Caleb Towle

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Note for: Caleb Towle, 14 May 1678 - 20 Sep 1763 Index
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BIRTH: MARRIAGE:DEATH:Tilton, Francis Theodore, THE HISTORY OF THR TILTON
FAMILY IN AMERICA. New Jersey,:1939-40.pg 245
HISTORY: Jones, William H, William Tilton: His English Origins and SomeAmerican Descendant s, Haritage Books Inc, Maryland, (1997). pg 105

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
page 689
Caleb(6), Hampton and Chester, of which he was an original settler, m. 19 Apr. 1698 Zipporah Brackett(2) who d. 14 Aug. 1756. List 399a: He d. 20 Sept. 1763. Will, 1763, named 8 liv. ch. and heirs of s. Matthias and of dau. Elizabeth Brown. Ch: Philip, b. 18 Aug. 1698, m. 4 Mar. 1724 Lydia Dow(5). Elizabeth, b. 2 Dec. 1699, m. 1st John Fellows(2), m. 2d 1 Jan. 1724 Josiah Brown(33). Caleb, b. 9 May 1701, m. 18 Jan. 1727 Rebecca Prescott(2). Anthony, b. 30 Apr. 1703, m. 7 Nov. 1734 Sarah Hobbs. Zachariah, b. 13 Aug. 1705, m. 15 May 1728 Anna Godfrey. Matthias, b. 13 Aug. 1707, m. 13 Dec. 1733 Hannah Jenness (3 Hezekiah) [p.689] and had ch. Sued Henry Trefethen 1744. Jeremiah, b. 12 Dec. 1709, m. 1st Hannah Dearborn, m. 2d Sarah (Sanborn) Tuck. Francis, b. 13 Jan. 1711, m. 1st one Prudence, m. 2d 4 June 1738 Judith Sargent. Hannah, b. 28 Mar. 1714. Nathaniel, b. 25 May 1716, m. 17 Sept. 1740 Lydia Tilton. Abraham, b. 29 Nov. 1719, d.y. Samuel, b. Sept. 1722, d. 14 May 1736

Probate records of Robert Tuck of Hampton, 1664
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[Inventory of the estate of Robert Tuck, appraised by Robert Page and Thomas Ward Nov. 17, 1664. Amount, Đ385.17.2.]
[Norfolk County, Mass., Court Files, vol. 1, p. 39]

[Administration on the estate was granted to "Johannah Tucke widow & John Samborn her son in law," Oct. 11, 1664.]

[Norfolk County, Mass., Court Files, vol. 1, p. 39, and Court Records, Oct. 11, 1664.]

[Order of court, April 11, 1665, that the estate of Robert Tuck, intestate, be left in the hands of the administrator for the use of the widow during her life, and then be divided among the three chilldren, Robert Tuck, Elizabeth Sherburne, and Mary Sanborn, and the grandchild, John Tuck, son of Edward Tuck.]

[Norfolk County, Mass., Court Records.]

Articles of agreemt made & concluded upon by & between mr John Samborn on ye one pte & Johannah Tuck on ye other pt both residing at Hampton in ye County of Norfolk & Administrator & Administratrix to ye estate of Robert Tuck deceased: Imp: It is agreed upon yt ye sd widdow Johannah Tuck shall deliver up power of Administr in this Prsent Court unto ye aforesd mr John Samborn concerning ye aforesd Estate of Robert Tuck deceased: In Consideration whereof ye aforesd John Samborn doe engage to pay unto ye aforesd widdow Johanna Tuck the full sum of fiveteen pounds [per] yeare duering ye terme of her naturall life & yt she [s]hall enjoy out of ye aforesd Estate ye use of two Cowes & three acres of meadow duering her life as aforesd wch meadow is intended to bee ye Same wch is now in her possession bee it more or less & other necessary things for her house keeping as shalbee upon ye mature Consideracon of Jonathan Thing & Thomas Mastin thought convenient they both being made choyce of by her for that purpose wch parties are to receive ye afore mentioned fiveteen pounds annually for her use

