Nathaniel Colburn1,2,3,4,5
M, b. before 12 September 1611, d. 14 May 1691
Nathaniel was born in Woolverstone, County Suffolk, England. He was christened there on 12 September 1611 in St Michael's Church.6 He was the son of Leonard Colburn. Nathaniel married Priscilla Clarke on 25 July 1639 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.7,8 The family were Quakers. Nathaniel made his will on 13 June 1690.
I Nathaniel Colbourne Senior of Dedham within the County of Suffolke in New England Yeoman being aged and full of dayes, in the use of my memory and understanding, knowing that my remaining dayes upon Earth are but few my times being in ye hands of God on whom I desire to wait until my change comes And in order to my preparation do therefore make & ordain this my last will *& Testament in manner following. In the first place I commit my precious & immortal Soule into the hands of my most mercyfull God in Jesus Christ my most blessed Redeemer whom I believe have purchased it with his most precious blood. My Body I commit unto the Earth to be decently buried therein at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named & for my temporal Estate I do will & dispose of the same bothe real & personal in manner & forme followeth - - - Imprimis I will that all wills whatsoever by me formerly made be hereby revocate & that my just debts & funeral Expenses be paid & dischared with all convenient Speed that maybe - - - Item I give unto Priscilla my well beloved wife the use income & benefit of my whole Estate, that I now enjoyeth both real & personal during her widowhood and my best feather bed to her owne free dispose as she shall see meet but if she see good to marry again then I give unto her only the thirds of my Estate for term of life & her dwelling in ye parlour End of my house - - - Item I do give & bequeath unto my son Nathaniel Colburn & to his heirs & Assignes forever [as is hereafter expressed] the house he now liveth in in Dedham [ast that place commonly called Roxbury plain] with all the lands thereto belonging as said lands abut upon the land that was Thomas Herrings on one side & the land betwixt his & his Brother John Coleburnes on the other side with the meadow now in his possession containing six Acres more or less Also upon Cow Island on a straight line, between what is his in possession & what is at present in my possession: All the upland on the south side of that throughout Except three Acres abutting on the Meadow that was Thomas Herrings & the meadow of Timothy Dwight in part & the great swamp in part. Further I give unto him those several parcels of land namely a part of Meadow lying in purchase Meadow [ so called] formerly George Bearstows with a little piece of upland in it, and a piece of Meadow that was Michael Metcalfes both containing five Acres More two Acres of Cedar Swamp abutting upon Ralph Freemans lands & Thomas Herrings Swamp at the side: more one Cow Common right in all Common undivided lands in Dedham More the Right & interest of fifteen Acres of land to be taken up by him in Dedham common lands as a part of my Interest in the last divisent of land granted by Dedham proprietors all which lands & buildings are given to my said son & his heirs forever, provide he have a son to inherit them or more daughters than one that live to age to inherit & if my said son Nathaniel have but one daughter to inherit my mind I will is that said daughter shall have the buildings aforesaid & but halfe each aforesaid parcels of lands & I give the other halfe of each aforesaid parcell of land to my son John Coalburne & to his heires forever, the said halfe conditionally given to my said son John Coalburn is in the house lott & all other lands aforesaid to be that halfe that lyeth next the said John Coalburns lands if the said daughter have no heir or heirs to inherit after her decease, then the said buildings & halfe part of lands she dye possessed of or was her portion aforesaid shall returne to my said son John & to his heires forever, as their inheritance, [Thereby the aforesaid houses & all the aforesaid lands I have given Nathaniel, after his & his daughters decease shall be my son John’s inheritance & the inheritance of his children heires & Assignes forever] & said houses nor any of said Lands may be sold by said Nathaniel or his daughter to any but to my son John Coalburne or his heires. But my mind & will is that if my son Nathaniel have a son to inherit that live to twienty-one years of age & have posterity to succeed him, or if my son Nathaniel have two daughters to inherit & they or either of them have posterity live to inherit said houses & lands their posterity & heires & Assignes shall enjoy all the premises forever, otherwise my son John & his