Last Will
and Testament of Isaac Lamson (1764-1844)
Transcribed
by Michele (Patterson) Valenzano
I, Isaac Lamson of
in the
being in full memory
and sound judgment do hereby make and ordain this
my last will and
testament in manner and form following.
Item
1st. I hereby ordain and impower my
executor to sell my out lands & scirts &
convey the same to pay my debts.
Item2d. I give and
bequeath the use of one third of the land I own of the old Samuel Dibell farm (exclusive of the mill privaledge)
and the use of one third of the Briggs lot so called and one third of the house and one
third of the east barn both standing on the Dibell premesis and three
hundred dollars of my personal property at the appraisal in such articles as
she may choose unto
my wife Waitstill during her natural life if she outlives me.
Item 3d. I give and bequeath the residue of my estate, goods and chattels to my children, viz: Daniel, Origen, Isaac, Cyrus, Jason,
Ira Otis E.
William and Horace my daughters Judith, Ruth, Esther and Miriam in the
following manner
to my sons each equal shares and to my
daughters each one half as much as to one son with what each one has had
already i.d. Judith has had one hundred and fifteen
dollars, Ruth has had one hundred and sixty dollars and Miriam nothing. Esther
and Miriam is to have a home in my house as long as
they remain single.
Item
4th. I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Origen my son my sole executor
of this my last will
and testament hereby revoking all other and former wills by me heretofore made.
I n witness
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal
the first day of June
in the year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and
thirty eight.
Isaac Lamson
Signed, Sealed published and declared by the said
testator Isaac Lamson as and for his last will and
testament in the presents of us who have subscribed our names as witnesses
thereto in presents of the said testator.
W.M. Wright, Jr.
William Wright, Sen.
Harriet Wright
Feb. 13, 1844
W.M. Wright, Jr.
Harriet Wright
Exam'd & state fully presented, filed and allowed May 14, 1844
Source: Otis E Lamson, Memorial of Elder Ebenezer
Lamson of
Transcribed by Michele Valenzano