Person:Ezekiel Allen (5)

Probate

In the Name of God Amen I Ezekiel Allen of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Husbandman being weak in body but of perfect mind & memory Calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will & Testament, that is to say, principaly and above all I Commend my Soul into the hands of that god that gave it and my body I recommend to the earh by a decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Exeuctors And as touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased God to bless me [with] in this life, I dispose of in the following manner viz't -

First my will is that all my Just debts and funeral Charges be paid as soon as Conveniently may be after my decease.

Secondly I give and bequeath unto Sarah Allen my beloved wife all the Residue and remainder of my Estate of any kind; And I do hereby Constitute make and ordain my Said wife sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament. And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disanul All and every other wills and Testament by me made Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament - In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and ninety two.

[signed] Ezekiel Allen

Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Ezekiel Allen as his last will and Testament in presence of us the subscribers - Nehemiah Abbot Joseph Permnenter Stephen Dana

1. ↑ Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
   11.

   Allen, Ezekiel, s. Thomas and Beulah, Feb. 11, 1753.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Hudson, Charles, and Lexington Historical Society (Massachusetts). History of the town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1868. (Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Houghton Mifflin, 1913)
   11.

   Ezekiel Allen (or Alline), s/o Thomas Allen and Beulah Stone, b. Sudbury 11 Feb 1753, d. Cambridge 1792, m. 24 Apr 1783 Sarah Abbott of Lincoln.

3. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
   FHL film 0386001, Middlesex Probate File 314: "Ezekiel Allen 1792".

   Will of Ezekiel Allen of Cambridge [elsewhere on page], dated 3 Jul 1792, proved 2 Oct 1792.
   2 Oct 1792: Bond of Sarah Allen of Cambridge widow posted with sureties Joseph Abbot & Nehemiah Abbot.