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Signed Sealed published pronounced Benja Stevens (Sea I) & declared by ye Said Benja Stevens
as his last Will & Testamt in the presence of us the Subscribers.
Eunice Pearson Lucia Cushing
Moses Pearson
Probated 1 Oct. 1759.
Probate Office, 10, 120.
In the Name of God Amen.
The Seventeenth Day of August Anno Domini 1759. I Henry Woolfe of North Yarmouth in the County of York, and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman, being in perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be given to God therefor, calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, Do
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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 recom- mend to the Earth to be buried in a decent manner, 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 pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of yº Same in the following Manner & Form.
Imprimis I give & bequeath to my beloved Wife Rachael all my person1 Estate & Household Furniture ; and also the Improvemt of my real Estate during her natural Life.
Item. I give & bequeath One hundred & Nine Acres of Land lying at ye head of Herrisicket Neck so called which I bought of the Proprietors of the Common Lands in said Town as by Deed may fully appear unto ye Heir or Heirs of my Daughter Elizabeth Woolfe whom I left in England if any there be ; and in Case none should appear, I give the Same to my Daughter Mary Woolfe.
Item. I give to my Daughter Mary all my Salt Marsh lying up Herrisicket River. .
Item. I give & bequeath unto my two daughters Mary & Rachael in equal Halves according to Quantity & Quality about Two hundred and Sixty three acres of Land lying on Harrisicket Neck from the Point upward on said Neck, It being the Lands which was granted to the legal Heirs & Representatives of Thomas Shepherd late of North Yar- mouth Decd as I am the legal Heir & Representative of the Said Thomas, and also all my Rights in all the Pews in the Meeting House in said North Yarmouth.
Item. I give unto my two Grand Children Henry & Eliza- beth Moxey in equal Halves all my Rights of Land lying in that part of ye Township of North Yarm' commonly called & known by the Name of the Gore in said Township. I do
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also ordain and appoint my Daughter Mary Woolfe Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament.
Signed Sealed published & declared Henry Woolfe (Seal)
by ye sª Henry Woolfe to be his
last Will & Testament In pres-
ence of us,
Patrick Googin Gilbert Winslow Barnabas Seabury.
Probated 1 Oct. 1759. Inventory returned 20 Sept. 1759, at £590: 18: 8, by Gilbert Winslow, Abraham Pettingal and Barnabas Seabury, appraisers.
Probate Office, 10, 136.
In the Name of God Amen.
The twenty sixth Day of November Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred & Fifty nine. I Iohn Milberry of York in the County of York in ye Province of the Mas- sachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman being weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory Thanks be given unto God therefor calling unto Mind that mortality of my Body do make-& ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is to Say, principally and first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recomend to the Earth to be buried in a decent christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executrix believing that at ye 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 & Farm, vizt.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Nathaniel Milberry and his Heirs thirteen pounds Six Shillings & eight pence to , be paid by my Executrix at the time when my Son John shall arrive at the age of twenty one years or sooner as my
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Executrix shall see fit. Item I give unto my Eldest Daugh- ter Susanna Hord thirteen pounds six shillings & eight pence to be paid her out of my Estate by my Executrix at ye time when my Son John Shall arrive at the age of twenty one years or sooner as my Executrix shall see fit. Item I give unto my Daughter Miriam Thirteen pounds six shillings and eight pence to be paid her out of my Estate when my Son John Shall arrive at the Age of twenty one Years or sooner as my Executrix see fit.
Item. I give unto my Daughter Mary Thirteen pounds Six shillings & eight pence to be paid her out of my Estate when my Son John shall come to the age as aforesd or sooner as my Executrix shall see fit.
Item. I give unto my Daughter Sarah Thirteen pounds Six Shillings & eight pence to be paid her out of my Estate when my Son John shall arrive at ye age aforesd or sooner as my Execut* shall see fit.
Item. I give unto my Daughter Hannah Thirteen pounds six shillings & eight pence to be paid her out of my Estate when my Son John shall come to the age as aforesaid or sooner as my Executrix shall think fit.
