Notes for William Boies: WILL OF WILLIAM BOlES In the name of God, Amen, the Twentieth Day of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Four. I William Boies of the Town of Blandford in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Maf sachuf etts Yeoman, being in Health of Body and of Perfect mind and Memory, Thanks be to God - Therfor calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing it is appointed for all Men Once to Die, do make and Ordain this my laft Will and Teftament, that is to say, Principly, and firft of all I give and recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth, to be buried in decent Chriftian Burial at the difcretion of my executors; nothing doubting but at the General Refurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God. And as touching such things of this Worlds Good wherewith it hath pleafed God to blefs me with in this life, I give and demife and difpofe of the same in the following manner and form: Imprimis - I give unto my dearly beloved Wife Mary Boies one Horfe and Mair, One Good Cow, six Sheap and One suit of Mourning Apperral; and if she should live longer than me she shall have the Ufe of my Stock of Cattle, and Houf-hold Furniture and Money if any I shouldhave at my Defefs more than what is sufficient to pay my juft Debts and Funeral charges, and notwithstanding what is above written that she Should be comfortably provided for During her natural Life at the Dlfcretion of my Executors and at the Defecefs of myself and Wife Mary - I leave or Give to my Children as follows: viz.- To my Beloved son David Boies I give the Sum of Six Shillings and Eight pence and my Great Bible, and to my Beloved son Joel Boies I give Twelve Shillings and Eight pence, To my Beloved son William Boies I give my Defk. And to my Beloved son Elias Boies the sum of Thirteen Shillings and a plain Cheft and if any money should remain after the defefs of myself and Wife I give the same to Elias, and my farming Utenfels, wearing Apperal and Books to be Equaly Divided between my Four sons above named. Itam. to my Beloved Daughters Anna Scott, Sarah Blair, Molly Shepard and Abigail Shepard I give my Houfhold furniture to be Equaly Divided amongst them, excepting what I have otherwifed Difpofed of. I Conftitute and appoint my sons David and William Boies to be the sole Executors of this my Laft Will and Teftament and do Pronounce Publish & Declare this and this only to be my Laft Will and Teftament in Prefence of: John Boies s/ William Boies and Andrew Wilson[ceily22.FTW]
WILL OF WILLIAM BOlES In the name of God, Amen, the Twentieth Day of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Four. I William Boies of the Town of Blandford in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Maf sachuf etts Yeoman, being in Health of Body and of Perfect mind and Memory, Thanks be to God - Therfor calling to mind the mortality of my Body and knowing it is appointed for all Men Once to Die, do make and Ordain this my laft Will and Teftament, that is to say, Principly, and firft of all I give and recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth, to be buried in decent Chriftian Burial at the difcretion of my executors; nothing doubting but at the General Refurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God. And as touching such things of this Worlds Good wherewith it hath pleafed God to blefs me with in this life, I give and demife and difpofe of the same in the following manner and form: Imprimis - I give unto my dearly beloved Wife Mary Boies one Horfe and Mair, One Good Cow, six Sheap and One suit of Mourning Apperral; and if she should live longer than me she shall have the Ufe of my Stock of Cattle, and Houf-hold Furniture and Money if any I shouldhave at my Defefs more than what is sufficient to pay my juft Debts and Funeral charges, and notwithstanding what is above written that she Should be comfortably provided for During her natural Life at the Dlfcretion of my Executors and at the Defecefs of myself and Wife Mary - I leave or Give to my Children as follows: viz.- To my Beloved son David Boies I give the Sum of Six Shillings and Eight pence and my Great Bible, and to my Beloved son Joel Boies I give Twelve Shillings and Eight pence, To my Beloved son William Boies I give my Defk. And to my Beloved son Elias Boies the sum of Thirteen Shillings and a plain Cheft and if any money should remain after the defefs of myself and Wife I give the same to Elias, and my farming Utenfels, wearing Apperal and Books to be Equaly Divided between my Four sons above named. Itam. to my Beloved Daughters Anna Scott, Sarah Blair, Molly Shepard and Abigail Shepard I give my Houfhold furniture to be Equaly Divided amongst them, excepting what I have otherwifed Difpofed of. I Conftitute and appoint my sons David and William Boies to be the sole Executors of this my Laft Will and Teftament and do Pronounce Publish & Declare this and this only to be my Laft Will and Teftament in Prefence of: John Boies s/ William Boies and Andrew Wilson
More About William Boies: Record Change: 30 August 2004
More About William Boies and Mary Hamilton: Marriage: 10 March 1754, Westborough, MA.370
Marriage Notes for William Boies and Mary Hamilton: ID: I04914 Name: William BOIES Sex: M Title: Deacon Birth: 1721 in ,,Northern Ireland Death: 9 JUL 1804 in Blandford,Hampshire,Massachusetts,USA PROP: 25 OCT 1742 Lot# 21 west in first division, Blandford, Hampshire, Massachusetts Occupation: BET 1762 AND 1766 Town Clerk of Blanford, MA. _ELEC: 2 MAY 1775 Delegate to convention Watertown, MA. _ELEC: Member of the Continental Congress _ELEC: BET 1777 AND 1779 Representative to the Massachusetts State Legislature _ELEC: 20 AUG 1779 Chose to assist at the Cambridge, MA. convention in preparing the Constitution _ELEC: 1780 Member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety Event: Fact 1 (2) 1780 Represented Blandford at General Court in Boston Military Service: BET 22 JAN AND 25 MAR 1777 Revolutionary War
Father: David BOIES b: 1689 in ,,Northern Ireland Mother: Anne HUSTON b: 1684
Marriage 1 Mary HAMILTON b: 29 SEP 1721 in Hopkinton,Worcester,Massachusetts Married: 10 FEB 1744/45 in Westborough,Worcester,Massachusetts Children Anna BOIES b: 1 DEC 1746 in Blandford,Hampshire,Massachusetts Anne BOIES b: 3 NOV 1748 in Blandford,Hampshire,Massachusetts David BOIES b: 15 JAN 1749/50 in Blandford,Hampshire,Massachusetts Joel BOIES b: 7 JUN 1753 in Blandford,Hampshire,Massachusetts Sarah BOIES b: 5 JAN 1756 in Blandford,Hampshire,Massachusetts William BOIES b: 21 OCT 1758 in Blandford,Hampshire,Massachusetts Mary BOIES b: 22 SEP 1760 in Blandford,Hampshire,Massachusetts Abigail BOIES b: 20 JAN 1764 in Blandford,Hampshire,Massachusetts Elias BOIES b: 21 AUG 1768 in Blandford,Hampshire,Massachusetts
Children of William Boies and Mary Hamilton are:
+Joel Boies, b. 07 June 1753, Blandford, MA370, d. 28 March 1809, Cattaraugus, NY370.
William Boies (b. 1721, d. 09 July 1804)
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