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&'s. I give to my well beloved Grandson Thomas Tripe my Silver Spoon & to my grandaughter Margaret Tripe, the Stone which I have sett in Silver & the little Trunk in which it is ; The other things which are in ye said Trunk I give to my Grandaughter Margaret Pope. & my Silver Cup I give to my Grandson William Fernald.
Q's I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughters Joanna Pope, Margaret Fernald & Mary Follet all my wear- ing Apparrell of every sort and my household Stuff of every sort & kind whatsoever to be Divided between them in equall Shares or Portions or such as shall Legally Repre- sent them.
10'y I give & bequeath to my well-beloved Children Thomas Tripe Robert Tripe Joanna Pope Margaret Fernald, Mary Follet & the Children of my Son Sam" Tripe Decesd Sarah Tripe Sam" Tripe, Anne Tripe (after my Just Debts & Funeral Charges are paid) all my money & Debts in Bills or Bonds due from any person or persons whatsoever to be equally divided between them the Children of my Son Samuel Tripe Decesd to have only one Share or sixth part of ye whole.
Fnally, I constitute make & Ordain my well beloved son Robert Tripe my Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament : And I hereby Revoak & disannull all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacies & Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testa- ment : In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal ye fourth Day of January Anno Domini one Thou- sand Seven hundred & forty & one/ two.
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memorandum that ye words Anno Domini were interlined before signing.
Signed Sealed Published
pronounced & Declared by ye så Margaret Tripe as her last Will & Testament in the psence of us the Sub- scribers. John Newmarch John Clark Eph™ Sherburn.
her
Margaret
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mark
Probated 19 Jan. 1741. Inventory returned 17 Feby 1741-2, at &523: 4: 2, by Benjamin Parker jun, John Clark and Ephraim Sherburn, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 244.
In the Name of God amen, The twelfth Day of Novem- ber in ye Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and thirty four I Martha Millet of Falmouth in ye County of York in ye Province of ye Massachusets Bay in New- England Widow being weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory (thanks be to God) Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament That is to say Principally & first of all I Recommend my Soul into the hands of God who gave it and my Body to the Earth to buried in a Decent manner at ye Discretion of my Executor hereafter Named, and as Touching my worldly Estate I Do Dispose of ye same in manner following.
Imp$ I Give & bequeath to my Son Thomas Millet the House & Land lying in Falmouth aforesd the which his Father purchased of Benjamin Larraby as may appear by ye Deed thereof & also as mutch of my other Rights of Land as will make up to him a single proper Share of Land according to ye proper Rule of Laying out ye same also ye Barn standing
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near to ye aforesd House & ye acre of Land it stands upon as also one Cow one Bed & beding the Bed to be a Feather Bed two silver Spoons & a great Pewter Platter Note the House & Barn and Land before mentioned are now under ye Improvement of my Son in Law Robert Baly.
Item. I Give & bequeath to my Son John Millet ten pounds money on Condition that the Town or Proper of Falmouth dont Demand of me or my heirs the ten pounds that was to be paid to sd Town for my Son Johns Admit- tance thereinto but if ye same recovered of me or my Heirs by Either of them then I give unto my sª Son John two shillings in money to be paid out of my Estate.
Item. As to what houshold Stuff & Cloathing I now have not as yet disposed by this my Will or otherwise I Will & bequeath ye same to my Daughters Born of my Body (allow- ing the Children of my Daughter Curtis to have their Mothers part) to be equally divided among them.
Item. I Will & bequeath unto all my Children all my Land Chattels Dues Debts & whatsoever not yet disposed of by me by this my Will or by any Deeds or Conveyances whtsceuer the same to be equally Divided amongst them (the Children of my Daughter Curtis to have one Equal Share thereof with any of my Children as their Mother was one of them & is' Decesd & so they to haue her Share thereof.
Item. I Will that all my Just Debts & Funeral Charges be paid out of my Estate before any Division be made of the same as also all Debts that are Justly Due from my late Husband Tho Millet Decesed's Estate to any Person or Persons whatsoever.
Item. I Do hereby Ordain & appoint my Son in Law Robert Baly of Falmouth aforest to be my Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament. hereby Utterly Disallowing Revoaking & Disannulling all & every other Will Testament Legacies or Executors Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof
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I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this twelfth Day of November Anno Domini seventeen hundred & thirty four.
