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First I will that all my those Debts & Duties that I do owe in right or Conscience to any manner of persons what- soever, Shall be well & truly paid or ordered to be paid in convenient time after my Decease by my Executor hereafter named.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Ann Raynes five Shillings lawful Money to be paid by my Executor.
Item. I will that my Daughter Eleoner Grindall Shall be maintained with the Produce & Income of my Estate during her natural Life and to be decently buried at her Death.
Item. I give to my well beloved Grand Son James Raynes my dwelling House Barn & all my Land in Kittery & Else where with the Fences to him his Heirs and Assigns forever. Item. I give unto my Sister Tucker the Use of one Room in my House during her Widow Hood. Item. I appoint my
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well beloved Friend Andrew Westcoat to be my only & Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament, And to be a Guardian to my Grandson James Raynes. I reserve my Stock of Creatures & Moveables to defrey my funeral Charges & the Overplus to be equally divided between my two Daughters Anna & Eleoner. Furthermore my Exec- utor is to receive all the Debts due to me, and after my just Debts are satisfied and paid the Overplus to be delivered to my Daughter Anna Raynes. I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills and Legacies Bequests & Executors by me in any Ways before this time named willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testa- ment. In Witness where of I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the day and year above written. Iames Grindall (Seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Iames Grindall as his last Will & Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers, Vizt Joseph X Weeks j' her mark
bis Ioanna X Weeks Timothy Gerrish jun". mark
Probated 7 July 1755. Inventory returned 8 Ang. 1755, at £150: 5: 3, by Peter Lewis, Timo Gerrish jr and Benje Hutchins, appraisers.
Probate Office, 9, 105.
In the Name of God Amen. The twenty second Day of Febry One Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty five, I Iabez Fox of Falmouth in the County of york & Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England Esq' being weak in Body but of a Sound & disposing Mind & Memory Thanks be given to God ; therefore calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die ; Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testa- ment; That is to Say principally & first of all I give &
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recomend 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, 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 & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr It is my Will that all my just Debts & funer' Charges be first paid out of my Estate.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife Ann Fox all my Household Goods & Furniture & Wearing Apparel And also one third of all my moveable Estate to her, her Heirs & Assigns forever. And also the Improvemt of all my real Estate during her Natural Life, or till one of my Chil- dren Shall come to Age. And also I give unto my Said Wife all the Provisions & Liquors, which are now in my Dwelling House.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my two Sons John Fox & William Fox all my Books to be equally divided between them.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my three Children Viz John Fox William Fox & Mary Fox in equal Thirds, all my Real and two thirds of my moveable Estate to them their Heirs & Assigns equally in Fee Simple forever.
And I do likewise constitute make & Ordain my beloved Wife Ann Fox Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Tes- tamt and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testamts Wills Legacies Bequests and Executors by me in any Ways before named willed and be- queathed, 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.
Iaz Fox
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Iabez Fox as his last Will & Testament in the presence
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of us the Subscribers, Iames Milk Ephm Jones Benje Titcomb Stephen Longfellow.
Probated 6 Oct. 1:55. Inventory returned 23 Oct. 1755, at £701: 10: 9, besides lands in Falmouth Narragansett No. 7, North Yarmouth and the Kennebec purchase, not valued, by James Milk and James Gooding. appraisers.
. Probate Office, 9, 109.
