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disposed of; and with the Said Twenty Acres of Land I give & bequeath unto iny Said Grandson his Heirs & As- signs forever all the Buildings & Fencings that are or that Shall be upon it at the time of my Death, and likewise all the Trees timber Wood Under Wood Herbage and Minerals thereunto belonging.
11ly I give & bequeath unto my Grandson John Wells a Minor his Heirs & Assigns forever all the Land I now dwell upon on the South Side of little River in Said Wells, it being all ye Lands I have in my Homestead Farm on Said, Side of Said little River not otherwise disposed of, together with the Buildings & Fences that are or Shall be thereupon at the time of my Death together with the Trees Timber Wood Underwood Herbage and Minerals thereunto belonging.
12ly I give & bequeath unto my sª Son lohn Wells and . my Sa Daughter Hannah Goodwin their Heirs & Assigns forever all Reserves of flowing any of my Interval Land, and of the Strip of Land lying next to Nathaniel Clark's Land, and all Reserves of Lands or Priviledges made in this Instrument or in any other Instrument of Conveyance at any time made by me to any person or persons and all Lands Meadows Rights Town & common Rights Household Goods Stock Money Debts & every part or parcel of my Estate real & personal of what Name Nature or Kind Soever it be, not otherwise disposed of to be equally divided between them.
13ly And now finally revoking all other Wills or Testa- ments weh may heretofore have been made by me, & declar- ing them Null & void, I constitute & appoint my Said Son John Wells, and my Said Daughter Hannah Goodwin Sole Executors of this, which I pronounce and declare to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have here- unto affixed my Hand & Seal this tenth Day of May Anno Domini 1748. Annog Ri R: Georgii Secundi magna Bri- tanniæ &c. Vicessimo primo. N. B. The words Thos Good- win were inserted before Signing to be read between the
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Words Law & and in the twenty ninth Line from the Top of the Second page.
Signed Sealed pronounced & declared John Wells (seal)
in presence of us Nathaniel Clark Joshua Wells
Nathaniel Clark jun'.
Probated 22 July 1748. Inventory returned 4 Aug. 1748, at £2.224: 7: 0, old tenor, by Samuel Wheelwright, Nathaniel Wells and Henry Boothby, appraisers.
This Will is again recorded at fol. 211.
Probate Office, 7, 188.
In the Name of God Amen. The Seventh Day of Sep- tember Anno Domini 1744. I Mary Davee Wife of Robert Davee of North Yarmouth in the County of York Yeoman being in good bodily Health as well in perfect Mind & Mem- ory, Thanks be given to God therefore calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men Once to die, Do make this & 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 Christian decent Burial at the Discretion of my Said Husband & my Executrix hereafter named, 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 and Form.
Imprimis, My Will is that all my just Debts be paid in ye first Place out of my Estate.
Item I give & bequeath unto my Niece or Cousin Mary Pomroy Daughter of Richard of Falmouth in aforesª County
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Yeoman (after the Decease of my Said Husband Robert Davee) my House & Barn & Lot of Land in Falmouth in Said County & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Said Land I with my former Husband Joseph Pit- man purchased of Stephen Iones about Six Years Since and lies on old Casco Neck, and is bounded as followeth, South- westerly on King Street, Northerly on unimproved Land, Northeasterly on Land in the Possession of Joshua Moodey Esq" Southeasterly on Land in the Possession of Cornelius Brimhall, Said Land contains about three Acres, Said Land & Premisses by her the Said Mary Pomroy to be enjoyed in Fee, and to her Heirs & Assigns forever. Item I give &' bequeath unto my Said Cousin Mary all my Wearing Ap- parel, I give & bequeath unto my Said Cousin Mary all my personal Estate and Household Goods.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Said Cousin Mary all my Part of a Pew in North Yarmouth Meeting House together with a common Right in Falmouth aforest and all my other Estate both Real & personal whether in Possession or Reversion.
Furthermore I do hereby constitute & appoint my Said Cousin Mary Pomroy Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament all & Singular my Lands Messuages & Tenements by her freely to be possessed & enjoyed as a good lawful Estate in Fee to her & her Heirs & Assigns forever. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacies and Bequests & Ex- ecutors by me in any ways before named willed and be- queathed, Ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have here- unto Set Hand and Seal the Day and Year above written. Memº the Word County, on ye her
other Side was interlined before Mary m Davee (s" .. ) mark
Signing and Sealing.
Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of
James Milk Stephen Iones & John Trott jun'
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York ss. Falmouth Octo 5, 1748. I Robert Davee of North Yarmouth in Said County do hereby allow of the above Instrument to be the last Will & Testament of my Wife Mary Davee above named, and do hereby ratify the Same accordingly. Robert Davee
Probated 5 Oct. 174S.
Probate Office, 7, 189.
Whereas I John Stanwood of Pemaquid in the County of York being thro the Goodness of Almighty God in Sound & perfect Memory and Judgment, for which I desire to praise the Lord, and considering the certainty of Death & the un- certainty of the time when, being in a weak & low State of Health ; I desire to resign my Soul to the great God that gave it, and my Body to the Dust, and do make this my last Will & Testament &c.
Imprimis. I give & bequeath to my Brother Joseph Stan- wood Ten pounds old Tenor.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Brother Philip Stan- wood Ten pounds old Tenor. Item. I give and bequeath to my Sister Hannah Bagley Ten pounds old Tenor. Item. I give and bequeath to my Sister Mary Barnet Ten pounds old Tenor. Item. I give & bequeath to my Sister Iudey Brown Ten pounds old Tenor.
Item I give & bequeath to my Sister Rachel Anderton Ten pounds old Tenor. And lastly I give and bequeath to my Brother Ebenezer Stanwood all the Rest of my worldly Goods and Estate, and do hereby make and constitute him my Said Brother Ebenezer the Sole & entire Exec' of this my last Will & Testament, revoking all former Wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand
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& Seal this twenty seventh Day of August One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty eight.
Signed Sealed & Delivered & Declared John Stanwood (set) in presence of, Sam" Moody
Ebenezer Gage, Iohn Mcfarland
Probated 5 October 1743.
Probate Office, 7, 199.
In the of God Amen. I Ionathan Doubleday of Charles- town in the County of Middlesex and Province of the Mas- sachusetts Bay in New England Labourer (now residing in Falnº in Casco Bay) being Sensible of the Frailty of Mans Life, and having thro the Goodness of God my Reason, Do make this my last Will and Testament vizt Impr I commit my Soul to Almighty God who gave it me in hopes of a glorious Resurrection.
2 After my Body is decently Buried I give & bequeath . to my Friend Capt Joshua Bangs of Falmº aforesª Gent" all my Wages that is due to me from the Province aforesd as a Soldier under the Command of Capt" David Cargill, also my Gun and all my Wearing Apparrell.
3 I do appoint my Friend Ioshua Bangs my Sole Execut" hereby disallowing all former Wills by me made.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal to this my last Will & Testament this Eighteenth Day of April in the twentieth Year of His Majestys Reign Annog Dom : 1747. his
Signed Sealed declared and Ionathan Doubleday (Seal) delivered in presence of us
Sam" Cobb jun- John Irish Sam" Moody
mark
Probeted 5 Oct. 1748.
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Probate Office, 7, 205.
I Henry Sayward of york in the County of york in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Ioyner being thro the Goodness of God of a Sound Mind & Mem- ory at present, and apprehending my departure out of this Life is near by reason of my present bodily Indisposition, I do make this my last Will & Testament, as to what worldly good Things God has graciously been pleased to bestow upone me and accordingly after my just Debts & funeral Charges are paid I do hereby dispose of my Estate Real and personal as follows.
Imp" I give & bequeath to my well beloved Wife Hannah Sayward all my real & personal Estate She paying ye Lega- cies hereafter mentioned.
Item. I give & bequeath to my only Daughter Lydia Say- ward Four Hundred Pounds old Tenor equivalent to Fifty pounds Proclamation Money or coined Silver at Six Shil- lings and Eight pence an Ounce to be paid by my Execu- trix when She Shall come to the Age of Eighteen or time of Marriage.
Lastly. I do appoint my well beloved Wife Hannah Say- ward the Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament hereby revoking all former Wills & Testaments. In Wit- ness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this twenty fourth Day of May in the year of our Lord God One Thousand Seven Hund' and forty eight.
Memorm the Words [old Tenor] interlined before Signing and Sealing.
