ffirst it is my will & I doe give & bequeath unto my deare & loving wife all the Goods & Cattel with halfe of the Ground meadow & upland whence now I Live (on this side of the River commanly called Annasequam) with halfe the House also Standing upon the Sayd Land the same to injoy during her naturall Life after my decease.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Sonne Beniamine Jones & to his Heires the other halfe of the House & Land where now I live on this Side or the River abovesayd the Same to injoy & possesse after my decease as also the other halfe of the Sayd House & Land after the decease of his sayd mother viz the whole Living to have & injoy as his owne proper Right after the decease of his mother if shee Surviveth my selfe As also all my Tackling for the Teame yoakes & Chaynes plough & plough Irons with all other Tooles & Implements which are mine for the Carrying on of Such workes & Imployments as we have usually beene occupied in or about. The Sayd Tools and Implement for rorke It is my will & meaning that my Sayd Sonne Shall have & injoy as well as the halfe of the house & Land above sayd presently upon my decease
Item I give & bequeath unto my Sonne Thomas Joanes my Land with the orchyard the Sayd Land containing about three Acres more or lesse & being Situate on the other Side of the River abovesayd vis on the southeast side of the River right over agaynst my House where I now Live and Six Acres of Land upon the Lower Necke where Goodman Harradden liveth and my will & meaning is that my Sonne Thomas shall have & injoythe Sayd Lands presently upon my decease only it is my will & I doe hereby declare that my wife Shall have the thirds ot the Sayd Land during hrre naturall Life.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Winslow of Salisbury one Shilling
Item I geve & bequeath unto my Daughter Ruth Haward of Salem one pounde ten shillings to be payd in Goods or Cattell as they goe betweene man & man Vis at the Common price
Item I give unto my Daughter Remember Jones twenty Shillings to be payd in Goods or cattel at the common price
Item I give & bequeath unto my Sonne Thomas Jones five Pounds to be payd in Goodes or Cattell at the Common price by my Sonne Benjamin after the decease of my wife
Item I give & bequeath unto my Sonne Samuel Jones one Shilling
Item I give & bequeath unto my Sonne North Jones twenty Shillings at the decease of my wife to be payd by my Sonne Benjamin if he comes in his own person to demand the Same
Item I give & bequeath || to my daughter Remember|| one Iron pot after my decease
Item I give & bequeath unto my Grandchild John Jackson one Ewe Sheepe at my decease.
Item I give to my Sonne Thomas my longest Muskett & my Sonne Benjamin the other Muskett
And for my Household Goodes & Cattell is is my will & meaning that my wife shall have & injoy them as her prober Right after my decease only to pay all Such Debts (as doe appeare that I owe to any man) out of them, except Such Legacys abovesayd which I have appoynted unto my Sonne Benjamin to pay And to the end that this my will may be duely & truly performed
I doe Constitute appoynt & ordayne my deare & loving wife Sole executrix & doe intreat & desire my well beloved and Respected Friends Mr John Emerson Mr Walker & Phillip Staynwood Senior to be the overseers In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale the Seaventh day of this present month of August Anno Dom one thousand Six hundred and Seaventy one.
Thomas (his O mark) Jones
Witness:
John Emerson
Henry Walker
Philip Staynwood
Proved in Ipswich court Sept. 26, 1671 by Henry Walker and Phillip Stainewood
[Inventory in file but not included here.]
Source: Printed "Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts;
1635 - 1681," Vol 2:243-245 In three volumes, The Essex Institute; Salem, MA; 1916
Submitted by: Kathy Parkinson
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