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Item I give unto my Son Robert Stinson the sum of seven Pounds sixteen shillings to be paid him by my Executor immediately after my Decease ; the same sum, with what I have already given him in my Life Time, being in full of his Portion of my Estate.
Item I give unto my Daughter Isabella Paine fourteen Pounds seven- teen shillings & one penny to be paid her by my Executor immediately after my Decease -- I also give unto my said Daughter three Cows, to be deliver'd her by my said Executor within three years after my De- cease ; the same with what I gave her in my Life Time, being in full of her Portion of my Estate.
Item : I give to my Daughter Mary Hourd two Cows, to be delivered her by my Executor within three years after my Decease ; the same, with what I have given her in my Life Time being in full of her Por- tion of my Estate.
Item It is my will and pleasure That my son John be maintained out of my Estate, and I do order that my Son Samuel provide for him & support him comfortably out of my Estate during the Term of his the said John's natural Life.
Item. All the Rest and Residue of my Estate real and personal where- soever the same is or May be found, I give & devise unto my Son Samuel Stinson, he paying all my just Debts & funeral Expenses, and all & every of the aforemention'd Legacies, & maintaining my said Son John as aforesaid-To hold to him & his heirs forever.
Lastly. I do hereby constitute & appoint my said Son Samuel sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament : hereby revoking any for- mer Testament by me heretofore made, I declare this to be my last Will & Testament. Witness my Hand and Seal this thirtieth day of Septem'r A. D. 1779.
Signed Seal'd and declared 1 (seal)
by the said Thomas Stinson
the Testator to be his last Will & Testament in presence of
Thomas Stinson
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John White Hop still Delano Eben'r Hasey Jun
Probated 3 May, 1780. [II, 106.] Inventory by Hopestill Delano, Joshua Farnham and William Chal- mers, all of Woolwich, 21 June, 1780. [II, 108.]
In the Name of God Amen this Sixteenth day of July A D 1779 I Mary Magdalene Mayer residing at Woolwich in the County of Lin- coln Widow being weak & infirm in body but of sound mind do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament
Impri's I Commit my Soul to God & my Body to the Dust to be decently interred.
Item-It is my Will that my Daughter Catharine Reed (with whom I intend to spend the remainder of my days) be generously paid for her care & trouble during my illness & infirmity, out of my Estate, Exclu- sive of the bequests herein after made her.
Item I bequeath to my said Daughter all my wearing apparrel & a piece of Linnen I now have by me over & above her dividend of one fourth part of my Estate herein after mentioned.
Item The residue of my Estate after payment of my Just debts & funeral Charges I ordain to be divided into four Equal shares or parts & distributed Equally among my three Sons & my said Daughter Catharine.
Lastly I Constitute & appoint Lewis Houdelette of Pownalborough in said County Yeoman Executor to this my last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year aforesaid
Signed Sealed publish'd
pronounced & declared by the
said Mary as her last Will & Testament
her
In presence of Mary Magdalene X Mayer (seal)
Jos. Winship Jonathan Reed
mark
Probated 6 Oct., 1779. [II, 109.] Inventory by Obadiah Call, Jr., Francis Rittal and Christopher Jackin, all of Pownalborough, 25 Sep., 1779, 5407: 18: 0. [II, 112.]
Be it know to all men by these Presents that I Peserved Hall of
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Hallowell in the County of Lincoln being very Sick and weak but of Perfect mind and memory thanks be Given unto God Calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last will and testament that is to Say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hand 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 Executor, and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has Pleased God to bless me in this Life I give, demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
First. I give and bequeath to Abigal Hall my beloved wife all my Estate real and personal, Except two heffers, full Power and Lawfull othority to Sell and Convey by the advice of my Executor hereafter named, the interest of the money or the use of the Estate to Her own benefit and beliofe. if them two heffers are not anuff to pay the debts there shall be an Equal Poportion takeing out of the Real and Personal Estate to Pay the debts and to Seport the aged widow if neded, and after the decase of Abigal my beloved wife if there be any of my Es- tate, I give and bequeath to my son Timothy Hall and my son Jere- miah Hall, and to the heirs of Nathan Hall the deces'd the one tweneth Part Each of them in makin the heirs before mentond Equal with one my sons and to my son Jonathan Hall I give and bequeath the one tenth Part of my Real and Personal Estate and the Remainder of my Real Estate if there be any I give and bequeath to my son Josiah Hall and I appoint him my soul Executor of this my Last will and testment. and my Personal Estate if there be any I give and bequeath to my dafter Abigal Standly.
