Person:Thomas Williams (154)

The Estate of Thomas Williams, Sen., of Wethersfield

"Probate Records. Vol. VII, 1700-to 1710. Page 159-60.

Williams, Thomas, Sen., Wethersfield. Invt. £132-15-00. Taken 28 February, 1692-3, by Benjamin Gilbert and Daniel Boreman. Will dated 20 December, 1689.

I, Thomas Williams, Sen., of Wethersfield, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife all my housing and barn, orchard, pasture and homelott, all being about 8 acres; also, 5 acres on the west side of Beaver Brook; also, I give to my wife all my other lands during her natural life. I give to my son Thomas Williams 1 acre of my grass land on the west side of Beaver Brook. I give to my son John and my son Jacob Williams 5 Shillings apeice. I give to my son Abraham Williams 4 acres of my 5-acre lot on the west side of Beaver Brook. I give to my son Abraham that part of my west lot next to Farmington that I have not otherwise disposed of; also all that piece of land that lies by Hogg Brook and by the road to Mr. Bulkeley's Mill (that I have not otherwise disposed of). I give to my daughter Hannah the bed, bedding, and all the furniture thereto belonging, that my wife and I lie upon. All the rest of my estate of stock or moveables, after my wive's decease, shall be equally divided between all my four daughters, only my eldest daughter Rebeckah is to fall short £10 in the sd. division because she hath had £10 already. I have reserved £15 in the hands of my son Jacob Williams to be paid to whom I shall will the same. I will that he shall pay to my daughter Rebeckah £5, and £5 to my daughter Mary, and £5 to my daughter Ruth. I make my son Thomas Williams executor, and also I make my sd. son Thomas and Lt. William Warner my overseers.

THOMAS X WILLIAMS, SEN., LS.

Witness: Samuel Talcott, John Welles.

Court Record, Page 89—3 February, 1706-7: Will proven."^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Harris, Gale Ion, and Norman W. Ingham. Thomas(1) and Rebecca (Waterhouse) Williams of Wethersfield, Connecticut. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (2004)
   79:44.

   "Thomas¹ Williams was born say 1630 and died in Wethersfield, Connecticut, on 5 February 1692[/3]."

2. ↑ Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   300.

   "Williams, … Thomas, Sr., d. Feb. 5, 1692 [1:70]"

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Williams, Thomas, Sen., Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
   2:139.