"Probate Records. Vol. II, 1650 to 1663. Page 22-3-4.
Pantry, William, Hartford. Invt. £1011-10-00. Taken 29 November, 1649, by John Talcott, William Gibbons & Jeams Ensign. Will not dated or signed. (In Vol. II).
I give to my wife Margaret Pantry, with Goods, Rights and Privileges, an Annuity of £15 a year; to his son John Pantry, £240; and to daughter Mary, £150, wife of Richard Bryan of Milford.
Memorandum : That whereas, Richard Bryan of Milford hath taken to wife Mary Pantry, the daughter of William Pantry of Hartford, Deceased, and doth now demand a portion with his wife part of the Estate of the sd Wyilliam Pantry of his Brother John Pantry, now in possession of the said Estate: Know all men by these presents, that it is agreed Between the said Richard on the one parte and John Pantry of Hartford on the other parte that the said John paying or give Bond to pay £240 or what of the same remains unpaid, for to be paid to William Gibbins of Hartford or his Assigns, for the use of the said Richard as his parte of his father in lawe his estate with his wife as her portion.
JOHN PANTRY.
RICHARD BRYAN.
Witness: John Evance, Peter Prudden, William Tuttle.
16 November, 1649."
