Will of John Drew
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In reply to:
John Drew and Rebecca Cook
Brian Van Bibber 9/06/08
JOHN DREW 1721/2 DOVER
In the Name of God Amen : The Thirty first Day of January
one Thousand Seven hundred and Twenty one I John Drew of
Dover in ye Province of New Hampshiere being not well in Body • * *
Imprimis I give and bequeath to Rebekah Drew my Dearly
beloved wife whome I Likewise Constitute make and ordain my
sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament one third Partt
of my Estate Together with all my Houshold goods : Depts and
moveable Effects within Doors and without : and singular one
third part of all my Lands messuages and Tenements, by her
freely to be Possessed : and Injoyed : Dureing her naturell Life
and at her Desceas it shall Return if any be Left unto my three
sons viz : John Drew ffrancies Drew and Zebulon Drew to be
Equally Divided between them : allthough it might be Thought
by sum y* the affore sd John Drew is not my son but herein This
my Last will and Testament I Do acknowledge him to be my Son:
and one of my Heirs —
Item I give to my Daughter Sarah ffeild ye wife of John ffeild :
and to her Heirs for Ever Lawfully begotten of her Body a stripp
of Land Lying between ye affore sd John ffeild Land and ye
Twenty acres that I bought of Zachariah Pittman the south end
of it : Joyning to Daniel Harvis Land being about Six acres be it
more or Less : and Likewise I give and bequeath to my affore sd
Daughter Sarah ffeild and her Heirs for Ever : a certain Plott or
Parcell of salt marsh that I bought of Zachariah ffeild the administrator
of Josep ffeild Late Deseased : Containing two acres by
Estimation more or Less : and thatch beds flats : and all other ye
Privillidges that belongeth Thereunto Lying and being on the
west side of the mouth of stephensons Creeck so Called : on the
south side of oyster River joyning to the Personage : besides
what I have given her allready shall be to her and her Heirs for
Ever and all the Privilledges and appurtinances there unto belonging
or any wise appertaining to ye above sd Land marsh thatch
beds or flats : to ye affore sd Sarah ffeild and her Heirs for Ever —
Item I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Robberts The wife of
Love Robberts ten Pounds out of ye Stockk within one year after
my Discease or Death : besides what I have given her allready :
and to be Paid by my Executrix —
Item I give to my affore said Sons Viz : John Drew ffrancies
Drew and Zebulon Drew : all the other two third parts of my
Estate to be Equally Divid between Them : as thay Come to ye
age of twenty one years old : which I impower my Executrix to
see it fullnlled if she Liveth untell Thay come unto That age :
otherwise I Impower my over seers to see it fulfieled and Done :
whom I shall appoint in this my Last will and Testament
Item I give to my Three Daughters : viz Hannah Drew Abigail
Drew and Rebeckah Drew ten Pounds a Peace out of the stock
as thay Cotne to ye age of eighteen years old : which I impower
my executrix to see it fullfilled and Paid : if she should Live
untell thay Come unto that age : otherwise I impower my overseers
to see it fullfilled and Done: whome I shall a Point in this
my Last will and Testament —
Item I give to my two gransons : viz John Drew and francies
Drew : a certain Parcell of Land : and to their Heirs for Ever :
Lawfully Begotten of ther Bodys and the affore sd Land is
Bounded as followeth : begining att a Pair of Bars att ye head of
my old ffeild Runing two Rods north and be east : and from
thence forty four Rods to a stone in ye ground mark* : P : Leaving
two Rod in width : The affore sd forty four Rods is to Run
Eastward to ye affore sd stone mark1 P : Leaving two Rods in
weadth for a conveniancy : to go into my Pasture : and from that
stone : north and be East to a white oak mark : P : and from
thence west northwest to ye four acres of Land that I sold to
Israel Hodgdon : and from thence Riming southardly to the Land
that I Bought of Pomphret Whitehouse : and from Thence west
northwest to ye Kings Road : Leading to oyster River and from
thence to ye High way that Leadeth to ye Bars where wee first
began : as more Plainly appear uppon Record Referance being
had Thereunto : and Likewise I give to my two gransons : viz
John Drew and ffrancies Drew Ten acres of swamp Land Leying
and being between meeharmots hill and William Hills Land : the
affore sd ten acres of swamp Land it being ye one half of a twenty
acor Grant which was Granted to me by ye town of Dover and
Likewise I give to my two Gransons : viz : John Drew and ffrancies
Drew the one half part of a Peace of marsh and Thatch
Bed that I bought of abrahatn mite Lying and being in Dover
on ye east side of the Back River : and all ye affore sd Peaces of
Land and marsh & Thatch Bed I give to my two gransons viz
John Drew and ffrancies Drew to them and their Heirs for ever
Lawfully Begotten of Their Bodys to be Equally Devided
between Them : when thay Come to the age of twenty one years
old : and it is the true intent and meaning that my granson John
Drew shall have ye Liberty and Privilledges of ye whole of the
Peaces of Land marsh and thatch Bed untell his Brother ffrancies
Drew Con1es to ye age of twenty one years old : and then he is to
have ye one half of the aff ore sd Land and marsh and thatch Bed :
the affore sd John Drew and ffrancies Drew maintaing and all
wais keeping a good sufficiant fence between me and them for
Ever and between my Heirs for Ever so as may keep me Indam-
nified in my whom Plaintain and I Do here order in this my
Last will and Testament That my two gransons : viz : John
Drew & ffrancies Drew to Pay unto their Sister Elizeth Drew
my Grand Daughter the sum of five Pounds a Peace of good and
Passiable money of new england when she Coms to ye age of
Eighteen years old
Item I give and bequeath to my Dearly Beloved wife Rebeckah
Drew as is affore said one Third Part of all my housings Barn or
Barns orchard or orchards and all other of ye Privilledges as is before
mentioned in this first Part of my will : and with ye Last Part
of This my Last will and Testament During her Life : freely to be
Possessed and injoyed by her : and I Do hereby utterly Disallow
Revoke and Disannul all and every other former Testaments Wills
Leagacies and Bequest and executors by me in any wais before
named Willed and bequeathed, Ratifying and Confirming This and
no other to be my Last Will and Testament In wittness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Day and year above
written
and I Do Likewise Constitute and ordain my Trusty ffreinds :
Cap" Benjamin Wentworth and James Nute in the Town of Dover
in the Province of New Hampshiere to be overseers of this my Last
will and Testament to see that Every articall to be fullfilled in
Wittness whereof I have hereunto unto sett my hand and seal
the Day and year above Written
sighned, sealled, Published John drew
Pronounced and Decl eared by.
The sd John Drew as his Last
Will and Testament in the Presence
of uss the Subscribers
Benjamin Peirce
Joseph austin
Samuel austin [
Proved Dec. 4, 1723.] [
Inventory, Dec. 30, 1723; amount, ^1588.10.0; signed by
Samuel Tibbetts, Israel Hodgdon, and Nicholas Harford.]