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Impr I Will that all my just Debts & funeral Charges, and the funeral Charges of my Wife be paid by my Execut' - hereafter named.
Item. I give and bequeath unto Sarah my dearly beloved Wife my Negro Woman called Diana.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son Joseph Dam his Heirs & Assigns forever, all my Right or Proportion in the common Lands, so called, lying in the Town of Berwick which was Set off to me containing about twenty two & half Acres be the Same more or less, and also all my Right in or unto the common Lands lying in the Town of Kittery either divided or undivided being to the whole, and also give to my Said Son Joseph one half of my Pew in the Meeting House at the Point.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son Iona- than Dam, all that my Tract of Land that I purchased of Abram Morrell Decd lying on the South West Side of a Hill
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call'd the third Hill ; And is bounded Southerly by the Road that leads from Sturgeon Creek to York, and Easterly by the Land of Capt. Nathan Bartlet the other Bounds may appear by Said Morrells Deed to me, reference thereunto being had, and also give to my Said Son Jonathan a Gun, and the Moiety or one half part of my moveable or personal Estate that Shall be remaining after the Decease of my Self & my Wife and also one half of my Few in the Meeting House at the Point ; Reserving Liberty for my Wife to cut Firewood for her Burning on the Land bought of Said Morrell.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son Simon Dam the Moiety or one half part of my moveable or per- sonal Estate that Shall be remaining after the Decease of my Self & my Wife and likewise give & confirm unto him all that Tract of Land whereon I now dwell with the Buildings . thereon, and likewise all that Land I purchased of John Rice Benjamin Rice & the relict Widow of Moses Rice and also my Negro Boy named Kittery, which Land and Negro I have conveyed or Sold to him this Day as may appear by a Deed or Instrument under my Hand & Seal : Willing & requiring that the Said Simeon Dam Shall take Care of his Mother in her old Age and Support her in Sickness & Health during her natural Life with all necessarys Suitable for her; and also give to my Said Son my Smallest Gun which I have now in my Possession. And I do likewise constitute & appoint my Said Son Simeon Dam my Sole Ex- ecutor of this my last Will & Testament; and do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all & every other former Will or Wills Legacies Bequests or Execut" by me any ways before named willed & bequeathed, Ratifying and con- firming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament.
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In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day year first above written.
Ionathan Dam (Seal)
Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Sd Ionathan Dam as his last Will & Testament In the presence of us the Subscribers,
Samuel Pray Iohn Godsoe Enoch Stevens.
Probated 3 April 1749. Inventory returned 20 Feby 1748, at £1562: 12: 3, old tenor, by Ebenezer Fernald, Samuel Pray and John Godsce, appraisers.
Probate Office, 7, 239.
In the Name of God Amen. The Ninth Day of October Annog Domini 1747. I Iohn White of North Yarmouth in the County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Yeoman, being in perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be given unto God, therefore Calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament ; That is to Say, principally & first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent Manner. Nothing doubting but at the Gener' 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 mne in this Life, I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Impr I give & bequeath to Rachel my beloved Wife, (whom I likewise constitute make & ordain my Sole Execut* of this my last Will & Testament) Fifty five pounds lawful Money or good Bills of Credit of the last Emission to be raised & levied out of my Estate together with all my House- hold Goods and the Improvem' of all my Estate both Real
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& personal until my eldest Child Asa White comes to the Age of twenty one years.
Item. I give to my eldest Child Asa White one Hundred pounds old Tenor when he Shall arrive to the Age of twenty one Years.
Item. I give all the Rest of my Estate both real & per- sonal to my Children namely Asa, John, & Iames, equally to be divided amongst them, each one to enter into the Pos- session of the Same, as they Severally arrive to the Age of twenty one years, until which time they are to be brought up out of my Estate. And I do declare this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I here- unto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written, Signed Sealed published pronounced & Iohn White (Seal) declared by John White as his last
Will and Testamt in ye Presence of us Witnesses
Ionas Mason, Sam" Baker, Jona Bryant
Probated 4 Oct. 1748. Inventory returned 12 Jany 174}, at £4006: 12: 6, old tenor, by Jacob Mitchell, Gilbert Winslow and Jeremiah Powell, appraisers. Debts due the estate from Gilbert Winslow, John Loring, Paul White, Adam Cushing, Richard Stubbs, Edmund Chandler, Thomas Scales Samuel Bucknam, Samuel Royal, Barnabas Seabury, William Stevens, Jacob Brown and Jacob Mitchell.
