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George Stover[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

Male Abt 1668 - 1753  (~ 80 years)


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  • Name George Stover 
    Birth Abt 1668  [1, 7, 10
    Gender Male 
    Property 1698  Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    received a land grant
    Location:
    Cripple Cove
    Will 23 Mar 1747  [11

    •      In the Name of God Amen. The twenty third Day of March in the 21st year of His Majts Reign Annoque : Domini 1747, I George Stover of York in the County of York & Province of the Massa. Bay Yeoman, being of a sound & perfect Mind and Memory, thanks be to God, and calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men Once to die, to prevent Trouble & Disputes among such of my Children as may Survive me, concerning Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to Say, principally & first of all, I recommend my Soul into ye Hands of God that gave it, and my Body to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named in hopes of a glorious Resurrection. And as touching my worldly Estate aforesd after my just Debts & funeral Charges are paid I give demise & dispose of the Same in Manner & Form following,
           Impr. My Will is that my loving Wife Elizabeth, (besides her Dowry in my Estate as the Law allows) Shall have the Use and Improvemt of all my Household Gods, during her Life, and after her Decease to be equally divided to & among my Children.
           Item. I give and bequeath to my two youngest Sons Iosiah and Abraham all my Nubble Pasture so called Situate on the Cape Neck in York aforesd as the Same is now within Fence to be equally divided between my Said Son Josiah and Abram both for quantity & quality, and to their Heirs and Assigns forever.
           Item. My Will is and I do hereby order & direct that all the rest & residue of my Upland, in York aforesd Shall be equally divided both for quantity & quality into two parts by a Line from the Sea Ward up thrô my Land lengthways to the Head & extent thereof leaving my dwelling House and Barn in the Southwesterly part or Division thereof And the Said Southwesterly part or Division together with my Dwelling House & Barn, I will & bequeath to my two aforesd Sons Iosiah & Abraham equally to be divided between them and to their Heirs & Assigns forever, and the Northeasterly part or Division I will & bequeath to my two elder Sons Isaac & Joseph to be equally divided between them and their Heirs & Assigns forever.
           Item. I give & bequeath to my Sons Isaac Ioseph Iosiah & Abrãm all my Marsh or Meadow lying in the Cranbury Marsh so called equally to be divided between them both for Quantity & Quality and to their Heirs & Assigns forever.
           Item. My Will is that my Son Ioseph's part & Share of the Land herein before given & bequeathed to him Shall be taken up & laid out to him so as to include and take in where his dwelling House now Stands.
           Item. My Will is that my two aforesd Youngest Sons Josiah and Abraham Shall pay to my Daughter Abigail the Wife of George Rodick twenty five pounds new Tenor Bills of Credit so called equal to One Hundred pounds of the old Tenor out of what I have bequeathed before to them, and I do hereby Will to my Said Daughter Abigail the aforesd twenty five pounds which together with what I have before given her & not herein particularized Shall be in full of her Portion. And Finally, I appoint my Son Iosiah Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament, and I do hereby utterly disannul all & every other Wills Testaments Legacys & Bequests & Execrs by me in any Ways before named willed & bequeathed ratifyg and confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament.
           In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year first herein before written.
      Signed Sealed published pronounced George Stover (seal)
           & declared by the Said George
           Stover as his last Will & Testamt
           in presence of us, after the Words
            and ye Words,
            were interlined
           Iohn Millbery Dan. Moulton
           Nathaniel Freeman
    Death Between 12 Apr 1748 and 22 Mar 1753  [1, 12
    Inventory 22 Mar 1753  [12
    totalling £689: 19: 8
    Occupation yeoman  [1]
    Probate 2 Apr 1753  [12
    Person ID I1824  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2020 

    Father Sylvester Stover,   b. Abt 1628, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 21 Jul 1687 and 14 Feb 1689/90, Cape Neddick, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Norton,   b. BY Abt 1637, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 7 Dec 1714 and 4 Sep 1722, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Marriage BY Abt 1653  York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
    Family ID F2197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Abigail Elwell,   b. 13 Apr 1676, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1741 (Age < 64 years)  [1, 10
    Marriage 25 Jan 1692/3  Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 19
    Children 
     1. Joseph Stover,   b. Abt 1693
     2. Jonathan Stover,   b. 12 Apr 1696, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Isaac Stover,   b. 3 Jun 1697, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Hannah Stover,   b. 19 Feb 1701/2, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Abigail Stover,   b. 20 Apr 1703, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Mehitabel Stover,   b. 15 Feb 1705/6, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Abraham Stover,   b. 23 Feb 1706/7, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. young
     8. John Stover,   b. 26 Aug 1709, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1728, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
     9. George Stover,   b. 27 Aug 1710   d. 10 Dec 1729 (Age 19 years)
     10. David Stover,   b. 13 Nov 1712, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    +11. Josiah Stover,   b. 9 Mar 1715/6, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Abraham Stover,   b. 30 May 1718, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Young,   b. Abt 1688   d. 8 Jul 1778 (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Marriage 29 Aug 1741  York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10, 20, 21, 22, 23
    Family ID F366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Jan 1692/3 - Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - received a land grant,Location:
    Cripple Cove - 1698 - Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 29 Aug 1741 - York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 85:302, 00390.

    2.  2.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 110:283, 00390.

    3.  3.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 114:133, 00390.

    4.  4.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 200, 00539.

    5.  5.  [S300] History of Gloucester, MA, 51, 00271.

    6.  6.  [S314] Vital Records of York, ME, 33, 00613.

    7.  7.  [S783] History of York, ME, 2:23, 00779.

    8.  8.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 74:301, 00390.

    9.  9.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 716, 00395.

    10.  10.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 666, 00218.

    11.  11.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 699-701, 00349.

    12.  12.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 701, 00349.

    13.  13.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 514, 00218.

    14.  14.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 85:300, 00390.

    15.  15.  [S662] Mayflower Families, Vol. 18, Pt 1., 110, 00662.

    16.  16.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 667, 00218.

    17.  17.  [S783] History of York, ME, 2:21, 00779.

    18.  18.  [S576] TGMSP, Henry Norton, 00516.

    19.  19.  [S504] Vital Records of Gloucester, MA, Vol. 2, 196, 00579.

    20.  20.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 729, 00218.

    21.  21.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 777, 00218.

    22.  22.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 85:303, 00390.

    23.  23.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 125, 00218.