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Averick Moughton nee Freer, 1637

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Submitted by: Joyce M Oates
Date: 8 July 2006
Original: LDS: 0106197

Note: The pagination may not be correct and translated or doubtful wording may not be indicated.



June the 10th (1637)
In the name of God Amen, I Averick Freere ame 
sick in bodie but wholl in mind the Lord God 
be praysed for the same, first doe commend my 
soule to Almightie god, And my bodie to 
Christion buriall.  
Itm, I bequeath to the poore [half] ferlett corne.  
And 1 goise    
Itm to Wyllm Maughton her son iij quarters of 
a cowe in consyderation of certaine debt due 
unto him that I & my husband do owe unto him,  
And 1 shert as a legasie.  
Itm, to Ane Maughton her daughter 1 blankett 
f iiij yeards And all her wollen & linin cloith 
exceipt, the bed cloithes, And one other blanket 
of iiij yeards.  
Itm, more to the sayd Ane, and Nicolas Covley[?Cowley] 
her sonne betwixte them all the linine yearne 
that then was wthin undone, And when it were 
weaven to gete 1 yearde to Wylm Caine Clerke,  
And 1 yeard to Sr John Clerke.   
Itm, 1 yeard to Kethern Kerret --- of rough linin, 
to Margret Stafford  1 yeard rough linine, 
to Bessey Clerke 1 yeard of rough linin.  
It, to her soone Nicolas [half] younge steir of 
iij yeares old in consideration of certaine debte 
that she & her husband ought unto him.  
And what remained of the weavinge sheit[?] of 
Donald Moughtons sonne.  And half a co--- 
as legasie  And the rest of the little house.   
Itm to Jonie Frere 1 keare cloath.  
It: more to Nicolas her sonne the one half of the corne.  
Itm, she constituted and ordained Donald and Anne 
Maughton her children her true & lawful execr, 
And Wyllm her son supervisor And he to geve the 
iij pts of the cowe to him bequeath unto the 
execr for halfe----easse ---[?et]   
Edmunde Maughton her husband did consent unto this Wyll.   
And sayd that it was his last Wyll & testament as 
well as hers.     
Testes: 
Sr John Clerk, 
Donald Christion, 
Wyllm Caine.   Probatu est & solvit 6d.       
Wthin 14teen dayes subpeona 10s.          
Debts due unto me from Willm Frere iiijs b----- 
I bequeath the one half to himself and to ----- my execr.                    

An Inventorie of the goods of Averick Freere as followeth:  
First the choushold stuff praysed to ixs[9s]    
The boyes pte of iiijs vid the same in the hands 
of Tho: Ylvorrie And xviijd in monie due unto the 
boy being for his pte of a calfe of a yeare old.   
It, in the hands of Joni Freere of the boyes movable 
goods For a quarter & a half of a cowe  viijs.    
It, the wench beinge at yeares of discretion her 
pte of the goods movable and unmovable delivered to 
her self.
It  Wyllm Moughton Senor, & Wyllm Moughton jnr  
have bounde themselves in the penaltie of double 
the value of the goods for the forth coming of the 
goods and to keep the office harmlesse