Robert Ware

Robert married Sarah Metcalf on 4 Jun 1677 in Dedham. Sarah was born on 8 Dec 1648 in Dedham, Massachusetts; died on 13 Apr 1718 in Wrentham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Elizabeth Holbrook on 26 Feb 1719/20. Elizabeth died on 28 Jul 1723 in Wrentham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: Massachusetts
• Will: 25 Feb 1698/99
• Probate: 11 May 1699

Notes:

Anecdote:
According to Ware Genealogy, Robert:
came from his English home to the colony of Massachusetts Bay some time before the autumn of 1642. The earliest date at which the name in any form occurs on the Dedham Records, is Nov. 25, 1642 ; when "Robert Weares is Admitted to the purchase of Thomas Eames his house lott and three acres of land."
A grant of land was made to him "6. 12. 1642," (6 February, 1642-3).
Various other grants were made to him of land in different parts of the town; on Dedham Island, and (in what was afterwards Needham), on Rosemary meadow brook, on the Great Plain, and near Magus Hill, etc. One lot of "three roods and twenty rod, more or lesse," was the second lot east from the N. E. corner of Webster Street and Great Plain Avenue in Needham. The localities mentioned can be found in the "Atlas of Norfolk Co., Mass.", Comstock & Cline, New York, 1876. See also Mann's Annals of
Dedham. Robert Ware joined the church at the time of the baptism of his eldest child, October 2 or 11, 1646. He was made freeman May 26, 1647 ; was member of the Artillery Company in 1644. He lived and died in Dedham, though three of his sons-John, Nathaniel and Robert-removed to Wollomonopoag, set off in 1661, incorporated as Wrentham in 1673. His name stands second in point of wealth on the tax list.
"Robert Ware the Aged" died in Dedham, April 19, 1699. His will, made February 25, 1698, was proved May 11, 1699. The inventory, taken May 3, was £250, 2, 10.