In the Name of God Amen. I Benjamin Ingersell of North Yarmouth in the County of York, and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gent" being Sick & weak and not knowing the time of my great Change, but being of a perfect Mind & Memory to dispose of my Estate which God has bestowed on me Do ordain & appoint this my last Will & Testament. Impr I will give & begive my Spirit to God who gave it, and my Body to the Dust from whence it was taken, to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named, and whereas It has pleased God to bless me with Several Children to wit, Mary Martha Benjamin William Nathaniel Joseph Sarah & Hannah to all which I have given their Portions & parts in full of all my Substance & Estate Separately according to my Will, And I do therefore give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sarah, all & Singular my Goods Chattels & Lands with my whole Estate both Real & personal, with all my Household Stuff & Creatures with Dues & Demands to her the Improvement of my Real Estate during her Natural Life; And after her Decease all my real Estate I give to Benjamin Parker jun of North Yarmouth my Grandson his Heirs Assigns forever, And all my moveable Estate & Household Goods both within Doors & without Doors to be my above named Wife's Sarah's and at her Disposal forever ; It is also further my Will that whereas there's Several Small pieces of Land in Partnership betwixt me & the Heirs of Capt" Iames
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Parker Decd To Wit part of a Right on Whale Boat Island, and part of an equivalent Lot near Jacob Browns all in Northyarmº aforesd Now if the Heirs of the Said Capt" Iames Parker Shall Sell their Said part before the Decease of my beloved Wife Sarah, then my Wife Sarah to Sell my Right and give a Title to the Same, and the Sale thereof to be to her own Use as the Moveables forever, I also consti- tute my beloved Wife Sarah Ingersell Executrix of this my last Will & Testament. In Witness where of I the Said Benjamin have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Ninth Day of April One Thousand Seven Hundª Fifty & five 1755. Signed Sealed Delivered & Declared Benj. Inges11 (Seal) to be the last Will & Testam' of the Sª Benja Ingersell, before Us Benoni Fogg Abraham Pettingall Barnabas Seabury
Probated 6 Oct. 1755.
Probate Office, 9, 114.
In the Name of God Amen. I John Carter of Scarbor- ough in the County of York and Province of the Massas Bay Blacksmith, being weak & infirm of Body, but thro Gods Goodness of a Sound Mind & Memory capable of dis- posing ordering & Settling my Affairs, and expecting in Gods Providence in a little time to leave the World, Do therefore make this my last Will and Testament, That is to Say, First of all, I commit & give up my Soul into the Hands of God, depending upon his infinite Mercies & his Sons Merits for Salvation ; My Body I commit to a decent Burial according to Discretion, hoping for a part of the Res- urrection of the just : And as for the little worldly Estate God hath given me, I will & dispose of it in ye following Manner. First I nominate & appoint Mr Andrew Libby of
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Scarboro with my beloved Wife Hannah Carter Executors of this my last Will & Testament.
II My Will is that my Said Wife together with ye fruits of her own Industry have a comfortable Livelihood out of my Estate during Life, or her Thirds of my Estate if he chuses that.
III. And then my Will is, My Debts & funeral Expences being paid that my Children Sons & Daughters, besides rea- sonable Allowances twoards bringing up those that are little among them, have each of them an equal Share of what Shall remain of my Estate real or personal among them, that each Son Shall have his Share when he Shall arrive to the Age of twenty one, and each Daughter when She Shall arrive to ye Age of Eighteen, Set off to them
IV That my Daughters have their Shares out of ye House- hold Stuff so far as that Shall hold out excepting that I re- serve to my Wife what She Shall See fit to keep thereof for her own Use, but that my Daughters have what my Wife Shall leave thereof at her Decease.
V My Will is that my Son John Carter be Speedily put out to Some good Trade unless the Man he now lives with do procure his being taught one. VI My Will is that my Son James Carter he having in good part learned the Black- smith's Trade do have the Improvement of my Blacksmiths Tools and the Shop to work in, and they go toward his Share of my Estate, he paying the overplus to the rest if they Should be more than his portion.
VII. I would likewise have my other Sons brought up to some profitable Trade. VIII And my earnest desire is that whosoever Shall be intrusted with ye Care of bringing up my Children do take a Special Care of their Morals, and en- deav' with the help of God that they be restrained & kept back from all manner of Vice & Wickedness ; and see that they be well instructed in the Principles of ye christian Re- ligion, and not be wanting in their part that they be of a sober & religious Character and my Charge to my Children
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themselves is, that they forsake the Vanities of the World avoid bad company & evil Courses, fear God from their Youth Seek God by earnest prayer, that they may be under the renewing Sanctifying Influences of his holy Spirit, which would be unspeakably better to them than any outward Es- tate a Father could give them if he were ever so able. This I make & ordam to be my last Will & Testament utterly revoking & disannulling all other. In Witness that this is my last Will & Testamt I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the thirtieth day of Iune in the Year of our Lord 1753. John Carter (seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said John Carter as his last Will & Testament in the presence of his us the Subscribers Charles Allen X Joshua Brown Steph" mark
Sawyer
Probated 6 Oct. 1755. Inventory returned 10 Oct. 1755, at £89: 11: 7, by Samuel Small, Andrew Libby and Fergus Hagens, appraisers.
