Snow, John

Notes:

On 3 June 1769 John Snow and wife Hanna and the other children of
William Harlow signed a quitclaim deed to William Harlow.
The will of John Snow of Bridgewater, yeoman, dated 9 Sept. 1766,
presented 4 Sept. 1786, names wife Hannah execu-trix; dau. Sarah Snow
under 18, son John Snow Jr. On 7 May 1794 Daniel Tomson of Bridgewater
on behalf of wife Sarah, daughter of John Snow of Bridgewater
deceased, petitioned to be appointed administrator on the estate. John
Snow of Bridgewater was cited to appear at court to show cause why
Daniel Tomson of Bridgewater should not be granted administration of
the estate of John Snow.

John married Hayward, Hannah on 15 Jul 1731 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of Hayward, Elisha and Harvey, Experience) was born on 2 Jul 1711 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Aug 1756 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Harlow, Hannah on 30 Nov 1756 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of Harlow, William and Jackson, Joanna) was born on 20 Nov 1721 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA; died after 3 Jun 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Snow, Sarah was born on 23 Mar 1758 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
2. Snow, John was born on 4 Jan 1762 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

Notes:

Born before 1664 if age 21 or over in 1685 Titicut division.
Mayflower descendant (Rebecca Browne, PETER BROWN).
James Snow of Bridgewater was appointed administrator of the estate of
this father William Snow late of Bridgewater on 7 NOV 1726. Division
of the estate on 22 NOV 1726 names sons James, William, Eleazer and
John Snow; daughters Bethiah wife of Elisha Howard and Susanna wife of
Israel Alger, both of Bridgewater.

William married Whitman, Naomi in Dec 1686 in prob. Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. Naomi (daughter of Whitman, Thomas and Byram, Abigail) was born in 1664 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 12 Jan 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source:Robert S. Wakefield FASG. Mayflower Families In Progress. General
Society of the Mayflower Descendants, 1986. p.7.
"On 31 Aug. 1638 Nr. Richard Derby transferred his servant William Snow to Edward Dotey with William to serve 7 years longer. In the 1643 list of men able to bear arms he was a resident of Plymouth. In 1657
William Snow was a Freeman in Bridgewater. In a deed dated 25 March 1667/8 (sic) William Snow of Bridgewater, husbandman, sold to Ephraim Tinkham of New Plym-outh, 1/3 part of a whole share of upland and meadow in Dartmouth which was granted by the court unto Peter Browne, a purchaser or old comer.

On 7 Nov. 1679 William Snow of Bridgewater sold to John Brown all his one third of 25 acres of land, formerly of Peter Brown of Duxbury, wife Rebecca consented.

The will of William Snow Senr. of Bridgewater, dated 9 March 1698/9, proved 4 March 1708, mentions wife (unnamed); sons Joseph and Benjamin; son William to maintain parents for life; daughters Mary,
Lydia, Hannah and Rebecca."

William married Browne, Rebekah in 1654. Rebekah (daughter of Browne, Peter and (Unknown), Mary) was born about 1631 in Plymouth Colony, MA; died after 9 Mar 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mayflower descendant (PETER BROWN)
Source:
Robert S. Wakefield FASG. Mayflower Families In Progress. General
Society of the Mayflower Descendants, 1986. p.3.

Notes:

John Arnold Byram, BYRAMS IN AMERICA: 1988
PARENT:Dea John Whitman
Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers,Volume 4, Ore,
Arethusa, tuo Siculis confunditur undis. ,page 525:
THOMAS, Weymouth, eldest s. of John the first, b. in Eng. a. 1629,
perhaps no brot. by his f. but left at home to foll. with mo. and
other ch. as fam. tradit. tells, freem. 1653, m. 22 Nov. 1656,
Abigail, d. of Nicholas Byram, had s. John, b. 5 Sept. 1658; Ebenezer;
and Nicholas, as, from his will of 1711, we find also ds. Susanna, w.
of Benjamin Willis; Mary, w. of Seth Leach; Naomi, w. of William Snow;
and Hannah, then unm.; but no date of b. for more than one of the
seven is found; perhaps bec. he sold his est. at Weymouth, and rem. to
Bridgewater bef. the b. of sec. ch. and he d. 1712.
Other children mentioned in the Boston Records for Weymouth Marriages
are Mary Whitman w. m. Micaeth Pratt. Eliz w. married Joseph Green.
"Weymouth Marriages: Thomas son to Ensigne Whitman and Abigail
Daughter of Nicholas Biron marryed by Capt William Torrey 27:9:56.
John Prat, sonne of Micaeth & Mary daughter of Ensigne Whitman (would
seem to have been in 1656). William Chard & Eliz Daughter of Micaeth
Prat. Joseph Greene & Eliz Daughter ofEnsigne LWhitman marryed p Capt
Torrey 3 mo:57.
THe will of Thomas Whitman of Bridgewater dated 12 JAN 1711 names
daughter Naomy Snow.

