"Probate Records. Vol. V, 1687 to 1695. Page 125.
Arnold, Daniel. Invt. £52-11-00. Taken 25 March, 1692, by Joseph Easton, Ichabod Welles, Selectmen. Will Nuncupative. The Testimony of John Mason, aged about 40 years, and his wife Hannah, about 37 years of age, and Elizabeth Arnold, aged about 45 years: Each of them doe Testify and say that Daniel Arnold did give to each of his Children fower pounds out of the fifty pounds John Mason is to pay for the Land he bought of the sayd Arnold. This we did hear him say in his last sickness.
Court Record, Page 40—13 April, 1692: Adms. to John Mason With will annexed.
Page 60—(Vol. VI) 4 November, 1698: John Mason having Died, Adms. was now granted to Nathaniel Arnold, son of Daniel Arnold Deceased."