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The words given, be, be, it, be, Wm Pepperrell (a Seal) interlined before signing.
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Signed Sealed & Declared by the said Sir William Pep- perrell 'to be a Codicil to & part of his last Will & Testa- ment in presence of us Witnesses who Subscribed hereunto in his Presence, Iohn Underwood Jeremiah Bragdon George Moody.
Probated 24 July 1759; 14 July 1759 Mr. Greenleaf declines the trust.
Probate Office 10, 72.
In the Name of God Amen. I Iohn Shapleigh of Kittery in the County of York within the Province of the Massa- chusetts Bay in New England Gentleman not knowing how Soon or in what Manner it may please God to take me out of this world, For Settling my Estate to prevent Disputes & Difference about the Same after my Decease Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament.
Imprimis. After a decent Burial of my Body my Will is that my just & reasonable Debts be well & truly paid.
Item. I give & bequeath unto Dorcas my well beloved Wife the Use & Improvemt of so much of my Land as to maintain two Oxen & Nine Cows for her & her Children until they shall come to the Age of Fourteen or Marriage I also give my said Wife nine Cows & two Oxen for that purpose. I also give to her my House I now live in and Sufficient Barn Room for that Term ; And when all my Chil- dren shall be of that age or deceased, then my Wife shall have the Third part of all my real Estate during Life. I also give her Sufficient Wood for Fuel during the Invency of my Children Sufficient planting & mowing Land during said Term, and freely to her self that Money due from her Brother Nehemiah Littlefield by Note of Hand which I took for her Portion. She shall have also for her own Use & at her Disposal my Riding Chair & Horse & Tackling ; And my Negro Woman while She keeps my Family of Children,
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and one of my young Negroes named Prince for her self as her Property. I also give to my Said Wife all my house- hold Stuff of every Sort for her Self and for her to dispose of amongst my Children as She pleases. I also give to my said Wife for her own Use Ten Sheep. I also give my said Wife Sufficient Land to keep her Horse & Sheep and for Fire wood until her Thirds are Set off.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Sons namely Iohn Nicolas Iames & Dependance in equal Share all my Houses & Lands in Kittery & Berwick and in all & in all & every place & Places equally between them to be divided, they paying all Charges Legacys & Debts by the Sale & Produce of my personal Estate not hereby disposed of otherwise and of Moneys at Interest, and if there is not Sufficient of those Things I hereby order and give Power unto my Executors or Such as Shall be living to Sell so much of my out Lands as to raise Money Sufficient for Such Uses. Excepting out of my real Estate that House where my Eldest Son Iohn lives and one Acre of Land at the place where the House is which I give to him my said eldest Son John & his Heirs as a free Gift to him forever in Fee, not to be Subject to a Division with my other Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my eldest Daughter Sarah Bartlet thirteen pounds six shillings & eight pence lawful Money within one year after my Decease which with what She hath already had is as much as any of my other Daugh- ters are to have, and is in full of her Portion of my Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my other three Daughters namely Dorcas Mary & Alice to Each of them Eighty pounds lawful Money or ye Value thereof in good House- hold Stuff or the produce of my Lands at a just & reason- able Apprizement of the Same to be paid by my Executors at the Age of fourteen years or Marriage or in all the par- ticulars aforesaid.
Item My Will is that in Case my Wife shall have any more or further Issue by me, if the Same be a Son or Sons
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Such Son or Sons shall have a equal part or portion each of them of my Estate as my other Sons and if a Daughter or Daughters then to Share as my other Daughters.
Item. I appoint my Wife Dorcas & all my Sons to be Executors of this my Will. And Such of them as Shall be of age to act are to act until others arrive to Sufficient age to act as Executors.
And I do hereby revoke & disannul all & every Will and. Wills by me made Ratifying this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. Witness my Hand and Seal the 2.1th Day of February 1759. Iohn Shapleigh (Seal) Signed Sealed pronounced & declared by the Said Iohn Shapleigh to be his last Will & Testament in presence of Elizabeth Cole X her mark Nathan Spinney Iohn Fry jun' x Jeremiah Wittum Noah Emery.
