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Impr. I give & bequeath unto Ioanna Iordan my dearly beloved Wife all & Singular my personal Estate of what Nature kind & quality soever it be, either Household Goods, Cattle, Stock, Wares Goods, Money, Bonds, Notes Book Debts Chattels & whatever else I am in Possession of, and am intitled to, (except what hereafter given & bequeathed unto my Children) to her own proper Use Benefit & disposal in order to enable her to pay my just Debts and funeral Charges and to support her Self. I likewise give and be- queath unto my Said Wife the Sole Use Income and Im- provement & Advantage of the Homestead which contains about One Hundred & Fifty Acres with the Houses & Barns on the Same Standing during her natural Life; together with all the Utensils of Husbandry to the Same belonging.
2. I give & bequeath unto my Son Dominicus Iordan ye House and Land where he now dwells (which was the place where my Hond Father Dominicus Iordan formerly lived) with the additional purchase unto the Same belonging made by me of of Jeremiah Jordan together with the Marsh & Thatch Banks being at & adjoining to Spurwink River, also one Hundred & Fifty Acres of Land above the Marsh adjoining to my Sister Arabella's Land being part of the Two Hundred & eighty six acres formerly belonging to my s' Father Dominicus Jordan, being my part as Set off' to me of his Estate. Also one full Third part of all my Marsh, except what hereafter & heretofore given and bequeathed. As also one full third part of all my Land & Meadow except as
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herein before excepted. All the Land Marsh and Meadow abovementioned given & bequeathed unto my Son Dominicus Jordan, I give & bequeath unto him & his Heirs lawfully begotten of his Body & descending therefrom from Genera- tion to Generation and for want of lawful Issue then to descend to the next lawful Heir in my Family.
3. I give & bequeath unto my Son Nathaniel Iordan Seventy Six Acres of Land being the remaining part of the Two Hundred and eighty six Acres, my part of my Fathers Estate as Set off to me (having herein above bequeathed unto my Son Dominicus Iordan, Two Hundred & Ten Acres of the Said Two Hundred & Eighty Six Acres), Thus One Hundred & Fifty Acres adjoining to my Sister Arrabella's Land, and Sixty Acres part of the Seventy where my Son Dominicus now dwells. Also the Gore of Land & Marsh containing about one Hundred and Ten acres on which he the Said Nathaniel lately dwelt. Also Forty Acres or Town Grant adjoining the Said Gore of Land. Also my Right to a Tract of Land & Marsh lying in Scarbors and adjoining Said Gore of Land, which Said Tract I purchased of John Gatchell. Also one full Third part of all my Land Marsh & Meadow, (except what heretofore & hereafter given and bequeathed). All the Land Marsh & Meadow above men- tioned given & bequeathed unto my Son Nathaniel Jordan I give & bequeath unto him & his Heirs lawfully begotten of his Body & decending therefrom from Generation to Generation and for want of lawful Issue then to descend to the next lawful Heir in my Family.
4. I give & bequeath unto my Son Clement Iordan all that Island called Richmond Island, with all the Buildings on the Same erected, and on the Same Standing. Also one full Third part of all my Land Marsh & Meadow (except what heretofore and hereafter given & bequeathed). All the Land Marsh and Meadow above mentioned given & be- queathed unto my Son Clement Jordan, I give & bequeath unto him, & his Heirs lawfully begotten of his Body & de-
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scending therefrom from Generaion to Generation, and for want of lawful Issue then to descend to the next lawful Heir in my Family.
5. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Cushing the Wife of Ezekiel Cushing the Three Hundred Acres of Land Province Grant laid out above Gorham Town on the Western Side of Presumpscot River in the County of York, Which Said Three Hundred Acres of Land I give & be- queath unto my Said Daughter Mary Cushing and her Heirs lawfully begotten of her Body, & descending therefrom from Generation to Generation, and for Want of Lawful Issue, then to descend to the next lawful Heir in my Family.
6. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Miriam Mitchell the Wife of Robert Mitchell all that Tract of Land I purchased of John Iordan, which lies adjoining to Alewife Cove-Brook on the North Side thereof & contains about Forty Six Acres Also my part of fresh Marsh that lies on the Northerly Side of the Brook at the Head of the old Marsh. All the Land & Marsh above mentiond given & bequeathed unto my Daughter Miriam Mitchell, I give and bequeath unto her & her Heirs, lawfully begotten of her Body and descending therefrom from Generaion to Generaion and for Want of lawful Issue then to descend to the next lawful Heir of my Family.
7. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Hannah Iordan, after her Mother Ioanna Iordans Decease, The Homestead containing about one Hundred & Fifty Acres with all the Houses & Buildings on the Same erected and Standing, and all the Appurtenances & priviledges to the Same belonging. All which I give unto my Said Daughter Hannah Iordan & her Heirs lawfully begotten of her Body & descending there- from from Generation to Generation, and for want of lawful Issue to descend to the next lawful Heir in my Family.
I do ordain constitute & appoint my dearly beloved Wife Ioanna Iordan my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament, and I do desire my well beloved Friends Charles
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Frost Esq' of Falmo the revª ME Wm Thompson of Scarboro & my beloved Son in Law Colo Ezekiel Cushing of Falmº all within the aforesd County of York to be the Overseers of this my last Will & Testamt desiring them to advise aid & assist my Execut" in ordering & deciding all Difficulties that may arise on any Acco about this my Will, and that any two of them may determine on the Same.
In Testimony that this is my last Will & Testamt I here- unto Set my Hand & Seal this 10th Day of June Annog Dom' 1746
Signed Sealed published & de- clared by Dominicus Iordan to be his last Will & Testa- ment in presence of and be- fore us the Subscribers
Dominicus Iordan (Seal)
John Wight, Cha : ffrost her Ioanna ffrost, Anna X Cloutman mark
Be it known to all men by these presents that whereas I Dominicus Iordan of Falmouth in the County of York within the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- land Gentle have made & declared my last Will & Testa- ment in Writing bearing Date the tenth Day of Iune A. D. 1746. I the Said Dominicus Iordan by this present Codicil do ratify & confirm all my Said last Will & Testament, except that Seventh Article wherein I say & declare to give & bequeath unto my Daughter Hanah Iordan after her Mother Ioanna Iordans Decease the Homestead containing about One Hundred & Fifty Acres with all the Houses & Buildings on the Same erected & Standing, and all the Appurtenances and Priviledges to the Same belonging. And also except the Fifth Article wherein I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Cushing the Wife of Ezekiel Cushing the Three Hundred Acres of Land Province Grant laid out
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above Gorham Town on the Western Side of Presumpscot River. Now Know ye, That it is my last Will and Testa- ment, with regard to the above Fifth & Seventh Articles And I hereby give & bequeath the above mentioned One Hundred and Fifty Acres with all the Houses & Buildings &c as above mentioned unto my Son Nathaniel Iordan & Clement Iordan in equal Halves (after their Mother Ioanna Iordans Decease) and to their Heirs lawfully begotten of their Bodys, and for want of lawful Issue to descend to the next lawful Heir in my Family, They the Said Nathaniel & Clement paying unto my aforesª Daughter Hanah Iordan (now Hannah Prout) one Hundred pounds old Tenor each within twelve Months after my Decease. And I further declare that it is now my last Will & Testament with Regard to the Fifth Article above mentioned, That I hereby give & bequeath unto my Said Hannah Iordan, (now Prout) the full one half Part & Proportion of the above mentioned Three Hundred Acres of Land the Province Grant unto her & Her Heirs lawfully begotten of her Body & descending therefrom, and for want of lawful Issue then to descend to the next lawful Heir in my Family ; and my Will & true meaning is that that this Codicil or Schedule be & be ad- judged to be part & Parcell of my Said last Will, and ye true meaning of that part thereof; and that all things herein mentioned & contained be faithfully & truly performed, and as fully & amply in every Respect as if the Same were so declared and Set down in my Said last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this 7th Day of March in the 224 year of His Majts Reign A, D. 1748. Domini. Iordan (Seal)
Signed Sealed published & declared by the Said Dominicus her
Jordan in presence of Ia2 Fox Cha : ffrost Sarah X Conner mark
Will probated 10 Nov. 1750: Codicil probated 31 Dec. 1750. Inventory returned 6 Feby 1749, at £13161: 11: 4, old tenor, by Christo: Strout, Jabez Fox and Robert Thorndike, appraisers,
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Probate Office, 8, 92.
