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Transcribed by Marge Matteson
Will of Obadiah Matteson
Dated October 9,1832, Proved June 21, 1834
Source: Coventry, RI Probate Records Vol 5 pages 70-72
Be it Remembered that I Obadiah Matteson of Coventry in the
County of Kent and State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Being of sane mind and calling to mind the mortality of my Body
and in awe of approaching dissolution, do make and ordain
this as my Last Will and Testament that is to say )
First. I Give and Devise unto my wife Phebe Matteson
all of my Homestead farm whereon I now live together
with all the Buildings thereon Standing for and during the term
of her Natural Life ~
Secondly. I Give and Bequeath unto my said wife all my
Indoor moveable Estate for the time of her natural Life
also my best milk cow during the aforesaid term of her
natural life also Twenty dollars to be paid by Executor
herein after named.
Thirdly. I Give and devise unto my son Rufus Matteson
all of my homestead farm whereon I now live after the decease
of my wife also my Hungry-hill Lot (so called) likewise
all of my Lots in misnick swamp on the east side of the
River ying in West Greenwich to him his heirs and assigns
forever ~
Fourthly. I Give and devise unto my two sons Eason
Matteson and Obadiah Matteson my old Farm in
West Greenwich, and also the Remaining part of a
ten acre Lot lying in said West Greenwich also one lot
in misnick swamp one the east side of the River lying
in Coventry to be equally divided Between them to them
their heirs and assigns forever ~
Fifthly I Give and divise to my three Grandaughters Chil
dren of my son Thomas Namely Hannah Matteson
Phebe Matteson and Eddy Matteson my Narrowslane
Lot after the decease of my wife the same being Given
to my said wife by her father during her life and en
tailed to my son Thomas to them their heirs and assigns
forever to be equally divided between them
Sixthly, I Give and Bequeath unto my aforesaid Grandaugh
ters viz Hannah Matteson Phebe Matteson & Eddy Matteson
one Hundred Dollars Each to be paid by my Executor herein
hereinafter Named to be paid in the following manner
one Hundred dollars to Hannah Matteson in one year
after my decease, one Hundred dollars to Phebe Matteson
in two years, and one hondred dollars to Eddy Matteson
in threee years after my decease to them theirs heirs and assigns
forever ~
Seventhly. I Give and bequeath unto my said ^three^grandaugh
ters (viz) Hannah Matteson Phebe Matteson Eddy
Matteson one feather bed and one Blanket to be equally
divided between them to them their heirs and assigns forever
Eighthly I Give and Bequeath unto my Two sons Eason Matte
son and Obadiah Matteson Three Hundred dollars to be
Equally divided between them their heirs and assigns
forever to be paid by my Executor in one year after my decease
Ninthly I Give and Bequeath unto my two Daughters
(viz) Hannah Eldredge and Sarah King all my
Household furnature after the decease of my said wife
to be Equally divided between them, to them their heirs
and assigns forever ~
Tenthly I Give and Bequeath unto my said two daughters
Hannah Eldredge and Sarah King Sixty dollars to
them their heirs and assigns forever to be paid by my
Executor herein after named to be equally divided Between
them their heors ands assigns forever ~
Eleventhly I Give and Bequeath unto my son Rufus
Matteson all my stock not heretofore given away together
with all my outdoor moveable estate to him his heirs &
assigns forever ~
Twelfthly I Give devise and Bequeath unto my said
son Rufus Matteson all money and Securities for
money he paying all my Just debts funural Expenses
and Legacies together with all my Estate and Estates
Real and personal not otherwise Given away, to him
his heirs assigns forever ~
Lastly I Hereby Nominate Constitute and appoint
my said son Rufus Matteson Sole Executor of this
my Last Will & Testament to see the same perform
according to the true Intent hereof ^hereby^Revoking and annulling all other
and former Wills by me made and Establishing and Confirming
this & this only as my last Will and Testament ~
In Testimony Where of I do hereunto set my hand
and Seal this Twenty ninth day of October in the year of
our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two 1832
Signed Sealed Published Pronounced
and Declared by said Obadiah Matteson
as and for his Last Will & Testament
in the Presence of us who at the same
time at his Request and in his presence
and in the presence of Each other
hereunto set our names as witnesses
to the same
his
Obadiah x Matteson
mark
Phillip Matteson
David Straight jun
John Wood
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