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In the Name of God Amen. The first Day of Iune in the Year of Our Lord 1754. I James Grindall of Kittery in the County of York in New Engld Yeoman being weak in Body, but of perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be given unto God, therefore calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for men once to die, Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to Say, principally & first of all, I give & recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it hoping thrô the Merits Death & Passion of my Saviour Iesus Christ to have full & free Pardon & forgiveness of all my Sins & to inherit everlasting Life : And my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at ye Discretion of my Executor hereafter named nothing doubting but at ye Generl Resurrection I shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God; And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner and Form, that is to Say,
First I will that all my those Debts & Duties that I do owe in right or Conscience to any manner of persons whatsoever, Shall be well & truly paid or ordered to be paid in convenient time after my Decease by my Executor hereafter named.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Ann Raynes five Shillings lawful Money to be paid by my Executor.
Item. I will that my Daughter Eleoner Grindall Shall be maintained with the Produce & Income of my Estate during her natural Life and to be decently buried at her Death.
Item. I give to my well beloved Grand Son James Raynes my dwelling House Barn & all my Land in Kittery & Else where with the Fences to him his Heirs and Assigns forever.
Item. I give unto my Sister Tucker the Use of one Room in my House during her Widow Hood. Item. I appoint my well beloved Friend Andrew Westcoat to be my only & Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament, And to be a Guardian to my Grandson James Raynes. I reserve my Stock of Creatures & Moveables to defrey my funeral Charges & the Overplus to be equally divided between my two Daughters Anna & Eleoner. Furthermore my Executor is to receive all the Debts due to me, and after my just Debts are satisfied and paid the Overplus to be delivered to my Daughter Anna Raynes. I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills and Legacies Bequests & Executors by me in any Ways before this time named willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness where of I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the day and year above written.
Iames Grindall (seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Iames Grindall as his last Will & Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers, Vizt
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Joseph X Weeks jr
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Ioanna X Weeks
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Timothy Gerrish junr.
| Wescott, Andrew (I1798)
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In the Name of God Amen. The Sixth day of December Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & twenty I Peter Staple of Kittery in the County of Yorke in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Carpenter, being Sick and weak in body but of perfect mind & memory Thanks be given unto God. Therefore Calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body, do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to Say Principally and first of all I give & recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be Buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give demise & dispose of the Same in The following manner & form.
Imp r I give & bequeath to Mary my dearly beloved Wife all my Houshold goods of every Sort to her, her Heirs & Assignes forever. I also give to her during her widowhood the one halfe part of the produce or income of my farme whereon I now dwell together with one half part of the produce or income of my Stock of Cattle & other Creatures She paying unto my Honoured Mother what I Stand bound & Obliged to pay her during her Natural life. I also give to my Said Wife the half of my now Dwelling house & the use of my Oxen during her widowhood to hale her firewood but if my abovesaid wife Should marry or depart this life before the Decease of my Mother then it is my will that my Son Peter Staple Shall have that part of the House & produce or income of my farm & Stock of Creatures which I have herein given to my wife during her Widowhood provided and be it always understood that he pay or Cavse to be paid to his Grandmother that which I Stand Obliged to pay her during her Natural life.
Item I give to my Beloved Son Peter Staple my house & barn & out houses together with my homestead and Land whereon I now Dwell & possess which Land is Bounded on the South west by the river of Piscatiqua on ye North West by Maj r Hammonds & Iohn Rogers their Lands on the North East by Iohn Rogers his Land & on the South East by Ioseph Hill his Land & William Tetherby his Land to him & to the Heirs Lawfully begotten of his Body forever, I also give to him & to the Heirs lawfully begotten by his body forever all my Stock of Cattle & other Creatures provided & be it always Understood that he or they pay or Cause to be paid Such Sum or Sums or Legacies as I have given or Shall in these presents give & bequeath to any person or persons but if it Should So be that my Said Son Peter Should Depart this life & not leave Lawfull Surviving Issue to Inherit what I have herein given to him or them then it is my will that my next Eldest Surviving Son & the heirs Lawfully begotten by his body inherit what I have in these presents given my Son Peter, prouided he pay to my other Children those Sums or Legacis which in these presents I Shall order my Son Peter to pay And if my Said Son Peter Should marry & depart this life & not leave Legal Surviving Issue & Should have payed any part of or all the Legacies which I have herein given to my other Children or those that Shall Legally Represent them then it is my will that Such Sum or Sums as my Son Peter Shall have payed In his Life time Shall be Repayed to his Relict Widow She Renouncing all pretensions of Right unto the above mentioned Land & Stock of Creatures forever, And if my Next eldest Son to my Son Peter Should die without Issue then I give my abovesaid Land & Stock of Creatures to ye next Eldest Surviving Son & to the heirs Lawfully begotten by his body forever he or they performing the Obligations which his Elder Brother is by these presents Obliged unto. And if he Should Depart this life without Surviving Issue then I give the abovesd land & Stock of Creatures to my youngest son & the heirs Lawfully begotten by his body he paying in like manner the Sums or Legacies which his Elder Brother is by these presents ordered to pay.
Item I give to my beloved Son Robert Staple twenty Pounds in Money or Cattle at money Price to be paid to him or those that Shall Legally represent him by my Son Peter Staple within ye Space of three years next after my Mother her Decease provided & be it underStood that upon the payment of ye abovesaid Sum of twenty pounds my Said Son Robert or those that Shall Legally represent him Sign & Deliver a Legal Relase or quitt Claim unto my Son Peter & his Heirs for ever of the Housing Land & Stock of Creatures in these presents given to my Son Peter.
Item I give to my beloved Son Enock Staple his Heirs & Assignes forever Eighteen acres of Land Lying at Simmons his Marsh in Kittery which is that Land that I purchased of my brother Iohn Staple. I also give to him his Heirs & assignes forever the Moiety or one half part of my Common Right. I also give to him twenty pounds in money or Cattle at money Price to be paid to him or those that Shall Legally represent him by my Son Peter within the Space of five years next after my mothers decease Provided & be it understood that upon the Receipt of the abovesaid Sum of twenty pounds my Said Son Enock Deliver a legal Relase or quitt Claim unto my Son Peter & his Heirs forever of the housing Land & Stock of Creatures given in these presents to my Son Peter.
Item. I give unto my beloved Son Ioshua Staple the Moiety or one half part of my Common Right & to his heirs & Assignes forever I also give to him twenty pounds in money or Cattle at money Price to be paid to him or those that Shall Legally represent him by my Son Peter within the Space of Seven Years next Ensuing the decease of my Mother provided & be it always understood that he Sign & deliver unto my Son Peter & his heirs forever a Legal Release or quitt Claim to the Lands & Stock of Creatures & housing which I have in these presents given to my Son Peter.
Item I give to my beloved daughter Mary Staple Twenty pounds in money or Cattle at money Price to be paid to her or those that Shall Lawfully Represent her by my Son Peter within one years Space Next Ensuing ye Decease of my mother prouided & be it always understood that She or they at or upon ye receipt of ye Said Summ deliver unto my Son Peter & his heirs forever a Legal Release or quitt Claim of all the Housing Land & Stock of Creatures herein given to my Son Peter.
Item I give to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Ham twenty pounds in money or Cattle at money price to be paid to her or those that Shall Legally Represent her by my Son Peter within two years Space next after ye Decease of my mother Provided & be it always understood by these presents that upon the Receipt of ye abovesd Sum or Cattle She or they Sign & Deliver unto my Son Peter & his heirs forever a quitt Claim or Relase to all ye housing lands & Creatures I have herein given him.
Item I give to my beloved Daughter Anne Twenty Pounds in money or Cattle at money price to be paid to my Said Daughter Anne Staple or those that Shall Legally Represent her by my Son Peter within the Space of four years next Ensuing ye Decease of my Mother Provided & be it hereby always understood that She or they make & deliver unto my Son Peter & his heirs & Assignes forever a Legal Relase or quitt Claim of all her Right to the Lands Creatures & housing which I have given to my Son Peter upon his paying the abovesaid Sum to her or them.
Item I give to my beloved Daughter Grace Staple ye Sum of twenty pounds in Money or Cattle at money Price to be paid to her or those that Shall Legally Represent her by my Son Peter within the Space of Six Years next after the Decease of my Mother Provided & be it hereby understood that She or they upon ye receipt of ye Said Summ do make & Deliver unto my Son Peter his heirs & Assignes forever a Legal Release or Quitt Claim unto all Right in the Land housing & Stock of Creatures in these presents given to my Son Peter.
Item I Constitute make & ordain my dealy beloved wife Mary Staple & my Son Peter Staple my Executors of this my last will & Testament. & I do hereby disallow revoke & Disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Bequests Legacies & Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal ye day & year above written
Signed Sealed Published Peter Staple (Seal)
Pronounced & Declared by
ye Said Peter Staple as
his last Will & Testament
by us the Subscribers.
Abraham Cross
Moses X Hunscom
his mark
Iohn Newmarch
| Staples, Peter (I2923)
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In the Name of God Amen. The twelfth Day of March Anno Domini 1749. I Moses Banks of York in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gentlemn being Sick of Body but blessed be God of Sound Mind & Memory Do make this my last Will & Testament in Manner following first & above all I commit my Soul into the Hands of God my Maker & Redeemer, and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried by my Executrix hereafter mentioned, and then as to my Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner and Form.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my loving & faithful Wife Ruth Banks all my personal Estate of what Name or Nature soever excepting One Cow hereafter mentioned, and the Improvement of all my real Estate until my Youngest Son Moses Shall come to the Age of twenty one years, and then the one Third part of my Real Estate during her natural Life She paying all my just Debts out of my Estate.
Item. I give to my Eldest Son Joshua Banks five Shillings new Tenor besides what I have already given him to be paid out of my Estate by my Son Moses, when he Shall come to the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Daughter Mary Bettes five Shillings in in New Tenor besides what I have already given her to be paid by my Son Moses when he is of ye Age of Twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Son Iohn Five Shillings in New Tenor besides what I have already given him to be paid by my Son Moses at the Age of twenty four years.
Item. I give to my Son Elias Five Shillings in New Tenor to be paid him out of my Estate by my Son Moses at the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Jeremiah One Acre & a Half of Land to be taken out of my Estate between my Barn & my old Field Fence adjoining to Stephen Preble Land and one Cow to be delivered to him by my Executrix one year after my Decease.
Item. I give to my Son Zebadiah Five Shillings in new Tenor to be paid him out of my Estate by my Son Moses when he is of the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Twenty five pounds new Tenor to be paid her out of my Estate by my Son Moses when he comes to the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Daughter Ruth Twenty five pounds of the New Tenor to be paid her out of my Estate by my Son Moses when he is of the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my youngest Son Moses Banks all the rest & residue of my real Estate House Barn Homestead Common Rights & Pew in the Meeting House in the first Parish in York, or of what Name or Denomination soever or whatsoever relating my Real Estate.
Item. It is my Will that my well beloved Wife Ruth Banks be and I do hereby make & appoint her to be ye Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament; and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other & former Testaments Will Legacys & Bequests & Executors by me in any Ways before named Willed & bequeathed, ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal; the Day & Year above written
Signed Sealed published & (Besides what I have already
veclared [sic] by the Said Moses Banks as & for his Given her) in Mary Portion
last Will & Testamt in was interlin'd before Signing.
the presence of us who (Banks) in Ioshua's Legacy
were prest at the Signing was interlin'd before Signing
& Sealing thereof Moses Banks (seal)
Ios : Plaisted
Samuel Iohnson
Norton Woodbridge
| Banks, Lt. Moses (I1783)
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In the Name of God Amen. The twelfth Day of March Anno Domini 1749. I Moses Banks of York in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gentlemn being Sick of Body but blessed be God of Sound Mind & Memory Do make this my last Will & Testament in Manner following first & above all I commit my Soul into the Hands of God my Maker & Redeemer, and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried by my Executrix hereafter mentioned, and then as to my Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner and Form.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my loving & faithful Wife Ruth Banks all my personal Estate of what Name or Nature soever excepting One Cow hereafter mentioned, and the Improvement of all my real Estate until my Youngest Son Moses Shall come to the Age of twenty one years, and then the one Third part of my Real Estate during her natural Life She paying all my just Debts out of my Estate.
Item. I give to my Eldest Son Joshua Banks five Shillings new Tenor besides what I have already given him to be paid out of my Estate by my Son Moses, when he Shall come to the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Daughter Mary Bettes five Shillings in in New Tenor besides what I have already given her to be paid by my Son Moses when he is of ye Age of Twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Son Iohn Five Shillings in New Tenor besides what I have already given him to be paid by my Son Moses at the Age of twenty four years.
Item. I give to my Son Elias Five Shillings in New Tenor to be paid him out of my Estate by my Son Moses at the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Jeremiah One Acre & a Half of Land to be taken out of my Estate between my Barn & my old Field Fence adjoining to Stephen Preble Land and one Cow to be delivered to him by my Executrix one year after my Decease.
Item. I give to my Son Zebadiah Five Shillings in new Tenor to be paid him out of my Estate by my Son Moses when he is of the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Twenty five pounds new Tenor to be paid her out of my Estate by my Son Moses when he comes to the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Daughter Ruth Twenty five pounds of the New Tenor to be paid her out of my Estate by my Son Moses when he is of the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my youngest Son Moses Banks all the rest & residue of my real Estate House Barn Homestead Common Rights & Pew in the Meeting House in the first Parish in York, or of what Name or Denomination soever or whatsoever relating my Real Estate.
Item. It is my Will that my well beloved Wife Ruth Banks be and I do hereby make & appoint her to be ye Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament; and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other & former Testaments Will Legacys & Bequests & Executors by me in any Ways before named Willed & bequeathed, ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal; the Day & Year above written
Signed Sealed published & (Besides what I have already
veclared [sic] by the Said Moses Banks as & for his Given her) in Mary Portion
last Will & Testamt in was interlin'd before Signing.
the presence of us who (Banks) in Ioshua's Legacy
were prest at the Signing was interlin'd before Signing
& Sealing thereof Moses Banks (seal)
Ios : Plaisted
Samuel Iohnson
Norton Woodbridge
| Weare, Ruth (I1785)
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In the Name of God Amen. This twentieth Day of November A. D. 1750. I Mathews Young of York in the County of York in N : England Fisherman, being exercised with grievous pains & Maladies of Body, so that wearisome and Sleepless Nights are appointed to me, yet blessed be God my Reason & Understanding continued to me, not knowing how Soon my dear Lord & Master may call for me (as to that his holy Will not mine be done) and and [sic] that there may be no dispute & Dissension among my dear Children after my Decease, after having often I trust in Faith thrô free Grace enabling me committed my precious Soul into the Hands of an All Sufficient & most gracious & powerful & faithful Redeemer the LORD IESUS Christ whom I would with my last Breath recommend to my beloved Children Grand Children & a fourth Generation which God has graciously lengthened out my Life to See, as the chiefest of Ten Thousands & altogether lovely in whose infinite Merits & Death his glorious Resurrection and continual Intercession in Heaven is all my Hope for Pardon Peace Acceptance & Grace here and eternal Glory in Body & Soul in Heaven at the Coming of my Lord which I trust draws near, and desiring in the mean Time that my Fless may rest in hope of a blessed Resurrection being decently buried at the Charge of my Executor Vizt Son Ebenezer hereafter named:
I do make this my last Will & Testament as to ye Disposition of those outward good Things which the Lord has I trust in Covenant Loue & fatherly kindness bestowed on me, & continued to me, That is to Say,
I give & bequeath to each of my Daughters and yr lawful Representt›es of Such of them as are or may be deceased before me each the Value of Ten Shillings old Tenor Bills, as they are called, namely Susannah Redlan, Hannah Preble Tabitha Murch, Lydia Whitney Decd Mercy Webber, Eleoner Allen besides what I have already given them or any of them.
And all the residue of my Estate Real & personal, whether Houses Lands Meadow Vessels, Quick Stock or of what Sort soever it be, I do hereby give & bequeath unto my only Surviving Son Said Ebenezer Young, who has kindly and diligently ministered to me hitherto, and is to take Care of me while I live; and to pay my just Debts & funeral Charges, and the above mentioned Legacies, after my decease.
And I so desire chearfully to bid farewell to this present evil World of Sin & Sorrow, humbly hoping in Christ Jesus my Lord that when the earthly House of the Tabernacle is dissolved, I have an House not made with Hands eternal in the Heavens. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year above written.
Signed Sealed published pro- â‚•t¢â‚›
nounced and declared by Mathews N Young (seal)
the aforenamed Mathews mtƒrt
Young as his last Will &
Testament in presence of us
the Subscribers
Jonathan Young
Benajah Young
Aquila Hains
Ioseph Farnam
| Young, Matthews (I7770)
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In the Name of God Amen. To all Christian People whom it may concern/ Know ye that I Samll Webber of York, being in my right mind; for good Reasons me hereunto moving, Do this Day make this my last Will and Testament.
Imps In the first place I Do committ my Immortal & precious Soul unto God, who gave it me; as unto a Faithful Creator : And my Body to the Durst, & at my Dece'se to be decently buried in hope of a glorious Resurrection at the last Day.
It. I make & appoint that my Dear & wel-beloved Wife Elizabeth be my Sole Executrix; & that she first pay the whole of my Just Debts with my Personall Estate : but if there is not not sufficient personal Estate to Discharge them then that A part of the Real Estate be sold for that purpose & that my beloved Wife have one third of the whole of my Estate both Real & Personal after all my Just Debts are paid.
It. I give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son Samll twenty five Acres of my Home Lott, with A fifth part of the Housing & Barn; as also A fifth part of the Nine Acres of fresh Meadow Land, that I have at ye great Marsh so called.
