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Amanuensis Monday -- 1692 Will of Richard Sawtell (1611-1694) of Watertown, Massachusetts This week's document for transcription is the 1692 will of the estate of Richard Sawtell (1611-1694) of Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, which is in Estate File 19965 in the Middlesex County Probate Court records.  [image 2 of 4]: The inventory is also included in the Middlesex County Probate Court Clerk's volumes, in Volume 8, pages 239-240: The transcription of the will is (from the court clerk volume, because it is clearer and easier to read): In the name of god Amen. I Richard Sawtell be...

Amanuensis Monday -- 1697 Will of John Grout (1616-1697) of Sudbury, Massachusetts This week's document for transcription is the 1697 will of John Grout (1616-1697) of Sufbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, which is in Estate File 9951 in the Middlesex County Probate Court records.  [image 2 of 14] The will above is somewhat blurry, torn on several edges, and has water damage in places, plus the handwriting is difficult to read.  Rather than stumble through the original will above, I will transcribe the Probate Court clerk's transcription of the will in the contemporaneous Middlesex Coun...

Several more records this time - but only one sheds some light on Ann (--?--) Seaver! In What Is the Maiden Name of Ann (--?--) Seaver (1807-????)? - Part 1, we walked through the available records for Ann's husband, Nathaniel Seaver (1803-1859), except for one set of records.  Ann was a part of the 1850 and 1855 census records, but was not mentioned in Nathaniel's birth, city directory or death records.   In  What Is the Maiden Name of Ann (--?--) Seaver (1807-????)? - Part 2, we looked at Nathaniel Seaver's probate records in Rensselaer County, New York.  He left everything - all pers...

[image 2 of 8] third day of March      I of Midd'x in New England yeo. being in a State of health in Body and of perfect minde and memory Thanks be given unto God, Yet Calling to Minde the Mortallity of my Body and Knowing it is Appointed for men once to dye Do make and ordaine this my Last Will and Testement, That is to  Say, Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my Soule into the hands of God who gave it hopeing throw the Merits and Satisfaction of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sins

I sick & weak, but in perfect memory, not knowing how soone I may end the dayes of my weary pilgrimage; doe constitute this my Last will and testament for y'e disposal of what I shall leave behind me as followeth. I give my ten younger children thirty pound in mony their parts should be payd a moneth after my decease: that which belongs to the unmarryed my will is it should be in their mothers hand to be kept for them till they come to age capable. Item I give to my son Sam: Church after my decease. Philip Shattack the one half of my farme