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Item I giue to my welbeloued Daughter Sarah ffernald twenty fiue Acres of Land lying and being in ye township of Portsmº on ye Plains in ye Prouince of New Hampshire
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to her & her heires Execut"s Administrat" or Assignes for euer.
Item I giue unto my welbeloued Daughter Hannah ffer- nald twenty fiue Acres of Land lying and being in ye town- ship of Portsmo on ye Plains in ye Province of New Hampshiere to her & her heires Execut" Administrat" or Assignes for euer.
Item I giue unto my welbeloued Martha ffernald ten pounds in Currant Money of New England to be paid to her her heires Execut" Administrat" or Assignes by my Son Nathaniel ffernald when she is Eighteen years of Age
Item I doe Constitute make And ordain my Dear and Louing wife to be my Sole and onely Executrix of this my last Will & Testament Desiring my brother John Spinney to be Assistant to her in any business in wch she desires his help.
And I hereby utterly disallow revoak and disannull all & euery other former Testaments and Wills by me in any way's before this time made, Ratifying and confirming this to be my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I haue hereunto Set my hand & Seal (after ye incepting of ye word sister in ye twenty fifth line & her in ye thirty Ninth line in ye foregoing page) the day & year aboue written being ye twenty fourth day of Novemb" Anno Domini. 1698 his mark
Signed Sealed & delivered Samuel SE ffernald (bis) by ye sª Samuel ffernald
as his last will & Testament
In ye presents of .
William ffernald
Elizabeth ffernald John Newmarch
Probated 3 Janry 1598. Recorded 14 Feb# 1698-9. Inventory returned at 0291: 18: 0 by Samuel Spinney and Wukam Godsoe, appraisers 22 Dec. 1698, who recite that said Fernall deceased 1 Dec 1658.
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Probate Office, 1, 62.
In the name of God Amen/ I Robert Junkins of York in ye County of York in the Province of ye Massachusets Bay in New England Planter/ being at present weak and Infirm in my body but yet through Divine goodness, of a good and sound Judgment & understanding, of a perfect Memory and of a disposing mind, but yet Sensible how ffrail a Creature I am and not knowing how Soon my change may come nor how it may please God to deal with me at this time with respect unto my present Sickness, Doe therefore make this my last Will and Testament In manner and form as followeth
Imprs I doe in ye way of faith and repentance recomend my precious & Immortall Soul into ye hands of my blessed Lord and Dear Redeemer & leave it in ye Everlasting armes of his mercy.
Item My fraile body at and after my Decease to be com- itted unto ye earth by a Decent and Christian buriall In hopes of a Joyfull resurrection wthall believing that ye worms Shall destroy this my body yet in my flesh I Shall See God.
Item As for the little Temporall Estate which God hath given unto me here in this word My Will and pleasure is And be it known by these presents, that it Shall after my Decease be disposed of as followeth Viz' My Dear & loving wife Sarah Shall for ye good affection I bear unto her, more Especially for the tender care She has Excersised towards me in my Sickness, and in the time of my old Age, have y" use and improvemt of all my houseing lands Orchards Tene- ments Goods and Chattells whatsoever of one kind and of an other after my Decease together with all ye benefits pro- due & Priviledges of ye Same During her naturall, provided that She ye said Sarah my wife Shall not have liberty from any herein to dispose or alienate or conveyance make of any of y" Premisses or their appurtenances away from my Chil- dren unto any other person or persons w'soever no more
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than Shall be absolutely nessessary for her Subsistence either by gifts Sales or Mortgages or any other Alienation whatso- ever but that after all my Lawfull Debts and Funerall Expences are discharged out of my Estate She ye sª Sarah my wife Shall and is to have and to hold to use improve ocupie possess and enjoy ye Premisses Lawfully peaceably Quietly without any let hinderance Molestation or distur- bance During ye s" Term of life And then my will and pleas- ure further is That ye whole of my Estate both moveable and Imoveable within dores and without, be Equally and Peaceably Devided among my Children and be disposed of among them all by Equall Proportions, Willing Nevertheless that my Loving wife have a competency allowed out of my s" Estate for her Decent buriall, And further I doe by these presents ordain constitute and Appoint my Dear & Loving wife to joyn as Executrix with my trusty and welbeloved friend Arthur Bragdon Sent, of York aforesa willing and requiring them & each of them both Joyntly and Severally to Se to ye Execution of this my last Will & Testamt accord- ing to ye true Purport and meaning thereof And as Execut" hereof to take care that my Dear Children be Educated and brought up with this Estate while my wife their Mother is alive and alsoe that they be not wronged of it after she is dead And In Testimony that this is my last Will and Tes- tam And that I doe hereby fully and for ever revoke and Disanull and vacate all other former Wills wtsoever I have hereunto put my hand and Seal this Second day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Six hundred Ninety and Six : Seven In ye Eighth year of his Mats Reign
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Signed Sealed & Delivered In presents of John Hancock Arthur Bragdon Jun Joseph Pray
the mark of
Robert
Iunkins (ges))
Recorded 2 Jan'y 1039. Inventory returned 3 Dec., 1609 at 90: 13 by Mathew Ane- tine and Arther bragdou Sen' appraisers,
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Probate Office, 1, 69.
