The 28th of ye 8th mo (1651) This is ye last will: of John Bayly sen: being on his sick bed he being yett in his right minde & senses. ffirst I giue vnto my Soone John Bayly my house & land lijing & being in ye Towne of Salsibury during his life; & after my sonnes death his second Sonne Josepth Bayly is to enjoy it & if Josephth doth not live to enjoy it, then his younger brother [James] is to enjoy it, And when Josephth Bayly or his younger brother cometh to enjoy this land he is to pay to his eldest brother John Bayly the some of forty pounds as his Grandfathers guift. And I do likewise make my sonne John Bayly sole Executor of all that ever I have only my Executor is to pay to my wyfe his mother ye some of six pounds a yeare duering hir life pvided she cometh over hither to New-england, likewise my Executor is to pay my sonne Robert fiueteene pounds pvided also he come over hither to New-england likewise my Executor is to pay to my Daughters his sisters ye some of Tenn pounds a peece pvided they come over hither to new-england butt in case they doe not come over hither butt doe sende by any messenger for their portions, they are to haue fiue shillings a peece for their portions whither sonne or daughte[r]s & all these somes are to be payed according as it can bee raised out of my land & stocks & likewise it is to bee pay'd to every one of them according as ye Executor & the overseers shall see cause, And farther my Executor is to pay for ye passages of those yt doe come over hither, of them whither it bee wyfe or children or any of them And farther I doe giue to my Sonne John Baylys Childeren either of them a young beast as soone as maybee wth conveniency, & my Sonne their father is to breed these beasts for eve[r]y of his Childeren till these beasts groeth to cowes or Oxen & then the childeren are to haue the proffitt of them And I doe make my brother[-in-law] John Emery sen of Nubery & Mr Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury overseers to see as this to been performed. In wittness herof I doe sett to my hand ye day, & yeare aboue written.
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Jn o Jb. Bayly Senior.
Witness: william Ilsley, John Emry Jun.
likewise I doe giue to ||willi|| Huntingtons wyfe & childeren yt house & land yt I bought of vallentine Rowell & do desier my overseers to see it made good to hir & hir childeren.
Proved in Salisbury court 13:2:1652 by the witnesses
Copy of will, Norfolk Deeds, vol 1, leaf 15.
Inventory taken Nov. 12, 1651, by Mr. Edward Woodman and Thomas Macy: seventy fowre acres of upland fifteene of it broke up, 55li., Houses, £ 25, 12 Cows, 60li., Two oxen, 14li., Two steeres age 3 yeers & vantage, 10li.; ffive Calves, 7li., 10s.; one Bull, 2li. 15s.; one Swine, 18s., Twenty Acres more or lesse of Meadow, 50li., household goods & tooles, 13li. 2s. 4d.; Clothes & Bedding, 10li. 12s. 2d.; corne & pvisions, 9li. 13s. 8d.; Two Steeres more, 12li.; total, 271li. 1s. 2d.
