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Item, I Give and bequeath unto the Church of Christ in Wells whereof I am a Member ten pounds old tenor.
Item, I Give and Bequeath to ye Reverend M' Samuel Jefferds Pastor of the Church in Wells ten pounds old tenor.
Item, I Give and Bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Abigail Haley ye Daughter of my Son Joseph Hill Decesd ten pounds old tenor & one Good Cow over & above what I have already given her - which shall be in full of all her Portion of my Estate.
Item, I Give and Bequeath to my well beloved Nephew John Hill of Berwick Esq" one Good Feather Bed & Suitable bedding belonging to it & to take his Choice next after my Wifes Choice of a Bedd - I also give to him the said John Hill my best Rideing Mare & ye best Tackle viz. Sadle & Bridle - I also give him my best Loose Coat.
Item, I Give & bequeath to my well beloued Nephew Elisha. Hill of Berwick one Good feather Bed & sutable bedding belonging to it. I also Give to him my said Nephew Elisha Hill my blew Cloth Coat Jackit & Briches.
: Item, I Give and Bequeath unto my two aforementioned Nephews John Hill and Elisha Hill in Equall halves in fee simple all my Right title Interest & Estate that I have of in and unto all & any Lands lying in and adjoining to the Township of North Yarmouth in this County of York be the same more or Less, sometimes Called Gednys Claim.
Item, I Give and Bequeath unto my well beloved Son Nathaniel Hill my Negro man named Plato and after ye term is Ended which my Negro Sharper is to serve my Wife, my Will is that the said Negro shall be ye servant of my said Son Nathaniel. I also Give to my said Son all ye rest of my wearing Cloathes.
Item, I Give and Bequeath unto my said Son Nathaniel Hill all my Goods and Chattells and other Personal Estate of what nature kind & Quality soever that shall remain after my Debts and Funeral Charges are paid and all ye Legacies
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& bequests in this my Will are satisfied & other Charges that shall arise upon & Concerning ye Executeing of this my Will are Defrayed I give the same to my sd Son Nath Hill for ever.
Item, Whereas I formerly have Given to my Son Nathan- iell Hill a very Considerable Estate in Lands & Marsh in this Town of Wells whreon he now liues which Lands & Marsh I gave to him for Life & after his Decease to his two Sons namely Joseph & Nathaniel. and to the Intent that they the said Joseph & Nathaniel may Each of them have a Sufficient Inheritance in Severalty and that my Name may be perpet- ually remembred upon that Estate and also upon this Estate whereon I now Dwell my Will is and I Do hereby Give Devise & Dispose of my Lands Houses Marsh Mead- ows & Mills in ye following manner, Viz :
My Will is and I hereby Give Divise & bequeath unto my well beloved Grandson Joseph Hill the Son of my Son Na- thaniel Hill all this my Dwelling House Lands & Marsh whereon I now Live which I bought of Joseph Boles with. all my other Marsh in Wells & Lands Mills & meadows lying at Merryland in Wells aforesaid not heretofore Dis- posed of and all ya Common Rights belonging to the same to him y" said Joseph ( Excepting ye tenn herein before he- queathed to my Wife in ye same) provided the said Joseph shall at ye Age of Twenty one Years make and Execute a Good Conveyance of all his Right title & Interest of in and unto the Estate afore mentioned as Given to him after the Death of his Father - to his aforesaid Brother Nathaniel - but if my said Grandson Joseph shall not se Cause to Con- vey his Right in the other Estate aforesaid to his said Brother Nathaniel and accept of this as I herein give it then my Will is that the said Nathaniel my Grandson shall have & Enjoy this Estate Viz. my House Land Marsh & Meadows here with all my Lands Marsh & Mills at Merry- land aforesaid & Common Rights aforesaid he makeing & Executeing a Good Conveyance of all his Right in ye
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other Estate aforesaid unto his Brother Joseph aforesaid. but if boath ye said Joseph & Nathaniel shall refuse to Convey Each or Either of them to the other as aforest then my Will is that my Grandson Benjamin Hill shall haue the Estate herein Bequeathed as aforesd which the sd Joseph & Nathaniel shall so refuse to have.
