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- WILL OF THOMAS HAMMOND. 1675. I, Thomas Hamond, of Cambridge, County of Middlesex, in NewEngland,being now aged, yet through the favor of God of soundjudgement, do makeand ordain my last will and testament in mannerfollowing, viz: Myimmortal soul I do commit and leave in the arms andmercy of God theFather, Son and Holy Ghost.
My body decently to be buried, at the discretion of my executors, andasfor my outward estate, my will is that my just debts being paid,theremainder shall be divided in manner as follows, viz:
I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Elizabeth Woodward, and herheirs,100 acres of land at the farm called Hodgdens Farms, belongingunto MuddyRiver; one part of it being the 3d division for the meadowas appears byan indenture made the 20th day of June, 1664, for thedivision of thesaid farm betwixt the aforesaid Thomas Hamond andVincent Druce, who werejoint purchasers of the said farm, whichdivision was in length from oneside of the said farm over the greathill unto the other side of thefarm, and is measured out to be 60 rodsin breadth, which divisioncontains 70 acres of land or thereabouts.Also 30 acres more which is notyet particularly divided out of anotherparcel of the same farm, whichfell in division unto me, adjoiningRoxbury line.
Also I give unto my daughter, Sarah Stedman, and to her heirs in thetimeof her life 100 acres of land.
I do confirm, give, grant and bequeath unto her two daughters, whichsheleft behind her, viz.: Sarah Stedman and Elizabeth Stedman, thesaid 100acres of land, viz.: One parcel of land running from one sideof the farmover the great hill, being 60 rods in breadth andcontaining the sum ofseventy acres, or thereabouts, which is called 2ddivision, and lyethbetween the division given unto my daughter,Woodward, S. E. and N. E.upon Vincent Druce, and 30 acres to be out ofthat farm, part of my landaforementioned near unto the Roxbury line.These two parcels of land I dogive and grant to be equally dividedbetween the said Sarah and ElizabethStedman, my grandchildren, to haveand to hold the said landsrespectively to their heirs and assignsforever.
Also I do give unto my son, Thomas, the house he dwells in and thefieldthat is fenced in on the lower side of the highway against thehouse ofVincent Druce and unto the great ditch, containing 5 acresorthereabouts.
Also unto my son, Nathaniel, I give unto him the house he dwells in,andall the upland adjoining with cranberry meadow adjoining the Ponduntotroublesome swamp.
Also unto my beloved wife, Elizabeth Hamond, I give and bequeathduringher life, my dwelling house, meadows, pasture on the N. E. sideof thehighway, from cranberry meadow unto the lands of ThomasGreenwood, Capt.Prentice, John Ward and Thomas Prentice.
Also I give unto my son, Nathaniel, all that my meadow commonlycalledCambridge meadow; and I give unto him also one-third part ofthat mymeadow belonging unto the farm, and the rest unto my son,Thomas.
Furthermore: My will is that the cattle which shall be left aftermywife's decease, shall be divided betwixt my two sons, and whatmoveablesshall then remain to be parted equally betwixt my two sonsand mydaughter, Woodward.
Furthermore: I ordain my beloved wife to be sole executrix of this,mylast will and testament.
Furthermore: My will is that my son, Nathaniel, have one third partofthe fruit of the orchard with my son, Thomas, year by year until he has an orchard of his own, and use of the barn until his brother helphimbuild one.
This writing was exhibited without date or subscription byElizabethHamond, the relict, widow of the above named Thomas Hamond,deceased, the5 of Nov., 1675, being in the handwriting of the saidHamond.
His inventory amounted to œ1,139 16s 2d and was by Elder Wiswall andJohnSpring. It was dated Oct. 25, 1675, and states that he deceasedSept. 30,1675. A family tradition relative to Elizabeth Cason, hiswife, is givenon p. 299 of Jackson's History of Newton and is asfollows:
"It is said that when a young woman, in England, she took a walk withaparty of young folks and went into the Mint to see how money wascoined.The master of the Mint was pleased with her appearance andchat, and gaveher an invitation to try her hand in the operation. Shehad evidentlymade some impression on him, and he was desirous to knowif she couldmake as good an impression upon the coin; so he placed apiece of silvercoin upon the die, about the size of a half crown--shecame forward andgrasped the lever and stamped a fair impression uponthe coin, whereuponhe presented her with the silver piece, which shebore off in triumph;and from her fair hand it has passed through thoseof her descendants, tothe seventh generation, and is now (1854)possessed by Stephen Hammond,of Roxbury, whose son, William, of theeighth, is looking wishfully forit."
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1603 - 1675 (72 years)
