"Probate Records. Vol. VIII, 1710 to 1715. Page 218.
Whaples, Ephraim, Wethersfield. Invt. £235-17-01. Taken 31 March, 1713, by Thomas Richards and William Webster. Will dated 26 January, 1712-13.
I, Ephraim Whaples of Wethersfield, in consideration of the great love that I bear to my wife, Mindwell Whaples, do give all my estate to her until my boy comes of age, and 1-3 part of my estate so long as she remains a widow. I give to my son Ephraim Whaples all my real estate when he comes of age, he to pay to my 3 daughters £10 apiece.
EPHRAIM WHAPLES.
Witness: Eliphalet Whittlesey, Joseph Hurlbut.
The sd. Ephraim Whaples cloth put in Jabez Whittlesey overseer of the above written instrument, with my wife Mindwell Whaples.
Court Record, Page 124—6 April, 1713: Adms., with the will annexed, granted to Mindwell Whaples, widow. Will proven.
Page 243—7 March, 1714-15: Mindwell Whaples, Adms., exhibits now an account of her Adms. Accepted. And this Court order that the estate shall be dist. according to the will of the sd. decd. And appoint Jabez Whittlesey, John Deming and Richard Boreman, distributors.
Page 245—7 March, 1714-15: This Court appoint Mindwell Whaples to be guardian to Hannah Whaples, 11 years, and Mindwell Whaples, 8 years of age, children of Ephraim Whaples, decd.
Page 32 (Vol. IX) 7 May, 1717: A report of the dist. of a smaller amount than shown before the decree, but accepted by the Court."