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Sealed & Acknowledged in the
p'sence of vs here vnderwritten Andrew Searle The marke of X Adrian Fry
The marke fr of
Abraham Conley (sea1)
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 5 Mch 1600-01; recorded 8 June 1682.
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Registry of Deeds, 5, 82.
In the name of god Amen one thousand six hundred ninty & one I John Card of yorke in the province of Maine Cooper being sick of body but perfect Remembrance all laud & praise be giuen to allmighty god for it, Doth Revoakeing all former Wills make and ordaine this my present testament Contayning herein my last will in manner & forme following, that is to say first I bequeath my soule to Almighty god My Maker & redeemer, and my body to be buried in Christian buriall
Item I bequeath to my Eldest sone William Carde the tract of Land being bounded from the lower end of the Coue nigh to Edmond Cooks lott soe running vppon a north east line Joyning to my owne loot and so Joining in Breadth vpon the line of Edmond Coks Loote so running backward so farr as my loot Doth/ Item I doe bequeath Annas Carde my Daughter twelfe pence in silver to be paid by my Execu- tor after my buryall/ Item I bequeath to Mary Card my Daughter twellf pence in silver to be payed by my Executor after my buriall/ Item I doe bequeath vnto my now wife Elesabth Card I doe bequeath the one halfe of my Goods and Chattells of what kind or nature soever and also the one halfe of my home loot and half of all my marsh hom and a brood during hir life not giuen nor bequeathed before, my funerall Expences and Debts discharged/ Item I doe bequeath to my Grandson John Card twenty shillings to be paid by my. Executor after my buriall/ Item I do bequeath to my Grand Daughter Mary Card twenty shillings by my Executor after my buriall/ Item I doe bequeath to my younger sone Thomas Card whom I make my sole Executor, all the goods and Chattells & land of what kind or nature soever the one halfe not given nor bequeathed before my funerall expences & Debts and demands discharged olny after the desase of my now wife Elesabeth the land & Marsh
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of what kind or Nature so ever not now bequeathed to my younger sone Thomas my soll Exequetor
Signed Sealed published
The marke of
in the presence of vs William young
Jobn
Card
Samuell Bragdon
(seale )
Sworn to 21 Feby 1693; recorded 7 April 1693; Inventory returned at £172: 19: 0, by Abraham Preble and John Harmon appraisers 28 Oct 1692.
Registry of Deeds, 5, 121.
In the Name of God Amen / the xxvth of June in ye year of our Lord one thousand Six hundred fforty Seuen, I George Puddington the unprofitable Seruant of God, weake in body, but Strong in mind, doe willingly and with a free heart render and gine again into ye hands of my Lord God and Creat my Spirit which he of his fatherly goodness gaue unto me when he first fashioned me in my Mothers Wombe, making me a liuing and a reasonable Creature, Nothing Doubting but that for his infinite Mercye, Set forth in ye precious blood of his Dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our onely Saui & Redeem' he will receive my Soul into his Blessed Saints.
And as concerneing my body Euen with a good will & free heart I giue ouer, recomending it to ye earth whereof it came nothing doubting but according to ye Article of my faith at ye great day of generall Resurrection when we shall appear before the Judgement Seat of Christ, I shall receive ye Same again by ye mighty power of God whereas he is able to Subdue all things to himselfe, Not a corruptable, Mortal! weak and vile body as it is now but an incorruptable, immortall, Strong and perfect body in all points.
