Guardianship
of
Nathan Warren the
"spendthrift" (1841)
[Source: Norfolk County, Mass. Probate Case # 19434]
Many thanks to his descendant June Young for this transcription
Upon the complaint of the Selectmen of Stoughton in said County
representing that Nathan Warren, of said Stoughton Carpenter does so
spend waste & lessen his estate by excessive drinking as to expose himself
& his family to Want & Suffering & the said Town of Stoughton to the
charge & expense for his & their maintenance & support &
therefore praying that he may be put under guardianship.
ORDERED, that said Selectmen notify the said Nathan Warren that he may
appear and be heard concerning the same at a Court of Probate to be holden at
Dedham in said County, on the first day of September A. D. 1841 by causing him
to be served with this order fourteen days before said Court.
S. Leland
Judge of Probate
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Before me, Joel
Talbot Justice
of the Peace
INVENTORY
of the Estate of Nathan Warren
adjudged a Spendthrift of
Stoughton in the County of
Norfolk, taken by the
subscribers, who have been duly appointed for the purpose, this Eleventh day of
October 1841.
PERSONAL
ESTATE
Light
wagon wheels $2 Farm Wagon $15
Hay Cart $1
18.00
Horse
cart $5 Old wagon body .50
Sleigh $5
10.50
Horse
plough $3.50 one Swine $6
Lumber .50
10.00
Horse
Tra(ce) & Harness $3 Forks
.68
3.68
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Grindstone
.25 Old iron $1.50
Axes .50 Scythe .50
2.75
English
Hay $15 Meadow Hay $15
30.00
Cooking
Stove & apparatus $8 Tables
$2.75
10.75
Wooden
Clock $2 Chairs $3.50
Rocking Chair .75
6.25
Bedsteads,
Beds & Bedding $20.87 Class
& crockery Ware $1
21.87
Bureau
$3 Looking Glass .25
Meal Chest .50
3.75
Wooden,
Earthen, Stone & Iron Ware $3
3.00
Brass
Kettle .25 Boot turning
Machine $1
1.25
Carpenters
Chest & Tools $5 Chest of
Drawers .50
5.50
(Steelyard)
.25
$182.55
Jesse Pierce
Benjm Clap
James Smith
Joel Talbot
Guardian
To
the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate for the
Jesse Pierce
Nathan
Drake Jr.
Upon the complaint of the Selectmen of the town of
Stoughton in said County,
accusing Nathan Warren of said
Stoughton of wasting and
misspending his estate; it appearing that the said Nathan Warren
has been duly notified to appear at this Court and answer to the same;
and that he has estate of about the value of 200 dollars, and a family
consisting of several (nursery); it also appearing upon a full hearing and due
inquiry that the said Nathan Warren
does, by excessive drinking so spend, waste and lessen his estate as
thereby to expose himself to want and suffering circumstances, and said town to
a charge and expense for his maintenance and support:
It is thereupon decreed, that the said
Nathan Warren be put under
Guardianship. And
Joel Talbot of Stoughton
in said County, Gentleman, having consented to take upon himself the
trust of Guardian to the said Nathan
Warren and having given bond for the
faithful execution thereof, in the penal sum of four hundred dollars, with
Jesse Pierce of
Stoughton and
John Bird of
Stoughton as his (blank); it
is further decreed that the said Joel
Talbot of
Stoughton be admitted to said
trust, and that a decree of Guardianship issue to him accordingly.
Know
all Men by these Presents,
THAT
WE,
Joel
Talbot
of
Jesse
Pierce
of
John
Bird
of
All
within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, are holden and stand firmly bound and
obliged unto Sherman Leland, Esquire, Judge of Probate within and for the
County of Norfolk, in the full and just sum of
two thousand four hundred dollars,
to be paid to the said Judge and his successors in said office.
– To the true payment whereof, we do bind ourselves, and each of us,
our and each of our Heirs, Executors and Administrators, jointly and severally,
by these Presents. Sealed with our
Seals. Dated the
seventh day of
September in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty-one.
is such, That if the above-bounden Joel Talbot as Guardian to Nathan Warren of Stoughton in said County of Norfolk, adjudged a Spendthrift, shall make a true Inventory of all the real estate, and all the goods, chattels, rights and credits of said Ward, that shall come to his possession or knowledge, and shall return the same into the Probate Court for said County, at such time as the Judge thereof shall order:
And shall dispose of and manage all such estate and effects according to
law, and for the best interest of said Ward, and faithfully discharge his trust
in relating thereto, and also in relation to the custody, and maintenance of
said Ward:
And shall render an account, on oath, of the property in his hands,
including the proceeds of all real estate sold by him and of the management and
disposition of all such property, within one year, and at such other times as
the Judge of said Court shall direct:
Executed in presence of D
R Lothrop
Joel Talbot
Jesse Pierce
John Bird
S. Leland Judge
of Probate
To
the Honorable Judge of Probate for the
Enos Talbot
Selectmen
of
Nathan Drake Jr
To
the Honorable Judge for the Court of Probate for the
It
being inconvenient for the subscriber any longer to serve as Guardian
to Nathan Warren of
Joel Talbot
It
is therefore ordered that said resignation
be accepted, and the said Ward discharged from his guardianship.
S. Leland Judge of Probate