[S753] Charles William Manwaring, Early Conn. Probate Records, I:304-305, citing volume IV, page 82:I Elizabeth Gardner of Hartford do make this my last Will & Testament : I give to my son Samuel Stone my feather bed that I Ly upon, & my Green rugg & green curtains, two payre of sheets, halfe a doz of Napkins, halfe doz of Towells, Two pewter dishes (one little one & one great one). Two porringers, one brass ketle that will hold a bout three payles full, one brass skillitt, the table that stands in the studdy, two old green cushions. The bigest Brass candlestick, two earthern blue drinking cupps, & a smale payre of Andirons, & Two Books of Mr. Greenhill's upon "ezekiell" ; & it is my will that my son shall have no power to make sale of any of those things above mentioned, but to have the use of them only, for Tiis benefit, as my overseers shall see reason to grant. I give to Elizabeth my daughter all the rest of my houshold stuffe not particularly disposed of in this my will (she giving her engagement to pay to my Grand sonn Samuel Sedgwick sixteen pounds when he shall attayne the age of Twenty one years), & my fower acres of Land in the upper end of the south meadow, & all the rest of my Land not expressly disposed of in this my last Will & Testament, to be to her & her heirs forever. I give to Samuel
Sedgwick £16, to be paid by his Mother to him at the age of 21 years ; as allso I give to my sd. Grand son Samuel Sedgwick my 6 acres of Land in the 40 acres wth in the sowth mead, with my Long Lott on the east side of the river, & 7 acres of upland Bought of Richard Goodman, being cow pasture, as allso I give him the rest of my 6 acres of Land in the 40 acres from the day of my decease, to be improved for his advantage till he comes of age, as my overseers shall direct. I give to John Robberts, my grand son, the west division Lot in Hartford & my cow pasture Lott neer the blue Hills, to be to him his heirs & assigns forever. I give to my daughters-in-Law, Rebeccah Nash, Mary Fitch & Sarah Butler, to each of them 40 Shillings apeice in silver, If I leave so much ; If not, in other pay equivalent; as allso to each of them a suit of my wearing Lining, which I desire them to accept of as a token of my love to them. I give to Rebeccah Butler one acre of Land my husband bought of Nath. Ward, & is now in possession of Mr. John Whitting, to be to her, her heirs & assigns forever, she to possess it at her day of marriage, & her Father to possess it till then. I doe make my Daughter Elizabeth Roberts & my Grand son Samuel Sedgwick Joint Executors of this my last will & Testament. I doe desire Major John Talcott & Capt. John Allyn to be the overseers. And whereas my husband, Mr Samuel Stone, desired in his last will & Testament that my son Samuel Stone should after my decease possess all my Lands, he paying the full value thereof according as I shall dispose thereof, I willingly submit thereto, & therefore doe appoynt my sd. sonn Samuel Stone, If he will hold the Lands I have disposed of as above, that then he doe pay unto each of them I have given Land unto, the full value thereof, which shall be to them, their heirs & assigns forever instead of sd. Land.
Elizabeth Gardner.
Witness : John Allyn,
Sarah X Howard.
Court Record, Page 51 — 2 March, 1681-2: Will Proven.