Martha EVANS

• Birth: 23 JUL 1727, Amesbury, MA
• Death: SEENOTES, Probably Nottingham, NH

• Marriage: 13 JUN 1743, Salisbury, MA

1. Deborah WHITTIER
2. Dorothy WHITTIER
3. Sarah WHITTIER
4. John WHITTIER
5. Reuben WHITCHER
6. Chase WHITTIER
7. Joseph WHITTIER
8. Sarah WHITTIER
9. Mary WHITTIER

    __ __||  |__||--Martha EVANS ||   __|__|   |__

Notes

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN -- The fifteenth day of Oct 1780 I Martha Whitcher of Nottingham in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Wife of Joseph Whitcher being very weak in Body but of Perfect mind and memory Thanks be given unto Godtherefor Calling unto mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say Principally and first of all I Give and recommend my soul into thehands of God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a decent Christian Burial at the discretion of my Executor Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of Godand as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to bless me in this life I give Demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form IMPRINUS I give and Bequeth to Joseph Whittier my well beloved Husband thewhole of my Land that was left me by my Honble Father John Evans late of Nottingham deceased during his Natural Life after my Mothers decease ITEM I give to my son Joseph Whitcher the whole of my Lands after his Grand mothers, mine andhusbands Decease his paying such Legacies as his mentioned or shall be - ITEM I give to my two GrandSons Philip McCrillis and Andrew McCrillis Ten Silver Dollars each to be paid by my Executor within three months after he takes Possessionif they be Twenty one years of age & if not twenty one to be paid when they come of the age of twenty one each ITEM I give to my Daughters Dorothy and Sarah Elkins and Martha Whitcher each and every one of them Twenty Silver Dollars withinthree months after my Executor takes Possession - ITEM I Do constitue and appoint my Son Joseph Whitcher of Nottingham in the Province aforesaid Gent to be my Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly Disallowrevoke and disannul all and every other Former Testaments Wills Legacies and Bequeaths and Executors by me in any ways before named Willed and bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament IN WITNESSwhereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written

(Signed Sealed in presence of us John Banfell, Joseph Hodgdon, William Hook and Simeon Ladd)

Joseph's consent to the will follows

KNOW ALL MEN by these Presence that Joseph Whittier within named for divers good Causes of Considerations Did freeley Consent to approve of making the within will as therein declared and to the disposition of the Estate therein mentionedaccording to the ..... and did advise was present, and did Consent to the full and due Execution of the same and I do by these presents full approve ratify and Conform the said last will and Testament as within written and Executed and everyClasue and article thereof - IN WITNESS whereof I have here unto set my hand and Seal this thirteth Day of January Anno Domini 1782

(Joseph Whittier signed sealed & Delivered In presence of Joseph Hodgdon and Simeon Ladd)

STATE OF NEW HAMSHIRE Nottingham the 30th Day of Jan 1782 Then Joseph Whittier above named Personally appeearing acknowledged the foregoing last Will and Testament made Subscribed by his said Wife Martha Whittier to be agreable to his own freeact and will according to the above written approvement and Consent to which he hath Subscribed his Name

Rockingham TO ALL PEOPLE To whom these Presents shall come Phillips White Esa Judge of the Probate of Wills in and for the County of Rockingham Sendeth GREETING KNOW YE That on the Day of the date hereof before one at Exeter is said County,the Instrument a Copy of which is hereunto annexed Puporting the last Will and Testament of Martha Whittier (the Wife of Joseph Whittier) late of Nottingham in said County dec was presented for Probate by Joseph Whittier the Executor thereinnamed and Joseph Hodgdon & Simon Ladd two of the Witnesses whose names are thereto subscribed being then present made Solemn Oath that they saw the said Testator Sign Seal and heard him

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ROCKINGHAM PURSUANT to an order to us directed by the Hanble Phillips White Esq Judge of the Probate of Wills for said County We the Subscribers have proceeded to make the following Inventory and appraisement of theEstate of Martha Whitier late of Nottingham deceased as it were Shown to us by Joseph Whittier Jun Executor of her Will viz

70 acres of Land in said Nottingham @24 84 0 0

Nottingham April 22 1782 the above is a true and imparial appraisement to the best of our Knowledge

(Signed by Joseph Hodgdon and Simeon Ladd

--Invalid Dates

Death: Between Oct 1780 & Jan 1782

    __ __||  |__||--Giuseppe PAPA ||   __|__|   |__

    __ __||  |__||--Hope PARKER ||   __|__|   |__

                _Moses COPP ________ _Joshua COPP _||              |_Mehetable EMERSON _||--Benjamin Little COPP ||               _Samuel POORE ______|_Sarah POOR __|               |_Elizabeth SEARL ___

    __ __||  |__||--Maria Antonia Elisabetta CIOVACCO ||   __|__|   |__

                      _Robert DUNHAM _ _Gregoire DUNHAM ___||                    |________________||--Robert DUNHAM ||                     ________________|_Elizabeth MARYUGE _|                     |________________

                      _Raymond V ___________ _Alfonso II ________||                    |_Petronilla of Argon _||--Alfonso ||                     _Alfonso VII _________|_Sancha of Castile _|                     |_Richilde of Poland __

    __ __||  |__||--Anna Philitia BOWER ||   __|__|   |__

    __ __||  |__||--Maria Loreta GIANSANTE ||   __|__|   |__

    __ __||  |__||--Robert GYE ||   __|__|   |__

                     __ _Nathaniel TURNER _||                   |__||--Mary TURNER ||                    __|___________________|                    |__

    __ __||  |__||--Gerold ||   __|__|   |__

                     __ _John DRAKE _______||                   |__||--Job DRAKE ||                    __|_Elizabeth ROGERS _|                    |__