In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Chaffee of the town of Swanzey in the County of Bristol in the Province of the Massachusetts in New England being Sick & weak in Body But of sound & perfect mind & memory Prased be god Doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament In manner & forme following:

First and principally I commend my sowle into the Hands of Almighty God And Unto Jesus Christ my Dear Redeemer and my Body I commit to the Earth to be Decently Buried at the Discretion of my Executrix.

And as Touching the Disposission of all such temporall Estate as God Hath been pleased to bestow Upon me I give & bestow as followeth:

Impps.  My will is that my Just & lawfull Debts be Discharged.

Item - I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Wife all my House hold goods for her to Dispose of them too her selfe or to her Children at her Discretion.

I give & bequeath Unto my said Wiffe my Dwelling House and on halph of my Upland and meadow ground Lyeing & being in Swanzey to Have the whole of ye house lot on ye North Side of the lott, and her half of the meadow ground to be that which is Cald the Swamp Meadow and at my wifes decease it is my will that my two sons John and Joseph Chaffee shall have it to be equally divided between them (that is to say all the upland and meadow ground that I have in Swansey and Joseph shall have the North side of the Home lott as his part after my wifes decease.

Ittem — I give and Bequeath Unto my Wife all my Rights of lands and Commonage in Rehoboth to be Wholly at her Dispose.

Ittem — I give and bequeath Unto my sons John & Joseph Chaffee the other halfe of my Upland & Meadow Ground in Swanzey when they come to the age  of Twenty-one Years to them their heirs and Assigns for Ever to be Equally and
Alike Divided between them — Likewise I give Unto my two Sons all my Tooles & my gun —

Ittem — I give Unto my Son [John] a Heyfor of three year old

Ittem — I give Unto my Son Joseph the Great Bible that was my fathers & my Sword & [illegible] & a heifer that I had of Joseph

Ittem — It is my will after my wifes Decease when my two Sons Come to posess the Upland and Meadow ground that I have given to my wife Dureing her Life Shall pay or Cause to be paid three pounds a peice to my Daughters as  a Legan [legacy] which I give to them

Ittem — It is my will yt all my other Estate as Stock & Debts Due to me I give to my wife for her Use & Improvements; and for her to give to my Daughter according as She Shall in her Descretion See

Ittem — I Doe ordane & Constitute my beloved wife my Executrix & my two Sons John & Joseph Chaffee to be Executs of this my last will & Testament

And I Doe hereby Disannull & make Voyde all former Wills & Testaments heretofore made

In wittness whereof I the said Joseph Chaffee to this my Last Will and Testament Have Sett my hand & Seale this Twenty second Day of September In the year of our Lord one Thousand Six Hundred Ninety four

Signed, Sealed & Declared by Joseph Chaffee Joseph Chaffee [Seale]

yt this was his Last will & Testament in the Presence of Us

John Martin

Bamfield Capron

Nathaell Chaffee

Memorandum that on the thirteenth Day of Novembr 1694 att Bristoll then Did John Martin Bamfield Capron & Nathll Chaffee above named make oath they Did see Joseph Chaffee late of Swansey Deceased Sign Seale and Declare this Instrument to be his last will & testament and that he was of a Sound Disposing  mind when he so Did, to the best of their apprehension.

" Coram me Jno Saffin ProbaE
"Thiss Entered & Engrossed Novembr thirteenth 1694 by Jno Carey Registr "
[Bristol County, Mass., Registry of Wills, at Taunton, Vol. VII, p. 105. ]

"Know all men by these presents that wee Ann Chaffee & Jno & Joseph Chaffee
all of Swansey in their majesties province of the i\Iassachusetts Bay in New England
and Nathaniel Chaffee & Jno Almsbee of Rehoboth in ye County aforesaid Doe
Stand & are firmly bound and obliged Unto John Saffin Esq in the Sum of two
hundred & Seventy pounds Currant money of New England payd to him the
said John Saffin [illegible] in the office of Probaite of wills & [illegible] well & truly
to be made wee bind ourselves & either of us by himself Joyntly & Severally for
and in the whole Our & Every and Either of our heires Executors and Administra-
tors and every of them firmly by these presents — Sealed with our seals

