Person:Mathew Canfield (1)

The following is the will as deciphered from the original.

"The last Will and Testiment of mee Mathew Canffeild.

I being sik and wayk but in pfect understandinge. This my last wil and testament whereas I give my body to the dust and my soule to the Ld Jesus Christ.

Imp: My eldest son Samuel hath received his portion alredy at Norwauk and shal have nothinge here.

2 To Ebinezer my second Son I give the second division of upland that pertend to Samuels Lott. I give him four akers of my medow land next Sarjant Wards to run thurah out the lott & three akers of meddow in my second division on the lower side.

3 I give to my Daughter Mary 18^lb that is in my son Samuels hands.

4 I give to my Daughter Hannah 10^lb in Samuels hands.

5 I give to my Son Mathew 4 akers of that end of the lott next Goodman Waters his hows I give to Ebinezer 3 Akers of upland in Roberdses nek next M^r. Piersons land & 3 akers of my first division upon y^e hill next the Cove and all the bogges in the great nek. so far as the land goes. Memorandum Mathew is to mentayn the cros fence betwixt the remaynder of the lott and his own I give to my son Mathew the remaynder of the upland and bogges in Robards quarter and 3 akers of upland on y^e great nek next to my son Ebinezer & half the medow and upland at Wheelers poynt on the lower side next M^r. Piersons & two akers of my first division of medow quite throughout by Ebinezer, 3 Akers of medow in my second division of salt medow next Ebinezer as it was layd out.

6 I give to my Daughter Ruth the remaynder of the home lot wher of Mathew had 4 akers with the hows and the half of my second division upon the hill; and the other half to Mathew lyinge next the hyway.

7 I give to my Daughter Sarah my two oxen Colle and broad in part of her twentie pounds to be made out of the estate.

8 I give my youngest son this Hows and home lott with the remaynder of the medows and uplands undisposed of upon the deseas of my wife. If wif live til Jonathan com to age shee shal lett him have half the Home lot and half of the other lands whether medows or uplands.

9 I mak my wife the executrix of my hole estate My wil is that if my wife shal mary shee shal have the house and half hom lot & half the upland and half the meddows and half the movable estate and the other half of the movable goods to be divided amongst the other children that bee here.

If she continew my widdow then my wil is the estate shall remayne intire and Jonathan shal live with her til he be of age Yet if she die my widdow Jonathan shal have the hole accomodation and the movable estate shal be equally divided amongst the survivors Samuel being excepted.

My wife shal never sell any lands nor medow to pay any debts I make choyse of Brother Deken Tomkins brother Henry Lion and my son Mathew for overseers.

Item: At the deseas of my wife I would have her leave y^e great chest to Jonathan and the sealed chest to Mathew I add to y^r portion.

Mathew Camfeild

Witnesses John Brown Sen Tho: Pierson Sen

March: 19 72 or 73"^[3]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Canfield, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
   2:379-80.

   "Matthew (Canfield), of NH 1644, rem. to Norwalk 1653; m Sarah da. Richard Treat."

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 The Canfield, Willoughby and Merwin Marriages. Contributed by Jean Denison, Ontario, N.Y., in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   138:43-44.

   "John Goff … We Never Could Spell Their Names: An Account of the Camfield Family of Northamptonshire [Spratton, Northants, England, 1975]. … Goff also disputes Frederick A. Canfield's statement that Matthew, Thomas and Nathaniel Canfield were 'traditional brothers' (A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield with a Genealogy of Their Descendants in New Jersey [Dover, N.J., 1897], 4). … Matthew's birth is recorded in the St. Andrews, Harlestone, Northamptonshire, register as 'Matthew Calmfeild the sonne of Gregory Calmfeild and Joan his wife was baptized ye 27th of February' 1604."

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Matthew Camfield¹, in Canfield, Frederick Alexander, and Altha T. Coons. A History of Thomas Canfield and of Matthew Camfield: With a Genealogy of their Descendants in New Jersey. (Dover, New Jersey: The Author (Printed by The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, New Haven), 1897)
   86-94.

   "Matthew Camfield¹. b. in England. d. about June 1673, in Newark, N. J. m. Sarah Treat before 1643. … He was in New Haven, Conn. as early as a639. He was a member of the Congregational Church in that place in 1642. … He was probably buried in the Old Burying Ground on the westerly side of Broad Street, Newark, …"

4.   Matthew Camfield, in Find A Grave.

   No image provided; no actual evidence of burial presented.