In the Name of God Amen. This twentieth Day of Novem- ber A. D. 1750. I Mathews Young of York in the County of York in N: England Fisherman, being exercised with grievous pains & Maladies of Body, so that wearisome and Sleepless Nights are appointed to me, yet blessed be God my Reason & Understanding continned to me, not knowing how Soon my dear Lord & Master may call for me (as to that his holy Will not mine be done) and and that there may be no dispute & Dissension among my dear Children after my Decease, after having often I trust in Faith thro free Grace enabling me comitted my precious Soul into the Hands of All Sufficient & most gracious & powerful & mith- ful Redeemer the LORD JESUS Christ whom I would with my last Breath recommend to my beloved Children Grand Children & a fourth Generation which God has graciously lengthened out my Life to See, as the chiefest of Ten Thou- sands & altogether lovely in whose infinite Merits & Death his glorious Resurrection and continual Intercession in Heaven is all my Hope for Pardon Peace Acceptance & Grace here and eternal Glory in Body & Soul in Heaven at the Coming of my Lord which I trust draws near, and desiring in the mean Time that my Fless may rest in hope of a blessed Resurrection being decently buried at the Charge of my Executor Viz' Son Ebenezer hereafter named :
I do make this my last Will & Testament as to y+ Dispo- sition of those outward good Things which the Lord has I trust in Covenant Loue & fatherly kindness bestowed on me, & continued to me, That is to Say,
I give & bequeath to each of my Daughters and yr lawful Representres of Such of them as are or may be deceased before me each the Value of Ten Shillings old Tenor Bills, as they are called, namely Susannah Redlan. Hannab Preble Tabitha Murch, Lydia Whitney Deck Mercy Webber, Eleouer
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Allen besides what I have already given them or any of them.
And all the residue of my Estate Real & personal, whether Houses Lands Meadow Vessels, Quick Stock or of what Sort soever it be, I do hereby give & bequeath unto my only Surviving Son Said Ebenezer Young, who has kindly and diligently ministered to me hitherto, and is to take Care of me while I live; and to pay my just Debts & funeral Charges, and the above mentioned Legacies, after my decease.
And I so desire chearfully to bid farewell to this present evil World of Sin & Sorrow, humbly hoping in Christ Jesus my Lord that when the earthly House of the Tabernacle is dissolved, I have an House not made with Hands eternal in the Heavens. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year above written.
Signed Sealed published pro-
nounced and declared by the aforenamed Mathews
Mathews
mark his 2 Young (Seal)
Young as his last Will & Testament in presence of us the Subscribers
Jonathan Young
Benajah Young Aquila Hains Joseph Farnam
Probated 1 April 1731.
Probate Office, 8, 96.
In the Name of God Amen. On the twenty first Day of February in the 240 Year of His Maj" Reign Annoque Dom- ini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty. I George Jacobs
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of Wells in the County of York & Province of the Massa- chusetts Bay in New England Yeoman, Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament in Manner following That is to Say principally & first of all. I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body to the Earth to be buried in decent christian Burial at the Discre- tion of my Executors hereafter named in hopes of a glorious Resurrection. And as touching touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in Manner & form following.
Impr. My Will is, and I do hereby order that my Wife Elizabeth Shall have & enjoy the Use & Improvem' of one Third part of my real Estate during Life, and that part of my personal Estate which the Law directs in Case of Intes- tates and no more.
Item. I give & bequeath to my three Sons George Benja- min & John Jacobs all my Estate both real and personal (except only my Wife's Thirds as aforesd) with the Rever- sion thereof to be equally divided to and amongst them : Those Lands & Marsh which I have already given my Said Son George a Deed of Gift of bearing Date 24th March 1741. Vizt. One Tract of Upland in Wells aforest containing twenty five Acres more or less, and about four Acres of Salt Marsh or Meadow to be deemed & accounted to the Said George my Son towards his part of my Estate given as aforesª My Said three Sons George Benjamin & John paying all my just Debts funeral Charges and Legacys hereafter named in equal Proportion.
Item. I give & order to my Daughters Lydia Wife of Joseph Stevens, Elizabeth Wife of Joseph Tayler, and Pricilla Wife of Ioshua Bartlet besides what I have already given them, and not herein mentioned, Eight pounds each in lawful Money of this Province to be paid thein respectively by their Brothers the Said George Benjamin & John.