Signed Sealed published &
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Declared by ye sª Martha Millet as her Last Will &
Martha
mark M Millet (seal)
Testament In psence of Us the Subscribers.
Sam" Cobb Daniel Jackson William Bryent/.
Probated 13 Oct. 1741. Inventory returned 12 Oct. 1741, at €392: 0: 0, by Elisha Den- ham, Joshua Brackett and John Miller, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 250.
In the Name of God Amen The nineteenth Day of No- vemb' Anno Domini one Thousand seven hundred forty & one I Joseph Weeks of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of ye Massachusets Bay in New-England Hus- bandman being very sick & weak in Body but of perfect Mind & memory Thanks be given to God. Therefore calling unto mind ye Mortality of my Body do make & Ordain this my Last Will & Testament. Principally & first of all I give & Recomend my Soul into ye Hands of God that gave it and my Body I recomend to ye Earth to be buried in De -- cent Christian Manner at ye Discretion of my Executrix : And as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give Demise and dis- pose of ye same in ye following manner & form.
Imprimis, I give & bequeath unto Mary my dearly be- loved Wife her Heirs & assigns for ever that four Acres of Land that I have at my Brother Nicholas Week's his Land and dureing her Natural Life the Use Improvement & In- com of ye Western part of my Land whereon I now dwell
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to begin at ye Water side & to run from thence to an apple Tree a little distance from a certain Thorn bush & from the said Apple Tree on a strait Course to a Certain Rock near Je Stone wall & from ye sd Rock to ye Bounds between my Son in Law Daniel Jones's Land & mine ; and also ye West- ern end of my dwelling House & all my Personal Estate & moveable Effects both in the House & in every other place for her comfortable maintainance & ye abovesd Land & house to Her disposal at her Decease to any of my Children.
2ly I give to my well beloved Son Nicholas Weeks his Heirs & assigns for ever that Tract or parcel of Land whereon he now dwells & possesseth Containing about thirty two Acres be it more or Less ; & also one third part of my Common Rights,
3b I give to my well-beloved Son Benjamin Weeks his Heirs & assigns for ever my Land from ye water side to an apple Tree called a Lamb Stone apple Tree & from thence back towards my Barn to an Apple Tree standing on a Rock & from thence to ye begining of the Lain by ye Barn & from thence to his Stone wall at the further end of the Lain & from thence on a straight Course to a Spring of Water, and from thence to ye Barrs by the Country Road, and the privilidge of half ye Barn the Abovesaid Land is bounded on one side by M Parkers Land; I also give to him his Heirs & assigns for ever three Acres of Land which I have in ye woods joining to & bounded as by his Land & also one third part of my Comon Right : & the Housing that is upon ye Land that I have in these presents given him.
4' I give to my wellbeloved Son Abraham Weeks his Heirs & Assigns for ever all my Land which I have lying between ye Lands that I have given in these psents to my Wife Mary & his Brother my Son Benjamin Weeks to Dan- iel Jous's Land & ye Country Road & also one third part of my Common Right & ye Eastern End of my dwelling house & half my Barn Excepting & reserveing so much of ye Barn as my Wife Mory shall see fit to make Use of dureing her Natural Life.
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51y I give to my well beloved Daughters Judith Hatching & Martha Jones & my Grand Son Benjamin Morgeridge all my Personal Estate & moveable Effects that shall remain & be found left after ye Decease of my dearly beloved Wife Mary to be divided between them in equall Shares or parts.
6'y I Constitute make & Ordain my dearly beloved Wife Mary Weeks my Sole Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament And I Do hereby utterly disallow revoak & Dis- annull all & every other former Testaments Wills Bequests & Executors by me in any ways named Willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament, In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal ye Day & year abovewritten.
Signed sealed published pro- nounced & Declared by ye sd Joseph Weeks as his Last Will & Testament in ye psence of Us the Subscribers. Joseph Weeks his - Henry X Beals mark Deborah Williams.
memorandum that what is blotted out in ye thir- teenth line on ye other side and the words to her disposal at her Decease to any of my children & the word Heirs & the words to Daniel Jones's Land & the Country Road were interlined before signing. Joseph Weeks (Seal)
Probated 14 Dec. 1741. Inventory returned 12 March 1741-2, at £1125: 14: 0, by Thomas Catt, Joseph Weeks and Benjamin Parker, jun., appraisers. Debt due from Thomas Cutt.
