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Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared by the said Phillip
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Fought as his last Will and Testiment in Presence of us the Subscribers Ebenezer Moore Samuel Basset Nath'll Davis
Probated 11 June, 1781. [III, 217-18.]
Samuel Harnden, late of Woolwich. Inventory by Samuel Ford, Francis Ford and John Hathorn, all of Woolwich, 21 Jan., 1778, £240: 0:0. [III, 219.]
In the Name of God Amen this Second Day of September A: D: 1782 I Joseph Clarke of Vassalborough in the county of Lincoln and Commonwealth of the Massachusetts yeoman being Sick and week in body but of Sound mind and memeroy thanks be Given to God there- fore Calling to mind the mortallity of my body and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testiment : That is to say-Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that Gave it. And my body I commend to the earth to be buried in Christian like man- ner at the Discretion of my Executor nothing doubting but at the Gen- eral Resurrection I shall Receive the Same again by the mighty Power of God: And so touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me in this life I Give and Dispose of the Same in the following manner after paying my Just Debts and funeral Charges
I Give and bequeath to my well beloved Cusen Joseph Clarke of Vas- salborough a minor all my Estate Real and Personal all and Singular my lands messuages and tenements to be by him freely Possessed and enjoyed : And I likewise make and ordain Loes Clarke of Vassalboro widow and Rellick of Thomas Clarke late of Vassalborough Deceas'd my only and Sole Executor of this my last will and testament and I do hereby Disanul and Revoke all other former Wills by me made Ratif- ing and Conferiming this my last will and Testiment In Witness where- of I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and year above said Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said Joseph Clarke as his last will and Testiment in Presence of
Mathew Hastings Hugh Smiley Jonathan Dyer
his
Joseph X Clarke (seal) marke
Probated 11 Mar., 1783. [III, 229.]
Ebenezer Cox, of Bristol, non compos. Israel Cox, of Bristol, guar-
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dian, 15 Ap., 1786 ; Thomas Bracket and Jonas Fitch, both of Bristol, sureties. Inventory by Henry Fosset, James Drummond and Joseph Boyd, all of Bristol, 1786, £76 : 2: 0. [III, 242.] . Account filed 2 June, 1787. [III, 243.] Guardian licensed to sell real estate, 20 Sep., 1791. [IV, 261.]
Stephen Foster, of Winthrop, minor son of Timothy Foster, late of Winthrop, deceased, chose Jonathan Whiting, of Winthrop, to be his guardian, 3 May, 1786. [III, 256.]
In the Name of God Amen this Sixth day of Febuary 1787 I Jabez Crowel of Vassalborough in the county of Lincoln and Commonwealth of the Massachusetts yeoman being Sick and weak in body but of Sound mind and memory thanks be Given to God therefor and Call- ing to 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 tes- tament that is to Say first and Principally I Give and recommend my Soul in to the hands of God that Gave and my body I commit to the earth to be buried in a decent manner at the discretion of my Ex- ecutor ; and as touching Such worly Estate as it hath Pleased God to bless me with in this life I Give Demise and Dispose of it in the fol- lowing manner viz
first I Give and bequeath to my Granson Barna Basset all my Car- penters tools and my Gun and Sword
the Remainder of my Estate Real and Parsonal after paying my Just Debts I Give to thankfull my well beloved wife to be at her disposal dureing her life or so long as She Shall Remain my wido and at her Decease all that Shall Remain I Give to my Daughter thankfull Crow- el She Paying to her two Sisters Samuel Bassets wife and James Math- as wife Six Shillings each to be paid at her mothers Decease
I likewise make and appoint Mathew Hastings of Vassalborough afore- Said Gentn Executor of this my last will and testament and I do here- by Disanul and make void every other will and testament by me made before this time Rattifiing and Confeirming 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 Said
his Jabex X Crowell (seal)
mark
Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared
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by the Said Jabez Crowel as his last will and
testament in the Presence of us the Subscribers viz James Bacon Senr Winthrop Robinson his James X Bacon Jr mark
Probated 5 June, 1787. [III, 258.] Inventories by Thomas Hawes, James Bacon and Winthrop Robinson, all of Vassalborough, and Josiah Thatcher, Abner Crowell and Jabez Lewis, all of Yarmouth, 1788, £19 : 15 :6. [III, 259.]
