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Will of Bygod Eggleston

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The will of Bygod Eggleston

I Bigat Egllstone of Windsor, in ye county of Hartford, being aged and weake, doe make this my last will & Testament as followeth: I comit my sould in ye hands of god, and my body to be buryed in seemly maner by my frends. My Estate, which is but Samll, This is my will: My House & Land after my decease I give to my son Beniamin, he being ye staff of my age, on this condition, that he shall maintaine his Moother during her life and pay my Debts. And in case yt my son Joseph should come and demand a portion, his brother shall pay him forty shillings as he is able wth conveniency. Also to my son James & my son Samuel & my son Thomas, And to my Daughters Mary, Sarah & Abigail, to eyther of these three shillings apeece. All ye rest of my estate I give to my son Beniamen, and doo make him my exsequitor.

Witness: Nath. ffyler, Abraham Randall, John Hosford.

Beget Egleston.

Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1635-50, A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 1663 to 1677, Page 136 Name: Bygatt Eglestone Location: Windsor

Invt. œ116-03-00. Taken 24 October, 1674, by Old William Trall, Thomas Dibble sen., Matthew Grant. Will dated 13 November, 1673

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