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The following is a transcription copy of the inventory of Edward BATE[S]' estate, recorded in Suffolk Probate Records, Vol. 9, page 925.  Source: "Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Bates of Weymouth, Mass" by Samuel A. Bates, 1900, pgs. 12-13.



Weymouth, April 6, 1686

. An inventory of the estate of Edward Bates, Elder of the Church in Weymouth

£ s.

Wearing apparel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

 

Bed and furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10

 

Brass and pewter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

 

Iron pot, kettle, trammel, pot hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

 

Wooden ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 

10

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 

10

Neat Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 

6

9 Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

5

1/of a Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

10

About 30 acres of Upland commonly called ye Mill lott

180

 

with half a corn mill and quarter pt. of the Sawmill and orchard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

About 120 Acres Upland lying eastward of the Mill

240

 

River in Hingham and Weymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

About 14 Acres Upland upon the south side of the

28

 

Sawmill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 great lots in ye great plain containing about 160 acres

30

 

2 acres in the pine swamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

 

11 Acres Salt Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

110

 

3 acres Fresh meadow called ye pond meadow . . . . . . .

15

 

About 1 acre adjoining to ye orchard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

 

About 8 acres of Fresh meadow lying upon Hingham

12

 

line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Lumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

 

657

15

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