heires are to inherit all or part of ye aforesaid premises as aforesaid - - - Item I give and bequeath unto my loving son John Coalburne & to his heires & Assignes forever the house wherein he now liveth in Dedham & all the lands thereto belolnging & all such other lands expressed in a deed of Conveyance of them from mee to him bearing date with this my will he paying his part in legacies & my & my wife’s Maintenance - - - Item I give & bequeath unto my loving sons Samuel Coalburn and Joseph Coalburn & to their heyres & Assignes forever all the buildings they now possess & all that my farme of One hundred & Fifty Acres that I purchase of Mr. Allin & all other lands expressed in a deed of Conveyance to each of them to be divided betwixt them as is expressed in said deeds bearing date with this my will they attending to pay their part of legacies & my & my wife’s maintenance - - - Item I give & bequeath unto my beloved son Benjamin Coalburn & his heirs and Assignes forever my owne present dwelling house & other buildings thereto belonging with all my homestead & all those other parcells of Land & rights expressed in a Deed of Conveyance from me the said Nathaniel Coalburn to my said son Benjamin Coalburne the said deed bearing date the same with this my last will & Testament he attending to pay his part in legacies & my & my wife’s maintenance. - - - Item I give & bequeath unto my five sons afore named Three parcels of swamp lying at the great cedar swamp with the Trees & Timber thereon for their owne buildings & Reparations to go with their house lotts, neither of them to give or sell any timber therefrom but to keep it for their use of their own lotts forever - - - Item I give and bequeath unto my two daughter Sarah Patridge & Rebeccah Pratt & to their heires & Assignes forever to be equally divided betwixt them one hundred thirty six acres of land lying in the divide neer unto Meadfield & more a legacy of Eight pounds apiece which with what I have already given them is in full of their portions. - - - Item I give unto my daughter Priscilla Morse the sume of fifty pounds and to my daughter Hannah Aldridge the sume of Twenty pounds over & above what I have already given to each of them which is in full of their portions - - - Item I give & bequeath unto the children of my son in law Joseph Wight, Deborah & Joseph Wight the children which he had by my daughter Deborah five pounds apiece. - - - Item I give to my grand Daughter Priscila Partidge who hath lived with me the sume of five pounds. All the aforesaid Legacies to be paid out of my moveable Estate at currant country price [ so far as it will reach] & what shall be wanting to be made up in Current County pay Delivered at my now house & for such of the Legataries as shall be of of Age, to give a legal discharge when they have received their portions or legacies & their Legacies to be paid unto them within the next two years after my My wife’s decease, each year halfe & to the others as they respectively shall come of be of Age, or be marryed, my aforenamed five sons to make up & pay in equal portion , what of my moveable Estate shall remain that myself & wife do not spend in our needful supply to maintaine us, is to be made up equally by my said five sons in payment of said portions & Legacies. The aforesaid Legacie being carefully paid & my & my wife’s maintenance attended, what houses & lands I have given by my will I confirm as aforesaid & the four deeds that I have given . . . my four youngest sons I do hereby confirm & further my mind & will is that If my aforesaid Daughters do not live to receive their whole portions aforesaid it is to be paid to & equally divided betwixt their Children when they come to be of age or marriage, & if any of my grandchildren decease before they come to age their legacy is to paid to their brothers & sisters, equally divided or to their brother or sister, if there be but one to succeed - - - Item I do nominate ordain & appoint my beloved wife Priscilla Coalburne & my sons John Coalburne & Benjamin Coalburne to be the executors of this my last will & Testament In witness whereof I the said Nathaniel Coalburn Senior have hereunto put my hand & affixed my seale in Dedham this Thirteenth day of June Anno Domi One thousand six hundred & Ninety – 1690 - - - signed and sealed Nathaniel Coalburn - - - Signed Sealed & published by Nathaniel Coalburne senior to be his last will & testament in presence of us Thomas Battelle Daniel Fisher, Benjamin Onion, Thomas Hall.9
Nathaniel departed this life on Monday, 14 May 1691 in Dedham.10 His will was probated on 26 April 1692 at Boston in the Massachuetts Bay Colony. His wife, Priscilla, and his sons, John & Benjamin present the will to the court for approval.
