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1 - first I do hærtily & really bequeath & freely render my spirit & soule to god, that gaue It, hopeing that in the meritts & mediation of ye Lord Jesus Christ, I shall Inheritt euerlasting life / secundly I do will that all my Acts of deale- ing bee paid, & all my lawfull debts discharg'd/
3ly I will that all my necessary Charges, whither in sick- ness or buriall of my Corp . . bee fully discharged/ 4ly &
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lastly I do hereby will & bequeath to Saraih my wife. all & singular my Estate remajneing after the defraijng the Prem- isses aforesd : as well w'soeuer is at Present in reuersion out of my hands as wt is in possession in hand, in maner & kind wtscener, bee It houses lands Chattles, Cloathing, debts by Accompts, or wtsoeuer is found to Pertajne to my Estate, I do as aforesd fully & freely bequeath to my trusty & loneing wife/ to all which I subscribe this 30th of August in the yeare of or Lord 1681 : as witness my hand/
witnesses/
The signe of
Job Cleamons Senjor The signe of Thomas Roberts X
John
711 Bready /
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 6 Dec 1681; recorded 16 June 1682; Inventory returned at £152: 12: 0, by John Wincoll and Charles Frost appraisers 21st Nov 1681; who state that John Bready "deceased October 9th 1681:"
Registry of Deeds, 5, 14.
The last will & testament of Robert Mendum of Kittery taken this first of May 1682 :
I Robert Mendum being weake in body, but of Perfect mind & Memory, do ordaine this as my last will & testa- ment, hereby reuoakeing all wills by mee formerly made/
My house w'in I now dwell, with all the houseing, & land belonging y'unto, & all the priviledges app tajneing, I giue to my sonn Jonathan Mendum for his vse, dureing his life, & after his decease, to his two younger sons, Jonathan & Dauid Mendum, to bee equally deuided between them, & If either of them dy before they Come to age the Suruiuer shall haue ye whoole, & If both of them die, then my Grandsonn Robertt Mendum shall haue It/
All my land in Spruse Cricke I giue to my Grandson Robert Mendum with all the priviledges belonging there anto/ Further unto my sonn & daughter Mendum I gine
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tenn of my Cattle, & to my three Grandchildren aforesd, fiue Cattle a pecce, to bee diuided amongst them as æqually as they may, my sonn & daughter to haue ye Improvement of all both land & stocke, till my grandchildren Come to age, & as each of ym Come to ye age of Twenty one years, then y' portion of moueables to Come into yr hands All the rest of my Moucables & house hould goods I leaue in hands of my sonn & daughter, oblieiging them to giue each of my Grandchildren a share of it, as they Come to age/
Moreouer, I will that my grandson Robert Michamore shall haue an Heffer which my sonn Jonathan shall deliuer to him, when he comes to age/ & Robert Mendum shall haue his land at Spruse Cricke, w" hee Comes to the age of Twenty one yeares, or to bee married/
Finally I make my sonn Jonathan my soole executor of this my last will & testament, giueing to him w soeuer Estate I haue not expressly mentioned aboue, whither in debts, or moueables or otherwise, willing him my sd executor to pay all my iust debts, & funerall Charges, & to burry mee in my fejld by my last wife/ I also require my Honor frejnd Richd . Martyn Esq' to bee my ouerseer, to see the Prformance of this my last will & Testament/ In witness to all & singular the Premisses, I set tow my hand & seale the day & yeare aboue written/
Robert Mendum of Kittery,
The marke of ( a )
did signe & seale the
Robert RX Mendum
·aboue written Instrument & declare It to bee his last will & testament this 1 : May 1682 : In Presence of us/ Josua Moodey/ Christeian Ramach/
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 18 May 1682; recorded 17 June 1682; Inventory returned at £346: 06: 07, by Christian Ramaich and William Fernald, appraisers, May 16, 1682, including debts due from Thomas Ryce and John Hoole.
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Registry of Deeds, 5, 19.
