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Testes Sheth Fletcher/ John Scadlocke/
Gregory Jeffery /
Sworn to by attesting witnesses. 7 Meh 1661, the first deposing it was executed by Jeff- rey " two days or there about before his departure out of this world" ; Recorded : Feby 1665; Inventory returned at $120-0-0 by Mr Tho: Williams and Morgan Howell 11 Feby 1001-2.
Court Records, BB, 19.
In the Name of God Amen/ Septemb? 8 : 1664 :
Mary Lux now being in Perfect Memory : & vnderstand- ing my fraylty & mortall Condition, do hereby & herein declare & make known iny last will & testament Which is, that I Comend & committ my spirit to ye Lord that gaue it mee, & my body to the dust from whence It was taken/ that after my departure out of this mortall life, that my last husband John Lux may Inioy all & wholly that estate the which my former husband Gregory Jeffery now deseased, left vnto mee his then lawfull wife, according to my aforesd husbands Jefferys will, according to the tenour of Itt that is to say to keepe my sunn John Jefferys vntill the age of seaventeen yeares, with that halte of the estare given him,
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by his aforesd deseased father Jefferys, according to ye de- mentions of my aforesd husband Jefferys will deseased : Alsoe I doe resigne all & every of my part & portion of the aforesd estate, into the hands & keepeing of my last hus- band, John Lux, that if the Lord please to take away my sunn John Jefferys before hee come to ye age of seaventeen yeares, that halfe of the estate then belonging vnto him, may returne vuto my daughter Mary Lux Alsoe that my sunn Joseph Lux may possesse & Inioy my aforesd halfe of the estate with all the appurtenances according to the tenour of my deceased husbands Jefferys will ; And if the Lord bee pleased to take away my sunn Joseph Lux, that then I bequeath & give all the estate wholly to bee posses'd by my aforesd daughter, Mary Lux, after the desease of my last husband John Lux/ Which is my will & desire, & doe freely here vnto sett my hand & seal/
Testes/
the of Richd X Reding Marke John Allger/
of Mary { ") Lux ( her) Marke the
Recorded 7 Feby 1665. -
Court Records, C, 10.
In the name of God Amen, I Gyles Roberts of Bla : Poynt being sicke In body, but of Prfect memory do hereby Constitute, & make this my last Will & testament in man- ner & forme following, disanulling & revoakeing all former Wills & testaments/ Inp" I Committ my soule into the hands of Christ, the Saujo' & redeemer of falne man, my body to ye grave decently to bee burjed/ My Prsonall estare I dispose of as followeth ; I will that my debts wch I ow to any Prson or Prsons bee truely discharged/ & the rest of
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my estate that It bee disposed of & layd out for ye bringing vp & mantayneing of my three children now with mee ac- cording to ye discretion & prudence of my executor & ouer- seers, hereafter mentioned/ & wt estate shall bee left after the bringing vp of the sayd Children, I will that It shall be æqually devided amongst my five children, the 3 with mee now, & the two yt liue with my brother Arther Auger/ I do hereby nominate & Constitute my loueing brother In law Arther Auger executor of this my last Will & testa- ment, & my Honord & Trusty frejnd Mr Hen . . Jocelyn, &' my loueing brother In law William Shelden, overseers of the same/ In Witness of Which Premisses I haue herevnto sett my hand & seale this 25th of Janvary, 1666 :
In the Presence of, Richd Foxwell/
Signed sealed & Deliuerd
Gyles Roberts his Marke
( Bis )
Mary Bodin her Marke X
Sworn to 20 June 1667; Recorded 26 July 1067; Inventory returned €66-00-3, less £13-01-3 debts to be deducted, by Andrew Brown and John Palmer appraisers, 30 Jand'y 1000.
Court Records, C, 13.
The last Will & testament of Thomas Skelling, being very Weake In body, but in Prfect memory/
I give to my sun Thomas one Cow, & a young steare & a Calfe/ further I giue to my sun John one Cow/ & I giue my Towles to bee denided between them both/
further it is iny will to make my wife executrix to receive & pay my debts, and all the goods yt I haue to bec at her dispose, dureing her Widdows estate, & if shee marry she
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shall haue but the thirds, & the rest to bee deuided equally to all my children/ Dated the 14th of Novembr 1666/ Witnessed In ye Presence The Marke of of us, Robert Corbine/ Thomas Wakelie Thomas
Phyneas Rider/
Skelling/ .
