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Mary Wise ( seal )
Will and Testament In Presence of
John Hill
Ephraim Joy
Noah Thompson
Probated 1 January 1749.
Probate Office, 8, 31.
In the Name of God Amen. The twenty sixth Day of July Annoq Domini 1749, one Thousand Seven Hundred & fortynine. I Richard Clarenbole of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Shipwright, being very weak in Body but of per- fect Mind & & Memory Thanks be given unto God, There- fore calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body and know-
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ing that it is appointed for all men once to die ; do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is to Say prin- cipally & 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 Executors, nothing doubting but at ye 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. My Will is first, That all my just & lawful Debts be raised and paid out of my Estate as Soon as may be con- veniently after my Decease together with my funeral Charges by my Executrix hereafter named.
Item. I give & bequeath unto Ann Clarenbole my dearly beloved Wife all my Estate both real & personal of every kind & nature (only excepting the half Acre Lot I pur- chased of M' Sam" Leighton) to dispose of as She Sees meet or think proper for her Support and for the Support of my Children as She and they Shall have need thereof giving & granting unto my Said Wife full Power & Author- ity to make and execute good Deeds & Conveyances in the Law for the Same for Intent aforesd and for the Payment of my Debts ; and what of my Estate Shall be remaining after the aforesª Debts & Charges are paid & Satisfied and my Children brought up I give to my Children Viz Hezekiah Susanna Elizabeth & Anne to be divided between them.
Item. If my Son Hezekiah Should See Cause to build a House on the Half Acre Land I purchased of Said Samuel Leighton I give to him the one Third part thereof at the North End of the Same, and if he does not See Cause to build ou it, it is to go to his Brother Richard hereafter named.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Richard Clarenbole
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his Heirs Heirs and assigns, all that my Tract of Land whereon I now dwell and possess, which I purchased of the Said Samuel Leighton with all the Buildings thereon stand- ing or being only excepting the one Third part before men- tioned, which I give to his Brother Hezekiah provided he Sees Cause to build a House on & Settle upon the Same, but during the time that the Said Hezekiah Shall not dwell thereon the whole to remain for the Improvemt of the Said Richard only my Wife to have part of the House to dwell in during the time of her Widowhood.
Item. I do likewise constitute make & ordain Anne Clar- enbole my Said Wife my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testamt and do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all and every other for Testaments Wills Legacys . & Bequests & Executors by in any Ways before named willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written.
Signed Sealed & published pro- nounced & declared by the Sª Richª Clarenbole as his last Will & Testament. In the presence of us the Subscribers
Ricª Clarenbole (Seal)
Jonathan Dam. Elizabeth Worster Abigail Dam Iohn Godsoe. -
Probated 1 January, 1749. Inventory returned 3 Feby 1749, at £832: 16: 8 by Ebenezer Fernald, Elihu Gunnison jr. and John Godsoe, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 8, 33. Barbados Entred xber 12, 1708.
In the Name of God Amen. I Antipas Boyse of Boston in New England altho Sick in Body, yet of good perfect & Sound Memory, praised be Almighty God : Therefore do make & ordain this my present Will & Testament contain- ing therein my last Will in manner & Form following, That is to Say,
First, I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God, being fully perswaded thro the Death & Passion of Jesus Christ to obtain full Pardon & Remission of all my Sins, and after Death my Body to decent & christian Inter- ment to be performed at the Discretion of my Execut" M Sam1 Iacklen, & Rob' Wright and Mr John Iefts.
Item, I will an Order that my Funeral Shall not exceed above the Sum of Twenty or five & twenty pounds Money. for the Expence of my Funeral no Sermon, let there be but Six Bearer each Bearer one Gold Ring of Fifteen Shillings price & Gloves also the Minister the Same no Scarves.
Item. I will that all my just Debts & Funeral Expences be with all convenient Speed paid and Satisfied.
Item. I will that when my Executors hath receiv'd my Debt and what they Shall have in their Hands of my Estate to ship It for Boston in New England and consign them to Messrs Daniel Oliver Merchant there and Thomas Marshall Cooper.
Item. I give to Mr John Iefts the Sum of Five pounds with Two Gold Rings of twenty Shillings each to himself & Wife, also unto each my Executors above named the Sum of Three pounds each, and a Gold Ring each of twenty Shillings price.
Item. I will that all the Rest my Estate both Real & personal that is the one half unto M' Thomas Marshalls Son named Antipas, and the other half to be equally divided
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betwixt M' Samuel Marshall & his Children. In Testimony whereof I have bereunto Set my Hand & affixed my Seal this twenty first Day of May 1705. Witness, William Rash Antipas Boyse (L.S.) Robert Adams
Recorded 31 May, 1750.
