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. Item : I give to my beloved Grandson Andrew Pepperrell his Heirs & Assigns for ever my Farm in York that I par- chased of Arthur Bragdon, Together with all Appartinances belonging to the Said Farm, to be possest thereof when he shall be of Twenty one years of Age, I also give unto him the Rent or Income of the said Farm until that Time. But if it so happen that my Said Grandson Depart this Life before he shall be of age to Inherit the said Farm, and my son William Should have another Son Named either Andrew or William then I give the said Farm together with the ap- purtinances thereunto belonging & the Rent thereof to him his Heirs & Assigns for ever: And if it should so be that my son William Pepperrell should not have a son of either of those Names live to the Age of twenty one years to inherit the said Farm, Then I give the said Farm with the Rent or Income thereof unto my Grand son William Clark & his Heirs & Assigns for ever And if the Said William Clark should depart this life before he shall be of a Lawful Age to Inherit, & possess it, then the said Farm Shall be & Remain my son William Pepperrells his Heirs & Assigns for Ever.
Item : I give to my beloved Grandaughter Elizabeth Pep- perrell one Hundred Pounds in currant Money or Bills of Credit of the aforesaid Province to be paid to her by my Executor when she shall be of Lawful Age or Married.
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Item : I give to Each of my Kinsmen William, Andrew, & John Phillips Twenty Pounds in Currant Money or in good Bills of Credit of the aforesd Province to be paid to them by my Executor.
Item : I give unto the Church in the Lower Precinct or Parish in ye Town of Kittery the Sum of sixty Pounds in Currant Money or Bills of Credit of the aforesd Province to be laid out or turned into Plate or Vessels for the Use of said Church at the Discretion of my Executor & Overseers with the Pastor & Deacons of said Church.
Item : I give to the Poor of the Church in the Lower Pre- cinct or Parish in the Town of Kittery The sum of Fifty Pounds in Currant Money or Bills of Credit of this Prov- ince to be paid by my Executor to the Pastor & Deacons of said Church, to be Distributed by them among the Poor of said Church at such Times & in such quantities as they in their Discretion shall see meet.
Item. I give to the Poor in the lower Precinct or Parish in Kittery aforesd sixty Pounds to be Laid out in Corn & Distributed amongst them at the Discretion of my Executor & Overseers.
Item : After the Decese of Margery my Wife I give the Moiety or one half part of my Plate & Houshold-stuff To my son William Pepperrell & the other moiety or half part thereof to my Daughters Mary Frost, Margery Gunnison, Miriam Tyler, Dorothy Watkins, Iane Clark & the Children of my Daughter Joanna Jackson Dece'sd or those that shall legally represent them ; my Grandchildren Jacksons to have one Sixth part thereof the remainder to be equally Divided among my Daughters aforesd or Such as shall legally repre- sent them.
Item : I give of my Money in M' Henry Roc's Keeping in Great Brittain unto my Cousin Mary Nicols in Ravelstock Twenty Five Pounds, and to my said Cousin Nicols two Daughters Mary & Elizth Four Pounds to be Equally divided between them. I also give unto my Cousin Tamaziu Gilberts
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Daughters Five pounds and unto Ioan gendal in Primstock five Pounds. & unto Dorothy Lapthorn twenty Shillings if she be living. I also give unto ye Poor in the Parish of Ray- elstock Five pounds to be divided among them at the Dis- cretion of the said M' Henry Roe.
Item. I give unto my Molatto man servant named Toby his Discharge Liberty & Freedom at one Years end next after my Decease on the Condition that he behave himselfe a true & Faithful Servant until that Time.
Item : I give unto my Negro man servant Named Scipio his Discharge Liberty & Freedom when he shall be Forty years old Provided & on Condition that he truly & faith- fully serve until that Time
Item : I give unto my much Respected Friend Coll John Wheelwright Esq" Five pounds & Coll" Timothy Gerrish Esq Five pounds & The Revnd Mr John Newmarch Ten pounds in Currant Money or in Bills of Credit of the afor- said Province. Whom I Desire Constitute & Appoint to be my Overseers of this my last Will & Testament
Item. I give unto my wellbeloved son William Pepperrell, whom I Constitute Make & Ordain my sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament all the Residue or Remainder of my Estate both Real & Personal of every Kind & Denomi- nation whatsoever & in what place soever the same or any part thereof shall be to him his Heirs & Assigns for ever. And after the Decease of Margery my dearly beloved Wife I also give unto him my said son his Heirs & assigns forever the other moiety or half part of my Farm or Land whereon I do now live & dwell with Dwelling-House, out Houses & other Biuldings that are thereon the whole & every Part thereof freely to be possessed & Enjoyed by him and them for Ever.
