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The following transcription was submitted to the Hadley Society by
Cindy Holdridge Smith.
Jany 18, 1791 We agree that the undivided property now remaining of the undivided estate of Thos Hadley decd shall be now divided into eight parts for the equal benefit of the eight children. No 1 Thos. Mary-----120L No 2 Benj Amy------100L No 3 Jane [Jane Hadley Travis] Bess--------------------------------90L Cream pot -------------------------4.14 Large kittle 40s small iron? 10s 2.10 97L,4s
No 4 Jesse Sidney-------------------------------50L Batton? 30L ___?dish 9L----------39L Candlesticks-------------------------2.12 2 pot racks? 60s loom 50s---------5.10 97L,2s No 5 Simon Jack------------------------------------45L Oxen & cart 20L spoons 10.10-----30.10 Tea table & ____6L sheep 5L------11L Pan 40s wheel 25s combs?
28s-----4.13
91L,17s No 6 Joshua Stephen--------------------------------45L Cotton baales? 36L Cattle 10.10---46.10 Desk 50s table 60s--------------------5.10 97L No 7 John Isaac-------------------------------------30L Clock 35L table spoons 18L---------53L Mare & colt----------------------------15L 98L Jos Hadley Jno Hadley P. Travis Wm England Thomas Hadley Simon Hadley Jesse Hadley Ben Hadley No 8 Polly [Mary Hadley England] Tracy-----------------------30L Still 60L--------------------60L Tea spoons and tongs-----4.10 Bacon 6s chick. 10s--------16s Spoon moulds?-------------10p 2 flaskes? -------------------1.4 97.0L [Notes: The currency in the 18th century was pounds, shillings, pence, after the British system. In transcribing this I used an upper case "L" following the numeral to indicate pounds, and a small case "s" to indicate shillings. The notation for pounds and shillings was not always included with each entry in the original document, so I have added them in some cases to make the entries easier to understand. One pound equals 20 shillings (not 100). Property valued at 40s plus 25s plus 28s equals 4L,13s, or 4.13, not 93s. The notation 1.4 equals 1 pound 4 shillings, not 1 pound 40 shillings. Each child was given a slave. Sometimes the names of the children were written so close to the names of the slaves it was confusing, so I took the liberty of placing the Hadley heir's names to the right of the numeral (i.e. No 1 Thos.) and underlining the name. The name Thos. Hadley is written at the bottom of the paper. This could not be Thomas Hadley's signature because he was deceased at the time this division of property was signed by his children. The handwriting does not appear to be 18th century; it was probably written much later by someone labeling the photocopy for easier identification. If I could not figure out the word, I used underscores to indicate a word was missing. If I made a guess, I used a question mark after it. ---CHS] |
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