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Item I give & bequeath further to my Son Iames two thirds of my live Stock as Cattle Sheep and Swine, and my Negro Boy Called Cesar & my Wearing Apparel I give to be divided between Iames & Andrew above named, and that my Said Executor Shall pay all my Just Debts, and demand & call in all Debts that are due to me.
Item. I give & bequeath to my beloved Wife Dorcas one Third part of my Homestead Lands & dwelling House & Cellar and Barn, and one third part of my live Stock (& Household Goods all of them) for her Use and that She may dispose of them as She Shall See meet : And my Said Execut' Shall improve her Thirds for her, And Shall bring home all Sorts of Grain Corn Hay & Cyder, and secure it in good Season according to her Direction, And Shall bring home her Firewood & cut it fit for burning : And Shall
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carry her corn to Mill & bring home the Meal : And if he Shall neglect or refuse so to do then She Shall or may take the Negro above mentioned into her own Hands to improve her Thirds for her. And I do further Will & hereby order that if my Son Andrew Should (when he comes of Age) Settle in Berwick that the Negrow above mentioned Shall Serve him two Years he the Said Andrew returning him as well cloathed as when he took him. In Witness whereof I have hereanto Set my Hand & Seal, And do hereby disallow revoke and disallow all & every other or former Testaments Wills Legacys Bequests & Executors by me in any Wise before named willed & bequeathed, Ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament (The Word (in Berwick & Goods) being first entered. his Signed Sealed published pro-
Andrew Neal (Real) mark
nounced & declared by ye Sd Andrew Neal to be his last
Will & Testament in presence
of us. Iohn Heard Bartlet
Josiah Bridges Abraham Lord tert3
Probated 13 February 1,58.
Probate Office, 9, 263.
In the Name of God Amen. The Second Day of January Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty eight, I Joseph Willson of Kittery in the County of York & Province of the Massa" Bay in New England House- wright, being aged & weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given unto God. Therefore calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make and ordain this my last Will & Testam' That is to Say : principally and
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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 Manner at ye Discrition of my Executors hereafter named. Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive ye 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 ye following Maner & form.
Impr My Will is that my just Debts & funeral Charges be raised & paid out of my Estate as Soon as may be con- veniently after my Decease by my Executes hereafter named.
Item. I give & bequeath unto Indith my dearly beloved Wife ye Use & Improvemt of the one third part of my real Estate in Manner as the Law directs in Case of Intestate Estates.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Well beloved Son Joseph Willson his Heirs & Assigns part of my Land as follows Viz one part thereof beginning at a Bunch of pair Trees about Six Rods Eastwardly from my Barn on ye North- erly Side of a Lane that Leads from my Barn, on ye North- erly Side of my Orchard twoards Thomas Hutchins Land, and to run from Said Pear Trees Northerly Straight to two Small Elmn Trees mark'd, and then continuing the Same Course to the Cart Path that leads from my Barn to the head of my Mowing Ground and then to run Northeasterly as the Path goes to the Head of my Mowing Ground at the Bars in the Stone Wall ; And then running Southwardly as the Wall runs next the Pasture to the Corner thereof; And then running South westerly by the Wall and Fence to the turn of the Lane and then running as ye Lane Runs to the beginning : And also give to my Son Joseph Liberty to pas- ture three Cows eight Sheep & two Calves in my Pasture Land during his Life ; and also give unto my said son Jo- seph Six Bushels of Winter Apples, and Six Barrells of Cyder per year during his Life to be made out of the 52
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Orchard on my Lands during his Life; And also the Priv- iledge of living in & improving that part of the House he now lives in, And the Same Priviledge in the Barn he now improves.
Item. I confirm unto my well beloved Son Moses Willson what I have already conveyed to him by Deeds which is for his full Portion of my Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Sons Da- vid Willson & Gowen Willson all the remaining part of my Lands & Buildings whatsoever & wheresoever the Same is or may be found to them their Heirs & Assigns forever to be divided between them in equal Shares.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Hannah Willson Thirteen pounds Six Shillings & eight pence lawful Money or the Value thereof out of my Stock of Creatures, And also Six pounds thirteen Shillings and four pence or the Value thereof out of my Household Goods all at the then Currt price as Such things go at.
And further my Will is that if my Said Son Joseph Shall have need to Sell or dispose of the Land or any part thereof that I have given him he Shall Sell it to one of his Brothers, if they See Cause to purchase and will give as much as another person. And all the remaining part of my personal Estate I give unto Judith my Wife, whom I make & ordain my Execut and David my aforesª Son whom I make & or- dain my Executor with his Mother of this my last Will and Testament to pay my Debts & funeral Charges. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannull all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacys & Bequests & Executors by me any ways before named willed & bequeathed ratify- ing & confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testamt.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written after ye Words (David Willson and Gowen Willson) were interlined, Memo that ye
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Words (to pay my Debts & funeral Charges) were inter- lined before Signing & Sealing.
Joseph Willson (Seal)
Signed Sealed & published pronounced & declared by the Said Joseph Willson as his last Will & Testamt in the pres -- ence of us the Subscribers, his Thomas Hutchins Joseph Weeks Andrew X Lewis 3ª John Godsoe. mark
Probated 3 April 1758. Inventory returned 20 March 1753, at £396: 15: 1, by Thomas Cutt, Samuel Haley and James Fernald, appraisers.
Probate Office, 10, 1.
In the Name of God Amen. I Daniel Tetherly of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay Shipwright, being bound on an Expedition and not knowing how God in his Providence may dispose of me. I make this my last Will & Testament, and after humbly bequeathing my Soul to God the Father of Spirits and recommending my Body to a decent burial wherever it may happen according to the Discretion of my Executors herein after named, if my Death Shall happen where they or either of them may have the Care of it. My worldly Estate I give & devise in the following Manner & Form vizt
My Will is, That in the first place all my just Debts & funeral Charges be paid by my Executors as soon after my Decease as the Same may be done with conveniency.
Item. I give to my Sister Elizabeth the Sum of five Shillings lawful Money.
Item. I give to Sarah the Daughter of my Brother Samuel Five Shillings.
Item. All the Rest Remainder & Residue of my Estate real & personal I give & devise to my two Brothers John and William in Manner following viz one third thereof to
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the Said William & two thirds thereof to the Said John to hold to them respectively and their Several & respective Heirs Executors Admin's & Assigns.
And I appoint them to be joint Executors of this my last Will & Testament, revoking all other Wills by me in any Manner heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have here- unto Set my Hand & Seal the 28th Day of February Anno Domini 1757.
Signed Sealed & declared by the Said Daniel Tetherly to be his last Will & Testamt in presence of us who Subscribed as Wit- nesses in his presence. William Spinney William Fernald Icha- bod Remick
Daniel Tetherly (Seal)
Probated 24 April 1758.
Probate Office, 10, 11.
In the Name of God Amen
I Samuel Scammon of Biddeford in the County of York Gent" being Sick & weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be given unto God, therefore calling unto Mind ye Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die do constitute make & ordain this to be my last Will and Testament; That is to say, In the first place, I recommend my Soul into the Hands of God who gave it, and my Body to the Earth to be buried in a decent christian Manner at ye Discretion of my Execu- tors herein after named. And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God in this Life to invest me, I give demise & dispose of ye Same in the following Manner and Form.
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Impr I will & order that all my just Debts & funeral Charges Shall be paid out of my Estate by Mehetable my beloved Wife whom I constitute an Executor of this my last Will & Testament.