Sworn to by Corbine & Rider 2 Oct. 1667; Recorded 3 Oct. 1667; Inventory returned at £186-11-0 by Phyneas Rider, Geo: Ingersell and Nathaniell Wallis, appraisers 21 Dec. 1666, and attested by Deborah Skelling, " wife formerly vnto Tho: Skelling Jeceased."
Court Records, D, 26.
July 21 ano Dom : 1687
This being the last Will and testament of the sd Silvester Stover liueing in Cap nadiek belonging to york in the prov- ince of Maine in New England, who being bound by the grace of god into old England Doe here Gide and Will yuto my sone John Stover my right and title that I haue in the Cape neck in Whole after the decease of my wife
And I doe here confirme vnto my sone dependance Sto- ver, Three score and ten acres of land where his house is vp the river lieing in Cape Nadick
And to my sone Josiah Stover I giue to him the new pas- ture lieing vppon the right hand of the lane goeing from my house to yorke and so vppon the Southard side of the way to run west south west so farr as my bownes go. and the salt Marsh belonging to it lieing vp the river, after the decease of my wife
And the houses and the rest of my land that is not Dis- posed of I will and Giue vnto my sone George Stover and If my sone John Stover please he shall haue that Libertie for to change with my sone George Stover for what land and houses which he haue at the Cape neck for that which my sone George Stover haue here after the decease of my wife.
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And as for the Moueables I leaue to my Wife for to Dis- pose amongst the rest of my Children as shee see Good at her decease Wher vnto I here haue sett my hand and fixed my seale in the presence of
Signed Sealed
delivered in the presence Silvester
of Nathaniell Clayce Henry Goddard
Stover
Sworn to by both attesting witnesses 14 Feby 1689-00; Inventory returned at £731: 07:00 by Elizabeth Stover, widow, 17 Feby 1689-90-
Court Records, D, 32.
The last Will and Testament of John Litlefeild Jun' of Wells in the povince of Main
After long sickness I being weake in body yet haueing my Understanding & sences I doe Dispose of my out ward Estate which god hath given me as followeth
I Doe give vnto my Wife Mehetabell all my lands & goods & house and cattell and swine I makeing her my Executrix & shee is by my will to provide for my decent buriall
She also is to pay to my Daughter Lidia a Cow
it is also my will that my Daughter haue my square bar- rild gun, also that my Daughter be brought vp decently . which I doubt not of
In testimony of Which I sette my hand this ninth Day of September one thousand six hundred Eightie nine in the first yeare of the Reigne of K William
in presence of John Litlefeild
Simon Willard Samuell Stover John Eldred
Sworn to by all the attesting witnesses 19 Feby 1689-90; recorded 5 March 1683-30; Inventory returned at 8163: 15: 6, by JoLo Clayes and Nicholas Cole, appraisers, 16 Sept 1889.
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Court Records, E, 18.
