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     Abigail (?) married Jotham Brigham, son of Samuel Brigham and Elizabeth Howe. Abigail (?) died on 24-Mar-1768 at Marlborough, Massachusetts.

     Addie (?) married Joe E. Beeman.

     Agnes (?) married David 1 McClure at Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Agnes (?) died before 1-Feb-1758.
     Agnes McClure left a will on 20-Jun-1750 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Will Book Volume 2, pages 408-410
In the name of God amen. The 20^th day of June 1750 I Agnes McClure of Brookfield in the County of Worcester and province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England being sick of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks being to God but calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for women once to die do make this my last will and testament. (illegible) to say principally & first of all I give & recomend My soul into the hands of God who gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buryed in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall become the same again by the mighty power of God.
And as touching such worldly estate wherewith all it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I give demise and bequeath of the same in the following manner & form.
My will is that my just debts & funeral charges be first paid.
Item - I give and bequeath to my son John two pounds thirteen shillings & five pence lawful money out of my estate.
Item - I give and bequeath to my son James five shillings lawful money out of my estate.
Item - I give and bequeath to Margaret my daughter my riding hood & velvet hood and a small spinning wheel.
Item - I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my daughter two of my gowns that is to say a worsted green gown the other a sheep wool.
Item - I give and bequeath to Jenny my daughter the other two of my gowns viz a silk crape the other a worsted wool.
Item - I give and bequeath to Sarah my daughter one pound six shillings eight pence lawful money out of my estate and my best feather bed and its furniture also two heifers the one red one with some white coming three years old the other a brown white faced heifer coming in two years old.
Item - I give and bequeath to my son David all my estate whereof I shall own (illegible) and possession of every sort and kind as oxen cows heifers horses sheep swine household stuff of what name or nature soever or wherever found after my decease, not already bequested in this my last will and testament.
Item - I constitute make and ordain my sons John & David McClure the Executors of this my lasts will and testament and I do hereby (illegible) (illegible) revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments wills legacys & bequests & executors by me in my life (illegible) named will’d and bequethd (illegible) (illegible) (illegible) (illegible) this and no other to be my last will and testament, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name & seal the day & year above within. Agnes (her mark) McClure (seal).
Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Agnes McClure as her last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers William Erik Thomas Hamilton Elizabeth (her mark) Gill.
Worcester. To all people to these presents Shall come John Chandler Esq. Judge of the Court of Wills in the County of Worcester within the Province of the Massachusetts in New England (illegible) Greeting.
Know ye that on the first day of Febry anno domini 1758 the instrument I hereto annexed is supporting the last will and Testament of Agnes McClure late of Brookfield in said County of Worcester Widow’s bond was presented for Probate by David McClure one of the executors the other Executor therein named refusing to (illegible) (illegible)
William Gill and Thomas Hamilton two of the witnesses hereto subscribed who on oath that they saw the said Testatrix sign seal & hear her declare the said instrument to be the last will & testament and that they with Elizabeth Gill the other witness subscribed their names together as witnesses to the execution thereof in (illegible) presence and that she was (illegible) to the best of their judgment of sound & disposing mind. I do prove approve and of the said instrument as the last will & testament of the before named dec’d and document the adm thereof in all matters the same concerning and of the estate whereof the dec’d served and prospered and possessed in said county into David McClure the before named Executor (illegible) faithfully to execute the said (illegible) according hereto who (illegible) of him and according trust and gave bond to fulfill the will and he shall and or upon oath of this proceedings when (illegible) (illegible) (illegible) (illegible).
In witness whereof I have herein to set my hand & seal of office the day & year above written John Chandler
By order of the Honorable Judge (illegible)
Transcribed from SAMPUBCO copy by Anita Cooper: (http://www.sampubco.com/wills).

     Alice (?) married John Eaton, son of John Eaton and Abigail Gilson. Alice (?) died on 8-May-1694 at Dedham, Massachusetts.

     Alice A. (?) married Landrum Cooper, son of Joseph M. Cooper and Elizabeth (?). Alice A. (?) was born in 1854 at South Carolina.

     Amanda (?) was born in 1809 at Canada. She married Amos A. Hill.
     The 1850 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Amos A. Hill's household; head, 48/m, saddler, 300, N Hampshire.

     Ane (?) married Anders Hansen Dreyer. Ane (?) died circa 1776.

     Ann (?) married John Critcheitt.

     Anna (?) married John Mahurin.

     Anna Marie (?) was born in 1805 at New York. She married Orange McClure, son of John 3 McClure and Ruth Pratt. Anna Marie (?) died in 1850.

     Apphia (?) married Richard Bushrod.

     Arlene (?) married Travis Daniels.

     Audrie L. (?) married Guy Stephenson.

     Barbara (?) married Neil Jerigan.

     Barbara (?) married Michael McMahon.

     Bernice (?) married Arden Burris Burris, son of Edgar Burris and Rosa Cooper.

     Bertha (?) married Roy Cooper, son of John Marion Cooper and Verde Scruggs.

     Betsy (?) was born circa 1789. She married Dr. David Gill McClure, son of James 2 McClure and Patty McClaren. Betsy (?) died on 29-Apr-1823 at Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont.

     Bridget (?) married John Moore.

     Caldonia (?) was born on 18-Apr-1856. She died on 20-Jun-1909 at Cherokee County, South Carolina, at age 53. She was buried at Macedonia Baptist Church, Cherokee County, South Carolina. She married Edolphus P. Richards, son of Joseph Richards and Mary Polly Cooper.