Will of Alice (Ashton) Angell, dated October 21, 1694


Here ffolloweth the Record of the last will & Testament of Alice Angell of Providence (deceased)

Be it knowne unto all Peoþle by these presents That I Alice Angell of the Towne of Providence in the Narraganset Bay in New England (widdow) being now very weake of Body but (through mercy) of sound & Perfect memory do make this to be my last will & Testament.
I do give & bequeth unto my foure | daughters | (viz) Anphillis Smith, Deborah Sabeer, Alice Whipple and Margery Whipple all my weareing Apparrill both Woollen & linnen Equally to be devided amongst them, & more over to my Daughter Deborah Sabeer I give one Chamber Pott & two wooden Trayes which formerly belonged to my son Hope, & also I give unto my daughter Alice Whipple one Trunke & a Deske which my mother gave to me;
Item I do give & bequeth to my son James Angell five Pounds in money.
Item All the Remainder of my goods not before disþosed of I do give unto my Two sons (to witt) John Angell & James Angell Equally to be betweene them two devided; And I do make ordaine & appoynt my son James Angell to be my Executor who shall see that my Body be decently buried and þerforme this my will according to my true Meaneing & intent therein, In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seale the one & Twentyeth day of October Anno: One Thousand si× hundred ninty & foure.
And farther my will is, that Each of my foure daughters aforesd shall have so much of my Pewter as may be for a Remembrance of me. memorandum the three lines & the piece of line blotted out was allowed of by ye Testator, it being something mistaken by the scribe & should not have been there./
Signed & Sealed in the presence of                     The mark of X Alice
Tho: Olney                                                                       Angell
Nathaniell Waterman
Epenetus Olney./

James Angell E×ecutor to the Will on the other side of this Paper Written; & Tho: Olney & Nathaniell Waterman & Epenetus Olney witnesses to the said will, have the 15th day of Januarey 1694/5 given Engagement unto the sd Will./
The sd will hath the 15th day of Januarey 1694/5 been E×amined by the Towne Councill of Providence./
Attests Tho: Olney Towne Clarke./
Recorded August ye 18th 1711 Tho: Olney Clerk./



Here followeth ye Record of the Inventary of the Estate of ye deceased Alice Angell of Providence.
The Inventary of the Estate of ye deceased Alice Angell; Taken & made January ye 21: 1694/5./

Imprimis, weareing Apparrill./          lb - s - d
It 7 white linnen square Neckcloathes          00-14-00
It 2 blue neckcloathes          00-03-00
It 3 Capps          00-05-00
It 8 Capps & Coyfes, white linnen          00-08-00
It 6 head dressings & four Cross Cloathes          00-10-00
It 4 P of Gloves & a Poket handkercherf          00-05-00
It Other small weareing linnen old & worne          00-10-00
It 2 blue Aprons i Greene apron, & one home-      }
     spun one                                                          }
          00-18-00
It 2 wast Coats          00-12-00
It 3 Petty Coates          01-17-06
It 2 fine shifts & 2 old ones          01-04-00
It sevrall other Coats, i P of Bodyesses & other     }
     Apparrill old & much worne                             }
          01-10-00
It i P of new stockins & other old stokins & shooes          00-06-00
It 5 Pounds in Money          05-00-00
It A Trunke & a Deske          00-10-00
It 3 Old bolsters, not fethers, 2 pillowes, & an      }
     old straw bedd                                               }
          00-18-00
It A very old flock bedd much Worne & light          00-12-00
It A ffether bed & bolster          03-00-00
It A ffether bed & bolster          03-00-00
It An old bolster & 3 old Pillowes          00-08-00
It i P of Cotten linnen sheets, & i P of all lin-        }
     nen sheets                                                      }
          01-16-00
It 4 P of Tow sheets          02-00-00
It i P of fine Pillow beers          00-08-00
It 5 Pillow beers          00-15-00
It 5 Napkins          00-05-00
It 4 Towells & a small Table Cloath          00-05-00
It 2 Pillow beers          00-06-00
It i P of Blancketts          01-10-00
It i P dutch Blancketts          02-00-00
It i Rugg Called a smooth Rugg          01-10-00
It i Coverlidd          01-10-00
It i P of old Blancketts          00-15-00
It i old worne out Rugg          00-05-00
It 3 old linnen Cloathes that things were wrapt in          00-05-00
It 3 old Blanketts          00-07-00
           35-07-06
It 2 basens & a Pewter Platter          00-12-00
It 2 Chamber potts          00-08-00
It i leakey quart pot, 2 pint pots old, & i halfe        }
     pint pott                                                          }
          00-06-06
It 2 old Pewter small dishes, 2 Poringers, 2 spoones          00-05-08
It An old small bason & Porringers a saucer &      }
     2 old spoons                                                   }
          00-02-00
It 2 small old Bell Mettle posnetts, a brass            }
     Candlestick a brass morter & Pestle                }
          00-15-00
It An old brass Chafeing dish & a brass skillet,     }
     no frame, worne out & Patcht                         }
          00-02-00
It 4 Indian woodden dishes, 2 Trayes & a boul          00-08-00
It i old Turned boul, a dish, a platter & a skim dish          00-01-00
It i old Lantheron & a kallebash bottle          00-02-00
It i old Runlet          00-00-06
It i old Earthen pot, a Pann & small dish          00-01-00
It 3 old brass Kittles, little better than old brass          01-00-00
It i small Iron Pott & small |old| Iron Kittle          00-10-00
It i ffrying Pann          00-04-00
It i old warming pan          00-06-00
It i Tramill, an Eech hooke, an old Grid Iron, a      }
     P of Pott hookes, a P of Tongs, a slice han-     }
     dle & a spitt & a P of bellows                         }
          00-11-00
It 6 Glass pint bottles          00-02-00
It 4 long necked bottles of Glass          00-02-00
It 3 old spoones          00-00-06
It An old lookeing Glass          00-01-06
It i Pillo beere          00-02-00
           lb - s - d
It 3 bedd steds          01-00-00
It 3 Chests, a box, & another box with drawers          02-02-00
It 1000 of Pinns          00-02-00
It 5 Chaires          00-12-00
It Old Tubbs & such Lumber          00-05-00
It A Table          00-10-00
It A Joynt forme          00-04-00
It A settle          00-06-00
           10-17-08
The sum Totall, Errors Excepted, amounts to          46-05-02


The abovesd Inventarey is a just appriseall of ye Estate of sd Alice Angell; of what was brought to our vew, Taken & Made ye day & yeare abovesd by us Tho: Olney, Nathaniell Waterman. The 12f day of ffebruary 1694/5 James Angell the Executor of the deceased Alice Angell hath made oath to the truth of ye Inventary above written; And also Tho: Olney & Nathaniell Waterman./ Recorded August ye 21: 1711 Tho: Olney Clerk.



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