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- "He was a farmer and tanner, also a captain in the Colonial army and saw service in the early wars. He was the father of eight chil., the fourth of which was Nathaniel, b. Aug. 30, 1727, the founder of the Boothbay branch of this numerous family."
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*New [WILL]
ICHABOD TIBBETTS 1746 DOVER In The Name of God Amen. The Thirtieth Day of December Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & forty Six, I Ichabod Tebbets of Dover in ye Province of New-Hampsr in New-England Husbandman, being Sick & Weak in Body
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Imprimis, I Give & Bequeath to my Beloved Wife Patience Tebbets, whom I Constitute make & Ordain my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament, The Sole Use and Improve- ment of all my Homestead Land Lying & Being on y e Westerly Side of y e Road that leads along by y e Easterly End of my Dwelling House, together with y e Sole Use and Improvement of my s d Dwelling House & Barn or Barns, & all other Buildings, & orchard or orchards, & all Fruit Trees, & other Trees Standing or being upon y e s d Land, and all During y e Term of her Contin- uing my W 7 idow; but in Case She Shall marry again, then I give her only her Proper Dowry, as by Law Allowed ; and at y e Decease of my s d Wife, or at y e time of her marrying again I Give all y e aforementioned Premisses to my son James Tebbets & to his Heirs & Assigns for ever. I also Give to my s d Wife all my Stock of Cattle Sheep & Swine, Excepting one Yoke of Steers, now Coming in four Years of Age, which I Give to my
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Son Nathll Tebbets, I also Give to my sd Wife all my Tools Utencels & Farming Tackling as Carts Sleds Yoks Chains Axes Hoes Sythes &c: Excepting one Yoke Bows & Tackling belonging unto it, viz: y e Yoke in which ye above sd Steers have Commonly Wrought, which I Give to my sd Son Nathll Tebbets. I also Give to my sd Wife all my Household Goods, as Beds, Beding and Lyning, Puter, Brass, Iron &c: Except Such Puter as did Belong to my former Wife, which I Give to my Daughter Judith Pinkum, and my Wareing Apparrel which I Give to my Two Sons aforementioned Nathll & James to be equally Divided between them.
Item I Give to my sd Son Nathanael Tebbets his Heirs & Assigns all my Land Lying on ye Easterly Side of ye aforesd Road over against my sd Dwelling House, together with my Tan-vats in sd Land, and all my Right Title & Interest in the Land at Nocks Marsh, So Called; & allso ye Yoke of Steers, and Yoke belonging to them, as above mentioned, & ye one half of my wareing apperrel, as abovesd
Item I Give to my sd Daughter Judith Pinkum all ye Puter which did properly belong to my former Wife, her mother as abovesd and also Ten Pounds in Cash old Tenor, to be Paid her by my sd Son Nathll Tebbets, within ye Term of one Year after my Decease.
Item I Give to my sd Son James Tebbets his Heirs & Assigns, at the Decease of my sd Wife, or in case She Shall marry again then at ye time of her marriage, all ye Land Buildings & orchards Fruit Trees & all other Trees, which I have in & by this my last Will Given to my Wife During ye Term of her Continuing my Widow, & also ye one half of my waring Apparrel as abovesaid.
Item I Give to my Three Daughters, viz: Rebeckah, Ann and Martha Tebbets Thirty Pounds, old Tenor, that is to Say Ten Pounds to Each of them, to be Paid them by my sd Son James Tebbets within ye Term of one Year, after ye Estate I have in this my last Will Given him, Shall by virtue hereof Come into his Possession & Improvement. And I do hereby utterly Dis-
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sallow & Disannul all & every other former Wills Legacies & Executors, by me in any wayes made Will'd or Named, Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written.
Signed Sealed Pronounced Ichabod Tebbets & Declared by ye sd Ichabod Tebbets as his last Will & Testament in ye Presence of us
Jon a Cushing
Nathael austin
Thomas Miller
[Proved Feb. 25, 1746/7.] [Inventory, July 21, 1747; amount, £2892.15.0; signed by John Wood and Stephen Roberts.] [Account of the settlement of the estate; receipts, £3090.19.0; expenditures, £275.4.0; signed by Patience Tibbetts; claims against the estate, £535.6.0; license granted to sell real estate.]
[Account of additional expenses by Patience Pooler, executrix, formerly widow of the deceased; amount, £78.0.0; mentions charge for time of Humphrey Pooler and wife; also maintenance of three children, one, one year, another, three years, and another, five years and a half.]
[Guardianship of Nathaniel Tibbetts, minor, son of Ichabod Tibbetts, granted to Joseph Austin of Dover, yeoman, March 25. 1749-]
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The Stanwood Family
1690 - 1746 (56 years)
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