"Probate Records. Vol. XII, 1732 to 1737. Page 302-3.
Dyxx, Samuel, Wethersfield (yeoman). Invt. £516-13-11. Taken 9 May, 1735, by Jonathan Belding, David Goodrich and Ebenezer Belding, Jr. Will dated 21 February, 1733-4.
I, Samuel Dyxx of Wethersfield, do make this my last will and testament: I give unto Mary, my wife, all my real and moveable estate, both house and negro man named Ruben, during their natural life. And after the decease of my sd. wife, I will and bequeath all my house, land and moveable estate to my grandson Charles Nott, with the negro man, except £5 to be given my daughter Sarah Nott. And further I give to Mary, my wife, one cow and one horse kind forever for her own. And I likewise constitute, make and ordain Mary Dyxx, my wife, to be sole executrix of this my last will and testament, all and singularly my land, messuages and tenements by her freely to be possessed and enjoyed during her sd. life. And after her decease I ordain Jonathan Nott of Wethersfield to be my executor for to pay and deliver to my sd. daughter Sarah Nott the sd. £5, and the lands and moveable estate (with the sd. Negro man) to Charles Nott. I do hereby utterly disanull and revoke all and every other former testament, legacies, bequests and executor by me in any way before named, willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the year and day above written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the sd. Samuel Dyxx as his last will and testament in the presence of the subscribers.
SAMUEL DYXX, LS.
Witness: Aaron Goff, Stephen Hollister, Henry Grimes.
Court Record, Page 26—22 April, 1735: Will proven."