Transcribed by Sally
Russell Cox from LDS Family History Microfilm # 1310573:
Voluntown, New London County, Connecticut Probate Records, pp.
185-192.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT (22 December 1845)
In the name of God amen I Lot Larkham of Voluntown County of Windham State of Connecticut being far advanced in life and infirm in body but of a sound and disposing mind memory & understanding & calling to mind my own mortality & that it is appointed unto all men to die do make and ordain this to be my last will & Testament and first of all I give & recommend my soul to God who gave it and my body to the dust from whence it was taken to be buried in a Christian like manner by my Executors hereinafter named hoping & trusting through the merits of a crucific Savior that I will be raised again at the best day to a glorious immortality
After my just debts and funeral charges are paid out of my personal estate by my executors hereinafter named which I order
Item 1st I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sally Larkham all the property of every name and nature which she brought with her when she came to live with me also one cow and one swine to be hers and at her disposal forever I also give and bequeath to my said wife the use and improvements of one third part of all my real estate with the appurtenances thereof during her natural life
Item 2nd I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Daniel K. Larkham one dollar to be paid to him by my executors hereinafter named in one year after my decease this with what he has already had is what I allow him out of my estate
Item 3rd I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Erastus R. Larkham one dollar to be paid to him by my executors hereinafter named in one year after my decease which with what he has already had is what I allow him out of my estate
Item 4th I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Alice K. Kegwin wife of Amos T Kegwin one dollar to be paid to her by my executors hereinafter named in one year after my decease which with what she has already had is what I allow her out of my estate
Item 5th I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Lancey L. Larkham one dollar to be paid to him by my executors hereinafter named in one year after my decease which what he has already had is what I allow him out of my estate
Item 6th I give and bequeath unto my beloved son John A. Larkham one dollar to be paid to him by my executors hereinafter named in one year after my decease which with what he has already had is what I allow him out of my estate
Item 7th I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Betsey O. Larkham one feather bed Bedstead under Bed cord and Bed Clothes belonging to it one Iron Kettle and one iron pot which with what she has already had is what I allow her out of my estate
Item 8th I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Sally Ann Larkham one Feather Bed Bedstead under Bed Cord and Clothes belonging to the same to be hers and at her disposal forever
Item 9th I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Mary J. Larkham one dollar to be paid to her by my executors hereinafter named in one year after my decease to be hers and at her disposal forever
Item 10th I give and bequeath unto my beloved son William H. Larkham all the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal of whatever name or kind to be his and at his disposal forever.
Lastly, I do nominate constitute and appoint my beloved wife Sally Larkham and my beloved son William H. Larkham executors of this last will and Testament hereby revoking and making null and void all other and former last will and Testament or writings in the nature of last wills and Testaments by me heretofore at anytime made and rectifying and confirming this and only this to be my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22nd day of Dec. 1845
Lot Larkham
Signed sealing published & pronounced by the testator to be his last will & Lot Larkham (live) Testament in the presence of the subscribers who in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our name as witnesses on the day and year aforesaid
David Colvin
George Colvin
Elisabeth Douglass
Windham County ss Voluntown
Dec. 22 1845.
Personally appeared David Colvin George Colvin and Elisabeth
Douglass and made solemn oath that they saw the testator Lot
Larkham sign & seal the foregoing instrument and heard
him publish and declare the same to be his last will
Testament that they subscribed the same as witnessed in his
presence and in the presence of each other and that they
verily believed the testator to be at this time of a sound
and disposing mind and memory.
Before me Harvey Campbell Justice of the Peace
EXECUTION OF THE WILL (11 June 1847)
Probate Office
District of Voluntown
ss Voluntown June 11th 1847
Sally Larkham and William H. Larkham the
executors named in an instrument purporting to be the last
will and Testament of Lot Larkham exhibited the same in Court
and moved to have approved the said instrument having been
proved to be the last will and Testament of said deceased is
hereby approved and ordered to be recorded in the records of
this Court
Kinney Gallup Judge
Attest John E Lindley Clerk
As a Court of Probate holder at Voluntown on the 11th of June 1847
Present Kinney Gallup Judge
On motion of Sally Larkham and William H. Larkham executors
to the last will and Testament of Lot Larkham late of
Voluntown within said district deceased
This Court doth appoint Elisha Potter and Benjamin Gallup as
freeholders of the town of Voluntown to appraise under oath
all the estate of said deceased and make a correct inventory
thereof
Attest John E. Lindley Clerk
As a Court of Probate holder at Voluntown
within and for the district of Voluntown on the 11th day of
June 1847
Present Kinney Gallup Judge
On motion of Sally Larkham and William H.
Larkham executors on the estate of Lot Larkham late of said
Voluntown deceased This court limit six from the first
publication of this order for the Creditors of the estate of
said deceased to exhibit their respective claims against the
sum of the said executors or be debarred a recovery thereof
according to law And said executors is hereby directed to
give public notice of this order by causing the same to be
published in a Newspaper printed in Norwich and posted on the
sign post in said Voluntown nearest the last residence of
said deceased
Attest John E Lindley Clerk
INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE (16 June 1847)
An Inventory of goods and estate of Mr. Lot Larkham late of Voluntown deceased, taken at the request of Sally and William Larkham, Executors of the last Will and Testament of the said Lot Larkham deceased, by us the subscribers, duly qualified , according to law, on this 16th day of June 1847.
| One Hat - One Palm Leaf Hat - One Dress Coat - Two Old Coats - One Over Coat - One Pair of Pants - Two pair of Woollen Pants - One Pair of thin pants Two Vests - Three Shirts - One Pair Stockings - One Handkerchief - One Pair Shoes - Bible & Hymn Book Old Books Razor and Strap Two Pair Spectacles Bed, Underbed } Pillows & Bolster } Carried up - |
$0.50 0.13 3.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 0.50 0.34 0.25 0.17 0.25 0.50 0.42 0.25 0.34 9.00 ______ $20.15 |
Amount
brought up One DO [ditto] One DO - - One Hens Feather Bed One Bed Stead & Cord One - DO - One - DO - One - DO - One Blue Coverlet One Yellow DO One Birds Eye DO One Bed Quilt Three - DO - Two Comforters Two Bed Quilts Bed Spread & Curtains 8 Cotton & Wool Blankets Seventeen Cotton Sheets Twenty-three Pillow Cases Carried up - |
$20.15 4.00 4.00 1.50 3.00 1.00 0.50 0.67 2.00 1.00 0.75 2.00 0.75 0.50 0.50 1.00 2.00 3.00 1.25 $49.57 |
| Amt.
brought up Five Table Cloths Six Towels Twenty-six Plates Six Blue Bowls Six Cups and Saucers } Tea Pot and Sugar Bowl } Two Pitchers Old Earthen Glass Ware Four Glass Lamps Two Metal Tea Pots } and Three Pewter Plates } Two Iron Candlesticks Six Silver Table Spoons Nine Silver Tea Spoons Iron Spoons Eleven Knives & Forks Two Large Knives Tin Ware Five Wooden Pails Three Tubs Old Casks Provision Casks Two Kegs Two Jugs One Half Bushel One Brass Kettle Iron Ware Stove and Furniture Brass and Irons Iron - DO - Shovel and Tongs Six Dining Chairs Six - DO - DO - Two Large Rocking Chairs One Great Chair One Cherry Table Carried up - |
$ 49.45 0.75 1.00 0.30
|
Amt.
brought up One Kitchen Table Cherry Bureau Seven Chests Window Curtains Two Mirrors Four Flats Steel Yards One Woollen Wheel Two Linnon Wheels One Broom One Stand One Trunk One Cart Two Ploughs Yoke and Irons Chains Nine Harrow Teeth & blevis Cross-Cut Saw Scythe and Snath Two Axes Five Boards Crow Bar Sled Grindstone & Crank Saddle Cart Tire Four Waggon Wheels Hatchet Seven Bushels Corn Three Bushels Potatoes Thirty Pounds Pork Cash Hand Saw Iron Square Three Augers Hatchet & Drawing Knife Adze, Chisel & Gimblet Carried over - |
$ 90.00 0.34 5.00 2.00 0.50 2.00 0.75 0.25 0.34 0.50 0.12 0.50 0.50 4.00 1.00 1.25 1.25 1.00 1.00 0.25 1.00 9.00 1.34 0.75 1.00 1.00 1.00 4.00 0.75 8.75 1.50 2.70 10.50 0.50 0.42 0.50 0.25 0.50 $159.42 |
| Amt.
brought over Iron Wedges Nail Claw and Hammer Upper Leather Carried up |
$159.4 |
Amt.
brought up Old Iron One Yoke Oxen Two Cows Real Estate Whole Amount |
$160.27 0.27 52.50 36.00 700.00 $948.77 |
Elisha Potter }
appraisers
Benjamin Gallup 2nd } under oath
Probate Office }
District of } fs Voluntown June 22nd 1847
Voluntown }
The executors of the last will and Testament of lot Larkham
late of Voluntown within said District deceased, having
exhibited in Court an Inventory of the estate of said
deceased and made oath to the same according to law, said
Inventory is therefore accepted by this Court, and ordered to
be recorded in the records of this Court, and is as above
written.
Attest - Harvey Campbell Judge
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