Will of Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland - In ye Name of God Amen IElizabeth Howland of Swanzey in ye County of Bristoll in yeCollony of Plymouth in New Engld being Seventy nine yeares ofAge but of good & perfect memory thanks be to Allmighty God &calling to Remembrance ye uncertain Estate of this transitoryLife & that all fflesh must Yeild unto Death when it shallplease God to call Doe make constitute & ordaine & Declare Thismy last Will & Testament, in manner & forme following Revokingand Anulling by these prsents all & every Testamt & TestamtsWill & Wills heretofore by me made & declared either by Word orWriting And this to be taken only for my last Will & Testament &none other. And first being penitent & sorry from ye bottom ofmy heart for all my sinns past most humbly desiring forgivenessefor ye same I give & Committ my soule unto Allmighty God mySavior & redeemer in whome & by ye meritts of Jesus Christ Itrust & believe assuredly to be saved & to have full remission &forgivenesse of all my sins & that my Soule wt my Body at thegenerall Day of Resurrection shall rise againe wt Joy & throughye meritts of Christs Death & passion possesse & inheritt yeKingdome of heaven prepared for his Elect & Chosen & my Body tobe buryed in such place where it shall please my Executrshereafter named to appoint And now for ye settling my temporallEstate & such goodes Chattells & Debts as it hath pleased Godfar above my Deserts to bestow upon me I Do Dispose order & giveye same in manner & forme following (That is to say) First thatafter my funerall Expences & Debts paid wc I owe either of rightor in Conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoeverin Convenient tyme after my Decease by my Execrs hereafter namedI Give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son John Howland ye sum of fivepounds to be paid out of my Estate & my Booke called MrTindale's Workes & also one pair of sheetes & one pr ofpillowbeeres & one pr of Bedblanketts, Item I give unto my sonJoseph Howland my Stillyards & also one pr of sheetes & one prof pillobeeres Item I give unto my son Jabez Howland myffetherbed & boulster yt is in his Custody & also one Rugg & twoBlanketts yt belongeth to ye said Bed & also my great Iron pott& potthookes Item I give unto my son Isaack Howland my Bookecalled Willson on ye Romanes & one pr of sheetes & one paire ofpillowbeeres & also my great Brasse Kettle already in hispossession Item I give unto my Son in Law Mr James Browne mygreat Bible Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Lidia Brownemy best ffeatherbed & Boulster two pillowes & three Blanketts &a green Rugg & my small Cupboard one pr of AndyIrons & my lesserbrasse Kettle & my small Bible & my booke of mr RobbinsonsWorkes called Observations Divine & Morrall & allso my finest prof Sheetes & my holland pillowbeeres, Item I give unto myDaughter Elisabeth Dickenson one pr of Sheetes & one pr ofpillowbeeres & one Chest Item I give unto my Daughter HannahBosworth one pr of sheets & one pr of pillowbeeres, Item I giveunto my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Bursley one paire of sheets andone paire of Pillowbeeres Item I give & bequeath unto myGrandson Nathaniel Howland (the son of Joseph Howland) and tothe heires of his owne Body lawfully begotten for ever all thatmy Lott of Land with ye Meadow thereunto adjoyning & belonginglying in the Township of Duxbury neare Jones River bridge, ItemI give unto my Grandson James Browne One Iron barr and on IronTrammell now in his possession, Item I give unto my GrandsonJabez Browne one Chest Item I give unto my Grand DaughterDorothy Browne my best Chest & my Warming pan Item I give untomy Grand Daughter Desire Cushman four Sheep, Item I give &bequeath my wearing clothes linnen and Woollen and all the restof my Estate in mony Debts linnen or of what kind or nature orsort soever it may be unto my three Daughters ElisabethDickenson, Lidia Browne and Hannah Bosworth to be equallyDevided amongst them, Item I make constitute and ordaine myloving Son in Law James Browne and my loving son Jabez HowlandExecutors of this my last Will and Testament, Item it is my Will& Charge to all my Children that they walke in ye Feare of yeLord, and in Love and peace towards each other and endeavour thetrue performance of this my last Will & Testament In Witnessewhereof I the said Elizabeth Howland have hereunto sett my hand& seale this seventeenth Day of December Anno Dm one thousandsix hundred Eighty & six. The mark of Elisabeth E H Howland Signed Sealed & Delivd in ye prsence of us Wittnesses Hugh Cole Samuel Vyall John Browne===========================================================