Estate of Robert Clements of Haverhill
Essex Probate Docket # 5604
Sept 6th 1658
I Robertt Clements of Haverhill being of perfitt memory blessed be God for
itt, doe ordaine & make this my last will, in manner & forme following:
ffirst I Comitt my soule into the hands of God my Creator & maker, beleeving
through the mirretts Rightousnesse & obedience of Jesus Christ my redemer
to have & enjoy life & salvation Everlastingly by him. ffor my goods
I give first unto my wife my house & house lott & all the acomadations
that belonged to itt which shee is to have during her life & after her
decease to returne to my childerns childorne that are in new england each
his portion to be delivered into the hands of their parents for their childorns
use. I give alsoe to my wife my best yoake of oxen I have, & three of
my best cowes, & my best beds with theire furniture to them & six
of my best peauter dishes six spoones, my best brasse pott, & three of
my best kittles, & two spining t__rnes, & all hangles on the fire,
with fire shovles & tonges & two of the best coushens, one___ &
a cupp, with all my wooden & Earthen vessells & all manner of clothing
that belong to her, as also my byble candlestick & chamber pott. My will
is that if there be any goods of mine come out of England this yere or the
next my wife shall have five pounds of itt according to the bill of lading.
Alsoe I give my wife al the Lining in my house excepting two paire of sheets
that are for my bed & all the Corne in my house barne & growing on
the land, & also a debt of seaven & sum odd mony in the hands of
John Hutchins for the repaireing the house & fencing the home lott. I
give to my wife alsoe what is due mee or will bee from mr Drumer by bills
or Covinants, & alsoe the Cloth that is att the weavers with what woolen
yearne & fflaxe is in the house, & alsoe three pounds which is in
the hands of mr. Cooke of boston. I give her two skillitts, two stockes off
the best beese & two chests with locke & caie to them. I give to
my wife the boards I bought at Salisbury to repaire the house. It is my will
that one halfe of the goods which I give my wife that if shee spend not,
at her decease it shall returne to my executors to be equally devided among
them.
I give unto my sonne Job Clement one fellee which will be two yer old next
may. Allsoe I give him my best suit of apparell & my best cloake &
best hatt, my best paire of shewes & stockens. I give to my sonne Robertt
twenty pound due to me out of my rentt in England, & which rentt is due
me more I give to my three sones John, Abraham & Dannell.
All the rest of my estate in new england due to mee upon bonds or bills or
any accounts land or goods whatsoever I give to my sonnes Moses Pengrow &
Abraham Morrill & John Osgood whom I make my executors to see this my
will performed & my debts paid & my body laid in the grave. That
which is struck out in the other side at the lower end betweene the 4th &
5th line it was done before it was seald to, & here unto I sett my hand
& seald. I give to mr. ward or minester five pounds.
Robert Clements (seal) Witness:
Bartell:
BH Heath and william white
Proved in Hampton court 11:8:1658 by the witnesses.
Estate of Robert Clements of Haverhill
Mr. Robert Clements late of Haverhill, gave to his grandchildren that were
then in New England, after the decease of his wife, his house, houselot and
orchard in Haverhill, to be divided equally by the disposal of their parents;
therefore, Job Clements, Moses Pengry, John Osgood and Thomas Mudget being
the surviving parents of the grandchildren, have divided it into three parts,
there being fifteen heirs, that is to say two of Job Clements, six of Moses
Pengry's, five Abraham Morrill's and two of John Osgood's and thus the heirs
are divided into three parts and their portions are as follows: Job Clement's
two children, John Osgood's two children and Moses Pengry's eldest son to
have the second division of upland, the oxe common land, half of the east
meadow the upper end, together with one third part of the fourth division
laid out, as also all common priviledges thereunto belonging; Moses Pengry's
other five children to have the third division of upland, Haukes meadow,
and one third part of the fourth division not yet laid out, together with
one third of all common priviledges thereunto belonging: Abraham Morrill's
five children to have the house and house lot, orchard, the plain lot and
half the east meadow the lower end, with one third part of the fourth division
not yet laid out and one third of all common priviledes thereunto
belonging.
Singed Oct 8 1669
Witness: Robert Clement, Jno (his I+ mark) Heath, Sr., John Redman Thomas
Mudget owned this agreement or division Dec 18, 1684.
Acknowledged Apr 2, 1672, by Moses Pengry and John Osgood.
George brown and Daniell Ela were chosen by the Hampton court to consider
of and to survey a division of land that Mr. Rob. Clement gave to his
grandchildren which they have done and consider the above division just and
right as witness our hands. Oct 6 1685
Source: Norfolk Deeds, vol 3, p. 341
Submitted by: Linda Herrick Smith