records : births, marriages and deaths, 1662-1843 (Boston, Mass. : A. Mudge & Son, 1900), Births, page 27, Mehittabel Garnsey entry, 2 November 1673; indexed database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com).

This record is a Derivative Source, with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the birth of Mehitable Garnsey.  The original record is probably in a Milton town record book that is not extant.

Mehittabel Garnsey (1673-1742) was born 2 November 1673 in Milton, Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (--?--) Garnsey.  She married John Horton (1672-1752), the son of Thomas and Sarah (--?--) Horton in about 1690 in Milton.  They had seven children.

John and Mehitable (Garnsey) Horton are my 7th great-grandparents.  I am descended through their son John Horton (1696-1796), who married Mary Chase (1695-1734) in 1719 in Swansea, Massachusetts.

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Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Mass. - Part 6

This week's documents for Amanuensis Monday are from the Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Court records for John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (presented in date order):

a)  Probate Packet 10414 (image 15 of 22):

The transcription of this record is:

[image 15 of 22]

Bristol Ss By the Honobl^e Nath^a Paine Esqr Judge of

the Probate of Wills and Granting of Letters of

Administrations within y^e County of Bristol

To M^r. Francis Wilson, M^r Wm Salsbery Mr

John Thompson of Rehoboth ^& Swanzy^ within y^e County of

Bristol, Greeting

Whereas it hath been Represented and made to appeare by a

Certificicate under the hands of Mr Francis Wilson John West

Thomas Shaw Joseph Garnsey all of the towne of Rehobath aforesaid

that the Housing and Lands left by John Garnsey Late of Rehobath

Deceased Cannot be devided amongst the Children of y^e deceased

without Great Prejudice to y^e Spoyling of the Whole...

Persuant to an Actt of the Generall Assembly Entituled an Actt

for the Settlemen and distribution of the Estate of Intestate

I doe appointe and Order you the said Francis Wilson William

Salsbury Jno Thompson to make a true and Just apprizement

according to the best of your Judgment of the Estate of the said

John Garnsey In Housing and Lands wherto you have been sworne

before mee and you are to make Return of this Warrant with

doing there on Pertiqulerly theren expressing the severall Parcels of Lands

and Housing that you shall apprize unto my self and the Registry

Office in Bristoll here of fayle not Given notice my hand the

second day of Novembr Annoqi Som 1722 In y^e Ninth

year od his majesties Reigne

The Gentlemen Named viz …...

mr Francis Wilson Wm Salsbury Jno Thompson

personally appearing made oath to the faithfull

discharge of the trust reposed in them …. Nath^a Paine

the second day of Novemb^r 1722

Jurat Coram                                     Nath^ll Paine

In observance of y^e above Written Warrant to us dericted wee

have Aprized the estate of mr John Garncy in Housing and Lands

as a small Tenement of a House and Twenty acres of Land and

one third part of a Grist mill Att One Hundred & Ten

Pounds. Given under Our Hands this Second day of

November Anno Qui Dom. One Thosand Seven

And twenty two.                                        Francis Willson

Bristoll SS November 9^th 1722             William Salisbury

Entered in y^e fourth book for ??? ????   John Thomson

131/132 Stephen Paine Register.

b)  Volume 4, pages 132-133 of Bristol County Probate Court records, from Ancestry.com - not in the Probate Packet]

The transcription of this record is:

[page 132, left-hand side of image above]

Whereas it hath been Represented unto mee that the Estate

in houseing and Land of John Garnsey late of Rehobath

in the said county Husbandman deceased Cannot be devided

amongst his Children without Great prejudice to or spoyling

of the whole And the said Housing and Land and one third part

of a Grist mill having been apprized at the Sum of one hundred

& ten pounds Currant money of New England by misters Francis

Wilson William Salsbery and John Thompson freeholders in the

said County upon oath being duly appointed and Sworne.

