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I also give unto my Grandson Andrew Austin ye Son of my sd Daughter Katharine Austin twenty two acre of Land adjoyning to ye Land of John Hambleton near ye great Hill so Called in Berwick afores".
I also give unto my dear & well beloved wife Katharine my Negro garl Dillo & all my House hold goods & moveable Estate both within Doors and without during her natural Life & that she may dispose thereof as She shall see meet amongst my four Children abovenamed.
I also Constitute make & Ordain my sª Wife & my Trusty friend Sam" Shorey to be my sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament & I Do hereby utterly disallow Revoak & Disannul all & every other or former Testaments Wills Leg- acies &' bequests & Executors by me in any wise before named Willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. his Signed sealed published
pronounced & Declared by ye sª Andrew Neal to be his last Will & Testament in ye psence of us Caleb Emery Joseph Williams William Fry Jut
Andrew 5 Neal (Seal )
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Probated 15 Oct. 1739. Inventory returned 27 Nov. 1739, at £720: 19: 6, by Calab Emery, William Leighton and Jabez Jenkins, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 5, 160.
In the Name of God Amen the seventeenth Day of May Anno Domini one Thousand seven hundred Thirty & nine I Peter Lewis of Kittery in ye County of York in the Prov- ince of ye Massachusets Bay in New-England Shipwright, being sick & weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory Thanks be given unto God : Therefore calling unto mind ye 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 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. And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life, I give demise & dis- pose of ye same in ye following manner & form.
Imprimis It is my Will That my Funeral Charges & all my Just Debts as soon as may be Conveniently after my Decease be paid in ye following manner Vizt Thirty pounds thereof to be paid by my Son Peter Lewis and if there should remain any more to be paid than that sum will dis- charge so much of my personal or moveable Estate shall be sold as will pay it.
Item I give and bequeath to Elizabeth my dearly beloved Wife all ye Remainder of my personal Estate & moveable Effects that shall not be disposed of for ye defraying of my Debts & Funeral Charges to be her own & to her Disposal for ever. I also give to her during her natural Life the Use & Improvement of one third part of all my Lands including the Land where on my son Peter Lewis now Dwells only only her Right or thirds in that Land shall be set off to her together with her right or third part of ye Land or Farm whereon I now Live & possess I also give to her the Use & Improvement of my Dwelling House & Barn & liberty to Cutt fencing & fire wood on my Land for her own use dur- ing her Widowhood.
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Item I give to my wellbeloved Son Peter Lewis his Heirs & Assigns for ever the Land or Farm which he now posses- seth & whereon he now Dwelleth together with all ye Hous- ing that is thereon & all ye privilidges & appurtenances thereunto belonging : And also all that Land or Farm which I now possess & whereon I Dwell & live together with all ye Buildings that are thereon & all ye appurtenances & priv- ilidges thereunto belonging to him his Heirs & assigns for ever only Excepting what I have herein given unto my Wife Eliza during her Widowhood & natural Life. provided & on Condition that he pay ye several sums which in these pres- ents he is & shall be Ordred to pay.
Item I give to my well beloved Daughter Mary Lewis Forty pounds in Currant Money or Bills of Credit of this Province to be paid to her or such as shall Legally represent her by my Son Peter Lewis or his Heirs within ya space of two years next ensuing my Decease.
Item I give to my wellbeloved Daughter Katharine Phen- nicke forty pounds in Currant money or Bills of Credit of this Province to be paid to her or such as shall legally rep- resent her by my Son Peter Lewis or his Heirs within ye space of four Years next following my Decease.
Item I give to my wellbeloved Daughter Sarah Lewis Forty pounds in Currant money or in good passable Bills of Credit of this Province to be paid her or such as shall Legally represent her by my son Peter Lewis or his Heirs within ye space of six Years next Ensuing my Decease.
Item I give to my well beloved Daughter Abigail Trafton forty pounds in Currant Money or in good passable Bills of Credit of this Province to be paid to her or such as sball Legally represent her by my Son Peter Lewis his Heirs &c. within the space of Eight years next ensuing my Decease.
Item I give to my well beloved Daughter Eunice Lewis Forty pounds in Currant money or good passable Bills of Credit of this Province to be paid to her or such as shall Legally represent her by my Son Peter Lewis his Heirs
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Execrs or Adminis's within ye space of ten Years next ensu- ing my Decease.
