Watson, John, Hartford. Invt. £126-01-06. Taken 4 June, 1650, by John White, John Barnard. (Will dated 26 March, 1650.)
I John Watson doe ordayne this my last will & Testament : My debts being paid, my dwelling house and all my moveable goods I give and bequeth to my wife, and the use of my meadow & swamp till my son John Come to Twenty years of age ; and my will is that She should bring up my Children; and my will is that my son John shall have my meadowe and swampe at that age afore mentioned. And further it is my will that my wife should paye to my Daughter sara five pound when she is Eighteen years of age, and to my Daughter Mary also five pound at Eighteen years of age. And further it is my will that my son John shall paye to his Mother five pound when he Come to his Land. And it is my will also that if any of my Children departe this life before they Come to the age that is before mentioned, that then the portion of that that dy shall be equally divided between them that are living. And my will is, in Case that my Children Should not be well Educated or not well used, then my overseers despose of them so as they may be brought up in the fear of God, and my wife to paye what shall be thought meete for the bringing of them up. And I ordayne my beloved friends John White & Gregory Wolterton to be overseers of this my will. --John X Watson.
Witness: John Moodie, Francis Barnard
6 June, 1650: Will & Invt. Exhibited