Will:
From Ware Genealogy:
[CENTER:]Will of Robert Ware of Dedham.[:CENTER]
In the year of our Lord one Thousand six hundred Ninety eight nine, the twenty fift day of February, I Robert Ware; of Dedham, in the County of Suffolk in his Ma:ties Collony in the Massachusetts bay in New England, being put in mind of my great chang, by age, & the infirmities thereof, according to my duty, I do hereby, in the time of my life, & in the injoymt of my understanding make, ordeyne & declare this to be my last will and Testamt, for the disposeing and setleing of those things of my Estate, which the Lord he betrusted me with, wherein first, I comit my precious soul into the hands of almighty God, in and through the Lord Jeses christ, my most blessed Redemer, & my body to the earth to be therin interred in christian buryall at the discretion of my executor* heerin heorafter named.
Imprs I do heerby giue unto my Deare and well beloved wife Hannah ware the use & impronemt of the East end of my dwelling house & the north end of ray barne & halfe my orchard & one third part of my pasture land near my house & at ye north end of the Island planting feild, & one third part of my lot that I purchased of .John Keelum y' is fenced in pertickular, & halfe my broad meadow that lye betwixt the lands of John Eaton it the widdow Kingsberry. & one horse beast, and as much household stuff as she stand in need of, for her use all the tearme of her naterall life, all those things aforresd and the Twenty pounds of money, she hane receined, for her to dispose of as she se cause, & my son Samuel is to provid her wood fit for the tier at all times what she shall need, & he to be paed out of my estate what is just, also I giue unto my loveing wife ye use and improvem' of two acres of land y' is broken up wher Sanuiel have a part neer magus hill. Furthermore my mind & will is that each of my children shall have equall portions in my estate excepting my son John Ware who is to have Twenty pound mort; then a single portion, & what I have given to each of my children formerly as it is set doune in my book is to be acounted to each of them as a part of there portion, and for most of my lands I do devide them amongst my three sons in Dedham, and what they, or any of them shall have more than there equall portions they must make good paymt for the same to my executors within the space of four yeares after my & my wives decease for them to pay them that want ye makeing up of ther portions as followeth :—
Item. I give unto my Son Samuel Ware & to his Heirs & Assignes forever the west end of my dwelling house and the South end of my bearn, and my new bearn, and my shop, and halfe my oarchard, & two parts of three of all my pasture land, neer my house, & Greens lot, & two thirds of all my land at the north end of ye Island planting feild, & two parts of three of ye land I purchased of John Keelum, & a quarter part of my broad meadow, & my foule meadow, & all my swamps near my house, and about Greens lot, & my swamp neer south Playne, & my laud at the clapbord trees, more, fine acres of woodland near to meadfeild way, as it abut on Joseph Wights lot, more, I give unto him halfe of that land I bought of Mr Dwight near to magus hill abuteth on ye Lands of widdow Metcalfe west & Jno Eaton east, more, one third part of my land at ye stamping place, & one third part of my land at chesnut hill, & halfe my land at magus hill within fence, & halfe my land on the north side of my fenced land & after ye decease of my deare wife, Samuel my Son is to have all my houssing & all my oarchards, & all the land near my house, uplands & swamps, Greens lot, & all my swamps about it, & all my lands at ye northerly end of planting feild, meadow & upland as it abutteth on the east on charles river & ye pond north. And all my meadow and upland ye is fenced in with Eleazer Kingsberys lands near Vine Rock & halfe my broad meadow, and four cow comon Rights.
Item. I give unto my son Epherim & to his Heirs & assignes forever, that land I purchased of Mr Dwight ye abut on his house lot east, & halfe my land near magus hill within fence, and halfe my land one the north side of my land fenced in, & all my Small parcels of meadow near it, & one third part of my land at the stamping ground, and one third part of my land at chesnut hill & three cow comon Rights & one fourth part of broad meadow & after the decease of my wife, one third part, & all my children shall have equall share in my lot at the great ceader swamp.
Item. I give unto my son Ebenezer Ware & to his Heirs and assignes forever all my Land as it lyeth abutting upon Daniels swamp meadow east, Samuel Parker north, more, one parcell of land a little distant from his house lot towards the east, by Jno Woodcocks land more one third part of my land at the stamping ground, more a third part of my land at chesnut hill, & after my wives decease a third part of my broad meadow, & three cow comon Rights.
