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8, And now revoking & disannulling any other & former Will or Wills made or Said to be made by me, I pronounce and declare this to be my last Will & Testamt of which I do by these presents constitute & appoint my trusty & Well beloved Friends & Sons Iohn Storer & Samuel Wheelwright Esqrs and the revª M' Samuel Iefferds Sole Executors. In Witness whereof I the Said Mary Wheelwright have here- unto Set my hand & Seal this Sixteenth Day of Novem' in
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the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred & fifty, And in ye 23ª Year of his Maj's Reign.
Signed Sealed pronounced and Mary Wheelwright (Seal) declared in presence of us Ieremy Stevens Daniel Little jr
mark Thomas X Bragdon
Probated 16 July 1755. Inventory returned 6 January 1756, at £110: 1: 9, by Joseph Stover, Pelatiah Littlefield and Nehemiah Littlefield. Notes due Estate from Nathan Morrison and Benja Stevens.
Probate Office, 9, 134.
In the Name of God Amen. The third Day of September Annog Domini 1755. I Cornelius Soul of North Yarmouth in the County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gent" being Sick & weak of Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be unto God therefor, 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 Viz. principally and first of all I recommend my Soul into the Hands of God who gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent Manner, 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 with in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner.
Impr$ I give & bequeath to Susannah my beloved Wife the Improvement of all my Estate both real & personal during her natural Life. And at her Decease, I give & bequeath ye Same to her Son Thomas Scales (whom I also make & con- stitute & appoint my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testamt) And to Cornelius Sole Son of my Brother Barnabas
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Soul to be equally divided between them. And I do declare this & no other to be my last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written. Cornelius Soul (seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by Cor- nelius Soul as his last Will & Testament in the presence of us Witnesses, Jonas Mason Iames Tuttle Gilbert Winslow jun'
Probated 5 January 1756. Inventory returned 25 Dec. 1755, at £325: 5: 8, by Gilbert Winslow, Benjamin Mogaridge and Paul Prince, appraisers.
Probate Office, 9, 138.
In the Name of God Amen, I Jeremiah Wise of Berwick in the County of York Clerk being weak & expecting in a Short time to be taken out of this World make & ordain this my last Will & Testament resigning my Soul into God in Christ, My Will is that my Body be buried at the Discre- tion of my Executor. And as touching my Worldly Estate I dispose of the Same as follows.
I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son Iohn Wise and to his Heirs & Assigns forever all my Estate real & per- sonal of every Sort of every kind in any place and places, he paying all my Debts ; And fulfilling all Obligations from me due to all persons, and Such Legacys as bereafter in this my Will is mentioned to be paid he Shall pay in convenient time after my Decease.
Item : I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Plaisted to be paid by my Son John so much lawful Money as Shall be equal to one Hundred & Fifty pounds old Tenor so called, of the Massachusetts Bay.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Grandson David Moore so much lawful money as Shall be equal to one Hundred pounds old Ten' of the Massa : Bay.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Susan-
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nah Moore so much lawful Money as Shall be equal to Fifty pounds old Tenor of the Massa : Bay. My Said Son John to pay all Such Sum as Shall be due from my Estate to my Wife, and I hereby revoke all former & other Wills & Tes- tam's Legacy's & Bequests, Ratifying this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. And appoint my Said Son Iohn Executor of the Same.
Witness my Hand and Seal the 17th Day of January 1756. Signed Sealed published pronounced Jeremia Wise (Seal) & declared by ye Sª Ierª Wise as his last Will & Testamt, in pres- ence of John Hill, Moses Carr, Benja Chadbourne, Noah Emery
Probated 9 April 1756.
Probate Office, 9, 144.
In the Name of God Amen. I Joshua Black of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay Husbandman being Sick & weak in Body but of a Sound Mind & Memory, and not knowing how Soon it may please God to remove me out of this World Wou'd therefore commit my Body to the Earth to be buried in a decent Manner, And my Soul to God who gave it beging for the Pardon of my Sins, and eternal Life thro Iesus Christ our Lord. And as to the worldly Estate which by Divine Prov- idence I am the owner of I give and dispose of ye Same in Manner following, that is to Say,
First of all, I order that my just Debts & funeral Charges be paid out of my personal Estate by my Executor hereafter named, as Soon as may be after my Decease.
Item, I give to my Son Jonathan five Shillings old Tenor he having had from me his full proPortion of my Estate.
