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Sealed & Delivered with one
Thomas Cammock (Bis) Margerett Camock (tar)
bason of Olcumy in lew of all the Rest, the Property of wch was altered In the Presence of vs, George Cleeues Richard Tucker/
Recorded 20 Sept. 1670; Inventory returned at £56 (including 500 acres of land only) by Richard Foxwell and William Smyth appraisers 14 Oct. 1643.
Registry of Deeds, 2, 166.
I Francis Littlefejld Junjor of Wells, In the Massatusetts Colony in New England this fifth day of ffebruary, one thousand six hundred seventy foure, though weake in body yet Prfect in memory blessed bee god, doth willingly &
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with a free hært Committ my soule into ye mercifull hands of Almighty god my saujor, & my body vnto the earth from whence It Came, & my estate I dispose of as followeth/
Inprs Ater my funeralls bce discharged, & all other debts, I doe giue & bequeath vnto my Loueing wife Meri- bah, my househould stuff to dispose of to my children, vnto wth of them shee thinkes good, & I give vnto my sayd wife one third of all my stocke & Moueables with out to bee liers & her assignes for ever/
Item I giue vnto my Elldest sunn Joseph, my home lott with all my houseing, Saw Mill, & Corne Mill, with all the appurtenances yrento belonging, and the other two 3d parts of my stocke, Namely oxen houseing Cows, with other Cattle, when hee hath Attayned the age of Twenty two yeares, hee paijng the Legacys follg
Namely to my sunn Nathan fiue pounds/
To my sonn Jonathan fiue pounds/
To my sunn Job fiue pounds/ to my sonn Daniell tiue pounds, When they Attayne the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is that hee shall pay vnto my daughter Mary, Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Johanna Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Tabhatha Tenn pounds/
To my daughter Hannah tenn pounds to bee payd to them w" they haue Attayned the age of eighteen yeares/
Item I giue vnto my sonn Nathan, & Jonathan all my lands & Meddows at Mary Land, equally to bee deuided, between them w" they come to bee the age of Twenty one years/
Ite : I giue vnto my sonn Job, & Dauid all my Land at Ogunquett. with the seaven Acers of Marsh that I bought of John Barrett, equally to bee deuided between them wh they haue Attayned the age of Twenty one yeares/
And my will is w" my sunn Joseph doth enter vpou ye house & Land hee shall pay vnto my wife tenn pounds p
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Ann : for three years towards the Mantayneing of the small children/
And my will is that my whoole estate as It now is shall remajne in my wifes hand, to mannage & Improue for the mantayneing of her & my children, vntill my soun Joseph bee at age namely Twenty two years ould/
And I doe hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & Loue- ing wife Meribah & my sonn Joseph & Nathan to bee my executors, of this my last Will & testament, & hereby doe desire & appoynt my Loueing frejnds Mr Willia Symonds & Samell Wheelewright ouerseers of this my last will & testament, Revoakeing all other wills gyfts bequessts & tes- taments, whatsoeuer In testimony whereof I haue here vnto set my hand & seale the day & yeare aboue written/
Samuell Wheelewright / Francis Littlefejld ( bis ) Jujnor bis marke
- Fran : Littlefejld Senjor /
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 6 April 1675; recorded 14 April 1675; Inventory returned. at £801: 19: 0 by William Hammond and Abra: Tylton, appraisers, who state that " Francis Littlefeeldi Jr. deceased 6 Feby 1674."
Registry of Deeds, 3, 37.
The last Will & Testament of Robert Knight of Yorke/
Concerning the small Estate left by the prouidence of god vnto mee, I doe bequeath & dispose of as followeth/ Inp" : fiue Acres of Marsh bounded West & by South, on the one side, West & by North on the other side, vpland butting on the Land of Thomas Beeson, & soe backe vnto the swampe vntill It come to a Preell of Land of Mr Safill Mauericks, with an house & barne on the sayd Land, of Robert Knights, alsoe two Cows & a bull all wth as ahoue expressed, alsoe wisoeuer else shall be found to mee belonging, on or in the sayd house land or barne, I do whoolely & for euer bequeath, vnto my sonn Richd Knight liueing in Boston, & to his Assignes for euer/ In witness of all which as aboue written,
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I haue here vnto sett my hand & seale this 23d day of June 1676 :
The marke of
Owned & Delivered
In the Prsence of
Robert
Knight (Lgml)
Nicholas Willnott/
his markeX John Tucker/ William Bartholmew /
Sworn to by the attesting witness 24 Aug 1676; recorded 23 Feby 1678.
