Amanuensis Monday 1697 Will of John Grout (1616-1697) of Sudbury, Massachusetts
This week s document for transcription is the 1697 will of John Grout (1616-1697) of Sufbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, which is in Estate File 9951 in the Middlesex County Probate Court records.
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The will above is somewhat blurry, torn on several edges, and has water damage in places, plus the handwriting is difficult to read. Rather than stumble through the original will above, I will transcribe the Probate Court clerk s transcription of the will in the contemporaneous Middlesex County Probate Court clerk record book, entered shortly after the will was proved by the Court) shown below: