Suffolk County MA Archives Wills.....Norman, William August 31, 1702
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Source: Jacksonville Genealogical Society, Inc., Quarterly, Vol 21, No 2, Summer 1993.
Written: August 31, 1702
Recorded: November 17, 1702

Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
In the name of God, Amen, I William Norman, of Boston in New England, Barber,
Being very ill and weak of body, but of sound mind and memory, praised by God
therefore, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, in manner and
form following (that is to say).  First and principally, I commend my soul unto
the hands of almighty God, hoping, through the merits, death and passion of my
savior, Jesus Christ, to have full and free pardon of all my sins, and to
inherit everlasting life.  My body, I commit to the earth, to be decently buried
at the discretion of my Executor, hereafter (named).  As touching such temporal
Estate (as) it hath pleased God to bestow on me, I give and dispose thereof as
followeth.  First, I will that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and
discharged.  ITEM, I give and bequeath unto my loving brother, Moses Norman, and
his heirs forever, all that slipp of land on the weft (sic) [west] side of Will
Gutt by (probably "Three hundred and") twenty acres be it more or less, butting
to the f'd [s'd, or said] Well Gutt and no farther at Carolina.  All the rest of
my Plantation af F'd [aforesaid] Carolina, called and known by the name of
"Burton Plantation", with all the houses, buildings, Ediffices, appurtenances
and priviledges [sic] to ye same, in any wife [wise] belonging or appertaining,
with all my flock of cattle and creatures thereon, or to me belonging, I give
and bequeath unto my loving wife, Huldah Norman, with all other my Estate,
whatsoever and wheresoever [sic].  I do hereby give unto my F'd. [said] wife
full power to fell and dispose thereof as she shall have occasion, and think
moot, for her comfortable subsistence and for the breeding of my only Daughter,
Hulda [Huldah?] Mountjoy Norman.  I desire my wife to perform ye agreement made
between my father [William Norman Sr.] and myself.  I do hereby nominate and
appoint my fd. [said] wife sold [sole] Executor of this, my Last Will and
Testament.  I: [In] Witness whereof, I have hereto set my hand and seal, the
31st day of August, Anno Dom., 1702.

Signed, Sealed, and declared by William Norman to be 
                   (The mark of) Wm. Norman
his Last Will and Testament in presence of the
subscribers:  Daniel Willard
              Mary Cole
              John Cole

Suffolk Co.  By the Hon'ble. Elisha Cook Esq'r., Judge of Probate The within
writing, being presented as the last Will and Testament of William Norman, late
of Boston, Barber, dec'd., by Huldah Norman, his relict, Widow and Sole Exectrix
[sic] in the same will named, Daniel Willard, Mary Cole, and John Cole, the
three witnesses to the said writing, personally appeared before me and made
(line unreadable, a black smudge) sd. William Norman signed and sealed and heard
him publish the same as his last Will and Testament; and that he then was of
sound disposing mind, to their best discerning; And that they subscribed their
names as witnesses thereto in the testator's presence.

Boston, Novemb'r 17th, 1702       Jurat Corma
Suffolk C S             Elisha Cook
Probate Court
A True Copy, ATTEST:  John C. Collins, Register



Additional Comments:
Will of William Norman Jr., signed 31 Aug 1702, probate 17 Nov 1702
Text is copied exactly as it appeared in the article. Transcriber edits are in
[brackets].

Transcribed by: Ken Norman, 09 Aug 2006
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