Probate Office, 8, 53.
In the Name of God Amen. The 26th Day of February in the Year of our Lord 1749. I Axell Roberts of Scar- borough in the County of York, and province of the Massa- chusetts Bay in New England Yeoman, being weak in Body, but of usual Perfection of Mind & Memory Thanks be given to Almighty God for ye Same, Calling to Mind the Mortal- ity of the Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die ; Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testa- ment, 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 a christian like & decent Manner at the Discretion of my Ex- ecut' hereafter named, and as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me in this Life.
At my Decease after payment of my funeral Charges & all other just & lawfull Debts, from me owing to any person or persons whatsoever; I do by these presents, dispose of the Remainde in the following Manner.
Impr. I give & bequeath unto Margaret my beloved Wife all my whole Estate Right Title & interest in Houses Lands Goods Chattels Moneys Bonds Bills Notes Acco" and all Things whatsoever & wheresoever the Same Shall or may be found either in this Town Province or in the Province of New-Hampshire or wherever the Same may be found belong-
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ing to me as aforesª to her the Sª Margaret her Heirs & Assigns forever, nothing reserved or excepted, except Will my Negro Man who I have heretofore promised to make free from his Service at my Decease ; And it is in this my Will also, that he Shall accordingly be Set free at my Decease as aforesaid. And for the executing & Managemt of all Things for the Ease and comfort of my beloved Wife as aforesª I do hereby constitute make & ordain my trusty Friend Richard King of Sª Scarbor Gent" my only & Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacy's Bequests & Executors by me in any way before this time named willed & bequeathed, hereby ratify- ing & confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year first above written. And in the 234 Year of His Majesty's Reign. his
Abraham Tyler
Richª Carter
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. Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Axell Roberts as his last Will & Testaments in pres- ence of us the Subscribers.
Abraham Tyler Richard Carter Richard King
Probated 4 July 1:50. Inventory returned 24 July 1750, at £25:9: 6, by Martyn Jose, John Fabyan and Joseph Foss, appraisers.
Probate Office, 8, 59.
Catharine Raynes Iun' being apprehensive of her great Change Says thus; I Will my Body to the Dust; and my Soul to God that gave it, and to my temporal Things I
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leave all that was belonging to me of the personal Estate of my hond now Decd Father to my dear & hond Mother, and with her Consent I leave to my Brother Daniel Raynes my Gold Buttons, and to my Sister Elizabeth Raynes a Silver Spoon, and to each of her Children a Gold Ring. And to my Sister Mary Raynes the whole Sum of Money that is due to me from my Bro" Daniel for which I have his Bond. I desire that my Mother may be the Sole Executor of my Will. Dated this 30th of August 1750.
Signed in the presence of
Cat Raynes
John Raynes Eunice Raynes her Rosana -+- Arbuckle mark
Probated 31 December 1750.
Probate Office, 8, 64.
. In the Name of God Amen. The twenty fifth Day of August Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty. I Henry Wheeler of Falmouth in the County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Esq" being very weak in Body, but of perfect Mind and Memory, 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 and Testament, That is to Say, principally & first of all, I give and 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 Executrix herein after named, Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same by the mighty Power of God. And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith
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it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr. My Will is, that my just Debts & funeral Charges be paid & discharged in the first place out of my Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Grand- Child Benjamin Godfrey Six pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence lawful Money to be paid out of my Estate when he Shall arrive at twenty one years of Age.
Item. I give & bequeath unto Mary Wheeler my dearly beloved Wife all my Estate both real & personal (excepting the above Legacy ) during her natural Life.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son Henry Wheeler all my Estate both real & personal (excepting as abovesaid) in Fee to be by him freely possessed & enjoyed, after the Decease of my Wife Mary Wheeler aforesaid.
Furthermore I do hereby constitute & appoint my dearly beloved Wife Mary Wheeler Executrix of this my last Will & Testamt. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & dis- annul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacies Bequests & Executors by me in any Ways before named willed & begeathed, ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testamt.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day and Year first herein written.
Henry Wheeler (Seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Henry Wheeler as his last Will & Testament In the presence of of us the Subscribers
N : B : The Words "Mary Wheeler" between the 27th & 28th Lines on ye other Side & between the 1st & 2ª Lines on this Side were interlined before Signing
John Wait Nathaniel Coffin Steph" Longfellow
Probated 5 November 1750. Inventory returned 21 Dec. 1751, at £2119: 5: 6, by Jabez Fox, James Gooding and John Waite, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 8, 76.
