Fifthly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Penelope Holland one hive of bees and twelve pence in silver the full of her legacy and portion.
Sixthly I further give unto my aforementioned son William Coulbourn my house that is in town as also my feather bed I lie on with its furniture thereto belonging with a bell mettle pot and two brass pans I give unto my granddaughter Anne one yearling heafer.
Seventhly I give unto my cousin John West one cow and calfe.
Eighthly I do desire that what other personal estate is left when the legalities are paid be equally divided among my two sons and daughter vizt William, Robert and Anne.\
Ninthly it is my will and desire that my sons Robert and John Taylor have the privilege of my great pasture for their creatures during their life times they helping keep the fence in repair.
Signed sealed witnessed pronounced and declared to be my last will and testament. Signed- William V. Coulbourn (his seal was also affixed)
The will was witnessed by Thomas Everdon, William Murton, Lancelott James, George Maddox, and John West.
Appendix 2
An Inventory of Colonel William Coulbourn
SJ6
Somerset Judicial Record 1691 November - 1692 June
Microfilm CR 45,673 Fol. 45-7
An inventory of the personall estate of the goods and
chattels of Colonel William Coulbourne late of Sommerset
County in ye province of Maryland deceased appraised in
money sterling by us the under named persons May the 29th day 1690.
Six draught oxen at fifty shillings per ................15.00.00
6 calves and cowes at twenty five shillings a piece..... 7.10.00
3 old cowes at twenty shillings apiece ..................3.00.00
4 two year old heifers at fifteen shillings per .........3.00.00
3 bulls two of twenty shillings a piece the other at fifteen
shillings is ............................................2.15.00
2 four year old steers at twenty shillings a piece is... 2.00.00
1 ditto three year old at twelve shillings .............00.12.00
4 steere yearlings and 1 heifer yearling at five shillings per
piece is............................................... 01.05.00
1 feather bed one rugg one pare of blanketts 2 paire sheetes one
suite of curtainnes and boulster two pillows and one bedstead being
Capt. Wm. Coulbourne's legacy at six pounds ............06.00.00
A chest of drawers of two pounds Captain Coulbourne's legacy forty
shillings...............................................02.00.00
1 horse Indian Brick pistolls and houlsters at six pounds a legacy
to ditto ...............................................06.00.00
3 Negroes vizt. Emanuel Betty and Abraham at twenty pounds a piece
Capt Coulbourne's legacy ...............................60.00.00
1 plow and necessaries thereto belonging at forty shillings Capt.
Coulbourne's legacy ....................................02.00.00
1 press Capt. Coulbournes legacy at twenty shillings... 02.00.00
1 bedstead Capt. Coulbourne's legacy four shillings ....00.04.00
1 pare of andirons a part of Coulbourne's legacy at fifteen
shillings ..............................................00.15.00
1 table capt. Coulbourne's legacy of ten shillings .....00.10.00
1 yearling heifer a legacy to Ann Coulbourne Junior at five
shillings ..............................................00.05.00
1 Negro called Jacke a legacy to Robert Coulbourne of twenty pounds
........................................................20.00.00
1 four year old horse a legacy of Robert Coulbourne fifty
shillings ..............................................02.10.00
1 chest of drawers in the upper room Robert Coulbourne's legacy at
thirty shillings .......................................01.10.00
2000 pounds of tobacco a legacy to Robert Coulbourne of Som.