Item. I give unto my children at Wrentham onwards there portions to be equally devided betwixt them all my moveables, cattell & household stuf what my wife can spare, & my clothes & all debts due to me & eight acres of Land I purchased of Henery Brock & Lambert Ginery as it lyeth in the Island planting feild, more, three acres of land I purchased of Thomas Eames abutting on Jno Woodcocks, after the decease of my wife the household stuff she have to use, to be equally devided amongst them.
It is my mind and will is that my houses and lands near home may be low prised, & the lands in planting feild, being poor lands & require much fenceing, I do apoint & impower my well beloved sons John Ware, Robert Ware & Samuel Ware to be the executors of this my last will and Testamt & I request and impower my loveing friends Deacon Thomas Metcalfe, Deacon William Avery, & Deacon Joseph Wight to be ye overseers or supervisers to determin any differences that may arise from or betwixt any persons concearned in this my last will, & what they or two of them if any dye ye surviveing determin shall be of full force at any & all times & care must be taken for to recompence ye executers & overseers.
To confirme this my last will and testament I haue hereunto set to my hand & seale ye date aforesd.
Robert Ware
In presence of us
Thomas Battelle
hannah Alderidge
Thomas Fuller
[CENTER:]Notes on the Will of Robert Ware.[:CENTER]
Island planting field.—Dedham Island, just north of Dedham village, formed by a bend in Charles River and the " Long Ditch" which unites the upper and the lower parts of the stream. It is about a mile and three quarters from north to south, and three quarters of a mile from east to west, and contains about 1200 acres. The "Planting field plain" is in the northern part of the Island. The " Long Ditch," about half a mile long, part of which is now the boundary between Dedham and Needham, was cut through the Broad Meadows in 1653. The "Great Causeway" is a narrow strip of land about quarter of a mile long, along the river on the S. W. of Broad Meadows ; on this a road was laid out in 1644. " Ware's Causeway " is a small part of the road leading from the Great Causeway to Cart Bridge, on the western side of the Island.
Magus Hill is in the northern part of Needham (now Wellesley), just east of the Wellesley Hills station on the B. & A. R. R. The reservoir is on the summit. In 1681, John Magus and Sarah Magus. Indians, gave to the town of Dedham a deed of a tract of land lying within Dedham bounds, bounded N. by Watertown and Natick (now Weston), W. and S. W. by a line running from the mouth of Rosemary Meadow Brook on the N. E. to the mouth of Natick Brook on the S. W. Natick Brook runs through the two ponds in the western part of Wellesley, south into Charles River. It joins Dewing Brook near its mouth. The rest of what is now Needham. S. E. of this tract, had been deeded to Dedham the previous year by William Nahaton (Nehoiden) and his brothers.
Foule Meadow.—" Fowle meadows " lie on the Neponset River in the eastern part of Dedham and in Canton.
South Playne borders on the edge of the swamp southward of Ridge Hill in the southern part of Dedham. Claphord trees is in the S. W. part of Dedham east of Buckmaster pond ; it originally included the eminence where the West Dedham Church stands, with the land adjoining on the north and east. Stamping place is supposed to be a herding place for cattle, and to have been situated approximately in the space now enclosed within Linden and Washington Streets at Wellesley Hills. Before the division of the common lands, the feeding grounds for cattle were called " Herd Walks." One of these was on Dedham Island ; one on East Street, and the third on South Plain. Chestnut Hill is about half way between Magus Hill and North Hill, Needham. Lands at the north end of planting field abutting on the pond north. The pond is Cow Island Pond, formed by Charles River, just east of the northern end of Long Ditch. Vine Rock is on the eastern side of Dedham Island, on the; western bank of the river, half way between Cow Island Pond and the entrance to Mother Brook. The bridge just north of it, over which the road passes from Dedham to West Roxbury is Vine Rock Bridge. The Great Cedar Swamp was in the part of Dedham now Walpole, between the Plain and South Walpole. History of Norfolk County, page 709, in the will of Eleazer Ware, 1750, is mentioned "a piece of Cedar Swamp lying in the Dedham Cedar swamp so called."
Robert Ware's sons in Wrentham, John, Nathaniel and Robert, seem to have received their land as a part of portion during their father's lifetime.
The house of Ephraim, essentially the same as formerly, is in Wellesley, on Oakland Street, opposite the end of Brookside Road. Photographs of this house (Nos. 445, 44G) may be obtained of Holmes Bros., 19 Main St., Charlestown, Mass. The Indian Magus very probably lived near the spring which is just south of the house. The house of Ebenezer was probably at the corner of Rosemary and Highland Streets, Needham. [C. W. Morton, on map.] Deacon Reuel lived and died in this house. The house of Josiah (Nathaniel), and later of his son Joseph, the journalist, stood, until 1886, on the north corner of Russell Place, just north of Ridge Hill in Needham (opposite "J. Cartwright ").


