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Item I giue and bequeath vnto my beloued wife whatso- euer was her former husbands Nicholas Follets as allsoe one of my best beds and furniture belonging vnto it and two Chests and Eight pounds in Siller Curant Money of New : England to be paid out of the whole Estate moreouer I giue vnto my Said wife one third of all the Indian Corn that Shall be left after my decease/ 2ly/ I will that those that Shall Enjoy my houseing Lands and Stock Shall pay vnto
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my sd wife Twelve pounds in money yearly for her mainte- enance duering her Life
Sly : All my other Estate whether in moueables as beding money granery or whatsoeuer Else not before giuen I will that it Shall be Equaly divided between my own Children and Children in Law vizt/ John nason Joseph nason Benja- min nason Baker nason Sarah Child Mary Witham Nicholas Follet and Sarah Meader
And I doe herein nominate ordayne and appoynt my son Benjamin nason and Nicholas Follet to be my Executors both or Either of them in Case of Mortallity or absence att sea In Testimony whereof I haue unto this my will put my hand and Seale this fourteenth day of July one thousand Six hundered ninety and four and in ye Sixth yeare of ye Reign of our Soneraign Lord and Lady/ King William & Queen Mary ouer England Scotland france and Ireland De- fend" of ye faith.
Signed & Sealed
his
In presents of us
John Tucker
Richard 0 Nason (seale)
Obadiah Morse
mark
Hen" Crown notary Publick for this Prouince New Hamps*
Recorded 13 March, 1605-7.
Probate Office, 1, 33.
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Be it known to all Christian people to whome this present writing may concern that I Richard Nason of the Town of Kittery in the Prouince of Maine in New England Doe make this present writting as an Addition to my former Will this 28th of Decemb: 1695. And in the Seuenth year of his Majesties Reign/ which was forgotten at the making of my will,
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Primus That is to Say all the prouisions of all Sorts and kinds whasoeuer that Shall be left and Dry at my Deseas 1 doe giue and bequith to Abigall my wife and all the Rents that Shall be due at my Deseas I doe giue unto her if God Shall take me away before her 2's I also doe giue to her the least Iron pott which is to Say the midleng pott and the least brass Cittell with all that she brought with her when I tooke her to be my wedded wife as alsoe the bruing vessells and a Cople of washing Tubs and spoons & platters and Chars for her one use with other Nessesary things fit for her one use/ And if it should please God that my Son ffollett do not return from the Seas then I doe giue my other Son John Meader full power to Act with my Son Benjamin Nason about my Estate And I doe giue to my wife all the money that shall be left after Charges are mad good for my buriall for her tender Care ouer me in my Sickness/ this being my last Desire as an Addition to my former will I haue Set to my hand and Seall this 28th of Decem' 1695 And in the Seuenth year of our Majesties Reign
Witness
Joseph Smith Martha Lord
Richard Nason
mark 9 (Ba) his
Thomas Butler
Recorded March 15% 1696-7, Two Inventories: the first of £9: 9: 0, returned 4 Jany 1996-7 by William Pitman and Joseph Hill, as being "in New Hampshire" : the second 12 March 1696-7, by Peter Grant and Jno Keiay, appraisers, at £31: 12: 06.
Probate Office, 1, 45.