And Seth Garnsey the fifth son of the late deceased accept-

ing the same accordingly, and pay unto his Brethren and

Sisters their Ratable parts of the apprized value there of Pursuant

therefore to the act or Law of the Province Entituled an

Act for the Settlement and distribution of the estates of

Intestates and the deriction porow and authorathy to mer herby

given, I doe order and assigne all the houseing Lands and part

of the Grist mill of the said deceased John Garnsey with all the

members and appurtenances thereof unto his fifth son Seth

Garnsey ????????????????????????????????????????

To Hold and enjoy the same to him his heirs and assignes for

ever saveing unto Sarah Garnsey Relict Widow of the said

deceased her Right of Dower therein for tearm of Life he y^e

said John Garnsey paying unto his Brothers and Sisters viz

Hennery the eldest son twelve pounds forow shillings forow

pence happeny To Ebenezer Joseph John Beriah Mehitibel

the wife of John Horton Hannah the wife of Thomas

Horton Elizabeth the Wife of James Bowen Mary the wife

of Samuel Hicks Waitstill the wife of Timothy Titus being

Ten in Number the Sum of Six pounds twoo shillings twoo

pence farthing to each of them in their Respective

[page 133, right-hand side of image above]

Gaurdians In publique bills of Credits In manner and at the time

following viz at or before the first day of Apriell which will be in the year

of or Lord one thousand Seven hundred twenty three, and at and upon the death

of his said mother, and the determination of his teavin in the premises the

further sum of six pounds two shillings twoo pence farthing to Hennery

and three pounds one shilling one penny half farthing to each of y^e Rest

of his Brothers and Sisters to Compleat their Respective shares each

party to whome a share is allotted. In Testimony whereof I have

here unto sett my hand and the seal of the said Court of Probate

Dated at Bristoll y^e Seventh day of November Annoqe dom 1722 In y^e

Ninth year of his majesties Reigne.

Entered November 7^th Stephen Paine Register Nath^a Paine

1722 pr Stephen Paine Register.

The source citation for the entire probate packet is:

Bristol County [Mass.] Register of Probate, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, 1690-1881, Estate File 10414 (22 images), John Garnsey of Rehoboth, 1722; digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 29 January 2017); citing original records at Probate Registry, Taunton, Mass.

John Garnsey (1648-1722) resided in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts when he died on 31 March 1722.  He married three times - with his first wife Elizabeth (1652-1714), he had 13 children; with his second wife, Judith Ormsbee (1673-1715), he had one child; with his third wife, Sarah (Miller) Titus (1655-1742), he had no children.

John Garnsey died intestate - leaving no will to probate, so the Probate Court went through the administration process of appointing an administrator, the administrators took an inventory, submitted an account, and distributed the estate to the heirs at law.  There are 22 images in the probate packet for John Garnsey of Rehoboth on the American Ancestors website.  All of the pages in the probate packet are also in the Bristol County Probate Court minute volumes, plus at least one more (as noted above).

In the first post in this series (Part 1), the widow and eldest son petitioned the court to relieve them of administratrix/or responsibility, and the Court appointed Seth Garnsey and James Bowen as administrators.

In the second post (Part 2), the three appraisers produced an Inventory of the estate totaling £110 in real estate and £85-13-11 in personal estate.

In the third post (Part 3), the administrators have made their account and had it approved by the probate court.

In the fourth post (Part 4), the court accepted the account and directed that the balance of the estate be divided one third to the widow and two thirds to the children, with a double share going to the eldest son.  The names of 11 children are mentioned in this order to distribute the personal estate.

In the fifth post (Part 5), the probate court ordered a committee to divide the personal estate of John Garnsey among his heirs, allowing one third to the widow, a double portion to the eldest son, and a single portion to the other ten living children of John Garnsey.  A single portion was 4 pounds, 5 shillings and five pence.  

In this post, the Probate Court authorizes three freeholders to apprize the real estate of John Garnsey, and present it to the Court.  The apprized value is £ 110 for the housing, 20 acres of land and one third part of a grist mill.  