first as concerning my wife with whome I Coupled my Selfe in ye fear of God refuseing all other women I linked my
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Selfe unto her, liuing with her in ye Blessed State of Hon- ourable Wedlock, by whom alsoe by the Blessing of God I haue now two Sons and three daughters, John & Elias Mary ffrances and Rebecca. And albeit I doubt not but that God after my departure according to his promise will be unto her a husband yea a father and a Patron and Defender, and will not Suffer her to lack if She trust fear and Serue him dilli- gently calling upon his holy name, yet forasmuch as God hath Blessed me with Worldly Substance and She is my own flesb, and whoso prouideth not for his, denieth the ffaith and is worse than an Infidel!/ I therefore giue & bequeath unto John my Eldest Son, and Elias my youngest Son all my land and houses and out houses which are now in my Pos- session where I now dwell in Gorgeana in New-England and alsoe all my Marsh ground, or land, in Gorgeana aforesaid with all ye appurtenances thereunto belonging to them and to their heires for euer Equally to be Denided, but if any of my Sons doe die without heires of his body lawfully begotten that then the land and Marishes aforesaid remain to ye long- est liuer and to his heires ffor Euer. But if it shall please God that both my Sons doe die without heires of their bodyes lawfully begotten that then I giue and bequeath the aforesaid land and Marish grond unto my three daughters Mary Rebecca & ffrances, and and to their heires for Euer/ And if any of them Shall die without Issue of their bodies lawfully begotten then to the longest liuer and their heires for euer/ but if all my Children doe die without heires that then I giue and bequeath my aforesaid land and Marish ground unto my brother Robert Puddington and his heires for Euer Prouided always that Mary my wife haue ye Said land and Marsh ground during this her Mortall life for ye bringing up and Maintainance of my said Children - moreouer I giue and bequeath unto Mary my Eldest daughter one cow called or known by ye name of Ladd and fiue pounds Starling when She Shall come unto the age of Sixteen yeares/ I doe giue and bequeath unto my Second Daughter frances one Cow
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called or known by the name of young finch, and fiue pounds of money, and the which to be payd unto her at ye age of Sixteen yeares ffurther I doe giue and bequeath unto my youngest daughter Rebecca one heifer called or known by the name of young Ladd and fiue pounds of money and the said 51h to be payd unto her at ye age of Sixteen yeares And all ye aforesaid Cattle to remain in Mary my wines Cus- tody untill they or Either of them Shall come unto ye age of Sixteen years without any fraud or Couin And my meaning is that my three daught" Shall have the thirds of ye Increase of the aforesd Cattle in the mean to their use/ My Will is further that I doe giue unto John my Eldest Son, my best feather bed with all things Else thereunto belonging, and one long Table, and a Brewing ffurnis, but Mary my wife to haue ye use of them untill he come unto ye age of one and twenty years but if he Shall die in the mean time that then my Will is that ye ffether bed with that thereunto belonging, and the Table and the Brewing fournis I giue unto Elias my youngest Son and to his heires for Euer/ My Will is further that I. doe giue unto Mary my Eldest daughter, one filoek bed and Bolster with all things Else belonging, also my Will is that Mary my Wife I doe make and ordaine to be full and wholly Executrix of this my last Will and Testament/ Alsoe my desire is that my Brother Robert Puddington and M' Edward Johnson M' Abraham Preble & M John Alcock to be Supervisers of this my Will/ And in token of my loue unto them, I bequeath unto these my Supervisers ten Shillings.
Witnesse hereof I haue hercunto Set my hand and Seal in the presents of/
John Alcock George Puddington
The mark of + Bartholmew Barnet (Seal)
The mark of X Arthur Bragdon
Recorded 18 Jany 1695-6.
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Probate Office, 1, 1.
In the Name of God Amen/
The last Will & Testament of James Smith of Barwick, in the Parish of Barwick, in the Towneship of Kittery in the Province of Main in New England, Being weak in Body not knowing how it may please God to deale with him, and being willing to Settle his Estate, So yt he may prevent future trouble, being in perfect memory and of a Sound dis- posing mind, doth Ordayne this to be my last Will and Testament.
