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The Will of John & Margery Knowlton The wills of John Knowlton of Ipswich and his widow, Margery Knowlton, were proved in the Ipswich court March 28, 1654. The following copies were taken from the records in the Ipswich Deeds, book I, leaf 137, the originals being missing. This 29th:of the 9th mth:1653: I the saide John Knowlton being att this prsent time in perfect memory I make my
wife my Executrix & I doe giue vnto margery my wife my house & land & Cattell
with other estate for her use & the bringing of my Children up so long as she lives
& after her death the remainder to be deuided half of it to my eldest sonne John &
the other halfe of it to be deuided betweene my sonne Abraham and my daughter Elisabeth,
& if please God any of my Children do Chang ther Condition it is my desire with the
aduice of mr Symonds & our pastor and the overseers and my wife consenting therto that
they should impt something unto them according as god shall guide you and I giue to
Margery my wife all my household goods to be at her owne disposing onely my shop tooles I
giue to my eldest sonne John and some of my wearing clothes to my brother william I make
mr Tredwell my brother Wilson and my [brother?] Thomas Knoulton my Theophilus Wilson & Thomas Knowlton sworne testified that John Knoulton was
ready to haue subscribed this to be his last will if his wife did accept to be executrix
within two dayes which she did & so this is proued to be his will in the Court held at
Ipswich the 28th of march 1654. p me Robert Lord cleric ffebruary the 20th:1653 This is to Certify that I Margery Knoulton widdow do make my brother Thomas
Knoulton Executor to me & Assigne in my stead to fulfill my husbands will in my Roome
& also for my selfe to giue to my Children according to our wills, for my household
goods which are at my disposeing I doe giue equally to be deuided to my 3 children John
Elisabeth and Abraham, onely I giue my great Byble to John, & all my weareing parrell
to Elisabeth & a Iron pott with a bed tike that is hers & 20s that is Johns and 2
Candlesticks that are Abrahams. And I make mr Tredwell & my brother Wilson my
overseers. Also Abraham is to haue the [In the margin of the record, midway is written: "These are beside the
Diuision."] The Essex Antiquarian |
