Appleton and Amanda Hurd Stillman |
In the Name of God, Amen I Appleton Stillman of Cobrook in the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut, being by the disposition of the Holy and Richoes, disposing of all counts the subject of a dangerous And threatening disorder, and feeling that to human Probability, the Time of my Departure may not be far distant yet being of sound And disposing memory, and understanding, Do make and ordain this to Be my last Will and testament. Item I Give and bequeath unto my Loving wife Amanda, while She remains my Widow the use and Improvement, of the following Piece of Land beginning on the South… |
Please improve my transcription, if you can. With its faults, it already says enough to move me deeply. When they told him he was dying, Grandpa was a vigorous 59, with a youngish, pregnant wife and two families, one grown and the other still dependent, and at least comfortably wealthy. |
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