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Court Records, E, 69.
In the name of god Amen the Eleventh day of Janvary, 1678 I Richd Martine being sicke In body, but of good & Prfect Memory thankes bee to Almighty God, & Calling to remembrance the vncerten estate of this transitory life, & that all flesh is grass, & must yejld vnto death, When it shall please god to Call, doe make Constitute and ordayn & declare this my Last Will & Testament, in manner & forme following, revoakeing & disanulling by these Presents, all & every testament, Will & Wills heretofore by mee made & declared either by word, or by writeing, & this to bee taken onely, for my last Will & testament/
And first being sorry & ponitent from the bottome of my hart, for my sins past, humbly desireing forgiueness for ye same, I giue & Committ my soule vnto my Almighty Sauior & Redeemer, In whom by the Merritt of Jesus Christ I trust to bee saved, & my body to bee buried, in such place w" it shall please my executrix, hereafter named to appoynt/ & Now for the settleing of my tem poralls. & such goods
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chattles & debts, as It hath pleased God far abone my deserts to bestow vpon mee, I doe order & give the same, In Manner & forme ffollowing/
1 : I doe will & order that all those debts and dues as I ow in right or Conscience to any manner of Prson or Prsons Whatsoever, shall bee Well & truly Contented & payd, or ordayned to bee payd with In Convenjent tyme after my decease by my executrix, hereafter named/
My deerely beloued wife Dorothy, I appoynt my whoole & soole executrix to whome I bequeath & giue all my estate both reall & Prsonall, dureing her naturall Life/
And after her decease I give & bequeath vnto my Loueing sunn in law, Robert Corben a Prcell of Marsh, lijng in the great Marsh between Nathll Wallis his Marsh & Robert Cor- bens Marsh bounded on this side of the Gutt/
Item after my wife Dorothys decease, If y' bee any of my estate remayneing, I give & hequeath vnto Samuell Whitte foure pounds to bee payd in goods/
Item I giue & bequeath vnto Joseph Attwell, six pounds to bee payd in goods, soe fare forth as his father may not defrade him of Itt/
Ite : as for all other of my estate, of what nature soeuer shall bee remayneing, after my wife Dorothys decease, I giue & bequeath vnto Benjam : Attwell, & Lydean Corbine, ye wife of Robert Corbine, to bee equally deuided betwixt them/ I doe desire & appoynt my Loueing frejnd, ffrancis Neale, & my Loueing sun In law Robert Corben, ouerseers to see this my Will Prformed/ & In witness of this my last Will & testament, I here vnto sett my hand/
Witnesse, ffrancis Neale/
George Lewis his marke X
Richard Martine
his marke/
Sworn to by both subscribing witnesses 20 Feby 1872. recorded 7 April 1673; Inventory returned at $206: 13: 10, by Natha" Wharfe and Jockein Williams appraisers 21 Feb. 1672, who state therein that Richard Martin " deceased the 14 Jany : 1672-3" -
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Court Records, E, 71.
In the Name of god Amen, I Robert Booth Senior of Sacoe, In the County of Yorke & in the Colony of the Mas- satusetts, being of Prfect Memory, but exceeding weake of body, through the anguish & pane w'withall I am contin- ewally & incessantly exercised, being put in mind thereby of my short Continewance in this world, & of the great duty that is Incumbent vpon mee, to take care both to set my house and my selfe In Order for my departure hence whither I shall noe more returne, nor wr I shall euer bee seene agajne, haue therefore thought It good & Convenjent to settle all things appartayneing to mee In manner and forme following/ first I doe will this psent Instrument to bee my last Testament, hereby revoakeing nullifijng and makeing voyd all Wills and testaments that might happen to bee made by mee in any manner or forme soeuer, whither written or verball/ Secundly I doe Committ my soule into the hands that breathed the same into this shakeing & totter- ing Tabernacle of my body, who is my onely Saujo" Lord and redemer, by him to bee Prserved vnto the generall res- urrection, where in both soule and body being revnited, I shall liue Eternally In glory with him/ Thirdly I Commit my body vnto the dust from whence It was taken to rest in hope &c : being layd where my executrix hereafter men- tioned shall see meete/ Fourthly as In reference to those good things of this life wch god In his mercy hath been pleasd from tyme to tyme to Lend vnto mae, my will is that the Charges of my funerall Obsequees being defrayed, and all lawfull dues debts and demands from mee to any one due being satisfyd : I bequeath vnto my deare wife Deborah all my estate houses Lands Moueables Immovables, And all debts that from any Prson to mee is any wise due, to haue and to hould for the Tearme of her life, haueing discharged and pformed my will In these bequeaths & Leagacys follow- ing : Fiftly I giue & bequeath vnto my daughter Mary Pen- ewell an ew & a lamb, & to each of my other daughters
