Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by Sheryl Romasco
Worcester, MA Will book Vol. 4 Page 248
Upton, MA

JOHN SADLER'S WILL

In the name of God Amen the Eleventh Day of June in the year of our Lord one 
thousand seven hundred and fifty three I John Sadler of Upton in the County of 
Worcester in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gentlemen 
being very sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given 
unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my Body and Knowing that 
it is appointed for all men once to Die do make and ordain this my Last Will and 
Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul 
into the Hands of God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be 
buried in Decent Christian Burial at the discretion of My Executor nothing 
doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the 
mighty Power of God and as touching such worldly Estate where with it hath 
pleased God to bless me in this Life I Give demise and dispose of the same in the 
following manner and form

That is to Say

Imprimus my will is that all my just and lawfull debts together with my funeral 
charges shall be well and truly paid out of my Personal Estate by my Executor 
hereafter named in convenient time after my decease

Item		 I hereby give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Susannah 
Sadler and to her heirs and assigns forever all and Every part and parcel of my 
household goods that came to me by my said wife also one third part of my real 
estate during her widowhood and also one Lower Room in the East End of my 
Dwelling house is hereby given to her my said wife Susannah Sadler during her 
widowhood

Item		 I hereby give and bequeath unto my well loved son John Sadler all my 
full right of land in a new settlement Known by the name of Hunt Town to be to 
him my said son John to be to him his heirs and assigns forever and I do moreover 
give and bequeath unto him my said son John Sadler and to his heirs and assigns 
forever the full sum of one hundred and seven pounds lawfull money of this 
Province at the date of these presents to be paid to my said son or to his heirs or 
assigns as here after in this my will may be directed.

Item		I hereby give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Joseph Sadler 
and to his heirs assigns forever one half of my land with the Buildings and 
apport______ thereto belonging lying and being in Upton aforesaid to my said son 
Joseph Sadler his heirs and assigns forever and also one half of my personall 
Estate not already disposed of by this my Last will Either lying in money Ð Bonds 
or other moveable Estate upon his discharging of legacies hereafter mentioned or 
otherwise the bequest to be null and void to all intents and purposes

Item		I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Abial Sadler and to his 
heirs and assigns forever the full and just sum of Eighty Pounds Lawfull money of 
this Province to be paid as hereafter may be directed in this my last will as 
lawfull money now stands established

Item		I give and bequeath unto my well beloved son Stephen Sadler his heirs 
and assigns forever the full and just sum of twenty seven pounds lawfull money as 
it now stands established by Law over and above what he has already received to 
be paid to him as shall be hereafter directed in this my last will

Item		I give and bequeath to my well beloved son Ebenezer Sadler and his 
heirs and assigns forever the other half of my land and undis--osed off Lying and 
being in the Town of Upton aforesaid with the building and app______ ____
belonging and also the other half of my personal estate not bequeathed lying in 
Bond money or other moveable Estate upon his discharging the legacies hereafter 
mentioned or otherwise the bequest to be void and null and of none effect to all 
intents and purposes

Item		I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Hannah Sadler and 
to her heirs and assigns forever one Chest of drawer which came to me by her 
mother also her own mother wearing apparel and Gold ring and furthermore I give 
to my beloved daughter aforesaid the full and just sum of Sixty Eight Pounds 
Lawfull money of this Province as it now is established by law to be paid in 
manner hereafter eli--ceted by this my will  Furthermore my will is that if I shall 
decease leaving my said daughter unmarried that my Executor hereafter named 
furnish her with a Decent suit of morning apparel as apart of my funeral charge.

Lastly,  I hereby injoin and oblige my well beloved sons Joseph Sadler and 
Ebenezer Sadler to whom I have given by this my Last Will and Testament my 
real and personal Estate that they each of them do pay or cause to be paid the 
above said legacies in the manner to whom I do now direct namely my said son 
Joseph to pay or cause to be paid one hundred and seven pounds Lawfull money as 
before expressed to his Eldest brother John Sadler and fifty four pounds lawfull 
money to his Brother Abial Sadler Each of the legacies to be paid within one year 
after my decease

Also I do hereby injoyn my said son Ebenezer Sadler to pay or cause to be paid to 
his Brother Abial Sadler Twenty six pounds Lawfull money part of the above 
granted legacy
And also sixty eight pounds to his sister Hannah Sadler
And also twenty seven pounds to his brother Stephen Sadler Each of these 
Legacies to be in Lawfull money and paid within one year after my decease Except 
that to his sister Hannah which shall -y upon lawfull interest from one year after 
my decease until the shall be married or arrive at the age of eighteen years and 
then to be paid both principal and interest.

Further I hereby Constitute make and ordain my well beloved and esteemed sons 
Joseph Sadler and Ebenezer Sadler Joseph of Uxbridge and Ebenezer of Upton 
aforesaid husbandman to be the sole executor of this my last will and testament 
to execute and perform the same and I do hereby nullifi disanul revoke renounce 
and make void all former wills Testaments legacies bequests and Executors and do 
hereby Ratifi and confirm this and no other to be my Last will and testament in 
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this day and year herein 
first mentioned

								John Sadler (seal)

Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and declared by the within mentioned John 
Sadler to be his Last will and testament in presence of us the subscribers Ð 

Elisha Fish		Asaph(?) Rice 	John Walkins

Worcester SS  To all people to whom these presents shall come Joseph Wilder Esq 
Judge of the Probate of Wills and in the County of Worcester within the Province 
of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Sendeth Greeting

I know ye that on the 7th day of November Anno Domini 1753 the instrument 
hereunto annexed purporting the Last will and testament of John Sadler Late of 
Upton in said County and Province gentleman died was presented for probate by 
Joseph Sadler and Ebenezer Sadler the Executors therein named then present 
Elish Fish and Asaph Rice two of the witnesses thereto subscribed who made oath 
that they saw the said Testator sign seal and heard him declare the said 
instrument to be his last will and Testament and that they with John Walkins 
subscribed their names together as witnesses to the Execution thereof in said 
testators presence and that he was then to their best of their judgment of sound 
and disposing mind.

I do prove approve and allow of the said instrument as the last will and testament 
of before named deceased and do commit the administration thereof in all matters 
the same concerning and of his estate whereof he died seized and possessed in 
said county unto the before Executor well and faithfully to execute the said will 
and to administer the estate of the deceased according thereto who accepted of 
their said trust and they have given Bond to fulfill the will and they shall render 
an account (upon oath) of their proceedings when thereunto Lawfully required

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the day and 
year above written

										Joseph Wilder