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Fifth
Generation in
Families of the Children of
Mary4 Washburn
and Thomas Perkins
Mary Washburn’s paternity is not a certainty, but it appears
that the family of Joseph and Hannah (Latham) Washburn is the only one to whom
she could belong, having eliminated her as a possible daughter of each of
Joseph’s brothers. The case if further strengthened by the frequent use of the
name Hephzibah in her family, after her purported older sister Hephzibah
Washburn. The two daughters and three sons of Mary Washburn remained in the
Bridgewater area, but a few of her grandchildren moved to Vermont, New
Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island, and a number of her descendants married
descendants of other branches of the Washburn family.
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(478.) Mary Perkins,
eldest daughter of (132)
Mary4 Washburn, probably (59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 10 Jan. 1717/18,[1]
married (572) Josiah5
Hayward (Jr.), son of Josiah4 and (151)
Sarah (Kinsley) Hayward,[2] on
11 Feb. 1741 in
Mary (Perkins)
Josiah Hayward (Jr.) was not listed as
a head of household in Bridgewater, MA, in the 1790 federal census. He died on
21 Dec. 1797 in Bridgewater, “old,”[13] but
no probate records were filed for his estate. Dinah (Muxham)
Mary (Perkins)
1510 i Mary Hayward, born
on 13 Nov. 1742 in
1511 ii Josiah Hayward (3rd),
born on 20 July 1744 in
1512 iii Lemuel Hayward, born on 17May 1746 in
1513 iv Hephzibah
1514 v Lois6
a.
Salome/Silome Simmons, born ca. 1771 in ME,[30]
married (2600) Nathaniel7 Washburn, son of (976) Capt. Abraham6 “Abram” and (938) Rebecca5 (Leonard) Washburn,[31] in
ca. 1790, probably in Pomfret, VT, and they moved back to Bridgewater, MA, in
ca. 1800. He was born on 22 Oct. 1766 in
b.
(Probably others)
1515 vi Sarah Hayward, born say ca. 1753
in Bridgewater, her father, Josiah Hayward, was appointed as his guardian on 28
Aug. 1765, “in right of her grandfather Thomas Perkins, of
1516 vii Josiah Hayward (3rd),
born say ca. 1755 in
(479.) Hephzibah
Perkins, second daughter of (132) Mary4 Washburn, probably
(59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in
Lt. Eleazer Carver (3rd)
died intestate on 15 May 1755 in
Ebenezer Keith died testate on 12 Apr.
1778 in
Hephzibah Perkins had 4 children by Lt.
Eleazer Carver, and 3 more children by Ebenezer Keith:
1517 i Mary
Carver, born on 28 Aug. 1747 in Bridgewater,[53]
married Seth5
Alden (Jr.), son of Capt. Seth4 and Mehitabel (Carver) Alden,[54] on
3 Dec. 1767 in Bridgewater.[55] He
was born on 22 Mar. 1741 in Bridgewater,[56] a
grandson of Deacon Joseph3 and Hannah3 (Dunham) Alden (Jr.), and of Eleazer and
Experience Carver,[57] and
Mary Carver was a first cousin once removed of Seth Alden (Jr.). Seth Alden
died testate on 29 Aug. 1775 in Bridgewater, aged 34 years,[58] his
will dated 24 Aug. 1775, mentioned his wife Mary, his
honored father Seth Alden, and his brothers Oliver and Joseph Alden, and he
named his wife Mary and brother Oliver Alden as executors of his estate.[59]
(See Appendix [B]
for a full transcription of his will.) Mary (Carver) Alden died a widow on 1
Dec. 1811 in
a.
Seth Alden (3rd),
born on 15 Feb. 1769 in
b.
Mehitabel Alden, born on 29 Apr. 1771 in
c.
Betsey Alden, born ca. 1774, died on 8 Aug. 1775 in
1518 ii Dr.
Eleazer Carver (4th), born on 7 Nov. 1749 in
Bridgewater,[66]
married (1223) Sarah4 Keith, daughter of Ephraim3, Esq., and (417)
Sarah5
(Washburn) Keith,[67] on
18 Apr. 1776 in
1519 iii
Nathaniel Carver, born on 7 Jan. 1752 in
1520 iv Bethiah
Carver, born on 6 July 1754 in Bridgewater,[76]
married Capt. Joseph5
Alden, son of Capt. Seth4 and Mehitabel (Carver) Alden, in 1773.[77] He
was born on 16 Aug. 1747 in
a.
Mehitabel6 Alden, born on 28
Oct. 1775 in
b.
Capt. Joseph6
Alden (Jr.), born on 24 May 1777 in Bridgewater,[90]
married (3040) Mary6 “Polly” Hayward, daughter of Amos5 and (1224) Mary
(Ripley) Hayward,[91] on
21 Dec. 1800, possibly in
c.
Daniel6 Alden, born on 29
Feb. 1780 in
d.
Thomas6 Alden, born on 6
Dec. 1782 in
e.
Cyrus6 Alden, born on 30 May 1785
in
f.
Eunice6 Alden, born on 20
Mar. 1788 in
g.
Rev. Seth6 Alden, born say ca.
1790, a minister in
h.
Bethiah6 Alden, born say ca.
1793, married Alfred Arnold, of Greenwich, on 18 Apr. 1814 in
i. Betsy6 Alden, born on 16 Oct. 1796 in
1521 v Hephzibah4 Keith,
born on 20 Dec. 1760 in Bridgewater,[120]
married Capt. Abiezer Alger, Esq., son of James and
Martha (Kingman) Alger,[121] on
23 Dec. 1778 in Bridgewater.[122] He
was born on 25 July 1757 in
a.
Jesse Alger, born on 4 Sept. 1781 in
b.
Cyrus Alger, Esq., born on 11 Nov. 1782 in
c. Olive Alger, born on 26 May 1785 in
1.
Sally Reed, born on 11 Oct. 1810 in
2.
John Reed (Jr.), born on 30 Apr. 1812 in
3.
Olive Alger Reed, born on 16 Aug. 1817 in
4.
Martha Reed, born on 16 Nov. 1818 in
5.
Edward Reed, born on 9 Dec. 1820 in
d. Abiezer Alger (Jr.), born on 21 May 1788 in
e.
Hephzibah Alger, born on 24 Oct. 1792 in
f.
Cornelia Alger, born on 20 Aug. 1799 in
1522 vi Alexander4 Keith,
born on 7 June 1762 in
a.
Phebe Keith, born on 26 May 1789 in Easton,[160]
presumably never married, died on 5 Jan. 1848 in Easton, and was buried in the
Dr. Edward Dean Cemetery in Easton.[161]
b.
Nancy Keith, born on 4 July 1796 in
c. Hephsibah Perkins Keith, born on 19 Oct. 1800 in
d.
Abigail Dean Keith, born on 26 Feb. 1804 in
e.
Dean Keith, born on 9 Nov. 1807 in Easton,[165] was
executor of his father’s estate in 1840, probably the Dean Keith who died on 20
Mar. 1856 in Easton, and was also buried in the Dr. Edward Dean Cemetery in
Easton.[166]
1523 vii
Uranna Keith,
born on 1 Aug. 1764 in
(480.) Thomas Perkins (Jr.), eldest son of (132) Mary4 Washburn, probably
(59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Bridgewater, MA, on 25 June 1722,[168]
married Mary Pratt, daughter of Deacon Solomon and Sarah (Johnson) Pratt,[169] on
5 Apr. 1748 in Bridgewater.[170] She
was born on 6 Mar. 1727 in
On 17 Aug. 1747 Solomon Lenard of
Bridgewater, Yeoman, and Elizabeth his wife, sold to Thomas Perkins Junr. of Bridgewater, Blacksmith, land in the South
Precinct of Bridgewater formerly laid out to David Perkins Senr.,
late of Bridgewater, deceased.[174] On
15 Oct. 1751 Seth Hayward of Bridgewater, Yeoman, sold to Thomas Perkins Junr. of Bridgewater, Blacksmith, some undivided land in
the 8-Mile Grant in Bridgewater.[175] On
2 Mar. 1752 Jeremiah Conant of Bridgewater, Yeoman, sold to Thomas Perkins Junr., of Bridgewater, Blacksmith, his right in a cedar
swamp in the South Precinct of Bridgewater.[176] On
6 Oct. 1753 Benjamin Washburn of Bridgewater, Gentleman, sold 2 acres of land
in the south part of Brdidgewater to Thomas Perkins junr., of Bridgewater, Blacksmith.[177] On
24 May 1763 John Conant of Bridgewater and Abial Conant sold to Thomas Perkins
of Bridgewater, Blacksmith, two pieces of land in Bridgewater near Perkins’
homestead.[178]
Thomas Perkins (Jr.) was a blacksmith,
and he died testate on 29 Sept. 1773 in
Thomas Perkins (Jr.) and Mary Pratt had
children:[182]
1524 i William Perkins,
born on 16 Aug. 1748 in
1525 ii
Mary Perkins, born on 7 Mar. 1750 in
1526 iii Sarah Perkins,
born on 5 June 1752 in
a.
