Ancestry of Ethel Blanch Miles - Urs Boxler Photography

Ancestry of Ethel B. Miles
the worldly goods and estate the Lord hath given me, I dispose thereof as follows: I give unto my
son William my dwellinghouse and barne and all my outhouses & orchards together with twenty
acres of upland and the rest of the upland adjoining to the house lott on the west & northwest to my
son William's at my beloved wifes decease or when she marries. Item: I give unto my son John
fifteen acres of upland adjoining to Edward Potter and Samuel Lumass their land & so to front upon
the road way to Boston also I give to my son John five acres of meadow in Bay Path meadow. Item:
I give unto my son Thomas fifteen acres of upland joining to the land I have given my son Daniel &
to joyne to Mr. Whipple's land; also I give to my son Thomas five acres of meaddow in Bay
Meaddow. Item: I give to my son Peter fifteen acres of upland joyning to the land I have given my
son Daniel on the one side & joyining to John Gilbert's land also I give to my son Peter five acres of
meaddow in Bay path meaddow and I do oblige my sons John, Thomas and Peter their proportions
of upland and meaddow to my Beloved wife in the same termes as I have obliged my son William.
And whereas there is thirty acres of upland lying Between William and Peter's land not disposed
which I value to be worth one hundred & twenty pounds, I doe lieue it in the hands of my Beloved
wife whome I constitute & appoint to be my sole executrix of this my last will and testament, to be
improved for Legacies to my Daughters Bridget & Dorcas distributing the overplus making them all
equal and I doe appoint my son William to pay ten pounds for the use of his mother in order to my
daughters portions Bridget & Dorcas; and my sons Daniel, & Thomas, & Peter shall have the
priviledge of a high way to the Bay Road throught each others land & if by Gods providence any of
my sons dy without issue then their part of land shall be equally divided among the survivers; In
Witness of this my firm act and deed I have hereunto sett my hand and seals_______
Signed Sealed in presence of Richard Walker Senr; Isaac Swaine.
The Mark of Danll Davison (Seal)
Before ye Honoured Bartho Gedney Esq. Dec. 5, 1693____
Richard Walker Senr; & Isaac Swaine the witnesses within subscribe oath that they saw Daniel
Davison sign & seal & heard him declare the written to be his last will & testament and that he was
then of a disp
Attest Steph Sewall Regr. Dated Dec. 5, 1693
Inventory of Daniel Davison, From: Probate records of Salem, Mass. Vol. 303.
The inventory of the Estate of Daniel Davison deceased taken this 27th day of November, 1693, by
us whose names are under subscribed
A Dwelling House and Barne and outhouses 70£,
Home Lott and orchard and meadow belonging 110£,
12 acres of tillage land 72£,
Pasture land and Meadow 76 acres 304£,
Neet cattle and sheep 34£ 1s,
Swine and horse and maire 12£ 7s,
Feather bed and stock bed with furniture 20£,
Sheets, table linen and pewter 7£,
Iron potts, brass kettle and warming pan 3£,
Chests and boxes and three musketts 4£ 10s,
Tramel fire pan tongues and frying pan,
All utensells of Husbandry 21£ 10s,
Sadle pollion and bridle and sword 2£ 10s,
Spinning wheels and other lumber tables and chairs 2£,
Indian corn and barley, wheat and rye 34£ 14s,
Hay in Barne and oates threshed 17£ 12s,
Sider and flax 14£ 10s,
Total 720£ 12s,
Debts due from the estate fiz, General expense 8£ 5s,
Other debts 8£ 1s.
Richard Walker John Gilbert Davison Exrx.
Before the Honored Bartho Gedney, Esq. 12/5/1693 made oath that the above is a true perfect
inventory of ye estate of her late husband Daniel Davison deceased if more comes to her knowledge
she will ad the same. Attest Steph Sewall
Register Report of THOMAS Low, Sr.: 181