WILL:
Dated June 23, 1729; proved Sept. 20, 1729.
Names wife Mary;
sons: Peleg, Humphry & George;
daughters: Deborah, Anne, Alce, Hope, Mary & Abigail (last 4 unmarried);
cousin Benjamin Smith;
brother Hezekiah Smith.
Execs: sons Peleg & Humphry. Witnesses: James Tripp Jr., Isaac Smith & William Sanford. [Bristol Co., MA Probate 6:299/300]
-Acct. of Humphry Smith, Exec. of Estate of Deliverance Smith of Dartmouth, dated Nov. 1730 mentions legacies to widow Mary Smith, Alce Smith, Abigail Smith deceased, Mary Smith, "Thomas Briggs, husband to the late Hope Smith", Beriah Goddard husband of late Ann Goddard deceased, Eleazer Slocum husband to late Deborah, George Smith, Peleg Smith & Humphry Smith. [Bristol Co., MA Probate 7:99-102]
-Inventory of Estate of Deliverance Smith dated Aug. 9, 1729 presented by Humphry Smith. Appraisers: Henry Howland, James Howland & Nathaniel Soule.
[Bristol Co., MA Probate 6:301-303]