Registry of Deeds, 3, 44.
In the game of god Amen/ I Robert Jordan Senjor Gen- tlem : formerly of Spurwinke, & now resident on the Great Ysland in the Townshipe of Portsmouth, In New England, being weake of body, but of sound & Prfect Memory praysed bee God/ Do make ordayne & declare this Prsent writeing, to bee & remajne my last vndoubted will, & Testa- ment in manner & forme ffollowing/
Inprs : I Bequeath my soule to god, hopeing by the mer- ritts of Christ my Saujor to Inioy Eternall life, & my body to ye earth to bee decently buried, & what temporall things I am blessed with, all by ye prouidence of almighty God, I giue & bequeath as followeth/
Item I do hereby ratify allow, & Confirme two deeds or writeings which formerly I made & gaue vnder my band & Seale, one to my Elldest sonn John Jordan, & another to my secund sonn Robert Jordan, according to the Contents y' in exprest/
Item I giue & grant to my wife Saraih Jordan now Liueing, the ould Plantation at Spurwinke, Contayneing one thousand Acres bee It more or less, beginning w' the Grant belonging to my sonn John Jordan doth end, & Ending where the Lott bequeathed by this my Will to my 3d sonn
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Dominicus Jordan doth begine, & soe along the high way vntill you come to the greate pond, for & dureing the Tearme of her naturall life/ The reversion & Inhertance yr of, to bee & reamine vnto my youngest sonn Jeremiah Jor- dan, his heyres & successors for euer, as his part & portion/
Item I giue & bequeath vnto my sayd wife Saraih Jordan, one other farme Called Nonsuch, Contayneing two thousand Acres bee It more or less, for & dureing her naturall life/ & for ye more strict obleighing my childrens duty to her, my will is that shee wholly & absolutely dispose the succession & Inheritance thereof, to either or any of my sonns they, or thejr or any of thejr heyres or Issew Lawfully by them or any of them begotten forever/
Item I. giue & bequeath vnto my sonn Dominicus Jordan one thousand Acres of Land, at Spurwinke to begine where the abouesd ould Plantation Endeth, as hee shall make Choyce of, to bee layd out by the ouerseers hereafter Nominated/
Item I Giue & bequeath vnto my sonn Jedediah Jordan, one thousand Acres of my Land at Spurwinke aforesayd, to bee chosen by him out of my Land not disposed before, to bee to the vse of him & his heyres for ever/
Item I giue & bequeath vnto my sonn Samuell Jordan by Reason of his posterity, Choyse of Eleaven hundred Acres of Land of my sayd Land at Spurwinke, to bee to the vse of him, & his heyres for ever/ & whatsoeuer part or Prcell of Land remajnes not bequeathed nor giuen of my sayd Lands, at Spurwinke by any or all of the aboue rescited & expressed articles, I do hereby giue, & bequeath the same, being vpland, vnto my sonns aboue named, to bee deuided & æqually allotted amongst them/
Item My will is that my Meddow bordering along by the River Spurwinke bee equally deuided to each portion of the aboue giuen Land nearest & most Conveniently Adioyneing to each Prcell or portion as is aboue disposed/
Item I giue & bequeath vnto my foure youngest sonns Namely Dominicus Jedediah Samuell & Jeremiah Jordan to each of them one feather bedd, & bowlsters/
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Item I make & ordayne my sayd wife Saraih, & my two sonns John & Robert Jordan, to bee my Joyut executors/
Item I make & hereby ordayne Major Nicho : Shapleigh of Kittery Mr Nathl ffryer, & Mr William Bickham Mrchants, to bee ouerseers & to end all differences in any matters ariseing, by means of my not fully expressing my selfe in this my last will &' testament between My Legatees, & the executors hereof, & to settle all things according to thejre best Judgments, & nearest Intent of this my will, that noe further or future differences may arise/
Lastly, My will & Intent is, that each & euer of my afore mentioned sonns, there heyrs & successors, shall haue & Inioy, all & singular the aforesayd specifyd Grants, Gyfts, & Legacys, & If any or either of them want Naturall Issew, that then that Legacy shall redown & bee equally deuided amongst the rest/
Great Ysland 28th of Janvary 1678 : Mr Robert Jordan Senjor acknowledged this with in written, to be his last will & testament & was at the same tyme of a sound mind, & Prfect Memory but haueing lost the vse of his hands, Could not signe & seale the same, & owned alsoe Mr Nath" Fryer to bee one of his ouerseers who is Interlynd aboue/
This owned before mee, Elyas Stylemā : Commission
Allowed in Court, and recorded 7 July 1679.
