Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for John ADAMS | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John, 1674, shipwright. Will 2-15 June 1737 names wife Amy (Dennett) and 6 ch. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - John Adams, b. about 1674, as dep. shows; m. (1) Anne ___, (2) Amy, dau. of John and Amy Dennett. He died in June, 1735. She died between 1750 and 1760, over 90 years of age. Children: Margaret, Mary, Sarah, John, Thomas, Mark. [ref 33:272] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WILL OF JOHN ADAMS, 1 Jun 1737 - 15 Jun 1737: In the Name of God Amen I Iohn Adams of the Town of Kittery in ye County of York in the Province of ye Massa Bay Shipwright being of a sound mind & perfect memory and knowing that it is appointed for all men Once to Die Do make & Ordain this to be my last Will & Testament And after recomending my soul to God ye Father of Spirits & my Body to a Decent Interment hoping for a glorious Resurrection thr� the merrits of Jesus Christ. That Worldly Estate wherewith God has blessed me I give Devise & bequeath in the form & manner following Vizt Imprimis I Order & my Will is that all my Just Debts of all sorts & my Funeral Charges be paid by my Execrs hereafter Named Equally as soon as they can Conveniently Do ye same or within A Reasonable time after my Decease & what Debts are due to me I give to my Execrs to be Equally Divided between them as they shall Collect & Recover the same I Likewise give to them what Ready money I have by me to be Divided in the same manner.Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Wife Amy the Use and Improvement of one full third part of all my Lands during her natural Life & half my House where I usually Dwell (vizt) that half which we Commonly call the old End & I give her what fire wood she shall have Occasion to Use to be taken off her third part of my Lands and to be haled & brot home to her Door & fitted for her use by my two sons herein hereafter named whom I hereby Order to Do the same joyntly at their Equal Expence. I also give unto my said Wife all my household Goods of any kind whatsoever within Doors and one third part of all my live stock to have & hold unto her her Heirs & assigns for ever.Item I Give Divise & bequeath unto my two sons John & Thomas Adams all my Lands that I have in Kittery Berwick or any other place whatsoever in possession Reversion or Remainder or that I ought to have by any way or means whatsoever the one Moiety thereof unto my sd son John to have & to hold to him his heirs & assigns for ever with all my Buildings gs & Houses thereon standing, and the other moiety thereof unto my sd son Thomas his Heirs & assigns for ever with all ye buildings gs thereon and all my Lands at my home place which I usually improved my selfe & that which lays on yc southerly side thereof which my Honod Mother Decsd used to Improve in her Life time which we Commonly call ye old Farm I will & order shall be Divided Equally in two parts Lengthways of the said Lands & that my sd son John shall have ye Northerly half to hold as aforesd & his Brother Thomas aforesd to have ye southerly half to hold to him & his Heirs as aforesd. And my will further is that if either of my sd sons shall Loose any part of his half of ye sd Farms Divided as aforesd that then he shall have one halfe as many Acres as he Looses out of his Brothers part so as to make ye Loss Equal between them & that Each may bear an Equal part of such Loss but if either of them shall have Disposed of his said part before any such Loss shall happen he shall make good his part of such Loss to his Brother in money. I Likewise give unto my sd sons all my Cattle (Except what I have herein before given unto their Mother) and all tools utensels & Implements of Husbandry to be Equally Divided between them their heirs & assigns for ever. Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Margaret Clark, Mary Hammonds, & Sarah Peirce to Each of them their Heirs & assigns the sum of thirty pounds besides what I have already given them to be paid by my said Sons John & Thomas joyntly & Equally between them in Cattle or ye produce of their Farms & Each of them to have six Years time after my Decease to pay their respective parts of said Legacies in & to pay ye same in Equal annual payments to Each of my said Daughters. Finally I Do hereby Constitute & appoint my sd sons To be Joynt Executrs of this my last Will & Testament Exhorting them to Brotherly Love & unity Charging them faithfully to Discharge this their Trust. I likewise hereby revoak Disannul & make void all other & former Wills & Testaments by me in any manner heretofore made Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal ye second Day of June Anno Domini 1737. and in ye tenth year of His Majesty's Reign. Signed Sealed published & pronounced by ye sd John Adams as his Last Will & Testament in presence of us who subscribed Our names hereunto In the said Testators presence. As Wittnesses of ye same. Ephm Dennet, Joseph Fernald, Benjamin Fernald/memo the words (the his) were interlined on ye other side before signing & cJohn Adams (seal) Probated 15 June 1737. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Amy DENNETT | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Amy, b. 9 Apr. 1679, m. John Adams. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AMY b. 9 April 1679; m. John Adams. [ref 33:348] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Amy, b. April 9, 1679, m. John Adams [ref 44:56] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 26 Oct 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |