Inventory of the Estate of Obadiah Seeley (SGS#17) | |
| By SGS Chief Genealogist Karl Weiler
In the November 2007 SGS Newsletter we published the inventory of the estate of immigrant Obadiah Seeley, SGS#4. Below is the inventory of the estate of his oldest son, Obadiah Seeley, SGS #17. The latter was born about 1648/49 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Conn. and he married Esther Stevens (b about 1648/9) in 1669, the daughter of Thomas and Ann Stevens of Stamford. Obadiah died on July 25, 1679/80 in Stamford, Fairfield Conn. The below inventory of Obadiah Seeley’s (SGS#17) Estate, Fairfield District Probate , 3:55 is from Family History Library film no. 004,287. It was obtained by SGS Chief Genealogist Karl Weiler. The Family History Library film was interpreted by Clifford Stott, CG AG. The spellings and misspellings are the way they were translated from the original document. An Inventory of obadia Selys estate deceased taken by us whose names are underwritten this 25 of July 1680 (pounds-shillings-pence)
Item house & homelot & orchard 80 - 00 - 0
Item 5½ Acres of Meadowe of wch 2 Acres are for the use of her Mother
Sely[during] her life time 45 - 00 - 0
Item 32¾ Acres of land more or less at shiphand 05 - 00 - 0
Item 2½ Acres of land in the horspasture 02 - 10 - 0
Item 4½ Acres of land in ye ox pasture 20 - 00 - 0
Item 6 Acres of Land upon Noreton hill 06 - 00 - 0
Item 3 Acres of land given by the Towne to Mayntayne a gate
Item 2 Cowes 06 - 10 - 0
Item 1: 3 year old 3£ 1: 2 year old 2£ 05 - 00 - 0
Item 3 Calves 1 - 15 - 0 one horse 3£ 04 - 15 - 0
Item 1 Cupboard 12/s a Cradle 4/s 00 - 16 - 0
Item 2 Iron pots 25 01 - 05 - 0
Item a brass kettle a skellet 00 - 16 - 0
Item a milk payl 2 [crossed out word] karters[?] 00 - 05 - 00
Item 3 chayres and Standing Stoole 00 - 06 - 00
Item Dishes and Trenchers 00 - 10 - 00
Item Earthen ware 4/s pewter & spoons 7/s 00 - 11 - 0
Item meat Troff Tub & Sive 00 - 04 - 0
Item hogshead mashing Tubb & payle 00 - 10 - 0
bible & books 7/s caid 2s 00 - 09 - 0
Item 3 glass bottles 00 - 03 - 0
Item a great wheel & little wheele 00 - 11 - 0
Item a churne & frying pan 00 - 09 - 0
Item 4 Ancors a powdring Tubb & meat 01 - 07 - 0
Item 2 dishes earthen pot 00 - 02 - 8
Item old Iron horse brand forktines 00 - 03 - 00
Item one brode Axe one narrow Axe 00 - 07 - 00
Item Coulter & share Long bolt & cart bolt & Clevis 00 - 14 - 00
Item a Cart Tonge trammell and Lamp 01 - 04 - 00
Item 2 Cushings an old bagg 00 - 03 - 00
Item flax Corn and malt 01 - 08 - 00
Item 2 old howes hopples & Hetchils 00 - 12 - 00
Item a gunn and Amunition 01 - 10 - 00
Item Sieth and Tackling 00 - 10 - 00
Item 3 boyes dublet and bretches 02 - 09 - 00
Item Stockings old clothes 01 - 00 - 00
Item 3 Shirts 2 pair of Sheets 03 - 05 - 00
Item 4 napkins 3 neckclothes 00 - 09 - 00
Item 2 Chests 2 bedsteads 01 - 10 - 00
Item Curtains & Vallens 01 - 10 - 00
Item 2 slvr [silver?] bottones 00 - 02 - 00
Item beds & bedding boulster pillowes 06 - 05 - 00
Item 6 yds ½ home spunn cloath 01 - 06 - 00
Item a pair of skales 2 pound yarn 00 - 06 - 06
Item looking glass 00 - 02 - 00
Item 3 Swine & 7 piggs 05 - 16 - 00
Item a grind stone 00 - 05 - 00
Item a Cowbell and wrighting Booke 00 - 06 - [?]
Item bestell Rings 00 - 02 - 06
Item yokes and horse Tackling 00 - 07 - 00
Apprized by us Townsmen the day and date above written
Jonas Sely maks oath that the above Inventory is a true Inventory of his brother obadiahs Estate acording to the best of his knowledg 2 Novemr 1680 Willm Hill Clarke | |
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