"Probate Records. Vol. VIII, 1710 to 1715. Page 177.
Olcott, John, Hartford. Invt. £560-19-09. Taken 2 May, 1712, by Cyprian Nickolls, John Pratt and Thomas Olcott.
Court Record, Page 65—7 April, 1712: Adms. granted to Mrs. Mary Olcott, relict and widow of sd. Decd.
See File: We whose names are underwritten, being appointed to divide the estate of John Olcott, late of Hartford, deceased, and being under oath thereunto, we dist. to the widow or relict of the sd. John Olcott one-third part of the house and garden and 1-3 part of the land at Samuel Cadwell's during life. And to Joseph Farnsworth and Marah his wife, ½ of the homelott with the house thereon, or 2-3 thereof, the other third at the death of the widow. To Rachel Olcott, ½ of the homelott with the little house thereon, valued at £100. To Abigail Olcott, the land lying between land formerly Tymothy Phelps's and Samuel Cadwell, valued at £50. The land in the south medow formally belonging to Timothy Hide, now in the possession of Mr. Watson, and the reversion of which belongeth unto the heirs of the sd. John Olcott, we dist. to each of the sd. Heirs an equal part thereof when the reversion thereof returneth to them, the widow then to have 1-3 thereof.
This we give in as our distribution, this 25th of June, 1722.
AARON COOKE, JOHN PRATT.
Test: Hez: Wyllys, Clerk.
We whose names are underwritten have agreed, divided and received our parts of the moveable estate of John Olcott, late of Hartford, deceased, the full proportion of our part thereof according to the order of the Court of Probate. As witness our hands and seals.
JOSEPH WADSWORTH, LS.
MARY WADSWORTH, LS.
JOS. FFARNSWORTH, LS.
MARY FARNSWORTH, LS.
RACHEL OLLCOT, LS.
ABIGAIL OLCOT, LS.
Witness: Aaron Cooke,John Pratt.
Page 102 (Vol. IX) : At a Court of Probate held at Hartford, 26 May, 1722, Joseph Talcott, Judge, and Hez: Wyllys, Clerk:
Mrs. Mary Wadsworth, alias Olcott, Adms. on the estate of Mr. John Olcott, late of Hartford, decd., now exhibited an account of her Adms., in which it appears that she has paid in loss of estate and spent in the family, and also abated out of the inventory estate not belonging to the said John Olcott, amounting to the sum of £198-08-08, which accot. This Court accept and order it be kept on file. And whereas, it appears upon record that the inventory of sd. estate amounts to the value of £560-19-09, from which, substracting the sum of £198-08-08, there will then remain the sum of £362-11-01 to be dist. as followeth: viz., To Elizabeth Wadsworth, alias Olcott, relict of the decd., out of ye moveable estate the sum or value of £49-07-01, which is 1-3 part thereof, to be her own forever; and 1-3 part of the houseing and lands of the sd. decd, for her improvement during life. And the residue of sd. estate, including the relict's thirds after her decease, in houseing and lands, to be dist. as followeth: To Mary ffarnsworth, Rachel Olcott, and to Abigail Olcott, daughters of the deceased, the sum or value of £104-08-00, which is their equal part or portions of sd. estate. And this Court do appoint Capt. Aaron Cooke, Mr. Nathaniel Stanly and John Pratt of Hartford, or any two of them, to dist. and set out the sd. estate accordingly.
Page 170—25 June, 1722: Report of the dist. Also an agreement for dividing the moveable estate was now exhibited in Court under the hands and seals of Capt. Joseph Wadsworth, Mrs. Mary Wadsworth, Joseph Farnsworth and Mary Farnsworth, Rachel Olcott, and Abigail Olcott, which agreement is accepted by the Court, ordered recorded and kept on file."
