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THE 


PROBATE  RECORDS 


OF 


LINCOLN   COUNTY, 

MAINE. 


1760  TO  1800, 


COMPILED  AND  EDITED 

FOR  THE 

MAINE  GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY, 

BY 

WILLIAM  D>  PATTERSON, 

WISCASSET,   ME. 


PORTLAND,  ME. 

PRINTED  FOR  THE  SOCIETY. 
1895. 


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CONTENTS 


Preface         --------  Pages    5 — 11 

Introduction     -         -         -         -         -         -      "  -  Pages  iii — xxi 

Errata  -         -         -        -  -         -         -         -         -  Page         xxiii 

Lincoln  Probate  Records    -----  Pages  i — 368 

Index  of  Names  ------  Pages    i — 48 

Index  of  Places  ^         .         .         .        .        .  Pages  49 — 53 


PREFACE 


This  book  contains  copies  of  the  wills  filed  in  the  Probate  Court 
for  Lincoln  County  from  the  year  1760  to  the  year  1800  and  brief 
abstracts  of  the  records  of  the  proceedings  of  that  court  during  the 
same  period. 

Perhaps  the  earliest  existing  record  of  probate  proceedings  had  in 
this  section  of  Maine  is  that  found  in  the  record*  made 

At   a   court    held    at    Pemaquid    22    July 
1674  by  Major  Tho  :  clarke  Humphry 
Dauie  :  Richd  Collicut,  and  Left  Thomas 
Gardner  according  to  commission  and 
order  of  the  Generall  Courte  of  the 
Massatusetts  coUoHy,  Dated  in  Boston  in 
N  :   E  :   27  day  of  May  1674, 
which  record  is  in  the  following  words  : 

Administration  to  the  estate  of  John  Walter  a  fisherman  somtymes 
Resident  at  Monheghen  &  sometymes  at  Damerells  coue  who  dyed 
about  four  yeares  since  is  granted  to  Geo  :  Burnett  Resident  at  Mon- 
heghen who  is  to  dispose  of  the  same  according  to  the  cleerest  testimony 
of,  and  to  whome  ye  Estate  doeth  belong  &  to  bring  in  an  Inventory 
of  the  same  to  ye  next  comission  Court,  heere,  &  himselfe  as  principall 
&  Richd  Oliver  as  Suerty  doe  bind  themselves  in  fifty  pounds  a 
peece  that  this  Order  shall  bee  attended  &  p' formed. 

In  this  instance  the  General  Court  appears  to  have  delegated  its 
functions  as  a  court  of  probate,  a  custom  that  was  subsequently 
adopted  by  the  Governor  and  Council  who  under  the  Province  charter 
of  1 69 1  had  power  to  "doe  execute  or  pcrforme  all  that  is  necessary 
for  the  Probate  of  Wills,  Granting  of  Administracons  for,  touching  or 
concerning  any  Interest  or  Estate  which  any  person  or  persons  shall 

♦Printed  entire  in  M.  H.  .S.  coll.  '^Baxter  MSS.,"  pp.  343-348. 

Note.  This  was  probably  the  only  County  Court  established  under  the  Massa- 
chusetts Colcny  charter  within  the  territory  subsequently  known  as  Lincoln  County. 
At  that  court  the  region  between  the  Sagadahoc  and  Georges  rivers  seems  to  have 
been  first  called  and  known  as  the  County  of  Devon. 


6  PREFACE. 

have  within  our  said  Province  or  Territory  ",  Soon,  however,  after  the 
charter  become  operative  judges  of  probate  were  commissioned,  infe- 
rior probate  tribunals  were  established  and  suitable  persons  were 
designated  as  registers  thereof  in  the  several  counties ;  and  in  probate 
matters  the  Governor  and  Council  reserved  to  themselves  and  exercised 
only  the  powers  of  a  Supreme  Court  of  Probate  to  which  appeals  from 
the  probate  courts  could  be  had.  Finally,  near  the  close  of  the 
administration  of  Governor  Pownall,  in  1760,  they  became  duly  organ- 
ized as  the  Supreme  Court  of  Probate  for  the  province  and  adopted  a 
seal  therefor. 

The  act  of  the  General  Court  of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  for  erecting  and  establishing  two  new  counties  in  the  easterly  part 
of  the  county  of  York  provided  that  from  and  after  the  first  of  Novem- 
ber, 1760,  the  most  eastern  county,  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  county 
of  Cumberland,  on  the  east  by  the  province  of  Nova  Scotia,  on  the  south 
and  southeast  by  the  sea  or  western  ocean,  and  on  the  north  by  the 
utmost  northern  limits  of  the  province,  should  be  called  and  known  as 
the  County  of  Lincoln.  This  act  established  the  town  of  Pownalbo- 
rough,  which  then  included  the  territory  now  embraced  in  the  towns 
of  Wiscasset,  Dresden,  Alna  and  Perkins,  as  the  shire  or  comity  town. 
This  town  had  been  incorporated  on  the  13th  of  February,  1760,  and 
named  in  honor  of  that  able  colonial  statesman,  Thomas  Pownall,  who 
was  then  governor  of  Massachusetts,  and  this  town,  the  name  of  which 
was  changed  to  Wiscasset  in  1802,  has  ever  since  been  the  principal 
shire  town  of  Lincoln  County. 

The  Lincoln  Probate  Court  was  constituted  by  the  appointment  of 
William  Gushing  as  judge  and  Jonathan  Bowman  as  register.  The 
earliest  act  of  the  court  as  found  in  its  records  granted  letters  of  ad- 
ministration upon  the  estate  of  Humphry  Purrington,  late  of  George- 
town, under  date  of  the  14th  of  November,  1760.  The  record  does 
not  disclose  whether  the  court  upon  that  occasion  was  held  at  George- 
town or  Pownalborough  :  the  letters  were  dated  at  Georgetown ;  the 
warrant  to  appraisers  at  Pownalborough  ;  both  bear  the  same  date. 
At  that  date  and  for  several  years  afterwards  there  seems  to  have  been 
no  regularly  established  time  and  place  for  holding  the  coart  and  it 
was  probably  held  at  either  Pownalborough  or  Georgetown,  as  was 
most  for  the  convenience  of  parties  having  business  before  it,  and 
but  little  formality  observed.  The  wills  of  Nathaniel  Donnell  and  Patrick 
Drummond,  two  old  time  residents  of  Georgetown,  were  probated  at 


PREFACE.  7 

that  place.       On  two  or  three  occasions  the  court  appears  to  have  sat 
at  Richmond. 

WiUiam  Gushing,  the  first  judge  of  the  court,  was  ot  a  distinguished 
Massachusetts  family    residing  at  Scituate,  where  he  was  born  on  the 
first  day  of  March,  1732,  third  son  of    the  Hon.   John  Gushing.       He 
graduated  from  Harvard  Gollege  in    1751  and  after  studying  for  a  time 
with  Jeremy  Gridley  he  established  himself  in  the  practice  of    the  law. 
Upon    receiving  his  appointment  as   judge  of  probate  he  removed  to 
Pownalborough  where,  until  the  arrival  of   Timothy  Langdon,  in  1769, 
he  was  the  only  educated  lawyer  and  as  such  he  appeared  as  counsel 
in  the  most  important  cases  brought  before   the  common  law  courts  of 
the  county.     If  one  can  judge  by  documents  drawn  by  him,  now  extant, 
it  may  safely  be  concluded  that  he  was  methodical  in  his  affairs  and 
careful  in  all  his  undertakings.       In    the    work   of    transcribing    these 
records  it  has  been  a  pleasure  to  take  in  hand  a  will  or   other  instru- 
ment in  his  beautiful  handwriting  and    elegant  arrangement  of    para- 
graphs.    He  filled  the  office  of  judge  of    this  court  until  1772  when  he 
was  appointed  a  justice  of  the  Superior  Gourt  of  Judicature.     He  then 
returned  to  Massachusetts  where  he  ever  after  made  his  home.     Judge 
Gushing  continued  as  a  justice  of  the  Superior  Gourt  until  several  years 
after  it  came  to  be  known  as  the  Supreme  Judicial  Gourt,  a  title  which 
it  retains  to  this  day.     At  Pownalborough,  on  the  nth  of   July,    1786, 
Gushing,  then   chief   justice,    opened  the  first    term  of  the   Supreme 
Judicial    Gourt  that  was  held  in  this  county.      Associate   Justices  Sar- 
gent, Sewall  and  Sumner    presided   with  him    at  that  term  of  court. 
Upon  the  establishment  of  the  Supreme  Gourt  of   the  United  States,  in 
17S9,   Judge    Gushing  was  selected    by   Washington  as    chief   justice. 
Gushing  declined  the  honor,  but  accepted  a  seat  as  associate  justice  and 
continued  to  occupy  the    same  until    his  death,   7  September,    1810, 
ended  a  long  and  honorable  career. 

The  name  of  Jonathan  Bowman  is  found  in  the  records  of  this 
court  for  a  period  of  more  than  forty  years  :  first  as  register  and  after- 
wards as  judge.  Born  at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  8  December,  1735, 
he  was  graduated  from  Harvard  Gollege  in  1755.  When  the  first 
officers  of  this  court  were  selected  one  William  Bryant,  whose  appoint- 
ment appears  to  have  been  desired  by  certain  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
Kennebec  Purchase,  was  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  register  and  it 
seems  to  have  been  understood  by  some  of  his  friends  that  he  would  be 
appointed,  but  the  influence  in  favor  of  Bowman  carried  the  day.       At 


«  PREFACE. 

about  the  same  time  the  governor  of  Massachusetts,  agreeably  to  the 
act  incorporating  Lincoln  County,  appointed  a  register  of  deeds  for  the 
county  for  the  term  of  five  years  from  February,  1761.  Bowman  re- 
ceived that  appointment.  Upon  the  organization  of  the  Inferior 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  and  the  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the  Peace 
a  few  months  later  he  was  appointed  clerk  for  those  courts  and  con- 
tinued as  such  for  upwards  of  thirty  years  and  until  he  relinquished  the 
offices  to  his  son  and  successor,  Jonathan  Bowman,  Jr.  He  appears  to 
have  entered  upon  the  duties  of  register  of  probate  at  the  time  when 
Cushing  became  judge  and  he  served  in  that  capacity  until  he  succeeded 
to  the  judgeship  which  position  he  filled  during  the  Revolutionary 
period  and  under  the  government  of  the  Commonwealth,  having  been 
recommissioned  therein  by  his  relative,  Governor  Hancock.  The  first 
instrument  signed  by  him  as  judge  found  in  these  records  bears  date 
the  tenth  of  June,  1772.  In  the  Revolutionary  days  the  records  of  the 
court  w-ere  swollen  by  proceedings  involving  the  care  and  disposition 
of  the  confiscated  estates  of  absentee  loyalists  and  at  these  "tory  trials," 
as  the  hearings  were  commonly  called,  Judge  Bowman  presided.  He 
continued  in  the  performance  of  the  duties  of  this  responsible  position 
during  the  remainder  of  the  period  covered  by  this  book  and  until  his 
decease,  4  September,  1S04.  The  comfortable  and  spacious  two-storied 
mansion  in  which  Judge  Bowman  made  his  home  still  stands 
near  the  bank  of  the  Kennebec  river  in  Dresden.  It  is  a  well- 
preserved  house  having  a  broad,  roomy  hall  and  staircase  and  in  each 
of  its  high-wainscoted  rooms  a  capacious  open  fire-place.  With  its 
traditions  of  the  Hancocks,  of  John  Adams  and  Increase  Sumner,  and 
of  PJowdoin  and  the  Gardiners  it  is  an  interesting  relic  of  the  provincial 
days  in  the  eastern  country  and  one  of  the  notable  houses  of  the 
county. 

Roland  Cushing,  the  youngest  brother  of  Judge  Cushing  and  him- 
self a  lawyer,  succeeded  Bowman  as  register  of  probate.  Roland  Cush- 
ing was  born  at  Scituate,  26  February,  1750,  and  was  educated  at 
Harvard  College  which  he  left  in  1768  and  entered  upon  the  study  of 
law  with  his  brother  AVilliam  at  Pownalborough.  He  held  the  ofifice  of 
register  of  this  court  for  fifteen  years.  His  death  occured  in  17S8  at 
Waldoborough  where  he  was  then  a  resident.  The  personal  recollec- 
tions of  those  who  knew  him  have  been  preserved  and  show  that  en- 
dowed by  nature  with  a  graceful  and  manly  form,   possessing  brilliant 


PREFACE.  9 

mental  parts  cultivated  and  enriched  by  study,  eloquent  and  forceful  in 
argument,  he  enjoyed  a  popularity  that  was  long  remembered.  His 
untimely  death  and  the  indulgence  of  habits  that  led  to  it  were  much 
deplored  by  his  friends  and  associates. 

On  the  29th  of  January,  1787,  Judge  Bowman  designated  Nathan- 
iel Thwing,  of  \Vool\vich,  as  register  of  the  court  pro  tempo7-e.  Thwing's 
home  was  at  Hutchinson's  Point,  now  known  as  Thwing's  Point,  on  the 
bank  of  the  Kennebec  and  a  few  miles  from  the  residence  of  Judo-e 
Bowman.  Thwing  was  long  time  an  upright  magistrate  and  well-known 
office-holder  in  this  county.  He  was  an  admirable  recording  officer 
and  the  records  made  by  him  are  unequalled  for  legibility,  neatness 
and  precision.  He  appears  to  have  discharged  the  duties  of  register  of 
this  court  until  1792,  a  period  of  about  five  years.  Portions  of  the 
second  and  third  volumes,  the  whole  of  the  fourth  volume  and  the  first 
fifty-eight  folios  of  the  fifth  volume  are  in  his  handwriting.  A  portion 
of  the  records  in  volume  HI  are  attested  by  Thomas  Tileston,  register 
pro  tempore,  of  whom  nothing  further  is  here  known  at  this  time. 

The  next  regularly  appointed  register  of  the  court  after  Roland 
Gushing  was  Jonathan  Bowman,  Jr.,  eldest  son  of  Judge  Bowman.  At 
the  date  of  his  appointment,  young  Bowman  was  barely  twenty-one 
years  of  age.  He  was  born  17  April,  1771,  and  was  graduated  at 
Harvard  College  in  179 1.  He  made  records  that  are  models  of  neat- 
ness and  legibility.  He  held  the  office  of  register  of  probate  for  about 
ten  years,  and  during  a  part  of  that  time  he  was  clerk  of  the  common 
law  courts  for  the  county.  He  resided  for  some  years  at  \Mscasset. 
His  death  occurred  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-seven  years. 

These  short  personal  sketches  may  serve  to  revive  in  some  deo-ree 
the  personnel  of  the  court  for  the  first  forty  years  of  its  existence.  The 
careful  student  of  these  records  will  not  overlook  their  importance  but 
will  find  in  them  that  which  will  suggest  pictures  of  the  economical  and 
social  life  of  this  section  of  Maine  during  the  last  half  of  the  eio-hteenth 
century  in  a  manner  that  no  other  records  now  extant  can  revive.  In 
them  will  be  found  evidences  of  the  religious  beliefs  of  the  last  century 
inhabitants  of  this  anciently  settled  county,  testimony  of  their  patriotism 
traces  of  their  loves,  their  hates  and  their  family  feuds  and  strifes  •  their 
standard  of  comparative  wealth  and  station  and  their  customs  and  modes 
of  life.  There  is  not  room  to  particularize  within  the  limits  of  this  brief 
note.  The  pages  of  this  book  contain  many  of  those  details  in  which 
to  use  the  words  of  John  Adams,  posterity  delights. 


I O  PREFACE. 


It  has  been  seen  that  the  earliest  sittings  of  this  court  were  at 
Pownal borough,  Georgetown  and  Richmond,  The  records  indicate 
that  the  court  was  most  frequendy  held  at  Pownalborough,  usually  in 
the  west  precinct  of  the  town  and  at  Pownalborough  court  house  which 
historic  building,  erected  by  the  Proprietors  of  the  Kennebec  Purchase 
in  accordance  with  a  vote  passed  by  them  on  the  13th  of  April,  1761, 
for  the  purpose  of  providing  a  suitable  place  for  holding  the  courts, 
still  stands  within  the  limits  of  the  former  parade  ground  of  old  Fort 
Shirley  in  the  town  of  Dresden.  It  is  a  substantial  frame  structure, 
three  stories  high.  The  court  room,  situate  on  the  second  floor  over- 
looking the  Kennebec,  was  an  apartment  forty-five  feet  long  and  nine- 
teen and  a  half  feet  wide.  It  is  rich  with  memories  of  John  Adams 
and  the  Cushings,  the  Sewalls  and  the  Sullivans ;  of  Robert  4uchmuty, 
the  younger,  of  Chipman  and  Wyer,  Bradbury  and  Paine ;  and  of 
Gardiner  and  Bridge,  Lithgow  and  Langdon.  It  is  not  famous  alone  for 
having  been  the  temple  of  justice.  The  service  of  the  church  of  Eng- 
land was  often  held  within  its  walls  by  the  Rev.  Jacob  Bailey,  rector  of 
the  ancient  St.  John's  parish  before  his  church  structure  was  erected; 
and  there  the  preachers  of  other  religious  denominations  from  time  to 
time  gathered  their  hearers. 

A  few  years  after  the  Revolution  the  population  of  the  county  had 
increased  to  such  an  extent  that  the  inhabitants  of  the  eastern  part^ 
desirous  of  being  no  longer  subject  to  the  necessity  of  making  the 
long  and  tiresome  journey  which  was  involved  in  attending  to  probate 
business  and  visiting  the  registry  of  deeds  at  Pownalborough,  succeeded 
in  procuring  the  passage  on  the  6th  of  November,  1784,  of  "An  Act 
empowering  the  Inhabitants  of  the  County  of  Lincoln  Eastward  of 
Union  River  to  choose  a  Register  of  Deeds,  and  for  the  establishing  of 
a  Court  of  Probate  to  be  holden  within  and  for  all  that  part  of  the  said 
County  which  lies  to  the  Eastward  of  said  River."  From  and  after  the 
date  when  that  act  went  into  effect  and  until  the  incorporation  of 
Hancock  and  Washington  counties  this  court  was  known  as  that  of  the 
"west  district"  of  the  county.  The  establishment  of  the  eastern 
district  foreshadowed  the  separation  that  soon  followed.  After  the  area 
of  the  county  was  reduced  and  as  population  multiplied  and  the 
business  of  the  court  increased  it  became  customary  to  hold  the 
several  terms  during  the  year  in  different  towns,  usually  at  the  houses  of 
innholders,  when  held  outside  of  the  shire  town.  In  the  year  1790, 
the  court  sat  at  Pownalborough  court  house  in  May,  August,  September 


PREFACE.  I  I 

and  October ;  at  the  house  of  Lazarus  Goodwin,  in  Hallowell,  and  at 
the  house  of  Joseph  Lambard,  in  Bath,  in  May ;  at  the  house  of 
Samuel  Nickels,  in  Newcastle,  and  at  the  house  of  Cornelius  Turner,  in 
Waldoborough,  in  September  ;  and  in  the  year  1791  :  at  Pownalborough 
court  house  in  January,  April,  June  and  August ;  at  the  house  of  Amos 
Pollard,  in  Hallowell,  in  January  ;  at  Lambard's,  Bath,  in  June  ;  at  the 
house  of  Charles  Samson  and  at  Turner's,  both  in  Waldoborough,  in 
September,  and  at  the  house  of  Ebenezer  Whittier,  in  Pownalborough, 
in  December.  For  many  years  and  until  the  establishment  of  the 
eastern  district  the  jurisdiction  of  this  court  extended  throughout  all 
that  part  of  Maine  eastward  of  the  then  eastern  boundary  of  Cumber- 
land county  and  in  its  records  are  found  traces  of  those  who  lived  as 
far  east  as^Bangor,  Mount  Desert  and  Machias  and  northward  to 
Farmington  and  Norridgewock.  Its  territory  was  first  reduced  by  the 
act  creating  the  eastern  district  and  that  was  rapidly  followed  by  the 
incorporation  of  Hancock  county,  in  1789,  and  Kennebec,  in  1799. 

It  is  hoped  that  the  scope  of  this  volume  and  the  arrangement  of  its 
contents  will  commend  it  to  the  student  of  genealogy.  Full  copies  of 
the  wills  are  given  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  found  of  record. 
The  abstracts  from  the  records  of  proceedings  relating  to  the  estates  of 
intestates  are  given  in  like  order  and  contain  mention  of  every  act  of 
the  court  and  of  the  representatives  of  the  estates  found  of  record,  to- 
gether with  reference  to  the  volumes  and  folios  where  such  are  re- 
corded, thus  forming  in  connection  with  the  index  of  names  an  index 
to  the  first  eight  volumes  of  the  probate  records  of  Lincoln  County. 

The  cordial  thanks  of  the  Society  are  hereby  extended  to  that 
learned  antiquary,  Rufus  K.  Sewall,  Esq.,  for  the  timely  and  compre- 
hensive sketch  of  the  early  history  of  English  common  law  proceedings 
in  Maine  that  is  embodied  in  the  introduction,  so  generously  furnished 
by  him  for  this  book,  the  value  of  which  is  best  attested  in  the  following 
note  here  printed  by  the  kind  permission  of  the  Hon.  John  A.  Peters, 
chief  justice  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  the  State  of  Maine. 

Wiscasset,  May  6,  1895. 

Hon.  R.  K.  Sewall, 
Dear  Sir: 

I  have  read  with  exceeding  interest  the  paper  which  you  have  pre- 
pared as  an  introduction  to  the  book,  to  be  published,  of  the  Probate 
Records  of  the  County  of  Lincoln  (or  Cornwall)  up  to   the  year   inclu- 


1 2  PREFACE. 

sive,  of  1800.  Your  paper  very  finely  illustrates,  in  brief  form,  the 
principles  and  practice  of  the  Common  Law  of  England,  during  that 
ancient  period,  to  be  found  in  the  probate  records  to  be  published. 
There  will  be  seen  in  them  clear  pictures  of  the  civilization  of  that  peri- 
od, which  an  American  citizen  will  readily  appreciate  and  much  enjoy. 
Very  sincerely  yours, 

JOHN  A.  PETERS. 

The  indices  to  this  volume  have    been  prepared   by   Joseph    P. 
Thompson,  Esq.,  who  has  thus  rendered  invaluable  aid. 
Wiscasset,  i  November,   1S95. 

WILLIAM  D.  PATTERSON. 


INTRODUCTION. 

These  mortuary  records  of  Lincoln  County  are  matter  of  public  in- 
terest and  importance.  In  them  we  have  an  epitome  of  the  thrift  of 
the  generations  past  of  this  ancient  part  of  our  state  as  a  culmination 
of  the  English  common  law,  where  first  applied  in  the  beginnings  of 
New  England,  to  shape  and  develop  the  life  forms  of  society  and 
Christian  civilization  in  its  civil  relations. 

The  record  also  discloses,  in  clear  and  precise  features,  the  religious 
and  Christian  sentiments  of  the  fathers  of  Lincoln  County  to  have  been 
eminently  biblical  in  all  phases  of  man's  mortuary  relations  to  the  preg- 
nant future  of  human  life.  The  facts  of  this  record,  in  this  respect,  we 
deem  quite  remarkable. 

As  an  outgrowth  of  pre-existing  legal  conditions  of  the  history  of 
this  county,  where  first  was  appHed  in  New  England  the  forces  of  the 
English  common  law  as  a  colonizing  agency,  I  propose  to  make  the 
facts  of  such  application  and  the  incidents  ot  development  a  supple- 
ment to  the  legal  records  herein  published ;  which  had  origin  in  the 
charter  of  April  lo,  A.  D.,  1606  ;  practically  enforced  on  the  peninsu- 
la of  Sabino,  now  Sagadahoc,  in  seizen  and  possession,  under  the 
English  theories  of  valid  land  title  in  A.  D.  1607  ;  and  further  devel- 
oped at  Pemaquid  and  Sheepscot,  when  Lincoln  County  was  an  inte- 
grant part  of  Ducal  Territory  to  1689  ;  and  the  organization  of  Lincoln 
Bar. 

COLONIAL  CHARTER.      April  lO,  A.  D.,   1606. 

Expansion  and  application  of  the  English  common  law  as  a  coloniz- 
ing force  and  antecedents. 

UNDERLYING  FACTS.      A.  D.   1 49  2. 

The  fact  of  the  existence  of  a  continent  in  the  west  had  been  revived 
and  certified  to  the  nations  of  Europe  by  Columbus. 

The  next  year,  1493,  the  newly  discovered  lands  were  partitioned  to 


IV  INTRODUCTION. 

Spain  and  Portugal  in  virtue  of  alleged  Divine  vice-geral  domination 
in  a  dotal  act  of  Pope  Alexander  VI.  These  facts  startled  and  excited 
Europe.  The  legal  soundness  of  land  title  so  acquired  was  questioned, 
as  matter  of  international  law.  France  wanted  to  find  Adam's  will  and 
see  the  clause  warranting  its  exclusion  to  a  share  of  the  new  world. 

England  protested  :  appealed  to  natural  right  and  justice  :  declared 
there  was  no  good  title  in  land  without  possession  in  newly  discovered 
countries. 

It  was  her  common  law  doctrine  of  "seizen  and  possession,"  as  ap- 
plied to  her  popular  homestead  holdings. 

The  international  conflict  raised  grave  questions  of  right.  England 
pressed  the  issue  with  incisive  diplomacy. 

The  British  Lion  shook  his  mane ;  and  bristling  with  resentment  at  the 
wrong  of  Papal  presumption,  roared, — "preso-iptio  sine  posscs- 
sione,  hand  valcai"  and  made  preparation  to  force  her  common  law 
postulate  of  homestead  holdings  into  the  international  code  and  have 
it  applied  to  trans-atlantic  interests  in  defiance  of  the  Pope's  authority 
and  in  derogation  of  his  assumed  right  in  giving  away  the  lands  of  the 
newly  discovered  world. 

The  English  doctrine  was  novel.  It  was  also  revolutionary.  The 
conflict  deepened.  Spain  was  supreme  in  prestige  and  power  on  sea 
and  land,  and  also  a  petted  child  of  the  Church  of  that  day.  The 
issue  of  trans-atlantic  titles  had  become  national.  England  was  reso- 
lute. The  issue  narrowed.  Spain  led  off,  the  champion,  not  only  of 
her  dotal  title,  but  also  of  Divine  vice-geral  authority  in  the  Pope. 
More  than  a  century*  had  passed  the  Papal  grant,  when  the  Eng- 
lish Parliament  declared,  that  by  law  of  nature  and  nations,  seizen 
and  possession  were  sole  grounds  of  good  title  to  newly  discovered 
lands.  In  1580,!  this  postulate  of  her  common  law  was  officially 
declared.  The  doctrine  of  possession,  as  the  ground  of  perfected 
right  in  lands  abroad,  as  well  as  at  home,  had  become  a  battle  ground 
of  statesmanship  and  diplomacy  in  the  legal  arena. 

CRISIS.     A.  D.  1588. 

The  argument  was  ended.      Spain  resolved  to  cut  the  Gordian  knot 

with  the  sword.     She  marshalled  an  "Armada," — arrogantly  called,  "the 

invincible", — entered  the  English  Channel,  with  all  the  pomp  and  pride 

of  a  Divine  mission,  the  19th  of  July.      England  gathered  her  ships  of 

♦Holmes'  Annals,  vol.  I,  p.  I. 
tPoor's  Vindication,  p.  9. 


INTRODUCTION.  V 

war,  and  massed  her  guns  to  meet  the  issue.  Battle  was  joined  the 
2 1  St  day  of  July.  Drake  led  the  English  manoeuvres.  Fifteen  different* 
engagements  were  fought.  The  conflict  continued  to  the  27th  of  July, 
and  Spain  lost  five  thousand  men  and  seventeen  ships  of  war.  Eng- 
land burned  and  sunk,  and  storms  scattered,  the  Armada  of  Spain ;  and 
her  naval  supremacy  went  with  it ;  and  England  became  herself  mis- 
tress of  the  sea. 

Spain,  to  crush  England  in  her  presumption,  had  failed  and  fallen  in 
the  struggle.  The  Pope's  dictum  and  dotal,  heretofore  regarded  and 
respected  as  the  end  of  all  law,  went  down  with  the  "Great  Armada." 
The  issue  gave  force  and  effect  to  the  doctrine  of  English  "seizen  and 
possession,"  as  a  guarantee  of  title  to  an  American  foothold  in  the 
new  world. 

The  ancient  doctrine  of  Papal  Divine  right,  as  an  element  of  inter- 
national law,  was  thus  over-ruled.  Possession  now  became  the  ground 
of  right  to  valid  title  in  North  America. 

Thereupon  the  maritime  nations  pushed  for  discovery  of  eligible 
sites  for  possession  and  the  English  common  law  of  seizen  and  posses- 
sion became  a  great  colonizing  force. 

RESULTS.     1602. 

Maritime  restlessness  in  the  west  of  England  took  shape  in  a  voyage 
of  discovery,  by  a  new  and  untried  route,  to  the  American  shores,  di- 
rect in  course  west,  as  the  winds  would  allow.  The  vessel  was  the 
"Concord,"  Bartholomew  Gosnold,  master.  The  result  was  that  he 
made  and  touched  the  new  world  in  a  land  full  of  hillocks,  an  "out- 
point of  tall  grown  trees  ahead,  a  rock-bound  coast  and  shores  of 
white  sand  in  Lat.  40°  N." 

It  was  a  sunrise  view.  A  Spanish  sloop  with  mast  and  sail  and  iron 
grapnel  came  along-side  ;  and  the  Indian  seamen,  some  clad  in  Europe- 
an costume,  came  on  board  and  chalked  a  map  of  the  country  on  deck 
which  they  called  "Ma-voo-shan." 

Its  attractions  were  noted,  and  reported  in  England ;  and  the  land- 
fall marked,  for  further  examination. 

In  1605,  a  "new  survey"  was  projected,  and  executed,  by  Captain 
George  Weymouth,  and  returned  before  autumn.  This  survey  resulted  in 
the  discovery  of  a  magnificient  harbor,  the  little  River  of  Pemaquid, 
and  the  Saga-da-hock,  the  notable  river  of  the  Ma-voo-shan  land-fall 
of  the  Concord's  voyage  of  1602. 

*Teig's  Chronology. 


Vi  INTRODUCTION. 

These  rivers,  of  this  land-fall,  at  once  became  coveted  points  of 
commercial  value  to  England,  for  seizure  and  possession,  where  the  forms 
and  forces  of  English  common  law,  should  be  applied,  in  planting 
homesteads  of  the  English  race,  in  New  P2nglard. 

The  report  of  Gosnold,  the  survey  of  Weymouth,  fixed  the  English 
idea  of  desirable  locality,  for  eminent  domain,  in  a  national  act  of 
"Seizen  and  possession,"  for  a  "great  state  project." 

Spacious  harbors,  grand  river  tributaries,  magnificent  woods,  abound- 
ing in  sea-shore  fisheries  and  beaver  haunts,  were  the  appreciated 
features  of  commercial  promise,  in  the  panorama,  of  the  Mavooshan 
land-fall,  for  places  "fit  and  convenient,  for  hopeful  plantations." 

Sagadahoc,  the  notable  river  of  the  Gosnold  land-fall  of  Mavooshan, 
was  the  magnet  of  subsequent  colonial  and  commercial  activity,  to  the 
west  of  England  communities. 

Gosnold's  "wooded  out-point"  of  the  Mavooshan  land-fall,  the  bea- 
ver haunts  of  Pemaquid  dependencies,  Sheepscot  and  Muscongus,  with 
Sagadahoc,  environed  with  waters,  "the  strangest  fish-pond  of  the 
western  seas,"  land-marked  by  Monhegan  and  highlands  of  Penobscot 
in  the  east  and  the  twinkling  mountains  of  "Au-co-cisco,"  west,  in 
1606,  had  become  a  land  of  promise,  to  the  commercial  industries  of 
England,  as  a  seat  of  English  Empire  in  North  .America. 

CHARTER  OF  APRIL  10,   1606  A.    D. 

Publicinterest  and  enterprise,  took  definite  shape,  10  of   April    i6o6. 

English  purposes  of  seizen  and  possession  then  took  form  and  ex- 
pression, in  legal  muniments  of  contract. 

A  corporation  was  organized  under  a  crown  grant  composed  of  em- 
inent subjects  of  England. 

The  grant  covered  agreements.  "We  do  grant  and  agree,"  were 
the  words  of  compact.  In  tenor,  it  was  a  Royal  license,  hedged 
about  with  conditions  precedent  to  future  and  further  concessions. 

The  grantees,  were  government  contractors.  The  transaction,  was 
a  conception,  legal  and  formal,  of  valid  title  and  permanent  possession, 
covering  a  purpose  of  enduring  foot-hold  of  the  English  race,  at  the 
points  of  seizen  and  possession,  maJe. 

The  Christian  nobility  of  England,  joined  the  commercial  agencies 
of  her  great  seaports,  in  pressing  government  to  participate  in  the  en- 
terprise. "The  wings  of  man's  life  are  plumed  with  the  feathers  of 
death,"  was  cried  in  the  ears  of  Elizabeth,  in  urgency  of  national  col- 
onization in  the  New  World. 


INTRODUCTION.  VU 

The  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the  English  Bench,  Sir  John  Popham, 
headed  the  west  of  England  movement,  who  is  described  as  emin- 
ently* honorable  and  patriotic,  and  by  the  jealous  Spaniards,  a 
'^ Great  Puritan."  He  manipulated  the  contract.  The  conditions 
were  the  making  of  habitations,  leading  out  colonies  of  volunteer  sub- 
jects of  Great  Britain,  aiid  planting  them  in  "fit  and  convenient  places." 
The  contractors  were  required  to  "build  and  fortify"  where  they  should 
inhabit,  and  could  lawfully  colonize  only  those  of  English  citizenship, 
who  would  emigrate  as  volunteers. 

The  salient  points  of  the  contract  of  April  lo,  1606,  for  seizing  and 
holding  actual  and  permanent  possession  of  the  American  coast  at  and 
near  the  44°  N.  E.  are  full  and  clear  in  purpose  and  plan.  Gosnold's 
land-fall,  the  out-point  of  fair  tall  trees,  little  green  round  hills  inland 
with  the  rockey  shores  of  white  sand,  in  the  country  of  the  Mavoo- 
shans  was  the  contemplated  "/(?(:«^ //;^z/^,"  of  the  colonial  undertakings. 

English  voluntary  colonization,  domiciliation  of  the  race,  military 
occupancy  of  fit  and  convenient  places  herein  and  about  the  latitude 
described,  were  the  avowed  purposes  of  both  the  government  and  its 
grantees,  the  adventurers,  of  the  charter  license. 

George  Popham  and  Rawley  Gilbert  with  other  eminent  men  of 
English  nobility,  their  heirs,  assigns  and  successors,  were  executive 
agents,  under  the  grant. 

Such  a  colonization  by  them  accomplished  under  royal  stipulations, 
insured,  a  future  endowment  of  plenary  rights  to  the  fruits  of  their  un- 
dertaking in  a  crown  deed,  or  patent  to  the  section  of  country  by 
them  discovered  and  so  seized  and  possessed,  on  their  petition  there- 
for. 

The  contract  of  the  loth,  April,  1606,  pregnant  with  the  forces 
of  English  common  law  at  once  began  to  unfold  in  starthig  effective 
English  colonization  at  two  eligible  points  in  the  Temperate  Zone  of 
North  America,  north  of  Florida,  in  English  cartography,  marked 
"Virginia."  Two*  colonial  adventures  were  organized  under  the  con- 
tracts of  April  10,  1606,  known  as  "the  first  and  second  colonies.'' 

DUAL  COLONIAL  EXODUS. 

The  first  sailed  for  Chesapeake  Bay  and  seized  the  peninsula  of 
Jamestown,  on  James  River,  May  12,  1607.  (o.  s.) 

The  second  sailed  May    31st,  1607,  foi  Mavooshan,  landing  at    and 

*Genesis  of  U.  S.     p.  45,  Vol.   I. 


Vlll  INTRODUCTION. 

seizing  the  peninsula  of  Sabino,  Sagadahoc,  20th  August,  1607  "the 
place  to  which  it  was  directed."* 

The  first  act  of  possession,  was  a  formal  solemn  consecration,  in  the 
public  worship  of  Almighty  God,  with  prayer,  praise  and  a  sermon  on 
the  spot  chosen  for  a  town. 

One  hundred  and  twenty  colonies  landed  and  stood  there  together, 
under  the  English  flag. 

The  church  of  England,  in  canonical  robes  with  hallowed  endow- 
ments of  state,  in  support  of  law,  stood  among  them. 

The  sermon  endorsed  the  transactions  of  state  in  progress ;  with  the 
bible  in  her  right  hand  and  in  her  left,  the  cross,  symbolic  of  Christian 
faith,  the  church  of  England,  by  holy  invocation,  consecrated  the 
place  and  sanctified  the  occasion  ;  and  so  set  up  the  pillars  of  the 
new  state  on  English  constitutional  grounds  in  religion  and  law,  for  a 
new  English  Commonwealth. 

A  civil  polity  was  duly  organized.  A  body  of  laws  promulged. 
George  Popham  was  nominated  and  inaugurated  by  oath  of  office  not 
as  a  governor,  or  vice-roy,  but  as  ^^ President,''  to  hold  and  to  wield 
the  great  function  of  sovereignty,as  chief  magistrate.  Subordinate  offi- 
cers were  sworn  in. 

Then  the  President  took  a  spadef  and  "Set  the  firstf  spit  of  ground 
unto  it ;"  turning  the  sod,  as  a  formal  act  of  seizen  and  possession 
perfected  by  the  formularies  of  English  land  title  in  "turf  and  twig," 
under  the  common  law  of  England. 

Of  this  colonial  planting  the  first  material  fruits,  were  realized  in  an 
English  village  homestead  of  fifty  houses,  a  ware  house,  a  fort  entren- 
ched and  fortified  with  mounted  cannon,  a  church  with  a  steeple,  ship- 
yard and  thirty  ton  vessel  on  the  stocks.  These  were  the  adornments 
of  the  shore  margins,  of  the  sheltering  head-lands  of  Sagadahoc,  at  its 
mouth,  where  a  permanent  foot-hold  was  contemplated,  and  all  the  el- 
ements of  English  civilization  in  law  and  religion,  the  great  civilizing 
forces  of  humanity  were  first  combined  and  took  organic  form  on  the 
soil  of  New  England. 

*Two  plantations,  in  virtue  of  Chief  Justice  Popham's  agency  were  undertaken  to 
be  settled  on  the  coasts  of  America,  called  the  tirst  and  second  colonies.  The  first 
was  in  the  interest  of  London  men  and  the  second,  the  west  of  England.  The  second 
colony  sailed  on  the  31st  of  May,  1607,  under  Capt.  Geo.  Popham  and  Rawley  Gil- 
bert, for  ".Seizing"  the  place  to  which  they  were  directed. — Holmes'  Annals,  Vol.  I, 
p.   155. 

t  Lambeth  Palace  Paiiers. 


INTRODUCTION.  IX 

FIRST  COURT  OF  LAW  IN  NEW  ENGLAND. 

The  President  and  his  sworn  assistants  constituted  the  first  organized 
court  of  law.  It  had  a  seal.  "Sigellum  Regis  Magnae  Britaniae 
Franciae  et  Hiberniae,"  was  the  legend  on  one  face.  On  the  reverse, 
it  ran :  "F)'o  Concillio  Secundae  Coloniae  Virginae^''  and  this  court 
was  within  the  ancient  Lincoln  County  bounds. 

LAWS. 

''Tumults,  rebellion,  conspiracy,  mutiny,  sedition,  man-slaughter, 
incest,  rape  and  murder,  were  capital  offences.  Adultry,  drunkenness, 
and  vagrancy  were  punishable  offences. 

They  all  must  be  tried  within  the  colonial  precintsc.  Magistrates 
were  required  to  hold  in  suspense  judgment  on  crime  in  aid  of  ap- 
plication to  the  king  for  pardon. 

Records  of  judgments,  were  required  to  be  set  forth  fully,  as  basis 
for  appeals.  Christian  teaching  and  civihzation  of  the  Indians  were 
ordained  of  law,  which  also  demanded,  preaching  of  Christian  religion 
as  established  by  the  English  Constitution. 

CHARTER  RIGHTS. 

Nucleus  of  American  Polity. 

All  the  rights  of  home-born  English  citizenship,  were  guaranteed  to 
the  residents  of  the  Sagadahoc  Town  of  Fort  St.  George.  The  writ* 
of  habeas  corpus  trial  by  jury  and  the  elective  franchise,  were  assured 
rights.  "These  my  loving  subjects,  shall  have  the  right  annually  to 
elect  dL  President  zxx^  other  officers,  possess  and  enjoy  fo7-cver,  the  right 
to  make  all  needful  laws  for  their  own  gover?i?nenf^  were  the  precious 
words,  of  their  constitutional  charter. 

In  \\s,&yi^z.\i%\oxi,  perpetual  self-governing  power,  was  an  endowment 
of  the  Sagadahoc  free-hold: — a  boon  of  English  constitutional  law; 
an  organic  element  in  the  civil  life,  of  English  Colonization,  here  first 
planted  in  New  England.  With  these  facts  before  us,  it  is  no  matter 
of  surprise,  that  under  President  Popham's  beneficient  administration  the 
Sabbath  at  Sagadahoc,  was  duly  observed  to  God's  honor  in  prayers 
and  religious  services,"morning  and  evening  ;"and  without  doubt  accord- 
ing to  the  venerable,  reverential,  decorous  and  exact  formularies  of  the 
church  of  England  : — whose  solemn  and  devout  forms  of  worship  of 
the  true  God  here  first  awed  the  savage  mind  and  touched  the  savage 
heart.     The  fear  and  worship  of  God  were  marked  features  of   that  ad- 

*Charter  1606.     Menoval,  p.  94. 


X  INTRODUCTION. 

ministration.  Sunday*  Oct.  5  th,  Nahanada  and  wife  of  Pemaquid,  and  the 
Indian  Pilot  of  the  Popham  colony,  a  member  of  the  Royal  house  of  Ma- 
vooshan,  and  one  Amenquin,  a  sagamore,  went  with  President  Pop- 
ham,  to  the  place  of  public  prayers,  both  morning  and  evening,  attending 
with  great  veneration,  reverence  and  silence." 

This  scheme  of  civil  polity  pregnant  with  the  seeds  of  our  subse- 
quent free  institutions  of  the  United  States  sown  in  it  by  force  of  English 
common  law,  first  applied  here  in  Maine  to  New  England  homestead  life, 
was  thus  set  to  work  out  natural  results,  with  the  machinery  of  law  and 
religion,  into  which  the  civilizing  forces  of  Christian  ethics  fully  en- 
tered to  shape  the  embryo  of  out  growing  states. 

Beneficient  progress  was  made  during  the  administration  of  Pres't 
Popham.  The  15  th  of  December  a  dispatch  was  penned,  in  Mavooshan 
at  Fort  St  George  and  sent  to  the  King  of  England,  announcing  pres- 
ent success  with  sketching  of  incidents  of  promise  in  these  beginnings 
of  English  homesteads  at  Sagadahoc. 

It  is  in  Latin  and  now  extant,  the  usual  language  of  State-papers  of 
that  day. 

President  Popham  was  an  aged,  but  God-fearing  man,  "stout  f 
built,  honest,  discrete,  careful :  somewhat  timid,  but  conciliatory  in 
demeanor.  Popham  was  the  life  of  the  colony.  Seymour,  the  colo- 
nial chaplain  was  eminent  for  his  industry  and  honest  endeavors.  The 
same  is  recorded  of  Turner,  the  surgeon. 

But  Rawley  Gilbert  official  representative  of  the  London  Element  in 
the  adventure,  is  described  to  have  been  of  a  jealous,  ambitious  turn, 
a  sensual  man  of  loose  life,  head  strong,  little  religious  zeal,  poor  judg- 
ment, little  experience,  though  valiant.  Sinister  and  selfish,  he  was  a 
mischievous  factor,  in  the  colonial  development.  More  or  less  fric- 
tion appeared ;  but  President  Popham  calmed  and  reconciled  differ- 
ences, during  his  rule.f 

On  the  5th  of  Feb.,  1608,  Popham,  whose  conduct  had  impressed 
even  the  savages  with  his  virtues  died,  probably  the  victim  of  a  cli- 
matic convulsion.  The  last  of  January  for  seven  hours,  thunder,  light- 
ning, fearful  and  frequent  rain,  snow,  hail  and  frost  in  excessive  and 
and  awful  succession,  over  whelmed  with  cyclonic  and  winter  rigors,  the 
little  village  of  English  free-holders  at  Sagadahoc. 

But  the  hamlet  survived  the  dire  calamities  of  the  season,  to  encoun- 

*L.  P.  Mss.  Journal,  Mass.  Hist.  Col.,  p.  109,  Vol.  18. 
+Gorges  to  Cecil,  p.  286.  Maine  Hist.  Quarterly,  July,  1 891. 

JBrown's  Genesis  United.  States. 


INTRODUCTION.  Xjl 

ter  the  caprice,  irresolution  and  selfishness  of  succession  in  Gilbert. 

The  catastrophe  of  climate  presaged  not  only  the  demise  of  the 
good  president  at  Sagahahoc,  but  further  fatalities.  Though  captain 
Davis  declared  on  his  arrival  with  new  supplies  in  the  spring  he  found 
"all  things  in  good  condition  in  the  colony,  many  furs  stored  and  the 
New  Virginia — a  pretty  vessel  launched,  ready  for  sea,  Gilbert,  now  in 
command  had  become  restless  and  inclined  to  abandon  the  enterprise. 

Notwithstanding  the  good  condition  of  affairs  at  Sagadahoc,  Gilbert 
proposed  to  leave  Fort  St.  George  and  return  to  London, 

The  proposal  met  the  sympathies,  at  least  of  the  London  people  in 
the  colony ;  and  the  London  ship  Mary  and  John  and  the  pretty  Vir- 
ginia, whose  master  builder  was  Digby  of  London,  were  laden  with  col- 
onists in  sympathy  with  their  chief,  and  sailed  away  homeward  bound 
about  Oct.  8,  1608,  and  the  settlement  on  the  River  of  Sagadahoc  was 
broken  up. 

The  corporation  dissolved.  Its  president  Popham,  buried  within 
the  precincts  of  Fort  St.  George,  was  left,  where  no  doubt  his  ashes  re- 
main, mingled  with  the  soil  of  Maine — at  the  mouth  of  the  Kenne- 
bec— the  ashes  of  the  first  dead  president,  as  a  chief  Magistrate  in  the 
United  States. 

The  colonial  life  at  Sagadahoc  lasted  a  little  over  a  year,  or  to  Oc- 
tober 8,  1608.  Lord  Chief  Justice  Popham,  had  also  died.  His 
son  and  heir  Sir  Francis,  succeeded  to  his  father's  estate  and  interest  in 
the  colonial  undertakings. 

The  Popham  families,  especially  Sir  Francis,  son  of  the  Chief  Justice, 
who  had  contrived  the  scheme  of  English  homestead  possession  in  the 
New  World,  valued  the  legal  advantages  gained  at  so  much  cost,  and 
determined  not  to  lose  the  legal  benefits,  that  by  seizen  and  possession 
of  the  continent  he  had  taken,  had  been  acquired. 

The  Popham  ship  and  her  tender  (the  fly- boat,)  Gift  of  God  (whose 
log  has  not  been  recovered)  was  in  at  the  colonial  debarkation  and  aided 
in  the  colonial  transactions  taken  at  Sagadahoc.  There  is  no  clear  record 
of  her  return,  on  the  sailing  of  the  Mary  and  John. 

Sir  Francis  protested  the  Sagadahoc  abandonment.  The  record  is 
"he  would  not  so  give  over  the  design  of  the  undertaking  abandoned  ;" 
but  withdrew  the  ships  and  provisions  remaining  in  his  possession,  and 
did,  diverse  times  after,     send*  to  the  sayne  coast  for  trade  and  fishing. 

*2d  series,  Vol.  5,  Mass.  His.  Coll.  p.  37.     Gorges. 


Xll  INTRODUCTION. 

POPHAM  AT  PEMAQUID. 

The  Popham  ships,  were  therefore  kept  employed  within  the  pre- 
cints  of  the  colonial  posessesion,  after  Sagadahoc  had  been  evacuated. 
But  where?  Here  starts  the  thread  of  the  legal  continuity  of  the  life  of 
the  Popham  colonization,  its  expansion  and  holdings,  as  recorded  by 
Strachey  and  Hackluit  and  Gorges. 

"To  the*  north  in  the  height  of  44°  lyeth  the  country  of  Pemaquid  : — 
the  Kingdom  wherein  our  western  colony  upon  the  Sagadahoc,  was 
sometime  settled^ 

"The  firstf  place  ever  possessed  by  the  English  in  hopes  of  making 
a  plantation,  was  a  place  on  the  west  side  of  the  Kennebec,  called 
Sagadahoc  : — other  places  adjoining,  were  soon  after  seized  and  improved 
in  trading  and  fishing."  The  French  J  reported  {Pemcuit)  Pemaquid, 
viz.^  \ht  ^irst point  which  was  occupied  by  the  English.'"  Eight  years 
after  the  abandonment  of  Sagadahoc  and  the  Popham  protest,  history 
lifts  its  curtain  on  further  Popham  transactions,  in  holding  possession  of 
the  colonial  seizings. 

A.  D.   1614. 

The  Popham  ship  in  the  interest  of  Sir  Francis,  son  of  the  Lord  Chief 
Justice  and  heir  of  his  estates  is  found  in  an  established  business,  on 
the  east  shore  of  Pemaquid  under  Monhegan  Island  where  a  port  had 
grown  up,  out  of  the  fur  trade  and  fisheries,  which  for  many  years  be- 
fore 1 6 14,  had  been  used  by  the  Pophams  alone. 

The  Earl  of  Southampton  was  concerned  with  the  Pophams  in  the 
business  enterprises  here. 

PEMAQUID.     Land  Titles.     A.  D.  1625. 

Brown's  purchase  opens  the  next  view  of  legal  procedure  within  the 
limits  of  the  Popham  establishments  on  the  coast  of  Maine.  The  tide 
of  English  emigration  had  already  covered  the  environings  of  "Pop- 
ham's  Port,"  and  attracted  the  commercial  enterprise  of  the  commer- 
cial centers  of  England.     The  lands  had  acquired  marketable  value. 

The  Mayor  of  Bristol,  England,  and  the  mercantile  house  he  repres- 
ented bought  up  the  lands  at  and  about  the  mouth  of  Pemaquid  River, 
on  the  Sagadahoc  side  of  Pemaquid.  The  Bristol  firm  of  "Aldworth  & 
Elbridge"  laid  out  a  fishing  plantation  on  their  purchase  at    Pemaquid 

*Strachey  Trav.  in  Va.     Hacklint  Papers. 

tlluhbard  Indian  Wars,  1676,  p.  246. 

JMons.  (."adillac,  1671.     M.  His.  Sue  Cull.,  vul  i,  p.  2S2. 


INTRODUCTION.  Xlll 

Harbor ;  and  Abraham  Shurl,  their  agent,  represented  the  firm  in  their 
business  and  was  a  civil  magistrate.  With  an  eye  to  the  thrift  and 
progress  of  the  Popham  Pemaquid  settlements,  the  extent  and  growth 
and  permanency  of  agricultural  industries,  then  and  there.  Brown's 
purchase,  suggested  legal  confirmation  ;  and  on  the  24th  of  July,  1626, 
Brown's  Deed  was  duly  executed  by  acknowledgement  and  record  in 
the  exact  formularies  of  the  English  common  law,  before  and  by  Abra- 
ham Shurt,  at  Pemaquid  : — the  first  transaction  of  the  kind  in  New 
England  if  not  in  all  North  America. 

The  Pemaquid  settlements,  says  Thornton,  in  1629,  "were  larger 
and  more  important  than  Quebec." 

Abraham  Shurt  stands  eminent  as  a  man  and  magistrate.  His  in- 
tegrity was  incorruptible.  On  his  word  the  Indians  relied  with  filial 
faith.  East  and  west  and  in  the  Bay  settlements,  mid  rivalries  and 
competition,  he  conducted  a  native  and  foreign  trade  with  skill  and 
success.  History  has  left  neither  touch  or  shade  of  taint  on  any  of  his 
transactions. 

A.  D.  1631. 

A  proprietor's  court  replaced  the  Shurt  magistracy  at  Pemaquid  un- 
der seal  of  patent  authority  of  the  crown  ;  and  Thomas  Elbridge,  a  man 
of  small  stature,  presided ;  and  to  it  the  residents  of  Monhegan  and 
Damariscove  resorted  for  legal  redress  to  about  1647. 

The  charter  powers  of  the  Pemaquid  civil  organization  were  granted 
with  a  view  to  replenish  the  deserts  with  a  people  governed  by  laws 
and  magistrates,"  as  expressed  in  the  grant. 

The  administration  of  civil  affairs  contemplated  a  nearly  pure  de- 
mocracy. The  laws  and  ordinances  were  required  to  be  executed  by 
such  officer  and  officers  as  should  be  chosen  by  the  majority  of  the 
popular  voice.  The  principle  of  a  majority  rule  was  the  governing 
element  of  the  civil  polity.     It  prevailed  up  to  the  5th  of  Sept.,  1665. 

The  1 2th  of  March,  1664,  the  Pemaquid  Country  and  dependencies 
were  assigned  to  James  Duke  of  York  by  Royal  grant.  The  Ducal 
Province  was  erected  into  a  civil  organization  as  the  county  of  ''Corn- 
wall" appurtenant  to  New  York  by  a  Royal  commission,  Sept.  5,  1665, 
at  the  house  of  John  Mason,  Sheepscot  Farms ;  and  Sheepscot  Farms 
were  organized  into  a  shire  town  named,  "New  Dartmouth."  Col. 
Richard  Nicols  had  been  designated  governor  of  the  Ducal  Province, 
but  before  he  could  enter  on  his  duties  was  killed  in  a  naval  battle  with 
the  Dutch,  1672.      The  civil  affairs  of  Pemaquid,  meanwhile  fell    into 


XIV  INTRODUCTION. 

confusion,  till  Governor  Lovelace  assumed  command. 

Pemaquid,  Muscongus,  and  Sagadahoc,  now  consolidated  into  a 
county,  justice  was  administrated  by  a  duly  organized  Court  of  record, 
called  the  court  of  "General  Sessions",  whose  sittings  were  held  the 
last  Wednesday  of  June  and  the  first  Wednesday  of  November  at 
Jamestown  of  Pemaquid  and  by  circuit  at  New  Dartmouth.  Henry 
Jocelyn,  Esq.,  was  Chief  Justice  and  Rev.  Robert  Jordan,  Thomas 
Gardiner  of  Pemaquid,  William  Dyer  of  Sheepscot,  Nicholas  Raynal, 
associates. 

Sullivan  says  this  court  had  jurisdiction  in  matters  ecclesiastical;  and 
in  the  event  of  disagreement.  Justice  Jocelyn  decided  the  issue. 

Walter  Philips  was  Clerk  of  Courts  at  New  Dartmouth,  and  William 
Short  for  the  Sessions  at  Pemaquid.  Books  of  Record  were  duly  kept 
at  both  places,  entitled  :  "Rolls  of  acts  and  orders  passed  at  sessions 
holden  in  the  territories  of  the  Duke  of  York."  John  Allen  of  Sheep- 
scot was  High  Sheriff. 

Precepts  ran,  to  Constables  or  Sheriffs,  as  follows,  viz  : 

Greeting  :  "By  virtue  hereof  you  are  required  in  his  majesty's  name 
and  under  authority  of  his  Highness,  Duke  of  York,  to  apprehend  the 

body  or   goods  of    Deft,  and  take  bond  for  value  of with  sufficient 

surety  or  sureties,  for  his  personal  appearance  at  court,  &c.,  &c.,  then 
and  there  to  answer  unto  complaint  of  A.  B.  for  not  yielding  a  debt  or 
due-bill,  bearing  date,  &c.,  *  *  *.  Hereof  fail  not  as  you  will  answer 
it  at  your  peril,  &c."  Return.  "I  have  attached  the  body  of  A.  B,  and 
taken  bail  for  his  appearance  at  next  court  to  answer  to  the  complaint 
of  B.  C.  in  an  action  of  the  case.  This  is  a  true  return."  (Signed  C. 
D.  official.) 

Walter  Philips,  clerk  of  the  New  Dartmouth  sessions,  first  appears  a 
resident  at  the  mouth  of  Damariscotta  River  on  a  place  called  "Winne- 
gance,"  (Indian  carrying  place  to  Pemaquid)  in  March,  i66o.  Thence 
he  moved  to  the  "oyster  banks"  above  the  site  of  Newcastle,  near  lower 
falls  and  purchased  a  large  landed  estate  of  the  Indians  embracing 
their  Ped-auk-gowack  (place  of  thunder)  and  made  large  improve- 
ments. His  orchards  yielded  apples  to  the  fugitives  of  King  Philip's 
■war  in  1676,  on  their  flight  to  Pemaquid.  His  book  of  Records  are 
lost.  He  fled  to  Massachusetts,  resided  in  Charlestown  and  died  there 
in  1680. 

Chief  Justice  Jocelyn  originally  came  to  Black  Point,  Scarboro,  1635  ; 
from  England,  1634,  as  agent  for  John  Mason,  then  resident  on  the 
Piscataqua,    of  Gorges'  Province  of  Maine. 


INTRODUCTION.  XV 

He  was  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Jocelyn  of  Kent,  Knight,  and  of  noble 
blood.  He  made  an  incomplete  survey  of  interior  wilds,  then  mar- 
ried the  widow  of  Captain  Cammock  of  Scarboro.  The  marshes  of 
Scarboro  made  it  attractive  to  early  immigration  for  settlement,  as  did 
the  marshes  of  Sheepscot  farms  in  the  Ducal  Province  of  Pemaquid. 
These  marshes  stimulated  the  earliest  agriculture. 

Commissioned  by  Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges,  Jocelyn  first  sat  as  Judge  at 
Saco,  25  March,  1636,  under  the  administration  of  Sir  William,  son 
(Governor)  of  Sir  Ferdinando,  of  his  Province  of  Maine.  One  of  his 
first  judicial  orders  was  made  in  the  interests  of  temperance.  "Any 
man  that  doth  sell  strong  liquor,  Wine,  &c.,  shall  suffer  his  neighbor, 
laborer  or  servant  to  continue  drinking  in  the  house,  said  offences 
being  seen  by  one  Justice  of  the  Peace  or  constable,  or  proved  by  two 
witnesses  before  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  such  seller  of  strong  drink, 
or  wine,  shall  forfeit  for  every  such  offence,  ten  shillings." 

In  1639,  Jocelyn  was  nominated  Counsellor  of  the  Province  of  Maine 
and  authorized  to  try  all  causes  coming  before  him  ;  and  also  to  act  as 
Deputy  Governor,  under  Gorges,  in  exigencies  requiring  the  exercise 
of  such  office.  This  eminence  in  public  affairs  and  in  the  confidence 
of  Gorges  made  him  an  object  of  special  surveillance  with  the  Bay 
state  authorities. 

MASSACHUSETTS  USURPATION. 

In  1668,  a  crisis  was  reached  in  a  conflict  of  jurisdiction  between 
Gorges  and  the  Massachusetts  administration  in  Maine,  Issue  was 
made  at  York  on  the  6th  of  July  and  turned  on  the  exercise  of  judicial 
authority  in  Gorges  Province  of  Maine,  then  limited  in  its  boundaries 
to  the  east  shores  of  Casco  and  Merrymeeting  bays. 

The  day  before  court  sat  at  York,  men  from  Massachusetts,  heralded 
and  escorted  by  a  troop  of  horse,  entered  the  town,  announced  as  "Mas- 
sachusetts Commissioners." 

Jocelyn  and  his  associates  met  the  new-comers  with  courtesy.  The 
Massachusetts  men,  thereupon,  warned  the  Maine  Judges  not  to  oppose 
their  proceedings,  and  repaired  to  the  meeting-house  to  open  their 
court. 

Jocelyn  and  the  King's  Judges  thereupon  seized  the  meeting-house 
steps,  and  had  proclamation  made  to  hear  the  King's  commands. 

The  Commission  within,  hearing  the  crier's  call,  "bade  all  persons 
having  his  Majesty's  commands  and  showing  them  in   court,    the  court 


XVI  INTRODUCTION. 

would  be  ready  to  hear  the  same."  Nevertheless,  on  account  of  the 
pressure  of  business,  the  reading  thereof  could  not  be  heard  before 
the  afternoon. 

An  adjournment  for  dinner  followed.  While  the  Massachusetts  in- 
truders were  eating,  Jocelyn  and  the  associate  Maine  Judges  entered 
the  meeting-house  and  sat  on  the  benches,  holding  the  judicial  seats. 

Informed  of  this,  the  foreign  commission  left  their  dining  tables, 
rushed  into  the  church  and  took  seats  beside  the  King's  Magistrates ; 
and  now  refused  to  read  or  hear  the  King's  commissions. 

Jocelyn  and  the*  Maine  Judges  thereupon,  in  the  interests  of  peace 
withdrew  and  abandoned  the  ground,  making  the  record  :  "Massachu- 
setts entered  the  Province  of  Maine  in  hostile  array ;  turned  the  Judges 
of  the  King  and  Gorges  off  the  bench  ;  imprisoned  the  commander  of 
the  militia ;  threatened  the  judges  and  friends  of  Gorges,  and  usurped 
the  judicial  authority  of  Maine." 

Jocelyn  left  Maine  and  took  residence  in  the  Ducal  Province  of 
Pemaquid ;  and  in  August,  A.  D.,  1677,  we  find  him  there  holding 
court  as  Chief  Justice. 

He  was  respected,  honored  and  trusted  by  royal  authority.  Gov- 
ernment assigned  to  his  choice  any  lot  at  Pemaquid  he  might  desire 
for  building  himself  a  house  and  ^10  out  of  the  public  treasury,  with 
provisions  out  of  the  public  supplies,  and  orders,  further,  "that  his 
rent  should  be  paid  if  he  elected  to  hire  a  house."  These  provisions 
were  made  for  his  support  in  June,  16S0. 

Three  years  after,  1683,  his  demise  at  Pemaquid  is  reported  to  the 
public  authorities  with  regret. 

Eminent  for  loyalty  to  the  crown,  for  peace  and  good  order,  fidelity 
to  his  public  trusts,  clearness  and  uprightness,  Chief  Justice  Henry 
Jocelyn  died  in  his  judicial  robes,  unsullied,  and  was  buried  at  Pema- 
quid between  the  24th  of  August,  1682  and  May  10,  1683,  where  his 
ashes  repose  to  this  day. 

The  restraints  of  law  were  loosened  in  his  death. 

A  commercial  town  had  grown  up  around  Fort  Charles  called  James 
town,  at  Pemaquid  Harbor,  from  the  Aldworth  and  Elbridge  Planta- 
tion, and  the  trade  of  Popham's  port,  now  a  suburb. 

Public  necessity  required  filling  the  vacant  seat  of  Justice,  and 
Thomas  Giles  was  thereupon  commissioned  as  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Ducal  Province,  appointed,  among  others,    28th   April,  1684. 

♦Mass.  purchased    Maine,  May  6,  1677. 


INTRODUCTION.  XVU 

Thomas  Giles  seems  to  have  been  a  land  holder  at  Pemaquid,  resid- 
ing near  the  Fort,  a  strict  observer  of  the  Sabbath,  and  otherwise  a 
conscientious,  God-fearing  man  and  officer  of  the  law.  He  had  much 
difficulty  in  correcting  abuses  at  the  Fort.  During  his  administration 
the  Revolution  of  William  and  Mary  in  England  set  in,  ending  the 
Stuart  Dynasty  and  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Duke  of  York,  in  Maine, 
1689. 

The  French  were  on  the  alert  to  defeat  the  accession  of  William  and 
Mary  to  the  English  throne,  and  stirred  up  their  Indian  allies  to  im- 
prove the  opportunity  of  the  public  confusion  and  consequent  anarchy. 

Combined,  they  planned  an  invasion  to  overthrow  British  rule  and 
seize  English  strong-holds  in  the  Ducal,  Province  and  subdue  the  old 
County  of  Cornwall. 

Judge  Giles,  on  the  12th  of  Aug.,  1689,  had  gone  to  his  farms  at  the 
Falls  of  Pemaquid  with  his  little  boys  to  superintend  finishing  his  har- 
vest of  hay  and  the  hoeing  of  his  corn-fields.  It  was  noon.  Dinner 
had  been  served  to  his  workmen.  Giles  and  the  boys  were  still  at  the 
farm-house,  the  workmen  having  dispersed  to  their  labor. 

Suddenly  the  guns  of  Fort  Charles  boomed  an  alarm.  All  were 
startled.  The  Judge  hoped  it  heralded  good  news  of  re-inforcements 
at  the  Fort — return  of  the  soldiers,  who  had  been  drawn  off.  The 
next  moment  savage  yells  and  the  war-whoop,  with  volleys  of  musk- 
etry from  hills  in  the  rear,  broke  on  the  ear. 

This  din  of  war  brought  the  Judge  to  his  feet,  crying,  "What  now — 
what  now?" 

It  is  the  story  of  a  child,  his  youngest  boy,  an  eyewitness.  His 
father  seemed  to  be  handling  a  gun. 

Moxus,  Sachem  of  the  Kennebec,  led  the  fray.  The  child  fled. 
Pursued  by  a  painted  brave,  with  gun  and  cutlass  in  hand,  the  glitter 
of  which  dazzled  the  child,  who  fell,  was  seized  and  pinioned.  Led 
back  to  his  father,  he  saw  him,  walking  slowly,  pale  and  bloody.  The 
men  at  harvest  were  shot  down  where  they  stood,  or  on  the  flats  with 
others,  tomahawked,  crying,  "O  Lord  !  O  Lord  !"  The  captives  were 
made  to  sit  down  till  the  slaughter  was  ended  and  then  were  taken 
towards  the  fort  on  the  east  side  of  the  river,  a  mile  and  a  half  distant. 
Smoke  and  crash  of  fire-arms  were,  on  all  sides,  seen  and  heard.  The 
old  Fort,  in  loud  roar  of  its  cannon  added  to  the  din  and  dismay  of  the 
captives. 

Judge  Giles  was  brought  in.  Moxus  expressed  regrets  saying  strange 
Indians  did  the  mischief.     Giles  replied  : — "I  am  a  dying  man.     I  ask 


XVIU  INTRODUCTION. 

no  favor  but  a  chance  to  pray  with  my  boys."  It  was  granted.  Ear- 
nestly commending  them  to  the  care  of  God  with  calmness  of  assuring 
faith  he  took  leave  of  his  children  with  a  blessing  and  counsel,  en- 
couraging them  to  hope  for  a  meeting  hereafter  in  the  better  land. 
Pale  with  the  loss  of  blood  now  gushing  from  his  shoes  and  tottering 
in  step  he  was  led  aside.  We  heard  the  blows  of  the  hatchet  but 
neither  shriek  or  groan  added  the  child.  Seven  bullets  had  pierced 
his  body,  which  was  buried  in  a  brush  heap  where  he  fell. 

The  captives  were  taken  into  a  swamp  in  view  of  the  Fort  where  the 
smoke  and  thunder  of  battle  raged  till  surrender  was  made  and  the 
town  fired  and  some  twenty  houses  burned.  The  French  record  of 
these  transactions  is  :  "that  at  the  first  tidings  of  the  sudden  attack, 
the  Fort  opened  fire  with  all  its  cannon  but  it  did  not  deter  the  Canabis 
(Kennebec  Indians)  from  getting  possession  of  ten  or  twelve  stone- 
houses  forming  a  street  from  the  village  square  to  the  Fort."  They 
then  entrenched  themselves,  partly  at  a  cellar  door  of  the  house  next 
the  Fort,  partly  behind  a  rock  on  the  sea  shore  and  from  these  two 
points  kept  up  such  terrible  fire  of  musketry  on  the  Fort  from  noon  till 
evening  of  the  14th  no  one*  durst  appear  openly." 

This  catastrophe  ended  the  civil,  religious  and  industrial  existence 
of  old  Cornwall  of  Pemaquid  and  dependencies,  and  of  the  commun- 
ities of  Popham's  Port,  Aldworth  and  Elbridge's  Plantation  and  the 
Sheepscot  farms  of  near  seventy  years  standing  and  growth.  Thus  the 
ancient  aristocratic  organizations,  social  and  civil,  all  passed  away  in 
old  Cornwall. 

The  people  were  all  killed,  captured  or  scattered ;  their  flocks  of 
cattle  and  stores  of  grain  left  to  plunder  and  waste. 

More  thant  one  hundred  miles  of  sea  coast  adorned  with  flourishing 
settlements,  improved  estates  and  comfortable  homes  were  made  waste 
and  became  desolate.  Tide  deeds,  town  and  court  records  were  burn- 
ed and  lost,  and  even  the  sites  of  ancient  plantations  soon  turned  to 
original  solitudes. 

REVIVAL. 

A.  D.  1 7 13  the  success  of  the  British  arms  led  to  the  treaty  of 
Utrecht  and  the  acquisition  of  Acadia.     Peace  followed. 

The  fugitives  in  Massachusetts  from  the  ancient  dominions  of  Maine 
combined  for  return  to  their  war-wasted  possessions. 

♦Shea's  Charlevoix,  vol.  4,  p.  4I. 
twill.  Hist.,  vol.  2,  p.  80. 


INTRODUCTION.  XIX 

Government  of  Massachusetts  determined  to  aid  the  re-settlement, 
of  Maine,  the  restoration  of  ancient  homesteads  and  to  quiet  conflicting 
claims. 

Maine,  with  the  Ducal  Province  of  Pemaquid,  had  become  the  pro- 
perty, of  the  Bay  State  and  were  merged  in  one  jurisdisction.  The 
plan  of  concentrated  population  on  three  or  four  acre  lots  at  the  sea- 
side in  families,  with  outlying  pasture  ground,  was  recommended. 

This  village  system  developed  the  defensive  architectural  device  of 
"Garrison  houses,"  as  places  of  refuge  in  time  of  peril.  Sagadahoc 
retained  its  ancient  influence  and  attraction  as  a  re-peopling  center. 
Its  sandy  and  rocky  shores,  as  of  old,  were  magnets  to  popular  resort, 
and  Government  would  permit  a  return  of  inhabitants  to  no  other 
point,  initial,  to  re-occupancy  of  the  "Eastern  parts." 

A.  D. 1714. 

The  heirs  of  Clark  and  Lake  of  old  Arrowsick,  at  the  head  of  a  cove 
opposite  Drummore  of  Phipsburgh  Centre,  started  re-settlements  to 
recover  the  ancient  island  possessions. 

John  Watts  of  Boston  built  there  a  garrison  of  bricks  brought  from 
Medford,  Mass.,  with  flankers  mounted  with  cannon,  a  refuge  for  fam- 
ilies, gathered,  under  cover  of  the  guns  of  the  garrison. 

It  became  the  nucleus  of  an  organized  township  and  was  named 
Georgetown,  incorporated    1716. 

Land-holders  and  government  stimulated  re-peopling  the  new  town. 

Capt.  John  Penhallow  was  assigned  to  command  the  garrison.  Old 
Georgetown  fostered  thus,  continued  to  grow,  and  was  made  the  shire, 
east,  of  the  newly  organized  York-Shire  County,  into  which  Maine  was 
converted.  It  was  the  capital  of  the  valley  of  the  Kennebec ;  and  the 
seat  of  legal  authority,  to  the  resettled  wastes  of  the  "Ancient  Domin- 
ions of  Maine." 

A.  D.  1728. 
Samuel  Denny,  an  English  emigrant,  built  himself  a  block  house, 
near  Butler's  Cove,  and  the  Watts'  Garrison ;  and  acted  as  a  civil  mag- 
istrate. Denny  was  a  man  of  education,  of  industrious  habits  and 
decision  of  character.  He  sat  as  Judge  and  acted  as  his  own  bailiff, 
at  court.  It  was  currently  reported,  that  the  stocks,  as  late  as  1833, 
were  remembered,  wherein  the  sentences  of  his  own  court  were  exe- 
cuted by  his  own  hand.  John  Stinson  of  Arrowsic,  was  also  a  Magis- 
trate of  Yorkshire :  and  Jonathan  Williamson  of  Wiscasset,  sheriff, 
whose  precepts  and  record  of  service,  survive  to  this  day. 


XX  INTRODUCTION. 

Justice  Stinson  was  a  staunch  loyalist  in  Revolutionary  times. 

Gushing  of  Pownalborough  sent  officers  to  make  his  arrest.  The 
charge*  was  treasonable  acts ;  for  which  orders  were  issued  to  bring 
him  before  the  court. 

Stinson  armed  himself,  and  resisted  effectually  the  officer's  attempt 
to  make  his  arrest.  His  wife,  ready  to  be  confined,  was  so  shocked  at 
the  assault  and  resistance  made  by  her  husband,  she  fell  sick  and  died. 

For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  "Old  Georgetown"  stood  the 
capital  of  Eastern  Maine,  and  the  center  of  the  administration  of  the 
law  and  justice,  as  a  shire  of  old  Yorkshire. 

I^nd-holders  of  the  old  Plymouth,  Kennebec  purchase,  were  active 
in  bringing  their  lands  into  notice  for  settlement,  and  agitated,  a  divi- 
sion of  Yorkshire,  and  the  erection  of  its  eastern  fragment  into  a  new 
county.  On  the  19  of  June,  1760,  the  agitation  bore  fruit.  The  Gen- 
eral Gourt  organized  a  new  county,  and  called  it  Lincoln ;  and  incor- 
porated Wiscasset  Point,  New  Milford  and  Dresden,  into  a  town  called 
Pownalborough  for  its  shire. 

A  court-house  and  jail  of  hewn  timber  were  built,  in  the  west  pre- 
cinct of  the  New  Shire ;  and  so  Lincoln,  succeeded  to  Old  Gornwall 
Gounty  of  the  Ducal  Province  of  Pemaquid  and  dependencies. 

A  legal  organization  of  higher  jurisdiction  and  forms  of  procedure 
was  created  and  organized  into  Lincoln  Bar.  It  retained  the  Old 
Gornwall  style,  a  court  of  sessions ;  and  held  its  sittings  second  Tues- 
days of  June  and  September.  Samuel  Denny,  William  Lithgow,  Aaron 
Hinkley  and  John  North,  were  Justices  presiding.  William  Gushing, 
Jonathan  Bowman,  Joseph  Patten,  James  Howard  and  John  Stinson, 
Esqrs.,  were  also  Magistrates. 

A.  D.  1762. 
Orga7iization. 

"Lincoln  ss,  Anno  Regni  Regis  Georgii  Tertii,  Magnae  Britanniae, 
Franciae  et  Hiberniae  Primo"  was  the  opening  record  of  the  first 
session ;  and  the  first  order  designated  Jonathan  Bowman,  clerk. 

At  His  Majesty's  Gourt  of  General  Sessions  of  the  Peace  held  at 
Pownalborough,  within  and  for  the  Gounty  of  Lincoln,  on  the  first  Tues- 
day of  June,  being  the  first  day  of  the  month  A.  D.  17C2,  it  was  fur- 
ther "Ordered  (at  said  session)  that  a  Seal  presented  by  Samuel 
Denny,  Esqr.  the  Motto  whereof  being  a  Gup  and  three  Mullets,  being 
the  lawful  Goat  of  Arms  of  the  said  Denny's  Family  with  said  Denny's 

♦Fron.   Miss,  p.  265. 


INTRODUCTION.  XXI 

name  at   large  in  the   Verge  thereof,  be  accepted  and  that  it  be  estab- 
lished to  be  the  common  Seal  of  this  Court." 

A.  D.  1786. 

Lincoln  county  had  grown  in  importance  and  its  necessities  in  mat- 
ters of  law  required  an  enlargement  of  judicial  facilities. 

By  act  of  legislation,  the  courts  for  Lincoln  County  were  extended 
and  enlarged  in  jurisdiction,  by  sessions  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Mas- 
sachusetts directed  to  be  holden  at  Pownalborough,  this  year,  Chief 
Justice  Cushing,  Judges  Sargent,  Sewall  and  Sumner,  presiding. 

AT  WISCASSET  POINT. 

In  1 794,  further  changes  were  made ;  and  the  court  ordered  to  hold 
alternate  sessions  at  VViscasset  Point  and  at  Hallowell.  The  change 
was  inaugurated,  and  its  first  session  held  under  Judges  Paine,  Sumner 
and  Dawes.  The  inauguration  of  the  above  change,  in  incidents  of  an- 
cient judicial  formularies,  we  give  from  the  late  Chief  Justice  Weston. 

Three  sheriffs  in  cocked  hats,  girt  with  swords,  holding  long  white 
staves,  guarded  the  court  and  led  the  way  in  procession  followed  by 
the  bar,  and  at  Hallowell,  marched  to  court  at  the  beat  of  a  drum.  Its 
formularies  of  procedure  were  imposing  and  dignified.  From  that  day 
to  this,  Wiscasset  Point,  has  been  the  seat  of  legal  administration  of 
Justice  for  the  communities,  (except  lately  Sagadahoc,)  occupying  the 
territories,  of  the  ancient  aristocratic  Jurisdiction  of  Cornwall,  of  the 
Ducal  Province  of  Pemaquid  and  dependencies. 

Thus  we  have  sketched  the  leading  facts  and  incidents,  of  the  be- 
ginnings of  jurisprudence  out  of  which  has  grown  the  mortuary  record 
now  published  to  the  world. 

RUFUS  KING  SEWALL. 
Wiscasset,  March  16,   1895. 

Note.  The  landfall  of  Gosnold  in  the  "Concord"  in  1602  was  in  latitude  430  44' 
N.     See  p.  V  where  it  is  erroneously  printed  400  N. 


ERRATA. 


Page       3    line    35  after  Disallow  omit   &. 


14  for  72  read  92. 

32  after  she  insert  may. 
29  for  74  read  174. 

3  for  42  read  142. 
35  for  and  read  all. 

38  for  1767  read  1768. 

33  after  third  insert  part. 

1 2  after  by  insert  my. 

19  for  1766  read  1769. 
21  for  28  Sep.  read  20  Ap. 
23  before  arrive  omit  shall. 

15  before  sound  insert  a. 
7  before  as  insert  free. 

4  for  into  read  unto. 
10  at  end  of  line  add   fry- 
ing pan. 

17  for  Carlton  read  Clark. 

39  for  269  read  262. 
29  before  mortality    insert 

the. 
37  omit  any. 
9  for  the  read  all 
4  for  James  Fulton    read 

John  Fulton. 

1 3  after  that  insert  my. 
7  for  G  read  &. 

20  for  3  read  30. 
25    for    eighteenth     read 

eighth. 
31  omit  that. 
25  for  reocking   read   re- 

vocking. 
between  lines  26  and   27 
insert 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved 
Son  Uriah  the  Sixth  part  of  all  my  Real 
Estate  after  my  vvifes  Decease 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved 
Son  Peter  the  Sixth  part  of  all  my  Real 
Estate  after  my  vvifes  Decease 

95  20  for  Mary  read  Jerusha. 

97  37  fo"^  know  read   known. 

99  25  after  County  insert   of. 

99  31  for  Lots  read  Lott. 

104  2  after  same  insert  sum. 

107  37  omit  all  after  sureties. 

107  38  omit  all  before    Inven- 

tory, 
no  12  for  1782  read  1 781. 

1 10  19  for  Nov.  read  Oct. 

115  16  after  other  insert  said. 

125  9  for  1774  read  1784. 


II 

14 
16 

25 
26 
28 
29 

35 
38 
38 
40 

41 

47 
56 
57 

65 
69 

71 

71 

72 
73 

74 
77 
84 


91 

94 


136 
141 

142 
»45 

147 
160 
162 

163 

168 

175 
176 

176 
181 
183 
188 
190 

190 

190 

198 
206 
207 
212 

213 

215 
216 
221 
226 
227 
229 
238 

240 
251 

264 
298 
33^ 
337 
337 
339 

343 
349 

354 


7  after  And  insert  I 
28  for  Heyard  read    Iley- 
wood. 

19  for  Cod  read  God. 

28  for     Eightenth      read 
Eighten. 

35  for  IV  read  V. 

31  for  2786  read  1786. 

24  for  Mary  read  Sarah. 

32  for  437  read  247. 
26  for  in  read  an. 

20  for  so  read  as. 

16  after  Gave  insert  it. 

36  for  Jabex  read  Jabez. 

18  after  I  insert  now. 

39  for  Kiver  read  River. 

19  for  VI  read  VII. 

1  for  constute  read   con- 
stitute. 

34  for      Consttute      read 

Constute. 
36  after   Dissannul    omit 

and. 
1 2  after  my  insert  beloved. 
28  for  1794  read  1 79 1. 
4  for  1891  read  1791. 

4  for  except  read  except- 
ing. 

40  for      Daughter      read 
Daughters. 

5  for  in  read  of. 

25  after  law  insert  is. 

2  for  VII  read  VIII. 

33  for  1795  read  1792. 
16,  for  1795  read  1796. 

21  omit  all  after  [V,  197.] 
9  after  ^^200 :  i :  2  insert 

[VIII,  121-122.] 

22  after  time  insert    then. 

27  after  1795   insert   [VI, 
42.] 

39  for  1790  read  1796. 
30  for  ^13.92  read  $139.92. 

34  for  And  read  Ann. 
4  for  18 10  read  1800. 

34  omit  real. 

28  for  Samuel  read   Dan- 
iel. 

38  for  1800  read  1804. 
25  for  2824.75  read  $624.- 

75- 
24  for  votes  read  notes. 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 


ABSTRACTS 

FROM    THE 

Heeopds  of  the  Probate  Court  at  Wiseasset, 

LixcoLx  County,  INIaixe. 


County  Ineoppofated  June  19,  1760. 


The  numeral  letters  and  tigures  enclosed   in   lirackets  refer  tu  volumes  and  folios 
of  records. 


Humphry  Purrington,  late  of  Georgetown.  Nathaniel  Purrington, 
of  Georgetown,  Adm'r,  14  Nov.,  1760.  William  Philbrook,  blacksmith, 
of  Georgetown,  and  Philip  Aubens,  of  Brunswick,  sureties.  [I,  i.J 
Inventory  by  James  Thompson,  Isaac  Snow  and  Nathaniel  Larrabee, 
all  of  Georgetown,  16  Mar.,  1761,  ^£124  :  18  :  7^4-      [I,  2.] 

Louis  Cavelear,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Mary  Cavelear,  of  Pow- 
nalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  10  June,  1761.  [I,  2.]  Inventory  by  Jonas 
Fitch,  James  Bugnon,  and  Francis  Ridley,  [Rittal]  all  of  Pownalbo- 
rough, 10  June,  I  761,  ^48  :  9  :  I.      [I,  3.] 

James  Fredrick  Jacquins,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Margaret  Jacquins, 
of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  10  June,  1761.  [I,  3.]  Jonas  Fitch 
and  Abner  Marson,  sureties  on  bond.  Inventory  by  Jonas  Fitch, 
Jacques  Bugnon  and  Francis  Rittal,  10  June,  1761,  ^67:  10:  6. 
[I,  4.]  Accounts  filed  26  Apr.,  1763.  [I,  32.]  Christopher  Jakin 
chose  Margaret  Jakin  to  be  his  guardian,  3  Apr.,  1764.      [I,  52.] 

John  Blithen,  late  of  (Georgetown.  Hannah  Blithen,  of  Georgetown, 
widow,  Adm'x,  8  June,  1761.  [I,  4.]  Inventory  by  John  Parker  and 
Joseph  Mackentier,  both  of  (Georgetown,  7  Aug.,  1761,  ^128  :  5  :  11. 
[I,  14.]  John  Parker  and  Joseph  Mclntire,  commissioners  to  examine 
claims.  [I,  16.]  Accounts  filed  23  Feb.,  1763,  [I,  30,]  and  i  Oct., 
1763,  at  which  latter  date  the  administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of 
David  Curtis,  of  Harpswell.      [I,  38.] 


2  LINCOLN  PROHATE  RECORDS. 

William  Robinson,  late  of  Topsham.  Margaret  Robinson,  of  Tops- 
ham,  widow,  Adm'x,  i6  June,  1761.  Ezra  Randal  and  Richard 
Knowles,  sureties.  [I,  5.]  Inventory  by  Ezra  Randall  and  Richard 
Knowles,  16  June,  1761,  ;,{^i76  :  9  :  5/^.     [I,  6.] 

Solomon  Hopkins,  late  of  Newcastle.  David  Hopkins,  of  Newcastle, 
Adm'r,  11  Sept.,  1761.  [I,  7.]  Inventory  by  Benjamin  Woodbridge, 
John  Cunningham  and  Samuel  Nickels,  all  of  Newcastle,  11  Nov.,  1761, 
/^iSo  :  2  :  6.  [I,  15.]  Account  filed  4  061.,  1763.  [I,  41.]  Order 
regarding  real  estate,  4  Sept.,  1765.  Grandchildren  :  Solomon  Hopkins, 
Mary  Hopkins,  Martha  Hopkins,  Agnes  Hopkins,  Jennet  Hopkins, 
children  of  eldest  son,  William ;  David  Hopkins,  and  Mary  Wood, 
children  of  Solomon.      [1,112-113.] 

William  Huston,  late  of  Walpole.  Ann  Huston,  of  Walpole,  widow, 
Adm'x,  27  Aug.,  1 76 1.  [I,  7.]  John  Stinson,  of  Georgetown,  and 
James  Huston,  of  Walpole,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William  Millar  and 
Robert  Huston,  both  of  Walpole,  and  James  Brown,  of  Newcastle,  19 
Oct.,  1761,  ^1^346  :  15  :  1 1.  [I,  1920.]  Account  filed  5  Sept.,  1764. 
[I,  61.] 

William  Hopkins,  late  of  Newcastle.  Mary  Hopkins,  of  Newcastle, 
widow,  Adm'x,  22  Sept.,  1761.  Peter  Paterson,  of  Newcastle,  and 
Robert  Cocheran,  of  the  East  side  of  Wiscasset  Bay,  sureties.  [I,  8.] 
Mary  Hopkins,  widow  of  William  Hopkins,  appointed  Guardian  to 
Solomon,  Mary,  Agnes,  Jane,  and  Martha,  children  of  said  William  ; 
Robert  Hodge  and  David  Given,  both  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  [I,  10.] 
Inventory  by  Robert  Hodge,  David  (iiven  and  John  Cunningham,  all 
of  Newcastle,  18  Nov.,  1761.  ^^261  19:3.  [I»i3-]  Account  filed 
4  061.,  1763,  at  which  time  the  widow  had  become  wife  of  Hugh 
Holmes,  of  Newcastle.  [I,  39.]  Partition  of  real  estate  by  Benjamin 
Woodbridge,  David  Given  and  Alexander  Campbell,  committee,  15 
06t.,  1 77 1,  [II,  68  to  70,]  at  which  time  Jennet  or  Jane  had  become 
the  wife  of  David  Somes. 

In  The  Name  of  God  Amen:  the  Twenty  Ninth  Day  of  May  1761, 
I  Nath'll  Donnell  of  George  Town,  Gentleman  In  the  County  of  Lincoln, 
Being  very  Sick  &  Week  In  body  butt  of  Perfe6l  Mind  &  Memory 
Thanks  be  to  (iod  therefore  Calling  Unto  Mind  the  Mortality  of  my 
Body  &  Knowing  that  it  is  Appointed  for  all  Men  Once  to  Dye  Do 
Make  &  Ordain  This  my  Last  Will  &  Testement  that  is  for  to  say 
Principally    &  first  of  All  I  Give  and  Recomend  my  Soul  Into    the 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  3 

Hands  of  God  that  Gave  it  &  for  my  body  I  Recomend  it  to  The 
Earth  to  be  Buried  In  a  Christian  Like  manner  at  the  Discreation  of  my 
Executor  Nothing  Doubting  but  at  the  Generall  Resurre6lion  I  shall 
Receive  the  same  by  the  Mighty  Power  of  God — &  as  Touching  Such 
Worldly  Estate  Wherewith  it  has  Pleased  to  Bless  me  In  this  Life  I  Give 
Devise  and  Dispose  of  the  same  In  the  following  Manner  &  form 
Imprimis  It  is  my  will  &  I  Do  Order  that  In  the  first  Place  all  My 
Just  Debts  &  Funerall  Charges  be  paid  &  satisfied 
Item  I  Give  To  my  well  Beloved  wife  Elizabeth  the  Income  of  all  My 
Estate  During  Her  Life  &  After  Her  Decease  she  is  for  To  Give  Unto 
my  Daughter  Elizabeth  all  the  Housold  Stuff — &  Likewise  I  Give  Unto 
my  Wife  all  my  Cattle  sheep  &  stock  for  To  be  at  Her  Dispoasall  as  She 
shall  think  proper — &  Likewise  I  Do  Appoint  my  Wife  Elizabeth  my 
Sole  Executor. 

Item  I  Give  &  Bequeath  Unto  my  Well  Beloved  Sons  Benjamin  &  Thomas 
All  my  Lands  Where  I  Now  Dwell  Bounded  on  Long  Reach  &  Runing 
Over  to  New  Meadow  River  &  for  the  same  for  to  be  Devided  Between 
them  :  Each  One  Half  &  for  them  Two.  I  Appoint  that  they  Choose 
a  Committee  for  to  Devide  the  Same  if  they  Cannot  Agree  them  Selves — 
Item  I  Order  &  Appoint  that  my  Two  Sons  Benjamin  &  Thomas 
pay  Unto  my  Son  Nathanell  thirteen  pounds  six  shillings  &  Eight  Pence 
LawfuU  Money  :  &  Likewise  LTnto  my  Daughter  Elizabeth  Six  pounds 
thirteen  &  four  Pence  LawfuU  Money  to  be  paid  by  Them  after  the 
Decease  of  my  Wife — &  Furthermore  I  Give  &  Bequeath  Unto  my 
Son  Benjamin  all  my  Right  Title  &  Interest  In  an  Island  Lying  & 
Known  By  the  Name  of  Jewells  Island  In  Casco  bay  So  Called — 
Item  I  Give  &  Bequeath  Unto  my  Son  Thomas  an  Island  Lying  In 
Sheepscoot  River  Where  my  Son  Thomas  build  a  House  Lying  Near  to 
Resqueaghean  Island  or  Parkers  Island  so  Called — 
Item  I  Doe  Hereby  make  a  Reserve  out  of  the  Lands  I  have  Be- 
queathed Unto  my  Two  sons  Benjamin  &  Thomas  a  Certain  Piece  of 
Land  Where  the  Meeting  House  Now  stands  for  the  Use  &  Service  of 
said  Parrish,  the  Same  Containing  about  Three  Quarters  of  one  Acre 
or  thereabouts 

1  Do  Hereby  Uterly  Disallow  &  revoke  &  Disannull  all  &  Every 
Other  former  Testaments,  Wills  Legaces  &  F^xecutors  by  Me  In  Any 
Ways  Before  this  And  No  Other  to  be  my  Last  will  &  Testament 

In  Witness  Whereof  I  have  Hereunto  Sett  my  hand  cS:  Seal  the  Day 

&  Year  Above  Written 

Nathaniel  Donnell      (Seal) 


4  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Signed  Sealed  Published 

Pronounced  &  Declared  By  the 

said  Nath'll  Donnell  as  his 

Last  Will  &  Testament  In 

the  Presence  of  Us  the  Subscribers, 

Sam'U  Todd 

Meecres  Carr 
His 
James  J  M  Mickels 
Mark 

Probated  8  Dec,  1761.     [I,  9.] 

Inventory  by  John  Shaw,  Elisha  Shaw  and  James  Michaels,  14  June 
1762,  ^222  :  15  :  10.      [I,  23.] 

Hezekiah  Purinton,  late  of  Georgetown.  Isabella  Purinton,  of 
Georgetown,  widow,  Adm'x,  7  Dec,  1761  ;  Charles  Gushing  and  Joshua 
Purinton,  sureties.  [I,  13.]  Inventory  by  Aaron  Hinkley,  James 
Thompson  and  Isaac  Snow,  all  of  P>runswick,  15  Jan.,  1762.      [I,  25.] 

In  the  name  of  God  amen  I  Patrick  Drummond  of  Georgetown 
within  the  county  of  York  and  province  of  the  Masachusets  bay  in 
new-Ingland  gentelman  being  very  weke  of  body  but  of  sound  minde 
and  memory  thanks  be  to  God  for  it  and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed 
for  all  men  onse  to  die  do  therefore  take  this  opertunity  to  make  this 
my  larst  will  and  testament  in  maner  and  form  following  in  tne  first 
plase  I  give  and  bequeth  my  precious  and  Kmortal  soul  into  the  hands 
of  Crod  who  gave  it  me  and  my  body  I  Recomend  to  the  Earth  to  be 
buried  in  desient  christial  burial  at  the  discretion  of  my  dear  wife  and 
my  dear  son  Elijah  and  to  be  born  by  them  in  Equal  halves  by  them 
out  of  what  I  shal  hereafter  herein  bequethed  unto  them  and  as  to  such 
worldly  Estate  as  (lod  have  ben  pleased  to  give  me  I  will  bequeth 
and  give  after  the  following  manner 

Itam  I  give  and  bequeth  unto  my  dearly  beloved  wife  Susanah  the 
hous  barn  and  other  buildings  where  I  now  dwell  in  Georgetown  afore- 
said with  the  tract  of  land  hereafter  described  on  which  said  buildings 
stand  viz — begining  at  a  large  hemlock  tree  marked  on  fower  sids 
standing  on  the  Edg  of  Winigance  marshes  thense  runing  south  a  cros 
my  tract  or  farm  to  John  lemonts  land — thence  on  the  line  betwen 
said  lemont  and  me  to  the  westward  to  Wineganse  salt  crick  thense  over 
the  crick  to  a  point  below  what  is  calletl  I'rebles  landing  thense  along 
the  shore  to  the  Eastward  to  a  sartain  bridg  thense  to  run  to  the  East- 


LINCOLN  PRORATE  RECORDS.  5 

ward  on  the  nothward  side  of  a  ledg  that  lyeth  next  to  the  northward 
of  my  said  dwelling  hous  until  it  comes  to  what  is  called  the  new  coun- 
try road  and  from  thense  to  Winigance  crick  East  and  by  south  half 
south — thense  by  the  Edge  of  Winiganse  marsh  to  the  first  mentioned 
hemlock  tree  together  with  all  the  marsh  belonging  to  me  in  said  Win- 
iganse marshes  during  hir  natural  life  and  after  her  deceas  to  be  divid- 
ed as  followeth  viz  that  part  of  my  said  marsh  that  lyeth  to  the  Estward 
of  the  main  crick  I  give  to  my  son  Elijah  and  to  his  heirs  forever  the 
remainder  of  the  said  tract  the  one  half  of  it  I  give  unto  my  son  John 
and  the  other  half  to  be  Equally  divided  between  my  daughter  Lutitia 
and  my  daughter  Ann  and  to  their  heirs  and  assigns  for  Ever  and  I  fur- 
ther give  unto  my  said  wife  all  my  household  furniture  together  with 
one  half  of  my  Impliments  of  husbandry  together  with  one  yoak  of  ox- 
en two  cows  two  calves  one  hefer  one  bole  one  mare  six  shepe  and  one 
half  of  the  lambs  together  with  the  swine  to  hir  for  Ever  only  it  is  to 
be  understood  that  John  Lutitia  and  Ann  is  to  be  maintained  out  of 
the  incum  of  what  is  above  given  unto  nay  said  wife  untill  they  sever- 
ally arive  at  lawful  age — 

Itam  I  give  further  to  my  son  Elijah  all  that  part  of  my  land  or 
farm  that  ly  to  the  Estward  of  that  tract  before  bequethed  unto  my 
wife  as  also  an  other  tract  begining  at  the  point  below  Prebels  landing 
and  bounded  on  that  tract  given ,  to  my  said  wife  untill  it  Extend  in 
width  fifty  five  pearch  noth  and  by  East  half  East  and  thense  thense 
runing  west  and  by  noth  half  noth  to  Stephens  River  all  my  land  that 
lyeth  to  the  southward  and  westward  of  the  two  above  mentioned  lines 
this  tract  I  give  to  him  to  inabel  him  to  discharge  my  Just  debts  to  the 
amount  of  twenty  six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  and  fower  pence  and  if 
my  debts  should  Exced  that  sum  then  I  will  that  my  legetes  pay  in 
proportion  according  to  the  legesies  in  this  will  bequethed  unto  them — 

And  I  further  give  unto  my  said  son  Elijah  one  yoak  of  oxen  one 
cow  one  calf  one  coult  three  Ews  and  one  lamb  and  one  half  of  my 
utensals  of  husbandry — 

Itam  I  unto  my  daughter  Ann  the  wife  of  the  Revd  Mr  William 
Mclanaken  one  hundred  and  sixty  akers  of  land  to  be  laid  out  as  nere 
as  maybe  in  a  square  body  in  that  part  of  my  farm  called  birch  point — 

Itam  I  give  unto  my  daughter  frances  one  hundred  and  Eight  akers 
of  land  on  the  nothern  side  of  ray  farme  bounded  notherly  by  my  bro- 
ther Alexander  Campbell  begining  on  the  western  side  of  Winigance 
crick  and  Extending  west  and  by  noath  half  noath  at  the  width  of  forty 


6  LINCOLN  rROHATF.  RECORDS. 

two  pearch  untill  the  said   loS  akers  be  completed  together  with  one 
heffer — 

Itam     I  give  the  remainder  of  all  my  real  I'^state  to  be  Equally  di- 
vided between  my  daughter  Margaret  and  my   daughter  Jane  and  I 
further  give  unto  my  daughter  Jane  two  cows  and  what  I  have  hereby 
given  unto  my  said  children  I  do  hereby  give  unto  them  their  heirs 
and  assigns  forever  and  if  there  is  any  part  of  my  I'^state  not  perticu- 
lerly  becpiethed  I  do  hereby  give  and  becpieth  that  unto  my  loving  wife 
and  I  do  hereby  constitute  and  appoint  my  loving  brother  James  Drum- 
mond  gentelman  and  my  brother  by  law  Alexander  Campbell  yeoman 
and  both  of  (ieorgetown  aforesaid  my  Exectrs  of  this  my  larst  will  and 
testament  hereby  revoking  all  other  wills  and   bequests  I  do  hereby 
acknowledg  and  declare  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  larst  will  and  test- 
ement  in  witnis  whereof  I   have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this 
twenty  second  day  of  August  a/iiio  doiiiiiii  1758  and  in  the  thirty  sec- 
ond year  of  his  majestys  Reign — 
signed  sealed  published 
pronounced  and  declared 
by  the  said  Patrick  Drum- 
mond  to  be  his  larst  will 
and  testament  in 
presants  of  us 

George  Rodgers  Patrick  Drummond      (Seal) 

Benjamin  Kendall 

his 
James  8  Mikels 
marke 

Probated  10  Mar.,  1762.      [I,  i7-i<S.] 

James  Drummond  and  Alexander  Cami)bcll  disclaimed  executorship 
10  Mar.,  1762.  [I,  17.]  Susannah  Drummond  and  l-^lijah  Drummond, 
AAm'x?,  cum  Testament oAnnexo,  10  IsldiX.,  i']62.  [I,  17.]  Alexander 
Campbell,  of  (ieorgetown,  surety.  Inventory  by  William  Butler,  James 
McCobb  and  James  Drummond,  all  of  (Ieorgetown,  11  Sep.,  1762, 
^491  :  19  :  4-      [I,  24.] 

John  Ballantine,  late  of  Newcastle.  Mary  Ballantine,  widow,  and 
John  Cunningham,  both  of  Newcastle,  Adm'rs,  14  Apr.,  1762.  [I,  19.] 
Inventory  by  Benjamin  VVoodbridge,  Jonathan  Laiten  and  Samuel 
Nickels,  all  of  Newcastle,  8  June,  1762,  ^288  :  5  :  11.  [I,  21.]  Ac- 
count filed  12   Eeb.,   1767.      [I,   117.]      Return   of  Benjamin    Wood- 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  7 

bridge,  Robert  Hodge  and  John  McNear,  all  of  Newcastle,  of  partition 
of  real  estate,  17  Apr.,  1767.  To  Mary  Ballantine,  widow  of  deceased, 
her  dower,  being  one  third.  Of  the  remainder  :  one  half  to  Sarah  Cun- 
ningham, a  daughter  of  deceased ;  one  half  to  John  McClelan,  William 
McClelan,  James  McClelan,  Samuel  McClelan,  Alexander  McClelan, 
Elizabeth  Murray,  Margaret  McClelan,  Sarah  McClelan,  Mary  McClel- 
an and  Martha  McClelan,  children  and  heirs  of  Mary  McClelan,  de- 
ceased, the  only  other  daughter  and  child  of  said  John  Ballantine.  [I, 
216  to  219.] 

Thomas  Tenney,  late  of  Newcastle.  Jonathan  Laiten,  of  Newcastle, 
Adm'r,  2  June,  1762.  [I,  20.]  Inventory  by  James  Cargill,  John  Cun- 
ningham and  Samuel  Nickels,  all  of  Newcastle,  8  June,  1762,  ^^33  :  9  : 
3.      [I,  22.] 

George  Gray,  late  of  Wiscasset,  now  Pownalborough.  John  Fairfield, 
of  Pownalborough,  Adm'r,  27  Sep.,  1762.  [I,  26.]  Jonathan  William- 
son and  Michael  Sevey,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties  and  appraisers. 
Inventory  30  Sep.,  1762.     [I,  ^;^.^ 

Findley  Kelley,  (or  Kellock)  late  of  St.  Georges.  Alexander  Kelley, 
(or  Kellock)  of  St  Georges,  Adm'r,  29  Sep.,  1762.  [I,  28.]  Hugh 
McLean  and  John  McCarter,  both  of  St.  Georges,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Alexander  Larmond,  Samuel  Creaton  and  Samuel  Bogs,  all  of  St. 
Georges,  8  Oct.,  1762,^^40:18:4.  [I,  33.]  Alexander  Larmond, 
Samuel  Creaton  and  Samuel  Bogs,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[I,  29.]  Alexander  Larmond,  Samuel  Creaton  and  Samuel  Bogs,  com- 
mittee to  set  off  widow's  dower,  made  their  return  20  Jan.,  1764.  [I, 
46.]  Account  filed  11  Sep.,  1764.  [I,  62  dna  70.]  Distribution  of 
estate  ordered  29  May,  1765.     [I,  70.] 

John  Sally,  late  of  Georgetown.  John  Sally,  of  Georgetown,  Adm'r, 
20  Oct.,  1762.  [I,  29.]  William  Malcom  and  Daniel  Mcfaddin,  both 
of  Georgetown,  sureties.  [I,  28.]  Inventory  by  John  Stinson,  Jona- 
than Preble  and  Charles  Snipe,  all  of  Georgetown,  2  Nov.,  1762,  ;^66  : 
13:4.  [I,  30  and  107.]  Daniel  McFadden  appointed  Guardian  to 
Daniel  Sally,  minor  son,  24  July,  1764.  Account  filed  24  July,  1764. 
[I,  54.]  Elizabeth  Sally,  minor  daughter,  chose  Daniel  McFadden  to 
be  her  guardian,  24  July,  1764.  [I,  71.]  Order  regarding  real  estate, 
13  Aug.,  1766.      [I,  107-8.] 

Christopher  Hembly,  (or  Handbury  or  Hanbery)  late  of  St.  Georges. 
Hugh  McLean,  of  St.  Georges,  Adm'r,  18  Dec,  1762.  [I,  29.]  In- 
ventory bv  Alexander  Larmond,  Samuel  Creaton  and  David  Patterson, 


8  LINCOLN  PRORATE  RECORnS. 

all  of  St.  Georges,  i  7  Jan.,  1  763,  ^45  :  6  :  8.  [I,  36.]  Moses  Copeland, 
Samuel  (lillchrist  and  Alexander  Kellock,  all  of  St.  (leorges,  com- 
missioners to  examine  claims.  [I,  36.]  Account  filed  22  July,  1766. 
Distribution  of  estate  ordered  13  Aug.,  1766.      [1,  91.] 

In  the  Name  of  (iod  Amen  I  William  Rodgers  of  (ieorgetovvn  in  the 
County  of  York  and  Province  of  the  Massachusets  Bay  in  New  ICng- 
land  Husbandman  being  Weak  in  Body  but  Sound  and  perfect  in  Mind 
and  Memory  thanks  be  to  God  and  calling  to  mind  the  Mortality  of 
this  my  Body  and  knowing  that  it  is  api)ointed  for  all  Men  once  of  Die 
Do  make  and  ordain  this  to  be  My  last  will  and  Testament  that  is  to 
say  Principaly  and  first  of  all  I  Recomend  my  Soul  to  (iod  who  gave  it 
and  as  for  my  Body  1  Recomend  it  unto  the  I'^arth  to  be  Buried  in 
a  Christian  Manner  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors  Nothing  Doubt- 
ing but  at  the  (ieneral  Resurection  I  shall  Receive  the  same  again  by 
the  Mighty  Power  of  (jod  And  as  for  what  wordly  (loods  it  hath  pleased 
God  to  bestow  on  me  I  shall  dispose  of  them  in  the  following  manner 
and  form  my  Will  is  in  the  first  Place  that  there  be  sold  and  disposed 
of  by  my  Executors  as  much  of  my  Goods  and  Chattels  as  will  jjay  my 
Just  Debts. — 

Item  I  give  anil  beijueath  to  my  well  beloved  Wife  Ruth  one  third 
of  the  Remainder  of  my  personal  Estate  and  one  third  of  all  my  Mead- 
ows and  Marshes  and  one  third  ]>art  of  all  my  farm  whereon  I  live  with 
housing  and  fences  During  her  Natural  Life  whom  1  Constitute  and  or- 
dain one  of  my  Executors. — 

Item  I  Ciive  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Son  (ieorge  Rodgers 
whom  I  Constitute  one  of  my  Executors  my  lot  of  Land  in  the  west- 
ward Side  of  winey  gants  Marshes  Containing  seventy  four  Acres  and  a 
half  and  Seventeen  Rods  as  will  appear  by  a  plan  taken  by  Samuel 
Denny  Esqr.  Now  in  the  hands  of  Ikother  McCobb  and  likewise  I  give 
said  Son  (ieorge  the  one  third  of  all  my  Marshes. — 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Son  Thomas  Rodgers 
twenty  shillings  Lawful  Money  to  be  i)aid  him  by  my  Executors  and 
his  Equal  Share  with  other  Children  of  my  personal  Estate. — 

Item  I  Give  and  becpieath  to  my  beloved  Son  Hugh  who  has  been 
the  staf  of  my  old  Age  the  one  full  Moiety  or  half  part  of  all  that  Lot 
of  Land  whereon  1  now  Live  in  the  lOastern  Side  of  winey  gants  Mar- 
shes with  the  half  of  all  the  Buildings  and  fences  and  the  one  third  of 
all  my  Meadow  or  Marsh  ground  I  likewise  Constitute  and  ordain  said 
Son  Hugh  one  of  my  Executors. 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  9 

Item  I  Ciive  and  bequeath  to  my  other  three  Sons  WiUiam  Rodgers 
John  Rodgers  and  Robert  Rodgers  twenty  shillings  each  to  be  paid 
them  by  my  said  Executors  out  of  my  personal  Estate  and  at  my  Wife 
her  Decease  my  will  is  that  they  have  the  half  of  my  homestead  farm 
whereon  I  Now  live  with  one  third  of  all  my  Marshes  to  be  l^qualy 
Divided  among  them  together  with  a  point  of  Land  in  the  Middle  of 
winey  gants  Marshes  Containing  about  twelve  Acres. — 

Item  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Jean  Kendall 
twenty  shillings  to  be  paid  by  my  said  Executors  out  of  my  personal 
Estate  and  likewise  her  Equal  share  with  the  other  Children  of  the 
household  furniture. 

Item  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Margrat  Rodg- 
er twenty  shillings  to  be  paid  her  by  my  said  Executors'  out  of  my  per- 
sonal Estate  with  her  share  of  the  household  Stuff. — 

Item  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Ann  Read 
twenty  shillings  to  be  paid  her  by  my  said  Executors  out  of  my  person- 
al Estate  with  her  Equal  Share  of  the  Household  furniture  with  the 
other  Children. — 

I  do  hereby  Disanul  and  Revoak  all  former  Wills  by  me  made  Rat- 
ifying and  Confirming  this  and  No  other  to  be  my  Last  will  and  Testa- 
ment In  Witness  whereof  I  have  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  fifteenth 
Day  of  March  one  Thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Sixty  in  the  Thirty 
third  year  of  his  Majestys  Reign — 
Signed  sealed  and  published  in 
the  presence  of  us  by  William 
Rodgers  as  his  Last  Will  and 

Testament  William  Rodgers      (Seal) 

John  Parker 
James  McCobb 
George  Rodgers 

Probated  ii  May,  1763.      [I,  3.] 

Ruth  Rodgers  disclaimed  executorship,  11  May,  1763.      [I,  32.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen. — I  John  North  of  St.  Georges  in  the 
County  of  York  and  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  Eng- 
land P'sq ;  do  make  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament — 

Imprimis — When  it  shall  please  God  to  take  me  from  this  Life,  I  do 
most  Humbly  recommend  my  Soul  to  God  who  gave  it.  And  my 
Body  I  commit  to  the  Dust  for  decent  Burial  at  the  Discretion  of  my 


lO  LINCOLN  PRORATE  RECORDS. 

Executrix  hereafter  named  in  Hope  and  Expectation  of  the  Forgive- 
ness of  all  my  Sins,  and  the  Resurrection  of  my  Body  to  Life  Eternal 
Thro'  Jesus  Christ  my  Lord  and  Saviour. 

As  to  such  outward  and  Worldly  Estate  as  Ood  has  blessed  me  with, 
I  will  and  dispose  thereof  in  manner  following.  After  my  Just  Debts 
and  funeral  Charges  are  paid  and  discharged,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto 
my  Loving  and  Dutifull  Wife  Elizabeth  the  one  half  of  all  my  personal 
Estate,  To  have  the  Same  to  her,  her  ICxecut'rs  Adm'rs  and  assigns 
forever. 

Item,  I  Give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Eldest  Son  Joseph,  one  quar- 
ter part  of  my  personal  Estate  To  him  his  Execut'rs  Adm'rs  and  as- 
signs forever. 

Item,  I  Give  to  my  Youngest  Son  William,  the  other  quarter  part 
of  my  personal  Estate,  To  him  his  Execut'rs  Adm'rs  and  assigns  for- 
ever. 

Item,  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Mary,  now  call'd  Mary  McKachnie, 
the  sum  of  Ten  pounds  sterling  To  be  paid  F^qually  by  my  Wife  and 
two  Sons  before  named,  out  of  what  I  have  before  in  this  my  will  given 
to  them. 

And  I  give  my  Daughter  no  More  of  my  Estate  by  reason  of  her  un- 
dutifullness  in  contracting  marriage  with  a  Man  who  is  Not  to  my  good 
liking. 

The  Reason  of  my  making  No  Mention  of  Real  Estate  in  this  my 
will  is,  that  I  have  already  by  Deed  given,  to  my  Eldest  Son,  the  Real 
Estate  I  had  at  Harrington  and  the  Real  Estate  at  North-yarmouth  I 
have  only  my  Life  in  it,  and  as  my  Youngest  Son  is  the  only  Child  of 
my  wife  Elizabeth,  I  presume  the  whole  of  that  Estate  will  descend  to 
him,  or  his  Mother  will  give  the  same  to  him  and  my  Desire  is  that  she 
would  do  so  whereby  my  Sons  will  Inherit  from  their  Parents,  Near 
equally  alike. 

Lastly  I  do  hereby  Constitute  My  Loving  Wife  Elizabeth  the  Sole 
Executrix  of  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament. 

Signed,  Sealed,  published  and  declared  by  me  the  said  Testator  this 
twenty  sixth  day  of  May  Annoquc  Domini  Seventeen  hundred  and 
Sixty. 

In  presence  of  John  North     (Seal) 

Benj.  Kent 
Gideon  Thayer 
Andw.  Cazneau 

Probated  6  July,  1763.     [I,  33-4.] 


LINCOLN  PRORATE  RECORDS.  II 

Inventory  by  James  Boies,  Alexander  I>ermond  and  Hugh  McLean, 
27  June,  1763,  ^1948  :  6  :  7.      [I,  43  to  45.] 

Benjamin  Burton,  late  of  St.  Georges.  Alice  Burton,  of  St.  Georges, 
widow,  Adm'x,  24  Aug.,  1763.  [I,  34.]  Inventory  by  Samuel  (iill- 
christ,  Boyce  Cooper  and  Patrick  Porterfield,  all  of  St.  Georges,  18 
July,  1763,  _;^4i4  :  2  :  9  :  3  :  3.  [1,47-8.]  Account  filed  20  Feb.,  1 7S2. 
[II,  260.] 

William  Allen,  late  of  St.  Georges.  Hugh  McLean,  of  St.  Georges, 
Adm'r,  24  Aug.,  1763.  [1,35.]  Inventory  by  Moses  Copeland,  Alex- 
ander Kellock  and  Samuel  Gillchrist,  all  of  St.  Georges,  24  Sep.,  1763, 
jCS^-  [I>  37-]  Alexander  Kellock,  Moses  Copeland  and  Alexander 
Larmond,  all  of  St.  Georges,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [I, 
37.]  Account  filed  22  July,  1766.  Distribution  of  estate  ordered  13 
Aug.,  1766.     [i,  72.] 

(John)  Ulerick  Mier,  [Mayers],  late  of  Pownalborough.  Molly 
Mier,  of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  17  Sep.,  1763.  [I,  35.]  In- 
ventory by  Francis  Ridley,  [Rittal],  John  Stain  and  George  Lilly,  all 
of  Pownalborough,  4  Oct.,  1763,  ^140  :  o  :  i  :  2  :  6  :  [I,  42.]  Account 
filed  21  Mar.,  1764.  [I,  49.]  Catharine  Miers  chose  Abiel  Lovejoy, 
of  Pownalborough,  to  be  her  guardian,  23  Mar.,  1764.  [I,  50.] 
Charles  Gushing,  Francis  Rittal  and  John  Stain,  committee  to  divide 
real  estate,  made  report  5  i\pr.,  1764.  Children  named  :  PhilipM  ay- 
ers,  Catharine  Mayers,  Cassimier  Mayers,  GeorgeM  ayers.  [1,55-6.] 
Division  of  real  estate  by  Obadiah  Call,  Jr.,  Christopher  Jackins  and 
John  McGown,  25  Sep.,  1779.      [II,  in.] 

William  McCleland,  late  of  Newcastle.  Elizabeth  McCleland, 
simpster,  and  John  Cunningham,  both  of  Newcastle,  Adm'rs,  4  Oct. 
1763.  David  Hopkins  and  Hugh  Holmes,  both  of  Newcastle,  sureties. 
[I,  39.]  Inventory  by  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  Robert  Hodge  and 
Samuel  Nickels,  all  of  Newcastle,  i  Jan.,  1764,  ^600:  13  :  6^.  [I, 
59.]  William,  minor  son,  Mary  and  Sarah,  minor  daughters,  chose 
John  Cunningham  to  be  their  guardian  8  Oct.,  1765.  [I,  81-82.] 
John  McClelan  appointed  guardian  unto  James,  Samuel  and  Alexander, 
minor  sons,  and  Martha,  minor  daughter,  8  Oct.,  1765.  [I,  83-85.] 
Account  filed  12  Feb.,  1767.  [I,  118.]  Return  of  partition  of  real 
estate  by  Benjamin  ^Voodbridge,  Robert  Hodge  and  John  McNear,  all 
of  Newcastle,  17  Apr.,  1767,  mentions  John,  the  eldest  son,  and  Wil- 
liam, James,  Samuel,  Alexander,  Elizabeth,  Margaret,  Sarah,  Mary  and 
Martha,  children  of  deceased.      [I,  219.] 


12  LINCOLN  I'ROHATE  RKCORDS, 

Daniel  Anderson,  late  of  Newcastle.  Samuel  Anderson,  of  New- 
castle, Adm'r,  4  Oct.,  1763.  [1,40.]  Inventory  by  John  Cunningham, 
Robert  Hodge  and  John  McNear,  all  of  Newcastle,  15  Dec,  1763, 
;^ii6:2:4.     Account  filed  1 2  Jan.,  1764.      [1,43.] 

John  Malcom,  late  of  St.  (leorges.  David  Patterson,  Junr.,  of  St. 
(leorges,  Adm'r,  4  Jan.,  1764.  [I,  41.]  Inventory  by  Alexander  Lar- 
mond,  Alexander  Kellock  and  Moses  Copeland,  all  of  St.  (ieorges,  14 
Jan.,  1764,  ^56  :  13  :  4.      [I,  46.] 

James  Hilton,  of  a  place  called  Broad  Cove,  appointed  guardian  un- 
to Mary  MatchlofTe,  minor  daughter  of  Mathias  Matchloffe,  late  of  said 
Broad  Cove.      [I,  53.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  The  Twenty  fifth  Day  of  March  1758 
I  Robert  Montgomery  of  Townsend  in  the  County  of  York  and  prov- 
ince of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  P^ngland  (ientleman,  being  very 
sick  &  weak  in  Body,  but  of  perfect  mind  and  memory.  Thanks  be  giv- 
en unto  (iod,  therefore  calling  unto  mind  the  mortality  of  my  I'ody, 
and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  unto  all  men  Once  to  die,  do  make  and 
ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  testament,  that  is  to  say,  first  of  all  I  give 
and  Recommend  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  Cod,  that  gave  it ;  and  my 
body  I  recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  decent  Christian  Bur- 
ial at  the  discretion  of  my  Executors,  nothing  doubting  but  at  the  gen- 
eral Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  Bower 
of  Cod.  And  as  touching  such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased 
(iod  to  bless  me  in  this  life,  I  give,  demise  and  dispose  of  the  same  in 
the  following  manner  and  form. 

Imprimis — I  ordain,  Order  and  direct,  that  all  the  lawful  Debts  I 
owe  or  stand  indebted  for,  shall  be  punctually  paid  to  my  respective 
Creditors  out  of  my  Estate ;  and  the  remainder,  if  any  be,  to  be  dis- 
posed of  as  follows. 

Item — I  give  and  be(iueath  to  my  belovetl  Wife  Sarah  One  third 
part  of  all  my  personal  and  Real  Estate,  that  remains  when  my  Debts 
is  paid. 

Item — And  out  of  the  Remainder  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son 
James  Montgomery  five  shillings  lawful  money 

Item.  I  give  to  my  son  Robert  Montgomery  {\\^  shillings  lawful 
money. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Anna  Montgomery  One 
half  of  the  Remainder  of  my  whole  Estate  Real  and  ])crsonal. 

Item  I  give  and  Beciueath  to  my  Sons  John  Montgomery  and 
Samuel  Montgomery  the  Remainder  of  my  whole  Estate  to  be  e([ually 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  3 

divided  between  them 

I  do  likewise  Constitute  and  appoint  my  beloved  Wife  Sarah,  and 
my  beloved  Brother  Capt.  William  Miller  and  my  trusty  friend  Ensign 
Samuel  McCobb  my  sole  Executors  and  Executrix  of  this  my  last  Will 
and  Testament,  all  and  singular  my  lands,  Tenements  and  personal 
Estate  to  be  taken  into  their  Charge  &  Care.  And  I  do  hereby  utterly 
disallow  &  Revoke  all  and  every  other  former  Testaments,  Wills  and 
Bequests  and  Executors  by  me  in  any  ways  before  named,  Confirming 
this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Testament.  In  Witness 
whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  Day  &  Year  above 
written. 

Robert  Montgomery       (Seal) 

Signed,  Sealed,  pronounced  and  declared  by  the  said  Robert  Mont- 
gomery as  his  last  will  &  Testament  in  the  presence  of  us, 
John  North 
Walter  Baker 
John  Montgomery 

Probated  27  Sep.,  1763.     [I,  4S-9.] 

William  Miller  disclaimed  executorship  21  Mar.,  1764.  [I,  49.] 
Inventory  by  Robert  Wyley,  John  Orr,  and  William  FuUerton,  all  of 
Townsend,  19  July,  1764.      [1,58.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen — April  25th,  1763  I  Moses  Robinson 
senr.  of  St.  Georges  being  full  of  Bodily  Pains  but  sound  in  my  senses 
and  Judgment  thanks  to  Almighty  God  for  all  his  gifts  and  benefits  to 
unworthy  me  in  continuing  and  preserving  me  by  his  providential  Care 
through  many  dangers  of  life,  to  fill  up  so  many  years  as  by  the  Course 
of  Nature  I  must  be  near  to  my  dissolution,  and  yield  to  death  when 
it  shall  please  God  to  Call  me.  I  do  hereby  Ordain  &  declare  this  to 
be  my  last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner  &  Form  following,  and  by 
these  presents  revoking  &  annulling  all  other  Testaments  or  Wills,  either 
in  Writing  or  Words,  and  this  to  be  taken  only  for  my  last  Will  and 
Testament  and  none  other.  And  first  being  by  Grace  and  Mercy  to 
me  made  sensible  of  my  Original  Sin  and  my  actual  transgressions  I 
most  humbly  beg  forgiveness  for  the  same.  I  humbly  bequeath  and 
Commit  my  Soul  to  Almighty  God  my  Saviour  and  Redeemer  in  whom, 
and  by  the  Merits  of  Jesus  Christ  I  trust  and  believe  Assuredly  by  As- 
sisting Grace  I  shall  be  saved.  My  Body  I  commit  to  the  Earth  to  be 
decently  buried  in  any  Place  where  my  Children  shall  see  proper,  which 
Body  I  believe  shall  arise  again  at  the  general  Resurrection  &  be  re- 
united to  my  soul,  and  through  the  Merits  of  Christs  Death  and  Passion, 
possess  &  inherit  those  Mansions  of  Glory  in  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven 


14  LINC:()I,N  PROHATE  RKCOROS. 

prepared  for  The  Elect  and  Chosen  Ones — &  now  for  settling  my  tem- 
poral affairs,  such  as  my  real  and  personal  Estate,  as  it  hath  pleased 
God  far  above  my  deserts,  to  bestow  upon  me,  I  do  order,  give  and 
dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  manner  viz  First  1  will  That  all 
Debts  as  I  owe  in  Right  of  Conscience  to  any  One,  shall  be  hastily 
paid,  as  soon  as  possible,  after  my  decease  by  my  Executors 

Item — I  leave  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Wife  Mary  Robinson,  if 
she  outlives  me,  to  have  the  sole  command  of  all  that  I  now  possess, 
only  my  real  Estate  she  is  not  to  dispose  of  to  any  other,  which  I  be- 
queath to  my  youngest  son  William  Robinson,  which  I  Constitute  and 
ordain  to  be  my  sole  heir,  to  inherit  my  estate  so  long  as  he  lives  and 
his  sons  after  him,  if  he  shall  have  any  lawfully  l)egotten,  but  in  Case 
he  never  marry  or  have  no  male  heir  to  enjoy  the  said  Estate,  then  it 
shall  descend  to  my  oldest  son  Joseph's  son  Moses  Robinson  to  enjoy, 
but  neither  of  them  shall  sell  their  Right  of  Inheritance  to  any  Stranger 
whilest  there  is  so  many  of  the  Name  and  relations  to  enjoy  the  same. 

Item.  To  Son  Archibald  what  assistance  can  be  afforded  of  hay  and 
provisions  for  two  years  or  three  at  the  beginning  of  his  own  place,  as 
also  One  Cow  and  Calf. 

Item.  To  Son  John  I  leave  the  cutting  of  One  load  of  English  hay, 
yearly  and  every  year  during  his  lifetime. 

Item  I  leave  to  any  One  of  my  Nine  Children,  that  is  not  content- 
ed with  what  I  have  done  but  thinks  themselves  wronged,  I  Order  my 
Executors  Mary  and  William  Robinson  to  pay  unto  the  discontented 
person  he  or  she,  the  sum  of  five  Shillings  Sterling  which  I  leave  to 
them  or  any  of  them,  for  the  preventing  debates  or  Trouble  which 
otherwise  might  arise.  And  further  be  it  known  That  as  I  leave  my 
well  beloved  Wife,  sole  Executor  over  all  my  personal  Estate  that  I 
now  possess  to  have  the  full  Command  and  Ordering  of  the  same,  with 
the  advice  of  her  Children,  That  she  may  have  a  Comfortable  way  of 
living,  during  her  lifetime  here,  and  if  she  cannot  enjoy  a  satisfying 
easy  way  of  a  Contented  life  with  her  son  William,  I  desire  that  she 
have  her  proportionable  Share  out  of  the  Estate  laid  out  to  her  self  fur 
her  Maintenance  according  as  the  law  directs,  and  if  any  Debate  or 
Misunderstanding  should  Arise  with  any  Neighbour  or  among  them- 
selves, I  desire  that  it  may  not  go  to  law,  but  let  it  be  done  away  by 
an  Arbitration  or  Reference  of  two  or  three  Judicious,  honest  Neigh- 
bours. 

Item.     To  Mary  Rivers,  One  Cow  autl  a  Calf  when  she  shall  stand 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  1 5 

in  Need  of  them  and  to  be  wintered  free  the  first  year  if  she  desires  it. 

Item — I  leave  to  my  son  Moses  Robmson  all  my  right  and  Title, 
which  I  received  by  Will  from  Daniel  FitzGerald,  deceased  of  that  lot 
which  he  now  enjoys. 

Furthermore  I  constitute  and  Ordain  my  beloved  Friends,  Mr  Boyce 
Cooper,  Joseph  Robinson  and  Moses  Robinson  Junr.  to  be  my  sole 
Executors  in  seeing  Justice  done,  and  oversight  of  the  whole,  espe- 
cially concerning  my  dear  beloved  Wife,  and  leave  this  as  my  last  Will 
and  Testament 

As  Witness  my  hand  &  Seal  this  twenty  fifth  day  of  April  One  thous- 
and Seven  hundred  and  sixty  three 

Moses  Robinson       (Seal) 
Witness  present 
Boyce  Cooper 
Joseph  Robinson 
Moses  Robinson  Junr. 

Probated  4  Mar.,  1764.      [I.  50-52.] 

Mary  Robinson  disclaimed  executorship  6  Mar.,  1764.     [I,  50.] 

Ebenezer  Greenleaf,  late  of  Woolwich.  John  Kingsbury,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  Adm'r,  27  June,  1764.      [I,  53.] 

Robert  Montgomery,  late  of  Townsend.  John  Montgomery,  of 
Townsend,  Adm'r,  5  Sept.,  1764.  [1,56.]  Samuel  McCobb and  Tobias 
Glidden,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  McCobb  and  Robert  Wiley, 
both  of  Townsend,  and  John  Orr,  of  Walpole,  3  Nov.,  i  754,  ;i^35  :  15  : 
10.     [I,  99.] 

James  Montgomery,  late  of  Townsend.  Sarah  Montgomery,  of 
Townsend,  widow,  Adm'x,  5  Sep.,  1764.  [I,  57.]  John  Mont- 
gomery and  Jonas  Fitch,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Robert  Wiley  and 
Samuel  McCobb,  both  of  Townsend,  and  John  Orr,  of  Walpole  3 
Nov.,    1764,    ^5:  13:5.     [I,  98.]     .\ccount   filed    23  Sep.,    1769. 

[I,  I95-] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  I  James  Miller  of  Walpole  So  Caled  in 

the  Countey  of  Lincol  and  Provence  of  the   Massachisets  Bay  in  New 

England  Husbandman  Being  Senceable  of  the   Mortalety  of  my  Body 

and  at  the  Presant  Time  Infirem   as  to  helth  yet  of  Sound  Mind  and 

Perfect  Memory  Blised  be  God  for   it  Do  hearby   Make   and   Confirm 

this  as  my  Last  Will  and  Testament  Wherein  I   Do  in  the  first  Place 

Recomend  my  Soul  to  God  and   my   Body  to  Deasont  Cristain  Buriel 

and  as  Touching  my  Wordly  Substance  with  which  God  has  Blised   me 


I  6  LINCOLN  PRORATE  RECORDS. 

with  I  Do  Ilcarby  Dispose  thereof  In  forem  and  Maner  Ass  Foloweth — 
Item  I  Give  and  Bequeth  To  my  Beloved  Wife  Annas  Miller  an 
Eqiiel  Part  or  I'orshen  with  Each  of  my  Childer  and  my  Childer  an 
P^(iuel  part  with  my  Wife  to  wite  Jeannet  Miller  Ann  Marey  John  Sarah 
Robert  Miller  of  my  Real  Esteat  that  I  ame  Posesed  of  at  my  Death 
and  as  to  my  movables  I  Give  and  Bequeth  to  my  Beloved  Wife  that  is 
the  Howie  of  them  and  my  Will  is  that  my  Wife  Pay  the  Dets  Dew  out 
of  the  Real  Estat  and  that  my  Wife  Dispos  of  Such  a  Part  of  the  Real 
Estat  as  Shall  Pay  all  my  Dets  Dew  at  my  Deces  and  my  Will  is  that 
my  Wife  have  the  Improvment  of  my  Estat  During  hir  Widowhood  and 
my  Will  is  that  She  and  my  Childer  Be  Conted  Therewith  Further 
more  I  Do  hereby  Constitute  my  Beloved  Wife  Annas  Miller  Sole  Ex- 
ecutor of  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament  Delivring  this  to  be  my 
Last  Will  and  Testamente  made  and  ordained  this  Second  Day  of  July 
anna  Domini  1764 
Subscribed  Sealed  cS:  Declared 
In  Presence  of  us 
John  McNear 

Tobias  Glidden  James  Millar      (Seal) 

Arch'd  Robinson 

Probated  5  Sep.,  i  764.      [I,  60.] 

John  Kingsbury,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Patience  Kingsbury,  of 
Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  7  Sej).,  1764.  [I,  61.]  Michael  S^- 
vey  and  Jonathan  Williamson,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Benjamin  Wood- 
bridge,  of  Newcastle,  Michal  Sevey  and  Jonathan  Williamson,  both  of 
Pownalborough,  21  Nov.,  1764,  ^966:  16:  10.  [I,  73  to  75.] 
Charles  Cushing  and  Abiel  Wood,  both  of  Pownalborough,  commission- 
ers to  examine  claims.  [I,  168.]  Account  filed  12  Oct.,  1769.  [I, 
74.]      Distribution  of  estate  ordered  12  Sep.,  1770.      [1.  ^75-] 

Walter  Cane,  late  of  Pownalborough.  James  Flagg,  of  Cobbiseconte, 
.\dm'r,  25  Feb.,  1765.  [I,  62]  Charles  Cushing  and  Edmund 
Bridge,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Jonas  Fitch,  .\dino  Nye  and  P'rancis 
Rittal,  all  of  Powalborough,  1767,^^54:  ii  :  10.  [1,129.]  Charles 
Cushing  and  Thomas  Allen,  both  of  Pownalborough  commissioners  to 
examine  claims.  [I,  144.]  Account  filed  antl  distribution  ordered  7 
Oct.,    1769.      [I,    172-173.] 

James   Elder,   lately  residing  at    Georgetown.     James   Springer,   of 


I.INXOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  7 

Georgetown,  Adm'r,  ii  Mar.,  1765.      [I,  63.]      Jacob  Bailey  and  Adi- 
no  Nye,  sureties. 

Paul  Ricker,  late  of  a  place  called  Cobbiseconte.  Abiel  Lovejoy,  of 
Pownalborough,  Adm'r,  i  7  Sep.,  1764.  [1,64  .]  Thomas  Allen  and 
George  Gray,  sureties.  Charles  Gushing  and  Thomas  Allen,  commis- 
sioners to  examine  claims.  [I,  97.]  Inventory  by  Thomas  Allen 
and  George  Gray,  both  of  Pownalborough,  14  Nov.,  •  7C>3,  ^43  :  i  : 
S  :  12.      [I,  116.] 

Thomas  Leiton,  of  a  place  called  Gouldsbury.  Josiah  Tucker,  of  a 
place  called  Gouldsbury,  coaster,  Adm'r,  30  Mar.,  1765.  [I,  64.] 
Robert  Cxould  and  Francis  Shaw,  both  of  Boston,  sureties. 

Elias  Cheney,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Sybyl  Cheney,  of  Pownal- 
borough, Adm'x,  24  Ap.,  1765.  [I,  65.]  Jonas  Fitch  and  Abner 
Marson,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Jonas  Fitch,  John  Barker  and  Stephen 
Marson,  all  of  Pownalborough,  2  May,  1765,  ^64  :  10  :  4.      [I,  88.] 

Samuel  Tolman,  late  of  Kennebeck  river.  Mary  Tolman,  of  Kenne- 
beck  River,  near  Fort  Western,  so  called,  Adm'x,  29  Ap.,  1765.  [I, 
65.]  Levi  Powers  and  Mathew  Hastings,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Mathew  Hastings,  Edward  Savage  and  Levi  Powers,  all  of  Kennebeck 
River,  27  Sep.,  i  765,  ^192  :  18  :  6.      [I,  i  lo-i  11.] 

Kennebeck  River  March  15th  1765.  This  is  to  certifie  whomsoever 
it  may  concern.  That  this  the  Will  of  Mr.  Daniel  Day  And  We  do  think, 
that  he  is  in  his  Right  mind  ;  but  if  God  should  take  him  out  of  the 
^Vo^ld  this  is  his  Mind  and  Will  That  his  \Vife  Mary  Day  should  heir 
all  what  is  left,  all  my  Lands  and and  all  the  household  furni- 
ture and  all  the  Debts  and  Notes,  only  said  Mary  Day  is  to  give  my 
Sister  Sarah  Day  Ten  Dollars,  which  is  my  mind  &  will  ;  and  all  the 
Rest  is  Mary  Day's  my  Wife,  free  from  all  Fathers  or  Mothers,  Sisters 
or  Brothers  or  any  body  in  the  World  Besides,  but  what  Sarah  Day 
has — It  is  my  Will  that  David  Standley  should  have  Two  pounds,  thir- 
teen Shillings  &  four  Pence  lawful  money  Thi>  is  my  Desire  and  all 
that  I  shall  dispose  of —  his 

Witness  present,  Daniel  V  Day 

his  mark 

James  X  Sally 

mark 
David  Standley 

Probated  29  Ap.,   1765,    to    apply    to   personal    Instate.      [J,    66.] 


t8  i.ixcoi.N  rkor.Aii'  ki'.cdriis. 

Malhcw   Hastiiii^s  and    Levi    Powers,    both  of  a  place    in    Kennebeck 
Ri\er  abo\  e  Fort  Western,  sureties. 

James  (Irant,  late  of  \\'ool\vi(h.  Catharine  (irant,  of  A\'ool\vich, 
widow,  Adm'x,  30  A]).,  1765.  [1,  66.]  Isaac  Savage  and  Samuel 
Stinson,  sureties.  Inxentory  l)y  Thomas  Stinson,  Samuel  Harnden  an<l 
John  Curtis,  all  of  Woolwich,  39  Jtily,  1765,  p/J^53  :  7  :  10.  [1,  76-7.] 
Charles  Cushing,  of  Fownalborough,  and  Henjamin  Trott,  of  ^^'oolwich, 
commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [J,  96.]  Account  filed  4  May, 
1767.      [I,  114.]      Distribution  of  estate  ordered  6  May,    1767.      [J, 

"5.] 

Mathew  Hastings,  of  a  place  in  Kennebeck  River  above  Fort  West- 
ern, so  called,  appointed  guardian  unto  l.ovel  Fairbrother,  minor  son 
of  Thomas  Fairbrother,  late  of  .\ttleborough,  in  the  County  of  Bristol, 
7  May,  1765.      [1,  67.] 

In  the  Name  of  Cod  amen  the  thirtieth  fust  day  of  December  one 
thousand  seven  Hundred  and  sixty  four  I  Benjamin  Thompson  of 
Georgetown  and  County  of  Lincoln  ^:c  yeoman  being  very  sick  &  weak 
in  Bodv  but  of  ])crfcct  mind  and  memory  thanks  l)e  given  to  Cod  for 
it,  therefore  CaUing  unto  Mind  the  Mortality  of  My  Body  and  Know- 
ing that  it  is  a])i)ointed  for  all  Men  once  to  dye,  do  make  and  ordain 
this  mv  last  will  and  testament  that  is  to  say  ]>rincipally  and  first  of  all 
I  Give  and  Recommend  My  soul  into  the  Flands  of  (iod  yt  gave  it, 
and  My  Body  I  recommen<l  to  the  Ivirth  to  be  buried  in  decent  Chris- 
tian Burial  at  the  discretion  of  My  Fxecutrix  nothing  doubting  but  at 
the  (General  Resurection  I  shall  Receive  the  same  again  by  the  Mighty 
power  of  God,  and  as  touching  such  wordly  F'state  wherewith  it  hath 
pleased  ( iod  lo  llless  Me  in  this  life  1  Gi\e  Demise  and  dispose  of  the 
same  in  the  following  Manner  and  form 

Iinf'liinis  J  gi\e  and  becjueath  to  Abigail  My  dearly  belo\ed  wife  all 
\\\  Moveables  and  personal  Instate  togcather  with  the  Income  of  my 
real  Instate  for  the  decent  bring  uj)  of  my  Cheildren  as  well  her  own 
Comfortable  subsisfance  whom  likewise  I  Constitute,  make  and  appoint 
My  sole  Ivxecutrix  of  all  this  My  last  will  and  testement  all  and  singu- 
lar mv  lands  Messuages  and  tenements  by  her  freely  to  be  possesetl 
and  Injoyed  nntill  My  Children  shall  ari\e  at  the  age  of  twenty  one 
years  old  or  be  given  in  Maraige  and  in  Case  any  one  of  My  Children 
or  al  of  them  shall  or  do  arive  of  the  age  as  above  or  are  .Marryed  in 
livery  such  Case  they   Fach  receive  out  of  My  real   F'.state  that  part 


Ll^'COT,N  r'Riin\-iF.  records.  iq 

Each  of  llicm  would  l)y  law  have  recei\ccl  had  nol  this  l\Iv  last  will  bin 
Made  I  likewise  hereby  (jiving  unto  my  said  Executrix  full  power  to 
sel  and  dispose  of  so  much  of  my  real  Estate  as  shall  be  sufficient  to 
pay  My  Just  Debts  and  I  do  hereby  uterly  disalow  and  rc\-oke  and 
di.sanal  all  and  every  other  former  testement  wills  lagaces  and  l)C(iuests 
and  Executors  by  me  in  any  ways  before  named  willed  and  befjueathetl 
reatifying  and  Confirming  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  first  abo\e  written 
Signed  sealed  published 
pronounced  and  Declared 

by  the  said  Benjamin  Benjamin  Thompson      (Seal) 

Thompson  as  his  last 
will  and  testment  in 
the  presents  of  us 

Tobias  Ham 

James  Hinkley 

Benjamin  Ham 

Aaron  Hinkley 

Probated  7  May,  1765.      [I,  68.] 

Inventory  by  iJummer  Sewall,  Moses  Hodgkins  and  Elisha  Shaw,  all 
of  Georgetown,  15  Aug.,  1765,  ;^40i  :  i.      [I,  87-88.] 

Daniel  Goodwin,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Charles  Gushing,  of 
Pownalborough,  Adm'r,  10  May,  1765.  [I,  69.]  Samuel  (ioodwin, 
Jr.,  and  Edmund  Bridge  sureties.  Inventory  by  Adino  Nye,  Edmund 
Bridge  and  Samuel  (roodwin,  Jun.,  all  of  Pownalborough,  28  Sep.,  1767, 
£a:  12  :4.      [I,  127.] 

Amos  (roudrey,  or  Croudey,  late  of  Harrington.  Mercy  (loudrey,  of 
Harrington,  widow,  Adm'x,  21  May,  1765.  [I,  70.]  Ephraim  Mc- 
Farland  and  Thomas  Hum])hreys,  sureties.  Mercy  Goudey  ajipointed 
guardian  unto  Betty,  minor  daughter,  18  Sep.,  1765.  [I,  78.]  In- 
\entory  by  Ephraim  McFarland  and  Paul  Reed,  both  of  Boothbay  and 
Thomas  Humphrys,  of  Newcastle,  16  July,  1765,  ^^420:3:4.  [1, 
79  to  St.]      Account  filed  28  Sep.,  1765.      [I,  81.] 

Ste\ens  Chase,  late  of  Kennebeck  Ri\er.  Roger  Chase,  of  Pownal- 
borough, Adm'r,  13  June,  1765.  [1,  72.]  lOdmund  Bridge  and 
Samuel  Goodwin,  Jr.,  surelies.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Goodwin,  Jun.,  and 
Edmund  Pridge,  both  of  Pownalborough,  and  John  Hankerson,  of 
Kennebeck     River,     26     June,     1765,    ;^io6  :  14:5.       [I,     75-76.] 


20  I,I\C(M,X   I'RonAI  K  Kl-.CORDS. 

Charles  C'ushing  and  Thomas  Allen,  both  of  I'ownalborough,  commis- 
sioners to  examine  claims.  [1,  132.]  Account  filed  5  Aug.,  1768. 
[I,  132.]      Distribution  of  estate  ordered  26  Aug.,  1768.      [I,  133.] 

Zacheus  Trafton,  late  of  (Georgetown.  William  Marshall,  of  George- 
town, Adm'r,  17  June,  1765.  [I,  72.]  IJryant  Roberson  and  James 
Thornton,  sureties.  Inventory  by  IJryant  Roberson,  James  Thornton 
and  David  Trufant,  15  July,  1765,  Old  Tenor  ^203  :  12  :  o.  [I,  86.] 
Account  filed  17  June,  1767.      [1,  142.] 

Robert  Burns,  late  of  Cobbiseconte.  Joseph  Burns,  of  Cobbiseconte, 
Adm'r,  8  July,  1765.  [I,  76.]  James  Burns  and  Edmund  Bridge, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Flagg,  ^Villiam  Bacon  and  Abram  \\'yman, 
^^23:  19:  IT.  [I,  86.]  Charles  Cushing,  of  Pownalborough,  and 
William  Bacon,  of  Cobbiseconte,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[T,  103.]      Account  filed  3  Sep.,  1768.      [I,  150.] 

Samuel  Collamore,  late  of  Cleorgetovvn.  Sarah  Collamore,  of  George- 
town, widow,  Achii'x,  13  May,  1766.  [I,  89.]  James  Lemont  and 
Jonas  B'itch,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Watts,  Isaiah  Crooker  and 
Fdisha  Shaw,  all  of  Georgetown,  ro  July,  1766,  ^309:  10:0.  [I, 
loi.]  Christopher  Mitchel,  of  Georgetown,  appointed  (iuardian  unto 
Susannah  and  Del)orah,  minor  (laughters,  21  Jan.,  1767.    [I,  113-114.] 

Richard  Falle,  late  of  St  Georges.  Samuel  Bogs,  of  St  Georges, 
Adm'r,  24  Sep.,  T765.  [I,  90.]  Andrew  Malcom  and  James  Car- 
gill,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Alexander  Kellock,  Andrew  Malcom  and 
Moses  Copeland,  all  of  St.  (Jeorges,  10  Mar.,  1766,  ^40.  [I,  100.] 
Henry  Hendley,  of  Boston,  Adm'r,  (k  bonis  noii,  26  Nov.,  1770.  [I, 
226.]  Reuben  Hall,  of  St  (reorges,  and  Richard  Young  and  William 
Henley,  both  of  Boston,  n]ii)raisers,  27  Dec,  1770.      [I,  211.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen — 
The  Sixth  Day  of  March  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  &  Sixty  Six 
I  Joseph  Gould  of  GeorgcTown  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Housewright 
l)eing  Very  Sick  and  Weak  in  Body  but  of  ]:)erfect  Mind  &  Memory 
Thanks  be  given  unto  God  :  'I'herefore  Calling  unto  Mind  the  Mortal- 
lity  of  my  B.ody  and  knowing  that  it  is  Appointed  for  all  men  Once  to 
die  do  Make  and  Ordain  this  my  Last  \\\\\  and  Testament  that  is  to 
Say,  Princijially,  and  first  of  all  I  give  and  Recommend  my  Soul  into 
the  Hands  of  God  that  gave  it  and  my  ISody  I  Recommend  to  the 
I'.arth  to  be  Buried  in  decent  Christian  Biuial  at  the  Discretion  of  my 
Hxecutors  Nothing  Doubting  but  at  the  General  Resurrection  I  shall 


LINCOI-N  PRORATE  RECORDS.  21 

receive  the  Same  again  by  the  Mighty  Power  of  (iod  And  as  touching 
Such  Worldly  Estate  Wherewith  it  hath  Pleased  (rod  to  Bless  me  in 
this  Life  I  give  Demise  and  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the  following 
Manner  and  Form 

Imprimis    I  give  and  bec^ueath  to    Planah  my  Dearly    beloved    \\'ife 
Whom  I  likewise  Constitute   Make  and  Ordain  my  Sole  Executrix  of 
this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament  all  and  Singular  my  Lands  Messuages 
and  Tenement  by  her  freely  to  be  Possessed  and  enjoyed  During  her 
Life  &  to  be  Disposed  of  as  She  Sail  think   meet  before  or   at   her 
Death  with  all  my  Household  goods  and  moveable  Effects  &  Debts — 
Excepting  What  I  give  to  my  Son  Joseph  &  the  Rest  of  my  Children 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Son  Joseph  Could  One  hand  Saw  One 
Pannel  Ditto  &  One  fine  Ditto  One  quarter  Round  One  paring  Chisle 
One  pannel  Plain  Sash  plain  groveing  Plough  One  astikle  two  Oges 
One  Joynter  fore  plain  &  Smoothing  plain  One  Ax  One  adds  One  Old 
Mall  two  Rabbit  1-lains  to  be  delivered  to  him  by  my  Said  Executrix 
Out  of  What  tools  that  I  leave  behind  and  unto  P>ach  of  my  Other 
Children  I  do  leave  Ten  Shillings  a  Peice  to  be  paid  unto  them  out  of 
my  Estate  and  I  do  hereby  utterly  Dissallow  revoke  and  Disannul  all 
and  every  other  Former  Testament  Wills  Legacies  and  Bequests  and 
Executors  by  me  in  any  ways  before  Named  Willed  and  Bequeathed 
Ratifying  and  Confirming  this  and  no  Other  to  be  my  Last  Will  and 
Testament  in  Witness  Whereof  1  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal 
the  Day  and  Year  above  AVritten 
Signed  Sealed  Published  Pronounced 
and  Declared  by  the  said  Joseph 
Gould  as  his  last  Will  and  Testament 
in  the  Presence  of  us  the  Subscribers  Joseph  Goold      (Seal) 

Isaac  Harding 

Francis  Smally 

Josiah  Harding  ^ 

Probated  14  May,  1766.      [I,  93.] 

Inventory  by  Joseph  Berrey,  Abiezer  Holbrook  and  Philip  Higgins 
30  May,  1766.      [I,  227-8.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  the  Twenty  first  Day  of  October  1762  I 
William  Wilson  of  Topsham  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Husbandman 
being  Very  Sick  and  Weak  in  liody  but  of  Perfect  Mind  and  Memory 
Thanks  be  Given  to  Ciod  :  Therefore  Calling  unto  mind  The  Mortality 
of  my  Body  and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  Die 


22  i,iN((ii,\  rKi)i:.\  IF.  RF.a^Rn?;. 

Do  make  ami  ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  'J'estamcnt  'I'hat  is  to  say, 
Principally  and  first  of  all  1  Ciive  and  Rctommend  my  soul  into  the 
Hands  of  (lod  that  (lave  it  and  my  I'.ody  1  Recommend  to  the  I^arth 
To  be  Duried  in  Decent  Christian  llurial  at  tiie  Discretion  of  my  Kxc- 
cutors  nothing  Doubting  but  at  the  (".eneral  Resurrection  I  shall  Re- 
ceive the  Same  again  by  the  Mighty  Power  of  (lod;  and  as  M'ouch- 
ing  such  Worldly  Ivstate  wherewith  it  hath  ])leascd  (lod  to  bless  me  in 
this  I-ife  I  (li\e  Demise  and  Dis])ose  of  the  same  in  the  following 
Manner  and  form 

Imprlinis.  1  give  and  betjueath  to  my  well  beloved  sons  \'iz,  William 
Wilson  lohn  Wilson  &  Samuel  Wilson  all  and  Singular  my  Lands  Mes- 
suages and  Tenements  with  all  the  Right  1  Have  in  any  Saw  Mill  or 
Mills  Together  with  all  my  Household  (loods  Chatties  Debts  and 
Moveable  Effects  by  'I'hem  and  l^ach  of  them  freely  to  be  possesed 
and  Knjoyed  I  Likewise  (live  and  beeiueath  to  my  well  beloved 
Daughters  Mary  and  Isabella  Wilson  So  much  Money  to  be  raised  and 
Levyed  out  of  my  Estate  by  the  afforsaid  William  John  and  Samuel 
Wilson  to  pay  to  the  afforsaid  Daughters  as  shall  make  all  my  Children 
to  ha\e  an  L([ual  Share — 

Item.  I  Constitute  make  and  ordain  Isabella  my  Dearly  and  \\'ell 
beloved  wife  my  Sole  Executrix  of  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament 
and  She  the  said  Isabella  to  have  the  Income  of  Said  Estate  till  the 
Heirs  Come  of  age  unless  She  Should  Marry  before  that  Time  and  I 
Do  hereby  utterly  Disalovv  Revoke  and  Disannul  all  and  Every  other 
former  Testaments  W^ills  Legacies  and  Bequeasts  and  Executors  by  me 
in  Any  ways  before  Named  willed  and  Bequeathed  Ratifying  and  Con- 
firming this  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last  will  and  Testament  In  Wit- 
ness whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  Lland  and  Seal  the  Day  and 
Year  above  Writtt;n 
Signed  Sealed  Published 

Pronounced  and  Declared  .^  William  Willson      (Seal) 

by  the  Said  William 
A\'ilson  as  his  Last  will 
and  Testament  in  the 
Presence  of  us  the 
Subscribers 

Thos  AVillson 

James  Potter 

Samll  Moody 

William  Alexander 


LINCOLN  PROBAIK  RI'X'ORDS.  23 

Probated  13  Aug.,  1766.      [I,  94.] 
Inventory  by  Thomas  Willson,  William  Alexander  and  John  Merrill, 
I    Sep.,     1766,    ^297:  12:6.      [Ill,    195.]      Account    filed    17   Sep., 
17S7.      [111,196.] 

John  Sheen,  late  of  'ro]):sham.  Nicholas  MtzCcrald,  of  Topsham, 
Adm'r,  9  May,  1766.  [I,  95.]  Samuel  W'inchell  and  John  Winchell, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Winchell,  John  Winchell  and  James 
Hunter,  all  of  Topsham,  31  May,  1766,  J^.S  '■  3 '•  9-  U'  '  '  i-]  -Ac- 
count filed  17  June,  1767.      [I,  143.] 

David  Gusten,  late  of  Topsham.  Samuel  Winchell,  of  Topsham, 
Adm'r,  11  June,  1766.  [I,  loi.]  John  Winchell  and  Nicholas  Fitz- 
Gerald,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Winchell,  Samuel  (rraves  and 
Joseph  Graves,  all  of  Topsham,  16  June,  1766,  ^Xi3  :  4  :  7.      [I,  105.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  The  Sixteenth  Day  of  July  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  1766  I  James  Clark  Late  of  the  Town  of  NewCastle, 
but  at  present  of  The  Tov/n  of  Bristol  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Yeo- 
man, Being  weak  in  Body,  but  of  perfect  mind  cS^;  memory.  Thanks  be 
given  unto  (iod  for  the  Same;  And  calling  to  mind  the  Mortality  of 
my  Bod}',  and  knowing,  that  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  gi\e  and  Recommend  my  Soul  into  the 
hands  of  Gotl  that  ga\e  it ;  And  for  my  liody  I  recomend  it  to  the 
Earth  to  be  buried  in  a  Christian  like  and  decent  manner,  at  the  Dis- 
cretion of  my  Executor  nothing  Doubting  but  at  the  Generall  Resurec- 
tion,  I  shall  receive  the  same  a  gain  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,  Devise,  and  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  man- 
ner and  form  following  ; 

'I'hat  is  to  Say 

In  the  first  place,  I  (iive  and  Bequeath  to   My   Dearly  beloved  wife 
the  one  third  part  of  all  that  I  poses,  as  also  one   third  of  the   hicome 
of  my  Lands  The  same  to  have  and  Enjoy  During  her  naturall  Life 
Also  I  give  to  My  Son  William  Clark  of   Pownalborough  The   Sum  of 
Ten  Shillings  Lawful  Money  to  be  paid  by  my  Executor — 
Also  I  give  to  My  Son  James  Clark  of  Pownalborough  'l"he  Sum  of  Ten 
Shillings  Lawfull  Money  to  be  paid  by  my  Ivxecutor — 
Also  I  give  to  my  Son  'Lhomas  Clark  of  NewCastle  the  Sum  of  twenty 
Six  pounds  thirteen  shillings  and  four  pence   Lawfull   whiih    I  have  al- 
ready paid  him  and  have  no  Receipt  for  the  Same — 


24  LIN'CC^LN  PROIUIK  RECORDS. 

Also  I  give  To  my  Daughter  Hannah  Fling  a  Cow  and  a  Heifer  Calf 
that  She  hath  now  in  possesion  as  also  a  pair  of  Steeres  a  Year  old  Last 
Spring 

Also  I  give  To  my  Son  in  Law  John  Randell  of  Bristol  aforesd  and 
Jane  his  wife  All  and  Singular  what  may  be  found  Appertaining  to  'SIq 
Excepting  what  is  before  Mentioned  in  this  present  will  <S:  Testament 
as  also  the  one  half  of  a  Mare  of  three  Years  old  which  is  now  at  New- 
Castle  by  him  freely  to  be  possesed  and  The  aforesaid  John  Randell 
I  Likewise  Constitute  make  and  ordain  my  only  and  Sole  Ivxecutor  of 
this  my  Last  \Vill  and  Testament 

And  1  doe  hereby  LTterly  Disallow,  Revoke  and  Disannul  all  and  IC\ery 
Other  former  Testaments,  Wills,  and  Legacies  becpiests  &  Ivxecutors  by 
me  in  any  ways  before  this  time  Named  Willed  and  Bequeathed,  Rati- 
fying and  Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment In  Wittness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  &  Seal  the 
Day  and  \'ear  above  written  Jam's  Clark     (Seal) 

Sign'd  Seal'd  Publish'd  Pronounc'd  and  Declar'd  by  the  Said  Jam's 
Clark  as  his  Last  Will  &  Testament  in  presence  of  us  the  Subscribers, 
'J'hat  is  to  Say 

Wm  Loud 

James  liaily 

Nathaniel  Bishop 

Probated  lo  Sep.,  1766.      [I,  103.] 

Inventory  by  John  Cunningham,  James  Cargill  and  David  (liven,  all 
of  Newcastle,  30  Sep.,  1766,  ^^189  :  7  :  93^.      [I,  106.] 

Llezekiah  Cloutman,  late  of  Kennebeck  River.  Abiel  Lovejoy,  of 
Pownalborough,  Adm'r,  18  Aug.,  1766.  [I,  106.]  Adino  Nye  and 
James  I'lagg,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Bennet  Woods  and  Isaac  Spencer, 
of  Kennebeck  Ri\er,  7  Nov.,  1766,  /^i4  :  12  :  2.      [I,  143.] 

James  Springer,  Jun.,  late  of  C.eorgelown.  Rachel  Sjjringer,  of 
(Georgetown,  widow,  Adm'x,  19  Aug.,  1766.  [I,  108.]  J()sei)h  White 
and  William  Syhester,  sureties.  Inventory  by  lOlisha  Shaw,  Joshua 
Philbrook  and  Dummer  Sewall,  all  of  C.eorgetc^wn,  18  Sep.,  1766, 
^271  :  18  :  10.      [i,  109.] 

William  Huston,  minor  son  of  John  Huston,  late  of  Dunstable,  N. 
H.,  chose  Seth  (ireeley,  of  Kennebeck  Rixer,  to  be  his  guardian,  17 
June,  1766.      [I,  1 19.] 

Lazarus  Noble,  late  of  Pownalborough.      llenjamin  Noble,  of   Pown- 


LINCOLN  TRORATE  RECORDS.  25 

alborough,  Adm'r,  27  Feb.,  1767.  [I,  119.]  Samuel  (loodwin  and 
John  Noble,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Jonathan  Bryant  and  ^^'illianl  Wy- 
man,  both  of  Pownalborough, — Ap.,  1767,  ;^2i:i2:4.  [1,42.] 
Francis  Noble,  minor  daughter,  chose  Abiel  Lovejoy  to  be  her  guar- 
dian, 18  Jan.,  1764.      [1.  50] 

David  Trufant,  late  of  Georgetown.  David  Irufant,  au'l  Mary  Tru- 
fant,  widow,  Adni'rs,  ii  May,  1767.  [I,  120.]  John  Springer  and 
Edward  Pettingill,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Isaiah  Crooker,  Joshua  Phil- 
brook  and  Moses  Hodgkins,  all  of  Georgetown,  19  May,  1767,  ;£io2  : 
5  :  9.      [I,  12S.]      Account  filed  14  July,  176S.      [I,  229.] 

John  Wolfe  Rupert,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Samuel  Goodwin,  of 
Pownalborough,  Adm'r,  ti  P'eb.,  1767.  [I,  121.]  Samuel  Goodwin, 
Jr.,  and  James  Hodge,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Charles  Gushing,  Thomas 
Allen  and  Adino  Nye,  all  of  Pownalborough,  12  June,  1767,  ;^42  :  o  : 
o.  [I,  145.]  Charles  Gushing  and  Roger  Chase,  both  of  Pownal- 
borough, commissioners  to  examine  claims.      [I,  222.] 

John  Henry  Kier,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Samuel  Croodwin,  of 
Pownalborough,  Adm'r,  11  Feb.,  I767.  [I,  121.]  Samuel  Goodwm, 
Jr.,  and  James  Hodge,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Charles  Gushing, 
Thomas  Allen  and  Adino  Nye,  all  of  Pownalborough,  12  June,  1767, 
;^47  :  6  :  8.  [I,  146]  Charles  Gushing  and  Roger  Chase,  both  of 
Pownalborough,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.      [I,  221.] 

Zachariah  Narden,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Samuel  Cioodwin,  of 
Pownalborough,  Adm'r,  27  May,  1767.  [I,  122.]  Thomas  Allen  and 
Samuel  Goodwin,  Jr.,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Charles  Gushing,  I'liomas 
Allen  and  Adino  Nye,  all  of  Pownalborough,  12  June,  1767,  ^42  :  o  : 
o.  [I,  145.]  Charles  Gushing  and  Roger  Chase  both  of  Pownal- 
borough, commissioners  to  examine  claims.      [I,  2 2 2. J 

In  the  name  of  (k)d  Amen  the  thirtieth  day  of  October  Anno  Doin- 
iiil  1766  I  Da",  id  Olovcr  of  Georgetown  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  \  eo- 
man  being  sick  and  weak  in  body  but  of  perfict  mind  and  memory 
thanks  be  to  God  for  it  therefore  Knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all 
men  onse  to  dye  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  Larst  will  and  Testa- 
ment that  is  to  say  primarily  and  in  the  first  plase  I  give  and  Recom- 
end  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  God  that  gave  it  and  my  body  1  Rcc- 
omend  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  desent  Christian  buricil  at  the 
discretion  of  my  I^lxecutor  nothing  doubting  but  to  Receive  the  same 
again  by  the  mighty  power  of  God  at  the  general   Resurrection  and  as 


26  l.I.\((M.N   I'ROIiATK  RKCORDS. 

to  such  worldly  I'.statc  which  1  am  the  owner  of  I  gi\e  and  demise  and 
(lis])ose  of  in  the  followin;;  manner  and  form 

///i/^ri/iiis  1  L,M\e  and  l)e(|nelh  unto  lianah  mv  dearlv  l)elo\ed  wife  all 
my  household  firnituer  and  all  my  stock  of  cattel  shep  antl  swine 
together  with  the  whole  of  my  intrist  in  a  sawmill  at  robinhoods  cove 
in  said  town  To  hir  and  hir  heirs  and  assigns  forever  out  of  the  Ishews 
and  ])rofits  thereof  my  will  and  plesure  is  that  she  discharge  all  my 
just  debts  and  funaral  l'",x])ejises  and  further  I  give  and  bequeth  unto 
hir  during  hir  natural  Life  the  use  a,nd  improxement  of  the  Low  Rom 
and  chamber  in  the  notherly  ICnd  of  my  tlwelling  hous  in  which  I  now 
dwell  and  one  half  of  the  siller  in  said  hous  together  with  ])arnrome  for 
hay  and  housing  for  fovver  or  fne  head  of  cattel 

hum  I  give  unto  my  son  'I'homas  Olover  the  western  half  of  my  farm 
or  Lott  ot  Land  where  he  now  dwell  and  one  third  part  of  all  my  solt 
marsh  during  lie  nateral  Life  of  his  mother  and  after  hir  desease  one 
half  of  said  marsh  said  upland  and  marsh  To  him  his  Meirs  and 
assigns  fore\er 

Itum  I  gi\e  unto  my  son  L|)hriem  ()lo\er  the  sum  of  twenty  six  shil- 
lings and  Light  pence 

Itum  I  give  unto  my  daughter  Lianah  llinkley  the  simi  of  fower 
pound 

Itum  I  give  unto  hanah  curtis  the  daughter  of  my  son  Henery  Olover 
the  sum  of  thirten  shillings  and  fower  i)ence  and  imto  Henery  ()lo\-er 
the  son  of  my  said  son  Henery  C)lo\er  the  sum  of  lwenly.->ix  shillings 
and  I^ight  j^ence 

Itum  1  give  unto  my  son  Jacob  ()lo\er  the  sum  of  six  ])ounds  thirten 
shillings  and  fower  pence 

'I'he  above  sums  To  ])e  ])aid  to  my  aliove  mentioned  childrin  and 
grand  children  by  my  son  J<jhn  ()lo\er  out  of  what  I  give  and  l)e(|ueth 
to  him  and  that  at  the  deseas  of  his  mother  and  not  before  and  the 
above  sums  together  with  what  I  have  done  for  them  in  my  Lifetime  is 
a  lust  i)ro])ortion  of  my  Instate  to  Ka<h  of  them 

Itum  I  give  unto  my  son  John  Olover  whom  I  Likewise  constitute 
and  make  and  ordain  my  sole  !*>xecutor  of  this  my  Larst  will  and  testa- 
ment and  and  singular  the  Residue  and  Remainder  of  all  and  singiiler  of 
my  Lstate  l)Oth  real  and  personal  of  what  name  or  nature  soever  to 
him  his  hleirs  and  assigns  for  L\er  he  i)ay;ng  the  al)o\c  mentioned 
J-egases  and  that  he  also  gi\e  and  deli\er  unto  his  honered  mother 
vearlv  ami  I'AcrN  vear  during  hir  natteral    Life   towards   hir  confertable 


T.IXCOLN  PRCIHATE  RECORDS.  2  7 

su])port  one  forth  part  of  all  the  grain  and  corn  and  Roots  and  Inglish 
hay  that  he  shal  rais  upon  the  farm  that  hereby  I  give  and  bequeth 
unto  him  and  three  Load  of  solt  hay  yearly  during  said  Tearm  and  I 
do  hereby  utterly  di^salow  Revoke  and  disanul  all  other  and  former 
will  and  Testament  and  Ivxecutors  by  me  named  Ratifying  and  con- 
firming this  and  no  other  to  be  my  Larst  will  and  Testament  In  witnis 
whereof  1  ha\e  hereuntc;)  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  day  and  year  above 
written 

Signed  sealed  published  i)ronounse(l 
and  declared  by  the  said  David 
Olover  as  his  larst  will  and 
Testament  in  the  presants  of 

us  the  subscribers  David  Olover      (Seal) 

George  Rodgers 
John  Rodgers 
Tobias  Hill 

Probated  13  May,  1767.      [I,  123-4.] 

