I guess I thought pre-nups were something new but here is an excerpt from the will of Gov Thomas Prence concerning his fourth wife Mary Howes, found on p422-3, Cape Cod Library of Local Hist and Gen. The will of Gov Thomas Prence dated March 13, 1672-3, contains the following reference to his wife: "And Respecting my temporall estate wherwith the Lord hath blessed mee my will is that Mary my beloved wife shall have such household goods of Any kind as were hers, before wee married, Returned to her againe, after my Decease and if any of them, be much Impared or be wanting, that shee shall make it good out of my estate in such goods as shee Desireth; "Item I give unto my said loveing wife my best bed and the furniture therunto appertaining and, the Court Cubberd that stands in the new parlour with Cloth and Cushen that is on it, and an horse and three Cowes such as shee shall make Choise of, and foure of my best silver spoones and alsoe During her Naturall life, I give her the Rents and proffitts of my prte of the mill att Satuckett; and of the lands adjoining, and my Debts and legacyes being first payed; I Doe further give unto my said wife a full third prte of my prsonall estate that Remaines." He made her sole executrix of his will. His inventory, dated April 23, 1673, contains a list of the "goods mistris Mary Prence had before Marriage." She swore to the inventory June 5, 1673. The mill at Satuckett must have been in the area of Factory Village in what is now West Brewster - the Upper and Lower Mill ponds which drain into Saquetucket river (currently called Stony Brook but once titled Paine's Creek) Anyone have the whole will transcribed? Ray