Thomas Hudson, born on 16 Dec. 1776 in
b. Asa
Hudson, born on 26 Apr. 1778 in
1.
Sarah P. Hudson, born on 2 Sept. 1804 in
2. Deborah
O. Hudson, born on 1 Sept. 1806 in
3.
Almira A. Hudson, born on 21 July 1808 in
4.
Caleb L. Hudson, born on 13 June 1812 in West Bridgewater,[217]
married Eliza Jones in ca. 1836,[218] and
they were living in
5.
Mary J. Hudson, born on 6 Apr. 1816 in
6.
Olive F. Hudson, born on 26 Jan. 1819 in West Bridgewater,[221]
died on 15 Dec. 1829 in
c.
Ovid Hudson, born on 25 Feb. 1781 in
d.
Eli Hudson (Jr.), born on 2 Apr. 1783 in
e.
Sally Hudson, born on 26 June 1785 in
f.
William Hudson, born on 27 July 1787 in
g.
Selah/Celia Hudson, born on 2 Sept. 1790 in
h.
Olive Hudson, born on 20 Jan. 1793 in
1527 iv Enoch
Perkins, born on 4 July 1754 in Bridgewater,[229]
married (1540) Susanna Perkins, his first cousin,
daughter of (483) Lt. Francis and Susanna
(Waterman) Perkins,[230] on
26 Mar. 1783 in
a.
Humphrey Perkins, born on 1 May 1786 in
b.
Moses Perkins, born on 21 Aug. 1788 in
c.
Enoch Perkins (Jr.), born on 31 Mar. 1791 in
d.
Susanna Perkins, born on 13 Nov. 1793 in
e.
Robert Perkins, born on 9 Feb. 1796 in
f.
Sarah Perkins, born on 24 Aug. 1798 in
g.
Harry Perkins, born on 16 June 1800 in
h.
Sarah P. Perkins, born on 21 July 1805 in
1528 v
Thomas Perkins (3rd),
born on 1 Aug. 1756 in Bridgewater,[246]
graduated from Harvard University in 1779, and went to Kentucky and died there
on 21 Aug. 1786,[247]
presumably unmarried.
1529 vi Theodore Perkins, born on 22 Oct. 1758
in
a.
Thomas Perkins, born on 13 Apr. 1785 in
b.
(Unnamed child), died on 15 Apr. 1787 in
c.
Martha Perkins, born in Mar. 1788 in
d.
Mary Perkins, born in Aug. 1791 in
e.
Alfred Perkins, born in Aug. 1793 in
1530 vii Deborah Perkins, born on 12 Sept. 1761
in Bridgewater,[265]
married Benjamin5
Edson, son of John4 and
Hannah (Allen) Edson,[266] on
3 Jan. 1782 in Bridgewater.[267] He
was born on 12 Nov. 1754 in
a.
Hannah6 Allen Edson, born on
26 Feb. 1784 in
b.
John6 Edson, born on 25 Mar. 1786
in
c.
Benjamin Edson (Jr.), born on 22 May 1788 in
d.
Allen6 Edson, born on 16 Feb. 1791
in
e.
Rev. Theodore6
Edson, born on 24 Aug. 1793 in
f. William
P. Edson, born on 14 Feb. 1797 in
1531 viii
Sardine Perkins, born on 20 Apr. 1764 in
1532 ix
Cyrus Perkins, born on 6 Mar. 1767 in
(482.) Ebenezer Perkins,
third son of (132) Mary4 Washburn, probably
(59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in
Ebenezer Perkins died testate on 31 May
1770 in Bridgewater, aged 44 years,[304] his
will dated 31 May 1770 and probated on 6 Aug. 1770,
mentioned his wife Experience, his sons Ebenezer and Holmes, and his daughters
Mary, Hepsibah, Susannah, and Nancy, and he named Mr.
Nathan Mitchell as executor of his estate.[305] (See
Appendix [F]
for a full transcription of his will.) Experience (Holmes) Perkins died a widow
on 11 May 1815 in Bridgewater, aged 83 years.[306]
Ebenezer Perkins and Experience Holmes
had children:[307]
1533 i Ebenezer
Perkins (Jr.), born on 2 Feb. 1751/2 in
a.
Ebenezer Perkins (3rd),
born on 31 Mar. 1783 in
b.
Mary Keith Perkins, born on 9 May 1784 in
c.
Daniel Perkins, born on 2 Feb. 1786 in
d.
Thomas Perkins, born on 14 July 1788 in
e.
Solomon Perkins, born on 16 May 1790 in
f.
Rev. Aaron Perkins, born on 5 May 1792 in
g. Ornan Perkins, born on 20 Apr. 1794 in
h.
Minerva Perkins, born on 25 Feb. 1796 in
i. Ebenezer K. Perkins, born
on 5 Sept. 1798 in
j.
Simeon Perkins, born on 5 Apr. 1801 in
k.
Mary Perkins, born on 27 Dec. 1802 in
l. Ozias Perkins, born on 9 June 1804 in
1534 ii
Mary Perkins, born on 7 Nov. 1753 in
Bridgewater,[359]
married Oliver Carver, son of Joseph and Sarah (Hartwell) Carver (Jr.),[360] on
9 Jan. 1774 in Bridgewater.[361] He
was born on 12 May 1751 in
1535 iii
Holmes Perkins, born on 18 Jan. 1757 in
1536 iv
Hepsibah
Perkins, born on 18 June 1759 in Bridgewater,[368]
marriage not found.
1537 v
Susanna “Susey”
Perkins, born on 25 Feb. 1764 in
1538 vi Nancy
Perkins, born on 1 Dec. 1769 in Bridgewater,[371]
married (3159) Rufus6 Leach, son of Zadock5 and (1255) Susanna6 (Washburn)
Leach,[372] in
1798 in Bridgewater.[373] He
was a grandson of (425) Ezra5 and Susanna4 (Leach) Washburn, of Middleborough.[374] He may have been the Rufus Leach living in Easton, MA,
in the 1800 federal census,[375] but he was not a head of household in Massachusetts
or New York in the 1810 or 1820 federal censuses, and no death record was found
for him in New York.
(483.) Lt. Francis
Perkins, youngest son of (132)
Mary4 Washburn, probably (59) Joseph3, (43)
John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in
Lt. Francis Perkins died testate on 20
Mar. 1783 in Bridgewater, aged 53 years,[387] his
will dated 22 Oct. 1782, and probated on 16 Apr. 1783,
mentioned his wife Philibert, sons Robert, Jacob, and Francis, and daughters
Susanna and Philibert, and he named Dr. Eleazer Carver and his son Robert
Perkins as executors of his estate.[388]
(See Appendix [H]
for a full transcription of his will.) Philibert (Keith) Perkins was not a head
of household in Massachusetts in the 1790 federal census, but she died on 29
Sept. 1814 in
Lt. Francis Perkins had 3 children by
Susanna Waterman, and 3 more children by Philibert Keith, order uncertain:[390]
1539 i Francis Perkins
(Jr.), born on 28 Sept. 1766,[391]
died on 24 Jan. 1768 in
1540 ii Susanna
Perkins, born ca. 1767,[393]
married (1527) Enoch Perkins, her first cousin, son of (480) Thomas and Mary (Pratt) Perkins (Jr.),[394] on
26 Mar. 1783 in
1541 iii
Robert Perkins, born ca. 1769,[400] as
a minor above 14 he chose Hezekiah Hooper, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, to be his
guardian on 6 May 1783,[401] and
he was living alone in the 1790 federal census in Bridgewater, next door to his
brother-in-law, Enoch Perkins.[402] He died
intestate on 29 Dec. 1793 in Bridgewater, aged 29 years,[403]
presumably unmarried, and Enoch Perkins, of Bridgewater, yeoman, was granted
administration of his estate on 5 Mar. 1794.[404]
1542 iv Jacob
Perkins, born on 16 May 1776,[405] his
mother Philibert Perkins requested that Hezekiah Hooper be appointed as
guardian of her son Jacob Perkins on 3 Dec. 1785, and Hezekiah Hooper, of
Bridgewater, Gentleman, was appointed as his guardian on 5 Dec. 1785,[406] and
he married 1.) Mary Thomas, daughter of Nathaniel and Betty (House) Thomas, of
Pembroke,[407] on
18 Dec. 1808 in Pembroke.[408] She
was born on 1 Jan. 1786 in Pembroke,[409] and
died on 20 Jan. 1839 in
a.
