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Family of John Alden (28430) & Elizabeth Phelps
35011. Hannah Alden. Born on 20 Nov 1688 in Boston, MA. Hannah died in Jan 1758 in Hopkinton, MA.
On 4 Aug 1726 when Hannah was 37, she married Col. John Jones, son of Isaac Jones (1 Dec 1664-) & Mary [Jones], in Boston, MA. Born on 24 Oct 1691 in Boston, MA. John died in Hopkinton, MA, on 7 Feb 1773; he was 81.
John of Hopkinton.
Will: 0416780 Middlesex Co. probate papers - case #12863 John
Jones 1773
In the Name of God Amen. This Twenty ninth day of October
Anno Domini
One thousand seven hundred seventy two, and in the
Thirteenth year of his
Majesties Regin.
I John Jones of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex, and
Province of the
Massachusetts Bay in New England, Esquire, being Sound in
my
understanding and memory praised be God therefore), and
calling to mind
my Frailty, and mortality, Do make + Ordain this my last
Will, and
Testament in manner following, That is to say first of all I
recommend my
Soul into the hands of God who gave it, and my Body I
commit to the Earth
to be buried in decent manner at the discretion of my
Executor herin
after named hoping thru? the merits of Christ my Dear
Saviour to obtain
the Pardon of all my sins, and a Glorious Resurrection to
Eternal Life
and touching such worldly goods + Estate as it hath pleased
God to Bless
me withal? in this Life. I Give, Desmiss, + dispose thereof in
a manner
following. Viz.
Imp. I Give, and Bequeath unto my Well beloved Wife Mary
Twenty six
Pounds, thirteen shillings, and four pence, The One half part
of said sum
to be paid within six months, + the other half part thereof to
be paid
within twelve months next after my decease + also the sum
six pounds,
thirteen shillings, and four pence to be paid immediately
after my
decease, and if not paid to be from that time on interest and
also all
the houshold goods she brought with her, agreable to an
Inventory with
the Settlement before marriage. And also a Priviledge in my
Dwelling
house together with my Executor at the cost of the Estate for
Subsistance, and the use of my Horse, + Chaise if She
Chooses to Accept,
+ improve it during her Pleasure.
Item. I Give and Bequeath to my Loving son Simpson Jones
over + above
what I have settled on him by Deed my negro man named
James, also one
third part of my Oxen, horses, + steers and Utensils for
husbandry; Also
the Book called the morning exercise, and Law Book. And in
case my said
son Simpson survives his present Wife, the above articles
are bequeathed
to him his Heirs, and assigns forever, But in case his present
Wife
survives they are bequeathed to the Heirs of his Body, And
to their Heirs
+ Assigns forever. I have bequeathed to my said son
Simpson no part in
my mills because I have lately paid him the sum of Forty
pounds, Lawful
money --
Item. I Give and Bequeath to my Loving son John Jones, and
to his Heirs,
and Assigns forever over and above what I have settled on
him by Deed One
half part of my Grist mill, + Saw mill with one half of the
Pond Stream,
+Damm + Utensils for each mill and one half of about three
quarters of an
Acre of land including the Gravel pit + one half the old end
of the
dwelling house, Also my negro man named Tom. Also one
third part of my
horses, Oxen, and Steers, + Utensils for husbandry, and the
whole of my
Cyder mill, and Press, Also my Silver hilted Sword, ?lanc?,+
Surveying
instruments my Silver tankard, Bible with annotations, and
the Law Book
which he now has, Also all my my Books of record
containing the
conveyances of Hopkinton; and Upton Leap? Lands, or
Common lands does? in
consequence of them. Also the Proprietors Book of records,
and all the
plans relating to said Lands
Item. I Give, + Bequeath to my Loving son Anthony Jones, +
to his Heirs,
+ Assigns forever Over, and above what I have settled on
him by Deed One
half part of my Grist mill, and Saw mill, and one half part of
the pond,
stream, and
damm, + Utensils for each mill, and one half of about three
quarters of
an acre of Land including the gravel pit, and the old end of
the dwelling
house, Also one third part of my horses, Oxen, + Steers, +
Utensils for
husbandry, Also my negro boy named Bacchus, Also all my
wearing apparel,
my Sport? cup, Looking glass, Great chair, + cane chairs of?
