JONATHAN DAVIS, Jamaica. “Wee underwritten coming to ye house which was Jonathan Davis deceased, to make inquiry according to Law, whether he had made any will or no. Answer was made that he had made no written will, only in the hearing of Zacharias Mills and Abigail Darling bee did desire that what estate he left behinde should bee for his wife Sarah. And also in regard of his wife’s inability to manage her business herself, he desired that his brother Samuel Davis and Nehemiah Smith should be assistants to her and be her Overseers. The which two men in our hearing did manifest that they was very willing to answer the desire of the party deceased, and bee helpfull to the widow as they could. And alsoe for some reasons best known to herself, the widow Sarah desired to have a third person added to the other two, which was Wait Smith, unto which all Partyes agreed. Witness our hands, February 8 1674. Nathaniel Denton, Constable; John Oldfield, John Bayler, Overseers.
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Sarah Davis, widow of JONATHAN DAVIS, late of Jamaica, is confirmed as executor of the nuncupative will of said Davis, April 1, 1675.
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