Person:Andrew Spalding (1)

The Will of Deacon Andrew Spalding/Spaulding of Chelmsford

"In the name of God Amen I Andrew Spalding, Senr of the town of Chelmsford in the county of Middlesex in the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman Being of sound good and perfect memory Praise be given to god for the same yitknowing the uncertainty of this Life on earth and Being Desirous to settle things In order do make and ordaine this to be my Last Will and testament Hereby Revoking all Former Wills by mode and signed to be Null and of none effect.

In Primas. My soul I give into the hands of allmighty god that gave it in sure and Certaine hopes of Eternal Life through our alone Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and my body to the Earth from whence it Came to be Decently Interred at the Discretion of my Executrix hereafter mentioned and after my funerall Expenses and Debts satisfied And Paid What Worldly goods it hath pleased God to Endow me withall I Do give and Bequeath in manner as followeth:

Item. I Do give and Bequeath unto my Well Beloved Wife Hannah Spaulding my Homestead housing and Land with a fouer Acer Right in the Commons: allso four Lots of Land Lying without the Neck field: with all my moveable estate of all sorts and Kinds whatsoever to be at her own Disposal. As to the housing and Lands it is to be for her to use, occupie and Improve as shee shall so cause Duering the time of her Life and after her Decease I Do give it all to be Equally Devided amongst all my Children Sons and Daughters each one their equall Part: as to my sons they have Received all of them, their portions all-Ready by Deeds of gift from me.

Item: I go give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Rachell Butterfleld thirteen Acres of upland Lying in the field Commonly Called the New field. Also the sixt part of the Lott Lying at Sunkawasset with the seventh part of a swamp called the Spruce Swamp: to her and her Heirs Exec^rs Administrators for ever.

Item: I Do give and Bequeath to my Daughter Joanna Spaulding two Cows: and one Feather Bed and furniture thereto Belonging allso all the Remaining part of the Land in the neck that is not allready disposed of; also seventeen pounds in money which is to be paid to her at her marriage to her and her heirs Execr_s Admin's for ever, Hereby Authorizing and fully Impowering my Beloved Wife Hannah Spaulding to be whole and sole executrix of this my Last Will and Testament.

In Witness Whereof I the said Andrew Spaulding Have hereunto set my hand and Seall the Sixt Day of June Annodominl 1712 and in the 11th year of her Majesties Reign over England, Before signing and sealing it Is to be understood that my sons have Received their portions allready excepting what may fall to them in the Lands after my Wives Decease, allso I Do give and Bequeath to my two Daughters Rachel Butterfield and Joanna Spaulding the sixt part of a trackt of Land Lying within the Township of Billerica Lying between the Land of Lt Sam^ll Hill and Joseph hill to them and their Heirs.

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ANDREW x SPAULDING; [SEAL.]

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Signed, sealed And Published to be the Last Will and testament of Andrew Spaulding sen^r In the presence of us.

JOHN STEVENS.
EBENEZER SPAULDING.
JOHN MERIAM, Jun."^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Andrew Spalding, in Spalding, Samuel Jones, and Charles Warren Spalding. The Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward Spalding of Virginia and Massachusetts Bay and His Descendants, with a Record of Their Military Service in the Colonial, Revolutionary and Civil wars, Together with Information Concerning Other Branches of the Spalding Family. (Chicago: American Publishers' Association, 1897)
   65-65.

   Andrew² (Spalding), (Edward¹), b. Nov. 19, 1652; he d. May 5, 1713; m. Hannah Jefes, daughter of Henry Jefes, of Billerica, Mass., April 30, 1674. She d. Jan. 21, 1730. He was the youngest child of Edward, and succeeded, by the will of his father, to the paternal estate. He was chosen deacon of the church, and held that office at the time of his death. His son Andrew and his grandson Ephraim also held the same office.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914)
   141.

   Spalding, Andrew, s. Edward, bp. 1 : 12 m : 1656, a. 4 y. 19 : 9 m. : 1656 (Extracts from Rev. John Fiske s note-book, now in possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society).

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914)
   443.

   Spaulding, Andrew, Dea., [died] May 5, 1713 [a. 59 y. 5 m. (gravestone record, Forefather's Cemetery, Chelmsford Centre)].

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Andrew Spaulding, in Find A Grave.