The will of Henry Elkins of Hampton, 1667

I Henry Elkins of Hampton in y^e County of Norfolk in new england being very aged weake & infirme of body but of sound & p[er]fect sence & understanding: doe make this my last will & Testament as followeth

I^st: I give & bequeathe unto my loveing Sone: Gershom Elkins my dwelling house & out howsing being & standing, on my house Lott

It: I give unto my sone Gershom my house lott being P[er] estimacon five acres more or less as it is liing between y^e lott of Godfrey dearborn towards y^e East & y^eland of m^r Hussey sometimes Jefferie Mingays towards y^e west to him & his heires for ever

It: I give unto my Sone Gershom Elkins two acres & an halfe of planting land liing between y^e land of Tho: Levitt towards y^e East & y^e land of Henry Dearborn towards y^e west more or less as it is

It: I give to my Sone Gersom, one share of y^e Cows com’on according to y^e true estimacon thereof as y^e Com’ons are divided by y^e towne

It: I give to my Sone Gerhom Elkins y^e one halfe of my land of y^e 2^d division at y^e west end of y^e towne called y^e new plantacon being by estimacon forty acres more or less as it is

It: I give to my Sone Gershom my two Oxen & my Cowe & one calfe & my horse & all y^e moveables in y^e house & feild & he is to take care to im[pro]ve y^e same & to P[ro]vide for my comfortable livelihood whilst I am in this world

It: I give to my sone Eliezer Elkins my youngest sone five pound to be payd by my Executo^r w^th:in a yeare after my decease

It: I give to my Sone Eliezar, y^e other halfe of my land att y^e new plantacon being by estimacon forty acres more or less as it is

It: I give to my sone Eliezar y^e two acres of marsh w^ch was purchased of Benjamin shaw as it is made sure to him by deed

And I doe make & appoint my Sone Gershom Elkins, to bee my lawfull Executo^r to this my last will & Testam^t: who is to take care for my comfortable subsistance whilst I live & for my decent buriall att my death in a Christian manner & Costome: And for y^e confirmacon of this my last will and Testam^t I have herunto set my hand & seale y^e 27^th of Aprill 1667

Henry Elkins w^th to it

Signed Sealed & confirmed
in y^e p^rsence of us
Sam: Dalton:
Mehetable Dalton

[Proved April 9 and 13, 1669]
[Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 2, p. 135.]

[Inventory of the estate, appraised March 27, 1669, by Godfrey Dearborn and Giles Fuller; amount, £45.7.10.]
[Norfolk County, Mass., Deed, vol. 2, p. 136.]