"Probate Records. Vol. VI, 1695 to 1700. Page 25-6.
Beven (Beuen?), Arthur, Glastonbury. Died 15 December, 1697. Invt. £269-10-09, and £45 in Middletown. Taken 31 December, 1697, by Jonathan Smith, Joseph Smith and William Miller. Test: 19 January, 1697-8, by Mary Beven, the Relict of Arthur Beven, in Court. The children: John, b. 1676, Mary 1678, Grace 1679, Mercy 1681, Thomas 1682, Desire 1684, Arthur 1686, Joanna 1687, Elizabeth 1690, Abigail born 1692, Sarah 1694, Anna 1696.
Court Record, Page 12—19 January, 1697-8: Adms. to Mary the Relict & John the Eldest son. Mr. Eleazer Kimberly & Lt. ffrancis Wettmore to be Overseers.
Page 43 (Vol. VII)—7 April, 1703: John Bevin, Adms. on the Estate of his father Arthur Bevin of Glastonbury, presented an Account of his Adms., which the Court accepts and grants a Quietus Est. The sd. John Bevin being of age, this Court appoint Ensign Ephraim Goodrich & Thomas Treat to set out to John Bevin a Double share of the Real Estate. The debts being not all paid, the Court appoint the 2nd son, Thomas Bevin, Adms.
Page 120—(Vol. VIII) 12 February, 1712-13: Thomas Bevin of Glastonbury, Adms., exhibits now an Account of Payment of the remainder of the Debts due from that Estate, and the sd. Thomas Bevin declared and set forth to this Court that he has paid all the Debts. Whereupon this Court grant the sd. Thomas Bevin a Quietus Est."