Will of Sarah Wentworth, dated March 20, 1740/41 In the name of God Amen
I Sarah Wentworth of Portsmo in the Province of New Hampshire in New England Wido relect of John Wentworth of Portsmo aforesd Esq Deceased * * *
2d my will is & I Do hereby give & bequeath all the residue of my Estate both Real & Personall of what nature or kinde Soever or wheresoever to my Children & those that Shall be their Legal representatives to be Equally Divided amongst them in Equal Portions Except to my Daughter Elizabeth Loud who I hereby Exclude from any claim or Demand by this Legacy having Provided for her as follows--Viz---
3dly As to my Daughter Elizabeth Loud my will is that She Shall have an Equal Shear of my Estate the Value of which I Leave to my sd Executors to asertain & my will is that what ever it Shall be Shall remain in their hands to be Improved by them for her use Support & maintenance as they Shall think best & to be paid her in Such Sums & at Such Times as they Shall think most for Her Comfort & I alsoe think it Proper & Do hereby order & my will is that if there Should be any thing remaining unpaid of her Legacy mentioned in my Late Husbands Will that that Shal alsoe Lay in my sd Executors hands & be Disposed of in the Same manner & for answering the Same Ends as is Expressed in this Item of my will in relation to what I have ordred her out of my own Estate.
Lastly I Do hereby nominate ordain & appoint my beloved Sons Benning Wentworth & Hunking Wentworth Esqrs to be the Executors of this my Last will & Testament hereby revokeing & Disallowing all former & other Wills by me made holding firm & Valid this & this only as my will & Testament.
Signed Seald & Declared to be Sarah Wentworth the Last will in Presence of us Wittnesses March 20th: 1740/1
her
Mary X Dunn
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Sarah Dalling
[Proved April 29, 1741.]
[Warrant, May 27, 1741, authorizing William King and Mark Langdon, both of Portsmouth, to appraise the estate of Sarah Wentworth, of Portsmouth, gentlewoman.]
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 129.]
[Inventory, signed by Mark Langdon; amount £1053.6.0; attested Aug. 26, 1741.]
[License to the executors, June 26, 1746, to sell real estate.}
[Probate Records, vol. 15, p. 456.]
Portsmo Febr 22d 1779
Sr
My Hond mother madm Sarah Wentworth Dceased Estate is now unsetled or at Least undivided to and amongst her Children and those who are Grand Children, and as there is but only my Brother Mark Hunking Wentworth and I the Subscriber with one Sister alive and all Desire that your Honour would Please to Grant Liberty for a Division of her Estate unsold or other wise if you think it most Convenient to Sell the whole or Part as you think Proper. This Comes by Jona Warner Esqr one of the Heirs of Said Estate who can Inform you further about the Estate if Divided Suppose three men will be Sufficient the Law Says three or five whose names are below the men are understanding men in Land and Know it better than Straingers unacquainted So that any three of them as you think Proper or all as the Wood being Scarce & Dear People are Cutting and Carrying away Large Quantitys and hope & Trust your Honour will order So that would Stop Such Proceedings. Excuse my not waiting on you at Present but my age will not allow of it and am Sr
Your Humbl Servt H Wentworth Execr To the Honble Phillips White Esqr Judge of Probate of Wills for the County of Rockingham
Richd Downing Esqr Capt Jno Dennet Capt Saml Langdon Mr Epha Pickering Mr Saml Sherburne Plains
SOURCE: Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 3, 1741-1749, State Papers Series, Vol. 33
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