"Dated in Bristoll aforesaid the thirteenth day of November Annoqu Domini
1694 in the Sixth year of their Majesties reign

"The condition of this obligation is Such that whereas the above bound Ann
Chaffee is made Executrix & Jno. & Joseph Chaffee is made Executors of the
Last W^ill & Testament of Joseph Chaffee Late of Swansey deceased Being the
date the twenty second day of September 1694 and hath now proved the
same Iff therefore the said Executors shall with all convenient Speed bring into
the Registrys Office for the County of Bristol A true and perfect Inventory of the
estate of the said Deed. And shall well & truly administer L^pon & Duly [illegible]
all & Singular the Goods Chattells, Creditts & Estate Left by Him According to
the Tenor & true meaning of his said will as the Law directs. And shall render
& exhibit a true & Just account of their said Administration & of their Doings
therein to this Office att or before the thirteenth Day of November 1695 without
ffraud or farther Delay. Then this obligation to be Voyde & of none Effect or
Els. to Stand & Remain in full force Standing and Virtue.
"Sealed & Delivered Sign um Ann Chafey [seal]

" in presence of John Chafe [seal]

"Banfield Capron Joseph Chaffee [seal]

"Thomas Sanford Nathaniel Chaffee [seal]

John Ormsbee [seal]"

INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH CHAFFEE

An Inventory of the Estate of Joseph Chaffee Deceased of Swanzey in the
County of Bristoll Taken the 9th of Novembr 1694 By the subscribers hereof —

£ s d

Imprs his wearing apparell Linen & woollen at 07-03-00

one Bed with furniture att 07-00-00

one Bed with appurtenances belonging theretoo 04-00-00

two Beds on the Chamber at 08-10-00



FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS 25

£ s d

In wooll & Smale Spinning wheel 00-16-00

In Salt Beans & tallow at 00-07-00

In Sheets & Pillow Bears 02-00-00

In three Chests & a Box at 01-00-00

In Puter Potts, Platters Stone Juges glass bottles at 02-14-00

two Iron Kettles & three Iron Potts at 01-10-00

A Spit pot hooks tramills frying pan Gridjron 00-14-00

warming Pan Skillett at 00-10-00

wooden Dishes Strainers Spoones 00-14-00

In a Bible [see Appendix A] & other Bookes 01-00-00

Chairs & Table 00-OS-OO

In meat with the tubb that its in 01-00-00

Pailes & other things 00-12-00

In Sider, Keleers and old Barrills 02-00-00
one Gun Sword Ammunision with other

Implements thereto belonging 01-16-00

two oxen at 06-00-00

Six Cowes — five young cattle & three Calves 18-00-00

Fifteen Swine at 6pd 18 2 Steers at 4pd 10-18-00

two Horses one mare & one coalt at 05-00-00

In Rve & flax 03-05-00

In Indian Corn at 07-00-00

In hay at 06-00-00

In a Carte Yoaks & Chaines 03-00-00

In a Thwart Saw tooles & other Utensils 01-19-00



the sum totall 105-01-00

The House housing with all the lands & meadow belonging

theretoo at 101-00-00

moreover a Certaine Tract of Land Lyeing between Decon
John Butterworth & the land yt. was Jno mead berys
A highway on the East & West end at 30-00-00

more fourteen pounds Common at Rehoboth 01-00-00

£237-01-00
"John Peck
"Israel Peck
"John Ormsby

"Novembr the 13th 1694 the Executrix to the last & Testament of Joseph Chaffee
Deceased made oath to the truth of this Inventory according to ye Ussuall fforme

"Corame me

"Jno Saffin Proba:e
"John Carey Registem
"This Entered Novembr 13th 1694 By John Carey Registem."