“Will of Eleazer Ware.

Will dated July 16, proved Aug. 28, 1750. Eleazer Ware of Wrentham, Husbandman. To wife Mary ‘all my Household Goods and Indoor Moveables’ with the use of Dwelling House, ‘half my Homestead and half my pasture Land above Deacon Theodore Man’s and also two Cows for her own proper Use during the time She remains my Widow. And if Providence should so Order it that she should be married to another Man,’ she shall ‘carry off of Indoor Moveables to the Value of twenty pound Lawfull Money.’ To son Eleazer certain lots of land, half the outdoor Moveables, wearing apparell, & Armour;’ also my Cane or walking Staff” and £8 Lawfull Money. To son Daniel half the Homestead, half the outdoor moveables, half said Pasture land; & the other half of said Pasture land, Homestead and dwelling house after his mother shall quit the same (provided he pay the legacies hereafter mentioned); half the wearing apparell & Armour.’Legacies to daughters Mary Hewes; Mercy Nicholson; Jerusha Day and her three children by her former husband, Jerusha, Samuel, and Abihal King; to grandchildren Hezekiah & Abigail Ware ‘who now live with me,’ to be paid when they come of age; to grandchildren Elijah & Mary Ware. Eleazer Ware and Daniel Ware Executors.”

Witnesses : Theodore Man, Thomas Man, Junr, John Messenger.

Reference Data:

The Descendants of Robert Ware of Deadham, Massachusettts, by Emma J. Ware, 1887, page 18