Last Will &
Testament of
John Porter
(1594-1648)
This is the last
will and Testament made by mee, John
Porter, of Wyndsor, allthough now weake and sick in body, yet in prfect
memory, doe bequeath my soule to God that gave it, and my Body to be buried,
and my goods as followeth:
Ite. I give to my eldest sonne, John Porter, £100; and to my second
sonne, Jeames Porter, I give £60;
and to my other six children, to witt,
Samuel Porter, Nathaniel,
Rebeka, Rose, Mary and Anne
Porter, to each £30, wch is to be raised out of my whole estate, as howseing,
lands, cattell, and household goods, and is to be paid as they come to be
twenty yeares of age, or sooner if my overseers sees just cause, without whose
consent of my ourseers to abate their portions and give it to the other that
are more deserveing.
And in case any of
my children dye before they be married, or be twenty yeares of age, their
portion shall be equally divided amongst the rest, unless the ourseers see
cause to abate it uppon the eldest.
In case my estate
shall bee founde uppon perticular view to arise to be more in valew than these
portions above given, or less than the summe, my will is that it shall bee
proportionally added or abated to my childrens severall portions, except my
ourseers see cause to abate my eldest, that hath the bigger portion, or
likewise my second. The particular
goods wherein each child shall have his portion paid out of my whole estate I
take twenty shillings of Thomas Thornton,
the next winter; also I give fifty shillings to the pore of
My desire is that
these my beloved friends would bee the ourseers of this my last will and
testament: Mr. Warham of Wyndsor,
Mr. Goodwyn of Hartford, Goodman White of Hartford, Matthew Grant of Wyndsor.
John Porter
Witness:
Henry Clarke
Abigaill
Branker
Court Record,
Will
Westwood
J.
C. Secry
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