Item. I give unto Mehetable my beloved Wife aforesaid the Improvement of one Half of so much of my Homested Farm whereon I now dwell as to extend from the Southwest End of it where it adjoins to the Homestead of Samuel Dennet to ye North East End of the Second Division of the Land purchased by Ebenez' Ayer out of the Estate of Iames Scammon late Decd with the Occupation & Improve- ment of the one half of my dwelling House & Barn ; and also the Improvement of all my Salt Marsh lying in Bidde- ford & Scarborough. Likewise the Improvemt of all my personal Estate consisting in Money Bills Bonds Book Debts Household Cattle &c. only excepting & reserving three Yoke of Oxen and four Feather Beds & Bedding, to her Use and Improvement during her natural Life.
Item. I give unto my beloved Son Samuel Scammon (whom I appoint the other Executor of this my last Will & Testament) the whole of that part of my Homestead Butted beginning at ye South West End where it adjoins to Samuel Dennets Homestead Land, and extending North East to the End of the Second Division of the Land purchased by Ebenezer Ayer out of the Estate of Iames Scammon late Decd with about Five Acres of Land in the first Division of the purchase I made out of the Estate of the Said Iames Scammon, With Five Acres of Salt Marsh lying at a place commonly called Goose Fare in Biddeford aforesd And all my Right to Lands at Randezvouz, and old Orchard so called in Said Biddeford. And also one Yoke of Oxen when he Shall arrive at twenty one Years of Age.
Item. I give unto my beloved Son Isaac Scamman all that part of my Homestead Land butted beginning at the upper Edge of the Bank on the Western Side of Goose Fare aforesd and to Extend on a Northeast Course to ye Middle
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Line with all my Right in the purchase I made out of ye Estate of Iames Scamman aforesª Decd as yet undivided. And two Acres & half of Salt Marsh lying in Scarboro at a place called Roger's Cove, and one Yoke of Oxen, when he Shall arrive at twenty one Years of Age.
Item. I give unto my beloved Son Freeman Scamman all that part of my Homestead Land butted beginning at the Northeast End of the Land I bequeathed to my Son Samuel aforesd and to extend on a Northeast Course to the upper Edge of the Bank on the Western Side of Goose Fare River aforesd with a Fourteen Acre Lot of Land in the Second Division of the purchase I made out of the Estate of Iames Scamman aforesd Decd With Five Acres of Salt Marsh in Scarboro aforesd adjoining to ye Patent Line. And also one Yoke of Oxen when he Shall arrive at twenty one Years of Age.
Item. I give unto my beloved Daughter Mary Scamman Forty pounds lawful Money to be paid to her by my Son Samuel aforesd when She Shall arrive to eighteen Years of Age. and also a Feather Bed & Bedding which I before excepted and reserved out of my personal Estate.
Item. I give unto my beloved Daughter Elizabeth Scam- mon Forty pounds lawful Money to be paid to her by my Son Samuel aforesd when She Shall arrive at Eighteen Years of Age, and also a feather Bed & Bedding which I before excepted and reserved out of my personal Estate.
Item. I give unto my beloved Daughter Mehetable Scam- man Forty pounds lawful Money to be paid to her by my Son Samuel aforesd when She Shall arrive at ye Age of Eighteen Years, and also a feather Bed & Bedding which I before excepted & reserved out of my personal Estate.
Item. I give unto my beloved Daughter Sarah Scammon Forty pounds lawful Money to be paid to her by my Son Samuel aforesd when She Shall arrive at Eighteen Years of Age, and also a feather Bed and Bedding which I. before excepted & reserved out of my personal Estate.
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Lastly. In as much as Mehetable my beloved Wife aforesª now proves to be in a State of Pregnancy, It is my Will in Case She Should bring forth a Son he should be paid Eighty pounds lawful Money by my Son Freeman Seammon aforesd and lawful Interest for the Same from ye time my Son Freeman arrives to twenty one Years of Age to the Arrival of ye Said Child to twenty one Years of Age ; and in Case my Said Wife Should bring forth a Daughter, It is my Will She Should be paid Forty pounds lawful Money by my Said Son Freeman aforesd when She Shall arrive at Eighteen Years of Age, and also that he give her a feather Bed & Bedding.
And I do hereby revoke disannul & make void all former Legacys Wills & Bequests by me made Ratifying & confirm- ing this and no other to be my last Will & Testamt.
