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bargain, conclude and agree with Wm. Johnson, lately 

 called " Treasurer JOHNSON" about a Store House in St. 

 Michael's. Witnesses: RiCHARD Hawtaine, Thomas 

 Baston. 



1653, 25 oa. — Daniel Peerse, Thos. Nocke and 

 George Peerse conveyed land in St. Michael's to PAUL 

 Pointer. 



The WiLTSHlRES owned much land in the Island. 

 By his Will dated 20 Sep. 1678, THOMAS WILTSHIRE 

 gent, bequeaths to the children of his son, Thos. WILT- 

 SHIRE deceased, by name THOMAS, JOHN, RiCHARD 

 and Lawrence, all that plantation on which testator 

 now resides, to be equally divided among them. To 

 his son Thomas Wiltshire's daughter Susannah ;^5oo. 

 "To the child my daughter-in-law HESTER WILTSHIRE 

 now goes with, if a son, a like share of the estate above 

 mentioned with the rest of his brothers — if a daugh- 

 ter j^5oo." To John Wiltshire, he leaves " Spend- 

 lowes." To his daughter HESTER Wiltshire, after 

 Testator's decease, ;Cioo to be paid out of the Es- 

 tate he now lives on, during her non-widowhood — 

 bequests to daughter ELIZABETH GiBBS, jANE PAR- 

 SONS, Mary Palmer and Jane Palmer, daughters of 

 his son (? in law) Samuel Palmer — daughter Anne 

 Palmer. 



Witnesses: Wm. Bulkeley, Wm. Green, Wm. 

 Harris, John Tull. 



Hester Wiltshire married Gerard Hawtayne in 

 1680, and their son GERARD was baptized in the follow- 

 ing year. 



Bridgetown, the busy Capital of Barbados, derives its 

 name from a bridge ere6led by the Aboriginal Indians, 



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