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- Title: Will of Thomas Low, Sr. of Ipswich
Text: "In the Name of God Amen. The Twentith day of Aprill in the yeare
of grace one Thowsand Six hundred Seauenty & Seauen, I Thomas LowSenr. of Ipswich in America in the Shire of Essex, being weake inbody; but of good & perfect memory, thanks be vnto God, Doeordaine & make this my last will & Testament in manner & formefollowing, first I bequeath my Soule into the hands of theAlmighty God my Creator & redeemer, by whom, through whom, & inwhom I trust to haue remission of all my Sinnes & to be anInheritor of the Kingdome of Heauen, & my body to be buried at thediscression of my Executor. Item I giue & bequath vnto Susannah myloueing wife, what goods she brought with hir, And also I give hirthe vse of that roome which I lye in & the free vse of thosethings that are in it, And also the vse of one Cow which sheliketh best, & will is that my sonne John shall mainteine itwinter & sumer & also my will is, that if the Cow Come to anyCasualty hee shall find her another Cow & maintaine it likewise asbeforesaid, Also I giue vnto my wife one fourth part of her laborthat she hath Spunn both Lening & woollen, & Also she shall hauehir beere as shee hath now, & also free vse of the fire: & AlsoJohn shall reare hur vp a shoate yearely for Sum meate for hir, &also shee shall haue the free vse of a Garden plott, & also alitle ground to sow half a peck of flax seede yeerely. And also Igiue vnto hir Thirty shillings yeerely to be payd by my Executorin Such things as shee shall stand in neede of, during hernaturall life: moreouer I giue vnto my loueing wife five pownds todispose of as shee shall thinke good. An my will is That in Casemy wife shall thinke meete to remoue from my Sonne John, Then mywill is, that John Low shall pay or ca[use] to by payd vnto hirforty Shillings yearely & euery yeare during hir natu[ral] life inSuch pay as shee needeth. And Also I giue hir the cowe to be hir[own] & John to send hir the pay to Boston or Charls Towne.
"Item I Giue & bequeathe vnto my Sonne John Low all my Howsing &
all my lands in Ipswich both meadow & vpland, to him & his heiresfor euer. Item I giue & bequeath vnto my Sonne Thomas Low Thirtypownds, to bee payd him by my Executor in tooe yeares after mydecease. Item I giue vnto my Daughter Margaret forty pownds, to bepayd by my Executor in tooe yeares after my decease. Item I Giuevnto my daughter Sarah forty pownds to be payd by my Executorwithin tooe yeare after my Decease. Item I giue vnto my GrandchildThomas Low five pownds, when hee is Twenty yeares of age, or athis day of marriage. Item I give vnto my Grandaughter MargaretDauison five pownds, when she shall be Twenty yeare old, or at hirday of marriage. Item I give vnto my Grandaughter Sarah Safford,five pownds, when she shall be Twenty yeare old, or at hir day ofmarriage. Item I giue vnto my Grandaughter, Sarah Low, fivepownds, when she shall be Twenty yeare old, or at hir day ofmarriage. All the rest of my goods & Chattells vnbequeathed, Igiue unto my Sonne John Low, whom I doe ordaine & make my SoleExecutor of this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof Ihaue herevnto sett my hand & Seale the Thirtith day of April inthe yeare of Grace Sixteene hundred Seuenty & Seauen. 1677"
Thomas Low. (seal)
Witness: James Chute, Mary (her + mark) Chute
Proved in Ipswich court November 6, 1677 by Ja. Chute
Date: 3 Mar 2003
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