| Birth: | About 1600 in ,, England |
| Death: | Dec 1665 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA |
| Sex: | M |
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Text: Page 72 Name: Richard Watts Location Hartford
Invt. L114-17-06. Taken 20 March, 1654, by Richard Butler, Nathaniel Browne and James Ensign .
October the twentieth day, In the year of our Lord one Thousand Six hundred fifty three. I R ichard Watts of Hartford, upon the River of Connecticut, beaing weak and ill in my body but i n my perfect memory and understanding, Doe make and Ordain this my Last will and Testament i n manner and form as ffolloweth:
Imprimis. It is my will that my wiff Elizabeth Watts shall possess and inioy my whole estat e during the term of her natural lif. And alsoe I will and give unto my wiff fful power an d Authority toe giv & dispose at her own will & pleasure Twenty pounds off the estate I leav e behind mee. The Resedu of my estate That Shall be remayneng after The death of my wiff I t is my will that it be Equally Divided amongst the Children of my Daughter Hubbard & the chi ld of my Daughter Browne, I mean the children now born & that then shall be living.
Also I will & give to my Daughter Browne the whole Charge of her board & the board of her chi ld, her husband & servant, ffrom the Time that her husband went ffrom her toward England To e the Day of my Death, with all other moneys or charges that I have Disbursed ffor her use.
That Thes my last Will and Testament be truly & ffaithfully performed, I make & ordayne my wi f Elizabeth my Soal Exectrix, And intreat my loving friends Richard Butler and James Ensign t o be overseers to this my will.
In Witness hereunto set my mark the day & year first above written.
In the presence of us: Richard Butler, RICHARD X WATTS.
James Ensign.
We whose names are heer underwritten doe witness that Richard Wats in his last sickness where of he dyed did express that it was his will that Hana, the Daughter of his Daughter Browne, s hould have a duble portion off the estate that is to be divided to the children expresst in h is will.
Further we witness that it was his will that his son Thomas Wats, after the Death of Elizabet h the wif of the said Richard, should have & inioy as his fforever his three acre upland lot t at the Town's End.
Richard Butler.
James Ensign.
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| Changed: 19 May 2006 11:33:43 |
| Elizabeth (Wife) b. About 1600 in ,, England
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Elizabeth Watts b. About 1618 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
William Watts b. Sep 1620 in Great Oakley, Northampton, England
Thomas Watts b. 1626
Eleanor Watts b. About 1628 in of, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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!SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Barbour, FAMILIES OF EARLY HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT; (725).
- Title: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records 1650-1663
- Note: gives spouse and children; probated 7 May 1666; (528)
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