Person:Joseph Farnsworth (8)

The Estate of Joseph Farnsworth of Dorchester

"Joseph Farnworth, of Dorchester.—2 Jan. 1659. Being of reasonable health & memory, doe by this my last will dispose of my Estate as followeth:—vnto Mary, my wife, £37, in money or other moveable Estate at money price; also £13, 6s. 8d. more out of my moveable goods as they shalbe indifferently prized. I giue vnto my wife Mary, the same of fowrescore pounds for portions for her two Children w^ch she had by her other husband, namely, Joseph Long & Thomas Long; to dispose of the same to them, when & as she shall see meete, whether alike proportion to both, or to one & y^e other lesse, Considering theire dutie & behavior towards her as theire mother. I giue to my dau. Elizabeth, wife of John Manfeild, £18. 5s. w^ch maks vp y^t w^ch she haue allready received y^e sume of £40; to my dau. Ester, £36; to my dau. Mary y^e wife of Abraham Ripley £24. 11s. w^ch makes vp what she haue allready receiued y^e sume £40; vnto my grand child Joseph Peck, y^e sonne of Simon Peck (who marryed with Hannah, my Daughter, now deceased) £5, to be payd vnto him by my Executrix when he shall accomplish y^e age of 21 yeares, or day of marriage, w^ch shall first happen. In case said Joseph dept. this life before he accomplish said age, or disposeth himselfe in marriage, then my will is that said Executrix dispose thereof to Samuell, my sonne. I giue unto my dau. Rebecca, £40. For my Eldest sonne Joseph, although he haue already had from me a Considerable Estate, more then a double portion, yet I giue vnto him for a Remembrance, 20s. to be payd him when Lawfully demanded. Legacies to my 4 daus. [to] be paid within one yeare after my decease. In case my moveable Estate will not pay said Legacies, Then my will is, y^t my Executrix sell any p^t of my Lands to satisfye said Legacies. All ye rest of mine Estate in Land & goods I giue vnto my sonne Samuel when he shall accomplish 21 yeares or day of marriage, vntill which time my wife shall possesse y^e same for his Education, giueing accompt to him when he comes of age, or within three monthes after his marriage. In case my wife continue in y^e Estate of Widdowhood as left of me, then my will is, y^t she possesse halfe of all my said houses & lands with my sonne Samuell during her life. In case she mary, then my will is, y^t after such time, as my said sonne shall accomplish his age of 21 yeares or marriage, That he then shall possesse all my said houses & lands. [If the son die before either of the times mentioned, the halfe of s^d property is to go to his mother; the other half 'to be equally devided betweene all y^e rest of my Children & her Children' now, & then, aliue in New-England.] Mary, my wife, executrix, my friends John Minot & William Pond, both of Dorchester, overseers.

Joseph Farnworth.

In the p^rnce of Richard Withington, Joseph Weekes, Enoch Wiswall.

1 Feb. 1659. Richard Withington & Joseph Weekes, deposed. Inventory of the Estate of Joseph Farnworth, taken y^e 20th : 11 mo. 1659 [January 20, 1659/60], by Hopestill Foster, Lawrence Smith, Richard Withington. Am^t. £206.18.02. Lands yet not prised. House, Orchard, Lands &c. about 2¼ acres; about 23 acres in the necke of Land, so called; in the Calue pasture, salt marsh, 4 acres; in y^e feild Called y^e great Lott, 12 acres within y^e fence & 12 acres without y^e fence; in the Cow walke 5 acres, &c. Mary Farnworth deposed, 1 Feb. 1659. Rebecca Farnworth came into Court & Chose W^m Pond to be her Guardian."^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Joseph Farnsworth, in 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)
   2:143.

   "Farnsworth, Joseph, Dorchester, freem. 14 Mar. 1639, by w. Eliz. had Mary, b. 30 Mar. 1637; Hannah, 14 Dec. 1638; Rebecca, 2 Jan. 1640; and Ruth, 3 June 1642; beside Joseph, Samuel, and perhaps others, by sec. w. wid. Mary Long; was selectman 1647, and d. 12 Jan. 1660. In his will of 2 Jan. preced. Geneal. Reg. IX. 140, provis. is made for his w. Mary and her two ch. by former h. Joseph, and Thomas Long, for his d. Eliz. w. of John Mansfield, d. Esther, d. Mary, w. of Abraham Ripley, gr.ch. Joseph, s. of Simon Peck, by Hannah, d. of testat. dec. his eldest s. Joseph, s. Samuel, and d. Rebecca."

2. ↑ Boston (Massachusetts). Record Commissioners. A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston: Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1890)
   25.

   "Joseph Pharnsworth Deceased this Life the 12 (11) 1659 [January 12, 1659/60]."

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Trask, William B. Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (1848-1866, 1876-1878)
   9:140-41.
4. ↑ Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
   3:96.