It. I give & bequeath unto my Son Gershom, thirty Acres of my Home Lott, with the fifth part of my Housing & Barn as also A fifth of the Nine Acres of Fresh Meadow Land that I have at the great Marsh so called.
It. I give & bequeath unto my Son Nathanll twenty five Acres of my home Lott, as also A fifth part of Nine Acres of fresh Meadow Land, which is at the great Marsh.
It. I give & bequeath unto my Son Joseph twenty five Acres of my home Lott : as also a fifth part of Nine Acres of fresh Meadow Land lying at the great Marsh so called.
It. I give & bequeath unto my Son Paul five Acres of my home Lott as also a fifth part of Nine Acres of fresh Meadow Land lying at the great Marsh so called.
It. I give & bequeath unto my Daughters Bershebe, Mercy, Abigail Sarah Dorcas & Elizath Each of them ten pounds to be paid to them by my Sons, when they enter into possession of the Lands above mentioned.
It is my Will & Intention that my beloved Wife Elizath Do keep Possession of the whole of my Estate both Housing & Lands untill my Youngest Son Paul Do come to ye Age of twenty one years—And then & not till then, all my Sons as Abovementioned, shall come into possession of their respective Portions & Divide it amongst themselves as they can Agree : or if they cannot agree concerning the Division : that then they call in the help of 2 or 3 Indifferent Persons & abide by their Judgment.
Furthermore it is my Will & pleasure : that not any of my Sons do sell any part or the whole of the Lands, Housing and Meadow to any Stranger whatsoever or Do make any Exchange or any ways convey or aliene to none : Excepting this : that they have Liberty either to sell or Lett any part or the whole either of the Housing or Lands bequeathed on the Other side by this Instrument. But Brother may Lett or sell to Brother but to no other.
It I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Mary twenty shillings to be paid by my Sons when they take possession of the Lands given them as above.
In testimony of my consent to the whole of this my Last Will & Testament I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this 25th Day of March 1735.
Witnesses to Samll Webbers signing Samuel Webber (Seal)
Sealing & Delivering this his last
Will & Testament.
Wait Webber
Elias Weare
Alexander Bulman
| Webber, Deacon Samuel (I419)
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In the Name of God Amen., The first day of December In the year of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundred and ninety nine I Arthur Beal of Yorke in the County of Yorke (fisherman) being in health and of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God, therefore Calling unto mind the Mortallity of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to dye, do make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament, that is to Say principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my body I Commend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executrix nothing Doubting but at the general Resurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me in this life, I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
Imprimis I give and bequeath to Anne my dearly beloved wife all my whole Estate houses, lands, Chattels all mouables with all my houshold Goods dvreing her Natural life and at her decease to be equally divided amongst our Children as shee see Cause, Onely I give to my well beloved Son Edward Beal twelve acres of land Joyning by Thomas Mores, onely my wife anne to have the Vse of the Orchard so long as her Natural life endvreth by her freely to be possesed and enjoyed, And I doe Constitute and make my well beloved Wife Anne Beal my sole Executrix of this my last will and testament, hereby utterly disallowing revoaking and disanulling all and every other former Testaments Wills and Legacies bequests and Executors by me in any ways before this time named, Willed, and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year above Written.
Signed Sealed and declared his
in the presents of us Arthur ̸Ꞵ Beal (Seal)
John Newmarch marke
W m Pepperrell
Andrew Pepperrell
| Beale, Arthur (I2262)
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In the Name of God Amen., The first day of December In the year of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundred and ninety nine I Arthur Beal of Yorke in the County of Yorke (fisherman) being in health and of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God, therefore Calling unto mind the Mortallity of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to dye, do make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament, that is to Say principally and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my body I Commend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executrix nothing Doubting but at the general Resurection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God, And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me in this life, I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
Imprimis I give and bequeath to Anne my dearly beloved wife all my whole Estate houses, lands, Chattels all mouables with all my houshold Goods dvreing her Natural life and at her decease to be equally divided amongst our Children as shee see Cause, Onely I give to my well beloved Son Edward Beal twelve acres of land Joyning by Thomas Mores, onely my wife anne to have the Vse of the Orchard so long as her Natural life endvreth by her freely to be possesed and enjoyed, And I doe Constitute and make my well beloved Wife Anne Beal my sole Executrix of this my last will and testament, hereby utterly disallowing revoaking and disanulling all and every other former Testaments Wills and Legacies bequests and Executors by me in any ways before this time named, Willed, and bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the day and year above Written.
Signed Sealed and declared his
in the presents of us Arthur ̸Ꞵ Beal (Seal)
John Newmarch marke
W m Pepperrell
Andrew Pepperrell
| Hilton, Agnes (I2273)
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In the name of god Amen/ the 18th of September 1678: deceased I Joseph Boolls of Wells in the County of yorke shyre Gentlẽ being in Perfect memory & remembrance praysed bee God, do make & ordajne this my last Will & testament In manner & forme as followeth/
1: I do bequeath my soule into the hands of almighty god & maker, hopeing that the meretorious death, & passion of Jesus Christ my onely Saujor & redeemer, to receiue free pardon & forgiueness of all my sins, & as for my body to bee buried in Christian buriall, at the discretion of my executrix hereafter mentioned/
1: I giue & bequeath unto my Elldest sonn Thomas Bolls Tenn pounds/
I bequeath unto my sonn Sam̃ell Tenn pounds/
I do bequeath unto my daughter ffrost tenn pounds/
I bequeath unto my daughter Becke Thirty pounds/
I bequeath vnto my daughter Locke Tenn pounds/
I bequeath unto my daughter Mercy Thirty pounds, & as much searge as will make her a Gowne, & Tickeine for a bedd & a bowlster, which is in the house & my will is that Twenty pounds bee payd to my sd daughter by my executrix, wn shee shall Antajne the age of Twenty yeares, or marry, which shall first happen, & the other tenn pounds to bee paid by my sonn Joseph/
I bequeath unto my sonn Joseph all my houseing, vpland Meddows & Marsh belonging to my home place, to him & his heyres for euer, after the death of my wife, not doubting of his Dutifullness & care to his Mother, hee paijng fiuety pounds to my Children hereafter mentioned to my sonn Thos tenn pounds, to my sonn Sam̃ell Tenn pounds, to my daughter Frost tenn pounds, to my daughter Chadborne tenn pounds, & to my daughter mercy tenn pounds/
Further my will is, that my wife shall haue my whoole Estate both with in doors & with out, in this Town or else wr to dispose of to wt children shee sees good, excepting the houseing & Lands that I haue given unto my sonn Joseph after her decease, shee to haue the use of it dureing her life, & my wife to pay all debts & legacys, but onely wt Joseph is to pay; And I do hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & loueing wife Mary my soole executrix of this my last will & testament, & do hereby nominate & appoynt my loueing frejnds, Mr William Symonds & William Symonds to bee the ouerseers of this my last Will & testament, all other Wills & testaments being made uoyd/ In witness where unto I haue sett my hand & seale, the day & yeare aboue written/
Witness Sam̃ell Joseph Boolls (â‚›lt¢oÙˆct¢t˜â‚—sâ‚—t¢)
Wheelewright/
William Symonds/
| Bolles, Joseph Sr. (I14061)
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In the name of god Amen/ the 18th of September 1678: deceased I Joseph Boolls of Wells in the County of yorke shyre Gentlẽ being in Perfect memory & remembrance praysed bee God, do make & ordajne this my last Will & testament In manner & forme as followeth/
1: I do bequeath my soule into the hands of almighty god & maker, hopeing that the meretorious death, & passion of Jesus Christ my onely Saujor & redeemer, to receiue free pardon & forgiueness of all my sins, & as for my body to bee buried in Christian buriall, at the discretion of my executrix hereafter mentioned/
1: I giue & bequeath unto my Elldest sonn Thomas Bolls Tenn pounds/
I bequeath unto my sonn Sam̃ell Tenn pounds/
I do bequeath unto my daughter ffrost tenn pounds/
I bequeath unto my daughter Becke Thirty pounds/
I bequeath vnto my daughter Locke Tenn pounds/
I bequeath unto my daughter Mercy Thirty pounds, & as much searge as will make her a Gowne, & Tickeine for a bedd & a bowlster, which is in the house & my will is that Twenty pounds bee payd to my sd daughter by my executrix, wn shee shall Antajne the age of Twenty yeares, or marry, which shall first happen, & the other tenn pounds to bee paid by my sonn Joseph/
I bequeath unto my sonn Joseph all my houseing, vpland Meddows & Marsh belonging to my home place, to him & his heyres for euer, after the death of my wife, not doubting of his Dutifullness & care to his Mother, hee paijng fiuety pounds to my Children hereafter mentioned to my sonn Thos tenn pounds, to my sonn Sam̃ell Tenn pounds, to my daughter Frost tenn pounds, to my daughter Chadborne tenn pounds, & to my daughter mercy tenn pounds/
Further my will is, that my wife shall haue my whoole Estate both with in doors & with out, in this Town or else wr to dispose of to wt children shee sees good, excepting the houseing & Lands that I haue given unto my sonn Joseph after her decease, shee to haue the use of it dureing her life, & my wife to pay all debts & legacys, but onely wt Joseph is to pay; And I do hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & loueing wife Mary my soole executrix of this my last will & testament, & do hereby nominate & appoynt my loueing frejnds, Mr William Symonds & William Symonds to bee the ouerseers of this my last Will & testament, all other Wills & testaments being made uoyd/ In witness where unto I haue sett my hand & seale, the day & yeare aboue written/
Witness Sam̃ell Joseph Boolls (â‚›lt¢oÙˆct¢t˜â‚—sâ‚—t¢)
Wheelewright/
William Symonds/
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The last will & Testament of Edmund Littlefejld Decembr 11 : 61 :
First I bequeath my soule to god Almighty, & I bequeath my body to the earth from whence I came/
I bequeath vnto Francis Littlefejld my Elldest sun, & Anthony Littlefejld, & Elizabeth Wakefejld my daughter, all the whoole Tract of Land lijng of the North East side of Kenebunke with the Falls togeather witha Certen quantity of Marsh lijng vp In the woods, betweene Cape Porpus River, & Kenebunke, which is specifyd In two deeds, granted by Mr Geo : Cleeue Agent of Mr Rygby, which is now come into the Goverment of Mr Gorges, Proprietor of the Prouince of Mayne/ Which Land & Marsh shall bee æqually devided amongst those three aboue specifyd/
I giue vnto Francis Littlefejld Senjor 10s to bee pd out of my goods/
I giue vnto Anthony Littlefejld all my weareing Cloaths/
I giue vnto Elizabeth Wakefejld 5s to bee pd out of my goods/
I giue vnto my 3 executors Namely Annas Littlefejld, My wife, & Thoms Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun all my vpland & Marsh att home which is not disposd, & that which I bought of my sun Anthony, & alsoe yt which I bought of Mr Fletcher, togeather with ye Corne Mill & saw Mill, with all my houseing & goods, within doores & with out, togeather with all the stocke & Cattle both small and greate, which shall bee æqually deuided amongst those 3 executors, onely the Yland that lyeth on the South side of Webbhannett River, If the sd Thos & Francis Littlefejld Junjor do both of them pay to Annas my wife foure bushs of Corne yearely for 7 yeares, then my wife shall haue nothing to do with Itt, otherwise if they do not performe that yearely, then my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to others, & to expell them quitte out of it all/
And likewise my sun Thoms & Fran : Littlefejld shall pay vnto my wife eight bushs of wheate yearely, for ye Corne Mill, if they will not yn my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to any other, & expell them out of it/ And my wife shall haue her third part of the Marsh, that lyeth on the South East side of Webbhannett River; And if soe bee yt Fran : Littlefejld & Thomas Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun bee loueing & helpfull to yr mother my wife, then they shall haue all after her desease, otherwise if they bee not loueing & helpefull to her shee shall haue pouer to dispose of itt, wr shee thinkes good herselfe/
I giue vnto my daughter Mary Barrett, and to my daughter Hannah Littlefejld fiueteene pounds a peece to bee pd with in 3 years, fiue pounds a peece yearely, till it bee payd/ I do giue vnto all my grandchildren fiue shillings a peece Wn they come at age/
I give vnto my sun John Littlefejld Tenn pounds, to bee payd out of ye fourty pounds which hee is to pay for his purchase att Ogunquett/
Alsoe the 3 executors, Namely Annas my wife, & Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld shall haue pouer to recover & receaue all debts/ And those 3 executors shall pay all debts dues & demands, & all portions Legacys & gyfts, which is here specifyd; My suns Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld Iunjor, is to Improue & till the ground, & thejre mother my wife shall haue the third part of the Corne/
I giue vnto my wife 6 or 7 Acers of Marsh that lyeth at Ogunquet.
I desire Mr Ezekell Knightt & Mr Jos : Bowles to bee my Feffees In trust If neede require, to see my will fullfilled/
Testes/ Edmund Littlefejlds
Ezekell Knights/
Jos : Bowles/ /
owne hand/ ѵ ̸۱/ /
/ â½/ â¸
| Littlefield, Edmund (I776)
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The last will & Testament of Edmund Littlefejld Decembr 11 : 61 :
First I bequeath my soule to god Almighty, & I bequeath my body to the earth from whence I came/
I bequeath vnto Francis Littlefejld my Elldest sun, & Anthony Littlefejld, & Elizabeth Wakefejld my daughter, all the whoole Tract of Land lijng of the North East side of Kenebunke with the Falls togeather witha Certen quantity of Marsh lijng vp In the woods, betweene Cape Porpus River, & Kenebunke, which is specifyd In two deeds, granted by Mr Geo : Cleeue Agent of Mr Rygby, which is now come into the Goverment of Mr Gorges, Proprietor of the Prouince of Mayne/ Which Land & Marsh shall bee æqually devided amongst those three aboue specifyd/
I giue vnto Francis Littlefejld Senjor 10s to bee pd out of my goods/
I giue vnto Anthony Littlefejld all my weareing Cloaths/
I giue vnto Elizabeth Wakefejld 5s to bee pd out of my goods/
I giue vnto my 3 executors Namely Annas Littlefejld, My wife, & Thoms Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun all my vpland & Marsh att home which is not disposd, & that which I bought of my sun Anthony, & alsoe yt which I bought of Mr Fletcher, togeather with ye Corne Mill & saw Mill, with all my houseing & goods, within doores & with out, togeather with all the stocke & Cattle both small and greate, which shall bee æqually deuided amongst those 3 executors, onely the Yland that lyeth on the South side of Webbhannett River, If the sd Thos & Francis Littlefejld Junjor do both of them pay to Annas my wife foure bushs of Corne yearely for 7 yeares, then my wife shall haue nothing to do with Itt, otherwise if they do not performe that yearely, then my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to others, & to expell them quitte out of it all/
And likewise my sun Thoms & Fran : Littlefejld shall pay vnto my wife eight bushs of wheate yearely, for ye Corne Mill, if they will not yn my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to any other, & expell them out of it/ And my wife shall haue her third part of the Marsh, that lyeth on the South East side of Webbhannett River; And if soe bee yt Fran : Littlefejld & Thomas Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun bee loueing & helpfull to yr mother my wife, then they shall haue all after her desease, otherwise if they bee not loueing & helpefull to her shee shall haue pouer to dispose of itt, wr shee thinkes good herselfe/
I giue vnto my daughter Mary Barrett, and to my daughter Hannah Littlefejld fiueteene pounds a peece to bee pd with in 3 years, fiue pounds a peece yearely, till it bee payd/ I do giue vnto all my grandchildren fiue shillings a peece Wn they come at age/
I give vnto my sun John Littlefejld Tenn pounds, to bee payd out of ye fourty pounds which hee is to pay for his purchase att Ogunquett/
Alsoe the 3 executors, Namely Annas my wife, & Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld shall haue pouer to recover & receaue all debts/ And those 3 executors shall pay all debts dues & demands, & all portions Legacys & gyfts, which is here specifyd; My suns Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld Iunjor, is to Improue & till the ground, & thejre mother my wife shall haue the third part of the Corne/
I giue vnto my wife 6 or 7 Acers of Marsh that lyeth at Ogunquet.
I desire Mr Ezekell Knightt & Mr Jos : Bowles to bee my Feffees In trust If neede require, to see my will fullfilled/
Testes/ Edmund Littlefejlds
Ezekell Knights/
Jos : Bowles/ /
owne hand/ ѵ ̸۱/ /
/ â½/ â¸
| Littlefield, Francis Sr. (I5655)
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The last will & Testament of Edmund Littlefejld Decembr 11 : 61 :
First I bequeath my soule to god Almighty, & I bequeath my body to the earth from whence I came/
I bequeath vnto Francis Littlefejld my Elldest sun, & Anthony Littlefejld, & Elizabeth Wakefejld my daughter, all the whoole Tract of Land lijng of the North East side of Kenebunke with the Falls togeather witha Certen quantity of Marsh lijng vp In the woods, betweene Cape Porpus River, & Kenebunke, which is specifyd In two deeds, granted by Mr Geo : Cleeue Agent of Mr Rygby, which is now come into the Goverment of Mr Gorges, Proprietor of the Prouince of Mayne/ Which Land & Marsh shall bee æqually devided amongst those three aboue specifyd/
I giue vnto Francis Littlefejld Senjor 10s to bee pd out of my goods/
I giue vnto Anthony Littlefejld all my weareing Cloaths/
I giue vnto Elizabeth Wakefejld 5s to bee pd out of my goods/
I giue vnto my 3 executors Namely Annas Littlefejld, My wife, & Thoms Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun all my vpland & Marsh att home which is not disposd, & that which I bought of my sun Anthony, & alsoe yt which I bought of Mr Fletcher, togeather with ye Corne Mill & saw Mill, with all my houseing & goods, within doores & with out, togeather with all the stocke & Cattle both small and greate, which shall bee æqually deuided amongst those 3 executors, onely the Yland that lyeth on the South side of Webbhannett River, If the sd Thos & Francis Littlefejld Junjor do both of them pay to Annas my wife foure bushs of Corne yearely for 7 yeares, then my wife shall haue nothing to do with Itt, otherwise if they do not performe that yearely, then my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to others, & to expell them quitte out of it all/
And likewise my sun Thoms & Fran : Littlefejld shall pay vnto my wife eight bushs of wheate yearely, for ye Corne Mill, if they will not yn my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to any other, & expell them out of it/ And my wife shall haue her third part of the Marsh, that lyeth on the South East side of Webbhannett River; And if soe bee yt Fran : Littlefejld & Thomas Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun bee loueing & helpfull to yr mother my wife, then they shall haue all after her desease, otherwise if they bee not loueing & helpefull to her shee shall haue pouer to dispose of itt, wr shee thinkes good herselfe/
I giue vnto my daughter Mary Barrett, and to my daughter Hannah Littlefejld fiueteene pounds a peece to bee pd with in 3 years, fiue pounds a peece yearely, till it bee payd/ I do giue vnto all my grandchildren fiue shillings a peece Wn they come at age/
I give vnto my sun John Littlefejld Tenn pounds, to bee payd out of ye fourty pounds which hee is to pay for his purchase att Ogunquett/
Alsoe the 3 executors, Namely Annas my wife, & Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld shall haue pouer to recover & receaue all debts/ And those 3 executors shall pay all debts dues & demands, & all portions Legacys & gyfts, which is here specifyd; My suns Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld Iunjor, is to Improue & till the ground, & thejre mother my wife shall haue the third part of the Corne/
I giue vnto my wife 6 or 7 Acers of Marsh that lyeth at Ogunquet.
I desire Mr Ezekell Knightt & Mr Jos : Bowles to bee my Feffees In trust If neede require, to see my will fullfilled/
Testes/ Edmund Littlefejlds
Ezekell Knights/
Jos : Bowles/ /
owne hand/ ѵ ̸۱/ /
/ â½/ â¸
| Littlefield, Thomas (I6272)
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The last will & Testament of Edmund Littlefejld Decembr 11 : 61 :
First I bequeath my soule to god Almighty, & I bequeath my body to the earth from whence I came/
I bequeath vnto Francis Littlefejld my Elldest sun, & Anthony Littlefejld, & Elizabeth Wakefejld my daughter, all the whoole Tract of Land lijng of the North East side of Kenebunke with the Falls togeather witha Certen quantity of Marsh lijng vp In the woods, betweene Cape Porpus River, & Kenebunke, which is specifyd In two deeds, granted by Mr Geo : Cleeue Agent of Mr Rygby, which is now come into the Goverment of Mr Gorges, Proprietor of the Prouince of Mayne/ Which Land & Marsh shall bee æqually devided amongst those three aboue specifyd/
I giue vnto Francis Littlefejld Senjor 10s to bee pd out of my goods/
I giue vnto Anthony Littlefejld all my weareing Cloaths/
I giue vnto Elizabeth Wakefejld 5s to bee pd out of my goods/
I giue vnto my 3 executors Namely Annas Littlefejld, My wife, & Thoms Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun all my vpland & Marsh att home which is not disposd, & that which I bought of my sun Anthony, & alsoe yt which I bought of Mr Fletcher, togeather with ye Corne Mill & saw Mill, with all my houseing & goods, within doores & with out, togeather with all the stocke & Cattle both small and greate, which shall bee æqually deuided amongst those 3 executors, onely the Yland that lyeth on the South side of Webbhannett River, If the sd Thos & Francis Littlefejld Junjor do both of them pay to Annas my wife foure bushs of Corne yearely for 7 yeares, then my wife shall haue nothing to do with Itt, otherwise if they do not performe that yearely, then my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to others, & to expell them quitte out of it all/
And likewise my sun Thoms & Fran : Littlefejld shall pay vnto my wife eight bushs of wheate yearely, for ye Corne Mill, if they will not yn my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to any other, & expell them out of it/ And my wife shall haue her third part of the Marsh, that lyeth on the South East side of Webbhannett River; And if soe bee yt Fran : Littlefejld & Thomas Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun bee loueing & helpfull to yr mother my wife, then they shall haue all after her desease, otherwise if they bee not loueing & helpefull to her shee shall haue pouer to dispose of itt, wr shee thinkes good herselfe/
I giue vnto my daughter Mary Barrett, and to my daughter Hannah Littlefejld fiueteene pounds a peece to bee pd with in 3 years, fiue pounds a peece yearely, till it bee payd/ I do giue vnto all my grandchildren fiue shillings a peece Wn they come at age/
I give vnto my sun John Littlefejld Tenn pounds, to bee payd out of ye fourty pounds which hee is to pay for his purchase att Ogunquett/
Alsoe the 3 executors, Namely Annas my wife, & Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld shall haue pouer to recover & receaue all debts/ And those 3 executors shall pay all debts dues & demands, & all portions Legacys & gyfts, which is here specifyd; My suns Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld Iunjor, is to Improue & till the ground, & thejre mother my wife shall haue the third part of the Corne/
I giue vnto my wife 6 or 7 Acers of Marsh that lyeth at Ogunquet.
I desire Mr Ezekell Knightt & Mr Jos : Bowles to bee my Feffees In trust If neede require, to see my will fullfilled/
Testes/ Edmund Littlefejlds
Ezekell Knights/
Jos : Bowles/ /
owne hand/ ѵ ̸۱/ /
/ â½/ â¸
| Austin, Annis (I777)
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The last will & Testament of Joseph Cross of Wells In ye prouince of Mayn yeoman, being of Perfect Memory & understanding though weake In body/
1 : I Committ my soule into the hands of god, who is ye father of spirits/
2 : I Committ my body into the hands of my executrix, to bee decently buried, & after funerall expences are discharged, & all due debts payd, I do dispose of my Estate as followeth/
3 : I do giue & bequeath unto my Cosson Sam̃ell Hill of the Land that was my fathers, Twenty rodds In breadth, with the Meddow the same breadth, & so to runne vp into the Countrey, as other lotts runne togeather with all my vpland, & Meddow at Drakes Ysland, to him the sayd Hill, & his heyrs for euer/ I do further giue to my aforesd Cozen, two Heffers, & two Steares of Two years ould a peece, & one feather bed with bedding belonging to it/
4ly I giue vnto my Cossons John & Joseph Hill, Thirty fiue rodds of Land in breadth, from the Town Lands towards my house, with the Meddow between the Town Land, & the remajnder of my land; a streight line being drawn between the Two Parcells of Land; And I do further giue unto my aforesd Cossons, all my vpland & Meddow at Epiford, to them & yr heyres for euer, & my will is that Cossons Jon & Joseph Hill, do fence in a quarter of an Acre of Land neare ye Clumpe of pines, & keepe it well fenced for a burijng place, for mee & my relations/
5 : I do giue unto my Cosson Elizabeth Backehouse tenn pounds in pay with two suites of apparell, In Case shee liue with my wife vntil shee bee seaventeene years of age or Marry/
6 : I giue & bequeath unto my Loueing wife, my dwelling house with all other out houses, vplands, & Meddows stocke & househould stuffe, with all other of my Estate, In debts or other wise with out doores, & with in, not disposed of, In this my will dureing her naturall life, & at her death, my will is, yt my Cossen Sam̃ell Hill, shall haue an Addition to his land as fare as the brooke, on the Easterly side of my house, which vpland is to bee bounded by the brooke, so fare as the high way, & then to runne into the Countrey as other lots runne/ & the Meddow to bee bounded by ye Cricke that cometh vp to my house, all which Land, I giue unto my Cosson Samuell & his heyrs for euer/ & further my will is, that the remajnder of my land both vpland & Meddow between Sam̃ll Hills, & John & Joseph Hills land, & all the other Meddow, or Land vndisposed of in this my Will I giue unto my wifes sonn Willia ̃: Breeden, with halfe my stocke & househould Goods, not disposed In this my Will, always prouided that ye sayd Breeden liue to Attaine to the age of twenty one yeares, to him the sd Breeden & his heyrs for euer/ but my will is that my wife shall haue the vse & Improuemt of the sd Land, stocke & househould stuff dureing her life, & the other halfe of the Stocke, & househould stuffe then In being, at my wifes decease, to be æqually diuided, between John Samell & Joseph Hill/
Further my will is that In Case William Breeden should dy before hee come to age, then my will is that all the Land, Stoke Househould Stuffe, willed to Willia ̃: Breaden, at my wifes decease, bee æqually diuided, between John Samell & Joseph Hill, to them & thejr heyres for euer/
7 : I do Constitute ordajne & appoynt, my loueing wife Mary Cross, to bee my soole executrix of this my last Will & testament, by whome all iust debts are to bee payd, & all legacys to bee discharged/
8 : I do appoynt my loueing frejnds Mr Parciuall Greene, & Sam̃ell Wheelewright, to bee ouerseers of my will/ In witness & testimony where of, I haue here unto sett my hand, & seale, this 2t˜nd : of March/ ¹â‚â¶â‚†â¸â‚ˆ ³â‚„ ﮽ ﮾
Signed, sealed, & Joseph Crosse (â‚›hₑᶦâ‚sâ‚—â‚‘)
Deliuered, in Pre-
sence of us/
Samuell Wheelewright/
John Wheelewright/
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The Last Will & Testament of Ruth Parsons of York in the County of York Widow made ye Eleventh Day of April A : D : 1737. Being in a weak & Low Estate as to my Bodely Health & not Knowing how soon it may please God to call me out of this world & being Desireous to prevent as far as in me lies all Differences & Disputes between my Dear Children after my Decease I Do hereby Order & Dispose of my small worldly Estate as follows vizt.
First It is my Will that all my just Debts & Funeral Charges be paid out of the Quick Stock.
Item What shall remain of the sd Quick Stock & also what is due to me on promisary Notes or otherwise from any Person whatsoever & all Rights & Grants of Land be Equally Divided into seven shares among my six Children & my little Grand Child Mary Dill.
Item I hereby give & bequeath to my youngest Daughter Elisabeth all my Household Goods of what Kind soever.
Item. I give to my two sons Joseph & Elihu ye House & Barn which I have erected on ye Home place at ye other end of ye Town in ye first Parish only, it is my Will that sd Joseph shall pay ten pounds to his sister Dill & sd Elihu Ten pounds a piece to his sisters Hannah & Elisath said House & Barn to be equally Divided between my sd Two sons as ye place was Ordred to be by their Father Decesd.
Lastly I Do hereby Constitute & appoint my Eldest son John the sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament. Wittness my Hand & seal the Day & year above written.
Signed sealed published pro- â‚•â‚‘t£
noundced & Declared by Ruth X Parsons (seal)
Ruth Parsons to be her mtƒrt
last Will & Testament.
In Presence of Us,
â‚•â‚‘t£
Deborah X Willson
mtƒrt
Anne Willson
Joseph Moody.
| Wilson, Ruth (I16131)
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The last Will and Testament of John Litlefeild Junr of Wells in the province of Main
After long sickness I being weake in body yet haueing my Vnderstanding & sences I doe Dispose of my out ward Estate which god hath given me as followeth
I Doe giue vnto my Wife Mehetabell all my lands & goods & house and cattell and swine I makeing her my Executrix & shee is by my will to provide for my decent buriall
She also is to pay to my Daughter Lidia a Cow
it is also my will that my Daughter haue my square barrild gun, also that my Daughter be brought vp decently which I doubt not of
In testimony of Which I sette my hand this ninth Day of September one thousand six hundred Eightie nine in the first yeare of the Reigne of K William
in presence of John Litlefeild
Simon Willard
Samuell Stover
John Eldred
| Littlefield, John Jr. (I1779)
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The will of Peter Turbutt : Bequeathing his soule to god hwo gaue it and then his Bodi to the yearth from whence it came and then I giue to my ffather in Lawe John Sandars my youg Dafter Elizabeth Turbut yt he or they may keepe and Bring her vp tell shee is att womans yestate not any way Else but to be keept as his owne Next for what Estat I haue my lawfull debts being payd out of yt I giue all my goods to my wife Sarah duering her lif boath howes and Howesing vpland & meadow feldes and anything that belongth to me that shee may Peasabl Inioy and keepe tell god hath finished her lif & then if my sonn John doth liue he shall receue all my Land & marsh to keepe & hould from him & his vse for euer & if god doth take the said John by death awaye then ye sd Lands as aboue said shall fall to my sonn Peter his vse Prouided my sonn John dij without any Ayer made in the presence of vs to Wittnes
John Dauis
The marke X of
William Roberds : These are my debts as folls
To Major Shapligh.......................................................................................... 03 00 00
To Mr Walker................................................................................................. 03 00 00
To Goodman Mountygue about...................................................................... 00 18 00
| Turbat, Peter (I1190)
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This Gyft & bequest made by mee Joseph Cross unto Sam̃ell Hill, togeather with all my vpland & Meddow, at Drakes Ysland, in the eleaueth lyne of this my last Will vpon good after Considerations, I do totally reuoake, & make null, haueing legally past away the sd lands by a bill of saile, beareing date the 29th : May : 1684 : to Samuell Austine of Wells, as witness my hand June 11th 1684 :
Testes/ Samuell Wheelewright/ Joseph Cross his
Marke â‚°
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To All People to whom these Prestns shall come Greeting. Know ye , that I Sarah Sayer of Wells in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusets Bay New England Relique of William Sawyer late of Wells aforsd Decesd (thô weak of Body, yet of sound & well Disposing mind & Iudgment) Do Committing my sperit in the first place unto God the Father of it thrô Jesus Christ, & my Body into the hands of my Executors hereafter named to be by them decently Interred in hopes of A Blessed Resurrection, Dispose of the Temporall Estate with which God has been pleased to bless me in the manner following vizt
1. My Will is that all my Iust & honest Debts, together with my Funerall Charges shall be paid out of my Estate by my Executors hereafter Named.
2 I Give & bequeath unto my son John Wells Eight Pounds to be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decese. I Will also that A Bond of thirteen pounds given by him to me, shall be freely surrendred up unto him by my Executors within the aforsd term of six months after my Dece'se And I Will that the Eight pounds I herein give unto this my sd son John Wells be laid out by him in procureing A Funerall Coat after my Disc.
3. I Give & Bequeath unto my son Thomas Wells Eight pounds to procure A Funerall Coat after my Decese the which sd sum shall be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decease. I will also that A Bond of thirteen pound given from him to me shall be freely surrendred up to him after my Dece'se.
4. I Give unto my Daughter Patience Clark five pounds (besides five pounds I have already given her) to be paid unto her by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
5. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Sayer of Newbury two pounds & four pounds A piece to Each of her two sons Vizt Jonathan Sibley & Samll Sibley these several sums to be paid vnto my sd Daughter Sarah Sawyer & her aforesd two sons by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
6. I Give & Bequeath unto my son Francis Sawyer thirty pounds to be paid unto him within six Months after my Decease by my Executors.
7. I Give & Bequeath unto my Grand son William son of my son Daniel Sayer De'csd thirty pounds, to be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
8. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Chesley thirty pounds to be paid her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
9. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Ruth Sampson Thirty pounds to be paid her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
10. I Give & Bequeath unto my great grand-Daughter Mary Clarke Daughter of my grand son Nathall Clarke A Certain Feather Bed that has an homespone Tick to be Delivered to her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
11. I Will that what ever Use or Interest shall be found due upon my Bonds that any of my Children or Grand Children have Obliged themselves unto me by, shall be freely wholy and absolutely remitted released & given up unto such from whom it may be found due by my Executors at my Decease.
12. I Give & Bequeath unto my four Daughters my wearing Cloths as follows vizt I give to my Daughter Patience Clark A black Calaminco suit & my black blew searge Petty Coat. I give to my Daughter Sarah Sawyer my silk Crape suit & my red & Yellow under Petty Coat. I give unto my Daughter Hannah Chesley my silk suit. I give to my Daughter Ruth Sampson my striped Calaminco suit, & A striped Calaminco Gown & A black silk Petty Coat. all the Rest of my Cloths I will shall be Equally Divided among these my four Daughters. And if either of these my Daughters shall Decease before I shall, then I will that their Daughters shall have such Clothes as their Mother would have had by Vertue of this my Will if they were Liveing.
13. I Will that four pounds shall be paid by Executors unto the Church of Christ in Wells, within six months after my Decease, to be distributed by them among some of the poor Members of sd Church.
14. I Will all my Estate of what nature or kind so ever not already disposed of in this my Last Will & Testament unto my two grandsons & my two Daughters hereafter mentioned vizt Joseph Sayer, W m Sayer, Hannah Chesley & Ruth Sampson to be delivered up unto them & equally Divided amongst them within six months after my Decease.
15. finally I Do hereby Ordain Constitute & appoint my son Francis Sayer & my Grand-sons Joseph Sayer & William Sayer to be the sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament and Do hereby revoke & Disannull all former Wills & Testaments heretofore made by me & Declare this to be my last will & testament : As Witness my hand and seal this twenty seventh Day of April Anno Domini 1734. Annoque R R Georgii secundi magnæ Brittanniæ &c septimo.
Signed sealed & pronounced NB : the words or grand Chil-
in presence of dren were interlined be-
Hans Dalzel tween, ye sixth & seventh
Jeremiah Storer Lines from ye top of the
Jeremiah storer Jur second page before signing
& ye word between will &
all in ye thirty first line from
ye top of the second page
was erased before signing
Sarah Sayer : (seal)
| Littlefield, Sarah (I5654)
|
| 71 |
To All People to whom these Prestns shall come Greeting. Know ye , that I Sarah Sayer of Wells in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusets Bay New England Relique of William Sawyer late of Wells aforsd Decesd (thô weak of Body, yet of sound & well Disposing mind & Iudgment) Do Committing my sperit in the first place unto God the Father of it thrô Jesus Christ, & my Body into the hands of my Executors hereafter named to be by them decently Interred in hopes of A Blessed Resurrection, Dispose of the Temporall Estate with which God has been pleased to bless me in the manner following vizt
1. My Will is that all my Iust & honest Debts, together with my Funerall Charges shall be paid out of my Estate by my Executors hereafter Named.
