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EBENEZER4 MARTIN (EBINEZE
& Descendants Generation No. 4 EBENEZER4 MARTIN (EBINEZER3, JOHN2 MARTYN/MARTIN, EDWARD1 MARTYN) was born 1721. He married MRS. MARY BOWEN May 22, 1748. Notes for EBENEZER MARTIN: Nothing more found on Ebenezer and his family except his last Will and Testament at the bottom of this page and records in the town clerk's office at Warren, RI. Children of EBENEZER MARTIN and MARY. BOWEN are:
He was in the company of Captain Caleb Carr, and regiment of Colonel William Richmond, October 10, 1776 and at the close of the war there was due him from the Government, £14,9,1 which he never received۳
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF EBENEZER MARTIN typed exactly as written In the name of God Amen, I Ebenezer Martin of Warren in the county of Bristol in the colony of Rhode Island. This twenty second day of September in the ninth year of his Majesty's Reign AD 1768 being weak of Body but of a Sound Disposing mind and memory thanks be given to God therefor calling to mind my mortality do make this my last will and Testament in manner Following. Principally & first of all I give & recommend my Soul to God who gave it and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executors hereinafter mentioned - as to my worldly goods wherewith it has Pleased God to Bless me I give & Bequeath the same in manner & form Following. IMP""" My will is that my Just debts and funerall charges be duly & seasonably paid by my Executor hereinafter named. Item. To my Beloved wife Mary Martin I give in Lew of her Dower & Power of Thirds the Improvement of the whole of my estate (except what I in this will give to my Eldest son Ebenezer) untill my son James Comes of age & then the Improvement of the remainder untill Rufus Comes of age, and then the Improvement of the remainder untill Samuel comes of age, and the Improvement of the remainder untill John comes of age; and Provided my said wife should marry before the youngest comes of age, then she is to quit the Improvement of said estate and I hereby order that my s wife be paid one Hundred Dollars out of my notes or Bonds or out of said Estate. Item. To my Loving and well beloved son Ebenezer Martin his heirs & Assigns forever I give & bequesth one Forty acre Lot of Wood land & tillage adjoining to the Land of John Marten, John Short & John Kelley laying in the town of Warren aforesaid, and order him my said son Ebenezer to pay to his sisters as they shall come of age Fifty Spanish Mill Dollars a piece and I give to my said son one yoak of oxen & half a socre of sheep & Lambs one plow and chain. Item. To my Beloved sons, James, Edward, Rufus, Samuel & John I give and bequeath the reamining part of my Real Estate to be equally Divided between them their heirs & Assign part & part alike according to quantity and quality and if either of these should Die befroe he arrives to the age of Twenty one years, then that part to be equally Divided among the surviving sons and my will is that my out door moveables be equally Divided between my sons. Item. To my beloved Daughters Molley and Anne I give and bequeath my indoor moveables to be equally Divided between them part & part alike and also I give my said Daughters Fifty Spanish Milled Dollars apiece to be paid by my eldest son when they arrive to the age of Twenty one years or upon their Marriage which shallfirst happen, and if so be either of these Daughters should Decease before they arrive to the age of twenty one years then the surviver to have & enjoy the whole that was to be the part of the Deceased. Item. If it should happen that my Beloved wife should prove with child at my Decease & be Delivered of a living child & it should live to be of age my will is that if it should be a Son that is shall share equally with either of the five youngest sons and if it should be a daughter then it should come in for an equal share with other of the Daughters provided it liveth to the age of twenty one. Furhtermore, I do constitute & appoint my Beloved wife & eldest son Ebenezer the Executrix and Executor of this my last will & Testament Moreover whensoever & so long as my said wife shall be & remain a Widow my will is that my said wife shall have the Privilege of a room in my Dwelling house & the Privilege of keep (ing) a cow (on) the Bequeathed Premises as witness my hand EBENEZER MARTIN (seal) In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal the day & date above written. Signed, Sealed, Published, Pronounced and declared by the said Ebenezer Martin to be his last will & Testament in the presence of us who signed as witnesses in his presence. SAMUEL KENT JOSEPH GRANT, JR. SOLOMON TOWNSEND Bristol x.x. December y 4 A.D. 1769 Then, before the Honourable Town Council of Warren came Samuel Kent & Joseph Grant Jr. witnesses to the last will and Testament of Ebenezer Marten of said Warren late deceased and make oath that they were present & did se & hear the s deceased sign seal Publish, Pronounce & Declare the same to be his last will and Testament & that he was of sound Disposing Mind when he so did, and that they together with Solomon Townsend signed as witnesses in the presence of the Testator. Witness John Kennicutt Council clerk, and the said Mary Marten the Executrix named in s Will appears in council & Declined accepting the Requests made to her in said Will & resolved to take her thirs & right of Dower in said Estate according to law. Witness John Kennicut clerk. The foregoing is a true copy as per Book no. 1, pages 376-377 of council records for Warren. Endnotes 1. p. 26, also "Rhode Island 2. All this information is from the wills of Rufus Martin,Ebenezer Martin, Philip Short, Arnold's VRs)The will, records and information on Ebenezer's family and submitted by Judy. Needham. 3. ۳ Ibid.
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