• "Probate Records: Mathew Allyn, 1670" (Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999).

• Type: Probate
• Category: Original

• Publisher: Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999

The estate of Mr Mathew Allyn deceased, Inventoried, Feb'y:14. 1670

Imp's: In Cattle, Horses, Neat, Hoggs and sheep.               65=13=00

    In ye Hall
        A Table forme Cuboard, and Arms                        04=05=00
        Utinsels about ye fire and other Iron implem'ts        03=07=00
        In tooles Box and Irons and halfe Bushell              00=14=00
        Chafing dish stilliards plates Iron potts, pot hooks   01=11=08
        Iron Kettle 2 saddlrs Tin pans & skimm                 02=15=00
        Warmeing pan Baking pan 2 brass pans                   01=06=00
        Brass Kettles skillet Candlestick lattin[?] ware       02=08=06
        In pewter and one old skillet spoons woodware          02=02=02
        In Bacon Saddle Bridle bottle, frying pan mort         01=13=10
        Winmon sheet and Earthen pan                           00=03=04

    Leanto
        Kettle, pan, mustard mill, Cheespress whool spade }    06=01=00
        Tubbs pailes and Jarr.                            }
    Cellar
        Cider vinegar Casks, Churns, Tobaccho, Cheese, Butt }  03=14=04
        w'th other vessels                                  }
    Buttery
        A Cubbard w'th w't was in ye Drawer                    01=16=08
        Troughs Trays Grat'e Earth pot Sieves Sacks }          01=19=00
        Bowles and other vessels                    }
        Pork Beef in barrels and flitchins                     04=10=00
    Newchamb'er
        Indian Corne, wheat Tubb and old baggs                 00=11=00
    Leanto Chamb'er
        Feath'er bed bolster pillowes Blankits }               06=06=00
        an old bolster                        }
        Bedstead Door locks weol Hops Baggs, maunds,          00=17=00
    Hall Chamb'er
        Mault, Beadstead, Feath'r bed chafbolst.              06=12=00
        Blankits, Coverlid Rug                                03=03=00
        Trundle Bedstead w'th Bedding                         02=05=00
        Wool, sieve, old Cards, napkins sheet pillowtie bagg   0=18=00
        3 Bush'lls Miscilme and Barrell                       00=12=00
        Wearing apparel                                       17=14=02
        A Chest, powd'er and Bullets gloves linsy wool        03=14=08
        A Chair, Fan, 2 saddles at John Madsleyes             02=08=00
    Closet
        Wool wompom and Bagg Bees wax hops honey              02=12=00
        Kersey oatmeale, yarne Cheessatts Hatchets            05=12=06
    Parlour Chamb'er
        press and Drawers                                     02=10=00
        In Pewter, Tin pan, silv'er salt, Alcamy salt         04=15=00
        4 pair sheets, 2 Chairs, Wallet pillowties            04=19=00
        Towells, Cubbard, cloth Basket Trench'er box          00=10=00
        Trunk, 2nd Diap'er & Holland sheets, hot pillowties   05=07=00
        Napkins Tablecloths, Towels, Cubbard cloth            05=04=00
        A loop Ribbon hatband & silk, stuuf ducape            01=01=00
        Bands Caps, Handkerchiefs                             01=01=06
        Shirts, Box, Wastcoat chest                           02=04=00
        Looking glass stoolclothes, Green Carpet              01=08=00
        A Rugg, Coverlid 2 Blankets                           08=00=00
        Nailes                                                04=00=00
    Cockloft
        Three bushels Ind:                                    00=07=06
    In ye Barne
        Ind: 50 bush'lls Peasse 12 bushels                    10=09=00
    In ye Parlo'er
        Curtanes vallens and Bedstand                         03=10=00
        A Rug Coverlid pillowes Quishigns                     03=06=00
        Flasket & looking glass Table Joyn stools             02=15=00
        Livory Cubbard, a board cloth chaires stools          01=06=06
        Dowlace, Canvas, Cotton. An old Rugg                  02=04=06
        Trundle bedstead and bedding on it                    03=02=00
        Little beadstead by the fire                          00=10=00
        A feather bed, bolster 2 pillowes                     04=10=00
        Rugg, blankets sheets lincy cov'er'ing closstool      04=17=00
        Chamb'er pots Boots, shooes stocking boothose         01=16=00
        Glass Crock dishes also and Bottles                   00=10=00
        In Bookes                                             03=11=00
        Juggs Bellowes Firepan Tongs And Irons                01=06=00
        Boards, A Saddle and Skins                            03=19=00
        Land & Stock at Kenne;worth                          120=00=00
        Land at Catch                                        040=00=00
        Due to ye Estate in Debts                            054=13=00
        Estate Indebted 40=00=00
        By a debt for covering ye remainder of ye house      006=00=00
                                                             466=17=00