The second document above was not in the Bristol county Probate Packet on AmericanAncestors.org   I was curious to see if it was in the Probate Court minute volumes, and it was in Volume 4, pages 132-133;  I found this record in the "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records" database on Ancestry.com. 

In the second document, the Court decided to grant the entire real estate to son Seth Garnsey, provided he set aside one third for the widow and pay money to his siblings.  So, out of the £ 110, £36, 13 shillings, 6-2/3 pence was allotted to the widow, leaving £ 73, 4 shillings shillings, and 4-1/3 pence to be divided among the 11 children, with the eldest son receiving a double portion.  Consequently, each sibling received £ 6, 2 shillings, two pence and a farthing, but Henry received twice that.  When the widow dies, the court ordered Seth Garnsey to pay his siblings £ 3, 1 shilling, 1 pence and a half farthing, with Henry receiving a double share.

The widow, Sarah, died in 1742.  There is no record available that indicates the siblings received the money directed by the Probate Court; however, if they had not received it, there likely would have been a request and a probate court order directing Seth Garnsey to pay up.

This completes the posts for this intestate estate for John Garnsey in Bristol County, Massachusetts.  This was a fairly typical Intestate probate case for 18th century colonial Massachusetts.  

John and Elizabeth (--?--) Garnsey are my 8th great-grandparents, through their eldest child, Mehitable Garnsey (1673-1742) who married John Horton (1672-1752) in about 1689, and resided in Rehoboth, 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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Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Mass. - Part 4

This week's documents for Amanuensis Monday are from the Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Court records for John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (presented in date order):

a)  Probate Packet 10414 (image 10 of 22):

The transcription of this record is:

Bristol

The personal Estate of John Garnsy is                 £85 : 13s: 11 d

Contra P^d by Sundre Payments expenses

on sd estate as by ye Accomptants

accounts allowed & Passd                                          07 : 05 : 08 

To y^e Ballance Remaining due                           £78 : 08 : 08

The Ballance due and Remaining in the hands of ye Administrators

of the Personall estate of John Garnsey late of Rehoboth deceased

is Seventy Eight pounds Eight shillings & Eight pence

which is to devided as followeth viz: To Sarah Garnsey

y^e Widdow of y^e deceased one third being Twenty Six pounds

seven shillings eleven pence. The Remaining Summ being

Fifty two pounds five shillings ten pence is to be devided

Into Twelve shares To and amongst the children of y^e deceased

viz. To Hennery y^e eldest son two shares, To Ebenezer Joseph

John Seth Beriah Mehitabel y^e wife of John Horton Hannah

the Wife of Thomas Horton Elizabeth the wife of James

Bowen Mary y^e wife of Samuel Hicks Waitstill the wife of

Timothy Titus their Ratable part of y^e said fifty two

pounds four shillings ten pence to each of them & to their

Respective Gaurdians

                             Bristol Ss may 10^th 1722

                             which Settlement is allowed and ordered

                             to be of Record Nath^ll Paine Probate

                            Entered ??? me

                            Stephen Paine Regist^r

                            In the fourth Book of

                           Wills follio 83

The source citation for the entire probate packet is:

Bristol County [Mass.] Register of Probate, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, 1690-1881, Estate File 10414 (22 images), John Garnsey of Rehoboth, 1722; digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 29 January 2017); citing original records at Probate Registry, Taunton, Mass.

John Garnsey (1648-1722) resided in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts when he died on 31 March 1722.  He married three times - with his first wife Elizabeth (1652-1714), he had 13 children; with his second wife, Judith Ormsbee (1673-1715), he had one child; with his third wife, Sarah (Miller) Titus (1655-1742), he had no children.

John Garnsey died intestate - leaving no will to probate, so the Probate Court went through the administration process of appointing an administrator, the administrators took an inventory, submitted an account, and distributed the estate to the heirs at law.  There are 22 images in the probate packet for John Garnsey of Rehoboth on the American Ancestors website.  

