Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
(Hartford District),
Charles W. Mainwaring,
Hartford, 1902,
Vol 3, p 371-2
WILSON, Samuel, Middletown. Will dated 29 July, 1740: I, Samuel WILSON of Middletown, being engaged in the expedition against the Spaniards, and considering the uncertainty of my temporal life, do make this my last will and testament: After my just debts are paid, my will is that all my estate be equally divided to and among my brothers and sisters. And I appoint my brother John WILSON sole executor.
Samuel WILSON, L.S.
Witness: John BACON
Josiah WETMORE
John DELIBER