"Probate Records. Vol. XI, 1729 to 1732. Page 243.
Woodruff, Ensign Samuel, Farmington. Invt. £2649-13-02. Taken 26 December, 1732, by Isaac Cowles, Daniel Judd and Anthony Judd. Will dated 8 February, 1730-1.
The last will and testament of Samuel Woodruff is as follows: I give to my wife Mary Woodruff, besides her thirds, the use of 1-3 part of my house, orchard and barn. Also, I give to my wife £10 in money besides her thirds in the moveables. I give to my eldest son, Ezekiel Woodruff, his heirs and assigns forever, my new house and all the nails, boards and logs that I have prepared for the same; also 100 acres of land where the house standeth, to be taken on the north side of the lott, extending eastward to the west end at a place where the old bars were; but if the lott should be moved west, then to extend west accordingly; also my lott of land in the first tier in the west division, which was my grandfather Woodruff's lott firstly; also my great Bible. I give and bequeath to my son James Woodruff my house and homestead, with the buildings thereon, and all the remainder of my lott at Burnt Hill. I give unto my son Robert Woodruff my lott of land at the Green Swamp by David Curtice, and also all my right in ye lott that was my father Judd's in the division of land against Hartford, and also 1-4 part of the lott that was Mr. Anthony Howkins's in sd. division. I give unto my son Samuel Woodruff my lott in the southward division, which lott was firstly John Warner's, Sen., and also the whole of my land lying in that division of land against Waterbury. I give unto my daughter Mary Woodruff my lott of land against Hartford, that lott that was firstly John Scovell's, and also 3-4 part of that lott which was firstly John Higginson's in the Shuttle Meadow division. I give unto my daughter Abigail my lott of land in the division against Hartford, that lott that was firstly Jonathan Smith's, and also 1-4 part of my grandfather Woodruff's lott in Shuttle Meadow division. I give unto my daughter Sarah Woodruff my lott of land lying in the north division on the west side of the river at Nod, that lott that was firstly Thomas Newell's. I give unto each of my daughters so much of the remainder of my estate as to make them, with what I have given them in lands, worth the sum of £150 to each of them. The remainder of my estate, both personal and real, I give unto my sons to be equally divided between them. I appoint my wife Mary Woodruff and my loving son Ezekiel Woodruff executors.
SAMUEL WOODRUFF.
Witness: John Hart, Matthew Woodruff, Jr., Samuel North.
Court Record, Page 82—6 February, 1732-3: Will now exhibited by the executors. Abigail Woodruff, a minor, 14 years of age, chose her mother Mary Woodruff to be her guardian. The widow was also appointed guardian to Samuel Woodruff, age 10 years, and Sarah Woodruff, age 7 years, children of the sd. decd."