In  the  name  of  (jod  Amen  on  the  fourteenth  Day  of  March  A.  I). 
1764  I  John  Lemont  of  Georgetown  In  the  County  of  Lincoln  and 
Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  In  New  England  Gentleman  Being 
week  in  body  but  of  Perfect  mind  &  memory  Thanks  be  Ciiven  to  God  : 
Therefore  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  Testament  that  is  to  say  Principlely  and  first  of  all  I  Give 
and  Recomend  my  soul  Into  the  Hands  of  God  that  gave  it  and  my 
body  I  Recomend  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  decent  Christian  Burial 
at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors  Nothing  Doubting  but  at  the  Gen- 
eral Resurrection  I  shall  Receive  the  same  again  by  the  Mighty  Power 
of  God  and  Touching  such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  Hath  Pleased 
God  to  Bless  me  with  in  this  Life  I  give  demise  and  Dispose  of  the 
same  in  the  following  maner  and  form — 

Imprimise  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  Elisebeth  my  Dearly  belo\  cd  wife 
the  use  and  Improvement  of  my  Dwelling  House  and  barn  and 
the  whole  of  my  farm  whereon  the  buildings  stand  withe  all  my 
Catties  stock  and  moveables  within  Doors  &  without  till  my  son  David 
Lemont  arives  to  sixten  years  of  age  and  afterwards  Duringher  widdow- 
hood  at  the  Expiration  of  which  Time  the  said  Elisebeth  is  to  Deliver 
ye  use  and  Improvment  of  the  s'd  artickels  with  all  the  artickels  to  my 
surviving  Hiers  in  as  good  Repare  as  when  she  Receved  them 
Item — as  I  have  already  Given  to  my  sons  Benjamin  and  James   Le- 


2  8  I.lNCOr.N  PRdr.ATK  RECORDS. 

mont  Kiglily  acres  of  Land  to  I'^ach  of  them  I  further  Give  to  my  sons 
Benjn  &  James  one  third  Part  of  a  Saw  mill  standing  on  wisgig  Creek 
with  one  third  Part  of  all  l'ri\ili(lg.-,  thereunto  lielonging — 
Item — the  Remainder  of  my  Instate  after  my  honest  Debts  are  Paid  to 
be  Kaquelly  Devided  Between  my  five  Youngest  sons  viz:  John 
Thoinas  Robert  Samuel  tS:  David  I,emont  there  Paying  to  my  Daughters 
Mary  Woodside  thirten  Pounds  six  shillings  &  lught  Pence  Lawfull 
money  Likwise  Paying  the  sixtenth  Part  of  the  whole  of  my  J'^state  to 
Each  of  m\-  four  \'oungest  Daughters  viz  Nancy  Sarah  I^lisebeth  and 
hanah  Lemont — 

I  do  appoint  and  ordain  James  McCobb  X:   |ohn   Parker  of  George- 
town aboxes'd  (ientlemen  my  sole  Ivxecutors  of  this  my   Last  will  and 
Testement  and  1  do  hereby  utterly  Disallow  Revoke  and  Disanul  all 
and  Every  other  former  Testements  wills  Legases  and  bequests  &  Ivxe- 
cutors  by  me  in  any  ways  before  Named  willed  and  bequeathed   Rati- 
fiing  and  Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be    my  Last  will  and  Teste- 
ment    In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the 
Day  and  Veare  above  written — 
Signed  sealed  Published  Pronounced 
and  Declared  by  the  said  John 
Lemont  as  his  Last  will  and 
Testement  in  the  Presence  of 
us  the  subscribers  John  Lemont      (Seal) 

Phinehas  Nevers 

Samuell  Nevers 

John  Tebbits 

Jams.  McLIonane 

James  Mckibb 

Probated  13  May,  1767.      [1,  125.] 

John  I'arker  disclaimed  executorship  4  Feb.,  1767.  [I,  124.]  In- 
ventory by  Samuel  Watts,  Isaiah  Crooker  and  Moses  Hodgkins,  all  of 
<ieorgetown,  23  June,  1767.  [I,  129-130.]  'I'homas  Lemont,  minor 
son,  Elizabeth  Lemont  and  Hannah  Lemont,  minor  daughters,  chose 
their  l)rother  Penjamin  Lemont  to  be  their  guardian  16  Feb.,  1767. 
[I,  1 50-1.]  John  Lemont  of  l^ath,  Adm'r  de  bonis  non,  15  Ap.,  1791. 
[V,  29.]      Samuel  Lemont  and  David  Lemont,  both  of  Bath,  sureties. 

lohn  Moore,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Sarah  Moore,  of  Pownal- 
])orough,  widow,  ;\dm'x,  25  Ap.,  1767.  [I,  126.]  Inventory  by 
'I'homas  Rice,  Jonathan  Williamson  and   Michal  Sevey,  all  of   I'ounal- 


IJXfOLN  TROISATE  RFAORDS.  29 

l)orough,  30  Ap.,  1768,  ^301  :  i6  :  3^,  [I,  15  1-2.]  Consent  of  Ste- 
phen and  Mary  Sevey,  John  and  Sarah  Cunningham,  Samuel  Marrow  and 
Sarah  Day,  heirs  for  division  of  real  estate,  20  Ap.,  1786  ;  warrant  for 
such  division  issued  to  Thomas  Boyd,  of  Boothbay,  Daniel  Webster 
and  Thomas  Ring,  of  Edgecomb,  15  Nov.,  1785.  [II,  237.]  Re- 
turn of  division,  21  Ap.,  1786.  [II,  238.]  Account  of  Sarah  Day, 
Adm'x,  filed  17  June,  1783.      [IV,  3-4.] 

Henry  Miller,  late  of  Broad  Bay.  George  Light,  Jun.,  of  Broad  Bay, 
Adm'r,  17  Feb.,  1768.  [I,  131.]  George  Dight  and  Francis  Rittal, 
sureties.  In\'entory  by  Jacob  Ludwig,  Mathias  Hofcsess  and  Menry 
Keyler,  all  of  Broad  Bay,  14  Mar.,  1768,  ^40:  02  :  10 V^.  Account 
filed  5  June,  1769.      [I,  172.] 

Robert  Rankin,  late  of  the  River  Kennebeck.  Mathew  Hastings, 
resident  at  the  River  Kennebeck,  Adm'r,  16  Sep.,  1767.  [I,  131.] 
Charles  Webber  and  Josiah  Butterfield,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John 
Marsh,  James  Bacon  and  Thomas  Clark,  all  of  Kennebeck  Ri\'er, — Jan., 
1766,  ^24  :  19  :  9.      [I,  I33-4-] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen 
I  Jonathan  Preble  of  Georgetown  In  the  Countey  of  Lincoln  and 
Province  of  Masschusetts  Bay  In  New  Englen  Gentelman  Beaing  very 
Sick  and  weak  In  Body  But  of  perfect  mind  and  memorey  thanks  be 
given  to  God  therefor  Calling  unto  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body  and 
knowing  that  It  Is  ap]:>ointed  for  all  men  once  to  die  do  make  and 
ordain  this  my  Last  will  and  testament  that  Is  to  say  Principalley  and 
first  of  all  I  give  and  Recommend  my  Soul  Into  the  hands  of  God  that 
Give  It  and  my  Body  I  Recommend  to  the  Eartli  to  be  Buried  In 
decent  Christian  Burial  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executors  nothing 
doubting  But  at  the  Generall  Resurrection  I  shall  Recive  the  same 
again  By  the  mighty  Power  of  (iod  and  as  touching  Such  worldly  Estate 
wherewith  God  hath  Been  pleased  to  Bless  me  In  this  Life  I  give  de- 
mise and  dispose  of  the  Same  In  the  following  manner  &  lorom  my 
Just  Debts  and  funnarel  Expences  Being  first  paid 
Item  I  give  unto  my  Loving  wife  Mehitable  Preble  on  third  of  all  my 
Real  Estate  on  the  Island  of  Arrowsick  In  said  Georgetown  during  hir 
nateral  Life  and  on  third  part  of  my  Personal!  during  said  term 
Item  I  give  unto  my  Loving  Son  Jonnathan  Preble  and  to  his  Heirs 
and  assings  forever  two  hundred  akers  of  Land  situated  on  the  nothern 
side  of  Merimetting  Bay  In  said  Countey  of  Lincoln  at  a  plase  Called 


30  I.lXfOI.X   I'KOllAl  I'.  KIX'ORHS. 

Abiggcclusat  and  Bounded  Southwardly  ]>y  said  Hay  and  Mxlcnding 
northwardly  or  northward  according  as  It  Is  described  15y  the  Instru- 
mint  of  Convaince  of  said  tract  of  Land  unto  me  vuitill  two  Hundred 
akers  be  ("ompleat  as  also  my  Best  fowling  ])ice 

Item  1  gi\e  unto  the  Hairs  of  my  Dearly  Beloved  Son  l']benezer 
I'reble  desesed  and  unto  ther  Heirs  and  assings  for  Ever  fiftey  akers  of 
said  Land  ajoyning  to  the  northen  part  of  that  tract  as  Hearafter  giv- 
en to  my  Son  Abraham  and  this  with  what  I  have  formerly  given  to 
my  said  Son  Kbenezer  In  his  Life  time  and  alowing  him  to  Shair  In 
the  produse  of  a  tract  of  Land  on  Cusens  Island  In  North  yarmouth 
to  the  value  of  on  houndred  pounds  to  be  said  Hairs  i)art  of  my  Real 
Estate 

Item  I  give  unto  my  Son  Abraham  Breble  his  Heirs  or  assings  for 
Ever  fiftey  akers  of  Land  ajoyning  to  the  north  part  of  that  tract  as 
above  given  to  my  Son  Jonnathan  and  to  Extend  northward  from  Saied 
tract  and  Southward  on  a  tract  of  fiftey  akers  given  to  the  Heairs  of 
my  Son  l^benezer  desesed  till  said  fiftey  akers  Is  Com])leted  and  this 
with  what  I  have  formerly  done  f(jr  him  In  allowing  him  to  Share  a 
part  of  the  Sale  of  a  tract  of  land  Lying  on  C'usenses  Island  in  North- 
yarmouth  to  the  valu  of  on  hundretl  pounds  to  be  his  Share  of  my 
Real  Estate 

Item  I  give  unto  my  Son  Joseph  Preble  whom  with  my  Son  Abraham 
preble  I  Constitute  and  ap  )int  to  be  my  I^xecutors  of  this  my  Last 
will  and  testament  and  to  his  Hairs  and  assigns  for  I'>ver  that  third 
|)art  of  my  Real  lOstale  on  Arrowsick  Island  after  the  death  of  my  wife 
which  I  have  as  above  given  unto  hir  during  hir  nateral  Life  together 
with  all  and  Every  part  of  my  Real  instate  La\ing  or  Beaing  on  said 
Island 

Item  I  give  the  Remainder  of  all  my  personall  Estate  not  Before  dis- 
])osed  of  after  the  folowing  manner  viz  on  fourth  i)art  thereof  to  my 
Son  Abraham  I'rcble  on  fourth  i)art  to  the  heirs  of  my  desesed  Son 
Ebenezer  and  on  forth  part  to  my  Son  Jonnathan  i)reble  and  on  fourth 
part  ot  my  Son  Jose])  ])reble  to  I'lach  and  Every  of  them  ther  Heirs 
and  asigns  forever  L.ut  wheras  my  title  to  the  Land  Beciuathed  as 
above  to  my  Son  Jonnathan  Preble  Is  not  Such  lUU  that  ther  Is  a  posa- 
bility  of  his  failing  In  holding  the  Land  I  have  will  to  him  as  above 
and  mor  probcll  that  he  ma\'  be  put  to  som  I'.xpenccs  l'.\-  Law  or  other- 
wise to  Secure  his  title  to  sead  Lands  at  Abegduseet  It  therfor  Is  my 
will  and  order  that  my  Son  Abraham  my  Son  Joseph  and  the   Heirs   of 


i.ixroi.x  r'Ri'i;.\iF,  RiTOKPS.  31 

I'.iy  Son  l^lbenezer  pribell  Each  and  Everey  of  them  and  the  heirs  pay 
unto  my  Son  Jonnathan  Preble  or  his  heirs  on  fourth  part  of  all  such 
Charges  arising  By  Law  Suits  or  otherwise  that  Is  to  Say  my  Son  Abra- 
ham or  his  heirs  I'ay  on  fcuith  pr.rt  and  the  Heirs  of  my  Son  Ebenezer 
dessed  pay  on  fourlh  i)art  and  llie  Heirs  of  my  Son  Joseph  prible  on 
fourth  jjart  of  all  the  Charges  that  may  arise  on  defenden  the  tide  to 
said  track  on  Abageduset  that  1  have  willed  to  my  Son  Jonnathan  In 
this  my  Last  will  and  furder  It  Is  my  will  &  pleasure  that  Before  my 
Son  Abraham  preble  the  heirs  of  my  Son  Ebenezer  preble  and  my 
Son  Joseph  Preble  have  and  Receive  ther  Share  or  ]jart  of  my  personal 
Estate  that  they  Saverley  Becom  Bound  to  my  Son  Jonnathan  prebie 
that  If  he  Cannot  Injoy  said  tract  By  virtu  of  this  my  will  p]y  the  fail- 
uer  of  my  title  to  the  Saim  that  then  my  Son  Abraham  preble  pay  to 
my  Son  Jonathan  preble  twentey  pounds  Lafull  money  and  the  Heirs 
of  my  Son  Ebenezer  preble  pay  thirteen  poimds  Six  Shillings  and  F^ght 
pence  and  my  Son  Joseph  prible  pay  twintey  six  ])ounds  thirteen  Shil- 
lings and  fower  pen  Lafull  money  the  above  Sums  to  be  i)ay'd  to  my 
Son  Jonnathan  or  his  Heirs 

Revoking  all  other  wills  and  I'.eciuethments  I  do  Ratify  allow  and 
Confirm  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last  will  and  testement  In  witnes 
wherof  I  do  Hereunto  Sett  my  hand  and  Seal  24  day  of  October  a  11  no 
'  763  ye  3  year  of  His  Majesteys  Reign 

X  B  the  2  words  By  &  the  In  the  30  Line  the  word  S  )n  In  the  90  Line 
P^nterlined  Befor  Signed  ye  word  pound  In  40  Line  Enterlinetl  Befor 
Signed 

Signed  Sealed  published  Jonathan  Preble      (Seal) 

and  pronounced  and  declamed 
By  the  Said  Jonathan  preble 
to  be  his  Last  will  and 
testament  In  presants  of  us 

John  Trott 

Benja  Trott  Juner 

Lemuel  Trott 
Before  Sigen  nine  words  In  twintey  fifth  Line  and  five  words  In  twintey 
Sixth  Line  Both  In  the  Second  page  Rased  Befor  Signed 

Probated  13  Ap.,  i  76<S.      [I,  134-5-] 

Inventory  by  Samuel  Denny  and  John  Stinson,'  both  of   C.eorgetown, 

and  John  Patten,  of  Toi)sham.  3  May,    1  76H,  ^^901  :  1  5  :  9.      [I,    136- 

7.]      Samuel   Preble   and   Ebenezer    Preble,    minor   sons   of   J'lbenezer 


7,2  LINCOLN  I'KOrATK  RLCORDS. 

Preble,  late  of  Woolwich,  deceased,  chose  Samuel  Ilarndcn,  of  ^^'ool- 
wich,  to  be  their  guardian,  1768.  [1,  151.]  Samuel  Haiden  ap- 
pointed guardian  unto  Mary  Preble,  minor  daughter  of  Mbenezer  Preble, 
late  of  ^^'ool\vich,  deceased,  27  Sep.,  1768.      [I,  154.] 

?\Ietldunkco:;ke  July  ye  26th  1767 

To  all  people  t^  whome  these  presents  shall  come  ("ireeting:  Know 
ye  that  I  Samuel  Jameson  of  Meeddunkcooke  in  the  county  of  Lincoln 
in  the  province  of  the  Massachusetts-bay  in  New-england  husband-man 
being  sick  and  weak  of  body  and  Judging  the  time  of  my  death  is  nigh 
yet  bing  by  the  mercy  of  (rjd  in  ye  use  of  my  reason  &  perfect  in  my 
understanding,  do  make  my  last  will  iv:  testament  as  follows, 
Imprimis  I  do  Constitute  and  ap[)  >iiit  my  ]u\ing  Wife  Sarah  and  my 
Son  Martin  Jameson  to  be  my  Jcjint  executors  to  this  my  last  will  & 
testament.  Item  I  do  give  unto  my  eldest  daughter  Jane  Jameson 
of  falmouth  one  half  of  my  land  whuh  I  bought  of  Yardly  Lewis  which 
lyeth  on  CJeorges  ri\ur  to  her  her  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  and  the  other 
half  of  s'd  lot  of  land  1  give  to  my  eldest  Son  Martin  Ja:neson  to  him 
his  heirs  and  assigns  forever  he  to  have  ye  back  part 
Item  my  homestead  on  whicli  1  now  dwell  I  gi\e  to  my  five  Sons 
namely  Martin  Jameson  Joseph  Jameson  Samuel  Jameson  brice  Jame- 
son and  George  Jameson  to  be  equaly  divided  among  them  when  the 
youngest  comes  to  lawful  age  they  paying  \.o  each  of  ray  two  daughters 
namely  Mary  James'^i  &  Rachel  Jameson  the  suni  of  two  i)ounds  thir- 
teen shillings  and  four  i:icnce  when  the  land  is  divided  that  is  to  be  in 
Luvfim  money  :  and  to  my  wife  Sarah  Jameson  I  give  the  imprt)vement 
of  my  land  &  moveables  for  the  payment  of  my  Just  debts  &  liringiug 
up  of  my  children  till  they  come  of  age  &  then  one  third  i>art  of  the 
moveables  to  belong  to  her  as  long  as  she  lives  &  then  to  be  equally 
divided  among  the  children  &  the  other  two  thirds  to  be  ecjually  divid- 
ed among  the  children  :  &  if  any  of  the  children  die  before  they  come 
of  age  then  their  part  to  be  divided  equally  among  the  Sons  and  upon 
mature  consideraiioa  I  declare  this  to  be  my  last  will  &  testament  here- 
by disowning  all  other  things  of  this  nature  in  witness  whereof  I  have 
hereunto  set  my  hand  <!^:  sea!  the  day  «S:  date  first  mentioned 
Signed  &  sealer]  in  Samuel  Jameson     (Seal) 

presence  of 

Paul  puneson 

ICbenezer  Davis 

Abiah  Wadsworlh 


MXCDI.X  rROlUTK  RECORDS.  33 

Probated  lo  Aug.,  i  76.S.      [I,  137-S.] 
Invcnloiy  by  Samuel  (iilchrist,  Patrick  Porterfield  ami  Paul  Jameson, 
of  Meduncook,  y  Aug.,  1768.      [I,  199.] 

In  the  Name  of  (lOl),  Ami-n 
'i'he  twenty  thard  Day  of  Aj)ril  Anno  Domini  one  'I'housand  Se\  en 
hundred  and  .'-^ixly  four  I  Samuel  Bogs  of  St  (ieorges  in  the  County  of 
Lincoln  antl  povince  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England  Hus- 
Itandman  being  weak  in  Body  but  of  perfect  Mind  and  Memory  Thanks 
be  gi\en  to  (101)  : 

'I'herefore  Calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body,  and  knowing  that 
it  is  appointed  for  all  Men  to  Die,  Do  Make  and  Ordain  this  my  Last 
\\'ill  and  Testament  That  is  to  say  principally  and  fir.st  of  all  I  give  and 
recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  CiOD  who  gave  it  and  my  Body 
1  recommend  to  the  Eardi  to  be  buried  in  decent  Christian  Burial  at 
ihe  Di.^cretion  of  my  E.xecutors,  nothing  Doubting  but  the  General  Re- 
surrection 1  shall  receive  the  same  a  gain  by  the  Mighty  Powar  of  GOD. 
.And  as  touching  Such  Worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  GOD 
to  Ble-s  me  in  this  Life  I  give,  demise,  and  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the 
following  Manner  &  Eorm. 

Imprimis  I  gi\-e  and  bequeath  to  my  well  Belo\ed  Daughter  Jane 
Motley  li\e  Shillings  to  be  paid  her  by  my  Ivxecutors  out  of  my  Estate 
which  with  what  She  has  all  ready  Received  is  her  full  protion  or  Share 
out  of  my  Instate 

Imprimis  1  gi\e  and  bequeath  to  my  well  ]3eloved  Son  John  Bogs  one 
Straitboded  Coat  of  Broad  Cloath  one  great  Bibble  one  Large  loin  pott, 
one  pair  of  Larg  Stillerds  one  pair  of  Larg  Andioin  with  SunDries  of 
oulher  Smal  things  twanty  Six  pounds  thirdteen  and  four  peance  for  my 
Bord  and  twanty  ])Ounds  from  those  Deats  that  Shall  be  Call  in  which 
with  what  he  has  allredy  Received  is  his  full  ])rotion  or  share  of  my 
1 '.state 

Impiimis  I  gi\  e  .And  becjueath  to  my  well  belmed  1  )aughter  Anne 
Ra.x  Si.K  pounds  thirdteen  Shillings  and  four  pence  paid  her  by  my  E.x- 
ecutors Out  of  my  Instate  which  with  what  She  has  allready  Received  is 
her  full  i)rotion  or  Share  out  of  my  Estate 

Imprimis     1  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well   belo\e(.l  Son  Samuel   Bogs 
one  great  Coat  of  Myen  one  Not  that  I  had  of  Chusen  one  Not  that  I 
had  of  Bickmore  which  with  what  he  has  Received  is  his  full  protion  or 
Shear  out  of  my  Estate 
Imprimis     I  give  and  bequeath  to   my   well  belove  Son  William  Bogs 


34  T.ixroT.N  rRor.MT,  rf.cords. 

a  I'athcrs  Hcail  ihal  1  know  Lie  on  and  all  thai  belongs  lo  ihe  Bead 
which  with  what  he  has  had  or  Received  is  his  full  protion  or  Shear  out 
of  my  Instate 

Iiiipriiiiis  1  give  and  beciueath  to  my  well  belove  Daughter  Mary 
Uurns  fi\e  Shilling  which  with  what  She  has  allrady  Receive  i^  li'V 
full  protion  or  Shear  out  of  my  Ivtate 

Iiiipriiiiis  I  gi\e  and  be(|ueath  to  my  well  beloved  <irand  Daughter 
Ann  mcDaniel  Six  pounds  thardteen  Shilling  and  four  pence  to  be  left 
in  the  Trusuer\'  tel  She  Shall  Com  of  I'lage  by  the  order  of  the  Execu- 
tors 

Iiiipriinis  1  give  and  be([ueath  to  my  well  beloveed  (Irand  Son  Sauuicl 
Txjgs  three  pounds  Six  Shilling  and  Haght  pence  to  be  Left  in  the  hands 
of  the  F.xecutors  tel  he  Shall  Com  of  ICage  with  Lawfull  Intress  tel  then 
and  if  (iod  Shall  take  away  his  ISreath  this  Sum  is  to  go  to  his  Sister  Anne. 
T  I  )o  hearby  apint  John  and  William  IJogs  my  Sons  to  «be  my  l'",x- 
ccutors  of  this  my  I-ast  ^^'ill  and  Testiment  ^\'hereof  1  ha\e  hereunto 
Set  my  hand  and  Seal — 

^\■itness  Preseant  Samuel  liogs      (Seal) 

John  Crawi'ord  I  Declar  this  to  be 

John  Millar  my  Last  will  and 

Andrew  Storer  'Lestament 

Probated  15  June,  1768.      [I,  1,^9.] 
John  Bogs  disclaimed  executorship  19  May,  176S.      [I,  \:}i'^.'\ 
Inventories  by  Patrick  Porterfield,  Alexantler  ],ermond  and  vSannicl 

Creighton,  all  of  St  Ceorges.      [1,  140  (S:  223.]      Account  filed  3   Oct., 

T770.      [1,223.] 

Adino  Nye,  late  of  a  ))lace  upon  Kennebeck  River  without  the  Bounds 
of  any  Town.  Mary  Nye,  of  said  place,  widow,  Adm'x,  30  Jan.,  176.S. 
[I,  141.]  Charles  Cushing  and  ICdmund  Bridge,  sureties.  Inventorv  bv 
Charles  Cushing,  Edmund  Bridge  and  William  Silvester,  all  of  Powna- 
borough,  23  June,  1768,  ^21 1  :  10  :  5-)^.      [I,  146-7.] 

Samuel  Hinkley,  late  of  Ceorgetown.  Sarah  Hinkley,  of  ( leorgetown, 
widow,  Adm'x,  18  June,  1767.  [I,  14S.]  I'klmund  Hinkley  and 
AV)iel  l.ovejoy,  sureties.  Inventory  by  (ieorge  Rodgers,  Jose])h  Har- 
ford and  Mathew  Mckenny,  all  of  Ceorgetown,  1  lulv,  1767.  [I,  148- 
9,]  '     ^  . 

Henry  Fosset,  late  of  Pemaf|uid.  Ceorge  Caldwell,  of  Bristol, 
Adm'r,  30  July,  1765.      [I,  152.]      Samuel  (Goodwin  and  Jonas  Eitch, 


I,l\(  (  II, N    I'Ki  >l'\  Tl'    Kill  iKKs,  35 

siirclics.  IiivonU)ry  by  Tatrirk  Rodgers,  William  Spruul  and  Francis 
^'oung,  all  ol  ])ri^>tol,  5  Aug.,  1765,  ^/.loo  :  o  :  o.      [1,  153.] 

In  the  name  of  (loci  Anu-n,  the  fourth  day  of  Ajiril  A.  1 ).  1766,  I 
lames  Wvman  of  Pownalborough  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman 
being  aged  ^:  infirm  of  body,  but  of  sound  mind,  after  commending  my 
Soul  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  ( iod,  ts:  my  body  to  the  Karth  to  de- 
cent burial,  do  make  this  mv  la.st  will  tV'  testament  iS:  dispose  of  my 
worldly  e:,tate  in  manner  following  That  is  to  say — 
Imps  1  gi\e  iS:  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Wife  Hethiah  one  Cow  &  all 
my  houshold  stuff  &  furniture,  besides  her  Dower  in  my  real  estate — 
Item,  I  give  to  my  Daughter  lllizabeth  McCausland  the  sum  of  Five 
shillings  to  be  i)aid  with  a  year  &  an  half  after  m\-  decease  by  Son  \\\\- 
liam  which  with  what  1  heretofore  gave  her  at  Marriage  or  since  is  in 
full  of  her  jiortion  of  my  estate — 

Item  I  gi\e  to  my  Daughter  Hethiah  Small  the  sum  of  fne  shillings  to 
be  ])aid  her  in  a  year  iS:  an  half  after  ray  decease  l)y  my  Son  ^\'illiam, 
which  with  what  I  heretofore  ga\e  her  at  Marriage  &  since  is  in  full  of 
her  portion  of  mv  estate — 

Item  I  gi\e  to  my  Daughter  Abigail  Bickford  the  sum  of  \\\^  shillings 
to  be  ])aid  her  by  my  Son  William  in  a  year&  an  half  after  my  decease, 
which  with  what  1  heretofore  ga\e  her  at  Marriage  Cv  since  is  in  full  of 
her  i)ortion  of  my  estate — 

Item  1  give  to  my  Daughter  Prudence  (ioodwin  the  sum  of  Fuurty 
shillings  to  be  i)aid  her  in  a  year  (S:  an  half  after  my  decease  l)y  my  son 
^\'illiam  which  with  what  1  gave  her  at  Marriage  M:  since  is  in  full  of 
her  portion  of  my  estate — 

Item  I  gi\e  to  mv  Daughter  I  )eli\er;ince  Call  the  sum  of  'Two  piounds 
Thirteen  shillings  &  Four  pence  to  be  paid  her  by  my  Son  William  in 
a  year  &  an  half  after  my  decease,  which  what  1  gave  her  at  Marriage 
\:  since  is  in  full  of  her  portion  of  m)-  estate — 

Item  I  give  to  my  Daughter  01i\e  (ioodwin  the  sum  of  Six  ])ounds 
Thirteen  shillings  <S:  four  pence  to  be  paid  htr  in  a  \ear  &  an  half  after 
my  decease  by  my  son  William  which  with  what  I  ga\  e  her  at  Marriage 
(S:  since  is  in  full  of  her  portion  of  my  estate — 

Item  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Molly  the  sum  of  Twenty  ])ountl.->  to  be 
]iaid  her  when  she  arrixes  at  the  age  of  l^ighteen  years  by  my  Son 
Daniel. 

Item  I  give  to  my  (irand  Daughter  Flannah  Daughter  of  my  son 
lames  deceased  the  sum  of  five  shillings  to  be  paid  her  by  m\'  son  W  il- 
liam  in  a  year  &  an  half  after  my  decease — 


36  LINCOLN   I'R()r..Vli;  RIXOKDS. 

Jtcm  I  give  &  devise  to  ray  son  Daniel  his  heirs  Ov  assiyii;-,  lorcxcr 
my  half  of  the  land  &  real  estate  at  liowdoinham  in  said  County  of 
IJncoln,  which  was  conveyetl  to  me  &  my  son  William  by  Deed  by 
Agreen  Crabtree,  the  whole  being  about  Fourty  acres,  also  Twenty 
acres  of  I, and  on  the  northerly  part  of  my  Land  on  Swan  Island  in  said 
I'ownalborough,  at  the  ^Vest  Km\  of  the  Mighty  acres  of  Land  Lazarus 
Noble  lived  upon,  he  the  said  Daniel  paying  the  said  Legacy  of  'Lwenly 
l^ouuds  to  my  Daughter  Molly  as  aforementioned — 
Item,  All  the  rest- i!v:  residue  of  my  estate  real  &  personal  upon  said 
Swan  Island,  in  s'd  I'ownalborough,  &  at  Falmouth  in  the  County  of 
Cumberland,  or  wheresoever  else  lying  situate  or  being,  of  what  name 
or  nature  soever  1  give  ^:  devise  to  my  son  ^Villian^  his  heirs  «!\:  assigns 
forever  he  the  said  William  i^aying  all  my  debts  &  funeral  Charges,  iV- 
all  the  TvCgacies  herein  severally  given  to  my  Daughters  excei)t  said 
Twenty  pound  Legacy  he  also  upon  demand  making  executing  &  de- 
li\ering  to  my  son  Daniel  &  his  heirs  a  good  &  sufficient  deed  in  the 
Law  of  all  the  i'^state  right  title  &  Interest  which  he  the  said  \\'illiam 
shall  then  have  in  (.\:  to  the  the  said  half  of  said  Fourty  acres  of  Land 
at  said  Bowdoinham  herein  devised  to  the  said  Daniel 
Lastly  I  appoint  my  son  AVilliam  Fxec'r  of  this  my  ^Vill — In  witness 
whereof  I  have  hereto  set  my  hand  &  seal  the  day  first  aforewritten — 

Memo,  the  words  (my)   (with)   (\Villiam)   ((S:  his  heirs)   were  inter- 
lined before  sign'g  &c 
signed  sealed  published  iJv:, 
declared  by  the  said  James 

the  Testator  to  be  his  last  James  WVman      (Seal) 

^Vill  &  testament  in  pre- 
sence of 

W'm  Cushing 

Abiel  Lovejoy 

Samuel  Reed 

Probated  23  Ap.,  1766.  [I,  154.]  Abiel  Lovejoy  and  Obadinh 
Call,  sureties. 

Samuel  Ilarnden,  late  of  Woolwich.  Mary  Llarnden,  widow,  and 
Samuel  Harnden,  both  of  ^\'ool\vich,  Adm'rs,  19  Aug.,  1768.  [I,  155.] 
Abraham  Preble  and  Joseph  Preble,  sureties.  Inventory  by  .Aaron 
Hinkley,  John  Stinson  and  l)a\id  Cilmor,  17  Nov.,  176S.      [I,  229.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen 
The  Second  Day  of  July,  1767.     I  Morgan  McCaffry  of  the  'i'own  of 


LINCOLN  PRORATE  RECORDS.  37 

Bristol,  husbandman,  being  very  Sick  and  weak  in  Body,  But  of  perfect 
mind  and  Memory,  Thanks  be  (iiven  unto  (iod  : — 

Therefore  Calling  unto  mind  the  Mortality  of  my  l]ody,  and  Know- 
ing that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  Dye,  Do  make  and  ortlain 
this  my  Last  will  and  Testament,  That  is  to  Say 

Principally  and  first  of  all,  I  give  and  Recommend  my  Soul  into  the 
hands  of  (iod  that  (rave  it,  and  my  Body  I  Recommend  to  the  Earth, 
to  be  Buried  in  Decent  Christian  Burial  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Exe- 
cutor _;  Nothing  Doubling  but  at  the  General  Resurrection  I  shall  Re- 
ceive the  Same  by  the  Mighty  ]jower  of  God.  And  as  Touching  Such 
worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  Bless  me  in  this  Life 
I  Give  Demise  and  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the  following  manner  and 
form 

Imprimis  I  will  that  my  Instate  Both  personal  and  Real  be  Disposed 
of  after  my  Decease  according  to  the  Method  and  Discretion  of  my 
Executor  and  Executrix  as  they  Shall  think  most  Convenient  and  that 
my  Just  Debts  should  be  paid  to  my  Creditors  out  of  the  Same. 
Item  I  gi\e  to  my  well  Beloved  wife  Ann  McCaffry  one  Third  of  the 
whole  of  my  Estate  after  it  shall  be  Disposed  of  as  before  mentioned 
for  her  sole  and  proper  use  to  be  Raised  and  Levied  out  of  my  Estate 
Item,  and  whatever  Else  shall  Remain  of  my  Said  Estate  after  it  be 
Disposed  of  in  manner  aforesaid  I  Give  to  my  Children  To  W  my  Sons 
James,  John,  my  Daughters,  Frances,  Jane,  Mary  &  Margarett 
I  Do  hereby  utterly  Dissalow,  revoke  and  Disannul!  all  and  every  other 
former  Testaments,  Avills  Legacies,  by  me  in  any  wayes  before  named 
Ratyfying  and  Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last  will  and 
Testament.  I-ikewise  I  make  Constitute  and  ordain  James  Little  of 
New  Castle  to  be  my  Executor  and  Ann  McCaffry  my  Ikdoved  wife  to 
be  my  Executrix  to  this  my  Last  will  and  'lestament  \\\  whittness 
whereof  I  have  hereunto  Sett  my  hand  and  Seal  The  Day  and  Year 
above  written 

Signed  Sealed  published  pronounced 
and  Declared  by  the  Said  Morgan  McCaffry 
as  his  Last  will  and  Testament  in  the  presence 
of  us  the  Subscribers  Morgan  McCaffry     (Seal) 

David  Drowne 

Patr'k  Rodgers 

John  Mcfarland 

Probated  15  June,  1768.     [I,  156.] 

Ann  McCiffrv  :ind  J;imes   Little  disclaimed  executorship   21   Aug., 


3<S  LINCOLN"  PROr.AlI-:  RKCORDR. 

1767.  [I,  156.]  Joseph  Hcnshaw,  of  P)Ostnn,  and  Kobctl  .■^iiroul,  01 
Piristot,  Adni'rs  anii  7'<s/ti/iicnfii  ainnwu',  14  June,  1  76.S.  [1.  157.] 
l\.ol)ert  Sproul.  William  Uurns  ami  William  McClain,  suielie-s.  Inxt-n- 
tory  In' Alfxandcr  Nickf is,  Samuel  lioydand  Alexander  l-'osset,  all  01 
liristol,  8  Dec,  1768,  /■t83:o:2.  [1,  208.]  Alexander  Nickels 
and  Samuel  li'iyd.  both  01'  liristol,  commissioners  to  examine  claims, 
1  :;   lune,   1  76S.      [1,  209.]      Accoiml  filed  27    Xi)\'.,    1770.      [I,    210.] 

joint  I  ,ouis  (";;\alear,  late  ot  rownallxjroug'a.  Mary  C'a\alear.  ol' 
Boston,  widow,  Adm'x,  28  ( )ct.,  1768.  [I,  157.]  l<udol])h  I'red- 
erick  (ieyer  and  Christian  l'"raiickl'ort,  l)oth  of  ilo.-,ton,  sureties,  in- 
ventory Ijy  Charles  ("ushinsj;,  I'Vancis  Kittal  and  John  Stein,  all  of 
Pownaiborougli,  26  Jmie,  1  770,  X '  ^"'  ■  '  .■>  •  4-      [''  -'4-  I 

Ral])h  Chapman,  late  of  I'ownalhorough.  I'rudence  Chapman,  of 
I'ownalborougli,  widow,  Adm'x,  26  1  )ec.,  1768.  [I,  158.]  Samuel 
(ioodwin,  Jr.,  and  l^dnnmd  Bridge,  sureties.  Inventory  lyv  Samuel 
Kraerson,  Richard  Ridder  and  l']dnumd  iiridge,  26  Jan.,  1769,  ^558: 
17  :  3'-'-      [U  -<'4-]      Account  filed  24  Mav,  1771.      [I,  207.] 

Thomas  I'atridge,  late  of  Bristol.  .Alexander  Nickels,  of  Bristol. 
.\dm'r,  10  Jan.,  1766.  [f,  158.]  .Mexander  McCdathry  and  C'harles 
Cushing,  sureties.  Insentory  l)y  John  M(  I-'arland,  I'atrii  k  Rodgers  and 
Alexander  McCilathry,  28  Sep.,  1769,  ^i  1:6:  8.      [I,  169.] 

Robert  Mctdathrv,  late  of  I!rist()L  .Alexander  .McClathry,  of  Bristol. 
.\ihn'r,  10  Jan.,  1769.  [I,  158.]  Alexander  Nickels  and  Charle.^ 
Cushing,  sureties.  Inventory  by  .Alexander  Nickels,  Patrick  Rodgers 
and  John  McFarhmd,  all  of  Bristol,  2_:;  Alar.,  i  769,  ^^69  :  8  :  o.  [1. 
190.]  .Account  filed  i  Mar.,  1770.  [I,  190.]  William  Mc(dathry, 
of  IJristol,  guardian  unto  .Margaret  and  Sarah,  minor  daughters,  1  l'"eb., 
1774.      [11.  170.] 

Samuel  1  lodge,  late  of  Newcastle.  Henry  Hodge,  of  .Newcastle, 
.\dm'r,  ijjjan.,  1769.  [1,  159.]  ln\  ent  )ry  bv  John  Nb.Near,  James 
Cargill  and  benjamin  W'oodbridge,  all  of  Newcastle,  2^,  Jan..  1769, 
/^,2 1  jt,  :  j^  :  () .  [1,  170.]  .\rthur  Noble,  of  a  place  called  W'alpole, 
and  Samuel  Nickels,  of  Newcastle,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[1,267.]      Account  filed  20  Oct.,  1774.      [1,268.] 

("harles  Peissner,  late  of  Broad  \\i\\.  Mary  Peissner,  of  I'.road  Pa\. 
widow,  .\dm'x,  22  l''eb.,  1769.  [1,  159.]  Inventory  by  John  Martin, 
Jun.,  John  rimerand  .Mathias  Rameley,  27  i'eb.,  '  769,  _/'34^^3  :  16:  i, 
Ultl  'i'enor.      [1,  192-3.] 


LINCOLN  I'ROJUTF.  RICCORl  )S.  39 

Jacob  Hcarsy,  late  of  Pownalborough.  John  Andrews,  of  I'ownal- 
borough,  Adni'r,  24  l''eb.,  1769.  [1,  160.]  John  McCiOwn  and 
(ieorge  Goud,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Mc(io\vn,  George  Goud 
and  I'>hnund  Uridge,  all  of  Pownal borough,  19  Mar.,  1770,  £,^'l  :  7  : 
8.  [I,  19S.]  Charles  Gushing  and  Samuel  Goodwin,  both  of  I'own- 
alborough,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  27  Aug.,  1769.    [I,  231.] 

I'hili])  Rominger,  late  of  IJroad  Bay.  Caleb  Howard,  of  Broad  Bay, 
A(bn'r,  3  Mar.,  1769.  [T,  160.]  George  Dalheim  and  Michael  Sides, 
sureties.  In\cntory  by  (leorge  Dalheim,  Michael  Sides  and  Mathias 
Kemely,  all  of  Pkoad  Bay,  30  Mar.,  1769,  ;£S9-  •  5  ■  o,  Old  'J'enor. 
[1,  184.]      Account  filed  9  Mav,  1760.      [I,  185.] 

In  the  Name  of  (iOI),  Amen 
1  William  Watson  of  a  place  called  St  (ieorges  in  tlie  County  of  Lincoln 
and  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New-lCngland  yeoman.  Being 
Sick  and  ^\'eak  of  Body,  but  of  perfect  Mind  and  Memory,  Thanks  be 
given  to  God  therefor  calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body  and 
knowing  that  it  is  appointed  unto  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  gi\e  and  reccommend  my  Soul  into  the  Hand  of  Almighty 
God  that  gave  it,  and  my  Body  I  reccommend  to  the  Earth  to  be 
buried  in  decent  Christian  Burial  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors 
nothing  Doubting  but  at  the  general  Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the 
Same  again  by  the  Mighty  Bower  of  God.  And  as  touching  such 
worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  life, 
1  give  demise  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  Manner  and 
l''()rm 

Jiiipriiiiis  1  give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  well  belo\ed  Son  A\'illiam 
Watson  the  full  two  third  parts  of  all  my  Lands  and  Real  Estate 
namely  the  westerly  part  of  my  Farm  to  be  divided  by  a  Strait  Line 
from  St  Georges  River  to  the  opposite  Line,  together  with  all  m\'  yv\- 
sonal,  or  mo\abIe  ICstale  of  what  name  or  nature  soever 
llcvn  I  give  unto  my  well  beloved  Son  James  Watson  one  third  part 
ol  my  Real  Instate  namely  the  Easterly  ])art  of  my  said  Farm  to  be 
<li\ided  in  manner  aforesaid,  but  if  my  said  Son  James  shall  not  in  his 
own  jiroper  person  come  and  settle  on  the  said  Lands  and  improve  the 
same,  then  my  will  is  that  the  aforesaid  one  third  i)art  of  the  I,and  be 
equally  divided  between  my  Sons  David,  (S:  Matthew,  or  to  the  longest 
li\cr  of  tliem  if  either  of  them  shall  Die  without  Children 
item     I  gi\e  unto  my  well  beloved  Son   Da\  id  A\atson  one   Voke  of 


40  I.IXCOI.N   rROI'.AIF.  KKl'DRDS. 

Oxen  and  one  Cow,  to  be  delivered  unto  him  in  one  year  after  my  de- 
cease or  when  he  shall  arrive  ^t  the  a'j,c  of  twenty  &  one  years,  he  to 
])e  suitably  instru*  led  in  Readlinsj;  writinj^  and  Cyi)hering  suitable  for  a 
person  of  his  Station  to  be  le\  ied  and  ])aid  for  out  of  the  whole  of  my 
Estate 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  well  beloved  Son  Matthew  Watson  one  \'oke  of 
Oxen  and  one  Cow  to  be  delivered  unto  him  in  one  year  alter  my  de- 
cease or  when  he  shall  arrive  at  the  Age  of  twenty  and  one  years  he 
also  to  be  instructed  in  Reading  writing  iS:  Cyphering  suitable  for  a 
person  of  his  Station  to  be  levied  and  jjaid  lor  6nt  of  the  whole  of  my 
Estate 

Item.  I  give  unto  mv  well  belo\ed  Daughters  namely  jane  iJbbee, 
Margaret  Robinson,  and  J^lizabeth  \\'atson  iV  to  each  of  them  a  ]>ible 
each  to  be  delivered  in  one  year  after  my  decease  to  be  levied  and 
\)cLu\  out  of  my  whoh-  P'stale  which  together  with  what  they  ha\e  al- 
ready ha<l  is  their  full  portion  out  of  my  Estate 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  (irandson  John  Watson  son  of  my  son  lohn 
Watson  deceased  one  ^  (>ke  of  Oxen,  in  one  \ear  after  my  decease  or 
when  he  shall  arri\e  at  the  Age  of  twenty  and  one  years  if  he  shall  live 
thereunto,  to  be  levied  out  of  my  whole  Ivstate 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  (irandSon  Jeremiah  Core  son  of  my  1  )aughter 
Mary  Core  deceased,  one  Cow,  in  one  year  after  my  Decease  or  when 
he  shall  arrive  at  the  age  of  twenty  c^'  one  years,  if  he  shall  li\e  so  long 
to  be  levied  out  of  tlie  whole  of  my  Estate.  My  lurther  will  is  con- 
cerning my  Sons  David  <S:  Matthew  that  they  l)e  instrmted  in  the  Art 
of  making  Sh(jes 

And  I  do  constitute  make  and  f)rdain  David  l-'ales  I'.siir  Joseph  l\.f)b- 
inson  &  Samuel  Creighton  (lentlemen  all  of  St  Ceorges  aforesaid  to  be 
the  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  'J'estament.  And  I  do  herein' 
utterly  disallow,  re\oke  and  disanu.ul  all  and  e\ery  other  former  Testa- 
ments, Wills,  Eegacies,  l)et|uests,  and  iOxecutors,  by  me  in  any  ways 
before-named  willed  and  Iletpieathed,  ratifying  and  confirming  this  and 
no  other  to  be  m\-  last  Will  and  'I'estament.  In  \\itne>s  whereof  I 
have  hereunto  set  my  Hand  and  Seal,  this  twentieth  Day  of  Xo\ember 
in  the  eighth  year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Sovereign  Lord  {".ef)rge  the  third 
K]ng  ^c  J ////<»///<■  /),>//////>  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundreil  and  Sixty 
Seven 

Wilhn  \\'al-,on      (Se;il) 
Signed,  Sealed,  ])ublished,  pronounced 

and  declared  bv  the  said  Willi.nu 


LINCOLN  I'Kor.A'l  K   RI;cmi.;i  >S.  4I 

AVatson  io  be  liis  last,  Will,  & 

Testament,  in  pr-^sence  of  us 

who  have  hereunto  sTil)-,cril)e(l 

our  Names 

Jonathan  Nuttin*; 

Mason  \M"i('aton 

John  Mcrarter 

Probated  8  Feb.,  1769.      [T,  161-2.] 

Joseph  Robinson  and  SanviU'l  Creighton  disclaimed  executorship  8 
1  eb.,  1769.  [1,  163-3]  Inventory  b}'  Mason  W'heaton,  John  Mc- 
Carter  and  Alexander  Lermond,  all  of  St  (ieorges,  16  Feb.,  1769, 
;£\()i  :  13  :  6.      [I,  186.] 

In  the  Name  of  Crod  Amen 

This  is  the  will  and  testement  of  Me  the  Subscriber  Tames  Patterson 
of  Pownalboro  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Peing  of  sound  mind  &  per- 
fect Reason 

Item      I  Give  I\fy  .Soul  to  all   mighty  God  from  whome  I   Received  it 
and  My  Rody  to  the  ICarth  to  be   Deasently  Buried   in  sure  &  Cerf^in 
Floops  of  a  Glorious  Reserrection  to  life  Eatearnell 
Item     1  Give  unto  My  Dear  beloved  wife   Margrett   Patterson  all  my 
whole  Eastepte  Reall  &  personal!  after  My  lawful   Debts  are  paid  and 
my  funera  1  Charges  paid  and  my  three  Children  \  iz  two  sons  &  one 
Daughter  is  to  be  Hansomly  Hrough  up  to  Lawful!  age  out  of  my  Eas- 
tate  and  allso  to  pay  to  My  son  William  ten  pounds  lawful!   iro;:y  and 
to  my  Daughter  Abigil'  ten  pound--  Lawful!  money  &  allso  to  my  .son 
James  Howard  Patterson  ten  pounds  I,awfull  mony  out  of  my  Easteate 
as  the  Come  of  Lawful!  Age   to  l)e  paid  to  them  by  my  !)eloved  v»ife 
Margrett  whome  I  hereby  p^ake  &  orda"n  My  Soul   l'>xecutrix  to  this 
my  Last  will  &  testement  maid  this  sixth  Day  of  Mav  1764 
.Signed  Sealled  Sealed  &  Dellv'd 
In  presents  of  James  Patterson      (Seal) 

Mary  Br}ant 

James  Howard 

Jona.  Bryant 

Prol)aled  12  \\).,   1769.      [I,  163-4.] 

In  the  Name  of  (iod  amen  the  twelth  day  of  January  An/io  Domini 
I  769  I  James  Work  of  'I'opsham  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman  be- 
ing very  sick  and  weak  in  Ijody  but  of  perfect  mind  and  Memory, 
thanks  be  given  unto  God, — therefore  Calling  to  mi  ml  the  Mortality  of 


42  I.INIOI.X  I'ROIIA'rK  RIXORDS. 

My  l)(Mly  and  that  it  is  appointed  unto  all  Men  <>n>  c  m  i\\v,  dn  nuike 
:^•^v[  ordain  this  ^^y  Last  Will  and  testament,  that  is  to  say,  ])rin(ii)ally 
and  first  of  all  1  (live  and  recommend  m\'  soul  into  the  hands  of  (lod 
that  gave  it;  and  my  body  I  rei-ommend  to  the  Ivirth  to  he  buried  in 
decent  Christian  burial  at  the  discretion  of  my  Kxecutor  nothing  dou])t- 
ing  iMit  at  the  General  Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by 
tile  .Mighty  i)o\ver  of  (iod.  and  as  touching  such  worldly  Instate  where 
with  it  hath  pleased  (Iod  h)  bless  me  in  this  Life  I  (Jive  demise  and 
dispose  of  the  same  in  die  following  manner  and  form — 
Imprimis  I  give  and  beipieath  to  Margret  my  dearly  beloved  Wife  all 
my  household  furniture  with  the  one  half  of  .\[y  (Jattle  and  Sheep  (lv\- 
cept,  one  Cow  and  Calf,  asid  five  Shee])  out  of  her  half  which  I  gi\e  to 
my  son  William  or  is  hereafter  Mentioned)  to  be  at  her  disposal  for- 
ever, as  also  one  third  of  all  My  Lands  with  one  third  of  My  House 
and  liarn  with  one  half  of  all  My  farming  tools  during  her  n;itrual  Life 
Item  1  give  to  my  well  beloved  son  lObenezer  Work  whom  1  likewise 
Constitute  make  and  ordain  my  sole  Kxecutor  of  this  my  Last  Will  and 
testament  all  and  singular  My  Lands  .Meas-.ui^gs  and  tenements  by  Idm 
freely  to  be  disposed  of  (after  my  said  wife.;  desease)  the  two  thirds  of 
which  to  be  freely  ]) ossessjd  and  lajoyed  l)y  him  during  her  life  to- 
geather  with  the  one  half  of  all  My  (.'attle  and  sheep  with  one  half  of 
all  my  farming  tooles 

item  I  give  to  my  well  belo\ed  son  William  Work  one  Cow  and  Calf 
and  five  sheep 

Item  1  give  to  my  well  l)eloved  Daughter  Janne  Dunlop  ten  shillings 
to  be  paid  her  out  of  my  iv-itate  by  my  Ivxecutor  within  twelve  Months 
after  my  Death 

Item  I  give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  I'dizebath  Orr  ten  shillings 
to  be  ])aid  to  her  out  of  mv  Instate  bv  mv  said  ]v\eculor  within  twehe 
Montlis  after  my  Death 

And  1  do  herel)y  utterly  disalow  revok  and  tlisannul  all  and  e\  ry 
other  former  'I'estament  Wills  Legacies  and  bequests  and  l-Accutors  by 
Me  in  any  ways  before  named  willed  and  beipieadu'd  Rallifying'  and 
Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  My  Last  Will  and  testauieut  In 
witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  day  ami 
year  first  abo\e  written 
Signed  sealed  ])ublished 

l)roiiounce<l  and  declared  by  his 

the  saitl  James  Work  as  his  James  ()    Wmk      (Seal) 

Last  Will  and  testament  Mark 


LIXCOI.N  PROIiATE  RECORDS.  43 

in   the  presents  of  us  the 
subscribers 

William  Thorne 

Prince  Rose 

Willliam  'Ihorne  Junior 

Probated  12  Ap.,  1769.      [T,  164.] 

In  the  Name  of  (lod  Amen,  on  the  31st  Day  of  March  in  the  Vear 
of  our  Lord  1767  1  John  Reed  of  Booth  bay  in  the  County  of  Lincoln 
and  Province  of  Massachusetts-bay  in  New  England,  being  very  sick 
and  weak  in  body,  but  of  perfect  mind  and  memory,  calling  to  mind 
the  Mortality  of  my  nature  and  expecting  soon  to  go  the  way  of  all  liv- 
ing do,  with  deliberation,  and  of  my  own  free  Choice,  make  and  or- 
flain  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  that  is  to  say 

first  of  all  1  commit  my  Soul  unto  God  thro'  the  hands  of  m)' 
only  Advocate,  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  on  whose  perfect  righteousness 
alone  I  depend  for  Justification,  thro  that  everlasting  Covenant  of 
Grace  which  I  desire  to  die  embracing  as  the  only  ]jlan  of  my  redemp- 
tion ;  and  my  body  to  the  dust  to  be  interred,  with  decent  Christian 
burial  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executors  :  hoping  to  receive  the  same 
again  at  the  resurrection  of  the  Just :  and  touching  the  Family  and 
worldly  substance  with  which  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this 
life,  I  dispose  of  them  in  the  manner  following. 

Item  Secondly  I  do  constitute  and  appoint  my  trusty  friends  the  Re\d 
John  Murray  Mr  Robert  Murray  and  Mr  David  Reed  all  of  Boothbay 
to  be  the  Kxecutors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  testament  and  Guardians 
of  my  beloved  Wife  and  all  my  Children  until  they  shall  legally  choose 
other  Guardians  for  themselves  ;  and  I  do  authorize  them  to  o\ersee, 
direct,  and  dispose  of  my  said  family  as  faithful  Cniardians,  in  such  a 
manner,  in  all  their  affairs,  as  shall  appear  to  them,  in  their  best  Judg- 
ment, to  be  most  for  the  advantage  of  my  said  family. 
Item  Thirdly  I  do  especially  require  my  said  Kxecutors  to  take  care 
that  all  my  children  be  educated  in  the  fear  of  (iod,  in  the  Protestant 
reformed  Religion,  agreeable  to  the  Westminster  Confession  of  Faith 
and  Catechisms,  according  to  their  Circumstances  in  life,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  my  Estate. 

Item     fourthly  I  ordain   that  all    my  Debts  shall   be  paid  out  of  my 
whole  estate  ; 

Item     fifthly  I  allow  my  whole  estate  to  be  kept  undivided  until  my 
eldest  son  Andrew  arri\e  at  years  of  maturit),  or  until  such  time  as  a 


.14  I.INX'OI.N   I'Ror.ATK   KllCdRDS. 

niaJDritv  of  niv  said  ICxccutors  shall  think  a  (li\ision  necessary  or  ex- 
IK-dicnt  :  until  then  it  sliall  be  improveil  by  my  Widow  and  Children, 
(or  such  of  them  as  shall  be  thought  fittest  by  my  Ivxecutors,)  for  the 
benefit  of  the  whijje,  and  shall  be  liable  to  i)ay  all  the  debts  justly  con- 
tracted for  the  education  or  Maintainance  of  my  children  until  they  ar- 
rive at  the  years  of  maturity  ;  and  1  ordain  that  if  they  or  any  of  them 
shall  be  charged  as  debtors  to  my  ICstate  for  their  needful  maintainance 
of  food  and  raiment  until  their  arrival  at  said  mature  age,  then  my  said 
estate  shall  be  liable  to  i)ay  to  such  child  or  children  for  his,  hers,  or 
their  service,  work,  or  labour  before  said  age  such  wages  as  shall  be 
judged  right,  by  my  said  Executors  with  three  other  Judicious  men 
cliosen  by  consent  of  my  widow  &  such  child  or  children  ;  which  six 
shall  also  determine  what  shall  be  paid  to  the  wht)le  estate  for  such 
provision. 

Item  1  ordain  that  whenever  a  di\ision  shall  be  agreed  on,  my  belov- 
ed wife  shall  have  over  and  above  her  share,  one  yoke  of  steers  given 
oii  the  whole  :  and  then  all  my  moveable  goods  and  chatties  shall  be 
e<|ua]ly  divided  among  ,t  all  my  dear  children  ; 

Item  whereas,  at  the  death  of  my  hon'd  Mother,  there  will  fall  to  me 
an  efiual  share  with  her  other  Children,  out  of  her  estate,  I  ordain  that 
it  be  ecjually  dixided  as  my  other  goods. 

Item  seventhly  I  ordain  that  my  real  estate,  inclosed  within  my  fence, 
bounded  by  Mr  Sloss'es,  Mr  McCulloch's,  and  Rev'd  Mr  Murray's  lots 
be,  at  the  discretion  of  my  said  ICxecutors,  divided  into  e(iual  shares 
amongst  my  Children  as  my  other  goods ;  Andrew  to  have  his  share 
next  to  Campbell's  p  )nd,  John  to  have  his  share  next  to  him,  and  so 
my  other  children,  my  Dear  Wife  to  ha\e  that  part  next  the  sliore  with 
the  house  (S:c  in  hers  :  and  if  with  the  consent  of  my  said  Mxeculors, 
they  or  any  of  them  shall  choose  to  sell  their  shares,  then  I  do  ordain 
that  my  Son  Andrew  shall  have  the  first  right  of  i)urchase  of  all  such 
shares  as  shall  be  sold,  my  Son  John  the  next,  my  Son  Henry  thi;  next, 
my  Son  David  the  next  right  and  then  my  Daughters  according  to  their 
age,  and  I  do  hereby  ratifie  and  confirm  this  as  my  last  Will  and  testa- 
ment the  day  and  time  first  above  written  mark 
Signed  sealed  published  jironounced  John  O  Reed  (Seal) 
and  declared  by  John  Keed  to  be 
his  last  Will  in  the  ])re.-.ence  of 

Andw  McFarland 

Samuel  Adams 

William  Reed 


lib 


I.IXCOI.N    I'RDP.ATE  RF.OIRDS.  45 

Probated  14  June,  1769.      [I,  165-6.] 
Inventory  l>y  Andrew   McFarland  and  Edward  Emerson,  of  Booth- 
bav,  and  Thomas   Boyd,  of  Bristol,   24   Mar.,    1770,  ^55:6:8.      [I, 
^43-] 

Andrew  Willard,  late  of  Broad  Bay.  (Jeorge  Uemuth,  of  Broad  Bay, 
Adm'r,  14  June,  1769.  [I,  167.]  John  Warner  and  Peter  Bracht, 
sureties.  Christopher  Kline,  of  Broad  Bay,  guardian  unto  Margaret, 
minor  daughter,  5  June,  1770.  [I,  182.]  Inventory  by  John  Ploet- 
tenheim,  John  Warner  and  Joanne  Peter  Broest,  all  of  Broad  Bay,  15 
June,  1769,  /J^82  :  12:9.  [I,  187.]  Aecount  filed  15  June,  1770. 
"[I,  188.] 

(tawen  ^^'ilson,  late  of  Falmouth.  Jeremiah  Bote,  of  Falmouth, 
Adm'r.  26  Sep.,  1769.  [I,  167.]  Stephen  Longfellow  and  James 
McCobb,  sureties.  Inventories  :  personal  estate  by  Noah  Michell,  Daniel 
.Merit  and  Moses  Wostar,  all  of  Pleasant  River,  2  May,  1769,  £^22: 
TO  :  5^-2  ;  real  estate  in  Berwick,  York  County,  by  Peter  Morrell,  Jedi- 
diah  Morrell  and  Nathan  Lord,  4  Oct.,  1771,  ^^,15  ;  real  estate  in  Fal- 
mouth by  William  Bucknam,  Nathaniel  Carll  and  Benjamin  Ingersoll, 
all  of  F^almouth,  i  June,  1770,  ^216.      [Unrecorded] 

Hugh  Wilson,  late  of  Topsham.  I^lizabeth  Wilson,  of  Topsham, 
widow,  Adm'x,  30  Aug.,  1769.  [I,  173.]  Thomas  Willson  and  .Sam- 
uel \^^ilson,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas  A\'ilson,  Robert  Cower  and 
Actor  Patten,  all  of  Topsham,  3  Oct.,  1769,  ^-£^649  :  11  :  o.  [I,  191.] 
Account  of  Elizabeth  ^^'eymouth,  Adm'x,  9  Mar.,  1787.  [Ill,  137  and 
245.]  Samuel  Thomps;)n,  of  Brunswick,  guardian  unto  William,  minor 
son,  17  Sep.,  1787.      [Ill,  160.] 

Henry  Little,  late  of  Newcastle.  James  Little,  of  Newcastle,  Adm'r, 
25  Ap.,  1769.  [I,  174.]  Alexander  Campbell  and  Edmund  Lieson, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  Alexander  Campbell 
and  James  Cargill,  12  July,  1769.      [I,  196.] 

Lochran  McLean,  late  of  Penobscot.  Hugh  McLean,  of  Milton, 
Adm'r,  30  June,  1769.  [I,  176.]  Richard  Codman  and  John  Kent, 
both  of  Falmouth,  sureties. 

In  the  nam  of  God  Amen  this  tenth  Day  of  November  Anno  Dom- 
nic  one  thousand  saven  Houndred  and  sixty  nine  and  \\\  the  tenth  year 
of  his  majsteys  Rign  I  William  Stinson  of  (leorgetown  within  the 
County  Lincoln  and  Province  of  the  Masscutsset  Bay  In  NewEngland 
yeoman  Beanig  much  Indisposed  In  Boodey  But  of  Parfet  mind  and 


46  ll\(o|\    I'Koi;\TI-    RKCOKDS. 

mcmorcy  thanks  be  to  Ciod  for  His  Cloodncss  to  me  Calling  to  mind 
tlie  frealety  of  my  Hodey  and  knowing  that  It  Is  apointed  for  for  all 
men  to  die  do  mak  this  my  I,ast  will  and  'I'estment  that  Is  to  Say  I'rin- 
sably  and  In  the  first  Plaes  I  Cive  and  IJequeth  my  Soul  to  Clod  that 
Gave  It  and  my  I>odey  I  Recomend  to  the  Karth  tobe  Buried  InaCristen 
and  Deesent  manar  at  the  Discration  of  my  of  my  Ivxecutors  nothing 
Doubting  Hut  1  Shall  Rec  It  agean  at  ye  Genarell  Resurection  By  the 
Infinet  Powr  of  God  and  as  to  such  wordley  Goods  and  l'>steat  as  God 
heas  Bestoed  on  me  In  this  wordal  I  Give  Demise  and  DisjKjse  of  In 
the  fowling  maner  and  foram  ///////w/V  1  Give  and  IJequath  to  my 
Beloved  Dughter  Sarah  five  Shillings  Itam  I  Beciueth  to  my  Belov- 
ed Daughter  Jean  n\e  Shillings  and  Six  Sheepe 

latem  1  Becpialh  to  my  Bel()\ed  l)>ighter  Margrat  one  yok  of  young 
oxon  of  threa  years  old  and  fi\x'  Shillings 

Itam  I  r>e(|uath  to  my  Beloved  Daughtar  Marcy  Six  Shillings  and  Six 
Sheepe  latem  I  r)e(|uath  to  my  Bloved  Son  John  Stinson  on  Sarten 
track  or  pe'^rsell  of  1  .and  on  Arowsick  Island  Butted  and  Bounded  as 
folloeth  viz  villes  march  on  the  west  on  the  South  By  Lott  No'r  nin- 
teen  .S:  on  the  I'.st  by  the  l>ack  Riverr  Jkaing  i)art  of  Lott  nomber 
twintey  twintey  on  i\:  l.ott  nobr  twintey  two  now  In  his  Posetion  I  fur- 
der  Give  unto  my  Son  John  another  Sarten  track  or  Parsell  of  Land 
Bounded  as  folloeth  viz  Bouned  on  the  i'^st  ])y  villes  march  on  the 
South  By  Lot  noumber  ninteen  on  the  north  P.y  Lott  nombr  twentey 
one  Runing  west  towards  K-^nabek  Riser  as  far  as  the  Senter  of  the 
Crreat  Lage  on  the  Last  Side  of  the  fresh  water  pond  on  Arowsick  Is- 
land the  above  money  P>equethed  to  Be  paxnl  In  Six  months  after  my 
Desses  Item  I  P)efiueth  -.mto  my  lieloved  Son  James  Stinson  one 
milch  Cow  and  Six  pv)nnds  Six  and  l'",ghl  Lawfull  money  to  pe  payd  to 
him  out  of  my  l''.steat  thai  I  Becpieth  to  my  Son  William  Stinson 
Itam  I  Becjuath  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Ann  twintey  Six  pounds 
thirteen  Shilhns  and  Lght  Penc  Lawfull  money  to  be  payd  unto  hir  in 
three  years  from  the  Day  of  my  Bmell  out  of  my  Ivsteat  that  I  Leave 
to  my  Son  William  Stinson  Item  1  Leave  and  Be(pialh  to  my  Bel  n'- 
ed  wife  Klizeabeth  Stins jn  on  half  of  all  my  Chatels  anl  all  my  Sheepe 
not  dis]iosed  of  Refor  Lickwise  all  my  houshold  furniter  my  I>eeds 
and  Beiden  ham  1  Beciuealh  lo  my  Beloved  St)n  John  Stinson  on 
Lott  of  march  at  a  pli.-s  Called  Bokers  point  In  the  Bak  River  on 
Arowsick  Islanil  which  Lott  of  March  Blongs  to  Lott  numbr  twintey 
of   uj)  Land  un  said  Island     Itam     I    Beiiueth  to  my    Beloved    Son 


T.IXrotX  PRtiP.AlK  KiriiRps.  4y 

William  Slins')n  all  all  the  Remcandcr  of  of  my  Rcall  and  per- 
soiiall  Ivsteat  on  aRr.viick  lilanl  not  Di.spjse  I  of  Before  v\/.  my  la- 
trist  In  three  Lotts  of  Laivl  upland  vi./  Lot  No  twintey  twintey  one  (\: 
Iwintey  two  with  on  Lott  of  march  at  Bokers  pjint  In  the  Back  River 
Beaing  the  westermost  1-ott  of  f"o  Laieng  ther  &  one  half  Lott  of 
march  In  the  mill  Creek  with  on  half  of  my  Chatels  not  l)iS|Wsed  of 
r>efor  to  him  his  hairs  and  assigns  forLver  as  a  Esteat  of  Inherintenc 
I  Beciuath  and  (rive  unto  my  said  Son  William  my  fishing  Sconcr  now 
Laieng  In  Kenbeck  River  It  furder  Is  my  will  and  plesuer  that  my 
Seaid  Son  William  Stinson  i)ay  may  Daughter  Ann  the  above  twintey 
Six  poimds  thirteen  Shillings  8d  willed  to  her  as  above  out  of  my  Esteat 
Left  to  him  and  all  the  Depts  that  I  ow  It  Is  my  furder  will  and  Ples- 
uer that  my  Sead  Son  William  Stinson  and  my  Brother  John  Stinson 
ICsq  whom  I  apoint  and  ordean  my  Sole  l^^xecutors  (jf  this  my  Last  will 
and  testment  and  I  do  hearbey  Disanule  and  Revok  all  former  wills  and 
tistments  or  Bequathments  By  me  In  Eneys  ways  mead  By  me  Before 
this  Raetifieing  and  Confirming  thi ;  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last  will 
and  testmint  In  witness  whereof  I  have  Sett  my  hand  and  Sell  this  tinlh 
Day  of  November  .!////(>  Domiiia  on  thousand  Saven  hundred  and  Six- 
tey  nine  and  In  the  tenth  \-ear  of  his  majsteys  Rign 

William  Stinscjn      (Sea!) 

Charles  Snipe 

James  Drummond 

William  Sullivan 
the  fifth  sixth  seventh  and  part  of  the   l'>ght   Lines  In   the   Scon;l  page 
was  Rased  Befor  Singen  anil  Selling  this  will 

Lincohi  Sis  Georgetown  Novmber  lo  1769  William  Stinson  acknowlidg 
this  his  Last  will  and  Testment  to  be  his  ack  and  Deed  l!efore  me 
John  Stinson  Justies  Peaes- 

Probated  8  Aug.,  1770.      [I.  177-S.] 

Inventory  by  Charles  Snipe,  Daniel  Mcfaden  and  James  Dru:nmjnd, 
Jr.,  all  of  Georgetown,  29  Oct.,  1770,  £^\^  :  7  :  4-      [^  213.] 

Amos  Pinkham.  late  of  P>ristoI.  William  MoClain,  of  Bristol,  .\dm'r. 
13  Sep.,  1769.  [I,  179-]  William  Martin  and  Jacob  Dockendorff. 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Williaai  Martin,  Jacob  Ducken  lorff  an  1  d'h om- 
as    Johnston,    all  of    Bristol.    5    Ap.,    1770,    ^98:3:10.      [I,    189.] 

Samuel  Davis,  late  of  a  place  called  Freetown.  Moses  Da\-is.  oi 
Newbury  Port,  Adm'r,  20  June,  1769.  [I,  176.]  Nathan  Gove  and 
Samuel  Goodwin,  sureties. 


48  i.i\((»i,\  I'RuiiAri:  Ki:(.oKi)s. 

Thomas  I'crrin,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Malhias  Siniih,  of 'risbnry, 
Adm'r,  14  Aug.,  1769.  [I.  iSo.]  Samuel  (roodwin  aud  Sauiucl 
(joodwin,  Jr.,  sureties  I  nwntory  by  Samuel  (i<.)od\vin.  Robert  'I'wy- 
cross  and  William  Silvester,  21  Aug..  1769,^173  :  16  :  i  :  o.  [I,  193- 
5.]  Charles  Cashing  and  R  )b'>rt  I'wycrjss,  c;jmmissioners  to  examine 
claims.      [111,3.]      Accouni  filed  .May,   1773.      [HI.  4.] 

Moses  Crele,  late  of  the  River  Kennebeck.  Moses  (irele,  residing 
at  the  River  Kennebeck.  .Adm'r,  12  May,  1769.  [I.  180.]  Roger 
Chase  and  Mathew  Chase,  snreiies. 

Phili[)  Ciill,  lile  of  l\nviiall).)rongh.  John  Call,  of  Pownalborougli, 
.\dm'r,  18  -Vug.,  1769.  [1.  rSi.J  Inventory  by  Samuel  (loodwin, 
Robert  Twycross  and  Madiias  Smith,  24  .Aug.,  1770,  /J'264  :  5  :  2. 
[I,  224.]      .Account  filed  12   Feb.,  1772.      [I,  232.] 

In  the  Name  of  Cod  .Amen  The  twenty  I'-ight  day  of  Ocr  one  thous- 
and Seven  Hundred  &  Sixty  Six  I  Joseph  Y(.)ung  of  Po\vnalb:.)rough  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  <Jt  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  bay  in  New 
England  Yeoman  Weak  in  l)odv  but  of  Perfect  mind  &  memory  tlianks 
be  given  unto  Cod  therefore  Calling  unto  mind  the  Mortality  of  my 
Body  and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  al!  .Men  once  to  die  do  make 
and  Ordain  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  that  is  to  Say  Principaly 
and  first  of  all  I  Cive  and  Recomend  my  S  )ul  into  the  Hands  of  Cod 
that  gave  it  &  as  for  my  P>  )dy  I  Recjuicuid  it  to  the  Erth  to  Buried  in 
a  Christian  like  iv:  hecent  Manner  at  the  Discration  of  my  Executors 
nothing  Doubting  but  at  the  (ieneral  Resurection  I  shall  Recive  the 
same  again  by  the  Mighty  Power  of  Cod — .And  as  touching  such  World- 
ly goods  &  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  Pleased  Cod  to  Ijless  me  in  this 
life  I  (live  Devise  and  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the  following  Manner 
and  form — 

Impriiniis  1  make  C(jnslilule  ^:  Ordain  my  Sons  Isaac  tS:  Joshua 
Young  Executors  of  this  my  last  will  i\:  'I'eslament  which  I  Confirm  «.^ 
no  r)thcr 

2ly  I  give  and  beipieath  unto  my  l^ldest  son  Josejih  Young  of  h'd 
P>)wn;ill)  )r;)U  di  all  th  it  tract  of  \,\\\\  in  s'd  Fo^vn  that  he  hath  njw  in 
Posation  whare  he  n.r.v  lives 

3ly     I  give  and  Devi.se  unto  Isaac  <5v:  Joshua  \'oung  my  Sons  <S:  l-^xccu- 
tors  as  afore.sai  1  all  the  R.'m lining  Part  A  my  Ian  1    in    Pownalborough 
aforesaid  to  be  Equally  Divided  betwixt  them  after  my  Disccse 
4ly     I  giv'^  and  Devise  unto  Thomas  Young  Son  of  my  Son  Thomas 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  49 

Young  late  of  Pownalboroiigh  Dcc's'd  twenty  Shillings  to  be  Paid  out 
of  my  Personal  Estate  by  my  Executors  &  as  to  the  Rest  of  my  Per- 
sonal Estate  I  give  &  Devise  unto  my  two  Daughters  Viz  Sarah  Hol- 
brook  the  Wife  of  Rich'd  Holbrook  &  Anna  Pearce  the  Wife  of  John 
Perce  both  of  the  Town  aforesaid  to  be  Equally  Divided  betwixt  them 
In  Witness  Whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  Seal  the  day  & 
Year  above  Written 
Witnes  Present 
Jona.  Williamson 

Lucy  Silvester  Joseph  Young     (Seal) 

Jane  Silvester 

Probated  13  June,  1770.      [I,  181.] 

Jacques  pjugnon,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Charles  Gushing,  of  Pown- 
alborough,  Adm'r,  i  June,  1769.  [1,183.]  Edmund  Britlge  and 
James  Flagg,  sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Flagg,  Robert  Twycross  and 
Edmund  Britlge  3  June,  1769,  ^^251  :o  :  5.  [1, 184.]  Account  filed  10 
Nov.,  1774.  [1,271.]  Division  of  real  estate  by  Philip  Theobald, 
William  Lewis  and  Asa  Dinsmore,  all  of  Pownalborough,  22  Dec,  1788  : 
dower  to  Margaret  ,wife  of  Michael  Stilfinn,  and  late  widow  of  deceased  ; 
remainder  to  James,  only  son,  by  consent  of  Margread,  Jane  and  Sus- 
anna, daughters.     Order  regarding  same,  24  Dec,  1789.      [IV,   98   to 

lOI.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen — The  Twenty  seventh  Day  of  April  A. 
D.  One  thousand  seven  hundred  and  sixty  seven,  I  Daniel  Goud  of 
Pownalborough  in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  yeoman,  being  of  perfect 
mind  and  Memory,  &  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  to  all  men  once  to 
die  &  thinking  it  my  Duty  to  set  my  house  in  Order,  before  that  awful 
last  hour  overtakes  me,  do  hereby  make  and  ordain  my  Last  Will  and 
Testament;  that  is  to  say,  principally  and  first  of  all  I  commend  my 
Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  that  gave  it,  trusting  in  the  Merits  of  his 
Dear  Son  My  Lord  and  Saviour,  for  the  pardon  of  all  my  Sins  and  Ac- 
ceptance with  him — My  Body  I  commit  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  at 
the  Discretion  of  my  Executor,  nothing  doubting  but  that  I  shall  receive  '"'^'S 
the  same  by  the  mighty  power  of  God  at  the  General  Resurrection- 
And  as  to  my  worldly  E^state  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  tr  l-i'viss 
me  in  this  Life,  I  give,  devise  and  dispose  of  in  manner  and  form  fol- 
lowing that  is  to  say 

/////>s     I  give  to  my  Daughter  Elizabeth  Clanccy   the  snm  of  six   shil- 
lings to  be  paid  her  in  one  year  after  my  Decease  which,  with  what  I 

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50  I.TNCOLN  PKOHATE  RECORDS. 

gave  her  in  my  Life  Time  is  in  full  of  her  portion  of  my  Estate 
Item     I  give  to  my  Daughter  Susannah  Carney  the  sum  of  six  siiillings 
which  with  what  I  gave  her  in  my  Life  Time  is  in  full  of  her  ]»v)rtion 
of  my  Estate 

lastly  All  the  Rest  and  Residue  of  my  Estate  Real,  i)erson- 
al  or  mixed,  wheresoever  the  same  is,  I  give  and  devise  to  my  Son 
George  Goud,  to  hold  to  him,  antl  his  heirs  forever,  he  the  said  George 
paying  to  my  two  Daughters  aforesaid  the  said  sum  of  six  shillings  a- 
piece,  also  he  paying  all  my  Just  Debts  and  funeral  Charges. 

And  I  do  hereby  constitute  and  appoint  my  said  Son  George  Goud 
sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  revoking  and  dis- 
annulling all  other  and  former  Testaments  by  me  heretofore  made  ; 
declaring  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will  &  Testament — 

In  ^Vitness  whereof  I  the  said  Daniel  Goud  do  hereto  set  my  hand  & 
seal  the  Day  &  year  aforewritten. 

Signed,  Sealed  &  Deliver' d,  Daniel  Goud      (Seal) 

&  declared  by  the  said 

Testator  to  be  his  last  , 

Will  &  Testament  in  presence  of 

Chas.  Gushing 

Mary  Nye 

Jona.  Bowman 

Probated  12  Ap.,  1769.  [I,  196-7.] 
Inventory  by  Samuel  Emerson,  Richard  Kidder  and  George  Lilly, 
all  of  Pownalborough,  7  Ap.,  1770,  ^31  :  16:4.      [I,  198.] 

John  Shaw,  late  of  Georgetown.  Ellisha  Shaw,  of  Georgetown, 
Adm'r,  28  Jan.,  1771.  [I,  200.]  John  Shaw  and  Ebenezer  Hovey, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Isaiah  Crooker,  John  Shaw  and  Ebenezer 
Hovey,  all  of  Georgetown,  9  May,  1771.     [I,  215.] 

John  Lermond,  late  of  Bristol.  Alexander  Lermond,  of  St.  Georges, 
Adm'r,  27  Sep.,  1770.  [I,  200.]  Moses  Copeland  and  Bryan  Ryan, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Brown,  of  Newcastle,  and  William  Jones 
and  James  Huston,  both  of  Bristol,  2  Dec.,  1770.      [I,  212.] 

Robert  Wiley,  late  of  Boothbay.  Martha  Wiley,  of  Boothbay, 
w^t^biy'j  Adm'x,  26  Sep.,  1770.  [I,  201.]  John  Wiley  and  Thomas 
Boyd,  V^refies.  Inventory  by  Israel  Davis  and  Andrew  McFarland, 
both  of  Bodtihbay,  and  Thomas  Hodgdon,  of  Jerremy  Island,  1 8  Ap.,  1772, 
^307:  8:  9;^,  [I,  236.]  Account  filed,  9  June,  1772.  [I,  237.] 
David  Reed,   l5v."7.abeth    Reed    and   Joseph    Reed,    all    of    Boothbay, 


LIN'COLN  PROBATE  RF.CORDS.  5  I 

grandchildren,  chose  Joseph  Reed,  of  Boothbay,  to  be  their  guardian, 
25  Oct.,  1792.  Division  of  estate  by  Henry  Hunter,  of  Bristol,  John 
Borland  and  William  McCobb,  both  of  Boothbay,  21  Oct.,  1794,  in 
which  the  heirs  named  were  Robart,  son  of  Neal  ^Vylie,  Easther,  wife 
of  Abijah  Kenney,  Jane,  wife  of  Joseph  Lewis.  Robart  Wylie,  the  heirs 
of  Samuel  ^^'ylie,  Mary  Reed,  the  children  of  Joseph  Reed,  Martha, 
wife  of  David  Reed,  the  heirs  of  William  Wylie,  Alexander  Wylie,  John 
\Vylie,  Katharine,  wife  of  Thomas  Boyd.      [Unrecorded.] 

Robert  Dunlap,  late  of  Topsham.  John  Dunlap,  of  Topsham, 
Adm'r,  29  Ap.,  1771.  [I,  201.]  Ebenezer  Work  and  Robert  Dun- 
lap, sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas  Wilson,  Prince  Rose  and  John 
Merrill,  all  of  Topsham,  10  May,  1771,^246:  12:  7.  [I,  214.] 
Account  filed  10  Mar.,  1773.  [I,  247.]  Return  of  i)artition  of  real 
estate  by  Thomas  Wilson,  John  Merrill  and  Prince  Rose,  all  of  Top- 
sham, 31  Mar.,  1773,  mentions  Mary  Dunlap,  widow  of  deceased,  John 
Dunlap,  Margaret  Potter  and  jane  Eaton,  children  of  deceased.      [H, 

Andrew  Reed,  late  of  Boothbay.  David  Reed,  of  Boothbay,  x\dm'r, 
4  June,  1 77 1.  [1,  203.]  William  Reed  and  John  Stinson,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  John  Stinson,  of  Georgetown,  Israel  Davis,  of  Boothbay, 
and  Thomas  Hodgdon,  of  a  place  called  Jerymisquam,  28  Sep.,  1773, 
^149  :  9  :   4-      [11,  I4-] 

David  Patterson,  Jr.,  late  of  St.  Georges.  Nancy  Patterson,  of  St. 
Georges,  widow,  Adm'x,  6  Ap.,  1771.  [I,  203.]  David  Patterson, 
Alexander  Lermond  and  William  James,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Alex- 
ander Lermond,  Samuel  Creighton  and  William  Watson,  all  of  St. 
Georges,  27  May,  1771,  ^115  :  9  :  S^^.  [I,  22S.]  Benjamin  Pack- 
ard, of  St.  Georges,  guardian  of  David,  minor  son,  30  Sep.,  1776. 
[II,  72.]  David  P'ales  and  Mason  Wheaton,  both  of  St.  Georges, 
commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [HI,  31.]  Benjamin  Packard,  of 
St.  Georges,  Adm'r  ^/d' (^(>';//i' //(^/z,  23  Sep.,  1776.  [HI,  31.]  Moses - 
Copeland,  of  St.  Georges,  and  Jacob  Eichorn,  of  Waldoborough,  sure- 
ties.    Account  filed  24   Sep.,  1776.      [HI,    ^,2.'] 

6> 

John  Brewer,  of   Boothbay,    minor    son    of   James    Brewer,   la*^ 

Boothbav,  chose  Israel  Davis,  of   Boothbay,  to  be  his  guard-'^n 

"  -,  .nah  Bryant, 

■"'■      [''-'^S-]  ^      David  Reed 

John    Barker,    Jr.,    late    of  Pownalborough.     Sl'J.^]^^J.  N^jjie    of  a 
Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,   26  Feb.,  1771.      'ai-,,1  David  Reed 


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52  LINCOLN  PROHATK  RECORDS. 

Bridge  and  Samuel  (loodwin,  Jr.,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Edmund 
Bridge  and  Richard  Kidder,  botli  of  Pownalborough,  i  May,  1 7  7 1 , 
^10:  II  :  o.      [I,  231.] 

Westbrook  Berry,  late  of  Mechias.  John  Crocker,  of  IMechias, 
Adm'r,  23  Sep.,  1771.  [I,  227.]  Jonatlmn  Longfellow  and  Nathan- 
iel Sinkler,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Japhet  Hill,  Joseph  Libbee  and 
William  Curtis,  all  of  Mechias,  17  Sep.,  i772,;^io2  :  2  :  9.  [I,  247.] 
Jonathan  Longfellow  and  Nathaniel  Sinkler,  commissioners  to  examine 
claims.  [I,  248.]  Distribution  ordered  i  Oct.,  1774.  Account 
filed  30  Sep.,  1774.     [I,  263.] 

George  High,  of  a  place  called  Broadbay,  guardian  unto  Lehn  Wcl- 
ler,  minor  daughter  of  Andrew  Weller,  31  May,  1771.     [I,  227.] 

John  All,  late  of  Boothbay.  Samuel  McCobb,  of  Boothbay,  Adm'r, 
24  Sep.,  1 77 1.  [I,  233.]  Israel  Davis  and  John  Murray,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Jeremiah  Beath,  Thomas  Boyd  and  William  Fuller,  all  of 
Boothbay,  8  Oct.,  1771,  ;^770  :  16:9.  William  McCobb  and  Andrew 
McFarland,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.     [I,  253.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  the  twenty  ninth  day  of  July  17  71  I 
Charles  Robartson  of  Topsham  &c  yeoman  being  sick  and  Weak  of 
Body,  but  of  perfect  mind  &  memory,  thanks  be  given  to  God  for  it : 
therefore  Calling  unto  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body  and  Knowing 
that  it  is  appointed  unto  all  men  once  to  dye,  do  make  and  ordain  this 
my  last  will  and  testament  that  is  to  say  princijialy  and  first  of  all  I 
give  &  recomend  my  soul  into  the  Hands  of  God  who  gave  it ;  and  my 
Body  I  recomend  to  the  Earth  to  be  Buried  in  decent  Christian  burial 
at  the  discretion  of  my  Executrix  nothing  Doubting  but  at  the  general 
Resurection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  power  of 
God  :  and  as  touching  such  worldly  F^state  wherewith  it  hath  pleased 
God  to  bless  me  in  this  life  I  give,  demise  and  dispose  of  the  same  in 
the  following  manner  and  form 

Imprimis  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Martha  my  Dearly  beloved  wife  one 
yoak  of  my  best  oxen,  one  Cow,  all  my  sheep  togeather  with  all  my 
Houshold  Goods,  debts,  and  moveable  effects  whom  I  likewise  Consti- 
tute, ^J^.ake  &  ordain  my  sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testa- 
ment      ^el 

Item     I  gii^.ba^   'py  beloved  grandson  William  Robartson    (only  son  to 
my  Eldest  son  vfi^  im  Robartson  decess'd)  one  Cow  at  my  Deces 
Item     I  give  to  my  beloved   Daughter  Elezebath  Savage  one  Cow  to 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  53 

be  delivered  at  my  Deceass 

Item     I    give    to    my    beloved   Daughter    Mary  Stinson  one  yoak  of 
young  Oxen  to  be  delivered  at  my  Decease 

Item     I  give  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Jane  Stinson  four  pounds  Law- 
full  Money  at  my  Decease 

Item  I  give  to  my  yongest  son  David  Robartson  ten  shillings 
Item  I  give  to  my  youngest  Daughter  Charity  Robartson  thirteen 
pounds  six  shillings  &  Eight  pence  and  likewise  one  Colt  two  years  old, 
&  one  Case  of  Draws  and  one  Cow  to  be  paid  her  when  she  shall 
arive  at  the  age  of  Eighteen  years,  or  on  her  Mariage  day.  and  I  do 
hereby  utterly  disalow,  revok  and  disannul  all  and  every  other  former 
testaments  Wills  legacies  and  bequestes  and  Executors  by  me  in  any 
ways  before  named,  willed  and  bequeathed,  Ratifying  and  Confirming 
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  first 
above  written 

Signed  sealed  published,  pronounced 
and  Declared  by  the  said  Charles 
Robartson  as  his  Last  will  and 
testament  in  the  presents  of  us 
the  subscribers  his 

Aaron  Hinkley  Charles  X  Robartson 

Ezra  Randall  Mark 

Joseph  Foster 

Joseph  Randall 

Probated  23  Jan.,  1772.      [I,  233-4.] 

Joseph  Decker,  late  of  a  place  called  Jerrymisquam  Island.  John 
Decker,  Jr.,  of  Pownalborough,  Adm'r,  26  Aug.,  1772.  [I,  234.] 
Joseph  Decker  and  Samuel  Goodwin,  Jr.,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Thomas  Rice,  Jonathan  Williamson  and  Michael  Sevey,  17  Sep-, 
1772,^245:  3:  3.  [I,  272.]  Account  filed  28  Oct.,  1773.  [II, 
2.] 

John  Burton,  late  of  St.  Georges.  Benjamin  Burton,  of  St.  Georges, 
Adm'r,  10  June,  1772.  [I,  235.]  Joseph  North  and  William  Young, 
sureties. 

Nathaniel  Bryant,  late    of    Newcastle,  shipwright      Hannah  Bryant, 

'Newcastle,  widow,  Adm'x,  20  Aug.,  1772.      [I,  235.]      David  Reed 

amuel  Goodwin,  Jr.,  sureties.     Inventory  by  Arthur  Noble,  of  a 

./:e  called  Walpole,  Samuel  Nickels,  of  Newcastle,  and  David  Reed, 


54  T.IXCOT.N  PROIUTF.  RECORDS. 

of  Boothbay,  S  St']-).,  1772,  £.'i()(^S'-  ^1 '■  ?>■  [I.  245.]  Inventory 
by  Abijah  While  and  John  Cushing,  Jr.,  of  Scituale,  and  I'eleg 
Rogers,  of  Marshfuld,  of  real  estate  in  Plymouth  County,  28 
Mar.,  1774,  ^29:  19:  4.  [II,  G3.]  Account  filed  15  Oct.,  1777. 
[II.  63.]  Jeremiah  I'arker,  of  I'arnstabie,  guardian  to  Patience  and 
Hannah,  minor  daughti'rs,  and  Nathaniel,  minor  son,  25  Oct.,  1776. 
[II,  So-i .]  List  01'  sundry  articles  omitted  from  inventory,  ^100  :  5  :  2. 
[11,98.]  (iuardian's  account  filed  4  Oct.,  1  786.  [111,178-9.]  Di- 
vision of  realestatel)y  Arthur  Noble  and  Jesse  Flint,  both  of  a  place  called 
Wal]:)ole,  and  John  l'"arley,  of  Newcastle,  13  June,  1787.  [\',  4  to  6.] 
Account  of  guardian  of  Hannah  15arker  Ikyant  filed  29  Ap.,  1794, 
and  aj^jteal  from  decree  of  allowance  thereof  by  I'lnos  Clap,  of  Hal- 
lowell,  and  Hannah  Parker  Cla]),  his  wife,  26  May,  1794.  [^^  244  to 
246.]  Account  of  guardian  of  Patience  Bryant  filed  29  Ap.,  1794, 
and  a])peal  from  decree  of  allowance  thereof  by  William  Waters,  of 
Newcastle,  husband  of  Patience,  19  May,  1794.     [^^  246  to  248.] 

Nathaniel  Webb,  late  of  Woolwich.  Jane  Webb,  of  Woolwich, 
widow,  .Adm'x,  2  .Sep.,  1772.  [I,  237.]  loseph  Wade  and  Joshua 
Bailey,  sureties.  ln\entorv  by  Joseph  Wade,  Samuel  Harnden  and 
David  (iilmore,  Jr.,  all  of  Woo'wich,  13  Oct.,  1772.  [II,  29-30.] 
Account  filed  15  Jan.,  1777.  [II,  72.]  Israel  Smith,  guardian  of 
Sarah  and  Lydia,  minor  daughters,  and  Luther,  minor  son.  [II,  72  to 
74.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  18  June,  1781,  by  Jose])h  Wade,  Jonathan 
Fuller  and  Thomas  Snell.  all  of  Woolwich.      [HI,  231.] 

In  the  name  of  Ciod  Amen.  This  13th  day  of  August  .\.  D.  1768, 
I  Zaccheus  Beal  of  Bowdoinham  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman, 
being  Sensible  of  my  own  mortality,  but  being  of  sound  mind,  after 
commending  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  (iod,  &  my  body  to 
the  Farth  to  decent  burial,  do  hereby  make  this  my  last  will  &  testa- 
ment &  therein  disjiose  of  my  worldly  estate  in  manner  following,  that 
is  to  say. 

Imprimis,  I  give  be<|uealh  &  devise  to  my  beloved  Wiie  .Mary  the 
use  &  improvement  of  all  my  Fstale  real  &  personal  situate  or  being 
in  said  Bowdoinham,  or  IClsewhere,  during  her  natural  life,  Saving  a 
right  &  priviledge  to  my  I  )aughters  .Abigail  and  llleanor,  severally  of 
living  in  my  dwelling  house  during  the  times  they  shall  severally  remain 
unmarried  with  their   Mother 

Item  At  my  said  Wife's  decease  &  when  her  said  Use  ^:  im])r()\e- 
ment  expires  in  my   ilstate,   I   give  cV  devise   to    my    said    Daughters 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  55 

Abigail  &  Eleanor  their  heirs  &  Assigns  forever  Five  acres  of  Land  in 
the  Front  of  my  Land  in  Bowdoinham  where  I  dwell,  said  Five  acres 
to  be  next  x\bbagadasset  river,  &  to  be  divided  from  the  rest  of  my 
Land  there,  by  a  back  line  running  across  My  Land  at  right  angles 
with  the  side  lines  thereof  &  all  the  buildings  upon  said  Five  acres  of 
Land,  equally  to  be  divided  between  them,  also  I  give  them  severally 
the  priviledge  aforementioned  of  living  with  their  mother  as  afore  ex- 
pressed— Also  I  give  them  each  one  Third  part  of  my  personal  Estate 
forever  after  my  Wife's  use  therein  ceases,  &  the  remaining  Third  part 
of  said  personal  Estate  I  give  them  after  said  Use  expires,  the  use  of, 
during  the  joint  Lives  of  my  Daughter  Dorcas  &  her  husband  David 
Wilson 

Item,  In  Case  said  Dorcas  survives  her  said  husband  I  give  her  for- 
ever the  said  remaining  Third  part  of  said  personal  Estate  to  take 
effect  at  &  after  the  decease  of  both  my  said  Wife  &  said  David  &  not 
before  also  I  give  her  said  Dorcas  the  sum  of  Five  shillings  to  be  paid 
her  by  my  Executrix  in  six  months  after  ray  Decease,  but  if  said  Dor- 
cas should  not  survive  her  said  husband  I  give  said  Abigail  &  Eleanor 
said  remaining  Third  part  of  the  personal  Estate  forever  equally  to  be 
divided. 

Item  I  give  &  devise  to  my  Three  Sons  Zaccheus  Josiah  &  Joshua, 
all  the  rest  &  residue  of  my  real  Estate  in  said  Bowdoinham  &  Else- 
where except  said  Five  acres  &  said  buildings  to  them  their  heirs  «& 
assigns  forever  after  my  said  Wife's  L^se  therein  expires 

Lastly,  I  appoint  my  said  Wife  Executrix  of  this  my  Will.  In  Wit- 
ness whereof  I  hereto  set  my  hand  &  seal  the  day  first  herein  afore- 
written, 

IVIemo.  ye  Words,  "all"  "heirs"  "forever"  "Estate"  were  interlin'd 
before  Signing  &c 

Signed,  sealed  &  Declar'd  by  s'd  Zaccheus  to  be  his 
last  Will  &  Testam't.     In  presence  of 

Wm.  Gushing  Zacheus  Beal     (seal) 

David  Bailey 

Nathaniel  Bailey 

Probated  i6  Sep.,   1772.      [I,  238-  239  &  251.] 

In  the  name  of  God  amen  this  tenth  day  of  September  ^^ ;/;/<?  Do/ji- 
iiii  1771,  I  Samuell  Denny  of  Georgetown  within  tlie  Gotuity  of  Lincoln 
in  New  Ingland  Esqr  being  weak  in  body,  but  of  sound  minde  and 
memory  through  mercy  do  make  this  my  larst  will  and  testament  in 


56  LINCOLN  PROHATF.  RECORDS. 

manner  folowing  viz  in  the  first  and  chief  plase  I  give  and  biqueth  my 
preiious  and  ^mortal  soul  into  the  hand  of  that  (iod  who  gave  it  me 
praying  throw  the  merits  and  Intersession  of  the  glorious  Redemer  I 
may  Receive  the  sam  again  at  the  Resurrection  of  the  Just  into  Eter- 
nal I.ife  and  as  to  my  temporal  Intrest  1  gi\e  and  rlispose  of  the  same 
after  the  folowing  nianer 

Itum  I  gi\e  unto  my  loving  wife  Catherin  Denny  fower  good  milch 
cows  one  yoak  of  oxen  yoak  and  chain  ten  sheep  the  best  bed  under- 
bed  and  bedstead  together  with  an  l^qual  share  of  all  that  belong 
unto  beils  both  of  lining  and  wooling  with  the  rest  of  my  fether  beds 
that  may  be  in  my  hous  at  my  deseace  both  tor  quantity  and  quality 
the  looking  glars  willi  the  black  frame  tabcl  and  smorl  trunck  in  my 
Rome  in  the  grate  Rome  and  Elseware  the  chist  of  drawers  the  best 
tea  tabel  and  that  of  my  make  6  tea  cups  and  sarsers  i  teapot  i  Tea 
Kittel  shuger  dish  crom])ot  all  these  of  the  best  together  with  the  best 
tongs  shovel  and  bjlows  three  large  and  thre  smorl  silver  spons  six  best 
puter  plates  and  three  puter  dishes  six  best  I'^arthin  i)lat  fower  best 
candelsticks  the  belmettcl  and  brass  scilit  a  i)air  of  Iron  dogs  2  flat 
Irons  the  boxiron  and  2  heters  warming  \ra.n  toster  the  grate  bibel 
2  bras  chafendishes  one  large  and  one  smorl  spining  wheale  2  puter 
basins  .^  puter  poringers  3  brkfas  basins  3  wine  glarsses  2  bekers 
2  bowls  all  the  provision  that  may  be  in  the  hous  of  meal  pork 
bief  flower  butter  chese  talu  candels  molases  shuger  cofey  tea  rise 
spises  chocolet  corn  and  other  grain  together  with  all  the  woole 
yarn  flax  lining  or  wooling  not  made  up  sope  tabellining  all  the 
tia  ware  all  the  dairey  vessels  pails  tubs  and  barels  hay  in  the  barn 
1  spade  I  how  i  ax  the  silver  can  6  comon  jniter  ])lats  as  also  what 
:.ime  I  may  have  in  Ebenescr  Kelly  by  Indentor  together  with  the  sute 
of  curtains 

The  above  mentioned  artacels  and  Every  of  them  I  give  unto  my  said 
wife  for  hir  to  use  or  dispose  of  according  unto  to  hir  own  will  and 
plesure  and  not  to  be  accountable  to  any  furthermore  for  and  towards 
hir  comfortable  support  during  hir  natural  Life  I  give  the  use  and  Im- 
provement of  my  now  dwelling  hous  with  all  the  other  buildings  con- 
tigus  together  with  the  land  and  marsh  to  the  southward  of  the  stone 
worl  nere  the  metingdious  and  the  hither  dam  which  Includ  Lotts  No. 
4)  5>  *^j  7  together  with  what  Lantl  I  own  on  borld  head  and  the  marsh 
to  the  south"-ard  of  Newtown  bay  and  crick  and  night  pasture  for  said 
cows  and  oxen  in  that  |)asturc  betwen  the  road  and  the  marsh  to  be 
imjiroved  by  hir  living  on  the  plase  and  not  by  a  tennant  together  with 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  5  J 

a  Right  to  cut  firewood  ':^n  other  of  my  land  on  Arrowsick  Hand  and 
that  on  the  Easterd  side  of  the  country  road  and  that  for  hir  own  fire 
only  and  to  be  burnt  on  the  premises  together  with  the  use  and  im- 
provement of  tobias  and  Susanah  two  of  my  negros  she  maintaining 
of  them  in  sickness  and  helth  together  with  the  crane  hooks  grate 
tongs  shovel  citchin  table  and  clock  all  the  Iron  holow  ware  and  all 
the  chairs  together  with  the  smorl  bras  Kittel  and  cofey  mill  with  the 
sum  of  tenn  pounds  Lawful  money  to  be  paid  out  my  other  Estate 
yearly  and  Every  year  during  her  natural  Life  and  to  be  paid  quarterly 
if  she  chuise  it  that  is  ^£2  :  10  :  o  per  quarter  the  use  of  the  pew  the 
the  word  ten  is  so  made  by  me  and  the  figurs  ^2  :  10  :  o  the  nesary 
charge  of  repairing  the  premises  from  time  to  time  to  be  done  at  the 
charge  of  other  of  my  Estate 

Itum  I  give  unto  my  son  by  law  John  White  all  all  my  appariel  that  I 
Ever  wore  both  of  Lining  and  wouling  the  Looking  glars  in  the  grate 
rom  the  desk  the  square  table  the  grate  trunck  and  grate  chist 

The  Residue  and  Remainder  of  all  my  Estate  both  Real  and  personal 
I  give  unto  my  Dear  and  only  Daughter  Rachal  McCobb  and  unto  hir 
Heirs  and  assigns  forever  and  I  do  hereby  constitute  and  appoint  my 
son  by  law  Samuell  McCobb  and  the  within  named  John  White  to  be 
my  Executors  to  this  my  Larst  will  and  testament 

In  witnis    whereof  I    hereunto    set    my    hand  and  seal  the  day  and 
year  above  written 
Signed  sealed  published 
pronounsed  and  declared 
by  the  said  Samuell  Denn)- 
to  be  his  larst  will  and 
testament  in  presants 
of  us 
Benjamin  Pattc'e  Junior 

Jeremiah  Tozer  Samuell  Denny     (seal) 

Elisabeth  Pattee 

be  it  Known  to  all  men  by  these  presants  that  whereas  I  Samuell 
Denny  of  Georgetown  within  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  province  of 
the  Masachusets  bay  in  Newingland  Esqr  have  made  and  declared  my 
Larst  will  and  testament  in  wrighting  baring  date  the  tenth  day  of 
September  1771  I  the  said  Samuell  Denny  by  this  presant  codicil  do 
ratify  and  confirm  my  said  larst  will  and  testament  and  do  will  and 
bequelh  unto  my  loving  wife  Cathrin  Denny  the  sum  of  Eight  pounds 
Lawful  money  in  addition  to  ten  pounds  given  unto  mv  said  will    and 


58  I.lNOn.N  PROnATF.  RKCORDS. 

to  be  paid  unto  hir  in  the  same  maner  as  is  prescribetl  in  said  will  for 

the  i)aynvjnt  of  the  said  ten  pounds  during    hir    natural    life    by    my 

residuary  legete  or  lv\eeutors  out  of   my  Instate   and  my  will  and  uK'n- 

ing  is  that  this  codacel  or  schdule  to  be  and  aiudged  to  be  part  and 

parscl  of    my  larst  will  and  testament  and  all  things  mentioned  and 

contained  in  this  codasel  to  be  faithful!)-  and   Irui-Iy  ]~ierformed   and  as 

fully  and  Irewly  jjerformed  and  as  fully  an<l  amply      In   Every  Respect 

as  if  the  same  ware  so  declared  and  set  down  in  my  said  larst  will  and 

and  Testament  in   witnis   whereof  I   ha\'e  set  my  hand   and  seal   this 

twenty  ninth  day  of  May  y/////^'  Do/niiii  1772   and  in  the  twelfth  year 

of  his  majestys  reign 

Signed  sealed  published  and  Heclared 

and  Declared  by  the  said  Samuell 

Denny  to  be  a  codasel  to  my  larst 

will  and  testament 

and  part  and  parsel 

of  the  sam  in 

presants  of  us  Samuell  i)enn\-      (seal) 

IJenja  Pattee  Junr. 

Jeremiah  Tozer 

Elisabeth.  Pattee 

Probated  17  June,  1772.      [T,  239  to  241.] 

Moses  Rogers,  late  of  a  place  called  Dyers  River.  Elisha  Rogers, 
of  Marblehead,  Adm'r,  i  Oct.,  1772.  [I,  241.]  William  Clifford  and 
Ebenezer  (iray,  sureties. 

In  the  Name  of  dod,  Amen.  I  Thomas  Killpatrick  of  a  place 
called  St  (ieorges  in  the  County  of  Eincoln  and  Province  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  in  New  I'.ngland  Gentleman  being  Sick  and  Weak  in 
Body,  but  of  perfect  Mind  &  Memory  Thanks  be  given  to  (iod  ;  call- 
ing to  Mind  the  Mortality  of  my  Body,  and  knowing  that  it  apjiointed 
for  all  Men  once  to  die  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  \\  ill  and 
Testament;  'J'hat  is  to  say,  principally  and  llrst  of  all,  1  gi\e  and 
recommend  my  Soul  into  the  Hand  of  Almighty  Cod  that  gave  it,  and 
my  Body  I  recommend  to  the  I'^arth  to  be  buried  in  decent  Christian 
Burial,  at  the  Discretion  of  my  t^xecutors ;  nothing  doubting  but  at 
the  general  Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty 
Power  of  (}od.  And  as  touching  such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  has 
jjleased  tiod  to  bless  me  in  this  Life  1  give,  demise,  and  dispose  of 
the  same  in  the  followim,^  Manner  and  Form 


LINCOLN  PRORATE  RECORDS.  59 

Iinpiiinis  I  give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Sister  l^lizabeth 
Killpatrick  all  my  Houtse  Hold  Furnature  of  what  name  or  nature 
(except  my  Bed  and   I'.edding) 

Item  I  give  unto  my  Cousin  James  McCordy  the  Sum  of  Six  Shill- 
ings and  Eight  Lawful  Money  to  be  paid  him  or  his  legal  Representa- 
tive in  one  year  after  my  decease 

Item  I  give  unto  my  Cousin  Elizabeth  Calderwood  the  Sum  of  Six 
Shillings  and  eight  ]:)ence  Lawful  Money  to  be  paid  to  her  or  her  legal 
Representative  in  one  year  after  my  decease 

Item  I  give  unto  my  Cousin  Martha  McCordy  the  Sum  of  twelve 
pounds  Lawful  Money  to  be  paid  her,  or  her  legal  Representative  in 
one  year  after  my  decease  ;  Or  the  Value  of  the  aforesaid  Sum  of 
twelve  pounds  to  be  flelivered  to  her  in  Cows  and  Sheep  at  the 
market  price 

Item     I  give  unto  Thomas  Shibles,  son  of  xVIy  Friend  John  Shibles,  my 
Bed  &  Bedding,  together  with  all  my  wearing  Apparel,  and  a  Gun. 
Item,     I  give  unto  Robert  Killpatrick  Shibles  (another  Son  of  the  said 
John  Shibles)  a  Gun. 

Itim  I  give  unto  John  Shil)les  junr  (another  Son  of  the  said  John 
Shibles)  a  Gun. 

And  lastly  I  give  unto  my  True  and  trusty  Friend  John  Shibles  of 
St  Georges  aforesaid  Yeoman,  whom  I  likewise  constitute  make  and 
ordain  the  Sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  VVill  and  Testament,  The 
whole  Remainder  of  my  Estate  both  Real,  personal  and  mixt  of  what 
name  or  nature  soever,  by  him  freely  to  be  possed  and  enjoyed,  he 
paying  my  just  Debts,  and  Funeral  Charges.  And  I  do  hereby  utterl)' 
disallow,  revoke  and  disannul  all  and  e\'ery  other  former  Testaments, 
Wills,  Legacies,  Bequests,  and  Executors,  by  me  in  any  ways  before- 
named,  willed,  and  bequeathed  ;  ratifying  and  confirming  this  and  no 
other  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Testament. 

In  Witness  wiiereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  Hand,  and  Seal,  this 
twenty  Second  Day  of  June  in  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  One  Thousand 
Seven  Hundred  and  Seventy  two 

Signed,  Sealed,  published, 

pronounced,  and  declared 

by  the  said  Thomas    ■  TIio.  Killpaliick      (seal) 

Killpatrick,  as  his  last 

U'ill  &  Testament,  in  the 

Presence  of  us 

Patrick  porterfield 


6o  LIXCOLX  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Jonathan  Spear 

J  )avi(l  Fales 

I'lobated  i6  Dec,  1772.  [I,  241-2.] 
Inventory  by  David  Fales,  Patrick  Porterfield  and  Alexander  Ler- 
mond,  all  of  St.  Georges,  1 1  Mar.,  1773,  ^£^38  :  9  :  6.      [II,  12.] 

In  the  Name  of  (lod  Amen.  I  Jonathan  Laiten  of  Newcastle  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  and  I'rovinc  of  the  Masecutis  Pay  in  Newegland 
Being  in  Perfict  helth  (Praised  be  (iod)  do  mack  this  My  Last  will 
and  testament  as  followth.  li)ipiiiiiis  I  Give  to  my  bloved  wife  Mary 
Laiten  fiftean  acors  of  Up  Land  and  Marsh  on  the  southerly  Part  of 
My  farm  with  one  half  of  the  I  )weling  hous  and  one  third  Part  of  the 
Barn  and  two  milce  kows  and  six  shep  with  one  third  Part  of  the  hous- 
hold  Goods  so  long  as  she  Contincus  My  widdow  and  no  Longer  <S:c 
Iteam  I  Give  to  My  son  John  Laiten  ten  Pounds  to  Be  pay'd  in  one 
year  After  My  deceas  By  My  Executor  Item  I  Give  to  My  son 
Moses  Laiten  Eight  Pounds —  Itiam.  I  (iive  to  My  son  Richard 
Laiten  thirty  Pounds.  Itiam  Itiam  I  Give  to  my  tlafter  Mary  three 
Pounds  to  Be  paid  in  two  \cars  after  My  deceas  Itiam  I  Give  to 
My  dafter  Martha  six  Pounds  and  I  give  to  My  dafter  Jean  se\en 
Pounds  &  to  My  dafter  Sarah  I  Give  six  Pounds  and  I  Give  to  My 
dafter  Rebecka  five  Pounds  in  fower  years  after  My  deceas  Itiam  I 
Give  to  My  dafter  Hannah  five  Pounds  to  Bee  Paid  in  five  years  after 
My  deceas  and  I  (iive  to  My  son  I'^zekiel  Laiten  whome  I  Mack  sole 
Executor  of  this  My  Last  will  and  testament  I  (iive  and  demise  and 
Bequeath  to  him  and  his  heirs  all  and  Evry  of  My  Messuages  Lands 
and  Parsonal  Estat  with  all  my  husbandderey  tols  Hereditament  what- 
soever and  wheirsoever  which  I  allso  Charge  with  the  Payment  of  all 
My  said  Legacis  and  honest  debts  and  Decont  Burail  :  in  witnes  wheir 
of  I  have  hereunto  seit  My  hand  and  seeal  the  15th  day  of  May  and  in 
the  year  of  Ower  Lord  1772  Seal'd  Published  and  Declare  by  the 
above  name(l  Jonathan  Laiten  for  and  as  his  Last  will  and  testament  in 
the  Presents  of  us 
witness  Joshua  fuller 

Jeremiah  Bran  Jonathan  Laiten     (seal) 

Nathanael  Chai)man 

Probated  7  Sep.,  1772.  [I,  243.] 
Inventory  by  James  Cargill,  Robert  Hodge  and  l)a\id  Hoj)kins,  all 
of  Newcastle,  2  Dec,  1772,  ^^471  :  13  :  6.      [I,  252.] 

Reuben  Pitcher,  late  of   Penobscott    River.      Thomas  Goldthwait,  of 


T.TXCOT.N  PROBATE  RF.CORPS.  6  I 

Fort  Pownall,  Adm'r,  7  June,  1773.  [I,  248.]  ^Villi;lm  (lardiner 
and  Moses  Copeland,  sureties.      [II,  214.] 

Jonathan  Winn,  late  of  Woolwich.  Joseph  Winn,  of  Wilmington, 
Adm'r,  20  Sep.,  1773.  [I,  249.]  Nathan  Weston  and  Francis  Ford, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Jonathan  Reed,  Samuel  Ford  and  John  Hath- 
orn,  all  of  Woolwich,  22  Sep.,   1773,  ^141  :  13  :  o.      [I,  255.] 

In  the  Name  of  Clod  Amen  The  Twenty  Seventh  Day  of  April  1772 
I  Sarrah  Mountgomray  of  the  'J'own  of  Booth  Bay  in  the  County  of 
Lincoln  and  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  New  England  Wedow 
being  very  sick  &  weak  in  Body  but  of  i)erfet  mind  and  memory 
Thanks  be  given  unto  God  Therefore  Caling  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  La'-t  will  and  Testament  That  is  to 
Say  first  of  all  I  Give  and  recommend  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  God 
That  gave  it  and  my  Body  I  Recomend  to  the  P2arth  To  be  buried 
in  a  desant  Christian  Burial  at  the  Discation  of  my  Executors  nothing 
doubting  but  at  the  Genral  Reserrection  I  shall  recive  the  same  again 
by  the  Mighty  powr  of  God  and  as  Touching  fuch  worldly  Estate 
wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless  me  with  in  this  Life  I  give 
demis  and  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the  following  mennor  and  form — 
Imprimis  I  ordain  Oarder  and  deract  that  all  the  Lawfull  Debts  I  ow 
or  stand  indebted  fur  Shall  be  punctuely  payead  to  my  respective 
Creditiors  out  of  my  Estate  and  the  Remender  if  any  be  to  be  Dis- 
posed of  as  follows — 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  belo\ed  Son  John  Mountgomray 
out  of  my  personal  Estate  Two  hefers  Three  years  okl  five  Sheep  & 
one  mear  one  Barrow  hog  one  Bed  &  clos  now  in  the  west  Chamber 
one  grat  whell  &  one  Small  wheP  one  pot  that  houlds  Two  pelfulls 
Four  Delf  pleats  &:  four  putter  pleats  one  per  of  andirns  one  Small 
Ovel  Table  Three  Cheers  with  Cloth  Baks  Two  putter  Dishes  P"y  great 
Bibel  &  Him  Book  &  all  the  Remender  of  my  Books  of  Devenitey  & 
all  my  farming  youTenchels — &  I  give  unto  my  grand  Daufter  Sarrah 
Mountgomray  Johns  Dafter  my  Tee  Kitel  one  per  of  flat  Irns  and  one 
pare  of  andirns  one  Tramel — 

Item  I  give  to  my  beloved  Son  Samul  Mountgomray  all  that  i)art  of 
my  Real  Estate  of  Land  that  Lays  between  his  Land  and  the  Linecans 
Land  be  it  more  or  Lese  only  the  wood  Cut  on  Said  Lan<ls  1  reser\e 
I  Likways  give  to  my  Son  Samul  a  note  of  hand  payeble  to  him  in  Six 
years  after  my  Deth  &  with  out  Intrest  Tel    Then   of  Thirteen  pound 


62  LINCOLN'  TROIiAIK.   RKl(  )KnS. 

Six&  Eight  pence  l.awfull  Money  and  uut  of  my  personal  Estate  I  give 
him  one  hefer  Two  years  okle  one  bed  iS:  one  ])ot  one  Shovel  &  Tongs 
four  Delfe  plats  tV'  four  putter  ])lats  Two  putter  platers  I  give  to  Samul 
the  ])lase  and  Spot  of  I. and  Caled  the  Sliep  yeardfor  the  Tarm  of  six 
years  after  my  Death  and  no  Eonger — 

Itim  i  gi\e  &  l)c<|nealh  to  my  belovecl  I  )al'ter  Anne  Murrev  my  I.umc 
and  all  the  Tackling  of  said  Lume  &  all  my  Parsonal  Estate  now  In 
my  house  not  yet  menchoned  in  the  above  &  within  writing  &  one 
Cow  of  Ride  cok^r  (!v  five  sheep  to  the  Care  use  of  her  Housban  by 
the  halfs  &  to  be  acountable  for  the  Same  &  one  yok  of  oxin  for  four 
years  to  the  Care  of  John  Murry  hir  housban  (S:  then  to  be  sold  &  the 
money  put  to  yous  iS:  to  be  in  the  Care  of  my  I'-xecutiors  for  her 
Cheklran 

Itim  I  gi\e  &  bequeath  to  my  beloxed  grandchild  Robart  Mount- 
gomray  Murray  a  nute  (;f  hand  payable  to  him  at  forteen  years  okl 
from  my  Son  John  Mountgomray  of  Thirteen  pounds  six  &  Eight 
pence  Eawfull  money  &  without  Intrest  Til  'Ihat  Time  &  then  to  Draw 
Intrest  tel  payed  tv:  the  bove  named  Rid  Cow  &  five  Sheep  and  the 
one  half  of  the  Incress  when  the  said  Robart  coms  of  age  to  be  given 
him  then  &  one  yok  of  oxin  to  be  in  the  Care  of  his  father  four  years 
and  then  to  be  Sold  and  the  money  put  to  yous  til  he  is  of  age  the 
above  named  Cow  &  shej)  the  said  John  Murrey  is  to  be  Acountable 
to  the  Executiors  of  this  will  for  the  Same — 

Itim  I  gi\e  and  becpieth  to  my  belo\ed  Crandchild  John  Murrey  a 
note  of  hand  jxiyeabk"  to  him  at  fourteen  years  of  age  of  Thirteen 
pound  Six  and  Eight  ])ence  Eawfull  money  from  my  Son  John  Mount- 
gomray and  not  to  Draw  Intrest  til  then  and   then   to   Draw   Intrest    til 

payed — 

I  give  to  the  within  Named  Anne  .Murray  Sarrah  Hards  Time  That  She 
has  to  Sarve  til  She  ? rives  to  the  age  of  Eighteen  and  if  my  Dafter 
Anne  Should  Die  before  that  Time  the  said  Sarah  is  to  be  free  the 
said  Sarah  Beard  is  to  have  my  Two  (iowns  &  my  stais  &  all  my  petecots 
and  the  above  gowns  &  stais  &  petecots  to  be  in  the  Care  of  my  Dafter 
Anne  Murrays  Care  &  to  be  given  her  acording  to  her  behaver  and 
the  said  Sarah  is  to  have  one  year  old  Calf  &  to  be  Capt  on  my  hom- 
stade  til  said  Calf  is  Three  years  oM  and  then  to  be  Sold  &  the  money 
put  to  use  (S:  given  to  hir  when  She  is  out  of  hir  Time — there  is  yet 
Three  Cows  not  yet  Dis])osed  of  which  I  alow  towards  Setling  my 
Estate  after  my  Death  to  be  in  tin;  Care  ol  my  Executiors — 
I  Do  Eikwise  Constitute    and    apixjunt    m\'    Trustey    Eriends    Alex'r : 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  03 

Nickels  Esqur.  &  Willam  McCob  &  my  well  beloved  John  Mount- 
go  m  ray  My  sole  Executiors  &  Executrin  of  this  Will  my  Last  Will  & 
Testament  all  &  singlcr  my  Lands  &  Tenements  &:  personal  Instate  to 
be  Taken  into  Thir  Charge  &  Care  and  I  Do  hereby  utterly  Disalow 
and  revoke  all  and  Every  other  former  Testaments  Wills  and  Be- 
quests &  Executiors  by  me  in  any  ways  before  named  Confirming  this 
&  no  other  to  be  my  Last  will  &  Testement  in  Witness  whereof  I  have 
herunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  the  Day  &  year  above  written. 
Siegned  sealed  hir 

prounced  &  Delevered  Sarah  >    JNLjunlgomray     (seal) 

by  the  Said  Sarrah  mark 

Mountgomray  as  her 
Last  Will  &  Testament 
in  presants  of 
Alexr.  Nickels 
Nathaniel  Winslow 

hir 
INLirtha  z  Winsluw 

mark  the  above  nots  men- 

chonad  is  Levcft  in 

the  hands  of 
Alxr  Nickels  Esqr. 
Probated  17  June,  1772.      [I,  249-250.] 

Joseph  Young,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Abihail  \'oung,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  widow,  Adm'x,  18  Dec,  1772.  Richard  Holbrook  and 
Alexander  Gray,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas  Rice,  Michael  Sevey 
and  Moses  Hilton,  19  Feb.,  1773.      [1,   256.] 

John  Drummond,  late  of  Georgetown.  Mary  Drummond,  of 
Georgetown,  widow,  Adm'x,  16  June,  1773.  [I,  257.]  Daniel  Mc- 
Faden  and  James  McFaden,  sureties. 

John  McFarland,  late  of  Boothbay.  Lydia  McFarland,  of  Boothbay, 
widow,  Adm'x,  18  Sep.,  1773.  [1,  257.]  Nathaniel  Tibbetts  and 
John  Daws,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Stinson,  of  (Georgetown,  and 
Samuel  McCobb  and  William  McCobb,  both  of  Boothbay,  2  Nov., 
1773,^67:9:8.  [1,263.]  Stinson  and  McCobb,  commissioners 
to  examine   claims.      [II,    66.]      Account    filed  13    June,  T773.      [II, 

67.] 

James  Springer,  late  of  Georgetown.     Nathaniel  Springer,  of  Cieorge- 

town,  Adm'r,  28  Dec,   1772,     [1,258.]      Moses  Hodgkins   and   Jos- 


64  I.INfOLX   I'KOI'.AIK   RKCOKDS. 

cph  White,  sureties.  Inventory  l)y  Isaiah  CrDokcr,  Duninicr  Scwall 
and  John  Wood,  all  of  Ocorgetown,  jCOGS  :  11:  12.  [I,  244.] 
Adm'r  adds  to  inventory  29  June,  1774,  ^i  :  17:  4.  [II,  29.] 
Account  filed  18  Aug.,  1774.  [II,  124.]  Isaiah  Crooker  and  Dum- 
mer  Sewall,  both  of  Georgetown,  comn^issioners  to  examine  claims, 
4  Oct.,  1773,  [II,  125.]  Order  regarding  real  estate  i  May,  1782, 
mentions  Kdward,  eldest  son ;  John,  residing  at  Frenchman's  Day, 
second  son;  Mary  Sylvester,  Martha  Norcross,  daughters;  James 
Springer,  son  ;  Rachel  and  Anna,  daughters  of  James,  Jr.,  deceased, 
grandchildren ;  Abigail  Digby,  daughter  of  Abigail  Gleason,  late  of 
Boston,  deceased,  grand-daughter :  Sarah  1  .emont,  wife  of  James 
Lemont  and  late  widow  of  Nathaniel  Springer,  a  son  of  deceased  ; 
Nathaniel  Bracket,  Anthony  Bracket,  James  Bracket,  Mary  Hodgkins, 
Eunice,  wife  of  Simeon  Paine,  Susanna,  wife  of  James  Jewell,  Joanna, 
wife  of  Philip  Norcross,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  (ieorge  Andrews,  Sarah 
Bracket,  Hannah,  wife  of  James  S])ringer,  Abraham  Bracket,  Jr.,  all 
children  of  Joanna,  tleceased,  late  wife  of  Abraham  Bracket,  and  a 
daughter  of  intestate.  [II,  179-1S0.]  Joseph  Lambard,  of  Bath, 
appointed  guardian  unto  Rachel  S])ringer,  granddaughter,  2  May, 
1782.  [II,  180.]  Joshua  Raynes.  of  llith,  appointed  guardian  unto 
Tames  Springer,  grandson,  I  May,  I  782.  [II,  181.]  John  Springer, 
of  Frenchman's  Bay.  so  called,  Adm'r  r/d'  /'o/u's  non,  26  Aug.,  1780. 
[II,  181.]  William  Swanton  and  David  Trufant,  both  of  Georgetown, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Isaiah  Crooker,  Hatherly  Foster  and  J  jshua 
Philbrook,  all  of  Bath,  7  Mar.,  1 782.  [IL,  1S5.]  Account  filed  29 
Sep.,  1781.      [Ill,  43.] 

John  Dickey,  late  of  Bristol,  mariner.  Alexander  Frskins,  of  Bristol, 
Adm'r,  27  Sep.,  1773.  [I,  258.]  'Thomas  Drowne  and  Samuel 
Goodwin,  sureties.  Inventories  by  Robert  McKown  and  James  Sprowl, 
of  Bristol,  and  Samuel  Nickels,  of  Newcastle,  6  and  28  Oct.,  1773, 
^199  :  16:8,  to  which  .Adm'r  added  sundry  small  articles  and  "'one 
half  the  Sloop  Susanna  sold  Col.  Lee  before  the  apprizement  matle 
^206:13:4."  [II,  57-S.]  John  Thomson  and  Samuel  Patterson, 
both  of  Bristol,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  27  Oct.,  1773.  [11, 
58.]      Account  filed  8  Se]).,  1774.      [II,  59.] 

.Samuel  Borland,  late  of  Bristol.  John  ISorland,  of  Bristol,  Aelm'r,  6 
Oct.,  1773.  [I>  259.]  Henry  Hunter  and  Joseph  Clark,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  John  Thomson,  Samuel  Patterson  and  Ninyin  Fr.-,kins,  all 
of  Bristol,  15  Nov.,  1773,  ^57:  i  :8.      [I,  262.] 


i.ixc- )i.N  pk()};aik  kkcdrds.  65 

William  Reed,  late  01  Topsham.  David  Reed,  of  Topsham,  Adm'r, 
19  Oct.,  1773.  [i»  260.]  Israel  Davis  and  Andrew  McFarland, 
sureties. 

James  Brown,  of  Newcastle.  Jane  Brown,  of  Newcastle,  widow, 
Adm'x,  17  Nov.,  1773.  [I.  260.]  Samuel  Galley  and  John  Hussey, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Benjamin  W'oodbridge  and  John  Ward,  both 
of  Newcastle,  and  Thomas  Flint,  of  a  i)lace  called  \\'alj)ole,  26  Feb., 
1774.  [II,  15.]  Account  filed  14  Aug.,  1780.  [Ill,  20.]  Divis- 
ion of  estate  by  Jonathan  Jones  and  Samuel  Waters,  of  Newcastle,  and 
Thomas  Boyd,  of  Boothbay,  22  Sep.,  17S1.  Children  mentioned: 
John  Brown,  James  Brown  and  Martha  Brown.  [Ill,  21-3.]  James 
chose  Jane  Brown,  widow,  to  be  his  guardian  14  Aug.,  1780.  I\Iartlia 
Brown  chose  John  Farley,  of  Newcastle,  to  be  her  guardian  14  Aug., 
1780.      [111,23.] 

John  Hilton,  late  cf  Pownalborough.  Rebecca  Hilton,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  widow,  Adm'x,  18  Dec,  1773.  [1,261.]  Samuel  Good- 
win and  Asa  Smith,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Asa  Smith,  William  Garl- 
lon  and  Da^•id  Phuner,  all  of  Pownalborough,  23  Dec,  1773,  ;^i52: 
19:  4-      [HI,  33-'] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen 
the  tenth  Day  of  October  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1771  William  Millar  of 
Bristol  In  the  County  of  Lincoln  Gentm  being  in  perfect  hailth  of  Bodey 
and  mind  and  memory  thanks  be  Given  to  God  for  the  same  and 
Calling  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  &  Testament  that  is  to  say  principally  &  first  first  of  all  I  give  and 
Recommend  my  Soul  Into  the  the  Hands  of  God  that  Give  it;  and  for 
my  Body  I  recomend  it  to  the  Eairth  to  be  Ikiried  in  a  Christon  lick 
and  Deecreit  mannor  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors  nothing 
doubting  but  at  the  General  Resurection  I  Shall  Receive  the  Same 
again  by  the  Mighty  Power  of  Ciod  :  and  as  touching  such  Worldly 
F-state  Wherewith  it  hath  Pleased  God  to  Bless  me  in  this  Life  I  Give 
De\ise  and  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  Manner  and  Form  following  that  is 
to  Say- 
In  the  fairst  place  I  gi\e  and  bec|uath  to  Hannah  my  dearly  beloved 
Wife  one  third  part  of  all  my  Reail  Plstate  Exepteing  my  ICstat  in 
Bouthbaie  Which  I  ordain  to  pay  my  Juist  Dabets  and  my  Bacick 
Laind  Which  is  more  than  thre  Houndred  acres  AVith  my  inedow  To 
mening  Said  Land  to  my  \^'ell  beloved  Sons  William   Millar  &:  Robert 

5 


66  I.IXCOI.X  rK<M!A'lF.  RKCDRDS. 

Millar  Said  Traeick  of  I.aind  to  be  Equally  divided  betwein  thim 
Liakweis  I  Will  and  bequeath  to  the  said  Hannah  all  my  personeil 
Estat  that  is  to  say  one  third  of  my  Dwelling  House  and  all  my 
Housel  fourentor  &  all  hir  Life  teeim  and  at  hir  Dath  I  Will  that  the 
above  mantioned  Estattes  Shall  be  only  to  hir  Chaldren  and  myinn  and 
to  no  others  that  is  to  Say  :  to  Alexander  Nickels  Millar  &  James  Mil- 
lar &  John  Millar  &  Nancey  Millar  &  Thomeis  Millar  &  Samuil  Millar  & 
Hannah  Millar  to  be  Equally  Divided  : —  Lickwyus  I  Will  that  the 
Whole  Estate  Should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  above  Said  Hannah  in  her 
Widdowhoud  butt  if  She  marries  the  two  thirds  to  go  to  our  Chaldrin 
to  give  thim  Education  :  I  Will  that  my  Juist  Dabets  be  payed  out  of 
my  Estates  the  Bouthebe  to  be  sold  and  to  pay  :  I  Ikquith  to  my 
Daughtir  Mariy  five  shillings  Lawfull  monney  &  to  my  Daiigehtr  Jain 
twenty  shillings  Lawfull  monney  «&  my  Son  Robeirt  Millar  thirteen 
pouinds  six  shillings  above  his  Deveishon  With  his  Brother  William  :  I 
Lickwyes  do  Constute  make  &  ordaein  my  Well  bloved  Wief  Hannah 
Millar  and  my  Good  and  Trousty  frainds  William  Burns  and  James 
Huston  to  be  my  only  &  Sole  Executors  of  this  my  Last  Will  and 
teastment :  and  I  do  hear  by  utterly  Disalow  Revoke  &  Disanul  all  and 
Every  other  Testa  Wills  &  Legacys  Bequests  Executors  by  me  in  any 
ways  Before  this  Named  Willed  &  Bequeathed  Ratifying  and  Con- 
firmed this  &  no  other  to  be  my  Laist  Will  and  Teastmant  in  Wittness 
Were  of  I  have  hereto  Set  my  Hand  and  Seal  the  Day  and  year  above 

Written 

Willm  Millar      (seal) 
Signed  Sealed  published  prouounsed  & 
Declared  by  the  Said  William  Millar  as  his 
Laist  Will  and  testament  in  the  presenc 
of  us  the  Subscribers  that  is  to  Say 
John  Holland 
Robert  Thompson 

Her 
Rachel  X  Dodge 

mark 
Probated  15  June,    1773.     [I,    264.]     William    Burns    and   James 
Huston  disclaimed  executorship  14  June,  1773.     Inventory  by  Arthur 
Noble,  of  a  place  called  Walpole,  Robert  Hodge  and  Samuel  Galley, 
both  of  Newcastle,  24  Sep.,  i  773,  ^728  :  3  :  4.      [HI,  213.] 

Daniel  Locke,  late  of  St.  Georges,  surgeon.     Abraham  Locke,  of  St. 
(icorges,  Adm'r ;     Alexander  Lermond  and  Thomas  Starrett,  sureties, 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  67 

15  Mar.,  1774.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Creighton,  Hatevil  Libby  and 
John  Mclntyer,  all  of  St.  Georges,  6  Ap.,  1774,  ^105  :  15  :  6.  [I, 
264.]  Account  filed  2  Ap.,  1777;  David  Fales  and  Alexander  Ler- 
mond,  Jun'r,  commissioners  to  examine  claims  17  June,  1774.  [II, 
48.] 

John  Godwin,  late  of  St.  Georges.  James  Watson,  of  St.  Georges, 
Adm'r,  i  Feb.,  1774.  Andrew  Malcom  and  Samuel  Creighton,  sure- 
ties. Inventory  by  Edward  Killeran,  Moses  Copeland,  and  Samuel 
Gragg,  8  Feb.,  1774,  ^198  :  7  :  2>^.      [I,  266.] 

Stephen  Marson,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Elizabeth  Marson,  of 
Pownalborough,  widow.  Adm'x,  5  Jan.,  1775.  [I,  267.]  Edmund 
Bridge  and  Samuel  Goodwin,  Jr.,  sureties.  George  Marson,  minor  son, 
chose  Charles  Gushing  to  be  his  guardian  8  Mar.,  1776.  [II,  230.] 
Inventory  by  Samuel  Goodwin,  Jr.,  Edmund  Bridge  and  Carr  Barker, 
all  of  Pownalborough,  31  Aug.,  1775,  ^^255  :  6  :  i.  [II,  232.]  Eliz- 
abeth Harris  Marson,  minor  daughter,  chose  Elizabeth  Marson  to  be 
her  guardian  23  Nov.,  1780.  Elizabeth  Marson,  guardian  unto  Sarah 
and  Susanna,  minor  daughters,  and  Stephen,  minor  son,  i  Sep.,  17 S3. 
[II,  233.]     xAccount  filed  13  Sep.,  1781.     [II,  234.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen  I  Joel  Crosby  of  Winslovv  in  the  county 
of  Lincoln  and  province  of  the  Masechusets  Bay  yeoman  being  infirm 
in  body  but  being  of  sound  and  disposing  mind  and  memory  do  make 
and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  testament  in  manner  and  form  follow- 
ing that  is  to  say,  I  give  and  recommend  my  soul  into  the  hand  of 
allmighty  God  that  gave  it,  and  my  body  I  recommend  to  the  earth  to 
be  decently  interred  at  the  discretion  of  my  executrix,  and  touching 
such  worldly  estate  which  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless  me  with  I  will 
and  bequeath  in  the  following  manner  and  form. 

I  bequeath  to  Hannah  Crosby  my  dearly  beloved  wife  whome  I 
likewise  constitute  make  and  ordain  the  sole  executrix  of  this  my  last 
will  and  testament  the  one  half  of  what  remains  of  all  my  Estate  both 
Real  and  parsonal  after  my  lawful!  debtes  are  paid  and  my  children 
brought  up  to  the  age  of  Eighteen  years  the  other  half  to  be  Equelly 
devided  between  my  four  well  beloved  Daughters  namely  Ruth  Right 
Crosby,  Hannah  Crosby,  Joanna  Crosby  and  Rebeckah  Crosby  like- 
wise I  will  that  Hannah  Crosby  my  well  beloved  wife  have  full  power 
to  make  sale  of  any  part  or  all  of  my  aforesaid  Estate  for  the  payment 
of  my  debts  or  for  hir  own  maintainence  or  for  the  maintainence  of 
my  children  and  that  shee  have  power  to  portion  of  my  Daughters  as 


68  i.ixcoi.N  i':<(U;.\  1 1;  rix.okds. 

they  arive    to  the  age  of  ICighteen  years  or  at   such  time  as  my  above 
mentioned    executrix    shall    think    proi)er. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  liand  and  seal  this  thirteenth 
day  of  february  and  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  his  majestyes  Rcaign  A.    1). 

1775 

Joel  Crosby      (seal) 

Signed  Sealed  ])ublished   and  pronounced  by  the  said   Joel   Crosby  as 

his  last  v/ill  and  testament  in  the  presents   of  us   who   in   his   puesents 

and  the  i)resentsof  each  other  have  hereunto  subscribed  our  names 

Jonathan  AX'hiting 

Zimri  lieywood 

Daniel  Smith 

01)adiah   Parker 

Probated  19  Ap.,  1775.      [I,  269.] 
In\entory  by  William  Richardson,  Zimri  Heywooil  and  John  Tozier, 
all  of  W'inslow,  20  June,  1775.      [II,  6-7.] 

Daniel  Fogg,  late  of  Mechias.  Samuel  Rich,  of  Mechias,  Adm'r, 
26  lune,  1775.  [I,  270.]  Samuel  (ioodwin,  Jr.,  and  John  Johnson, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Stephen  Jones,  Samuel  Libbee  and  James 
Noble  Shannon,  28  July,  1775,  ;^65  :  13  :  5.      [Unrecorded.] 

Cornelius  Clouse,  late  of  W'aldoborough.  Daniel  Heckler,  of  Wal- 
doborough,  Adm'r,  10  June,  1775.  [1,  271.]  Daniel  Peckler, 
guartlian  unto  Mary,  minor  daughter,  19  No\-.  1776.  [II,  33.]  In- 
ventory by  Andrew  Schancks,  Jacob  Wingebow  and  Jacob  Winchere- 
back,  all  of  W'aldoborough,  22  June,  1775,  /^io6:  19:  loj-j.  [II, 
37-8.]  Account  filed  30  May,  1776.  [II,  38.]  Peter  Hilt,  of 
Waldoborough,  guardian  unto  Mary  Clouse,  18  June,  1777.      [11,  189.] 

In  the  Name  of  (iod  .Amen  The  twenty  fifth  day  of  Aprill  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  1766  ]  Christan  Royinion  of  Pownalborough  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  Widow  being  weak  in  Hody  but  of  Perfect  minde 
and  Memory  thanks  be  given  unto  (rod  therefore  Calling  unto  minde 
the  Mortality  of  my  body  and  Knowing  that  it  is  Appointed  for  all  men 
once  to  die  do  make  and  ortlain  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  'i'hat 
is  to  say  I'rincipaly  and  first  of  all  1  give  and  Recomend  my  Soul  into 
the  Hands  of  Cod  that  gave  it  and  for  my  Pody  I  Recomend  it  to  the 
Earth  to  be  Huried  in  a  Christen  like  and  Decent  manner  at  the  de- 
scretion  of  my  Executor.  Nothing  doubting  but  at  the  General  Resur- 
rection I  Shall  recive  the  same  again  by  the  Mighty  Power  of  Cod 
and  as  touching  such  worldly  Instate  wherewith  it  hath  Pleased  Cod  to 
l)less  me  in  this  life  I  give  devise  and  dispose  of   the  same  in  tb.e  fol- 


!.!>'/'n,\  n^oiwn;  ui-founs.  69 

lowing  manner  and  form. 

Impriinns.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  ray  (irand  Children  the  Children 
of  my  Son  John  Boyinton  Decsd  Viz  to  Joshua  Boyinton  of  Falmouth 
in  the  County  of  Cumberland  Marriner  the  Sum  of  three  Shillings  to 
John  Boyinton  of  Pownalboro.  aforesd.  the  Sum  of  three  Shillings  to 
Bety  Gray  the  wife  of  John  Gray  of  Pownalboro'  aforesd.  the  sum  of 
three  Shillings  and  to  Sarah  Boyinton  of  Fallmouth  aforesd.  the  Sum 
of  three  Shillings 

Itam  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Son  William  Boyinton  one  (Quarter 
part  of  all  the  Remaining  Part  of  my  Personal  Estate  that  shall  be  left 
after  my  Funeral  Charges  and  other  nesesary  charges  shall  be  Paid 
It^m  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Grand  Children  the  Children  of  my 
Daughter  Rachel  Decker  Decesd.  an  Other  Quarter  Part  of  my  Per- 
sonal Estate  to  be  equaly  Divided  amongst  them. 

Itam     I  give   and  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Anna  Delano  the  Wife 
of  Amasa  Delano  one  Quarter  part  of  my  Real  Estate 
Itam     I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Hepsebah  Hilton  the  wife 
of  William  Hilton  the  Other  (Quarter   Part  of  my   Remaining   Personal 
Estate 

Also  I  Constitute  make  ami  Ordain  Jona.  Williamson  of  Pownalbo- 
rough  in  the  County  aforesd.  (ient.  my  Only  and  Sole  Executor  of 
this  my  last  will  and  Testament  and  I  do  Hereby  utterly  disallow 
revoke  and  disanul  all  and  every  other  former  Testaments  v/ills  and 
legacies  Bequests  and  Executors  by  me  in  any  ways  before  this  time 
named  willed  and  bequethed  Ratifying  and  Confirming  this  and  no 
Other  to  b"^  my  last  will  and  Te5Jtament  In  Witness  whereof  I  have 
hereunto  set  my  liand  and  Seal  the  day  and  Year  above  Written 
Signed  Sealed  published  Pronounced  and  Declared  by  the  said  Chris- 
taen  Boyinton  as  her  last  will  and  Te.stament  in  the  Presence  of  us  the 
Subscribers 
Viz. 

Thomas  Williamson 

Mary  Silvester  Christan  boynton      (seal) 

Jane  Silvester 

[Unrecorded.] 

Elisha  Shaw,  late  of  (Georgetown.  Susanna  Shaw,  of  Georgetown, 
v,'i;iow,  Adm'x,  3  I^Iay,  1776.  [II,  i.]  Luke  Lambard  andi  David 
Trufant,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Dummer  Sewall.  David  Lemont  and 
David  Trufant,  Ap.,  1779.      [II,  269.] 

In  the  name  of  (jOiI  Amen.     I  Josiah  Bradbury  of  Pownalborough 


70  LIN'COl.N  rKOliAlI',  KKCORDS. 

in  the  County  of  Lincoln  InhoUler  being  weak  of  body,  but  of  sound  & 
disposing  mind  &  memory  do  make  publish  and  declare  this  to  be  my 
last  will  &  testament. 

Imprimis-.     I  give  my  soul  to  (Vod  who   gave  it  hopeing  for  Salvation 
thro'  a  blessed  redeamer,  and  my  body  to  the  grave. 
Item.     I  give  &  bequeath  to    my    beloved    wife    Anna    my    farm    on 
Jeremy-Squam-Island  to  have  &  to  hold  the  same  to  her,   her  heirs  & 
assigns  as  an  Estate  in  fee  simple  forever. 

Item.  All  the  residue  of  my  Estate,  real,  personal,  or  mixed  I  give  & 
bequeath  to  my  said  Wife  Anna  so  long  as  she  shall  remain  m)-  Widow. 
Item.  After  the  death  or  marriage  of  my  said  Wife  Anna  I  gi\e  de- 
vise &  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Anna  Decker  one  third  part  of  all  my 
Estate  to  have  &  to  hold  the  same  to  her,  her  heirs  &  assigns  forever 
as  an  Estate  in  fee  simple, 

Item.  After  the  death  or  marriage  of  my  said  Wife  Anna  I  give  de- 
vise &  beCjUeath  to  my  daughter  Meriah  Sevey  one  third  part  of  all  my 
Estate,  to  have  &  to  hold  the  same  to  her,  her  heirs  &  assigns  forever 
as  an  Estate  in  fee  simple. 

Item.  To  my  Grand  daughter  Catharine  ijradbury  I  demise  lni  be- 
queath one  sixth  part  of  all  my  Estate  that  shall  remain  after  the  deatii 
or  marriage  of  my  wife  Anna  to  have  t.\:  to  hold  the  same  to  her.  her 
heirs  &  assigns  forever  as  an  iCstate  in  fee  simple  provided  she  shall 
arrive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years. 

Item.  1  give  &  bequeath  to  my  (irandson  Josiah  Uradbury  one  Sixth 
part  of  my  Estate  that  shall  remain  after  the  death  or  marriage  of  my 
wife  Anna  to  have  and  to  hold  the  same  to  him  his  heirs  &:  assigns  as 
an  Estate  in  fee  simi)le  ]Movided  he  arrives  at  the  age  of  twenty  one 
years. 

Item.  My  Will  is  that  in  case  the  said  Catharine  Uradbury  shall  die 
before  she  arrives  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  that  her  part  shall  go 
to  her  brother  Josiah  in  fee  simple  «S:  In  case  the  said  Josiah  dies  be- 
fore he  arrives  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  his  part  shall  go  to  his 
sister  Catharine  in  fee  simple  <!<:  in  case  the  said  Josiah  &  Catharine 
shall  botli  die  before  they  arrive  to  the  age  of  twenty  une  years  that 
the  saitl  two  sixth  ])arts  of  my  estate  be  e(iually  divided  between  my 
Daughter  .Xnna  &  Meriah  as  an  Instate  in  fee  Simjile. 
Item.  My  Will  is,  that  the  two  sixdi  parts  of  my  Estate  devised  to 
Catharine  &  Josiah  Bradbury  remain  in  the  hands  of  my  Executors  till 
thfv  nrri'.;'  t;)  tin;  .t;,-  nf   tv.rn'.v  i-ni'  \f.irs  or  lill  tlifir   ilf.-ilh.    mv    Exe- 


LINCOLN  PROIiATK  RECORDS.  7  I 

cutors  laying  out  the  profits  for  them  as  they  shaM  see  proper  for 
Education  &  necessaries. 

Item     My  Will  is  that,  in    case  my  said  wife    Anna  should   marry 
again  she  shou'd  have  set  off  to  her  one  third  part  of  all  my  Real  Es- 
tate instead  of  the  whole  of  my  Estate  &  that  the  residue    of    the  Es- 
tate I  shall  leave,  be  divided  according  to  the  before  mentioned  lega- 
cies &  after  her  decease  the  residue  of  the  Real  estate  I  shall  leave  to 
be  divided  according  to  the  within  mentioned  legacies. 
Lastly.     I  do  constitute  and  appoint  my  beloved  wife  Anna  &  my  son 
in  law  John  Decker  my  executors  to  this  my  last  will  and  testament  to 
see  that  the  same  is  faithfully  performed.     In  Witness  whereof  I  have 
hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  the  eighth  day  of  October  A  D  seventeen 
hundred  &  se\-enty  four. 
Signed  sealed  published  <;s:  dsclared 
to  be  the  last  will  &  testament  of  the 
said  Josiah  Bradbur)'  before  us — 
The  words  "I  devise  &  bequeath"  in 
the  space  between  the  third  and  forth 
lines  from  the  bottom  of  the  first 
page  being  first  interlined. 

Josiah  Bradbury  [seal] 

John  Page 
Thos.  Rice 
Mary  Silvester 

Probated  13  June,  1775.      [II,  3.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen ;  I  Daniel  McCurdy  of  Boothbay  in  the 
County  of  IJncoln  &  Province  of  INIassachusetts  bay  yeoman,  being 
very  sick  in  body,  but  of  sound  disposing  memory  &  judgment  from  a 
sense  of  mortality  of  my  state  &  danger  of  my  disease  do  make  &  or- 
dain this  my  last  will  &  Testament. 

Imprimis  I  give  up  my  soul  to  Almighty  Ood  who  ga\e  it,  thro  the 
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  discretion  of  my  Executors,  nothing  doubting  that  I  shall  again  re- 
ceive the  same  at  the  resurrection  of  the  dead  : 

And  touching  any  such  worldly  goods  wherewith  it  has  pleased  Cod 
to  bless  me  in  this  life  I  do  dispose  thereof  in  the  following  manner 
viz. 


2      Item,  1  ordain  that  all  my  just  debts  &  funeral  charges  be  in  the 

first  place  paid  out  of  my  ])ersonal  estate. 

Item  3dly     I  give  &   betjueath  to  my  beloved  sister  in  law  Dorothy 

Tully  in  token  of  friendship,  &  also  in  consideration  of  the  trouble  she 

has  had  with  me  tS:  my  dear  deceased  wife,  one  red  heifer — &  one  cow, 

named  fiower,  of  my  live  stock — to  her  iv  her  heirs  for  ever. 

Item  4thly    to  my  little  niece  Margaret   Magwyer  «S:  her   heirs  forevi.T 

I  give  and  bequeath  my  cow  called  Bloss, 

Item  5thly     all  my  other  estate  real  &  j^ersonal — with  the   debts   justly 

owing  to  me  by  any  person,  1  give   &  bequeath  to  my  dearly  beloved 

nephew  Daniel  McCurdy,  whom  I   had  adopted  as  my  own,  and  to  his 

heirs  for  ever  ; 

Item  6thly     I  constitute  cS:  appoint  William  McCobb-Patrick  Magwyer 

and  John  l.eishman  to  be  the  executors  of  this  my  last  will  &  testament 

and   guardians   of    my  said   nephew  Daniel    McCurdy  until    he    shall 

come  of  age. 

And  finally  I  do  hereby  ratify  and  confirm  this  and  no  other  to  be 
my  last  will  and  testament :  In  Wittness  of  all  which  I  have  hereunto 
set  my  hand  and  seal  this  eighth  day  of  July  in  the  fifteenth  year  of 
the  reign  of  George  the  third,  and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  and  seventy  five 
Signed,  sealed,  published  his 

pronounced  and  declared  Daniel  y,    McCurdy 

by  Daniel  McCurdy  to  be  his  mark  [seal] 

last  Will  and  testament 
in  presence  of  us 
J  no  Murray 
Thomas  Boyd 
Thomas  Bradlee 

Probated  6  Sep.,  i  775.      [II,  4-] 
Inventory  by  Samuel  McCobb,  James  Auld  and  Jeremiah  lieath.  all  of 
Boothbay,  9  Sep.,  1775,^126:    15:  8>^.     [II,   5-6.] 

William  Lancey,  late  of  Hallowell.  William  Howard,  of  Hallowell, 
Adm'r,  13  June,  1776.  [II,  <^.]  .Abiel  Lovejoy  and  John  Marsh, 
sureties. 

Nathan  Moore,  late  of  \"assalborough.  Sarah  Moore,  of  Vassal  borough, 
widow,  Adm'x,  13  June,  1776.  [II,  S.]  Kbenezcr  Moore,  Levi 
Moore  and  John  Marsh,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Abiel  Lovejoy,  John 
Marsh   and    Mathew   Hastings,   all   of  Vassalborough,   15   Oct.,    1776, 


LINCOLN  PRORATE  RECORDS.  73 

^193  :i7  :o.      [II,  70.]      Account  filed  25  Sep.,  17 78.      [II,  149.] 

Adam  Hunter,  late  of  Topsham.  Arthur  Hunter,  of  Topsham, 
Adm'r,  10  Ap.,  1776.  [II,  9.]  John  Fulton  and  William  Randall, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Fulton,  James  Mustard  and  U'illiam 
Randall,  all  of  Topsham,  24  May,  1776.  [II,  9-10-147.]  Account 
filed  5  Mar..  1777.  [II,  146.]  Joseph  Berry,  of  Topsham,  guardian 
unto  his  son  Adam,  grandson  of  Adam  Hunter,  deceased,  15  Oct., 
177S.  [11,154.]  Order  setttling  estate  ii  Mar.,  1779,  mentions 
children,  James,  eldest  son;  Robert;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  William 
Woodside ;  Susanna,  wife  of  Benjamin  Lemont ;  Mary,  -.vife  of  James 
Lemont ;  Margaret,  wife  of  Robert  Patten ;  xA.rthur,  youngest  son ; 
John,  deceased;  Jane,  deceased  wife  of  Joseph  Berry.       [Ill,  228-9.] 

Joseph  Mclntire,  late  of  Georgetown.  Sarah  ■\lclntire,  of  Cxcorge- 
town,  widow,  Adm'x,  4  June,  1776.  [II,  12.]  Francis  Wyman  and 
Nathaniel  Wyman,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Nathaniel  Wyman,  Francis 
Wyman  and  William  Sprague,  all  of  (Georgetown,  4  June,  1776,  ^^708  : 
5  :6.  [II,  13-T4.]  Nathaniel  Wyman,  guardian  of  Joseph  and  ^\"il- 
liam,  minor  sons,  i  Sep.,  1784.  Account  tiled  i  June,  1779.  [II, 
132.]  Inventory  by  Francis  Wyman,  William  Sprague  and  John  Soule, 
15  Sep.  1784,  ;^625  :o  :4.  [Ill,  236.]  Account  filed  2  June,  1786. 
[Ill,  237.]  David  Morse,  of  (jeorgetown,  Adm'r  </('  /loiiis  iioii,  27 
Sep.,  1 7S4,  [IV,  1 7]  Henry,  minor  son,  chose  Francis  Wyman,  of 
Georgetown,  to  be  his  guardian,  2&  May,  1790.      [IV,  132.] 

Baltas  Cnaster,  [Casner]  late  of  Waldoborough.  I.udwig  Cnaster,  of 
Waldoboruugh,  Adm'r,  29  July,  1 7  74.  [II,  16.]  Joseph  Cole  and  John 
Newbit,  sureties.  Ustana  Casner,  widow.  ]>udwig  Casner,  son.  In- 
ventory by  Nathaniel  Simmons,  Christopher  Newbit  anil  John  Shuman, 
all  of  Waldoborough,  19  Sep.,  1774,  ^iio  :  13  :  3.  [II,  153.]  Ac- 
count filed  6  June,  1775.      [II,  154.] 

In  the  Name  of  (}od  Amen,  I  Jonas  Jones  of  Georgetown  In  the 
County  of  Lincoln  &  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  In  New 
England,  Serveyor,  Being  Week  In  Body  but  of  sound  Memory  Blessed 
be  God  for  itt,  P'O  this  third  Day  of  May  One  thousand  Seven  Hun- 
dred &  Seventy  three  Do  make  &  Publish  this  my  Last  Will  & 
Testament  In  Manner  fvjllowing  that  is  to  say  :  First :  I  ^Vill  that  all 
those  Debts  As  I  Due  Owe  In  Right  or  Conscienes  to  Any  Manner 
of  Per-son  Or  Persons  Whatsoever  shall  be  Well  &  Truly  Contented  & 
Paiii  or  Ordained  to  be  paid  In  Convenient  lime  after  my  Decease  by 


74  I.INa)I,N  PKOUAJK  RKCORDS. 

my  Executor  hereafter  Named. 

Item  1  give  &  IkHjueath  to  Hannah  my  Beloved  Wife  One  Hah'  of 
the  Income  or  Profitts  of  all  my  Lands:  houses  Barn  or  Any  Income 
What  so  E\-er  of  K\ery  Name  &  Nature,  What  so  E\'er  During  her 
Naturall  Life  &  to  my  Daughter  Lydia  the  Other  half  Part  for  to  be 
Equally  Devided  Between  them — &  as  to  the  Moveables,  Housokl : 
Goods  :  One  Half  part  Is  to  be  Iilqually  Devided  Between  them.  Only 
my  Daughter  is  for  to  have  but  One  bed  &  Beding  out  of  them  &  if  In 
Case  my  Daughter  Dies  With  out  Isue  the  Above  Named  Housokl 
Goods  is  at  my  wife's  Di;-;posall  &  for  to  have  the  Bennefitt  of  the 
Whole  of  the  Income  of  Every  Part  During  her  Life  of  said  Lands, 
Houses  &  Barn  or  other  Incomes  W  hat  so  Ever. 

I-Teni :  I  order  that  part  of  the  Saw  mill  be  sold  if  Not  sold  In  my 
Life  'I'ime  &  as  much  of  my  Out  Lands  as  my  Il\ecutor  shall  think 
proper. 

1  Tern  :  1  (jive  to  James  Seals  Purrinton  Junr.  One  Calf:  Now  oc  the 
Privilidge  of  Keeping  the  same  on  the  Farm  Untill  the  same  be  three 
Years  Old  :  iS:  One  sheep  During  his  Liveing  With  his  Grandmother — 
&  Likev.-ise  if  said  James  Scales  Purrinton  Lives:  With:  his  Cirand- 
mother :  I'ntill  he  Comes  to  the  Age  of  Twenty  One  Years :  he  shall 
have  Two  steers  of  Two  Years  Old,  the  spring:  before  he  is  Twenty 
One  Years  of  Age  &  One  Hiafer  of  the  same  Age  of  Two  Years  Old  & 
my  Serveyors  Tools  &  a  book  C'alled  Loves  art  &  I  order  that  said 
said  James  be  r>earnt  to  Read  &  AX'rite  &  Cypher  as  far  as  Thee  Rule 
of  three  &  the  Sirveyors  Art :  &  Further  I  Order  that  if  said  James 
Leaves  his  Grandmother  before  he  is  Twenty  One  if  she  Lives  he  is 
Not  for  to  have  any  of  the  above  Articles  but  if  she  Dies  :  ^^'hen  he  is 
Eighteen  \'ears  old  or  Nineteen  he  shall  lie  Intitled  to  Each  &  Every 
Article  as  abo\e  Discribed — &  Further  I  Order  that  if  said  James: 
Lives  :  but  Two  or  three  \'ears  c\:  his  (irand  Mother  Dies  he  shall  have 
the  Above  Articles  but  he  must  'i'ake  them  of  of  said  Farm  &:  Likewise 
he  Shall  have  Two  suits  of  Api^erall  suitable  for  him. 
I  Tern.  I  Order  if  In  Case  said  James  Leaves  his  Grandmother  ^Vith 
Out  Her  Consent,  He  shall  have  Only  his  Wearing  Apperill. 
I  Tem.  I  Likewise  Constitute  make  «S:  Ordain  my  Dearly  Beloved 
Wife  Hannah  to  be  my  Only  &  Sole  Ivxecutor  of  this  my  Last  Will  & 
Testement  i\:  I  Doe  hereby  Utterly  Disallow,  Revoke  &  Disannul!  all  & 
Every  Other  Former  Testements,  Wills  &  Lcgaces  Bequests  &  lOxecu- 
tors  by  me  In  Any   Wa)s    Before   this  Time   Named:     Furthenrore   I 


LIXCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  75 

Doe  Constitute  &  Desire  that  my  Brother  Jabez  Jones  would  Ije  Aiding 
&  /Assisting  as  a  Guarden  :  to  my  Daughter  Lydia :  Untell  she  shall 
Arrive  to  full  /\ge  or  by  Law  is  Capable  to  Act  for  her  self :  &  Upon 
his  Refusall  I  Doe  Intreat  my  Good  friend  Mr.  Isaac  Snow  of  Harp- 
swell  to  a  Ciuarden  :   to  my  Daughter  Lydia. 

&  Furthermore  I  Do  Confirm  this  &  No  Other  to  be  My  Last  Will  & 
Testement.  Li  Witness  Whereof  I  Have  here  Unto  sett  my  hand  & 
seal  the  Day  &  Year  Above  Written 

Note  the  Word  but  was  Interlined  before   signing   In  Twentieth   Line 
&  also  In  ye  29  Line  Word  Scales   &   In  ye   ^S   Line   the   Words,   & 
Sypher — &  Furthermore  I  Appoint  my  brother  Jabez  Jones  As  Assitance 
With  my  Wife  In  her  Executorship 
Signed  Sealed  Published 
Pronounced  &  Declared  by  the 
said  Jonas  Jones  as  his  Last  Will 
&  Testement  In  the  Presence  of 

John  Lowell  Jonas  Jones     (seal) 

Samuel  LtmibHi^l 
Sam  Brown 

Probated  23  Feb.,  1774.  [II,  16-17.] 
Inventory  by  Elisha  Shaw,  Dummer  Sewall  and  John  Burrel,  all  of 
Georgetown,  18  Oct.,  1774,  £2^,0:  1  :  2.      [II,   18.] 

Benjamin  Howland,  Jun'r,  late  of  Bowdoinham.  Benjamin  Howland, 
of  Bo'vsdoinham,  Adm'r,  25  May,  1774.  [II,  18.]  Jonas  Fitch  and 
Francis  Rittal,  sureties. 

John  Hunter,  late  of  Topsham.  Margaret  Hunter,  of  To])sham, 
widow,  Adm'x,  6  June,  1776.  [II,  19.]  James  Blunter  and  David 
Reed,  sureties.  Inventory  by  I^avid  Reed,  John  Fulton  and  James 
Fulton,  all  of  Topsham,  2  July,  1776,  ^'697:  10:  7.  [II,  36-7.] 
Margaret  Hunter,  widow,  guardian  of  Thomas,  William  and  John, 
minor  sons,  and  Ann,  minor  daughter,  15  Oct.,  177S.      [II,  85  to  87.] 

John  Ingraham,  late  of  Boothbay.  Catharine  Ingraham,  of  Booth- 
bay,  widow,  Adm'x.  16  June,  1774.  [H,  19.]  Joseph  Harford  and 
Jonas  Fitch,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas  Ste\ens,  Arad  Powers 
and  Samuel  Harris,  all  of  Boothbay,  23  July,  1774,  ^-^23  :  18:9.  [II, 
20.] 

In  the  Name  of  Crod,  Amen.  I  Martha  Campbell  of  New  Castle 
in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Province  of  the  Massachusets  Ba)  Widow — 
being  in  an  infirm  Slate  of  Health  but  of  sound  &  disposing  Memory, 


70  I  INCDI.X  PKc^IU'lE  RKCORDS. 

tk)  wYcke  liiis  my  last  Will  &  Testament :  in  manner  iS:  form  following, 
(that  is  to  say,)  First  and  Principally  I  resign  my  Soiil  into  the  Hands 
of  Almighty  God,  hoping  f(;r  Salvation  through  the  alone  Merits  of 
Jesus  Christ,  and  my  Body  I  desire  may  be  buried  at  the  Discretion  of 
my  Executors  &  Executrixes  herein  after  mentioned.  And  as  for  such 
Worldly  Cii.ols  &  Temporal  Estate,  which  (lod  has  been  ])leased  to 
give  me ;  I  give  devise,  and  dispose  thereof  as  follows — I  will  order  & 
appoint  that  all  such  just  Debts  as  I  shall  owe  at  the  time  of  my  De- 
cease, shall  be  paid  &  satisfied  out  of  my  personal  Estate  And  where- 
as Mr.  William  Vaughon  late  of  Dammiscotty ;  did  in  &  by  his  last 
Will  &  Testament  bearing  Date  the  Twenty  third  Day  of  June  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  One  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  forty  four  (amongst 
other  things  gi\e  and  devise  unto  Mr.  John  Campbell  my  late  Husband, 
and  unto  me  the  Sum  of  Fifty  pounds  ])er  Annum,  the  same  to  be  paid 
out  of  the  produc  of  the  said  Testators  Mills  at  l^amiscotty  of  and  both 
of  them — and  whereas  the  said  Sum  of  Fifty  pounds,  hath  been 
hitherto  unpaid  and  is  now  due  and  owing  by  Virtue  of  the  saitl  Testa- 
tors Will — I  give  devise  &  bequeath  one  equal  Third,  of  all  the  said 
Annuity  of  Fifty  pounds  per  Annum  now  owing,  or  which  shall  (jr  may 
hi  due  &  owing  at  the  time  of  my  Decease,  or  was  due  at  the  time  of 
the  Decease  of  my  late  Husband  Mr.  John  Campbell,  unto  each  of  my 
three  Daughters  that  is  to  say  unto  Jane  Brown  the  Wife  of  Mr.  James 
Krown  of  NewCastle  in  the  s'd  County  of  J.incoln,  and  unto  Mary 
Cawley  ^\"ife  i^f  Mr.  Samuel  Cawley  of  the  Town  of  Newcastle  in  the 
said  County  of  Eincoln,  and  unto  Elizabeth  Fitts  the  Wife  of  Mark 
Fitts  of  Newbery  Port  in  the  County  of  lOssex  to  them  ^r  iheir  Heirs 
forever.  And  whereas  the  said  Mr.  William  \'aughan  did  in  and  by 
his  said  last  Will  &  Testament  appoint  Mr.  Eliot  Vaughan  &  my  late 
Husband  Mr.  John  Cami)bcll  to  be  his  Executors,  (who  are  both  de- 
ceased) and  Mrs.  jane  \'aughan  late  Jane  Noble  (who  is  also  deceased) 
i\:  myself  to  be  his  Executrixes  of  h's  last  Will  <&  Testament,  to  whom 
if  there  should  be  any  Residue  of  his  Testate,  he  gave  the  same — .And 
whereas  I  am  tlie  only  surviving  Executrix  of  the  said  Testator,  I  ap- 
point Mr.  James  Erown  and  Mr.  Samuel  Cawley  aforementioned  to  be 
my  Mvecutors,  and  my  two  Daughters  Mrs.  Jane  ]*rown  &  Mrs.  Mary 
Cav.iey  to  be  my  Executrixes  of  this  my  last  Wii!  and  Testament,  as 
well  in  regard  to  my  own  Estates,  as  also  in  regard  to  my  Right  as 
Executrix  to  the  Will  of  the  said  Testator  Mr.  William  \'aughan 
lastly  I  give  devise  &  be(iueath  all  the  Rest  &  Residue  of  all  my  Real 
&  personal  Estates   to  my   three    Daughters   one   t-ciual    third   to  Jane 


LINCOLN  PR()i;.VIK  Rta.OKDS.  77 

Brown,  one  third  to  Mary  Cawley  &  one  tliird  to  Klizabeth  Fitts  to 
them  &  their  Heirs  fore\  er.  In  \\'itness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set 
my  Hand  &  Seal  this  twenty-Ninth  day  of  February  in  the  Year  of  our 
Lord  One  thousand  Se\'en  hundred  and  Se^■enty  two. 

Martha  Campbell      (seal] 
Signed,  Sealed,  published  and  declared   by    the    said  Testator   Martha 
Campbell  to  be  her  last  Will  Ct  Testatnt.    in   the   presence   of   us   who 
subscribed  our  Names  as  Witnesses  thereunto  in  her  Presence. 
John  Ward 
John  Hussey 
Kenelm  \\'inslow 

Probated  23  Sep.,  1776.  [H,  21-2.]  Inventory  of  personal  estate 
by  John  Ward,  John  Hussey  and  Kenelm  Winslow,  all  of  Newcastle, 
24  Sep.,  1776,  ^60  :  2  :  11^.      [Lhirccorded.] 

Alexander  Cray,  late  of  Woolwich.  Abihail  (;ra\'.  c-f  Woolwich, 
widow,  Adm'x,  10  Oct.,  1776.  [II,  23.]  Jonathan  Colburn  and 
Gabriel  Hamilton,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Moses  Hilton,  Joshua  Young 
and  John  Pierce,  all  of  Pownalborough.  25  Oct.,  1776,  ^105  :  12:8. 
[II,  25-6.] 

Joseph  Oakman,  late  residing  at  a  ])lace  called  Ciardinerston,  mar- 
iner. Samuel  Oakman,  residing  at  said  Ciardinerston,  mariner.  .Adm'r, 
6  June,  1776.  [II.  23.]  Samuel  Doggett,  of  Boston,  surety.  Inven- 
tory by  John  Wood,  Isaiah  Crooker  and  Joseph  Lambard,  3  Aug., 
1776,^^573:  13.  [111,46.]  Account  filed  31  Aug..  1779.  [Ill, 
47-] 

[John]  Peter  C'ool.  late  of  Winslow.  Hannah  Cool,  of  Winsluw, 
vv'dow,  Adm'x,  26  Se])..  1773.  [II,  24.]  John  Tozer  and  James 
Howard,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  McKecnie,  Nathaniel  Carter 
and  Joseph  Carter.  28  Oct.,  1773.  ^95  •'  'o  :  o.  [II,  215.]  .Account 
filed  22  July.  1774.      [II,  215.] 

