Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF 15AKNSTABLE FAMILIES. 117
Joseph and Abigail Winslow, children of his deceased
daughter Abigail. He appoints his wife Mercy sole execu-
trix, and gives her the residue of his large estate.
The will of Mrs. Mercy Bourne, widow of Hon. Sylvanus,
is dated July 10, 1781, and was proved May 28, 1782.
She gives to her son Richard, all her real estate—lands,
buildings, woodlands and meadows, a silver hilted sword
that was his father's, a large silver tankard that was his
grandfather's, her best great Bible, two pair of oxen, one
cow, half her sheep, all her husbandry tools, &c.
To her three daughters Desire Clap, Mary Stone and
Hannah Hinckley, she gave all her plate (except tankai-d to
Richard, and silver porringer to Mei'cy), all her wearing
apparel and household furniture, excepting what she had
given Richard, and £30 each.
To her granddaughter Abigail Gallison, her mother's
work, called a chimney-piece. Also, two mourning rings,
her grandfather Bourne's and her mother's.
She gave to her daughter Mercy Jordan, a work called
the Coat of Arms, one silver porringer and £(5, over and
above what she had already had of her.
She also gave the following legacies :
To the children of her son Melatiah, deceased, £30.
To the children of her daughter Abigail, deceased, £20.
To the children of her daughter Eunice, deceased, £20.
To the children of her son William, £20.
To son-in-law John Gallison, Esq., £10.
To daughter-in-law Hannah JBourne, £3.
She gave her negro boy Cato to her son Richard, on
the following conditions, that is,, as soon as the said Cato
shall arrive to the age of 35 years, her said son Richard shall
manumit him. Her negro girl Chloe she gave "to such
daughter as Chloe should prefer to live with, the daughter
receiving her to pay such sum as said girl shall be apprized
at."
She appointed her son Richard sole executor and residuary
legatee, and ordered him to pay all the legacies in
silver dollars at six shillings each.
The portrait of Mrs. Bourne, painted by Copley in
1766, has been preserved, and some of the worsted work
named in her will. The old family portraits were stowed
away in the garret of the late Sylvanus Bourne, and finally