Will of Nathan Low of Boxford, yeoman

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title
Will of Nathan Low of Boxford, yeoman
type
will
date
31 Mar 1803; entered among probate business of 6 Aug 1804
repository
Essex County Probate, Salem, Massachusetts
reference
Essex Probate record book 1803-1806, image 324 of 884; FamilySearch image 3:1:3Q9M-C9YT-8S15
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YT-8S15
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"I Nathan Low, of Boxford in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life ..."

  • To his wife Lucy: the use of one third of the real estate for life; "two cows and two sheep"; "my chaise and sleigh to her own use and disposal, together with the privilege of using a horse for all necessary purposes"; and all the household furniture "except my desk and a low chest."
  • To "my son Nathan Low two dollars in addition to what I have already given him, as his full portion of my estate."
  • To James, $50; to Daniel, $100; to William, $100; to Jeremiah, $2 "in addition to what I have given him."
  • To Solomon, all the real estate and buildings, subject to his mother's dower, and the personal estate.
  • To Joseph, "that part of the Back Pasture ... lying westerly of a valley, where stones are laid for the purpose of making a wall," and $300 in three instalments.
  • A clause about his pew or share in the meeting house of the First Parish, partly lost in the transcription.
  • Executors Solomon Low and Moses Dorman. Witnesses "Jacob Lofty" (as transcribed; check the image), Daniel Bodwell, Samuel Haseltine.

Son Caleb (b. 1767) is not named. A FamilySearch user note gives "Entered in Probate 6 August 1806." The original probate file and inventory have not been seen. Found through a source a FamilySearch user attached to Major Nathan Low (M684-PQP); it belongs to his father.

Read through FamilySearch Full-Text Search, whose machine transcription stands beside the image; checked for sense, not letter by letter against the image (Low master research, 6 Oct 2026).

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  2. title: "Will of Nathan Low of Boxford, yeoman"
  3. type: will
  4. date: 31 Mar 1803; entered among probate business of 6 Aug 1804
  5. repository: Essex County Probate, Salem, Massachusetts
  6. reference: "Essex Probate record book 1803-1806, image 324 of 884; FamilySearch image 3:1:3Q9M-C9YT-8S15"
  7. url: "https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YT-8S15"
  8. seen: transcript
  9. access: public
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  12. "I Nathan Low, of Boxford in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman,
  13. considering the uncertainty of this mortal life ..."
  15. - **To his wife Lucy:** the use of one third of the real estate for life; "two cows and two
  16. sheep"; "my chaise and sleigh to her own use and disposal, together with the privilege of
  17. using a horse for all necessary purposes"; and all the household furniture "except my desk and
  18. a low chest."
  19. - **To "my son Nathan Low two dollars in addition to what I have already given him, as his full
  20. portion of my estate."**
  21. - To James, $50; to Daniel, $100; to William, $100; to Jeremiah, $2 "in addition to what I have
  22. given him."
  23. - To Solomon, all the real estate and buildings, subject to his mother's dower, and the personal
  24. estate.
  25. - To Joseph, "that part of the Back Pasture ... lying westerly of a valley, where stones are laid
  26. for the purpose of making a wall," and $300 in three instalments.
  27. - A clause about his pew or share in the meeting house of the First Parish, partly lost in the
  28. transcription.
  29. - Executors Solomon Low and Moses Dorman. Witnesses "Jacob Lofty" (as transcribed; check the
  30. image), Daniel Bodwell, Samuel Haseltine.
  32. Son Caleb (b. 1767) is not named. A FamilySearch user note gives "Entered in Probate 6 August
  33. 1806." The original probate file and inventory have not been seen. Found through a source a
  34. FamilySearch user attached to Major Nathan Low (M684-PQP); it belongs to his father.
  36. Read through FamilySearch Full-Text Search, whose machine transcription stands beside the image; checked for sense, not letter by letter against the image (Low master research, 6 Oct 2026).
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