David Averell, late of Pownalborough. Joseph Hilton, of Pownal- borough, Adm'r, 24 Jan., 1788; George Erskine and Stuart Hunt, both of Pownalborough, sureties. Inventory by Samuel Waters and Daniel Quigg, both of Newcastle, 21 Ap., 1788, £40 : 0:0. Account filed 19 May, 1788. [III, 260.]
In the Name of God Amen I Henry Benner of Waldoborough in ye County of Linclon in the Massachusetts State being weak in body and Knowing tis appointed for all men to die and how sone I Know not and being now in my Perfect Sences I have thought fit to make this my Last Will and testament in ye following manner viz. in the first place I Give my Soul into ye hands of God whoe gave itt and my body to ye Earth to be Decently Buried att the Discresion of my Ex- ecutor whome my will is and I appoint to be my Loving wife Margret benner. And as to what worldly goods God has ben pleased to bless me with I give and dispose of in the following manner in the first place I Give unto my Loving wife all my whole Estate both Real and per- sonel to use occupie in all Respects as She Shall think proper as Long as She Shall Continue in this Life and as to what depts Shall be found due from me my will is She Should Sell Stock Enough to pay them and as to what depts Shall be due to me I Give to her to doe with as She Shall think proper and upon her deth the Real Estate which I am posesed with I Give to my youngest Son Henry benner that is to Say my farm House and all other Buildings meadows and all appurtances belonging there unto. and as to my moveabels or personel Estate I Give in the manner following. there is sum of my Childer have had sum things all Ready and sum have had nothing and my will is they should be made Equel : all but John Benner, Matice Benner and Elizebeth Newbit they have had as much as I Ever purposed to Give them and
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as to the Rest. My Son Jacob I gave him a Cow : Keaty I Give a Cow; Sedony I Gave a Cow=and Sally I gave a Cow=Charles and John and Molly and Henry I have Gave Nothing to none of them and my will is they all should be Equel and if any thing should Remain of my Personel or moveable Estate that itt should be Divided Equelly amongst them. and now I doe Disanul and make void all other wills and testaments of all Kinds and all Naturs whatsoever. I doe hold good and Vallid this my Last will and testament: and in testimony hereof I doe hereunto set my hand and Seal this 23-day of June in ye year-1783
Sign'd seal'd and deliv'd in presence of us Henri Benner (seal) Johannes Kesler
Math Rameley Jabesh Cole
Probated 9 June, 1784. [IV, 8-9.]
Peter Heald, late of Georgetown. Richard Poor, of Balltown, Adm'r, 10 Aug., 1784; Ebenezer Grover and Jonathan Peasley, both of Balltown, sureties. [IV, 17.]
Alexander Askins, late of Bristol. Robert Askins, of Bristol, Adm'r, 15 June, 1785 ; Richard Jones, of Bristol, and Nathaniel Winslow, of Edgecomb, sureties. [IV, 17.]
William Elliot, late of Boothbay, physician. Sarah Elliot, of Booth- bay, widow, Adm'x, 16 June, 1785 ; John Huse and Nymphas Stacy, both of Pownalborough, sureties. [IV, 18.]
George Harward, late of Bowdoinham. Thomas Harward, of Bowdoinham, mariner, Adm'r, 15 June, 1786; Edmund Bridge, of Pownalborough, and James Maxwell, of Bowdoinham, sureties. [IV, 18.]
