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June 4, 1675 Plymouth Colony Wills 3:148-149 #P241
Will of Richard Bowen
June 4,1675
Richard Bowin's Will
[3:1:147] The last Will and Testament of Richard Bowin senir of Rehoboth
in the Collonie of Plymouth in New England exhibited to the Court held att
Plymouth aforsaid the fouth of June Anno: Dom 1675 on the oath of Mr John
Pecke as followeth
Be it Knowne unto all men by these prsents that I Richard Bowin senir: of
Rehoboth in the Collonie of New Plymouth in New England Doe the Day and
Date above written ordaine and make this my last will and Testament being
in my Good and prfect Memory and understanding as followeth;
Item I Give to my beloved wife Elizabeth two Cowes and one heiffer a yeer
old and a Mare 5 yeer old and a Mare Colt two yeer old and one Colt that
followeth the Mare;
Item I Give unto my wife my best bed; with all that belonges to it; and
all my linnine two Pewter platters; with som other small peeces of pewter;
both the bras kettles I Iron pott I skillett one frying pan all my poultry
and halfe my swine younge and old alsoe I Give to my wife one Coffer; and
halfe my provisions after my buriall; halfe of my Corne; halfe my hay that
is Gathered in or may be Growing att my Decease; halfe my butter Cheese
Bacon and porke; one hake with the eke belonging to it; one Cherne one brewing
tubb one powdering tubb one beer barrell and my milk vessells; Cushens one
Candlesticke; all these foremensioned prticulars; I Give to my beloved wife
to Dispose of att her Death unto whom shee will; moreover I Give unto my
wife my bible my warming pan; halfe my house that prte of the Leanto, nearest
unto the Chimney; as alsoe halfe my orchyard; and halfe my home lott; excepting
that prte I sould unto Stephen Paine senir: being an acre more or lesse;
all these I say I Give unto my beloved wife, the full tearme of her life;
moreover my wife shall have libertie to mow two load of hay on my meddow
att Palmers River and three load more on my meddow on the New meddow necke,
every yeer soe longe as shee liveth;
Item I Give to my son Willam one hundred pounds Comonage; my lott on the
East syde of the plaine my lott in the second Devision; my prte of ffresh
meddow lying and being neare the mile run; my ffresh meddow at Palmers River
all my meddow that I have mowed att my meddow on the New meddow necke The
other pte of this meddow, I have Given unto my son Obadiah; and my son Richard,
as will appeer by a Deed of Gift under my hand; Moreover I Give unto my
son Willam; halfe my house halfe my barn; halfe my orchyard halfe my home
lott except that I sould to Steven Paine senir: and it is my Will that that
after my wifes Decease that my son Willam shall have all my housing and
barnes orchyard homlott with all those lands and meddowes before mensioned
unto him and his heires forever;
Item I Give unto my son Willam halfe my swine halfe my Corne halfe my hay;
Ingathered or may be Growing and halfe my provisions; butter Cheese bacon
Porke;
Item I Give to my son Willam halfe my Cart and wheeles my Cart Rope with
my plow and plowirons belonging to it 2 Chaires two hogsheads, and all other
Corne vessell my wife Can spare; my hake with the Ringe; on it; my Great
brasse pott an Iron pott and my Great brasse pan; and alsoe it is my will
that hee shall have the land which is to be Devided according to the Devision
of 20 acrees to the hundred pound estate; and alsoe my lott lately layed
out on the necke Called Wachamaquat necke; and all such lands as shalbe
Devided after the Date hereof; according to the proportion of a hundred
pound estate; I alsoe Give unto my son Willam; my Chest in the hall my Coffer
in the seller loft my Chaine my hay knife Dung forke Pikes Rakes hand saw
augers 2 beetle ringes and all my Iron wedges; as alsoe that oxe Called
Duke; and my bible after my Wifes Decease;
Item I alsoe Give unto my son Willam the bed hee now lyeth on and the furniture
belonging to it; and one bed sheet and my winnow sheet; and all my boards
about my house, and all my wearing apparrell;
Item I Give unto my son Obadiah halfe a hundred pounds of Comonage; my plow
Irons of my breakeing plow and my thawrtcutt saw and halfe my logg Chaine;
and the other halfe I Give to my son Willam;
Item I Give to my Daughter Allice Wheaton my Daughter Sarah ffuller and
my Daughter Ruth Kenericke my old mare and a Colt that suckes on her;
Item I Give to my Daughter Allice Wheaton my fflagon and two pewter platters;
Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah ffuller my warming pan after my wifes Decease;
and a pewter platter when the will is proved;
Item I Give to my Daughter Ruth Kenericke one pewter platter;
It is alsoe my will that if any of these fornamed beasts [p.148]: viz: neat
beasts or horses given Doe Die or come to any lose, the lose shalbe to the
pticular prson or prsons unto whom they were Given; my executor shalbe free
hee shall not make it Good to him or them; Item all the Rest of my Goods
lands Chattles or whatsoever I have not Given in this my Will and Testament;
I Give to my son Richard whom I make and ordaine my sole executor to pay
my Debts and to Discharge my legacyes and to see my body buried; witnes
my hand the Day and yeer above written
| Witnes | The marke R of Richard | |
| Stephen Paine Junr: | Bowin senir: | |
| John Pecke; |
Also see :
[ The Inventory of the Estate of Richard
Bowen Sr. of Rehoboth Mass. June 4, 1675 ]
