Estate of William Jigles of Salem
William Jegles died intestate. Amount of inventory, 148li., ordered June 28, 1659, that the widow shall keep it in her hands for her use. (Source: Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 4, leaf 31).
The children, or three of them, were married in town long since, the other abroad at sea. The eldest son was in England and the master of a ship. On 28:4:1659, it was ordered that the estate be left in the hands of the widow Elizabeth, for her necessities while she lived, and be disposed of by the court at her decease. (Source: Essex Co. Quarterly Court Files, vol. 5, leaf 14.)
