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Item. I give unto my youngest Daughter Anne Wood- bury an equal part with each of her Brothers & Sisters in my Beverly Farm to her her Heirs & Assigns forever. and,
Lastly. My Will is that all my Debts & funeral Charges be paid by my Executors out of my moveable Estate, the Residue to be for the better Support of my Wife during her natura! Life, and after her Decease my Will is that the remainder of my moveable Estate be equally divided among all my Children.
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In Witness & Confirmation hereof I have Set to my Hand & Seal ye Day and year first above written.
Signed Sealed published pro-
Joshua Woodbury (seal)
nounced and declared to be the last Will & Testamt of Joshua Woodbury aforesaid in presence of. Benjamin Allen Aaron Chamberlain her Elizabeth X Thorndike mark
Probated 2 Oct. 1:49.
Probate Office, 7, 271.
In the Name of God Amen. I Iames Carey of Falmouth in the County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Barber, being in a weak & languishing Condition and apprehensive of my Departure out of this World to be near at hand, Thô I desire to bless God for it am of a Sound & disposing Mind & Memory, Do make this my last Will & Testament in Manner following. That is to Say, In the first place I commend my Spirit into the Hands of my most merciful Creator, and my Body to be decently buried according to the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named, in hopes of a happy Resurrection to eternal Life thro the Merits of the Lord Jesus Christ the only Saviour of Sinners; And with respect to the little Interest I have in the World, I do dispose of it as follows vizt
I give & bequeath to my beloved Wife Rachael all my wearing Apparel & Household Goods to dispose of as She may think proper; and also the Use & Improvement of the
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Land &. House wherein I now dwell until my Children Sarah & Iames come to the Age of Twenty one Years ; and likewise I give to my Said Wife the Interest of the Money I have this Day Sold my Right for in the House at Boston my Father died in as it may become due from my Brother Jonathan Carey who bought the Same.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Children afores' Sarah & Iames and their Heirs, the said Land & House wherein I now dwell, equally between them : and also the principal Money I Sold my Right for in the Said House at Boston to my Said Brother Jonathan equally between them.
Item. My Will is, That my just Debts & Funeral Charges be paid as Soon as conveniently may be out of ye Debts due to me, and part of the Money I sold my Said Right for in the Said House at Boston, and the remainder of the Said Money to be disposed of as aforesaid.
And lastly, I do appoint my good Friend Enoch Freeman of Falmouth aforesaid Merchant my Executor of this my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have here- unto Set my Hand & Seal this Thirteenth Day of April Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Forty eight. Signed Sealed published & declared . Iames Cary (seal) in presence of us. Nathaniel Coffin Cornelius Brimhall Enoch Freeman
Probated 6 Oct. 1749. Inventory returned 6 Oct. 1:49, at £288: 12: 0, by Henry Wheeler, Joshua Bangs and James Gooding, appraisers.
Probate Office, 8, 10.
In the name of God Amen. The eighth Day of March Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & forty four, Five,
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I Francis Allen of Kittery in the County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman, being aged and weak in Body, but of perfect Mind & Mem- ory. Thanks be given to God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my Body do make & ordain this and none other to be my last Will & Testament viz' principally & first I recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discre- tion of my Execut" hereafter named : and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give & dispose of the Same in maner and form following vizt
Impr I give & bequeath unto my dearly beloved Wife Hannah Allen all my Stock of Cattle and all my Household Goods of what kind soever at her Disposing and for her comfortable Maintenance during her Life, and what Shall remain thereof at her Death to be equally divided amongst my Daughters or Such as Shall legally represent them besides her Dower in my House & Lands during Life. viz the yearly Income thereof to be paid her yearly by my Son Elijah Allen according to an Obligation by him given bear- ing even Date with this my Will.
It: I give & bequeath unto my Son Francis Allen besides what I have given him by Deed formerly one Acre of Land or thereabouts now in his Possession, where his dwelling House now Stands in full of his Portion to him his Heirs &' Assigns forever.
It. I give & bequeath unto my Son Robert Allen besides what I have given him by Deed formerly five Shillings in Money in full of his Portion to him his Heirs & Assigns forever.
It. I give & bequeath unto my Son Elijah Allen besides my Homestead & other Lands given him by Deeds all my Tools and Implements of Husbandry to him his Heirs & Assigns forever he paying the Legacys to my five Daughters
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hereafter mentioned for which he has given an Obligation bearing even Date with this my Will.