Mary Thomas Perkins, born on 25 Oct. 1809 in Bridgewater,[419]
married Dr. Calvin Barton Pratt, of Middleborough or Barnstable, MA, son of
Calvin and (3023) Clarissa5
(Keith) Pratt, Esq., on 28 Nov. 1833 in Bridgewater.[420] He was
born on 15 Apr. 1806 in Bridgewater,[421] a
grandson of (1222) Lt.
Solomon4 and
Lois5 (
b.
Maria/Marcia Perkins, born on 1 Oct. 1811 in Bridgewater,[434] married
Thomas8
Jefferson Washburn, of Orono, ME, son of (3890) Solomon7 and Sarah “Sally” (Carver) Washburn Jr., of
Bridgewater, MA, and Bridgton, ME, on 3 July 1836 in Bridgewater.[435] He was
born on 25 June 1809 in Bridgton, Cumberland Co., ME.[436] He
died on 21 May 1846 in
c.
Jacob Perkins (Jr.), born on 13 Nov. 1813 in Bridgewater,[440]
died on 19 Nov. 1838 in Bridgewater, aged 25 years, 6 days,[441]
presumably unmarried.
d.
David Perkins, born on 22 Jan. 1816 in
e.
Sally Keith Perkins, born on 23 Feb. 1818 in
f.
Edith Perkins, born on 15 Mar. 1820 in
g.
Robert Perkins, born on 20 Feb. 1822 in
h.
Ellen M. Perkins, born on 17 Feb. 1824 in
i. Nathaniel T. Perkins, born
on 8 Jan. 1827 in
1543 v
Francis “Frank” Perkins (Jr.), born say
1778 in Bridgewater, his mother Philibert Perkins requested that Hezekiah
Hooper be appointed as guardian of her son Francis Perkins on 3 Dec. 1785, and
Hezekiah Hooper, of Bridgewater, Gentleman, was appointed as his guardian on 5
Dec. 1785,[459]
then he chose his brother Jacob Perkins, of Bridgewater, millwright, to be his
guardian on 15 June 1797,[460] and
he married 1.) Polly6 Leonard, daughter of Simeon5 and
Anna (Smith) Leonard, on 3 Sept. 1815 in
1544 vi
Philibert Perkins,[468] a
daughter, born ca. 1780 in Bridgewater,[469] no
guardian was appointed for her in 1783, but she was still unmarried and living
in Bridgewater in the 1850 federal census with the family of her brother, Jacob
Perkins.
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[1] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1916, 2 Volumes, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 1, p. 256.
[2] Mitchell, Nahum, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Boston, 1840, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1983, [hereinafter Mitchell, History of Bridgewater], p. 179.
[5] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 177; Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1987, [hereinafter Torrey, New England Marriages], p. 360, for her maiden name.
[8] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 173; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 181, who says he had, by his second wife, children Hepzibah, Molly, Phinehas, Cyrus, Independence, Otis Kinsley, Eliza, and Lucy.
[11] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 2, pp. 65, 78; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 181, says “He married a Muxam for his 3d. wife.”
[13]
[15] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, says the wife of Josiah Hayward was Sarah, daughter of Thomas Perkins, and says they had daughters Lois and Sarah.
[26] Merrick, Barbara Lambert, and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts, Vital Records, The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, Volume One: 1986, Volume Two: 1990, [hereinafter Middleborough VRs], Vol. 1, p. 68.
[27] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, UT, 1993, p. 62, Pomfret, Windsor Co., the Moses Simmons household had 3 free white males under 16, 1 free white male aged 16 or over, and 5 free white females.
[28] Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27685, his wife named Lois; www.findagrave.com, memorial #122970294, from his gravestone in Prosper Cemetery in Woodstock, VT; the Ancestry.com World Tree file submitted on 28 May 2005 by Kenneth L. Shaw.
[29] Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, online database at www.FamilySearch.org, from FHL microfilm #27685, widow of Moses; www.findagrave.com, memorial #122970319, from her gravestone in Prosper Cemetery in Woodstock, VT.
[35] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 9, dwelling #108, family #128:
Lewis Holmes, 43, male, trader, $6000, born MA
Rebecca Holmes, 55, female, born MA [sic]
Lewis J. Holmes, 16, male, clerk, born MA, student
Salome
Washburn, 79, female, born
Charles Brigham, 18, male, clerk, born MA
Caleb Alden, 29 male, laborer, born MA
Mary
J. Haskel, 23, female, born
Francis Carver, 17, male, clerk, born MA
Ellen
Dersmond, 23, female, born
[37]
Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 181, says Sarah “married at Wareham
and afterwards P. Turner,” however according to Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p.
154, and Vol. 2, p. 567, Sarah Hayward, the wife of Plato Turner, was born on 2
Apr. 1769, and died of Cancer in Bridgewater on 29 Apr. 1830, aged 61 years,
which agrees with a 1769 birth year, but eliminates her as a daughter of Mary
(Perkins) Hayward, who died in 1756. It could be that Sarah Hayward, wife of
Josiah and Mary (Perkins)
[40]
Jones, William, “Robert Carver of
[44] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 444, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater; Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #3591.
[58] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 426, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater; Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #176.
[71] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Eleazer Carver household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 5 free white females.
[80] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Joseph Alden household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 4 free white males under 16, and 5 free white females.
[81] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 424, buried in the Old Graveyard in Bridgewater; Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #137.
[82] Plymouth County Probate Docket #137, Vol. 38, p. 318-321, witnessed by Beza Hayward, Esqr., Caleb Alden, and Benjamin Clark, from FHL microfilm #0550720.
[84] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 89, says they had Mehitabel 1775, Joseph 1777, Daniel 1780, Thomas 1782, Cyrus 1785, Eunice 1788, Seth, Bethiah, and Betsy.
[95] He
was not listed in Brig. Gen. Gardner W. Pearson’s Records of the
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia,
[97] 1850 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 266, dwelling #408, family #516:
Joseph Alden, 73, male, farmer, $1500, born MA
Almora Howard, 46, female, born MA
Ella Josselyn, 1, female, born MA
Ellen T. Hayward, 7/12, female, born MA
John Austin, 35, male, shoe cutter, born MA
Emeline Austin, 20, female, born MA
[100] Bowman, George Ernest, Vital Records of the Town of Halifax, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1905, [hereinafter Halifax VRs], p. 35, the marriage of Ephraim Tilson and Mercy Sears, both of Halifax, on 25 Dec. 1752.
[101] Halifax VRs, p. 80; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 18, marriage intentions recorded 1 Dec. 1804 in Bridgewater.
[103] Tilson, Mercer V., The Tilson Genealogy from Edmond Tilson at Plymouth, N.E. 1638 to 1911, 1911, p. 345, however her birth was not recorded in the vital records of Halifax.
[107] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a Threatened Invasion during the War of 1812-1814, Boston, 1913, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1999, p. 51.
[113] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 18; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 89, says they were married in 1813.
[119] Pearson, Brig. Gen. Gardner W., Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a Threatened Invasion during the War of 1812-1814, Boston, 1913, reprint, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1999, p. 51.
[134] Mitchell, History of
[135] Vital Records of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1911, [hereinafter West Bridgewater VRs], p. 111, the year of her birth from Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 350.
[138] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 24; Yarmouth VRs, p. 584, marriage intentions recorded 3 Sept. 1809 in Yarmouth.
[139] Sherman, Robert M., and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1975, [hereinafter Yarmouth VRs], p. 359.
[146] Vital
Records of Pembroke, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic
Genealogical Society,
[147] Pembroke VRs, p. 227; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 22, marriage intentions recorded 18 Apr. 1812 in Bridgewater.
[152] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #11828, but apparently the bond was never recorded in the Plymouth County Probate Books.
[153] “Easton, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Births, Deaths and Marriages by Families, 1697-1847,” from FHL [Family History Library] microfilm #1059951, a transcription of the entire town vital records from the incorporation of the town of Easton to about 1843 made in 1880 by Geo. G. Withington, Easton town clerk, [hereinafter Easton VRs], p. 105, the marriage of Edward Dean and Joanah Williams, both of Easton, on 6 Mar. 1768.
[156] Easton VRs, p. 47, the birth of Edward Dean, son of James and Hannah Dean of Easton, on 30 June 1748; Taunton VRs, Vol. 2, p. 241, the marriage of Hannah Hayward of Easton and James Dean of Taunton on 15 June 1744 in Easton.
[157] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71839341, from her gravestone in the Dr. Edward Dean Cemetery in Easton.
[158] www.findagrave.com, memorial #71839316, from his gravestone in the Dr. Edward Dean Cemetery in Easton.
[159] Bristol County Probate Docket “Alexander Keith, Easton, 1840,” from FHL microfilm #0573217, witnessed by Samuel Deleno, Lewis Williams, and Eugene N. Williams.
