1710. June 5. The commons were divided amongst Thos. Bonney and others. 1712. June 16. Distribution of the commons was made to the following proprietors, Thomas Bonney and others: 66 The following is copied from the original will: Know all men by these Presents that I Thomas Boney of Duxborough in the County of Plymouth in ye Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England Husbandman, being "aged & in dayly expectation of my dissolution by reason of "sickness & many infirmities, yet of perfect mind & memory, "thanks be given to Almighty God, do therefore upon mature "& serions Consideration make & ordain these presents to, "be my last will & testament in manner & Form following to "Remain firm & iuviolable forever. 66 66 Imprimis-1 Recommend my Soul into ye hands of God ye father of Spirits who gave it & my Body to ye Earth in "hope of a better Resurrection through my Lord & Saviour "who is ye Resurrection & ye Life, and as touching all "such temporal estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless "me in this life I give Demise & dispose thereof in ye fol"lowing manner & Form viz 66 66 66 "First-my will is that all my Just Debts & Funeral charges be payd & discharged within Convenient time after iny Decease "Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth now ye wife of Ephraim Norcnt une half of ye whole of that "Farm of land both upland & Medow in Duxborough "above sd. whereon I now dwell with one half of all ye "housing Fencing & orchards thereon & thereunto belonging "to her Heirs & Assigns forever. "Item-I give & Bequeath to my grand Children, viz―ye "children of my Daughter Mercy (now ye wife of John "Cartes) which she had by her late Husband Nathaniel "Delanoe late of sd Duxborough Deceased, ye other half of ye whole of my above sd Farm with one half of all ye Housing Fencing & orchards thereon & thereunto belonging "to them my said grandchildren their Heirs & Assigns forever viz, one third part to my grandson Nathaniel Delanoe "& the other two thirds thereof to be equally divided among "his four sisters, viz-Mercy, Lydia, Zerviah & Mary 66 Item-My will is that if ny said Daughter Mercy shall "survive after ye death of her present husband John Curtes my above mentioned grandchildren shall pay to her ye sum "of Twenty Pounds out of what is above given them each one "their proportion according to what is given them as abovesd"Item-I give my Gun to my Grandson Nathaniel Delanoe"Itein-I give to my Grand Daughter Mercy Delanoe if "she shall be married within Twelve months after my Decease one feather Bed with ye furniture of it 66 "Item-I give & bequeath to my sd Daughter Elizabeth, my biggest Bible & one feather Bed with ye furniture thereof my warming pan & largest Iron Pot my trammels & other "utensils belonging to ye chimney 65 66 Item-My will is that my son in law Ephraim Norcut shall "have one half of all ye hay, grain, apples, & of whatsoever "else hath been raised is now growing or hath been growing "upon my abovesd Farm this present year, is harvested, gath"ered in, or is yet to be harvested, mowed, or gathered in, "from off ye sd. Farm, provided that he ye said Ephraim "Norcut shall complete & Finish what remains to be done in harvesting mowing & gathering in ye above mentioned prem"ises, & also pay into my said Estate Twenty shillings 66 66 Item-My will is that my two wood lots of land lying "within ye Township of Duxborough abovesd Contiguous to ye highway that leads from Duxborough to Marshfield shall "be disposed of in ye same manner & proportion & to ye "same persons that my abovesd Farm is given & bequeathed 66 to Item-All ye Residue of my Estate in whatsoever specie "it is or may be found I give & Bequeath to my abovesd two "two Daughters viz- Elizabeth Norcut & Mercy Curtes to be "equally Divived between them "Item-I do hereby nominate Constitute & appoint my "much esteemed friend Thomas Prince of sd Duxborough to "be sole Executor of this my last will & Testament, & I do "hereby revoke & dicallow all former wills be me heretofore "made Confirming & Ratifying this & not other to be my "last will & Testament, Lewitness & Confirmation whereof I "have hereto set my hand & seal ye twenty ninth day of July "Anno Domini 1735 "Signed sealed pronounced & "Elisha Brewster "Bethia Prior x her mark "John Wadsworth Thomas Boney |