2 I Give & bequeath unto my son John Wells Eight Pounds to be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decese. I Will also that A Bond of thirteen pounds given by him to me, shall be freely surrendred up unto him by my Executors within the aforsd term of six months after my Dece'se And I Will that the Eight pounds I herein give unto this my sd son John Wells be laid out by him in procureing A Funerall Coat after my Disc.
3. I Give & Bequeath unto my son Thomas Wells Eight pounds to procure A Funerall Coat after my Decese the which sd sum shall be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decease. I will also that A Bond of thirteen pound given from him to me shall be freely surrendred up to him after my Dece'se.
4. I Give unto my Daughter Patience Clark five pounds (besides five pounds I have already given her) to be paid unto her by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
5. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Sayer of Newbury two pounds & four pounds A piece to Each of her two sons Vizt Jonathan Sibley & Samll Sibley these several sums to be paid vnto my sd Daughter Sarah Sawyer & her aforesd two sons by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
6. I Give & Bequeath unto my son Francis Sawyer thirty pounds to be paid unto him within six Months after my Decease by my Executors.
7. I Give & Bequeath unto my Grand son William son of my son Daniel Sayer De'csd thirty pounds, to be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
8. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Chesley thirty pounds to be paid her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
9. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Ruth Sampson Thirty pounds to be paid her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
10. I Give & Bequeath unto my great grand-Daughter Mary Clarke Daughter of my grand son Nathall Clarke A Certain Feather Bed that has an homespone Tick to be Delivered to her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
11. I Will that what ever Use or Interest shall be found due upon my Bonds that any of my Children or Grand Children have Obliged themselves unto me by, shall be freely wholy and absolutely remitted released & given up unto such from whom it may be found due by my Executors at my Decease.
12. I Give & Bequeath unto my four Daughters my wearing Cloths as follows vizt I give to my Daughter Patience Clark A black Calaminco suit & my black blew searge Petty Coat. I give to my Daughter Sarah Sawyer my silk Crape suit & my red & Yellow under Petty Coat. I give unto my Daughter Hannah Chesley my silk suit. I give to my Daughter Ruth Sampson my striped Calaminco suit, & A striped Calaminco Gown & A black silk Petty Coat. all the Rest of my Cloths I will shall be Equally Divided among these my four Daughters. And if either of these my Daughters shall Decease before I shall, then I will that their Daughters shall have such Clothes as their Mother would have had by Vertue of this my Will if they were Liveing.
13. I Will that four pounds shall be paid by Executors unto the Church of Christ in Wells, within six months after my Decease, to be distributed by them among some of the poor Members of sd Church.
14. I Will all my Estate of what nature or kind so ever not already disposed of in this my Last Will & Testament unto my two grandsons & my two Daughters hereafter mentioned vizt Joseph Sayer, W m Sayer, Hannah Chesley & Ruth Sampson to be delivered up unto them & equally Divided amongst them within six months after my Decease.
15. finally I Do hereby Ordain Constitute & appoint my son Francis Sayer & my Grand-sons Joseph Sayer & William Sayer to be the sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament and Do hereby revoke & Disannull all former Wills & Testaments heretofore made by me & Declare this to be my last will & testament : As Witness my hand and seal this twenty seventh Day of April Anno Domini 1734. Annoque R R Georgii secundi magnæ Brittanniæ &c septimo.
Signed sealed & pronounced NB : the words or grand Chil-
in presence of dren were interlined be-
Hans Dalzel tween, ye sixth & seventh
Jeremiah Storer Lines from ye top of the
Jeremiah storer Jur second page before signing
& ye word between will &
all in ye thirty first line from
ye top of the second page
was erased before signing
Sarah Sayer : (seal)
| Sawyer, William (I5612)
|
| 72 |
To All People to whom these Prestns shall come Greeting. Know ye , that I Sarah Sayer of Wells in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusets Bay New England Relique of William Sawyer late of Wells aforsd Decesd (thô weak of Body, yet of sound & well Disposing mind & Iudgment) Do Committing my sperit in the first place unto God the Father of it thrô Jesus Christ, & my Body into the hands of my Executors hereafter named to be by them decently Interred in hopes of A Blessed Resurrection, Dispose of the Temporall Estate with which God has been pleased to bless me in the manner following vizt
1. My Will is that all my Iust & honest Debts, together with my Funerall Charges shall be paid out of my Estate by my Executors hereafter Named.
2 I Give & bequeath unto my son John Wells Eight Pounds to be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decese. I Will also that A Bond of thirteen pounds given by him to me, shall be freely surrendred up unto him by my Executors within the aforsd term of six months after my Dece'se And I Will that the Eight pounds I herein give unto this my sd son John Wells be laid out by him in procureing A Funerall Coat after my Disc.
3. I Give & Bequeath unto my son Thomas Wells Eight pounds to procure A Funerall Coat after my Decese the which sd sum shall be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decease. I will also that A Bond of thirteen pound given from him to me shall be freely surrendred up to him after my Dece'se.
4. I Give unto my Daughter Patience Clark five pounds (besides five pounds I have already given her) to be paid unto her by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
5. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Sayer of Newbury two pounds & four pounds A piece to Each of her two sons Vizt Jonathan Sibley & Samll Sibley these several sums to be paid vnto my sd Daughter Sarah Sawyer & her aforesd two sons by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
6. I Give & Bequeath unto my son Francis Sawyer thirty pounds to be paid unto him within six Months after my Decease by my Executors.
7. I Give & Bequeath unto my Grand son William son of my son Daniel Sayer De'csd thirty pounds, to be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
8. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Chesley thirty pounds to be paid her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
9. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Ruth Sampson Thirty pounds to be paid her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
10. I Give & Bequeath unto my great grand-Daughter Mary Clarke Daughter of my grand son Nathall Clarke A Certain Feather Bed that has an homespone Tick to be Delivered to her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
11. I Will that what ever Use or Interest shall be found due upon my Bonds that any of my Children or Grand Children have Obliged themselves unto me by, shall be freely wholy and absolutely remitted released & given up unto such from whom it may be found due by my Executors at my Decease.
12. I Give & Bequeath unto my four Daughters my wearing Cloths as follows vizt I give to my Daughter Patience Clark A black Calaminco suit & my black blew searge Petty Coat. I give to my Daughter Sarah Sawyer my silk Crape suit & my red & Yellow under Petty Coat. I give unto my Daughter Hannah Chesley my silk suit. I give to my Daughter Ruth Sampson my striped Calaminco suit, & A striped Calaminco Gown & A black silk Petty Coat. all the Rest of my Cloths I will shall be Equally Divided among these my four Daughters. And if either of these my Daughters shall Decease before I shall, then I will that their Daughters shall have such Clothes as their Mother would have had by Vertue of this my Will if they were Liveing.
13. I Will that four pounds shall be paid by Executors unto the Church of Christ in Wells, within six months after my Decease, to be distributed by them among some of the poor Members of sd Church.
14. I Will all my Estate of what nature or kind so ever not already disposed of in this my Last Will & Testament unto my two grandsons & my two Daughters hereafter mentioned vizt Joseph Sayer, W m Sayer, Hannah Chesley & Ruth Sampson to be delivered up unto them & equally Divided amongst them within six months after my Decease.
15. finally I Do hereby Ordain Constitute & appoint my son Francis Sayer & my Grand-sons Joseph Sayer & William Sayer to be the sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament and Do hereby revoke & Disannull all former Wills & Testaments heretofore made by me & Declare this to be my last will & testament : As Witness my hand and seal this twenty seventh Day of April Anno Domini 1734. Annoque R R Georgii secundi magnæ Brittanniæ &c septimo.
Signed sealed & pronounced NB : the words or grand Chil-
in presence of dren were interlined be-
Hans Dalzel tween, ye sixth & seventh
Jeremiah Storer Lines from ye top of the
Jeremiah storer Jur second page before signing
& ye word between will &
all in ye thirty first line from
ye top of the second page
was erased before signing
Sarah Sayer : (seal)
| Sawyer, Francis (I5684)
|
| 73 |
I Peter Dickson of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England Shipwright being of a Sound disposing mind & at preSent in perfect health of body but ConSidering my often Infirmities not knowing how Soon or Suddainly it may please God to remove me out of this life, Do think meet to make this my Last will & Testament hereby revoaking all former & other wills heretofore by me made either by word or writing, and this is to be taken onely and I do hereby declare it to be my Last will & Testament & none other. And first I give & reSign up my Soul to God and my body to buried in Such decent & Christian manner as to my Executrix hereafter Named Shall Seem meet; And as touching the Settlement of my temporall Estate which God has bin pleas'd to bestow upon me, I do order & disposs the Same in manner & form following that is to, Say, I will that all my Iust debts be paid & my funeral Charges defrayd out of my whole Estate by my Said Executrix hereafter Named.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Loving wife Mary Dickson the one the one third part of all my remaining perSonal Estate forever, and the one third part of my Real Estate in housing Land &ct. During her Natural Term of life/
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary Staple one Cow to be delivered Imediately after my decease.
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Hannah Morrell fifteen pounds in money or Goods belonging to my Estate at the value they Shall be apprised five pounds whereof to be paid Imediately after my decease and the other ten pounds to be paid by my Son Peter Dickson within one year after he Shall arive to the age of one & twenty years and in Case he Should die before he come to that age then to be paid by my Executrix out of my Said Estate or by any that Shall possess & enjoy my Said Sons Estate.
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Anne Dickson one fether bed with all Furniture belonging thereto as bolsters pillow &ct to be Delivered Imediately after my decease I likewise give unto my Said daughter Anne ten pounds in money or goods belonging To my Said Estate as the value as they Shall be apprized to be paid by my Said Son within one year after he come to the age of twenty one years.
Lastly I give & bequeath unto my onely Son Peter Dixon all & Singular my houses Lands buildings Edifices Orchards gardens to me belonging or in any wise appertaining the Said Peter Dixon to enter into full possession of the two thirds there of Imediately after he arives to the age of twenty one years and Imediately after the decease of my Said wife he the Said Peter Shall & may enter into the full possession of the whole; I likewise give unto my Said Son all my perSonal or moveable Estate that Shall remain after the payment of my Iust Debts Legacies afore Said and my Said wives thirds be taken out & to take the Same into his possession Imediately after he comes to Lawfull age. And further my will is that if my Said Son Shall happen to die without Legittamate Issue that then and in that Case my Said daughter Anne Dixon Shall have hold & enjoy to her & her Lawfull heirs forever all & Singuler the Lands, buildings, Goods & Chattels above Mentioned to be given to my Said Son Peter Dixon.
And I do hereby Nominate ordain & appoint my beloved wife Mary Dixon afore Said to be my Sole Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament.
And I do deSire my Loving brother Iacob Remick and my Loving friend Ioseph Hammond Iunr, to be overSears of the Execution of this my Will.
In Witness where of I the Said Peter Dixon have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this day of In the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eight and in the Seventh year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady Anne by the grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland Queen Defendr of the Faith &ct.
Signed & Sealed in the Peter Dixon (seal)
preSence of us.
Ios : Hamond Iunr
â‚•â‚‘t£
Rebecah â…© Rogers
mtƒrt
| Dixon, Peter (I7567)
|
| 74 |
I Peter Dickson of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England Shipwright being of a Sound disposing mind & at preSent in perfect health of body but ConSidering my often Infirmities not knowing how Soon or Suddainly it may please God to remove me out of this life, Do think meet to make this my Last will & Testament hereby revoaking all former & other wills heretofore by me made either by word or writing, and this is to be taken onely and I do hereby declare it to be my Last will & Testament & none other. And first I give & reSign up my Soul to God and my body to buried in Such decent & Christian manner as to my Executrix hereafter Named Shall Seem meet; And as touching the Settlement of my temporall Estate which God has bin pleas'd to bestow upon me, I do order & disposs the Same in manner & form following that is to, Say, I will that all my Iust debts be paid & my funeral Charges defrayd out of my whole Estate by my Said Executrix hereafter Named.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Loving wife Mary Dickson the one the one third part of all my remaining perSonal Estate forever, and the one third part of my Real Estate in housing Land &ct. During her Natural Term of life/
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary Staple one Cow to be delivered Imediately after my decease.
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Hannah Morrell fifteen pounds in money or Goods belonging to my Estate at the value they Shall be apprised five pounds whereof to be paid Imediately after my decease and the other ten pounds to be paid by my Son Peter Dickson within one year after he Shall arive to the age of one & twenty years and in Case he Should die before he come to that age then to be paid by my Executrix out of my Said Estate or by any that Shall possess & enjoy my Said Sons Estate.
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Anne Dickson one fether bed with all Furniture belonging thereto as bolsters pillow &ct to be Delivered Imediately after my decease I likewise give unto my Said daughter Anne ten pounds in money or goods belonging To my Said Estate as the value as they Shall be apprized to be paid by my Said Son within one year after he come to the age of twenty one years.
Lastly I give & bequeath unto my onely Son Peter Dixon all & Singular my houses Lands buildings Edifices Orchards gardens to me belonging or in any wise appertaining the Said Peter Dixon to enter into full possession of the two thirds there of Imediately after he arives to the age of twenty one years and Imediately after the decease of my Said wife he the Said Peter Shall & may enter into the full possession of the whole; I likewise give unto my Said Son all my perSonal or moveable Estate that Shall remain after the payment of my Iust Debts Legacies afore Said and my Said wives thirds be taken out & to take the Same into his possession Imediately after he comes to Lawfull age. And further my will is that if my Said Son Shall happen to die without Legittamate Issue that then and in that Case my Said daughter Anne Dixon Shall have hold & enjoy to her & her Lawfull heirs forever all & Singuler the Lands, buildings, Goods & Chattels above Mentioned to be given to my Said Son Peter Dixon.
And I do hereby Nominate ordain & appoint my beloved wife Mary Dixon afore Said to be my Sole Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament.
And I do deSire my Loving brother Iacob Remick and my Loving friend Ioseph Hammond Iunr, to be overSears of the Execution of this my Will.
In Witness where of I the Said Peter Dixon have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this day of In the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eight and in the Seventh year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady Anne by the grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland Queen Defendr of the Faith &ct.
Signed & Sealed in the Peter Dixon (seal)
preSence of us.
Ios : Hamond Iunr
â‚•â‚‘t£
Rebecah â…© Rogers
mtƒrt
| Remick, Mary (I7568)
|
| 75 |
I Peter Dickson of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England Shipwright being of a Sound disposing mind & at preSent in perfect health of body but ConSidering my often Infirmities not knowing how Soon or Suddainly it may please God to remove me out of this life, Do think meet to make this my Last will & Testament hereby revoaking all former & other wills heretofore by me made either by word or writing, and this is to be taken onely and I do hereby declare it to be my Last will & Testament & none other. And first I give & reSign up my Soul to God and my body to buried in Such decent & Christian manner as to my Executrix hereafter Named Shall Seem meet; And as touching the Settlement of my temporall Estate which God has bin pleas'd to bestow upon me, I do order & disposs the Same in manner & form following that is to, Say, I will that all my Iust debts be paid & my funeral Charges defrayd out of my whole Estate by my Said Executrix hereafter Named.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Loving wife Mary Dickson the one the one third part of all my remaining perSonal Estate forever, and the one third part of my Real Estate in housing Land &ct. During her Natural Term of life/
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary Staple one Cow to be delivered Imediately after my decease.
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Hannah Morrell fifteen pounds in money or Goods belonging to my Estate at the value they Shall be apprised five pounds whereof to be paid Imediately after my decease and the other ten pounds to be paid by my Son Peter Dickson within one year after he Shall arive to the age of one & twenty years and in Case he Should die before he come to that age then to be paid by my Executrix out of my Said Estate or by any that Shall possess & enjoy my Said Sons Estate.
Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Anne Dickson one fether bed with all Furniture belonging thereto as bolsters pillow &ct to be Delivered Imediately after my decease I likewise give unto my Said daughter Anne ten pounds in money or goods belonging To my Said Estate as the value as they Shall be apprized to be paid by my Said Son within one year after he come to the age of twenty one years.
Lastly I give & bequeath unto my onely Son Peter Dixon all & Singular my houses Lands buildings Edifices Orchards gardens to me belonging or in any wise appertaining the Said Peter Dixon to enter into full possession of the two thirds there of Imediately after he arives to the age of twenty one years and Imediately after the decease of my Said wife he the Said Peter Shall & may enter into the full possession of the whole; I likewise give unto my Said Son all my perSonal or moveable Estate that Shall remain after the payment of my Iust Debts Legacies afore Said and my Said wives thirds be taken out & to take the Same into his possession Imediately after he comes to Lawfull age. And further my will is that if my Said Son Shall happen to die without Legittamate Issue that then and in that Case my Said daughter Anne Dixon Shall have hold & enjoy to her & her Lawfull heirs forever all & Singuler the Lands, buildings, Goods & Chattels above Mentioned to be given to my Said Son Peter Dixon.
And I do hereby Nominate ordain & appoint my beloved wife Mary Dixon afore Said to be my Sole Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament.
And I do deSire my Loving brother Iacob Remick and my Loving friend Ioseph Hammond Iunr, to be overSears of the Execution of this my Will.
In Witness where of I the Said Peter Dixon have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this day of In the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eight and in the Seventh year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady Anne by the grace of God of England Scotland France & Ireland Queen Defendr of the Faith &ct.