Registry of Deeds. 5, 5.
Portsmouth 9th of August (1677)
I Bryan Pendleton sometyme of Sacoe In ye County of Yorke, Now rescident in Portsmouth, on Pischatag River in N : E : do make & ordajne this to be my last Will & testa- ment, hereby reuoakeing all former Wills by mee made/
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1 : I giue vnto my beloued Wife Ellner Pendleton (beside what I here reserved for her in a Deed of Gyft to my Grand- child Pendleton Fletcher) all my househould goods, together with all that peece of Land belonging to mee lijng between my son James & Mr Dereings, vpon ye great Ysland which I haue excepted, & reserved out of my deed of Gyft of all to my son James/ Furthermore, I give vnto my wife, all my houseing & land at Cape Porpus, which Richd Palmers hath the vse of dureing her life, together with my six hundred & fourty Acres of Land more or less lijng on the East side of Wests brooke, neare Saco ffalls, which I bought of John West, & Major William Phillips as by Deed will appeare, & alsoe Tymber Ysland at the little River, all which I giue to my wife absolutely to bee at her disposall/
2ly vnto my grandchild James Pendleton Junjor, I giue my hundred acres of vpland, & Tenn Acres of Meddow which I bought of Jon Bush & lyeth with in the Towneshipp of Cape Porpus adioyneing to princes Rocke/
Bly all my houseing & Land at Wells with all the priui- ledges & appurtenances I giue vnto my two grandchildren Mary, & Hannah Pendleton wch my son had by his former wife to bee æqually diuided between them/
4 : I giue to my wife all my weareing Cloaths to bee dis- posed off as shee shall see meete, desireing her to remember some poore/
5 : Finally I make my wife my executrix & Joyne my beloued son James Pendleton executor together with his Mother, willing my executrix to disburse what is meete for my funerall Charges, & my executor to pay all my debts/ And I request Mr Josua Moodey, & Mr Ric : Martyne, to bee ouerseers to this my last Will & testament/
In witness to all & singular the Premisses, I haue set to my hand & seale, this 9th day of August 1677 : Witness
Bryan Pendleton ( seule)
Josua Moodey /
Ann Moodey /
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As a Sedule to this my last will & testament, I gine vnto my beloued son James Pendleton, all my land on the East of Wests brooke butting on the great River of Saco, six hundred Acres more or less, my farme & all my land at Cape Porpus, in all three hundred aeres in the occupation of Ric : Palmer, all my seuerall yslands in or neare Cape Por- pus, ye one halfe of my stocke of Cattle of wt sort so euer vpon my farme at Winter Harbour, found after mine & my wiues decease, with all my weareing apparell & one third of my househould goods (except my vtilensills of husbandry)
And to Mary & Hannah Pendleton daughters to my sayd son James all ye My lands In Wells, being those Plantations or Lotts bought of Mr ffletcher, Hamond, & West Improued by Joseph Cross, & to each of them one third part of my househould goods, after 'mine & my wiues decease/ Ite : to Bryan Pendleton my Grandson, ye remajndr of my land on Great Ysland/ wt is Contayned there in is addition to my will, any thing in the sd will notwithstanding/
This Sedule signed & sealed Bryan Pendleton (seile) his ) In ye Presence of vs/ Joseph Dudley /
Sworn to by Joshna Moody 5 April 1681; recorded 23 April 1681: Inventory returned at £787: 12: 0 by Israell Harding and John Elldring appraisers, June 23: 1681.
Registry of Deeds, 5, 9.