In Witness whereof I the Said Samuel Scammon have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this Eighteenth Day of Febr in ye 31. Year of His Majesty's Reign Annoq Domini 1758. Signed Sealed published pro- Samuel Scamman (seal)
nounced & declared by ye S1 Sam1 Scamman to be his last Will & Testament in pres- ence of, Tr Iordan Ebenezer Ayer. Samuel White
Probated 10 July 1758. Inventory returned 27 Sept. 1758, at £1300: 3: 1, by Tristram Jordan, Ebenezer Ayer and Richard Berry, appraisers.
Probate Office, 10, 15.
In the Name of God Amen. The fourteenth Day of May 1757. In the 30th Year of ye Reign of George the Second King of Great Britain France & Ireland. I Thomas Wood- berry of Falmouth in the County of York and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman being very
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Sick and weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given unto God, therefore calling unto Mind ye 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 Execut* 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, after paying my just Debts and funeral Charges, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Imprimis. I give to my well beloved Wife Priscilla Wood- bery whom I likewise Constitute & ordain Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament, the Income of all my Estate both real & personal so long as She continues my Widow But in Case She marries again, then my Will is that She Shall have one feather Bed, one Brass Kettle two pewter Dishes, and half a Doz" of pewter Plates.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Lydia Hicks the Wife of William Hicks a piece of Land begining at a Stone by ye Side of the Road running North- east till it comes to Iacob Sawyer's Tenn Acre Lot, and from thence Northwest to the Land of John Robinson jun' & from thence to the Road first mentioned Southwest, be the Same more or less to her & her Heirs forever, by her or them freely to possess and enjoy.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughters Priscilla Woodbery Thankful Purrington the Wife of Hum- phry Purrington of Georgetown Hannah Woodbery Mehet- able Woodbery Ioanna Woodbery, Fifteen Acres of Land out of my Sixty Acre Lot to be equally divided among them in quantity and Quality to them & their Heirs forever by them freely to be possessed & enjoyed, and furthermore my
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Will is that my Daughters Priscilla Mehetable & Joanne Woodbury Shou'd each of them have a Heifer as Soon as they can be raised upon my Farm.
Item. I give & bequeath to my only & well beloved Son Charles Woodbery all the rest of my Estate both real & per- sonal, Houses Lands Goods Tenements whatsoever & where- soever they may be found thereunto appertaining or belong to Thos Woodbery to him & his Heirs & Assigns forever freely to be possessed and enjoyed by him or them. And furthermore my Will is that there Shall be no Division of my Estate either real or personal until the Death of my Wife or She is married to another Man.
And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all and every other former Testaments Wills Legacys & Be- quests and Executors by me in any Ways before named willed and bequested, Ratifying and confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year above mentionª
Signed Sealed published pro- Thomas Woodbery (Seal) nounced & declared by the
Sª Thos Woodbery as his last Will & Testament in presence of us the Subscribers.
Ephraim Clark Ebenezer Cox Iohn Aramstrong.
Probated 3 Oct. 1757. Inventory returned same date, at £391: 3: 6, by Capt John Rob- inson, Benjamin Thrasher and Joshua Woodbery, appraisers.
Probate Office, 10, 23.
In the Name of God Amen.
