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Item I give and bequeath to my son Robt Mitchell five Shillings to be paid as afore Said by my Executrix.
Item I give and bequeath to my son and Daughter Wm and Mary Kearswell five Shillings to be paid as afore Said by my Executrix. ·
Item I give and bequeath to my Son and Daughter Man- naren & Sarah Baile five Shillings to be paid as afore Said by my Executrix.
Item I give and bequeath to my son and Daughter Sam-
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uci & Elizebeth Grenough five Shillings to be paid as afore Said by my Executrix and I do hereby Nominate and appoint my beloved wife to be Sole Executrix of this my last will & testament Who is Called Sarah Mitchell and I do hereby give and bequeath unto my Said beloved wife Sarah Mitchell all my other Estate both real and personall of what Kind & quality Soever or wheresoever Shee paying all my Iust Debts & funerall Charges and all the Remainder of my Estate both real & personall whatsoever & wheresoever I give and bequeath the Same to my S' beloved wife & to her heirs & assignes forever In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal ye Day & year first Above written Signed Sealed and Pronounced Robt Mitchell (Seal) this to be his Last will & tes-
tament in the Presence of
Wm Pepperrell We Wentworth Martha Racklyest
Probated 11 May 1;31. Inventory returned 1 June 1731, at £420: 11: 0, by George Berry, Thomas Allen and George Fenix, appraisers.
Probate Office, 4, 107.
In the Name of God Amen Rich Coller of Falmouth in the County of York in the Province of the Massechussets Bay in New England marriner being very Sick & weak in Body but of Perfect mind & memory thanks be given to God Therefore calling to mind the mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make & Ordain this my last will & 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 iny body I Recom- mend to the Earth to be buried in Decent & Christian man- ner at the Discretion of my Executrix; nothing Doubting
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but at the Generall Resurection I shall recieve the Same again by the almighty Power of God. and as Touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleas'd God to bless me in this life I give Demise & Dispose of the Same in the follow- ing manner & form : -
Impr I will that all my Iust debts and funerall Charges be paid & Defrayed within Convenient time after my Decease
Item I hereby give & bequeath all my Estate real & per- sonall of every Kind quality & Specia whatsoever and in all places wheresoever the Same Shall be or may be unto my well beloved Wife mary Coller, and to her heirs and assignes for ever : and do Ordain and Appoint ye said mary Coller to be my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament : and I do hereby Disallow Revoak & Disannull all and every other former Testament Will or wills Legacies & Bequests by me in any way before Named willed & bequeathed Rati- fieing & Confirming this and No Other to be my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this twentieth Day of Febry Anno Domini one thous- and Seven hundred & twenty three four.
Signed Sealed Published & Declaired Richª Coller (Seal)
by Richª Coller to be his last will
and Testament in ye Presence of us
Sam" moody John Gray Edmund Mountfort .
Probated 10 March 1730.
Probate Office, 4, 109.
In the Name of God Amen ye twenty Eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and thirty one I Alexander Forguson of Kittery in the County of York Yeoman being Sick and weak yet of perfect mind
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& memory and not Knowing how Soon it may please God to remove me out of this world do make and Ordain this my last will and Testament.
first Recomending my Soul to God its Maker and my body to the Earth to be Decently Interred at the Discretion of my Executrix (hereafter Named) hopeing for Salvation in and through Iesus Christ and as touching Such Worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give & bequeath the Same in Manner Following Viz :
Imp' I give & bequeath to my Son Daniel Forguson one Shilling in Money and my Raper.
Item I give and bequeath to my Son Alexander Forguson my long Gun.
Item I give and bequeath to my Son Eleaser Forgusou all my Addition Grants both of the homestead where I live & of the little mill lott all the land that does or may belong to me by Virtue of those grants and one half of my Comon Rights in Kittery & Berwick as the Same is Stated & Proportioned or as the Same may be Stated and Propor- tioned to say the one half of all the Right Title Interest & Inheritance that I have or Ought to have of in & to the Comons & undivided Lands in the Towns of Kittery & Ber- wick the Said Grants Lands & comon Rights as afore Said to him ye Said Eleaser Forguson his heirs and assignes for ever; I also give him my Short Gun.
Item I give and bequeath to my Son Iohn fforguson the Other half part of all my Right & Title Interest & Inherit- ance as aforeSd of in and to ye Comons & undivided Lands in the Towns of Kittery and Berwick as it is or may be pro- portioned to him the Said John Forguson his heirs & As- signes for ever.
I also give to my Said Son John my musket.
$ Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Forgu- son one Shilling besides ye ten pounds Reserved for her in the Deed which I gave to my Son Alexander.
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Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Forguson one Shilling besides ye ten Pounds Reserved for her in the Deed which I gave to my Son Alexander
Item I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Iane Gowen the Child of my Daughter Elizebeth Gowen Deceas" one feather Bed to be Delivered to her by my wife when She ye Said Iane Shall be Eighteen years old or married or Sooner if my wife See fitt Dureing which time my wife shall have ye Use of it and I leave it with my wife to determine which Bed ye Said Iane Shall have/ I also give & bequeath to the Said Iane five pounds to be paid to her in Currt money of New England when she is Eighteen Years of age or mar- ried or Sooner if my wife See fit Dureing which time my wife shall have ye Use of it to her Self. .
Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Elize- beth Forguson (whom I hereby Appoint Executrix to this my last will and testament) all & Singuler my Cattle Horse Kind Sheep Swine Goods Debts wares Effects & things Moveable Even all my personall Estate of what Kind or quallity Soever they be she paying ye Severall Legacies before mentioned in Convenient Time or at the times men- tioned to them to whom ye S' Legacies Shall be due and she paying my Debts and funerall Charges in Convenient time after my Decease and my will and Pleasure is that Nothing in this my will or my wifes Exceptance of the Same Shall any ways hinder my Said wife from haveing the thirds of ye Lands which I have made over to my Sons Daniel and Alex- ander here to fore but she Shall be Entitled to the Same dureing life as if this will had not been made And I the Said Alexander Forguson do hereby utterly Disallow revoake & make voide all and every former and other wills Testaments Legacies & Bequests & Executors by me made Either by word or writing Declairing this and no Other to be my last
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will and testament In Witness whereot I have here unto Set my hand and Seal ye Day aforesaid
Alexander Ferguson (Scal) Signed Sealed Published
Pronounced & Declaired by
the said Alexander Forguson to be his last will & testament
in Presence of us
Henry Snow Zachriah Emery James Forguson Noah Emery
Probated + Oct. 1731. Inventory returned 2 Nov. 1731, at £159: 19: 3, by John Heard, Rich4 Thurla and Noah Emery, appraisers.
Probate Office, 4, 113.
In the Name of God Amen I Joseph Pribble of York in the County of York in the Province of the Massachussets Bay in New England Yeoman being Sick of Body but as yet Blessed be God of Sound mind & memory Do make this my last will & Testament in manner following First and above all I Comitt my Soul in to the hands of God my Maker & Redeemer and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried by my Executrix hereafter mentioned and then as to my Worldly Estate which a bountifull God has Graciously given me I dispose of it in manner following
Imprimis Imprimis I give & bequeath unto my Loving & faith full Wife Ann Prible one third part of my Personall Estate forever & the Improvement of one third part of my Real Estate dureing her Naturall Life She Acquitting all Interest in that two hundred pounds hereafter given to my five Children which I had by my former Wife.
Item I give and bequeath unto my five Elder Children Viz : Hannah Mary Nehemiah Elisebeth Bithiah two hun-
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dred pounds Equally to be divided among them and to be forthwith paid out of my Bonds & to be improved for their best advantage by the advise of my Overseers hereafter Named & to be Delived to them at the Time of Marriage or Sooner as my S& overseers Shall think best.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son Nehemiah a full double Portion of my whole Estate not herein before disposed of to be taken in Lands as the Estate Shall be Apprised by three Indeferent men to be appointed by my over seers Fifty Acres of his Sª Double Portion to be Set of to him when he shall come to be of the Age of twenty one Years & to lye on the Southwest Side of my home Stead adjoyning m' Stones Land to begin at the End next the Sea thirty poles in Breadth and So to run back the Same breadth till fifty Acres be compleated to be then apprised as afore S".
Item I give and bequeath unto my Son Joseph Preble one full Portion or Share and an half Share of all my Estate to be taken in Lands & to be Sett of to him when he Shall come of the Age of 21 years.
Item I will and bequeath unto Each of my Daughters one full Share or equall Portion of my Estate twenty pounds thereof to be paid to Each of them by my Executrix at ye Age of Eighteen Years or time of marriage & the Residue when my youngest Child if a Son Shall be of the Age of 21 years and if a Daughter of the Age of Eighteen years.
Item My will is that all my Children be brought up out of my Estate the Sons till they come to ye Age of twenty one years and the Daughters to the Age of Eighteen years or time of Marriage.
Item It is my will that if the Child with which my Wife Now goeth Should be a Son He shall have an Equall Share with my Son Joseph that is one full share and an half of my Estate to be taken in Lands when he comes of Age as aforeS.