Imp. I doe give and bequeath my Soule into the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ my blessed Saviour and Redemer, & my Body to the Earth to be decently Buried, and after my funerall Charges and all my Just & honest Debts be pa I doe dispose of the Rest of my Worldly Estate as followeth,
2ly. I doe give and bequeath unto my Eldest Son James Smith, my Now dwelling house out houses, and all the Land 'y' I bought of William Piles, (excepting four Acres of Land given to my Couzen Peter Knap) allso So much more Land, Adjoyning to y' house Lott, as will make the whole to be one hundred thirty Six Acres, one half of the houses and Land to be Injoyed by my Son James Smith. when he Comes to the Age of twenty one Year, & the other half of the houses and Land to be Possessed and Injoyed by my Son James Smith Immediately after the decease of his Mother, my Son James Smith paying to his Brother John Smith twenty Poundes, in Such pay as is Raised from of the farme, & fiveteen Poundes apeice to each of his Sis- ters, Mary Smith, & Elizabeth Smith in the Same Specie/
3ly, I doe give and bequeath unto my Son John Smith, twenty Acres of Land lying at a Place commonly called & knowne by the Name of Loves Bridge, and eight Acres of Meadow at a Place called Goe Look, and twelve Acres of Land more lying on the Eastward Side of Nechowannick River
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sly. I doe give and bequeath to my Loving wife one half of the dwelling house, out houses, & one half of the house Lott contayning one hundred & thirty Six Acres of Land, during her naturall life, and the other half allso of the aforesd houses and Land, untill my Son James Smith Come to the Age of twenty One Year, at which Time one half of the aforesd houses and Land, Shall be delivered unto my Son James Smith, & Immediately after his Mother decease the Sª James Smith my Son, Shall Injoy the whole farm both houses and Lands to him & his heires forever
5ly. I doe give and bequeath unto my Cozen Peter Knap four Acres of Land lying and being, where he hath built his dwelling house and broken up Some Land it being the West Side of my house Lott, & Joyning to Richd Towsers Land/ only if the Sa Peter Knap or his heires think fitt to dispose of the S' Land, he or they Shall give my Son James Smith the Refuse of the Sd Land, and it Shall not be Sold or given to any other Person or Persons if the Sª James Smith will buy it.
6thly. I doe give and bequeath unto my Loving wife, all my Cattle, horse, Sheep, and all my Moveables for the bringing up of my Children my Sons untill they Come to the Age of twenty One Yeares, & my Daughters untill they Come to the Age of eighteen yeares, or be Married
Lastly I doe hereby make, Nominate, and Appoynt my Loving Wife Martha Smith to be my whole and Sole Execu- trix of this my Last Will and Testament, In Wittnesse whereof that this is my Last Will & Testament I the Sa Jams Smith have hereunto Sett my hand and Seale this Tenth day of August, Anno Doms, 1687, & in ye third Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord James the Second by
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the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King, Defender of the fayth, &e
The marke of James J Smith (sigill")
Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us
George Broughton
Icabod Plaisted
John Broughton
Benjamen Birdges
James Plaisted
Crystopher Grant
Sworn to by two of the attesting witnesses Sept , 14, 1687; recorded Oct., 10, 1687. Inventory returned 14th Sept., 1687 at £158:03: 00 by William Ardell, James Plaisted Jno Plasted, appraisers.
Probate Office, 1, 3.
Know yee that I Nyven Agnue of Kittery in the Province of Main being Sick of Body but perfect of Memory, Thanks be to God, Doe Ordayn this my last Will & Testament as followeth, And whereas there are Some Debts Owing by James Barrow my Predecessor, and Some of those Debts unpayd, for the true payment whereof I doe make and Ordayne my trusty & well beloved freind John Taylor of Kittery in the Province of Main to be iny whole & Sole Executor to See those my honest Debts paid & what Shall Remain of my Estate when all my Debts are pd if any Remain, my will is that Such Remaindure shall be equally divided between my Executor & Peter Grant of Kittery aferes", And John Taylor my Executor, to give the one Moiety or half of the Remaindure to his Daughter Mary, And Peter Grant to give the half of the Remaindure unto his Daughter
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Elizabeth Grant, And this I do Acknowledge to be my last Will & Testament under my hand & Seale
ye mke Nyven Agnu (seal)
Sealed & Acknowledged before us, Wittnesses Benjamin Nason James Warrin Jun"
Sworn to by attesting witnesses Sept. 16, 1687; and recorded 10th Oct., 1687. Inventory returned 27 Nov. 1636 at €79: 19: "1, by George Broughton and Tho. Abbott appraisers.
