Colonel Paul Wentworth (c. 1678-1748) Probate Inventory
(Note: Do means ditto)
An Inventory of the Estate of Col. Paul Wentworth Esqr Late of
Summerworth in Dover Deceased.
Taken July 5 1748 as Follows viz.
His Homestead with the Orchard and
Buildings thereon Containing about £7800 0 0
An Hundred & Twenty Acres of Land
A Lot of Land at Indigo Hill Containg
About 60 Acres with the Buildings £3200
Thereon with a small Island near it
A Tract of Land above Indigo Hill
near Wm Downs's Containing 160 5600
Acres with a Barn upon it
D° On the Pitch Pine Plains Containg 192
24 Acres
D° 30 Acres in the First Division in Rochester, 150
D° 240 Acres in the Second Division in D°, 480
17422
All the Common & Undivided Lands
belonging to one whole Share in D° £50 0 0
One whole Right in Canterbury 150
One Quarter of One Saw in the Upper
Mill upon Salmon Falls stream with the 200
Mill Priviledge thereunto belonging
A Quarter & half quarter D° in the 300
Middle Mill on said Stream
half a quarter D° in the lower Mill on
Said Stream 100
One quarter of a Gristmill on said Stream 125
His Wearing Apparel 164 10
Paper Money & Silver & Gold viz
Paper £2798 3 2
Twelve Ounces of Gold @ £40, 480
Three Hundred & Twenty Eight
Ounces of Silver @ 50s 820
Household Goods viz
The Furniture of the West Room below viz
A Bed & Bedding wth a Suit of Curtains 65
& Bedsted
A Case of Draws £20, a Desk £l4, 34
A Large Looking Glass 20
13 Leather Chairs 24 10
a Large Ovel Table lOOs 1 Small D° 6 of, 8
A representation of Solomon's Temples 1 10
A pair of Ironhand Irons 5
Furniture in the NW. Chamber viz
A Bed Bedsted & Bedding, 80
£12
A Looking Glass £20, 1 Doz black Chairs 32
1 Small Oval Table 2 10
2 Pine Chests @ 40s 4
1 Box 25s 1 pair Small handlrons 25s 2 10
1 Bed & Bedding in ye little S.W. Chamber, 30
1 Linnen Wheel 3 10
1 Bed & Bedding in the Kitchen
Chamber Closet 28
1 D° in the old Kitchen Chamber 12
1 D° in the new Kitchen, 38
1 Pewter Still 200s 2 woolen Wheels 50s 12 10
His Books viz
much used
1 Large Bible lOOs 1 Small D° 15s ^ 5 15
Ambroses Works 2
Echards Eclesiastical History 3 10
Flemmings fulfilling ye Scriptures, 1 5
Bonds Justice 1 5
The Massachusetts & N Hampr Laws 2 10
many other Small Books bound & pamphlets, 10
His Plate viz
£45
1 Large Silver Tankard £67 1 D° Smaller^, 112
1/2 Doz large Spoons £26 1/2 Doz Tea D° 60s 29
1 pr gold Buttons very small & worn 2
2 Mill Files @ 12s 1 4
1 Fishing Line lead & reel 1
1 Large Diaper Table Cloth £4 0 0
1 D° 6s 1 D° much worn 25s 4 5
2 Cotton Sheets 60s 1 D° 50s 1 Linnen D° 40s 7 10
1 D° 60s 7 new diaper Napkins @ 20s 10
1 fine Towel 20s 1 Sheet 60s 4
Sundry Cottons & Linnens old & new of various sorts, 16
a remnant of Persian 1 10
A remnant of russel wth Some Trimmings, 2
A little Trunk 3s a Remnt of blue broad Cloth 120s 7 10
D° Coarse Homespun Mill'd Cloath 2
1 Case wth 10 Bottles 3 10
2 Two Year olds @ £18 36
year
5 Yearlings @ £9, £45, 1 Bull 4 ^ old £22, 67
1 Ox broken homd £25, 1 Horse £40 65
1 Mare & Colt £20, 23 old Sheep 40s 66
14 Lambs @ 35s 5 Calves @100s 5 winterd over @ 84 10
8 Pigs abt 2 Months old @ 40s 16
52 lb Pewter almost new @ 14s p lb 14 14
More Bedding viz
1 New rag coverlid 90s 2 old D° 45s 9
1 Rugg 120s 1 old Quilt & Blanket 30s 7 10
1 piece New Blanketing abt 9 yds @ 20s 9
75 Bushels IndianCorn @ 30s 112 10
11 D° Messelling @ 22s 12 2
4 D° Pease @ 35s 2 D° @35s 10 10
18 lbs Combed Flax 6s 6p 5 17
20 lbs Cotton Wool @ 16s £16, 1 old Saddle 60s, 19
1 pr large Steelyards 80s 1 pr Small D° 20s, 5
