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THE WILL OF JOHN2 ROGERS
Transcribed from the Original Records,
BY GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN.
JOHN ROGERS of Duxbury, the son of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower, died
between 26 August, 1691, the day his will was made, and 20 September,
1692, the day it was proved. All original documents connected with the
settlement of the estate have disappeared from the files and there is no
record of an inventory. The copy of the will has been made from the
Plymouth County Probate Records, Volume 1, page 145.
[JOHN2 ROGERS WILL.]
On the 26 August in the year of our Lord 1691:
In the Name of God Amen. I John Rogers sent of Duxborough in the County
of New Plimouth Being Sick and weak of Body but of Sound and perfect mind
and memory Praise be therefore Given to Almighty God . Doe make and
ordain this my present last will and Testament in maner and forme
following that is to say first and Principally I comend my soul into the
hands of Almighty God Hoping through the merits Death and Passion of my
Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all
my sins and to Inherit Everlasting Life. And my Body I Commit to the
earth to be decently Buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter
named. And as Touching the Disposall of all Such Temporall Estate as it
hath Pleased God to bestow Upon me I Give and Dispose thereof as
followeth . first I will that my debts and funerall charges be paid.
Item I Give unto my Grandson John Rogers all my houses and Lands Lying
and being in the Township of Duxborough in the County aforesaid to him
and his heires forever. I Give also unto my Grandson John Tisdall for the
use of his mother Anne Terrey one half of my Land Divided and undivided
lying and being in the Township of Middleborough Excepting my Right in
the Majors Purchase And my Will is that this Land be disposed of
according to his mothers mind. Item I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth
Williams the other half of sd tract
206 Plympton, Mass., Vital Records.
of Land in the Township of Middleborough as aforesaid to her and heires.
All my Cattell I Will that they be Equally divided Between my daughter
Elizabeth Williams and my Grandson John Rogers and my Grandson John
Tisdall Item I Give all my houshold Stuff and moneys whatsoever . unto my
Grandson John Rogers out of which he shall pay forty shillings to his
sister Elibeth * Rogers and twenty shillings apeece to his other three
sisters Hannah Bradford Ruth Rogers and Sarah Rogers. Also I Give that
twenty shillings a year which is my due for fourscore acres of land which
I sold to my two Grandsons Joseph Richmond and Edward Richmond which said
twenty shillings a year I Give to my daughter Abigail Richmond. I Doe
hereby Constitute make and appoint my Loving Son John Rogers sole
Executor and Administrator of this my last Will
and Testament.
Signed Sealed in John Rogers & a (seal)
the presence of
Rhodolphus Thacher
Mary Wadsworth
Elisha Wadsworth
Mr Rhodolphus Thacher and Elisha Wadsworth two of the witness herein
named made oath before the Court at Plimouth the 20th of Sept 1692 that
they were present and Saw and heard the above named John Rogers the
Testator Sign Seal and Declare the above written to be his last will and
testament and that to the best of their Judgment he was of sound mind and
memory when he did the same
Attest Saml Sprague Clerk