Henry Neale born about 1618, died Oct. 16, 1688 aged 71, "the father of twenty one children" as his gravestone, Hancock Cemetery, Quincy says. "He was a Sergeant" says town death record.

Will of Henry Neale Aug. 11, 1688 - Feb. 27, 1690/1, (Codicil dated Sep. 12, 1688 gives goods, etc. to wife Hannah): To son Samuel 5/ having formerly given him 24 a. and he being obstinate and refusing to hearken to my counsel & hath been chargeable and troublesome to me. To son Joseph a cow having formerly given him an estate in lands & in case he die without issue to return to my heirs, and to be null & in fee simple if he have heirs.

To son Benjamin all housing & land in Braintree on N. side of country road from a beginning at land given to son Joseph on the west, extending E. to three great rocks by the country road on the E. side of my dwelling house & from thence on a straight line on E. side of a small swamp & down to the brook northerly, then N. on the brook & with liberty of a way 4 pole wide on E. side of said land to pass & re pass, & 4 a. meadow near town creek, E. & S. on John Baxter, N. on a ditch between it & meadow given to son Joseph & W. on a swamp formerly Capt. Ting's, reserving half the dwelling house & barn & garden & 1 a. near it for use of wife Hannah for life & 10 a. pasture partly bought of Wm. Savell on N. side of the brook provided he abide with my wife and assist her until aged 24. To dau. Abigail Scott 5/ and lands formerly given her. To dau. Hannah Heiden 12 a. at Monotoquid part whereof her husband hath improved & 4 a. swamp & meadow in the farm & her husband Nehemiah to have the refusal of land between said 12 a. & the pond, he paying £10.

To son Henry 10 a. of my farme on land at Monotoquid, & 3 a. swamp & meadow as it shall fall with the rest in equal division & lyeth between land given son Samuel and the saw mill. I give son Henry £3 in the hands of his cousin Samuel Allis which said Allis oweth me & Henry is not to sell without consent of the selectmen or overseers of the poor, that it may not be wasted but improved for his good. To dau. Sarah Mansfield £30. To dau. Mary Thayre half of land between the Frenchs & land laid out to son Samuel & 4 a. swamp & meadow as it falls in equal division & other half of said land being about 20 a. to dau. Ruth Thair with 4 a. swamp & meadow as it falls in equal division. To daus. Deborah, Lydia, Rachel, Elizabeth & Joanna £50 ea. Rest of lands to wife for life & she sole executor. S. Tompson Sr. & Christopher Webb, overseers. Wit: Samuel Webb, Nathaniel Etheridge, Christopher Webb.