And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke & disanul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacies & Bequests & Executors by me in anywayes before Named, Willed & Bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming, this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament.
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In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & scal the Day and Year above written Signed sealed Published Pronounced & Declared by the said William Pepperrell as his Last Will & Testament in the Presence of us the Subscribers. Joseph Hammond Bray Dearing Wille Daring John Dearing.
memorandum : the words Province & shall be were (in the third Page) inter- lined before signing. William Pepperrell (Seal)
Probated 6 March 1733-4.
Probate Office, 4, 190.
In the Name of God Amen The first Day of May 1734.
I Joseph Young of York in the County of York & Prov- ince of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England Gentleman being very sick & week in Body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God: Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is ap- pointed for all men once to Die. Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament That is to say Principally and first of all I give & Recommend my soul into ye Hands of God that gave it : And Body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall Receive the 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 & Dis- pose of the same in the following manner & form. After my Just Debts & Funeral Charges are paid.
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Imprimis I give and bequeath to Abigail my Dearly be- loved Wife all my Estate both Real and Personal during her Natural Life.
Item After my said Wifes Decease I give & bequeath unto my Grandson Joseph Young all my said Estate both Real & Personal that my said Wife shall leave my said Grandson paying to each of my Daughters vizt Mary, Abi- gail, Bethulah, & Bethiah three pounds A piece of Currant passable money of this Province and three pounds to be paid to my Grand Daughter Abigail Young in the whole Fifteen Pounds and In Case my sª Grandson Joseph Young should Die before he comes to the Age of Twenty One Years then my said Estate to be Equally Divided amongst my said Daughters then surviveing.
I Do also appoint my said Wife and my son in Law John Bradbury to be the sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament desiring them & Intreating them to see ye Will of the Dead punctually fulfilled. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal the Day & year abovewritten. Signed sealed published pronounced Joseph Young (Seal) & Declared by ye said Joseph Young
as his last Will & Testament In
presence of Us the subscribers.
Jer : Moulton her Sarah X Favour mark Daniel Moulton
Probated 4 June 1:34. Inventory returned 29 Jany 1735, at £403: 13: 0, by Daniel Simup- son, Samuel Sewall and Samuel Milberry, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 4, 197.
In the Name of God Amen. the twenty sixth Day of July Anno Domini one thousand seven Hundred thirty & four I John Eveleth of Kittery In the County of York in ye Prov- ince of ye Massachusets Bay in New England Clerk being sick & weak in Body but of sound Disposeing mind & mem- ory Thanks be given to God there fore Calling to mind ye Mortality of my Body Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament That is to say principally & first of All I give & Recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, And my Body I Recommend to ye Earth to be buried in A Christian like & Decent Manner 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.
Imprimis I give & bequeath to my welbeloved Daughter Sarah Cordis sixty Pounds in Money.
Item I give & bequeath to my welbeloved Children John Eveleth Frances Eveleth Martha Thornton, & Hannah Ayers to Each of them five shillings in money.
Item I give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife Mary Eveleth all ye Remainder of my Estate both Real & Per- sonal wheresoever and whatsoever which I have not hereto- fore nor by these psents by me Disposed of to be at her Dis- posal as she shall think fit to And amongst my Children.
Lastly I Constitute make & ordain my trusty Friends Richard Gowell & Thomas Dennet my only & sole Execu- tors of this my Last Will & Testament & I Do hereby Ut- terly revok Disallow all & every other former Testament Wills Legacies bequests & Executors by me in any wayes before Named willed or bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In Wit-
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ness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & scal ye Day & year first above written the sign of John Eveleth
Signed sealed Published pronounced
John (Seal) & Declared by ye said John Eve-
leth as his last Will & Testament
in ye presence of us the subscribers.
Jos : Hammond John Dennet Jos : Hammond Iur
Frobated 30 Sept. 1:34. Inventory returned 11 Oct. 1734, at £138: 10: 0, by Joseph Hammond, John Dennet and Joseph Hammond jur, appraisers. Debts due the Estate from Thomas Bond, John Burbank, Jabez Dorman, Joshua Lassell, Moses Morgan, Sam- cel Fernald, William Gowell, Edmund Goff, Paul Wentworth, Timothy Davis, John Fernald, Mr. Dennet.
