Person:Margaret Lewen (2)

1658 Court Record - The Estates of Captain George Lamberton and Deputy Governor Stephen Goodyear

"M^ris. Goodyeare & her children by M^r. Lamberton p^rsenting themselues before the court, she desired that y^e portions w^chs remaine vnpaid dew to the children, might be set out by y^e court, vpon which pposition it was demanded of Willm Trowbridge, y^e husband to Elizabeth Lamberton, what he had received of M^r. Goodyeare of the portion dew to his wife, he said 60^li, w^ch with her part of the land of M^r. Lamberton, was found neare 12^s too much, w^ch he pmised to be accountable vnto y^e estate for M^ris Goodyeare further desired that certaine household goods mentioned in a writeing she gave in, w^ch contained the better part of them, might be part of the said portions, w^ch was declared to be no more then the necessity of their family cald for, w^ch y^e court takeing into consideration & judging it better for y^e estate y^t all y^e household goods goe together, appointed her y^e whole, also at her desire granted that all y^e cattelle, sheepe, horses, mares, hoggs, carts, plowes, mentioned in y^e inventory, should also go towards y^e discharge of the said portions, y^e remainder was left to be set out by Newhaven court, in land or otherwise as they shall see cause.

Hannah & Hope Lamberton, being at age, were appointed to receive their portions, w^ch they desired might be delivered to their mother, for w^ch they are to give a discharge to Newhaven court.

Deliverance, who is to have a double portion, & Mercy, Desire, and Obedience, chose their mother for their guardian, who accepted & y^e court approved, vpon condition, as they [178] told her, that if she || should change her condition, or that y^e portions of them vnder age should be in a wasting way, or vpon any other iust cause, they leave it to Newhaven court to call for & require security, or otherwise to dispose of the estate y^t y^e children vnder age be not wronged.

It was also propounded y^t M^rs. Goodyeare might have & enjoy for her life, a third part of all houses & lands whereof M^r Goodyeare stood posest at his death, according to o^r printed law in y^t case, & that the thirds of M^r Lambertons houses & lands, hers before by vertue of a former law in force w^ns M^r Lamberton died, might be reserved entire to her, w^ch ppositions in the behalf of M^rs. Goodyeare, the court at p^rsent saw nothing but it might be granted.

M^rs. Goodyeare haveing resigned y^e estate of M^r. Goodyeare vnder the power of Newhaven court y^t so it might more fully appeare that she desired that rules of righteousness might be attended (as far as could be) towards y^e credito^rs, this court takeing y^t matter into their consideration, did in psuance of y^t end, order that y^e secretary should set vp a writeing at y^e meeting house dore at Newhaven, the contense whereof is as followeth,

This may certifie those whō it may concerne, y^t whosoeuer is debtour or credito^r to y^e estate of M^r. Stephen Goodyeare, late of Newhaven deceased, is desired to bring in an acc^o thereof to W^m Gibbard, secretarie at Newhaven, betwixt this & y^e court of magistrates to be held at Newhaven y^e second day of the weeke next before y^e court of election, the 4^th day of the last weeke in y^e 3^d moneth, coṁonly called May, next, at w^ch time y^e court will heare & consider of the severall debts demanded & y^e proofe made concerning them, & so order and dispose of y^e estate as they shall then see cause & ground for, that righteousness may be attended as far as light appeares."^[2]

1. ↑ Lamberton, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
   5:1078.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Hoadly, Charles J. (Charles Jeremy). Records of the colony or jurisdiction of New Haven, from May 1653, to the Union: together with the New Haven code of 1656. (Hartford [Connecticut]: Case, Lockwood, 1858)
   268-70.
3.   Margaret Lewen Goodyear, in Find A Grave.

   This burial is not documented in the Hale Collection. There appears to be no evidence of the actual place of burial.