Item. I give to my Grand Children namely Sam" Tripe Abigail Tripe, Anne Tripe & William Tripe, the Children of my Daughter Luce Tripe Decsd Forty pounds to be paid to them by my Son Peter Lewis in equall Shares or Portions as they shall come to a Lawfull age to receive their part & to be paid in Currant money or passable Bills of Credit of this Province and if it should so happen that any of my above named Grand Children shall depart this Life before he or She shall be of a Lawfull Age to receive what is herein given to him or her & shall leave no Lawfull surviveing Issue to Inherit their part then ye Dece'seds part shall be equally divided among ye Surviveing.
Item. If any of my above named Daughters should Depart this Life before ye sum or Legacy which I have herein given to them be paid & leave no Legall surviveing Issue or pos- terity to receive it then ye Decesds Legacy shall be paid unto & divided amongst my Surviveing Daughters or such as shall Legally represent them in equal Shares or Portions.
Item If any of my Daughters above-named shall be un- married after my Decease they then shall have the liberty to live in my Dwelling house & ye liberty of Egress & Regress there during their continueing in an unmarried Estate and no longer.
Finally I Constitute make & Ordain my beloved Wife Elizabeth & my Son Peter Lewis my Sole Execu's of this my last Will & Testament. And I Do hereby utterly disallow, Revoak & disanul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacies & bequests & Execu" by me in any ways before Named Willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & · no other to be my last Will & Testament.
In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written.
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Signed sealed Published
pronounced & Declared by ye sª Peter Lewis as his last Will & Testament in the psence of Us the Subscribers. Joseph Willson his John X Hutchins mark . Sam" Haly John Newmarch. /
memorandum that ye words of one third part & House & widowhood & were in- terlined before signing.
his
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Probated 21 June 1739. Inventory returned 13 July 1739, at £1422: 16: 5, by Joseph Will- son, John Hutchins and Samuel Haley, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 175.
In the Name of God Amen, I Josiah Cobb of Falmouth in the County of York in New-England Considering the Certianty of my Death and the uncertainty of ye present Life being by the mercy of God in perfect mind & memory Do make this my last Will & Testament & Do hereby when this present Life shall be ended I Do Commit my Soul unto God that gave it & redeemed it by his free mercy in Jesus Christ my only Redeemer & my Body unto the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter Named and my worldly Goods & Estate after my Just Debts & Funerall Charges shall be paid by my Executor. I Do Give & bequeath the remainder as followeth. Item I Do give unto my Sister Betty five pounds to be paid unto her and Equall share of the Remainder of my Estate both Real & personall to be Equally Divided betwixt all my Brothers & Sisters. I Do Constitute & appoint my Honored Father M: Jonathan Cobb to be the Executor of this and this to be my last Will & Testament In Confirmation hereof I Do here-
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unto set my Hand and seal this fifth Day of May In the Year of our Lord Christ 1739. Josiah Cobb (real)
In the presence of Joshua Woodberry Joseph Cobb Archable Dowglass.
Probated 15 Jan. 1739. Inventory returned 11 Jan. 1740, at £87: 15: 0, by Bobert Thorn- dike and Joseph Weston, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 183.
The last Will & Testament of Peter Nowel of York in ye County of York in New-England Esq' made this twenty Eighth Day of August Anno Domini 1738.
As to that worldly Estate which God in his Providence has seen meet to bestow upon me (after my jast Debts & Funeral Charges are paid) I Dispose thereof in manner fol- lowing
Imps I Give & bequeath to my welbeloved Wife Mary Nowel the Use of one of my Female Servants Flora Phillis or Pegg which She shall choose during her Natural Life, if She shall continue a Widow ; also a Yoak of handy Oxen for her own proper Goods ; & Yearly to be paid in equal Proportion by my two Sons John & Ebenezer Two Barrels of Cyder, Ten Bushels of Apples & one Load of Salt hay as long as She shall continue a Widow (besides one hundred pounds in money Three Cows such as She shall choose & the Houshold goods She brought with her which She was to have had by virtue of an agreement made betwixt us before Marriage which agreement I Do hereby ratifie & Confirm).
Item. I give to my Eldest Son John Nowel all that Tract of Land which I bought of James Smith whereon my sª Son now Dwells & the Land & Marsh on the opposite Side of the way begining at Daniel Mac Intier's Land & running by
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the high way till it comes one Rod to the South Eastword of Curtis's Cove & so runs down one Rod distant from ye Marsh till it comes to a little Cove of Marsh runing into the Farm & across sª Cove down to a small Pine Stump which is ye bounds between Ebenezer Cobourns Marsh & mine Paying as herein is provided.
