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1 : I giue & bequeath unto my Elldest sonn Thomas Bolls Tenn pounds /
I bequeath unto my sonn Samell Tenn pounds/
I do bequeath unto my daughter ffrost tenn pounds/ I bequeath unto my daughter Becke Thirty pounds/ I bequeath vnto my daughter Locke Tenn pounds/
I bequeath unto my daughter Mercy Thirty pounds, & as much searge as will make her a Gowne, & Tickeine for a bedd & a bowlster, which is in the house & my will is that Twenty pounds bee payd to my sd daughter by my execu- trix, w" shee shall Antajne the age of Twenty yeares, or marry, which shall first happen, & the other tenn pounds to bee paid by my sonn Joseph/
I bequeath unto my sonn Joseph all my houseing, vpland Meddows & Marsh belonging to my home place, to him & his heyres for euer, after the death of my wife, not doubting of his Dutifullness & care to his Mother, hee paijng fiuety pounds to my Children hereafter mentioned to my sonn Tho' tenn pounds, to my sonn Samell Tenn pounds, to my daughter Frost tenn pounds, to my daughter Chadborne tenn pounds, & to my daughter mercy tenn pounds/
Further my will is. that my wife shall haue my whoole Estate both with in doors & with out, in this Town or else wr to dispose of to wt children shee sees good, excepting the houseing & Lands that I have given unto my sonn Joseph after her decease, shee to haue the use of it dureing her life, & my wife to pay all debts & legacys, but onely wt Joseph is to pay ; And I do hereby nominate & appoynt my deare & loueing wife Mary my soole executrix of this my last will & testament, & do hereby nominate & appoynt my loueing
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frejnds, Mr William Symonds & William Symonds to bee the ouerseers of this my last Will & testament, all other Wills & testaments being made uoyd/ In witness where unto I haue sett my hand & seale, the day & yeare aboue written/
Witness Samell Joseph Boolls(focus, (Sigilli)
Wheelewright/ William Symonds/
Inventory returned at £812: 01: 06, by William Symonds and Joseph Storer, appraisers, 29 Nov. 1678.
Registry of Deeds, 5. 36.
In the name of god Amen, this Twenty sixt day of Sep- tember one thousand six hundred seaventy nine, I Thomas Withers the vnprofitable servant of god, though weake in body, yet of good & Perfect remembrance blessed be god, & knowing yt I am naturally borne to dy, & to pass from this transitory life, minding to put in order my Estate, to the Intent there should bee no striff for the same after my decease : I do here by make this to bee my true last & onely will, & testament in manner followeth/
Imp's : I commend my soule to almighty god, & his sonn Jesus Christ iny sauior, in whose prætious blood I sett ye whoole & onely hope of my saluation, my body in hope of a Joyfull resurrection, I comitt to ye earth to bee decently buried, & touching the distribution of my mortall goods, I dispose of as followeth/
I will all my debts should bee satisfyd/
I giue vnto my beloued wife Jane Withers, the one halfe of all yt I haue, both of Land & Cattle, for ye tearme of her life, vidz' : too oxen, too Cows by name, starr & Jentle, & also my land next to Goodman Mendums, which I giue her diureng her life, & after wards to my daughter Mary/ also I
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giue vnto my sayd wife the vse of Eagle poynt, durcing her life, after wards to bee for euer my daughter Elizabeths ; Also I giue vnto my wife all that Land on the Eastward side ouer aganest John Shapleighs) between John Hoole, & Lewis, dureing her life, & afterwards to bee my daughter Elizabeths/
I giue vnto my daughter Mary Ryce one Red Heffer/
I giue unto my two Grandchildren, Allexandr & Aeilce Shapleigh one Red heffer/
I giue unto my sonn In law John Shapleigh a Necke of land Called Oake Poynt, with ye Marsh next to his house/
I do by these Presents make & ordaine, by well beloued wife aboue mentioned, to bee my soole executrix of this my last will & testament, here by giueing & bequeathing unto her all the remajnd' of my Estate, as househould stuff & else which is not mentioned in this my last will & testament In testimony of Which, I hane here vnto set my hand & seale this Twenty sixt day of Septembr : 1679 :
Thomas Withers his (seale)
Certified to by Francis Hooke as written by him 30 Mch 1685; and sworn to by William Haynes; Edorsed "The above written compared with the originall will hath Divers fundament mistakes in it Augst 30' 1690 as attesta John Wincoll Record." See folio 51 post for re-record.