[161] www.findagrave.com, memorial #87280715, from her gravestone in the Dr. Edward Dean Cemetery in Easton.
[166] www.findagrave.com, memorial #87280712, from her gravestone in the Dr. Edward Dean Cemetery in Easton, which does not give his age at death.
[167] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 1, p. 193, under “Uianna” Keith, but Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 208, calls her “Lavinia,” which is more likely.
[174]
Plymouth Co. Deeds, Vol. 43, p. 237-238, witnessed by Samuel Kinsley and
Solomon Johnson, acknowledged by Solomon Lenard and Elizabeth Leonard on 4 June
1754, and recorded on 19 May 1756.
[175] Plymouth Co. Deeds, Vol. 43, p. 238, witnessed by John Conant and Abigail Pratt, acknowledged by Seth Hayward on 12 Dec. 1754, and recorded on 19 May 1756.
[176] Plymouth Co. Deeds, Vol. 42, p. 240, witnessed by Eleazer Carver junr. and Ebenezer Perkins, acknowledged by Jeremiah Conant on 2 Mar. 1752, and recorded on 22 May 1754.
[177] Plymouth Co. Deeds, Vol. 42, pp. 272, 275, witnessed by Zeph. Keith and James Leach, acknowledged by Benjamin Washburn on 3 June 1754, and recorded on 7 Aug. 1754.
[178] Plymouth Co. Deeds, Vol. 51, p. 65, witnessed by Ebenezer Snow Junr. and Abial Conant Junr., acknowledged by John Conant on 17 June 1765, and recorded on 19 Oct. 1765.
[182] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 266, says they had William 1748, Mary 1750, Sarah 1752, Enoch 1754, Thomas 1756, Theodore 1758, Deborah 1761, and Cyrus 1767.
[187] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15664, Vol. 23, p. 210, with Hezekiah Hooper and Samuel Kinsley as sureties.
[191] Stover, Margaret Harris, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1997, [hereinafter Raynham VRs], p. 154, the unnamed wife of Solomon Snow was noted to have died on 23 Aug. 1775 in the journal of Rev. Isaac Backus at Raynham.
[192] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 288; Raynham VRs., p. 91, marriage intentions recorded 27 Aug. 1780 in Raynham.
[194] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 50, Raynham Town, Bristol County, the Solomon Snow household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.
[202]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 292, from records of
[205] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Eli Hudson household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 4 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.
[208] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 202, says they had Thomas 1776, Asa 1778, Ovid 1781, Eli 1783, Sally 1785, William 1787, Selah 1790, and Olive 1793.
[213] Vital
Records of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England
Historic Genealogical Society,
[218] Calculated from the age of their oldest child in the 1850 federal census, her maiden name from the birth record of their son Caleb L. Hudson Jr. in East Bridgewater VRs, p. 70.
[219] 1850 Federal Census, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 266, dwelling #403, family #511:
Caleb Hudson, 38, male, shoe cutter, $1000, born MA
Eliza Hudson, 30, female, born MA
Mary E. Hudson, 13, female, born MA, attending school
Deborah Hudson, 11, female, born MA, attending school
Parna
P?.
Caleb L. Hudson, 6, male, born MA, attending school
Charles N. Hudson, 4, male, born MA, attending school
Ellen A. Hudson, 2, female, born MA
Emma E. Hudson, 1, female, born MA
[234] Vital Records of Plympton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1923, [hereinafter Plympton VRs], p. 421, the marriage of Robert Waterman Jr. of Halifax and Martha Cushman of Plympton on 8 Apr. 1734 in Plympton.
[235] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Enoch Perkins household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.
[259] Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 12: Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA, 1996, [hereinafter MF5G: Cooke], p. 433, shows that Francis Cooke was probably living in Winchester, Cheshire Co., NH, in the 1790 federal census, but does not give names for the husband of his daughters, a couple of which would have been the right age to have become the wife of Rev. William Conant.
[269] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Benjn Edson household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.
[295] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 59, Bridgewater, Windsor County, the Cyrus Perkins household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 2 free white females.
[296] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprinted by Clearfield Company, p. 160, Bridgewater, Windsor County, the Cyrus Perkins household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-44, 4 females under 10, 2 females aged 10-15, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
[297] 1810 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Windsor Co., VT, p. 493, the Cyrus Perkins household had 1 male under 10, 1 male aged 26-45 years, 1 female under 10, 3 females aged 10-15 years, 1 female aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 26-45 years.
[299] Middleborough VRs, Vol. 1, p. 47, marriage of Thomas Holmes and Mary Sprout, both of Middleborough, on 1 Apr. 1731.
[302] Van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1993, [hereinafter Plymouth VRs], p. 40, the birth of Thomas Holmes, son of John and Experiance Holmes, on 7 Jan. 1708/9 in Plymouth. John Holmes later moved to Middleborough, where he died in 1728; Stratton, Eugene A., “Descendants of Mr. John Holmes, Messenger of the Plymouth Court,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 74, June 1986, No. 2, pp. 91-93, 205.
[303] Yarmouth VRs, p. 136, the marriage of Ebenezar Sproute and Experience Hawes on 1 Mar. 1703/4 in Yarmouth; Stratton, Eugene A., “Descendants of Mr. John Holmes, Messenger of the Plymouth Court,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 74, June 1986, No. 2, p. 205; Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Marriages From the Files of George Ernest Bowman At the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1990, [hereinafter Roser, Mayflower Marriages], pp. 206, 255.
[304] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 536, buried in Trinity Church Graveyard in Bridgewater; Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15557.
[306] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 536, supposedly from a private record of burials in South Bridgewater kept by Lt. John Washburn.
[307] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 266, says they had Ebenezer 1752, Mary, Holmes 1757, Hepzibah 1759, Susanna 1764, and Nancy.
[314] Heads
of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790:
Massachusetts,
[316] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15556, Vol. 52, p. 258, with Benjamin Snell and Lot Whitmarsh as sureties.
[318] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 267, says they had Daniel, Solomon, Thomas, Aaron, a Baptist Minister in N.Y.; Ornan, Ebenezer, Simeon, Ozias, went to Hanson, Minerva, and Mary.
[324] Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, [hereinafter Taunton VRs], Vol. 2, p. 365; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 288, marriage intentions recorded 1 Apr. 1809 in Bridgewater.
[340] Pembroke VRs, p. 326; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 292, marriage intentions recorded 18 Apr. 1818 in Bridgewater.
[344]
Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15638, Vol. 89, p. 399-400, from FHL microfilm
#0555639, witnessed by Vassel Keith, Ambrose Keith, and Lafayette Keith.
[352] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater,
p. 267, says he married “Sally W. Hayward,” daughter of Timothy; Bridgewater
VRs, Vol. 2, p. 292, gives her name as Charlotte Hayward, daughter of Timothy,
but Timothy Hayward had no daughter named
[363] 1790 Federal Census, Foster, Providence Co., RI, p. 288, the Oliver Carver household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females.
[366] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 39, Danby, Rutland County, the Holmes Perkins household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 4 free white females.
[367] Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont, Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier, 1938, reprinted by Clearfield Company, p. 111, Danby, Rutland County, the Holmes Perkins household had 1 male aged 10-15, 1 male aged 26-44, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.
[375]
1800 Federal Census, Easton, Bristol Co., MA, p. 392, the Rufus Leach household
had 2 males aged 16-25 years, and 1 female aged 16-25 years.
[377] Plympton VRs, p. 421, marriage of Robert Waterman Jr., of Halifax, and Martha Cushman, of Plympton, on 8 Apr. 1734 in Plympton.
[380]
Plymouth VRs, p. 88, the marriage of Robertt Waterman and Mary Cushman on 19
Mar. 1702 in
[381] Plympton VRs, p. 302, the marriage of Josiah Cushman and Susanah Shurtlef on 29 Dec. 1709 in Plympton.
[387] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 537, buried in Trinity Church Graveyard in Bridgewater; Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15567.
[390] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 266, says he had Susanna and Robert by Susanna Waterman, and Jacob, Francis, and Philibert by Philibert Keith.
[392]
Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 536, buried in Trinity Church Graveyard in
[397] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 166, Bridgewater Town, Plymouth County, the Enoch Perkins household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 2 free white males under 16, and 2 free white females.
[400] Calculated from his age at death when he chose a guardian in 1783, but it doesn’t match his age at death.
[401] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15568, with James Leach and William Snell, of Bridgewater, as sureties.
[402] Heads
of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790:
Massachusetts,
[407] Pembroke VRs, p. 361, marriage of Nathaniel Thomas and Betty House, of Abington, on 20 Feb. 1774 in Abington.
[408] Pembroke VRs, p. 326; Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 289, marriage intentions recorded 15 Oct. 1808 in Bridgewater.
[411] Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 289, marriage intentions recorded 12 May 1844 in Bridgewater; Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1926, [hereinafter Groton VRs], Vol. 2, p. 134, marriage intentions recorded 10 May 1844 in Groton.