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vidz: Ellner Martha & Rebeccah tenn shillings : Sixtly at the decease of my aforesayd wife, shee shall haue lyberty to dispose of what shee hath amongst our surviveing children, that are with in this my last testament Mentioned, except the house land Marsh and Mill & Mill house, the wth after her decease I will to bee Deuided as followeth namely, that my sunn Symon shall haue one halfe of the Mill and Mill house, And all the Implements and appurtenances therevnto appertayneing & belonging, & halfe the Marsh that I haue possessd and Inioyd, & that which remajneth I giue & be- queath vnto my sunn Robert vidz the dwelling house & houses about it, all the vpland and the other halfe of the Marsh aforesayd, and to that end that in noe poynt my will and desire may bee vnobserved, I do make will and ordayn my aforesayd Wife Deborah to bee executrix vnto this my last will and Testament, Requesting my well beloved freinds and Neighbours vidzt Ralph Trustrum & Roger Hill, to become supervizers & vndertake the office, that peace & tranquillity with the amity may bee continewed amongst my surviueing Relations, who are here in Concerned/ In wit- ness & for the Confirmation of all the Prmisses, I here vnto set my hand & scale this/
That what is aboue written Robert Booth deceased, expressed to bee his last Will & testament the fourth day before his death, is witnessed vnto by She : Fletcher/ Roger Hill his marke x & wee know of noe other after either Nuncupate or other/
The Court Alloweth this will, & reverseth the Ad-
This Instrumt was Attested vnto by Sheth Fletcher to bee the will & testament of Robert Booth deceased expressed by word of Mouth to ye sd Sheth Fletcher & Roger Hill with a desire to ye sd Fletcher to draw It vp in writeing/
Taken vpon oath this 18th day March 1673
Roger Hill alsoe tooke oath
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ministratorship, this 2: 5th: 1673: As Attests
Edward Rishworth Re : Cor :
to ye aboue written the same day as aboue / Bryan Pendleton/ Assotiate/
Recorded 9th: 7th: 1673; Inventory returned at £146, by Walter Pennell and John Da- veisse, appraisers, 26 Oct 1672.
Court Records, E, 79.
In the name of god Amen!
The Twenty sixth day of November in the yeare of our Lord god, one thousand six hundred seaventy three, I Chris- topher Hobbs senjor of Sacoe, in the County of Yorke shyre, & Coloney of the Massatusetts planter, being in good & Prfect memory, although very sicke of body, & Calling to mind the vncertenty of my Continewance in the Land of the lineing, do y'fore make Constitute ordayne & declare this as my last Will & Testament, & by vertue here of doe revoake & Nullify all & every other will & testament in any kind wtsoeuer, by mee formerly made, resigneing my soole vp into the hands of god, & my body vnto the dust, from whence it was taken to bee buried, where my executor here- after mentioned shall order, & the charges of my funerall rights & obseques, & all my debts discharged, & defrayed, I hereby dispose of my temporall estate as followeth, Inps : To my sun Christopher Hobbs ye house, & Land, mouea- bles, & Immovables, with in doores & with out that I dwell vpon, & vnless my sun John come over to take possession of that halfe part of Land wch my daughter Jane dwelleth vpon, I alsoe bequeath the sayd halfe part vnto my sun Christopher : Item I bequeath vnto my sun Robert my vpper Plantation, & the Marsh that doth belong vnto It/ Item I bequeath vnto my daughter Jane fourty shillings, & Tenty to each of her foure children, in ordinary pay of the Town :
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To which end & purpose I make my sun Christopher my executor & that my Legacys & bequeaths may according to this my last Will & Testament bee disposed of peaceably & quietly, I request & hereby Impowre my neighbour James Gibbines Senjor, & my neighbour Roger Hill to bee the supervizers here of, to Prevent dis quietness, & to keepe my relations in tranquillity, each with other In Confirmation of all wth, I set my hand & seale to this Instrumt the day & yeare aboue written/
Signed & sealed in the Prsence of, Judeth Gibbines her marke X Jerushah Hitchcocke her marke/ X
Christopher Hobbs
his
marke/
Sworn to by both attesting witnesses 28 March 1674; recorded 22 April 1674; Inventory returned at £139: 14: 0, by James Gibbines Sen. and Roger Hill, appraisers, 11 Dec. 1673.
