WILL:
Dated Dec. 8, 1704 Thomas Mallet of Newport, innkeeper, sick and weak. Indian man Abraham to beloved wife Mary Mallet for 20 years and then to be free ... to son-in-law Jeremiah Wilcox a case of pistolls with sadle holsters and furniture, two firelock guns which he now hath in possession, one silver hilted sword, and one other sword, and six dozen of plate buttons for a coat. To daughter-in-law Mary Wilcox who now lives in my house, one silver Quart Tankard, one Negro boy named Andrew. To Trinity Church in Newport, 40 shillings ... 20 shillings to the minister who preaches my funeral sermon. Remained to wife. (Signed with large T) Witnesses: Jonath'n Abbot, Thomas Weeden, Thomas Fox. Proved Feb. 5, 1704/5. [Gleanings from Newport Court Files 1659-1783, 1998, by Jane Fletcher Fiske, item 21]