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Item I do by these presents Confirm unto my Sons Peter Staple Iohn Staple & Iames Staple their Heirs and Assignes forever the Lands which I have heretofore given them I do
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also give unto my Said Sons either Eighteen pounds in money or Six heat cattle between three and four years of age to be equally divided between them or those that Shall Lawfully represent them upon Condition of their defraying my funeral Charges and Obliging of themselves decently to bury my abovesaid wife Elizabeth their Mother after ber decease. The abovesaid money or Cattle to be paid by my Said Son Peter to my other Sons John and James Staples their proportion.
Item I do hereby Constitute make & ordain my three well beloved Sons Peter John & Iames Staples my Executors of this my Last Will and Testament And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & dissanul all and Every other former Tes- taments Wills and Executors by me in any ways before named And Willed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the day and Year above written his
Signed Sealed Published
Peter
mark p Staple (Seal)
Pronounced & Declared by
the Said Peter Staple as his last Will and Testament
In the Presents of us
the Subscribers.
Ioho Newmarch
Pavl Wentworth
Nicolas Weeks
Probated 7 April 1713. Inventory returned, 3 April 1710, at €18: 16: 6, by John Dennit, And Joshua Rerrick, appraisers,
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Probate Office, 3, 23.
May the 3th 1719/ Timothy Wentworth being very Ill & Weake but in perfect Sences.
I bequeath my Soul to God that Gave it & my body to the Ground from whence it Came to be buried decently : as Followeth
I give unto my true & loving wife the one half of all my Estate during her natural life & after her Decease I give to my two Sons Timothy & Samuel the whole of my Estate I Give to my Daughter Mary twenty pounds & I Give to my Daughter Sarah twenty pounds. But not to be paid till the whole of my Estate Cometh into my Sons hands nither to mary nor Sarah, none of the fourty pounds Witness
his
Joseph pray
John Kye
Timothy
Wentworth
John Pray
mark
Probated 8 July 1719. Inventory returned 7 July 1719, at & 335: 04: 0", by Joseph Pray, John Kye, and Roger Plaisted, appraisers.
Probate Office, 3, 31.
In The Name of God Amen I : John Nason of the Town of Barwick in the County of York in his Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England being Aged & Groing Graue ward apace but of Sound & Disposing Sence & memory blessed be God for it doe make this my last Will & Testament first and principlly I Resign my Soul to God that Gave it Hopeing through the Merits of my blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ to Obtain pardon & Romission of all my Sins & my body I Commit to the Earth to be Decently buried at the Discression of the Executor to this my Last will & Testament & as for this worlds Goods the
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Lord hath lent me after my Lawfull Debts & funeral Charges is paid I give & bestow as Followeth Vizit
li 1 Give & Bequeath unto my Son Richard Nason all my working Tooles.
2ly I Give & bequeath unto my Davghter Iohannah one Shilling.
3W I Give & bequeath unto my Davghter Hannah one Shilling.
415 I give & bequeath unto my Loving Wife Bridget my two Feather Beds with the bolsters & furniture thereunto belonging & all my beding & Cloathing both Linning & wooling of any king whatsoever and all my Goods Chattels Rights & Crdits & Vtensils whatsoever a broad or at home without Dors or within for her own proper Vse & to be at her Disposing for ever, further I do Ordain & appoint my Loving wife Bridget to be the whole & Solo Executrix to this my Last will & Testament Renounsing all wills whatso- ever heretofore by me made or Suffered to be made.
In Witness here of I the afore Said John Nason have bere unto Set my Hand and Seal this tenth day of November Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred and fifteen &ot Signed Sealed & Published his
in the presents of us
Benjamen Libby her
Iohn
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Nason (Sea.l)
mark
Sarah X Libby mark
witnesses
her Sarah X Stone mark
Probated 6 Oct. 1719:
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Probate Office, 3, 37.
In the of God Amen The third day of Inly in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & Nineteen Iohn Gustin of Falmouth in the County of Yorke in his Majes- ties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Husbandman being very Sick and Weak in body but of . perfect mind and memory Thanks be to . God ; Do make & ordain this my last will and Testament that is to Say Princi- pally & first of all I give & Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body to the Earth to be Buried in Decent & Christian Manner at the Direction of my Executor hereafter Named in ye hopes of a Glorious Resur- rection at the Last Day, as to my worldly Estate (after my Iust Debts & funeral Charges are paid) I give & Dispose of the Same in Manner Following.
Impr I give unto my Beloved Wife Elizabeth Gustin My Dwelling house in which I now live with the Lot of Land belonging to it lying & being in the Town of Falmouth with all my houshold goods & Moveable Estate for her vse during her Natural life & to be at her disposal to any of her Children as She See's meet.
