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Note: Took the Freeman Oath on 3 Mar 1635/36 in the Massachusetts Bay Co. (Winthrop Society c. 1996-1999) http://www.winthropsociety.com/home.php
Will of Joseph Andrews21 Jan 1679/80
I, Joseph Andrewes of Hingham of the County of Suffolk in New England, being weak in body but of perfect memory, do make & ordain this my last will and Testament in manner & form as follows, revoking & hereby making void all other will or wills formerly made by me the said Joseph Andrews either by word or writing.
Impris: I give & bequeath my soul into the hands of Jesus Christ my Redeemer and my body to be buried with Decent burial,
Item: I give & bequeath unto Elizabeth Andrewes my well beloved wife all that my estate of movable goods now in possession for her to use & improve during her natural life,
Item: I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth Emes that feather bed and bedstead with all the furniture there unto belonging whereon I now lie,
Item: I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Ganitt one pewter platter
Item: I give unto my Daughter Mary Beard one pewter platter and one candlestick
Item: I give unto my Son Joseph Andrewes my sword and my gold ring and a bible and also ten pounds to be paid him by my executor if he come to demand it,
Item: I give unto Ephraim Andrewes my son all that estate of mine that is in his hands which he had of me when he went to New Jersey
Item: I give unto Hipsebeth Maning my daughter three pounds of that bill of eight pounds that I had of her husband Jeffery Maning, and my mind and will is that the remainder of the said bill which is five pounds shall be equally divided between Rehobath Gannitt and Israeli Thorne fifty shillings apiece,
Item: I give and bequeath unto all my grandsons that bare my name Joseph each of them & every one of them a pewter platter
Item: I give & bequeath unto Ruth Andrewes my daughter-in-law my newest chest
Item: I give unto Ruth Andrewes my granddaughter my old chest and my frame table & form
Item: I give to my grandson Thomas Andrewes a cow,
Item: I give to my grandson Steaven Andrewes and Jededyah each of them an iron pot
Item: I give to Benjamine Andrewes my grandson my desk
Item: I give unto Elizabeth Andrewes my granddaughter my warming pan
Item: I give unto my granddaughter Abygall Andrewes my frying pan,
Item: I give and bequeath unto Thomas Andrewes my Son all the rest & remainder of my goods and household stuff, and do hereby make and appoint him the said Thomas Andrewes my sole executor of this my last will and testament And my mind and will is that whatsoever I have given & bequeath of my goods & estate in this my will above said shall not be claimed by any of the persons above said until after the decease of my said wife but shall be for her use as above said
In witness whereof I the above said Joseph Andrewes have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Seven & twenty day of September Anno Dom 1679.
The mark of Joseph Andrews
Signed & Sealed in the
presence of uswitnesses Josiah Loring & Edmd Pitts
The 12th Day of January Anno Dom 1679[-80]
Joseph Andrews was born about 1597 in Devon, England, the son of Thomas Andrews and unknown (possibly Mary Simon)[1]. He immigrated with his father to Plymouth Colony, New England, America about 1628[2]. Elizabeth was born about 1610 in England[3]. There is speculation she immigrated in 1630 with the Winthrop Fleet[4]. They married about 1631 and had eight children[5]:
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