I Do Publish and declare this will to be my Last will and Testment in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20 the day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand! seven hundred and Eighty.
Signed Sealed Published Prononced and declared by the said Preserved
Preserved Hall (seal)
Hall as his Last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, in his Presence, and in the presence of Each other have hereto subscribed our
Names
Ebenezer Tyler
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Nathaniel Floyd Reuben Brainerd
Probated 6 Sep., 1780. [II, 113.] Inventory by Solomon Whiting, Samuel Dutton and Benjamin Brainerd, 9 Dec., 1780, £77 : 4 : 9. [III, 34.]
In the Name of God Amen this Twenty third of August Anno Dom- ini one Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty Nine I Francis Wyman of Georgetown in the County of Lincoln and Province of the Massachu- setts Bay in New England being infirm of Body but of perfect mind & memory blessed be God & Calling to mind my Mortallity & knowing that Ere long I must put off this Earthly Tabernacle do make & Appoint this to be my last will & Testament.
And first at my Decease I commit my Soul to God who Gave it hopeing Thro' the Merrits of Jesus Christ to receive A free & full Re- mission of All my Sins I also commit my body to the Grave by A Decent Burial According to the Decretion of my Executors here after Named Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall re- ceive the Same Again by the Almighty power of God.
And Secondly that all my Just Debts & dues be paid in Convenient time after my decease by my s'd Executors & Thirdly as Touching such Worldly Estate as the Lord has Lent me I give & bequeath in Manner & form following That is to Say I give unto my Daughter Hester Byonton besides what she has Already receiv'd one third part of the three following Lotts or Rights in the Common & undivided Lands in the Town of North Yarmouth & County Cumberland & Pro- vince Afores'd Bought from John Powel & Ammi Ruhama Cutter of said Town Viz. Lotts No. Twenty Seven Twenty Nine & Thirty Two lying in A place Called the Gore at ye Upper End of s'd Town I give unto my Son Franciss Wyman besides what he has Already Rec'd my homeStead Aboout fifteen Acres more or less where my house stood in s'd North Yarmouth & one hundred Acre Lots No. Twenty Seven Range C East side of Royals River. I give unto my Daughter Jane Sweetser the Sum of fifty pounds besides what She has Already Receiv'd I give unto my Son Nathaniel Wyman besides what he has already Rec'd one hundred Acres of upland & Six Acres of Salt marsh Lying at Small point in Georgetown Afors'd Also one hundred & Twenty Acres lying Undivided being part of three Lotts Nos. Eleven Twelve & Thirteen in the one hundred & Twenty Acre division in Gidneys Claim.
I give unto my Daughter Sarah Rogers besides what She has Already
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Rec'd four Acres of Salt Marsh I Bought of Cornelius Soul & Two Acres of Do. I bought from Phineas Jones which is To remain in the hands of my Son Nath'l Wyman Till the decease of me & my Wife
Also one Right in the Common & undivided lands belonging to house lott No. Eleven & one Right in the Islands belonging To s'd house lott No. Eleven
N B The Above lands that are left To Sarah Rogers is to remain in the hands of my Executors for her Childern if it Shou'd please God She Should have any Who Shou'd live to Come of Age then To be given to them or in Case she Shou'd live to become A Widow then She herSelf to Receive them or Otherwise they are to be Equally divided Among the Rest of my Childern
Lastly I make my Sons Francis Wyman & Nath'l Wyman my Execu- tors of this my last Will & Testament
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal the Day & Year Above Written.
Signed Seal'd &
Declar'd in presence of Jethro Sprague William Sprague Jno. Wilson
Francis Wyman (seal)
Will Sayes :
A Codicile to the Aforegoing
I would let the Executors to my Will know that I have a Mortgage Deed from Stephen Mitchell at North Yarmouth, for one hundred Pounds Lawful Money & if I do not receive the Money in my life time I desire that they would reserve Eighty Dollars of it for my Wife, & to her use while she lives as her Occasion may require.
