William FELLOWS
Will

From Book: The Probate Records of Essex County (MA); Published by Essex Institute, Salem 1920, Vol. 3, pp. 128-131; Author unknown.

FROM: Essex County Probate Files, Docket 9,367

Estate of William Fellows of Ipswich

"The last Will of William felows nouember 29:76
I hauing my perfit memory I commit my soull to god and my body to ye graue and bequea my earthly goods as followeth my will is yt my wif shall haue one rome in my house to her self and for her uese dewring her life yt is to say ye parler and to haue twelve pounds yearly paid her in good marchantable pay by my three Sons Ephram Samul Joseph and likewis it is my will yt my wif should haue two of my best Cowes and to be kept by my sonns winter and Somer for my wifs uese and my wif shall haue liberty to keep two swine and like wise my sons shall maintain her with conuenient fierirng winter and somer as long as she lius a widow and like wise tis my will yt my wife shall haue a conueanant peice of land for a gearding and a quarter of a acker of good land yearly to sow flaxe on and it is my will yt my wif shall haue all ye househould goods at her dispoasel tis my will yt my sonne Isack shall haue my march lote at hog Iland adid to that which I haue giuing him allredy and my will is yt my other three sonns yt is Ephram Samuel and Joseph shall haue ye other half of my farme and ye rest of my sault march with ye buildings and stock and corn upon ye farme to be posest of it after my deseas only to fullfill thr mother what is aboue menchoned and to pay all my depts and legisis as foloweth tis my will yt my daughter mary shall haue ten pounds paid her within two yeare after my deseas and ten pounds after my wifes deseas and it si my will yt my othr three daughters Elisebeth abegill Sary shall haue tewenty pounds a peice one half paid them two years after my deseas ore one thr day or mariag and ye othr half two years after yt and after my depts are all paid my will is yt my daughters should be maid equale with ther three brothers Ephram Samuele Joseph only fifty pounds yt my Sonne Isack is to pay after my wifs deseas shall be deuided equaly amongst my three daughters Elisebeth abigil Sary and then to be equallised with thr brothrs aboue menshnd."

Willaim Fellowes

Witness: William (his X mark) Story, Senear, Thomas Burnon, senier, Samuel Ingals, Seanir.