In the name of God Amen. I Maximilian Jewett of Rowley in the County of Essex in New England Doe make this my last will & Testament as followeth. Imp. I commit my Soul Into the hands of God who Gave me it & my body to the Grave in Comfortable hope of a blessed resurrection through the death and Resurrection of my dear Reedeemer the Lord Jesus Christ: In the day of Christ. For my outward Estate which the Lord hath graciously bestowed on me I dispose of it in manner following.

Imp. To my beloved wife I give Twenty pound wch is due to her by my contract before marriage to be payd part in two Cows, the rest according to our contract. Also I give her all rents due to me from her son John Boynton: & further I give to her all Twenty pounds to be payd by executor. Also a feather bed which my daughter Elizabeth Layd on; all during her naturall life & to be at her owne dispose at her death: Further my will is that while she remaineth my widow (if she see good) that the end of the house next to the street be at her dispose to live in and Improve for her own: upward & Downward keeping it in repair, & the hemp yard before the Door & the trees which stand in it: but if my wife see not good to live in the house then upon her leaving it the same & the yard is to the use of Joseph as in my will hereafter expressed.

Item. To my Eldest son Ezekiel Jewett I confirme all that which I have given him already in buildings & lands as appeareth by my deed of gift which he hath under my hand and Seal: Also I give him one half of my meadow in the meadow call'd Batchelours: & two acres of the Bastard & salt marsh or ruff meadow being my whole division at the place called Sandy Bridg or neer it: & four acres & half of meadow at Crane meadow soe called. And my will is he pay out of what he now is to receive Twenty pounds to my wife in neat cattle: & that he have the Land that is yet to be laid out upon the Common: & my highway marsh at hog Islands.

Item. To my son Joseph Jewett I give my dwelling house all at present but !hat part I have given my wife during her widowhood if she live in it & upon her marriage leaving it then that part to be to him: also I give him the barns, orchards, yards, swamps, & lott or field above the street being all my Lands lying field called Bradford street lotts. & one Commonage or freehold upon the Commons of Rowley: Also fourteene acres of upland lying in the west end ox pasture: also three acres of Land lying behind Houndsley hill: also four acres lying upon the plaine called Great Meadow plaine: also I confirm to him which he hath present that I gave him two acres of upland lying in the farme; also one acre of marsh joyneing upon that which we call the Elders :division: also all that marsh which we call the farr division neare the place called the stackyard: also one Cowgate upon the Commons of Rowley with the Division belonging to it: & my will is that my said son Joseph pay or cause to be paid Thirty and four pounds to his sisters: namely to Anna three punds; to Mary five pounds; to Sarah twelve pounds; to Elizabeth four pounds; to Faith Ten pounds; all to be paid in Rowley in Corn or Catle within seaven years after my decease:

But if my said son Joseph depart this life & it not be payd within the time prefixt my will is that my executor sell soe much of any land I give him as shall pay the said Legacies as are then unpayd for that end: & I hereby Impower him to Confirm such sail.

Item. To my daughter Anna, beside the three score pounds I already paid her: I give her all my Lands being nine acres more or less at the place called Batchelours field: Also my Land in the new plaine being about Six acres: Also that parcell of my marsh which lieth between that which was Richard Swans foremerly & the ditch, being one acre more orless: also one acre & quarter of my meadow called Batchelours meadow: All which lands & meadow I give her dureing her naturall life & after her decease I give it to her son Jonathan Barker, if he live to the age of Twenty and one years: with my division of gate marsh in hog Islands & if he does not, I give said Lands & meadows amongst the rest of her children which she shall leave who live to that age or day of marriage: further I give her three pounds to be payd by son Joseph Jewet.

Item. I give my daughter Mary Hazeltine ( beside the three score pounds I have already paid her & the twenty four acres of Land confirmed by deed of gift:) Two acres of Marsh which was Robt. Hazeltines lying betweene Thomas Tenney his marsh & a ditch in the bounds of Rowley: Also I give her five pounds to be payd by my son Joseph Jewet.

Item. I give to my daughter Elizabeth Hazeltine (besides what I have given her, which is about thirty pounds & half of my ninety & six acres of land at Bradford confirmed by deed of gift) my marsh butting upon Newbury Line being about three acres which I bought of William Lyon also four pounds to be paid by my son Joseph Jewet.

Item. To my daughter Faith Dowse (Besides fourty pounds wch I acct I have paid her & half of my ninety & six acres of land at Bradford confirmed by deed of gift) I give her about two acres & half of salt & Ruff marsh lying neer the place Call'd Cowbridge: & Ten pounds to be paid my son Joseph Jewet.

Item to my daughter Sarah Jewet I give all my Lands beyond the hill called prospect Hill, being the remainder of my Land Lying within Ipswich Line not given to my son Ezekiel. there being about Twelve acres of it: Also I give her one freehold or Commonage in Rowley Commons: Also that Land which is Laid out to me by a grant of the Towne of Rowley called sixteene acres & half: Bounded by Leonard Herrimans Land & Jno Platts Land: Also I give her twelve pounds to be paid in moveables household stuff or Catle by my Executor. Also my marsh at ye place neare Rich'd Wicons Spring & the salt corners adjoyneing, & the three score Rods parted from it by William Jacksons Marsh.

Item. My will is That my son Ezekiel Jewet be my sole executor to this my last will & that he receive all debts w'ch I hereby will to him, due to me by bill, bond, or other way: & that he pay all my debts due from me to any; Also my will is That when my debts & funeral charges be discharged & my executor paid for all his trouble & paines If any Estate not particularly willed & disposed of be remaineing that he shall have double part of it to any other child of mine & each besides an equal share: In confirmation hereof, that is my last will & testament I have hereunto sett my hand & Seal this Eignth day of January Anno
Dom: 1682 & 8m 1684

Maxemillian M I Jewet (seal) his signe

Signed Sealed & declared to be his Last will and testament In presence of us witness Leonard Harriman Nehemiah Jewet.

Leonard Harriman and Nehemiah Jewet appeared in Court at:, Salem 25th 9 mo 1664 & made oath yt they were pr'sent & saw Maximilian Jewet Signe Seale & yn declare ye within to be his last will & testament & yt he was yn of disposing minde.

Attest Benja Gerrish-Cler.

(Essex Probate 2:60)

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