Captain Thomas Houghton 1673

Submitted by: Joyce M Oates
Date: 13 May 2018
Original: 0106202

Archdeacon Will 1673A #38 German will of Captain Thomas Houghton, dated 24 November 1673: 
Summary: son in England, wife is not mentioned
German parish register:   Thos Haughton     buried  20 November 1673

November the 24th 1673 The last will of Capt: Thomas Hoghton before hee Received the Sacrament was moved by Sir Thomas Harrison minister t make straight with the world, who said Then as ffolloweth; That he did leave that moneys was due to him from his sonn in England to sattisfie his debts in this Island and what remained of that with what he had in this Contry, he did leave to the Govrnors dispossinge towards his funerall charges; And what remained of those smaule things he had, the poor woman that looked to him shold have them Testes pbatum est et solvit xijd Tho: Harison Sam: Radcliffe jurati The worspll Govrnor is desired if there be any goods, to bring in an Invent, and to administer according to ye purport of ye will May ye 8th 1674 Capt Robt: Stevenson enters his claime against ye executors of Capt: Tho: Houghton for the sum of 3s sterlinge due debt as hee will mak to appear & craveth tryall [next page] Novber: ye 28th 1673 A pfect Inventory off ye goods off Capt Tho: Houghton prized by List: John Knight with Willm Gell Gunner and Thomas Harrison as followeth £ s d It: Three smale bookes ....................................... 0 - 2 - 0 It: 2 paire off linen stockings .............................. 0 - 1 - 6 It: a penn kinfe forke and bodkin ............................ 0 - 1 - 0 It: 3 shammy skines .......................................... 0 - 3 - 0 It: one tand calfe skine ..................................... 0 - 0 - 2 It: more 2 litle bookes ...................................... 0 - 0 - 8 It: 6 paire off cuffs ........................................ 0 - 0 - 3 It: 3 neck=cloathes .......................................... 0 - 0 - 4 It: one old paire off shoes .................................. 0 - 1 - 0 It: 1 bolt and a hud for a halcke[?] ......................... 0 - 0 - 2 It: a smale gould ringe a liver tooth picke .................. 0 - 3 - 6 It: 2 chisells, 3 files, one goudge a paire off pinsers ...... 0 - 0 - 6 It: 2 brushes ................................................ 0 - 0 - 8 It: 1 paire off shishers and 1 lookeinge glasse .............. 0 - 0 - 6 It: 1 old poahe[?] mantle .................................... 0 - 2 - 0 It: 1 old paire off bootes and spures ........................ 0 - 4 - 0 It: 1 paire off old sheets and a blankett .................... 0 - 5 - 0 It: 1 munteare capp and one paire off old wistadd } stockings ...................................}.......... 0 - 3 - 0 It: 1 shirt and waskott, ye other shirt was aboutlin ......... 0 - 2 - 0 It: 4 linen paire off stockings & 1 paire off steropstockens.. 0 - 3 - 0 It: 3 napkins 4 handcarchiffs 2 towells ...................... 0 - 1 - 4 It: 2 linen caps one red capp and a loughton capp ............ 0 - 0 - 8 It: 2 bottells 6d and one hanger wch ye Drume lookes for ..... 0 - 5 - 6 It: 1 earthen dish ........................................... 0 - 0 - 1 It: 1 cankin 3 trenchers 1 piginge ........................... 0 - 0 - 6 It: 1 pistoll for one pockett ................................ 0 - 4 - ---[dark] It: 1 shut off wearinge cloaths and a shott bagge ............ 0 - 0 ---- 2 - ------ This Inventory taken & prized by us of day & yeare above written Jo: Knight Tho: Harrison Will: Gell The Governor hath undertaken to secure the office as appeares by his letter to Mr Tho: Harrison & is to give in pledge in forme of law [next page] Maior Hoghton Gunerll: expences December 1th 1673 Major Houghtons ffunerall chardges £ s d It: for beare ye first night after his depture ................. 0 - 6 - 8 It: for Tobacco ye sayd night wth pipps yt night ............... 0 - 0 - 11 It: for beare ye second night yt hee was lodged ................ 0 - 6 - 6 It: for tobacco yt night ....................................... 0 - 0 - 4 It: for candles ................................................ 0 - 1 - 6 It: for Tobacco and pipes ye day off his buriall ............... 0 - 0 - 8 It: for 2 barrells off beare to Lieut Knight and Willm:} Ffairebrother ..................................}........ 0 - 19 - 4 It: 5lb off suger .............................................. 0 - 5 - 0 It: 12 quarts off wine ......................................... 0 - 6 - 0 It: for cakes .................................................. 0 - 9 - 3 It: for cheese ................................................. 0 It: 2 glasses broake and lost .................................. 0 - 0 - 8 It: for a windinge sheett ...................................... 0 - 5 - 0 It: for a coffin ............................................... 0 - 12 - 0 It: for ye poore ............................................... 0 - 2 - 0 It: for ye boatemen for boats .................................. 0 - 2 - 0 It: for beare ye night ye officers came to Peele ............... 0 - 2 - 0 It: for ye sarvints off ye Ensignes house for there } truble by ye governors order ..................}.......... 0 - 2 - 6 It: for makeinge ye grave and to ye saxton ..................... 0 - 2 - 0 It: to ye post ................................................. 0 - 1 - 6 It: to Marry Crelling for laying him out wth his } sarvant .....................................}............ It: to ye Drume ................................................ It: for beare yt hee caused to bee brought into ye } castle in ye tyme off his sickness .........}............ 0 - 5 - 0 It: for corne to ye officer horses ye night they came } to ye towne ....................................}......... 0 - 1 - --- Expended at Major Hoghtons ffunerall whereof we are wittnesses Jo: Knight Tho: Harrison Will: Gell ------[dark]

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