In  the  Name  of  (iOI)  Amen.  1  John  Rogers  of  Vassalborough 
in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in 
New  l^ngland,  Trader,  being  weak  in  Body,  but  of  sound  Mind  and 
understanding  ;  knowing  that  I  must  shortly  leave  this  earthly  Taber- 
nacle, do  commit  my  Soul  into  t-he  Hands  of  the  .Almight)-  Creator 
thereof,  relying  on  the  Merits  of  m)-  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ  for 
it's  eternal  .Salvation,  and  resign  my  Body  to  be  decently  inter'd  in  it's 
Mother  Larth.     And,  with  Respect  to  the  worldly   l-^state    wherewith  it 


78  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

hath  pleased  my  albountiful  benefactor  to  endow  nie,  I  will  that  first, 
all  my  just  Debts  be  paid  and  discharged. 

Secondly  For  the  Love  antl  Affection  I  bear  to  Kata,  my  Wife,  I  give 
and  bequeath  unto  her  all  my  Houshold  Furniture  and  wearing  ap- 
parel, all  my  Carpenter's  Tools  ;  my  Watch,  my  Silver  Shoe-Uuckles  & 
Neck- Buckle,  together  with  all  the  Provisions  that  shall  be  in  my 
possession  at  the  Time  of  my  Death. 

Thirdly  I  give  and  Bequeath  all  the  Residue  of  my  Estate  unto  her  the 
said  Kata,  unto  Mary  Rogers,  my  eldest  Daughter  and  unto  Elizabeth 
Rogers  my  youngest  Daughter,  to  be  divided  between  the  said  Kata, 
Mary  and  F^lizabeth,  in  equal  Thirds. 

Fourthly,  I  desire  that  the  said  Kata,  my  Wife  and  Abiel  Eovejoy  of 
Pownalborough,  in  s'd  County  of  Eincoln,  Gent,  may  be  a])pointed 
joint  Guardians  of  my  said  Daughters  Mary  Rogers  and  I'^lizabeth 
Rogers.  .And 

Lastly  I  ordain,  make  and  ap])oint  AN'illiam  Lloward  of  Hallowell,  in 
said  County  of  Lincoln,  Gentleman,  Sole  Executor  of  this  my  last 
Will  and  Testament,  hereby  revoking  and  making  void  all  Wills  by  me 
heretofore  made.  In  Testimony  whereof  I  the  said  John  Rogers  have 
hereunto  set  my  Hand  and  Seal  this  sixth  Day  of  October,  Anno  Dom- 
ini One  Thousand,  Seven  Hundred  and  Seventy  four,  and  in  the 
fourteenth  year  of  his  Majesty's  Reign 

John  Rogers     (seal) 
Signed,  sealed  and  declared 
by  the  said  John  Rogers  to 
be  his  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment in  Presence  of  us- 

The  Word  my  "  Horse  "  on  the  other 
side  being  first  erased. 

John  Marsh 

Sam'l  Devens 

W.  Wilkins 

Probated  ii  Nov.,  1776.  [H,  24.]  Kata  Rogers,  of  Vassalbo- 
rough,  widow,  Adm'x,  cum  tcstamcnto  aiinexo,  11  Nov.,  1776.  Moses 
Hastings,  Mathew  Hastings  and  Aaron  Healy,  all  of  Vassalborough, 
sureties.  Mathew  Hastings,  of  Vassalborough,  Adm'r  de  bonis  non,  1 1 
June,  1 781.  Samuel  Basset  and  Ebenezer  Moore,  both  of  Vassalbo- 
rough, sureties.     [H,  234.] 

Nathaniel  Winslow,  late  of  Ikistol.  .\nna  Winslow,  (,f  Drislol,  widrnv, 
Adm'x,  23  jN'Iay,  1776.      [H,  26.]     John  Borland   and  Joseph   Claik, 


LINCOLN  PROHATE  RECORDS.  79 

both  of  Bristol,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Robert  Sproul,  Samuel  Clark 
and  Elisha  Clark,  all  of  Bristol,  i  June,  1779,^23  :  13  :  3.      [II,  128.] 

John  Spinney,  late  of  Georgetown.  Joanna  Spinney,  of  Georgetown, 
widow,  Adm'x,  27  Feb.,  1776.  [II,  27.]  John  Hinkley  and  Nathan- 
iel Wyman,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties. 

Joseph  Wesson,  late  residing  at  a  place  called  Canaan.  ICunice 
Wesson,  residing  at  Canaan,  widow,  and  Jonah  Crosby,  of  AVinslow, 
husbandman,  Adm'rs,  7  Feb.,  1776.  [II,  27.]  Timothy  Heal.l  and 
Joseph  Cragin,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Ezekiel  Pattee  and  Timothy 
Heald,  both  of  Winslow,  and  John  White,  of  Canaan,  15  Mar.,  1776. 
[II,  28-29-138.]     Account  filed  4  Sep.,  177S.      [II,  139.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  I  John  Bogs  of  a  place  called  St 
Georges  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  &  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay  in 
New  England  yeoman  being  very  Sick  and  Weak  in  Body  but  of  per- 
fect 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  Almighty  God  that  gave  it,  and  my  Body  I 
recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  decent  Christian  Burial,  at  the 
Discretion  of  my  E.xecutors  ;  nothing  doubting  but  at  the  general 
Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  Power  of 
God.  And  as  touching  such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  has  pleased 
God  to  bless  me  in  this  Life,  I  give  demise,  &  dispose  of  the  same 
in  the  following  Manner  and  Form. 

Imprimis,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mary  my  dearly  beloved  Wife  the 
free  and  uninterrupted  use,  occupation.  Possession  and  Enjoyment  of 
one  Third  part  of  all  my  Real  Estate,  during  her  natural  Life,  with  one 
third  part  of  all  my  personal  Estate  to  be  entirely  at  her  own  disposal 
together  with  the  free  Use,  Occupation  &  improvement  of  the  other 
two  Third  parts  of  my  Estate  both  real  and  personal  nntil  the  youngest 
of  my  surviving  Children  (as  well  those  that  are  now  unborn,  if  any 
such  there  shall  be,  as  those  that  are  born)  arrive  at  the  Age  of  twenty 
one  Years  for  the  bringing  up  of  my  said  Children  ;  if  she  shall  con- 
tinue my  Widow  until  that  time  ;  but  if  she  shall  marry  at  any  time 
before  that,  then  each  Child  by  it  self,  or  it's  Guardian  to  come  into 
the  Possession  of  it's  own  part  or  Share  and  I  do  likewise  constitute 
make  and  ordain  my  said  Wife  the  sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  AVill 
and  Testament. 


8o  I.IN(tM.\   I'R(>1!A1I',   KKOiKDS. 

Item  I  give  and  hctiueath  unt:)  my  well  V)eloved  Children  (burn  and 
unborn  as  aforesaid)  the  whole  Remainder  of  my  Estate  of  what  Name 
or  Nature  soever,  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  them  and  each  of 
them,  or  their  legal  Representatives,  in  the  following  manner  and 
I'^orm,  to  wit,  My  Sons  each  one  of  them  to  have  two  jiarts  or  Shares 
in  all  my  Lands  and  Real  ICstate,  and  my  Daughters  each  to  have  i)art 
or  Share  ;  the  Sons  to  have  [liberty  of  Redempticin  ;  And  my  Personal 
Estate  to  be  equally  (h\ided  to  and  among.il  all  my  said  Ciiildren. 
And  I  do  hereby  utterly  disallow,  revoke  and  disannul  all  and  every 
other  former  Testaments,  Wills.  Legacies,  Bequests,  and  l-'xecutors,  by 
me  in  any  ways  before-nametl  willed  and  bequeathed  :  rattifying  &  con- 
firming this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will  and  'J'estament.  In  wit- 
ness whereof  I  the  said  John  Bogs  have  hereunto  set  my  Mantl  and 
Seal  this  twenty  Second  Lay  of  September,  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord 
One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Seventy  three. 

'Lhe  Words  "for  the  bringing  up  of  my 
children  "  were  interlined  before  Signing 
and  Sealing,  as  also  the  words,  "A;  confirming" 
Signed,  Sealed,  published,  pronounced, 

and  declared  by  the  said  John  Bogs,  John  Bogs     (seal) 

as  his  last  Will  and  Testament  in 
the  presence  of  us,  who  in  his  i)re- 
sence,  and  in  the  presence  of  each 
other.  ha\-e  hereunto  sid)scribed 
our  Names 

I  )avid  Kales 

William  llogs 

Nathanael  Kales  junr. 

Probated  17  June,  1774.  [IL  30-1.]  Inventory  by  .Alexander 
Lermond,  Samuel  Creighton  and  ThcMiias  Starret.  all  of  St.  (ieorges,  30 
Sep.,  1776,  ^254:  9  :  8.      [II,  49.] 

Robert  .McKown,  late  of  ]>ristol.  Margaret  .McKown,  i^  P>risiol, 
widow,  A(hn'x.  2  Sejx,  1776.  [H,  32.]  Alexander  Nickels  and 
Samuel  Nickels,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Robert  (liven,  deorge  Rodgers 
and  James  Spro\>l,  19  July.  1777,  ,/^454  :  i  :    10.      [II.  51.] 

Thomas  Smart,  late  of  a  ])lace  called  Penobscot,  l^lizabeth  Smart, 
residing  at  a  place  called  Penobscot,  widow,  .Adni'x,  25  June,  1776. 
[II,  ;^T,.'\  John  Smart  and  Robert  Stin^on.  sureties.  ln\entory  by 
Samuel  Kidder,  .Andrew  Wtbiter,  Jr.,  and  l'21)ene/er  Haynes,  all  of  said 
Penobscot,  29  July,  1776.  ^^123  :  2  :  S.      [II.  34.] 


LINCOLN  PKOKA'II';  K!:CORI)S.  8  I 

In  the  Name  of  Ood  Amen  The  Twenty  l-jght  of  August  1774  I 
Hannah  (i'"uld  of  (Georgetown  in  the  County  of  Lincohi  Spinster  Iking 
Very  Sick  and  Weak  in  Body  But  of  perfect  Mind  and  Memory  Thanks 
Be  Given  To  God  :  Therefore  Calling  unto  Mind  the  Mortality  of  My 
Body  and  Knowing  it  is  appointetl  For  all  Men  Gnce  to  die  do  Make 
and  Ordain  this  My  Last  Will  and  Testament  That  is  to  Say  Princi- 
paly  and  First  of  All  I  give  and  recommend  my  Soul  into  The  hands 
of  God  who  gave  it :  and  my  Body  I  recommend  To  The  Earth  to  Be 
buried  in  Decent  Christian  i>urial  at  The  discretion  of  my  Executors 
nothing  Doubling  but  at  The  General  Resurrection  I  Shall  receive  the 
Same  Again  by  ye  Mighty  Bower  of  (rod.  and  as  Touching  Such 
Worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  Pleased  God  To  Bless  me  in  this  Bite 
I  Crive  demise  and  Dispose  of  ye  Same  in  the  Following  Manner  and 
Form  &c 

Item  I  give  to  my  well  Beloved  Daughter  Mercy  (rould  I'en  Shil- 
ling Lawful  Money  as  also  To  my  Well  Beloved  Daughter  Hannah  Ten 
Shillings  Lawful  Money  also  I  Give  To  my  Well  Beloved  Son  Joseph 
Gould  Ten  Shilhngs  Lawful. 

Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  AVell  Beloved  Daughter  Mary 
Gould  Ten  Shillings  Lawful  Money 

Item  I  (live  and  Bequeath  To  Stephen  (lOuld  my  ^^'ell  Beloved  Son 
Twenty  Shillings  Lawful  Money 

Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  To  my  Well  Belo\ed  Daughter  Anstis 
<_iould  all  the  Moveables  Belonging  'i  o  The  house. 
Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  To  my  Well  Beloved  Son  Moses  (iould 
and  To  My  Well  Beloved  Daughter  Anstis  Gould  after  All  my  Honest 
Debts  are  Paid  All  My  Lands  and  Buildings  Together  with  all  My 
Stock  To  Be  by  Them  Equally  Divided  For  their  own  Proper  LIse  and 
Benefit 

Item  I  Make  Constitute  and  Ordain  Philip  Higgins  of  Georgetown  in 
ye.  County  of  Lincoln  Merchant  my  Sole  Executrix  To  this  my  Last 
Will  and  'i'estament 

And  I  do  Hereby  Utterly  disallow  re\oke  and  disannul  all  and  every 
other  former  Testaments  Wills  Legacies  and  Bequests  and  Executors 
by  me  in  any  AVays  before  Named  Willed  and  Bequeathed  Ratifying 
and  Confirming  This  and  No  other  to  Be  my  I^ast  will  and  Testament. 
In  Witness  Whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  Hand  and  Seal  The  Day 
and  Year  Above  Written. 

Hannah  Goold     (seal) 
Signed  Sealed  Published 

6 


82  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Pronounced  and  declared 
By  the  Said  Hannah  Gould 
as  her  Last  Will  and  Testament 
In  Presence  of 
John  Williams 

his 
Abel  X  Eaton  Juner 

mark 
John  Farrin 

Probated  2  2  Ap.,  1777.  [11,35.] 
Inventory  by  Benjamin  Brown,  Abiezer  Holbrook  and  James  Lemont, 
all  of  Georgetown,  2  June,  1777.      [II,  68.] 

Abel  Burnham,  late  of  Topsham.  John  Merrill,  of  Topsham,  Adm'r, 
14  Mar.,  1777.  [II,  39.]  John  Fulton  and  James  Fulton,  sureties. 
Inventory  of  goods  and  chattels  by  Actor  Patten,  John  Whitten  and 
Pelathiah  Haly,  all  of  Topsham,  26  May,  1777,  ;^ioi  :  11  :  2.  In- 
ventory of  real  estate  in  Royalsborough,  County  of  Cumberland,  by 
Charles  Gerrish,  Chades  Hill  and  Benjamin  Vining,  23  May,  1777, 
;^24  :  16:  o.      [II,  47.]     Account  filed  i  Dec,  1777.      [II,  62.] 

Jacob  Lash,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Mary  Lash,  of  \\'aldoborough, 
widow,  Adm'x,  19  Nov.,  1776  [II,  39.]  Andrew  Shenk  and  Jacob 
Ludwig,  sureties.  Inventory  by  George  Demuth,  John  Ulmer  and 
Jabez  Cole,  all   of  Waldoborough,    i    Jan.,    1777,  ^^97:   6:    3.     [II, 

45-6.] 

William  Simpson,  late  of  Newcastle.  Elizabeth  Simpson,  of  New- 
castle, widow,  Adm'x,  10  June,  1776.  [II,  40.]  David  Hopkins  and 
David  Given,  sureties.  Inventory  by  David  Given,  David  Hopkins 
and  Samuel  Anderson,  all  of  Newcastle,  26  Sep.,    1777,  ^255  :    2  :  8. 

[11,  71.] 

William  Thorn,  Jun'r,  late  of  Topsham.  Lucy  Thorn,  of  Topsham, 
widow,  Adm'x,  19  July,  1777.  [II,  40.]  William  Malcom  and 
Joseph  Malcom,  sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Hunter,  William  Mal- 
com and  Joseph  Malcom,  all  of  Topsham,  30  Sep.,  1777.  [II,6i.] 
Lucy  Thorn,  guardian  unto  Sarah,  Thomas,  Elizabeth  and  Martha,  minor 
children,  20  Jan.,  1792.  [V,  49.]  Account  filed  9  Sep.,  1791.  [V, 
49-50-]      Advertisement  of  sale  of  real    estate,    15    Mar.,    1792.      [V, 

57-] 

Jacob  r^lwcll,  late  of  Medumcook.     James  Morton,  of   Medumcook, 


LINCOLN  PROBAIE  RECORDS.  83 

Adm'r,  ii  Dec,  1776.  [II,  41.]  Cornelius  Bradford  and  Joshua 
Morton,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Cornelius  Bradford,  Alexander  Jame- 
son and  John  Davis,  all  of  Medumcook,  22  Ap.,  1777,  ^42  :  4  :  o. 
[II>  5  7-]  Joshua  Collamore,  of  Medumcook,  guardian  of  William, 
minor  son,  19  June,  1778.  [II,  78.]  Account  filed  26  Nov.,  1779. 
[II,  116.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen. 
I  William  Armstrong  of  Winthrop  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman 
being  in  a  weak  State  of  Body  but  of  Sound  mind  and  memory  make 
and  ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  first  I  Recommend  my 
Soul  into  the  hands  of  a  Gracious  Redeemer  whoe  by  his  Sufferings 
upon  Earth  has  mad  Satisfaction  for  the  Sins  of  the  whole  world.,  my 
Body  I  committ  to  the  dust  to  be  Buried  in  decent  Christian  Burial  at 
the  discretion  of  my  Executrix  hearafter  Named  my  Worldly  Goods  I 
dispose  of  in  maner  following  viz. 

I  Give  and  Bequeath  unto  Hannah  Armstrong  my  Well  beloved  Wife 
all  and  Singular  my  Goods  and  Chatties  House  and  Lands  and  all  my 
Estate  Real  and  Personal  after  my  Just  Debts  are  Discharged  to  be  at 
her  own  Disposeing  and  Sole  use  for  ever  Committing  to  her  care  all 
my  dear  Children  to  be  brought  up  as  She  Shall  See  fit  whoe  are  all 
Small  and  Young  at  present 

Lastly  I  Constitute  and  appoint  the  above  Said  Hannah  Armstrong 
my  well  Beloved  Wife  the  Sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  Tes- 
tament Ratifeing  and  Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will 
and  Testament  in  Testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand 
and  Seal  this  ninth  day  of  April  1777 
Signed  and  Sealed  in  Presence  of 
John  Chandler 

his 
William   o  Armstrong  (seal) 
Ichabod  How  mark 

Disallowed  25  Ap.,  1777.  [Unrecorded.]  Hannah  Armstrong,  of 
Winthrop,  widow,  Adm'x,  25  Ap.,  1777.  [II,  41.]  John  Chandler 
and  Ichabod  How,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Chandler,  Ichabod 
How  and  Stephen  Pullen,  all  of  Winthrop,  7  May,  1777,  ^125  :  19  :  4. 
[II,  50.] 

Moses  Gould,  late  of  Georgetown.  Joseph  Gould,  of  Georgetown, 
Adm'r,  22  Ap.,  1777.  [11,42.]  Philip  Higgins  and  John  Williams, 
sureties.     Inventory    by  Abiezer  Holbrook,  James  Lemont  and  Ben- 


84  I.IN'COIA'   PKOliAIF,  KKCMKDS. 

jamin  liiown,  all  of  (leorgetovvn,   29  Ap.,  1777.      [II,  217.] 

John  Mchany,  late  of  C.eorgcUnvn.  Jane  Clary,  of  (Georgetown, 
widow,  Adm'x,  18  Ap.,  1777.  [11,42.]  Benjamin  Pattee,  Jr.,  and 
Robert  Power,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William  Hutler,  Benjanvn  Pattee 
and  Bryant  Lennan,  all  of  (ieorgetown,  2j  June,  1777.      [II,  62.] 

Mathias  P^if.horn,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Margaret  P^ichorn,  of 
Waldoborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  29  Ap.,  1777.  [II,  43.]  Frank 
Miller  and  Michael  Reed,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Jacob  Ludwig, 
Frank  Miller  and  John  Miller,  all  of  Waldoborough,  29  Ap.,  1777, 
;^28o.      [II,  65.]      Account  filed  27  June,  1777.      [11,  66.] 

Robert  Fulton,  late  of  Bowdoinham.  John  Fulton,  of  'Popsham, 
Adm'r,  14  Mar.,  1777.  [II,  43.]  James  Fulton  and  John  Merrill, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Benjamin  (lardiner  and  Abraham  Whittemore, 
both  of  Iiowdoinham,  and  A\'illiam  Randall,  of  'Popsham,  19  Mar., 
1777,^501:  15:  1^2.  [II,  150.]  Account  filed  27  Mar.,  1778. 
[II,  151.]  Receipts  of  Jonathan  P>llis  as  attorney  to  Jenny  and  Sally 
Fulton,  and  in  the  right  of  Mrs.  Ellis,  heirs,  21  June,  1794-  [VI,86.] 
Receipt  of  John  Fulton,  Jr.,  son,  12  July,  1794-      [VI,  86.] 

Thomas  Clark,  late  of  Vassalborough.  Joseph  Clark,  of  Vassal- 
borough,  Adm'r,  3  Dec,  1 774.  [11,44.]  James  Burns  and  Simeon 
Wyman,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Mathew  Hastings,  John  Marsh  and 
Aaron  Healy,  all  of  Vassalborough,  2  Feb.,  1775.  [II,  45-]  ^-ois 
Clark,  of  Vassalborough,  widow,  Adm'x  t/e  bonis  nov,  1 1  Mar.,  i  783  ; 
Mathew  Hastings  and  Jonathan  Dyer,  both  of  Vassalborough,  sureties. 
[Ill,   230.] 

I)a\id  Purrington,  late  of  Bowdoinham.  Mary  Purrington,  of  I'ow- 
doinhani,  widow,  Adm'x,  8  Dec.  1774.  [II,  44.]  George  'Phomas 
and  James  Buker,  sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Bowker,  Benjamin 
Gardner  and  Richard  'Pemple,  all  of  Bowdoinham,  7  Feb.,  1775. 
[II,  228.] 

In  the  Name  of  GOD  Amen 

'Phe  'Pwentifirst  Day  of  May  Anno  Doiiiiiii  one  'Phousand  Se\en 
Hundred  and  Sixty  four  I  William  James  of  St  Georges  in  the  County 
of  Lincoln  and  province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  ICngland 
genttelman  being  weak  in  Body  but  of  perfect  mind  and  memory  thanks 
be  given  to  God,  'Pherefore  calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body, 
and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men   once   to   Die,    Do   make 


L1N'C(^LN  PROBA'lE  RECORDS.  85 

and  ordain  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament  That  is  to  say  Principally 
and  first  of  all  I  give  and  Recommand  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  (rod 
who  gave  it  and  and  my  Body  I  Recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried 
in  decent  Christian  Burial  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors,  nothing 
Doubting  but  at  the  (General  Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  Same 
again  by  the  mighty  powar  of  GOD.  And  as  touching  Such  W'orldiy 
Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  Bless  me  in  this  Life  I  give 
demise,  and  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the  following  maner  &  form 
Imp  rim  is  I  give  And  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  wife  a  Comfort- 
tabel  maintanence  out  of  my  Estate  as  Long  as  she  Shall  Live  my  house 
and  Cattel  and  William  my  Son  to  fine  fodder  for  the  Cattel  with  all 
my  househool  moveabeles  Effects  in  the  Low  of  Dowre  out  out  of  my 
Estate 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  Son  Pattrick  James 
Chillren  five  pounds  to  be  paid  at  my  Deseas  out  of  my  Elstate  by  my 
Hxecutors 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  Dafter  Febby  Parcey 
five  pounds  to  be  paid  her  at  my  Deseas  by  my  Executors  out  of  my 
Estate 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  Dafter  Frances  James 
to  be  Capt  and  maintain  out  of  my  Estate  by  my  Executors 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  Son  William  James  my 
Lands  and  all  out  a  Dore  moveabeles  v/hom  I  Likewise  Constitute 
make  and  ordain  my  Sole  Executrix  of  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  be  Loved  Dafter  Catran  Treast 
five  pounds  to  be  paid  her  at  my  Deseas  out  of  my  Estate  by  my  Exe- 
cutors 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  be  Loved  Dafter  Anne  James 
five  pounds  to  be  paid  her  out  of  my  Estate  at  my  Deseas  by  my  Exe- 
cutors 

Item  The  said  William  James  is  not  to  Sell  or  Morggage  the  Land  or 
any  part  there  of  in  the  Life  time  of  his  Mother  or  if  he  Should  Die 
without  a  heir  of  his  one  body  or  Child  Less  for  the  Estate  to  Com 
Back  to  my  proper  heirs  and  I  Do  hearby  utterly  Disallow  Revoke 
and  Disanul  all  and  every  other  will  or  testament  and  Declear  this  to 
be  my  Last  will  &  Testament 

in  wittness  whereof  t  have  hear  unto  set   my  hand   and   Seal   the   Day 
and  year  above  Written. 
Singed  Sealed  published  pro- 


86  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

nounced  and  Declared  by  the 

Said  William  James  as  his 

Last  will  and  Testament  in  the 

presentee  of  us  the  Subscribers.  William  James     (seal) 

Alexander  Lermond 

Robert  Griffin 

Samuel  Counce 

Probated  Sep.,  1771.  [II,  52.] 
The  executor  named  in  the  will  having  deceased,  Sarah  James,  of  St. 
Georges,  widow,  was  appointed  Adm'x  cum  testamcnto  annexe,  30 
Sep.,  1776.  [11,52.]  Moses  Copeland  and  Reuben  Hall,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Patrick  Porterfield,  Samuel  Creighton  and  John  Watt,  all 
of  St.  Georges,  30  Sep.,  1776,  ^148:  18:  i.  [II,  55-6-]  Patrick 
Porterfield  and  Samuel  Brown,  both  of  Thomaston,  commissioners  to 
examine  claims,  11  Oct.,  1787.  [V,  78-79.]  Advertisement  of  sale 
of  real  estate,  9  June,  1792.  Account  filed,  18  Sep.,  1792.  [V,  79- 
80.] 

William  James,  late  of  St.  Georges.  Sarah  James,  of  St.  Georges, 
widow,  Adm'x,  23  Sep.,  1774.  [11,  53.]  Patrick  Portejfield  and 
Reuben  Hall,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Patrick  Porterfield,  Samuel 
Creighton  and  John  Watt,  all  of  St.  Georges,  30  Sep.,  1776,  ;^i67  :  9  : 
o.     [11,  54-5.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen — I  ^\'illiam  Crawford  of  Fort  Pownall 
being  of  sound  mind  and  memory,  (for  which  it  is  reasonable  that 
every  one  should  be  thankful)  do  this  eighteenth  day  of  march,  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  &  seventy  five,  make  and  publish  this  ni}-  last 
will  and  Testament ;  in  the  manner  following,  viz.  First,  I  pray  god, 
that  I  may  alway  be  a  fit  subject  for  Happiness  in  the  world  to  come  ; 
— 1  bequeath  to  my  loving  wife  Mary  Crawford  one  third  part  of  my 
Estate  during  her  Lifetime.  Item  that  my  son  James  Crawford  &  Jo- 
siah  Brewer  Crawford  hove  two  Shares  or  Paris  of  my  s'd  Estate  each 
&  my  Daughters  Mary  &  Margaret  have  each  one  share,  or  part,  upon 
an  equal  division,  with  this  reserve,  that  if  I  should  have  other  Sons  or 
Daughters  that  they  come  in,  in  the  same  manner  &  proportion  as  the 
others  :  Debts  I  owe  none,  &  funeral  charges,  to  be  no  more  than  decent. 
I  order  that  a  Small  Tomb  of  Stone  or  Brick  may  be  erected,  in  which 
I  may  be  deposited,  when  dead,  in  such  place  as  may  then  be  Judged 
most  convenient ;  this  I  expect  perform'd. — 
I  appoint   my  wife   Mary  Crawford    executrix    &    my    Brother   Josiah 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  87 

Brewer  Executor  of  this  my  last  will  &  Testament. 

This  done,  in  presence  W  Crawford,     (seal) 

of  us 

Joseph  Chadwick 

Benja.  Shute 

Fra's  Archibald,  Junr. 

Probated  29  Sep.,  1777.     [II,  53-4.] 

('harles  Callahan,  late  of  Pownalborough,  gent.,  absentee.  Nathan- 
iel Thwing,  of  Woolwich,  Esq.,  agent,  17  Nov.,  1777.  [II,  60.]  Ac- 
counts filed  9  Ap.,  1779;  2  Mar.,  1780;  7  Ap.,  1780.  [II,  79,96, 
and  1 1 7.]  Inventory  by  Samuel  Emerson,  Richard  Kidder  and  Philip 
Call,  all  of  Pownalborough,  20  Dec,  1777,  ;^i02i  :  4  :  8.  [II,  118.] 
Charles  Cushing,  Roland  Cushing  and  William  Wilkins,  all  of  Pownal- 
borough, commissioners  to  examine  claims,  i  Dec,  1778.  [II,  119.] 
Accounts  filed  2  Mar.,  1781  ;  6  Jan.,  1783  ;  25  Mar.,  1784.  [IV,  1-2.] 
Edmund  Bridge,  Jonathan  Reed  and  Richard  Kidder,  all  of  Pownal- 
borough, commissioners  to  examine  claims.      [IV,  3.] 

John  Wheeler,  late  of  Boothbay.  Elizabeth  Wheeler,  of  Boothbay, 
widow,  Adm'x,  7  Nov.,  1777.  [II,  74.]  Daniel  Knight,  of  Booth- 
bay,  and  Samuel  Goodwin,  sureties. 

John  Lee,  late  residing  at  a  place  called  Gardinerston,  absentee. 
Joseph  North,  of  said  Gardinerston,  agent,  4  July,  1777.  [II,  75.] 
Account  filed  i  Jan.,  1782.  [II,  182.]  Inventory  by  Reuben  Col- 
burn,  Thomas  Agry  and  Seth  Soper,  27  Mar.,  177S.  [II,  248.] 
Charles  Cushing  and  Edmund  Bridge,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[II,  249.]  Accounts  filed  12  Ap.,  1779;  i  Ap.,  1780;  17  Jan.,  1784. 
[11,250-1.]     Account  filed  4  July,  1 781.      [Unrecorded.] 

Elias  Tailor,  late  of  Winthrop.  Mary  Tailor,  of  Winthrop,  widow, 
Adm'x,  20  Jan.,  1778.  [11,75.]  Peter  Hopkins  and  Abiah  Coye, 
both  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Abiah  Coye,  John  Shaw  and 
Abisha  Cowin,  all  of  Hallowell,  7  Ap.,  1778,  ^127  :  o  :  2.  [II,  218.] 
Account  filed  11  Sep.,  1783.     [II,  218.] 

Samuel  Trask,  late  of  Hallowell.  William  Trask,  of  Hallowell, 
Adm'r,  7  Ap.,  1778.  [II,  76.]  Samuel  Badcock  and  Henry  Bad- 
cock,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory  by  David  Thomas,  Sam- 
uel Badcock  and  Daniel  Savage,  all  of  Hallowell,  11  July,  17 78,  ^54  : 
7:8.      [11,138.] 


88  LINX'OLN  PROrATE  RECORDS. 

David  Hancock,  late  of  Hallowell,  housewright.  Susanna  Hancock, 
of  Hallowell,  widow,  Adm'x,  i  Ap.,  1778.  [H,  76.]  Thomas  Hinkley 
and  David  Clark,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventor)-  by  Daniel  Savage, 
James  Robinson  and  Thomas  Hinkley,  all  of  Hallowell,  15  June,  1778, 
^82  :  iS  :  2.      [II,  95.]     Account  filed  29  May,  1779.      [^^j  9^-] 

Samuel  Plumer,  late  of  Hallowell,  son  of  Samuel  Plummer,  of 
Almsbury.  John  Plnmer,  of  Almsbury,  Essex  County,  Adm'r,  9  June, 
1778.  [II,  77.]  Jonas  Clark  and  Isaac  Clark,  both  of  Hallowell, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Uriah  Clark,  Daniel  Savage  and  David  Thomas, 
22  Nov.,  1784,  ^393  :  3  :  o.      [Ill,  41.] 

Jonah  Gay,  late  of  Medumcook.  Wellington  Gay,  of  Medumcook, 
Adm'r,  19  June,  1778.  [II,  78.]  Joshua  Collamore  and  William 
Elwell,  Jr.,  both  of  Medumcook,  sureties.  Account  filed  6  July,  1779. 
[II,  132.]  Inventory  by  Jesse  Thomas,  Paul  Jameson  and  Richard 
Adams,  all  of  Medumcook,  24  June,  1778,  ^617  :  4  :  o.      [II,  145-6.] 

John  Moody,  late  residing  at  Damariscotta  pond.  Amos  Moody,  of 
Damariscotta  pond,  Adm'r,  24  Ap.,  1778.  [II,  79.]  John  Moody 
and  Nathan  Jewett,  both  of  Damariscotta  Pond,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Elisha  Clark,  Nathan  Jewett  and  John  Weeks,  all  of  Damariscotta 
Pond,  15  May,  1778.     [II,  127.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen  ;  the  thirteenth  day  of  January  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventy  nine  :  I 
Patrick  McKown  of  Boothbay  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  &  State  of 
Massachusetts  bay  yeoman,  being  very  sick  and  weak  in  body  but  of 
sound  «&  perfect  memory,  calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  state  & 
apprehending  myself  to  be  drawing  nigh  to  my  great  and  last  change 
do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  testament 

Imprimis  I  commit  my  soul  to  God  thro'  the  hands  of  Jesus  Christ 
my  redeemer,  by  whose  merit  alone  I  expect  everlasting  life  ;  &  my 
body  to  the  dust  to  be  interred  by  decent  Christian  burial  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  my  executors  nothing  doubting  but  that  I  shall  receive  the 
same  again  at  the  resurrection  of  the  just. 

Item  as  touching  such  worldly  goods  wherewith  it  has  pleased  God  to 
bless  me  in  life  I  dispose  of  the  same  after  the  following  manner. 

Item  thirdly  I  appoint  John  Murray  Clerk,  William  McCobb  Esq'r 
&  John  Dawse  yeoman  all  of  Poothbay  to  be  the  Executors  of  this  my 
last  \\\\\  &  testament  and  the  Guardians  of  all  my  children. 

Item  fourthly  I  ortlain  that  all  my  just   debts  &   funeral   charges   be 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  89 

first  paid  out  of  my  personal   estate  :   &    the   remainder    I    devise   as 
follows. 

Item  fifthly  I  ordain  that  my  beloved  wife  (S:  dear  children  live  to- 
gether on  my  real  estate  as  long  as  they  can  without  sinking  their 
property ;  but  when  that  can  no  longer  be  done  I  order  that  my  Exe- 
cutors place  out  and  dispose  of  my  children  as  they  shall  judge  most 
for  their  advantage  : — excepting  that  it  is  my  desire  that  my  sister 
Alary  Dawse  take  my  youngest  son  John  &  my  daughter  Nancy  as  her 
own,  immediately,  or  as  soon  as  my  Executors  with  the  consent  of  my 
wife  shall  order. 

Item  sixthly  vvhen  my  Executors  shall  find  it  necessary  to  break  up 
my  family,  then  &  not  till  then  I  order  that  partition  should  be  made 
by  them  of  all  my  estate  real  &  personal  as  follows  viz. 

Item  seventhly.  I  order  that  my  dear  &  beloved  wife  possess  &  enjoy 
the  third  part  of  my  real  estate  during  her  widowhood  ;  and  at  the  end 
thereof  I  give  &  bequeath  to  her  &  her  heirs  for  ever  all  her  own 
clothes,  also  her  bed  &  bedding,  &  two  cows  if  my  Executors  in 
their  discretion  shall  judge  all  circumstances  to  admit  of  it. 

Item  eighthly  I  order  all  the  remainder  of  my  estate  real  and  personal 
to  be  divided  in  equal  shares  among  all  my  children  : 

Item  ninthly  if  any  child  should  choose  to  sell  his  or  her  part  of  the 
real  estate  then  I  setde  the  first  right  to  purchase  the  same  first  on  my 
sons  &  next  on  my  daughters  severally  according  to  their  age. 

Item  tenthly  my  own  wearing  apparel,  sword,  &  gun  I  order  my 
Executors  to  divide  among  my  sons  at  their  discretion  over  &  above 
their  shares. 

Item  eleventhly  my  estate  or  house  &  garden  in  Taberwyne  street  in 
Glenarm  in  the  County  of  i\ntrim,  Ireland,  adjoining  to  the  house  for- 
merly possessed  by  George  Eaton  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  eldest  son 
Robert  if  he  shall  go  there  for  it,  if  not  then  to  my  second  son  William 
on  the  same  condition,  &  in  his  default  to  my  youngest  son  John  on 
the  same  terms,  &  to  their  heirs  forever  :  hereby  revoking  all  other 
wills  &  ratifying  this  &  no  other  as  my  last  will  &  testament.  In  testi- 
mony whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  the  day  &  year  first 
above  written. 

Signed  sealed  &  delivered  before  us.  Patrick  AIcKown      (seal) 

Jno.  Murray  Joseph  Beath  Ebenezer  Fullerton. 

Probated  5  May,  1779.  [II,  81.] 
Inventory  by  John  Montgomery  and  Samuel  Brier,  22  June,  1779, 
^947  :  I  :  o.      [II,  223.) 


90  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Jonathan  Nutting,  late  of  St.  Georges,  mariner.  Waterman  Thom- 
as, of  ^^'akloborough,  Adm'r,  19  May,  1779.  [11,83.]  Moses  Cope- 
land,  of  \N'arren,  and  Micah  Packard,  of  St.  Georges,  sureties.  Inven- 
tory by  Moses  Copeland  and  Hopestill  Sumner,  both  of  Warren,  and 
Haunce  Robinson,  of  St.  Georges,  21  May,  1779,  £,2>T^1  =  4  •  5-  [II> 
143-4.]  Waterman  Thomas,  guardian  unto  Oliver,  George  and  Eben- 
ezer,  minor  sons,  9  June,  17 85.  [IV.  18.]  Yearly  income  of  estate 
estimated  at  ;^6.  [IV,  234.]  Account  filed  20  Sep.,  1791.  [IV, 
235-6.]  Moses  Copeland  and  William  Farnsworth,  commissioners  to 
examine  claims.  [V,  57,]  Distribution  of  estate,  25  May,  1792. 
[V,  58-] 

John  Hodge,  late  of  Newcastle,  mariner.  Mary  Hodge,  of  New- 
castle, Adm'x,  25  Dec,  1 7  78.  [II,  83.]  James  Little  and  Henry 
Little,  both  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Cargill  and 
Samuel  Waters,  of  Newcastle,  and  David  Hopkins,  of  a  place  called 
Dyer's  River,  7  Jan.,  1779.     [}^^  ^Z?>-'] 

Jonathan  Ballard,  late  of  Vassalborough.  Alice  Ballard,  of  Vassal- 
borough,  widow,  Adm'x,  21  Sep.,  1778.  [II,  84.]  Thomas  Town,  of 
Vassalborough,  and  Ephraim  Ballard,  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Abiel  Lovejoy,  Nehemiah  Gatchel  and  Levi  Moore,  all  of  Vassalbo- 
rough, 9  Dec,  1778.  [II,  148.]  Darius  and  Calvin,  minor  sons,  and 
Alice,  minor  daughter,  chose  Charles  Webber,  of  Vassalborough,  to  be 
their  guardian,  June,  1789.  [IV,  54-55.]  Account  of  Alice  Williams, 
Adm'x,  filed  30  June,  17S9.      [IV,  56.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen,  the  Eighteenth  day  of  October,  A.  D. 
1768,  I  David  Bailey  residing  at  Richmond  in  the  County  of  Lincoln 
yeoman,  being  sensible  of  my  own  Mortality,  but  being  of  sound  mind, 
after  recommending  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  God,  tSc  my 
body  to  the  Earth  for  decent  burial,  do  hereby  make  this  my  last  will 
and  testament  &  dispose  of  my  worldly  Estate  in  manner  following, 
viz. — 

Imps.  I  give  &  devise  to  my  beloved  Wife  Hannah  her  heirs  &  assigns 
forever  my  Lot  of  Land  situate  in  Pownalborough  in  said  County  of 
Lincoln,  which  I  purchased  of  Philip  Fought,  lying  on  the  East  side  of 
Kennebeck  river,  containing  Thirty  Acres  more  or  less,  also  my  Lot  of 
Land  containing  about  one  hundred  acres  situate  on  the  East  side  of 
said  river  above  Pownalborough  in  said  County,  not  in  any  Town,  &: 
also  all  my  other  Estate  real  &  personal  wheresoever  lying  or  being  of 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  91 

what  name  or   nature    soever — said    Lot    of    one    hundred    acres   was 

granted  to  me  by  the  proprietors  of  the  Common  &  undivided   Lands 

in  the  Kennebeck  purchase  (in  the  Counties  of  Lincoln  &  Cumberland) 

from  the  late  Colony  of  Newplimouth. 

Lastly,  I  hereby  appoint  my  said  Wife  Sole  Executrix  to  this  my  Will — 

In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my   hand   &  seal   the   day  & 

year  first  above  written — 

Signed,  sealed,  published,    pronounced  ^ 

&  declared  by  said  David  Bailey  !  ^^^,^^^  g^il  .^^^i) 

to  be  his  last  Will  &  Testament  [  ^      v        / 

in  presence  of  J 

test  P^ph'm  Cowen 

Jonathan  Emery 
hur 

Easter  X  Kindel 
mark 

Probated  6  Oct.,  1779.     [II,  85.] 

Inventory  by  Samuel  Goodwin,  Thomas  Dinsmore  and  Philip  Call,   all 

of  Pownalborough,  16  Sep.,  1779,  ^8785  :  5  :  10.      [II,  141 -2.] 

In  the  Name  of  God.  Amen. — 

I  Samuel  Webb,  of  Woolwich  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln,  Taller,  being  very  sick  &  weak  in  body  but  of  per- 
fect Mind  &  Memory,  calling  to  mind  mortality  of  my  body,  knowing 
it  is  appointed  for  man  once  to  die,  do  make  this  my  last  Will  &  Tes- 
tament ;  reocking  all  former  Wills  &  Testaments  whenever  or  howsom- 
ever  made  by  me. 

I  give  &  commit  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God,  who  gave  it. 
And  for  my  Body,  I  recommend  it   to   the   Earth,   to   be  buried   in    a 
deasent  &  a  Christian-like  manner.     And  as  for    my    Worldly   Estate, 
I  give,  devise,  and  dispose  of  in  the  following  manner. 
Imprimis.     It  is  my  will  &  I  do  order  that  all  my  just   debts  &  funeral 
charges  be  paid  &  Satisfied,  in  the  first  place. 

Itim.  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  Sarah  my  dearly  beloved  Wife,  my 
whole  Estate,  real  &  personal,  to  be  intirely  at  her  dispose,  wheresoever, 
&  in  whose  hands-somever  it  may  be  found. 

Itim.  I  also  appoint  &  constitute  Sarah  my  dearly  beloved  Wife  my 
only  &  Sole  Executrix,  of  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament,  which  I  de- 
clare to  be  my  last,  revocking  all  former  V.'iJls  &c  : 

And  as  for  my  well  beloved  Children,  I  pray  God   to   be   their   por- 
tion ;  I  think  it   proper  &  prudent  not  to  give  them  any  of  my  Estate, 


92  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

because  I  have  so  little,  their  Mother  being  old,  Stands  in  need  of  the 
Whole  I  leave  In  Witness  Whereof,  I  hereunto  Set  my  hand  &  Seal 
this  twenty  third  day  of  August  one  thousand  seven  hundred  &  seventy 
three. 

Sam'l  Webb      (seal) 
Signed  and  Sealed,  by  the 
above  named  Samuel  Webb, 
in  the  presence  of  us  the 
Subscribers. 

Joseph  Lankaster 

Elihu  Lancester 

John  Carlton  [Unrecordetl] 

Sarah  Webb,  widow,  Adm'x,  27  Nov.,  1778.  [II,  116.]  John  Carl- 
ton and  Joel  Reed,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Joseph 
Wade,  Samuel  Harnden  and  John  Carlton,  all  of  Woolwich,  4  Jan., 
1774.  [11,87.]  Account  filed  3 1  May,  1779.  [II,  SS.]  Nathan- 
iel Thwing  and  Joseph  Wade,  both  of  Woolwich,  commissioners  to 
examine  claims.  Dividend  from  estate  31  May,  1779.  [II,  89.] 
Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Samuel  Ford,  John  Carlton  and  David  (ril- 
more,  Jr.,  all  of  Woolwich,  1779.      [Ill,  232.] 

Israel  .^verell,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Enoch  Averell,  of  a  place 
called  Ball-town,  Adm'r,  7  Aug.,  1778.  [II,  90.]  Job  Averell  and 
Samuel  Averell,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Dan- 
iel Scott,  James  Ayer  and  Henry  Hodge,  all  of  Pownalborough,  25 
Sep.,  1778,  ^1006  :  12,  added  by  Adm'r,  ^^24  :  11.      [II,  91.] 

Mecrus  Carr,  late  residing  at  Dyer's  River.  Elizabeth  Carr,  of  the 
same  place,  widow,  x^dm'x,  2  Oct.,  1779.  [II,  92.]  Enoch  .Averell, 
of  a  place  called  Dyer's  Pond,  and  John  Sleeper,  of  Hallowell,  sureties. 

Ebenezer  Gray,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Reuben  Cray,  of  Pownal- 
borough, Adm'r,  28  Jan.,  177S.  [II,  92.]  Jonathan  Williamson  and 
Isaac  Young,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas 
Rice,  Jonathan  Williamson  and  Michael  Sevey,  all  of  Pownalborough, 
18  Feb.,  1778^  inventory  of  wearing  apparel  of  Mary  Gray,  wife  of 
deceased,  by  same  apprizers,  24  June,  1779;  account  filed  19  Jan., 
1779.  \y^->  99-]  Account  filed  22  Sep.,  1779.  [II,  100.]  Reuben 
(iray.  of  Pownalborough,  guardian  of  Jemima,  minor  daughter,  and 
Levi  and  Ebenezer,  minor  sons,  22  Sep.,  1779  ;  John  Huse,  of  Pow- 
nalborough, guardian  of  Thomas,  minor  son,  22  .Ap.,  1779.  [II, 
1 30- 1.]      Mary  and  Elizabeth,  minor  daughters,  chose  .\zariah    Pottle, 


LINCOLN  PRORATE  RECORDS.  93 

of  Pownalborough,  to  be  their  guardian,  Jan.  i779-  [^1,  255.]  Ac- 
count of  Reuben  Oray,  guardian  of  Jemima  and  Ebenezer,  filed  i  May, 
1790.      [Unrecorded.] 

Tames  Clark,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Margaret  Clark,  of  Pownalbo- 
rough, widow,  Adm'x,  7  Aug.,  177S.  Ul  93-]  John  Averell,  of 
Pownalborough,  and  Enoch  Averell,  of  a  place  called  Ball  Imvn, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Daniel  Scott,  Samuel  Averell  and  George  Lrs- 
kin  all  of  Pownalborough,  3  Nov.,  1778,^^325:  3  ■  ^-  [11^'  ^27.] 
Widow's  dower  set  off  by  David  Murray  and  James  Cooper,  both  of 
Newcastle,  and  Asa  Smith,  of  Pownalborough,    13    Aug.,    1785-      [HI, 

2  33-] 

Oliver  Allen,  late  of  Winthrop.  Levina  Allen,  of  Winthrop,  widow, 
Adm'x,  20  Jan.,  177S.  [H,  93-]  l^eter  Hopkins  and  Abiah  Coye, 
both  of  Hallowell,  sureties. 

Amos  Moody,  late  of  Damariscotta  pond.  Amos  Moody,  of  Dam- 
ariscotta  pond,  Adnvr,  24  Ap.,  1778-      [1^'  94-] 

In  the  Name  of  (iod    Amen    I    John    Mustard  of  Topsham  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  &c  marener  being  weak  in  Body  but  of  sound  mind 
and  memory  (blessed  be  God  for  it)  do  this  fourth  day   of  february  m 
the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ  one   thousand   seven   Hundred   &   seventy 
nine  make  eV'  publish  this  my  last  will  &   testament   in   the   maner  lol- 
lowing  (that  is   to   say)      //.///vV/^V  I    (iive   &  bequath   to   my   lovmg 
wife  Abi-al  Mustard  one  Hundred  pounds  lawful  Money  togather  with 
all  her  waring  aparel  and  also  all  the  Household  furneture  she  brought 
with  Her,  likewise    half  dusen  puter  plaits,  one  set  Chiney  one  Iron 
pott     Item  I  Give  to   my    Brother   James    Mustard    one   bever  Hatt. 
Item  and  to  my  other  Brothers  &  Sisters  I  Give  Each   twenty   shillings 
lawful!,  and  the  remainder  of  my  Estate  I  Give  to  my   Honored  father 
James  Mustard,  whom  I  make  Constitute  and  ordain  my   Executor   to 
pay  my  Debts  and  my  funeral   Charges   In   witness   hereof   1   the   said 
Jhon  Mustard  have  set  my  Hand  and  seal  the  day  and  year  first  above 

written 

Signed  sealed  pubUshed  & 

Declared  by  the  testator  as  and 

for  his  last  will  and  testament  John  Mustard      (seal) 

in  the  presents  of  us  who  at 

his  request,  in  his  presents  and 

in  the  presents  of  Each  other 


94  LINCOLN  PROKA'lE  RECORDS. 

Have  subscribed  our  names  thereto 
Aaron  Hinkley 
George  Heddean 

his 
John  O  Orr 
mark 

Probated  2  June,  1779.  [II,  97.] 
Inventory  by  James  Hunter,  George  Heddean  and  Robert  Hunter,  all 
ofTopsham,  19  Mar.,  1779.      U-^f  ^35'^-] 

In  the  Name  of  GOD  amen  the  Seventh  Day  of  December  a/uio 
Domini  \112. 

I.  Pease  Clark  of  Hallowell  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  in  the  Prov- 
ince of  the  Massachutts  Bay  in  New-England  Gent,  Calling  to  mind 
the  mortallity  of  my  Pody  and  Knowing  that  it  is  appointed  unto  man 
once  to  Dye  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  will  and  Testiment. 

That  is  to  Say  First  of  all  I  Give  and  Recommend  my  Soul  into 
the  Hands  of  GOD  who  Gave  it,  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  to  be 
Buried  in  a  decent  manner  at  the  Decretion  of  my  Executor  not  doubt- 
ing but  I  Shall  Receive  the  same  again  by  the  powr  of  GOD  and  as  to 
Such  worly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  plesed  GOD  to  Bless  me  in  this 
Life  I  Give  demis  and  dispose  of  in  Form  following  viz  I  will  and 
order  my  Funeral  Charges  and  my  Just  debts  to  be  payed  out  of  my 
Personal  Estate  by  my  Executor  hereafter  named 

Imprimiis  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  dearly  beloved  Wife  Abigail  the 
Improvement  of  all  my  Estate  Borth  Real  and  Personal  during  Her 
Natural  Life 

Item  I  Give  and  becjueath  to  my  beloved  Son  David  one  sixth  part  of 
my  Real  Estate  after  my  wief's  Decease 

Item  I  Give  and  beqeath  to  my  beloved  Son  Isaac  one  sixth  part  of 
my  Real  Estate  after  my  wife's  Decease 

Item,  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Son  Jonas  one  sixth  part  of 
my  Real  Estate  after  my  wife's  Decease 

Item  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Son  Simeon  one  sixth  part 
of  my  Real  Estate  after  my  wief's  Decase 

Item,     I  give  to  my  beloved   daughter  Abigail  the  wife  of  Benjamin 
Follct,  one  halfe  of  my  Indoore  moveables  after  my  wif's  Decase 
Item  I  Give  unto  my  beloved    daughter  Susanna    the    wife    of   david 
Hancock  one  halfe  of  my  Indoor  moveables  after  my  wif's  Decease 
Furthermore  I  Give  the  Rest  of  my  Personal  Estate   (after  the  Funeral 


LIN'COLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  95 

Charges  and  Debts  are  Paid),  to  be  Equally  divided  amoung  all    my 
Children  both  Sons  and  daughters 

I  do  hereby  Constitute  and  appoint  my  Son  Peter  Clark  to  be  my 
Sole  Executor  of  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament,  and  do  hereby  Re- 
voke and  Utterly  disanul  all  and  Every  other  former  Will  Legasies  and 
Bequeaths  by  me  heretofore  made  :  Ratifying  and  Confirming  this  and 
no  other  to  be  my  Last  Will  and  Testament  in  Witness  where  of  I 
have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  the  day  and  year  afores'd. 

Signed  Sealed  Published  Pronounced 

Declared  and  delivered  by  the  s'd 

Testator  as  his  Last  will  and 

Testament  in  Presence  of  us 
John  Whiting 

Thurston  Whiting  Pease  Clark     (seal) 

Jonathan  Whiting 

Probated  5  Ap.,  17S0.  [II,  loi.] 
Inventory  by  Levi  Robinson,  Benjamin  White  and  Robert  Kennedy, 
all  of  Hallowell,  30  Mar.,  1780.  [II,  103.]  Account  filed  2  May, 
1781.      [II,  104.] 

Andrew  Lepear,  late  of  Georgetown.  Mary  Lepear,  of  Georgetown, 
widow,  Adm'x,  21  June,  1780.  [II,  102.]  Jonathan  Davis,  of  Bos- 
ton, and  Joseph  White,  of  Georgetown,  sureties. 

Thomas  Sloman,  late  of  Woolwich.  Lydia  Sloman,  of  Woolwich, 
widow,  Adm'x,  22  Sep.,  1780.  [II,  105.]  Nathaniel  Tibbetts  and 
Thomas  Snell,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inveritory  by  Joseph  Wade, 
Jonathan  Fuller  and  Thomas  Snell,  all  of  Woolwich,  25  Sep.,  1780. 
[II,  106.]  Joseph  Wade  and  Thomas  Snell,  both  of  Woolwich,  com- 
missioners to  examine  claims  30  Sep.,  1788.  [II,  226.]  Account 
filed  14  June,  1783.     [II,  227.] 

I  Thomas  Stinson  of  Woolwich  in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  Gentleman 
being  under  Indisposition  of  Body  but  of  sound  Mind  and  Memory, 
do  make  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  viz.  In  the  first  place  I 
recommend  my  Soul  to  the  hands  of  God  who  gave  it,  and  my  Body  to 
the  Earth,  to  be  buried  in  a  decent  Manner  at  the  Discretion  of  my 
Executor  herein  after  named,  not  doubting  but  that  I  shall  receive  the 
same  again  at  the  Resurrection  of  the  just. 

And  as  to  such  worldly  Estate  as  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bestow 
upon  me  in  this  Life,  I  give,  devise  &  dispose  of  the  same  in  Manner 
aad  form  following 


96  I.IXCOI.X  PKOII.VIK  RECORDS, 

Inipriiiiis  1  give  unto  my  Son  James  Siinson  the  sum  of  twenty  four 
Pounds  eleven  shillings,  to  be  paid  him  immediately  after  my  Decease 
by  my  Executor  ;  I  also  give  unto  my  said  Son  three  Cows,  to  be  de- 
livered him  in  three  years  after  my  Decease  ;  which  with  what  I  gave 
him  in  my  Life  Time  i.s  in  full  of  his  Portion  out  of  my  ICstale. 
Item  I  give  unto  my  Son  Thomas  Stinson  the  sum  of  Ten  shillings,  to 
be  paid  him  by  my  Executor  immediately  after  my  Decease;  the 
same  sum,  with  what  1  have  already  given  him  at  the  Time  of  his 
Marriage,  being  in  full  of  his  Portion  of  my  Estate. 
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  Instate. 
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  lier  in  my  Life  'I'ime,  being  in  full 
of  her  Portion  of  my  Estate. 

Item  :  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Mary  Hourd  two  Cows,  to  be  delivered 
her  bv  my  Executor  within  three  years  after  my  Decease;  the  same, 
with  what  I  have  given  her  in  my  Life  Time  being  in  full  u{  her  Por- 
tion of  my  Estate. 

Item  II  is  my  will  and  pleasure  That  my  son  John  be  maintained  out 
of  my  Estate,  and  I  i\o  order  that  my  Sun  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  iS:  his  heirs  forever. 
Lastly.  I  do  hereby  constitute  &  appoint  my  said  Son  Samuel  sole 
l'>xecutor  of  this  my  last  Will  dv:  Testament :  hereby  revoking  any  for- 
mer '1  estament  by  me  heretofore  made,  I  declare  this  to  be  my  last 
Will  &  Testament.  Witness  ray  Hand  and  Seal  this  thirtieth  day  of 
Septem'r  A.  D.  i  779. 

Signed  Seal'd  and  declared         ]  (seal) 

by  the  said  Thomas  Stinson 


the  Testator  to  be  his  last  Will  (  Thomas  Stinson 

&  Testament  in  presence  of 


LINCOLN  PROHATK  RKCORDS.  97 

John  White 

Hop  still  Delano 

Eben'r  Hasey  Jun 

Probated  3  May,  1780.  [il,  106.] 
Inventory  by  Hopestill  Delano,  Joshua  Farnham  and  William  Chal- 
mers, all  of  Woolwich,  21  June,  1780.      [II,   loS.] 

In  the  Name  of  Ciod  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  Cod  &  my  I>ody  to  the  Dust  to  be 
decently  interred. 

Item — It  is  my  VV'ill  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  ha\'e  by  me  over  &  above  her  dividend  of  one 
fourth  part  of  my  F^state  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  &  ai)point  Lewis  Houdelette  of  Pownalborough  in 
said  County  Yeoman  Executor  to  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament  In 
Witness  whereof  I  ha\e  hereunto  set  my  hand  «Sr  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  mark 

Jonathan  Reed 

Probated  6  Oct.,  1779.  \}^i  i09-] 
Inventory  by  Obadiah  Call,  Jr.,  Francis  Rittal  and  Christopher  Jackin, 
all  of  Pownalborough,  25  Sep.,  1779,  ,^407  :  18  :    o.      [11,  112.] 

Be  it   know   to  all   men   by   these   Presents  that   I   Peserved    Hall  of 


98  LINCOLN  PROBA'J'E  RECORDS. 

Hallowell  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  being  very  Sick  and  weak  but  of 
Perfect  mind  and  memory  thanks  be  (iiven  unto  (^od  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  ot  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  F^state  wherewith  it  has 
Pleased  (iod  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  behofe.  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 
ofjalyinthe  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousandj  seven  humlred  and 
Eighty. 

Signed  Sealed  Published  Prononced 
and  declared  by  the  said  Preserved 

Hall  as  his  Last  will  and  testament,  Preserved  Hall     (seal) 

in  the  presence  of  us,  who,  in  his 
Presence,  and  in  the  presence  of  Each 
other  have  hereto  subscribed  our 
Names 

Ebenczer  Tvler 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  no 


Natnaniel  Floyd 
Reuben  Brainerd 


Probated  6  Sep.,  1780.  [II,  113.] 
Inventory  by  Solomon  Whiting,  Samuel  Dutton  and  Benjamin  Brainerd, 
9  Dec,  1780,  ;^7 7:  4:  9.     [111,34.] 

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  ray  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  cSr  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  ray  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 


too  LINCOLN  I'KOr.AlK  RKCOKDS. 

Rcc'd  lour  Acres  of  Salt  Marsh  I  Bought  of  Cornelius  Soul  &  'I'wo 
Acres  of  I  )o.  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.  PHeven  &  one  Right  in  the  Islands  belonging  To  s'd 
house  lott  No.  Eleven 

N  K  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  iSr  Nath'l  Wyman  my  Execu- 
tors of  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament 

In  Testimony  Whereof  I  have  hereunto  Sett  my  hand  &  Seal  the  Day 
iS:  Year  Above  Written. 
Signed  Seal'd  & 
Declar'd  in  presence  of 

Jelhro  Sprague  Francis  Wyman      (seal) 

William  Sprague 

Jno.  \Mlson 

A  Codicile  to  the  Aforegoing 
Will  Sayes: 

I  would  let  the  Executors  to  m}'  Will  know  that  1  ha\e  a  Mortgage 
Deed  from  Stephen  Mitchell  at  North  N'armouth,  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  recjuire. 
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  be(iueath  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  (S:  Seal  this  Twenty  Seventh  Day  of 
|une  One  Thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Seventy. 
Signed  sealed  &  declared  Francis  Wyman 

in  the  Presence  of 

James  Mchonane 

Welthey  Blethen 

Probated  6  Jan.,  1779.      [II,  i  14-5.] 


LINCOLN  PROFA'iE  RFX'ORDS.  lOI 

John  Crocket,  late  of  Fox  Irslands.  Zebulon  Rowland,  of  Fox  Is- 
lands, Adm'r,  i6  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.  [11,121.]  Charles  Sampson 
and  Abijah  Waterman,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Waterman  Thomas  and  Nathan  Soule,  of  Waldoborough,  and  Thomas 
Johnston,  of  Bristol,  (3ct.,  177S,  ^4631  :  16  :  3.  [II,  240-1.]  Deb- 
orah, minor  daughter,  chose  Oliver  Nash,  of  Bristol,  to  be  her  guardian, 
19  Feb.,  1787.  [Ill,  167.]  Account  filed  20  Feb.,  17S7.  [Ill, 
179  to  181.] 

Joseph  Floyd,  late  of  Boothbay.  William  McCobb,  of  Boothbay, 
Adm'r,  5  Ap.,  17 So.  [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,  ;^i55o  :  10  :  8.  [Ill,  28.]  Thomas  Boyd,  Jr.,  and  John 
Daws,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [Ill,  28.]  Account  filed 
26  Mar.,  1782.  [Ill,  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,  j£s^^  '•  ^4  •  o.  [II, 
123.]     Account  filed  31  Jan.,  1787.     [Ill,  140.] 

Joseph  Starling,  late  of  Bristol.  Moses  Starling,  of  Bristol,  Adm'r, 
2  Feb.,  17S0.  [II,  123.]  Thomas  Johnston  and  ^Villiam  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  (}ross  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 


102  LINCOLN  I'ROBATE  RECORDS. 

for  all  men  once  to  Die,  Do  Make  and  Ordain  this  my  Last  ^Vill  and 
Testament,  That  is  to  Say,  Princ'pally,  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 
I  )ecent  Manner :  at  the  Discretion  of  my  F^xecutors,  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  I/ife  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  i^  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  F^state  for  which 
he  is  to  Pay  to  my  well  belo\ed  Daughters  namly  Mary  and  Mari 
F'.lizabeth  ;  F^ach  Thirten  Pounds  Six  Shillings  and  F'.ight  Pence  Law- 
ful money,  afther  the  Decease  of  my  wifes  :  further  :  My  Barsonal  F>s- 
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  F^^ery  other  former  Testaments:  wills  and  Legacies  Bequests  and 
F'xecutors,  by  me  in  any  ways  before  this  time  Named  :  willed  and 
Fiequeathed  :  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) 
jiiark 
Signed  Sealed  Published  Pronounced  and  I  )eclared   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 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RK.CORDS.  IO3 

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  MortaUty  of  my  State,  &  danger  of  my  disease  do  make 
&  ordain  this  My  last  Will  &  Testament : 

Imprimis  I  Give  up  my  soul  to  Almighty  Ciod  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  1  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; 

1  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  srdly  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  (iive  &  bequath  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Jadeth  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  LawfuU  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  (PLxcept  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 
LawfuU  Money  Each  within  two  years  after  my  Deceas  and  the  said 


I04  LINCOLN  proi;ate  kixords. 

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  &  Josei)h  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  1  have  hereunto  set  my 

hand  &  seal  this  tenth  Day  of  January  and  in  the  year  of  our  Eord 

seventeen  hundred  &  Eighty 

Signed  Sealed  published  his 

])ronounced  &  Declared  by  Daniel  H  Knights     (seal) 

Daniel  Knights  to  be  his  mark 

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.,  i  780,  ^27471  :  3  :  10.      [Ill,  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  :  i,     [II,  134,] 

Ludowick  Cassemire  Mayer,  of  Pownalborough,  physician,  absentee. 
Edmund  Bridge,  of  Pownalborough,  agent,  20  Mar.,  1780.      [II,  137.] 

Josiah  Bradbury,  Jun.,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Benjamin  Cray, 
Adm'r.  Inventory  by  Thomas  Rice,  Jonathan  \Villiamson  and  Michall 
Sevey,  all  of  Pownalborough,  17  Dec,  1777,  ^303:  17:  7)2.  [II, 
140.] 

Cornelius  Bradford,  of  Medumcook,  appointed  guardian  unto  Cor- 
nelius Morton,  minor  son  of  Cornelius  Morton,  late  of  Medumcook,  1 1 
Dec,  I  776.      [II,  140.] 


LINXOLN  PROKA'l  E  RECORDS.  I  05 

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  foUoweth  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  f^qualy  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  F^qualy  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  Flxecutor  of  this  my  Last  will 
&  Testament ;  In  witteness  whereof  I  have  here  unto  Set  my  hand  & 
Seal  this  Twenty  Seventh  day  of  ye  lo  m  1778. 

Sined  &  Sealed  in  (The  alteration  in  ye  fifteenth 

presence  of  us  line  was  made  Before  Signing) 

Abrm.  Preble  mark 

Barnabas  Paddock  Benjamin  X  Gardner 

William  Barnard  his 

Probated  6  Jan.,  1779.      [11,  152.] 

William  Kahler,  of  a  place  called  Broad  Bay,  appointed  guardian 
unto  John  ^Veller,  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,  17S2.  [II,  155.]  WiUiam 
Lithgow,  of  Georgetown,  and  Briggs  Hallowell,  of  Halloweil,  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  (ieorge  the  third  I  Charls  Snipe  of  George- 
town within  Countey  of  Lincolin  and  Province  of  the  Masseschuset  Bay 


I06  LINCOLN  PKOHA'IF,  RF.CORDS. 

In  new  England  yeman  Bearing  under  Som  Bodley  InDispotion  But  of 
perfet  mind  and  memary  thanks  Be  to  (lod  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  I'rin- 
sabley  and  In  first  Plaes  I  (iive  and  Bequath  my  Soul  Into  (iod  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 
P>ut  at  the  Genneral  Resuration  I  Shall  Recive  the  Same  agean  By  the 
mightey  Powar  of  Crod  and  as  to  Such  things  and  wordley  Estate  as  It 
hath  Plesed  God  to  Bliss  me  with  In  this  Life  I  (iive  and  Demise  and 
Dispose  the  Same  In  the  fowling  menner  and  form  Inipriiiiis  I  (iive 
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  (Hveuntomy  Beloved  Dughter 
Ann  Potter  two  milch  Cows  one  heffer  and  Six  Sheepe  Item  I  Ciive 
unto  my  Beloved  Dughter  Jean  two  milch  Cows  one  heffer  Six  Sheepe 
and  saven  pounds  LawfuU  money  one  Beed  and  Beding  Item  I  Give 
unto  my  Beloved  Dughter  Marthow  Snipe  two  milch  Cows  one  heffer 
Six  Sheepe  and  Saven  pounds  LawfuU  money  one  Beed  and  Beeding 
Item  I  Do  (iive  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  J<2sqr  and  my  Beloved 
Son  John  Snipe  my  Sole  Executors  of  this  my  Last  will  and  testament 
and  I  Do  hearbey  utterly  Disalovv  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 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RKCORDS.  I-O7 

Signed  Sealed  Pubshled  Pronounced  and  Declard  By  the  Sead  Charls 

Snipe  as  his  Last  will  and  testement  In  the  presanc.es  us 

Daniel  Mcfaden 

Joseph  Preble  Charles  Snipe     (seal) 

Daniel  Mcfaden  Junr 

Probated  first  Wed.  of  Mar.,  i  782.  [II,  156.] 
Inventory  by  Daniel  Mcfaden,  Joseph  Preble  and  William  Stinson,  all 
of  Georgetown,  26  Feb.,  1783,  ^1276  :  i  :  6.     [Unrecorded.] 

William  Patten,  late  of  Bowdoinham.  Hannah  Patten,  of  Bowdoin- 
hain,  widow,  Adm'x,  i  June,  17S0.  [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.  [Ill,  221-2.]  Account  filed  31  May,  1781. 
[Ill,  223. [  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  John  Fulton,  of  Topsham, 
Abraham  Whittemore  and  Samuel  Jameson,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  5 
Sep.,  1782.  [Ill,  224.]  Hannah  Patten  appointed  guardian  unto 
Sarah,  minor  daughter,  15  Sep.,  17S3.  [Ill,  225.]  Appraisal  of  real 
estate  by  Jonathan  Perry  and  James  Fulton,  of  Topsham,  and  Samuel 
Jameson,  of  Bowdoinham,  15  Jan.,  1784.  [Ill,  225-6.]  Order  set- 
tling estate  10  Feb.,  1 7S4,  mentions  children,  James  the  eldest  son, 
Mathew,  John,  (deceased,)  William,  Robert,  Charles  and  Sarah.  [Ill, 
227.] 

Daniel  Townsend,  late  of  Vassalborough.  Sarah  Townsend,  of  Vas- 
salborough, widow,  Adm'x,  15  June,  1779.  [II,  160.]  Ephraim 
Butterfield,  of  Hallowell,  and  Samuel  Goodwin,  Jun.,  of  Pownalborough, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Daniel  Savage  and  David  McNight,  both  of 
Hallowell,  and  James  Cowan,  of  Vassalborough,  17  July,  1779,  ^240: 
13:  o.  [II,  245.]  William  Howard  and  Daniel  Savage,  both  of 
Hallowell,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  x\ccount  filed  19  June, 
17S2,  at  which  dale  the  administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of  Nathan 
Sartell.      [II,  246.] 

John  Decker,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Anna  Decker,  of  Pownalbo- 
rough, widow,  Adm'x,  12  May,  1780.  [II,  160.]  Thomas  Rice  and 
John  Hues,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Distribution  of  estate  to 
creditors  ordered  22  Jan.,   17S4.      [II,   193.]      Inventory  by  Thomas 


To8  LINCOLN  I^KOiJ.ViK  KF.CORDS. 

Rice,  Jonathan  Williamson  and  John  Huse,  all  of  I'ownalborough,  8 
Oct.,  1781.     [11,255.] 

Benjamin  Howland,  late  of  Eowdoinham.  Obadiah  Call,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  Adm'r,  17  Oct.,  1777.  [II,  161.]  Philip  Call  and  Stephen 
Call,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Edmund  Bridge, 
Philip  Call  and  William  Lewis,  all  of  Pownalborough,  25  i)cA.,  1777, 
^17:  7:  6.      [II,  220.] 

John  Shibles,  late  of  'Phomaston.  Mary  Shibles,  of  'J'homaston, 
widow,  Adm'x,  26  Sep.,  1777.  [^I  161.]  James  Watson,  of  Warren, 
and  Haunce  Robinson,  of  St.  Georges  lower  Town,  sureties.  John  Dill- 
away,  of  Thomaston,  guardian  unto  James  and  David,  minor  sons,  31 
Jan.,  1787.  [Ill,  142.]  Moses  Copeland,  of  Warren,  guardian  unto 
John,  minor  son,  31  Jan,  1787,  [III,  142.]  Alexander  Lermond, 
junr.,  of  Warren,  guardian  unto  Robert  Kilpatrick,  minor  son,  31  Jan., 
1787.  [Ill,  143.]  iJivision  of  real  estate  by  David  Fales,  of  Thom- 
aston, Thomas  Starret  and  William  Lermond,  both  of  Warren,  8  May, 
1790:  dower  to  Mary  Dillaway,  late  widow;  remainder  to  sons 
Thomas,  Robert,  John,  James  and  David.  [IV,  236  to  241.]  Ac- 
counts filed,  26  July,  1 79 1.  [IV,  241-2.]  Inventory  by  Hatevil 
Libbey,  .Alexander  l,ermond  and  William  Watson,  7  Oct.,  1777,  ^673  : 
0:6.      [Unrecorded.] 

Abrani  [or  Abraham]  Preble,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Salomon 
Hearsey,  of  Pownalborough,  Adm'r,  16  Jan.,  1779.  [II,  162.]  In- 
ventory by  Thomas  Rice,  David  Boynton  and  Jacob  Lowell,  all  of 
Pownalborough,  20  May,  1782.  [II,  175.]  A<lm'r  having  deceased, 
Mary,  widow,  Kbenezer  Oreenleaf,  Mary  (Ireenleaf,  James  Preble, 
Kzekiel  Peaslee,  .Anna  Peaslee,  Oliver  Peaslee,  Sarah  Peaslee,  Jedediah 
Preble  and  Betsey  Hearsey,  next  of  kin,  declined  adm'n,  18  May, 
T791.  [IV,  223.]  Jacob  Lowell,  of  Pownalborough,  Adm'r,  i/e 
bonis  non,  26  May,  1791.  [IV,  224.]  Widow's  petition  for  dower. 
[\',  17.]  Jonathan  Si)afford  and  Daniel  Scott,  both  of  Pownalborough, 
commissioners  to  examine  claims,  29  June,  1782.  [V,  108.]  Adver- 
tisement of  sale  of  real  estate,  10  Sep.,  1792.  [V,  109.]  .Account 
fileil  and  distribution  (jrdered  4  Jan.,  1793.  [V,  111-112.]  Appeal 
of  Thomas  Rice  et  als.  from  decree  of  distribution,  12  .ALay,  1794. 
[\'I.  249-50.] 

In  the  name  of  Cod  Amen  the  27nth  Day  of  July  17S2 
I  Roger  Chase  on  Kenebec  River  about  ten  Miles  above   Fort  halifax 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  KKCORDS.  IO9 

being  Considerably  advanced  in  years  but  of  sound  mind  and  memory 
Calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  ye  body  and  knowing  it  is  appointed 
unto  all  men  once  to  die  Do  therefore  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last 
Will  and  testament — 

And  in  the  first  place  I  recommend  my  Soul  to  Cod  who  gave  it  and 
my  Body  to  ye  Earth  to  be  buried  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executor  in 
a  decent  Christian  manner  Nothing  Doubting  that  I  shall  Recive  the 
same  again  by  }'e  hand  and  power  of  Ciod,  at  ye  general  Resuration 
and  as  touching  Such  worldly  Estate  as  God  has  bles'd  me  with  in  this  life 
I  give  and  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the  following  manner  I>/ipni)iis  I 
give  to  my  So  in  Law  asa  Prat  all  my  Real  and  Personal  Estate  with  all 
mv  Cattle  &  Sheep  with  all  my  utensils  and  husbandry  tools  he  paying 
to  his  Children  the  heirs  of  my  Daughter  Sarah  Deceast  being  the 
Lawful  heirs  of  her  bodie  viz  to  James,  and  to  David  thirty  Pound 
Each  and  to  Sarah  and  to  Elizabeth,  fifteen  pound  Each  out  of  the 
Estate  which  I  have  given  him  when  they  arive  to  the  age  of  Twenty 
one  years  old  and  my  \Vill  further  is  that  my  Son  in  Law  Asa  Prat  shall 
be  my  Sole  Executor  this  my  Last  will  and  testament 
Secondly  I  give  to  my  Beloved  wife  Abigail  During  her  Remaining  my 
Widow  out  of  my  Estate  the  ivest  End  of  my  Divclim;;  house  d^  ye 
prodiiee  of  a  Quarter  oi  my  Farm  to  be  found  and  broat  to  her  with 
a  Sufficiency  of  fire  wood  Cut  and  broat  home  to  her  with  all  my  house 
hold  Stuff.  I  give  to  my  Son  Mathew  to  be  Endorsed  on  a  note  I  have 
against  him  vSo  much  as  to  answer  a  note  which  Scjuire  Howard  has 
against  him  in  Case  s'd  Mathew  discharges  me  and  my  Estate  from 
paying  all  or  any  part  of  the  Same. 

3  I  give  to  my  daughters  IvLary  powers  and  tamor  Noble  Each  Seven 
Pounds  I  give  to  my  Son  Ezekiel  and  Mathew  Each  five  pounds  to  be 
paid  in  3  years  from  my  Decease  and  the  Legacies  to  the  Daughters 
afore  mentioned  to  be  paid  in  Two  years  after  my  decease. 

I  give  to  my  grand  Children  Vernum  and  Abigail  Chase  Three 
pounds  Each  to  be  paid  in  four  years  from  my  Decease. 
My  Will  further  is  that  when  my  wife  Shall  decease  She  Shall  be  buried 
by  my  Son  Prat  as  afors'd  in  a  decent  Christian  manner  my  will  further 
is  that  and  1  and  my  wife  Shall  Comfortably  be  Supi:)orted  by  my  Son 
Prat  during  our  natural  Lives.  I  hereby  Disalow  and  Revoke  all  other 
wills  and  bequests  by  me  made  and  Ratifie  to  l)e  my  last  will  and 
testament 

Sighd  Seald  publisht  and  to  pronounc'd  In  presence  of  us 
Nyraphas  Bodfish 


I  to  LTNCOI.N  PROBA'JK  RFX'ORDS. 

Robt.  Hood  Roger  Chase     (seal) 

Ezek'l  Chase 

Piobated  4  Dec,  1782.  [II,  164.] 
Inventory  by  Peter  Heywood,  John  White  and  Solomon  Steward,  all 
residing  at  a  place  called  Canaan,  15  Oct.,  1782.     [II,  247.] 

William  Clifford,  late  of  of  Edgecomb.  Samuel  Clifford,  of  Edge- 
comb,  Adm'r,  30  Nov.,  1782,  [II,  165.]  William  Clifford  and 
Solomon  Gove,  both  of  Fxlgecomb,  sureties.  Inventory  by  James 
Patterson,  Joseph  Decker  and  William  Cunningham,  all  of  Edgecomb, 

II  Dec,  1782,  ^^198  -.4:6.     [II,  263.] 

Robert  Cochran,  late  of  Newcastle,  Robert  Cochran,  of  Newcastle, 
Adm'r,  7  June,  1782.  [II,  165.]  James  Cargill  and  Samuel  Kenne- 
dy, Jr.,  both  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Nickels, 
Robert  Hodge,  Jr.,  and  David  Murray,  all  of  Newcastle,  27  Aug.,  1781. 
[II,  221.]     Account  filed  8  Nov.,  1782.     [II,  222.] 

Archibald  Gamble,  late  of  Warren.  Nathan  Bucklen,  of  Warren, 
Adm'r,  7  Sep.,  1780.  [II,  166.]  Hatevil  Libbey  and  Moses  Cope- 
land,  both  of  Warren,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Hatevil  Libbey,  Reuben 
Hall  and  Moses  Copeland,  30  Nov.,  1780,  ^89  :  7  :  n.  [II,  259.3 
Account  filed  21  Feb.,  1782.     [II,  260.] 

William  Potter,  late  of  Eowdoinham.  Prince  Rose,  of  West  Bow- 
doinham,  so  called,  Adm'r,  22  Feb.,  1780.  [II,  167.]  Abijah  Rich- 
ardson, of  West  Bowdoinham,  and  James  Potter,  of  Topsham,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Abijah  Richardson,  Benjamin  Jaques  and  John  Farnam, 
all  of  West  Bowdoinham,  i  Mar.,  1780,  ;^2o66  :  16:  o,  "allowing 
Eighteen  pence  old  Tenor  as  money  went  at  in  the  year  1774  for  one 
dollar  or  six  shill'gs  now."     [II,  225.] 

Abijah  Waterman,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Mary  Waterman,  of 
Waldoborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  20  Feb.,  1782.  [II,  167.]  Charles 
Samson  and  Andrew  Schenck,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties.  Zebe- 
dee  Simmons,  (jf  Waldoborough,  guardian  unto  Thomas,  minor  son, 
Deborah  and  Mary,  minor  daughters,  i  June,  1785.  [II,  238.]  Ac- 
count filed  I  June,  1785.  [Ill,  58.]  Inventory  by  William  Farns- 
worth,  Charles  Sampson  and  Andrew  Schenck,  all  of  Waldoborough, 
17  J"ly>  1782.  [IV,  6-8.]  Deborah  chose  Charles  Samson,  of 
Waldoborough,  to  be  her  guardian,  26  Ap.,  1 794.  [VI,  26.]  Thomas 
chose  Charles  Samson  to  be  his  guardian,  27  Oct.,  1794.     [VI,  27.] 


LINCOLN  PROBA'JE  RFX'ORDS.  Ill 

Samuel  Creighton,  late  of  Warren.  Lucretia  Creighton,  of  Warren, 
widow,  Adm'x,  7  Feb.,  1782.  [11,  168.]  Thomas  Starret  and  Hate- 
vil  Libbey,  both  of  Warren,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Moses  Copeland, 
Thomas  Starret  and  Hatevil  Libbey,  all  of  Warren,  21  Feb.,  1782, 
^578:  12:  5.  [Ill,  240-1.]  Account  filed  30  Jan.,  1787.  [Ill, 
141.]  Hatevil  Libbey,  of  Warren,  guardian  unto  Jane,  minor  daugh- 
ter, 30  Jan.,  17S7.  [Ill,  142.]  Account  filed  11  Oct.,  17S7. 
[Ill,  241-2.]  James,  minor  son,  chose  Hatevil  Libbey  to  be  his 
guardian,  31  Jan.,  1787.      [IV,  128.] 

William  Palmer,  late  residing  at  St.  Georges.  Reuben  Hall,  of 
Warren,  Adm'r,  i  Sep.,  1782.  [II,  168.]  Moses  Copeland  and 
Hopestill  Sumner,  both  of  Warren,  sureties.  Lawrence  Parsons,  of  St. 
Georges,  guardian  unto  Mary,  minor  daughter,  24  Feb.,  1782.  [II, 
157.]  Inventory  by  Moses  Copeland,  William  Watson  and  Seth 
Vose,  all  of  Warren,  20  Feb.,  1782,  ^218  :  17  :  2.  [Ill,  238.]  Ac- 
count filed  29  May,  1786.  [HI,  239.]  Lawrence  Parsons,  of  Gush- 
ing, guardian  unto  Nancy,  minor  daughter,  26  July,  1791.      [IV,  213.] 

Samuel  Bogs,  late  of  Warren.  Mary  Bogs,  of  Warren,  widow, 
Adm'x,  26  May,  1781.  [II,  169.]  William  Bogs,  of  Warren,  and 
Philip  Robbins,  of  a  place  called  Sterlington,  sureties. 

John  Reed,  late  of  Boothbay.  Sarah  Reed,  of  Boothbay,  widow, 
Adm'x,  5  Ap.,  1782.  [II,  170.]  John  Murray  and  Daniel  Herrin, 
both  of  Boothbay,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William  McCobb,  John 
Dawes  and  John  Murray,  all  of  Boothbay,  12  Ap.,  1782,  ;^99  :  6  :  10, 
to  which  Adm'x,  added  cash  ;^i8  :  9  :  8,  and  sundry  small  articles. 
[II,  264.] 

Samuel  Coney,  late  of  Hallowell.  Susanna  Coney,  of  Hallowell, 
widow,  Adm'x,  3  Jan.,  1781.  [II,  170.]  James  Howard  and  Daniel 
Coney,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Benjamin  Pettingill, 
Ephraim  Ballard  and  Robert  Kennedy,  all  of  Hallowell,  5  Jan.,  17S1. 
[II,  206.]  Account  filed  28  Feb.,  1781.  [II,  207.]  Heartson  and 
Jason,  minor  sons,  chose  William  Brooks,  of  Hallowell,  to  be  their 
guardian,  9  Mar.,  i  789  ;  William  Brooks  guardian  unto  Samuel,  minor 
son,  and  Susanna,  minor  daughter,  9  Mar.,  1789.  [IV,  32  to  36.] 
Guardian's  petition  for  division.  [IV,  159.]  Division  of  real  estate 
by  Henry  Sewall,  Benjamin  Pettingill  and  Ephraim  Ballard,  all  of  Hall- 
owell, 28  Dec,  1790:  dower  to  Susanna  Brooks,  widow;  remainder 
to  Heartson,  Samuel  and  Jason,  sons,  and  Sukey,  daughter.  [IV,  224 
to  226.] 


112  LINCOLN   I'ROIiAIE  RKCOKDS. 

In  the  name  of  (lod  Amen.  I  Joseph  Malcom  of  'I'opsham  in  the 
County  of  Lincohi  and  State  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  Hlacksniith, 
being  weak  of  body  but  of  Sound  mind  and  Memory  (blessed  be  Cod) 
do  this  Seventeenth  day  of  January  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thous- 
and Seven  hundred  and  eighty-one,  make  and  pubHsh  this  my  last  will 
and  Testament ;  in  manner  following  (that  is  to  say)  Iiiiprinn's,  1 
give  to  my  loving  wife  Sarah  Malcom  the  whole  of  all  my  Estate  real 
and  personal  (ioods  and  Chattels  until  my  yongest  Child  if  a  Son 
Shall  arive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years,  or  if  a  daughter  to  the  age 
of  eighteen  years  and  to  my  Said  wife  I  Commit  the  Care  of  all  my 
Children  and  after  my  said  yongest  Child  Shall  arive  to  the  age  above 
mentioned  ;  and  after  that  time  to  my  said  wife  one  third  part  of  all  my 
estate  real  and  personal  during  her  natural  life,  allowing  her  my  Said 
wife  to  pay  all  my  Lawful!  debts. 

Item,  I  give  to  each  of  my  Sons  that  Shall  be  living  at  the   time  above 

mentioned  an  equal  Share  of  all   my   Estate   both   real   and   personal  ; 

not  before  disposed  of  to  my  Said  wife. 

Item,   I  give  to  my  daughter  or  daughters  if  1  should    have   more   tiian 

one,  twenty  jJOtuKls  Lawful  money  each,  to  be  paid  in   Silver  or  C>old 

or  other  money  ecjuevalent  thereto  in  one  year  after  my  youngest  Child 

Shall  ari\e  to  the  age  abo\e  mentioned,   to   be    paid  by  my  surviving 

Son  or  Sons  who  Shall  possess  the  Said  estate  and  I    make   and   ordam 

her  my  Saitl  Wife  Sole  Executrix  of  this  my  will,  in  witness  whereof  I 

the  Said  Joseph  Malcom  have  to  this  my  last  will   and   testament.   Set 

my  hand  and  Seal  the  da}'  and  year  above  written. 

Signed  Sealed  published  and 

declared  by  the  Said  Joseph  Joseph  Malconi      (seal) 

Malcom  as  and  for  his  last  will 

and  Testament,  in  presence  of 

us  whose  names  are  hereunto 

under  \^ritten,  who  did  each  of 

us  Subscribe  our  names  as 

witnesses  at  his  request  and  in 

his  i)resence  in  the  room  where 

he  then  was. 

James  Hunter 

William  Uourk 

John  Merrill 

Probated  4  July,  17S1.      [11,  172.] 


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113 


In  the  Name  of  Ood  Amen.  I  Samuel  Hutchinson  of  Woolwich  of 
the  County  Linclon  &  Common-wealth  of  Massachusetts  yeoman  :  Be- 
ing very  weak  in  Body,  but  of  perfect  Mind  &  Memory  blessed  be 
(iod  :  Calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  ray  Body  &  Knowing  that  it  is 
ai)pjinted  for  all  men  once  to  die  :  Do  make  &  ordain  this  my  last 
Will  &  Testament. 

That  is  to  Say  principally  &  first  of  all,  I  give  .Sc  recommend  my  Soul 
into  the  Hands  of  Cod  who  gave  it,  &  for  my  Body,  I  commit  it  to  the 
Earth  to  be  buried  in  a  decent  Christian  like  manner  at  the  discretion 
of  my  Kxecutors,  hoping  in  the  mercy  of  (}od  thro'  Christ  to  receive 
the  Same  made  like  unto  Christs  glorious  Body  at  the  last  Day. 
And  as  to  my  Wurldly  Estate  which  (iod  hath  blessed  me  with  in  this 
life,  I  give,  Demise,  &  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  manner  following. 
imprimis.  It  is  my  will  &  I  order,  that  first  of  all,  my  just  debts  & 
funeral  charges  be  paid  &  Satisfied. 

item.  I  ("live  &:  Bequeath  unto  Sarah  my  dearly  beloved  \Vife  the 
free  use  &  improvement  of  the  whole  of  my  Estate  both  real  &  per- 
sonal during  her  natural  life. 

item.  I  give  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Elizabeth  Turner  (besides  what 
I  have  already  given  her)  &  to  her  Heirs  the  Sum  of  one  pound  lawful 
money  to  be  paied  out  of  my  Estate  at  the  Death  of  my  said  Wife, 
item.  I  give  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Susannah  Six  pounds  thirteen 
Shillings  &  four  pence  lawful  money  to  be  paied  out  of  my  Estate  im- 
mediately after  the  Decease  of  my  said  Wife. 

item.  I  give  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Hannah  Meloey  Six  pounds 
thirteen  Shillings  tSc  four  pence  lawful  money  to  be  paied  out  of  my 
Estate  immediately  after  the  Decease  of  my  Saied  Wife, 
item.  I  give  unto  my  Six  Daughters  (after  named)  Ruth  Hopkins, 
Sarah  Bridgdon,  Mary  Avery,  Susannah,  Hannah  Meloey,  Martha  Ful- 
lington  to  them,  their  Heirs  &  asigns  forever,  all  the  remainder  of  my 
Estate  both  Real  &  Personal  of  whatever  nature  or  kind  :  or  where-ever 
found,  to  be  F^qually  divided  betwen  them  &  their  Heirs  upon  my  Said 
Wifs  Decease.* -I  Excepting  to  my  Daughter  Mary  Avery  to  her  &  her 
Heirs  I  give  in  this  Division  but  one  half  as  much  as  to  one  of  the  Six 
of  my  Daughters  above  named,  because  She  the  Said  Mary  hath  al- 
ready received^of  me,  so  much  more  than  the  other  five  of  my  Daugh- 
ters personaly  have  ; 
I  Do  also  Constitute  Timothy  Bridgdon  of  Charlstown   in   the   County 

8 


114  LINCOLN   rKOl'.A'JK  KF.CORDS. 

of  MidtllesL'x  (i'  James  FuUington  of  Woolwich  in   the   County   of   Lin- 
clon,  both  in  the  Comnionweahh  of   the   Massachusetts   my   Executors 
of  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament  &  hereby  revoke  all   former   Wills   or 
Testaments  by  me  made,  &  Confirm  this  «S:  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will 
&  Testament,  in  confirmation  whereof  I  do  hereunto   Set  my   hand   & 
Seal  this  first  day  of  March,   A  :   D  :   one   thousand   Seven   hundred   & 
Eighty  one  :  &  in  the  fifth  year  of  the  American  independence. 
Signed,  Sealed,  Published,  Pronoumed  and 
Declared  by  the  Said  Samuel  Hutchinson 
to  be  his  last  Will  &  testament  in  presence 
of  Jos  :  Winship  ") 

John  Cray  >  N.  B.  Samuel  Hutchinson      (seal) 

Benjamin  Shaw  )  the  Word 

Ciod  was 

interlined 

before  Seigning 

«Sr  Sealing 

Probated  first  Wed.  of  July,  1781.  [H,  174.] 
Inventory  by  Samuel  Ford,  Robert  Stinson  and  David  (iilmore,  all  of 
Woolwich,  2  Dec,  1781,  ;^4o  :  4:  10.  [HI,  181.]  Inventory  by 
John  Hay,  Benjamin  Coodwin  and  Isaac  Mallet,  all  of  Charlestown, 
12  Ap.,  1783.  [Ill,  182.]  Account  filed  30  May,  1794.  [VI,  77 
to  79.] 

In  the  Name  of  (}od.  Amen.  I  Andrew  McFarland  of  Boothbay  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Esquire 
being  weak  and  pained  in  l)0<ly,  but  of  sound  disposing  memory  & 
judgment,  apprehending  myself  near  to  the  period  of  tliis  mortal  life, 
do  make  &  ordain  this  Mv  Last  Will  &  Testament. 

Imprimis,  I  give  up  my  immortal  Spirit  to  (iod  who  made  it,  thro' 
the  hands  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ ;  and  my  body  to  the  dust  from 
which  it  came,  to  be  interred  by  decent  Christian  burial,  in  assurance 
of  its  rising    again    at    the    general    resurrection    of  the    dead. 

And,  touching  such  worldly  goods  or  estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased 
God  to  bless  me  in  this  life,  I  do  dispose  thereof  in  the  manner  follow- 
ing viz. 

Item  secondly,  I  ordain  that  all  my  just  debts  &  funeral  charges  be   in 
the  first  place  paid  out  of  my  personal  estate 

Item  thirdly,   I  do  constitute  &  appoint  my  dearly  beloved  wife    E'iza- 
bfth,  my  beloved  son  .Andrew  McP\irlantl  ».^  my    trusty   friend    Wdliam 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  II5 

McCobb  Esquire  all  o(  Boothbay  aforesaid  to  be  the  Executors  &  Ex- 
ecutrix of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament. 

Item  fourthly,  I  appoint  &  ordain  that  my  dearly  beloved  wife  afore- 
said still  endeavour  to  keep  my  young  children  under  her  own  eye,  & 
in  my  family  ;  &  with  the  consent  of  my  other  Executors,  that  she  take 
care  to  furnish  each  of  them,  my  said  children,  with  a  good  education 
suitable  to  their  circumstances  ;  and  I  farther  ordain  that  all  the  ex- 
pence  &  cost  of  the  maintenance  &  education  of  all  my  said  young 
children  until  they  shall  severally  have  arrived  at  the  age  of  maturity,  be 
defrayed  out  of  the  income  of  my  house  &  farm  whereon  I  dwell  in 
said  Boothbay,  &  out  of  the  profits  arising  from  the  live-stock  kept  on 
said  farm;  &  also  out  of  the  earnings  of  the  sloop  now  a  building  for 
me  by  Charles  Bryant  of  Newcastle  ;  But  if  all  these  resources  shall  be 
found  not  to  suffice  for  this  purpose,  the  remaining  demands  vvhich 
cannot  be  answered  by  them  I  order  to  be  paid  out  of  such  parts  of  my 
personal  estate,  not  hereafter  otherwise  devised,  as  she  and  my  other 
Executors  shall  think  proper. 

Item  fifthly,  I  order  to  enable  my  said  wife  faithfully  to  fulfill  this  trust, 
&  for  the  sake  &  behoof  thereof  I  do  give  &  bequeath  unto  her  the 
possession  &  improvement  of  my  said  mansion  house  with  all  the 
buildings  thereunto  belonging  ;  likewise  of  the  farm  on  which  it  stands  ; 
&  of  the  live  stock  kept  on  said  farm  ;  together  with  the  use  &  im- 
provement of  said  sloop  &  of  every  part  of  my  personal  estate  not 
herein  specially  devised,  in  trust  for  the  above  use,  &  for  the  uses 
hereinafter  mentioned  :  of  all  which  she  is  to  continue  possessed  until 
my  beloved  Son  John  McFarland  shall  have  arrived  at  the  age  of  ma- 
turity. 

Item  sixthly  when  the  period  last  mentioned  shall  have  been  com- 
pleted, I  appoint  &  ordain  that  my  beloved  wife  shall  declare  before 
my  other  executors  whether  she  doth  choose  to  have  a  full  »S:  honorable 
maintenance  for  herself  secured  &  furnished  to  her  by  my  said  Son 
John,  out  of  his  part  or  inheritance  hereinafter  bequeathed  to  him  ;  or 
in  lieu  thereof  to  appropriate  to  herself,  the  possession,  use,  c&  im- 
provement of  one  third  part  of  my  said  houses,  farm  &  live  stock  ;  & 
if  she  shall  make  choice  of  the  former  I  do  hereby  give  &  bequeath 
the  same  to  her,  out  of  the  portion  of  said  John,  during  her  widow- 
hood ;  if  the  latter  is  her  choice  I  give  &  bequeath  the  same  to  her 
during  her  natural  life. 
Item   seventhly,   I   give   &   bequeath    unto    my    beloved    son    Andrew 


Il6  LINCOLN  PROHATF.  RKCOKI1S. 

McFarland  &  to  his  heirs  for  ever,  all  my  lot  of  land  lying  on  the    Kast 
side  of  the  meeting  house  in  said  Boothbay  ;  also  one  half  of  my  estate 
of  land  on  Spruce-point,  so  called,  in  said  town  ;  also  one  half  of  a  lot 
of  land  of  two  hundred  acres  on  Barter's  island,  so  calletl,  in  said  town, 
now  possessed  by  the  family  of  Samuel   Barter  junior ;    or   in   lieu   of 
said  lot,  one  half  of  the  debt  due  thereon  ;  if  it  shall   be   redeemed    by 
said  family  ;  also  one  half  of  my  part  of  little  Cireen   island,   so   called, 
in  Penobscut-bay  ;  also  one  half  of  a  pew  in  the  diamond  of  the   Meet- 
ing house  in  Boothbay  aforesaid,  which  pew    I    bought   of  my   brother 
Ephraim  McP'arland  ;  also  one  half  of  my  pc^w   in   the   gallery   in   said 
Meeting  house,  next  to  the  singer's  pew  ;  also  one  quarter  part   of   the 
sails,  rigging,  &  iron   formerly   belonging   to    the   sloop    I   lately   lost ; 
likewise  one  pair  of  steers  of  three  years  old,  &  one   colt   of  one    year 
old  ;  as  the  whole  of  his  inheritance  in  my  estate  real  &  personal. 
Item  eighthly,  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  beloved  son  Ephraim  McFar- 
land, &  to  his  heirs  for  ever,  all  my  right  in  the  real  estate  of   my  fath- 
er John  McFarland  ;  together  with  the   lot  of  land   adjoining   to   said 
estate,  which  I  bought  of  John  McKechnie  ;  also  my  lot  of  land  bound- 
ing on  the  north  part  of   said    estate ;  likewise    one    half   of    the    two 
hundred  acre  lot  above  mentioned  on  Barter's  island,  so  called,  in  said 
Boothbay,  or  in  lieu  thereof,  one  half  of  I  he  debt  due  thereon,    if    it 
should  be  redeemed  by  the  family  of  Samuel  Barter  junior  now  possess- 
ing the  same  ;    also   one   half  of   my   estate   of  land   on  Spruce-point 
aforesaid  ;  also  one  half  of  my  right  in  little  (ireen  island  already  men- 
tioned,   &  one  half  of  each  of  the  pews  aforesaid  ;  also  one   quarter  of 
the  sails  rigging  &  iron  formerly  belonging  to  the  lost   sloop   last  men- 
tioned, or  the  just  value  thereof  in  money  to  be  paid   him   out  of  the 
earnings  of  the  of  the  new  sloop  now   building  for  me   by   the  above 
mentioned   Charles    Bryant,    at   such    times    and    proportions    as    the 
exigencies  of  my  family  shall,  in  the  judgment  of   my  said  Executors  & 
Executrix,  admit,  also  one  pair  of  steers  of  three  years  old  ;  one  colt  of 
one  year  old,  &  one  good   new  silver  watch  or   money   sufficient  to 
])urchase  the  same,  as  the  whole  of  his  inheritance  in  my  estate  real  «Sr 
personal. 

Item  ninthly,  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  son  John  Murray 
McFarland  and  to  his  heirs  for  ever,  under  the  conditions  and  incum- 
brances mentioned  in  favor  of  my  beloved  wife  &  minor  children,  in 
the  fourth,  fifth,  &  sixth  articles  in  this  my  last  will  &  testament,  all 
and  singular  estate  and  estates  real   &   personal   belonging,   or   in   any 


LINCOLN  PROBA'IE  RECORDS.  II7 

wise  appertaining  to  me,  that  shall  be  remaining  over  and  above  the 
estates  and  legacies  herein  already  devised  and  bequeathed,  or  that 
shall  be  bequeathed  in  the  articles  following. 

Item  tenthly,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  lawful  heir  of  my  late 
beloved  daughter  Jane  Reed  twelve  shillings  in  lieu  of  all  inheritance, 
she  the  said  Jane  having  received  her  full  portion  of  my  estate  in  her 
life  time. 

Item  eleventhly,  To  my  daughter  Mary  Reed,  &  to  my  daughter 
Elizabeth  McFarland,  also  to  my  other  daughters  Sarah,  Rosanna, 
Margaret,  &  Susannah  McFarland  I  give  &  bequeath  &  to  the  heirs  of 
of  each  of  them,  respectively  forever,  one  feather  bed  &  bedding  each, 
as  the  whole  portion  of  my  estate  of  right  belonging  to  them  ;  &  further 
I  do  hereby  empower  my  said  Executors  &  Executrix  if  they  shall 
think  it  fit,  &  also  shall  find,  when  the  above  articles  are  executed, 
that  the  circumstances  of  my  family  &  estate  will  justly  afford  it,  to 
give  to  each  of  my  daughters  mentioned  in  this  article  one  cow  or  heifer 
when  they  shall  all  have  arrived  at  the  age  of  maturity. 

Item  twelfthly,  if  one  of  my  said  sons  should  die  in  minority,  or 
without  lawful  heirs  then  my  will  is  and  I  do  hereby  ordain,  that  in 
that  case  all  the  estate  &  legacies  herein  bequeathed  or  devised  to  him 
shall  be  divided  in  equal  shares  between  my  two  surviving  sons  or  their 
heirs ;  to  be  by  them  &  their  heirs  respectively  enjoyed  as  their  own 
proper  patrimony  :  If  two  of  my  said  sons  should  die  as  aforesaid, 
then  I  ordain  that  all  the  estate  real  &  personal  herein  bequeathed  to 
them  shall  go,  without  any  deduction,  to  the  one  surviving  son  &  his 
heirs  forever ;  &  if  all  my  sons  should  decease  in  the  case  above  men- 
tioned, I  order  the  whole  of  their  inhertance  to  be  divided  in  equal 
shares  amongst  all  my  daughters  and  their  heirs  as  their  proper  pat- 
rimony for  ever. 

Item  i3thly  if  my  said  Executors  &  Executrix  shall  be  unanimously 
of  opinion,  when  my  said  son  John  shall  have  arrived  at  the  age  of 
maturity,  that  after  bearing  all  the  burdens  above  laid  on  his  patri- 
mony, there  does  still  remain  so  much  out  standing  debt  due  to  my 
estate,  in  good  hands,  &  easily  recoverable,  as  shall  make  the  inher- 
itance of  the  said  John  greatly  to  exceed  in  value  the  inheritance  of 
either  of  his  said  brothers,  then  &  in  that  case  I  ordain  that  so  much 
of  said  debts  as  that  overplus  shall  amount  to,  shall  be  divided,  in  equal 
shares,  amongst  my  three  sons  aforesaid,  as  part  of  their  patrimony 
respectively  :  &  if  it  shall  appear  to  my   said   Executors   at   that   time. 


Il8  LINCOLN  rR()I!ATK  RECORDS. 

that  the  inheritance  of  my  said  son  John  is  not  eciual  to  that  of  either 
of  his  brothers,  then  I  ordain  that  so  much  shall  be  paid  to  him  by 
each  of  my  other  sons  out  of  his  respective  patrimony  as  my  said 
Executors  shall  judge  necessary  to  make  the  inheritance  of  the  three 
equal. 

And  finally,  hereby  dissannulling  &  revoking  all  other  testaments, 
.  I  do  hereby  ratify  &  confirm  this  &  no  other  to  be  my  last  will  & 
testament :  In  wittness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  & 
seal,  this  tenth  day  of  November  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  &  eighty. 

Andw.  Mc.Farland      (seal) 
Signed,  sealed,  published,  pronounced 
and  declared  by  Andrew  McFarland 
to  be  his  last  will  and  testament, 
in  presence  of  us 
J  no  Murray 
Paul  Reed 
John  Reed 

Probated  ist  Wed.  of  Oct.,  17S1.  [II,  176-8.] 
Inventories  by  John  Leishman,  Samuel  McCobb  and  John  Holten,  all 
of  Boothbay,  31  July,  lySr,  ^814:  o:  8.  [II,  229;]  26  Sep., 
1782,^41  :  16:  8.      [II,  230.] 

William  McClintuck,  late  of  Boothbay.  Margaret  McClintock,  of 
Boothbay,  widow,  Adm'x,  26  Sep.,  1781,  [II,  182.]  \Villiam  Lith- 
gow  and  James  McCobb,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Edward  Emerson,  of  Boothbay,  David  Gilmore  and  James  Fullerton, 
both  of  Woolwich,  26  Oct.,  1781.      [II,  257.] 

John  Hinkley,  late  of  Georgetown.  Hannah  Hinkley,  of  Georgetown, 
widow,  Adm'x,  31  May,  1781.  [II,  1S3]  Jordan  Parker  and  Sam- 
uel H inkle}',  both  (^f  Georgetown,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Jordan 
Parker,  David  Oliver  and  Nath.miel  Wyman,  21  Sep.,  i78i,;!{^i4i  :  3  : 
II.  [Ill,  59.]  Jordan  Parker  and  Nathaniel  Wyman,  commissioners 
to  examine  claims.  [Ill,  60.]  Account  filed  4  May,  i  7S6.  [Ill, 
108. J 

Charles  Stuart,  late  of  Penobscott  Ri\er,  mariner.  Abigail  Stuart, 
of  St.  Georges,  widow,  Adm'x,  30  Nov.,  1780.  [II,  183.]  George 
McCobb,  of  St.  Georges,  and  William  Farnsworth,  of  Waldoborough, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  George  McCobb,  Joseph  Robinson  and  Isaac 
Wiley,  all  of  St.  Georges,  12    Dec,    1780,   ;£i()  :    12:    5.      [Ill,   80.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  II9 

William  Farnsworth,  of  Waldoborough,  and  Moses  Copeland,  of  War- 
ren, commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [Ill,  8i.]  Account  of 
Abigail  Farnsworth,  Adm'x,  filed  30  May,  1786.      [Ill,  82.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  I  Huliah  Randall  of  Topsham  in  the 
County  Lincoln  and  Common  Wealh  of  Massachusetts  ;  Single  woman, 
being  weak  in  body,  but  of  sound  mind  and  memory  (blessed  be  God) 
do  this  tenth  day  of  September  in  the  year  of  our  LORD  one  thousand 
Seven  hundred  and  Eighty  two,  make  and  publish  this  my  last  will  and 
testament,  in  manner  following,  (that  is  to  Say)  Imprimis  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Brothers  William  Randall  and  Daniel 
Randall  in  equal  halves  all  my  Goods  Chatties  and  Estate  to  them  the 
Said  William  Randall  and  Daniel  Randall  their  Heirs  and  Assigns 
forever,  and  I  do  Constitute  and  appoint  the  Said  William  Randall  and 
Daniel  Randall  to  be  my  Executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testement 
in  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  the  day  and 
year  above  mentioned. — 
Signed  Sealed  published 

and  declared  by  the  Said  huldah  Randall      (seal) 

Testator  as  and  for  her  last 
will  and  testament,  in  the  presence 
of  us  who  at  her  request  and  in 
her  presence  in  the  presence  of 
each  other,  have  Subscribed  our 
names  as  witnesses  thereto 
John  Merrill 
David  Robertson 

her 
Hannah  X  Allen 
mark 

Probated  ist  Wed.  of  Jan.,  1782.      [II,  184.] 

James  Archibald,  late  residing  at  Machias,  trader.  Jonas  Farns- 
worth, of  Machias,  Adm'r,  i  Nov.,  1783.  [II,  1 86.]  James  Avery 
and  Benjamin  Coolidge,  both  of  Boston,  sureties. 

Prince  Barker,  late  of  Newcastle,  mariner.  Hannah  I'arker,  of 
Newcastle,  widow,  Adm'x,  23  Jan..  17S3.  [II,  186.]  John  Hussey 
and  Joseph  Taylor,  both  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Benja- 
min Woodbridge,  John  Ward  and  Kenelm  Winslow,  all  of  Newcastle, 
20  Feb.,  1783,  ^17  :  7  :  4.  [HI,  220.]  Account  filed  17  Sep.,  1788. 
[Unrecorded.] 


I20  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  The  third  Day  of  October  in  the  Year 
of  our  Lord  17S2.  I  Rachael  Joyce  on  the  Island  Muscongus,  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  and  State  of  the  Massachusetts,  Spinster,  being  in 
perfect  mind  and  memory  thanks  be  given  to  God  for  the  Same ;  and 
Calling  to  mind  the  Mortality  of  my  Body,  and  knowing,  that  it  is  ap- 
pointed for  all  once  to  Dye,  Do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  Will  and 
Testament :  That  is  to  Say,  Principally  and  first  of  W\  I  Give  and 
Recomend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  that  gave  it ;  and  for  my 
Body  I  recomend  it  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  at  the  Discretion  of  my 
Survivors  nothing  Doubting,  but  at  the  (jenerall  Resurection,  I  Shall 
receive  the  Same  again  by  the  Mighty  power  of  God ;  and  as  Touch- 
ing Such  Worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  Pleased  God  to  bless  me  in 
this  life  I  give  and  Dispose  ut  the  Same  in  manner  and  form  following ; 
That  is  to  Say. 

In  the  first  place,  I  Give  my  Great  Chair  which  is  in  Marshfeild  my 
X^reat  Chair  to  my  Son  Seth  Joyce. 

Item  I  Give  to  his  oldest  Daughter  Margarett  a  Chest  with  one  Drawer 
and  Square  Table  which  is  at  Jonathan  Joyces.  As  also  all  the  house 
hold  Goods  I  left  at  her  fathers. 

Item  as  I  have  given  my  Son  Jonathan  a  Trade  to  Support  him  That 
is  his  part 

Item  I  give  to  Jonathan's  Daughter  Rachael  a  feather  bed  I  left  with 
her  father. 

Item  I  give  to  my  Son  in  Law  Barney  Fountain  a  Great  Chair. 
Item  I  give  my   Grandson  Jacob   Fountain   my    land  att    Foxhole   in 
Marshfeild. 

Item  I  give  to  my  grand  Daughters   Elizabeth   and   Rachael   Fountain 
all  my  household  Goods  that  I  Leave  here  to  be  Equally  Divided 
Item  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Elizabeth   Fountain   my  Weaving   Loom 
and  Tackling. 

Item  I  Give  to  my  Grandaughters  Elizabeth  and  Rachael  Fountain 
fiveteen  pounds  old  Tenour  which  their  father  Barney  Fountain  owed 
me  for  takeing  up  his  note  for  that  Sum  of  Carpous  White  to  be 
Equally  Divided  as  also  a  Johannes  in  Gold  I  lent  him  the  sd  Barney 
Fountain  to  get  his  Chimneys  Built  to  be  Divided  between  his  Daugh- 
ters Elizabeth  and  Rachael. 

Item  As  I  have  Given  my  Son  Isaac  Joyce  a  Trade   to  Support  him 
that  is  his  part. 
I  also  appoint  my  Grandson  Jacob  Fountain  to  see  this  my  will   to  be 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  2  I 

Settled  as  I  have  given,  and  I  Do  revoke  all  or  any  other  Will   Ratify- 
ing this  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last  Will  and  Testament. 
In  Wittness  Whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal,   the   Day 
and  Year  above  written. 

Sign'd  Seal'd  and  publish'd  her 

pronounc'd  and  Declar'd  Rachael  X  Joyce      (seal) 

by  the  S'd  Rachael  Joyce  as  her  mark 

Last  Will  &  Testament  in 
presence  of  us  the  Subscribers 
Wm  Loud 
Nathaniel  Hupper 

her 

Susanna  X  Hupper 

mark 

Probated  12  Ap.,  1783.      [IL  187.] 

Robert  Wilson,  late  of  Topsham.  Samuel  Wilson,  residing  at  little 
River,  so  called,  Adm'r,  4  June,  1783.  [II,  188.]  David  Reed,  of 
Topsham,  and  Enoch  Danford,  of  Brunswick,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Andrew  Dunning,  of  Brunswick,  Actor  Patten  and  James  Wilson,  both 
of  Topsham,  12  Aug.,  1783,^36:  o:  o.  [Ill,  113.]  John  Merrill 
and  Actor  Patten,  both  of  Topsham,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[Ill,  113.]     Account  filed  4  Jan.,  17S7.      [Ill,  129.] 

John  Springer,  late  of  Frenchman's  Bay,  shipwright.  Hannah 
Springer,  of  Frenchman's  Bay,  widow,  Adm'x,  12  June,  1783.  [II, 
190.]  John  Johnson,  of  Frenchman's  Bay,  and  William  Springer,  of 
Bath,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas  Hill,  of  Gouldsborough,  Moses 
Butler  and  Paul  Simpson,  both  of  Frenchman's  Bay,  8  Aug.,  1783, 
^284:  14.     [11,  208.] 

Samuel  Winchell,  late  of  Topsham.  Sarah  Winchell,  of  Topsham, 
widow,  Adm'x,  29  May,  1783.  [II,  191.]  James  Fulton  and  Ar- 
thur Hunter,  both  of  Topsham,  sureties.  Arthur  Hunter,  of  Topsham, 
kAxn'r  de  bonis  non,  15  Ap.,  1786;  James  Fulton  and  James  Henry, 
both  of  Topsham,  sureties.  [Ill,  158.]  Account  filed  15  Mar., 
1787.  [Ill,  244-5.]  Inventory  by  John  Patten,  of  Bowdoinham, 
Samuel  Graves  and  John  Rogers,  both  of  Topsham,  1783.     [IV,  4-6.] 

Hezekiah  Sautell,  late  of  Vassalborough.  Nehemiah  Longley,  of 
Vassalborough,  Adm'r,  16  Sep.,  1783.  [II,  191.]  Joseph  North,  of 
Hallowell,    and    Samuel    Goodwin,    Jr.,    of    Pownalborough,    sureties. 


122  I.IXCcn.N  I'ROI'.ATR  RKCORDS. 

W'illiani  Howard  and  Joseph  North,  both  of  Hallowell,  commissioners 
lo  examine  claims.  [Ill,  129.]  Account  filed  6  Feb.,  1787.  [HI, 
130.]  Inventory  by  Obadiah  Sawtell,  Asa  Holden  and  Jonas  Page,  all 
of  Shirley,  Middlesex  County,  9  Se]).,  1783,  ;£^4  :  18  :  6.  [I\',  10.] 
Inventory  by  Moses  Sawtell,  Thomas  Smiley  and  Isaac  Cowen,  all  of 
\'assalborough,  4  Oct.,  1783,  ;^2  8  :  o:  i.      [IV,  lo-ii.] 

In  the  Name  of  (iod  .Amen  the  Twenty  Seventh  day  of  July  Anna 
doniiny  1783.  I  David  Clark  of  Hallowell  in  the  County  of  Lincoln 
and  in  the  ])rovince  of  the  Massachusets  Bay  In  New  F^ngland. 
Calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body  and  knowing  that  it  is  ap- 
pointed unto  man  once  to  Dye  Do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  Will 
and  Testament. 

That  is  to  say  First  of  all  I  (iive  and  Recommend  my  Soul  into  the 
hands  of  Cod  who  gave  it  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  to  be  Buried  in  a 
Decent  manner  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executor  not  doubting  but  I 
shall  Receive  the  same  again  by  the  Power  of  God  and  as  to  such 
\\'orldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  Pleased  (iod  to  Bless  me  in  this  life 
I  (iive  demise  and  Dispose  of  in  form  Following  (viz) 
I  will  and  order  my  Real  Estate  to  be  Sold  at  the  Discretion  of  my 
Executor  here  after  named  and  my  Just  Debts  to  be  paid  out  of  my 
Real  Estate  by  my  Executor  if  there  be  Enough  if  not  to  be  made  up 
out  of  my  Personal  Estate. 

after  my  Funeral  Charges  are  paid  and  my  Just  Debts  Paid — Iinpriniis 
I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  Executor  one  Half  of  all  my  Estate  Real 
and  Personal  that  Is  left 

Item  the  Other  Half  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  three  Children  David. 
John,  and  Polly,  to  be  Fcjually  Divided  amongst  them  by  my  Executor. 
Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  my  wareing  Apperil  to  my  P'.xecutor 
Sarah  that  was  once  my  wife  I  utterly  Refuse  having  any  part  in  my 
Estate  or  being  my  Heir  or  havind  any  Right  of  Heirship  in  my 
l-lstate 

I  Do  hereby  Constitute  and  api)oint  my  P>elovcrd  Brother  Simeon 
Clark  to  be  my  Sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  and 
do  hereby  Revoke  and  utterly  disannul  all  and  Every  other  former  Will 
legasies  and  bequeaths  by  me  heretofore  made  Ratifying  and  Con- 
firming this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Testament.  In  wit- 
ness whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  Day  and  year 
afore  said 
Sicfnd  and  Seald  in  Presents 


LINCOLN  PROKATE  RECORDS.  I  23 

of    US 

Thomas  Hiiikley  David  Clark      (seal) 

James  Hinkley 
Jonas  Button 

Probated  15  Sep.,  1783.  [II,  192.] 
Inventory  by  Thomas  Hinkley,  Jonas  Button  and  Paul  Blake,  all  of 
Hallowell,  17  Bee,  17S3.      [IV,  14.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen. 
I  Christian  Cline  of  a  place  called  Waldoborough  In  the  County  of 
Lincoln  and  province  of  Massachusetts  Bay  in  Nevvengland  yeoman 
being  in  healh  of  Body  and  of  perfect  mind  &  memory 
thanks  be  given  to  god.  Calling  to  mind  the  Mortality  of  my  Body  and 
knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  Bie  do  make  and  ordain  this 
my  last  will  &  testament  :  that  is  to  say  principally  and  first  of  all  I  give 
and  recommend  inv  Suul  into  the  hand  of  almighty  God  that  gave  it 
and  my  body  I  recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  at  the  discresion 
of  my  Executors  :  nothing  doubting  but  at  the  general  Resurrection  I 
shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  power  of  God  and  as  touch- 
ing such  worley  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 — • 

I  give  and  Bequeath  to  Elibeath  my  dearly  beloved  wife  whoume  I 
likewise  constitute  make  and  ordain  the  Soul  Executrix  of  this  my  Last 
will  and  Testament  one  yoake  of  oxen  one  horse  one  Cow  &  young 
Calfe  one  heffer  given  to  her. 

I  give  unto  my  well  beloved  son  George  Cline  the  one  Cow  &  one 
hefer  &  one  hefer  Calf  one  year  old  one  young  Calf. 

I  give  and  Bequeath  to  Elibeath  my  Baughter  one  Cow  one  Iron 
Stow  and  one  Brace  Kittle  holds  four  pails  of  warter  the  wife  (;f  the 
said  Cline  is  to  Keep  the  Stow  and  Brace  Kittle  her  Life  time. 

I  give  to  John  milk  Cline  one  pear  of  yearlin  Sears  and  one  Sheep  I 
give  one  Sheep  to  Mary  Veerz  one  Sheep 

and  I  do  hareby  utterly  disllow  revoke  and  disannul!  all  &  Every 
other  former  testament  will  Legacie  Bequaest  &  E^xecutions  by  me  in 
any  ways  before  named  willed  and  bequethed  Reatfing  and  Confirming 
this  to  Be  my  Last  will  and  testament  in  witness  whereof  I  have  sett 
my  hand  &  seal  this  twenty  Bay  of  March  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  Eighty  three 
Signed  sealed  published  and  delivered  by  the  said   Christian   Cline   as 


124  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

his  last  will  and  testament  in  the  presence  of 

test  John  Hunt  Christian  Cline     (seal) 

Nathan  Sprague 

Probated  i  Oct.,  1783.     [II,  194.] 

Inventory  by  Jacob  Umbehind,  Daniel  Feilhenr  and  John  |Hunt,  all  of 
Waldoborough,  18  Nov.,  17S3,  ^65:  17:  5.  [Ill,  35.]  Account 
filed  29  Nov.,  1783.      [Ill,  36.] 

Joseph  Swasey,  late  of  Vassalborough.  Judith  Coye,  of  Hallowell, 
widow,  Adm'x,  24  June,  1783.  [II,  195.]  Jeremiah  Hall,  of  Win- 
throp,  and  Oliver  Hall,  of  a  place  called  Washington,  sureties. 

Abiah  Coye,  late  of  Hallowell.  Judith  Coye,  of  Hallowell,  widow, 
Adm'x,  24  June,  1783.  [II,  196.]  Jeremiah  Hall,  of  Hallowell,  and 
Oliver  Hall,  of  Washington,  sureties.  Daniel,  minor  son,  chose  Squire 
Bishop,  of  Winthrop,  to  be  his  guardian  6  Jan.,  1783.     [II,  201.] 

William  Simpson,  late  of  Newcastle.  Elizabeth  Simpson,  of  New- 
castle, widow,  Adm'x,  10  June,  1776.      [II,  196.] 

Richard  Temple,  late  of  Bowdoinham.  Elizabeth  Temple,  of  Bow- 
doinham,  widow,  Adm'x,  24  Sep.,  1783.  [II,  197.]  Zacheus  Beal 
and  Zebulon  Preble,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Abraham  Preble,  James  Bowker  and  Nathaniel  Jellison  all  of  Bow- 
doinham, 14  Oct.,  1783,  p^86  :  15  :  8.  [II,  209.]  Zacheus  Beal  and 
George  Thomas,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  commissioners  to  examine 
claims,  27  Jan.,  1786.  [Ill,  183.]  Account  filed  and  distribution 
ordered,  3  Oct.,  1786.      [Ill,  184-5.] 

Jacob  Stevens,  late  of  Edgecomb.  John  Ryan,  of  Edgecomb,  Adm'r, 
II  Sep.,  1783.  [II,  198.]  William  Cunningham  and  Samuel  Hall, 
both  of  Edgecomb,  sureties.  Account  filed  9  Sep.,  1784.  [Ill,  128.] 
Inventory  by  Asa  Gove,  Samuel  Webber  and  William  Cunningham,  all 
of  Edgecomb,  ^97  :  14  :  2.      [IV,  15.] 

James  Thornton,  late  of  Bath.  Susanna  Thornton,  of  Bath,  widow^ 
Adm'x,  17  Oct.,  1783.  [II,  198.]  John  McFarland  and  Samuel 
Beal,  both  of  Bath,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Henry  Sewall,  Hatherly 
Foster  and  Joseph  Lambard,  all  of  Bath,  16  Jan.,  1784,  ;!{^464  :  17  :  4. 
[II,  210.]  Account  filed  5  Sep.,  1794.  [V,  251-1.]  Division  of 
estate  by  Dummer  Sewall,  Simeon  Turner  and  Joseph  Lambard,  all  of 
Bath,  I  July,  i  796,  among  John  Thornton,  William  Thornton,  Joshua 
Thornton  and  James  Thornton.  [VI,  222.]  James  and  Joshua,  minor 
sons,  chose  Susanna,  widow,  to  be  their  guardian,  27  May,  1796.     Sus- 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  25 

anna,  widow,  guardian  unto  William,  minor  son,  27  May,  1797.  [VII, 
52.53-] 

Elizabeth  Ellison,  late  of  Topsham,  widow.  William  Malcom,  of 
Topsham,  Adm'r,  22  Jan.,  1784.  [II,  199.]  John  Reed,  Jr.,  and 
John  Umphrize,  both  of  Topsham,  sureties.  Inventory  byCreorge  White, 
John  Reed  and  William  Randall,  all  of  Topsham,      [IV,  12.] 

Jonathan  Spafford,  of  Pownalborough,  guardian  unto  Mary  and  Martha, 
minor  daughters  of  Samuel  Cochran,  late  of  Newcastle,  deceased,  20 
Mar.,  1774.  [II,  200.]  Mary  Cochran  chose  Robert  Cochran,  o^ 
Newcastle,  to  be  her  guardian,  7  Oct.,  1789.  Robert  Cochran,  guar- 
dian unto  Martha,  7  Oct.,  1789.      [IV,  89.] 

In  the  Name  of  Ciod  amen — 
The  2ist  Day  of  April  in  ye  Year  of  our  Lord  1775,  I  John  MoUoy  of 
Pownalborough  in  ye  County  of  Lincoln  in  ye  Province  of  ye  Massa- 
chuset  Bay  in  New  England,  Cord  winder,  being  of  perfect  Mind  & 
Memory  thanks  to  almighty  C'd  calling  to  mind  the  uncertainty  of  this 
frail  Life,  &  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  unto  all  Men  once  to  die,  do 
make  Constitute  &  declare  this  my  last  will  &  Testament, — viz  first  of 
all  I  give  &  recommend  my  soul  into  ye  hands  of  (iod  that  gave  it,  & 
my  Body  I  recommend  to  ye  Earth  to  be  buried  in  a  decent  Christian 
Burial  at  ye  discression  of  my  E.xecutor  hereafter  named  nothing 
doubting  but  at  ye  Resurection  I  shall  receive  ye  same  again  by  ye 
Almighty  Power  of  God — and  as  touching  such  worly  Estate  with  which 
it  has  pleased  almighty  God  to  bless  me  in  this  Life,  I  give  demise  & 
dispose  of  all  ye  same  in  ye  following  manner,  viz  my  Mind  &  will  is 
that  my  just  Debts  I  owe  to  any  Person  or  Persons  whatsoever  shall  be 
paid  by  my  Executrix  hereafter  named  in  Convenient  Time  after  my 
Death. 

Imprimis-  I  give  <&  bequeath  to  my  well  belo\ed  &  intended  Wife 
Hannah  Hutchinson  ye  whole  of  my  Estate  both  real  &  Personal  & 
household  goods  &  Every  thing  I  die  possessed  of,  to  enable  her  to 
pay  my  just  Debts  &  Funeral  Charges,  &  for  her  Comfort  &  soport,  for 
her  Use  &  improvement,  &  disposal  for  I^ver — I  do  hereby  Nominate 
&  Constitute  &  ordain  my  well  Beloved  &  intended  Wife  Hannah 
Hutchinson  above  named  my  Sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  & 
Testament,  &  I  do  hereby  utterly  Disannul,  revoke  &  disallow  all  & 
F>ery  other  former  will  &  Testament,  ratifying  &  Confirming  this,  &  this 
only  to  be  m.y  last  will  &  Testament,  in   witness  whereof  I    have  here- 


126  LINCOLN  PROr.ATE  RECORDS. 

unto  set  my  Hand  tv:  Seal  ye   Day   &   Year   first  above  mentioned,    In 

])resent  of 

Thos.  Moore 

Seth  Hammon  John  Molloy      (seal) 

Susannah  Crosby 

I'robated  4  i-'eb.,  i  7S4.      [II,  202.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  I  Godfry  filler  of  Waldoborough  in  the 
County  of  Linclon  in  ye  Massachusetts  State  being  Very  Sick  in  body 
but  of  perfect  Sences  and  Knowing  that  I  must  die  and  how  Sone  I 
Know  not  I  have  thought  fit  to  make  this  my  Last  Will  and  testament 
viz  in  the  first  place  I  give  my  Soul  into  ye  hands  of  God  who  Gave  itt 
and  my  body  to  the  F^arth  to  be  decently  buried  att  ye  Discresion  of 
my  Executor  whome  my  will  is  should  be  my  Loving  son  John  filler 
and  I  doe  here  will  and  appoint  ye  said  John  filler  to  P^xecute  upon 
this  my  will  in  all  Respects,  and  as  to  what  Worldly  goods  itt  hath 
])!eas'd  God  to  bless  me  with  I  Give  and  Dispose  of  in  the  following 
maner  viz  I  Give  unto  my  Loving  wife  Regine  filler  all  my  Estate  both 
Real  and  personal  after  my  Just  depts  are  paid  as  her  own  to  use  oc- 
cupye  and  Improve  dureing  Her  Life  and  upon  her  deth  I  Give  and 
Dipose  of  the  Same  to  my  Children  to  be  P.quelly  Divided  betwene 
them  in  Equel  shares  both  for  Quanetee  and  Qualety  and  I  doe  here- 
by Disanul  and  make  Void  all  other  wills  or  testaments  of  what  name 
or  Nature  whatsoever  holding  good  and  Vallied  this  my  Last  will  and 
testament  in  witness  whereof  I  the  above  said  (iodfry  filler  doe  here- 
unto set  my  hand  and  seal  this  third  day  of  ]\Iarrh  in  the  year  1784 
Signed  seal'd  and  Deliv'd  att  Waldoborough 
in  the  Pressents  of  us  his 

Jabesh  Cole  Godfry  X  Filler       (seal) 

Christopher  Newbert  mark 

Andrew  Storer 

Probated  5  May,  i  7<S4.  [II,  203.] 
Inventory  by  Jabesh  Cole,  Christopher  Newbert  and  Andrew  Storer, 
all  of  Waldoborough,  15  Ap.,    1784.      [IV,  16-17.] 

Benjamin  Wheeler,  late  of  Penobscott  river.  lOli/.abeth  Wheeler,  of 
I'enobscott  River,  widow,  Adm'x,  5  July,  1784.  [II,  205.]  Elisha 
Grant  and  John  Patten,  both  of  Penobscott  River,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Andrew  Grant,  Robert  McCordey  and  Elihu  Hewes,  all  of  Penob- 
scot River,  i  July,  1785,  ;^429  :  18:  o.  [Unrecorded.]  Simeon 
Fowler,  of  Grrington,  and  Reid^en  Ne>\comb,  of  Frankfort  commis- 
sioners to  examine  claims,  11  July.  1793. 


LINCOLN  PROHATE  RECORDS.  I  27 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  this  second  day  of  July  A  :  D  :  1784  I 
Elizabeth  Milliner  of  Vassalborough  in  the  Connty  of  Lincoln  and 
Commonwealth  of  the  Massachusetts  being  weak  in  body  but  of  sound 
mind  and  mem.ory  thanks  be  Given  to  God  therefor  calling  to  mind 
the  Mortallity  of  my  body  and  Knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all 
Men  once  to  die  first  and  Principally  Recommend  my  Soul  into  the 
hands  of  Ciod  that  (iave  it  and  my  body  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  a 
decent  manner  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executor  :  1  )o  make  and  ordain 
this  my  last  Will  and  'I'estament  and  as  touching  such  worly  P^state 
wherewith  it  hath  Pleased  AUmighty  God  to  Bless  me  with  first 
I  Give  and  bequeath  to  Nathaniel  Lovejoy  of  Vassalborough  thirteen 
Pounds  Six  shillings  and  Eight  pence  out  of  the  money  that  is  due  to  me 
which  now  in  the  Island  of  Antego  if  said  money  shall  be  recovered 
2ly  I  Give  unto  Stephen  Lovejoy  forty  Pounds  to  be  layed  out  in  scol- 
ing  him  at  the  discression  of  my  Executor. 

3ly  I  (jive  to  Sarah  Lovejoy  my  Green  Damas  (Jown  and  Pettecote 
and  Read  Quilted  Pettecote  and  one  pare  of  Stays 

And  all  the  Remainder  of  my  P^state  Real  and  Personal  I  Give  and 
bequeath  to  Abial  Lovejoy  Esqr  whome  I  make  and  ordain  my  sole 
Heir  and  P^xecutor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  hereby  disannul- 
ing  any  former  wills  made  by  me  Rattifiing  this  my  last  Will  and 
testiment  in  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  sett  my  hand  and  Seal 
the  day  and  year  abovesaid 

Signed  sealed  and  declared  by  the  said  P^lizabeth  Milliner  to  be  her 
last  will  and  testiment  in  Presents  of 

Samuel  Dinsmore  P^lizabeth  Millner      (seal) 

Abiel  Lovejoy  Jr 

PoUey  Lovejoy 

Probated  27  Jan.,  1785.      [11,  211.] 

hi  the  Name  of  God  amen 
I  James  Morton  of  Bristol  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman  being  in 
perfect  Helth  of  Body  and  of  perfect  mind  and  memory  thanks  be 
gavien  unto  God  ;  Calling  unto  mind  the  mortality  of  my  bo<iy  and 
Knowing  that  it  is  a|)pointed  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  gave  and  recommend  my  soul  to  God  that  gave  it  and  my 
body  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  Decent  Christian  burial  at  the  Dis- 
cration of  my  Executors  ;  nothing  Doubting  but  att  the  General  Resur- 
ection  I  sail  receive  the  same  agin  by  the  mighty  power  of  God.     And 


128  LINCOLN  I'ROIJATK  RKCORDS. 

as  toching  such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  has  pleased  Clod  to  bliss 
me  in  this  life,  I  gave  and  Demise  &  Dispose  of  the  same  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner  and  form  :  first  I  gave  and  bequeth  to  Sarah  my  Dearly 
beloved  wife  the  manadgement  of  my  whole  Estate  both  real  and  per- 
sonal Duering  her  life  whom  I  likewise  Constatute  ordain  and  appoint 
the  sole  Execiiterix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  and  all  and  singu- 
ler  tiie  aforesaid  Estate  by  her  freely  to  be  possesed  and  enjoyed,  and 
after  the  Decess  of  my  beloved  wife  I  lave  to  my  son  \\'illiam  two 
ponnd  lawful!  money  out  of  my  Estate  liwise  unto  James  my  second  son 
I  lave  two  pound  iawfuU  money  to  be  paid  out  of  said  F^state  unto  my 
third  son  Robert  I  lave  &  bequeath  to  him  the  point  on  which  he 
raised  his  house  allowing  him  Eighty  acres  of  land  and  the  remander 
of  my  homestead  farm  and  stock  I  leave  to  my  forth  son  John  him 
paying  out  of  said  Estate  to  each  of  my  Daughters  viz  Sarrah  Margret 
(S:  lean  one  hundred  pound  lawfull  money  to  each  of  them  likwise  the 
back  land  in  my  possion  1  leave  amongest  the  whole  c>f  my  Children 
each  Drawing  a  eciual  share  it  being  one  hundred  acres  of  land, 
ratifying  and  Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will  and  tes- 
tament, in  W'ittness  whereof  I  have  heareunto  set  my  hand  and  seal 
this  twenty  seventh  of  feberuary  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
eighty  one 

Signed   sealed    published  and  pronounced  and   Declared  by  the  said 
lames  Morton  as  his  last  Will  and  testament  in  the  presence  of  us  Who 
in  his  presence 
and  in  the  presence  of 
eath  other  have  hearto 

subscribed  our  names  James  Morton      (seal) 

William  xMcClain 
Samuel  McC:iain 
Fergus  McClain 

Probated  12  May,  1  7S4.      [II.  213.] 

Inventory  by  William  Burns,  David  Bryant,  Jr.,  and  Lemuel  Bryant,  all 
of  Bristol,  I  June,  1793,  ^^343  :  18  :  o.      [V,  250-1.] 

Seth  Webb,  late  of  a  place  called  Holt's  Island.  Solomon  Kimball, 
of  Big>vaduce,  trader,  Adm'r,  10  Jan.,  1787.  [II,  214.]  Nathan 
Jones,  of  Frenchman's  Bay,  and  Oliver  Mann,  of  Bigwaduce,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Richard  Hunnewell,  Jr.,  Jonathan  Lowder  and  Thomas 
Phillips,  all  of  a  place  called  MajaBigwaduce,  28  Mar.,  1787,  £-]i :  9  : 
o.  rill,  239-40.]  Thomas  Phillips  and  Richard  Hunnewell,  com- 
missioners to  examine  claims.      [II,  261.] 


LINCOLN"  PROKAIE  RFXORDS.  I  29 

Nathan  Hall,  late  of  Winthrop.  Elizabeth  Hall,  of  Winthrop,  wid- 
ow, Adm'x,  27  Feb.,  1776.  Jonathan  \Vhiting  and  Stephen  Pullen, 
both  of  Winthrop,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Jonathan  Whiting,  Stephen 
Pullen  and  John  Chandler,  all  of  Winthrop,  18  June,  1777,  j[s'2-<)2>  :  1 1  : 
6.  [H,  224.]  Assignment  of  estate  to  Abijah  Hall,  the  son,  8  Jan., 
1 796,  mentions  Mary,  daughter,  wife  of  Daniel  Hemmenway,  and 
Elizabeth,  "the  other  daughter."  [VI,  130-1.]  Appraisement  of 
estate  by  Nathaniel  Fairbanks,  Stephen  Pullen  and  Squire  Bishop,  all 
of  Winthrop,  23  Dec,  1795,  $572.  VI,  202.]  Receipts  of  daughters 
to  Abijah,  for  their  shares,  27  Oct.,  1795.      [VI,  202.] 

Silas  Hathorn,  late  of  Penobscot  River.  Silas  Hathorn,  of  Penob- 
scot River,  Adm'r.  Inventory  by  Andrew  AVebster,  James  Budge  and 
Isaac  Freeze,  all  of  Penobscot  River,  i  7  Aug.,  i  7S7,  ^389  :  2  :  o  ;  22 
Aug.,  178S,  ^18  :  5  :  o.  Jonathan  Lowder  and  James  Ginn,  both  of 
Penobscot  River,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  12  Sep.,  1787. 
[II,  236.] 

Levi  Soule,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Abigail  Soule,  of  Waldoborough, 
widow,  Adm'x,  4  June,  1782.  Cornelius  Turner  and  Moses  Copeland, 
sureties.  [II,  241.]  Inventory  by  Moses  Copeland,  of  Warren,  and 
Nathaniel  Simmons  and  David  Vinall,  both  of  Waldoborough,  3  July, 
1783.  [Ill,  132-3.]  Account  filed  2  Mar.,  1796,  at  which  date  the 
administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of  Cornelius  Turner.  [VII,  223.] 
Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Waterman  Thomas,  Charles  Samson  and 
Michael  Sprague,  all  of  Waldoborough,  1798.  [VIII,  5.]  Division 
of  personal  estate  among  widow,  Levi,  and  Abigail,  wife  of  Joshua 
Howard,  Jr.,  19  Sep.,  1797.      [VIII,  6.] 

Nathan  Soule,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Sarah  Soule,  of  Waldo- 
borough, widow,  Adm'x,  23  May,  1783.  Andrew  Schenck  and 
Charles  Sampson,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties.  [II,  242.]  In- 
ventory by  Charles  Samson,  Andrew  Schenck  and  Zebedee  Simmons, 
28  Jan.,  I  784.-' [Ill,  134-5.]  Inventory  of  real  estate  in  Plymouth 
County  by  Briggs  Alden,  Levi  Loring  and  Perez  Loring,  all  of  Dux- 
borough,  II  Ap.,  1788,  /^5oo  :o  :o.  [Ill,  261.]  Heirs:  John 
Trowbridge,  Sarah  Trowbridge,  Alexander  Turner,  and  Anna  Soule. 
Account  filed    2   Mar.,  1796.     [HI,  262.] 

Joseph  Stevens,  late  of  Winthrop.  Rachel  Stevens,  of  Winthrop, 
widow,  Adm'x,  27  July,  1784.  [II,  242.]  Timothy  Foster,  of 
Winthrop,  and  Jonathan  Low,  of  Vassalborough,  sureties.     Inventory 

9 


130  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

by  Moses  Chandler,  John  Blunt  and  Gideon  Lambert,  7  Sep.,   1 784, 
;^iii  :3  :o.      [Unrecorded.] 

Eliphalet  Foster,  late  of  Winthrop.  Timothy  Foster,  of  Winthrop, 
Adm'r,  11  Mar.,  1784.      [II,  242.] 

Amos  Pearson,  late  of  Newcastle.  Marcy  Pearson,  of  Newcastle, 
widow,  Adm'x,  17  May,  1784.  [II,  243.]  Inventory  by  Samuel 
Waters,  David  Murray  and  Robert  Hodge,  all  of  Newcastle,  13  Dec, 
I  784,  ^379  :2  -.4.  [Ill,  104.]  David  Plummer,  Jr.,  of  New  Milford, 
guardian  into  Amos,  minor  son,  2  June,  1800.  [IX,  193.]  Maria 
and  Elizabeth,  minor  daughters,  chose  David  Plummer,  Jr.,  to  be  their 
guardian,  2  June,  1800.  [IX,  248-9.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by 
Samuel  Waters,  of  Balltown,  David  Murray,  of  Newcastle,  and  Jon- 
athan Morrison,  of  New  Milford,  6  Nov.,  1 798,  at  which  date  the 
widow  had  become  the  wife  of  Peter  Oilman.      [Unrecorded.] 

Jacob  Davis,  late  of  Medumcook.  Samuel  Davis,  of  Medumcook, 
Adm'r,  14  July,  1784.  Paul  Jameson,  of  Medumcook,  and  William 
Solomon  Loud,  of  Muscongus  Island,  sureties.  [II,  244.]  Inven- 
tory by  Robert  Jameson,  Jesse  Thomas  and  John  Demoss,  14  Aug.,  1 784, 
;^ioi  :<)  :3.     [Ill,  29.]     .Account  filed  28  Sep.,  1785.      [Ill,  30.] 

Richard  Humphrey,  late  of  Winthrop.  Peter  Hopkins,  of  Wales, 
Adm'r,  25  Mar.,  1784.  [II,  244.]  Abner  Marson  and  Edward 
Fuller,  both  of  Pittston,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Philip  Allen,  Thomas 
Curtis  and  Solomon  Stanley,  all  of  Winthrop,  29  Mar.  1784,^126  :i4  : 
Q.  fill,  233-4.]  Philip  Allen,  of  Winthrop,  guardian  unto  Samuel 
and  William  minor  sons,  21  June,  1785.     [Ill,  256.] 

In  the  Name  of  God.  Amen. 
I  Philip  White  of  Woolwich  in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  &  State  of  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay,  being  of  sound  &  disposing  mind  &  memory  Blessed 
be  God  therefor,  &  considering  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  Men  once  to 
die  do  make  &  ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  testament  in  manner 
following.  Imprimis,  I  commend  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  Almighty 
God,  who  gave  it,  and  my  body  to  the  Earth  from  whence  it  came,  in 
hopes  of  a  joyful  Resurrectiun,  through  the  merits  of  my  Saviour  Jesus- 
Christ  •  And  as  for  that  Worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  has  pleased  God 
to  bless  me,  I  give  &  bequeath  as  follows.  First,  Whereas  I  have  given  to 
my  son  Robert  White  one  half  of  my  Lands  on  which  I  now  live,  with 
one  half  of  the  buildings  thereon,  &  one  half  of  the  priviledges  thereto 
belonging,  it  is  my  Will  that  the  same  be  consider'd  as  his   full  Right,   or 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  131 

Share  of  my  Real  Estate,  except  as  hereafter. 

Item,  I  give  &  bequeath  to  ray  daughters,  Sarah  White  &  Mary 
White  the  other  half  of  my  Land  together  with  the  other  half  of  the 
buildings  standing  on  the  same  also  the  priviledges  of  the  fishery  be- 
longing to  the  same,  to  be  equally  enjoy'd  by  them  for  and 
towards  their  comfortable  support  &  maintainance  during  their  Nat- 
ural lives,  unless  they  should  Marry,  in  which  case  it  shall  go  to  my 
son  Robert  upon  his  paying  them  the  sum  of  Fifty  three  pounds,  six 
shillings  &  Eight  pence  each,  in  Silver,  Equal  to  six  shillings  &  eight 
pence  p  ounce,  and  in  case  either  of  my  said  daughters  should  die 
before  the  other,  then  her  part  shall  be  enjoy'd  by  the  surviving 
daughter  during  her  life,  or  untill  marriage  as  aforesaid,  &  on  the 
marriage  of  the  said  surviving  daughter  then  the  whole  shall  go  to  my 
sd  son  Robert  as  aforesaid,  upon  his  paying  her  the  aforesaid  sum  of 
Fifty  three  pounds  six  shillings  &  eight  pence,  as  aforesaid,  and  in 
Case  my  son  Robert  should  die  before  my  said  daughters,  then  my 
will  is  that  my  said  daughters,  shall  hold  &  enjoy  the  aforesaid  Other 
half  of  my  Lands  &  buildings  with  the  priviledges  aforesaid,  equally 
to  them  and  their  heirs  forever. 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  son  Robert  White,  all  my  farming 
Utensils,  saving  the  one  half  of  the  use  of  them  to  my  said  daughters 
Sarah  &  Mary  for  &  towards  their  support  as  aforesaid,  during  their 
lives  or  untill  marriage  as  aforesaid,  &  in  case  of  death  of  either  my 
son  or  daughters  then  the  same  to  be  disposed  of  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  the  Land  &  buildings  aforemention'd.  Also  I  give  to  my  sd  : 
Son  Robert  all  my  Wearing  Apparel,  also  the  following  books, 
Vizt :  Dodriges  ten  sermons.  Baileys  dictionary,  and  Cockers  Arith- 
metick. 

Item,  I  give  to  my  Grandson  Philip  White,  when  he  shall  arive  at 
the  age  of  twenty  one  years,  my  black  Ox,  and  my  small  firelock, 
also  my  feather  bed  on  which  I  ly,  with  one  pillow,  one  blew  and 
white  Coverhd,  and  one  sheet,  and  in  case  my  said  Grandson  should 
die  before  he  arrives  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years,  then  what  I  have 
given  him  shall  go  to  my  sd  :  daughters  and  their  heirs  forever. 
Item,  I  give  to  my  sd  :  daughters,  Sarrah  &  Mary,  all  my  household 
furniture,  &  Indoor  movables  of  every  kind,  also  my  Great  Bible,  &  all 
my  other  books  except  what  I  have  given  to  my  son  Robert,  to  be 
equally  enjoy'd  by  them  and  their  heirs  forever.  Also  I  give  to  my  sd  : 
daughters,  all  my  Stock  of  Cattle,  Swine,  Sheep  &c  except  my  black  Ox 


132  LINCOLN  PRORA'lE  RECORDS. 

aforesaid,  to  be  Equally  enjoy'd  by  them  &  their  heirs  forever. 
Item,  Whereas  I  am  possess'd  of  a  pew  in  the  meeting  house  in 
AVoolwich,  for  which  when  said  pew  is  fmish'd  there  will  be  due  to  the 
Committee  of  sd  :  House  the  sum  of  forty  eight  shillings,  equall  to 
silver  at  six  shillings  &  eight  ])ence  p  oz,  and  on  my  sd.  Son  Roberts 
paying  sd.  sum  of  forty  eight  shillings  to  sd  :  Committee  or  their  or- 
der, then  my  Will  is  that  my  said  son  Robert  shall  hold  &  enjoy  one 
half  of  sd.  Pew,  and  my  sd.  Daughters  Sirah  &  Mary  shall  hold  &  en- 
joy the  other  half,  &  in  case  my  sd.  Son  Robert  shall  refuse  or  Neg- 
lect to  pay  sd.  sum  when  demanded  then  my  sd  daughters  are  to  pay 
the  same  &  shall  hold  &  enjoy  the  whole  of  sd  Pew  to  them  &  their 
Heirs  forever. 

Also  it  is  my  Will  that  my  Funeral  Expences  be  paid  by  my  sd. 
Daughters,  Sarah  &  Mary,  out  of  what  I  have  given  them.  Item  all 
the  rest  &  residue  of  my  Personal  Estate  that  may  not  have  been  men- 
tion'd  herein  I  give  to  my  sd.  Daughters  Sarah  &  Mary  equally  to 
them  &  their  Heirs  for  Ever.  And  I  do  make  &  appoint  Nathaniel 
Thwing  of  Woolwich  aforesd  :  Esqr  :  sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will 
&  Testament.  In  Witness  whereof  I  the  said  Philip  White  have  to  this 
my  last  Will  &  Testament  set  my  hand  &  seal  this  seventeenth  day  of 
October,  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  & 
Eighty,  &  in  the  fifth  year  of  American  Independence. 

Philip  White  (seal) 

Signed,  sealed,  Published,  &  declared 
by  the  said  Testator,  as  <\:  for  his  last  ^Vill 
&  Testament,  in  the  ])rescnce  of  us,  who,  at 
his  Re([uest,  in  his  ])resence,  and  in    presence 
of  each  other,  have  subscribed  our  Names  as  Witnesses  thereto. 
John  Trott 
Robert  Reed 
Seth  Hathorne 

Probated  ist  \Ved.  of  Ap.,  17S2.      [II,  252.] 

Inventory  by  Samuel  Harnden,  Joseph  AVade  and  Samuel  Ford,  all  of 
Woolwich,  I  7  Ap.,  i78i,;^223:  12:  2.  [II,  254.]  Account  filed. 
17  Jan.,  1783.      [11,255.] 

Thomas  Clark,  late  of  St.  Georges.  Elisha  Snow,  of  Thomaston, 
Adm'r,  29  May,  1782  ;  John  Bridges  and  James  Stacpole  both  of 
Thomaston,  sureties.  [II,  258.]  Inventory  by  Moses  Copeland,  of  War- 
ren, Hezekiah  Hatchelder  and  Jonathan  Orbeton,  both  of  Thomaston,  28 
July,  1782,  ^96:  5:  I.      [11,265.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RF.CORDS.  133 

In  the  Name  of  God  x\men.  I  Ambrose  Colby  of  Pownalboroiigh 
in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Blacksmith,  being  in  sound  Mind  &  Mem- 
ory for  which  I  thank  God,  but  calling  to  mind  the  Frailty  of  Life  & 
certainty  of  Death,  &  being  desirous  that  the  worldly  p:state  with 
which  God  hath  blessed  me  should  be  disposed  of  agreeable  to  my 
Mind  after  my  Decease,  do  make  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament  in 
manner  following,  viz.  I  bequeath  my  Soul  into  the  Hand  of  God  who 
gave  it  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth,  to  be  decendy  buried  at  the  Discre- 
tion of  My  Executrix,  hoping  at  the  last  Day  it  will  have  a  joyful! 
Resurrection-  As  to  my  worldly  Goods,  'tis  my  Will 
Imprimis,  That  my  Executrix  pay  my  just  Debts  out  of  the  Estate  I 
leave. 

Item.  I  give  &  bequeathe  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Annah  Hoyt  my 
Looking  Glass. 

Item.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Grandson  Ambros  Colby  my 
Great  Bible. 

Item.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Wife  Betty  Colby  All  the 
rest  &  residue  of  my  Estate  both  real  &  personal,  to  be  absolutely  hers 
forever,  and  hereby  appoint  her  sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  Will  & 
Testament,  hereby  revoking  and  disannulling  all  former  Wills  &  Testa- 
ments. 

In  witness  whereof  I  hereto  set  my  hand  &  Seal  the  second  Day  of 
March  AD  1778 
Signed  Sealed  published  & 
declared  to  be  the  last  Will 

&  Testament  of  the  Testator  Ambros  Colby     (seal) 

in  presence  of 
Tho.  Rice 
Jacob  Pressey 

John  Kingsbury 

[Unrecorded.] 

Courtney  Babbage  late  of  Deer  Island.  Courtney  Babbage,  of 
Deer  Island,  Adm'r.  Inventory  by  Joseph  Whitmore,  Belcher  Tyler 
and  George  Frees,  7  June,  1784,  ^94:16:0.  Mark  Haskell  and 
Theophilus  F:aton,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  Account  filed 
28  Nov.,  1785.     Distribution  of   estate  29  Nov.,  1785.      [Ill,  1-3.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  I  Joseph  Carhle  of  Boothbay  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  &  Common  Walth  of  Massachusetts  Bay  Gentelman 


134  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

being  very  sick  in  body  but  of   sound  disposing  memory  and  Judg- 
ment, from  the  sence  of  the  Mortallity  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  through  the 
hands  of  my  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  by  whose  Merit  &  Righteousness  alone 

1  expect  to  be  Justifyed  at  the  great  Tribunal,  and  my  body  to  the 
Dust  from  whence  it  came  to  be  intarred  by  decent  Christian  Burial, 
nothing  doubting  but  I  shall  again  receive  the  same  at  the  Resurrection 
of  the  Dead.  And  Touching  such  worldly  Goods  or  Estate  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 — 

Item  3dly — I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Elizebath 
Carlile  one  Cow  of  my  live  stock  in  Considration  of  a  Cow  which  I 
Received  with  hir  at  our  marradge,  also  unto  my  beloved  Wife  the  use 
&  Improvement  of  the  one  third  of  my  Real  &  personal  Estate  so  long 
as  shee  (my  said  beloved  Wife)  Remains  a  Widow,  or  shall  think 
proper  to  live  upon  the  said  Estate  also  the  whole  of  the  housal 
Funiture  which  I  had  with  hir  at  our  marradge  to  hir  &  heirs  forever. 

Item  4thly  To  my  well  beloved  son  Joseph  Carlile  I  give  &  bequeath 
the  whole  of  my  Homestad  one  Dameracoty  so  as  take  sixty  six  acers 
&  one  half  out  of  my  whole  Tract,  most  convenant  to  the  homestad, 
with  the  whole  of  the  buildings  and  all  other  Appurteninces  to  the 
same  belonging  (except  the  use  &  Improvement  of  one  third  unto  my 
Beloved  Wife  as  above)  to  him  &  his  heirs  forever — also  the  use  & 
benefit  of  the  Remaining  sixty  six  acers  &  one  half  untill  my  beloved 
youngest  son  James  Carlile  arives  at  twenty  one  years  of  age=also  the 
whole  of  my  personal  Estate  with  all  out  standing  Debts  Except  as 
above  ordred  and  disposed  off,  to  him  the  said  Joseph  &  his  heirs 
forever — 

Item  sthly  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  youngest  son  James 
Carlile  when  he  arives  at  twenty  one  years  of  age  sixty  six  acers  «& 
one  half  of  my  unimproved  Land  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever 
Item  6thly  I  also  order  &:  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  eldest  Daugh- 
ter Abigal  Carlile  to  be  Delivered  by  my  son  Joseph  Carlile  within  two 
years  after  my  Death  one  good  Cow  or  the  Value  thereof — 
Item  ythly     I  beciueath  and  order  unto  my  beloved  Daughter  Mirriam 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  1 35 

Carlile  to  be  Delivered  also  by  my  son  Joseph  within  three  years  after 

my  Death  one  good  Cow  or  the  value  thereof. 

Item  Sthly     and  I  also  bequeath  and  order  unto  my  beloved  youngest 

Daughter  Mary  Carlile  to  be  Delivered  by  my  son  Joseph  two  good 

Cows  or  the  Value  thereof  within  four  years  after  my  Death — 

Item  Qthly     I  constitute  and  appoint  William  McCobb  Esquire  to  be 

my  Sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament 

And  finally  I  do  hereby  ratify  &  Confirm  this  and  no  other  to  be  my 

last  Will  and  Testament,     In  Witness  of  all  which  I  have  hereunto  set 

my  hand  &  seal  this  first  Day  of  March  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 

Thousend  seven  hundred  &  Eighty  one  and  in  the  fifth  year  of  Amare- 

can  Independance — 

Signed  Sealed  published 

pronounced  &  declared  by 

Joseph  Carlile  to  be  his  last  Will 

and  Testament  in  presence  of  us 

Wm.  McCobb  Joseph  Carlile     (seal) 

Henry  >Villiams 

his 
Benjm    x    McFarland 
mark 
Probated  5  June,   1781.     [Ill,  5-6.]      Inventory  by  Samuel  Briar, 
John  Davis  and  Benjamin  McFarland,  all  of  Boothbay,  9  July,  1781, 
^336:  14:0.     [Ill,  107.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  John  Groves  of  Pownalboro'  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  yeoman,  calling  to  Mind  the  brevity  of  Life,  and 
labouring  under  great  Bodily  Infirmities,  tho'  of  sound  &  disposing  Mind 
&  Memory  for  which  I  thank  God,  do  make  &  ordain  this  my  last  Will 
and  Testament  in  maimer  following.  In  the  first  Place,  when  I  shall 
die,  I  will  &  bequeath  my  Soul  into  the  Hands  of  God  from  whom  I 
received  it ;  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  to  be  decently  buried  at  the 
Discretion  of  my  Executors,  hoping  hereafter  they  will  be  reunited  & 
enter  into  eternal  Life  And  as  to  my  worldly  Estate  with  which  God 
hath  blessed  me,  I  will  &  dispose  of  it  in  the  following  manner,  Iw- 
primis  My  Will  is  that  my  Executors  pay  all  my  just  Debts  out 
of  my  Personal  Estate,  and  what  of  it  after  paying  such  Debts  may  be 
left,  if  any,  I  give  to  my  beloved  Wife  Mary  to  be  absolutely  tier  own 
forever. 
I  also  give  &  bequeath  to  my  said  Wife  the  Use  &  improvement  of  all 


136  IJNCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

my  real  Estate  during  her  continuing  my  Widow,  and  if  she  should 
again  marry  my  Will  is  that  she  have  the  Use  &  improvement  of  one 
third  part  only  of  my  real  Estate  during  Life. 

Item.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Children  Samuel,  Alice, 
William,  Hannah,  John  &  Rebecca,  all  my  real  Estate  to  be  equally 
divided  amongst  them,  after  the  Estate  my  said  Wife  has  in  it  ceases. 
And  do  hereby  constitute  &  appoint  my  beloved  Wife  Mary  &  my  Son 
Samuel  my  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament,  hereby  revok- 
ing &  disannulling  all  other  &  former  Wills  &  devises  &  declare  this 
to  be  my  last  Will  &  Testament. 

In  Witness  whereof  I  hereto  set  my  hand  &  seal  the  twentyseventh 
Day  of  Novr.  A  D  1777 
Signed  sealed  published  &  declared 
by  the  Testator  to  be  his  last  Will 
&  Testament  in  presence  of 

P2benezer  Whittier  his 

Ebenezer  Whittier  Jr.  John   c^    Groves     (seal) 

Thos  Rice  mark 

Probated  17  Mar.,  1785.  [Ill,  7.] 
Inventory  by  Ebenezer  Whittier,  David  Silvester  and  John  Sevey,  all  of 
Pownalborough,  12  Oct.,  1785,  ^11  :  17:0.      [Unrecorded.] 

Thomas  .^gry,  late  of  Pittston,  shipwright.  Anna  .Agry,  widow,  and 
Thomas  Agry,  shipwright,  both  of  Pittston,  Adm'rs,  21  Mar.,  1785. 
[Ill,  9.]  Samuel  Oakman,  of  Pittston,  and  Joseph  North,  of 
Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Reuben  Colburn,  Seth  Soper  and 
Henry  Smith,  1786.  [HI,  253-4.]  Inventory  of  real  estate  in 
Pearsontown,  Cumberland  County,  4  July,  1785.      [Ill,  255.] 

Nicholas  Kennedy,  late  of  Edgecomb.  Joseph  Merry,  of  Edge- 
comb,  .^dm'r,  26  Ap.,  1785.  [Ill,  9.]  Nathaniel  U'inslow,  of 
Edgecomb,  and  Benjamin  Dodge,  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Moses  Davis,  William  Cunningham  and  Zachariah  Dodge,  all  of 
Edgecomb,  3  Nov.,  1785,  ;^S^  :  2  :  8.  [Ill,  49.]  Account  filed  28 
Mar.,  I  786.      [Ill,  1 10.] 

Joshua  Sawyer,  late  of  Edgecomb,  shipwright.  Benjamin  Sawyer, 
of  P>oothbay,  .Adm'r,  20  Sep.,  1785.  [Ill,  10.]  .\aron  Sawyer,  of 
Boothbay,  and  Solomon  dove,  of  Edgecomb,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Moses  Davis,  David  Trask  and  Solomon  Gove,  all  of  Edgecomb,  24 
Sep.,  1785,  ^196:  5  :  10.      [111,99.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  137 

Nathaniel  Springer,  late  of  Georgetown.  Sarah  Springer,  of  George- 
town, widow,  Adm'x,  25  Nov.,  1779.  [Ill,  11.]  John  Wood,  of 
(Georgetown,  and  Nathaniel  Thwing,  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inven- 
tory by  Dummer  Sewall,  Joshua  Philbrook  and  Isaiah  Crooker,  22 
Feb.,  1780,  ^8214  :  3.  [111,51-52.]  Account  filed  20  Sep.,  1785. 
[Ill,  52.]  Joseph  White,  of  Bath,  guardian  unto  Lucy  and  Betsey, 
minor  daughters,  Samuel  and  Nathaniel,  minor  sons,  25  May,  1789. 
[IV,  4I-43-] 

Daniel  Gent  Tuckerman,  late  of  Pownalbrough,  tailor.  Job  Averell, 
of  Pownalborough,  Adm'r,  25  Mar.,  1785.  [Ill,  12.]  James 
Hodge  and  Asa  Andrews,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  Ebenezer  Whittier,  Asa  Andrews  and  Calvin  Graves,  all 
of  Pownalborough,  26  Mar.,  1785,  ^49  :  18  :  i,  to  which  administrator 
added  sundry  articles,  ^3:6:  o.  [Ill,  62.]  Account  filed  29 
June,  1786.  [Ill,  105.]  Asa  Andrews  and  China  Smith,  both  of 
Pownalborough,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  28  Mar.,  1785. 
[Ill,  194.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  David  Silvester,  Ebenezer 
Whittier  and  Jacob  Woodman,  allot  Pownalborough,  30  June,  1796. 
[VII,  218.] 

Benjamin  Lemont,  late  of  Bath.  Susanna  Lemont,  of  Bath,  widow  , 
Adm'x,  27  Sep.,  1784.  [Ill,  12.]  James  Lemont  and  Thomas 
Lemont,  both  of  Bath,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Dummer  Sewall,  Ben- 
jamin Ham  and  John  Foot,  all  of  Bath,  2  Feb.,  1785,  ;^5o6  :  8  :  7. 
[Ill,  115.]  Francis  Winter  and  Dummer  Sewall,  commissioners  to 
examine  claims.  [Ill,  116.]  Widow's  dower  set  ofif  8  Dec,  17S8. 
[IV,  121.]     Account  filed  28  May,  1790.      [IV,  133.] 

Nathaniel  Whittier,  late  of  Winthrop.  Thomas  Whittier,  of  Win- 
throp,  Adm'r,  24  Nov.,  1784.  [Ill,  13.]  Philip  Theobald  and 
Richard  Kidder,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Joseph  Hutchins,  Francis  Fuller  and  John  Evans,  15  Dec,  1784, 
^41  :  2  :  4,  to  which  administrator  added  two  notes  of  hand, 
^97:16:0.  [Ill,  61.]  Account  filed  II  Mar.,  1786.  [111,127.]  Ich- 
abod  How  and  John  Hubbard,  both  of  Winthrop,  commissioners  to  ex- 
amine claims,  15  Mar.,  1785.     [Ill,  193-] 

John  Carlton,  late  of  Woolwich.  Jane  Carlton,  of  Woolwich,  widow, 
Adm'x,  17  June,  17 85.  [Ill,  14.]  James  FuUerton,  of  Wool- 
wich, and  Philip  Theobald,  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inven- 
tory by  Samuel  Ford,  James  Fullerton   and   James   Blen,  all   of  Wool- 


138  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

wich,  20  May,  1786,  ;^74  :  4  :  6.  [Ill,  loi.]  Samuel  Stinson  and 
Thomas  Snell,  both  of  Woolwich,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[Ill,  175.]  Account  filed  and  distribution  ordered  20  Aug.,  1788. 
[Ill,  176  to  178.]  Zebediah  Farnham,  of  Woolwich,  mariner,  Adm'r 
(ie  bonis  non,  6  May,  1805.  [IX,  49.]  Inventory  by  Ebenezer 
Smith,  Abner  Wade  and  Josiah  Brookins,  Jr.,  all  of  Woolwich,  1803, 
$404.61.  [X,  85.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  25  May, 
1804.     [X,  217.]     Account  filed  9  June,   1805.     [X,  218-219.] 

Joseph  Hutchins,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Hollis  Hutchins,  of  a 
place  called  Sheepscutt  Great  pond,  Adm'r,  28  June,  i  785.  [Ill,  15.] 
Samuel  Emerson  and  David  Plumer,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties. 
Inventor)'  by  John  Plumer,  Christopher  Erskine  and  Joseph  Wood, 
all  of  Pownalborough,  27  Sep.,  1785.  [IV,  60-61.]  Samuel  Waters 
and  Christopher  Erskine,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [IV, 
245-6.]  Account  filed  36  May,  1791.  [IV,  246-7.]  Distribution 
ordered  6  Jan.,   1792.      [IV,  247.] 

William  Foster,  late  of  Winthrop.  Timothy  Foster,  of  Winthrop, 
Adm'r,  4  Aug.,  1785.  [Ill,  15.]  Joseph  Rice,  of  Winthrop,  and 
Daniel  Allen,  of  Wales,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Josiah  French,  Stephen 
Pullen  and  Nathaniel  Fairbanks,  all  of  Winthrop,  11  Aug.,  1785, 
^^654:  15  :9.  I.      [111,64.] 

Nathaniel  Perkins,  late  of  Newcastle,  mariner,  Eunice  Perkins,  of 
Salem  in  the  County  of  Essex,  widow,  Adm'x,  2  Sep.,  i  785.  [Ill,  16.] 
Hugh  Smith  and  Thomas  Sanford,  both  of  Salem,  sureties. 

James  Hutchinson,  late  of  Vassalborough.  Benjamin  Branch,  and 
••Kbigail  Branch,  his  wife,  of  Vassalborough,  Adm'rs,  31  May,  1785. 
[Ill,  17.]  Daniel  Townsend  and  John  Ward,  both  of  Vassalborough, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Abiel  Lovejoy,  Mathew  Hastings  and  John 
\N'ard,  all  of  Vassalborough,   7   June,    1785,  ;!^ii8  -.6:6.     [Ill,  42.] 

Jesse  Crossman,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Sarah  Oossman,  of  Pow- 
nalborough, widow,  Adm'x,  i  Oct.,  1774.  [Ill,  18.]  Obadiah  Call 
and  Philip  Call,  both  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Obadiah 
Call,  Robert  Barker  and  Philip  Call,  all  of  Pownalborough,  8  Oct., 
1774.  ^^384:  15  :  II-      [ill.  18-19.] 