It: I give & bequeath unto my five Daughters Hannah Hill Anne Tibbits Elizabeth Meader Mary Robinson and Lydia Allen each of them Five pounds in lawful Money besides what I have already given them to be paid them & each them and their respective Heirs Execut" or Admin" by my Son Elijah Allen within Five years after my Decease according to his Obligation aforementioned.
And lastly I do ordain constitute & appoint my dearly beloved Wife Hannah Allen, and my beloved Elijah Allen Executors of this my last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I have herunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year first above written. Francis Allen (Seal)
Signed Sealed published & declared by Francis Alleu ye Testator to be his last Will & Testament in presence of us the Subscribers.
Samuel Hill Samuel Moore Joseph Hill
Probated 17 Oct. 1749. Inventory returned at $109: 5: 3, 25 Decr 1749, by Robert Morrell, Richard Chick and Jabez Jenkins, appraisers.
Probate Office 8, 13.
The last Will and Testament of Daniel Junkins of York in the County of York in New England Yeoman made this Ninth Day of March Anno Domini 1746.
As to the worldly Estate which God in his Providence hath Seen meet to bestow upon me, after my just Debts & funeral Charges are paid I dispose thereof in Manner following.
Imp. I will that my well beloved Wife Eleonor Junkins Shall have an honourable Maintenance out of my Estate at the equal Expence of my two Sons, and I do also give &
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bequeath to my Said Wife all my moveables to be at her disposal.
Item. I give to my eldest Son Daniel Junkins all the Land he now has in Possession, where he now lives, except one Acre at the upper End of the Pasture near where Thomas Welch now dwells, and three Quarters of an Aere of Salt Marsh on the Southwest Branch of York River.
Item. I give to my youngest Son, James Junkins all my Homestead, and all my Land & Marsh which I now enjoy or Shall enjoy hereafter, including the one Acre at ye Upper End of the Pasture before mentioned.
Item. I give to my eldest Daughter Lydia Nowell, besides what She hath already received the Sum of Ten pounds old Tenor.
Item. I give to my Daughter Sarah Thompson besides what She has already rect the Sum of Fifteen pounds old Tenor.
Item. I give to my third Daughter Eleonor Junkins the Sum of Forty pounds old Tenor.
Item. I give to my youngest Daughter Mary Junkins the Sum of Fifty pounds old Tenor.
Item. I do Will that my two Sons do pay an equal Pro- portion of the Legacys to my Daughters within the Space of one year after my Decease, or if they Should not be able to make the payment in one year not to exceed the Space of three years.
Item. I Will that my two Daughters Eleonor & Mary have one Fire Room in my dwelling House so long as they remain Single.
Lastly, I do hereby constitute my well beloved Wife Eleoner Iunkins Execut* and my Son Daniel Iunkins Exec- utor of this my last Will & Testament, hereby revoking all other Wills & Testaments.
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Witness my Hand & Seal the Day and year above mentioned his
Signed Sealed published Daniel Junkins (Scal)
pronounced & Declared by mark
the Said Daniel Junkins as his
last Will & Testamt. In pres-
ence of us the Subscribers,
Sam" Chandler
Joseph Junkins Iames Grant jun"
Probated 17 October 1749. Inventory returned at £2887: 6: 0, 17. Oct. 1749. by Samuel Shaw, Ebenezer Nowell and John Frost, appraisers.
Probate Office, 8, 19.
In the Name of God Amen. This fourteenth Day of Au- gust 1749. I Iohn Fogg of Scarborough in the County of York Yeoman being Sick & weak in Body but of perfect Mind and Momory Thanks be given to God therefore calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is to Say, principally & first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I Shall receive the 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 give demise and dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr. I give & bequeath to Mary my dearly beloved Wife all my homestead Lands Dwelling House Household Goods Buildings & Stock of every kind with all my Salt Marsh for & during her Widowhood or until my youngest Child comes
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of lawful Age, but in Case my Said Widow Should Marry, that then She is to carry none of the Household Goods away but leave them to & among my Children as She Shall See fit, but in Case my Said Widow Should never marry that then She Shall keep all the Household Goods in her Hands as long as She See fit She to dispose of the Said Household Goods some time in her Life time to and among my Said Children.
