| 10. | Seth Aldrich, Sr. was born on 6 Jul 1679 in Narragansett, Rhode Island (son of Jacob* Aldrich and Huldah* Thayer); died on 15 Oct 1737 in Uxbridge, Worcester Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Aldrich Cem, Uxbridge, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Will: 26 Sep 1737, Uxbridge, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
Notes:
according to his will and probates and guardianships, birth dates seem to not be consistent.
Agreement dated 9 Nov 1737, laid out that Seth's widow, Mary, was appointed guardian of the youngest two: Samuel and Elizabeth
Son-in-law Edward Aldrich (husband of Susana), was appointed guardian of the other minor children Jonathan, Abigail, and Deborah.
Will:
Mary,Seth's 2nd wife is mentioned in his will. The estate was settled by agreement signed in 1737 by the heirs,12 of the 15 children being represented,5 being minors. The mother Mary was guardian for the youngest two. Edward for the other 3 minor children.
The children were:
Abel,William,Seth,Jacob,Sarah,Edward,Jonathan, Abigail, Deborah, Samuel,Susannah, and Elizabeth.
Worcester Co., Massachusetts Probate Records Vol. 1 page 285
Seth ALDRICH
will dated 26 Sept 1737
probated 1 Nov 1737
The twenty sixth Day of September in the Year 1737. I, Seth Aldrich Senr. of Uxbridge in the County of Worcester and province of ye. Massachusetts Bay in new England. A Farmer being sick and weak but of a sound and perfect mind & Memory. Thanks be Given to the Lord therefor Calling to mind the Uncertinty of Humane Life and that it is appointed for all men once to Dye do make & ordain this my Last will and Testament Principally & first of all I Recomend my soul in ye Hands of God that Gave it and my Body I recommend to ye Earth to be Buryed in Decent Christian Buryall att ye Discretion of my Executors & at Touching Such Worldly Estate as the Lord in mercy hath Lent me in this Life after my Just Debts & funerall Charges paid I do Bistow & Disposs of ye same in ye following manner & form.
Item. To Mary my Beloved wife I Give one third part of my moveable Estate & ye one Half of ye Income of my Homestead until my son Samuel Aldrich shall ariveto ye age of one & twenty years and afterward ye one third of ye Income During Life if She Remins a widdow but if She shall selauss for to marry after marriage but of one Quarter of ye Income.
Item to My Beloved son William Aldrich I give ye sum of one Hundred pounds in mony to be paid to him by my Exr. Hereafter named.
Item to my Beloved son Jonathan Aldrich to his Heirs of his Body Lawfully Begotten I give all that Land I purchased of Edwd. Bosworth & all of Land that I have Adjoyning to the same. Likewise ten acres of Comon and Undivided Land for to lay out and my Young mare Colt.
Item to my Beloved Son Samuel Aldrich I give all my Homestead on which I Dwell and all of Land Laid out by me for a Wood Lott adjoyning to ye Land of William Robinson, and that ye one Half of ye Income of ye Said Homestead to match of it as is necessary my will is that it shall be Improved in Instructing turn in Reading & Wrighting & Cyphering & when he is well Learnt in said arts the Lest to Remain his he paying his sister Elizabeth Aldrich ye sum of fifty pounds. Likewise all my Ceder Swamp. I Give unto my son Samuel Aldrich.
Item unto my four Daughters vizt Sarah Richardson & Susanna Willy & Dinah Aldrich and Abigail Aldrich to them I give all my Land which Lyeth adjoyning to ye Lands of Woodland Thompson & Joseph Thompson Known by ye name of Great Chestnut. Each of them to have their Equal Proportion of said Land. Likewise my will is that all my Debts and Charges shall be paid out of my mony which I have by me or Due unto me by bonds ant what is over plus I Give it unot my four Daughters Last mentioned to be Equally Divided to them by my Exr.
Item unto my Beloved Daughter Deborah Aldrich I give a Certain peice of Land Lying by a Hill Called Rattle Snake Hill & all ye over plus mony which my Exr. Can Raise by ye sale of my Farm Known by ye name of Bailing Pond Farm after they have paid to my son William Aldrich that Hundred pound which I have in the will Given to him which said Farm my will is should be Sold for to Defray said Hundred pound withal & Likewise I Give her all my Undivided Land to Layout not Heretofore Disposed of.
Item I Give ye two thirds of my moveable Estate not Heretofore Disposed of to all & Each of my children both Sons & Daughters to be by my Exr. to be Equally Divided to them Excepting my son William.
Lastly, I Constitute & ordain my Beloved Son Abel Aldrich and my Beloved friend Moses Farnum to be ye sole Exrs. of this my Last will & Testament. Requesting & Impowering them by these presents to Execute each & every Clause in this my Last will and Testament and my will is that they make Sale of my Bailing Pond Farm & Dispos of ye mony as aforesaid and that if my son Jonathan Aldrich Aldrich shall carry himself well to take of ye Entailment Land on ye Estate I have Given to him & Likewise my will is that they do not put above if one Half of my Daughter Dinah's portion into her hands at first & if other Half or ye Interest of it to pay it to her as she shall have need thereof & I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannull all & every other former Will Testament & Legaces Bequests & Exd. by me in my ways before this time named Willed & Bequested Ratifying & Confirming this - and no other to be my Last will & Testament In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal ye Day and Year above written. Seth Aldrich wa Seal
Signed Sealed Published prounced & Declared by said Seth Aldrich as his Last Will and Testament in ye presence of ye subscribers vizt John Spring, Joseph Aldrich, Edmund Rawson
Worcester Novr. 1 1737 in the Registers Office of ye Court of Probate & personally appeared John Spring & Edmund Rawson and made oath that they saw Seth Aldrich ye Susbcriber to this Instrument Signa nd Seal and heard him Publish prounce and Declare ye ssame to be his Last will and Testament and that when he so did he was of sound disposing mind & memory according to these Deponants Best Discerning and that they Together with Joseph Aldrich ye others witness set to their names as Witnesses thereof at ye same time and ye Testator's Presence.
Attr. John Chandler Junr. Just. Pac & Regr. Probate.
Seth married Mary (..) Aldrich after 1715 in Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Mary was born in 1693 in Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts; died after 1730 in Uxbridge, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1774 - 1852 (78 years)