History of Chelsea, Samuel Cole’s Will
The Lewis Farm
In 1654 Samuel Cole in his deed to
William Halsey reserved
one-
sixth of the farm. By will dated December 21,
1666, and witnessed
by Elias Maverick, Aaron Way and John Senter, he gave to his
daughter
Elizabeth Weeden, wife of Edward Weeden, ".that
Land
of
mine at Rumney marsh, which at present her
husband & shee
ives upon & have done for some years past which is the sixt part
of
my Land, the residue whereof I sold to Cornet Halsey as
apeareth by the deed made unto him,"
and six
acres of marsh
at
Hogg Island, "all which Land my said
daughter & her hus-
band
shall enjoy during their natarall life & my will
is that after
their
decease it shall bee Equally divided amongst all their Chil-
dren."
He gave them also "
the sume of Twenty pounds which
is
due unto me from John scenter, to bee layed
out towards the
building
of a new house, upon that Land formerly exprest at
Rumney
marsh." He gave for life to his " old servant
Elizabeth
Ward,
that Cow that I have in the keeping of my son in Lawe
Edward
Weeden." March 28, 1664, Edward Weeden agreed with
the
selectmen of Boston to care for Elizabeth Ward during the
rest
of her natural life for £1.2 a year. Samuel
Cole appointed
his
son John Cole and daughter Elizabeth Weeden the executors
of
his will, which was probated February 13,
1666/7. The In-
ventory
of the estate of Samuel Cole, at Winnisimmet, deceased,
was
taken by Elias Maverick, Aaron Way and
William Ireland.
There
were goods at Winnisimmet, and a few books, pictures and
the
.like at "James Euerells" in Boston. (Suff.
Prob. Rec.,
L. 1,
f.
482; L. 5, f. 36.) Presumably Samuel Cole
died at the house
of
his granddaughter Sarah Senter. (See
chap. vii.)
In
1673 and 1673, Joseph and John Weeden of Boston, Samuel
Weeden
of Rumney Marsh with his wife Hannah, and
Sampson and
Elizabeth
Cole of Rumney Marsh conveyed their rights in this farm
to
Jeremiah Belcher, possession thereof to be had after the death
of
their parents Edward and Elizabeth Weeden. (Suff. Deeds,
L.,8, ff. ;176-181.) Samuel Weeden was born in August, 1644.
(Boston
Records.) The following children of Edward
and Eliza-
beth
Weeden of Eumney Marsh were mentioned in a deed dated
in
June, 1673, —Jeremiah Belcher of Boston (i. e. Winnisimmet)
and
his wife Sarah, Samuel Weeden, husbandman, John Weeden.
seaman,
Elizabeth Weeden, Jr., Edward Weeden, Jr., Hannah
Weeden,
and Mary Weeden. Edward Weeden, Elizabeth
Weeden
and
Sarah Belchar made their mark; Jeremiah
Belcher signed
his
name. (L. 8, f. 51.) The land was described in 1672 as a
piece
of " Vpland
partly bounded Northeast Vpon ye
Ypland of
Cornet
William Hasee :
Westerly on m". NewGate in the posses-
sion
of Henry greene :
Northerly bounded by mr John Tuttle ";
and
meadow which bounded " Easterly vpon the
Meadow of Elder
Pens
widdow, Westerly on y* Meadow of Cornett William
Hasee
&
otherwise bounded by a beach." There was also the meadow
on Hog Island which was sold
to Mrs. Newgate in June.