Item I give to my Sons Sam" & Iohn Gustin Each of them five Shillings in money.
Item I give to my Daughters Sarah & Abigail Each of them five Shillings in money all to be paid them within Twelve Months after my Decease.
Item I give to my three Sons Ebenezer Thomas & David Gustin all the Rest of my Lands in Falmouth in Casco Bay lying at Martins Point & Pesumscot River together with all my Debts (they having been most helpfull to me and their Mother in our old age) To be Possesed by them Their Heirs or Assignes forever, I further Will that my Stock of Cat- tle & Swine together with Horses be to the Vse of my Wife in Equal proportion with my Said Three Sons last Mentioned during her Natural life and after her Decease to he Equally
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Divided among my Sons Ebenezor Thomas & David; & I do hereby make & ordain my Son Ebenezer Gustin My Sole Executor to this my last Will & Testament Vtterly Revoke- ing & Disannuling all other Wills Testaments Bequests & Executors Ratifying also & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness where of I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day and year above Written. the Mark
· Signed Sealed Published & Declared by the Said Iohn Gustin in Presence of us the Subsobre
Iohn
Gustin (Seal)
Lewis Bane Natha" Freeman Daniel Simpson
Probated 6 April, 172. Inventory returned at £69: 00: 00, by John Prichard and Elisha Ingersoll, appraisers, 4 April 1720.
Probate Office, 3, 57.
In The Name of God Amen. I Samuel Matthews of Smuttynose in the Province of Maine Being weak in body but perfect in memory, I do make this my Last Will & Testament
Imprimis yt when I am dead that my body may be Decently Buried trusting that I Shall be Raised by the Mer- its of Jesus Christ my Redemer at the last Day & forever to be with him.
And as for my Earthly Estate as it bath Pleased God to bless me with my will is that it may be Divided amongst my three Song. Viz :
I give & bequeath to my Beloved Son Walter one third part of my land on Smuttynose & also one third part of my land at Oyster River & a Cow that he hath now in his possession.
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I also give & bequeath to my beloved Son Francis one third part of my Land on Smuttynose and also one third part of my land at Oyster River and my Silver Bowl.
And I also give & bequeath to my beloved Son Samuel my Dwelling house at Smuttynose & the Garding adjoyning to the Said house and a third part of my land at Oyster River and my Gold Ring.
I also give & bequeatb to my Beloued Sister Iohannah Raynes my brass Kittle that is now in her possession.
I also give to my beloved Son Samuel my Counterpin and. for my Other Moveables not given away my will is that they may be Equally Divided betweene my three Sons making this my last will & also Renouncing all former Wills.
As Wittness my hand this Eight Day of October one Thousand Seven hundred and Nineteen. his
Signed Sealed & Delivered Samuel
In presence of us Fracis Raynes
Thomas Payne Nath" Raynes
mark X Matthews
Probated 4 Oct. 1720. Inventory returned at £139: 16: 5, by Elisha Kelly, George Black. don, and Richard Yetton, appraisers, 26 Sept. 1720.
Probate Office, 3, 61.
In the Name of God Amen. The Sixth day of December Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & twenty I Peter Staple of Kittery in the County of Yorke in the Pro- vince of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Carpenter, being Sick and weak in body but of perfect mind & memory Thanks be given unto God. Therefore Calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body, do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to Say Principally and first of all I give & recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave
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it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be Buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give demise & dispose of the Same in The following manner & form.
Impr I give & bequeath to Mary my dearly beloved Wife all my Houshold goods of every Sort to her, her Heirs & Assignes forever. I also give to her during her widowhood the one halfe part of the produce or income of my farme whereon I now dwell together with one half part of the produce or income of my Stock of Cattle & other Creatures She paying unto my Honoured Mother what I Stand bound & Obliged to pay her during her Natural life. I also give to my Said Wife the half of my now Dwelling house & the use of my Oxen during her widowhood to hale her firewood but if my abovesaid wife Should marry or depart this life before the Decease of my Mother then it is my will that my Son Peter Staple Shall have that part of the House & prod- uce or income of my farm & Stock of Creatures which I have herein given to my wife during her Widowhood pro- vided and be it always understood that he pay or Cavse to be paid to his Grandmother that which I Stand Obliged to pay her during her Natural life.
