Guardianship of Joshua Turner II
Isaac Winslow Esq.: Appointed as Commissioner to be Judge of Probate
of Wills & for Granting of administration of & in ye County of Plymouth
within the Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England:
To Mr. John Winslow of Scituate of & in County aforesd
Greetings: Whereas Joshua Turner Jr. son of Joshua Turner late
of Pembroke in & of County aforesd Deced. who is a minor under
the age of twenty one years & above the age of fourteen years hath
made choice of you to be his Guardian & him the sd Joshua Turner and
his Estate, Lands, Moneys, goods & Chattels to take in your hands &
possession for him and to improve the same in such manner, as you shall
judge best for him, and to render a plain & true account of your sd
guardianship & upon oath and of all & singular such Estate as shall come
to your hands possession by increase thereof and of profits & improvements
of the same so far as the Law will charge you therewith, when you shall
be thereunto lawfully required and shall pay and deliver such & so much
of the sd Estate as shall be found remaining upon your account of the
same being first examined and allowed of by the Judge of Probate for the
time being of the sd County unto the sd Joshua Turner when he shall
arrive at full age or otherwise as the sd Judge by his Decree of Penitence
pursuant to law shall limit the appointment of the trust & money of my
allowance and appreciation thereof and have herewith set my hand seal
of the Court of Probate the fifth Day of February anno Domini 1730
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