Estate of Edward Chapman of Ipswich *

Essex Probate Docket # 5018
"[In the name of God copy] amen I Edward Chapman of Ipswich in the [county of Essex copy] being weake of Body but through the mercy of God [Inioying my copy] understanding ane memory do make and ordaine this [my last copy] will and Testament. Inprimis I comitt my Soule into the hands of Jesus Christ my blessed Savior and Redeemer in hope of a joyfull resurection unto life at the last day, and my Body to decent Buriall. and for my outward Estate that God hath Graciousy lent vnto me I do dispose of as ffoloweth viz / my beloved wife there being a covenant and contract betweene us upon mariage my will is that it be faithfully fullfilled, Twenty pounds of that conteined in the covnant to be in such household goods as she shall desire, also my will is that my beloved wife Dorithye Chapman Q% shall have Q% the use of the parlour; end of the house both upper and lower roomes with the little celler that hath lock and key to it, with free liberty of the use of the oven, and well of watter, with ten good bearing fruit trees neare that end of the house which Q% she Q% is to make use of, to hve the fruit of them, also the garden plot fenct in below the orchard and one quarter of the barne at the further end from the house also to have the goeing of one cow in the pasture And all dureing the time she doth remaine my widdo Item my Son Symon haveing allredy done for him beyond my other children my will is that he shall have thirty pounds payd him by my executor as followeth vix. / to be payd five pound a yeare to begin the first five pound three yeares after my decease and five every yeare next after and this to be his full portion And for four pound that is comeing vnto him of his Grand. father Symonds gift, which is yet behind my will is that it shall be payd vnto him out of that Six acre lott lyeing at wattells neck which was his Grand-fathers' as it shall be prised by indiferent men.
"Item I give and bequeath vnto my Son Nathaniell Chapman thirty pounds to be payd unto him by my executor by five pound a yeare, the first five pounds to be payd three yeares after my decease and the rest by five pounds a yeare the next following yeares & that to be his full portion. Item I give and bequeath vnto my daughter mary the wife of John Barry the sum of thirtye pounds to be payd vnto her by five pounds a yeare, the first five pounds to be payd three years, after my decease, and soe every year after five pouds a yeare vntill it be all payd All the aforsayd Legasies to be payd in current country pay vnto the sd children Also I will and give vnto my sayd daughter mary one coverlet that is black & yellow Item I apoynt my Sonn Samuell to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament and do give vnto him all my house and lands and chattells, he paying and pformeing all my will vnto my wife and Brothers and Sister as is above exprest and also all my debts and funerall charges I say I give vnto him my sayd Sonn Sameull Chapman all the rest of my estate both reall and psonall, my will further is that all my children shall rest satticefied with what I have done for them, and if any of them shall through discontent make trouble abouth this my will, that then they shall forfit and loose what I have heerin bequeathed vnto them vnto him or them that shall so be molested by them, in wittens that this is my last will & testament I have heere unto put my hand and Seale this 9th of Aprill 1678."

Edward (his ] mark) Chapman.

Witness: Moses Pengry, Senr., Robert Lord, Senr.
Proved in Ipswich court Apr. 30, 1678 by the witnesses.

