Life, my Mare, a cow & heifer and all my Movables in y" house, these Mov- 

 ables Estate I Give unto my Wife to use & Improve & finally to dispose of at 

 her pleasure. 



Item. I Give to my Son, Nathaniel Curtiss my Chestnut Ground Lott, four 

 acres near Jeremiah Hulls Home Lott joining to Land of John Ives also four 

 acres at y" Plain field each piece as thev are butted & bounded upon Record. 



Item. To my Son Samuel Curtiss 1 Give & Bequeath y° one half of my 

 fourth Division and each end of s? Lott. 



Item. To my Son Thomas Curtiss I Give & Bequeath y° other half of my 

 fourth Division vi'hich is at West end of s** Lott. 



Item. To my Son Joseph Curtiss I Give & Bequeath three acres of Land 

 upon y" Clear Plain near Capt Yales House at his Mothers Disease. 



Item. To my Son John Curtiss I Give & Bequeath y* other half of my 

 Home Lott at our Disease with y' Buildings & orchard upon it also y* Re- 

 mainder of my Plain Lott near Capt. Yales at his Mothers Disease 



Item. To my Daughters, namely Mary y° Wife of John Crain, Elizabeth the 

 Wife of Nathaniel Hall, Sarah the Wife of Joseph Parker to my Grandchildren 

 borne of y'' Body of my Daughter Abigail Dead, Late Wife to Joseph Holt and 

 Jemima, Wife of Nathan Beech and Rebeckah y" Wife of William Munson to 

 those above mentioned I Give & Bequeath four acres of Meadow & Plain Land 

 on y° West Side of y'^ River at a place Call* y" horse pasture also my Sixth 

 Division near y° West Rocks as they are Butted & Bounded upon Record all 

 this I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughters & Grandchildren above named to 

 be Divided to each of them in proportion with what I have already given them 

 to make them equal Shares of my estate. 



Finally I make Constitute & ordain my Son Nathaniel Curtiss and my Son 

 in Law Joseph Parker Execut" of this my Last Will & Testament hereby 

 revoking & Disannulling & making void all other Wills & Testaments Be- 

 queaths & Executors by me made. Establishing & Confirming this & no 

 other to be my Last Will & Testament in Wittness I have hereunto Sett my 

 hand & Seal signed sealed Published & Declared by this I Thomas Curtis to 

 be his Last Will & Testament in wittnes 



signed Thomas Curtis (seal) 



John Peck. ^ 



Daniel Hall VWittnesess 

 Benjamin Hall j Wallingford May y* 4th, day 1736. 



John Peck, Daniel & Benjamin Hall all of Wallingford personally appeared 

 and made Solomn Oath that they saw Capt Thomas Curtiss Late of Walling- 

 ford Deas!? Sign, Seal Publish & declare this Instrument to be his Last Will & 

 Testament and y' they signed in y' presence of y" Testat'' as wittnesess and y' 

 Tastat' was of sound mind & memory at y" time thereof 



Certified Theophilus Yale 



Justice of Peace. 



They had children : — 



i. Mary, b. Wallingford, Conn., Oct. 13, 1675; m. John Crain. 

 (77) ii. Nathaniel, b. Wallingford, Conn., May 14, 1677 ; d. March 4, 

 1763. m. (i.) Sarah Hall, of Wallingford, Conn., April 6, 

 1697; she d. Dec. 13, 1700. m. (ii.) Sarah How, of Walling- 

 ford, Conn., July g, 1702 ; she d. Jan. 4, 1740. m. (iii.) Mrs. 

 Phebe Palmer, of Wallingford, Conn., Oct. 11, 1741 ; she d. 

 Jan. 5, 1763. 



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