Probated 9 April 1759. Inventory returned 7 Oct. 1759 at £2324: 0:7 1-2, by James Gowen, Benjamin Hill and Robert Morrell, appraisers. Debts due the estate from Down- ing Woodman, William Leighton, David Clark, John H. Hubbard. John Morrell, Joseph Hill, John Ferguson, Benjamin Furbush, Joseph Small, Zebulon Trickey and Timothy Waymouth.
Probate Office, 10, 80.
In the Name of God Amen. I. John Cottle of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Shipwright being of a sound Mind & Memory, but considering ye uncertainty of Life and not knowing how soon my great Change may come, Do make & ordain this to be my last Will & Testament. And after humbly committing my Soul into ye Hands of God the Father of Spirits hoping for his pardoning Mercy thro the Merits of Jesus Christ our Lord, and my Body to the Dust to be decently Buried according to ye Discretion of my Exe- cutor hereinafter named, believing in ye Resurrect" of the Body, and hoping for Eternal Life. That worldly Estate
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which God in his good Providence has given me I give devise & bequeath the Same in the following Manner and Form, that is to Say. Impr My Will is that all my just Debts & funeral Charges be paid by my Executor out of my Estate within convenient time after my Decease.
Item. I give bequeath & devise to Anna my beloved Wife to hold to her & her assigns during her Widowhood and no onger the Use & Improvement of all my Estate both real 'and personal, excepting one half of my dwelling House with a convenient way to pass from said House over my Land to the High Way. But if my Said Wife Shall Marry then I give her one third part of my real and personal Estate dur- ing her natural Life and no more.
And if the Income or produce of my Estate be not Suffiet for the Support of my Said Wife during her Widow- hood it is my Will that my Son William Cottle take Care of her and provide for her yearly so much as will be Sufficient with what I have given her to afford her a comfortable Sup- port as aforesd. And in case my Said Son notwithstanding my Will herein declared Shall refuse & neglect to take Care and provide for his Mother if the Income or Produce of my Estate be not Sufficient for her Support as aforesaid I here- by give my Said Wife full Power to Sell & dispose of so much of my moveable Estate as will be Sufficient for her comfortable Support with the Profits of my Estate as afore- said.
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Item. I give to my two Daughters Mary Moore, Sarah Cotten to each of them ten Shillings lawful Money of ye aforesd Province to be paid to them by my Executor within one year after the Decease of my Wife.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Son William Cottle after the Decease of my Wife all my real Estate with the buildings & appurtenances thereto belonging to him his Heirs & Assigns forever. If it Should happen that my Wife Should Marry, then I give two Thirds of my real Estate to my s" Son with full Power to enter & become Seized thereof at the time his
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Mother Shall so marry. And I give my Said Son all my personal Estate to be possessed of two Thirds thereof at the time his Mother shall marry and to enjoy the whole at her Decease in Case he Support his Mother if need be as abovesd I also give my Son William his Heirs & Assigns the one half of my dwelling House with a convenient way to pass from said House over my Land to the High Way to be possessed by him at my Decease. Lastly, I hereby consti- tute & appoint my Said Son William Cottle Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament and revoke all other Wills by me in any manner heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this tenth Day of Decem Anno Domini 1755, and in ye 28th year of His Majt Reign.
Signed Sealed & declared by ye Said John Cottel (Seal) John Cottel to be his last Will &
Testamt in presence of us. Stephen Dixson Richard Gowell
Parker Foster Nath1 Remick
Probated 1 May 1759. Inventory returned 4 June 1759, at £109: 5: 6, by Joseph Ham- mond, Robert Cole and Benje Fernald, appraisers.
Probate Office, 10, 81.
In the Name of God Amen. I Thomas Butler of Berwick in the County of York Gent" the twelfth Day of February 1759, 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 and 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 recomend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at y" Discretion of my
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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 & dis- pose of ye Same in ye follows Maner & Form.
Imp' I give to my well beloved Wife all my Household Goods & personal Estate.
I give to my beloved Son Moses Butler one third part of my Homestead with half the House thereon ; and also one third part of a Lot of Land at Blackberry Hill he paying one third part of the following Legacies or Bequests when he Shall arrive to the Years of Twenty one.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Son Thomas Butler Thir- teen pounds Six Shillings & eight pence.
Item. I give to my Daughter Olive Fippeny Forty Shillings
Item. I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Sayward Forty Shillings
Item. I give to my Grandson William Goodwin the Son of my Daughter Mary Decd twenty Shillings.
Item. I give to my beloved Son Samuel Butler whom I likewise constitute make & ordain my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament, the two third parts of my Home- stead, and half my dwelling House & Barn, the two Third parts of a Lot of Land at Blackberry Hill, also all my Right in the Mills in Quamphegon & Priviledge, and Ten Acres of Timber Land in the Woods, he paying ye Two Third parts of the above Legacys, and all my just Debts & funeral Charges. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & dis- annul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacys & Bequests & Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day and year above written.
Thomas
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Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the said Thomas Butler as his last Will & Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers, Moses Butler, Thomas Abbot ye 4th Thomas Butler jun"
Probated 4 April 1759. Inventory returned 6 July 1759, at £295: 5: 10, by Fox C. Cutt, William Gerrish and John Lord je , appraisers.
Probate Office, 10, 93.
In the Name of God Amen.
The thirty first Day of March 1759. I Moses Goodwin j' of Berwick in ye County of York Yeoman, being Sick and weak of 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 & 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 Day 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 ye Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr. I give my beloved Sister Martha Page twenty six Shillings & Eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Execut".
Item. I give my Sister Patience her Children twenty six Shillings & eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Execut".
Item. I give my Sister Mary Warren twenty six Shil- lings & eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executor.
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I give to my Sister Abigail Bennet twenty six Shillings and eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executor.
I give to my Sister Phebe Emery twenty six shillings & eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executor
I give to my Sister Elizabeth Gray twenty six Shillings & eight pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executor.
Item. I give to my Sister Margaret Grant two pounds thirteen Shillings & four pence lawful Money to be paid by my Executor.
Item. I give to my well beloved Brother Aaron Goodwin whom I likewise constitute make & ordain my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament all & Singular my Lands & Tenements Goods & Chattels real & personal Estate, and all my Right & Title to any Lands that Shall come unto me as well as what I am in Possession to be by him freely pos- sessed & enjoyed. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Leg- acys & Bequests & Executors by me in any Way before named willed & bequeathed ratifying and confirming this & no other to be my last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year afore written.
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by ye sª Moses Goodwin
Moses Goodwin (Seal)
as his last Will & Testament in ye
presence of us ye Subscribers.
John Cooper his
X Benjamin Hodsdon
mark
Foxwell C. Cutt.
Probated 19 June 1759.
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Probate Office, 10, 104.
In the Name of God Amen. The Third Day of July in ye year of our Lord 1752. I Jonathan Andrews of Sear- borough in the County of York in New England Black- smith, being weak in Body but of perfect Mind and Memory Thanks be given unto 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 ye Hands of God that gave it, hoping thro ye Merits Death & Passion of my Saviour Iesus Christ to have full & free Pardon & Forgiveness of all my Sins, and to inherit everlasting Life, And my Body I com- mit to ye Earth to be decently buried at ye Discretion of my Executor hereafter named, nothing doubting but at ye gen- eral Resurrection I Shall receive ye Same again by ye Mighty Power of God; And as touching such worldly Estate where- with it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give demise & dispose of ye Same in the following Manner & Form, that is to Say, I give & bequeath to Sarah my dearly beloved Wife all that I have both House & Lands and all ye Moveables as long as She lives but after her Death, I give to my well beloved Son Ionathan Andrews twenty Acres of Land joining on the West side of the home Lot, and the Tools that I have belonging to the Smith Trade, and I give to my well beloved Ephraim Andrews Fifty three Acres of Land which was formerly called Fly's Place. And to Sarah Andrews my well beloved Daughter I give her the Sum of Thirteen pounds eight Shillings lawful Money, to be paid by Ionathan Andrews & Ephraim Andrews Fifty pounds a piece ; And it is also my Will that She hath all ye Household Goods. .
