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Notes: Joseph's will is published in A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Rec ords, 1710-1715, p. 257. Joseph Hills Glastonbury Died 8 November 1713. Invt. 386-04-06 pounds. Taken by Samuel Welles, R ichard Smith, Sen., and William Wickham. Will dated 2 May 1713: I Joseph Hills of Glastonbury, do make this my l ast will and testament: I give unto Joseph Hills, my son, 100 rods in l ength of my upper lot which I bought of John Coleman. I give unto Benon i Hill part of that upper lot in Glastonbury. I give unto my daughter, H annah Kenny, and to my daughter Susannah Kilbourn, to each 10 shillings o f money. I give unto my daughter Dorothy Hollister 6 pounds money. With r espect to the children I now have or hereafter may have by my present w ife Elizabeth, my will is that they have, hold and enjoy that lot of la nd whereon I now dwell, with the buildings, fences, and trees there upo n (which lot of land I made over to my sd. wife by way of jointure befo re my marriage with her, in that tenure that the remainder thereof shou ld be to the children that I should happen to have by her). I give to m y wfie Elizabeth Hill the use and improvement of all my lands until the c hildren come of age to receive them. I give unto my wife, whom I appoin t sole executrix, the whole of my moveable estate in goods and chattell s, etc. I give upon my son Henry Hill the reamining part of my upper lo t joining to my son Joseph Hill. Witness: Thomas Welles, Thomas Kimberly. Joseph Hill Sen., Is. Court Record, Page 163 -- 7 December 1713. Will proven. Joseph Hill, be ing dissatisfied, appealed to the Superior Court.