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[ Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 104.]
[ Bond of Joseph Towle, with John Sanborn and William Stani- ford as sureties, all of Hampton, in the sum of £500, Sept. 8, 1718; witnesses, Ephraim Dennett and Benjamin Gambling. ]
[Inventory, Sept. 15, 1718; amount, {291.0.4 ; signed by John Sherburne and Edmund Rand.]
[Power of attorney, Aug. 31, 1719, from Mary Leavitt of Hamp- ton, spinster, to her friend, Reuben Marston of Hampton, for the division of the estate of John Hobbs of Hampton ; witnesses, Nathaniel Sargent and Samuel Moody, Jr.]
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Articles of Agreement made concluded & Fully agreed upon Between Joseph Towle sen' of Hampton in ye Province of New- hampshire in Newengland Farmer of the One Part And Reuben Marston of ye same town and province yeoman of ye Other Part for him self & in Behalf of Hobbs Leavit And Mary Leavit witnes : that Whereas there are sundry Parcels or tracts of land Marsh & Meadow as also Divers moveables Which were Formerly of ye Es- tates of John Hobbs and Sarah hobbs late of Hampton Deceased : But now to be Equally divided to & between ye sd Joseph towle & sd Reuben Marston The sd Parties have concluded & mutually agreed as followeth Vizt
Imprims the sd Joseph towle to Have posess and Injoy yt Half of ye Lott or share of land laying over north Hill Bridg Which lays on ye south side of sd lott And Reuben Marston to have posess & Injoy the other half of sd lot : vizt : yt half yt lays on ye North side of sd lott
Item Joseph towle to have yt half of ye little River marsh (so called : yt lays on ye West side of said marsh : And Reuben Mars- ton to have yt half of sd lott yt lays on ye East side of sd Marsh
Item Joseph Towle to Have yt half of the Lott or share of mea- dow laying near ye Beech yt lays on ye south side of sd lott : And Reuben Marston to have ye half of sd meadow which lays on ye north side of sd lott of meadow
Iten Joseph towle to have ye Half of ye Lott or share of meadow laying in ye spring marshes Which lays on ye West side of sd lot of meadow And Reuben Marston to have ye half of sd meadow Which layes on the East side of sd lott of meadow
Item Joseph Towle to Have ye half of ye lott or share of Fresh meadow laying by Pages : wch lays on ye West side of said lott or share And Reuben Marston to have the half of said lot of meadow Which lays on ye East side
Itein Joseph Towle to Have ye half of ye lott of meadow laying in Alder meadow Which lays on the West side of said lott & Reuben Marston to have ye half of sd lott of sd meadow which lays on ye East side of sd lot of meadow
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Item the Right to the share or Part of ye undevied : Cow Com- mon to be in cominon between sd towle & sd Marston
Item The Lott in ye Beech meadow (so called) to be in common between sd towle & sd marston
Item the moveables are equally divided between ye sª Joseph towle & said Reuben Marston
And For the true performance of all above Written We the sd Joseph towle & sd Reuben Marston Doe by these Presents bind & Oblige our selves our heirs Executors and Adınds Each unto ye other in the penials sum of one Hundred Pounds of Good & Lawfull money of New England above sd to be Well & truly Paid by ye Defecttive party to ye Party performing all above written; In Wit- ness Whereof the Parties to these presents have set their hands & seals this twenty Fift day of febry in the Sixth year of King George his Reign over Grate Britain : Annoqe Domini 1719/20
signed sealed & Delivered in
Presence of us Witneses
Jabez Sınitlı
Hannah Smith
the mark & seal of Joseph X towle Reuben Marston
in behalf of himself & as guar-
dian to Hobs Leavit & mary Leavit
[Allowed March 2, 1719/20.]
SARAH HOBBS 1718 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of Sarah Hobbs of Hampton grant- ed to her son-in-law, Joseph Towle of Hampton, Sept. 3, 1718. ] [Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 106.]
[Inventory, Sept. 15, 1718 ; amount, {32.8.8; signed by John Sherburne and Edmund Rand.]
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YWILLIAM PARTRIDGE I718 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of William Partridge of Ports- mouth granted to his son, Nehemiah Partridge of Portsmouth, Sept. 3, 1718.]
[Probate records, vol. 10, p. 100.]
