WILL OF HANNAH POTTER BEECHER
 

The will of Hannah Beecher was proved April 5, 1659, and is recorded in first part, vol. I., p. 80, of New Haven Probate Records, as follows:

"I Hannah Beecher of New Haven, expecting my great change do make this my last will and testament, I bequeath my soul unto the hands of my Lord Jesus Christ by whose meritt I hope to be saved and my body to be burried at the discretion of my Son William Potter my Executor. And for my worldly goods I give unto John Potter my Grand child Twenty shillings and to Hannah Blackly, my Grand child, wife to Samuel Blackly, twenty shillings, And to Samuel Potter my Grand child twenty shillings to be paid to them within three months after my decease. And for the rest of my estate I give one third part to my son Issac Beecher and two thirds to my eldest son William Potter, making him my Executor, desiring him to be as a father to his younger brother and to his children. And in dividing my goods my will is that my son William should have my feather bed

with that belongeth to it, unto his part and that the rest be divided at the discretion of my Overseers with the assistance of Sister Wakeman and sister Rutherford and I desire my loving friends Mr. Mathew Gilbert and Mr. John Wakeman to be overseers of this my last will whereunto I have set my hand this 13^th day of June, Anno 1657.

the mark of Hannah Beecher

Witnesses.

Mathew Gilbert,

John Wakeman,

Sarah Rutherford."

Her children were: John Potter, died 1643. William Potter, born about 1608; died 1662.

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