Item It is my will that if either of my Sons shall Se Cause to sell his Land herein bequeathed or any Part there
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of his Brother or Bretherin Shall have the Refusall at the Price that three Indeferent men shall then Value it at but they shall sell to no other Person whatsoever.
Item It is my will that my Sons shall have Liberty to take that Part of Land to be allotted to their Sisters which shall lie most Convenient to them Respectively they paying to their Sisters within three Years what the Same Shall be apprised at when the rest of my Estate is apprised as afore Said but if my Sons Shall refuse to Purchase the same as afore Said then their Sisters Shall Dispose of the Same as they Se Cause.
Item It is my will that all the Lands herein bequeathed to my sons as afore Said or that Shall be Sold one to the other as aforeSª Shall desend to the Heirs mail of their Bodys Lawfully begotten for ever & in failure of Heirs male then to be Equally Divided among the Females Lawfully begot- ten as aforeSª.
Item It is my will that my well Beloved Wife Ann Prible be & I do hereby appoint her to be the Sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament.
Item I do hereby Nominate & appoint my Trusty Friends Sam" Came & Joseph Moody Esq" & M. Sam" Milbury to be the Over seers to Councell and Advise my Executrix with respect to the Execution of this my last Will and Testament & to end all Diferences that may arise relating to the true Intent & meaning of this my last will and Testament and any Clause or Article theirin & if either of my Sa Overseers should dye then I do desire & empower the two Survivers to appoint another in his stead and the Determination of the Said Overseers or any two of them I do hereby order to be a finall End of ye Sª Disputes relaiting to the Premises.
Lastly I do hereby revoak any former will by me made I do hereunto set my hand and Seal April 24th 1732 Joseph Prible (Seal) Signed Sealed Published pronounced
& declaired by Joseph Preble above
named as his last Will & Testament The words Yeoman
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my Forthwith whole before equall to each of on the First Page & on this Page the words or Brethering respectively to be shall or that shall be Sold by one to ye other as aforeSd interlined & five whole lines on this Page obliter- ated before Signing in Presence of us
John Sayword Abill Goodwin Sam" Black John Millbury
Probated 10 May 1732. Inventory returned 11 May 1732, at £2613: 15: 6, by Richard Mil- berry, Benj Stone and Abiel Goodwin, appraisers.
Probate Office, 4, 122.
In the Name of God Amen I Jeremiah Moulton of York in ye County of York in ye Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England Expecting Daily my Great Change by Reason of ye many Infirmities of old age which I find Con- tinually increasing upon me altho at Present Blessed be God I am in health & of sound Judgment & Memory and know- ing that it is my Duty to Set my House in order, and willing as much as in me lies to Prevent Contention & the Said · Fruits thereof Between my Dear Children after my Decease and to this End looking up to heaven for Guidance in So Important an affair I Do Revoking & Nulling all other & former Wills & Testaments by ine made now make this as my Last Will and Testamt in Manner and form as followeth.
First and above all I committ my Precious & immortal Soul into the hands of my faithfull Creator & Mercifull Redeemer Desiring to be found in Christ having on his Righteousness not my own and my Body I Comitt to ye Earth Deceantly and in Christian Manner to be Buried by my Executors hereafter Mentioned in hope of a Glorious Resurrection to Life Eternal and then as to that Worldly Estate which God
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hath Mercifully given me I Dispose of it in Manner . Following.
Imprimis I give unto my only Joseph Moulton all that my Farm on which he Some Time Since Lived Together with all the Priviledges Common Rights & Appurtenances thereunto Belonging (Excepting Twenty acres hereafter Given to my Grand Son Abel Moulton Eldest Son of sa Joseph Moulton) with which Farm aboveSd I give and bequeath all ye Housing whether dwelling House Barns & : that now Stands on Said Farm I Do also bequeath unto my . Said Son Joseph all my upland Lying in that Part of ye Town Called Scotland Extending as far As york Bridge
Item : I Give and Bequeath unto my Son Johnson Har- mon and mary his Wife my only Daughter all that my home Stead on which I now Live about Ten acres be it more or Less Together with my now Dwelling House as also my Ware-house & Barns on Said Home Place Excepting only ye use of one half of my sd Dwelling House to my beloved Wife Alice if She Shall See Cause to Dwell in it and as Long as She Shall Please to make use of it &c : I Do further give unto my Said Son and Daughter Harmon all that my Pasture whether upland or Meadow Ground Containing betwixt fourty and fifty acres be it more or Less Lying between ye Land now in ye Possession of Nathanael Donnel and the Land in the Possession of ye Widow Blacks or her Son Samuel Together with all the Priviledges Common. Rights and appurtenances beloing both to my HomStead &' Pasture abovesd to my Said Son and Daughter Harmon Dur- ing their Natural Lives and after both their Decease both ye Home Place and ye Pasture abovesd with all Priviledges & Common Rights or Appurtenances whatsoever to be Equally Divided between my Two Grand Sons Johnson Harmon & Joseph Harmon.
