"Probate Records. Vol. VII, 1700 to 1710. Page 188.
Burd, Joseph, Farmington. Invt. £161-01-06. Taken 9 March, 1707-8. (No names of apprisers given.) Will dated 16 February, 1707-8:
I, Joseph Burd, doe make this my last will and testament: I give to my wife Mary Burd, to be at her own dispose, in life and in death, one-third part of my personal estate and the improvement and profit of half my house and half my homelott, and one-third part of all my lands during her natural life. I give unto my only son Joseph Burd all my house and homelott and all other of my lands that I have in possession or reversion, to him, his heirs and assigns forever, to be possessed by him at full age or day of marriage, which shall first happen. Only his mother to enjoy an interest in it as above expressed. I give to my daughter Mary Burd one-third part of my personal estate, to be delivered to her by my executrix at her marriage or at 18 years of age. I give to my daughter Ruth Burd, at her marriage or at 18 years of age, also 1-3 part of my personal estate. My will further is that my executrix shall have the improvement of all the estate I have here willed to my children, to enable her in the bringing up of my said children. I appoint my wife Mary Burd to be sole executrix, and I desire Thomas Burd and Joseph Judd to assist my wife as overseers.
JOSEPH BURD, LS.
Witness: John Judd, Sen., Thomas Orton.
Court Record, Page in—3 May, 1708: Will approved.
Page 46 (Vol. IX) 2 December, 1717: Upon the motion of the heirs of Joseph Bird that the dist. may be finished according to the will, this Court appoint Daniel Andrews, Sen., Daniel Judd and Joseph Hawley, of Farmington, to accomplish the dist.
Page 174 (Vol. X) 6 February, 1727-8: Upon motion of Joseph Hart, of Farmington, in right of his wife, formerly Mary Bird, daughter of sd. deceased, for a dist. of the estate of sd. deceased to and among the heirs, who were then cited to a hearing in this Court.
Page 208—18 December, 1728: Whereas, according to act of Court, 2 August, Samuel Bird, Adms. on sd. estate, with the will annexed, having exhibited an invt. of the estate, anew apprised in order to make an equable proportion to the heirs, several of the heirs now object against sd. inventory, this Court, after a hearing, order that Daniel Judd, John Porter and John Steele, Jr., agreed upon by the parties, do make another inventory of sd. estate, the moveable part thereof that any of the heirs have received to be apprised at double value of what they were in the former inventory, and the real estate at its present value.
Page 214—4 March, 1728-9: Joseph Hart, in right of his wife Mary, one of the heirs of Joseph Bird, formerly of Farmington, deceased, moved for an appeal from the judgment of the Court, 18 December, 1728, appointing Daniel Judd, John Porter and John Steele, Jr., to make another inventory of the sd. (estate) of Joseph Bird for distribution to and among the heirs of said deceased, to the Superior Court.
Page 7 (Vol. XI) 2 December, 1729: Upon the motion of Mary Burd, of Farmingtown, widow of Joseph Burd, decd., for a dist. on the estate, this Court appoint Capt. Joseph Hawley, Lt. Isaac Cowles and Sergt. Joseph Woodruff, distributors, to set out 1-3 part of the lands to Mary Burd, widow, and 1-3 part of the moveables for her own, the rest to be divided equally between the two daughters, Mary and Ruth Burd.
Page 14—3 March, 1730: Report of the distributors."
