"The will of Mary Howlett, widow, was made April 16, 1719, a codicil Feb. 2, 1719/20, and proved Aug. 5, 1728. To my sister Martha Lamson 'living and being together with myself' and Joanna Nichols, eldest daughter of my sister Phebe Towne, one half of my wearing apparel. To my cousin Joseph Cummings, son of my sister Sarah Cummings, late of Dunstable, a bed and a silver tankard, he paying £4 to the Church of Topsfield and £3 to my cousin Jacob Perkins, son of my brother Elisha Perkins. To my cousin (husband's nephew) John Howlett and his son John, a silver porringer, and to his daughter Mary, a silver spoon. To my cousin (husband's nephew) John Howlett, a bedstead, a great chest and a cane with an ivory handle. Residue to my cousin Joseph Cummings and my cousin (husband's great-niece) Sarah Wild, now Perkins, 'who hath lived with me some years,' her share to include a coverlid which was my sister Judith's. Executor: cousin Deacon Daniel Reddington. Codicil: 'What was to have gone to my cousin Sarah Perkins, deceased, now to go to Sarah Cummings, wife of cousin John Cummings. To cousin Bathsheba Howlett, wife of cousin (husband's nephew) John Howlett, one half of my wearing apparel not otherwise disposed of."