Person:John Latimer (25)

The Estate of John Lattimer of Wethersfield

"Probate Records. Vol. II, 1650 to 1663. Page 177-8-9.

Lattimer, John, Wethersfield. Invt £1657-06-08. Taken 29 April, 1662, by Samuel Boreman, Thomas Hurlbut. Will dated 8 April, 1662.

I John Lattimer of Wethersfield do make this my last Will & Testament: I give to my wife two hundred pounds & also a Room or Rooms in my dwelling house During her natural Life. I give & bequeath to my son John my Dwelling house and barne and all outhouses and halfe my home lott that side next Mr. Chesters which the buildings stand upon; alsoe I give to my son halfe my Great plaine; and also I give to him that tenn acrs of Meadow I bought of Samll Martin and John Kilbourn; and my will is that my sonne John shall possess my houses and Lands which I have given to him when he come to the age of one and twenty years and soner if his mother sees fitt. I give to my son Jonathan when he comes to the age of one and twenty years that house and barne and hom lott which I bought of John Edwards, and alsoe the other halfe of my great plaine; and alsoe I give unto my Sonn Jonathan Six acres of my Lower peace of meadow. I give to my son Bezaleel the house which I bought of Anthony Wright and alsoe all my nine acer pece of plaine; and alsoe I give to my sonn Bezaleel three acres of meadow, which is the remainder of my Lower meadow; and alsoe all that five acres which I bought of Robt. Burroughs. I give to my daughter Rebeckah one hundred and thirty pounds. I give to my daughter Naomi £80. I give to my daughter Abyah £80. I give to my daughter Elishabe £60. And my mind and will is that all the remainder of my estate, if any be, I leave to the Descresion of my beloved wife only, to dispose of it amongst my children. And my will is that all my sons shall receive their portion when they come to the age of twenty and one years, and soner if their mother and Overseers see it good for them. And alsoe my daughters shall receive their portions when they come to the age of eighteen years, and soner if their mother and Overseers see it most Good for them. And my will is that my beloved wife shall be my Executor to Execute my will; and Mr. John Russell, pastor of the Church of Christ at Hadley, and Mr. Samuel Boreman and Thomas Hurlbut to be Overseers.

JOHN X LATTIMER.

Witness: John Chester, John Betts, Hugh Welles . Court Record, Page 170—12 May, 1662: Will Proven. This Court grants the Executrix liberty to take her portion out of ye Estate not disposed of to make one third if she sees good."

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} John Latimer, in Adams, Sherman W. (Sherman Wolcott), and Henry R. (Henry Reed) Stiles. The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut: Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Early Families. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904)
   2:478.

   John (Lattimer), m. Ann _____; was selectman in Weth., 1650-1; … will dated 8 Apl., he d. 9 Apl., 1662.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Lattimer, John, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
   1:134-35.
3. ↑ John Latimer, in Find A Grave.