I Charles ffrost of the Town of Kittery in the Prouince of Maine Esq', being by Gods Providence Sick and weak in body but of good and perfect Memory and of a Disposing mind considering the uncertain Estate of this life and not knowing how Soon it may please almighty God to remove
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me out of this world Doe make constitute ordaine and Declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, hereby revoaking and adnulling all former Wills and Testaments by me made either by word or writing And first I comend my Soul to God my Creator Hoping for the pardon of all my Sins and euerlasting Saluation through the alone Merrits of Jesus Christ/ And after my Decease my body to be decently buried according to the discretion of my Executrix with the aduice of the ouerseers hereafter named/ And as to my worldly Estate my will and meaning is the Same shall be bestowed as hereafter by this my Will is Expressed after the payment of Such Iust Debts as are due by me
Inprimis/ for the loue and affection I bear unto my wife and for other considerations hereafter Expressed I doe will bequeath and giue unto her the Sole use of all my Reall Estate, as houses outhouses barns, orchard, Garden Lands Arable or pasturage together we all Meadows belonging or any ways Appertaining to me untill my Children come to Age, to whome by this my will they are to belong And it is my mind and will that there be noe wast of timbr taken off my lands aforesd excepting what may be nessesary for builing fencing and fireing/ Alsoe I doe giue and bequeath unto my beloued wife Mary ffrost aforesa one halfe of my dwelling house Scituate and Standing upon Stirgeon Creek in the town and Province aforesd, together with one halfe of all out houses orchard Garden lands belonging to said ffarm and adjoyning to sª house, being in all about fiue hundred Acres of land more or less together with one halfe of the Stock of Cattle Sheep hoggs horses & Mares that may be in being when my eldest Son comes of age, during her Naturall life/ Alsoe I doe giue and bequeath unto my beloved wife aforest all my other psonall Estate in Goods or Chattells whatso- euer/ She paying the Portions and Legacies hereafter expressed & disposing ye remainder to my Children as she may think meet/ And it is myewill that all my Children shall haue their Education & Maintainance, untill they come
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to lawfull age or be Married, out of my personall Estate or the produce thereof.
Item. I giue and bequeath unto my eldest Son Charles ffrost to him and his heirs foreuer my dwelling house ffarm and lands whatsoeuer Scituate and being Near Stirgcon Creek, being about five hundred Acres more or less with all Appurtenances thereof with one halfe of all the life Stock which may be in being or in Possession of my wife when he comes to lawfull age and then to enter into full possession of one Maytie or halfe of Said ffarme and have equall use and benefit with my wife to all the Appurtenances thereof Alsoe I doe giue unto him my Son Charles my Gold Seal Ring and after the Decease of my wife to possess and injoy the whole farm aforesd. And in case my Said Son Should die before he come of lawfull age or wthout Legittimate Issue Then my will is that my ffarm aforest with all its Appur- tenances Shall Descend to my Second Son John ffrost and his heirs for euer And in case he alsoe Should die without Isue as aforesd, then I doe giue the said ffarm to my young- est Son Nicholas ffrost and his heirs for euer.
I alsoe giue to my Son Charles my Negro man Seruant called Tony after my wifes decease.
Item I doe giue and bequeath to my Second Son Iohn Frost and his heires foreuer my part of a dwelling house & land at Strawberry bank in Portsmo in the Province of New hampshiere which part house and land I purchased from John Shipway my son in law lately Deceased As alsoe I giue to my Said Son John one hundred acres of land near the Town of York, be it more or less being in the Township of Kittery aforest as by the Town grant appears Alsoe I giue to my said Son one piece of Gold called a Guinia as also a Negro boy called Esq' All the aboue to be in his actuali pos- session when he comes to lawfull age And in case my said Son John should die without leaueing lawfull Isue behind him or if the Estate allotted for my son Charles by his Decease w#out Lawfull Isue Should descend to my Son John, in either of these cases Then it is my Will that my Son
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Nicholas ffrost and his heirs Shall haue the ahoue part of house and land at Strawberry bank, and the peell of land near York.
Item I doe giue & bequeath unto my Son Nicholas ffrost & his heirs foreuer all my other Lands whatsoeuer except what before expressed lying and being in the town of Kittery as by Town grants ginen to my Self or in company with my brother John ffrost & Joseph Hammond, as by Seuerall town grants may appear excepting alsoe two pieces of Salt Marsh about three Acres more or less lying upon Stirgeon Creek which I purchased of lames Emery & Stephen Jenkins, the which Marsh I giue unto my son John ffrost and his heirs/ Alsoe I doe giue unto my Son Nicholas all my money of old England Coyn and a piece of Gold called a Iacobus togeth" with my Negro boy called Prince/ All the aboue bequeathed Portion to be delivered to and be in the Actuall Possession of my S son Nicholas when he comes to lawfull age.