2 Kings 20. 1. In the Name of God Amen. I Iohn Murphy of Arundel in the County of York within His Majts Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gent" being very Sick and weak in Body, but of perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be given unto God : Therefore calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all Men once to die, do make & ordain this to be 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 Dis- cretion of my Executrix hereafter named, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection, I shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God, & as touching the worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr. After my Funeral Charges, and all my just Debts are paid by my Executrix out of my Estate, all that is left and found remaining, I give & bequeath to Elizabeth Murphy my dear & loving Wife, to have the free Use & Enjoyment of all the Estate both real & personal for & during ye Term of her Natural Life : And what is left & found remaining, after the funeral Charges occasioned by the Death of the aforesª Elizabeth my Wife are paid I give & bequeath as follows Vizt.
To Pierce Murphy my elder Son, unto whom by a Deed of Gift, I have already conveyed the Forty Acres of Land, which he now possesses & enjoys ; I further give & bequeath to him, a certain Gore of Land, adjoining to my Son Pierce's Forty Acre Lot, and is included in these following Limits, Viz beginning at the Three Acres by the Swamp, joining to Land belonging to Ionathan Stones Heirs, and runs from thence a Strait Course to a Rock before the Door
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of my Son Pierce's House, which Rock is mentioned in Su Peirces Deed of ye Forty Acres.
Item. I give & bequeath to George Murphy my Younger Son Two Thirds of all that remains, which he is to take Pos- session of, after the Death of Elizabeth Murphy his Mother, it being Two Thirds of the Estate which She possesses & improves.
Item. I give & bequeath to Thankful Murphy my only & well beloved Daughter the other Third part of my Estate which her hond Mother lived on & improved, which the Said Thankful may Sell or do with as She pleases, and in Case Said third part remains unsold at Thankfuls Death, then all which She leaves that was given by me her Father, I give it to her Son Levi to him & his Assigns.
Item. I do hereby make & ordain Elizabeth my Widow my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament, to whom I have given the Use & Improvemt of my Estate in Maner as aforesd. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul any other Will Testament or Legacy or Executor to be found in any Will that appears in my Name ; Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the fourteenth Day of October Anno Domini 1750. Annog Regni Regis Georgii Secundi Dei Gracia Magna Britannia &c. Vicessimo tertio
Signed Sealed published pronounced John Murphy (Seal)
and declared in presence of
Samuel Wilds
Robert Cleaves Samuel Perkins
Probated 12 November, 1750.
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Probate Office, 8, 77.
2 Kings In the Name of God Amen. I Iohn Altimes of 20. 1.
Arundel in the County of York in His Majts Province of the Massa : Bay in New England Husbandman, being Sick & weak in Body but Sound in Mind & Memory. Thanks be given to God therefor, and calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body ; knowing that it is appointed for all men once . to die, and after that the Judgment, do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament, in & by which principally & first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it ; and my Body I order to the Grave to be buried in a decent Christian Manner at the Discretion of my Exe- cutrix, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the Mighty Power of God. And as touching the worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of ye Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr. I give & bequeath to Elizabeth my beloved Wife, one Third of all my Estate, during her natural Life, and also all my personal Estate Creatures & Moveables to dis- pose of, or do with as as She Sees fit, and her the Said Elizabeth I make the only Executrix of this my last Will & Testament.
Item. I order my Executrix out of the personal Estate to pay my funeral Charges, and all my just Debts.
Item. I give & bequeath to my two Daughters Frances & Judith an equal Share part & Proportion in my real Estate, which consists of about Forty Acres of Land, which is to be divided when the eldest of my Daughters comes to be of Age, and if either of my Daughters Die without lawful Issue, the Surviving Sister is to take the whole, and if both are taken away and leave no lawful Heirs, then all is to go to . my Wife if She remains alive.
And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all and every other Will & Testament Legacy or Executor, but
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what is herein named, ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. . In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal, the twelfth Day of October Anno Domini 1750. Annoq : Regis Georgii Secundi Dei Gracia Magna Britanniæ &c. Vicessimo tertio.
Signed Sealed & Delivered published Iohn Alltimes (Seal)
pronounced & declared in presence of
Iacob Wilds
Moses Foster her Mary X Averill mark
Probated 10 November 1750. Inventory returned 17 December 1750, at £57: 19: 4, by Jacob Wilds, Moses Foster and John Fairfield appraisers.
Probate Office, 8, 77.
In the Name of God Amen. The twelfth Day of March Anno Domini 1749. I Moses Banks of York in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gentlem" being Sick of Body but blessed be God of Sound Mind & Memory Do make this my last Will & Testa- ment in Manner following first & above all I commit my Soul into the Hands of God my Maker & Redeemer, and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried by my Executrix here- after mentioned, and then as to my Worldly Estate where- with it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give de- mise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner and Form.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my loving & faithful Wife Ruth Banks all my personal Estate of what Name or Nature soever excepting One Cow hereafter mentioned, and the Im- provement of all my real Estate until my Youngest Son Moses Shall come to the Age of twenty one years, and
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then the one Third part of my Real Estate during her natu- ral Life She paying all my just Debts out of my Estate.