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Item. I give to my Sons Henry & Thomas all my real Estate consisting of Buildings Land & the Appurtenances thereto belonging to be equally divided between them, and to their Heirs & Assigns in Severalty forever, which Lands and Buildings Shall be apprized as Soon as may be after My Decease by persons to be appointed by the Judge of Probates for the Said County under Oath, out of ye Apprized Value of which Lands & Buildings, I order my Sons Henry and Thomas to pay to my five Daughters hereafter named their respective parts & Portions of ye Same as follows Viz'.
Item. I give to my Daughters Mary Sarah Almy & Cath- arine to each of them one Seventh part of ye apprized Value of my real Estate to be paid to them in Money by my Said Sons Henry & Thomas namely to Mary & Sarah their . two Sevenths within one Year and to Amy & Catharine their two Sevenths within two Years after my Decease they giving Security therefor.
Item. I give to my Daughter Margery the one Seventh part of the apprized Value of my real Estate to be paid to her in Money by my Sons Henry & Thomas, when She Shall arrive to Eighteen Years of Age they giving Security for the Same. I also give to my Said Daughter Margery the Bed Beding & Furniture whereon I now ly.
I give to my Son Thomas my Gunn.
My Will is that that part of my personal Estate weh Shall remain after my just Debts & funeral Charges be paid Shall be divided amongst my Sons Henry & Thomas and my five Daughters in equal Shares.
I constitute & appoint Executor of this my last will & Testamt. I further Order that my Daughters now un- married Shall have the Use & Improvemt of the Western End of my dwelling House and one half of my Cellar until they Shall be married if they see Cause.
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In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the nineteenth Day of January Anno Domini 1753. Signed Sealed & declared by the his Said Joshua Black as his last Will Ioshua Black (Seal)
and Testament in presence of
Mark
Simon Frost, Sam1 Fernald jun" Noah Fernald
Probated 5 April 1756. Inventory returned 4 May 1756, at £77: 12: 4, by James Gowen, John Heard Bartlett and Charles Frost, appraisers. Debt due estate from Henry Black.
Probate Office, 9, 152.
In the Name of God Amen. The thirtieth Day of March Anno Domini One Thousand and Seven Hundred & fifty six. I Solomon Libbey of Kittery in the County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England House- wright being aged & infirm in Body but of perfect Mind and Memory, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this Life do make & ordain this & no other to be my last Will and Tes- tament in the following Manner Viz Imprimis, I recommend my Soul to God who gave it, and my Body to ye Earth to be buried in such christian decent & frugal Manner as my Executrix hereafter named Shall See meet, In hopes I Shall receive the Same again, and enjoy a glorious Immortality thro the Merits & Mediation of Iesus Christ my Strong & mighty Redeemer. And as touching such worldly Estate as God in his Providence has given me, my Will is Shall be disposed of as followeth Vizt.
Item. I give & bequeath unto Martha my dearly beloved Wife and to her Heirs & Assigns forever, Twelve Acres of my Land at a Place called Pudden Hole in Kittery aforesaid beginning at the Southeast Side of Said Land, and to extend Northwestward the whole length of my Land toward Moses
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Hanscoms Land until Said Twelve Acres be compleated. Also I bequeath to my Said Wife her Heirs & Assigns for- ever the one Moiety or half part of all that Tract of Land I purchased of Proctor lying & being in the Town of Biddeford in the County Aforest be the Same more or less. Also I bequeath to Martha my Said Wife all my personal Estate of every kind whatsoever after my funeral Charges & just Debts are paid ; And also all the Profits and yearly Income of my Housing Buildings & Homestead Lands where I now dwell until my Son Nathan Libby comes to ye Age of twenty four years ; And afterward, I give to my Said Wife the moiety or half part of the clear profits & yearly Income of my Homestead Lands before mentioned during her nat- ural Life.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Joseph Libby and to his Heirs & assigns forever all that my Tract of Land in Biddeford aforesd whereon he now dwells con- taining twenty Acres more or less the which I purchased of Humphrey Scammon.
