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Probated 7 April 1746. Inventory returned 23 Jane 1746, at £1109: 19: 6, old tenor, by Moses Butler, Moses Hodadon and William Hooper, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 6, 203.
In the Name of God Amen. The twenty fifth Day of February Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty four/ fiue I William Pettegrow of Kittery in y" County of York and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Shipwright being of perfect Mind and Mem- ory Thanks be given unto God, Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and 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 a decent and Christian Manner at the Discretion of my Executiix hereafter named, Nothing doubting but at the great and 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 and dispose of the Same in the following Manner and Form.
Imprimis, I will that all my just Debts and funeral Charges be paid by my Executors hereafter named as Soon as may be conveniently after my Decease, out of my Estate.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Well beloved Wife Lydia Pettegrew all my Estate both Real and personal dur- ing the Time of her Widowhood and if She Should Marry . again all my Estate is to return to William Pettegrew here- after named.
Item, I give and bequeath unto my Cousen William Pet- tegrow the Son of my Brother Thomas Pettegrow all my Estate both Real and personal of every kind and Nature whatsoever to him and his eldest Son forever and in Case he Should decease without any Surviving Son to inherit thon my Will is that the Eldest Son of my Brother Benjamin and his eldest Son Should inherit my aforesaid Estate.
And I do hereby make and ordain Lydia my Said Wife my Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and
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Do hereby disallow revoke and disannul all and every other former Will and Wills or Legacies by me in any ways before named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year above written
Signed Sealed and published William Pettegrow ( seal)
pronounced & declared by
the sª William Pettegrew as his last Will & Testamt In
ye Presence of us. his Joseph X Pokeswell mark John Godsoe Ihn Marr.
Probated 7 April 1746. Inventory returned 15 May 1746, at £325: 8: 6, old tenor, by Thomas Rogers, James Johnson and John Godsoe, appraisers.
Probate Office, 6, 206.
In the Name of God Amen. I Iohn Wheelwright of Wells in the County of York within the Province of the Massa- chusetts-Bay in New England Esq' being advanced in years and by Gods Providence often visited with Sickness and Indisposition of Body but of good and perfect Memory and of a Sound and disposing Mind considering the Uncertainty of this Life and not knowing how soon it may please almighty God to remove me out of this World do make constitute ordain & declare this my last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following hereby revoking and adnull- ing all former Wills & Testaments by me made either by Word or Writing, and First I commend my Soul to God my Creator hoping for Pardon of all my Sins and everlasting
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Salvation thro the alone Merits of Jesus Christ and after my Decease my Body to be decently buried according to the Discretion of my Executrix hereafter named and as to my worldly Estate Shall be bestowed as followeth and by this my Will is expressed, vizt
1ly That my funeral Charge and just Debts be paid by my Executrix out of my personal Estate.
2ly That the Love and Affection I have and bear unto my beloved Wife Mary Wheelwright I give and bequeath unto her all my personal Estate as Household Goods Stock of Cattle and Creatures of all Kinds Negro or Molatto Servants Money or Bonds for Money or of what kind or Quality so- ever within Doors or without except what is or Shall be otherwise disposed of in this my last Will and to be disposed of by her as She may think fit And that She pay to my Daughter Hannah Plaisted Thirty one pounds Eighteen Shillings and 24 which makes up with what She hath already had of me Two Hundred pounds besides what I have laid out for her Apparel and fitting out for Marriage And to our Daughter Elizabeth Newmarch Seven pounds Twelve shil- lings which makes up with what I have given her already Two Hundred pounds besides what I laid out for her Appar- ell and fitting out for Marriage And to our Daughter Mary Moody Four pounds Sixteen Shillings and ten pence which makes up with what I have given her Two Hundred pounds besides what I laid out for her Apparell and fitting out for Marriage Our Daughter Sarah Jefferds having been paid by me Two Hundred pounds already besides what I laid out for her Apparell and fitting out for Marriage so Nothing for my Wife to pay to her ; And if it Should please God to lengthen my Life so that I Should pay any or all of our Daughters the whole or part of what I have ordered my Wife to pay that then and in that Case so much Shall be abated of what my Wife was to pay out to our Daughters.
