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English Origins of New England Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, First Series, Vol. II
p. 264 The Will of Lanclett Jasper of Redgrave (co. Suffolk), husbandman, beight "sick of body," dated 17 February 1616. To William, my son, and Francis (sic) his wife, for their lives, the tenement wherein I dwell, which I purchased of Gregorye Fysher, with the hemp land and croft thereto belonging, on condition that they pay to Rose, my wife, for  her life, 40s. a year, quarterly; otherwise my son Henrie is to enter thereon. If William and Frances pay the annuity, then the tenement shall, after their decease, be equally divided among the children of my said son Willam and Frances, his wife, viz., Nathaniell, Jonathan, Joseph, Jerymie, Elizabeth, Bridgett, and Marye. To my son Nathaniell Jasper and his heirs L5. 6s. 8d., payable by my son William within one year of the death of my wife Rose. To  my son William and his heirs 1 acre of land which I purchased of Elizabeth Sheppard, he to  plough and sow it with hempseed during the life of my wife Rose, and the hemp to be equally divided between himself and my wife Rose. My son William is to pay to Annes Morse, my daughter, L3 within two years of the decease of my wife Rose, and to Elizabeth Morse, my daughter, L3 within three years of the decease of my wife Rose. To my son Jeremye and his heirs, if it please God he overlive me, a piece of land (2 acres) which I purchased of Edmond Fowle, he paying to Rose, my wife, 13s. 4d. a year for her life. My son Jeremye shall pay to my son Daniell Jasper L5 withone one whole year of the decease of said Rose. If Jeremye die before his mother, "who God defend," and "before he hath taken it up," then my son Henrie Jasper shall have the two acres, paying to his mother her annuity and to his two brethren, Daniell and John, the portions last named; and in default of payment Daniell and John are to enter on the land. My wife Rose shall have those rooms and fruit trees which I have reserved and which are now in my tenure out of the before bequeathed premises, with ingress and egress and to the fire, for life. To my wife  Rose one bed complete, as it standeth in my chamber, with one cupboard, a cupboard table, two coffers, a chest, a kettle, a little brass pot, a warming pan, two  ale firkins, one mortar with the pestle, and a candlestick. Executor: my son William. Witnesses: Roberte Debenham, Edmond Fowle, Robert Fysher. Proved at Bury St. Edmunds, 3 March 1616 by the executor. (Archdeaconry of Sudbury (Bury St. Edmunds), book 46, fo. 185.)