Samuel Appleton

“ And it is also my wish that each and every of the legatees, in said last Will and Testament named, may, with the advice and consent of my executors, take, in lieu of the money to which they are entitled by said last Will and Testament, any of the property, left by me at the time of my decease, at the appraised value thereof.
Bonds of Executors to be only in a penalty adequate to protect creditors.
And I do also direct that the executors of my said last Will and Testament shall give bonds in such sum only as the Judge of Probate may consider sufficient for the payment of the amount of my debts. ”

“ Mr. Appleton left a Will and Codicil, of which a few copies are printed for the use of his executors and legatees.
These documents were opened and read in the presence of the widow and some of the relatives, on Saturday, July 16; and the following anecdote was then related by one of the Executors:—
The late Isaac Appleton Jewett was a favorite nephew of the deceased, and, as such, had a bequest of $30,000, and was eventually to receive besides one-tenth part of the residuary property. ”

“ If, however, my wife do elect to accept the sum of twenty thousand dollars in cash, instead of said land and house in Beacon-street, and said six thousand dollars, then and in that case it is my will that the sum of twenty thousand dollars in cash be paid to her by my executors. ”