Probate Office, 4, 215.
In the Name of God Amen. The fourth Day of Decem" Anno Domini one Thousand seven hundred thirty & three I Mary Burnam of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusets Bay in New-England Widow being sick & weak in Body but of sound Disposeing mind & memory Thanks be given to God Therefore Calling unto mind the mortality of my body do make & Ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to say principally & first of all I give & recomend my soul into the hands of God that gave it & my Body I Recomend to the Earth to be buried in A Christian like & Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executor 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.
Imprimis I give & bequeath to my well beloved son John Spinney my Bed & Beding that is in my Chamber also A pare of Andirons two Puter Platers & four Puter Plates. also one silver spoon.
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Item I give & bequeath to my well beloved son Jeremiah Burnam The Bed & Beding & Bedsted whereon I now lay also A Gold Ring also Three Puter Platters & four puter Plates also four Chairs & my round Table also A Cow which John Davis took to the halves also one silver spoon also my Cow & my swine, two Pots made with Iron & A Brass Kittle.
Item I give & bequeath to my wellbeloved Daughter Mary Tetherly one pare of sheets one silver spoon also my best sute of Cloaths.
Item : I give & bequeath to my wellbeloved Daughter Margery Tetherly one pare of sheets & my second best suit of Clothes one silver spoon.
Item. I give to my wellbeloved Daughter Mary Tobey one pare of sheets also A silver spoon also a suit of my Clothes and also A Brass Kittle.
Item : I give & bequeath to my well beloved son Andrew Spinney Two Barrells also A warming Pan.
Item : I also give & bequeath to my beloved son Jeremiah Burnam three pounds in money which his Brother John Burnam owes me also the money Iames Spinney owes me.
Item. I give & bequeath to my beloved Grandaughter Dorcas Hammond one Chest one Trunk one Box & also the rest of my Moveables wheresoever & whatsoever which I have not heretofore nor by these Bsents Dispose of
My Will is that my son Jeremiah Burnam shall be at the Charge to Bury me out of what I gave him in these presents.
Lastly I Constitute make & Ordain my beloved Cuzin John Fernald senior my only & sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament I Doe hereby revoke Disallow all & every other former Testament Wills Legacies bequests & Executors by me in any wayes before Named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be
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my Last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand & seal the Day & Year first above written. Signed sealed published her
pronounced & Declared by Mary Burnam
Mary Burnam as her Last
mark (seal)
Will & Testament In the
presence of us the subscribers
Thomas Fernald
Nathan : Spinney
Thomas Dennet
Frobated 12 March 17345. Inventory returned 15 March, 1734-5, at £146: 02; 08, by Thomas Fernald, Nathan Spinney and Thomas Dennet, appraisers.
Probate Office, 4, 226.
To All People to whom these Prestns shall come Greet- ing. Know ye, that I Sarah Sayer of Wells in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusets Bay New England Relique of William Sawyer late of Wells aforsª Decesª (thô weak of Body, yet of sound & well Disposing mind & Judgment) Do Committing my sperit in the first place unto God the Father of it thro Jesus Christ, & my Body into the hands of my Executors hereafter named to be by them decently Interred in hopes of A Blessed Resurrection, Dis- pose of the Temporall Estate with which God has been pleased to bless me in the manner following vizt
1. My Will is that all my Iust & honest Debts, together with my Funerall Charges shall be paid out of my Estate by my Executors hereafter Named.
2 I Give & bequeath unto my son John Wells Eight Pounds to be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decese. I Will also that A Bond of thirteen pounds given by him to me, shall be freely surrendred up unto him by my Executors within the afors' term of six
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months after my Dece'se And I Will that the Eight pounds . I herein give unto this my s4 son John Wells be laid out by him in procureing A Funerall Coat after my Disc.
3. I Give & Bequeath unto my son Thomas Wells Eight pounds to procure A Funerall Coat after my Decese the which sd sum shall be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decease. I will also that A Bond of thir- teen pound given from him to me shall be freely surrendred up to him after my Dece'se.
4. I Give unto my Daughter Patience Clark five pounds (besides five pounds I have already given her) to be paid unto her by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
5. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Sayer of Newbury two pounds & four pounds A piece to Each of her two sons Viz Jonathan Sibley & Sam" Sibley these several sums to be paid vnto my sª Daughter Sarah Sawyer & her aforesd two sons by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
6. I Give & Bequeath unto my son Francis Sawyer thirty pounds to be paid unto him within six Months after my Decease by my Executors.
7. I Give & Bequeath unto my Grand son William son of my son Daniel Sayer De'csd thirty pounds, to be paid him by my Executors within six months after my Decease.
8. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Chesley thirty pounds to be paid her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
9. I Give & Bequeath unto my Daughter Ruth Sampson Thirty pounds to be paid her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
10. I Give & Bequeath unto my great grand-Daughter Mary Clarke Daughter of my grand son Natha" Clarke A Certain Feather Bed that has an homespone Tick to be Delivered to her by my Executors within six Months after my Decease.
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11. I Will that what ever Use or Interest shall be found due upon my Bonds that any of my Children or Grand Chil- dren have Obliged themselves unto me by, shall be freely wholy and absolutely remitted, released & given up unto such from whom it may be found due by my Executors at my Decease.
12. I Give & Bequeath unto my four Daughters my wear- ing Cloths as follows vizt I give to my Daughter Patience Clark A black Calamineo suit & my black blew searge Petty Coat. I give to my Daughter Sarah Sawyer my silk Crape suit & my red & Yellow under Petty Coat. I give unto my Daughter Hannah Chesley my silk suit. I give to my Daugh- ter Ruth Sampson my striped Calaminco suit, & A striped Calaminco Gown & A black silk Petty Coat. all the Rest of my Cloths I will shall be Equally Divided among these my four Daughters. And if either of these my Daughters shall Decease before I shall, then I will that their Daughters shall have such Clothes as their Mother would have had by Vertue of this my Will if they were Liveing.
13. I Will that four pounds shall be paid by Executors unto the Church of Christ in Wells, within six months after my Decease, to be distributed by them among some of the poor Members of sd Church.
14. I Will all my Estate of what nature or kind so ever not already disposed of in this my Last Will & Testament unto my two grandsons & my two Daughters hereafter mentioned viz Joseph Sayer, We Sayer, Hannah Chesley & Ruth Samp- son to be delivered up unto them & equally Divided amongst them within six months after my Decease.
15. finally I Do hereby Ordain Constitute & appoint my son Francis Sayer & my Grand-sons Joseph Sayer & William Sayer to be the sole Executors of this my last Will & Tes- tament and Do hereby revoke & Disannull all former Wills & Testaments heretofore made by me & Declare this to be my last will & testament : As Witness my hand and seal
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this twenty seventh Day of April Anno Domini 1734. Annoq R R Georgii secundi magna Brittannia &c septimo. Signed sealed & pronounced NB : the words or grand Chil- in presence of Hans Dalzel Jeremiah Storer Jeremiah storer Jur
dren were interlined be- tween, ye sixth & seventh Lines from ye top of the second page before signing & ye word between will & all in ye thirty first line from ye top of the second page was erased before signing Sarah Sayer : (seal)
Probated, 10 Feb. 1734-5. Inventory returned 2 June 1735, at £540: 2: 6, by John Storer, Samuel Wheelwright and Daniel Morrison, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 4.
The Last Will & Testament of Elias Perrey of York Labrour, being weak in Body but of sound mind & memory I make the following Disposition of the Temporall Estate which God in his Providence has been pleased to bestow upon me.
First I give to the two Churches in York that one Hun- dred Pounds with Interest Due to me from John McIntire Jur of York to be Equally Divided between sd Churches & to be Disposed of by the respective Deacons as may be for the best Benefit of the Poor of sd Churches.
Item I give to the Revª M' Sam" Moody my Hond Pastor ten Pounds to be paid out of the Money Due to me on Bill from Jeremiah Bane of Exeter.
Item I give unto my beloved Friend Rachel Boyinton the sum of ten pounds to be paid out of what is Due to me from M' Nathan" Whiftney & also all my Books of every sort.
Item my Will is that my Funerall Charges & Just Debts
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if any be & ye Charges of my Executor be paid out of the money that shall come by the sale of my wearing Apparrel & what further is in the hands of Mr Whitney abovesd being about fifteen pounds.
Item If any thing further be left of my Estate I Do hereby give it unto Joseph Moody Pastor of the second Church in York.
Lastly I hereby Constitute my trusty Friend Deacon Joseph Holt to be the Executor of this my last Will.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal September. 9. 1735.
Signed Sealed Published pronounced Elias Perrey (Seal) & Declared by Elias Perrey to be his Last Will & testament in
sence of
Nathal Whitney
Caleb Boyington® Daved Bennet Abel Whitney
Probated 1 Oct. 1735; Inventory returned at £140: 5: 10, by Sam" Sewall and Diamond Sargent, appraisers, 9 Oct. 1735. Debts due the estate from Caleb Boyenton, John Mack- entire, Jeremiah Bean.
Probate Office, 5, 6.
In the Name of God Amen/ the Eighteenth day of Sep- tember Anno Domini one thousand Seven Hundred & thirty four, I Robert Cutt of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Ship- wright being Aged & 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 & first of all I Give & Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gaue it; and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to
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be Buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executrix hereafter Named, nothing doubting but at the Generall Resurrection I shall receive the 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,
Imprimis I give unto my dearly beloved Wife Dorcas ¿Cutt the Use and Improvement of all my Right title & Interest which I have or ought to have in & unto the Estate that was my Uncle John Hoels formerly of Kittery abovesd Deceasd, & also all my Stock of Cattle & other Creatures of every kind, & all my Houshold Goods Debts & Moveable Effects whatsoever & in what place soever for Her Support & Comfortable maintainance During her natural Life & if that should not be sufficient to maintain her then I doe by these Presents give her full power & Authority to Alienate sell & Dispose of so much thereof as shall be sufficient for her Comfortable Support & Maintainance & what shall be remaining thereof at her Decease shall be divided amongst our Children Mary Whipple, Katharine Moffat, Mehitabel Odyorne & Elizabeth Whipple, as she in her Wisdom shall see meet to order & appoint. And also the one third part of the Income or Profits of all my Houses & Lands during the time of Her Widowhood.
Item I give & bequeath to my well-beloved Daughter Mary Whipple besides what I have heretofore given Her my Land or Farm in Kittery, Scituate & being at the Place called & known by the Name of Crooked Lane together with the Dwelling house & all other Buildings upon the said Land of whatsoever Denomination And also the Pasture that was formerly my Brother Scrivens lying by Thomas Cutt's Mill-Pond ; And also my Land lying on the Eastern side of Spruce Creek in Kittery Containing +about forty Acres Bounded by ME Gunnison's Land on the North West & by my Brother John Mores Land on the South East :
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And also one fourth Part of the Land that I have had laid out to me in the township of Berwick & shall or may here- after have laid out to me either in Berwick or Kittery by vertue of Town Grants from Kittery or Berwick/ And also one fourth Part of the Right Share & Interest which I have belonging to me as A Proprietor in Kittery in the Common & undivided Lands in the townships of Kittery & Berwick freely to be Possessed & Enjoyed by her, her Heirs & As- signs for ever. Excepting & Reserveing what I have in these presents given to my wife Dorcas Cutt during her widowhood.
Item I give & Bequeath to my well beloved Daughters Katharine Moffat, & Mehitabel Odyorne to them their Heirs & Assigns for euer besides what I have heretofore given them my Land or Farm in ye township of Kittery which I pur- chased of Charles ffrost formerly of Boston Decesª & his Sisters, Called & known by the Name of the Long Marsh Farm, together with Dwelling house & out houses on the said Farm & my Part of the Mill stream & Mill belonging to the said Farm. And also the Land & Orchard that was formerly my Brother Scrivens called the old-house Place lying on the Western side of ye River called Spruce Creek Bounded by Morgrage's & Dimond Sergant's Lands on the Northwest & on other Parts principally by the abouesd Creek. And also the Moiety or one half part of the Land that I have had Laid out to me in the Township of Berwick, & shall or may hereafter have laid out to me either in Ber- wick or Kittery by vertue of Town Grants from Kittery or Berwick. And also the Moiety or one half part of all the Right, title, Interest & Property which I have & ought to have as A Proprietor in the Common and Undivided Lands in ye townships. of Kittery & Berwick ; the whole of what is above given to my two Daughters Katharine & Mehitabel their heirs & assigns to be divided between them in Equal Parts, Portions, or Shares or to such as shall Legally repre-
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