Thomas married Byram, Abigail on 22 Nov 1656. Abigail (daughter of Byram, I Dr Nicholas and Shaw, Susanna) was born about 1637 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA; died in 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Arnold Byram, BYRAMS IN AMERICA: 1988
Thoams and Abigail (Byram) Whitman went from Weymouth to Bridgewater,
MA and lived on a farm known as "Whitman's Neck."

Notes:

Source: Caleb Johnson, "The Probable English Origin of Mayflower Passenger Peter Browne, And His Association with Mayflower Passenger William Mullins," The American Genealogist 79(July 2004):161-178.

"Peter Browne's English origins were just recently discovered. I published the results of my research and discoveries into his origins in The American Genealogist, 79(July 2004, came out in October):161-178. Peter Browne was baptized in Dorking, co. Surrey, England on 26 January 1594/5, the son of William Browne. The Browne family appears to have had several associations with the Mullins family of Dorking, who also came on the Mayflower. Peter Browne's brother John Browne came to America about 1632, and settled in Duxbury, just to the north of Plymouth. John Browne was baptized in Dorking on 29 June 1600."

This summary published on line at www.mayflowerhistory.com October 2004

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Source:Robert S. Wakefield FASG. Mayflower Families In Progress. General
Society of the Mayflower Descendants, 1986. p. 1,2.
"He died between 25 Mar 1633 and 28 Oct 1633 in Plymouth Co., MA. Between the date when he was taxed and the date his inventory was taken."