I desire also that the Sum of Fifty Pounds of the said Sum of One Hun- dred Pounds shall be paid to my Daughter Jane Sweetcher, which will be agreeable to the Sum bequeath to her in the foregoing Will. And the Remainder I desire my Executors to divide between them- selves, & the rest of my Children. I conclude as in the Close of my Will setting hereunto my hand & Seal this Twenty Seventh Day of June One Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy.
Signed sealed & declared in the Presence of
Francis Wyman
James Mchonane Welthey Blethen
Probated 6 Jan., 1779. [II, 114-5.]
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John Crocket, late of Fox Islands. Zebulon Howland, of Fox Is- lands, Adm'r, 16 Dec., 1772. [II, 119.] Jonathan Crockit and Nathaniel Crockit, both of the Fox Islands, sureties. Inventory by Eben- ezer Robbins, Joseph Waterman and James Cooper, of Fox Islands, 13 Sep., 1773, £15 : 13 : 10. [II, 120.]
Solomon Hewet, late of Waldoborough. Deborah Hewet, of Waldo- borough, widow, Adm'x, 18 Jan., 1779. [[I, 121.] Charles Sampson and Abijah Waterman, both of Waldoborough, sureties. Inventory by Waterman Thomas and Nathan Soule, of Waldoborough, and Thomas Johnston, of Bristol, Oct., 1778, 54631 : 16 : 3. [II, 240-1.] Deb- orah, minor daughter, chose Oliver Nash, of Bristol, to be her guardian, 19 Feb., 1787. [III, 167.] Account filed 20 Feb., 1787. [III, 179 to 181.]
Joseph Floyd, late of Boothbay. William McCobb, of Boothbay, Adm'r, 5 Ap., 1780. [II, 121.] Joseph Carlisle and Benjamin McFarland, both of Boothbay, sureties. Inventory by John Daws, Joseph Carlisle and John Mathews, all of Boothbay, 2 June and 28 Oct., 1780, £1550 : 10 : 8. [III, 28.] Thomas Boyd, Jr., and John Daws, commissioners to examine claims. [III, 28.] Account filed 26 Mar., 1782. [III, 29.] Account filed 8 Sep., 1794. [V, 202.] Distribution ordered 10 Dec., 1794. [V, 203.] Dower set off to Mary Rollings, late widow, 13 Ap., 1782, by Thomas Boyd, Jr., John Daws and John Holten, all of Boothbay. [Unrecorded.]
Andrew Bird, late of St. Georges. Alexander Hathhorn, of St. Georges, Adm'r, 28 Sep., 1779. [II, 122.] Samuel Hathhorn, of St. Georges, and Joshua Collamore, of Medumcook, sureties. Inventory by Joshua Collamore and Paul Jameson, both of Medumcook, and Moses Robinson, of St. Georges, 14 Dec., 1779, £512 : 14: 0. [II, 123.] Account filed 31 Jan., 1787. [III, 140.]
Joseph Starling, late of Bristol. Moses Starling, of Bristol, Adm'r, 2 Feb., 1780. [II, 123.] Thomas Johnston and William McClain, both of Bristol, sureties.
In the Name of God Amen
The Ninth Day of May in the year of our Lord 1778
I John Gross of Waldoborough in the County of Lincoln, Black Smith : Being Vary Sick and Weak in Body: but of Perfect Mind and Memory, Thanks be unto God for the Same : and Calling to Mind the Mortality of My Body, and knowing, That it is appointed
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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 Re- commend my Soul into the Hands of God That Gave it, and as Con- cerning my Body : I Recommend it To the Earth, to be Buried in a Decent Manner : at the Discretion of my Executors, nothing Doubting, but at the General Resurrection, to obtain Everlasting Happiness in the Life to Come : Through the Merits and mediation of my Blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ, And as Touching Such Worldly Estate where- with it hath Pleased God to Bless me in in this Life, I Give Devise and Dispose of the Same in Manner and form following that is to Say :- in the first Place, I Give and bequeath to Anna Catharinah my Dearly Beloved Wife all my Estate both Real and Personal Turing Life Ex- cepting my Black Smiths Tools.