And I give to my well beloved Son Amos Andrews whom I likewise constitute make & ordain my only Executor of this my last Will & Testament all ye Home place and also
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all the Cattle belonging to ye aforesª Home place ; And also I desire that the Common Lands may be devided equally among them all by them freely to be possessed & enjoyed. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills & Legacys Bequests & Executors by me in any Ways before this time named Willed & bequeathed, Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year above written.
Jonathan Andrews (Seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said Ionathan Andrews as his last Will & Testament In the presence of us the Subscribers.
John Wellman Ioshua Purrington Richard Dresser.
Probated 9 July 1759.
Probate Office 10, 105.
In the Name of God Amen.
The Nineteenth Day of May in the 31st Year of ye Reign of King George ye Second Anno Domini 1758. I Ionathan Nock of Berwick in ye County of York Joyner being bound on an Expedition against Canada, and not knowing whether ever I shall return, Do make & ordain this to be iny last Will & Testament, In which I commend my Body to the Dust for a Christian Burial ; and my Soul to God who gave hoping for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal Life thro him ; And as to the Worldly Estate I have or may hereafter belong to me I give & dispose of the Same in the following Manner, vizt.
Imp' I give & bequeath all my Tools of all Sorts to Thomas Nock Son of my Brother Ioshua Nock.
Item. I give to my Sister Sarah Nock my Chest with a
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Double Dantzick Lock. Item. I give to my Sister Temper- ance Nock my other Chist, and thirteen Shillings and four pence lawful Money to be paid her by my Executor.
Item. I give to my Sister Olive Hassam Six Shillings lawfl Money to be paid by my Executor.
Item. I give to my hond Father Zechariah Nock all my Wages that Shall be coming to me as a Soldier in the said Expedition. In the last place I give to my Brother Benja- min Nock his Heirs & Assigns forever all my other Estate real & personal which I now have or ought to have or here- after may be coming to me in any way whatsoever. And I do hereby make appoint & ordain my s1 Brother Benja- min Nock to be Sole Executor to.this my last Will and Tes- tament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year first above mentioned.
Signª Seald publishd pronouncd & declard by ye sª Iona Nock to be his last Will & Testamt in presence of Caleb Emery, Ebenezer Hearl.
his Ionathan X Nock (Seal) mark
Japhet Emery, Noah Emery.
Probated 9 July 1753.
Probate Office, 10, 107.
In the Name of God Amen.
I William Tompson of Scarborough in the County of York and Province of the Massachusetts Bay Clerk, being advanced in years, and declining in bodily Strength, but thro Gods Goodness for which I bless him, continuing of a Sound Mind & Memory, and considering that it will not be long before I must die Do therefore with Gods help Settle my affairs, and make & appoint this my last Will & Testa-
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ment, disannulling disallowing & revoking all that have been before. First committing my Soul into ye Hands of God depending on His infinite Mercies, and his Sons in- finite Merits for eternal Life, And my Body I comit to the Earth for a decent Burial hoping for a part in the Resurrection of the just; and as touching such Worldly Estate as God hath given me, I thus will order and dispose of it.
I. Whereas, there was a Grant made me by ye Town of Scarboro at their Meeting March 1733, of Two Hundred pounds towards building me an House to be paid in Lumber at the then Market price, which Sum was never fully paid me, but Forty two pounds thereof remains still unpaid, My. Will is that Said Forty two pounds be collected & appro- priated to ye Use of a School at Blackpoint End of said Town, which I do because of my Special Relation the latter part of my Life as pastor to that part of ye Town; and because also said End have paid me their part of said two Hundred pounds.
