The Will of George Varnam
The following will of George Varnam of Ipswich is copied from the original on
file in the office of the clerk of courts at Salem, volume I, leaf 110. "The Essex
Antiquarian" V.III p. 35
The 21th of the 2th mounth 1649
I George Varnam of Ipƒwich being in pfect memorye, doe ordayne this my
last will and testament as followeth. first I Giue my houƒe and barne & lands and
goods and chattells to my wife for her life And after hir deceaƒe Two pts of all my
estate to my ƒonne Samuell Varnum and the third pt to my daughter Hannah to be
eqaually deuided. And my meaning is if my ƒonn dye without Iƒue, my whole estate
is to returne to my daughter Hannah, and further ƒoe long as she remayne vnmaried is
to enioye a chamber in my houƒe; and I doe apoynte Thomas Scott and my ƒonn
Samuell to be my executors.
