Abraham Sweet Nosciter 

Notes:

a) WILL: In the name of God Amen I AbrahamnSweet Nossetter of Portland in the County of Dorsett Quarrynman being sick of Body but Sound mind and perfectnmemory doth make and ordain this my last will andnTestament as followethn That is to saynI Give to my son Abraham my mans Seat in the parishnChurch of portland afforesaidnI Give to my Daughter Mary my Womans seat in thenChurch afforesaidnI Give to my Said Daughter Mary One Feather Bed andnBedstead One Rug 2 Blanketts One Bolster & One pillownas likewise One Oak Table-Board standing in the Hall alsonOne of the largest Oak Boxes Standing on the Table-Boardnin my Lodging Room above StanenI Give to my Son Abraham all Woollen Wearing ApparrelnI Give to my Daughter Mary all that my messuage or Dwellning House Barn Stable Backside and Garden with thenAppurtenances is as said premises are situate in the villagenof Wakem Freely to Give or to sell to she and her Heirs forevernaccording to the custom of the manor of PortlandnI Give to my Wife Eliz. the use of the before mentioned Dwellingnetc during her widowhood and no longernI Give to my said wife Eliz. three yard of arrable Land lying innWind Mill Field in a furlong there called Rother Wall likewise Half annAcre of arrable Land in East Field in a furlong there called headnLows Also one yard more in South Field in a furlong called abovenBolhens which said lands with the appurtenances I donGive to my said Wife Freely to give or to sell to she and hernheirs forever according to the custom of the manor of portlandnwhom I do likeweise nominate and appoint my full and solenExecutrix and my will is that my Executirx pays all my just debtsnand this being my last will and testament whereunto I havenset my hand and seal this sixteenth day of May in thenyear of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and FortynSevenn The mark ofn Abraham Sweet NossetternSigned Sealed published and declaid by the said AbrahamnNossetter his last Will and Testament in the presencenofnHenry WatsonnThe mark of Mary AntonynWilliam Skinnern Elizabeth Noscitern Executrix was swornn March 8th 1747. at we..n before me : .. that then inventory does not exceedn twenty poundsn John PrestonnnBIOGRAPHY: He appears on a list of quarrymen pettitioners cicra 1735 asking the Treasury to rebuild the road to the pier and the pier itself after a small earthquake near the quarries at the north end of the island.

b) Elizabeth Gully is mother of: Grace Nossiter (*?) and Elizabeth Nossiter (*?)

c) Mary is mother of: Elizabeth Nosciter (*?), Francis Nosciter (*?) and Mary Nosciter (*?)

d) Lucy Elliott is mother of: Abraham Nosciter (*?)