Item. I give unto my youngest Daughter Eunice thirteen pounds six shillings & eight pence to be paid her out of my Estate when my son John Milberry shall arrive to the age of twenty one years or sooner as my Executrix shall think fit.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Iohn- Milberry the one half part of all my real Estate to be Set off to him by my Executrix when he Shall arrive to ye Age of twenty one Years.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my youngest Son Richard Milberry the other half part of all my real Estate to be Set off to him by my Executrix when he Shall arrive to ye Age of twenty one Years.
Item. My Will is that my well beloved Wife Susanna Milberry Shall have the one third part of all my personal & real Estate during her natural Life as the Law directs. And
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my Will is that my Wife Susanna aforesd Shall have Liberty to improve the whole of my real Estate until my two Sons John & Richard Shall arrive to ye Age of twenty one Years as afores4. Also my Will is that my Wife Susanna Milberry Shall have Liberty to Sell off all the Wood Timber and Growth whatsoever that may be on Fifty acres of my Land the Southwest part of my Farm in York whereon I now dwell, It being for payment of my just Debts & Legacy's as far as the Growth of the Fifty Acres of Land Shall pay. And I make & ordain my well beloved Wife Susanna Mil- berry Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament She paying all my just Debts & funeral Charges out of my Estate, and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all and every other former Testaments Wills Legacy's & Bequests & Executors by me in any Ways before 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 afore written.
Signed Sealed published & declard by John Milberry (Seal)
the Said Iohn Milberry as & for his
last Will & Testamt in the presence of us who were present at ye Sign- ing and Sealing thereof
Iames Berry, Abram X Booden Norton Woodbridge
Probated 31 December 1759. Inventory returned 29 March 1760, at £690: 14: 11, by Norton Woodbridge and James Berry, appraisers.
Probate Office, 10, 137.
In the Name of God Amen.
I Samuel Thompson of York in the County. of York, within the Province of the Massachusetts Bay Cordwainer, being in a weak & low State of Body, but thro the Good-
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ness of God of a Sound Mind & Memory, Do make this my last Will and Testament. And I would commit my Soul into ye Hands of God, beging for the Pardon of all my Sins, and eternal Salvation thro the Merits of the Lord Jesus Christ ; and my Body I commit to the Earth to be buried in a decent Manner at the Discretion of my Executors, hoping for a glorious Resurrection of the Same to eternal Life. And the worldly Estate which thro the Kindness of Providence I now possess I give & dispose of as is hereafter mentioned & expressed.
I order my Executors to pay my just Debts & funeral Charges out of my live Stock as soon as may be after my Decease.
I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Hannah Thomson (who has been kind & faithful in her Care of me and my Children) that part of my Homestead contained in the Field and described as follows, beginning at the Road in the Corner of Said Field, and to my Brother Benjamin Thomsons Land, and so to run Northerly by Said Road till it comes Even with the tenth Row of Appletrees in my Orchard taking in half Way between the tenth & Eleventh Rows of Trees there; Not accounting two appletrees which Stand a little Distance from Said Orchard as a Row : And from Said Road by a Line to run thro my Orchard as aforesd parallel with the Line of my Said Bror Benjamin's Land ; And so to extend from the Said Road the Same Bredth to the Brook that runs thro my Farm, and bounded by the said Brook on the Easterly End, and by ye Said Road on the westerly Side, by my Bro" Benjamin's Land Southerly, and Northerly by the Line above mentioned with all the Privi- ledges & Appurtenances thereto belonging to her ye Said Hannah her Heirs & assigns forever. I also give to my Said Daughter Hannah the Use & Improvemt of ye great Room in my dwelling House during the time She Shall continue Single or unmarried, I also give ye Said Hannah what Fire-
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wood She Shall have Occasion of, to burn in her Room dur- ing her remaining Single as aforesª, and to be haled from my Land by my Son Samuel out of that part which I herein give to him as She Shall need.
I give & bequeath to my beloved Son Samuel Thomson the two Thirds of all the remainder of my real Estate to him his Heirs & Assigns forever to be divided as follows, that part which lies next to my said Brother Benjamin's, & next to the Land herein given to my Daughter Hannah being the Southerly part of my Farm, to be to the Said Samuel with the House Barn & all the Priviledges & appurtenances to the Same belonging, reserving as is herein mentioned to my Daughter Hannah.