31 I give and bequeath unto my Son John Wheelwright his Heirs and Assigns forever Two Hundred and Fifteen Acres
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of Land and Meadow lying at Epeford, so called in the Township of Wells joining to that Two Hundred & Fifteen Acres I lately gave to my Son Jeremiah by Deed of Gift. I also giue unto my Son Iohn One Hundred Acres of Land which was confirmed to me by the Proprietors of ye comon and undivided Lands in Wells lying on the Northerly Side of the little River adjoining to Land belonging to ye owners of a Mill Some time past burnt down which was on Said River the Bounds whereof will more fully appear by the Grant and Confirmation I also give unto my Son Iohn Wheelwright all my Common Rights of Comon & Common- ages within the Township of Wells ; as also Five Hundred Acres of Land lying and being within that Traet of Land of Eight Miles Square heretofore granted to William Phillips on the Inland Head of Wells Township I also further giue him the Said Iohn Wheelwright the one half of my Quarter part of Land Mill and Priviledge inthe Stream at Mousom great Falls with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging I having already given him Hundred pounds : reserving to my Wife her Right of Dower or Thirds during her natural Life in all the abovesaid Lands and Mill.
4' I give and bequeath unto my Son Samuel Wheelwright his Heirs and Assigns forever Four Hundred Acres of Land lying and being within that Tract of Land of Eight Miles Square heretofore granted to William Phillips on the Inland Head of Wells Township I having heretofore given him by Deed of Gift the one half of a large Farm with the Use of half the Buildings thereon as express'd therein it being where I lately dwelt all which with the Stock of Cattle &c I gave him in his Settlement I account to be his full Portion, and to make him an Allowance for the Time and Labour he Spent with me after he came to be of years, reserving to my Wife her Right of Dower or Thirds during her Natural Life in the abovesd premises.
biy I give and bequeath to my Son Jeremiah Wheelwright his Heirs and Assigns forever Three Hundred Acres of
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Land lying and being within that Tract of Land of Eight Miles Square heretofore granted to William Phillips on the Inland Head of Wells Township I having heretofore given him Two Hundred and Fifteen Acres of Land & Meadow by Deed of Gift lying in Wells at a place called Epiford and One Hundred and Sixty fiue pounds ten Shillings given him at Sundry times.
6's I give and bequeath to my Son Nathaniel Wheelwright his Heirs and Assigns for ever Three Hundred Acres of Land lying and being within that Tract of Land of Eight Miles Square formerly granted to William Phillips on the Inland head of Wells Township Also one half of that Quarter part of Land Mill and Priviledge of the Stream at Mousom great Falls I having heretofore given him by Deed of Gift the one Half of a large Farm with half the Buildings thereon as express'd in Said Deed, it being where I lately dwelt which with the Stock of Cattle &c. I gave him in his Settlement I account to be his full Portion, and to make him an allowance for the Time he dwelt with me after he came to age reserving to my Wife the whole Profit and Income of the Premisses now given during her Natural Life as also her Right of Dower in the aforementioned Premisses.
7'y I giue and bequeath to my Daughter Esther Wheel- wright if living in Canada whom I have not heard of for this many Years and hath been absent for more than Thirty Years if it Should please God that She return to this Country & Settle here then my Will is that my Four Sons viz' Iohn Samuel Jeremiah and Nathaniel each of them pay her Twenty five pounds it being in the whole One Hundred pounds within Six Months after her Return and Settlement.
8'y I further give and bequeath to my beloved Wife Mary Wheelwright her Heirs and Assigns forever all that piece of Land containing about Four or Five Acres be it more of less at the little River with the Saw Mill and Stream as the Said Mill and Stream is in partnership between me and Mr John Wells also the Iron Work of the little Mill where my
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Sons Samuel and Nathaniel dwells/ and by these presents make constitute and appoint my beloved Wife Mary Wheel- wright to be my Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, desiring her to abide by this my Will.
In Witness that this is my last Will and Testament I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the Eleventh Day of April in the twelfth Year of His Majestys Reign Annoque Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Nine 1739.
Signed Sealed published pro- nounced and declared by the Said Iohn Wheelwright as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us the
John Wheelwright (seal)
Subscribers.
