Person:Dorothy Bird (1)

Will

In her will, dated 8 February 1669[/70?] and proved 14 May 1675, “Dorothy Lord of Hartford” bequeathed to “the children of my son Thomas Lord deceased, at the age of 18 years,” “my now dwelling house & barn & my homelot & my lower lot in the North Meadow”; to “my daughter Amy Gilbert & her children three acres of meadow or swamp in my upper lot in the Long Meadow”; to “my son Rob[er]t Lord (if he live after my decease so long as to have notice of this my will) three acres of my upper lot adjoining to that which I have given to my daughter Gilbert”; to “my son W[illia]m Lord & his heirs forever two acres in my great lot in the Long Meadow adjoining to that which I have given my son Robert”; to “my son John Lord ten pounds”; “whereas my grandson Rich[ar]d Lord hath disbursed several sums of money or country pay for the building my chimneys & shingling my house & repairs about it, I do … give, grant & confirm unto him & his heirs forever all that my meadow lot in the Long Meadow”; also to “my said grandson Richard Lord & his heirs forever all the remainder of my upper lot in the Long Meadow … [and] all my woodland that is already laid out or to be laid unto me”; to “my grandchild Hanna Ingersall my youngest cow & my other cow I give unto my grandchildren Dorathy & Margery Ingersall”; “my moveable estate & cattle to my son W[illia]m Lord, my grandson Rich[ar]d Lord, my daughter Stanton, my daughter Gilbert & the children of my daughter Ingersall, the whole to be divided into five parts”; to “the wife of Nicholas Clarke ten shillings”; “my son W[illia]m & my grandson Rich[ar]d” to be executors and “my loving friend Mr. John Allyn” to be overseer (Manwaring 1:215-16; Hartford PD, unnumbered file).

The inventory of the estate of “Dorothy Lord deceased,” taken 12 May 1675 by George Grave and John Shepherd, totalled £186 7s. 8d., of which £156 5s. was real estate: “house, homelot and barn,” £46; “3 acres North Meadow lower lot,” £18; “18 acres meadow & swamp in North Meadow,” £82; “6 acres of land in the neck,” £3; “10 acres of woodlot,” £3 10s.; and “15 acres woodland,” £3 15s. [Hartford PD, unnumbered file].

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Thomas Lord, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
   4:333 Thomas Lord (members only).

   'Dorothy Bird ..., baptized at Towcester on 25 May 1588, daughter of Robert Bird [Ackley-Bosworth 281].'

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records.

   Page 142 Name: Mrs. Dorothy Lord Location:
   Invt. £187-17-08. Taken 12 May, 1675, by George Grave, John Shepherd. Will dated 8 February, 1669.
   I Dorothy Lord of Hartford do declare this to be my last Will & Testament: First, that all my Just Debts be paid out of my Estate. I do give my now Dwelling house & Barne and my Homelott and my lower Lott in the lower Meadow unto the Children of my son Thomas Lord, Decd, at the age of 18 years. Item: I give unto my daughter Amy Gilbert and her Children 3 acres of Meadow & Swamp land in the upper Lott in the Long Meadow next to that Mrs. Olcott hath now in possession. It. I give unto my son Robert Lord, if he live after my decease so long as to have notice of this my Will, 3 acres in my upper Lott adjoining to that which I have given my daughter Gilbert. It. I give unto my son William Lord 2 acres in my Great Lott in the Long Meadow next adjoining to that which I have given to my son Robert. It. I give unto my son John Lord £10 in Current Pay of the Country. It. Whereas my gr. son Richard Lord hath disbursed several sums of Money or Country pay for the Building of my Chimneys and Shingling my House & repayers about it, I doe for the payment of him, Give, Grant & Confirm unto him & his heirs forever all that my Meadow Lott in the Long Meadow which abutts upon the Great River East, the Little River West, Mr. Westwood's Land North, & Barth Barnard's Land South. I do also give to my sd. gr. son Richard Lord all the remainder of my upper Lott in the Long Meadow which I have not given to my sons Robert and William and my daughter Gilbert and their Children, he paying the Legacies hereafter expressed. To my son John, œ10. I give unto my gr. Child Hannah Ingersoll my youngest Cow, and my 3 Cows I give unto my gr. children, Dorothy and Margaret Ingersoll. I give all my Moveable Estate & Cattle to my son William Lord, my gr. son Richard Lord, my daughter Stanton, my daughter Gilbert, and the Children of my daughter Ingersoll, the whole to be divided into five parts, and my daughter Ingersoll's children to have one part and the rest each of them one part. I give unto the wife of Nicholas Clarke 10 Shillings. I Constitute my son William and my gr. son richard Executors, and desire my friend Mr. John Allyn to be Overseer.
   Witness: John Allyn, Steven Hopkins.
   Dorothy X Lord.
   Dorothy Lord doth order the Dispose of her household stuff, after her decease, as followeth: I give to Richard Lord's wife my iron Drippin pan & Great Pewter Pye Plate. Unto Richard Lord Jun. my Great Brass Pott. I give unto Mr. Haynes one payre of my best Sheets & two Napkins & a pewter pye Plate (smaler one) & one pewter Candle Stick. I give unto my daughter Stanton my Great Brass Pann & my great Bible. I give to my son William Lord my Silver Drinking Bowle & my Great Brass Kettle. I give to my daughter Gilbert my lesser Brass Pann & a Brass Scummer & a Brass Chaffing Dish; a great pewter platter to Elizabeth Gilbert, & Two Joynt stooles. I give to my daughter Lord, widow, my bed I ly on & A feather boulster & a brass Skillett. I give to Dorothy Phelps my Coverlid & a feather pillow beere. I give to Margery Ingersoll a white blankett & a pillow. I give to Hanna Kellsey my hood, a scarfe, a Hatt, & a great white Chest, a feather bed & Two Blanketts, a Bowlster & Two pillows, Two payre of sheets, one small pott, one small Brass ketle, one warming pann, & one payre of Curtains & Curtain rods, & one brass Candlestick, & all my Earthern ware. I give to my son Thomas his Children all the utensills about the fire that are now in my house, & my Table & forme & Chayres. I give to Mary Lord Jun., daughter of my son Thomas, my bedstead. I give to Marjory Ingersoll & her Sister Dorothy, to Each twenty shillings.
   
   Court Record, Page 149--14 May, 1675: Will proven.

3. ↑ Dorothy Bird Lord, in Find A Grave.
4. ↑ Dorothy Bird Lord, in Find A Grave.