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!WILL:
WILL BOOK 6-7 (1797-1816) WARWICK, KENT COUNTY, RI, pp 28-39, FH L925457.
Last will of John Stafford dated 19 March, 1798. Mentions his wife Martha
his sons Thomas Rice Stafford, to whom he leaves his dwelling place , his
grist mill and his schooner Sally which is "now at sea" and one thous and
dollars when he reaches 21 years of age, Henry Rice Stafford, "my far m or
lot of land lying in Warwick adjoining the main Road Leading from th eCom-
post --- of East Greenwich to the Trilling Mill, (so called) with th edwell-
ing house and other buildings thereon standing", to his daughter Betsy
Greene two hundred dollars, to his four single daughters Marbarry, Be tty,
Polly and Nancy, two hundred dollars each when they reach eighteen .Hementions his "Honored and aged Mother Elizabeth Stafford and lea ves her
one hundred dollars. He leaves the residue to Thomas Rice Stafford a ndhis
wife Martha Stafford and names them as the executors of his will. Witnesses:
D. Howland, Jr., Bowen Arnold and T. Howland. The will is certified a sfiled
by his daughter's brother-in-law, James Jerauld, Council Clerk on Apr il7,
1798 and recorded the 3rd day of August, 1798 by James Jerauld.
His estate was inventoried by Gorton Jerauld and John R. Arnold valued at
$5,489.98 in addition to his real property holdings and his schoone rSally.
The inventory was filed by James Jerauld on September 10, 1798.
!PROBATE:
See PROBATE PROCEEDINGS WARWICK, KENT CO., RI., Book 1 (1804-1820 ) FHL
925450, p 152. Proceedings dated 20 March, 1809. Copy is light an ddiff-
icult to read. Dutee Arnold is appointed guardian of Mary Stafford a ndHacey
(?) Stafford "minors under the age of eighteen years daughters of John
Stafford.."