Person:Josiah Walton (7)

"26 : 9 : 1673" [26 Nov 1673]: There being a nuncupative will of Josiah Walton presented, and attested by two witnesses, it was allowed and Mrs. Elizabeth Walton, his mother, was appointed administratrix.^[2]

Samuell Cheever, Moses Mavericke and James Dennes testified that "being present with Josiah Walthom when he was brought in first from Sea after his wound by the lightning, on June 23, 1673, affirme & declare that upon the Companys motion to ye sd Josiah Waltom that he would setle his estate. He ye sd Josiah Waltom being of perfect memory and apprenhensive of his dissolution, did declare that his Will was that his Brother Nathaniell Waltom and his sister Martha Munjoy should have his grey horse for their owne betwixt them, and his other estate he gave it to his Mother Walthom, for her use, & benefit during her naturall life, and after her decease to be disposed off by her, and divided among his brothers Nathaniell & Samuell Walthom and his three sisters, Martha Munjoy, Elizabeth Conant and Mary Barlett to enjoy an equall part, all alike, saying that his sister Munjoy should have the better part, and that ye land should not go out of ye name of ye Waltoms."

Inventory of the estate of Josiah Waltown, deceased, taken Nov. 4, 1673, by Samll. Ward and James Dennes.

1. ↑ Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1903-08)
   539.

   Walton, Josiah, s. William and Elizabeth, Dec. 20, 1641. CT.F.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Massachusetts (Colony). Quarterly Courts (Essex County). Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911-1925, 1975)
   Vol. 5 (1672-1674), p. 253-4.

   See transcript elsewhere on this page.