John Alger & Joanna King

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John Alger & Joanna King

John, the son of John Alger was a blacksmith as was his father before him. He was born on August 13, 1679 in Boston, MA. On April 9, 1702, he married Joanna King, the daughter of Phillip King and Judith Whitman King of Dighton, MA. John was 23 and Joanna was 17 when they married in Taunton, MA. John and Joanna had eight children. They were Hannah, Preserved, John, Mary,Amity, Mallison, Joshua and Joanna. Their daughter Joanna was our ancestor, and the last of the Alger name in our family tree. She married John Brayley.

In 1720, John Alger and his wife Joanna sold their estate in Dighton, MA to Nathaniel Fisher for £210. They then removed to Swansey, MA.

John died in 1750. The date of Joanna 's death is unknown.

The Will of John Alger of SwanseyProbated November 6, 1750

Volume 12, Page 423, Bristol County, Massachusetts

I, John Alger of Swansey In the County of Bristoll in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England,

Blacksmith, being somewhat Infirm and Indisposed In Body but of a found and well Disposing mind and memory Praise be therefore Given to Almighty God, but calling to mind the Mortality of my Body, well knowing that it is Appointed for all men once to die, Do make and Ordain this my Laft will and TestamentViz:

Principally and first of all I recommend my Soul into the hand of God, that God that gave it and my Body I Commit to the Earth to be decently Buried at the Direction of my Executor hereafter Named and to such Temporall Estates which has pleased Almighty God to Bless me with in this Life, I Give and Dispose thereof in the following Manner

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I will that all my just Debts and funerall Charges be paid and Discharged by my Executor hereafter named

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I Give and recommend to my son Joshua Alger My Executor , Joanna my well Beloved Wife to be by him nurtured and Cherished, Supported and Maintained with all things needful And keeping both in sickness and in health During her naturall Life which is hers of her Third or Dowery

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I Give and Bequeath unto my son John Alger one shilling Lawfull Money of New England

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I Give and Bequeath unto my son Preserved Alger one shilling Lawfull Money of New England

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I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Wife of Annaniah Gifford, one shilling Lawfull Money of New England

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I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mallison Wife of Benjamin Butterworth, one shilling Lawfull Money of New England

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I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Amity Wife of Abel Sebe, one shilling Lawfull Money of New England

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I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Alger, one shilling Lawfull Money of New England

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All the rest and residue of my Estate Both Real and Personall, I Give and Bequeath unto my son Joshua Alger his heirs and Assigns forever who I Also Nominate Constitute and appoint my Whole and Sole Executor and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and Testament

In Wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and my Seal this sixteenth Day of June Anno Domine 1750

signed Sealed Published Pronounced by the sd John Alger to be his Laftd Will and Testament

In Witness

John Alger


	Footsteps Through Time \| Home John Alger & Joanna King John, the son of John Alger was a blacksmith as was his father before him. He was born on August 13, 1679 in Boston, MA. On April 9, 1702, he married Joanna King, the daughter of Phillip King and Judith Whitman King of Dighton, MA. John was 23 and Joanna was 17 when they married in Taunton, MA. John and Joanna had eight children. They were Hannah, Preserved, John, Mary,Amity, Mallison, Joshua and Joanna. Their daughter Joanna was our ancestor, and the last of the Alger name in our family tree. She married John Brayley. In 1720, John Alger and his wife Joanna sold their estate in Dighton, MA to Nathaniel Fisher for £210. They then removed to Swansey, MA. John died in 1750. The date of Joanna 's death is unknown. The Will of John Alger of SwanseyProbated November 6, 1750 Volume 12, Page 423, Bristol County, Massachusetts I, John Alger of Swansey In the County of Bristoll in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Blacksmith, being somewhat Infirm and Indisposed In Body but of a found and well Disposing mind and memory Praise be therefore Given to Almighty God, but calling to mind the Mortality of my Body, well knowing that it is Appointed for all men once to die, Do make and Ordain this my Laft will and TestamentViz: Principally and first of all I recommend my Soul into the hand of God, that God that gave it and my Body I Commit to the Earth to be decently Buried at the Direction of my Executor hereafter Named and to such Temporall Estates which has pleased Almighty God to Bless me with in this Life, I Give and Dispose thereof in the following Manner Imprimus I will that all my just Debts and funerall Charges be paid and Discharged by my Executor hereafter named Item I Give and recommend to my son Joshua Alger My Executor , Joanna my well Beloved Wife to be by him nurtured and Cherished, Supported and Maintained with all things needful And keeping both in sickness and in health During her naturall Life which is hers of her Third or Dowery Item I Give and Bequeath unto my son John Alger one shilling Lawfull Money of New England Item I Give and Bequeath unto my son Preserved Alger one shilling Lawfull Money of New England Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Wife of Annaniah Gifford, one shilling Lawfull Money of New England Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Mallison Wife of Benjamin Butterworth, one shilling Lawfull Money of New England Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Amity Wife of Abel Sebe, one shilling Lawfull Money of New England Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Alger, one shilling Lawfull Money of New England Item All the rest and residue of my Estate Both Real and Personall, I Give and Bequeath unto my son Joshua Alger his heirs and Assigns forever who I Also Nominate Constitute and appoint my Whole and Sole Executor and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and Testament In Wittness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and my Seal this sixteenth Day of June Anno Domine 1750 signed Sealed Published Pronounced by the sd John Alger to be his Laftd Will and Testament In Witness John Alger