I also give & bequeath to my Said Son Joseph Libby his Heirs & Assigns forever, The one half of my certain Tract of Land in Biddeford aforesd which I purchased of Proctor aforesaid.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Ruben Libby his Heirs & Assigns forever twenty acres of my Land at a Place called Pudding Hole in Kittery aforesª lying & being between the Lands of Moses Hanscom on ye North west & the Land herein given to my Wife on ye Southeast be ye Same more or less.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Nathan Libby his Heirs & Assigns forever one moiety or half part of all that Tract or parcel of Land whereon I now dwell with half the Buildings & Appurtenances thereon when he comes to the Age of twenty four years.
Item I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Simon Libby his Heirs & Assigns forever the remaining half part
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of my Homestead Land & Buildings where I now live in Kittery aforesaid when he Arrives to ye Age of twenty two Years, And if either of my two Sons namely Nathan or Simon Should depart this Life before they receive the Legacy given to them in this my Will leaving no issue of his body lawfully begotten then my Will & Meaning is the Son Surviving Shall have the whole of my Homestead Lands & Buildings to him his Heirs and Assigns forever. Item I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Anne Libby thirteen pounds Six Shillings and eight pence in Money or Cattle at Money Price within two Years after my Decease. Item, I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daugh- ter Martha Libby thirteen pounds Six Shillings & eight pence in Money or other things for her Support which She may Stand in need of at Money Price as She wants them. Item, I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Unice, Thirteen pounds Six Shillings & eight pence in Money or in Cattle at Money Price when She arrives to the Age of twenty Years. All which Legacys are to be paid by my Executrix ; and the Legacy given to my Executrix is Sub- jected to the Payment thereof.
Item, I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Martha aforesd If She Should live Single & unmarried to old Age, and not able to Support her. Self the Sum of two pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence per annum to be paid by my four Sons Joseph Ruben Nathan & Simon and the Legacys given them are Subjected to ye Payment their in equal Proportions. And I do hereby ordain and appoint Martha my beloved Wife Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & affixed my Seal on the Day and Date first above written.
his mark
Solomon
Libbey (Seal)
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Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by ye Said Solomon Libby as his last Will & Testament, In presence of us the Subscribers,
Joshua Staple, Moses Hanscom, Joseph Hammond.
Probated 18 May 1756.
Probate Office, 9, 162.
In the Name of God Amen.
The 29th Day of April 1756, I Peter Grant of Berwick in the County of York in the Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England GentIn being Sick & weak in Body, but of perfect 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, do make & ordain his my last Will & Testament, that is to Say, principally & first of all, I commend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to ye Earth to be buried in a christian decent Burial at ye Discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at ye General I Shall receive ye Same again by ye mighty power of God. And as for Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of ye Same in ye fol- lowing Manner & Form.
I give & bequeath to my dearly beloved Wife Mary Grant all my homestead or home place House Barn Orchard Improvements, all my Utensils of farming Work, as Carts Wheels Plows Harrows Small Chains Axes & Crow and all other Utensils or Implements of that kind; As also all my Stock of What kind soever as Cows Oxen Sheep Swine & my Mair, for her and my young Family's Support & Main- tenance until my two Sons Iames & Samuel Grant comes to lawful Age, and all my household Good & Furniture I give
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& bequeath to my aforesd Wife to be her's & at her Disposal to distribute & give among my Children as She Sees Cause to dispose of them, reserving a Yoke of Oxen & a Cow for my funeral Charges.
Item. I give & bequeath to my two well beloved Sons Iames & Samuel Grant, a hundred Acres of Land more or less in equal Shares or halves joining by ye South Side of Hoopers Land & by great Works River from ye Pond to Benja Hodsdons Southwest Corner; And from Said Corner Strait to ye Cove at great Works River to them & their respective Heirs lawfully begotten of their Bodies to be pos- sessed & enjoyed by them with the House Barn and other Improvemts, when they shall come to ye Age of twenty one as also a yoke of the Calves for each of my Said Sons out of the above Stock.
My Will also is, that my Son Alexandr if he Sees Cause may have the Improvemt of ye Ten Acres of Land where his House & Barn now is for Ten Years.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Peter Grant jun' all my Right in my hond Fathers Estate or home- stead down in Town ; And all that I purchased of my Uncles Daniel and Alexander Grant, and that I bought of Joseph Woodsom, and also a piece of Land at Love's Brook, begin- ning at Mine & Chadbourns Corner by the High Way & running down the Brook on ye Eastern Side of ye Brook to the Pond Brook, then running twelve Rods East from the Mouth of ye pond Brook to ye old Fence where Joshua Abbot lately clear'd, and from thence to Chadbourn's Line reserving a Way to me and my Heirs & Assigns to pass and repass to the Country Road forever, To be my Said Sons Peter Grant j' and his Heirs lawfully begotten of his Body forever.
