Person:Samuel Moody (12)

Will & Probate

The will and inventory of Samuel Moodey (Moody) of Newbury are both lengthy. In them, the following are named:

• "my Eldest Sonn Wm. Moodey"; "my second Sonn John Moodey"; "my 3d Sonn Sam: Moodey"; "my 4th Sonn Cutting Moodey"
• [to Cutting Moody] "part of ye 20 Acres of Marsh ye was Grandfather Cutting's"
• "my Eldest Daughter Sarah Moodey"; "my three youngr Daughrs Mary, Hanna & Lydia"
• "my Dearly beloved Wife Mary Moodey to bee ye sole Executrix"
• "appoint my mch respected Uncle Nicho. Noyes, & my beloved Brothers Joshua & Caleb Moodey together wth Benjamin Rolfe to bee my Overseers"
• "further will that what Cattle and goods were Given to my Daughters Sarah or Mary by either of theyr Grandfathers or Grandmothers,"

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 William Moody, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
   136.

   Samuel Moody, b. say 1635.

2. ↑ Samuel Moody, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1911)
   2: 664.

   Moody, Samuell, [died] Apr. 4, 1675.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Estate of Samuel Moody of Newbury, in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
   3:5-9.

   Newbury March 22, 1674-5. The last Will & Testament of Samuel Moodey
   Witness: Nicholas Noyes, Jno. Dole, Caleb Moody.
   Proved in Ipswich court Apr. 21, 1675 by Nicholas Noyes [Uncle] and Caleb Moody [Brother].
   Inventory taken 14:2:1675, by George (his mark) Little and Benjamin Rolfe
   Attested June 24, 1675 by Mary Moodey, executrix of the estate of her late husband, Samuell Moody.