The last will & testament of John Hill/
Inps : I bequeath my soule into the hands of my mercifull God/
2ly my body I desire should haue a decent buriall / & as for my wordly Concernes I giue as followeth, vidz' : to Mis Champernoown all my Cattle, & swine (except one three years ould Heffer, to Mary Gullisson to haue in the spring follow the date here of, one of my best hoggs also, & Corne to fatt him, Conveniently, as also to ye sd Mary Gunisson I giue my househould Moueables & Wheele ) as I haue given to Mis Champernown all my Cattle, I also bequeath all my hay & Corne, except what is aboue mentioned/ & in reference to my houseing & Lands I giue to Cap *: Champernoown, as also the boards & slabbs yt lie vpon my sd Land/ Witness, John Graues/ Jobn Hill/
Allexsand: Dennett/
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 3 April 1683; recorded 13 April 1883; Inventory returned at £02: 40: by William Scrivine and John Graves appraisers Nov 19, 1682.
Registry of Deeds, 5, 20.
In the name of God Amen/
I John Heard of Kittery in the County of Yorke, In New England yeamon, being by the prouidence of god by reason of age weake of body, but of Prfect mind & memory, & with out frawd & deceate, & not knowing how it may please ye Lord to deale with mee, as to matters of this life, Now to take mee out of this troublesome & transitory world, to whose Most grations dispensations, I do humbly submitt, w" for I Commit & Comend my soule into the hands of god yt gaue it, & my body to Christean buriall, ordering & appoynting this Present Instrum' to bee my last will & tes- tament, in manner de forme following/
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Inp" : I giue & bequeath my grandaughters Mary & Eliza- beth, daughters to my well beloued sonn James Heard late whilst hee lived of Kittery in New England, aforesd deceased, all my Land Improued & not Improued, being by Computa- tion sixty Acres, or yr abouts bee It more or lesse, lijng er scituate in Kittery aforesd, at a place Comanly Called & known by the name of Tomsons Poynt, imediately from & after the decease of Jon Ross, which sd land or part yr of, is now in the houlding possession & Occupation of the sd John Ross, togeather also with an house Erected, & built yron for ye tearme of his Naturall life ; with all & singular y" profitts, & Comoditys belonging & app tajneing y'unto, to bee aequally diuided amongst them & y' heyres, or to the suruiuer of them, & yr heyrs for euer, ye Ellder always to bee Preferred before ye younger, & ye Males before ye females/
Item I gine & bequeath unto my 3 younger Grandaugh- ters, Katterine, Abigale & Ann, ye daughters of my Intirely beloued sonn James Heard, late whilst hee liued of Kittery aforesd, deceased, the full some of Twenty pounds, a peece to each & euery of them, either in money or other good payment, which I shall leaue to ye discretion of my ouerseers, in trust, whom I shall here in & here after Nominate, & appoynt to bee made Immediatly after: And as soone as they or either of them, shall accomplish to Attajne ye age of eighteen years, or bee maried by my executor/
Item my will is yt in case one of the three last mentioned, Katterine, Abigaile & Ann, should Come to decease before they accomplish & Attaine to ye age of eighteen years, or bee married as abouesd, then my Will is, yt ye legacy herein & hereby giuen, & bequeathed unto such shall redown unto my executor, but If ye two of the before ye aforementioned y in, should happen to decease befor the Attajne to y2 aforesd age, or bee married, then my will is, that y? legacys herein & hereby given & bequeathed, unto ye shall desend unto ye Too Elldest girles, Mary & Elizabeth, as an augmen-
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tation to wt is giuen unto ym, as aboue to bee æequally divided, betwixt them & y' heyrs lawfully begotten/
Ite : I giue & bequeath unto my grandaughter Elizabeth. aboue mentioned, two Cows to bee delivered unto her or her Assignes, two or 3 yeares after my decease, if they hee then liueing, otherwise this gyft to cease, & bee voyd, by my ' executors or ouerseers, in trust whom I shall in these nominate/