Item. I Give to my second Son Peter Nowel that Land whereon he now lives beginning at the Lane from the Mill & runs across the Way there as the Lots were first laid out to the Head of my Land there and runing Down so as to take in all my Land & fresh Marsh below sd Lane as far as the Corner of Ramsdals Fence about Eight or ten Rods below the Bridge there as it is now staked out & to the turn of the River. & so over to John Mack Intires Land to a certain Spring in the River. also one half of all my Land & fresh Meadow lying near Agamenticus Hill & a certain Piece of salt Marsh I bought of Capt Caleb Preble Decesd below York Bridge & one half part of ye Saw Mill near his House & of ye Privilidge whereon it stands.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Third Son Ebenezer Nowel all my Home place where I now live on Each side of ye way below my Son John's both Land & Marsh with the Buildings thereon (Except as hereafter is Excepted) But if Said Ebenezer shold die without an Heir of his Body law- fully begotten then the sd Home place both Land & Marsh to be to John the Eldest Son of my Son John Nowel s' John Nowel Jur paying one Hundred & fifty pounds to Peter eldest Son of my Son Peter Nowel & one Hundred & fifty pounds more to Paul Eldest Son of my Son Paul Nowel s' Ebenezer paying as herein is provided.
Item. I give & bequeath to my fourth Son Abrabam Nowel all my Right & Interest in the House Land Wharf &c where he now lives which I bought of Capt Edward Preble also all that two Hundred acres of Land more or Less which I have at Bald Head adjoyning to Wells Bounds.
Item I give & boqueath to my Fifth Son Paul Nowel that Lot of Land where he now lives lying between the Land of
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Deacon Bragdon & Joseph Freethey with ye House thereon also Twenty Acres of Land lying on ye South East side of ye Bell Marsh Brook also Thirty Eight Acres of Land lying on ye North West side of sd Brook being all the Land there which I bought of Deacon Bragdon also a Piece of Salt Marsh containing about four Acres below Mr Moody's Cove which I bought of Adams & Black & also all my Interest iu the fresh Meadow called the Bell Marsh.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Youngest Son Silas Nowel all that Tract of Land lying on the North West side of the Bell Marsh Brook between the Land herein given to my Son Peter & the Land given to my Son Paul & also one half of my Mill & Privilidge aforementioned & one half of my Land & fresh meadow lying near Agamenticus Hill aforemen- tioned also a small Piece Land & Marsh lying on each side ye River above York Bridge & adjoyning to my Son Peter's Land & Marsh there & also my two Pieces of Salt Marsh lying aboue Mr Moody's Cove aforesd.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Eldest Daughter Sarah Bane one Hundred & fifty Pounds besides what She has already had to be paid out of my Estate by my Execu" Fifty pounds within Six Months after my Decease & fifty pounds more with Interest within Six Months after & the remaining fifty pounds within six Months more with Interest.
Item. I give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary Lane fifty pounds to be paid by my Son John within Six Months after my Decease & also I give to John Lane Son of my said Daughter fifty pounds to be paid by my sª Son John w" sª John Lane shall come to be one and twenty Years of age if he shall live thereto.
Item. I give to my youngest Daughter Ester Nowel two Hundred pounds to be paid by my Son Ebenezer within twelve Months after my Decease & also my little Negro Girl called Phillis.
Item. It is my Will That my Wife Mary Nowel aforesa shall have the use of the large lower Room at ye East end of my Dwelling House & one third Part of ye Cellar if She
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see cause to Dwell here while She remains a Widow & that my Daughter Ester should have the use of ye two little Chambers at ye Westerly End of s' House while She remains single unless my Daughter Mary should be left a Widow & then She to have an equal Interest in sd privildge while She remains a Widow.
Item. I give to my three Sons Abraham, Paul & Silas all my Rights in ye Comon & undivided Land in York to be equally Divided between them.
Item. It is my Will that any other Lands or Rights which I shall leave not particularly disposed of shall be sold if need be for the payment of my Debts & Legacies ; but if there shall be any over plus it shall be equally Divided among all my Children, and if what I have hereby ordered of real and personal Estate shall be insufficient to pay my Debts & Legacies then the same to be paid by my Six Sons in proportion to what they Receive of my Estate.
Item. I give unto my Eldest Son John Nowel my Silver Hilted sword & my walking Staff & I Do hereby make & appoint my s' Son John & my Son Ebenezer the Executors of this my last Will & Testament hereby revokeing all other Wills and Testaments.
