The Will and Estate of Alice (Ashton) Angell



The Will and Estate of Alice Angell of Providence, Rhode Island, dated 21 October 1694


The Last Will & Testament of Alice Angell
 
Here ffolloweth the Record of the last will & Testament of Alice 
Angell of Providence (deceased)

Be it knowne unto all Peoþle by these presents That I Alice Angell
of the Towne of Providence in the Narraganset Bay in New England (widdow)
being now very weake of Body but (through mercy) of sound & Perfect memory
do make this to be my last will & Testament. I do give & bequeth unto my
foure | daughters | (viz) Anphillis Smith, Deborah Sabeer, Alice Whipple 
and Margery Whipple all my weareing Apparrill both Woollen & linnen
Equally to be devided amongst them, & more over to my Daughter Deborah
Sabeer I give one Chamber Pott & two wooden Trayes which formerly belonged
to my son Hope, & also I give unto my daughter Alice Whipple one Trunke &
a Deske which my mother gave to me;
Item I do give & bequeth to my son James Angell five Pounds in 
money.
Item All the Remainder of my goods not before disþosed of I do
give unto my Two sons (to witt) John Angell & James Angell Equally to be 
betweene them two devided; And I do make ordaine & appoynt my son James
Angell to be my Executor who shall see that my Body be decently buried and
þerforme this my will according to my true Meaneing & intent therein, In
witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seale the one & Twentyeth day
of October Anno: One Thousand si× hundred ninty & foure.
And farther my will is, that Each of my foure daughters aforesd
shall have so much of my Pewter as may be for a Remembrance of me.
memorandum the three lines & the piece of line blotted out was
allowed of by ye Testator, it being something mistaken by the scribe &
should not have been there./
Signed & Sealed in the presence of                   The mark of X Alice
Tho: Olney                                                        Angell
Nathaniell Waterman
Epenetus Olney./

James Angell E×ecutor to the Will on the other side of this Paper
Written; & Tho: Olney & Nathaniell Waterman & Epenetus Olney witnesses to 
the said will, have the 15th day of Januarey 1694/5 given Engagement unto 
the sd Will./ The sd will hath the 15th day of Januarey 1694/5 been 
E×amined by the Towne Councill of Providence./
              Attests Tho: Olney Towne Clarke./
Recorded August ye 18th 1711 Tho: Olney Clerk./

 


 
     Here followeth ye Record of the Inventary of the Estate of
ye deceased Alice Angell of Providence.

The Inventary of the Estate of ye deceased Alice Angell; Taken & made 
January ye 21: 1694/5./

