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  • Category: Original
Page: JC1778
  • Text: In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Carver of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth being thr'o the aboundant Mercy & Goodness of God of a sound mind & perfect understanding & memory, do Constitute this me last Will & Testament, & desire it may be received by all as such - first I most humbly bequeath my soul to God my maker beseeching his most gracious acceptance of it : thr'o the all sufficient Merits & Mediations of my most Compassionate Redeemer, Jesus Christ, who I trust will not reject me, but prepare me for the Time of my Dissolution & then Take me to himself into that peace & Rest & Incomparable Felicity, which he has prepared for all that Love & fear his holy name - Amen blessed be God, I give my body to ye Earth from Whence it Was Taken in full assurance of its Ressurrection From thence at the Last Day as for my Burial I devise it may be decent at the discretion of my Executor hereafter names - as to my wordly Estate I will and possitively order that all my debts be paid = First I give to my Dear & Loving wife for the Term, that she remains my widow, one third part of my Land Improvements lying near the House in which I now dwell the best room of which I also give her - a bed & furniture one Table Two Chairs a Pott & Kettle & half the Earthen Ware all for her Improvement dueing s'd Term -

    Item = I give to my son Robert Carver, & my daughter Experience Lummis to his and Her Heirs assigns forever all my Personal & Real Estate not yet Disposed of herwise of, to be Equally divided between then Except my Wearing apparel which I give to my son Robert or the whole to my son Robert, ofering him to pay Experience [?] = Ordering them to pay unto my sons Joseph Carver the sum of Five Shilling Immediately after my dicease, Also I order them to pay unto my Daughter Elizabeth Packard Five Shillings - Also to my Second son Benjamin Carver the sun of Three Pounds Thirteen Shillings & Four Pence, & to my Daughter Experience to pay unto my grandson, Abiezer Porter Twelve Shillings & Eight Pence - And I do hereby order and constitute Peres Fobes of Bridgwater to be my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament & Trustee for my Wife & Children = In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal This Twentieth Day of June & in the year of our Lord 1764 -

    Joseph Carver

    Witnesses
    Benjamin Kitte
    Libeus fobes
    Silvea Fobes

    28th Sept Witnesses Sworn

    To the Honorable Joseph Cushing Esq Judg of Probate of Wills and for Granting Letters of administration &c. for the County of Plimouth:
    An Inventory of the Estate of Mr. Joseph Carver late of Bridgwater Deceased

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    L 766.08.6

    The forgoing is an Inventory and appraizment of all that appeared to be the Estate hat Mr Joseph Carver late of Bridgwater Deceased Died Seiz'd of both Real and personal, and was taken the Twentyninth Day of Sept'r Annoque Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight by us the Subscribers according to the best of our knowledg and judgment -

    Josiah Fobes
    Christopher Dyer
    James Leach

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Personal Names
PersonClaimDetailEvidence
Experience CarverNameExperience Lummis [S2983:JC1778]
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Joseph CarverNameJoseph Carver [S688:88] [S2981:65] [S2983:JC1778] [S2984]
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Relationships
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Experience CarverFatherJoseph Carver (~1700-) [S688:88] [S2981:65] [S2983:JC1778]
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Events & Attributes
PersonClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Joseph CarverWillJun 20, 1764Bridgewater, Massachussets, Plymouth, England [S2983:JC1778]
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Joseph CarverInventorySep 29, 1778Bridgewater, Massachussets, Plymouth, England [S2983:JC1778]
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