Signed & Sealed in the Peter Dixon (seal)
preSence of us.
Ios : Hamond Iunr
â‚•â‚‘t£
Rebecah â…© Rogers
mtƒrt
| Remick, Sgt. Jacob (I20247)
|
| 76 |
In The Name of God Amen I Benjamin Preble of York in ye County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England being of Sound mind and memory Do make this my Last Will and Testament this Sixteenth Day of December in ye Year of our Lord 1723. first & above all I Commend my Spirit unto God that Gave it as a faithfull Creator & my Mercifull Father in Iesus Christ and then I Commit my Body to the Dust Decently to be Buried by my Executrix hereafter Named in hope of a Glorious Resurrection to Life Eternal. and as for my worldly Estate which God has Graciously Given I Dispose of It in Manner Following after my Debts and funeral Cost is Paid.
Imprimis I Give my Beloved Wife Mary (besides her thirds according to the Laws of this Province) the use of the one half of my Dwelling House & Barn & orchard During her natural life and if she shall Need it to have ye Vse of ye whole Dwelling House.
Item I Having already Given unto my Eldest Son John all my Land at Scituate in York and the one half of my Part in the Saw Mill there : I Do Give him or Confirm to him the other half of my Part in said Mill after ye Decease of my Self & Wife.
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my three Daughters Hannah Judith & Abigail Ten pounds Each thirty pounds the whole to be paid by my Youngest Son Jedediah.
Item I Give & bequeath unto my Said Youngest Son Jedediah all my Home Stead Land Dwelling House Barn & orchard together with my whole Stock of Catle sheep &c : after his Mothers Decease
I also Give and bequeath unto my said Son Jedediah all that my Thirty acres Grant w ͨ h lyeth above my Home place towards Scituate between ye Land of James Grant and the Land of Josep Bean and further I Give and Bequeath unto my Said Youngest Son Jedediah all my Ten acres of fresh Meadow Lying on ye Brook w ͨ h Runs Through Joseph Bragdons & Joseph Wears Meadow about a Mile above sd Bragdons and Wears Meadow.
Finally I make and Constitute my Wife aforesaid ye Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day Year above written.
Signed Sealed & Delivered Benjamin Preble (Seal)
Published Pronovnced and
Declared by Benjamin Preble
abovesaid to be his last Will
and Testament in Presence of
Nathaniel Leeman
Mary Leeman
Samuel Moodey
| Preble, Benjamin (I12403)
|
| 77 |
In The Name of God Amen I Benjamin Preble of York in ye County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England being of Sound mind and memory Do make this my Last Will and Testament this Sixteenth Day of December in ye Year of our Lord 1723. first & above all I Commend my Spirit unto God that Gave it as a faithfull Creator & my Mercifull Father in Iesus Christ and then I Commit my Body to the Dust Decently to be Buried by my Executrix hereafter Named in hope of a Glorious Resurrection to Life Eternal. and as for my worldly Estate which God has Graciously Given I Dispose of It in Manner Following after my Debts and funeral Cost is Paid.
Imprimis I Give my Beloved Wife Mary (besides her thirds according to the Laws of this Province) the use of the one half of my Dwelling House & Barn & orchard During her natural life and if she shall Need it to have ye Vse of ye whole Dwelling House.
Item I Having already Given unto my Eldest Son John all my Land at Scituate in York and the one half of my Part in the Saw Mill there : I Do Give him or Confirm to him the other half of my Part in said Mill after ye Decease of my Self & Wife.
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my three Daughters Hannah Judith & Abigail Ten pounds Each thirty pounds the whole to be paid by my Youngest Son Jedediah.
Item I Give & bequeath unto my Said Youngest Son Jedediah all my Home Stead Land Dwelling House Barn & orchard together with my whole Stock of Catle sheep &c : after his Mothers Decease
I also Give and bequeath unto my said Son Jedediah all that my Thirty acres Grant w ͨ h lyeth above my Home place towards Scituate between ye Land of James Grant and the Land of Josep Bean and further I Give and Bequeath unto my Said Youngest Son Jedediah all my Ten acres of fresh Meadow Lying on ye Brook w ͨ h Runs Through Joseph Bragdons & Joseph Wears Meadow about a Mile above sd Bragdons and Wears Meadow.
Finally I make and Constitute my Wife aforesaid ye Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day Year above written.
Signed Sealed & Delivered Benjamin Preble (Seal)
Published Pronovnced and
Declared by Benjamin Preble
abovesaid to be his last Will
and Testament in Presence of
Nathaniel Leeman
Mary Leeman
Samuel Moodey
| Baston, Mary (I3325)
|
| 78 |
In the Name of God Amen The first Day of May 1734.
I Joseph Young of York in the County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England Gentleman being very sick & week in Body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God : Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die. Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament That is to say Principally and first of all I give & Recommend my soul into ye Hands of God that gave it : And Body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall Receive the same again by the Mighty power of God, And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life, I give Demise & Dispose of the same in the following manner & form. After my Just Debts & Funeral Charges are paid.
Imprimis I give and bequeath to Abigail my Dearly beloved Wife all my Estate both Real and Personal during her Natural Life.
Item After my said Wifes Decease I give & bequeath unto my Grandson Joseph Young all my said Estate both Real & Personal that my said Wife shall leave my said Grandson paying to each of my Daughters vizt Mary, Abigail, Bethulah, & Bethiah three pounds A piece of Currant passable money of this Province and three pounds to be paid to my Grand Daughter Abigail Young in the whole Fifteen Pounds and In Case my sd Grandson Joseph Young should Die before he comes to the Age of Twenty One Years then my said Estate to be Equally Divided amongst my said Daughters then surviveing.
I Do also appoint my said Wife and my son in Law John Bradbury to be the sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament desiring them & Intreating them to see ye Will of the Dead punctually fulfilled. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal the Day & year abovewritten.
Signed sealed published pronounced Joseph Young (Seal)
& Declared by ye said Joseph Young
as his last Will & Testament In
presence of Us the subscribers.
Jer : Moulton
her
Sarah X Favour
mark
Daniel Moulton
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In the Name of God Amen The twenty fifth day of Iuly Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred & thirty I Elihu Parsons of York in the County of York in New England Housewright being verry Sick & weak in Body but of good & Perfect memory (Blessed be God) & being apprehensive that I am not long to Continue in this Evil world & not Knowing how Suddenly it may Please God to call me hence & being desireous to Settle Things in Order to make this my last will & Testament in manner & form following Viz :
First & Principally I commend my Sperit into the hands of Iesus Christ my only Savour hoping for the Pardon of all my Sins Originall & actual & for Eternall Salvation through his Blood & Righteousness alone & my Body I commit to the Earth from whence it was Taken to be buried in decent & Christian manner as to my Executrix hereafter Named Shall Seem meet & convenient hoping for a glorious Resurrection ô Iesus Christ who is the Resurrection and the Life and as to Such worldly Estate as God has been Graciously Pleased to bestow upon me I Order & Dispose thereof as followeth.
first I will that all those Debts & Duties as I owe in Right or Conscience to any manner of Person or Persons whatsoever Shall be well and Truely contented & Paid or Ordained to be paid within convenient time after my Decease by my Executrix.
Item I will Ordain & grant yt my Trusty & Dearly beloved Wife Ruth Parsons Shall have the whole & Sole Improvement of all my Estate both Real & Personall of what Kind soever without any Exception whatsoever dureing her Naturall Life for her own Support & bringing up of my Children.
Item I give & bequeath unto my five Daughters Ruth Hannah Elizabeth Mary & Susanna Parsons Each of them forty pounds to be paid them by their Bretheren in Manner as is hereafter Provided.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Son Iohn Parsons all that my Land & Meadow with the Dwelling House & Buildings thereon where I lately Dwelt on the Southwest Side of York River bounded North Easterly by the River South Easterly by Land of Andrew Grover South Westerly by Land of Andrew Grover aforeS d & north Westerly by Land of Iabez Blackledge & Ebenezer Blazedell To him & his heirs & assignes from & after the Decease of his mother Ruth Parsons aboue Sd thence forth & forever.
Excepting about four Acres of Salt marsh & thatch ground hereafter more Particular Described. He the Sd Iohn Parsons Paying to my Daughters Ruth & Hannah Parsons each forty pounds & to my Daughter Elizebeth Parsons twenty pounds within Eighteen months he shall come to have the Sd Land In his Possession.
Item I give & bequeath unto my two younger Sons Joseph & Elihu Parsons my Tract of Land which was formerly my Fathers Home Place cont about twenty two acres & that Tract of Land at the head thereof contn about thirty Acres which was granted to my Broth r Iohn Parsons Deceas'd by the Town of York & the whole bounded as follows Viz : South westerly by the Road from York Meeting House to the Upper ferry North westerly by the Land formerly Iohn Prebbles Deceas'd now in the Possession of Nathaniel Donnell Iun r South Easterly by Land of Lieut Daniel Simpson & North Easterly by Land of Samll Prebbles part of the Town Comon.
Also about four Acres of Salt marsh & Thatch Ground at my upper place which is herein before Excepted out of my Eldest Son Johns Portion Sd marsh to begin at the Point Called Log House Point & so runing up Including all the Marsh & thatch Ground to the Place where my Brothr\ Nicholas Cane Some Time made Fish. The Sd Tract of Land & Marsh to be Equally divided betwixt the Sd Ioseph & Elihu Parsons According to Quantity & Quallity & to be held of them & their Respective Heirs & assignes in Severalty from & after the Decease of their Sd mother Ruth Parsons thence forth & forever The Sd Ioseph Parsons paying to my Sd Daughter Elizebeth Parsons the Sum of twenty pounds, being the Remainder of her Portion & to my Sd Daughter Mary Parsons the Sum of Thirty pounds & my Sd Son Elihu Parsons paying to my Sd Daughter Mary the Sum of ten pounds & to my Sd Daughter Susanna Parsons the Sum of forty pounds within Eighteen months after they take Possession of their Land &c.
I do Nominate & appoint my Sd Wife Ruth Parsons the Sole Executrix of my last will & testiment here written Giveing unto my Sd Executrix full Power & authority to bargain Sell & Convey all or any part of my Lands or Grants of Land (not herein before Expressly bequeathed) unto any person or Persons whatsoever as She Shall think fit the Sum or Sums of money coming thereby to be applyed towards paying my just Debts & bringing up of my Children. In Witness whereof I have here unto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year afore mentioned.
Signed Sealed Published pro- The words (how) line 71
nounced & Declaired by the & the word (dureing her
afore named Elihu Parsons Naturall life) line 27 & the
to be his last will & Testa- words (Andrew Grover
ment In Presence of us. aforesd] line 36 on the
Gowing Wilson Other Page were Inter-
The mark of lin'd before signing &
Bithiah X Curtis four words in sd line 36
Deborah X Wilson obliterated
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Jos : Moody his mark
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In the Name of God Amen. This 28th Day of Augst Anno Domini 1751. I William Bracy of Biddeford in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman, being in health of Body and of perfect Mind & Memory, yet calling to Mind ye Mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die; Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to Say, principally & first of all I give & recommend my Soul into ye Hands of God who gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executr nothing doubting but at ye General Resurrection I shall receive ye Same again by ye mighty Power of God : And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give demise & dispose of ye Same in ye following Manner & Form.
Impr. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Ioseph Bracy over & above what I have already given him ye Sum of ten Shillings lawful Money to be paid to him by my Executor hereafter named within one year after my Decease.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Mary Treworgy her Heirs & Assigns forever my dwelling House which I now live in.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughters Abigail Curtis Mary Treworgy Phebe Emery Dorothy Conner Sarah Boothby Patience Downer, and to my beloved Grand Child ye Child of my beloved Daughter Prudence Abbot Decd whether it be a Son or a Daughter all my Estate both real & personal of what kind soever (excepting what is above particularly mentiond) to them their Heirs & Assigns forever to be equally divided betwixt them; and my Will & Pleasure is that that part of my Land which Shall fall to my Daughter Mary Treworgy shall be Set off to her next adjoining to my dwelling House in a convenient Manner So that She may conveniently pass & repass to and from Said House.
Item. I do hereby constitute make & ordain my beloved Son in Law Iacob Curtis (Husband of my beloved Daughter Abigail Curtis) my Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all & every other former Testamts Wills Legacys Bequests and Executors by me in any wise before named willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last Will and Testamt. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written.
William Brasey (seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said William Brasey as his last Will & Testamt in ye presence of us the Subscribers
Moses Morrell Wyat Moore Iedidiah Gooch.
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In the name of god Amen/ the Thyrteenth day of June 1670 : I John Sanders Senior of Cape Porpus in the County of Yorke in New England Planter, being very sicke & weake in body but of sound & Prfect memory (prayse bee given to god for the same) & knowing the vncertenty of this life on earth & being desirous to settle things in order, do make this my last Will & testament in manner & forme following/
That is to say first & principally, I commend my soule to Almighty god, my Creator hopeing & beliueing that I shall receiue full pardon, & free remission of all my sins & bee saved by the pr'tious death & merrits of my blessed Saujor & Redemer Jesus Christ, & my body to the earth from whence It was taken, to bee buried in such decent manner, & Christian, as to my executrix & Executor hereafter named shall bee thought meete & Convenjent/
And as touching my worldly estate, as the Lord in mercy hath lent mee, my will & meaneing is the same shall be Imployed & bestowed, as here after by this my will is expressed/ & first I do revoake renownce frustrate & make voyd all wills by mee formerly made, & declare & appoynt this my last Will & testament. IteËœ : I give & bequeath all my estate to Ann Sanders my deare & loueing wife, dureing her life, & at her decease I bequeath the house & Land belongeing & apptraying therevnto, with all the priviledges & appurtenances there vnto belonging that now I liue in vnto my sun Thoms Sanders, & at his decease to his sun John Sanders, & soe from heyre to heyre & next of kine surviueing the deceased Proprietor; Item I now do bequeath a Tract of Land Wch I Judg to bee one thousand Acers more or lesse, being or lijng about eight or nine Miles aboue Cape Porpus River ffalls, vnto my son John Sanders to take possession of & Inioy at my decease. IteËœ : I bequeath the rest of my estate vnto all my children to bee æqually deuided, amongst them, after thejr mothers decease, hereby makeing & appoynting my dearly beloved Wife to bee my executrix & my sonn Thomas Sanders abouesd my executor/ and this my last Will & Testament may in all thinges bee accomplished & fullfilled according to my true Intent and meaneing, I request my Loueing Neighbours, Symon Booth of Winter Harbour & John Barrett of Cape Porpus to take vpon them to bee supervizers of the same/
In witness wrof I haue here vnto sett my hand, the day & yeare aboue Written/
Witnessed by John Ɔ Sanders Senjor
Sheth Fletcher/
Joseph X Cooles
marke
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In the name of god Amen/ the Thyrteenth day of June 1670 : I John Sanders Senior of Cape Porpus in the County of Yorke in New England Planter, being very sicke & weake in body but of sound & Prfect memory (prayse bee given to god for the same) & knowing the vncertenty of this life on earth & being desirous to settle things in order, do make this my last Will & testament in manner & forme following/
That is to say first & principally, I commend my soule to Almighty god, my Creator hopeing & beliueing that I shall receiue full pardon, & free remission of all my sins & bee saved by the pr'tious death & merrits of my blessed Saujor & Redemer Jesus Christ, & my body to the earth from whence It was taken, to bee buried in such decent manner, & Christian, as to my executrix & Executor hereafter named shall bee thought meete & Convenjent/
And as touching my worldly estate, as the Lord in mercy hath lent mee, my will & meaneing is the same shall be Imployed & bestowed, as here after by this my will is expressed/ & first I do revoake renownce frustrate & make voyd all wills by mee formerly made, & declare & appoynt this my last Will & testament. IteËœ : I give & bequeath all my estate to Ann Sanders my deare & loueing wife, dureing her life, & at her decease I bequeath the house & Land belongeing & apptraying therevnto, with all the priviledges & appurtenances there vnto belonging that now I liue in vnto my sun Thoms Sanders, & at his decease to his sun John Sanders, & soe from heyre to heyre & next of kine surviueing the deceased Proprietor; Item I now do bequeath a Tract of Land Wch I Judg to bee one thousand Acers more or lesse, being or lijng about eight or nine Miles aboue Cape Porpus River ffalls, vnto my son John Sanders to take possession of & Inioy at my decease. IteËœ : I bequeath the rest of my estate vnto all my children to bee æqually deuided, amongst them, after thejr mothers decease, hereby makeing & appoynting my dearly beloved Wife to bee my executrix & my sonn Thomas Sanders abouesd my executor/ and this my last Will & Testament may in all thinges bee accomplished & fullfilled according to my true Intent and meaneing, I request my Loueing Neighbours, Symon Booth of Winter Harbour & John Barrett of Cape Porpus to take vpon them to bee supervizers of the same/
In witness wrof I haue here vnto sett my hand, the day & yeare aboue Written/
Witnessed by John Ɔ Sanders Senjor
Sheth Fletcher/
Joseph X Cooles
marke
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The last will and testament of Mr. Edward Dillingham, exhibited to the Court held at Plymouth the first day of June, 1667 on the oaths of Stephen Wing and William Griffith.
Know all men that I Edward Dillingham do make this my deed of gift to my two sons Henry Dillingham and John Dillingham in Trust not to be their property right, but the proper right of the persons thereafter named only they two are to take care of the goods until the owners send for them, only they two have liberty to take so much out of the goods as shall pay their charges layed out about the goods, the goods conveyed are three mares and three foals, two year old horses, two milch cows, one four year old steer, one three years old steer, one two years old steer, one two years old heifer, three one year old heifers with some other things, which will be set down In the conclusion hereof.