"On 28 OCT 1633 Mary Browne, widow of Peter Browne late of New Plymouth deceased, presented an ionvetory of his estate. On 11 NOV 1633 the court ordered money set aside for Peter's daughters (by his first wife) Mary Browne and Priscilla Browne, with the rest of his estate allowed to the widow to bring up her two children by Peter."
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Peter Browne Estate
Peter Browne died without a will. He died at Plymouth, between 4 April and 10 October, 1633. Mary, his second wife administered the estate. He married, first, at Plymouth, in 1624 or 1625, Martha () Ford, who died at Plymouth, between 1 June, 1627 and 1631. He married, second, between 1627 and 1631, Mary , who died after 21 November, 1633. Mary, the daughter of Peter Brown, married Ephraim Tinkham,
(She is mentioned in his will: " . . . I had in right of Mary my wife, daughter, of Peter Browne. . .") Presilla Browne married William Allen. Rebecca, child of Peter Brown's second wife, was the wife of William Snow of Duxbury and Bridgewater. The John Browne frequently mentioned in the affairs of Peter and close relatives was his brother [William Allen To John Browne: " . . . being the one part of three of
the land which appertained unto the Children of Peeter Browne brother unto John Browne aforsaid . . ."
Inventory (See below how this estate was settled) An Inventory taken the 10th of Octobr 1633 of the goods & Chattels of Peter Browne of new Plymouth deceased as they were prised by Capt Myles Standish & mr Will Brewster of the same & presented upon oath in Court held the 28th of Oct. in the ninth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles &c.[MD 1.2.79+]
Inpr Corne 130 bushels 32 16 02
it Six melch goats prised at 18 0 00
it ffive young lambs 27 0 00
it 2 wether lambs & a Ram 02 00 00
it 4 Barrow hoggs at 9 15 02
it 3 sowes at 2 12 00
it 4 barrow Shotes 4 00 00
it 2 young sowes & a Bore 3 00 02
it 1 heyfer at 16 00 00
it 1 fowling peece 1 10 00
it 1 morter & pestle 00 15 00
3 wedges at 00 10 00
it 1 felling axe 00 1 6
it 1 other felling axe 00 2 00
it 1 handsaw 00 1 6
it 2 awgers & 1 chisell 00 1 6
it 1 how at 00 1 00
it 1 sute of Cloathes & 1 Cloake 00 3 00
it 1 flock bed in a fetherbed tick 00 16 00
it 1 bolster ticke 00 04 00
it 1 Coverlet & a blew blancket 01 11 00
it 1 old blancket & one old pillow 00 08 00
it 2 pr of sheets at 18 00 18 00
it 1 Iron pott 00 03 00
it 1 pr of pott hangers 00 02 00
it 1 Iron kettle at 00 12 00
it 1 pr of Cob Irons at 00 02 0(*)
it 2 Reape hookes at 00 01 0(*)
it 1 Twart Saw 00 03 02
it 5 peecs of pewter at 00 09 00
it 2 brasse Candlesticks at 00 03 00
it 1 quart pott of latten 00 08 00
it 1 latten pan & a dripping pan 00 04 00
it 1 brasse skellet 00 01 00
it 2 old brasse kettles at 00 04 00
it 1 chamber pott 00 01 00
it 1 pewter cupp 00 00 06
it 3 old chestes at 00 07 00
it 1 boxe at 00 06 00
it 1 Cradle 00 03 00
it an hogshead. a barrell & an harness bar 00 0 00
it 1 brush 02 02 02
it 1 Butt 00 05 00
it 1 bedsteed 00 10 02
it 1 pillowbeer of blew stuffe 00 01 04
it 2 pr of Irish Stockins 00 03 00 * Worn.
it 2 pr of shoes 00 08 00
it 1 Coate 00 08 00
it 12 02 of shott 00 02 00
it 1 Iron pot & pot hangers & pot hookes 00 10 00
it 2 brasse kettles at 02 04 00
it 1 ffrying panne at 00 02 05
it 1 Gredyron & a trevet 00 02 00
it 1 Brush 00 14 00
it 1 ffetherbed & bolster & 3 pillowes 02 00 00
it 1 Chest 00 04 00
it 1 box 00 00 08
it 1 Smoothing yron 02 01 02
it 1 Spade 00 02 00
it 1 Axe 02 01 06
it 1 howe 00 01 00
[8] it 1 Bible 00 03 00
it 4 pr of pillowbeers 00 16 00
it 1 pillow 00 02 00
it 6 table napkins 00 02 00
it owing him by Joh. Jenny 01 00 00
it pr Jonath. Brewster 1 bushel of Corne 00 05 00
it pr goodman Rowly 1 bush. Corne 00 05 00
it pr goodm Rowly more 00 03 00
it pr Edw: Bangs 00 03 00
it pr H. Howland 9 oz of shott
it pr Expr Michaell 1 oz of powder
Peter Brown debtor to John Browne eleaven bushels of Corne & a peck.
it more to Joh. Browne 00 01 00
it more to Joh Browne 02 08 00
it to Will Palmer 02 14 04
it more to Joh. Browne 00 02 08
it to mr Gilson 2/8 in beaver at 6/8 00 06 00
it to one at Massachusets 24 bushels of Corne 06 00 00
it to mr Heeks 5 bushels of Corne 01 05 00
it to mr Weston a bush. & 1/2 of Corn 00 07 06
it to Tho. Clark 1 bush of Corn & 6d 02 05 06
it to Josiah Wynslow 1/2 bush Corn 00 02 06
it to mr ffog 00 00 06
it Joh Dunham 00 04 00
it to ffr. Sprague 5 pecks of Corne 00 06 03
it to Joh Cooke 2 pecks of Corne 00 02 06
it to mr Collier for 1/2 bushell of pease
it to mrs ffuller for 1 peck malt & purgac
it to the Surgion for letting her man bloud
it to Kanelm Wynslow for a Coffin 00 12 00

Peter Brown aforesaid dying wthout will

Settlement of Peter Browne's Estate
Court Orders, 1: 33, under date of 28 October, 1633
In this Court Mary the late wife of Peter Browne deceased who dyed wthout will presented an Inventory of the goods & Chattels of her said husb. upon oath & was referred for Administracon to an other Cour of
Assistants to be held the on munday the 11th r next ensuing. 1633. Novbr 11th At a Court of Assistants held the 11th of Novembr in the ninth yeare of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles by the
grace of God King of Engl. Scotl. ffrance & Ireland Defender of the ffaith &c.

