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From: Ruy Cardoso <>
Subject: Will Transcription: Thomas Noyes of Newbury, 1730
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 07:14:01 -0700 (PDT)
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Will of Thomas Noyes of Newbury, Essex County, MA,
file date 24 Apr 1730, transcribed from microfilm of
Essex County probate copybooks at Massachusetts
Archives, Volume 319, pages 153-154 (volume and pages
as numbered by the Archives). Other probate
documents, including an inventory, exist but are not
included here. Punctuation, spelling, grammar, and
capitalization are as they appear on the microfilm.
Brackets indicate any illegible portions or editorial
comments. Spacing between paragraphs added to
increase readability.

***

In the name of God Amen. [___] Anno Dom: one Thousand
seven hundrd. & Eight [___] I Thomas Noyes of Newbury
in ye County of Essex in his maj[ts.?] Province of the
Massachsts. Bay in New England [___] now of Perfect
mind & memory Thanks be Given unto God Therefore
Calling into mind ye mortality of my Body & [__]ing
that it is appointd. for all men once to Dye [___] &
ordain this my Last Will & Testament That is to say
Principaly & first of all I give & Recommend my soul
into the hands of God that gave it & my Body I
[Recommend?] to ye Earth to be Buried in a Decent &
Christian manner at ye Discretion of my Executors
nothing Doubting but at the General Resurection I
shall Receive ye same again by the Allmighty Power of
God and as touching such Worldly Estate Wherewith it
hath Pleased God to Bless me in this Life I Give
Devise & Dispose of the same in ye following Manner &
form –

Im Prs. I Give & Bequeath to Eliza. Noyes my Dearly
Bloved Wife ye Use & Improvement of one third part of
my Dwelling House which Part she Please to Chuse & one
third part of the fruit which shall Grow in my orchard
yearly & a Garden to be fenced for her life & Ten
pounds a year yearly to be paid her by me Exector. &
to Provide for her sutable & Good Wood fitt for her to
keep one Fire & allso to Keep for her two Cows & Ten
sheep both Winter & summer & to Provide a horse &
Carry her to Meeting & Else Where as she shall have
occasion & if my sd. Wife [see?] cause to marry again
then these Rights & Priviledges shall not be paid to
her & Improvd by her so Long as she is a married
Wooman but if she hapen to be a Widow again, if she se
cause to do Return to my house she shall have all the
above mentiond [Rights? &?] Priviledges Again( and
allso I Give to my sd. Wife all my household Goods &
two Cows & Ten sheep to be at her own Dispose &
further if What is above Givn. be not sufficient to
maintain my sd. Wife Comfortably & Credably my
Executors shall provide for her What shall be needed
full & sufficient to Do it.

2d. To my son Danl. Noyes his heirs & assigns forever
I give & bequeath my River Lott so Calld. & one
hundred & seventy Pounds to be Paid [by] my Executor
in Bills of Credt. or other Current money one half to
be be Paid at one years End after my decease & ye
other half at two years End if it be not paid by my
self in my Lifetime.

3rd. To my son Thomas Noyes his heirs & assigns
forever I Give & bequeath my two free hold Lotts Where
he Dwelleth & are now in his Possesion and he shall
pay to my [Exector.?] Twenty Pounds in Current money.

4ly. To my son Joseph Noyes his heirs & assigns
forever I Give & bequeath all ye Lands I gave him by
Deed & all ye peice of Land Adjoy[n]ing Which I Bought
of Capt. Greenleaf –

5ly. To the Children of my Daughter Sarah Clark
Decsd. viz. Thos. Clark Danl. Clark Sarah Noyes &
Martha Noyes I give ten shillings a peice.

6ly. To my Daughtr. Eliza. Hale wife of Doctr. Nathan
Hale I give, besides what she have otherwise had about
ninety three pounds which I Kept an Accot. of in my
Book, fifty pounds of sd. sum I Give to her to be at
her own Dispose to & among her Children as she shall
see Cause(

7ly. To my Daughtr. In Law Mrs. Judeth Coffin formerly
Wife of my son Parker Noyes I Give Twenty shillings.

8ly. To my Daughter Mary Gerrish ye Wife of Mr. Moses
Gerrish( besides What she have allready had I Give
Twenty & [thre?] pounds(

9ly. To my Daughtr. Rebecca Ilsey ye Wife of Mr.
Joseph Ilsley( besides What she have allready had I
Give Which Will make up her portion one hundred
pounds.

10ly. To my Daughtr. Judeth Noyes I Give ye sum of
one hundred pounds & my Will is that ye Legacys above
mentiond be paid in Receiver Bills or other Current
money & my Will is that if any part of ye Legacys
above mentiond be paid in my life time my Executr.
shall not be obligd. to pay it over again(

11ly. To my Son[s] Stephen Noyes & Moses Noyes I give
to be Equaly divided betwixt them( & to their heirs &
assigns for ever I give & bequeath all my houses barns
& out houses & all my Lands marshes & meadous & Wood
Lott or Lotts & all my Rights & Priviledges in ye
undivided or Common Lands not otherwise Disposd. of &
I Give to my sd. sons Stephen [&?] Moses all my
Personal Estate not otherwise Disposed of & I Do
Ordain & Appoint my sons Stephen & Moses Noyes to be
ye Executors of this my Last Will, to receive all my
Debts & to pay all my Debts, and funeral Charges [&
etc.?] & I Do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke &
Disa[null?] all & Every other former Testaments Wills
Legacys & bequests Execut[_] by me in any Wife before
named Willed & bequeathed. Ratifying & Confirming
this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament In
Witness Whereof I have sett to my name & seal the Day
& year abov Written. Signd. Seald. & Publishd.
Pronouncd.

Thomas Noyes (seal)

Declard. by ye sd. Thos. Noyes as his Last Will &
Testament in Presence of

[witnesses’ names illegible]

[Proved in Ipswich 24 April 1730]


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