Wills of John Howland and of Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland of Swansea (1686), transcribed by Pilgrim Hall Museum

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Wills of John Howland and of Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland of Swansea (1686), transcribed by Pilgrim Hall Museum
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will
date
Elizabeth's will 17 Dec 1686, proved 10 Jan 1687/8
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Pilgrim Hall Museum (transcription)
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https://mail.pilgrimhall.org/pdf/John_Howland_Elizabeth_Tilley_Howland_Will.pdf
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transcript
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Elizabeth's will begins: "Elizabeth Howland of Swanzey in ye County of Bristoll ... being Seventy nine yeares of Age but of good & perfect memory." She charged her children to "walke in ye Feare of ye Lord, and in Love and peace towards each other." To her son John, with £5, "my Booke called Mr Tindale's Workes"; to her son Isaac "my Booke called Willson on ye Romanes" (Thomas Wilson's commentary on Romans); to her son-in-law James Browne "my great bible"; to her daughter Lidia Browne "my small Bible & my booke of mr Robbinsons Workes called Observations Divine & Morrall" (John Robinson, the Pilgrims' pastor at Leiden). Four sheep to her granddaughter Desire Cushman; a lot of land with meadow at Duxbury to her grandson Nathaniel Howland; her daughters to share "my wearing clothes linnen and Woollen and all the rest of my Estate." Executors James Browne and her son Jabez Howland. Proved 10 Jan 1687/8.

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  2. title: "Wills of John Howland and of Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland of Swansea (1686), transcribed by Pilgrim Hall Museum"
  3. type: will
  4. date: Elizabeth's will 17 Dec 1686, proved 10 Jan 1687/8
  5. repository: Pilgrim Hall Museum (transcription)
  6. url: "https://mail.pilgrimhall.org/pdf/John_Howland_Elizabeth_Tilley_Howland_Will.pdf"
  7. seen: transcript
  8. access: public
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  11. Elizabeth's will begins: "Elizabeth Howland of Swanzey in ye County of Bristoll ... being Seventy
  12. nine yeares of Age but of good & perfect memory." She charged her children to "walke in ye Feare of
  13. ye Lord, and in Love and peace towards each other." To her son John, with £5, "my Booke called Mr
  14. Tindale's Workes"; to her son Isaac "my Booke called Willson on ye Romanes" (Thomas Wilson's
  15. commentary on Romans); to her son-in-law James Browne "my great bible"; to her daughter Lidia
  16. Browne "my small Bible & my booke of mr Robbinsons Workes called Observations Divine & Morrall"
  17. (John Robinson, the Pilgrims' pastor at Leiden). Four sheep to her granddaughter Desire Cushman; a
  18. lot of land with meadow at Duxbury to her grandson Nathaniel Howland; her daughters to share "my
  19. wearing clothes linnen and Woollen and all the rest of my Estate." Executors James Browne and her
  20. son Jabez Howland. Proved 10 Jan 1687/8.
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