Shillings pd to ........................................08.00.00
A wainscot chest in ye lower room belonging to Agnes Taylors legacy
........................................................00.15.00
1 malatto named Black Will John Taylor's legacy at twenty pounds
........................................................02.05.50
1 belmettle pott and 2 brass kittles a legacy of Capt. Coulbourne's
thirty shillings .......................................01.10.00
1 ewe lamb and legacy ye to Dorithy Taylor at eight shillings
........................................................00.11.00
3 old sawes 1 earth crock 3 paires of earthenware at eleven
shillings ..............................................00.11.00
27 empty caskes one spinning wheale one paire of wool cords and 2
benlis at ..............................................02.05.00
6 turkey work chaires of twenty shillings ..............01.00.00
1 feather bed boulster and rugg curtaines and bedsteads at four
pounds and ten shillings ...............................04.10.00
One old body of a cart at three shillings ..............00.03.00
Three bushells of salt 1 small rope 1 old quart pot all at ten
shillings six pence ....................................00.10.06
1 chest in the upper room of wainscott at twelve shillings
........................................................00.12.00
2 feather beds 2 ruggs 2 boulsters one old single blankitt the
one of two pounds ten shillings the other one pound ten shillings
and 6 in all ...........................................04.00.00
4 old chairs at six shillings 00.06.002 dishes with drawers at
tenn shillings..........................................00.10.00
1 razor and knife one raggstone one small parcell of sealing wax
one fishhook one led and one punch at two shillings.....00.02.00
A parcell of flax viz. One tankard four spoones one cup one broakin
seal with shoe buckles of seaven pounds three shillings
........................................................07.03.00
1 gold ring at fifteen shillings .......................00.15.00
1 looking glass at 12 shillings ........................00.12.00
3 swords and one belt at 12 shillings ..................00.12.00
6 yards of canvas at 6 pence per 3 ells of dowlass at two shillings
per ell 6 yds blew linen at six pence per yd and one ball of cotton
1/4 pound in all 12 shillings 4 pence ..................00.12.04
Ninety two pounds of pewter at twelve pence per pound is04.12.00
Thirty pounds of old pewter at eight pence pr pound is. 01.00.00
1 pun board chest at tenn shillings.................... 00.10.00
1 warming pan and one brass candlestick at tenn shillings
........................................................00.10.00
1 pare of brass scales and weights at five shillings ...00.05.00
Half a pound of brown thread at one shilling and one pound three
quarters of course threat at three shillings six pence in all
........................................................00.04.06
1 pound and a quarter of shoe makers thread at 19 p ye pound
........................................................00.01.00
3 ounces of silk and 5 dozen silke coat buttons and 4 dozen of
small buttons at 9 shillings ...........................00.09.00
½ gross of thread buttons at 9 pence ...................00.00.09
1 small trunk at five shillings ........................00.05.00
3 pare of sheets at twelve shillings ...................00.12.00
1 feather bed one pillow and one trunnell bedstead at fifty
shillings ..............................................02.10.00
3 old shirts 3 paire of drawers and two caps at tenn shillings
........................................................00.10.00
2 wearing coats two pare breeches one jackitt and one hatt at 40
shillings ..............................................02.00.00
2 old diaper tablecloths six napkins and three towells and one
canvas bag at 20 shillings .............................01.00.00
3 small wooden tables at 15 shillings ..................00.15.00
2 guns the one along gun at one pound tenn shillings ...01.10.00
1 paire of small stilliards at six shillings ...........00.06.00
1 great peruke at three shillings .....................00.03.00
6 books viz. The chronicles of England Talton and one great bible
3 more at three pence ....................................03.00.00
1 smoothing iron and heaters 1 paire of old stirrup irons of six
shillings ..............................................00.06.00
1 Virginia cloth hasiroak (?) of four shillings ........00.04.00
11 ewes and 13 lambs att 8 shillings per piece the one with ye
other ..................................................09.12.00
9 weathers and 2 rams at tenn shillings per piece ......05.10.00
1 copper kettle and 1 brass kittle at two pounds two shillings