This was ownd by both parties, above name (ie) John Samborn & Joanna Tuck to bee their act & deed: And wth ye Consent of both parties ye Court orders it to bee Recorded:

as attests
Tho: Bradbury recd

[Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds, vol. 2, p. 124.]

upon ye Complaint of ye aged widow Tuck yt she wanteth necessary Comforts & that John Samborn Administrator to her late husbands estate doth not take due care for her though there bee suffitient estate to due it: It is therefore ordered by this Court: ye Selcet men of Hampton or a Committee of two or three of them whom the rest shall choose & appoint for yt end; Are hereby required & impowered from time to time to take due care yt ye said widdow Tuck bee supplied with all necessary comforts for her livelyhood sutable to her condicon; And John Samborne Administrator is ordered, & requiered by ye authority of this Court to make payment for ye same out of ye estate of Robert Tuck Deceased, & wt ever hee shall Disbursse to keep a faithfull accompt thereof & it is to bee allowed in his account as Administrator: And yt ye sd Samborn shall have power to make sale of land belonging to ye sd Tucks estate to supply ye necessity of ye sd widdow Tuck: Ordered by the court at Hampton 14:8:1673.

[Norfolk County, Mass., Deeds vol.4, p.22.]

[Inventory of the estate of widdow Joanna Tuck of Hampton "deceased upon the 14 day of februrary 1673" ; presented by John Sanborn, administrator to the estate of Robert Tuck; amount, Đ33.10.0; attested by John Sanborn April 14, 1674.

[Inventory of the estate of Robert Tuck, April 11, 1674; amount, Đ244.9.0.]

[Essex County, Mass., Probate Files, and Norfolk County, Mass., Deed, vol.2, p.320.]

The will of Joshua Towle of Hampton, 1714
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In the name of God, Amen. I Joshua Towl of Hampton in the Province of New Hampshire in New England, Husbandman, being weak in body * * *
Item, I Give, & Bequeath to my well Beloved Wife Sarah all my Houshold Goods, Cattle, & Moveables to be wholy at her disposal, She paying to my Daughter Hannah Gilman as hereafter ordered; I also give to my said wife the use & Improvement of my Dwelling House which I now Live in, with all my lands Messuages & Tennements (excepting six acres hereafter Mentioned) during her Natural life.

Item. To my Beloved Son Joshua Towl I give & Bequeath four Acres of Upland joining upon the land of my Brother Philip Towl in Hampton, together with the Dwelling House standing upon the said Land. I also give to my said son all other my Houses, Lands, Messuages, Tennements (Except what is hereafter mentioned) after the Decease of my wife.

Item, To my Beloved Daughter Sarah Towl I give, & Bequeath two Acres of Land joining upon the Land of Elisha Smith in Hampton.

Item, To my Beloved Daughter Hannah Gilman (she having already recieved part of her Portion) I give five pounds to be paid by Sarah my wife in Cattle or good Merchantable Provision at Money Price.

And I Constitute, Make, & Ordain my Beloved Brother Caleb Towl, & my Beloved son Joshua Towl Executors of this my Will. And I do hereby utterly Revoke, & Disanull all other former Wills, Legacies & Executors by Me in any ways before this time Named, Willed, & Bequeathed, Ratifying, & Confirming this, & no other to be my Last Will, & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereto Set my Hand, & Seal this Second Day of November In the year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred, and fourteen.

The Mark X of
Joshua Towl. [seal]

Signed, Sealed, & Declared by
the said Joshua Towl to be His
Last Will, & Testament in presence of
Saml Smith
Willm Haniford
Edmund Rand

[Proved Dec. 8, 1715.] [Inventory, Dec. 5, 1715; amount, Đ131.15.0; signed by William Staniford and

.ALMER J. ELLIOT , The Berkshire, Vermont, Chaffees AND THEIR DESCENDANTS 1801-191 ,RICHFORD, VT. page 141. googlebooks.
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Caleb married Zipporah Brackett on 19 Apr 1698 in Hampton Rockingham Co N.H. (Zipporah Brackett was born in 1680 in Falmouth Cumberland Maine and died in 1757 in Hampton N.H.)