[413] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 60, p. 73, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his third marriage, her second, his occupation a farmer, born in Bridgewater, his parents Francis and Philabert, her birth place Wrentham, and her parents Jotham and Hepsibah Davis.
[414] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 2, dwelling #18, family #20:
Jacob Perkins, 74, male, no occupation, $6000, born MA
Susan Perkins, 54, female, born MA
Philibert Perkins, 70, female, born MA
Martin Holmes, 25, male, laborer, born MA
Wm.
Irving, 30, male, laborer, born
Rosey Fox, 18, female, born MA, attending school
Mary Fox, 14, female, born MA, cannot read or write
[415] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 76, p. 194, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation an iron manufacturer, his parents Francis and Philebert Perkins; Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #15581.
[416]
Plymouth County Probate Docket #15581, Vol. 95, p. 538-540, from FHL microfilm
#0555642, witnessed by Artemas Hale, Caleb Hobart, and Artemas Hale Jr.
[417] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 202, p. 76, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her parents Jothem and Hepsible Davis, of Wrentham.
[418] Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 267, says they had Mary, Maria, Jacob, David, Sally Keith, Edith, Ellen, Robert, and Nathaniel.
[423] 1840 Federal Census, Town of Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 14, the Calvin B. Pratt household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 30-39 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 5-9 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years, including 1 person employed in a learned profession.
[424] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 25, dwelling #325, family #379:
Calvin B. Pratt, 44, male, physician, $3000, born MA
Mary T. Pratt, 40, female, born MA
Mary B. Pratt, 15, female, born MA, attending school
Henry T. Pratt, 13, male, born MA, attending school
Sarah K. Pratt, 11, female, born MA, attending school
Calvin Pratt, 8, male, born MA, attending school
Catharine Clancy[?], 24, female, born Ireland
Plus a long list of other females, all attending school
[425] Lainhart, Ann S., 1855 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 44, dwelling #342, family #390:
Calvin B. Pratt, 49, male, white, physician, born MA
Mary T. Pratt, 45, female, white, born MA
Mary B. Pratt, 21, female, white, born MA
Henry T. Pratt, 19, male, white, student, born MA
Sarah K. Pratt, 16, female, white, born MA
Calvin Pratt, 13, male, white, born MA
Jonathan W. Pratt, 1, male, white, born MA
[426] 1860 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 275, dwelling #1790, family #2308:
Calvin B. Pratt, 54, male, physician, $3000, $20,000, born MA
Mary
T. Pratt, 50, female, born MA
Calvin Pratt, 18, male, student, born MA, attending school
Sarah Pratt, 21, female, born MA
Jane P. Cook, 37, female, all work, born MA, attending school?
Mary McDonald, 22, female, servant, born Ireland
Jona W. Pratt, 6, male, born MA
[427] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 157, p. 330, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a physician, his birth place Middleboro, and his parents Calvin and Clarrissa Pratt.
[428] Plymouth County Probate Docket #16069, Vol. 104, p. 187-188, from FHL microfilm #0555646, and Vol. 114, p. 435(407).
[429] Lainhart, Ann S., 1865 Massachusetts State Census for Bridgewater, Boston, 1988, p. 77, dwelling #3, family #3:
Mary T. Pratt, 55, female, white, born MA, widow, mistress
Henry T. Pratt, 28, male, white, born MA, single, machinist
Sarah K. Pratt, 26, female, white, born MA, single, lady
Calvin Pratt, 23, male, white, born MA, single, student
Jonathan W. Pratt, 11, male, white, born MA, single
Robert Perkins, 43, male, white, born MA, widower, farmer
Edith Perkins, 19, female, white, born MA, single, lady
Jane J. Cook, 43, female, white, born MA, single, lady
Catharine Howe, 24, female, white, born Ireland, single, domestic
[430] 1870 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, Page No. 32, dwelling #208, family #243:
Mary T. Pratt, 60, female, white, keeping house, $5000, $20,000, born MA
Sarah Pratt, 31, female, white, home, born MA
Jonathan W. Pratt, 16, male, white, school, born MA, attending school
Henry T. Pratt, 33, male, white, works in cotton gin fcty, $5000, born MA, a male citizen
Lucia Pratt, 26, female, white, no occupation, born MA
Bridget Riley, 26, female, white, domestic servant, born Ireland, parents both foreign born
[431] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 275, p. 290, online at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birth place Bridgewater, and her parents Jacob & Mary Perkins, born respectively in Bridgewater and Pembroke.
[438] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 23, dwelling #294, family #345:
Marcia P. Washburn, 39, female, $1500, born MA
Marcia
P. Washburn, 13, female, born
Thomas J. Washburn, 11, male, born MA, attending school
Jacob P. Washburn, 9, male, born MA, attending school
Nathan W. Washburn, 6, male, born MA, attending school
Margaret
Power, 18, female, born
[439] Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #22054, Vol. 93, p. 305. Philo Leach was a son of Apollos and Chloe (Dyer) Leach, and was husband of Lucia Hooper. No known relationship between Marcia Perkins and Philo Leach has been discovered.
[446] 1850 Federal Census, Fall River, Bristol Co., MA, p. 25, dwelling #303, family #386 (hard to read):
David Perkins, 37, male, Lawyer, born MA
Olive R. Perkins, 28, female, born Miss.
Roslia? Perkins, 6, female, born MA
Margaret? Perkins, 4, female, born MA
David Perkins Jr., 2, male, born MA
Mary T. Perkins, 1/12, female, born MA
(Plus 4 other unrelated persons)
[453] 1850 Federal Census, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, p. 8, dwelling #99, family #119:
Robert Perkins, 28, male, trader. $6000, born MA
Susan M. Perkins, 27, female, born MA
Edith Perkins, 4, female, born MA
William Coburn, 18, male, clerk, born VT
Hannah
Murphy, 23, female, born
[457]
Jones, William, “Robert Carver of
[A]
The Will of Ebenezer
Keith of Bridgewater, County of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts Bay
(1773): *
In the name of God Amen. On the Twenty first Day of
October Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy and Three, I
Ebenezer Keith of
Imprimis—I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife, Hepzibah, the one half of the indoor moveables that she brought with her to be intirely at her dispose, also the one half of my dwelling house, Barn and Corn house during the time of her being my widow, also the improvement of Two Cows during the said term. I allso Give to my said wife my two Great Bibles to be Entirely at her dispose—
Item—I Give and Bequeath to my Two daughters namely Hipzibah & Uranna the other half of the said indoor moveables, that my said wife Brought with her, allso Thirteen pounds six shillings & Eight pence a piece to be paid by my Executor when my said daughters arrive to the Age of Eighteen years
Item—I Give and bequeath to my two daughters, namely Rachel and Susanna the Remainder of my indoor moveables, also Twenty pounds a piece, to be paid by my Executor within one year after my decease—
Item—I Give and bequeath to my two daughters, namely Mary and Lucy, Seven pounds a piece to be paid by my Executor within Two years after my decease
Item—I Give and bequeath to my Son Amos Twenty pounds.
Item—I Give and bequeath to my Three Sons, namely, Caleb, Calvin, and Alexander to them their heirs and Assigns forever, all my Land Lying on the Easterly side of the Country road being by Estimation about Fifty Five Acres, also Four Acres of Swamp Lying near Joseph Carver’s, being the Lot of Swamp I had of my Hond Father—also my Right in the Little Cedar Swamp (so called) and in case Either of my said Sons (being minors) should die with out Issue, then his part to be divided equally between the Survivors
Item—I Give and bequeath to my Son Ebenezer, Nine Acres of Land, where my Corn house now stands, also Eight Acres of Land on the westerly and northerly side of the Country Road Including my house and Barn with all the Buildings standing on Each Lot to him the said Ebenezer his heirs and Assigns for ever
Item—I Give and bequeath to my Eldest Son Luther my Interest in the Library in the South Precinct in Bridgwater, together with all my Other Books, Except my Two Great Bibles—I also Give to him my desk—
Item—I Give and bequeath to my two Sons, namely Luther & Ebenezer, (whom I nominate and appoint my Sole Executors) all my Estate Real and personal, not already disposed of, to them their heirs and Assigns forever, they paying my Just Debts, funeral charges and Legacies herein mentioned—In Witness and confirmation hereof. I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the day and year abovesaid
Signed, Sealed, pronounced, published & Ebenezer Keith (seal)
declared by the said Ebenezer Keith to be his
Last Will & Testament in presence of us—
Ephraim Keith
Gershom Richmond junr
Elisha Crosman
Probated on 6 July 1778, present by Luther Keith, one of the executors, and proved by Ephraim Keith and Gershom Richmond junr. Administration of the estate granted to Luther Keith and Ebenezer Keith. Thomas Hooper and Gershom Richmond were sureties on the bond of Luther Keith and his brother Ebenezer Keith.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from
[B]
The Will of Seth
Alden Jr. of Bridgewater, County of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts
Bay (1775): *
In
the Name of God Amen, On the Twenty fourth Day of August Anno Domini one
Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy five I Seth Alden Junr. of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth Blacksmith being of a Sound
& disposing Mind and Memory proceed to make this my last Will & Testament.