[Warrant, Oct. 28, 1718. authorizing Thomas Phipps, Clement Hughes, and William Cotton, all of Portsmouth, to receive claims against the estate. ]
[Inventory, signed by Paul Gerrish and William Hunking ; amount, {256.5.0.]
[Order of court, March 27, 1719, allowing the administrator to sell real estate to pay debts, the estate being insolvent.]
[Administrator's account of the settlement of the estate ; amount of estate, deducting expenses of settlement and funeral charges, £112.17.0 ; claims against estate, £360.1.1}; allowed March 14, 1721/2 ; mentions a widow. ]
[Various accounts, notes, etc., containing signatures of Robert Pike, Daniel Quick, John Pickering, Michael Whidden, Charles Gott, William Partridge, Jr., Edward Polly, Samuel Penhallow, Jr., John Penhallow, John Roberts, Sobriety Thomas, Hannah Smith, Richard Wibird, Jotham Odiorne, William Parker Thomas Spinney, George Jaffrey, David Jeffries, Thomas Peirce, Nicholas Mead, Arthur Jaffrey, Sarah Partridge, William Cotton, Thomas Phipps, and Clement Hughes. ,
Mentions son Langbridge, and in another bill occurs the name John Langbridge. ]
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JOHN SNELL
1718 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of John Snell of Portsmouth granted to his widow, Elizabeth [Hannah in Probate Minutes] Snell, and his son-in-law, William Foss, Sept. 3, 1718.]
[Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 59.]
[Inventory, Nov. 17, 1718; amount, £592.6.6; signed by Thomas Peirce and Edward Toogood ; attested by Elizabeth Snell and William Foss, administrators, Dec. 3, 1718; mentions "dwel- linghous & land wich Allixander lives in."]
[Order of court, Oct. 27, 1719, authorizing the administrators to sell real estate. ]
ROBERT ELLIOT 1718 NEWCASTLE
In the Name of God Amen I Robert Elliott of ye Town of New Castle in ye Province of New Hampshireing in Good helth * *
I make Ordain and Impower my Sons in Law Collo George Vaughan Captn Timothy Gerrish and Major Charles ffrost and Captn Daniel Greenough Executrs of this iny last will and Testament of my hole Estate after my Just Debts and Funerall Charges Paid-
I Give my Executrs Power to Receive all my Debts due by books as Bills and Bonds to be Divided between my four Daughters Children and I Give my Executrs out of Debts twenty pounds five pounds each-
I Give to Collo George Vaughan all my farms at Blew point with ye marsh and the thach bank of Crooked lane with Greefings land and Marsh and Collins Land and Marsh all Laying at Blew point.
I Give to Sarah Pepperrell and Margery Pepperrell Cape Eliza- beth only Reserveing two Hundred Acres of Land to ye west Side of Robert Jordains house Formerly for Sarah Greenough and to
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her Heirs forever-And To ye two Children Sarah and Margery Pepperrell all ye Marsh that belongs to Robert Jordain at Spur- wink and ye pond Marsh
I Give to Captn Timothy Gerrish and Sarah his Wife and the Heirs borne of her my Island Called by ye Name of Champernown Island as by Deed Given them-
I Give Elliot Vaughan my farm at Dunston with ye Marsh and my Debt due from Wiggens-
I give to Captn Daniel Greenough and to Abigail his wife ye Heirs of her body my Dwelling house & wharfe and Garden and all my land upon Great Island as by Deed Given him I Give to Sarah Greenough my farm at Spurwink and Marsh belonging to it
I Give all my Plate to my four Daughters to be Divided Equally between them and all ye linnen that is in ye Great Trunk with my Wifes linnen in ye Chest Draws in ye Parler Beding and Sheets to be Divided Equall and Cattle and Sheep to be Divided Equall Ex- cepting Two Oxen and two Steers to Rob' Elliot Gerrish and all ye things that belong to ye farm that are in ye House and that James Joyce my be keept and Maintained Well as long as he lives with all Necessarys meat Drink, Washing and lodging as long as he lives-
I Give to Robert Greenough my Rapier with ye Silver head and to Daniel liis Broth' iny Cane Silver head
I Give to Elliot ffrost and Daniel Greenough and Abigail Green- ough all my land that will fall to my Proportion of ye Com'ons at Kittery and their Heirs forever-
I do Hereby Constitute and Appoint my loving Broth' Willm Pepperrell Sent and Captn John ffrost and Captn John Hollicom and M' Willm Pepperrell Jun' Overseers of this iny last Will and Tes- tament making Null and Void all former wills and Testaments-
And I Pray my over seers See this my Will Truly Performed I Publish and Declare this to be my last Will and Testament and Renounce all former Wills
In Wittness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Tenth day of Nov' One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighteen
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and in the fifth Year of ye Reign of our Soveraign King George of Great Brittain 1718 ffrance and Ireland &ct-
Entered before Signing & Sealing
I Give Bess Child Clear be freedom at Twenty Years Old, And Bess her time three years after my Death I Give Bess a heffer three Years old, and I Give my Cuz" Hollicom a heffer of three Years Old
Signed and Sealed In #sence
Robert Elliot of Us-
Shad Walton Jnº ffrost Jolın Morriss [Proved July 7, 1724.]