Probate Office, 5, 252.
In the Name of God amen the thirty first Day of March one Thousand seven hundred & forty one, I William Eaton of Wells in ye County of York in ye Province of ye Massa- chusets Bay in New-England Yeoman being aged and Infirm
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in Body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be to God for it Calling to mind my own mortality & knowing That it is appointed to man once to Die Do make & Ordain this my Last Will & Testament (that is to say) Principally and first of all I Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God who gave it : and my Body to the Earth to be buried in decent Chris- tian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executor hereafter named Nothing doubting but at ye 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 to bless me in this Life I bequeath & dispose of ye same in form & manner following Viz :
Imprimis my Will & Desire is that all my Just & Lawfull Debts be duly & honestly paid by my Executor hereafter named & that they be paid out of my moveable Estate.
Item. I Give unto my beloved Son Joshua Eaton all my out Lands in ye Township of Wells & in the County of York aforesd Together with all that Peice & parcell of Salt Marsh which I formerly bought of John Eldredge of Wells aforesaid.
Item. I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Mary Credefor Thirty pounds to be paid by my Executor within two Years next after my Decease over and above what I have already given her and also one half of my household Stuff Excepting one Feather Bed with ye furni- ture belonging to it.
Item. I Give & bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter Ruth Eaton Thirty pounds to be paid by my Executor when She arrives to ye Age of Eighteen Years old after my De- cease over & above what I have given her & also one half of my Housbold Stuff.
Item. I Give & bequeath unto my Beloved Son Joseph Eaton all my homestead & salt Marsh belonging to the homstead together with my Dwelling Hous Barn buildings & Fences on sª Homstead & one Feather Bed with ye furni- ture belonging to it; and further my Will is that my Son
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Joseph Eaton and my Daughter Ruth Eaton shall have ye proffits of ye Homstead & of the Stock of Cattle Excepting what may be for the paying of Legacies & Debts the Re- mainder of the Proffits to be for the Education Learning & bringing up my said Son Joseph Eaton untill he arrives to the age of twenty one years and my said Daughter Ruth untill She arrives to ye Age of Eighteen years.
And I Do hereby Nominate Constitute & appoint John Storer of Wells in said County Esq. to be the Sole Execu- tor of this my Last Will & Testament and Do hereby Re- voak & Disannull all other & former Wills & Testaments by me made and Do hereby Ratify & Confirm this & no other to be my Last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal ye Day & Year above written.
Signed sealed published pronounc'd William Eaton (Seal) & Declared by ye abovesd William
Eaton To be his Last Will & Testa-
ment in Bsence of us the Sub-
scribers.
Joseph Hatch
, Isaac Buswell
Sam" Emery his
. Daniel X Eldridge mark
Probated 19 Jan. 1741. Inventory returned 19 April 1742, at £1201 : 6: 6, by John But - land, Pelatiah Littlefield and Joseph Hatch, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 254.
In the Name of God Amen, the Second Day of April Anno Domini one Thousand seven hundred & thirty nine I James Fernald of Kittery in ye County of York & Province
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of the Massachusets Bay in New England Yeoman being aged and weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God therefore calling to mind ye Mor- tality 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 & Recommend my Soul into ye hands of God that gave it & my Body I Recommend to ye Earth to be buried in a Dea- cent & Christian burial at the Discretion of my Executrix nothing Doubting but at ye Great & General Resurrection I shall Receive ye same again by ye mighty Power of God & as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give Demise & dispose of ye same in ye following manner & form.
Imprimis, I Will That all my Just Debts & Funerall Charges be Raised & levied out of iny Estate as soon as may be Conveniently after my Decease together with ye several sums herein mentioned.
Item I Give & Bequeath unto Mary Fernald my dearly beloved Wife one half of my Houseing & Lands dureing ber natural Life and after her Decease I Give & bequeath it to my Son James Fernald here after named it is to be under- stood my Housing & Lands lyeing & being in ye Town of Kittery aforesd & I also give unto Mary my sª Wife all my other Lands not lying in ye Town of Kittery & if She should not see cause to dispose of ye whole or any part thereof what is left after her Decease is to be Equally Divided be- tween my Daughters hereafter named Except ye Eldest Viz Elizabeth Fogg, who shall have one Share & a half ye Rest to Share Equally in sd out Land; I also give & bequeath unto my sª Wife all my Houshold Goods Debts & moveable Effects (that is to say what is left after ye several sums herein mentioned are paid & satisfied) To Dispose of as She sees fitting to & amongst my Children, and Case my sª Wife
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should marrey again She She is to Enjoy but one third part of my Estate dureing her natural Life.