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And I do hereby nominate & appoint my eldest Son George Jacobs the Executor of this my last Will & Testamt And I do hereby utterly disannul all & every other Testa- ments Wills Legacies & Bequests & Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testa- ment. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year first hereinbefore written.
Signed Sealed published pronounced Georg Iacob (Seal)
and declared by the Said George Jacobs the Testator of his last Will & Testamt in the presence of us, after ye Words (Lands & Marsh) on ye other Side were interlined, as also ye Words (with the Rever- sion thereof).
Daniel Moulton
Iohn Heard Bartlet her Amy X Bumstead mark
Probated 21 April 1751. Inventory returned 26 April 1751, at £ 570: 10: 11, by Joseph Weare jun. Norton Woodbridge and John Perkins, appraisers.
Probate Office, 8, 108.
In the Name of God Amen.
To all People to whom these presents Shall come Greeting,
Know ye, That I Thomas Cowling of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia now resident in Wells in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England . Bricklayer being of a Sound disposing Mind, through the Divine Goodness, thô labouring under great bodily Indisposi-
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tion in Consideration of my mortal State and the utter uncertainty of my present Life committing my never dying Spirit into the merciful Hands of a gracious God thro the infinite merits & mediation of his dear Son : and my Body into the Hands of M' Pelatiah Littlefield into whose House I am by divine Providence now cast to be by him decently interi'd in hopes of a glorious Resurrection to a life immor- tal by the mighty Power of God, thro him who is the Res- urrection and the Life, do dispose of the temporal Estate wherewith the Lord hath been pleased to bless me in the following Manner Vizt.
1. I will that all my just Debts & funeral Charges Shall be paid out of my Estate by my Executor hereafter named.
2. I give & bequeath Twenty pounds Sterling unto my loving Brother William Cowling to be paid him by my Exe- cutor my Said Brother dwelling in Great Britain.
3. I give & bequeath Fifteen pounds Sterling unto my loving Cousin Martha Davis of Annapolis Royal aforesd to be paid unto her by my Executor.
4. I give & bequeath all the Remaining part of my Estate real or personal of what name or nature soever it be unto my loving Cousin Iohn Harris Bricklayer in Annapolis Royal aforesaid. And now revoking and disannulling by these presents all former Will or Wills made or Said to be made by me, I do pronounce and declare this to be my last Will & Testament, of which I do hereby constitute & appoint my good & trusty Friend the aforementioned John Harris Sole Executor. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this fifth Day of March in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty. And in the twenty fourth year of the Reign of His Majty George the
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Second by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France & Ire- land King Defender of the faith &c.
Signed Sealed pronounced & Thos Cowling (Seal)
declared in presence of us Pelatiah Littlefield Nehemiah Littlefield Pelath Littlefield junt.
Probated 1 July 1751.
Probate Office, 8, 116.
In the Name of God Amen. The twenty seventh Day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty one I Benjamin Parker of Kittery in the County of York in New England Gent being very weak in Body but of perfect Mind & 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 & Testament, that is to Say, principally and first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it and my Body I recommend to ye 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, thro the Merits of a glorious Redeemer : and as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same iu the following Manner and Form.
Impr. I give & bequeath to my well beloved son Thomas Parker all my Houses and Lands that I have in Newcastle Portsmouth Epsom or in any other Town or precinct in the Province of New Hampshire (except that House & Land in Portsmº which I purchasded of Nath1 Lang, and that House
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and Land which I purchased in the aforesd Portsmouth of Joseph Peirce) to him the Said Thomas Parker his Heirs and Assigns forever ; I also give him One Hundred pounds law- ful Money of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England to be paid by my Executor to the aforesd Thomas Parker, or his Heirs.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Eliza Peirce her Heirs & Assigns forever that House & Land in Portsmouth aforesd wherein She now dwells, which I pur- chased of her Husband Joseph Peirce abovesd and also that House & Land in Portsmouth aforesd which I purchased of the aboves" Nath" Lang, and also fifty pounds in lawful Money of the Said Province of the Massachusetts Bay to be paid by Said Executor to her the Said Elizabeth Peirce or her Heirs, and also my Bed with furniture for ye Same to be delivered to the Said Eliza Peirce by my SA Executor.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Benja Parker whom I likewise constitute make & ordain my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testamt all my Houses & Lands in the Said Town of Kittery & Town of Berwick or in any other Town or precinct in the Said County of York, to him the Said Benja Parker and his Heirs & Assigns forever. I also give to my Said Son. Benja Parker, and his Heirs & Assigns forever all the residue & remainder of all my Estate both real & personal of what kind or nature soever, And in what Town or place Soever (except what I have here before given in this my Will) to be the Said Benja Parkers & his Heirs and Assigns forever, who I likewise order to pay all my just Debts. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all & every other or former Testament Wills Leg- acies & Requests & Executors by me in any Ways before named willed & bequeathed, Ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. I Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day and Year Year before written.
