Testimony of John Slater, one of the executors of Arthur Henbury's will, dated 11 Oct 1697, that "on that very day wherein the Widow Bement was Married to Arthur Henbery I was personally present ... he did give unto her sd. Martha Bement the full and free posssession of hishouse and house Lott in Simsbury durring the time of her natural life if she out lived him, or at least so long as she durred in the state of widdow hood and bear his name. ... The time of sd. Agreement was about nine year ago the Last february [i.e., Feb. 1687/88]."
