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Peter Adams Sr. Bond
Case No. 1770
Know all men by these presents that we
Peter Adams
of Medfield, James Alby of Mendon, and
Nathaniel Fox
of Boston in the County of Suffolk in
New England
are holden & firmly bound unto Mr.
Adam Winthrop
Treasurer of the County of Suffolk
aforesd in the sum
of foure hundred pounds currant money
of New England
to be payd unto him sd Adam Winthrop
his Succes^rs in
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that office or Assignes To the true
paym^t of w^ch said
Sum we bind o^r selves o^r heires
Execut^rs & Adm^rs joint-
ly & severally firmely by these
presents Sealed with o^r
Seales dated in Boston December the
fourth Anno Dni
1690, Annoqe R-R^s et Reginair
Guilielmi et Mariae Angliae
&c secundo.
The Condition of this obligation is
such that whereas Adm^con
to the Estate of Peter Adams late of
Medfield dec^d dying
intestate was granted to Peter Adams of
sd Medfield
son of the dec^d. If therefore the
above bound Peter Adams
do make and exhibit a just & true
Inventory of all the
goods, chattles rights & Credits of
the dec^d upon oath and
do well & truly administer the same
presenting unto the
County Court for Suffolk a true account
of his Adm^con
and shall likewise be accountable to sd
Court for sd Estate
when called thereunto so farre as the
law will charge
him therewith then this present
obligation to be voyd
& of none effect otherwise to
remaine in full force and
virtue.
Sealed & delivered Petter Admes (Seal)
in presence of us Signum
Thomas Savage James T. Alby (Seal)
Joseph Webb Signum
Nath^ll F. Fay (Seal)
Agreem^t for Distribu^t
Medfield Aprill the 1, 1691
Wee the Children of Peter Adams of
Medfield in the
County of Suffolk in New England
Deceased Doe here-
by Each one own and acknowlidge our
Selves fully Sat-
isfyed and Contente with the Division
of the Estate of our
Said father Peter adams having Each one
Received our
part as here followeth humbly Craveing
the honnered
Courts Exceptation of said Division and
Confirmation
and Setleing said Estate accordingly
as wittnesse our
hands and seals.
To Peter Adams 19 acres of land and
Swampy meadow
on the west side of Charles River and
fourteen acres of
woodland on the west side of Charles
River and 7 acres of
woodland more on said side the River
and 2 acres of
meadow and halfe in grape medow and one
horse one
steer and a blankitt all Estimated att
£54 00s 00d.
To John Fisher and hanah his wife one
fourth part
of the buildings and Land and meadow in
the lower side
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of the way and one 4th part
of a litle prcell of Land on
the North side of the way and five
acres of pine Swamp
and halfe that Lot in bridgstreet plain
Lying between the
Lots of Edward Adams and Alexander
Lowell one cow
and calfe bedstead teekins pillow
sheets ax Jacks sythe
forks hows and sickells all Estimated
att £27 00s 00d.
To John Adams one fourth part of the
buildings and Land
and meadow on the lower side of the way
and one 4th part
of a little prcell of Land on the North
side of the way and
one acre and halfe of Swamp by harbor
Iland 2 acres on
bridgstreet plain and halfe Stop River
wood lot and
halfe 7 acres and one Rood of Land in
Reversion to be laid
out one ox one chain and Cart Rope all
Estimated att £27 00s 00d.
To Joseph Adams one fourth part of the
buildings and
land and mead Dow the lower side of the
way and one
4th part of a litle prcell
of land Lying on the North sid
of the way and one acre and halfe of
Swamp by har-
bor Iland and two acres of land on
bridgstreet plain
and halfe Stop River wood lot and halfe
7 acres and
a Rood of Land in Reversion to be laid
out and one ox
yoaks plow and bridle all Estimated att
£27 oos 00d.
To Mary Adams one fourth part of the
buildings and
Land and meadow on the lower side of
the way and one
4th part of a litle prcell
of Land Lying on the North side
of the way and ten acres Land at Long
plaine feather
bed great Kitle and other houselstoof
one Cow and one
Swine all
Estimated at £27 00s 00d.
To Ruth Adams one hundred and one acres
of Land
att the New grant and bed and beding
brasse Kitle and
other houselstoof one horse and two
swine
all Estimated att
£27 00s 00d.
