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ID: I421
Reference Number: 421
Title: Sgt. 1
Name: Jonathan DEMING 1
Sex: M
Change Date: 12 APR 2000
Birth: SAY 1639 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
Note:
The birth date is determined from the record of his death,
which states that he "died suddenly, aged about 61 as he
supposed."
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Death: 08 JAN 1699/0 in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT 5 6 7
Probate: 09 MAR 1699/0
Note:
Vol. VI, page 135-6-7-8-9: Invt. Ð550-14-04. Taken by Jonathan
Boreman, Ebenezer Deming and Jacob Williams.
Court Record, Page 125-9 March, 1699: One Witness, viz, John
Welles, late of Wethersfield, being removed out of the Country
before the Exhibition of the Will, the Court do approve the
same upon the Testimony of John Deming sen., the other Witness,
and order the Will to be recorded.
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WILL: 27 MAR 1695/96
Note:
Will dated 3/27/1696, proved 3/9/1699-1700
I Jonathan Deming SEN. of
Wethersfield doe make this my last will & testament: I give to
my wife Elizabeth Deming the
use of all my real & personal estate during her widowhood,
excepting what I have given to my children. I give to her the
use of all my improved lands, with my house & barn, & 1/3 of
all my moveable estate, & so much of the benefit of my team
that she shall need for the improvement of my lands. I give to
my son Jonathan Deming the
house and land that he lives on, and about 5 1/2 acres, and
also 2 acres of land in the mile meadow. I give to my son
Thomas Deming that lott I bought
of Joseph Andrews in that
division made for the list of estate for the year 1693. I give
to my sons Charles and
Jacob the west half of my lott
that I live upon , to be equally divided between them, the east
part to Charles and the west part to Jacob. I give to my sons
Charles, Benjamin and Jacob, that 10 acres of land that I
bought of Ezekiel Buck, to be equally divided between them. I
give to my son Benjamin my dwelling house and barn and all the
remainder of my lott that I now live upon as it is now fenced.
I give to my daughter Sarah Rylie[INDEX:]Riley, Sarah
[Deming][:INDEX] 10 shillings with what she hath already had. I
give to my son-in-law John Williams[INDEX:]Williams,
John[:INDEX] 1 shilling together with what he hath had already.
I give to my daughter, viz, Comfort[INDEX:]Deming,
Comfort[:INDEX], Elusia,
Elizabeth, Mary[INDEX:]Deming,
Mary[:INDEX] and Ann, all the rest
of my moveable estate when my wife has had her thirds, to be
equally divided between them. I give to my brother John
Deming a convenient highway in mile
meadow by the side of Mr. Lord's lott
to his own land. All the estate that shall happen to fall to
me my by sd. wife Elizabeth out of the estate of her father
Josiah Gilbert, late deceased, I
give the same to my sd. wife Elizabeth and to the children I
had by her, to be equally divided amongst them. I give my land
in the indian purchase to all my children, except Sarah Rylie
and John Williams. I appoint my wife Elizabeth Deming and my
son Jonathan Demingin Manwaring, this is John
Deming...what's correct[:HID] to be executors. In case of
their decease, my son Thomas Deming to succeed to be executor
when he shall be 21 years of age. I also appoint my son
Jonathan Deming and Mr. Jonathan Boreman[INDEX:]Boreman,
Jonathan[:INDEX] to be overseers.
Witness: John Deming sen., Jonathan X Deming
Sen. Ls.
Jno. Welles.
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Note:
IN HIS WILL DATED MARCH 27, 1696, PROVED MARCH 9, 1700 HE NAMES
HIS WIFE ELIZABETH, AND SONS JONATHAN, THOMAS, CHARLES, JACOB
AND BENJAMIN, ALSO DAUGHTERS SARAH RILEY, COMFORT, ELUSIA,
ELIZABETH, MARY AND ANN, AND A SON-IN-LAW JOHN WILLIAMS. CUTTER
WAS GRANTED LAND AT UPPER END OF BROAD ST., FROM THE ST, IN
1662; DREW LAND IN ALLOTMENT OF 1670. HIS HOMELO