Probate Office, 9, 120.
In the Name of God Amen, I Eleanor Junkins of York in the County of York Widow being very Sick & weak of Body, but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given to Almighty God, and calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament. First of all, I give & recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it ; and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be de- cently Buried at the Discretion of my Executrix hereafter named; And as to my 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.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my two Sons Daniel Jun- kins & Iames Iunkins the Sum of five Shillings lawful Money each of them being in full of their Portions out of my Es-
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tate to them their Heirs, & Assigns forever. Item I give & bequeath to my Daughter Lydia the Wife of Peter Nowell one Cow to be delivered her within three Months after my Decease. Item, I give & bequeath to my Daughter Sarah the Wife of Curtis Thomson a Heifer coming in three Years old to be delivered to her by my Executrix immedi- ately after my Decease.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Grandson Joel Jellison a heifer Calf to be delivered unto his Father Ichabod Jellison by my Executrix immediately after my Decease to be in full of his Portion.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Junkins all the rest & residue of my Estate both real & personal moveable & immoveable (besides what I have heretofore given in this my last Will & Testament unto my above Chil- dren) Vizt Cattle Mair Sheep Swine Wearing Apparel Hous- hold Goods to her the Said Mary Junkins her Heirs and Assigns forever. Lastly, I do hereby authorize appoint & impower my Said Daughter Mary Junkins Executrix of this my last Will & Testamt revoking and disannulling all & every other former Wills & Testaments or Legacys by me made either by word or Writing and this only to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I the Said Eleanor Junkins have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this Seventh Day of Septem' Anno Dom : 1755. her Signed Sealed published pro- Eleanor Iunkins (seal) nounced & declared by the mark S' Eleanor Junkins as her last Will & Testamt in pres- ence of us ye Subscribers her her
Mary X Breeden
Hannah X Junkins mark
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Iohn Frost
Sarah X Johnson mark
Probated 21 October 1755.
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Probate Office, 9, 122.
In the Name of God Amen. The twenty sixth Day of May in the Year of our Lord 1752. I Samuel Ford of Kittery in the County of York in New England Yeoman, being weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, thanks be given to God, therefore calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing that is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will & Testamt that is to Say; principally & first of All, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, hoping thro ye Merits Death and Passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon & forgiveness of all my Sins, and to inherit everlasting Life; And my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named, nothing doubting but at the General Resur- rection 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 following Manner & Form, that is to Say;
First, I will that all those Debts & Duties which I do owe in Right or Conscience to any Manner of persons what- soever Shall be well & truly contented & paid or ordered to be paid in convenient time after my Decease by my Execu- tor hereafter named .- Item, I give & bequeath unto Agnis my dearly beloved Wife one Feather Bed & Furniture. Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Friend Richd Cutt j' Esq' whom I likewise constitute make & ordain my only & Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testamt, all & Singular my Lands orchard Marsh & Thatch Beds Houses Barns Fences Standing & being on the Same with three Cows & 1 Horse with all my other Household Goods & Estate what- soever except two feather Beds & Furniture to him his Heirs & Assigns forever, by them freely to be possessed & enjoyed, and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all &
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every other former Testamts Wills & Legacys Bequests & Executs by me in any Ways before this time named Willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testamt.
In Consideration whereof the Said Richd Cutt Jr Esq' Shall maintain me the Sd Sam1 Ford & Agnis my Wife dur- ing our natural Life, and after our Decease to bury us with a decent Burial. In Witness whereof I have here unto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written Signed Sealed published pro- . his
nounced & declared by ye Sa Sam1 Ford as his last Will & Testamt in ye presence of us the Subscribers, Viz Ioanna Gerrish Timº Gerrish j' Jo- anna Gerrish j'
Samuel
Ford (Seal)
mark
Probated 21 Oct. 1755.
