Estate of Ezra Rolfe of Ipswich
Essex Probate Docket # 24109

Inventory of the estate of Ezra Rolfe

Administration on the estate of Ezra Rofe granted 28:7:1652, to his widow, Hester Rofe. She presented an inventory, which amounted to 73li 5s. There were two children, the elder to have 13li. 13s. 4d., and the younger 6li, 6a. 8d., at the age of twenty-one. The house and land were bound for its payment. Ipswich Quarterly County Records, vol. 1, page 31.

Inventory taken by Edward Browne: one howse, barne & outhowse; 10 acres of land; 2 steares & 2 cowes, 20li.; 1 payer bellowes, Anvell, vyce & 2 hammors, 5li.; 1 grindstone & charcoale, 12s.; 1 ould spade and shovell, 1s.; 2 ould chests, 1 vyce, 10 s.; an ould sawe, 1s.; 3 Iron wedges, 3s.; in steele, 2s 20 chapes for swords, 5s.; 3 dozen kniffe sheaths, 2s.; fyles, 4s.; 1 sawe, 5s.; 3 smale hammors, 4 payer moulds & other smale tooles with hanrought Iron, 1li.; 2 boxes, 3s.; 1 fether bed & 1 boulster & 1 pillowe, 2li.10s; 1 flock bed and boulster & 2 ould Keverlids, 15s; 2 payer sheetes & 4 pillowebeeres, 1li.7s; in other linings, 11s; 2 suites of Apparrell & a coate, 3 li.; 2hats & other wearing apparrell, 16s; I smoothing Iron, 2s6d; 1 musket, bandelleers, belt, sword & other ammunition, 1li.10s.; pewter, spoones & other smale thinges, 1li.16s.; 1 brasse kettle & 4 skillets, 1li.4s.; 2 Iron potts & 1 frying pan, 1li.5s.; tubs, trayes & other lumber, 1li.5s.; 1 sowe & 2 pigs, 1li.15s; A hanger, 3s.; in money - total 74li.16s.; [de]bpts dewe in the booke, 8li.14s.10d., making total, 83li.10s.10d.; dabpts dewe to be payd to others 10li.5s.; leaving 73li.5s.

Sworn to in Ipswich court 28:7:1652, by the widow of Ezra Rofe. Essex Co. Probate Files, Docket 24109

Source: Printed "Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts;
1635 - 1681," In three volumes,The Essex Institute; Salem, MA; 1916

Submitted by: Lois Borton Werline