It was ordered, that Whereas Peter Browne dyed wthout will having divers children by divers wives his estate amounting to an hundred pownds or thereabouts. It is ordered that Mary his wife who is allowed the Administratrix of the said Peter foorthwith pay downe fifteen pownds for the use of Mary Browne daughter of the said Peter to mr Joh. Done of Plymoth aforesaid . wth whom the said Court have placed
the said Mary for nine yeares. At the end whereof the said John is to make good the said fifteen pownds to her or her heires if in case she die. Also it is further ordered that the said Widow Mary Browne pay or cause to be paid into the hands of mr Will Gilson the full sum of fifteen pownds for the use of Prisilla Browne an other of the daughters of the said Peter the Court having placed the said Prisilla
wth the said Will for 12 yeares At thend whereof the said Will is to make good the same unto her as her ffathers legacy as aforesaid, & to that end the said John & Will either stand bound for other for pformance of the severall paymts as also for such other pformanes of meet drinke cloathing &c during the said terme as is meet. And for the rest of the estate the widow having two children by the said Peter
together wth her owne 3d it is allowed Her for bringing up the said children. Provided that shee discharge wtsoever debts shall be proved to be owing by the said Peter, & the legacies given by the Court. ffor pformance whereof shee & mr Will Brewster bownd in two hundred pownds
[Court Orders, I:37]
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Peter Browne arrived on the Mayflower, 1620.

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Peter is listed in the 1633 list of freemen.

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Peter married (Unknown), Mary about 1630 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Mary died before 27 Oct 1647. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was living 27 March 1634 when she was taxed. She d. probably
before 27 OCT 1647 as ther is no mention of widow's dower in a deed of
that date.

Notes:

NEHGR: 49:174: In the biography of Capt John Thomas of Braintree, it
is noted that he m. Lydia, dau. of Deacon Abiah Whitman, who was son
of Capt. John1 Whitman, the emigrant, and lived on the homestead of
his father at North Weymouth, which was on the north side of the road
leading by the meetinghouse and directly off against it. Deacon
Whitman was a large land owner in Easton, MA

John married Whitman, Mary about 1628. Mary was born about 1602. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source:THE VITAL RECORDS OF BRIDGEWATER, MASS. (Continued from page 147.)
[Vol. 1, p. 97]
The marriage of John whitman heare in the towne of Bridgwater was
solemnized the tenth of June in one thousand six hundred eighty six

Notes:

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NICHOLAS BYRAM

Nicholas Byram of Bridgewater made his will 13 January, 1687. Bequests were as follows:

"I Ratifie unto my brother John Shaw of weymouth my whole Interest in the North adition which was granted by the Court to Bridwater Town & on lot of Meadow in a Place Called Poor meadow Joyning to the Meadow of William Brett . which he hath Possesed severall yeares" "to Each of my Children what land I formerly Gave unto them." "the Rest of my Estate .... I give [p. 17] give unto .... wife Susana" "I leave my aforesd wife Susana sole Executrix" The witnesses were Samuel Allen, Sr., William Brett and John Whitman.

The executrix presented the will at the court held 13 June, 1688, and it was probated on the testimony of Samuel Allen, Sr., and William Brett.
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NICHOLAS BYRAM'S INVENTORY
"The Inventory of Nicholas Byram of Bridgwater who deseaced the thirteenth day of Aprill 1688" was taken by "his wife Susana byram" who signed by a mark.