Probate Office, 9, 123.
In the Name of God Amen. The twenty first Day of Oc- tob' in the Year of our Lord 1743, I Micom McIntire of York in the County of York, being at this time of perfect Mind Memory and Understanding for which praised be al- mighty God, and considering the Certainty of Death & the uncertainty of ye time when, Do in the Fear of God, whose I am, & whom I endeavor to Serve make this my last Will & Testament, & principally & First of all, I resign my Soul unto my blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ on the Account of whose Merits alone I humbly hope for eternal Happiness & Salvation, and my Body I commit to ye Earth in a decent & christian like Manner to be buried at the Discretion of my Executor, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection -
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I Shall receive the Same again by the Mighty Power of God, and in hopes of a joyful Resurrection to everlasting Felicity & Happiness, And as for Such worldly Estate as God in his Infinite Mercy has bestowed upon me in this Life. I give be- queath & dispose of the Same in the following Manner. Impr I do give & bequeath to Jean my well beloved Wife. the Use & Improvemt of one third part of all my Lands and the one half of all my moveables during Life according as the Law has provided.
Item, I do give & bequeath to Alexander my only & well beloved Son all my Lands Marshes & common Rights my real and personal Estate to be his Sole Right & Property after my Decease, the whole of my Widows Thirds after her Decease he paying the Legacy hereafter mentioned. I do also Will that he pay my funeral Charges.
Item, I do give & bequeath to Keziah my only & well beloved Daughter One Hundred & fifty pounds old Tenor, besides the One Hundred & fifty pounds She has already received to be paid to her by my Son Alexander, Fifty pounds within two years after my Decease, and the other hundred pounds to be paid at the Decease of my Wife.
And I do constitute & appoint my Son Alexander to be my only & Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testamt and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testamt Wills Legacys & Bequests by me named or written before this time; Ratifying & confirm- ing this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day and Year above written. Micom Mackin (Seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Micom MeIntire as his last Will & Test in the presence his of us the Subscribers Iohn X MeIntire Alexander Junkins mark Samuel Chandler
Probated 21 Oct. 1755.
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Probate Office, 9, 127.
In the Name of God Amen. This Seventh Day of April Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred & fifty, I John Watts of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gent" being bounds on a Voyage to parts beyond Sea, and considering the Uncertainty of this present Life, Do make & ordain this present Writing my last Will & Testament (being of a Sound Mind & Memory ) in Manner and Form as followeth. Vizt, First & principally, I recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God my Creator, trusting in him for the Pardon & Remission of all my Sins, thro ye Merits Death & Passion of my Lord & Saviour Iesus Christ, and my Body I commit to the Earth or Sea as it may please God to deal with me ; believing the Resurrection thereof to eternal Life. And as for my temporal Goods & Estate, I give dispose & bequeath of the Same in the following Manner & Form, That is to Say
Impr I Will that all my just Debts & funeral Expences (if any be) Shall be paid & defrayed in convenient time after my Decease by my Executors hereafter named.
Item. I give to my beloved Sister Elizabeth the Wife of Caleb Richardson of Bolton in the County of Worcester Yeoman the Sum of Five pounds of Currant lawful Silver Money of New England to buy her a Ring.
Item. I give to my beloved Sister Lydia the Wife Wil- liam Skinner of Said Boston Gent" the Sum of Five pounds of Currant lawful Silver Money of New England to buy her a Ring.
Item, I give to my beloved Brother Samuel Penhallow of Pourtsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire Merch' a compleat Suit of Mourning.
Item I give to my beloved Brother John Penhallow the Sum of five pounds of Currant lawful Silver Money of New England to buy him a Ring.
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Item. I give devise & bequeath unto my well beloved Wife Abigail, All & Singular the rest & Residue of my Estate as well real as personal whatsoever & wheresoever the Same Shall or may be found as well in Possession & Reversion as in Remainder To Hold the Same to ber and her Heirs Executors Admin" & Assigns absolutely forever. Item. I do hereby constitute & appoint my Said loving Wife Abigail Watts, and my Said Brother Samuel Penhal- low to be the Executors of this my last Will & Testament. Lastly I hereby revoke all other Wills & Testaments by me heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and affixed my Seal the Day & Year afore written.