Ite : I giue & bequeath vnto my grandsonn John Heard, all the rest of my goods & Estate, to witt my farme, & all w soeuer doth belong, & apprtajne y'unto, lijng & scituate at Sturgeon Cricke, in Kittery aforesd, together also with all & singular my whoole stocke of Cattle, of wt nature, kind quality or Condition soeuer, & also all my debts wares. M chandizes, dues, or demands, w'soeuer, my iust & due debts being first payd, & discharged : Either in my own Costody or possession, or in the hands keepeing Costody or possession of any other Prson, or Prsons rescident in New England, aforesd or else where, whom I do hereby make my soole heyre, & executor, & to the heyres of his body law- fully to bee begotten for euermore/
Always prouided that ye sd John Heard should happen Mary, but decease with out lawfull Issew, then my will is in such a Case, that his widdow possess & inioy such a Compe- tency of his sd Estate dureing ye tearme of her naturali life, as ye law directs & appoynts, but ye remainder of ye Estate to witt ye farine aforementioned, being Composed of vpland Meddow, Marsh& Orchards, houseing, & all other & singular the app'tenances, y'unto belonging, or any wise app tajne- ing, with ye Estate of Cattle, as aboue bequeathed, & in- tended to bee bequeathed unto him ye sd John Heard, shall discend unto ye aforementioned Mary, & Elizabeth Heard Jointly, & unto there heyres for euer, lawfully to bee begot- ten on y bodys, & in default of such Issew, to the next sister & her heyres for euermore, prouided the sd Marry & Elizabeth relinquish yr Clajme & right to & in the Land at
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Tomsons Poynt. afore mentioned, the which in such a Case shall descend vnto ye three youngest daughters before named, or unto ye suruiuer or suruiuers of them, or either of them, & her or y' heyres, lawfully to bee begotten on her, or yr bodys, for euer more, the Elldest always to bee Preferred before ye younger, & ye Males before ye femals of yr Issew/
My will is also yt in Case it should please god y+ I deccase before my indeared Wife, Isbell Heard, then my Will is, that my ouerseers in trust take spetiall Care, yt shee bee Carefully & duely prouided for, for a Comfortable subsist- ance out of the aforesd Estate at Sturgeon Cricke, dureing the tearme of her naturall life, & do hereby Impoure my sayd ouerseers hereafter mentioned, & nominate so to do/
My will is also, yt in Case my daughter in law Susanna Heard see meete to abide at Sturgeon Cricke with her Chil- dren, that shee & they bee carefully provided for, & man- tayned out of ye pduce of the farme, & stocke prouided shee use her utmost Care & diligence, in the Managemt & Im- prouemt there of, & this to Continew dureing the tyme of her Widdowhoodship, & till such tyme as the Children be Capable of being disposed of by her, with the aduise & ap- probation of the ouerseers, & this to Prevent unnessary Charge, & expence to my executor ; my Intent & meaneing in the first Article is, that John Ross with in named may haue free lyberty, quietly & peaceably to possess & inioy, the dwelling house & Tomsons Poynt, & likewise y Land yr fenced in & Improued by him dureing the tyme of his natu- rall life, as aforesd, but not to debarr, or prohibite ye aforesd Mary & Elizabeth or y" Assigns for Improueing at y" will, & pleasure, the remainder of the sd Lands, & to ye Intent yt this my will & testament, being the last I euer intend to make, & irrevocable, may bee duly & truely executed & Prformed, according to ye tenour purport, true Intent & meaning yof, I do hereby nominate make Choyce of, & appoynt my trusty & beloued freinds Major Nic : Shapleigh,
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John Shapleigh, Jos : Hamonds William Spencer, & James Chadborne all of Kittery, & New England aforesd, & ye suruiuer & suruiuers of them, any or either of them, vpon trust & Confidence in them reposed, to bee my ouerseers in trust, requesting them to hee Assisting in the execution of the same ; In testimony yt this is my last will & testament, irrevocable as aforesd, I do here unto put my hand & seale/ Dated in Kittery in Pischataqua Riuer, in New England aforesd this third day of March, in the yeare of or Ld god, according to ye Computation of ye Church of England one thousand six hundred seauenty & fiue & six/ Anno Dom : 1673
Signed sealed & Delivered, John Heard (site)
in the Presence of us/ Frans Smale/ Elizabeth Leighton/ Ric : Allexander /
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 21 keby 1076; recorded 16 Mch 1676-7
Registry of Deeds, 5, 23.
