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zimry Allen, together with extracts from
| the histories of towns in which tn,
Aliens lived The will in question fol
lows
In the Name OF God Amen.
zimry Allen Of Salisbury in the Count,
OF Iitchhcld and Colony Of Connecticut
Yeoman, being Of weak State of Bod,
but Of sound Mind and Memory. hav,
made this my last VIII and Testament
and hereby make the following DISPOSE
ton of the worldly Estate wherewith II
hath pleased the Almighty to bless me
in the following Manner viz:
Item; | give and bequeath to my Sister
Mary Allen, the wife OF Colonel Ethar
Allen the one half Part OF the Governors
Lott SO called lying on Otter Creek In
the Township OF New Haven. to her and
her Heirs and Assigns forever, also one
red silk Handkerchief, also one promlsory
Note of Hand from Ephraim Bowd OF
Castleton to myself, dated the oath Day
of October 177A on Interest for the Sum
of Sixteen pounds thirteen Shlllings &
four pence New York Curry. the Con-
tents whereof to he collected by my
and paid to her the said Mary.
Item. / give and bequeath to my
Brother Hemen Allen, one Pocket Book
worked on Canvas with Cruel
item. give and bcqueath to my
Brother Heber Allen. the whole Of my
Share of grist Mill e. the Land on
which the same stands. being in PoultneY
together with all the Privilege and
Appurtenances to my said Share belong
Ing to him his Heirs e. Assigns forever
also my Green Coat and Vest, two
Wollen Shirts, my Beaver HIATT lined
with silk, my ribbed Velvet Brceches
two pairs Of shoes. one pair or white
drill Trousers new, all my Stockings
except one pair hereafter mentioned &
my Boots.
Item. I give and beQueath to my
Brother Levi Allen, my Leather Gloves
Item. l give and bequeath to my
Nephew John Ahen Finch, provided his
Name be altered to Zmry Allen Finch
four Sixty Acre Lofts of Land lying ir
the Township of Poultney on Poultney
River. viz Number Fifty two, fifty three
fifty six, Sixty six. also the whole
of the Original hight of Land of Which
John Griswold was the original Proprie-
tor, which was in the Township OF New
Haven on ter Creek, to have and to
hold said several Tracts OF given and
bequeathed Land to him the said John
Allen Finch Crowded his Name be
altered as Aforesad) G. to his Heirs &
Assigns forever. also | give and bequeath
to said John my Surtout. light coloured
broad cloth Coat & Vest orange coloured
Velvet Brooches. also on the same
Condition Sixty Acres of Land belonging
to the Original Right Of Nathl. Evarts in
said New Haven to sd John his Heirs
& Assigns,
Item I give and hequeath to my
Brother Ira Allen. one Sixty Acre Lott OF
Land Number Fifty four lying in the
eastert Part ~ the Township OF
Poutney Aforesaid Joining easterly on
Lott Number forty eight & forty Nine
one Whole Right " Land lying in the
Township Of Middlcsex on Onion River
to have & to hold sad several Tracts OF
Land to him the said Ira his Heirs 6
Assigns forever, likewise give ant
bequeath said Ira my Watch, my Shoe
Knee & Stock Buckles. Stone sieve
Buttons, my silk and cotton striped Vest
one pair best new ribbed Hose, my rid
| Ing Saddle saddle Bags Bride anC
my Razor.
Item. give and bequeath to my
executor 10 be herein hereafter Appoint
ed to be by him sold and disposed tow
ard the Support, Maintainarce Il Educa
ton of the said John Allen Finch, on,
whole Right of Land, lying in Castletol
aforesaid. also two Sixty Acre Lofts o
Land lying in the northwest Part o
Poulteney aforesaid, & two Rights o
Land in the Township of Weybridge, tn
Original Proprietors whereof wer,
Joshua Stanton & Ebcn fletcher Jun
but provided the said Johns Name Il
not Altered as aforesaid 1t is not my
VIII that he enjoy any Part of my Es
tate.
& l do hereby constitute and Appoin
my said Brother Ira Allen the sole Exc
cutor OF this my last viii & Testament
and l do hereby further VIII ana Ordail
that my Several Creditors be fully pal,
&, Satisfied out of Money due to me h,
Obligations & Otherwise, and ! do here
| by give and bequeath the whole Of tn
| Residue of my Estate, not heretofore n
| this my last VIII ard Testament dis
| posed Of to be equally disposed Of II
and among those to whom My Estat
would have decended. had l died mites
tate. In Witness Of the several Matter
aforesaid, contained in this my last WI
and Testament. | have hereunto set IN,
| Hand & Seal. this first Day Of Marc,
In the Year of our Lord Christ. Seven
teen hundred, Seventy G. Six.
Signed, sealed G. delivered by said
Zimry. In the Presence us who
published the same as his last
| WIN and Testament.
Zimry Allen Seal
Daniel Dewey
Lewis Bcebe
Theodore Sedgwick
Ira Allen Esq Executor Of We last Wi
and Testament of Zmry Allen late o
Salisbury, deceased, appeared at a cour