"Probate Records. Vol. XIII, 1737 to 1742. Page 324.
Belding, Mary, Wethersfield. Will dated 10 March, 1735-6: I, Mary Belding, widow of Deacon Jonathan Belding of Wethersfield, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testament: As touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with, I give and bequeath the whole of it (reserving only so much as shall be sufficient to bear my funeral expenses and to pay all my just and lawfull debts) to my two daughters, viz., Mary, the wife of David Wright, and Elizabeth, the wife of Ezra Belding. I say the whole of my worldly estate, whether it lies in money, debts, household goods, creatures, clothes, and whatsoever thing else it consists in, my will is that it be equally divided by my executors to my sd. daughters, to be to them, their heirs and assigns forever. And I constitute, make and ordain my sons-in-law, David Wright and Ezra Belding, executors.
MARY BELDING, LS.
Witness: Elisha Micks, Thomas Belding, Mary Belding.
Court Record, Page 105—5 January, 1741-2: The last will and testament of Widow Mary Belding, late of Wethersfield decd., relict of Jonathan Belding, was now exhibited in Court by David Wright, one of the executors. Proven."