Margaret Wells

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: say 1645 to death, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Birth:
Father: Richard Wells

History:
On 8 April 1647, she made her will:

I being at this time capable in regard of memory & understanding; unto my Sister Mary Rogers Widow her children (in old England at Boxstead in the Coun of Essex or else where) one Sixt p[ar]t of my whole estate. of houseing, land, chattels, debts, & all moveable goods reall & personall, to be divided among them as followcth, vizt to my Sister aforesaid if liveing at my decease two fift parts of the aforesaid Sixt & her Heyres & I will & bequeath the other 3 fifts the aforesaid sixt to her Sonne Jno Rogers, & Eliz: Rogers to be equally divided between em to them & their Heyres, if my Sister be not liveing at my decease, then my Will is that t aforesaid Sixt should be divided between John & Elizabeth aforesaid, vizt three fifth to Jn & two fifts to Elizbt & the Heyres of their bodys borne; to Jno Stone of Sudbury in New Engl: two sixth pts of my whole estate; to Nathaniel Tredaway the other three sixts of my 'hole estate; if my kindred in old England, or their Heyres intended by this my Will, be not r 'eing at my death, then my will is that the sixt pf ar]t bequeathed to them sli.a!I return to Nath. Tredaway & Jno Stone, to be divided three fifts of it to Nath. & two fifts p[ar]ts to Jno. Also my Will is that the sixt p[ar]t of my estate bequeathed to my kindred in Engla shall be payd by my Executor one halfe of it, one year after my decease, & the other half two year after my decease; mr Brian pendlton & Nathaniel Tredaway Executors of this y Will & Jno Shcrrm::m. overseer to sec it p[er]forrned
Sealed & Subscribed in the pr[e]sence of us
Jno Coolidge
Jno Knowles
Also my Will is that the sixt part of my estate bequeathed to my Kindred in England shall be payd in that p[ar]t of my estate that is best to be transported.
Proved 18 December 1660

On 18 July 1658, she was admitted to the Charlestown Church.

On 18 December 1660, he will was proved. Her inventory,
house and lot, in the occupancy of Nathaniel Treadway, and 10 other lots amounted to £216.

Margaret married Elder Edward Howe on 16 Aug 1610 in Boxted, Essex, England. Edward (son of Edward Howe and Ann Lumpkin) was christened on 1 Jan 1587/88 in Boxted, Essex, England; died on 24 Jun 1644 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married George BunkerCharlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]