Will of Edward How, dated June 3, 1644 Edward How
*1644, June 3.
I doe make this my last will I do thus dispose of my estate. First I giue to Nathaniell Treadaway+ about three acres of Upland lying behinde his dwelling howse & one acre vnbroken before ye said howse with nine acres purchased lately of John Vahan further I giue to my wife, Nathaniel Treadaway, & Anne Stonne ye wife of John Stonne of Sudbury ye wares wth all yr previldges therto belonginge & all yt is due to me from Mr. Thom: Mayhew: to either of them one third part. I give to Mary Knowlse & Elisabeth Knowlse each of them one sheep: And all ye rest of my estate, howsinge Lands Chattles & Moveable goods & Debts I give to my wife. If she shall not make vse of or dispose of my estate during her life what she Leave Anne Stonne shall haue one third part of all ye Cattle: & all ye rest of ye Cattle howsinge Lands Debts & movables I giue to Nathaniell Treadaway: my wife Nathaniell Treadaway & John Stonne Excecutors of this my last will: & I doe Appoint John Sherman Suprovisour of this my last will. & I giue vnto him fiftye shillings to be paid by my wife in half a year after my Decease.
By me Edward How.
witnes John Sherman who
was sworne ye: 25 of ye 5th 44
in Court
Steph. Winthrop Recorr.
* This as well as the following wills in this article is slightly abridged, but the phraseology is always preserved.
+Spelt Treadway in FARMER. In the Rev. Mr. Barry's History of Framingham, are many facts concerning descendants of the name.
From Suffolk County Wills; Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record in the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 1984.