Person:John Weld (21)

Will; 19 Jun 1676; Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA 33. (Suff. VIII: 76) The Will of John Weld Senr.

Being suddenly called forth upon an Expedition against the Indians and Knowing it may please the Lord to dispose of me; considering also that many that have been sent forth upon this service have been suddenly cut off: I . . . it is my desire that my loving wife Margaret Weld may have my whole Estate . . . for the maintaining of herselfe and . . . my children as are not yet disposed but left in her hands, and that dureing her natural life, who I do . . . make . . . my Sole Executrix. When . . . God . . . take away my wife, . . . my Estate shall be divided, Each of my children to receive an equal share, . . . and my son Joseph a double portion, but if either of my children should dy before the Estate comes to a division or without a male heir, the land shall not pass from my owne children; but in case my son Joseph should dy . . . and not have a male heir, then my son John should receive a double portion, and in all things have the priviledge of my Eldest Son. . . . If any children yet unmarryed should dy unmarryed or without issue, . . . their shares shall be divided amongst those which do survive at the time of the Division. Whereas . . . three of my children, namely John, Mary and Hannah, have had little benefit by my Estate in respect of what my son Joseph and my Daughter Elizabeth have had. It shall be at the Liberty of my wife to help any of them children. Finally I . . . request my friend Mr. Isaac Addington & my Cousin John Gore to be overseers. Dated 19 June 1676. In presence of Henry Bowin, John Gore, John her marke Weld, Mary Frissell. Boston April 28, 1692, Mrs. Margaret Weld the sole Exex. presented this will for probate.

5. Inventory Taken; 13 Nov 1691; Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA 33. (Suff. VIII: 238) John Weld's Inventory apprized 13 Nov. 1691, included a mansion house, barne, and out houseing, yards and orchard conteining about one Acre and a half being on the West side of the Highway, about ninety Acres of woodland in ye middle Division, About 11 1/2 acres of land in the third Division, about 40 Acres of land on the East side of the highway. Dated Boston 28 Apr. 1692, Mrs. Margaret Weld made oath to a true inventory of the estate of her husband John Weld.

(Suff. Deed XIV: 355) We the subscribers children of Mr. John Weld late of Roxbury, Co. Suffolk, haveing perused the last will of our said Father, for the avoiding of all disputes, consent & agree as followeth: That our Mother Mrs. Margaret Weld during the Term of her natural life shall enjoy the whole estate, real and personal, each child to receive sixty pounds. Signed by Joseph Weld, John Weld, Samuel Gore, Joshua Gardner, William Heath, Elizabeth Gore, Mary Gardner, Hannah Heath. In presence of John Gore, Thomas Ruggles. Dated 29 Dec. 1691.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Joseph Weld, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
   VII:286.

   John Weld, bp All Saints Sudbury 2 November 1623 [TAG 55:146].

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   4:457.

   JOHN, Roxbury, eldest s[on]. of capt[ain]. Joseph, b[orn]. in Eng[land]. as Farmer cites a fam[ous]. MS. to provide, 28 Oct. 1623, and came over in 1638 wh[ich]. is not improb[able]. m[arried]. 24 Dec. 1647, Margaret Bowen, perhaps sis[ter]. of Griffith, had Joseph, b[orn]. 6 June, bapt[ized]. 12 Aug. 1649, d[ied]. in few mo[nth]s. not as Ellis says, "only 17 days old;" Joseph, again, 13, bapt[ized]. 15 Sept. 1650; John, 25 May, bapt[ized]. 26 June 1653; Elizabeth 14, bapt[ized]. 18 Nov. 1655, Margaret, 29 Sept. bapt[ized]. 11 Oct. 1657, d[ied]. at 17 y[ea]rs.; Mary, 3, bapt[ized]. 8 Apr. 1660; Abigail, b[orn]. 27 Aug. 1663, d[ied]. young; Esther, 28 Dec. 1664, d[ied]. in few days; and Hannah, 5 Sept. 1666; was freem[an]. 1650, and serv[ed]. in Philip's war few days, mak[ing]. his will 19 June 1676, bec[ause]. he was call[ed]. into an expedit[ion]. but did not die until 20 Sept. 1691. His wid[ow]. d[ied]. 15 Sept. 1692. Elizabeth m[arried]. 28 Aug. 1672, Samuel Gore, Mary m[arried]. 1680, Joshua Gardner; and Hannah m[arried]. 11 Nov. 1685, William Heath.

3. ↑ Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926)
   II:660.

   Weld, John, (died) Sept. 20, 1691.