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Nathaniel Tilden
July 31, 1641

Plymouth Colony Wills 1:37-38
Mayflower Descendant 3:220-223 (1901)
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[38] An Inventorie of the goods and chattells of Natahniell Tilden late of Scittuate in New England in America gen Deceased made & prized the xxxith Day of July 1641 by us whose names are hereunder written

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Imprimis in the Hall one table one forme & chaires 00 23 00

It one booke of martirs one great bible Calvins instucons wilson on the romans 3 of Mr Downams 3 of Dotr Prestons Dod upon the Comaundnts Sibbs upon the covenant 3 of Doctr Stortons mr Dikes works & thirty other bookes 05 00 00

It i muskett i sword & birding peece 01 00 00

It in the Innter rooms i bed furnished 03 00 00

It 3 pair of sheets two pair of pillowcoats i duzn

& half of napkins two table cloaths two towells 03 00 00

It i peece of fusteon 00 14 00

It xii peecs of pewter 00 12 00

It iii silver spoones 00 15 00

It two cloakes 02 00 00

It i truncke 00 06 08

It in the hall chamber i bed furnished 03 00 00

It three chests 00 14 00

It in the Inner Chamber one flock bed furnished 01 10 00

It three chests 00 06 00

It i smale paire of brand Irons 00 02 06

It i old case of bottells 00 03 00

It 2 old flock beds two boulsters three blanketts & a pillow 02 00 00

It in the servants chambers two flock beds furnished 02 00 00

It ix paire of sheets 02 10 00

It vi paire of pillow coats 00 15 00

It vii table cloathes 00 16 00

It iii duzzen & three napkins 01 00 00

It v Towells 00 10 00

It iiii old table clothes & other old linnen 00 02 00

It x silver spoones 0* 00 00

It six prcells of fusteon 03 18 00

It the rest of his weareing apparell 05 10 00

It a pillion & a pillion cloth 00 10 00

It six cusheons 00 09 00

It the rest of the pewter 03 10 00

It the bras 05 00 00

It the irons belonging to the chimney 00 14 00

It iii iron potts 00 16 00

It ii frying pans & a dripping pan 00 10 00

It scales and waights 00 12 00

It i grindle stone 00 05 00

It i one Jacke 00 14 00

It brewing vessells & milk vessells & beere vessells kneading troughs & other tubbs 05 00 00

It certaine spruce boards 01 00 00

It other smale things necessary about the house 00 10 00

It all the Iron and workeing tooles belonging to husbandry 03 10 00

It the Cart & all things belonging to yt & a set of harrow tynes 03 06 08

It two oxen two bulls two steeres 1 yearling one Cow and a calfe 50 00 00

It ii hoggs and foure piggs 07 00 00

It foules about the house 00 13 04

It tenn stocks & swarmes of bees 10 00 00

It fishing netts 01 00 00

It pouder & shott 01 06 08

It Indean Corne in the house about 37 bushells about 3 bushells of sumer wheate 1 bushell and halfe of peas & about one bushell & half of mault 07 00 00

It xiiii acrees of Corne on the ground 30 00 00

It in Debts hopefull & Desprate 27 00 00

Prized as abovesaid by us

Willm Vassall

Thomas Chambers

Willm Hatch

(From the Mayflower Descendant, Vol. III, pp. 220)


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