In  the  Name  of  GOD  .^men.  I  David  Jewett  Minister  of  the  Gosple 
in  Winthrop  in  the  county  of  Lincoln  and  commonwealth  of  the  Masse- 
chatts    Being   very  Sick  and  weak  but  of  Sound  Mind  and    memory 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  39 

blessed  be  God  therefore — Do  this  30th  Day  of  January  i  783  and  in 
the  7th  year  of  amaricies  Independency;  make  and  publish  this  my 
last  Will  and  Testiment  in  manner  and  Forme  following  (that  is  to  Say) 
Imprimis,  I  commend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  almity  God  who 
gave  it  me.  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  From  whence  it  came  in 
hopes  of  a  Joyfull  Resurrection  through  the  Merits  of  my  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ ;  and  as  for  that  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God 
to  Bless  me  with,  I  dispose  thereof  as  follows,  First  I  give  to  my  lov- 
ing wife  Phebe  Jewett  whilst  she  Remains  my  widow  all  my  Estate  both 
in  Town  and  out  of  Town,  both  Real  and  Personal  Including  Mills, 
Notes  of  hand,  books  Accompts  and  Stock  with  Ful  Liberty  to  Sel  and 
dispose  of  them  at  her  own  Discretion  and  her  Deeds  and  Convey- 
ances Shall  be  Lawfull  and  authentick  and  if  the  above  said  Phebe 
Should  marry  aGain  I  Give  unto  the  said  Phebe  one  third  of  all  my 
Estate  Both  Real  and  personal  at  her  own  Dispose  forever ;  and  my 
Doctring,  Funeral  Charges  and  Just  Debts  to  Be  paid  by  my  Executrix 
hereafter  named  out  of  the  other  two  thirds  that  remains. 
Item,  I  Give  to  my  Sons  David  and  John  Winthrop  Jewett,  (they 
Paying  out  to  the  Daughters  Fifty  Spanish  Mil'd  Dollars  Each  when 
they  arive  to  The  age  of  Eighteen  that  is  to  Phebe,  Eunice  and  Sarah) 
the  other  Two  Thirds  after  the  above  Accounts  are  sittled  to  be  Eqilly 
Divided  betweene  the  S'd  David  and  John  Winthrop  Jewett. 

Furthermore  it  is  my  Will  that  if  the  above  s'd  David  or  John 
Winthrop  Dies  before  they  arive  to  lawfull  age  or  Ither  of  them,  then 
and  in  that  case  thir  potion  Shall  be  divided  amoung  the  Other  child- 
ren as  the  Laws  of  this  Commonwealth  Divides  Intest  Estates. 

And  I  make  and  ordain  Phebe  Jewett  my  Said  wile  Sole  Executrix 
of  this  my  last  will  and  Testiment. 

In  witnes  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  Hand  and  Seale  to   this 
my  Last  will  and  Testiment  the  Day  and  year  above  written. 
Signed,    Sealed,  published  and  declared    by    the    s'd 
David  Jewett  as  and  for  his  last  will  and  testament 
in  the  presence  of  us  whose  names  are  here  under 
written  who  did  Each  of  us  Subscribe  our  names  as 
witnesses  at  his  request  and  in  his  presence  in 
the  rome  where  he  then  was 

Josiah  French,  David  Jewett     (seal) 

Benjamin  Brainerd, 
Jonathan  Whiting. 


140  LINCOLN  PROEA'IE  RF.CORDS. 

Probated  2  Ap.,  17S3.  [Ill,  14.]  Inventory  by  Benjamin  Brain- 
erd,  Jonathan  Whiting  and  Josiah  French,  23  Sep.,  1783,  ;!{^648  :  2  :  2. 
[Ill,  26.]  Account  of  Phebe  Spaflord,  Executrix,  filed  27  July,  1789. 
[IV,  61-62.] 

William  Sylvester,  late  of  Bath.  Mary  Sylvester,  of  Bath,  widow, 
Adm'x,  25  June,  1781.  [HI,  37.]  John  Springer,  residing  at  a  place 
called  Frenchman's  Bay,  and  George  Andrew,  of  Bath,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  Hatherly  Foster,  Isaiah  Crooker  and  James  Owen,  23  Ap., 
1783.  [Ill,  38.]  Isaiah  Crooker  and  W^ensly  Hobby,  commissioners 
to  examine  claims.     Account  filed  20  Aug.,  1785.      [Ill,  39-] 

Benjamin  Gooch,  late  of  jMachias.  Benjamin  Gooch,  of  Machias, 
Adm'r,  22  Sep.,  1783.  David  Longfellow  and  Jacob  Townsley,  both 
of  Machias,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Amos  Boyinton,  Joseph  Libbey 
and  Daniel  Ston,  31  Aug.,  1784,  ^172  :  15  :o.  [HI,  40.]  William 
Tupper  and  Amos  Boyinton,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [Ill, 
109.] 

Thomas  Humphrys,  late  of  Newcastle.  Sarah  Humphrys,  widow, 
and  Joseph  Humphr)'s,  both  of  Newcastle,  Adm'rs,  14  Aug.,  1780. 
Christopher  Hopkins  and  Kenelm  Winslow,  both  of  Newcastle, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Little,  John  Dodge  and  Zachariah 
Dodge,  19  Aug.,  1780,  ;!{?452  :  iS  :  2.  [Ill,  43-44.]  .Account  filed 
22  June,  1781.      [Ill,  45.] 

Caleb  Crcssey,  late  of  a  place  called  Ball  Town.  Meribah  Cressey, 
of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  23  .•\ug,,  1784.  [Ill,  47.] 
Samuel  Emerson  and  Joseph  McFarland,  both  of  Pownalborough, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Obadiah  Call,  Jr.,  Richard  Kidder  and  Joseph 
McFarland,  Jr.,  23  Aug.,  1784,  ^5:1:0.     [Ill,  48.] 

•Amos  Paris,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Margaret  Paris,  of  Pownal- 
borough, widow,  Adm'x,  14  June,  1773.  [HI,  50.]  Jonathan  Reed, 
Jr.,  and  Francis  Rittal,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Jonathan  Reed,  Jr.,  Philip  Call,  Jr.,  and  Francis  Rittal,  all  of  Pownal- 
borough, 14  June,  1773,  ^56  :  15  :  4-      [HI,  51.] 

John  Fullerton,  late  of  St.  Georges.  William  McCobb,  of  Boothbay, 
Adm'r,  13  .Aug.,  1785.  [Ill,  53.]  John  Johnson  and  George  Lilly, 
both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Archibald  Robinson, 
Alexander  Hathorn  and  Moses  Rivers,  all  of  St.  Georges,  24  Aug., 
1784,^140.      [Ill,  54.]     Account  filed  12  I-\d).,  1789.      [IV,  28.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  14^ 

John  McKechnie,  late  of  Winslow.     Mary  McKechnie,   of  Winslow, 
widow,  Adm'x,  6  Mar.,   1783.     [111,54.]      Ezekiel   Paltee,   of  Wins- 
low,  and  Joseph  North,  of  Hallowell,    sureties.     Inventory  by   Ezekiel 
Pat'tee,  Asa   Phillips  and   Solomon   Parker,   all   of  Winslow,    lo  July, 
1783,  k:io49  :  II  :  o.     [HI,  55-56.]      Inventory  of  land  in  Bowdoin- 
ham  by  Abraham   Preble,   Zacheus   Beal  and  George  Thomas,   all  of 
Bowdoinham,  8  Ap.,   1784.     [111,5  7-]      Mary    McKechnie,    widow, 
appointed  guardian    unto    Alexander,    Joseph,    and     William,    mmor 
sons,  Lydia,  Jane  and  Mary,  minor  daughters,  i   Aug.,   1784.     [Ill, 
64  to  66.]     Josiah  Hayden  and  George  Warren,    both    of   Winslow, 
commissioners  to  examine    claims,    30    May,    1793.     [VII,    201-2.] 
Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Josiah  Hayden  and  George  Warren,  both  of 
Winslow,  and  Nehemiah    Getchel,    of    Vassalborough,    1792.     [VII, 
202-3.]     Division  of  estate  by  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Josiah    Hayden    and 
Jacob  Diman,  all  of  Winslow,  12  Jan.,  1795,  among  Thomas  McKech- 
nie, Rebecca,  wife  of  Simon  Tozer,  Mary,  wife  of  James  Stackpole, 
Jr.,' John  McKechnie,  Sarah,  wife  of  Abraham  Steward,  Jane  McKech- 
nie, Lydia  McKechnie,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Samuel  McFarland,  Joseph 
McKechnie,  Alexander  McKechnie,  William  McKechnie,  Mary  Pattee, 
and    the    heirs    of    Hannah    Craig,    deceased.       [VII,  203  to    205.] 
Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate,  i  794,  at  which  date  the  adminis- 
tratrix had  become  the  wife  of  David   Pattee.     [VII,    205.]     Account 
filed  29  May,  1794-      [^H,  206-7.] 

William  Wyman,  late  of  Winslow.  Love  Wyman,  of  \Vinslow,  wid- 
ow, Adm'x,  10  Mar.,  1783-  [HI,  57-]  Benjamin  Runels  and  Eph- 
raim  Osburn,  both  of  Winslow,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Josiah  Brewer, 
Ephraim  Osburn  and  Benjamin  Runels,  all  of  Winslow,  Mar.,  17S3, 
SS-]  :  12  :  4.  [HI,  95.]  Josiah  Brewer  and  Zimri  Heyard,  both  of 
Winslow,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [HI,  96.]  Account 
filed  26  Sep.,   1785-     [ril,  97-] 

James  Mustard,  late  of  West  Bowdoinham.  John  Alexander,  of 
West  Bowdoinham,  Adm'r,  25  May,  1785.  [HI,  66.]  James  Alex- 
ander, of  West  Bowdoinham,  and  John  Small,  of  Topsham,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Benjamin  Jaques,  Prince  Rose  and  Humphrey  Purinton, 
II  June,  1785.  [HI,  107.]  Priscilla  Alexander,  of  Bowdoin,  widow, 
Adm'x  \ie  bonis  non,  10  Sep.,  1806.  [IX,  loS.]  Account  filed  4 
Oct.,  1808.     [XIII,  134-5.] 

Timothy   Heald,  late   of   Norridgewalk.     Elizabeth   Heald,   widow. 


142  LINCOLN  PRORVIE  RECORDS. 

anil  Josiah  Hcalil,  both  of  Norridgewalk,  Adm'rs,  22  June,  1786. 
[Ill,  67.]  Josiah  Warren,  of  Norridgewalk,  and  John  Moore,  of 
Seven  Mile  Brook,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Josiah  Warren,  Obadiah 
Witherelland  John  Moore,  13  Dec,  1786.  [IV,  25-26.] 

James  Henry,  late  of  Topsham.  James  Henry,  of  Topsham, 
Adm'r,  5  Ap.,  1786.  [111,68.]  James  Fulton  and  Arthur  Hunter, 
both  of  Topsham,  sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Fulton,  Actor  Patten 
and  William  Randall,  all   of  Topsham,    26    May,    1788,  ^1^368  :  o  :   o. 

[V,  171-2.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen. 

I  Fredrick  Swatz  of  Waldoborough  in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  yeoman 
being  in  good  health  of  Body  and  of  Sound  mind  and  memory,  and 
being  forthwith,  to  depart,  A  Soilder  in  the  Continental  Army,  And 
Considering  the  uncertainty  of  this  transitory  life,  do  make  Publish  and 
Declare,  this  my  last  will  and  Testament,  in  manner  and  form  follow- 
ing, (to  wit.) 

First  I  desire  a  Decant  and  Christian  Burial,  If  I  should  not  be  killed 
in  an  Ingaigement,  Then  &  in  that  case  I  commit  my  Body  to  the 
Dust,  and  my  Soul  unto  Cod  who  gave  it. 

Also,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Dear  beloved  AVife  Lucy  Swatz  all 
my  Estate,  which  I  shall  die  Seized  of,  for  to  bring  up  my  Sons  & 
Dafters  to,  the  .'\ge  of  Twenty  One  years.  Provided  she  should  so 
Long  remain  my  Widow,  but  at  the  time  of  her  Marrying  of  A  nother 
Husband  I  give  and  bequeath,  to  all  my  Sons  &  Daughters  all  my 
Estate,  at  the  time  of  my  Wife's  marage  to  be  equally  sheard  &  divided 
amongst  my  Children,  Viz — Anna  Castner,  Wife  of  Ludwig  Castner, 
Peter  Swatz,  Catharine  Swatz,  Mary  Swatz.  Jacob  Swatz,  Fredrick 
Swatz,  Christehana  Swatz,  Margrate  Swatz,  Susannah  Swatz,  and  all 
other  of  my  children  which  shall  hereafter  be  born,  of  the  body  of  my 
wife,  and  in  case  ary  a  one  of  my  said  children  should,  die,  his  or  her 
share  to  be  equally,  dived  amongst  the  other  Brothers  &  Sisters,  in 
witness  whareof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  Hand  and  Seal  this  Sixteenth 
Day  of  June  In  the  year  of  our  Lord,  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred 
&  Sevinty  Seven. 

Also  I  appoint  my  Wife  Lucy  Swatz  my  Executrix. 
Signed  Sealed  published  and  declared 

by  the  said  Testator  Fredrick  Swatz  Fredrick  Swatz     (Seal) 

as  and  for  his  last  will  and  Testament 
in  the  presence  of  us  who  in  his  pre 


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and  at  his  request  have  Subscribed  our  Names 

as  Witnesses  thereto 

George  Deniuth 

Waterman  Thomas  [Unrecorded] 

Lucy  Swatz,  of  Waldoborongh,  widow,  Adm'x,  13  May,  1786.  [Ill, 
68.]  John  Benner  and  Lawrence  Sides,  both  of  Waldoborough, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Benner,  Lawrence  Sides  and  Jabesh 
Cole,  all  of  Waldoborough,  7  July,  1786,  ;^2oo  :  18  :  8,  [V,  165-6.] 
Account  filed,  16  Sep.,  1788.     [V,  166.] 

Mathias  Sidenparker,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Susanna  Sidenparker, 
of  Waldoborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  30  May,  1786.  [Ill,  69.]  John 
Martin  Schaffer  and  Andrew  Schenck,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties. 
Mathias  and  Michael,  minor  sons,  chose  Susanna  to  be  their  guardian 
15  Sep.,  1789.  [IV,  63  to  65.]  Inventory  by  John  Ulmer,  Jabesh 
Cole  and  Lawrence  Sides,  all  of  Waldoborough,  19  Aug.,  1786,  ^246  : 
6:  2.      [V,  167-8.]     Account  filed,  18  Sep.,  1788.      [V,  168.] 

Joseph  Davis,  late  of  Medumcook.  Ezra  Sumner,  of  Warren,  Adm'r, 
29  May,  I  786.  [Ill,  70.]  Moses  Copeland  and  Reuben  Hall,  both 
of  Warren,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Hatevil  Libby,  Reuben  Hall  and 
Moses  Copeland,  all  of  Warren,  24  Jan.,  1787,^7:11:3.  [HI 
137.]  Ezra  Sumner  guardian  unto  Mark  and  Israel,  minor  sons,  and 
Mary,  minor  daughter,  29  May,  1786.  [Ill,  159.]  Mark,  minor  son, 
chose  John  Demorse,  Junr,  of  Medumcook,  to  be  his  guardian,  15  Sep., 
1789.      [IV,  66.] 

John  Robinson,  late  of  St.  Georges.  Sarah  Robinson,  of  St.  Georges, 
widow,  Adm'x,  29  May,  1786.  [Ill,  71.]  Moses  Copeland,  of 
Warren,  and  Joshua  Collamore,  of  Medumcook,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Joshua  Collamore  and  James  Thompson,  both  of  Medumcook,  and 
Archibald  Robinson,  of  St.  Georges,  8  Sep.,  1786,  ^168  :  3  :  6.  [Ill 
131-] 

William  Hodge,  late  of  Edgecomb.  Mary  Hodge,  of  Edgecomb, 
widow,  Adm'x,  29  May,  1786.  [Ill,  72.]  Nathaniel  Leeman,  of 
Edgecomb,  and  Robert  Cochran,  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Ebenezer  Gove  and  Moses  Davis,  both  of  Edgecomb,  and  Samuel 
Waters,  of  Newcastle,  30  June,  1786,  ;^779  :  16  :  9.  [Ill,  m.] 
Account  filed  4  Oct.,  1786.  [111,131.]  William,  minor  son,  chose 
Samuel  Waters,  of  Newcastle,  to  be  his  guardian,  4  Oct.,  1786.  [Ill, 
167.]     Division  of  real  estate  by  Moses  Davis  and  Ebenezer    Gove, 


144  LINCOLN  PR(M5A'JE  RKCORDS. 

both  of  Kdgeconib,  and  Samuel  \>'aters,  of  Newcastle,  19  July,  1788  : 
dower  to  Mary,  widow  ;  remainder  to  jane,  \\'illiam,  Jennet  Osborn, 
Allis  Trask,  Sarah  Kennedy,  I'Mizabeth  Trask,  James  and  Anna  Wood- 
bridge,  children.  John,  a  son,  was  "absent,  out  of  this  Common 
Wealth,  in  Parts  beyond  Sea."      [IV,  103  to   105.] 

John  FurneUl,  late  of  Medumcook.  Moses  ("oj)eland,  of  Warren, 
Adm'r,  29  May,  1786.  [Ill,  73.]  Reuben  Hall  and  Ezra  Sumner, 
both  of  Warren,  sureties.     Account  filed  26  July,  1791.     [IV,  258.] 

Kbenezer  Thompson,  late  of  St.  (ieorges.  William  Thompson,  of 
Thomaston,  Adm'r,  29  May,  1786.  [Ill,  74.]  Moses  Copeland,  of 
\Varren,  and  James  Malcom,  of  St.  (ieorges,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Samuel  Crane,  of  St.  Georges,  Samuel  Counce,  and  Moses  Copeland, 
both  of  Warren,  24  Jan.,  1787,^28:6:4.  [Ill,  243-4.]  Moses 
Copeland  and  Samuel  Counce,  both  of  Warren,  commissioners  to  ex- 
amine claims.  [111,244.]  Account  filed  26  July,  I  791.  [IV,  207.] 
Distribution  ordered  27  Dec,  1791.     [IV,  208.] 

Eliphalet  Foster,  late  of  Winthroji.  David  Foster,  of  Winthrop, 
Adm'r,  14  Mar.,  1786.  [111,74.]  ^Villiam  Lewis,  of  Pownalborough, 
and  Jonathan  How,  of  a  place  called  Pocasset,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Josiah  French,  Stephen  Pullen  and  Benjamin  Fairbanks,  all  of  Win- 
throp, 27  Mar.,  1784,  ^323  :  17  :  6.      [IV,  13.] 

John  Brown,  late  of  Newcastle.  Mary  Brown,  of  Newcastle,  widow, 
Adm'x,  27  June,  1786.  [Ill,  75.]  Paul  Dodge  and  Christopher 
Hopkins,  both  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Farley, 
Paul  Dodge  and  Benjamin  Jones,  all  of  Newcasde,  21  Aug.,  1786, 
^127:12:11.  [HI,  106.]  Benjamin  Jones  and  Jonathan  Jones, 
commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [V,  190.]  Account  filed  30  May, 
1793,  at  which  date  the  administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of  Israel 
Leavil.  [V,  191.]  Nathaniel  Bryant,  of  Newcastle,  guardian  unto 
Martha,  James,  and  Jane,  minor  children,  i  Nov.,  1794.  [^'I,  82-83.] 
Widow's  dower  set  off  by  John  Farley,  Benjamin  Lincoln  and  Solomon 
Dunbar,  all  of  Newcastle,  6  Jan.,  1796.  [VII,  74.]  Guardian's 
accounts  filed  8  Dec,  1795.      [VII,   74-75.] 

Samuel  Patterson,  late  of  Bristol.  John  Patterson,  of  Bristol,  Adm'r, 
13  Ap.,  1785.  [Ill,  76.]  Amos  (roudey  and  Zebulon  Howland, 
both  of  Bristol,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Henry  Hunter,  Jonas  Fitch 
and  John  Trask,  all  of  Bristol,  20  June,  17S5.  [HI,  78.]  Account 
filed  7  Feb.,  1787.      [HI,  126.] 


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Enoch  Averell,  late  of  Balltown.  Ruth  Averell,  of  Balltown,  widow, 
Adm'x,  I  Feb.,  1786.  [Ill,  83.]  Samuel  Waters  and  Benjamin 
Glidden,  both  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  Inventory  by  David  Hopkins 
and  Jacob  Rowell,  both  of  Balltown,  and  Samuel  Waters,  of  Newcastle, 
12  Ap.,  1786,  ^263:7:0.  [Ill,  84.]  David  Hopkins  and  John 
Weeks,  both  of  Balltown,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  4  Jan., 
1787.  [Ill,  188.]  Account  filed  17  Mar.,  1788.  [Ill,  189.] 
Distribution  ordered  14  Ap.,  1788.      [Ill,  190.] 

Nathaniel  Dole,  late  of  Pownalborough,  mariner.  Moses  Davis,  of 
Edgecomb,  Adm'r,  21  June,  1786.  [111,85.]  Samuel  Goodwin  and 
Nymphas  Bodfish,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Ebenezer  Whit- 
tier  and  David  Silvester,  both  of  Pownalborough,  commissioners  to 
examine  claims.  [IV,  149.]  Account  filed  13  Sep.,  1790.  [IV, 
150.]     Distribution  ordered  20  Sep.,  1790.     [IV,  153.] 

John  Montgomery,  late  of  Boothbay.  Lydia  Montgomery,  of 
Boothbay,  widow,  Adm'x,  13  Aug.,  1784.  [Ill,  86.]  John  Murray 
and  James  Auld,  both  of  Boothbay,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John 
Leishman,  James  Auld  and  John  McCobb,  all  of  Boothbay,  20  Sep., 
1785,^331:  19:4.      [Ill,  87.] 

Samuel  Gragg,  late  of  Waldoborough,  mariner.  Sarah  Gragg,  of 
Waldoborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  22  May,  1786.  [Ill,  88.']  William 
Farnsworth  and  Waterman  Thomas,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Nathaniel  Pitcher,  Barnabas  Simmons  and  Samuel  Sweet- 
land,  all  of  Waldoborough,  30  May,  1786.  [Ill,  90  &  185.]  Bar- 
nabas Simmons  and  Nathaniel  Pitcher,  both  of  Waldoborough,  com- 
missioners to  examine  claims,  30  May,  1786.  [Ill,  186.]  Account 
filed  I  Feb.,  1787.     [Ill,  187.] 

In  The  Name  of  God  Amen  The  Eightenth  Day  of  November 
Anno  Domino  one  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixtey  Seven,  I 
William  Groves  New  Endland  Yomman  being  Aged  and  Weack  In 
body  but  of  Sound  Disposeing  Mind  and  Memorey  Thanks,  be  given 
unto  God  therefore,  Calling  Unto  Mind  The  Mortality  of  my  body, 
and  Knowing  That  it  is  Appinted  for  all  Men  once  to  Dye,  Do  Mak 
and  Ordaine  This  my  Last  will  &  Tesiament,  That  is  to  say  Principally, 
&  first  of  all,  I  Give  &  Committ  my  Soul  into  The  hands  of  God  That 
Gave  it  &  my  body,  I  Recommend  to  the  Earth  to  Be  Buried  In  a 
Deacint  &  Christian  Manner,  at  The  Descretion  of  my  Executor  here- 
after Named.     And  as  Touching  Such  Worldly   Estate   Wherewith  it 

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146  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

hath  Pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  Life,  I  Give  Demise  &  Dispose, 
of  The  Same  in  the  P'oUoweing  Manner  and  Form 
Imprimis.     My  will  is  that  all  my  Jusst  &  Lawful!  Debts,  &  my  Funeral 
Charges  be  Raised  &  paid  out  of  my  Estate  as  Soon  as  may  be  Con- 
veniently, after  my  Decease. 

Item.  I  Give  «S:  bequeath  unto  Annarh  my  well  be  Loved  wife  The 
whole  &  Sole  use  &  Improvement  of  all  my  testate  Both  Real  &  Per- 
sonall  During  my  Widow  &  what  of  Estate  that  shall  be  remaining 
after  her  Decease  my  will  is  that  my  Son  John  Groves  Shall  have  all 
as  Above  wrighten 

Item  I  Do  hereby  make  &  ordain  hannh  my  Wife  and  sd  John  Sole 
Executr.  &  Adminsr  of  This  my  Last  my  Last  will  and  Testament 
And  I  Do  hereby  Utterly  Dissallow  Revoke  and  Disannul  all  &  Every 
other  former  wills  Leagacies  &  Bequests  by  me  any  ways  before 
named  willed  &  Bequeathed  Ratifying  and  Confirming  This  &  no  other 
to  be  my  Last  will  and  Testament  In  WMttness  Whereof  I  have  Here- 
unto Sett  my  hand  And  Seal  The  Day  and  Year  above  wrighten 

Willm.  Groves     (seal) 
Signed  Sealed  Published 
Pronounceed  &  Declared  by 
The  Sd  William  Groves 
as   his  Last  will  &  Testament 
Wittness  David  Silvester 

John  Sevey 

Joshua  Fowle 

Probated  17  Mar.,  1785.  [Ill,  90.] 
Inventory  by  Ebenezer  Whittier,  David  Silvester  and  John  Sevey,  all 
of  Pownalborough,  12  Oct.,  1785,  ;^4i9  :  10:0.     [Unrecorded.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  Gardner  Williams  of  Pittston  and  in  the 
County  of  Lincorn  Being  Very  sick  and  weak  in  Body,  But  of  per- 
fect 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  Testa- 
ment, That  is  to  say.  Principally  and  first  of  all,  I  Give  and  recom- 
mend my  Soule  into  the  hand  of  Almighty  God  that  Gave  it,  and  my 
Body  I  Recommend  to  the  Earth,  to  be  Buried  in  decent  Christian 
Burial,  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors ;  Nothing  doubting  but  at 
the  general  Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again,  by  the  Mighty 
power  of  God,  and  as  Touching  such  Worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  has 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  147 

pleased  God  to  Bless  me  in  This  Life,  I  Give  devise,  and  dispose  of 
the  same  in  the  following  Manner  and  form  : 

First,  I  give  and  bequeathe  to  Policy  my  dearley  beloved  Wife  ;  after 
my  debts  is  paid,  the  whole  of  My  Estate  that  I  now  have,  or  shall 
fall  to  Me  hereafter  by  Heirship  Whome  I  likewise  Constitute,  Make, 
and  Ordain  the  Sole  Executrix  of  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament 
and  I  do  hereby  utterly  disallow,  Revock  and  disannul  all  and  Every 
other  former  Testaments,  Wills,  Legacis,  Bequests,  and  Executors  by 
me  in  any  wais  before  Named  willed  and  Bequeathed,  Ratifying  and 
Confirming  this,  and  no  Other,  to  be  my  Last  will  and  Testament. 
In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seale,  This 
twenty  second  day  of  April  in  the  yeare  of  our  Lord  one  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  Eighty  six. 

Gardiner  Williams     (seal) 
Signed  sealed  published  pronounced 
and    declared  by   the  said  Gardner 
Williams  as  his  Last  Will  and  Testament  in  his  presents 
and  in  the  Presents  of  Each  other  have  hereunto  subscribed 
our  names 

Joseph  Hammatt 

Seth  Gay 

Isaac  Barnard 

Probated  24  May,  1786.  [Ill,  93.] 
Inventory  by  Henry  Dearborn,  Jedediah  Jewett  and  William  Barker, 
7  Feb.,  1787,^^285:10:2.  [IV,  154-5.]  Jedediah  Jewett  and 
William  Barker,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [IV,  155.]  Ac- 
count filed  10  Sep.,  1790.  [IV,  156  to  158.]  Distribution  ordered 
18  Oct.,  1790.     [IV,  158-9.] 

John  Grafifam,  late  of  Bristol.  Lydia  Graffam,  of  Bristol,  widow, 
Adm'x,  14  Mar.,  1786.  [Ill,  97.]  Inventory  by  Thomas  Johnston, 
Ezekiel  Farrow  and  Moses  Starling,  all  of  Bristol,  18  Mar.,  1786, 
;^i89  :  15  :  10.  [HI,  99.]  Thomas  Johnston  and  John  Paine,  both 
of  Bristol,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [V,  232.]  Account 
filed  17  Sep.,  1793,  at  which  date  the  administratrix  had  become  the 
wife  of  Daniel  McCurdy.  [IV,  233-4.]  Distribution  ordered  20 
Sep.,  1793.     [V,  234-5.] 

John  Kirkpatrick,  late  of  Warren.  Ann  Kirkpatrick,  of  Warren, 
widow,  Adm'x,  29  May,  1786.  [HI,  102.]  Moses  Copeland  and 
William  Killpatrick,  both  of  Warren,  and  James  Malcom,  of  St.  Geor- 


1 48  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

ges,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William  Bogs,  Joseph  Copeland  and  Arch- 
ibald Crawford,  6  Jan.,  1786,  ^140:  2:  o.  [Ill,  102.]  Thomas 
Starret  and  Joseph  Copeland,  both  of  Warren,  commissioners  to  ex- 
amine claims.  [V,  59.]  Account  filed  and  distribution  ordered,  18 
Sep.,  1792.     [V,  60  to  62.] 

Ebenezer  Hovey,  late  of  Hallowell.  Daniel  Bolton  and  Benjamin 
Brown,  Jr.,  both  of  Hallowell,  Adm'rs,  28  Feb.,  1785.  [Ill,  112.] 
Benjamin  Brown,  of  Bath,  and  Isaac  Savage,  Jr.,  of  Hallowell,.  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Joseph  North,  Noah  Woodward  and  Abisha  Cowen, 
1786,  _;^io6:  6:  6.  [HI,  263.]  Samuel  Colman  and  James  Page, 
both  of  Hallowell,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [HI,  264.] 
Account  filed  19  Jan.,  1796;  dividend  ordered  9  Sep.,  1796.  [Ill, 
265-6.]  Samuel,  minor  son,  chose  Beriah  Ingraham,  of  Hallowell,  to 
be  his  guardian  16  Jan.,  1789  ;  Beriah  Ingraham,  guardian  of  Ebene- 
zer, minor  son,  16  Jan.,  1789.  [IV,  25.]  F^benezer,  minor  son, 
chose  Beriah  Ingraham  to  be  his  guardian  18   Jan.,  1791.      [IV,  18S.] 

Samuel  Wing,  late  of  Winthro}).  Daniel  Wing,  of  Winthrop,  Adm'r, 
5  Sep.,  1785.  [Ill,  114.]  Matthias  Smith  and  Joseph  Baker,  both 
of  Winthrop,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Joshua  Bean,  Robert  Page  and 
Matthias  Smith,  8  June,  1786,  ^220  :   13  :  o.      [Unrecorded.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  AMen  the  fourth  Day  of  April  anno  Domini  one 
thousand  Sev^en  Hundred  and  Eighty  six  I  William  Bonny  of  Winthrop 
in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Common  Wealth  of  Massachusetts  Yeo- 
man being  Sick  and  indiposed  in  Body  but  of  Sound  mind  and  Mem- 
ory do  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament  and  First 
I  Give  and  Recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  whoe  Gave  it 
my  Body  I  Commit  to  the  Dust  to  be  Buried  at  the  Discresion  of  my 
Executor  heafter  named  in  a  Christian  decent  manner  and  my 
worldly  goods  that  God  has  blessed  me  with  I  dispose  of  in  the  follow- 
ing manner  viz  first  I  will  that  all  my  Just  Debts  and  Funeral  Charges 
shall  be  paid  out  of  my  Estate  by  my  Executor  in  one  year  after  my 
Deceas  and  that  my  wareing  apperrill  be  Sold  and  applyed  to  that  use 
as  far  as  it  will  go. 

Impriviviis.  I  Give  and  Bequeath  unto  Lucy  Bonny  my  well  beloved 
Wife  the  use  of  my  Dwelling  House  and  Land  and  all  my  Household 
goods  of  every  kind,  and  two  Swine  So  long  as  She  Shall  remain  my 
Widow  or  till  my  Daughter  Silva  shall  Comfe  of  age  and  at  the  arrival 
of   my  Daughter  at  age  my  Widow  to  have  the  imi)rovment  of  one 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  1 49 

half  of  my  Dwelling  house  and  half  the  land  and  half  the  houshold 
goods  Except  a  red  Chest  dureing  her  Natural  Life  or  Alarraige. 
Item.  I  make  my  Beloved  Daughter  Silva  Bonny  my  only  Child  my 
Legatee  and  Give  and  bequeath  unto  her  all  my  Estate  Real  and 
Personal  and  all  and  Singuler  my  goods  and  Chatties  of  Ever  sort  and 
kind  except  what  I  have  before  disposed  of  in  this  Will  to  be  Delivered 
to  her  by  my  Executor  when  she  Comes  of  age  and  in  Case  of  the 
Deceas  of  her  mother  or  marraig  before  that  time  So  much  of  my 
Estate  as  is  Necesary  to  be  used  by  my  Executor  in  bringing  up  and 
providing  for  said  Silvy  Bonny  the  Residue  of  my  Estate  Real  and 
Personal  to  be  the  said  Silva  Bonny's  at  her  own  disposing  for  ever. 
Lastly  I  Constitute  and  appoint  Mr.  John  Chandler  Junr  of  Winthrop 
in  the  County  of  Lincoln  &  Common  Wealth  of  Massachusetts  Yeoman 
Sole  Executor  of  this  my  Last  Will  and  testament  and  hearby  Ratifying 
and  Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  will  and  Testament  made 
and  pronounced  the  Day  and  Year  first  above  written  in  Testimony 
whereof  I  have  hearunto  Sett  my  hand  and  Seal 
atest 

Isaac  Bonney  William  Bonney     [seal] 

Simeon  Boney 

Ichabod  Howe 

Probated  9  Sep.,  1786.  [Ill,  119.]  Inventory  by  Ichabod 
How,  Gideon  Lambard  and  William  Pullen,  all  of  Winthrop,  2  Oct., 
1786,  ^124:  14:9.      [Ill,   195.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Aman  I  Jonathan  Oaks  of  Canaan  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  :  Being  through  the  Abundant  Goodness  of  God, 
tho ;  Week  in  Body,  Yet  of  a  sound  and  perfect  understanding  and 
Memory,  do  Constitute  this  My  Last  Will  and  testament,  and  Desire  it 
may  be  Received  by  All  as  Such  :  first  I  most  humbly  Bequeath  My 
Soul  to  God  My  Maker,  beseeching  his  Most  Gracious  Acceptance  of 
it,  through  the  All-sufficient  Merits  and  Mediation  of  my  most  Com- 
passionate Redeemer  Jesus  Christ,  Who  Gave  himself  to  Be  an  Atone- 
ment for  My  Sins.  And  is  Able  to  Save  to  the  Uttermost  all  that  Come 
Unto  God  by  him.  Seeing  he  ever  Liveth  to  Make  Intercession  for 
them,  and  who,  I  trust,  will  not  reject  Me,  a  returning  penitent  Sinner, 
when  I  Come  to  him  for  Mercy  in  this  hope  and  Confidence  I  render 
up  My  Soul  With  Comfort,  humbly  beseeching  the  most  Blessed  and 
Glorious  Trinity,  one  God,  Most  holy.  Most  INIercifuU  and  Gracious  to 
prepair  Me  for  the    time  of  my  Dissolution,  and  then  to  take  me  to 


150  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

himself  into  that  peace  and  Rest,  which  he  has  prepared  for  them,  that 
Love  and  fear  his  holy  Name.  Amen.  Blessed  be  God.  I  Give 
my  Body  to  the  Earth,  from  whence  it  was  taken  in  full  Assurance  of 
its  Resurrection  from  thence  at  the  Last  Day,  as  for  my  Burial  I  desire 
it  ISLiy  Be  decent,  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Dear  Wife  and  my  Executors 
hearafter  Named,  who,  I  doubt  not  will  Manage  it  with  prudence  as  to 
my  Worldly  Estate  I  will  and  positively  order  that  all  my  Debts  be  paid 
first  I  Give  to  my  Dear  and  Loving  Wife,  I  will  and  order  that  She 
have  a  Cumfortable  Maintainance  in  Sickness  and  helth  So  long  as  She 
remains  My  ^^'iddow  togeather  with  all  my  household  Moveables  So 
Long  as  She  Remains  with  her  Children ;  And  unto  My  Eldest  Daugh- 
ter Mary  I  Give  five  Shilling.  She  haveing  had  her  part  &  more  out 
of  My  Estate  Before  :  and  to  my  Daughter  Lydda  I  Give  five  Shillings, 
She  haveing  had  her  full  part  out  of  my  f^state  Before:  and  to  My 
Daughter  Elizabeth  I  Give  five  Shillings,  She  haveing  had  her  part  out 
of  my  Estate  Before  And  to  my  Daughter  Sarah  I  Give  five  Shillings 
out  of  my  Estate  :  And  to  my  Eldest  Son  Jonathan  Oaks  I  Give  ten 
Shillings  to  Be  paid  him  out  of  My  Estate  if  he  Ever  Comes  to  this 
place  again  And  to  My  Daughter  Rebeckah,  I  Give  five  Shillings  She 
having  had  her  part  out  of  my  Estate  Before  :  And  to  My  Son  John 
Oaks  I  Give  five  Shillings  he  haveing  had  his  part  out  of  my  Estate 
Before  And  to  my  Sun  Daniel  Oaks  I  Give  five  Shillings  to  be  paid 
him  out  of  My  Estate  :  And  to  my  daughter  Lois  I  Give  five  Shillings 
She  haveing  had  her  part  out  of  My  Estate  before  And  to  my  Two 
Beloved  Sons  Levi  Oaks  &  Solomon  Oaks  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  to 
them  Joindy  &  Severly  My  home  Lot  on  which  I  Live  togeather  with 
all  My  Improvements  adjoining  togeather  with  My  Island  which  Lyeth 
a  Little  to  the  South  of  my  Lot,  with  all  the  Improvements  and  Apper- 
tinances  there  to  Belonging  with  all  My  Moveable  stock  and  farming 
touls  and  Carpenders  tools  to  them  there  Heirs  and  Assigns  forever : 
And  I  do  positively  order  that  they  pay  my  funarel  Charges,  and  pay 
All  My  Just  Debts,  and  provide  their  Mother  a  Comfortable  Maintain- 
ance in  Sickness  &  helth  So  Long  as  She  Remains  My  Widdow  and  if 
She  Remains  so  through  Life,  a  Decent  Buriel  after  Death,  and  pay 
the  Several  Legises  to  their  Brothers  &z  Sisters  Before  above  men- 
tioned And  to  their  three  Youngest  Sisters  Mille,  Sibbel  &  Lucy  four 
pounds  Each  Mille  to  have  her  Dowrey  at  Ninteen  years  of  Age  & 
Sibbel  &  Lucy  to  have  their  Shear  at  Eighteen  Years  of  Age,  And  to 
their  two  Youngest  Brothers    I  positi\ely  order  that  they  Be  att  the 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  5  ^ 

Cost  of  procuring  a  title  to  the  Lot  of  Land  I  had  of  Daniel  Lambeid, 
from  the  proprietors  for  them  it  being  the  third  Lot  from  Wesserunsett 
up  the  main  River  And  Likewise  that  they  Give  teen  Bushels  of  Corn 
yearly  each  from  the  time  they  are  Eightteen  Years  of  Age  two  years  I 
Likewise  order  that  they  Live  with  their  Brothers,  to  wit :  Abel  with 
Levi  and  William  with  Solomon  untill  they  are  Eightteen  Years  of  Age 
and  that  they  provid  for  them  decently  in  Victuls  and  Cloths  and  Lam 
to  read  wright  and  Cypher  and  give  them  a  freedom  Suite  I  Likewise 
order  that  my  two  Sons  Levi  &  Solomon  Colect  All  Debts  Due  to  my 
Estate  And  to  my  three  Youngest  Daughters  Mille  Sibbel  &  Lucy  I 
Give  four  pounds  Each  as  I  have  ordered  them  paid  by  their  Brothers 
Above.  And  to  my  two  youngest  Son  Abel  and  William  I  give  Jointly 
&  Severally  My  right  and  title  which  I  purchased  of  Daniel  Lamberd 
to  a  Lot  of  Land  it  being  the  third  Lot  from  Wesserumseet  together 
with  what  I  have  above  order'd  paid  to  and  procured  for  them,  by 
their  two  Brothers  :  Levi  &  Solomon 

finally  I  do  Constitute  My  Son  Solomon  Oaks  togeather  with  Solo- 
mon Clark  Executors  of  this  My  Last  will  and  testament,  and 
trustees  to  see  this  my  Last  will  performed  agreeable  to  my  Mind 
as  I  have  above  Expresed,  in  Witness  whareof  I  have  hearunto  Set 
my  hand  and  Seal  the  Second  Day  of  December  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  Hundred  &  Eighty  four 
Witnesses  Jonathan  Oaks     (seal)     hear  I  take 

of  my  Seal  and 
Peter  Heywood  do  Declear  this 

Peter  Heywood  Jr  to  be  my  Last  Will 

John  Fowler  and  testement 

Probated  12  Mar.,  1785.  [HI,  121-2.] 
Inventory  by  Peter  Heywood,  James  Turner  and  Joseph  Weston,  all 
residing  at  Howardston,  15  Mar.,  17S5,  ^219:  11  :  10.  [HI,  235.] 
Peter  Heywood  and  Joseph  Weston,  both  of  Howardston,  commission- 
ers to  examine  claims.      [HI,  235.] 

In  the  name  of  God  amen. 

I  Simeon  Bonny  of  ^Vinthrop  in  the  County  Lincoln  and  Common 
Wealh  of  Massachusetts  Bay  yeoman  being  in  a  weak  and  low  Estate 
of  Body  but  of  Sound  mind  and  memory  make  and  ordain  my  Last 
Will  and  Testament  first  I  bequeath  my  Spirit  to  God  in  and  through  a 
Redeemer  my  Body  to  the  Dust  in  Sure  and  Certain  hope  &c. 
My  worldly  Goods  and  Estate   I   dispose  of  in  the  following  manner 


152  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

viz  Firstly  I  will  that  all  my  Just  Debts  and  Funeral  Charges  shall  be 
Paid  by  my  Executors  hearafter  named  out  of  my  Estate. 
Imprimis     I   Give    and    bequeath   unto    my   Beloved   wife    Thankful 
Bonny  all  my  within  Doors   moveables  at   her   Disposal   for  ever  and 
two  Cows 

Item  I  Give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Son  \\^illiam  Bonny  and  my  Son 
Simeon  Bonny  one  Hundred  acres  of  Land  Situate  in  ^Vinthrop  afore- 
said viz  one  half  of  the  Lot  No.  47  the  Easterly  end  of  Said  lot  and  one 
Hundred  and  twenty  five  acres  of  Land  in  Silvester  being  the  Lot  No.  10 
Item  my  Son  James  Bonny,  I  Give  and  bequeath  my  Gun 
Item  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  Son  Isaac  Bonny  a  Syth  and  an  ox 
Item  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  Son  Joseph  Bonny  two  Bushels  of 
Indian  Corn. 

Item  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  Son  Daniel  Forty  Bushels  of  Indian 
Corn  when  he  arives  at  twenty  one  years  of  age. 

Item  I  Give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Sons  Bariah  Bonny  Solomon 
Bony  Andrew  Bonny,  and  my  Daughters  Rebecca  Bonny  Deborah 
Bonny  and  Silva  Bonny  one  Silver  Dollar  each  to  be  paid  them  when 
they  Come  of  age. 

Item  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  Son  Simeon  Bonny  all  my  Farming 
Tools  not  before  mentioned 

Lastly  I  Constitute  and  appoint  my  Sons  William  Bonny  and  Simeon 
Bonny  the  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  and  Legatees 
of  all  my  Estate  and  goods  of  every  kind  not  before  mentioned 

I  testimony  wherof  I  hearof  I  have  hearunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal 
this  18  day  of  September  A  D  i  781 

Moses  Chandler  Simeon  Bonny     (seal) 

Jacob  Chandler 
Ichabod  Howe 

[Howe  sworn  9  Sep.,  1786;  unrecorded.] 

George  Light,  Jr.,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Jacob  Ludwig,  of  Waldo- 
borough,  Adm'r,  3  Oct.,  1786.  [HI,  124.]  Joseph  Ludwig  and 
Godfry  Bornheimer,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Joseph  Ludwig,  George  Dolheim  and  Charles  Kaler,  all  of  Waldobo- 
rough, 26  Oct.,  1786,  ;^39  :  11:0.  [Ill,  139.]  Thomas  McGuire 
and  Joseph  Ludwig,  both  of  Waldoborough,  commissioners  to  examine 
claims.  [HI,  152.]  Account  filed  17  Sep.,  178S.  [Ill,  154.] 
Distribution  ordered  24  Nov.,   1788.     [HI,  156.]     .Account  filed,  22 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  53 

Nov.,  1790.      [IV,  1S6.] 

Peter  Hilt,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Mary  Hilt,  of  Waldoborough, 
widow,  Adm'x,  13  Sep.,  1786.  [HI,  125.]  George  Clowes  and 
George  Heibner,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Jacob 
I.udwig,  Peter  Gross  and  Daniel  Feiltren,  all  of  Waldoborough,  14 
Sep.,  1786,  ^31  :  18  :  4.  [Ill,  138.]  Jacob  Ludvvig,  of  Waldobo- 
rough, and  Nathan  Jewett,  of  a  place  called  Walpole,  commissioners  to 
examine  claims.  [Ill,  157.]  Account  filed  17  Sep.,  1788.  [Ill, 
158.] 

Sarah  Williamson,  of  Pownalborough,  widow,  guardian  unto  Ruth, 
Abigail,  Lucy,  Anna  and  Hannah,  minor  daughters  of  Thomas  William- 
son, late  of  Pownalborough,  deceased,  3  Feb.,  1787.      [Ill,  143-] 

Hannah  Boyinton,  of  Pownalborough,  guardian  unto  John,  Joshua, 
Daniel,  Caleb  and  Joseph,  minor  sons,  and  Hannah,  Susanna  and 
Sarah,  minor  daughters  of  John  Boyinton,  late  of  Pownalborough,  de- 
ceased, 3  Feb.,  1787.      [Ill,  143.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen. 

I  Zebulun  Baker,  of  Pownalborough,  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and 
State  of  the  Massachusetts- Bay,  in  New-England,  Mariner,  being  of 
sound  disposing  Mind  &  Memory,  and  also,  in  good  Health  of  Body ; 
but  mind  ful  of  my  Frailty  and  Mortality,  do  make  &  publish  this  my 
Last  Will  &  Testament,  in  manner  and  Form  following.  Viz  : 
In  the  first  Place,  I  commend  my  Soul  to  the  mercy  of  God,  my  Savior 
Whenever  It  shall  be  separated  from  my  Bod)',  which  I  commit  \o  the 
Earth  or  Sea,  as  shall  seem  best  to  a  Wise  &  Good  Providence  to  dis- 
pose of  the  same ;  And  as  for  such  worldly  Estate  It  hath  pleased 
God  to  bestow  upon  Me,  I  give  to  each  of  my  beloved  Children,  five 
pounds  thereof,  Viz :  to  my  Son  Thomas  Baker  five  pounds  &  no 
more,  to  my  Son  Zebulun  Baker,  five  pounds  &  no  more,  and  to  my 
Son  George  Baker,  five  pounds  &  no  more  :  All  the  rest  of  my  Es- 
tate I  give  to  my  good  &  well-beloved  Wife,  Susanna  Baker,  Viz  :  All 
such  Wages,  Debts,  and  Sums  of  Money,  as  are  now  or  may  hereafter 
be  due  or  owing  to  me  by  or  from  any  person  or  persons  whatsoever, 
together  with  all  such  Share  or  Shares  of  prizes  or  prize-money  that  I 
may  have  a  legal  claim  to ;  and  also  all  my  Goods  &  Chattels,  and 
whatever  Estate  I  may  die  possessed  of,  or  be  any  Ways  interested  in, 
(as  well  Real  Estate  as  Personal  Estate,)  at  the  Time  of  my  Decease, 
whereever  such    Estate  may  be  found,  or  I  may  have  a  Title  to  in  Re- 


154  LINCOLN  PROIUTE  RECORDS. 

version,  I  hereby  freely  give   and  bequeath,   all  &  every  part  of  the 

same  to  my  said  Wife  Susanna  and  to  her  Heirs  and  assigns,  to  and 

for  Her  Sz  Their  sole  Use  «Si  Benefit  for  Ever ;  And  I  do  constitute  & 

appoint  Her,  the  said  Susanna  Baker  my  beloved  Wife,  Sole   Executrix 

of  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament ;  hereby  absolutely  revoking  any  Will 

or  Wills,  heretofore  by  me  made. 

In  Witness  whereof,  I  the  said  Zebulun  Baker,  have  hereunto,  as  to  my 

Last  Will  and  Testament,  set  my  Hand  &  Seal  this  eighteenth   Day  of 

August  In  the  Year  of  OUR  LORD,  One  Thousand,  Seven  Hundred  & 

Seventy  Eight. 

Signed,  Sealed,  Published  and  Zebulon  Baker     (seal) 

Declared,  by  the  said  Testator, 

as  &  for  his  Last  Will  &  Testament, 

in  Presence  of  Us,  who  in  his  Presence, 

and    at  his  request,  signed  our  Names,  as 

Witnesses  to  the  Same. 

James  Hughes 

Joseph  Billings 

Tho's  Russell 

Probated  4  Oct.,  1786.     [Ill,  143.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen. 
The  twelfth  day  of  May  1787,  I  Jonathan  Spafford  of  Pownalborough 
in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts  farmer, 
being  very  sick  and  Weak  in  Body  but  of  perfect  mind  and  memory, 
thanks  be  given  to  God.  Therefore  calling  to  mind  the  Mortality  of 
my  Body  and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  die,  do 
make  and  ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  that  is  to  say,  prin- 
cipally and  first  of  all  I  give  and  recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hands 
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  fvxecutors, 
nothing  doubting  but  at  the  general  Resurrection,  I  shall  receive  the 
same  again,  by  the  mighty  power  of  God —  And  as  touching  such 
worldly  estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  Life, 
I  give,  demise,  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  manner  and 
form — first  my  funeral  Charges  be  paid  and  my  lawful  Debts. 
Imprintis.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Martha  Rogers  one 
half  of  my  houshold  (.loods,  except  my  bed  for  the  Use  of  the  young 
Children,  and  the  remainder  part  of  my  houshell  Goods  I  give  to  my 
Daughter  Mary. 

Item.     I  give  to  my  Son  Jacob   five   pounds  lawful   money   to   be 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  5  5 

raised  and  levied  out  of  my  personal  Estate  and  to  be  paid  when  he 
comes  to  lawful  Age  for  himself. 

I  give  to  my  Son  William  five  Pounds  when  he  comes  of  lawful  Age,   it 
is  to  be  raised  &  levied  out  of  my  personal  Estate. 
I  give  to  my  Son  Robert  five  pounds  when  he  comes  of  lawful  Age  ;   it 
is  to  be  raised  and  levied  out  of  my  personal  Estate. 
I  give  unto  my  Son  John  five  pounds  when  he  comes  of  lawful  Age,  it  is 
to  be  raised  &  levied  out  of  my  personal  Estate. 

I  give  unto  my  Son  Samuel  five  pounds  when  he  comes  of  lawful  Age  ; 
it  is  to  be  raised  and  levied  out  of  my  personal  Estate. 
I  give  to  my  Son  James  five  pounds  when  he  comes  of  lawful  Age,  it  to  be 
raised  &  levied  out  of  my  personal  Estate  ;  all  which  Sum  to  be  paid  to 
each  of  my  heirs  when  they  come  of  Age,  to  be  prised  and  raised  and 
levied  out  of  my  personal  Estate  by  my  Executors.  Also  my  farming 
tools  to  be  kept  on  the  farm,  and  that  my  farm  be  improved  together 
with  all  my  real  Estate  for  the  support  of  my  heirs  till  they  come  of 
lawful  Age  to  take  Care  of  themselves,  and  when  the  youngest  heir 
comes  of  age  then  the  real  Estate  to  be  prised,  together  with  all  the 
Remains  of  my  personal  Estate,  and  to  be  equally  divided  between  the 
whole  named  heirs — that  Martha  and  Mary  be  paid  in  Cash  their 
proportion 

I  likewise  constitute  make  and  ordain  Major  John  Huse  and  Rogers 
Smith  my  sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  all  by 
them  freely  to  be  possessed  and  improved  for  the  support  of  my  heirs 
till  they  come  of  Age.  And  I  do  hereby  utterly  disallow,  revoke  & 
disanul  all  and  every  other  former  Testaments  Wills  Legacies  and  Be- 
quests &  Executors  by  me  in  any  way  before  named,  willed  and  be- 
queathed, ratifying  and  confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will 
&  Testament. 

In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and   seal   this  day 
and^year  above  written. 

Jon  Spafibrd     (seal) 
Signed  sealed,  published,  pronounced  and 
declared  by  the  said  Jonathan  Spafford  his 
last  Will  and  Testament  in  the  presence  of 
us  the  subscribers 

William  Decker 

William  Clark 
her 

Sary  1111  Clark 
Mark 


156  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Probated  3  July,  1787.  [Ill,  145-6.] 
Inventory  by  Ebenezer  Whittier,  Daniel  Scott  and  Nymphas  Stacy,  all 
of  Pownalborough,  1787,  ;^5o6  :  12:  o.  [Ill,  246.]  Account  filed 
8  Aug.,  1803.  [X,  70-1.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  17 
Feb.,  1S06.     [XI,  191-2.]     Account  filed  4  Oct.,  1809.     [XIII,  520.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen. 
I  Samuel  Ford  of  Woolwich  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Common 
Wealth  of  Massachusetts  ;  Gentleman,  being  weak  &  infirm  in  body, 
but  of  a  Sound  and  disposing  mind  &  memory  for  which 
I  desire  to  bless  God  and  considering  the  shortness  and  uncertainty 
of  Life,  and  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  Men  once  to  die,  do 
make  &  ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner  fol- 
lowing. First  I  give  and  bequeath  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  Al- 
mighty God  who  gave  it,  and  my  body  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  with  a 
decent  Christian  burial  (at  the  discretion  of  my  Executrix)  in  hopes 
of  a  joyfuU  Resurrection,  through  the  merits  «&  mediation  of  my  Saviour 
Jesus-Christ.  And  as  to  that  Worldly  Estate  with  which  it  has  pleased 
God  to  bless  me.  I  give  and  bequeath  in  manner  following. 
Imprimis.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Nephew  John  Perkins  a  lott 
of  Land  Containing  about  eighty  eight  acres  more  or  less  lying  in 
Woolwich  and  is  lott  No.  18  in  the  second  division  of  lotts  in  said 
Woolwich,  to  him  &  his  heirs  forever. 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  my  Neice  Hannah  Blair  the  wife  of 
John  Blair  the  one  half  of  a  lott  of  Land  being  Lott  No.  48  in  the 
second  division  of  Lotts  in  s'd  Woolwich,  to  her  &  her  heirs  forever. 
Item.  All  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  Estate  both  Real  and  personal 
of  every  kind  (after  the  discharge  of  my  just  debts)  I  give  and  be- 
queath unto  my  beloved  Wife  Mary  Ford  to  her  and  her  heirs  forever. 
And  I  do  appoint  and  ordain  my  beloved  Wife  Mary  Ford,  Sole  Ex- 
ecutrix of  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament.  In  Testimony  whereof  I 
have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  this  twenty  second  day  of  January 
Anno  Domini  1782,  and  in  the  sixth  year  of  American   Independence. 

NB.  the  word  "with"  on  the  other  side  &  the  words  "rest  and" 
above  were  interlin'd  before  signing. 
Signed,  sealed,  published  &  declar'd 
by  the  Testator  as   &   for  his  last  Will 

&  Testament,  in  presence  of  us,  who  Samll.  Ford  (seal) 

at  his  request,  in  his  presence, 
and  in  presence  of  each  other 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  157 

have  Subscribed  our  Names 
as  Witnesses  thereto. 

Nathl.  Thvving 

John  Hathorn 

Robert  Cushman 

Probated  5  Sep.,  17S7.  [Ill,  147.] 
Inventory  by  David  Gihnore,  Samuel  Stinson  and  Seth  Hathorn,  all  of 
Woolwich,  28  Sep.,  1787,  ;^897  :  11:8.      [IV,  23-24.] 

I  James  Howard  of  Hallowell  in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  and  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts,  being  now  in  Health  of  Body  and  of  a 
sound  Mind,  and  calling  to  Mind  the  Certainty  of  Death  and  the  Un- 
certainty of  the  Time  thereof,  do  make  this  my  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment that  is  to  say,  first  and  principally  I  commend  my  Soul  into  the 
Hands  of  God  who  gave  it,  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  to  be  decently 
interr'd  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors  hereafter  named.  And  as 
to  such  Worldly  Estate  as  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bestow  upon  me  in 
this  Life,  I  give,  devise  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following 
Manner  and  form — that  is  to  say. 

Imprimis  I  will  and  order  that  all  my  just  Debts  &  funeral  Expences 
be  paid  out  of  my  Estate  as  soon  as  conveniently  may  be  after  my 
Decease. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Susanna  two  hundred  &  fifty  Pounds 
to  be  paid  her  out  of  my  Estate.  I  also  give  unto  my  said  Wife  one 
third  part  of  all  my  household  funiture  of  every  sort  &  kind,  to  dis- 
pose of  as  she  thinks  proper ;  I  also  give  to  her  my  said  Wife  the  Use 
and  Improvement  of  one  third  part  of  all  my  real  Estate  during  the 
Term  of  her  natural  Life. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  Son  John  Howard  the  sum  of  Twenty  shillings, 
to  be  paid  him,  or  to  his  Guardian,  by  my  Executors  out  of  my  Es- 
tate immediately  after  my  Decease. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  Son  Samuel  Howard,  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings 
to  be  paid  him  by  My  Executors  out  of  my  Estate  immediately  after 
my  Decease. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  Son  William  Howard  the  sum  of  Twenty  shillings 
to  be  paid  him  by  my  Executors  out  of  my  Estate  immediately  after 
my  Decease. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  Daughter  Margaret  Patterson  the  sum  of  twenty 
shillings,  to  be  paid  her  out  of  my  Estate  by  my  Executors  immediate- 
ly after  my  Decease. 


1  5  S  LINCOLN  PROIUTE  RECORDS. 

Item  All  the  rest  and  Residue  of  my  Estate  real,  personal  &  mixed 
wheresoever  the  same  is  or  may  be  found,  I  give  &  devise  unto  my 
two  Children  Isabella  and  James,  (the  Children  which  I  had  by  my 
present  Wife  Susanna)  to  be  equally  divided  between  them,  and  to 
hold  to  them  and  their  respective  heirs  for  ever —  And  in  Case  that 
either  of  my  said  two  last  mentioned  Children  shall  die  without  Issue 
then  my  Will  is  that  the  share  of  such  deceased  Child  shall  be  and 
accrue  to  the  survivor  of  the  said  two  Children  and  his  Or  her  heirs 
for  ever —  And  in  Case  both  the  said  last  mentioned  Children  should 
die  without  Issue  then  it  is  my  Will  that  the  whole  Estate  real  &  per- 
sonal given  &  devised  to  the  said  Isabella  &  James  shall  accrue  to  and 
be  equally  divided  among  all  my  Grand  Children,  to  wit,  the  Children 
of  my  Son  Samuel,  William,  &  Margaret;  to  hold  unto  my  said  Grand 
Children  &  their  heirs  for  ever. 

Lastly  I  do  hereby  appoint  my  said  Wife  and  my  Son  William  Howard 
Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  and  I  do  hereby  revoke 
all  other  &  former  Wills  by  me  heretofore  made,  and  declare  this  &  no 
other  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Testament. 

In  Testimony  whereof  I  the  said  James  Howard  do  hereunto  set 
my  hand  and  seal  this  thirteenth  Day  of  January  in  the  Year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  &  Eighty  six. 

Signed  Sealed  and  declared ")  Mem'o  The  words  ^^real  6^  personal 
by  the  Testator  to  be  his  last  \  given  &  were  interlined  before  sealing 
Will  and  Testament  in  J  &c 

presence  of  us —  I  James  Howard  declair  this     (seal) 

Instrument  to  be  my  last 

H  :  Sewall  will  and  testment 

Elisha  Bisbe 

William  Howard  Junr 

Probated  14  Jan.,  1788.  [Ill,  148-149.] 
William  Brooks  of  Hallowell,  guardian  of  James,  minor  son,  9  Mar., 
I  789.  [IV,  36.]  Inventory  by  Nathaniel  Thwing,  of  Woolwich,  Jos- 
eph North  and  Benjamin  Pettingill,  both  of  Hallowell,  5  Nov.,  1 788, 
;^3785  :  12:8.  [IV,  72  to  75.]  Account  filed  16  Aug.,  1804.  [X, 
296  to  300.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  amen  this  Instrument  made  the  third  day  of  April 
AD  one  thousand  seven  hundred  &  eighty  seven,  I  Solomon  Page  of 
Bath  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  &  in  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachu- 
setts, being  of  sound  Mind  &  good  memory  (blessed  be  God  for  it) 
calling  to  mind  the  Mortallity    of   my  Body  &  knowing  that  it    ap- 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  59 

pointed  unto  all  Men  once  to  die  Do  make  &  ordain  this  my  last  will 
&  Testament  that  is  to  say  principly  &  first  of  all  I  give  &  commend  my 
Soul  into  the  hands  of  Him  who  gave  it  and  my  Body  I  recommend  to 
the  dust  out  of  which  it  was  formed  not  doubting  but  at  the  general 
resurrection  I  shall  be  raised  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  power  of 
God.  and  as  touching  my  worly  Estate  of  what  nature  or  kind  soever, 
after  my  Just  Debts  &  funiral  Charges  are  paid,  I  do  hereby  give  & 
bequeath  in  the  following  manner  Viz — 

Imprimis  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  true  &  beloved  Wife  Judith  the  free 
use  &  improvement  of  one  half  of  my  Farm  I  now  live  on  in  the  Town 
of  Bath  aforesaid  so  long  as  she  remains  my  Widow,  &  the  improve- 
ment of  one  half  of  my  dweling  House  &  Barn  also  one  third  part  of 
the  live  stock  &  all  the  houseel  stuff  in  my  house  that  belongs  to  me  & 
all  my  Books  &  all  my  Notes  against  one  Abner  Clough — and  one  half  of 
what  Mr.  Ephraim  Fitts  owes  me — 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  the  lawful!  heirs  of  of  my  son  Nathan  Page 
deceast  thirteen  pounds  six  shillings  &  eight  pence  to  be  paid  in  five 
Years  after  the  decease  of  myself  &  my  aforesaid  Wife  to  be  paid  by 
my  Executor  in  such  articels  as  he,  my  Execu't  &  said  heirs  shall  agree 
on — 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  the  Children  of  my  Daughter  Ruth  deceast 
thirteen  pounds  six  shillings  &  eight  pence  to  be  paid  in  five  years  af- 
the  decease  of  myself  &  my  aforesaid  Wife,  by  my  Executor  in  such 
articels  as  he,  my  said  Execu't  &  said  Children  shall  agree  on — 
Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  son  Simon  Page  thirteen  pounds  six 
shillings  &  eight  pence  to  be  paid  in  one  year  after  the  decease  of  my- 
self &  my  Wife  aforesaid  by  my  Executor  in  such  articels  as  he,  my 
Execu't  &  said  Simon  shall  agree  on — 

Item — I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  son  Dudly  Page  five  shillings — 
Item — I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daugter  Owen  six  pounds  to  be  paid 
in  one  year  after  the  decease  of  myself  &  my  aforesaid  Wife — 
Item — I  give  ^  bequeath  to  my  son  Edward  Hall  Page  one  half  of  the 
Farm  I  now  live  on  in  Bath  aforesaid,  one  half  of  my  dweling  House  & 
Barn  &  the  other  half  of  said  Farm,  house  &  Barn  at  my  aforesaid 
Wifes  decease  with  two  thirds  of  the  live  stock  upon  it  at  my  decease 
also  I  give  to  said  Hall  half  the  Money  which  Mr.  Ephraim  Fitts  owes 
me  also  all  my  husbandry  tools  &  utensials,  also  all  my  wearing 
Cloaths — 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Dorcas  Shurtlef  six  pounds  to 
be  paid  in  one  year  after  my  decease — 


l6o  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

I  Do  appoint  my  Wife  Judith  &  my  son  Edward  Hall  Page  to  be  the 
Executors  of  this  my  last  \ViU  &  Testament  &  my  son  Edward  Hall 
Page  to  pay  all  the  above  mentioned  Legacies — 

And  I  give  &  bequeath  all  my  Estate  Real  &  Personal  that  is  not  be- 
fore bequeath  &  mentioned  to  my  said  Executors — 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  the  third 
day  of  April  AD  one  thousand  seven  hundred  &  eighty  seven — 

Signed  Sealed  &  Declared  by  ^ 

the  Testator  to  be  his  last  Will  I 

&  Testament  in  Presents  of  us  who         f  Solomon  Page     (seal) 

subscribed  the  same  in  presents  of  the    j 

said  Testator — 

Ephraim  Fitts 

Moses  Brown 

Dumr.  Sewall 

Probated  25  Ap.,  17SS.  [HI,  150-15 1.] 
Inventory  by  Dummer  Sewall,  John  Berry  and  Joseph  White,,  all  of 
Bath,  21  May,  17S8,  ^422  :  17:8.      [V,  169.] 

William  ^Vescutt,  late  of  Majabaggaduce.  Elizabeth  Wescutt,  of 
Majabaggaduce,  widow,  Adm'x,  13  Sep.,  1786;  Jonathan  Lowder,  of 
Penobscot  River,  and  William  Thompson,  of  Thomaston^  sureties. 
[Ill,  159.]  Inventory  by  Joseph  Perkins,  William  Webber  and  Jon- 
athan Ljwder,  all  of  Penobscott,  I  Nov.,  1786,  ^133:  1 1  :  o,  and 
^^151  :  11:0.  [V,  64.]  Oliver  Parker  and  Joseph  Perkins,  commis- 
sioners to  examine  claims.  [\',  65.]  Account  filed  and  distribution 
ordered,  18  Sep.,  1792.  [V,  67  to  69.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by 
Jacob  Sherburne,  David  Moore  and  Joseph  Hibbert,  all  of  Penobscot, 
19  Sep.,  1 791.  [V,  84.]  Account  filed  and  distribution  ordered, 
30  May,  1793.     [V,  I43-4-] 

William  Wilson,  late  of  Topsham.  Gideon  Owen,  of  Topsham, 
Adm'r,  4  Dec,  2786;  Nicholas  Gaubert,  of  Bowdoinham,  and  Nym- 
phas  Bodfish,  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  [Ill,  160.]  Account  filed 
I  Sep.,  1789.  [IV,  57.]  Philip  Hoyt  and  John  Fulton,  commis- 
sioners to  examine  claims,  [IV,  57.]  Distribution  ordered  29  Sep., 
1789.  [IV,  58.]  Inventory  by  William  Randall,  John  Rogers  and 
Philip  Hoyt,  all  of  Topsham,  6  Nov.,  1787.     [V,  173.] 

Jerusha  Taylor,  late  of  Newcastle,  widow.  Joseph  Taylor,  of  New- 
castle, Adm'r,  15  Feb.,  1787  ;  Nathaniel  Bryant  and  Ephraim  Taylor, 
both  of  Newcastle,  sureties.     [Ill,  160.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  l6l 

Abner  Shepard,  late  of  Hallovvell.  Jonathan  Clark,  of  Winthrop, 
Adm'r,  7  Mar.,  17S7;  Josiah  Mitchell  and  Daniel  Wyman,  both  of 
Winthrop,  sureties.  [Ill,  160.]  Inventory  by  Samuel  Grant  and 
Nehemiah  Getchel,  both  of  Vassalborough,  and  Enoch  Page,  of  Hal- 
lovvell, 20  Ap.,  17S7,  ;^76  :  2:  6.  [V,  11-12.]  Robert  Page  and 
William  Whittier,  both  of  Winthrop,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[V,  12.]  Account  filed  17  Jan.,  1792.  [V,  13.]  Distribution  or- 
dered 31  May,  1792.      [V,  14.] 

William  Gardiner,  late  of  Pittston.  John  Gardiner,  of  Pownalbo- 
ough,  Adm'r,  16  June,  17S7  ;  John  Silvester  John  Gardiner  and  James 
Tupper,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  [Ill,  160.]  Inventory  by 
Edmund  Bridge,  Richard  Kidder  and  Nymphas  Bodfish,  1 7  Tune, 
lySS,-  ^37:  ig  :  3.  [IV,  114.]  Schedule  of  notes  of  hand  filed  by 
administrator.  [IV,  115  to  117.]  U'illiam  Gardiner,  of  Pownalbo- 
rovigh,  Adm'r  t/i'  />o// IS  7u>;i,  i  May,  1794.  [VI,  69.]  Account  filed 
9  Sep.,  1S06.      [XII,  44.] 

Phineas  Nevers,  late  of  Penobscot  River.  John  Nevers,  of  Penob- 
scot River,  Adm'r,  20  June,  17S7;  Jonathan  Preble  and  Ebenezer 
Preble,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  [Ill,  160.]  Inventory  by  John 
Brewer,  Jonathan  Eddy  and  John  Crosby,  all  of  Penobscot  River,  12 
July.  17S7,  ^169  :  5  :  o.  [Ill,  249.]  Jonathan  Lowder  and  James 
Ginn,  both  of  Penobscot  River,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[Ill,  250.] 

Obadiah  Call,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Experience  Call,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  widow,  Adm'x,  22  June,  1787;  Edmund  Bridge  and  Caleb 
Barker,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  [Ill,  160.]  Inventory  by 
William  Lewis,  Asa  Dinsmore  and  Richard  Kidder,  all  of  Pownal- 
borough, 29  June,  1787.      [Ill,  247  to  249.] 

Silas  Hathorne,  late  of  Penobscot  River.  Silas  Hathorne,  of  Penob- 
scot River,  Adm'r,  5  July,  1787;  Archibald  McPhetress  and  Elisha 
Grant,  both  of  Penobscot  River,  sureties.      [Ill,  t6i.] 

Ebenezer  Coombes,  late  ofTopsham.  Abagail  Coombes,  of  Tops- 
ham,  widov.-,  Adm'x,  5  Sep.,  1787  ;  Samuel  Wilson,  of  a  place  called 
little  River  and  James  Crawford,  of  Brunswick,  sureties.  [Ill,  r6i.] 
Inventory  by  Samuel  Thompson,  Philip  Hoyt  and  Gideon  Owen,  all 
ofTopsham,  11  Sep.,  17S7.  [Ill,  191.]  Philip  Hoyt  and  Gideon 
Owen,  both  of  Topsham,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  1 2  Nov., 
1787.      [111,192.]      Account  filed  26  May,  I  788.      [111,192.] 

11 


l62  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Samuel  Demorse,  late  of  Long  Island  in  Penobscot  Bay.  John 
Demorse,  of  Medumcook,  Adm'r,  13  Sep.,  1787;  Thomas  Hend- 
erson, of  St.  Georges,  and  Samuel  Sweetland,  of  VValdoborough, 
sureties.     [Ill,  162.] 

Philip  Call,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Deliverance  Call,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  widow,  Adm'x,  24  Sep.,  1787  ;  Edmund  Bridge  and  William 
Patterson,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  [Ill,  162.]  Inventory 
by  Richard  Kidder,  Samuel  Emerson  and  George  Lilly,  all  of  Pow- 
nalborough, 4  Sep.,  1787,  ;^34o:  16:  o.  [Ill,  251.]  Deliverance 
Call,  guardian  unto  John,  William  and  Philip,  minor  sons.  Deliver- 
ance and  Bethiah,  minor  daughters,  19  Mar.,  1789.  [IV, 
30-31-39.]  Account  filed  19  Mar.,  1789.  [IV,  31.]  Obadiah, 
minor  son,  chose  William  Lewis  to  be  his  guardian,  19  Mar.,  1789. 
Margaret,  minor  daughter,  chose  William  Lewis  to  be  her  guardian,  20 
Mar.,  1789.  [IV,  31-32.]  Division  of  real  estate  by  Jonathan  Reed, 
James  Goud  and  Louis  Houdlette,  all  of  Pownalborough,  7  Mar.,  1789  : 
dower  to  Deliverance,  widow ;  remainder  to  Philip  and  Charles,  two 
of  the  sons,  by  consent  of  other  heirs,  James,  Olive  Allen,  Elizabeth 
Patterson,  Hannah,  Lydia.  Order  of  distribution,  2  Ap.,  1789.  [IV, 
109  to  113.] 

Nathaniel  Jellison,  late  of  Bowdoinham.  Hannah  Jellison,  of  Bow- 
doinham,  widow,  Adm'x,  4  Oct.,  1787;  Elisha  Pratt  and  Abraham 
Malcom,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  sureties.     [Ill,  162.] 

John  Askins,  late  of  Bristol,  mariner.  Mary  Askins,  of  Bristol,  wid- 
ow, Adm'x,  23  Oct.,  1787;  Jonas  Fitch  and  Daniel  Herren,  both  of 
Bristol,  sureties.     [Ill,  162.] 

Lot  Curtis,  late  of  Deer  Island.  Nathan  Johnson,  of  Deer  Island, 
Adm'r,  26  Oct.,  1787;  Benjamin  Rea  and  Cornehus  Bramhall,  both  of 
Deer  Island,  sureties.  [Ill,  162.]  Inventory  by  Ignatius  Haskell, 
John  Hooper  and  Ezekiel  Morey,  10  Nov.,  1787,  ;^29  :  14  :  3.  [Ill, 
252.]     Proceedings  discontinued  22  Nov.,  1787.     [Ill,  252.] 

Daniel  Fairfield,  Jr.,  late  of  Vassalborough.  Elizabeth  Fairfield, 
widow,  and  Samuel  Grant,  both  of  Vassalborough,  Adm'rs,  24  Dec, 
1787  ;  Nehemiah  Gatchel  and  Charles  Jackson,  both  of  Vassalborough, 
sureties.  [Ill,  162.]  Inventory  by  Remington  Hobby,  Flint  Barton 
and  Asa  Redington,  all  of  Vassalborough,  22  Ap.,  1788,  ^198  :  12  :  6. 
nV,  27.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Dennis  Getchell,  Flint  Barton 
and  Asa  Reddington,  all  of  Vassalborough,  13  Aug.,  1790.  [IV, 
268.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  63 

Ezra  King,  late  of  Pownalborough,  shipwright.  Prudence  King,  of 
Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  29  Dec,  1787;  Obadiah  Call  and 
Joseph  McFarland,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  [Ill,  163.] 
Inventory  by  Richard  Kidder,  William  Patterson  and  Joseph  McFar- 
land, 3  Jan.,  1788,  ;^i3  :  14:  10.  [Ill,  257.]  Account  filed  24 
Mar.,  1788,       [III,  258.] 

Timothy  Kimball,  late  of  Bristol,  mariner.  Eleanor  Kimball,  of 
Bristol,  widow,  Adm'x,  16  Jan.  1788;  Arunah  Weston  and  Thomas 
Arnold,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties.  [Ill,  163.]  Inventory  by  Thomas 
Johnston,  William  Bums  and  Joseph  Burns,  all  of  Bristol,  21  Jan., 
1788,  ;£ss  :  10:2.  [IV,  203.]  Moses  Copeland,  of  Warren,  and 
William  Burns,  of  Bristol,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  Account 
filed  by  Samuel  Bartlet  and  Eleanor  Bartlet,  Adm'rs,  26  July,  1791. 
[IV,  204-5.]     Distribution  ordered  27    Dec,  1791.     [IV,  205.] 

David  Averell,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Joseph  Hilton,  of  Pow- 
nalborough, Adm'r,  24  Jan.,  1788;  George  Erskin  and  Stuart  Hunt, 
both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  [Ill,  163.]  Daniel,  minor  son, 
chose  William  Averell  to  be  his  guardian  18  Aug.,  1788,  [III,  165.] 
Simeon,  minor  son,  chose  John  Averell  to  be  his  guardian  18  Aug., 
1788.     [Ill,  166.]     Account  filed  10  Sep.,  1890.     [IV,  177.] 

John  Chase,  late  of  Newcastle.  Rachel  Chase,  of  Newcastle,  wid- 
ow, Adm'x,  18  Mar.,  1788  ;  Charles  Chase  and  Briggs  Turner,  both  of 
Newcastle,  sureties.  [Ill,  163.]  Inventory  by  Briggs  Turner,  Ben- 
jamin Woodbridge,  Jun'r,  and  Samuel  Waters,  all  of  Newcastle,  4  Ap., 
1788,  ;^2  2  :  i:  8.  [IV,  162.]  Benjamin  Woodbridge,  Jun'r,  and 
Thomas  Kennedy,  both  of  Newcastle,  commissioners  to  examine 
claims.      [IV,  162.]     Account  filed  13  Sep.,  1790.      [IV,  163-4.] 

Michael  Clary,  late  of  Bristol.  John  Costelow,  of  Pownalborough, 
Adm'r,  27  Mar.,  1788;  William  Lewis  and  John  McGown,  both  of 
Pownalborough,  sureties.  [Ill,  163.]  Account  filed  5  June,  1797. 
[VII,  218-219.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate,  10  Aug.,  1797. 
[VII,  246-427.] 

Adam  Cogswell,  late  of  Township  No.  four,  mariner.  David  Carl- 
ton, of  Township  No.  four,  Adm'r,  15  Ap.,  1788;  Theophilus 
Eaton,  of  Deer  Island,  and  Benjamin  Friend,  of  Township  No. 
four,  sureties.  [Ill,  164.]  Inventory  by  Jonathan  Lovvder,  of  Pe- 
nobscot, Ebenezer  Herrick  and  Benjamin  Friend,  both  of  Township 
No.  four,  7  May,  1788,  ;2{^242  :  7  :  2.  [V,  163.]  Enoch  Blasdel,  of 
Township  No.  four,  and  Joseph  Wood,  of  Township  No.  five,  com 
missioners  to  examine  claims.      [V,  164.] 


164  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

George  Couch,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Anna  Couch,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  widow,  Adm'x,  24  May,  178S;  Jonathan  Reed  and  Nathan- 
iel Hathorne,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  [Ill,  164.]  Inven- 
tory by  Lemuel  Trott,  Jacob  Eames  and  Seth  Hathorn,  all  of  Wool- 
wich, 14  June,  1788,  ;£^i  :  II  :  2.  [VII,  224-5.]  Lazarus  (iood- 
win  and  Samuel  Woodward,  both  of  Pownalborough,  commissioners 
to  examine  claims.  [VII,  225.]  \\'ido\v's  dower  set  off  by  Lemuel 
Trott  and  Jacob  Eames,  both  of  ^^'oohvich,  and  James  Atkins,  of 
Pownalborough,  31  May,  1793.     [VII,  226.] 

John  Laiten,  late  of  Norridgewalk.  Jean  Laughton,  of  Norridgewalk, 
widow,  Adm'x,  2  June,  i  788  ;  Eleazer  Spaulding  and  Amos  Adams, 
both  of  Norridgewalk,  sureties.  [Ill,  164.]  Inventory  by  James 
Waugh,  John  Moore  and  William  Spaulding,  all  of  Norridgewalk,  17  88, 
^,^248  :  11:8.  [IV,  262-3.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Eleazer  Spaul- 
ding, Obadiah  Witherell  and  John  Clark,  all  of  Norridgewalk,  27  Ap., 
1789.  [IV,  264.]  John  Clark  and  Josiah  Spaulding,  both  of  Nor- 
ridge^valk,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [IV,  265.]  Account 
filed  9  Sep.,  1791.     [IV,  265-6.] 

Hezekiah  Colby,  late  of  Deer  Island.  Joshua  Colby,  of  New  Row- 
ley in  the  County  of  Essex,  Adm'r,  17  July,  1788;  Charles  A\'alker 
and  William  Arnold,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.      [Ill,  164.] 

Haiherly  Foster,  late  of  Bath.  Mary  Foster,  of  Piath,  widow, 
Adm'x,  28  July,  1788;  Dummer  Sewall  and  P'.d ward  Hall  Page  both 
of  Bath,  sureties.     [111,164.] 

Jonah  Dodge,' late  of  Blueh  ill  bay.  Sarah  Dodge,  of  Bluehill  bay, 
widow,  Adm'x,  12  Aug.,  1788;  Daniel  Osgood  and  Jedediah  Holt, 
both  of  Bluehill  bay,  sureties.      [Ill,  164.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  I  Jonah  Dodge  of  Blue  hill  Bay  in  the 
County  of  Lincolon  and  Common-wealth  of  Massachusetts  in  New 
England,  Yeoman  :  Being  through  the  abundant  Goodness  and  Mercy 
of  Ciod  of  a  sound  disi)Osing  Mind  and  Memory  ;  yet  calling  to  Mind 
the  frailty  of  my  Nature,  my  continual  exposedness  to  the  Stroke  of 
Death,  Knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  man  once  to  Die;  Do  there- 
fore make  and  Constitute  this  my  last  ^^'ill  and  Testament,  desiring 
that  it  may  be  received  by  all  as  such ;  First  I  most  humbly 
recommend  my  Soul  to  God  its  Maker,  earnestly  intreating  his 
most  gracious  Acceptance  of  it  through  Jesus  Christ  my  ever 
blessed  Redeemer,  who  gave  himself  a  Propitiation  for  Sin  and  is 
able  to  save  all  who  come  unto  (iod   through   him  :  who   I    hope   and 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  1 65 

trust  will  not  reject,  but  own  me,  in  the  Day  when  he  shall  make  up 
his  Jewels ;  in  hope  and  Confidence  of  which,  I  cheerfully  resign  my 
Spirit  into  his  hands ;  most  earnestly  Imploring  the  divine  Aids,  that  I 
may  be  found  ready,  and  prepared  for  Deatth,  whenever  it  shall  come, 
That  my  Soul  may  wing  its  way,  under  the  convoy  of  Angelic  Hosts, 
to  the  Mansions  of  Eternal  Bliss — My  Body  I  commit  to  the  Dust, 
whence  it  was  taken  in  full  Assurance  of  its  Resurrection  at  the  last 
Day.  My  Burial  I  desire  may  be  decent  and  leave  it  to  the  Dis- 
cretion of  my  Executrix,  who  I  doubt  not  will  manage  it  with  all 
Requisite  Prudence.  As  to  my  worldly  Estate,  with  which  it  has 
Pleased  Almighty  to  bless  me,  I  Will  and  positively  order,  that  all 
my  Debts,  and  funeral  Charges  be  first  paid,  by  my  Executrix 
hereafter  named ;  and  then  to  be  disposed  of  in  Manner  and  form 
following,  That  is  to  Say. 

Imp  ri  III  is  I  give  \o  my  beloved  ^Vife  Sarah  :  The  Improvement  of 
one  half  of  all  my  Estate  both  Real  and  Personal  so  long  as  she  re- 
mains my  widow. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son  Jonah  Dodge  and  to  his  Heirs 
forever  Thirteen  pounds  Six  Shillings  &  Eight  pence  to  be  payed  him 
by  my  two  Sons  viz  John  and  Reuben  they  each  paying  their  Propor- 
tionable part  of  said  Money  to  their  Brother,  in  one  year  after  my  De- 
cease provided,  I  do  live  till  Reuben  comes  to  Be  Twenty  one  years  of 
Age  but  if  I  should  Die  before  Reuben  comes  to  be  Twenty  one  years 
of  Age  then  it  is  to  be  paid  in  one  years  after  Reuben  comes  of  Age. 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  'i'hree  Sons  viz  Abner  Dodge  Ben- 
jamen  Dodge  &  Abraham  Dodge,  Each  Son,  the  Sum  of  Thirteen 
pounds  Six  Shillings  &  Eight  lawful  Money  to  be  pay'd  them  by  my 
two  Sons  viz  John  and  Reuben  one  third  part  of  Said  Money  to  be 
paid  them  in  two  years  after  my  Decease  another  third  in  Three  Years 
and  the  Remaining  part  in  four  years  after  my  Decease  provided  1  do 
live  till  my  Son  Reuben  comes  to  be  Twenty  one  years  of  Age.  but  if 
I  should  Die  before  Reuben  arives  to  the  afores'd  Age  then  the  Re- 
spectives  Sums  afores'd  are  to  be  paid  to  them  Yearly  as  before  Ex- 
pressed in  four  years  after  Reuben  come  to  the  Age  of  Twenty  one. 
Item  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Abigail  Wife  of  Simon  Dodge  fifteen 
shillings  which  together  with  what  She  has  had  is  her  full  Share. 

Item  I  (iive  *\r  Bequeath  to  my  two  Sons  viz  John  Dodge  and 
Reuben  Dodge  they  paying  the  afores'd  Legaces  to  their  Brothers  & 
Sister,  the  whole  of  the  Remainder  of  all  my  Estate  both  Real  and 
Personal  which  I  shall  Die  Possessed  off,  and  further  It  is  my  Will,  If 


1 66  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

it  should  please  the  Allrighteous  Ruler  of  the  Universe,  in  whose  hand 
their  Breath  is  to  take  one  or  both  of  them  away  by  Death  before  they 
shall  have  any  lawful  Heirs  begotten,  that  his,  or  their  Proportion  of 
my  Estate,  Should  Revert  to,  and  be  Equally  Divided  among  the  Sur- 
viving Brothers. 

Lastly,  I  make  and  Constitute  my  Wife  the  Executrix  to  this  my  last 
Will  and  Testament : 

In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  this  Sev- 
enteenth Day  of  June  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand,  seven 
Hundred  and  Eighty  four. 

Jonah  Dodge  (seal) 
Signed,  Sealed,  published. 
Ratified  and  declared,  to  be 
my  last  Will  and  Testament, 
In  Presence   off  us, 
John  Peters 
Daniel  Osgood 
Jedidiah  Holt 
Probated  on  the   first  Wednesday  in   September,    1788.     [IV,  90-91.] 
Inventory  by  Joseph  Wood,  Jr.,  Robert  Parker  and   Jonathan   Darling, 
all  of  Blue  Hill  Bay,  i  Sep.,  178S,  ^326  :  5  :  10.      [V,  160-1.]     John 
and  Reuben,  minor  sons,  chose  Sarah,  widow,  to  be  their  guardian,   27 
Aug.,  1788.     [V,   16 1-2.] 

Nathaniel  Jellison,  late  of  Bowdoinham.  Job  Jellison,  of  Bowdoin- 
ham,  Adm'r,  i  Sep.,  1 788  ;  Zacheus  Beal  and  Elisha  Pratt,  both  of 
Bowdoinham,  sureties.     [HI,   164.] 

Joseph  Potter,  late  of  a  place  on  Penobscot  River  called  Sunbury. 
Margaret  Potter,  of  Sunbury,  widow,  Adm'x,  9  Sep.,  1788;  Silas  Hath- 
orne  and  Crowell  Cook,  both  of  Sunbury,  sureties.  [Ill,  165.]  In- 
ventory by  Jonathan  Lowder,  of  Penobscott,  Andrew  Webster  and 
Archibald  McPhetres,  both  of  Sunbury  on  Penobscott  River,  29  Oct., 
1789,^^165:   18:0.      [IV,  97.] 

James  Duning,  late  of  Sunbury.  Jean  Duning,  of  Sunbury,  widow, 
Adm'x,  9  Sep.,  1788  ;  Silas  Hathorne,  of  Sunbury,  and  Cornelius  Brad- 
ford, of  Medumcook,  sureties.     [Ill,  165.] 

Thomas  Murphy,  Jr.,  late  of  Pownalboiough.  Priscilla  Murphy,  of 
Waldoborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  10  Sep.,  1788;  Cornelius  Turner,  of 
Waldoborough,  and  George  Ulmer,  of  Duck  Trap,  sureties.  [HI,  165.] 

Briggs  Hallowell,  late   of  Hallowell,   merchant.     Eunice   Hallowell, 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  l6j 

of  Boston,  widow,  Adm'x,  lo  July,  1786;  Samuel  Vaughan,  Jr.,  of 
Philadelphia,  surety.  Joseph  North,  William  Howard  and  Lazarus 
Goodwin,  all  of  Hallowell,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [Ill, 
168.]  Account  filed  22  Mar.,  1788.  [Ill,  17 1-2.]  Distribution 
ordered  29  July,  1788.     [Ill,  173  to  175.] 

Jane  Brown,  of  Newcastle,  widow,  a  person  non  compos.  James 
Brown,  of  Newcastle,  guardian,  27  June,  1786.  [Ill,  195.]  In- 
ventory by  John  Farley,  Christopher  Hopkins  and  George  Barstow,  all  of 
Newcastle,  4  Sep.,  1786,  ;^93:  7:  4.  [V,  17-18.]  Account  filed 
6  Jan.,  1792.     [V,  18-19.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  I  John  George  Reed  of  Waldoborough 
in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Yeoman  being  of  perfect  Mind  &  Memory, 
and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  die,  do  make  and 
ordain  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament — That  is  to  say,  in  the  first 
place  I  recommend  my  Soul  to  the  Hands  of  God  who  gave  it,  and 
my  Body  I  commit  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  at  the  Discretion  of  my 
Executrix  hereafter  named,  not  Doubting  but  that  I  shall  receive  the 
same  again  by  the  Mighty  Power  of  God — And  as  to  my  Worldy  Es- 
tate, I  give  devise  &  dispose  of  the  same  in  manner  following,  that  is 
to  say — 

Imprimis  I  will  and  order  That  all  my  just  Debts  &:  funeral  Expen- 
ces  be  paid  assoon  as  may  after  my  Decease — 

Item,  I  give  unto  my  Wife  Mary  Magdalene  the  Improvement  of  all 
my  Estate  real  &  personal  during  the  Term  of  her  Natural  life — 
Item  I  give  to  my  Son  Michael  Reed  the  Sum  of  one  Pound  six  shil- 
lings &  Eight  pence  to  be  paid  him  by  my  Executrix  hereafter 
named,  after  the  Decease  of  my  said  Wife —  I  also  give  unto  my 
said  Son  all  my  wearing  Apparel  &  Cloathing. 

Item  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Eve  Christine  Margaret  Reed  an  Iron 
Stow  &  Cloaths  Chest. 

Item.  All  the  Rest  &  Residue  of  my  Estate  real  tS:  personal  where- 
soever the  same  is  or  may  be  found  I  give  &  devise  unto  my  four 
Children  Jacob  Reed  Sevilla  Magdalene  Kilbert,  Margaret  Cath- 
arine Bave  Eichorn,  &  Eve  Christine  Margaret  Reed  equally  to  be 
divided  between  then  after  the  Death  of  my  said  Wife,  &  to  hold  to 
them  »Sc  their  heirs  in  severalty  for  ever — 

Lastly.  I  do  hereby  constitute  and  appoint  my  said  Daughter  Eve 
Christine  Margaret  Reed  to  be  sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  Will  & 
Testament.     And  I  do  hereby  revoke  all  other  &  former  Testaments 


I  68  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

by  me  heretofore  made,  declaring  this  &  no  other  to   be   my  last  Will 
and  Testament.     In  Testimony  whereof  I  the  said  John  George  Reed 
do  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  this  first  Day  of  June  A.  D.  1776. 
Signed  Sealed  ]:)ublished  John  George  Reed 

&  declared  by  the  Testator 
to  be  his  last  Will  and 
Testament  in  presence  of 
Stephen  Brown 
Francis  Rittal 
Mary  Bowman 

Probated  5   Oct.,  17S7.     [Ill,  197.] 

In  the  Name  of  GOD  Amen  I  Quash  Winchell  of  Topsham  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  Labourer  being  Sick  &  Week  in  bodily  Health  but 
Perfect  in  Mind  &  Memory  thanks  be  to  God  for  the  Same  Calling  to 
mind  the  Uncertainty  of  Life  &  the  certainty  of  Death  Do  make  and 
Ordain  this  my  last  Avill  &  Testament  Recommending  my  soul  into  the 
hands  of  God  who  Gave  it  And  my  body  to  the  Earth  to  be  decently 
buried  according  to  the  Descretion  of  My  Executor  whom  I  Shall 
hereafter  Appoint  An  as  to  U'hat  of  this  worlds  goods  it  has  Pleased 
God  to  Bless  me  with  I  dispose  of  in  the  following  Manner  (Viz) 
Imprimis  I  Give  &  Bequeath  to  my  Benevolent  Friends  Silence  Pur- 
renton  Sarah  Hunter  Mary  Given  Anne  Winchell  &  Hannah  Winchell 
all  (S:  Singular  the  Goods  &  Chattells  to  me  in  any  Manner  belonging 
being  at  Presant  one  Horse  &  Tackling  two  Cows  &  one  three  Year  old 
Heiffer  with  20  Sheep  allowing  the  said  Hannah  one  third  more  then 
Either  of  the  Gathers  and  then  in  Equal  Divison  among  them  With  a 
Certain  Number  of  Notes  of  hand  Some  payable  in  my  Name  &  Sum  in 
my  Late  Masters  Samuel  Winchells  Deceased  being  Ciiven  to  me  ^Vhen 
I  Was  a  Slave  &  so  Wrote  in  his  Name  Furthermore  I  Appoint  Mr. 
Arthur  Hunter  to  be  my  Sole  &  Lawfull  Executor  of  this  my  Last  Will 
&  Testament  in  \\'itness  Whereof  I  have  hereunto  put  my  hand  & 
Seal  this  third  day  of  March  AD  178S 

his 
Quash  X  Winchell     (seal) 
mark 
Signed  Sealed  Pronounc'd 
to  be  the  Last  \Vill  &  Testament 
in  the  Prcsance  of  us  Witneses 
by  the  said  (^uash  Winchell 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  69 

Samuel  Stapel 
Philip  Hoyt 
Joshua  Smart 

Probated  26  June,  1788.  [Ill,  198.] 
Inventory  by  John  Sanford,  Samuel  Stapel  and  Joseph  Groves,  all  of 
Topsham,  26  June,  178S.      [V,  170-1.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  Robert  Hodge  Junr.  of  Newcastle  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln,  calling  to  mind  the  uncertainty  of  Life,  and 
feeling  my  Health  declining,  tho'  of  sound  &:  disposing  mind  &  mem- 
ory, do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament  as  follows. 
In  the  first  place  I  bequeath  my  Soul  into  the  Hands  of  God  who  gave 
it,  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  to  be  decently  buryed  at  the  discretion 
of  my  Executors  hereafter  named.  And  as  to  my  earthly  Substance 
with  which  Providence  hath  blessed  me  I  will  and  dispose  of  it  in 
manner  following.  Imprimis,  my  Will  &  desire  is  that  my  Execu- 
tors hereafter  named,  pay  all  my  just  Debts  out  of  such  part  of 
my  Estate  as  in  their  Judgment  will  least  injure  the  Estate,  then 
after,  this  is  done,  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Executors  two  hundred 
and  sixty  five  Pounds  to  be  by  them,  laid  out  upon  my  six  young- 
est Children  for  their  further  bringing  up  &  Education  in  the  fol- 
lowing proportion  viz,  to  my  oldest  Son  Robert,  fifteen  Pounds,  to  my 
Daughter  Hannah,  twenty  Pounds,  to  my  Daughter  Sally  thirty  five 
Pounds,  to  my  Daughter  Sarah  fifty  Pounds,  to  my  Son  Henry  sixty 
five  Pounds,  and  to  my  Daughter  Jane  Nickels,  eighty  Pounds,  the 
aforesaid  Sums  to  be  disposed  of  and  laid  out  on  said  six  Children,  at 
the   discretion  of   my   Executors,  for  the  purposes    aforesaid. 

I  further  give  &  bequeath  to  William  Hodge  Son  of  my  Brother 
Henry  Hodge,  Ninety  Pounds  to  be  paid  to  him  when  he  shall  arrive 
at  the  Age  of  twenty  one  years. 

All  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  Estate  both  real  and  personal  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  all  my  beloved  Children  to  be  ec^ually  divided  be- 
tween them,  and  the  Share  of  each  Child  to  be  paid  to  him  or  her  as 
they  arrive  at  the  Age  of  twenty  one  years.  And  I  do  hereby 
constitute  and  appoint  Henry  Hodge  of  Pownalboro'  Samuel 
Nickels  Esqr.  of  Newcastle  &  John  McKown  of  Bristol  f:x- 
ecutois  to  this  m/  la^t  \Vi  1  &  Testa nent,  anl  h^r^by  revoke  & 
disannul  all  former  Wills  by  me  made,  and  declare  this  to  be  my 
last  Will  &  Testament.  In  witness  whereof  I  hereto  set  my  hand  & 
Seal  this  ninth  Day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one   thousand   sev- 


I  70  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

en  hundred  and  eighty  eight. 

Robt.  Hodge         (seal) 
Signed  sealed  published 
&  declared  by  the  Testator 
to  be  his  last  Will  &  Testa- 
ment in  presence  of 

William  Kennedy 

John  Farley 

Seth  Pratt 

Probated  23  July,  17S8.  [Ill,  199.] 
Thomas  Rice  and  Abiel  Wood,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  [Ill, 
201.]  Inventory  by  Thomas  Rice,  Abiel  Wood  and  Francis  Cook, 
all  of  Pownalborough,  15  Oct.,  1 78S,  ^3895:  4:  10  [IV,  248  to 
254.]  Henry  Hodge,  of  Pownalborough,  guardian  unto  Sarah,  Henry 
and  Robert,  minor  children,  27  Dec,  1791.  [IV,  272.]  Samuel 
Nickels,  of  Newcastle,  guardian  unto  Jenny,  minor  daughter,  27 
Dec,  1 79 1.  [IV,  273.]  Hannah,  minor  daughter,  chose  Spencer 
Tinkham,  of  Pownalborough  to  be  her  gardian,  27  Dec,  1791.  [IV, 
273-4.]  Sally,  minor  daughter,  chose  John  McKown,  of  Bristol,  to 
be  her  guardian,  24  Feb.,  1792.  Division  of  estate  by  Thomas  Rice 
and  .^biel  Wood,  both  of  Pownalborough,  and  Dummer  Sewall,  of 
Bath,  I  Oct.,  1 793,  among  Robert  Hodge,  Polly  Tinkham,  wife  of 
Spencer  Tinkham,  Jane  Hodge,  Sarah  Hodge,  Hannah  Hodge,  Mar- 
garet Roby,  wife  of  Henry  Roby,  Henry  Hodge  and  Sally  Hodge. 
[VI,  247-8.]  Henry,  minor  son,  chose  Henry  Hodge,  of  Pownal- 
borough, to  be  his  guardian,  11  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  160-1.]  Dis- 
tribution of  estate  among  Mary,  wife  of  Spencer  Tinkham  ;  Margaret, 
wife  of  Henry  Roby  ;  Hannan,  wife  of  Abiel  Wood,  Jr.,  Sally,  wife  of 
Henry  Hodge  ;  Sarah  and  Jane  Hodge,  minors  ;  Robert  Hodge,  and 
Henry  Hodge,  minor,  25  Nov.,  1800.  [VIII,  126-7.]  Sarah,  minor 
daughter,  chose  Silas  Lee,  of  Pownalborough,  to  be  her  guardian,  5 
Ap.,  1799.     [IX,  229.] 

George  Kline,  late  of  Waldoborough,  an  Absentee.  Moses  Cope- 
land,  of  Warren,  agent,  6  Jan.,  1781;  Nathan  Bucklen  and 
Joseph  Copeland,  both  of  Warren,  sureties.  [Ill,  201.]  Wil- 
liam Farnsworth  and  Jabez  Cole,  both  of  Waldoborough,  and  Joshua 
Collamore,  of  Medumcook,  appraisers  and  commissioners  to  e.xamine 
claims.  Inventory  28  June,  1 781,  ;!{^i 00  :  0:0.  [Ill,  201-2.]  Ac- 
count filed  15  June,  1784.      [Ill,  204.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  ^  I 

Jacob  Young,  late  of  Waldoborough,  an  Absentee.  Moses 
Copeland,  of  Warren,  agent,  6  Jan.,  1781  ;  Nathan  Bucklen  and 
Joseph  Copeland,  both  of  Warren,  sureties.  [Ill,  204.]  Wil- 
liam Famsworth  and  Jabez  Cole,  both  of  Waldoborough,  and  Joshua 
Collamore,  of  Medumcook,  appraisers  and  commissioners  to  examine 
claims.  Inventory  29  Mar.,  1781,  ;^i30  :  o  :  o.  [Ill,  204-5.]  Ac- 
count filed  15  June,  1784.     [Ill,  206.] 

John  Smouse,  late  of  Waldoborough,  an  Absentee.  Moses 
Copeland,  of  Warren,  agent,  6  Jan.,  1781;  Nathan  Bucklen  and 
Joseph  Copeland,  both  of  Warren,  sureties.  [Ill,  206.]  Wil- 
liam Famsworth  and  Jabez  Cole,  both  of  Waldoborough,  and  Joshua 
Collamore  of  Medumcook,  appraisers  and  commissioners  to  examine 
claims.  [Ill,  206-7.]  Inventory  29  Mar.,  1781,  ;,{^io3  :  o:  o. 
[Ill,  206.]     Account  filed  15  June,  1784.      [Ill,  208.] 

James  Meloney,  late  of  St.  Georges,  an  Absentee.  Moses  Copeland, 
of  Warren,  agent,  20  June,  1781  ;  Joshua  Collamore,  of  Medumcook, 
and  Hugh  McLean,  of  Milton,  Suffolk  County,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Archibald  Robinson,  Owen  Maddin  and  Lawrance  Parsons,  all 
of  St.  Georges,  12  June,  1781,  ^26:  o:  o,  [III,  20S.]  Andrew 
Malcom,  John  McCarty  and  Seth  Vose,  all  of  St.  Georges,  commission- 
ers to  examine  claims.     Account  filed    15   June,    1784.     [Ill,  209.] 

John  Fullerton,  late  of  St.  Georges,  an  Absentee.  Moses  Copeland, 
of  Warren,  agent,  2  Oct.,  1780;  Hopestill  Sumner,  of  Warren,  and 
Andrew  Malcom,  of  St.  Georges,  sureties.  [Ill,  209.]  Inventory 
by  Archibald  Robinson,  Lawrance  Parsons  and  Owen  Madden,  all  of 
St.  Georges,  i  Jan.,  1781,^^208:  4:  3.  [Ill,  210.]  Micah  Pack- 
ard, Andrew  Malcom  and  John  McKelly,  all  of  St.  Georges,  commis- 
sioners to  examine  claims.  [Ill,  211.]  Account  filed  15  June,  1784 
[III,   212.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  The  Twenty  third  Day  of  January  1776  I 
Ceasar  Barron  of  Vassalboro'  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  province 
of  the  Massachusets  Bay  in  New  England  Tanner  Being  in  perfect 
mind  and  memory  and  as  I  am  about  to  Repair  to  the  American 
Camp  So  Called  att  Cambridge  &c  with  an  Intent  to  tarry  One  year  in 
Defence  of  America  Therefore  Calling  to  mind  the  mortallity  of  my 
Body  and  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  Once  to  Die  do  make  and 
Ordain  this  my  Last  Will  and  Testament  that  is  to  Say  Pricipally  and 
first  of  all  I  give  and  Recommend  my  Soul  into  the  Hands  of  God 
that   gave  it  and  my  Body  I  Recommend  to  the   Earth  to   be   Buried 


172  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

in  Decent  Christian  Burial  at  the  Descretion  of  my  Executor  Nothing 
Doubting  but  at  the  Oeneral  Resurection  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  and  Dispose  of  the  same  in  The  following  manner  and  form 
Imprimiis     After  the  payment  of  all  my  Just  Debts  and  funeral  Charges 
I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  Good  Friend  Asa  Phillips  of  Vassalboro 
In  the  County  and  Province  Aforesaid  Cordwainer  whom  I  Likewise 
Constitute  make  and  Ordain  my  soul  Executor  of  this  my  Last  will  and 
Testament  all  and  singular  my  Lands  messuages  and  Tennements  To- 
gether with  all  my  Household   Goods    Debts    and    moveable    Effects 
whatsoever  By  him  freely  to  be  possesed  and  Enjoyed  and  I  do  hereby 
utterly    Disallow    Revoke   and   Disannul   all  and  Every   other  former 
Testaments  Wills  Legacies  and  Bequests  and  Executors  by  me  in  any 
wise  before  named  willed  and  Bequeathed  Rattifying  and  Confirming 
tliis  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last  will  and  Testament     In  Case  I  should 
not  marry  nor  Live  to   Return  again  but  if  I   should   l-2ither  marry  or 
Return  this  will   to   be  Void  otherwise   to   Remain  In   full  force  and 
\'ertue —     In  ^^'itness  whereof  I  have  hearunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal 
The  Day  antl  Year  Above  Written 
Signed  Sealed  Published  and 
Pronounced  and  Declared  by  the 
said  Ceasar  Barron  as  his  Last 
will  antl  Testament  in  the   Presence 
of  us  the  Subscribers 

'Ihomas  GuUefer  Cesar  Barron      (seal) 

Thomas  Evans 

Stephen  Barton 

Probated  16  Sep.,  1777      [III,  213-14.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen. 
I  Edwartl  Blanchartl  of  Vassallborough  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and 
State  of  Massachusetts-Bay  Yeoman  being  weak  of  Body  but  of  Sound 
Mind  &  Memory  blessed  be  God  therefor  do  make  and  Publish  this 
my  last  ^Vill  &  Testament  in  Manner  Following  Vizt — 
Imprimis  I  Commend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  Allmighty  God  who 
gave  it  me  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  from  whence  it  Came  in  hopes  of  a 
Joyfull  Resurrection  through  the  Merits  of  my  Saviour  Jesus  Christ  and 
as  for  the  Worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  Bless  me, 
I  Dis])ose  thereof  as  Follows  Vizt — 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  73 

First.     I  give  to  my  son  Edward  the  sum  of  Five  shillings. 
Item.     I  give  my  Daughter  Sarah  the  sum  of  Five  shillings. 
Item.     I  give  to  my  Daughter  Rachell  the  sum  of  five  shillings. 
Item.     I  give  to  my  Daughters,  Mary,  Sybill  &  Anna,  the  Front  Lott 
of  Land  I  now  Dwell  upon  being  lott  No  87  Containing  one  hundred 
acres,  with  the  Buildings  thereon  to  Have  &  to  Hold  to  them  &  their 
Heirs  forever,  together  with  all  my  Goods,  Chatties,  Real  &  Personal 
Estate  whatsoever  that  I  possess  to  be  Equally  Divided  amongst  them. 
On  Condition  that  they  Maintain    in  a  Decent  &  Comfortable  Man- 
ner my  loving  Wife  &  Daughter  EUena  during  their  Lives   and  paying 
all  my  Debts. 

I  appoint  Joseph  Stephens  of  AMnthrop  Executor  to  this  my  last  Will 
&  Testament,  praying  Him  to  Accept  of  the  Trust  &  Execute  the 
same  according  to  my  true  Intent  &  Meaning.  In  Witness  whereof 
I  the  said  Edward  Blanchard  have  to  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament 
set  my  hand  &  seal  this  Twenty  Sixth  day  of  March  Anno  Domini  One 
thousand  seven  hundred  &:  seventy  Eight.  N  B  The  words  "being 
Lott  87"  was  wrote  before  sign'g  sealing  &c 

Sign'd,  Seal'd,  &  Deliver'd  "^ 

by  the  Testator,  as,  &  for  his  | 

last  Will  &  Testament  in  | 

Presence  of  i  hi 

Remington  Hobby 

John  Gatchel 

his 
Eliab  X  Smith 

Mark. 

Probated  9  Oct.,  1778.  [Ill,  215.]  Inventory  by  Remington 
Hobby,  Samuel  Grant  and  Solomon  Parker,  19  June,  17S4,  ^141  :  S  : 
8.  [Ill,  216.]  Rachel  Blanchard,  Adm'x  c/V /^('/;/V  ?/f?//.  [111,217.] 
Solomon  Parker  and  Jonathan  Low,  both  of  Winslow,  sureties.      [IV, 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  th)s  Sixth  Day  of  January  A:  D  :  17S1  I 
Phillip  Fought  of  Vassalborough  in  the  county  of  Lincoln  and  State  of 
the  Massachusetts  yeoman  Sick  and  week  in  body  but  of  Sound  mind 
and  memory  thanks  be  given  to  Ciod  therefor  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  Testament  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  recommend  to  the 


Edward  X  Blanchard     (seal) 
Mark 


174  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

earth  to  be  buried  in  a  Decent  Christian  manner  at  the  Discression  of 
my  Executor  and  as  touching  such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath 
pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  life  I  Give  Demise  and  Dispose  of  the 
same  in  the  following  manner — 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  Hannah  my  beloved  wife  all  my  indoor  move- 
ables and  all  the  moneys  that  are  Due  to  Me  what  Soever  and  two 
cows  and  Six  Sheep  and  one  Rume  in  my  house  and  Half  the  garden 
and  fire  wood  all  ways  cut  at  the  Door  sufifitiant  for  her  fire  and  her 
cows  and  Sheep  Keept  on  the  place  summer  and  winter  and  to  find  her 
twenty  bushels  of  corn  ten  of  Rye  and  Wheat  and  thirty  bushels  of 
petators  and  twenty  Pounds  of  Flax  anually  Dureing  her  life  or  so  long 
as  She  Remains  my  widdow 

I  give  unto  my  Son  Jacob  fifty  pounds  lawfull  money  to  be  paid  in 
Spanish  mill'd  Dollars  at  Six  Shillings  pr  Dollar  said  money  to  be 
paid   in  one  year  after  my  widdows    Decease 

I  give  unto  my  Son  Frederick  fifty  pounds  lawfull  money  in  Spanish 
mill'd  Dollars    to  be  paid  as  above  said  in  one  year  after  my  widdows 

Decease 

I  give  unto  my  Daughter  Rachel  one  cow  and  fifty  pounds  lawfull 
money  in  Spanish  mill'd  Dollars  to  be  paid  as  above  said  in  one  year 
after  my    Decease 

I  give  unto  my  Daughter  Marget  fifty  pounds  lawfull  money  in  in  Span- 
ish mill'd  Dollars  as  above  said  to  be  paid  in  one  year  after  my  De- 
cease 

I  give  unto  my  Son  Anthoney  all  my  lands,  buildings,  Stock  and  farm- 
ing utentials  Except  what  is  willed  as  above  said  to  be  by  him  freely 
possessed  and  Injoyed  he  paying  all  the  leagacy  as  above  said  and 
providing  for  my  widdow  as  above  said  he  allso  paying  all  my  Just 
Debts  and  funeral  Charges 

And  I  do  likewise  Constitue  make  and  ordain  Mathew  Hasting  of 
Vassalborough  Gent  my  Executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testirnant 
and  I  Do  hereby  Disallow  &  Revoke  all  other  wills  and  Testiments 
by  me  made  before  this  time  Rattifiing  this  my  last  will  and  Testi- 
ment 

In  Witness  Whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  Day  and 
year  above  written 

his 
Phillip  X  Fought     (seal) 
mark 
Signed  Sealed  Published  Pronounced  and  Declared  by  the  said  Phillip 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 


175 


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, 
;!^24o:o:o.      [111,219.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  this  Second  Day  of  September  .\  :  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  J  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  his 

Mathew  Hastings  Joseph  X  Clarke     (seal) 

Hugh  Smiley  marke 

Jonathan  Dyer 

Probated  n  Mar.,  1783.      [III^  229.] 

Ebenezer  Cox,  of  Bristol,  non  compos.     Israel  Cox,  of   Bristol,  guar- 


1  76  LINCOLN  PROHAl'E  RECORDS. 

dian,  15  Ap.,  17S6  ;  'i'homas  Bracket  and  Jonas  Fitch,  both  of  Bristol, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Henry  Fosset,  James  Drummond  and  Joseph 
Boyd,  all  of  Bristol,  1786,     jP^id  :  2  :   o.      [Ill,    242.]   .Account  filed 

2  June,  17S7.  [HI,  243.]  (luardian  licensed  to  sell  real  estate,  20 
Sep.,  I  791.      [IV,  261.] 

Stephen  Foster,  of  W'inthrop,  minor  son  of  Timothy  Foster,  late  of 
Winthrop,  deceased,  chose  Jonathan  Whiting,  of  Winthrop,  to  be  his 
guardian,  3  May,  1786.      [Ill,  256.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  this  Sixth  da)'  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  \\\  this  life  I  Give  Demise  and  Dispose  of  it  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner  \iz 

first  1  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  thankful!  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  thankfuU  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  oi  this  m\  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 
Sio-ned  Sealed  Published  Pronounced  and  Declared 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  7  7 

by  the  Said  Jabez  Crovvel  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.     [Ill,   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.      [Ill,  259.] 

David  Averell,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Joseph  Hilton,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  Adm'r,  24  Jan.,  178S;  George  Erskine  and  Stuart  Hunt, 
both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Waters  and 
Daniel  Quigg,  both  of  Newcastle,  2 1  Ap.,  i  788,  ^^40  :  o  :  o.  Account 
filed  19  May,  17 88.      [Ill,  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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178  LINCOLN  PROP.ATE  RECORDS. 

as  to  the  Rest.  My  Son  Jacob  J  gave  him  a  Cow  :  Keaty  I  Give  a 
Cow;  Sedony  I  Gave  a  Cow=and  Sally  I  gave  aCow=CharIes  and 
]ohn  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- 1 783 
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,  i  7.] 

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 — 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  79 

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  Atino  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.,  1 788.  [IV,  19.]  John  Costelovv,  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- 
rnent  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  Eairth  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 


i8o  LIN'COLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

of  five  Shillings  Lawful  mony  to  be  paid  her  or  her  heirs  by  my  Said  Ex- 
ecutor at  my  Decease  if  Demanded 

1  Give  to  my  Daughter  Submit  the  Sum  of   five  Shillings   Lawful  mony 
to  be  paid  her  by  my  Said  Mxecutor  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 
Demantled 

And  1  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  L^ebts  funaral  Charges  and  the  Legecyes  which 
1  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  anv  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  tlie  Day  and 
year  above  Written  his 

Signed  Sealed  Published  V.illiam  X  Woodcock      (seal) 

Pronounced  and  Declaired  ALirk 

by  the  Said  Willim  Woodcock  as  his  Last  will  and 
lestement  in  the  Presence  of  us  the  Subscribers 

John  Daggett 

Thomas  Starkey 

Jesse  Daggett 

[Received  i6  Nov.,  1788;  unrecorded.] 

Roland  Gushing,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Edmund  Bridge,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  Adra'r,  24  Nov.,  1788.  [IV,  20.]  Joseph  North  anil  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:i2:2.  [IV,  51-53.]  Nathaniel 
Thwing,  of  Woolwich,  and  James  Tupper,  of  Pownalborough,  commis- 
sioners to  examine  claims.  [V,  27.]  Account  filed  and  distribution  or- 
dered, 31  May,  1792.  [V,  37  to  39.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real 
estate,  9  Nov.,  1791.  [V,  46.] 
In  the  Name  of  God  Amen:      I  Nathanael  Simmons  of  WaKlobjrough 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  l8l 

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  foUoweth.  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  W'idow^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  fuur  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  now  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 


I  82  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

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  Eove  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  Nathanael  Simmons     (seal) 

Andrew  Storer 

Probated  22  Jan.,  17S9.  [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  tne  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  ^Vill  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 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  1 83 

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,  i:98:i7:7-      [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, 


184  LINCOLN  PRORATE  RECORDS. 

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,  17S9.      [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  Belo\'ed  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 

jly  I  Nominat  and  ajjpoint  my  Beloved  wife  Hannah  a  gardean  for 
my  Children 

4ly  I  hereby  Nominat  and  ap]ioint  my  Beloved  wife  Hannah  Sole  Ex- 
ecutrix to  this  my  Last  will  and  testament  Disallowing  and  Disannulling 
all  other  \\'ills  by  me  Made  In  witness  whareof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  §5 

hand  and  Seal  this  Twelfth    Day  of   the   Fifth   Month   one  Thousand 
Seven  hundred  and  Eighty  nine.  N.  B.     the  words  "  One 

Signed  Seal'd  and  published    ^  Hundred  Acre^    were 

'^  ....  wrote,  before  Signing 

Sealing  &c^— 


Moses  Kimball       (seal) 


by  the  Testator  as  and  for  his 
Last  will  and  Testament 
in  presence  of  us  [^ 

the  Subscribers 
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  Phihp  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,    £i1^:i^: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  ami  Thomas  Butler,  5  Nov.,  1789,  ^10  :  12  : 
8.      [IV,  1 01.] 

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 

I  St.  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- 


I  86  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

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 — 

2d  I  give  to  my  Son  Samuel  McCobb,  One  hundred  Acres  of  uncul- 
tivated land  which  does  not  Join  or  lay  adjacent  to  this  Farm  called 
the  Homestead,  or  any  other  of  my  Farms  which  are  any  way  or  in 
any  manner  cultivated  or  improved  this  to  take  place  after  my  de- 
cease. 

3d  I  give  to  my  four  daughters,  now  married  viz-  Isabele  Parker,  E- 
lizabeth  Mains,  Francis  Cushing  and  Margaret  Lee,  One  hundred  Acres 
of  Uncultivated  land  each  which  does  not  Join  or  lay  adjacent  to  this 
Farm  called  the  Homestead  or  any  other  of  my  Farms  which  are  any 
ways,  or  in  any  manner  cultivated  or  improved. — this  to  take  place 
after  my  decease 

4th  I  give  and  becjueath  to  my  Daughter  Nancy  now  unmarried  One 
hundred  and  Fifty  Acres  of  uncultivated  land  which  does  not  belong 
to  this  Farm  or  adjacent  thereto  being  the  Homestead  so  called, 
or  any  other  of  my  Farms  which  are  any  ways  or  in  any  manner 
cultivated  or  improv'd — (this  to  take  place  after  my  decease 
5  th  I  give  to  my  Son  in  law,  Mark  Langdo?i  Hill,  for  his  kindness 
and  particular  attention  to  me  in  my  Old  Age  Fifty  Acres  of  Land 
bounding  on  the  North  &  west  side  of  the  mill  pond  so  called  near 
my  present  dwelling  House,  forty  Rods  on  the  front  and  continuing  the 
same  width  and  running  back  about  a  Westerly  Course  until  the  said 
Fifty  Acres  of  said  land  is  compleated  to  have  and  to  hold  the  said 
land,  to  him,  his  heirs  &  assigns  forever — this  to  take  place  after  my  de- 
cease. 

6th  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  three  youngest  Children  who  are  not 
of  age  to  act  for  themselves — viz  Tiiomas  my  son  &  Polly — and  Jenny 
my  two  daughters,  for  their  maintenance,  educating  and  bringing  them 
up,  the  whole  and  every  part  of  my  estate  both  Real  &  Personal,  which 
shall  remain  after  my  disease, — excepting  what  1  have  given  to  my  other 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I  87 

Children  agreable  to  the  foregoing  Will,  and  also  to  my  well  beloved 
wife  Mary  &  to  my  son  in  law  Mark, — as  is  before  expresed  and  re- 
serving at  the  same  to  my  well  beloved  wife  Mary  One  third  part  of  all 
and  every  thing  appertaining  and  belonging  to  my  Real  &  personal 
Estate  by  which  she  is  entitled  by  law, — meaning  for  her  dowry  exclu- 
sively of  what  I  have  given  her  in  the  foregoing  will — and  I  do  hereby 
revoke  all  former  wills  &  Testaments  by  me  heretofore  made  and  de- 
clare this  &  this  Only  to  be  my  last  will  &  testament — in  witness 
whereof  I  have  heremito  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  tenth  day  of  Sep- 
tember in  the  year  of  our  lord  One  thousand  seven  hundred  &  Eighty 
seven 

NB.  The  Fifty  Acres  as  enterlined  was  done 
before  the  signing  hereof  James  McCobb  [seal] 

The  foregoing  will  is  signed  sealed  published  pronounced  and  de- 
clared by  said  Testator  as  and  for  his  last  will  and  Testament  in  pres- 
ence of  us  who  in  his  presence  and  in  ye  presence  of  each  other  have 
hereunto  set  our  names  as  witnesses — 

Eli  Perry  Ebenezer  Storer 

Martha  Perry 

Lastly  I  do  hereby  appoint  my  said  wife  Mary  Execrutix  and  Captn . 
Samuel  Nicols  of  Newcastle  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Executor  of  this 
my  last  Will  and  Testament  as  is  written  in  the  foregoing  Instrument — 
hereby  revoking  and  disanulling  all  former  Wills  and  Testaments  by 
me  in  any  manner  made  confirming  this  foregoing  will  and  no  other  to 
be  my  last  Will  and  Testament — In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto 
set  my  hand  &  seal  the  tenth  day  of  September  Anno  Domini  One 
thousand  seven  hundred  &  Eighty  seven — and  further  I  do  hereby  ap- 
point the  said  Maiy  ray  Wife  &  said  Samuell  Nicols  as  above  to  take 
the  particular  charge  of  my  three  youngest  Children  as  heretofore  men- 
tioned viz  Thomas  my  Son  &  Polly  and  Jenney  my  daughters  educating 
&  brining  them  up  in  such  a  manner  as  to  enable  them  to  act  and  do 
for  themselves — 
NB  the  alteration  Samuel  & 

enterlineation  witness  as  above  was  James  McCobb  [seal] 

made  before  the  signing  hereof 
Signed  sealed  published  and 
declared  by  the  said  Testator  to 
be  his  last  will  in  presence  of  us 
all  who  have  subscribed  hereto 


I  88  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

as  witnesses  in  presence  of  the 
Testate"  and  of  each  other 
Ebenezer  Storer 
P^li  Perry 
Martha  Perry 

Disallowed  28  Jan.,  1789,  from  which  decision  executors  appealed 
20  Feb.,  1789.  [IV.  59.]  Decision  affirmed  by  Supreme  Court  7  July, 
1789.  Mary  McCobb  of  Georgetown,  widow,  Adm'x,  15  Sep.,  1789, 
[IV.  77-78.]  Samuel  Nickels,  of  Newcastle,  guardian  unto  Thomas, 
minor  son,  Mary  and  Jenny,  minor  daughters,  7  Sep. ,1789.  [IV,  78  to 
80.]  Inventory  by  Thomas  Rice,  of  Pownalborough,  DummerSewall,  of 
Bath,  and  Joseph  Booker,  of  Georgetown,  28  Sep.,  1789.  '  [IV,  136  to 
142.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  30  Ap.,  1790.  [IV,  143.]  Petition  of 
heirs  for  a  division.  [IV,  144.]  Division  of  estate  by  Thomas  Rice, 
of  Pownalborough,  Dummer  Sewall,  of  Bath,  and  Henry  Totman,  of 
Georgetown,  7  Aug.,  1792.  Heirs  mentioned  :  Rachel  McCobb,  Isa- 
bella Parker,  Beatrice  Mains,  Margaret  Lee,  Frances  Gushing,  Nancy 
McCobb,  Mary  McCobb,  Jane  McCobb,  Thomas  McCobb.  [V,  103 
to  106.]     Account  filed  31  May,  1796.     [VI,  34  to  45.] 

Job  Stanwood,  late  of  Mount  Desert.  Robert  Young,  of  Mount 
Desert,  Adm'r,  3  June,  1788.  Samuel  Cousens  and  Thomas  Cousens, 
both  of  Nasskeeg,  sureties.  Thomas  Paine  and  Ezra  Young,  both  of 
Mount  Desert,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  26  Nov.,  1788.  [IV, 
65.]  Inventory  by  Thomas  Paine,  Cornelius  Thompson  and  Ezra 
Young,  all  of  Mount  Desert,  5  Aug.,  i  788,  ^34  :  9  :  9.      [Unrecorded.] 

John  Allen,  late  of  Georges  Island.  Keturah  Allen,  of  Georges 
Island,  widow,  Adm'x,  8  Sep.,  1790.  [IV,  67.]  Cornelius  Turner, 
of  Waldoborough,  and  Robert  Henderson,  of  Gushing,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  Dunbar  Henderson,  Eleazer  Gay  and  John  Barter,  all  of 
Gushing,  1 7  Oct.,  1789,^39:  14:  4.  [IV,  182.]  Eleazer  Gay  and 
Dunbar  Henderson,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [IV,  236.] 
Account  filed  18  Sep.,  1792.      [V,  74-75.] 

John  George  Stilkey,  late  of  Waldoborough.  George  Ulmer,  of  a 
Place  called  Ducktrap,  Adm'r,  15  Sep.,  1789.  [IV,  68.]  Cornelius 
Turner,  of  Waldoborough,  and  Moses  Copeland,   of   Warren,   sureties. 

John  Obrian,  late  a  Resident  of  Waldoborough.  George  Ulmer,  of 
a  Place  called  Ducktiap,  Adm'r,  15  Sep.,  1789.  [IV,  68.]  Cor- 
nelius Turner,  of  Waliloborough,  and  Moses  Copeland,  of  Warren, 
sureties. 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  1 89 

Zenas  Cook,  late  of  Medumcook,  mariner.  Hannah  Cook,  of 
Medumcook,  widow,  Adm'x,  15  Sep.,  1789.  [IV,  69.]  John  De- 
morse  and  VVellington  Gay,  both  of  Medumcook,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Paul  Jameson,  Eleazer  Gay  and  Richard  Adams,  23  Dec,  1789, 
;!^3037  :  7:  2.  [IV,  184-5.]  Inventory  of  real  estate  in  Dighton, 
Bristol  County,  by  Samuel  Talbut,  Thomas  B.  Richmond  and  William 
Brown,  14  J"ly,  1790,  £10:  4:  o.  [IV,  186.]  Account  filed  16 
Jan.,  1801,  at  which  dale  the  administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of 
William  Jameson.  [XIII,  338-9.]  Real  estate  divided  and  set  off 
from  that  of  James  Cook,  deceased,  (with  which  it  lay  in  common), 
by  James  Malcom  and  Edward  Killeran,  both  of  Cushing,  and  Moses 
Copeland,  ofW^arren,  26  June,  1801.      [XIII,  446  to  450.] 

David  Pierce,  late  of  Boothbay.  Jane  Peirce,  of  Boothbay,  widow, 
Adm'x,  1 7  Sep.,  1789.  [IV,  70.]  Edward  Bird,  of  Boothbay,  and 
John  Tucker,  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Jonathan 
Sawyer,  John  Murray  and  Robert  Reed,  all  of  Boothbay,  Oct.,  1789, 
^234:4:  6.      [IV,  88.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  Thomas  Story  of  Bristol,  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln,  State  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  Yeoman  :  being  thro' 
the  abundant  Goodness  of  God,  tho'  weak  in  Body,  yet  of  a  sound  Un- 
derstanding &  Memory  ;  do  constitute  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament, 
and  desire  it  may  be  received  by  all  as  such. 

First.  I  bequeath  my  Soul  to  God  who  gave  it,  hoping  for  eternal  life 
and  Glory  thro'  the  allsufificient  Merits  and  Mediation  of  my  Saviour 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ ;  &  I  give  my  Body  to  the  Earth  of  which  it  was 
made,  in  full  assurance  of  its  Resurrection  from  thence  at  the  last  day  : 
I  desire  I  may  be  buried  in  the  same  Grave  with  my  first  wife  decent- 
ly, without  any  Pomp,  at  the  discretion  of  my  wife  &  Executors  here- 
after mentioned,  &  that  a  Stone  with  an  Inscription  be  plac'd  at  the 
Head  of  the  Grave. 

As  to  my  worldly  Estate,  I  will  that  all  my  Debts  be  paid. — I  give 
i^  bequeath  to  my  Grandson  Story  Thompson  all  my  land  that  I  Oc- 
cupy, with  all  my  goods  and  Chattels  and  personal  Estate  whatever : 
my  loving  W'ife  to  have  a  Room  in  my  House  during  her  life,  with  the 
profits  of  the  third  part  of  the  Land,  &  one  third  of  the  goods  during 
her  life  ;  But  if  the  aforesaid  Story  Thompson  should  die  without 
Issue,  then  the  Land  to  descend  to  my  Daughter  Jane,  &  the  Heirs  of 
her  Body  : — I  also  give  to  my  Daughter  Jane,  the  sum  of  thirteen 
pounds  six  shillings  and  eight  pence  Lawful  money,  to  be  paid  her 


190  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RKCORDS. 

after  my  decease,  by  the  aforesaid  Story  Thompson  :  And  I  constute 
William  Jones  &  Henry  Hunter,  both  of  the  aforesaid  Bristol  Gentle- 
man, my  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  &  Trustees 
for  my  Wife  and  Grandson,  In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set 
my  hand  and  Seal  this  twenty  fifth  day  of  February,  in  the  Year  of  our 
Lord,  one  thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Eighty  four. 
In  presence  of 

Henry  Hunter  Thomas  Story     (seal) 

John  Patterson  His  c/2   mark 

John  Hunter 

Probated  15  Sep.,  1789.  [IV,  70-71.] 
William  McClain  and  John  Patterson,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  John  Huston,  Richard  Hitchcock  and  Thomas  McClure, 
all  of  Bristol,  25  Sep.,  1789,  ^407  :  5  =  10.     [Unrecorded.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  Jean  Claveland  of  the  town  of  Wal- 
dowbourgh  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  widow  being  sick  and  weak  in 
helth  of  Body  but  of  perfect  mind  and  memory  thanks  be  gaven  unto 
god,  Calling  Calling  unto  mind  the  mortality  of  my  body  and  knowing 
that  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  Die,  do  make  and  ordain  this  my 
last  Will  and  testament  that  to  say,  principally  and  first  of  all  I  gave 
and  recommend  my  soul  into  the  Hand  of  allmighty  God  that  gave  it, 
and  my  body  I  recommend  to  the  Earth,  to  be  buried  in  Deacent 
Christian  Burial  at  the  Decretion  of  my  Executor,  nothing  Doubting 
but  att  the  general  resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the 
mighty  power  of  God,  as  touching  such  worldly  Estate  wherwith  it  has 
pleased  God  to  Bliss  me  in  this  life  I  gave,  Disniiss  and  Dispose  of  in 
the  same  in  the  following  manner  and  form. — 

first  I  gave  and  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Rebeckah's  Child  Rebeckah 
if  liveing  one  hallf  of  my  land  and  thiee  gouns  one  skirt  one  quilt  A 
Coat  and  if  any  money  is  laft  after  all  Debts  &  other  Expences  that 
may  arise  is  paid  my  said  grand  daughter  is  to  have  the  whole  and 
allso  to  my  other  Daughter  Sarrah  McMoullin  the  other  half  of  my 
land  and  all  my  other  moveables  and  houshold  stuff 
Captn  James  Hillton  of  Bristol  and  County  aforesaid  I  allso  Consttute 
and  ordain  the  sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  testament  and  I 
Do  hereby  utterly  Dissanull  and  revouk  and  Disalow  all  and  every 
otheher  former  testament  will  legecies  and  Executors  by  me  in  any 
wise  before  Named  willed  and  bequeathed  ratifying  and  Confirming 
this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament,  in  Wittness  Where- 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  I9I 

of  I  have  hereunto  set  my  Hand  and  seal,  this  first  Day  of  augst  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty  nine. 
Singed  sealed  pubished  pronounced  &  Declared  by  the  said  Jenney 
Claveland  as  her  last  will  and  testament  in  the  presence  of  us  who  in 
her  presence  and  in  the  presence  of  each  other  have  hereunto  sub- 
scribed our  nams 

Willm :  McClain  Jean  Cleveland  (seal) 

Elizabeth  Rhods 
Joshua  Hillton 

Probated  15  Sep.,  1789.  [IV,  76.]  Inventories  by  Thomas 
Johnston,  Oliver  Nash  and  Joseph  Burns,  all  of  Bristol,  18  and  26  Sep., 
1789,^^196:  19:  6.      [IV,  84-85.] 

I  Nathan  Sherburne  of  Hallovvell  in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  Yeoman, 
being  sick  in  Body  but  of  perfect  mind  and  Memory,  and  knowing 
that  the  Time  approaches  and  is  near  at  hand  when  I  must  put  off  this 
earthly  Tabernacle,  depart  hence  and  be  here  no  more,  do  make  & 
ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  that  is  to  say. 
In  the  first  place  I  commend  my  Soul  into  the  Hands  of  God  that 
gave  it,  humbly  beseeching  him  to  pardon  all  my  Sins  thro  the 
Merits  of  Jesus  Christ  my  only  Saviour,  who  died  for  Sinners. 

My  Body  I  commit  to  the  Earth  there  to  see  Corruption,  but  in  full 
Assurance  of  a  Resurr^^ction  to  Life  again,  by  the  Mighty  power  of 
God. 

My  Worldly  Estate  I  give  devise  and  dispose  of  in  the  following  man- 
lier &  form-viz- 

Impriviis.  I  give  and  devise  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Abiel  the  whole 
of  my  real  Estate  in  the  said  Town  of  Hallowell,  consisting  of  about 
half  an  Acre  of  Land  with  a  dwelling  house  thereon,  where  I  now  live, 
to  hold  to  her  the  said  Abiel  and  her  heirs  for  ever.  I  also  give  unto 
my  said  Wife  all  my  personal  Estate  of  every  sort  and  kind,  to  dispose 
of  as  she  thinks  proper ;  she  to  take  Care  of  my  Daughter  and  to 
bring  her  up  and  educate  her  in  the  best  manner  she  shall  be  able, 
and  paying  her  what  is  herein  after  given  her — 

Item  I  give  unto  my  said  Daughter  Polly,  the  Sum  of  Twenty  shillings 
to  be  paid  her  by  my  Executrix  hereafter  named  when  she  shall  arrive 
to  the  Age  of  Eighteen  Years. 

And  I  do  hereby  appoint  my  said  Wife  Executrix  of  this  my  last  Will 
and  Testament. 
In  Testimony  whereof  I  the  said  Nathan  do  hereto  set  my  hand    and 


192  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

seal  the  twenty  fifth  day  of  December  in  the  year    of    our  Lord    1789. 

Nathan  Sherburne  (seal) 

Signed  sealed,  published  &  declared  ^ 
by  the  Testator  to  be  his  last  Will  - 
and  Testament  in  presence  of  us  ) 

Joseph  Metcalf 

Benjamin  Walker 

I'homas  Metcalt 

Probated  20  Jan.,  1790.  [IV,  Si.]  James  Page  and  Joseph  Met- 
calf, both  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Lazarus  Goodwin, 
Nathaniel  Shaw  and  James  Page,  all  of  Hallowell,  25  Jan.,  1790, 
£^19  :  14  :  I-      [IV,  123-4.] 

Thomas  Gerrish,  late  of  Camden.  Joanna  Gerrish,  of  Gushing, 
widow,  Adm'x,  9  July,  1789.  [IV,  82.]  John  McKellar  and  An- 
drew Malcom,  Jr.,  both  of  Gushing,  sureties. 

Thomas  McFarland,  late  of  Boothbay,  mariner.  Lydia  McFarland, 
of  Woolwich,  widow,  Adm'x,  12  Oct.,  17S9.  [IV,  83.]  Nathaniel 
Tibbetts  and  Jones  Mitchel,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  William  McGobb,  John  Leishman  and  Joseph  Reed,  all  of  Booth- 
bay,  26  Oct.,  1789,  ;^38  :  16:  o.  [IV,  160.]  Account  filed  13 
Sep.,  1790.      [IV,  161.] 

i^rince  Coffin,  late  of  Pownalhorough.  Mary  Coffin,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  widow,  Adm'x,  11  Feb.,  1790.  [IV,  92.]  Jacjb  Brown 
and  William  Dinsmore,  both  of  Pownalhorough,  sureties.  Inventory 
bv  Elihu  Getchel,  of  Bowdoinham,  Jacob  Brown,  of  Pownalhorough, 
and  Seih  Hathorn,  of  Woolwich,   19  Feb.,  1790.      [IV,  190.] 

Paul  Jones,  late  of  Fairfield  Plantation.  Agreement  of  heirs  not  to 
prove  will  of  deceased  and  division  of  estate  by  Apollos  Jones,  of 
Fairfield  Plantation,  only  surviving  son  ;  Rosanna,  wife  of  Joseph  Jones, 
of  Barnstable,  County  of  Barnstable,  a  daughter ;  Avis,  wife  of  Daniel 
Shepherd,  of  Fairfield  Plantation,  a  daughter  ;  Meribah  Allen  Jones,  of 
Barnstable,  a  daughter  ;  Pamelia,  wife  of  Zacheus  Bowerman,  of  Fair- 
field Plantation,  a  daughter;  8  Jan.,  178S.      [IV,  93  to  96.] 

Martin  Hayley,  late  of  Pittston.  William  Hayley,  of  Pittston, 
Adm'r,  30  May,  1789.  [IV,  102.]  Philip  Theobald,  of  Pownal- 
horough, and  John  Haley,  of  Pittston,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Philip 
Theobald,  Samuel  Woodward  and  Carr  Barker,  all  of  Pownalhorough, 
25  Sep.,  1789,  ^178:  3:  o.  [IV,  130.]  Widow's  dower  set  off 
by  Philip  Theobald,  Samiel  Woodward  and    Carr  Barker,   all   of  Pow- 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  1 93 

nalborough,  lo  Dec,  1791.      [V,    1-2.]     Account  filed  9   Sep.,    1791. 
[V,  3-] 

Elisha  Partridge,  late  of  Union.  Sarah  Partridge,  of  Union,  widow, 
Adm'x,  30  Jan.,  1787;  James  Stackpole  and  Israel  Loveit,  both  of 
Thomaston,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Philip  Robbins,  Moses  Hawes 
and  Joel  .\dams,  all  of  Union,  Ap.,  1787,  ^300  :  6  :  2.  Moses  Cope- 
land,  of  Warren,  and  Samuel  Brown,  of  Thomaston,  commissioners  to 
examine  claims.  [IV,  106  to  108.]  Moses  Hawes,  of  Union,  guar- 
dian unto  Elisha,  minor  son,  31  Jan.,  1787.  [Ill,  142.]  Account 
filed  15  Sep.,  1789.  [IV,  109.]  Distribution  ordered,  27  Dec, 
1 791.     [IV,  206.]     Account  filed  26  July,  1791.     [IV,  206-7.] 

Ebenezer  W'ebb,  late  of  Woolwich.  Joel  Reed,  of  Woolwich, 
Adm'r,  14  Ap.,  1790.  Heirs:  Sarah,  John,  Benjamin,  Nathan,  Ber- 
sheba  Gahan,  Anne  Reed,  Sarah  Bayley.  [IV,  113.]  Jonathan  Reed 
and  Samuel  Reed,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inventory  and  ac- 
count filed  by  Adm'r,  30  May,  1793.     [VI,  120.] 

I  Gideon  Parkman  of  Canaan  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  &  State  of 
Massachusetts.  Sensible  that  I  am  mortal  &  must  Soon  leave  this 
world  &  appear  before  God  my  final  judge,  to  receive  of  him  accord- 
ing to  the  Deeds  done  in  the  body,  &  being  of  Sound  mind  &  memory, 
I  make  this  my  last  will  &  testament ; 

And  first  I  commit  my  Soul  to  God  as  my  only  portion  &  refuge 
thro'  the  merits  of  Jesus  Christ  his  Son  my  only  redeemer,  on  whose 
merits  alone  I  depend  for  justification  &  acceptance  before  God  now  & 
in  the  day  of  judgment ;  &  my  body  I  commit  to  the  dust  to  be  de- 
cently, but  not  Sumptuously  buried,  in  a  firm  belief  that  it  Shall  be 
raised  again  by  the  virtue  &  power  of  my  head  Jesus  Christ  who  is  the 
resurrection  &  the  life 

And  as  to  the  Small  temporal  interest  God  hath  blessed  me  with  I 
dispose  of  it  in  the  following  manner,  viz 

First,  I  give  to  Mary  my  beloved  wife  all  my  household  goods  &  furni- 
ture for  her  use  during  her  life,  &  after  her  decease  to  be  equally  divid- 
ed (except  a  bed  Noah  Parkman  lodges  on  &  a  bible,  W'hich  I  give  to 
said  Noah)  among  my  Daughters  Betty  Clark,  Rhode  Whitman  &Mary 
Prat. 

Item  I  give  to  my  Son  Daniel  Parkman  one  pound  to  be  paid  by  Noah 
Parkman  when  he  shall  be  twenty  two  years  old. 

Item  I  give  to  Noah  Parkman  my  grandson  my  Cow  &   calf  &  all   my 

13 


194  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

farming  utensils  &  also  all  my  sheep 

Item  I  give  him  the  said  Noah  Parkman  &  to  his  heirs  &  assigns  all 
that  tract  of  land  lying  in  Canaan  afores'd  which  I  bought  of  Lieuten- 
ant Isaac  Smith  of  Canaan  togather  with  the  house  &  barn  &  all  the 
appurtanances  thereunto  belonging  for  his  &  their  use  forever,  after  the 
death  of  Mary  my  wife ;  but  I  will  &  bequeath  to  her  the  s'd  Mary  my 
wife,  the  sole  use  &  benefit  of  the  afores'd  land  &  buildings  during  her 
life 

This  I  declare  to  be  my  last  will  &  testament  given  under  my  hand 
&  seal  this  twenty  eighth  Day  of  May  1788. 

Signed  Sealed  &  de-  Gideon  Parkman  (seal) 

clared  in  presence  of 

Nathl.  Whitaker 

John  White 

Peter  Heywood  Jr 
Joseph  Weston 

Schedule  :  Before  the  Sealing  &  delivery  of  these  presents  I  appoint 
Mr  Brice  McCleland  to  be  my  Sole  Executor  to  this  my  last  will  & 
testament,  which  appointment  was  forgot,  till   the  above   was   finished. 

Probated  15  Sep.,  1789.  [IV,  118.] 
Solomon  Clark,  of  Canaan,  Adm'r  cum.  Testamento  annexo,  15  Sep., 
1789.  [IV,  119.]  Bryce  McLellan  and  John  White,  both  of  Ca- 
naan, sureties.  Inventory  by  Solomon  Steward,  Isaac  Smith  and 
Bryce  McLellan,  10  Dec,  1789,  ^^86:  18:  o.     [IV,   120.] 

Walter  Meloney,  of  Cushing,  non  compos.  Joseph  Copeland,  of 
Warren,  guardian,  20  Ap.,  1790.  [IV,  122.]  Inventory  by  Haunce 
Robinson,  Robert  Mclntyer  and  Archibald  Robinson,  all  of  Cushing, 
;^90:  16:0.      [IV,  258.] 

Peleg  Cardner,  late  of  Bath.  Mary  Gardner,  of  Bath,  widow, 
Adm'x,  14  June,  1790.  [IV,  125.]  William  Marshal  and  Edward 
Pettingill,  both  of  Bath,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Edward  Pettingill, 
I)avid  Trufant  and  John  Robinson,  all  of  Bath,  15  July,  i  790,  ;i^i6S  : 
7  :  7.  [IV,  178-9.]  Mary,  widow,  guardian  unto  Ruth,  minor  daugh- 
ter, 27  Nov.,  1795.      [VI,  124.] 

Samuel  Palmer,  late  of  Pittston.  Anna,  widow,  relinquished  right  to 
administer  to  son  Edward  14  June,  1790;  Edward  Palmer,  of  Pittston, 
Adm'r,  21  June,  1790.  [IV,  128.]  Leonard  Cooper,  of  Pittson, 
and  Richard  Bayley,  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Carr 
Barker,  Jonathan  Morrison  and  John  Woodman,  Jr.^  16  July,  1790, 
^137:  9:  2.      [IV,   176-7.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 


195 


Thomas  Sanders,  late  of  Deer  Isle.  Hephzibah,  widow,  renounced 
right  of  administration,  5  Dec,  1789;  James  Sanders,  of  Deer  Isle, 
Adm'r,  8  Dec,  1789.  [IV,  129.]  Timothy  Sanders  and  Nathan 
Johnson,  both  of  Deer  Isle,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Hooper, 
James  Jordan  and  Ignastius  Haskell,  all  of  Deer  Isle,  20  Feb.,  1790, 
;^82  :  19:  10.  [V,  70.]  Ignatius  Haskell  and  James  Jordan,  com- 
missioners to  examine  claims.  [V,  71.]  Account  filed  and  distribu- 
tion ordered,  18  Sep.,  1792.      [V,  72  to  74.] 

Benjamin  Brainerd,  late  of  Winthrop.  Ruth  Brainerd,  of  Winthrop, 
widow,  Adm'x,  25  May,  1790.  [IV,  131.]  Jonathan  Whiting  and 
Reuben  Brainerd,  both  of  Winthrop,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Jonathan 
Whiting,  Nathaniel  Floyd  and  John  Comings,  11  June,  1790,  ^295  : 
12:0.  [IV,  275.]  Account  filed  17  Jan.,  1792.  [IV,  275-6.] 
Ruth,  widow,  guardian  unto  Sarah,  Mary,  James  and  Orrin,  minor 
children,  3  Mar.,  1795.  Benjamin,  minor  son,  chose  Ruth,  widow,  to 
be  his  guardian,  20  Mar.,  1795.  [VI,  124-5.]  Guardian's  accounts 
filed  9  Sep.,  1796.  [VII,  229  to  231.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  and 
estate  divided  by  Samuel  Wood,  Elijah  Snell  and  John  Kezer,  all  of 
Winthrop,  3  Dec,  1802.     [X,  106-111.] 

Philip  Godfrid  Hoyt,  late  of  Topsham,  physician.  Elizabeth 
Hoyt,  of  Topsham,  widow,  Adm'x,  20  July,  1790.  [IV,  144.] 
William  Malcom  and  William  Hunter,  both  of  Topsham,  sure- 
ties. Inventory  by  Gideon  Owen,  Joseph  Foster  and  Ebenezer  Em- 
erson, all  of  Topsham,  2  Aug.,  1790,  ^^150  :  5  :  9.  [IV,  172.]  Gid- 
eon Owen  and  Joseph  Foster,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
Account  filed  8  Aug.,  1791.  [IV,  196-7.]  Distribution  ordered  15 
Sep.,  1791.      [IV,  198.] 

The  Last  will  and  testament  of  Obed  Hussey  of  Hollawell  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  in  the  Common  welth  of  Massachusets  Esqr — 
I  the  Said  Obed  Hussey  being  of  Sound  and  Disposing  minde  and  memory 
and  Considering  the  mortality  of  the  body.  Knowing  that  it  is  appoint- 
ed unto  all  men  once  to  Die,  Do  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  will 
and  testament  in  manner  and  form  following — 

And  first  I  Recomend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  that  Gave  it  and 
my  body  to  the  Earth  to  be  Desently  Buried- 

And  as  touching  Such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to 
Bless  me  with  in  this  Life,  I  Do  Give  Devise  and  Dispose  of  the  Same 
in  maner  and  form  following.  Imprimis  I  Do  will  and  order  that  all 
the  Just  Debts  that  I  Shall  owe  to  aney  Person  or  persons    at  the  time 


196  LINCOIJ^  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

of  my  Decease  Shall  be  well  &  truly  paid  and  Discharged  out  of  my 
Estate  By  my  Executrix  herein  after  mentioned  or  named.  Item  I 
Give  to  my  Son  Obed  Hussey  Ten  Shillings  Lawful!  money  and  the 
Hous  he  now  Lives  In  and  the  land  it  Stands  upon,  to  him  «&  to  his 
heirs  &  assigns  forever  Item  I  Give  to  my  Son  Samuel  Hussey  a  Cer- 
tain Hous  Called  awerehous  Standing  on  the  Edg  of  the  Land  on  the 
East  Side  kenebeck  River  &  is  to  the  Southward  &  Eastward  of  my 
<lweling  hous  In  Said  kenebeck,  with  half  an  achor  of  Land  Joyning 
Said  hous  the  most  Conveniant  for  both  Houses,  to  him  &  to  his  heirs 
&  assigns  forever.  Item  I  Give  to  my  Grand  daughter  Polley  Hussey 
Perkins  Daughter  to  Ebenezer  Perkins  Ten  Shillings  lawfull  money  to 
be  paid  to  her  by  my  Executrix.  Item  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Elize- 
beth  Delano  wife  to  Thomas  Delano  Junr  :  ten  Shillings  Lawfull  money 
to  be  paid  her  by  my  Executrix.  Item  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Ann 
Norcross  wife  to  Phillip  Norcross  ten  Shillings  lawfull  money  to  be 
paid  her  by  my  Executrix.  Item  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Sarah  Hus- 
sey ten  Shillings  lawfull  money  to  be  paid  her  by  my  Executrix.  Item 
I  give  to  my  Son  in  law  Natthaniel  Coffin  ten  Shillings  lawfull  money  to 
be  paid  him  by  my  Executrix  Item  I  Give  to  my  Son  in  law  Ebene- 
zer Perkins  ten  Shillings  lawfull  money  to  be  paid  him  by  my  Execu- 
trix. Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Loveing  wife  Mary  Hussey 
all  my  Real  and  Personal  Estate  which  I  Shall  be  Siezed  of  at  the  time 
of  my  Decease  wheresoever  the  Same  Shall  or  may  be  found  to  her 
Use  and  Disposal!  for  Ever,  and  Likewise  I  appoint  Constetute  and  or- 
dan  my  Beloved  wife  Mary  Hussey  to  be  my  Sole  Executrix  of  all  this 
my  Last  will  and  Testament  In  witnes  whereof  I  the  Said  Obed 
Hussey  have  to  these  presents  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  the  Eith  day 
of  September  anoque  Domini  i  789 
Signed  Sealled  Published  Pronounced 
and  declared  by  the  Said  Obed  Hussey 
to  be  his  Last  will  and  testament 
in  presence  of  us  the  Subscribers  Obed  Hussey     [seal] 

Ezra  Taylor 

John  Johnson 

Samuel  Twycross  Goodwin 

Probated  6  .^ug.,  1790.  [IV,  145.] 
Inventory  by  Lazarus  Goodwin,  Samuel  Bullin  and  James  Hinkley,  all 
of  Hallowell,  28  Ap.,  1791,  ;;^9i8  :  14:  2.  [Unrecorded.]  Inven- 
tory of  real  estate    in    Nantucket    by   Christopher   Starbuck,    Richard 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  197 

Mitchell  and  William  Hammatt,  all  of  Nantucket,    25th    lomo,    1790, 
^502  :  10.     [Unrecorded.] 

Ebenezer  Preble,  late  of  Woolwich.  Samuel  Preble,  of  Woolwich, 
Adm'r,  31  July,  1790.  [IV,  147.]  Thomas  Motherwill  and  Ebene- 
zer Smith,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Stinson, 
David  Gilmore  and  Abner  Wade,  all  of  Woolwich,  19  Aug.,  1790, 
^234  13:4.  [IV,  173-4.]  Dower  set  off  to  Martha,  widow,  i  July, 
1 791.  [IV,  227.]  Nathaniel  Thwing  and  David  Gilmore,  both  of 
Woolwich,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.     Account  filed    27   Dec, 

1 791.  [IV,  228-9.]  Distribution  ordered  6  Jan.,  1792.  [IV,  229- 
230.] 

Joseph  Mains,  late  of  Woolwich.  Beatris  Mains,  of  Woolwich,  wid- 
ow, Adm'x,  24  July,  1790.  [IV,  148.]  Robert  White  and  Joel  Reed, 
both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Harnden,  Thomas 
Motherwill  and  David  Gilmore,  all  of  Woolwich,  20  Aug.,  1790,^521  : 
15:2.  [IV,  175.]  Nathaniel  Thwing  and  David  Gilmore,  both  of 
Woolwich,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  Bettrice,  widow,  guar- 
dian unto  Sarah,  minor  daughter,  31  May,  1799.  [IX,  180.]  James 
Cobb,  minor  son,  chose  Robert  White,  of  Woolwich,  to  be  his  guard- 
ian, 31  May,  1799.  [IX,  229.]  Bettrice  and  Anna,  minor  daughters, 
chose  Bettrice,  widow,  to  be  their  guardian,  31  May,  1799.  [IX,  230- 
I .]  Division  of  real  estate  by  Nathaniel  Thwing,  David  Gilmore  and 
Jacob  Eames,  all  of  Woolwich,  5  June,  1801,  among  Susanna,  wife  of 
William  Partridge,  Anna,  Beatrice,  James,    Sarah   and    Abigail    Mains. 

[XIII,  453-4.] 

Oliver  Colburn,  late  of  Hallowell.  Margaret  Colburn,  of  Hallowell, 
widow,  Adm'x,  4  May,  1790.  [IV,  148.]  David  Jackson  and  Ben- 
jamin White,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventories  by  Lazarus  Good- 
win, Jonathan  Davenport  and  Samuel  BuUen,  all  of  Hallowell,  22  June, 
1790,^44:19:10.      [IV,  164-5.]     4  J"ne,  1791,   ^45.       II    May, 

1792,  ;^4  :  15  :  6.  [V,  124.]  Lazarus  Goodwin  and  William  Brooks, 
both  of  Hallowell,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [V,  124.]  Ac- 
count filed  and  distribution  ordered,  15  Jan.,  1793.      [V,  125  to  127.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  Robert  PJarker  of  Pownalborough  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  Cooper,  calling  to  mind  the  Brevity  «&  uncer- 
tainty of  Life,  but  being  of  a  sound  and  disposing  Mind  &  Memory, 
for  which  I  thank  God,  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  Will  &  Testa- 
ment in  manner  following.     In  the  first  place  I  bequeathe  my  Soul  into 


igS  LINCOLN  PROHATR  RECORDS, 

the  Hand  of  God,  whenever  he  may  please  to  call  for  it,  and  my  Body 
to  the  Ivirth,  to  be  decently  buried  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors 
hereafter  named.  And  as  to  my  worldly  Estate,  my  Will  is  that  my 
ICxecutors  pay  all  my  just  Debts  with  my  j^ersonal  Instate,  excepting  what  I 
owe  for  the  Farm  I  own  in  partnership  with  Timothy  Folgier,  antl  my 
Will  is,  that  my  Executors  sell  so  much  of  said  Farm,  as  will  pay  what 
is  due  therefor 

Item.  I  give  and  becjueathe  to  my  beloved  Son  Francis  so  much 
Money  as  will  i)urchase  a  Yoke  of  Oxen  and  two  Cows  at  the  Time 
when  he  shall  come  to  the  Age  of  Twenty  one  years,  and  to  be  paid  to 
him  at  that  Time. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeathe  to  my  Son  James  a  j^air  of  three  year  old 
Steers  which  I  now  own,  to  be  delivered  to  him  in  two  Months  after 
my  decease. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeathe  to  my  beloved  Wife  Sarah  Ikirker  all  the 
rest  and  residue  of  my  testate  both  real  and  personal,  for  her  to  hold 
during  the  Time  she  continues  to  be  my  Widow,  for  her  support  and 
for  the  maintain  and  and  bringing  up  my  Children  born  or  that 
may  be  born  of  her  Body,  and  when  my  said  Children  shall  arrive  at 
full  Age,  and  my  said  Wife  shall  decease  or  marry  again,  my  Will  is, 
that  what  of  my  Estate  shall  then  remain  whether  real  or  personal,  that 
it  be  equally  divided  amongst  all  my  Children. 

And  I  do  hereby  appoint  my  said  Wife  &  my  beloved  Brother  Josiah 
Barker  my  ?>xecutors  of  this  my  last  ^Vill  and  Testament,  and  hereby 
revoke  all  former  Will  &  declare  this  to  be  my  last 

In  witness  whereof  I  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  Seal  the  twenty  fifUi 
Day  of  Uctr.  A  1)  i  779 

Signed  sealed  published  &  declared  by  Robert  Barker      (seal) 

Testator  to  be  his  last  Will  and  Testament 
in  presence  of 
William  Wyman    Tho.  Rice 
Prince  Coffin — 

Widow  renounced  executorship  27  Se]).,  1790.  Probated  18  Oct., 
1790.  [IV,  151.]  Inventory  by  Siuibael  Barnartl,  Zaccheus  Macy 
and  Richard  Mitchel,  all  of  Sherburne,  Nantucket  County,  16  July, 
1791,^276:9:1.  [V,  188-9.]  Nathaniel  Thwing,  of  Woolwich, 
and  Elihu  Cetchel,  of  Bovvdoinham,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[V,  231.]      Distribution  of  estate  ordered  7  May,  1S02.      [^'lll,  132.] 

Solomon  A\'alker,   late  of  Woolwich.      Meriain,   widow  rclincpiished 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  199 

right  of  administration  to  son  Solomon.  [IV,  165.]  Solomon  Walker, 
of  Woolwich,  Adm'r,  13  Sep.  1790.  [IV,'  166.]  Andrew  Walker  and 
Nathaniel  Tibbets,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Elijah 
(Jrant,  John  Bailey  and  Nathaniel  Tibbets,  all  of  Woolwich,  9  Mar., 
1 791,  ^43:3:6.  [IV,  231.]  Nathaniel  Thwing  and  David  Gil- 
more,  both  of  Woolwich,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  Account 
filed  27  Dec,  1791.  [IV,  233.]  Distribution  ordered,  6  Jan.,  1792. 
[IV,  234.] 

Cornelius  Bradford,  late  of  Medumcook,  mariner.  Patience,  widow, 
relinquished  right  of  administration  to  son  Joshua.  [IV,  166.]  Josh- 
ua Bradford,  Jr.,  of  Medumcook,  Adm'r,  15  Sep.,  1790.  [IV,  167.] 
Joshua  Collamore  and  Joshua  Bradford,  both  of  Medumcook,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Paul  Jameson,  Ebenezer  Morton,  Jr.,  and  Elijah  Cook, 
all  of  Medumcook,  15  June,  1791,  ;^362  :  14  :  6,  [IV,  270-1.]  Dun- 
bar Henderson  and  Eleazer  Gay,  both  of  Gushing,  commissioners  to 
examine  claims.  [V,  215.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Paul  Jameson, 
Elijah  Cook  and  Ebenezer  Morton,  Jr.,  8  Dec,  1794.  [V,  217-218.] 
Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  10  Oct.,  1794.  [V,  218.]  Apprai- 
sal of  annual  rent  of  real  estate  by  Charles  Samson,  Joseph  Simmons 
and  Nathan  Sprague,  11  Feb.,  1795.  [V,  219.]  Account  filed  11 
Feb.,  1795.  [V,  219-220.]  Distribution  ordered,  13  Feb.,  1795. 
[V,  220-1.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen 

I  Sherebiah  Town  of  Winslow  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  &  Common- 
welth  of  Massachusetts  husbandman  being  in  a  poore  State  of  helth 
But  of  perfect  mind  and  memory  thanks  be  given  to  God  Calling  unto 
mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body  and  knowing  that  it  is  apointed  for 
all  men  once  to  Die  Do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  teste- 
ment  that  is  to  Say  as  touching  Such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  has 
pleased  God  to  bless  me  with  in  this  Life  I  Give  and  Demise  and 
Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the  following  mannar  and  forme 
first  I  give  and  Bequath  to  my  Honad  :  Fathar  Thomas  Town  the  Sum 
of  fourty  Shilling  LawfuU  mony  of  Massachusetts  to  be  Raised  and  Lev- 
ied out  of  my  Estate 

Also  I  Give  to  my  Beloved  Brothar    Ephm  :    Town    the    Sum    of    five 
Shilling  to  be  Raised  and  Levied  out  of  my  Estate 
Also  I  (iive  to  my  Beloved  Sister  Hannah  McCasland  the  Sum    of  ten 
Shillings  to  be  Raised  and  Levied  out  of  my  Estate 
Also   I  Give  to  my  Beloved  Sister  Betty  Barton  the  Sum  of  five  Shillings 


200  UNCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

to  be  Raised  and  Levied  out  of  my  F^state 

Also  I  Give  and  Bequath  the  Remainder  of  my  Estate  Lands  Goods 
and  Chattels  for  the  Support  of  a  School  in  a  Plantation  Lying  to  the 
Eastward  of  Winslow  known  by  the  name  of  Freetown  at  this  time. 
Also  I  Constitute  and  Apoint  the  Sellectt  Men  of  the  Towns  of  Vassal- 
borough  and  Winslow  to  be  the  trustees  of  the  Estate  that  is  Left  for 
Schooling 

Also  I  Constitute  make  and  Ordain  William  Howard  of  Hallowill  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Commonwelth  of  Massachusetts  Esqr : 
the  Sole  Excutor  of  this  my  Last  will  and  testement  and  I  Do  hereby 
utterly  Disallow  Revoke  and  Disanuel  all  and  Every  othar  former 
testements  wills  Legices  Bequeaths  and  Excuetors  by  me  in  any  wise 
before  named  willied  and  Bequathed  Ratifying  and  Confirming  this 
and  no  othar  to  be  my  Last  will  and  testement  in  witness  whereof  I 
have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  this  twentySixth  Day  of  Febuary 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Eighty 
Eight 

Sherebiah  Town     (seal) 
Sign'd  Seal'd  published  pronounced  and  Declared 
by  the  sd  :  Sherebiah  Town  as  his  Last  will  and 
testement  in  the  presents  of  us  who  in  his  presants 
and  in  the  presants  of  Each  othar  have  hereunto  Sub- 
scribed our  Names 
James  Stackpole 
Samuel  Stackpole 
Jonathan  Ballard 

Probated  lo  Sep.,  1790.  [IV,  167-8.] 
William  Howard  renounced  executorship  10  Sep.,  1790;  Thomas 
Town  refused  to  administer,  10  Sep.,  1790.  [IV,  168.]  Ephraim 
Town,  of  Winslow,  Adm'r  cum  Tcstamcnto  a?inexo,  10  Sep,  1790. 
[IV,  169.]  Samuel  Stackpole,  of  Winslow,  and  Jonathan  Ballard,  of 
Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Stackpole,  William  Richard- 
son and  Enoch  Fuller,  all  of  Winslow,  18  Nov.,  1790,  ^l^  :  14  :  9. 
[IV,  I  70-1.]  Josiah  Hayden  and  James  Stackpole,  both  of  Winslow, 
commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [V,  117.]  Advertisement  of  sale 
of  real  estate,  20  Oct.,  1793.  [V,  118.]  Account  filed  15  Jan.,  1793. 
[V,  118-119.]      Account  filed  15  A]).,  1794.      [V,  252-3.] 

John  Weaver,  late  of  Waldoborough.     Molly  Weaver,    of   Waldobo- 
rough,  widow,  .Adm'x,  16    Nov., 1790.       [IV,  180.]       Cornelius    Hyer 


UNCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  20K 

and  Henry  Overlock,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Caleb  Turner,  of  Bristol,  George  Hebner  and  Francis  Miller,  both  of 
Waldoborough,  3  Mar.,  i79i»  ^51=8:  3.     [IV,  219-220.] 

John  Trask,  late  of  Vassalborough.  Sarah  Trask,  of  Vassalborough 
widow,  Adm'x,  14  Jan.,  1790.  [IV,  x 80-1.]  Asa  Wilber  and 
Elijah  Balkam,  both  of  Vassalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Nathan 
Sawtell  John  Ward  and  James  Stedman,  all  of  Vassalborough,  17  Jan., 
1792,  ki29  :  U  :  o.  [V,  43-44-]  Henry  Sewall  and  Nathan  Wesson 
both  of  Hallowell,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [V,  112.]  Ac- 
count filed  15  Jan.,  1793,  at  which  date  administratrix  had  become 
wife  of  David  Wildbur.  [V,  113-114.]  John  Woodcock,  of  Sidney, 
guardian  unto  Samuel,  Sylvia  and  John,  minor  children,  21  Ap.,    i794- 

""^Calvin^Edson,  late  of  Sandy  River.  Elizabeth  Edson,  of  Sandy 
River,  widow,  Adm'x,  17  Jan.,  1790.  [IV,  181.]  Robert  Kennady 
and  Benjamin  Wade,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Enoch 
Crage,  Moses  Starling  and  Jacob  Eaton,  23  Feb.,  1791.  ^29:0=2,^ 
inventory  by  Supply  Belcher,  John  Church  and  Enoch  Crage,  all  ot 
Sandy  River,  x6  Jan.,  i  79^,  £--•  [V,  48.]  Supply  Belcher  and 
John  Church,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [V,  114-]  Account 
filed  15  Jan.,  1793-  [V,  116.]  Distribution  ordered,  16  Jan.,  i793- 
[V,  154-] 

in  the  Name  of  God  Amen — 
I   John  Walch  of  Waldoborough  in  the  County  of    Lincoln    and    Com- 
mon Wealth  of  Massachusetts  yeoman  :  Being  inferme  in  Body  But  m 
Berfect  Memmory,  Do  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  will  and  testa- 
ment, in  order  following,  that  is  to  Say:   I  Give  and  Recomment   my 
Soul  into  the  hand  of  Almighty  God  that  Gave  it  and  my  body  I  Rec- 
ommend to  the  Earth  to  be  Decently  intered  at  the   Discretion  of   my 
Executors,  touching  Such  Worldly  Estate  Which  it  hath   Pleased  God 
to  Bless  me  With,  I  will  and  bequeath  in  the  following  manner  and  form- 
I  Bequeath  to  Anna  Elbet  my    Well  be    Loved    Wife    all    My    Real 
and  Personal  Estate,  by  her  freely  to    be  Posessed  and  injoyed  luring 
her  Natural  Life,  or  other  ways  as  Long  as  She  Shall  Remain  my  widow  : 
if  my  well  beloved  wife  Should  marry  again,  then  my  Estate    is    to    be 
Equel  Dividet  among  my  Children  and  also  if   my    well  beloved   wife 
Shall  keep  my  Estate  in  her  hand  During  Life,  and  after  her  Decease 
my  Estate  is  then  to  be  Equelly  Dividet  among  my  Children 
Also  I  Lickwise  Constitute  make  and  ordain  my  well  beloved  wife   the 


202  LIN'COLN  PROIiATE  RFXORDS. 

Sole  Executor  of  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament  And  1  Do  here  by 
utterly  Disallow  Revoke  and  Disannul  all  and  livery  other  former  test- 
aments and  wills  by  me  in  any  ways  before  named  willed  and  Be- 
(jueathed,  Ratifying  and  Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last 
will  and  testament. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  Set  ray  hand  and  Seal  this 
Twenty  third  Day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand 

Seven  hundred  and  Eighty  nine.  his 

John  X  W'alch  (seal) 
mark 
Signed  Sealed  Published  and  Pronounced  by  the  said  John  Walch  as 
his  Last  will  and  testament  in  the  Presence  of  us,  who  in  his  Presence 
and  in  the  Presence  of  Each  other  have  here  unto  Subscribed  our 
Names. 

