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| From the print-out I note that one Thomas Curtis and Mary Camp were married on August 24, 1585; and that he married for a second time a widow named Mary Shelley on July 3, 1596. Another Thomas Curtis was baptized on July 21, 1594. Among the listing of burials is a Thomas Curtis on July 3, 1596. This date differs by two years from the information contained on the chart of the genealogist Charles Arthur Hoppin prepared in 1935. Winifred Widmer Downey May 9, 1995 Last Will & Testament of Thomas Curtis of Nazeing, England Copied from a transcript made by Mr. C. A. Hoppin and published in the Boston Transcript of April 4, 1936 in Note 2831, Part II. The original will is said to be filed in the Commissary Court of London, 1603-1697, Number 20-142. (The Descendants of William Curtis of Roxbury, Mass by Harold E. Curtis) Thomas Curtis (1560-1631), Nazeing, England Thomas Curtis cu coddicillo. In the name of god Amen. I Thomas Curtis of Nazing in the countie of Essex Yeoman being sick in bodie hole in mind and of pfecte remembrance thanks be the ffather of our Lord Jesus Christe this l3th of December Ano Dni 1604 doe make and ordeine this my laste Will and Testamente in mannr and forme followinge viz ffyrst and princepally I Comend my Sowle to God who gave mee it in assurance of the eternall peace of it throughe fayth in Christe my saviour and my bodye to be buried at the discrecon of my Executrixe. Itm I give unto my Daughter Martha one fether bede. Item I give unto my Daughter Mary one other ffeather bede. Item I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth the cubboard in the old parlor. Item I give my table in the old parlor to my Sonne and all that was my first wyves and my Lynnen to be equally devided amongst my llj Daughters. Item I give unto Mary my wyfe my house and Lande with all apptinances for xij years after my decease uppon Condicon that at the ende of six yeares she doe paye or cause to bee payde unto every of my sayd daughters fortie pounds in marmr and forme followinge vizt., I will that shee doe paye uhto Martha my Daughter forty pounds with in the Compasse of the seaventh and eight years after my decease. Item I give unto Mary my Daughter forty pounds to bee payd unto her in the ixth and xth years nexte after my decease. Item I give to Elizabeth my Daughter forty pounds to bee payd unto her in the xith and xijth years after my decease. Item my will and mearming is that if my wife doe not pay the three porcons before menconed accordinge to this my Will that then my three Daughters shall have my howse and land for the last six years to rayse them ther sayd porcons. Item I do give unto my sonne my howse and land after the ende of xij yeres uppon condicon that he doo paye unto my wife yearly viij pounds duringe her naturall life and if he refuse to pay the sayd eight pounds that then shee shall have halfe my house and land. Item all the rest of my goods moveable and unmoveable what soever ungiven and bequeathe I give unto my wife whome I make my sole Executrixe of this my will. In witness where of I have sette my hand the day and yeare above written in the presence of us. Richard ffiriam, John Goore, John Grave, John Reade. By me Thomas Curtis Coddicillum Thome Curtis. Whereas Martha, Mary and Elizabeth should have forty pounds a peece, It is now my Will that it should be payd at the entranc of the three two years if the Mother dye after shee hath payd this monney if shee Dye before the two yeares bee expired and then it shall be payd backe and if it bee but one quarter and likewise the other two shall paye backe like unto the other sister they shall paye enters of this lande Itye Busheyleys by a surrender to them that the monney should bee pay backe to if it be not payd accordinge. Thomas Curtis "Probatum fuit hmoi testamentu cu Codicillo subscript cora mro Thomas Rydley legu Dcore Comiss &c ultimo die mensis Januij Ano Dni stilo Anglie 1605 iuram to Marie relee et excs in testo noiat Cui &c de ben &c Jur &c salvo mre &c." | ||||||||||
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