"Probate Records. Vol. VIII, 1710 to 1715. Page 51
Crippin, Thomas, Sen., Haddam. Invt. £47-03-00. Taken 24 January, 1709, by John Fuller, Thomas Robinson and Samuel Rowley. Will dated 10th May, 1705.
I, Thomas Crippin, Sen., of East Haddam, commonly called Machamoodus, in the County of Hartford, do make this my last will and testament: I give by deed to my son Thomas Crippin one-half my land at Machamoodus, and to my son Jabez Crippin the other half, reserving only the dwelling house and one-third part of above said land for the use of my wife Frances Crippin if she outlive me, and after her decease to be to my son Jabez Crippin and his heirs forever. After the decease of my wife Frances Crippin, all my movable estate left to be equally divided between my four daughters, viz., Katharine Rowley, Mary Corbee, Mercy and Experience Crippin.
THOMAS X CRIPPIN.
Witness: William Spencer, Samuel Arnold.
Court Record, Page 18─4 September, 1710: Adms., with will annexed, to Jabez Crippin.
Page 62─3 March, 1711-12: The Adms. exhibits account of sundry legacies paid and discharged by him, under the hands of the persons to whom the legacies were due, which account this Court accept Consideratum Est., order on file, and grant a Quietus Est."