Narrative of Thomas Hathaway and His Family, Formerly of New Bedford, Massachusetts

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Excerpt from Narrative of Thomas Hathaway and His Family, Formerly of New Bedford, Massachusetts: With Incidents in the Life of Jemima WilkinsonThomas hathaway, who emigrated to Western New York in 1790, was a native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, a son of Jonathan and Abigail Hathaway. He was born in the year 1732, other wise of his early history, no record is kept. Thomas being their oldest son, inherited by will the principal part of his father's large landed estate, as was the custom of that period. A few extracts from the curious will of the ancestor, Jonathan Hathaway, dated 1759, mav not be uninteresting as a comparison with the customs of the present day. He says, I give my soul to God, my body to the dust, and order that my funeral expenses shall be paid out of my live stock. I bequeath to my beloved wife Abigail, (at the time of his death-eb was quite aged, ) as long as she remains my widow, the use of one half of the lower rooms of my own dwelling house, the use of the little pantry closet and the use of one half of what is called the big closet, the use of the two drawers in the big chest in the kitchen, the use of one third of the puter dishes, the wool from six sheep every year, half the apples of the orchard every year, and two pairs of stout leather shoes every year.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.