........................................................02.02.00
3 spitts two dripping pans 5 potthooks five iron potts three paire
of pott hookes and one small fender at fifty shillings..02.10.00
1 old table in the quarters and a panell of wooden .....00.10.00
3 iron wedges and two maul rings and one ninstard bullett at three
shillings ..............................................00.03.00
1 frying pan at two shillings ..........................00.02.00
1 parcel of feathers at five shillings .................00.05.00
Two pare of tongs at three shillings ...................00.03.00
1 paire of millstones at twenty shillings.............. 01.00.00
2 old sailes at seven shillings ........................00.07.00
5 old howes at four shillings ..........................00.04.00
1 pair books and spurrs one raised box and one old scarth (?) At
four shillings .........................................00.04.00
1 small brass morter at two shillings and six pence ....00.02.06
6 hives of bees at six shillings per hive ..............01.16.00
1 sett andirons 1 old grapevine and one pair of old iron at tenn
shillings ..............................................00.10.00
3 flittches of bacon at thirty shillings ...............01.10.00
A parcel of in hand half plank twelve foot long at 17 shillings
........................................................00.17.00
1 feather bed boulster and one small coverlett at thirty shillings
........................................................01.10.00
10 barrells Indian Corne at three pounds ...............03.00.00
1 bay horse four years old at two pounds ten shillings..02.10.00
6 hoggs of a year old ................................01.16.00
2 sowes and piggs at twelve shillings ..................00.12.00
6 small shoats at six shillings ........................00.06.00
2 pyne plank twenty foot long at two shillings and six pence
........................................................00.02.06
3 pare of spectacles and 2 cases at three shillings ....00.03.00
Parcel of cash made use of by captain Coulbourne seaven shillings
and six pence ..........................................00.07.06
1 wainscott chest John Taylor's legacy at tenn shillings00.10.00
1 old sive one old riddle one cautering iron one old sifter two
glass bottles 3 paire of starlings two pair of sheep sheares one
paire of old slippers one tinn funnell and one pinsfe (?) All at
twelve shillings....................................... 00.12.00
In all................................................ 255.05.05 ½
Robert King (sealed)
John King (sealed)
Appendix 3
Account of Col. William Coulbourn
Somerset Judicial Record SJ6
1691 Nov - 1692 June Fol. 150-2
William Coulbourn as Administrator to the Estate of Col. William
Coulbourn deceased, debt to John Taylor -
To a Negro, 2,000 lbs of tobacco and other legacies as per Contra
And Appraisement 26 3 0
To John Taylor, third parts deducted
from the legacies 33 2 9
59 5 9
Also a memorandum of things delivered
John Taylor before the appraisement:
February 10, 1689/90 to 15 lb. Of bacon
March 22, 1690 to 1 peck of corn
24 to ½ bushel of ditto
26 19 ½ of bacon
29 ½ barrel of corn
April 5 to 5 pecks of corn
19 to ½ bushel of ditto
18 to ½ bushel of ditto
19 to 2 ½ bushels of ditto
May 10 to ½ bushel of ditto
11 to ½ bushel of ditto
15 to ½ bushel of ditto
Errors excepted by me, William Coulbourn, Administrator
Per Contra Creditor
Per a Negro as per appraisement 20 0 0
Per 2,000 lbs of tobacco appraised at
4s per cent 04 0 0
Per a wainscoat chest at 00 15 0
Per another chest 00 10 0
Per an ewe lamb 00 08 0
Per 2 yearling heifers 00 10 0
The particulars above being legacies to balance 26 3 0
Per his share of cattle delivered said Taylor
to content 06 3 0
Per dittoes share of sheep 05 0 8
Per a bed and furniture 04 10 0
Per a brass kettle 00 12 0
Per 2 trammels 1 spitt 1 small pot 1 great pot 00 15 8
Per 1 pair pot hooks and 2 pails 00 1 6
Per 1 share pewter 01 17 4
Per earthen ware and one saw 00 03 8
Per 1 share of bacon 00 10 0
Per 1 pair sheets 00 8 0
Per linen, thread and silk 00 7 0
Per 1 wainscoat 00 4 0
Per one pair fire tongs 00 2 0
Per 1 shirt & pair of drawers 00 3 4
Per 1 pair of spectacles and weeding hoe 00 2 0
Per 1 share of Cider Cask 00 12 0
Per 1 share of corn in full 01 0 0
Per 1 share of bees 00 6 0
Per 1 pair of stockings & red box 00 2 0
Per 1 bushel of salt & a rope 00 4 0
Per 1 sword and belt 00 4 0
Per I Gun 01 0 0
Per 1 large stilliard 00 12 0
Per 1 share of plate & rings 02 12 8
27 12 2
26 3 0
53 15 2
This Account was proved in open court per oath of
Captain William Coulbourn
...... to my salary according to Act of Assembly 5 7 6
59 2 8
Rest due to John Taylor 3 1
Errors Excepted by me Wm Coulbourn,
Administrator 59 5 9
William Coulbourn as Administrator to the Estate
