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Note: Transcript of Case #49901 dated June 2, 1777, Series A Guardian Bond, Probate and Family Court, Worcester Co., MA
Know all Men by these present, That we, Elisabeth Rice, Widow, & Denison Robinson, Yeoman, of Barre, & Stephen Johnson of Hardwick, all in the county of Worcester, are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto the honorable Levi Lincoln, Esq; his successors or assigns, in the full sum of three hundred pounds, in lawful money of the State of the Massachusetts Bay, to be paid unto the said Levi Lincoln or his successors or assigns, in the office of Judge of the Probate of wills, and for granting letters of administration on the estates of persons deceased, in the said County of Worcester, to the true payment whereof, we jointly and severally bind ourselves, and our several and respective heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these Presents. Sealed with our Seals. Dated the 2d day of June Anno Domini 1777.
The Condition of this Obligation is such That if the above-bounden Elisabeth Rice, nominated and allowed to be Guardian unto Phineas Rice, a Minor of the age of seven years, son of Nathaniel Rice, late of Barre in the County of Worcester, deceased, shall and do well and truly perform and discharge the Trust and Office of Guardian unto the said Minor, and that in and by all Things according to Law; and shall render a plain and true Account of his said Guardianship upon Oath, and all and singular such Estate as shall come to his Hand and Possession by Virtue hereof, and of the Profits and Improvements of the same, so far as the Law will charge him therewith (when he shall be thereunto lawfully required) and shall pay and deliver what and so much of the said Estate as shall be found remaining upon his Account (the same being first examined & allowed of by the Judge or Judges, for the Time being, of the Probate of Wills, etc. within the County of Worcester aforesaid) unto the said Minor, when he shall arrive at full Age; or otherwise as the said Judge or Judges by his or their Decree or Sentence pursuant to law shall limit and appoint: Then this Obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full Force.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered /s/ Elisabeth Rice
in Presents of us
/s/ John Haskell /s/ Denison Robinson
/s/ Eli Freeman /s/ Stephen Johnson
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