the west
Room, also one great Bible + mr. Willards Body of Divinity --
Item. I Give, and bequeath to my Grandson Nathaniel Alden
Jones all my
Lands in a place called New Hopkinton in the Province of
New Hampshire to
him his Heirs and Assigns forever. --
Item. I Give, and bequeath to Grandsons John Jones, + Isaac
Jones in
equal shares two thirds parts of the seventy five acre Lot
lying between
my own land, and the Lot that Hugh Black livd on, to them
their Heirs, +
Assigns forever. Also I give my Gun to my said Granson John
Jones. --
Item. I Give, and bequeath to my Daughter Ann Saltmarsh
her Heirs and
Assigns forever thirteen acres of Land adjoining to the Land
whereon she
now lives, to be valued as part of her portion at thirteen
pounds, six
shillings, + eight pence --
Item. I Give, and bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Homes,
her Heirs and
Assigns forever Fifty acres of Land Scituate near the Land
She with her
husband now lives on, to be valued as part of her Portion at
Thirty
pounds. --
Item. I Give and bequeath unto Jone, Isaac, + Elizabeth
Smith, the
children of my Daughter Abigail Cuzzens by her first
husband Smith, + to
their Heirs + assigns Thirty Pounds to be equally divided
among them
which thirty pounds thus given to said three Children of my
Daughter
Cuzzens is to be ? ? part of her Portion and accordingly
Deducted
therefrom --
Item. I Give, and Bequeath to my six Daughters, and to their
Legal
Representatives, Viz. To the Heirs of Mary Robinson decd. to
the Heirs of
Elizabeth Learned decd. + to Sarah Chapman, Anne
Saltmarsh, Hannah Homes,
and Abigail Cuzzens, to each of them the sum of Fifty
pounds to them
their Heirs + assigns to be paid by my Executor as soon as it
can be
rais'd out of the money due to me for the Lands which I
have sold which
were formerly Chapman's, + Haw?ings, which Fifty pounds is
to be over,
and above what I advanced to each of them in furniture etc
at marriage
but what they or their husbands otherwise owe one is to be
Esteem'd a
part of sd bequest, + deducted therefrom --
It is my Will and Pleasure that all my Books, plate, + negroes,
also my
Stock of Cattle, and household furniture not otherwise
disposed of in
this my last Will be equally divided among my six daughters,
or their
Legal Representatives in equal Shares Viz. Sarah Chapman,
Anne Saltmarsh,
Hannah Homes, and Abigail Cuzzens, and the Heirs of Mary
Robinson decd.
and the Heirs of Elizabeth learned decd. to them, their
Heirs, +
Assigns. But so that the Lands which I have herein given to
my Daughters
Anne Saltmarsh, Hannah Homes, and the Legacy to the
Children of Abigail
Cuzzens by her first husband be accounted as part of the
equal shares of
my said Daughters - Anne, Hannah, + Abigail as the
estimation, + Same
herein set down and Also provided the Heirs of my
Daughters Robinson +
learned will discharge my Estate of a Legacy given to my said
daughters
by their Grandfather Simpson + which I have paid, but have
lost, or
mislaid the Receipt, otherwise to be excluded the benefit of
the Bequest
--
Item. It is my Will, and Pleasure that all the Remainder of my
Estate
both Real, and Personal not disposed of in this my last, and
Testament,
after paying my Just Debts, and funeral Charges (and
excepting? my Rights
in Cedar Swamp which are hereby given to my three sons in
equal shares)
Be, and hereby is given, + Bequeathed to my nine Children,
or their Legal
Representatives in nine Equal Shares, or Divisions Viz.
