"In the Name of God Amen. The Twentith day of Aprill in the yeare
of grace one Thowsand Six hundred Seauenty & Seauen, I Thomas Low Senr. of Ipswich in
America in the Shire of Essex, being weake in body; but of good & perfect memory,
thanks be vnto God, Doe ordaine & make this my last will & Testament in manner
& forme following, first I bequeath my Soule into the hands of the Almighty God my
Creator & redeemer, by whom, through whom, & in whom I trust to haue remission of
all my Sinnes & to be an Inheritor of the Kingdome of Heauen, & my body to be
buried at the discression of my Executor. Item I giue & bequath vnto Susannah my
loueing wife, what goods she brought with hir, And also I give hir the vse of that roome
which I lye in & the free vse of those things that are in it, And also the vse of one
Cow which she liketh best, & will is that my sonne John shall mainteine it winter
& sumer & also my will is, that if the Cow Come to any Casualty hee shall find her
another Cow & maintaine it likewise as beforesaid, Also I giue vnto my wife one fourth
part of her labor that she hath Spunn both Lening & woollen, & Also she shall haue
hir beere as shee hath now, & also free vse of the fire: & Also John shall reare
hur vp a shoate yearely for Sum meate for hir, & also shee shall haue the free vse of
a Garden plott, & also a litle ground to sow half a peck of flax seede yeerely. And
also I giue vnto hir Thirty shillings yeerely to be payd by my Executor in Such things as
shee shall stand in neede of, during her naturall life: moreouer I giue vnto my loueing
wife five pownds to dispose of as shee shall thinke good. An my will is That in Case my
wife shall thinke meete to remoue from my Sonne John, Then my will is, that John Low shall
pay or ca[use] to by payd vnto hir forty Shillings yearely & euery yeare during hir
natu[ral] life in Such pay as shee needeth. And Also I giue hir the cowe to be hir [own]
& John to send hir the pay to Boston or Charls Towne.
"Item I Giue & bequeathe vnto my Sonne John Low all my Howsing & all my lands in Ipswich both meadow & vpland, to him & his heires for euer. Item I giue & bequeath vnto my Sonne Thomas Low Thirty pownds, to bee payd him by my Executor in tooe yeares after my decease. Item I giue vnto my Daughter Margaret forty pownds, to be payd by my Executor in tooe yeares after my decease. Item I Giue vnto my daughter Sarah forty pownds to be payd by my Executor within tooe yeare after my Decease. Item I giue vnto my Grandchild Thomas Low five pownds, when hee is Twenty yeares of age, or at his day of marriage. Item I give vnto my Grandaughter Margaret Dauison five pownds, when she shall be Twenty yeare old, or at hir day of marriage. Item I give vnto my Grandaughter Sarah Safford, five pownds, when she shall be Twenty yeare old, or at hir day of marriage. Item I giue vnto my Grandaughter, Sarah Low, five pownds, when she shall be Twenty yeare old, or at hir day of marriage. All the rest of my goods & Chattells vnbequeathed, I giue unto my Sonne John Low, whom I doe ordaine & make my Sole Executor of this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I haue herevnto sett my hand & Seale the Thirtith day of April in the yeare of Grace Sixteene hundred Seuenty & Seauen. 1677"
Thomas Low. (seal)
Witness: James Chute, Mary (her + mark) Chute
Proved in Ipswich court November 6, 1677 by Ja. Chute
