Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Here is a faithful rendering of all the wills, inventories, administrators' accounts, receipts, divisions of estates, petitions, guardianships, and other Bristol County probate records for the period in question. Researchers should note that Bristol County, Massachusetts, a magnet for colonists with Mayflower connections, contained the Rhode Island towns or areas of Bristol, Warren, Barrington, Little Compton, and Tiverton until 1747.
Synopsis
This book contains abstracts of the earliest surviving probate records for Bristol County, Massachusetts, part of the original Plymouth Colony and a magnet for colonists with Mayflower connections. The abstracts are a faithful rendering of the wills, inventories, administrators' accounts, receipts, divisions of estates, petitions, guardianships, and other Bristol County probate records, both bound and unbound, which exist for the period 1687 to 1745.
Table of Contents
Bk. 1. 1687-1745 -- bk. 2. 1745-1762.