And my Will is that my Estate whereon I now live with ye Marshes aforesaid not heretofore Conveyed away together with my Mills Lands & Meadows at Merry Land and Com- mon Rights aforesaid if my said Grandson Joseph shall accept the same in manner aforesaid it shall be to him my said Grandson Joseph & to his next Male Heir & so from Generation to Generation sucessively for ever. And if the same shall come to my said Grandson Nathaniel it shall De- scend to his Male Heir Lawfully to be begotten & so suces- sively from Generation to Generation for ever, and in the same manner if my Grandson Benjamin shall have the same in manner aforesaid the same shall Descend in manner afore- said and in Case that there shall not be left any Male Issue of my Son Nathaniel Lawfully to be begotten or Descended from him to bear up my Sir name upon this my Estate my Will is that the same House Lands Marshes & Buildings whreon I now live with all my Marsh not Disposed of and all my Lands Mills Marshes & Meadows at Merryland, and all the Common Rights belonging to the same with all ye Privilidges & appurtenances shall be to my two Nephews John Hill Esq' & Elisha Hill in Equall halues to them and to their Heirs for ever. my meaning is that while my said Estate shall be to my said Grandsons or Either of them & their Male Heirs as aforesd it shall be kept whole & Intire to & for ye Use of but one at a time which shall be Lawfully and Linealy Descended from some one of my aforesaid Grandsons a Male Bearing my Sirname always Excepting · my Wifes term in my Real Estate as afore mentioned & from thence to remain intire as aforesaid.
Item, my Will is that the Proffits or incomes of my Reall
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Estate (Excepting what I have herein given to my Wife) together with such moneys and Bonds for money as I have with the Interest thereof that is to say the income of my said Real Estate untill ye same shall be determined for one or the other of my aforementioned Grandsons & moneys & Bonds for money aforesaid shall be Disposed of at ye Dis- cretion of my Executors from time to time & applyed to & for the Education & best advantaige of my said Grandsons Joseph, Nathaniel & Benjamin Excepting out of it so much as my Executors take to Defray their Necessary Charges in Executeing this my Will.
Item, I Give and bequeath to my Son in Law William Sawyer one good Cow.
Lastly, I hereby Nominate and appoint my well beloved Nephew John Hill Esq' and my well beloved Son Nathan- iel Hill & my well beloved Son in Law William Sawyer to be Executors of this my Will hereby utterly revoke- ing Disallowing all & every other & former Will or Wills Legacies & Bequests Testaments or Executors by me in any manner before made hereby Declareing this & no other to be my last Will & testament In Witness whereof I the said Joseph Hill hereunto Set my hand & Seal ye Day & Year first above written. I the said Joseph Hill Esq' before named Do hereby Give and Bequeath unto my well beloved Nephews Ebenezer Hill and Benjamin Hill (Sons of my Brother Ebenezer Hill) all that my half part of the Lands Meadows Mill privilidges & premises which I pur- chased of M' Henry Gibbs & others in partnership with John Storer Esq? lying at & near Cape Porpus River in Wells, also all that my half of ye Lands & Marsh which I bought of M' Gilman in Partnership with ye said Storer lying in Wells by or adjoining on said Cape Porpus River I also give them a parcel of fresh Meadow Laid out to me by vertue of a Town Grant lying uear Elwive Pond in Wells aforesaid to them ye said Ebenezer & Benjamin my said Nephews in Equall Shares in fee.
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Note that some words were obliterated in ye third Item of ye first page & one in the last Item of ye second page &' some in the third page & ye word (Grandson) Interlined in several places in ye third page & some few other words before signing.
Signed Sealed published pronounced Joseph Hill (Seal) & Declared by the said Joseph Hill
to be his last Will & Testament in
presence of John Eldredge Samuel Hatch Ju' Benjamin Credifor Noah Emery
Probated 19 July 1743. Inventory returned at £1222: 15: 10}, by Sam" Wheelwright, Daniel Chaney and Noah Emery, appraisers, 17 Aug. 1743. Besides Debts and BiDs due the estate aggregating £004: 11: 0, from Richd Kimbal, Sam" Adams, Daniel Morrison, Samª Stuart and Abel Merrell.
Probate Office, 6, 57.
The last Will & Testament of Arthur Bragdon of York in the County of York in New England Gent made this fifteenth Day of March Anno Domini one thosand seven hundred & thirty six. being far advanced in Years & not knowing the Day of my Death I would settle my worldly Estate & I Dispose of the same in manner following Viz.