The persons whose proper rights these goods are, are:- Robert Low of Bitswell, son to blind Robert Low; Thomas Low, commonly called Thomas Low of the Back house; Thomas Low, called Thomas Low In the lane; Thomas Shatswell; William Binsent; All of these are of Biteswell in the county of Leicester:
Ann Porter of Shawell in the same county; Richard Porter of the same town and county; Nathaniel Cox of Litterworth, in the same county; John Wright of Cottesbith in the same county; Old Cart, of Leire, in the same county; Edward Clark of the same town and county; and another man that hath a bond of mine in his hands that lives at or near Earlephilton in the same county; William Thornton of Neather Elbrook in the same county;
My hope and desire Is, that there may be for Robert Low, twenty
one pounds.---(Then he specifies the amount for each person)
--I hope it may hold out these sums, but, if it should fall short, then you must make abatement according to these proportions. There is before the sealing of this writing much loss in Cattle, therefore, there must be abatement according to the pro portion before mentioned,
There is to be added to the things above mentioned namely;
Henry Dillingham, which he oweth me, as also divers small thing which I sold to him, which cometh to four pounds and also Jolm Dillingham which he oweth me and also for divers small things which I sold to him which cometh to five pounds and ten shillings.
Dated the first day of the third month called May in the year one thousand six hundred, sixty and six.
Edward Dillingham (seal)
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of
Stephen Wing
William Griffith
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In the name of God, Amen, The ____ Day
Annog; Domini' One thousand seven hundred and fifty six. I, John Morrell of Kittery in the County of York, Province of Massachuset Bay in New England, Yoeman, being aged and infirm in body but of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life, do make and ordain this and none other to be my last will and Testament in the following manner Viz. I _____ I recommend my Soul to God who gave it, and my Body to the earth to be buried in such Christian decent frugal manner as my Executrix hereafter named shall see meet; In hopes I shall receive the same again and enjoy a glorious immortality through the merit and mediation of Jesus Christ the only redeemer of mankind and a touching such I state as God in mind. Providence has given me my will it shall be disposed of as followeth Viz.'
Item. I give and bequeath unto hannah my dearly beloved wife the use and improvement of all my estate real and personal within the Town of Kittery and Berwick in the County above (after my just debts and funeral charges are paid) during her natural life.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved son John Morrell and his Heirs and his assigns forever (besides what I have already given him) all my lands and marsh in Kittery laying on the South Easterly side of Sturgeon Creek, between the river and the County Road that leads from Sturgeon Creek Bridge and Kittery upper Parish Meeting House, be y. Save more or less with all the buildings thereon and privileges there unto belonging immediately after y. Decease of my wife.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved sons Peter Morrell and Jedidiah Morrell and to their Heirs and assign forever besides what I have already given them, all the remainder of my lands in Kittery and Berwick afore said, to be equally divided between them immediately after the decease of my wife. I also give and bequeath unto my said two sons, Peter and Jedidiah, to each of them eleven pounds, eight shillings and four pence lawful money of the Provence afore said.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my two beloved daughters Keziah Roberts and Mary Gerrish (besides what I have given them) all my household goods of every part to be equally divided between them or their legal representatives immediately after the decease of my wife.
Item. I give an bequeath unto my aforesaid three sons, John Peter and Jedidiah all my stock of cattle and other creatures with all my tools and implements of husbandry of every sort to be equally divided between them or their legal representatives immediately after the decease of my wife, and further my will is that if my Negro namely Joe should out live my wife give and bequeath him to one of my aforesaid three sons which of them my said Negro shall then choose for his master. And further my will is that the several legacies given to my two sons Peter and Jedidiah (Namely the money) shall be paid to them or to their legal representatives by my wife and the legacy given him is subjected to the purpose thereof. And further my will is that my Negro Toby shall be free when he comes of age of twenty-four years except my wife should live longer than that time, if she should be living my will is that he shall be her servant until her decease and then be free and for himself.
And I do hereby ordain and appoint Hannah my beloved wife sole executris of this my last will and testament. In witness where of I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal the day and year first above written.
/a/ John Morrell (seal)
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said John Morrell as his last will and Testament in the presence of us the subscribers: Jos. Hammond Robert Morrell, Isaac Morrell. | Morrell, John (I35252)
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Weighing the vncertainty of man's life, I do therefore in the time of my health, make this my last will as followeth: first I leaue vnto my wife Damaris, all the estate shee brought with her according to ower agreement: likewise I giue vnto her eight pounds, by the year during her life, to be pd her by my six sonns out of that estate I shall leaue with them, which eight pounds I giue on this condition, that shee giue vp to them her right to the third pt of my housing & lands during her life 2 I giue to my daughter Sara Balch fifteene pounds. 3 I giue to "my daughter Seeth Grafton fifteene pounds. 4 I giue to my daughter Mirian Hills two daughters, miriam Hill, & Susana Hill to each of them fiue pounds, to be pd to them, when they shall accomplish the age of eighteene yeares, or at theire mariage 5 I giue vnto my sons George & John Gardner that pt of my Salt meddow, lying on the west side of Capt. George Corwin's meddow, which I value at twenty pounds. 6 I giue vnto my sonns Samuell & Joseph Gardner, the other part of my Salt meddow, lying on the east side of Capt. Corwin's meddow, wch: I doe likwise value at twenty pounds
my will is further that my houseing, with the rest of my lands & goods, & estate with the medow before mentioned shall be deuided into seauen equall pts: yf don with agreement elce, the meddow before mentioned, only excepted shall be sould (& with the meddow as I have valued it) shalbe deuided in to seauen equall pts: which I doe giue to my six sons as followeth: first I giue to my son thomas two pts of ye seauen, he paying his mother in law forty six shillings by the yeare, during her life: (2ly:) I giue to my son George Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare duering her life: 3ly I giue to my son Richard Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law, 23s by the yeare, duering her life: 4ly I giue to my son John Gardner one pt of ye seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare during her life: 5ly I giue to my son Samuell Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare duering her life. 6ly I giue to my son Joseph Gardner one pt of ye seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare during her life: I doe appoynt my sons George & Samuell Gardner, to be the executors of this my will & doe desire my loueing friends, Mr Joseph Grafton ||Sen||& Deacon Horne to bee my ouer seers to see this my will pformed
Thomas Gardner
the 7: 10: 68
Witness: Robert Pease, Samuell Golthrite
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Weighing the vncertainty of man's life, I do therefore in the time of my health, make this my last will as followeth: first I leaue vnto my wife Damaris, all the estate shee brought with her according to ower agreement: likewise I giue vnto her eight pounds, by the year during her life, to be pd her by my six sonns out of that estate I shall leaue with them, which eight pounds I giue on this condition, that shee giue vp to them her right to the third pt of my housing & lands during her life 2 I giue to my daughter Sara Balch fifteene pounds. 3 I giue to "my daughter Seeth Grafton fifteene pounds. 4 I giue to my daughter Mirian Hills two daughters, miriam Hill, & Susana Hill to each of them fiue pounds, to be pd to them, when they shall accomplish the age of eighteene yeares, or at theire mariage 5 I giue vnto my sons George & John Gardner that pt of my Salt meddow, lying on the west side of Capt. George Corwin's meddow, which I value at twenty pounds. 6 I giue vnto my sonns Samuell & Joseph Gardner, the other part of my Salt meddow, lying on the east side of Capt. Corwin's meddow, wch: I doe likwise value at twenty pounds
my will is further that my houseing, with the rest of my lands & goods, & estate with the medow before mentioned shall be deuided into seauen equall pts: yf don with agreement elce, the meddow before mentioned, only excepted shall be sould (& with the meddow as I have valued it) shalbe deuided in to seauen equall pts: which I doe giue to my six sons as followeth: first I giue to my son thomas two pts of ye seauen, he paying his mother in law forty six shillings by the yeare, during her life: (2ly:) I giue to my son George Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare duering her life: 3ly I giue to my son Richard Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law, 23s by the yeare, duering her life: 4ly I giue to my son John Gardner one pt of ye seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare during her life: 5ly I giue to my son Samuell Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare duering her life. 6ly I giue to my son Joseph Gardner one pt of ye seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare during her life: I doe appoynt my sons George & Samuell Gardner, to be the executors of this my will & doe desire my loueing friends, Mr Joseph Grafton ||Sen||& Deacon Horne to bee my ouer seers to see this my will pformed
Thomas Gardner
the 7: 10: 68
Witness: Robert Pease, Samuell Golthrite
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Weighing the vncertainty of man's life, I do therefore in the time of my health, make this my last will as followeth: first I leaue vnto my wife Damaris, all the estate shee brought with her according to ower agreement: likewise I giue vnto her eight pounds, by the year during her life, to be pd her by my six sonns out of that estate I shall leaue with them, which eight pounds I giue on this condition, that shee giue vp to them her right to the third pt of my housing & lands during her life 2 I giue to my daughter Sara Balch fifteene pounds. 3 I giue to "my daughter Seeth Grafton fifteene pounds. 4 I giue to my daughter Mirian Hills two daughters, miriam Hill, & Susana Hill to each of them fiue pounds, to be pd to them, when they shall accomplish the age of eighteene yeares, or at theire mariage 5 I giue vnto my sons George & John Gardner that pt of my Salt meddow, lying on the west side of Capt. George Corwin's meddow, which I value at twenty pounds. 6 I giue vnto my sonns Samuell & Joseph Gardner, the other part of my Salt meddow, lying on the east side of Capt. Corwin's meddow, wch: I doe likwise value at twenty pounds
my will is further that my houseing, with the rest of my lands & goods, & estate with the medow before mentioned shall be deuided into seauen equall pts: yf don with agreement elce, the meddow before mentioned, only excepted shall be sould (& with the meddow as I have valued it) shalbe deuided in to seauen equall pts: which I doe giue to my six sons as followeth: first I giue to my son thomas two pts of ye seauen, he paying his mother in law forty six shillings by the yeare, during her life: (2ly:) I giue to my son George Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare duering her life: 3ly I giue to my son Richard Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law, 23s by the yeare, duering her life: 4ly I giue to my son John Gardner one pt of ye seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare during her life: 5ly I giue to my son Samuell Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare duering her life. 6ly I giue to my son Joseph Gardner one pt of ye seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare during her life: I doe appoynt my sons George & Samuell Gardner, to be the executors of this my will & doe desire my loueing friends, Mr Joseph Grafton ||Sen||& Deacon Horne to bee my ouer seers to see this my will pformed
Thomas Gardner
the 7: 10: 68
Witness: Robert Pease, Samuell Golthrite
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I George Badcocke hauing my ordinary Reason and vnderstanding though Sicke and weake doe make this my Last will and testament. I knowing the certainty of Death doe looke vpon it as my duty to set my house in order and Doe therefore Dispose of my outward estate as followeth. After my Body bee decently buried and my debts honestly paid I doe giue to my deare and Loving wife Mary Badcocke the vse and profit of all my vpland and meadowe in Milton and Elswhere for her owne maynte-nance and to bring vp the Children: And if my wife Mary Badcocke marry before the Children bee brought vp to age then to haue one hundred pound paid her at her marriage in moveables and soe to remoue from the estate and the rest of the Estate to remaine entire to bring vp the Children till they come vp to age: Furthermore it is my will that if my wife Mary Badcocke "marry and haue children to haue fifty pounds of this hundred pound to bee at her owne Disposing But if shee marry after my decease and haue noe Issue then after her decease to returne the hundred pounds to bee equally diuided amoung my children: ffurdermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Beniamin Badcocke shall haue out of my Estate in Milton three acres of Salt Marsh Joyning to Mr Wilsons vpland and alsoe foure Acres of tillage Land : Alsoe to haue liberty to breake vp Land for his owne vse to the value of tenne Acres And alsoe the profit of the fresh meadowe lying neare the sheep pen in Dorchester and alsoe that peece off pasture Land lying on the South Side of the Country highway betwixt Thomas Swifts Land and William Daniells Land in Milton And alsoe A Bed and ordinarie furniture to it, which the said Beniamin Badcocke is to haue to his owne proper vse vntill the Estate in Milton come to bee equally diuided and alsoe it is my mind and will that my Sonne Beniamin Badcocke shall haue the old house to Dwell in vntill the Estate come to bee diuided which is to bee vnderstood Either at her marriage or at her Death: Furthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Returne Badcocke shall haue the Mill vp att Dartmouth in plymouth pattent and the bowsing and the halfe share of land which doth belong to it. ffurthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne George Badcocke shall haue that halfe share of land that lyeth at the going on to the horse necke at Dartmouth in plymouth patten. ffurthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Joseph Badcocke shall haue that half share of Land that lyeth at a place knowne by the name of the Rockes at Dartmouth in Plymouth pattent which three halfe shares containes both vpland and meadowe which shares of Land each of them are to be possessed of when the whole Estate comes to bee equally diuided. ffurthermore it is my mind and Will that my Daughters Mary Ellen and Dorothy Badcocke shall haue each of them fifteene pounds paid to them in moveables after my decease. And further my will is that Rachel Badcocke & Leah Badcocke shall Each of them haue fifteen pounds is they come to bee of Age to bee paid in moveables.
And further my will is that when my youngest Sonne Joseph Badcocke comes to bee of age that my Daughters each of them Mary Ellen Dorothy Badcocke Rachell Badcock Leah Badcock shall haue paid to them out my Estate twenty pounds a peece in moveables or Current pay as the Country affords. ffurthermore my will is that when my wife is removed by marriage or Death that then my Estate in Milton and Dorchester which then Remaines shal bee equally diuided among my Children that is Benjamin Badcock Enoch Badcock Mary Ellen Dorothy Badcock Rachell Badcock Leah Badcock. ffurther my mind and will is that my Sonnes Benjamin and Enoch shall haue the Refusing of all my housing and Lands both in Milton and in Dorchester to purchase it wth current pay as the Country affords and they shall haue the said Lands at the Inventory price. And further my will is that when my bowsing & Lands shall bee equally diuided that then my Sonne Beniamin shall haue his choice in the bowsing and Lauds. And further my will is that if any of my Children die before they come to Age then their portion is equally to bee diuided amongst my Living Children. ffurther my will is that my deare and Loving wife Mary Badcock and my kind and Loving Sonne Benjamin Badcock shalbee Sole Executrix and Executor of this my Last will and testament. ffurther it is my will that if my Sonne Enoch Badcock attaine to learne his trade then to haue but one halfe of the portion which is above specified: and then the other halfe shalbee at my wiues disposing to give to her grandchildren. Further it is my will that the tenn pounds which my daughter Mary Ellen hath already receiued shalbee part of the fifteen pounds wch is the first paymt that is spoken of in the will. In witnes whereof I haue set my hand this 26th of September 1671. Further it is my will that my Deare and Loving Brother Robert Badcock and my Neighbour Joseph Belcher shalt bee overseers that this my will bee fullfilled.
George Badcocke.
Witnes. Thomas Swift.
Thomas Holman
As a Coddicill to this will the said George Badcock did afterwards will and Declare that his Executor or Executrix should make a Legall Deed to Thomas Swift of Milton for a peece of Land sould to him by the said Badcock.
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I George Badcocke hauing my ordinary Reason and vnderstanding though Sicke and weake doe make this my Last will and testament. I knowing the certainty of Death doe looke vpon it as my duty to set my house in order and Doe therefore Dispose of my outward estate as followeth. After my Body bee decently buried and my debts honestly paid I doe giue to my deare and Loving wife Mary Badcocke the vse and profit of all my vpland and meadowe in Milton and Elswhere for her owne maynte-nance and to bring vp the Children: And if my wife Mary Badcocke marry before the Children bee brought vp to age then to haue one hundred pound paid her at her marriage in moveables and soe to remoue from the estate and the rest of the Estate to remaine entire to bring vp the Children till they come vp to age: Furthermore it is my will that if my wife Mary Badcocke "marry and haue children to haue fifty pounds of this hundred pound to bee at her owne Disposing But if shee marry after my decease and haue noe Issue then after her decease to returne the hundred pounds to bee equally diuided amoung my children: ffurdermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Beniamin Badcocke shall haue out of my Estate in Milton three acres of Salt Marsh Joyning to Mr Wilsons vpland and alsoe foure Acres of tillage Land : Alsoe to haue liberty to breake vp Land for his owne vse to the value of tenne Acres And alsoe the profit of the fresh meadowe lying neare the sheep pen in Dorchester and alsoe that peece off pasture Land lying on the South Side of the Country highway betwixt Thomas Swifts Land and William Daniells Land in Milton And alsoe A Bed and ordinarie furniture to it, which the said Beniamin Badcocke is to haue to his owne proper vse vntill the Estate in Milton come to bee equally diuided and alsoe it is my mind and will that my Sonne Beniamin Badcocke shall haue the old house to Dwell in vntill the Estate come to bee diuided which is to bee vnderstood Either at her marriage or at her Death: Furthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Returne Badcocke shall haue the Mill vp att Dartmouth in plymouth pattent and the bowsing and the halfe share of land which doth belong to it. ffurthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne George Badcocke shall haue that halfe share of land that lyeth at the going on to the horse necke at Dartmouth in plymouth patten. ffurthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Joseph Badcocke shall haue that half share of Land that lyeth at a place knowne by the name of the Rockes at Dartmouth in Plymouth pattent which three halfe shares containes both vpland and meadowe which shares of Land each of them are to be possessed of when the whole Estate comes to bee equally diuided. ffurthermore it is my mind and Will that my Daughters Mary Ellen and Dorothy Badcocke shall haue each of them fifteene pounds paid to them in moveables after my decease. And further my will is that Rachel Badcocke & Leah Badcocke shall Each of them haue fifteen pounds is they come to bee of Age to bee paid in moveables.
