Dear WRG, Here is the record of the administration of the estate of Thomas WHITNEY of Westminster, father of John-1 WHITNEY of Watertown. It is extracted from: Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, _The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908. Part I: The Ancestry of Warren Francis Kempton 1817-1879_ (Boston, MA: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996), pp. 524-525. "The administration of Thomas Whitney's estate showed an inventory total of L233 (Dean and Chapter of Westminster 4:49, Account #31). The Accompt of Francis & Robert Whitney the Sonnes & Ad[ministra]tors of the goodes & chattells of Thomas Whitney late of the p[ar]ishe of St Margarett in Westm[inste]R deceased, made as followeth. the Charge Inprimis the s[ai]d Accomptantes doe charge themselves w[i]th the somme of two hundred thirtie & three poundes of lawfull money of England, for the true value of all & singuler the goodes chattells debtes & certaine estate of the said deceased as they are comprized & valued in an Inventary hereof made & ex[hi]b[it[ed] unto this Court & there remayning, w[hi]ch said goodes & estate have come to these Accomptants handes CCxxxiij li Item they farther charge themselves w[i]th / sixe pounds tenne shillings in p[ar]te of paym[en]t of the desp[er]ate debtes mencioned under the somme totall of the said Inventary, received by them since the said deceaseds death Summa oneris CC xxxix li x s. The discharge: Debtes owinge by the said deceased at his Death & since paied [&] satisfied by these Accompt[ants] as followe. Imprimis paied & satisfied to severall Brewers for beer w[hi]ch the said deceased had of them, the somme of lxx li. Item to severall workemen as Brickelayers Carpenters Glasyers & other workemen, for materialls & other charges touchinge the repayringe of the said deceaseds dwelling howse, before his death, the somme of xl li. Item to Mrs Starchie viii li. Item to Goodwife Barnes xxx s. Item to one Bridgett xx s. Item to William Watts v li. Item to John Wandricke xx li. Summa debitor[is] hui[us] mo[d]i Cxlv li x s. other paym[en]tes necessarily disbursed by these Accomptantes by reason of their said Administratorshipps, as p[ar]ticulerly followe, w[hi]ch they crave to be allowed. Inprimis for all manner of charges aboute the said deceaseds buriall xx li. Item for the letters of Ad[minstra]c[i]on the apprizeinge of the deceaseds goods, the double ingrossinge & exhibitinge the Inventary unto this Court, w[i]th the p[ro]ctors fee & other charges there unto incident, the somme of iii li. Item for the drawinge & double ingrossinge of the Accompt, w[i]th the fees of the R[ ] Judges seale, p[ro]ctors fees & other charges thereunto appertayneinge, the somme of xl s. Summa exoneraceis Clxx li x s. Soe deductis deducend[um] et allocatis allocand[um] there remaineth in these Accamtantes handes, the somme of lxix li. x:o Martii: 1637: Mr. Eresheldi fecit fidem [ ] animam &c Will: Sammes" I found this very interesting. I hope you do, too. Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>