Imprimis I give to my Loving & faithfull Wife Sarah Bragdon all the House hold stuff I shall Leave at my Decease besides her Dower & Thirds in all ye rest of my Estate for ever & ye Real for Life.
Item. I Give to my Daughters Sarah Johnson & Martha Lord Each ten shillings to be paid by my Executor besides what I have already given.
Item To my Daughters Tabitha Linscot Bethia Leavitt &
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Love Sayer I give Each thirty pounds to be paid as aforesd within four Years after ye Decease of me & my Wife.
Item. I Give to my Daughter Mercy sixty pounds the one half on Demand the other half within four Years after my Decease if She shall survive me.
Item I Give to my Grandaughter Olive Farnam thirty pounds to be paid at ye Age of Eighteen Years or time of Marriage & if She should Die before sd time then to be equally divided between her Brothers Daniel Zebadiah & Joshua.
Item. I Do give & bequeath to my only Son Thomas Bragdon all the Residue of my Estate both Real & Personal (he paying the above Legacies) to him & his Heirs for ever. only it is my Desire to my said Son that if his Son Daniel Bragdon shall behave himself well he may have settled upon him my part of the dwelling House & one half of the Home place besides what else my sª son shall see cause to give him.
Lastly I Do hereby Constitute & appoint my said Son the Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written.
Signed Sealed published pronounced Arthur Bragdon (Seal)
& Declared by ye aforenamed
Arthur Bragdon to be his last Will
& Testament In presence of us.
James Grant Jur
Alexander Junkins
John Mackintire Ju"
Probated 5 May 1743.
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Probate Office, 6, 60.
In the Name of God Amen, I John Sayward of York in the County of York Gent being at this time under weak- ness of Body but of perfect mind memory & understand- ing for which praised be almighty God and considering the certainty of Death & ye uncertainty of the time of the time when Do in the fear of God whose I am & whom I endeavour to serve make this my Last Will & Testament. And prin- cipally & first of all I resign my Soul unto my Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ who I trust has redeemed it by his Blood & in & through whom alone & his glorious merit & Redemp- tion I humbly hope for Eternal happiness & Salvation. And my Bod I Comitt to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like Grave & Decent manner at the Discretion of my Execu- tors hereafter Named nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God & in hope of a joyfull Resurrection to ever- lasting felicity & happiness. and as for such Worldly Estate as God in his infinite mercy has bestowed upon me in this Life I give bequeathe & dispose of the same in the following manner.
Imprimis, I Do Will that all my Debts & Funeral Expences shall be Justly paid.
Item, I Do give and bequeath to Mary my Dearly beloved Wife the Use and improvement of the one half of my Home- stead includeing Buildings Tillage Orchard mowing Salt & fresh with the fenceing now upon it and the one half of ye Liveing Stock of Cattle & Sheep, the one half also of a piece of Pasturing Land adjoyning on the South Westerly upon upon Land belonging to Joseph Plaisted Esq' on y" North West on Capt Cames Land on ye North East on Abel Moultons Land & on ye South East on a Road leading into ye Woods. also a third part of a Wood Lott for Cutting of ye wood or for feeding bounded as follows begining about three Rods North East from Joseph Moultons at an Oak stump
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and runing West north West according to the return about one hundred & thirty Poles containing about twenty Acres as may appear by ye Original Grant. also about one third part of a Tract of Pasture Land adjoyning partly on John Banes Land & partly on the Widow Prebles Land on the South West side begining at the Southern Corner a few Rods from Ellwife Brook so called & runing about fourteen Rods as ye Road goes, from thence on a straight Course about half a Rood to the Northern side of a Spring in a Valley or Brook known by the Name of Teagles Brook con- tinueing said Course about two Rods further then near about a square over to the upland then Bounded by the edge of the upland down to the Mouth of the Brook then to shute of to the Main Creek & Bounded by ye Creek to the said Prebles Land or opposite against it. The Western end of my Dwell- ing House Lower Room Chamber & Garret half the Kitchen & ye innermost part of the Cellar so long as She shall Remain my Widow. moreover I Do give & bequeath to the sd Mary my Wife the Sole property of one half my Books two Beds with their furniture ye bigest Brass Kittle a warm- ing Pan a Case of Drawers an Ovel Table half ye Pewter & Household furniture. also a Horse & Chair & furniture for ye Chair I Do also give & bequeath to Mary my beloved Wife the use & Improvement of a third part of a Saw Mill also the use & benefit of Half my Husbandry Tackling & furniture so long as She shall Remain my Widow.
