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Margaret Howland

25 January 1683/1684

Plymouth Colony Wills 4(2):123

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Inventory of Margaret Howland

Hickly Gour:

An Inventory of the estate of Mistris Margarett howland Relict widdow of Mr Arther Howland Late of Marsh-feild deceased,

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Impr: To one hate and hatt Case [.] 00 00

Item to a green Cloth Gowne 00 10 00

Item to an old Cloth wastcoat 00 01 00

Item to a New Red wastcoat 00 05 00

Item to an old Red Petticoat 00 02 00

Item an homspon petticoat 00 08 00

Item 1 paire of Shooes 00 01 06

It a Red Cloth petticoat and sundry linnin Clothes 00 08 00

Item an old silk handkerchiffe 00 02 00

Item Capps handkerchiffes and other Linine 00 05 00

Item two New Shifts 00 11 00

Item [crossed out: two] a New silk Capp for a Man 00 03 00

Item to 2 old Ruggs and old bed blanketts the Ruggs att 12s and the 5 bed blankets 35 02 07 00

Item an old feather bed 40 shillings 02 00 00

Item a New Pillow six shillings & six old pillowes six s [crossed out: shillings] 00 02 00

Item and old [crossed out: fficke] fflocke bed 3s shillings & old Curtaines 3s 00 06 00

Item Cotton woole and yarne 2s 00 04 00

Item more Table Linine & linnin Cloth [sic] to a new shirt 00 04 00

Item Mony of seuerall sorts of Coyne 04 07 2[1/2]

Item seuerall bookes 00 16 00

Item 1 siluer spoone 11s one siluer bodkin 3s 00 14 00

Item 2 siluer thimbles & one prsell of siluer buttons 00 06 00

Item to a Remnant of siluer and gold bonn Lase & Gold twist 00 05 00

Item 4 paire of spectacles & two Cases 00 02 00

Item a paire of silke garters & a tin gratters & bonlace 00 03 06

Item to thrid silke Tape and pines 00 07 00

Item to a looking Glasse & three Round Boxes 0[.] 0[.] 06

Item a New Iuory Combe & Combe Case 00 01 03

Item a Compas 3 & nine spoones 3s 00 06 00

Item seuerall old Chests & boxes 00 13 00

Item seuerall old Chairs & stooles 00 10 00

Item smale things in a little boxe and deske 00 02 00

Item a paire of Cards 18d and earthen ware 00 01 04

Item to belmettle spice Morter & pestee 00 05 00

Item Tin 3s & a Glasse bottles 00 08 00

Item To pewter 18 shillings and earthen ware 6s 00 04 00

17=5=11 1/2

Item to wooden dishes 2s and old Brasse ware 4s 00 06 00

Item with powdr shott and allom in it 2s 00 02 00

Item Iron potts kettles Cobb Irons and tramell and other Iron ware 01 05 00

Item a Chern a baskett and other wooden ware 00 10 00

Item to Corn and meat 21s=06 01 01 06

Item to lumber in the Chamber 00 02 00

Item to agreat spining wheel: 00 03 00

Item 2 bedsteads and one bed cord 00 07 00

Item a smale Cow and a heiffer 03 10 00

Item to poultree viz: 4 geese 2 Turkeyes 00 07 00

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Item a dwelling house orchyard Sum 06 [.] 06

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vpland and Meddow that the said widdow; seised of 27 19 11

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sum totall 33 19 11

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fiue shillings of the [blurred: est] of the estate mensioned in this Inventory appeered to belong to other prsents; and what the estate is Indebted is not yett fully discouered

Apprised the 25 day of Ianuary Ano: 1683

apprised by vs Samuell Sprague

Iosiah Snow

Iohn Rogers

Arthur howland Testifyed before the Court as in the prsence of God that this is a true Inventory of the estate of Margarett, howland deceased;

Plymouth Colony Wills, Vol. IV, Part II, folio 123.