Pelatiah Littlefield
Nehemiah Littlefield Mehetabel Littlefield
Probated 8 April 1746.
Probate Office, 6, 218.
In the Name of God Amen. The fourteenth Day of Ianu- ary in the Year of our Lord 1745. I George Bear of Wichcasset in the County of York and Province of the Massachusetts Bay Yeoman being very Sick and weak in Body but of perfect Mind and 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 and ordain this my last Will and Testament, That is to Say principally and first of all, I give and recom- mend 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 the Discretion of my
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Executors 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 devise and dispose of the Same in the following Manner.
Impr I give and bequeath to Samuel Williamson Son of my true and well beloved Friend Ion" Williamson of Wich- casset Gent" whom I make and ordain my only and Sole Ex- ecutor of this my last Will and Testament my Lot of Land in Wichcasset being Number Four together with my dwell- ing House and all appurtenances thereto belonging by him freely to be possess'd and enjoyed, and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannull all and every other former Testaments Wills and legacys Bequests and Executors by me in any Ways before this Time named willed and be- queathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year above written
Signed Sealed published George Bear (seal)
pronounced & declared by the
Said George Bear as his last
Will & Testament in the pres-
ence of us the Subscribers.
viz Manassah Smith
his Robert X Lambart
mark
bis Sharabiah X Lambert mark
Probated 20 May 1746. Inventory returned 25 March 1746, at £62: 0: 2, by Joshua Syl- vester, John Baker and Robert Lambert, appraisers,
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Probate Office, 7, 8.
The last Will and Testament of Mrs Mary Newmarch the Wife of the Revd Mr Iohn Newmarch of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Clerk made this thirtieth Day of August Anno Domini 1748. Whereas I the Said Mary Newmarch did by my Contract or Agreement made with the Said John Newmarch before Marriage reserve to my Self (among other Things) full Power and Liberty to dispose of that Estate which I had by my former Husband the Rev' M' Theophilus Cotton late of Hampton Decd by Will or otherwise during our State of Wedlock. I do therefore make this my last. Will and Testament to dispose of the Same in Manner fol- lowing, with the Consent of my Sª Husband vizt '
Imp' I give and bequeath unto my beloved Husband Mr John Newmarch that Bond or Debt due to me from Clement Hughs or the Land which was made over to my former Hus- band for Security for said Debt in Dover and Elsewhere, and my Silver Bowl.
Item 2ªly I give to my Kinsman Caleb Cushing jun' of Salisbury and Theophilus Cotton of Plymouth all the remain- ing part of my Right and Interest in ye Town of Chester which I had by my former Husband M. Theophilus Cotton to be equally divided between them.
Item 3dly I give to my Cousin Mary Parker the Wife of Benjamin Parker of Kittery all my Plate or Silver Vessels (except the aforesd Bowl and my Silver Porringer) and all my Household Stuff or Goods of all Sorts after my Hus- bands Death, and all my Wearing Cloaths Linnen and Woolen, and my Picture or Effigies, and M' Burkits Notes on the N. T.
Item. 41 I give to my Cousin James Cushing M. Flavels 2 Volumns and the Morning Exercises 4 Volumns after my Husbands Death.
Item. 51y I give to Sarah the Daughter of Caleb Cushing
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jun' my Gold Necklace. and I give to Mary ye Daughter of my Brother Samuel Gookin my Silver Porringer mark'd M: C:
Item 64 My Will is that what Shall remain of my Cash Money Bills or Bonds due to me after the Payment of my Debts and Funeral Expences and Five pounds to Elizabeth Moody the Wife of Ioshua Moody the Same Shall be equally divided between the aforesaid Theophilus Cotton of Ply- mouth and Mary Parker of Kittery and Finally I do consti- tute and appoint my beloved Husband to be Sole Executor of this My Will to whom I give my Books or Estate that Shall remain undisposed of in this my Will or otherways. Witness my Hand and Seal the Day and Year first above mentioned August 30, 1743.
Signed Sealed and Declared by the Said Mary Newmarch to be her last Will and Testa-
Mary Newmarch ( sửai)
ment In presence of Us. N : B : That I the above named Caleb Cushing Wm Bradbury Judith Norton
Iohn Newmarch do Consent to the above written Will, Witness my Hand this 30th of August 1743.
