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    1. Re: [MFLR] Joseph Roger's Line
    2. Of Marshfield. On the "Falcon". 214 Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories PLYMOUTH COLONY WILLS AND INVENTORIES (Continued from page 161) [THE WILL OF JOHN ROGERS, SR.*] [On folio 69] "John Rogers senir", of Marshfield, made his will 1 February, 1660. Bequests were as follows: To "my wife ffrancis Rogers all the land and housing on which 1 live with all the meadow adjoyning to the land unto the Creeke During the time of her life and att her Deceasing; to my son John Rogers .... And my son John Rogers Junir when hee or his heires Come to enjoy the said lands and housing; to pay his sister Ann hudson five pounds sterling; and to mary and abigaill Rogers ten pounds sterling apeece" "I give unto my son Josepth Rogers and Timothy Rogers all my land and meadow that lyeth on the other side of the Creeke lying easterly and this land to bee equally Devided according to quantitie Josepths land shall lye next to the land of Nathaneell Bosworth" To "my son John Rogers allmy Right and Interest in the land and housing that hee now liveth on .... the upper orchyard my wife shall have and enjoy the tearme of eight yeares" To "my Daughter An ten shillinges; and to mary my Daughter one yearling; and to my Daughter Abigaill one yearling; and to my grandchild Gorg Russell one Cow Calfe;" "The land that I have att Namassakeesett which John Hudson now lives on I give unto my grandchildren Gorge Russell and John Russell .... when these Children Come to the age of twenty and one years then to enjoy theire lands;" "my wife ffrancis Rogers to bee my .... exequitrix" The witnesses were Anthony Eames, William Maycumber, Mark Eames and Richard Beare, the last signing by a mark. The will "was exhibited tothe Court held att Plymouth" 5 June, 1661, "on the oath of Ensigne Marke Eames;" [fol. 70] "The Inventory of the goods and Chattles of John Rogers senir of Marshfild late Deceased exhibited att the Court held att Plymouth the fift of June 1661on the oath of ffrancis Rogers; "Marshfeild in New Plymouth in America Anno 1662 * This John Rogers, Sr., of Marshfield, was not the son of Thomas Rogers of The Mayflower.---Editor. Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories 215 "An Inventory takenof all the goods and Chattles of John Rogers senr Deceased the 3d Day of ffebruary 1660:"

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