Court Records, F, 6.
The last Will & testament of William Dixon, though weake In body yet of Perfect mind, doth dispose of his out- ward estate as followeth/ first I do give & bequeath vnto my beloved wife Joane Dixon the vse of my whoole estate, of Lands, houseing & Cattle, for her mantenance/ Which are to bee at her soole disposeing, soe long as her naturall life dothi continew, as alsoe all other househould goods, with in & with out app'tayning to my sd estate; And after the desease of my sd wife It is my will, that my sun James Dixon shall haue my houses & lands below ; wch I now live in, & one 3d part of my land & Meddows at basse Coue, & one third part of what househould goods, or Cattle shall then
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remajne, after the desease of my aforesd wife Joane Dixon. && for the other 2 3ds of my Lands & Meddows at Basse Cricke or Coue, & househould goods & Cattle yt then shall remajne after her desease, I do give the one thyrd thereof vnto John Brawn, & the other third, vnto Henery Millburys Children/ I do likewise give vnto my loueing daughter Susanna Frost thirty shillings as a remembrance, of which I leave in trust with my wife to send vnto her, whome I ordayne & my will is, that my sd wife shall bee soole execu- trix of my estate for disposeing yrof, as by this my last Will I haue ordered, as witnesse my hand & seal this 13 day of Febru : 1665 :
This will signed & sealed In the Presence of us, Edw : Rishworth/ John Davess/
William Dixon ( bis)
his marke
I William Dixon do appoynt Mr Nic : Davis & Capt Jon Davess, & desire y" as ofiseers to see vnto the fullfilling of iny last will/ Witness my hand this 13 day of Febru : 1665 :
Testis Edw : Rishworth/ Symeon Dea/
Willi : Dixon his Marke W
Sworn to by both attesting witnesses 16 June 1635; recorded 12 Ang. 1666; Inventory returned at £113: 05: 0 (taken 29 March 1666) by the widow Joane Dixon.
Court Records, F, 28.
In the name of god Amen/
I Morgan Howell of Cape Porpus In the Province of Mayn, In New England, being Prfect in mind & memory, do make Constitute & appoynt this my last Will & Testament as followeth/ Item I do freely hereby give & bequeath vnto
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Mis Mary Bolls, & her children all & singular my lands, Lotts, houses bujldings, fejlds, Inclosures goods & Chattells wtsoeuer, wheresoever & of what nature soever to bee æqually devided betwixt her the sayd Mary Bools, & her children that is to say, the one halfe to her the sd Mary Bools, & the other halfe to her children, to hers & thejr sooly proper vsse, & behoofe thejr executors administrators & assigns for ever/
Item I do bequeath vnto Mary Frost Senjor, for her share in this my will & testament after my desease is this/ My bed & bowlster & all that belongs to them, & likewise I do give her my brass Kettle, & two pewter dishes, & the Cow I formerly promissed her/ Item I do give vnto Mary Frost Junjo' one, the Motley Heffer/
Item I do hereby make constitute & appoynt the abouesd Mary Bools my soole & onely executrix of this my last Will & testament/
In witness w'of I Morgan Howell haue here to sett my hand & seal this seauenteenth of Novembr : In the yeare of o' Lord one thousand six hundred sixty six /
Signed sealed & avouched,
Morgan Howell (1 ) { seale )
In the Presence of us,
John Reade his marke X
his marke MI
Thomas Baston/
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 1 April 1667; and recorded; Inventory returned at £151: 10: 0, by William Hammonds, Samuel Austine and Edward Barton, appraisers 22 Jany 1666.
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Court Records, F, 31.
