From the Probate Records of New Hampshire:
EPHRAIM BROWN 1768 SOUTH HAMPTON
In the Name of God amen - The Sevententh Day of february one thusand Se ven hundred and Sixty Eight - I Ephraim Brown of South Hampton in the P rovince of new hampshire Yeoman Being wek in bodey * * * 1st I Give unt o my Well Beloved wife Mehetibel Brown three pound Lawfull money to be p aid hur By my Executor here after Named out of my Stock Imeadeatly afte r my Decease 2dly - I Give to my son Joseph Brown one Sheep which with s hat I have before Given him by Deed, is his full portion of my Estate - 3 dly I Give to my Son Enoch Brown forty acres of Land at Sandown where h e now Lives it Being the Esterly End of Said Lot and to Extend westerly s o fare as to Comleet sd forty acres to him and his first male heir Lawf ully Begoten of his Bodey - 4thly I Give to my Son Ephraim Brown a peac e of Salt marsh Lying in Salisbury at Birch Island joying on the Beach h e Paying to My Daugter anna Eastman Six pounds thirten Shillings & four p ence - and to my Daughter Lydiah Eastman Six pounds thirten Shilings an d four pence - after my Decees - within one year
5thly I Give to my Two Sons Eijah and Moses Brown all my homsted Land a nd Buildings Equaly to be Devided Betwen them only Reserving the wester ly End of my Dwelling house that is the Lower Rome And Chamber for my D aughters Hannah and Ruth untill they are married allso I Give to Sd two S ons Elijah & Moses my Land at Chair hill and all my Land at hoog hill E qualy to be Devided Betwen Them allso my peace of salt Marsh in Salisbu ry near Carters Beaches So Called Lying on the Crick which was formerly p arte of Carters Lot allso my peice of flats So Called - on these Condit ions that they the said Elijah and Moses take Care and Comfortably Supp orte with victles and Clothing and Lodgin in sickness and health my son H eziciah Brown During his naturall Life they Receiving the profits of sd H ezicias Labour also they Keeping a Cow for my Daughter Hannah Brown Sum er and Winter and finding sd Hannah & Ruth five Cord of wood at the hou se yearly and keep them one pig yearly till they be maried
6thly I Give to my Son Elias Brown all My Land which I Have in the Town ship Called Goffs town in the province of New hampshire - also I Give m y sd son Elias a pair of Steers a Comming in three out of my Stock -
7ly I give unto My two Daughters anna Eastman and Lydiah Eastman all my r ight of Land which I have in Worrens Town to be Eqally Devided Betwen t hem -
8thly I Give to my Daughter Hannah Brown one Cow
9thly I give to my Son Ephraim the one half of the Remainder of my Lot o f Land Lying at Sandown
10ly I Give to My Daughters Hannah and Ruth the Other half of the Remai nder of my Lot of Land at Sandown -
Further I Give unto My Son Joseph Twenty acres of Land Lying in popplen n er the Spruse Swamp so Called
also I give to My Son Enoch one acre of Salt marsh in Salisbury at Sand ey Cove So Called -
itim I give my two Sons Hezeciah and Moses my best Bead and Beading the reto belonging - Further I Give to my four Daugters all my Indore house hold Goods and movables to be Eqaley Devided amongst them Excep the Cyd er Cask and Dry Cask
Further my will is that all the Remainder my Land and marsh notes and b ills togather with all my out Dore movablels and Stock after my Juste D ebts and funeral Charges are payed - that the Remander of Said Notes Bi lls Movables Land & Stock Shall be Devided to and among all my Children G iving to my Eldest Son Joseph two partes or Shares of said notes Bills S tock or movables withe the Rest of my Children
And finially I do hereby Constitute and appointe my well Beloved Brothe r William Brown to be the Sole Executor * * *
Ephraim Brown
[Witnesses] Winthrop True, Jonathan Woodman, Samuel Woodman.
[Proved March 30, 1768]
[Warrant, March 30, 1768, authorizing Winthrop True and Abel Brown, bot h of South Hampton, gentlemen, to appraise the estate.]
[Inventory, May 17, 1768; amount, 691 pounds 13. 6; signed by Winthrop T rue and Abel Brown; an addition of 29 pounds 14. 0. was made April 20, 1 770.]
[Guardianship of Moses Brown, non compos mentis, granted to John Eastma n, April 28, 1769. - Probate records, col. 25, p. 369]
[Bond of John Eastman, Jr. of Salisbury, Mass., shipwright, with Jeremi ah Eastman of Kensington, yeoman, and Samuel Page of South Hampton, hus bandman, as sureties, in the sum of 300 pounds, April 28, 1769, for the g uardianship of Moses Brown of South Hampton; witnesses, none.]
[Account of the executor; receipts, 114 pounds 12. 8, personal estate; e xpenditures, 113 pound 14. 7 3/4;
allowed Feb. 28, 1770}
[Additional account; receipts, 37 pounds 9 6 1/2; expenditures, 41 poun ds 12. 7; allowed June 6, 1771.]
[Account of the guardian; receipts, 113 pounds 3. 3; expenditures, 115 p ounds 18. 2 1/4; allowed June 24, 1772.]
[Additional account; receipts, 7 pounds 9. 3; expenditures, 10 pounds 1 5. 7 1/2; allowed Dec. 20, 1772.]
[ Bond of James Hadlock, yeoman, with Abel French, gentleman, and Benja min Brown, yeoman, as sureties, all of South Hampton, in the sum of 100 0 pounds, March 28, 1776, for the guardianship of Moses Brown and Elija h Brown, both of South Hampton, idiots, sons of Ephraim Brown; witnesse s, Nathaniel Parker, William Parker.]
