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- "NEW HAMPSHIRE" by Ezra Stearns. 974.2 5799 Vol. 3, p 1219 and 1220.
"He was a mason by trade, and also a weaver, and for some years resided in Bellingham, MA, where he is recorded as having served as a grand juror. His death occurred in Cumberland, Rhode Island, August 16, 1752. For his first wife, he mard Hanna Jenckes, daughter of Nathaniel Jenckes, Esq., of Pawtucket, RI, and she died in1738. His intention to marry Sarah Brown of Attleboro, his second wife, was published in Bellingham, February 2, 1744. his first wife was the mother of all of his children, whose names were: Nathaniel, Charles, Philip, Benjamin, Jonathan, Hannah, Betsey, Lydia, Oliver, Leah, Sarah and Elizabeth."
TRANSCRIPT OF THE WILL OF BANFIELD CAPRON FROM CUMBERLAND, RI PROBATE RECORDS: VOL 4 PAGE 169:
At a town Council meeting held at Cumberland in the county of Providence by adjoinment on Tuesday, the 29th day of August A.D. 1758.
Sarah Capron, widow and Charles Capron, Yeoman, who are joynt Executors to the last will and testament of Mr. Banfield Capron, late of said Cumberland, Deceased. Exhibited to said Council the will of the said deceased which is as followeth.
In the name of God amen, the Tenth day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Five, I, Banfield Capron of Cumberland in the county of Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island in the New England domain. Being y weak in body but of a perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God therefore calling to mind the morality of my body that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament (that is to say) principally and first I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian Burial at the discrition of my executor and touching such worldly estate wherewith it please God to Bless me in this life. I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
Item I give and bequeath to Sarah my well beloved wife whom I likewise constitute make and Ordain my Executrix together with my beloved son Charles Capron of Cumberland aforesaid, they to sole executors of this my last will and testam. I give to my said wife the third part of my real estate that is the thirds of the income of my lands and buildings the term of her natural life together with the third part of my stock, chattels, and sheep and my moveable goods as aforesaid furthermore I freely give to my dear wife all the right, title, estate interest and demand I have or ought to have in all the movable estate that she brought with her to me that was her former husbands Benjamin Brown to be at her disposal forever.
Item.....I give to my son Charles the aforsaid Executor in the following manner. Forty Pounds old tenor money to be paid after the following manner in the next particular.
Item.....I give to my Beloved son Oliver Capron ( ) about nineteen years old next July when he shall become twenty one years old and to his heirs and assigns forever all my lands and buildings together with his mother's thirds after her decease with eight cow common rights in the imindid land belonging to the Bellingham property together with all my (armor ?) and husbandry tools and implements, viz cart and wheels, plows, chanse, narrows, axes and all other ( ) belonging to husbandry and also one mair colt commin three years old, and also my wearing appareil all these said perticulars I give to the said Oliver ( ) that the said Oliver is or his heirs to pay the aforementioned legacy to his aforesaid Brother of Charles when he, the said Oliver shall become Twenty Two years of age.
Item.....As to my other moveable or personal estate, stock in chattels, sheep and every other moveable after my just debts and funneral charges are paid to be divided equally between my two daughters Sarah and Elizabeth and aforesaid son Oliver ( ) that Elizabeth and my grand daughter Leah Scott have one silver spoon apiece Sarah having had one already more that the rest and if the said lives to be 18 years old to have out of the aforesaid shares Ten pounds old tenor money.
Item.....I give to my wifes daughter Mary Brown one bed, it being the bed that she lieth on and the furniture thereunto belonging which said is not to be reckoned with the rest of the movables. And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke etc etc Ralph Freeman.
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