Inventory of the Estate of Martha Harris, 1677 - Isle of Wight County, VA

Isle of Wight Co., VA, Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc., Vol. 2, p. 143
abstracted by Matt HARRIS [brackets, line breaks, & surname capitalization mine]


A True and Perfect Inventory of all and Singular the Goods, Chattles and household Stuff & 
Stock of Cattle, and Swine, w:ch did belong to Martha HARRIS Widdow decd:, late wife of Edward 
HARRIS decd: taken the fowerth Day of Aprill 1677 by George HARDY and Phillip PARDOE as 
followeth &c.a-
Imp:rs  One Yoake of Oxen, two Steers five Yeare Old, two Steeres two Yeare old, Six Cowes, Two 
Calves, One old Barren Cow, and five Barrowes One with another three Yeares Old,
Item  One old feather Bed, Bolster and two Pillowes, two Blew Blankets, One plaine Rugg, One 
new flock bed and Bolster, fower old Ruggs, and One pair of Old Curtaines and Vallaines,
Item  five Broad Pewter Dishes; three Pewter Basones, One new Pewter Candle Stick, two new 
Pewter Porringers, One Old Pewter Beaker, One old Pewter Tankard  One New Chamber Pot, two 
pewter Sawcers  One pewter Dram Cupp, three old pewter plates, two tinn pudding panns, and one 
lattin[?] Sawce pann, & Six Alcemy Spoons,
Item  three Iron potts, one, one Brass pann; and one Skillet, One frying pann, One paire of 
Stilliards, and Pea[?; "1 Spitt" omitted, cp. p. 149],One old Iron Pott rack, two paire of Pot 
hookes, One Iron Candle Stick, fower Iron Wedges, two Broad Axes, one old frowe, one Drawing 
knife, One hand Saw, two Augres, two Chissels, two Old Gouges, One old Inch Augre, one old 
Spade, one Iron pestoll [pestle], One old faling Ax, one old trowell, two new weeding howes, 
One hilling howe, One Thousand Nailes of Several Sots, One old horse Lock, One Cutting knife, 
Two Cow Bells, one plaine Smoothing Iron, one Reape hooke and one Sickle,
Item  One old Cart with Cross wheeles, One Yoake, and one Grinding Stone;
Item  fower Chests; One old Couch, one little table, two Small Boxes  fower meale Sifters and 
three old Pailes
Item  two Small Gunns, fower Gimlets, two fyles, one paire of Iron Compasses, One Iron Ladle, 
one hamer and one CrossSaw,
Item  two paire of Canvas Sheetes, two pillow beares, one Table Cloth three Napkins and two 
Towells, and one halfe of a Sheete/
Item  tenn Ells, and one halfe of large Dowles, nine Ells and one halfe of Dowles the quarters 
broade, Six Yards of blew linnen, Seven Ells of Canvas; three paire of plaine shoose new, One 
paire of Womans new Shoose one new Serge petty Coate and Wastercoat, one Cloth Coate, and Serge
Breeches, and one Barrell of Salt, and Six Barrells of Indian Corne:
                                                      Geo: HARDY
                                                      Phillip PARDOE

The above Inventory was presented at an Orphants Courte held for the Isle of Wight County the 
pr:mo [1st] May 1677, by M.r George HARDY and Phillip PARDOE, and y.n was Ordered to be 
Recorded
                                                      Teste  Jn.o BROMFIELD  Cler:Record.

[Martha HARRIS is thought to have been the sister of George HARDY, who administered the estate. 
 The Inventory & appraisal of the estate of Edward HARRIS, dated 12 May 1677, appears in the 
same volume on p. 149, with a nearly identical inventory.]


Submitted by Matthew W. Harris <Zoobug64@aol.com>
of Richmond, VA

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