Jacob  Ludwig 
Friederik  Arnold 
Johannes  Werner 

Probated  22  Nov.,  1790.      [IV,  187.] 

Peter  Walch  and  Johannes  Werner,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Jacob  Winchenback,  Godfrey  Bornheimer  and  George 
Heabner,  all  of  Waldoborough,  14  Jan.,  i  791,  ^55  :  9  :  8.  [IV,  244-5.] 
Luke  Barton,  late  of  Hancock.  Betty  Barton,  widow,  Adm'x,  26 
June,  1790.  [IV,  192.  V,  81-82.]  Ephraim  Town,  of  Winslow,  and 
Jonathan  Ballard,  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Zimri  Heywood, 
James  Stackpole  and  \Villiam  Richardson,  all  of  Winslow,  6  Sep., 
1790.  [IV,  191.]  Josiah  Hayden  and  James  Stackpole,  both  of 
Winslow,  commisioners  to  examine  claims.  [V,  82.]  Account 
filed,  15  Jan.,  1793.      [V,  237-8.] 

In  the  Name  of  GOD,  Amen.  The  Thirty-first  Day  of  December, 
in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  Thousand,  seven  Hundred  &  ninety,  I 
Matthew  Hastings,  of  Vassalborough,  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  (ientleman,  being  weak  in  P>ody, 
but  of  sound  and  disposing  Mind  and  Memory,  and  knowing  that  I 
must  shortly  leave  this  earthly  Tabernacle,  do  cummit  my  Soul  into  the 
Hands  of  the  all-merciful  Author  of  it,  firmly  trusting,  through  the 
Merits  of  my  most  beneficent  Saviour,  in  a  glorious  Resurrection  to 
internal  Life  ;  and  my  Body  to  be  interred  at  the  Discretion  of  my 
Executors.  /\nd  with  Regard  to  that  earthly  Substance  with  which  it 
hath  pleased  God  to  endow  me,  I  will  and  dispose  of  it  in  the  following 
Manner,  \i/,. 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  203 

P'irst.  I  will  that  all  my  just  Debts  and  Funeral  Charges  shall  be  paid. 
Secondly.  I  give  devize  and  bequeath  unto  Mary,  my  beloved  Wife, 
all  my  Live  Stock  and  In- Door  Moveables,  forever,  and  the  West 
Room  in  my  Dwelling-House,  during  her  natural  Life. 
Thirdly.  I  give,  devize  and  bequeath  unto  my  Son-in  Law,  Dodivah 
Townsend  &  Sarah  his  Wife,  my  Homestead  Farm,  with  the  Buildings 
&  Appurtenances  thereof,  except  my  Wife's  Living  in  the  said  West 
Room,  together  with  all  my  Carpenter's  Tools  and  farming  Utensils, 
he  paying  what  I  am  indebted  to  \Villiam  Howard  Esqr-  and  also  Ten 
Bushels  Indian  corn  &  eight  Bushels  English  Grain  to  my  said  Wife, 
/  Annum,  during  her  Natural  Life  and  keeping  two  Cows  &  one 
Horse  for  her,  during  the  same  Term :  and  also  supply  her  with 
Wood  enough  for  one  Fire  during  said  Term. 

Fourthly.  I  give,  devize  and  bequeath  unto  my  Son  Moses  Hastings, 
my  Lot  of  Land  at  Sandy  River,  together  with  my  Right  in  the  Lot 
lately  improved  by  Reuben  Page,  to  the  Westward  of  the  West  Pond, 
near  said  Vassalboro'  with  the  Privileges  &  Appurtenances  thereof- 
To  have  and  to  hold  the  same  unto  him  the  said  Moses,  his  Heirs  and 
Assigns  forever. 

Fifthly.  I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  unto  the  Heirs  of  Mary  Brooks, 
Twenty  Pounds,  to  be  paid  out  of  a  Note  of  William  Brooks's  now  in 
my  possession. 

Sixthly.  I  give  devize  *S:  bequeath  unto  my  Daughter  Abigail  Butter- 
field,  Twenty  Pounds,  to  be  paid  out  of  a  Note  payable  to  the  late 
John  Rogers,  deed,  on  whose  Estate  I  was  Administrator. 
Seventhly.  I  give  devize  and  bequeath  unto  my  Daughter  Hannah 
Evens,  Twenty  Pounds,  out  of  a  Note  in  my  Possession  against  her 
Husband  Nathaniel  Evens — This  Legacy  to  be  paid  as  soon  as  possi- 
ble after  my  Decease. 

Eighthly.     I   give,   devize  and   bequeath  unto   my   Daughter,   Mercy 
Page,  the  Debt  her  Husband  Reuben  Page  owes  me. 
Ninthly.     I   give,    devize   and   bequeath   unto   my   Daughter   Susanna 
Greely,  Fifteen  Pounds,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  Debt  her   Husband,   Jo- 
seph Greely,  owes  me. 

Tenthly.  I  give  devize  and  bequeath  unto  the  Children  of  Joseph 
Kelly,  by  my  Daughter  Rebecca,  viz.  To  William  Kelly  Ten  pounds, 
to  be  paid  when  he  comes  of  age-  To  Sarah  Kelly,  Six  pounds,  to  be 
paid  when  she  comes  of  age-  These  Legacies  to  be  paid  by  Jonathan 
Combs  out  of  the  Legacy  hereinafter  be(|ueathed  to  him. 


204  UNCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Eleventhly.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Mary  Combs  &  Elizabeth  Rog- 
ers, all  my  Interest  in  a  certain  Saw- Mill,  Dam  &  Privilege  at  the 
Outlet  of  the  West  Pond  in  Winslow,  they  paying  the  legacy  to  Kel- 
ly's Children  above  bequeathed,  and  fully  discharging  me  and  my 
Heirs  from  all  Claims  on  the  Estate  of  their  late  Father  John  Rogers, 
deed,  on  which  I  was  Administrator. 

Twelfthly.  I  make,  Ordain,  constitute  and  appoint  the  said  Moses 
Hastings  and  Dodivah  Townsend,  joint  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will 
and  Testament,  hereby  revoking  and  annulling  all  former  or  other 
Wills  by  me  heretofore  made.  In  Witness  whereof  I  do  hereunto  set 
my  Hand  and  Seal  the  Day  and  Year  herein  first  before  written. 

N.  B.  The  following  Words  were  interlined  before  sealing  &c  viz- 
"and  bequeath" — "and  farming  Utensils" — "said'' — "The  Heirs 
of  his 

Matthew  b>i   Hastings  (seal) 

Signed,  sealed  and  declared        "]  Mark 

by  the  said  Matthew  Hastings,     | 
the  Testator,  to  be  his  last  )■ 

Will  and  Testament,  in  j 

presence  of  us  J 

W.  WILKINS 

Moses  Hastings  Jun 
her 

Thankful  X  Robins 
Mark 

Witness  to  Thankful  Robins's  Mark 
W.  WILKINS 
Probated  i8  Jan.,  1791.  [IV,  192-3.]  Noah  Woodward,  of 
Hallowell,  and  Philip  Snow,  of  a  place  called  Washington,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Nathaniel  Reynolds  and  Ephraim  Butterfield,  both  of 
Vassalborough,  and  Noah  Woodward,  of  Hallowell,  14  Ap.,  1791. 
[IV,  218.]  Henry  Sewall  and  Samuel  Colman,  both  of  Hallowell, 
commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [V,  i  79.]  Advertisement  of  sale 
of  real  estate  14  xMay,  1793.  [V,  181.]  Account  filed  29  Ap.,  1794. 
[V,  182-3.] 

David  Woodcock,  late  of  Union.  .Abigail  Woodcock,  of  Union, 
widow,  Adm'x,  12  Ap.,  1791.  [IV,  194-5-]  Joseph  Guild  and 
Samuel  Hill,  both  of  Union,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Josiah  Robbins, 
David  Robbins  and  Moses  Hawes,  all  of  Union,  14  May,  1791,  jCj6  : 
14  :    o.       [IV,    220-1.]     Josiah   Robbins  and  Joel    Adams,   both  of 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  205 

Union,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.      [V,    156.]     Accouut   filed 
and  distribution  ordered,  17  Sep,  1793.      [V,  158-9.] 

James  Campbell,  late  of  Newcastle.  Sarah  Campbell,  of  Newcastle, 
widow,  Adm'x,  15  June,  1791.  [IV,  199-200.]  Inventory  by  Sam- 
uel Nickels  and  Charles  Chase,  both  of  Newcastle,  and  Samuel  Waters, 
of  Balltown,  7  July,  1791.  [IV,  201-2.]  Accountfiled  31  May,  1792  ; 
division  of  estate  by  Samuel  Nickels  and  Samuel  Kennedy,  both  of 
Newcastle,  and  Thomas  Boyd,  of  Boothbay,  31  Oct.,  1792,  heirs 
named :  Joseph  Campbell,  Sally  Borland,  Betsey  Campbell,  Daniel 
Campbell,  Michael  Campbell,  Thomas  Campbell,  Robert  Campbell, 
James  Campbell  and  Rachel  Campbell.      [Unrecorded.] 

Thomas  McCobb,  late  of  Georgetown,  trader.  Upon  petition  of 
Ezekiel  Cushing,  Francis  Cushing,  Isabella  Parker,  Margaret  Lee, 
Ann  McCobb  and  Betras  Mains,  "Brethren  &  Sisters,"  dated  July  2d., 
1 791,  [V,  29],  William  Lee,  Jr.,  of  Georgetown,  was  appointed 
Adm'r,  17  Oct.,  1791.  [IV,  200-1.]  Alexander  Drummond  and 
Elijah  Drummond,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties. 

James  Nickels,  late  of  Newcastle,  mariner.  John  Nickels,  of  New- 
castle, tailor,  Adm'r,  12  Sep.,  1791.  [IV,  209]  Samuel  Nickels 
and  Samuel  Kennedy,  both  of  Newcastle,  sureties. 

Solomon  Hearsey,  late  of  Pownal borough.  Betty  Hearsey,  of  Pow- 
nalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  26  May,  1791.  [IV,  210.]  Inventory  by 
Daniel  Scott,  Isaac  Prince  and  James  Clark,  all  of  Pownalborough,  7 
June,  1791,  ;i^8o  :  7  :  5.  [IV,  269.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real 
estate  2  June,  1794.  [VI,  254.]  Ebenezer  Whittier  and  Thomas 
Fairservice,  both  of  Pownalborough,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[VI,  254-5.] 

Andrew  Reed  the  2d  :,  late  of  Boothbay,  mariner.  Hannah  Reed, 
of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  10  June  1791.  [IV,  210-211.] 
Inventory  by  Joseph  Decker  and  Stephen  Clough,  both  of  Pownalbo- 
rough, and  Moses  Davis,  of  Edgecomb,  19  July,  1791,  ;^22  :  9  :  o. 
[IV,  222-3.]  Moses  Davis,  of  Edgecomb,  and  Ebenezer  Whittier,  of 
Pownalborough,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [V,  25.]  Ac- 
count filed  and  distribution  ordered  25  May,  1792,  at  which  date 
administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of  Nathaniel  Stevens,  of  Woolwich. 
[V,  26.] 

Zachary  Davis,  late  of  Medumcook.  Ephraim  Davis,  of  Medum- 
cook.  Adm'r,  15  Sep.,  1791.  [IV,  211.]  William  Young  and  John 
Hathhorn,  both  of  Cushing,  sureties.       Inventory  by  Eleazer  Gay,  of 


206  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Cushing,  Robert  Jameson  and  Paul  Jameson,  both  of  Medumcook,  6 
Oct.,  1 791,  ^44:  2:  7.  [V,  93.]  Robert  Jameson  and  Ebenezer 
Morton,  both  of  Medumcook,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VI, 
74.]  Widow's  dower  setoff  by  Wellington  Gay,  James  Sweetland  and 
William  Bradford,  all  of  Medumcook,  in  March,  1796.  [VI,  218-219.] 
Account  filed  20  Sep.,  1796.  [VI,  219.]  Distribution  ordered,  6  Jan., 
1797.      [VI,  255-6.] 

John  Thompson,  late  of  Barretstown.  Jane  Thompson,  of  Barrets- 
town,  widow,  Adm'x,  13  Sep.,  1791.  [IV,  212.]  Robert  Thompson 
and  Winzer  Jones,  both  of  Barretstown,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Bar- 
nard Case,  Prince  Pease  and  Robert  McLintock,  21  Sep.,  1791,^141  : 
T  :  I.      [VI,  185-6.] 

Comfort  Barrows,  late  of  Thomaston.  Sabra  Barrows,  of  Thomaston, 
widow,  Adm'x,  26  July,  1791.  [IV,  213-214.]  Constant  Rankin  and 
Samuel  Tolman,  both  of  Thomaston,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William 
Spear,  Jeremiah  Tolman  and  Daniel  Palmer,  all  of  Thomaston,  5  Jan., 
1792,  ;^309  :  5  :  o.  [V,  242-3.]  Inventory  by  Oliver  Nash,  Peter 
Collamore  and  John  McClain,  all  of  Bristol,  14  Oct.,  1794,  ;^i88  :  19  : 
o.  [V,  249.]  Sabra,  widow,  guardian  unto  Sabra,  minor  daughter,  4 
Nov.,  1799.     [IX,  184.] 

William  Martin,  late  of  Bristol.  Mary  Martin,  of  Bristol,  widow, 
Adm'x,  20  Sep.,  1791.  [IV,  214.]  Thomas  Johnston  and  Jacob 
Dockendorff,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties. 

George  Kellsy,  or  Kellsa,  late  of  Bristol,  x\gnes  Kellsy,  of 
Bristol,  widow,  Adm'x,  20  Sep.,  1791.  [IV,  215.]  Thomas  Johnston 
and  Jacob  Dockendorff,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Amos 
(ioudy,  Henry  Fossett  and  William  Sproul,  all  of  Bristol,  7  Nov.,  1791, 
^40  -.8:6.  [V,  192.]  Thomas  Johnston  and  William  Sproul,  com- 
missioners to  examine  claims.      [V,  193.] 

Samuel  White,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Samuel  White,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  Adm'r,  25  Jan.,  1791.  [IV,  215-216.]  William  Patterson 
and  Joseph  McFarland,  Jr.,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inven- 
tory by  W^illiam  Lewis,  Obadiah  Call  and  Philip  Theobald,  all  of 
Pownalborough,  1792,  ^32  :  o  :  8.      [V,  30.] 

Benjamin  Maxey,  late  of  Union.  Amy  Maxey,  of  Union,  widow, 
Adm'x,  19  Sep.,  1791.  [IV,  216-217.]  Philip  Robbins  and  Josiah 
Robbins,  both  of  Union,  sureties.     Amy  Maxey  guardian  unto  Sarah, 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  207 

Lydia,  Harvy  and  Amy,  minor  children,  20  Sep.,  1791.  [IV,  217.] 
Josiah  Robbins,  of  Union,  guardian  unto  Benjamin,  minor  son,  2  Jan., 
1792.  [V,  28.]  Inventory  by  Joseph  Guild,  Joel  Adams  and  William 
Hart,  all  of  Union,  9  Nov.,  1891,  ^635  :  17  :  11.  [V,  76  to  78.] 
Sarah  chose  Matthias  Hawes,  of  Union,  to  be  her  guardian,  30  May, 
^793-  [V>  128.]  Josiah  Maxey,  of  Union,  guardian  unto  Harvey, 
28  Aug.,  1793.  [V,  129.]  Division  of  real  estate  by  Joel  Adams, 
Moses  Hawes  and  Amariah  Mero,  all  of  Union,  23  May,  1794,  among 
Benjamin,  Joseph,  Josiah  and  Harvey,  and  order  of  Court  thereon,  1 6 
Sep.,  1794.     [VI,  70  to  74.] 

Christopher  Blasdell,  late  of  Georgetown.  Sarah,  widow,  declined 
right  of  administration,  19  May,  1791.  [IV,  242.]  Daniel  Blasdell, 
Adm'r ;  Timothy  Blaisdell  and  Moses  Morrison,  both  of  Georgetown, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Elijah  Drummond,  Charles  Bisbee  and  Theophi- 
lus  Batchelder,  all  of  Georgetown,  i  June,  1791,  ^15  :  16  :  3.  [IV, 
243.]     Account  filed  3  June,  1791.      [IV,  244.] 

John  Parsons,  late  of  Edgecomb,  mariner.  William  Allbee,  of 
Edgecomb,  Adm'r,  17  Mar.,  1790.  [IV,  256.]  Benjamin  Allbee  and 
Samuel  Greenleaf,  both  of  Edgecomb,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Barna- 
bas Sears,  William  Cunningham  and  Samuel  Greenleaf,  all  of  Edge- 
comb, 6  Ap.,  1790,  ;!^237  :  2  :  6.  [IV,  255.]  Yearly  value  of  real 
estate  appraised  at  $20,  20  Mar.,  1798  ;  account  filed  4  June,  1798. 
[VIII,  66.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Samuel  Greenleaf,  Spencer 
Decker  and  William  Cunningham,  all  of  Edgecomb,  21  June,  1798. 
[VIII,  67.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate,  1798.  [VIII,  67.] 
Account  of  William  Albee,  guardian  unto  William,  John,  Elihu  and 
Patty,  minor  children,  filed  4  June,  1798.     [VIII,  75.] 

I  Nathniel  Meigges  of  Vassalborough  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeo- 
man seriously  Considering  the  uncertainty  of  human  Life  in  the  best, 
and  more  particularly  of  my  own  in  my  Declining  state  of  Health,  Do 
while  in  a  sound  state  of  mind,  make  this  my  last  Will,  and  Testament, 
intending  to  Dispose  of  all  my  worldly  affairs,  not  as  humour  may 
prompt,  but  as  Justice  and  equiety  seem  to  Direct,  I  most  humbly 
recommend  my  sole  to  the  extensive  mercy  of  that  Suprem  Eternal 
Intelligent  Being  who  gave  it  me,  most  earnstly,  at  the  same  time 
Deprecating  his  Justice  viz  I  gi\e  and  bequeth  to  my  two  sones  Nath- 
niel and  Ebenezer  Meigges  all  my  real  Estat  that  I  have  in  Vassalbo- 
rough I  give  and  bequeth  to  my  Dear  and    loving  wife  Mary  all    my 


3o8  I.rNCOIJV  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

personel  Estate  after  my  Debts  is  paid  out  I  likewise  appont  hir  the 
Exutter  to  the  estate  which  she  is  to  bring  up  the  Children  out 
of  the  emprovenients  of  my  Estate  untill  tha  Com  of  age  I  give  to  my 
1  )after  Mary  a  Cow  and  Calf  to  be  paid  to  hir  after  my  estate  is  settled 
1  give  to  my  four  other  Dafters  Hannhh  Abigal  Rebach  Keziah  fife 
shillings  each  to  be  paid  out  of  my  personal  Estate  when  tha  Com  of 
age 

Whereunto  I  have  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  twenty  first  Day  of  De- 
cember 1790 

sined  sealed  by  the  said  Nathl  Meiggs     (seal) 

Nathniel  Meiggs  as  for  his  last 
will  and  testament  in  the  presence 
of  us  who  ware  present  at  the 
sining  and  sealing  thereof 
William  Wing 
Silvanus  Hatch 
lx)t  Chadwick 

Probated  2  June,  1791.  [IV,  ?56.]  Inventory  by  Jethro  Gardiner, 
Richard  W^arren  and  Reuben  Fairfield,  all  of  Vassalborough,  9  July, 
1791,  £2\2>:  14:6.      [V,  122.] 

In  the  name  of  God  amen  I  William  McPhetres  of  Georgetown  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  &  commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  yeoman  being 
sick  &  weak  in  Body  but  of  perfect  mind  &  meniory,  thanks  be  given 
to  God,  calling  unto  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body  and  knowing  it  is 
appointed  for  all  men  once  to  die  do  make  &  ordain  this  my  last  will 
and  testament,  that  is  to  say  principally  and  first  of  all  I  Give  my  Soul 
into  the  hand  of  Almighty  God  and  my  Body  I  recommend  to  be 
buried  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executors  hoping  that  at  the  general 
resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  power  of  God. 
And  as  touching  such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  has  pleased  God  to 
bless  me  I  give  demise  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  man- 
ner &  form  -first-  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Abigail  my  dearly  beloved 
wife  the  use  and  improvement  of  one  third  of  all  my  Real  Estate 
during  her  natural  Life.  And  I  give  her  all  my  personal  P^state( except 
my  stock  in  Cattle)  during  the  time  she  shall  continue  my  Widow — I 
also  give  to  my  only  Son  William  all  «&  singular  my  Lands  and  Tene- 
ments by  him  freely  to  be  possessed  &  enjoyed  saving  and  it  is  to  be 
understood  that  my  two  Daughters  Rachel  &  Betsy  are  to  be  supported 
and  maintained  of  and  on  my  said  Lands  until  they  shall   be  eighteen 


LINCOLN  PROHA'IK  KIXOKDS.  2O9 

years  of  Age.  And  it  is  likewise  my  Will  that  my  Brother  James  should 
during  his  natural  Life  be  supported  on  and  from  the  Farm  I  now  live  on 
Likewise  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Rachel  two  milch  Cows  and  six  sheep- 
I  also  give  to  my  Daughter  Betsey  the  same  number  of  Cows  &  sheep 
and  I  give  to  each  of  my  said  Daughters  a  feather  Bed  &:  bedding  to 
be  possessed  by  them  after  my  said  Wife  shall  cease  to  be  my  ^Vidow 
or  cease  to  Live — Likewise  I  give  to  my  Sister  Betsey  one  good  Cow — 
Also  I  give  to  my  Nephew  George  Ring  one  pair  of  Calves.  And  1 
do  constitute,  make  and  ordain  John  White  of  Georgetown,  Gentleman, 
and  John  Snipe  of  said  Georgetown,  yeoman  Executors  of  this  my  last 
will  &  testament — And  I  do  hereby  utterly  disallow  revoke  &  disannul 
all  and  every  other  former  testaments  wills  Legacies  bequests  and 
Executors  by  me  in  any  wise  before  named  willed  &  bequeathed  rati- 
fying &  confirming  this  &  no  other  to  be  my  last  will  &  testament 

In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  Seal  this  twenty 
seventh  day  of  April  in  the  year  of  our  LORD  one  thousand  seven 
hundred  &  ninety 

Signed  sealed  publisheil  |  William  Mcphetres     (seal) 

pronounced  &  declared  by 
the  said  William  McPhetres 
in  the  presence  of  us  who       ^ 
in  his  Presence  and  in  the       f 
])resence  of  each  other 
have  hereto  subscribed 
our  Names —  J 

Galen  Otis 
James  Stinsun 
\ohn  Stinson 

Probated  3  June,  1791.  [1\',  259.] 
j'jhn  \\'hite  and  Jolm  Snipe  renounced  executorship  3  June,  1791. 
[IV.  260.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  1  Samuel  Jameson  of  tlie  Town  of 
Topsham,  Veoman,  being  very  sick,  and  weak  in  body,  but  of  Perfect 
mind  and  memorv,  Thanks  be  (iiven  to  God  :  realising  die  mortality 
of  m\  body,  &  knowing  that  is  appointed  unto  all  Men  once  to  die,  do 
make  and  ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  that  is  to  sav.  first 
uf  all  1  give  and  recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hand  of  God  who  gave 
it,  and  my  body  to  the  Llarth  to  be  buried  in  decent  Christian  Burial 
at  the  discretion  of  my   Plxecutors  ;    nothing  doubting,  but  at  the  gen- 

14 


2IO  LINCOLN  PRORATE  RECORDS. 

eral  resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  Power  of 
God.  And  as  touching  such  Worldly  Estate  with  which  it  hath  pleased 
God  to  bless  me  in  this  Life  I  give,  demise  &  dispose  of  the  same,  in 
the  following  manner  and  form.  First.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mary 
my  dearly  beloved  wife  the  improvement  of  one  third  part  of  my  Real 
and  Personal  Estate  during  her  Natural  Life,  or  while  she  Continues 
my  Widow,  but  if  the  said  Mary  marries  again  before  all  the  Children 
are  of  Lawfull  Age,  then  she  is  to  quit  all  claim  to  the  real  and  Personal 
Estate  and  to  receive  in  lieu  thereof,  thirty  five  pounds  lawfull  money 
to  be  paid  her  out  of  my  personal  Estate  in  Articles  which  she 
may  choose  at  their  appri/.ement.  Also  1  give  unto  my  be- 
loved sons  Samuel  and  John,  all  my  real  estate  to  be  equally  di- 
vided between  them,  according  to  Quantity  and  Quality,  except- 
ing only  the  improvement  of  one  third  part  during  the  Natural 
Life  of  their  mother,  or  while  she  continues  my  Lawfull  Widow. 

Also,  I  give  to  my  beloved  Children,  Samuel,  John,  Polly,  Hannah, 
Peggy,  Jenny,  Dorcas,  Sally,  F^leanor  «Sc  Susannah,  all  my  Personal  Es- 
tate not  before  disposed  of,  to  be  enjoyed  by  them  equally,  when  they 
come  of  Lawful  Age,  the  said  Personal  Estate  to  be  improved  by  the 
said  Samuel  and  John  and  by  them  to  be  paid  to  the  other  Chil- 
dren as  they  successively  come  of  Lawfull  Age.  Also,  My  Will 
is  That  Mary  my  Wife,  together  with  my  two  sons  Samuel  and 
John  be  Equal  sharers  in  the  expence  which  shall  accrue  in 
supporting  and  maintaining  the  Children  untill  they  Come  of  Law- 
full  Age.  Also  I  do  hereby  Appoint  &  Constitute  Mary  my  Wife  and 
Samuel  my  son  to  be  the  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament. 
And  I  do  hereby  utterly  disallow  revoke  and  disannul  all  and  every 
other  former  Testaments  and  wills  by  me  in  any  wise  before  named, 
ratifying  and  Confirming  this  &  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Test- 
ament. In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  this 
24th  day  of  December  in  the  year  of  our  LORD  one  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  ninety 

Saml :  Jameson  (seal) 
Signed,  sealed,  published,  pronounced  &  declared  by  the  said  Samuel 
Jameson  as  his  Last  Will  &  Testament  in  the  Presence  of  us,  who  in 
his  Presence,  and  in  the  Presence  of  each  other,  have  hereto  subscrib- 
ed our  Names 

John  Fulton 

Abrm  Whittemore 

James  Fulton 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 


Probated  27  May,  1791.  [IV,  260.] 
Inventory  by  James  Fulton  and  Alexander  Rogers,  both  of  Topsham, 
and  Stephen  Whitmore,  of  Bowdoinham,  28  Nov.,  1791,^642  :  15  :  2. 

[V,  54-55-] 

John  Cochran,  late  of  Newcastle.  Agnes  Cochran,  of  Newcastle, 
widow,  Adm'x,  ?6  May,  1791  ;  Samuel  Kennedy  and  Robert  Cochran, 
both  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Nickels,  Peter  Pat- 
terson and  Samuel  Groves,  all  of  Newcastle,  3  June,  1791.  ;^52  :  9  =  4- 
[IV,  266-7.]  Samuel  Nickels  and  Peter  Patterson,  commissioners  to 
examine  claims.  [V,  228.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate,  12 
June,  1794.     [V,  229.]     Account  filed  8  Sep.,  1794.     [V,  230.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  I  Katharine  Gragg  of  Thomaston  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Commonwealth  of  Missachusetts  Spinster 
being  Sick  and  Weak  in  Body,  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  Almighty  God  that  give  it,  and  my  Body  I  recommend  to  the 
Earth,  to  be  buried  in  decent  Christian  Burial,  at  the  Discretion  of  my 
Executors ;  nothing  douting,  but  at  the  general  Resurrection,  I  shall 
receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  Power  of  God.  And  as  touching 
such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  has  pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this 
Life,  I  give,  demise  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  Manner 
and  Form  : 

Imprimis.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Son  William, 
commonly  called  and  known  by  the  Name  of  William  Farnsworth,  a 
Bible  which  with  what  I  have  already  done  for  him,  &  he  has  already 
had  is  his  full  Part  or  Share  out  of  my  Estate. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Sarah, 
commonly  called  and  known  by  the  Name  of  Sarah  Farnsworth,  my 
dark  coloured  callico  Gown,  black  callimanco  Skirt  and  Stone  Sleeve 
Buttons  to  be  delivered  to  her  when  she  arrives  at  the  Age  of  Eigh- 
teen years  or  in  one  Year  after  my  decease,  which  with  what  She  has 
already  had  is  in  full  of  her  part  or  Share  out  of  my  Estate 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Mehitabel 
commonly  called  and  known  by  the  Name  of  Mehitabel  Dodge,  my 
Silver  Shoe-Buckles. 

Item.     I  give  and  bequeath  imto  my  well  beloved  Son  and  Daugh- 


212  I.INCOr.N   PKOliAlK  RKCOKDS. 

ter,  to  wit,  Barnabas,  commonly  called  and  known  by  tiiL-  Name  of 
Barnabas  W'ebb,  Mary  commonly  called  and  kn,)wn  by  the  Name  of 
Mary  Webb,  and  the  above  named  Mehitabel  Dodge  the  whole  re- 
mainder of  my  Instate  of  what  Name  or  Nature  soever  (except  what  is 
herein  otherwise  iiarticularly  dis[)ose(l  of)  to  be  equally  divided  to  and 
amonst  them,  and  each  of  them,  or  their  or  either  of  their  legal  Rep- 
resentatives in  ecpial  Shares,  and  Proportion. 

Item  1  give  unto  my  trusty  Friend  Kzekiel  doddard  Dodge  of 
Thomaston  aforesaid  Physician  (in  consideration  of  his  Trouble  and 
Care  of  me,  and  Kxpences  laid  out  for  me  in  my  Present  Sickness) 
The  one  half  part  of  a  certain  Note  of  Hand  for  the  Sum  of  twenty 
Seven  Pounds  with  Interest  due  to  me  from  him  the  said  Ezekiel  G. 
Dodge,  which  is  now  lodged  in  the  Hands  of  Moses  Copeland.  And 
I  do  also  constitute  make  and  ordain  him  the  said  Ezekiel  (loddard 
Dodge  the  Sole  L^xecutor  of  this  my  last  AV'ill  and  Testament.  And  I 
do  hereby  utterly  disallow,  revoke  and  disannul  all  and  every  other 
former  Wills,  Testaments,  Legacies,  Pequests,  and  ICxecutors  whatso- 
ever in  any  ways  before  by  me  named,  willed  and  bequeathed  ratifying 
and  confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Testament. 

In  Witness  whereof  I  the  said  Katherine  (Iragg  do  hereunto  set  my 
Hand  and  Seal,  this  twenty  first  Day  of  September  in  the  Year  of  our 
Lord  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Ninety 
Signed,  Sealed,  ])ublished  ])ro- 

nounced  and  Declared  by  the  her 

said  Katherine  dragg  as  Katherine  X  (iragg     (seal) 

her  last  Will  and  Testament  Mark 

in  presence  of  us,  who.  in 
her  presence,  and  in  the  Presence 
of  each  other  have  hereunto  sub- 
scribed our  Names,  (The  Words  "and  the  above- 
"named  Mehitabel  Dodge"  were  interlined  be- 
fore signing  and  Sealing) 
Deidamia  Preist 
Isaac  Bernard 
Dn\id  l-'ales 

[L'nrec-orded.] 

In  the  Name  of  (lod  .Amen,  I  William  Butler  of  Creorgetown  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  Yeoman  being  weak  in  body,  but  of  sound  and 
perfect  mind  and  memory  (blessed  be  Cod)  do  this  eighteenth  day  of 


LINCOLN  PROHAIK  RIX.OKDS.  2  I  _^ 

February  An/io  Dontiiti  one  Thotisand  seven  hundred  and  ninety, 
make  and  publish  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner  follow- 
ing, Vizt. 

Imprimis— \  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Son  William  Butler  ail 
my  Lands  on  Arrowsick  Island  in  said  Georgetown  including  the  Farm 
whereon  I  now  dwell  with  the  buildings  and  appurtenances,  excepting 
the  House  my  said  Son  William  now  lives  in,  which,  I  give  unto  my 
beloved  Daughters  Sarah  and  Abigail  during  Their  and  each  of  Them 
remaining  single  and  unmarried,  to  hold  the  same  to  him  the  said  Will- 
iam Butler  and  the  Heirs  of  his  F.ody  forever. — 

2 

Item — I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Son  Thomas  Butler  and  to 
the  Heirs  of  his  body  forever  Two  hundred  and  seventeen  Acres  of  Land 
fronting  on  Kennebec  River  being  the  easterly  part  of  Three  hundred 
and  seventeen  Acres  which  I  own  in  Georgetown  aforesaid  on  the  west 
side  of  said  River  on  a  part  of  which  the  said  Thomas  Butler  now  lives, 
with  the  priviledges  and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging  together 
with  a  certain  tract  of  Marsh  on  Parkers  Island  which  I  purchased  of 
the  Heirs  of  Edward  Hutchinson  Esquire. — 

Item — I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Grand  Son  William  Butler, 

Son  of  the  said  Thomas  Butler  all   the   residue   and  remainder  of  the 

said  last  mentioned  tract  of  Land  containing  one  hundred    Acres  and 

fronting  in  the  whole  width  of  said  Tract  of  Land  on  Casco  Bay  to  the 

Southward  of  Winnogance  carrying  place,  to  hold  the  same  to  him  the 

said  William  Butler  Son  of  the  said  Thomas  and  the  Heirs  of  his  body 

forever. — 

4 
Item — I  will  and  order  that    the   said  Thomas   Butler,    F'ather  ot    the 

said  William  Butler  shall  take  care  of  and  manage  the  same   Lands  to 

the  use  of  the  said  William  Butler  and  to^his  best  profit  and  advantage 

during  his  Minority. — 

5 
Item — I  will  and  ordain  that  in  case   my  saitl  Son  William  should   die 

without  Issue  of  his  Body  begotten,  that  then  from  and  after  his  Death 
the  Estate  herein  before  devised  to  him  shall  enure  to  my  said  Son 
Thomas  BuUer,  and  the  Male  Heirs  of  his  body  forever. — 

6 
Item — I  will  and  ordain  that  my  beloved  Wife  Martha  and  my  l>augh- 
ter  Sarah  and  Abigail  Shall  have  the  exclusive  use  and  improvement  of 
my  Mansion  House  during  the  life  of  my  said  Wife,  and  1   further  will 


2  14  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RFXOROS. 

and  ordain  that  my  said  beloved  Wife  during  her  natural  life  shall  have 
the  use  and  improvement  of  all  my  personal  Estate  now  upon  and  un- 
to my  homestead  Estate  on  Arrowsick  Island  appertaining  belonging 
and  being ;  excepting  Two  Cows,  Twelve  Sheep  and  all  my  Farmmg 
Utensils  and  the  use  of  my  Oxen  and  all  the  Manure  of  the  Cattle  up- 
on the  Farm,  which,  I  give  to  my  said  Son  William  during  the  natural 
life  of  my  said  Wife,  for  the  better  improvement  of  the  said  Farm 
which,  the  said  William  is  to  superintend  oversee  and  manage  and  the 
annual  profits  thereof  to  be  annually  divided  in  equal  Shares  between 
the  said  William  on  the  one  part  and  my  said  Daughters  and  Wife  on 
the  other  part,  excepting  the  annual  profits  of  the  Cows  and  Sheep, 
which  profits  shall  Accrue  to  the  respective  owners  thereof  for  the 
time  being. — 

7 
Item — I  will  and  bequeath  to  my  said  Son  William  Butler  at  and  after 

my  Wife's  decease  all  my  said  Farming  Utensils,  one  Yoak  of  Oxen 
and  Two  Cows. — 

8 
Item — I  also  give  to  my  said   Son  Thomas  Butler,   my  Silver  Watch, 
which  he  is  to  take  into  his  possession  immediately  upon  my  decease. 

9 

Item — I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  Sons,  William  and  Thomas  in 

common  between  Them  my  Share  of  the  Fishing  Boat  and  my  Gunde- 
low. — 

lO 

Item — I  also  leave  my  Yawl  Boat  in  common  between  my  said  Wife 
and  Daughters  &  my  said  Son  VVilliam  and  his  family. — 

1 1 
Item — I  will  ordain  and  order  that  my  said  Son  William  his  heirs  ex- 
ecutors or  administrators  as  a  consideration  for  the  Estate  I  have 
herein  before  given  him,  shall  within  Two  Years  after  the  Death  of 
me  and  my  said  Wife  and  of  the  longest  liver  of  Us,  pay  unto  my  said 
Daughters  Sarah  and  Abigail  Twenty  Pounds  Lawful  Money  each,  pro- 
vided They  or  either  of  Them  shall  so  long  live. — 

12 

Item — I  will  ordain  and  order  that  my  said  Son  Thomas  his  heirs  exe- 
cutors or  administrators  as  a  consideration  for  the  Estate  which  I  have 
herein  before  given  him,  shall  within  Two  Years  after  the  decease  of 
me  and  my  Wife  and  of  the  longest  liver  of  Us,  pay  unto  my  said 
Daughters  Sarah  and  Abigail  Ten  pounds  each,  provided — They  shall 
so  long  live. — 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  2  1  5 

13 

Item — I  give  and  bequeath  unto  William  Preble  Son  of  Joseph  Preble 
of  said  Georgetown  to  be  immediately  paid  at  my  decease,  Sixty 
Pounds  Lawful  money  four  Cows,  Six  Sheep,  a  Yoak  of  three  Year  old 
Stears,  and  a  Bed  and  Beding  together  with  half  my  Share  in  a  certain 
lot  of  Marsh  on  Parkers  Island  which  I  purchased  jointly  with  John 
Stinson  esquire  from  Nathaniel  Johnson  Robbins,  being  in  full  for  his 
services  and  dutiful  behaviour  towards  me. 

14 
Item — I  will  and  order  that  Forty  pounds  shall  be  paid  to  my  Daugh- 
ter Martha  Soaper  in  the  proportion  of  Six  pounds  annually  untill  the 
whole  shall  be  paid  up,  provided  my  said  Daughter  shall  so  long  live, 
said  payments  to  commence  within  one  Year  after  my  decease  being 
in  full  for  her  services  and  dutiful  behavior  towards  me. 

Item— I  will  and  bequeath  to  each  of  my  Daughters  Sarah  and  Abigail 
a  Bed  and  Beding  to  be  paid  and  delivered  to  Them  immediately  up- 
on the  decease  of  my  said  Wife. 

16 
Item — I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Grand  Son  William  But- 
ler Drummond  Twenty  pounds  to  be  paid  him  at   the   age  of  Twenty 
one  Years,  also  my  other  part  of  that  certain  lot  of  Marsh  which  I  pur- 
chased with  John  Stinson  esquire  from  Nathaniel  Johnson  Robbins. — 

17 
Item — I  further  will  and  order  that  the  residue  of  my  personal  Estate 

not  herein  particularly  disposed  of,  shall  upon  the  decease  of  my  said 
wife  be  equally  divided  between  my  Daughters  Sarah,  Abigail,  Ann 
Drummond  and  Mary  Preble  wife  of  Joseph  Preble  aforesaid. — 

18 
Item— I  will  and  ordain  my   said  Son  William   Butler,  Joseph  Preble 

and  Elijah  Drummond  all  of  said  Georgetown  Executors  of  this  my 
last  Will  and  Testament.  In  Witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
hand  and  Seal  the  day  and  Year  above  and  before  mentioned. 

William  Butler  (seal) 

Signed  sealed  published  &  declared  by 
the  said  William  Butler  the  Testator  as 
&  for  his  last  Will  and  Testament  in  the 
presence  of  Us,  who  were  present  at  the 
signing  and  Sealing  thereof. 

J  as.  Davidson 

Benj'n  Pattee 

John  Fisher 


2l6  LINCOLN  I'KOn.VlK  RKCORIJS. 

A  Codicil  to  be  added  to  and  taken  as  a  i)art  of  the  last  Will  and 
Testiment  of  me  William  Butler  to  which  this  is  a  part.  I  do  hereby 
confirm  my  said  last  Will  in  all  Things  not  in  and  by  this  Codicil  al- 
tered or  revoked. — 

I  do  in  addition  to  what  I  have  devised  and  beiiueathed  to  my  Two 
Daughters  Sarah  and  Abigail  in  and  by  my  said  Will  further  give  de- 
vise and  bequeath  to  my  said  Daughters  full  and  free  liberty  to  cut  and 
haul  or  cause  to  be  cut  vt  hauled  for  Their  own  use  from  the  Home- 
stead or  Farm  I  live  upon  as  much  wood  as  Tiiey  may  find  necessary 
for  Their  own  Fires  and  House  Use. 

I  also  do  in  addition  to  what  I  have  devised  and  bequeathed  to  my 
two  Daughters  Sarah  and  Abigail  give  devise  and  bequeath  to  my  said 
Daughters  Grass  and  Pasturage  to  be  cut  and  fed  from  my  Homesteail 
Farm  as  much  as  may  be  necessaiy  for  Two  Cows.  Also  Land  proper 
and  Sufficient  for  a  Garden  to  be  held  by  Them  during  Their  and  each 
of  Them  remaining  single  and  unmarried. — 

1  do  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Son  Thomas  Tnuler  his  Heirs  and 
Assigns  forever  Two  .Acres  of  Land,  bounded  as  follows,  Viz.-  easterly 
to  the  back  River  so  called  from  Great  Bald  Head,  from  thence  south 
westerly  to  the  front  or  Kennebec  River,  on  my  Homestead  farm,  and 
northerly  till  the  Two  .Acres  is  compleat. — 

I  do  also  give  devise  and  bequeath  unto  my  Son  in  law  Elijah  Drum- 
mond  his  Heirs  and  .Assigns  forever  The  Land  property  &  Privileges 
which  he  now  enjoys  and  improves  in  a  Saw  Mill  in  which  my  said  Son 
in  law  concerned,  now  stands,  it  being  my  meaning  and  intention  that 
he  and  his  Heirs  shall  hold  the  same  forever  free  from  the  disturbance 
hindrence  or  molestation  of  my  Son  Thomas  or  any  other  Person 
claiming  by,  from,  or  Under  me. 

William   Butler.  (seal) 

Signed  sealed,  published  and  declared 
by  the  said  William  Butler  The  Testator  as 
for  a  Codicil  to  his  last  Will  and  Testament 
in  the  j)resence  of  Us  who  were  present  at 
the  Signing  and  Sealing  thereol. 

Jas.   Davidson 

Benj'n  Pattee 

John  Fisher 

Probated  3  June,  1791.  [V,  6  to  8.] 
Inventory  by  John  Fisher,  Benjamin  Pattee  and  James  \Villiams,  all  or 
Georgetown,  7  July,  1791.      [V,  51-52.] 


LINCOLN  PROUATK  RIXOKU.S.  21  7 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen-  -  -  - 

The  twentyeth  day  of  April  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  seventy  six  I  James  Nickels  of  New  Castle  in  the  County 
of  Lincoln  Centn.  being  very  Sick  and  Weak  in  Body  but  of  perfect 
mind  and  memory  thanks  be  given  to  God  for  the  same,  and  Calling 
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 
Testament  that  is  to  say  principally  and  first  of  all  I  give  and  Recom- 
mend my  Soul  in  to  the  hands  of  God  that  gave  it  and  for  my  Body  I 
Recommend  it  to  the  Earth,  to  be  buried  in  a  Christian  like  and 
Decent  manner  at  The  Discretion  of  my  Executors,  nothing  doubting 
but  at  the  General  Resurectlon  1  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  and  Devise  and 
dispose  of  the  same  in  manner  and  form  following  that  is  to  Say — 
In  the  first  place  I  give  and  bequeth  to  Ruth  Nickels  my  Dearly 
beloved  Wife  my  Whole  personal  F^state  to  be  at  her  disposal  to  be 
disposed  of  at  her  Death  in  the  way  and  manner  She  sail  think  proper 
and  also  the  third  part  of  my  Real  Estate,  I  give  and  bequeth  to  my 
beloved  son  John  Nickels  Eighty  Acres  of  Land  in  the  middle  of  the 
Great  mash  With  a  piece  of  mash  adjoining  to  it,  also  I  give  and 
bequeth  to  Alexander  Nickels  my  beloved  Son,  Eighty  Acres  of  Land 
on  the  south  side  of  fresh  Water  Cove  on  Kennedy's  River,  also  I  give 
and  bequeth  to  my  beloved  Children,  James  Nickels  William  Nickels 
Ruth  Fasset,  Hanah  Nickels  Jann  Nickels  Fanny  Nickels  &  Margaret 
Nickels  the  Whole  Remainder  of  my  Real  Estate  to  be  divided  Equal- 
ly among  them  after  the  youngest  Child  is  of  Age —  also  I  appoint 
my  Dearly  beloved  Wife  Ruth  Nickels,  Thomas  Rice  Esqr.  and  Cap- 
tain William  Nickels  Executors  of  this  my  last  and  Testament,  and  I 
also  Will  that  no  part  of  my  Real  Estate  shall  be  sold  Except  to  pay  a 
lawful  Debt. 

Also  I  Revoke  and  Disannul  all  and  every  other  Wills  and  Legacies  or 
power  of  Attorney  given  to  any  person  or  persons  Whatsoever  before 
this  date  this  being  my  last  will  and  Testament  in  Witness  Whereof  I 
have  here  unto  set  my  hand  and  Seal  the  Day  and  Year  above  Written — 

James  Nickels 

(seal) 
Signed  Sealed  published  pronounced  and  declared  by  the  said  James 
Nickels  as  his  last  Will  and  Testament  in  the  presence  of  us  the 
Subscribers — 


ai8  LIN'CX)LN  PROR\TE  RECORDS. 

Archd  :  Robinson 
John  Robinson 
Michael  Ryan 

Thomas  Rice  declined  executorship,  9  July,  1776.      Probated    12 
Sep.,  1792.     John  Nickels,  Adm'r  cum  Testamenio  annexo.     [V,  10.] 

Be  it  Remembered,  that  I  Dennis  Getchell  of  Vassalborough,  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  and  Stale  of  Massachusetts-Bay  Yeoman,  being  of 
Sound  Mind,  &  Memory,  Do  make  and  Ordain,  this  my  last  Will  & 
Testament  in  manner  Following-vizt — 

I  st-  I  will  that  all  my  Just  Debts,  &  Funeral  Charges  be  paid  out  of 
my  Estate 

2d-  I  give  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Margaret  my  Best  Bed  &  Sufficient 
furniture  therewith — 

3d  I  give  unto  my  Son  Dennis  The  whole  of  the  Lot  of  Land  I  now 
Live  on,  being  the  front  Division  of  Lott  No.  85  East  Side  of  Kenne- 
bec River  in  Vassalboro'  save  what  I  sold  to  Amos  Child-  with    about 

Acres  purchased  of  my  Brother  Nehemiah  as  pi    Deed   bearing 

date ninth  month  Seventeen  hundred  Nmety,  will  appear,  together 

with  all  the  Previleges  tS:  Appurtenances  to  the  same  belonging  or  in 
anywise  appertaining — also  all  the  remainder  of  my  Estate,  I  die  pos- 
sessed of.  Both  real  &  personal  &  of  what  name  or  Nature  soever 
except  the  Reserves  hithertofore,  and  hereafter  made.  He  the  said 
Dennis  on  His  part  &  in  Consideration  thereof,  paying  all  my  Just 
Debts,  &  legacies  herein  mentioned —  and  also  Support  &  Maintain  in 
a  Comfortable  Manner  my  Wife  Margaret  during  her  living  in  a  State 
of  Widowhood — or  untill  she  may  see  Cause  to  Marry  again — she 
yielding  what  Assistance  she  can  towards  her  own  &  the  Families 
Support — cS:  also  He  the  said  Dennis  is  to  Maintain,  Support,  bring  up, 
&  Educate  according  to  Reasonable  Expectation  my  Six  Children  here 
named  vizt.  Margaret,  David,  Anstrus,  Lidia,  Fanney  &  Mary,  untill 
they  the  Girls  shall  come  to  the  Age  of  Eighteen  Years,  &:  my  Son 
David  to  the  Age  of  Twenty  One  Years-at  which  periods  of  Time  I 
will  that  He  my  Son  Dennis  shall  give  each  of  my  Daughters  afore- 
said a  Cow  each.  They  the  said  Daughters — &  the  said  David  during 
their  State  of  Minority  yielding  all  Reasonable  Aid  &  Help  in  &  for 
Their  own  Support. 

4ly.  I  give  unto  my  Son  Elihu  five  shillings — 
5ly.  I  give  unto  my  Son  Edmund  five  shillings 
61y.  I  give  unto  my  Daughter  Abigail  five  shillings 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  ^  1 9 

,^y.  I  give  unto  my  Son  Remington  the  Eastern  UMo!   the  Back   Di- 

i  ion  o,  Lott  NO  84,  East  Side  Kennebek  ^'^"  "^J'^f^^,^^^^,, 

81y   I  give   unto   my  Son   David   the   Western  Iralf  of    the  aforesa.a 

^;S^^JiZ^X  Vonngest  Daughter  shaU  arrive  to  the 
Age  of  Eighteen  Years,  that  an  equal  Distribution  be  made  of  the  re- 
taUer  o,  my  Household  Goods,  to  my  Daughters  Margaret,  Anstrus, 

t:^^TorL::trFLdJohnTaberOuardia„to  my  Son  David, 

?.;;trmrt:t-tmTK.end  John  Xaber  E.ecutor  .  this 
my  last  W,ll  &  Testament  Desireing  His  assistance  rn  Execute  ng  the 
:^e  According  to  the  True  Intent  &  ™-ning  thereof  D.saowm. 
and  Disannulling,  all  other  Wills  by  me  H.thertofore  "^^e^  In  VV^t 
ness  whereof  I  Hereunto  Set  my  hand  &  Seal  th,s  Second  day  of  the 

Ninth  Month  Seventeen  hundred  Nraety. 

Nintn  mo.  ^g  ^^^  ^^^^^  "Margarrt    & 

o-     ,j   c    u  *  P„Hished   bv  "ords  "6-  TcstamenI"  were 

^^^:^^^    -"-^"«:;?" 

last  Will  &  Testament  .n  presence  ^^^^^^^   ^^^^^ 

of  us  the  Subscribers 

Remington  Hobby, 

David  Dickey 

William  Getchell  rv    t  ^  t  c  1 

Probated  6  Jan.,  1792-     L^'  U-^S-J 

Samuel  Silvester,  late  of  Pownalbcrough.     Mary   Silvester,   of   Pov,- 
nalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  27   Dec,   .79t.     [V,   .9-=^o.]     DavrdS.l 
vester  and  Timothy    Parsons,   both   of  Pownalboroughsurefes       In- 
ventory by  Jonathan  Williamson,  William  Sevey  and  Ebenezer  «h,t. 
tier  all  of  Pownalborough,  3  Mar.,  179^,  ^3^°  '    '?  •  "•     L^  '  '"J 

George  Bradford,  late  of  Winslow.  W.lliam  Bradford,  of  Wmslow 
AdTn'r,  .7  Jan.,  .793.  [V,  .0-3..]  Samuel  Grant  and  Jeremtah 
Fairfield   both  of  Vassalborough,  sureties. 

a  c  Boney,  late  of  Wmthrop.  Hannah  Boney,  of  W-throp^  w^d^ 
ow,  .Mm'x,  ,7  Jan.,  .793.  [V,  3..]  Samuel  Wood  an^  R  "b» 
Brainerd  both  of  Winthrop,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Amos  Stevens, 
Natha:tlFa,rbanksand  W.l.iam  PuUen,  all  of  Winthrop  .3  Feb 
,,oj  rV  ^61  Additional  inventory  10  Jan.,  I793-  L^".  -3° 
'I,.]     Na'thaniel  Fairbanks  and  Samuel  Wood,  commissioners  to  ex- 


2  20  I  INCOl.N   IKOllAJK   Kl.COKDS. 

amine  claims.  [VI 1,  .727.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Nathaniel 
Fairbanks,  Samuel  Wood  and  \\illiam  Pullen.  22  Se]).,  1794.  [VII, 
228.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate,  24  Sep.,  1794.  [V11,22S.J 
Daviil  Jackson,  late  of  Hallowell.  Rebeckah  Jackson,  widow,  and 
Benjamin  Stickney,  both  of  Hallowell,  Adm'rs,  17  Jan.,  1792.  [V, 
22.]  James  Page  and  Jason  Livermore,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Nathaniel  Dummer,  Samuel  Dutton  and  James  Carr,  all 
of  Hallowell,  10  May,  1792,  ;^505  :  o:  2.  [V,  101-102.]  Daniel 
Cony  and  William  Brooks,  both  of  Hallowell,  commissioners  to  exam- 
ine claims.  [V,  207-20S.]  Inventory  of  real  estate  at  Sandy  ri\er  by 
James  Carr  and  Isaac  Savage,  both  of  Hallowell,  and  John  Blunt,  of 
Winthrop,  21  Jan..  1794,  £,  2\:  7.  o.  [V,  210.]  Advertisement 
of  sale  of  real  estate,  13  Feb.,  1794.  [V,  211.]  Account  filed,  5 
.Sep.,  I  794.  [\".  212-213.]  Distribution  ordered  6  Nov.,  1794.  \\ , 
213-214.]      Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate,  10  Feb.,    1794.       \y , 

Nathaniel  Foster,  late  of  Woolwich,  shipwright.  Dorothy  I'ostt-r,  of 
Woolwich,  widow,  Adm'x,  6  Feb..  1792.  [V,  22-23.]  Aaron  .Abbot 
and  Thomas  Snell,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inventor)  l)y  David 
Ciilmore,  .\bner  Wade  and  Richard  Harnden,  all  of  Woolwich,  14  Feb., 
1792,^207:  7:  6.  [^\  52-53.]  Samuel  Harnden  and  David  (Jil- 
more,  both  of  Woolwich,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [V.  184.] 
Widow's  dower  set  off  by  David  (iilmore,  Richard  Harnden  and  Ab- 
ner  Wade,  8  .A]).,  1794.  [V,  186.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real 
estate  17  Mar.,  1794.  [\',  186-7.]  Account  filed  and  distribution 
ordered  30  May,  1794.      [V,  187  and  200-201.] 

Hatherly  Foster,  hue  of  Bath.  Hatherly  Foster,  of  Bath,  .Vdm'r,  15 
Mar.,  1792.  \\ ,  23.]  Consider  Tnrner  and  Caleb  Marsh,  both  of 
Bath,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Joshua  Philbrook,  Ilphraim  Fitts  and 
Joseph  Lambard,  all  of  Bath,  2  June,  1792,  ;^i90  :  19  :  o.  [V,  94.] 
John,  minor  son,  and  Martha,  minor  daughter,  chose  Dummer  Sewall, 
of  Bath,  i(j  be  their  guardian,  26  May,  1797.  [^  H,  55.]  Dummer 
.Sewall,  guardian  unto  Benjamin,  Alexaniler  and  Thomas,  minor  sons. 
26  May,  1797.  [^Ilj  55-56.]  Yearly  value  of  real  estate  appraised 
at  $42-  by  Joshua  Philbrook,  Christopher  Cushing  and  Laban  Loring, 
all  of  liath,  8  Sep.,  1797.  [.VII,  157.]  .Account  filed  1986!).,  1797. 
[VII,  157.]  I)i\ision  of  personal  estate  among  Charles,  Hatherly, 
William,  John,  Benjamin,  Martha,  .Alexander  and  Thomas,  19  Sep., 
I  797.      [VII,  2  1 1  --•  I  2.]      Division  of  real  estate  among  same  by  Josh- 


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ua  Pliilbrook,  Christopher  Cushing  and  Joseph  Sewall,  all  of  Bath,  19 
Ap.,  1798.  [\'lI,7o.]  Account  of  Dummer  Sewall,  guardian  of  Al- 
exander, filed  24  Aug.,  1804.      [Unrecorded.] 

John  Winchell,  late  of  'iopsham.  Samuel  Winchell,  of  Topsham, 
Adm'r,  28  May,  1792,  [V,  30-31.]  Inventory  by  John  Patten, 
James  Fulton,  and  Josei)h  (rraves,  all  of  Topsham,  4  July,  1792, 
^313  :  2  :  4.  [V,  97.]  John  Fulton  and  Ezekiel  Thompson, 
both  of  Topsham.  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [V, 
r76.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate,  23  Sep.,  1793.  [V, 
178.]  Account  filed  29  Ap.,  1794.  [V,  179.]  bistribution  ordered 
29  May,  1794.      [V,  174-5-] 

Timothy  Foster,  late  of  Winthrop.  Sibella  Foster,  widow,  Adm'x. 
Inventory  by  Josiah  French,  Benjamin  Brainerd  and  Benjamin  Fair- 
banks, all  of  Winthrop,  13  June,  1785,^565  :  18  :  10.  [V,  31  to  33.] 
Division  of  real  estate  by  John  Page,  Josiah  French  and  Benjamin 
White,  all  of  AVinthrop,  2  June,  1786  :  dower  to  widow,  remainder  to 
Timothy  Foster,  1  )avid  Foster,  Stewart  Foster,  Stephen  Foster,  Micajah 
Dudley  and  Ephraim  Stevens.      [V,  34.] 

Francis  Perry,  late  a  resident  of  Pownalborough.  Ezra  Taylor,  of 
Pownalborough.  Adm'r,  31  May,  1792.  [V,  34-35.]  Samuel  Good- 
win, of  Pownalborough,  and  William  Haley,  of  Pittslon.  sureties.  In- 
\entory  by  Philip  Theobald,  Samuel  Goodwin,  Jr.,  and  l>ouis  Houde- 
lette,  all  of  Pownalborough,  2  July,  1792,  jQ6  :  8  :  2.  to  which  Adm'r 
adds  a  sum  of  money.  £.-  :  r6  :  o.  [^T,  62-63.]  Account  filed  29 
Ap.,  1794.      [VI.  64.] 

In  the  Name  of  (iOD.  .\men.  I  Olixer  Robins  of  Thomaston  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  veoman, 
being  sitk  and  weak  in  Bu(l\-.  but  of  perfect  Mindantl  Memorv,  Thanks 
be  given  unto  (iOD  ;  calling  to  Mind  the  Mortality  of  mv  Bodv,  and 
knowing  that  it  is  a])])ointe(l  for  all  Men  once  to  die  j  do  make  and 
ordain  this  my  last  \\\\\  and  'JVstament  :  That  is  to  sav,  i)rincipally 
and  first  of  all,  I  gi\  e  and  recommend  my  Soul  into  the  Hand  of  Al- 
mighty (iod,  that  gave  it,  and  my  Body  I  recommend  to  the  Earth,  to  be 
buried  in  decent  Christian  Burial,  at  the  Discretion  of  m\-  Jvxecutors  ; 
nothing  iloubting  but  at  the  general  Resurrection  1  shall  receive  the 
same  again  by  the  mighty  Power  of  (iod.  And  as  touching  such  world- 
ly Estate  wherewidi  it  has  pleased  Gcxl,  to  bless  me  in  this  Life,  I  give, 
demise,  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  Manner  and  Form 

hiipiimis.  I  give  and   bequeath    unto   my   well   belo\ed    Son   Oliver 


2  22  MNC01>'  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Robins  junior  the  Sum  of  Five  Shillings  to  be  paid  to  him  by  my  Ex- 
ecutors, which  together  with  what  he  has  already  received  is  his  full 
part  or  Share  out  of  my  Estate. 

Item.  I  give  and  becjueath  unto  my  well  beloved  Son  Otis  Robins 
the  Sum  of  Five  Shillings  to  be  paid  to  him  by  my  Executors  which 
together  with  what  he  has  already  received  is  his  full  part  or  Share  out 
of  my  Estate. 

Item.  I  give,  devise,  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Sons  Shep- 
pard  Robins  and  Rufus  Robins,  whom  I  likewise  constitue,  make  and 
ordain  joint  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  all  my  Lands, 
Messuages,  and  Tenements  of  what  name  or  nature  soever,  together 
with  all  my  wearing  Apparel,  Husbandry  Tools,  and  Cattle  of  all  kinds, 
and  all  my  other  Estate  of  what  name  or  nature  soever,  excepting 
what  is  herein  otherwise  particularly  disposed  of,  by  them  freely  to  be 
possessed  and  enjoyed,  and  to  be  equally  divided,  for  Quantity  and, 
Quality,  between  them  or  their  legal  Representatives,  they  paying  my 
just  Debts,  Funeral  Expences,  and  the  Legacies  hereby  otherwise 
given  ;  but  if  either  of  them  shall  not  arrive  at  the  Age  of  twenty  and 
One  Year,  nor  have  Children  of  his  own,  or  marry,  the  surviver  to 
possess  and  enjoy  the  whole. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well-beloved  Daughter  Elioe- 
nai  Crocket  the  Sum  of  Five  Shillings  to  be  paid  to  her  by  My  Exe- 
cutors, which  together  with  what  she  has  already  received  is  her  full 
Part  or  Share  out  of  my  Estate. 

Item.  I  ^ive  and  bequeath  unto  my  well-beloved  Daughter  Sybel 
Fales  the  Sum  of  Five  Shillings  to  be  paid  to  her  by  my  Executors, 
which,  with  what  she  has  already  received  is  her  full  Part  or  Share  out 
of  my  Estate. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Lois 
Killsa  the  Sum  of  Five  Shillings  to  be  paid  to  her  by  my  Executors, 
which,  with  what  she  has  already  received  is  her  full  Part  or  Share  out 
of  my  Estate. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Lucy 
Butler  the  Sum  of  Five  Shillings  to  be  paid  to  her  by  my  Executors, 
which,  with  what  she  has  already  received  is  her  full  Part  or  Share  out 
of  my  Estate. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Sabra 
Barrows  the  Sum  of  Five  Shillings  to  be  paid  to  her  by  my  Executors, 
which,  with  what  she  has  already  received  is  her  full  Part  or  Share  out 
of  my  Estate. 


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Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Mella 
Butlei  the  Sum  of  Five  Shillings  to  be  paid  to  her  by  my  Executors, 
which  with  what  she  has  already  received  is  her  full  part  or  Share  out 
of  my  Estate. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Betsey 
Robins,  my  Feather- Beds,  Case  of  Drawers,  Tables,  Chares,  and  Pew- 
ter with  all  my  other  Household  Furniture  to  be  by  her  free  possessed 
and  enjoyed  ;  together  with  two  Cows  to  be  paid  and  delivered  to  her 
by  my  Executors  when  she  arrives  at  the  Age  of  twenty  and  one  Years 
or  on  her  Marriage.  And  I  do  hereby  utterly  disallow,  revoke,  and 
disannul  all  and  every  other  former  Testaments,  Wills,  Legacies,  Be- 
quests, and  Executors  by  me  in  any  ways  before-named,  willed  and  be- 
queathed ;  ratifying  and  confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last 
Will  and  Testament.  In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my 
Hand  and  Seal  this  twenty  Second  Day  of  March,  in  the  Year  of  LORD 
One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Nine  Two 
Signed,  Sealed,  published  pronounced  his 

and  declared  by  the  said  Oliver  Robins  Oliver  X  Robins     (seal) 

as  his  last  Will  and  Testament  in  the  Mark 

Presence  of  us 
James  Stackpole 
Saml  Jennison 
David  Fales 

Probated  31  May,  1792.  Oliver  Robins,  Adm'r  cum  Testamento  an- 
nexo,  31  May,  1792.  [V,  35-36.]  Inventory  by  Mason  Wheaton, 
James  Weed  and  Samuel  Brown,  all  of  Thomaston,  2  July,  1792, 
^655:13:0.  [V,  99-100.]  Oliver  Robins,  guardian  unto  Rufus, 
minor  son,  22  June,  1799.      [IX,  180.] 

Peter  LeMercier,  late  of  Pownalborough,  merchant.  Polly  Le- 
Mercier,  of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  26  Dec,  1791; 
Jaque  Goud,  of  Pownalborough,  and  Nicholas  Gaubert,  of  Bowdoin- 
ham,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Daniel  Spring,  William  Lewis  and  Sam- 
uel Goodwin,  Jr.,  all  of  Pownalborough,  29  Dec,  1791,  ;^23o  :  14  :  3. 
[V,  41-42.]  Edmund  Bridge  and  Samuel  Woodward,  both  of  Pow- 
nalborough, commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VI,  65.]  Widow's 
dower  set  off  by  Daniel  Spring,  Samuel  Woodward  and  Carr  Barker,  all 
of  Pownalborough,  7  Nov.,  1792.  [VI,  67.]  Advertisement  of  sale 
of  real  estate,  25  Jan.,  1793.  [VI,  68.]  Account  filed  and  distribu- 
tion ordered  9  Jan.,  1795.     [VI,  1 1 1  to  113.]     Advertisement  of  sale 


224  I.IXCt'I.N  !>R(ir..\ll.   KlX(iUl». 

of  real  esta^.^  K)  Mar.,  1795.  [VI.  1:3-114.]  Anount  fik-d  2S 
May,  1785.     [VI,  115.] 

Mary  Jennison,  late  of  C.ambden,  spinster.  William  Oregory,  of 
Cambden,  Adm'r,  14  Jan.,  1792  :  Moses  Copeland,  of  Warren,  and 
Samuel  Tolman,  of  Thomaston,  sureties.      [V.  45.] 

Mehitabel  drover,  of  Georgetown,  widow, //<'//  compos.  John  White, 
of  (Georgetown,  guardian,  5  June,    1792.      [V,  47.] 

|ohn  Orr,  late  of  Ikistol.  Rosanna  McMillen,  of  iJoothbay,  widow, 
Adm'x,  24  Julv,  1792.  [V,  84-85.]  Samuel  Montgomery  and  John 
Murray,  both  of  T.oothbay,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Jonas  Fitch  and 
James  Huston,  both  of  Bristol,  and  James  Little,  of  Newcastle,  15 
Aug.,  1792,  ;^i55  :  10  :  o.  [V,  85.]  Thomas  McClure  and  James 
Little,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VI,  53.]  Account  filed  8 
Sep.,  1794.     [VI,  54-] 

Samuel  Brown,  late  of  Boothbay.  Mary  Brown,  widow,  declined 
administration,  15  June,  1792.  John  Murray,  of  T'.oothbay,  Adm'r, 
25  July,  1792.  [V,  86.]  Samuel  Montgomery  and  Thomas  Boyd, 
both  of  Boothbay,  sureties. 

Martha,  Alexander  and  Samuel,  minor  children  of  Samuel  Wylis, 
late  of  Boothbay,  chose  Hugh  Rogers,  of  (Georgetown,  to  be  their 
guardian,  5  Oct.,  1792.  Robert,  minor  son  of  said  Samuel  Wylie, 
chose  David  King,  of  Bath,  to  be  liis  guardian,  29  Srj)..  1792.  [V, 
87-88.] 

James  .McC'obb,  Ir..  late  of  (leorgetown.  Mary  McCobb,  of 
Georgetown,  widow,  Adm'x,  7  Sep.,  1792.  \\ ,  88.]  Jordan  Barker 
and  lost  ph  Bowker,  both  of  (Georgetown,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Jor- 
dan Parker,  Mlijah  Drunimond  and  Joseph  ISowker,  all  of  Georgetown 
5  Xo\.,  1792.^,10:   16;  o.      [\'l,  223.] 

Nathaniel  Leenian.  late  of  l';dgeronil).  Bvtty  l.ceman,  of  k'.dge- 
(omb.  widow,  ,\(hn'\,  7  Aug..  1  792.  [\'.  S9.]  Henry  I.eeniaii  and 
W  illiaui  P'ow.  both  of  I'owiialb-irongh.  sureties.  Inventory  \^\  W'ill- 
iam  I'atterson.  Mbcnczer  Gove  and  Isaac  ('iiir>)rd,  22  Aug.,  1792, 
y_'2oS  :   II  :  ;,.      [\I,  229-230.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  .\nien.  I  John  McGarler  of  a  place  called  St, 
(Georges,  in  the  ("ounly  of  Lincoln  and  State  of  .Massachusetts  Bay  in 
New  I'^ngland  \eoman.  Being  tho'  weak  in  body  yet  of  jierfect  mind 
and  memorv,  thanks  be  yiven  unto  (God  :  calling   into    mind    the   mor- 


LINCOLN  I'ROBATE  RECORDS.  2  2^ 

tality  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 
tiie  Hand  of  Almighty  God  that  gave  it,  and  my  body  I  recommend  to 
the  Earth,  to  be  buried  in  decent  Christian  burial  at  the  Discretion  of 
my  of  my  Executor,  nothing  doubting  but  at  the  General  Resurrection- 
I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  power  of  God.  And  as 
touching  such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless 
me  in  this  Life,  I  give,  demise,  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  follow- 
ing manner  and  form. 

Imprimis  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Jane,  Ten 
Acres  of  Land,  beginning  at  the  Extremity  of  a  point  of  I^nd,  Com- 
monly Called  VVinslow's  point,  bounded  between  St  Georges  River  and 
a  Cove  Called  Thomsons  Cove,  and  running  North  Easterly  along  Said 
River ;  untill  a  Line  running  West  North  West,  from  said  River  to  the 
Cove  afore  said  includes  the  Ten  Acres  aforesaid  :  Also  a  Cow  and 
three  Sheep  within  Six  months  after  my  Decease. 
Item.  I  Give  unto  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Mary  Ten  Acres  of  Land 
(adjoining  to  that  bequeathed  to  my  Daughter  Jean)  and  running 
North  Easterly  along  said  River  untill  a  West  North  West  Line  as 
afore  said  Shall  include  Ten  Acres,  Abo  Two  Cows  and  three  Sheep, 
to  be  delivered  as  afore  said,  together  with  the  priviledge  of  the  North 
westerly  front  room  as  long  as  she  may  require  it. 
Item  I  Give  unto  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Margaret  Ten  Acres  of 
Land  nex  adjoining  to  that  bequethed  to  my  Daughter  Mary,  and 
running  up  along  said  river  North  Easterly  untill  a  Line  running  West 
North  west  as  aforesaid  Shall  include  ten  Acres,  also  a  Cow  and  three 
Sheep  to  be  delivered  as  aforesaid  by  my  Executor 
Item  I  Give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Elizabeth  Ten  Acres  of  Land 
next  adjoining  to  that  bequeathed  to  my  Daughter  Margaret  and  run- 
ning up  along  said  River  North  Easterly  untill  a  Line  running  West 
North  west,  includes  ten  acres,  also  a  Cow  and  three  Sheep  to  be  de- 
livered as  afore  Said  by  my  Executor 

Item  I  give  unto  my  well  beloved  and  Only  Son  James,  the  whole  of 
my  Land  (except  what  is  already  bequeathed  as  is  above  Specified)  to- 
gether with  all  the  Buildings  thereon,  together  with  all  my  personal 
Estate,  Excepting  what  is  herein  bequeathed 

Item  I  give  unto  the  Children  of  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Martha 
Deceased  each  one  a  Guinea  to  be  paid  them  as  Soon  as  the  Oldest  of 

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them  Comes  of  Age 

Lastly  I  do  Constitute,  make,  and  ordain  my  Son  James  McCarter  Sole 
Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament.  And  do  hereby  utterly 
disallow,  revoke,  and  disannul  all,  and  every  other  former  Testaments, 
Wills,  Legacies,  Bequests,  and  Executors,  by  me  in  any  ways  before 
named,  Willed,  and  Bequeathed,  Ratifying  and  Confirming  this  and  no 
other  to  be  my  Last  Will  and  Testament. 

In  Witness  whereof  I  do  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  this  fifth 
day  of  February  Annoque  Domini  One  thousand  Seven  hundred  and 
Eighty  nine  his 

John  X  McCarter     (seal) 
Signed,  Sealed,  published,  pronounced,  Mark 

and  Declared,  by  the  Said  John  McCarter 
as  his  last  Will  and  Testament,  in  the 
presence  of  us,  who  in  his  presence,  and 
in  the  presence  of  each  other,  have 
hereunto  Subscribed  our  Names 
John  NichoUs,  D.  M 
Jona.  Nutting 
John  McKellar 

Probated  i8  Sep.,  1792.  [V,  94-95.]  Inventory  by  Moses  Cope- 
land,  of  Warren,  Seth  Vose  and  Marlboro  Packard,  both  of  Cushing, 
12  Dec,  1792,  ^897:  8:3.     [V,  195-6.] 

Martin  Sidelinger,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Agreement  among  heirs, 
viz :  Peter  Sidelinger,  George  Sidelinger,  Daniel  Sidelinger,  Charles 
Sidelinger,  Andrew  Storer,  Charles  Brodman,  who  in  their  agreement 
mentioned  as  an  heir  one  Jacob  Rominger  then  living  in  North  Caro- 
lina, and  Mary  Sidelinger,  widow  of  deceased.  [V,  102-103.]  Peter 
Sidelinger,  of  Waldoborough,  .'Vdm'r,  13  Mar.,  1793.  [V,  130-1.] 
Peter  Light,  of  Waldoborough,  and  Benjamin  Kinsel,  of  Nobleborough, 
sureties. 

Jesse  Davis,  late  of  Bowdoin.  Hannah  Davis,  of  Bowdoin,  widow, 
and  Joshua  Davis,  of  Sidney,  Adm'rs,  j  Oct.,  1795.  [V,  106.]  Ez- 
ekiel  Thompson,  of  Topsham,  and  James  Curtis,  of  Brunswick,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Isaac  Hinkley  and  Samuel  Tibbets,  both  of  Bowdoin, 
and  James  Wilson,  of  Topsham,  30  Oct..  1792,  ;^359  :  4:  3.  [VI, 
116.]  John  Merrill,  of  Topsham,  and  Samuel  Tibbets,  of  Bowdoin, 
commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VT,  117.]  Widow's  dower  set 
off  by  Isaac  Hinkley,  John  Merrill  and  Samuel  Tibbets,  15  July,  1795. 


UNCOI-N  PROBATE  RhXORDS.  2  27 

[VI,  I20.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  i6  Sep.,  1795.  [^^' 
139.]  Account  filed  27  May,  1796.  [VI,  140.]  Distribution  or- 
dered 30  May,  1796.  [VI,  1 49-1 5 1.]  Seth  Hinkley,  of  Bowdoin, 
guardian  unto  Jonathan  and  Rebecca,  minor  children,  10  Jan.,  1799. 
[IX,  1 78.]  Rachel,  minor  daughter,  chose  Seth  Hinckley,  of  Lisbon, 
to  be  her  guardian,  25  Aug.,  1804.     [IX,  252.] 

Joseph  Stevens,  late  of  Winthrop.  Jonas  Stevens,  of  Winthrop, 
Adm'r,  20  Dec,  1792.  [V,  107.]  Joel  Chandler  and  Cyrus  Bald- 
win, both  of  Winthrop,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Paul  Lambert  and 
Ebenezer  Davenport,  both  of  Winthrop,  and  John  Gray,  of  Readfield, 
26  Dec,  1792,  ;^i28  :  12  :  7.      [V,  120.] 

John  Conely,  of  Bristol,  non  compos.  Joshua  Cross,  of  Bristol, 
guardian,  i  Jan.,  1793.  [V,  108.]  Inventory  by  Thomas  Thompson, 
Henry  Fosset  and  James  Drummond,  all  of  Bristol,  31  May,  1793, 
;^2ii  :  5  :  8.  [VI,  165-6.]  Account  filed  9  Jan.,  1795  and  27  May, 
1795,  [VI,  166  to  169.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  22 
Jan.,  1796.  [VI,  250.]  Account  filed  8  Sep.,  1797.  [VI,  252.] 
Joshua  Cross,  Adm'r,  11  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  153-4.]  Inventory 
by  Thomas  Thompson,  Andrew  Parsons  and  Alexander  Robinson,  all 
of  Bristol,  24  Oct.,  1797,  $537.  33;  account  filed  4  June,  1798. 
[VIII,  98.] 

Peter  Parker,  minor  son,  and  Prudence  Parker,  minor  (laughter,  of 
Peter  Parker,  Jr.,  late  of  Groton,  Middlesex  County,  chose  John 
French  Woods,  of  a  place  called  Sandy  River,  to  be  their  guardian. 
10  Jan.,  1793.     [V,  1 20-1 2 1.] 

Moses  Dudley,  of  Sandy-river,  non  compos.  William  Reed,  of  Sandy- 
river,  guardian,  9  Jan.,  1793.     [V,  123.] 

Elizabeth  Jewett,  of  Edgecomb,  lately  the  wife  of  James  Jewett,  of 
Edgecomb,  non  compos.  Moses  Davis,  of  Edgecomb,  guardian,  4 
Oct.,  1792.     [V,  128.]     Account  filed  6   Jan.,  1808.      [XII,  377-8.] 

Josiah  Butterfield,  late  of  Vassalborough.  George  Warren,  of  Wins- 
low,  Adm'r,  10  June,  1793.  [V,  131.]  James  Bridge,  of  Hallowell, 
and  John  Peirce,  of  Winslow,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William  Pattee 
and  Solomon  Parker,  both  of  Winslow,  and  David  Smiley,  of  Sidney, 
12  Aug.,  1793,  ;i{^ioo  :  o:  o.  [VII,  88.]  Account  filed,  19  Jan., 
,796.     [VII,  89.] 

Benjamin  Hussey,  late  of  Nobleborough.  Hannah  Hussey,  of 
Nobleborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  3  Ap.,  1793.  [V,  132.]  James  Hall 
and   David   Dennis,   both  of    Nobleborough,  sureties.     Inventory  b} 


228  LINCOLN  I'KOLATK  K^:CORr)S. 

Joseph  Rust,  Ihomas  Merrill  and  John  Clark,  all  of  Nobleborough, 
6  Ap.,  1793,  [VI,  60-61.]  Hannah,  wido^v,  guardian  unto  Elsa, 
minor  daughter,  17  Sep.,  1793.  [VI,  61-62.]  Account  filed  30  Sep., 
1 796,  at  which  date  the  administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of  John 
Austin.  [VI,  240.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  David  Dennis,  Joseph 
Rust  and  John  Winslow,  all  of  Nobleborough,  10  Ap.,  1795.  L^^' 
241-2.]  John  Austin,  of  Nobleborough,  Adm'r,  dc  bonis  non,  27 
fune,  1805.  [IX,  86.]  Klse,  minor  daughter,  chose  Joseph  Hussey, 
of  Nobleborough,  to  be  her  guardian,  9  May,  1807.  [IX,  277.] 
Accounts  filed  27  Sep.,  1806,  and  9  May,  1807.  [XII,  45  and  173.] 
Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  16  May,  1807.     [XII,  348.] 

Robert  Miller,  late  of  Bristol.  Nancy  Miller,  of  Bristol,  widow, 
Adm'x,  14  June,  1793.  [V,  133.]  Samuel  Nickels,  of  Newcastle, 
and  Benjamin  Rackliff,  of  Kdgecomb,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas 
Boyd,  of  lioothbay,  Samuel  Clark  and  Henry  Hunter,  both  of  Bristol, 
30  July,  1793,  ;^32  :  14  :  4.  [V,  204.]  Henry  Hunter  and  Thomas 
Boyd,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [V,  205.]  Account  filed, 
16  Sep.,  1794.  [V,  206.]  Distribution  ordered,  10  Dec,  1794. 
[V,  207.] 

Henry  McKenney,  Jr.,   late  of  a  place    called    Seven   mile   brook. 

John  Cray,  of  Seven  mile  brook,  Adm'r,  6  June,  1793.  [V,  133-4. J 
Oliver  Wood,  of  Norridgewalk,  and  William  Cray,  of  Pownalborough, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Waugh,  of  Sandy  river,  Silas  Wood,  of 
Norridgewalk,  and  Jonathan  .\mes,  of  Seven  mile  brook,  ^246  :  10  :  2, 
to  which  Adm'r  adds  bricks  valued  at  ;^ii  :  3:  o.  [VI,  76-77.] 
Widow's  dower  set  off  by  James  Jones,  John  Hilton  and  John  Moore, 
Jr.,  all  of  Seven  mile  brook,  21  Aug.,  i797-  [VI,  236.]  Account 
filed  8  Sep.,  1797.     [VI,  236-7.] 

Anna  Bradbury,  of  Pownalborough,  widow,  tion  compos.  John 
Sevey,  of  Pownalborough,  guardian,  23  Jan,,  1793.  [V,  134- 
5.]  Inventory  by  Thomas  Rice,  Ebenezer  Whittier  and  Jeremiah 
Dalton,  all  of  Pownalborough,  12  Mar.,  1793,  jCa'2  :  8  :  o.  [V,  236- 
7.]      Wyman  Bradbury  Sevey,  of  Pownalborough.   guardian.    15    Mar., 

1796-      [VI,  '3:v] 

Samuel  Kennedy,  late  of  Newcastle.      Mary    Kennedy   declined  ad 
ministration,    15  Aug.,  1793.     Robert  Kennedy,  of  Newcastle,  Adm'r, 
16  Aug.,   1793.     [135-6.]       David   Kennedy,  of  Newcastle,  and  Briggs 
Turner,   of    Pownalborough,    sureties.     Inventory  by  Charles   Chase, 
Thomas  Cunningham  and  Abernathy  Cargill.  all  of  Newcastle.  13  Nov., 


LINCOLN   I'R<3BATE  RIXORIiS.  229 

I  793,  ;i{^i44  :  o  :  o.     [Unrecorded.] 

William  Kennedy,  late  of  Newcastle,  mariner.  Robert  Kennedy, 
of  Newcasde,  Adm'r,  16  Aug.,  1793.  [V,  136.]  David  Kennedy, 
of  Newcastle,  and  Briggs  Turner,  of  Pownalborough,  sureties. 
Sarah  Kennedy,  of  Newcastle,  widow,  Adm'x  de  bonis  non,  8  Dec, 
*795-  [VII,  209-210.]  Samuel  Kennedy  and  Thomas  Cunningham, 
both  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Charles  Chase,  Thomas 
Cunningham  and  Abernathy  Cargill,  all  of  Newcastle,  21  Dec,  1795, 
$267.33.  [VII,  210-211.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  28 
July,  1797.  [VIII,  49.]  Report  of  Samuel  Nickels  and  Charles 
Chase,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VIII,  50.]  Account  filed 
7  Jan.,  1 798,  at  which  dale  the  administratrix  had  become  the  wife 
of  Stephen  Jewett.  [VIII,  50.]  Distribution  ordered  15  Jan.,  1799. 
[VIII,  51.] 

Abraham  Whittemore,  Jr.,  late  of  Bowdoinham,  mariner.  Hez- 
ekiah  Purrinton,  of  Bowdoinham,  Adm'r,  8  May,  1793.  [V,  137.] 
Elihu  Getchel  and  James  Purrinton,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  George  Maxwell,  Stephen  Whitmore  and  George  Thomas, 
all  of  Bowdoinham,  14  May,  1793,  ^13  12:9.  [V,  196-7.]  Elihu 
Getchel  and  Stephen  Whitmore,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[V,  197.]     Distribution  of  estate  ordered  30  May,    1794.     [V,    199.] 

Benjamin  Thompson,  late  of  Topsham.  Rhoda  Thompson,  of 
Topsham,  widow,  Adm'x,  29  July,  1793.  [V,  137-8.]  Ezekiel 
Thompson,  of  Topsham,  and  Benjamin  Ham,  of  Bath,  sureties. 

Robert  Clarke,  late  of  Topsham.  Samuel  Thompson,  of  Topsham, 
Adm'r,  29  July,  1793.  [V,  138.]  Ezekiel  Thompson,  of  Topsham, 
and  Benjamin  Ham,  of  Bath,  sureties.  Elenor,  widow,  declined  ad- 
ministration 3  May,  1 79 1.  Samuel, oldest  son,  declined  administration 
18  Aug.,  1 79 1.  Inventory  by  John  Merrill,  Actor  Patten  and  James 
Wilson,  all  of  Topsham,  26    Mar.,   1794,  ^149:    19:9.      [VI,  239.] 

Jacob  Eaton,  late  of  a  place  called  Sandy-river.  Elizabeth 
Eaton,  of  Sandy-river,  widow,  .Adm'x,  15  Jan.,  1793.  [V,  139.] 
Supply  Belcher  and  John  French  Woods,  both  of  Sandy-river,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Robert  Gore,  William  Reed  and  Samuel  Sewall,  all  of 
Sandy  river,  ^617  :  2  :  ri.      [VI,  183-4.] 

Rachel,  reputed  daughter  of  Seth  Delano,  of  Winthrop,  chose  Abiel 
Walton,  of  Wintlirop,  to  be  her  guardian.  26  Oct.,  1793.  [V,  139- 
140.] 

Eoyes  Cooper  Jameson,   late  of  Warren,  a   minor.     Kaiey   Cox,  of 


230  LINCOLN  probata:  RECORDS. 

Warren,  widow  Adm'x,    17   Sep.,    1793.      [^»    ^4^']     Moses  Cope 
land  and  William  Bogs,  both  of  Warren,  sureties. 

Joseph  Decker,  late  of  Edgecomb,  mariner.  Sarah  Decker, 
of  Edgecomb,  widow,  Adm'x,  4  Jan.,  1793.  [^>  i4^-]  Moses 
Davis,  of  Edgecomb,  and  Ebenezer  Whittier  of  Pownalborough, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Francis  Cook  and  John  Huse,  both  of  Pow- 
nalborough, and  Ebenezer  Gove,  of  Edgecomb,  27  Mar.,  1793, 
^574:  2:9.  [V,  142.]  Francis  Cook,  of  Pownalborough,  and 
Barnabas  Sears,  of  Edgecomb,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[V,  225.]  Distribution  of  estate  26  Aug.,  1795.  [VI,  91  to  93.] 
Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Moses  Davis,  of  Edgecomb,  John  Huse  and 
Francis  Cook,  both  of  Pownalborough,  2  Jan.,  1795.  [VI,  127-8.] 
Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  18  Feb.,  1795.  [VI,  128.] 
Account  filed  28  May,  1795.     [V'l,  129-130.] 

Thomas  Bowers  Hurrup,  late  of  a  place  called  Barretts-town. 
Betsey  Hurrup,  of  Barretts-town,  widow,  Adm'x,  11  July,  1793. 
[V,  145.]  William  Thompson,  of  Thomaston,  and  John  Gordon,  Jr., 
of  Camden,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William  Hewitt,  John  Hilt  and 
Samuel  Bartlett,  all  of  Barrettstown,  7  Sep.,  1793.  ^217:  15:  5. 
[V,  146.]  William  Gregory  and  Peter  Ott,  both  of  Camden,  com- 
missioners to  examine  claims.  [V^,  222.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  t/ 
William  Hewitt  and  John  Hilt,  both  of  Barrettstown,  and  John  Mc- 
Kellar,  of  Gushing,  10  Oct.,  1793.  [V,  224.]  Advertisement  of  sale 
of  real  estate  23  Sep.,  1794.  [V,  224-5.]  Sale  of  reversion  of  wid- 
ow's dower  advertised  10  June,  1795;  account  filed  and  distribution 
ordered  10  Dec,  1795.     [VI,  109  to  m.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  I  William  Bogs  of  Warren  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  Yeoman, 
being  sick  and  weak  in  Body  but  of  perfect  Mind  and  Memory,  Thanks 
be  given  unto  GOD;  calling  to  Mind  the  Mortality  of  my  Body  and 
knowing  that  it  appointed  unto  all  Men  one  to  die  ;  do  make  and  or- 
dain 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  almighty 
God,  that  gave  it,  and  my  Body  I  recommend  unto  the  Earth,  to  be 
buried  in  decent  Christian  Burial,  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors, 
nothing  doubting  but  at  the  general  Resurrection,  I  shall  receive  the 
same  again  by  the  mighty  Power  of  God.  .'\nd  as  touching  such 
worldly  P-state  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  Life, 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  23 1 

I  give,  demise,  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  manner  and 
Form. 

Imprimis.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  dearly  beloved  Wife  Mary 
Bogs  the  improvement,  use  and  Occupation  of  one  third  part  of  all  my 
real  Estate  to  be  by  her  freely  used  and  enjoyed  during  her  natural 
Life;  together  with  one  third  pait  of  all  my  moveables  and  personal 
Estate  (after  the  Payment  of  my  just  Debts  and  Settlement  of  the  Es- 
tate) to  be  by  her  freely  possessed  and  enjoyed. 

Item.  I  give,  devise,  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Sons  and 
Daughters,  Joseph  Bogs,  Ephraim  Bogs,  Alexander  Bogs,  Isabel  Bogs, 
Lucy  Bogs,  and  Rachel  Bogs,  the  whole  of  my  Homestead,  with  the 
out  Meadows  thereunto  belonging  containing  One  Hundred  Acres  in 
the  whole,  with  the  House  Barn  and  other  Buildings  thereon,  to  be 
equally  divided  to  and  amongst  them,  or  their  legal  Representatives ; 
(but  the  Sons  respective  according  to  their  age  to  have  the  Right  of 
Redemption)  and  also  the  whole  of  my  personal  Estate,  not  herein 
otherwise  particularly  disposed  of,  to  be  equally  divided  to  and  amongst 
them  and  each  of  them 

Item.  I  give,  devise,  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  well  beloved  Sons 
Joseph,  Ephiaim  and  Alexander  all  my  out  Lands  and  other  real  Estate 
to  be  equally  divide  to  and  amongst  them,  and  each  of  them. 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  true  and  loving  Neice  Elizabeth 
Bogs,  one  Cow,  two  Sheep,  and  two  Lambs  to  be  levied  and  paid  for 
out  of  the  whole  of  my  Estate. 

My  further  Wills  that  my  Sons  Ephraim  and  Alexander,  and  my  said 
Daughter  Rachel  be  properly  taught  and  instructed  in  School  learning 
suitable  for  Persons  of  their  Station  to  be  paid  for  out  of  the  whole  of 
ray  Estate. 

I  do  likewise  constitute  make  and  ordain  my  said  dearly  beloved 
Wife,  together  with  my  said  Son  Joseph  Bogs  joint  Executors  of  this 
my  last  Will  and  Testament.  And  I  do  hereby  utterly  disallow  revoke 
and  disannul  all  and  every  other  former  Testaments,  Legacies,  Be- 
quests and  Executors  by  me  in  any  wise  before  named,  willed  and 
bequeathed ;  ratifying  confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  ^ViIt 
and  Testament. 

In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  Hand  and  Seal  this 
twentieth  Day  of  June  in  the  Year  of  our  LORD  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  ninety  two. 

William  Bogs  (seal) 


«32  LINCOLN  TROBATE  RFICORDS. 

Signed  sealed  published  pronounced 
and  declared  by  the  said  William 
Bogs  as  his  last  Will  and  Testament 
in  the  Presence  of  us 
William  Bogs  junr 
Robert  Bogs 
David  Fales 

Probated  i8  Sep.,  1792.  [V,  147-8] 
Moses  Copeland  and  Thomas  Kirkpatrick,  both  of  Warren,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  David  Fales,  of  Thomaston,  Thomas  Starret  and  John 
Watt,  both  of  Warren,  24  Oct.,  1792,^618  :  19  :  8,  to  which  executors 
added  debts  due  the  estate,  ^57  :  19  :  2.  [V,  239  to  241.]  Account 
filed,  13  Sep.,  1794.  [V,  241-2.]  P'.phraim,  minor  son,  chose  Thurs- 
ton Whiting,  of  Warren,  to  be  his  guardian,  1 1  Feb.,  1795.  [VI,  27.] 
Joseph  Bogs,  of  Warren,  guardian  unto  Alexander  and  Rachel,  minor 
children,  1 1  Feb.,  1795.  [VI,  28.]  Lucy,  minor  daughter,  chose 
William  Bogs,  of  Warren,  to  be  her  guardian,  11  Feb.,  1795.  [VI, 
29.]  Division  of  estate  by  Rufus  Crane,  Joseph  Copeland  and  Thom- 
as Kirkpatrick,  all  of  W'arren,  among  Joseph,  Ephraim  and  Alexander, 
sons  of  deceased,  accepted  17  Sep.,  179S.  [VIH,  51-52.]  .Account 
filed,  17  Sep.,  1798.     [VIII,  52-53.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen 

the  thirty  first  Day  of  December  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand 
Seven  Hundred  Ninety  &  two.  I  Robert  Sproul  of  Bristol  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  &  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Gentleman 
Being  Very  Sick  &  weak  in  Body  :  But  of  Perfect  mind  and  Memory  : 
thanks  be  given  unto  God,  therefore.  Calling  unto  mind  the  Mortallity 
of  my  Body,  and  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  Dye 
Do  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  will  &  testament  that  is  to  Say  first 
of  all  I  give  &  Recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  that  gave 
it ;  for  my  Body  I  Recommend  it  to  the  Earth,  to  Be  Buried  in  a 
Christian  Like  &  Decent  Manner  att  the  Descretion  of  my  Executors — 
and  as  touching  Such  worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  hath  Pleased  God  to 
Bless  me  in  this  Life,  I  give  Devise  &  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the  fol- 
lowing Manner  and  form — 

first:  it  is  my  will  &  1  Do  onler  :  that  all  my  just  Debts  and  fueral 
^barges,  be  Paid  &  Satisfy ed. — 

Item  I  give  &  Bequeath  unto  Sarah  My  Dearly  Beloved  wife  the 
Place  that  I  Now  Live  on  togeather  with  the  house  &  Barn  togcather 


LINa:)LN  PROBATE  RF.CORDS.  233 

with  all  my  Personal  Estate  During  her  widowhood  to  be  Dis-Possed  of 
in  Manner  followaring— I  Likewise  Constitute  &  appoint  Sarah  my  wife 
my  Sole  Exetor  &  Administratrix  of  this  my  Last  will  &  testament 
Item:    I  give  to  my  Beloved  Son  Robert  Sproul  five  Shillings  Lawful! 
money. 

Item     Catherine  Sproul  My  Daughter  I  give  five  Shillings. 
Item     I  give  to  my  Beloved  Son  William  Sproul  five  Shillings 
item     I  give  to  my  Beloved  Son  John  Sproul  five  Shillings. 
Item     I  give  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Margret  Clark  five  Shillings. 
Item     I  give  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Sarah  Sproul  one  Cow  &  one 
feather  bed  Bed  &  Beding  Sutable  for  a  Bed  att  her  marrage  if  not 
married  to  Paid  to  her  when  My  Son   James  Sproul  is  one  &  twenty 
years  of  age 

Item — I  give  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Jean  Sproul  the  Same  as  is  men- 
tioned to  my  Daughter  Sarah  Sproul  when  married  or  att  James  Sproul 
Being  one  &  twenty 

Item I  give  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Susanna  Sproul  the  Same  as  to 

the  above  mentioned  Sarah  &  Jean  Sproul  &  att  the  Same  time. 
Item,  I  give  to  my  Beloved  Son  Thomas  Sproul  the  whole  of  that 
Lot  of  Land  joyning  to  William  Sproul  my  Son  att  Orr  Meadow  and 
one  Pair  of  Steer  three  years  old  and  one  heflfer  of  three  years  old  al! 
the  above  to  Be  given  to  him  att  the  time  of  his  Being  one  &  twenty 
years  of  Age  to  him  &  his  heirs 

Item.  I  give  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Mary  Sproul  one  Cow  &  one 
Bed  &  Beding  att  marridge  or  att  James  Sproul  a  Riveing  to  the  years 
of  one  &  twenty  as  is  mentioned  to  Sarah,  Jean,  Susanna  &  Mary  all 
a  Like 

Item I  give  to  my  Beloved  Son  James  Sproul  the  Place  or  fairm  that  1 

now  Live  on  one  third  of  the  Place  att  his  comeing   of  Lawfull   age 

Viz one  &  twenty  &  the  other  two  third   to  his  mother  My  Beloved 

wife  During  hir  widowhood,  &  att  her  Disseas  to  him  the  Said  James 
to  have  the  whole  Place  to  him  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  Ever— that  is 
to  Say— if  the  above  Named  Sarah,  Jean,  Susanna  &  Mary  Should  Re- 
main Single  &  unmarried  att  the  Disseas  of  my  Beloved  wife  to  have 
three  Pounds  Lawfull  money  Paid  yearly  by  the  Said  James  or  his  heirs 
During  their  Remaining  Single  to  Each  or  ither  of  them  as  the  Case 

may  be. 

Ratifying  &  Confirming  this  &  no  other  to   be  my  Last  will  .^   lesie- 

nient  In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hi;reunto   Set  my  hand  and  Seal  the 


334  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Day  and  year  above  written. 

Robert  Sproul     (Seal) 
Signed  :     Sealed  :     Published.     Pronounced,  &  Declared  by  the  Said 
Robert  Sproul  as  his  Last  will  &  testament  in  the  Presence  of  us  the 
Subscribers  viz —     the  word,  hood,  Interlined  before  the  Signing 

hereof 
Thos.  Johnston 
Richd.  Meagher 
William  Mclntyer 

Probated  9  Sep.,  1793.     [V,  149-150.] 
Thomas  Johnston  and  William  Mclntyer,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties. 

Ezekiel  I^inscott,  son  of  John  Linscott,  late  of  a  place  called  Ball- 
town,  chose  John  Linscott,  of  Nobleboro,  to  be  his  guardian,  28  Aug., 
1793-     [V,  151-2] 

Edward  Young,  late  of  Bristol.  Jane  Young,  of  Bristol,  widow, 
Adm'x,  9  Sep.,  1793.  [V.  152-3.]  Lemuel  Doe  and  James  Young, 
Jr.,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Houston,  Thomas 
Johnston  and  William  Mclntyer,  all  of  Bristol,  6  Sep.,  1794,  ;i{^6o2  : 
14  :  I,  to  which  administrator  added  sundry  notes  of  hand,  ^55  :  10:6. 
[VI,  190-1.]  Inventory  by  Thomas  Johnston,  William  Mclntyer  and 
Henry  Fossat,  all  of  Bristol,  i  Dec,  1795,  jC^^  '■   ^3'    3-      [y^y  ^9^-1 

Gideon  Owen,  late  of  Topsham.  Jane,  widow,  Thomas  and  Hugh, 
oldest  sons,  desired  that  adm'n  be  granted  to  John,  third  son,  18  Oct., 
»793'  John  Owen,  of  Topsham,  Adm'r,  21  Oct.,  1793.  [V,  153-4.] 
William  Burke  and  Samuel  Winchcll,  both  of  Topsham,  sureties.  In- 
ventory of  real  estate  in  Portland,  Cumberland  County,  by  Thomas 
Bradbury,  Samuel  Butts  and  Joseph  McLellan,  all  of  Portland,  31  Oct., 
1793,^72:  10:0.  [VI,  176.]  Inventory  by  John  Patten,  James 
P'ulton  and  Joseph  Graves,  all  of  Topsham.     [VI,  177  to  178.] 

John  Gardiner,  lateof  Pownalborough.  John  Silvester  John  Gardiner, 
of  Boston,  Adm'r,  6  Jan.,  1794.  [V,  155.]  Robert  Hallowell,  of 
Boston,  and  William  Gardiner,  of  Pownalborough,  suieties.  Inventory 
by  Caleb  Blanchard,  Edward  Davis  and  John  Erving,  all  of  Boston,  1 1 
July,  1794,  ^1625  12:5.  [VII,  232-3.]  Inventory  by  James  Tup- 
per,  Jonathan  Reed  and  William  Patterson,  all  of  Pownall)orough,  5 
June,  1794,  ^3501  :  13  :  71^.      [VII,  234  to  238.] 

Consider  Thomas,  late  of  Topsham,  blacksmith.  Sarah,  widow, 
declined  administration  5  Sep.,  i  793.     F^zekiel Thompson,  of  Topsham, 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  335 

Adm'r,   6  Sep.,  i793-       [V,  156.]       James  Wilson,  of  Topsham,  and 
John  Herrick,  of  a  place  called  Lewiston,  sureties. 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.     I  James  Killsa  of  the  Town  of  Thorn- 
aston  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman  being  Very  Sick  and  weak  in 
Body  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  Almighty  God  that  gave 
it,  and  my  Body  I  Recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  Buried   in  decent 
Christian  Burial  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors :  Nothing  Doubting 
but  at  the  General  Resurrection  I  shall  receiv  the  Same   again   by  the 
mighty  Power  of  God  and  as  touching  Such  Worldly  Estate  where  with 
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  be- 
queath to  Lydia  Killsa  my  Dearly  beloved  Wife,  Whome  I  Constitute 
Make  and  ordain  the  Sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament, 
one  half  of  my  Possessions  Adjoining  to  Oliver  Robbins  to  gether  with 
the  Hous  and  Bam  there  on  by  hur  to  be  Possesed  and  Injoied  Dureing 
hur  Natural  Ufe,  and  at  hur  Desase  to  be  Eaqually  Dividded  Betwen  my 
Children  the  otherhalfto  be  Equally  Divided  betwen  my    Children  the 
Children  to  have  theire  Maintainanc  out  of  the  whole  place  untill  they 
Com  of  Age—  and   I  do  hereby  utterly  Disallow  Revoke  and  Dis- 
annul all  and  Every  Other   former  Testaments   wills  legacis   Bequest 
and  Executors  by  me  in  any  wise  before  Named  willed  and  bequeathed 
Ratifying  and  Confirming  this  and  No  Other  to  be   my    I^st   will  and 
Testament  in  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and    Seal 
this  the  twenty  third  Day  of  May  in  the  year  of  Our  I^rd  one  thousand 

seven  hundred  and  Ninty  two 

his 
James  X  Killsa   (seal) 
Mark 
Sighned  Sealed  published  pronounced 
and  Delivered  by  the  said  Killsa  as 
his  last  will  and  Testament  in  presents 
of  us  who  in  his  presents  and  in  the  presents 
of  Each  other  have  here  unto  Subscribed  our  Names 
Jacob  Keen 
Lavinia  I,ewis 
Elisha  Keen 


2^6  USCOl.fi  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

[Unrecorded.]  Exccutri.x  gave  notice 
of  her  ap[)oinlmcni  24  Mar.,  1 794.  Oliver  Robins  and  Benjamin 
Blackinton,  both  of  Thomaston,  sureties.  Inventory  by  David  Fales, 
Oliver  Robins  and  Benjamin  Blackinton,  aW  of  Thomaston,  22  Ap., 
»795>  .^254:  19:4.      [XIII,  380-1.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  the  Twentieth  Day  of  November  1787  i 
George  Varner  of  Waldoborough  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  State 
of  Massachusttas  Bay  in  Newengland  Yeoman  Being  Verey  Weake  and 
Low  in  Bodey  But  in  parfict  Mind  and  Memory  Thanks  be  given  unto 
God  Tharefor  Calling  unto  Mind  the  Mortalety  of  My  Body  and  know- 
ing that  it  is  apointed  for  all  Men  once  to  Die  Do  Make  and  ordain 
this  My  Last  VVill  and  Testament  That  is  to  Say  princalely  and  first  of 
all  I  give  and  Recomend  My  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  that  gave  it. 
and  My  Body  I  Recomend  unto  the  Earth  to  Be  Buried  in  Decant 
Cristeen  Bureal  at  the  Derection  of  My  Kxacuter  Nothing  Doubting 
But  at  the  General  Resurection  I  Shall  Resive  the  Same  again  By  the 
Mighty  power  of  God.  and  as  Touching  Such  worldly  Estate  whare- 
with  haiih  pleased  God  to  Bless  Me  in  this  Life  I  Give  Demise  and 
Dispose  of  in  the  following  Manner  and  Form  Viz  I  give  and  Bequath 
unto  S.'ulonev  Varner  My  l?cloved  wife  the  one  Third  of  the  use  or  in- 
com  of  My  Grist  Mill  and  Land  Now  posessed  By  Me  with  the  use  of 
one  third  parte  of  all  the  Cattle  Sheep  &  Hogs  and  all  other  Stock  with 
the  use  of  all  the  Buldings  and  Housald  Goods  During  her  Life — 
Item  I  give  and  Bequath  unto  My  Soninlaw  John  Kinsel  of  Walldow- 
borough  in  s'd  County  Whome  I  Likewis  Constetute  Make  and  ordain 
My  Sole  Exacutcr  of  this  My  Last  Will  and  Teslement  and  Daniel 
Achorn  of  the  Same  Town  and  County  My  Son  in  law  My  Grist  Mill 
and  all  and  Singalur  .My  Lands  and  Tenements  of  P>rey  kind  whatso- 
ever With  all  the  Cattle  &•  Stock  Housal  Goods  Moneys  and  Estat  of 
Evrey  kintl  whatsoever  By  Them  Equaly  to  Be  Devided  and  peacebaly 
to  Be  posessed  By  them  the  S'd  John  an  Daniel  their  Heirs  and  asigns 
Exepting  the  one  Third  of  the  use  of  the  Sevral  Things  above  Mention- 
ed to  My  Wife  During  her  Life  and  I  Do  hearby  uterly  Disalow  Revoke 
and  Disanul  all  and  Evry  other  former  Testament  Will  Legisey  and 
Bequaiths  and  Exacutors  By  Me  in  any  wise  Before  Named  Willed  and 
Bequaithed  Ratifying  and  Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  Be  My  I^st 
will  and  Testament,  in  Wittness  whareof  1  have  hearunto  Set  My  hand 
and  Seal  tin-  !  )?.\  and  year  above  Written 

Geortre  Varner 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RKCORl>j;.  237 

Signed  Sealed  published  1  (seal) 

and  Declared  and  pronounced  | 

By  the  S'd  George  Varnor  j- 

as  his  Last  Will  and  Testament  | 

in  the  preasence  of  us  the  Subscribers,    j 
John  Paine 
Thomas  Rhoads 
David  Vinall 

Probated  25  Ap.,  1794.  [VI,  2-3.] 
Joseph  Ludwig  and  Daniel  Eichhorn  both  of  Waldoboro,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Joseph  Ludwig,  Peter  Procht  and  John  Weaver,  all  of 
Waldoborough,  25  Ap.,  1794,  £^S9  :  9  :  i^-  [^L  -53-J  Account 
filed  19  Sep.,  1797.     [VI,  254.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  I  William  Foset  of  Bristol  in  the  County 
of  Lincoln  jun'r  being  weak  of  Body  but  of  Perfect  mind  and  memory 
Calling  to  mind  the  mortallity  of  ray  Body  knowing  it  is  ordained  for 
all  men  once  to  die  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  will  and  testa- 
ment Viz  I  give  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  allmighty  God  that  gave  it 
my  Body  I  Commit  to  the  earth  to  be  buried  in  decent  and  Christian 
burial  and  as  touching  such  worly  Estate  as  it  has  pleased  God  to 
Bless  me  with  I  give  and  bequeath  in  the  following  manner  Viz  I  give 
to  my  Sister  Mrs  Jenny  Gevin  the  Improvement  of  all  my  Estate  real 
and  Personal  during  her  life  after  my  Just  debts  and  P^uneral  Charges 
are  paid  Except  my  Bed  and  Beding  Which  I  Give  to  My  Neice  Ruth 
Foset  Daughter  to  Henry  Foset  Sen'r  and  my  young  mare  and  six 
sheep  which  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  Apprentice  boy  Henry  Light 
who  is  to  be  Decently  Cloathed  and  sent  to  his  mother  if  it  should 
pleas  almighty  God  to  call  me  out  of  this  world  before  he  becomes  of 
Age  and  all  my  Estate  as  aforesaid  after  my  Sisters  Decease  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  my  Nephew  Henry  Foset  son  to  my  Brother  Henry 
Foset  sen'r  I  also  appoint  William  Rogers  the  sole  Executor  of  this 
my  last  will  and  testament  and  it  is  further  my  Desire  that  a  pair  of  tomb 
stones  be  procured  and  set  up  at  my  grave  and  I  declare  this  and  no 
other  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Published  pronounced  and  Declared  by  the  said  William  Foset  to 
be  his  last  will  and  testament  in  the  Presence  of  us  this  fourteenth  day 
of  Sep'r  1793 

Robert  Randall  N.  B.  the  words  all-sen' r- and  pleas 

AlexrFossett  Jun'r  were  interlined  before   the    signing 

James  SprouU  hereof 


238  UNCOI-N  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

his 
\S  illiam  U  Fosei        (seal) 
mark 
Probated  25  Ap.,  1794.     [VI,  4-5.] 
William  Rodgers  renounced  executorship  10  Mar.,    1794-     [VI,    5-6.] 
Henr>-  Fossat,  of  Bristol,  Adm'r  with  will  annexed,  25  Ap.,  i  794.      [VI, 
6.]      Robert  Randall  and  Alexander  Fossett,  both  of  Bristol,   sureties. 
Inventory  by  Robert  Randall,  Robert  Oiven  and  James   Sproul,   all  of 
Bristol,  4  July,  1794,  ;^  200  :  1:2 

I  give  to  my  wife  the  income  of  the  Sloop  till  she  thinks  best  to  Sell 
her  and  then  to  be  Devided  between  her  and  the  Children  as  the  rest 
of  my  Estate  likewise  one  Hundred  Dollars  in  Cash.  Likewise  I  give 
to  Polly  Haupt  Fifty  Dollars  and  Thomas  Waterman  Fifty  Dollars  and 
Deborah  Waterman  Fifty  Dollars,  and  I  likewise  give  to  my  Sister 
Sarah  Simmons  a  Note  of  Hand  against  my  Brother  Stephen  for 
Twenty  four  Pounds.  I  Likewise  give  the  Income  of  my  Place  to  ray 
wife  and  Children  one  third  to  my  wife  and  the  other  two  thirds  to  my 
Children  till  they  come  of  age  and  then  to  be  Eaqualy  Devided  be- 
tween them  after  the  Charges  and  Debts  are  paid.  J  likewise  give 
the  Debts  due  to  me  to  my  wife  and  Children  to  be  Eaqualy  Devided 
between  them  Except  the  Note  of  Hand  and  the  Other  Lega- 
cies that  I  have  bequeathed  above  Likewise  I  would  give 
Thomas  Waterman  my  part  of  the  Timber  that  I  own  in  a 
Vessel  frame  but  not  as  a  gift  but  for  him  to  have  the  Refusal  of  it 
towards  what  I  owe  him  ;  Likewise  I  give  my  Mare  to  my  wife  to  be 
Disposed  of  according  to  her  Desire  exclusive  of  what  I  have  above 
given  .And  all  the  Rest  I  have  not  Mentioned  to  my  wife  and  Children 
to  be  Divided  Eaqualy  between  them ;  Likewise  appoint  my  Brother 
Stephen  Simmons  Thomas  Waterman  and  my  Brother  Joseph  Simmons 
Exicutors  to  this  my  will 

In  presence  of  Zebedee  Simmons 

Ezekiel  G.  Dodge  Given  under  my  hand  and 

Robt.  Farnsworth  seal  this  Sixteenth  Day  of  October 

in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  one  ThousandSeven  Hundred  and  Ninetythree 
I  Likewise  appointe  my  wife  Gaurdein  to  my  Children  till  Thomas  Wat- 
erman comes  of  Age  and  then  I  appoint  him  their  Guardian 

Probated  25  Ap.,  1794.  Letters  testamentary  issued  to  Stephen 
Simmons  and  Joseph  Simmons,  both  of  Waldoborough,  25  Ap.,  1794. 
[VI,  7  to    9.]      Mary    Simmons,  of  Waldoborough,    widow,   guardian 


UNCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  239 

unto  Zebedee,  minor  son,  26  Ap.,  1794.  [VI,  26.]  Invcniory  by 
William  Farnsworth,  Peleg  Oldham  and  Nathaniel  Pitcher,  all  of  Wal- 
doborough.  [VI,  161  to  165.]  Account  filed  25  June,  1806.  [XI, 
213-214.] 

John  Potter,  late  of  Georgetown.  Sarah  Potter,  of  Georgetown,  wid- 
ow, Adm'x,  13  Feb.,  1794.  [VI,  10,]  Benjamin  Pattee,  of  Georgetown, 
and  Samuel  Stinson,  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Charles 
Couilliard  and  William  Lee,  Jr.,  both  of  Georgetown,  and  David  Gil- 
more,  of  Woolwich,  I  May,  1794,  ^i8t  :  7  =  4-  [VI,  158.]  Samuel 
Stinson  and  David  Gilmore,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  Account 
filed  31  May,  1796.  [VI.  160.]  Advertisement  of  real  estate,  1796. 
[VIII,  45.]  Account  filed  7  Sep.,  1798.  [VIII,  46.]  Widow's 
dower  set  off  by  David  Gilmore,  Denny  McCobb  and  John  Fisher,  23 
July,  1798.     [Unrecorded.] 

In  the  name  of  God  amen  This  the  loth  day  of  February  Anno 
Domini  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  Ninety  fore  I  John  White 
of  George  Town  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Gentleman  being  in  perfict 
sound  mind  and  memory  thanks  be  given  unto  God,  tharefore  Calling 
to  mind  the  Mortality  of  my  body  and  knowing  that  it  is  Appointed 
for  all  men  once  to  dy,  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  Will  and 
Testament  that  is  to  say  principally  and  first  of  all  I  give  and  recom- 
mend my  soul  into  the  hands  of  God  who  gave  it,  and  my  body  I 
recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  a  deasont  mannor,  not  doubt- 
ing but  at  the  General  Reserrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by 
the  mighty  powr  of  God,  And  as  touching  such  worldly  Interest 
wharewith  it  has  pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  life  I  do  make  and 
ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner  Following  Vz 

Firstly  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  wife  Abigal  W'hite  one  third 
part  of  all  my  real  and  parsonal  Estate  with  the  improvement  of  my 
homestead  farm  during  hir  natrol  life  for  the  Suppoart  and  bringing  up 
the  young  childriii  or  untill  the  youngist  Surviving  Mail  Heir  Shall 
arive  to  the  Age  of  twenty  one  Years  when  said  Estate  shall  be  divided 
as  is  hereaftor  divised. 

Sec'dly  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Son  John  White  the  East- 
rin  end  of  Lot  No  1 1  it  beeing  the  northrinpart  of  my  Land  to  Contain 
forty  Acres  and  likewise  a  Lot  of  Marsh  lying  in  Joneses  Marsh  so  col'd 
it  being  Lot  No  18  Containing  fore  acres  all  which  is  to  be  Sot  of  to 
him  for  to  improve  when  he  Shall  Arive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  Years 
as  a  Considaration  for  his  Attention  and  Obediance  to  me  and  assisting 


J40  t,IN'C:OI,-\'  PROBATE  RI-:a)RI)S. 

his  good  sepmotlior  in  bringing  up  the  family  and  improving  the  farm 
aftor  my  decease. 

thirdly  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  two  beloved  eldest  daiightors  to 
wit,  Rachel  Drummand  and  Jane  Fisher  one  Cow  each  to  be  paid  by 
my  Executors  within  twelve  months  aftor  my  deceas. 
Forthly  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  othor  beloved  daughtors  to  Wit 
Anmoriah  White  Margrat  White  Mary  White  Elisabeath  White  and 
Susanah  White  to  be  paid  or  delivered  unto  Each  one  when  married 
or  arving  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years,  one  good  Cow  to  be  paid  by 
my  Executors  out  of  my  Estate. 

Fifthly  I  give  and  bequeath  all  my  Real  Estate  to  be  eaqueally  divided 
betwen  ray  beloved  surviving  Sous  to  Wit  John  White,  Jam's  White 
and  William  White  when  they  shall  arive  to  the  age  of  twnty  one 
years  or  to  aney  one  of  them  surviving  and  thair  Heirs  and  Assigns  for 
eavour  including  what  has  been  sot  of  to  John  White  which  Shall  be 
considred  as  a  part  of  his  Share 

Sixthly  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  wife  Abigal  during  hir 
nartol  life  all  and  the  remaindor  of  my  personal  Estate  aftor  debts  and 
leagasies  is  paid  and  Necessary  Charges  for  the  Suppoart  of  the  family 
and  at  the  deceas  of  my  beloved  Wife  Abigal  if  my  Youngist  Surviv- 
ing Child  Should  have  arived  to  the  Age  of  twnty  one  Years  by 
that  time  the  remainder  of  said  personal  Estate  that  may  be  found 
Shall  be  divided  among  my  beloved  above  named  Children. 
Lastly  I  Will  and  ordain  my  beloved  Wife  Abigal  White  and  my  Es- 
temed  Neafew  Denny  McCobb  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and 
Testament  In  witness  whareof  I  have  here  unto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal 
the  tenth  day  of  February  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  sevin 
hundread  and  ninety  fore 

F"ebniary  lo  AD  1794  Then  John  White  the  within  named  Testator 
signed  seald  published  and  declared  the  within  writting  Instroment  as 
and  for  his  last  will  and  Testament  in  presence  of  us  the  Subscribers 
Witnesses  who  in  presence  of  the  said  testator  and  of  each  othor  at  his 
request  saw  and  heard  him  the  said  testator  signe  scale  publish  and 
declare  the  same  Instroment  as  and  for  his  last  Will  and  Testament 
In  mannor  afore  said  In  witness  whareof  we  have  here  unto  set  our 
hands  the  day  and  Year  aforesaid 

Joseph  Preble  John  White 

Benjamin  Swetl 

Ann  Drummond 


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Probated  30  May,  1794.  [VI,  11  to  13.]  William  Butler  and 
Charles  Couillard,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Ben- 
jamin Svvett,  Benjamin  Pattee  and  John  Fisher,  all  of  Georgetown,  15 
Aug.,  1794,  ^615  :  17  :  6.  [VI,  225-6.]  Account  filed  31  May, 
1796.      [VI,  226-7.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  I  Samuel  McCobb  of  Georgetown  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  Esq.,  being  sound  in  mind  and  memory  :  but  call- 
ing to  mind  the  uncertainty  of  all  human  events  and  more  especially 
the  fleeting  and  transitory  life  of  Man ;  as  touching  the  worldly  prop- 
erty wherewith  God  has  been  pleased  to  bless  me,  I  do  make  and 
ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner  following  Vizt. 
Imprimis.  I  give  bequeath  and  devise  to  my  beloved  Son  Parker 
McCobb  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever  a  certain  Island  near  the  entrance 
of  Kennebec  River,  commonly  called  Stage  Island,  with  the  Previledges 
and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging 

Secondly.  I  will  and  ordain  that  my  beloved  Wife  Rachell  shall  have 
the  sole  use  and  improvement  of  the  said  Island  to  her  own  use  and 
benefit,  untill  the  said  Parker  McCobb  shall  have  attained  the  age  of 
twenty  one  years,  in  case  my  said  Wife  shall  so  long  live. 
Thirdly.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  faithful  servant  Peter  Cary  one 
Pair  of  Steers  and  one  pair  of  Heifars  to  be  paid  and  delivered  to  him 
by  my  Executors  hereafter-named,  when  he  shall  have  attained  the  age 
of  twentyone  years,  provided  the  said  Peter  shall  in  the  meantime  live 
with  and  faithfully  serve  in  the  capacity  of  a  servant,  my  said  beloved 
Wife  in  case  she  shall  so  long  live. 

Fourthly.  I  bequeath  and  devise  to  my  said  beloved  Wife  her  Heirs 
and  Assigns  forever,  all  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  Estate  both  real  and 
personal,  wherever  the  same  may  be  found  at  the  time  of  my  decease. 
Lastly.  I  will  and  ordain  my  beloved  Wife  Rachell  McCobb,  my  much 
esteemed  Friend  William  Lithgow  Jun'r  and  my  beloved  Son  Denny 
McCobb,  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament.  In  Witness 
whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  seventeenth  day  of 
March  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  Ninety 
one. 

Saml.  McCobb  (seal) 

March  17th  1791  then  Samuel  McCobb  Esq'r  the  within  named 
Testator  signed  sealed  published  and  declared  the  within  within  written 
Instrument  as  and  for  his  last  Will  and  Testament,  in  presence  of  us  the 
subscribing  Witnesses  who  in  the  presence  of  the  said  Testator  and  of 

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242  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

each  Other  at  his  request,  saw  and  heared  him  the  said  Testator  sign 
seal  pubUsh  and  declare  the  same  Instrument  as  and  for  his  last  Will 
and  Testament  in  manner  aforesaid.      In   Witness   whereof  we    have 
hereunto  set  our  hands  the  day  and  year  aforesaid 
Saml.  Howard 
Jas.  Davidson 
Charlotte  Lithgow 
Mary  Lithgow 

I  the  before  named  Samuel  McCobb  being  weak  in  body  but  of  per- 
fect mind  and  sound  memory  do  make  and  publish  this  present  writing 
as  a  Codicil  to  the  before  mentioned  last  Will  and  Testament  in  man- 
ner following  Vizt.  I  will  and  ordain  that  each  of  my  children  towit 
Denny  McCobb,  Beatrice  McCobb,  Rachell  McCobb,  John  McCobb, 
Jenny  McCobb,  Sally  McCobb,  and  Nancy  McCobb  shall  each  of 
them  be  paid  by  my  Executors  the  sum  of  five  shillings  after  my  de- 
cease. In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the 
twenty  sixth  day  of  July  Anno  Domini  1791. 

Sam.  McCobb  (seal) 

July  26th  1 79 1  then  the  above  named  Samuel  McCobb  signed  sealed 
published  and  declared  the  writing  last  above  mentioned  as  and  for  a 
Codicil  to  his  last  Will  and  Testament  aforesaid  in  presence  of  us  the 
subscribing  Witnesses  who  in  presence  of  the  said  Testator  and  of  each 
other   at   his   request   saw  and  heared  him  the  said  Testator  sign  seal 
pubUsh  and  declare  the  same  writing  as  and  for  his  Codicil  to  the  said 
last  Will  and  Testament     In  Witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  set  our 
hands  the  twentysixth  day  of  July  Anno  Domini  i  791 
Benjn  Pattee 
Anna  McCobb 
Isabel  Cartter 

Probated  iS  Ap.,  1793.  [VI,  14-15-]  William  Lithgow,  Jr.,  re- 
nounced executorship.  Inventory  by  Benjamin  Pattee,  William  Butler 
and  Charles  Couillard,  all  of  Georgetown,  30  Ap.,  1793.  [VII,  57 
to  59-] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen  I  Joseph  Johnson  of  Winthrop  In  the 
County  of  Lincoln  &  Common  wealth  of  Massachusets  Tanner  Being 
of  a  Sound  &  Peesfull  Mind  &  Memmory  But  Calling  To  mind  the 
Mortallety  of  My  Boddy  Do  Make  and  ordain  this  My  Last  will  & 
Testament  hereby  Recomending  My  Soul  to  God  who  Gave  it  and  My 


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243 


Boddy  to  the  Earth  from  whence  it  Came  to  be  buryed  in  Such  Decent 
Christain  Manner  as  My  Executers  hereafter  named  Shall  think  propper 
and  as  to  Such  worldy  Estate  as  it  hath  Pleesed  God  to  bless  me  with 
in  this  Life  I  Do  Give  Devise  &  Despose  of  the  Same  in  the  following 
Manner  Viz — 

Impri?nis  My  will  is  that  My  Just  Debts  Legacies  &  funeral  Charges 
be  paid  &  Descharged  by  My  Sons  Joshua  Johnson  &  Joseph  Johnson 
out  of  what  I  Shall  give  them  of  My  Estate  in  this  My  Last  will  & 
Testament. 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  My  wife  Dinah  Johnson  all  the  house- 
hold Stuff  She  brought  me  when  I  married  her  allso  two  Cowes  &  one 
year  old  heffer  &  five  Sheep  all  the  above  articles  are  to  be  at  her 
Desposel  the  hoi  of  the  articels  following  are  to  be  for  My  Said  wife  for 
her  Comfortable  Support  &  Convenyense  &  for  keeping  what  Stok  She 
has  to  keep  Duerring  the  time  of  her  Remaning  My  widow. 
Item  I  give  and  Bequeeath  to  My  wife  afore  Said  the  use  of  a  parte 
of  My  hom  place  to  be  twenty  Six  Rods  in  wedth  from  end  to  End  of 
My  said  Land  leving  Eight  Rods  in  wedth  out  of  what  I  bought  of 
Robert  Page  Esqr  on  th  Southerly  Side  of  Said  Land  with  one  thord  of 
My  orchard  &  half  of  My  Dwelling  house  I  now  Live  in  with  one 
quarter  of  My  oldest  Barn  &  one  half  of  My  Corn  house  with  all  My 
hogghouse  &  well  my  children  to  have  the  use  threof  allso  allso  Leving 
out  of  fore  Said  Land  half  an  acor  for  Joshua  for  Convenyency  for  the 
tan  yard  &  barke  house  &  Drift  way  to  the  Same  I  allso  give  to  My 
wife  afore  Said  the  use  of  My  hors  one  thord  of  the  time  She  peeping 
the  the  hors  the  Same  part  of  time  allso  301b  of  SoUather  &  one 
Side  of  neets  upperlather  &  four  Midlin  Calf  Skins  Curied  allso  ten 
Pound  of  Sheeps  vvoll  &  ylb  of  old  flax  allso  provisons  of  all  Sorts  for 
her  Self  &  the  keepin  of  the  Creters  until  Such  times  as  She  can  have 
the  first  Crop  off  her  own  Emproved  Land,  allso  the  use  of  Every  par- 
ttecelr  artacel  housold  Stuf  that  She  has  not  of  her  own  as  May  aper 
by  her  &  my  agrement  My  Clock  &  grate  Bibel  is  to  be  kept  in  this 
My  Dwellin  house  During  the  above  term  of  time  the  above  Leather 
woll  &  flax  is  to  be  Recevid  by  My  wife  Emedetly  after  my  Desese 
oute  of  what  I  Leve  I  allso  give  to  My  afore  Said  wife  30  pounds  L 
Money  to  be  paid  to  her  by  My  Son  Joshua  Johnson  for  her  Support 
when  She  Stands  in  need  of  the  Same  In  Stock  or  Corn  or  grain 

I  give  and  Bequeath  to  My  Daughter   Elizabath    Lyford    the    Im- 
provement of  a  pece  of  Land  Eleven  Rods  in  wedth  from  End  to  End 


244  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

on  the  notherly  Side  of  the  Land  My  wife  is  to  Improve  &  one  quarter 
of  My  orchard  for  the  Support  of  her  Self  and  Childrin  So  Long  as 
Shee  Remains  OUver  Lyfords  widow  also  one  quarter  of  My  oldest  barn 
I  allso  I  give  My  fore  Said  Daughter  one  Cow  &  two  Sheep  Shee  to  have 
Said  Cow  &  Sheep  out  of  what  I  Shall  Leve  Emedatly  after  My  De- 
sece  &  to  have  them  well  kept  until  Shee  can  have  keeping  of  her 
own  Said  Cow  &  Sheep  are  to  be  at  her  Desposal  the  above  Land  & 
barn  after  she  Marries  or  Dies  I  give  and  bequeeath  to  her  &  her  heirs 
for  Ever 

I  Give  &  Bequeath  to  my  Son  Joshua  Johnson  the  hoi  of  the  Land  I 
bought  of  Joseph  Greely  Jur  which  he  had  of  Henry  Wyman  with 
the  house  on  the  Same  &  a  barn  frame  with  all  the  Pertickerals  which 
I  have  provided  to  finish  Said  Barn  allso  I  give  Said  Joshua  Eight  Rods 
of  Land  in  wedth  on  the  Sotherly  side  of  what  My  wife  is  to  Improve 
&  the  hoi  Length  of  the  Land  I  bought  of  Robert  Page  Esqr  allso  My 
Barke  house  barke  Ston  &  Tanyard  with  the  hoi  of  My  Stock  in  Trade 
allso  all  My  Tools  for  farming  &  Trade  one  half  of  My  Book  Debts  & 
half  My  Noats  of  hand  one  Ster  Calf  half  the  Remainder  of  My  Sheep 
one  yearling  hefer  the  hoi  of  the  above  perteckelrs  I  Give  to  My  Son 
Joshua  Johnson  his  heirs  &  assigns  for  Ever 

My  Son  Joshua  Johnson  is  to  pay  Benjamin  Dudley  Sexty  pounds  L  M 
and  to  My  wife  30  pounds  L  M  as  hertofore  Spessiphied  also  30  lb  of 
Sollather  &  one  Side  of  nets  upperlather  &  four  midling  Calf  Skins 
Curried 

I  Give  &  Bequeath  to  My  Son  Joseph  Johnson  his  heirs  and  assigns 
for  Ever  the  Remainder  of  My  Land  which  I  bouht  of  Robert  Page 
Esqr  not  heretofore  Dessposed  of  Lyeng  one  the  Notherly  Side  of  what 
My  Daugter  Elizabeth  is  to  Emprove  being  about  thirty  three  Rods 
in  wedth  and  the  hoi  Length  of  foreSaid  Land  with  that  part  of  My 
ochard  not  here  to  fore  Dessposed  of  allso  one  half  of  My  oldes  Bam 
&  one  half  of  My  Corn  house  &  half  of  My  Book  Debts  allso  one  half 
of  My  Notes  of  hand  and  I  give  to  My  foersaid  Son  Joseph  as  afore 
Said  one  two  year  old  hefer  givin  Melk  and  two  oxon  Six  year  old  and 
two  thords  of  My  hors  Joshua  having  Said  hors  to  Grind  what  barke 
he  Shall  have  need  of  for  two  year  Joshuas  keepin  Said  hors  a  proper 
Space  of  time  allso  My  Clock  after  his  Mother  has  Don  with  it  &  two 
Sheep  &  two  one  year  old  Steers  Joshua  Johnson  is  to  have  So  much 
out  of  Josephs  Imprved  Land  as  to  make  his  Eqel  to  Josephs  untel  he 
Shall  have  as  much  Clerd  Land  Joseph  has  when  thay  first  take  pos- 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  245 

seshon  of  fore  Said  Land  My  Son  Joseph  Johnson  is  to  pay  the  Re- 
mainder of  the  Debt  Due  to  Benjamin  Dudley  which  Joshua  is  not  to 
pay 

I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  My  Son  Levi  Johnson  his  heirs  and  assigns 
for  Ever  one  half  of  My  Land  in  Hollowell  in  fore  Said  County  joining 
on  kenebeck  River  to  be  the  hoi  Length  &  half  the  wedth  one  the 
notherly  Side  of  Said  Land  to  be  put  in  possesson  of  the  Same  at 
twenty  one  years  of  age  also  I  give  My  Said  Son  Levi  one  Cow  &  two 
Stears  Coming  in  three  years  old  and  three  Sheep  to  be  Delivered  to 
him  in  two  years  after  my  Deceas  by  My  Son  Joshua 
I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  Son  EHsha  Johnson  his  heirs  and  assigns 
for  Ever  the  other  part  of  My  Land  in  Hollowell  afore  Said  to  be  one 
half  of  the  wedth  &  hoi  Length  of  Said  Land  on  the  Sotherly  Side  to 
be  put  in  possesshon  of  the  Same  at  twenty  one  years  of  age  also  I  give 
to  my  Said  Son  Elisha  one  Cow  and  two  Steers  Coming  In  three  years 
of  age  &  three  Sheep  to  be  Delivered  to  him  in  Six  Months  after 
twenty  one  years  of  age  by  My  Son  Joshua 

I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  My  Daughter  Mary  Lyford  &  Nathaniel  Lyford 
her  husband  ten  Dollars  to  be  paid  in  neet  Stoock  or  Corn  or  grain  in 
one  year  after  My  Desece  also  I  give  to  the  Said  Nathanil  Lyford 
Aand  Maiy  Lyford  twenty  two  pounds  ten  Shillings  L  M  to  be  paid  by 
My  Son  Joseph  Johnson  in  neet  Live  Stock  or  grain  or  Corn  Stoock 
after  the  the  Rate  of  Corn  at  fou  Shillings  pr  bushel  if  in  Corn  or  grain 
the  Same  Rate  in  Eightteen  Months  after  my  Desece  to  be  Laid  out  in 
buying  good  unclered  Land  Land  whaer  it  Shall  Sute  them  best  Said 
Joseph  Johnson  is  to  pay  the  hoi  of  afoore  Said  ten  Dollars  &  twenty 
two  pounds  L  M  to  whomsoever  Said  Land  Shall  be  purchesed  of  and 
to  Receve  a  Deed  in  the  following  Manner  first  to  the  afore  Said  Na- 
thaniel &  Mary  for  their  use  in  Improving  the  Same  for  their  Suport 
During  Life  then  to  My  grand  Son  Joseph  Lyford  Son  of  Nathaniel  & 
Mary  to  him  andhis  heirs  &  assigns  for  Ever. 

I  give  &  Bequeath  to  My  Daughter  Bath  Shebe  Morrill  ten  Dollars  to 
be  paid  by  My  Son  Joseph  Johnson  in  neet  Live  Stock  or  Corn  or 
grain  after  the  Rate  of  Corn  at  four  Shillings  pr  bushel  in  two  years 
after  My  Desece 

I  give  &  Bequeath  to  the  Congrigashonal  Church  of  Christ  in  Win- 
throp  In  fore  Said  County  two  Selver  Cups  Equel  to  two  pounds  Eight 
ShilUngs  L  M  for  Each  Cup  or  Ef  the  Church  Chueses  the  hoi  to  be 
in  one  Cup  thay  are  to  Let  It  be  knone  these  Cups  or  Cup  are  to  be 


246  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

bougt  by  My  Son  Joseph  oiite  of  the  Money  Due  from  Capt   James 

Robinson  of  Brintwood   in  New  Hampshir  and  Delevered  to  the  fore 

Said  Church  Commety  in  one  year  after  My  Desece  by  my  Son  Joseph 

Johnson  to  be  Said  Churches  for  Ever 

My  Will  is  that  My  thre  f ether  Bedds  with  the  hoi  Belongin  to  Said 

Beds  with  all  My  Real  &  personal  Estate  not  herein    Dsposed  of  to- 

geather  with  what  My  widow  Shall  Leve  to  My    Childrin  be  Devided 

EquiLy  Betwen  My  four  Sons  Exsept  thirty  pound  L  M  to  be  paid   to 

My  Daughter  BathShebe  Morril  to  be  hers  &  her  heirs  for  Ever 

finally  I  Do  Constitute  ordain  &  apoint  My  Son  Joshua  Johnson  &  My  Son 

Joseph  Johnson  Sol  Executers  of  this  My  Last  will   &  Testament 

In  witness  whereof  I  Do  hereunto  Set  my  hand  &  Seal  this  thirt  Day  of 

]u\y  Anno  Domifii  1790. 

Signed  Sealed  and  published  and 

Deeclared  by  the  fore  Said 

Joseph  Johnson  to  be  his  Last  will  & 

Testament  in  Presence  of 

Levi  Morrill 

Henry  Wyman  Joseph  Johnson     (seal) 

Robert  Page 

Probated  4  Nov.,  1794. 
Joseph  Johnson  renounced  executorship  ;  letters  testamentary  issued 
to  Joshua  Johnson,  of  Reedfield,  4  Nov.,  1794.  [VI,  17  to  21.]  In- 
ventory by  Robert  Page,  of  Reedfield,  Jedediah  Prescott  and  Nathan- 
iel Fairbanks,  both  of  Winthrop,  10  Jan.,  1795.  [VI,  171  to  173.] 
Widow's  dowpr  set  off"  by  Robert  Page,  Henry  Wyman  and  Ichabod 
Simmons,  all  of  Readfield,  1795.  [VI,  174.]  Account  filed  19  Jan., 
1796.      [VI,  174  to  176.] 

In  The  Name  of  Holy  Thrinety  Father 
uog  and  Holy  Ghost. — 
Know  all  men  by  these  Presents  that  I  John  Martin  Shaffer  of  a  Place 
called  Broad  Bay  with  out  the  bounds  of  any  Town  but  in  the  County 
of  Lincoln  and  Provinz  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  E^ngland 
Clarke  am  and  be  in  Right,  full  and  Good  Senses  and  State  of  Health 
and  being  resolved  to  go  to  Europa  to  Germany  my  Native  Country, 
and  not  Knowing  when  it  shall  please  my  Creator  to  call  me  out  of  this 
World  I  therefore  make  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  disannulling 
all  former  Wills  and  Testaments  or  other  Writings  of  any  Kind  of  the 
like,  Onely  acknowledge  this  to  be  my  onely  and  last  Will  to  be  obser\ed 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  247 

First.  I  Committ  my  Soul  in  to  the  Hands  of  Allmighty  God  and 
Crave  His  mercies  and  forgiveness. 

Secondly  I  Conaitt  unto  the  Allmightys  Protection  my  Wife  Margett  and 
my  Daughter  Mary  which  both  I  hereby  Declare  acknowledge  Order 
and  Appoint  to  be  my  onely  and  Lavvfull  Heirs  to  my  Estate  or  Es- 
tates real  or  personall  it  may  be  or  have  Name  what  so  ever  and  Order 
them  hereby  to  administer  to  the  same  after  my  decease  jointly  and 
them  to  Devide  all  and  every  Estat's  Effects,  Goods  and  Things  what- 
soever equally  amongst  them,  (Except  the  Bed  which  I  intirely  be- 
queathe to  the  Said  Margett  my  Wife  for  her  Sole  Use  and  Propperty 
In  Witness  that  this  is  my  true,  firm  and  Last  Will  and  Testament  to 
be  observed,  have  hereunto  Sett  my  Hand  and  Seal  this  Sixth  Day  of 
August  Anno  Domini  one  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty  Seven 
and  in  the  Seventh  Year  of  His  Majestys  Reign. 

John  Martin  Schaeffer     (seal) 
Signed  Sealed  &  Delivred 

in  the  presence  of 
Chars.  Leissner 
Andrew  Storer 

Miller 

Lincoln  sc.  Broad  Bay  August  6th  1767  Then  the  Revd  John  Martin 
Schaeffer  above  named  appearing  personally  Acknowledged  published 
pronounced  and  Declared  the  above  written  Instrument  to  be  his  last 
Will  and  Testament. 

Coram  David  YdX^^  Just  Pads. 
Probated  13  Sep.,  1794.  [VI,  21-22.] 
Margaret  Schaeffer  renounced  executorship  1 3  Sep.,  1794,  and  Mary 
Schaeffer  being  dead,  Moses  Copeland,  of  Warren,  was  appointed 
kdiVL\\  cum  testajuento  annexo,  13  Sep.,  1794.  [VI,  23.]  Daniel 
Dunbar,  of  Warren,  and  Marlboro  Packard,  of  Gushing,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  Patrick  Pepbles,  Benjamin  ^Vebb  and  John  Spear,  all  of 
Warren,  II  July,  1795,  £(>^(i  :  2  :  w .  [VI,  154  to  157.]  Account 
filed  I  Nov.,  1800.      [VIII,  236.] 

Edward  Emerson,  late  of  Edgecomb.  Elizabeth  Emerson,  of  Edge- 
comb,  widow,  Adm'x,  6  May,  1794.  [VI,  24.]  John  Murray  and 
John  Emerson,  both  of  Boothbay,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas 
Boyd  and  John  Leishman,  both  of  Boothbay,  and  Daniel  Webster,  of 
Edgecomb,  2  Jan.,  1795.  [VI,  146.]  Edward  Emerson,  of  Edge- 
comb,  Adm'r  de  bonis  non,  11  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  170-1.]  John 
Murray  and  John  Emerson,  sureties. 


248  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

John  Searles,  Junior,  late  of  Hallowell,  mariner,  son  of  John  Searl, 
of  Winslow,  who  dedined  administration.  Samuel  Metcalf,  of  Hallow- 
ell, trader,  Adm'r,  2  Jan.,  1795.  [VI,  25.]  Joseph  Smith  and  Sam- 
uel Lovejoy,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties. 

Stephen  Simmons,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Betsey  Simmons,  of  Wal- 
doborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  11  Feb.,  1795.  [y^>  3°-]  Inventory  by 
Jacob  Ludwig,  Peleg  Oldham  and  Nathaniel  Pitcher,  all  of  Waldobo- 
rough, 20  Feb.,  1795,  ;^iio:  5  :  6.  [VI,  169-170.]  Abigail,  minor 
daughter,  chose  Spooner  Sprague,  of  Waldoborough,  to  be  her  guardi- 
an 20  Sep.,  1796.  [VII,  53-54.]  Joseph  Simmons,  of  Waldoborough, 
guardian  unto  Peabody,  Stephen  and  Urainy  Sprague,  minor  children, 
20  Sep.,  1796.  [VII,  54. J  Account  filed  17  Sep.,  1798,  at  which 
date  the  administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of  Ephraim  Patch.  [VIII, 
4.]  Division  of  personal  estate  among  widow,  Abigail,  Peabody, 
Stephen,  Urany  Sprague,  Nancy,  Betsey,  and  Rachel,  5  Ap.,  1799. 
[VIII,  4-5.]  Account  of  Joseph  Simmons,  guardian,  filed  11  Jan., 
1805.  [X,  327.]  Account  of  Ezekiel  Vinal,  guardian  of  Nancy  Sim- 
mons, filed  21  June,  1809.  [XIII,  470-1.]  Account  of  Nathan 
Sprague,  guardian  unto  Urania  Simmons,  filed  21  June,  1S09.  [XIII, 
47I-] 

John  Montgomery,  late  of  a  place  called  Smithfield.  Benjamin 
Shaw,  of  Pittston,  Adm'r,  30  Ap.,  1794.  [VI,  31.]  Reuben  Col- 
burn,  of  Pittston,  and  Samuel  Goodwin,  of  Pownalborough,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  William  Barker,  Ebenezer  Byram  and  Reuben  Colburn, 
all  of  Pittston,  23  Oct.,  1794,  ^87  10:3.     [VI,  81-82.] 

Jason  Robbins,  late  of  Union.  Jenny  Robbins,  of  Union,  widow, 
Adm'x,  13  Sep.,  1794.  [VI,  32.]  David  Robbins,  of  Union,  and 
Moses  Copeland,  of  Warren,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Moses  Hawes, 
Amariah  Mero  and  Rufus  Gilmore,  all  of  Union,  25  Dec,  1 794, 
;^68:6:9.     [VI,  152-3.]     Account  filed  2    Mar.,  1796.     [VI,  153.] 

David  Mustard,  late  of  Bowdoinham.  Hatherly  Randall,  of  Bow- 
doinham,  Adm'r,  9  May,  1794.  [VI,  2;^.^  James  Rogers  and  Jo- 
seph Randall,  both  of  Bowdoin,  sureties.  Inventory  by  David  Haynes 
and  Nathaniel  Purington,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  and  Thomas  Morg- 
ridge,  of  a  place  called  Fairfield,  30  May,  1794,  ^^92  :  5  :  o.  [VI, 
148.]  Account  filed  28  Oct.,  1800.  [VIII,  235.]  Hatherly  Ran- 
dall, guardian  unto  James  and  Charity,  minor  children,  28  Oct.,  1800. 
[IX,  192.]  James  and  William,  minor  sons,  chose  James  Rogers  to 
be  their  guardian,  8  Feb.,  1803.     [IX,  241.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  249 

Jonathan  Williams,  late  of  Bowdoin,  mariner.  John  Starbird,  of 
Bowdoin,  Adm'r,  9  May,  1794.  [VI,  34,]  David  Haynes  and  James 
Rogers,  both  of  Bowdoin,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Joseph  Randall, 
Benjamin  Jaques  and  Daniel  Cunningham,  all  of  Bowdoin,  30  May, 
1794,  ;j^2i2  :  2  :  9.  [VI,  179-180.]  Account  filed  30  May,  1799. 
[VIII,  236.]  George  Ridley,  of  Bowdoin,  guardian  unto  Samuel, 
James  and  Jonathan,  minor  sons,  7  Sep.,  1798.  [XI,  178.]  Guar- 
dian's account  filed  26  Jan.,  1805.     [X,  339.] 

David  Ring,  late  of  Cambden,  son  of  Thomas  Ring,  of  Edgecomb. 
Eleanor,  widow,  declined  administration.  David  Blodget,  of  Camb- 
den, Adm'r,  5  June,  1794.  [VI,  35.]  Simon  Barrett  and  Joseph 
Eaton,  Jr.,  both  of  Cambden,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Joseph  Eaton, 
Samuel  Jacobs  and  Elisha  Gibbs,  all  of  Cambden,  19  June,  1794, 
;^22i:ii:io.  [VI,  80-81.]  Samuel  Jacobs  and  Charles  Demorse, 
both  of  Camden,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VI,  250.]  Ac- 
count filed  1 2  Aug.,  1803.     [X,  206.] 

Jonathan  Bartlett,  late  of  a  place  called  Balltown.  Jonathan  Bart- 
lett,  of  a  place  called  Sheepscut  great  pond,  Adm'r,  13  Nov.,  1794. 
[VI,  35-36.]  Joshua  Little  and  Oliver  Peasley,  both  of  Balltown,  su- 
reties. Inventory  by  Solomon  Potter,  Oliver  Peasley  and  Jonathan 
Heath,  all  of  Balltown,  ^527.  31.  [VIII,  58.]  Account  filed  4  Jan., 
1799.     [VIII,  63-64.] 

Isaac  Russell,  late  of  Canaan.  Betty  Russell,  of  Canaan,  widow, 
Adm'x,  31  May  1794.  [VI,  36-37.]  Solomon  Steward,  Jr.,  of  Ca- 
naan, and  Obadiah  Witherell,  of  Norridgwalk,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Daniel  Steward,  of  Norridgewalk,  John  Weston  and  Bryce  McLellan, 
both  of  Canaan,  6  Aug.,  1794,  ^259  :  16  :  4.  [VI,  199.]  Account 
filed,  26  May,  1796.  [VI,  200.]  Betty,  widow,  guardian  unto  Bet- 
sey, James,  John,  Polly,  Ichabod,  Nathaniel  and  Joseph,  minor  chil- 
dren, 26  May,  1796.  [VI,  201,]  Account  filed  11  May,  1804.  [X, 
162.] 

William  Moore,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Elizabeth  Moore,  of  Boston, 
widow,  Adm'x,  10  Ap.,  1794.  [VI,  37-38.]  Elizabeth  Moore,  of 
Boston,  singlewoman,  and  Solomon  Blanchard,  of  Pownalborough, 
sureties. 

Jesse  Eaton,  late  of  Mount  Vernon.  Sarah  Eaton,  of  Mount  Vernon, 
widow,  Adm'x,  16  Jan.,  1795.  [VI,  38-39.]  Nathaniel  Dudley  and 
Benjamin  Eastman,  both  of  Mount  Vernon,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Daniel  Dudley,  John  Dudley  and  Joses  Ladd,  all  of  Mount   Vernon, 


250  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

29  Jan.,  1795,  ;^224  :  II  :  6.  [VII,  80-81.]  Account  filed  19  Jan., 
1796.  [VII,  81-82.]  Nathaniel  Dudley,  of  Mount  Vernon,  guardian 
unto  Polly,  Relief,  William  and  Sarah,  minor  children,  16  Jan.,  1798. 
[IX,  177.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Jedediah  Prescott,  Benjamin 
Philbrook  and  Joses  Ladd,  all  of  Mount  Vernon,  23  June,  1803.  [X, 
75-] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  I  James  Mustard  of  Topsham  in  the  County 
of  Lincoln  &  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Gentln  being  week  in 
body  but  of  perfect  mind  &  memory  Blessd  be  God  therefor.  Calling 
unto  mi  fid  the  Mortality  of  my  body  and  Knowing  that  it  is  appointed 
for  all  men  once  to  die  Do  therefore  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last 
will  and  testament  that  is  to  Say  princably  and  first  of  all  I  Give  and 
Recommend  my  Soul  in  to  the  hands  of  Almighty  God  that  gave  it  me 
and  my  body  I  Recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  Decent 
Christain  Burial  at  the  Discression  of  my  Executors  nothing  Doubting 
but  at  the  General  Resurection  I  shall  Recive  the  Same  again  by  the 
Mighty  power  of  God  and  as  touching  Such  worldly  Estate  wherewith 
it  has  plesed  God  to  Bless  me  in  this  Life  I  give  Devise  and  Dispose 
of  the  Same  in  the  following  manner  &  form 

first  I  Give  to  w^ell  beloved  Son  Charles  Mustard  the  one  half  of  all  my 
Real  and  personal  Estate  of  what  name  or  nature  So  ever  whome  I  Like- 
wise Constitute  make  and  ordain  the  Sole  Executor  of  this  my  Last 
will  and  testement  he  to  pay  out  Such  Sum  or  Sums  as  is  herein  after 
mentioned  that  is  to  Say  to  Charity  Mustard  Daughter  of  my  Son  James 
Mustard  Decesd  one  Wosted  gound  that  was  her  grandmothers  and  also 
one  Lining  Spining  wheel,  and  also  that  he  the  Said  Charles  pay  to  my 
Beloved  Daughter  Charity  Mustard  fifteen  pounds  in  money  or  Stock  at 
money  price  and  that  he  also  pay  to  the  Heirs  of  my  Son  David  ]\Iust- 
ard  Deceas'd  twenty  Seven  pounds  in  money  or  Stock  at  money  ])rice, 
to  be  equally  Devided  between  the  three  Children  that  my  Son  David 
Left. 

Also  I  give  to  my  Beloved  Son  Joseph  Mustard  the  other  half  of  all  my 
Estate  both  Real  and  personal  he  to  pay  out  Such  Sums  as  is  herein  after 
mention'd  that  is  to  Say  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Mary  Rogers  twenty 
Seven  pounds  in  Money  or  Stock  at  mony  price  and  also  that  he  the 
Said  Joseph  pay  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Charity  Mustard  fifteen 
pounds  in  money  or  Stock  at  money  price. 

Be  it  Known  to  all  Men  that  there  is  nothing  in  this  my  Last  will  and 
testament  to  Deprive  my  Daughter  Charity  of  a  high  Chist  of    Draws 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  2  5  I 

and  one  bed  and  Beding  that  was  given  her  by  her  mother  Charity 
Mustard  Deceas'd  and  I  Do  hereby  utterly  Disallow  Revook  and  Dis- 
anul  all  and  every  other  former  testements  wills  Legesayes  Bequests 
Executors  by  me  in  any  ways  before  named  willed  and  bequeathed 
ratifying  and  Confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  Last  will  and  tes- 
tament 

In  witnes  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  this   twenty 
fifth  Day  of  May  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  Seven  Hun- 
dred and  ninety  two  and  the  Sixteenth  year  of  the   Independence  of 
the  United  States  of  America — 
Signed  Sealed  published 
pronounced  and  Declaired 

by  the  Said  James  Mustard  James  Mustard     (seal) 

as  his  Last  will  and  testament 
in  the  presence  of  us  who  in 
his  presence  and  in  the  presence 
of  each  other  have  hereunto 
Subscribed  our  names 
Nathll  Larrabee 
George  Headdean 

James  Hunter  Jun'r 

Probated   12  May,  1794.      [VI,  39-40-J 

John  Reed,  Jr.,  and  Steal  Foster,  both  of  Topsham,  sureties.  Inven- 
tory by  Ezekiel  Thompson,  Arthur  Hunter  and  James  Wilson,  all  of 
Topsham,  12  Aug.,  1794,  ^602  :  15  :  i-     [VI,  141-2.] 

Joel  Chandler,  late  of  Winthrop.  John  Chandler,  of  Winthrop, 
Adm'r,  2  Feb.,  1795.  Samuel  Goodwin,  Jr.,  and  James  Currier,  both 
of  Dresden,  sureties.  Invemory  by  William  Pullen,  Samuel  Wood  and 
Nathaniel  Fairbanks,  all  of  Winthrop,  14  Mar.,  1795,  ^507:7:4- 
[VI,  187  to  189.] 

Asa  Commings,  late  of  Hallowell,  blacksmith.  Eleanor  Commings  re- 
linquished right  of  administration.  Samuel  Commings,  of  Hallowell, 
Adm'r,  2  Feb.,  1795.  [^I,  43-44-]  William  Briggs  and  4aror  Page, 
both  of  Hallowell,  sureties. 

In  the  Name  of  God  amen.  I  James  Turner  of  Canaan  in  the  county 
of  Lincoln  and  State  of  Massachsetts  bay  husbandman  being  sick  and 
weak  but  in  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  ordain   this   my  last  Will 


252  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

and  Testament,  that  is  to  say,  principlely  and  first  of  all  I  give  and 
recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  God,  that  gave  it,  and 
my  body  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  decent  christian  burial  at  the 
discretion  of  my  Executrix  nothing  doubting  but  at  the  general  Resur- 
ection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  Mighty  Power  of  God, 
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 ;  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Elizabeth  my 
dearly  beloved  Wife  Whom  I  likewise  Constitute  make  and  ordain  the 
sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  all  and  singular  my 
Real  and  Personal  Estate  by  her  freely  to  be  Possesed  and  Enjoyed 
and  to  dispose  of  at  Pleasure — Ratifying  and  confirming  this  to  be  my 
last  Will  and  Testament. 

In  Witness  whereof  I   have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and    seal    this 
twenty  first  day  of  February  in  the  year  of   our  Lord  Seventeen  hun- 
dred and  ninety  four. 
Signed  Sealed  Published  ") 

pronounced  and  delivered  by  the  said     I  mark 

James  Turner  as  his  last  Will  and  I      James  (X)  Turner     (seal) 

testament  in  his  presence  and  [  his 

in  the  Presence  of  each  other  have  j 

hereunto  Subscribed  our  Names  j 

John  Fowler 
William  Prudens 
Timothy  Brown 

Probated  5  Sep.,  1794.     [VI,  44.] 
John  Fowler  and  Timothy  Brown,  both  of  Canaan,  sureties. 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen ;  I  Barnard  Case  of  Union  in  the  County 
of  Lincoln  &  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts — Being  weak  of  Body 
but  (Blessed  be  God)  of  a  Sound  disposing  Mind ;  Do  make  &  De- 
clare this  my  last  will  &  Testament  in  following  that  is  to  say  First 
I  committ  my  Body  to  the  Dust  &  my  Soul  to  God  who  gave  it — 
I  give  to  my  Loving  wife  Thankful!  Case  the  Sum  of  Sixty-five 
Pounds — And  the  Remainder  of  my  Estate  I  give  to  my  Brothers  Wm 
and  James  Case  &  my  Sister  Rebeckah  Foster  to  be  Equaly  Divided 
among  them — After  the  payment  of  my  Just  Debts  &  my  Funeral 
Charges  which  are  to  be  paid  by  my  Executor — And  I  hereby  Apoint 
Capt  George  West  of  the  same  Union  Sole  Executor  to  this  my  last 
Will  &  Testament — In  Confirmation  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my 
Hand  &  Seal.     Dated  at  L'nion  this  Nineteenth  day  of   April  in  The 


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Year  of  Our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  Hundred  &  Ninety-four. 

Signed  &  Sealed 

in  presence  of  Barnard  Case     (seal) 

Edward  Jones 

Mary  West 

George  W.  West 

Probated  i6  Sep.,  1794.  [VI,  45-46.] 
Edward  Jones,  of  Union,  and  Benjamin  Mesarve,  of  Barrettstown, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Joel  Adams,  Josiah  Robbins  and  Rufus  Gil- 
more,  all  of  Union,  21  Jan.,  1795,  ^95  ••4:7-     [VI,  123.] 

in  the  Name  of  God  Amen 

1  Henry  Kaler  of  Waldoborough  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Common- 
Wealth  of  Massachusetts:  yeoman :  Being  infirm  in  Body,  but  in  Per- 
fect Health  and  Memmory  :  Do  Make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  will 
and  Testament  in  order  following — That  is  to  Say  :  I  Give  and  Recom- 
ment  my  Soul  into  the  hand  of  Almighty  God  that  Gave  it,  and  my 
body  I  Recomment  to  the  Earth,  to  be  decently  intered  at  the  Discre- 
tion of  my  Executors.  And  Touching  Such  worldly  Estate  which  it 
hath  Pleased  God  to  Bless  me  with — I  will  and  Bequeath  in  the  follow- 
ing manner  and  form — 

Firstly :  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  well  be  Loved  Son  Jacob  Kaler 
whom  I  Lickwise  Constitute  Make  and  ordain  my  only  and  Soul  Exec- 
utor of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament,  all  and  Singular  My  Lands 
Messuages  and  Tenements,  also  all  my  Personal  Estate  by  him  freely  to 
be  Possessed  and  Enjoyed  for  Ever — 

2  :ly  it  is  also  my  will  that  my  Son  Jacob  Kaler  Shall  Keep  my  Dearly 
beloved  wife  Elizabeth  in  Vicktuals  and  trink  and  in  all  Necessarys 
During  her  Natural  Life ;  and  if  Neglected,  then  my  Dearly  beloved 
wife  is  to  have  the  incom  of  one  third  of  my  Real  and  Personal  Estate 
During  her  Natural  Life. 

3  :ly :  it  is  also  my  will  that  my  Son  Jacob  Kaler  Shall  Pay  to  my  well 
beloved  Children  Viz  :  Charls  Kaler,  Doredeah  Kaler,  Eva  Kaler, 
Catherina  Kaler,  Margret  Kaler,  Anna  Mariah  Kaler,  Mary  Catharina 
Kaler  Each  one  three  Pound  Six  Shillings  &  8d  :  Lawfull  money  of 
this  Commonwealth.  The  afore  Said  Sumes  of  money  to  be  Paid  as 
foUoweth  Viz  :  one  Quarter  Part  of  the  afore  Said  Sums  is  to  be  Paid, 
twelve  months  after  the  Decease  of  my  Dearly  beloved  wife  Elizabeth, 
and  one  Quarter  Part  twelve  months  after  the  first  Quarter,  and  one 
Quarter  Part  twelve  months  after  the  Second  Quarter,  and  one  Quarter 


254  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Part  twelve  months  after  the  third  Quarter :   So  to  make  in  the  whole 

four  Quarterly  Payments,  as  afore  mentioned — 

And   I   Do  hereby  utterly   Disallow  Revoke   Disannul   all  and   every 

other  former  testaments  and  wills,  by  me  in   any   ways  before   named 

willed   and  bequeathed    Ratifying  and  Confirming  this  and  no  other 

to  be  my  Last  will  and  testament,  in  witness  whereof  I  have  here  unto 

Set  my  hand  and  Seal  this  fourteenth  Day  of  January    in  the  year   of 

of  our  Lord  1790. 

Signed  Sealed  Published  and  Pronounced  by  the  Said  Henry  Kaler  as 

his  Last  will  and  testament  in  the  Presence  of   us  who  in  his  Presence 

and  in  the  Presence  of  Each  other  have  here  unto  Subscribed    our 

Names 

Henry  Kaler     (seal) 
Jacob  Ludwig 
Frederik  Arnold 
Jacob  Winchenbach 

Probated  25  Ap.,  1794.  [VI,  47-48.] 
Jacob  Ludwig  and  Jacob  Winchenbach,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Jacob  Bornheimer,  Joseph  Ludwig  and  Nathan  Sprague, 
all  of  Waldoborough,  8  Sep.,  i  794,  ^84  :  6  :  2.      [VI,  50.] 

Benjamin  Branch,  late  of  Sidney.  Benjamin  Branch,  of  Sidney, 
Adm'r,  10  Jan.,  1795.  [VI,  51.]  Daniel  Branch,  of  a  place  called 
West  ponds,  and  John  Hamilton,  of  Sidney,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Edmund  Matthews  and  Reuben  Pinkham,  both  of  Sidney,  and  Abisha 
Cowen,  of  Hallowell,  17  Jan.,  1795.  [VI,  244.]  Account  filed  19 
Jan.,  1796.     [VI,  245.] 

John  Bridge,  late  of  Pownalborough,  trader.  Rachel  Bridge,  of 
Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  3  Mar.,  1795.  [VI,  52.]  Inventory 
by  Thomas  Rice,  Joseph  Christophers  and  David  Silvester,  all  of  Pow- 
nalborough, 20  Mar.,  1795,  ;^io69  :  10  :  5^.  [VI,  194-5.]  William 
Bowman,  of  Wiscasset,  guardian  unto  Rachel,  minor  daughter,  16 
Aug.,  1806.  [IX,  214.]  Fanny,  minor  daughter,  chose  Joshua  Dan- 
forth,  of  Wiscasset,  to  be  her  guardian,  12  Aug.,  1806.  [IX,  268.] 
Account  filed  7  Jan.,  1807.  [XII,  137-8.]  Distribution  ordered  7 
Jan.,  1807.     [XII,  153.] 

John  Howard,  of  Hallowell,  non  compos.  Ebenezer  Farwell,  of  Vas- 
salborough,  guardian.  Inventory  by  Joseph  North,  Henry  Sewall  and 
Samuel  Colman,    all    of    Hallowell,    30    May,    1792,    ^1967:6:51/^. 

[VI,  55-56.] 


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James  Blanchard,  late  of  Woolwich.  Susanna  Blanchard,  of  Wool- 
wich, widow,  Adm'x,  10  Mar.,  1795.  [VI,  57.]  James  Blanchard 
and  Samuel  Blanchard,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Samuel  Stinson,  David  Gilmore  and  Abner  Wade,  all  of  Woolwich,  25 
Mar.,  1796.  [VI,  228.]  Yearly  value  of  real  estate  appraised  at 
$80.,  28  Mar.,  1798.  Accouut  filed  4  June,  1798.  [VIII,  44.J 
Robert  Hanson,  of  Woolwich,  guardian  unto  Sheppard  and  Patty, 
minor  children,  4  June,  1798.  [IX,  221.]  Jane  and  Polly,  minor 
daughters  chose  Robert  Hanson  to  be  their  guardian,  16  Mar.,  1798. 
[IX,  222.] 

Jedediah  Hammond,  late  of  Bristol,  mariner.  Isaac  Tirrill,  of  Bris- 
tol, Adm'r,  16  Sep.,  1794.  [VI,  58.]  Timothy  Farrow  and  Joseph 
Shaw  Tirrill,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas  Johnston, 
George  Rhoads  and  Oliver  Nash,  all  of  Bristol,  15  Sep.,  1798,  ^402. 
[VIII,  43.]  Benjamin  Brown,  of  Waldoborough,  Adm'r  de  bonis  non, 
9  Jan.,  1807.      [IX,  112.]     Account  filed  8  Jan.,  1808.      [XII,  349-] 

Robert  Kennedy,  late  of  Newcastle,  mariner.  Sarah  Kennedy,  of 
Newcastle,  widow,  Adm'x,  10  Nov.,  1794.  [VI,  84-85.]  Robert 
Simpson  and  William  Clark,  both  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  John  Huse,  Francis  Cook  and  David  Payson,  all  of  Pownalborough, 
?9  Feb.,  1795.  [VI,  237-8.]  Account  filed  7  Sep.,  1798,  at  which 
date  the  administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of  Stephen  Jewett.      [VIII, 

234-5-] 

Israel  Jordan,  late  of  Thomaston,  mariner.  Susanna  Jordan,  of 
Thomaslon,  widow,  Adm'x,  17  Sep.,  1793.  [VI,  86-87.]  Israel 
Loveitt  and  Ephraim  Snow,  both  of  Thomaston,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Moses  Copeland,  of  Warren,  Samuel  Brown  and  Joseph  Coombs, 
both  of  Thomaston,  22  Oct.,  1793,  ^197:6:0.  [VI,  143-4.] 
Susanna,  widow,  guardian  unto  John  and  Hannah,  minor  children,  4 
Nov.,  1799.      [IX,  190.] 

John  Patten,  late  of  TopsLam.  David  Patten,  of  Topsham,  son, 
Adm'r,  17  Ap.,  1795,  [VI,  88-89,]  upon  petition  of  Mary,  widow, 
Robert,  Thomas,  Joseph  and  Actor,  children,  dated  14  Ap.,  1794. 
John  Fulton  and  John  Reed,  both  of  Topsham,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  John  Merrill,  James  Wilson  and  Benjamin  Jones  Porter,  all  of 
Topsham,  27  May,  1795,  ^2004:  12  :  11.  [VI,  2 10-21 1.]  Account 
filed  9  Sep.,  1796.      [VI,  245-6.] 

Francis  Whitraore,  late  of    Bowdoinham.       Stephen    Whitmore,    of 


256  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RFXORDS. 