In the name of God Amen/ Bee It known unto all, unto whom this shall Come, that I John Lybby Senjor, do giue unto my children fiue shillings a peece to euery one of them, & to my too younger souns Namely, Mathew & Daniell shall haue fiuety shillings out of ye Estate when they Come to age/ & my wife shall haue It all to her disposeing to mantayn the Children/
Witnessses
John/ Anthony Roe/ the marke of Leef : Ingersall ×
Laventory returned at £118: 08: 0, by William Barrine and Andrew Brown, appraisers, 9 l'eby 1082.
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Registry of Deeds. 5, 25.
12th December : 1677 : In the name of God Amen/
The last Will & testament of Annis Littlefejld/
1 : first I bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty god, my maker, my body to bee buried in Christean buriall, at ye discretion of my executor hereafter mentioned/
1 : I do giue unto my daughter Hannah Cloyce my bed & bowlster, & Katterine Wakefejld to deliver It to her/
2 : I giue unto my three daughters, Elizabeth Wakefejld Mary Barrett, & Hannah Cloyce, all my lining & Wollen- New & ould to bee equally divided amongst them/
I giue unto my sonn John Littlefejld my Cow Gentle & fiue buslls of Corne/
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I. giue to my daughter Merribah foure buslls of Wheate due from ye Mills
I giue to my Grandchild Katterine Wakefejld my Rugg & eight buslls of Corne/
I giue to my sonn Peter Cloyce too Acres of Marsh bee it more or less, yt lyeth on the South West side of Mr Whelewrights Necke of Land/
I giue vuto my sonn Thomas Littlefejld, who hath taken a great deale of care of mee, all the rest of my househould goods Corne & Chattles, & I do make my sd sonn Thomas Littlefejld, my whoole & soole executor, & to receive all debts comeing to mee, & to pay all If any thing there bee that I do ow, & to take all the remajndr to him selfe, & to see my will fullfilled/
Signed, & Deliuered,
Annis Littlefejld
In ye Presence of us,
Joseph Bolls/ William Symonds/
her marke X
Sworn to by attesting witnesses & recorded 2 April 1678; Inventory returned at £36: 15: 0, by Samuel Austine and Joseph Bolls, appraisers, 7 3ch 1677-8.
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Registry of Deeds, 5, 27.
The last will & testament of Allexand" Cooper of Barwicke in the Town of Kittery in the prouince of Mayne, though weake in body, yet of Prfect memory & of a disposed mind (do Committ my soule unto god) and my body to the dust from whence It came, & do dispose of my outward Estate as followeth/
I do in the Presence of these Prsons now with mee too of whome I haue desired to subscribe it as witnesses hereto, Namely John Taylor & George Gray, giue & bequeath my whoole Estate of Land, Cattle Chattles, & all moueables & all other appurtenances belonging thereunto, vnto my onely sonn John Cooper, as the true & proper heyre of the sd Estate, & for the better Improueing Preserueing & secureing y of till ye sayd John Cooper come to age of Twenty one yeares, being now about sixteen years of age ; It is my will & desire to Commit under god, both my sonn, & my estate left him vntill hee come to age, unto my Loueing freinds vidzt Richard Nason Senjor, James Warrine Senior, & Peter Grant whome I leaue as feofees in trust, faithfully to take Care both of my sonn & Estate, & for the Improvement & secur- ity there of, for my sonns best aduantage ; before these writ- nesses John Taylour & George Gray Inhabitants of the aforesd place & James Warrine Junjor there, Pattericke Bryce traueller, being desired to bee scribe, by the aforesd Allexand" Cooper, of the aforesd will/ Dated at Barwicke this ninth day of February one thousand six hundred Eighty three/
Testes/ John Taylor his make X
George Gray his marke
Pattericke Bryce
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 28 Feb 1483-4, and allowed in Court 25 March 1683-4; recorded 1 April 1684; Inventory returned at £153: 06: 0, by Peter Grant, 25 Mch 1634, who states that Alexander Cooper "decased Febru. 11 : 1633-4."
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Registry of Deeds, 5, 28.