Registry of Deeds, 5, 38.
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In the name of god Amen/
Rowland young Senjor of yorke in the Prouince of Mayne, declareth this to bee his last will & testament; I Rowland young aforesayd, being at this Present of a sound mind, & of a memory substantiall, though very sicke in body, & willing to dispose prudently of what god in his pleasure hath possest mee with all, declare as followeth/
first I bequeath my soule to god, that gaue it in & through ve meritis of my deare Ld & saujor, Jesus Christ, in hopes
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of a Joyfull resurrection, at the great Tribunall : & my body to the earth y to bee Inter'd, in order & Decent buriall/
2ly I will that all my funerall Charges shall bee fully & duely payd, with all my other iust & due debls, which may appeare/
3 : I will that my dearly, & beloued wife, Johanna young shall inioy all my Estate yt I haue in this world, the same to possess & improue, & to take the full produce of from tyme to tyme, & at all tyms dureing the tyme of her naturall life, & If in case the produce of ye same shall not bee a Com- petent measure for her Comfortable subsistance I do hereby Impoure my well beloued to sell, aliene or dispose of all or any of my Estate, not yet disposed off, for yt end, & shall desire any Court or seale or Judicature, in such case of extremity, to ayd & Assist my beloued wife y'in, & also so to order that shee may haue a comfortable liuelyhood according to her Ranke, & quality out of ye same/ And further I order my well beloued wife to will bequeath & dis- pose off what part of my Estate, shee shall leaue at her decease, to whom shee pleaseth ; I also will the possession Present of all my Estate, houses Lands Marshes, or any or any thing yr unto belonging to my dearely beloued wife, to whom I Committ soole execution, & Administration, desireing this my wellbeloued wife to act as soole executrix, in all respects to see my last will & testament Performed/ Signed & delivered in the
Presence of,
Rowland young
Jeremiah Mowlton/
his marke
bis X marke/
Timothy Yealls/
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 6 Nov 1685; recorded 24 Nov. 1685; Inventory returned at £224: 05: 0, by Abraham Preble and Arthur Bragdon appraisers, 25 Sept. 1665.
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Registry of Deeds, 5, 45.
Know all men by these pisents that I Walter Bosden fisherman of the Iles of Showles viz': of Smittinose in the countie of portsmouth being by Gods providence at the house of George Litten of the towne of Kittery in the Countie of yorke & of firme memory & Vnderstanding Doe make this my last will and testamt viz :
Inprimis I Dispose of my outward Estate in maner as followeth viz' : my will is that all my Debts be duely and truely paid by my Executor
2. I giue & bequeath all my estate whatsoever vuto my verry Loving frends George Litten and Sarah his Wife & my Will is that all those that have any estate of mine in their custodie or that Doe owe any Debt voto me Doe deliver & pay the same vnto the sd Litten or his Wife after my Decease vppon their demand or either of them their heires Executors Admis" or Assignes in .species as the same is io be delivered or paid vnto me
3ª I doe Nomite and appoint the abouesd George Litton of the town of Kittery in the Countie of yorke to be the Executor to this min Last will & testament and doe here by Injoine him faithfully to performe all and every of the prem- ises aboue mentioned in Wittnes Whereof I haus here vato set my hand and seale the eighteenth Day of Septer in the yeare of o' lord god one thousand six hundred seventy six
The Marke of x John Shepard
The Marke of X John Morgiadge
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 7 May 1090; recorded 30 July 1890; Inventory returood at £14: 1: 2 by John Shepard and John Alcock, appraisers, 7 May 1600.
