Will of Zachary Roades, dated April 28, 1662

[171] The last Will & Testament of Zachary Roades senior being in good health & perfect memory through ye Lords mercy; Taken & written this 28th day of Aprill in ye yeare i662 My will is that my wife Joanna shall be my Exsecutrix & Administrator; And that my now dwelling house with all ye Meaddow & upload with Comonage that I have bilonging to me on ye North side of Pautuxett River within the boundes of Pautuxett shall be unto my wife for her owne proper vse duering ye terme of her life. And that after her decease Ibequeath & Give the said house & Land to my youngest Son Peleg: But if it so fall out that my Eldest Son Jeremiah that is now liveing with his Grand father Arnold be not Comfortably or Conveniently provided for & settled upon his Grand fathers Land after his said Grand fathers decease; Then my Eldest Son shall have Equall share throughout with my youngest, on the said house & Landes after their Mothers decease./

My will is also That my Land that belongs unto me within ye prescinkes of ye towne of Providence shall be Equall betwixt my Eldest & youngest Sons; And yt any privelidges or Right of Lands belonging to me at Rehoboth or within that Towneship shall belong to my Son Malachy when he is Twenty one yeares of age:

My will is also That all the Landes & Meaddow that may or doe any wayes belong unto me on ye South Side of Pautuxett River shall be Equally devided unto or among these my three sons (viz) Zachary, Malachy & John when they Come to be at one & Twenty yeares of age; And untill | such | time that it doth belong unto them, it shall be in ye hande or to ye vse of their Mother. As also I leave ye devideing or appoynteing to Each his share of ye said Lands unto my Wife Joanna or to whome shee may see Cause to imploy in it.

I doe also Give & bequeath unto my Eldest daughter Elizabeth Eighty pounds to be due unto her at the age of 21 yeares or at ye day of her Marriage.

I also give unto my two daughters Mary and Rebeca sixty Pounds apeece to be payd to them at the age of twenty one yeares or at the time of their Marriage: But if my daughter Elizabeth

[172] Elizabeth, or my two daughters Mary & Rebeca if. any or either of them Shall Marry or Match themselves with any Contrarey to ye Mind of their Mother or of my two friends whome I make my overseers; If so they doe, my will is then that it shall be in their Mothers liberty what to give them, whether anything or No.

My Will is also that all my household Goods debts & Cattells Shall be to my Wife Joanna dureing ye terme of her life, And that Shee shall have free power to dispose of it unto any or all of my Children after her decease as shee shall see cause./
My desire & will is also that these my two friends William Carpenter senior of Pautuxett & John Browne of Providence Shall be my overseers to Joyne with & to be helpefull unto my Wife in the ordering or disposeing of my Estate according to the tennure & true intent of this My last Will.

As also I doe bequeath unto these my two friends five pounds a peece to be given or payd unto them by my Exsecutrix; Also to make it Manifest that this is my last Will & testament I have hereunto sett my hand & Seale Even ye day & yeare first above written being ye twenty Eight day of Aprill 1662./

Signed & Sealed in  
the presence of us Zachary Roades
The marke of X william Vahan  
Pardon Tillinghast./  

In ye one & twentieth line Malachy should be placed before Zachary.

A True Coppy Coppied May ye 29th : 1666 P me
   Tho: Olney junr : Clarke of ye towne of Providence.
Recorded December ye 8th : 1692 P Tho: Olney Towne Clarke.


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