In the name of god Amen/ the twenty seauenth of Au- gust 1675 : I Ellner Pearce the unprofitable seruant of god, though weake in body yet of good & Perfect remembrance, praysed bee almighty god, knowing yt I am naturally borne to dy, & to pass from this transcitory life, minding to putt in order mine Estate, to the Intent yr should bee no striffe for the same after my decease, & to auoyd all Occasions of trouble & Charge I do hereby make this to bee my true last & onely will & testament in manner following/
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Ip" I Commend my soule to almighty god, & his son Jesus Christ my saujor & redeemer, in whose prætious blood I set ye whoole & onely hope of my saluation, my body in hope of a Joyfull resurrection, I Committ to ye earth to bee decently buried, & touching the distribution of my mortal! goods, I dispose of ye same as followeth/
1. first I will yt all my debts I ow should bee truely payd/
It I gine to my sonn Jos : Pearce my house & Land, onely hee is to lett his two sisters, Saraih & Mary, each of them an house lott, If they come into the Countrey & de- mand It : or otherwise allow the ualew of It, If they should bee in want/ also I giue vnto my sd sonn all my Cattle, as also too feather beds, & the furniture belonging to them, as bedsteads & else, as too Hollands pillows, one new Holland sheete (& w yr is not underneath excepted) & one Diaper board Cloath, foure pewter platters of the biggest sort, on ye vpper shelfe with the earthen dishes, on each side of them as also too of the smallest platters, too plates, foure por- ringers, too small basons, halfe a pint pott, a beare bowle, a Candlesticke & sault seller, also the biggest brass Kettle, & ye smallest with one Copper Kettle, two skelletts, too Iron potts, one Iron Kettle, one dripinpane, one grediron one spitt, with Andirons & pott hangers, one warmeing pann & brass morter, as also all ye furniture in ye Hall as It stands (excepting 3 leather Chajres, which are Saraihs) also I giue unto my sonn 4 Napkines & the other eight to bee diuided between his sisters/ also I gaue vnto my sd sonn one Siluer Cupp & silke Twilt, & foure siluer spoones, with a Gould ring, one Chest, one deske, one Case of bottles, with 4 round bottles with a drippinpan, one great knott bowle, & too small knott dishes, 6 round trenchers, & 6 square, one fowling peece too Meale Ciues, 19 platters & bowles & trayes, but 2 3ds of them for his too sisters, as also wi earthen ware y is to bee deuided, with ye glasses between my sonn & daughter Saraih/ as also I giue unto my sonn
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Joseph my scarffe, with the too wodden porringers, & a Caun, with three pounds in siluer, from my daughter Saraih, or else to keepe her siluer bowle/
It I giue unto my daghter Saraih too brass Kettles, one brass candlesticke, one brass morter, one spitt on ye other side/ Moreouer I giue unto my daughter Saraih, one gould ring, one new feather bed prouided shee return yt to her brother, which shee carried away with her, also one holland pillow beare, one hollane sheete, one great knott bowle, one Indean knott dish, 6 new trenchers one Iron Posnett, one sleightstoon, a Chaffine dish one table board, too boxes one baskitt/ furthermore, It is my desire yt all my weareing Cloaths together with three pewter basons, fiue platters six porringers should bee diuided between my too daughters/ further I gine vnto Saraih a Cotten Ciuersid
If I giue vnto my daughter Mary, one Copper Kettle, one brass Candlesticke, one hollane pillow beare, one ould hol- land sheete, one Iron Posnitte, one box/ further It is my will, that if either of my Children should die before the receipt of the afore mentioned lagaceys, then his or her part to bee deuided between the Partys, or else to ye Party suruineing : forthermore, I do by these Presents, make & ordajne my deare & well beloued sonn Jos : Pearce before mentioned, to bee my full whoole & onely executor, of this my last will & testament, hereby giueing & bequeathing, vnto him all ye remayneder of my Estate, wch is not in this my last will & testament disposed off/
Lastly I do appoynt my loucing frejnd Mr ffran" Hooke to bee ouer seer of this my last will & testament, desireing of him not onely to keepe my sd will in safe costody but also after It shall please god to take mee out of this world to open it & to take care yt each Perticular may bee Performed as neare as may bee, as alsoe to take affectuall & speedy Care, that all my obligations bee fully satisfyd, by my exec- utor or through his defect to make saile of the portion giuen unto him to satisfy the same, whither It bee debts yt now I
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am Ingag'd, or funerall expences/ also it is my desire yt my freind & ouer seer Mr Hooke do take Care y' my sonn do not wast or Imbessell the sd Estate, but upon such consid- erations as sd Hooke shall see. to his aduantage/ In witness wrof I sd Ellner Pearce haue subscribed this my last will & testament, with my own hand, & y'unto putt my seale the day & yeare aboue written/ The marke of
Signed Sealed & delivered, Ellner Pearce IP (seaTe)
in the Presence of us whose
names are here underwritten/ Benjamen Johnson/ Hannah
Joane Bray X Marke her
Langleigh/
ffrancis Hooke/
Sworn to by Mr Hooke & Mrs Bray 24 Jany 1675; allowed in Court 4 April 1676; recorded 6 April 1676; Inventory returned at £211: 3: 0, by Francis Hooke and John Bray appraisers 5 Jany 1675.
