WILL of David Osgood
- 1833
In the name of God Amen.
I David Osgood of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of
New Hampshire, yeoman, considering the uncertainty of this mortal
live and being of sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be
Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will
and testament in manner and form following, that is to say,
First, I do give and
bequeath two hundred dollars to the Rev. Nathaniel Bouton of Concord
the interest of which to be by him laid out and extended at his
discretion for the benefit of schooling poor children in the said
town of Concord, his heirs and assigns forever.
I do also give and bequeath
two hundred dollars to my nephew Timothy Furnald of Northwood.
I do also give and bequeath one hundred dollars to my niece Mary
Ann Kimball, daughter of my late sister Lucy Kimball of Mexico in
the state of Maine.
I do also give and bequeath to my niece Eliza Lord Kimball, daughter
of my late sister Lucy Kimball, fifteen dollars
I do also give and bequeath to my niece Lucy Jane Kimball, daughter
of my late sister Lucy Kimball, fifteen dollars
I do also give and bequeath to my niece Caroline Eaton Kimball,
daughter of my late sister Lucy Kimball, fifteen dollars
I do also give and bequeath to my niece Jennett Barrell Kimball,
daughter of my late sister Lucy Kimball, fifteen dollars
I do also give and bequeath to my niece Elinor Osgood Kimball, daughter
of my late sister Lucy Kimball, fifteen dollars
I do also give and bequeath to my honored mother Lucy Osgood of
Concord, forty dollars
I do also will and order the foregoing legacies with all my honest
debts and funeral charges be paid out of my estate before the following
divisions be made of my property.
I do also will and order that all the remainder of my property real
and personal be divided equally among my brothers and sisters viz.
I do give bequeath and devise unto my sister Hannah Virgin wife
of Leavitt C. Virgin, one sixth part of my said property, her heirs
and assigns forever
I do give bequeath and devise unto my sister Mary Furnald, wife
of Timothy Furnald of Northwood, one sixth part of my said property,
her heirs and assigns forever
I do also give and devise unto my sister Betsy Lord, wife of Edward
D. Lord of Epsom, one sixth part of my said property, her heirs
and assigns forever
I do also give and bequeath unto my sister Lydia Gleason wife of
Carleton Simeon Gleason of Mexico in the State of Maine, one sixth
part of my said property, her heirs and assigns forever
I do also give bequeath and devise unto my brother Samuel Osgood
of Canterbury, one sixth part of my said property, her heirs and
assigns forever
I do also give devise and bequeath unto my brother True Morrill
Osgood of the State of Ohio, one sixth part of my said property,
her heirs and assigns forever
I do further will and order that my body shall have a decent burial,
and lastly I do hereby appoint my brother Samuel Osgood of Canterbury
executor to this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all
former wills by me made.