Item, I Do give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Jobn the Remainder of the aforesd Tract of Land Joyning upon John Banes Land & ye Widow Prebles Land & bounded by the Fence & the strait Line with all ye Marsh & Thatch Beds thereto adjoyning and the whole of it I Do Will to him at the Death of my well beloved Wife or at her Marriage as also a piece of upland containing about 20 Acres & a Piece of fresh Marsh & Swamp Land thereto adjoyning containing nine or ten Acres lying near Cape Natick Pond I Do also give & bequeath to him the s' John my Son a parcle of
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Land containing about 30 Acres with a piece of Meadow Adjoyning containing about five Acres & half lying in the Crotch of Josias's River so called laid out with the Grant of Capt Jonathan Bane as appears by a Return on Record also a Piece of Land Containing about 60 or 70 Acres lying near George Jacobs Mill as appears by the Returns with half my Common Rights by him freely to be possessed & Enjoyed he paying such Legacies as shall be hereafter Named and none of the aforesd Articles to be Disposed of till the Lega- cies be well and truly paid.
Item I Do Give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Ebenezer the other half my Homestead includeing Buildings Tillage Orchard mowing Salt & fresh with the fenceing also the other half of ye aforesd Pasture Joyneing upon Capt Cames Land & the two thirds of the aforesª Wood Lot with a Grant of ten Acres that is yet to be Laid out near sª wood Lott also two thirds of the Saw Mills & & Iron work & furniture with ye privilidge of ye Stream & Timber belong- ing to sª Privildge also the other half of ye Living Stock of Cattle & Sheep he running ye Hazzard of all Casualties with Respect to his half and ye whole of Each of these s4 articles the Homestead Pasture wood Lot &c I Do Will & hequeath to my Son Ebenezer after the Death or Marriage of my well beloved Wife. I Do also give & bequeath to ye s" Ebenezer the other half of my Husbandry Tackling & Furniture and Will the whole of it to him after ye Death or Marriage of my sª Wife I Do also give him the one half all my Comon Rights he paying such Legacies as shall hereafter be Named & none of ye aforesd Articles to be Disposed of till ye Lega- cies be well & truly paid.
Item, I Do Will that my sª Son John shall pay to my well beloved Son James when he is at the full age of twenty one Years the sum of one Hundred pounds old tenor & at ye end of one Year after fifty pounds more old tenor & at ye end of two Years after he is of age fifty pounds more old tenor to paid in Money or Land as they shall agree.
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Item, I Do Will that my Son Ebenezer afores4 shall when he comes to the Age of twenty one Years pay to Esther my well beloved Daughter the sum of ten pounds old tenor Yearly till it amount to seventy pounds old tenor. And I Do Will that he shall pay to Hannah my well beloved Daughter, when he comes of age the sum of ten pounds old tenor Yearly till it amount to sixty pounds old tenor & that he Do pay to my well beloved Daughter Marah ten pounds old tenor till it amount to fifty pounds old tenor.
I Do likewise Will that a piece of Marsh begining at ya Bridge over the over the New Mill Creek & bounded on James Grants Land includeing all the Marsh Thatch Beds & Coves be for the use & benefit of my three Daughters Equally to be Divided untill my Son Ebenezer comes of age they leaveing as good a Fence upon it as at this present & I Do Will that if my Son Ebenezer come to be of the Age of 21 Years then the upper part from a small Creek that empties into the Main Creek & upward to fall to fall to my sd Son John & the Lower part to my Son Ebenezer and all the Marsh on the opposite side of the Creek I Do Will to my Son John.
Item, I Do Will that if Either of my Sons should Die without Lawfull Issue then his part & Portion by this Will bequeathed to him be Divided amongst the surviveing Chil- dren a Double Portion to the Son or Sons & a single Portion to the Daughters.
Iteni, I Do Will that all my wearing apparill be Disposed among my three Sons as my Wife shall se fit.
Item I Do Will that the Bond against James Grant be Divided amongst my Eldest Son & three Daughters the Son haveing a Double Portion the Daughters Each a single one & to be prosecuted as they think fitt. and upon ye Reception of ya Bond my Son John to give up a promisary note to my Wife of fifteen pounds old tenor.
Item, I Do Will & bequeath the Sole Property of ye one half of my Living Stock of Cattle & Sheep notwithstanding
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