In the Name of God Amen, I Samuel Whellwright of Wells in the County of Yorke in his Majties Province of the Massathusets Bay in New England being weak and Infirm of body but of Perfect Memory & of Sound understanding do make Constitute and appoint this my last Will and Tes- tament.
I Commit my Soul into the hands of Almighty god my faithfull Creator & mercifull Redeemer & my body to the Earth from whence it was taken to be decently buried by my Executors hereafter Named In hopes of a Joyful & glorious Resurrection through Jesus Christ Amen.
And as for my Worldly goods and Estate I do will and bestow as Followeth.
Impris My Will and Intent is that my funerall Charges and all my lawfull and Just Debts shall be discharged and paid by my Executes out of my Moueable Estate.
Item. I do give and 'bequeath unto my Daughter Mary one quarter part of my farm where I do now dwell, after she is Marryed & to the Children that shall be borne of her body, forever, and for want of such Heirs, to the Heirs of my son John Whelwright forever. I do except twenty Acres of land out of the whole Farme, where my dwelling house and barne stands, which I have Already excepted in a Deed of Gift to my son Joseph.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Whelwright one quarter part of my s' Farme together with that twenty Acres of land before excepted, with the housing and build- ing that are upon it, after my decease and The Decease of Hester my Wife, she having the vse and Income thereof During her Natural life, Onely Joseph shall have the libarty to make vse of one halfe of the dwelling hovse and barne if he hath occasion before my Wives decease, Also I bequeath to my Son Joseph halfe that land which I bought of Augus- tine Legendra, and all that land and meadow which I bave at Merryland, Except that part which I have already dis-
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posed of, Also I give to my son Joseph all that Towne grant of land and priviledge for a saw mill at another place near Merryland all to be to him and his Heirs lawfully begotten of his body, and for want of such Heirs to my son John Whelwright and to his Heirs forever, a double part thereof, & the other part to my Daughters and to their Heirs forever.
Item, I do give and bequeath unto Hesther my beloued Wife, all my Cattell of all sorts, with one Negro Servant named Titus, with all my Mouable estate of all sorts which is not hereafter excepted, Also one acre of Marsh which I bought of Moses Littlefield, all this to be at her dispose to all or any of her Children at her decease, I do also give to her all the rent which was dew to me from my lands at Crofts in the County of Lincoln in England, untill the time it was sold by M' Ed" Loyde, if the sª Loyde hath made sale thereof, and if the land be not sold, my Will is that Hester my beloved wife shall have all the rent of Sa land, during her naturall life, to be at her sole dispose and in case the S' land be sold, then My will is that shee shall have one Hundred pounds out of the Money. or principall the land was sold for, Out of which Hundred pounds she shall pay to my Daughter Mary Fourty pounds & to my son Joseph Thirty pounds & to my Daughter Hannah Parsons Thirty pounds, all to be paid at such time or times as my wife shall see most fitt & Convenient, And the Remainder of the said Estate I do give to my son John Whellwright to dispose of and Improve for the Vse and benefit of my wife during her naturall life & at her decease I giue the S" Estate to him and to his Heires forever, I also give to Hester my wife the vse & income of the one halfe of another Farme in Wells, dur- ing her naturall Life, which farme I have by Deed of gift given to my son John, Also provided my land aforesd in England be not Sold, Then I give to my wife the use of the Sº land during her naturall life, and after her decease I give and bequeath to my son John Whellwright all the above mentioned lands in Crofts in England with all the vse and
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Interest and benefit thereof to him and to his Heirs forever, out of which he shall pay forty pounds in money to my Daughter Mary, to be paid twenty pounds thereof. within one year after the Sd Estate comes into his hands, and the other twenty pounds to be paid within two years after, and also to pay thirty pounds to my son Joseph half money and the other halfe Equivalent to money ; And thirty pounds to my Daughter Hannah, one halfe in money & the other halfe Equivalent to money, all to be paid within two years after the Estate comes into his hands to them & to their Heirs forever, And in Case Any of them have no Children, then to the Heirs of my son John Whellwright forever.
