WILL OF WILLIAM POTTER
 

His will was made May 19, 1662, and is as follows:

 "William Potter disposes of his estate of outward things as followeth. After all Debts discharged my will is that my wife should have her living out of the farms till my Sonne Nathanll, come to ye age of 21 years, then ye sd. Nathaniell is to possess ye sd. farms and all yt is upon it, if my wife continue a widdow my will is yt my Sonne Nathanll allow her a comfortable Living out of the same and if shee see cause to Dwell elsewhere my will is yt my sonne Nathaniell allow her 12^th a yeare.

 it; my will is yt my sonne Joseph should have 30^th paid him within yt term of six years after ye date hereof.

 it; my will is yt my daughter Hope and my daughter Rebeckah shall have 20^th. apiece payd ym when their mother sees good to pay it them. My will is that those Legasyses be payd out of the farms before it come into my sonnes Nathanll’s hands.

19. 3. 62.

 Witnesses. William Peck. Richard Miles."

 Inventroy filed Aug. 1. 1662. Amt. £190. 04. 00.

Children:
Joseph, b. in England, in 1635; m. Phebe------.
Mary, bapt. In New haven, Aug. 22, 1641; m. about 1657, Joseph Mansfield.
Sarah, bapt. Aug. 22, 1641, but was not a twin with Mary. She m. 1^st Lt. Robert Foote of Branford, CT; 2d Aaron Blakesley.
Hope, bapt. Oct. 3, 1641; m. Feb. 3, 1663, Daniel Robinson. Removed to New Jersey.
Rebecca, bapt. 1643; m. Nov. 27, 1667, Thomas Adams. Removed to Crosswicks, NJ
Nathaniel, bapt. Dec.12, 1644; m. April 1, 1675 Elizabeth Howes.

Of these children Mary and Sarah are not named in their father’s will, but Sarah was living Aug. 23, 1706, when "Sarah Blakesley, alias Foote, alias Potter daughter of William Potter, " acknowledges on p.130, vol. V., New Haven Land Records, the receipt of her full share in her father’s estate.