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344 gett some broken upp for himselfe upon his owne p't and likewis | that hee should live in and have the use of halfe the house, and untill he had one | of his owne built upon his p't of the farme. I was willing to accept of his | offer, or at least sd. nothing against it; but p'p'ounded that hee would make | his sd soñ a deede of guift of that third p't of his land in England to enjoy to | him and his heires after his death. This hee was not free to doe, but sd. it was | as sure, for he had soe putt it into his will, that his 3 soñs should have | that in England equally devyded betwixt them, vz. each a 3 p't. I objected | he marry | againe and have othe$r$ children, wi$ch$ hee thought a vaine obieccoñ. Much | oth$r$ discourse there was about the stocke on the Farme, &c., but remayneing unwilling | to give a deede for that in England, saying he might live to spend it, and often | repeating hee had soe ordered it in his will, as aforesd., w$ch$ hee should never alt$r$ without | great necessity, or words to that purpose. Soe wee p'ted for that tyme leaveing | that matt$r$ to further consideracoñ. After hee came home hee told sev'all of my | Friends and others as they informed me, that hee had p'ffered to give his soñ Nathaniel bett$r$ then 1000$lb$ | and I would not accept of it. The next tyme hee came to my house, after some | discourse about the premises and p'esining his resolucon as form'ly ingaged, and left it to him to add w$t$ he pleased | towards the building of him a house &c., and soe agreed that the young p'sons might | p'ceede in marriage with both o$r$ Consents, w$ch$ accordingly they did. | ."

The Hon$ble$ Simon Bradstreet Esq$r$ | made Oath