[York Countv, Me., Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 133.]
[Capt. Timothy Gerrish declines to act as executor May 14, 1724, and Col. George Vaughan and Major Charles Frost decline July 7, 1724.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 134.]
[Inventory of the estate in York county, Me., Sept. 7, 1724 ; a negro woman called Bess, valued at £20.0.0, a negro girl be- tween two and three years old, valued at £9.0.0; attested by William Pepperell, Jr., John Dennett, and Ebenezer Moore Oct. 7, 1724, who state that "they Went to Captn Timothy Gerrishes who refused to Shew them Any thing there at his house where ye Said Rob' Elliot lately Dwelt."
An addition of £60.11.3, debts received, was made to the in- ventory April 7, 1725.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 142. ]
GEORGE KENNISTON 1718 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of George Kenniston of Ports- mouth granted to his widow, Bridget Kenniston, Nov. 10, 1718.] [Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 115.]
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[Inventory of the estate of George Kenniston, who died March 14, 1717/18 ; amount, {89.7.8 ; signed by Samuel King and Daniel Allen. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. Io, p. 116. ]
EDWARD STEVENS 1718 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of Edward Stevens of Exeter granted to his widow, Elizabeth Stevens, Dec. 3, 1718.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 83. ]
[Blank sheet of paper for bond, signed by Elizabeth Stevens, John Gilman, and John Thing ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and Jonathan Folsom. ]
[Inventory, April 13, 1719; amount, {239.11.0 ; signed by John Gilman and Nicholas Gordon. ]
[Order of court, June 8, 1720, authorizing the administratrix to sell real estate to the amount of £30.]
Articles of Agreemt Indentd made Concludd & Agreed upon by & Between Samuel Stevens & Edward Stevens both of Exeter In ye Proe of N-Hampr In N- Engld Yeomen In inan'er & forme following yt is to say : was our Honrd father Edwd Stevens late of Exeter Decd died Seizd & Possessd of lands meadows &c : of wch we ye abovesd Parties are In Possession as Tenants In Com'on & Fee Simple we yes" Sam" Stevens & Edwd Stevens have unani- musly Agreed to Divide & Allot & do hereby own Acknowledge & Declare yt we have unanimusly Allottd & Dividd to Each other our sole & whole Right Title & Interest of or into al ye lands or meadows left as abovesd to Each & both of our satisfactions and Content wch Division or Pticular allotint is as follows to Sam11 Stevens to have for his part of ye Home land al yt land lying or
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Being on ye West side of ye way yt leadeth to Dear Hill wr ye sd Sam11 Stevens now Dweling House stands & on ye East side of ye sd way ye sd Sam" Stevens to Begin at ye Norwest Corner of Jos Things land & so runing Bounding on ye highway thirteen rods & from thence to run Easterly one hundred and thirty rods to a White Burch spottd on four sides standing twenty rods Due north from Jos Things line from thence to run south about 80 Degrees East to a heap of Rocks Being or lying In Richd Smiths line & so al ye land on ye south side of ye sd line or Being Between sd line & Jos Things land & also one third part of ye sixty acres of land at Watchuck on ye south or southerly End of sd land to be to ye sole & #per use Benefit & Behoof of him ye sd Sam" Stevens his heirs Exers Adınrs & Assigns To have hold Posses & Enjoy wthout any ye least let hinderance molestation or Disturbance from me ye sd Edwd Stevens iny heirs Exrs or Admnis or any laying Just Right or Claim thereunto from by or under me Edwd Stevens to have for his share al yt land on ye East side of ye highway abovesd lying or Being