I give & bequeath to my Son Phinehas Thomson the one Third of my real Estate that Shall remain after Hannah's part is taken off, to be divided & Set off to him on the Northerly part of my Lands, on that Side next to Lands of my Bro' Joseph Thomson with all ye Priviledges & Appur- tenances thereunto belonging to him the Said Phinehas Thompson his Heirs & Assigns forever.
It is my Will that my younger Children be received and taken care of in my dwelling House by my Elder Children until Such time as Suitable places be provided for them, to live abroad in good Families.
After providing for the necessary Subsistance of my Fani- ily the Winter following my Decease, I give to my Son Samuel two Thirds & to my Son Phinehas one third of all my live Stock that shall remain, and also all my Utensils of Husbandry & Moveables, out of Doors, Samuel paying two thirds & Phinehas one third of my Debts, Legacys and fun- eral Charges.
I give to my four Daughters namely Hannah -Dorcas Elizabeth & Tabitha all my Household Stuff-consisting of Beds Beding & Furniture Pewter Iron & Wooden Ware of all Sorts Chairs Tables Glasses, and all Indoor Moveables to be improved by them until my youngest Surviving Daughter
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Shall arrive to the Age of fourteen Years, and then to be equally divided between them or their Survivors.
I give to my Daughter Dorcas Thomson Eight pounds lawful Money to be paid her by my Son Samuel when She Shall arrive at the Age of Eighteen years.
I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Thomson Eight pounds lawful Money to be paid her by my Son Samuel when She Shall arrive at the Age of Eighteen years.
I give to my Daughter Tabitha Thomson Eight pounds lawful Money to be paid her by my Son Phinehas when She Shall come to the age of Eighteen Years.
I do hereby constitute & appoint my two Sons Samuel and Phinehas Executors of this my last Will & Testament exhorting & requiring them to be kind & obliging to their Sisters, and to live in love & peace, one with the other that the God of Love & peace may be with them.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the 24th Day of October Anno Domi: 1759. in the thirty third year of His Majts Reign.
Samuel Thomson (Seal) Signed Sealed & Declared by ye Sd
Samuel Thomson as his last Will
& Testamt in presence of us David Preble Arthur Bragdon John Frost
Probated 31 December 175 ?. Inventory returned 29 March 1760, at £184: 6: 00, by John Frost, Samuel Slaw and Henry Simpson, appraisers.
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Probate Office 10, 142.
In the Name of God Amen.
I George Ingersoll of Falmouth in the County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Ship- wright, calling to mind the Mortality of my Body & being of sound Mind & Memory Do this Ninth Day of Novemr in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundd and Fifty six make & publish this my last Will & Testamt in Manner following that is to Say, I give to my beloved Brother Iohn Ingersoll of Falmº aforesd Shipwright all my Estate real & personal whatsoever whereof I shall die seized in possession Reversion or Remainder to him his Heirs & assigns forever in particular all my Right Title Interest & Inheritance of in & unto the real Estate of our hond Father Daniel Ingersoll of Boston Shipwright Decd being one Fifth part of the Same wheresoever the Same may be found to him the said John Ingersoll his Heirs & assigns forever. And I make constitute & ordain my said Brother Iohn Ingersoll my Ex- ecutor of this my last Will & Testament. In Witness where- of I the said Iohn Ingersoll have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written.
Signed Sealed published and declared by the Testator to be his last Will & Testament
George Ingersoll (Seal)
In presence of us. Enoch Freeman Samuel Bradbury Wigglesworth Sweetser
Probated 6 Febry 1760.
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Probate Office, 10, 152.
In the Name of God Amen. I Andrew Lewis of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay Yeoman being aged but in good Health of Body, and of sound disposing Mind & Memory, and knowing that it is appointed for man once to die do make this my last Will & Testament, and after humbly devoting my Soul to God the Father of Spirits hoping for his pardoning Mercy thro ye Merits of Jesus Christ our Lord, and recommending my Body to a decent Burial according to the Discretion of my Executor herein after named believing & hoping in the Res- urrection to eternal Life. My worldly Estate I give and devise in the following Manner & Form.
Imprs My Will is that all my Debts & funeral Charges be paid by my Executor as Soon after my Decease as may be conveniently done.