I James Grant of Kittery In the County of yorke shyre, In New England, being weake In body, yet through gods mercy of a disposed mind, & Memory, Committing my soule to god that gaue it, & my body to the earth to bee decently buried, do declare this to bee my last will & testament as followeth/
1 : I bequeath vnto Elizabeth Grant daughter of Joane, the wife of Peter Grant of Kittery aforesd, Twenty Acres of Land at the head of my house lott, being at the North East end of it, reserueing a Convenient highway through it into the rest of my Land beyond it & ye way to lie on that . side next Goodman Keys Land, It being the South East side : And also I giue unto the sd Elizabeth Grant Tenn Acres of Land, It being part of that Lott of Land, which I haue at ye place Called nine Noches/
2: I bequeath unto the aforesd Peter Grant Senjor of Kittery my best cloath sujte, & Cloake, & my searge sujte, & my great broad axe & a narrow axe, & my square axe, & Compasses my ads, & an Inch & an halfe Anger, & an Inch Auger/
3: I giue unto James Grant the sonn of Peter Grant aforesd, my fyrelocke Muskett, & my sword, & belt/
4: I giue unto Peter Grant the sonn of the aforesd Peter Grant, one Heffer of one yeare ould/
5 : I bequeath unto John Wincoll Junjor, one steare of one years ould and vpwards/
6 : I bequeath unto Elizabeth my Loueing wife, all the rest of my Estate, of dwelling house, out houseing Oar- chard, with all my Lands whither ye home stall, or out lands, with all my Cattle of all sorts, & all my hoashould Goods, tooles, vtensills, with in doores, or with out, or w soeuer is not bequeathed as aboucsd/
7 : I do nominate & appoynt my loueing wife Elizabeth Grant, to bee the soole Executrix of this my last Will &
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testament, & do desire & Impoure my Loueing father in law. James Euerell of Boston, to bee ouerseere of this my last Will, & for Confirmation hereof haue sett too my hand & seale, this twelth day of November : 1679 : Witness Niuen Aignew
James Grant (shise)
his marke X John Wincoll/
Acknowledged 12 Nov. 1679; Sworn to by Aignew 19 March 1683-4; Allowed in Court 25 March 1684; recorded 2 April 1654; Inventory returned at £154: 10: 0 by John Win- coll and John Key, appraisers, 19 MIch 1683-4, who state that James Grant deceased Nov. 6 1683.
Registry of Deeds, 5, 28. -
The last will & Testament of Joseph Cross of Wells In ye prouince of Mayn yeoman, being of Perfect Memory & understanding though weake In body/
1: I Committ my soule into the hands of god, who is ye father of spirits/
2 : I Committ my body into the hands of my executrix, to bee decently buried, & after funerall expences are dis- charged, & all due debts payd, I do dispose of my Estate as followeth/
3 : I do giue & bequeath unto my Cosson Samell Hill of the Land that was my fathers, Twenty rodds In breadth, with the Meddow the same breadth, & so to runne vp into the Countrey, as other lotts runne together with all my vpland, & Meddow at Drakes Ysland, to him the sayd Hill, & his heyrs for cuer/ I do further giue to my aforesd Cozen, two Heffers, & two Steares of Two years ould a peece, & one feather bed with bedding belonging to it/
4ly I giue vnto my Cossons John & Joseph Hill, Thirty fiue rodds of Land in breadth, from the Town Lands towards my house, with the Meddow between the Town Land, & the
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remainder of my land ; a streight line being drawn between the Two Parcells of Land; And I do further giue unto my aforesd Cossons, all my vpland & Meddow at Epiford, to them & yr heyres for euer, & my will is that Cossons Jon & Joseph Hill, do fence in a quarter of an Acre of Land neare ye Clumpe of pines, & keepe it well fenced for a burijng place, for mee & my relations/
5 : I do giue unto my Cosson Elizabeth Backehouse tenn pounds in pay with two suites of apparell, In Case shee liue with my wife vntil shee bee seaventeene years of age or Marry /
