Genealogy of the Olmsted family in America : embracing the ...

190 Olmsted Family Genealogy
I doe will & bequeath unto my son John, my p'sent dwelling house,
houseing barne, home lott, orchard to bee him & his hiers for eu'', to haue hold
& posesse after my decease; vnlesse my son James shall (according to a writting
vnder hand) make exchange of his p''sent house & homested, wifli the sayd
John, within a yeere & one day, providing in this my will that my son James,
haue a joint use of the barne two or three years, with free egresse & regresse,
till hee can (if hee doe not before) provide himselfe of a barne.
Item I doe will & bequeath to my eldest son James Olmsted, my fruitfuU
spring lott of medow, to bee to him & his heirs to haue hold possesse for eu'
aff my decease. I doe also bequeath to my son James my cowe lott of upland,
also three acres of plowing land at Sacatuck Plaine, to bee added to the
side of what hee is there already possessed of, moreov'' one acre of my fruitfull
spring lott of vpland; Item my pasture lott; All the affore sayd lands, I doe
will to my son James to him & his hiers to haue hold posesse for eu'' aft' my
decease.
Item, I doe will & bequeath to my son John Olmsted, one acre of land in
my fruitfull spring lott, to bee added to that which is now his. And also the
lott called the pine hill lott, as also the remainder of Sacatuk lott, aft' James
hath resined his three acres before exp'ssed. Item my lott called the house lott,
all the afforsayd parcells of land, I doe giue & bequeath to my son John, to
haue hold posesse for euer aft' my decease.
I doe also bequeath unto my two sons; James & John, my medow lott on
the oth' side of Norwalk River, which shall bee equally divided crosswise,
providing that hee whose part lyeth lowest, shall haue liberty granted by the
other, of free egresse & regresse, the sayd parcells of medow so divided to bee
to each of my sons & their hiers to haue hold & posesse for eu' aft' my decease;
Item I doe will & bequeath imto my sons, James & John all my medow l)dng
in the great marsh, to each of them an equall share, (as neere as it ca;n bee
divided) to bee to them & their heirs for ever after my decease. Moreover I
do will unto my sons, James & John, my lott of upland called a gratuity lott,
lying upon the hill on the other side of the river, by the land of Thomas Benedick
Senior; also my lott at Sticky Plaine; & my lott that lyeth aboue the Sawmill;
Item sixty acres of land, granted mee by the Genrall Court; Also all my
right of lands at Pequiog, all these afforesayd parcells of land, I doe will unto
my two sons, unto each an equall share by a just distribution; the sayd lands
to bee to them & their heirs for eu' after my decease.
Item I doe will & bequeath to my son James ; one fether bed that is in the
chamber; also one flock bed that is now in his hand, to bee to him & his heirs
for eu', aft' my decease: Also I do giue to my son John; one flock bed to bee
his aft' my decease. It is also my will that the cloaths of my first wife &
daughter deceased; bee to my sons & their wiues, by as equall a distribution
as may bee.
Item I doe will & bequeath as a legacy of my loue, unto my cousin Nicholas
Olmsted of Hartford, the summe of twenty shillings; I doe also will & bequeath
to my cousin Bazies, his two daughters, viz: Elizabeth Peck; and Lidea
Baker, to each of them the summe of twenty shillings, these afforesayd legacyes
to bee payd unto them in current pay by my executors & administrators,
within two yeers aft' my decease.
Item, I doe will & bequeath unto Samuell Smith, the bed that was my last
wiues, also one pillow, & the blew rugge, and the great chest, that was my wiues:
these all forementioned to bee to the sayd Samuell, to haue hold & posesse
after my decease.