Probate Records, Hartford District, v. V, p. 12-13. HEART, Stephen, Farmington. Invt. £633-14-06. Taken 1689, by Isaac Moore & Thomas Heart & John Heart. The children: Stephen age 27 years, Thomas 23, John 20, Samuel 17, Sarah 14, Ann 11, Mary 7 years.

A QUIT CLAIM, DATED 7 NOVEMBER, 1689:

Be it known unto all Men by these prsents: That I, Stephen Heart of Farmington, in New England, for and in Consideration of my natural Love to my Brothers & Sisters, Children of my father Stephen Heart, lately deceased, and for other good Causes mee hereunto moving, have remised, released & quitted Claim, and doe by these presents remise, release & quitt all Claim, freely, fully and forever, to my Brothers and Sisters aforesd., which I have or ought to have unto, in or upon any part of the Estate of my sd. Father Decd, whether Real or Personal, more than an equal part thereof with each of the sd. Children of my sd. Father, & doe forgoe & forsake hereby all Right to a double portion of the sd. Estate, only reserveing to myself a single portion thereof; always provided, and it is hereby provided and reserved as a principal Condition & Provisoe of this Release of Claim to all above a single portion of my sd. Father's Estate, that none of my sd. Brothers or sisters, or any, by or from them, doe ever hereafter make claim to any part of the Lands at a place called Nod, given by my gr. father Stephen Heart Decd, & now in my possession, as also that I doe reserve the half of the Crop that grew on the sd. Land at Nod this present year and relinquish all Right in the other half of the sd. Crop.

Steven Heart, Ls.

Court Record, Page 4 -- 6 November, 1689: Adms. to the Widow. An Inventory of the Estate of Sargt. Stephen Heart was Exhibited in Court, and the Eldest son is to have the Land at Nod and halfe the Corn there. The Widow to have one-third of the personal Estate forever, that at Nod Excepted, and the use of one-third of the Real Estate, that of Nod Excepted, to be to her during her Natural life. And the remainder of the Estate to be equally divided among all the Children of the deceased. And Ensign Thomas Heart & John Heart & Thomas Porter, son of Thomas Porter, are appointed Overseers to assist the Widow in the settlement of the Estate. The Resignation of the heir is the ground of this Distribution, which is also upon record.

Page 51 -- (Vol. VIII) 4 February, 1711-12: The Court cites the sons of Sergt. Stephen Hart to appear and take Adms. on their Father's Estate, themselves or any of them: or, if they decline, they may signify the same to this Court, that Adms. may be granted to some one else.

Page 53 -- 5 February, 1711-12: This Court grant Letters of Adms. on the Estate of Sergt. Stephen Hart unto Samuel Judd of Farmington.

Page 75 -- 5 May, 1712: Upon the Motion of Samuel Judd, Adms., this Court do order that (seeing the Adms. who were formerly appointed on that Estate are now dead, not having finished thier Adms. thereon) the persons who were appointed to be Overseers of the sd. Estate be cited to appear before this Court on the 1st Monday of June next, to render an Account of their Proceedings relating to that Estate.

Page 216 -- 4 October, 1714: Capt. Thomas Hart of Farmington presented to this Court a Dist. made on the Estate of Sergt. Stephen Hart, and moved for a Confirmation thereof. Deferred until the 1st Monday of November next.

Page 220 -- 1st November, 1714: A Dist. made on the Estate of Sergt. Stephen Hart, and on his son Samuel Hart, deceased, being laid before this Court by Capt. Thomas Hart of Farmington, on the 1st Monday of October last past, now moved for a Confirmation thereof, which Dist. was made by the sd. Thomas Hart and John Hart sen. of Farmington. And Thomas Hart, John Hart & Samuel Judd, sons of the sd Decd, appeared before this Court and declared that they were well satisfied and contented with the sd. Dist. Ordered to be kept on File.

Record: 21 July, 1712: To Stephen, Thomas, John, Samuel, Sarah Hart (alias Tuttle), Anna Hart (alias Judd), and Mary Hart. (From File.)

Page 245 -- 7 March, 1714-15: Mr. Thomas Hart now moved this Court that the Land set out for defraying the Charge of the Dist., viz, 26 acres at Misery Meadow, might be set out to him, he paying the sd Charge. This Court don't see Cause to reverse their former Decree.

Page 252 -- 2 May, 1715: Upon Motion of Capt. Thomas Hart, this Court order Samuel Judd of Farmington to pay the £5 ordered him to pay to the Executors of Samuel Hart's Estate, and Dist. of the Estate of Sergt. Stephen Hart, both of Farmington decd.

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