Item. I give & bequeath to my three well beloved Sons Landers Daniel & Alexander Grant Seventy five Acres of - Land at Love's Brook beginning at the Highway at ye South Side of Love's Brook running as the fence now Stands until
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it comes to Miles Thomsons & my dividing Fence ; then running down the Fence to Biles Marsh as the Fence now Stands, then Northeast to Biles & my Corner at Love's Brook, then to Hodsdon's & Plaisteds till ye Said Seventy five Acres be fully Accomplished, to them & their respective Heirs lawfully begotten of their Bodies in equal Shares, for- ever to divide among themselves according to quantity & quality as they see proper, reserving to me my Heirs & Assigns Liberty to pass & repass thro any of the above given Lands, at Love's Brook to the Country Road forever.
Item. I give & bequeath to my loving Brother & Sister Andrew Walker & Mary Walker two Acres of Land in ye old Cornfield at Love's Brook and the Liberty of Cutting twenty five Cocks of Hay yearly during their natural Life, if they See Cause to improve it, And the remainder of my Land at Love's Brook not disposed of in this my Will, I leave to pay my lawfull Debts if needs be. And if what I leave hereafter to pay my honest & lawful Debts be Suffi- cient then the Said remainder part of Land at Love's Brook I give & bequeath in equal Shares to my aforesd Six Sons. My Will is further that Ioshua Abbot be allowed the Im- provement of what he cleard at Love's Brook for four Years in Consideration of his Labour, Still reserving to my Son Peter Grant for his own Use, the wood on ye point on the South Side of Love's Brook at the Mouth of ye Brook as Deac" Libby's Land & mine runs to Bile's Marsh.
Item, I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Mary Hambleton her Heirs or Assigns Ten pounds thirteen Shillss and four pence to be paid her in lawful Money by me two Sons Peter & Daniel equally in Six Years after my Decease.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Sarah Hambleton her Heirs or Assigns Ten pounds thirteen Shillings and four pence lawful Money to be paid her by my two Sons Landras & Alexander Grant in Six years after my Decease.
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Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Lydia Grant, Ten pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence lawful Money a Cow Bed & Bedding to be paid her by my Wife at a proper apprizal in part of the above Sum, and ye remainder if any Shall be wanting to make up ye above Sum to be paid her by Son James when he comes of full Age. Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Dorcas Grant Ten pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence L. M. a Cow Bed & Bedding to be paid by her Mother at a proper Apprizal to discharge Said Sum the Remainder if any there be to be paid her by my Son Samuel when he comes to full Age. Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Martha Grant a Cow & a great Pot to be paid her by my Wife at a proper Apprizal to make up ye like Sum of Ten pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence, & ye Remainder to be paid her by my Son James Grant.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Grizzel Grant Ten pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence, two great Pewter Platters half a Doz" Plates to be paid her by her Mother in part thereof, The Over plus by my Son Samuel when he comes of full Age.
My Will is further that John Key and his Heirs may enjoy that part in the little Mill which he has improved pro- vided he clears me & my Heirs from Colo Ichabod Plaisted & his Heirs, and produce, Receipts to that Effect otherwise ye Sa part of Sª Mill be Sold to discharge Said Debt.
Item I give to my Son Landras one Acre of Land in the Beaver Dam Country my new french Gun I give to my Son James my old french Gun I give to my Son Sam' my other Six Guns two Pistols & Sword my Land in ye New Town- ship - Beaker Grant all my other out Lands all my Mill (excepting three Days - I leave with my two Sons Peter & James Grant) I leave to pay my honest Debts, as also my three great Chains Canting Dog & great Clavis I
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leave to pay my Debts after my Sons has fulfilled their Contract.
My Will is further that my White Oak Logs cutt & to be cutt be Sawed & my part of them to pay Samuel Went- worths Debt My pine Logs in the River Brow & Mill pond I leave to discharge my Debts, and Support my Family with Bread Corn.