Lastly. It is my Will that this Instrument be read in the Presence of as many of my Children as conveniently may be got together before Witnesses & then Delivered to my Executors abovenamed Witness my Hand & Seal ye Day & Year afore written Peter Nowel (seal) Signed Sealed Published pronounced
& Declared by ye within named Peter
Nowel Esq' to be his last Will &
Testament in Presence of Us.
Zebulon Whitum
Hannah Harrison her Mary + Bradon mark
Probated 20 May 1740. Inventory returned 14 July, 1740 a: £2055: 14: 3, 57 Sam ! Bewall, Bami Milberry and Joun Bradbury, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 5, 188.
In The Name of God Amen, The tenth Day of July Anno Domini one thousand seven Hundred & thirty seven, I Richard Rogers of Kittery in the County of Yorke in the Province of the Massachusets Bay in New-England Hus- bandmau, being infirm in Body but of perfect mind & memory Thanks be given unto God. Therefore calling unto Mind the mortality of my Body do make & Ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is to say Principally and first of all I give & Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gaue it and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executrix. And as touching such Worldly Estate where- with it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give demise & Dispose of ye same in the following manner & form.
Imprimis I give & bequeath to Eleoner my dearly beloved Wife the Use & Improvement Income & Proffits of one third part of all my Lands of every kind & of my Dwelling House & Barn & other Houses & Buildings of every sort during her Widowhood ; And also all my Stock of Cattle & Crea- tures of every kind that shall be remaining after my Funeral Charges & Just Debts are paid during her natural Life; I also give to her all my Houshold Goods Debts & other moveable Effects whatsoever & wheresocver during her nat- ural Life, Provided & on Condition that she doth Renounce & Quit all Claim to her Right of Dowry or Power of Thirds of in & unto my Estate : And if it should so be that what I have herein given ber the Use & Income of be not sufficient for her comfortable Maintainance She hath by These Pres- ents Liberty (by & with the advice & approbation of the Overseers of this my last Will & Testament) To sell & dis- pose of so much of my Stock of Creatures & moveable Goods as shall be needful for her Support & Comfortable Maintainance during her Widowhood.
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Item. I give unto my well beloved Son Thomas Rogers his Heirs & assigns for ever my Dwelling-house Out-Houses & Barns & my Homestead with all my Land belonging thereunto and also the Land that I bought of Samuel Spin- ney joining to Francis Pettegrews Land ; and the Land that I purchased of Mr William Godsoe lying near to York Line, and also all the Right & Interest that I have or may or ought to have as a Proprietor in Kittery in the Comon & undivided Lands in the Townships Kittery & Berwick, and also ten Acres of Marsh or Meadow Land which I have in the Township of Scarborough; to be immediately possest of two Third parts thereof after my Decease on Condition that he pay unto his Sisters Esther Pickernale, Dorothy Rogers & Lydia Rogers, the several sums hereafter men- tioned in these Presents; The other third part thereof to be possest of after ye ending of his Mothers Widowhood. I also give to him all my Husbandry Tools or Implements Excepting only what my said Wife shall have occasion to make use of during her Widowhood.
Item. I give unto my wellbeloved Son Richard Rogers his Heirs & assigns for ever all my Land that I have in the Township of York Containing Eighty Acres be it more or less on Condition that he pay to his Sisters Sarah & Doro- thy Rogers, the sums in these presents hereafter mentioned.
Item. I give unto my wellbeloved Daughter Sarah Rogers Fifty pounds in Currant Money or in. Bills of Credit of this Province, to be paid to her by my Son Richard Rogers or to such as shall legally represent her within ye space of one Year next ensuing my Decease.
Item. I give unto my well beloved Daughter Mary Gookin (besides what I have already given her) Five Shillings in Currant money or Bills of Credit of this Province; to be paid to her by my Son Thomas Rogers within ye space of one Year next ensuing my Decease, And I Do by these Presents Confirm unto my Son in Law Patrick Gookin & Mary his my aboves" Daughter & to their Heirs Lawfully
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begotten by their Bodys the Land which I have heretofore given them as by one Deed or Instrument in wrighting under my hand & Seal may appear.
Item. I give unto my wellbeloved Daughter Esther Pick- ernale (besides what I have already given her) Fourty pounds in Currant Money of this Province or Bills of Credit on this Province, To be paid to her or to such as shall Le- gally represent her, by my Son Thomas Rogers within the space of two years next ensuing my Decease.
