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14 CARR FAMILY RECORDS— SECOXD GENERATIOM.
in Narragansett bay, of the Indians, which contained about
six thousand acres. He also acquired considerable propert}^
in Newport. His will was dated April 20, 1681, as he had determined
on a voyage to New York and New Jersey. He died
in 1681, and his will was proved, Oct. 4, 1681. The following
is a copy of his last will and testament:
"Being now in my perfect health and memor^^ and being
bound on a voyage to New^ York and New Jersey, and aged
sixty-seven, and not knowing how the Lord ma}^ deal with me
in ni}^ intended voyage, and knowing certainh^ that I must
once die, though uncertain when, yet being desirous to set mj^
house in order, do make and appoint this to be ni}' last will
and testament."
"Tnipriniis. — I commit my soul into the arms of Jesus
Christ my Redeemer, and my body to the dust, to be decenth^
buried, and so my worldU" estate I dispose of as follo^veth:"
"Fii'stljr, I give and bequeath to my loving w^ife, all m^^ household
stuff and movables, excepting my sheep at Conanicut,
and £20 in money to be paid her yearly during her natural
life 1)3^ my sons hereinafter named."
''Second, I give to my eldest child, Caleb Carr, all iny land
at Conanicut, alias Jamestown, he paying my Avife £ 10 a year
in money dviring her natural life, and pay John Hicks, his
children by my daughter Mary, £20."
"lliircl, 1 give my son Robert Carr, and to the heirs of his
body lawfuU}^ begotten, m}" dwelling house and wharf from
the corner post that leads into the well yard vipon a straight
line to the sea, (only the privilege of the highwa>^ bet\^^een the
house and the well yard to l)e common up to John Brown's
house, and the wharf to 1)e free for my sons and daughters for
any goods they shall bring on or off of said wharf,) and to have
all the land upon the straight line from that post adjoining to
the house and pasture, except what is given to my son-in-law,
James Brown, and the privilege of the well and a wa^' to it,
and pa}' to his mother £7 in mone}" yearly during her natural
life."
"Fourth, I give to my son Ksek, all my land from the corner
post of the \vell yard next to the street side of land I sold Nicholas
Davis, now in possession of Francis Brinley and Caleb
Carr, together with the privilege of the highway between the
house and the land and a highway down to mv wharf, and the