Imprimis, weareing Apparrill./                   	    	lb  s  d 
It  7 white linnen square Neckcloathes             	    	00-14-00 
It  2 blue neckcloathes                            	    	00-03-00 
It  3 Capps                                        	    	00-05-00 
It  8 Capps & Coyfes, white linnen       		    	00-08-00 
It  6 head dressings & four Cross Cloathes         	    	00-10-00 
It  4 P of Gloves & a Poket handkercherf            	    	00-05-00 
It  Other small weareing linnen old & worne                 	00-10-00 
It  2 blue Aprons i Greene apron, & one home- 	        } 
    spun one                                  		}      	00-18-00 
It  2 wast Coats                                       	    	00-12-00 
It  3 Petty Coates                                    	    	01-17-06 
It  2 fine shifts & 2 old ones                              	01-04-00 
It  sevrall other Coats, i P of Bodyesses & other	}    
    Apparrill old & much worne                    	}    	01-10-00 
It  i P of new stockins & other old stokins & shooes	        00-06-00 
It  5 Pounds in Money                                  	    	05-00-00 
It  A Trunke & a Deske                                 	    	00-10-00 
It  3 Old bolsters, not fethers, 2 pillowes, & an 	} 
    old straw bedd                                	}      	00-18-00 
It  A very old flock bedd much Worne & light                	00-12-00 
It  A ffether bed & bolster                                 	03-00-00 
It  A ffether bed & bolster                                 	03-00-00 
It  An old bolster & 3 old Pillowes                         	00-08-00 
It  i P of Cotten linnen sheets, & i P of all lin- 	} 
    nen sheets                                     	}      	01-16-00 
It  4 P of Tow sheets                                       	02-00-00 
It  i P of fine Pillow beers                                	00-08-00 
It  5 Pillow beers                                          	00-15-00 
It  5 Napkins                                               	00-05-00 
It  4 Towells & a small Table Cloath                        	00-05-00 
It  2 Pillow beers                                          	00-06-00 
It  i P of Blancketts                                  	    	01-10-00 
It  i P dutch Blancketts                              	    	02-00-00 
It  i Rugg Called a smooth Rugg                        	    	01-10-00 
It  i Coverlidd                                        	    	01-10-00 
It  i P of old Blancketts                              	    	00-15-00 
It  i old worne out Rugg                               	    	00-05-00 
It  3 old linnen Cloathes that things were wrapt in 	    	00-05-00 
It  3 old Blanketts                                    	    	00-07-00 
                                                       	    	35-07-06
It  2 basens & a Pewter Platter                        	    	00-12-00 
It  2 Chamber potts                                    	    	00-08-00 
It  i leakey quart pot, 2 pint pots old, & i halfe 	} 
    pint pott                                      	}   	00-06-06 
It  2 old Pewter small dishes, 2 Poringers, 2 spoones	        00-05-08 
It  An old small bason & Porringers a saucer &     	} 
    2 old spoons                                   	}   	00-02-00 
It  2 small old Bell Mettle posnetts, a brass      	} 
    Candlestick a brass morter & Pestle            	}  	00-15-00 
It  An old brass Chafeing dish & a brass skillet,  	} 
    no frame, worne out & Patcht                   	}   	00-02-00 
It  4 Indian woodden dishes, 2 Trayes & a boul    	    	00-08-00 
It  i old Turned boul, a dish, a platter & a skim dish	        00-01-00 
It  i old Lantheron & a kallebash bottle               	    	00-02-00 
It  i old Runlet                                       	    	00-00-06 
It  i old Earthen pot, a Pann & small dish             	    	00-01-00 
It  3 old brass Kittles, little better than old brass  	    	01-00-00 
It  i small Iron Pott & small |old| Iron Kittle       	    	00-10-00 
It  i ffrying Pann                                     	    	00-04-00 
It  i old warming pan                                  	    	00-06-00 
It  i Tramill, an Eech hooke, an old Grid Iron, a  	} 
    P of Pott hookes, a P of Tongs, a slice han-   	}  	00-11-00 
    dle & a spitt & a P of bellows                 	} 
It  6 Glass pint bottles                               	    	00-02-00 
It  4 long necked bottles of Glass                    	    	00-02-00 
It  3 old spoones                                      	    	00-00-06 
It  An old lookeing Glass                              	    	00-01-06 
It  i Pillo beere                                      	    	00-02-00 
                                                      	    	lb  s  d 
It  3 bedd steds                                       	    	01-00-00 
It  3 Chests, a box, & another box with drawers  	    	02-02-00 
It  1000 of Pinns                                      	    	00-02-00 
It  5 Chaires                                          	    	00-12-00 
It  Old Tubbs & such Lumber               		    	00-05-00 
It  A Table                                         	    	00-10-00 
It  A Joynt forme                                   	    	00-04-00 
It  A settle                                        	    	00-06-00
                                                       	    	10-17-08
  The sum Totall, Errors Excepted, amounts to  	    	        46-05-02

The abovesd Inventarey is a just appriseall of ye Estate of sd Alice 
Angell; of what was brought to our vew, Taken & Made ye day & yeare abovesd 
by us Tho: Olney, Nathaniell Waterman. The 12f day of ffebruary 1694/5 
James Angell the Executor of the deceased Alice Angell hath made oath to the 
truth of ye Inventary above written; And also Tho: Olney & Nathaniell 
Waterman./

Recorded August ye 21: 1711 Tho: Olney Clerk.




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