I Do also give & Bequeath unto my sª Son & Daughter Harmon all that my Piece of Salt Marsh Lying Near ye Partings of York River Adjoyning to the Land of Capt
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Samuel Came & the Marsh of Joseph Harmon Containing about five acres be it more or Less which Marsh Shall also be Equally Divided betwixt my Two Grand Sons Johnson Harmon & Joseph Harmon after ye Death of their and Mother.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Grand Son Abel Moulton Twenty acres of Land Lying on that Side of my Farm above the Mill Creek Next to the Land of William Bracy. as also one acre of my Salt Marsh Lying at or Near the Place Called Scotland where he Shall Choose the Same.
Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Grand : Son Jeremiah Moulton and my Two Grand Daughters Abigail Bane & Mary Jaques all the Residue of my Salt Marsh Lynig at the Place aforesd Called Scotland besides ye one acre above bequeathed to my Grand Son Abel Moulton as also all my Salt Marsh Lying Near York Bridge ye whole of sa Marsh to be Equally Divided between the S' Jeremiah Moulton, Abigail Bane & Mary Jaques.
Item I Give & Bequeath unto my Loving & Faithfull Wife Alice besides her Thirds of my Estate & what She might Claime of it by Virtue of ye Laws of this Province, all that was her Right in the Estate of her former Husband Samuel Donnel of sª York Esq' Deceased even The whole of what I am Entituled to by Virtue of this my Second Marriage with Sª Allice my now Wife I Give and Bequeath it to my Said now Wife & her Heirs forever So that it Shall not be in ye Power of any by from or under me whether Heirs Executors Administrators or assigns &c : to Enter into Possession of or Lay Claim unto any part what was my sª Wife her Estate at the Time and before my Marriage with my Present Wife This I Mention and this I ordain in my Will to Prevent any Trouble to my Dear Wife or any of hers after my Decease.
Finally I Do Constitute & appoint my Son Joseph Moul- ton & my in Law Johnson Harmon to be the Execr of this my Last Will & Testament to Take Care that my Inst Debts and funerall Charges be Paid out of my Moveable Estate &
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what Shall be left of my Personal and Moueable Estate after my said Debts & funeral Charges Shall be paid I Do bereby Give and Bequeath unto my s' Son in Law Johnson Harmon whether the Same be Stock House Hold Goods or any other Moveables whatsoever : only that the Said Abigail Bean the Wife of Lewis Beane & the Said Mary Jaquesh the Wife of Richard Jaques my Two Eldest Grand Daughters Shall have all my Pewter Platers and Plates to be Equally Divided between them.
and now I Ratifie and Confirm the whole of this my Last · Will & Testament & Every Paragraph article & Clause thereof.
In Witness whereof I ye said Jeremiah Moulton have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this Ninth Day of May in the thirteenth Year of King George's Reign Annog Domini 1727. Signed Sealed Published his
Pronounced & Declared by
the afore Named Ieremiah
Jeremiah 2 Moulton (Seal)
Moulton to be his Last
Mark
Will & Testament in
Presence of us his
Joseph X Abbot
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her Sarah X Aris
mark Joseph Moody .
Probated 28 Jan. 1731-2. Inventory returned 24 Jan. 1.31-2, at £577: 10: 0, by Samuel Sewal, John Sayward and Caleb Preble, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 4, 130.
