Person:Mary Griffin (5)

The Estate of Mary (Griffin) (Wilson) Hoskins of Windsor

"Probate Records. Vol. XII, 1732 to 1737. Page 290-1.

Hoskins, Mary, Windsor. Invt. £133-07-11. Taken 25 February, 1734-5, by John Cook, Jr., Ebenezer Phelps and Timothy Loomis. Will dated 14 July, 1716.

I, Mary Hoskins of Windsor, do make this my last will and testament: I give to my eldest son John Wilson my great Bible. I give to my son Samuel Wilson my best bed and bedstead, feather boalster and pillow, curtains and vallients, bed roap, my best kersey blankett and best coverlid, with 1 paire of sheets, and one of my best swine, and a gunn, and a paire of weaver's looms and so much of the tackling proper to sd. looms as did belong unto me. I give to my daughter Mary Filley the use of a cow during her natural life, then to be divided among her children. I give to my grandson Job, who has lived with me, $5 in money, to be paid to him at the age of 21 years; but in case he die before he arrive thereunto, then sd. £5 shall be equally divided among my five children, John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary and Abigail, or their legal representatives. My will is that my son Samuel Wilson shall have my house and homested in Windsor which formerly was Nicholas Sention's, to be and remain to him and his heirs forever. But it is to be understood I give to son Samuel clearly but 1-5 part of the sd. houseing and land, and therefore he shall pay what I am behind of the purchase money for sd. houseing and land, which I suppose is about £10, which being taken out of the inventory price, sd. Samuel shall pay 1-5 part of the remainder to his brother John Wilson, 1-5 to his sister Elizabeth Wilcoks, 1-5 to his sister Mary Filley, and 1-5 part to his sister Abigail Alford, all to be paid within 18 months after my decease. And further, my will is that if my son Samuel do at any time make sale of sd. houseing and lands, his brother John Wilson shall have it, paying therefore as much as another would give. My will is that the rest of my estate, both real and personal, be equally divided amongst my five children above named. I constitute my two sons, John and Samuel Wilson, executors.

MARY X HOSKINS, LS.

Witness: William Phelps, Matthew Allyn.

Court Record, Page 22—4 March, 1734-5: Will proven."^[3]

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 McCracken, George E. John Griffin of Windsor and Simsbury, Connecticut. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Apr 1962)
   38:104-05.

   "Mary² Griffin (John¹), born at Windsor 1 or 4 March 1651/2, died in 1734-5, married (1) Windsor 1 May 1672 Samuel² Wilson, born ca. 1652, died Windsor 3 Aug. 1697, son of Robert¹ Wilson by his wife Elizabeth² Stebbing (Edward¹); (2) before 7 March 1700/1 Anthony¹ Hoskins, no issue by the second marriage. It has wrongly been claimed that she was wife to David Winchell (for correction see supra (The American Genealogist) 24:49, 121 f). Mary Griffin daughter of John has also been claimed as the wife of John² Forbes (James¹) of Hartford [Stiles, History of Ancient Wethersfield, 2:330], a misstatement perhaps based on a misunderstanding of a record pertaining to her niece."

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Windsor Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   128.

   "Griffin, … Mary, d. [John & Anna], b. Mar. 1, 1651 [MG]"
   "Griffin, … Mary, d. [John], b. Mar. 4, 1651 [Col. 2:158]"

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Hoskins, Mary, Windsor, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
   3:168.