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Registry of Deeds, 5, 47.
The last Will and testament of John Bray of Kittery in the province of maine in New England
January 22. 1688.89
In the name of god Amen
I John Bray being sensible of my frailty of mortallitie & yet retaining my perfect reason & vnderstanding for the preventing of all trouble about the worldly estate that god bath blessed me with I doe constitute and appoint this fol- lowing as my last will and testament
Imp : I doe giue vnto my loueing Wife Joan Bray the house in Plimouth in England & the rent of it to be hers & at her Dispose only with yt limitation that it goe to some of my Children at her Decease/ Also I giue vnto my loueing Wife Joan Bray the new end of my now Dwelling house in Kittery Dureing the terme of her naturall life and at her Decease I giue it to my son John
It. I giue vnto my sone John Bray my fiftie acres of land or thereabout giuen to me by the towne adioining to Capt Hookes land lieing spruce creeke Also I giue vnto my sone John the Midle part of my now Dwelling house adjoining to the new end and my building yard & the bed and Chest & Court Cubbard that stands in the Esterly end of my house & this in reference to wages Due to him Also I doe freely to my sone John al my tooles Instruments and tackling yt belongs to building of vessells
3 I giue to my wife Joan Bray & to my sone John Bray Jointly and equally in partnership my farme at braueboat harbour vpland & marsh except so much marsh as hereafter excepted & otherwise Disposed/ also I giue to my wife and sone the land belonging to my house being about 24 acres in Joint & equall partnership excepting the building yard before expressed & what shall be afterwards excepted Also I giue to my wife and son Jointly my ? barnes & all my stock & all my household goods excepting what is before
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given to my son Distinctly & what shall be afterward Excepted
4 I giue to my daughter Joan Dearing ye one halfe of yt piece of marsh yt lies betweene 2 points at braueboat harbour Also I gine her a piece of land lieing in the southeast corner of my land ouer against my house runing from the said corner to the barrs & backe to the old fence be it two acres more or less with this proviso that after her Decease both these parcells of land revert & returne to her Eldest sone John Dearing
5. I doe giue to my Daughter Margery Pepperill besides the land already giuen the other halfe of that peece of marsh lieing between 2 points at braue boat harbour aboue men- tioned which after her decease is to revert & returne to her sone Andrew Pepperill
6 I doe giue to my Daughter Mary Bray a peice of marsh lyeing at brauboat harbour bought of John Andrews and his mother only reserving a highway for the carrieing of timber and hay, also I giue her the Grassie feild at the northeast corner of my land lieing over against my house from the back Creeke to the land giuen my Daughter Deering and westward to the old fence Also I giue her part of my Dwelling house viz' : the leantoo & Chamber over it & the east roome & as much of the chamber as is over that yet it is to be understood that If the said Mary Dye without heires of her body yt what is giuen to her shall at her decease revert & returne to my son John Bray and his heires. Also it is my Will that when she comes to be Married shee shall haue one of my cowes, And further that she shall haue the one halfe of the Garden that we now Emproue
And lastly it is my Will that all my debts should be paid and al yt is that is owing to me should be received by my wife Joan Bray and by my sone John Bray whom I doe .desire & appoint to Execute this my last will & testament
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And it is my desire that Capt : Francis Hooke and M Benj : Woodbridge may be overseers Witnesses Benj : Woodbridge John Bray (scale) Francis Hooke
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 15 July 1690; recorded 1 Aug. 1690; Inventory returned at £306: 10: 0, by William Fernald, Roger Dering, and John Bly, appraiser: 31 Jany 1682-90.