To Ensigne Edward Adams Gardian for
Sam^ll adams
one of the heirs of said Estate two
acres and halfe of
meadow in the uper broad meadow and one
wood lot
Northward of said Town and two acres of
upland
in bridgestreet plaine on that side
Next allexander
Lowells Land and five acres of pine
Swamp and
five acres of Land on the west side of
Charls River one
Cow and steer and other moveables.
All Estimated att
£27 00s 00d.
Further wee the said Subscribers
Doe hereby bind and ingage
Peter Adams (seal)
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our Selves heirs and Assigns that
in case any more Debts apeer Due
from said Estate then wee John Fisher {Seal)
will Each on bare our Equall share Hannah h Fisher
in paying Such Debts according John Adams (Seal)
to our interest in said Estate and Joseph Adams (Seal)
also to bare our share in paying Mary A Adams (Seal)
what Debts now appere in case
there be not Estat Left undivid hir mark
in said Estat to pay them Ruth R Adams (Seal)
Sealed in the presence of us. Signum.
Georg Fairbanks Edward Adams (Seal)
Joseph Wheeler as Guardian of
Sam^ll Adams
Boston,
April 3th 1691
Peter Adams, John Fisher & Hannah
Fisher one of the
daughters of Peter Adams, John Adams,
Joseph Adams
Mary Adams Ruth Adams Edward Adams as
Guard-
ian of Samuel Adams, the Children of
Peter Adams
late of Medfield dec^d did all
personally appeare before
the County Court then sitting in Boston
and did
all acknowledge their severall hands &
seales and that
it was their Act & Agreem^t for the
settling of the Estate of
their late Father Peter Adams and that
they were
there w^th content desire mss. msg
firme the same
which was accordingly done.
Attest: Joseph Webb Cler.
Know all men by these presents that I
George fair-
bank of Medfield in the County of
Suffolk in New England
having formerly married the Daughter of
Peter Adams
of said Medfield in said County and
having issue
by her and said Peter Adams my father
in Law Die-
ing in intestate and upon Division of
Said Estate
Said George fairbanks having Received
fourteen Pounds
of said estate and also considering
what I formerly
Received of my said father in law whear
with I ack-
nowlidge myselfe well Sattisfied and
Contented,
have and hereby Doe for my Selfe heirs
Executors
administrators and Assignes forever
Aquitt Discharg
and Exhonnerate the heires executors
administrators
and Assignes of Said estate and also
Doe hereby bind
and ingage my Selfe heires Executors
administrators
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and assigns that I or any of them shall
not make
any other Claime of any part or Demand
of any in-
terest in said Estate and also to
warrant and Defend
the same against the lawfull Claims of
mine or any
under them as witness my hand and Seal
this
tenth Day of January Sixteen hundred
ninety ninety
one.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
in the presence of
Edward Adams Georg fairbank (Seal)
Sam^ll Barbur
George Fairbank came into Court April 5
1691 and
owned this to be his Act & deed.
Attest. Joseph Webb Cler.
The source citation for this record is:
Massachusetts,
Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, indexed database with digital
images,Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com),
citing Suffolk County [Mass.] Probate Records, 1636-1899, "Probate
Records, Vol. 3-4, 1636-1776," Volume 3, pages 185-189, Peter
Adams of Medfield Estate, 1691.
In the distribution of the intestate estate of Peter Adams (1622-1691) of Medfield, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the following heirs were named:
* Peter Adams (son)
* John Fisher and Hannah Fisher (daughter of Peter Adams)
* John Adams (son)
* Joseph Adams (son)
* Mary Adams (daughter)
* Ruth Adams (daughter)
* Samuel Adams (son, Edward Adams his guardian)
George Fairbank may have married either Mary Adams or Ruth Adams after the distribution was decided upon, and received £14 as a share (although Mary and Ruth each received £27 pounds as their share).
Note that the son, Peter Adams, received £54 and the other named heirs received £27, indicating that Peter Adams was the eldest son and received a double share.
This record as presented above and found in the Ancestry Massachusetts Wills and Probate collection is definitely a probate court clerk's transcription of an earlier record, and may even be a second or third transcription. As such, it is a Derivative Source record, with Primary Information and Direct Evidence for the heirs and their shares of the estate of Peter Adams of Medfield.
Peter Adams (1622-1690) and Rachel Newcomb (1654-????) of Medfield, Massachusetts are my ninth great-grandparents. I am descended through their daughter, Hannah (Adams) Fisher (1654-1746), wife of John Fisher (1652-1727), also of Medfield.
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