Item. I give to Mary my beloved Wife only a pair of Mourning Gloves having otherways provided for her.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Son Andrew Lewis one half of my Wearing Apparel with six shillings lawful Money to be paid by my Executor and the half of said Apparel to be delivered by him. This with what he has already receiv'd & I have paid & done & procured to be done for him is to be his full Portion of my Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mary Weare the Wife of Elias Weare five shillings lawful Money to be paid by my Executor She having already had her part & portion of my Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Grace Haley the Wife of Samuel Haley five shillings lawful Money to be paid as aforesd having already given her what I design'd she should have out of my Estate.
Item. I give & bequeath unto Dorothy my Daughter who . is now the Wife of Iohn Main twenty shillings lawful Money in full for all her Services which she has done for me having paid her for the Same at the time the same was done as
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much as it was really worth but as I have heard that her Hasband threatens to make a demand for her said Services on my Estate or against my Executor after my Decease I mention it here to Show that I think she was fully paid for said Services in ye time they were done. And I design also said twenty shillings to be in full for her part & portion of my Estate having already given her what I esteem her full Share thereof.
Item. I give devise & bequeath to my Son Thomas his Heirs and assigns all the rest residue & remainder of my Estate real and personal wherever the Same is or may be found in Consideration of his giving Security to Support me & my Wife during our Lives and giving us a decent Burial and in consideration that he has for Several years supported us already And as I have by Deed of Sale dated the first Day of April Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & fifty eight sold and conveyed to him Sundry Tracts of Land therein described I do hereby give grant & devise ye Same Land to him the said Thomas his Heirs & Assigns, and hereby ratify & confirm the said Conveyance to all Intents as much as in me lies so that the said Thomas may have hold & enjoy the said Land to him his Heirs & Assigns forever, and all other my Estate whatsoever not disposed of by me to any other person. Lastly, I hereby constitute & appoint my said Son Thomas sole Executor of this my last Will & Testamt and revoke all other Wills by me in any manner made and all other Testaments by me in manner heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the twenty seventh Day of Iuly Anno Domini 1758. Signed sealed & declared by ye his sª Andrew Lewis to be his last Will & Testament In Andrew Lewis (Seal) presence of us Witnesses who subscribed in his Presence. mark
Tho' Dennet Iohn Godsoe David Sewall William Parker.
Probated 31 March 1700.
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Probate Office, 10, 155.
In the Name of God Amen.
This twenty seventh Day of August in ye Year 1759.
I Martyn Iameson of Biddeford in ye County of York in New England Yeoman, being very weak in Body but sound in Judgment and of perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be given to God, therefore calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is to Say, principally & first of all I give & recommend my Soul into ye hands of God that gave it hoping thro the Merits Mediation & Satisfaction of my glorious Lord Jesus Christ on whom alone I depend for the Salvation of my Soul and my Body I commit to the Earth from whence it was taken to be buried in a decent christian Manner at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named nothing doubting but at ye general Resurrection I shall receive the Same again by ye 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.
Imprimis I give and bequeath to my Son William Iame- son at my Death the Receipt that he gave me for one Hun- dred pounds which Receipt bears Date ye fourteenth of March 1759, and it is to be understood by me ye S' Martyn that the Land I gave my Sª Son William by Deed of Gift which Deed bears Date ye aforesd fourteenth Day of March 1759, The Lands contained in Said Deed is to be part of the Said William part or Share of my Estate.
Item. I give to my Son Iames Iameson whom I likewise constitute make & ordain my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament the Receipt that he gave me for Fifty four pounds, which Rect bears date ye 14th Day of March 1759, and it is to be understood by me ye Said Martyn that the Lands I gave to my Said Son Iames by Deed of Gift which Deed bears Date the Said fourteenth Day of March 1759, the Lands contained in Said Deed is to be part of the
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Said Iames's Part or Share of my Estate, and further more I give unto the Said Iames all the Lands adjoining to the Said Forty Acres mentioned in Said Deed, and is at the Northwest End thereof holding the Same Breadth of the Said Deed till it comes to the Head or Northwest End of my Homstead.
Item. I give to my Son Samuel Iameson that part of my Homestead that adjoins to Said James's Land above men- tioned, and is on the Northeast Side thereof, and is the Same length of the Said James's two Lots, and ye Breadth thereof is between the said Iames's Land and the Land of Mrs Cambell and is to be on the Same Course or Line that James is at the Southeast & Northwest Ends and lieth be- tween the Said James's Lands & Said Cambells Land : and also I give to my Said Son Samuel one Yoke of Oxen.