Bovvdoinham,  Adm'r,  2  2  Ap.,  1795.  [VI,  89.]  Zacheus  Beal  and 
John  Springer,  both  of  Bovvdoinham,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Zacheus 
Beal,  WiUiam  Denham  and  James  Purrington,  all  of  Bowdoinham,  20 
June,  1795,  ^^74:  8:  I.  [VII,  85.]  James  Maxwell  and  Elihu 
Getchel,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[VII,  86.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  27  Dec,  1796. 
[VII,  87.]  Account  filed  8  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  136-7.]  Distribution 
of  estate  to  Stephen,  Francis,  John,  William,  Andrew,  Elizabeth  Sev- 
ens, and  Susanna  Dinsmore,  children  of  deceased,  and  Nathan  Blodget, 
son  of  Mary  Blodget,  who  was  a  daughter  of  deceased.  8  Sep.,  1797. 
[VII,  189-190.] 

John  Nelson,  late  of  the  Island  of  Grenada.  Thomas  Lindall  Win- 
throp,  of  Boston,  Adm'r,  17  Ap.,  1795.  [VI,  90.]  James  Bovvdoin, 
of  Dorchester,  and  Charles  Coffin,  of  Boston,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Joseph  North,  William  Howard  and  Samuel  Colman,  all  of  Hallowell, 
29  July,  1795,  $52,073.00.  [VII,  194  to  196.]  Account  filed  1796. 
[VII,  197.]  Caleb  Blanchard,  Jacob  Rowe  and  Edward  Davis,  all  of 
Boston,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VII,  198.]  Account 
filed  19  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  198-9.]  Advertisements  of  sale  of  real 
estate  17  Ap.,  1797.  [VII,  199  to  201.]  Account  filed  24  Sep., 
1806.  [XII,  2 10-2 1 1.]  Advertisements  of  sale  of  real  estate  18  Ap., 
1804,  and  12  Mar.,  1805.  [XII,  276  to  280.]  Account  filed  5  Jan., 
1820.     [XXII,  376.] 

In  the  Name  of  GOD.  Amen. 
I  William  Lee  Senr  of  Georgetown  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts,  yeoman,  being  Advanced  in  Age,  tho  of 
sound  disposing  mind  &  memory,  and  calling  to  mind  my  Mortality, 
Do  make,  ordain  and  publish  this  my  last  'Will  &  testament  in  the 
manner  following. —  In  the  first  place  I  Commit  my  soul  to  GOD, 
who  gave  it,  &  my  body  to  the  earth,  hopeing  at  the  last  day  I  shell 
Obtain  a  happy  resurrection  to  an  Immortal  life,  through  the  merits  of 
Christ  my  saviour. 

And  as  touching  such  Estate  as  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bestow  upon 
me,  I  will  and  dispose  of  it  in  manner  following  Viz.  Imprimis.  I 
will  and  order  that  all  my  Just  debts  &  Funeral  Charges  be  paid  by 
my  herein  after  named  Executors  within  a  reasonable  time  after  my 
decease. 

Item.     I  give  and  bequeathe  unto  my  well  beloved  wife  Elizabeth  & 
my  Son  John  all  my  real  Estate  of  what  name  or  nature  soever,  (ex- 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  257 

cept  what  is  hereinafter  set  off  to  my  Son  James)  to  be  equally  divided 
between  them  two,  and  after  the  decease  of  my  said  wife,  her  part  of 
the  whole  to  Accrue  to  my  son  John  to  him  &  his  heirs  forever.  Item, 
I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son  James  One  hundred  Acres  of  land 
lying  at  the  Northeastern  part  of  my  farm,  to  be  fifty  rods  in 
wedth  on  Kenebeck  river,  &  to  extend  Northwesterly  so  far  as  that  a 
parrellel  Course  with  my  Northeastern  line  (with  the  wedth  Aforesaid) 
Compleate  the  said  Hundred  Acres  of  Upland,  and  Also  I  give  to  my 
son  James  ten  Acres  of  Marsh,  &  six  Acres  of  thatch,  lying  at  Winno- 
gance  Creek,  to  be  set  off  to  him  from  the  northern  part  of  my  marsh 
there  as  Convenient  to  all  Concern'd  as  may  be.  And  Also,  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  my  said  son  James  the  sum  of  fourty  pounds  L.  money 
which  my  hereafter  named  executors  is  Order'd  to  pay  in  money  or 
Articles  suitable  to  build  an  house  when  my  son  James  calls  therefor, 
which  sum,  together  with  the  hundred  acres  of  Upland,  ten  Acres  of 
marsh  «Sc  six  of  thatch  beforementioned,  is  to  be  given  to  him  &  his 
heirs  forever,  in  full  for  all  his  Services,  &  to  be  consider'd  as  his  full 
Share  of  my  estate.  Item.  I  will  &  bequeath  to  my  Son  William,  ten 
Shillings  L.  money  as  his  full  Share  of  my  estate. 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Ann  ten  Shillings  L  INIoney  as 
her  full  Share  of  my  Estate. — Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daughter 
Rebecca  One  hundred  pounds  Lawfull  Money  to  be  paid  in  two  pay- 
ments. One  half  at  the  End  of  the  first  year,  &  one  half  at  the  End 
of  the  second  year  after  my  decease  which  is  to  be  in  full  for  her 
Share  of  my  Estate. 

Item,  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Elizabeth  One  hundred 
pounds  L  money  to  be  paid  by  my  after  named  Executors  in  the  same 
way  &  manner  that  my  daughter  Rebecca's  is  to  be  paid,  &  further 
Will  that  my  daughter  Elizabeth  is  to  live  in  my  house,  with  my  said 
Wife  Elizabeth  &  son  John,  so  long  as  she  lives  single  &  unmarried.  I 
further  will  &  devise  that  after  the  Afore  mentioned  Legacys  be  paid  & 
Also  my  debts,  that  all  the  personal  Estate  then  remaining,  shell  be 
equally  divided  between  my  said  Wife  Elizabeth  &  son  John.  And 
Lastly  I  do  hereby  Constitute  &  Appoint  my  well  beloved  wife  Eliza- 
beth &  my  son  John  Executors,  to  this  my  last  Will,  hereby  revoking  & 
disannulling  all  former  wills  &  testaments  by  me  in  any  manner  made. 
Confirming  this,  &  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will  &  testament.  In  Wit- 
ness whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  &  Seal  the  twenty  sixth  day  of 

17 


258  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

June,  A/i/w  Domini,  One  thousand,  seven  hundred,  cS;  ninety  four. 

Sign'd,  Seal'd,  puplished  &  declar'd  by  the  said  Testator,  to  be  his 
last  Will  in  presence  of  us,  who  have  Subscrib'd  hereto  as  Witnesses,  in 
the  presence  of  the  testator  &  of  each  other. — 

Witnesses. 

Charles  CouUard  Wm  Lee     (seal^ 

Iseballa  Manson 

Mark  L.  Hill 

Probated  29  May,  1795.  [VI,  93-94.] 
Inventory  by  Mark  Langdon  Hill,  John  Rogers  and  Joseph  Bowker,  all 
of  Georgetown,  14  June,  i795>  ^976  :  13  :  2.     [VI,  181-2.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  John  Reed  of  Topsham  in  the  County 
of  Lincoln  being  of  Sound  Mind  and  Memory  (blessed  be  God  there- 
for) do  this  twenty  first  day  of  April  Anno  Domini  17S1  Make  and 
publish  this  My  last  Will  and  Testament,  in  Manner  following  (that  is  to 
Say).— 

Imprimis  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Loving  Wife  Susanna  Reed 
the  improvement  of  all  My  Estate  both  Real  and  Personal  as  long  as 
She  remains  My  Widdow. — 

Item.  I  Give  to  my  Son  John  Reed  Six  Shillings  to  be  paid  by  my  Exec- 
utor.— 

Item.  I  Give  to  my  Son  David  Reed  one  hundred  and  forty-five  acres 
of  land  described  as  foUoweth  viz.  all  the  front  of  the  lots  Number  five 
and  six  between  Merimeeting  Bay  and  Muddy  River  that  I  have  not 
before  disposed  of  by  Deed,  and  forty  five  acres  of  Land  out  of  the 
aforesaid  lots  on  the  North  Side  of  Muddy  River  together  with  all  my 
Personal  Estate  of  every  Sort. — 

Item  I  give  to  My  Daughter  Mary  the  w^ife  of  Samuel  Wilson  Six 
Shillings  to  be  paid  by  my  Executor. 

Item  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Jane  the  wife  of  Joseph  Foster  Six  Shil- 
lings to  be  paid  by  My  Executor. — 

Item  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Susanna  Reed  Six  Shillings  to  be  paid  by 
My  Executor. — 

Item  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Martha  the  wife  of  Joseph  Randall  Six 
Shillings  to  be  paid  by  my  Executor. — 

Item  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Elizebeth  Reed  one  Milcii  Cow,  one 
Feather  bed  and  bed  Cloaths. — 

Item  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Margaret  Reed  one  milch  Cow,  one 
Feather  bed  and  bed  Cloaths. — 


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Item     I  give  to  my  Daughter  Charity  Reed  one  Milch  Cow  one  feather 
bed  and  bed  Cloaths. — 

Item     I  give  to  my   Daughter   Hannah    Reed    one   Milch  Cow    one 
Feather  bed  and  bed  Cloaths — 

Item     I  give  to  My  Grand  Daughter  Susanna  Reed  twenty   pounds   to 
be  paid  by  my  Executor. 

Item     I  make  and  ordain  my  Said  Wife  Susanna  Reed  My  Sole  Exec- 
utrix of    this  my  Will ;  and  my  loveing  brother  William  Reed  overseer 
thereof,    to  take  Care  and   See  the  Same  performed  according   to   my 
true  intent  and  meaning  ;— in  witness  whereof  I  have  here  unto  Set  my 
hand  and  Seal  this  21st  Day  of  April  Anno  Domini  17S1. 
Signed  Sealed  Delivered  published 
Pronounced  and  declared  by  the 
Said  John  Reed  to  be  his  last 
Will  and  Testament  in  Presence  John  Reed     (seal) 

of  us. 

John  Merrill 
James  Hevvey 
Samuel  Akley 

Probated  29  May,  1795.  [VI,  95-96.] 
John  Merrill  and  James  Hewey,  both  of  Topsham,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  William  Randall,  James  Fulton  and  John  Merrill,  25  Aug.,  1795, 
^87:17:10.  [Unrecorded.]  Samuel  Wilson,  Adm'r  de  bonis  non, 
29  Oct.,  1799. 

John  Given,  Jr.,  late  of  Newcastle.  James  Given,  of  Newcastle, 
Adm'r,  16  June,  1795.  [VI,  97-98.]  James  Simpson,  of  Newcastle, 
and  Edmund  Bridge,  of  Dresden,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel 
Nickels,    John  Farley  and  Alexander  Little,  all  of  Newcastle,  11  Sep., 

1795,  $180.42.     [VI,  213.]       Samuel  Nickels  and   John  Farley,  com- 
missioners to  examine  claims.       [VI,   214.]       Account  filed  12    Sep., 

1796.  [VI,  215.]      Distribution  ordered  6  Jan.,  1797.     [VI,  256-7.] 
Stephen  Bartlett,  late  of  Sheepscut  great  pond.      Jonathan   Bartlett, 

of  Sheepscut  great  pond,  Adm'r,  15  May,  1795.     [VI,  98-99.]     Caleb 
Bartlett  and  James  Peaslee,  both  of  Balltown,  sureties. 

Daniel  Savage,  late  of  Hallowell.  Ann  Savage,  of  Hallowell,  widow, 
Adm'x,  23  Ap.,  1795.  [VI,  99.]  Samuel  Howard  and  William 
Howard,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Colman, 
David  Thomas  and  Benjamin  Pettingill,  Jr.,  all  of  Hallowell,  25  May, 


"260  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

1795,  ;^783  :  18  :  II.  [VII,  70.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  William 
Howard,  Seth  Williams  and  Ephraim  Ballard,  all  of  Hallowell.  [VII, 
71-72.]     Account  filed,  12  Jan.,  1797.     [VII,  72-73.] 

Peter  Walch,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Jane  Walch,  widow,  and  John 
Walch,  both  of  Waldoborough,  Adm'rs,  10  Sep.,  1795.  [VI,  100.] 
Cornelius  Burns  and  Joseph  Henry  Ludwig,  both  of  Waldoborough, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Jacob  Ludwig,  Jacob  Bornheimer  and  Charles 
Kaler,  all  of  Waldoborough,  21  Sep.,  1795.     [y^>  ^9^-1 

Henry  Sewall,  late  of  Bath.  Sarah  Sewall,  widow,  and  James  Sewall, 
both  of  Bath,  Adm'rs,  29  May,  1795.  [VI,  loi.]  John  Minot 
Moody  and  Thomas  Clapp,  both  of  Bath,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Joshua  Philbrook,  Joshua  Raynes  and  Benjamin  Ham,  all  of  Bath,  19 
Aug.,  1795.  [VII,  212-213.]  Division  of  estate  among  Samuel 
Sewall,  Jenny  Sewall,  Betsey  Davenport,  James  Sewall,  Henry  Sewall, 
David  Sewall,  Joshua  Sewall,  Nancy  Sewall,  Hannah  Sewall,  Polly  Sewall 
and  Charles  Sewall,  children  of  deceased,  by  Edward  Hall  Page  and 
Christopher  Cushing,  both  of  Bath,  and  William  Bradbury,  of  a  place 
called  Chester,  Kennebec  County,  19  Sep.,  1801.  [VIII,  173-4.] 
Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Edward  Hall  Page,  Christopher  Cushing 
and  William  Bradbury,  19  Sep.,  1801.     [Unrecorded.] 

Frederick  Hammond,  late  of  Pownalborough,  mariner.  Anne  Ham- 
mond, of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  20  June,  1795.  [VI,  102.] 
James  Eveleth,  of  Pittston,  and  Benjamin  Rackleff,  of  Edgecomb,  sure- 
ties. Inventory  by  Thomas  Rice,  David  Silvester  and  Levi  Beal,  all  of 
Pownalborough,  29  Aug.,  1795,  ^28  :  7-  o-  [^^I»  i93-]  Thomas 
Rice  and  David  Silvester,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VI,  231.] 
Account  filed  5  June,  1797.  [VI,  232.]  Distribution  of  estate  ordered 
5  June,  1797.      [VIII,   125.] 

Joel  Reed,  late  of  Woolwich.  Eunice  Reed,  of  Woolwich,  widow, 
Adm'x,  17  July,  1795,  [VI,  102-103.]  Robert  Reed  and  Lem- 
uel Trott,  both  of  \A'oolwich,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel 
Harnden,  Jacob  Eames  and  Lemuel  Trott,  all  of  Woolwich,  23  July, 
1795,  ;^2i3:  I  :  o.  [VI,  196-7.]  Nathaniel  Thwing  and  Samuel 
Harnden,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VI,  233.]  Account 
filed  8  Sep.,  1797.     [VI,  234-5.] 

Paul  Jameson,  late  of  Cushing.  Sally  Jameson,  of  Cushing,  widow, 
Adm'x,  10  Dec,  1795.  [VI,  103-104.]  Moses  Copeland  and  James 
Waller  Head,  both  of  Warren,  sureties. 


LINXOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  26  I 

Church  Nash,  late  oi  Waldoborough.  Eve  Nash,  of  Waldoborough, 
widow,  Adm'x,  lo  Dec,  1795.  [VI,  104.]  Joseph  Simmons,  of 
Waldoborough,  and  Benjamin  Palmer,  of  Bristol,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Thomas  Johnston  and  Benjamin  Palmer,  both  of  Bristol,  and  Joseph 
Simmons,  of  Waldoborough,  16  Dec,  1795,  $2750.88.  [VII,  143-4.] 
Account  filed  17  Sep.,  1798.  [VIII,  99.]  Eve,  widow,  guardian  un- 
to Lydia,  Jane  and  Oliver,  minor  children,  17  Sep.,  179S.  [IX,  192.] 
Church  and  Samuel,  minor  sons,  chose  Eve,  widow,  to  be  their  guar- 
dian, 17  Sep.,   179S.      [IX,  24 7-8.] 

David  Reed  late  of  Topsham.  Jane,  widow,  relinquished  admin- 
istration, 19  Oct.,  1795.  Samuel  Dunlap,  of  Brunswick,  Adm'r,  20 
Oct.,  1795.  [VI,  105.]  John  Fulton  and  John  Jameson,  both  of 
Topsham,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Merrill,  William  Randall  and 
James  Fulton,  all  of  Topsham,  22  Oct.,  1795,  §1333-33;  additional  in- 
ventory 8  Mar.,  1796,  $56.36.  [VIII,  7-8.]  Accounts  filed  5  Jan., 
1798,  and  4  Jan.,  1799.  [VIII,  8  to  10.]  Division  of  personal  es- 
tate among  widow,  mother,  Jane,  wife  of  Joseph  Foster,  Martha,  wife 
of  Joseph  Randall,  Hannah,  wife  of  Robert  Potter,  Margaret,  wife  of 
Robert  Jack,  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Soule,  Charlotte,  wife  of  John 
Herrin,  the  representatives  of  Samuel  Wilson  and  wife,  deceased,  and 
the  representatives  of  John  Reed,  deceased,  4  Jan.,  1 799,  [VIII, 
10- 1 1.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  James  Yeats  of  Bristol  in  the  County 
of  Lincoln  Yeoman  being  through  the  Goodness  of  God,  tho  weak  in 
Body,  yet  of  a  Sound  and  perfect  understanding  and  Memory,  do 
Constitute  this  My  last  will  and  Testament,  and  Desire  it  may  be  re- 
cived  by  all  as  Such  :  first  I  most  Humbly  bequeath  my  Scul  to  God 
my  Maker,  beseeching  his  most  Gracious  Acceptance  of  it  through  the 
all  Sufficient  Merits  and  Mediation  of  my  most  Compassionate  Re- 
deemer Jesus  Christ  who  gave  himself  to  be  an  Atonement  for  my 
Sins,  and  is  able  to  save  to  the  uttermost  all  that  come  unto  God  by 
him.  Seeing  he  ever  liveth  to  make  Intercession  for  them,  and  who,  I 
trust  will  not  reject  me  a  returning  penetent  Sinner ;  when  I  come  to 
him  for  Mercy  ;  in  this  hope  and  Confidence  I  render  up  my  Soul 
with  Comfort,  humbly  beseeching  the  most  blessed  and  Glorious  Trin- 
ity, one  God  most  holy,  most  Mercyfull,  and  Gracious,  to  prepare  me 
for  the  time  of  my  Dissolution,  and  then  to  take  me  to  himself  into 
that  peace  and  rest,  and  incomparable  felicity,  which  he  has  prepared 
for  all  that  love  and  fear  his  holy    Name,   Amen,   Blessed    be   God. — 


262  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

I  give  my  Body  to  the  Earth,  from  whence  it  came,  in  full  assurance  of 
its  Resurrection  from  thence  at  the  last  day.  As  for  my  Burial  I  De- 
sire it  may  be  Decent  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executers.  As  to  the 
worldly  Estate  that  God  has  put  into  my  hand,  I  have  Divided  the 
most  of  it  among  my  Children  many  years  ago,  and  what  Little  I  am 
now  Possessed  of  I  Dispose  in  the  following  Manner.  (Viz)  To  each 
of  my  Children  To  Elizabeth  Rhoads,  Sarah  Hilton,  Jean  Poor,  George 
Yeats,  Mary  Braint,  Margret  Nash,  Sameul  Yeats,  Rachal  Fuller,  & 
Liddia  Macker,  I  give  Six  Shillings  to  each  and  every  one — what  re- 
mains of  my  Estate  Both  real  &  personal  I  give  and  demise  to  my  Be- 
loved wife  Jean  Yeats  her  heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever,  I  Likewise  Con- 
stitute and  Appoint  Sam'l  Yeats  &  Oliver  Nash  Executers  of  this  my 
last  will  and  Testament,  I  do  hereby  revoke  all  former  wills  made  by 
me,  and  Declare  this  only  to  be  my  last  will  and  Testament,  in  Witt- 
ness  whereof  I  the  Said  James  Yeats  have  to  this  my  last  will  Set  my 
hand  and  Seal,  this  third  day  of  August  17S9  and  in  the  thirteen  year 
of  the  Independence  of  America 
Signed  Sealed  and  Declared  by  the 

Said  testator  to  be  his  last  will  and  his 

Testament  in  the  Presence  of  us  James  O  Yeats  (seal) 

have  Subscribed  our  Names  as  Mark 

Wittnesses  thereto 

Thos  :  Johnston  Lincoln  ss       Personaly  Appeared 

Thomas  Johnston  Ju'r  the  Above  Named  James  Yeats  and 

Sarah  Johnston  Acknowledged  the  Above  will  to  be 

his  free  act  and   Deed   before  me 
Thos :  Johnston,  Justice  Peace. 
Probated    10   Dec,    1795.       [VI,    105-106.]     Thomas  Johnston,  of 
Bristol,  and  Waterman  Thomas,  of  Waldoborough,  sureties. 

Isaiah  Crooker,  late  of  Bath,  blacksmith.  Hannah  Crooker,  of 
Bath,  widow,  Adm'x,  30  Oct.,  1795.  [VI,  107-108.]  Isaiah  Crooker, 
of  Bath,  and  Ezra  Tubbs,  of  Dresden,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Francis 
Winter,  Joseph  White  and  Edward  Hall  Page,  all  of  Bath,  Dec,  1795, 
$8928.99.  [VII,  45  to  49.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Francis  Winter, 
Joshua  Shaw  and  Edward  Hall  Page,  12  May,  1797.  [VII,  50.]  Ac- 
count filed  26  May,  1797.  [VII,  51.]  Hannah,  minor  daughter, 
and  Zacheus,  minor  son,  chose  Hannah,  widow,  to  be  their  guardian, 
17  Nov.,  1796.     [VII,  51-52.] 

Christopher  Marson,  late  of  Pittston,  calker.  Elizabeth  Marson,  of 
Pittston,  widow,  Adm'x,  4  Nov.,  1795.    [VI,  108-109.]    Peter  Pochard 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  263 

a  ad  James  Bugnon,  both  of  Dresden,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Louis 
Houdlette,  John  Polereczky  and  Ezra  Taylor,  all  of  Dresden,  i6  Nov., 
1795,  15559.59.  [VII,  90-91.]  Elizabeth,  widow,  guardian  unto 
James  and  Christopher,  minor  sons,  6  Sep.,  1799.     [IX,  191.] 

Mary  Shaw,  of  Woolwich,  widow,  guardian  unto  Benjamin,  Jesse  and 
Joseph,  minor  children  of  Benjamin  Shaw,  late  of  Woolwich,  29  May, 
1795.     [VI,  121.] 

Francis  Lovejoy,  of  Sidney,  non  compos.  Abiel  Lovejoy,  Jr.,  of  Sid- 
ney, guardian,  5  Ap.,  1796.     [VI,  13 1-2.] 

Hallowell  May  7.  1793 
In  the  name  of  God  amen.  I  Benjamin  Pettingill  Esqr.,  of  Hallowell, 
in  the  county  of  Lincoln,  and  State  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay.  Calling 
to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body ;  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for 
all  men  once  to  die,  being  through  the  goodness  of  God,  of  perfect  mind 
and  memory  do  make,  and  ordain,  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament, 
that  is  to  say,  principally  and  first  of  all.  I  give  I  give  and  recom- 
mend my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  that  gave  it,  and  my  Body  I  re- 
commend to  the  earth,  to  be  buried  in  decent  christian  burial  at  the 
discretion  of  my  Executor,  nothing  doubting  but  at  the  general  resur- 
ection  I  shall  receive  the  same  by  the  mighty  power  of  God.  And  as 
touching  such  worldly  estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless 
me  in  this  hfe  I  give  Demise  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following 
manner  and  form. 

Imprimis.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Judith  my  beloved  Wife  one  third 
part  of  what  Estate  I  die  possess'd  of  after  my  just  Debts  and  Funeral 
charges  are  paid  during  her  natural  life. 

Item.  I  give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Mary  Allen  nothing,  hav- 
ing heretofore  given  her  her  full  share  of  my  Estate. 
Item.  I  give  to  my  well  beloved  Son  Benjamin  Pettingill  one  fourth 
part  of  my  Mechanical  and  Husbandry  Utensels  &  no  more,  having 
heretofore  given  him  an  Hundred  Acres  of  Land. 
Item.  I  give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter,  Anna  Badcok  the  sumn 
of  five  pounds  in  addition  to  what  she  has  already  received  to  be  paid 
in  three  years  after  my  decease. 

Item.  I  give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Amy  Fletcher  the  sumn  of 
two  pounds,  in  addition  to  what  she  has  already  received,  to  be  paid  in 
thiee  years  after  my  decease. 

Item.  I  give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Rhoda  Palmer,  the  sumn 
of  three  pounds,  in  addition  to  what  she  has  already  received,  to  be 
paid  in  three  years  after  my  decease. 


264  LINXOLN  PROBA'lE  RECORDS. 

Item.  I  give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Ruble  Church  the  sumn  of 
seven  pounds  in  addition  to  what  she  has  already  received,  to  be  paid 
in  three  years  after  my  decease. 

Item.  I  give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  R.achel  Wade  the  sumn  of 
six  pounds  in  addition  to  what  she  has  already  received  to  be  paid  in 
three  years  after  my  decease. 

Item.  I  give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Filena  Foster  the  sumn  of 
Fourteen  pounds,  in  things  provided  and  providing. 
Item,  I  give  to  my  well  beloved  Son  Ziba  Pettingill  three  fourths  of 
my  Mechanical  and  Husbandry  utensels,  together  with  all  my  real  and 
personal  estate,  not  herein  otherwise  disposed  of  after  my  just  debts 
and  Funeral  charges  are  paid,  whom  I  likewise  constitute  make  and 
ordain,  my  sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  by  him 
freely  to  be  possessed  and  enjoyed,  and  I  do  hereby  utterly  disannul 
revoke  and  disallow,  all  and  every  other  former  Testaments,  Wills,  Legacies 
and  bequests,  and  Executors ;  by  me  in  any  way  before  named,  will'd 
or  bequeathed,  ratifying  and  confirming  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  written. 

Signed,  Sealed,  published,  pronounced  and  declared,  by  the  said  Ben- 
jamin Pettingill  as  his  last  will  and  testament  in  presence  of  us,  the 
Subscribers. 

Obadiah  Harris  Benjamin  Pettingill      (seal) 

Lois  Harris 
Harlowe  Harris 

Probated  14  Mar.,  1796.  [VI,  134.] 
James  Bridge  and  Harlowe  Harris,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  Henry  Sewall,  Seth  Williams  and  David  Thomas,  all  of 
Hallowell,  21  May,  1796,  $1292.5.     [VII,  65.] 

Thomas  Moore,  late  of  Pownalborough,  clerk.  Anna  Moore,  of 
Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  26  Aug.,  1795.  [VI,  136.]  Ebenezer 
Whittier,  of  Pownalborough,  and  James  Hodge,  of  New-Milford,  sure- 
ties. Inventory  by  John  Sutton  Foye,  Rogers  Smith  and  Joseph  Burr, 
all  of  Pownalborough,  16  Mar.,  1796,  $971.73,  to  which  administratrix 
added  notes  of  hand,  $355.  [VI,  216.]  Account  filed  5  June,  1797. 
[VI,  217.]  Jeremiah  Dalton,  of  Pownalborough,  guardian  unto  Sally 
and  Thomas,  minor  children,  27  Mar.,  179S.      [IX,  176  and  226.] 

John  Linscot,  late  of  Bailtown.  .\lcxander  Fairbanks,  of  Balltown, 
Adm'r,  i  Mar.,  1790.       [VI,    136-7.]     Jonathan  Hawks,  of  Balltown, 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  265 

and  Nathaniel  Bryant,  of  Newcastle,  sureties. 

Stephen  Sewall,  late  of  Bath,  merchant.  Moses  Sewall,  of  Hallow- 
ell,  merchant,  Adm'r,  23  Ap.,  1796.  [VI,  139.]  Thomas  Fillebrown 
and  David  Sewall,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William 
Webb,  Joshua  Shaw  and  Edward  H.  Page,  all  of  Bath,  24  June,  1796, 
$4,337-94-  [VII,  182  to  184.]  David  Sewall,  of  Hallowell,  Adm'r 
t/e  bo)iis  non,  18  July,  1798.  [IX,  24.]  Christopher  Gushing,  of 
Bath,  guardian  unto  Dorcas,  William,  jMeriam  and  Stephen,  miner 
children,  11  Feb.,  1799.      [IX,  181.] 

Peter  Jones,  late  of  Hallowell,  trader,  Eunice  Jones,  widow,  and 
John  Jones,  both  of  Hallowell,  Adm'rs,  26  May,  1796.  [¥1,149.] 
Thomas  Dickman  and  Samuel  Colman,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Samuel  Colman,  EHas  Craigg  and  William  Pitt,  all  of 
Hallowell,  5  July,  1796,  $440,213^.  [VH,  60  to  62.]  Samuel  Col- 
man and  Elias  Craig,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VIII,  11.] 
Account  filed  and  distribution  ordered  5  Ap.,  1799.      [VIII,   13-14.] 

In  the  name  of  God  amen.  I  Philip  Higgins  of  Bath  in  the  County  of 
Lincoln  &  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  yeoman,  being  of  sound 
mind  &  memory,  calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body  and 
knowing  it  is  appointed  for  all  Men  once  to  die  Do  make  &  ordain 
this  my  last  will  and  testament — that  is  to  say — first  of  all  I  give  & 
recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hand  of  Almighty  GOD — and  my  Body 
to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  decently  according  to  the  discretion  of  my 
Executor  beleiving  that  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 — 
first  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mary  my  dearly  beloved  wife  the  use  and 
improvement  of  my  homestead  farm  on  which  we  now  Hve  with  all  the 
Stock  of  Cattle  &  farming  utensils  thereon,  during  her  natural  life. — 
And  all  the  House  furniture  to  her  use  &  disposal  forever, 
secondly.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Son  Benjamin  Higgins  the  sum  of 
Ten  Dollars  and  no  more,  I  having  formerly  given  him  as  much  as  I 
esteem  his  proportion. 

3dly  I  give  to  my  Son  Reuben   Higgins  the  Farm  on  which    he    now 
lives  containing  about  eighty  five  Acres  situate  in  said  Bath 
4''ly  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Ruth  Marriner   Ten    Dollars,    She    having 
formerly  had  from  me  as  much  as  I  esteem  her  proportion. 


266  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

5"ly — I  give  to  my  Daughter  Abigail  Williams  the  sum  of  Fifty  Dollars. 
61y.  I  give  to  my  Son  Simeon  Higgins  the  Land  to  the  eastward  of 
the  road  leading  to  Foster's  point  containing  about  eighty  Acres  ad- 
joining to  his  own  Land — 

7  I  give  to  my  Son  Philip  Higgins  the  Homestead  farm  aforemen- 
tioned with  the  Stock  of  Cattle  and  all  the  farming  Utensils  to  his  use 
&  improvement  after  the  dicease  of  his  Mother  my  said  wife  Mary — 
until  his  Sons  Isaiah  &  Jeremiah  shall  be  twenty  one  years  of  Age — 
when  it  is  my  will  &  I  bequeath  accordmgly  that  the  said  Isaiah  and 
the  said  Jeremiah  each  have  &  hold  forever  to  themselves  their  Heirs 
&  Assigns  one  fourth  part  to  each  of  them,  of  the  said  Homestead  farm 
and  the  said  Philip  to  Have  (V  to  Hold  to  himself  &  to  his  heirs  & 
assigns  forever  the  remaining  half  of  the  said  Homestead  farm. 

8  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Mary  Mathes  ten  dollars — she  having  receiv- 
ed her  proportion  some  time  ago — 

9  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Sarah  Holbrook  the  sum  of  Fifty  Dollars, 
also  the  Money  due  to  me  from  her  Husband 

10  I  Give  to  my  Daughter  Thankful  Huffe  of   Bowdoin,  all  the  right ^ 
title  &  possession  which  I  have  to  the  Land  on  which  she  &  her  Hus- 
band now  live  in  said  Bowdoin-  I  likewise  give   to  my  said  Daughter 
all  the  Money  due  to  me  from  her  said  Husband. 

11  I  likewise  Give  to  my  Sons  Reuben,  Simeon,  &  Philip  aforenamed 
my  Saw-Mill,  with  the  Mill  privilege  &  all  the  privileges  to  the  Mill 
Pond  belonging — 

12  I  Give  to  my  Son  Philip  aforesaid  all  other  my  Personal  Estate 
not  before  particularly  bequeathed  except  debts  due  to  me  which  Debts 
my  Executor  hereafter  named  is  to  collect  and  with  the  Money  so  col- 
lected discharge  my  just  debts  and  pay  the  Legacies  &  sums  in  this 
instrument  mentioned  &  bequeathed  and  the  remainder  if  any  there 
should  be  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Thankful  Huffe  afore- 
said— And  the  Legacies  afore  mentioned  I  will  to  be  paid  within  two 
years  after  my  Decease  and  I  do  hereby  appoint  my  said  Son  Reuben 
Higgins  sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  will  &  testament — And  I  do 
hereby  utterly  disallow  revoke  and  disannull  all  &  every  former  testa- 
ments wills  Legacies  &  bequests  by  me  in  any  wise  before  willed  & 
bequeathed  ;  ratifying  &  confirming  this  &  no  other  to  be  my  last  will 
&  testament — In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal  this  sixteenth  day  of  December  in  the  Year  of  LORD  one  thous- 
and seven  hundred  &  ninetv  five 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  267 

signed  sealed  published  "^ 

pronounced  &  declared  by  the  | 

said  Philip  Higgins,  as  his  last  | 

will  &  testament,  in  the  presence  |      Philip  Higgins      (seal) 

of  us,  who  in  his  presence  &  in  the 

presence  of  each  other  have  here 

to  subscribed  our  names.     The  words 

and  I  do  hereby  appoint  my  said  Son  Reuben  } 

Higgins  sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  will       | 

&  testament  were  interlined  before  j 

signing  or  sealing —  j 

Arthur  Bradman 

John  Sprague 

Fra.  Winter 

Probated  27  May,  1796.  [VI,  202-203.]  In- 
ventory by  Francis  Winter,  David  Ring  and  Stephen  Coombs,  all  of 
Bath,  17  June,  1796,  $3,307.67.      [VII,  83-84.] 

Be  it  Remembered  that  I  Caleb  Barker  of  the  Plantation  of  Lewiston 
in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Commonwealth  of  the  Massachusetts 
yeoman 

Being  weak  of  Body  yet  through  Divine  Mercy  of  Sound  mind  and 
Memory  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  will  and  testament  in  Man- 
ner following 

I  St     that  all  my  Honest  Debts  be  Paid 

2ly  I  give  to  Hannah  my  trusty  and  well  Beloved  Wife  the  use  and 
improvement  of  all  my  Real  Estate  So  Long  as  She  Remains  unmaried 
to  another  Man  and  also  all  my  Live  Stock  of  Cattle  Horses  Sheep  and 
Swine  togather  with  all  the  Provision  that  is  in  the  house  at  my  decease 
all  the  above  mentiond  Stock  She  is  to  have  the  use  income  and  im- 
provement of  So  Long  as  she  Remains  unmarried  also  I  give  her  all 
my  Household  Furniture  Forever  I  also  give  her  the  use  of  all  my  Part 
of  the  Dwelling  House  and  Barn 

3ly  I  give  to  my  Son  William  all  my  wearing  apparyell 
4ly  I  Give  to  my  Son  Jacob  all  my  Real  Estate  when  his  mother 
hath  done  with  it  his  paying  my  Son  William  thirty  Pounds  within  two 
years  after  the  dceeas  of  their  mother  and  also  to  Pay  my  Daugh- 
ters Kezia  and  Rhoda  forty  Shillings  to  Each  within  one  year  after 
their  mother's  Decease  or  marriage  and  I  also  Give  my  Son  Jacob 
all  my  Live  Stock  which  is  Left  at  his  mothers  decease  his  pay- 
ins;  the  Funeral  Charge  and  also  mv   House  and    barn   Reserving  the 


268  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

fore  Room  for  the  use  of  my  Daughter  Rhoda  for  her  use  and  benefit 
So  Long  as  She  Remains  unmaried  after  her  mother  decease. 
Lastly  I  do  Nominate  and  appoint  my  Beloved  Wife  Executrix  togath- 
er  with  trusty  and  well  beloved  Friend  Joel  Thompson  Executor  to 
this  my  Last  will  and  testament  to  See  it  Executed  according  to  the 
true  intent  and  meaning  thereof  disannulling  al  other  wills  by  me  made 
Heretofore. 

In  witness  whereof  I   have   hereunto   set   my   Hand    and   Seal   this 
twenty  third  day  of  February  in  this  year  of  our   Lord   one  Thousand 
Seven  hundred  and  Ninety 
Signed  Sealed  and  Published 
by  the  Testator  as  hi?  Last  will 

and  testament  In  Presents  Caleb  Barker     (seal) 

of  us 

Daniel  Davis 

Samuel  Tuck 

Andrew  Coombes 

Probated  19  Jan.,  1796.     [VI,  204-205.] 
Daniel  Davis  and  Jacob  Barker,  Jr.,   both   of    Lewiston,  sureties.     In- 
ventory by  John  Herrick,  Josiah    Mitchell   and   Abner    Harris,   all   of 
Lewiston,  i  Feb.,  1796,  $880.14.      [VI,  220.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen  the  twenty  first  Day  of  January  in  the  year 
of  our  LORD  one  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  ninety  five  I  Stephen 
Norton  of  Readfield  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts  yeoman  being  far  advanced  in  years  thougli  of  perfect 
mind  and  memory  Calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body  and 
knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  Die  Do  make  and  or- 
dain this  as  my  last  will  and  Testament  that  is  to  Say  Principally  and 
first  of  all  I  Give  and  Recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  who 
Gave  it  and  my  Body  I  Commit  to  the  Earth  to  be  decently  Buryed 
in  a  Christian  manner  at  the  Discression  of  my  Executors  hereafter 
named  and  as  touching  Such  worldly  estate  as  God  hath  Blessed  me 
with  in  this  life  I  Give  and  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the  following  man- 
ner and  form 

Imprimis  I  will  that  all  my  Just  Debts  and  funeral  Charges  be  well 
and  truly  paid  in  Some  Convenient  time  after  my  Decease 
Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  wife  Sarah  Norton  all  my  estate 
Real  and  personal  lying  and  being  on  the  Island  of  Nantuckit  also  all 
my  live  Stock  farming  utensils  houslioUl  furniunc  and  c\ery  other  arti- 
cle of  personal  estate 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  269 

Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  Son  Constant   Norton  five   Shillings 
having  before  Given  him  his  proportion  of  my  estate 
Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  Son  Peter  Norton  five  Shillings  hav- 
ing before  Given  him  his  proportion  of  my  estate 

Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my    Daughter   Sarah  Bean  five   Shillings 
having  before  Given  hur  a  portion  of  my  estate 

Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Kathariene  Norton  five 
Shillings  having  before  Given  hur  a  portion  of  my  estate 
Lastly  I  Constitute  and  appoint  my  Sons  Constant  Norton  and  Peter 
Norton  to  be  my  Executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  Ratify- 
ing and  Confirming  this  for  my  last  will  and  testament 
In  witness  whereof  I  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  the  Day  and 
year  first  above  written  * 

Signed  Sealed  and  Declared 
by  the  Said  Stephen  Norton 
to  be  his  last  will  and 
Testament  in  presence  of 

Robert  Page  Stephen  Norton     (seal) 

Benjamin  Savage 
William  Wyman 

Probated  19  Jan.,  1796.  [VI,  206-207.]  Robert  Page  and  Benja- 
min Savage,  both  of  Readfield,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Matthias  Smith, 
Jr.,  Daniel  Wing  and  Samuel  Stevens,  all  of  Readfield,  7  Jan.,  1797. 
[Unrecorded.] 

In  the  name  of  God — Amen — 
I  Prudence  Chapman  of  Waldoborough  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Widdovv  Being  sick  and  weak  in 
Body  but  of  Perfect  and  Sound  mind  and  Memory  (Blessed  be  god  for 
it)  and  Taking  into  Consideration  that  is  appointed  for  all  mortals 
once  to  die  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  will  and  testament  in 
form  and  manner  following  that  Js  to  Say  in  the  first  Place  I  recom- 
end  my  Soul  to  god  who  Gave  it  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  to  be 
Burried  after  the  Manner  of  A  Decent  Cristian  Burril  ntjt  at  all  doupt- 
ing  of  A  Future  resurection  and  as  to  what  worldly  goods  god  in  his 
Providence  hath  been  Pleased  to  bless  me  with  in  this  world  I  Dispose 
of  AVill  and  bequeath  them  in  the  Manner  following  Viz 
Imprimiis  I  will  that  all  my  Just  Depts  shall  be  first  Paid  and  I  will 
and  Bequeth  to  My  Beloved  Daughter  Prudence  Loring  three  Pounds 
Item.  I  will  and  Bequeth  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Sarah  Cole  three 
Pounds — 


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Item  —I  Will  and  Bequeth  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Deborah   Chap- 
man A  Bed  and  A  Cow  together  with  A  Room  and  her  living  in   My 
House  As  long  as  She  lives  or  So  long  as  She  Remeigns  unmarried 
Item  I  Will  and  bequeth  unto  My  Beloved  Daughter    Mary    Vinall 
three  Pounds — 

Item  I  Will  and  bequeth  unto  My  Beloved  Son  Abraham  Chapman 
(Whom  I  also  make  my  Sole  Executor  to  this  my  last  will  and  Teste- 
ment  )  all  my  Real  and  Personal  Estate  after  taking  or  his  Paying  out 
the  Above  Leagecies  and  bequethments  and  it  is  my  Will  that  After 
my  Desscease  he  should  have  full  Posesion  of  all  My  Lands  Cattle 
Buildings  Depts  Due  me  moneys  I  leave  and  All  &  every  Part  of  my 
Said  real  and  Personal  estate  of  what  name  or  nature  soever  and  I 
hereby  make  and  ordain  him  my  Sole  Executor  To  this  my  Last  will 
and  testement  As  Aforesaid 

And  I  herby  Revoke  and  make  null  and  Void  all  other  wills  By  me 
heretofore    ever  made 

In  testimony  Whereof  I  have  hereunto  Subscribed  my  name  and 
affixed  my  Seal  at  Said  Waldoborough  this  Seventh  day  of  November 
in  ihe  year  of  our  Lord  one  Thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Eighty 
eight 

Signed  Sealed  and  Declared  by  the  said 
Prudence  Chapman  to  be  her  last 
Will  and  testament  in  Presence  of  us 

George  Demuth  Prudence  Chapman     (seal) 

Paul  Lash 
Thos.  McGuyer 

Probated  26  May,  1796.     [VI,  208.] 

Jonathan  Davis,  late  of  Bath.  Jonathan  Davis,  of  Bath,  Adm'r,  9 
Sep.,  1796.     [VI,  2 1 1-2 1 2.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  amen 
I  William  Hathorn  Farmer  in  St  Georges  River  Bing  in  bodilay  helth 
and  of  sound  and  disposing  mind  and  meomry  Considring  the  unsert- 
antes  of  this  transitory  life  do  for  avoiding  Controversies  after  my  de- 
sease  make  and  publesh  and  declare  this  my  lait  Will  and  testament  in 
manner  following  that  is  to  Say  First  I  recomend  my  Soul  to  God 
that  gave  it  and  my  Body  I  Commit  to  the  Earth  and  as  for  my  World- 
ly Estate  I  give  Bequath  and  dispose  thereof  as  follouth  first  I  Give 
and    Bequeath  to  my  Son  Alexander  Hathorn  to    the   Valo    of  three 


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pounds  laful  money  of  Now  Eangland  and  all  my  wearing  apparell  All 
the  Rest  and  residue  &  Remainder  of  my  Real  &  personal  Estats  of 
money  lands  &  tenements  Goods  Chattels  whatsover  as  Shall  be  aney 
ways  due  owing  or  belonging  unto  me  at  my  decease  I  do  Give  devise 
and  Bequeath  the  Same  unto  my  Grand  daughter  Jean  Hathorn  only 
Encluding  my  Lawful  and  Endustres  wifes  thirdes  Jean  Hathorn  while 
She  lives  I  do  hireby  appoint  them  whole  &  Sole  Executers  of  this  my 
last  will  testament  hireby  Revoking  all  former  &  other  ^Villes  testa- 
ments &  deeds  of  Gift  by  me  at  any  time  heretofore  made  And  I  do 
ordain  &  Ratify  these  presents  to  Stand  &  be  for  and  as  my  Only 
Last  Will  and  tesament  in  Wittness  Whereof  to  this  my  Said  will  I 
have  Set  my  hand  &  Seal  the  twenty  third  Day  of  November  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  Seven  Hundred  and  fifety  Fave  and  in 
ye  twenty  Sevent  year  of  the  Reing  of  his  Majesty  King  George  over 
Great  Britian  Szc 

Sined  Sealed  &  declared  William  hathorn 

as  my  last  Will  &  testament  (seal) 

In  the  Presence  of  mathusets 

bay  in  new  ingland  Daniel  Lewis 

William  Smith 
jMoses  Robinson  Jun'r 
Jane    Hathorn,    widow,    renounced    executorship,    24    Feb.,    1764. 
Jane,  wife  of  Andrew  Bird,  of  St.  Georges,  renounced    executorship, 
6  Mar.,  1764.     [Unrecorded.] 

I  William  Kennedy  of  Boothbay  in  the  county  of  Lincoln  &  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts  yeoman  Calling  to  mind  the  Mortalaty  of  my 
Body,  and  the  uncertainty  of  my  Life,  and  not  knowing  how  soon  I 
may  be  called  away  by  Death,  and  being  at  this  present  time  weak  in 
body,  but  of  sound  disposing  mind  &  memory,  do  make  and  ordain 
this  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament — That  is  to  say  Principally  and 
in  the  first  place,  I  recomend  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  God  who 
gave  it — and  my  Body  I  commit  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  at  the 
Discration  of  my  Executor,  hereafter  named,  not  Doughting  but  that 
I  shall  receive  the  same  again  at  the  General  Resurrection ;  by  the 
mighty  Power  of  God — And  as  to  my  Worldly  Estate  I  give  Devise 
and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  manner  and  form  (viz.) — 
Imps  I  order  that  all  my  just  debts  and  funeral  Expenses  be  first 
paid  out  of  my  personal  Estate,  immeadiatly  after  my  Decese. 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  two  youngest  sisters  Ruth  and  Ann 


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LIN'COLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 


Kennedy,  the  whole  rest  and  Residue  of  my  Estate  Real  &  personal, 
to  be  Equaly  Divided  between  them  and  to  them  and  their  heirs  and 
asigns  forever — 

Lastly  I  do  hereby  apoint  my  Beloved  Nephu  Benjamin  Kelley 
Juner  my  Sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testement  and  do 
Revoak  all  and  Every  former  Wills  or  Testements  by  me  heretofore 
made,  and  declare  this  &  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Testement. 
In  Wittnes-s  whereof  I  do  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  third  day 
of  August  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  Thousand  seven  hundred  and 
Ninety  Six — 

Signed  sealed  published  and  Declared  by  the  Testator,  to  be  his  last 
Will  and  Testement  in  presence  of  us — 

Wm  McCobb  William  Kennedy     (seal) 

Ichabod  Pinkham 
Mercy  Pinkham 

Probated  20  Sep.,  1796.  [VII,  1-2.]  Benjamin  Kelley  and  Adam 
Boyd,  both  of  Boothbay,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William  McCobb, 
John  Murray  and  John  Emerson,  all  of  Boothbay,  7  Nov.,  1796, 
$953.84.  [VII,  120-121.]  Account  filed  3  June,  1799.  [VIII, 
88-89.] 

Jacob  Pressey,  late  Pownalboiough.  Elizabeth  Pressey,  of  Pownal- 
borough,  widow,  Adm'x,  29  Feb.,  1796.  [VII,  3-4.]  Benjamin 
Pressey  and  Paul  Nute,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Ebenezer  Whittier,  Joseph  Lowell  and  Samuel  Groves,  all  of  Pow- 
nalborough, 27  May,  1796,  $501.55.  [VII,  124.]  Yearly  rent  of 
real  estate  appraised  at  $40,  4  June,  1798.  [VIII,  72.]  Account 
filed  4  June,  1798.  [VIII,  72-73.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Selh 
Tinkham,  William  Taylor  and  Rogers  Smith,  all  of  Pownalborough,  26 
Ap.,  1799.     [XII,  29.] 

Samuel  Parce,  late  of  Boothbay,  mariner.  Elizabeth  Parce,  of 
Boothbay,  widow,  Adm'x,  10  June,  1796.  [VII,  4-5.]  Samuel  Nell- 
son  and  Ezekiel  Pearce,  both  of  Boothbay,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Jonathan  Sawyer,  Edward  Creamer  and  Robert  Reed,  all  of  Boothbay, 
1796,  $495.     [VII,  135.]     Account  filed  5  June,  1797.     [VII,  136.] 

Samuel  Chandler,  late  of  Farmington.  Rebecca  Chandler,  of  Farm- 
ington,  widow,  Adm'x  14  July,  1796.  [VII,  5.]  Supply  Belcher 
and  Ebenezer  Norton,  both  of  Farmington,  sureties.  Phebe,  minor 
daughter,  chose  Solomon  Adams,  of  Farmington,  to  be  her  guardian, 
13  Dec,  1797.      [VII,  239.]       Jacob,  Moses  and  Samuel,  minor  sons, 


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chose  Solomon  Adams  to  be  their  guardian,  13  Jan.,  1797.  [VII, 
240-241.]  Solomon  Adams,  guardian  unto  Rebecca  and  Sally,  minor 
daughters,  16  Jan.,  1798.  [VII,  244.]  Inventory  by  Moses  StarHng, 
Supply  Belcher  and  Moses  Sewall,  all  of  Farmington,  1796,  $1185. 
[VII,  245.]  Account  filed  16  Jan.,  1798,  at  which  date  the  adminis- 
tratrix, had  become  the  wife  of  Jonas  Green.     [VII,  246.] 

Benjamin  Dudley,  late  of  Readfield.  Samuel  Stevens  Oilman,  of 
Mount  Vernon,  Adm'r,  14  July,  1796.  [VII,  5-6.]  John  Dudley  and 
John  Oilman,  both  of  Mount  Vernon,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Timothy 
Bartlett,  of  Mount  Vernon,  Joseph  Hutchins  and  Thomas  Whittier, 
both  of  Readfield,  25  Aug.,  1796,  $662.04.     [Unrecorded.] 

Elisha  Bisbee,  late  of  Hallowell.  Desire  Bisbee,  of  Hallowell, 
widow,  Adm'x,  19  Jan.,  1796.  [VII,  6-7.]  Elisha  Matthews,  of  Sid- 
ney, and  Ebenezer  Moore,  of  Vassalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Asa  Williams,  James  Springer  and  Noah  Woodward,  all  of  Hallowell, 
27  Jan.,  1796,  $565.50.  [VII,  79-80.]  Samuel  Colman  and  John 
Jones,  commissioners  to  examine    claims.      [VIII,  65.] 

Samuel  Bailey,  late  of  Bristol.  Sarah  Richards,  widow,  declined  to 
administer,  30  Ap.,  1796,  and  requested  that  her  brother  JohnMcMur- 
phy  be  appointed.  John  McMurphy,  of  Bristol,  Adm'r,  5  May,  1796. 
[VII,  7.]  Samuel  Yeates  and  Simon  Eliot,  Jr.,  both  of  Bristol,  sure- 
ties. Inventory  by  Shiion  Eliot,  George  James  Yeates  and  Zenas  Fuller, 
all  of  Bristol,  16  May,  1796,  $519.63.      [VIII,  93.] 

Jacob  Day,  late  of  Georgetown.  Bethany  Day,  of  Georgetown, 
widow,  Adm'x,  19  Jan.,  1796.  [VII,  8.]  Isaiah  Wymanand  Jonathan 
Morse,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Mark  Langdon 
Hill,  Daniel  Morse  and  Daniel  Campbell,  all  of  Georgetown,  9  July, 
1 796.     [Unrecorded.] 

Timothy  Reirdon,  late  of  Georgetown.  Elizabeth  Reirdon,  of  George- 
town, widow,  Adm'x,  16  June,  i  796.  [VII,  8-9.]  Abel  Keen  and 
James  Jewett,  both  of  Edgecomb,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Bryant  Lin- 
nen,  Benjamin  Riggs  and  John  Hall,  all  of  Georgetown,  4  Aug.,  1796. 
[VII,  66-67.]  Division  of  real  estate  by  Lewis  Thorp,  Thomas  Len- 
nan  and  John  Hall,  all  of  Georgetown,  5  Oct.,  1803,  into  nine  shares, 
viz  :  heirs  of  John  Radden,  late  of  Georgetown,  deceased ;  Robert 
Clary,  (by  his  wife;)  Allen  Clary,  (by  his  wife;)  heirs  of  John 
Chisham,    (which  he  had  by  his  first  wife  ;)   William  Sullivan,  (by  his 

18 


2  74  LIN'COLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

wife  ;)  David  Poor,  (by  his  wife  ;)  Benjamin  McKinney,  (by  his  wife  ;) 
David  Radden,  and  James  Radden.  [X,  215-216.]  Widow's  dower 
set  off  by  Lewis  Thorp,  Benjamin  Riggs  and  Joseph  Tarr,  all  of  George- 
town, 1800.     [XIII,  414.] 

John  Given,  late  of  Newcastle.  Agnes  Given,  of  Newcastle,  widow, 
Adm'x,  13  May,  1796.  [VII,  9-10.]  Seth  Curtis  and  Samuel  Ken- 
nedy, both  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Farley,  Thom- 
as Cunningham  and  Henry  Kennedy,  all  of  Newcastle,  2  June,  1796, 
$2010.61.  [VII,  113-114.]  David  and  Sarah,  minor  children,  chose 
David  Kennedy,  of  Newcastle,  to  be  their  guardian,  11  Sep.,  1797. 
[VII,  159-160.] 

Stephen  Goodwin,  late  of  Fairfield.  Stephen  Goodwin,  of  Clinton, 
Adm'r,  17  Mar.,  1796.  [VII,  lo-ii.]  William  Lewis  and  Charles 
Call,  both  of  Dresden,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William  Kendall,  David 
Pearson  and  Nymphas  Bodfish,  all  of  Fairfield,  i  Ap.,  1796,    $728.47. 

[VII,  78.] 

Francis  Whitmore,  Jr.,  late  of  Bovvdoinham,  mariner.  Francis 
Whitmore,  of  Bowdoinham,  Adm'r,  4  Feb.,  1796.  [VII,  n.]  Sam- 
uel and  William  Whitmore,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  sureties. 

Joseph  Richardson,  late  of  Winslow.  Jerusha  Richardson,  of  Wins- 
low,  widow,  Adm'x,  19  Jan.,  1796.  [VII,  12.]  Solomon  Parker,  of 
Winslow,  and  Silas  Barrows,  of  Clinton,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Josiah 
Hayden,  Emanuel  Smith  and  Stephen  Tobey,  all  of  Winslow,  24  May, 
1796,  $1094.75.  [VII,  76-77.]  Ezekiel  Pattee  and  Josiah  Hayden, 
both  of  Winslow,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VII,  217.] 
Distribution  of  estate  ordered  25  Nov.,  1800,  at  which  date  the  admin- 
istratrix had  become  the  wife  of  Solomon  Parker.  [VIII,  127-8.] 
.Account  filed  26  Aug.,  1800.  [VIII,  238-9.]  Widow's  dower  set  off 
by  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Josiah  Hayden  and  Manuel  Smith,  all  of  Winslow, 
10  Sep.,  1799.     [Unrecorded.] 

John  Cox,  late  of  Hallowell.  Gershom  Cox,  of  Hallowell,  Adm'r, 
20  Jan.,  1796.  [VII,  12-13.]  Elisha  Craig  and  Gershom  North, 
both  of  Hallowell,  sureties. 

Joseph  Webber,  late  of  Vassalborough.  Sarah  Webber,  widow,  and 
Asa  Webber,  both  of  Vassalborough,  Adm'rs,  9  Sep.,  1796.  [VII,  13- 
14.]  Josiah  Crowell  and  Rufus  Ballard,  both  of  Vassalborough,  sure- 
ties. Joseph  and  Lewis,  sons  of  deceased.  Inventory  by  John  Getch- 
ell,  John  Robinson  and  Ebenezer  Moore,  all  of  Vassalborough,  24  Nov., 
1796,  $1869.74.     [VII,  128-9.] 


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275 


Daniel  Gardner  late  of  Bowdoinham,  mariner.  Ruth  Gardner,  of 
Bowdoinham,  widow,  Adm'x,  8  Feb.,  1796.  [VII,  14.]  Isaiah 
Gardner  and  Stephen  Whitmore,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  sureties. 

Moses  Brown,  late  of  Greene,  mariner.  Enoch  Anderson,  of  Greene, 
Adm'r,  2  July,  1796.  [VII,  15.]  Robert  Anderson  and  William 
Golder,  both  of  Lewiston,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Benjamin  Merrill, 
John  Daggett  and  Luther  Robbins,  all  of  Greene,  29  Aug.,  1796,  $248.' 
53.  [VII,  116.]  Benjamin  Merrill  and  Luther  Robbins,  commis- 
sioners to  examine  claims.      [VII,  117.] 

Robert  Light,  late  of  Pownalborough,  blacksmith.  Elizabeth  Light, 
of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  14  Mar.,  1796.  [VII,  15-^6.] 
David  Silvester  and  Nymphas  Stacy,  both  of  Pownalborough,'  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Joseph  Tinkham,  Francis  Cook  and  John  Hues,  all  of 
Pownalborough,  2  Aug.,  1796,  $764.77.     [VII,   126.] 

David  Dunham,  late  of  Pittston,  mariner.  Hannah  Dunham,  of 
Pittston,  widow,  Adm'x,  23  Aug.,  1796.  [VII,  16.]  David  Moores 
and  Levi  Shepard,  both  of  Pittston,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Christopher 
Jakins,  Edward  Fuller  and  Nathaniel  Bailey,  all  of  Pittston,   29   Nov., 

1796,  $112.75.     [VII,  122.] 

Ebenezer  Gove,  late  of  Edgecomb.  Mary  Gove,  of  Edgecomb, 
widow,  Adm'x,  12  Sep.,  1 796.  [VII,  1 7.]  Ebenezer  Gove,  of  Edge- 
comb, and  William  McCobb,  of  Boothbay,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
William  Cunningham,  John  Farley  and  James  Litde,  all  of  Newcastle, 

1797,  ^7769-35-      [VII,  140-2.] 

Samuel  Parsons,  late  of  Georgetown,  mariner.  John  Parsons  of 
Georgetown,  Adm'r,  I  June,  1796.  [VII,  17-18.]  Josiah  Hinkley 
aud  Wilham  Flitner,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John 
Rogers,  Joseph  Bowker  &  Elijah  Drummond,  all  of  Georgetown,  31 
Mar.,  1797,  $55.55,  to  which  the  administrator  added  a  debt  of  thirty 
dollars  received.      [VII,  114-115.] 

Samuel  Marson,  late  of  Pittston,  mariner.  Abner  Marson,  of  Pitts- 
ton, Adm'r,  17  Feb.,  1796.  [VII,  18-19.]  James  Dumaresq,  of 
Dresden,  and  Francis  Stilfin,  of  Pittston,  sureties. 

William  Jackson,  late  of  Newcastle,  mariner.  James  Jackson  of 
Pownalborough,  Arim'r,  9  Jan.,  1796.  [VII,  19.]  Benjamin  Jackson 
and  Samuel  Jackson,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Samuel  Nickels,  Nathaniel  Bryant  and  Samuel  Keanedy,  all  of  New- 
castle, 20  Feb.,  1796,  $159.58.      [VII,  68-69.] 

James  Jackson,  late  of  Pownalborough.     Rebecca  Jackson,  of  Pow- 


276  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

nalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  12  Sep.,  1796.  [VII,  19-20.]  Joseph 
Lambert,  of  Pownalborough,  and  James  Hodge,  of  New  Milford, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas  Rice,  Rogers  Smith  and  John  Sutton 
Foye,  all  of  Pownalborough,  7  Ap.,  1797.     [Unrecorded.] 

Edmund  Grover  Rowe,  late  of  Georgetown,  mariner.  Ebenezer 
Rowe,  of  Georgetown,  Adm'r,  15  Ap.,  1796.  [VII,  20-21.]  Noah 
Bradford,  and  Ebenezer  Rowe,  Jr.,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  Thomas  Stevens,  James  McFaden  and  Lewis  Thorp,  29 
Aug.,  1796,  $130.25.     [VII,  125.] 

Sarah  Soule,  late  of  Waldoborough,  widow.  Waterman  Thomas,  of 
Waldoborough,  Adm'r,  20  Sep.,  1796.  [VII,  21.]  John  Trowbridge 
and  Joshua  Howard,  Jr.,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties.  John  and 
Sarah  Trowbridge,  .'\lexander  and  Anna  Turner,  and  Joshua  Howard, 
Jr.,  heirs,  requested  appointment  of  administrator.  Inventory  by  Will- 
iam Farnsworth,  William  Fish  and  Joseph  Simmons,  all  of  Waldobo- 
rough, 19  Sep.,  1797,  $527.92.  [VII,  158.]  Account  filed  10  Jan., 
1806.     [XI,   152.] 

James  Buswell,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Jacob  Ludwig,  of  Waldobo- 
rough, Adm'r,  20  Sep.,  1796.  [VII,  22.]  Cornelius  Turner  and 
Lorinz  Sides,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties.  Jane,  widow  of  deceased, 
resident  in  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  requested  appointment  of  administrator, 
12  .\ug.,  1795,  Inventory  by  Jacob  Winchenbach,  Samuel  Angier  and 
John  Christopher  Walliser,  all  of  Waldoborough,  $98.22.  [VII,  179  to 
181.] 

William  Pattee,  late  of  Winslow.  Sibyl  Pattee,  of  Winslow,  widow, 
Adm'x,  12  Jan.,  1797.  [VII,  22-23.]  Solomon  Parker  and  Stephen 
Tobey,  both  of  Winslow,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Charles  Hayden, 
Manuel  Smith  and  Amos  Childs,  all  of  Winslow,  2  June,  1797,  $5 7 7. 
[VII,  92.]  Distribution  of  estate  ordered  25  Nov.,  1800.  [VIII, 
128-9.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  8  Ap.,  1800.  [VIII, 
240.]     Account  filed  29  Aug.,    1800.     [Unrecorded.] 

Perley  Dow,  late  of  Readfield,  mariner.  Dorothy  Dow,  of  Readfield, 
widow,  Adm'x,  19  Jan.,  1797.  [VII,  23-24.]  John  Blunt  and  Will- 
iam Stevens,  both  of  Winthrop,  sureties. 

Daniel  McFaden,  late  of  Georgetown.  James  McFaden,  of  George- 
town, Adm'r,  3  Feb.,  1797.  [VII, 24.]  James  Maxwell  and  George 
Maxwell,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  sureties.  Margrat,  widow  of  deceased, 
and  Daniel,  John  and  Thomas,  sons,  requested  apf)ointment  of  James, 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  277 

eldest  surviving  heir,  as  administrator,  3  Feb.,  i  797.  Inventory  by  Al- 
exander Drummond  and  Denny  McCobb,  both  of  Georgetown,  and 
David  Gilmore,  of  Woolwich,  3  Mar.,  1797,  S519.25.      [VII,  63.] 

Samuel  Tilton,  late  of  Edgecomb,  mariner.  Benjamin  Tilton,  of 
Edgecomb,  mariner,  Adm'r,  9  Feb.,  1797.  [VII,  24-25.]  Moses 
Davis,  of  Edgecomb,  and  Mariner  Pearson,  of  Pownalborough,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Daniel  Webster  and  Thomas  Ring,  both  of  Edgecomb, 
and  Job  Day,  of  Newcastle,  1797,  $531.78.     [VII,  119.] 

Lemuel  Doe,  late  of  Bristol.  Elizabeth  Doe,  of  Bristol,  widow, 
Adm'x,  20  Feb.,  1797.  [VII,  25-26.]  John  Boyd  and  Phillips 
Hatch,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties.  Inventory  by  George  Rodgers,  Will- 
iam Mclntyer  and  Samuel  Boyd,  all  of  Bristol,  23  May,  1797,  $1828.- 
46,  and  two  notes  of  hand  amounting  to  $147.21.  [VII, 
1 71-2.]  Elizabeth  and  Thomas,  minor  children,  chose  Elizabeth, 
widow,  to  be  their  guardian,  9  Ap.,  1805.  [IX,  259,]  Eliza- 
beth, widow,  guardian  unto  John,  non  cojnpos  son,  27  June,  1805. 
[X,  4  to  6.]  Real  estate  valued  at  $1360-  by  William  Mclntyer, 
Henry  Fosset  and  Samuel  Boyd,  all  of  Bristol,  25  June,  1805  ;  assign- 
ment of  real  estate  to  Samuel,  eldest  son,  27  June,  1805  ;  account  filed 
27  June,  1805.     [XI,  96  to  98.] 

Thomas  Taylor,  Jr.,  late  of  Winthrop,  mariner.  Squier  Bishop,  of 
Winthrop,  Adm'r,  25  May,  1797.  [VII,  26.]  Squier  Bishop,  Jr.,  of 
Mount  Vernon,  and  Robert  Randall,  of  Hallowell,  sureties. 

Ephraim  Fitz,  late  of  Woolwich.  Sarah  Fitz,  of  Bath,  widow,  Adm'x, 
26  May,  1797.  [VII,  27.]  Dummer  Sewall  and  Edward  Hall  Page, 
both  of  Bath,  sureties. 

Hezekiah  Eggleston,  late  of  Bristol,  mariner,  Hannah  Eggleston, 
of  Bristol,  widow,  Adm'x,  5  June,  1797.  [VII,  27-28.]  William 
Mclntyer  and  Robert  McLintock  both  of  Bristol,  sureties. 

Samuel  Waters,  Jr.,  late  of  a  place  called  the  great  pond  setdement. 
Samuel  Waters,  of  Ballto\Mi,  Adm'r,  5  June,  1797.  [VII,  28-29.] 
Moses  Davis,  of  Edgecomb,  and  Wyman  Bradbury  Sevey,  of  Pownal- 
borough, sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Longfellow,  Amos  Dennis  and 
George  Carr,  all  of  the  great  pond  settlement,  25  Aug.,  i  797,  $43  ^.20. 
[VII,  155-6.] 

John  Fulton,  Jr.,  late  of  Topsham,  mariner.  Sarah  Fulton,  of 
Topsham,  widow.  Adm'x,  20  June,  1797.  [VII, 29.]  Jonathan  Ellis 
and  Samuel  Winchel,  both  of  Topsham,   sureties.     Inventory   by  John 


278  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Rogers,  Alexander  Rogers  and  James  Sampson,  all  of  Topsham,  3 
July,  1797,  $802.82.     [Unrecorded.] 

Samuel  Graves,  late  of  Topsham.  Jacob  Graves,  of  Topsham, 
Adm'r,  29  June,  1797.  [VII,  29-30.]  John  Graves,  Jr.,  and  Charles 
Gowell,  both  of  Topsham,  sureties.  Mary,  widow,  declined  adminis- 
tration in  favor  of  son  Jacob.  Inventory  by  Alexander  Rogers,  John 
Rogers  and  William  Wilson,  all  of  Topsham,  11  July,  1797,  $1999.70. 
[Unrecorded.] 

William  Lithgovv,  Jr.,  late  of  Georgetown.  William  Lithgow,  of 
Georgetown,  Adm'r,  i  Aug.,  1797.  [VII,  30-31.]  Denny  McCobb 
and  George  Ring,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William 
Howard,  of  Augusta,  Mark  Langdon  Hill  and  Denny  McCobb,  both 
of  Georgetown,  22  Sep.,  1797,  $2417.87.  [VIII,  25  to  28.]  Arthur 
Lithgow,  of  Winslow,  Adm'r  de  bonis  7ion,  15  Jan.,  1799.  [I^j  ^6.] 
William  Howard,  of  Augusta,  and  Ebenezer  Farwell,  of  ^''assalborough, 
commissioners  to  examine  claims,  21  Jan.,  1801.     [XIII,  89-90.] 

Ezra  Dingley,  late  of  Georgetown,  cordwainer.  Joseph  Bowker, 
of  Georgetown,  Adm'r,  i  Aug.,  1797.  [VII,  31.]  Denny  McCobb 
and  William  Lee,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties.  Nabby,  widow,  re- 
quested appointment  of  administrator.  Inventory  by  Mark  Langdon  Hill, 
Elijah  Drummond  and  Thomas  Pjutler,  all  of  Georgetown,  13  Oct., 
1797,  $52.17,  [VIII,  68,]  to  which  administrator  added  sundry  ar- 
ticles amounting  to  $39.38.  [VIII,  69.]  Account  filed  31  May, 
1799.      [VIII,  69.] 

Joseph  Whalen,  late  of  Georgetown.  Patience  \Vhalen,  of  George- 
town, widow,  Adm'x,  I  Aug.,  1797.  [VII,  32.]  William  Sprague 
and  William  Sprague,  Jr.,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Mark  Langdon  Hill,  Joseph  Bowker  and  Elijah  Drummond,  all  of 
Georgetown,  28  Oct.,  1797,  $992.70.      [Unrecorded.] 

James  Linnan,  late  of  Georgetown,  mariner.  Bryant  Linnan,  of 
Georgetown,  Adm'r,  i  Aug.,  1797.  [VII,  32-33.]  Denny  McCobb 
and  James  McFadden,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties. 

William  Balcom,  late  of  Pittston,  mariner.  Abner  Marson,  of  Pitts- 
ton,  Adm'r,  6  July,  1797.  [VII,  2)2)-\  Ezra  Taylor,  of  Dresden,  and 
Christopher  Jackins,  of  Pittston,  snreties.  Inventory  by  Christopher 
Jackins,  Nathaniel  Bailey  and  Edward  Fuller,  all  of  Pittston,  7  Oct., 
1797,  $355-     [VIII,  64.]     Account  filed   7   Feb.,    1804.     [X,  154.] 

Eliphalet  Pierce,  late  of  Augusta.     Samuel  Pierce,  of  Sidney,  Adm'r, 


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10  Aug.,  1797.  [VII,  67-68.]  Jacob  Goodwin  and  Seth  Pitts,  both 
of  Sidney,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Henry  Sewall,  Jeremiah  Ingraham 
and  Seth  Williams,  all  of  Augusta,  26  Sep.,  1797,  ^840.30.  [VIII, 
31-32-] 

Daniel  Coss,  minor  son  of  John  Coss,  late  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H,, 
chose  Thomas  Coss,  of  Dresden,  to  be  his  guardian,  22  Aug.,  1797. 
[VII,  68.] 

In  the  name  of  GOD  amen  ! 

I  Robert'Govan  of  Bristol  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Gentleman, 
considering  the  uncertainty  of  this  mortal  life,  and  being  of  sound  and 
perfect  mind  and  memory,  blessed  be  Almighty  GOD  for  the 
same.  Do  make  this  my  last  Will  and  testament  in  manner  and  form 
following,  that  is  to  say. 

I  Give  and  bequeatii  to  my  beloved  Wife  Jane  if  she  should  survive 
me,  My  one  quarter  part  of  the  Grist  Mill  at  the  Falls  of  Pemequid  in 
Bristol  and  One  third  part  of  all  my  other  Real  estate  of  lands  tene- 
ments and  buildings  with  the  priviledges  and  appurtenances  on  both 
sides  of  the  same  falls.  To  have  and  to  hold  the  same  to  her  and 
her  assigns  for  and  during  the  term  of  her  Natural  life.  And  I  further 
give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  beloved  Wife  One  third  part  of  all  my 
Personal  Estate,  Goods  and  Chattels  of  what  kind  or  nature  soever  to 
Have  and  to  hold  the  same  to  her,  and  her  Assigns  for  ever,  in  equiva- 
lent to  her  right  of  Dower.  I  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son 
Robert,  at  my  said  Wifes  Decease,  My  above  mentioned  One  quarter 
part  of  the  Grist  mill  then  to  have  and  to  hold  the  same  to  him  his 
heirs  and  assigns  forever.  And  to  my  said  son  Robert  and  my  son 
Alexander  I  give  and  bequeath  all  the  Rest,  residue  and  remainder  of 
my  real  and  personal  estate  in  equal  proportion  between  them  as  they 
may  devide  under  th^  burthens  before  and  afterwards  mentioned,  to 
have  and  to  hold  the  same  to  them  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  ever. 
To  the  Children  of  my  Daughter  Sally,  deceased,  late  the  Wife  of  Al- 
exander Maclean  I  Give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of  One  hundred 
pounds  lawful  money,  and  to  my  Daughters  Jenny  the  Wife  of  Israel 
Cox,  Betsey  the  Wife  of  John  Nickels  and  Hannah  the  Wife  of  Thom- 
as Miller,  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  the  sum  of  One  hundred  pounds 
each.  Which  sums  together  making  four  hundred  pounds  I  Will  and 
ordain  to  be  raised  out  of  that  part  of  my  Estate  bequeathed  to  my 
sons,  or  by  them  to  be  paid  to  the  respective  legatees  the  One  half 
thereof  in  one  Year  and  the  other  half  in  two  Years  after  my    Decease. 


28o  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

I  also  hereby  appoint  my  said  Wife  Jane  the  Reverend  Alexander 
Maclean  before  named  and  Major  William  Mclntyre  of  said  Bristol 
Gentleman  to  be  my  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  testament.  In 
Witness  Whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  twenty 
eighth  day  of  May  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  Ninety  six 

Robert  Giveen  (seal) 

Signed,  sealed,  published  and 
declared  by  the  above  named 
Robert  Govan  to  be  his  last  Will 
and  testament,  in  the  presence  of 
us  who  have  hereunto 
subscribed  our  Names  as  Witnesses 
in  presence  of  the  testator 

Hannah   Child 

James  Nickels 

Robert  McLintock 

Probated  5  June,  1797.  [VII,  93-94.]  William  Mclntyer  and 
James  Nickels,  both  of  Bristol,  and  Samuel  Nickels,  of  Newcastle,  sure- 
ties. Inventory  by  Phillips  Hatch,  John  Boyd  and  Henry  Fosset,  all 
of  Bristol,  5  Sep.,  1797.     [VII,   164-5.] 

In  The  Name  of  God  Amen  This  tenth  day  of  October  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  seventeen  hundred  and  ninety  two  I  Zebulon  Coffin  of 
Pownalboro  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  in  the  Commonwealth  of  Mass- 
achusetts Mariner,  being  of  sound  mind  and  memory,  knowing  the 
frailty  of  my  body  and  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men  once  to  Dye, 
do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  testament ;  and  first  of  all 
I  recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  who  gave  it,  and  as 
touching  such  worldly  goods  and  Estate  as  God  has  been  pleased  to 
favour  me  with  in  this  life  I  do  hereby  dispose  of  in  manner  following 
Viz.  First  of  all  I  order  that  all  my  Just  debts  and  funeral  charges  be 
paid  out  of  my  Estate  by  my  Executrix  hereafter  named — Imprimies  I 
give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Betsy  Coffin  of  Pownalboro 
in  the  County  aforesaid,  all  my  goods  and  Estate  of  every  kind  and 
denomination  whatsoever,  which  I  shall  dye  seized  or  posssesed  of  or 
oweing  to  me  at  the  time  of  my  death  wheresoever  the  same  shall  or 
may  be  found  to  her  own  use  and  disposal  for  ever  And  I  do  hereby 
Constitute  and  appoint  my  Wife  the  aforesaid  Betsy  Coffin  the  Sole 
Executrix  of  this  my  last   will   and   Testament,  hereby   Ratifying  and 


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confirming  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  will.     In  witness  whereof  I 
the  s'd  Zebulon  Coffin   have  hereunto    set  my  name   and  atfix'd  my 
Seal  the  day  and  year  first  mentioned 
Signed,  Sealed,  published,  pronounced 

and  declared  by  the  Testator  to  be  his  Zebulon  Coffin         (seal) 

last  will  and  testament  in  the  James  Atkins 

presence  of  us  wittnesses  Hannah  Atkins 

David  N.  Brown. 
Probated  26  May,  1796.     [VII,  95.]     Jacob  Brown  and  Loyalist 
Brown,   both  of  Dresden,  sureties.     Jacob    Brown,    of    Bowdoinham, 
guardian  unto  David  Newell,  minor  son,  31  Dec,   1804.     [IX,  194.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen. 

I  John  Mclntyer  of  Warren  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Gentleman — 
being  old  and  weak  in  body,  but  of  sound  mind  memory  and  under- 
standing— taking  into  consideration  the  uncertainty  of  this  transitory 
life— do  make  and  publish  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner 
and  form  following  (to  wit)  — 

First  of  all— I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Robert  Mclntyer  in  ad- 
dition to  what  I  have  heretofore  given  him  by  Deed  &  otherwise— the 
sum  of  twenty  shillings  to  be  paid  him  by  my  Executors  within  one 
year  from  my  decease — 

Also.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  William  the  like  sum  of  twenty 
shillings  in  addition  to  what  I  have  heretofore  given  by  Deed  &  other- 
wise to  be  paid  him  by  my  Executors  within  one  year  from  my  decease — 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  John  Mclntyer  the  like  sum 
of  twenty  shillings  in  addition  to  what  I  have  heretofore  given  him  by 
Deed  and  otherwise  to  be  paid  him  by  my  Executors  within  one 
year  from  my  decease.  Also — I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter 
Jane  Pembleton  the  sum  of  sixty  dollars— to  be  paid  her  by  my  said 
Executors  within  one  year  from  my  decease — provided  neverthless — 
that  should  I  at  any  time,  betwen  the  date  of  this  my  last  will  &  Tes- 
tament &  my  decease — give  to  my  said  daughter  Jane  any  sum  or  sums 
of  money  it  is  my  Will  &  intention  that  the  same  should  be  deducted 
from  and  considered  as  part  payment  of  the  above  mentioned  Legacy — 
and  should  I  give  to  my  said  daughter  Jane  the  above  mentioned  sum 
of  sixty  dollars  at  any  time  before  my  decease — then  the  said  Jane  is  to 
receive  from  my  Executors  only  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings,  to  be  paid 
by  them  within  one  year  from  my  decease. 
Also  I  give  and  bequeath   unto  my  daughter  Mary  Olcott  the  sum  of 


282  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

one  hundred  dollars — to  be  paid  her  by  my  Executors  within  one  year 
from  my  decease  provided  nevertheless  that  any  sum  or  sums  of  mon- 
ey by  me  hereafter  given  her  of  goods  or  personal  estate  hereafter  de- 
livered her  in  my  lifetime  shall  be  deducted  from  and  considered  as 
part  payment  of  the  said  legacy — and  should  I  hereafter  during  my  life- 
time pay  to  my  said  daughter  Mary  the  whole  sum  above  mentioned 
then  the  said  Mary  is  to  receive  from  my  Executors  only  the  sum  of 
twenty  shillings  to  be  by  them  paid  within  one  year  from    my  decease. 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter  Catharine  McCarter  the 
sum  of  Seventy  dollars  to  be  paid  her  by  my  Executors  within  one 
year  from  my  decease — provided  nevertheless  that  any  sum  or  sums  of 
money  by  me  hereafter  given  her  the  said  Catharine  or  any  goods  or 
personal  estate  hereafter  delivered  her  in  my  lifetime  shall  be  deducted 
from  &  considered  as  part  payment  of  the  said  legacy — and  should  I 
hereafter  during  my  lifetime  pay  to  my  said  daughter  Catharine  the 
whole  sum  above  mentioned  then  the  said  Catharine  is  to  receive  from 
my  Executors  only  the  sum  of  twenty  shillings  to  be  by  them  paid 
within  one  year  from  my  decease. 

And  all  the  rest,  residue  and  remainder  of  my  estate,  wordly  goods 
or  effects  what  soever  I  do  hereby  give  devise  and  bequeath  to  my 
dearly  beloved  wife  Jane  Mclntyer  to  be  by  her  used,  occupied,  im- 
proved and  enjoyed  during  the  Term  of  her  natural  life — and  afterwards 
to  descend — ain  over  to  the  aforesaid  Jane,  Mary  &  Catharine  our 
Children  &  Elizabeth  Lermond  daughter  to  my  said  Wife  Jane  &  to 
their  heirs  forever  to  be  equally  divided  between  them — 

And  I  do  hereby  nominate  &  appoint  my    said    Wife    Jane   together 
with  Thurston  Whiting  Executors  of  this    my    last  Will  &   Testament 
hereby  revoking  all  former  Will  or  Wills    by    me    heretofore  made — In 
testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &    seal    this    fifteenth 
day  of  August  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  seventeen   hundred  &  ninety  five. 
Note  the  interlineations  in  the  twenty  third 
line  of  the  first  page — &  the  word  seventy  in 
the  1 8th  line  of  the  second  page — the  word 
hereafter  in  the  22nd  line  of  the  second 
page — the  arasure  in  the  first  &  second 
lines  of  the  third  page  &  the  interlineation 
in  the  third  line  of  the  third  page  were 
all  made  before  the  signing  &  pub- 
lishing of  this  Will  &  Testament — 

John  Mclntyer.     (seal) 


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Signed  sealed  published  and  declared 
by  the  above  named  John  Mclntyer 
as  and  for  his  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment in  presence  of  us  who  have 
hereunto  subscribed  our  names  as 
Witnesses  to  the  same  —in  presence 
of  the  said  Testator — and  in  pre- 
sence of  each  other 

Eli  Bosworth 

Timothy  Pearson 

Sam'l  S.  Wilde 

Probated  5  June,  1797.  [VII,  96  to  98.] 
Jane  Mclntyer  renounced  executorship  i  June,  1797.  Letters  testa- 
mentary issued  to  Thurston  Vhiting,  5  June,  1797.  [VII,  98-99O 
Samuel  S.  Wilde,  of  Warren,  and  William  Mclntyer,  of  Bristol,  sureties. 

In  the  name  of  God  amen, — 
I  Joseph  Philbrick  of  Mountvernon,  in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  &  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts  Joiner,  being  very  sick  &  weak  in  body, 
but  of  sane  mind,  &  memory,  thanks  to  God  for  that.— Calling  to 
mind  that  I  am  mortal,  &  must  sooner,  or,  later  die ;  under  this  consid- 
eration, I  do  make  &  ordain  this  my  last  Will,  &  Testiment,  in  the 
following  manner.  First  I  recommend  my  immortal  part  to  God  that 
gave  it,  and  my  Body  to  be  buried  in  a  decent  manner,  as  my  Execu- 
tors see  fit. — 

Respecting  the  worldly  interest  it  has  pleased  God  to  bless  me  with,  I 
give  &  dispose  of  it  in  the  following  manner. — 

firstly  I  give  to  my  beloved  Wife  Mary  Philbrick,  the  use  and  improve- 
ment of  all  my  real  Estate,  during  the  term  she  shall  remain  my  Wid- 
dow,  with  all  the  privileges,  belonging  thereto,  together  with  all  my 
stock  of  Cattle,  &  husbandry  tools,  likewise  all  my  household  furnature 
for  &  during  the  aforesaid  term,  her  paying  the  Legacies  herein  after 
mentioned.  But  in  consideration  she  shall  marry  again,  from  & 
after  that  time,  she  is  to  have  the  use  &  improvement  of  only  one  third 
part  of  my  real  Estate  in  quantity  &  quality,  and  all  my  household 
furniture  during  her  natural  life — 

secondly— I  give  unto  my  Daughter  Anna  Philbrick  fifty   Dollars  to  be 
paid  her  by  her  Mother  on  the  day  of  her  marriage  or  at  her  ariving  to 
twenty  one  years  ot  Age. — 
Thirdly    I  give    to  my  Daughter    Amay    Filbrick  fifty  Dollars,  to  be 


284  LINXOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

paid  her  by  her  Mother  at  her  marriage  day,  or  at  her  arival  at  twenty 
one  years  of  age. — 

fourthly  I  give  my  Apprentice  Thomas  Twist,  one  Hundred  Dollars 
including  what  his  indentures  specify,  providing  he  shall  faithfully  ful- 
fill his  said  Indentures,  said  one  Hundred  Dollars  to  be  paid  him,  in 
neat  stock,  six  feet  Oxen  to  be  estimated  at  fifty  Dollars  a  yoke,  to  be 
paid  by  my  Executors  one  half  when  he  becomes  of  age  the  other 
half  in  three  years  from  that  time. 

fifthly  I  give  unto  my  beloved  Daughters  Anna  &  Amay  Philbrick  two 
thirds  of  all  my  real  Estate  to  be  divided  between  them  equally,  and 
all  my  Personal  Estate  to  be  equally  divided  between  them,  they  to 
take  possession  thereof,  at  their  Mothers  death,  or  on  the  day  she  shall 
mart)'  again,  &  likewise  I  give  all  my  real  &  personal  Estate  to  my 
aforesaid  Daughters  &  to  their  heirs,  Executors  or  Administrators, 
after  their  Mothers  disease. — 

sixthly  I  ordain,  constitute  &  appoint  my  beloved  Wife  Mary  Philbrick, 
my  beloved  Brother  Benjamin  Philbrick,  and  my  honoured  Father 
Squire  Bishop  Executors,  of  this  my  last  will  &  testament — lin  testimony 
whereof  I  do  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  to  this  my  last  Will  &  Testa- 
ment, this  Eighth  day  of  March  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  seventeen 
Hundred  «S:  Ninety  six — 
Signed,  &  Sealed  in  presents  of 
us  Joseph  Philbrick     (seal) 

Samuel  Quimby 

Squier  Bishop 

Samuel  Gilman 

Probated  25  May,  1797.  [VH,  99-100.] 
Squier  Bishop,  Jr.,  and  Samuel  Gilman,  both  of  Mount  Vernon,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  William  Whittier,  John  Hovey  and  Samuel  Brown,  all  of 
Mountvernon,  4  Jan.,  1798,  Si 275.93.  [^^III>  59-]  Account  filed 
31  May,  1798.     [VIII,  60.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  I,  Mary  Ford  of  Woolwich  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln,  Widow,  Being  Sick  &  Weak  in  Body,  but  of  Per- 
fect mind  &  Memory,  for  which  I  desire  to  Bless  God,  and  knowing 
that  it  is  appointed  for  all  Men  once  to  die,  do  make  and  Ordain  this 
my  last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner  following,  Vizt — 
Imprimis.  I  Bequeath  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  God  who 
gave  it.  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  with  a  decent  Christian 
Burial  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executor  hereafter  named,  not  doubting 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  285 

but  that  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  at  the  General  Resurrection 
thro  the  merits  &  Mediation  of  Jesus  Christ  my  Saviour.  And  as  to 
such  Worldly  estate  as  it  hath  Pleased  God  to  Bless  me  with  me  with. 
I  Give  &  Bequeath  in  the  following  manner  Vizt,  I  will  that  all  my 
just  debts  and  funeral  Charges  be  paid  in  the  first  Place, 
secondly  I  give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  Nephew  John  Perkins  a 
Feather  Bed,  bolster  &  Pillows,  with  a  Coverlid  and  a  pair  of  Blankets. 
Item.  I  give  to  my  Nephew  John  Perkins's  daughter  Mary  my  Gold 
Necklace. 

Item.  I  give  to  my  Neice  Mary  Perkins,  daughter  of  my  Brother 
Robert  my  Red  Grogram  Gownd,  Item.  I  give  to  my  Neice  Sally 
Perkins  my  black  Silk  Gownd,  Item.  I  give  to  Lydia  Kelley,  to  Na- 
than Webb  and  to  Peter  Bitum  a  Lad  that  now  lives  with  me  each  of 
them  a  Bible,  all  the  rest  and  Residue  of  my  Estate  whatever  I  give 
&  Bequeath  unto  my  Nephew  Robert  Perkins  to  be  Enjoyed  by  him 
and  his  heirs  forever.  lastly  I  Nominate  &  Appoint  my  s'd  Nephew 
Robert  Perkins  sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament  here- 
by revoking  all  former  Wills  &  Testaments  by  me  heretofore  made. 
In  Testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  this  first 
day  of  September  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred &  Eighty  nine  Signed  Sealed  Published  and  declared  by  the  Tes- 
tatrix as  &:  for  her  last  Will  &  Testament  in  presence  of  us  who  at  her 
request  in  her  presence  «Sc  in  presence  of  each  other  have  subscribed 
our  names  as  Witnesses  thereto. 

Nathl :  Thwing  Mary  Ford     (seal) 

Ebenr  :  Emerson 
Seth  Hathorn 

Probated  25   May,  1797.   [VII,   101-102.]   Nathaniel   Thwing   and 
Seth  Hathorn,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties. 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen 
I  Daniel  Stevens  of  Hallowell  in  the  Count}'  of  Lincoln,  being  very  sick 
and  weak  in  body,  but  of  sound  disposing  mind  and  memor}-,  thanks 
be  given  unto  God  therefor,  calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  mv  bodv, 
and  that  it  is  appointed  unto  all  Men  once  die,  do  make  and  ordain 
this  my  last  Will  &  Testament. 

Imprimis. — I  give  and  recommend  my  soul  into  the  ha? ids  of  Almity 
God  who  gave  it,  and  my  Body  to  the  Grave — to  be  intered  in  a  desent 
and  christian  manner,  under  the  directions  of  my  Executor  hereafter 
named ;  and  as  touching  such  worldly  Estate  as  it  hath  pleased  God  to 


286  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

bestow  on  me,  I  give  and  dispose  thereof  as  follows,  viz. 
Item.  I  order  and  direct  that  all  my  Debts  and  funeral  charges  be 
first  paid  out  of  my  personal  Estate  by  my  Executor. 
Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Mehitable  Stevens 
all  my  household  furniture  to  do  and  Dispose  of  as  she  shall  think 
Best,  and  the  use  of  one  third  part  of  my  Real  Estate  as  long  as  she 
may  live. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  two  beloved  Son's  Samuel  Stevens 
and  Daniel  Stevens,  the  whole  of  my  real  Estate  to  be  Equally  divided 
between  them — the  same  Daniel  to  have  his  moiety  or  one  half  part 
when  he  shall  arive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years. 
Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  same  son  Samuel,  all  my  personaly 
Estate  which  may  be  left  after  paying  my  just  Debts  funeral  Charges 
and  household  furniture  is  taken  out  as  aforesaid — it  is  my  will  and  I 
hereby  order  and  direct  that  my  Beloved  Daughters,  Mary,  Abigail 
Hannah  Sarah  Betsey  Nancy  Olive  and  Sophia,  be  severally  supported 
in  a  decent  manner  out  of  the  income  and  profit  of  my  real  Estat 
divided  to  my  same  two  son's  Samuel  &  Daniel  till  they  respectively 
arive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  or  be  respectively  married,  which 
ever  shall  first  happen — and  on  thier  ariveing  to  the  age  of  twenty  one 
years,  or  being  severally  married,  whichever  shall  first  happen  I  hereby 
order  and  direct  my  son  Samuel  to  pay  them  Sixty  Dollars  Each  out  of 
my  real  Estate  divided  to  my  same  sons  Samuel  &  Daniel,  by  this  my 
last  will  and  Testament. 

Item.  I  hereby  give  and  devise  to  my  daughter  Mehitable  Carr  ten 
Dollars  to  be  paid  her  by  my  Executor  when  Called  for. 
I  hereby  revoke  and  nulify  all  former  wills  and  Testaments  by  me 
made — and  hereby  declare  this  and  this  only  to  be  my  last  will  &  Tes- 
tament— and  I  hereby  appoint  my  son  Samuel  Stevens  sole  Executor 
thereof.  In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereto  set  my  hand  &  5-eal  this 
ninth  day  of  January  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1796. 
Signed  Sealed  published  and  '^ 

pronounced  and  declared  by  the 
said  Testator  as  his  last  will  and 
Testament  in  the  presents  of  us, 
who  in  his  presents   and  in  the  [ 

presents  of  Each  other,  at  his  request, 
have  hereto  suberscribed  our  Nams 
as  witnesses 
Stephen  Scribner 


D   Stevens     (seal) 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RFX'ORDS.  287 

Moses  Carr 
Jonathan  Sewall 

I  Do  publish  and  declare  this  my  last  will  and  Testament. 

Probated  9  Sep.,  1796.  [VII,  103-104.] 
Stephen  Scribner,  of  Mount  Vernon,  and  Moses  Carr,  of  Hallowell, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Nathaniel  Dummer,  James  Page  and  John 
Haines,  all  of  Hallowell,  24  Nov.,  1796,  $3922.      [VII,  242-243.] 

IN,  THE,  NAME,  OF,  GOD,  AMEN 
I  Abraham  Tilton,  being  of  Sound  mind  &  memory,  tho  weak  in  body, 
and  Considering  the  frailty  of  humane   nature   and   the  uncertainty  of 
the  time  when  I  shall  die,  do  make  Publish  &  declare   this   to   be  my 
last  will  &  testament. — 

Imprimis.  I  Resign  my  Soul  to  him  who  is  the  Supreme  Governour 
of  the  Universe,  hopeing  for  Salvation  through  the  merits  of  our 
Lord  &  Saviour  Jesus  Christ,  and  my  body  to  the  dust  from  whence  it 
came — as  to  my  worldly  Estate  I  dispose  of  it  in  the  following  manner, 
Vizt — After  my  Just  Debts  and  funeral  Charges  are  paid  I  give  unto 
my  Daughter  Susannah  Sevey  one  Dollar  She  haveing  her  Share  of  my 
Estate  at  the  time  of  her  Marriage,  also  I  give  unto  my  Son  Samuel 
one  Dollar,  he  also  haveing  his  full  Share  of  my  Estate  at  his  Freedom, 
the  remainder  of  all  my  Estate  both  real  &  personal  is  to  divided  in 
equal  Shares  among  &  between  the  residue  of  my  Children.  Vizt.  Ben- 
jamin, Daniel,  Abraham,  Charles,  Andrew,  John,  Mary  &  Sarah,  except 
as  is  hereafter  Excepted — Mary  is  to  have  the  one  half  of  her 
own  Mothers  household  furniture,  and  Sarah  is  to  have  the  other 
half  of  her  said  Mothers  houshold  furniture  together  with  all 
her  said  Mothers  wearing  apparrel,  also  the  said  Sarah  is  to 
have  all  her  Stepmothers  houshold  furniture,  and  wearing  appar- 
rel— bed  &  beding  inclusively — Lastly  I  make  constitute  and  ap- 
point my  Son  Benjamin  Tilton  Executor  to  this  my  last  will  &  testa- 
ment hereby  revoking  all  other  wills  by  me  heretofore  made.  In  wit- 
ness whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  Seal  this  twenty  first 
day  of  February  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
&  ninety  six — 

Signed  sealed  published  &  declared  ^ 
to  be  the  last  will  and  Testament        | 

of  the  above  named  Abraham  Tilton  I       The  words  Dollar  & 
in  Presence  of  us —  [      houshold  were 

I       interlined  before 

J       Signing  &  witnessing — 


288  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Tho's  Ring 

Benja  Rackleff  Abraham  Tilton         (seal) 

Abner  Hood 

Probated  6  Jan.,  1797.  [VII,  105-106.]  Moses  Davis  and  Ben- 
jamin Rackleff,  both  of  Edgecomb,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas 
Ring  and  Daniel  Webster,  both  of  Edgecomb,  and  Job  Day,  of  New- 
castle, $801.  49.     [VII,  108.] 

In  the  Name  and  fear  of  God  Amen.  I  Stephen  Sevey  of  Pownalbo- 
rough  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman  calling  to  mind  the  brevity 
&  uncertainty  of  humane  Life  &  feeling  my  Body  decaying,  tho'  of 
sound  &  disposing  mind  &  memory,  do  make  this  my  last  Will  & 
Testament,  in  manner  following  viz  I  commend  my  Body  to  the 
Earth  at  my  death  to  be  decently  buried  at  the  discretion  of  my  Ex- 
ecutrix, &  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  who  gave  it,  and  as  to  my 
worldly  Estate  with  which  God  hath  been  pleased  to  bless  me,  I  dis- 
pose of  it  as  follows,  viz 

I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  beloved  wife,  Mary  Sevey,  (who  I  herein 
after  name  my  Executrix,)  all  the  Estate  of  every  kind  both  real  & 
personal,  that  I  may  die  seized  and  possessed  of  after  paying  all  my 
just  Debts,  all  my  real  Estate  in  fee  to  her  &  her  heirs  forever  &  all 
my  personal  Estate  to  be  her  absolute  property.  And  I  hereby  ordain 
&  appoint  my  said  beloved  Wife  Mary  Sevey  the  sole  Executrix  of  this 
my  last  Will  &  Testament,  &  hereby  revoke  and  disannul  all  former 
Wills,  &  declare  this  to  be  my  last  Will  &  Testament. 
In  Witness  whereof  I  hereto  set  my  hand  &  Seal  the  fourteenth  day 
of  May  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  & 
Ninety  six. 

Signed  Sealed,  publishing  Stephen  (seal) 

&  declared  by  the  Testator  Sevey 

to  be  his  last  Will  &  testament 
in  presence  of 
Tho.  Rice 
Abraham  Nason 
James  Honeywill 

Probated  5  June,  1797.  [VII,  108-109.]  Abraham  Nason  and 
James  Honeywell,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties. 

John  Plumer,  of  Nevv-Milford,  nori  compos,  Daniel  Plummer,  of  a 
place  called  Balltown,  guardian,  i  Sep.,   1797.     [VII,  111-112.] 

In  the    Name  of    God,   Amen.     I  John  Sevey   of   the  Town    of 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS,  289 

Pownalborough  in  the  state  of  Massachusetts,  Trader,  being  very 
Sick  and  Weak  of  Body,  but  of  Perfect  Mind  &  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  Almighty  God,  that  gave  it.  And  my  Body  I  recommend  to 
the  Earth  to  be  Buried  in  a  decent  Christian  Burial  at  the  Discretion 
of  my  Executors  Nothing  doubting  but  at  the  General  Resurrection  I 
shall  receive  the  same  Again  by  the  Mighty  Power  of  God,  and  as 
touching  such  Worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  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  unto  my  Well  beloved  son  Wyman  Brad- 
bury Sevey,  One  quarter  of  the  Dwelling  in  which  I  now  live  with  One 
quarter  of  the  Lot  on  which  it  stands  being  a  quarter  of  an  Acre  Lot 
also  One  half  the  store  standing  on  the  same  also  give  unto  the  said 
Wyman  the  store  and  Wharfe  on  which  it  stands.  Reserving  unto  my 
well  Beloved  Daughter  Moriah  Sevey  the  undisturbed  Priviledge  of 
Landing  AVood  or  any  other  Commodity  whatever  on  said  Wharfe  dur- 
ing her  Natural  Life  free  &  clear  of  any  expense  of  ^V^harfage  or  Dock- 
age I  also  give  him  all  my  Right,  Title  &  Intress  with  every  privi- 
ledge thereunto  belonging,  to  all  the  Land  aud  Flatts  lying  below  Fore 
street  and  between  the  Wharfe  &  store  aforesaid  and  Zenas  Stutsons 
line,  also  give  him  One  half  the  Lot  on  which  the  Barn  stands  togeth- 
er with  One  half  of  the  Barn — I  also  give  him  the  said  Wyman  the 
Whole  ot  the  Lot  on  Which  the  Widow  of  Robert  Light  deceased  Now 
lives  together  with  Betty  Elmes,  the  same  Adjoining  the  Lands  of  Ze- 
nas Studson  and  the  Heirs  of  John  Bridge  on  the  One  side  and  the 
lands  of  Alexander  Cuningham  &  Josiah  Goddard  on  the  other  side 
being  the  same  I  purchased  from  Nathaniel  Rundlet  deceased — I  a'so 
give  to  him  the  said  Wyman  all  my  Right,  Title  or  Intress  to  a  Lott  or 
parcell  of  Land,  lying  between  the  Land  (S:  Dwelling  House  of  Mr. 
Silas  Lee  and  Fifth  Street,  being  in  Front  of  Lotts  Number  Five  and 
Six,  being  the  same  I  purchased  from  Samuel  Williamson,  Nathaniel 
Rundlet  Junr.  &  Charles  Rundlet.  I  also  give  unto  the  said  Wyman  all 
the  Lands  I  own  lying  on  the  Easterly  side  of  Thomas  Follensbeys 
North  line  so  called  lying  in  Pownalborough  to  include  all  the  Lands 
on  said  East  side  down  to  the  Road  by  Robert  Greenoughs — Reserv- 
ing to  my  Daughter  Moriah  during  her  Natural  Life    the  priviledge  of 

19 


290  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Pasturing  two  Cows  free  &  Clear  of  any  expense  in  such  Grounds  as 
shall  commonly  be  Used  as  a  Pasture  by  him  his  Heirs  or  Assigns 
I  also  give  unto  him  the  said  Wyman  One  Pair  of  Steers  Now  kept  by 
Nathaniel  Rundlet,  together  with  One  half  of  all  my  remaining  Cattle 
at  Home  and  abroad  after  taking  out  such  Ones  as  will  be  here  after 
Mentioned  which  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Moriah — I  also  give  unto 
him  my  Cart  &  Wheels,  together  with  One  Quarter  of  all  &  singular 
my  House  hold  furnilure  and  Farming  Utentials  excepting  such  as  shall 
be  hereafter  Mentioned  which  I  give  to  my  Son  Samuel  Sevey — 
I  Also  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Well  beloved  son  Samuel  Sevey  the 
Quaiter  Acre  Lot  on  which  Messrs.  Roby  &  Crufts  Store  Now  stands 
together  with  the  North  Easterly  half  of  the  quarter  Acre  Lot  on  which 
Mr.  Mannassah  Smiths  Office  &  Messrs.  Thompson  &  Tinkham's  Store 
stands  also  the  quarter  Acre  Lot  I  purchased  from  John  Erskine  Ad- 
joining Lands  of  Abiel  Wood  Esqr.  also  I  give  him  the  said  Samuel  all 
my  Right  &  Title  which  I  have  unto  the  Marsh  and  Lands  lying  in 
the  Township  of  Newcastle  which  I  purchased  from  Benjamin  Wood- 
bridge — also  I  give  unto  him  the  said  Samuel  all  the  Lands  which  I  claim 
lying  to  the  Westward  of  Thomas  Follensbeys  North  line  commonly  so 
called  being  in  the  Township  of  Pownalborongh  and  Adjoining  the 
Lands  of  William  Groves.  I  also  give  him  the  said  Samuel  One  half 
the  Lott  Adjoining  the  Road  leading  from  Henry  Hodge's  Esqr. 
to  the  Goal  being  the  Northern  half  of  said  Ix)tt,  which  to  be 
divided  by  a  North  East  &  South  West  Course — I  also  give  unto 
him  the  said  Samuel,  One  half  of  all  and  singular  my  Cattle  at 
Home  or  aBroad  except  such  as  has  been  particularly  Mentioned  which 
I  have  given  my  Son  Wyman  &  also  excepting  such  hereafter  to  be 
Mentioned  which  I  give  my  Daughter  Moriah  Also  I  give  him  One 
good  Feather  Bed,  Stead,  &  Beding  Sufficient  for  the  same,  likewise 
One  Looking  Glass  Now  kept  in  the  Front  Chamber,  also  One  Desk 
commonly  Called  Mrs.  Sevey's  Desk — 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  Daughter  Moriah  Sevey 
three  Quarters  of  my  Dwelling  House  with  three  Quarters  of  the  Lot 
it  stands  upon  with  One  half  the  store  standing  on  the  same  also  I  give 
her  the  Southwesterly  half  of  the  quarter  Acre  Lot  on  which  Mr. 
Mannassah  Smith's  Office  &  Messrs.  Thompson  &  Tinkham  store  stands 
also  I  give  unto  the  said  Moriah  the  W'hole  of  the  Lott  on  which 
Messrs.  Tinkham's  &  Savage's  store  stands  except  the  Piece  of  said 
Lott  which  I  leased  unto  the  said  Tinkham's  &  Savage  being  twenty 
Four  feet  fronting  on  Fore  street    &    runing  back  on  said  Lott    the 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RFXORDS.  29 1 

same  Width  forty  four  feet  the  said  Lott  extending  from  Fore 
Street  to  Middle  Street — also  One  half  the  Lott  on  which  the 
Earn  stands  with  One  half  the  Barn — Also  I  give  unto  her 
the  said  Moriah  One  half  the  Lott  by  the  Meeting  House 
adjoining  the  Road  leading  from  Henry  Hodge's,  Esqr.  to  the 
Goal,  being  the  Southern  half  of  the  same  to  be  divided  by  a  North 
East  and  South  West  Course — also  I  give  unto  the  said  Moriah  One 
Cow  which  is  Now  at  Home  also  One  Cow  &  Heffer  Now  at  George 
Erskins  likewise  One  Cow  &  Heffer  Now  at  Thomas  Woodbridge's 
together  with  One  Colt — also  '  I  give  her  three  Quarters  of  all  and 
Singular  the  House  hold  Furniture  &  farming  L'tentials  except  such  as 
have  been  particularly  Mentioned  before  and  given  to  my  SonsWyman& 
Samuel — also  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  good  Friend  Joseph  Tink- 
ham  of  Pownalborough  Merchant  the  piece  of  Land  on  which  the  Store 
stands  Owned  &  improved  by  him  Seth  Tmkham  &  John  Savage  on 
the  following  Conditions,  Vizt  he  the  said  Joseph  Tinkham  paying  to 
my  Daughter  Moriah  Sevey,  the  Anual  Rent  Agreed  upon  by  Lease 
during  the  Remainder  of  the  time  yet  unexpir'd  of  the  Lease,  the 
said  Piece  of  Land  buting  on  Fore  Street  t^venty  four  feet  in  Width 
and  runing  back  on  said  Lot  keeping  the  same  Width  Forty  four  feet, 
and  at  the  expiration  of  the  aforesaid  Lease  the  said  Joseph  Tinkham 
paying  unto  my  said  Daughter  Moriah  Sevey  the  Sum  of  One  hundred 
Dollars — and  then  the  said  Joseph  Tinkham  to  hold  and  enjoy  the  said 
Piece  of  Land  him  his  Heirs  or  Assigns  forever — I  also  give  unto  my 
said  Daughter  Moriah  Sevey,  all  the  Cloaths  &  Wairing  Apperal  of 
what  Name  or  Nature  soever  which  my  late  beloved  Wife  died  Po- 
sessed  ofif — And  I  also  order  give  and  bequeath  that  whatever  Estate 
shall  Remain  of  what  Name  or  Nature  soever  after  my  Just  Debts, 
Funeral  charges,  &  expenses  of  settling  my  Estate  are  paid  which  has 
Not  allready  been  given  and  bequeath'd  away  shall  be  equaly  divided 
between  my  two  sons  W^yman  Bradbury  Sevey  and  Samuel  Sevey — 
And  lastly  I  do  Constitute  make.  Ordain  and  Appoint,  Joseph  Tink- 
ham Esqr.  &  my  son  Wyman  Bradbury  Sevey  Joint  &  Sole  Executors 
of  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament.  And  I  do  hereby  utterly  dis- 
allow revoke  and  disannul  all  &  every  other  former  Testaments,  Wills 
legacies  Bequests  and  Executors  by  me  in  any  Wise  before  Named 
Willed  and  bequeathed  Ratifying  and  Confirming  this  and  No  other  to 
be  my  last  Will  &  Testament — In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto 
set  my  hand  and  seal  this  fifth  day  of  January  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord 
One  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety  six — 


292  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

John  Sevey     (seal) 
Sign'd  Seal'd  &  Published  pronounced  and  Declar'd 
by  the  said  John  Sevey  as  his  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment in  the  presence  of  us,  who  in  his  presence 
&  in  the  presence  of  each  other  have  hereunto 
Subscribed  our  Names — 
David  Silvester 
Ezekiel  Cutter 
John  (ilidden 

Probated  14  Mar.,  1796.  Samuel  Sevey  appealed  15  Mar.,  1796. 
[VII,  129  to  134.]  Executors  authorized  to  take  goods  into  custody 
during  pendency  of  appeal,  14  Ap.,  1796.  [VI,  138.]  Mariah,  minor 
daughter,  chose  Silas  Lee,  of  Pownalborough,  to  be  her  guardian,  14 
Mar.,  1796.  [VI,  132.]  Account  of  Silas  Lee,  guardian  of  Maria 
Sevey,  filed  27  Mar.,  1798.  [VIII,  70-71.]  Guardian's  advertise- 
ment of  sale  of  real  estate,  28  Mar.,  1798.  [VIII,  72.]  Inventory 
by  Ebenezer  Whittier,  David  Payson  and  Nymphas  Stacy,  all  of  Pownal- 
borough, 18  Sep.,  1798,  $6423.28      [VIII,  83  to  85.] 

Lemuel  Hall,  late  of  Bowdoin.  John  Hall  of  Bowdoin,  Adm'r,  14 
Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  139  to  140.]  John  Merrill,  of  Topsham,  and 
Samuel  Dunlap,  of  Brunswick,  sureties.  Mary,  widow,  declined  admin- 
istration 13  Sep.,  1797.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Tibbets,  James  Potter 
and  Daniel  Cunningham,  all  of  Bowdoin,  5  Oct.,  1797,  $2002.21. 
[VIII,  1S-19.] 

In  the  Name  of  GOD  Amen  this  Twenty  Twenty  Forth  day  of  Febru- 
ary in  the  year  ot  our  Lord  one  Thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Ninety 
Seven — 

I  Stephen  Call  of  Dresden  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Yeoman  Being 
Now  in  a  weak  and  Low  State  of  Body  ;  but  of  perfect  mind  and 
Memory,  blessed  be  God  therefor,  but  Calling  to  mind  the  mortallity  of 
my  body  Knowing  That  it  is  appointed  to  all  men  once  to  die,  Do 
hereby  make  and  ordain  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament  Namely; 
First  of  all  I  humblely  recommend  my  Soul  into  into  the  hands  of  all- 
mighty  God  who  gave  it ;  and  my  Body  I  Submit  to  the  Earth  to  be 
Decently  buried  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executrix  hereafter  Named, 
nothing  doubting  but  at  the  Generall  Ressurrection  I  shall  receive  the 
the  Same  again  by  the  power  of  allmighty  God  and  as  to  such  worldly 
Goods  and  Estate  as  God  has  been  pleased  to  bless  me  with  in  this 
Life;  1  hereby  (iive  demise  and  dispose  of  in  maner  and  form  follow- 
ing Vizt 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  293 

Imprimis  I  Give  and  bequeathe  unto  my  True  and  Loveing  Wife  Ke- 
ziah  Call  the  Income  and  Improvemen  of  all  my  Real!  Estate  untill 
my  Son  Stephen  Call  arives  to  the  age  of  Twenty  one  years,  and  The 
Improvement  and  use  of  one  Third  part  of  my  Real  Estate  afterwards 
dureing  her  Naturall  Life,  and  as  Touching  my  personall  Estate  I  or- 
der my  Executrix  to  pay  all  my  Just  debts  and  funerall  Charges  out  of 
the  same,  and  the  remainder  thereof  Togather  with  all  my  moveables 
To  remain  in  her  hands  and  She  to  have  the  use  and  Improvement 
thereof  for  iier  Support  and  the  Support  of  my  Chldren  under  her 
Care  and  Direction  So  Long  as  She  remains  my  Widow  :  and  in  Case 
my  said  wife  Should  marry  an  other  man  Then  my  said  personall  Es- 
tate Shall  be  Equally  divided  among  my  six  Children — Item  and  as 
to  my  Real  Estate  my  will  is  and  I  order  the  same  To  be  di- 
vided as  follovveth  Vizt.  My  homestead  Farm  with  The  buildings  there- 
on I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  four  Sons  V^izt  Moses  Call :  Stephen 
Call,  Nathaniel  Call  and  Jonathan  Call,  and  when  my  Son  Stephen 
Call  Shall  arive  at  the  age  of  Twenty  one  years  then  the  share  and 
parts  of  the  said  Moses  Call  and  Stephen  Call  Shall  be  Set  off  to  them 
to  hold  in  Severallty  :  and  the  shares  and  parts  of  the  said  Nathaniel 
Call  and  Jonathan  Call  to  be  Set  of  to  them  Respectively  as  they  arive 
at  the  age  of  Twenty  one  years  :  and  I  order  that  the  said  Moses  Call, 
Stephen  Call,  Nathaniel  Call,  &  Jonathan  Call  pay  out  of  th;^  said  be- 
queathed Lands  to  my  Daughter  Polly  Call  four  hundred  and  Eighty 
dollars  to  be  paid  by  them  in  Equall  Quarter  parts  vizt.  one  hundred 
and  Twenty  dollars  Each  to  be  paid  when  they  Severally  arive  at  the 
age  of  Twenty  one  years —  —  — 

Item  I  Give  and  bequeathe  unto  my  son  Nathan  Call  My  other  farm 
which  Lyeth  on  the  East  side  of  Eastern  River  about  Eighty  five  acres 
of  Land  with  the  buildings  thereon  out  of  which  he  is  to  pay  unto  my 
Daughter  Polly  Call  one  hundred  and  Twenty  Dollars  to  be  Paid  when 
the  said  Nathan  Shall  arive  at  the  age  of  Twenty  one  years  being  the 
Time  when  the  said  Nathan  Shall  Come  into  Possesion  of  the  afore- 
said Farm  ;  which  Severall  afore  said  Sums  to  be  paid  unto  my  said 
Daughter  Polly  to  make  up  the  sum  of  Six  hundred  Dollars  which  I 
have  Given  her  for  her  full  Share  out  of  my  Real  Estate. 

And  I  do  hereby  Constitute  and  appoint  my  beloved  Wife  Keziah 
Call  Sole  Executrix  of  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament  and  disannul- 
ing  and  makeing  Void  all  other  wills  and  Testaments  in  anywise  by  me 
made,  I  do  hereby  Ratifye  and  Confirm  this  and  no  other  to  be  Last 


294  LINCOLN  I'RORA'IF.  RECORDS. 

will  and  Testament  which  is  to  Stand  and  remain  in  full  force  In  VVitt- 

ness  whereof  I  the  said  Stephen  Call  have  here  unto  Set  my  hand  and 

afixed  my  Seal  the  day  and  year  First  above  written 

Signed  Sealed  pronounced  and 

Declared  by  the  Testator  to  be  his 

Last  will  and  Testament  in  Witnes 

where  of  we  have  hereunto  Set  our 

names  as  Wittneses  in  his  presence  Stephen  Call     (seal) 

Jona.  Reed 

James  Connors 

Ezra  Taylor 

Probated  8  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  145-146.] 
Executrix  being  dead  at  probate  of  will,  Jonathan  Reed,  of  Dresden, 
was  appointed  administrator  cum  testatiiento  annexo,  8  Sep.,  1797. 
[VII,  147.]  Elihu  (letchel,  of  Bov\doinham,  and  Jaque  Goud,  of 
Dresden,  sureties.  Jonathan  Reed,  guardian  unto  Mary,  Nathan,  Na- 
thaniel and  Jonathan,  8  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  137-138.]  Moses  and 
Stephen  chose  Elihu  Getchel  to  be  their  guardian,  8  Sep.,  1797. 
[VII,  138-139.]  Inventory  by  Ezra  Taylor,  Samuel Tubbs  and  William 
Lewis,  all  of  Dresden,  26  Sep.,  1797,  53851.66.  [VIII,  21.]  Ac- 
counts filed  30  May,  1799,  and  30  Jan.,  1800.  [VIII,  237-8.]  Di- 
vision of  real  estate  by  Louis  Houdlette,  James  H.  Patterson  and  Will- 
iam Lewis,  all  of  Dresden,  27  Ap.,  1803.      [X,  68-69.] 

I  Elizebath  Emerson  of  Pxlgecomb  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Com- 
monwealth of  Massechusetts  widow  ;  Calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of 
my  body  and  the  uncertainty  of  my  life,  and  not  knowing  how  soon  I 
may  be  Called  away  by  Death  and  being  at  this  present  time  weak  in 
body  but  of  Souml  disponing  mind  and  memory  :  do  make  and  ordain 
this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  :  That  is  to  say,  principally  and  in  the 
first  ])lacfc,  I  Recomend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  (iod  who  gave  it  : 
and  my  Body  I  commit  to  the  Earth  to  buried  at  the  Discration  of  my 
f^xecutor  hereafter  named,  not  dougliting  but  tliat  I  shall  receive  the 
same  again  at  the  General  Resserection  by  the  mighty  Power  of  God — 
And  as  to  my  Worldly  Estate — I  give  divise  and  dispose  of  the  same 
in  the  following  manner  and   form    Viz. — 

Imps.     I  order  that  all  my  just  Debts  and   hmeral   Expences   be   paid 
by   my   sons   imeadatly  after  my  Decese — 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  William   Einers  >n  the  field  or 
lot  of  Land  which    1   ])urchased   of  Roger    Handley   Discribed   in  his 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  295 

Deed  he  paying  unto  my  son  Edward  within  two  years  after  my  De- 
cese  thirty  pounds  and  within  that  term  thirty  pounds  unto  my  other 
Children — And  the  Rest  &  Residue  of  the  home  farm  my  will  is  that 
it  be  Equaly  Devided  between  my  son  William  and  my  son  Joseph 
Emerson,  and  at  my  son  Josephs  ariving  at  twenty  one  years  of  age, 
that  he  then  should  com  in  for,  and  have  one  Equal  share  or  half  of 
the  above  mentioned  field  or  Lot,  then  to  be  made  Equal  in  the  Di- 
vision of  the  whole  farm,  he  the  said  Joseph  paying  unto  my  son  Will- 
iam thirty  pounds  within  two  years  after  he  shall  arive  to  said  age  of 
twenty  one  years — 

I  likewise  give  the  whole  of  the  account  of  Money  I  have  paid  and 
money  Expended  in  Administration  of  my  late  husbands  Estate  unto 
my  sons  F^dward  William  and  Joseph  who  my  will  is  that  they  pay  all 
Debts  Due  from  me  and  my  said  late  Husband  Edward  Emerson  Esqr. 
and  my  Will  is  that  the  money  Received  or  to  be  Received  from 
Joseph  Campbell  in  pay  of  the  Whitcher  place  so  called,  be  applied  to 
pay  a  debt  Due  to  Wells-  Gardner  upon  a  Bond  signed  by  my  late 
Husband  and  all  Docter  Bills  against  my  famely  unpaid,  and  the  Re- 
mainder be  the  same  more  or  Less  to  be  Equaly  Devided  between  my 
four  sons,  John,  Edward,  William,  and  Joseph,  Josephs  part  to  be  Re- 
sarved  and  kept  in  the  hands  of  my  son  William  untill  said  Joseph 
arives  at  twenty  one  years  of  age,  then  to  be  paid  to  him  or  his  order — 
and  further  my  Will  is  that  the  stock  now  upon  the  farm  be  and  Re- 
main the  property  of  my  son  William  Except  two  Cows  which  I  alow 
and  bequeath  to  my  son  Edward  as  soon  as  they  can  be  conveanently 
spared  from  the  farm — My  Will  further  is  that  my  sons  John  and 
Edward  Devide  and  have  the  Land  and  buildings  they  now  Emprove 
agreable  to  the  Division  proposed  by  their  late  Father  Decesed — 
I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Daughter  F^lizebath  Kenney  provided 
she  aquits  hir  Brothers  from  any  Demands  she  may  Claim  in  hir  own 
Right  of  any  part  of  hir  late  Fathers  Estate — One  high  Chist  of  Drawers 
one  large  square  Table  one  green  Chair  three  fraimed  chairs  with  flag 
Bottoms — one  purpel  Brulio  gound  one  Dark  patch  gound  one  long 
Broad  cloth  cloak,  one  dark  crape  gound  with  an  apron  and  also  my 
wearing  linning  such  as  caps  hankirchefs  aprons  &c  and  also  my 
Gould  necklace  and  one  large  puter  plater,  and  also  my  will  is  that 
twenty  Dollars  be  paid  my  said  Daughter  Elizebath  at  the  setelment  of 
my  Honoured  Mothers  thirds  of  my  late  Father  William  Shilebers 
Estate  she  complying  with  and  aquiting  as  aforesaid. — 
I  give  to  my  son  John  my  largest  Looking  Glass  also  a  scarlet  coat  and 


296  LINCOLN  PROBAJE  RECORDS. 

a  light  westcoat  which  ware  his  late  Fathers — The  Books  which  may  be 
found  in  the  house  my  will  is  that  they  be  Ecjualy  Devided  amongst 
all  my  children. — 

To  my  son  Edward  I  give  an  Ovel  Table  and  three  framed  chairs,  also 
one  large  puter  platter — Also  one  good  fether  Bead  with  a  white  Ravens 
Duck  Tick,  said  bead  to  be  filled  up  with  fethers  so  as  to  make  a 
good  Bead — 

I  give  to  my  Daughter  in  Law  Anni  Emerson  one  China  gound  now  at 
hir  house  also  one  other  China  gound  at  my  house,  the  two  gounds 
which  I  proposed  to  hir  to  make  hir  a  Bead  Quilt — 
I  likewise  give  to  my  grand  Daughter  Susannah  Emerson  my  gould 
Ring — I  also  give  to  my  Daughter  in  Law  Anney  my  Lambskin  Cloak 
and  black  Calimenco  skirt — I  likewise  give  to  my  Grandaughter  Elize- 
bath  Emerson  my  brown  Tafety  gound — I  likewise  give  to  my  Daugh- 
ter Elizebeth  Kenney  my  black  Quilted  petecote  and  all  my  other 
wearmg  close  not  before  Disposed  off,  upon  hir  aquitance  as  aforesaid — 
and  to  Rebeca  Emerson  I  give  my  black  mode  Cloak  and  silk  Bunnet 
and  large  furr  muff — 

I  also  give  to  my  son  William  the  whole  of  the  yarn  spun  in  the  house 
and  one  good  bead  &  beading  togather  with  all  the  rist  and  residue  of 
my  housel  furniture  not  before  Disposed  off  Except  one  large  silver 
Table  spoon  and  two  silver  Teaspoons  which  I  give  to  my  son  Edward — 
and  one  Table  silver  spoon  and  one  silver  Teaspoon  I  give  to  my 
grand  son  Pratt  Emerson  also  one  silver  Table  spoon  and  three  silver 
Teaspoons  I  give  Equaly  between  my  sons  William  &  Joseph  to  be  sold 
or  Disposed  of  to  Each  the  other  as  they  shall  agree — 
And  my  Will  futher  is  that  the  whole  part  of  my  part  of  my  Honoured 
Mothers  Dower  or  thirds  of  my  late  Honoured  Father  William  Shilebers 
Estate  when  settled — be  Devided  Equaly  between  my  three  sons  Edward 
William  and  Joseph,  Except  the  twenty  Dollars  before  mentioned — 
Lastly.  1  do  hereby  appoint  my  son  William  F.merson  my  sole  F>xec- 
utor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testement,  and  do  revoak  all  and  Every 
former  wills  or  Testements  by  me  heretofore  made  and  Declare  this  & 
no  other  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Testement — In  Wittness  whereof  I  do 
hereto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  twenty  sixth  Day  of  July  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  Ninty  seven — 
Signed  sealed  published  &  Declared  by  ")  Before  signing  my  will  is  that 
the  Testator  to  be  hir  last  Will  and  [      my  son  Joseph  have  one 

Testement  in  ])resence  of  us —  f       Bead  and  Beading- 

Wm  McCobb 


LINCOLN  PROBAIE  RECORDS. 


297 


Abner  Hood  Elizabeth  Emerson      (seal) 

Suky  Williams 

Probated  11  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  147  to  150.] 
John  Emerson,  of  Boothbay,  and  Edward  Emerson,  of  Edgecomb, 
sureties. 

In  the  name  of  GOD.     Amen — 

I  Patrick  Rodgers  of  Bristol  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Gentleman, 
being  weak  in  body  but  of  sound  and  perfect  mind  and  memory,  blessed 
be  Almighty  GOD  for  the  same  ;  Considering  the  uncertainty  of  this 
mortal  life  Do  make  and  publish  this  my  last  will  and  testament  in 
manner  and  form  following,  that  is  to  say — First  1  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  eldest  Son  George  Rodgers  All  my  wearing  apparel  at  the 
time  of  my  decease — I  also  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Heirs  of  my 
eldest  Daughter  Francis,  late  tliC  Wife  of  James  Houston  Gentleman, 
the  sum  of  Six  Shillings — I  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Jane 
the  widow  of  Edward  Young  deceased  the  sum  of  Six  Shillings,  which 
said  several  legacies  I  will  and  ordain  shall  be  paid  and  delivered  to 
the  said  respective  Legatees  within  Three  months  after  my  decease. 
And  lastly,  as  to  all  the  rest,  residue  and  remainder  of  Real  and  per- 
sonal estate,  goods  and  Chattels  of  what  kind  or  nature  soever  to  me 
belonging  I  give  and  bequeath  the  same  to  My  Son  William  Rodgers, 
My  Daughter  Elizabeth  Rodgers  and  my  Daughter  Mary  Rodgers 
equally  to  be  devided  between  them.  And  I  hereby  appoint  my  said 
SOP  William  Rodgers  to  be  the  Sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  will  and 
testament — 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  Second 
day  of  October  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
Ninety  four — 

Signed,  Sealed,  published  and  Patrick  Rodgers      (seal) 

declared  by  the  above  named 
Patrick  Rodgers  the  testator 
to  be  his  last  will  &  testament 
in  the  presence  of  us  who  have 
hereunto  subscribed  our  names 
as  witnesses  in  the  presence  of 
the  testator — 

William  Mclntyer 
Jonathan  Grelee 
Robert  McLintock 


298  I.rNCOI.N  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Probated  11  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  151-2.] 
William  Mclntyer  and  Robert  McLintock,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  VVilliam  Mclntyer,  Robert  McLintock  and  Robert 
McFarland,  all  of  Bristol,  25  Sep.,  1797,  $1292.     [VIII,  96.] 

George  Gillchrist,  late  of  Gushing.  Elizabeth  Gillchrist,  of  Gushing, 
widow,  Adm'x,  9  June,  1797.  [VII,  161-2.]  Samuel  Gillchrist  and 
Samuel  Otis,  both  of  Gushing,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Gill- 
christ, Dennis  Fogerty  and  Samuel  Otis,  all  of  Gushing,  12  Sep.,  1797, 
$1279.92.      [VII,   162-3.] 

Thomas  Morrison,  late  of  Warren,  millwright.  Rusha  Morrison,  of 
Warren,  widow,  Adm'x,  19  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  165-166.]  Rufus 
Crane,  of  Warren,  and  Jonathan  Morrison,  of  New  Milford,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Benjamin  Brackett,  Joseph  Gopeland  and  John  Watt, 
23  Feb.,  1797,  $110.99.  [VII,  167.]  Joseph  Gopeland  and  John 
Watt,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VIII,  2.]  Account  filed 
17  Sep.,  1798.  [VIII,  2-3.]  Distribution  ordered  4  Jan.,  1799. 
[VIII,  3.] 

Joseph  \Vinslow,  late  of  Waldoborough,  joiner.  Mercy  Winslow, 
of  \Valdob:)rough,  wid^w,  Adm'x,  19  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  168-9.] 
George  Reed  and  Barnabas  Simmons,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Peleg  Oldham  and  Nathaniel  Pitcher,  both  of  Waldo- 
borough, and  Seth  Hall,  of  Nobleborough, .  26  Oct.,  1797,  $727.27. 
[VIII,  226-7.]  Account  filed  10  Sep.,  1799.  [VIII,  228.]  Mercy, 
widow,  guardian  unto  Bethiah  and  Esther,  minor  daughters,  10  Sep., 
1799.      [IX,   191.] 

Gharles  Maftin,  late  of  Gushing,  mariner.  Lucy  Martin,  of  Bristol, 
widow,  Adm'x,  19  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  169-170.]  John  Morton  and 
Joshua  Webber,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Ezekiel  Far- 
row, .Samuel  Tucker  and  Thomas  Arnold,  all  of  Bristol,  5  Oct.,  1797, 
$13.92.      [VII,  247-S.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  .Amen. 
I  George  Roth  of  a  place  called  Broad  Bay  in  the  Gounty  of  Lincoln 
and  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England  yeoman,  being  in 
health  of  Body  and  of  perfect  Mind  and  Memory  Thanks  be  given  to 
God  ;  calling  to  Mind  the  Mortality  of  my  Body  and  knowing  that  it 
is  appointed  for  all  Men  once  to  die,  do  make  iV'  ordain  this  my  last 
Will  &  Testament ;  That  is  to  say,  principally  and  first  of  all,  I  give 
and  recommend  my  Soul  into  the  Hand  of  .Mmighty  God  that  gave    it, 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  299 

and  my  Body  I  recommend  to  the  Earth,  to  be  buried  in  decent 
Christian  Burial,  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executors  ;  nothing  doubting 
but  at  the  general  Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again,  by  the 
mighty  Power  of  God.  And  as  touching  such  worldly  Estate  where- 
with it  has  pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  life,  I  give,  demise,  and  dis- 
pose of  the  same  in  the  following  Manner  &  Form. 
Imprimis,  I  give  and  Bequeath  to  Rosanna,  my  dearly  beloved  Wife, 
whom  I  likewise  constitute,  make  and  ordain  the  sole  Executrix  of  this 
my  last  Will  and  Testament,  all  my  Estate,  both  Real,  Personal  and 
mixt,  of  what  name  or  Nature  soever  by  her  freely  to  be  possessed  and 
enjoyed.  But  my  further  Will  is,  that  in  Case  I  shall  leave  any  Child 
or  Children  begotten  of  the  Body  of  my  said  Wife,  all  the  Estate  here- 
by given  to  her  shall  descend  to  it,  or  them,  in  such  Manner  and  wise 
as  the  Law  directs. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  well-beloved  Son  Conrad  Roth  the  Sum  of  One 
pound  Six  Shillings  &  eight  pence,  to  be  paid  to  him  or  his  legal  Re- 
presentative in  one  year  after  my  decease,  which  together  with  what 
he  has  already  received  is  his  full  part  or  Share  out  of  my  Estate. 

And  I  do  hereby  utterly  disallow,  revoke,  and  disannul  all  &  every 
other  former  Testaments,  Wills,  Legacies,  Bequests,  &  Executors,  by 
me  in  any  ways  before-named,  willed  and  bequeathed  ;  ratifying  and 
confirming  this  and  no  other,  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Testament.  In 
witness  whereof,  I  ha\e  hereunto  set  my  Hand  &  Seal  this  Second 
Day  of  July  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  Thousand  seven  Hundred 
and  seventy  two 

Signed,  Sealed,  published,   pronounced  his 

and  declared  by  the  said  George  George  G  R  Roth      (seal) 

Roth  as  his  last  Will  &  Testament  mark 

in  the  presence  of  us 

John  Martin  Schaffer. 

Moses  Copeland 

David  Fales 

Probated  19  Sep.,  1797.  Letters  testamentary  issued  to  Rosanna 
Hute  of  Waldoborough,  widow,  19  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  172  to  175.] 
Michael  Sprague,  of  Waldoborough,  and  Moses  Copeland,  of  Warren, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Waterman  Thomas,  Nathan  Sprague  and  Jacob 
Ludwig,  all  of  Waldoborough,  30  Sep.,  1797,  $602.  [VIII,  61.] 
Account  filed  17  Sep.,  1798.      [VIII,  61-62.] 

In  the  Name  of  (iod  Amen  I  Richard  Adams  of  Gushing  in  the  County 
of  Lincoln  &  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Gentleman    feeling  the 


300  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RKCORDS. 

Infirmities  of  Age  though  of  sound  mind  &  memory  praised  be  God) 
&  Knowing  that  it  is  ai)poittted  unto  men  to  die  do  make  Ordain  & 
Constitute  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  hereby  Revoking  &  disan- 
nulling all  former  Wills  «S:  testaments  in  any  manner  or  form  heretofore 
made  by  me 

First  I  give  &  commend  my  Soul  into  the  Hands  of  God  who  gave  it 
&  my  Body  I  Recommend  to  the  Earth  to  be  Buried  in  decent  Chris- 
tian Burial  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executors  hereafter  named  and  as 
touching  such  Worldly  Estate  as  it  has  pleased  God  to  bless  me  I  give 
demise  &  dispose  of  it  in  manner  following 

Impritnis,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  well-beloved  wife  Mary  during 
her  natural  Life  the  South  East  front  Room  in  my  Dwelling  House  to- 
gether with  the  privilege  of  the  Kitchen,  Cellar,  Oven,  Well,  item  the 
Best  feather  bed  I  Leave  with  all  necessary  appurtenances  to  the 
same — Item  all  necessary  Furniture  for  one  Room  &:  necessary  Kitch- 
en utensils.  Item  One  good  Cow  to  Be  kept  both  Summer  &  Winter. 
Item  Fire  wood  brot  to  her  Door  &  Cut  fit  for  the  chimney  during  her 
Life  Item  Fifteen  Bushels  of  Bread  Corn  of  different  kinds  annually. 
Item  flax  &  Wool  annually  sufficient  to  Keep  her  Bedding  &  Cloathing 
in  Repair.  Item  a  Sufficient  annual  supply  of  Potatoes  &  other 
kinds  of  Same  &  Vegetables  &  of  Tea  Coffee  and  Sweetning  &  other 
necessaries  all  the  above  articles  to  be  provided  by  my  Executors 
hereafter  named  and  out  of  the  Income  of  my  Estate 
Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Sela  Baker  one 
Cow  to  be  delivered  by  my  Executors  within  Six  months  after  my  De- 
cease 

Item  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Ruby  Cook  a  Cow 
to  be  delivered  by  my  Executors  within  six  months  after  my  Decease 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Margaret  Gray  one 
Cow  to  be  delivered  by  my  Executors  within  six  months  after  my  De- 
cease 

Item  I  Give  &  be(iueath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Hope  Davis  Six 
Shillings 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Lucy  Graffam  Six 
Shillings 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath   to    my  before   named  daughters  Sela,   Ruby, 
Margaret,   Hope  and   Lucy  after  the  Decease    of   my    Wife    all    my 
Houshold  furniture  to  be  Equally  divided  amongst  them. — 
Item  I  give  to  my  Grand  daughters    Folly   Baker  Polly   Bradford    and 
I'olly  Adams  the   Daughters  of    my    Son  Richard  .Adams  One  Silver 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  3OI 

Table  Spoon  apiece  to  be  delivered  after  my  wife's  Decease 

Item  I  give  to  my  beloved  Son  Richard  Adams  all  my  wearing  apparel 

Item  I  give  to  my  Grandson  Richard  Adams  the  Son  of  my   said  Son 

Richard  my  largest  pair  of  Gold  Sleeve  Buttons 

Item  I  give  to  my  Grandson  Robert  Davis  son  of  my  Daughter  Hope 

my  Smallest  pair  of  Gold  Sleeve  Buttons  to  be  delivered  after  my  Wifes 

Decease 

Item  To  my  three  Sons  Richard,  Thomas  &  George  after  paying  all  the 

above  Bequests  «Sc  Legacies  &  all  my  Just   Debts  &  funeral  Charges  I 

Give  &  bequeath  the  farm  I  Live  on  with  the  Buildings  thereon,  all  my 

Stock,  farming  Tools  &   Implements   Together  with   a  certain  Island 

nearly  adjoining  said   Farm   commonly  called    Crotch   Island  and   in 

general  all  my  Estate  Real  &  personal  to  be  Equally  divided  amongst 

them 

And    I  do  hereby    appoint  &  constitute  my  said   three   Sons   Richard, 

Thomas  &  George  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament 

In  Witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  Hand  and  Seal  this 
twenty  seventh  day  of  August  in  the  year  of  our  I>ord  One  Thousand 
seven  hundred  &  Ninety  Two  and  in  the  seventeenth  year  of  American 
Independence. 

Richard  Adams    (seal) 
Signed  Sealed  published  ^ 

&  declared  by  the  said 
Richard  Adams  as  his 
last  Will  &  Testament 
in  presence  of  us,  who 
in  his  presence  &  in 
presence  of  Each  other 
have  hereunto  set  our  hands. 
Thurston  Whiting 
Jacob  Graff  am 
John  Short 

Probated  19  Sep.,  1797.  Thomas  Adams  being  dead  letters  testa- 
mentary issued  to  Richard  Adams  and  George  Adams,  both  of  Gush- 
ing, mariners,  19  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  175  to  178.]  Moses  Copeland, 
and  Joseph  Copeland,  both  of  Warren,  sureties. 

I  Benjamin  Linneken  of  Boothbay  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman, 
Calling  to  mind  the  mortalety  of  my  Body  and  the  uncertanty  of  my 
Life,  and  not  knowing  how  soon  I  may  be  Called  away  by  Death,  and 
being  at  this  present  time  of  sound  disposing  mind  &  memory  do 
make  and    ordain    this  my  last  Will  and  Testament,  That  is  to   say, 


302  LINCOLN  PROBAIE  RECORDS. 

princepelly  and  in  the  first  place  I  Recommend  my  soul  into  the  hands 
of  God  who  gave  it,  and  my  Body  I  Commit  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried 
at  the  Discration  of  my  Executor  or  Executrax  hereafter  named  and  as 
to  my  Worldly  Estate  I  give  devise  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner  &  form   (Viz)  — 

Imps,  firstly  I  order  that  all  my  just  Debts  and  funeral  Expenses  be 
paid  out  of  my  Estate  Emeadeatly  after  my  decese — 
Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Benjamin  the  sum  of  six 
shillings  if  Living  to  be  paid  him  by  my  Executor  and  Executrax  here- 
after named,  to  be  paid  him  in  full  of  his  share  or  part  of  my  Estate — 
Item  I  also  give  &  bequeath  to  my  son  David  the  sum  of  six  shillings 
in  full  of  his  share  of  said  Estate — 

Item     I  give  also  to  my  son  Ephraim  the   sum  of   six   shillings   to   be 
paid  him  in  full  of  his  part  or  share  of  my  said  F^state — 
Item     I  give  and   Bequeath   to   my   oldest  Daughter  Abigail   Jonston 
the  sum  of  six  shillings  to  be  paid  hir  by  my  said   Executor  &  Execu- 
trax in  full  of  hir  share  in  my  said  Estate — 

Item  I  also  give  my  Daughter  Elizebath  Sawyer  the  sum  of  six  shil- 
lings to  be  paid  hir  in  full  of  hir  share  or  part  as  aforesaid — 
Item  I  give  also  to  my  Daughter  Susannah  Linneken  the  sum  of 
six  shillings  to  be  paid  hir  in  full  of  hir  share  or  part  of  my  said  Estate — 
Item  I  give  and  bequath  unto  my  Daughter  Mary  Wall  six  shillings 
to  be  paid  hir  by  my  said  Executor  &  Executrax  in  full  of  hir  share  or 
part  of  my  said  Estate — 

Item  I  also  give  and  bequath  to  my  Daughter  Sarah  Alley  the  sum 
of  six  shillings  to  be  paid  hir  in  full  of  hir  share  or  part  of  my  said 
Estate — 

Item  I  give  also  to  my  Daughter  Phebe  Wheeler  the  sum  of  six  shil- 
lings to  be  paid  hir  in  full  of  hir  part  or  share  of  said  Estate — 
Item  I  also  give  to  my  Daughter  Lydia  Langdon  the  sum  of  six 
shillings  to  be  paid  hir  in  full  of  hir  part  or  share  in  my  said  F^state — 
Item  I  give  also  to  my  Daughter  Martha  the  sum  of  six  shillings  in  full 
of  hir  part  of  said  Instate — 

Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Lucy  six  shillings  to  be 
l^aid  hir  in  full  of  hir  part  of  my  said  Estate — 

Item  All  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  said  Estate  real  and  personal 
wheresoever  the  same  is  or  may  be  found,  I  give  devise  &  becjuath 
to  my  Beloved  Wife  Mary  Linneken  and  to  hir  heirs  &  asigns  forever 
to  hir  &  their  sole  use  and  benefit  forever — 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RhlCORDS.  303 

Lastly     I  do  hereby  Appoint  my  said  Beloved  wife  Mary  Linneken  with 

my  son  Epheraim  Linneken  Sole   Executrax  and  Executor  of  this  my 

last  Will  and  Testement,   and   do  revoke  all  «S:  Every  former  Wills  or 

Testements  by  me  heretofore  made  and  Declare  this   &  no  other  to  be 

my  last  Will  and   Testement — In  Wittness  whereof   I  do  hereunto  sett 

my  hand  and  seal  this  fourth  Day  of  March  A  D  1796 

Signed  sealed  published  &  Declared  by  the 

Testator  to  be  his  last  Will  &  Testement  in 

presence  of  us —  his 

Wm  McCobb  Benjamin  (X)  Linneken      (seal) 

Sam'l  Bush  mark 

his 
Ezekiel  (X)  Holbrook 
mark 

Probated  1 2  Sep.,  i  796.  Jacob  Sawyer 
and  Samuel  Alley  appealed  from  decree  12  Sep.,  1796.  [VII,  184  to 
186.] 

Thomas  ^Voodraan,  late  of  Pownalborough,  hatter.  Lucy  Wood- 
man, of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  23  Oct.,  1797.  [VII,  187-8.] 
William  Sevey  and  Ebenezer  Whittier,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sure- 
ties. Inventory  by  Joseph  Tinkhani,  David  Payson,  Jr.,  and  Samuel 
Sevey,  all  of  Pownalborough,  6  Nov.,   1797,    $391.52.     [VII,    248-9.] 

Ebenezer  Blunt,  Jr.,  late  of  Farmington,  Ebenezer  Blunt,  of  Bristol, 
Adm'r,  23  Oct.,  1797.  [VII,  188.]  Samuel  Miller,  of  Bristol,  and 
Arthur  Blunt,  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Ebenezer,  guardian  unto 
Robert,  minor  son,  13  Sep.,  1797.  [VII,  178.]  Inventory  by 
Thomas  Johnston,  William  Mclntyer  and  William  Jones,  all  of  Bristol, 
21  Dec,  1797,  $170.29.   [VIII,  73-74.]   Account  filed  4  June,  1798.] 

[VIII,  74.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  The  Eight  Day  of  October,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord,  one  thousand  Seven  hundred  Ninety  &  four.  I  Ebenezer 
Blunt  Juner  of  Bristol,  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts  yeoman  Being  Very  Sick  in  body  but  of  perfect  mind 
&  memory  :  thanks  be  given  unto  God  therefore  calling  unto  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=First  of  all  I  give  &  Recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  (}od 
that  Gave  it,  for  my  Body  I  Recommend  it  to  the   Earth  to  be  buried 


304  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

in  a  Deacent  Christian  Like  maner  at  tlie  Discretion  of  my  Execu- 
tors. And  as  touching  Such  worldly  estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased 
God  to  Bless  me  in  this  life  :  I  give  :  Devise  &  dispose  of  the  same  in 
the  following  manner  &  form 

First,  it  is  my  will  :  &  1  Do  order  :  that  all  my  just  debts  &  funeral 
charges  be  paid  &  Satisfied 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  Jean  my  Dearly  beloved  wife  all  my  Personal 
Estate,  Excepting  my  wareing  appearil ;  and  to  have  the  in  come  of 
my  Real  Estate  untill  my  Son  Robert  Blunt  is  one  &  twenty  years  of 
age  (for  the  use  of  my  wife  &  to  Supor  &  Edicate  my  son  Robert)  if 
Said  Robert  Should  Live  untill  Said  time  ;  if  not  to  be  in  the  following 
manner  that  is  my  wife  to  have  two  thirds  of  my  Real  Estate,  &  my 
honered  father  the  other  third  as  is  here  in  after  more  fully  Expresed 
Item=I  give  to  my  be  loved  Son  Robert  Blunt  two  Lots  of  Land  Lay- 
ing in  farmington  No  fourty  Six  &  fourty  Seven  Lay'd  Down  by  Joseph 
North  Plan  :  on  the  East  Side  of  Sandy  River ;  to  come  into  full 
Possistion  of  Said  Land  att  the  age  of  one  &  twenty  years  or  other 
ways  as  is  before  mentioned  I  likewise  give  all  my  wareing  apperall  to 
Said  Robert  for  his  use  att  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors 
Item  I  give  to  my  honered  father  on  these  Conditions  that  is  to  Say, 
if  my  Son  Robert  Should  not  Live  untill  one  &  twenty  that  my  father 
Should  have  one  third  of  my  Real  Estate  otherways  to  go  to  said  Rob- 
ert as  is  Exprest  before 

I  Likewise  Desier  Constitute  &  appoint  Jean  my  wife  &  Ebenezer 
blunt  My  Honer'd  father  my  Executors  &  administrators  of  this  my 
Last  will  Sz  Testament  Ratifying  &  Confirming  this  &  no  other  to  be 
my  last  Will  &  testament :  In  Witness  whereof  I  have  here  unto  Set  my 
hand  &  Seal  the  Day  and  year  above  written 

Signed  Sealed  published  pronounced  &  Declared  by  the  Said  Ebene- 
zer Blunt  Jur  as  his  last  will  &  testament  in  the  Presence  of  us  the  Sub- 
scribers Viz  the  words  (ways)  &  (for  the  use  of  my  wife  &  to  Suport 
&  Edicate  my  Son  Robert)  interLined  Before  Signing  hereof 

Ebenezer  Blunt  Junr         (seal) 
William  Mclntyer 
John  Sproul 
Samuel  Blunt 

Probated  5  Ap.,  1799;  Jane,  executrix  being  dead,  letters  testa- 
mentary issued  to  P^benezer  Blunt  5  Ap.,  i  799  ;  inventory  by  William 
Mclntyer,  Samvel  Clark  and  James  Drummond,  all  of  Bristol,  31  May, 
1799,  $155.75.  [VIII,  99  to  102.]  Account  filed  10  Sej).,  1799. 
[XIII,  450-1.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  305 

Valentine  Nutter,  late  of  Pownalborough,  mariner.  Hannah  Nutter, 
of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  9  Mar.,  1796.  [VII,  190- 191.] 
Azariah  Pottle  and  Isaac  Hedge,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  Moses  Davis,  of  Edgecomb,  and  Francis  Cook  and  Ebene- 
zer  Whittier,  both  of  Pownalborough,  27  Ap.,  1796,  $125.20.  [VII, 
191.]  Moses  Davis  and  Ebenezer  Whittier,  commissioners  to  ex- 
amine claims.  [VII,  192.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate,  4 
Mar.,  1797.  [VII, 193.]  Account  filed  5  June,  1797,  at  which  date 
the  administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of  Kenelam  Cushman,  of 
Pownalborough.     [VII,  194.] 

Robert  Randall,  Jr.,  late  of  Pownalborough,  trader.  Robert  Ran- 
dall, of  Hallowell,  Adni'r,  23  June,  1796.  [VII,  207-8.]  Moses 
Sewall  and  Amos  Stoddard,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Nathaniel  Dummer,  David  Sewall  and  John  Beman,  all  of  Hallowell, 
8  Sep.,  1 796,  $238.37.     [VII,  208-9.] 

Josiah  Warren,  late  of  Norridgewalk.  Sarah  Warren,  of  Norridge- 
walk,  widow,  Adm'x,  19  Jan.,  1796.  [VII, 2 14- 2 15.]  John  Moor 
and  Charles  Witherell,  both  of  Norridgewalk,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
John  Moore,  James  Thompson  and  Daniel  Steward,  all  of  Norridge- 
walk, 10  May,  1796.  [VII, 2 16.]  Bryce  McLellan,  of  Canaan,  and 
Daniel  Steward  of  Norridgewalk,  commissioners  to  examine  claims. 
[VIII,35.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Daniel  Steward,  Bryce  McLel- 
lan and  John  Clark,  29  July,  1799.  [VIII,  239-240.]  Account  filed 
26  Aug.,  1800.     [VIII,  240.] 

I  Francis  Rittal  of  Pownalborough  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Tailor,  being  in  health  of  Body  and 
of  sound  Mind  and  Memory,  and  knowing  that  I  must  shortly  put  ofif 
this  earthly  Tabernacle,  do  make  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament ; 
that  is  to  say,  in  the  first  Place  I  commend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of 
God  who  gave  it,  and  my  Body  to  the  Earth  to  decently  buried  at  the 
discretion  of  my  Executrix  hereafter  named,  in  Expectation  that  I  shall 
receive  the  same  again  glorious  «S:  immortal  at  the  Resurrection  of  the 
Just. 

And  as  touching  such  worldly  Estate  as  it  hath  pleased  God  to 
bestow  upon  me  in  this  Life,  I  give  devise  and  dispose  of  the  same  in 
manner  following, 

hnprvnis — I  will  and  order  that  all  my  just  Debts  and  funeral  Ex- 
penses be  paid  out  of  my  Estate  as  soon  as  may  be  after  my   Decease. 

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306  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Wife  Lucy  the  Improve- 
ment of  all  my  Estate  real  &  personal  till  my  youngest  Child  shall  ar- 
rive to  full  age ;  she  to  take  care  of  &  provide  for  all  my  Children 
under  age  out  of  the  Income  &  profits  of  my  said  Estate  until  they 
shall  respectively  arrive  to  full  Age  ;  and  when  the  youngest  Child  shall 
arrive  to  full  Age,  then  my  said  Wife  to  have  one  Third  of  all  the  Per- 
sonal Estate,  &  a  third  Part  of  the  real  Estate,  during  her  Life — 
Item  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Sally  Theobald  twenty  shillings  to  be  paid 
her  out  of  my  Estate,  by  my  Executrix,  after  my  youngest  Child  arrives 
to  full  Age — 

Item,  I  give  &  devise  to  my  Children  Molly  Stilfinn,  Francis,  John, 
Louis,  Lucy,  Nancy,  Betsey  &  Charlotta  all  the  rest  and  Residue  of  my 
Estate,  real  personal  &  mixed,  wheresoever  the  same  is  or  may  be 
found,  equally  to  be  divided  among  them,  when  my  said  youngest 
Child  shall  attain  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years. 

Lastly,  I  do  hereby  constitute  and  appoint  my  said  Wife  Lucy  sole 
Executrix  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament.  In  Testimony  whereof 
I  the  said  Francis  Rittal  do  hereto  set  my  hand  &  seal  the  twenty  fifth 
day  of  April  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1 789 — 

Memo.    The   words,    all   my  Children 
under  Age,  were  interlin'd  before  seal'g. 
Francis  Rittal     (seal) 
The  above  Instrument  was  signed,  sealed,  and  declared  by  the  Tes- 
tator to  be  his  last  Will  &  Testament  in  presence  of  us — 

Edmd  Bridge 
Phebe  Bridge  jun 
Edmund  Bridge  juneor 
Jon.  Bowman 

Probated  S  Jan.,  1796.  [VII,  219-220.] 
Inventory  by  Ezra  Taylor,  John  Polereczky,  and  Jonathan  Reed,  all  of 
Dresden,  13  Feb.,  1796.     [VII,  221  to  223.] 

Robert  Ridlon,  of  Newcastle,  blacksmith,  a  spendthrift.  Ebenezer 
Clarke,  of  Newcastle,  guardian,  i  Nov.,  1794.     [VII,  224.] 

John  Mallet,  of  Bowdoin,  a  spendthrift.  James  Rogers  and  Hugh 
MoUoy,  both  of  Bowdoin,  guardians,  9  Jan.,  1796.  [VII,  224.]  In- 
ventory by  James  Rogers,  Samuel  Tebbets  and  Nathaniel  Jellison,  all 
of  Bowdoin,  23  July,  7799,  $961.74.  [VIII,  153-4-]  Account  of 
William  Mallet  and  Benjamin   Jaques,  guardians,  filed  21   Aug.,  1S02. 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  307 

[VIII,  156.]  Jesse,  minor  son,  chose  Joseph  Potter,  of  Bowdoin,  to 
be  his  guardain,  1 1  Sep.,  1805.  [IX,  261.]  Inventory  by  James 
Rogers,  VVilHam  GoweJl  and  David  Willson,  all  of  Bowdoin,  4  Dec, 
1802,  $1102.77.  [X,  225.]  Account  of  Joseph  Potter  and  William 
Alexander,  guardians,  filed  28  Mar.,  1809.     [XIII,  485  to  490.] 

Samuel  Stinson,  Jr.,  late  of  Woolwich,  mariner.  Samuel  Stinson,  of 
Woolwich,  Adm'r,  26  Dec,  1797.     [VII,  238-9.] 

James  Pattee,  late  of  Winslow,  mariner.  David  Pattee,  of  Winslow, 
Adm'r,  14  Feb.,  1798.  [VII,  250.]  John  McKechnie,  of  Winslow, 
and  William  Bowman,  of  Dresden,  sureties. 

David  Huseton,  son  of  John  Huseton,  late  of  Farmington,  chose 
Abiel  Sweet,  late  of  Farmington,  to  be  his  guardian,  5  Ap.,  1797. 
[VIII,  6-7.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  David  Silvester  of  Pownalborough  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  Esquire  calling  to  mide  the  uncertainty  &  brev- 
ity of  Life  &  feeling  my  Body  decaying,  tho'  in  perfect  soundness  of 
Mind  and  memory,  do  make  &  ordain  this  my  last  Will  &  testament, 
in  manner  following  In  the  first  place  I  will  &  bequeath  my  soul  into 
the  hands  of  God  who  gave  it  &  my  Body  to  the  Earth  to  be  decently 
buryed  under  the  direction  of  my  Executors  hereafter  named,  in  sure 
hope  of  a  JoyfuU  resurrection  &  reunion  of  Soul  &  body  at  the  great 
Day  of  Account. 

As  to  my  worldly  Estate  with  which  God  has  blessed  me  I  will  &  dis- 
pose of  it  in  the  following  manner  I  will  &  direct  my  Executors  here- 
after named  that  they  pay  all  my  Just  Debts  in  the  first  place  out  of 
my  personal  Estate  &  Credits. 

I  give  &  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Martha  my  dwelling  house  & 
Stable  with  all  the  Land  they  stand  upon  &  all  the  Lot  appertaining 
thereto  which  lies  between  Water  Street  &  Middle  Street  &  the  land  of 
Zenas  Stetson  &  the  heirs  of  John  Sevey  deed,  except  the  store  &  the 
Land  on  which  it  stands  with  the  passage  way  into  said  Store  as  now 
improved  with  all  the  furniture  of  said  House,  except  one  Clock. 
To  hold  to  her  during  her  natural  Life  &  at  her  decease,  my  will  is 
that  the  same  premises  both  real  &  personal  descend  to  my  two  Sons 
David  &  Joshua  &  their  heirs  to  be  equally  divided  between  them. 
I  also  give  &  bequeath  to  my  said  Wife  the  rents  that  may  become  due 
from  time  to  Time  for  the  Land  on  which  the  Houses  of  Alexr.  Troup 
7^  Hilton  now  stand,  together  with  the  Rents  of  the  Store  in  all  its 


308  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

parts  above  excepted  &  all  the  rents  of  the  Ground  on  which  the  Rope 
walk  stands  leased  to  Messrs.  Wiggleworth's  to  be  enjoyed  by  her  dur- 
ing her  Life  as  aforesaid,  also  $200  to  be  paid  of  the  Personal  Estate. 
1  give  &  bequeath  to  my  honored  mother  Mary  Silvester  the  rents  of 
Sheepscut  River  Bridge  due  on  my  Share  in  said  Bridge  from  year  to 
year  after  deducting  the  repairs,  during  her  natural  Life,  after  her  de- 
cease to  go  to  my  beloved  Wife  Martha  during  her  natural  Life  &  after 
her  decease  to  descend  to  my  two  Sons  in  equal  Shares  &  their  heirs 
forever 

I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Son  Joshua  one  Quarter  part  of  my 
Ship  called  the  Wiscasset,  with  one  Quarter  part  of  her  Tackle  &  Ap- 
purtenances. Also  my  Brewhouse  with  all  the  implements  &  brewing 
Utensels  belonging  to  the  same  with  three  Quarters  of  an  Acre  of  Land 
to  be  so  laid  out  as  to  include  said  house  &  priviledge  &  to  extend  to 
the  Town  road.  To  hold  to  him  &  his  heirs  forever,  also  one  of  my 
Clocks  to  be  his  absolute  property 

I  give  &  bequeath  to  each  of  my  Sisters  Mary  Lydia  Sarah  Jane 
Betsey  &  Rachael  a  black  Lutestring  Gown  to  be  given  to  them  by  my 
Executors  out  of  my  Estate  I  give  &  bequeath  to  Elizabeth  Light,  in 
token  of  my  gratefuU  remembrance  of  her  great  &  painfull  Care  & 
Attention  in  my  sickness,  a  Lutestring  Gown  to  be  paid  for  out  of  my 
Estate. 

I  give  &  bequeath  to  the  rev'd  Alden  Bradford  fifteen  Dollars,  for 
the  purpose  of  purchasing  a  piece  of  Linnen  in  token  of  my  gratefuU 
remembrance  of  his  kind  attention  to  me  in  my  sickness 
I  give  &  bequeath  to  each  of  my  Executors  hereafter  named  a  Guinea 
each  to  purchase  a  remembrance  Ring.  Also  to  Joseph  Tinkham 
Esq'r  the  same  sum  for  the  same  purpose  I  give  &  bequeath  all  the 
rest  &  residue  of  my  Estate  both  real  «S:  personal  not  before  disposed 
of,  to  my  two  Sons  David  &  Joshua  to  be  divided  between  them  m 
equal  shares  to  hold  to  them  &  their  heirs  forever  And  I  do  hereby 
constitute  &  appoint  Tho.  Rice  Esqr  Silas  Lee  Gentleman  &  my  Son 
David  Silvester  my  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  &  Testament  & 
hereby  revoke  &  annul  all  former  Wills  &  Testaments  by  me  made  & 
pronounce  &  declare  this  to  be  my  last  Will  &  Testament. 
Tis  my  further  will  that  my  said  Sons  shall  take  care  of  &  provide  for 
Cynthya  Young  untill  she  is  of  the  Age  of  fifteen  years  &  then  that  she, 
by  them,  be  put  to  learn  the  Trade  of  a  mantua  maker  or  Taylor  at 
their  Expence 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  309 

In  witness  whereof  I  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  the  sixth  day  of  Feb- 
ruary in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  &  ninety  eight 

David  Silvester     (seal) 
Signed  sealed  published 
pronounced  &  declared 
by  the  Testator  to  be  his  last 
Will  &  Testament  in  presence 
of  us 

John  Hues 
Thomas  McCrate 
Alexander  Troup 

Probated  27  Mar.,  1798.  [VIII,  77-78.]  John  Hues,  Abiel 
Wood,  Jr.,  Joshua  Hilton,  Ebenezer  Whittier,  Ezekiel  Cutter  and 
Nymphas  Stacy,  all  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Henry 
Hodge,  Joseph  Tinkham  and  David  Payson,  all  of  Pownalborough,  1 1 
Ap.,  1798,  $17,529.38.  [VIII,  79  to  82.]  Joshua,  minor  son,  chose 
David  Payson,  of  Pownalborough,  to  be  his  guardian,  4  June,  1798. 
[IX,  221.]  Joseph  Tinkham  and  Joseph  Christophers,  both  of 
Pownalborough,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  10  June,  1799. 
Account  filed  17  Nov.,  1801.     [Unrecorded.] 

Be  it  remembered  that  I  Nathaniel  Whittier  of  Readfield  in  the  County 

of  Lincoln  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Husbandman  being 

weak  in  Body  but  of  sound  mind  and  memory  do  this  tenth  day  of 

March   Anno  Domini    one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninty-eight 

make  and  publish  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  in  the  following 

manner  that  is  to  say — 

In  the  first  place  I  give  to  my  beloved  Wife  all  my  Household  furniture 

exclusive  of  her  Lawfull  right  of  Dower  in  my  Estate  excepting    my 

Clock 

Also  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Mary  Page  forty  Dollars  to  be  paid  in 

Household  Furniture  by  my  Executor  hereafter  to  be  named  to  be  paid 

in  one  year  after  my  Decease. 

Also  I  give  to  my  Son  Jedediah  Whittier  fifty  acres  of  Land  lying  in  a 

place  called  Wyman  Plantation  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  aforesaid  it 

being  the  northwesterly  End  of  Lot  No.  forty  seven  also  one  undivided 

third  of  Lot  No.  eighty  two  in  said  Plantation 

Also  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Ruth  Cochran  ten  Dollars  to  be  paid  by 

my  said  Executor  within  one  year  after  my  Decease 

Also  I  give  to   my  Son  Thomas  Whittier  all  my  Stock  Including  my 


310  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

neet  Cattle  Horses  Sheep  and  Swine  and  my  Clock  together  with  all 
my  Implements  of  Husbandry — 

Also  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Dorothy  Johnson  a  Lot  of  Land  lying  in 
the  aforesaid  Plantation  and  numbered  one  hundred  and  four 
Also  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Ruhamah  Whittier  a  Lot  of  Land  lying  in 
the  aforesaid  Plantation  and  numbered  ninty  two  also  one  hundred 
and  fifty  Dollars  to  be  paid  in  household  Furniture  by  my  said  Exec- 
tor  within  one  year  after  my  Decease 

Also  I  give  to  my  Son  Abel  Whittier  the  northerly  half  of  Lot  No. 
fifty  eight  to  be  divided  in  the  middle  lengthways  of  said  Lot  also  one 
undivided  third  of  Lot  No.  eighty  two  said  Lots  lying  in  the  aforesaid 
Plantation  also  one  pair  of  Oxen  measuring  six  feet  and  a  good  Cow 
and  a  good  Suit  of  Cloaths  to  be  Delivered  to  him  by  my  Executor 
when  he  shall  arrive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  Years  until  which  time  he 
said  Abel  shall  work  with  my  said  Executor 

Also  I  give  to  my  Son  Nathaniel  Whittier  the  southerly  half  of  Lot  No. 
fifty  eight  excepting  four  Acres  which  I  have  sold  ofT  the  Southeast 
Corner  of  said  Lot  also  one  undivided  third  of  Lot  No.  eighty  two  said 
Lots  lying  in  the  aforesaid  Plantation  also  a  pair  of  Oxen  measuring  six 
feet  and  a  Cow  and  a  good  Suit  of  Cloaths  to  be  delivered  to  him  by 
my  said  Executor  when  he  shall  arrive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years 
untiU  which  time  he  said  Nathaniel  shall  work  for  said  Executor 
Also  I  give  to  my  Son  Levi  Whittier  a  Lot  of  Land  lying  in  the  afore- 
said Plantation  and  numbered  one  hundred  and  seven  also  a  pair  of 
Oxen  measuring  six  feet  and  a  good  Cow  and  a  good  Suit  of  Cloaths  to 
be  delivered  to  him  by  my  said  Executor  when  he  shall  arrive  to  the 
age  of  twenty  one  Years  untill  which  time  he  said  Levi  shall  work  for 
my  said  Executor 

Also  I  give  to  my  Daughter  Hannah  Whittier  a  Lot  of  Land  lying  in 
the  aforesaid  Plantation  ard  numbred  ninty  four  also  one  hundred 
and  fifty  Dollars  to  be  paid  her  in  household  Furniture  to  be  Delivered 
to  her  by  my  said  Executor  when  She  shall  arrive  to  the  age  of  eighteen 
years  untill  which  time  she  said  Hannah  is  to  be  maintained  by  my 
said  Executor  including  her  Labour 

Also  I  give  to  my  Grandson  Nathaniel  Cochran  a  Lot  of  Land  lying  in 
the  aforesaid  Plantation  and  numbered  ninty  eight 
Also  I  give  to  my  Grandson  Cyrus  Whittier  a  Lot  of   Land  lying  in  the 
aforesaid  Plantation  and  numbered  ninty  six 
Also  I  give  to  the  Methodist  Society  in  said   Wyman   Plantation   two 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  3II 

hundred  Dollars  to  be  applyed  towards  Building  a  Methodist  Meeting- 
house in  said  Plantation  and  to  be  paid  by  my  said  Executor.  To  the 
Committee  who  shall  be  appointed  by  said  Society  to  Superintend  said 
Building  whenever  it  shall  be  needed  for  that  use 
Also  I  give  to  my  Son  Thomas  Whittier  all  the  Debts  that  may  be  ow- 
ing to  me  at  my  Decease  he  paying  to  my  Children  and  to  the  Meth- 
odist Society  as  before  named  also  I  give  to  my  said  Son  Thomas 
Whittier  all  my  Estate  Real  and  Personal  not  herein  before  Bequeathed 
and  Devised  wherever  the  same  may  be  found  And  lastly  I  do  Con- 
stitute and  Ordain  my  said  Son  Thomas  Whittier  sole  Executor  of  this 
my  last  Will  and  Testament 

In  Testamony  whereof  I  do  hereunto  set  my   hand  and    Seal    the    day 
and  Year  above  Written 

Nathaniel  Whittier     (seal) 
Signed  Sealed  Published  Pronounced 
and  Declared  by  the  said  Nathaniel 
Whittier  as  and  for  his  last  Will  and 
Testament  in  the  Presents  of  us  who  at 
his  request  and  in  his  presents  hereunto 
set  our  names  as  Witneses  to  the  same 

John  Hubbard 

John  Evens 

Samuel  Judkins 

Piobated  31  May,  1798.     [VIII,  91.] 
John  Hubbard  and  Samuel  Judkins,  both  of  Readfield,  sureties. 