Signed Sealed published pronounced Henry Sayward (Seal) & declared by Henry Sayward above named as his last Will & Testamt in presence of us.
Daniel Bragdon Samuel Lindsey Abram Nowell
Probated 18 Oct. 1748.
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Probate Office, 7, 213.
In the Name of God Amen. This third Day of Septem' in the year of our Lord Annog Dom : 1748. I Seth Fogg of Scarboro in the County of York in New England Cord- wanier of perfect Mind and Memory Thanks be given 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 and Testament, That is to Say principally & first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it hoping thro the Merits Death & Passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full & free Pardon & Forgiveness of all my Sius, and to inherit everlasting Life, and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named 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 the Same in the following Manner & Form, that is to Say.
First, I will that all these Debts & Duties as I do owe in Right or Conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoeuer Shall be well & truly contented & paid or ordained to be paid in convenient time after my Decease by Executors hereafter named.
Item, I give & bequeath to Mary my dearly beloved Wife and my Will is that She Shall have the Priviledge of one half of my dwelling House for her own Use during her Widowhood and also the Income of one Third part of my Estate during her Natural Life to be paid to her yearly & every year by my Executors hereafter named
Item. I give to my well-beloved Son Seth Fogg whom I likewise constitute make & ordain one of my Executors all my Land lying on the back Side of Scottow's Hill so called in Scarboro, and also all my Marsh lying on the Western
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Side of None Such River in Scarboro and also the one half of all my personal or moveable Estate.
Item. I give to my well-beloved Son Timothy Fogg whom I likewise constitute make & ordain one of my Executors of this my last Will & Testament all & Singular all my Lands, Messuages Tenements & Buildings & Stock with all my Estate in the Town of Scarborough excepting what I have here above disposed of.
Item. I give to my wellbeloved Son Iames Fogg one Hundred and Forty pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Sa Execut's immediately after he comes of the Age of twenty one Years, and that my Said Executors to bring my Said Son James up till he comes to the Age of twenty one years, and to give him a good School Learning.
Item. I give to my Daughter Lydia Fogg Eighty pounds old Tenor to be paid by my S' Executors.
Item. I give to my Daughter Mary Fogg Eighty pounds old Tenor to be paid by my Said Executors.
Ratifying & confirming this to be my last Will & Tes- tamt
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written.
Signed Sealed & published pronounced Seth Fogg (seal)
& declared by ye Sª Seth Fogg as
his last Will & Testament, In pres-
ence of Us ye Subscribers,
Daniel Fogg his
Benjamin +- Larrabee -
mark
Samuel Fogg
Probated 18 Oct. 1748. Inventory returned 30 Nov. 1,43, at £2084 : 1: 0, old tenor by Samuel Small, Andrew Libbee and Samuel Libbee, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 7, 215.
In the Name of God Amen. The eighteenth Day of November Andog Domini 1748. I Tobias Leighton of Kittery in the County of York being very Sick & weak but of Sound Mind do make & ordain this my last Will & Tes- tament, In hope of Salvation through Jesus Christ ; I Will that my Body Shall have a decent christian Burial, at the Discretion of my Executors ; and that in convenient time my just Debts be paid out of my Estate ; and for that pur- pose I order & hereby give Power to my Executors, Such as Shall be alive, and undertake the Executing of this my Will, to Sell that part of my Farm at Sturgeon Creek, between M' Frosts Land & Capt Heards Land, on the North Side of the High Way, and Such other Goods & Chattels & Credits not otherwise disposed of in this my Will to and for ye Payment of my Debts.
Item. I give & devise to my Son Tobias Leighton all this my House & Land where I now live Buildings & appurtences Mill Priviledges & Marshes to be to him his Heirs & Assigns forever, to be possess'd of the Same at the Age of twenty one years or Sooner if his Mother Shall die or Marry before that time, reserving to my Wife the Use & Improve- ment of the Same for Such term, and for the Uses hereafter in this my Will mentioned.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Said Son Tobias one Half of my Stock of Cattle & other Creatures.