Also I Give to my well beloved Son Peter Gross all the Black Smiths Tools and my well beloved Son Peter Gross is to Give to my well be- loved Daughter Mari Elizabeth a Haffer at 112 or 2 years old.
Also I Give to my well beloved Daughter Mary My Bible.
Also I Give to my well beloved Son Peter Gross aforSaid, after my Dearly beloved wifes Decease all my Land and Real Estate for which he is to Pay to my well beloved Daughters namly Mary and Mari Elizabeth ; Each Thirten Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Pence Law- ful money, afther the Decease of my wifes : further : My Barsonal Es- tate is to be Devidet amonge my Childeren, ofthe Decease of my wifes if thar anny bee further more : My well beloved Son Peter is to have the first offer : for working the Land for the Halfs for my well beloved wife : or to Hired the Land of my wife
And I Do hereby: utterly Disallow : Revoke : and Disannul : all and Every other former Testaments : wills and Legacies Bequests and Executors, by me in any ways before this time Named : willed and Bequeathed : Ratifying and Confirming This : and no Other to be my Last will and Testament in Witness whearof I have here unto Set my Hand and Seal the Day and year first above written
his John X Gross (seal) mark
Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared by the Said John Gross as his Last will and Testament in Presence of us the Subscribers that is to Say
Jacob Winchenbach Godfrid bornheimer Jacob Ludwig
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Probated 26 June, 1781. [II, 126.] Inventory by Joseph Weaver, Godfried Burnheimer and Francis Miller, all of Waldoborough, 7 Sep., 1781, £98: 10: I. [II, 212.] Re- ceipts for legacies by Mary Newbert, wife of Christopher Newbert and Mary Lissabot Mink, wife of Peter Mink, 1795. [VI, 189.]
In the Name of God Amen, I Daniel Knights of Boothbay in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts Bay yeoman, being Very weak in body but of sound disposing memory, & Judgment, from a Sence of the Mortality of my State, & danger of my disease do make & ordain this My last Will & Testament :
Imprimis I Give up my soul to Almighty God who gave it, thro' the hands of my Lord Jesus Christ, by whose Merit & Righteousness alone I expect to be Justified at the great Tribunal ; and my body to the Dust, from whence it came ; to be interred by decent Christian burial, at the discration of my Executors nothing doubting but I shall again receive the same at the Resurrection of the Dead ; and Toutching such worldly Goods wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this Life ; I do Dispose thereof in the following manner, Viz.
2 Item. I ordain that all my Just debts & funeral Charges be in the first place paid out of my personal Estate ;-
Itam 3rdly I give & bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter Susana Will- iams one cow out of my live stock to hir & hir heirs for ever,
Itam 4ly I Give & bequath to my Beloved Daughter Judeth Knights also one cow of my live stock to hir & hir heirs for Ever,-
Itam 5tly I Give and bequath to my Beloved Son Daniel Knights the one half of Damerescove Island Said Daniel paying therefor unto my Beloved Daughter Elizabeth Wheeler, twenty pounds Lawfull Money within two months after my Decese ; also s'd Daniel to pay to my Be- loved Daughters Mary Burnom & Marthue Day thirteen pounds six shillings & Eight pence Each, within one year after my Decese; the above said Legiesies to be made Equal in Value of what the said sums would purchase in provisions in the year 1775.
Itam 6tly I Give & bequeath unto my Beloved youngest Son Patishel Knights the whole of my Real Estate at pleasent Cove which I now live upon unto him & his heirs forever as also all my personal Estate (Except the above two cows) togather with all outstanding Debts Due to me He the said Patishel Knights to pay unto my Be- loved Daughters Susanah Williams and Judath Knights twenty Pounds Lawfull Money Each within two years after my Deceas and the said
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twenty pounds to be made good in Value in purchasing provisions as the same would have done in the year 1775-
Item 7thly I constitute & appoint William McCobb Esqr Solomon Burnom & Joseph Carlile to be the Executors of this my last Will & Testement.