Item I doe giue to my Daughters Mehetable Lidia Mary and Elizabeth to Each of them the vallue of ffifty pounds, whereof ten pounds to each of them in currant Money of New England and the remainder in Prousions or Such other Nessessaries as they may or Shall haue ocation for/ which is to be payd at ye currant or usuall money price as Such com- odities may be Sold at when it is paid, the aboue ffiftie pounds to each of them my daughters, to be paid at ye day of their Seuerall Marriages or when they come to lawfall age of their Sexts And in case any of my s Daughters Should die before their Portions become due Then & in that Case the propor- tion allotted to each daughter Soe dying to be Eqully deuided amongst all my Daughters who Suruiue Married or unmarried but in case by the prouidence of God my per- sonall Estate be considerably impayred or lessoned by the Inuasion of publick Enemies fire or any other casualty Then it is my Will there be proportionable abatement made of my daughters Portions according to ye discretion of my Execu- trix and ouerseers or the Maj part of them/ Item it is my
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will that my daughters Sarah Shipway & Abigail ffryer Shall haue ye remainder of what Portion I allotted to each of them or promised upon their Marriage which is to be paid to them by my Executrix She knowing what yet remains unpaid
Item I doe giue & bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Mary Shipway to ye vallue of fiue pounds in Prouision or what Else she may haue occation flor to be payd when She comes to lawfull age at money price
Item I doe giue unto my brother in Law Joseph Hamond my Pistolls & holsters and unto Capt ffrancis Hooke and my kinsman John Leighton both of the Town of Kittery afore- said to each twenty Shillings as a Small remembrance of me which is to be paid to them after my Decease/
ffinally I doe make Constitute and Appint my beloued wife Mary ffrost my Sole Executrix whom I ordain to pay all my Debts and Legacies when they come Due And if she should depart this life before my son Charles attain to lawfull age of twenty one Years In that case I doe request my ffriends Capt ffrancis Hooke Capt Joseph Hamond & John Leighton, all before named, to take ye Charge of my Estate & to see to the disposing of the Same and euery part thereof as is in this my will & Testament Expressed/ giuing them ffull power of Executorship in case aforesd And in the mean time desire them as ouerseers to be assistant to my Execu- trix and to Se this my will performed in the plainest Sence 'it will admit without Critticks of Law In Testimoy to all and Singular the Premises expressed in this my last will and Testament. I haue hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Seuenthi day of January Anno Dom : 163g
Signed & Sealed in presents
of us Charles ffrost ( bis ) (Scal)
Geo : Jaffray John Belcher
mark of Sarah S Chadbourn
Probated 3 November 1607. Recorded 10 December 1607.
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Probate Office, 1, 49.
In the Name of god Amen the 7th day of June 1693 and in the 5th year of ye Reign of our Soucraign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary Enoch Hutchings Being aged and Weak in Body But of Sound and Perfect Memory Praise Be giuen to Allmighty God for the same and knowing the uncertainty of this Life on Earth and that all flesh must yeeld to Death When it shall please allmighty god to Call thereunto and Being Desierous to settle things in ord Doe make this my Last Will and Testament in maner and form following that is to say first and Principally I comend my Soull to allmighty god my asuredly Beleuing that I shall Receiue full Pardon and free Remission of all my sins and that I shall Be saued By the Pretious Death and merrits of my Blessed Sauiour and Redeemer Christ Jesus and my Body To ye Earth from Whence it was taken to Be Buried in Such Decent and Christian maner as to my Execut" hereafter named Shall Bee thought meet and convenient and touching Such Worldly Estate as ye Lord in Mercy hath Lent mee my Will and meaning is that ye same Shall Bee Imployed and Bestoed as hereafter By this my Will is Ex- pressed and first I doe Reuoake Renounce ffrustrate and make Voyd all Wills By me formerly made & Declared and appoint this to Bee my Last Will and Testament.