Inventory taken Apr. 27, 1678, by John Whipple and Simon Stace: his dweling hows & homstead with out housing, 150li.; six accers of planting lande, 30li.; two accers of of Land in the Comon feild, 8li.; sixe accers of upland in watls his necke, 18li.; 12 accers of marche in the hunderds, 36li.; two accers of march in the nunderds, 6li. 13s. 4d.; fowr oxen small, 18li.; fower Cows and thre Calves, 12li.; one haifer & one steer of 3 years old, 5li.; one horse, two mares, one yearling Colt, 6li.; fivetene sheepe, five Lames with one yearling Calf, 7li.; 40 bush. of Indian Corne, 6li.; berly 14 bush, Rye two bush., wheat 3 bush 1-2, 4li. [6d. copy] his waring Clothes Linon & woolin wth hats, shoos, 7li.; [1s. copy] fetherbeed & holster with thre pillows, 4li. [5s. copy]; a strawbeed, a red & blue Coverlit & 3 blankits, 2li. [7s. copy] an old Rugg, 10 s.; fowr payer of old sheets, 40s.; Sixe pilowbeers, 12s. & sixe small napeins & a talbe cloth, [18s. copy]; chest, 5s.; sixe pecis of pewter, 14s.; 4 porinters, 4s.; small pewter, 5s.; tinn driping pan, 3s. 6d., quarte pot & chamber pot, [8s. copy] old warming pane, 4s.; two Iron potts, 10s.; two scillits, 5s.; two Keetles, 20s.; old grat bible, 9s.; old Looking glase & ouer Glase, 2s.; old slice, 2s. 6d., a two quart Glase, 4s. 6d.; a box Iron, 3s.; hatt bruch, 9d.; 5li. Cotton woole & two pound of Cotton yern, 9s.; thre Cuchins, 13s.; small Chest, 4s.; old Chest, 5s.; beedsted & trund. beed, 10s; old Curtins, vallans, 4s.; old chest, 3s., 10 chayers, 19s.; Linon yearne, 16s. 6d.; table, 5s.; Lanthorne, 2s.; small pillo, 3s.; five books, 8s.; old pewter, 12s. 6d.; old payer of sheet & other old Linon, 8s.; old Rugg & blanket, 10s.; old beedsteed with som beeding on it, 1li. 10s.; two Curtins, Valanc, 10s.; an old Coslit, pike & sword, 1li.; 49 yds. of homemade Cloth, 4li. 18s.; two spining wheeles, 5s.; old bedsted, 3s.; 3 sikls, 2s.; 4 old hogsheads, 4s.; three saks, 6s.; Earthen ware, 4s., Iron pott wth pott hook, 9s.; gridiron, 3s.; two old Kettls, 10s.; tramell, payer of tonges, 4s. 6d.; paiels, dishes & trenchers, 5s. 6d.; old spade, hammer, 3s.; beetle, 4 wedges, thre old Axes, 12s.; Syth, taklin, old forke tynes, 5s.; an old sadle & bridle, 3s.; som old things, 5s.; barels & tubes in the seller with a Cherne, 16s.; tobako, 5s.; half a barrell of poorke, 30s.; small table & a stoole, 3s.; persel of undresed flaxe, 7s.; Cart & old wheels, sleed & tumbrell, 2li. 10s.; set of wheele hoops, 3 yoaks & two chaines, 1li. 2s.; plow & plow Irons, 15s.; three howes, haye hooke, pease meage, spanshakil, 8s.; sixe swine, 3li.; small depts due to the estat, 11li. 16s.; boards a the Saw mill, 3li.; by John warner, 8s.; a dunge fork, roape & duz. trenchers, 8s.; total 373li. 8s. 7d. Severall depts due from the estat, 171li. 12s. 8d.; due to Doctr. Rogers, ——; to Mr. Juit, 5s.; Samuell Graves, 14s.; total, 172li. Du to Nathll. Rust, 1li. 5s.; Due in thre leagisis to be at severall payments according to will, 90li.
Attested in Ipswich court 30: 2: 1678 by Samuell Chapman, executor, the house and land to stand bound for the performance of the will.
More debts due from the estate: to Docter Rogers his name put in but no sum, now knowne to be, 10li.; Docter David Bennett, 2li.; Samuell Ingalls, 1li.; John Denison, ——; Goodwife Homes, 4s.; John Kimball, 1li.; John Gaines about 12s.; total, 14li. 16s. To brother Simon, 15li.; brother Nathaniell, 15li.; Decon Jewet, 10li. A croscut saw to be added to the estate, 8s.

Essex County Probate Files, Docket 5,018.

Andrew Peeters entered a caution Apr. 30, 1678, that Goodman Chapman's will be not proved until said Peeters had liberty to speak.

Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 304.

From: The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume III, 1675-1681, pp. 222-225

* Copy, Ipswich Deeds, vol. 4, page 169.

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