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Last will and testament of John Loomis
The will of John Loomis,
dated
- in ye name of God Amend
I John Loomis of Braintree in ye County of Essec Tayler being sick of bodye but
of perfect and wholl minde and carefull to prepare my selfe for ye enioying of
a better life Do make and ordeyne this my last will and Testament the fowrteenth
Daye of Aprill in ye yeere of our lord god 1619 In manner and forme following
ffirst I comend my soule into ye hands of almighty god my Creator And my vile
and Corruptible body to ye earth from whence yt was taken wth a suer hope and
sound perswacon by my faith in ye mirritts of Jesus Christ my Redemer to haue
this my body changed into a glorious being at ye last Day in his heavenly
kingdome. Item I will Joseph Loomis my sonn shall haue my little Tenement or
Dwelling house standing and being in Braintre aforesaid wherein John Lunt now
dwelleth at ye Rate of fforty pownds towards ye payment of my Debts wth a
Garden plott thereto belonging adioyining nere unto his owne And also one
Stable standing nere the markett Crosse in Braintre at ye Rate of Thirtye
pownds or to be sould to the vttermost that may be made of yt Item I will that
all my hushould stuffe and moveable goods shall be praysed and my son Joseph to
haue tenn pownds worth of them as shall seeme fitt to him for his ownse vse
Item I giue to Mary Brooke ye Daughter of Ralph Brooke five pownds out of my
said moveable Item my will is that all my Debts and funerall Charges being
Defraid and paied my fower Daughters (vizt.) Ann Warr, Sara Burton, Elizabeth
Preston and Jane Pengelly shall haue ye Remaynder and ouerplus as well of ye
said houses as also of ye (moveable) equally to be divided amont them parte and
parte like to (them and their) heires or assignes. All wch my will and meaing
(is the same shall) not be parformed untill one halfe yeere next (afther the)
decease of Agnis, my loving wife whom I wil to ejoye (all the) said moveable
whatsoever During her naturall life And I make and ordeyne my said sonn Joseph
Executor to this my last will and Testament Revoking all former whatsoever. And
I request my sonne in law Willm Preston to be Supervisor to see yt performed
according to my true intent and meaning. In Witnes thereof I have here vnto see
my hand and seale the Day and yeere wth in written
The marke of John Loomis
(Mark)
The above Will witnessed
as follows
"Theis being
Wittnesses
1 John Lunt his marke
Richard Kimbould"
It was the custom for a
person to make his mark (X) even though he could read and write at the time
this will was written.
(Courtesy “Tod’s Slice of the Web”)
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