Item. I give to my Eldest Son Joshua Banks five Shillings new Tenor besides what I have already given him to be paid out of my Estate by my Son Moses, when he Shall come to the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Daughter Mary Bettes five Shillings in in New Tenor besides what I have already given her to be paid by my Son Moses when he is of ye Age of Twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Son Iohn Five Shillings in New Tenor besides what I have already given him to be paid by my Son Moses at the Age of twenty four years.
Item. I give to my Son Elias Five Shillings in New Tenor to be paid him out of my Estate by my Son Moses at the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Jeremiah One Acre & a Half of Land to be taken out of my Estate between my Barn & my old Field Fence adjoining to Stephen Preble Land and one Cow to be delivered to him by my Executrix one year after my Decease.
Item. I give to my Son Zebadiah Five Shillings in new Tenor to be paid him out of my Estate by my Son Moses when he is of the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Twenty five pounds new Tenor to be paid her out of my Estate by my Son Moses when he comes to the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give to my Daughter Ruth Twenty five pounds of the New Tenor to be paid her out of my Estate by my Son Moses when he is of the Age of twenty four Years.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my youngest Son Moses Banks all the rest & residue of my real Estate House Barn Homestead Common Rights & Pew in the Meeting House in the first Parish in York, or of what Name or Denomination soever or whatsoever relating my Real Estate.
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Item. It is my Will that my well beloved Wife Ruth Bank's be and I do hereby make & appoint her to be ye Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament ; and I do here- by utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other & former Testaments Will Legacys & Bequests & Executors by me in any Ways before named Willed & bequeathed, ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal ; the Day & Year above written
Signed Sealed published & (Besides what I have already Given her) in Mary Portion was interlin'd before Signing. (Banks) in Ioshua's Legacy was interlin'd before Signing Moses Banks (Seal)
veclared by the Said Moses Banks as & for his last Will & Testamt in the presence of us who were prest at the Signing & Sealing thereof Ios : Plaisted Samuel Johnson Norton Woodbridge
Probated 23 Novem' 1750.
Probate Office, 8, 81.
In the Name of God Amen. The tenth Day of May Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Fortythree. I Francis Smart of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Hus- bandman, being very Sick & weak in Body, but of perfect - Mind & Memory Thanks be given to God. Therefore call- ing unto Mind the Mortality of my Body, do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament, That is to Say, principally & first of all, I give & recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and my Body I recomend to the Earth to
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be buried in decent christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form
Impr. It is my Will, and I do hereby order that my fu- neral Charges & just Debts be paid as Soon as may be con- veniently after my Decease
21y. I give & bequeath to Mary Smart my dearly beloved Wife the Possession Use & Improvement Revenue & Income of all my Estate : both real & personal, for her comfortable Support and Maintenance during her Natural Life : And after her Decease to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor the Charge thereof to be defrayed out of my Estate.
3'y. I give to my well beloved Kindred William Barter Sarah Grindal Elizabeth Iones & Martha Jones of Kittery aforesaid their Heirs & assigns forever (after the Deccase of Mary my Wife), all the Remainder of my Estate both real & personal whatsoever & in what place soever to be divided in equal Shares or Portions between them.
4Wy. I constitute make & ordain my Kinsman William Barter above named my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testamt And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all and every other Former Testaments Wills Leg- acys & 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 Witness
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whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written. his
Signed Sealed published pro- nounced and declared by the Said Francis Smart as his last Will & Testamt in the Presence of us the Subscribers.
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Probated 31 Decem' 1750. Inventory returned 28 Jany 1751, at £143: 2: 0, by Joseph Gunnison, Caleb Hutchins and William Bryer, appraisers.
Probate Office 8, 82.
In the Name of God Amen. I Dominicus Iordan of Fal- mouth in the County of York within the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gent" having been by many repeated Calls of Divine Providence put in mind of the Mortality of my Body and the Uncertainty of this Life, and being of a good perfect & of a disposing Memory (Thanks be given unto a gracious God therefor) do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, revoking & dis- annulling all other Wills & Testaments by me heretofore made either by Word or Writing. And first of all I resign
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and commend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, hoping for the pardon & remission of all my Sins thro Iesus Christ my Redeemer, and my Body I commit to the Earth to be buried in a decent & Christian Manner at the Discre- tion of my Executrix, Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the Mighty Power of God. and as to such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me, I give demise of the Same in the Manner following Viz :
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