Item : I giue and Bequeath unto Mary my Beloued Wife all my wholl Estate whatsoeuer Dureng her Widdowhood as howsing Lands Cattle household Stuff and other Implemts Whatsoeuer to haue and to hold During her naturall Life Prouided she Remaine a Widdow and after her Decease or Mariage with any other man my Will is that all my Whole Estate Be Diuided amongst my Children in maner and form following
Item : I giue and Bequeath unto Enoch my Beloued son my house and thirty acres of Land Joyning to it which Lyeth and is Scituate at ye head or ye Estern Creeck in
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Spruce creek Being thirty Pole wide or in Bredth By the Water side to have and to hold ye said thirty Acres of Land & bouse to him and his heirs Lawfully Begotten of his Body foreuer.
Item : I giue and Bequeath vnto my son Joseph twenty fiue Acres of Land at ye head of ye Eastern Creeck Joyning to his Brother Enochs Land and on ye South side thereof in Bredth twenty fiue pole and ye Rest of ye Remaining Bredth containing fiue acres ye số Joseph alowing ye same Bredth and Quantity to his Brother John for a way to ye water side or for other Uses next to his Brother Enochs Land To Haue and to hold ye sª Land as it is specified to him and his heirs Lawfully Begotten foreuer Vnless ye sd Joseph shall se good to Dispose of ye Primisses to one of his Brothers.
Item/ I giue and Bequeath unto my son John Ten acres of Land Lying at ye head of my aboue said Lands Before given to my son Enoch and Joseph Being an additionall Grant to ye former and fiue acres out of Josephs for a way and other uses as is Expressed in his Brother Josephs Legacy.
Item/ I giue and Bequeath unto my youngest son Jona- than my Garison house Wherein I now Dwell and ye other house By it and all ye Barns and out houses and all ye Land thereto Belonging about Thirty acres more or less fronting the maine Creeck Bounded in Bredth By Rowland Williams and Martins Coue and so Back into ye Woods as far as my Land Runs allway Prouided and to Be understood that my sons Enoch Joseph and John are enter & Possess their Seu- eral Leagacy's Imediately after my Decease and that my son Jobn shall haue Liberty to Dispose of his Land to one of his Brothers and to no other p'son/ this Later Claues to Be understood according to True meaning though any thing to ye Contrary abouesd
Item I giue and Bequeath unto my two sons Benjamin and Samuell all my stock of Cattle of what kind soeuer to Be denided Between ym according to my Wifes Discreation :
Item/ I giue and Bequeath unto my two Daughters Mary
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and Sarah all my houshold stuff as Beding Linin and Woollen Peuter and Brass and Iron and vessels of Wood/
And Last of all I doe nominate and appoint my three friends vizt the Worshipfull Capt ffrancis Hook and m" Richard Cutt and Wm Godsce To Be Executor of this my Last Will and Testam' Witness my hand and seall ye year and day aboue written Signed Sealed and Delivered
In prsence of us
Enoch
the Sign of
Rowland Williams
The Signe of
Henry x Benson Wm Godsoe
E : H Hutchings
Recorded 20 October 1698. Inventory sworn to and returned 18 July 1699, at :2366: 11 09 by the widow, which states that said Hutchings deceased May ye 9h 100S. Debts due the estate from Cap Pickrin: Dauid Hutchins: Rowland Williams: John Williams: John: Martin: We Hilton Sen' : Enoch Hutchings: Bartholow : Steuenson.
Probate Office, 1, 54.
In the name of God Amen I ffrancis Champernown Gen- tleman. Inhabitant of ye Island commonly called by the name of Champernouns Island in ye township of Kittery in ye Province of Maine in New England/ being weak of body but of Sound and perfect Memory, doe make & ordaine this my last. Will & Testament In manner & form following : Vizt Impr I comit my Soul to God hoping by his Mercy through ya Merrits of Jesus Christ to enjoy life Eternall And my body to ye earth to be Decently buried in Such manner as my Executrix hereafter named Shall think fit. And as for my temporall Estate and goods with which it hath pleased God to Endew me/ after my Just Debts and ffunerall Charges are paid/ I give & boqueath as ffolloweth/ Item/ I make ordain and constitute my welbeloved wife Mars Champer-
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noune full and Sole Executrix of this my last will & Testament
Item. I giue bequeath & confirm unto my s' Executrix the one halfe part of ye sd Champernouns Island which I now possess to her my s' Executrix for ever, which I have already given by Deed under my hand and Seal to my sª Executrix.