Item I Give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Elizabeth Fogg five shillings in passable Bills of Credit be- sides what She has already had out of my Estate.
Item. I Give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Mary Adams Three pounds in passable Bills of Credit besides what She has already had out of my Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Joanna Rogers five shillings besides what She has already bad out of my Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my wellbeloved Daughter Anne Fernald Eight pounds in passable Bills of Credit besides what She has had out of my Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughters, Viz Marget Fernald, Dorcas Fernald & Unice Fernald Each of them fifty pounds in passable Bills of Credit out of my Estate.
Item. I Give & bequeath unto my wellbeloved Son James Fernald ye one half of all my Housing and Lands lyeing & being in the Town of Kittery aforesd to him his Heirs & Assigns for ever and after ye Decease of his Mother I Give unto him ye whole of my Real Estate lyeing & being in sª Kittery together with all ye appurtenances & privilidges to ye same belonging to him his Heirs & assigns for ever as aforesaid ; I likewise Constitute make & ordain Mary my sd Wife my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament ; and I Do hereby utterly disallow Revoak & Disannull all & every other former Testament Wills Legacies & Bequests & Executors by me in any ways before named Willed & be- queathed Ratifying & Confirming this and no other to be my
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last Will & Testament. In Witness, whereof I have here- unto Set my hand && Seal the Day & Year above written. Signed Sealed Published his
Pronounced & Declared by ye st James Fernald as his last Will & Testament In ye psence of us the Subscribers.
James
Fernald (Seal)
mark
. Lydia Fernald Benjamin Fernald John Godsoe.
Probated 19 Jan. 1741. Inventory returned 22 June 1742, at £4160: 0: 5, old tenor, by Thomas Cutt, Benjamin Parker jun, and John Godsoe, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 264.
In The Name of God Amen, The first Day of April one thousand seven hundred & fourty two I John Baxter of Arundell in the County of York in his Majestie's Province of the Massachusets Bay in New-England Yeoman being very sick & weak in Body, but of perfect Mind & memory for which Thanks be given unto God : Therefore calling to mind the mortality of my Body & knowing that it is ap- pointed for all men once to Dye 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 decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at ye General resurrection I shall re- ceive 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 dis- pose of ye same in ye following manner & form.
Imp" I Do by these presents constitute & ordain Sarah my well beloved Wife to be the Sole Executrix of this my
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last Will & Testament, and to her the sd Sarah I Do hereby freely give & bequeath a Grant of Land purchased of ME Joshua Lasel consisting of about nine Acres be it more or less three acres & an half of which is already laid out in the Nor-west part of said Town at a place known commonly by the name of the Desert to her the said Sarah to her only proper use & behoof for ever & 'tis my Will also that the fifty Acres of Land lying on each side the Road to the South- ward of Mr Burbankss & also an eighth part of a Saw in a Mill known by ye name of Credifors Mill together with all the Timber & Lumber that may in any wise be found belong- ing to me, be all sold by her the said Sarah for the Defray- ing my Funeral Charges & other just Debts by me Con- tracted.
Item, That my Dwelling House & all ye Lands adjoyning estimated to be about fourty three Acres be it more or Less together with seventy Acres of Draught Land lyeing upon Saco Road to the Eastward of Deacon Dormons be Distrib- uted among my Children in manner & form following Vizt That my wellbeloved Son John Baxter Receive a double moiety or part of all this my Real Estate just mentioned in this present Clause of ye Will & that my two well beloved Daughters Mary & Sarah draw an equall proportion of ye Remaining part when John their Brother hath had his full Share & portion.
Item. I freely give & bequeath to Sarah my well beloved Wife all my Household goods & Chattels all my Cattle & moveables to her the sd Sarah to her only proper Use benefit & behoof for ever, excepting one Yoak of Oxen for which as my only desire & request William Waterhouse become Surety & Bondsman which my Will & Desire is that he ye sª Waterhouse take to himself He engageing to make full payment & Satisfaction for them without calling on me or any of mine.