In the Name of God Amen I Michal McClary of Bristol in the County of Lincoln Husbandman Being Now in health and of a Sound mind make this my last Will & Testament as Follows that is to say I Reco- mend my Sole to god and my Body to the Earth to be Decently buried at the Discretion of my Executor and for such worldly Estate with which his providence Hath entrusted me I dispose thereof as Follows Vizt-
Imprimis I will that my House Barn & the hole of the land that I bought of John Savage is I Give unto his Son Thomas Savage for him or his Heirs after my Deceased-
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Item I give to him the said Thomas Savage the hole of the land I Bought of his Father I order my Executor to Deliver it to him the said Thomas free & Clear of Debt hereby Revoking and Disannulling all Former Wills by me made declaring this and no other to be my last- In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand & Seal this fourteenth day of June Anno Domini one Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty four- Michael Clary (seal)
Signed Sealed & Deliverd in
Presence of us- David Pottle James McDaniel
John Savage
Probated 6 Sep., 1788. [IV, 19.] John Costelow, of Pownalbo- rough, Adm'r, 27 Mar., 1788 ; William Lewis and John McGown, both of Pownalborough, sureties. Inventory by Robert Given, Henry Fosset and James Sproul, all of Bristol, 31 Mar., 1788, £218 : 2 :9. [V, 170.]
In the Name of God amen this Seventh Day of April one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine I William Woodcock of the Town of Attleborough in the County of Bristol in the State of the Massachu- sets Bay in New England yeoman being in helth and of a Sound Dis- posing mind and memory, Thanks be Given to God, but Calling to minde the Mortality of my Bodey and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make and ordain this my Last will and Teste- ment that is to Say Princpaly and first of all I Give and Recomend my Soul into the hands of God that Gave it and my Bodey I Recomend to the Earth to be Buried in Deacent Christian Burial at the Descre- sion of my Executor hearafter Named nothing Doubting but I Shall Recive the Same again at the General Resurection 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 and Dispose of the Same in the maner and form following
Imprimis I Give to my true and well Beloved wife Submit Woodcock the one thurd part of all my Estate.
I Give to my Daughter Mary Fields the wife of Jams Fields the Sum of five Shilling Lawful mony to be paid to her or her heirs by my Executor hearafter Named Imedatly after my Decease if Demanded I Give to my Daughter Phebe Rogers the Sum of five Shillings Lawful mony to be paid to her by my Said Executor at my Deceas if Demanded I Give to my Daughter Lucey Drown the wife of John Drown the Sum
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of five Shillings Lawful mony to be paid her or her heirs by my Said Ex- ecutor at my Decease if Demanded
I Give to my Daughter Submit the Sum of five Shillings Lawful mony to be paid her by my Said Executor at my Decease if Demanded I Give to my Son Benjmin Woodcock the Sum of five Shillings Law- ful mony to be paid to him by my Said Executor at my Decease if Demanded
And I hearby appoint make and Constitute my Son David Woodcock the Sole Executor to this my Last Will and Testemen hearby ordring him to pay all my Just Debts funaral Charges and the Legecyes which I have Given and Bequethed by this my Will and I Do hearby Give to my Said Son David all the Remainder of my Estate Except what I have Given as is Described in this my will that is to Say all the Re- maing part of my Estate (after he has Paid my Just Debts and Leagecies as afor Said) to him or to his heirs or asigns for Ever and I Do hearby utterly Disalow Revoke and Disanul all and Every other former Testement wills Leagecis and Bequests and Executors by me in any wise before Named willed and bequethed Ratifieng and Con- fairming this and no Other to be my Last Will and Testement In Wittness wharof I have hearunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and year above Written his
Signed Sealed Published William X Woodcock (seal)
Pronounced and Declaired Mark
by the Said Willim Woodcock as his Last will and
Testement in the Presence of us the Subscribers
John Daggett Thomas Starkey Jesse Daggett
[Received 16 Nov., 1788 ; unrecorded.]