Probate:
The inventory, taken May 3, was £250, 2, 10.

Robert married Margaret Hunting on 24 Mar 1644/45 in Dedham, Massachusetts. Margaret (daughter of John Hunting and Esther (Hester) Seaborn) was born about 1628 in Hoxne, County Suffolk, England; died on 26 Aug 1670 in Dedham, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: Massachusetts
• Name: Margaret Ware
• Baptism: 21 Sep 1628, Hoxne

Other Events:

• Immigration: Massachusetts
• Baptism: 24 Jan 1601/02, Thrandeston, County Suffolk, England

Notes:

Anecdote:
John brought his family over from England and was the first ruling elder of the Dedham church.
According to Anderson:
John and Hester first lived in Hoxne, where their children Mary and Margaret were baptized. The family next appears in the neighboring parish of Oakley, with baptisms of children in 1631, 1634, and 1636. (Although Hoxne and Oakley are adjacent parishes, they are divided by several jurisdictional boundaries; Hoxne fell within Hoxne Hundred and the archdeaconry of Suffolk, Oakley within Hartismere Hundred and the archdeaconry of Sudbury. The northern boundary of each of these parishes was also the border between Suffolk and Norfolk.)
The dominant family in Hartismere Hundred was the Comwallises, staunch Catholics and ancestors of Lord Cornwallis of Yorktown. At Oakley, this family held the advowson (the right to recommend appointments to the pulpit); and in 1628 or 1629, despite their Catholic leanings, they nominated a vigorous Puritan, William Greenhill. The Reverend Greenhill served this living for almost a decade, until silenced in 1638. Perhaps John Hunting was attracted by the preaching of Greenhill, moved from Hoxne to Oakley to benefit from his teaching, and then in 1638—being deprived of this religious nurturing—decided to join the migration to New England.
Upon his arrival in the colonies, Hunting wasted little time in settling at Dedham. On 28 August 1638, the town agreed that he could be "enterteyned to purchase John Coolidge his Lott." According to his contemporary, Reverend John Allin:
Towards the end of summer we having some experience of Jo. Hunting who came unto us that summer from England & some of us knowing him before & having very good testimony of him from others we agreed to make trial whether he might not be found meet for this work & be willing thereto; in both which we found that incouragement that he also came in amongst us into society.
Thus, John Hunting became one of the eight "pillars" of the church at Dedham, admitted before the congregation formally organized.
The Dedham church entered into covenant on 8 November 1638 and soon grew beyond those eight pillars. Its eighteenth member was "the wife of John Hunting who notwithstanding some scruples a while sticking in some of the church yet at length gave good satisfaction & was received.'" Shortly after this, the church proceeded to the selection of a ruling elder, the principal assistant to the minister. Four candidates were proposed; after lengthy consideration, John Hunting was chosen for the position and held it for the rest of his life. He also served Dedham in its secular affairs—being a feoffee (trustee) of the first free school in New England and a selectman on several occasions.
Hester Hunting died at Dedham on 4 May 1676, having made a will on 4 January 1675/76 with the consent of her husband. In this document, which was not actually proved until 12 February 1684/85, Hester noted that £45 had been given her in the will of her brother Francis, but that it had not yet been received from England. She bequeathed £20 of this to her son John Hunting and £10 to her son Samuel Hunting, "liveing in Charlestown" [Massachusetts]. To Hannah, the wife of her son Samuel, she gave a pair of sheets and her best tablecloth; to her grandchild Samuel Hunting, the eldest son of son Samuel, she left six napkins. Hester then requested that the £15 remaining from her brother's bequest be divided into four equal parts and distributed as follows: one-fourth part (along with a coat) to her daughter Mary Buckner of Boston; one-fourth part to be divided equally among the children of her deceased "daughter Ware"; one-fourth part (and her best gown) to her daughter Hesther Fisher of Dedham; and one-fourth part (and other clothing) to Hesther Peck, the daughter of her son-in-law John Peck of Rehoboth. Finally, Hester made bequests of clothing to her maidservant Mary Wood and to Elizabeth Hunting, wife of her oldest son John. She then named sons John and Samuel as executors.
John Hunting, Senior, of Dedham made his will on 15 December 1684; he was nearly eighty-three years old but had more than four years yet to live. John began by confirming the bequests made by his wife Hester. He then gave 20s. to his son Samuel, living in Charlestown; this, added to the sum already given Samuel, was to make up that son's full portion. The remainder of John's estate was to be divided into six parts. Two parts (a double portion) were to go to his eldest son, John of Dedham. One part was assigned to his widowed daughter Mary Buckner of Boston and her daughter Mary White; the mother was to have two thirds of their share, the daughter one. Another part was to go to a Dedham son-in-law, Robert Ware, Senior, in right of Robert's wife (Hunting's daughter) Margaret. A fifth part was bequeathed to Hunting's daughter Heasther Fisher of Dedham. The final part was left to his son-in-law John Peck of Rehoboth and Peck's eldest daughter Hesther (in right of Peck's first wife Elizabeth, Hunting's daughter); the Peck share was to be divided equally between Peck and the young Hesther. Executors were to be his Dedham friends, Sergeant Richard Ellis and Thomas Battelle, and his son John, Junior.
Although Hunting died on 12 April 1689 and the inventory was taken on 11 June of that year, the will was not proved until 26 March 1691. This delay in probate may have been a reflection of the political upheaval consequent upon the 1689 overthrow of the administration of Sir Edmund Andros, governor-general of New England. In any event, John's estate was appraised at £153 3s. 11d., which £129 10s. represented eight different parcels of land.
Of the three generations for which records have been found, the senior male representatives of the Hunting family of Palgrave, county Suffolk, had successfully maintained and improved their economic status. The father, grandfather, and great-grandfather of the immigrant had each left a substantial estate to the next generation; and each successor to the family property had added more lands. The father of the immigrant John Hunting had already provided for his eldest son and was, at death, building a second fortune. John, by his decision to sail for New England, had foregone a landed inheritance in England that would have made him one of the wealthiest men in his community; yet, by the time he died in Dedham in 1689, his estate was probably greater than those of any of the brothers he had left behind.