Item, I the said John Baxter Do hereby freely give to Sarah my beloved Wife & my Will is that She ye sª Sarah
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have ye whole use Improvement & Enjoyment of all I leave in ye world whether Real or personal Estate within Doors & without for her comfort & support so long as She ye sª Sarah continues & Lives in a State of Widowhood.
Signed Sealed & Delivered in
John Baxter (seal) - presence of. Joshua Walker Phillip Dorrell John Merrill.
Probated 23 May 1742. Inventory returned 19 July 1742, at £635: 2: 3, by Joshua Walker, Phillip Dorrell and John Merrill, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 265.
In the Name of God amen. The last Will & Testament of Jonathan Stone of Berwick in the County of York Yeoman being aged & weak yet haveing perfect memory the Lord be praised, not knowing how soon God may end the Days of my Pilgrimage.
1st I give & bequeath my Soul to God that gave it & my Body to ye Earth from whence it came to be decently buried by my Executors after named.
2. I Give & bequeath to my Loveing Son Joseph Stone all my moveable Goods within Doors & without, & all my Stock of Creatures that is on the Place, & I Do Constitute & appoint my Son Joseph Stone to support my Dear & loving Wife Sarah & to give her a Comfortable maintanance dureing her natural Life.
3. I Give & bequeath to my Loveing Sons Paul & Joseph Stone them & their heirs for ever my home Stead Dwelling House Barn & orchard Meadows mowing Land appertaining to the same Equally to be Divided between them as they shall agree the same. And in Case my Son Joseph should 29
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Decease without Heirs ye aforesª Estate to return to my Son Paul & his Heirs.
ly I Give & bequeath to my Loving Son Skinner & his Heirs five Acres of Marsh (Land) adjoyning to the Marsh of Josiah Goodridge.
51 I Give & bequeath to my Three Sons Paul, Skinner & Joseph the one Quarter of the Stream Frame in a Mill in which Mill the Shore Frame is owned by or in the posses- sion of the Heirs of Natha" Gerrish late of Berwick Decesd with all ye privilidges & appurtenances thereunto belonging to them & their heirs in Equall Shares.
6. I give and bequeath to my loveing Sons Paul & Joseph Stone all my Common Rights, Grants & Timber Land & undivided Land that lyeth in Kittery or Berwick Comons that Doth now appear or shall hereafter appear to be my Right or their Grandfathers Property, or any other Estate Real or Personal whatsoever not already given away to them & their Heirs.
7. I Give & bequeath to my Loving Son Jonathan Stone five shillings.
8. I Give & bequeath to my Loving Daughter Eliza Neal five shillings.
9. I Give & bequeath to my Loving Daughter Mary May, five shillings.
10. I Give & bequeath to ye Children of my loving Daughter Patience Dike five shillings.
11. I Give & bequeath to my Loving Daughter Sarah Libbey five shillings.
12. I make & Constitute my loving Wife Sarah & Paul & Joseph Stone to be my Executors & to perform this my Last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand & Seal this third Day of April annog
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Domini 1742. & in the fifteenth Year of his Majesties Reign George the second.
Signed sealed & Delivered to be my Last Will & Testament
Jonathan Stone (seal) in presence of. John Holmes John Janverin Samuel Hupper.
Probated 26 May 1743.
Probate Office, 6, 15.
In the Name of God Amen, the Eighth Day of December Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & forty one I Joseph Sayword of York in the County of York in ye County of York & Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England being very sick & weak in Body but of per- fect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the 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 and my Body I Recomend to ye Earth to be Buried in Decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executor nothing doubting but at ye 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 ye same in following manner and form.
Imprimis, I Give and bequeath to Mary my Dearly beloved Wife, all and singular my one halfe of the Dwelling Hous I now live in & Land thereto belonging with half ye Barn & garden together with my Eight Shares of the Comon & undivided Lands in York aforest and all my Grist & Saw Mills all situated in York aforest by her freely to be pos-
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sessed and enjoyed during her natural Life only its my Will that my Just Debts Funeral Charges & Legacies hereafter named be paid out of ye Incomes & profits of my aforesaid Mills if they be sufficient to pay ye same besides the support of my Family and if not then such a part of ye said Mill or Mills as shall be sufficient shall be sold for the payment thereof.
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