Probate Office, 7, 242.
In the Name of God Amen. The Seventeenth Day of January A. D. 1748. I James Tyler of Scarborough in the County of York and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Yeoman, being Sick of Body but of Sound Mind & Memory for which I bless God, and considering the Mortality of my Body which must ere long die and return to the Earth as It was, Do therefore 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 the Earth to a
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decent Christian Burial according to the Discretion of my Executors expecting at the General Resurrection I shall receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God, And as touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give demise & dispose of the Same in the following Manner & Form.
Imp' I give & bequeath to the Ministry of the Town of Scarboro my half of a certain Island of Marsh lying among the Marshes below bleu Point in Scarborough aforesd (the other half of Said Island being owned by M Iob Burnam) The Improvemt and Income of Said Half of Said Island thus bequeathed being for ye Use of the Ministry in Said Scar- boro on Black Point & Dunston side of the Town in equal shares between them forever, and upon the Decease of either Minister of said Black Point or Dunston side of the Town, My Will is that the Widow or Family of Said Minister Decd have the Profit & Improvemt of his part of Said Marsh till another Minister be ordained in his Place.
Item. I give & bequeath to my eldest Son Abraham Tyler a certain Tract of Marsh beginning at a Rock known by the Name of Barge's Rock on Bleu Point aforesd and runing on a Strait Line Southwesterly to the Patent Tree, and from thence running Northwest to the Woods; And then begin- ning at ye aforesd Barge's Rock for Twenty Acres of upland running Northwest & by West, and on the Head of the aforesd Marsh to ye Northwest Patent Line until the afore- said twenty Acres be compleated.
Item I give to my well beloved Son Royal Tyler the one half of the Remainder of my Land & Marsh on Said Bleu Point, as also one half of all Buildings & Improvements on Said Land, and one half of my Interest in the common & undivided Lands in ye Town of Scarbor As likewise I give him my Pew in Dunston Meeting House, and half of my personal Estate if any Shall remain after my Wife's Decease.
Item. I give & bequeath to the Children of my Daughter Dorothy Lovet Dect in Right of Said Dorothy one half of
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the remaining half my Lands Marsh & Buildings on Bleu Point, as also one Quarter of my Common Right in Said Scarboro Two thirds of the Said Bequeathmt to the Sons, the other Third to the Daughters of Said Dorothy, as like- wise one Quarter of my personal Estate do I give to the Children of Said Dorothy, if any remain after my Wifes Decease.
Item. I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Abigail Walker all the Remainder of my Lands & Marsh, common Right & personal Estate in Scarboro if any Remainder there be of my Person' Estate as above.
Item. My Will is that my Son Royal do take what Land & Marsh is above bequeathed to him on the Northerly Side of my Farm adjoining to M' Iob Burnum.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well be loved Wife Phebe Tyler the Use Improvement & Income of one Third part of all my Real Estate, as likewise the Sole Income of all my personal Estate, to be for her only Use Benefit & Behoof during her Natural Life; And I likewise impower her to Sell & dispose of as much of my personal Estate as She Shall judge Needful for her comfortable Support.
My Reasons why I giue my Son Abraham no more in this my last Will & Testament is because he with what I have given him before and what I give him now hath already had a double Portion out of my Estate; And he hath proved a very undutiful Son to me.
Finally I constitute ordain & appoint my worthy Friends Joseph Plaisted Esq' & M' Jeremiah Bragdon both of York, & M' Robert Patterson of Biddeford together with my beloved Wife Phebe Tyler Executors of this my last Will & Testament. Which last Will & Testament If either of my Children Should make any Disturbance in Law with an Intent to disannul make void or break he She or they Shall be cut Short of all that is above bequeathed to them, except- ing Five pounds which I allow to be paid to him her or them respectively out of my Estate ; And the Forfeiture to be dis-
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posed of among the other Children according to the above proportion. And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & dis- annul all & every other former Testamts Wills Legacys Bequests & Executors by me in any ways before named Willed & bequeathed, Ratifying this & no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have here- unto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year above written.
