Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
(Hartford District),
Charles W. Manwaring,
Hartford, 1902,
Vol 3, p 199

Rev. Joseph SMITH, Middletown. Invt. £1368-13-04. Taken 29 Nov 1736, by John WARNER, Samuel GIPSON & Samuel STOW. An invt. was taken of his books, which amounted to the sum of £43-07-10, by William RUSSELL & Jabez HAMLIN.

Court Record, Page 53 -- 28 Dec 1736: Adms. granted to Esther SMITH, widow, who recog. in £100 with Edward BULKLEY of Wethersfield.