This week's documents for Amanuensis Monday are the 1747 Middlesex County, Massachusetts will for Samuel Hubbard (1687-1753) of Concord, Massachusetts:
The transcription of this will is:
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In
the Name of God Amen. The Second Day of September
in the Twenty
first year of His Majesties Reign annoque Domini one Thous-
and Seven Hundred and forty seven. I Samuel Hubbard of Concord in the
County of Middlesex, within the province of the Massachusetts Bay in
New
England Taylor, being in good bodyly Health and of perfect mind
and
memory Thanks be to God therefor. But Calling to mind the
mortality
of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men
once to Die,
Do make & ordain this my Last Will and Testament.
First
and Principally I give & Recommend my soul to the Hands
of God
that gave it. And my Body I commend to the Earth to be
buried, in a
Christian and Decent manner, at the Discreation of my
Executor
(hereafter named) nothing Doubting but at the Resurection
I Shall
Receive the same by the mighty Power of God.
And Touching my Worly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to
Bless me in this Life, I give Devise and dispose of the same in the
following form and manner (viz^t) my just Debts and funeral charges to be payd by my ^Executors.
Imprinus.
I Will and Bequeath unto Prudance Hubbard my now dearly beloved
Wife
all my Houshold goods propper to be used within Doors, of every sort
to
her own Disposal forever. also my Will is that my sd Wife shall
have the
Improvement of the whole of my now Dwelling house with
Liberty to pass
to and from the same for firewood and water &c.
Further my Will is that
my Executor or his Heirs Executors or
administrators shall yearly and every
year provide for and Deliver to
my abovesd wife six bushel of marchant-
able Indian corn, four bushel
of Rie and one bushel and an half of malt
and one Hundred & forty
pound of marchatable Pork and two barrels
of Cyder, and a sufficiency
of firewood Cut fit for the fire, and one Cow
kept for her use,
summers & winters, also three pounds money old Tenour.
And if my
said Wife Die my Widow, my Will is that he my said Executor
bestow
upon her a Decant Christian Burial. The articles above shall duely &
yearly ^be performed towards my sd wife by my Executor During her
natural Life
if she Die my Widow; but if she shall marry to another
man in
that case at her marriage my Executor shall be quit from any
further pay-
ments as abovesaid (only she shall be the sole owner of my
Household goods
as abovesaid) also at her second marriage she shall
quit the Improvement of sd Dwelling
house.
It.
I give to my sons Ephraim Hubbard and Samuel Hubbard all my wearing
apparriel to be equally Divided between them.
It.
I Give to Ephraim Hubbard my Eldest son the sum of fifty pounds
money
according to old Tenour.
It.
I Give to Samuel Hubbard my second son the sum of twenty pounds
money according to old Tenour.
It.
I Give to my Daughter Mary Gates the sum of thirty pounds money
according to old Tenour.
It.
I Give to my Daughter Sarah Jones the sum of thirty pounds
money
according to old Tenour.
It.
I Give to my Daughter Lydia Davis the sum of forty pounds money
according to old Tenour.
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I
Give to Silance Darby my youngest Daughter the sum of Thirty
pounds
money according to old Tenour; further my will is that my Executor
pay the Respective sums of money to the six Children above named or
their
Leagal Representatives within one full year after my Decase.
I
Give to my Grandaughter Lois Hubbard Eldest Daughter of my son
Ephraim Hubbard, if she arrive to the age of eighteen years, the sum
of
ten pounds according to old Tenour in Bills of publick Credit.
I
Give to my Grandaughter Sarah Hubbard Eldest Daughter of my
son
Samuel Hubbard, if she arrive to the age of eighteen years the
sum of
ten pounds according to old Tenour in Bills of Publick Credit.
The
Leagacies to sd grandchildren to be Payd to them by my Executor when
they
arrive to the age of Eighteen years Respectively.
The
Remainder of my Estate both Real and Personal of what Name or nature
soever (besides what is given as abovementioned) I Give and Bequeath
to my
youngest son Isaac Hubbard forever. Whom I also Constitute
make and ordain
the only and sole Executor of this my Last Will and
Testament and I do
Hereby utterly Revoke make null and void all other
Wills and Testaments
by me made at any time. Confirming this as my
Last Will and Testament
In Witness Whereof I have affixed my Hand and
Seal the Day of the Date
above written.
Signed
Sealed Pronounced
Published
and Declared
In
the Presents of us Witnesses Samuel Hubbard
Jonas
Heywood
Ephraim
Wood Junr
Samuel
Heywood
The source citation for this will is:
"Middlesex County, MA: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital image, Ameircan Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 6 November 2016), Probate Packet #12,200, will of Samuel Hubbard, 1747; Original data from Middlesex County [Mass.] Probate Court probate packets.
Samuel Hubbard (1687-1753) was married twice. By his first wife, Sarah Clark (1681-1720) who he married in 1709 in Concord, he had five children, Ephraim, Mary, Samuel, Sarah and Lois Hubbard. By his second wife, Prudence Temple (1692-????) who he married in 1721, he had three children, Silence, Lydia, and Isaac Hubbard.
The will was presented to the Middlesex County Probate Court on 28 January 1754 by executor Isaac Hubbard and witnesses Jonas Heywood and Ephraim Wood, Jr. No inventory, account or distribution was included in the probate packet.
The will names seven children and two grandchildren. He gave money to six of the children and the two grandchildren out of his estate, and named his youngest son Isaac, to receive the real and personal property, provide for his mother, and be executor of the will. At the time of the writing of the will, Isaac was age 18, and at his father's death, he was 24.
My descent from Samuel and Sarah (Clark) Hubbard is through their eldest daughter, Mary (Hubbard) Gates (1712-1754), who married Amos Gates (1706-1783) in 1732. Samuel and Sarah (Clark) Hubbard are my sixth great-grandparents.
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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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