It was witnessed by Samuel Allen, Sr., and William Brett. "Susana Byram the wife of Nicholas Byram deceased" made oath to the inventory 16 June, 1688, before John Willis, Sr. "by Dedemus Potestatem Directed to the abovesd John Willice from the Inferiour Court of Comon Pleas held at Plimouth" 13 June, 1688, "the said John Willis was Impowered to adminester the oath abovesd to the above sd Susana Byram"
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Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691

Part Two: Topical Narratives
Chapter 13: Everyday Life and Manners:

As time went on, Plymouth Colony resolved some old problems and acquired new ones. The court could not satisfy all complaints. Though people were frequently punished for slander, in 1677 when Captain
Goulding, David Lake, and Thomas Lake complained that they were meeting with opposition and threatening speeches from neighbors to disturb them in their peaceful enjoyment of lands granted them by the court, the court said it would maintain their title to the lands, "but as for words, they must beare with them when they meet with them." In 1670 the court ordered that profits from fishing with nets at Cape Cod would go to provide a free school for the training of youth in literature for the good and benefit of posterity, and in 1678 it gave £5 from fishing profits to the schoolmaster at Rehoboth, and it
expressed an intention to have a grammar school in each town of the colony. People complained of high taxes, and some towns were using tax methods that the court found odd. In 1668, at the complaint of Mr.
Nicholas Byram that Bridgewater was overtaxing people with dormant lands and undertaking those who used the town's common lands, the court told the town to find some more equitable way. In 1670 the
court, in answer to the complaint of land owners at Rehoboth, ordered the town not to tax them more than thirty shillings for a £40 rating.

Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691
Part Three: Biographical Sketches
Biographical Sketches
Smith, Ralph
... Moses Simonson arrived on the Fortune in 1621. Though not on the 1633 freeman list, he became a freeman no later than 7 March 1636/37 (PCR 1:53). He was in Leiden with the Separatists, and Winslow called him a member of the Dutch Church who could speak English and who took communion with the Separatist Church (Hypocrisie Unmasked, p. 63). He also went by the name Moses Simons, and on 13 December 1660 Moses Simons of Duxbury and his wife Sarah sold his right of lands in Bridgewater to Nicholas Byram (MD 34:85). He dated his will 17 June 1689, calling himself "aged and full of decay," and his inventory was taken 10 September 1691 (MD 31:60). He mentioned his sons Aaron and John; and his daughters Mary, wife of Joseph Alden; Elizabeth, wife of Richard Dwelly; and Sarah, wife of James Nash. He also had a son Moses, Jr. of Scituate, who predeceased him (Ply. Colony PR 3:2:62-63).
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Byrams in America, John Arnold Byram, 1988, pages 1-2

The exact reason or event which brought Nicholas to America will probably never be know. Aaron G. Byram, who documented the first Byram family genealogy, "The Byram Pamphlet" drew upon the writing of the family legend as written by the Honorable Nathan Mitchell in his "History of Bridgewater". Aaron wrote"Nicholas Byram was the son of an English gentleman who removed about the time of the birth of his son to Ireland. At sixteen his father sent him to visit his friends in England, in charge of a man who betrayed his trust, robbed him of his money, and sent him to "West Indies" (probably the island of Barbados) where he was sold to pay his passage. After his time of servitude expired, by the help of a few pieces of gold, said to have been sewd into one of his garments by his mother, he took passage to New England and married Susanna Shaw of Weymouth." Mark Bennett Byron III in his book "THE BYRAM CHRONICLE" writes: "The author does not question Nicholas' going to Weymouth MA or his
marriage to Susanna Shaw but believes that he has uncovered the record of his early arrival in America whether he came directly from England or via Barbados. In either event he landed in Virginia with Thomas Edghill and received 50 acres of land. Possibly the religious climate of Massachusetts Colony was more to his liking than that of Virginia where the established church was firmly entrenched. For this reason Nicholas probably traded his 50 acres of land in Virginia for passage to the MA colony.,"

He also states that the Virginia Colony have a land grant showing that on 23 Oct. 1637 - Thomas Edghill received 100 acres, Isle of Wight County. Upon a creed running SW of maine creek in the Pagan Baye,
adjoining next to John Walker's devdt. Westward toward the head of Vaster's Neck. 50 acres due to his personal adv. and 50 acres of 1 servant called Nicholas Byram."

Then in Northcumberland County Records, on 5 Feb. 1651 - John Hawkin's will gives land to Abraham Byram and a yearling to Abraham's son, Thomas. "From the above, it would seem that a Nicholas and
Abraham were about the same age, possibly brothers and probably the grand children of Nicholas Byrom, the Cheshire Barrister.