I Nathaniel Colbourne Senior of Dedham within the County of Suffolke in New England Yeoman being aged and full of dayes, in the use of my memory and understanding, knowing that my remaining dayes upon Earth are but few my times being in ye hands of God on whom I desire to wait until my change comes And in order to my preparation do therefore make & ordain this my last will *& Testament in manner following. In the first place I commit my precious & immortal Soule into the hands of my most mercyfull God in Jesus Christ my most blessed Redeemer whom I believe have purchased it with his most precious blood. My Body I commit unto the Earth to be decently buried therein at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named & for my temporal Estate I do will & dispose of the same bothe real & personal in manner & forme followeth - - - Imprimis I will that all wills whatsoever by me formerly made be hereby revocate & that my just debts & funeral Expenses be paid & dischared with all convenient Speed that maybe - - - Item I give unto Priscilla my well beloved wife the use income & benefit of my whole Estate, that I now enjoyeth both real & personal during her widowhood and my best feather bed to her owne free dispose as she shall see meet but if she see good to marry again then I give unto her only the thirds of my Estate for term of life & her dwelling in ye parlour End of my house - - - Item I do give & bequeath unto my son Nathaniel Colburn & to his heirs & Assignes forever [as is hereafter expressed] the house he now liveth in in Dedham [ast that place commonly called Roxbury plain] with all the lands thereto belonging as said lands abut upon the land that was Thomas Herrings on one side & the land betwixt his & his Brother John Coleburnes on the other side with the meadow now in his possession containing six Acres more or less Also upon Cow Island on a straight line, between what is his in possession & what is at present in my possession: All the upland on the south side of that throughout Except three Acres abutting on the Meadow that was Thomas Herrings & the meadow of Timothy Dwight in part & the great swamp in part. Further I give unto him those several parcels of land namely a part of Meadow lying in purchase Meadow [ so called] formerly George Bearstows with a little piece of upland in it, and a piece of Meadow that was Michael Metcalfes both containing five Acres More two Acres of Cedar Swamp abutting upon Ralph Freemans lands & Thomas Herrings Swamp at the side: more one Cow Common right in all Common undivided lands in Dedham More the Right & interest of fifteen Acres of land to be taken up by him in Dedham common lands as a part of my Interest in the last divisent of land granted by Dedham proprietors all which lands & buildings are given to my said son & his heirs forever, provide he have a son to inherit them or more daughters than one that live to age to inherit & if my said son Nathaniel have but one daughter to inherit my mind I will is that said daughter shall have the buildings aforesaid & but halfe each aforesaid parcels of lands & I give the other halfe of each aforesaid parcell of land to my son John Coalburne & to his heires forever, the said halfe conditionally given to my said son John Coalburn is in the house lott & all other lands aforesaid to be that halfe that lyeth next the said John Coalburns lands if the said daughter have no heir or heirs to inherit after her decease, then the said buildings & halfe part of lands she dye possessed of or was her portion aforesaid shall returne to my said son John & to his heires forever, as their inheritance, [Thereby the aforesaid houses & all the aforesaid lands I have given Nathaniel, after his & his daughters decease shall be my son John’s inheritance & the inheritance of his children heires & Assignes forever] & said houses nor any of said Lands may be sold by said Nathaniel or his daughter to any but to my son John Coalburne or his heires. But my mind & will is that if my son Nathaniel have a son to inherit that live to twienty-one years of age & have posterity to succeed him, or if my son Nathaniel have two daughters to inherit & they or either of them have posterity live to inherit said houses & lands their posterity & heires & Assignes shall enjoy all the premises forever, otherwise my son John & his heires are to inherit all or part of ye aforesaid premises as aforesaid - - - Item I give and bequeath unto my loving son John Coalburne & to his heires & Assignes forever the house wherein he now liveth in Dedham & all the lands thereto belolnging & all such other lands expressed in a deed of Conveyance of them from mee to him bearing date with this my will he paying his part in legacies & my & my wife’s Maintenance - - - Item I give & bequeath unto my loving sons Samuel Coalburn and Joseph Coalburn & to their heyres & Assignes forever all the buildings they now possess & all that my farme of One hundred & Fifty Acres that I purchase of Mr. Allin & all other lands expressed in a deed of Conveyance to each of them to be divided betwixt them as is expressed in said deeds bearing date with this my will they attending to pay their part of legacies & my & my wife’s maintenance - - - Item I give & bequeath unto my beloved son Benjamin Coalburn & his heirs and Assignes forever my owne present dwelling house & other buildings thereto belonging with all my homestead & all those other parcells of Land & rights expressed in a Deed of Conveyance from me the said Nathaniel Coalburn to my said son