The following is the will of William SARGENT ca 1606-1675, asrecorded in Edwin Everett Sargent's book, "The Sargent Record,"self-published in 1899.In the name of God Amen. the 24 day of March 1671\72 I WilliamSargent of ye town of Emefbury in ye County of Norfolk Maffachufettf in Newengland Seaman being in pritty good health of body & of found& pfect memorie (praise bee given to god for ye same) & knowing yeuncertainty of thif life on earth & being Defirouf to fettle thingf in orderdoe make thif my laft will & teftamt in manner & form That if tofayFirst & principally I comend my soule to Allmighty God my Creatoraffurdely believing yt fhall recieve full pardon & free remiffion of allmy fins & bee faved by ye peciouf death & meritte of my bleffed Savioc &Redemmer Chrift Jefuf & my body to ye earth from whence it waf taken tobee buried in fuch Decent & Chriftian manner af to my Executoedhereafter named fhall be thought meete & convenient.And af touching fuch wordly eftate af ye lord mercy hath lentmee my will & meaning if ye fame fhal bee imployed & beftowed afhereafter by thif will & Teftament Item I give & bequeath to my grand childWilliam Challis five poundf & to my grandchildren Elizabeth, Lydia, Mary& Phillip watson Challif to each of them twenty fhillings Item Igive & bequeath unto my grand children Dorothie & Elizabeth Colby toeach of them twenty fhillings Item I give unto my grand child WilliamSargent thirty shillings Itt I give & bequeath unto my daughterElizabeth ye wife of Sam Colby five poundf Item I give all ye remayndere ofmy estate (these my legacies & my funeral chargef being firfte paid) untomy daughter Sarah both howfing & landf, chattelf & other movablefwt foever alwayf pvided that if fhe die wth out children that thesehowfing & landf: to bee equally divided: unto my four children hereafternamed, i: e: my fons Thomaf & William & my daughters Mary & Elizabeth ItemI do conftitute ordaine & appointe my fone Thomaf Sargent & mydaughter Sarah Sargent Executors unto thif my will & Teftamt & doe make myloving brother in law Tho Bradbury & my efteemed friend Major Pike myoverfeerf to take care that thif my will may bee prformed according to yetrue intente & meaning thereofAnd to thif my last will & Teftament I doe hereunto fess my hand& feale ye day & year above namedWilliam Sargent (Seal)Signed, fealed and thto inye prfence ufThomas BradburyThe mark of MB Mary BradburyJohn BradburyTho Bradbury & Jno Bradbury testified upon oath yt they faw WmSargent senr. figne, feale & declare thif to bee hif will before yecourt held at Salifbury 13 Aprill 75Tho Bradbury recEntered and Recorded in ye County recordf for Norfolk (tit 3d pa6 ye 29th of Aprile 1675) as attefteTho Bradbury recr