Registry of Deeds, 5, 10.
In the name of god Amen/
I Edw : Hayes of Kittery in the County of yorke In New England being at Present uery sicke, & weake of body, but of Perfect mind & memory, & with out fraude or deceipt not knowing how It may please ye Lord to dispose of mee as to things of this life, to whose gratious dispensations I humbly submitt, w'fore I do Committ my soule unto god that gaue It & my body to the earth, to bee Inter'd in a decent & orderly manner, ordering & appoynting this to bee my last will & testament, in manner & forme following/
1 : Inp' : I give & bequeath unto my Elldest sonn Joseph the some of sequen shillings & Cd in Currant pay of New England to bee payd by my executrix immediately so soone as my sonn shall Attayne unto, & accomplish the age of Twenty one yeares If demanded/
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2 : If I giue & bequeath unto my yonger sonn William the some of seauen shillings 6d of Current pay aforesd, to bee payd by my executrix imediatly & as soone as my sd sonn shall Attajne unto & accomplish ye age of 21 years if demanded/ I giue unto my 3 daughters, Elizabeth, Saraih & Ann, the summe of seauen 6d a peece, of Current pay afore- mentioned, to bee payd unto them by my sd executrix, as soone & Immediately as they Attayne to ye age of 18 yeares is demanded as aforesd/
3 : I giue & bequeath unto my most deare & affectionate & intirely beloued wife Phylodelphia Hayes, my iust & due debts being first payd, & satisfyd all the rest of my goods, wares M'chandise Cattle househould stuffe Implemts debts goods whither in my owne Costody, or possession or others, of wt nature kind quality or Condition wsoeuer (nothing excepted or reserued) whither moueables or unmoueables whom I do hereby & my will is, do make my whoole & soole executrix, to execute & see Prformed this my last will & testamet according to the purport, true & Intent & meane- ing thereof/ In witness w'of I haue here unto sett my hand & seale in Kittery aforesd, this secund day of July one thousand six hundred seauenty fiue Anno Dom : 1675 : Signed sealed & delivered, The signe of
in the Presence of us, Jabes Jenken his signe X Joseph Hamonds/ Richd Allexand/
Edw : Hayes (sbale)
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 9 Mch 1675-6; recorded 20 April 1676; Inventory returned at £43: 13: 0, by John Shapleigh and Jos: Hammond appraisers 28 MIch 1676.
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Registry of Deeds, 5, 12.