II. My Debts & Necessary Expences being paid out of my Estate, I give & bequeath to my beloved Wife Anna Tompson my dwelling House Barn & Land thereto adjoin- ing in Scarboro as also the Use of all my Household Stuff and Furniture of said House to improve enjoy & likewise to Sell & dispose of if She sees fit. I likewise give her two Cows four Sheep with the Improvement of so much Marsh yearly as will yield Hay enough to winter them during her Life ; I do likewise give her the Service of my Negro Man during her Life ; also my Will is that She have a good easie going Horse & Furniture whenever she Shall see fit to Travel abroad or go on a Journey ; Also that She have yearly Ten Cord of Wood brought to her Door; likewise that She have Six pounds Cash paid out of my Estate.
III. Having already given my Son William Tompson a valuable Tract of Land at Oak Hill, and also assisted him with Money to purchase another Tract of Land on Stroud
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Water River, I do now also give him a piece of Thatch Land bought of the late Capt" Iohn Libby near Libby's River. As also one half of the Thatch Land on said River that I bought of M' Jonathan Libby. I do likewise give him half my Interest in the common & undivided Lands in Scarboro and my best Yoke of Oxen.
IV. I give to my Son Iohn Tompson the other half of my Right in ye common Lands of Scarboro also to each of my Children I give an equal Share in my Man Prince if he shall be living at their Mothers Decease leaving it to him to Choose which of my Sons to live with, and that the other Son & Daughter have paid to them the Value of their respec- tive Shares in him by ye Son he chuses to live with.
V. Also my Will is that my Son Iohn Tompson and my Daughter Anna Tompson have each of them an equal Share in my Estate not otherwise above disposed of.
VI. What may remain of my Estate given to my Wife as above which She shall not have actually Sold given away or disposed of in her lifetime, My Will is that after her Decease when her Debts she shall have contracted, and her funeral Expences shall be paid it be equally divided among my Children.
VII. I nominate & appoint my Wife an Executrix & my Son William an Executor and also my Son Iohn another Executor of this my last Will & Testamt if my last men- tioned Son should be of age sufficient at my Decease.
In Witness to all above I have hereunto after interlining the Word, two, hereunto Set my Hand and Seal, this thir- tieth Day of January Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty nine. Wm Tompson (Seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by ye Said William Tompson as his last Will & Testament in pres- ence of, Walter Warren, Edmd Hagens, Abigail Small.
Probated 1 Oct. 1759.
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Probate Office, 10, 110.
In the Name of God Amen. The Nineteenth Day of April Anno Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and fifty eight, I Benjamin Stevens of Falmouth in the County of · York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Blacksmith being in good bodily Health and of a sound & disposing Mind & Memory Thanks be given to God, But 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 & 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 Executrix, 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 and dispose of the Same in ye following Manner & Form. Imprimis, It is my Will that all my just Debts & funeral Charges be first paid out of my Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Benjamin one half my Smith's Tools he to have his Choice of ye Bellows & Anvil.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son Ioshua the other half of my Smith's Tools in Case he inclines to learn the Smiths Trade, otherwise to be left to my well beloved Wife Martha, to be by her disposed of for y& Use of ye Family.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Wife Martha Stevens the Use & Improvemt of all the remaining part of my Estate during the time of her continuing my Widow but in Case of a Second Marriage but one third from that time.
. Item. I give & bequeath unto my several Children viz' Benjamin Martha Ioshua Isaac Sawyer & Sarah two thirds
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of my Estate real & personal (Smiths Tools excepted) to be divided equally between them, at the time my Wife Should Marry again (in Case that Should be) and the Remainder thereof at the time of her Decease to be divided among them in the Same Manner to them their Heirs & Assigns forever.
And I do constitute make & ordain my beloved Wife Martha Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament 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 ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal ye Day and year above written.
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