Those words (ye Forfeiture to be disposed of among ye other Children) were interlined before Signs & Sealing.
Signed Sealed published pronounced Iames Tyler (seal)
and declared by ye sª Iames Tyler as his last Will & Testamt In pres- ence of us ye Subscribers
Paul Thompson, John Thompson his
Robt X Mckinney jun" mark
Probated 3 July 1749. Inventory returned 15 Sept. 1749, at £ 1920 : 0 : 3, new tenor, by John Fabyan, Fergus Hagens and Edward Milliken, appraisers.
Probate Office, 7, 246.
In the Name of God Amen. This eleventh Day of April Anno Domini 1749. I Daniel Green of Kittery within ye County of york yeoman, being very Sick & full of pain in my Body but of perfect Mind & Memory, Thanks be given unto God; therefore calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is to Say, principally & first of all, I give & recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it; and my Body I recom- mend to the Earth to be buried in a 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
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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.
Impr I give & bequeath unto my loving Wife Sarah Green all my moveable Estate of every kind within Doors & with- out, as Cows Sheep Swine with all my personal Estate of what kind soever to be to her dispose to & among my Chil- dren as She Shall See meet.
Item. I give unto my two Sons Daniel & Andrew Green all that Tract of Land lying on the West Side of the high Way that goeth to the Bank Ferry, which Tract of Land lies between Colo Hammonds Land & Land of Stephen Tobey to be equally divided between them and their Heirs, except- ing one Acre of the Said Tract of Land, weh I give unto my Daughter Sarah Crocker, where She Shall choose it to be Set off unto her.
Item. I give unto my Said Daughter Sarah Crocker Forty Shillings Money old Tenor Value out of my Estate.
Item. I give unto my Daughter Meribah Green Thirty pounds Money old Tenor to be paid her by my two Sons Daniel and Andrew in equal halves within one Year after my Decease.
Item. I give unto my Son Daniel Green my Dwelling House and Barn and all that Tract of Land that lies on the Eastward Side of the high Way containing about Eight & Thirty Acres more or less ; He allowing his Mother one End of the House to live in as long as She pleases.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my two Sons Daniel & Andrew & their Heirs in equal Shares all the Land I have in the Township of Berwick let it be more or less.
Item. I give unto my Grand Daughter Lydia Green ye Sum of Five pounds Money old Tenor to be paid to her by my Wife her Grand Mother when the Said Lydia comes of age to receive it.
Item. If there be any of my Estate left out, & not men- tioned herein it Shall belong unto my Daughter Meribah Green and to her Heirs.
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Lastly. I appoint & ordain my Sons Daniel & Andrew Green to be my Sole Executors of this my last Will & Tes- tamt Ratifying and confirming this & no other to be my last Will.
. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day & year first above written.
Signed Sealed pronounced published Daniel Green (Seal) & declared by the Said Daniel
Green to be his last Will & Testa-
ment in the presence of,
Moses Butler
Iohn Lord jun"
Mary Abbot.
Probated 16 May 1749. Inventory returned 11 May 1749, at £ 1313 : 19 : 6 old tenor, be- sides land in Berwick not valued, by Joshua Staple, Samuel Hanscom and Ephraim Libby appraisers.
Probate Office 7, 258.
In the Name of God Amen. The twenty fifth Day of Iune Annog Domini 1747. I Iane Frost of Kittery in the County of York Widow Gentlewoman being Sick & weak but of Sound Mind & Memory, And not knowing how Soon it may please God to take me out of this World by Death Do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, humbly resigning my Soul to God my Saviour, my Body to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named. My Estate of every Sort & kind I dispose of in the following Manner vizt
I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Sarab Frost my Mourning Suit of Cloaths.
Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Margery Wentworth my black Silk Suit of Cloaths and my Gold Necklace. Item I give & bequeath unto my two well
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beloved Grand Daughters Iane Frost and Iane Wentworth all the rest of my Wearing Apparrell of every Sort equally to be divided betwixt them. Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Margery Wentworth my large Silver Salver and fiue Silver Spoons which I had of my Father Since the Death of my last Husband.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Daughter in Law Miriam Frost my Cloth Riding Hood.
