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The wills aren't all too surprising... sons, daughters, then wife. Typical. My question is how were wills left? Was there a person they were given to in town or did they just keep them handy at the bedside? - Christine | The wills aren't all too surprising... sons, daughters, then wife. Typical. My question is how were wills left? Was there a person they were given to in town or did they just keep them handy at the bedside? - Christine | ||
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| + | One line I found most interesting in one of the wills was in “A Virginia Will, 1642” by George Travellor. The particular line said, “And to my daughter Elizabeth att her day of Marriage or otherwise att Fifteene yeares of Age.” I know we talked about the early marriages of the times but this brought attention to it. It seemed Elizabeth’s father assumed she would be married by the age of 15. I have a random/rather dumb question at the bottom of some of the Wills it said “Proved, November, 1755.” or something like that, was that the date of death/date the will was read? Sometimes it was days after the first date mentioned in the will and other times it was years after like Francis Bassett’s says “this 16 of December, 1749…” but at the end it says “Proved, June 14, 1758.” –Megan Mc | ||
== Women’s Estates, Mass, 1664, NY 1747-1759 == | == Women’s Estates, Mass, 1664, NY 1747-1759 == | ||
