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WILL OF TIMOTHY HATHERLY
Scituate, December 12, 1664, probated October 30, 1666

The Last Will and Testament of mr Timothy hatherley of Scittuate Deceased; exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the 30th Day of October Anno: Dom: 1666 on the oathes of mr Nicholas Baker and Isacke Chettenden; and ordered heer to bee Recorded as followeth;

I Timothy hatherley of Scittuate being weake and sicke in body but of sound and pfect memory bleesed be god Doe make this my last Will and Testmnt in manor and forme as followeth Imprimis I bequeath my soule to god that gave it and my body to the earth from whenc it came and for my worldly estate the lord hath given me I Doe Dispose of the same as followeth. Item I give unto my wife Lydia hatherly my house I now Dwell in with the Rest of the housing therto belonging; with all the land I Die posessed of During her naturall life: alsoe I give to her my silver plate with all my pewter and brasse that I Doe not otherwise Dispose of by will; alsoe what movabables soever are in my Parlour and Parlour Chamber whetherr beding or otherwise: alsoe all my linnine; furthermore I give unto my wife my gray mare two Cowes and two oxen and my Cart with all my wearing Clothes: Item I give to Edward Jenkens his wife and children twelve pounds to be payed within one years after my Decease; in Curram New England pay Item I give to Nicholas Wade his wife and children twelve pounds be payed withn one yeare after my Decease in Currant New England pay as alsoe one great brasse kettle Item I give to Sussana the wife of William Brookes and her children twelve pounds and acquitt her of her first husbands Debt to mee; as alsoe one Copper kettle with three eares to be payed within one yeare after my Decease.

Item I give to Timothy ffoster five pounds and to Elizabeth ffoster three pounds in Current New England pay within one yeare after my Decease. Item I give To mr Thomas hanford ten pounds to be payed within one yeare after my Decease in Current New England pay; Item I give to ffear Robinson now the wife of Samuell Baker forty shillings and to the other Children of Isacke Robinson John Isacke and Mercye forty shillings apeece to be payed within one yeare after my Decease in Currant New England pay; Item I give to Lydia Garrett my wifes Daughter three acrees of Land pte of which her house stands on; unto her and her heirs for ever and five pounds in Currant pay of New England within one yeare after my Decease; and likewise acquittall former accounts and Reconings between shee and from the begining of the world to this Day; Item I give to the foure Children of the said Lydia Garrett forty shilling apeece to be payed them by my exequitrix when they Come to the age of twenty yeares in Currant pay of New England; Item I give to Gorg Sutton his wife and Children five pounds to be payed in Currant New England pay within one yeare after my Decease. Item I give to the wife of William Bassett my wifes Daughter five pay pounds to be payed in Currant New England pay within one yeare after my Decease Item I give to the widdow Preble my wifes Daughter fifty shillinges to be payed in Currant New England pay within one year after my Decease Item I give to Lydia Lapham an heiffer worth fifty shillings or fifty shillings in good goods to be payed within one yeare after my Decease Item I give to Thomas Lapham thirty shillings to be payed in Currant New England pay within one yeare after my Decease; Item I give to Stephen Tilden five pounds to be payed within one yeare after my Decease in Currant New England pay Item I give unto Nicholas Baker eight pounds to be payed within six monthes after my Decease in Currant New England pay I give to my man Thomas Savory fifty shillings to be payed when his terme is expired in Currant pay of New England; Item I give to Lydia hatch the Daughter of William hatch eight pounds to be payed by my exequitrix when shee Come to the age of twenty one yeares in current New England pay or when shee marries All the Rest of my goods and lands not given and bequeather my Debts and legacies being payed and funerall Charges Discharged I give and bequeath unto my trusty and well beloved friend Joseph Tilden whom I Doe Constitute and appoint to be the whole and sole exequitor of this my last will and Testament

In Witnes whereof I the said Timothy hatherley have heer unto sett my hand and seale this twelvth Day of December Anno: Dom: 1664)

signed and sealed in the prsence of us

Nicholas Baker
Isacke Chettenden Timothy hatherley

And a seale

(Plymouth Colony Records, Wills and Inventories 1633-1669.  Volume 2: 34-35 Edited by C. H. Simmons, Jr., Picton Press, Camden, Maine.  LOC F63.S56. Pages 439-440


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