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Jonathan Maxson

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Jonathan Maxson

Birth
Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
20 Nov 1732 (aged 51–52)
Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.4008636, Longitude: -71.7986537
Memorial ID
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
Jonathan Maxson
Westerly, Rhode Island, 1732
Executors were his wife and son John. He left the use of 1/3 of his "movable estate" to his wife after debts and funeral expenses were paid. He divided a tract of land near the Pawcatuck between his sons, Jonathan, Caleb and Joseph.
He divided the lands which he purchased from the government, in Hopkinton, between Joseph and Samuel equally. He willed to his daughter, Content Babcock, two cows, a bed and a chest, provided she "outlive her now husband" but not, the same was to be given to her daughter Anne Babcock. He willed that the rest of his estate after the death of his wife, or after her marriage, be divided equally among his two youngest sons and his three daughters. He willed 100 pound in money to his son Jonathan and 10 pound to each of his daughters, Naomi and Mary.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
Jonathan Maxson
Westerly, Rhode Island, 1732
Executors were his wife and son John. He left the use of 1/3 of his "movable estate" to his wife after debts and funeral expenses were paid. He divided a tract of land near the Pawcatuck between his sons, Jonathan, Caleb and Joseph.
He divided the lands which he purchased from the government, in Hopkinton, between Joseph and Samuel equally. He willed to his daughter, Content Babcock, two cows, a bed and a chest, provided she "outlive her now husband" but not, the same was to be given to her daughter Anne Babcock. He willed that the rest of his estate after the death of his wife, or after her marriage, be divided equally among his two youngest sons and his three daughters. He willed 100 pound in money to his son Jonathan and 10 pound to each of his daughters, Naomi and Mary.

Gravesite Details

Husband of Content Rogers, Son of John Maxson and Mary Mosher



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