In the name of god Amen/
I John West being very weake & sicke, but In pfect Memory In my sences praysed bee god, I do bequeath my soule to god Almighty & my body to dust, from whence itt- came hopeing of a joyfull resurrection through Jesus Christ/
And for those goods which god hath lent mee, I do be- queath into the hands of William Coole, for the space of three yeares, for the vsse of my foure grandchildren that is to say Ann Haly, Lydea Haly, Samell Haly, & Tho : Haly, to bee æqually deuided amongst them at three yeares end, & that y' father Thomas Haly shall haue nothing to do with itt/ And if my grand daughter Ann shall marry before three yeares tyme, shee shall have my bedd & bedding & all be- longeth to itt, for her whoole shayre, & the rest of my estate to them that are aliue: And the abousd William Coole I do giue him the Redd Heffer, and the fatt Hogg & all the Iron Towles, weh is mine freely, & the vsse of all the Cattle & Increase for three yeares, with the vsse of all the househould goods, except yt Ann Haly do Marry before, & then shee is to haue the bedd & yt which belongs to itt, alsoe I giue him the young steare freely to him selfe, & William shall haue the hay towards keepeing the Cattle ; I do ow vnto Mr Fryer foure pounds which shall bee payd out of my goods/ I alsoe ow vnto Tho : & Francis Little- fejld Junjo' & y' mother Twenty three shillings, which shall bee payd out of my goods/ I ow Mr With: Symonds 1 bush" of peas/ I giue vito Francis woolfe my best Cayrsey sujte, & my best hatt & my gray Capp, & my Colourd stockeings/ I gine vnto Mary Reade my Hollane pillow beare, & 4 Hollane rapkines & a Remant of Cayrsey, & a small pcell of woll/ I ow Goodw : Crosse 10' for worke/
We is owing to mee, Stephen Batson oweth mee
Mary Miles owith mee about eight or 10 0
Willia: Loue of Newgewanacke oweth mee 17 6 John Syth of Cape Nattacke oweth mec .. 02 00 0
William Norman oweth moc y' I must pay Mr Foyer 0
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Mr Fletcher oweth mee. 0 6 0 Mr Preble oweth mee wt I left in his hands wn was Constable, to bee pd out
of the Treasury. 1 6 0 More I ow George Parker 1 bush" of Corne ! & I ow Jon Cloyse 6 dayes worke 0 15 0
And I ow William Ashley 7 or. 0 8 0
And I make William Coole my whoole executor, & Ad- ministrator of all my goods, & I desire Tho : Littlefejld & John Read the ouerseers of this my last Will & testament to see Itt fullfilled with out any frawd or debate/ Dated this 29th of September 1663 : & wr the ouerseers cometh to any trouble or charge they shall bee payd Itt out of my goods/
Assigned before vs/
Joseph Bowles/
John West IW
Tho : Littlefejld his
his owne marke/
marke/ X
Mary Reade her Marke X
Sworn to 5: 8th: 63: Inventory returned at $45: 10' : by Joseph Bowles and Samne! Austine same day; both recorded 23 Oct. 1663.
Court Records, E, 23.
In the name of god amen/ The 11th day of November : 1663 : I Jonas Balie of blew poynt alias Scarborrough In the province of Mayne alias the Countie of yorke, In New England being sicke In body, but of good & pfect memory thankes bee to god, & Calling to remembrance the vncerten estate of this transitory life, that all flesh must yejld vnto death, w" Itt shall please god to Call, do make Constitute & ordayne, & declare this my last will & testament In manner & forme following/ reuoakeing & disanulling by these psents, all & every testament & testaments will & wills heretofore by mee made & Deliverd by word or wrighting,
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& this to bee taken onely for my last will & testament, & none other/ & first being poenitent & sorrowfull from the bottome of my hært for my sins past, most humbly desire- ing forgiuenesse for the same, I giue & Committ my soule. to god, my Saujor & Redeemer, In whome & by the merritts of Jesus Christ, I trust & beleiue assuredly to bee saved, & to haue full remission & forgiuenesse of all my sins, & that my soule with my body at the day of resurrection shall ryse agajne with Joy & through the merritts of Christs death & passion possesse & Inheritt the kingdome of Heaven ppared for his Elect Chozen. My body to bee burjed neare my wife Elizabeth, In ye Orchard by my house ; And now for the settleing of my temporall estate, I do hereby Order, giue & dispose of the same, In manner & forme following/ I will that all those debts y+ I ow to any manner of pson or psons w'soeuer, shall bee truly satisfyd & payd, with in Convenjent tyme, after my desease, by my executrix here- after named : I do hereby make & ordayne my wife Ellner Baly my soole & onely executrix, & do giue & bequeath vnto her all my whoole estate after my decease, excepting those pticulars following ; Inps I giue vnto Mr Robert Jor- dans six suns eight pounds to bee æqually deuided amongst them/ Item I giue vnto Mr Fran : Neale Senjor, Three pounds/ I giue vnto his sun Fran : Neale 20 : Item I giue vnto his 2 daughters tenn shillings a peece/ Item I giue vnto John Jackeson fiue pounds. Item I giue vnto my brother Nicho : Baly Two pounds. Item I giue ynto Eliz- abeth Bryers Three pounds/ Item I giue vnto John Jacke- sons sun one pounds/ Item I do giue vnto young John Bryers one pound Item I giue vnto John Bryers his two daughters one pounds/ Item I giue vnto my man Hen : Burt one Heffer Calfe. Item I giue vnto my Godsun Sanfi- uell Neale halfe my plantation after the desease of my wife/ Item I giue vnto Andrew Browns fiue suns Tenn shillings
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a peece/ In Testimony wrof, I haue herevnto sett my hand, this 11th of Novemb' aforesd/ Signed & acknowledged In ye The marke of Jonas Baly psence of Pajton Cooke/ E Christopher Collines/
Sworn to 9 Febry 63-4; recorded 8 March 64; Inventory returned at £294: 7: 4, 25 Jan'y: 63, by Richard Foxwell and Arthur Auger appraisers; Debts due him from Mr Robert Jordan; Andrew Browne, William Seadlocke and Mr Watts. A protest against the allow- ance of the above will is filed by the Rev. Robert Jordan, who claimed " that since & ever since the 11th of March 42: all the estate which might bee supposed to belong vuto Jonas Baly, hath beene & is Actually the right of the sayd Jordan, by deed, purchase & mantenarce," and he files an alleged brief will by said Baly, of the last above date, in favor of Sarah Winter.
