Lieutenant John Balch

1654 - 1738  (84 years)

• Name	Lieutenant John Balch  [1, 2]
  Title	Lieutenant
  Born	1654  [2]
  Christened	10 Apr 1670	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will	18 Oct 1738	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [3]
  	To son Caleb Balch, executor: all personal estate except that otherwise bequeathed, specifically mentioned items include livestock, husbandry implements, a flax comb, stock metals, under condition that he provide the bequests given to wife Hannah Balch; to wife Hannah Balch: during her widowhood 20 bushels "good Indian corn," 5 bushels malt, 200 pounds pork, 70 pounds beef "Out of Which Quarter of ye Beast She Pleaseth to have It," 2 barrels apple cider, "sufficient" apples, 15 pounds of flax, 2 cows and 4 sheep kept for her, "sufficient" summer and winter beans, "and Also a Garden spot of Land, of Three poles Square, Where She may chose It, to be well Fenced & Dunged & Diged (sic., "digged" meaning plowed), a riding horse at her convenience, rooms in the house with access to a cellar and the oven, "sufficient" fire wood brought to her door, "& ye Service of my Indian Woman called Quando"; to son Israel Balch: right to pasture a cow, 5s; to son Joshua Balch: £20; to son David Balch: £15, andirons; to grandson Andrew Balch of my son John Balch, deceased: £15; to granddaughter Sarah Dodge: a bed and bedding, a table, 4 pewter platters; to daughter Sarah Richardson: £6 worth of household goods; to daughters Hannah Leach and Sarah Richardson: all remaining household goods; to children of my daughter Rebeckah Dodge, deceased (other than Sarah Dodge aforementioned): 5s each; a postscript is added "annulling" the bequest of a cow to son Israel
  Died	19 Nov 1738	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  	Death record: "a. abt. 84 y."
  Probate	11 Dec 1738	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [7, 8]
  	Will proved, approved by the court
  Probate	30 Mar 1739	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [9]
  	Estate inventory taken; total value not given but includes £199.19.0 in cows and sheep, "a Negro man, £95," "an old Indian Woman, £18"
  Probate	16 Apr 1739	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [6]
  	Inventory of 30 Mar 1739 filed; receipt of Sarah Dodge filed
  Person ID	I3634	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Balch,   b. 1628 - 1629, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 1704  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah Gardner,   d. 5 Apr 1686, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	Abt 1650
  Family ID	F1626	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Hannah Veren,   b. 1655,   d. Mar 1739 - Apr 1739, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1674	Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   [10, 11]
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F1631	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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