The Last Will and Testament
of
William Green
of Preston, Connecticut
The
Last Will and Testament of William Green of Preston
August 22, 1764 Preston, New London County, Connecticut [FHC Microfilm # 0005055, Connecticut Probate Records, Norwich District, Vol. 3, pp. 302-303 Transcribed by Sally Russell Cox of Anchorage, Alaska (7th great-granddaughter of William Green)] In the name of God Amen this
22 Day of August AD 1764 --
Imprimis My Will that my
Just Debt and Funeral Charges be First
paid out of my Estate by my Executor hereafter Named
Item: I give to my loving
Son John Green five Shillings with
what I have already given him in Land and other Ways in the
Item: I give to my loving
son Jabez five Shillings and all my
wearing apparel except what I shall give to Timothy with what
Item: I give to my loving
Son Timothy five shillings and my best
great Coat, and best strait bodied Coat, & Camblet
Item: I give to my Two
grandsons Wm. & Benjamin Children
of my Son Wm. Dec'd. Three Shillings, each of Them, my
Item: I have this Day given
my Daughter Elisabeth a Deed of Gift
of about Twenty Acres of Land which is the Whole of
Item: I give to my Daughter
Abigail Shelden my Young Black Cow
and my riding Mare and my great Bible and my Table
Item: I give to my
Granddaughter Sarah Benit one of the children
of my daughter Sarah Dec'd. One Pound to be pd. To
Item: I give to my Three
Daughters Ann, Mercy and Abigail all
the remainder of my Estate, Both Real & Personal after
And I do hereby Disallow and
Revoke all Former Wills by me made
and ordain my trusty Friend Col: Sam'l Coit Esqr. to
Signed Sealed published pronounced and Declared by the Sd. Wm, Green to be his Last Will and Testament Wm Green his X mark (Seal) In the presence of us
Witnesses
The interline between the
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Lines from
the Top and the Interlines between the Nineteenth
*this is how the item was spelled |
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