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Ancestry of Ethel B. Miles
In the name of God, Amen. I, Daniel Davison of Ipswich in the county of Essex in New England, being
sick in body, but in sound and disposing memory praise be given to God for the same do make this my
last will and testament in manner and form following: First: and principal I resign my soul into the
merciful hands of almighty God my creator Asuredly hopeing through the merits of my Blessed Saviour
to obtain pardon and remission of all my sins & my body I comit to the earth whence it was taken to be
decently buried by the discretion of my Executor hereinafter named & for 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,
Register Report of DANIEL Davison: 92