Person:Andrew Dewing (3)

Will of Andrew Dewin (Dewing) of Dedham

In the year of our Lord one Thousand six hundred Seventy and seven The Eighth day of the seventh month called September. I Andrew Dewin of Dedham in the County of Suffolk in New England being weake in body yet of abillety of mind by the goodness of God doe make this my Last Will and Testament for the Settling of that Estate of which the Lord hath made me his Steward. And first of all mv desire is to Commit my Soule into the hands of Jesus Christ mv Saviour and my body to the earth from whence it was taken therein to be intered after my decease in decent and Christian manner at the discretion of my Executrix.

And my will is to Give and bequeath unto Anne my well beloved wife and to her dispose all my Estate whatsoever that I have not particularly disposed of in this my present will.

Also I Give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son Andrew Dewin one parcell of Upland Containing forty Acres lying south east from my houses and buildings upon Charles River on the Mouth and Twelve acres of meadow lying in Severall parcels which said parcel of upland & meadow the above said Andrew All his heirs shall have the free use of during the time of my wifes Life at which time my will is to give the above said parcels of Lands with all the Improvements thereupon to Jonathan Dewin my youngest Son and his heirs for Ever.

Also my will is to give unto Andrew Dewin my Eldest sonn and to his heires for Ever all my houses and lands which my wife die Seezed of and further I Give unto Jonathan my youngest Sonn and to his heirs for Ever Twenty acres of my Land lying at Natick divident when he shall attain to Lawful age, and the rest of my land in Natick divident I give unto the above said Andrew and his heirs forever.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Andrew¹ Dewing, in Dewing, Benjamin Franklin. Descendants of Andrew Dewing of Dedham, Mass: with notes on some English families of the name. (Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, 1904)
   pp 5-11.

   His will dated Sept. 8, and probated Oct. 30, 1677, is in Suffolk Co. Probate Records, vi: 207 ... He died Sept. 16, 1677.

2. ↑ Deathes, in Hill, Don Gleason, Editor. The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage: in the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, Volumes 1 & 2. 1635-1845 With an Appendix Containing Records of Marriages Before 1800, Returned from Other Towns, Under the Statute of 1857. (Dedham, Mass.: Town of Dedham, 1886)
   v.1 p.15.

   Andrew Dewin, deceased 7^ber 16^th, 1677