Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
(Hartford District),
Charles W. Mainwaring,
Hartford, 1902,
Vol 3, p 369
WILCOCKS, Ruth, Middletown. Invt. £127-04-07. Taken 20 February, 1738-40, [sic] by Samuel STOW, Francis WILCOCKS, and Thomas JOHNSON.
Court Record, Page 58 -- 1st January, 1739-40: Adms. to John WILCOCKS. Recog., £200 with Josiah GRISWOLD.
Page 61 -- 4 March 1739-40: Exhibit of an inventory.
Page 73 -- 4 November, 1740. Account of Adms. now exhibited in Court by John WILCOCKS, Adms.: Paid in debts and charges, £17-01-04. Which account is accepted and ordered on file. Inventory, £120-10-06; real estate, £25-00-00; subtracted from the moveable estate, there remains £95-10-00; the aforesaid Adms. account subtracted therefrom, there remains £75-13-08 of moveable estate to be distributed as follows to the brothers and sisters of the deceased:
To Israel WILCOCKS, eldest of the brethren, £12-12-02
To Gideon, £12-12-02
To Charles, £12-12-02
To Nathaniel, £12-12-02
To Mary, £12-12-02
To Jerusha, £12-12-02
To Hannah WILCOCKS, £12-12-02
And appoint Samuel STOW, Francis WILCOCKS, and Thomas JOHNSON of Middletown, distributors.