And further my will is that when my youngest Sonne Joseph Badcocke comes to bee of age that my Daughters each of them Mary Ellen Dorothy Badcocke Rachell Badcock Leah Badcock shall haue paid to them out my Estate twenty pounds a peece in moveables or Current pay as the Country affords. ffurthermore my will is that when my wife is removed by marriage or Death that then my Estate in Milton and Dorchester which then Remaines shal bee equally diuided among my Children that is Benjamin Badcock Enoch Badcock Mary Ellen Dorothy Badcock Rachell Badcock Leah Badcock. ffurther my mind and will is that my Sonnes Benjamin and Enoch shall haue the Refusing of all my housing and Lands both in Milton and in Dorchester to purchase it wth current pay as the Country affords and they shall haue the said Lands at the Inventory price. And further my will is that when my bowsing & Lands shall bee equally diuided that then my Sonne Beniamin shall haue his choice in the bowsing and Lauds. And further my will is that if any of my Children die before they come to Age then their portion is equally to bee diuided amongst my Living Children. ffurther my will is that my deare and Loving wife Mary Badcock and my kind and Loving Sonne Benjamin Badcock shalbee Sole Executrix and Executor of this my Last will and testament. ffurther it is my will that if my Sonne Enoch Badcock attaine to learne his trade then to haue but one halfe of the portion which is above specified: and then the other halfe shalbee at my wiues disposing to give to her grandchildren. Further it is my will that the tenn pounds which my daughter Mary Ellen hath already receiued shalbee part of the fifteen pounds wch is the first paymt that is spoken of in the will. In witnes whereof I haue set my hand this 26th of September 1671. Further it is my will that my Deare and Loving Brother Robert Badcock and my Neighbour Joseph Belcher shalt bee overseers that this my will bee fullfilled.
George Badcocke.
Witnes. Thomas Swift.
Thomas Holman
As a Coddicill to this will the said George Badcock did afterwards will and Declare that his Executor or Executrix should make a Legall Deed to Thomas Swift of Milton for a peece of Land sould to him by the said Badcock.
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I George Badcocke hauing my ordinary Reason and vnderstanding though Sicke and weake doe make this my Last will and testament. I knowing the certainty of Death doe looke vpon it as my duty to set my house in order and Doe therefore Dispose of my outward estate as followeth. After my Body bee decently buried and my debts honestly paid I doe giue to my deare and Loving wife Mary Badcocke the vse and profit of all my vpland and meadowe in Milton and Elswhere for her owne maynte-nance and to bring vp the Children: And if my wife Mary Badcocke marry before the Children bee brought vp to age then to haue one hundred pound paid her at her marriage in moveables and soe to remoue from the estate and the rest of the Estate to remaine entire to bring vp the Children till they come vp to age: Furthermore it is my will that if my wife Mary Badcocke "marry and haue children to haue fifty pounds of this hundred pound to bee at her owne Disposing But if shee marry after my decease and haue noe Issue then after her decease to returne the hundred pounds to bee equally diuided amoung my children: ffurdermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Beniamin Badcocke shall haue out of my Estate in Milton three acres of Salt Marsh Joyning to Mr Wilsons vpland and alsoe foure Acres of tillage Land : Alsoe to haue liberty to breake vp Land for his owne vse to the value of tenne Acres And alsoe the profit of the fresh meadowe lying neare the sheep pen in Dorchester and alsoe that peece off pasture Land lying on the South Side of the Country highway betwixt Thomas Swifts Land and William Daniells Land in Milton And alsoe A Bed and ordinarie furniture to it, which the said Beniamin Badcocke is to haue to his owne proper vse vntill the Estate in Milton come to bee equally diuided and alsoe it is my mind and will that my Sonne Beniamin Badcocke shall haue the old house to Dwell in vntill the Estate come to bee diuided which is to bee vnderstood Either at her marriage or at her Death: Furthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Returne Badcocke shall haue the Mill vp att Dartmouth in plymouth pattent and the bowsing and the halfe share of land which doth belong to it. ffurthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne George Badcocke shall haue that halfe share of land that lyeth at the going on to the horse necke at Dartmouth in plymouth patten. ffurthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Joseph Badcocke shall haue that half share of Land that lyeth at a place knowne by the name of the Rockes at Dartmouth in Plymouth pattent which three halfe shares containes both vpland and meadowe which shares of Land each of them are to be possessed of when the whole Estate comes to bee equally diuided. ffurthermore it is my mind and Will that my Daughters Mary Ellen and Dorothy Badcocke shall haue each of them fifteene pounds paid to them in moveables after my decease. And further my will is that Rachel Badcocke & Leah Badcocke shall Each of them haue fifteen pounds is they come to bee of Age to bee paid in moveables.
And further my will is that when my youngest Sonne Joseph Badcocke comes to bee of age that my Daughters each of them Mary Ellen Dorothy Badcocke Rachell Badcock Leah Badcock shall haue paid to them out my Estate twenty pounds a peece in moveables or Current pay as the Country affords. ffurthermore my will is that when my wife is removed by marriage or Death that then my Estate in Milton and Dorchester which then Remaines shal bee equally diuided among my Children that is Benjamin Badcock Enoch Badcock Mary Ellen Dorothy Badcock Rachell Badcock Leah Badcock. ffurther my mind and will is that my Sonnes Benjamin and Enoch shall haue the Refusing of all my housing and Lands both in Milton and in Dorchester to purchase it wth current pay as the Country affords and they shall haue the said Lands at the Inventory price. And further my will is that when my bowsing & Lands shall bee equally diuided that then my Sonne Beniamin shall haue his choice in the bowsing and Lauds. And further my will is that if any of my Children die before they come to Age then their portion is equally to bee diuided amongst my Living Children. ffurther my will is that my deare and Loving wife Mary Badcock and my kind and Loving Sonne Benjamin Badcock shalbee Sole Executrix and Executor of this my Last will and testament. ffurther it is my will that if my Sonne Enoch Badcock attaine to learne his trade then to haue but one halfe of the portion which is above specified: and then the other halfe shalbee at my wiues disposing to give to her grandchildren. Further it is my will that the tenn pounds which my daughter Mary Ellen hath already receiued shalbee part of the fifteen pounds wch is the first paymt that is spoken of in the will. In witnes whereof I haue set my hand this 26th of September 1671. Further it is my will that my Deare and Loving Brother Robert Badcock and my Neighbour Joseph Belcher shalt bee overseers that this my will bee fullfilled.
George Badcocke.
Witnes. Thomas Swift.
Thomas Holman
As a Coddicill to this will the said George Badcock did afterwards will and Declare that his Executor or Executrix should make a Legall Deed to Thomas Swift of Milton for a peece of Land sould to him by the said Badcock.
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I George Badcocke hauing my ordinary Reason and vnderstanding though Sicke and weake doe make this my Last will and testament. I knowing the certainty of Death doe looke vpon it as my duty to set my house in order and Doe therefore Dispose of my outward estate as followeth. After my Body bee decently buried and my debts honestly paid I doe giue to my deare and Loving wife Mary Badcocke the vse and profit of all my vpland and meadowe in Milton and Elswhere for her owne maynte-nance and to bring vp the Children: And if my wife Mary Badcocke marry before the Children bee brought vp to age then to haue one hundred pound paid her at her marriage in moveables and soe to remoue from the estate and the rest of the Estate to remaine entire to bring vp the Children till they come vp to age: Furthermore it is my will that if my wife Mary Badcocke "marry and haue children to haue fifty pounds of this hundred pound to bee at her owne Disposing But if shee marry after my decease and haue noe Issue then after her decease to returne the hundred pounds to bee equally diuided amoung my children: ffurdermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Beniamin Badcocke shall haue out of my Estate in Milton three acres of Salt Marsh Joyning to Mr Wilsons vpland and alsoe foure Acres of tillage Land : Alsoe to haue liberty to breake vp Land for his owne vse to the value of tenne Acres And alsoe the profit of the fresh meadowe lying neare the sheep pen in Dorchester and alsoe that peece off pasture Land lying on the South Side of the Country highway betwixt Thomas Swifts Land and William Daniells Land in Milton And alsoe A Bed and ordinarie furniture to it, which the said Beniamin Badcocke is to haue to his owne proper vse vntill the Estate in Milton come to bee equally diuided and alsoe it is my mind and will that my Sonne Beniamin Badcocke shall haue the old house to Dwell in vntill the Estate come to bee diuided which is to bee vnderstood Either at her marriage or at her Death: Furthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Returne Badcocke shall haue the Mill vp att Dartmouth in plymouth pattent and the bowsing and the halfe share of land which doth belong to it. ffurthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne George Badcocke shall haue that halfe share of land that lyeth at the going on to the horse necke at Dartmouth in plymouth patten. ffurthermore it is my mind and will that my Sonne Joseph Badcocke shall haue that half share of Land that lyeth at a place knowne by the name of the Rockes at Dartmouth in Plymouth pattent which three halfe shares containes both vpland and meadowe which shares of Land each of them are to be possessed of when the whole Estate comes to bee equally diuided. ffurthermore it is my mind and Will that my Daughters Mary Ellen and Dorothy Badcocke shall haue each of them fifteene pounds paid to them in moveables after my decease. And further my will is that Rachel Badcocke & Leah Badcocke shall Each of them haue fifteen pounds is they come to bee of Age to bee paid in moveables.
And further my will is that when my youngest Sonne Joseph Badcocke comes to bee of age that my Daughters each of them Mary Ellen Dorothy Badcocke Rachell Badcock Leah Badcock shall haue paid to them out my Estate twenty pounds a peece in moveables or Current pay as the Country affords. ffurthermore my will is that when my wife is removed by marriage or Death that then my Estate in Milton and Dorchester which then Remaines shal bee equally diuided among my Children that is Benjamin Badcock Enoch Badcock Mary Ellen Dorothy Badcock Rachell Badcock Leah Badcock. ffurther my mind and will is that my Sonnes Benjamin and Enoch shall haue the Refusing of all my housing and Lands both in Milton and in Dorchester to purchase it wth current pay as the Country affords and they shall haue the said Lands at the Inventory price. And further my will is that when my bowsing & Lands shall bee equally diuided that then my Sonne Beniamin shall haue his choice in the bowsing and Lauds. And further my will is that if any of my Children die before they come to Age then their portion is equally to bee diuided amongst my Living Children. ffurther my will is that my deare and Loving wife Mary Badcock and my kind and Loving Sonne Benjamin Badcock shalbee Sole Executrix and Executor of this my Last will and testament. ffurther it is my will that if my Sonne Enoch Badcock attaine to learne his trade then to haue but one halfe of the portion which is above specified: and then the other halfe shalbee at my wiues disposing to give to her grandchildren. Further it is my will that the tenn pounds which my daughter Mary Ellen hath already receiued shalbee part of the fifteen pounds wch is the first paymt that is spoken of in the will. In witnes whereof I haue set my hand this 26th of September 1671. Further it is my will that my Deare and Loving Brother Robert Badcock and my Neighbour Joseph Belcher shalt bee overseers that this my will bee fullfilled.
George Badcocke.
Witnes. Thomas Swift.
Thomas Holman
As a Coddicill to this will the said George Badcock did afterwards will and Declare that his Executor or Executrix should make a Legall Deed to Thomas Swift of Milton for a peece of Land sould to him by the said Badcock.
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I Philip Reade of Waymouth, beeing weake of body; but of a sound memory & di∫po∫ing minde, doe make this my la∫t will & te∫tament as ffolloweth; tht is to ∫ay
I having already given unto my son Phillip Read upon his marriage all my divi∫ions of common Land in ye Town of Waymouth that is one great lot containing twelve acres more or le∫s, & two common lotts one in the upper & the other in the lower divi∫ion of common lotts together wth halfe a swamp lot & halfe an acre & twenty rod of fresh meadow and having al∫o then given him five or ∫ix acres of arable land, lying without my pa∫ture fence, in ye feild called the Range; And having al∫o given unto John Vining my loving son-in-law; halfe an acre & twenty rod more or le∫s of ffresh meadow & half a swamp lott I doe now confirm, unto them both, all the∫e my former gifts unto them by this my la∫t will; this being thus di∫po∫ed of,
I doe give & bequeath, all the re∫t of my land in waymouth undi∫po∫ed of, together with my hou∫e & barne unto mary my wife, to bee fully & wholy unto her u∫e dureing her naturall life; And after my wife's decea∫e, my will is ____
I doe give & bequeath my hou∫e and one acre & halfe of the Land adjoining unto my hou∫e of which the orchard is to bee a part unto my son Philip; all ye re∫t of my land, that is to say all the re∫t of my Land in King Oak Hill adjoining to my hou∫e together with my Pa∫ture as now it lyeth in the Range,
I doe give & bequeath after my wife's decea∫e unto my son in law John Vining ffurther I doe give & bequeath all my hou∫ehold stuffe, cattle & other e∫tate in moveables, unto my wife to bee di∫po∫ed of as she shall plea∫e.
I doe con∫titute my ffaithfull beloved wife ye sole executrix of this my la∫t will.
And finally I doe appoint my Beloved Brother Thomas Dyar and my loving ffreind Richard Porter, my over∫eers, to see this my la∫t will & te∫tament performed according to ye true intent & meaning thereof, I doe by this my la∫t will make void all other wills heretofore made by mee, I declare this to bee my la∫t will & for the confirmation hereof I have set my hand & seale this 15 day of December in ye year of our Lord 1674.
Signed Sealed in the presence of
Samuel Torrey
Thomas Dyer
The following written in the left margin:
Mr Sam: Tory & Deacon Thomas Dyer appearing before Jno Leverett A∫t Gov [torn]
Edw Tyng Esq a∫si∫t this 5th May 1676 made Oath that they beeing present scribed their names a∫ witne∫ses to this In∫trument & saw & heard Phillip Reade ∫ign seale & publi∫h ye same a∫ his La∫t will & te∫tamt & a∫ when hee so did hee was of a di∫po∫ing mind to ye best of yr knowledge a∫ Atte∫ts.
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In the Name of God Amen I Jeremiah Moulton of York in ye County of York in ye Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England Expecting Daily my Great Change by Reason of ye many Infirmities of old age which I find Continually increasing upon me altho at Present Blessed be God I am in health & of sound Iudgment & Memory and knowing that it is my Duty to Set my House in order, and willing as much as in me lies to Prevent Contention & the Said Fruits thereof Between my Dear Children after my Decease and to this End looking up to heaven for Guidance in So Important an affair I Do Revoking & Nulling all other & former Wills & Testaments by me made now make this as my Last Will and Testamt in Manner and form as followeth.
First and above all I committ my Precious & immortal Soul into the hands of my faithfull Creator & Mercifull Redeemer Desiring to be found in Christ having on his Righteousness not my own and my Body I Committ to ye Earth Deceantly and in Christian Manner to be Buried by my Executors hereafter Mentioned in hope of a Glorious Resurrection to Life Eternal and then as to that Worldly Estate which God hath Mercifully given me I Dispose of it in Manner Following.
Imprimis I give unto my only Joseph Moulton all that my Farm on which he Some Time Since Lived Together with all the Priviledges Common Rights & Appurtenances thereunto Belonging (Excepting Twenty acres hereafter Given to my Grand Son Abel Moulton Eldest Son of sd Joseph Moulton) with which Farm aboveS d I give and bequeath all ye Housing whether dwelling House Barns &c : that now Stands on Said Farm I Do also bequeath unto my Said Son Joseph all my upland Lying in that Part of ye Town Called Scotland Extending as far As york Bridge
Item : I Give and Bequeath unto my Son Johnson Harmon and mary his Wife my only Daughter all that my home Stead on which I now Live about Ten acres be it more or Less Together with my now Dwelling House as also my Ware-house & Barns on Said Home Place Excepting only ye use of one half of my sd Dwelling House to my beloved Wife Alice if She Shall See Cause to Dwell in it and as Long as She Shall Please to make use of it &c : I Do further give unto my Said Son and Daughter Harmon all that my Pasture whether upland or Meadow Ground Containing betwixt fourty and fifty acres be it more or Less Lying between ye Land now in ye Possession of Nathanael Donnel and the Land in the Possession of ye Widow Blacks or her Son Samuel Together with all the Priviledges Common Rights and appurtenances beloing both to my HomStead & Pasture abovesd to my Said Son and Daughter Harmon During their Natural Lives and after both their Decease both ye Home Place and ye Pasture abovesd with all Priviledges & Common Rights or Appurtenances whatsoever to be Equally Divided between my Two Grand Sons Johnson Harmon & Joseph Harmon.
I Do also give & Bequeath unto my sd Son & Daughter Harmon all that my Piece of Salt Marsh Lying Near ye Partings of York River Adjoyning to the Land of Capt Samuel Came & the Marsh of JoSeph Harmon Containing about five acres be it more or Less which Marsh Shall also be Equally Divided betwixt my Two Grand Sons Johnson Harmon & Joseph Harmon after ye Death of their and Mother.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Grand Son Abel Moulton Twenty acres of Land Lying on that Side of my Farm above the Mill Creek Next to the Land of William Bracy. as also one acre of my Salt Marsh Lying at or Near the Place Called Scotland where he Shall Choose the Same.
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Grand : Son Jeremiah Moulton and my Two Grand Daughters Abigail Bane & Mary Jaques all the Residue of my Salt Marsh Lynig at the Place aforesd Called Scotland besides ye one acre above bequeathed to my Grand Son Abel Moulton as also all my Salt Marsh Lying Near York Bridge ye whole of sd Marsh to be Equally Divided between the Sd Jeremiah Moulton, Abigail Bane & Mary Jaques.
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Loving & Faithfull Wife Alice besides her Thirds of my Estate & what She might Claime of it by Virtue of ye Laws of this Province, all that was her Right in the Estate of her former Husband Samuel Donnel of sd York Esq r Deceased even The whole of what I am Entituled to by Virtue of this my Second Marriage with Sd Allice my now Wife I Give and Bequeath it to my Said now Wife & her Heirs forever So that it Shall not be in ye Power of any by from or under me whether Heirs Executors Administrators or assigns &c : to Enter into Possession of or Lay Claim unto any part what was my sd Wife her Estate at the Time and before my Marriage with my Present Wife This I Mention and this I ordain in my Will to Prevent any Trouble to my Dear Wife or any of hers after my Decease.
