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Josiah Winslow
December 17, 1674

Plymouth Colony Wills 3:135-136, 138
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The Inventory of Josiah Winslow

An Inventory of the estate of Mr Iosiah Winslow deceased taken and apprised by Anthonie Snow, and Nathaniel Winslow the 17th day of december 1674

In his dwelling house li s d

Item 1 fowling peece 00 16 00

Item 1 old Natchcocke Muskett 00 06 00

Item 2 swords and bandaleers 00 16 06

Item 1 Table & forme 1 bedsted and settle ordered in the will to abide in the house

Item 1 Great bible & Psalme booke 00 08 0

Item 1 book of vsinus on Christian Religion 00 09 0

Item 2 bookes of Mr Burrowghes 00 06 00

Item 1 booke of Mr Weemes; 00 02 6

Item 1 booke Called bloody tenett 00 02 0

Item 26 old bookes 00 06 0

Item 1 bed 1 bolster 2 pillowes 2 paire of pillow beers 2 blanketts 05 10 0

Item 1 paire of sheets 1 Rugg and blankett more 01 03 0

Item 5 Cushens 00 05 06

Item 2 Chaires 00 02 0

Item 1 paire of snuffers 1 lanthorn 1 smoothing box & heator 00 11 6

Item 1 box 00 03 0

Item seuerall smale thingse for the families vse 00 19 6

Item woolen yerne 00 06 0

Item linnine yerne 00 01 6

Item 1 trundle bed steed 00 03 0

Item 1 Chest att 00 06 0

Item 1 paire of sheets 01 07 6

Item 1 paire of sheets 01 02 0

Item 1 paire of sheets 00 12 6

Item 2 paire of pillow bears & a towell 00 07 6

Item 1 diaper Table Cloth 00 16 0

Item 2 diaper Napkins & a Table Cloth 00 16 0

Item 4 fine Napkins 01 00 0

Item Napkins & Table Clothes 00 18 0

Item 10 yards of serge 02 10 0

Item 1 striped Carpett 00 [.6] 0

Item his apparrell as followeth

Item 5 shirts 02 00 0

Item 2 hattes 01 00 0

Item 2 brushes 00 03 0

Item bands Capps & hand kerchieffes 01 10 00

Item sockes woolen & lether Gloues 00 10 0

Item smale pockett thinges 00 04 0

Item 1 black Cloake 01 10 0

Item 1 serge Cloake 00 12 0

Item 1 Great Coate 1 troopers Coate & one paire of briches and 1 paire of drawers 02 00 0

Item 1 serge dublett & briches & Red wastcoate 01 00 00

Item 1 Cloth paire of briches and serge Iackett 00 10 0

Item 1 homspone suite 00 12 0

Item 2 Cassackes 00 08 0

Item 3 paire of drawers 00 [.5] 6

Item old Cloth 00 07 6

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Item Stockens and [...] hood 01 03 00

Item 1 paire of briches not made 00 08 00

Item 1 old hatt and Clothes 00 07 6

Item boots and shooes 1 Coate 01 12 00

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16 19 00

Item in a shed chamber

Item 2 Chests 1 trunck 00 14 00

Item 2 boxes 1 firken 1 Cherne 00 06 00

Item 1 sifting trough & seiues 00 02 06

Item scales & waights and lumber 00 02 00

Item 1 mooseskin and some lether 00 15 00

Item in bagges 00 04 06

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02 04 00

Item in the kitchen

Item 1 bed 1 bolster 1 paire of pillowes 1 Rugg 1 paire of blanketts 1 paier of sheets 1 pillow beer 07 00 00