In the first Place I recomend my Soul into the Hands of God who gave it
trusting in his mercy through Jesus Christ for Pardon Grace & Glory and my
Body I comit to the Earth to be Decently buried at the discretion of my
Executors hereafter Named And my worldly Interest I dispose of In the following
Manner Viz~
Impr.
My Will is that all my just debts & Funeral Charges be Paid by my Executors
in a Convenient time after my Decease.
Item
I give & bequeath unto my Well beloved Wife Mary the whole of my estate
both Real & Personal to be intirely at her dispose except such a Part as I
shall hereafter dispose of ~
Item
I give & Bequeath to my Hond. Father Seth Alden a good
Beaver Hatt or to that Value in Cash ~
Item
I give & Bequeath unto my two Brothers Oliver & Joseph Alden each of
them a Good Beaver Hatt or to that Value in Cash ~
Item
I Do hereby Nominate & Appoint my Wellbeloved Wife Mary & my Brother
Oliver Alden to be my Sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament. In
Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the day & Year
aforesd.~
Sign’d
Seal’d Published & Pronounced Seth Alden Junr. (seal)
&
declared by the Sd. Seth Alden Junr. as
his
last Will & Testament before us
Ezra
Edson
Enoch
Perkins
Josiah
Edson
The Inventory
of the Real & Personal Estate of Seth Alden Junr., late of Bridgewater, was appraised by Josiah Edson, Solomon
Leonard, and Hezekiah Hooper on 24 Nov. 1775, and totaled £487.8.1, including
his real estate which totaled £341.5.0. Oliver Alden, the Executor, gave his
oath to the inventory on 25 May 1776.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate Vol. 24, pp. 18, 113-114, from FHL microfilm #0550713.
[C]
The Will of Joseph
Alden of Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(1803): *
In
the Name of God Amen.— I, Joseph Alden of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth,
Gentleman, being of a sound & disposing mind & memory, do make this my
last will & testament –vizt– I recommend my soul to God, who gave it, &
my body to the earth, to be buried, with decent christian burial, at the
discretion of my Executors hereafter named & with respect to my worldly
Goods & Estate, I give & bequeath the same, in manner following vizt.
Imprimis.—I
Give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Bethiah Alden, my great bible,
all my indoor moveables & my quick stock, to be hers forever, also, during
ye time she shall continue my widow, the use & improvement of one third
part of my homestead, with the buildings thereon not including in sd homestead
any part of the lands, I purchased of Cornelius Thayer & Ebenezer Thayer;
and I further give her, during the minority of my son Seth, the whole use &
improvement of my said homestead, including my cedar swamp in Halifax; provided
however, that my said wife shall, out of the improvement thereof stand charged
with the expence of educating my son Cyrus at College, and shall defray all
reasonable expences in educating him, and that the same may not be too
burthensome, I hereby give to my said wife, a right, annually to call on my
three sons, Joseph, Daniel & Thomas, to pay her sixty Dollars a year,
during the four years, my said son Cyrus shall remain an undergraduate at
College, & the estate of my said three sons Joseph, Daniel & Thomas, given
them in this will is hereby made chargeable with such payment—and the Estate
hereby given in this will to my son Seth, is hereby made chargeable with such
sums as shall be demanded & recieved of my said three sons Joseph, Daniel
& Thomas, and he, the said Seth shall repay the same to the said Joseph,
Daniel & Thomas within one year after he shall arrive to the age of twenty
one years, and in any case, it shall be a debt on his estate, & repayment
made out of the same
Item.—I
Give & bequeath unto my son Joseph Alden the lands & buildings, I
purchased of Cornelius Thayer & Ebenezer Thayer, also Ten acres of land I
purchased of Timothy Hayward, also, my Ivory headed cane, to him & his
heirs & assigns forever –
Item—I
Give & bequeath to my son Daniel Alden, all the lands that I am seized of,
that I purchased of the Executors of the last will & testament of Francis
Perkins, late of Bridgwater deceased, including the reversion of the widow
Philibert Perkins’s Dower or thirds; also a pair of gold sleeve buttons, to him,
his heirs & assigns forever. –
Item.—I
give & bequeath unto my son Thomas Alden, my lands at beach neck, so
called, also ten acres of land adjoining ye same that I purchased of David
Johnson, also, a lot containing eighteen acres, more or less, adjoining the same,
that I purchased of Ebenezer Caldwell, also my sword, he, the said Thomas
paying to my aforesaid son Daniel five thousands feet of boards within one year
from the time of my decease, to him, his heirs & assigns forever –
Item.—I
give & bequeath unto my son Cyrus Alden, a liberal education at College, to
be provided for him out of the improvement of my homestead, together with such
other provisions therefor as has been already expressed – also a good Horse,
saddle & bridle, when his education at College shall be compleated. –
Item—I
Give & bequeath to my son Seth Alden, my Homestead together with my cedar
swamp in Halifax, to him, his heirs & assigns forever, reserving the
improvement of the whole to my wife during his minority, and of one third to my
wife during the time she shall continue my widow, and the same estate hereby
given, is further chargeable with the repayment of such sums as may be made
chargeable thereto in educating my son Cyrus in manner as has been expressed,
and it is also made chargeable with the repayment of legacies, to be paid by my
Executors, who shall in the same manner as repayment is provided for in the
case of Cyrus recover the amount of such legacies, as they shall pay of my said
son Seth, within one year after he shall arrive to the age of twenty one years,
and in any case, his estate shall answer the same
Item.—I
Give & bequeath unto my Daughter Mehitabel Mitchell, the wife of Thomas
Mitchell, one Dollar.
Item—I
Give & bequeath unto my other three Daughters Eunice Alden, Bethiah Alden
& Betsey Alden, to each of them Two feather beds, with furniture, one Cow
& thirty Dollars in Cash, the money to be on Interest from the time of my
decease and the whole payable to them respectively, as they shall be married or
arrive to the age of eighteen years.
Item.—I
Give & bequeath to my two sons Joseph & Daniel, the Cedar swamp in
Pembroke, which I hold in common & undivided, with Oliver Alden, to them,
their heirs & assigns forever.
Item—I
Give & bequeath to my four sons, Joseph, Daniel, Thomas & Seth, my
farming utensills, to be equally divided among them. –
Item—I
Give & bequeath my wearing apparell & my books my great bible excepted,
to my five sons aforesaid to be equally divided between them.
Item.—I
Give & bequeath to my wife & each of my Daughters so long as they shall
continue unmarried, each, a seat in my Pew on the ground floor of the meeting
house, & the remainder & reversion, together with my Pew in the
gallery, to be equally the property of Joseph, Daniel, Thomas & Seth
aforesaid.
Item—It
is my will, that, my grain, Cash on hand, securities & debts due to my
estate, be appropriated to discharge my just debts, funeral expences &
settlement of my estate. –
Item—I
hereby constitute & appoint my two eldest sons Joseph Alden & Daniel
Alden joint Executors of this my last will & testament, and hereby order
them to pay the legacies, the same to be refunded to them out of the estate of
Seth as has already been expressed.—And they together with Thomas are enjoined
to procure assistance to their mother in educating Cyrus, in manner, as has
been mentioned already, and their several estates are hereby made chargeable
with the same, and they to be refunded in manner as has been expressed –
Ratifying & confirming this to be my last will & testament, and
disallowing all wills heretofore by me made
In
Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal the thirtieth day of
March in ye year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred & three. –
Signed Sealed, Published & Joseph Alden (seal)
Declared by ye sd Joseph Alden
to be his last will & testament in
presence of us –
Beza
Hayward
Caleb
Alden
Benjamin
Clark
Bridgwater May 7th 1804 — This certifies that I acquiesce
in the provision that my husband made for me in his will –
Attest Daniel Alden Bethiah Alden
Presented
for probate on 2 May 1803 by Joseph Alden & Daniel Alden, the Executors
therein named, and proved by Beza Hayward Esqr. & Benjamin Clark, two of
the witnesses.
* Transcribed by
John A. Maltby from
[D]
The Will of Alexander Keith of Easton, Bristol
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1839) *
Be it remembered that I Alexander Keith of Easton in the County of Bristol Yeoman, being in good health and perfect memory do this eighth day of November Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say.
Imprimis – I give & bequeath to my daughter Phebe all my household furniture excepting my clock one bed & my best Desk.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Phebe the sum of one hundred dollars.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Nancy the sum of six dollars.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Hepsibah Perkins the sum of six dollars
Item. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Abigail Dean the sum of six dollars.