Item. I give to my Son Robert Jameson after ye Death of my loving Wife Grizell all the remainder of my Homestead which is bounded on y" Northwest by ya Lots of my afore- mentiond Sons Iames & Samuel and holding the Breadth of Said Lots to ye Southeast End of Said Homestead with the Building thereon. And also I give him one yoke of Oxen when he Shall come to the Years of twenty one.
Item. I give to my two Daughters Hannah & Iane at their Marriage or at their arriving at ye Years of Eighteen each of them one good feather Bed & Beding, and each of them one Cow at ye Day aforementioned, and likewise it is my Will that my four Sons aforementioned William James Samuel and Robert pay Forty pounds lawful Money to my Said Daughters Hannah & Iane that is to Say twenty pounds to each of them, and that my Said Sons pay ye Said Forty pounds equally among them, that 's Ten pounds each of them, The Said Moneys to be paid to the Said Hannah and Iane at ye Year aforementioned ; And if my S" Sons Shall neglect to pay the Said Forty pounds at the time afore men- tioned, then it is my Will and I do give to my Said Daugh- ters Hannah & Iane Twelve acres of Marsh in the Marshes
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called little River Marshes in Sd Biddeford and Said Marsh is on y-e Side of' Sª River and to join to Said River, and is part of that Marsh I bought of Ebenzr Bron, & Ezekiel Hael to run bick from Sd River holding the Breadth of said Lots bought of Said Bron & Hael till the Said twelve Acres is compleated.
Item. I give to my Daughter Mary Gillpatrick the Note of Hand that is due from her Husband which is ye Sum of Six pounds two Shillings & two pence lawful Money and likewise what is due to me on Book to this Day of the Date hereof, and if my Said Wife Should out live me then at her Death the Said Mary to have an equal part in my personal Estate with ye rest of my Children.
Item. It is my Will that my loving Wife Grizzel have the Improvement of all that part of my Homestead which I have given to my Son Robert with the Building thereon if She Should outlive me, and likewise my person1 Estate to improve during her life excepting what I have in this Will given away : and it is my Will that my Said Wife have Lib- erty to cutt Fire Wood & fencing of or from any of my Lands during her life for ye Support of my Family And in Fine it is my Will, that ye Remainder of my Lands & Marshes, that I have not disposed of in this Will I give it to my four Sons aforenamed William James Samuel & Robert to be equally divided among them, and my personal Estate that shall be left at the Death of my Said Wife if She Shall outlive me, that is to say my Stock to be equally divided among my Children both Sons & Daughters and my Housel Goods to be divided among my three Daughters ; But it is to be understood by me, that my funeral Charges and my just Debts be paid out of my personal Estate.
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In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day and Year above written. Martyn Jameson (Seal) Signed Sealed published pronounced
& declared by ye Said Martyn Jameson as his last Will & Testa- ment in the presence of us the Subscribers, Robert Patterson
Daniel Camell & Robert Patterson j'
Probated 24 April 1760. Inventory returned 22 June 1760, at £233: 16: 4, by T Jordan, Amos Chase, Robert Patterson j' appraisers.
Probate Office, 10, 178.
In the Name of God Amen. The Sixth Day of March 1760.
I Samuel Wilds of Arundel in the County of York and Province of the Massachusetts Bay Yeoman, being very Sick & weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, thanks be given to 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, principally & first of all, I do give my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body to ye Earth to be buried in a Christian Manner according to ye Discretion of my Executors not doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again thro the mighty Power of God. And as touching Such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with hear in this Life, I do give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
First. I do give my two Sons Samuel & John Wildes all my real Estate both Lands & Marsh (except Six Acres of Land) to be equally divided between them when they come to the age of twenty one Years, only I do order my Son
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Samuel to pay out of his part, what I owe to Rishworth Iordan Esq".
2'y I do give to my three Daughters Mary Hannah & Sarah, Eight pounds a piece lawful money out of my Estate to be paid them when they come of Age by my two Sons Samuel & Iohn the one to pay the one half and the other ye other half, and I do order my Sons Samuel & John to pay equally between them four pounds lawful Money to my Grand Child Susanna Weeks when She comes of Age.
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