In the first post in this series (Part 1), the widow and eldest son petitioned the court to relieve them of administratrix/or responsibility, and the Court appointed Seth Garnsey and James Bowen as administrators.

In the second post (Part 2), the three appraisers produced an Inventory of the estate totaling £110 in real estate and £85-13-11 in personal estate.

In the third post (Part 3), the administrators have made their account and had it approved by the probate court.

In this post, the court accepted the account and directed that the balance of the estate be divided one third to the widow and two thirds to the children, with a double share going to the eldest son.  The names of 11 children are mentioned in this order to distribute the personal estate.

There will be several more posts for this intestate estate in Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Note that there is a math error in the one third share for the widow - one third of 78 pounds, 8 shillings and 8 pence is 26 pounds and 34 pence, or £26: 2s: 10d (with a shilling being 12 pence).  The remainder should be 52 pounds and 70 pence, or £52: 5s: 10d.  The amount of each share should be £4: 7s : 2d.

John and Elizabeth (--?--) Garnsey are my 8th great-grandparents, through their eldest child, Mehitable Garnsey (1673-1742) who married John Horton (1672-1752) in about 1689, and resided in Rehoboth, 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."

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2017/10/amanuensis-monday-probate-records-for_9.html

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Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Mass. - Part 3

This week's documents for Amanuensis Monday are from the Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Court records for John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (presented in date order):

a)  Probate Packet 10414 (image 8 of 22):

The transcription of this record is:

The accomptt of Seth Garnsey & James Bowen Administrators

to y^e Estate of John Garnsey Late of Rehobath deceased intestate

of theire Payments and for to much as hath come to theire hands

& Possession oute of y^e same as followeth viz.

The Accomptants Chargeth themselves with all and Singular the

Goods Chattels Rights and Credits of y^e deceased Contained in an

Inventory exhibited unto y^e Registry of y^e Court of Probate for y^e

County of Bristoll upon Record amounting to

y^e Summ of                                                              £195 : 13 : 11

The Personall Estate of s^d Summ is £ 85 : 13 : 11

The Accompants desire allowance for y^e payment of

Sundrie Debtts and disbursements on y^e Estate

as followeth

To funerall Charges; To 3 gals of Rum	00 : 18 : 00
To y^e Coffen	00 : 06 : 00
To Sugar & ye Spice	00 : 02 : 06
To Digging y^e Grave	00 : 04 : 00
To five payre of Gloves	01 : 02 : 06	02 : 13 : 02
To twoo days & halfe Going to Bristol	00 : 10 : 00
To John Horton one day to Bristol	00 : 04 : 00
To y^e Judge of Probate etc	00 : 09 : 06
To Justice Rogers for Swearing y^e apprizers	00 : 05 : 00
To twoo days attending on sd work	00 : 06 : 00	01 : 14 : 06
To Jonathan Kingsley	00 : 11 : 00
To Doctor Allen	00 : 10 : 00
To Doctor Wood	00 : 00 : 09
To John Hunt	00 : 01 : 04
To Richard Patrick	00 : 02 : 06	01 : 05 : 07
To y^e Administrators for their trouble In administring & travling to Bristol		01 : 00 : 00
To y^e apprizers for apprizeing y^e Estate		00 : 05 : 00
To y^e vallowing a& Registering this acct		00 : 07 : 00
To Recording y^e Inventory		00 : 03 : 00
		£ 07 : 05 : 03

                                     May 9^th 1722         Seth Garnsey

                                                                      James Bowen

Bristol Ss May 9^th 1722

By y^e Honob^le Nath^a Paine Esq^r Judge of Probate of

Wills & etc.

Seth Garnsey & James Bowen presented the above Written Accompt

and made Oath that it Contains a just and true accomptt

as their administration on y^e Estate his father In Law Mr

John Garnsey late of Rehobath deceased so far as they hath proceeded

therein which accordingly I approve & allow.

