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In the Name of God Amen this 14'th Day of June Dom: 1764
I Samuel Wakeman of y'e Town & County of Fairfield & Colony of Connecticutt
being Advanced in Age bout of Sound Mind & Memory do make & Ordain this my
Last Will & Testament. First I recommend my Soul to God & my body I Commit
to y'e Dust to be buryed at y'e Discretion of my Executor; and as to Such Worldly Estate
wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life I Give Devise and
Bequeath y'e Same in Manner following Viz.
Impr'as I will & Order all my Just Debts & funerall Charges to be paid out of my Moveable
Estate.
Item I Give & Devise unto my two Grandsons Epaphras & Elippelet Son of my dec'd
Son Moses and to their Heirs & Assigns forever to be Equally Divided between them
my Tract of Land in s'd Fairfield in Quantity about One hundred Acres & begins
at a Rock a boundary between said Tract & Land of Jabez Wakeman & from a Square
Line Across my Land there to Extend from thence upward or Northwesterly taking the
Whole of my Land in Wakemans & Gold Long Lott so far as my Land Extends below y'e
Cross Highway y't runs by Nath'l Whiteheads dwelling House also y'e building thereon.
Item I Give & Devise unto my Son Samuel Wakeman & to his Heirs & Assigns forever
my Farm of Land Lying Near flint Hill so Called & is to begin at a White Oak
Pole with Stones Round it Standing on y'e West Side of said Farm & from thence to
Run taking y'e whole width of my Land Northwesterly to a heap of Stones laid about
a Quarter Stake a Little over a Brook at y'e Northerly foot of s'd Hill in Quantity
about One hundred Acres with y'e Buildings thereon.
Item I Give & Devise unto my Son George Wakeman & to his Heirs & Assigns forever
all my Homested Farm of Land beginning at y'e Front of y'e Long Lott & to Extend
from thence Northwesterly taking y'e whole width of my Lands untill it Comes to y'e
first Cross highway in Quantity about One hundred & Twenty Acres with y'e buildings
thereon.
Item all y'e Residue & Remainder of my Estate both Real & Personal I give Devise
& bequeath unto my Children Samuel George Ann Elizabeth Sarah Martha &
my Grandchildren Elizabeth Mary & Sarah Children of my s'd Son Moses dec'd
To be Equally Divided between them only my said Grandchildren together is
to Share only Equal to one of my said Children Viz. One seventh part.
Finally, I hereby Constitute & Appoint my Son Samuel Sole Executor of this my Last
Will & Testam't declaring this & No other to be my Last Will & Testament In Witness
whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal y'e Date first above Written.
Signed Sealed & Declred by y'e said Samuel Wakeman
to be his Last Will & Testam't in Presence of Sam'll Wakeman {seal}
Elias Pelletrean
Isaac Burr
David Burr Jun'r
Memorandum Whereas I Samuel Wakeman of y'e Town & County of
Fairfield being of sound Mind & Memory having allready made my
Last Will & Testament bearing Date June 14: 1764 And therein gave
a Residuary Legacy to my Daughter Martha who is since dc'd
My Will now is and I do hereby Give & Devise to my three Daughters
Elizabeth Ann & Sarah and to my three Grandaughters Children of my
son Moses, Viz. Elizabeth Mary & Sarah and to their Heirs & Assigns
all that Estate & Interest that I Gave to my said Daughter Martha
in my said Will (Reffference there to being had) to be Divided so as that
my three Daughrrs Afores'd Shall have Equall with Each Other and
my said Grandaughters Shall together have Equall Share to One of my
said Daughters. And I do hereby Confirm & Order this my codicil
to be Annexed to and Deemed as part & parcel of my Last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal in Fairfield
this first Day of April Dom: 1766.
Signed Sealed & Declared by y'e Testator Sam'll Wakeman {seal}
as Part of his Last Will & Testament
In presence of
Elias Pelletrean
Eunice Burr
David Burr Jn'r
At a Court of Probate held in Fairfield Nov'r y'e 5'th 1771
Personally Appeared David Burr Jun'r & Eunice Burr Subscribing Witnesses to y'e Above
& foregoing Codicil & on Oath Declared y't they Saw Sam'll Wakeman Dec'd
Sign & Seal y'e Same & heard him pronounce it to be part & parcel of his
Last Will & Testament & y't then Judged him to be of Sound Mind and
Memory & y't they then Set to their Hands as Witnesses in y'e presence of y'e Testator
& of Each other Elias Peletroan y'e Other Witness haveing Removed out of y'e Colony
his Deposition could not be had. Test. Heze'h Silliman Clerk.
The source citation for this deed is:
Fairfield District, Connecticut Probate Court, will of Samuel Wakeman, dated 14 June 1764, codicil dated 1 April 1766, both proved 5 November 1771; imaged, "Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1555455:9049 : accessed 18 August 2024), "Fairfield District > Probate Packets, Wakeman, S-Weed, Jonas, 1648-1880," images 51-58 of 1383; original rccords in Fairfield County, Connecticut Probate Court records, microfilmed by FamilySearch, and indexed by Ancestry.com.
This will is an Original Source (because it is in a probate packet and appears to be in the hand of the testator) with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the disposal of the real and personal property of Samuell Wakeman to his children and their heirs. The will names seven children of Samuell Wakeman - sons Moses (deceased), Smuel and George, and daughters Elizabeth, Ann, Martha and Sarah, plus five grandchildren (children of son Moses). An inventory of the personal and real estate was taken on 27 November 1771, and is included in the probate packet. The inventory totaled £3024 18s 3p. The land given to the sons was valued at £750 each, and other land parcels of differeing values were included.
Samuel Wakeman (1693-1771) was born 24 February 1693 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony,, the son of John and Martha (Hubbell) Wakeman. He died 19 April 1771 in Fairfield, Fairfield county, connecticut Colony. Samuel married Elizabeth --?-- (1695-1759) in about 1720 in Fairfield, Fairfield county, Connecticut Colony. They had nine children:
* Eleanor Wakeman (c1722-????)
* Anne Wakeman (c1724-1810), married 1753 Nathan Hubbell (1727-1801).
* Moses Wakeman (c1726-1766), married 1745 Mary Goodsell (1727-1759).
* Elizabeth Wakeman (1729-1793), married 1746 John Lyon (1726-1799).
* Sarah Wakeman (1731-1769), married 1756 Gershom Hubbell (1729-1802).
* Samuel Wakeman (1731-1809), married 1760 Mabel Burr (1740-1818).
* Martha Wakeman (1736-1766), married 1765 Nathan Hill (1731-1794).
* Seth Wakeman (c1738-????).
* George Wakeman (1740-1815), married 1762 Sarah Hill (1742-1832).
Samuel and Elizabeth (--?--) Wakeman are my 7th great-grandparents. I am descended through their son George Wakeman (1740-1815), who married Sarah Hill (1742-1832) in 1762.
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