"Probate Records. Vol. IV, 1677 to 1687. Page 13-14.
Bacon, Elizabeth, late of Hadley, now of Hartford. Invt. £269-05-00. Taken 23 February, 1678, by Nathaniel Standly, Nathaniel Goodwin and John Marsh. Will dated 30th October, 1671.
I Elizabeth Bacon, late of Hadley, now a resident of Hartford, do make this my last Will & Testament: Whereas my son Caleb Standly, who has taken upon him the Burden & Care of providing for me in my old Age, also left his Brother Isaac's Estate to me, which might have fallen to him (see Records of Court at Springfield, 27 September, 1671), I do give unto my son Caleb Standly all my Houseing and Land in Hadly formerly my Husband Andrew Bacon's, late of Hadley, decd, that fell to me by his last Will, or by the Death of my son Isaac, or by any other ways, to him & his Heirs forever. I appoint my son Caleb Standly to be Executor; and I do appoint him to see that those Legacies given by my late dear Husband to Mr. Russell & Peter Tilton be paid. Other Legatees mentioned: To my daughter Abigail Coles, the wife of Samuel Coles, & to Lois, the wife of Thomas Porter, both of Farmington. My Will is, after my decease a true Inventory of all my Goods, Cattell & Debts be taken, & the Amount I give to my son Caleb Standly, to my daughter Elizabeth Sension, the wife of Mark Sension, my daughter Abigail Coles & my daughter Lois Porter & their Children, to be equally divided among them, that is to say, my son and three daughters; provided that out of my daughter Elizabeth's part £5 to be paid to my gr. Child Sarah Sension, daughter of my daughter Elizabeth, & provided that my daughters Abigail & Lois & their Husbands doe legally resign their
Rights in the third part of the of my Land at Hadley to my son Caleb & his Heirs forever (*see Lib: D, fol. 57). If they be not willing soe to doe, then I give them and their Children the third part of half my Land in Hadley, and that which shall be allotted to my daughters Abigail & Lois out of my Moveable Estate shall be and belong to Caleb Standly and his Heirs forever. My son Caleb Stanly to be sole Executor; John Allyn and Nathaniel Stanly Overseers.
ELIZABETH BACON. LS.
Witness: John Allyn, Thomas Fitch.
Court Record, Page 12—6 March, 1678-9: The last Will & Testament of Elizabeth Bacon was now exhibited in Court and proven. And whereas, by the sd. Will some part of the Lands in Hadly is Willed to Abigail Cowles, the wife of Samuel Cowles, and to Loeis, the wife of Thomas Porter of Farmington, in attendence to Direction left in the Will of Andrew Bacon late of Hadly, there was exhibited in Court a Deed signed and sealed by Samuel Cowles and Abigail his wife & by Thomas Porter & Loeis his wife, witnessed by John Heart and Benjamin Joanes, and acknowledged 8 Feb: 1678, before Mr. John Wadsworth, Comr, wherein they did fully resign their Right in the sd. Lands before mentioned to Caleb Standly of Hartford, his Heirs and Assigns forever, which is approved by the Court, & by the Desire of Sargt. Caleb Standly here recorded."
