The
Will of Elizabeth Deming Foote
Wife of Nathaniel Foote
Elizabeth left a will, dated 28 March 1678 (with codicil dated 16 Aug. 1682), and proved in August 1683.
In her will she names sons Nathaniel FOOTE, eldest son, and Robert FOOTE; daughters (Elizabeth) CHURCHALL, (Mary) GOODRICH, (Frances) BARNARD, (Rebecca) SMITH, and Sarah JUDSON deceased; grandchildren Daniel, Elizabeth, John STUDDER (STODDARD?), Joseph CHURCHALL, Benjamin CHURCHALL, and children of deceased daughter, Sarah JUDSON.
She appointed Captain John ALLIN to be Executor, and "my beloved brother, "Mr. John DEMING, Senr. and "my Grand Sonn," Henry BUCK, to be overseers.
Witnesses to the will were Joseph ROWLANDSON and John DEMINGE.
In a codicil dated 16 Aug. 1682, she names Nathaniel FOOT, "the eldest son of my son Nathaniel --- he paying one half of the Legacyes which were to be paid by my son Robert, had he lived to possess ye said land."
The codicil was witnessed by Samuel TALLCOTT and John DEMINGE.