Rowland Thomas

- 1698

• Name	Rowland Thomas
  Gender	Male
  Will	Apr 1697	Hampshire Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  	To son Joseph: land, a house, "my Rapier, Pike, & great Musquet" (sic.); to son Benjamin: land; to son Samuel: house, land, "my litle musquet & cutlass" (sic.); to my three sons: husbandry tools; to daugher Sarah: bed, bedding, warming pan, "all the rest of my household stuffe"; if son Samuel should die without heir, grandson Rowland Thomas son of Joseph to have his inheritance
  	This will does not appear to name an executor The son Samuel who is given a contingent heir, Rowland Thomas, did, indeed die without heirs in 1701 at age 38 or 39
  Died	21 Feb 1697/8	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts   [2]
  Probate	25 Mar 1697/8	Hampshire Co., Massachusetts   [3]
  	Will proved; two eldest sons Joseph Thomas and Benjamin Thomas appointed executors; agreement filed between the heirs regarding redistribution of the estate in light of Rowland Thomas having sold one of the bequests
  Probate	28 Mar 1698	Hampshire Co., Massachusetts   [4]
  	Estate inventory filed, £199.00
  Person ID	I1350	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2017

  
  

  Family	Sarah Chapin,   b. Oct 1628, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England ,   d. 5 Aug 1684, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	14 Apr 1647	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts   [5]
  Notes	Twelve children of this couple appear in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts town birth records 1647 - 1671. Seven of them died by the end of 1670.
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2017
  Family ID	F581	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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