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Ruth Weare[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1697 - 1763  (65 years)


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  • Name Ruth Weare 
    Birth 6 Jan 1696/7  York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Will 12 May 1749  [1, 6


    •      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
    • Role: Executor
    Death 1763  [4
    Person ID I1785  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2016 

    Father Elias Weare,   b. 5 Apr 1672, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1707 (Age 35 years) 
    Mother Magdalene Hilton,   b. Apr 1671, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1725/6, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1697  York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 7, 8
    Family ID F358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lt. Moses Banks,   b. Abt 1690   d. Bef 23 Nov 1750, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 60 years)  [4, 9
    Marriage Abt 1713  [1, 5, 10
    Children 
     1. Joshua Banks,   b. 30 Sep 1713, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Elias Banks,   b. 9 Aug 1715, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1724/5, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 9 years)
     3. Mary Banks,   b. 12 Sep 1717, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. John Banks,   b. 12 Mar 1719/20, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Richard Banks,   b. 12 Jun 1722, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Elias Banks,   b. 9 Sep 1725, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Jeremiah Banks,   b. 7 Feb 1727/8, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Zebadiah Banks,   b. 7 May 1730, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Moses Banks,   b. 24 Jul 1732, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Elizabeth Banks,   b. 11 Jan 1734/5, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Ruth Banks,   b. 18 Jan 1736/7, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F91  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 44:261, 00390.

    2.  2.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 110:60, 00390.

    3.  3.  [S314] Vital Records of York, ME, 14, 00613.

    4.  4.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 146132792, 00974.

    5.  5.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 726, 00218.

    6.  6.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 636-638, 00349.

    7.  7.  [S138] Upham Family History, 55, 00558.

    8.  8.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 31:183, 00390.

    9.  9.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 146131128, 00974.

    10.  10.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 74, 00218.