December the 13th 1690
This is a true inventory of the visible estate of James Cadye now deceased who died 2 daye
of Dec instant[1]. He died intestate in premises.
-one house with two akers[2] and a hallf[3] right heir unto belonging 25--00--00[4]
-foure cowes att fourteen pound
14--00--00
One old hors and a younge mare 4[5]
4--00--00
On swine and one sword and one narrow ax 30 1--10--00
One cellaret[6] and trayes and dishes and transhars 6
00--6-00
One brasse citill[7], pewter dishes 1-18
1--18--00
One pilyon[8] and a sate[9] of curtains, shets and towils 2 2--6--00
Too hats and four yards of lining cloth 1-12
1--12--00
One siute of clothes and a payer of old shooes 1-10
1--10--00
Two bads[10] and cuesringe[11] and a box given to the children 7--00--00
One warming pane[12] two yards and a half of lining cloth
0--0--00
And an iron hook and coduce[13] box an two bushills of Indian corn 0--00--00
One muskit, one paier of French fall [14]shoes
1--12--00
Two new rapors[15] and a holland[16] shirt 3--12--00
One broad cloth coatt and plush breeches
4--3--00
and two new nack clothes
June 1691 Charlestown
Administrator ___________ of James Cady
_________ to John and Joseph Cady by ____ being
[1] Transcriber assumes this means he died suddenly
[2] acres
[3] half
[4] 25 pounds--0 sterling--0 pence
[5] Transcriber note: It appears at time the pound, sterling, pence amounts are listed
twice
[6] Cellaret-a small rack or case, usually kept near the place of taking meals, and
designed to hold several bottles of wine. Paul Drake, J.D. What Did They Mean By That?
Heritage Books, Bowie, MD p. 36
[7] kettle
[8] cushion
[9] set
[10] Transcriber note: unable to determine if this is the correct word
[11] ditto
[12] pan
[13] coal
[14] French Fall Shoesapparently, low, better quality dress shoes for either men or women
(Drake, p.94)
[15] ropes
[16] Hollanda fine linen cloth made in Holland (Drake, p. 108)
If anyone is interested in a copy of this please e-mail me for my mailing address.
Caryn