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EMERY Ensign Stephen
Male 1666 - 1747


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  • Prefix  Ensign 
    Birth  16 Sep 1666  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender  Male 
    Will  8 Jan 1746  [3] 
    • (In the Name of God Amen. This Eighth Day of January In the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & forty six, and in the Twentieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, King of great Brittain etc., I Stephen Emery, of Newbury in the county of Essex, and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gen. Being in comfortable health of Body, and of sound mind & memory (Thanks be to God Therefor) but calling to mind my Own mortallity, Do make and Ordain this my Last Will & Testatment.

      Principally & first of all I Humbly Recommend my soul Into the Hands of God who gave it, and my Body I commend to the Earth to be Decently buried at the Discretion of my Execr. assuredly hopeing that at the general resurection, They shall be again united in compleat happiness thro: the merritt & power of Jesus Christ, the Resurection and ye Life and as to the worldly goods therewith it Hath Pleased God To bless me with in this Life, I Give, Devise and Dispose of them, In the following Manner and Form, vizt.

      Imprs. I Give and Bequeath to my Dearly & Well beloved wife Ruth Emery The One third part of my Real Estate of what kind or Nature soever (During Her Natural Life). I also give unto her my Household goods of Every sort and all the Provisions that may be in my Possession at the time of my Decease of Every kind and the one halfe of my stock of cattle, horses, sheep & swine, To be wholly at her Dispose Forever.

      I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughters, Ann Little, Sarah Dole, Ruth Moulton, Judeth Hale, Abigail Bartlett, Elizabeth Moody, Lydia Emery To Each of them the sum of twelve Ounces & an halfe of silver or bills of Creditt Equivalent thereto to be Paid by my Execr. within seven years after my Decease (Besides what I have already given them)

      Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughters Hannah and Meriam Emery To Each of the[m] the sum of One Hundred Eighty Seven Ounces & an halfe of silver or Bills of Creditt Equivalent Thereto To be paid by my Executor (The One halfe of sd. sum Immediately after my Decease, and ye Remainder within Three years, not succeeding [it)?] and my will is That these my two Daughters Last mentioned shall have Liberty to Dwell in the South West Lower Room in my Dwelling house and have convenient cellar Rooms therein untill marriage.

      Item I Give and Bequeath unto my two Grand sons Thomas & Stephen Noyes, sons of my Daughter Mary Noyes Decd. To Each of them the sum of Eighteen Ounces & three quarters of silver, or Bills of Creditt Equivalent thereto, To be paid by my Execr. when they shall successively arrive To The age of Twenty One years and if Either of my sd Grand sons shall Die Before he arrive to [that?] age Then the survivor shall have ye whole sum as above mentioned.

      Finally I Give and Bequeath unto my Only son Stephen Emery his heirs & assigns forever all my Estate Both Real & Personal of what kind or Nature soever or wherever it lies (Except what I have Before Disposed of in this my Last Will He my sd son Paying all my Just Debts Funeral Charges and the Respective Legacies mentioned in this my Will and I Do constitute & appoint my sd son Stephen Emery To be sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament, and I Do Hereby annull all former Wills by me made, and Rattify & Confirm this to be my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the Day & year above written.

      Signed sealed published & Declared by ye above [___]ed Stephen Emery To be his Last Will & Testamt. In ye presence of [us?] witnesses

      John Emery Junr. Joseph Merrick Thomas Barnard

      Stephen Emery (s)
    Died  3 Feb 1747  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • (aged 80 y. 4 m. 27 d. [VR]; died in the 81st year of his age [GS].)
    Buried  Aft 3 Feb 1746/7  Newbury=>Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • (Sawyer's Hill Burying Ground.)
    Ensign Stephen Emery gravestone    		 Ensign Stephen Emery gravestone
    Status: Located
    Will (proved)  23 Feb 1746/7  Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    _UID  D8670D38EB9ED5118A06444553540000B383 
    Person ID  I3528  Noyes Family Genealogy
    Last Modified  26 Jul 2010 

    Father  EMERY Sergeant John,   b. Abt 1628, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Sep 1693, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  WEBSTER Mary,   d. 3 Feb 1709/10, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Abt 1650  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F13424  Group Sheet

    Family  JAQUES Ruth,   b. 14 Apr 1672, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1764, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  29 Nov 1692  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. EMERY Anne,   b. 10 Oct 1693, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1755, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. EMERY Sarah,   b. Jan 1695, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 26 Mar 1779
     3. EMERY Ruth,   b. 16 Jun 1698, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1775
     4. EMERY Mary,   b. 15 Dec 1700, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1735, Newbury=>West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. EMERY Judith,   b. 25 Feb 1702/3, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1775, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. EMERY Abigail,   b. 4 May 1705, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1797
     7. EMERY Elizabeth,   b. 2 Feb 1707, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1754
     8. EMERY Stephen,   b. 16 Jul 1710, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1795, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. EMERY Hannah,   b. 22 Nov 1714, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1772
     10. EMERY Mirriam,   b. 22 Nov 1714, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. EMERY Lydia,   b. 29 Jul 1717, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1800
    Family ID  F1247  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S244] Book-VR Newbury, MA; Vol. I - Births, 1:162.

    2. [S400] Book-Descendants of John and Anthony Emery, CS71.E535., p.2.

    3. [S89] Death-probate of will, File date 23 Feb 1747, transcribed from microfilm of Essex County probate copybooks at Massachusetts Archives, Volume 327, pages 181-183 (volume and pages as numbered by the Archives)..
      Transcribed by Ruy Cardoso ruygenealogy@yahoo.com and posted on MAESSEX 5 Jun 2006.

    4. [S281] Book-VR Newbury, MA; Vol. II - Marriages & Deaths, 2:590.

    5. [S86] Death-gravestone, Sawyer's Hill Burying Ground; Newburyport, MA.

    6. [S281] Book-VR Newbury, MA; Vol. II - Marriages & Deaths, 2:258.

    7. [S325] Book-Mass. & Maine Families, 2:354.


  

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