John Newmarch
Probated 21 Oct 1748. Inventory returned 24 Feby 1746, at £516: 10: 0, by Thomas Cntt, Joseph Weeks and Tobias Fernald, appraisers.
Probate Office, 7, 18.
In the Name of God Amen. The eighteenth Day of Feb- ruary Annoq Domini 1728 I Clement Messerve of the Town of Scarborough in the County of York Joyner being aged of Body but of perfect Mind and 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 34
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to die, Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testa- ment, That is to Say, principally and first of all I giue 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 Executors hereafter named, nothing doubting but at the General Res- urrection I Shall receive the Same again by the Mighty Power of God; And Touching Such Worldly Estate where- with it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise and dispose of the Same in the following Manner and Form. I give to my well beloved Wife Sarah Twenty pounds per annum and also my dwelling House and my Pew in Black point Meeting House while She remains my Widow provided She giue up or Quit her Right of Dowry and Power of Thirds in and unto all my Estate and no longer than She remains my Widow to be paid by my Executors. I also give to my Wife Sarah one Cow and Calf and four Sheep and a Horse if I leave one at my Decease, freely and clearly at her Disposing with the Privil- edge of keeping the Cow yearly on my Farm. I also give my Said Wife the Priviledge of my Garden with Liberty of passing and repassing to and from Said House and Garden while She remain my Widow and no longer I also give my Wife Sarah all my Household Goods freely and clearly at her Disposing.
I give unto my eldest and well beloved Son Clement Thirty Acres of Land bounded as followeth beginning at the North East Corner of the Hundred Acres laid out to Thomas Cotton and runs West Sixteen poles and four Feet and then runs South Two Hundred and Ninety Seven poles & half and then runs East Sixteen poles and four Feet, and then runs North Two Hundred and Ninety Seven poles & half pole to the beginning. I also giue to my Said Son Clement Three Acres of Marsh to begin at the Westermost End of my Marsh lot on the West Side of the Mill Creek and so to run East or
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as my Lot runs the whole Bredth of Said Lot till Said Three acres be completed. I also give my Said Son one other piece of Marsh or Thatch Land lying adjoining to Daniel Smiths Marsh between said Smiths Marsh and William Libbeys Marsh on an Island called the Six Acre Island, The above mentioned is to be the whole of my Said Sons part of all my Estate.
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I giue to my well beloved Sons Nathaniel George & Joseph each of them Ten pounds Money to be paid them by my Said Executors in Some convenient Time after my Decease.
I give to my well beloved Daughter Elizabeth Libby the Sum of Five pounds Money to be paid by my Executors.
I give to my well beloved Son Daniel my now dwelling House after my Said Widow Shall leave it according to this my Will. I also giue to my Said Son Daniel one Feather Bed.
All the remainder of my whole Estate Real and personal I give to my well beloved Sons John and Daniel after my Funeral Charges and just Debts are paid. whom I likewise constitute make and ordain my Sole Execut" of this my last Will and Testament all and Singular my Land Marsh and common Rights Goods and Chattels & all Things that are mine or ought to be mine or hereafter shall appear to be mine I give to be equally divided possessed & enjoyed by my Said Sons Iohn and Daniel except what I have before expressed in this my last Will and Testament. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all & every other former Testament Wills Legacies and Bequests & Ex- ecutors by me in any ways before named Willed and bequeathed Ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have
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hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day and year above written.
Signed Sealed published pro- Clement Messerve (Seal)
nounced and declared by the
sª Clement Messerve to be his last Will and Testament
In presence of Us the Subscribers
Arthur Bragdon his
Walter Frost X
mark Sam1 Small
Probated 5 Nov. 1746. Inventory returned 6 Nov. 1745, at £898: 15: 7, by Elliot Vanghan, Daniel Fogg and Samuel Small, appraisers.
Probate Office, 7, 22.
In the Name of God Amen. I William Starret of Falmo in the County of York in New England Tanner being very Sick and weak in Body but of a disposing Mind and Mem- ory Thanks be to God for it, do make this my last Will and Testament in Manner and Form following viz In the first place I give and bequeath my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it hoping for a glorious Imortality thro the Death of my Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ and as touching my Body my Will is that it be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named And as touching Such worldly Goods as it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and dispose of the Same in Manner and form following.