In the name of God amen/
I Thomas Spencer of Newgewanacke in the Townshipp of Kittery being sicke of body, but through the mereys of god, sound of Mind & memory, and not knowing how soone my Change may come, desire to dispose of that Estate which god hath giuen unto mee as followith, uidz* :
Inpr I giue unto my Elldest sonn William Spencer after my decease, & the decease of Patience my loueing wife, my now dwelling house & all out houseing by It, or belonging to it, & all the Land adioyneing to it, being now in my pos- session & lijng on the North side of the high way, by my sd dwelling house, whither It bee Gardens orchards, pasture Meddows Corne Land to him the sd William Spencer my sonn, & to his heyres for euer; prouided hee pay or Cause to bee payd unto my Too daughters, namely Susanna & Elizabeth, with in six weekes, after my decease & of my loueing wife Patience, the full & iust sume of Tenn pounds, a peece in money or pay aquiuolent ther unto : The houses & sd land lijng responsable, untill ye Legacys abouesd bee fully payd/
2ly I gine to patience my louing wife all the rest of my Estate, whither It bee in lands Chattles, Cattle, goods debts house hould stuff's Meddows &c : not mentioned as abouesd, for her to distribute & dispose of amongst my Children at her own discretion, except what I haue already giuen to my Elldest sonn as abouesd/
Lastly I do nominate & appoynt patience my sd loueing wife to bee my soole executrix of this my last will & tes- tament/ In Confirmation where of I haue here unto set my hand & seale, the secund day of June in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred seauenty nine/ 1679 :
Signed sealed & Delivered Thomas Spencer
in Presence of, Gillbard warrine his marke X George Pearson/
his marke
( Lis (Seale)
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An Appendix to my last will & testament as on the other side of this paper, appeareth my further will in that, where as formerly I gaue unto my sonn in law John Gattinsby who married my daughter Susanna a Certen Tract of land being part of that too hundred acres that the Town of Kittery granted to mee, ioyneing to my house lott, & the sd Gat- tensby sould his sd right or tract of land unto my sonn in law Thomas Euerington who married my daughter Mary, & the sd Gattingsby was fully Contented, & payd by the sd Euerington my sonn in law, for his sd land & the sayd Euer- ington my sonn in law possessed the sd Land his life tyme, & left it to his heyres ; And wr as I also gaue unto my sonn Etherington a Certen Tract of Land ioyneing to the land hee bought of the sd John Gattensby, on which the dwelling house of the sayd Etherington now standeth, & both Tracts of land Contajneing about Twenty foure Acres, by Estima- tion. bee It more or less, as they are now bounded with Richard Nason & the high way on the South, William Spen- cers land on the West, Daniell Goodins land & Humphrey Spencers land on the North, & that part of my land Called Parkers Marsh on the East: And although some writeings baue been Prused about the Premisses, yet nothing y I know upon record about It, & that the sd Land according to my true intent discend unto the right heyres of it, both by the sayd Etheringtons purchase of the sayd Gattensby in part, & my gift unto the sayd Etherington of the rest of the sd land : Now my will is that the sayd Land with the dwell- ing house vpon it, & all the appurtenances & priviledges y' unto belonging, should bee & remajne the proper right & Inheritance of Joha Wincoll Junjor, sonn of John Wincoll of Kittery & of Mary his wife deceased, who was the daughter of my sd sonn in law Thomas Etherton & Mary his wife deceased, to hane & to hould the sd tract of Land, dwelling house with all the appurtenances, & priviledges there unto belonging to him the sd John Wincoll Junjor & his beyres lawfully begotton of his body for quer ; & If hee dy with out such lawfull heyres, my will is that the sd Tract
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of Land houseing & all appurtenances & priviledges y unto belonging shall bee & remajne the proper right & Inheritance of patience Atherton daughter unto sd Thomas Etherington & Mary his wife deceased, to haue & to hould to her & her heyres for euer/ In witness where unto I haue afixed my hand & seale, this fifth day of June one thousand six hun- dred seauenty nine 1679 :
Signed sealed & deliuerd in
Thomas Spencer
the Presence of,
his marke his seale )
Gillbard Warrine
his Marke X
George Pearson/
Acknowledged 18 June 1679; recorded 15 June 1882; Inventory returned at £257: 14: 0 by Richard Nason, Moses Spencer and John Wiscoll, appraisers, 1 May 1682; who state that Thomas Spencer " deceased 15th; Decembr 1681:"
Registry of Deeds, 5, 13.
In the name of god Amen/
I John Bready of the Town of Kittery in the Prouince of Mayne, being at this Instant on my bed being sore sicke yet through the goodness of Almighty god, as Prfect in my understanding & memory as at any other tyme heretofore : & haueing by the goodness of god through his blessing vpon my lawfull Endeauors, attajned to some outward Estate, I do by this my last will & testament signify to the world my soole purpose & intention in the disposeing of it as followeth/
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