May : 7 : 1667 : In the name of god Amen/
The last Will & Testament of Mr John Gouch Senjor now liueing in Wells, In the Province of Mayn/
I bequeath my soule to god that gane It in hopes of a Joyfull resurrection, through Jesus Christ my Saujor, & my body to the earth from whence It was taken to bee honors- bly burjed by my executrix/
I do make my Loueing wife Ruth Gooch my soole execu- trix/ And first I do bequeath vnto her that Preell of Marsh at ye Yland, which Marsh I bought of Samell Austine, web lyeth on the Northeast side of the aforesd Yland, which lyeth before my now dwelling house/ I do also bequeath to my executrix my Oarchard, Wch is adicyneing to my sd dwelling house/ furthermore I do bequeath vnto my execu- trix all my Cattle, & horse kind, sheepe & swine, & all my houschould goods, & all my moneable goods, all which is to bee at her Lyberty to dispose off, as shee shall see Cause, & all the rest of my Lands (except wt is vnderwritten) I do give & bequeath vnto my sun John. Gouch, vidz : My land which I now liue vpon & Marsh belonging therevnto, which is to bee his own with in six Months after my death/ & my executrix to haue the vsse of the dwelling house as shee shall see Cause dureing her life, & the sd John Gouch is to pay to my executrix towards her liuelyhood yearely, & every yeare seaven pounds during her life In Mebandable pvission, or other Day as shee shall accept off/
Allsce I do will & bequeath vnto my sun John Gonch. all my right & priniledg to & in that swampe lijng on the North east side of my house, & all my houseing except y before excepted/
And I do will & bequeath to my sun James Gooch a Certen peell of Land wch I bought of William Hammonds, Namely an Oachard Garden & house being in a place Called
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Slymbridge, In ould England with all Rents dues, & Arreas therevnto belonging/
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I do will & bequeath vnto my sunn James, a certen Preell of vpland, lijng on the South West side of the ahoue men- tioned Yland, next the Mussell Ridge & soe to ye Sea Wall, & soe Joyneing to the Marsh Wch I formerly gaue to my sun James/
I do will & bequeath to my grandchildren Elizabeth Don- ell, Mary Weare, & Hannah Weare tenn shillings a peece, to bee payd within three years after my death, by my exec- utrix : And the other of my grandchildren Phoby Weare, Peter Weare Nathaniell Weare, & Ruth Weare, & Elizabeth Austin I give to them fiue shillings a peece, to bee pd by my executrix or her Assignes, wn. they come of age/ And I do giuc my grandchild John Gooch fiue shillings to bee pd w" hee is of age by my executrix/
John Gooch Senjor (ia)
I do make Mr William Symonds, and my brother Wil- liam Hammonds my supervisors or ouerseers to see this my Will Prformed, & soe I give them tenn shillings a peece/ In witness wiento I haue subscribed my hand & seale the day & yeare aboue mentioned/
Signed & scaled
John Gooch Senjo' ( ha )
In ye Presence of us,
William Hamonds/ Jonathan Hammonds/
Sworn to by both attesting witnesses 12 July 1667; recorded 27 July 1667.
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Court Records, G, 29.
The last Will & testament of Mr Robert Cutt, though weake In body yet of Prfect Memory, revoakeing all former Wills, doe appoynt ordayne & Constitute my beloved wife Mary Cutt to bee my soole executrix with my sunn Richd Cutt, wholly to dispose of my estate Lands & goods, with in doors & with out, according as the laws of this Jurisdic- tion doth provide/ & for the better Prformance where of, I doe request & appoynt my beloued brothers Mr John, & Mr Richd Cut, to bee the ouerseers of this my last Will & testament : as witness my hand seale this eighteenth day of June 1674 : Signed, sealed & Delivered, Robert Cut (bis ) In ye psence of, Josua Moodey / Edw : Rishworth/
Acknowledged 18 June 1674; recorded 24 July 1574: Inventory returned at 8820: 10: 1, by Elyas Styleman and Richard Styleman, appraisers, + July 1674; Debts due to the Estate from Charles & Samuel Hilton: Nicho: Weekes; Gabriell Grubb; Niclo: Due; Robert Wadleigh and Thomas Wills, aggregating £62: 08: 03.
Court Records, G, 46.
