J 00Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.





         Liber B The Depossetion of gershon Cromwell Aged 49 or There abouts
               sworne And Examend in Court sayeth The Very same with Edw
               Hull being Then prsentt And further sayeth nott

                        gershon C Cromwell
                           his: signe:
                 Vpon The Testamonies of The Aboue sd witnesis the Court doth
                Order And grant Admenestration vnto The sd Misteris Haukins
                The Admenestratrix of The Estat of her laet husband Deseased:
                And That she doe Caues A True & prflt enventary of The sd De
                seadents estat And To That end hath Desierd Mr Hinson And Mr
            Elleoyet To prise the sd Estat: vpon Oath/

                      W Thomas Haukins Will:
                In The Name of god Amen/
       Recd the 6th I Thomas Haukins Though sicke in Body yett of sownd And
          of febry prfit Memory Thankes be giuen to god Doe make This my last will
                And Testament
                Imprms I bequeath my sowle to Ailmighty god That Created me: And
                 my Body to The earth/
                Itt I giue Vnto my sunn Thomas Haukins The one halfe of my
                 shaers of land Vpon Poplers Island: alsoe one Browne Cow
                 Croopt one Both eares one yearlin heifer And one Cow Calfe of
                 The same Marke: Likewise one halfe of all my hoggs Vpon The
                 sd Island To be Equally Devided prsently After my Death Alsoe
                 one Beed And what There Vnto belongeth/
                Itt I giue vnto Margret hull The Daughter of Edw Hull one Cow
                 Calfe to be Deliuerd to her father for her Vsse within one Mounth
                 After my Desease/
                Itt I giue vnto W Seath faster my horse And sadell And Bridell
                 To be Deliuerd to him within Mounth After my Desease/
                Itt I giue vnto my wife Elizabeth Haukins all The Rest of my Estat
                 That I am now Possest with all to her And her heires for Ever
                 After all Just Debts are sattesfied And Payed/
                I constitute And Appoint my well beloued freind Capt Robt Vaughan
                 Mr Henery Carlien And W Seath faster to be my lawfull Overseers
                 to se This my last will And Testament prformed In witnese
                 whereof I have here unto seft my hand This 2th of Octobr 1656/
               In The prsence of vs             Tho: Haukins
                             Edw Hull
                         gershon Cromwell
                     his C marke

                 A True And prflt Inventary of The Estat of W Thomas Haukins
               of Popplers Island laet Deseased And Prised by Thomas Hinson &
               Mr Wiff Elleoyet on The 30th of March 1656/