Will of Mary Crosse, widow, made August 28, 1698, and proved before Governor Blake, November 10, 1698, gave son, William Bayley, the corner lot in Charles Town, which was formerly "Capt. John Clapps whereon ye. great house stands yt. he lately lived in", together with the house and all other buildings thereon, also half of a tract of land near "Bermudas Town", containing fifty acres, which she had purchased with her son, Capt. Charles Basden, also another lot in Charles Town, which had formerly belonged to Capt. Clapp, whereon Capt. John Flavell then lived, together with all houses thereon, during his lifetime and at his death to go to her daughters, Mary Basden, widow, and Susannah Rawlins; gave daughter, Mary Basden, one half of a lot in Charles Town, next Capt. Rhett's, where Mr. Buckley had lately lived, and fronting the wharf where testatrix then lived; gave daughter, Susannah Rawlins, the other half of said lot; directed that her three lots near the Market Place in Charles Town be divided into three parts, to wit: the front to "Broad Street alias Cooper Street" and the front to the little street that runs by Dr. Franklin's and Mr. Simonds's to be divided into thirds, then said lots to be divided by straight lines running northward and southward; gave son, William Bayley, the third part of the lots which lay westward for life, to go to Mary Basden and Susannah Rawlins at his death; gave easternmost third of the lots to Susannah Rawlins; gave the third part of the lots, which lay between the other two, to Mary Basden; directed the half town lot purchased of Henry Samways, and lying southward of the two lots that were formerly Capt. Clapp's, to be sold to pay her debts; gave her two daughters all of her household goods; gave Mary Basden an Indian girl, Rayner; gave son and daughters all of her shop goods and all property not mentioned in the will, to be equally distributed among them; appointed William Bayley and Mary Basden and Susannah Rawlins, executor and executrixes.
Witnesses: Mildred Shory, Ann Pawley, Edith Hyrne, Jonathan Armory.
Recorded by Henry Wigington, D.S., March 6, 1700.
(Part on page 345 and the rest on page 368 of the present volume, the pages having been so mixed in rebinding.)