Court Records, E, 37.
The will of Peter Turbutt : Bequeathing his soule to god hwo gaue it and then his Bodi to the yearth from whence it came and then I giue to my ffather in Lawe John Sandars my youg Dafter Elizabeth Turbut yt he or they may keepe and Bring her vp tell shee is att womans yestate not any way Else but to be keept as his owne Next for what Estat I have my lawfull debts being payd out of yt I giue all my goods to my wife Sarah duering her lif boath howes and Howesing vpland & meadow feldes and anything that belong to me that shee may Peasabl Inioy and keepe tell god bath finished her lif & then if my sonn John doth liue he shall receue all my Land & marsh to keepe & hould from him & his vse for euer & if god doth take the said John by death awaye then ye sd Lands as abone said shall fall to my sonn Peter his vse Prouided my sonn John dij without any Ayer made in the presence of vs to Wittnes John Dauis
The marke X of
William Roberds : These are my debts as folls 03 00 00
To Major Shupligh.
To Mir Walker. 03 00 90
To Goouman Mountygne about. 00 18 00
Sworn to 15 March 1609-70 by the attesting witnesses: recorded 20 June 1670: Inventory returned at &01, by the widow Sarah Turbett, 14. Oct. 1002.
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"Richard Hix and his wife Susanna mak oath of that Cloase in the will which hath reference to ye giuing of his daughter Elizabeth to his ffather Sandars Peter Turbut did revoke vpon his death bed and leaft his daughter at y whole disposeing of his wife Sarah/
Taken vpon oath this 19th of Octobar 1669 Before vs
Brian Pendleton Com Frances Neale Assoc.
Court Records, E, 44.
In the name of god Ainen/ the Thyrteenth day of June 1670 : I John Sanders Senior of Cape Porpus in the County of Yorke in New England Planter, being very sicke & weake in body but of sound & Prfect memory (prayse bee given to god for the same) & knowing the vncertenty of this life on earth & being desirous to settle things in order, do make this my last Will & testament in manner & forme following/
That is to say first & principally, I commend my soule to Almighty god, my Creato' hopeing & beliucing that I shall receiue full pardon, & free remission of all my sins & bee saved by the pratious death & merrits of my blessed Saujo" & Redemer Jesus Christ, & my body to the earth from whence It was taken, to bee buried in such decent manner, & Christian, as to my executrix & Executor hereafter named shall bee thought meete & Convenjent/
And as touching my worldly estate, as the Lord in mercy bath lent mee, my will & meaneing is the same shall be Im- ployed & bestowed, as here after by this my , will is expressed/ & first I do revoake renownce frustrate & make voyd all wills by mee formerly made, & declare & appoynt this my last Will & testament. Ite : I give & bequeath all
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my estate to Ann Sanders my deare & loueing wife, durcing her life, &' at her decease I bequeath the house & Land be- longeing & app'taying therevnto, with all the priviledges & appurtenances there vnto belonging that now I liue in vnto my sun Thoms Sanders, & at his decease to his sun John Sanders, & soe from heyre to heyre & next of kine survive- ing the deceased Proprietor; Item I now do bequeath a Tract of Land Weh I Judg to bee one thousand Acers more or lesse, being or lijng about eight or nine Miles aboue Cape Porpus River ffalls, vnto my son John Sanders to take pos- session of & Inioy at my deccase. Ite: I bequeath the rest of my estate vnto all my children to bee equally deuid- ed, amongst them, after thejr mothers decease, hereby makeing & appoynting my dearly beloved Wife to bee my · executrix & my sonn Thomas Sanders abouesd my executor/ and this my last Wili & Testament may in all thinges bee accomplished & fullfilled according to my true Intent and meaneing, I request my Loueing Neighbours, Symon Booth of Winter Harbour & John Barrett of Cape Porpus to take vpon them to bee supervizers of the same/
In witness w'of I haue here vnto sett my hand, the day & yeare aboue Written/
Witnessed by
Sheth Fletcher/
John 0 Sanders Senjor
Joseph X Cooles marke
Acknowledged 24 Jane 1510, before Bryan Pendleton Commissioner; recorded 13 March 1670-71; Inventory appraised at £130: 18: 0, by Griffine Mountegur and Charles Potum, and returned by the widow Ann Sanders 23 Aug. 1670.
