i ROBERT, b. say 1616 (asks for a farm in 1637 [ STR 1:64]); m. by 1641 Abigail Goad (on about 20 January 1640/1 Lucy Downing, writing from Salem, to Margaret Winthrop, reported that "my maid Abigail is sudd enly to be married to Robert Moulton of this town" [ WP 4:306]; "my maid Abigail" is identified in a letter of the same date from Emmanuel Downing to John Winthrop as "my niece Nab Goade" [ WP 4:306]), daughter of John and Abigail (Downing) Goad [ TAG 74:305].
"The last will and testament of Robert moulton senir of Salem: I Robett Moulton of Salem senir beinge by gods hande on my sick bedd but of pfect memorie doe dispose of my estate as folioweth : vidz : I doe ordaine my wife my whole exeeurx of this my last will and testament and I giue and bequeath to my son Robert fiue pounds at my decease and to my daughr Abigaile fiue pounds sterlinge also my son Samuell to inioy all my lands within Readinge bounds buttinge on IpsMach riuer by estimation sixscore akers more or less; also I giue to my daughtr Hannah twentie pownds in neate Cattle to be pd at her day of marriage also I giue vnto my two yonger sons John and Joseph my now dwellinge house with all the lande and meadow with all othr apurtenances there vnto belonginge after the decease of my wife they payinge as a legasie to my two youngr daughr meriam and mary to each of them twentie pounds to be pd within one yeare after they com to posess it and in case either of my sons John or Joseph should die before theire mother then my will is that my son Samuell shall inioy the pt of my house and lande giuen to the ptie deceased and this I leaue as my last will and testament witnis my hande the 5th of Septembr 1665." -- Robert Moulton senior Witness: Henry Bartholomew, George Gardner, Samuell Gardner.
Proved in Salem court 28:9:1665 by Lt. George Garnder and Samuell Gardner Inventory taken 3:8:1665, by Samuell Gardner and Job Swinerton, jr., being by the widow:...