Item I giue and bequeath & confirm unto my Son in Law Humphrey Elliot & Elizabeth his now wife And their heires for ever the other part of my sª Island, which I have alredy giuen by Deed under my hand and Seal to ye sd Humphrey & Elizabeth his wife/ Item I giue and bequeath unto my Son in Law Robert Cutt my daughter in Law Bridget Scriven my daughter in Law Mary Cutt and my daughter in Law Sarah Cutt, and to their heires for ever all that part of three hundred Acres of Land belonging unto me lying between Crokets Neck and ye land formerly belonging unto Hugh Gunnison on ye Estern Side of Spruce Creek to be Equally Devided between ye sd Robert Bridget Mary & Sarah Except what I have not before the making of this my last will and Testament disposed of to any other person And alsoe Excepting thirty Acres of land in this my last will & Testament hereunder giuen to Elizabeth Small.
Item/ I giue & bequeath unto Elizabeth Small my Ser- vant Maid and to her heires for ever, in behalfe of what I formerly promised her. Thirty Acres of Land at Spuce Creek which sd thirty Acres of land part of ye aforesd three hundred Acres, it is my will shall be first laid out by my Executrix and my overseers here under named And alsoe I doe giue and bequeath unto ye så Elizabeth Small, ten pounds to be paid to her in Cattle & ten pounds in goods which is in Lieu of what I promised her
Item I giue and bequeath unto my Son in Law Richard Cutt the Sum of fine pounds to be paid by my s Executrix
Item, in respect of ye great affection that I bear unto my Grand Child Champernoun Elliot Son of Humphrey Elliot
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I doe by these presents Adopt declare & make the sª Cham- pernoun Elliot my heire Giuing to him ye sd Champernoun all ye Lands of Right belonging unto me or that may belong unto me, either in old England or in New England not by me alredy disposed of And doe by this my last Will and Testament Appoint and constitute him ye sª Champernoun my Execut of all my Estate that either is or may be of Right belonging or be due unto me in old England from any pson, And ye same to have & enjoy to him y" sd Champer- noun and his heires for ever.
Item/ I doe hereby Constitute Robert Mason Esq' John Hincks Esq" Maj' John Davis of York and Robert Elliot of Great Island Merchant my Louing ffriends to be over- seers of this my last Will and Testament And desire they may Se the same performed and be Assistant to my Sª Executrix.
Lastly I doe declare and publish this to be my last Will and Testament Annulling and making void all former & other Wills and Testaments/ In witness whereof I haue hereunto put my hand and Seal this Sixteenth day of Novemb' in ye year of our Lord God one thousand Six hun- dred & Eighty Six Anoq Reg Regis Jacobi Secundi Secundo. Signed Sealed delivered ffrancis Champernoun (sa) and published to be the last
will & Testament of ffrancis
Champernoun Gent in ye prests of us/ William Milborn
Edm : Gach Rob' Elliot
Sworn to 28 December, 1887. Recorded 15 August, 1638,
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Probate Office, 1, 57.
In the name of God Amen I Ioan Young of York in the County of York in Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England Widow & Relict of Rowland Young of York Deceased being at present under Indisposition of body & much weakness and not knowing how it may please God to deale with me but being at prsent of a well disposing mind and Sound Memory doe make this my last Will and Testa- ment as followeth.