Item. All the rest and residue of my Estate of every Sort and kind soever, I give & bequeath unto my two Daughters Sarah Frost & Margery Wentworth in equal Halves to be divided. Item. I make & appoint my well beloved Son in Law Capt" William Wentworth Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament, hereby utterly revoking and making null & void all & every other former Will & Wills Bequests Legacies & Testaments by me in any manner heretofore made Ratifying this & no other to be my last Will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the Day and year first above written.
Signed Sealed pronounced & declared Iane Frost (Seal)
by the Said Iane Frost to be her last
Will & Testament, In presence of,
Iohn Patch his Benja X Patch jun" mark Noah Emery
Probated 25 May 1749. Invertory returned 6 April 1752, at £1788: 17: 0, old tenor, by Nathan Bartlet, Noah Emery and Caleb Emery, appraisers.
Probate Office, 7, 259.
In the Name of God Amen. This 16th Day of Iune in the twenty third Year of His Majesty's Reign Anno Domini 1749. I Stephen Randal of Falmouth in the County of
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York in New England Shipwright being very weak & low in Body but of Sound Mind & Memory, Thanks be to God therefor calling to Mind the Mortality the Mortality of my Body as knowing that it is appointed to men once to die, I first of all give back my Soul unto y' God that gave, hoping for eternal Salvation thro the Satisfaction & merits of Iesus Christ, and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor hereafter named, hoping for a glorious Resurrection to Life Eternal; and as touching what Worldly good Things God hath been pleased to bestow upon me I give & dispose of them in Manner & Form following vizt
. 1. I give unto my Wife Mary Randall a comfortable Sup- port out of my Estate during her Widowhood to be pro- vided for her by my Son Stephen Randall, who will be here- after named, and if She See Cause to marry again, then my Will is that She Shall have a Bed and Some Household Goods to keep House withal, But in Case She don't Marry, that then She have also beside what is already named, One Room in my House, wch She Shall see Cause to dwell in during Life.
2. I give unto my eldest Daughter Mary Atwood the Wife of Samuel Atwood One Sparked Heifer coming Two Years old and one Sheep & a Lamb to be delivered to her at my Death by my Executor, this together with what I have formerly done for her is all that I give unto her.
3. I give unto my Daughter Rebeckah Robinson the Wife of David Robinson, One black Heifer with Some white upon her back coming Two year old, as also Two good Sheep & two Lambs to be delivered to her at my Death by my Ex- ecutor; This together with what I have formerly done for her is all yt I give unto her.
4. I give unto Catharine Randal my third Daughter when She Shall arrive to eighteen Years of Age Thirty pounds Money of the old Tenor as it now passeth or equivalent thereunto to be paid by my Executor, this being her part of
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my Estate, She continuing with her Mother till that time or married.
5. I give unto my Daughter Sarah Randall, when She Shall arrive to the Age of Eighteen Years, Thirty pounds Money of the old Tenor, or other Money that Shall be ad- judged equival thereunto ; This is all that I think proper to give to her to make her equal with her Sisters, and to be brought up out of the Estate till that time.
6. I give unto my Daughter Anne Randall a Child of about Four years old when She Shall arrive to eighteen Years of Age Thirty pounds money of the old Tenor or other Money equival thereunto, this being her part of my Estate, and to be brought up out of the Estate till that time.
7. My Will is concerning my three youngest Sons Iacob Randal Isaac Rand! & John Randall that they live with & be comfortably Supported by my Executor till they arrive to fourteen Years of Age, and that my Said Executor do take Care to instruct them to read & write, and when they Shall arrive at Fourteen Years of Age, that then my Executor do bind them out to Some good Masters to learn Such Trades or Callings as they Shall then most incline to; and further my Will is that as they Shall each of them arrive to twenty one years of Age ; that then my Executor Sign a good Deed of half an Acre of Land to each of them on the home Farm where it Shall be most convenient for their Callings.
8. And Whereas my Wife is now near an Hour of Travail if She Shall have a Daughter, then my Will is if it Shall live to eighteen years of Age that then my Executor pay her the Same Sum that I give to my other younger Daugh- ters, and in the mean time take the Same for the bringing of it up that he Shall of the Rest, but in Case it Shall be a Son that he do take the Same Care of it that he doth of my other Sons, and when he Shall arrive to Fourteen Years of age then to be bound out an Apprentice to Some good Master to learn Such a Trade as he Shall most incline to, And likewise when he Shall arrive to Twenty one Years of
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Age, that then he my Said Execut" Sign a good Deed to him likewise of half an Acre of Land upon the home place where it Shall be most convenient for him.