Benja Parker (Seal)
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Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Benja Parker as bis last Will & Testament in presence of us the Subscribers, W" Pepperrell John Godsoe Richard Weeks William Roberts.
Probated 19 May 1752.
Probate Office, 8, 123.
In the Name of God Amen. The twenty ninth Day of April, and in the Year of our Lord 1751. I Samuel Baker of North Yarmouth in the County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Husbandman, being very Sick & weak of 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 my last Will 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 buried in a christian like & decent Manner at the Discretion of my Executrix hereafter named, nothing doubt- ing 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 & dispose of the Same in the follow- ing Manner & Form.
Imp2. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife Susanah Baker the Improvement of the one half of all my Lands and Buildings, during the time that She Shall continue to be my Widow and all my Stock & Moveables except one Yoke of Oxen and two Chains to be at her Disposal forever,
Item. I give & bequeath to my Son Samuel Baker the one half of my Homestead that I now live on, with one half of
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all the Lands that I have that joins to my homestead. And that Tract or Lot that lieth between a home Lot that is owned by the Heirs of Isaac Pope, and the Revd Nicolas Loring home Lot. And Six Acres & Something More of Land adjoining to a Fifty acre Lot, that Elisba French bought of Mr Sarah Felt. And one half of a Hundred Acre Lot Nº 45. on the West Side of Royals River, and drawn in Right of Home Lot Nº 42. And one half of all my Buildings now Standing on my home Place, and when- ever his Mother Susannah Baker Shall cease to be my Widow then my Said Son Samuel to have the whole of my Homestead and Building as his own proper Estate forever. I likewise give my Said Son a Yoke of Oxen & two Chains, and all my wearing Apparel.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Four Daughters Rebecca Baker Mary Harris Bethiah Baker & Susannah Baker all my out Lands except one half of a hundred Acre Lot Nº 45 which half I have give to my Son Samuel, and one Third of a Hundred & twenty Acre Lot on the East Side of Royals River Nº 14, or Nº 18, or Nº 23. the one third of that Lot of the Three that lieth nearest to Edward Kings Settlem' on Cousin's River, which Third of Said Lot I reserve for my Apprentice Ebenezer Lake. All ye Rest of my out Land to be equally divided between my four Daughters above named, and to be theirs forever.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Apprentice Ebenezer Lake One Third of a Hundred & twenty Acre Lot on the East Side of Royals River Nº 14, or Nº 18 or Nº 23. The one third of that Lot of the Three that lieth nearest Edwd Kings Settlent on Cousin's River, My Said Apprentice to have the third of Said Lot as his own proper Estate to be by him his Heirs or Assigns enjoyed forever. If he Shall live to Serve out his Apprenticeship with me or my Heirs or Assigns : . And if he doth live to Serve out his Apprenticeship, the Said Land to return to my four Daughters to be equally divided between them.
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Lastly Last of all. I do nominate and appoint Susannah my Wife to Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testa- ment hereby giving & bequeathing unto her all the rest of my Estate both real & personal not herein mentioned. And do declare this to be my last Will & Testament the Year & Day above mentioned.
Signed & Sealed in Samuel Baker (Seal)
presence of us, Nathaniel Coffin Barnabas Seabury Benjamin Mogaridge
Probated 2 October 1151. Inventory returned 19 Septr 1751, at £366: 11: 0, by Corn' Soul, Barnabas Winslow and Barnabas Seabury, appraisers.
Probate Office, 8, 127.
In the Name of God Amen. The eleventh Day of Sep- tember 1751. I Stephen Munson of ye Town of Scarbo- rough being very Sick & weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given to God, Therefore calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing it's appointed for all men once to Die do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is to say principally and 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 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 devise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & form
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