"Probate Records. Vol. XIII, 1737 to 1742. Page 150.
Colt, Benjamin, Hartford. Invt. £322-04-06. Taken 30 June, 1739, by Richard Gilman and Caleb Pitkin. Will dated 16 March.
I, Benjamin Colt of Hartford, do make this my last will and testament: Imprimis. I give to Joanna, my well-beloved wife, and Lucy, my daughter, all my moveable estate excepting one cowe, which I give to my daughter Anne Hopkins. I give to my son John Colt 20 shillings in money. I give to my daughter Lucy all my right in the equivalent land in Windsor, by her freely to be possessed and injoyed. I make my wife Joanna Colt and William Williams, Jr., of Hartford, to be sole executors.
BENJAMIN X COLT, LS.
Witness: John Morton, Richard Gilman, Samuel Williams.
Court Record, Page 52—7 August, 1739: Will exhibited 5 June last, now proven."