Between ye abovesd Division line & ye land of Nichs Gorden & also two thirds of ye sixty acres of land at Watchuck tolye ye north or notherly End of ye sd land to be ye sole & # per use & Benefit of him ye sd Edwd Stevens his heirs Exrs Admrs & Assigns forever to have hold Possess & Enjoy wthout any ye least let hinderance Molestation or Disturbance from me ye sd Sam" Stevens iny heirs Exers Admrs or any laying Just Right or Claim thereunto from by or under me wth wch Division as above Exprest we acknowledge our selves fully satisfyd Contentd & pd : as ye whole ₱portion of our Estate left us by our Honrd father Edwd Stevens abovesd Decd In Confirmation wrof we ye sd Sam" Stevens & Edwd Stevens have Interchangeably set to our hands & seals this 22d day of febry Anºq: Dom : 1739 :
Signd Seald & Dª Each to ye Other In #sence of us Elisha Odlin Edwd Gilinan [ Deeds, vol. 25, p. 125. ]
Samuel Stevens his
Elwd X Stevens mark
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JOHN WENTWORTH 1718/19 DOVER
m' wm Cotton desiring adm : on Jnº Wentworths Estate (his widow having renounc'd)
Joseph Beard & Jnº Waldron apprisors
meind not to proceed till ye Renuntiation appear &c
[ Probate Minutes, March 4, 1718/19. ]
[Administration on the estate of John Wentworth of Dover granted to William Cotton of Portsmouth March 4, 1718/19.]
[Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 91.]
[Warrant, June 10, 1719, authorizing Capt. John Pickering, Clement Hughes, and Capt. Joshua Peirce, all of Portsmouth, to receive claims against the estate. ]
[Inventory, June 15, 1719 ; amount, £367.12.2 ; signed by Hatevil Roberts and James Warren. ]
[Administration on the estate of John Wentworth of Dover granted to William Cotton of Portsmouth, May 10, 1721.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 68. ]
[Warrant, May 10, 1721, authorizing Capt. Nathaniel Gerrish, James Grant, and Thomas Butler, all of Berwick, Me., to appraise the estate in York county, Me. ]
[ York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 73. ]
[License to the administrator June 7, 1721, to sell real estate. ] [ Probate Minutes, June 7, 1721.]
[Inventory of the estate in York county, Me., Aug. 8, 1721 ; sixty acres of land in Berwick, Me., valued at £120.0.0.]
[ York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 73. ]
[Administrator's account against the estate, April 3, 1723 ; amount, £9.4.6.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 3, p. 102.]
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[Various accounts, notes, receipts, etc., containing signatures of John Reed, John Wentworth, John Tuttle, Richard Ackland, Howard Henderson, John Pickering, John Tibbetts, James Davis, John Lane, Ebenezer Coburn, Joseph Jackson, Jotham Odiorne, John Plaisted, Richard Hussey, Thomas Packer, Daniel Sawyer, John Croade, Joseph Pray, Charles Frost, Roger Plaisted, Joseph Roberts, Benjamin Peirce, Nicholas Follett, Samuel Plaisted, William Stiles, Martha Wentworth, Ephraim Tibbetts, John Hooper, Thomas Cox, Samuel Hinckes, John Morrill, John Scott, Samuel Thing, Richard Wibird, William Fellows, Valentine Scates, John Thing, Peter Folsom, Nicholas Gilman, Elizabeth Field, Samuel Penhallow, and Mary Brown.]
WILLIAM SANBORN 1718/19 HAMPTON
[Administration on the estate of William Sanborn of Hampton granted to his widow, Elizabeth Sanborn, March 4, 1718/19.] [ Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 98.]
[Bond, in blank, signed by Elizabeth Sanborn, Joseph Tilton, and Benjamin Sanborn ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and John Thing. ]
[Warrant, March 25, 1719, authorizing Capt. Joseph Tilton and Benjamin Sanborn, both of Hampton, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory, May 1, 1719; amount, £427.12.10 ; signed by Joseph Tilton and Benjamin Sanborn.]
