Here is a faithful rendering of all the wills, inventories, administrators’ accounts, receipts, divisions of estates, petitions, guardianships, and other Bristol County probate records for the period in question. Researchers should note that Bristol County, Massachusetts, a magnet for colonists with Mayflower connections, contained the Rhode Island towns or areas of Bristol, Warren, Barrington, Little Compton, and Tiverton until 1747.