Item. I give & devise to my Son Dean Keith all my real estate wherever the same may be found. I also give & bequeath to my said Son Dean all my personal estate not herein before bequeathed; he paying to my Daughters the above mentioned legacies in one year after my decease.
And Lastly, I do constitute and ordain my said Son Dean Keith sole executor of this my last will and testament.
In Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written
Alexander Keith
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the said Alexander Keith as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request & in his presence hereunto set our names as witnesses to the same.
Saml. Deleno
Lewis Williams March 3d 1840
Eugene N. Williams approved
Presented for probate on 10 Jan. 1840 by Dean Keith, the Executor, and proved by Samuel Deans [sic] and Lewis Williams, two of the witnesses, on 3 Mar. 1840. Letters of Administration on the estate of Alexander Keith, late of Easton, were granted to Dean Keith on 3 Mar. 1840, with Lewis Williams and Saml. Deleno as sureties.
No inventory of his estate was recorded.
* Transcribed by
John A. Maltby from Bristol County Probate Docket “Alexander Keith, Easton,
1840,” from FHL microfilm #0573217.
[E]
The Will of Thomas
Perkins of Bridgewater, County of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts
Bay (1773): *
In the Name of God Amen March 13th. 1773 I Thomas Perkins of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth in New England Gentleman being at Present in a State of Health and of a Sound & Disposeing Mind and memory which I think God for but calling to mind the mortality of my Body Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to Say Principaly & First of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of the great God who gave it hoping through the Merrits Mediation and Intercession of Christ to attain the Pardon of all my Sins and Inherit eternal Life and my Body I comit to the Earth to be buried in a decent manner at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named and as touching my Worldly Estate I give & Dispose thereof in the following Manner: In the First Place my Will is thall my Debts & Funeral Charges be paid in a convenient time after my Decease by my Executor out of that part of my Estate givin to my Sons Thomas & Theodore.—
Item I Give
& bequeath to my well beloved Wife Mary the Improvment of the Land lying on
the East Side of the way that my
Item I give & bequeath to my Son William one Eighth part of my Land lying to the Southward of the great Brook (so called) it being Part of the Twentyeth Twenty first & Twenty Second Titiquot great Lotts of the first division to him his Heirs & Assigns together with my Steel faced Anvel with what I have heretofore let him have—
Item I give & bequeath to my Son Enoch his Heirs & Assigns forever one Quarter Part of my Land lying to the Southward of the great Brook (so called) it being Part of the 20th. 21st. & 22d. of Titiquot great Lots of the first Division.—
Item I give & bequeath to my Sons Thomas & Theodore my Land lying to the Northward of the great Brook Bounded on the west Side cheifly by the Land of Ensign Thomas Hayward and his Sons Land & Northerly End by the land of Elkanah Rickard and the East Side by a way and then mostly by Sd Rickards Land. I also give unto the Sd. Thomas & Theodore a Peice of Land where my Corn House Standeth and a small Peice of Land on the west Side of the Road near Ensn. Joseph Keiths Dwelling House with a Peice of Land I Purchd. lying between the Lands of Elijah Snow & the Land of Uriah Rickard together with my Cedar Swamp & the Reversion of what I have given my Widow with all my other Rights lying & being in whatsoever that I have not hereafter Disposed of to them their Heirs and Assigns forever.—
Item I give & bequeath to my Son Cyrus one Quarter Part of my Land lying below the great Brook before Described to him his Heirs & Assigns forever And my Will is that my Sd. Son Cyrus Shall be Put to good Trade when he shall come to a Suitable Age.—
Item I give and bequeath to my three Daughters Mary Sarah & Deborah to each of them one Eighth Part of my Land lying to the Southward of the great Brook as it is before Described reserving a Priviledge for my Widow to cut fencing Stuff Sufficient to keep her Improvement in repair to them their Heirs & Assigns forever—
I likewise give to my three Sons William Enoch & Thomas all my Personal Estate except what I have given to my Wife in this Will & what legally belongs to her.— I Constitute my Well beloved Sons William & Enoch to be Executors of this my last Will and Testament ratifying this & no other to be my last Will and Testament in Witness where of I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year Above writen.—
Signed Sealed Published declared & Thomas Perkins
Pronounced in the Presence of us
Joseph Keith 3d
Hepzh Keith
her
Annah *
mark
Probated on 1 Nov. 1773, presented by William Perkins & Enoch Perkins, the executors, and proved by Joseph Keith the 3d & Annah Bolton two of the witnesses thereto subscribed who made Oath that they Saw the Sd Testator Sign Seal and heard him declare the Sd Instrument to be his last Will and Testament & that they with Hepsebeth Keith Subscribed their Names together as Witnesses to the Execution thereof…
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from
[F] The Will of Ebenezer Perkins of Bridgewater, County
of Plymouth, Province of the Massachusetts Bay (1770): *
I Ebenezer Perkins of Bridgwater in the county of Plymouth, being now sick, but of a sound and disposing mind & memory, proceed to make this my last will and testament. In the first place I give & recomend my soul into the hands of God who gave it trusting in his mercy thro’ Jesus Christ, for pardon, grace & glory, and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor hereafter-named, and my worldly interest I dispose off in the following manner, viz. ~~
In the first place, My will is that my just debts, & funeral charges be paid by my executor in convenient time after my decease. ~~
Item. I give & bequeath to my welbeloved wife Experience the improvment of one third of my real estate during her life, and one third of all my personal estate, to be entirely at her dispose. ~
Item. I give unto my sons & daughters namely Ebenezer, Holmes, Mary, Hepsibah, Susannah & Nancy, all my other estate not before dispose off,– both real & personal, to them, their heirs, & assigns forever, to be divided between them in the following manner viz, That my said sons Ebenezer & Holmes to have three hundred pounds to my said four daughters having Forty pounds, and the whole to be divided in that proportion. ~~
Item, I do hereby nominate & appoint mr. Nathan Mitchell sole executor of this my last will & testament, hereby giving unto him full power and authority to make sale of all the estate given to my said children as aforesaid, and put the money to intrest for their use & benefit. ~~
In Witness & confirmation hereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal this thirty first day of May 1770.
Signed, sealed, pronounced, declared &
published by the sd. Ebenr. Perkins as his Ebenezer Perkins (seal)
last will & testament, before us. ~
Josiah Edson,
Ebenezer Keith,
Francis Perkins. —
Presented for probate on 6 Aug. 1770 by Nathan Mitchell, the executor, and proved by Josiah Edson esqr. and Ebenezer Keith, two of the witnesses.
* Transcribed by
John A. Maltby from Plymouth County Probate Vol. 20, p. 408-409, from FHL
microfilm #0550711.
[G]
The Will of Ornan Perkins of Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1847) *
Know all men by these presents,
that I, Ornan Perkins, of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth and state of
Massachusetts, being of sound disposing mind and memory, do make and publish
this my last will.
First, I order all my just
debts, &c. to be promptly paid by my executor.
2d. I give and bequeath to my
daughter Amanda S. Perkins, the bureau which was her mother’s, and twenty
dollars.
3. I give to my daughters
Elizabeth B. and Laura Ann Allen Perkins, twenty dollars, and to my sons Ornan
J. and Aaron Perkins, twenty dollars.
4. After the payment of my debts
and the aforesaid legacies, I give and bequeath all the residue of my estate
whether Real, Personal, or mixed, to my beloved wife Hannah Perkins. But on her
decease the same to descend to my daughter Minerva Perkins, or to her heirs.
Lastly, I ordain and appoint
Philo Leach of Bridgewater, as executor of this my last will
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal, and do publish and declare this to be my las
will, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses below, this twenty third day
of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
Ornan Perkins (seal)
Signed,
sealed, published and declared by the said Ornan Perkins, as and for his last
will in presence of us who in his presence, and in the presence of each other,
and at his request, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.
Vassel
Keith
Ambrose Keith
Lafayette
Keith
Presented
for probate on the first Tuesday of Oct. 1847 by Philo Leach, the Executor
therein named, and proved by Vassel Keith and Lafayette Keith, two of the
witnesses.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate Vol. 89, p. 399-400, from FHL microfilm #0555639.