Item. 1. I give unto my well beloved Uncle Peter Star- rett whom I appoint Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament Fifty and two Acres of Land which he already hath a Good Deal of yet the Land being purchased by me
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together with one Third of all my other Real and personal Estate that I have or ought to have this I give unto my Said Uncle his Heirs & assigns forever he have been as a Father unto me
Item. 2. I give unto my Cousin Agnis McCartny all the Rest of my Estate that is to Say Two thirds of all my Real Estate and Two Thirds of my Personal Estate, excepting the Fifty and Two Acres above mentioned all this I give unto her and her Heirs & Assigns forever And I do hereby revoke all other and Former Wills and declare this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. as Witness my Hand this 15th Day of November in the 19th Year of His Majestys Reign Annog Domini 1745. Note the Words (& two) weh were herein interlined were before Signing and Sealing.
Signed Sealed published William Starret (seal) and declared by the Sª
Wm Starret to be his last
Will and Testamt In
presence of Us.
Benjamin Allen
Alexander McLellan her Sarah X Robinson mark
Probated 5 Nov 1:56.
Probate Office, 7, 23.
In the Name of God Amen. I John Davis in the County of York in New England Cooper, being very weak in Body, but of a disposing Mind and Memory Thanks be to God . therefor Calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body knowing
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that it is appointed to men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in Manner and Form fol- lowing, That is to Say, In the first place I give back my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named, and as touching Such Worldly Things as God hath given me I give and dispose of the Same in the manner fol- lowing, That is to Say, I give (after my Debts are all paid) to my Trusty and well beloved Friend Col. Ezekiel Cushing all the Estate that I have now in Possession or all the Estate that Shall by hereafter befall me by any means way or Man- ner Whatsoever whether the Same be real or personal I give the Same all of it unto him the Said Ezekiel Cushing his Heir & Assign forever whom I constitute sole Executor of this my last Will, and I do hereby utterly revoke and dis- annul all other former Wills and declare this to be my last Will and Testament Dated at Falmouth this 25th Day of November In the Nineteenth Year of His Majestys Reign Annog Dom : 1745 and in Confirmation hereof I have Set to my Hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.
Signed Sealed published pro- Memº y& Words (of my Body) nounced & declared by the Sª John Davis to his last Will and Testament In pres- ence of us Subscribers Benjamin Allen were interlined before sign- ing and Sealing And ye Words (whom I constitute Sole Execut of this my last Will) were interlined Ebenezer Thorndike Ieremah Cushing also before Signing & Seal- ing his John
mark 3 Davis (seat)
Probated 5 Nov. 1746. Inventory returned 18 Oct. 1752, at €206: 13: 3, by. Rishworth Jordan, Ebenezer Hill and Martin Jameson, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 7, 24.
In the Name of God Amen. I Iohn King of Casco Bay in New England Labourer (now a Soldier at Louisburg on Cape Breton) being ill and indisposed in Body but in perfect Soundness of Mind make this my last Will and Testament viz* Imp' I bequeath my Soul to God who gave it and my Body to the Earth for a decent Burial
21y I bequeath all my Estate Effects Wages Dues or Demands that I have in Possession or Reversion to my Brother Wm King and to my Sister Iane King and to Susannah Day of Said Casco Bay equally to be divided between them all three and I make Iohn Owen of Said Casco Bay my Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I Set to my Hand and Seal at Louisburg this twenty seventh Day of Febru" Anno Domini Seventeen Hundred and forty & five Six. Signed Sealed publish'd &
declared before Us,
John Small
John
his 5 King (Seal)
Tests Iohn Norman Phillip Gammon
mark
Probated 5 Nov. 1746.
Probate Office 7, 25.
In the Name of God Amen. Dated at North Yarmouth the 2ª Day of March Anno Domini 1744. I Josiah Plumer of North Yarmouth in the County of York and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman, Thô in perfect Health and Sound Mind and Memory thro the divine Goodness of almighty God Yet knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die and calling to Mind the Mortality
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* of my own Body do appoint this to be my last Will and Testament. Impres I will my Soul to God who gave it and my Body to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named.
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