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Probate

Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case number 7693

Irad Fitch wrote his will 28 July 1838. In his will, he bequeathed one dollar each to his sister Betsey Read, half-brother Ephraim Walker, and half-brother Noah Fitch. All the remainder of the estate to be divided into seven shares and go to the following heirs: heirs of half-sister Rhoda Fletcher deceased the wife of the late Elijah Fletcher; one share to half-sister Mary Read; one share to half-brother D. Samuel Fitch; one-share to half-brother Luke Fitch; one share to half-brother Abial Walker; one share to half-sister Hannah Blood wife of Jeremiah Blood; and one share to half-brother Lot Fitch. However, he notes that he does not know where Luke Fitch and Abial Walker are living, and if they do not call for their shares within two years of Irad's decease, then the shares are to be divided among of the other five heirs who receive shares.