Will of Mary (Welles) Gilbert of Hartford, Connecticut,
dated 23 May, 1720In the name of God, amen. The three and twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord 1700 Annoqe R. R. Gulielmi Tertis Anglae and Duodecimo. I, Mary Gilbert, of the Town of Hartford, in the County of Hartford, within the Colony of Connecticut in New England, in America, widow and innholder. I give to my son Thomas Gilbert 18 acres in the Long Meadow in Hartford, abutting east on a pathway, west on the Neck, north on land sometime belonging to Wm. Edwards, and south on land of John Day. I give to my son Samuel Gilbert a parcel of land usually called the Pine Field, in Hartford, 3 acres more or less, and to my son Ebenezer Gilbert land in the Long Meadow that I bought of Thomas Butler; to my grandson Thomas Dickinson œ20, also all that is due to me from my son-in-law Charles Dickinson. I give and bequeath all the rest of my estate, real and personal, to be divided into 5 equal parts, and one part to each of my children: To Thomas Gilbert one part, to Ebenezer Gilbert one part, to my daughter Lydia Chapman one part, to my daughter Rachell Marshfield one part, and to the children of my late daughter Sarah Belcher one part, which is to be accounted as one instead of their deceased mother. One-seventh part of the legacy given to Lydia Chapman to be paid to the two sons of my late grandson Jonathan Richardson deceased, when they attain to 21 years of age, the children of my said daughter Lydia which she had by her husband Richardson deceased. And my mind and will is that the rest of the fifth-part legacy given to my daughter Lydia, not otherwise disposed of to the heirs of the late Jonathan Richardson decd., shall be equally divided amongst the children of my said daughter Lydia which she had by her husband Richardson decd., and paid to them, the daughter at 18 years and the sons at 21 years of age. I appoint Mr. Richard Edwards and my son Ebenezer Gilbert executors, and desire Caleb Standly, Esq., and Mr. John Haines to be overseers.
Witness: Simon Booth, Samuel Parsons, Caleb Standly, Sen.
Mary X Gilbert, ls.
Court Record, Page 141-142 -- 10 July, 1700:
Died 3 July, 1700.
Invt. œ562-13-07.
Taken 9 July, 1700, by Jonathan Bull and Samuel Spencer, Sen.
Invt. exhibited, and executors accept the trust. Samuel Gilbert and Capt. Chapman object. They are overruled by the Court, and appeal to the Superior Court.
Page 22 (Vol. VII)
14 November, 1701
Capt. Caleb Standly and Lydia his wife appearing in Court, made oath that they heard Mrs. Mary Gilbert, late of Hartford decd., declare before her death and some time after her will was finished, that her two daughters, viz., Lydia Chapman and Rachel Marshfield, should have all her wearing clothes divided between them, and that they should be well paid for their pains in tending of her in her last sickness. Ordered to be recorded.
Page 29 (Probate Side)
The testimony of Caleb Stanly, Sen., and Lydia his wife is as followeth: That we being at divers times together with Mrs. Mary Gilbert in her last sickness, did hear her declare that it was her will that her two daughters that attended her in the time of her sickness, viz., Lydia Chapman and Rachel Marshfield, after her death should have all her wearing clothes divided between them, and that they should have them as they were apprised in the inventory, and be well paid for their attendance upon her. All which the sd. Mrs. Mary Gilbert declared to us. Unto what is above written we can give our oaths, if called, hereunto.
December the 8th, 1701.
Caleb Stanly, Sen., Lydia Stanly.
Page 126 (Probate Side).
A dist. of part of the estate of Mrs. Mary Gilbert to her son Thomas Gilbert and the children of her daughter Sarah Belcher, deceased:
Know all men by these presents: That we, Richard Edwards and Ebenezer Gilbert, both of the Town of Hartford, executors of the last will and testament of Mary Gilbert, late of Hartford aforesd., widow, deceased, have this 17th day of July, 1705, made computation of the estate of the said Mary Gilbert to find the just value of what is remaining, after payment of debts, particular legacies and other charges, to be divided and distributed to and amongst her children (and their representatives) in five equal parts, according to her said will, and thereupon do find one-fifth part thereof to amount to the sum of œ155-09-08. Now for the payment of the same: To Capt. Thomas Gilbert of Boston, who has interest and right to one-fifth part thereof, and also to the children of Andrew and Sarah Belcher, who have interest and right to one other fifth part. We the said Richard Edwards and Ebenezer Gilbert, executors aforesd., have set out, paid and delivered to them the several parcels of the estate of the said Mary Gilbert mentioned, contained and comprehended in the accompt respectively hereafter following. That is to say, 1705, July 17th.:
œ s d Capt. Thomas Gilbert, 155 -09 -08 The children of Sarah Belcher, 155 -09 -08
Witness our hands: Richard Edwards, Ebenezer Gilbert.
Endorsed.
Memorandum: That on the 18th day of July, Anno Dom. 1705, the within-named Richard Edwards and Ebenezer Gilbert did enter into and did take and had full and peaceable possession and seisin of and in the messuage or dwelling house, outhouses, homelott and appurtenances of the late Mary Gilbert, within named, deceased (sometime belonging to William Gibbon), situate, lying and being in Hartford; and after full and peaceable possession and seisin so had and taken, the said Richard Edwards and Ebenezer Gilbert did deliver full, quiet and peaceable possession and seisin of two fifth parts thereof to the within-named Thomas Gilbert, and of other two fifth parts thereof to Major William Whiting, attorney for the children of Andrew and Sarah Belcher within mentioned, according to the effect and true meaning of the within-written distribution.
In the presence of us, witnesses:
Caleb Stanly, Jr., John Stedman.
Court Record, Page 69 -- 14 August, 1705:
Richard Edwards and Ebenezer Gilbert, executors of the last will of Mrs. Mary Gilbert, exhibited in this Court a dist. by them made of 2-5 parts of both the real and personal estate of the sd. late Mary Gilbert unto Capt. Thomas Gilbert and the children of Andrew Belcher, Esq., of Boston. This Court allow and proves sd. dist., and order it recorded and kept on file, which bears date 17 July, 1705; and this Court order that the letters of attorney relating to this affair granted to William Whiting of Hartford shall be put on file in the Clerk's office.
Source: A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS: 1700 to 1710. (Vol. VI) Page 144-146
Name: Widow Mary Gilbert
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