Hannah Sawtel both
act and Deed Before me
John Houghton Just e of the Peace.
Middle x Camb.
Fra. Foxcroft Jun r Reg r.
The source citations for this probate case file is: Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986, digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 22 April 2021), Middlesex County, Deeds 1724-1727, Vol 24-25, Volume 25, Pages 180-181 (images 474-5 of 760), Deed of Obadiah Sawtell to Hezekiah Sawtell, executed 23 March 1724/5, recorded 23 October 1725.
All of the lands of Richard Sawtell (1611-1694) in Groton were bequeathed to Obadiah Sawtell in his 1692 will. Obadiah and Hannah (Lawrence) Sawtell are my 7th great-grandparents, married in about 1680 in Watertown, and they had 13 children. Hezekiah Sawtell (1703-1779) was their 13th child, and is my 6th great-grandfather.
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The inventory is also included in the Middlesex County Probate Court Clerk s volumes, in Volume 8, pages 239-240:
The transcription of the will is (from the court clerk volume, because it is clearer and easier to read):
In the name of god Amen. I
Richard Sawtell being not sick in body, but in perfect memory
Considering the certainty of my Death, and the uncertainty of the time thereof, I do therefore make this
my last Will and Testament for the disposeing of my Selfe and that little of y e world w ch God hath
given me. And first of all when my naturall life Shall be ended, I Committ my body to y e Dust from
Amanuensis Monday 1692 Will of Richard Sawtell (1611-1694) of Watertown, Massachusetts
This week s document for transcription is the 1692 will of the estate of Richard Sawtell (1611-1694) of Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, which is in Estate File 19965 in the Middlesex County Probate Court records.
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The inventory is also included in the Middlesex County Probate Court Clerk s volumes, in Volume 8, pages 239-240:
The transcription of the will is (from the court clerk volume, because it is clearer and easier to read):
In the name of god Amen. I
Richard Sawtell being not sick in body, but in perfect memory
Considering the certainty of my Death, and the uncertainty of the time thereof, I do therefore make this