Item. I doe give to my son John Whellwright all my Books now in the Custady of M' Eliakim Huchinson in Boston, and I give also to my son John one suit, Cloke & hatt and staffe I also give to him all my Estate which is in the hands of Capta Bozen Allen of Boston dew for my wines portion, One quarter part of what he shall recover, I doe will to my wife.
And I doe Constitute & appoint my dear & loving wife Hesther together with my loving sons John Whellwright and Joseph Whelwright to be Executors of this my last will and Testament And I doe appoint my trusty and wellbeloved freinds Cap'n Job Alcock of Portsmouth & M' Samuel Emery & M' Jonathan Hammond of Wells to be the overseers of this my last Will.
In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and Seall this Thirtyeth day of Janu"y One Thousand Six Hundred, Ninety Nine ; Seaven Hundred, 1699
Signed & Sealed in
presents of vs Sam" Emery Jonathan Hammond James Addams
Sam" Wheelwright (Seal )
Recorded 22 Janny, 1700-1. Inventory returned 11 Oct., 1700 at £917: 00: 00 by Jonas Hamond and Jonathan Littlefield appraisers who state said Weelwright "deceased 13 May 1700"; and 29 Oct., 1700 at £23: 00: 00 by Jos: Hamond and Whhamu Brikwell appraisers.
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Probate Office, i, 75.
In the Name of God Amen, I Joseph Hubart of the Par- ish of St Sover on the Island of Jearsey, but now in New England being now very Sick in Body and not knowing but that I am nigh my change, yet through gods goodness/ of a Sound understanding and memory, do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following.
Imprims I Commit my body to the Earth by a decent and Christian Burial Resinging my Soul to god that gave it depending on his mercy and the Righteousness of Jesus Christ for the Salvation of both soul and body.
I Will and bequeath to my Loving Brother Phillip Hubart of Kittery in the County of Yorke in New England, with whom I have lived and by whom I have bin Provided for and Maintained ever since my Coming to New England ; All my Estate Real & Personal That doth belong to me even. my whole Title & Interest to any Estate or part of an Estate in any wise pertaining to me in any part of the World and Particularly a Tract of land or a Field Scituate in the Par- rish of St Sover in Jearsy, lately in the Posession of my Brother John Hubart of S' Parrish, to him his Heirs or assignes forever ;
Item, I Will and appoint my Sª Brother Phillip Hubart to be the sole Executor of this my last will and Testament ; And for the Confirmation and Testimony of this to be my last Will I have set thereto my hand and Seal this twenty fourth day of March In the year of our Lord, One Thous- and Seaven Hundred and One.
Signed, Sealed, & declared to be
His
his last Will and Testa-
Joseph
Hubart
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ment, in presents of vs,
Witnesses : Daniel Stone Jonathan Stone John Wade
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Recorded 21 April 1701. Inventory returned 16 June, 1701, at £3: 00: 10 by Daniel Stone & Daniell Goudin, appraisers, who state said Hubbert " deceased 1 April 1701."
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Probate Office, 1, 79.
I Thomas Spinney of Kittery in the County of Yorke in the Prouince of the Masachusets Bay in New England yeoman, being aged and uery weak and Infirm in body but by the mercy of God, of Perfect Mind Memory and calling to Mind the Mortallity of My body, not knowing how soon it may please god to remoue me hence Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and other Wills at any time by me made either by word or Writing. That is to Say. Principally and first of all.
I recomend my soul to god my blessed Creator and my body to the Earth to be buried in such Decent and Christian manner as to my Executor hereafter Named shall Seem meet, not doubting but at the General resurection to receive the same again by the mighty power of God/ and touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me in this life I giue Devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and forme
Impres I giue and bequeath unto my well beloued son Samuel Spinney one feather bed bolster two pillows two blankets one rug one bedsted standing now in the Chamber ouer the Hall and the sett of Curtains & vall" that now belongs to it ; I also giue him all my wearing Clothes both Wollen and linnen, Except my best coat and hatt, with a confirmation of fifteen Acres of land formerly to him given as by Deed of Gift may appear
2ªly I giue and bequeath unto my well beloued son James Spinney one Yoake of oxen, one Cow & four Ewe sheep.
3dly I gine and bequeath unto my welbeloved son Thomas Spinney, my best Wearing Coat & best hatt, and fiue pounds in money.