Item I give to my Beloved Son Peter Staple my house & barn & out houses together with my homestead and Land whereon I now Dwell & possess which Land is Bounded on the South west by the river of Piscatiqua on ye North West by Majt Hammonds & John Rogers their Lands on the North East by John Rogers his Land & on the South East by Joseph Hill his Land & William Tetherby his Land to him & to the Heirs Lawfully begotten of his Body forever, I also give to him & to the Heirs lawfully begotten by his body forever all my Stock of Cattle & other Creatures provided & be it always Understood that he or they pay or Cause to be paid Such Sum or Suins or Legacies as I have given or Shall in these presents give & bequeath to any person or persons
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but if it Should So be that my Said Son Peter Should Depart this life & not leave Lawfull Surviving Issue to Inherit what I have herein given to him or them then it is my will that my next Eldest Surviving Son & the heirs Lawfully begot- ten by his body inherit what I have in these presents given my Son Peter, prouided he pay to my other Children those .Sums or Legacis which in these presents I Shall order my Son Peter to pay And if my Said Son Peter Should marry & depart this life & not leave Legal Surviving Issue & Should have payed any part of or all the Legacies which I have herein given to my other Children or those that Shall Legally Represent them then it is my will that Such Sum or Sums as my Son Peter Shall have payed In his Life time Shall be Repayed to his Relict Widow She Renouncing all pretensions of Right unto the above men- tioned Land & Stock of Creatures forever, And if my Next eldest Son to my Son Peter Should die without Issue then I give my abovesaid Land & Stock of Creatures to ye next Eldest Surviving Son & to the heirs Lawfully begotten by his body forever he or they performing the Obligations which his Elder Brother is by these presents Obliged unto. And if he Should Depart this life without Surviving Issue then I give the abovesd land & Stock of Creatures to my youngest son & the heirs Lawfully begotten by his body he paving in like manner the Sums or Legacies which his Elder Brother is by these presents ordered to pay.
Item I give to my beloved Son Robert Staple twenty Pounds in Money or Cattle at money Price to be paid to him or those that Shall Legally represent him by my Son Peter Staple within ye Space of three years next after my Mother her Decease provided & be it underStood that upon the payment of ye abovesaid Sum of twenty pounds my Said Son Robert or those that Shall Legally represent him Sign & Deliver a Legal Relase or quitt Claim unto my Son Peter & his Heirs for ever of the Housing Land & Stock of Crea- tures in these presents given to my Son Peter.
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Item I give to my beloved Son Enock Staple his Heirs & Assignes forever Eighteen acres of Land Lying at Simmons his Marsh in Kittery which is that Land that I purchased of my brother Iohn Staple. I also give to him his Heirs & assignes forever the Moiety or one half part of my Common Right. I also give to him twenty pounds in money or Cat- tle at money Price to be paid to him or those that Shall Le- gally represent him by my Son Peter within the Space of five years next after my mothers decease Provided & be it understood that upon the Receipt of the abovesaid Sum of twenty pounds my Said Son Enock Deliver a legal Relase or quitt Claim unto my Son Peter & his Heirs forever of the housing Land & Stock of Creatures given in these presents to my Son Peter.
Item. I give unto my beloved Son Ioshua Staple the Moi- ety or one half part of my Common Right & to his heirs & Assignes forever I also give to him twenty pounds in money or Cattle at money Price to be paid to him or those that Shall Legally represent him by my Son Peter within the Space of Seven Years next Ensuing the decease of my Mother provided & be it always understood that he Sign & deliver unto my Son Peter & his heirs forever a Legal Re- lease or quitt Claim to the Lands & Stock of Creatures & housing which I have in these presents given to my Son Peter.
- Item I give to my beloved daughter Mary Staple Twenty pounds in money or Cattle at money Price to be paid to her or those that Shall Lawfully Represent her by my Son Peter within one years Space Next Ensuing ye Decease of my mother prouided & he it always understood that She or they at or upon ye receipt of ye Said Suin deliver unto my Son Peter & his heirs forever a Legal Release or quitt Claim of all the Housing Land & Stock of Creatures herein given to my Son Peter.
Item I give to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Ham twenty pounds in money or Cattle at money price to be paid to her
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or those that Shall Legally Represent her by my Son Peter within two years Space next after ye Decease of my mother Provided & be it always understood by these presents that upon the Receipt of ye abovesd Sum or Cattle She or they Sign & Deliver unto my Son Peter & his heirs forever a quitt Claim or Relase to all ye housing lands & Creatures I have herein given him.
