Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Gardner the land & plantation I now live on provided he shall at any time before his mothers death come and enjoy the same and on his own? appearance, I give and bequeath the land and plantation as is hereafter expressed to him his heirs & assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Judah Holland, wife of Thomas Holland, one neg. fellow called Jake, had in possession several years, to her & to heirs forever. Item: I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary Vaughan, wife of Jas Vaughan, one neg. woman & her increase call'd Phebe, had in possession several years, to her & her heirs & assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah, wife of Willm Fowler, one neg. fellow called young Caesar had in possession many years, to her & to her heirs & assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margarett, wife of Josiah Vick, one neg. fellow call'd old Caesar had in possession few years to her & to her heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto Martha my daughter, wife of Abinger Buxton, five shillings current money for her part of my estate to her & to her heirs & assigns forever saving the lent of a small negro boy call'd Jubiter unto Joseph Buxton her son shall arrive to lawfull age or marriage or otherwise as hereafter express'd and that she shall possess him immediately after my death. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Penelope Gardner, one negro girl call Eady to her together with her increase to heirs & assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Honour Gardner, one negro girl call Hagar to her together with her increase to heirs & assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my grandchild the afores'd Joseph Buxton, son of Martha Buxton, the afores'd neg boy called Jubiter that I lend to Martha, his mother, untill Joseph shall arrive to lawful age or married & at the expiration of either time he shall possess and enjoy the said negro boy Jubiter to him his heirs and assigns forever but in case that Joseph Buxton should die before either time or without lawful heir of his body, that then the said neg. boy Jubiter shall Descend and come into my estate again and be divided between the same of my children as the other of my estate is to be divided amongst as hereafter expresseed. Item: I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Sarah Gardner during her natural life four neg. viz: Pompey, Harry, Nell and old Nann, ten head, her choice of my stock of cattle, ten head her choice of the stock of hogs, exclusive of what she may necessarily stand in need of for her next years provision, the use of one still this year rented to Matthew Gardner, one bay mare called Betsy, ten head her choice of sheep, all the household & kitchen furniture, all the plantation utensils, all the crop of every kind this year till'd and made by me, also the use of the plantation & land I now live on together with the use of the land & plantation that I purchased of John Laurence, son of Henry, call'd & known by the name of South Quay place and after her death I give & bequeath the land & plantation I now live on provided Joseph Gardner should not return, the land & plantation called the Twin Place, the neg. given her Pompey, Harry, Nell & old Nann together with the whole of the estate given her of what nature or kind soever be equally divided between Judah Holland, Mary Vaughan, Sarah Fowler, Margarett Vick, Penelope Gardner, & Honour Gardner, James Gardner Jr, Jesse Gardner & three of my grandchildren, sons of John Gardner, dec'd, to wit: Jesse, David & John observing that the said three grand children Jesse, David & John [page break] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ is to be considered and it is the meaning and intent that they shall receive and be intitled to know more than one of my own children share and taken as one legatee? to them their heirs and assigns forever. - Item: I give and bequeath and it is my will & desire that the remainder of my estate of what nature or kind soever that I have not before devis'd away be after my death equally divided, to wit: neg. young Nann, Ned, Tom, Easter & Patience & all the residue between the same of my children & grand children and under the same direction & meaning as the estate given my wife after her death is to be divided amongst to them their heirs and assigns forever - Lastly, it is my will and desire that my three friends Joshua Gardner Sr, John Carr and Henry Gardner will after my death take so much upon themselves as to state? divide and settle the whole of my estate whenever such division shall happen if the same within their power lies between the persons intitled to receive the same and further I appoint my loving wife Sarah Gardner, my brother Joshua Gardner & my son Jesse Gardner my whole and sole Executors to this my Last Will & Testament revoking & disannulling all former Will or Wills by be hitherto made allowing this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix'd my seal this 23 day of August 1784. Sign'd, seal'd, publish'd and declared his in presence of us: James X Gardner (seal) Joshua Gardner mark John Carr } Matthew Gardner} At a Court held for the County of So.ton the 12th day of December 1793 This Henry Gardner } will was presented in court by Jesse Gardner, one of the Executors there in named & prov'd by the oath of Matthew Gardner & Henry Gardner, two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of the said Executor who made oath according to law, Certificate is granted him for obtaining a Probat thereof in due form giving security whereupon &c. Sam Kello, Cl.