THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MYLES STANDISH |
| "The Last will and Testament of Captaine Myles
Standish Exhibited before the court held att Plymouth the 4th of may 1657
on the oath of Captaine James Cudworth; and ordered to bee recorded as
followeth: Given under my hand this march the 7th 1655 Witnesseth these prsents that I Myles Standish seni'r of Duxburrow being in prfect memory yett Deseased in my body and knowing the fraile estate of man in his best estate I Doe make this to bee my last will and Testament in manor and forme following: 1 my will is that out of my whole estate my funerall charges be taken out & my body to bee buried in Decent manor and if I Die att Duxburrow my body to bee layed as neare as Conveniently may bee to my two Daughters Lora Standish my daughter and Mary Standish my Daughterinlaw 2 my will is that out of the remaining prte of my whole estate that all my Just and lawfull Debts which I now owe or att the Day of my Death may owe bee paied 3 out of what remaines according to the order of this Gov'rment: my will is that my Dear and loveing wife Barbara Standish shall have the third prte 4 I have given to my son Josias Standish upon his marriage one young horse five sheep and two heiffers which I must upon that contract of marriage make forty pounds yett not knowing whether the estate will bear it att p'rsent; my will is that the resedue remaine in the whole stocke and that every one of my four sons viz Allexander Standish Myles Standish Josias Standish and Charles Standish may have forty pounds appeec; if not that they may have proportionable to ye remaining prte bee it more or lesse 5 my will is that my eldest son Allexander shall have a Doubble share in land 6 my will is that soe long as they live single that the whole bee in prtenership betwixt them 7 I Doe ordaine and make my Dearly beloved wife Barbara Standish Allexander Standish Myles Standish and Josias Standish Joynt Exequitors of this my last will and Testament 8 I Doe by this my will make and appoint my loveing frinds mr Timothy hatherley and Capt: James Cudworth Supervissors of this my last will and that they wilbee pleased to Doe the office of Christian love to bee healpfull to my poor wife and Children by theire Christian Counsell and advisse; and if any difference should arise which I hope will not; my will is that my said Supervissors shall Determine the same and that they see that my poor wife shall have as comfortable maintenance as my poor state will beare the whole time of her life which if you my loveing frinds pleasse to Doe though neither they nor I shalbee able to recompence I Doe not Doubt but the Lord will; By mee Myles Standish further my will is that marcye Robenson whome I tenderly love for her Grandfathers sacke shall have three pounds in some thing to goe forward for her two yeares after my Decease which my will is my overseers shall see prformed ffurther my will is that my servant John Irish Juni'r have forty shilling more then his covenant which will appeer upon the towne booke alwaies provided that hee continew till the time hee covenanted bee expired in the service of my exequitors or any of them with theire Joynt Concent March 7th 1655 My mee Myles Standish 9 I give unto my son and heire aparent Allexander Standish all my lands as heire apparent by lawfull Decent in Ormistick Borsconge Wrightington Maudsley Newburrow Crawston and the Ile of man and given to mee as right heire by lawfull Decent but Surruptuously Detained from mee my great Grandfather being a 2cond or younger brother from the house of Standish of Standish March the 7th 1655 by mee Myles Standish Witnessed by mee James Cudworth
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The inventory of Myles Standish, deceased 1656 |
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| "an Inventory of the goods and Chattles that Captaine Miles Standish gent: was possessed of att his Decease as they were shewed to us whose names are underwritten this 2cond of December 1656 and exhibited to the court held att Plymouth the 4 may 1657 on the oath of m'is Barbara Standish |
| L | s | d | ||
| It one Dwelling house and outhuses with the land therunto belonging | 140 | 00 | 00 | |
| It 4 oxen | 24 | 00 | 00 | |