Simpson, John, +
Anthony, Mary, and Elizabeth decd. Sarah, Anne, Hannah,
and abigail to
them, their Heirs, and Assigns -- Provided nevertheless and
it is my
express Will, + pleasure that if any of my Heirs Legatees
herein named
shall be dissatisfied with this my last Will, and shall bring my
Action
or Actions to put my Executor to trouble, or Expence that
then, and in
such case, He or She shall be excluded from my benefit - of
what may be
herein bequeathed to him, or her.
Item. Whereas I have disposed of my negro Slaves to, and
among my
Children, + Legacies as is before expressed in this my last
Will, and
Testament, It is my Express Will, + pleasure that those to
whom said
Negroes are given shall maintain them in case of their being
sick,
unprofitable, or burthensome, otherwise my Executor
hereafter named is
Directed, + impowered to Deduct so much out of the
Legacies, + Bequests
herein given to such Refusing, and Neglecting Legatees, as
shall be
sufficient to ? to such infirm slave a sufficient maintenance
--
Ellto? I Name, Ordain, Constitute, + Appoint my Beloved, +
trusty son
John Jones Sole Executor of this my last Will, + Testament
hereby
Revoking, and making null, and void all former Wills and
Testaments by me
at any time heretofore made -- In Witness whereof I have
hereunto set my
hand, and Seal this day, and Date herein before written. --
Memorandm. It is my Will + Pleasure that whereas I have
disposed of the
greatest part of my Lands, + amongst my three sons by Deed
of Gift by
which they are to come into possession immediately after
my decease, +
whereas it may so happen that I may decease at a time when
there is a
Crop on the Ground, I therefore order, + direct that if it
should so
happen that said Crops on the ground, or in the Barn shall
go, + belong
to those who have possess'd, + occupied s.d Lands the
preceeding season
-- I also hereby Give, + bequeath to my son John Jones three
quarters of
an acre of Land in sd. Hopkinton lying on Cold Spring brook
between the
land of sd. John Jones, + the land of Isaac Clark Junr. as the
same is
now bounded aforesaid? --
John Jones
Sign'd, Seal'd, Publish'd and Declared as his Last Will, +
Testament in
presence of us who have subscribed our Names in the
Testators presence
Jno. Wilson Jesse Rice Ezra Gleason
An Inventory of the Personal Estate of John Jones Esqr. late
of
Hopkinston in the County of Middlesex deceas'd. Taken by
us the
Subscribers, this SEventh Day of July 1773. + is as Followeth
Viz.
Sundry Articles of Quick-Stock + house-hold Furniture given
to his
Daughters in his last Will, apprizd
@ pounds 176-15-10
Stock + Husbandry Utencils given to his Sons in ditto
60-10-4
Debts Due to the Estate (Inclusive of Interest) 993-16-3 1/4
----------- pounds 1231-2-5 1/4
John Nutt Gilbert Dench - Apprizers
...
Sir, Hopkinton Novr. 13, 1773
At the desire of Colo. Jones this is to signify to you, that I
was
present with the late Colo. Jones decd. at the time of his
making, +
signing his Last Will, + Testament, that He Dictated to me
and I wrote it
for him. And from what then passed I am very sure that He
design'd that
the Land therein bequeath'd to his two Daughters Saltmarsh,
and Homes at
an estimated price should be consider'd as part of their
Legacy of
50.
In this I am confirm'd because whereas the Legacies of
50. to
each Daughter was to be paid out of an appropriated fund,
when a Doubt
was started whether said fund would be sufficient, He
Replied that it
undoubtedly would because said Legacies at least some of
them were in a
great measure paid by these very lands + certain notes of
hand which He
had against them, or their husbands, + made a rough
calculate for that
purpose. I am with Great Esteem + Respect, Sir, Your most
Humd. Servt.
Jno. Wilson
The Honl. Saml Danforth Esqr.
Hopkinton Febr. 23, 1773
To the Honbll Judge Danforth Esqr in Cambridge
These may Certifie that the Hears of John Jones Esqr. Late of
Hopkinton
Decasd Have Mett and Agread that the will of the Testater
be Sott up +
proved
Simpson Jones Anthony Jones Joseph Cozzens Abigal
Cozzens
Isaac Larned Ann Saltmarsh
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