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From: Ruy Cardoso <>
Subject: Will Transcription: (Capt.) Stephen Greenleaf of Newbury, 1690
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:26:18 -0700 (PDT)


Will of Capt. Stephen Greenleaf of Newbury, Essex
County, MA, file date 25 Nov 1690, transcribed from
microfilm of Essex County probate copybooks at
Massachusetts Archives, Volume 303, pages 22-23
(volume and pages as numbered by the Archives). Other
probate documents, including inventories, 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.

***

Because I know not the day of my death I make this my
Last will and testat I bequeath my body to the earth
and my soul to god yt gave it in hope of a blessed
resurection

1 I give to my eldest sone Stephen Greenleif the one
half of my house Lott that half next him, he makeing
all the fence that lyeth against his own land I give
him also my share of the yland that we bought between
us of Ephraim winslow of Saulsberry with two acres of
the meadow below the yland next Caleb Moodys meadow
provided there be liberty for Edmund to make a fence
across the yland from my [ditch?] to doctor dole his
[ditch?], and what may be upon the yland may be used
to repaire' the fence and that my sone Stephen with
his brother Edmund and Caleb Moody that is mgadgee Doe
their pro[___]n of the fence to secure their meadow

2d. I give to my sone John Greenlef besides what he
hath already had my freehold Lott at plumb yland he
payeing to his sister Mary five pound in pay when she
shall be marryed or at 18 years of age.

3d I give to my sone Samuel Greenlef besides the
Liveing he hath by deed of gift five sheep and all my
weareing cloths.

4t. I give my sone Tristrum that Liveing at
Har[__]choak the free hold lott with the house &
fences to it, and the two river Lots of Salt marsh at
[foss?] yland he payeing to his sister Mary five
pounds in pay when she shall be marryed or at 18 years
of age.

5 I give my Rate lott to be equally [divided?] [___],
Tristrum, & Edmund [___] as they can they draweing
lotts for yr shares and the Rate lott I bought of
Benja Guttridge I give to my sone Stephen I doe
appoint also my sone Stephen to pay to his sister Mary
three score pound in pay and ten pound in mony within
two years after she shall be 18 years of age or
marriage.

6ly I give to my sone Stephen the Cha[__]er, to
daughter dole the brass pot or the Litle Iron Ketle
wch she will, and the litle silver cup in my cupbord
and one sheep. And I doe hereby [___] that I gave him
the meadow at Saulsberry next major pykes pasture.
that he should have had a deed of gift of, I give to
my daughter noice my gre[at?] platter and the silver
wine cup to her daughter Elizabeth, I give the [_aker
nut?] cup to my sone Stephen

7t I give to my sone Edmund Greenleif the rest of my
Estate houseing land and meadow fence stock houshold
stuff and tools he payeing to his sister Mary [sweet?]
8[_] pound in pay as soon as she shall be marryed.

Lastly. In case my sone Edmund Greenlef should dye
without Issue Lawfully begotten of his own body then
all which I have in this my will given to him I give
to my sone Stephen Greenleff viz. house Lands &c. as
beforementioned, He payeing to the rest of his
brothers and sisters their surviveing proportion also
the value what it may be valued at by two indifferent
men, Reserveing to himself and Mary which I freely
give three parts or shares of said Edmunds portion.

I doe appoint my sone Edmund Greenleif to be my sole
executor and Caleb Moody & Wm Titcomb to see this my
will performed as overseers of the Land. My desyre is
that my well beloved wife shall Live [__] my sone
Edmund But if in case my wife should see good to
remove and Live otherwhere Then Edmund shall pay to
his mother four pounds a yeare or else she [to?] have
the thirds of the Land and further in case my sone
Tristram dye without Issue Lawfully begotten of his
own body Then the one half of the value of the Land
given him by [me?], to be to his widow and the other
half to be divided equally amongst the rest of the
children. In full testimony that this is my last will
& testament I have hereunto put my hand & seale [this
5?] August 1690

Stephen Grenlife & a seale

This was published [___] of Capt Stephen Grenlef
[Senr.?] & signed & sealed in presence of

Benja. Gerrish
Wm Longfellow
James March

[Proved in Salem 25 November 1690]

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