Roland Cushing, late of Waldoborough. Edmund Bridge, of Pownal- borough, Adm'r, 24 Nov .. 1788. [IV, 20.] Joseph North and Wil- liam Lithgow, Jun., both of Hallowell, sureties. Inventory by Nath- aniel Thwing, of Woolwich, Richard Kidder and Samuel Emerson, both of Pownalborough, 1789, £362 : 12 : 2. [IV, 51-52.] Nathaniel Thwing, of Woolwich, and James Tupper, of Pownalborough, commis- sioners to examine claims. [V, 27.] Account filed and distribution or- clered, 31 May, 1792. [V, 37 to 39.] Advertisement of sale of real estate, 9 Nov., 1791. [V, 46.] In the Name of God Amen : 1 Nathanael Simmons of Waldoborough
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in the County of Lincoln in the State of Massachusetts Bay in America Husbandman Calling to mind the Shortness of my Life and Being in Perfect mind and memory think fit to Ordain and appoint these Pres- ents to be my Last Will and Testament I therefore in the first Place give my soul to God in Jesus Christ and my Body to be Buried De- cently according to the Discresion of my Executors herein after named Believing that at the grate and General Resurection to Receive the Same again=and I Do Hereby Dispose of the Estate which Almigty God has Bles'ed me with in manner as followeth. Itim first I give to my True and Loving Wife the one half of all my Real Es- tate together with the Improvement of all my House-movables and I here further give to my wife Mrs Marcy Simmons the Improve- ment of three Cows and five Sheep=What is here ment is the Im- provement of all the Real and Personal Estate here given to my wife so Long as She the sd Marcy Simmons shall Remain my Widow=Itim I hereby Give too my two oldest Sones viz Joseph Simmons and Zebe- dee Simmons the whole of that my Farme it Being the Homestead Farme on which I Dwell after their mothers Improvement as above to them and their Heirs forever Equally : further I give to s'd Joseph and Zebedee my four best oxen together with my Horse and two thirds of all my tools of all sorts : further I give Joseph and Zebedee the two Gunes that they now Improve and my two Swoards -Item I here- by give to my Son Steven Simmons the Long Island farme which I bought of Benjamin Bradford Lying on Long Island near a Place Called the midle narrows further I give to my son Steven my Half of the farme on which he the s'd Steven now Does now Dwells on- further I give Steven the gun that he Improves Itim I here- by Give to my four Daughters viz Mary the wife of John Hunt Dorothy wife of John Winslow Sarah Simmons Rachel Sim- mons all that my Farme which I bought of Mrs Jane Cleveland and Contains one Hundred Acres and lyeth on the Southerly side of Jacob Wades farme all which farmes or Tracts of Land Laying within the Township of Waldoborough above s'd Except the Long Island Lot further I hereby give to Mary and Dorothy four Pounds a Piece to be Paid to them in one year after my Deceas further I give Mary and Dorothy Each of them one Cow a piece itim I hereby give to my three Children new Living at home viz Zebedee Sarah and Rachel after my wifes Improvement as above the three Cows and five Sheep together with all the House movables to be Equally divided among them further I give to Zebedee Six Sheep and what
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Remains after my Debts and funaral Charge are paid Equally to be Divided among my Seven Children I hereby appoint my two Sones Joseph and Zebedee to be my sole and only Executors to this my Last will and Testament in Consideration of the Love that I bare to my Lov- ing wife and Dutiful Children I give as above s'd to them and their heirs forever In witness and Confirmation whereof I hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twenty Second Day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven
Signed Sealed and Declared to be my Last Will and Testament In Presence of these Witnesses
Peleg Oldham John Haupt Andrew Storer
Nathanael Simmons (seal)
Probated 22 Jan., 1789. [IV, 21.] Inventory by Nathaniel Pitcher, Jabesh Cole and Peleg Oldham, all of Waldoborough, 2 Feb., 1789. [IV, 85 to 87.] Cornelius Turner and Peleg Oldham, both of Waldoborough, sureties. Account filed 18 Sep., 1792. [V, 91-92.]
In the Name of God. Amen. I Zachariah Dodge of Edgecombe in the County of Lincoln, & Common Wealth of Massachusetts, Yeoman, being of sound mind and memory, knowing the frailty of human Nature, and the Uncertainty of the time when I shall die, do make publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament .- Imprimis. I resign my soul to him who is the supreme Governor of the Universe, hoping for Salvation through the Blood of the Redeemer, and my Body to the Dust, hoping for a glorious Resurrection. As to my Worldly Estate, I dispose of it in the following manner, Vizt. After my just Debts & funeral Charges are paid, which I hereby order to be paid out of my Personal Estate, I give unto my Wife Sarah, my whole Estate both Real & Personall, for her to enjoy and improve as she shall think Proper, so long as she shall remain my Widow, but in case my said Wife should marry, Then and in that Case my Will is that she shall Relinquish & give up all her Right & Title to said Estate, without receiving any Dower whatever.