4ªiy I giue and bequeath unto my wellbeloved son John Spinney all the land which had in Exchange, of my Daugh- ter Hannab Fernald and Nathaniel Fernald, also twenty acres of land on the. back side of the Great Coue lying betwene the land of Samuel Spinney and the land of Nathan-
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iel Fernald which was formerly purchased of Mr Richard Jose, I do also giue unto my said son John all my Houshold stuff and other my psonal Estate Except what I haue giuen . to any other in this my Will
5diy I gine unto my Daughter Hannah Fernald three pounds in money, one pair of Sheets and my largest Bible,
6dly I giue and bequeath unto my Grand Children each of them one shilling in money.
71y I giue and bequeath unto my two grand Daughters namly Mercy and Margery, all my Pewter that belongs to the Shelues in my Hall, two brass Candlesticks, one cup- board, & one table which stands in the Chamber ouer Sª Hall to be Equally divided betwene them by my son John Spinney their Father when they ariue to ye age of Eighteen years or be marryed, and if it soe happen that either of them should die before they come to age or be marryed, Then the whole to be the Survivrs.
81 I do make ordain and constitute my welbeloued son John Spinney aforest, my onely and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and doe hereby Will and require him my sª Executor in all things faithfully to dispose of all and singular ye sum or suins of money goods or Chattels mentioned and by me given in this my Will, and also to pay all my Just Debts wherein I stand obleiged ; In Witness whereof I the sª Thomas Spinney have hereunto set my hand and seal this Ninth day of July, In the Thirteenth year of the Reigne of our Soveraign Lord William the third King ouer England &c: and in the year of our Lord one Thou- sand Seaven Hundred and one.
Signed & sealed and Published
In presence of vs Thomas Fernald Her Mary X Fernald marke Jos : Hamond Judg of Probate &c :
· Tho : Spinney (Sesi.)
Recorded 23 Sept. 1701.
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Probate Office, 1, 82.
I Richard Rogers of Kittery in the County of Yorke in the Province of the Masachusets Bay in New England being of Perfect Memory and understanding but under great Indis- position of Body and not Knowing how long it may please God to Continve me in this life. Doe hereby Constitute declare and ordain this to be my last Will & Testament Revoking all other Wills heretofore Made or declared either by word or writing.
Imp" I recomend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, trusting through the Merits of Jesus Christ to Obtain full and free remission of all my sins.
My Body I comit unto ye grave in order to a Decent and Christian Burial, the Managmt whereof I leave to the Direc- tion of my Execut" and Overeears hereafter Named.
As touching what worldly Estate it hath Pleased ye lord to give me I give and bequeath as follows after my funerall Charges & Just Debts are paid.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Rebekah ten pounds in Cattle or other Merchantable pay, to be paid by my Execut" the one halfe at the day of her Marriage or one year after my Deceasc, & the othe halfe in some con- venient time after, as my Execut" can do it with convenience.
Item I doe give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sarah two Cows and eight sheep and all the Goods or hous- hold stuff which shee brought with her, that is (one small Feather bed one rugg two Iron pots one Iron Kittle that is) if shee happen to Marry or to remove from from my son John Rogers, but if she see cause to continve and be assist- ing unto my sª Son then my will is yt My sª Son shall pro- vide for and her allow her a Comfortable Maintenance out of the income of my Estate during her Natural life or so long as she shall see cause to continve with him my sª son.
Item I give and bequeath unto my son in law John Tydie two steers of about three years old if he continve
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with his mother, and my sª son John till he arrive at ye age of one and twenty years.
Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved and onely son John Rogers all my whole Estate both of Lands Cattle houses houshold stufs &c : willing him to pay Such legacies &c : as before mentioned. And I doe by these presents make and appoint my sª Wife and son John to be my Executes of this my last will and Testament, Requesting my Loving and much Esteemed friend. Ensign John Leighton, and my son in law Thomas Hunscomb to be my overseers of this my last Will whom I desire to be assistants to my Excut" upon all occations.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 11th Jan": 1700. Richard Rogers (Fia)
Signed Sealed and declared in Prest of us her Grace X Bamfield marke her Hannah X Tydy marke Jos : Hamond
Probated 25 March 1:02. Recorded 26 March, 1702. Inventory returned 28 Jan., 170}, at $ 315: 16: 00 by Jos: Hamond: Jos: Hill: Richard King, appraisers Debts due the ostate from Richard King: Daniel Fogg and John Olliver.
Probate Office, 1, 85.
In the Name of God Amen, James Warrin Sent of the Parish of Barwick, in the Town of Kittery in the County of Yorke in New England Doe make & ordaine this my last Will and Testament as followeth, being Sick and weak of body but in good and Perfect Memory.
