"Probate Records. Vol. IX, 1715 to 1723. Page 255-6.
Bunce, Jonathan, Hartford. Invt. £385-19-02. Taken 6 January, 1718, by Nathaniel Stanly and John Austin. Invt. of lands in Wethersfield, prised at £426-03-00, taken 1st January, 1718, by Benjamin Churchill and Josiah Churchill.
Court Record, Page 47—11 December, 1717: Adms. granted to Sarah Bunce, the widow, relict of sd. deed., and Robert Sandford.
Page 50—25 January, 1717-18: Zachariah Bunce, a minor, age 15 years, chose his mother Sarah Bunce to be his guardian. She was also appointed guardian to the rest of her children, viz., Susannah, age 13 years, Sarah 11, Abigail 9, and Jonathan Bunce about 8 years, all children of Jonathan Bunce decd. Recog., £200.
Page 85—7 October, 1718: Per act of the General Assembly in May last, this Court direct Robert Sandford and Sarah Bunce, Adms., to sell land lying in Wethersfield to procure the sum of £100 for the payment of debts.
Page 9 (Vol. X) 5 March, 1722-3: In pursuance of an act of the General Assembly, May, 1718, impowering the Adms. to sell so much of the lands of the sd. deed, that may be sufficient for the payment of debts due from sd. estate, with the allowance of this Court, Lt. Robert Sandford and Sarah Bunce, Adms., are hereby directed and allowed to sell a parcell of land lying at the west division of lotts in Hartford to pay debts yet due from sd. estate.
Page 43—27 March, 1724: The Adms. may now sell land lying on the east side of the Connecticut River in Hartford, containing 5 acres more or less."