                                                                Jurat Coram Nath^a Paine

The source citation for the entire probate packet is:

Bristol County [Mass.] Register of Probate, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, 1690-1881, Estate File 10414 (22 images), John Garnsey of Rehoboth, 1722; digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org); citing original records at Probate Registry, Taunton, Mass.

John Garnsey (1648-1722) resided in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts when he died on 31 March 1722.  He married three times - with his first wife Elizabeth (1652-1714), he had 13 children; with his second wife, Judith Ormsbee (1673-1715), he had one child; with his third wife, Sarah (Miller) Titus (1655-1742), he had no children.

John Garnsey died intestate - leaving no will to probate, so the Probate Court went through the administration process of appointing an administrator, the administrators took an inventory, submitted an account, and distributed the estate to the heirs at law.  There are 22 images in the probate packet for John Garnsey of Rehoboth on the American Ancestors website.  

In the first post in this series (Part 1), the widow and eldest son petitioned the court to relieve them of administratrix/or responsibility, and the Court appointed Seth Garnsey and James Bowen as administrators.

In the second post (Part 2), the three appraisers produced an Inventory of the estate totaling £110 in real estate and £85-13-11 in personal estate.

In this Post 3, the admnistrators have made their account and had it approved by the probate court.

There will be several more posts for this intestate estate in Bristol county, Massachusetts.

John and Elizabeth (--?--) Garnsey are my 8th great-grandparents, through their eldest child, Mehitable Garnsey (1673-1742) who married John Horton (1672-1752) in about 1689, and resided in Rehoboth, 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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Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records for Estate of John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Mass. - Part 2

This week's documents for Amanuensis Monday are from the Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Court records for John Garnsey (1648-1722) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (presented in date order):

a)  Probate Packet 10414 (image 5 of 22):

b)  Probate Packet 10414 (image 6 of 22):

The transcription of this Inventory is:

A true inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels,

Rights and Credets of Mr. John Garnsey Carpenter, Late of

Rehoboth deceased. Taken this 20^th Day of april 1722

by William Salisbury, Francis Willson and John Thomson as to haveth

                                                                                                                       £     s    d

Imprimis To his wearing apparrel	05--04--00
Item to his Books	01--03--00
Item to province Bills	04--04--06
Item to one Pocker book	00--01--06
Item to one silver spoon	00--13--00
Item to two ounces of silver money and six pence	00--16--06
Item to some penneys	00--01--10
Item to one feather bed and bolster	05—00--00
Item to one feather bed furniture bedsted and Cord	08—00--00
Item to one flock bed bolster blanket and coverlid	01—17--00
Item to one Coverlid and blanket 2-0-0 one bedsted and Covs 0-10-0	02—10--00
Item to five sheets and some small Linnen	01--12--06
Item to two new bed Cords onw five shillings the other three shillings	00—08--00
Item to one Wainscot Chest and drawers	00—18--00
Item to one Chest and drawers 0-11-0 to one Letter Chest 0-8-0	00—19--00
Item to eleven yards of new cloath at 4^s pr yard	02—04--00
Item to one Cubburd 0-6-0 one old meal trough 0-4-0	00—10--00
Item to two old Tables	00—03--06
Item to peuter vessels	02—10--03
Item to one brass kittle	01—03--00
Item to one Warming pan	00—13--00
Item to one brass Skillet	00—05--00
Item to two Iron Trammels	00—10--00
Item yo one Iron pot and pot hooks 0-16-0 one Iron pot 0-7-0	01—03--00
Item to one pair of Tongs and one frying pan	00—08--00
Item to three glass bottels one stone Jugg and one Iron Candlestik	00—04--03
Item to houshold Utensils of wood, a trays bowls and dishes} morter and Cann }	00--12--00
Item to one pail and one piggin – 0-2-6 five Chairs 0-12-0	00—14--06
Item to beer barre Tunnel and Cheern	00—04--00
Item to Carpenter Tools and one sickel	01—07--00
Item to one pair of Cans and one Sive	00—04--00
Item to salt pork	01—15--00
Item to one Gun 1-5-0 two Swords 0-9-0	01—14--00
Item to Iron hoops bones and bolts and some other old Iron	00—18--00
Item to one Sundial 0-1-0 one Syth 0-5-0	00—06--00
Item to nine3 pounds of flax	00—09--00
Item to two pounds of Cotton yarn	00—11--00
Item yo some woolen yarn	00—08--08
Item to Linnen yarn	00—05--10
Item to two meat tubs and two bags	00—09--00
Item to one plow, Cops and hors traces	00—11--00
	53—11--10