Signed Sealed published & declared by Sª John Watts as his last Will and Testam' in presence of us who have Subscribed our Names as Wit- nesses in his presence Daniel Morse William Page Thomas Hall
John Watts (seal)
Probated 13 Nov. 1755. Inventory returned 24 Oct. 1755 at £991: 7: 6, by Samuel Denny, John Parker and James M.Cobb, appraisers.
Probate Office, 9, 133.
In the Name of God Amen. To all People to whom these presents Shall come Greeting. Know ye that I Mary Wheel- wright of Wells in the County of York in the Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England Gentlewoman being, thro the divine Goodness, of a Sound Mind thô far advanced in years and labouring under great Bodily Infirmities ; con- sidering my present mortal State, and the absolute certainty of the near approaches of my great & last Change, when I Shall go ye Way of all the Earth from whence I Shall not re- turn, commit my never dying Spirit into the Merciful Hands
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of my gracious Covenant God, thro the infinite Merits of his Dear Son, my only Lord Redeemer, and my Body into the Hands of my Executors hereafter mentioned to be decently interr'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 & the Life ; And I 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 Debts & funeral Charges be paid out of my Estate by my Executors,
2. I will give & bequeath unto each of my four beloved Sons Viz Iohn Wheelwright Samuel Wheelwright Ieremiah Wheelwright & Nathaniel Wheelwright Five pounds in old Tenor Bills of ye Province aforesd or the Value thereof in Lawful Money of Sª Province to be paid to each of them out of my Estate by my Executors, within twelve Months after my Decease.
3. I will give & bequeath unto my two beloved Daughters Mary Moody & Sarah Jefferds all my wearing Cloths & ap- parel including my Gold Necklace Rings & Buttons &c to be equally divided between them. 4-I will & give unto my be- loved Daughter Sarah Iefferds a Negro Boy named Asher.
5 I will & give unto each of the Executors hereafter mentioned of this my last Will & Testament Five pounds in old Ten' Bills of the Province aforesd or ye Value thereof in lawful Money of Sª Province.
6. I give & bequeath all my Estate now remaining undis- posed of in & by this Instrum Real & personal of what Name or Nature Soever within Doors or without wheresoever lying & being unto my aforesmentª Daughters Mary Moody & Sarah Jefferds, and my three beloved Grand Daughters, the Daughters of my dear deceased Daughter Hannah Plaisted, and my four beloved Grand Daughters the Daughters of my dear decd Daughter Elizabeth Newmarch, to be divided to & among them as is hereafter expressed, that is to Say, one fourth part thereof as to quantity and quality I give & will
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Shall be divided to my before named Daughter Mary Moody ; one other fourth part thereof I give & will Shall be divided to my before named Daughter Sarah Jefferds according to quantity & quality; One other fourth part thereof as to quantity & quality I give & Will Shall be divided to ye three grand daughters the Daughters of my aforesd Daughter Hanah Plaisted; And the other fourth part thereof as to ' quantity & quality I give & will Shall be divided to my four Grand Daught" the Daughters of my aforesd Daughter Eliza Newmarch : But this is my Will that in the aforemen- tioned Division my Negro Servant Woman named Pegg, Shall be divided to Such of my aforesd Daughters or grand Daughters, which She Shall choose to live with after my Decease, Any thing above written to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. And furthermore 7, Provided my beloved Daughter Esther Wheelwright who has been many Years in Canada is yet living, and Should by the wonder working Providence of God be returned to her native Land and tarry & dwell in it, I give & bequeath unto her one fifth part of my Estate which I have already by this Instrument will'd Should be divided to & among my aforesª Daughters & Grand Daughters to be paid by them in Proportion to their respective Share in the above mentioned Division unto her my Said Daughter Esther Wheelwright within one year after my Decease - Any thing above written in this Instru- mt to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
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