He died in March 1768 at the age of 65 in South Hampton, Rockingham, Ne w Hampshire.78
From the Probate Records of New Hampshire: EPHRAIM BROWN 1768 SOUTH HAMPTON In the Name of God amen - The Sevententh Day of february one thusand Seven hundred and Sixty Eight - I Ephraim Brown of South Hampton in the Province of new hampshire Yeoman Being wek in bodey * * * 1st I Give unto my Well Beloved wife Mehetibel Brown three pound Lawfull money to be paid hur By my Executor here after Named out of my Stock Imeadeatly after my Decease 2dly - I Give to my son Joseph Brown one Sheep which with shat I have before Given him by Deed, is his full portion of my Estate - 3dly I Give to my Son Enoch Brown forty acres of Land at Sandown where he now Lives it Being the Esterly End of Said Lot and to Extend westerly so fare as to Comleet sd forty acres to him and his first male heir Lawfully Begoten of his Bodey - 4thly I Give to my Son Ephraim Brown a peace of Salt marsh Lying in Salisbury at Birch Island joying on the Beach he Paying to My Daugter anna Eastman Six pounds thirten Shillings & four pence - and to my Daughter Lydiah Eastman Six pounds thirten Shilings and four pence - after my Decees - within one year 5thly I Give to my Two Sons Eijah and Moses Brown all my homsted Land and Buildings Equaly to be Devided Betwen them only Reserving the westerly End of my Dwelling house that is the Lower Rome And Chamber for my Daughters Hannah and Ruth untill they are married allso I Give to Sd two Sons Elijah & Moses my Land at Chair hill and all my Land at hoog hill Equaly to be Devided Betwen Them allso my peace of salt Marsh in Salisbury near Carters Beaches So Called Lying on the Crick which was formerly parte of Carters Lot allso my peice of flats So Called - on these Conditions that they the said Elijah and Moses take Care and Comfortably Supporte with victles and Clothing and Lodgin in sickness and health my son Heziciah Brown During his naturall Life they Receiving the profits of sd Hezicias Labour also they Keeping a Cow for my Daughter Hannah Brown Sumer and Winter and finding sd Hannah & Ruth five Cord of wood at the house yearly and keep them one pig yearly till they be maried 6thly I Give to my Son Elias Brown all My Land which I Have in the Township Called Goffs town in the province of New hampshire - also I Give my sd son Elias a pair of Steers a Comming in three out of my Stock - 7ly I give unto My two Daughters anna Eastman and Lydiah Eastman all my right of Land which I have in Worrens Town to be Eqally Devided Betwen them - 8thly I Give to my Daughter Hannah Brown one Cow 9thly I give to my Son Ephraim the one half of the Remainder of my Lot of Land Lying at Sandown 10ly I Give to My Daughters Hannah and Ruth the Other half of the Remainder of my Lot of Land at Sandown - Further I Give unto My Son Joseph Twenty acres of Land Lying in popplen ner the Spruse Swamp so Called also I give to My Son Enoch one acre of Salt marsh in Salisbury at Sandey Cove So Called - itim I give my two Sons Hezeciah and Moses my best Bead and Beading thereto belonging - Further I Give to my four Daugters all my Indore household Goods and movables to be Eqaley Devided amongst them Excep the Cyder Cask and Dry Cask Further my will is that all the Remainder my Land and marsh notes and bills togather with all my out Dore movablels and Stock after my Juste Debts and funeral Charges are payed - that the Remander of Said Notes Bills Movables Land & Stock Shall be Devided to and among all my Children Giving to my Eldest Son Joseph two partes or Shares of said notes Bills Stock or movables withe the Rest of my Children And finially I do hereby Constitute and appointe my well Beloved Brother William Brown to be the Sole Executor * * * Ephraim Brown [Witnesses] Winthrop True, Jonathan Woodman, Samuel Woodman. [Proved March 30, 1768] [Warrant, March 30, 1768, authorizing Winthrop True and Abel Brown, both of South Hampton, gentlemen, to appraise the estate.] [Inventory, May 17, 1768; amount, 691 pounds 13. 6; signed by Winthrop True and Abel Brown; an addition of 29 pounds 14. 0. was made April 20, 1770.] [Guardianship of Moses Brown, non compos mentis, granted to John Eastman, April 28, 1769. - Probate records, col. 25, p. 369] [Bond of John Eastman, Jr. of Salisbury, Mass., shipwright, with Jeremiah Eastman of Kensington, yeoman, and Samuel Page of South Hampton, husbandman, as sureties, in the sum of 300 pounds, April 28, 1769, for the guardianship of Moses Brown of South Hampton; witnesses, none.] [Account of the executor; receipts, 114 pounds 12. 8, personal estate; expenditures, 113 pound 14. 7 3/4; allowed Feb. 28, 1770} [Additional account; receipts, 37 pounds 9 6 1/2; expenditures, 41 pounds 12. 7; allowed June 6, 1771.] [Account of the guardian; receipts, 113 pounds 3. 3; expenditures, 115 pounds 18. 2 1/4; allowed June 24, 1772.] [Additional account; receipts, 7 pounds 9. 3; expenditures, 10 pounds 15. 7 1/2; allowed Dec. 20, 1772.] [ Bond of James Hadlock, yeoman, with Abel French, gentleman, and Benjamin Brown, yeoman, as sureties, all of South Hampton, in the sum of 1000 pounds, March 28, 1776, for the guardianship of Moses Brown and Elijah Brown, both of South Hampton, idiots, sons of Ephraim Brown; witnesses, Nathaniel Parker, William Parker.] He died in March 1768 at the age of 65 in South Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.78