Registry of Deeds, 5, 51. (See folio 36)
In the Name of god amen This twentie six Day of Sep- tember one thousand six hundred & seaventy nine
I Thomas Withers the vnprofitable servant of god though weake in Body yet of good and perfect remembrance blessed be god, and Knowing that I am naturally born to Dye & to pass from this Transitory life, Minding to put in order my estate to the intent there should be no striue for the same after my Decease I doe hereby make this to be my true last & only Will & testament in manner follo :
Impr I comend my soule to almighty god & to his sone Jesus Christ my Saviour in whose precious bloud I set the whole and only hope of my salvation, my body in hope of a Joyfull resurection I comit to the earth to be decently buried and touching the Distrebution of my mortall Goods I Dispose of as follõ :
I will that all my debts should be satisfied
I giue vnto my beloved Wife Jane Withers the one halfe of all that I haue both of land & catle for the terme of her life vidzt two oxen & two Cowes by name Star & Gentle & also my land next to goodman Diam" which I giue her Dure- ing ber life and afterwards to my Daughter Elizabeth : also I giue vnto my said Wife the Vse of Eagle point Dureing her life, afterwards to be forever my Daughter Eliza- beths, also I gine vnto my Wife all that land on the East-
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ward side over against John Shapleighs between John Hole & Lewes During her life & afterwards to be my Daughter Elizabeths/ I giue vnto my Daughter Mary Rice one one Red heifer/ I giue vnto my two Grand Children Alexander & Alice Shapleigh one red heifer
I gine vnto my sone in law John Shapleigh a neck of land Called Oake point with the marsh next his house
I Doe by these presents make & ordaine my welbeloved Wife aboue mentioned to be my sole Executrix of this my last will & testament hereby giueing and bequeath vnto her all the remainder of my estate as houshold stuffe land & else which is not mentioned in this my will & testament
In testimony of which I haue here vnto set my hand & seale this twenty sixt Day of Sept" 1679
Tho Withers (scale)
Recorded (a second time) 30 Aug 1690.
Registry of Deeds, 5, 55.
In the name of god Amen
I John Taylor of Barwicke in the province of Maine being weake of body and yet Through the Mercies of god sound in mind and Memory and humbly Comitting my soule to god that gaue it and my body to the earth by Decent burieall not knowing how soone my Change may come Doe declare this Instrument to be my last Will and Testament/
Impr I bequeath vnto my Daughter Katherne Cahan thirtie acres of land to be taken out of my land at the rockie bills to run the whole length of it & to be to her & her heires for ever and also a cow and a calfe & an Ewe & a lambe
It : 247 I bequeath vnto my Daughter Mary Taylor thirtie acres of land to be taken out of my land at the rockie hills
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to run the whole length of it & to be to her and her heires for ever and also a cow and a calfe & an Ewe & a lambe
3diy I bequeath vnto my Daughter Sarah Taylor thirtie acres of land to be taken out of my land at the rockie hills & to run the whole length of it, to be to her and her heires for ever also I giue her a cow and a calfe and an Ewe and a lambe
4tily I Bequeath vnto my daughter Deliverance Taylor thirtie acres of land to be taken out of my land at the rockie hills & to run the whole length of it to be to ber and her heires for ever also I giue her a Cow and a calfe and an Ewe and a lambe
5ty I'bequeath vnto my Daughter Abigaile Taylor thirtie acres of land to be taken out of my land at the rockie hills and to run the whole length of it to be to her and to her heires for ever also I giue her a cow and a calfe and an Ewe and a lambe
6tly The rest of my Estate of Dwelling house out houses orchards Gardens lands Cattell Chattells household goods Vtencilis whatsoever at home or abroad their respectiuo marriages my Daughters not to be taken away from their mother till The enttell abone ginen to within Dores or without I bequeath vnto Martha my loveing Wife to be and remaine to her for her Maintenance and comfort and Dayly vse dureing the whole terme of her Naturall life and what shall remaine at her decease she shall haue power to Dis- pose of at her Discretion amongst her fiue Daugh- ters aboue named and to haue liberty to cut & take off ten cords of Wood per annom for her firewood During her life out of those lands aboue giuen to our aboue written fiue daughters, and the lands giuen by Nyvan Agnew to me & my Children I leave to my sd wife to Dispose of it amongst our Children at her Discretion/ I Doe also Nomi- nate & appoint the sd Martha to be the sole Executrix of this my last will & testament & to take Especiall care for
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payment of my Just debts as Witness my hand & seale this 7th Day of May 1687 Signed sealed & delivn in John Taylor his mark -f-( scale) presence of vs Stephen Hardison John Wincoll
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 23 Feby 1690-31; recorded 4 MIch 1606-91: Inventory returned at €156: 04: 0 by Richard Nason and Thomas Abbott appraisers 28 Jany 1000-91.
