A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farmington, Conn ...

22 CLARK GENEALOGY.
weak in V)ocly but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to
God therefor, calling to mind the mortality of my body and
knowing that 'tis appointed
unto men once to die do ordain
this my last will and testament, that is to say first and prin-
cipally of all I give and recommend my
soul in to the hands
of God that made it, hoping through the deatli and passion
of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon of
all my sins and to inherit Eternal Life, and my body I com-
mit it to the earth to be decently buried nothing doubting but
at the General Resurection of the Just I shall receive the
same again by the almighty power of God, and as to such
worldly estate as God has blessed [me] with in tliis life, I
give and dispose of tiie same in the following manner and
form.— First I will that all those debts and duties as I do owe
in right or conscience to any manner of person or persons
shall be well and truly paid in convenient time after my
decease. Imprimis unto my well beloved Ruth Clark I give
and bequeath one third part of my
Real Estate or estate of
Housing & lands to be used and improved by her, and she is
to have the profits and effects thereof during her natural life
and one third part of my
moveable estate to be at her own
dispose forever. Item unto my two sons viz:—John and
Matthew Clark I give and bequeath to them and their heirs
and assigns forever all my lands both meadow & upland both
divided and undivided in equal proportion between them both
for quantity and quality, also all my 'housing
and barns and
also all my moveable estate of what kind or sort forever, that
I shall stand possessed of at my death and not legally con-
veyed away in my life time, they or their heirs paying to my
daughters viz. Mary and Ruth the sums hereafter in this my
will given to them. Item unto my two daughters viz. Mary
Smith & Ruth Woodruff I give and bequeatli besides what I