Estate of William Wild of Ipswich
Essex Probate Docket # 29827

I william wild of Ipswich in the county of Essex in New England being at present ---w and weake of body but through gods mercye Inioyeing my vndertanding and memory doe make & ordaine this my last will and Testament first I giue my soule into the hands of Jesus christ my Redeemer my Body to be desently buried And for my outward estate which the Lord hath beene pleased to giue I dispose of as followeth
After my debts & funerall expences are discharged I doe giue and bequeath vnto || my || beloued wife Elizabeth wild my dwelling house and all my land for the toorme of her naturall Life, and after her decease I giue all my sayd house and Land I doe giue vnto John wild the sonn of John wild of Topsfield my Kinsman
Item I doe giue and bequeath vnto my Kinsman John Wild Senior of Topsfield tenn pounds wch he the sayd John wild hath in his hands of myne & doe order the bond I haue of him for it to be rendered vp vnto him after my decease
Item I doe giue vnto Robert Amis the sum of five pounds to be payd by my executrix within one yeare after my death alsoe I giue vnto marke warner the Summ of five pound alsoe I giue vnto Hanah Lampson the summ of ten pounds to be payd by my executrix as my Oversseers shall apoyt and the rest of my estate I leave vnto my beloued wife Elizabeth wild whom I make sole executrix of this my last will and testament And I doe desire my loueing freinds Thjeophilus Willson William White and Robert Lord senior to be my overseers to see that this my last will be pformed acording to the true intent & meaneing therof And it is my will and mynd that If my Kinsman John wild Junior depart this life before he com || to ||age or before the sayd house & Land comes into his possesion that then it be devided among the children of John wild senior vnless the Sayd John leaue heires then to be vnto them
In wittnes that this is my last will & testament I haue heervnto sett my hand the Sixt day of may in the yeare one thousand Six hundred sixty two 1662
William Wild
William wild did subscib this & declare it to be his last will in the presence of vs
Theophilus wilson
William White
Robert Lord

Source: The will of William Wild of Ipswich proved in the court at Ipswich Sept. 1662. the following is a copy of the original on file in the probate office at Salem.
"The Essex Antiquarian" Volume XI, #1 1907

Submitted by: Roseanne Montgomery

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