Item. I give to my well beloved Son Iohn all that my Hundred acres of Land that lies back in the Woods on the Western Side of none Such River, and four Acres & half of fresh Marsh or Meadow lying up Said River, I also give my Said Son Iohn my two young Oxen & my young Mair all to be his immediately after my Decease, and also Six Acres of Salt Marsh to be his immediately after my youngest Child be of lawful Age and not before.
Item. I give to my beloved Son Ionathan Two Hundred pounds to be equal to old Tenor as it now is to be raised out of my Estate and paid him in convenient time after he comes of age, as Shall hereafter be mentioned.
Item. I give to my beloved Son Joseph Two Hundred pounds pounds to be equal to old Tenor as it now is to be paid him in convenient time after he be of Age to be raised out of my Estate as Shall hereafter be named.
Item. I give to my beloved Daughter Abigail Fifty pounds to be equal to old Tenor to be raised out of my Estate & paid her in convenient time after She be of lawful Age as Shall hereafter be mentioned
Item. I give to my beloved Daughter Mary Fifty pounds to be equal to old Tenor & paid out of my Estate in convent time after She Shall be of lawful Age as Shall hereafter be named.
Item I give to my beloved Son Moses all my Homestead Lands with the Buildings, and all my Salt Marsh, excepting the Six Acres I gave to my Son John. I give to my sd Son
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Moses Two Acres of Meadow lying up Nonesuch River, I likewise Will & order that my Said Son Moses pay out of my Estate as followeth viz to my Son Jonathan Two Hun- dred pounds as aforesd. To my Son Joseph Two Hundred pounds, to my Sª Daughter Abigail Fifty pounds as afore- said and I will & order that my Said Son John Pay to my Said Daughter Mary Fifty pounds as aforesaid.
Item. I give all the Right I have or ought to bave in and unto the common & undivided Lands in the Township of Scarboro equally between my Said Sons Ionathan & Joseph.
I do also will & order that my homestead Lands, and ye Marsh and Meadow which I give to my Son Moses come into his Hands immediately after my youngest Child comes of lawful Age, And in Case my Said Son Moses die without Issue then the Portion I gave to him is to be my Said Son Jonathan he paying out as Moses was to do.
I do likewise by these presents constitute make & ordain my dearly beloved Wife Mary my Sole Execut* to this my last Will & Testament ; and I do hereby ratify and confirm this & no other to be my last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year above written. John Fogg (Seal) Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared by the Said John Fogg as his last Will & Testament in the Presence of us the Subscribers Sam" Small his John X Larrabee mark George Hanscom
Probated 7 November 1749. Inventory returned 14 Dec. 1743 at $ 3213: 13: 0, old tebor by Sam" Small, John Larrabee and George Hanscom, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 8, 26.
In the Name of God Amen. On the twenty sixth Day of Decem' in the twenty third year of His Majts Reign Anno Domini, One Thousand Seven Hundred & Fortynine, I Ebenezer Coburn of York in the County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Tayler, being Sick & weak in Body but of Sound Mind & Memory, Thanks be given to God, and calling to mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, and to prevent any Disputes or Controversies that might otherwise arise among my Surviving Children Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is to Say, principally & first of all, I humbly give & recom- mend my Soul that noble & better part into the Hands of God that gave it, & my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter to be named in Hopes of a glorious Res- urrection. And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise and dispose of the Same in manner and form following.
Imprimis. My Will is and I do hereby give to my loving Wife Sarah Coburn the Use & Improvement of one full Third part of my Dwelling House Barn Homestead Lands & Salt Marshes and Six Bushels of Corn out of the Produce & profits of my Gristmill annually during her natural Life, and all my quick Stock namely one Horse one Cow Two Steers eight Sheep & two Swine, with all my Household Goods & Furniture (except the Furniture of the great Room Viz* Chairs, one looking Glass, one Square & one Oval Table) to her own Disposal forever.
Item. My Will is that my Said Wife Shall have the Use of the afores" Furniture of the great Room during her nat- ural Life, and at her Decease Shall be to my Son Joseph his Heirs & Assigns if he then Survives, otherways if he be then dead to my Daughters Mary the Wife of Daniel
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Simpson, and Hannah the Wife of George Hammond and · their Heirs.