    The house & Land In windsor not Inventoryed Because by deed of gift it was made over to Thomas Allyn By Mr Mathew Allyn at ye marriage of ye sd Thom Allyn to be to him & his heirs forever after the death of the sayd Mr Mathew Allyn & Margaret his wife

    Prized by us

    Daniell Clarke
    Richard Lord

• Text: I Mathew Allyn of windsor in the colony of Connecticutt Being at pr'sent thorough the Tender mercy of God (though weak in body) of good memory, & have the use of my understanding as at other times, am desirous to attend the counsell of thge prophet. In setting my house in order that soe I may with the more freedome wayte the good pleasure of God, whose I am, & In whom I doe desire Forever to hope, wayte, & rejoyce & Into the Armes of his mercy I desire to render my soule (& by the merrits of Jesus christ alone I expect & hope for the free pardon & remission of all my sins, & a habitation In those hevenly mansions that he hath prepared for all his redeemed ones) & my Body to christian Buriall according to the discresion of my children, & for that Estate that God hath blest me w'th all I doe give & bequeath it as is hereafter exprest,
  
  I make my beloved wife my sole executrix of this my Last will & Testament,
  
  Imp'rs I doe give all the Estate that I now stand possesst off both Lands cattell & houshold stuffe to my deare & well beloved wife Margaret Allyn to be & belong to her dureing her naturall life my just debts being first payd, & I desire my sons John Allyn Thomas Allyn & Benjamin Nubery to Improve the same For her confort, & I command them to be carefull in provideing for her comfortable maintenance as Long as she shall live.
  
  2 And After the Decease of my deare & well beloved wife I give unto my beloved son John Allyn his heirs forever all my Lands & Estate Lyeing & being w'th in the Bounds of the Township of Kenilworth In the county of New London I say both the farme & stock upon it that is in the hands of my Tennants, I also hereby confirm & rattify to him & his heirs forever all my Land In Hartford that I gave to him as his marriag portion, & which formerly hath bin recorded to him
  
  3 after the decease of my wife I give unto my wel beloved sonn Thomas Allyn the one halfe of my farme or Land at catch & near to catch, onely out of his halfe I give unto my beloved Grand child Mathew Allyn one Hundred Acres of Land where of Twenty Acres shall be meadow & where as upon his marryage I confirmed my Lands In windsor to him & his heirs for ever I doe now hereby rattify & confirm the same to him agayne I Likewise give him my tables & stooles that belong to the House as allso the cubboards
  
  4 I doed Likewise after the decease of my beloved wife give unto my beloved son & Daughter Benjamin & Mary Newbery & their heirs forever the one halfe of my Farme or Land at catch & near to catch, [onely] out of his halfe I give unto my beloved grand child Mary Maudsly & her heirs forever Fifty Acres of Land whereof Tenn Acres shall be meadow:
  
  I give unto Mary Griffen If she continue her service w'th me & my wife till we decease Forty shillings before her wages
  
  I give unto John Indian one sute of my clothes my sons to appoynt which.
  
  my just debts & Legacies being payd the remainder of my estate I give & bequeath to my sonns John & Thomas Allyn & my daughter Mary Newbery to be equally divided Between them, each of them to have a Third part as before which Third part shall belong to them & their heirs forever, finally I comand my children that they be Loveing kind and helpfull one unto another & that they walke in the fear of god, that he may be with them & bless them. When I shall be gathered to my fathers.
  
  And that this is my Last will & Testament, hereby renownceing all former wills & Testaments that I have made by writing or word of mouth, & ratifying this I declare by subscribeing here to this Thirtyeth of January 1670
  
  Mathew Allyn [original signature]
  
  This was signed & declared to be the Last will & Testament of mr Mathew Allyn by himselfe at his house in windsor the 30th: Janu'ry 1670
  In the p'E'sence of us
  
  Henry Wolcot []
  Daniell Clarke
  Joseph Haines