I found this Will in Hartford, CT ... does anyone have more information?
Will dated 9 June, 1690.
I James Welles sen. of Haddam, being employed in the Country Service, doe
think it my duty to set my worldly affairs in some Order. Item.
It is my Will that my wife shall have my Homelott & House, and one of the
3-acre Lotts on the East side of the Great River, and my upper Lott in the
Meadow, during her Widowhood ; and if she marry again, then all to return to
my son James. My son James shall have my Dwelling house & Homelott, and all
the Land on the West side of the Great River, and all my Land in the Upper
Meadow, & all my Rights on the Plaine on the East side of the Great River,
he not claiming any right at Machamoodus. And my Will is that my son Thomas
Welles shall have my Cow Meadow Lott, & all my Rights at Machamoodus. My son
James shall have all my Moveables of Stock and all other things not above
disposed of, and he my son James to pay to my daughter Elizabeth £10 besides
what she hath already had. And to pay to my 2 daughters, Mary and Susannah
Welles, when they come to age, £15 apeice.
Witness : George Gates, JAMES X WELLES.
Thomas Gates. Court Record,
Bonita
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Lady Bonita
Arizona, USA
Wells Surname DNA Study Merge Database:
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