"Elizabeth Harder.—1: 4th: 1664. I Elizabeth Harder, of Braintree, doe make this my last will. God hauing giuen mee only one Daughter, which is my only Childe, I doe giue and bequeath my whole estate, mooueable & Immooueable unto her, her heires & assigns foreuer, excepting such legacyes as are heerafter specified, & doe Constitute & ordain her my sole executrix of this my Last will & Testament, & Doe Intreate my Louing Friends, William Needham & Samuel Tomson, of Brantrye, to be my Ouerseers. I giue unto Elisabeth Saunders, my Daughters Child, £20, with my Bed I Lye on, with all belonging to it, to bee paid at the age of 18 yeares, or at the day of marriage, and if shee Dye, if my Daughter haue Farther Issue, I giue it unto the next child, & if not, then to Remaine unto my Daughter. I Giue unto John Kent & Joseph Kent, 40s apiece to bee paid within two yeares after my Decease. I Giue unto Joshua Kents three Daughters, 20s apiece, to bee paid to them when they are 18 yeares old, or at the Day of Marriage. I Giue unto Benjamin Thomson, 40s, to bee paid unto him within halfe a year after my Decease. I giue unto John Day, £5 to be paid unto him when he is 20 yeares old, upon Condition he Liue with my sonne or Daughter till hee be twenty year Old.
Elisabeth Harder.
Test. Samuell Bass, John Basse, who deposed, Octrr 6th 1664.
Inventory of the Estate of Elizabeth Hardier, taken Sept 9th 1664, by Samuell Basse, Richard Brackett, William Needham. Amt. £268.11s.
Martyn Saunders deposed, Octrr 6th 1664."
