Will of Mary (Burnham) Morton of Windsor, Connecticut,
dated 18 January, 1719/20

---

I, Mary Morton of Windsor, widow, do make this my last will and testament: I devise and give unto my two sons, John Morton and Samuel Morton, all my lands which do or ought of right belong unto me as my part or share of the lands belonging to my honoured father, Thomas Burnham deceased. Also, I give unto my sd. sons John and Samuel my plow irons, one timber chain, draft chain, all the irons belonging unto my cart, two stubbing hoes, one spade, one cart rope, one hamer, two collers, one hatchet, one wheat ridle, two sickles; all these to be equally divided between my sons as their own. I give to my sd. son John one paire of money scales and one pewter tankard. I give unto my son Samuel one paire of cobb irons, one paire of tongs, one tramel, one paire of brass scales with the weights belonging to them, one great Bible, one pewter platter called Old East or Old One, one frying pann, warming pann, one old chest wherein I keep my linen, one bedd with all the furniture belonging thereunto, one table, 1-2 of my earthern were and 1-2 of my wooden ware, one hogshead, one meal trough, one looking-glass, four glass bottles, two bags, one brass skillett, one table cloth. I give and bequeath unto my granddaughter Esther Coult one bed, which I usually lye on, with all the furniture belonging thereunto, one trunk, 11 napkins, one Holland shift, all my wearing apparrell and other clothes, two boxes, one pewter basin and three of my biggest pewter platters and one table cloth, two little wheels, one great wheel; all these I bequeath to my sd. granddaughter to be her own. I give to my granddaughter Hannah Morton, the daughter of my son Thomas Morton, 1s; to each of the children of my daughter Ann Drake, 1s. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Loomis one new bed ticking and one bolster, one powdering tub, one blankett, all which particulars my sd. daughter hath already in her hands. All my other moveable estate of what kind soever I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Coult. I appoint my son John Morton executor. Witness: William Williams, Gabriel Williams, William Williams, Jr.
Mary X Morton, ls.

Invt. œ52-06-00. Taken 30 January, 1719-20, by William Williams and Gabriel Williams.

Will dated 18 January, 1719-20.

Court Record, Page 122--1st March, 1720: Will proven.

---

Source: A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS: 1715 to 1723. Page 356
Name: Mary Morton
Location: Windsor