Hi, Just wondering if anyone has it handy... Tks. Barb

Barb, The following is from Some of the Descendants of William Chase of Roxbury and Yarmouth, Mass. Compiled by George Walter Chamberlain for John Carroll Chase, Hazen P. Chase, Holyoke, Mass.,1983 In his will, dated 4 May 1659 and witnessed by Richard Hoar and Mary Dennis, "William Chase of Yarmouth the elder; being aged," made the following bequests and provisions: To "my son Benjamine ... one heifer Calfe and two steer Calves of a yeare old and upwards." To "my son William whoe hath had of mee Page 47 alreddy a good portion; the sume of five shillings ... if hee Demand it. All the rest of my goods, Cattles and Chattles I give ... unto Mary my wife together with this my Dwelling house the land and all appurtenances thereunto belonging; as alsoe halfe of my lott of land att the Basse pond which I bought of William Palmer a middle line made and that halfe next to Darbeyes I give unto her ... alsoe my orchyard and land I bought of goodman White ... all unto her use and Disposing During her naturall life; if shee continew a widdow; and when shee Dies to Dispose a third pte of that estate God shall leave her as shee shall thinke goode; the other two ptes to our son Benjamines use; but if it shall please God that shee shall marry ... shee shall have a third pte of that estate and the other two ptes to bee to our son Benjamine aforsaid. I Doe make my wife Mary aforsaid sole executrix ... and Doe appoint my Naighbors Robert Dennis and Richard Tayler overseers of this my last will." [The mark of William Chase.] (Plymouth Colony Probate Records.) The witnesses to this will deposed before Gov. Thomas Prence of the Plymouth Colony 13 May 1659. The inventory of the personal estate of the deceased, taken 14 Sept. 1659, is as follows: An Inventory of the goods and chattles of Willa Chase late of Yarmouth deceased taken and prised by us Robert Dennis, Richard Taylor and Edmond Hawes the 14th of September 1659. œ s. d. Impr 3 Calves 2 0 0 It 4 steers of 4 years old and vantage 18 0 0 It 2 oxen 11 0 0 It 3 yearlings 4 0 0 It two 2 yearlings 4 10 0 It 5 cowes 15 0 0 It 1 bull and a steer of three yeares old and vantage 5 0 0 It 1 paire of cart wheeles and a chaine and other thinges belonging thereto 1 10 0 It 1 saw and three wedges 11 0 It old axes 1 hand saw 1 paire of hinges and old Iron thinges0 11 04 It 1 Iron pot and skillett & hookes 0 10 0 It 1 old brasse kIt tle and spIt t and hangers 0 08 0 It 2 Iron kIt tles 0 14 0 It 7 trayes and other wooden thinges 0 10 0 It 5 peeces of pewter 0 09 0 It in earthen thinges 0 03 06 It in old baggs and basketts 0 02 0 It in barrells and ferkins 0 07 0 It in smoothen Iron 0 01 0 It 1 paire of wooden scales 0 01 0 It 2 paire of sheets1 04 0 It 1 smale Table Cloth 0 02 0 It in New Linnine cloth 0 12 0 It 3 pillow beers 0 16 0 It 6 Changes 0 16 0 It 2 pillow beers 0 03 0 It in several peeces of linnine 0 16 0 It 1 old skarfe 0 4 0 Page 48 It 2 petty coates 2 10 0 It 1 wastcoate 0 08 0 It 1 Green apron and old petty coate and other old thinges 0 11 0 It 2 hatts 2 pillowes 0 18 0 It 2 bolster teekes 0 06 0 It 1 Indian coate and an old blankett 0 12 0 It 1 old fflocke bed 0 04 0 It in woolen yarne 0 03 0 It 2 chists and old chaires 0 16 0 It 1 paire of tonges 0 01 06 It 3 shootes 01 10 0 FTMPage 4 Edmond Hawes Robert Dennis (Plymouth Colony Probate Records.) Division of the estate of William Chase, deceased, was ordered at a General Court held at Plymouth, 6 Oct. 1659, as the following entries in the records of the Plymouth Colony show: These are to signify vnto you, Robert Dennis that the Court requireth you, according to the last will and testament of William Chase deceased, that you make devision of his estate according to the tenure thereof, viz: to Benjamine Chase, son of the said William Chase, two ptes of three thereof, and the other remaining third pte to William Chase, Junier, the eldest sonne of the said William Chase, deceased. The Courts order pr me Nathaneell Morton, Clarke. October, 1659. Mr. Thomas Hinckley is appointed and deputed by the Court to adminnester an oath to the witnesses of the will and inventory of the late deceased William Chase. (Plymouth Colony Records, vol. 3, p. 172.) -----Original Message----- From: Barb and Don [mailto:ace3399@msn.com] Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 4:37 PM To: CHASE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CHASE-L] Wm. 1's Will Hi, Just wondering if anyone has it handy... Tks. Barb ==== CHASE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the list send a request here Chase-L-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe ONLY in the subject and message boxes. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.2 - Release Date: 6/4/05