Finally I Do Constitute & appoint my Son Joseph Moulton & my in Law Johnson Harmon to be the Exec r s of this my Last Will & Testament to Take Care that my Iust Debts and funerall Charges be Paid out of my Moveable Estate & what Shall be left of my Personal and Moueable Estate after my said Debts & funeral Charges Shall be paid I Do hereby Give and Bequeath unto my sd Son in Law Johnson Harmon whether the Same be Stock House Hold Goods or any other Moveables whatsoever : only that the Said Abigail Bean the Wife of Lewis Beane & the Said Mary Jaquesh the Wife of Richard Jaques my Two Eldest Grand Daughters Shall have all my Pewter Platers and Plates to be Equally Divided between them.
and now I Ratifie and Confirm the whole of this my Last Will & Testament & Every Paragraph article & Clause thereof.
In Witness whereof I ye said Jeremiah Moulton have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this Ninth Day of May in the thirteenth Year of King George's Reign Annoque Domini 1727.
Signed Sealed Published Ieremiah Moulton (Seal)
Pronounced & Declared by his Mark
the afore Named Ieremiah
Moulton to be his Last
Will & Testament in
Presence of us
Ioseph X Abbot
his mark
Sarah X Aris
her mark
Joseph Moody | Moulton, Capt. Jeremiah Esq. (I275)
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In the Name of God Amen I Jeremiah Moulton of York in ye County of York in ye Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England Expecting Daily my Great Change by Reason of ye many Infirmities of old age which I find Continually increasing upon me altho at Present Blessed be God I am in health & of sound Iudgment & Memory and knowing that it is my Duty to Set my House in order, and willing as much as in me lies to Prevent Contention & the Said Fruits thereof Between my Dear Children after my Decease and to this End looking up to heaven for Guidance in So Important an affair I Do Revoking & Nulling all other & former Wills & Testaments by me made now make this as my Last Will and Testamt in Manner and form as followeth.
First and above all I committ my Precious & immortal Soul into the hands of my faithfull Creator & Mercifull Redeemer Desiring to be found in Christ having on his Righteousness not my own and my Body I Committ to ye Earth Deceantly and in Christian Manner to be Buried by my Executors hereafter Mentioned in hope of a Glorious Resurrection to Life Eternal and then as to that Worldly Estate which God hath Mercifully given me I Dispose of it in Manner Following.
Imprimis I give unto my only Joseph Moulton all that my Farm on which he Some Time Since Lived Together with all the Priviledges Common Rights & Appurtenances thereunto Belonging (Excepting Twenty acres hereafter Given to my Grand Son Abel Moulton Eldest Son of sd Joseph Moulton) with which Farm aboveS d I give and bequeath all ye Housing whether dwelling House Barns &c : that now Stands on Said Farm I Do also bequeath unto my Said Son Joseph all my upland Lying in that Part of ye Town Called Scotland Extending as far As york Bridge
Item : I Give and Bequeath unto my Son Johnson Harmon and mary his Wife my only Daughter all that my home Stead on which I now Live about Ten acres be it more or Less Together with my now Dwelling House as also my Ware-house & Barns on Said Home Place Excepting only ye use of one half of my sd Dwelling House to my beloved Wife Alice if She Shall See Cause to Dwell in it and as Long as She Shall Please to make use of it &c : I Do further give unto my Said Son and Daughter Harmon all that my Pasture whether upland or Meadow Ground Containing betwixt fourty and fifty acres be it more or Less Lying between ye Land now in ye Possession of Nathanael Donnel and the Land in the Possession of ye Widow Blacks or her Son Samuel Together with all the Priviledges Common Rights and appurtenances beloing both to my HomStead & Pasture abovesd to my Said Son and Daughter Harmon During their Natural Lives and after both their Decease both ye Home Place and ye Pasture abovesd with all Priviledges & Common Rights or Appurtenances whatsoever to be Equally Divided between my Two Grand Sons Johnson Harmon & Joseph Harmon.
I Do also give & Bequeath unto my sd Son & Daughter Harmon all that my Piece of Salt Marsh Lying Near ye Partings of York River Adjoyning to the Land of Capt Samuel Came & the Marsh of JoSeph Harmon Containing about five acres be it more or Less which Marsh Shall also be Equally Divided betwixt my Two Grand Sons Johnson Harmon & Joseph Harmon after ye Death of their and Mother.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Grand Son Abel Moulton Twenty acres of Land Lying on that Side of my Farm above the Mill Creek Next to the Land of William Bracy. as also one acre of my Salt Marsh Lying at or Near the Place Called Scotland where he Shall Choose the Same.
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Grand : Son Jeremiah Moulton and my Two Grand Daughters Abigail Bane & Mary Jaques all the Residue of my Salt Marsh Lynig at the Place aforesd Called Scotland besides ye one acre above bequeathed to my Grand Son Abel Moulton as also all my Salt Marsh Lying Near York Bridge ye whole of sd Marsh to be Equally Divided between the Sd Jeremiah Moulton, Abigail Bane & Mary Jaques.
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Loving & Faithfull Wife Alice besides her Thirds of my Estate & what She might Claime of it by Virtue of ye Laws of this Province, all that was her Right in the Estate of her former Husband Samuel Donnel of sd York Esq r Deceased even The whole of what I am Entituled to by Virtue of this my Second Marriage with Sd Allice my now Wife I Give and Bequeath it to my Said now Wife & her Heirs forever So that it Shall not be in ye Power of any by from or under me whether Heirs Executors Administrators or assigns &c : to Enter into Possession of or Lay Claim unto any part what was my sd Wife her Estate at the Time and before my Marriage with my Present Wife This I Mention and this I ordain in my Will to Prevent any Trouble to my Dear Wife or any of hers after my Decease.
Finally I Do Constitute & appoint my Son Joseph Moulton & my in Law Johnson Harmon to be the Exec r s of this my Last Will & Testament to Take Care that my Iust Debts and funerall Charges be Paid out of my Moveable Estate & what Shall be left of my Personal and Moueable Estate after my said Debts & funeral Charges Shall be paid I Do hereby Give and Bequeath unto my sd Son in Law Johnson Harmon whether the Same be Stock House Hold Goods or any other Moveables whatsoever : only that the Said Abigail Bean the Wife of Lewis Beane & the Said Mary Jaquesh the Wife of Richard Jaques my Two Eldest Grand Daughters Shall have all my Pewter Platers and Plates to be Equally Divided between them.
and now I Ratifie and Confirm the whole of this my Last Will & Testament & Every Paragraph article & Clause thereof.
In Witness whereof I ye said Jeremiah Moulton have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this Ninth Day of May in the thirteenth Year of King George's Reign Annoque Domini 1727.
Signed Sealed Published Ieremiah Moulton (Seal)
Pronounced & Declared by his Mark
the afore Named Ieremiah
Moulton to be his Last
Will & Testament in
Presence of us
Ioseph X Abbot
his mark
Sarah X Aris
her mark
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Know all men by these presents that whereas John Winthrop Junior of Boston in New England esqr. doth purpose at his retorne with all convenient speed to erect and build a worke for the making of Iron: and hath taken in divers Copartners for the advance and effecting thereof, whereas alsoe Nicholas Bond of the Citye of Westm[inster] in the Countye of Midd[lesex] esqr. hath before the sealing hereof delivered and payed vnto the said John the some of one hundreth pounds of lawfull monie of England to be imployed in the said Iron worke for the best benefitt and advantage of the said Nicholas Bond his executours administratours and assignees, which said some of one hundreth pounds, and all the benefitt advantage and encrease, that shall from tyme to tyme and at all tymes hereafter arise and growe, Wee the said John Winthrop Emanuell Downinge and Hugh Peter doe hereby for our selves our seuerall and respective executours and administratours promise and agree to be accomptable vnto the said Nicholas Bond his executours administratours and assignees for the same, according to the trew entent and meaninge of these presents, without fraude, Covenn or Collusion; witnes our hands and seales this 23d day of March Anno Domini 1642.
John Winthrop
Hugh Peter
Em: Downinge
Sealed and deliuered in the presence of vs:
Tho: Welde
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Know all men by these presents that whereas John Winthrop Junior of Boston in New England esqr. doth purpose at his retorne with all convenient speed to erect and build a worke for the making of Iron: and hath taken in divers Copartners for the advance and effecting thereof, whereas alsoe Nicholas Bond of the Citye of Westm[inster] in the Countye of Midd[lesex] esqr. hath before the sealing hereof delivered and payed vnto the said John the some of one hundreth pounds of lawfull monie of England to be imployed in the said Iron worke for the best benefitt and advantage of the said Nicholas Bond his executours administratours and assignees, which said some of one hundreth pounds, and all the benefitt advantage and encrease, that shall from tyme to tyme and at all tymes hereafter arise and growe, Wee the said John Winthrop Emanuell Downinge and Hugh Peter doe hereby for our selves our seuerall and respective executours and administratours promise and agree to be accomptable vnto the said Nicholas Bond his executours administratours and assignees for the same, according to the trew entent and meaninge of these presents, without fraude, Covenn or Collusion; witnes our hands and seales this 23d day of March Anno Domini 1642.
John Winthrop
Hugh Peter
Em: Downinge
Sealed and deliuered in the presence of vs:
Tho: Welde
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Know all men by these presents that whereas John Winthrop Junior of Boston in New England esqr. doth purpose at his retorne with all convenient speed to erect and build a worke for the making of Iron: and hath taken in divers Copartners for the advance and effecting thereof, whereas alsoe Nicholas Bond of the Citye of Westm[inster] in the Countye of Midd[lesex] esqr. hath before the sealing hereof delivered and payed vnto the said John the some of one hundreth pounds of lawfull monie of England to be imployed in the said Iron worke for the best benefitt and advantage of the said Nicholas Bond his executours administratours and assignees, which said some of one hundreth pounds, and all the benefitt advantage and encrease, that shall from tyme to tyme and at all tymes hereafter arise and growe, Wee the said John Winthrop Emanuell Downinge and Hugh Peter doe hereby for our selves our seuerall and respective executours and administratours promise and agree to be accomptable vnto the said Nicholas Bond his executours administratours and assignees for the same, according to the trew entent and meaninge of these presents, without fraude, Covenn or Collusion; witnes our hands and seales this 23d day of March Anno Domini 1642.
John Winthrop
Hugh Peter
Em: Downinge
Sealed and deliuered in the presence of vs:
Tho: Welde
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The last Will & testament of William Dixon, though weake In body yet of Perfect mind, doth dispose of his outward estate as followeth/ first I do give & bequeath vnto my beloved wife Joane Dixon the vse of my whoole estate, of Lands, houseing & Cattle, for her mantenance/ Which are to bee at her soole disposeing, soe long as her naturall life doth continew, as alsoe all other househould goods, with in & with out apprtayning to my sd estate; And after the desease of my sd wife It is my will, that my sun James Dixon shall haue my houses & lands below; wch I now liue in, & one 3d part of my land & Meddows at basse Coue, & one third part of what househould goods, or Cattle shall then remajne, after the desease of my aforesd wife Joane Dixon, & for the other 2 3ds of my Lands & Meddows at Basse Cricke or Coue, & househould goods & Cattle yt then shall remajne after her desease, I do give the one thyrd thereof vnto John Brawn, & the other third, vnto Henery Millburys Children/ I do likewise give vnto my loueing daughter Susanna Frost thirty shillings as a remembrance, of which I leave in trust with my wife to send vnto her, whome I ordayne & my will is, that my sd wife shall bee soole executrix of my estate for disposeing yrof, as by this my last Will I haue ordered, as witnesse my hand & seal this 13 day of Febru: 1665:
This will signed & sealed In William Dixon (â‚›hₑᶦâ‚sâ‚—)
the Presence of us,
Edw: Rishworth/ his marke ê â‚°
John Davess/
I William Dixon do appoynt Mr Nic: Davis & Capt Jon Davess, & desire ym as ouseers to see vnto the fullfilling of my last will/ Witness my hand this 13 day of Febru: 1665:
Testis Edw: Rishworth/ Willi:̃ Dixon his Marke ₩
Symeon Dea/
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The last Will & testament of William Dixon, though weake In body yet of Perfect mind, doth dispose of his outward estate as followeth/ first I do give & bequeath vnto my beloved wife Joane Dixon the vse of my whoole estate, of Lands, houseing & Cattle, for her mantenance/ Which are to bee at her soole disposeing, soe long as her naturall life doth continew, as alsoe all other househould goods, with in & with out apprtayning to my sd estate; And after the desease of my sd wife It is my will, that my sun James Dixon shall haue my houses & lands below; wch I now liue in, & one 3d part of my land & Meddows at basse Coue, & one third part of what househould goods, or Cattle shall then remajne, after the desease of my aforesd wife Joane Dixon, & for the other 2 3ds of my Lands & Meddows at Basse Cricke or Coue, & househould goods & Cattle yt then shall remajne after her desease, I do give the one thyrd thereof vnto John Brawn, & the other third, vnto Henery Millburys Children/ I do likewise give vnto my loueing daughter Susanna Frost thirty shillings as a remembrance, of which I leave in trust with my wife to send vnto her, whome I ordayne & my will is, that my sd wife shall bee soole executrix of my estate for disposeing yrof, as by this my last Will I haue ordered, as witnesse my hand & seal this 13 day of Febru: 1665:
This will signed & sealed In William Dixon (â‚›hₑᶦâ‚sâ‚—)
the Presence of us,
Edw: Rishworth/ his marke ê â‚°
John Davess/
I William Dixon do appoynt Mr Nic: Davis & Capt Jon Davess, & desire ym as ouseers to see vnto the fullfilling of my last will/ Witness my hand this 13 day of Febru: 1665:
Testis Edw: Rishworth/ Willi:̃ Dixon his Marke ₩
Symeon Dea/
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The last will and Testament of Mr. henery Cobb made the 4th of Aprill 1673 And exhibited before the Court held att Plym; the third of June 1679 on the oathes of Mr Thomas Hinckley and Mistris Mary hinckley his wife as followeth:
I Henery Cobb of Barnstable though weake in body yett through the Mercye of God of disposing mind and memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory Life; I ame desirous accordirig to my duty to sett things in order before I goe hence, and therfore doe make this my Last Will and Testiment heerby Revoking and disanulling all former Will and Wills by word or writing hertofore by mee made; and doe heerby Constitute and declare this to be my last Will and Testament in Manor and forme following: viz: After my desire to Comitt my soule to God in Jesus Christ whoe Gave it and my body to decent buriall; when God shall please to call mee hence; and as touching my worldly estate which God hath beyond my deserts bestowed on mee my will is to dispose of it as followeth.
Imps. My Will is that all my debts in Right or Conscience to any man due, shalbe first discharged by my executrix heerafter Named; in Convenient time out of my estate; Item I will and bequeath my Great Lott of Land in Barnstable unto my son James Cobb, and to his heires and assignes for ever; hee haveing heertofore payed five pounds to my son John Cobb for his Interest therein; and wheras I heertofore Gave half my Lands att Suconeesett unto my sons John James Gershom and Eliezer equally to be devided betwixt them which was with my Consent sold and exchanged; and forty shillings being in the hand of my son James for my son Eliezers part thereof; My Will is that my son James pay unto his brother Eliezer that forty shillings in pay Currant, with the Marchant; Item I will and bequeath my New dwelling house and all the Rest of my Lands both upland and meddow unto Sarah my deare and loveing wife, during her Naturall life, for her support; and bringing up the Children I had by her
Item my will is that after her decease; my son Samuell shall have my dwelling house and two acrces of my upland; and an acree and a half of my Marsh; which I bought with his Stock being the one half of a parcell of Marsh, lying att Sandy Neck; in partenorship with my son James Item I will and bequeath to my sonnes Samuell Jonathan and Henery all the Rest of my lands both upland and meddowes, To be equally devided betwixt them after my said wifes decease, or sooner if shee see cause; To each of them theire heires and assignes for ever; Item I give and bequeath unto my sonnes John Gershom and Eliezer one shilling to each of them; and to my daughters Mary hannah and Patience to each of them one shilling out of my estate; Item I will and bequeath to my daughter Sarah my second best bed and furniture therunto belonging. Item I will and bequeath all the Rest of my estate in whatsoever It be within dores or without unto Sarah my Loveing wife; whom I doe by these presents Constitute and declare to be my sole exequitrix. In Witnes whereof I have heerunto sett my hand and seale; The date aforsaid with this word half enterlined before Insealeing heerof
Henery Cobb and a seale
In the presence of
Thomas Hinckley Assistant
Mary Hinckley
On further Consideration I the within or above mensioncd Henery Cobb have caused this Coddicell to be added to this my Last Will and Testament viz: my will is that my son Samuell shall have onely two acrees of my upland together with the Marsh att Sandy Neck within mensioned after my wifes decease; and all the Rest of my lands to be equally devided between my said three sonnes Samuell Jonathan And Henery as above mensioned
And further my will is that my son henry shall have my now dwelling house after my wifes decease, and his Pte of the land aforsaid to lye most Convenient to the said house onely my lands att the Hand shalbe equally devided between them my said three sons; whom I will that they shall Give libertie to my son James to dry thach on one half of an acree of the said Hand; when the English Corne is taken off in such place thereof as they shall Annally. appoint, unto him; In witnes wherof I have heerunto sett my hand and seale this 22cond day of February 1678.
Henery Cobb and a seale.
Signed sealed and delivered as an addition to his last Will and Testament within mensioned in the presence of us
Thomas Hinckley Assistant
Mary Hinckley
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