Probate Office, 1, 7.
The Last Will and Testament of Michaell Hicks lyeing very weak yett retayning my perfect memory to all Christian people greeting Know ye that I doe by this make over all my Estate my Right and progative to any debts or other accur- enees due to me from any person or persons whatsoever to my well beloved wife Luce Hickes to be my true and Law- full Executor to recieve demand & require and sue for all my right and property of Estate goods or Negroes in Bar- badoes the place of my Nativity which falleth to me for my portion left by my father deceased and for the truth hereof I doe sett to my hand & seale this Nineteenth day of May Año Dom : 1688
Michaell Hickes ( seal )
That this Testament was written from Michaell Hicks his one mouth and Signed with his owne hand and sealed and hand delivered to his wife in the p'sence of us
Humphrey Churchwood Richard Cutt Elizabeth Chadbourne
Sworn to June 13, 1683; and recorded July 5, 1689. Inventory returned June 12, 1628 At £12: 11 by William Fernald Richard Cutt Appraisere.
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Probate Office, 1, 10.
The Last Will and Testament of Ephraim Crocket being weak in body but of perfect memory being Sencible of the Dept I ow to nature p death the which I am in dayly expec- tacon off, and for the prevention of distraccon after my decease am willing to settle my little Estate God hath given . me in this world/
viz : I comitt my Soule to God and my body to ye Earth to be decently buried att the discretion of my wife and my Estate to be disposed in manner and forme as followeth./
viz I Will and determin that all my just and honest debts and funerall charges shall be wel and truly satisfied and paid
2 I Will that all my Estate both Lands and moveables remaine in the hands of my well beloved wife An Crocket till my Son Ephraim Crocket shall come to age
3 I will give and bequeath to my Son Ephraim Crockett all my house and Land where now I dwell as alsoe all that peece of Salt Marsh at Broadboate harbour which I bought of Capt" Champernown for an Inheritence to him & his heires for ever
: 4 I will that my now wife Anna Crockett shall have pos- sesse and quietly enjoy the one halfe of this my house and Land and Marsh dureing her Naturall life/
5 I will that my Son Ephraim Crockett shal enter into possession of the one halfe of my house Land & Marsh abovesaid when he comes to age and the other halfe to returne to him ye sd Ephraim Creckett att the decease of my wife./
6 I give and bequeath to my wife all my moveables as Cattle Sheep horses Swine or any other thing either abroad or att home wthin doores or wthout for her support and main- tenance dureing her life here and that wtsoever shall remayne of my moveables att her decease shall retorne to my Son Ephraim Crockett./
7 I give and bequeath to my son Richard Crockett forty
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Acres of Land lyeing neare the Mast way to him and his Heires for ever. / And one Cow
S I will and bequeath to my daughters Sarah and Mary Crockett twenty pounds a peece to be paid to them by my Eldest son Ephraim Crocket att the decease of my wife./
9 That Whereas my ffather Thomas Crockett did in his life tyme give Lay out and bound a peece of his Neck of Land which was in his owne possession to my sister An Roberts as alsoe a pecce of sd Neck of Land to my Sister Sarah Parrett as their Marriage portions my Will is the said Land thus given by my father shall stand good to my Sis- ters and their Heires for ever /
10 I Will choose and appoint my trusty and faithfull friends Bro' Joshua Crockett Richard Cutt and William Scrivener as Overseers of this my Last Will and Testament In Wittnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale this 17th of July in the year of our Lord 1688
Signed and Sealed in ye
p'sence of us
Ephraim Crocket E (seal)
William Screven
his mark
Richard Cutt
Humphrey Churchwood
Sworn to and Recorded March 13th, 1688-9. Inventory returned Sept., 10, 1688 at €49: - 01: 06, by Nicholas WFeekes William ffernald, appraisers.
Probate Office, 1, 18.
