Samuel FREEMAN WILL - 1777
Submitted by: Ruby Simonson McNeill
RECORD OF WILL
Calendar of Wills 1771-1780
1777, July 8. Freeman, Samuel, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co.; will of.
Wife, Mary, £100. The salt meadow I bought of Joseph Shotwell, and 1/2
of the land I bought of William Stone, and a salt meadow which was
devised to me by my father, Henry Freeman, all to be sold.
Granddaughter, Hannah, £12; granddaughter, Catharine, £12; Elizabeth,
£12; they being the daughters of my son, Jonathan, deceased. The rest
of the money from the sale of the above lands to be given to my
grandsons, Samuel Stone Freeman and James Freeman, sons of my son,
Jonathan, deceased.
Plantation where I live, and 2 parcels of salt
meadow in Raway Meadows, to be sold, and the money divided among my
grandsons, Samuel, Jedadiah and Henry, who are sons of my son, James,
deceased, but if my daughter-in-law Catharine, the widow of my son
James, should bear him another child, then it is to have its share.
Grandson, Samuel, son of my son James, deceased, the house and lot I
bought of Isaac Bonnel, Sheriff of Middlesex Co., when 21. Personal
estate to be sold, and the money to be divided among my daughters, Sarah
Force, Pary Pain and Rachel Tucker, and my grandchildren, the children
of my daughter, Hannah Frazee, deceased, and my grandchildren, the
children of my daughter, Elizabeth Morris, deceased. The other 1/2 part
of that land I bought of William Stone to be sold and the money given to
my grandsons, Samuel Stone Freeman and James Freeman, sons of my son
Jonathan, deceased, Samuel, Jedediah and Henry Freeman, three of the
sons of my son James, deceased, when they are 21.
Executors - friends
James Bonney and James Fitz Randolph. Witnesses - Samuel Force, Jr.,
David Edgar, Joseph D Camp. Proved Feb. 23, 1778.
1778, Feb. 4. Investory made, but names of appraisers not given.
Bonds and notes were against the following persons: Jonathan Freeman,
Robert F. Randolph, David Alston, Lewis Morris, John Freeman, John
Payne, John Tucker, Noah Crane, Isaac Thorn, James Freeman Jr., Matthias
Baker, Thomas P. Force, Henry Force, James Bonney, Morris Frazee and
Benjamin Shotwell.
Lib. 19, p.491
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