The genealogy of the descendants of Richard Haven, of Lynn ...

THE WILL OF RICHARD HAVEN.
IN THE NAME OF OUR LoRD GoD EVERLASTING, AMEN. I, RICHARD
HAVEN, of Lynn, in the county of Essex, in the Province of Massachusetts
Bay, in New England, being aged, and weak of body, yet God,
of his goodness, affording to rne my right understanding, I take this opportunity
to make this My Last Will and Testament, as followeth. I
resign up my spirit into the hands of my blessed Redeemer, the Lord
Jesus Christ ; rny body to the earth, to be decently buried, at the discre-
tion of my Executor, hereafter named; and, for my worldly estate, I Will
and Bequeath as followeth :
Imp. That all my just and honest debts be duly and honestly paid.
I give to my son John Haven, five pounds in good pay, to be paid within two
years after my decease, fifty shillings per year.
I give to my son Nathaniel Haven, five pounds in good pay, to be paid within
two years after my decease, fifty shillings per year.
1 give to my grandson Joseph Haven, the son of my son Richard Haven,
deceased, five shillings; the reason I give him no more is because I have given
his father considerable before his decease.
I give and bequeath to my son Moses Haven, his heirs and assigns, forever,
my dwelling house and barn, and all that lot of land, where my house and barn
now stands, excepting only so much as I, in this my will, give to my daughter
Hannah Gooddell; also, I give to my son Moses Haven, his heirs and assigns,
two lots of land lying in Rumney marsh, containing eleven acres at the least,
with the full and just half of my lot of upland lying in RamsdelPs neck, so
called, with all the privileges and appurtenances belonging to said house and
lands, and all my moveable estate not disposed of in this my will ; and he to pay
all the legacies herein mentioned.
I give and bequeath to my daughter
Hannah Gooddell the land her house
stands on, and my little orchard, bounded westward by the land formerly Thomas
Brown's ; southward, by the highway; eastward, as the fence now stands; northward,
within two poles where the barn now stands ; my son Moses, to have half
the fruit that shall grow upon the pippin tree, in said orchard, for seven years
years after my decease; and my will is that the yard, that now lies open, shall so
remain for the use of both houses; and after the decease of my daughter Hannah
Gooddell, then, if my son Moses Haven, or his heirs, shall see cause to pay
to the heirs of my daughter Gooddell, the full value of the house my said daughter
now lives in, ancf the land said house stands on, and the said little orchard,
as shall be appraised by three indifferent men, if the parties cannot
agree about the same, then my will is that the said house, orchard, and land,
shall be to my son Moses Haven, and his heirs forever; or else, my will is that
the said house, orchard, and land, as it is bounded, shall be to the heirs of my
daughter Hannah Gooddell, and their heirs and assigns forever ; also I give to
my daughter Hannah Gooddell, her heirs and assigns, the one full and just half
of my lot of upland lying in Rainsdell's neck so called.
I give to my son in law, John Tarbox, one shilling.