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Joseph Cross[1, 2, 3]

Male 1650 - 1684  (~ 34 years)


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  • Name Joseph Cross 
    Birth SAY 1650  [4] 
    • (guesstimate)
    Gender Male 
    Administration Nov 1676  [2] 
    Frances ________, administrator
    for John Cross Sr.'s estate
    • Role: Administrator
    Event 30 Mar 1677  [3] 
    came to an agreement
    Capt. Roger Hill 
    • about what was due to his (Roger's) wife.
    • Role: Participant
    Will 2 Mar 1683/4  [5] 


    •      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 (ₛhₑᶦₐsₗₑ)
            Deliuered, in Pre-
           sence of us/
           Samuell Wheelewright/
           John Wheelewright/
    Will 11 Jun 1684  [6] 


    •      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‚°
    Death 18 Jun 1684  [2] 
    Inventory 23 Jun 1684  [6] 
    totalling £500: 05s: 3d
    Person ID I5623  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2020 

    Father John Cross, Sr.,   b. BY Abt 1614   d. 16 Oct 1676, Saco, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Mother Joan ________,   b. BY Abt 1618   d. Between 1657 and 1662 (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Marriage BY Abt 1638  [2] 
    Family ID F1882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S103] The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 49, 00539.

    2.  2.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 174, 00218.

    3.  3.  [S576] TGMSP, Peter Hill, 00516.

    4.  4.  [S943] Duane Barton, 00168.

    5.  5.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 79-81, 00349.

    6.  6.  [S455] US ME Wills 1640-1760, 81, 00349.