In the name of god Amen/ the 18th of September 1678: deceased I Joseph Boolls of Wells in the County of yorke shyre Gentle being in Perfect memory & remembrance praysed bee God, do make & ordajne this my last Will & testament In manner & forme as followeth/ 1: I do bequeath my soule into the hands of almighty god & maker, hopeing that the meretorious death, & passion of Jesus Christ my onely Saujor & redeemer, to receiue free pardon & forgiueness of all my sins, & as for my body to bee buried in Christian buriall, at the discretion of my executrix hereafter mentioned/

1: I giue & bequeath unto my Elldest sonn Thomas Bolls Tenn pounds/

I bequeath unto my sonn Samell Tenn pounds/

I do bequeath unto my daughter ffrost tenn pounds/

I bequeath unto my daughter Becke Thirty pounds/

I bequeath vnto my daughter Locke Tenn pounds/

I bequeath unto my daughter Mercy Thirty pounds, & as much searge as will make her a Gowne, & Tickeine for a bedd & a bowlster, which is in the house & my will is that Twenty pounds bee payd to my sd daughter by my executrix, wn shee shall Antajne the age of Twenty yeares, or marry, which shall first happen, & the other tenn pounds to bee paid by my sonn Joseph/

I bequeath unto my sonn Joseph all my houseing, vpland Meddows & Marsh belonging to my home place, to him & his heyres for euer, after the death of my wife, not doubting of his Dutifullness & care to his Mother, hee paijng fiuety pounds to my Children hereafter mentioned to my sonn Thos tenn pounds, to my sonn Samell Tenn pounds, to my daughter Frost tenn pounds, to my daughter Chadborne tenn pounds, & to my daughter mercy tenn pounds/

Further my will is, that my wife shall haue my whoole Estate both with in doors & with out, in this Town or else wr to dispose of to wt

children shee sees good, excepting the houseing & Lands that I haue given unto my sonn Joseph after her decease, shee to haue the use of it dureing her life, & my wife to pay all debts & legacys, but onely wt Joseph is to pay; And I do hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & loueing wife Mary my soole executrix of this my last will & testament, & do hereby nominate & appoynt my loueing frejnds, Mr William Symonds & William Symonds to bee the ouerseers of this my last Will & testament, all other Wills & testaments being made uoyd/In witness where unto I haue sett my hand & seale, the day & yeare aboue written/

Witness SamellJoseph Boolls(locus Sigilli)
Wheelewright/
William Symonds/


Inventory returned at œ842:01:06, by William Symonds and Joseph Storer, appraisers, 29 Nov. 1678