THOMAS MARSHALL 1718/19 NEWCASTLE
upon ye motion of Jotham odiorne Esq' order'd that Sarah marshall be cited to appear & shew cause why she does not take admin : on her husband Tho : marshalls Estate
[Probate Minutes, March 4, 1718/19. ]
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[Bond, in blank, signed by Sarah Marshall, Daniel Greenough, and Samuel Hinckes ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and Joseph Moulton. ]
[Warrant, March 5, 1718/19, authorizing Hugh Reed and Daniel Greenough, both of Newcastle, to appraise the estate of Thomas Marshall of Newcastle, administration of which is granted to his widow, Sarah Marshall. ]
[Inventory, June 1, 1719 ; amount, £93.16.0 ; signed by Daniel Greenough and Hugh Reed.]
[ Partial list of claims against the estate ; amount, £67.10.7.]
PETER HARVEY 1718/19
[Citation, March 9, 1718/19, to John Christie, mate of the ship Happy Return, to appear and exhibit the property of Peter Harvey to the appraisers of his estate, Jotham Odiorne, James Jeffry, and John Cutt, administration being granted to Capt. Joshua Peirce. ]
PHILIP WHITE 1719 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Philip White of Portsmouth granted to his son, Samuel White of Portsmouth, joiner, April 7, 1719.]
[York County, Me., Probate Records, vol. 2, p. 178.]
JANE GERRISH 1719
Richd Waldron & Geo: Jaffry Esq being Two of The Execrs appointed in The last will and Testaint of Mrs Jane Gerrish Decd presented The Said Will to This board as ye Supreamn probate & prayed That The Same might be there proved The Wittnesses being sent, it was done accordingly-
[Council Records, May 2, 1719. ]
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SPLAN LOVELL 1719 PORTSMOUTH
[Administration on the estate of Splan Lovell of Portsmouth granted to his son-in-law, Joseph Sherburne of Portsmouth, mari- ner, May 20, 1719.]
[ Probate Records, vol. Io, p. 135.]
[Mary Lovell renounces administration on the estate of her hus- band, Splan Lovell, Aug. 8, 1719, and asks that it be granted to her son-in-law, Joseph Sherburne. ]
[Bond, in blank, signed by Joseph Sherburne, George Jaffrey, and Robert Armstrong ; witnesses, Mary Gambling and Elizabeth Penhallow.]
THOMAS WENTWORTH 1719 DOVER
[Administration on the estate of Thomas Wentworth granted to John Thing of Exeter and his wife, Love Thing, formerly widow of the deceased, June 3, 1719. ]
[ Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 119. ]
[Warrant, June 29, 1719, authorizing Major John Gilman and Capt. Jonathan Thing, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate of Thomas Wentworth of Dover, mariner. ]
[Inventory, Aug. 31, 1719 ; amount, {100.0.0; signed by John Gilman and Jonathan Thing. ]
memd Capt Paul Wentworth appointed Guardian to Eliza Went- worth Daughter to Tho: Wentworth decd being a minor he giving bonds &c
[Probate Minutes, March 8, 1720/1.]
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JAMES THOMAS
1719
DOVER
admin : granted to Mary Thomas widow of James Thomas, warrt appraismt to be sent to Capt Mathews & Joseph Jones
[ Probate Minutes, June 3, 1719. ]
[Bond, in blank, signed by Mary Thomas, John Smith, and Cornelius Connor ; witnesses, Benjamin Gambling and John Gove. ]
[Warrant, June 27, 1719, authorizing Capt. Francis Mathes and Lieut. Joseph Jones, both of Dover, to appraise the estate of James 'Thomas of Dover. ]
[Inventory, Aug. 7, 1719; amount, £995.6.0 ; signed by Francis Mathes and Joseph Jones. ]
JOHN BEAN 1719 EXETER
[Administration on the estate of John Bean of Exeter granted to his widow, Sarah Bean, June 3, 1719.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 10, p. 149. ]
[Warrant, June 24, 1719, authorizing Thomas Webster and Jeremiah Bean, both of Exeter, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory of the estate of John Bean, carpenter, Aug. 20, 1719 ; amount, £417.3.6 ; signed by Thomas Webster and Jeremiah Bean. ]
[List of claims against the estate ; amount, £144.0.11.]
[License, March 2, 1719/20, to the administratrix to sell real estate. ]
[ Probate Minutes, March 2, 1719/20.]
[Guardianship of John Bean, aged eighteen years, son of John
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Bean of Exeter, granted to Zebulon Giddings of Exeter June 25, 1734.]
