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Henry Smith, Ensign
March 22, 1677/1678

Plymouth Colony Wills 4(1):10-11
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The Inventory of Ensigne henery Smith(1)

An Inventory of the estate of Ensigne henery Smith made the 22 of March 1677 by vs whose Names are heervnto Subscribed

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Impr: his wearing apparrell one Cloth Coat 00 05 00

Item 1 serge suite Coate wastcoate and briches 01 10 00

Item 1 homspon Coate 00 10 00

Item 1 hatt & a paire of Cloth briches 01 00 00

Item 1 hoopers coate and a paire of briches 00 10 00

Item 1 paire of shooes and 2 paire of Stockins 00 10 00

Item 2 shirts & three bands capps and handkerchiffes 00 12 00

Item a penystone wastcoate 00 15 00

Item a featherbed and bolster and thre pillowes 05 00 00

Item a paire of fine sheets 01 08 00

Item 3 pillowbeers and some and 2 towells 01 00 00

Item 3 sheets 01 05 00

Item a Rugg & 2 new blanketts 02 07 00

Item a Flock bed and a feather bolster 01 15 00

Item 2 blanketts a Couerlidd and a Rugg 01 10 00

Item a small parsell of wool 00 10 00

Item 8 staines of Linnine yearne and some wollen yearne 01 00 00

Item 1 old Great brasse kettle 00 10 00

Item 1 old brasse kittle and 2 skilletts 00 16 00

Item * 00 08 00

Item 1 great brasse kettle 02 00 00

Item 1 Iron kettle 00 10 00

Item 1 old Iron pott and a warming pan 00 11 00

Item 2 paire of pothookes and a hake 00 10 00

Item 1 paire of tonggs 00 02 06

Item 1 wine quart and a bason and a pint pott 00 01 00

Item 11 ["more" written above the numeral] peeces of pewter 01 00 00

Item 1 Chamber pott 00 03 00

Item 2 keelers and 2 pailes 00 06 00

Item 1 beer barrell & a meat barrell 00 05 00

Item some wooden dishes 00 02 06

Item 1 Great Chest 00 05 00

Item 1 smale Chest with old burnt Irons 01 00 00

Item 2 washing keelers 00 02 00

Item an old Cart and a paire of wheels hoope & boxes 01 10 00

Item 1 plow and plow Irons 00 12 00

Item 1 draught Chaine 00 08 00

Item 1 logg Cheine 00 16 00

Item 1 horse Cheine & taile Cheine 00 12 00

Item a paire of Cart Copps and other Irons 00 08 00

Item 2 Narrow axes 00 06 00

Item 1 spitt 00 03 00

Item 1 holbert 00 07 00

Item 1 Muskett & a sword 01 10 00

Item powder and bulletts 00 03 00

Item 1 seiue & an old Gridiron 00 03 00

Item 1 horse 03 10 00

Item 20 sheep and lambes 10 00 00

Item 1 Cow and 5 young Cattle 10 00 00

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Item Rye 15 bushells & 15 bushells of Indian Corne 05 00 00

Item 1 whom lott Containing 12 acrees with the orchyard 20 00 00

Item 1 ["hom lott" crossed out] 15 acrees of land in the 2cond deuision 05 00 00

Item 1 lott vpon the Great plaine 03 00 00

Lands which were the halfe of Mr henery Smithes our honored father**

Item 5 acrees of land more in the 2cond deuision 01 00 00

Item a peece of fresh meddow and some vpland with it 08 00 00

Item 1 lott vpon the Necke [no value given]

97 05 00

Item 1 whole share on the Northsyde of the towne and a peece & a peece [sic] of Fresh meddow on the riuer Called the [----]th of the Riuer; meddow att Palmer and the 40 acrees 20 00 00

and the Ashen Swampe 20 00 00

Item more 8 acrees of land in the deusion and 30 acrees of land att Palmers Riuer more less 25 00 00

Item a lettle peece of salt meddow att Millard Creeke Containing 2 acrees and a halfe 10 00 00

Item a little parsell of meddow beyond Papasquash Containing 5 acrees more or lesse 20 00 00

Item 1 peece of salt meddow vpon the toungue being about 3 acrees and a quarter more or lesse 08 00 00

lands Purchased ***

Item a parsell of Meddow on the Mill Riuer

Item a parsell of meddow att att [sic] a place Called the horse meddow 01 00 00****

Elisabeth Smith the Relict of Ensigne Smith tooke her oath to the truth of this Inventory the first of Iune 1677 before mee Iames Browne Assistant

Item more one third parte of 2 lotts att the Great plaine 10 00 00

Item 1 third parte of the Comonage that was Mr Winchesters viz: 40 pound

Comon 02 00 00

Item a little peece of meddow att Suttons bridge 05 15 00

Item a nother [sic] parsell of fresh meddow att Samuell Carpenters pond and att the head of the 40 acrees 01 00 00

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Suma totalis 214 00 00

Aprised by vs

Peter hunt

daniell Smith

Plymouth Colony Wills, Vol. IV, part 1, f.10-ll.

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* [Line extends from "item" to the value suggesting that 8 shillings article was never specified.]

** [Written in margin opposite next item. Probably applies to next eight listings of land.]

*** [Noted in margin and probably refers to the following 2 items.]

**** [Value probably applies to the two meddows.]

1. Henry Smith of Rehoboth, Ensign; 1678/79 settlement with administration PCR 6: 3-4. Plymouth Colony Probate Guide (1983: 97).