Registry of Deeds. 5, 57.
1691
In the name of god Amen march ye thirtie first one thou- sand six hundred ninty & one to all psons to whom this shall or may come Know ye : that I william more of yorke in the province of Maine being sick of body but of Good and per- fect Memory thankes be to god for it, Doe make this my last Will and testament in mauer & forme as followeth
Imp' : I giue & bequeath my poore imortall soule to god that gaue it to me hopeing through the only merits of our lord & sauior Jesus Christ to Inherit everlasting happiness/ And I giue & bequeath my body to the earth wherof it was made therin to be decently interred
I giue & bequeath to my loueing wife Dorathy More all my house, lands, goods Chattells & Moucables as also all Debts due to me.
I giue to my sone John More one Cow to be Delivered within a twelue month after my Decease.
I giue to my Daughter Elizabeth Trafton fue shillings in good pay within a twelve month
I giue to my sone Robert More one shilling in good pay
I giue to my Daughter Sarah Welcom fue shillings in good pay
I giue to my sone William More five shillings in good pay
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I gine to my Daughter Elianor More fiue shillings in good pay
I giue to my Daughter Ann More fiue shillings in good pay
I giue to my Daughter Mary More fiue shillings in good pay
I giue to my sone Thomas More five shillings in good pay and If he proues a good loueing & Dutifull sone to his mother and liue with her Dureing her Naturall life then I giue & vnto my sone Thomas More my house that I now liue in and the land that I haue to him and his heires for ever after the Decease of his Mother
And I leaue my wife Dorathy More my sole Executrix Witness my hand & seale the Day and yeare aboue written Witness
Willm : More (seal)
Francis Tucker
Rort X Souden his marke
his marke
Sarah X Anger her marke
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 2 June 1801; recorded 3 June 1691; Inventory returned at £159: 07: 0 by Jesper Pulman and Arthur Came appraisers 12 May 1091.
Registry of Deeds, 5, 62.
In the name of god Amen
The last Will & testament of John Amerideth Coop late of Dartmouth in England & Now of Kittery in the province of Maine in New England, being Weake of body but of per- fect Memory & of a disposeing mind Doe ordaine this as my last Will revoake all former Wills & bequests whatsoever think meett to sett my house in order & Dispose of that Estate as god has giuen mne as followeth
Imp : I bequeath my soule to god that gaue it me in hopes of a Glorious resurection & my body to be Decently buried
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If : That estate I haue in Dartmonth abouesaid of housen & Gardens I giue and bequeath the Moietie or one balfe to my beloved wife Joane Amerideth Dureing her Naturall life & the other halfe vnto my sone & Daughter John & Joanna Alcock and their heires for ever: & after my said vines decease the whole to be and remaine to sd sone and Daugh- ter for ever ;
It : I giue & bequeath to my sd Wife the Que halfe of the house and land I now liue vppon Dureing her Naturall life and after her Decease the whole Vnto my Sone & Daughter John and Joana Alcock Dureing their Naturall liues & the longest liver of them and after their Decease to be and remaine to Joseph & Joanna the Children of the sd Jnº And Joanna aforesd : & twelue acres of land in broad Coue vnto Joanna last aboue named
It : I giue & bequeath vnto vnto my two Grand Children Abigail & Mary Alcock a bill of six pound in Mony Due from Cozen John Shapleigh to be equally Devided between them.