Item to thirteen pounds of Tobacko 0-4-4 three pounds of hops 2	00—06--04
Item to powder, flints, knapsack and powder horn	00—04--00
Item to one old bedsted and one small bag	00—05--06
Item to beetle two wedges and one small hoe	00--03--00
Item to three pitchforks	03—00--00
Item to one horse	03—00--00
Item to four swine	02—04--00
Item to three cows	12—10--00
Item to one small cow	03—05--00
Item to thirteen bushels of Indian corn	02—12--00
Item to three bushels or rie	00—15--00
Item to nine bushels of ground malt	02—05--00
{due from Samuel Hix 01—12—00       }
{due from John Horton 01—01—00       }
Item to his Credets      {due from John Garnsey 01--00--00         }	04—09--03
{due from Ebenezer Garnsey 00—05--06 }
{due from Joseph Garnsey 00—05--00    }
{due from James Bowen 00—05--09       }
Item to all the Housing and Land (Seths house excepted)	90—00--00
To one third part of a Corn mill	20—00--00
Total	195--13--11

Given under our hands the day above said                           William Salisburry }

                                                                                                Francis + Willson } prisers

                                                                                                        his mark        }

                                                                                              John Thomson        }

Bristoll Ss May 7^th 1722

Then before y^e Honoble Paine Esqr Judge of Probate of

Wills and Granting Letters of Administration within y^e County

of Bristol came Seth Garnsey & James Bowen Administrators

to y^e estate of John Garnsey late of Rehoboth deceased –

Intestate and made oath the Inventory above Written Contains

the whole of That Estate the said deceased dyed seized of and is

Come to their hands and Knowledge and when they Know of more

they will Reveal it that it may be of Record wherewith.

Bristoll Ss: May 9^th 1722 Juratt Coram Nath^ll Paine

The source citation for this probate estate packet is:

Bristol County [Mass.] Register of Probate, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, 1690-1881, Estate File 10414 (22 images), John Garnsey of Rehoboth, 1722; digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org); citing original records at Probate Registry, Taunton, Mass.

John Garnsey (1648-1722) resided in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts when he died on 31 March 1722.  He married three times - with his first wife Elizabeth (1652-1714) he had 13 children; with his second wife, Judith Ormsbee (1673-1715) he had one child; with his third wife, Sarah (Miller) Titus (1655-1742) he had no children. 

John Garnsey died intestate - leaving no will to probate, so the Probate Court went through the administration process of appointing an administrator, the administrators took an inventory, submitted an account, and distributed the estate to the heirs at law.  There are 22 images in the probate packet for John Garnsey of Rehoboth on the American Ancestors website.  

In Part 1, the widow and eldest son petitioned the court to relieve them of administratrix/or responsibility, and the Court appointed Seth Garnsey and James Bowen as administrators.

In this Part 2, the three appraisers have produced an Inventory of the estate totaling £110 in real estate and £85-13-11 in personal estate.

There will be several more posts for this intestate estate in Bristol county, Massachusetts.

John and Elizabeth (--?--) Garnsey are my 8th great-grandparents, through their eldest child, Mehitable Garnsey (1673-1742) who married John Horton (1672-1752) in about 1689, and resided in Rehoboth, 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."

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2017/09/amanuensis-monday-probate-records-for_25.html

Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver

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