Item I give to my beloved Daughter Anne Twenty Pounds in money or Cattle at money price to be paid to my Said Daughter Anne Staple or those that Shall Legally Rep- resent her by my Son Peter within the Space of four years next Ensuing ye Decease of my Mother Provided & be it hereby always understood that She or they make & deliver unto my Son Peter & his heirs & Assignes forever a Legal Relase or quitt Claim of all her Right to the Lands Creatures & housing which I have given to my Sou Peter upon his paying the abovesaid Sum to her or them.
Item I give to my beloved Daughter Grace Staple ye Sum of twenty pounds in Money or Cattie at money Price to be paid to her or those that Shall Legally Represent her by my Son Peter within the Space of Six Years next after the Decease of my Mother Provided & be it hereby understood that She or they upon ye receipt of ye Said Sum do make & Deliver unto my Son Peter his heirs & Assignes forever a Legal Release or Quitt Claim unto all Right in the Land housing & Stock of Creatures in these presents given to my Son Peter.
Item I Constitute make & ordain my dealy beloved wife Mary Staple & my Son Peter Staple my Executors of this my last will & Testament. & I do hereby disallow revoke & Disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Bequests Legacies & Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other 15
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to be my last Will & Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal ye day & year above written Signed Sealed Published Peter Staple (Seal)
Pronounced & Declared by
y Said Peter Staple as
his last Will & Testament
by us the Subscribers.
Abraham Cross his Moses X Hunscom mark John Newmarch
Probated 4 Jan. 1720-21. Inventory returned, 27 March 1721, at €1108: 15: 6, by John Addams, John Dennit and John Tompson, appraisers.
Probate Office, 3, 75.
In the Name of God Amen. I Lewis Bane of York in ye County of York, in ye Province of Main, in New : England, being Sick of Body, but of Sound understanding and mem- ory ; Do make this my Last Will & Testament.
First and above all. I would Commit my Spirit into ye hands of God that gave it, as a faithfull Creator and Merci- full Father, as also into ye hands of Christ, as an alsufficient and most Gracious Redeemer. Desiring to trust in his Righteousness, even in his only for Justification. In ye next place I Commit my body to ye Earth, Decently, to be buried, in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection. And as to that Worldly Estate which God has Graciously given me, I Dispose of it as followeth.
Impr I give and bequeath unto my faithfull Loving and Ten- der Wife my Dwelling house and barn and ye one half of all iny Movebles which Movables what my Said Wife does not spend in her lifetime to be given, among her Children at her
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Discretion at her Decease. and my Said Wife Shall have her thirds of ye rest of my Estate and half the Lower Pas- ture during her Natural life.
It™ I give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son Jonathan all the Land which I bought of M' Gooch (Excepting the Land on which my barne Standeth & four roods the N E. and as many Roods to ye SE. of Sa barn and So that full bredth. SW. down to ye high way) I do also give unto my Said Son Jonathan the one half of my Lower pasture, and ye whole of Said pasture at his Mothers Decease. And I do further give unto my Said Son a Third part of all my fresh meadows, that lie up in ye Woods.
Itm I give and bequeath to my Son Lewis all my Lands at the place in this Town Called Scituate which I bought of Arthur Bragdon & Dodavah and Job Curtis, Together with ye whole of ye fresh meadow that I bought with ye Said Lands at Scituate. I do also give unto my Said Second Son Lewis one third part of my fresh meadows abovesd Lying in the Woods.
Itm I give unto my third Son John That forty acres of Land which was my fathers on which my now Dwelling house Standeth taking in ye Reserve or Exception mentioned in my Gift to Jonathan as above Expressed. as also my Dwell- ing House and barn at his mothers Decease as also one third part of ye meadows Lying up in ye Woods above mentioned. He ye Said John paying to his youngest brother Ebenezar Twenty and five pounds money.
Item My Youngest Son Ebenezar Shall be well brought up out of ye Estate till he Shall come to be of ye age of twenty & one years, and then besides ye twenty and five pounds to be paid him by his Brother John he Shall be paid by my Executors out of my Estate Eighty pounds money as also one Cow and ten Sheep
Itm I give unto my Eldest Davghter Mary Sayword twenty pounds to be paid by my Executors out of my Estate within one Year after my Decease.
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It' I give and bequeath unto my Second Daughter Eli- nor forty pounds to be paid out of my Estate by my Execu- tors within two years after my Decease
Itm I give and bequeath unto my youngest Daughter Mehetabel Forty pounds. as also one Cow and ten Sheep to be paid to her Mother. & put into her Mothers hands within one year after my Decease.
Itm As to ye rest of my Land and other Estate that I have not Disposed of, I leave it in ye hands of my Executors to pay my Just Debts & Funeral Charges & if anything Shall remain it Shall be Equally Divided among all my Chil- dren : But if Said Land & Estate Shall not be Sufficient what is wanting Shall be paid by my Children in an Equall proportion to what they do by this my Will and Testament receive.