a Quantity of mean Flax in ye warehouse, 4
44 lbs Sheeps Wool @ 11 s 24 4
Sole Leather 1 Side & a piece 5 15
1 Side Upper Leather 3 10
1 New rum hhd 60s 12 lbs Tobacco @ 2s 6p, £1 10 4 10
Sundry old Cask in the Warehouse 5
12 Bushls Barley 25s 15 old salt bags 6s 19 10
1 1/2 Barrel of Pork @ £30 45
£2
10 lb hogs fat @ 4s ^ 30 lbs tryd Tallow @ 4s £6 8
? a barrel of soap l00s Clevis & Tin 20s 6
The Iron Work of 3 Yokes 3
Mill Key & 2 buttons 12
A Pair Sled Sides @ l0s 4
Some old Casks in the Cellar 2
A Quantity of Salt Containg bushls @ 30s
His Servants viz
1 Negro Man named Sampson
1 D° Tom 1 D° Woman Dinah £500
l D° aman Child 12 Months old
A Silver hilted Sword 12
Bottle
a large^ with 2 lbs Powder in it 1 10
1 Small Stone Jugg 10s 1 D° large alittle broke 20s, 1 10
1 Suit of Curtains worsted China 25
1 Long Dutch Gun £16, 1 Shorter D° £12, 28
1 Pistol 50s 11 old Chairs in the Kitchen 40s 4 10
1 Square Table in D° 30s 1 Small Oval Table in D° 25s 2 15
1 old Chest 8s 2 Pine Cupboards in D° 6s 3 8
1 pr old handirons in D° 40s 1 old Trammel 30s 3 10
1 warming Pan 60s 1 Lignum Vitae Mortar 20s 4
a Portmantle 60s a Cowbell 12s 1 hammer 8s, 4
an handsaw 25s 1 iron Candlestick 12s 1 17
a walking Staff 20s white Read 1
2 old Mill Saws wt 33 lb a 3s 4 19
1 Mill Saw all most new 13 10
2 Iron Crows & 2 Mill Dogs wt 67lbs @ 4s 13 8
2 old narrow Axes 16s 1 old broad D° 12s 1 8
An Iron Tooth Harrow 9
2 Ax Chains wt 56lbs 4s 11 4
3D° 451bs @ 3s 6 15
1 Pair Wheels Iron Bound new Spokes, 20
A Chaise & Tackle 40
Ox Plow 70s 1 Horse D° 25s 1 Grind Stone 130s 11 5
2 old Logging Sleds @ 40s 4 1
Brass Kettle £10, 1 Small D° £4 10 14 10
1 Stew Pot 16s 4 old Iron Pots all 90s 12 10
2 Iron Kettles Small @ 20s 2
1 D° Skillet 12s 1 brass D° 12s 1 4
1 Dripping Pan 40s 1 Frying Do 15s 2 15
4 Bread Pans Cast Iron 2 10
2 Trammels @ 30s 3
A fire Shovel & two pair of Tongs 40s £ 2 0 0
1 brass Skimmer 10s 1 D° Small 5s 15
2 brass Candlesticks 40s Sundry TinWare 30s 3 10
Sundry Small Tools Adze Augers etc. 3
An Iron Spit 25s a Flax Comb 50s 3 15
A Cheese Tub & Small Kitchen Ware 2
Live Stock viz
1 Yoke of Oxen brindle Colour
1 D° black & Specked 160
8 Mitch Cows @ £23 184
Sundry Holland's Ware
and divers Other Small things Bottles etc 2
Moretaken Sept 23rd, 1748
1 Yoke of Oxen 6 Years old 65
1 Do 7years old 70
1 old Cow broken horned 15
2 Cows @ £16, 2 D° @ £20, 72
1 Three Year old Heifer 15
5 Yearlings @ £7, 1 Calf 50s 37 10
another three Year old Heifer 17
1 D°, a Steer £14, 1 two year old Heifer £13, 27
1 Ox 5 Years old 38
West India Goods viz
1313 lbs Sugar Neat 211
545 Gallons Rum @ 28s 763
72 lb 1/2 Cotton Wool @ 14s 50 15
32 Galls 1 quart & 1 pint Molass @ 20s 32 7 6
3 Gold Rings @ 80s before Omitted 12
388 1/2 Bushels of Salt @ 28s 543 11
A Pew in the meeting House 50
Estate in the County of York in the
Province of the Massachusetts Bay viz
25 Acres of Land in the Upper End of
Berwick Woods 100s 125
12 Common Rights in Berwick @ £10 120
133 1/3 Acres of land calld Cook's land @ £10, 1333 6 8
70 Acres in Berwick Woods @ £8, 560
3 Acres of Land at Mast Point @ £5, 15
6 3 5? of Sugar @ £18, Omitted 122 15
The Above Foregoing Inventory
was taken agreeable to the old
Tenor Currency by Us
Thos Millet
John Wood
Jos: Hanson
Probate Inventory of Colonel Paul Wentworth, July 5, 1748,
New Hampshire Probate Record #5233, Volume 17, pp. 494-496,
New Hampshire State Archives, Concord.
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