Item. My. Will is that my Executors in Selling the Land I ordered to be Sold for the Payment of my Debts Shall Sell so much of the Same from the North End of the Farm extending Southward as Shall be Sufficient to pay what Debts remain unpaid after Such of my personal Estate as they Shall think reasonable to Sell & apply to that Use, that so if any of the Lands on the North Side of the Way remain it may be that part of ye Same where the House Stands
Item. I give & devise to my two Daughters Susannah &
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Sarah all that my Barn & Land & Marsh, on the South Side of the High Way at Sturgeon Creek in equal Halves, in Severalty to them and their Several Heirs & Assigns, in Fee Simple forever ; reserving Such Estate in the Same for my Wife for Term as hereafter in this my Will Shall be men- tioned.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Wife Sarah the Use & Improvement of all my Houses and Lands which I now live on and have in this my Will given to my Son Tobias for her own Support and the Support of my Said Son during her Widowhood or his Minority. And also the Lands I herein give to my two Daughters until She marry or until they respectively arrive to the age of Eighteen years or Marriage.
Item. I give & bequeath to each of my Daughters a good Feather Bed & Furniture.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Susannah four Cows to be winter'd out they being her due out of my Stock for Cattle I formerly gave to her but now remaining with my Cattle.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Son Tobias my Negro Boy.
Item. I give & bequeath all the rest of my moveable Goods and Estate not otherwise in this my Will disposed of to my Wife Sarah for her comfortable Support and the Sup- port of my Children.
Item Notwithstanding what is before mentioned about paying any part of my Debts of my personal Estate my Executors may apply the Money due to me from my Brother Peter Staple for that purpose, and pay the Remainder by the Sales of my House & Land on the North Side of the Road before mentioned or by the Sale of so much as will do it.
Item. I appoint my Wife Sarah to be Sole Executrix, and my Friend Noah Emery Executor of this my last Will & Testament. -
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Item. My Wife Shall have the Improvement of the Stock of Cattle and other Creatures herein given to my Son Tobias for So long time as She Shall have the Care of & Support my Children She making Good the principal Stock to him when he comes of Age or when She marries again.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Wife Ten Acres of my Land at Sturgeon Creek where the House is if So much Shall remain unsold, and if there is not enough on that Side of the Road, then So much on the other Side as Shall make up Ten Acres To Hold for the Term of her Life.
Item. My Will is that my Executors or Such of them as Shall Act in executing this my Will Shall Sell all my out Lands and Real Estate not here in particularly mentioned for the Payment of my Debts and defreying other Charges that so as much as may be of my Lands of Sturgeon Creek Farm may be Saved for my Children. In Witness that this is my last Will & Testament, revoking all others in any Manner by me before made by Word or Writing, I here- unto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year first aboue written.
Signed Sealed pronounced & declared Tobias Leigon (sea) by the Said Tobias Leighton to be his last Will & Testament, in presence of John Rogers Humphrey Chadbourn Edmd Coffin Iames Fer- guson jr.
Probated 26 Dec. 1748. Two Inventories returned, 3 April 1749, and 6 Nov. 1749, together amounting to £10,308 : 4 : 9, old tenor, by John Shapleigh, Samuel Fernald and Joshua Staple, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 7, 216.
In the Name of God Amen. The eleventh Day of July Seventeen Hundred & fifty one, I Joseph Pray of Berwick in the County of York Yeoman, being aged & well Stricken in years, 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 and not knowing when my Change may come, 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 the Discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned 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 with in this Life, I give demise and dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr I give & bequeath to my Wife all the Income of my Estate for her Maintenance during her Widowhood, if I Should die before her the Income thereof to be disposed by her among my Children as She Shall See meet.
2ły I give to my Son John Pray one Acre of Land where- on his Dwelling House now Stands, and Forty one Acres more Land beginning at Peter Knops Spring & from thence Eastward the Breadth of my Lot until Forty one Acres is Accomplished to be at his Dispose after the Decease of his Mother, only a Way excepted.
317 I give unto my Son Peter Pray Thirty five Acres of Land out of my Estate beginning at the Head thereof and running on a South West & by West Line down my Said Lot until the Same be accomplished on which Land his dwelling House now Stands, to be to his Dispose after his Mothers Decease.
4º I give unto my Son Samuel Pray all my Lands belong-
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ing to my House State beginning at the River, and running to the head thereof, except what I have before given to my Sons John & Peter, only John is to have Liberty to cut Fire Wood off of Said Land for his own Fire and not for any other Use.