9 I give & bequeath unto my Son Stephen Randall, whom I appoint Sole Executor of this my last Will & Tes- tamt he performing all the above mentioned Obligations enjoined on him and giving me a decent Burial, and giving Some what of decent Mourning to his Mother & Sisters, and paying all my Debts & Funeral Charges, I say, I give to him his Heirs and Assigns forever, all my Real Estate and all my Housing & Barns Standing on the Same, with my Part of the Mill or Mills & all my personal Estate that I have or ought to have, and In Witness & Confirmation hereof I have Set to my Hand & Seal the Day & year first above written.
Signed Sealed published pronounced Stephen Randall (seal) & declared to be the his last Will
and Testament, In presence of us Nathan Winslow Joseph Sawyer Ichn Thomes
Probated 2 Oct. 1740. Inventory returned 5 Nov. 1750, at £2625: 17: 0, old tenor, by Robert Thorndike, Joseph Cobb and Joseph Weston, appraisers.
Probate Office, 7, 262.
In the Name of God Amen. This Sixth Day of Iuly In the twenty third Year of His Majts Reign, Annog Dom : 1749. I Ioshua Woodbury of Falmouth in the County of York in New England Yeoman, being Sick & weak of Body but of a disposing Mind & Memory Thanks be to God therefor; Calling to Mind the Mortality of Body, and the immortality of my Soul, do give & bequeath my Soul unto that God that gave it me, and my Body I commit to the Earth to be
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decently buried at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter named, hoping thro the Merits of Christ for a glorious Res- urrection of the Same to Life eternal. And as touching Such Worldly Goods as it hath pleased the Lord to endow me withal, I give & dispose of the Same in Manner & form following Vizt
Impr I give & bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sarah Woodbury during her natural Life the Use & Improvement of all my improveable Lands for her comfortable & honour- able Support.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my oldest Son Joshua Woodbury beside what I have already given him by Deed of Gift, the one third of my Land that runs up towards the Meeting House excepting one Acre which I have already given to my Daughter Mary Lovett ; I mean on both Sides the Swamp, together with an equal Share with all his Brothers & Sisters in my Beverly Farm; All this I give unto him my Said Son his Heirs & Assigns forever, Hereby likewise appointing him one of the Executors to this my last Will & Testament.
Item. I give & bequeath to my Second Son Peter Wood- bury, whom I also appoint to be Executor with his Brother Joshua Woodbury, the One Half of my now dwelling House in s' Falmouth, which I have already given him a Deed of, together with one Third part of my Pasture that runs up towards the Meeting House, except the Acre already excepted, together with one Quarter part of my Land below the high Way, with one half of my Barn together with an equal part with each of his Brothers & Sisters in my Land & Housing at Beverly ; Also confirming hereby all the Deeds of Land that I have already given him, All this I give unto him my Said Son Peter Woodbury his Heirs & Assigns forever.
Item. I give unto my third Son John Woodbury the one half of my dwelling House in Said Falmouth, together with the one half of the Land adjoining to it on the Same Side of
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the Way being about Two Acres of the Same, together with one Third part of my Pasture towards the Meeting House, with one Quarter part of my Land below the Way, with one half of my Barn Standing on the Same, as also one half of my Sixty Acre Lot, as also one Third part of my Meadow at the little Meadow so called, together with an equal Share with all his Brothers & Sisters in my Beverly Farm. This I give unto my Said Son John Woodbury his Heirs and Assigns for ever.
Item. I give unto my Daughter Mary Lovett the Wife of Ione Lovett beside what I have already given her an equal part or Share with all her Brothers & Sisters in my Beverly Farm. This I give unto her her Heirs & Assigns forever.
Item. I give unto my Second Daughter Mehetable Rob- inson the Wife of John Robinson beside what I have already given her an equal part or Share with each of her Brothers & Sisters in my Beverly Farm, This I give unto her her Heirs & Assigns forever.
Item. I give unto my Daughter Sarah Sawyer the Wife of Daniel Sawyer beside what I have given her One equal part or Share with the rest of her Brothers & Sisters in my Beverly Farm to her her Heirs & Assigns forever.
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