Israel  Smith,  late  of  Woolwich,  blacksmith.  Jane  Smith,  of  Wool- 
wich, widow,  Adm'x,  4  June,  1798.  [IX,  6.]  Ebenezer  Delano  and 
Robert  Hanson,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Abner 
Wade  and  Thomas  Snell,  both  of  Woolwich,  and  Moses  Hilton,  of 
Pownalborough,  26  June,  1798,  $314.31.  [VIII,  95.]  Account  filed  10 
Aug.,  1800.     [VIII,  233.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  I  John  Campbell  of  Bath  in  the  County  of 
Lincoln  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Yeoman,  being  weak  in 
Body  but  of  sound  and  perfect  Mind  and  Memory  (blessed  be  God) 
do  this  twentyfirst  day  of  December  A  D.  One  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred and  Eighty  six  make  and  publish  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament 
in  manner  following  Vizt. — 
Imprimis.     I  give  and  devise  to  my  beloved  Son  John  Campbell  Jun'r  a 


312  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

certain  tract  of  land,  to  hold  to  him  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  situate 
in  Bath  aforesaid  containing  One  hundred  Acres  by  estimation,  with  the 
buildings  thereon  and  appurtenances  to  the  same  belonging,  and  which 
is  bounded  as  foUoweth  Vizt.  beginning  at  a  birch  Tree  standing  on 
the  West  side  of  Winnegance  Creek,  thence  running  West  by  North 
half  North  to  a  Pile  of  Stones  upon  a  Hill,  thence  continuing  the  same 
Course  to  a  pine  Stump  on  the  west  side  of  the  Country  Road  and  be- 
tween that  and  Campbells  Pond  so  called  :  Then  beginning  again  at 
the  northern  End  of  said  Pond  at  a  hemlock  Stump  standing  on  the 
Western  side  of  the  same  Pond  thence  running  West  by  North  half 
North  to  New-meadow's  River  to  a  spruce  Stump  standing  a  little  to 
the  Northward  of  certain  Salt  Works,  thence  southerly  by  the  shore  of 
said  River  so  far  as  to  make  forty  five  Rods  on  a  Direct  line,  to  a  large 
white  Rock  :  thence  East  by  South  half  South  to  a  white  Oak  Tree 
marked  on  two  Sides  and  standing  on  a  Hill  in  sight  of  said  Pond, 
thence  continuing  the  same  Course  across  said  Pond  to  said  Winne- 
gance Creek,  thence  northerly  by  said  Creek  to  the  first  mentioned 
Bounds, 

Item — I  give  and  devise  to  my  said  Son  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever 
the  undivided  half  part  of  a  certain  piece  of  Marsh  lying  on  the  west- 
ern side  of  a  certain  Point  called  Cord  Wood  Point,  containing  about 
twelve  Acres  more  or  less  and  is  commonly  known  by  the  name  of  the 
back  Marsh  the  same  being  owned  in  common  between  me  and  my 
Brother  Alexander  Campbell :  Also  the  half  part  of  another  piece  of 
Marsh  owned  in  common  as  aforesaid  containing  about  three  Acres 
more  or  less,  bounded  northerly  by  certain  Marsh  owned  by  Thomas 
Williams  of  Bath  aforesaid  and  southerly  by  a  small  Creek  called  Will- 
iams's Creek 

Item — I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  Son  John  his  Ex'ors  and  Adm'- 
ors  one  yoak  of  Oxen,  two  Cows  one  Mare,  one  horse  and  one  Mare 
Colt,  four  Sheep  all  the  Swine  now  on  my  Farm  aforesaid,  my  Bed  and 
bedding,  all  my  wearing  apparrell  of  which  I  may  die  possessed,  my 
Chest  all  my  Sea  Books  and  great  Bible  six  Chairs,  two  Tables  together 
with  all  my  farming  Utensils,  and  also  my  Armour  &  apparatus  &  the 
great  Chair. 

Item — I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Margaret  Camp- 
bell two  Cows  one  Sheep  two  Tables  six  Chairs,  &  two  beds  which  are 
commonly  called  her  own. 
Item — I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Elizabeth    Camp- 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  3  1 3 

bell  one  Cow  one  Sheep  a  Bed  commonly  called  my  Son  John's  Bed 
and  bedding  belonging  to  the  same,  one  large  square  white  Table  and 
a  brass  Sieve 

Item— It  is  my  Will  and  desire  that  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Burnam  Wife  of 
Mr.  Francis  Burnam  and  Mrs.  Margaret  Williams  shall  distribute  as 
I  hereafter  direct  them  among  my  Children  the  household  Utensils  and 
Furniture  not  herein  before  bequeathed. 

Item — I  make  and  ordain  Mr.  David  Ring  of  Bath  aforesaid  Gentle- 
man the  Sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  to  see  the 
same  performed  according  to  my  true  intent  and  meaning ;  and  I  also 
ordain  and  appoint  him  the  said  David  Ring  the  Guardian  of  my  said 
Son  John  untill  he  shall  attain  the  age  of  Twenty  one  years.  In  Tes- 
timent  whereof  I  have  hereunto  affixed  my  hand  and  Seal  the  day  and 
year  abovewritten 

NB.  the  words  ''Bath,  AD.,  a,  by,  &"  were  interlined  before  Signing 
Signed  sealed  published  &  declared  by  the  said 
the  Testator,  as  &  for  his  last  Will  &  Testament 
in  the  presence  of  us  who  were  present  at  the 
signing  and  seahng  thereof 

Elizabeth  Burnham  John  Campbell     (seal) 

Francis  Burnam 
Wm  Lithgow  Jun'r 

Probated  5  Jan.,  1798. 

David  Ring  declined  executorship ;  letters  testamentary  issued  to 
John  Campbell,  of  Bath,  5  Jan.,  1798.  [VIII,  102  to  104.]  Francis 
Burnham,  of  Georgetown,  and  Benjamin  Raymond,  of  Bowdoinham, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Francis  Winter,  Thomas  Williams  and  David 
Ring,  all  of  Bath,  10  Dec,  1798,  ^534-61.     [VIII,  104-105.] 

Be  it  remembered  that  I  Moses  Whittier  of  Readfield  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Lincoln  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Husbandman  Being 
weak  of  Body  but  sound  in  minde  and  memory  Do  this  fourteenth  day 
of  August  A  D  1 798  Constitute  ordain  and  declare  this  my  last  will 
and  testament  in  the  following  maner  that  is  to  say 
Firstly  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  wife  Anna  Whittier 
one  third  third  part  of  all  my  Real  Estate  during  her  life  and  one  third 
part  of  all  my  personal  Estate  during  her  life 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Son  Moses  Whittier  one 
dollar  to  be  paid  by  my  Executrix  hereafter  to  be  named 
Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved   Daughter  Anna  Taylor    one 
dollar  to  be  paid  by  my   said   Executrix 


314  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Also  I  give  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Mary  Melven  one  Dollar  to  be  paid 
by  my  said  Executrix 

Also  I  give  to  my  beloved  daughter  Abigail  Jose  a  likely  Heifer  three 
years  old  to  be  paid  by  my  said  Executrix  within  three  months  after 
my  Decease 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Releaf  Bean  a  like- 
ly heifer  three  Years  old  to  be  paid  by  my  said  Executrix  within  six 
Months  after  my  Decease 

Also  I  give  to  my  beloved  Son  Josiah  Whittier  one  third  of  all  my 
Real  Estate  to  be  in  his  possession  when  he  shall  arrive  to  the  age  of 
twenty  one  Years  and  half  of  one  other  third  at  the  Decease  of  my 
said  Widow 

And  one  third  of  my  Personal  Estate  which  shall  remain  after  dis- 
chargin  all  my  Debts  and  Funeral  Charges  (which  are  to  be  discharged 
out  of  my  personal  Estat  before  a  division  is  made) 
Also  I  give  unto  my  beloved  Son  Benaiah  Whittier  one  third  of  all  my 
Real  Estate  to  be  in  his  possession  when  he  shall  arive  to  the  age  of 
twenty  one  Years  and  one  half  of  an  other  third  of  my  Real  Estate  at 
the  decease  of  my  said  Widow  also  one  third  of  all  my  Personal  Es- 
tate which  shall  remain  after  discharging  all  my  debts  and  funeral 
Charges 

Also  I  give  to  my  grandaughter  Betsy  Sleeper  Taylor  a  good  Cow  and 
heifer  three  Years  old  to  be  delivered  to  her  by  my  said  Executrix 
when  she  shall  arive  to  the  age  of  eighteen  Years 

Also  I  give  to  my  beloved  Wife  all  the  Debts  that  may  be  owing  to 
me  at  my  Decease  and  all  my  Estate  Real  and  Personal  not  herein  be- 
fore bequeathed  and  devised  wherever  the  same  may  be  found  and 
lastly  I  do  constitute  and  ordain  my  my  said  Wife  Anna  Whittier  Sole 
Executrix  to  this  my  last  will  and  Testament 

In  testimony  whereof  I  do  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  Seal  the  day 
and  year  within  Written 

his 
NB  the  words  (to  &  half  of  an  other)  Moses  X  Whittier    (seal) 

were  interlined  before  Signing  mark 

Signed  Sealed  published  pronounced  and  declared  by  the  said  Moses 
Whittier  as  and  for  his  last  Will  and  Testament  in  the  Presents  of  us 
who  at  his  request  and  in  his  presents  hereunto  set  our  names  as  Wit- 
nesses to  the  same 

Joshua  Bean 
John  Hubbard 

Daniel  Wing 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  315 

Probated  15  Jan.,  1799.     [VIII,io5-io6.]     Joshua  Bean  and  Dan- 
iel Wing,  both  of  Readfield,  sureties. 

In  the  name  God  Amen  I  James  Craigue  of  Reedfield  in  the  County 
of  Lincoln  being  of  sound  disposing  mind  and  memory  but  Knowing 
the  uncertainty  of  life  and  the  certainty  of  death  ordain  this  my  last 
will  and  Testament — 

I  St.  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Thomas  Craigue  my 
house  barn  mills  and  fifteen  acres  of  land  on  which  I  now  live  on  the 
condition  following  (viz)  on  his  maintaining  Anna  Craigue  my  wife 
handsomely  during  her  natural  life  and  to  pay  to  Freeman  Craigue  the 
son  of  Nancy  Goud  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  to  be  paid  to 
him  on  his  arriving  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  and  to  give  the  said 
Freeman  Craigue  a  good  common  school  education  and  to  furnish  him 
with  all  necessary  books  and  further  to  maintain  him  to  the  age  of 
fourteen  years — out  of  my  estate — and  further  to  pay  to  Mary  Craigue 
the  daughter  of  Mary  Allen  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  and  to 
give  her  a  good  common  school  education  as  far  as  she  can  arrive  at 
the  age  of  ten  years  and  that  she  be  maintained  untill  she  arrives  at 
the  age  of  ten  years  out  of  my  estate  and  I  hereby  appoint  my  son 
Thomas  Craigue  Guardian  of  the  said  Freeman  and  Mary  Craigue  and 
if  the  said  Thomas  Craigue  should  decease  before  one  or  both  arrive 
at  the  periods  above  mentioned  I  appoint  John  and  Christopher  Tur- 
ner Guardians  to  the  deceased  one  And  if  the  said  Freeman  or  Mary 
should  die  before  they  arrive  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  the  sums 
bequeathed  to  the  deceased  shall  revert  and  be  equally  divided 
amoungst  my  sons 

2nd  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  three  sons  Thomas  James  and 
William  Craigue  equally  to  be  divided  amoungst  them  a  certain  lot  of 
Land  No  94  situated  in  Reedfield — 

3rd  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Orison  Craigue  and  Peter  Craigue 
the  sons  of  my  son  Thomas  Craigue  fifty  dollars  each  to  be  paid  out 
of  my  estate  after  my  decease  at  their  arriving  at  the  age  of  twenty 
one  years  and  if  the  said  Peter  or  Orison  shall  die  before  the  age  of 
twenty  one  years  their  propotion  of  my  estate  to  be  equally  divided 
amoungst  the  children  now  living  of  my  son  Thomas  Craigue — 
4th  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Elenor  Anna  and  Delia  the  daughters 
of  my  son  Thomas  Craigue  thirty  dollars  each  to  be  paid  out  of  my 
estate  after  my  decease  on  their  arrival  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  if  one 
either  or  all  should  die  before  the  age  of  twenty   one    their    propotion 


3  I  6  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

to  be  equally  divided  amoungst  the  children  now  living  of  my  son 
Thomas  Craigue. 

5th  Item  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Grandson  James  Craigue  the  sum 
of  fifty  dollars.  Item  to  Sally  and  Margarett  Craigue  daughters  of  my 
son  James  thirty  dollars  each  to  be  paid  them  at  the  age  of  twenty 
one  years  likewise  the  said  sum  of  fifty  before  mentioned  dollars  to  be 
paid  my  Grandson  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  and  if  one  or  either 
of  them  should  die  before  that  age  their  proportion  of  my  estate  to  be 
divided    equally  amoungst  the  children  now  living  of  my  son  James — 

I  order  all  my  just  debts  and  funeral  charges  to  be  paid  out  of  my 
personal  estate  and  all  the  residue  of  my  personal  estate  if  any  I  will 
that  my  son  Thomas  receive — 

And  I  hereby  appoint  Thomas  and  James  Craigue  my  Executors 
In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  to  this  my 
last  will  and  testament  This  twenty  eighth  August  Anno  Domini  seven- 
teen hundred  and  ninety  seven  in  presents  of — 

Eben'r  Bradish  James  Craigg       (seal) 

John  Turner 

Christopher  Turner 

The  Codicil  underwritten  I  order  as  fully  to  be  executed  as  any 
part  of  the  foregoing — 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  John  and  George  Craigue  sons  of  my  son 
William  Craigue  the  sum  of  thirty  dollars  each  and  to  each  of  the 
three  daughters  of  my  son  William  Craigue  twenty  dollars  each  to  be 
paid  out  of  my  estate  after  my  decease  and  if  either  of  them  should 
die  before  the  age  of  twenty  one  years  their  propotion  of  my  estate  to 
be  equally  divided  amongst  the  children  of  my  son  William  now 
living — 

In  testomy  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  to  this  my 
codicil  of  my  last  will  and  testament  this  twenty  eigth  August  Anno 
Domini  seventeen  hundred  and  ninety  seven 

In  presents  of —  James  Craigg     (seal) 

Christopher  Turner 
John  Turner 
Eben'r  Bradish 
NB.  all  erasures  and  interlineations  made  before  signing — 

Probated  16  Jan.,  1798.  [VIII,  107-108.]  James  Craigg  de- 
clined executorship.  Thomas  Smith,  of  Readfield,  and  John  Jones, 
of  .Augusta,  sureties.     Inventory  by  John  Turner,  of    Winthrop,    Eliha 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  317 

Alden  and  Mathias  Smith,  both  ofReadfield,  22  Jan.,  1798,  $1347.30. 
[Unrecorded.] 

In  the  name  of  god  amen  I  Frances  AUeen  of  Geogetown  Within  the 
County  of  Linclon  an  Province  of  the  Massahesats  bay  in  neweng- 
land  widow  being  in  good  bodily  health  and  allso  of  sound  mind  and 
memory  thanks  be  gieven  to  god  for  it  and  nowing  it  is  appointed  for  all 
once  to  die  do  therefore  take  this  oppertunity  to  make  and  ordain  this 
my  Last  will  and  testament  in  maner  and  form  folowing  Viz.  In  the 
first  Place  I  give  and  Recomend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  god  who 
gave  it  me  and  my  body  I  Recomend  to  the  earth  to  be  buried  in  de- 
cent Christain  burial  at  the  discreation  of  my  Excetatrix  beliving  that 
I  Shall  receive  the  Same  again  by  the  mighty  power  of  god  at  the  Gen- 
arel  resurection  and  as  to  Such  worly  estate  werewith  it  hath  Pleasd 
god  to  bless  me  with  in  this  Life  I  Give  and  dispose  of  the  Same  in  the 
following  maner 

Itum  I    Give  and  bequath  unt   my  daughter  Isabale  Malcom  my   lead 
colord  Silk  gownd  and  black  velvet  Cloak  one  Cambelet  Rideine  hood 
and  Part  of  my  Common  wearing  apparel  and  one  Gold  Ring 
Itum  I  Give  and  bequath  unto  my  Son  Thomas  Alen  Heirs  five  Shil- 
lings 

Itum  I  Give  and  beqeth  unto  my  daughter  Anna  Allen  my  best  gownd 
and  Cloth  riding  wood  and  my  Gold  necklace  one  gold  ring  and  my 
black  Cloaths  and  my  best  lining  my  best  bed  and  beding  and  all  my 
right  to  the  plate  as  mention  in  the  deed  of  Sail  and  all  the  dets  that  is 
due  to  me 

Itum  I  give  and  bequeth  unto  my  grand  daughter  Fransis  Rogers  my 
darck  tably  gownd  and  Part  of  my  Linen 

Itum  I  Give  and  bequath  to  my  grand  dafter  Fransis  Malcom  my  Sil- 
ver Show  buckels  one  gold  ring  one  Callaco  gownd  black  Callaco 
mico  Coat 

I  do  Ratify  and  confirm  this  and  no  other  to  be  my  last  will  and  tes- 
tament in  witness  whereof  I  have  hereuto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  this 
twenty  third  day  of  September  one  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Eigty 
Eight  Singed  Sealed  Published  and  declared  by  the  Said  Frances  Allen 
to  be  hur  last  will  and  testament  in  Presents  of  us  the  Subscribers  and 
before  Singine  and  Sealing  I  do  hereby  appoint  ordain  my  daughter 
Anna  Allen  to  be  my  Soul  Excutatrix  of  this  my  Last  will  and  testa- 
ment 

Witness  Frances  Allen     (seal) 

Jordan  Parker 
Margaret  wylie 
John  Parker 


3l8  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Probated  25  May,  1798.  [VIII,  109.] 
Joseph  Bowker  and  Elijah  Drummond,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Jordan  Parker,  Mark  Langdon  Hill  and  Andrew  Reed,  all 
of  Georgetown,  14  Sep.,  1798,  $108.65,  to  which  the  executrix  added 
sundry  articles,  $104.  [VIII,  111-112.]  Account  filed  31  May,  1799. 
[VIII,  112.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  This  Ninteenth  Day  of  April  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  Thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Ninty  Seven  I  Edward  Bean 
of  Mount  Vernon  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  Common  ^Vealth  of  Mas- 
sachusetts Husbandman  Being  of  Sound  mind  and  Memory  but  weak 
in  Body,  and  Calling  to  mind  the  Mortallity  of  the  Same,  Do  make 
and  Ordain  this  my  Last  will  and  Testement  First  of  all  Commiting  my 
Soul  to  God  who  Gave  It  and  my  body  to  the  Earth  from  whence  It 
proceeded  to  be  Buried  in  Such  Deecant  Christian  manner  as  my  Exec- 
utors hereafter  mentioned  Shall  see  fit. 

And  as  Touching  Such  Worldly  Estate  as  It  hath  Pleased  God  to 
Bless  me  with  in  this  life  I  hereby  Give  Divise  and  Dispose  of  in  the 
following  manner  Viz 

Impr's  I  will  that  all  my  Just  Debts  and  furnal  Charges  be  paid  in 
Convenenl  time  after  my  Decase  by  my  Executors  hereafter  mentioned 
Item  I  Give  and  Divise  unto  my  Beloved  Wife  Eloner  Bean  two  Cow 
togather  with  all  my  household  Goods  and  moveables  of  that  kind 
Item  I  Give  and  Divise  to  my  Beloved  Daughter  Sarah  Brown  Three 
Dollars 

Item  I  Give  and  Divise  to  my  Son  John  Bean  and  Josiah  Bean  all  my 
Estate  in  Mount  Vernon,  Both  Real  and  Personal,  Not  other  ways  Dis- 
posed of,  with  their  paying  out  Such  Leageces  as  Directed  to  be  Eaquel- 
ly  Divided  Between  them 

Item  I  Give  and  Divise  to  my  Daughter  Margret  Bean  one  year  old 
heifer 

Item  I  Give  and  Divise  to  my  Daughter  Phebe  Peril  Five  Dollars 
Item  I  Give  and  Divise  to  my  Daugher  Mary  Creasy  Five  Dollars — 
Item  I  Give  and  Divise  to  my  Grand  Son  Neal  Bean  one  hundred  Dol- 
lars to  be  paid  to  him  by  my  Executors  when  he  Shall  Come  to  the  age 
of  Twenty  one  years  provided  he  Shall  live  so  long — 
and  Lastly  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  Said  Sons  John  an<l  Josiah  Bean 
all  the  Debts  Due  to  me  by  any  Lawful!  way  or  meins  whatsoever  and  I 
Do  hereby  Give  unto  them  all  those  things   that  may  Be   forgotten  or 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  319 

not  Disposed  of  If  If  any  such  there  be  and  order  them  to  pay  all  my 
Debts  and  Leageces  and  Furnal  Charges. 

And  I  Do  hereby  Nominate  and  appoint  my  said  Sons  John  &  Josiah 
Bean  Sole  Executors  of  this  my  Last  will  and  Testement  hereby  mak- 
ing Null  and  Void  all  other  former  wills  and  Testements  by  me  hereto- 
fore made 

In  witness  whereof  I  Do  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal — 
Signed  Sealed  Published  and  Declared 
by  the  Said  Edward  Bean  to  be  his 
Last  will  and  Testement  in  the 

presence  of  us —  his 

Nath'l  Dudley  Edward  X  Bean         (seal) 

Caleb  Creasy  mark 

her 
Submit  X  Carl 
mark 
Probated  i6  Jan.,    1798.       [VIII,    11 2-1 13.]      Nathaniel   Dudley 
and  Stephen  Scribner,  both  of  Mount  Vernon,  sureties.     Inventory   by 
William  Whittier,  Solomon  Leighton  and   John  Hovey,    all   of  Mount 
Vernon,  1798,  $280.01 ;  account  filed  15  Jan.,  1799.     [Unrecorded.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  I  Martha  Butler  of  Georgetown  in  the 
county  of  Lincoln  Widow  being  much  advanced  in  years,  and  consid- 
ering the  uncertainty  of  this  mortal  life,  though  of  sound  and  disposing 
mind  &  memory  blessed  be  God  therefor,  do  make  and  publish  this 
my  last  will  &  testament,  in  manner  &  form  following,  that  is  to  say. 
First,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  son  William  Butler,  of  said 
Georgetown,  the  sum  of  one  Dollar,  in  full  for  his  share  of  my  property 
or  estate,  of  which  I  may  die  possessed. 

Item — I  do  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  son  Thomas  Butler, 
of  said  Georgetown,  the  sum  of  one  Dollar,  in  full  for  his  share  of  my 
property  &  estate  as  aforesaid — 

Item — I  do  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughter  Sarah 
Butler,  of  Georgetown  Single  woman  all  the  provisions  of  eatables  and 
drinkables  of  every  kind,  and  description,  which  may  be  in  my  house, 
or  in  any  manner  belong  to  me  at  my  decease. 

Item — I  do  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Daughters,  Mary 
Preble,  wife  of  Joseph  Preble  of  said  Town,  Anne  Drummond,  wife  of 
Elijah  Drummond  of  said  Town,  Martha  Soper,  wife  of  Samuel  Soper, 
Sarah  Butler  above  named,  and  Abigail  White,  widow  of  John    White 


320  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

late  of  said  Georgetown  deceased,  all  my  wearing  apparell,  of  what 
nature  and  description  soever,  of  which  I  may  die  possessed,  or  owner 
of  at  the  time  of  my  death,  to  be  equally  divided  in  quantity  and 
quality  among  them  my  said  Daughters ;  and  if  any  or  either  of  my 
said  r3aughters,  should  die  before  me,  then,  and  in  such  case,  I  will 
&  ordain,  that  her  fifth  part  of  my  said  wearing  apparell,  shall  go  to, 
and  be  equally  divided  between  my  grand  Daughters,  the  Daughters, 
of  such  my  deceased  Daughter,  as  may  be  living  at  the  time  of  my 
death ;  and  if  such  deceased  daughter  shall  then  have  no  Daughter 
living  then  the  same  to  go  her  son  or  sons,  then  living. 
Item — I  do  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  Daughter  Martha 
Soper,  one  Coio. 

Item.     I  do  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Grandson,    Willam   Butler 
son  Son  of  Thomas  Butler  aforesaid.  One  Cow. 

Item.  And  as  to  all  the  rest,  and  residue  of  my  property  and  estate,  of 
what  name,  nature  and  description  soever,  of  which  I  may  die  the  own- 
er, I  will  and  ordain,  that,  the  same  shall  be  equally  divided  in  quan- 
tity and  quality  among  my  said  Daughters,  Mary  Preble,  Anne  Drum- 
mond,  Sarah  Butler  and  Abigail  White,  their  heirs  executors  &  admin- 
istrators forever  :  And  in  case  either  of  my  Daughters  last  mentioned, 
should  die  before  me,  then  in  such  case,  I  will  &  ordain,  that,  the  full 
share  and  proportion  of  such  my  deceased  Daughter,  shall  be  equally 
divided  as  aforesaid,  between  such  Daughters  of  her's,  as  may  be  living 
at  my  death ;  And  in  case  such  deceased  Daughter,  should  have  no 
Daughter  living,  at  the  time  of  my  death,  then  1  will  &  ordain  that, 
her  full  proportion  as  aforesaid  of  my  estate,  shall  go  to  such  son,  or 
sons,  of  my  said  deceased  Daughter  equally  to  be  divided  between 
them,  as  may  be  living  at  the  time  of  my  death,  and  to  their  heirs  and 
assigns  forever.  And  if  such  my  deceased  Daughter,  should  have 
neither  Son  or  Daughter  living  at  the  time  of  my  decease,  then  in 
such  case,  I  will  and  ordain,  that,  her  full  share  of  my  said  estate,  shall 
be  equally  divided  to  &  among  the  remainder  of  my  said  last  mention- 
ed Daughters,  who  may  be  living  at  the  time  of  my  death,  and  their 
heirs  and  assigns  forever —  And  I  do  by  these  presents  appoint  Eli- 
jah Drummond  &  Jeams  Williams  executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and 
Testament :  Hereby  revoking  all  former  Wills  by  me  made.  In  wit- 
ness whereof,  I  do  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  Seal  the  fifth  day  of  Sep- 
tember in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1796. 
Signed,  sealed,  published  &  declared 
by  the  above  named  Martha  Butler,  Martha  Butler  (seal) 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  3  2  I 

to  be  her  last  will  &  testament,  in  the 
presence  of  us,  who  have  hereunto 
subscribed  our  Names,  as  Witnesses,  in 
*he  presence  of  the  Testatrix — 

John  f'isher 

Thomas  Williams 

Probated  25  May,  1798.  [VIII,  114-115.]  Joseph  Bowker  and 
Mark  Langdon  Hill,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Thomas  Williams,  of  Bath,  Andrew  Mcfaden  and  Brooks  IVIckinney, 
both  of  Georgetown,  28  May,  1799,  S165.85.     [Unrecorded.] 

In  the  Name  of  God.  Amen.  The  seventeen  day  of  February  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  &  ninety  eight — I 
Thomas  Sproul  of  Bristol,  in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  &  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts  yeoman  being  sick  and  weak  in  Body  but  of  perfect 
mind  and  memory,  thanks  be  given  unto  God  therefor  calling  unto 
mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body  &  knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for 
all  men  once  to  die,  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  Testa- 
ment ;  that  is  to  say. — 

First  of  all  I  give  &  recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  that 
gave  it,  for  my  Body  I  recommend  it  to  the  earth  to  be  buried  in  a 
Christian  like  &  decent  manner,  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executor. — 
And  as  touching  such  wordly  estate  wherwith  it  hath  pleased  God  to 
bless  me  in  this  life,  I  give  demise  &  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner  &  form. 

First  It  is  my  will,  &  I  do  order,  that  all  my  Just  debts  and  funeral 
charges  be  paid  &  satisfied. 

Item — I  give  &  bequath  my  Honored  &:  beloved  mother  sixty  six 
Dollars  &  sixty  six  Cents.  Likewise  I  constitute  and  appoint  my 
said  mother  my  sole  Executor  and  administrator  of  this  my  last  will  & 
Testament — 

Item — I  give  &  bequeath  unto  my  loving  Sister  Sarah  Sproul  Sixty  six 
Dollars  &  Sixty  six  Cents — 

Item — I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  loving  Sister  Mary  Sproul  Sixty- 
six  Dollars  &  Sixty  six  Cents — 

Item — I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Brother  James  Sproul  the  one 
half  of  my  Land,  and  when  said  land  is  divided  his  half  to  be  the 
eastren  side — 

Item — I  give    and  bequath  to  my   loving   Brother   John  Sproul   the 

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322  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Other  half  of  my  land  it  being  the  westren  side — he  paying  to  my   said 

Mother  and  my  two  sisters  aforesaid  that  is  to  each  of  them  the  sum 

of  Sixty  six  Dollars  &  Sixty  six  Cents 

Item — I  give  &  Bequeath  unto  my  loving  sister  Susan  Sproul    the    sum 

of  fifteen  Dollars. 

Item — I  give  &  Bequeath  unto  my    Brothers    Robert   Sproul   &   Wm. 

Sproul  Likewise  my  Sisters  Catherane  Silvester   Sz   Margret   Clark,    to 

each  of  them  fifty  Cents — 

Item — I  Likewise  give  &  Bequeath  to  my  said    Brother   James    Sproul 

all  my  Clothing  &  appearl,  one  Horse  Saddel  and  Bridel   one  yoke   of 

Steer  and  one  Chest, — said  horse  to  be  keept  on  the  place  for  the   use 

of  my  said  Mother  as  long  as  She  lives — he  the  said  James   to    pay  to 

the  above  named  Susan  Sproul  fifteen  Dollars,   and   fifty  Cents  to  be 

paid  to  each  of  the  above  Named    Robt.    Wm   Catherane   &    Margret 

Likewise  to  pay  what  charges  may  arise  at  my  Funeral 

In  Testimoneyl  the  said  Thomas  Sproul  do  hereunto  in  the  Presence  of 

these  Witnesses  set  my  hand  and  seal 

Signed  Sealed  Published  Thomas  Sproul    (seal) 

and  declared  in  presence 

of 

Thos.  Johnston 

William  Johnston 

Thomas  Johnston  Jun'r 

Probated  17  Sep.,  1798.  VIII,  116.]  Thomas  Johnston  and  Will- 
iam Mclntyer,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William  Mc- 
Intyer,  Samuel  Clark  and  Joseph  Clark,  all  of  Bristol,  29  Dec,  1 798, 
$558.10.     [Unrecorded.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen  I  David  Persons  of  Fairfield  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Lincoln  &  Common  wealth  of  Massachussetts  Yeoman  being  Very 
Sick  <&  weak  in  Body  but  of  sound  &  Disposing  minde  &  memory  Do 
make  «Sr  ordain  this  my  last  will  &  testament  principally  &  first  of  all 
I  Give  &  Recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hand  of  all  mighty  God  that 
Give  it  &  my  Body  I  Recommend  to  the  Earth  to  Be  Buried  In  Decent 
Buril  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors  :  And  as  touching  my  worldy 
Estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  Bless  me  in  this  life  First  I 
will  that  all  my  Just  Debts  be  paid  Secondly  I  Give  &  Bequeath  unto 
my  Son  David :  all  my  Real  Estate  he  paying  to  Each  of  my  other 
Children  the  Severral  Sums  in  manner  &  form  following  (Vizt)  to  my 
Daughter  Jane  the  Sum  of  Eighty  Dollars  when  she  arievs    to    the    age 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  323 

of  twenty  four  years  8z  to  Each  of  my  other  Children  (vit)  to  my 
Daughters  Melende  Rachel  &  Diodami  &  to  my  Son  William  the  Sum 
of  twenty  Dollars  Each  to  be  paid  unto  them  when  the  youngest  (of 
them)  vit  my  Daughter  Diodamia  Shall  arive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one 
years  &  whereas  my  wife  ThankfuU  is  now  pregnant  I  will  that  the 
Child  or  Children  whereof  She  is  now  pregnant  Should  be  Conceded 
in  this  my  last  will  &  testament  to  be  made  Equal  with  my  other 
Children  through  my  Estate  I  Give  bequethe  my  Personall  Estate 
unt  my  wife  thankfuU  &  unto  my  Children  to  be  Distributed  In  Equal 
Shares  among  them  Reserving  to  my  wife  ThankfuU  the  use  &  Im- 
provement of  all  my  Estate  Both  Real  &  personal  During  the  tearm  of 
time  She  Shall  Remain  my  widdow  &  the  use  &  Improvement  of  one 
third  part  of  the  whole  of  my  Estate  both  Real  &  personal  During  her 
natural  life  «S;  I  do  hereby  Constitute  &  appoint  my  true  &  Loving 
wife  ThankfuU  Executrix  together  with  George  Hobbs  of  Fairfield 
Yeoman  and  Ezekiel  Brown  Ju'r  of  Clinton  Physician  Executors  of 
this  my  last  will  and  Testament  Revoking  all  former  wills  And  I  do 
hereby  Ratify  &  Confirm  this  &  no  other  to  be  my  last  will  &  Testa- 
ment In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  &  Seal  this 
Eighteenth  Day  of  October  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Seventeen  hun- 
dred &  Ninety  Eight  the  words  Revoking  all  former  wills]  was  Inter- 
lined before  Signing — 

David  Pearson         (seal) 
Signed  Sealed  published  pronounced  and  Declared 
by  the  Said  David  persons  as  his  last  wiU  and  testam't 
In  the  presence  of  us  who  in  his  presence  &:  In  the  presence 
of  Each  other  have  hereunto  Subscribed  our  names 

Jonathan  Emery 

Ruth  Lamb 

Rachel  Perral 

Probated  15  Jan.,  1799.  [VIII,  11 7-1 18.]  Elnathan  Sherwin,  of 
Winslow,  and  Jonathan  Emery,  of  Fairfield,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
William  Kendal,  Jonas  Dutton  and  James  Lamb,  all  of  Fairfield,  1799, 
$981.39.  [XIII,  370-1.]  Account  filed  26  Aug.,  I Soo.  [XIII,  371- 
2.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  Michael  Sevey  of  Pownalborough  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  Gent'n  being  far  advanced  in  Life  &  calling  to 
mind  the  uncertainty  of  humane  Life,  &  being  thro'  the  goodness  of 
God  of  sound  &  disposing  Mind  &   Memory,    do    make  this   my   last 


324  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Will  &  testament,  &  disposition  of  what  personal  Estate  I  may  leave 
in  manner  following  That  is  to  say. 

First  I  give  &  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Hannah  all  the  house- 
hold Goods  &  personal  Estate,  that  she  brought  to  me  at  the  Time  I 
married  her 

Secondly  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Children  named  in  this 
bequest  viz  William  John  Hannah  Stephen  &  Marcy  five  shillings 
apiece  (they  having  received  their  share  of  my  Estate,)  to  be  paid  by 
my    Executor  hereafter  named 

Thirdly  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  beloved  Son  Solomon  all  the  rest  &c 
residue  of  my  personal  Estate  of  what  nature  soever,  to  enable  him  to 
pay  the  aforesaid  Legacies  &  my  just  Debts,  (having  otherwise  pro- 
vided for  my  decent  burial,)  and  I  do  make  &  constitute  my  said  Son 
Solomon  the  Executor  of  this  my  last  will  &z  testament  &  hereby  re- 
voke &  disannul  all  former  Wills  &  declare  this  to  be  my  last  Will  and 
Testament.  In  witness  whereof  I  hereto  set  my  hand  &  Seal  the  twen- 
tieth day  of  May  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
&  ninety  five. 

Signed  sealed  prounced  &  declared  Michael  Sevey  (seal) 

by  the  Testator  to  be  his  last  Will 
in  Testament  in  presence  of 

Joseph  Lowell  Junr. 

Samuel  Young 

Tho.  Rice 

Probated  3  June,  1799.  [VHI,  119.]  Paul  Nute  and  Solomon 
Sevey,  Jr.,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Abraham 
Nason,  Seth  Tinkham  and  Josiah  Goddard,  all  of  Pownalborough, — 
June,  1799,  $153.71.     [Unrecorded.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen,  I  Stephen  Stapel  of  Topsham  in  the  Coun- 
ty of  Lincoln  &  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  Yeoman,  consider- 
ing the  uncertainty  of  this  mortal  life,  and  being  of  sound  mind  &c 
memory.  Blessed  be  Almighty  God  for  the  same,  do  make  and  pub- 
lish this  my  last  will  &  testament,  in  manner  tS:  form  following  that  is 
to  say.  First  I  give  and  Bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Susanna  one 
third  part  of  my  Estate  both  Real  &  personal.  I  do  also  give  and  be- 
queath unto  my  eldest  son  Joseph  six  shillings,  La>vf.  money.  I  do 
also  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Ephraim  a  Cow  or  the  Value 
thereof  I  do  also  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  John  six  shillings  L 
money.  I  do  also  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Daughter  Lucy  a  Cow.  I  do 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  325 

also  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Daughter  Anna  a  Cow.  I  do  also  give 
and  bequeath  unto  my  two  Grand  Children  by  the  name  of  Potter, 
one  year  old  Heiffer  each,  my  three  sons  Josiah  Daniel  &  James  I 
give  &  bequeathe  the  remainder  of  my  Estate,  both  Real  &  personal 
each  one  an  Equal  share  It  is  my  will  that  my  son  Robert  shall  be  put 
to  some  trade  which  he  may  chose  and  untill  he  is  of  age  to  chuse  a 
trade  I  put  him  in  Care  of  my  Son  Josiah  if  my  said  Son  Robert  should 
not  go  to  any  trade  it  is  my  will  that  he  be  paid  half  a  share  of  one  of 
my  three  last  mentioned  sons 

I  appoint  my  Son  Josiah  sole  Executor  of  this  my  last  will  &  testament ; 
hereby  revoking  all  former  wills  by  me  made.  In  Witness  Whereof, 
I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  Seal  this  Seventeenth  day  of  Novem- 
ber One  thousand  seven  hundred  &  Ninety-Eight. 

his 
Stephen  X     Stapel  (seal) 

Signed,  seal'd,  publish'd  mark 

and  declared  by  the  above 
named  Stephen  Stapel 
to  be  his  last  will  &  testament 
in  the  presence  of  us  who  have 
hereunto  subscribed  our  names 
as  Witnesses  in  the  presence 
of  the  Testator. — 

Alexander  Rogers 

Samuel  Winchell 

William  Doggett 

Probated  4  Jan.,  1799.  [VIII,  121-2.]  Alexander  Rogers  and 
Samuel  Winchell,  both  of  Topsham,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John 
Rogers,  John  Sanford  and  Joseph  Berry,  all  of  Topsham,  9  Jan.,  1799, 
$775-78.     [VIII,  32.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  David  McKenney  of  Pownalborough 
in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman,  being  in  a  decaying  state  of  health 
&  calling  to  mind  that  I  must  soon  die,  but  of  sound  &  disposing  mind 
&  memory,  do  make  this  my  last  will  &  testament  in  manner  following. — 
In  the  first  place  I  recommend  my  Soul  to  the  hands  of  God  who  gave 
it,  &  my  Body  to  the  Earth  to  be  decently  buried  by  my  Executor 
hereafter  named,  in  full  confidence  that  it  will,  at  the  general  Resur- 
rection be  raised  &  reunited  to  my  Soul,  &  enter  upon  an  eternal  Exis- 
tance  of  happiness  thro'  the  Atonement  of  the  great  Redeemer. 


326  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

And  as  to  my  worldly  Estate  with  which  God  has  blessed  me  I  will  &  dis- 
pose of  it  in  manner  following 

First  I  will  &  direct  that  all  my  just  debts  be  paid  out  of  my  personal 
Estate  by  my  Executor. 

Seconlyly.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Son  Jonathan  thirty  Acres  of 
Land  lying  on  Jewanka  Neck  so  called  to  hold  to  him  &  his  Heirs 
forever 

Thirdly.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Sons  Daniel  tSc  David  seven  Acres 
of  Land  lying  at  the  northwest  Corner  of  the  Land  I  have  herein  be- 
queathed to  my  Son  Jonathan.  Also  my  home  place,  also  one  Acre  & 
half  of  Thatch  beds  with  one  Acre  of  upland  lying  at  Monsweeg  so 
called  to  hold  to  them  &  their  heirs  forever  in  equal  moietys  or  shares 
Fourthly.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  four  youngest  Children  viz  Jona- 
than Martha  Daniel  &  David  my  Pew  in  the  Meeting  house  at  Wis- 
casset  to  be  possessed  by  them  in  equal  shares. 

Fifthly.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  five  Daughters  viz  Molly  Honewell 
Katherine  Hilton  Keziah  Gatchel  Sarah  Hilton  and  Martha  McKen- 
ney  thirteen  Dollars  &  thirty  three  Cents  each  to  be  paid  out  of  my 
personal  Estate,  by  my  Executor,  if  it  should  prove  sufificient,  if  not, 
then  &  in  that  case  any  deficiency  to  be  paid  &  made  up  by  my  said 
Sons  in  equal  share  out  of  what  I  have  willed  to  them  as  they  severally 
come  of  Age 

Sixthly.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  the  heirs  of  my  Son  James  dec'd  three 
Dollars  &  thirty  three  Cents  to  be  equally  divided  between  them,  &  to 
be  paid  out  of  my  personal  Estate 

Seventhly.  If  after  paying  Debts,  Legacies  &  expences  of  probate  any 
thing  should  be  left  of  my  personal  Estate  my  will  is,  that  the  same  be 
equally  divided  among  my  aforesaid  Sons 

And  I  do  hereby  nominate  &  appoint  Abraham  Nason  of  said  Pownal- 
boro'  yeoman  Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  &  testament  &  hereby 
revoke  &  disannul  all  former  Wills  &  declare  this  to  be  my  last  will  & 
testament 

Signed  sealed  published  &  declared  by 
the  Testator  to  be  his  last  will  &z  testament 

in  presence  of         The  word  Daughters  David  McKenney     (seal) 

Tho.  Rice  erased  &  Sons  inserted 

Rebecca  Rice         in  presence  &  by  desire 
William  Rice  of  the  Testator 

Probated  5  Ap.,  1799.     [^'m>  123-4.] 
Israel  Hunnewell  and  John  Getchel,  Jr.,  both  of   Pownalborough,  sure- 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  327 

ties.  Inventory  by  Seth  Tinkham,  Jesse  White  &  Moses  Hilton,  all  of 
Pownalborough,  1799,  $948.  [VIII,  82-3.]  Abraham  Nason  of 
Pownalborough,  guardian  unto  David,  minor  son,  5  Ap.,  1799.  [I^» 
177.]  Jesse  White,  of  Wiscasset,  guardian  unto  David,  minor  son,  5 
Jan.,  1803.  [IX,  193.]  Jonathan  and  Daniel,  minor  sons,  chose 
Abraham  Nason,  to  be  their  guardian,  5  Ap.,  i799-     [IX,  228.] 

I  Benjamin  Swett  of  Georgetown  and  County  of  Lincoln  and  Com- 
mon Welth  of  Massachusetts  Shipwight  now  being  of  Sound  mind  and 
memery  but  Suposing  I  am  Drawing  near  the  hour  of  Death  make  this 
my  last  Will  and  testement  as  foloeth  in  the  first  place  I  Will  and  be- 
quath  my  praches  and  imortal  Soul  to  God  from  home  I  Recived  it 
in  Hoapes  of  Reciving  the  Same  at  the  Reaseraction  of  the  Just  to  life 
Eternal  and  my  tempral  intrest  I  Dispose  of  in  the  foloing  manner  Viz 
first  I  Will  and  bequath  to  my  Son  John  a  Sartean  note  against 
Rachel  MCobb  for  the  Sume  of  forty  two  Dollers  Which  he  has  Recived 
in  the  Second  place  I  Will  and  bequath  to  my  Son  Benjamin  the  one 
half  of  my  homested  farm  together  With  the  one  half  of  my  Stock 
bulding  and  privileges  their  to  belong  in  the  Second  place  I  Will  and 
bequath  to  my  two  sons  William  and  James  the  other  half  of  my  farme 
in  the  Same  manner  as  before  mentioned  in  third  place  I  Will  and  be- 
quath to  my  only  and  DutifuU  Daughter  Sarah  one  f ether  bed  and  beJ- 
ing  in  prepotion  to  the  Rest  of  my  Beds  one  Cow  Six  Sheep  the  bed 
and  Cow  She  is  to  Recive  at  my  Death  and  I  Do  ordain  and  order  that 
she  Shall  have  one  Room  in  my  house  During  her  living  Single  and  on 
married  and  to  have  the  profits  of  the  Cow  and  half  the  Wool  of  the 
Sheep  yearly  and  if  She  Shold  marrey  my  Son  Benjamin  is  to  Give  her 
one  other  Cow  and  the  Six  Sheep  is  to  be  given  her  out  of  the  Stock 
and  I  Do  ordan  and  order  that  Said  Cow  Shall  be  maintained  on  the 
farm  at  the  Expence  of  my  Son  or  Sons  that  live  on  the  farm  and  if 
She  marrey  the  other  Cow  and  Six  Sheep  is  to  be  Delivered  to  her  on 
Demand  Item  and  I  Do  ordain  and  order  that  my  Son  Benjamin  pay 
to  my  Son  John  one  hundred  Dollers  fifty  Dollers  to  be  paid  in  the 
term  of  one  year  the  other  fifty  in  the  term  of  two  years  and  I  Do  or- 
dain and  order  that  ray  two  Sons  William  and  James  pay  to  my  Son 
John  fifty  Dollers  Dollers  Each  in  the  Same  manner  as  Benjamin  is  to 
pay  and  I  Do  ordain  and  order  that  if  my  Daughter  Sarah  Should 
marrey  that  my  two  Sons  William  and  James  Shall  pay  to  her  twenty 
five  Dollers  Each  Within  the  term  of  two  years  and  it  is  to  be  under 
Stood  that  her  Room   in  the  house  is  to  be  a  Comforable    Room  and 


328  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

that  is  not  to  be  Distrubed  in  it  Without  her  Consent  it  is  also  to  be 
under  Stood  that  the  other  half  of  my  Stock  is  to  pay  Charges  and  Debets 
if  their  be  any  arise  and  the  Remand  if  any  the  be  is  for  my  Son  Benjamin 
and  I  Do  Constitute  and  apointe  Benjamin  Pattee  and  my  Son 
Benjamin  to  be  my  Executors  to  this  my  laste  Will  and  testement 
NB  all  the  Words  araced  and  Counter  lined  Was  Don  before  this  Was 
Signed  in  Witnis  hereof  I  have  Sett  my  hand  and  Seal  this  i  oth  Day  of 
June  in  the  year  of  our  lord  one  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Ninty 
nine 

Sealed  Signed  and  Develard 

in  pracence  of  Benjamin  Swett     (seal) 

William  Stinson 
Nathaniel  Morse 
Jain  Power 

Probated  30  Oct.,  1799.  [VIII,  142.] 
Jordan  Parker  and  Denny  McCobb,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Mark  Langdon  Hill,  William  Butler  and  Charles  Couillard, 
all  of  Georgetown,  gentlemen,  28  Mar.,  1800,  51045.      [VIII,  161-2.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen,  I  Thomas  Rodbird  of  New  Milford  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  and  Common-wealth  of  Massachusets  being  in 
sound  mind  memmory  and  understanding  do  make  and  pubhsh  this 
my  last  will  and  testament  in  manner  and  form  following  that  is  to  say 
I  order  and  direct  that  all  my  just  debts  and  funeral  expences  shall  be 
paid  out  of  my  personal  Estate  by  my  executrix  hereafter  named  : — I 
give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Wife  Martha  Rodbird  all  Possession  right 
title  and  interest  that  I  have  of  and  in  all  that  land  and  Buildings 
which  I  purchased  from  Samuel  Soul  situated  in  New-milford  and  be- 
ing the  same  on  which  I  now  live, — the  same  to  be  to  her  use  and  dis- 
posal and  to  her  heirs  Administrators  or  Assigns  forever  I  also  give 
and  bequeath  unto  my  said  Wife  Martha  Rodbird  the  whole  of  my 
personal  Estate  let  the  same  be  in  money,  money  at  interest,  notes, 
bonds,  goods,  or  Chattels,  or  whatever  else  to  her  sole  Use  and  benefit 
forever. — Except  as  hereafter  is  excepted  Viz  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  son  Thomas  Rodbird  one  Dollar  only,  to  be  paid  to  him  by 
my  Executrix  hereafter  named  I  also  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son 
William  Rodbird  one  Dollar  only  to  be  paid  to  him  by  my  Executrix 
hereafter  named. — I  also  give  and  bequeath  one  guinea  unto  my  two 
Brothers  .Absolam  and   John  Rodbird   and    Mary    Hall  my  Sister  the 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  329 

same  to  be  divided  in  equal  shares  betwixt  them  and  to  be  paid  them 
by  ray  Executrix  hereafter  named. 

I  also  give  and  bequeath  one  guinea  to  my  Mother  Jane  Rodbird 
to  be  paid  to  her  by  my  Executrix  hereafter  named. 
I  also  give  and  bequeath  all  residue  and  remainder  of  my  Estate 
either  real  or  personal  be  it  whatever  or  wheresoever  that  I  am  or  ever 
shall  have  rights  to  or  Possession  of  unto  my  said  Wife  Martha  Rod- 
bird  to  her  heirs  Executors  Administrators  or  Assigns  for  her  or  their 
sole  Use  or  Benefit  forever. 

Lastly  I  do  hereby  Nominate  and  appoint  my  said  Wife  Martha  Rod- 
bird  sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  and  do  hereby 
revoke  all  former  Wills  by  me  made. — In  witness  whereof  I  the  said 
Thomas  Rodbird  have  hereunto  sign'd  my  name  and  fix'd  my  Seal  this 
Eleventh  Day  of  October  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  ninety  nine — 

Sign'd  seal'd  and  delivered  in  the  presence^  Thomas  Rodbard  (seal) 
of  us  who  have  sign'd  our  names  as  |  X 

witnesses  hereto  being  in  one  Room  and  in  )■         his  Mark 
the  presence  of  each  other  and  in  the  presence 
of  him  the  said  Thomas  Rodbird  the 
testator  Amos  Soule  John  Jones  and  John  Stuart 

Probated  29  Ap.,  1800.      [VIII,  145-6.] 
Alexander  Troup  and  William  Taylor,  both  of  Wiscasset,  sureties. 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen 
I  Andrew  Schenck  of  Waldoborough,  in  theCounty  of  Lincoln  and  Com- 
monwealth of  Masachusets  Gentleman — being  in  Perfect  health  and  of 
Sound  Memory  and  understanding,  but — Considering  the  uncertainty 
of  this  Transitory  Life,  Do  make  publish  and  Declare  this  my  last  will 
and  Testament,  in  Manner  and  form  Following  (to  wit) 
first  of  all,  I  Give  and  Commend  my  Soul  to  Almighty  God  my  Creator, 
hoping  through  his  Mercy  and  the  Merits  of  my  Savour  Jesus  Christ,  I 
shall  injoy  Eternal  Life  my  Body  I  Commit  to  the  Earth,  to  be  Decently 
Buried  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executors  hear  after  named,  and  as  for 
what  Worldly  Estate  which  it  hath  Pleased  God  to  bless  me  with  I 
Give  and  Dispose  hereof  as  followeth. 

Imprimis.  After  payment  of  my  Just  Debts,  and  funeral  Charges — I 
Give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Sarah  Schenck — one  thijd 
part  of  all  my  Real  Estate  During  her  Life — to  Gather  with  one  third 
of  my  Personal  Estate — 


330  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Item — I  Give  and  bequeath  unto  my  Eldest  Daughter  Sofiah  Fitzger- 
ald Two  hundred  Pounds  Lawful  money  unto  my  Daughter  Sofiah, 
Payable  twelve  months  after  after  my  Decease  to  and  for  her  use  Dur- 
ing her  Natural  Life,  and  after  here  Decease,  then,  I  Give  and  Devise 
the  Same  to  My  Grant  Children,  the  Heirs  of  her  Body  Lawfully  to  be, 
be  Gotten,  Equally  to  be  Devited  betwixt  them 

Item — I  Give  and  bequeath  unto  my  other  Daughter  Catherina  Cole, 
Two  hundred  Pounds  LawfuU  money,  unto  my  Daughter  Catharina 
Payable  Twelve  months  after  my  Decease,  to  and  for  her  use,  During 
her  Natural  Life,  and  after  her  Decease,  then  I  Give  and  bequeath 
the  Same  to  my  Grant  Children  the  Heirs  of  her  Body  Lawfully  to  be 
begotten,  Equally  to  be  Devited  betwixt  them 

Also :  I  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  two  Daughters,  Sofiah  Fitzgerald 
and  Catharina  Cole  Two  Thirds  of  my  House  Hold  Furniture  at  my 
Decease  to  be  Delivered  them  by  my  Executors — Also  :  I  order  my 
Executors  to  pay  the  Legacy  before  mentioned  out  of  my  Personal 
Estate  at  the  time  before  Mentioned — 

Item  :  I  Give  and  bequeath  unto  my  three  Grand  Sons  : — James — John  : 
and  Antlrew :  being  Children  and  heirs  of  my  beloved  Son  George 
Schenck  Deceased — one  half  of  my  Real  Estate,  to  Gather  with  one 
half  of  my  Personal  Estate,  not  hear  to  fore  Disposed  of,  they  Paying 
to  their  three  Sisters,  Mary  :  Chrischana  :  &  Lucy  :  Sixty  Pounds  to 
be  Equally  Devited  and  paid  them,  twelve  months  after  my  Decease 
by  my  Executors  out  of  my  Personal  Estate 

Item :  I  Give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Son  James  Shenck,  and 
the  heirs  of  his  Body  to  be  Lawfully  to  be  begotten,  the  Remaining 
half  of  my  Real  and  Personal  Estate — and  for  Default  of  Such  Issue, 
then  to  my  three  Grand  Sons  Viz  James ;  John  &  Andrew  above  men- 
tioned 

Also  :  I  order  my  Executors  to  Let  my  three  Grand  Sons  above  Named 
James :  John  :  &i  Andrew  improve  the  Estate  of  James  Schenck  above 
Devise,  untill  he  Shall  Legally  Demand  the  Same,  and  if  no  Legal  De- 
mand be  made  within  ten  years  after  my  Decease  the  Property  to  be 
Delivered  them  to  and  for  their  own  use 

And  I  make  and  Appoint  Waterman  Thomas  Esqr :  Jacob  Ludwig 
Gentleman  Both  of  Waldoborough  in  the  County  of  Lincoln ;  Execu- 
tors of  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament,  and  Do  here  by  revoke  all 
other  and  former  wills,  by  me  at  any  time  hereto  fore  made,  and  Do 
Make  and  Declare  this  only  to  be  my  Last  will   and   Testament — in 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  331 

Witness  whereof  I  Do  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  this  Eighteenth 
Day  of  June,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  Seven  hundred  & 
Eighty  eight — 

Andrew  Schenck     (seal) 
Signed  Sealed  Published  and  Pronounced  by  the  Said  Andrew  Schenck 
as  his  Last  will  and  Testament  in  the  Presence  of  us,  who  in  his  Pres- 
ence, and  in  the  Presence    of    Each   other,  have  here  unto  Subscribed 
our  Names 
Joseph  Ludwig 
Jacob  Winchenbach 
Godfrey  Bornheimer 

Probated  5  Ap.,  1799.  [VJII,  162-3.] 
Waterman  Thomas  renounced  executorship  5  Ap.,  1799.  William 
Mclntyer  and  Ebenezer  Blunt,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
John  Farley,  of  Newcastle,  Joseph  Ludwig  and  Jacob  Winchenbach, 
both  of  Waldoborough,  22  Ap.,  1800,  $4014.61.  Widow's  dower  set 
off  by  Charles  Samson,  Jacob  Winchenbach  and  Joseph  Ludwig,  all  of 
Waldoborough,  27  June,  1800.  Account  filed  10  Aug.,  1803.  [Un- 
recorded.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen — I  Henry  Hunter  of  Bristol  in  the  County 
of  Lincoln,  State  of  Massachusetts  Bay  being  in  Health  of  Body  &  of 
a  Sound  Mind,  but  sensible  of  my  liableness  to  be  removed  from  time 
to  Eternity,  do  make  this  my  last  Will  &  testament 

First  I  bequeath  my  Soul  to  God  who  gave  it,  looking  for  Salvation 
in  &  thro  the  merits  &  Mediation  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ — 

I  give  my  Body  to  the  Earth  from  whence  it  sprung  in  full  assurance 
of  its  Resurrection  from  thence  at  the  great  day  As  to  my  burial  I  de- 
sire that  it  may  be  done  decently,  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Wife  ^  Ex- 
ecutor hereafter  mentioned — 

As  to  my  Worldly  Estate,  I  order  that  any  debts  I  owe  may  be  paid — 
I  give  my  dear  Wife  Sarah  the  whole  of  my  Furniture  &  Stock  of  Cat- 
tle, to  dispose  of  as  she  pleases,  besides  one  half  of  my  dwelling  House 
&  one  half  of  the  Farm  I  occupy  «Sc  improve,  call'd  the  home  farm, 
during  the  Term  of  her  life — 

I  give  to  my  Daughter  Nancy  McClure  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  or  a 
Garden  spot  to  the  Southward  of  her  House  which  is  now  plowed,  at 
her  Option — 

To  my  son  Henry  I  give  one  half  of  the  home  farm   formerly    men- 


332  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

tioned,  during  his  Mothers  life  time,  &  the  whole  at  her  death  with  fifty 

Acres  Land  more  or  less  lying  back  of  Robert   Thompsons    Lot — To 

my  Son  John  I  give  as  his  part  two  hundred  Acres  of  the  Land  I    have 

at  Sandy  River  of  which  I  propose  to  give  him  a   deed    hereafter — To 

my  Son  David  I  give  another  Lot  of  Land  at  Sandy    River,    which    my 

Son  Henry  purchas'd  of  Ephraim  Rollands  of  Nobleborough,  of   which 

the  foresaid  David  has  receiv'd  a  deed  already — 

To  my  Daughter  Sarah  Chamberlain,  I  give  ten  Dollars 

To  my  Son  William  I  give  one  hundred  Acres   Land  at    Sandy    River, 

also  the  back  Lot  where  Boston  Miller  some  time  ago  lived,  he   paying 

to  his  Brother  James  when   of  Age  the    Sum  of    two   hundred  Dollars 

I  give  to  my  Son  James  also  two   hundred    Acres   of   Land    at   Sandy 

River 

To  my  Son  Thomas  I  give  two  hundred  Acres   Land   at  Sandy    River, 

besides  the  Sum  of  two  hundred  Dollars  to  be  paid  him  when  he  is   of 

Age  by  his  Brother  Henry  &  I  appoint  the    Rev'd    Alex'r  MacLean  of 

Bristol  &  my  beloved  Wife    Sarah    Hunter    Executors  of  this    my   last 

Will  &  testament — 

Sign'd  &  sealed  before  these  Witnesses  Henry  Hunter    (seal) 

this  twentieth  day  of  February  one  thousand 

seven  hundred  &  ninety  eight  years — 

John  Huston 

Robert  Huston 

'William  Huston 

Probated  3  June,  1799.  [VHI,  167-8.]  Robert  Huston  and  John 
Huston,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas  Johnston,  Richard  Hiscock 
and  Samuel  Woodward,  all  of  Bristol,  20  June,  1799,  ^2893.65 

In  the  name  of  GOD  amen 

I  Alexander  Nickels  of  Bristol  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Esquire, 
considering  the  uncertainty  of  this  mortal  life,  and  being  of  sound  and 
perfect  mind,  blessed  be  almighty  GOD  for  the  same — Do  make  and 
publish  this  my  last  Will  and  testament  in  manner  and  form  following 
that  is  to  say,  First.  I  Give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  Wife 
Margaret  the  Sum  of  Two  hundred  pounds  lawful  Money,  to  be  raised 
in  manner  following  and  paid  to  her — the  one  halt  in  twelve  months 
from  the  time  of  my  Decease  and  the  other  half  in  twelve  months 
thereafter,  with  Interest  from  those  periods  untill  paid,  subject  to  her 
own  proper  will  as  she  then  in  her  discretion  may  see  cause  to  Dis- 
pose of,  in  full  of  her  right  of  Dower 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  ;i^;^ 

I  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  eldest  son  James  his  Heirs  and  Assigns 
All  that  my  one  half  of  the  Island  of  land  called  Green  Island  situate 
lying  &  bemg  in  Penobscot  bay  in  the  County  of  Hancock :  to  hold 
the  same  to  him  and  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  Ever — 
I  also  Give  and  bequeath  to  my  Son  Alexander  the  sum  of  six  shil- 
lings, Considering  that  much  with  the  Gifts  in  my  life  time  to  him  in 
full  of  All  that  he  ought  to  receive — 

I  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Youngest  son  John  his  Heirs  and 
Assigns,  All  that  my  Mansion  house,  barn,  buildings  and  tenements 
situate  lying  &  being  at  Pemequid  Old  Fort  in  Bristol  aforesaid,  with 
all  my  other  lands  in  lots  or  parcels  situate  lying  &  being  thereat  or 
thereabouts ;  And  to  him  my  said  son  John  I  also  give  and  bequeath 
all  those  my  two  Islands  of  land,  the  one  known  by  the  name  of  fisher- 
mans  Island  situate  lying  and  being  in  Boothbay  in  the  County  of  Lin- 
coln the  other  known  by  the  Name  of  Ragged  Arse  situate  lying  and 
being  near  unto  Metinicus  Island  in  Penobscot  bay  aforesaid.  To 
Hold  the  said  House  barn  buildings,  tenements  and  lots  or  parcels  of 
land,  now  in  my  use  and  occupation  or  in  the  use  and  occupation  of 
my  said  son  John,  to  him  his  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  Ever  Under  the 
burthen  of  paying  the  aforesaid  Sum  of  two  hundred  pounds  to  my 
beloved  Wife  Margaret  in  manner  as  hereinbefore  mentioned 
And  lastly  as  to  all  the  Rest,  residue  and  remainder  of  My  Estate  both  Real 
and  personal  whether  Rights,  debts  Goods  or  Chattels  of  what  kind  or 
Nature  soever,  After  that  all  Demands  against  Me  or  my  Estate  are 
satisfied,  I  Do  give  and  bequeath  the  same  to  my  sons  James,  William 
and  John  and  to  my  Daughter  Hannah  the  Wife  of  George  Rogers, 
that  is  to  each  of  them  in  severalty  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  One  equal 
fifth  part  thereof,  and  to  the  children  of  my  son  Alexander  I  give  and 
bequeath  the  other  equal  fifth  part  of  the  same,  under  the  manage- 
ment and  direction  of  my  Executors  as  trustees  in  that  behalf  to  the 
use  of  the  said  children  untill  they  arrive  at  Mature  age — 
And  I  Do  hereby  nominate  and  appoint  my  said  sons  James  and  John 
to  be  the  Executors  of  this  my  last  Will  and  testament 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  twenty 
seventh  day  of  May  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  One  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred ninety  six — 

Alexander  Nickels  (seal) 

Signed,  sealed,  published  and  declared 
by  the  above  named  Alexander  Nickels 


334  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Esquire  to  be  his  last  Will  &  testament 
in  the  presence  of  us  who  have  here- 
unto subscribed  our  names  as  Wit- 
nesses, in  presence  of  the  testator 

Sally  Simonton 

Ezra  Poland 

Robert  McLintock 

Probated  2  July,  1799.     [VIII,  169-170.]     William  Mclntyer   and 
Ebenezer  Blunt,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  I  Ichabod  Pinkham  of  Boothbay  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  &  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  gentleman, 
being  weak  in  body  but  of  sound  «S:  perfect  mind  and  memory,  blessed 
be  Almighty  God  for  the  same ;  do  make  &  publish  this  my  last  will  & 
testament,  in  manner  and  form  following  that  is  to  say 
I  St.  I  give  &  bequeath  unt(;  my  oldest  son  Benjamin  Pinkham  forty- 
seven  acres  of  land,  where  he  now  dwells. 

2dly.  I  give  unto  my  son  Ichabod  Pinkham  the  farm  where  he  now 
dwells,  which  formerly  belonged  to  my  late  father  Benjamin  Pinkham, 
with  the  buildings  thereon,  reserving  however  a  road  from  the  highway 
to  the  saw  &  grist  mills,  where  the  same  will  be  most  convenient,  he 
the  said  Ichabod  paying  unto  my  oldest  daughter  Mary  Adams  or 
her  order  two  hundred  dollars,  within  two  years  after  my  decease. 
3dly.  I  give  unto  my  son  Nathaniel  Pinkham,  the  whole  of  the  land 
known  by  the  name  of  the  Kennedy  farm,  which  land  I  purchased  of 
Ruth  &  Ann  Kennedy,  he  the  said  Nathaniel  paying,  within  two  years 
after  my  decease,  one  hundred  dollars  unto  my  beloved  wife  Marcy 
Pinkham  :  The  above  devises  of  lands  to  my  said  sons,  the  above  con- 
ditions being  performed,  to  be  to  them  their  heirs  &  assigns  forever. 
4thly.  I  give  &  order  unto  my  oldest  daughter  Mary  Adams,  one  hun- 
dred dollars  to  be  paid  her  within  one  year  after  my  decease. 
5thly.  I  give  to  my  daughter  Sally  one  hundred  dollars  to  be  paid 
her  within  one  year  after  my  decease. 

6thly.  I  give  to  my  daughter  Polly  one  hundred  dollars  to  be  paid 
her  within  two  years  after  my  decease. 

7thly.  I  give  to  my  daughter  Patty  one  hundred  dollars  to  be  paid 
her  within  four  years  after  my  decease. 

8thly.  My  will  is  that  my  youngest  daughter  Betsey  be  maintained 
and  supported  out  of  the  remainder  of  my  Estate,  during  her  natural 
life. 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  335 

Qthly.  I  also  give  &  bequeath  to  my  sons  Benjamin  &  Nathaniel  one 
half  of  my  salt  marsh  &  upland  adjoining  the  same,  laying  on  Wild  cat 
meadow  creek,  so  called,  equally  between  them,  they  the  said  Benja-- 
min  and  Nathaniel  or  either  of  them,  keeping  in  good  repair  the  fence 
around  the  whole  marsh,  during  the  natural  life  of  my  said  wife,  their 
mother. 

lothly.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  beloved  wife  Marcey  Pinkham 
the  whole,  rest  and  residue  of  my  whole  estate,  real  and  personal,  let 
the  same  be  found  where  it  may,  during  her  natural  life,  she  paying  my 
just  debts,  and  providing  for  my  said  youngest  daughter  Betsey  as 
aforesaid,  and  at  the  decease  of  my  said  wife,  my  will  is  that  the  whole 
estate  then  remaining,  after  making  provision  for  Betsey,  as  aforesaid,  be 
equally  divided  amongst  my  surviving  children. 

iithly  and  lastly.  I  appoint  my  son  Benjamin  Pinkham  and  my  be- 
loved wife  Marcey  Pinkham,  to  be  my  sole  executor  &  executrix  of 
this  my  last  will  &  testament,  hereby  revoking  all  former  wills  by  me 
made.  In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  «&  seal,  this 
fifteenth  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred. 

Ichabod  Pinkham     (seal) 
Signed,  sealed,  published  &  declared  by  the 
above  named  Ichabod  Pinkham  to 
be  his  last  will  &  testament  in  the 
presence  of  us  who  have  hereunto  sub- 
scribed our  names  as  witnesses  in  the 
presence  of  the  Testator. 

Wm  AlcCobb 

Nath'l  Pinkham 

Martha  Pinkham 
Probated  25  Nov.,  1800.     [VIII,  171-2] 
Inventory  by  John  Leishman,  John  Emerson  and   Jonathan  Sawyer,  all 
of  Boothbay,  1801,  $5260.55.      [VIII,  183-4.] 

Richard  Tucker,  late  of  Pownalborough,  mariner.  Joanna  Tucker, 
of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  19  Feb.,  1798.  [IX,  i.]  David 
Silvester,  Jr.,  and  Ezekiel  Cutter,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  Joseph  Tinkham,  John  Hues  and  Ezekiel  Cutter,  all  of 
Pownalborough,  26  Mar.,  1798,  $620.85.  [VIII,  34.]  Joanna, 
widow,  guardian  unto  Richard  Hawley,  minor  son,  3  Jan.,  1799.     [IX, 

1 79-] 


336  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

John  Hues,  Jr.,  late  of  Pownal borough,  merchant.  Elizabeth  Hues, 
of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  7  Mar.,  1798.  [IX,  2.]  Ebene- 
zer  \V  hittier  and  David  Silvester,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  Thomas  Rice,  Joseph  Tinkham  and  William  Pike,  all  of 
Pownalborough,  2  June,  1798,  $305.01.     [VIII,  30-31.] 

Thomas  Winch,  late  of  Pownalborough,  mariner.  Priscilla  Winch, 
of  Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  2  May,  1798.  [IX,  2.]  Joseph 
Tinkham  and  Joseph  Christophers,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Joseph  Tinkham,  Seth  Tinkham  and  Abiel  Wood,  Jr.,  all 
of  Pownalborough,  4  June,  1798,  $86.60.  [¥111,62-63.]  Account 
filed  19  Dec,  1800,  at  which  date  the  administratrix  had  become  the 
wife  of  James  Lowell.     [Unrecorded.] 

Benjamin  Shaw,  late  of  Woolwich.  Josiah  Shaw,  of  Woolwich, 
mariner,  Adm'r,  22  Jan.,  1798.  [IX,  3.]  James  FuUerton,  of  Wool- 
wich, and  Samuel  Goodwin,  Jr.,  of  Dresden,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
James  Fullerton,  Benjamin  Trott  and  David  Gilmore,  all  of  Woolwich, 
14  Mar.,  1798,  $706.58.     [VIII,  68.] 

Arnold  Sweet,  late  of  Winthrop.  Polly  Sweet,  of  Winthrop,  widow, 
Adm'x,  31  May,  1798.  [IX,  3.]  Inventory  by  Nathaniel  Fairbanks, 
William  Pullen  and  Silas  Lambert,  all  of  Winthrop,  5  Oct.,  1798, 
$1215.28.     [VIII,  15.] 

Daniel  Morse,  late  of  Georgetown.  Jonathan  Morse,  of  George- 
town, Adm'r,  25  May,  1798.  [IX,  4.]  Mark  Langdon  Hill  and 
Joseph  Bowker,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties. 

William  Dodge,  late  of  Newcastle.  Nancy  Dodge,  of  Newcastle, 
widow,  Adm'x,  i  May,  179S.  [IX,  4.]  David  Somes,  of  Newcastle, 
and  William  Nickels,  of  Pownalborough,  sureties. 

Bunker  Farwell,  late  of  Augusta.  Mary  Farwell,  of  Augusta,  widow, 
and  Ebenezer  Farwell,  of  Vassalborough,  Adm'rs,  16  Jan.,  1798. 
[IX,  5.]  John  Jones,  of  Augusta,  and  Ichabod  Thomas,  of  Sidney, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  William  Howard,  John  Jones  and  Samuel 
Colman,  all  of  Augusta,  9  Ap.,  1798,  $2449.66.     [VIII,  54-55-] 

Ichabod  Reed,  late  of  Lewiston,  joiner.  And  Reed,  of  Lewiston, 
widow,  Adm'x,  25  May,  1798.  [IX,  5.]  Robert  Anderson,  of  Lew- 
iston, and  Richard  Skolfield,  of  Brunswick,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Joel 
Thompson,  Robert  Anderson  and  Daniel  Davis,  all  of  Lewiston,  22 
Mar.,  1798,  $513.43.     [VIII,  56-57.]     Robert   Anderson  and    Daniel 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  337 

Davis,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VIII,  213.]  Widow's 
dower  set  off  by  Joel  Thompson,  Robert  Anderson  and  Daniel  Davis, 
17  Mar.,  1800.  [VIII,  214.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  2 
Jan.,  1810.  [VIII,  215.]  Accounts  filed  29  Oct.,  1799,  and  27 
May,  1800.     [VIII,  215-216.] 

Samuel  Thompson,  late  of  Topsham.  Ezekiel  Thompson,  of  a  place 
called  Little  river,  and  James  Purinton,  of  Topsham,  Admr's,  19  June, 
1 79S.  [IX,  6.]  Benjamin  Ham,  of  Bath,  and  James  Purinton,  of  a 
place  called  Little  river,  sureties.  Samuel,  minor  son,  chose  John 
Merrill,  of  Topsham,  to  be  his  guardian,  27  May,  1800.  [IX,  250.] 
Inventory  of  real  estate  by  Joseph  Kilgore,  Aaron  Dwinel  and  Acter 
Patten,  Jr.,  all  of  Topsham,  19  Dec,  1803,  $17,833.73  and  division  of 
the  same  25  Ap.,  1806,  among  James  Thompson ;  Mary,  widow  of 
Humphrey  Thompson,  and  heirs  of  Humphrey  Thompson,  deceased  ; 
Aaron  Thompson ;  Samuel  Thompson ;  Samuel  Thompson  Mallet ; 
John  Wilson  and  Rachel,  his  wife  ;  William  Wise  and  Thankful,  his 
wife.     [XII,  95  to  104.] 

Joseph  Merrill,  late  of  Topsham.  John  Merrill,  of  Topsham,  Adm'r, 
6  June,  1798.  [IX,  7.]  Benjamin  Hasey,  of  Topsham,  and  John 
Merrill,  Jr.,  of  Pownalborough,  sureties. 

Zimri  Heywood,  late  of  Winslow.  Jane  Heywood,  widow,  and 
Samuel  Heywood,  both  of  Winslow,  Adm'rs,  25  July,  1798.  [IX,  8.] 
Josiah  Crosby,  of  Winslow,  and  Samuel  Grant,  of  Clinton,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Ezekiel  Pattee,  Josiah  Hayden  and  Edmund  Freeman, 
all  of  Winslow,  29  Sep.,  1798.  [VIII,  3610  39.]  Account  filed  2 
Feb.,  1802.     [XIII,  432-3.] 

William  Reed,  late  of  Boothbay.  Martha,  widow,  declined  adminis- 
tration 7  Sep.,  1798.  John  Leishman,  of  Boothbay,  Adm'r,  10  Sep., 
1798.  [IX,  9. J  William  McCobb  and  David  Kinnaston,  both  of 
Boothbay,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Murray  McFarland,  Samuel 
Montgomery  and  John  Dows,  all  of  Boothbay,  15  Sep.,  1798,  S363.18. 
[VIII,  41.]  William  McCobb  and  Samuel  Montgomery,  both  of 
Boothbay,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VIII,  42.]  Account 
filed  3  June,  1799.  [VIII,  90.]  Distribution  of  real  estate  ordered  25 
Nov.,  1800.  [VIII,  129.]  Account  filed  2  June,  1800.  [VIII,  238.] 
Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Jonathan  Sawyer,  John  Murray  McFarland 
and  Samuel  Montgomery,  all  of  Boothbay,  1799.      [Unrecorded.] 

22 


338  LINCOLN  PRO  DATE  RECORDS. 

Samuel  Day,  late  of  Boothbay.  David  Kinnaston,  of  Boothbay, 
Adm'r,  10  Sep.,  1798.  [IX,  10.]  William  McCobb  and  John  Leish- 
man,  both  of  Boothbay,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  ^Murray  McFar- 
land,  Samuel  Montgomery  and  John  Daws,  all  of  Boothbay,  15  Sep., 
1798,3637.  William  jNIcCobb  and  Samuel  Montgomery,  both  of 
Boothbay,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [Vlil,  40.]  Account 
filed  3  June,  1799.  [VIII,  89.]  Account  filed  and  distribution  or- 
dered 2  June,  iSoo.  [VIII,  125-6.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by 
Jonathan  Sawyer,  John  Murray  McFarland  and  Samuel  Montgomery, 
all  of  Boothbay,  1799,  at  which  date  the  widow  had  become  the  wife 
of  the  administrator.      [XIII,  423.] 

James  Bird,  late  of  \\^arren,  mariner.  Alexander  Bird,  of  Warren, 
Adm'r,  17  Sep.,  1798.  [IX,  11.]  Samuel  Sumner  Wilde  and  James 
Standish,  both  of  Warren,  sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Waller  Head, 
Thurston  Whiting  and  Benjamin  Brackett,  all  of  Warren,  8  Ap.,  1799, 
$351.50.      [Unrecorded.] 

Daniel  Knights,  late  of  Boothbay.  William  Knights,  of  Boothbay, 
Adm'r,  20  Feb.,  1 798.  [IX,  12.]  Daniel  Knights  and  Nathaniel 
Knights,  both  of  Boothbay,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas  Ring, 
John  Leishman  and  Solomon  Burnham,  all  of  Boothbay,  18  Ap.,  1798, 
$5275-      [Vin,  22-23.] 

William  Dackey,  late  of  Thomaston,  mariner,  Olive  Lackey,  of 
Thomaston,  widow,  Adm'x,  17  Sep.,  1798.  [IX,  12.]  Samuel  Sum- 
ner Wilde,  of  Warren,  and  Josiah  Keith,  of  Thomaston,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  Samuel  Brown,  David  Fales,  Jr.,  and  David  Jenks,  all  of 
Thomaston,  6  Feb.,  1799,  $719.51;  inventory  of  wine  in  Boston  by 
Caleb  Blanchard,  Edward  Davis  and  Jacob  Rowe,  all  of  Boston,  29 
Oct.,  1798,  $735.90  ;  account  filed  12  Jan.,  1802.  [Unrecorded.] 
Distribution  of  estate  ordered  7  INIay,  1802.     [VIII,  132-3,] 

Henry  Hodge,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Sarah  Hodge,  of  Pownalbo- 
rough,  widow,  Adm'x,  3  Sep.,  1798.  [IX,  13.]  Thomas  Rice, 
Abiel  Wood,  Silas  Lee  and  Abiel  Wood,  Jr.,  all  of  Pownalborough, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Hues,  Joseph  Christophers  and  David 
Payson,  all  of  Pownalborough,  3  Nov.,  179S,  $17,107.15.  [XI,i23 
to  125.]  Account  filed  29  Jan.,  1S06.  [XI,  126-7.]  John 
Hodc'e  and  James  Hodge,  both  of  Wiscasset,  Admr's  de  bonis 
non,  20  Sep.,  1806.  [IX,  108.]  Division  of  dower  among  Henry 
Hodge  ;  Joseph  Carleton  and  Margaret,  his  wife  in  her  right ;  Orchard 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  339 

Cook  and  Mary,  his  wife  in  her  right ;  John  Hodge ;  James  Hodge  ; 
heirs  of  William  Hodge,  deceased,  9  July,  1807,  by  Dummer  Sewall, 
of  Bath,  William  Patterson,  of  Edgecomb,  and  Thomas  Fairservice  of 
New  Milford.  [XH,  270  to  272.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Thom- 
as Rice,  of  Pownalborough,  Dummer  Sewall,  of  Bath,  and  William  Pat- 
terson, of  Edgecomb,  30  Nov.,  iSoo.      [Unrecorded.] 

William  Dinsmore,  late  of  Bowdoinham.  Lucinda  Dinsmore,  of 
Bowdoinham,  widow,  Adm'x,  18  July,  179S.  [IX,  13.]  James  Max- 
well and  Zebulon  Preble  both  of  Bowdoinham,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Zacheus  Beal,  George  Maxwell  and  James  Bowker,  all  of  Bowdoinham, 
1798,  $496.67.  [VIII,  24-25.]  Ehhu  Getchell,  of  Bowdoinham, 
guardian  unto  Prince  and  Judith,  minor  children,  11  Sep.,  1S05. 
[IX,  204.]  Judith,  minor  daughter,  chose  Israel  Jones,  of  Durham, 
Cunberland  County,  to  be  her  guardian,  10  Sep.,  1806.     [IX,  269.] 

Bartholomew  Kimball,  late  of  Winslow.  Nathaniel  Kimball,  of  Pitts- 
ton,  xAdm'r,  29  Aug.,  1798.  [IX,  14,]  Henry  Smith  and  John 
Smith,  both  of  Pittston,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William  Springer, 
James  Parker  and  Hugh  Cox,  all  of  Hallowell,  $152.62,  to  which  the 
administrator  added  sundry  articles  and  money  $353.56.  [Unrecord- 
ed.] 

John  Reed,  late  of  Topsham.  Rachel  Reed,  of  Topsham,  widow, 
Adm'x,  18  Aug.,  1798.  [IX,  14.]  David  Patten,  of  Thomaston,  and 
Levi  Peterson,  of  Bath,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Alexander  Rogers, 
Arthur  Hunter  and  Benjamin  Jones  Porter,  all  of  Topsham,  i  Feb., 
i799>  $3599-58.      [VHI,  17-18.] 

Joseph  Crowell,  late  of  Belgrade.  Zadock  Crowell,  of  Belgrade, 
Adm'r,  16  Aug.,  1798.  [IX,  15.]  Levi  Crowell,  of  Winslow,  and 
Ezekiel  Crowell,  of  Belgrade,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Tiffany 
and  Moses  Sawtell,  both  of  Sidney,  and  Samuel  Linnet,  of  Belgrade,  27 
Aug.,  1 79S,  $1807.67,  to  which  administrator  added  sundry  articles 
amounting  to  $46.41  .     [VIII,  76-77.] 

Daniel  Stevens,  late  of  Thomaston.  Jerusha  Stevens,  of  Thomaston, 
widow,  Adm'x,  19  Sep.,  1797.  [IX,  15.]  William  Rowell  and 
Ephraim  Snow,  both  of  Thomaston,  sureties. 

Joseph  White,  late  of  Hallowell.  Sally  White,  widow,  and  Benjamin 
Prescott,  both  of  Hallowell,  Adm'rs,  15  Jan.,  1799.  [IX,  16.]  Abner 
Lowell  and  William  Palmer,  Jr.,  both  of  Hallowell,  sureties. 


340  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Moses  Sewall,  late  of  Hallowell,  trader.  Ruthy  Sewall,  of  Hallowell, 
widow,  Adm'x,  15  Jan.,  1799.  [IX,  17.]  David  Sewall  and  Nathan- 
iel Perley,    both  of  Hallowell,  sureties. 

John  Braley,  late  of  Sidney.  Alice  Braley  declined  administration. 
John  Savage,  of  Readfield,  Adm'r,  15  Jan.,  1799.  [IX,  17.]  Aaron 
Seekins,  of  Augusta,  and  Moses  Pollard,  of  Sidney,  sureties. 

Joseph  Battle,  late  of  Farmington.  David  Davis,  of  a  place  called 
the  New-Vineyard,  Adm'r,  15  Jan.,  1799,  [I^-  '^^•J  Ebenezer  Farwell, 
of  Vassalboro,  and  Heartson  Cony,  of  Farmington,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  John  Holly  and  Thomas  Wendell,  both  of  Farmington,  and  William 
Allen,  of  a  place  called  still  water  pond,  11  Mar.,  1800,  $1038.82. 
[Unrecorded.] 

Nathaniel  Barstow,  late  of  Bristol,  shipcarpenter.  Elizabeth  Bars- 
tow,  of  Bristol,  widow,  Adm'x,  11  Feb.,  1799.  [IX,  18.]  Benjamin 
Gushing,  of  Camden,  and  George  Barstow,  of  Newcastle,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  John  Farley,  of  Newcastle,  Elisha  Hatch  and  Richard  His- 
cock,  both  of  Bristol,  Si 449.98.  [VIII,  217-218.]  John  Farley  and 
Elisha  Hatch,  commissioners  to  examine  claims.  [VIII,  218.]  Widow's 
dower  set  off  by  John  Farley,  of  Newcastle,  Benjamin  Day,  of  Bristol, 
and  Jesse  FHnt,  of  Nobleboro,  10  May,  1800.  [VIII,  220.]  Account 
filed  30  July,  1800.     [VIII,  220-1.] 

Ebenezer  Emerson,  late  of  Topsham,  physician.  Rebecca  Emerson, 
of  Topsham,  widow,  Adm'x,  4  Mar.,  1799.  [IX,  19.]  George 
Whitefield  Sawyer,  of  Topsham,  and  Ebenezer  Nickels,  of  Brunswick, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  George  Whitfield  Sawyer,  William  Wilson  and 
Alexander  Rogers,  all  of  Topsham,  22  Mar.,  1799,  $744.89.  [VIII, 
29-30.]  Distributionof  estate  ordered  9  Aug.,  1802  [VIII,  136-7.]  Jon- 
athan R.  Parker  and  William  Wilson,  both  of  Topsham,  commissioners 
to  examine  claims.  [VIII,  208-9.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  John 
Merrill,  William  Wilson  and  Alexander  Rogers,  1800.  [VIII,  210.] 
Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  5  Feb.,  1802.  [VIII, 211.] 
Account  filed  7  May,  1802.  [VIII,  212]  Sarah,  minor  daughter, 
chose  Samuel  Stinson,  of  Woolwich,  to  be  her  guardian,  2  Ap.,  1807. 
[IX,  277.] 

Hugh  Wilson,  late  of  Topsham.  Mary  Wilson,  of  Topsham,  widow, 
Adm'x,  6  Mar.,  1799.  [IX,  19.]  George  Whitefield  Sawyer  and  Jo- 
seph Haley,  both  of  Topsham,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Merrill, 
Joseph  Hayley  and  James  Wilson,  all  of  Topsham,  12  Ap.,  1799, 
51712.14.     [VIII,  20.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  34 1 

John  IMcKenney,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Sarah  McKenney,  of 
Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  9  Mar.,  1799.  [IX,  20.]  Solomon 
Walker  and  Nathaniel  Tibbetts,  both  of  Woolwich,  sureties.  Inven- 
tory by  Abner  Wade,  of  Woolwich,  Jesse  White  and  Moses  Hilton, 
both  of  Pownalborough,  30  May,  1799,  $3260.98.  [VIII,  86-87.] 
George  and  Catharine,  minor  children,  chose  Jesse  White  to  be  their 
guardian,  1800.  [IX,  250-1.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  and  estate  di- 
vided by  Abner  Wade  and  Richard  Harnden,  both  of  Woolwich,  and 
Abraham  Nason,  of  Pownalborough,  5  Dec,  1800,  heirs  named:  Dan- 
iel McKenney,  John  McKenney,  Charles  McKenney,  Lydia  Hunewill, 
Sarah  Walker,  Nancy  Potter,  and  Alexander,  George,  Catharine  and 
Betsey  McKenney.     [Unrecorded.] 

Thomas  Burr,  late  of  Bath,  cooper.  Matthew  Burr,  of  Hingham, 
Suffolk  County,  cooper,  Adm'r,  23  May,  1799.  [IX,  20.]  Christo- 
pher Gushing  and  Martin  Gushing,  both  of  Bath,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Laban  Loring,  Thomas  Clap  and  Caleb  Marsh,  all  of  Bath,  30  May, 
1799,  $457.31.     [VIII,  16.] 

William  S.  Mclntyer,  late  of  Bristol,  mariner.  William  Mclntyer, 
of  Bristol,  Adm'r,  5  Ap.,  1799.  [IX,  21.]  Jacob  Ludwig,  of  Waldo- 
borough,  and  Ebenezer  Blunt,  of  Bristol,  sureties. 

James  Cook,  late  of  Meduncook,  mariner.  Else,  widow,  declined 
administration.  Melzer  Thomas,  of  Meduncook,  Adm'r,  19  Ap., 
1799.  [IX,  21.]  Elijah  Cook,  of  Meduncook,  and  Rowland  Rogers, 
of  Gushing,  sureties.  Elsey  Cook,  of  Meduncook,  widow,  guardian 
unto  Cornelius,  Bethiah,  James,  Francis  and  Winslow  Bradford,  minor 
children,  31  Oct.,  1800.  [IX,  189.]  Nancy  and  Elsy,  minor  daugh- 
ters, chose  Elsey,  widow,  to  be  their  guardian,  31  Oct.  1800.  [IX, 
240.]  Distribution  of  personal  estate  11  Aug.,  1S03.  [X,  15.] 
Account  filed  11  Aug.,  1803.  [X,  201-2.]  Inventory  by  Benjamin 
Burton,  Paul  Jameson  and  Wellington  Gay,  all  of  Meduncook.  [Un- 
recorded.] 

Paul  Reed,  late  of  Boothbay.  Margery,  widow,  declined  adminis- 
tration, 8  Ap.,  1799.  Andrew  Reed,  of  Georgetown,  Adm'r,  24  Ap., 
1799.  [I^j  22.]  Mark  Langdon  Hill  and  Joseph  Trott,  both  of 
Georgetown,  sureties.  Dower  set  off  to  widow,  Margery,  by  John 
Leishman,  William  McCobb  and  Samuel  Montgomery,  all  of  Boothbay, 
25  Mar.,  1801.  [XIII,  334-5.]  Inventory  by  John  Leishman,  Jon- 
athan Sawyer  and  Samuel  Montgomery,  all  of  Boothbay,  1799.  [Un- 
recorded.] 


342  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Francis  Wyman,  late  of  Georgetown.  William  Wyraan  and  John 
Wyman,  both  of  Georgetown,  Adm'rs,  31  May,  1799.  [IX,  22.] 
Isaiah  Wyman  and  Jordan  Parker,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties. 

John  Kingsbury,  late  of  Pownalborough.  Miriam  Kingsbury,  of 
Pownalborough,  widow,  Adm'x,  22  July,  1799.  [IX,  23.]  William 
Stinson  and  Robert  Greenough,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Joseph  Christophers,  Daniel  Scott  and  Reuben  Young, 
all  of  Pownalborough,  Oct.,  1799,  $471.66.  [VIII,  144.]  Account 
filed  10  May,  1805.     [XI,  77.] 

Solomon  Hutchens,  late  of  Edgecomb,  mariner.  Elijah  Brown,  of 
Edgecomb,  Adm'r,  3  June,  1799.  [IX,  23.]  John  Bray  Bearing 
and  Stephen  Adams,  both  of  Edgecomb,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Moses  Davis,  William  Patterson  and  David  Trask,  all  of  Edgecomb, 
24  Aug.,  1799,  $240.24.      [VIII,  175.] 

James  Auld,  late  of  Boothbay.  James  Auld,  of  Boothbay,  Adm'r, 
3  June,  1799.  [IX,  24.]  David  Kinnaston  and  Benjamin  Kelley, 
Jr.,  both  of  Boothbay,  sureties  James  Auld,  guardian  unto  Peggy  and 
Jenny,  minor  daughters,  11  May,  1804.  [IX,  184.]  Samuel,  Rachel, 
Sally  and  William,  minor  children,  chose  James  Auld  to  be  their  guar- 
dian 13  Nov.,  1802.  [X,  231.]  Inventory  by  William  IMcCobb, 
Jonathan  Sawyer  and  John  Leishman,  all  of  Boothbay,  $1202.  98; 
dower  of  Frances  Auld,  widow,  set  off  by  Jonathan  Sawyer,  John  Leish- 
man and  Thomas  Boyd,  all  of  Boothbay,  1802.      [Unrecorded.] 

Susanna  Reed,  late  of  Topsham,  widow.  Samuel  AMlson,  Adm'r, 
29  Oct.,  1799.  Inventory  by  Jonathan  Ellis  and  William  Randall, 
both  of  Topsham,  and  Samuel  Tibbets,  of  Bowdoinham,  i  Nov.,  1799, 
$128.  AVilliam  Randall  and  Arthur  Hunter,  both  of  Topsham,  com- 
missioners to  examine  claims,  28  Jan.,  1800.  [Unrecorded.]  Dis- 
tribution ordered  9  Aug.,  1802.     [VIII,  131.] 

Thomas  Denham,  late  of  Bowdoinham.  Catherine  Denham,  widow, 
Jeclined  to  administer,  27  Jan.,  1800.  William  Denham,  of  Bow- 
doinham, Adm'r,  29  Jan.,  1800.  [IX,  30.]  Zacheus  Beal  and  Ziba 
F^aton,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas  Reed, 
of  Bowdoinham,  Joseph  Sprague  and  William  Fairfield,  both  of  Tops- 
ham, 1800,  $850.35,  to  which  Adm'r  added  sundry  notes  of  hand,  etc., 
J537I-33-  Nathaniel  Thwing,  of  Woolwich,  and  Stephen  Whitmore, 
of  Bowdoinham,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  27  May,  1800.  [VIII, 
194  to  196.]      Distribution  ordered  2  Feb.,  1802.      [^TII,  130.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  343 

Samuel  Ball,  late  of  Boothbay.  Mary  Ball,  of  Boothbay,  widow, 
Adm'x,  lo  Dec,  1800.  [IX,  30.]  Levi  Ball  and  Solomon  Pinkham, 
Jun'r,  both  of  Boothbay,  sureties.  Inventory  by  William  McCobb, 
Jonathan  Sawyer  and  John  Leishman,  all  of  Boothbay,  26  Mar.,  1801, 
$378.41.  [VIII,  204.]  Account  of  Solomon  Pinkham,  Jr.,  Adm'r  ^<? 
bonis  non,  filed  9  Aug.,  1802.  [VIII,  205-206.]  Widow's  dower  set 
off  by  William  McCobb,  John  Leishman  and  John  McFarland,  all  of 
Boothbay,  11  Oct.,  1802.  [X,  60-61.]  William  McCobb  and  Jona- 
than Sawyer,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  11  May,  1803.  [X, 
161-162.] 

John  Hathaway,  late  of  Cambden.  Benjamin  Cushing,  of  Cambden, 
Adm'r,  7  Nov.,  1799.  [IX,  31.]  William  Gregory,  Jr.,  and  Edward 
Payson,  both  of  Cambden,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Jacobs, 
Ephraim  Wood  and  Joshua  Dillingham,  all  of  Cambden,  22  Jan.,  iSoo, 
$2125.26.      [XIII,  318-319.] 

Thomas  Stevens,  (Stephens,)  late  of  Georgetown.  Charles  Stephens, 
of  Georgetown,  Adm'r,  4  Dec,  iSoo.  [IX,  31.]  Benjamin  Tarr  and 
David  Hunt,  both  of  Georgetown,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Denny  Mc- 
Cobb, David  Hunt  and  James  McFadden,  all  of  Georgetown,  1 7  Jan., 
1801,  $322.  [Unrecorded.]  Account  filed  16  Nov.,  1802.  [Un- 
recorded.] Division  of  real  estate  by  Lewis  Thorp,  Thomas 
Lennan  and  John  Campbell,  all  of  Georgetown,  15  Jan.,  1807, 
among  Charles ;  Thomas;  Mary,  wife  of  Henry  Melius  ;  Drusilla,  wife 
Shubael  Seallye  ;  Charity,  wife  of  Aaron  Belden.      [Unrecorded.] 

Solomon  Potter,  late  of  a  place  called  Balltown.  Aaron  Potter,  of 
Balltown,  Adm'r,  i  July,  1800.  [IX,  58.]  John  Philbrook  and  Wil- 
liam Fowles,  both  of  Balltown,  sureties.  Account  filed  8  Jan.,  1806, 
[XI,  134-135-]  Dower  set  off  to  Rachel,  widow,  by  Samuel  Waters 
and  Thomas  Trask,  Jun'r,  both  of  Balltown,  and  James  Jewett,  of  New 
Milford,  5  Nov.,  1800.  [Unrecorded.]  Daniel  Clough,  of  New  Mil- 
ford,  guardian  unto  Polly  and  Jane,  minor  daughters,  5  Jan.,  1803. 
[IX,  190.] 

Richard  Martin,  late  of  Cushing.  Mary  Martin,  of  Cushing,  widow, 
Adm'x,  2  Nov.,  1799.  [IX,  31.]  Moses  Copeland,  of  Warren,  and 
Richard  Young,  of  Cushing,  sureties.  Inventory  by  James  Malcom, 
Nathan  Foster  and  Paul  Crocker,  all  of  Cushing,  6  Feb.,  1800,  $221 1.99. 
[VIII,  231-232.]  Richard,  minor  son,  chose  Robert  Lovett,  of  Thom- 
aston,  to  be  his  guardian,  11  Jan.,  1800.     [IX,  245.]     Widow's  dower 


344  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

set  off  by  James  Malcom,  Patrick  Wall  and  Ebenezer  Otis,  all  of  St. 
George,  27  Ap.,  1S04.  [X,  255-256.]  Division  of  real  estate  by 
James  Malcom,  Ebenezer  Otis  and  Patrick  Wall,  all  of  St.  George,  be- 
tween Thomas  and  Stephen  Martin,  elder  sons,  27  Ap.,  1804.  [XI, 
104-105.] 

Edward  Payson,  late  of  Cambden,  trader.  Eunice  Payson,  of  Camb- 
den,  widow,  Adm'x,  27  Dec,  1800.  [IX,  60.]  David  Payson,  of 
Pownalborough,  and  James  Payson,  of  Trenton,  Hancock  County, 
sureties.  Inventory  by  Erastus  Foote,  Benjamin  Gushing  and  Isaac 
Barnard,  all  of  Cambden,  7  Jan.,  1801,  $59.17.  [Unrecorded.]  Eras- 
tus Foote  and  Benjamin  Gushing,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  4 
Mar.,  1 80 1.     Account  filed  15  Jan.,  1S02.     [Unrecorded.] 

IMark  Dexter,  late  of  Thomaston,  mariner.  William  Porterfield,  of 
Cambden,  Adm'r,  19  Mar.,  iSoo.  [IX,  61.]  Josiah  Reed  and 
Robert  Porterfield,  both  of  Thomaston,  sureties.  Account  filed  23 
June,  1S06.  [XII,  32-33.]  Inventory  by  Josiah  Reed,  of  Thomas- 
ton, and  William  Lermond,  of  Warren,  21  Mar.,  1800,  S5  79.16. 
Josiah  Reed  and  William  Spear,  both  of  Thomaston,  commissioners  to 
examine  claims,  13  Aug.,  1802.      [XIII,  374  to  379.] 

Patrick  Porterfield,  late  of  Thomaston.  Robert  Porterfield,  of 
Thomaston,  Adm'r,  4  Nov.,  1799.  [IX,  61.]  Josiah  Reed  and  David 
Fales,  Jr.,  both  of  Thomaston,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Josiah  Reed, 
John  Dillaway  and  Nathaniel  Woodcock,  all  of  Thomaston,  30  May, 
1800,  S387.97.     [VIII,   229-230.] 

Ebenezer  Philbrook,  late  of  Balltown.  Sarah  Phibrook,  of  Balltown, 
widow,  Adm'x,  25  Nov.,  1800.  [IX,  62.]  Daniel  Peaslee,  of  Balltown, 
and  Daniel  Rose,  of  New  Milford,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Wood- 
man, of  Balltown,  Daniel  Cloughand  Moses  Jewett,  both  of  New  Milford, 
22  Dec,  1800,  S25.13.  [VIII,  176.]  Account  filed  17  Nov.,  i8o'i. 
[VIII,   176-177-] 

William  Cunningham,  late  of  Georgetown,  mariner.  Hannah  Cun- 
ningham, of  Georgetown,  widow,  Adm'x,  28  May,  1800.  [IX,  63.] 
Inventory  by  Mark  Langdon  Hill,  William  Stinson  and  William  Potter, 
all  of  Georgetown,  21  Oct.,  1800,  <;437,5i.  [VIII,  151-152.]  Ac- 
count filed  27  May,  1801.      [VIII,  152.] 

Michael  Howland,  late  of  Bowdoinham,  physician.  Abigail  How- 
land,  of  Bowdoinham,  widow,  Adm'x,  28  Oct.,  1800.      [IX,  63.]    Sam- 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  345 

uel  Blake,  of  Turner,  Cumberland  County,  Adm'r  de  bonis  71011,  18 
Jan.,  1S02.  [IX,  51.]  George  Thomas  and  James  McLelan,  both  of 
Bowdoinham,  sureties.  Distribution  ordered  17  May,  1802.  [VIII, 
134  to  136.]  Inventory  by  Joseph  Sprague  and  James  Cushman,  both 
of  Topsham,  and  Jacob  Brown,  of  Dresden,  30  Oct.,  1800,  $835.38. 
[Unrecorded.]  Inventory  by  Luther  Cary,  of  Turner,  David  Millet 
and  John  Woodman,  both  of  Poland,  Cumberland  County,  16  Jan., 
1801,  §331.10.  [Unrecorded.]  Ezekiel  Thompson,  of  Thompson- 
borough,  and  Luther  Cary,  of  Turner,  commissioners  to  examine  claims, 
27  Jan.,  1 80 1.     Account  filed  May,  1804.      [Unrecorded.] 

John  Rittal,  late  of  Dresden.  Margaret  Rittal,  of  Dresden,  widow, 
Adm'x,  16  June,  1800.  [IX,  64.]  Distribution  ordered  11  Nov., 
1801.     [VIII,  131.] 

Walden  Stone,  late  of  Union,  blacksmith.  Daniel  Stone,  of  Union, 
Adm'r,  7  Nov.,  1799.  [IX.  64.]  Josiah  Robbins  and  Moses  Hawes, 
both  of  Union,  sureties.  Account  filed  7  Feb.,  1804.  [X,  171-172.] 
Account  filed  13  Aug.,  1804.  [X,  237.]  Account  filed  28  Jan.,  1805. 
[X,  301.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Rufus  Gilmore,  Amariah  Mero 
and  Thomas  Mitchell,  all  of  Union,  11  Jan.,  1805.  [XI,  no.]  Di- 
vision of  estate  by  Joseph  Maxey,  Nathaniel  Robbins  and  Joseph  Morse, 
all  of  Union,  27  June,  1806.  Heirs:  Daniel  Stone,  Ebenezer  Stone, 
Jonas  Stone,  John  Stone,  Sally  Weatherly,  Samuel  Stone,  Polly  Parks, 
Betsey  Stone  and  Nancy  Storie.  [XII,  132.]  Inventory  by  Amariah 
Mero,  Rufus  Gilmore  and    Thomas    Mitchell,    all    of   Union,  20  Nov., 

1799,  S2866.16.      [XIII,  440  to  443-] 

Simon  McLellan,  late  of  Thomaston,  mariner.  Elizabeth  McLellan,  of 
Thomaston,  widow,  Adm'x,  3  Nov.,  1800.  [IX,  65.]  Inventory  by  Josiah 
Reed,  Benjamin  Small  and  Benjamin  Williams,  all  of  Thomaston,  1 1  Nov., 

1800,  $317.63.  Josiah  Reed  and  Samuel  Brown,  both  of  Thomaston, 
commissioners  to  examine  claims,  13  Jan.,  1802.  Account  filed  12 
Jan.,  1805.  [X,  241  to  245.]  Advertisement  of  sale  of  real  estate  4 
May,  1805.  [XI,  83.]  Account  filed  24  June,  1S06.  [XI,  215- 
216.]  Elizabeth,  guardian  unto  Nancy,  Isaac  and  Simon,  minor 
children,  25  June,  1805.      [IX,  200.] 

Henry  Young,  late  of  Cushing,  mariner.  Hannah  Young,  of 
Gushing,  widow,  Adm'x,  31  May,  1800.  [IX,  65.]  Thurston  Whit- 
ing, of  Warren,  and  James  Malcom,  of  Cushing,  sureties.  Inventory 
by  Moses  Copeland,  of  Warren,  James   Malcom    and   John    McKellar, 


346  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

both  of  Gushing,  II  Sep.,  iSoo,  Si 764.61.  [VIII,  1S6.]  Account 
filed  II  Aug.,  1S03,  at  which  date  the  administratrix  had  become  the 
wife  of  Isaac  Wyhe,  Jr.  [X,  192.]  Children  named  in  order  of  dis- 
tribution of  estate  11  Aug.,  1803  :  James,  Gideon,  Catherine  and  Jane. 
[X,  194.]  Widow's  dower  set  off  by  Moses  Gopeland,  of  Warren, 
John  McKellar,  of  St.  George,  and  Lawrence  Parsons,  of  Gushing,  7  Sep., 
1S03.  [X,  256-257.]  James  Malcom,  guardian  unto  Catherine  and 
Jane,  minor  daughters  ;  Robert  Henderson,  of  Gushing,  guardian  unto 
James  and  Gideon,  minor  sons,  12  Aug.,  1802.     [IX,  187.] 

Joseph  Haley,  late  of  Topsham,  housewright.  Mary  Haley,  of 
Topsham,  widow,  Adm'x,  27  May,  1800.  [IX,  66.]  Inventory  by 
John  Merrill,  Acter  Patten  and  James  Wilson,  all  of  Topsham,  27  Oct., 
1800,  $2114.05.  [VIII,  200.]  Account  filed  25  Aug.,  1804. 
[X,  295.] 

Godfrey  Hofses,  late  of  Waldoborough.  Jacob  Winchenbach,  of 
Waldoborough,  Adrn'r,  30  May,  1800.  [IX,  67.]  George  Hofses 
and  Anthony  Hofses,  both  of  Waldoborough,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Joseph  Ludwig,  Henry  Buckhart  and  Nathan  Sprague,  all  of  Waldobo- 
rough, II  June,  1800,  S1948.99.  [VIII,  224.]  Account  filed  12 
Jan.,  1805.  [XI,  55-56.]  Mary,  widow,  guardian  unto  Mary,  Bar- 
bary,  Margaret,  Andrew,  William  and  Elizabeth,  minor  children.  29 
Ap.,  1805.      [IX,  202-203.] 

Daniel  Melius,  late  of  Georgetown,  mariner.  Priscilla  Melius,  of 
Georgetown,  widow,  Adm'x,  11  Sep.,  1799.  [IX,  67.]  Daniel  Fe- 
gan  and  Jeremiah  W.  Noyes,  both  of  Pownalborough,  sureties.  In- 
ventory by  Thomas  Ste^■ens,  Daniel  McMahon  and  Thomas  Linnan, 
all  of  Georgetown,  30  Oct.,  1800,  ^10  :  2  :  o.     [VIII,  191.] 

Isaac  Jameson,  late  of  IMeduncook,  mariner.  Paul  Jameson,  of 
Meduncook,  Adm'r,  30  May,  1800.  [IX,  68.]  Jeremiah  Jameson,  of 
Meduncook,  and  Jacob  Ludwig,  of  Waldoborough,  sureties. 

Robert  Malcom,  late  of  Topsham.  Susanna  Malcom,  of  Topsham, 
widow,  Adm'x,  28  Oct.,  1800.  [IX,  68.]  Inventory  by  Arthur 
Hunter,  James  Purrington  and  William  Randall,  all  of  Topsham,  26 
Dec,  1800,  S208.27.  [XIII,  341.]  Arthur  Hunter  and  \\"illiam 
Randall,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  10  Aug.,  1801.  [XIII, 
342.]     Distribution  ordered  19  Aug.,  1802.     [X,  13.] 

Consider  Turner,  late  of  Georgetown,  mariner.  Sarah  Turner,  of 
Georgetown,  widow,  Adm'x,  30  Oct.,  1799.     [IX,  69.]     Caleb  Marsh, 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  347 

of  Bath,  guardian  unto  Bethiah,  Betsey,  Sally,  George  and  William 
Hodgkins  Turner,  minor  children,  28  May,  iSoo.  [IX,  iSS.]  Jo- 
anna, minor  daughter,  chose  Caleb  Marsh  to  be  her  guardian,  28  May, 
1800.  [IX,  246.]  Inventory  by  Mark  Langdon  Hill,  Parker  Oliver 
and  Josiah  Hinkley,  all  of  Georgetown,  14  Mar.,  1800,  $1 157-75 • 
[VIII,  148-149.]     Account  filed  20  Aug.,  1802.     [VIII,  150-15^-] 

John  Chase,  late  of  Edgecumbe.  Solomon  Trask,  of  Edgecumbe, 
Adm'r,  6  Nov.,  1800.  [IX,  69.]  Moses  Davis  and  David  Trask, 
both  of  Edgecumbe,  sureties. 

John  Kelsey,  late  of  Bristol.  William  Kelsey,  of  Bristol,  Adm'r,  20 
Dec,  iSoo.  [IX,  70.]  John  Ryan,  of  Edgecumbe,  and  Ebenezer 
Perkins,  of  Bristol,  sureties.  John  Farley  and  Nathaniel  Bryant,  both 
of  Newcastle,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  10  Aug.,  1801  ; 
advertisements  of  sale  of  real  estate  25  Jan.,  1803;  account  filed  7 
May,  1803.  [X,  53  to  57.]  Inventory  by  John  Farley,  of  Newcastle, 
John  Ryan  and  Thomas  Ring,  both  of  Edgecumbe,  $358.64.  [Unre- 
corded.] Inventory  by  William  Boyd,  and  Silas  Hathorn,  both  of 
Bangor,  and  Isaac  Hopkins,  of  Sourdabscock,  Hancock  County,  23 
Jan.Ii8oi,  $1363.50.  [Unrecorded.]  William  Kelsey,  guardian 
unto  John  and  Hannah,  minor  children,  28  Feb.,   1807.        [IX,  219.] 

William  Wenworth,  of  Bristol,  guardian  unto  Enoch  and  James,  minor 

sons,  28  Feb.,  1807.     [IX,  220.] 

William  Patterson,  of  Edgecomb,  mariner,    guardian    unto    William, 

minor  son  of  William  Gove,  late  of  Edgecomb,  mariner,  4  June,   i  79S. 

[IX,  I75-] 

Jane,  minor  daughter  of   Pelatiah    Allen,    late    of    Topsham,    chose 

Josiah  Mitchel,  of  Readfield,  to  be  her  guardian,  14  Jan.,   1799.      [IX, 

227.] 

Thomas  Mace,  late  of  Camden.  Hannah  Mace,  of  Cambden,  widow, 

Adm'x,  18  Sep.,  1799.     Briant  Morton  and  Nathaniel  Simmons,    both 

Cambden,    sureties.    Inventory    by  Briant  Morton,    Waterman  Hewet 

and  Benaiah  Bowers,  all  of  Cambden,  24  Sep.,  1799.   [Unrecorded.] 

Padshall  Knights,  late  of  Boothbay,  mariner.  Susanna  Knights,  of 
Boothbay,  widow,  Adm'x,  20  June,  1799.  Edward  Emerson  and  Will- 
iam Emerson,  both  of  Edgecomb,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Thomas 
Boyd,  Benjamin  McFarland  and  David  Webber,  all  of  Boothbay,  $453- 
William  McCobb  and  John  Leishman,  both  of  Boothbay,  commission- 


348  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

ers  to  examine  claims.  Account  filed  6  May,  1S03,  at  which  date  the 
administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of  George  Gilbert.  [X.  11-12.] 
Widow's  dower  set  off  by  John  Leishman  and  Alfred  Wadsworth,  both 
of  Boothbay,  and  Edward  Emerson,  of  Edgecomb,  1803.     [X,  277.] 

William  Lithgow,  late  of  Georgetown.  Sarah  Lithgow,  of  George- 
town, widow,  Adm'x,  2  jNIay,  1 799.  James  Noble  Lithgow,  of  Dres- 
den, and  Thomas  Butler,  of  Georgetown,  sureties.  Inventory  by 
Dummer  Sewall,  Joseph  Bowker  and  Elijah  Drummond,  31  Mar.,  1800, 
$15,605.47.  [Unrecorded.]  Division  of  estate  27  Oct.,  1801,  by 
Mark  Langdon  Hill,  Joseph  Bowker  and  Elijah  Drummond,  all  of 
Georgetown.     [Unrecorded.] 

Nathaniel  McClellan,  late  of  Bowdoinham.  Jean  McClellan  of 
Bowdoinham,  widow,  Adm'x,  2  May,  1799.  Stephen  Whitmore  and 
James  Purinton,  both  of  Bowdoinham,  sureties.  Inventory  by  Elihu 
Getchel,  James  Maxwell  and  Hezekiah  Purrinton,  all  of  Bowdoinham, 
9  May,  1799,  $662.46.     [Unrecorded.] 

Samuel  Goodwin,  Jr.,  late  of  Dresden.  George  Goodwin,  of  Dres- 
den, Adm'r.  Inventory  by  Edmund  Bridge,  Jonathan  Reed  and  George 
Ramsdell,  all  of  Dresden,  9  Aug,  179S.  Ezra  Taylor  and  Samuel 
'^Voodward,  both  of  Dresden,  commissioners  to  examine  claims,  28 
Sep.,  1 799.      [No  papers  recorded.] 

Francis  Choate,  late  of  Balltown.  Susannah  Choate,  .Adm'x,  25 
Mar.,  1800.  Inventory  by  Samuel  Waters,  Samuel  Kincade  and  Ben- 
jamin King,  26  May,  1800.  [VIII,  197-19S.]  Account  filed  25 
June,  1807,  at  which  date  the  administratrix  had  become  the  wife  of 
Samuel  Hilton,  Jr.     [XII,  261.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen  I  Richard  Knowls  of  Tosham  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  and  Comon  Welh  of  masachutt — Considring  the 
unserenty  of  this  mortal  Life  and  being  of  Sound  and  perfect  mind 
and  memory  biased  be  almighty  god  for  it  to  make  and  Publish  this 
my  Last  Will  and  testemant  in  manner  and  form  foloing  that  is  to  say 
first  I  gave  to  my  Son  Richard  Knowls  Ju'r  the  Land  that  I  Bout  of 
Mr.  Wm.  Bourk  about  fifty  Eackers  as  will  apear  by  the  dead  Refer- 
ence therunto  being  had  and  all  the  privleges  and  appurtenaces 
therunto  beloning  all  the  farming  tools  theron  and  all  the  neet  Stock 
that  I  now  Stock  that  I  now  have  :  and  I  also  gave  and  bequath  to 
my  Dafter  Margret  Skolfield  one  Cow  in   one  year  after  my  desase — 


LINXOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  349 

and  I  also  give  and  bequath    to    my  Dafter  mary  Le    Roys  heirs   the 

Some  of  one  doUor. 

and  I  also  give  and  bequath  to  Dafter  Susanah  Hot    the    Sum  of  one 

dollor. 

and  I  give  and  bequath  to  my   Dafter  Rebeca    Blair  four  Sheep    two 

Ewes  and  two  Lambs — 

and  Lastly  as  to  all  the  Rest  of   my  goods   and  Cattels  of  whatsoever 

name  or  nature   soever   I    give    and  bequath Richard  Knowls 

Ju'r  whom  I  appoint  Sole  Executer  of  this  my  Last  will  and  testemant 
hearby    Revoking  all  formor  Wills  by  me  made — 

in  Witness  Whearof  I  have  hear  unto  set  my  hand  and  Seal  the  for- 
theenth  day  September  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Seventeen  hundred 
and  Ninty  Six — Sin'd  Seal'd  Published  and  Declared  by  the  above 
named  Richard  Knowls  to  be  his  Last  will  and  testemant  in  the  pres- 
ants  of  us  Who  have  hearunto  Sel  Subscribed 

our  mames  as  wittness        )  t.-  l     j  t-        i  ^      ,n 

•     ..  .      r  V    ..  ^        r  Richard  Know  es  (seal) 

m  the  presents  of  testator    j  v-^^'^v 

Charles  Perry 

David  Owen 

Gideon  Owen 

Probated  6  Mar.,  1798.  [Unrecorded.]  Executor  neglected  to 
qualify.  Thomas  Rice,  of  Wiscasset,  Adm'r  cum  testamento  ayinexo, 
5  Jan.,  1803.  [X,  8.]  Ebenezer  Whittier  and  Jeremiah  Bailey  both 
of  Wiscasset,  sureties.  Inventory  by  John  Rogers,  John  Fulton  and 
Alexander  Rogers,  7  Feb.,  1803,  S824.75  [X,  9.]  John  Merrill, 
Jr.,  and  Nymphas  Stacy,  both  of  Wiscasset,  commissioners  to  examine 
claims,  6  May  1803.  [X,  173.]  Account  filed  and  distribution  or- 
dered 15  May,  1804.      [X,  1x6  and  175.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen.  I  Joseph  Withom  of  the  plantation  of 
Balltown  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Yeoman  being  weak  in  body  but  of 
a  sound  mind  and  memory,  do  this  twenty  fourth  day  of  May  Anno 
Domini  one  Thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety  Eight,  make  and 
publish  this  my  last  will  and  testament  in  manner  following  that  is  to 
say  first  I  give  to  my  Beloved  wife  one  third  part  of  my  Real 
Estate  Dureing  her  life.  I  also  give  to  my  s'd  wife  the  Use  of  one 
third  part  of  my  Real  Estate  Dureing  the  term  of  seven  years  I  give  to 
my  wife  the  Use  of  the  other  third  part  to  ocupy  untill  my  youngest 
son  Josiah  shall  anve  at  the  age  of  twenty  ofte  years.  I  give  to  my 
son  Isaac  Withom  one  third  part  of  my  Real  Estate  to  come   into  pos- 


350  LINCOLN  PROIU'JE  RECORDS. 

session  of  in  seven  years  from  the  date  hereof  I  give  to  my  son  Josiah 
one  third  part  of  my  Real  estate  when  he  shall  arrive  the  age  of 
twenty  one  years  I  give  to  my  three  Daughters  Jane,  Lydia  and  Sally 
one  Cow  each  to  be  paid  by  my  sons  equally,  when  they  the  said 
Daughters  shall  arive  at  the  age  of  Eighteen  years.  I  give  to  the 
Child  with  wich  my  above  said  wife  is  pregnat,  if  it  should  live  to  the 
age  of  Eighteen  years,  one  Cow  to  be  paid  by  my  two  sons  Isaac  & 
Josiah  Withom  I  give  to  my  wife  all  my  personal  Estate  for  which, 
and  the  Use  of  the  Real  estate  above  mentioned,  she  is  to  maintain 
and  bring  up  My  Children  untill  they  come  of  lawful  age  to  maintain 
themselves  I  give  to  my  sons  Isaac  and  Josiah  all  the  rest  and  residue 
of  my  estate  after  my  wifs  decease  and  lastly  I  do  constitute  and  ap- 
point my  wife  sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  In 
Testimony  Whereof  I  do  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  seal  the  day  and 
year  above  written 

Joseph  Withom  (seal) 

Signed  Sealed  published  and  declared  by  the  said  Joseph  Withom  for 
his  last  will  and  testament  in  the  presants  of  us  who  at  his  request 
have  hereunto  set  our  hands  as  witnesses  to  the  same 

David  Dennis 
Elkanah  Trague 

her 
Jane  X  Withom 

mark 
Probated  31  Oct.,  1799  ;  Sarah  Withom,  executrix,  [XIII,  320.321.] 
Inventory  by  Samuel  Waters,  Joseph  Jackson  and  Thomas   Kenedy,  all 
of  a  place  called  Ball  town,  12  May,  iSoo.     [XIII,  324-324.] 

In  the  Name  of  God — Amen — I  John  Getchel  of  Pownalborough  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman  being  aged  &  infirm  of  Body,  but  of  a 
Sound  disposing  Mind  &  Memory,  for  which  I  desire  to  yive  thanks  to 
(jod.  My  Creator — Calling  to  Mind  the  uncertainty  of  this  Life,  &  the 
certainty  of  Death,  and  wishing  to  settle  all  My  affairs  so  that  there 
may  be  no  difficulty  alter  My  Death,  do  make  publish  pronounce  & 
declare  this  to  be  JNIy  last  Will  &  Testament  hereby  revoking  all  former 
Wills  &  Testaments — 
Imprimis — I  give  &  bequeath   My   Soul   to   God   My   Creator,   &  My 

Body  I  commit  to  the  grave  in   hopes  a  Joyful  resurrection  through 

the  Merits  of  our  Blessed  Redeemer — 
Item.     I  give  &  bequeath  to  My  beloved  Wife  Marcy,  the  use  &  im- 


LINXOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  35  I 

provement  of  all  My  Estate  of  every  kind,   wherewith  it  has  pleased 
God  to  bless  me,  for  &  during  her  natural  life,  with   full  power   and 
authority  to  dispose  of  so  much  thereof  at  any  time  as  shall  be  neces- 
sary to  for  her  comfortable   Support — and  after  her  death,  I  hereby 
give  and  bequeath  to  My  good  &  worthy    Friends  Abraham   Nason, 
Anna  Nason  his  wife,  all  the  rest  &  residue  of  my  Estate  afore  men- 
tioned, and  to  their  heirs  forever  to  be   disposed   of   them  the   said 
Abraham  and  Anna  as  they  shall  chuse — And  I  do   hereby  nominate 
&  appoint  My  said  Friend  Abraham  Nason  to  hh  My  Executor  to   this 
My  last  Will  &  Testament — I  further  will   that  all   My  Just  debts   be 
paid  by  My  said  Executor — and   that  he   see   that  }Jy   Body,   &   the 
Body  of  said  'beloved  wife,  be  decently  buried  after  our  Deaths — 

In  Testamony    whereof    I  the  said  John   Getchel  have   hereto   Set 
My  hand  &  affixed  My  Seal  this  t\venty  second  day  of   October  Anno 
Domini  One  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Ninety  four — 
Signed  sealed  pub- 
lished pronounced  John 
and  declared  by  the  Getchel      (seal) 
said  John  Getchel  to  be 
his  last  Will  &  Testament 
in  the  presence  of  us 
who  in  his  presence  & 
the  presence  of  each 
other  subscribed  our 
names  as  witnesses — 
Silas  Lee 
Nathan  Dole 

her 

Abigail  X  Slowman 

^lark 

her 

Abigail  X  Nason 

Mark 

Probated  2  June,  iSoo.     [XIII,  325-326.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen,  the  Second  Day  of  April  Anno  Domini 
iSoo  I  John  Choat  of  a  Place  Called  Balltown  in  the  County  of  Lin- 
coln and  Commonwelth  of  Massachusetts  yeoman  being  in  a  Low 
State  of  health  but  of  perfect  Mind  and  Memory  thro  the  goodness  of 
God  to  me  ;  do    make  and    ordain  this    my  last   will    and    testament ; 


352  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Principally  and  first  of  all  I  Giv^e  my  Soul  to  God  that  Gave  it  me  hop- 
ing thro  the  Grace  of  God  &  Merits  of  my  Lord  and  Saviour,  Jesus 
Christ  to  obtain  free  Pardon  of  all  my  Sins  and  to  inherit  Eternal  Life  ; 
My  Body  I  Commit  to  the  Earth  to  be  buried  in  Christian  Like  Man- 
ner at  the  Disgression  of  my  Executor  hereafter  Named ;  and  as  touch- 
ing Such  temporal  Estate  as  it  has  pleased  God  to  Bestow  on  me  I 
Give  and  bequeath  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  folowing  Manner 
and  form — 

Imprimis  My  Will  is  that  all  my  just  Depts  and  funural  Charges  be 
paid  by  my  Executor  hereafter  Named 

Item  I  Give  to  my  Sister  Sally  after  my  Just  Depts  are  Paid  all  my 
Real  and  Personal  Estate  my  Sister  Sally  Providing  a  Comfortable 
Maintainence  for  my  father  and  Mother  Dureing  there  Life  and  a 
Decent  Burael  after  Death — 

Item  I  do  hereby  constitute  and  appoint  my  Brother  Abraham  Choat 
to  be  my  Sole  Executor  of  this  my  Last  will  and  testament  and  do 
hereby  Rattify  and  confirm  this  and  no  Other  to  be  my  Last  will  and 
testament  In  Witness  whereof  I  the  said  John  Choat  have  heareunto 
set  my  hand  and  seal  the  Day  and  year  first  Mentioned 
Sign  Sealed  puplished  Pronounced  his 

and  Declared  as  my  Last  will  and  John  X  Choat     (seal) 

testament  in  Presents  of  Us  Mark 

Abraham  Choat  Jr. 
Moses  Choat 
Jeramiah  Norris  Jr 

Probated  29  July,  iSoo.  [XIII,  336-337.]  Inventory 
by  Samuel  Waters,  Jonathan  Heath  and  Samuel  Kincaid,  Jun'r,  all  of 
Balltown,  i  Nov.,  1800.     [Unrecorded.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  amen.  I  Jonathan  Morrison  of  New  Milford 
in  the  County  of  Lincoln,  Gentleman,  do  make  and  publish  this  my 
last  will  and  testament,  in  manner  following,  viz.  : 

Imprimis.  It  is  my  will  and  direction  that  my  messuage  or  tene- 
ment in  said  New  Milford  where  I  now  reside,  and  all  my  goods  and 
chattels  whatever,  be  sold  in  a  reasonable  time,  for,  and  consistently 
with,  the  purposes  hereafter  mentioned 

Item.  It  is  my  will  and  direction  that,  as  speedily  as  may  be  con- 
venient, all  just  demands  against  my  estate  be  satisfied. 

Item.  It  is  my  will  and  direction  that,  without  delay,  my  whole 
property,  excepting  what  is  applied  to  the  payment  of  all    just   claims 


LINCOLN  PROBAIE  RECORDS.  353 

against  my  estate  as  above  mentioned,  iucluding  the  avails  of  my  mes- 
suage, goods  and  chattels  aforesaid,  when  sold  as  afore  directed,  be,  if 
practicable,  placed  at  interest  on  good  security ;  and  the  said  prop- 
erty, so  to  be  placed,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Thomas  Wallace  Morrison, 
William  Jackson  Morrison,  Rusha  Field  Morrison,  and  Jonathan  Mor- 
rison, all  Minors  and  children  of  my  late  brother  Thomas  Morrison, 
formerly  of  Warren  in  the  County  aforesaid,  now  deceased,  in  manner 
following  : —  One  fourth  part  thereof  to  be  paid  to  the  said  Thomas 
Wallace  when  he  shall  arrive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years,  with  inter- 
est if  any  shall  have  arisen  : —  One  fourth  part  thereof  to  be  paid  to  the 
said  William  when  he  shall  arrive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years,  with 
interest,  if  any  shall  have  arisen ; —  One  fourth  part  thereof  to  be  paid 
to  the  said  Rusha,  when  she  shall  arrive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years, 
or  when  she  shall  be  married,  whichever  shall  first  happen,  with  inter- 
est if  any  shall  have  arisen  ; —  One  fourth  part  thereof  to  be  paid  to 
the  said  Jonathan  when  he  shall  arrive  to  the  age  of  twenty  one  years 
with  interest  if  any  shall  have  arisen ;  Deducting  in  each  case  neces- 
sary &  extraordinary  expences,  if  any  such  there  should  be ;  and 
providential  losses,  should  any  happen  without  default  of  the  Execu- 
tor of  this  will  and  testament. 

Item.  It  is  my  further  will,  anything  above  written  not  with- 
standing, that  should  either  of  the  aforesaid  Minors  decease 
before  the  time  when,  according  to  the  terms  of  the  fore- 
going paragraph,  his  or  her  fourth  part  aforesaid  is  to  become 
payable,  then  the  fourth  part,  to  which  the  minor  so  deceased  would, 
if  he  or  she  had  lived,  have  been  entitled,  shall  be  paid  in  equal  shares 
to  the  three  survivors ;  payment  to  be  made  to  each  severally  at  such 
time  as  the  minor  so  deceased  would,  had  he  or  she  lived,  been  enti- 
tled to  receive  the  same  or  the  survivors  severally  shall  become  enti- 
tled to  receive  their  several  fourth  parts,  whichever  shall  last  happen. — 
And  should  more  than  one  of  said  Minors  decease  not  having  be- 
come entitled  to  receive  their  several  fourth  parts  aforesaid,  then  the 
survivors  or  survivor  shall  in  like  mantier  succeed  to  the  whole  right  or 
rights  of  the  several  minors  so  deceased  given  by  this  will ;  and  pay- 
ment shall  accordingly  be  made  to  the  survivors  or  survivor  in  time 
and  manner  above  appointed  and  described.  And  I  hereby  constitute 
and  appoint  Josiah  Stebbins  of  said  New  Milford  Esquire  Executor  of 
this  my  last  will  and  testament,  and  authorize  and  request  him   to    do 

23 


354  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

all  matters  and  things  which  ought  to  be  done  for  carrying  this  my  last 
will  and  testament  into  faithful  and  full  and  complete  execution  ac- 
cording to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  thereof. — 

In  witness   whereof  I   have  hereunto  set  my   hand   and    seal    this 
seventeenth  day  of  April  in  the  year  of  our  Lord    one    thousand    eight 
hundred. 
Signed,  sealed,  published  and  ^ 


his  (seal) 

Jonathan  H  Morrison 
mark 


declared  by  the  abovenamed 
Jonathan  Morrison  to  be  his   last 
will  and  testament  in  the  pre- 
sence of  us,  who  have  hereun- 
to subscribed  our  names  as  wit- 
nesses in  the  presence  of  the  tes- 
tator :  the  word  ^'eight  in  the 
last  line  but  one  written  on   an 
erasure  before  signing. — 
Pitt  Dillingham 
Nicholas  Cooper 

her 
Sally  X  Cooper 
mark 

Probated  29  Ap.,  1800.  [XllI,  344  to  346.J  Inventory  by  Rich- 
ard Bailey,  John  Plumer  and  Christopher  Erskine,  all  of  New  Milford, 
24  July,  1800,  $501.79,  to  which  the  administrator  added  sundry  votes 
amounting  to  $389.30.     [XIII,  348  to  351.] 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen.  I  Nathaniel  Williams  of  Woolwich  in 
the  County  of  Lincoln  Tanner,  being  a  decaying  &  weak  state  of 
Body,  &  apprehending  I  cannot  long  continue  but  of  a  sound  &  dis- 
posing mind  &  Memory  for  which  God  be  thanked,  do  make  this  my 
last  &  Testament  as  follows. 

In  the  first  place  I  bequeath  my  Soul  to  God  who  gave  it  when 
he  shall  call  for  it,  &  my  Body  to  its  parent  Earth  to  be  decently 
buried  at  the  discretion  of  my  Executors,  with  a  comfortable  hop  that 
at  the  resurrection  of  the  Dead  Soul  &  Body  will  again  be  united  & 
enter  into  the  rest  that  remains  to  the  Righteous,  purchased  by  the 
great  Redeemer. 

And  as  to  the  worldly  interest  with  which  God  has  blessed  me  I  will  & 
bequeath  the  same  in  manner   following. 

In  the  first  place 

I  give  &  bequeath  to   my  beloved  wife  Mehetable  one   half   of    the 

Lot  No  62  in  the  second  Division  on  which  I  now  live,   not  hereafter 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  355 

disposed  of  to  my  Son  Timothy,  with  one  third  part  of  the  house  & 
Barn  standing  on  the  same  Lot,  to  hold  to  her  during  the  time  re- 
mains by  widow. 

I    also  give  &  bequeath  to  my  said  Wife  one  sixth  part  of  my    Stock 
of  Leather  now  on  hand  ready  for  sale,  one  Cow,  one  fifth  part   of  the 
Sheep,  fifty  Dollars  in   Money  and  all  the   household  furniture    she 
brough  to  me  when  I  married  her,  to  be  her  absolute  property  forever. 
Secondly.     I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  son  Timothy,  the  western  End  of 
my  Lot  No.  22  first  division,  bounded  beginning  where  my  Sheep  pas- 
ture fence  adjoins  the  Land  of  Solomon  Walker,    thence  northerly   & 
easterly  as  the  fence  runs  excluding  the  sheep  pasture,   till   it   comes 
to  a  large  rock  out  of  Ground  standing  close  to  the  fence  in   the   field, 
thence  northerly  by  two  large  rocks  till   it  comes   to  the  Brook   that 
runs  from  the  Tan   yard,  thence  westerly  by  the  Brook  till  it  comes  to 
the  Bridge,  then  westerly  up  the    hill   leaving   the    Cart   road    on  the 
right  hand,  still  westerly  on  the  north  side  of  the  plowed  field  till  it 
comes  to  the  fence  between  the  field  &  the  pasture  then   north   till    it 
stiks   the  Line  between  Lot  No.  22  first  division  &  sixty   two   second 
Division,  then  westward  as  far  as  my  Deed  extends.      Also    my   Tan 
yard  with  all  implement  for  Tanning  and   all   priviledges   thereto   be- 
longing with  half  an  Acre  of  Land  so  located  as  best  to  contain  &   ac- 
commodate the  Tan  yard,  Pitts  &  building,  with  a  priviledge  of  a  con- 
venient road  from  the  house  I  now  live  in  to  said  Tan  yard  &   also 
the  piece  of  Land  before  bequeathed  to  him.     Also  all  that  part   of 
Lot  No.  62  second  Division  which  lies  between  the  Town    road  & 
Monsweeg  Brook,  together  with  that  small  piece  that  lies  before   his 
house  in  the  field  westerly  side  of  the  Town  road  &  easterly  of   a  now 
Lot  fence,  reserving  to  my  heirs  &  Assigns  a  convenient  road  frome  the 
Town  road,  to  the  house  where  I  now  live  also   that   part  of  Lot  No. 
58  second  Division  which  lies  between  the  Town  road  &  the    head   of 
the  Lot,  all  the  above  described  real  Estate  to  hold  to  him  &  his   heirs 
forever  in  fee  simple. 

Also  one  Quarter  part  of  my  Stock  now  in  the  woks  when  the  Tanning 
and  currying  is  finished,  he  performing  all  the  Labour  at  his  expence, 
&  my  Estate  to  find  the  necessary  materials  to  compleat  the  same,  also 
forty  Dollars  out  of  the  remaining  three  Quarters  of  said  Stock  to  his 
absolute  property  forever. 

I  give  to  my  two  Daughters  Abigail  &  Olive  all  that  part  of  Lot  No 
58  second  Division  which  lies  between  the  Town  road  &  Monsweeg 
brook  in  equal  shares  to  hold  to  them  &  their  heirs  forever. 


356  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Also   two    yoke    of  oxen,  two  Cows  &  two    fifth    part  of   my   flock  of 

Sheep,  to  be  equally  divided  between  them  also    one   hundred  &  fifty 

Dollars  each,  all  to  be  their  absolute  property,     also  one   half  of   the 

house  hold  furniture  not  before  bequeathed,  also  one  third  part  of  the 

dwelling  house  &  barn  in  equal  Shares  in  fee  forever. 

I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  two  Daughters  Anne  &  Susanna  the  one    half 

of  the  Lot  I  now  live  on  being  Lot  No.  62  second  division  with  my  sheep 

pasture  and  Field  not  bequeathed  in  Lot  No.  22  with  one  third  part   of 

my  dwelling  house  &  Barn  in  equal  Shares  between  them  to  hold  in  fee 

forever.     Also  fifty  Dollars  each  in  Money,  also  one  half  of  my  house 

hold  furniture  not  herein  given  to  ray  wife  in  equal  shares  &   one  Cow 

each  &  two  fifth  of  my  flock  of  sheep  in  equal  parts. 

I  give  «Sr  bequeath  to  my  said  Wife  one  half  the  horse    with    the    Side 

Saddle,  while  she  lives  in  the  house,  the  other  half  of  the  Horse    to  my 

Son  Timothy  All  the  rest  &  residue  of    my  Estate  not   before  disposed 

of,  after  my  honest  Debts  are  paid,  1  give  &  bequeath  to  my  said  Wife 

and  my  said  four  Daughters  to  be  equally  divided  between  them.     And 

I  do  hereby  constitute  &  appoint  my  said  Wife   Mehetable  &  my  Son 

Timothy  Executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  &  hereby  revoke 

all  other  wills  &  declare  this  to  be  my  last  will  &  Testament 

In   witness   whereof  I  hereto  set  my  hand  and  Seal  the    thirteenth  day 

of  May  A  D.  1799 

Signed  sealed  published 

&  declared  by  the  testator 

to  be  his  last  will  &  Testa 

ment  in  presence  of  Nathaniel  Williams  (seal) 

Robert  Cushman 

Simeon  Williams 

Betsey  Grant 

Probated  26  Nov.,  1799.  [XIII,  3C2  to  364.]  Tuiiothy  \\'illiams 
2d,  Robert  Cushman  and  Ebenezer  Savage,  all  of  Woolwich,  sureties. 
Inventory  by  Abner  Wade,  David  Gilmore  and  Benjamin  Bailey,  all  of 
Woolwich,  3  Dec,  1799.     [XIII,  367-36S.] 

John  O'Dee,  late  of  Pownalborough,  merchant.  Thomas  McCrate, 
of  Pownalborough,  Executor.  [No  record  of  will  and  no  papers 
found.]  Inventory  by  Seth  Tinkham,  Francis  Anderson  and  William 
Pike,  all  of  Pownalborough,  22  Jan.,  1800,5505.21.  [XIII,  373-374.] 
In  the  name  of  (iOD.  Amen. 

I  John  Elliot  of  Bristol  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  Mariner,  consider- 
ing the  uncertainty  of  this  mortal  life,  and  being  weak  in  body    but   of 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  357 

sound  and  perfect  mind  &  memory,  blessed  be  Almighty  GOD  for  the 
same,  DO  made  and  publish  this  my  last  will  &  testament  in  manner 
and  form  following,  that  is  to  say- 
First.  I  Considder  my  beloved  wife  Sabrah  Elliot  in  her  own  right 
entitled  to  all  the  Real  Estate  and  right  of  Dower  therein  comming 
from  her  former  husbands  estate,  and  instead,  Ueu  or  place  of  Dower 
from  Me  or  my  Estate  to  her  comming  I  now  Give  and  bequeath  unto 
her  the  said  Sabrah— my  beloved  wife,  The  Sum  of  Five  hundred 
Dollars,  including  the  demand  I  have  of  about  One  hundred  dollars 
more  or  less,  against  her  former  husbands  Estate  for  the  maintainance 
&  bringing  up  hitherto  of  their  daughter  Nancey  Davis  ;  which  demand 
is  to  be  at  the  disposal  of  my  said  Wife,  after  my  decease  ;  and  the 
residue  of  the  said  five  hundred  dollars  to  be  paid  her  from  time  to 
time  as  herein  afterwards  provided,  in  time  not  exceeding  three  years 
after  my  decease,  for  the  last  payment— 

I  also  give  to  my  said  beloved  Wife  One  good  Cow  to  be  furnished 
her  immediately  after  my  decease.  I  also  give  and  bequeath  to  her 
All  my  Household  hnens,  Beds,  Bedding  furniture ;  and  all  my  Weiring 
Apparel,  saving  only  my  two  best  Suits  of  Cloths,  the  best  of  which 
suits  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Youngest  brother  Daniel  Elliot,  and 
the  other  Suit  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  elder  brother  Simon  Elliot 
Jun'r. 

To  my  Sister  Jenny  the  Wife  of  Enos  Baxter  I  give  and  bequeath 
One  Eighth  part  of  the  Schooner  Two  friends,  with  her  Appurtenances, 
and  Earnings  in  that  proportion,  and  likewise  my  demand  of  Eighty 
Dollars  which  I  have  against  her  said  husband- 
To  my  Sister  Isabella  the  widow  of  Peter  Murphy  Jun'r  I  give  and 
bequeath  One  Sixteenth  part  of  the  Schooner  Two  friends  with  her 
Appurtenances  and  earnings  in  that  same  proportion — 

To  my  Sister  Anna,  to  be  at  her  Sole  disposal  and  at  the  disposal  of 
no  other  person  whatever  I  give  and  bequeath  the  remaining  One 
Sixteenth  part  which  I  own  of  the  said  Schooner  Two  friends,  with  her 
Appurtenances,  and  earnings  in  the  same  proportion- 
To  my  Sister  Peggy  Elliot  I  give  and  bequeath  all  the  Money  that 
is  due  me  or  in  anywise  comming  to  me  from  my  honoured  father 
Simon  Elliot  the  Elder 

To  Tenny  the  daughter  of  Judith  Polland  as  it  is  said  to  be  the 
Child  of  my  brother  Peter  deceased,  I  Give  and  bequeath  One  Cow, 
or  the  Value  thereof  in  Money  at  my  decease— 


358  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

And  as  to  all  the  rest  residue  &  remainder  of  my  Real  &  personal 
Estate,  Goods,  Chattels  Rights  and  Credits  of  what  kind  or  nature  so- 
ever I  Give  and  bequeath  the  Same  to  my  said  Brothers,  Simon  and 
Daniel,  in  equal  proportion  to  be  divided  between  them,  they  paying 
off  in  the  same  proportion,  to  my  said  beloved  Wife  and  other  the  leg- 
atees as  before  entitled,  the  legacies  &  Sums  of  Money  in  manner  as 
aforesaid,  My  funeral  expences.  One  hundred  dollars  I  Owe  to  Moses 
Davis,  and  all  other  Just  Demands  against  Me  or  my  Estate — 

Lastly  I  Appoint  my  said  Brother  Simon  Elliot  Jun'r  and  Mr.  Will- 
iam Rogers  of  Bristol  aforesaid  the  Executors  of  this  my  last  will  & 
testament,  to  Carry  the  same  into  effect.  In  Witness  whereof  I  the 
said  John  Elliot  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  the  Eighteenth 
day  of  August  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  thousand  Seven  hundred 
Ninety  Seven — 

John  Eliot  (seal) 
The  aforegoing  written  Instrument  was  Signed,  Sealed,  published  and 
declared  by  the  afore  Named  John  Elliot,  to  be  his  last  Will  and  tes- 
tament, in  the  presence  of  Us  who  have  hereunto  subscribed  our 
Names  as  Witnesses,  in  the  presence  of  the  testator — 
Samuel  Yeates  ") 

Alex'r  Fossett  Jun    >      Witnesses 
Robert  McLintock  ) 

And  afterwards  on  the  same  day  before  written  I  the  said  John  El- 
liot being  still  of  sound  &  perfect  mind  &  memory  Do  make  this  Cod- 
icil to  my  will  &  testament  aforesaid,  that  is  to  say  I  take  back  from 
my  Sister  Jenny  the  One  half  of  the  One  eighth  part  of  the  Schooner 
Two  friends  with  her  appurtenances  and  earnings  as  aforesaid,  which 
part  so  taken  back  being  One  Sixteenth  part  of  the  Said  Vessel,  with 
her  appurtenances  and  Earnings  due  in  that  proportion  I  Now  give  & 
bequeath  to  my  Sister  Mary,  Otherwise  named  Polly  Elliot — 

In  Witness  Whereof    I  have  hereunto  Set  my    hand  &  Seal    the    same 
day  &  Year  aforesaid  in  my  will  &  testament  before  written — 

John  Eliot         (seal) 
Signed  Sealed  published  &  declared 
by  the  above  named  John  Elliot 
to  be  a  Codicil  to  his  last  will  and 
testament,  in  presence  of  us,  who 
have  hereunto  subscribed  our  names 
as  witnesses  in  the  presence  of  the 
testator 

Samuel  Yeates  ^ 

Alex'r  Fossett  Jun     l  Witnesses 

Robert  McLintock    )  [XIII,  409  to  41 1.] 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  359 

Bond  of  Simon  Eliot,  Ju'r.,  Executor,  dated  4  June,  1798.  Sam- 
uel Yates  and  Robert  McLintock,  both  of  Bristol,  sureties. 
In  the  Name  of  God.  Amen.  I  William  Patterson  of  Dresden  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln,  considering  the  uncertainty  of  this  mortal  life,  and 
being  weak  in  body,  but  of  sound  and  perfect  mind  and  memory, 
blessed  be  allmighty  God  for  the  same,  do  make  and  publish  this  my 
last  Will  and  Testament  in  manner  and  form  following,  that  is  to  Say. 
I  give  unto  my  beloved  Wife  Elisabeth  Patterson  the  use  and  improve- 
ment of  all  the  Real  Estate  I  am  now  seased  and  possessed  of  as  long 
as  she  remaines  my  Widow,  and  after  her  death  it  Shall  be  equally  di- 
vided among  my  Children.  But  in  case  She  Should  marry  again,  She 
Shall  have  no  more  but  the  improvement  of  one  third  part  of  it,  dur- 
ing her  natural  Ufe.  I  also  give  and  bequeath  unto  her  all  my  Person- 
al Estate  to  her  own  disposal  for  the  Support  of  the  family.  And  I 
give  her  full  power  to  Sell  and  dispose  at  privat  Sale  of  those  Sixty 
acres  of  land  I  lately  purchased  of  Christopher  Turner  of  Reedfield, 
to  pay  the  debt  I  owe  him.  Lastly  I  appoint  the  Said  Elisabeth  Pat- 
terson, the  Sole  Executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament.  In 
witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  Set  my  Hand  and  Seal  this  Sixth  day 
of  November  A.  D.  one  Thousand  Seven  hundred  and  ninety  Seven. 
Signed,  Seal'd,  publish'd  and  William  Patterson     (seal) 

declared  by  the  above  named 
William  Patterson,  to  be  his  last 
will  &  testament,  in  presence 
of  us.  who  Signed  our  names  as 
witnesses  in  the  presence  of 
the  Testator. 

Obadiah  Call 

Sam'l  White 

David  Clancy 

Probated  5  Jan.,  1798.     [XIII,  424.] 

William  Lewis  and  Philip  Call,  both  of  Dresden,  sureties. 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen. — The  Twenty  fourth  day  of  March  1795 
I  James  Hilton,  of  Bristol  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman  being  very 
Sick  and  weak  in  Body,  but  of  perfect  mind  &  Memory,  thanks  be  given 
to  God  ;  Therefore  calling  to  mind  the  Mortality  of  my  Body,  and  know- 
ing 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  recomend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  Allmighty  God  that  gave 
it,  and  my  Body  I  recomend  to  the  earth,  to  buried  in  decent  Chrislain 


360  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

Burial  at  the  Discretion  of  my  Executor,  nothing  doubting  but  at  the 
general  Resurrection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again,  by  the  mighty 
Power  of  God. — And  as  touching  such  Worldly  Estate  wherewith  it  has 
pleased  God  to  bless  me  in  this  Life,  I  give  demise,  and  dispose  of  the 
same  in  the  following  Manner  &  form, 
first  I  give  and  bequeath    to  my  son  William  Hilton   the  sum  of   four 

Dollars — 
Itom    I  give  »S:  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Mary  Mirrit  Twenty  Dollars — 
Itom    I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Jane  Hilton  one  Dollar — 
Itom    I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Son  James  Hilton  Fifty  Dollars — 
Itom    I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Son  John  Hilton  one  Dollar 
Itom    I    give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Margret  Hilton   Twenty 

Dollars 
Itom    I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Sarah  Hilton  four  Dollars 
Itom    I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Susan  Hilton  Twenty  Dollars 
Itom    I  give  &  bequeath    to  my   Daughter  Elizebeth   Hilton   Twenty 

Dollars 
Itom    I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Nancy  Hilton  Twenty  Dollars 
Itom    I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Liddia  Hilton  Twenty  Dollars 
Itom    I  also  give   Jointly  &  Severaly  to  my  two  Sons   Joshua  Hilton  & 

Joseph  Hilton  whom  I  likewise  constitute,  make  and  ordain  my 

sole  Executers  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament  all  and  Singular 
of  my  Personal  Estate  that  is  to  say  all  my  Stock  of  Cattle  Sheep  Horses 
&  Swine  with  all  my  Farming  Utencels  of  every  kind  or  Nature,  and  I 
do  hereby  ratify  and  Confirm  this  &  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-written 

James  Hilton     (seal) 
Signed,  Sealed,  Published,  Pronounced,      ^ 
and  Declared,  by  the  said  James  ! 

Hilton  as  his  last  will  &  Testament  j 

in  the  Presence  of  us  the  Subscribers         J 

Thos  Johnston 
Cornelius  Rhoads 
Elizabeth  Rhoads 

Probated  2  July,  1799.  [XIII,  433  to  435.] 
Inventory  by  John  Paine,  John  McLain  and  Henry  Little,  all  of  Bristol, 
2  Sep.,  1799,  ^313-1  7-     [>^in,  437-438.] 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen. — The  Twelfth  Day    of  August  1796,    I 
Morris  Fling  of  a  place  called  Brookfield  m  the  county  of    Lincoln  and 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  36  I 

Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  yeoman — being  very  sick  and  Weak  in 
body,  but  of  perfect  mind  and  memory,  Thanks  be  Given  to  God  ; — There- 
fore calling  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  Testament, — 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  recommend  to  the  Earth,  to  be  buried  in  Decent  Christian  burial  at 
the  discretion  of  my  Exeecutors ;  nothing  Doubting  but  at  the  General 
resurection  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  Power  of 
God  : — And  as  touching  such  ^Vo^ldly  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 —  Imprimis, 

I  Give  and   bequeath  to    Esther  my   Dearly  beloved   wife  one    third 
part  of  the  income,  and  profits  of  all  my  Estate,  so  long  as  she  the  said 
Esther  Shall  continue  to  be  my  widow,  and  no  longer — 
Item, — I  Give  to  my  well  beloved  son,  John  Fling,  one  Dollar — 
Item, — I  Give  to  my  well    beloved    Daughter,  Elisabeth    Farley,    one 
Dollar 

Item, — I  Give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter,  Mary  Huntoon,  one 
Dollar- 
Item, — I  Give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter,  Sarah  Perry,  one  Dollar — 
Item, — I  Give  to  my  well  beloved  Son,  Samuel  Fling,  one  Dollar — 
Item, — I  Give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter,  Eunice  Fling,  Sixty  Dollars — 
Item,  I  Give  to  my  well  beloved  Daughter,  Susanna  Fling,  Sixty 
Dollars — 

Item, — The  remainder  of  my  Estate,  I  Give  to  my  well  beloved  ~\ 
Daughters,  Hannah  Moor,  Eunice  Fling  and  Susanna  Fling  and  is  to  V 
be  equally  Divided  between  them  ) 

Item.  I  Constitute  make  &  ordain  Esther  my  Dearly  Beloved  wife,  my 
Sole  Exeecutrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament. — 
Item, — And  I  do  hereby  disallow,  revoke,  and  disanul  all,  and  every 
other  former  Testaments,  Wills,  Legacies,  and  bequests  and  Executors, 
by  me  in  any  ways  before  named,  'Willed  and  bequeathed, — ratifying  and 
confirming  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  written — 
Signed,  Sealed,  Published,  Pronounced 
and  Declared  by  the  said  Morris  Fling, 
as  his  last  Will  and  Testament,  in  the 
presence  of  us  the  Subscribers — 

Moris  fling     (seal) 
Samuel  Titcomb 
Joseph  Cleveland 
Nancy  Titcomb 

Probated  i6  Jan.,  179S.     [XIII,  438-9] 


362  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECOR])S. 

In  the  Name  of  God  Amen — 

I  Arthur  Percy  of  Georgetown  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  and  State  of 
Massathusets,  Yeoman,  being  thro'  the  abundant  Mercy  and  goodness 
of  God.  tho  Weak  in  body,  Yet  of  a  sound  and  perfect  Understanding 
and  Memory,  do  Constitute  this  my  Last  will  and  Testament,  and  De- 
sire it  may  be  received  by  all  as  Such, = First  I  most  humbly  Bequeth 
my  soul  to  God  my  maker,  Beseeching  his  most  Gracious  Acceptance 
of  it,  thro  the  all  sufficient  Merrits  and  Mediation  of  my  most  Com- 
passionate Redeemer  jesus  christ.  Who  gave  himself  to  be  an  attone- 
ment  for  my  sins,  and  is  able  to  save,  to  the  uttermost,  all  that  come 
unto  god  by  him,  Seeing  he  Ever  liveth  to  make  Intercession  for  them, 
and  who  I  trust  will  not  Reject  me  a  Returning  Sinner,  when  I  Come 
to  him  for  Mercy  ;  in  this  hope  and  Confidence  I  Render  up  my  soul 
with  Comfort,  humbly,  Beseeching  the  most  blessed  and  Glorious  trinity 
one  god  most  holy,  most  MercifuU  and  gracious  to  Prepare  me  for  the 
Time  of  Disolution,  and  then  to  take  me  to  himself  into  that  Peace  and 
Rest,  and  incomparable  felicity  which  he  has  Prepared  for  all  that  fear 
and  love  his  Holy  Name,  Amen,  blessed  be  god  I  Give  my  Body  to  the 
earth,  from  whence  it  was  taken,  in  full  assurance  of  its  Resurrection 
from  thence  at  the  last  day,  as  for  my  Burial  I  Desire  it  may  be  Decent 
without  Pomp  or  State,  at  the  Discretion  of  my  dear  wife  and  my  Ex- 
ecutors hereafter  Named  who  I  Doubt  will  Manage  it  with  all  Requi- 
site Prudence, — 

As  to  my  worldly  Estate,  I  will  and  Positively  Order  it  in  the  manner 
and  form  following=  Imprimus  Or  first  I  give  and  bequeth  Unto  my 
son  David  Percy  my  farm  Situate  at  the  head  of  Sheeps  Gut  River  in 
Bait  town  so  called  Containing  one  hundred  and  fifty  Acres  of  land  to 
him  and  his  heirs  forever=  Item  I  Give  and  Bequeth  Unto  my  son 
Francis  Percy  fifty  Acres  adjoining  the  same  farm.  Or  Nine  pound 
LawfuU  money  to  be  Paid  him  by  Joseph  Rogers  for  the  s'd  fifty 
Acres  =  Item  I  Give  and  Bequeth  Unto  my  Dear  Wife  the  One  third 
of  my  Real  and  Personal  Estate  Dureing  her  Natural  life  if  She  Re- 
mains a  Widdow,  &  I  Order  that  after  her  Decease  or  if  she  should 
alter  her  condition  by  Marriage  my  Youngest  son,  Arthur  percy  shall 
Inherit  his  mothers  thirds  ;  Item  I  Give  and  Bequeth  unto  my  son 
John  and  James  the  Other  two  thirds  of  my  Real  and  personal  Estate 
to  be  Equally  divided  Between  them,  my  Dear  wife  I  appoint  to  be 
my  Executor  untill  my  son  John  Comes  to  age,  I  Order  her  to  Bring 
my  Children  up  to  a  Common  Education    Item  I    Give   and    Bequeth 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  ;^6;^ 

Unto  my  Dear  Wife  my  Case  of  Drawers  to  be  hers  Dureing  her  Na- 
tural life.  Item  I  Give  and  Bequeth  Unto  my  son  Arthur  percy  junner, 
my  Gold  Sleeve  Buttons,  Unto  my  son  James  I  Give  and  Bequeth  my 
Silver  Shoe  Buceles,  to  my  son  John,  I  Give  and  Bequeth  my  Silver 
watch  I  order  my  Debts  to  be  Paid  with  out  fail  by  my  Executors  out 
of  my  Personal  Estate  Item  I  Give  and  Bequeth  Unto  my  Dugters 
Polly  and  Betsey  five  shillings,  Lawfull  Money. — As  to  my  VVareing 
Apparell  I  lave  them  to  the  Discretion  of  my  Dr.  Wife  whom  I  appoint 
my  Exc'r  to  Distribute  them  among  the  Children,  in  Witness  Whereof 
I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand  and  Seal  the  1 5  Day  of  July  in  the  Year 
of  Our  lord  One  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Eighty  Eight. 
Witness  Arthur  Percei    (seal) 

Jeremiah  Daisy 
John  Whelen 
Henry  wright  Blethen  [Not  probated.] 

I  William  Kennedy  of  Boothbay  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  yeoman. 
Calling  to  mind  the  mortality  of  my  Body  and  the  uncertainty  of  my 
life,  and  not  knowing  how  soon  I  may  be  Called  away  by  Death — and 
being  at  this  present  time  of  sound  mind  &  memory  do  make  and  or- 
dain this  my  last  Will  and  Testement — that  is  to  say  principally  and 
in  the  first  place  I  Recomend  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  God  who  gave 
it,  and  my  Body  I  commit  to  the  Earth  to  be  Buried  at  the  Discration 
of  my  Executor,  hereafter  named — And  as  to  my  Worldly  Estate  I 
give  devise  and  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  following  manner  &  form 
Viz— 
Imps. 

firstly  I  order  that  all  my  just  Debts  and  funeral  Expences  be  paid  out 
of  my  personal  Estate — 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  son  Thomas  one  Dollar  and  also  my 
half  of  a  Pew  No  Five  in  the  meeting  house  in  Boothbay  in  full 
of  his  part  or  share  in  my  Estate — 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  son  James  two  Dollars  to  be  paid  him 
by  my  Executor  hereafter  named  in  full  of  his  part  or  share  in 
my  said  Estate — 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  youngest  son  William  one  Dollar 
in  Cash  and  my  best  Coat  to  be  paid  and  Delivered  him  in  full 
of  his  share  or  part  of  my  Estate  aforesaid — 

Item  I  give  &  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Sarah  Kelley  one  Dollar  to 
be  paid  hir  in  Cash  in  full  of  hir  share  or  part  in  my  said  Es- 
tate— 


364  LINCOLN  PROPA'lE  RECORDS. 

Item  I  give  and  bequath  to  my  Daughter  Elizebath  Corbat  two  Dol- 
lars to  be  paid  hir  in  Cash  in  full  of  hir  share  or  part  in  my 
said  Estate. 

Item  I  also  give  tS:  bequeath  to  my  Daughter  Mary  Mylie  one  Cow  or 
the  Value  thereof  in  Cash  in  full  of  hir  share  or  part  of  my  said 
Estate — 

Item  And  also  to  my  Daughter  Hannah  Wylie  I  give  &  bequeath  one 
Cow  or  the  Value  thereof  in  Money  in  full  of  hir  part  or  share 
in  my  said  Estate — 

Item  I  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  two  youngest  Daughters  Anne 
and  Ruth  the  whole  Rest  &  Residue  of  my  said  Estate  Real 
and  personal  of  Every  name  or  Nature  whatsoever  let  the  same 
be  found  where  it  may,  to  be  to  them  Equaly,  and  to  there 
Heirs  and  asigns  forever 

Lastly  I  do  hereby  appoint  my  said  son  Thonias  Kennedy  my  Sole 
Executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testement,  and  do  revoke  all 
&  Every  former  Wills  or  Testements  by  me  heretofore  made 
and  Declare  this  &  no  other  to  be  my  last  Will  and  Testement 
— In  Wittness  whereof  I  do  hereunto  set  my  hand  &  seal  this 
twenty  second  day  of  April  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thous- 
and seven  hundred  &  Ninty  six — 

Signed  sealed  published  &  Declared  by  the    Testator  to  be  his 
last  Will  &  Testement  in  his 

presence  of  us —  William  O  Kennedy  (seal) 

\Vm  McCobb  mark 

Ichabod  Pinkham 
John  Crommett 
Probated  12  Sep.,  1796.      [Unrecorded.] 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen 


I  Ebenezer  Bacon  of  Sidney  in  the  County  of  Lincoln  &  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts  Esq  being  weak  in  body,  but  of  sound  dispos- 
ing mind  &  memory  &  calling  to  mind  the  shortness  &  uncertainty  of 
life  do  make  publish  &  declare  this  my  last  will  &  testament  in  man- 
ner following  that  is  to  say  in  the  first  place  I  give  and  bequeath  my 
saw  &  grist  mill  in  the  town  of  Winslow  on  the  river  Kennebeck  at  the 
foot  of  teeconic  falls  the  one  third  part  to  my  wife  .Abigail  Bacon  during 
her  natural  life,  the  other  two  thirds  to  my  children  Ebenezer  Bacon 
Jun  William  Bacon  both  of  said  Sidney  gentlemen  <S:   Frances  Thomas 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  365 

wife  of  Joseph  Thomas  of  said  Sidney  yeoman  and  Abigail  Sherwin 
wife  of  Elnathan  Sherwin  of  Winslow  in  said  County  Esq  in  the  fol- 
lowing divisions  to  wit  to  the  said  Ebenezer  Bacon  Junr  &  William 
Bacon  each  one  equal  third  part  of  said  two  thirds  &  the  said  Frances 
Thomas  and  Abigail  Sherwin  each  one  equal  sixth  part  of  said  two 
thirds,  and  the  said  third  part  given  to  my  said  wife,  after  her  deceas 
to  be  divided  among  my  aforementioned  children  in  the  aforemention- 
ed proportion 

Secondly  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  wife  Abigail  Bacon  all  my 
household  furniture  during  her  natural  life  &  at  her  deceas  to  be 
equally  divided  between  my  children  Frances  Thomas  &  Abigail  Sher- 
win aforesaid 

Thirdly  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Abigail  Sherwin  twenty 
eight  dollars  &  fifty  cents  to  be  paid  out  of  my  estate  by  my  executor 
in  one  month  after  my  deceas 

Fourthly  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter  Frances  Thomas  one 
hundred  &  twenty  five  dollars  &  ninety  three  cents  to  be  paid  out  of 
my  estate  in  one  month  after  my  deceas 

Fifthly  1  give  and  bequeath  to  my  wife  Abigail  Bacon  one  third 
part  of  all  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  personal  estate  during  her  natu- 
ral life 

Sixth  I  give  and  bequeath  two  third  parts  of  all  the  rest  and  resi- 
due of  my  personal  estate  to  my  children  Ebenezer  Bacon  Jun  William 
Bacon  Francis  Thomas  &  Abigail  Sherwin  in  the  following  division 
towit  to  the  said  Ebenezer  Bacon  Jr  &  William  Bacon  each  one  Just 
third  part  of  said  two  thirds,  and  to  the  said  Frances  Thomas  and 
Abigail  Sherwin  each  one  Just  sixth  part  of  said  two  third  parts 

Seventhly  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  said  children  the  aforemen- 
tioned third  part  given  my  wife  after  her  decease,  in  the  same  propor- 
tion as  the  aforementioned  two  thirds  are  divided 

Lastly  I  hereby  constitute  and  appoint  Ebenezer  Farwell  of  Vas- 
salboro  in  said  County  Esq  my  sole  executor  of  this  ray  last  will  & 
testament  hereby  revoking  all  former  wills  by  me  made 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereto  set  my  hand  &  seal  this  twelfth 
day  of  February  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred 
&  ninety  eight 

Signed  sealed  published 
and  declared  to  be  the  last 


366  LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

will  &  testament  of  the  said  Eben'r  Bacon          (seal) 

Ebenezer  Bacon  in  presence 
of  us  whose  names  are 
hereunto  subscribed 

Thomas  Rice 

Moses  Appleton 

\Vm  Hey  wood 

[Unrecorded.] 

Elnathan  Sherwin,  of  Winslow,  Adm'r  cum  Tesiamenio  annexe,  2 
Aug.,  1798.  Benjamin  Chase  and  Nehemiah  A.  Parker,  both  of  Wins- 
low,  sureties. 

In  the  Name  of  GOD.  Amen  !  I  John  Parker  of  Georgetown  in  the 
County  of  Lincoln  &  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  Gentleman, 
being  in  Usual  health  but  of  sound  disposeing  mind  «&  memory  ;  calling 
to  mind  my  Mortality  and  the  Uncertainty  of  my  Existance  here  do 
make  &  Ordain  this  my  last  Will  &  testament.  And  first  of  All  I 
Chearfully  give  my  soul  to  GOD,  Through  Jesus  Christ  and  my  body 
to  the  dust  in  hopes  of  Obtaining  a  happy  resurrection  to  an  Immortal 
Life  thro'  the  merits  of  Christ  my  saviour.  And  as  touching  such 
worldly  Estate,  as  it  hath  Pleased  GOD  to  bless  me  with  in  this  life,  I 
dispose  of  the  Same  in  manner  following  (that  is  to  say)  First.  I 
Give  &  bequeath  Unto  Jordan  Parker  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever  a 
Certain  part  of  my  homestead  farm  discribed  «&  bounded  as  follows  Viz. 
begining  at  the  Mouth  of  the  Cove  on  Kenebeck  river  in  front  of  my 
dwelling  house  thence  South-West  to  a  small  Apple  Tree,  standing  on 
the  Edge  of  the  bank,  thence  Westerly  &  Southerly  to  ye  first  ledge  of 
Rocks,  thence  Northerly  on  a  Straight  line  to  the  head  of  the  great 
cove,  thence  'round  by  the  Shore  Easterly  &  Southerly  to  the  first  men- 
tioned bounds :  Also  another  piece  of  land,  begining  Ten  rods  North 
North  East  from  humphries  head  bounds  so  called,  thence  North  East- 
erly on  a  straight  line  to  a  great  Stone  in  my  Upper  Corn  field  &  thence 
the  same  Course  to  Kenebeck  river,  thence  Northerly  &  Westerly  by 
the  Same  to  my  Northern  bounds  in  Wizzel^  Cove,  thence  Southerly  by 
the  Same  to  the  first  mentioned  bounds.  (Excepting  &  reserveing  out 
of  the  Same  Eight  Acres  of  land  on  the  Point  where  Samuel  Goodwin 
now  lives,  Only  that  the  said  Jordan  Shell  Improve  One  half  of  the 
Previledge  of  Fishing  thereunto  belonging ;  Excepting  Also  Five  Acres 
of  land,  to  be  laid  out  on  the  Same  point  we  Usually  land  at  in  Come- 
ing  from  meeting  at  the  time  of  low  water ;  these  two  last  mentioned 
pieces  of  land  is  to  bound  on  the  river,  and  laid  out  as  Convenient  to  all 


LINCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS.  367 

Parties  Concern'd  as  may  be,  so  that  the  said  Jordan  Shell  have  a  Con- 
venient road  by  or  near  my  Northern  bounds  leading  from  Humphries 
head  bounds  to  the  river,  Also  that  there  shell  be  convenient  roads  to  & 
from  the  two  Points  Aforesaid  through  the  said  Jordan's  land  Afore- 
said.) I  give,  devise  &  bequeath  to  the  said  Jordan  One  third 
Part  of  the  were  Previledge,  whenever  he  or  his  heirs,  helps 
build  to  Improve  it.  .\lso  a  piece  of  marsh  Marsh  within  my 
dikemarsh,  begining  at  the  most  westerly  Creek  in  Said  Marsh,  thence 
running  Northerly  along  said  Creek  to  the  first  ledge  by  the  Side  of 
Said  Creek,  thence  Northerly  &  Easterly  to  the  nearest  part  of  the  next 
Creek,  thence  Northerly  &  Westerly  along  the  Western  branch  of  Said 
Creek  to  the  Upland  at  a  Cove,  near  my  wood  road,  thence  Southerly 
Along  by  the  Edge  of  said  Marsh  to  the  first  mentioned  bounds,  with 
liberty  to  haul  his  hay  home  from  SaiJ  marsh.  Also  I  give  &  bequeath 
to  the  Said  Jordan  his  heirs  &  Assigns,  the  whole  Amount  of  his  four 
notes  of  hand,  payable  to  me  with  Interest  thereon,  and  a  book  Ac- 
count, which  Amounts  in  the  whole  to  two  hundred  &  eighty  pounds  or 
thereabouts.  Provided  &  On  Condition  that  the  Said  Jordan  shell  not 
bring  Any  Account  against  my  Estate  after  my  decease ;  Otherwise  I 
Order  that  all  the  Gifts  made  in  this  my  last  Will  &  testament  Shell 
become  forfeited  &  Shell  become  the  Property  of  my  well  beloved  Wife 
Elizabeth  &  Andrew  Reed  their  heirs  &  Assigns,  &  that  the  Said  Jordan 
Shell  pay  my  said  wife  &  Andrew  Reed,  the  Amount  due  me  on  the 
Aforementioned  notes  and  accounts,  anything  in  this  will  &  testament 
to  the  Contrary  Notwithstanding. 

