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Note: WILL OF THOMAS HAMMOND, OF LAVENHAM, COUNTY SUFFOLK, ENGLAND. IN Note: THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. Note: Note: The seconde daye of October 1589, I, Thomas Hamonde, of Lavenham in the Countie of Suff. Shereman, whole of mynde and of good and p'fecte rememberance make and ordayne this to be my last Will and Testamente in mann. followeinge: Note: Note: Firste. I bequeathe my soule unto Almightie God, my maker & Redem., my bodie to the earthe &c. Note: Note:
Item, I give to Rose my wief my house wherein Thomas Westlie nowe dwelleth wth all and singular th appetenncs during the term of her naturall lief. And after the deceese of my said wife I will the said house wth th appetennces to remayne unto Willm Hamond my sone his heires and assignes forever.
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Item, I give unto Rose my saide wief, my fielde called Great Lyverdowne wth a convenient waie to the same thurrowe my lane that lieth betwene the land of John Woode the elder and Robt Daniell and throughe my fielde called Little Liverdon for her drifte and carriage duringe the terme of her natural lief. And after the decease of my saide wief I will the said fielde and
Note: the said waye for dryvinge and carryinge to remaine unto Willm Hamonde my sonne his heires and assignes forever. Note: Note:
Item, I give unto Rose my wief, my fielde called Little Lyverdon wth the lane thereunto now leaddinge wth all and singular the appetnncs duringe the terme of her naturall lief, and after her decease I will that the saide field called Litle Liverdon and the said lane shall remayne unto Elizabeth Hamond my daughter, and to the heires of her bodye lawfully begotten, and if the saide Elizabeth shall dep'te owte of this lief before Rose my wief wth out yssue of her bodie lawfully begotten, that then I will the said lane to remayne unto Willm, my sonne, his heires and assignes forever. But if it fortune the saide Elizabeth my daughter to overlive Rose my said wief, that then I will the said feyld called Litle Liverdon and the said lane wth there
Note: appetnnce shall remayne unto the saide Elizabeth her heires and assignes forever. Note: Note: Item, I give unto Rose my daughter, fortie shillings of lawfull monie of Englande, to be paide unto her at her age of xxjti years. Note: Note: Item, I give unto Martha Hamonde, my daughter, fortie shillings of lawfull monie of Englande to be paide unto her at her age of xxjti yeares. Note: Note: Item, I give unto Marie Hamonde my daughter, fortie shillings o?? lawfull monie of Englande to be paide unto her at her age of xxjti yeares. Note: Note: Item, I give unto Susann Hamonde my daughter, fortie shillings o?? lawfull monie of Englande to paide unto her at her age of xxjti yeres. Note: Note: Item, I give unto Margarett Jollye, my sister, a fether bedd and a Shippe Cheste. Note: Note:
The residue of all my goods, corne, cattells, monie, moveables, plate, household stuff and whatsoever my debts beinge payde and this my laste Will and testamente p'formed and fullfilled, I give unto Rose my wief, whom I make and ordayne to be sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testamente.
Note: Note: In witness I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale the day and yere afore written. Note: Note: [Signed] Thomas Hamond Note: Note: Note: [Seal] Witnesses hereunto Robt. Lynch, Willm Trippe by me John Note: Rynge, by me Henrye Parker. Proved December 11, 1589. Note: Note: Title: History and Genealogies of the Hammond Families in America Note: Author: Frederick Stam Hammond Note: Publication: (Oneida, NY, Ryan & Burkhart, 1902) Note: Note:
Title: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston; to which is appended the Early History of the Town. with Illustrations, Maps and Notes. Second Edition. With a Memoir of the author, by Horatio Gates Jones. Two volumes in one.
Note: Author: Bond, Henry Note: Publication: Boston: Published by the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society, for the Benefit of the "Bond Fund", 1860 Note: Repository: Note: Name: McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa Note: Tulsa, OK 74104-3123 Note: Note: Call Number: F74.W33B7 1860 Note: Page: p. 269 Change Date: 3 JUL 2002