5ly I give to my two Grandsons Peter Pray & Daniel Pray One Hundred pounds old Ten" Money to be paid them by my Son Samuel Pray in equal Shares when they Shall come to lawful Age, and if they both die without Issue then the Said Money to return to my Said Son Samuel and his Heirs. Also I give to my two Grandsons Peter & Daniel Pray the Sum of Twenty pounds old Ten' Money to be paid to them in equal Halves by my Son Peter Pray after they Shall come to lawful Age, and if they both die before that time without lawful Issue then ye Said Twenty pounds to remain to my Son Peter & his Heirs.
6' I give my Right in the Saw Mill Standing on the Salmon Falls on the West Side of the River to my three Sons Ichn Samuel & Peter to their Dispose in equal Shares. Also all my Right in the Commons & undivided Lands in Berwick I give to them in equal Shares to be divided be- tween them.
74 I give to my Daughters Ioanna Yeaton Mary Walling- ford Martha Allen & Miriam Lord Ten pounds old Tenor each out of my Estate to be paid them by my Executors after my. Wife's Decease, The Said Daughters to be paid by my three Sons in equal Shares.
8ty My Will further is that my three Sons Iohn Samuel & Peter Shall pay all my just Debts & my funeral Charges out of my Estate equally between them.
9' I give to my Wife all my live Stock of Creatures & all my Household Goods to her Dispose to & among my Children & GrandChildren as She
10ly As to what Iron Work yt I have I leave it with my three Sons to keep what each one has got of the Same,
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11ly And lastly, I make & ordain my Sons Iohn Pray and Samuel Pray to be my Sole Executors to this my last Will & Testament, ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereto Set my Hand & Seal this eleventh Day of July in the twenty first Year of His Majesty's Reign Anno Domini 1747.
Signed Sealed pronounced published Joseph Pray (seal) and declared by the S' Joseph
Pray to be his last Will & Testa- ment In the Presence of us Witnesses. Thomas Goodwin Joseph Stone Moses Butler
Probated 18 Oct. 1748.
Probate Office, 7, 218.
In the Name of God Amen. February the Eighteenth One Thousand Seven Hundred & Forty five I Joseph Gunni- son of Kittery in the County of York in New England Ship- wright being in Health of Body and of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be to God for the Same, 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 & Testam'. First & principally I give & recommend my Soul to God who gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Execut* hereafter named, nothing doubt- ing but at ye Gon' Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God, and as touching Such Worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the follow- ing Manner & Form.
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Impr I Will & Ordain that all my just Debts & funeral Charges be first paid & discharged by my Execut* hereafter named. Item I give & bequeath to my Son Joseph Gunni- son, and my Son Samuel Gunnison my Son John Gunnison and to my Son David Gunnison each of them a large Bible Such as I now have by me. Item I give to my Son William Gunnison one Silver Spoon mark'd I. E. G. to W. G. and a large Sermon Book of M' Calvin's Works, and a Desk to Set it in. Item. I give to my Daughter Margaret Gunnison one Silver Spoon Mark'd M. S. to M. G. and four Silver Tea Spoons mark'd M. G. and the Silk Blankets which are for the Use to carry out Children to be baptized in.
Item. I freely give & bequeath to my beloved Wife Mar- garet Gunnison all my Houses & Lands I own in Kittery & Portsm" with all the Priviledges & Appurtenances belong- ing to them together with all other my moveable Estate both within Doors and without Doors which is not already men- tioned to be her own proper Estate after my just Debts & funeral Charges are paid, Trusting in her good Care & Con- duct for ye bringing up my two youngest Children. Lastly I constitute make and ordain my beloved Wife Margaret Gunnison my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testa- ment. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year above written. Signed Sealed & published pro- Joseph Gunnison (saal). nounced & declared by the Said Joseph Gunnison to be his last Will & Testament in presence of us.
Eph™ Sherburne/ Hannah Sherburne
Probated 18 Oct. 1748.
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Probate Office, 7, 226.
In the Name of God Amen. The eighth Day of July Anno Domini 1748. I Ionathan Dam of Kittery in the County of York and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Shipwright being aged & weak in Body but of perfect Mind and 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 & 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 recommend to ye Earth 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 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.
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