Inventory of the Estate of John Tankred

A true and perfect inventory of the estate of Mr. John Tankred deceased taken and appraised by order of court the 12th day of October 1689

	Item	lbs of tobacco
Inprimus	8 cows and calves	2000
Item	one old barren cow	250
Item	four young steers	1200
Item	one small black horse	300
Item	one indifferent large feather bed and bolster one old
	pillow, one old rug, one old blanket, one old painted
	coverlet, one pair of old sheets, four old pillows, one
	old bedstead	600
Item	one small old feather bed and bolster with Ozenbergh
	tick, one old rug, two old blankets, one old sheet and
	two old pillowbeers	400
Item	4 old torn table clothes, 18 old Braken napkins,
	4 old cupboard clothes, and two old towels	100
Item	one small round table, one small square table and 7
	wooden chairs	160
Item	one broken old trunk, 3 old chests and 1 small box	200
Item	one old cupboard without hinges	70
Item	69 lbs. of old broken pewter	345
Item	3 old broken brass pans and one	100
	old brass candle stick one old broken brass pot and
Item	two small iron pots and two pair of pot hooks	150
Item	one pair of old andirons, 2 pair of old fire tongs and
	one old fire shovel	70
Item	one pair of small stillyards, two old iron spitts
	and 1 old patched frying pan	90
Item	two old guns and one old pistol	300
Item	7 old books much torn and spoiled	40
	one old earthen dish, one small tin funnel and
Item	2 small bottles	5
Item	one old hatchet, 1 old small hand saw, 2 old hammers
	and some other old tools good for little	15
Item	1 old churn, 2 old buckets, 4 old split bowls 2 old earthen
	pots and 1 small runlett of about a gallon very leaky	15
Item	one old broken saddle without giets and stirups and
	one old bridle	15
Item	3 old tubs	30
Item	one old small looking glass, one
	wine glass one old glass case one old brush,	15
Item	two old sifters, one old box smoothing iron	15
		6485

We the subscribers being ordered by the court to appraise and value the estate of Mr. John Tankred deceased do to the best of our judgement upon our oaths value and appraise every perticular as is above specified all amounting to the full and just sum of six thousand four hundred eighty and five pounds of tobacco unto which we subscribe the day and year above written

The 28th day of November anno 1689 the above inventory made oath to in open court by Mrs. Sarah Tankred execrx of Mr. John Tankred deceased except some horses and mares which could not be found at the appraisement but shall have them valued and give the account of them as they come to hand.

Source:
Walczyk, Frank V. Northampton County Orders & Wills 1689 - 1693, Vol. I 1689-1693. Coram NY: Peter's Row; pp 2-3.