Mark also gives a statement that Helen Byrom Griggs said. "Father also said that there was a tradition in the family tha the young son of some early Byrom has been kidnapped by a sailor's press gang and had been taken to Barbados from wence he never returned but suggested his origin his origin in kent might have been mistaken for Kenion where the Byroms were established."

Nicholas may have taken the ketch "Increase" which sailed from Barbados to Boston but was damaged in a storm and arrived in Peqout (New London) Conn. From there he must have gone to MA. Nicholas settled in Weymouth, MA.

He was made a freeman by the Court, May 2, 1638. The term freeman was sort of an Aristocracy in New England. By 1670 there were only 1,100 Freemen out of a population of 25,000. They were voting members of their colony. A Freeman was required to have a certain amount of land of an income equivalent to the income received from that amount of land. He had the title "Mister", and could wear costly garments with ornaments of silver, gold, or lace threads.

In 1662 Nicholas purchased of Moses Simmons, Phillip Delano and of George Soule 3 shares, or the original purchase rights, of a tract of land which became Bridgewater. This amounted to seven square miles. He was the second settler. The purchase of "Duxbury Plantation" (Bridgewater) was made on March 23, 1640 by Miles Standish, Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth acting as commissioners appointed to make this purchase.

It would be interesting to learn where Nicholas acquired the cash for such a purchase. It is possible that the sale of this home in Weymouth, MA provided means to purchase the undeveloped land to the west. This trend, to move west to gain cheaper land continued for many generations and helped distribute the Byram family throughout America. Nicholas took an active part in the government of Bridgewater. He was elected a member of the grand inquest under Thomas Prince in 1664. He was appointed by the Court as one of the selectman of Bridgewater in 1666. He was appointed, with Samuel Edson and John Willis, Councillor of War with the Military Officers of the town in 1667 and he held other civil posititions.
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Nicholas married Shaw, Susanna in 1635 in Massachusetts, USA. Susanna (daughter of Shaw, Abraham and Best, Elizabeth Bridget) was born about 25 May 1617 in Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng; died about 1698 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Will Information: Souce : The Mayflower Descendant: a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history, Volumes 42-43, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992

She left a will in Nov 1700 in Bridgewater; Proved 18 Dec, 1700. The will of Susanna Byam, widow, of the Town of Bridgewater, being aged and weak, was signed by a mark. It left bequests to : "daughter-in-law Mary Byram, my son Nicholas Byram's wife", who received one pair of sheets and my best green say apron; grandson Nicholas Byram, who received my horse and chest belonging to my deceased husband; granddaughter Mehetable Byram, who received one pair of sheets, bolster, smoothing iron and looking glass; daughter Abigail Whitman, who was given one camlet Samar and one fine shift; daughter Deliverance Porter, a red petty coat; daughter Experience Willis, one cow, my best hat, one fine shift, one petty coat, "my Bible and Linnen Wheele"; daughter Susanna Edson, one petty coat; grandson Ebenezer Whitman, one chest with lock and key; greanddaughter Mary Leach, two petty cosats; grand daughter Mary Willis, one chest. Miriam, a negro maid, was given her "freedom" and one "home made hoode." Tom, a Negro man, was given 10 shillings money and his "freedom"..."if he be 30 years of age and if not he shall serve with my son Nicholas Biram till he is 30 years of age and then be free." Son Nicholas Byram received one cow, fire tongs and shovel, a brass skillet, dripping pan, a great spit, Iron hood and Iron kettle. The remainder of the estate, money and other moveables was to be "equally divided amongst" her "four daughters and granddaughter" namely: Abigail Whitman, Deliverance Porter, Experience Willis, Susanna Edson and Mary Leach. Son Nicholas was named as Executor. In a memorandum, Deacon William Brett and Thomas Snell, Sr. were made oath on 18 Dec 1700.

The Inventory of the estate of Susanna Byram, widow, deceased 28 Nov 1700, totaled £96-2-0 in household items, with a cow and a horse "prized by us whose names are underwritten this 12 day December in year above written. Joseph Shaw and John Whitman."

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Sources for Susannah Shaw:
Eunice Byram Roberts, BYRAM-CRAWFORD AND ALLIED FAMILIES GENEALOGY
George Walter Chamberlain, HISTORY OF WEYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS; 1923