Item. My Will is That my just Debts Funeral Charges & Legacies Shall be paid by my Son Joseph Coburn out of that part of my Estate which I give him : and in as much as he has laboured much with me on the Place, and been dutiful & Serviceable to me & my Wife in our advanced Age, I do give devise & bequeath to him my Son Joseph his Heirs & Assigns, all that my Homestead with my Dwelling House out Houses Barn Utensils & Implements of Hus- bandry thereon, all my Salt Marshes or Meadow, my Inter- est in the Grist & Saw Mills, with their priviledges & Ap- purtenances Standing on the Mouth of the Meeting House Creek formerly, so called, Together with my Six Shares in the Eighth Lot of the first Division my Six Shares in Lot Number Six in the Second Division of the Stated Commons formerly so called with my Interest also in all other of the common & undivided Lands in York aforesa as well all other my Real Estate in York aforest whither mentioned or not mentioned however the Same is or may be Situated bounded or described with the Reversions & Remainders of the Same.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Sons Ebenezer Seth & John each of them Fifty pounds in Bills of Credit of the old Tenor or lawful Money equivalent thereto in Value to be paid them by their Brother the aforesd Joseph at the Expi- ration of three years from the Time of my Decease without any Interest.
Item. I give to my aforest Daughters Mary & Hannah each of them Five Shillings old Tenor or lawful Money equival in Value to be paid them by their Brother the Said Joseph which with their Household Goods I gave them at ye time of their Marriage and other Necessarys & Helps Since is in full of their Portion & Inheritance of my Estate.
Item. I give to my aforesd Son Joseph the better to enable him to pay my just Debts Funeral Charges & Legacies
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aforesd all Debts due to me, my wearing apparel Books & Fire Arms and do hereby appoint him the Said Joseph my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament, And I do hereby utterly disannul all & every other Testament Wills Legacies & Bequests and Executors by me in any ways before named willed and bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Wit- ness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year first herein before written Signed Seal'd publishd pro- Ebenezer Coburn (Seal) nounced and declared by
the S Eben' Coburn as his last Will & Testament in presence of us. Jeremiah Moulton terts Dan' Moulton Pelth Littlefield Iun'
Probated 1 Jan. 1740. Inventory returned 2 April 1750, at £758: 5: 9, by John Bradbury, Job Banks and Joseph Simpson jr, appraisers.
Probate Office, 8, 27.
In the Name of God, Amen. I Mary Wise of Berwick in ye County of York within the Province of the Massachu- setts Bay the Wife of the Revd M' Jeremiah Wise of Said Berwick Clerk, being of a Sound Mind & Memory do make & ordain this to be my last Will & Testament. First I commit my Soul to God that gave it hoping thro the Media- tion of the Lord Jesus Christ to obtain the Remission of all Sins, and eternal Salvation, and my Body I commit to the Earth to be buried in a decent manner at the Discretion of my Executor. The Expence of my Funeral to be paid or allowed out of my Estate.
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But notwithstanding a Feme Covert is not impowered by the Law to make Grants Bequests & Conveyances of Estates, yet, for as much as my beloved Husband the Said Jeremiah Wise in & by an Instrument in Writing under his Hand & Seal bearing Date the twenty sixth Day of April in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Forty three hath given & granted unto me free Liberty Power & Authority to make my last Will & Testament and thereby to dispose of any Estate either real or personal which blongs to me by Right of Inheritance or which is or Shall be raised by the Sale of any part of Such Estate more especially to dispose of the Sum of Thirteen Hundred pounds, in Bills of Credit of the old Tenor which arose & accrued to me by a Real Estate in Portsmº as by the Said Instru- ment more fully appears, I do therefore in pursuance of the Licence & Power to me granted as aforesd give demise & bequeath the Same as follows Vizt.
Impr. I give & bequeath unto my Son John Wise to my Grandson David Moore and to my Grandson Shipway Plaisted my Lot of Land and the appartenances lying & being in Portsmouth in New Hampshire to them their Heirs & Assigns upon the Limitations following vizt That the Said Estate be not Sold to any other person or persons unless my Said Son & Grandsons or their legal representatives consent thereto ; But and if one the Said persons Shall be inclined to Sell his third part of the Premisses, then one or both of the other Two Shall have the Refusal thereof he or they paying no more than Twenty five pounds in new Tenor for each Share and if either of the Said persons Sould die without legal Issue or Disposal of his part of the Premisses as aforesd then ye Survivor or Survivors are to enjoy the whole of my Said Estate at Portsmouth.