I Stephen Batson of Wells in the Massatusetts Colony in New England, this 8th day of March : 1673 : though An- tient, & weake in body, yet Prfect in memory, blessed bee god, doth willingly & with a free hart Committ my soule into ye hands of almighty god my mercifull Saujor, & my body vnto the earth from whence It came/ & my Estate [ dispose on as followeth/
Inp" my funerali expences being discharged, & all other debts, I gine & bequeath vnto my grandchild John Trust Twenty shilling?/ I giue vnto Sarah Ashly Twenty shillings ; I give vato Mary Trott Twenty shillings/ I giue vato my
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daughter Margery young one shilling/ I giue vnto my daughter Mary Brookehouse one shillinge/ I giue vnto my sonn John Batson fiue shillings/ & the reason why I giue him noe more is, because I haue given him formerly six head of stapell Cattle, & Tenn pounds wch I payd for him in a bill to Good : Batten, togeath' with other helps/ It I giue & bequeath vnto my Loueing daughter Elizabeth Ash- ley, all the rest of my Estate moueables, & Immoueables dureing her natural life, & after decease vnto her first child, & in case shee haue neuer a Child, then to returne vnto my Grandchild John Trott & his heyres for euer/ & doe hereby nominate & appoynt my loueing daughter Eliza- beth Ashly my soole executrix of this my last will & tes- tamient/ & hereby doe desire & appoynt my Loueing freinds William Hamonds, & Small Wheelewright ouerseers of this my last Will & testament/ Rovoakeing all other Wills, & bequessts & testaments w'soeuer/ In testimony where of I haue here vnto set my hand & seale, the day & yeare aboue written/
Signed sealed & Deliverd Stephen Batson (see) in psence of us, John Wincoll/
Acknowledged 6 April 1674; recorded 21 August 1676; Inventory returned at £38: 06: 0, by William Hammonds and Peter C.oyse, appraisers, who state that "Stephen Batson deceased June 30th 167C.""
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Court Records, G, 48.
In the name of god Amen/
I william Smyth of Bla : Poynt Planter, aged 72 or y abouts, being of Prfect Memory & mind doe by these make my last will & testament in manner & forme following, this 25 Twenty day of Septem' In the yeare of grace 1601 : Inp' I doo first appoynt, ordayne my Loueing freind, Mr
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Henery Jocelin my true & Lawfull executor to dispose of my Estate after my decease in manner hereafter expressed /
I will & bequeath vnto my bible two of my best oxen & Two Cows/ The other part of my Estate, my funerall Charges being first payd, I bequeath vnto my brother Richd Smyth, liueing at ye Citty of Westchester In England, My sister Elizabeth, & sister Mary of England, both to bee shared æqually between them, or the surviuers of them/ but If they bee dead I giue It sooly to my executor/ to tes- tify the treuth here of I doe herevnto set my hand & seale this 25th of October 1661 : Witnesses hervnto,
William Smyth (seale) Jos : Scottow/ Margeret Jocelyn/
Sworn to by both attesting witnesses 3 July 1676; recorded 27 March 1677; Inventory returned by Mr Henry Jocelyn 18 July 1676, who state i that William Smyth was aged 88 and died in March 6173-6. Debts due from Mr Scottow, Henery Watts, Nathan Bedford, Mordican Cranford.
Probate Records, O, 1.
In the name of god Amen I John Sloper of Kittery in In the County of yorke being sick of body but in sound and Disposing Memory praise be giuen to god for the same Doe make this my last Will and testament in maner and forme following, that is say first and principally I resigne my soule into the mercifull hands of allmighty God my Creator Assuredly hopeing through the meritts of my blessed Saviour to obtaine pardon and remission of all my sins and my body I comnitt to the Earth whence it was taken to be decently buried by the Discretion of my Executrix herein after named and as for the worldly goods and Estate the lord hath lent me I Dispose thereof as followes Imprimus I giue and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Sloper all
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those my lands and houseing at Kittery after the decease of my beloued wife Sarah Sloper To Haue and to hold to her and her heires for ever/ Item I giue and bequeath to my Daughter Rebecca Sloper the sum of halfe of wha . my lands shall be vallued at with the value of the housen afore mentioned to be paid when said Elizabeth Sloper shall enter on the possession thereof then to be paid by her and all the rest and residue of my Estate Goods and Chattell not herein before bequeathed, after my Debts and Funerall Expences Discharged I Doe Giue and bequeath vnto my Deare and loueing wife Sarah Sloper whom I do make sole Executrix of this my last will and testament revokeing all other wills by me heretofore made In witness whereof I haue herevnto set my hand and seale this ninth day of february one thou- sand six hundred ninety two
his
Signed sealed and published
John 0 Sloper (seal)
in the presence of Jacob Remick Isaac Remick Richard Carell
marke
Sworn to by all the attesting witnesses 27th Ju .. .... ; recorded 8 Nov. 1633: Inven- tory returned 31 May 1693 at £82: 12: 06 by Richard King and Jacob Remick, appraisers, who state therein that John Sloper " deceased 24 day 1692-3."