of Col. William Coulbourn
Debt to Robert Coulbourn
To a Negro, 2,000 lbs of tobacco and other P S d
Legacies as per Inventory and Appraisement 28 0 0
To Robert Coulbourn third part deducted
From the legacies 33 2 9
61 2 9
Per Contra Credit P S d
Per a Negro as per appraisement 20 0 0
Per 1 horse 02 10 0
Per 1 chest of drawers 01 0 0
Per 2,000 lbs of tobacco 04 0 0
28 0 0
Per 1 iron pot 00 5 0
Per 1 bucket 00 2 0
Per 1 pair of great pot racks and 2 pair
pot hooks 00 16 8
Per 1 smoothing iron 2 heaters &
stirrup irons 00 6 0
Per I pair of small stilliards 00 6 0
Per silk buttons and thread equally divided 00 16 0
Per 1 share pewter 01 17 4
Per 1 whipsaw & earthen ware 00 3 8
Per 1 sword 00 4 0
Per 1 share plate and rings 2 12 0
Per 2 beds 2 boulsters 1 rug 1 coverlid 04 0 0
Per 1 spinning wheel & wool cards 00 10 0
Per 1 maul ring and 2 wedges 00 2 0
Per 1 hilling & 1 weeding hoe 00 1 4
Per 1 pair spectacles 00 1 0
Per 1 hand mill 01 0 0
Per 3 yards of canvas 00 1 6
Per 1 shirt 00 1 6
Per 1 share of cattle 06 2 4
Per 1 share of sheep 05 0 8
Per 1 book Smith's works 00 5 0
Per 1 share of corn in full 01 0 0
Per 1 dripping pan and spit 00 5 4
Per 1 share of bacon 00 6 0
Per 1 chair table 00 10 0
Per 1 share of cider cask 00 12 0
Per 1 pair sheep shears and 1 pair stockings 00 3 6
Per 2 hives of bees 00 12 0
28 3 6
28 0 0
56 3 6
At 10 percent salary to Administrator 05 12 0
61 15 6
Errors Excepted by me, William Coulbourn Administrator
Account of Bills and Tobacco debts owing which
were left per Col. William Coulbourn
Lbs of tobacco
Mr. Andrew Whittington 1700
Rowland Shepard 0400
Walter Lane 0572
Richard Rugg 0100
William Jenkins 0410
Michael Williams 0710
Miles Harrison 0228
Richard Samuels 0130
Richard Tull 0728
Edward Beauchamp 0180
Thomas Tull 0787
John Hopworth 0164
Robert Hopkins 0200
Ferby Rugg 0400
Michael Holland 1400
In the tobacco houses 1386
A parcel of tobacco 0280
3 barrels and 4 bushels Indian Corn 0380
An unknown debt to John Llewellins
Total 10,152
Account proved by William Coulbourn Administrator
Account of Debts desperate left per Col. William Coulbourn deceased
James Berry 0414
George Trahearne 0387
John Rowell 0100
Robert Boyer 0392
Walter Machenrick 0434
Thomas Poole 0444
2171
Per Contra Credit per Tobacco paid out lbs. Tobacco
Tobacco paid John Taylor 2100
Per Robert Coulbourn 2128
Per David Brown 0900
Per Mr. Francis Jenkins 0767
Per Mary Prise 0560
Per Thomas Peel 0200
Per Thomas Pryor 0400
Per Robert Carvell 0341
Per Samuel Alexander 1100
Per Levin Denwood 0100
Per Doctor John Lodge 0400
Per freedom clothes paid a servant woman 0400
Per 1 shift paid Mary Pryor per order of deceased 0150
Per Isaac Horsey for a coffin 0200
Per probate letters of Administration to Clerk and Sheriff 0470
Per 1 bushel of salt paid Thomas Davis 0100
Per John Adkins 0260
Per debt vigorous 0200
Per trouble & charge at the appraisement of the deceased
Estate 0400
13,676
William Coulbourn, Administrator
Appendix Four
Neighbors of Col. William Coulbourn in Somerset County along the Annemessex River
north and south of Coulbourn Creek.64
(patent date in parenthesis)
Coulbourn - Nathaniel Horsey (1663)
Dixon's Kindness - Thomas Pryor (1666)
First Choice - Thomas Dixon (1677)
Dixon's Choice - Ambrose Dixon (1666)
Boston Towne - Captain Thomas Walker (1677)
Cheap Price - Thomas Price (1663)
William's Conquest - Michael Williams (1663)
Williamston - Thomas Williams (1663)
Double Purchase - William Planner (1666)
Mitchell's Lot - Randall Mitchell
Adam's Garden - Phillip Adams (1670)
Long's Purchase - John Long (1660)
Boston Adventure - Henry Boston (1664)
Dam Quarter - Thomas Dixon (1683)
Make Peace - John Roach (1663)
White Oak Swamp - Cornelius Ward (1680)
Undue - Stephen Horsey (1664)
Long Hedge - John Center (1679)
Little Uske - Nathaniel Daugherty (1681)
Ferry Bridge - William Coulbourn Jr.(1685)
Wood Street - Thomas Jones (1677)
Little Bolton - Alexander Draper (1663)
Hart's Content - William Morris (1682)
Hopewell - John Caldwell (1679)
Appendix 5
Estate Inventories used in Wealth Comparison65
Henry Bishop Jr. 1687 47-9-4
Edward Smith 1687 171-6-5
William Stevens 1688 766-10-5
Robert Wilson 1688 113-11-0
Capt Edward Watkins 1688 5-7-60
John Murphy 1688 23-0-0
John Sterry 1688 40-0-0
Nathaniel Dougherty 1688 66-0-0
John Roberts 1688 76-5-0
Alexander Adison 1688 28-0-0
Ambrose Dixon 1688 326-8-0
William Hathly 1688 4-19-9
William Walton 1688 89-9-2
James Weatherly 1689 1-8-02
Thomas Willin 1689 51-5-9
Thomas Herb 1692 26-0-0
Capt. Robert Whittie 1693 104-0-0
George Russell 1693 14-0-0
Nicholas Carpenter 1693 29-9-0
Thomas Viney 1694 46-17-02
John Covington 1694 66-5-1
Francis Gunby 1695 4-15-9
William Coulbourn III 1695 5-0-0
Samuel Tomlinson 1695 2-10-5
Phillip Adams 1696 44-14-11