I ffrancis Hook of Kittery in the County of York, being of perfect memory and understanding, but not knowing how long it may please God to continue me in this life, doe hereby constitute declare and ordain this to be my last will & Testament reuoking all manner of Wills heretofore made or declared Either by word or writing
Imprimis I recomend my Soul into ye hands of Almighty God, hoping free & full remission in & thorow ye Merits of
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my Blessed Sauir, My body I comit unto ye graue in order to a Christian buriall, the managemt of which I leaue to ye Dis- cresion of my Executrix & ouerseers hereafter Nominated/ What worldly Estate it hath pleased ye Lord to giue me whether Reall or psonall consisting either in housing lands Shipping, Negros, Debts househould goods of any kind or whatsoeuer Else to me appertaining I giue unto my beloued wife, whom I here make & constitue my sole Executrix/ Unto ye Reuerend M' Joshua Moodey I giue fiue pounds requesting him ye sd MI Moodey & my beloued friend Samuel Penhallow to be my ouerseers of this my last will & Testament, whom I desire to be assistants unto my Execu- trix upon all ocations/ My will & desire is that my boy Samuel be brought up in ye fear of God and disposed of to a Religeous family when my wife dies
The payment of my Just Debts and Defraying of my ffunerall Charges I strictly oblige my Executrix to be mind- full off. In Testimony to all & Singular ye Bmises I haue hereunto Set my hand & affixed my Seal This 9th of January 1694-5
ffrancis Hooke (sal)
Signed Sealed & Delivered
in ye presents of us John Euerett William ffernald John Woodman
Recorded Feb. 25"+ 1605-6: Inventory returned Feb., 8, 1694-5 at £232-16 by William fernald, Elihne Gunnison, appraisers.
Probate Office, 1, 24.
In the name of God, Amen : I Henry Milbury of York in the County of York in the Prouince of the Massachusetts bay in New England, Weak and decaying in body but of Sound Memory & Judgment, and good understanding do make this my Last Will & Testament as followeth, viz :
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My precious and Immortal soul, my better part, I do by Faith and Prayer Commend into ye hands of the Lord Jesus Christ my blessed and deer Redeemer.
My Mortal body to be committed to the Dust by a decent & Christian Buriall.
And as for the Portion of Worldly Goods, which God by his providence has giuen to me my Will and Desire is that it should be disposed as followeth, viz :
Imps : : I do will and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Blacklidge the sum of ten Shillings mony.
Item. Unto my beloved Daughter Johannah Letherby I do bequeath ten Shillings
Item : Vnto my beloved Daughter Lydia Linscott the sum of ten shillings.
Item : Unto my Dear Daughter now in Captivity with the Indians Dorothy Milbury, I will and give the sum of five pounds, In Case she return by Gods good Providence from Captivity, but not 'till then to be paid; which Legacy I intend not payable by my son at all if she neuer return
Item : I giue and bequeath unto my Grandson Samuell Pain ye sum of ten shillings and to my two Grand children Bethiah Pain and William Milbury ten shillings a peice ; the Legacy to William Milbury not payable till he come of age
And as for the rest of my Temporall Estate that shall re- main after these Legacies specified are answered ; and after my Lawfull debts and funerall Expences are discharged ; I do will and bequeath and freely giue it unto my trusty and well beloued son Richard Milbury ; with all my houses, Lands, Chattells whatsoeuer with all the priviledges and appurtinances there unto belonging or in any wise appertain- ing : to him and to his Heirs for ever and to his and their sole and proper use and benefit : and do further by these Presents Constitute & appoint my sª son Richd Milbury to be sole Executor of this my Will and Testamt, to se to the due and Just Execution and the fulfilment of it, according to the tenour thereof, paying the aboue se Legacies respect-
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ively in mony or Equivalent to mony ; & yt wthout fraud or delay after my decease, till when he is under no obligation : And for the Confirmation hereof, even of this my Last Will and Testament and the Disanulling of all former Wills what- soever I the said Henry Milbury have hereunto Affixed and Annexed my hand & Seal this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Six hundred ninety and five
Annog Regni Regis Gulielmi, Anglia Scotia & 3 Septimo Signed Sealed & delivered
In presence of us Sumuell Donnell - his mark : (seal )
Henry Milbury
Samuel Johnson
John Hancock
Swera to, Oct., 1# 1605, by the attesting witnesses and Recorded Cet., 8, 1895
Probate Office, 1, 28.
