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       to ye use of ye sd Mrs Temperance Jay for & during her naturall life LiberP.C.R.
       & for & in leiu of a Joynture & maintenance for her selfe, in case
       shee shall out liue mee: And towards & for a portion or portions for
       such Child or Children (if any) as it shall please god to giue be
       tweene her & mee, all ye prticulars of howses, Lands, goods, cattle &
       chattells hereafter sett downe & expressed. (Viz) My now dwelling
       howse in Little Brittaine aforesd wth fowre hundred Acres of Land
       next thereunto adioyning. Also one Black-browne Cow (named
       Browning) cropd both eanes. Also one reddish-browne Cow (named
       Chesnutt) slitt both eares. AlIso one other reddish-browne Cow
       (named Cherry) & one Black Cow (named Collier) both of my
       owne proper marke. Allso one Red heifer, cropd ye left eare, wth
       two slitts in ye Crop & a hole in ye right eare, & underkeeld. Allso
       one other yeareling blackish heifer of my owne marke. Allso Two
       Cow calues of this prflt yeare of my owne marke (the right eare
       being slitt att ye deliuery) wth all the encrease, wch shall from ye day
       of ye date hereof arise, of ye Cattle Reseruing notwthstanding out
       of ye sd Cattle, unto my selfe, during my owne naturall life, the
       milke of ye sd Cattle, & ye male encrease toward ye charge of my
       howse Keeping. Also my owne best Bed all its furniture Allso
         one halfe of all other my now howsehold goods (a prticular of
        subscribed wth my owne hand, I haue att ye ensealing hereof,
       together herewth deliuered to them ye sd Cuth: ifenwick & Tho:
       Mathewes for ye use as aforesd And I doe further Couent to & wth
       ye sd Cuth: ffenwick & Tho: Mathews on ye behalfe of Mrs Tem
       perance Jay. That it shall bee lawfull to her, her assignes (att any
       time wthin one yeare after my decease,) to take & possesse them
       selues to her sole & proper use, of ye one halfe of all the stock of
       hoggs, I shall dye seized of. They ye sd Cuth: ffenwick, and
       Tho: Mathews to stand seized of all ye sd prticulars to ye use abouesd,
       & to none other. And if shee ye sd Temperance Jay shall chance to
       dye before mee, then they are to hold ye same to naysing portions
       for such Children as god shall haue gyuen betweene her ye
       Temperance Jay, and mee And in case of noe Children remayning
       betweene lien & mee, then they are to . . . mee, & my lawfull heyres,
       or mine, or their assignes. To all which wittnes my hand & Seale p.
       this IOth day of July 165Sealed & Deliuered in prince of             Willtm Bretton.
          Giles Brent                    Sea X le.
          Margarett Brent
          John Rookewood
            The mark of
            Clouis X maze.

         These prnts wittness yt I Willm Bretton of Little Brittaine Mary
       land gent haue agreed, couenanted, & graunted, & doe hereby agree