IE : I giue & bequeath the rest of my Estate in Chattells & Cattell within Dores and without Dores vnto my beloued wife Joane hopeing shee Will be provident so of it that shee may leque to my Children what remaines at ber decease appointing & makeing my sd Wife my sole Executrix and Elias Stileman & John Shapleigh my ouer seers in Wittness whereof I haue here vnto set my hand & seale the 26 Janu- ary 1690 :
The marke of John Amerideth
(Seale)
Sworn to by Richard King and William Tetherly 16 June 1601; recorded 24 June 1691; Inventory returned at £152: 12: 0, by Peter Dixon and William Godsoe, appraisers, June 16, 1801, who recite that John Amerideth deceased 26 Jany 1690.
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Registry of Deeds, 5, 74.
In the name of god Amen I Abraham Conley of the town of Kittery in the County of yorke in New England being weake and sickly of body but perfect of memory thanks be to god Doe make and ordayne this my last will & testament in manner & forme as here followeth/ And first I Doe giue & bequeath vnto Nathan Lord and. Abraham Lord the two sones of Nathan Lord the Elder my sone in law all that lot or tract of land with the appartenances called or Comonly known by the name of Coole harbour which I lately pur- chased of James Emery of Kitry and all that pte of my land that lieth at Sturgeon Creeke which is now lett & Dis- posed of to one Francis Small with this pviso that If the sd Small Doe hold his bargaine made with me for the said land then the sd Nathan Lord & Abraham to receive & haue all such pay either Money or other Engadgments as he oweth to and hath bound himselfe to pay for it but If hee the said Small Doe relinquish or otherwise make void his bar- gaine that he made with me for the said land then my will is that they shall haue the land as aforesaid to the only vse benefit and behoofe of them the said Nathan and Abraham Even all that land that was barganed granted or Intended to be granted vnto the said ffrancis Small/ And my Will is that this shall be the devission betwixt them the said Nathan and Abraham the one to haue the aforesd land at Sturgeon Creeke or the rents and profits therof and the other the land Called Coole harbour lately purchased of James Emery as aforesd with this pviso & pvisoes that Nathan Lord the Eldest brother to take his Choice which of they two he will haue And to haue it as they shall Come to the age of twenty one yeares each of them, the Eldest first as he Comes to the age aforesd and the other sucsessiuely and in the mean time to be in their fathers Disposall after my Deccase Also I Doe giue & bequeath vnto Nathan Lord thelder my sone in law all that land that Nicholas Frost now holdeth of me and all
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the other land either marsh meadow or vpland that I now haue or ought to haue at Sturgeon Creeke, (besides that I haue lett or granted vnto the aforesd Francis Small) by ver- tue of any town grant or grants or other wise to his own pper vse benefit & behoofe for ever/ Also I doe giue and Xbequeath vnto Adrian Fry with whom I doe now liue nine pounds or' there abouts which is due vnto me on two bills and Doe acquitt him thereof for ever also I doe giue vnto John White my Neighbour all such debts as he oweth mne and Doe thereof acquitt him Also I doe giue vnto Robert Allen all such Debts as he oweth me either by bill or other- wise and thereof Doe acquitt him : All which Debts aforesd If I doe happen to Dye before they are Due to me or before they are paid my meaneing and will is that I Doe acquitt them against my Executor for ever/ All the rest of my Goods & Chattells or lands Moueable or Vomoueable bills bonds or other Debts what soever not heretofore in or by this my last Will and testament not giuen or bequeathed I doe giue and bequeath vnto Nathan Lord thelder my sone in law whom I doe make my whole and sole Executor to see my Debts paid and my legacies performed in Witness hereof I have Caused this my Will to be made and haue here vnto sett my hand and seale Even the first Day of March in the twenty seventh yeare of the raigne of our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of god of England Scot- land France & Ireland King Defender of the faith : And in ye yeare of of Lord 1674/
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