[H] The Will of Francis Perkins of Bridgewater,
Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1782): *
In
the Name of God Amen, the twenty Second day of October Anno Domini one thousand
seven hundred and Eighty two I Francis Perkins of Bridgwater in the County of
Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gentleman being of a Sound and
disposing mind and memory, do make and ordain this my Last will and testament
in manner and Form Following, vizt. In the first place I Give
and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that Gave it, and my body I
Recommend to the Earth to be decently Interred at the discretion of my
Executor, and touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to
bless me in this Life, I Give, demise, and dispose of the same in the Following
manner and Form vizt
First—I
order that all my Just debts and Funeral Charges be paid out of my personal
Estate by my Executor (herein after named) in Convenient time after my decease
Secondly—I
Give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Philibert and to her Heirs and
assigns Forever all the Houshold Furniture which she brought to me at or after
our marriage and all the Estate Given to her by her father in his Last will and
testament, also two Cows, and one Bed, under Bed & Bedstead over and above
the Houshold Furniture above mentioned Given to her – also I Give to her with
Limitation the use of one third part of that part of my homestead Lying on the
north Side of the high way, as also the use & improvement of the Easterly
Room in my dwelling house the Chamber over it and of the back part of my House
to the same width and Cellar under it, the priviledge of using the well and of
passing and Repassing to and from it, the use of such a part of the Barn as
will be Sufficient For the keeping of two Cows in it and to Store a Sufficient
Quantity of Hay or other Forage to keep them, and the Liberty of Cutting Fire
wood on any of my Lands Sufficient to maintain one Fire, and Five Bushells of
Indian Corn to be found for her by my son Robert annually all which above
mentioned improvement uses & Liberties not above Given to her her heirs and
assigns are to be by her Enjoyed so Long as she Remains my widow and no Longer
Thirdly—I
Give and bequeath to my Son Robert and to his Heirs and assigns Forever all my
Homestead Farm with the Buildings thereon, Reserving the use and improvement of
the Easterly part of my dwelling house, and Cellar under it part of the well
and Barn, and of one third part of that part of my Homestead Farm which Lyeth
on the north Side of the Road above Given to my wife so Long as She shall
Remain my widow, in Like manner I Give to him my Grist mill and Black Smiths
Shop and the tools and implements belonging to it, also my Cole House, also
Seven acres and three Quarters of Land which was Sett off to me out of Caleb
Washburn’s Estate by an Execution also I Give him my wearing apparell, and half
my Quick Stock he to deliver to my wife two Cows out of his Estate and to find
and provide for her five Bushells of Indian Corn annually so Long as she
Remains by widow
Fourthly—I
Give and bequeath to my two Sons Jacob and Francis and to their Heirs and
assigns Forever, all my Lands Lying in the Southerly part of Bridgwater
aforesaid adjoining to the thousand acres (so Called) Containing near Eighty
acres, also half an acre of Land which I bought of Jonathan Willis in the
abovesaid Little Cedar Swamp, also I Give to them my half of the Saw mill near
my house with all its appurtenances to be equally divided between them
Fifthly—I
Give and bequeath to my three Sons Robert, Jacob and Francis and to their Heirs
and assigns Forever one half of the thirteen acres and an half of Land which I
together with Enoch Perkins bought of Ebenezer Perkins as will appear by a deed
bearing date the Twenty ninth day of April one thousand seven hundred and
Seventy nine, one Quarter of the dwelling House and one Quarter and half
Quarter of the Barn therein also I Give them all my out door moveabls Estate
(the Quick Stock Excepted) to be equally divided between them
Sixthly—I
Give and bequeath to my daughter Susanna and to her Heirs and assigns Forever,
all the Houshold Furniture which her mother brought to me, also all her mothers
wearing Apparall, also all my Indoor moveables not above disposed of, and one
half of my Quick Stock
Seventhly—I
Give and bequeath to my daughter Philibert Six pounds to be paid to her at the
age of Eighteen years by my Son Robert
Eighthly—The
Remaining part of my Personal Estate after payment of my Just debts, Legacies
and Funeral Charges I Give to my Son Robert and to his Heirs and assigns
Forever
Lastly—I
do hereby Constitute and appoint Doctor Eleazer Carver and my Son Robert the
Sole Executors of this my Last will and testament, Ratifying & Confirming
this and no Other to be my Last will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my
hand and seal the day and year above written
Signed,
Sealed, published, pronounced, and
declared
by the said Francis Perkins to be his
Last
will and testament in the presence of Francis Perkins (seal)
us
the Subscribers
Benja. Willis
James Perkins junr
Enoch Perkins
Benjamin Edson
Presented
for probate on 16 Apr. 1783 by Eleazer Carver and Robert Perkins, the
Executors, and proved by James Perkins junr and Benjamin Edson, two of
the witnesses.
Hezekiah
Hooper and Solomon Leonard, Gentlemen, and Isaac Johnson Esqr., all of Bridgewater, were appointed to appraise the estate of
Francis Perkins, late of Bridgewater, yeoman, on 16 Apr. 1783.
An
Inventory of all the Estate both Real and Personal which Francis Perkins Late
of Bridgwater yeoman dyed Seized of dated 24 Apr. 1783, totaled £1445.11.6, including
his real estate valued at £1208. The Executors Eleazer Carver and Robert
Perkins gave their oaths to the inventory on 5 May 1783.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate, Vol. 28, p. 558-561, from FHL microfilm #0550712.
[I]
The Will of Jacob Perkins of Bridgewater, Plymouth
County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1853) *
Know all men by these presents
that I Jacob Perkins of Bridgewater, in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, being of sound mind and memory do hereby make, publish and
declare this as and for my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former
Wills by me made.
First.
I give and bequeath unto my sons David Perkins and Robert Perkins, and
to their respective heirs and assigns, my homestead farm situated in
Bridgewater, containing about sixty four acres more or less, with the buildings
thereon, together with about two acres of land lying on the Westerly side of
the River, which I bought of Zenas Crooker to be divided equally between them
in such manner as they shall agree upon. Also I give and bequeath unto the said
David and Robert, each of them Five shares in the Bridgewater Iron
Manufacturing Company and to their respective heirs and assigns—Provided
however, and it is my Will that said David and Robert shall support and
maintain my sister Philibert Perkins out of this legacy during her life.
Second.
I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary T. Pratt wife of Calvin B.
Pratt to her sole and separate use free from the control of her husband Eight
shares in the Weymouth Iron Company and a lot of Wood land containing about
three acres, called the Aldrich Lot ~ And to her heirs and assigns.
Third.
I give and bequeath unto my grand children Marcia P. Washburn, Thomas J.
Washburn, Jacob P. Washburn and Nathan Washburn, children of my late daughter
Marcia Washburn, deceased, and to their respective heirs and assigns, Eight
shares in the Weymouth Iron Company, and one undivided half of about eight
acres of wood land situated near the house of Lewis Hayden, which I bought of
the heirs of Isaac Lazell, deceased, to be divided equally between them, and in
case either of said grandchildren shall not be living at the time of my
decease, the share of such deceased grand child shall be divided among the
survivors.
Fourth.
I give and bequeath unto my grand children Richard M. H. Carver,
Nathaniel Carver, and Ellen Carver children of my late daughter Ellen Carver,
deceased, and to their respective heirs and assigns Eight shares in the
Weymouth Iron Company and one undivided half of about Eight acres of wood land
which I bought of the heirs of Isaac Lazell, deceased,– to be divided equally
between them ~ and in case either of the grandchildren named in this bequest
shall not be living at the time of my decease, the share of such deceased grand
child shall be divided among the survivors.
Fifth.
I give and bequeath unto the First Congregational Society in Bridgewater
Five Hundred Dollars, to be invested and added to the Funds of said Society,
and the income of the same to be appropriated and expended for the support and
maintenance of the Sacred Music in said Society.
Sixth.
All the residue and remainder of my property and Estate, whether Real,
Personal or Mixed, not otherwise disposed of of which I shall die seized and
possessed ~ after the payment of my just debts and the aforesaid legacies ~ I
give and bequeath as follows~ viz. one fifth part thereof to my son David and
to his heirs and assigns ~ one fifth part thereof to my son Robert and to his
heirs and assigns ~ one fifth part thereof to my daughter Mary T. Pratt and to
her heirs and assigns, to her sole and separate use free from the control of
her husband, One fifth part thereof to the children of my late daughter Marcia
Washburn, deceased, who shall be living at the time of my decease, to be
divided equally between them, and to their respective heirs and assigns~ One
fifth part thereof to the children of my late daughter Ellen Carver, deceased,
who shall be living at the time of my decease, to be divided equally between
them, and to their respective heirs and assigns.
I hereby constitute and appoint
my sons David Perkins and Robert Perkins my Executors to this my last Will and
Testament.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty three.
Jacob Perkins (seal)
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the
said Jacob Perkins to be his last Will and Testament, in presence of us who at
his request and in his presence have subscribed the same as witnesses.
Artemas Hale
Caleb Hobart
Artemas Hale Jun.
Presented
for probate on the last Tuesday of Nov. 1853 by David Perkins and Robert
Perkins, the Executors therein named, and proved by Artemas Hale Jr., one of
the witnesses.
* Transcribed by John A. Maltby from Plymouth
County Probate Vol. 95, p. 538-540, from FHL microfilm #0555642.