Probate Records, O, 3.
In the name of god amen
I Charles Nelson of Kittery in the Province of Maine being weake & Infirme of body but of sound & perfect memory and Knowing the vncertainty of this life on Earth and being desireous to setle things in order Doe make and declare this my last Will and testament in Maner and forme following
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first I comend my soule to allmighty god who gave it. my body to the earth from whence it was taken to be buried in such decent and Christian manner as to my Executrix here- after mentioned shall be thought meet and convenient trust- ing through the merrits of Jesus Christ my saviour to obtaine a blessed resurection/ and as touching my temporall Estate I Dispose of it as followeth/ first I will that all those Debts which in right & conscience I owe to any person or psons whatsoever shall be well and truely paid in convenient time after my Decease by my Executrix hereafter named
Item I giue and bequeath vnto my Daughter Hannah one Cow to be delivered to her when she shall desire it: Item I Giue and bequeath vnto my youngest sone Samuell Nelson all those lands which were giuen to me by the town of Kittery Item I giue and bequeath vnto my Eldest sone John Nellson my home stall with all the buildings thereon together with all my land from ye river side to the brooke aboue the highway being about seven acres-allwaise provided that my sd sone John Nelson shall be at halfe the Charge of building & finishing the vallue of as much houseing for his brother Samuell Nelson as shall be vppon the said Johns land when he receiues it into his hands. Item I giue and bequeath vnto my Dear & loueing wife Mary Nelson (whom I make my sole Executrix) all my Estate of what nature soever Dureing her Naturall life or Widdowhood and my will is that my sd Executrix shall haue the full vse and Disposeing of all my lands as well as other Estate Dureing her life or Widdow- bood and then the Moucable Estate to be giuen to my Chil- dren at her Discretion and my will is that my two youngest Daughters namely Martha and Lidia shall haue their Main- tenance vppon ye place as long as they continew with their Mother/ and my will is that my sone John shall haue fire wood for his owne vse from of his brother Samuells land In witnesse whereof I haue set to my hand & seale this
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seventh Day of August in the yeare of o' lord anno domini one six hundred Eighty & Eight
Charles Nelson his marke C (se)
Signed sealed & delived in ye presence of vs Joseph Hill Steeven Tobey John Tobey Jos Hamond
Sworn to byall the subscribing witnesses, except John Tobey, and probated 30 Aug. 1693; recorded Jany 16, 1693-4; Inventory returned at £25: 05: 0, by John Wincoll and Peter Grant appraisers Jany 21, 1688-9, who state therein that "Charles Nelson deceased October 14 - 1688."
Probate Records, O, 4.
The deposision of Joseph Alexander
aged 39 yeares or there abouts
The said Deponent being lawfully sworne before me testi- fieth and saith that he the said deponent being tending of Mr John Alcock of Kittery in the province of maine ship wright the said Alcock being sicke, the said Alcock being by sd Deponent desired to make his the sd Alcocks will : said Alcock said that all his Estate in what ever kind forme or nature soever that was his or of right ought to be his he the said Alcock willed and sayed that all should be to his the said Alcockes wife and as shee pleased to Dispose thereof, and farther saith that the said Alcock was then to the oppinion of said deponent Compis mentis and that severall times before sd Alcock Dyed said Deponent talked with sd Alcock and found that his last Will and testament was as aboue sd, all his Estate reall and temporall and further saith not only that the said Alcock desired him the said Deponant to take notice that what is aboue said should be his last will
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