In the name of God Amen. The last Will and Testament of William Spencer being in pfect memory and of a dispos- ing mind and being willing and desirous to Settle and dis- pose of what God hath giuen me and to preuent trouble not knowing how Soon God may please to take me out of this troublesom world I doe hereby Declare this to be my last Will and Testament as followeth
Impr I doe bequeath my Soule into the hands of Jesus Christ my blessed Sauiour and redeemer And my body to the earth to be Decently buried/ And after my ffunerall Charges be Defrayd and my honest Debts payd I doe Dispose of the rest of my Estate as followeth
2ly I doe giue and bequeath all my Lands Meadows houses and Cattle and all my whole Estate both with dores and with dores unto my Louing Nephew Humphrey Spencerto be my whole & Sole Execut' to se this my Will fulfilled in Con- Armation here of I the said Willam Spencer baue hereunto
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Set my hand and Affixed my seale this Eighteenth day of June one thousand Six hundred Eighty and Seuen and in the third year of the Reign of our Soueraign Lord James ye Second by the grace of God of England Scotland france and Ireland King Defend of the ffaith &c
Signed Sealed & delivered
In the presents of us William Spencer his ( seale )
George Broughton Stephen Hardison John Cooper Anthony Bracket Thomas Goodwin
March. 11. 1696 My will is that after my Decease that my now seruant Moses Spen- cer shall well and truly Serue the remainer of his time with Humphrey Spencer According to InDentures, and after his Said time be Compleated that ye said Humphrey Spencer Shall Deliuer to said Moses that Meadow at ye Lower end of Wilcocks pond with ffifty acres of my Land Joyning to the Lower end of sd Marsh whereunto I haue Set my hand and Seal William Spencer (his)
Jn presents of us Anthony Bracket/ Thomas Goodwin
Recorded 20% January : 1605-7. Inventory returned at £221: 06: 0 by Daniel Goodiu Jr and Anthony Bracket, appraisers, 15 May 1696.
Probate Office, 1, 32.
In the name of God Amen I Richard Nason of newche- wanack in the Province of maine in New England hauing vpou me the Infirmitys of old age but of good and Perfect mind and Memory thanks be to Almighty god/ and Calling to Remembrance the vocertaine Estate of this Traineytory
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Life and that all flesh must yeld vnto death when it Shall Please God to Call Doe make Constitute ordaine and appoint and hereby doe declare this my Last will and Testa- ment in maner and form following Reuokeing and Annulling by these Presents all and Euery Testament and Testaments Will and Wills heretofore by me made and declared Either by word or Wrighting/ and this Is to be taken only for my Last will and testament and none other
and first being penitent from the bottom of my hart for my Sins Past most humbley Desiring forgiunesse for the Same I giue and Commit my Soul unto Allmighty God my Sauiour and Redeemer In whoome and by the merrits of Jesus Christ I Trust and beleue Asuredly to be Saued and to haue full Remission and forgiveness of all my Sins and that my body at ye Generall day of Resurection Shall arise againe with Joy and there in the merrits of Christs Death and passion possess and Inherit the Kingdom of heaven pre- pared for his Elect and Chosen./ and my body to be buried in a deasent maner where it shall Please my Executor heareafter named to apoynt And now for the Setleing of my Temporall Estate and Such goods Chattels and Debts as it hath pleased god to bestow vpon me I doe order giue & .Dispose the same in maner and form following that is to say first I will that all those debts and duties as I owe in Right and Conscience to any person or persons whatsoeuer shall be well and truly Contented and paid or secured to be paid within Convenient time after my Decease by my Executor hereafter named Shall be paid out of my whole Estate/
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