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Capt. Samuel Came[1, 2, 3]

Male Abt 1674 - 1768  (~ 94 years)


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  • Name Samuel Came 
    Prefix Capt. 
    Birth Abt 1674  [3
    Gender Male 
    Inventory 10 Dec 1716  [4
    totalling £264: 04: 2
    • Role: Appraiser
    Occupation millwright  [3]
    Will 24 Apr 1732  [5, 6, 7

    •    In the Name of God Amen I Ioseph Pribble of York in the County of York in the Province of the Massachussets Bay in New England Yeoman being Sick of Body but as yet Blessed be God of Sound mind & memory Do make this my last will & Testament in manner following First and above all I CoÍžmitt my Soul in to 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 which a bountifull God has Graciously given me I dispose of it in manner following
           Imprimis Imprimis [sic] I give & bequeath unto my Loving & faith full Wife Ann Prible one third part of my Personall Estate forever & the Improvement of one third part of my Real Estate dureing her Naturall Life She Acquitting all Interest in that two hundred pounds hereafter given to my five Children which I had by my former Wife.
           Item I give and bequeath unto my five Elder Children Viz : Hannah Mary Nehemiah Elisebeth & Bithiah two hundred pounds Equally to be divided among them and to be forthwith paid out of my Bonds & to be improved for their best advantage by the advise of my Overseers hereafter Named & to be Delived to them at the Time of Marriage or Sooner as my Sd overseers Shall think best.
           Item I give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son Nehemiah a full double Portion of my whole Estate not herein before disposed of to be taken in Lands as the Estate Shall be Apprised by three Indeferent men to be appointed by my over seers Fifty Acres of his Sd Double Portion to be Set of to him when he shall come to be of the Age of twenty one Years & to lye on the Southwest Side of my home Stead adjoyning mr Stones Land to begin at the End next the Sea thirty poles in Breadth and So to run back the Same breadth till fifty Acres be compleated to be then apprised as afore Sd.
           Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Ioseph Preble one full Portion or Share and an half Share of all my Estate to be taken in Lands & to be Sett of to him when he Shall come of the Age of 21 years.
           Item I will and bequeath unto Each of my Daughters one full Share or equall Portion of my Estate twenty pounds thereof to be paid to Each of them by my Executrix at ye Age of Eighteen Years or time of marriage & the Residue when my youngest Child if a Son Shall be of the Age of 21 years and if a Daughter of the Age of Eighteen years.
           Item My will is that all my Children be brought up out of my Estate the Sons till they come to ye Age of twenty one years and the Daughters to the Age of Eighteen years or time of Marriage.
           Item It is my will that if the Child with which my Wife Now goeth Should be a Son He shall have an Equall Share with my Son Ioseph that is one full share and an half of my Estate to be taken in Lands when he comes of Age as aforeSd.
           Item It is my will that if either of my Sons shall Se Cause to sell his Land herein bequeathed or any Part there of his Brother or Bretherin Shall have the Refusall at the Price that three Indeferent men shall then Value it at but they shall sell to no other Person whatsoever.
           Item It is my will that my Sons shall have Liberty to take that Part of Land to be allotted to their Sisters which shall lie most Convenient to them Respectively they paying to their Sisters within three Years what the Same Shall be apprised at when the rest of my Estate is apprised as afore Said but if my Sons Shall refuse to Purchase the same as afore Said then their Sisters Shall Dispose of the Same as they Se Cause.
           Item It is my will that all the Lands herein bequeathed to my sons as afore Said or that Shall be Sold one to the other as aforeSd Shall desend to the Heirs mail of their Bodys Lawfully begotten for ever & in failure of Heirs male then to be Equally Divided among the Females Lawfully begotten as aforeSd.
           Item It is my will that my well Beloved Wife Ann Prible be & I do hereby appoint her to be the Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament.
           Item I do hereby Nominate & appoint my Trusty Friends Samll Came & Ioseph Moody Esqrs & Mr Samll Milbury to be the Over seers to Councell and Advise my Executrix with respect to the Execution of this my last Will and Testament & to end all Diferences that may arise relating to the true Intent & meaning of this my last will and Testament and any Clause or Article theirin & if either of my Sd Overseers should dye then I do desire & empower the two Survivers to appoint another in his stead and the Determination of the Said Overseers or any two of them I do hereby order to be a finall End of ye Sd Disputes relaiting to the Premises.
           Lastly I do hereby revoak any former will by me made I do hereunto set my hand and Seal April 24th 1732

      Signed Sealed Published pronounced Joseph Prible (Seal)
           & declaired by Joseph Preble above
           named as his last Will & Testament The words Yeoman
           my Forthwith whole before equall to each of on the First
           Page & on this Page the words or Brethering respectively
           to be shall or that shall be Sold by one to ye other as
           aforeSd interlined & five whole lines on this Page oblit-
           erated before Signing in Presence of us
           John Sayword
           Abill Goodwin
           Samll Black
           John Millbury

    • Role: Overseer
    Will 28 Jun 1764  [3
    Death 26 Dec 1768  [3
    Probate 2 Jan 1769  [3
    Person ID I2311  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2008 

    Father Arthur Came 
    Mother Violet ________ 
    Marriage Y  [3
    Family ID F4286  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1    [8
    Marriage 22 Nov 1699  York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Children 
     1. Abigail Came,   b. 18 Sep 1700, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Came,   b. 15 Jan 1704/5, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Young,   b. Abt 1688   d. 8 Jul 1778 (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Marriage 18 Mar 1753/4  [3, 9, 10
    Family ID F367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Nov 1699 - York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 114:44, 00390.

    2.  2.  [S314] Vital Records of York, ME, 4, 00613.

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

    4.  4.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 192, 00349.

    5.  5.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 567, 00218.

    6.  6.  [S579] Preble Genealogy, 23, 00438.

    7.  7.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 323-326, 00349.

    8.  8.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 110:174, 00390.

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

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