Benjamin Coalburne the said deed bearing date the same with this my last will & Testament he attending to pay his part in legacies & my & my wife’s maintenance. - - - Item I give & bequeath unto my five sons afore named Three parcels of swamp lying at the great cedar swamp with the Trees & Timber thereon for their owne buildings & Reparations to go with their house lotts, neither of them to give or sell any timber therefrom but to keep it for their use of their own lotts forever - - - Item I give and bequeath unto my two daughter Sarah Patridge & Rebeccah Pratt & to their heires & Assignes forever to be equally divided betwixt them one hundred thirty six acres of land lying in the divide neer unto Meadfield & more a legacy of Eight pounds apiece which with what I have already given them is in full of their portions. - - - Item I give unto my daughter Priscilla Morse the sume of fifty pounds and to my daughter Hannah Aldridge the sume of Twenty pounds over & above what I have already given to each of them which is in full of their portions - - - Item I give & bequeath unto the children of my son in law Joseph Wight, Deborah & Joseph Wight the children which he had by my daughter Deborah five pounds apiece. - - - Item I give to my grand Daughter Priscila Partidge who hath lived with me the sume of five pounds. All the aforesaid Legacies to be paid out of my moveable Estate at currant country price [ so far as it will reach] & what shall be wanting to be made up in Current County pay Delivered at my now house & for such of the Legataries as shall be of of Age, to give a legal discharge when they have received their portions or legacies & their Legacies to be paid unto them within the next two years after my My wife’s decease, each year halfe & to the others as they respectively shall come of be of Age, or be marryed, my aforenamed five sons to make up & pay in equal portion , what of my moveable Estate shall remain that myself & wife do not spend in our needful supply to maintaine us, is to be made up equally by my said five sons in payment of said portions & Legacies. The aforesaid Legacie being carefully paid & my & my wife’s maintenance attended, what houses & lands I have given by my will I confirm as aforesaid & the four deeds that I have given . . . my four youngest sons I do hereby confirm & further my mind & will is that If my aforesaid Daughters do not live to receive their whole portions aforesaid it is to be paid to & equally divided betwixt their Children when they come to be of age or marriage, & if any of my grandchildren decease before they come to age their legacy is to paid to their brothers & sisters, equally divided or to their brother or sister, if there be but one to succeed - - - Item I do nominate ordain & appoint my beloved wife Priscilla Coalburne & my sons John Coalburne & Benjamin Coalburne to be the executors of this my last will & Testament In witness whereof I the said Nathaniel Coalburn Senior have hereunto put my hand & affixed my seale in Dedham this Thirteenth day of June Anno Domi One thousand six hundred & Ninety – 1690 - - - signed and sealed Nathaniel Coalburn - - - Signed Sealed & published by Nathaniel Coalburne senior to be his last will & testament in presence of us Thomas Battelle Daniel Fisher, Benjamin Onion, Thomas Hall.9
Nathaniel departed this life on Monday, 14 May 1691 in Dedham.10 His will was probated on 26 April 1692 at Boston in the Massachuetts Bay Colony. His wife, Priscilla, and his sons, John & Benjamin present the will to the court for approval.
Children of Nathaniel Colburn and Priscilla Clarke
- Sarah Colburn b. 15 Apr 1640, d. 24 Apr 1716
- Rebecca Colburn b. 17 Feb 1642
- Nathaniel Colburn b. 3 Mar 1645
- Priscilla Colburn b. 1 Apr 1646, d. 3 Feb 1731
- John Colburn b. 29 Jul 1648, d. 29 Jan 1706
- Mary Colburn+ b. 21 Jan 1651, d. 17 Dec 1685
- Hannah Colburn b. 30 Jan 1653, d. 3 Apr 1728
- Samuel Colburn b. 25 Jan 1654, d. 18 May 1694
- Deborah Colburn b. 28 Jun 1656, d. 30 Aug 1684
- Benjamin Colburn b. 24 Sep 1659, d. 30 Sep 1714
- Joseph Colburn b. 1 Dec 1662, d. 29 Apr 1718
Citations
- [S12] Rev. Abner Morris, Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans, page 107.
- [S1139] The Descendants of Isaac Colburn, Jr., pages 9-10.
- [S296] Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn From The Records Of The Colonies, Towns, & Churches, & Other Contemporaneous Documents., page 109.
- [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Volume I: page - Nathaniel Coalborne.
- [S2595] Christpoher Gleason Clark, Collborne Origiins and Clark Revelations, page 180-181.
- [S2031] England Birth and Christenings1538-1975 [IGI].
- [S1138] The Record of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths and admission to the church and dismissals therefrom, transcribed from the church records in the town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1638-1845, page viii: Nathaniel Colburn was born in England, and married here July 25, 1639, Prescilla Clarke. Mary Colburn, daughter of Nathaniel and Prescilla, was born Jan. 21, 1651, and married John Richards as above mentioned.
- [S1161] Herbert W. Sumner Jr., Marriage Records of Dedham, Massachusetts, page 194 - 25 July 1639 Priscilla Clark & Nathaniel Colburn - September 1985.
- [S2212] Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991
: Suffolk - Probate Records, Vol 7-8, 1636-1766 - page 76 original volume. - [S1166] Herbert W. Sumner Jr., Death Records of Dedham, Massachusetts, page 391 - Nathaniel Colburn Sr. 14 May 1691.