Item, and in Case my said Wife should marry or die and leave one or more of my Children uncapable of maintaining themselves then & in that Case my Will is that all my children shall be equally maintained out of the whole of said Estate untill they are able to maintain them- selves and further my Will is that at the marriage or death of my said
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Wife, my whole Estate shall be divided equally amongst all my Child- ren to one as much as another, without any Exception, only as is before Provided for the Uncapable Children. Lastly, I make constitute and appoint Moses Davis Esquire Executor to this my last Will & Testa- ment, hereby revoking all Wills, by me heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this Ninth day of Febru- ary in the Year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred & Eighty seven. Signed, sealed Published and declared to be the last Will & Testament of the above named Zachariah Dodge.
Zachariah Dodge (seal)
in presence of us Barnabas Sears Thomas Ring William Cunningham
Probated 19 Mar., 1789. [IV, 28-29.] Inventory by Barnabas Sears, Thomas Ring and William Cunningham, all of Edgecomb, 20 Ap., 1789, £330 : 8 : 8. [IV, 45-46.]
Joshua Coombs, late of Bath. Jacob Coombs, of Bath, Adm'r, 28 Ap., 1789. William Brown and George Fields Coombs, both of Bath, sureties. [IV, 41.] Inventory by Benjamin Higgins, Benjamin Brown and William Brown, all of Bath, 13 June, 1789, £150 : 12 : 0. [IV, 48.]
Jonathan Fly, late of Union River. Sarah Fly, of Union River, widow, Adm'x, 3 June, 1789. [IV, 43-44.] Christopher Bartlet and David Bartlet, both of Mount Desert, sureties. Inventory by Joseph Wood, Nathan Parker and Robert Parker, all of Blue-hill-bay, 26 Aug., 1789, £98 : 17 : 7. [IV, 62-63.]
Nathaniel Wyman, late of Georgetown. Martha Wyman, widow, and Isaiah Wyman, both of Georgetown, Adm'rs, 10 June, 1789. [IV, 44.] Inventory by Dummer Sewall, of Bath, John White and Jordan Parker, both of Georgetown, 16 July, 1789, £668 : 15 : 2. [IV, 134.] Inventory of land in Cumberland County by John Lewis, Andrew Gray and John Hayes, all of North Yarmouth, 22 June, 1789, £54. [IV, 135.] Account filed 28 May, 1790. [IV, 135-6.]
Thomas Cook, late of Norridgewalk. James Waugh, of a Place called Sandy River, Adm'r, 20 Mar., 1789. [IV, 47.] Robert Cros- by, of Sandy River, and John Moor, of Norridgewalk, sureties. In- ventory by Moriah Gould and Nathan Parlin, both of Norridgewalk, and Robert Crosby, of Sandy Kiver, 4 Ap., 1789, £94 : 5:6. [IV,
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45-47.] Anna Cook. John Cook and Joseph Cook refusal to admin- ister. [IV, 87.] Account filed 17 Jan., 1792. [V, 24.] Widow's dower set off by Robert Crosby, Moriah Gould and Nathan Parlin, 18 Ap., 1792. [VI, 84.]
Alexander Murphy, late of Bristol. Thomas Murphy, of Sandy River, Adm'r, 3 July, 1789. [IV, 49.]
