"Probate Records. Vol. IV, 1677 to 1687. Page 9-10.
Smith, Elizabeth, Farmington. Invt. £143-04-03. Taken 4 December, 1678, by Thomas Porter sen., John Thompson. The age of the orphans as followeth: Jonathan, age 23 years, Jobana 21, Joseph 14, Benjamin 11, William 8, Samuel 5, Susannah 19, Elizabeth & Mehetabell, 16 years of age in 1669. Will dated 15 November, 1676.
I Elizabeth Smith of Farmington do dispose of that little Estate that God hath graciously given me. My Will is that my son Jonathan shall have the Use & Benefit of my House & Homestead, Barn, Orchard, Lott & those things that are thereon, not accounted as Moveables, until my youngest son Samuel Smith is of the age of 21 years, & then Samuel to have ½ of the whole, that is, of the House & Homestead above specified; & that the other half shall be my son Jonathan's and my son William's, equally proportioned. I give to my son Jonathan my Right of Land in the Great Swamp toward Middletown. I give to his son Samuel, my gr. Child, a little peice of Land in the Great Meadow. I give to my son Joseph my Horse & one of my Working Oxen. To my son Benjamin I give a 4-acre Lott given me by the Town, and the other of my working oxen. I give to my son William Smith a sword that was his Father's. I give to Samuel that Gunn which I have, & to Jonathan that Pike that was his Father's. To my daughter Mehetabell I give all my Household Stuffe, Bedding & Apparrel, as also that which was her sister Elizabeth's, of all sorts, as also my Flax & half a peice of fine Cloth; & the rest of that Cloth I give enough of it to my daughter Susannah to make an Apron, and the remainder shall be divided for the Use of my 4 younger sons. To my daughter-in-law Rachel Smith I give a Child's Blankett which she hath already in possession. As for my daughter Susannah, although I can freely pass by her offenses done to myself, yet I cannot but testify against her in some of her unworthy carriages towards me for some while back; but still I have a motherly tender affection towards her and freely give her that Cow commonly called White Face. As for what is left, my Will is that out of it my Just & Lawfull Debts be duly paid and discharged, and after my daughter Mehetabell hath her Legacy out (left her by her Father's Will) it shall be divided amongst all my Children equally. My desire is that my youngest son Samuel should be with his Brother Jonathan until he be 21 years of age, his brother carrying well to him and teaching him to read & write and to learn him some trade, except there appear just Grounds to the Contrary. As for my sons Benjamin & William, I would have them also settled and placed under good Government to learn some useful trades. I desire my son Jonathan should be Adms, also that Lt. Samuel Steele & John Judd be Overseers.
ELIZABETH X SMITH.
Witness: John Thompson, John North sen.
In a Codicil she mentions the Decease of William, & gives his Legacy to her daughter Mehetabel, & the Sword to her son Samuel.
ELIZABETH X SMITH.
Witness: Jonathan Smith, Rebecca Bird.
Court Record, Page 9—5 December, 1678: Will & Invt. Exhibited and approved. This Court grants & Orders that the Estate of Elizabeth and William Smith shall be divided in equal proportions among the surviving brothers and sisters."
