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Bronson, Richard
b. 23 JUL 1615 Earls Colne, Essex, England (baptism)
d. 1687 Farmington, CT (age 72y)
Family:

Family History:

On July 19, 1653 Richard's wife joined the church at Farmington and had their three eldest children baptized. On April 2, 1654 Richard joined the church at Farmington. On March 1, 1680 Richard and his wife were full communicants and listed as the renters of the 7th pew at the church. The practice at that time was to assign pews in order of highest bidder, which gives us a relative sense for Richard's position in the community among the 42 pew holders. On February 27, 1684 he prepared his will:

I Richard Brunson of Farmington do give to my wife during her life half the Use or benefit of my whole Homestead, as also the Lower room of that called the old house & the chamber next above it, & a good Cowe. She having beding & household Implements necessary of her owne, I ad nothing herein, but doe ordain & appoint my son Samuel Bronson my soale executor To my personal and reall estate at the end & Term of my naturall Life, only the Legacies hereafter expressed I doe appoynt him my sayd son Samuel Brunson to pay, viz: That which as abovesayd is bequeathed to my wife he is not to enter upon during her natural Life & then to take possession of that part of my estate as my whole & soale executor, as also to pay these following Legacies: I having given to my two other sons their portions, I give to my daughter Hannah £4 more, to my daughter Eddy £3 more, to my daughter Abigail 40s more, to my daughter Mary one bed, a new Blanket, one payre of sheets, & to be paid 40s per annum so long as she liveth unmarried, & on her marriage day a good Cowe. What I doe give unto my son Samuel Bronson, my Executor, is as followeth: all my Homelott with houses, out howses, barn, orchyard, garden or gardens, timber wood, underwood, with all the appurtenances thereon or thereunto belonging, excepting that part given to my wife during her Life; then this Instrument standeth good to my son Samuel to possess the whole of my Homelott except that part which is given to my son John Brunson. I give to my son Samuel 5 acres of Pequabock meadow adjoyning John Wadsworth's Land, John Stanly's Land, and on Samuel Gridley's Land, As also 4 acres more or less in Pequabock meadow adjoyning a highway, Moses Ventruss & Thomas Barnes his Land. I also give to my son Samuel Bronson all my other estate, as cattell, horses, neet sheep or swine, with all my Implements of Husbandry, brass or pewter, beding, whatsoever is truly mine, to him and his heirs forever. Richard X Brunson. Witness: William Lewis sen., Samuel Lewis

On September 26, 1687 Richard's estate was inventoried and valued at £405-08-00. On October 26, 1687 his estate was proved.

Children:

Bronson, Abigail
b. 19 JUL 1653 Farmington, CT (baptism)
Bronson, Cornelius
b. 19 JUL 1653 Farmington, CT (baptism)
Bronson, John
b. 19 JUL 1653 Farmington, CT (baptism)
Bronson, Samuel

Bronson, Hannah
Bronson, Edith
Bronson, Mary

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