My Will is further that all Debts due to me go twoards ye Payment of my honest Debts -
Finally I make constitute appoint & ordain my well beloved Sons Peter Grant jun' and Landras Grant to be the Sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament, utterly revoking disannulling & making void all former or other Wills Executors Legacys & Bequests heretofore by me in any wise made willed or named ratifying & Confirming this & none other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day & Date above written. Peter Grant (Seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Peter Grant as his last Will & Testamt in the pres- ence of us Witnesses, Grindal Knight, Ephraim Joy, John Sullivan
Probated 12 July 1756. Inventory returned 15 July 1756, at £1078: 0: 11, by Grindal Knight, Benjamin Hodsdon and Patrick Gowen appraisers.
Probate Office, 9, 166.
In the Name of God Amen. The Sixteenth Day of Ian- uary Annog Domini 1756. I Benjamin Nason of Berwick in the County of York Yeoman, being aged and Sick & weak of Body but thro divine Goodness I have the Exercise of my Reason & Understanding & of perfect Memory, and calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body, and the Uncer- tainty of Life, I do make and ordain this to be my last Will
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& Testament in which I recommend my Body to the Earth to be buried in decent Manner at the Discretion of my Executor, And my Soul to God who gave it hoping for Mercy thro Iesus Christ ; And as to the worldly Goods or Estate it has pleased God to bless me with here on Earth, other than Such as I have already disposed of, I now give & dispose of the Same in the following Manner Vizt.
1. In the first place, I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Noah Nason all that Tract of Land in Berwick aforesd on which he now lives containing about Thirty more or less, and also the one half of that hundred acres of Land above little River, which fell to me by Virtue of my com- mon Rights to him his Heirs & Assigns in Fee Simple. I also give my Said Son one Yoke of Steers four Years old the next Spring to be delivered him by my Executor after my Decease, I also give him a young Horse which he now has of mine.
2. In the next place I give & bequeath to my two Sons Vizt Benjamin & Iohn in equal Halves in Fee Simple all that part of my Common Rights in Berwick aforesd which Shall fall to me below the little River as ye Same is or Shall here- after be divided.
3, I likewise give to my Son Ioshua Nason ye other half of that Hundred Acres of Land above little River which fell to me out of my common Rights, and also one Yoke of Oxen to be delivered him by him Executor Said Land is given in Fee Simple.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Good- win my best Bed & Furniture Vizt one pair of Sheets, one pair of Blankets a pair of Pillows & Cases a Bolster & Case & a Coverlet & my Warming pan, and what that wants on a just Apprizal of Ten Pounds lawful Money is to be made up & paid her by my Executor.
Item. I likewise give to my Daughter Martha Goodwin my other Bed & Beding Consisting of one pair of Sheets one pair of Blankets a pair of Pillows & Cases, a Bolster &
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Case & Coverlet, And what that wants of Ten Pounds lawful Money is to be made up & paid her by my Execut".
Item. I likewise give unto my other three Daughters Viz Mary Morrison Iane Warren & Abigail Libby all my other Household Goods of all kinds to be equally divided amongst them, and what that wants of Ten pounds lawful Money to each of them is to be made up and paid them by my Executor.
Item, I give to my Grand Daughter Hannah Hodsdon the only Child of my Daughter Sarah Hodsdon Decd ten Shil- lings lawful Money to be paid her by my Execu', I having already given my Said Daughter Sarah her full Portion of my Estate.
I likewise give to my three Sons Vizt Noah Benja and John my Pew in the new Meeting House in Berwick aforesaid in equal Shares.
And in the last place, I give to my Son William Nason his Heirs & Assignes forever in Fee Simple all my other Estate real & personal in Berwick or else where which I have not before disposed of he paying my just Debts and funeral Charges and the Several Legacys before mentioned within Six Months from my Decease.
And I do hereby appoint make & ordain my Said Son William Nason Sole Executor of this my last Will and Tes- tam* renouncing & hereby making void all other Wills or Testamts by me at any time before made And do now de- clare the foregoing to be my last Will and Testamt.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & affixed my Seal the Day & Year first above mentioned.
his
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Nason (Seal)
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Signed Sealed publishd pronounced & declared by the Said Benja Nason to be his last, Will & Testament in presence of
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Caleb Emery, Darling Huntriss, Elisha Hearl, Stephen Wood jun".
Probated 12 July 1756. Inventory returned 17 Feby 1766, at £100: 9: 2, by Caleb Emery. Sam1 Nason and Timothy Davis, appraisers.
Probate Office, 9, 170.
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