Family of Johnn + BIDWELL and Sarah + WILCOX
Husband: Johnn + BIDWELL
Wife: Sarah + WILCOX
| Name: |
John BIDWELL |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
1641 |
|
| Name: |
Joseph BIDWELL |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
1643 |
|
| Name: |
Samuel BIDWELL |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
1650 |
|
| Name: |
Sarah + BIDWELL |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
William + HOUSE (1642-1703) |
| Birth |
1653 |
Hartford, Hartford, CT, US |
| Death |
1704 (age 50-51) |
Glastonbury, Hartford, CT, US |
| Name: |
Mary BIDWELL |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1654 |
|
| Name: |
Daniel BIDWELL |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
1655 |
|
| Name: |
Sarah BIDWELL |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1658 |
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Note on Husband: Johnn + BIDWELL
Bidwell, John sen., Hartford. Invt. 419 pounds-10-06. Taken 4 June, 1687, by William Pitkin, Joseph Olmsted. Will dated 10 February, 1680.
I John Bidwell of Hartford do make this my last Will & Testament: I doe give to my son John Biddoll, & his Heirs forever, my Lott in the swamp on the east side of the Connecticut River, being about Two acres & a half, Lyeing between Thomas Bunce his land & the Land of Goodman Easton; and allso I doe give & confirme unto him & his heirs forever all my lands and buildings & appurtenances of them whatsoever, which Lye or are in the township of Hartford, on the west side of the Connecticut River. Also I give unto my son Joseph Bidwell 30 pounds in current pay of this colony, 20 pounds to be payd within two years after my decease, and 10 pounds to be payd him for the use of his children after my wife's decease. Also I give my son Samuel Bidwell 20 pounds-10 pounds to be payd him two years after my decease, and 10 pounds for the use of his children after my wife's decease. Also I give to each of my Two daughters, Sarah House & Hannah Waddams, 20 pounds apiece. Also I give to my daughter Mary Meekins the one halfe of my upper Lott in the swamp, Lyeing south of Ozias Goodwins Land thereby, and the other halfe I give to my grand son John Meekins, to be to them & their heirs forever, only my will is that my wife shall have the one halfe Lott during her Life, & that John Meekins shall not have the the halfe of that lot unless he live with me or my wife until he be twenty years of age, If my self or my wife do Live soe long. Also my will is that my wife Sarah Bidwell shall have all my household goods & stuffe, to be dispose forever; & I doe moreover give her the one halfe part of all my estate whatsoever that is not before disposed of, both Lands, houseing, Chattells, Cattell, or any other thing whatever it be, to be For her proper use during her natural Life & no Longer; & If it shall seem good to my wife at any time to leave that part of the houseing & Lands & Cattell which I have given her during her Life as before unto my son Daniel Bidwell, Then I doe give her 8 pounds by the year out of it, the Lands, houseing & Cattell to be payd her in current pay of the Colony by my son Daniel Bidwell or who soever enjoyeth the sayd Lands, houses, Chattells & Cattell. Also I doe give the other halfe of my whole estate not before disposed of, both Lands, houseing, Chattells, Cattell, & every other thing not before disposed of, unto my sayd son Daniel Bidwell & his heirs & assigns forever. Also I doe in like manner give unto him, after the decease of my wife, the other halfe of my estate which was before given my wife for and during her natural life. I make my wife Sarah Bidwell and my son Daniel Bidwell Executors, and Mr. John Crow to be Overseer. John X Bidwell, Ls. Witness: William Pitkin, Joseph Olmsted.
A Codicill, dated 22 August, 1683: I give to my wife Sarah Bidwell, in addition, 2 cows; to my son John Bidwell 4 acres of Land adjoyning Bartholomew Barnards Land. Son John Bidwell is to pay to Rev. John Whiting 20 shillings, and 20 pounds to my son Joseph Bidwell. And whereas Sarah House & Hannah Waddams were to receive 20 pounds to each, my will is that my daughter House shall have 30 pounds, my daughter Waddams 10 pounds. John X Bidwell, Ls. Witness: William Pitkin, John Makins. Court Record, Page 133-1 September, 1687: Will Proven.
Sources
| 1 | "US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT). |
| 2 | "US New England Marriages prior to 1700". |
| 3 | "US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900". |