And finally I do hereby ratify & confirm this & no other to be my last Will & Testement In Wittness of all which I have hereunto set my hand & seal this tenth Day of January and in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & Eighty
Signed Sealed published
his
pronounced & Declared by
Daniel H Knights (seal) mark
Daniel Knights to be his
last will & Testement In
presence of us
Wm. McCobb his
Joseph X Pirkens his Benjm. X McFarland mark
Probated 5 Ap., 1780. [II, 129.]
Inventory by Thomas Boyd, Samuel Brier and John Montgomery, all of Boothbay, 15 Ap., 1780, £27471 : 3 : 10. [III, 27.]
Robert Spear, late of Winslow. Roger Chase, residing at Kenne- beck, Adm'r, I Oct., 1778. Ezekiel Chase, of Hallowell, and Mat- thew Chase, of Kennebeck River, sureties. Inventory by Jonathan Emery, Ephraim Wilson and Silas Warner, all residing at Kennebeck River, 10 Nov., 1778, (at which date the widow of deceased had be- come Mrs. Chase), £32 : 12: 1. [II, 134.]
Ludowick Cassemire Mayer, of Pownalborough, physician, absentee. Edmund Bridge, of Pownalborough, agent, 20 Mar., 1780. [11, 137.]
Josiah Bradbury, Jun., late of Pownalborough. Benjamin Gray, Adm'r. Inventory by Thomas Rice, Jonathan Williamson and Michall Sevey, all of Pownalborough, 17 Dec., 1777, £303: 17 : 712. [II, 140.]
Cornelius Bradford, of Medumcook, appointed guardian unto Cor- nelius Morton, minor son of Cornelius Morton, late of Medumcook, 11 Dec., 1776. [1], 140.]
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To All people Whome it may Concern Know ye that I Benjamin Gardner of Bowdoinham in the County of Lincoln in the State of Mass- achusetts Bay in New England ; Being Somthing Indisposed in Body but of Sound mind & Memory do make this my Last will in manner following ; first I will that all my just Debts be paid by my Executor & Executrix here After Named ; I give to my Beloved Wife Ruth All my Estate Both Real & personal during her Widowhood And at ye end of ye s'd 'Term Whether by Death or Marriage s'd Estatate to be divided Among my Children in Manner as followeth I Give to my four Sons namely Abdial Benjamin Richard & Daniel All my Estate Both Real & personal Except my House-hold Stuff And wearing Apparrel ; I give to My Son Abdial my best Sute of Wearing Apparrel; & the rest of my wearing Apparrel i give to My other three Sones namely Benjamin Richard & Daniel to be Divided Equaly Between them My Silver Cup i give to my Daughter Mary My Looking Glass i give to my Daughter Hannah ; And the Rest of My House-hold furniture i give to all my Daughters namely Hannah Parthena Sabrina Rebeckah & Mary to be divided Equaly Between them; My Clock i meant as a part of my house hold Stuf-
And i do finily Appoint my Beloved Wife Ruth My Executrix and With her Prince Coffin of Pownalborough my Executor of this my Last will & Testament ; In witteness whereof I have here unto Set my hand & Seal this Twenty Seventh day of ye 10 m 1778.
Sined & Sealed in
(The alteration in ye fifteenth
presence of us
line was made Before Signing)
Abrm. Preble
Barnabas Paddock
William Barnard
mark Benjamin X Gardner his
Probated 6 Jan., 1779. [II, 152.]
William Kahler, of a place called Broad Bay, appointed guardian unto John Weller, minor son of Andrew Weller, late of said Broad Bay, 5 June, 1772. [II, 154.]
Thomas McCobb, late of Georgetown, merchant. James McCobb, of Georgetown, Esq., Adm'r, 10 June, 1782. [II, 155.] William Lithgow, of Georgetown, and Briggs Hallowell, of Hallowell, sureties.