Item. I give unto my wellbeloved Daughter Dorothy Rog- ers Fifty Pounds in Currant money or in good Bills of Credit of this Province to be paid to her or to such as shall Legally represent her, if it should so happen that She should depart this Life before the sd sum be paid (that is to say) Thirty Pounds thereof to be paid by my Son Thomas Rogers & Twenty Pounds thereof to be paid by my Son Richard their Heirs Exec's or Adminis's within the space of two years next ensuing my Decease.
Item. I give unto my wellbeloved Daughter Lydia Rogers Fifty Pounds in Currant Money or in good Bills of Credit of this Province to be paid to her (or such as legally repre- sent her if it should happen that She should depart this Life before the said sum be paid) by my Son Thomas Rogers his Heirs Execrs or Adminis" within ye space of three years next ensuing my Decease,
Item. It is my Will & Order that my said son Thomas & Richard Rogers's their Heirs &c. do hale home for their Mother in Convenient Seasons from any of my Lands where She shall get it Cutt what fire wood She shall have occasion to burn during her Widowhood ; Viz' Thomas Rogers his Heirs &c to hale two third parts thereof & Richard Rogers his Heirs &c the other third part thereof.
Item. If my now Wife Eleoner should Marry after my Decease it is my Will that then my three Daughters Sarah, Dorothy & Lydia Rogers's shall have the liberty & Use of one fire-Room in my Dwelling-house & such other conven-
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iences in & about the said House as shall be judged neces- sary for them by the overseers of this my Last Will & Tes- tament during the time they shall live in an unmarried State . & no longer.
Item. I give unto my well beloved Daughters Sarah Rog- ers Mary Gooking Esther Pickernale Dorothy Rogers & Lydia Rogers (after the Decease of my Wife) all my Hous- hold Goods of every sort to be Equally Divided between them or such as shall Legally represent them.
Item. I give unto my well beloved Sons Thomas & Rich- ard Rogers's (after ye Decease of their Mother & her Fun- eral Charges are paid, which shall be paid out of my Stock of Cattle) all ye Remainder of my Cattle & other Creatures to be Divided between them or such as shall represent them as followeth Vizt my Son Thomas to have two third parts & my Son Richard Rogers to have one third part of them.
I also give unto my Son Thomas Rogers bis Heirs Execrs Admis or assigns all my Husbandry Tools or utensils that shall be remaining after the ending of my Wifes Widowhood.
Item. I Do by these Presents Nominate appoint & Desire my my much Respected Friends Mr Joseph Gunnison & Thomas Cutt to be Overseers of this my last Will & Testa- ment to whom I Do hereby Order that they be paid for their time & Trouble out of my Personal Estate.
Finally I Constitute make & Ordain my Dearly beloved Wife Eleoner Recgers my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament giving & bequeathing unto her all & sin- gular my Estate of every kind in what place soever not heretofore or in these presents abovementioned by me dis- posed of freely to be possessed & Enjoyed by her during her natural Life; and it is my Will & Order that She asks the advice as assistance of the above named Overseers in all matters Relateing to her Executorship & that She Observe & Comply with, their Council & Direction therein. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacies Bequests & Executors by
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me in any ways before named, Willed & bequeathed Ratify- ing & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Tes- tament. In Witness wh'of I have hereunto set my Hand & seal the Day & year abovewritten.
Signed Sealed Published
Pronounced & Declared by the said Richard Rogers as his last Will & Testa- ment in the Presence of Us the Subscribers. John Newmarch John Walker John Pearce Joseph Foy.
memorandum that what is blot- ted out in ye thirty sixth & thirty seventh lines in ye sec- ond Page was before signing hereof & also the word Sisters in the said page was inter- lined before signing. his
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Probated 15 July 1740. Inventory returned 16 Sept. 1740, at £1339: 4: 9, by John Walker, Ebenezer Fernald and John Godsoe, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 195.
In the Name of God Amen the twenty seventh Day of Decemb' in ye Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty seven, I Lemuel Gowen of Kittery in the County of York within his Majesty Province of ye Massachusets Bay in New England Yeoman being bound a Voyage to Sea and not Knowing wheather it will please God to preserve my Life and return me in safety to my Native Country. I Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament.
Imprimis I Do Resign and submit both Body & Soul to God in hopes of his favour & Grace in Christ and as to such Worldly Estate as it has been pleased God to give me in this Life I Will & bequeath in manner & form following.
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