NEHGR 158:214 for full text of will [From One Boston to Another: Notes on the Ancestry of Mary (Jackson) Woodward by John Anderson Brayton]; Genealogical Gleanings in England, vol. 2, p. 1015 by Henry F. Waters for extract.

The Will and Testament of Samuell Jackson, sonne of Mr. Edmund Jackson late of Boston [in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury].

I doe comit my body to the earth from whence it came and my soule unto God Almighty the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Next I doe freely give unto my loving brother Nathaniell Jackson sonne to my father Edmond Jackson the summe of five pounds of good and law full money which was left me by my uncle Mr. John Storie at his death which was due unto me the fifteenth day of March last past in the yeare of our Lorde God one thousand sixe hundred fortie one and the seaventeenth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles And was to be paid me by Mrs. Millicent Storie wife to Mr. John Storie whome he left his Executor and I doe freely give unto my sister Sarah Jackson daughter to my father Mr. Edmund Jackson the summe of eight pounds of goods and lawfull money of England Three pound being left of a legacie of Tenn pounds which was given me at the death of my grandfather Mr. Robert Story due to me the fifteenth day of March last and five pounds which was given me by the will of my Grandmother Mrs. Elizabeth Storie wift to Mr. Robert Storie which was left to be paid by my uncle Storie sonne to the sayd Robert and Elizabeth Storie due to me the fifteenth of March aforesayd but with a provisoe that the sayd Sarah paye unto John Perrott Cittizen and Marchant taylor of London who liveth in Abchurch land in the parish of St. Nicholas Acons the summe of twentie shillings which I borrowed of him for my owne use and I doe give unto my brother Elisha Jackson sonne to my father Mr. Edmund Jackson the summe of twenty shillings to be paid unto him or whome he shall appointe at the receipt of the foresayd money And I doe likewise give to my Sister Mary now Mary Woodward living in Boston in new England the summe of twentie shillings to be paid to her or her childe or to my brother Elisha if in case shee should dye soe likewise if my brother Elisha should dye before the receipt thereof to fall to my sister Mary Jackson And if they both dye to fall to my sister Sarah And this is my will and free disposeing of that which I have after my departure out of this life In witness whereof I have set my hand and seale this seaventh day of August one thousand sixe hundred forty two

Sam: Jackson

Witness John ffullerton

Vicesimo primo die Mensis Novembris Anno Domini millimo sexcentesimo quadragesimo sexto Commisio Nathaniel Jackson fratri naturali et legitimo Samuelis Jackson defuncti.. [This is naming brother Nathaniel Jackson to administer the goods according to the will as no executor was named in the will at November 1646]

[In the Probate Act Book for the year 1646, the testator of the above will is called "late of Boston in the Co. of Lincoln." H. F. Waters]