"Probate Records. Vol. XI, 1729 to 1732. Page 299.
Burnham, Martha, Wethersfield. Will dated 7 August, 1733.
I, Martha Burnham of Wethersfield, do make this my last will and testament: I give and bequeath 5-6 of all my estate unto my children now living, viz., my son Eleazer Gaylord, Martha Wilcocks, Elizabeth Gaylord, Sarah Bissell and Hannah Orvis, unto them equally alike; and the other 6th part I give unto my grandchildren, the children of my son Samuel Gaylord deceased, viz., to Samuel Gaylord, 1-3 part of sd. 6th part; to Eleazer, his brother, 1-3 part, and to Millicent, 1-3 part of sd. 6th part. And whereas, my sd. son Eleazer Gaylord is indebted to me by a note of £14, payable to me, and £5 he has lately received of Mr. John Russell, and 20 shillings he oweth to me an another account, my will is that my estate be all apprised, allowing he oweth me £20, and after it is apprised if the sd. £20 be more than his 6th part, then he to pay what that is more than his 6th part to the rest of the legatees, being allowed 12 months to pay it in. And if he don't pay it within 12 months after my decease, my executor to recover the same by the £14 note. I ordain my son-in-law, Nathaniel Gaylord, sole executor.
MARTHA BURNHAM, LS.
Witness: Daniel Williams, Daniel Harris, Benjamin Woodbridge.
Court Record, Page 97—4 September, 1733: Will proven."
