Comment on Note 694. Parker. C. H. A., Nov. 23, 1910. Will, Feb. 10, 1665, of Captain John Evered,
alias John Web of Dracut upon Merrimack River, late of the town of Boston, merchant, proved Nov.
13, 1668. To my wife Mary all my household goods over and above the third of what I have in New
England, but not elsewhere. To the church of Boston, fifty pounds. To my cousin James Braiding of
Boston, merchant, thirty pounds. To my brother William Dinsdale of Boston, cooper, twenty pounds.
To the pastor of the church in Chelmsford, twenty pounds. To my servant, Henry Nelson, ten
pounds, etc. To the rest of my servants, viz., Hugh Stone (?), Samuel Mercer, alias Watts, John
Bennett, Peter Raghtiliagh and Elizabeth Lilbourne, forty shillings severally. “The remainder of my
estate both real and personal (its nature not described) in equal division to my cousins John Eayres,
Robert Eayres, Thomas Eayres, Peter Eayres and Nathaniel Eayres of Haverhill and the wife of John
Arsliby of Andover, and if there be any more brothers and sisters of that family of Eayres not herein
named they shall have an equal portion. Also, I desire that the eldest son of John Boishopp (sic) late
of Newbery now living at Nantucket, may have an equal share with the Eayres aforesaid. I desire to
be buried in Boston. My trusty friends John Fisk, pastor of Chelmsford, and Ensign Thomas
Hincksman of ditto, executors. Witnesses: Thomas Hincksman and Henry Nelson. Note: The
spelling here of names of person is that of the will... April 15, 1669, list of business claims examined
by John Allen, John Stedmand and Richard Cooke... Nov. 30, 1668, inventory by Abraham Parker and
Josiah Richardson. The original, on file, is so bulky that the copy covers eleven and one-half pages in
the record. Lack of time led me to omit the staggering task of studying it for possible clues. No
executors’ account on file or on record.
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