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- http://www.richmondancestry.org/pdf_files/2nd_Generation.pdf
Will: http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogicaladve05gree/genealogicaladve05gree_djvu.txt
Will of Sarah Stoughton, wife of Nicholas Stoughton of Taunton, who " being at this pres*. time very weak & sick ** have thought it my Duty to sett in order my outward Estate ", dated Aug. 7, 1691, proved Nov. 18, 1691. To Hannah wife of Peter Caswell, 20 acres of land at Cottley, \\ my wearing clothes, 2 pair sheets, a coverlid, 10 sheep and a cow; to my brother Edward Richmond 20s., and to each of his children los. ; to the children of my brother John Richmond, los. each, and besides that, to Samuel son of said John, ?1 ; to George Goodwin's eldest girl 40s. and to Sarah, dau. of Edward Richmond, a pair of sheets and a suit of clothes; to the wife of brother John Richmond, " my new searge suite ", and to my sister Paul " my black searge suite " ; to Ebenezer and Benjamin, children of my brother William Paul, equally, a tract of land near Assonet path, of about three or four score acres ; to the Church of Christ in Taunton ;^5 , to be paid to the Deacons for the relief of the poor, and to our Pastor, IVP. Samuel Danforth, ^5 ; to Samuel, son of my husband Nicholas Stoughton, \\ my purchase right to all future divisions in Taunton, and the other half to Edward, son of Peter Caswell ; my will is that my husband, Nicholas Stoughton, shall live upon and improve my estate, if he desires, for four years, also my executor shall pay my said husband, " what is engaged to him by vertue of an Agreem'. & instrum'. made between us before Mar- riage " ; to brother John Richmond rest of estate, he to be sole executor, and I " Desire James Leonard jun^ & Henery Hodges to be overseers " ; to sister Paul a book " called y^ Mute Christian and that called the Golden Chaine ", and to husband Stoughton " Durham of Scandall " ; \\ rest of books to Hannah wife of Peter Caswell, other half equally to husband Nicholas Stoughton, and brother John Rich- mond. [43] Witnessed by Shadrack, Samuel and Anna Wilbor, of whom Shadrack and Anna made oath to said will, at a court held in Bristol, Nov. 18, 1691.
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