"Estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Lowle of Newbury.
(See also Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex Co., Mass., vol. IV (1914), pp. 378-381.)
'The will of Elizabeth Lowle late wife to Jno: Lowle Deceased made the 17th first mo: 1650. That I Elizabeth Lowle Considering my fraile condition doe Comitt my soule vnto the Lord Jesus my redemer who hath bought me with his blood not Doubting of my resurrection together with all Saints. I doe therefore while I inioy my sences Dispose of that estate God hath Lent me as ffolloweth; I giue to my Sister Tappine one suite of ║my║ weareing lining as one forward Cloth one quoife one handkerchife; I giue to my three sonns in Law Jno: Lowle James & Joseph tenn shillings A peece I giue to my sonne Beniamine one siluer Cupp & three siluer Spoones with one third pt of the howshold stuffe. I giue to my Daughter Elizabeth all the remainder of my Howsehold stuffe Childbed linning & else weareing Apparrell 1 siluer Tunn 1 siluer tipt Jugg 3 siluer spoones one gold ring, 1 siluer bodkine, 2 deskes; & the rest of my Estate Equally deuided betweene my sonne Beniamine & my Daughter Elizabeth after my Debts be sattisfyed with all funerall charges, & else; I will that my brother Thomas Millerd keepe my sonne Beniamine & his estate vntill he goe forth to be an Apprentice & then to be plact forth as my ouerseers thinke fitt; I desire my foure bretheme to be my ouerseers namely bro: tho: millerd Rico: Lowle Abr: Tappine & Will: Gerrish desireing them to see my Daughter Elizabeth be brought vp to her nedle & what else they Judge meete & to disspose of her as I desire to such as are Godly and meete to instruct my Child in the feare of God In witnes hereof I haue put my hand this 10th first mo: 1650. I will that if my sonne & daughter die ere they Come to Age that then their portions be deuided between my Husbands Children, Jno: Lowle & James & Ben: mary & Peter Lowle.' Elizabeth Lowle.
Witness: George Emery, Peter Tappan, Will: Gerrish.
Proved 30: 7: 1651, by William Gerish, and 2:8: 1651 by Peeter Tappan. Copy of will, Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 118.
Copy of inventory taken 6m: 1651: in plate 9li. 15s., 4 rings, 24s., 10li. 19s.; a laune Cubbord Cloth & an croscloths, 1l. 2s.; a Table Cloth & 18 handkerchifs, 2li. 5s.; 1 Cubbord Cloth, 4 holland pillowberes, 1li. 17s.; 12 pillowbeers, 1 shift, napkins & table cloth, 3li. 4s.; 7 Aprons, 6 napkins, 1 table cloth, 1li. 8s.; 8 towels, 2 pillowbeers, 3 waskoats, 2 napkins, 1li. 12s. 8d.; 3 pillowbeers, 6 diap. napkins, 1li. 6s.; 2 napkins, 2s. 6d.; 1-2 a table cloth & 1-2 a towell, 1li. 5s.; 1 Cubbord Cloth, 20s.; 1 napkin, 1 p sheetes, 1li. 16s.; 1 Cewshen & 1 Cubbord Cloth, 1li. 12s. 6d.; 2 greene Aprons & 1 muffe, 1li. 10s.; 4 Gownes, 1 p blanckets & 1 pann, 7li. 16s.; small things in Iron, 13s. 8d., 1 beareing cloth, 1li. 3s. 8d.; 1 wt. Cloake, 6s. 8d., 1 red blanckett, 4s., 10s. 8d.; 1 p of wrought Vallents, 2li. 10s.; 1 wrought Cubbord Cloth, 1li. 10s.; 2 greene Curtines, 1 riding Suite, 2li. 15s.; in small things, 2li. 10s.; in Debts, 98li. 7d. Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 119.
In answer to the petition of Capt. William Gerrish, one of the overseers of the will of Elizabeth Lowle, desiring that there might be an order by this court made for the increase and preservation of the estate for the benefit of the children, it was granted Oct. 19, 1658, that the estate may be let out to the brother of the children of the said Elizabeth Lowle, or to others, as they see best, and to give security. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 4, page 348.
The elders and six of the inhabitants of Newbury presented a certificate to the court Sept. 25, 1666, that Benjamin Lowell and Elizabeth Lowell were of age to receive the portions left them by their father and mother, and the court allowed it. Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 155.
Acquittance of Phillip Nellson of Rowley to Richard Lowle and others, overseers of the will of John Lowle, deceased, and Elizabeth Lowle, of all demands. Dated Feb. 20, 1666.
Witness: Ezekiell Northend, John Pickard.
Sworne to Sept. 30, 1673 by John Pickard and Sept. 29, 1674 by Ezekiell Northend. Ipswich Deeds, vol. 3, page 326."