Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (Hartford District); Charles W.
Mainwaring;
Hartford, 1902-1906 Vol 3, p 170-171
Hungerford, Green, East Haddam. Invt. £1549-10-06. Taken 27 August,
1735, by Samuel
Andrews, Henry Champlin and Noadiah Brainard. Will dated 29 April
1735.
I, Green Hungerford of East Haddam, so make this my last will and
testament: I give to my wife Jemima the use of all my moveable estate, and 1-3
part of my house and barn and orchard, and all my improved lands, during her
widowhold. And if my wife, after my decease, shall see cause to
marry, my will is that she shall have and enjoy as her own proper estate all
the estate that I have
received by her that did acrue to her by her parents. And my will is that my
wife shall doe her endeavour to bring up my children with the use of my
moveable estate, until they shall come to lawfull age. 2ndly, I give to my
three sons, viz., Green, Lemuell and Stephen Hungerford, all the farm or lot
of land on which I now dwell, to be equally divided between them in quanity
and quality, excepting only that I give to my eldest son Green Hungerford 10
acres, to be first taken off from sd. farm on that side that joyns to Benjamin
graves his land. 3rdly, I give to my son Nathaniel Hungerford one lot of land
adjoining to the land of Allin Willey and the land of Mr. Alexander Steward,
containing 40 acres be it more or less, and one lott of land neare the
northwest corner of the lott on which I now dwell, adjoining to the land of
John Sharrard; also another lot of land partly adjoying to the land of Jabeq
Chapman, not far from a pine swamp. Furthermore, I give to my four above sd.
sons, viz.,
Green, Lemuell, Stephen and Nathaniel, all my rights in all the undivided land
in East Haddam, to be
equally divided amongst them; all which lands and rights I give to my four
sons and their male heirs. I
give to my five daughters, viz., Jemima, Mary, Rachell, Esther and Elizebeth
Hungerford, £40 to each
of them, to be paid to them severally as they come of age or are married, that
is to say, to Jemima
£40 with what she hath already received. I hereby authorize and appoint my
wife sole executrix.
Witness: Stephen Cone, Green Hungerford, L.S.
Jabez Chapman, Noadiah Brainard.
Court Record, Page 32 - 7 October 1735: Will and invt. exhibited by
Jemima Hungerford, widow and executrix. Will proven.
Page 90 (Vol XIII) 2 June 1741: This Court appoint Green Hungerford to be
guardian unto ElizabethHungerford, a minor, age 11 years, Lemuel and
Nathaniel, each 8 years, children of Green
Hungerford deceased. Recog., £500.