 Abt 1664 - 1747 (~ 73 years)
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Name |
Deborah Littlefield |
Birth |
Abt 1664 |
Wells, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America [7] |
Gender |
Female |
Will |
5 May 1716 [9] |
In the Name of God Amen This is the last Will & Testament of Samuel Webber of York in the County of Yorke in New England I the Said Webber being very Sick & weak of body & the time drawing near that I expect my great & Last Change knowing it is appointed for all men once to die, I do with good advices, being of perfect memory of Iudgement & in my right mind & underStanding; I first & Chiefly place with humbleness; and with Submission & trust in the Merits of Iesus Christ my glorifyed redeemer Commit my Soul unto God that gave it and Secondly my body to the dust from whence it was formed in hopes of a glorious ReSurrection in the day of the Lord & that after my decease my body be decently buried & that my funerall Charges & all my Lawfull debts be first payed out of my worldly Estate by my Executrix hereafter named, my worldly goods & Estate which God hath given me I do give & dispose in manner as followeth In the first place I do give to Deborah Webber my dear & loving wife all my Estate real & perSonall after my decease to her own proper vse benifit & behalfe during her widdowhood, & if after my decease She doth not marry then during her Naturall life & after her decease to & among my Children equally to be divided both real & perSonall Estate to be Equally divided among them with what they have had already onely to my Son Samuell Webber I do give Six acres of Marsh which I bought of Mr Andrew Brown at Black point all my Estate to be divided among them Samuell Webber Iohn Webber Thomas Webber and Benjamin Webber WaiteStill Webber and Ioseph Webber and Mary Webber the wife of Ioseph Sayword Deborah Webber & Dorcas Webber; and I do hereby ConStitute nominate & appoint my above Named & loving wife to be the Sole & Lawfull Executrix of this my Last will & Testament and I do give to my two youngest Sons WaiteStill & Ioseph Webber all my homeSted after their Mothers decease paying the Equal proportion to the rest of their brethren
As Witness my hand this 5th day of May 1716/
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- Role: Executor
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Will |
23 Apr 1737 [10, 11] |
In the Name of God Amen. The twenty third Day of April Anno Domini 1737. I Deborah Webber of York in the County of York in New England Widow being old and weak and infirm in Body but of perfect Mind and 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 and recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recomend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the Discretion of my Executor, 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 and dispose of the Same in the following Manner and Form.
Imprimis. I give and bequeath to my well beloved Children vizt Iohn Webber Benjamin Webber Waitstil Webber, Joseph Webber, Deborah Westcoat Wife of Andrew Westcoat (Barsheba who is now in Canada) Dorcas Baker Wife of Iohn Baker all of York aforesd to each of them Five Shilling in Money.
Item I give to my well beloved Daughter Mary Sayward Wife of Ioseph Sayward of York aforesd Gentn all my Household Goods Chattels Debts ready Money Plate Jewels Rings Utensils Brass Pewter Copper Bedding Houses Cows Oxen Sheep Hoggs and all other things to me belonging and which I may claim as in Right my own of what kind Nature quality and Condition ye Same may be or are and in what place or Places soeuer the Same may be Shall or may be found as well in my own Custody or Possession as in the Possession Hands Power and Custody of any other Person or persons whatsoever.
Item. I do Constitute make and ordain my trusty & well beloved Grandson Ionathan Sayward of York in the County aforesd Gentn to be my Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and every other former Testaments Wills Legacys and Bequests and Executors by me in any Ways before named Willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal ye Day and Year herein before written.
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Ioseph Plaisted
Abraham Nowell
Sarah Sayward
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Death |
Between 23 Apr 1737 and 19 May 1747 [5, 7, 12] |
Probate |
19 May 1747 [12] |
Person ID |
I416 |
Duane's Ancestors |
Last Modified |
15 Jan 2020 |
Father |
Capt. John Littlefield, Sr., b. Abt 1624, Titchfield, Hampshire, England d. 9 Feb 1696/7, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 73 years) |
Mother |
Patience Wakefield, b. Abt 1624 d. Aft 7 Oct 1701, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 77 years) |
Marriage |
1645 |
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America [3, 4, 13, 14] |
Family ID |
F2542 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Samuel Webber, b. 1656, York, Maine, New England, British America d. Oct 1716, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age 60 years) [6, 7, 8] |
Marriage |
1680 |
Falmouth, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America [1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 16] |
Children |
+ | 1. Deacon Samuel Webber, b. Abt 1681, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. Bef 29 May 1735, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 54 years) |
+ | 2. John Webber, b. Abt 1683, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 1748, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 65 years) |
| 3. Thomas Webber, b. 2 Feb 1684/5, Kennebec, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 26 Feb 1722/3 (Age 38 years) |
+ | 4. Mary Webber, b. Abt 1687 d. 1 Aug 1759, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 72 years) |
+ | 5. Benjamin Webber, b. 2 Jun 1690, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America  |
| 6. Deborah Webber, b. 2 Jun 1695, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 6 Jul 1698, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age 3 years) |
| 7. Joseph Webber, b. Abt 1697 d. Bef 1753 (Age ~ 55 years) |
+ | 8. Waitstill Webber, b. 18 Jan 1697/8, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 1775, Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age 76 years) |
| 9. Patience Webber, b. 18 Jan 1697/8, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 18 Feb 1697/8, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age 0 years) |
+ | 10. Deborah Webber, b. Aft 1698 |
| 11. Dorcas Webber, b. Abt 1699 |
| 12. Bathsheba Webber, b. 1702, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America  |
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Family ID |
F2429 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
12 Apr 2020 |
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Sources |
- 1. [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 577, 00466.
- 2. [S3] Hugh Hutchins of Old England, 692, 00288.
- 3. [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 439, 00218.
- 4. [S259] NEHGS Register, 67:348, 00390.
- 5. [S482] Torrey 1st, 789, 00395.
- 6. [S1357] NEXUS, 11:34, 00206.
- 7. [S1108] TEG, 29:142, 00961.
- 8. [S1424] Henry Sayward, 51, 01153.
- 9. [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 191-192, 00349.
- 10. [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 729, 00218.
- 11. [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 545-547, 00349.
- 12. [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 547, 00349.
- 13. [S144] Mass & Maine Families, Vol. 2, 483, 00368.
- 14. [S482] Torrey 1st, 468, 00395.
- 15. [S544] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4., 447, 00193.
- 16. [S464] The Loyalists of Massachusetts, 443, 00531.
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