Viz. First Comit my Soul to Grace and Mercy & my body to the dust to be decently buried at the decretion of
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my Execut" hereafter Named, and for the outward Estate which god has giuen me I doc dispose of as followeth.
1. I doe giue unto my son Gilbart Warrin all that tract of land which I bought of John Dauis Lying in the Township of Yorke to him and to his Heirs foreuer
2. I doe giue unto my son James Warrin all my other lands Marshes Medows buildings of all sorts lying in the Township of Kittery or elsewhere to him and his Heirs foreuer.
3. I doe giue unto my Daughter Margaret Stagpoal fiue shillings.
4. I doe giue unto my daughter Grizel fiue shillings,
5. I doe gine unto my Grandaughter Jane Grant fiue shillings.
6. I doe giue unto my Granson James Stagpoal one heifer & one ewe & a young sow.
7. I doe giue unto Margaret Warren my louing Wife all the rest of my Estate it being Mouables for her Comforta- ble Maintenance, and no Legacie before Mentioned to be demanded till her decease.
8. I doe Constitute & appoint My Louing Wife Margaret & my son James Warrin to be Executrix and Executors to this my Will & Testament made this ninth day of december one Thousand Seauen Hundred, as Wittness my hand. Witness vs his
Robert X Gray his marke
James
Warrin
James X Stacpole
his marke
marke
Nicholas Gowin
Probated 24 Dec. 1702. Recorded 14 Janry. 1702. Inventory returned 15 Dec. 1702, at £228: 5: 4 by Peter Grant and William Goodwin appraisers.
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Probate Office, 1, 87.
In the Name of God Amen I Martha Taylor of the Town of Kittery and County of Yorke in New England being sick of body but of Sound and disposing memory, praise be given to God for the same, Doe make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, first and princi- pally I resigne my Soul into the hands of almighty God my Creator, Assuredly hoping through the Merits of my blessed. Sauior to obtain pardon and remission of all my sins, and my body I commit to the Earth from whence it was taken, to be decently buried at the discretion of the Executor to this my last Will and Testament, hereafter Named, and as for my Worldly goods I dispose of as followeth.
Imprimis I giue and bequeath unto my daughter Mary one Green Rugg.
2%y I giue and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Clarke my wolling wearing Cloathing and two shifts.
3ły I gine and bequeath vnto my Daughter Deliverance Gooding one sheet and two shifts
4'y I giue and bequeath unto my Daughter Abigail Good- ing one sheet and two shifts. .
5ly I doe leaus the rest of my goods and Estate to defray my funeral Charges and to pay my lawfull Debts, and if any shall remaine after my Debts and funeral be Answered the same I giue and bequeath unto my Grandaughter Margaret Gooding.
617 I doc ordaine and appoint my son in law William Gooding to be Executor to this my last will and Testament and for Confirmation hereof I Set to my hand and Seal this Seuenth day of September, 1702
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Probated 10 Feb., 1702; Recorded 5 March 170g. Inventory returned 5 March, 1708 at £10: 10:00 by Thomas Goodwin and James Emery appraisers.
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Probate Office, 1, 92.
Yorke Octobr Sth 1703
The last Will and Testament of John Brawne of Yorke in the Province of Maine being sound in Judgment and Mem- ory. After my Just Debts & funeral Charges shall be paid by my Executor out of my Estate, my Will is that my housing, land, orchard Stock Tools, & ye whole of my Estate of one kind & sort or Other be divided equally by indiffer- ent men such as my overseer shall chuse into three parts and that my Cousin John More shall have one third of my whole Estate when thus divided to be Improved for his son John untill he shall come of age, Then to be his & his Heirs for- ever, And that the other two thirds shall be my Cousin Thomas Mores to Improve for his son William and after he shall be of full age to be his the sd Williams and his Heirs forever. Onely before the Estate is divided, my will is that my boy John Barrill shall have four sheep vizt two besides the two he hath already among my sheep.
I doe Constitute & appoint my Dear Kinsman John More ye Executor of this my last will & Testament I doe also desire my Trusty & wellbeloved Friend Samuel Donnel Esq to be my overseer of this my Will.
In witness whereof I have herunto set my hand & Seale the day and yeare aboue written.
The marke of John D Brawne
- Samuel Donnell (Seal)
Witness :
John Bankes Samuel Moody
Probated 29 May, 1701, by his nephew John More. Recorded 10 June 1704.
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Probate Office, 1, 111.
In the Name of God Amen :
The last will and Testament of Micom Mecantire, I being in my usual health and right mind and sound Judgment,
First I give my soul to god that gaue it.
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