Hannah Pontus b. 1614 Leyden, Zuid, Holland d. 22 Dec 1690 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts: Lineagekeeper's Genealogy

May 3, 1664 (PCR 4:58) *Att this Court, Hannah Churchill,widdow,desired that the one halfe of the land graunted to Willam Pontus, being in the diusion of lands att Namassakett and places adjacent, might bee confeirmed vnto herand he heires and assignes for euer: the Court, considering of her request, and serching the records conserning both the will of the said deceased Willam Pontu and the manor of the graunt of the said lands, haue, with the consent likewise of Phillip Delanoy, whoe was then psent, and with the consent of Mary, his wife the other daughter of the said Willam Pontus, settled the one halfe of the whol intire share of land lying and being att Namasskett of places adjacent,will al and singulare the meddows and all other appurtenances ther vnto belonging,vpon and vnto the said Hannah Churchill, widdow, to her and her heires and assignes for euer.

The Churchill Family in America by Gardner Asaph and Nathaniel Wiley Churchill.

[THE WIFE OF JOHN CHURCHILL, SR.]

[On folio 82] The Will Nuncupative of John Churchill senir: late Deceased exhibited before the Court held att Plymouth the 3 of March 1662 Attested upon oath as followeth:

Abigaill Clarke aged twenty yeares and † or theraboutes being Deposed saith; That on Tusday the 24th of December last past before the Date heerof; her kinsman viz John Churchill senir: being ill att ease but of pfect memory Did expresse him selfe in manor as followeth that his mind and will was that his son Josepth Churchill and his son Eliezer Churchill shall have and enjoy all his lands both uplands and meddowes within the Township of Plymouth excepting onely fifty acrees of land graunted to him by the Towne lying att Mannomett ponds; which hee gave then unto John Churchill his son; morover that his will was that his son William shall have his purchase land att Punckateesett viz: his share of the townes land there; further

* This paragraph is on the outer margin of the page.

† The word "and" was crossed out, in the same ink.

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that hee Did expresse him selfe that his son Josepth shall have his New house att his wifes Death and for the use of all the lands aforsaid that they shalbee for the use and Improvement of his wife as long as shee lives; and that hee alsoe said that incase Josepth should marry or bee for him selfe that then hee should have the use of the old Dwelling house and some land to make use of; and as for his estate remaining hee said, that hee knew not whether there would bee any thing left when his Children were brought up or noe; but if his wife Could spare it then that Josepth should have a yeake of oxen and Eliezer a yeake of oxen and Hannah a Cow if not two and incase any thinge should bee left att his wifes Decease that then such of his Children as have had nothinge in prticulare as above given them should have what is left in equall proportions to equallice what is given to them forenamed as farr as it will goe

The oath of Abigaill Clarke taken in the Court held att Plymouth the third Day of March 1662

Attested p me Nathaniel Morton; Clarke:

Att the Court of his Matte held att Plymouth in New England the 2cond Day of March anno Dom 1668 Joseph Churchill Came before the said Court and alowed approved Rattifyed and Confeirmed the will of his father John Churchill Deceased above expressed in all and every the prticulars therof; the said Will and Testament to stand remaine and Continew unalterable and Inviolable for ever

[fol. 83] An Inventory of the goods and Chattles of John Churchill late Deceased apprised by those underwritten on the 11th of ffebruary 266, and exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the third of March one thousand six hundred sixty two as followeth:

£ s d
Impr: 4 oxen 16 00 00
Item 2 Cowes 06 00 00
Item 2 heiffers supposed to bee with Calfe 05 00 00
Item 2 steers of 2 yeares old and an heiffer of 2 yeares old 07 00 00
Item a yearling steer 01 00 00
Item 2 steer Calves 01 10 00
Item 2 sowes and three piggs 01 10 00
Item 2 featherbed teekes not full 03 10 00
Item 4 blanketts 01 10 00
Item 3 pair of sheets 02 00 00
Item 2 pillowes and 4 pillow beers 01 00 00
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Item 5 napkins and a Table Cloth 00 06 00
Item his wearing Clothes 06 00 00
Item stokers and shooes and an home made coate 01 00 00
Item a hatt 00 08 00
Item 3 shirts 00 12 00
Item bands and handkerchifes 00 08 00
Item a great brasse kettle 01 00 00
Item a belmettle skillett 00 02 06
Item 2 great Iron potts 01 10 00
Item an old kettle & an Iron skillett 00 00 s 00
Item pot hookes and pot hangers & an old Iron ladle 00 04 00
Item a paire of tonges & a fier shovell 00 02 00
Item 4 pewter platters 00 12 00
Item 2 pewter basons one Drinking pott and seaven Alcomy spoones
00 05 00
Item in earthen ware 00 08 00
Item 2 treyes 7 trenchers & some other wooden vessell 00 04 00
Item 2 hogsheds 4 barrells 00 10 00
Item 2 beer barrells and a Chern & a washing tubb 00 08 00
Item a trundell bedsteed 2 Cheirs & 2 old tables 00 10 00
Item 2 axes a morticeing axe and 2 hatchetts 00 08 00
Item 2 pickaxes 3 hoes 00 06 00
Item 2 augers & some other smale iron tooles 00 03 00
Item 5 wedges & a beetle ringe 00 00 s 00
Item 2 guns 05 10 00
Item a sword & shott pouch 2 pound of powderand 4 pound of shott 00 12 00
Item 2 spining wheels and three paire of Cards 00 10 00
Item meale baggs and sackes & a sitting trough 00 10 00
Item one fan 2 Corn seives and 2 meale seives 00 10 00
Item 2 Cow bells 00 01 00
Item a Cart and wheeles 01 00 00
Item 2 Chaines a bolt and shakle 00 08 00
Item one wainhead yeake the ring and staple 2 sting yeake with hookes & staples 00 10 00
Item one plough share & Coulter 00 08 00
Item 3 sythes & 3 sickles 00 10 00
Item in bookes 00 06 00
Item in old lumber 00 05 00
suma 74 14 14
by us Nathaniell Morton
Ephraim Morton
Debts Due from the estate £ s d
Item to Robert finney 06 00 00
Item in other smale Debts 01 00 00