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Probate Inventory for Estate of Myles Standish, 1656/1657


An Inventory of the goods and Chattles that Captaine Miles Standish gent: was possessed of att his Decease as they were shewed to us whose names are underwritten this 2cond of Decembe(r) 165(6) and exhibited to the court held att Plymouth

the 4 may 1657 on the oath of mis Barbara Standish

It one Dwelling house and outhouses with the land ther unto belonging 140 00 00
It 4 oxen   24 00 00
It 2 mares to mare courts one young horse 48 00 00
It six cowes 3 heifers and one Calfe 29 00 00
It 8 ewe sheep two rames and one wether 15 00 00
It 14 swine great and smale 3 15 00
It one fowling peece 3 musketts 4 Carbines 2 smale guns one old barrell 08 01 00
It one sword one Cutles 3 belts 02 07 00
It the history of the world and the turkish history 01 10 00
It a Cronicle of England and the Countrey ffarmer 00 08 00
It ye history of queen Ellisabeth the state of Europe Vusebious Dodines earball 01 10 00
It Doctor halls workes Calvins Institutions 01 04 00
It Wilcocks workes and Mayors 01 00 00
It rogers seaven treatises and the ffrench Akadamey 00 12 00
It 3 old bibles 00 14 00
It Cecers Comentaryes Bariffes artillery 00 10 00
It Prestons Sermons Burroughes Christian contentment gosspell Conversation passions of the mind the Phisitions practice Burrowghes earthly mindednes Burroughs Descovery 01 04 00
It Ball on faith Brinssleys watch Dod on the lords Supper Sparke against herisye Davenports apollogye 00 15 00
It a reply to Doctor Cotten on baptisme the Garman history the Sweden Intelligencer reasons Discused 00 10 00
It 1 Testament one Psalme booke Nature and grace in Conflict a law booke the mean in mourning allegation against B P of Durham Johnson against hearing 00 06 00
It a prcell of old bookes of Divers subjects in quarto 00 14 00
It an other prcell in Octavo 00 04 00
It Wilsons Dixonary homers Illiads a Comentary on James balls Cattechesmes 00 12 00
It halfe a young heiffer 1 00 00
It one feather bed bolster and 2 pillowes 04 00 00
It 1 blankett a Coverlid and a rugg 01 05 00
It 1 feather bed blankett and great pillow 02 15 00
It one old featherbed 02 05 00
It one feather bed and bolster 04 00 00
It one blankett and 2 ruggs 01 15 00
It one feather bolster and old rugg 00 14 00
It 4 padre of sheets 03 00 00
It 1 padre of fine sheets 01 04 00
It 1 Tablecloth 4 napkins 00 10 00
It his wearing clothes 10 00 00
It 26 peeces of pewter 01 08 00
It earthen ware 00 05 00
It 3 brasse kettles one skillett 02 00 00
It 4 Iron posts 01 08 00
It a warming pan a frying pan and a Cullender 00 00 9 00
It one padre of stillyards 00 10 00
It 2 bedsteds one Table 1 forme Chaires 1 Chest and 2 boxes 02 13 0
It 1 bedsted one settle bed one box 3 Caske 01 07 00
It 1 bedsted 3 Chists 3 Casses with som bottles 1 box 4 Caske 02 06 06
It one Still 00 12 00
It 1 old settle 1 Chaire one kneading trough 2 pailes 2 trades one Dozen of trenchers 1 bowle 1 ferkin 1 beer Caske 1 Table 00 16 00
It 2 beer Caske 1 Chern 2 spiring wheels one powdering tubb 2 old Caske one old flaskett 00 15 00
It 1 mauls mill 02 00 00
It 2 sawes with Divers Carpenters tooles 01 19 00
It a Timber Chaine with plow Chaines 01 06 00
It 2 saddles a pillion 1 bridle 01 00 00
It old Iron 00 11 0
It 1 Chist and a bucking Tubb 00 08 0
It 1 hachell 2 tramells 2 Iron Doggs 1 spits one fierforke 1 lamp 2 gars one lanthorn with other old lumber 02 01 0
It in woole 00 15 0
It hemp and flax 00 06 0
It eleven bushells of wheat 02 05 0
It 24 bushells of rye 02 02 0
It 30 bushells of pease 05 05 0
It 25 bushels of Indian Corn 3 15 0
It Cart and yeekes and plow Irons and 1 brake 2 05 0
It axes sickles hookes and other tooles 01 00 0
It eight Iron hoopes 1 spiring wheele with other lumber 00 14 0

John Alden 055 18 00
James Cudworth 280 06 00
[total]  358 07 00


Go to the Mayflower History page of Caleb Johnson, a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Our thanks to Mr. Johnson for presenting this probate from the Plymouth Colony court records.