| It 2 mares to mare coults one yung horse | 48 | 00 | 00 | |
| It six cowes 3 heifers and one Calfe | 29 | 00 | 00 | |
| It 8 ewe sheep two rames and one wether | 15 | 00 | 00 | |
| It 14 swine great and smale | 03 | 15 | 00 | |
| It one fowling peece 3 musketts 4 Carbines 2 smale guns one old barrell | 08 | 01 | 00 | |
| It one sword one Cutles 3 belts | 02 | 07 | 00 | |
| It the history of the world and the turkish history | 01 | 10 | 00 | |
| It a Cronicle of England and the Country ffarmer | 00 | 08 | 00 | |
| It ye history of queen Ellisabeth the state of Europe vusebious Dodines earball | 01 | 10 | 00 | |
| It DOctor halls workes Calvins Institutions | 01 | 04 | 00 | |
| It Wilcocks workes and Mayors | 01 | 00 | 00 | |
| It rogers seaven treatises and the ffrench Akadamey | 00 | 12 | 00 | |
| It 3 old bibles | 00 | 14 | 00 | |
| It Cecers Comentaryes Bariffes artillery | 00 | 10 | 00 | |
| It Prestons Sermons Burroughes CHristian contentment gosspell Conversation passions of the mind the Phisitions practice burrowghes earthly mindednes Burroughs Descovery | 01 | 04 | 00 | |
| It Ball on faith Brinssleys watch Dod on the lords Supper Sparke against herisye Davenports apollogye | 00 | 15 | 00 | |
| It a reply to Doctor Cotten on baptisme the Garman history the Sweden Intelligencer reasons Discused | 00 | 10 | 00 | |
| It 1 Testament one Psalmebooke Nature and grace in Conflict a law booke the mean in mourning allegation against BP of Durham Johnson against hearing | 00 | 06 | 00 | |
| It a prcell of old bookes of Divers subjects in quarto | 00 | 14 | 00 | |
| It an other prcell in Octavo | 00 | 04 | 00 | |
| It Wilsons Dixonary homers Illiads a Comentary on James balls Cattechesmes | 00 | 12 | 00 | |
| It halfe a young heiffer | (?)1 | 00 | 00 | |
| It one feather bed bolster and 2 pillowes | 04 | 00 | 00 | |
| It 1 blankett a Coverlid and a rugg | 01 | 05 | 00 | |
| It 1 feather bed blankett and great pillow | 02 | 15 | 00 | |
| It one old featherbed | 02 | 05 | 00 | |
| It one feather bed and bolster | 04 | 00 | 00 | |
| It one blankett and 2 ruggs | 01 | 15 | 00 | |
| It one feather bolster and old rugg | 00 | 14 | 00 | |
| It 4 paire of sheets | 03 | 00 | 00 | |
| It 1 paire of fine sheets | 01 | 04 | 00 | |
| It 1 Tablecloth 4 napkins | 00 | 10 | 00 | |
| It his wearing clothes | 10 | 00 | 00 | |
| It 16 peeces of pewter | 01 | 08 | 00 | |
| It earthen ware | 00 | 05 | 00 | |
| It 3 brasse kettles one skillett | 02 | 00 | 00 | |
| It 4 Iron potts | 01 | 08 | 00 | |
| It a warming pan a frying pan and a Cullender | 00 | 09 | 00 | |
| It one paire of stillyards | 00 | 10 | 00 | |
| It 2 bedsteds one Table 1 forme chaires 1 Chest and 2 boxes | 02 | 13 | 00 | |
| It 1 bedsted one settle bed one box 3 Caske | 01 | 07 | 00 | |
| It 1 bedsted 3 Chists 3 Casses with som bottles 1 box 4 Caske | 02 | 06 | 06 | |
| It one Still | 00 | 23 | 00 | |
| It 1 old settle 1 Chaire one kneading trough 2 pailes 2 traies one dozen of trenchers 1 bowle 1 ferkin 1 beer Caske 1 Table | 00 | 26 | 00 | |
| It 2 beer Caske 1 Chern 2 spinning wheels one powdering tubb 2 old Caske one old flaskett | 00 | 25 | 00 | |
| It 1 mault mill | 02 | 00 | 00 | |
| It 2 sawes with Divers Carpenters tooles | 01 | 19 | 00 | |
| It a Timber Chaine with plow Chaines | 01 | 06 | 00 | |
| It 2 saddles a pillion 1 bridle | 01 | 00 | 00 | |
| It old Iron | 00 | 11 | 0 | |
| It 1 Chist and a bucking Tubb | 00 | 08 | 0 | |
| It 1 hachell 2 tramells 2 Iron Doggs 1 spitt one fierforke 1 lamp 2 gars one lanthorn with other old lumber | 02 | 01 | 0 | |
| It in woole | 00 | 15 | 0 | |
| It hemp and flax | 00 | 06 | 0 | |
| It eleven bushells of wheat | 02 | 05 | 0 | |
| It 14 bushells of rye | 02 | 02 | 0 | |
| It 30 bushells of pease | 05 | 05 | 0 | |
| It 25 bushels of Indian Corn | 03 | 15 | 0 | |
| It Cart and yeokes and plow Irons and 1 brake | 02 | 05 | 0 | |
| It axes sickles hookes and other tooles | 01 | 00 | 0 | |
| It eight Iron hoopes 1 spinning wheele with other lumber | 00 | 14 | 0 | |
| 022 | 03 | 00 | ||
| John Alden | 055 | 18 | 00 | |
| James Cudworth | 280 | 06 | 00 | |
| 358 | 07 | 00 |
| Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 3, p. 153-156. |
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