[ Probate Records, vol. 14, p. 34.]
[Blank sheet of paper for bond, June 25, 1734, signed by Zebu- lon Giddings, Nathaniel Webster, and Robert Barber ; witnesses, John Penhallow and Elizabeth Penhallow. "Memo this is a Bond of Guardianship for Jnº Bean son of Jnº Bean."]
JAMES RANDALL 1719 NEWCASTLE
In the name of god amen the tenth of June 1719 I James Rendle of the town of new Casel husbanınan : in newhamshear being weak in boody *
Item I give and bequeth to my only son James Rendle all my hold estate of what kind so ever it be lying or being with in the town of new Cassel Item I give to my two dafters mary Talton and kathren Jorden my farm that lieth in Portsmouth that samuel sevey liveth now in or any other land that doth there belong to me : and all the stock that he had with the said farm or what other things he had for his youst as will appeare mary is to take her half of the farm at the northest next at Ross and so along the way half way and so back northwest : and kathren the other half of said farm and what one half is beter then the other must mnak it good to the other: elias Talton is to pay fourten pound to the gran Com- mety forty shelens ayeare : and James is to pay four pound ; forty shelens ayeare to the grand Commity : besiads what he is to pay yearly to the grand Commity for this at hom and James is to have the twelve pounds that Perkens is to pay as appeares by bill and what other Dets are to pay dets ; I doe farther order that my brother John yetton and my brother edward marston Shall be my hole Ex- cetors to this my Last will and Testemment to see It fullfeld in evry petekeler : given under my hand and seal this 16th June
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sined seled in the presence of us John Odiorn Sarah Rand her mark John March
James Rendle
[ Proved Nov. 12, 1753, by Sarah Jordan, formerly Sarah Rand. ]
[Warrant, March 26, 1720, authorizing John Sherburne and John Odiorne, both of Newcastle, to appraise the estate. ]
[Inventory of the estate ; amount, £985.0.0 ; signed by John Sherburne and John Odiorne. ]
DAVID KINCAID 1719 DOVER
In the fear And Name of God Amen the twentie threed day of June one thowsand sevin hundered and nynteen I David Kincaid off the tounship off dover and provanc off Newhempshir being Aged and Struckin in years *
impremise I will and bequath unto my Loving wife Anne Kin- caid that fourtie sheares of Land sold by Moses Davis Sinior to me Now Called by the Name of Camsee to her her heirs or asign- eyes for ever and free off all manner off troubles or incumberance to use and dispose of as she shall think fitt also I leave and be- quath unto my said wife Anne kincaid my now dwelling house with all my Lands in tilag mnowing and pastorag thereto belong- ing with all my Stock and moveable Goods within and without doores and that during her Widowhood but if she shall Contract mariag the one halff off the Land pertaining to the now dwellin house to her and the other halff to my Loving Son Napthalie Cin- caid her halff to reinaine hers during her naturall Life and at her decease to be the said Napthalies Cincaids to him his heirs or asigneyes for ever Likwayes I Leave and beqwath my daughter Hannah hay fiftie shilinges in money to be payed in money and fiftie shilings in money to my daughter Sarrah Cincaid and that within two yeares after my decase And do here be Constitut my
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Loving wife Anne Cincaid my Lawfull executrix in all things in trust to see this my Last will performed in all things above men- tioned I here unto doe anex iny hand and seall the day and year above written in presence of these witneses
James Davis Thomas Davis Daniel Davis [Proved March 6, 1722/3. ]
David Kincaid
[Inventory, May 14, 1723 ; amount, {244.9.0; signed by Samuel Emerson and Eli Clark.]
JOHN FULLER
1719 HAMPTON
In the Name of God Amen : this : 9th day of July : 1719: I : John Fuller of Hampton in ye Province of Newhampshirew- england being Now Well *
Itim I Give unto my son Thomas Fuller my house & Barn & all my land Whear ye house is on Each side of ye high way & two shears in ye second North division yt lies near ye upper saw mill & half a share of marsh att ye Grate oxcommon ye East End : & mny Piece of marsh that lies near ye landing place : & a share att Winnecott meddow and my share in ye Cow Common on this part of ye town as it now is and all iny Cattel & horses sheep & swine onely I resarve tow Cows to : be desposed of hear after
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