John married Esther (Hester) Seaborn on 28 Jun 1624 in Wramplingham, County Norfolk, England. Esther (daughter of Wiliam Sabume and Mary) was born in in England; died about 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Immigration: Massachusetts
• Name: Esther (Hester) Hunting
• Will: 4 Jan 1675
• Probate: 12 Feb 1684/85

Notes:

Will:
The following is from Ware Genealogy:
[CENTER:]Abstract of Will of Hester Hunting.[:CENTER]
Will of Hester Hunting wife of John Hunting of Dedham dated January 4, 1675 proved Feb. 12, 1684-5.
After payment of debts, " unto my well beloved son John Hunting the whole & full sume of twenty pounds as his part of that Estate, Legacie or portion that was given to me by my loveing Brother Francis Seaborne in Old England, which Legacy is yet due to me to be paid as by my loving Brother Francis Seaborn's will appeares in Old England amounting to the sume of fourty and five pounds," --- " to my beloved son Samuel Hunting liveing in Charlstowne, the whole & full sume of ten pounds as his part & portion of the aforesd fourty & five pounds " - - " to Hannah wife of my son Samuel aforesd one pair of new sheets & ray best table cloth & to my grandchild Samuel Hunting (oldest son of my son Samuel aforesd) six napkins." The fifteen pounds of the said forty-five yet remaining to be disposed of as follows. " one fourth of s'd fifteen pounds remaining to my loving daughter Mary Buckner of Boston and also my best tamy coat " --- " unto the children of my daughter Ware deceased one fourth of s'd fifteen pounds to be equally divided between them all." --- "to my loving daughter Hester Fisher of Dedham one fourth part of s'd fifteen pounds & my best goune." --- "to Hester Pecke the daughter of my Son in law John Peck of Rehoboth one fourth part of s'd fifteen pounds & also my hat & my Stuff coat." --- "to Mary Wood my maid servant my old red undercoate & my searge under coate & my cloth wescoat. And what remains undisposed of all my wearing apparel Linning & wooling I give to Elizabeth Hunting wife of my oldest son John Hunting of Dedham."
" Furthermore my mind & will is that my dear & wel beloved husband aforesd should have the fall use and improvement of all the premises as long as he doth live excepting what things of my wearing Apparell he do see causs to give away to bee sooner disposed of to the person aforesd. Legacies in money to be paid within six months after the Decease of my dear husband if it be sent hither from Old England before, otherwise to be delivered presantly after it be sent over whenever it do come after my said Husbands decease, and if the whole sume aforesd of fourty & five pounds cannot be attained then so much thereof as can be attained shall be divided to the persons aforesd according to their severall proportions aforesd by abateing in each pound what the aforesd Sume shall fall short of fourty & five pounds."
The sons John Hunting and Samuel Hunting appointed Executors.
Husband gives his consent to the will and signs.
Witnesses.
Thomas Battle.
Thomas Fisher.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 2 Jun 1570, Palgrave, County Suffolk, England

Notes:

Anecdote:
From Anderson:
Manorial records provide some of the most-useful information on this family. One 1624 document alone verifies three generations of the Hunting pedigree. At a court-leet held for the manor of Woodhall in Thrandeston on die Mercurii in septiana. Pentecost in the twenty-second year of James I—in other words, 19 May 1624—William Hunting, Senior, surrendered to the use of his son William, and the latter's wife Prudence, eleven parcels of land. Nine were said to have come to the elder William on the death of his father Roger (with the transfer being recorded at the Pentecostal court-leet of 1591); and another son of Roger, Thomas, was said to have relinquished (at the Pentecostal court of 1600) any claim he might have on these lands. The other two parcels passed on by William, Senior, were said to have been obtained by Roger from the widow of Thomas Spurdance, in a transaction recorded at the 1606 Pentecostal court. In addition to the three generations it names, this document also approximates Roger's death date and provides evidence that William, Senior, was capable of adding to the lands he had inherited from his father.
Even before this transfer of Palgrave and Thrandeston property to his eldest son, William had begun to acquire lands farther afield, particularly at Hoxne. The earliest court book for Hoxne Manor is not available for inspection; however, there does exist an extent (a manor survey), dating from about 1637, that is exceptionally detailed. Not only does it provide the customary listing of each tenant's holdings and the rent and other obligations due, but it also includes some details on the acquisition of each tract. This extent, begun not long before William died, shows that he purchased several parcels in October 1614, another in October 1615, and one more in October 1629. By the latter date, William, Senior, was already a resident of Hoxne. He, his wife, and their younger children may have moved there soon after the 1620 baptism of their youngest child at Thrandeston. Certainly they should have been residents of Hoxne after the spring 1624 transfer of lands to William, Junior.
As William Hunting of Hoxne, yeoman, he prepared his will on 20 May 1638. It was proved at Yoxford on 31 October 1638 and includes important genealogical data. To wife Margaret, he left a life interest in the freehold and chartcrhold lands at Hoxne and Dcnham; after her decease, they were to go to son Samuel Hunting. Samuel also was to receive all freehold lands at Little Thornham in Suffolk, upon condition that he pay various sums to the testator's other children—i.e., to daughters Mary Hunting, Anne Hunting, and Elizabeth Hunting, £50 each; to daughter Susan Hunting, £45; and to son Robert Hunting, £30. Another son, Nicholas Hunting, was to receive one copyhold meadow called Caldwell in Cole, Suffolk, on condition that he pay £20 to his brother Steven Hunting. The wife Margaret was also to receive personal estate, for rearing their son Robert unto the age of twenty-one. Finally, the son Steven was to take William's copyhold land in Hoxne, to which the testator had been "admitted" at the court held for the manor of Hoxne cum Chickering on 8 October "in the fifth year of King Charles." The widow Margaret and son Samuel were appointed executors.
From the manorial records and wills, it is evident that William Hunting was an extremely competent manager of his own affairs and that he had a clear plan for setting up each son on at least one tract of land. Having inherited from his own father enough acreage to become a wealthy yeoman, not much below gentle status, William increased his holdings through purchases not only in Thrandeston but also in another half-dozen manors to the cast. When his eldest son William married in 1624, he transferred to this son all his lands in Palgrave and Thrandeston, thus making the lad—in one stroke, at the age of twenty-four—a member of the local elite.
William, Senior, then moved to Hoxnc, where he continued to add to his holdings. He may well have planned to pass this second empire to his second son, John; but this possibility went by the board when, in the spring of 1638, John joined the migration to New England. That May, while John was probably sailing across the North Atlantic, the aging William wrote his will, settling most of his remaining estate on his third son and providing substantial foundations for the rest of his children. Considering his wealth and concern for the well-being of his offspring, William may have provided the departing John with a sizable amount of cash, in lieu of the inheritance that he would have expected had he stayed in Suffolk.