6 : I giue & bequeath unto my Loueing wife, my dwelling house with all other out houses, vplands, & Meddows stocke & househould stuffe, with all other of my Estate, In debts or other wise with out doores, & with in, not disposed of, In this my will dureing her naturall life, & at her death, my will is, yt my Cossen Samll Hill, shall haue an Addition to his land as fare as the brooke, on the Easterly side of my house, which vpland is to bee bounded by the brooke, so fare as the high way, & then to runne into the Countrey as other lots runne/ & the Meddow to bee bounded by ye Cricke that cometh vp to my house, all which Land, I giue unto my Cosson Samuell & his heyrs for euer/ & further my will is, that the remajnder of my land both vpland & Meddow between Samll Hills, & John & Joseph Hills land, & all the other Meddow, or Land vndisposed of in this my Will I giue unto my wifes sonn Willi : Breeden, with halfe my stocke & househould Goods, not disposed In this my Will, always prouided that ye sayd Breeden liue to Attaine to the age of twenty one yeares, to him the sd Breeden & his heyrs for euer/ but my will is that my wife shall haue the vse & Improuemt of the sd Land, stocke & househould stuff dureing her life, & the other halfe of the Stocke, & househould stuffe then In being, at my wifes decease, to be aqually diuided, between John Samuell & Joseph Hill/
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Further my will is that In Case William Breeden should dy before hee come to age, then my will is that all the Land, Stoke Househould Stuffe, willed to Willia : Breaden, at my wifes decease, bee æqually diuided, between John Samell & Joseph Hill, to them & thejr heyres for euer/
7 : I do Constitute ordajne & appoynt, my loueing wife Mary Cross, to bee my soole executrix of this my last Will & testament, by whome all iust debts are to bee payd, & all legacys to bee discharged/
8 : I do appoynt my loueing frejnds Mr Parciuall Greene, & Samell Wheelewright, to bee ouerseers of my will/ In witness & testimony where of, I haue here unto sett my hand, & seale, this 2und : of March/ 1983: 1634:
Signed, sealed, &
Joseph Crosse (seite)
Delivered, in Pre-
sence of us/ Samuell Wheelewright/ John Wheelewright/
This Gyft & bequest made by mee Joseph Cross unto Samell Hill, together with all my vpland & Meddow, at Drakes Ysland, in the eleaueth lyne of this my last Will rpon good after Considerations, I do totally reuoake, & make null, haueing legally past away the sd lands by a bill of saile, beareing date the 29th : May : 1684: to Samuell Austine of Wells, as witness my hand June 11th 1684 : Testes/ Samell Wheelewright/ Joseph Cross his
Marke
Sworn to by subscribing witnesses 2 Ang. 1684; recorded 24 Ang. 1681; Inventory returned at £500: 05: 3, by Joseph Storer and John Barrett appraisers 23 June 1084, who recite that Joseph Cross deceased 18 June 1681.
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Registry of Deeds, 5, 33.
In the name of God Amen, I John Leds husbandman, In the County of yorke being very sicke & weake, & drawing neare to my last end, make this my last will & testament, being of a naturall good understanding & of a disposed mind : I bequeath my soule unto god, In ye strength & merritts of my Lord & Saujor Jesus Christ, in hope of a Joyfull resur- rection, & my body to the earth to descent buriall ; As for yt little Estate the Lord hath giuen mee I do dispose as fol- loweth/
First that all my debts lawfull shall bee payd, & my fun- erall charges out of yt little I haue ; I do gine vnto my sonn John Leads my house & Land now In yorke, with ye write- ings deeds, & Assurances, as also my too guns my sett of Wedges, my mortissing axe & my sword/
I will also give to my wife, my weareing Cloaths with my Chest, & what is in it, & all my debts that are due to mee/ I also give to Samell Sayword my broad axe/ & that this my last will & testament bee truly Performed, I do make & Constitute Mr Hene : Sayword, & his wife Mis Mary Say- word executors, as Witness my hand this 15th day of Novembr 1678 :
Attests John Jefferys/ & Tymothy Yeales/ John Leads his marke X
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 10 Nov 1678; allowed in Court 1 Apr. 1679; recorded 4 April 1679; Inventory returned at £43: 19: 5.
Registry of Deeds, 5, 34.
In the name of god Amen/ the 18th of September 1678 : deceased I Joseph Boolls of Wells in the County of yorke shyre Gentle being in Perfect memory & remembrance praysed bee God, do make & ordajne this my last Will & testament In manner & forme as followeth/
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1 : I do bequeath my soule into the hands of almighty god & maker, hopeing that the meretorious death, & passion of Jesus Christ my onely Saujor & redeemer, to receive free pardon & forgiveness of all my sins, & as for my body to bee buried in Christian buriall, at the discretion of my exec- utrix hereafter mentioned/
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