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Abstracts of Plymouth County Probate Records   pp. 186+

"Mark Lothrop of Bridgwater .... being designed into the Warrs against the French Enemy" made his will 14 July, 1690. Bequests were as follows:

To "my Cousin Samuel Lothrop of Said Bridgwater .... my whole Right .... of lands within the limits of the said Bridgwater."

To "my loving Brother Samuel Lothrop all my apparrell and my sheepe Except one Serge Coat which was my Fathers which said Coate I Give to my Brother Edward Lothrop."

To "my said Brother Samll Lothrop one Cow and all my tools and one yearling heffer."

To "my Sister Elizabeth Packard of the said Bridgwater one Cow and one Yearling heiffer"

The will was signed by a mark. The witnesses were John Field, Sr., Samuel Kinsley and John Field, Jr.

"The abovesd Mark Lothrop did also declare at the time abovesaid that it was his will that his abovesd Brother Samuel Lothrop should have all the Remainder of his Estate but being in Great haste it was forgotten till the sd Mark lothrop was Gone:"

"John Field and Samuel Kinsley abovesd did further declare upon their Said Oath that they also heard the abovesaid Mark Lothrop verbally declare what is next above written to be his mind and Will"

John Field, Sr., and Samuel Kinsley made oath to the will, 17
   
March, 1690/1, and administration was granted "unto Samuel Lothrop of Bridgwater .... upon the Estate of his Brother Mark Lothrop deceased"

[From unrecorded bond] On 17 March, 1690/1, Samuel Lothrop, of Bridgewater, as administrator, gave bond for £30, with John Field, Sr., and Edward Fobes, both of Bridgewater, as sureties, in the sum of £15 each. Samuel Lothrop signed by a mark. The witnesses were John Haward, Josiah Edson and Samuel Sprague.

"An Inventory of the Estate of Mark Lothrop .... of Bridgwater .... deceased in the late Fleete in or near the Countrey of Canada: about the middle of October last" was taken 8 December, 1690, by Thomas Snell, who signed by a mark, and John Field. The real estate was: "a lott of meadow lying on the Brook with 25 acres of upland joyning to the said lott" £20; "a 50 acre lott not far from Samll Washbourns" £5; "a 20 acre lott near Abimelech's hill and a third part of a purchase of undivided land" £5. The total was £56, 2s.

Samuel Lothrop made oath to the inventory, 27 March, 1690/1.