Will & inventory of Mary Chilton Winslow

Last Will & Testament of Mary Chilton Winslow

"In the name of God Amen the thirty first day of July in the yeare of our Lord one thousand Six hundred seventy Six I Mary Winslow of Boston in New england widdow being weake of Body but of Sound and perfect memory praysed by almighty God for the same Knowing the uncertainety of this present life and being desirous to settle that outward Estate the Lord hath Lent me. I doe make this my last will and Testamt in manner and forme following (that is to say) First and principally I commend my Soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator hopeing to receive full pardon and remission of all my sins; and salvation through the alone merrits of Jesus Christ my redeemer : And my body to the Earth to be buried in Such Decemt manner as to my Executor hereafter named shall be thought meet and convenient and as touching such worldly Estate as the Lord hath Lent me my will and meaneing is the same shall be imployed and bestowed as hereafter in and by this my Will is Exprest.
"Imps I doe hereby revoake renounce and make voide all Wills by me formerly made and declaire and apoint this my Last Will and Testamt Item I will that all the Debts that I Justly owe to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly paid or ordained to be paid in convenient time after my decease by my executor hereafter named - Item I give and bequeath unto my Sone John Winslow my great Square Table Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Middlecott my Best gowne and Pettecoat and my silver beare bowle and to each of her children a Silver Cup with an handle: Also I give unto my grandchild william paine my Great silver tankard: Item I give unto my Daughter Susanna Latham my long Table : Six Joynes Stooles and my great Cupboard : a bedstead Bedd and furniture there unto belonging that is in the chamber over the room where I now Lye; my small silver Tankard : Six Silver Spoones, a case of bottles with all my wearing apparell: (except onely what I have hereby bequeathed unto my Daughter Meddlecott & my Grandchild susanna Latham : Item I give and bequeath unto my Grandchild ann Gray that trunke of linnin that I have alreddy delivered to her and is in her possession and also one Bedstead, Bedd boulster and Pillows that are in the Chamber over the Hall : Also the sume of ten pounds in mony to be paid unto her within six months next after my decease : Also my will is that my executor shall pay foure pounds in mony pr ann for three yeares unto Mrs tappin out of the Intrest of my mony now in Goodman Cleares hands for and towards the maintenance of the said ann Gray according to my agreemt with Mrs tappin : Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Winslow Daughter of my sone Edward Winslow my largest Silver Cupp with two handles : and unto sarah Daughter of the said Edward my lesser Silver cupp with two handles : Also I give unto my Said Sone Edwards Children Six Silver Spoones to be divided between them : Item I give and bequeath unto my grandchild Parnell Winslow the Sume of five pounds in mony to be improved by my Executor untill he come of age : and then paid unto him with the improvemt Item I give & bequeath unto My grandchild Chilton Latham the sum of five pounds in mony to be improved for him untill he come of age and then paid to him with the improvemt Item my will is that the rest of my spoones be divided among my grandchildren according to the discression of My Daughter Middlecott : Item I give unto my Grandchild Mercy Harris my White rugg : Item I give unto my Grandchld Mary Pollard forty shillings in mony. Item I give unto my grandchild Susanna Latham my Petty Coate with the silke Lace : Item I give unto Mary Winslow Daughter of my Sone Joseph Winslow the Sume of twenty pounds in mony to be paid out of the sumy my said Sone Joseph now owes to be improved by my Executor for the said Mary and paid unto her when she shall attaine the Age of eighteene yeares or day of Marriage which of them shall first happen Item I give and bequeath the full remainder of my estate whatsoever it is or whatsoever it may be found unto my children Namely John winslow Edward winslow Joseph Winslow Samuell winslow : Susanna Latham and Sarah Middlecott to be equally divided betweene them Item I doe hereby nominate constitute authorize and appoint my trusty friend Mr William Tailer of Boston aforesd merchant the Sole executor of this my last Will and testamt : In witness whereof I the said Mary winslow have hereunto set my hand and Seale the daye and yeare first above written
"Memorandum I do hereby also Give and bequeath unto Mr thomas Thacher paster of the third Church in Boston the Sume of five pounds in mony to be pd convenient time after my decease by my Executr
Mary Winslow
her mark."

The inventory of the goods of Mary Chilton Winslow, deceased 1679

Note: inventories are valued in pounds (L), shillings (s) and pence (d). There were 12 pence (or pennies) to a shilling and 20 shillings to a pound.

	L	s	d
To 1.1. Silver beer Boule. 3L. Two Silver Cups. 4L10.	7	10
To .1. small Silver Tankard at 4L.10. twelve Silver Spoons .6L	10	10
To .1. silver caudle Cup with two eares	2	18
To .1. small silver Cup at .10s. one case with 9 bottles 12s.	1	2
To .1. silke gowne and petticoate at	6	10
To .1. gowne .6. petticoats .1. pair. body's .1. mantle .1. pair Stockins	3	15
To .1. Bed and boulster with fflocks and ffeathers	1	10
To .1. close bedsteed .2. coverlits & .2. old blankets .1. old Rugg .1. boulster .3. pillows & .1. pr. curtains & vallents	4
To .2. Leather Chaires at 10s. one ffeather Bed at 4L.5	4	15
To .11. old Sheets at .35s. one diaper Table Cloth .10s.	2	5
To .3. old ffustian wastcoats at		7	6
To .22. old Napkins .7s. Six Towels .2s.		9
To .11. pillowbeers		11
To .6. Shifts at	1	18	6
To .6. white Aprons .18s. Seven neck handkercheifs 10/6	1	8	6
To .17. Linnen Caps 8s.6. ffourteen headbands .6s.		14	6
To .3. Pocket handkercheifs. 18d. one Trunke .8s.		9	6
To .1. old Chest 4s. one round Table. 10s.		14
To .1. small cupboard 4s. one small Trunke. 18d		5	6
To .1. pr. of small Andirons .4/6. one old warmingpan 3/6		8
To .2. small brass kettles .15s. one small Iron pot & hookes .6/6	1	1	6
To .1. gridiron .12d. one great wicker chair .7/6		8	6
To .1. Close Stoole and a pan		6	6
To .1. great elbow chaire .2/6. one brass candlestick. 15d.		3	9
To .1 voyder .18d. one Iron fender. 12d		3	6
To .1. old bedsteed		3
To .3. great pewter dishes and .20. small peices of pewtr	2	16
In debts by bills standing out	69
To one halfe of the house which was formerly mr Joseph Winslows	67
To .1. Spit .2/6. one pr brass Scales .4/6		7
L	200	09	09
At mr John Winslows House
To .1. Long table and .6. joint Stooles at	1	6
To .1. pr. small brass Andirons		16
To .1. old cupboard .7s. one pothanger Iron Skillet and one pa of Andirons .9s.		16
To .9. Leather Chairs .36s. one Bedsteed .6s	2	2
To .1. standing cupboard .20s. one great Chest .10s.	1	10
To .1. small table .8s. two small bedsteeds .2s.		10
To .3. chaires without Leathers .6s. one pr ffire Irons .3/6.		9	6
To .1. Scotch blanket .5s. one pr old striped stuffe curtains		6
To .1. woosted Rugg .18s. one small ffeather pillow .3s.	1	1
To .12. ps. of pewter and .6. plates	2	15
To .1. old Trunks		5	6
Total	212	11	9