In The Name of God Amen the Seventeenth Day of Feb- ruary Annoque Domini one thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty nine thirty I John Belcher of Kittey in ye County of York within his Majts Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England Joyner Formerly of Boston in ye County of Suffolk Eldest Son of Josiah Belcher of Boston aforesaid Deceased being Aged and weak but of Perfect memory and not knowing ye Day of my Death Do make and ordain this · to be my Last Will and Testment first and Principally I Do Humbly Resign my Soul To God that Gave it me and my Body to the Earth to be Decently Interred at ye Discreation of my Executor hereafter named hoping Through ye Mercy of ye Lord Jesus Christ to have a Glorious Resurrection to Life Eternal and as to such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless in this Life I Give and Dispose thereof in the Manner following Viz' Whereas I the said John Belcher have lived at the House of M' Charles ffrost in Kittery near about forty years and have been Comfortably Supported and Provided for no Relations or other Persons whatsoever haveing Done any thing for my help or Comfort at any Time since I have lived in the Eastern parts but ye said Charles ffrost and his father and Grand father and now in my old age and helpless Condition I am Comfortably Sup- ported and Provided for with Convenient food and Raiment and other Necessaryes of Life by y" Said Charles ffrost I Give and Bequeath unto him the Said Charles ffrost (whome I Do hereby Constitute and appoint ye sole and only Execu- tor to this my Last Will and Testament) all my Estate Either in houses or Lands or other Moveable Goods and Chattels & Credits Tools and Moneys and all my Right Title Interest Propriety Claim or demand of in or to any Estate whether Real or Personal in Possession or Reversion whether it be by Decent, or Purchase or any way whatsoever all ye Remainder or Remainders & Inheritance to me belonging in
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any place or places within ye Kings Dominions Nothing Ex- cepted or Reserved but I Give all to him y" Said Charles frost his Heirs and assigns forever to be Siezed and Pos- sessed therereof Immediately after my Decease and I Do hereby make and appoint him the said Charles ffrost to be my Sole and only Heir in all Respects to Inherit all and whatsoever is or Shall be mine at any Time Whether Lands Tenements or Hereditaments be the Same more or Less Re- voking and Declaring to be Null and Void all and Every former or other Will or Wills Testaments Legacies or Bequests Heirs and Executors by me before named Either by word or writing Declaring this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament In Wittness where of I the said John Belcher have hereunto Set my hand and Seal y Seventh Day of February aboves" in the Third Year of the Reign of King George ye Second/
Signed Sealed Published Pronounced John Bolcher (Sem) & Declared by ye said John Belcher
to be his Last Will & Testament
In Presence of us.
Joseph Hodsdon
Benja Welch Iun' hcr Kathrine X Somes mark Noah Emery
Probated 3 April 1731.
Probate Office, 4, 133.
In The Name of God Amen the twenty first Day of Feb- ruary in the year of our Lord 1733 I Henry Libbee of Sear- borough in the County of York in the Province of ye Mas- · sachusetts Bay in New England Husbandman being weak
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in Body & of Great age but of Perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God therefor Calling unto mind ye Mor- tallity of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye Do make & 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 commit to the Earth to be Decently Buried at ye Discreation of my Executor hereafter named nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall Receive ye 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. I Give my Daughter Mary Webber the Wife of Richard Webber five pounds Money or bills of Credit of this Province to be paid to her the Said Mary Webber by my Son James Libhee at or before the Expiration of Two Years after my Death. I. Give and Bequeath unto my son Iames Libbee Six acres of Land where his House now is Builded and bounded as Will appear on yo Town Records & Ten Acres above Hunniwells & five acres of Meadow Land up Non-such River Adjoyning to Simon Hinkson where it was Granted to me as will appear on ye Town Records he paying his Sister Webber five pounds as aforesaid. I Give unto my son John Libbee Forty Eight acres of Land Granted to me a Proprietors Meeting held at Scarborough June 22"1 1720 and three acres of salt Marsh at Jemaco Commonly So Called Given to me by the Town as will appear by Records. I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Elisabeth Plummer wife to Samson Plummer Forty Eight acres of Land Granted to me at a Proprietors Meeting held at Scarborough June ye 22nd 1720 as it is Laid out on the East side of my ninty Six acres ye West side I have Given to my son John Libbee as appears before I Give the Ninty six acres of Land as before Mentioned to John Libbee and Elizabeth Plummer as before Mentioned.
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I Give to my Eldest Son Samuel Libbee (whome I like wise Constitute make and ordain my Sole Executor to this my Last will and Testament) all my lands Except what I have herein Given away I also Give and Bequeath to my Said Son Samuel Libbee all other Lands that is mine or that Shall appear to be mine as also my Right in ye Pro- priety & Common Lands in this Town or Else where with all my Goods & Chattels that is mine or in any ways ought to be mine freely to Be Possessed and Enjoyed and I will that my said Son Samuel Libbee pay unto my Grand Daughter Hannah Poler the Daughter of my Daughter Hannah Poller & John Poller ye Sum of five pounds money or to the Value thereof as Soon as She Shall arise to ye age of Eighteen Years. a Gift I will & Give to my Daughters Daughter and I Do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke & Disannull all and Every other former Testament wills Legacies & bequests and Executors by me in any ways before named willed & 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 the Day and Year above written. his
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