William married Margaret Randolf on 22 Sep 1599 in Topcroft, County Norfolk, England. Margaret (daughter of William Randolf) was born about 1579; died in 1648 in Hoxne, County Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Margaret Hunting
• Baptism: 15 Nov 1579, Topcroft, County Norfolk, England
• Will: 25 Oct 1628, Hoxne, County Suffolk
• Probate: 25 Jan 1648/49

Notes:

Will:
"In the name of God Amen. I Margaret Hunting of Hoxne in the County of Suffolk widow do make this my last will and testament. Imprimis Out of my money which I have in my son Samuels hands I give unto John Hunting of New England my son fyve pounds. To Mary his daughter twenty shillings. To Margaret his daughter twenty shillings. To the rest of his children to be divided three pounds. Item I give and bequeath to the children of my two other daughters there two pounds. Item 1 give three pair of sheets to my three children formerly mentioned in New England. Item I give to my son Stephen and his heirs twenty pounds to be paid by my son Samuel within six years after my decease. Item I give ten pounds to my son Robert to be paid within two years out of the moneys my son Samuel hath of mine. [Item] I give five pounds to my son Samuel. Item four pounds to my daughter Mary. Item twenty shillings to Thomas Hunting of Thrandeston all these to be paid within one year after my decease. The moveables within the house I dispose thus: I give to Mary Hunting my daughter the bed whereon she lyeth with that which belongeth to it two pair of sheets, the little kittle, one board cloth, two napkins. To my son Linnies[?] daughter and my son Stephen his daughter the box in (he parlor to be divided among them. To my son Stephen I give the mill as it standeth in the millhouse with what belongeth to it. And for my catten [i.e., cattle] I give to my daughter Linny [?] the best cow and the things given to my daughter Liney[?] to return to their children within seven years. The rest of the cattle I bequeath them to my son Samuel and Robert to be divided. The rest of all my moveables whatsoever I give to my son Samuel and Robert and my daughter Liney [?] and son Stephen to be divided among them and my daughter Liney[?] to have two parts. Out of the money which I have in my hand I give four pounds to be divided between my son Stephen's daughter and my son Linny's[?] two children and all what I have given besides to my son and daughter Liney[?] to return to their children as aforesaid. I make my son Samuel and Robert executors of this my will the 25th of October Anno domini 1648.
Witnesses: Mary Bach, Margery Bach (both by mark). Signed by mark by Margaret Hunting."

Notes:

Anecdote:
He was a yeoman from Wramplingham, County Norfolk, England and he made his will on April 10, 1618 and named his wife, his sons William, Francis, John and James and his daughters Mary, Hester and Christibell.

Wiliam married Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Sabume