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Court Records, E, 46. :
I Godfrey Shelden of the Town of Scarborrough alias Bla : Poynt Planter aged sixty fiue or y'abouts being of Prfect memory doe by these make & appoynt my last will & testament in manner & forme following/
1: Ips : I bequeath my soul to god that gaue it/ my body to ye earth from whence It was taken, & to bee decently buried/ all my worldly goods & estate I giue as followeth/
2ly I give vnto my Elldest sun william Shellden the one halfe of iny goods within doores & with out, & the halfe of my Land & houseing, forth with to Inioy to him his heyres or assignes, and the other halte after my decease I give vnto my wife Alce dureing her naturall life, both goods lands & houseing, & after her decease to my sd Elldest sunn Wil- liam, who I appoynt my executor & order him to pay vnto his brother John Shellden foure pounds, & to each of his sisters tenn shillings, & give vnto his wife Rebeccah Tenn shillings, and vuto her brother Samll Scarlett I giue fiue shillings, & I order out of the halfe part of Land houseing & goods I reserve to my selfe & wife the charge of my burijng, debts & Legacys, abouesd, being payd to Confirme the treuth here of, I do here vnto subscribe & sett my hand, this thirteenth of March 1662 Witnesseth
Hene : Jocelyn/ The marke of Samll Scadlocke/ x
The Marke of Godfrey
Shellden
Sworn to 3 April 1670; recorded 5th of - 1671:
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Court Records, E, 62.
In the name of god Amen/ the sixth day of June one thousand six hundred & seaventy, I Richd Hitchcocke of Winter Harbour being Internally in bodily health, & of good & Prfect memory, thankes bee to almighty god, & calling it to remembrance, ye vncertenty of my transitory life, haueing an externall Malody vpon mee, yt is hastening mee to my end, do make constitute ordayn & declare this my last Will & testament in manner & forme following/ revoakeing, & adnulling by these Prsents, all & every testa .- ment & testaments, will, & Wills by mee heretofore made & declared either by word or writeing, & this is to bee taken onely for my last will & testament, & noe other/
And first being sorry & penitent from the bottome of my hart, for my sins past, most humbly desireing forgiveness for the same, I giue & Committ my soule vnto Almighty god my Saujor, & redemer in whom & by the merritts of Jesus Christ, I trust & beleiue, (Lord helpe my ynbeeleife) assuredly to bee saved, and to haue full remission & forgive- ness, of all my sins & that my soule with my body at y? generall day of resurrection shall rise agajne, with Joy and through the meritts of Christs death and passion, possess & Inherite ye kingdome of heaven, prepared for his Elect & Chosen, & my body to bee burjed in such place, where It shall please my executrix hereafter named to appoynt/
And now for the settleing of my temporall estate. & such goods Chattles & debts, as It hath pleased god fare ahoue my deserts to bestow vpon mee, I do order give & dispose the same In manner & forme following/ That is to say first yt I will that all those debts, & dutys y' I ow In right or Conscience to any manner of Prson or Prsons w'soever, shall bee well and trucly Contented & payd, or ordayned to bee pd with in Convenjent tyme after my decease, by my executrix hereafter named/ Ite? I giue & bequeath one third part of all my estate, to my dearly beloved wife, the
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Wch shee shall haue & possess 'at & vpon my decease/ Item the rest of my estate in manner as followeth/ Each of my six children vidzt : Thomas Jerusha, Lydea, Rebeccah, Ann & Margerett, to haue a just & æquall proportion, my sun at ye age of Twenty one years, & the rest at ye age of eighteen, & the house & Land after ye decease of his Mother, to fall into the hands of my sun Thomas, & If any of my aforesd children dy before the age aboue expressed, that then ye part of the deceased to bee equally deuided, amongst those yt surviue ; to wch end & purpose, I Constitute make & ordayn my dearly beloved wife my executrix/ In witness w'of I haue sett two my hand, the day & yeare aboue written/
Witnesses to this Will/
Bryan Pendleton
Seth Fletcher/
Richard 3 Hitchcock/
Acknowledged the same day before Bryan Pendleton Commissioner; Sworn to by both subscribing witnessses 20 Sept. 1671; recorded 31 April 1672: Inventory returned at £278 by Thomas Powell and Robert Booth appraisers, brought in by Lucretia Hitchcock, the widow, 20 Sept. 1671.
