Probate records of the province of New Hampshire vol. 1 1635-1717, p. 140

                    WILLIAM HAM                        1672                      PORTSMOUTH
    The Last Will and Testament of Willyam Ham Sen of Portsmouth in The River of piscatque * * *
    It  I Give To my Grandchild Willyam Ham all That My now dwelling House & houseing with all The Lands Thereto belonging fensed and unfensced Soe far as The Spring That wee use To fetch water att In The Som'er Time Commonly Called The furthe Spring and Soe to th North weste ward as my bounds doth Runn with all my whole estate both of household Goods of wt kind Soever with all my Cattell of wt sorte soever xcepting one red Cow -
    It  I Give To my other too Grand Children Thomas Ham And John Ham To be divided equally betweene Them All The Reste of my Lands to me belonging begin'ing at The further spring where my Grand Child willyam Ham endeth and so To Take itt as itt is Laid out and Recorded In The Towns Records In portsmouth with all The prividedges theire unto belonging -
    It  I Give to my daughter Elizabeth Cotten my Red Cow and all her Children Liveing twellpense apeese In The Name of a Legasy -
    And further I doe hereby Make my said Grand Child willym Ham my full and whole Executor and To se This my Will performed: : and doe appointe John Hunkinge and Richard Jackson to be my overseers of This my Will accordin to The true intente Thereof In wittnees hereof i have here unto sett my hand and Seale This twenty one day of December Annoe Dominy 1672 -
    Sealed Singned And Delivered                         william ham [seal]
  In The presense of us
    Richard Cutt
        The marke of
   Willyam X king
    John Stanley
    [Proved June 27, 1673.]
    [Inventory of the estate of William Ham, who died Jan. 26, 1672/3; taken Jan. 27, 1672/3: amount, £122.17.0; signed by John Hunking and Richard Jackson].