Be it Remembered that I Moses Kimball of Vassalborough in the County of Lincoln and State of Massachusets Bay yeoman being in a Decline, but through Divine mercy of a Sound mind and memory, Do make and ordain this my Last will and testament in manner following Viz
Ist I will that all my Just Debts and funeral Charges be paid out of my Estate by my Excrutix hereafter named
2d I give and Bequeath unto my Beloved Wife Hannah and my three Children, namely Molly, Ruth, and Anna, all the Rest of My Estate Intrust and property whatsoever and wharesoever I Die posesed of in the manner following, that my wife for herselfe and on behalfe and in trust for my said Children be in full possession of the Rest of my Estate, and to Bring up my Children tharewith untill my youngest Child Living Shall arive to the age of Eightteen years olde or be Married ; (Except giving my Daughter Molly at the age of Eightteen years olde one good Cow and two good Sheep I give them to her be- cause that She is of a Weakly Constitution and being the Eldist having more Cair put upon her then her other Sisters) giving them an Edu- cation Sutable to to her Curcumstances and when my youngest Daughter Living arives to the age of Eightteen years olde, or be married I will that Distribution be made of what Shall Remain in My wifes hands the one half of the Moveable Estate with the One Hundred Acre Lot of mine, a part of which is in the town of Winslow to be Eaqually Devided betwen my Daughters to be by them posessed and Enjoyed as thare own Propperty and Right : and the other half of the Move- able Estate with the farm I now Live upon to my wife During her Life, and at her Decease to be Eaqually Devided Betwen my Daughters, to be by them posessed as thare own property
3ly I Nominat and appoint my Beloved wife Hannah a gardean for my Children
4ly I hereby Nominat and appoint my Beloved wife Hannah Sole Ex- ecutrix to this my Last will and testament Disallowing and Disannulling all other Wills by me Made In witness whareof I have hereunto Set my
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hand and Seal this Twelfth Day of the Fifth Month one Thousand
Seven hundred and Eighty nine.
Signed Seal'd and published by the Testator as and for his Last will and Testament
N. B. the words " One Hundred Acre" were wrote, before Signing Sealing &c-
in presence of us the Subscribers
Moses Kimball (seal)
David Bowerman
Moses Sleeper Remington Hobby
Probated I July, 1789. [IV, 50.] Inventory by Joseph Thomas, Asa Soule and Timothy Robinson, all of Vassalborough, Aug., 1789, £207 : 2: 10. [V, 45.] Account filed 12 Mar., 1805, at which date the executrix had become the wife of Philip Emerson. [X, 342-3.] Nathaniel Jellison, late of Bowdoinham. Nathaniel Jellison, of Bowdoinham, Adm'r, 6 July, 1789. [IV, 52.] Joseph Wheeler, of Bowdoin, and Elisha Pratt, of Bowdoinham, sureties. Inventory by Nathaniel Thwing, of Woolwich, Zacheus Beal and Elnathan Raymond, both of Bowdoinham, 7 Oct., 1788, £178 : 18 : 2. [IV, 90.] Ac- count filed 7 Jan., 1791. [IV, 189.]
John Gillingham, late of Georgetown. Elijah Drummond, of Georgetown, Adm'r, 8 July, 1789. [IV, 53.] William Lee, Junr., and John Rogers, both of Georgetown, sureties. Inventory by Benja- min Pattee, John Rogers and Thomas Butler, 5 Nov., 1789, £10 : 12 : 8. [IV, IO1.]
In the name of God amen, I James McCobb Esqr of Georgetown in the County of Lincoln, and province of the Massachusetts Bay in new England, being sound in mind and memory, but advanced in Age, and calling to mind my mortality, do make this my last will and Tes- tament in the manner following-
Imprimis, I recommend my soul to God and my Body to the dust in hopes of a future resurrection to eternal life through the merits of Christ my Saviour
And as touching such Estate as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I dispose of the same as follows
Ist. I give unto my well beloved wife Mary for her extraordinary kind- ness & attention to me in my old Age, the One half of all the improved, Cultivated, or uncultivated upland, and the One half of all the salt marsh, which my Farm contains on Honeywells point, so called, lay- ing on the west-side of Kenebeck River, together with all the Build-
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ing which belong to said Farm which Farm I bought of Samuel Water- house as by his deed to me will appear ; which half of said Farm and all the buildings as above I freely give & bequeath to the said Mary my wife to be hers forever, and to do with the same as she may think best-this being my free gift exclusively of her right to the One third part of all my Real & personal Estate, after the above-and also Six Milch Cows with Calves, One pair of Oxen-together with my oldest black mare and Six Sheep to be hers forever in the same way and man- ner and for the same reasons as the land and buildings above mentioned are-
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