SoS_Will_Books_41_50

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In the Name of God Amen: December the 3d: 1710
I Edward Taylor being Sick & weak of Body but
perfect mind & memory thanks be given to God
therefore & knowing that it is appointed for all men
once to dye do make & ordain this my last will &
testament that is to say first and principally I give &
Recomend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it
& my Body to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian
Buriall at the discression of my Executrix nothing doubting
but at the generall resurection I shall Recieve the same
again & by the mighty power of God and as touching such
worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me
in this life I give & dispose of the same in the following
maner & forme Imprimis to my daughter Dorcas Taylor
I give & bequeath two Cows & two Calves: & four Ews one
feather bed & furniture & one Gold Ring wch I brought
out of new England to be paid & delivered by my Executrix
hereafter named to my sd daughter Dorcas at the age of
Sixteen & to be to her Use & her heirs for Ever: Item
I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Taylor & her
heirs lawfully begotten my plantation & tract of Land
Containing three hundred Acres after my well beloved
wife Sarah Taylors Deceace I also give to my daughter
Sarah Taylor two Cows & two Calves four Ews one
feather bed and furniture & one Gold Ring that I had
of my Mother & one chest wth: lock & key. I also
give to my daughter Dorcas Taylor one chest lock & key
Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Anne Taylor
& her heirs two Cows & two Calves four Ews & one
feather bed and furniture and Gold Ring that had of Capt:
Webster & one chest wth: lock & key my Will &
desire is that the Legacys before mentioned the Land
only Excepted be paid to Each of my Daughters by my
Executrix as Soon as they Shall Attaine to the Age
of Sixteen: Item I give & bequeath to Sarah Taylor
my well beloved Wife whome I Constitute make &
ordaine my Sole Executrix of this my last Will &