Item fine Green Curtaines and vallence 01 05 00

Item 1 Red Rugg 1 bolster 00 15 00

Item in pewter 01 12 00

Item brasse 01 06 00

Item potts and other thinges of Iron 01 01 00

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12 19 00

Item in the kitchen

Payles and other wooden thinges 00 03 00

Item in the Celler in milke vessells 00 04 06

Item 1 case of bottles 1 old Case 00 06 00

Item in the house, old Caske 00 06 06

Item 1 old trunke and boxes 00 06 06

Item 2 spining wheels 00 07 00

Item a fram for a table 00 03 06

Item in the kitchen Chamber

Item halfe of the horse Gears & Cart Rope 00 03 06

Item halfe of the plow share and Coulter wedges sickles and old Iron [0.] 08 06

Item 1 eight & halfe of basketts & skins [0.] 02 06

Item Iarrs & an halfe bushell 00 02 00

Item 1 saddle bridle & pillian 1 00 00

Item sheeps woole [0.] 04 00

Item 42 pound of Cotton woole 01 06 03

Item old lumber and other smale thinges 00 05 00

Item 1 booke out of dores 00 02 00

Item Cash found 01 15 10

Item 2 hydes att the tanners 01 03 00

Item the halfe of 23 yards and an halfe of hom spon cloth att the Fullers 02 [0.] 06

Item the halfe of three forkes 00 01 06

Item halfe of Carsey: buttons & silk 00 11 00

Item Cash layed out 03 15 01

Iron hoops axeltree pins Lincepins and washers the halfe of th[...] 00 06 00

Item halfe of thr[ee] Chaines 00 05 00

Item the halfe of one Cleuis 2 staples 1 Ringe one pair of Copps 00 03 00

Item 1 hacksaw [.......] of the axe 00 04 06

Item 1 bear skin 00 04 [0.]

[In the margin:] Item 1 diall 00 04 00

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brought hither 53 05 00

see more folio 138

Plymouth Colony Wills, Vol. III, pp. 135-136

The Inventory of Josiah Winslow (Continued)

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This following appertaines to the Inventory of the estate of mr Iosias Winslow of Marshfeild late deceased

Item Cattle li s d

Item 1 yoake of oxen 06 10 00

Item 1 bull 01 10 00

Item 3 Cowes [0.] 10 00

Item 2 hieffers of three yearne and vantage 04 10 [0.]

Item 1 heiffer of 2 yeares and vantage 01 15 [0.]

Item 4 Calues 01 [0. 0.]

Item 1 Mare 02 10 [0.]

Item 1 horse of one yeare and vantage 01 00 [0.]

Item 1 mare att Norwich 01 00 [0.]

Item 1 Colt 00 05 [0.]

Item halfe of 30 sheep and lambes 04 10 [0.]

Item halfe of 9 swine 01 10 [0.]

33 18 [0.]

Item in debt due to the estate from Boston 04 04 [0.]

[10.] 16 [1.]

Item funarall Charges 05 00 00

Wee are Informed that the Testator died posessed of one dwelling house and one hundred acrees of vpland, without housing theron and a Conciderable parsell or parsells of meddow belonging thervnto the quantite vnknowne to vs; all which lyeth in the Towne of Marshfeild

Item 1 hundred acrees of vpland lying in the Towne of Middleberry of Bridgwater neare Teticutt Riuer

The apprisment made the day and yeare first before

writ[n]

By vs

Anthony Snow

Nathaniel: Winslow

February the 26 1674 Anthony Snow and Nathaniel Winslow te aboue mensioned Apprisors Came before mee and declared that wheras they say aboue that the Testator, as they were Informed died posessed of such lands as aboue mensioned, they both afeirme, that Information was neither by the widdow nor by Ionathan Winslow;

Before Iosiah Winslow Gour:

More Come to knowlidge since the Inventory was taken before oath was made to it; Item 1 siluer [.]ale and two Glasse bottles

March 18th 74/75 Mistris Margarett Winslow Came before me and made oath that this Was a true Inventory of the estate of Iosias Winslow her deceased husband Respecting his Goods and Chattles soe [..] [....] Come to her knowlidge;

Sworne before Iosas Winslow Gour:

Plymouth Colony Wills, Vol. III, p. 138

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