Page 81-82 Name: Samuel Benjamin Location: Hartford
Invt. £98-19-00. Taken by Nathaniel Ruscoe, Stephen Hopkins. Will (Nunc.).
Testimony of Thomas Atwood, age about 60 years, and Thomas Edwards, age about 47 years, given 10 November, 1670: That being with Samuel Benjamin at Hoccanom a little before his death, about 18 September, 1669, we heard him say: "I give unto my loveing wife Mary Benjamin all my whole estate to dispose of at her discretion. I make my brother Caleb Benjamin Overseer."
Witness: Thomas Atwood, Thomas Edwards.
Court Record, Page 103--9 November, 1670: The Widow engaged to pay to Mary & Abigail, Children of the sd. Samuel Benjamin, £10 a peice at the age of 18 years. Adms. is granted to the Widow.