I give to my Daughter Sarah Plaisted all my wearing apparel, and all my Linnen all in my Trunks (except what I have hereafter .given to my Grand Daughters) my
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christening Blanket, my two Black Trunks my Silver Salt Seller, which with whatsoever I have heretofore given to her Shall be to her and the Heirs of her Body for ever. Also my Will is that my Negro Slave Rose Shall work for her Fifty two Days in a Year till her Negro Wench is able to Do her Work for her.
My Will is that my Husband give to My Son John Wise and to the Heirs of his Body our Silver Tankard.
I give to my Grand Daughter Susannah Moore my best Damask Suit of Cloaths, and My Small red Trunk, and it is my Desire that the Bed and Beding and Furniture in the best Bedroom with the earthen Ware in that Room be given to my S' Grand Daughter Susannah Moore after the Decease of my Husband.
I give to my Grand Daughter Mary Wise my black Padusoy Robe my Russet Gown and my Silver Kann and my little red Trunk and plain Box.
I give to my Grand Daughter Abigail Plaisted my two Silver Porringers to be delivered upon My Decease.
I give to my Grandson David Moore one Hundred pounds in Bills of the old Tenor or equivalent thereto in Bills of ye New Tenor.
I give to my Grandson Shipway Plaisted Three Hundred pounds in Bills of ye old Tenor, or equivalt thereto in Bills of the new Tenor.
I give to the Wife of Stephen Seavy of Portsmº a Gold Ring.
I give to My Kinswoman Mary Lord late Mary Wise a Gold Ring.
I give to My Neice Mary Peeker Daughter of Capta John Packer of Haverhill Fifty Pounds in Bills of the old Tenor.
I give all my Gold & Silver Not hereinbefore given to my three Grand Daughters Susannah Moore, Mary Wise and Abigail Plaisted to be equally devided amongst them.
It is my Will that the Several Sums before given and bequeathed be delivered and paid by my Executor to the
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respective Legatees that Shall be of lawful Age at my Decease, as Soon as he Can without Injury to himself : and those that Shall be in their Minority at my Decease to have their legacies paid them as Soon as my Executor can without Damage to himself after he She or they arrive to lawful Age. And further it is my Will, that if any of my Legatees before named (those to whom I have given my real Estate excepted) Should die before he or She arrive to lawful Age, or without lawful Issue so as to receive his or her respective Legacy herein given, then his or her Legacy or Legacys Shall be divided amongst all my Surviving Grand Children.
Furthermore my Will is, That the Interest that Shall arise after my Decease from any of the Sums or Legacys given in Bills of Credit as aforest to any of the Legatees aforenamed, while they continue under Age Shall be applied for & towards the Education or Means of Instruction of the person to whom the Same is given respectively.
I give to my Son Iohn Wise the Sixty pounds in Bills of the old Tenor which I have a Note of Hand against him for.
I give to my Son John Wise the Interest of the Bond of Two Hundred pounds in old Tenor which I have against him to him the Said John during his natural Life, provided he Seasonably Secure the Payment thereof to his Daughter Mary after his Decease, which accordingly I give her. I give the Interest of a Bond which I have against my Son in Law Iames Plaisted for the Sum of One Hundred pounds to my beloved Husband during his natural Life : and then I give the Said Bond or Money due upon the Same to my Grand- son Shipway Plaisted as part of the Three Hundred pounds before given him.
I give to my beloved Husband Jeremiah Wise the Use and Improvement of all my Household Goods & Furniture (except my Silver Kann Porringers & Spoons, except also two Pewter Platters & Six plates which I give to Sarah Plaisted my Daughter) during bis natural Life and after his Deccase to be delivered as before & after expressed. I also
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give to my Said Husband all the Rest & Residue of my paternal Estate both real and personal to be to his Use & Improvement during his natural life and after his Decease to be to my Daughter Sarah Plaisted and Mary & Elizabeth the Two Daughters of my Son John Wise : Sarah Plaisted to have one half of them, and the Said Mary & Elizabeth to have the other half of them
I do hereby nominate & appoint my Said Husband the Revd M' Jeremiah Wise Executor of this my last Will & Testament, desiring him to conform to the Same, and to manage dispose & apply the Money Goods & Estate hereby given according to the true Intent & meaning of this my Will. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the first Day of March Anno Dom : 174g. In the twenty first year of His Majesty's Reign.
Signed Sealed pronounced and
The Words (except also)
declared by the Said
were interlined
Mary Wise to be her last
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