The eighth Day of May in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & fifty seven. I Ebenezer Hill
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of Biddeford in the County of York, and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Gent" being Weak in 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 that is to Say principally & first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God who gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor, Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive ye 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 the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Ebenezer Hill or his Heirs the Sum of twenty nine pounds four Shil- lings lawful Money to be paid by my Executor within Two Years after my Decease.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Benjamin Hill or his Heirs the Sum of twenty eight pounds lawful Money to be paid by my Executor within one Year and an Half after my Decease.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Jeremiah Hill & to his Heirs or Assigns forever he paying ye Several Legacys herein mentioned, all my Homestead both Land & Marsh, with all the Buildings Standing thereupon with all my Out Lands, also all my Stock & my Implemts of Hus- bandry.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Grandson Ebenezer Iordan Son of my beloved Daughter Dorothy Ior- dan Decd the Sum of twenty eight pounds fourteen Shillings lawful Money to be paid him when he Shall arrive at the · Age of twenty one Years by my Executor, also my gunn. And in Case the Said Ebenezer Iordan Should die before he arrives at that Age, I order the Said Sum to his Brethren &
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Sister, and to be equally divided betwixt them. the Said Sum of twenty eight pounds fourteen Shillings being what I purposed to have given my Said Daughter Dorothy Iordan if She had lived as the full of her Portion.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Sus- anna Emery the Sum of thirty one pounds Seventeen Shil- lings and four pence lawful Money to be paid by my Execu- tor unto her or her Heirs within four Years after my Decease.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Lydia Winget the Sum of twenty nine pounds five Shillings & eight pence lawful Money to be paid unto her or her Heirs by my Executor within five years after my Decease.
Item. My Household Goods I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Jeremiah Hill and my beloved Daughters Sus- anna Emery & Lydia Wingit to be equally divided betwixt them. My Sª Daughters allowing the amount of their parts of ye Same out of the Sums above mentioned to be paid to them.
Item. I give & bequeath unto the Revª M' Moses Morrell Pastor of the Church of Christ in Biddeford the Sum of two pounds lawful Money to be paid by my Executor at my Decease.
Item. I give & bequeath unto the Church in Biddeford ye Sum of Thirteen Shillings & four pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executor within one Year after my Decease.
Lastly. I make constitute & ordain my beloved Son Iere- miah Hill my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testa- ment, and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Wills Testaments Legacys bequests & Executors by me in any Wise before named willed & be- queathed, ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have here- unto Set my Hand & Seal ye Day & Year before mentioned.
Ebenzer Hill (Seal) .
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Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Ebenezer Hill as his last Will & Testament in the pres- ence of us, Allen Gorden, Benja Mason Timothy Davis.
Probated 2 Oct. 1758.
Probate Office, 10, 29.
In the Name of God Amen.
The Sixth Day of May One thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty six. I Samuel Moody of Fort George in Brunswick in the County of York Esq' being weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given to 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 & 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 ye Discretion of my Executor, Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God; And as touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Nathaniel Green Moody, one third part of my real Estate to be Set of to him in Quantity & Quality at ye Discretion of my Executor.
Item I give & Bequeath to my beloved Son Samuel Moody one third part of my Real Estate to be Set off to him in quantity & quality at ye Discretion of my Executor
Item. I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Joshua Moody one third part of my real Estate to be Set off to him in Quantity & Quality at the Discretion of my Executor.
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Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife Mary Moody, whom I likewise Constitute make & ordain my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament all my personal Estate of what name or Nature Soever by her freely to be possessed and enjoyed.
And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacys and Bequests & Executors, by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed, and confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal ye Day & Year above written.
Signed Sealed published pronounced Samuel Moody (Seal) & declared by ye Sa Sam1 Moody as his last Will & Testament in ye presence of us the Subscribers, David Dunning William Vincent,
John Cotton
Probated 2 Oct. 1758.
Probate Office, 10, 30,
In the Name of God Amen.
The Tenth Day of January in the Year of our Lord 1758.
I Alexander Nickels of Newcastle in the County of York Gent" being very Sick & weak in Body, but of perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be given unto God for the Same; and 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, prin- cipally & first of all I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it ; And for my Body I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent Manner at ye Discretion of my Executor, Nothing doubting
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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 Manner & Form following, that is to Say, In the first place, I give & bequeath to Hannah my dearly beloved Wife, the whole East End of my dwelling House, with two Acres of Land adjoining the Same ; Also Hay and Pasturage for two Cows, and likewise the Gristmill ; All which I will & bequeath to the Said Hannah to be her Sole Property to be disposed of by her at her Death in the Way & Manner She Shall think most proper.
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