Court Records, E, 62.
In the name of god Amen/ I Griffine Mountegue of Cape Porpus in the County of Yorke, & in the Massatusetts Col- ony, being in pfect inemory & sound in mind, but weake & sicke in body, & not knowing how soon the Lord will call mee to pay yt debt due vnto nature : haue thought it meete & requisite to sett my temporal estate in order, to wch end I do make & appoynt this my last will & testament, hereby revoakeing & disanulling all other testaments & wills by mee formerly made, the wch Will & testament I declare as followeth/
Inps I bequeath give & resigne my Immortall soule into ye hands of the Lord god almighty, my most mercifull &
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faithfull Creator & redeemer, & commending my body vnto ye earth to returne vnto ye dust, willing & desireing that my breathless corps may bee layd by the grave of my deceased sun, John Mountegue (If it please the Lord that my race shall bee ended In the place ahouesayd) there to ly & remajne & rest in hopes of a Joyfull resurrection, at the last day &c : And as for my temporall estate & worldly goods, I bequeath & giue it all of wt nature & quality soever It is, both with in doors & with out quick or dead moueble or Immovable vuto my deare & Loueing wife Margerett Mowntegue, makeing my aforesd wife my whoole & soole executrix, who haueing defrayed the charge of my funerall rightts, & satisfyd all my Legall debts, dues & demands, vnto all & every Prson vuto whom any thing shall appeare due, The remajnd' to make vse of, & Improue for her own livelyhood & Mantenance : & at her desease, to bequeath giue away & dispose the same vnto whomsoever It shall see meete vnto her to leaue the same : ffor the ratifijng & Confirming of wch aforesd Will & testament, I here vnto sett my hand this seauenth day of July one thousand six hundred seventy one/
Witnesses to this will are/
Griffine Mowntegues
Seth fletcher Symon Buszys marke X
marke
Sworn to by both attesting witnesses 1 A ril 1672; recorded 31 April 1672.
Court Records, E, 66.
In the Name of God Amen/
I Geo: Knight of Scarbrough sicke in body, but Prfect In Memory, thankes bee to god, do make this my last Will & Testament/ Ite : I do giuc & bequeath my body to ye ground, & my soule to god, that gaue It/ Ite : I giae to my wife one 3d of my goods & Cattle, & the other 2 thirds to
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my sonn Nathan, & my daugeter Elizabeth / & If my wife should Marry, that then they shall putt in security for the Prformance hereof/ wit ness by my hand this 5th day of Aprill & in ye yeare of or Lord 1671 : Witness The marke of Geo:
Hen : Watts/ The marke of Will : Burrage/ X
Knight
Sworn to by both attesting witnesses Oct-1671; recorded 10 Nov. 1612: Inventory returned at £87: 10: 0 by Henry Watts and William Burrage, appraisers. 27 May 1671, and brought in by the widow Ellner (then the wife of Henry Brookin, ) 10 Nov. 1672; Debts due from the Estate to Mr Scottow; Muvioy; Jo" Tomline; Richd Willing; Richd Moore; Mr Watts; Jo> Davess; Tho: Hamett; Jor Mills and Tho: Hayley, aggregating £9:4:0-
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