Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Lt. Col. Michael GILL | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gill, Michaell May 26, 1696 Charlestown, Suffolk MA; Dows, Relief [ref 23:0740994-0740995] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In the name of God Amen This Twentieth day of April . . . 1720 I Michael Gill of Charlestown . . . Mariner being sick . . . ordain This my Last Will and Testament . . . Imprimis I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Releafe Gill the Income . . . of my whole estate . . . during the time of her widowhood . . . But if my Wife shall . . . alter her condition by marriage then my will is that she have the furniture of two rooms . . . one third of all my plate and Two hundred and fifty pounds . . . Item I give to my son Michael Gill Fifty pounds . . . over an above an equal share of my estate with my two Sons John and Josiah and my daughter Elizabeth it being my will that after the marriage or decease of my wife each of these children shall have an equal share of my estate (which fifty pounds given to my son Michael as he is my eldest son) Provided . . . that . . . Michael marrys with the consent of his mother but in case . . . Michael will not be governed by his mother . . . he shall have five pounds. Item I give to my daughter Releafe Rowse an equal share with my other children . . . John Josiah and Elizabeth excepting one hundred pounds . . . out of her part (she having had considerable out of my estate . . . Item my will is that if my son Josiah takes to learning and inclines to the ministry in such case I do give him all my land, and stock at Rutland . . . I do nominate . . . My Dear wife Releafe Gill and my loving friend Mr Daniel Russell to be my Executors . . . also I desire my good Friends Daniel Oliver of Boston and Charles Chambers of Charlestown . . . to be . . . overseers . . . MICHAEL GILL. THOMAS GRAVES DANIEL LAWRENCE MARGERY PUTNAM Filed 4 July 1720. (Middlesex Co., Probate, 16:92) Distribution. "Mrs. Relief Gill is now deceased" and estate is to be distributed to the divisees, i.e., to Ebenezer Kent, Attorney to Michael Gill, eldest son, now in Newfoundland; to granddaughter Mrs. Relief Ellery of Charlestown; Heirs of John Gill decd; Heirs of Mrs. Relief Barrow; Michael Gill, grandson; heirs of Elizabeth Cheever, 17 Nov. 1759. Signed as follows: "Moses Gill for himself and as Attorney for Mr Michael Gill Eldest Son of Col. Michael Gill . . . Deceased and on behalf of the Heirs at Law of Mr John Gill Deceased; Stephen Brown on behalf of his wife Mary and as attorney for Relief Ellery; and Elizabeth Cheever Junr as attorney for Thomas Cheever only Heir at Law of Elizabeth Deceased another Daughter of the said Col. Gill do hereby . . . Consent to the Distribution . . ., 19 Nov. 1759. (Ibid., 36:463.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Relief DOWSE | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Relief, 6, bapt. 9 Apr. 1676 [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RELIEF3 DOWSE (JOHN2, LAWRENCE1), born in Charlestown, Mass., 6 Apr. 1676, died there, 2 June 1759. She married in Charlestown, 26 May 1696, Colonel MICHAEL GILL, born in Dover, Kent, England, 2 July 1672, died in Charlestown, 14 June 1720, aged forty-seven years. Relief Gill owned the covenant in the First Church in Charlestown, 1 Sept. 1697, being admitted to full communion there, 27 Dec. 1702. Michael Gill was lieutenant colonel of Militia. Her picture was painted by John Singleton Copley and long hung in Boston, but is now in the National Portrait (Tate) Gallery, London. . . . John Mico and Thomas Lechmere both of Boston . . . Merchants . . . Whereas Nathaniel Byfield Esq. and the sd John Mico . . . Agents of Francis Collins of London Merchant and Attorney of Thomas Collins of London . . . Did . . . Sell unto Michael Gill of Charlestown . . . Marriner For . . . money . . . in the year 1702 . . . a Certain Messuage . . . in Charlestown . . . And for as much as no Deed . . . has hitherto been made Know Ye that we the said . . . Mico and . . . [ref 79:135] Lechmere . . . Do . . . Confirm . . . the bargain and Sale . . ., 26 July 1710. Wit: Flourance Maccarty, Thos. Maccarty (Middlesex Co., Deeds, 15:304). . . . Whereas Laurence Hammond Gent and Margarett his wife Relict and Sole Executrix of the Last Will . . . of Francis Willoughby of Charlestowne . . . Esqr many years Since Deced For Securing the sd payment of the principal Sum of Five hundred and Forty pounds in money by them borrowed and received of John Richards Esqr als Captaine John Richards then Treasurer and Agent to the . . . corporation within . . . Great Brittain for Propagating the Gospel in New England . . . being part of the Companys Stock with lawful Interest for the Same Did Mortgage to the said John Richards in Trust . . . Certain Warehouses . . . in Charlestowne . . . being parcell of the Estate left by the said Francis Willoughby as by . . . Deed of Mortgage . . . 29th of Novembr one Thousand Six hundred and Seventy nine . . . And whereas for . . . default of paying . . . the said Mortgaged Housing . . . became forfeited . . . the Commissioners of the said Company having . . . fully agreed to the Captain Michael Gill of Charlestown . . . Marriner for his purchasing of that part unsold . . . Now Know that I Samuel Sewall Esqr Treasurer to the Honourable Company aforesaid in consideration of . . . Three hundred and Fifty pounds . . . paid by Michael Gill . . . Confirme unto the said Michael . . . pasture land . . . in Charlestown . . ., 26 Mar. 1713. Wit: Francis Gyles, Rowland Dyke, Jas: Marion (Ibid., 16:419). Hannah Carter of Charlestown . . . Relict of . . . Vincent Carter late of Charlestown . . . Deced . . . for money . . . paid by Col. Michael Gill . . . doth . . . confirm unto him . . . upland . . . in Charlestown . . ., 14 Apr. 1719. Wit: Jona Edmands, John Edmands (Ibid., 20:280). . . . I Relief Gill of Charlestown . . . widow and relict of Michael Gill late of said Charlestown Esqr deceased . . . for . . . one thousand pounds . . . paid by Samuel Dowse and James Russell, merchants, Nathaniel Gorham and Edward Sheaf junr Marriners all of Charlestown . . . confirm unto the said Samuel Dowse, James Russell, Nathaniel Gorham and Edward Sheaf . . . wharf lands and Flatts . . . in . . . Charlestown . . ., 28 May 1745. Wit: Margaret Cary, Thad: Mason (Ibid., 44:664). [ref 79:135] Administration on the estate of Relief Gill, late of Charlestown, widow, deced, intestate. granted 16 June 1759, to Moses Gill of Boston, with John Scott, Brasier, and Zachariah Brigden, goldsmith, both of Boston as sureties (Middlesex Co., Probate, 16:92). CHILDREN born in Charlestown, Mass. 1697-1717: Relief, Michael, John, Josiah, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Mary, Mary, Josiah. [ref 79:136] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Last Modified 24 Apr 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |