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Item I Give & bequeath unto my sd son Nathan all my stock of Liveing Creatures & utensils of Husbandry Except- ing his Mothers thirds aforementioned (and one Good Cow for his Sister Elizabeth Emery) he the sd Nathan paying ye afore mentioned twenty shillings to his Brother Joshua & what I shall herein Order him to pay to his sisters I also Give to ye sa Nathan one Feather Bed & bedding.
Item I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Elizath Emery one Good Cow.
Item I Give & bequeath unto my four Danghters Vizt Elizth Emery, Mary Huntress, Winnefrid Bickford & Martha Bickford all my house hold goods & moveables with- in Doors of every sort (not herein before bequethed) to be equally Divided amongst them I also give to my sª Daugh- ters five shillings in money to Each of them to be paid by my aforesd son Nathan within six Months after my Decease. I also give to my sd four Daughters my Pew & privilidge thereof in ye meeting house in the upper Parrish in Kittery to them for the Use of them and their Children & not to be sold from them.
Item All ye Rest & Residue of my Estate whatsoever & wheresoever I Give & bequeath unto my two sons Richard & Nathan afore named in Equall shares & I Do hereby Nomi- nate & appoint my s4 sons Richard & Nathan to be ye Exe- cutors of this my will & they to be at ye Charge of my Funeral and I Do hereby, Renounce all former & other Wills Legacies & bequests by me in any manner before made rati- fying & Declareing this & no other to be my last Will &
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Testament In Wittness whereof I here unto set my hand & seal ye Day & year first above written. his Signed sealed pronounced & Chick (seal) Richard
Declared by ye sd Richard
Chick to be his Last Will &
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Testament in Bsence of his John X Heard mark Jnº Morrell Edmund Coffin
Probated 19 Sept. 1737. Inventory returned 24 Sept. 1737 at £933: 18:0, by Nathan Bartlet, Tobias Leighton and John Tidy, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 91.
The Last Will & Testament of Ruth Parsons of York in the County of York Widow made ye Eleventh Day of April A : D : 1737. Being in a weak & Low Estate as to my Bodely Health & not Knowing how soon it may please God to call me out of this world & being Desireous to prevent as far as in me lies all Differences & Disputes between my Dear Children after my Decease I Do hereby Order & Dispose of my small worldly Estate as follows vizt.
First It is my Will that all my just Debts & Funeral Charges be paid out of the Quick Stock.
Item What shall remain of the sª Quick Stock & also what is due to me on promisary Notes or otherwise from any Person whatsoever & all Rights & Grants of Land be Equally Divided into seven shares among my six Children & my little Grand Child Mary Dill.
Item I hereby give & bequeath to my youngest Daughter Elisabeth all my Household Goods of what Kind soever.
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Item. I give to my two sons Joseph & Elihu ye House & Barn which I have erected on ye Home place at ye other end of ye Town in ye first Parish only, it is my Will that sª Joseph shall pay ten pounds to his sister Dill & sª Elihu Ten pounds a piece to his sisters Hannah & Elisath said House & Barn to be equally Divided between my sª Two sons as ye place was Ordred to be by their Father Decesd.
Lastly I Do hereby Constitute & appoint my Eldest son John the sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament. Wittness my Hand & seal the Day & year above written. Signed sealed published pro- her
noundced & Declared by
Ruth Parsons to be her
Ruth
Parsons (seal)
last Will & Testament.
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In Presence of Us, her
Deborah X Willson mark Anne Willson Joseph Moody.
Probated 28 Sept. 1737. Inventory returned 20 Oct. 1737, at €162: 4: 0, by Andrew Gro- ver, Joseph Willson and Zacheus Trafton, appraisers. Debt due from Henry Simpson.
Probate Office, 5, 100.
In the Name of God Amen the twenty Eighth day of July Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Seven I Elizabeth Dearing of Kittery in the County of York Widdow being Aged and Weak of Body but of Perfect Mind and Memory Thanks be given unto God therefor Call- ing unto mind the Mortality of my Body do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say Prin- cipally and first of all I give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and my Body I Recommend
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to the Earth to be Buried in decent Christian burial att the discretion of my Executrix believing that att the Generall Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God and as toaching such Worldly Estate as hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give Demise and dis- pose of the same in the following Manner and Form.
Imprimis I Give and bequeath unto my Granson John Dearing his Heirs and Assigns forever one shilling in Cur- rant Money to be paid by my Executrix.
Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Deed One shilling to be paid as aforesaid.
Item I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Margaret Cleare one shilling to be paid as aforesaid.
Item I Give and bequeath unto my son Roger Dearing One Shilling to be paid as aforesd.
Item all the rest and Residue of my Estate I give and bequeath it unto my Daughter Eliza More ber Heirs and Assigns forever and I make and Ordain her the said Eliza More sole Executrix of this my Will and Testament and that She to pay all my Debts and I do hereby utterly dis- allow revoke and disannull all and every other and former Testament will or Wills Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the day and Year above Written
Signed sealª Published and declared by the s' Eliz4
Eliza
Dearings seal)
Dearing as and for her
Mark
last Will and Testament
in the presence of us who were Present att the signing and sealing thereof Wm Pepperrell Anna X Dearings Mark Mary Allen
Probated 20 Sept. 1787.
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Probate Office, 5, 101.
In the Name of God Amen I Benjamin Prince of North Yarmouth in the County of York in New England Ship- rigtht being weak of Body and senceable of my Approach- ing Desolution do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament being through the Mercy of God of A Sound and Disposing Mind and Memory I Commit my soul to God that gave it and my Body to a decent Christian Buriall att the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.
Imp$ I give unto my beloued Wife Abial Prince the Improvement of all my Lands Houseing and Meadows lying in the township of North Yarmouth dureing her Continueing my Widdow and in case she should see meet to alter her Condition by Marrying them to have the Sum of One Hun- dred Pounds out of the moveable Estate as it prised.
Item I give unto my Eldest son Benja" Prince my Best Gun and two Rights or Shares in all my whole Estate both Real and personall.
Item I give unto my second son Paul Prince my second Gun and one Right or share in all my whole Estate both Real and personall.
Item I giue unto my third son Silvanus Prince my Third Gun and one Right or share in all my whole Estate both Real and Personall.
Item I Give unto my fourth Son John Prince my fourth Gun and one Right or Share in all my whole Estate both Reall and Personall.
Item I give unto my Daughter Sarah Prince one Right or Share in all my whole Estate both Real and Personall
Item I give unto my second Daughter Ruth Prince one Right or share in all my whole Estate both Reall and Personall.
Item I give unto my Youngest Daughter Lidia Prince one Right or Share in all my whole Estate both Real and Personal!
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It is my Will and to be Understood that notwithstanding this Will none of my Childred have the Use or Improve- ment of any of the Estate which I have here by given anto them untill after the decease or Marriage of my said Wife
I do hereby Appoint my loving Wife Abial Prince and my Eldest Son Benjan Prince Joynt Executors of this my last Will and Testament : Dated the thirtieth day of Novem" 1727
Benja Prince (Seal)
Signed sealed and Declared by the said Benja Prince to be his last Will and Testament in presence of us
Sam" Fotman
David Stevens
Barnabas Seabury
Probated 7 Jan. 1737-8. Inventory returned 20 Dec. 1737 at 2692: 17: 0 by David Seabury, Barnabas Seabury and David Stevens appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 103.
In the Name of God Amen. I Stephen Larrabee of North Yarmouth in ye County of York in New-England Gent™ being weak of Body & sencable of my approaching Desolu- tion Do make & Ordain this my Last Will & Testament being through the mercy of God of a sound & Disposing · mind memory. I Commit my Soul to God that gave it, & my Body to a Decent Christian burial at ye Discretion of my Executor hereafter named.
Im$ I Give uuto my Loving Wife Margaret Larrabee the Improvements of Profits of all my Lands Meadows in ye Township of North-Yarmouth of all sorts with ye Improve- ments of my Dwelling House & Barn so long as she shall Continue my Widow. I also give my s Wife all my move- able Estate within Doors & without Doors both quick Stock & Household stuff during her Continuing my Widow as
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aforesd but if she shall see cause to alter her Condition by marriage Then to have fourty pounds out of ye moveable Estate as it shall be apprised.
Item I Give unto my Eldest Son Stephen Larrabee one whole shear & an half shear of all my whole Estate both Real & Personal to him my said son Stephen & his Heirs and their assigns for ever.
Item I Give unto my Youngest son Iohn Larrabee one whole shear of all my whole Estate both Real & Personal.
Item I also Give unto my Two Sons Stephen & John all my Right unto one Hundred acre Lot of Land Scituate in North-Yarmouth on ye South west side of the Hundred & Twenty Acre Division in s' Town which Hundred Aere Lot was Drawn in the Right of ye ten acre or home Lot No thirty one to be Equally Divided betwixt the sd Stephen and John.
Item I Give unto my Daughter Hannah Harris on, whole . Shear of all my whole Estate Excepting twenty pounds both Real & Personal which Twenty pounds I give onto my Grand Daughter Hannah Harris to be paid her By my Daughter Hannah Harris on her Marriage Day if she shee shall be married before she arrive unto ye age of Twenty & one years & if not when she is twenty & one years of age.
Item I Give unto my Daughter Marget Welsh one whole shear of all my whole Estate both Real & Personal.
It is my Will & to be understood that notwithstanding this Will none of my Childred have ye Use or Improvement of any of ye Estate which Ihave hereby given to them untill after ye Decease or marrage of my sª Wife. I Do hereby appoint my Loving Wife Marget Larrabee & my son Jobn Larrabee Joynt Executors of this my Last Will & Testa- tament Dated the Eighteenth Day of Oct 1737.
Stephen Larrabee (est)
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Signed sealed & Declared by ye sd stephen
Larrabee to be his Last Will & Testament In psence of, Sam" seabury Barnabas Winslow Barnabas seabury Gilbert Winslow.
Probated : Jan. 1737-8. Inventory returned 12 Dec. 1737, at £679: 4:0 by James Tuttle, Barnabas Winslow and Gilbert Winslow, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 106.
In the Name of God Amen the Eighteenth Day of June in the tenth Year of the Reign of George the second by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of ye Faith &c. Annog Domini 1736. I John Kye of ye Town of Berwick in the County of York in ye Province of ye Massachusets Bay in New-England House wright being very sick & weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory Thanks be given Unto God, Therefore Calling unto mind ye Mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make && Ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is to say Principally & first of all I Give & Recomend My Soul into ye Hands of God that gaue it, trusting in his mercy thro' the merits of my Re- deemer for ye pardon of all my sins & Eternal Life ; and my Body I recommend to ye Earth to be buried in Decent Chris- tian burial at ye Discretion of my Executors nothing doubt- ing but at the General Resurrection I shall Receive ye same again by ye mighty power of God. And as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God of his great Goodness to bless me in this Life, I Give Demise & Dispose of ye same in ye following manner and form.
Imprimis, I Give and bequeath to Grizzel my Dearly
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beloved Wife all my House Hold Goods of every sort to her sole Use & Dispose as she sees meet ; also my Will is that my sd Wife should have one halfe of my Real Estate of Housing & Lands to her sole Use during her Natural Life.
Item. I Give to my son Iohn one halfe of my Land below the way next adjoyning to Leivt Roger Plaisteds Land now in ye Occupation of James Garish includeing the House & Barn & ye Orchards on that side the way, to him his Heirs & Assigns for ever. Only preserve one quarter of the trees in the Young Orchchard for my son Peters Use till He has had time to plant & Improve an Orchard of his own and one quarter of ye Barn for his Use also till he shall build one for himsilfe.
Item. I give to my son Peter, the other Halfe of my Land below the way next adjoyning to the wentworths Land, to him his Heirs & assigns forever.
Item. I Give to my son William, my Land above the way extending from ye sª way to ye Eastern side of the Swamp my sª Son William has been Clearing, To him his Heirs & Assigns for Ever, only reserveing a high way thro his sa Land with Liberty of Egress & Regress for my Children.
Item. I Give to my son John Twenty acres of Land next adjoyning to Williams Land last mentioned to him his Heirs & assigns for Ever reserveing a high way thro his Land for my other Children.
Item. I Give to my Daughter Abigail Twenty acres of Land at ye head of my Land to her, her Heirs and assigns for ever, reserving a heigway thro' her Land for ye rest of my Children.
Item. I Give to my Sons John & Peter all ye Remainder of my Homestead to them y' Heirs & assigns for Ever, reserveing a hig way in yt part also for the rest of my Children.
Item. I Give to my Daughter Mary Tebbets, a Cow which with what I have given her already is her Portion of my Estate.
Item. I. Give to my sons John William & Peter all my
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Part in ye Comon & undivided Lands in Berwick to be to them their Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item. I Give to my sons John William & Peter all my Right & Interest in ye saw-mill on ye westernside of the Salmon fall River with ye privilidges and appurtenances there- to belonging to them their Heirs & assigns for Ever.
Item I Give to my to my sons John & Peter my Interest in ye little Mill on ye Eastern side of sª River (my son W'm haveing one halfe of my sª Interest in that sawmill I give ye other to my two sons) to them their Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item Give to my Servant man Nathanael, Called Nathan- ael Joy, (on Condition he serve out the Rest of his time or till he is one & twenty years of age wth my son John I Give Him) twenty Acres of Land of my Lot of Land at a place Called the Nine Notches to him his Heirs and assigns for ever.
Item I. Give to my sons John W" & Peter all the Remain- der of my Estate both Real & Personal to them their Heirs & assigns for ever.
Finally I Constitute & Ordain my sª sons John Wm & Peter ye Execu" of this my last Will & Testament & hereby utterly Revoak & Disannull all & every other former Testa- ment, Wills Legacies & bequests & Execu"s by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Con- firming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal the Day & year above written. his Signed sealed Published
pronounced & Declared
John
Kye
mark
by ye sª John Kye as his last Will & Testament in y" psence of us ye subscrib" John Pray Moses Hodsdon
Sam" Pray
Frobatel 20 Dec. 1757.
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Probate Office, 5, 116.
In the Name of God Amen The tenth Day of March Anno Domini one Thousand seven hundred & thirty seven/ eight I Samuel Spinney of Kittery in ye County of York in ye Province of ye Massachusets Bay in New-England Yeoman being sick & weak in Body but of perfect 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 & Recommend my Soul into ye hands of God that gave it : And my Body I recommend to ye Earth to be buried in decent, Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executors hereafter named. And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give & dispose of y" same in ye following man- ner & form.
Imp It is my will that all my Just Debts that I owe to any Person be paid.
2ªly I give & bequeath unto Jane Spinney my dearly beloved wife one Cow ; And I Do by these Bsents confirm to her what I have heretofore given her in one Instrument in writing under my hand & seal according as it is Expressed in ye sª Instrument. provided & be it always understood that She renounceth all Right of Dowry & Power of thirds of, in & unto my Estate & every part thereof.
3ªly I give unto my well beloved sons Iames Spinney, Jer- emiah Spinney & Jonathan Spinney Ten Shillings unto each of them or to such as shall Legally represent them to be paid to them by my Executors either in Curraut money or in good Bills of Credit of ye afors' Province.
417 I give unto my well-beloved son. Nathan Spinney Ten pounds & ten shillings to be paid (to him or to such as shall Legally represent him) by my Executors either in Currant money or in good Bills of Credit of ye aforesd Province
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5ty I give unto ye Children of my son John Spinney Decsd Viz" Anne Spinney Zebulon Spinney & Joanna Spinney Ten Shillings to Each of them to be paid to them either in money or in good passable Bills of Credit of the aforesd Province by my Executors.
6is I give unto my well-beloved Daughter Sarah Pope Lydia Hunscomb & Patience Cole ten pounds to each of them to be paid to them or such as shall Legally represent them by my Executors either in Currant money or in Good Bills of Credit of ye aforesd Province.
71 I give unto my well-beloved Daughter Elizabeth Spin- ney five pounds if she be living to be paid to her by my Executors in Province Bills or Currant money.
81 I give unto my well-beloved Sons David Spinney & Sam" Spinney their Heirs & assigns for ever all the rest or Remainder of my Estate both Real & Personal in whatso- ever Place & of every Kind & Denomination to be Divided between them in equal Shares or Parts ; And that my Son Sam" Spinney his Heirs &c shall have the Nothern side of my Land whereon I now Dwell together with all the build- ings that are thereon and my son David Spinney his Heirs &c shall have ye Southern side of my Land.
Finally I Constitute make & Ordain my aboves sons David Spinney & Sam" Spinny my sole Exec" of this my Last Will & Testament. And I Do hereby utterly disallow Revoak & Disannull all & every other former Wills Testa- ments & Bequests & Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament, In Wittness
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whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal the Day & year above written
Signed sealed Published
memorandum that ye words
Pronounced & Declared by whereon I now dwell were ye sª Sam" Spinney as his interlined before signing.
Last Will & Testament in the
Bsence of us ye Subscribers
his
John Newmarch
Robert Cole
Samuel
Spinney (seal)
John Mireyk her
mark
Charity X Cole
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Probated 22 March 1737-8. Inventory returned 31 March 1738, at £361 : 10: 8, by Thomas Cutt, Jos: Hammond jur and John Godsoe, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 140.
In the Name of God Amen. I Eliza Banks Widow, of York in ye County of York in ye Province of y" Massachu- sets Bay in N. E : being sick of Body but of sound mind & memory blessed be God Do make this my last Will & Testament.
First & above all I Comit my Soul into the Hands of my Redeemer whom I have Chosen & desire to love above all. & my Body I Comit it to y3 Dust out of which it was taken, Decently to be buried : And as for ye small worldly Sub- stance which I have by ye mercy of God I give it all to my beloved & Dutifull son Moses Banks who has taken faithfull care of me & been tender over me & his wife, who has been as a Natural Child to me. I need not express any particu- lars, they are so small : but all I can now lay Claim to of what kind soever in worldly Estate, I give unto my sd Son
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& Daughter in Law; He paying ye Doct and Discharging all my Just Debts & Funeral Charges & paying unto my younger Son Aaron five shillings to my Daughter in Law, my late Husbands Daughter five shillings to my Daughter Mary five shillings To my Daughter Hannah five shillings. And I Do hereby Constitute & appoint my trusty & well beloved Son Moses Banks to be the sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament Revokeing all others, if Others there be In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Day of 1737. Annog Rji Regs Gri undecimo. her
Signed sealed Published Pro- Elizth Banks (eea!)
nounced & Declared by sª
mark
Widow as her last Will & Testament in presence of
Wittness Beriah Young John Leavit his
Stephen X Preble
mark
Probated 18 July 1733.
Probate Office, 5, 143.
In the Name of God amen, The twenty sixth Day of February in the tenth Year of King George the seconds Reign over Great Britain &c Annog Domini 1736/7, I Job Emery Sent of Berwick in the County of York Yeoman being weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory, Thanks be given unto God Therefore calling unto mind the mortal- ity of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make & Ordain this my last Will & Testa- ment, That is to say, Principally & first of all, I give &
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Recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent and Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Exec"s hereafter Named. Nothing doubting but at the 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 & form.
Imp" I Give to my Sons Job Benjamin, Jonathan & Jabez my Right in the Common & undivided Land in Berwick that I have not already Disposed of to be to them their Heirs & Assignis for ever in Equal Shares.
Item. I give to my Son Joseph five shillings he haveing already had his Portion in Land.
Item. I Give to my Daughters Vizt Charity, Sarah, Eliza Mary Abigail, Miriam, Mary & Olive five pounds a peice to be paid them in bills of Credit as my Execr can conveniently Do it.
Item. I give and bequeath to my son Jabez all my Home- stead of Housing & Lands with all ye appurtenances to him his Heirs & assigns for ever.
Item. I give to my well beloved Wife Charity all my Personal Estate to her sole use & behoof for ever and my will is that She shall have the use of my Homstead during her Widowhood & if she should marry again she shall have only her thirds of the sd Real Estate
finally I Constitute & ordain my beloved Wife & my son Jabez the Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking all other Wills by me made.
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Signed sealed pronounced & Declared by him ye said Job Emery to be his Last Will & Testament.
Job Emery (seal)
in presence of his Walter X Abbot sen" mark John Goodin Patrick Gowen.
Probated 26 Dee. 1738. Inventory returned same date, at £519: 10: 0, by Walter Abbot, Richard Shackley and Patrick Gowen, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 159.
The twenty Eighth Day of ye sixth Month called August in ye Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & thirty nine, I Andrew Neal of Kittery in the County of York & Province of the Massachusets Bay in New-England Hus- bandman being sick & weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given to God for the same. Therefore Calling to mind ye mortality of my Body & that it is ap- pointed for all men once to Dye Do make & Ordain this my last Will & Testament. That is to say first of all I Reco- mend my Soul to God that gave it & my Body I Recomend to the Earth to be buried in decent manner according to ye Discretion of my Executors, and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in This Life that is not disposed of I give and dispose of ye same in ye following manner & form. I give & bequeath to my wellbeloved Son Andrew four acres of Land joyning to the Land that William Furbush now dwells on & four Acres of fresh Marsh in the round Marsh so called & two Acres of salt Marsh at York Marshes which I bought of Sam" John- son & one halfe of my Comon Rights lying in said Kittery & Berwick.
I give & bequeath to my well beloved son John a piece or
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parcel of Land lying between the Land of Thomas Weed & ye Land now in the possession of David Clark Containing by Estimation Twenty Acres of Land be it more or less & ye one halfe of my Comon Rights lying in sd Kittery & Ber- wick provided he the sd John Neal doth pay unto my two Daughters Katharine Austin & Mary Hill one hundred pounds Currant money of New England to Each of them fifty pounds in ye space of one year after my Decease & if either of them should decease before the Expiration of that time then ye same sum shall be paid to their Children in Equal Proportion.
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