In the neam of God Amean this ninth Day of feburey Anno Domini one thousand saven hundred and Saventy two and In the twevlth year of the Rigen of his magstey George the third I Charls Snipe of George- town within Countey of Lincolin and Province of the Masseschuset Bay
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In new England yeman Bearing under Som Bodley InDispotion But of perfet mind and memary thanks Be to God therfor Calling to mind the mortaletey of Bodey knowing that It Is apointed for all men to Die Do mak and ordane this my Last will and testement that Is to Say Prin- sabley and In first Plaes I Give and Bequath my Soul Into God that Gave It and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried In a Cristen Desant Burall at Discration of my Executors nothing Doupting But at the Genneral Resuration I Shall Recive the Same agean By the mightey Powar of God and as to Such things and wordley Estate as It hath Plesed God to Bliss me with In this Life I Give and Demise and Dispose the Same In the fowling menner and form Imprimis I Give and Bequath to my Beloved wife Ann Snipe During hir naturell Life one third part of my Reall Estat on Arowsick Island with one third part of all my Chattels with my Best Beed and Beeding and all my Houshold furniture Itim I Do Give unto my Beloved Dughter Sarah Potter teen Shillings Itim I Do Give unto my Beloved Dughter Han- nah Drumond teen Shillings Itim I Do Give unto my Beloved Dughter Ann Potter two milch Cows one heffer and Six Sheepe Item I Give unto my Beloved Dughter Jean two milch Cows one heffer Six Sheepe and saven pounds Lawfull money one Beed and Beding Item I Give unto my Beloved Dughter Marthow Snipe two milch Cows one heffer Six Sheepe and Saven pounds Lawfull money one Beed and Beeding Item I Do Give unto my Beloved Sons John Charls and Gordon Snipe all my Esteat Both Reall and Parsonall Layeing and Bearing on Arow- sick Island or Elswhear not Given Before and as I have Given my Be- loved wife Ann Snipe the Emprovment of one third of my Reall Estate During hir Lif and one third of my Chatols It Is my furder will and Plesuer that at hir Desses my Sons John Charls and Gordon Shall Inherret have and poses the Said third and the Chattols that my Said wife Shall Leave at hir Deses I will that they be Equley Devided Be- twen my five Dughters Sarah Hannah Ann Jean and Marthow the money to be payd By my Executors within two years after my Desses I Do Constuet mak and ordean John Stinson Esqr and my Beloved Son John Snipe my Sole Executors of this my Last will and testament and I Do hearbey utterly Disalow Revoke and and Disanule all and Evrey formar will testment or bequathment and Executors By me are Enewise Before named Raitifieng and Confirming this and no other to be my Last will and testement In witnes wherof I have Sett my hand and Seall the Day and year above writen
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Signed Sealed Pubshled Pronounced and Declard By the Sead Charls Snipe as his Last will and testement In the presances us Daniel Mcfaden
Joseph Preble
Daniel Mcfaden Junr
Charles Snipe (seal)
Probated first Wed. of Mar., 1782. [II, 156.] Inventory by Daniel Mcfaden, Joseph Preble and William Stinson, all of Georgetown, 26 Feb., 1783, £1276 : 1: 6. [Unrecorded.]
William Patten, late of Bowdoinham. Hannah Patten, of Bowdoin- ham, widow, Adm'x, I June, 1780. [II, 159.] John Patten, of Bow- doinham, and David Fowler, of Vassalborough, sureties. Robert, minor son, chose Mathew Patten to be his guardian 23 Mar., 1782. [II, 159.] Mathew Patten appointed guardian unto Charles, minor son, 21 Feb., 1785. [II, 158.] Inventory by Thomas Wilson and John Fulton, both of Topsham, and Abraham Whittemore, of Bowdoin- ham, 25 June, 1780. [III, 221-2.] Account filed 31 May, 1781. [III, 223.[ Widow's dower set off by John Fulton, of Topsham, Abraham Whittemore and Samuel Jameson, both of Bowdoinham, 5 Sep., 1782. [III, 224.] Hannah Patten appointed guardian unto Sarah, minor daughter, 15 Sep., 1783. [III, 225.] Appraisal of real estate by Jonathan Perry and James Fulton, of Topsham, and Samuel Jameson, of Bowdoinham, 15 Jan., 1784. [III, 225-6.] Order set- tling estate 10 Feb., 1784, mentions children, James the eldest son, Mathew, John, (deceased,) William, Robert, Charles and Sarah. [III, 227.]
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