COMMONWEALTH
of MASSACHUSETTS
BERKSHIRE,
ss.
At
a Court of Probate holden at Stockbridge within and for the County
of Berkshire on the seventh of Oct�r being the Tues Day of said
Month, in the year of our Lord 1788.
The foregoing
was presented as the last Will and Testament of Bartholomew Barret
late of Alford in the County of Berkshire, diseased, by the Executors
therein named for Probate, and James /////, Abijah Huribut Henry
Cable the Subscribing Witnesses to the same appearing, made an
oath that they saw Bartholomew Barret the Testator Sign and Seal,
and heard him Publish and Declare the same to be his last Will
and Testament, that he was of sound Mind and disposing Memory
when he did it; that they all signed as Witnesses to the same,
at the time, in the Presence of the said Testator and of each
other. Whereupon it is considered, that the same be and hereby
is Proved, Approved, Ratified, and Confirmed as the last Will
and Testament of the Diseased.
Jahleel Woodbridge J. Prob.
LAST WILL
AND TESTAMENT OF BARTHOLOMEW BARRETT, Sr.
In the name
of God Amen. I Bartholomew Barret of Alford in the County of Berkshire
in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Gent�m being through the
abundant goodness of God tho� weak in Bad Judgment of a Sound
Judgment and perfect understanding and memory, do Constitute this
my last will and Testament and desire it may be received of is
such by all
/////// I most
humbly bequeath my Soul to God my maker beseeching his most generous
Acceptance of it through the all sufficient merits and mediation
of my most compassionate Redeemer Jesus Christ who gave himself
to be an atonement for my sins and is ///// //// to the uttermost
all who come to God by him seeing he //// /// //// make Intercessions
for them, and who I trust will not reject me a returning penitent
//////// when I come to him for //////. In the hope and Confidence
I render my Soul with comfort, humbly beseeching the most blessed
and gracious Trinity and God most holy most wonderful and gracious
to prepare me for my Destination and then to take me to himself
in that peace and rest and incomparable of ///// which he has
prepared for all them that feast in and //// his name. Amen Blessed
be God
In ////////
I give my body to the Earth from where it was taken in full assurance
that it will rise at the last day. As for my Burial I desire it
may be at the discretion of my Dear wife and Children who doubt
not will manage it with Prudence.
///// to my
worldly Estate, will and ////// Orders that all my Debts be paid
out of the South part of this farm on which I now dwell. Also
I give my Dear wife one third part of the Land, Movables, and
Cattle and one apartment of the house in which I now dwell while
she shall remain my wed. But in case she marry or after her Death
I will her one third of the Land to my Sons Bartholomew, Ephraim,
Eleazer and Alexander Barret //// also I will my sons
Elisha, Philander, Elanda and Erastus Barret the remainder
of the Land, their giving to my two Daughters Wealthy and Sabre?
When the youngest comes to age of Manhood each of them a cow and
four Sheep.
Also the Remainder
of my Movables and dwelling house I will to my sons Philander
Elanda and Erastus the whole of the household furniture excepted
which I will to my Dear wife to be at her disposal.
And I do hereby
make my son Eleazer Barret and my Brother Eleazer Barret Executors
of this my last will and Testament. In witness whenof ///// hereby
set my hand and seal this second day of June 1788.
Intestined?
on the last line of the first page.
Signed
sealed pronounced //// and Delivered by the said Bartholomew Barret
as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his
presence and in the presence of each other have hereto set our
hand.
Signed
Bartholomew Barret recorded Oct�r 1788
Know all Men
that these Presents, That we Eleazer Barret and Eleazer Barret,
Jun�r, Abijah Huribut, John ///// and Henry Cable, all of Alford,
in the County of Berkshire within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto Jahleel Woodbridge
Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills, and granting Administrations
with the county of Berkshire in the full sum of five hundred (500)
Pounds, in Lawful Money of the said Commonwealth, to be paid unto
the Said Jahleel or his successors in the said Office or Assigns;
to the true payment whereof, we do bind ourselves and each of
us, our, and each of our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators,
jointly and severally for the whole, and in the whole firmly by
these Presents Sealed with our seals Dated the seventh day of
Oct�r AD 1789.
The
Condition of this present Obligation is such, that if the above
bounded Eleazer Barret and Eleazer Barret Jun�r who have this
day taken upon them the office of Executors to the last Will and
Testament of Bartholomew Barret, late of Alford, deceased, shall
return upon Oath a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular
the Good and Chattels, Rights and Credits of the said Testator,
which have, or shall come to the knowledge and possession of them,
the said Executors or into the hands and possession of any other
Person or Persons for ///// into the Probate Office, in the said
County of Berkshire upon, or before the first Tues Day of Jan�y
next ensuing. And further do make a just and true account of their
Administration on Oath, as aforesaid, at on before the first Tues
Day of Oct�r next, which will be in the Year of your Lord, 1789
and all the rest and residue of said Goods, Chattels, Rights and
Credits shall deliver and pay unto such Person or Persons as the
said Judge of Judges, by his or their decree. Order or Sentence,
pursuant to Law, or said Will, as the case may be, shall limit
or appoint. Then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain
in force.
Signed,
sealed and delivered in presence of us
Eleazer Barritt
John Stevens
Eleazer Barritt Junior
//////////////////
Abijah Huribut
Henry Cable
Transcribed
by Brian S. Barrett May 23, 2004 for the USGenWeb Project Berkshire
County, MA webpage.
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