Finally. I do make Constitute & appoint my beloved Wife and Eldest Son to be ye Sole Executors of this my Last Will & Testamt
Signed Sealed Publisbed Pronounced Lewis Bane ( Seal) & Declared by Lewis Bane first
within mentioned to be his Last
Will & Testamt In presence of us
· Job Banks
John Sedgley Note ye word (her) between ye 16th & 17th lines in ye first page, as also ye Joseph Moodey words (asalso) between ye 37th & 38th lines in ye Same page and ye word (be) between ye 3d & 4ª line iu ye 2ª page ware all written before ye Signing sealing or Pronouncing of ye above written Testam*
Probated 21 July 1721. Inventory returned 2 Oct. 1721, at £1175: 15: 0, by Abraz Preble, Samuel Came, and Jeremiah Moulton Jan', appraisers. Debts due the cstate from John Sayward, and Nath" Donnill.
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Probate Office, 3, 77. ·
In the Name of God Amen. I Roland Young of York in ye County of York in ye Province of Main in New England, being Infirm, thro age. and daily Expecting my Great Change but at present of Sound Understanding and Memory do make this my last Will and Testament this 14th of Sep- tember. 1719.
First and above all I Recomend my Precious and Immor- tal Sonl into ye Mercifull and Almighty Saving arms of my faithfull Creator and Gracious Redeemer and my body to ye Earth Decently to be buried in assured hope of a Glorious Resurrection. Then as to my worldly Estate I Dispose thereof as followeth.
Impr I give and bequeath unto Joseph my first born son all my Home place that I now live upon which is within one fence or Inclosure entire as also ye one half of ye Little Pas- ture next adjoyning. Together with all my housing & Or- chard. I do also give unto my said son Joseph my point of Salt marsh that lyeth next to Kittery bounds one acre more or less.
Itm I give unto my youngest Son Benajah ye other half of my Little pasture & all that my twenty and Six acres of Land which lyeth next adjoyning on York River on which my Said Son Benajah now Dwelleth. I do likewise give unto my Youngest Son ye one half of my two acres of Salt marsh which lyeth at ye head of York Marshes in the West- ern Cove.
It" I give unto my Son Matthews Young one acre and Quarter of Salt Marsh near ye head of York Marshes adjoyn- ing to ye Widow Johnsons Marsh.
It" I give unto my son Jonathan Young ye other half of ye two acres abouest in y* western Cove. Equally to he Divided between Jonathan & Benajah abovesd. Further- more it is my Will and Pleasure that my Eldest and iny Youngest Sons Joseph and Benajah Shall pay unto my five
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Daughters Mary Susanna Elizabeth Sarah and Mercy Six pounds Each, thirty pounds ye whole the one half to be paid by my Eldest and ye other by my Youngest Son, which Eldest and Youngest Sons Shall also pay all my Just Debts and Funerall Charges by Equall proportion.
Itm I give and bequeath unto my Well beloved Wife Susannah During her Natural life ye Vse of ye third of all my lands and marsh and as for all my movable Estate within doors & without I give it wholly & forever unto my Said Wife to be Disposed of according to her own will and Discretion.
Finally I do Constitute and appoint my Eldest son Joseph abovesd to be the Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Tes- tament ; But I must Subjoyn that it Shall not be in ye power of my Eldest or my Youngest Son to Alienate any part of ye Lands or marsh in this Testamt bequeathed to them they may Dispose of it to one another & to any of ye family but not to any other besides my posterity.
Published pronounced and
Declared by Roland Young abovesd to be his Last Will
Roland his R Young (Seal)
& Testamt In presence of Samuel Moodey Hannah Moodey Mary Moodey
mark
Probated 2 Jan. 1,21-2. Inventory returned 2 Jan. 1721-2, at £241: 11: 0, by Benja Stone, Sam" Sewall and Joseph Hoult, appraisers.
Probate Office, 3, 92.
In the Name of God Amen William Grant of the Town of Berwick in the County of York in his Maj" Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Considering Lis own Mortallity & his Circonstances at present being Suposed by
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him and others to be in a very Dangerous Condition but of Sound and Disposing Sence & Memory Blessed be God for it do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner as followeth Vizt first and Principally I Commit my Soul to God that gave it me hopeing through the Merits of my Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 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 Discression of the Executors to this my Last Will & Testament and for this worlds Goods the Lord hath lent me after my Lawful Debts and funeral Charge is paid I give and bestow as Followeth.
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