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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Two sources suggest Joseph died 4 Apr 1749 (Source:Sisson, Leatha Boudreau. Our Family Tree, Acadian, Colonial, Loyalist and Mayflower, Source:Picard, Sue Marvelyn Butterfield. Descendants of Benjamin Butterfield : With Emphasis on the Nathaniel Butterfield Line), but they are secondary sources and no such death record or gravestone can be found.
- In the Name of God Amen This Seventeenth Day of February one thousand Seven Hundred & Fourty & nine I Joseph Butterfield of Dunsttable [sic] being weak in Body ____ first I will that my well Beloved wife unis shall have the benefit and Improvement of one half of my Homstead During her life with Liberty convenient of house & barn & cellar During her Life and the use of a Cow to give milk During her natural Life & further my will is that my well beloved Daughter Dorothy whom I make sole Executrix to this my Last will & Testament I give and bequeath the one half of my Homestead to her & her heirs & assigns and after the Decase [sic] of my well beloved Wife unis my will is that she my Daughter Dorathy and her heirs shall have the other remaining part of homestead: and Further I will & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Lidia and her heirs all my Land in Dunstable bounding upon Benja Richardson and mr Jourdan also I give all my Intrest being Twenty & five acres in the Common Swamp so caled [sic] to my Daugr Dorathy & her heirs and Further my will is that my well beloved Wife shall have the Liberty of fire wood for her own use of from any of the Land which I have given to my Daughter Dorathy During her natural Life & Likewise my will is that my well beloved Daughter Sarah shall be paid out of my Estate by my Executrix the Sum of Fifty pounds Lawful money in Two years after my Decase [sic] & my will further is that my well beloved wife unis shall after her Decase [sic] be Decently be Buried at the Cost & Charge of my Executrix and that she my Executrix shall pay all my Just Debts & also I give 3 acres of Cooks meadow to my daughter Dorathy afsd & to her heirs & further I give to my well beloved son Ephraim all my shop Tools togather [sic] with the shop
and further I give all my Husbandry Tools to my Three Sons John, Ephram & Josiah to be Equaly [sic] Divided between them and also my Wearing Cloths to be divided between them viz John Ephram & Josiah Equaly [sic] & my will further is that my well beloved wife shall have the use of all my Household stuff During her natural Life and after her Decase [sic] my will is that what remains of the House hold stuff I give to my three Daughters to be Equaly Divided betwen them (viz) Sarah Lidia & unis I also will thta my Daughter Dorathy shall pay to my Daughter unis the Sum of Ten pounds old Tenour within Three years after my Decase my will further is that my live stock shall be at the Dispose of my Daughter Dorathy her heirs & asigns and Further I revoke all my other wils & bequests and Ratifie and Confirme this to be my Last Will & Testament
In Witness whereof I have hereto Set my hand & Seal this 17 Day of Feby anno Domini 1749
Susanna (X) Waldron Joseph (X) Butterfield
Isaac Waldron
Exekiel Chase
Proved Aug. 2, 1750
(Found this attached to a family tree by vewhite on ancestry.com)
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