Impr I doe by ffaith and prayer recomend my precious and immortall Soul into the hands of my precious & Dear redeemer ye Lord Jesus Christ And my body to be committed unto ye dust from whence it came by a Decent & Christian buriall in hopes of a Joyfull and a happie resurrection And as for ye Small. Estate I am at present possessed of my will and pleasure is that it be disposed of as ffolloweth viz' I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Rowland Yount four Acres of that Marsh of mine up in York Riuer and three and twenty Acres of Land lying on the South Side of York Riuer ouer against his now dwelling house in York to be peaceably Enjoyed by him and his heires for ever.
Item I doe Will and bequeath unto my Son Job Young all ye housing and land where my old dwelling house now Stands Adjoyning to George Norton to be for his use and improvement while he liues but not to be Sold nor Alienated by him ye sª Job Young but to Descend unto his Son or Male heires of his body And in Case of failure unto the ffemales/ as Also three Acres of Marsh up ye Riuer & two sheep
Item I doe giue unto my daughter Mary Molton Six shillings.
Item I doe gine and bequeath unto my daughter Lydia Haines three Acres of Marsh Lying up in York Riuer And all my Neat Cattie and two Sheep And all my cloathing and bedding And as for my ffunerall and other Charges And
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Lawfull Debts my Will and pleasure is that they be answered and discharged in the first place out of the whole And that all and all manner of Debts that are due to me be Added unto ye whole for ye defraying of these Charges And further I doe hereby make Constitute and Appoint my trustie and Welbeloued Son Rowland Young to be Sole Execut of this my last Will and Testament And my trusty and welbeloued ffriends Abraham Preble Esq' & M' James Plaisted both of York to be overseers to See to ye due Execution and pform- ance hereof And that this is my last Will & Testament And that I doe hereby revoke all former and other Wills Testa- ments conveyances and Alienations whatsoever about any of these Premises : I have hereunto put my hand and Seal by way of Testimony this twelfth day of May in ye year of our Lord one Six hundred Ninety and Eight In ye tenth year of his Majesties Reign.
Signed sealed and Delivered in the presents of Isaac Negus Daniel Smith Thomas X Baker
Joan
Young (ben)
her mark
his × mark
Sworn to 20 June 1693. Recorded 14 February 1698-9.
Probate Office, 1, 57.
In the name of God Amen the twenty fourth day of Novemb" in ye year of our Lord God one thousand Six hun- dred & Ninety & Eight I Samuel ffernald of Kittery in ye County of york in ye. Prouince of ye Massachusets Bay in New England shipwright, being very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind & Memory thanks be giuen to God therefore Calling unto mind ye Mortallity of my body doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament/ That is
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to Say principlely and first of all I giue and recomend my Soul into ye hands of God that gave it and for my body I commend it to ye earth to be buried in a Christian like & Decent manner at ye Discretion of my Executrix Nothing Doubting but at ye generall Resurrection I shall receive ye Same again by the mighty power of God
And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this life, I giue Devise and dis- pose of the Same in ye following manner & form.
Impr I giue and bequeath unto Hannah my Dearly beloued wife my now Dwelling house and out houses with the Neck of Land belonging to me upon which sd house Stands Dureing her Naturall life And what Land I haue on ye Eastern Side of a Creek comonly called Spinneyes Crick Dureing her Widowhood Alsoe all My houshold Goods and Moveable Estate for ever She paying all my Just and Legall Debts.
Item I giue unto my welbeloved Son Nathaniel ffernald when he is twenty one years of Age my Island that is in Piscataqua Riuer in ye Province of New Hampshire pay- ing to his Sister Martha ffernald when she is Eighteen years of age ten pounds in Money Currt in New England Alsoe I giue to him after my wiues Decease my now dwelling house, out houses, wth the Neck of Land on which my house now Stands And all ye land yt I have on ye Eastern Side of a Crick commonly called Spinneys Crick Lying and being in ye Township of Kittery/ which Land on ye Eastern Side of ye aboue sd Crick he sball haue possession of Soe Soon as he comes of twenty one years of Age- in case my wife Should Marry after my Decease/ All which tracts of Lands abone Specified I giue to my abouesd Son Nathaniel ffernald his heires Execut" Administrat" or Assignes for 9 ever
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