Item.  I  give  devise  &  bequeath  to  Andrew  Reed  his  heirs  And 
Assigns  forever,  in  Consideration  of  his  takeing  care  of  me  during  my 
natural  hfe.  The  One  half  of  all  my  homestead  farm,  remaining  after 
Jordan  Parkers  land  is  Sett  off  &  a  piece,  I  have  Given  to  Alex'r  Wilie 
by  deed.  Also  One  Quarter  part  of  Five  Stack  marsh,  together  with 
One  third  part  of  all  my  Cows,  horses.  Sheep  &  Swine,  One  half  of  the 
barn  on  my  homestead  farm,  with  Onehalf  of  both  the  points  of  land  Ex- 
cepted Out  of  Capt.  Jordan  Parkers  bounds  with  half  of  the  fishing  pre- 
viledges  adjoining  the  five  Acres,  &  One  Quart  part  of  the  fishing  Pre- 
viledges  Adjoining  the  Eight  Acres  &  One  third  of  the  ware  Priveledge, 
to  him  the  said  Andrew  Reed  &  his  heirs  forever,  &  for  a  part  of  which 
I  have  given  him  a  deed  off;  heretofore. 

Item.  I  give  &  bequeath  and  devise  to  David  Oliver  who  liv'd 
with  me.  One  fourth  part  of  Five  Stack  Marsh  &  One  fourth  part  of 
little  river   Marsh,  Also  the  neck  of  land  of  Which  he  has  a  deed 


368  UNCOLN  PROBATE  RECORDS. 

from  me.     Said  land  lying    on    Parkers  Island  in  Georgetown  as  Also 
the  Marsh ;  to  him  the  Said  David  &  his  heirs  forever 

Item.  I  give  &  bequeath  to  Alexander  Wilie  Jun'r  One  half  of 
the  land  I  lately  Purchas'd  of  William  Lithgow  Esq'r  &  of  which  1 
have  Convey'd  to  the  Said  Alexander  by  Deed. 

Item.  I  Order  &  Will  that  all  my  Just  Debts  &  Funeral  Charges 
be  paid  by  my  Executors  out  of  my  Personal  Estate  &  Appoint  the 
residue  as  followeth. 

Item.  I  give  devise  &  bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  wife  Elizabeth, 
her  heirs  &  Assigns  forever,  in  token  of  Gratitude  for  her  tender  care 
&  regard,  the  whole  of  my  dwelling  house  &  Store  &  One  half  of  my 
barn  Situated  on  my  homestead  farm,  together  with  One  half  of  Said 
farm  Exclusive  of  what  I  have  given  to  Jordan  Parker  &  Alex'r  Wilie 
Jun'r.  Also  One  Quarter  part  of  my  Saw  Mill,  Standing  on  my  Mill 
Stream  in  Georgetown  near  &  Adjoining  my  homestead  farm.  Also 
One  half  of  the  two  points  of  land,  excepted  out  of  Jordan  Parkers 
bounds,  with  a  part  of  the  fishing  Priveledges  equal  to  Andrew  Reed 
as  herein  before  express'd.  And  One  third  part  of  the  ware  Prive- 
ledge,  adjoining  my  home  farm,  iS:  my  Pew  in  the  Meeting  house  in 
said  Georgetown.  And  One  Quarter  part  of  five  Stack  marsh  &  One 
half  of  little  river  marsh  Situate  on  Parkers  Island  Aforesaid,  Also  two 
thirds  of  all  my  Cattle  &  all  my  farming  Implements,  together  with  all 
the  rest,  residue  &  remainder  of  my  Estate  of  what  name  or  nature 
Soever,  wheresoever  the  Same  is  or  may  be  found,  (not  before  herein 
Particularly  devised).  I  Give  devise  &  bequeath  to  my  said  wife  Eliz- 
abeth &  her  heirs  forever,  for  her  to  dispose  off  as  She  thinks  best. 

Lastly,  I  do  hereby  Constitute  and  Appoint  my  said  wife  Elizabeth, 
And  Andrew  Reed  to  be  Executors  to  this  my  last  Will  &  testament, 
hereby  revokeing  &  disannulling  all  former  wills  &  Testaments  by 
me  heretofore  in  in  Any  manner  made,  ratifying  &  Confirming  this 
&  no  Other  to  be  my  last  Will  &  testament.  In  Witness  wherof 
I  have  hereunto  Set  my  hand&  Seal  this  fourteenth  Day  of  March 
Anno  Domini  One  thousand  Seven  hundred  &  ninety  Seven. 

NB.  the  words  a  Ten  rods  North  North  East  from, 
North,  «&  thence  the  Same  course"  in  the  first  Page 
was  made  before  Signing  hereof. 
Sign'd,  Scal'd,  Publish'd,  and  declared  by  him 
tiie  said  John  Parker,  to  be  his  last  Will 

&  testament  in  Presence  of  us,  who  have  John  Parker   (seal) 

Subscribed  our  nranes  as  witnesses,  in 
the  Presence  of  the  Testator  &    of  each  Other. 
Mark  Langdon  Hill. 
George  Todd 
Hugh  Rogers 

Denny  McCobb  [Unrecorded.] 

Executors  api)ointed  by  Court,  28  May,  1800.  Thomas  Percy,  of 
Georgetown,  and  John  Murray  McFarland,  of  Boothbay,  sureties.  [No 
l)apers  recorded.] 


Index  of  Names. 


Pages  marked  with  a  *  are  Wills  ;    those  marked 
WITH  A  t  are  Estates. 


Abbott,  Aaron,  220. 
AcHORN,  (Eichorn)  Daniel,  236. 
Adams,   Amos,  164. 
George,  301. 
Hope,  300. 

Joel,  193,  204,  207,  253. 
Lucy,  300. 
Margaret,  300. 
Mary,  300,  334. 
Polly,  300. 

Richard,  88,  109,  *299,  300,  301. 
Ruby,  300. 
Samuel,  44. 
Sela,  300. 
Solomon,  272,  273. 
Stephen,  342. 
Thomas,  301. 
Agry,  Anna,  136. 

Thomas,  87,  ti36. 
Akley.  Samuel,  259. 
Alden,  Briggs,  129. 
Elihu,  317. 
Alexander,  John,  141. 

Priscilla,  1 41. 
William,  22,  23,  307. 
All,  John,  t52. 
Allbee,  Benjamin,  207. 

William,  207. 
Allen,  Anna,  317. 
Daniel,  138. 
Frances,  *3I7. 
Hannah,  119. 
IsalDcl,  317. 
Jane,  347. 
John,  ti88. 
Keturah,  188. 


Levina,  93. 
Mary,  263,  315. 
Olive,   162. 
Oliver,  t93- 
Pelatiah,  347. 
Philip,  130. 

Thomas,  16,  17,  20,  25,  317. 
William,  fii,  340. 
Alley,  Samuel,  303. 

Sarah,  302. 
Ames,  Jonathan,  228. 
Anderson,  Daniel,  ti2. 
Enoch,  275. 
Francis,  356. 
Robert,  275,  336,  337. 
Samuel,  12,  82. 
Andrews,  Asa,  137. 

Elizabeth,  64. 
George,  64,  140. 
John,  39. 
Angier,  Samuel,  276. 
Appleton,  Moses,  366. 
Archibald,  Francis,  Jr.,  87. 

James,  tii9- 
Armstrong,  Hannah,  83. 
William,  *83. 
Arnold,  Frederick,  202,  254. 
Thomas,  163,  298. 
WiUiam,  164. 
AsKlNS,    Alexander,  ti?^. 
John,  ti62. 
Mary,  162. 
Robert,  178. 
Atkins,  Hannah,  281. 

Thomas,  164,  281. 
Aubens,  Philip,  I. 


Index  OF  Names. 


AuLD,  Frances,  342. 

James,  72,  145,  t342. 
Jenny,  342. 
Peggy,  342. 
Rachel,  342. 
Sally,  342. 
Samuel,  342. 
William,  342. 
Austin,  John,  228. 
AvERELL,    Daniel,  163. 

David,  ti63,  ti77- 
Enoch,  92,  93,  tHS- 
Israel,  t92. 
Job,  92,  137. 
John,  93,   163. 
Ruth,  145. 
Samuel,  92,  93. 
Simeon,  163. 
William,  163. 
Avery,    James,  119. 
Mary,  113. 
Ayer,  James,  92. 
Babbage,  Courtney,  1133. 
Bacon,  Abigail,  364,  365. 

Ebenezer,  *364,  365. 
James,  29,   177. 
William,  20,  364,  365. 
Babcock,  Anna,  263. 
Henry,  87. 
Samuel,  87. 
Bailey,    Benjamin,  356. 
David,  55,  igo. 
Hannah,  90. 
Jacob,  1 7. 
James,  24. 
Jeremiah,  349. 
John,  199. 
Joshua,  54. 

Nathaniel,   55,  275,  278. 
Richard,  354. 
Samuel,  t273. 
Baker,  George,  153. 
Joseph,  148. 
Polly,  300. 
Sela,  300. 
Susanna,  153,   154. 
Thomas,  153. 
Walter,  13. 


Zebulon,  Jr.,  *I53. 
Baldwin.  Cyrus,  227. 
Balcom,  William,  1278. 
Balkam,  Elijah,  201. 
Ball,   Levi,  343. 
Mary,  343. 
Samuel,  t342- 
Ballantine,  John,  t6,  7. 
Mary,  6,  7. 
Ballard,  Alice,  90. 
Calvin,  90. 
Darius,  90. 

P^phraim,  90,  in,  260. 
Jonathan,  fgo,  200,  202. 
Rufus,  274. 
Bard,  Sarah,  62. 
Barker,  Caleb,  161,  *267. 

Carr,  67,  192,  194,  223. 
Francis,   198. 
Hannah,  119,  267. 
Jacob,  267,  268. 
James,  198. 
Jeremiah,  54. 
John,  17,  t5i- 
Josiah,   197. 
Keziah,  267. 
Prince,  fug. 
Rhoda,  267,  268. 
Robert,  138,  *I97. 
Sarah,  198. 
Susanna,  51. 
William,  147,  248,  267. 
BaknakI),  Isaac,  147,  344. 
Shubael,  198. 
William,  105. 
Barrett,  Simon,  249. 
Barron,  Ceasar,  *i7i. 
Barrows,   Comfort,  t2o6. 
Sal)ra,  206,  222. 
Silas,  274. 
Barstow,  Kli/.abeth,  340. 

George,  167,  340. 
Nathaniel,  t340. 
Barter,  John,  188. 

Samuel,  Jr.,   1 16. 
Bartleit,  Caleb,  259. 

Christopher,  183. 
David,    183. 
Eleanor,  163. 


Index  OF  Names. 


Jonathan,  t249,  259. 
Samuel,  163,  230. 
Stephen,  t239. 
Timothy,  273. 
Barton,  Betty,  199,  202. 
Flmt,  162. 
Luke,  t202. 
Stephen,  172. 
Bassett,  Barna,  176. 

Samuel,  78,  175,  176. 
Batchelder,  Hezekiah,  132. 

Theophiius,  207. 
Battle,  Joseph,  t340- 
Baxter,  Enos,  357. 
Bayley,  Richard,  194. 

Sarah,  193. 
Beal,  Abigail,  54. 
Dorcas,  55. 
Eleanor,  54. 
Joshua,  55. 
Josiah,  55. 
Levi,  260. 
Mary,  54. 
Samuel,  124. 

Zaccheus,  *54,  55,    124,    141,    166, 
185,  256,  339,  342. 
Bean,  Edward,  *3i8,  319. 
Eleanor,  318, 
John,  318,  319. 
Joshua,  148,  314,    315. 
Josiah,  318,  319. 
Margaret,  318. 
Neal,  318. 
Phebe,  318. 
Releaf,  314. 
Sarah,  269,  318. 
Beath,  Jeremiah,  52,  72. 

Joseph,  89. 
Beckler,  Daniel,  68. 
Belcher,  Supply,  201,  229,  272,  273. 
Belden,  Aaron,  343. 

Charity,  343. 
Beman,  John,  305. 
Benner,  Charles,  178. 

Henry,  *I77,  178. 
Jacob,  178. 
John,  143,  177,  178. 
Keaty,  177. 


Matice,  177. 
Molly,  178. 
Sally,  178. 
Sedony,  177. 
Bernard,  Isaac,  212. 
Berry,  Jane,  73. 

John,  160. 
Berrey,  Joseph.  21,  73,  325. 

Westbrook,  t52. 
BiCKFORD,  Abigail,  35. 
Billings,  Joseph,  154. 
Bird,  Alexander,  338. 

Andrew,  fioi,  271. 
Edward,  189. 
James,  fSSS- 
Jane,  271. 
Bisbee,    Charles,  207. 
Desire,    273. 
Elisha,  158,  1273. 
Bishop,  James,  24. 

Squier,  124,  129,  277,  284. 
BiTUM,  Peter,  285. 
Blackinton,  Benjamin,  236. 
Blair,  Hannah,   156. 
John,  156. 
Rebecca,  349. 
Blaisdell,  Christopher,  1207. 
Daniel,  207. 
Enoch,  163. 
Sarah,  207. 
Timothy,  207. 
Blake,  Paul,  123. 

Samuel,  344,  345. 
Blanchard,  Anna,  173. 

Caleb,  234,  256,  338. 
Edward,  *I72,  173. 
Ellena,  173. 
James,  1255. 
Jane,  255. 
Mary,  173. 
Patty,  255. 
Polly,  255. 
Rachel,  173. 
Samuel,  255. 
Sarah,  173. 
Sheppard,  255. 
Solomon,  249. 
Susanna,  255. 


Index  OF  Names. 


Syl)ill,  173. 
Blen,  James,  137. 

,,  '      y  Hannah,   I. 

Henry  Wright,  363. 
John, ti- 
Welthey,    100. 
Blodget,    David,  249. 
Mary,  256. 
Nathan,  256. 
Blunt,  Arthur,  303. 

Ebeneiier,     t303.   *303, 304,    331. 

334.341- 
Jean,  304. 

John,  130,  220,  276. 
Robert,  303,  304. 
Samuel,  304. 
BoDFlSH,  Nymphas,   109,    145,    160,    161, 

274. 
Bogs,    Alexander,  231,  232. 
(Rax)  Anne,  3;^. 
Elizabeth,  231 
Ephraim,  231,  232. 
Isabel,  231. 
(Motley)  Jane,  33. 
John,  33,  34,  *79. 
Joseph,  231,  232. 
Lucy,  231,  232. 
Mary,  34,  79,  iii,  232. 
Rachel,  231,  232. 
Robert,  232. 

Samuel,  7,  20,   *33,  34.  t"!- 
William,  ;i;i,  34,  80,  1 1 1,    148,  *230 
231,  232. 
Boies,  James,  11. 
Bolton,  Daniel,  148. 
Bonney,  Andrew,  152. 
Bariah,  152. 
Daniel,  152. 
Deborah,  152. 
Hannah,  219. 
Isaac,  149,  152,  1219. 
James,  152. 
Joseph,  152. 
Lucy,   148. 
Rebecca,   152. 
Silva,  148,  149,  152. 
Simeon,  149,  *I5I,  152. 


Solomon,  152. 
Thankful,  152. 
William,  *I48  152. 
Booker,  Joseph,  188. 
Borland,    John,  51,  64.  78. 
Sally,  205. 
Samuel,  164. 
Bornheimer,  Godfrey,  202,  331. 
Godfrid,  IC2,   152. 
Jacob,  254,  260. 
BoswoRTH,  Eli,  283. 
BouRK,  William,  112,  348. 
Bowdoin,  James,  256. 
BowERMAN,  David,  185. 
Pamelia,  192. 
Zacheus,  192. 
BoV'ERS,  Benaiah,  347. 
BowKER,  James,  84,  124,  339. 

Joseph,  224,  258,  275,  27S,    318, 
321,  336,  348. 
Bowman,  Jonathan,  50,  306. 
Mary,  168. 
William,  254,  307. 
Boyd,  Adam,  272. 

John,  277,  280. 
Joseph,  1 76. 
Katharine,  51. 
Samuel,  38,   277. 

Thomas,  29,  45,  50,  51,  52,  65,  72, 
loi,  104,  205,  224,  228,247,342, 
347- 
William.  347. 
Boyinton,    \ 
BoYNi'ON,      y  Amos,  140. 

BoYlNGTON, J 

(Delano)  Anna,  69. 
Calei),  153. 
Christian,  *68. 
Daniel,  153. 
David,   108. 
Hannah,  ti53- 
(Hilton)  llepseliah,  69. 
Hester,  99. 
John,  69,   153. 
Joseph,  153. 
Joshua,  69,  153. 
(Decker)    Rachel,  69. 
Sarah,  69,  153. 
Susanna,  153. 


Index 

William,  6g. 
RraCHT,  Peter,  45. 

Brackkt,     lAbraham,  Jr.,  64. 
Brackett,  j 

Anthony,  64. 

Benjamin,  298,  338. 

James,  64. 

Joanna,  64. 

Nathaniel,  64. 

Sarah,  64. 

Thomas,  176. 

Bradbury,  Anna,  70,  71,  t228. 

Catharine,  60. 

Josiah,  *69,  70,  ti04- 

(Sevey)  Meriah,  70. 

Thomas,  234. 

William,  260. 
Bradford,  Alden,  308. 

Benjamin,  181. 

Cornelius,  83,  ti04,  166,  f 

George,  t2i9- 

Joshua,  Jr.,   199. 

Noah,  276. 

Patience,   199. 

Polly,  300. 

William,  206,  219. 
Bradish,  Ebenezer,  316. 

Bradley,     JThomas,  72. 
Bradlee,     J 

Bradman',  Arthur,  267. 

Brainerd,  Benjamin,  99,   139,    140. 

+195,  221. 

James,  195. 

Mary,  195. 

Orrin,  195. 

Reuben,  99,  195,  219. 

Ruth,  195. 

Sarah,  195. 

Braint,    Ui         262. 
Bryant,   J 
Brai.ey,  Alice,  340. 
John,  t340- 
Bramhall,  Cornehus,  162. 
Bran,  Jeremiah,  60. 
Branch,  Abigail,  138. 

Benjamin,  138,  t2S4- 
Daniel,  254. 
Brewer,  James,  51. 


Briar, 
Brier, 


199 


OF  Names.  5 

i  John,  tSl,  ifil- 

Josiah,  86,  87,  141. 

'  I  Samuel,  89,  104,  135. 

Bridodon,-  Sarah,  113. 

Timothy,  1 13. 
Bridge,   Edmund,    16,    19,    20,    34,   38, 
39,    49,  52,  67,  87,   104,   108, 
161,    162,  17S,  180,  223,  259, 
306,  348. 
Fanny,  254. 
James,  227,  264. 
John,  132,  1254,  289. 
Phebe,  306. 
Rachel,  254. 
Briggs,  WiUiam,  251. 
Brodman,  Charles,  226. 
Broest,  Joanne  Peter,  45. 
Brookins,  Josiah,  Jr.,  138. 
Brooks,  Mary,  203. 

Susanna,  ill. 

WiUiam,   111,158,    197,203,220. 

Brown,    |  Benjamin,   82,   83,    148,    183, 
Browne,  j        ■•        '       '     o'     ^  ' 

255- 
David  N.,  281. 
Elijah,  342. 
Ezekiel,  323. 
Jacob,  192,  281,  345. 
James,  2,  50,  165,  76,  144,  167. 
Jane,  65,  76,  144, 1167. 
John,  65,  tl44- 
Loyalist,  281 
Martha,  65,  144. 
Mary,  144,  224. 
Moses,  160,  t275- 
Samuel,  75,  86,  193,  223,  1224 

255>  284,  338,  345- 
Sarah,  318. 
Stephen,  168. 
Timothy,  252. 
William,  183,  189. 

Bryant,   "l  charles,  115,  116. 
Briant,    j  -^ 

David,  Jr.,  128. 

Hannah,  53,  54. 

Jonathan,  25,  4I. 

Lemuel,  128. 


195 


6 


Index  of  Names. 


Mary,  41,  262. 

Nathaniel,  153,  54,    144,    160, 

265,  275,  347. 
Patience,  54. 
HucKHART,  Henry,  346. 
BucKi.LN,  Nathan,  no,  170,  171. 
BUCKNAM,  William,  45. 
Budge,  James,  129. 
BuGNON,  James,  1,  t49,  263. 
Jane,  49. 
Margaret,  49. 
Susanna,  49. 
BuKER,  James,  84. 
BULLIN,  Samuel,  196. 
Burke,  William,  234. 
BURNHAM,     \Abel,  t82. 
BURNAM,       J  Elizabeth,  313. 
Francis,  313. 
Mary,  103. 
Solomon,  104,  33S. 
Burns,  Cornelius,  260. 

James,  20,  66,  84. 
Joseph,  20,  163, 191. 
Mary,  34. 
Robert,  fso. 

William,  38,  66,  128,  163. 
15i'RR,  Joseph,  264. 
Matthew,  341. 
Thomas,  t34i. 
Burrei.l,  John,  75. 
Burton,  Alice,  1 1. 

Benjamin,  f'  i,  53,  34i- 
John,  53. 
Bush,  Samuel,  303. 
BuswEi.L,  James,  1276. 

Jane,  276. 
BUTLEK,  Abigail,  213,  214,  215,  216. 
Ann,  215.  319. 
Lucy,  222. 

Martha,  213,  215,  *3I9. 
Mary,  215,  319. 
Mella,  223. 
Moses,  121. 
Sarah,    213,  214,  215,  216,  319, 

320. 
Thomas,  185,  213,  214,  216,  278, 

319,  320,  248. 
William,  6,  84,   *2I2,   213,    214, 


215,   216,   241,   242,  319,  320, 
328. 
BuTTEKFiELD,  Abigail,  203. 

Kphraim,  107,  204. 
Josiah,  29.  1227. 
Bu'i  TS,  Samuel,  234. 
Byram,  Ebenezer,  248. 
Calderwood,  Elizabeth,  59. 
Caldwell,  George,  34. 
Call,  Bethiah,  162. 

Charles,  162,  274. 

Deliverance,  35,  162. 

Elizabeth,  162. 

Experience,  161. 

Hannah,  162. 

James,  162. 

John,  48,   162. 

Jonathan,  293,  294. 

Keziah,  293. 

Lydia,  162. 

Margaret,  162. 

Moses,  293,  294. 

Nathan,  293,  294. 

Nathaniel,  293,  294. 

Obadiah,  11,36,  97,  108,   13S,   140, 

ti6i,  162,  163,  206,  359. 
Olive,  162. 
Philip,  t48.  87,  91,  108,   138,   140, 

ti62,  359. 
Polly,  293,  294. 
Stephen,  io8,  *292,  293,  294. 
William,  162. 
Callahan,  Charles,  187. 
Calley,  Samuel,  65,  66. 
Campkell,  Alexander,  2,  5,  6,  45.  312. 
Betsey,  205. 
Daniel,  205,  273. 
Elizabeth,  76,  312. 
James,  t205. 
Jane,  76. 

John,  76,  *3ii,  312,  313,  343- 
Joseph,  205,  295. 
Margaret,  312. 
Martha,  *75. 
Mary,  76. 
Michael,  205. 
Racliel,  205. 


Index  of  Names. 


Robert,  205. 

Sarah,  205. 
Cane,  Walter,  ti6. 
Cakgili.,  Abernethy,  228,  229. 

James,  7,  20,  24,  38,  45,  60,  90, 

no. 

Carl,        I  Nathaniel,  45. 
Carll,      / 

Submit,  319. 

Carlton,     1  John,  ti37- 
Carleton,   J  Joseph,  338. 

Margaret,  338. 

Carlile,      Ubigaili34. 
Carlisle,     /       &        -'^ 

David,  163. 

Elizabeth,  134. 

James,  134. 

Jane,  137. 

John,  92. 

Joseph,  loi,  104,  *I33,  134- 

Mary,  135. 

Mirriam,  134. 

William  65. 

Carney,  Susannah,  50. 

Carr,  EHzabeth,  92. 

George,  277. 

James,  220. 

Mecrus,  (Meecres,)  4,  t92- 

Mehitable,  287. 

Moses,  287. 

Carter,   Isabel,  242. 

Joseph,  77. 

Nathaniel,  77. 

Cary,  Luther,    345. 

Peter,  241. 

Cask,  Barnard,  206,  *252,  253. 

James,  252. 

Rebeckah,  252. 

Thankful,  252. 

William,  252. 

Castner,  Anna,  142. 

Baltas,  t73- 

Ludwig,  73,  142. 

Ustana,  73. 

Caveleak,  Louis,  ti- 

J(jhn  Louis,  t38. 

Maiy  I,  38. 

CAWLEY,  Mary,  76,  77. 


Samuel,   76. 
Cazneau,  Andrew,  10. 
Chadwick,  Joseph,  87. 

Lot,  208. 
Chalmers,  William,  97. 
Chamberlain,  Sarah,  332. 
Chandler,  Jacob,  152,  272. 
Joel,  227, 1251. 
John,  83,  129,  251. 
John,  Jr.,  149. 
Moses,  130,  152,  272. 
Phebe,  272. 
Rebecca,  272,  273. 
Sally,  273. 
Samuel,  \2'j2. 
Chapman,  Abraham,  270. 
Deborah,  270. 
Nathaniel,  60. 
Prudence,  38,  *269. 
Ralph,  t38. 
Sarah,  269. 
Chase,    Abigail,  109. 

Benjamin,  366. 
Charles,  163,  205,  228,  229. 
Ezekiel,  104,  109. 
John  ti63,  t347- 
Mary,  109. 
Mathew  48,  104,  109. 
Rachel,  163. 

Roger,  19,  25,  48,  104,  *io8. 
Sarah,  109. 
(Spear,)  Mrs.,  104. 
Stephen,  fig. 
Tamor,   109. 
Vernum,  109. 
Cheney,  Elias,  \i']. 
Sybyl,  17. 
Child,  Amos,  218,  276. 

Hannah,  280. 
Chisham,  John,  273. 

Choate.    1  Abraham,  352. 
Choat,     i  ■^-' 

Francis,  t348. 

John, *35i. 

Moses,  352. 

Sally,  352. 

Susannah,  348. 

Christophers,    Joseph,    254,    309,    336, 

33«.  342. 


8 


Index  of  Names. 


Church,  John,  201. 

Rubie,  264. 
Ci-ANCY,  David,  359. 

Elizabeth,  49. 
Clap,  Enos,  54. 

Hannah,  (Barker,)   54. 
Thomas,  2fo,  341. 

.    a.i.   ,    ,.-.;.    .  ^.   tl22. 

Ebenezer,  306. 
Elenor,  229. 
Ehsha,  79,  88. 
(Fhng.)  Hannah,  24. 
Isaac,  94. 

James,  *23,  t93.  205. 
John,  122.  164,  228,  305. 
Jonas,  88,  94. 
Jonathan,  161. 

Joseph,  64,  78,  84,  *I75,  322. 
Lois,  84,  175. 
Margaret,  93,  233,  322. 
Pease,  *94. 
Peter,  95. 
Polly,  122. 
Robert,  t229. 
.Samuel,  79,  229,  304,  322. 
Sarah,  122, 155. 
Simeon,  94,  123. 
Solomon,  151,  194. 
.Susanna,  94. 

Thomas,  23,  29,  184,  tl32,   175. 
Uriah,  88. 

William,  23,  155,  255. 
Clary,  Allen,  273. 
Jane,  84. 
Michael,  ti63. 
Robert,  273. 
Cleveland,  Mrs.  Jane,  181,  *i90. 
Joseph,  361. 
Rebeckah,  190. 
CMFFoRn,  Isaac,  224. 
Samuel,   iio. 
William,  58.  fno. 
Ci.lNE,  Christian,  ti23. 
Elizabeth,  123. 
George,  123. 
John,  123. 


Clough,  Abner,  159. 

Daniel,  343,  344. 
Stephen,  205. 

Clouse,  ^ornelius,  t68. 
George,  153. 

Mary,  68. 
Cloutman,  Hezekiah,  t24. 
Cochran,  Agnes,  211. 
John,  t2ll. 
Martha,   125. 
Mary,  125. 
Nathaniel,  310. 

Robert,  2,  1 1 10,  125,   143,  211. 
Ruth,  309. 
.Samuel,  125. 
CODMAN,  Richard,  45. 
Coffin,  Betsey,  280. 
Charles,  256. 
David   Newell,  281. 
Mary,  192. 
Nathaniel,  196. 
Prince,  105,  ti92,  198. 
Zebulon,  fsSo,  281. 
Cogswell,  Adam,  1163. 
COLBURN,  Jonathan,  77. 
Margaret,  197. 
OHver,  ti97- 
Reuben,  87,  136,  248. 
Colby,  Ambros,  *i33. 

(Hoyt.)  Annah,   133, 
Betty,  133. 
Hezekiah,  ti64. 
Joshua,  164. 
Cole,  Catherina,  330. 

Jabesh,  82,  126,  143,  170,  171,  17S, 

182. 
Joseph,  73. 
Sarah,  269. 
CoLLAMoRE,  Deborah,  20. 

Joshua,   83,    88,     loi,    143, 

170,  171,   199. 
Peter,  206. 
Sarah,  20. 
Samuel,  t20. 
Susannah,  20. 
Colman,  Samuel,  148,  204,  254,  256,  259, 

265,  273,  336. 
Conley,  John,  1227. 


Index  of  Names. 


Connors,  James,  294. 

Cony,       1  r^     •  1 

Coney,      [  Daniel,  hi,  220. 

Heartson,  iii,  340. 

Jason,  III. 

Samuel,  ill. 

Susanna,  ill. 
Cook,  Anna,  184. 

Bethiah,  341. 

Cornelius,  341. 

Crowell,  166. 

Elijah,  199,  341. 

Elsie,  341. 

Francis,   170,   230,   255,    275,    305 

341- 
Hannah,  189. 
James,  189,  t34i- 
John,  1 84. 
Joseph,  184. 
Mary,  339. 
Nancy,  341. 
Orchard,  338. 
Thomas,  ti83. 
Winslow  Bradford,  341. 
Zenas,  ti89. 
Cool,  Hannah,  77. 

John  Peter,  \-j']. 
CooLlDGE,  Benjamin,  119. 
Coombs,  Abigail,  161. 
Andrew,  268, 
Ebenezer,  ti6i. 
George  Fields,  183. 
Jacob,  183. 
Jonathan,  203. 
Joseph,  255. 
Joshua,  1183. 
Mary,  204. 
Stephen,  267. 
Cooper,  Boyce,  11,  15. 
James,  93,  10 1. 
Leonard,  194. 
Nicholas,  354. 
Sally,  354. 
COPEI.AND,  Joseph,    148,    170,    171,    194, 
232,  298,  301. 
Moses,  8,  II,   12,    20,    50,  51, 
61,    67,    86,    90,    108,     no, 
III,    119,    129,     132,     143, 


.9 

144,  147.  163,  170,  171,  188, 
189,  193,  212,  224,  226,  230, 
232,  247,  248,  255,  260,  299, 

301,  343.  345.  346. 
CoRBAT,  Elizabeth,  364. 
Coss,  Daniel,  1279. 
John,  279. 
Thomas,  279. 
CosTELOw,  John,  163,  179. 
Couch,  Anna,  163. 

George,  1164. 
CouiLLiARD,  Chatles,  239,  241,    242,    258, 

328. 
CouNCE,  Samuel,  86,   144. 
CousENS,  Samuel,  188. 
Thomas,   1 88. 
CovvAN,  James,  107. 
CowEN,  Ephraim,  91. 
CowiN,  Abisha,  87,  148,  254. 

Isaac,  122. 
Cox,  Ebenezer,  ti75,  176. 
Gershom,  274. 
Hugh,  339. 
Israel,  175,  279. 
John, 1274. 
Katey,  229. 
CoYfc,  Abiah,  87,  93,  ti24. 
Daniel,  124. 
Judith,  124. 
Crabtree,  Agreen,  36. 
Cragin,  Joseph,  79. 

Craig,      "l   , 
Craigue,  I  Anna,  315. 

Delia,  315. 
Elenor,  315. 
Elias,  265, 
Elisha,  274. 
Enoch,  20 1. 
Freeman,  315. 
George,  316. 
Hannah,  141, 
James,  *3i5,  316. 
John,  316. 
Margaret,  316. 
Mary.  315, 
Orison,  315. 
Peter,  315. 
Sally,  316. 


10 


Index  of  Names. 


Thomas,  315,  316, 
William,  315,  316. 
Crane,  Rufus,  232,  298. 

Samuel,  144. 
Crawford,  Archibald,  148. 
James,  86,  161. 
John,  34. 

Joseph  Brewer,  86. 
Margaret,  86. 
Mary,  86. 
William,  *86. 
Crkamer,  Edward,  272. 
Creighton,  James,  iii. 
Jane,  in. 
Lucretia,  ill. 
Samuel,    7,    34,  40,    51, 
80,  86,  fill. 

Mary,  318, 
Meriliah,  140. 
Crooker,  Hannah,  262. 

Isaiah,  20,  25,  28,  50,  64, 

137,  140,  1262. 
John,  52. 
Paul,  343. 
Zacheus,  262. 
Crocket,  Elioenai,  222. 
John,  t«oi. 
Jonathan,  loi. 
Nathaniel,   loi. 
Crosby,  Hannah,  67. 
Joanna,  67. 
Joel,  *67. 
John,  161. 
Jonah,  79. 
Josiah,  337. 
Rebeckah,  67. 
Robert,  183,  184. 
Ruth    R.,  67. 
Susannah,  126. 
Cross,  Joshua,  227. 
Grossman,  Jesse,  t'38. 
Sarah,  138. 
Croweli,,  Abner,  177. 
Ezekiel,  339. 
Jabez,  *i76. 
Joseph,  t339- 


67, 


77, 


Josiah,  274. 
Levi,  339. 
Thankful,  176. 
Zadock,  339. 
CUMMiNC.s,    )  Asa,  1251. 
Comings,       j  Eleanor,  251. 
John,  195. 
Samuel,  251. 
Cunningham,  Alexander,  289. 
Daniel,  249,  292. 
Hannah,  344. 
James,  7. 

John,  2,  6,   II,   12,  24,  29. 
Sarah,  7,  29. 
Thomas,  228,  229,  274. 
William,     no,     124,     136, 
183,  207,  275,    t344- 
CURRIEK,  James,  251. 
Curtis,  David,  i. 

James,  226. 
John,  18. 
Lot,  ti62. 
Seth,  274. 
Thomas,  130. 
William,  52. 
CusHiNG,  Benjamin,  340,  343,  344. 

Charles,  4,  11,  16,  17,  19,  20,  25, 

34,  3^,  39.  4^,  49,  5°.    67, 
87. 
Christopher,  220,  221,  260,  265, 

341- 
Ezekiel,  205. 
Frances,  186,  188. 
Francis,  205. 
John,  Jr.,  54. 
Martin,  341. 
Roland,  87,  1 1 80. 
William,  36,  55. 
CusHMAN,  James,  345. 

Kenelam,  305. 
Robert,  157,356. 
CurrER,  Ammi  Ruhama,  99. 

Ezekiel,  292,  309,  335. 
Daggett,  Jesse,  180. 

John,  180,  275. 
Daisy,  Jeremiah,  363. 
Dalheim,  George,  39. 
Dalton,  Jeremiah,  228,  364. 


Index  OF  Names. 


11 


Danford,  Enoch,  121. 
Danforth,  Joshua,  254. 
Darling,  Jonathan,  166. 
Davenport,  Betsey,  260. 

Ebenezer,  227. 
Davidson,  James,  215,  216,  242. 
Davis,  Daniel,  268,  336,  337. 

David,  340. 

Ebenezer,  32. 

Edward,  234,  256,  33S. 

Ephraim,  205. 

Hannah,  226. 

Hope,  300,  301. 

Israel,  50,  51,  52,  65,  143. 

Jacob,  ti30- 

Jesse,  t226. 

John,  83,  135. 

Jonathan,  95,  227,  t270. 

Joseph,  tl43- 

Joshua,  226. 

Mark,  143. 

Mary,  143. 

Moses,  47,  136,  143,  145,  183, 
227,  230,  277,  288,  305, 

347- 
Nancy,  357. 
Nathaniel,  175. 
Rachel,  227. 
Rebecca,  227. 
Robert,  301. 
Samuel,  t47,  130. 
Zachary,  1205. 
Daws,     | 

Dawes,    Hohn,  63,  88,  loi,  iii,  338. 
Dawse,  j 

Mary,  89. 
Day,  Bethany,  273. 
Benjamin,  340. 
Daniel,  *l'j. 
Jacob,  t273. 
Job,  277,  288. 
Marthue,  103. 
Mary,  17. 
Samuel,  fSS^- 
Sarah,  17,  29. 
Dearborn,  Henry,  147. 

Dearing,      "I  t  u     u         ^  ^ 
Deering,      jJohn  Bray,  342. 

Decker,  Anna,  70,  107. 


205, 
342. 


John,  Jr.,  53,  ti07. 
Joseph,  t53,  no,  205, 1230. 
Rachel,  69. 
Sarah,  230. 
Spencer,  207. 
William,  155. 
Delano,  Amasa,  69. 
Anna,  69. 
Elienezer,  311. 
Elizabeth,  196. 
Hopestill,  97. 
Rachel,  t229, 
Seth,  229. 
Thomas,  Jr.,  196. 
Demorse,  Charles,  249. 

John,  130,  162,  189. 
John,  Jr.,  143. 
Samuel,  ti62. 
Demuth,  George,  45,  82,  143,  270. 
Denham,  Catharine,  342. 
Thomas,  t342. 
William,  256,  342. 
Dennis,  Amos,  277. 

David,  227,  228,  350. 
Denny,  Catherin,  56,  57. 
Samuel,  8,  31,  *55. 
(McCobb)  Rachel,  57. 
Devens,  Samuel,  78. 
Dexter,  Mark,  t344- 
Dickey,  David,  219. 
John,  164. 
Dickman,  Thomas,  265. 
DiGBY,  Abigail,  64. 
Dillaway,  John,  108,  344. 

Mary,  108. 
Dillingham,  Joshua,  343. 

Pitt,  354. 
Diman,  Jacob,  141. 
Dingley,  Ezra,  \2jS. 
Nabby,  278. 
DiNSMORE,  Asa,  49,  161. 
Judith,  339. 
Lucinda,  339. 
Prince,  339. 
Samuel,  127. 
Susanna,  256. 
Thomas,  91. 
William,  192,  t339- 


12 


Index  of  Names. 


DOCKENDORFF,  JaCob,  47,  2o6. 

Dodge,  Abigail,  165. 
Abner,  165. 
Abraham,  165. 
Benjamin,  136,    165. 
Ezekiel  Goddard,  212. 
Ezekiel   G.,  238. 
John,  140,  166. 
Jonah,  *i64,  1164. 
Jonah,  Jr.,  165. 
Mehitable,  211,  212. 
Nancy,  336. 
Paul,  144. 
Rachel,  66. 
Reuben,  165,  166. 
Sarah,  164,  165,  166,  182. 
Simon,  165. 
William,  1336. 

Zachariah,  136,  140,  *i82,    183. 
DoK,  Elizabeth,  277. 
John,  277. 
Lemuel,  2^4,  1277- 
Samuel,  277. 
Thomas,  277. 
DOGGETr,  Samuel,  77. 
Dole,  Nathan,  351. 

Nathaniel,  JMS- 
DOLHEIM,  George,  152. 
Donneli.,   Benjamin,  3. 
Elizabeth,  3. 
Nathaniel,  *2,  3,  4. 
Thomas,  3. 
Dow,  Dorothy,  276. 
Dows,  John,  337,  338. 

Perley,  1276. 

Drowne,  David,  37. 

John,  179. 

Lucy,  179. 

Thomas,  64. 

Drummond,   Alexander,  205,  277. 

Ann,  5,  215,  240,  319,  320. 
Elijah,  5,  6,  185,    205,    207, 
215,  216,    224,   275,    278, 
318,  319,  320,  348. 
Hannah,  106. 

James,  6,  47,  176.  227,  304, 
Jane,  6. 
John,  5,  t63- 


Lutitia,  5. 
Margaret,  6. 
Mary,  63. 
Patrick,  *4. 
Rachel,  240. 
Susannah,  4,  6. 
William  Butler,  215. 
Dudley,  Benjamin,  244,  245,  1273- 
Daniel,    249. 
John,  249,  273. 
Micajah,  221. 
Moses,  1227. 
Nathaniel,  249,  250,  319. 
DUMARESQ,  James,  275. 
Dummer,  Nathaniel,  220,  287,  305. 
Dunbar,  Daniel,  247. 

Solomon,  144. 
Dunham,  David,  1275. 
Hannah,  275. 
DuNLAP,  (Eaton),  Jane,  51. 
John,  51. 

(Potter),  Margaret,  51. 
Mary,  51. 
Roliert,  51. 
Samuel,  261,  292. 
DUNLOP,  Jane,  42. 
Dunning,  Andrew,  121. 
James,  ti66. 
Jean,  166. 
DuTTON,  Jonas,  123,  323. 
Samuel,  99,  220. 
DwiNEL,  Aaron,  337. 
Dyek,  Jonathan  84,   175. 
Eames,  Jacob,  164,  197,  260. 
Eastman,  Benjamin,  249. 
Eaton,    Abel,  Jr.,  82. 
Elizabeth,  229. 
George,  89. 
Jacob,  201,  t227. 
Jane, 51. 
Jesse,  t249. 
Joseph,  249. 
Joseph,  Jr.,  249, 
Polly,  250. 
Relief,  250. 
Sarah,  249,  250. 
Theophilus,  133,  163. 
William,  250. 


Index  of  Names. 


13 


Ziba,  342. 
Eddy,  Jonathan,  161. 
Edson,  Calvin,  201. 

Elizabeth,  201. 
EuGLESTON,  Hannah,  277. 

Ilezekiah,  t^??- 
ElCHORN,  Daniel,  236,  237. 
Jacob,  51. 
Margaret  Catharine    Bane,    84, 

167. 
Mathias,  t84. 
Elder,  James,  ti6. 
Ei.i.un",  Anna,  357. 

Daniel,  357,  358. 
Isabella,    357. 
Jenny,  357,  358, 
John,  *3S6. 
Mary,  358. 
Peggy,  357. 
Peter,  357. 
Sabrah,  357. 
Sarah,  17S. 

Simon,  273,  357,  358,  359. 
William,  1178. 
Ellis,  Jonathan,  84,  277,  342. 
Ellison,  Elizabeth,  ti25. 
Elmes,  Betty,  289. 
Elwell,  Jacob,  t82. 
William,  83. 
William,  Jr.,  88. 
Emekson,    Anni,  296. 

Ebenezer,  195,  285,  340. 
Edward,     45,    118,    247,    295, 

296,  297,  347,  348. 
Elizabeth,  247,  *294,  295,  296. 
John,  247,  272,  295,  297,  335. 
Joseph,  295,  296. 
Philip,  185. 
Pratt,  296. 
Rebecca,   296,  340. 
Samuel,  38,  50,  87,    138,    140 

162,  180. 
Sarah,  340. 
Susannah,  296. 
William,  294,  295,  296,  347. 
Emery,  Jonathan,  91,  104,  323. 
Erskine, 

Erskines,    [      Alexander,  64 
Erskin, 


Christopher,  138,  354. 

George,  93,  163,  177,  291. 

John, 290. 

Ninyin,  64. 

Ekving,  John,  234. 

Eveleth,  James,  260. 

Evens,      1      it         v ^ 

y,  '       >      Hannah,  20^. 

Evans,      (  '      -^ 

John,  137,  311. 

Nathaniel,  203. 

Thomas,  172. 

Fairbanks,  Alexander,  264. 

Benjamin,  144,  221. 

Nathaniel,  129,  138,  219,  220, 

246,  251,  336. 

Fairbrother,  Lovel,  18. 

Thomas,  18. 

Fairfield,  Daniel,  Jr.,  ti62. 

Elizabeth,  162. 

Jeremiah,  219. 

John,  7. 

Reuben,  208. 

William,  342. 

Fairservice,  Thomas,  205,  339. 

Fales,  David,  40,  51,  60,  67,  80,  108,  212, 

223,  232,  236,  247,  299,  338,  344. 

Nathaniel,  Jr.,  80. 

Sybel,  222. 

Fall,  Richard,  t20, 

Farley,  Eliyabeth,  361. 

John,  54,  65,  144,  167,   170,  259, 

274>  275,  331,  340.347- 

Farnam,  John,  no. 

Farnham,  Joshua,  97. 

Zebediah,  138. 

Farnsworjh,  Abigail,  119. 

Jonas,  119. 

Robert,  238. 

Sarah,  211. 

William,  90,  118,  119,    145, 

170,  171,  211,  239,  276. 

Farrin,  John,  82. 

Farrow,  Ezekiel,  147,  298. 

Timothy,  255. 

P'arwell,  Bunker,  t336. 

Ebenezer,  254,    278,    336,    340, 

365- 
Mary,  336. 


FOSSET, 

FOSET, 

FOSSAT, 


14  Index  of  Names. 

Fasset,  Ruth,  217. 
Fegan,  Daniel,  346. 
Feilhur,  Daniel,  124. 
Feiltren,  Daniel,  153. 
Fields,  James,  lyy. 

Mary,  179. 
Fillebkown,  Thomas,  265. 
Filler,  Godfrey,  *I26. 
John,  126. 
Regine,  126. 
Fish,  William,  276. 
Fisher,  Jane,  240. 

John,  215,  216,  239,  241,  321. 
Fitch,  Jonas,  i,  15,  16,  17,  20,  34,  75,  144, 

162,  176,  224. 
FlTTS,  Elizabeth,  76,  77. 

Ephraim,  159,  160,  220,  t227. 
Mark,  76. 
Sarah,  277. 
FitzGerali),  Daniel,  15. 

Nicholas,  23. 
Sophia,  330. 
Flag(;,  James,  16,  20,  24,  49. 
Fletchkn,  Amy,  263. 
Fling,  Esther,  361. 
Emiice,  361. 
Hannah,  24. 
John,  361. 
Morris,*36o. 
Samuel,  361. 
Susanna,  361. 
Flint,  Jesse,  54,  340. 

Thomas,  65- 
Flitni-.k,  William,  275. 
Floyd,  Joseph,  tioi. 
Mary,  loi. 
Nathaniel,  99.  195. 
Fly,  Jonathan,  ti83. 

Sarah,  183. 
Focjerty,  Dennis,  298. 
Fogg,  Daniel,  t68. 
FoLGiKk,  Timothy,  198. 
)'"()L1.enshky,  Thomas,  289,  290. 
FoLLLT,  Ahagail,  94. 

Benjamin,  95. 
FooTi:,  Erastus,  344. 

John,  137. 
Ford,  Francis,  61,   175. 


Mary,  156.  *284. 
Robert,  285. 

Samuel,  61,  92,  114,  132,  137,  *  156, 
175. 


Alexamler,  38,  237,  238,  358. 


Henry,     t34,     176,    179,    206, 
227,  234,  237,  238,  277,  280. 

Ruth,   237. 

William,  *237. 
Foster,  Alexander,  220,  221. 
Benjamin,   220. 
Charles,  220. 
David,  144,   221. 
Dorothy,   220. 
Eliphalet,  ti30,  ti44. 
Filena,  264. 
Hatherly,     64,    124,    140,    ti64, 

t220. 

Hatherly,  Jr.,  220. 

Jane,  258,  261. 

John,  220. 

Joseph,  53,  195,  258,  261. 

Martha,  220. 

Mary,  164. 

Nathan,  343. 

Nathaniel,  t220. 

Rebeckah,  252. 

Sihella,  221. 

Steal,  251. 

Stephen,  ti76,   221. 

Stewart,  221. 

Thomas,  220. 

Timothy,    129,    130,    138,    ti76, 

t22I. 

William,  ti38,  220. 
Fought,  Anthony,  174. 
Frederick,    174. 
Hannah,  174. 
Jacob,  174. 
Marget,  174. 
Philip,  90,  *I73. 
Rachel,  174. 
Fountain,  Barney,  120. 

Elizabeth,  120. 
Jacob,  120. 
Rachel,  120. 


Index  of  Names. 


15 


FowLE,  Joshua,  146. 
FoWLES,  William,  343. 
FoWLEK,  John,  151,  252. 

Simeon,  126. 
FoYE,  John  Sutton,  264,   276. 

William,  224. 
Franxkkort,  Christian,  38. 
Freeman,  Edmund,  337. 
Frees,  George,  133. 

Isaac,  129. 
French,  Josiah,  138,  139,  140,  144,  221. 
Friend,  Benjamin,  163. 
Fuller,  Edward,  130,  275,  278. 
Enoch,  200. 
Francis,  137. 
Jonathan,  54,  95. 
Rachel,  262. 
WiUiam,  52. 
Zenas,  273. 
FuLLERTON.  Ebenezer,  89. 

John,  ti40,  1171- 
James,  118,  137,  336. 
William,  13. 
FULLINGTON,  James,  114. 

Martha,  113. 
Fulton,  James,  73,  75,  82,  121,  142,  210, 
211,  221,  234,  259,  261. 
Jenny,  84. 
John,  73,  75,  82,    84,    107,    160, 

210,  221,  255,  261,  349. 
John,  Jr.,  84,  t277. 
Robert,  t84. 
Sarah,  84,  277. 
FURNALD,  John,  ti44. 
Gahan,  Bersheba,  193. 
Gamble,  Archibald,  ti  10. 
Gardiner,  Benjamin,  84. 
jethro,  208. 
John,  161,  t234. 
John  Silvester  John,  234. 
William,  61,  161,  ti6i,  234. 
Gardner,  Abdial,  105. 

Benjamin,   *I05. 
Benjamin,  Jr.,   105. 
Daniel,  105,  t275. 
Hannah,  105. 
Isaiah,  275. 
Mary,  105,  194. 


Parthena,  105. 

Peleg,  ti94. 

Rebeckah,  105. 

Richard,  105. 

Ruth,  105,  194,  275. 

Sabrina,  105. 

Wells,  295. 
Gatchel,  John,   173. 

Nehemiah,  90,  162. 
Gaubert,  Nicholas,  160,  223. 
G.ay,  Eleazer,  188,  189,  199,  205. 
Jonah,  t88. 
Seth,  147. 

Wellington,  88,  189,  206,  341. 
Gerrish,  Charles,  82. 

Joanna,  192. 

Thomas,  ti92. 

Getchel,     |^^bigail,2i8. 
Getchell,  J        * 

Anstrus,  218,  219. 

David,  218,  219. 

Dennis,  162,  *2i8,  219. 

Dennis,  Jr.,  218. 

Edmund,  218. 

Elihu,  192,    198,    218,    229, 

256,  294,  339,  348. 

Fanny,  218,  219. 

John,  274,  *35o. 

John,  Jr.,  326. 

Keziah,  326. 

Lydiah,  218,  219. 

Margaret,  218,  219. 

Mary,  218,  219,  350,  351. 

Nehemiah,  141,  161,  218. 

Remington,  219. 

Wilham,  219. 

Gevin,  Jenny,  237. 

Geyer,  Rudolph  Frederick,  38. 

GiBBS,  Elisha,  249. 

Gilbert,  George,  348. 

Gillchrist,  Elizabeth,  298. 

George,  t298. 

Samuel,  8,  11,  ^;i,  298. 

Gillingham,  John,  ti85. 

GiLMAN,  John,  273. 

Peter,  130. 

Samuel,  284. 

Samuel  Stevens,  273. 


:16 


Index  of  Names. 


('■ii.MORK,    David,  36,    114,118,157,    197, 
199,  220,  239,  255,    277,    336, 

356. 
David,  Jr.,  54,  92. 
Rufus,  248,  253,  345. 
GiNN,  James,  129,  161. 

Given,      1 

GiVEEN,     j-xVgnes,  274. 

GOVAN,       j 

David,  2,  24,  82,  274. 
James,  259. 
John,  t274. 
John,  Jr.,  t259. 
Mary,  168. 

Robert,  80,  179,  238,  279,  280. 
Sarah,  274. 
Gleason,  Abigail,  64. 
Gliuden,  Benjamin,  145. 
John,  292. 
Tobias,  15,  16. 
Goddard,  Josiah,  289,  324. 
GoLDKR,  WilHam,  275. 
GoLUTHWAiT,  Thomas,  60. 
GooCH,  Benjamin,  ti40. 
Goodwin,  Benjamin,  114. 
Daniel,  ti9. 
George,  348. 
Jacob,  279. 
John,  fSj. 
Lazarus,    164,    167,     192,     196, 

197. 
OHve,  35. 
Prudence,  35. 
.     Samuel,  25,  34,  39,  47,  48,    64, 
65,  87,  91,  145,  221,  248,  366. 
Samuel,  Jr.,  19,  25,  38,    48,   52, 
53>  67,    68,    107,    121,    221, 
223,  251,336,  t348. 
Samuel  Twycross,  1 96. 
Stephen,  t274. 
GoOLD,  Hannah,  21. 
Joseph,  21. 
Gordon,  John  Jr.,  230. 
Gore,  Jeremiah,  40. 
Mary,  40. 
Robert,  229. 
Gov'D,  Daniel,  *49. 

(Clancey)  Elizabeth,  49. 


George,  39,  50. 
f  James,  162,  223,  294. 
t  Jaque, 
Nancy,  315. 

(Carney)  Susannah,  50. 
GuuDV,  Amos,  ti9,  144,  206. 
Betty,  19. 
Mercy,  19. 
Gould,  Anstis,  81. 

Hannah,  *8l,  82. 
Joseph,  *20,  81,  83. 
Mary,  8i. 
Mercy,  81. 
Moriah,  183,  184. 
Moses,  81,  *83. 
Robert,   17. 
Stephen,  81. 
GoVAN,  Alexander,  279. 
(See  Given.) 

Betsey,  279. 
Hannah,  279. 
Jane,  279,  280. 
Jenny,  279. 
Robert,  t279- 
Sally,  279. 
Gove,  Asa,  124. 

Ebenezer,  143,  224,  230,  1275. 
Mary,  275. 
Nathan,  47. 
Solomon,  1 10,  136. 
William,  347. 
GuWKLi.,  Charles,  27S. 

William,  307. 

CJoWKK,  l\ol)ert,  45. 

Grafkam.  Jacob,  301. 

John,  ti47- 

l.ydia,  147. 

Bragc;,  Barnal)as,  212, 

Katherine,  *2li.  212. 
Mary,  212. 
Mehitable,  211. 
Samuel,  67,  ti45- 
Sarah,  145,  211. 
William,  211. 
Grant,  Andrew,  126. 
Betsey,  356. 
Catharine,   18. 
Elijah,  199. 


Index  of  Names. 


17 


Elisha,  126,  161. 

James,  fiS. 

Samuel,  161,  162,    173,    219, 

Graves,  Calvin,  137. 

Jacob,  277,  278. 
Joseph,  23,  221,  234. 
Mary,  278. 

Samuel,  23,  121,  1278. 
Gray,  Abihail,  77. 

Alexander,  63,  t77- 
Andrew,  183. 
Benjamin,  104. 
Ebenezer,  58,  t92. 
Ebenezer,  Jr.,  92,  93. 
Elizabeth,  92. 
George,  t7,   I7- 
Jemima,  92,  93. 
John,  114,  227,  228. 
Levi,  92. 
Margaret,  300. 
Mary,  92,  102,  103. 
Reuben,  92,  93. 
Thomas,  92. 
William,  228. 
Gkeeley,  Jonathan,  297. 
Joseph,  203. 
Joseph,  Jr.,  244. 
Moses,  t48. 
Seth,  24. 
Susanna,  203. 

Green,  Jonas,  273. 
Greenleaf,    Ebenezer,  fiS-  'o^- 

Mary,  108. 

Samuel,  207. 

Greenough,  Robert,  289,  342. 
Gregory,  Wilham,  221,  232,  343. 
Griffin,  Robert,  86. 
Gross,  Anna  Catharina,  102. 
John,  lOi. 

Mari  Elizabeth,  102,  103. 
Peter,  102,  153. 
Grover,  Ebenezer,  178. 

Mehitable,  1224. 
Groves,  Alice,  136. 

Annarh,  136,  146. 
Hannah,  136,  146. 
John,  *I35,  136,  146. 


537- 


Joseph,  169.  » 

Mary,  135,  136. 
Rebecca,  136. 
Samuel,  136,  211,  272. 
William,  136,  *I45,  290. 
Guild,  Joseph,  204,  207. 

GULI.EFER,     "I        „,, 
GUILLIVEK,    }        ^h"'"^^'    '72- 

GusTiN,  David,  f2^. 
Haines,  John,  2S7. 

Haley,     "I     t  u 
Hayley,  I   J"'^"'  '92. 

Joseph,  340,  t346. 
Martin,  ti92. 
Mary,  346. 
William,  221. 
Hall,  Abigail,  98. 
Abijah,  129. 
Elizabeth,  129. 
James,  227. 
Jeremiah,  98,  124. 
John,  273,  292. 
Jonathan,  98. 
Josiah,  98. 
Lemuel,  1292. 
Mary,  129,  292,  328. 
Nathan,  ti29. 
Oliver,   124. 
Preserved,  *97. 

Reuben,  20,  86,  no,  iii,  143,  144. 
Samuel,    124. 
Seth,  298. 
Timothy,  98. 
Hallowell,  Briggs,  105,  ti66. 
Eunice,  166. 
Robert,  234. 
Haly,  Pelathiah,   82. 
Ham,  Benjamin,  19,  137,  229,  260,  337. 

Tobias,   19. 
Hamilton,  Gabriel,  77, 
John,  254. 
Hammatt,  Joseph,  147. 

William,  197. 
Hammon,  Seth,  126. 
Hammond,  Anne,  260. 

Frederick,  260. 
Jedediah,  t255. 
Hancock,  David,  tS8,  94. 


18 


Index  of  Names. 


Susanna,  88,  94. 
Handlky,  Roger,  294. 
Hankerson,  John,  19. 
Hanson,  Robert,  255,  331. 
Harding,  Isaac,  21. 
Josiah,  21. 
IIakkoru,  Joseph,  34,  75. 
Harnoen,  Mary,  36. 

Richanl,  220,  341. 
Samuel,  18,  32,   t36,    54,    132, 
ti75,  197,  220,  260. 
Harris,   Abner,  268. 

Harlovve,  264. 
Lois,  264. 
Obadiah,  264. 
Samuel,  75. 
Hart,  William,  207. 
Harvvard,  George,  ti78. 
Thomas,  178. 
Hasey,  Benjamin,  337. 

Ebenezer,  ]r.,   97. 
Haskell,  Ignatius,  162,   195. 

Mark,  133. 
Hastings,  Abigail,  203. 
Hannah,  203. 
Mary,  203. 

Matthew,  17  fiS,    29,    72.    78, 
84,  138,  174,  175.  176,  *202, 
204. 
Mercy,  203. 
Moses,  78,  203,  204. 
Moses,  Jr..  204. 
Rebecca,  203. 
Sarah,  203. 
Susanna,  203. 
Hatch,  Elisha,  340. 

Phillips,  277,  280. 
Silvan  us,  208. 
Hathaway,  John,  t343- 
HatiDRN,  .Mexander,  lOI,  140,  270. 
Jane,  271. 
Jean,  271. 

John,  61,  157,  175.205. 
Nathaniel,  164. 
Samuel,   loi. 

Seth,  132,  157,  164,  192,  285. 
Silas,  ti29,  ti6i,  166,  347. 
William,  270. 


Haupt,  John,  182. 
Polly,  238. 
Hawes,  Matthias,  207. 

Moses,  193,  204,  207,  248,  345. 
Thomas,  177. 
Hawks,  Jonathan,  264. 
Hay,  John,   114. 
Hayden,  Charles,  276. 
Joseph,  141. 

Josiah,  200,  204,  274,  337. 
Hayes,  John,  183. 

William,  192. 
Haynes,  David,  248,  249. 

Ebenezer,  80. 
Heabner,  George,  202. 
Head,  James  Waller,  260,  338. 
Headuean.  George,  251. 
Heai.d,  Elizabeth,   141. 
Josiah,  142. 
Peter,  ti78. 
Timothy,  79,  1141. 
Healy,  Aaron,  78,  84. 
Hearsey,  Betty,  205. 

Solomon,  108. 
Heath,  Jonathan,  249,  352. 
Hebner,  Geoige,  201. 
HEDDrAN,  George,  94. 
Hedge,  Isaac,  305. 
Heibner,  George,  153. 
Hembly,  (Hanbery)  Christopher,  f-. 
Hemmknway,  Daniel,  129. 

Mary,  129. 
Henderson,  Dunbar,  188,  199. 
Robert,  188,  346. 
Thomas,  162. 
Hendley,  Henry,  20. 

William,  20. 
Henry,  James,  121,  tM^- 
Henshaw,  Joseph,  38. 
Herrick,  Ebenezer,  163. 
John,  235,  268. 
Herrin,  Charlotte,  261. 

Daniel,  III,  1 62. 
John,  261. 
Betsey,  108, 
Jacob,  t39- 
Solomon,  1205. 

Hewes,    1  ,.,.,       ^. 
,,  '     >  I'.hhu,  126. 

Hues,        i 


Index  of  Names. 


19 


Elizabeth,  336. 

John,    275,     309,    335,    338. 
John,  Jr.,  t336. 
Hewet,  Deborah,  lOi. 
Solomon,  fioi- 
Waterman,  347. 
William,  230. 
Hewey,  James,  259. 
IlEY.'iRD,  Zimri,  141. 
Heywooi),  Jane,  337. 

Peter,  no,  151. 
Peter,  Jr.,  151,  194. 
Samuel,  337. 
William,  366. 
Zimri,  68,  202,  t337- 
HiBBERT,  Joseph,  160. 
HlOGlNS,  Abigail,  266. 

Benjamin,  183,  265. 
Isaiah,  266. 
Jeremiah,  266. 
Mary,  265,  266. 
Philip,  21,  81,  83,  *265,  266. 
Reuben,  265,  266,  267. 
Ruth,  265, 
Sarah,  266. 
Simeon,  266. 
Thankful,  266. 
High,  George,  t52. 
Hn.i.,  Charles,  82. 
Japhet,  52. 
Mark  L.,  258. 

Mark  Langdon,  186,  187,  258,  273, 
278,    318,    321,    328,    336,     341, 
344.  347.  348,  368. 
Samuel,  204. 
Thomas,  121. 
Tol)ias,  27. 
Hilt,  John,  230. 
Mary,  153. 
Peter,  68,  ti53- 
Hilton,  Elizabeth,  360. 
Hepsebah,  69. 

James,  ti2,  177,  190,  *359,    360, 
Jane,  360. 

John,  t65,  228,  360. 
Joseph,  163,  360. 
Joshua,  191,  309,  360. 
Katherine,  326. 


Lydia,  360. 
Margaret,  360. 
Moses,  63,  77,  311,  327.  341- 
Nancy,  360. 
Rebecca,  65. 
Samuel.  Jr.,  348. 
Sarah,  262,  326,  360. 
Susan,  360. 
William,  69,  360. 
Hinkley,  Aaron,  4,  19,  36,  53,  94. 
Edmund,  34. 
Hannah,  26,  118. 
Isaac,  226. 
James,  19,  123,    196. 
John,  79,  tii8. 
Josiah,  275,  347. 
Samuel,  t34,    118. 
Sarah,  34. 
Seth,  227. 
Thomas,  88.  123. 
HiSCOCK,  Richard,  332,  340. 
Hitchcock,  Richard,  190. 
HoBBS,  George,  323. 
Hobby,  Remington,  162,  173,  185,  219. 

Wensly,  140. 
HoDGDON,  Thomas,  50,  51. 
Hodge,  Hannah,  169,  170. 

Henry,  38,  92,  169,  170,  290,  291, 

309,  1338. 
James,  25,  137,  264,  276,  338,  339. 
Jane,  144,  169,   170. 
Jenny,  170. 

John,  t90,  144,  33^,  339- 
Margaret,  170. 
Mary,  90,  143,  144,  170. 
Polly,  170. 
Robert,  2,  7,  1 1,  12,  60,    66,    no, 

130,  *i69,  170. 
Sally,  169,  170. 
Samuel,  t38. 
Sarah,  169,  170,  338. 
William,  ti43,  144,  169,  339. 
HoDGKiNS,  Mary,  64. 

IMoses,  19,  25,  28,  63. 
Hoettenheim,  John,  45. 
HOFSES,  Andrew,  346. 
Anthony,  346. 
Barbary,  346. 


20 


Index  of  Names. 


Elizabeth,  346. 
George,  346. 
Godfrey,  t346. 
Margaret,  346. 
Mary,  346. 
Mathias,  29. 
William,  346. 
HOLBROOK,  Ahifzer,  21,  82,  83. 
Ezekiel,  303. 
Richard,  49,  63. 
Sarah, 49,  266. 
HoLDEN,  Asa,  122. 
Holland,  John,  66. 
Hdlly,  John,  340. 
Holmes,  Hugh,  2,  11. 
Holt,  Jedediah,  164,  166. 
HOLTEN,  John,  lOI. 
John,  118. 
Honeywell.- James,  2S8. 
Hood,  Abner,  288,  297. 

Robert,  no. 
HooPEK,  John,  162,  195. 
Hopkins,  Agnes,  2. 

Christopher,  140,  144,   167. 
David,  2,  11,60,  82,  90,  145. 
Isaac,  347. 
Jane,  2. 
Jennet,  2. 
Martha,  2. 
Mary,  2. 
Mary,  Jr.,  2. 
Peter,  87,93,  130. 
Ruth,  113. 
Solomon,  ^2. 
William,  2. 
Hot,  Susannah,  349. 
HoUDLETTE,  Louis,  [Lewis,]  97,  162,221, 

263,  294. 
HoUKD,  Mary,  96. 
HoVEy,  Ebenezer,  50. 

Ebenezer,  Jr.  tl48. 
John,  284,  319. 
Samuel,  148. 
Jonathan,  144. 
Howard,  Abigail,  129. 

Howe,  }^'=*'^''°'''^^''^7,  »49,  152. 

Caleb,  39. 
Isabella,  1^58. 


James,  41,  77,  in,    *I57,    158- 
John,  157,  1254. 
Joshua  Jr.,  129,  276. 
Margaret,  157,  158. 
Samuel,  157,  158,242,  259. 
Squire,'  109. 
Susannah,  157,  158. 
William,  72,  78,  107,   122,    157, 
158,     167,    200,    203,    256, 
259,  260,  278,  336. 
William,  Jr.,  158. 
Howland,  Abigail,'344. 

Benjamin,  t75,  tio8. 
Michael,  t344. 
Zebulon,  loi,  144. 
HoYT,  Annah,  133. 

Elizabeth,  195. 
Philip,  160,  161,   169. 
Philip  G.,  ti95. 

Hkbbaro,  John,  137,  311,  314. 

Huff, Thankful,  266.?;^._^-^\;^5       '"  \ 

Hues,       "j 

Hughes,    l  James,   154. 

Huse,       j 

John,  107,  108,  155.      J 
HUMPHUEY,  Richard,  1130- 
Samuel,  130. 
William,  130. 
Joseph,  140. 
Sarah,  140. 
Thomas,  19,  ti40. 
HUNNEWELL,  Israel,  326. 
Lydia,  341. 
Molly,  326. 
Richard,  Jr.,  128. 
Hunt,  David,  343. 

John,  124,  181. 
Mary,  181. 
Stuart,  163,   177. 
Hunter,  Adam,  t73. 
Ann,  75. 
Arthur,  73,  121,    142,    168,    251, 

339.  342,  346. 
David,  332. 
Elizabeth,  73. 
Henry,    51,    64,    144,    189,    228, 

*33i.  332- 
James,  23,  73,    75,    82,    94,    112, 


Index  of  Names. 


21 


332. 
James,  Jr.,  251. 
Jane,  73. 

John,  73,  +75,  190,  332. 
Margaret,  73,  75. 
Mary,  73. 
Nancy,  331. 
Robert,  73,  94. 
Sarah,  168,  331,  332. 
Susanna,  73. 
Thomas,  332. 
William,  75,  195,  332. 

HUNTOON,  Mary,  361 
HUPPER,  Nathaniel,  121. 

Susanna,  121. 
HURRUP,  Betsey,  230. 

Thomas  Bovvers,  t230. 
HusE,  John,  92,  178,  230,  255. 
HussEY,  Ann,  196. 

Benjamin,  t227. 

Elizabeth,  196. 

Elsa,  228. 

Hannah,  227,  228. 

John,  65,  77,  119. 

Joseph,  228. 

Mary,  196. 

Obed,  *I95,  196. 

Samuel,  196. 

Sarah,  196. 


Huston, 
Hous' 


«^^'       I    Ann,  2. 
roN,     J 


David,  t307. 
Frances,  297. 
James,  2,  50,  66,  224,    234, 

297. 
John,  24,  190,  307,  332. 
Robert,  2,  332. 
WilHam,  \2,  124,  332. 

HUTCHINS,  Hollis,  138. 

Joseph,  137,  ti38,  273. 
Solomon,  t342- 
Hutchinson,  Edward,  213. 
Elizabeth,   113. 
Hannah,  113,  125. 
James,  ti38. 
Martha,  113. 
Mary,  113. 


Ruth,  113. 
Samuel,  *II3,  114. 
Sarah,' 1 1 3. 
Susannah,  113. 
HUTE,  Rosanna,  299. 
HVEU,  Cornelius,    200. 
Ingeksoll,  Benjamin,  45. 
Ingraham,  Beriah,  148. 

Catharine,  75. 
Jeremiah,  279. 
John,  t75. 
Jack,  Margaret,  261. 

Robert,    261. 
Jackson,  Benjamin,  275. 
Charles,  162. 
David,  197,  t220. 
James,  t275. 
Joseph,  350. 
Samuel,  275. 
Rebeckah,  220,  275. 
William,  t275- 
Jacobs,  Samuel,  249,  343. 

JACQUINS,     1  Christopher,   i,  ii,97.    275. 
Jackins,        V  l_ 

Jakins,         j 

James  Frederick,  fl- 
Margaret,  i. 
James,  Anne,  85. 
Frances,  85. 
Patrick,  85. 
Sarah,  86. 

William,  51,  *84,  85,  86. 
Jameson,  Alexander,  83. 

Boyes  Cooper,  1229. 

Brice,   32. 

Dorcas,  210. 

Eleanor,  210. 

George,  32. 

Hannah,  210. 

Isaac,  t346. 

Jane,  32. 

Jenny,  210. 

Jeremiah,  346. 

John,  210,  261. 

Joseph,  32. 

Martin,  32. 

Mary,  32,  210. 

Paul,  32,  33,  88,  loi,   130,    189, 


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Index  of  Names. 


199,  206,  t26o,  341,  346. 
Peggy,  210. 
Polly,  210. 
Rachel,  32. 
Robert,  130,  206. 
Sally,  210,  260. 
Samuel,  *32,  107,  *209,  210. 
Sarah,  32. 
Susannah,  210. 
William,  189. 
Jaques,  Benjamin,  no,  141,  249,306. 
Jkllison,  Hannah,  162. 
Job,  166. 

Nathaniel,     124,     ti62,     ti66, 
ti85,  306. 
Jenks,  David,  338. 
Jennison,  Mary,  t224. 
Samuel,  223. 
Jewell,  James,  64. 

Susanna,  64. 
Jewett,  David,  *I38,  139. 
Elizabeth,  +227. 
Eunice,  139. 
James,  227,  273,  343. 
Jedediah,  147. 
John  Winthrop,  139. 
Moses,  344. 
Nathan,  88,  153. 
Phebe,  139. 
Sarah,  139. 
Stephen,  229,  255. 
Johnson,  Bathsheba,  245. 
Dinah,  243. 
Dorothy,  310. 
Elisha,  245. 
Elizabeth,  243,  244. 
John,  68,  121,  140,  196. 
Joseph,    ^242,    243,   244,    245, 

246. 
Joshua,  243,  244,  245,  246. 
Levi,  245. 
Mary,  245. 
Nathan,  162,  195. 
Johnston,  Abigail,  302. 
Sarah,  262. 

rhomas,  47,  loi,  147,  163, 
191,  206,  234,  255,  261, 
262,  303,  322,  332,  360. 


William,  322. 
Jones,  Apollos,  192. 
Avis,   192. 
Benjamin,  144. 
Edward,  253. 
Eunice,  265. 
Hannah,  74. 
Israel,  339. 
Jabez,  75. 
James,  228. 

John,  265,  273,  316,329,  336. 
Jonas,  *73. 
Jonathan,  65,  144. 
Joseph,  192.  * 

Lydia,  74. 
Meribah  Allen,   192. 
Nathan,   12S. 
Pamelia,  192. 
Paul,  ti92. 
Peter,  t265. 
Phineas,  100. 
Richard,  178. 
Rosanna,  192. 
Stephen,  68. 
William,  50,  190,  303. 
Winzer,  206. 
Jordan,  Hannah,  255. 
Israel,  t255. 
James,    195. 
John,  255. 
Susanna,  255. 
Jose,  Abigail,  314, 
Joyce,  Elizabeth,  120. 
Isaac,  120. 
Jonathan,  120. 
Margaret,  120. 
Rachel,  *I20,  121. 
Seth,  120. 
JUDKINS,  Samuel,  311. 
Kalek,  Anna  Mariah,  253. 
Catherina,  253. 
Charles,  152,  253,  260. 
Doredeah,  253. 
Elizabeth,  253. 
Eva,  253, 
Henry,  *253,  254. 
Jacob,  253. 
Margaret,  253. 


Index  of  Names. 


23 


Mary  Catharina,  253. 
William,  tio5. 
Keen,  Abel,  273. 
Elisha,  235. 
Jacob,  235. 
Keith,  Josiah,  338. 
Kelley,  Alexander,  7. 

Benjamin,  272,  342. 
Ebenezer,  56. 
Findley,  fy. 
Joseph,  203. 
Lydia,  285. 
Rebecca,  203. 
Sarah,  203. 
William,  203. 
Kelloch,  Alexand.r,  8,  11,  12,  20. 

Kelsey,  ^ 

Kellsy,    y  Agnes,  206. 

KiLLSA,     j 

Enoch,  347. 

George,  t2o6. 

Hannah,  347. 

James,  *235,  347. 

John,  t347- 

Lois,  222. 

Lydia,  235. 

William,  347. 
Kendall,  Benjamin,  6. 

Jean,  9. 

WilHam,  274,  323. 
Kennedy,  Ann,  271,  334,  364. 

David,  228,  229,  264. 

Henry,  274. 

James,  363. 

Mary,  228. 

Nicholas,  ti36. 

Robert,  95,  ill,  201,  228,  229, 

t255- 
Ruth,  271,334,  364. 
Samuel,  205,    211,  t228,  229, 

274,  275. 
Samuel,  Jr.,  1 10. 
Sarah,  144,  229,  255,  363. 
Thomas,    163,  350,  363,  364. 
Wilham,  170,  t229,  *27i,  *363 
Kenney,  Abijah,  51. 

Elizabeth,  295,  296. 
Esther,  51. 


Kent,  Benjamin,  10, 

John,  45. 
Kesler,  Johannes,   178. 
Keyler,  Henry,  29. 
Kezer,  John,   195. 

Kidder,  Richard,  38,  50,  52,  87,  137,  140, 
161,  162,  163,  180. 
Samuel,  80. 
Kier,  John  Henry,  t25. 
KiLKERT,  Sevilla   Magdalene,  167. 
Kilgore,  Joseph,  337. 
Killeran,  Edward,  67,   189. 
Killpatrick,  Elizabeth,  59. 
Thomas,  *58. 
William,  147. 
Kimball,  Anna,  184. 

Bartholomew,  t339. 
Eleanor,  163. 
Hannah,  184. 
Molly,  184. 
Moses,  *i84. 
Nathaniel,  339. 
Ruth,  184. 
Solomon,  128. 
Timothy,  ti63. 
Kincade,  Samuel,  348,  352. 
Kindel,  Easter,  91. 
KlNC,  Benjamin,  348. 
Ezra,  ti63. 
Prudence,  163. 
Kingsbury,  John,  15,  ti6,  133,  t342. 
Miriam,  342. 
Patience,  i6. 
KiNNASTON,  David,  337,  338,  342. 
Kinsel,  Benjamin,  226. 

John,  236. 
KiRKPATRiCK,  Ann,  147. 
John,  tl47. 
Thomas,  232. 
Kline,  Christopher,  45. 
George,  ti70. 

Knight,       |]3aniel,  87,  *io3,  t338. 
Knights,      J  '    ''        j-     00 

Elizabeth,  103. 

Judeth,  103. 

Marthue,  103. 

Mary,  103. 

Nathaniel,  338. 


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Index  of  Names. 


Patishel,  103,  t347- 
Susanna,  103,  347. 
William,  338. 
Knowi.s,  Mary,  349. 

Richard,  2,  *348,  349. 

Lackey,  Olive,  338. 

William,  t338. 
Ladd,  Joses,  249,  250. 
Laiten,  Ezekiel,  60. 
Hannah,  60. 
Jean,  60,  164. 
John,  60,  ti64. 
Jonathan,  6,  7,  *6o. 
Martha,  60. 
Mary,  60. 
Moses,  60. 
Rebecca,  60. 
Richard,  60. 
Thomas,  ti7. 
Lamb,  James,  323. 
Ruth,  323. 
Lamberd,  Daniel,  151. 
Gideon,  149. 
Joseph,  64,  77,  124,  220. 
Luke,  69. 
Lambert,   Gideon,  130. 
Joseph,  276. 
Paul,  227. 
Silas,  336. 
Lancestek,    Elihu,  92. 

Joseph,  92. 
Lancev,  William,  t72. 
Langdon,  Lydia,  302. 
Larrabee,  Nathaniel,  i,  251. 
Lash,  Jacob,  t82. 
Maiy,  82. 
Paul,  270. 
Leavit,  Israel,  144. 
Lee,  Ann,  257. 

Col. ,  64. 

Elizabeth,  256,  257. 

James,  257. 

John,  187,  256,  257. 

Margaret,  186,  188,  205. 

Rebecca,  257. 

Silas,  170,  289,292,  308,  338,  351. 

William,  278. 

William,  sen'r.,  *256. 


William,  Jr.,   185,  205,  239,  257. 
Leeman,  l^etty,  224. 
Henry,  224. 
Nathaniel,  143,  1224. 
Leighton,  Solomon,  319. 
Leishman,  John,  72,  118,  145,    192,    247, 
33S>     337.     338,    341,   342, 
343,  347,  348. 
Leissner,  Charles,  t38,  247. 

Mary,  38. 
Le  Mekciek,  Peter,  t223. 

Polly,  223. 
Lemont,  Benjamin,  27,  28,  73,  ti37. 
David,  28,  69. 
Elizabeth,  27,  28. 
Hannah,  28. 

James,  20,  27,  28,  64,  73,  82,  83- 
John,  *27,  28. 
Mary,  73. 
Nancy,  28. 
Robert,  28. 
Samuel,  28. 
Sarah,  28,  64. 
Susanna,  73,  137. 
Thomas,  28,  137. 
Lepear,  Andrew,  t95. 

Mary,  95. 
Lermond,  Alexander,  7,   11,    12,    34,   41, 
50,   51,    60,  66,  67,    80,    86, 
108. 
Elizai)eth,282. 
John,  150. 
\\  illiani,  344. 
LeRoys,  Mary,  349. 
Lewis,  Daniel,  271. 
Jabez,  177. 
Jane,  51. 
John,  183. 
Joseph,  51. 
Lavinia,  235. 

William,  46,    108,    144,    l6l,    162, 
163,  179,    206,    223,    274,    294, 

359- 
Yardly  32. 

LlBBEE,     ].  jiatevil,  67,  108,  no,  in,  143. 
LlBBY,         )  >/,,,,     tj 

Jane,  40. 
Joseph,  52,  140. 
Samuel,  68. 


Index  of  Names. 


25 


Bryant,  84,  273,  278. 
James,  t-78. 


LlESON,  Edmund,  45. 
Light,  Elizabeth,  275,  308. 

George,  Jr.,  29,  il$2. 

Henry,  237. 

Peter,  226. 

Robert,  1275.  289. 
Lilly,  George,  11,  50,  140,  162 
Lincoln,  Benjamin,  144. 
Lennan, 

LlNNEN, 
LiNNAN, 

Thomas,  273,  343,  346. 
LiNNEKEN,  Abigail,  302. 

Benjamin,  *30i,  302. 

David,  302. 

Elizabeth,  302. 

Ephraim,  302,  303. 

Lucy,  302. 

Martha,  302. 

Mary,  302,  303. 

Phebe,  302. 

Sarah,  302. 

Susannah,  302. 
Linnet,  Samuel,  339. 
LiNscorr,  Ezekiel,  t234. 

John,  234,  1264. 
LiTHGOW,  Arthur,  278. 

Charlotte,  242. 

James   Noble,  348. 

Mary,  242. 

Sarah,  348. 

William,  105,  1 18,    1278,    313, 
t34S,  368. 

William,  Jr.,  iSo,  241,  242. 

LirrLE,  Alexander,  259. 

Henry,  t45,  90,  360. 
James,  37,  45,  90,    140,    224,    275. 
Joshua,  249. 
Livermore,  Jason,  220. 
Locke,  Abraham,  66. 
Daniel,  t66. 
Longfellow,  David,  140. 
Jonathan,  52. 
Samuel,  45,  277. 
Longley,  Nehemiah,  121. 
Lord,  Nathan,  45. 
LoRiNG,  Laban,  220,  341. 
Levi,  129. 


Perez,  129. 

Prudence,  269. 
Loud,  William,  24,  121. 

Wni.  .Solomon,  130. 
Lo\T':joY,  .Abiel,  11,  17,  24,  25,  34,  36,    72, 
78,  90,  127,  138. 

.'Vbiel,  Jr.,  127,  263. 

Francis,  t263. 

Nathaniel,  127. 

PoUey,   127. 

Sarah,  127. 

Samuel,  248. 
LovEiT,  Israel,  193,  255. 

Robert,  343. 
Low,  Jonathan,  129,   173. 
LowoER,  Jonathan,    128,    129,    160,    161, 

163,  166. 
Lowell,  Abner,  339. 

Jacob,  108. 

James,  336. 

John,   75. 

Joseph,  272. 

Joseph,  Jr.,  324. 
LuDWiG,  Jacob,  29,  82,  84,  102,  152,    202, 
248, 254,  260,    276,   299,    330, 

341,  346. 
Joseph,  152,  237,   254,  331,  346. 
Joseph    Henry,  260. 
LUMBARD,     1  ,.  , 

Lombard,    j'^^mu-WS- 

Lyford,  Elizabeth,  243. 
Joseph,  245. 
Mary,  245. 
Nathaniel,  245. 
Oliver,   244. 
McCaffry,  Ann,  37. 

Frances,  37. 
James,  37. 
Jane,  37. 
John,  37. 
Margaret,  37. 
Mary,  37. 
Morgan,  *36,  37. 
McCarter,  Catharine,  282. 
Elizabeth,  225. 
Jane,  225. 
James,  225,  226. 


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Index  of  Names. 


John,  7,  41,  *224. 

Margaret,  225. 

Martha,  225. 

Mary,  225. 
McCarty,  John,  171. 
McCasi.and,  Hannah,  199. 
McCausland,  Elizabeth,  35. 
McClary,  Michael,  *178. 
McClintuck,  Margaret,   118. 

Robert,  206,  277,   2S0,    297, 

298,  334,  358,  359- 
William,  fn^. 
McClure,  Nancy,  331. 

I'honias,  190,  224. 
McCobb,  Ann,  205,  242. 
Beatrice,  242. 
("Brother,")  S. 
Denny,  239,  240,  241,   242,    277, 

278,  328,  343,  368. 
Elizalieth,  186. 
Frances,  186. 
George,  118. 
Isabel,  186,  188. 
James,  6,  9,  45,  105,    118,   *i85. 
James,  Jr.,  t224. 
Jane,  188. 

Jenny,  186,  187,  188,  242. 
John,  145,  242. 
Margaret,  186. 

Mary,  185,  186,    187,    188,    224. 
Nancy,  186,  188,  242. 
Parker,  241. 
Polly,  186,  187. 

Rachel,  57,  188,  241,  242,  327. 
Sally,  242. 
Samuel,  13,  15,  52,    63,    72,    118, 

186,  *24I-2. 
Thomas,    ti05,    186,     187,     188, 

1205. 
William,  51,  63,  72,  88,  loi,  104, 
III,  115,  135,   140,    192,    272, 
275,  296,  303,  335,    337,    338, 
341,  342,  343,  347. 
McCoRHY,  James,  59. 

Martha,  59. 
Rol)ert,  126. 
McCrate,  Thomas,  309,  356. 
McCuLLucH,  Mr. ,  44. 


McCuRlJY,  Daniel,  +71,  72,  147. 
McDaniel,  Ann,  34. 

James,  1 79. 
McFadden,  Andrew,  321. 

Daniel.  7,  47,  63,  107,  t276. 
Daniel,  Jr.,  107. 
James,  63,  276,  278,  343. 
John,  276. 
Margaret,  276. 
Thomas,  276. 
McFarlanij,  Andrew,  44,  50,  52,  65,  *  114. 
Benjamin,  loi,  104,  135,347. 
Elizabeth,  114,  117. 
Ephraim,  19,  116. 
Jane,  117. 
Juhn,  37,  38,  t63,  115,    116, 

117,  118,  124,  343. 
John  Murray,  116,  337,  338, 

368. 
Joseph,  140,  163. 
Joseph,  Jun.,  140,  206. 
Lydia,  63,  192. 
Margaret,  117. 
Mary,  117. 
Robert,  298. 
Rosanna,  117. 
Sarah,  1 17. 
Susannah,  117. 
Thomas,  ti92. 
McGi.AI'HRY,  Alexander,  38. 
Margaret,  38. 
Roi)ert,  138. 
.Sarah,  38. 
William,  38. 
McGovvN,  John,  11,  39,  163,  179. 
MCGUIUK,  Margaret,  72. 
Patricl<,  72. 
Thomas,  152,  270. 
McHoNANK,  James,  28,  100. 
McIntiuk,  Catharine,  282. 
Henry,  73. 
Jane,  281,  282,  283. 
John,  67,  *28i,  282,  283. 
Joseph,  i,t73. 
Robert,  194,  281. 
Sarah,  73. 

William,  73,  234,  277,  280,  281, 
2S3,  297,  298,  303,  304,  322, 
33».  334,  341- 


Index  of  Names. 


27 


William   S.,  t34i. 
McKechnie,  Alexander,  141. 

Jane,  141. 

John,  77,  116,  ti4i,  307. 

Joseph,  141. 

Lydia,  141. 

(North,)  Mary,  10,  141. 

(Tozer)  Rebecca,  14 1. 

Sarah,  141. 

Thomas,  141. 

William,  141. 
Macker,  Lydia,  262. 
McKei.lar,    John,    192,    226,    230,    345, 

346. 
McKeely,  John,  171. 
McKenNEY,     Alexander,  341. 

Benjamin,  274. 

Betsey,  341. 

Brooks,  321. 

Catharine,  341. 

Charles,   341. 

David,  *325,  326,  327. 

Daniel,  326,  327,  341. 

George,  341. 

Henry,  Jun.,  t228. 

James,  326. 

Jonathan,  326,  327. 

John,  t34i. 

Martha,  326. 

Mathew,  34. 

Sarah,  341. 
McKiBB,  James,  28. 
McKnight,  David,  107. 
McKowN,  John,  89,  169,  170. 
Margaret,  88. 
Nancy,  89. 
Patrick,  *88. 
Robert,  64,  fSo,  89. 
McLanaken,  Ann,  5. 

William,  5. 

Fergus,  12S. 
Hugh,  7,  II,  45,   171. 
James,  345. 
John,  206,  360. 
Lochran,  t45- 
Samuel,  1 28. 


William,  38,  47,  loi,    128,    190, 
191. 

McClelan,      1 

McClelanu,    >    Alexander,  7,  II. 

McLeli.an,      j 

Brice,  194. 
Bryce,  249,  305. 
Elizabeth,  11,  345. 
Isaac,  345. 
James,  7,   11. 
Jean,  348. 
John,  7,  II. 
Joseph,  234. 
Margaret,  7. 
Mary,  7,  11. 
Martha,  7,  n. 
Nancy,  345. 
Nathaniel,  ti48. 
Samuel,  7,   11. 
Sarah,  7. 
Simon,  1345. 
William,  7,  fn- 
McMahop^,  Daniel,  346. 

McMiLLEN,      "1     ,, 

,.    ,.  '       y    Rosanna,    224. 

McMouLLiN,    i  '       ^ 

Sarah,  190. 
McMuRVHY,  John,  273. 
McNear,  John,  7,  II,  12,  16,  38. 
McPhetkes,  Abigail,  208. 

Archibald,  161,  166. 
Betsey,  208,  209. 
James,  209. 
Rachel,  20S,  209. 
William,  t2o8. 
William,  Jr.,  208. 
Mace,  Hannah,  347. 

Thomas,  1347. 
Macy,  Zaccheus,  198. 
Maddin,  Owen.  171. 
Mains,  Abigail,  197. 
Anna,  197. 

Beatrice,  188,  197,    205. 
Elizabeth,  186. 
James,  197. 
James  Cobb,   197. 
Joseph,  ti97. 
Sarah,  197. 
Malcom,  Abraham,   162. 


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Index  of  Names. 


Andrew,  20,  67,  171. 

Andrew,  Jr.,  192. 

Frances,  317. 

Isabel,  317. 

James,  144,  147,  189,  343,    344, 

345.  346. 

John,  tl2. 

Joseph,  82,  *II2. 

Robert,  t346. 

Sarah, 112. 

Susanna,  346. 

William,  7,  82,  125,  195. 
Mallett,  Isaac,  114. 

Jesse,   307. 

John,  t3o6. 

Samuel  Thompson,  337. 
William,  306. 
Mann,  Oliver,  128. 
Manson,  Isabella,  258. 

MAKKINER,  X        j.^th,  265. 

Mariner,         J  -^ 

Marrow,  Samuel,  29. 

Marsh,  Caleb,  220,  341,  346,  347. 

John,  29,  72,  78,  84. 
Marshall,  William,  20,  194. 
Marson, 


Marston, 


Martin,  Charles,  t298. 
John,  Jun.,  38. 
Lucy,  298. 
Mary,  206,  343. 
Richard,  t343. 
Stephen,  344. 
Thomas,  344. 
William,  47,  t2o6. 
Matciiloekk,  Mary,  12. 

Mathias,  tl2. 
Maithews,  Kdmund,  254. 
Klisha,  273. 
James,  176. 


Abner,  i,  17,  130,275,  278. 

Christopher,  t262,    263. 
Elizabeth,  67,  262,  263. 
Elizabeth  Harris,  67. 
George,  67. 
James,  263. 
Samuel,  1275- 
Sarah,  67. 
Stephen,  17,  f6y. 
Susanna,  67. 


John,  loi. 
Mary,  266. 
Maxey,  Amy,  206,  207. 

Benjamin,  t2o6,  207. 
Harvey,  207. 
Joseph,  207,  345. 
Josiah,   207. 
Lydia,  206,  207. 
Sarah,  206,  207. 
Maxwell,  Ceorge,  229,  276,  339. 

James,  178,  256,  276,  339,   348. 

Mayer,     | 

Mayers,    >  Cassimier,  1 1 . 

MlKR,  j 

Catharine,  97. 
Ludowick  Cassemire,  tl04. 
John,   fii- 

Mary  Magdalene,  *97. 
Philip,  II. 
Ulerick,  tii. 
Meaghek,  Richard,  234. 
Mehany,  John,  t84. 
Meigges,  Abigail,  208. 
Ebenezer,  207. 
Hannah,  208. 
Keziah,  208. 
Mary,  207,  208. 
Nathaniel,  *207. 
Nathaniel,  Jr.,  207. 
Rebecah,  208. 
Mellus,  Daniel,  t346. 
Henry,  343. 

^lary,  343- 
Priscilla,  346. 
Meloey,  Hannah,   113. 
Melony,  James,  ti7i. 

Walter,  ti94. 
Melvin,  Mary,  314. 
Merit,   Daniel,  45. 
Merrit,  Mary,  360. 
1 


Mero, 

Mekrow 

Merrill 


Amariah,  207,  248,  345. 

Henjamin,  275. 

John,  23,  51,  82,  84,    112,    119, 
121,  226,  229,  256,  259,    261, 
292,  337.  340,  346,  349- 
Joseph,  t337- 
'I'homas,  228. 
Merry,  Joseph,  136. 
Meservk,  Benjamin,  253. 


Index  of  Names. 


29 


Metcali",  Joseph,  192. 
Samuel,   24S. 
Thomas,   192. 
MiCHEi.L,  Noah,  45. 

James,  4,  6. 
MlEKS,      \  Catharine,    11. 
Mayers,  j  George,  1 1 . 

Molly,  II. 
Miller,  Alexander  N.,  66. 
Annas,  16. 
Ann  Marey,   16. 
Boston,  332. 
Frances,  201. 
Francis,   102. 
Frank,  84. 
Hannah,  65,  66. 
Henry,  fsQ. 
James,  *I5,  66. 
Jane,  66. 
Jeannet,  16. 
John,  16,  34,  66,  84. 
Mary,  16,  66. 
Nancy,  66,  228. 
Robert,  16,  65,  66,  t228. 
Samuel,  66,  303. 
Sarah,  16. 
Thomas,  66,  279. 
William,  2,  13,  165. 
MiLLNER,  Elizabeth,  \i2-j. 
Millet,  David,  345. 
Mink,  Mary  Lissabot,   103. 

Peter,  103. 
Mitchel,  Christopher,  20. 
Jones,   192. 
Josiah,  161,  268,  347, 
Richard,  197,  198. 
Stephen,  100. 
Thomas,  345. 
Moli.oy,  (Hutchinson)  Hannah,   125. 
Hugh,  306. 
John,  *I25. 
Montgomery,  Anna,  12,  62. 
James,  12,  fi^. 
John,  12,    13,    15,    61,    89 

104,  ti45.  t248. 
Lydia,  145. 
Robert,  *I2,  flS- 
Samuel,  12,   61,    224,    337 
338,341- 


Sarah,  12,  13,  15,  *6i. 
Moody,  Amos,  88,  193. 
John,  t88. 
John  Minot,  260. 
Samuel,  22. 
Moore,     ^ 

Moor,        >  Anna,  264. 
Moores,  J 

David,  160,  275. 

Ebenezei,    72,    78,    175,    273, 

274. 
Elizabeth,  249. 
Hannah,  361. 
John,  t28,  142,  164,  183,    228, 

305- 
Levi,  72,  90. 

Nathan,  t72. 
Sally,  264. 
Sarah,  28,  72. 
Thomas,  126,  t264. 
William,  t249- 
Morey,  Ezekiel,  162. 
Morgridge,  Thomas,  248. 
Morrill,  Bathsheba,  245,  246. 
Jcdediah,  45. 
Levi,  246. 
Peter,  [45. 
Morrison,  Jonathan,  130,  194,  298,  *352. 
Moses,  207. 
Rusha,  298,  353. 
Thomas,  t298,  353. 
Thomas  Wallace,  353. 
William  Jackson,  353. 
Morse,  Daniel,  273,  t336. 
David,    73. 
Jonathan,  273,  336. 
Joseph,  345. 
Nathaniel,  328. 
Morton,  Briant,  347. 

Cornelius,  ti04. 
Ebenezer,  206. 
Ebenezer,  Jr.,    199. 
James,  82,  *I27. 
Jean,  128. 
John,  128,  298. 
Joshua,  83. 
Margaret,  128. 
Robert,  128. 
Sarah.  128. 


30 


Index  of  Names. 


William,  128. 
MoTHEKWii.L,  Thomas,   197. 
MoTLKY,  Jane,  ;i^. 
MUKPHY,  Alexander,  tiS4. 

Pet„r,  Jr.,  357. 

Priscilla,  166. 

Thomas,  184. 

Thomas,  Jr.,  ti66. 

Murray,  Anne,  62. 

David,  93,  no,  130. 

Elizal)eth,  7. 

Jolui,43,  52,  62,  72,  88,  89,  III, 

118,  145,  189,  224,  247,  272. 
Robert,  43. 
Robert  Montgomery,  62. 

Mustard,  Abigail,  93. 

Charity,  248,  250,  251. 

Charles,  250. 

David,  t248,  250. 

James,  73,  93,  ti4i,  248,    *250_ 
251. 
John,  *93. 
Joseph,  250. 
Mary,  250. 
William,  248. 

Mylik,  Mary,  364. 
Nardkn,  Zachariah,  ^2$. 
Nash,  Chureh,  fzbi. 

Eve,  261. 

Jane,  261. 

Lydia,  261. 

Margret,  262. 

OHver,  loi,  191,  206.255,261,262. 

Sanmel,  261. 

NasoN,  Abigail,  351. 

Abraham,  288,  324,  326,  327,  341, 

351- 
Anna,  351. 
Nklson,  John,  t256. 
Samuel,  272. 
Nkvers,  Phinehas,  28,  ^\(u. 

Samuell,  28. 
Newbert,  Christopher,    73,  103,   126. 
Elizabeth,  177. 
John,    73. 
Mary,  103. 
Newcomh,  Reuben,  126. 


Nickels,  Alexander,  38,  63,  80,  217,  *332. 
Ebenezer,  340. 
Fanny,  217. 
Hannah,  217,   333. 
James,  t205,  *2i7,  280,  333. 
Jane,  169. 
Jann,   217. 
John,  205,    217,    218,    226,    279, 

333- 
Margaret,  217,  332,  333. 
Ruth,  217. 

.Samuel,  2,  6,  7,    11,   38,   53,   64, 
80,  no,  169,  170,  187,    188, 
205,   211,    228,     229,     259, 
275,  280. 
William,  217,  333,  336. 
Noble,  Arthur,  38,  53,  54,  66. 
Benjamin,  24. 
Francis,  25. 
Jane,  76. 
John,  24. 
Lazarus, +24,  36. 
Tamor,  109. 
Norcrdss,  Ann,  196. 
Joanna,  64. 
Martha,  64. 
Philip,  64,    196. 
N(JRKIS,  Jeremiah,  352. 
North,  Elizabeth,   10. 
Gershom,  274. 
John,  *g,  13. 

Joseph,  10,  53,  87,  121,  122,    136, 
141,    148,    158,    167,    180,    254, 
256,  304. 
Mary,  10. 
William,    10. 
Norton,  Ebenezer,  272. 
Constant,  269. 
Kathariene,  269. 
Peter,  269. 
Sarah,  268,  269. 
Stephen,  *268. 
NoYES,  Jeremiah  W.,  346 
NuTE,  Paul,  272,  324. 
Nutter,  Hannah,  305. 

Valentine,  *305. 
NuTiTNO,  Ebenezer,  90. 
George,   90. 


Index  of  Names. 


31 


Jonathan,  41,  fgo,  226. 

Oliver,  90. 
Nye,  Adino,  16,  17,  19,  24,  25,  t34. 

^lary,  34,  50. 
Oakman,  Joseph,  fyj. 

Samuel,  77,  136. 

Oaks,    "I   . ,    , 
Oak,      ,-■^'^'^1.  151- 

Daniel,    150. 
ElizaUeth,  150. 
John,  150. 
Jonathan,  *I49. 
Jonathan,  Jr.,  150. 
Levi,  150,  151. 
Lois,  150. 
Lucy,  150,  151. 
Lydia,  150. 
Mary,  150. 
Mille,  150,  151. 
Rebecl<ah,  150. 
Sarah,  150. 
Sihbel,  150,   151. 
Solomon,  150,  151. 
William,  151, 
O'Brian,  John,  fiSS. 
O'Dee,  John,  t356. 
Olcoit,  Mary,  281,  282. 
Oi-DHAM,  Peleg,  182,  239,  248,  298. 
Oliver,  Daniel,  *2^. 

David,  118,  367,  368. 
Ephreim,  26. 
(Hinkley,)  Hannah,  26. 
Henry,  26. 
JacolD,  26. 
John,    26. 
Parker,  347. 
Thomas,  26. 
Orbeton,  Jonathan,  132. 
Orr,  EHzalieth,  42. 

John,  13,15,  t224. 
John,  94. 
OsBORN,  Jennet,  144. 

Ephraim,  141. 
Osgood,  Daniel,  164,  166. 
Otis,  Ebenezer,  344. 
Galen,  209. 
Samuel,  29S. 
Ott,  Peter,  230. 


OvERi.oCK,  Henry,  201. 
Owen,  David,  349. 

Gideon,  160,  161,    195,   t234,    349. 
Hugh,  234. 
James,  140. 
Jane,  234. 
John,  234. 
Thomas,  234. 
Packard,    Benjamin,  51. 

Marlboro,  226,  247. 
Micah,  90,  171. 
Paddock,  Barnabas,  105. 
Page,  Aaron,  251. 
Dorcas,  159. 
Dudley,    159. 

Edward  Hall,  159,    160,    164,    260, 
•    262,  265,  277. 
Enoch,  161. 

James,  148,  192,  220,  2S7. 
John,  71,  221. 
Jonas,  122. 
Judith,  159,  160. 
Mercy,   203. 
Nathan,   159. 
(Owen),  159. 
Reul)en,  203. 
Rol)ert,  148,    161,    243,    244,    246, 

269. 
Ruth,   159. 
Simon,    159. 
Solomon,  *I58. 
Paine,  Eunice,  64. 
Isabella,  96. 
John,  147,  237,  360. 
Simeon,  64. 
Thomas,  188. 
Palmer,  Anna,  194. 

Benjamin,  261. 
Daniel,  206. 
Edward,  194. 
Mary,  1 11 . 
Nancy,  1 1 1 . 
Rhoda,  263. 
Samuel,  ti94- 
William,  till. 
William,  Jr.,  339. 
Paris,  Amos,  ti40- 

Margaret,  140. 


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Parker,  Elizabeth,  367,  368. 
Isabel,  186,   188,205. 
James,  339. 

John,  I,  9,  28,  317,  *366. 
Jonathan  R.,  340. 
Jordan,  1 18,  183,  224,  317,    318^ 

328,  342,  366,  367,  368. 
Nathan,   183. 
Nehemiah  A.,   366. 
Obadiah,  68. 
Oliver,  160. 
Peter,  t227. 
Peter,  Jr.,  227. 
Prudence,    227. 
Robert,  166,    183. 
Solomon,    141,     173,     227,   274, 
276. 
Parkman,    I'letty,  193. 
Daniel,  193. 
Gideon,  *193. 
Mary,  193,  194. 
Noah,  193,  194. 
Rhode,  193. 
Parks,  Polly,  345. 
Parun,  Nathan,  183,  184. 
Parsons,  Andrew,  227. 
Elihu,  207. 
John,  t207,  275. 
Lawrence,  in,  171,  345. 
Patty,  207. 
Samuel,  +275. 
Timothy,   219. 
William,  207. 
Paktriuoe,  Elisha,  ti93- 

Elisha,  Jr.,   193. 
Sarah,  193. 
Susanna,  197. 
Thomas,  t38. 
William,   197. 

Patch,  Ephraim,  248. 
P.VITKE,   iJenjamin,    185,     215,    216,    239 
241,  242,  328. 

Benjamin,  Jr.,  57,  58,  84. 

David,  141,  307. 

Elizabeth,  57,   58. 

Ezekicl,  79,  141,  274,  337. 

James,  1307. 

Mary,  141. 


Index  of  Names. 


Sil)yl,  276. 
William,  227,  t276. 
Patten,  Actor,  45.  82,  121,  229,  255,  337, 
346. 
Charles,   107. 
David,  255,  339. 
Hannah,  107. 
James,  107. 
John,  107,    121,    126,    221,    234, 

+255- 
Joseph,  255. 
Margaret,  73. 
Mary,  255. 
Matthew,  107. 
Robert,  73,  107,  255. 
Sarah,  107. 
Thomas,  255. 
William,  tio7. 
William,  Jr.,  107. 
Patierson,  Abigail,  41. 

David,  7,  12,  51. 

David,  Jr.,  fSi- 

Elizabeth,  162,  359. 

James,  *4i,   no. 

James  Howard,  41,  294. 

John,  144,   190. 

Margaret,  41,  157. 

Nancy,  51. 

Peter,  2,  211. 

Samuel,  64,  ti44- 

William,   41,    162,    163,    206, 
224,  234,    339,    342,    t347. 

*359- 
Pavsdn,  David,  255,  292,    303,    309,    338, 

344- 
Edward,  343,  t344- 
Eunice,  344. 
James,  344. 
Pearce,  Ann,  49. 

Elizabeth,  272. 
Ezekiel,  272. 
John,  49. 
Samuel,  t2  72. 
Pearl,  Phebe,  318. 
Pearson,  Amos,  ti30. 

Amos,  Jr.,  130. 
David,  274,  *322. 
Diodanii,  323. 


Index  of  Names. 


33 


Elizabeth.  130. 
Jane,  322. 
Marcy,   130. 
Maria,  130. 
Mariner,  277. 
Melinda,  323. 
Raciiel,  323. 
Thankful,  323. 
Timothy,  283. 
William,  323. 
Pease,  Prince,  206. 
Peaslee,  Anna,   108. 
Daniel,  344. 
Ezekiel,  108. 
James,  259. 
Jonathan,   178. 
Oliver,  108,  249. 
Sarah,  108. 
Peirce,  Jane,   189. 
John,  227. 
Pemkleton,  Jane,  281. 
Pepbles,  Patrick,  247. 
Percy,  Arthur,  *362,  t363. 
Betsy,  363. 
David,  362. 
Febby,     85. 
Francis,  362. 
James,  362,  363. 
John,  362,  363. 
Polly,  363. 
Thomas,  368. 
Perkins,  Ebenezer,  196,  347. 
Eunice,  138. 
John,  156,  285. 
Joseph,  104,  160. 
Mary,  285. 
Nathaniel,  ti38, 
Policy  Hussey,  196. 
Robert,  285. 
Sally,  285. 
Perley,  Nathaniel,  340. 
Perral,  Rachel,  323. 
Prrrin,  Thomas,  t48. 
Perry,  Charles,  349. 
Eli,  187,  188. 
Francis,  t22i. 
Jonathan,  107. 
Martha,  187,  188. 


Sarah,  361. 
Peters,  John,  i66. 
Peterson,  Levi,  339. 
Pettencii.l,  Amy,  263. 
Anna,  263. 
Benjamin,     iii,      158,      259, 

*263,  264. 
Edward,  25,  194. 
Filena,  264. 
Judith,  263. 
Mary,  263. 
Rachel,  264. 
Rhoda,  263. 
Ruble,  264. 
Ziba,  264. 
Philbrick,  Amy,  283,  284. 
Anna,  283,  284. 
Benjamin,  284. 
Bishop,  284. 
Joseph,  1283. 
Mary,  283,  284. 
Philbrook,  Benjamin,  250. 
Ebenezer,  t344. 
John,  343. 
Joshua,  24,  25,  64,  137,    220, 

221,  260. 
Sarah,  344. 
William,  i. 
Philips,  Asa,  141,  172. 
Thomas,  128. 
Pierce,  David,  ti89. 

EHphalet,  t278. 
Jane,  189. 
John,  77. 
Samuel,   278. 
Pike,  William,  336,  356. 
Pinkham,  Amos,  t47- 

Benjamin,  334,  335. 
Betsey,  334,  335. 
Ichabod,  272,  *334,  335. 
Martha,  335. 
Mary,  334. 
Mercy,  334,  335. 
Nathaniel,  334,  335. 
Patty,  334. 
Polly,  334. 
Reuben,  254. 
Sally,  334, 


34 


Index  of  Names. 


Solomon,  343. 
PiTCHKK,  Nathaniel,   145,    182,    239,    248, 
29S. 
Reuben,  fto. 
PiiT,  William,  265. 
Seth,  279. 

T,  '        >  Uaniel,  288. 

Pl.UMMKK,      j 

David,  65,    138. 
David,  Jr.,  130. 
John,  88,  138,  1288,354. 
Samuel,  fSS. 
Pochard,  Peter,  262. 
Poland,  Ezra,  334. 
Jenny,  357. 
Judith,  357. 
POLERKCZKY,  John,  263,  306. 
Pollard,  Moses,  340. 
Poor,  David,  274. 
Jean,  262. 
Richard,  178. 
Porter,  Benjamin  Jones,  255,  339. 
PORTERFIELD,  Patrick,  11,  S3,    34,  59,  86, 

t344- 
Robert,  344. 
William,  344. 
PoTE,  Jeremiah,  45. 
PoriER,  Aaron,  343. 

Hannah,  261. 

James,  22,  1 10,  292. 

Jane,  343. 

John,  t239. 

Joseph,  ti66,  307. 

Margaret,  51,  166. 

Nancy,  341. 

Tolly,  343. 

Rachel,  343. 

Robert,  261. 

Sarah,  106,  239. 

Solomon,  249,  t343- 

William,  tiio,  344. 
PolTLE,  Azariah,  92,   305. 

David,    179. 

PuWEL,  John,  99. 

Power,     )   .      ,    „, 
„  >  .\rad,  71;. 

Powers,    )  '■' 

Jane,  328. 

Levi,  17,  18. 

Mary,  109. 


Robert,  84. 
Pkait,  Asa,  109. 

David,  108. 
Elisha,  162,  166,  185. 
Elizabeth,  109. 
James,  109. 
Mary,   193. 
Sarah,  109. 
Seth,  170. 
Preble,   Abraham,  30,  31,  36,  105,  tio8, 
124,  141. 
Ebenezer,  30,  31,  32,  161,  ti97. 
James,  108. 
Jedediah,   108. 
Jonathan,  7,  *29,  31,   161. 
Joseph,  30,  31,  36,  107,  215,  240, 

319- 
Martlia.   197. 

Mary,  32,  108,  215,  319,  320. 
Mehitable,  29. 
Samuel,  31,  197. 
William,  215. 
Zebulon,  124,  339. 
Preist,  Deidamia,  212. 
Prescoit,  Benjamin,  339. 

Jedediah,  246,  250. 
Pressey,  Benjamin,  272. 
Elizabeth,  272. 
Jacob,  133,  1272. 
Prin'ce,  Isaac,  205. 
Procht,  Peter,  237. 
Prudens,  William,  252. 
PULLEN,  Stephen,  83,  129,  138,   144. 

William,  149,  219,  220,  251,  336. 
Purinc;to.\,     David,  t84. 

Ilezekiah,  t4,  229,  348. 
Humphrey,  tl,   141. 
Isabella,   4. 
James,  229,    256,    337,    346, 

348. 
James  Seals,  74. 
Joshua,  4. 
Mary,  84. 
Nathaniel,  I,  248. 
•Silence,  16S. 
Quicii,  Daniel,    177. 
QuiMV>Y,  Samuel,  284. 
Racklief,  Benjamin,  228,  260,  288. 


INDEX  OF  Names. 


35 


Radden,  David,  274. 

James,  274. 

John,  274. 
REMliLY,       \  j^iathias 


Rameley, 
Ramsdeli. 
Randal, 
Randall, 


5S,  39,  178- 


George,  348. 

I  Daniel,  119. 

Ezra,  2,  53. 
Hatherly,  248. 
Huldah,  *II9- 
John,  24. 
Joseph,  53,  248,  249,  25 8,  261. 
Martha,  258,  261. 
Robert,  237,  23S,  277,  305- 
Robert,  Jr.,  t305. 
WiUiam,  73,84,  119,  125,  142, 
160,  259,  261,  342,  346- 
Rankin,  Constant,  206. 

Roberc,  129. 
Rax,  Anne,  33. 
Raymond,  Benjamin,  313. 

Elnathan,  185, 
Raynes,  Joshua,  64,  260. 
Rea,  Benjamin,  162. 
ReardoN,  Ehzabeth,  273. 

Timothy,   t273,  t274- 
Redington,  Asa,  162. 
Reed,  Andrew,  43,   44,   +51,   t2o5, 
341,  367,  368- 
Ann,  9,  193,  336- 
Catharine,  97. 
Charity,  259. 
Charlotte,  261. 
David,  43,  44,  5°,   S^>  53,    6; 

121,  258,  *26l. 
Elizabeth,  50,  258,   261. 
Eunice,   260. 

Eve  Christine  Margaret,  167. 
George,  298. 
Hannah,  205,  259,  261. 
Henry,  44- 
Ichabod,  t336. 
Jacob,  167. 
Jane,  117,  258,  261. 
Joel,  92,  193,  197,  +260. 
John,  *43,  44, +"i,  1^8,  125, 

♦258,  259,  261,  t339- 
John,  Jr.,  125,  251,  258,  259. 


John  George,  *i()'j. 

Jonathan,  61,  87,  97,  162,  163,  I93, 

234,  294,  306,  348. 
Jonathan,  Jr.,  140- 
Joseph,  50,  51,   I92. 
Josiah,  344,  345- 
Margaret,  258,    261. 
Margaret  Catharine  Bare,  167. 
Margery,  341- 
Martha,  51,  258,  261,  337. 
Mary,  117,  258. 
Mary  Magdalene,  167. 
Michael,  84,  167. 
Paul,  19,  118,  t34i- 
Rachel,  339. 

Robert,  132,  189,  260,  272. 
Samuel,  39,  I93- 
Sarah,  III. 

Sevilla  Magdalene,  167. 
Susanna,  258,  259,  t342- 
Thomas,  342. 

William,  44,  51,  +^5,  227,  229,  259, 
t337- 

Reynolds,  Nathaniel,  204. 
Rhoads,  Cornelius,  360. 

Elizabeth,  191,  262,  360. 
George,  255. 
Thomas,  237. 

Rice,  Joseph,  138. 
Rebecca,  326. 

Thomas,  28,  53,  63,  7^,  92,  104, 107, 
108,  133,  136,  170,  188,  198,  217, 
228,  254,  260,  276,  288,  308,  324, 
326,  336,  338,  339,  349,  366. 
WiUiam,  325. 
Rich,  Samuel,  68. 
Richards,  Sarah,  273. 
Richardson,  Abijah,  1 10. 
Jerusha,  274. 
Joseph,  t274. 
WiUiam,  68,  200,  202. 
Richmond,  Thomas  B.  189. 
RiCKER,  Paul,  ti7- 
Ridlon,  Robert,  t3o6. 
Ridley,  George,  249. 
RiGGS,  Benjamin,  273,  274. 
Ring,  David,  224,  t249,  267,  31 3- 
Eleanor,  249. 
George,  209,  278. 


36 


Index  of  Names. 


Thomas,    29,    183,    249,    277,    288, 

338,  347- 
RirrAL,  Betsey,  306. 

Charlotte,    306. 

P'rancis,  i,  11,  16,  29,  38,  75,97, 

140,  168,  *305. 
John,  306,  t345- 
Louis,  306. 
Lucy,  306. 
Margaret,  345. 
Molly,  306. 
Sally,  306. 
Nancy,  306. 
Rivers,  Mary,  14. 

Moses,   140. 
RoBARTSON,  Charity,  53. 

Charles,  *52. 

David,  53,   119. 

(Savage)  Elizabeth,  52. 

(Stinson)  Jane,  53. 

Martha,  52. 

(Stinson)  Mary,  53. 

William,  52. 

Robins,        }  1,  .        ^^^ 
r.  >  Betsey,  223. 

Robbins,       /  J'      J 

David,  204,  248. 

Ebenezer,    loi. 

Elioenai,  222. 

Jason,  t248. 

Jenny,  248. 

Josiah,  204,  206,  207,  253,  345. 

Lois,  222. 

Lucy,  222. 

Luther,  275. 

Mella,  223. 

Nathaniel,  345. 

Nathaniel  Johnson,  215. 

Oliver,  *22i. 

Oliver,  Jr.,  221,  235,  236. 

Otis,  222. 

Philip,  III,  193,  206 

Rufus,  222,  223. 

Sabra,  222. 

Shephard,  222. 

Sybel,  222. 

Thanlful,   204. 
Roberson,  Bryant,  20. 
Robinson,  Alexander,  227. 


Archibald,    14,    16,    140,    143, 
171,  194,   218. 

llaunce,  90,  108,  194. 

James,  88,  246. 

John,    14,  ti43,  194,  218,  274. 

Joseph,  14,  15,  40,  1 18. 

Levi,  95. 

Margaret,  i,  40. 

Mary,  14,  15. 

Moses,  *I3,  loi,  271. 

Sarah,  143. 

Timothy,  285. 

William,  t2,  14. 

Winthrop,  177. 
Roby,  Henry,  170. 

Margaret,  170. 
&  Cruft,  290. 
RODBIKD,  Absalom,  328. 
Jane,  328, 
John,  328. 
Martha,  328,  329. 
Thomas,  *328. 
William,  328. 
RoDGEKS,     (Read)  .Vnn,  9. 

Elizabeth,  297. 

Francis,  297. 

George,  6,   8,    9,    27,    34,    80, 
277,  297. 

Hugh,  8. 

Jane,  297. 

(Kendall)  Jean,  9. 

John,  9,  27. 

Margaret,  9. 

Mary,  297. 

l^atrick,  35,  37,  38,  *297. 

Robert,  9. 

Ruth,  8,  9. 

Thomas,  8. 

William,  9,  297. 
Rogers,  Alexander,    211,    27S,   325,   339, 

340,  349- 
Elisha,  58. 
Elizabeth,  78,  204. 
Frances,  317. 
George,  333. 
Hannah,  333. 

Howland,  341. 


Index  of  Names. 


37 


Hugh,  224,  368. 

James,  248,  249,  306,  307. 

John,  *77,  121,  160,  185,    203, 

204,  258,  275,  278,  325,  349. 
Joseph,  362. 
Kata,  78. 
Martha,   154. 
Mary,  78,  250. 
Moses,  tS8- 
Peleg,  54- 
Phebe,   179. 
Sarah,  99,    100. 
William,  *8,  237,  238,  358. 

RoLLANDS,       I    Ephraim,  332. 
Rollins,  J       ^  •^-' 

Mary,   loi. 

ROMINGEK,  Jacob,  226. 
Fhilip,  t39- 
Rose,  Daniel,  344. 

Prince,  43,  51,  iio,  141. 
Roth,  Conrad,  299. 
George,  *298. 
Rosanna,  299. 
RowE,  Ebenezer,  276. 

Ebenezer,  Jr.,  276. 
Edmund  G.,  +276. 
Jacob,  256,  338. 
ROWELL,  Jacob,   145. 

William,  339. 
RUNDLET,  Charles,  289. 

Nathaniel,  289,  290. 
RUNELS,  Benjamin,  141. 
Rupert,  John  Wolfe,  t25. 
Russell,  Betsey,  249. 
Ichabod,  249. 
Isaac,  t249. 
James,  249. 
John,  249. 
Joseph,  249. 
Nathaniel,  249. 
Polly,  249. 
Thomas,  154. 
Rust,  Joseph,  228, 
Ryan,  Bryan,  50. 

John,  124,  347. 
Michael,  218. 
Sally,  Daniel,  7. 

Elizabeth,  7. 


James,  17. 
John,  t7. 
Sampson,  1  Charles,   loi,   no,   129,    199, 
Samson,     j  331. 

James,  278. 
Sanders,  Hephzibah,  195. 
James,   195. 
Thomas,  ti95. 
Timothy,  195. 
SanF'IRU,  John,  169,  325. 

Thomas,  138. 
Savage,  Ann,  259. 

Benjamin,  269. 
Daniel,  87,  88,  107,  t259- 
Ebenezer,  356. 
Edward,  17. 
Elizabeth,  52. 
Isaac,  18,  220. 
Isaac,  Jr.,  148. 
John,  178,  179,  291,  340. 
Thomas,  178,  179. 
Sawtell,  llezekiah,  ti2i. 
Obadiah,   122. 
Moses,  122,  339. 
Nathan,  201. 
Sawyer,  Aaron,  136. 

Benjamin,  136. 

Elizabeth,  302. 

George  Whitefield,  340. 

Jacob,  303. 

Jonathan,    189,    272,     335,     337, 

33^'  341.  342,  343- 
Joshua,  ti36. 
SCHAEFFF.R,  John  Martin,  143,  ♦246,  299. 
Margaret,  247, 
Mary,  247. 

SCHENCK,     ]  .^nrirew,  68,    82,    no,    129, 
Shank,         Y  * 

SCHANCKS,     J  -Tj>     J    ;' 

Catharina,  330. 
Chrischana,  330. 
George,  330. 
James,  .330. 
John,  330. 
Lucy,  330. 
Mary,  330. 
Sarah,  329. 
Sophia,  330. 
Scott,  Daniel,  92,  93,  108,  156,  205,    342. 


38 


Index  of  Names. 


SCRIBNER,  Stephen,  286,  287,  319. 
Seai.ky,  Drusilla,  343. 
Shubael,  343. 
Seari.,  John,  248. 

John,  Jr.,  t248. 
Sears,  Barnabas,  183,  207,  230. 
Seekins,  Aaron,  340. 
Sevens,  Elizabeth,  256. 
Sevkv,  Hannah,  324. 

John,  136,    146,    22S,    *288,    307, 

324- 
Maria,   (Moriah,)   70,    289,    290, 

291,   292. 
Mary,  29,  288. 
Mercy,  324. 
Michael,  7,  16,  28,  53,  63,92,  104, 

*323- 
Samuel,  290,  291,  292,  303. 
Solomon,  324. 
Stephen,  29,  *288,  324. 
Susannah,  287. 
William,  219,  303,  324. 
Wyman  Bradbury,  228,    277,    289, 
290,  291. 
Sewall,  Charles,  260. 

David,  260,  265,  305,  340. 
Dorcas,  265. 

Dummer,  19,  24,  64,  69,  75,  124, 
137;   160,    164,    170,  183,  188, 
220,  221,    277,    339,  348. 
H.,  158. 
Hannah,  260. 
Henry,  iii,  124,  201,    204,    254. 

t26o,  264,  279. 
Jenny,  260. 
Jonathan,  287. 
Joseph,  221. 
Joshua,  260. 
Meriam,  265. 

Moses,  265,  273,  305,  t340. 
\ancy,  260. 
Polly,  260.   ^ 
Ruthy,   340. 
Samuel,  229,  260. 
Sarah,  260. 
Stephen,  flSs,. 
William,  265. 
Shannon,  James  Noble,  68. 


SllAW,  Benjamin,  1 14,  248,  263,  t336. 
Elias,  4. 

Elisha,  19,  20,  24, 169,  75. 
Francis,   1 7. 
Jesse,  263. 
John,  4,  t50,  87. 
Joseph,  263. 
Joshua,  262,  265. 
Josiah,  336. 
Mary,  t263. 
Nathaniel,  192. 
Susanna,  69. 
Sheen,  John,  t23. 
Shepherd,  Abner,  ti6i. 
Avis,  192. 
Daniel,  192. 
Levi,  275. 
Sherburne,  Abiel,  191. 
Jacob,  160. 
Nathan,  *i9i. 
Fully,  191. 
Shekwin,  Abigail,  365. 

Elnathan,  323,  365,  366. 
Shibles,  David,   108. 
James,  108. 
John,  59,  tio8. 
Mary,  108. 

Robert  Killpatrick,  59,  108. 
Thomas,  59,  108. 
Shi  LEBER,  William,  295,  296. 
Shdkt,  John,  301. 
Shuman,  John,  73. 
SnuRTi.EFE,  Dorcas,  159. 
SllfTK,  Benjamin,  87. 
SinKi.iNi;   R,  (  harles,  226. 
Daniel,  226. 
George,  226. 
Martin,  t226. 
Mary,  226. 
Peter,  226. 
SiDi'.Ni'.VKKKK,  Mathias,  ti43- 
Michael,  143. 
Susanna,   143. 
Sides,  Lawrence,  143. 
Lorinz,  276. 
Michael,  39. 
Silvester,  Betsey,  308. 

Catherine,  322. 


Index  of  Names. 


39 


David,  136,  137,  145,  146,  219, 
254,    260,    275,    292,    *307, 

335.  336- 
Jane,  49,  69,  308. 
Joshua,  307,  308,  309. 
Lucy,  49. 
Lydia,  308. 
Martha,  307,  308. 
Mary,  69,  71,  219,308. 
Rachel,  308. 
Samuel,  t2i9. 
Sarah,  308. 
William,  34,  48. 
Simmons,  Abigail,  248. 

Barnabas,  145,  298. 

Betsey,  248. 

Dorothy,  181. 

Ichabod,  246. 

Joseph,     181,     182,     199,     238, 

248,  261,  276. 
Marcy,  181. 
Mary,  181,  238. 
Nancy,  248. 

Nathaniel,  73,   129,  *i8o,    347. 
Peobody,  248. 
Rachel,  181,   248. 
Sarah,  181,  238. 
Stephen,  181,  238,  t248. 
Urainy  Sprague,  248. 
Zebedee,  129,    181,    182,    *238. 
Zebedee,  Jr.,  239. 
SiMONTON,  Sally,  334. 
Simpson,  Elizabeth,  82,  124. 
James,   259. 
Paul,  121. 
Robert,  255. 
William,  t82,  ti24. 
SiNKLEK,  Nathaniel,  52. 
Skolfield,  Margaret,  348. 
Richard,  336. 
Sleeper,  John,  92. 

Moses,  185. 
Sloman,  Lydia,  95. 

Thomas,  t95. 
Slosses,  Mr.,  44. 
Slowman,  Abigail,  351. 
Small,  Benjamin,  345. 
Bethiah,  35. 


John,    141. 
Smallv,  Francis,  21. 
Smart,  Elizabeth,  80. 
John,  80. 
Joshua,  169. 
Thomas,  t8o. 
Smiley,  David,  227. 
Hugh,  175. 
Thomas,    122. 
Smith,  Asa,  65,  93. 
China,  137. 
Daniel,  68. 
Ebenezer,  138,  197. 
Eliab,  173. 
Emanuel,  274. 
Henry,  136,  339. 
Hugh,  138. 
Isaac,  194. 
Israel,  54,  t3ii. 
Jane,  311. 
John,  339. 
Joseph,  248. 
Mannasseh,  290. 
Manuel,  276. 

Mathias,  48,  148,  269,  317. 
Rogers,  155,  264,  272,  276. 
Thomas,  316. 
William,  271. 
Smouse,  John,  ti7i- 
Snell,  Elijah,  195. 

Thomas,  54,  95,  138,  220,  311. 
Snipe,  Ann,  106. 

Charles,  7,  47,  *I05. 
Gordon,  106. 
Hannah,  106. 
Jean,  106. 
John,  106,  209. 
Marthow  (Martha,)  106. 
Sarah,  106. 
Snow,  Elisha,  132. 

Ephraim,  255,  339. 
Isaac,  I,  4,  75. 
Philip,  204. 
Somes,  David,  2,  336. 
Soper,  Martha,  215,  319,  320. 
Samuel,  319. 
Seth,  87,  136. 
Soule,  Abigail,  129. 


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Index  of  Names. 


Amos,  329. 
Anna,  129. 
Asa,   185. 
Cornelius,  100. 
Elizabeth,  261. 
John,  73,  261. 
Levi,  ti29. 
Nathan,  101,  ti29. 
Samuel,  32S. 
Sarah,    129,    f2-j6. 
Spaffokd,  Jacob,  154. 
James,  155. 
John,  155. 

Jonathan,  108,  ti25,  *I54. 
Martha,  154,  155 
Mary,  154,  155. 
Phelie,    140. 
Robert,  155. 
Samuel,  155. 
William,  155. 
Spaulding,  Eleazer,  164. 
Josiah,  164. 
William,   164. 
SPiiAR,  John,  247. 

Jonathan,  60. 
Robert,  ti04. 
William,  206,  344. 
Spencer,  Isaac,  24. 
Spinney,  Joanna,  79. 

John,  t79- 
SpracU'K,  Jetliro,  lOO. 
John,  2()7. 
Joseph,  342,  345. 
Michael.  129,  299. 
Nathan,  124,  199,  248,  254,    299, 

Spooner.  248. 
William,  73,  100,  278. 
Si'KlNi;,  Daniel,  223. 
Spuincek,  Anna,  64. 

ISetsey,  137. 

Edward,  64. 

Hannah,  64,  121. 

James,  16,  24,  t63,  273. 

John,  25,  64,  +121,  140,  256. 

Lucy,  137. 

Martha,  64. 

Mary,  64. 


Nathaniel,  63,  64,  ti37. 
Rachel,  24,  64. 
Samuel,  137. 
Sarah,    137. 
William,  121,  339. 
Sproul,  James,  64,  80,  179,  233,237,  238, 
321,    322. 
Jean,  233. 

John,  233,  304,  321,  322. 
Margaret,  233. 
Mary,  233,  321,  322. 
Robert,  38,  78,  *232,  322. 
Sarah,  232,  233,  321,  322. 
Susan,  322. 
Susanna,  233. 
Thomas,  233,  *32i. 
William,  35,  206,  233,  322. 
Stackpole,   James,    132,    141,    193,    200, 
202,  223. 
Mary,  141. 
Samuel,  200. 
Stacy,  Nymphas,  156,  178,  275,  292,    309, 

349- 
Stain,  John,  11,  38. 
Standish,  James,  338. 
Standley,  David,  17. 
Stanley,  Solomon,  130. 
Stanwood,  Job.  ti88. 

Stapel,     \     .  ^^ 

Staple,     j    •  ""^'  J-5- 

Daniel,  325. 

Ephraim,  324. 

James,  325. 

John,  324. 

Joseph,  324. 

Josiah,  325. 

Lucy,  324. 

Koiiert,  325. 

Samuel,    169. 

Stephen,    *324. 

Susanna,  324. 
Starmki),  John,  249. 
.Stauiuck,  Christopher,  196. 
Starkly,  Thomas,  180. 
Starling,  Joseph,  foi. 

Moses,  loi,  147,  201,  273. 
Starkett,  Thomas,  66,  80,  108,  iii,    148, 

232. 
StebBINS,  Josiah,  353. 


Index  of  Names. 


41 


Stfdman,  James,  201. 
Stephens,  Joseph,  173. 
Stevens,    Abigail,  286. 
Amos,  219. 
Betsey,  286. 
Charity,  343. 
Charles,  343. 
Daniel,  *285,  286,  t339- 
Drusilla,  343. 
Ephraim,   221. 
Hannah,  286. 
Jacob,  tl24. 
Jerusha,  339. 
Jonas,  227. 
Joseph,  ti29,  t227. 
Mary,  286,  343. 
Mehitable,   286. 
Nancy,  286. 
Nathaniel,  205. 
Olive,  286. 
Rachel,  129. 
Samuel,  269,  286- 
Sarah,  286. 
Sophia,  286. 

Thomas,  75,  276,  t343.  346- 
William,  276. 
Steward,  Abraham,  141. 

Daniel,  249,  305. 
Sarah,  141. 
Solomon,  no,  194. 
Solomon,  Jr.,  249. 
Stickney,  Benjamin,  220. 
Stilfin,  Francis,  275. 
Margaret,  49. 
Michael,  49. 
Molly,  306. 
Stilkey,  John  George,  ti88. 
StinsoN,  Ann,  46,  47. 
Elizabeth,  46. 
Isabella,  96. 
James,  46,  66,  209. 
Jean,  46. 
John,  2,  7,  31,  36,46,47.  51.  63- 

96,  106,  209,  215. 
Margaret,  46. 
Mary,  53,  96- 
Mercy,  46. 
Robert,  80,  96,   II4- 


Samuel,  18,    96,    1 38,    157,    197. 

239.  255.  307.  340. 
Samuel,  Jr.,  t307. 
Sarah,  46. 
Thomas,  18,  *95. 
William,  *4S,  107,  328,  342,  344. 

Stoddard,  Amos,  305. 
Stone,     Betsey,  345. 

Daniel,  140,  345. 

Ebenezer,  345 

John,  345. 

Jonas,  345. 

Nancy,  345. 

Samuel,  345. 

Walden,  t345. 
Storer,  Andrew,  34,  126,  182,  226,  247. 

Ebenezer,  187,  188. 
Story,  Jane,  189. 

Thomas,  *i89. 
Stuart,  Abigail,  118. 

Charles,  tii8. 

John,  329. 


Stutson,  1      2enas,  289,  307. 

Studson,  J 

Sullivan,  William,  47,  273. 
Sumner,  Ezra,  143,  144. 

Hopestill,  90,  III,   171. 
Sutton,  John,  276. 
Swanton,  William,  64. 
SWATZ,     (Castner)  Anna,  142. 
Catharine,   142. 
Christehana,    142. 
Fredrick,  ti42. 
Jacob,  142. 
Lucy,  142,  1143. 
Margrate,  142. 
Mary,  142. 
Peter,  142. 
Susannah,  142. 
Swasey,  Joseph,  ti24. 
Sweet,    Abiel,  307. 

Arnold,  t336. 
Polly,  336. 
Sweetland,  James,  206. 

Samuel,  145,  162. 
SwEETSER,  Jane,  99,  100. 
SWETT,  Benjamin,  240,   241.  *327,  328. 


42 


Index  of  Names. 


James,  327. 

John,  327. 

Sarah,  327. 

William,  327. 
SvLViiSTKK,  Mary,  64,  140. 

William,    24,  ti40. 
Tai!KK,  John,  219. 
Talbut,  Samuel,  189. 
Tark,  Benjamin,  343. 

Joseph,  274. 
TayI-OR,  Anna,  313,  314. 

Betsey  Sleeper,  314. 

Elias,  t87. 

Ephraim,  160. 

Ezra,   196,    221,    263,   278,    294, 
306,  348. 

Jerusha,  ti6o. 

Joseph,  1 19,  160. 

Mary,  87. 

Thomas,  Jr.,  t277. 

William,  272,    329. 

Temple,  Elizabeth,  124. 

Richard,  84,   124. 
Tenny,  Thomas,  fy. 
Thatcher,  Josiah,  177. 
Thayer,  Gideon,  10. 
Theobald,  Philip,  49,  137,  192,  206,  221. 

Sally,  306. 
Thomas,  Consider,  t234. 

David,  87,  88,  259,  264. 
Frances,  364,  365. 
CJeorge,  84,  124,   141,    229,    345. 
Ichabcjd,  336. 
Jesse,  88,  130. 
Joseph,  185,  365. 
Melzer,  341. 
Sarah,  234. 

Waterman,    90,    loi,    129,     143, 
145,  262,  276,  299,  330,  331. 
TnoMl'SoN,  .\arun,  337. 
Abigail,  l8. 
Benjamin,  *i8.  t229. 
Cornelius,  188. 
Ebenezer,  ti44. 
Ezekiel,    221,    226,    229,    234, 

25 «.  337.  345- 
Humphrey,  337. 
James,  i,  4,  143.  30S.  337- 


Jane,  206. 
Joel,  26S,  336,  337. 
John,  64,  t2o6. 
Mary,  337- 
Rhoda,  229. 
Robert,  66,  206,  332. 
Samual,  44,  161,  229,  t337- 
Story,  189. 

William,  144,  160,   230. 
&  Tinkham,  290. 
Thorn,  Elizabeth,  82. 
Lucy,  82. 
Martha,  82. 
Sarah,  82. 
Thomas,  82. 
William,  43,  t82. 
William,  Jr.,  43. 
Thornton,  James,  20,  ti24. 
John,  124. 
Joshua,  124. 
Susanna,  124. 
William.  124,  125. 
Thorp  Lewis,  273,  274,  276,  343. 
Thwing,  Nathaniel,  87,  92,  131,  137,   157, 
158,  180,  185,   197,    198,    199, 
260,  285,  342. 
TiBBEiTS,  John,  28. 

Nathaniel,  63,  95,  192,  199,  341, 
Samuel,  226,  292,  306,  342. 
Tiffany,  Daniel  339. 
TlLTON,  Abraham,  *287. 
Andrew,  287. 
Benjamin,  277,  287. 
e  harles,  287. 
Daniel,  287. 
John,  287. 
Mary,  287. 
Samuel,  277,  287. 
Sarah,  287. 
•Susannah,   287. 
TiNKHAM,  Joseph,    275,    291,     303,     308, 

309.  335'  336- 
Mary,  170. 
Polly,   170. 
Seth,  272,  291,    324,    327,    336, 

356. 
Spencer,  170. 
&  Savage,  290. 
TiKKiLL,  Isaac,  255. 


Index  of  Names. 


43 


Joseph  Shaw,  255. 
TiTCOMB,  Nancy,  361. 

Samuel,  361. 
TofeEY,  Stephen,  274,  276. 
Todd,  George,  368. 

Samuel,  4. 
ToLMAN,  Jeremiah,  206. 
Mary,  17. 

Samuel,  U7,  206,  224. 
ToTMAN,  Henry,  188. 
Town,  Ephraim,  199,  202. 
Sherebiah,  *I99, 
Thomas,  90,  199. 
TowNSEND,  Daniel,  fio?.  'S^- 
Dodivah,  203,  204. 
Sarah,  107,  203. 
TOWNSLEY,  Jacob,  140. 
TozER,     1  Jeremiah,  57,  Sg. 
ToziER,    j  Jo^".  68,  77- 
Rebecca,  141. 
Simon,  141. 
Traftox,  Zacheus,  t20. 
Trague,  Elkanah,  350. 
Trask,  AUis,  144. 

David,  342,  347- 
Elizabeth,    144. 
John,  144;  t20i. 
Samuel,  fSj,  201. 
Sarah,  201. 
Solomon,  347. 
Sylvia,  201. 
Thomas,  343. 
William,  87. 
Treast,  Catran,  85. 

Troup,       1  Alexander,  307,  309,  329. 
Troop,      J 

Trott,  Benjamin,  18,  31,  336. 

John,  31,  132. 

Joseph,  341. 

Lemuel,  31,  164,  260. 

Tro\vbridc;e,  John,  129,  276. 

Sarah,  129,   276. 
Trufant,  David,  20,  t25,  64,  69,  194. 

Mary,  25. 
Tubes,  Ezra,  262. 

Samuel,  294. 
Tuck,  Samuel,  268,  298. 
Tucker,  Joanna,  335. 
John,  189. 


Josiah,  17, 
Richard,  t335. 
Richard    Hawley,   335. 
TucKERMAN,  David,  ti37. 
TuLLY,  Dorothy,  72. 
TUPPER,  James,  161,  180,  234. 

William,  140. 
Turner,  Alexander,  129,  276. 
Anna,  276. 
Bethiah,  347. 
Betsey,  347. 
Briggs,  163,  228,  229. 
Caleb,  201. 

Christopher,  315.  316,  359. 
Consider,  220,  t346. 
Cornehus,    129,    166,    182,     188, 

276. 
Elisabeth,  113,  252. 
George,  347. 
James,  15 1,  *25I. 
Joanna,  347. 
John,  315,  316. 
Sarah,  346,  347. 
Simeon,  124. 
William  Hodgkins,  347. 
Twist,  Thomas,  284. 
Twycross,  Robert,  48,  49. 
Tyler,  Belcher,   133. 
Ebenezer,  98. 
Ul.MER,  George,  166,  188. 
John,  38,  82,  143. 
Umbehind,  Jacob,  124. 
Umphrize,  John,  125. 
Varner,  George,  *236. 
Sadoney,  236. 
Vaughan,  Eliot,   76. 
Jane,  76. 
Samuel,  Jr.,  167. 
William,  76. 
Veerz,  Mary,  123. 
ViNALL,  David,  129,  237. 
Ezekiel,  248. 
Mary,  270. 
ViNiNG,  Benjamin,  82. 
Vose,  Seth,  III,  171,  226. 
Wade,  Abner,   138,    197,    220,    255,   311, 

341.  356- 
Benjamin,  201. 
Jacob,  181. 


44 


Index  of  Names. 


Joseph,  54,  92,  95,  132. 
Rachel,  264. 
Wadswoki H,    Abiah,  32. 

Alfred,  348. 
Waixh,  Anna  Elhet,  201. 
Jane,  260. 
John,  *20i,  260. 
Peter,  202,  t26o. 
Walker,  Andrew,  199. 
Benjamin,  192. 
Charles,  164. 
Meriam,   198. 
Sarah,  341. 

Solomon,  tl98,  199,  341,  355. 
Wall,  Mary,  302. 

Patiick,  344. 
Walliser,  John  Christopher,  276. 
Walton,  Abiel,  229. 
Ward,  John,  65,  77,  119,  138,  201. 
Warner,  John,  45. 
Silas,  104. 
Warren,  George,  141,  227. 
Josiah,  142,  t305. 
Richard,  208. 
Sarah,  305. 
Waterhoise,  Samuel,  186. 
Waterman,    Abijah,  ioi,  tiio. 
Deborah,  1 10,  238. 
Joseph,  IOI. 
Mary,  no. 
Thomas,  no,  238. 
Waters,  Patience,  54. 

Samuel,  65,  90,    130,    138,    143, 
144,  145,  163,  177,   208,    277, 

343>  348.  350.  352. 

Samuel,  Jr.,  277. 

William,  54. 
Waison,  David,  39,  40. 

Elizabeth,  40. 

James,  39,  67,  108. 

(Libhee)  Jane,  40. 

John,  40. 

(Robinson)  Margaret,  40. 

(Gore)    Mary,  40. 

Matthew,  39,  40. 

William,  *39,  51,  108,  ill. 
Watt,  John,  86,  232,  298. 
Watts,  Samuel,  20,  28. 


Wai'GH,  James,  164,  183,  228. 
Weathkrly,  Sally,  345. 
Weaver,  John,  t200,  237. 
Joseph,   103. 
Molly,  200. 
Webb,  Anne,  193. 

Barnabas,  212. 
Benjamin,  193,  247. 
Bersheba,  193. 
Ebenezer,  ti93. 
Jane,  54. 
John,   193. 
Luther,  54. 
Lydia,  54. 
Mary,  212. 
Nathan,  193,  285. 
Nathaniel,  t54- 
Samuel,  *9i. 
Sarah,  54,  91,  92,   193. 
Seth,  ti28. 
William,  265. 
Webber,  Asa,  274. 

Charles,  29,  90. 
David,  347. 
Joseph,  t274. 
Joshua,  298. 
Lewis,  274. 
Samuel,  124. 
Sarah  274. 
William,   160. 
Webster,  Andrew,  129,  166. 
Andrew,  Jr.,  80. 
Daniel,  29,  247,  277,   2^ 
Weed,  James,  223. 
Weeks,  John,  88,  145. 
Weller,  Andrew,  152,   105. 
John,  105. 
Lehn,  52. 
Wendell,  Thomas,  340. 
Wentwortii,  William,  347. 
Werner,  Johannes,  202. 
Wesson,  Eunice,  79. 
Joseph,  t79- 
Nathan,  201. 
West,  Capt.  George,  252. 
George  W.,  253. 
Mary,  253. 
Westcutt,  Elizabeth,   160. 


Index  of  Names. 


45 


William,  ti6o. 
Weston,  Arunah,  163. 

John,  249. 

Joseph,  151,  194. 

Nathan,  61. 
Weymouth,  Elizabeth,  45. 
Whelen,     1     t  1,      ,^-. 

Joseph,  tajS. 
Patience,  278. 
Wheaton,  Mason,  41,  51,  223. 
Wheeler,  Benjamin,  ti  26. 

Elizabeth,  87,  103,  126. 
John,  t87. 
Joseph,  185. 
Phebe,  302. 
Whitaker,  Nathaniel,  194. 
White,  Abigail,  239,  240,  319,  320. 
Abijah,  54. 
Anmoriah,  240. 
Benjamin,  95,  i  97,  221. 
Carpous,  120. 
Elizabeth,  240. 
George,  125. 
James,  240. 
Jane,  240. 
Jesse,  327,  341. 
John,  57,  79,   97,  no,    183,    194, 

209,  224,  *239,  240,  319. 
Joseph,  24,  63,  64,    95,    137,    160, 

262,  t339- 
Margaret,  240. 
Mary,  131,  240. 
Philip,  *I30. 
Rachel,  240. 
Robert,  130,  131,    197. 
Samuel,  t2o6,  359. 
Sarah,  131,  339. 
Susannah,  240. 
William,  240. 
Whiting,  John,  95. 

Jonathan,  68,95,  129,  139,  140, 

176,  195- 
Solomon,  99. 

Thurston,  95,    232,    282,    283, 
301,338,345. 
Whitman,  Rhode,  193. 
Whittemore, 
Whitimore. 


^^'      I   Abraham,  84,  107, 210. 


Abraham,  Jr.,  1229. 
Andrew,  256. 
Elizabeth,  256. 
Francis,     t255,     256, 

t274. 
John,  256. 
Joseph,  133. 
Mary,  256. 
Samuel,  274. 
Stephen,     211,      229, 
255,  256,  275,    342, 
348. 
Susanna,  256. 
William,  256,  274. 
Written,  John,  82. 
Whittier,  Abel,  310. 

Abigail,  314. 
Ann,  313,  314. 
Benaiah,  314. 
Cyrus,  310. 
Dorothy,  310. 

Ebenezer,  136,  137,  145,  146, 
156,  205,  219,  228,  230,  264, 
272,  292,  303,  305,  309,  336, 

349- 
Hannah,  310. 
Jedediah,  309. 
Josiah,  314. 
Levi,  310. 
Mary,  314. 
Mary  Page,  309. 
Moses,  *3i3. 
Nathaniel,  ti37,  *309. 
Ruhamah,  310. 
Ruth,  309. 

Thomas,  137,  273,  309,  311. 
William,  161,  284,  319. 

Wigglesworth, ,  308. 

WiLBER,  Asa,  201. 
WiLDBUR,  David,  201. 
Wilde,  Samuel  S.,  283. 

Samuel  Sumner,  338. 
Wiley,  Alexander,  51,  367,  368. 
East  her,  51. 
(Kenney)  Esther,  51. 
Isaac,  1x8. 
(Lewis)  Jane,  51. 
John,  50,  51. 
(Boyd)  Katharine,  51. 


46 


Index  of  Names. 


Martha,  50. 
Neal,  51. 

(Wylie)  Robart,  ♦50. 
Samuel,  51. 
William,  51. 
WiLKiNS,  W.,  78,  204. 
William,  87. 
WiLLARD,  Andrew,  t45. 
Margaret,  45. 
Williams,  Abigail,  266,  355. 
Alice,  90. 
Anne,  356. 
Asa,  273. 
Benjamin,   345. 
Gardner,  *I46. 
Henry,  135. 
James,  216,  249,  320. 
John,  82,  83. 
Jonathan,  t249. 
Mehitable,  354.  356. 
Nathaniel,  *354. 
Olive,  355. 
Policy,  147. 
Samuel,  249. 
Seth,  260,  264,  279. 
Simeon,  356. 
Susana,  103,  356. 
Sukey,  297. 
Thomas,  312,  313,  321. 
Timothy,  355,  356. 
Williamson,  Abigail,   153. 
Anna,  153. 
Hannah,  153. 
Jonathan,  7,  16,  28,   49,    53, 

69,  92,  104,  219. 
Ruth,   153. 
Samuel,  289. 
Sarah,  tl53. 
Thomas,  69,  153. 

Wilson,  David,  55,  307. 
Dorcas,  55. 
Elizabeth,  45. 
Ephraim,   104. 
Go  wen,  t45- 
Hugh,  t45>  t340. 
Isaac,  121. 
Isabella,  22. 
James,  226,  229,  235,   251,    255^ 


340,  346. 
John,  22,  100,  337. 
Mary,  22,  258,  340. 
Rachel,  337. 
Robert,  tl2l. 
Samuel,  22,   45,    121,   161,    258, 

259.  261,  342. 
Thomas,  22,  23,  45,  51,  107. 
William,  ♦21,  45,  fi^o,  278,  340. 
Winch,  Priscilla,  336. 

Thomas,  t336. 
Winchell,  Anne,  168. 

Hannah,  168. 

John,  23,  t22i. 

Quash,  *i68. 

Samuel,  23,  ti2l,  168, 221,  234, 

277.  325- 
Sarah,  121. 

WiNCHENBACH,         ~| 

WiNCHENBAUGH,      |- JaCob,    68,     I02,    202, 

WlNCHENBACK,        j        254,  33I,  346. 

Wing,  Daniel,  148,  269,  314,  315. 
Samuel,  ti48. 
William,  208. 
WiNGEBOVV,  Jacob,  68. 
WiNN,  Jonathan,  t6i. 

Joseph,  61. 
Winship,  Joseph,  114. 
WiNSLOw,  Anna,  78. 

Bethiah,  298. 

Dorothy,  l8l. 

Esther,  298. 

John,  181, 228. 

Joseph, t298. 

Kenelm,  77,  119,  140. 

Martha,  63. 

Mercy,  298. 

Nathaniel,  63,  t78,  136,  178. 
Winter,  Francis,  137,  262,  267,  313. 
Wise,  Thankful,  337. 
William,  337. 
Wil HAM,     Isaac,  349,  350. 

Jane,  350. 

Joseph,  *349. 

Josiah.  349,  350. 

Lydia,  350. 

Sally,  35  J. 
WlTHERELL,    Charles,   305. 

Obadiah,  142,  164,  249. 


Index  of  Names. 


47 


WiNTHROP,  Thomas  Lindall,  256. 
Wood,  Abiel,  16,  170,  290,  309,  336,  338. 
Ephraim,  343. 
Hannah,  170. 
John,  64,  77,   137. 
Joseph,  138,  163,  166,  183. 
Mary,  2. 
Oliver,  228. 

Samuel,  195,  219,  220,  251. 
Silas,  228. 
WoODBRiDGE,  Anna,  144. 

Benjamin,  2,  6,  16,  38,  45, 

65,  119,  163,  290. 
David,  II. 
James,  144. 
Thomas,  291. 
Woodcock,  Abigail,  204. 
Benjamin,  180. 
David,  180,  t204. 
John,  201. 
Lucy,  179. 
Mary  (Fields,)   179. 
Nathaniel,  344. 
Submit,  179,  180. 
Phebe,  179. 
William,  *I79. 
Woodman,  Jacob,  137. 
John,  344. 
John,  Jr.,  194, 
Lucy,  303. 
I'homas,  t303. 
Woods,  Bennet,  24. 

John  French,  227,  229. 
Woodside,  Elizabeth,  73. 

VViUiam,  73. 
Woodward,  Noah,  148,  204,  273. 

Samuel,  164,    192,    223,    332 

348. 
Work,  Ebenezer,  42,  51. 

(Orr)  Elizabeth,  42. 

James,  *4i. 

(Dunlap)  Jane,  42. 

Margaret,  42. 

William,  42. 
WosTAR,  Moses,  45. 
Wylie,  Hannah,  364. 

Isaac,  Jr.,  346. 

Margaret,  317. 


Robert,  13,  15. 
Wyxis,  Alexander,  224. 
Martha,  224. 
Robert,  224. 
Samuel  t224. 
Wyman,  (Bickford)  Abigail,  35. 

Abram,  20. 

Bethiah,  35. 

Daniel,  36,  161. 

(Call)  Deliverance,  35. 

(McCausland)  Elizabeth,  35. 

Francis,  73,  *99,  100,  t342- 

Hannah,  35. 

Henry,  244,  246. 

Hester,  99. 

Isaiah,  183,  273,  342. 

James,  *35. 

Jane,  99,  100. 

John,  342. 

Love,  141. 

Martha,  183. 

Molly,  35,  36. 

Nathaniel,  73,  79,  99,    lOO,    118, 

ti83. 

Olive,  35. 

(Goodwin)  Prudence,  35. 

Sarah,  99. 

Simeon,  84. 

William,  25,    35,    36,    141,    198, 
269,  342. 
Yeats,      Elizabeth,  262. 

George,  262. 

George  James,  273. 

James,  *26i. 

Jean,  262,  297. 

Lydia,  262. 

Margret,  262. 

Mary,  262. 

Rachel,  262. 

Samuel,  262,  273,  358,  359. 

Sarah,  262. 
Young,  Abihail,  63. 

(Pearce)  Ann,  49. 
Catharine,  345. 

Cyntha,  308. 

Edward,  t234,  297. 

Ezra,  188. 

Francis,  35. 
Gideon,  345. 


48 


Index  of  Names. 


Hannah,  345. 
Henry,  t345. 
Isaac,  48,  92. 
Jacob,  tiji. 
James,  234,  345. 
Jane,  234,  297,  345. 
Joseph,  +48,  163. 
Joshua,  48,  77. 


Reuben,  342. 
Richard,  20,  343. 
Robert,  188. 
Samuel,  324. 

(Holbrook)  Sarah,  49. 
Thomas,  48,  49. 
William,  53,  205. 


Index  of  Places.  • 

(Omitting  "Lincoln  County,''  "Massachusetts,"  "Maine,"   etc.) 


128. 


178, 
277. 
350> 


Abagadusset,  30,  55. 

Almsbury,  88. 

Antego,  Island  of,  127. 

Antrim,  County,  89. 

Arrowsick,  1  29,  46,  57,  106,  213, 

Arrowsic  Island,    j  214. 

Attleborough,  18,  179. 

Augusta,  278,  279,  316,  336,  340. 

Back  River,  46,  47. 

Baggaduce, 

BiGWADUCE, 

Balltown,  92,  93,    130,    140,    145, 
205,  234,  249,  259,  264, 
288,  343,  344>  348,  349, 
351,  352,  362. 
Bangor,  347. 
Barnstable,  54,  192. 
Barretstown,  206,  230,  253. 
Barters  Island,  (Boothbay)  116. 
Bath,  28,  64,  121,  124,  137,  140,  i58> 
160,  164,  170,  183,  188,    194, 
221,  224,  229,  260,  262,   264, 
270,  277,  31J,  312,  313,  321, 

339.  341,  347- 

Belgrade,  339. 

Berwick,  45. 

Bluehill  Bay,  164,  166,  183. 

Bakers  Point,  46.  47. 

Boothbay,  19,  29,  43,  45,  5o,  5I'  52, 
61,  63,  65,  71,  72,  75,  87, 
loi,  103,  104,  1 1 1,  114, 
116,  118,  133,  135,  136, 
145,  178,  189,  192,  205, 
228,  247,  271,  272,  275, 
301,  333,  334,  335,  337, 
341,342,  343,  347,  348, 
368. 

Boston,  17,  20,  38,  64,  77,  95,    "9, 
234,  249,  256,  33S. 


159, 
220, 
267, 
337, 


54, 
88, 

"5, 
140, 
224, 
297, 
338, 
363, 

167, 


Bowdoin,  141,  185,  226,   227,   248,   249, 

266,  292,  306,  307. 
Bowdoinham,  36,  54,  75,   84,  105,    107, 

108,      IIO,     121,     124.     141, 

160,   162,  166,    178,    185, 

192,     198,     211,     223,      229, 

248,  255,  256,  274,  275, 

276,  281,  294,  313,  339, 
342,  344,  348- 

Brentwood,  N.  H,,  246. 

Bristol,  23,  34,  35,  38,  45,  47,  50,  51, 
64,65,  78,  79,  80,  loi,  127,  128, 
144,  147,  162,  163,  169,  170, 
175,  176,  178,  179,  184,  189, 
190,  191,  201,  206,  224,  227,  228, 
232,  234,  237,  238,255,  261,262, 
273,  277,  279,  280,  283,  297, 
298,  303,  304,  321,  322,  331, 
332,  333,  334,  340,  341,  347. 
356,  358,  359,  360. 

Bristol  County,  Mass.,  18,  179,  189. 

Broad  Bay,  29,  38,  39,  45.  52,  105,  246, 
298. 

Br(MD  Cove,  12. 

Brookfield,  360. 

Brunswick,  i,  4,  45,  121,  i6i,  226,  261, 
292,  336,  340. 

Camden,  192,   224,   230,   249,   340,   343, 

344,  347- 
Campbell's  Pond,  312. 
Canaan,  79,  110,  149,  193,  194,  249,   251 

252,  305. 
Casco  Bay,  3,  213. 
Chaklestown,  113,  114. 
Chester,  260. 
Clinton,  274,  323,  337. 
Cobbiseconte,  16,  17,  20. 
Cord  Wood  Point,  312. 
Cousins  Island,  30. 


50 


Crotch  Island,  301. 
CUiMHKRi.ANi),  County,   69,   82,   99,    136, 
183,234,339,345. 

CUSHINC,   III,    188,  189,  192,  194,  199, 

205,     206,  226,  230,  247,  260, 

298,     299,  300,  301,  341,  343, 
345,  346. 

Damariscoita,  76. 
Damarisco'ita  Pond,  88,  93. 
Damariscovk  Island,  103. 
Deer  Island,  133,  162,  163,  164,  195. 
DiGHTON,  189. 
Dorchester,  256. 

Dresden,  251,  259,   262,   263,   274,   275, 
278,  279,   292,   294,   306,   307, 

336,  345.  348,  359- 

Duck  Trai',  166,  188. 

Dunstable,  N.  II.,  24. 

Durham,  339. 

duxborough,  129. 

Dyer's  Pond,  92. 

Dyer's  River,  55,  90,  92. 

Eastern  River,  293. 

Edgecomb,  29,  1 10,  124,  136,  143,  145, 
178,  182,  183,  205,  207,  224, 
227,  228,  230,  247,  249,  260, 
273,  275>  277,  288,  294,  297, 
305,  339.  342,  347,  348. 

Essex  County,  Mass.,  88,  138,  164. 

Fairfield,  248,  274,  322,  323. 

Fairfield  Plantation,  192. 

Falmouth,  36,  45,  69. 

Farmington,  272,  273,  303,304,  307,  340. 

Fisherman's  Island,  ^^^. 

Five  Stack  Marsh,  367. 

Fort  Pownall,  61,  86. 

Fort  Western,  17,  18. 

Foxhole,  (Maksiieield,)  120. 

Fox  Islands,  ioi. 

Frankfori,  126. 

Freetown,  47,  200. 

Frenchman's  Hay,  64,  121,  128,  140. 

Freshwater  Cove,  217. 

Gardinerston,  77,  87. 

Georges  Island,  188. 

Georges  River,  32. 

Georgetown,  i,  2,  4,  6,  7,  8,  17,  18,  20, 
24,  25,  27,  28,   29,   31,   34, 


45,  50.  5 1,  55,   63,   64, 
7^  75>  79,  81,   82,   83, 
95,  99,  105,  118,  137, 
183,    185,    188,   205, 

208,  209,  2X2,  213, 

216,  224,  239,  241, 

256,  258,  273,  274, 

276,  277,  278,  313, 

318,  319,  320,  321, 

328,  337,  341,  342, 
344,  346,  347,  348, 
366,  367,  368. 

Gidney's  Claim,  99. 

Glenarm,  89. 

gouldsboroui'.ii,  i  7,  121. 

Great  Bald  Head,  216. 

Great  Ledge,  46. 

Great  Marsh,  217. 

Great  Pond  Seitlement,  277. 

Green  Island,  116,  333. 

Greene,  275. 

Grenada,  Island  of,  256. 

GR(/roN,  Mass.,  227. 

Hallowell,  54,  72,  78,   87,   88,   90, 

93,  94,  95.  98,  104, 
107,  III,  122,  123, 
136,  141,  148,  157,  158, 
166,  167,  180,  191,  192, 
196,  197,  200,  201,  202, 
220,  227,  244,  248,  251, 
256,  259,  261,  263,  264, 
273,  274,  277,  285,  287, 
339,  340- 

Hancock,  202,  2^^. 

Hancock  C()UNrY,  344. 

Hari'swell,  I,  75. 

Harrington,  10,  19. 

Hingham,  341. 

Holts  Island,  129. 

Hunnewell's  Poini,  1 85. 

Hoi'kinton,  N.  H.,  276. 

HoWARDSI'ON,   151. 

Humphrey's  Head,  356,  367. 
Ireland,  89. 
Jeremy  Island,      1 

jERRYMlSyUAM,  |^    '  5J'   7    • 

Jewanka  Neck,  326. 
Jewell's  Island,  3. 


69, 
84, 
178, 
207, 
215, 
242, 
27s, 
317. 
327. 
343, 
362, 


92, 
105, 
124, 
161, 

195. 
204, 

254, 
265, 

305, 


Jones  Marsh,  239. 

Kennebec  County,  260. 

Kennebec  River,  17,  18,  19  24,  29,  34, 
46,  47,  48,  90,  104,  108, 
185,  196,  213,  216,  218, 
219,  241,  245,  257,364, 
366. 

Kennedy's  River,  217. 

Lewiston,  235,  267,  268,  265,  336. 

Lisbon,  227. 

Little  River,  121,  161,  337,  367. 

Long  Island,  162,  181. 

Machias,  52,  68,  119,  140. 

Majabagaduce,  128,  160. 

Marblehead,  58. 

Marshfield,  54,  120. 

MedUxMCook,  32,  82,  83,  88,  loi,  104, 130, 
143,  144,  162,  166,  170,  189, 
199,  205,  206,  341,  346. 

Merrymeeting  Bay,  29,  258. 

Matinicus  Island,  ^^S. 

Middle  Narrows,  181. 

Middlesex  County,  114,  122,  227. 

Mill  Creek,  47. 

Milton,  45,  171. 

MoNswEEG,  326. 

Monsweeg  Brook,  355. 

Mount  Desert,  183,  18S. 

Mount  VhRNON,  249,  250,  273,  277,  283, 
284,  287,  318,  319. 

Muddy  River,  258. 

Muscongus   Island,  120,  130. 

Nantucket,  196,  197,  268. 

Nantucket  County,  198. 

Nasskeeg,  188. 

NeWBUKYPOR'I',  47. 

Newcastle,  2,  6,  7,  11,  12,  19,  23,  24,  38, 
45.  50,  53.  54.  60,  64,  65,  66, 
75.  76,  77.  82,  90,  93,  no, 
115,  119,  124,  125,  130,  136, 
138,  140,  143,  144,  145,  16.', 
163,  167,  169,  177,  187,  188, 
205,  211,  217,  224,  228,  229, 
25s,  259,  265,  274,  275,  277, 
280,  288,  290,  306,  331,  336, 
340,  347- 

New  Hampshire,  246.  , 

New  Meadows  River,  312. 


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New  Milford,  130,  264,    276,   288,  298, 
328,  339,   343,   344,   352, 
354- 
New  Rowley,  164. 
Newton,  56. 
New  Vineyard,  340. 
Noblebokough,  226,  227,  228,   234,  ^298, 

332,  340. 
Norridgewock,  141,  142,  164,  183,    228, 

249.  305- 

North  Carolina,  226. 

North  Yarmouth,  10,  30,  99,   100,    183. 

Orr  Meadow,  233. 

Orrington,  126. 

Parker's  Island,  3,  213,  215,  368. 

Pearsontown,  J36. 

Pemaquid,  34,  279,  333. 

Pemaqitd  Old  Fort,  333. 

Penobscot,  45,  80,  160,  163,  166. 

Penobscot  Bay,  116,  162,333. 

Penobscot   River,  60,  118,  125,  129,  160, 

161,  166. 
Philadelphia,  167. 

PiTTsoN,  130,  136,    146,    161,    192,    194, 
221,   248,   260,   262,   275,  278, 

339- 

Pleasant  Coa'e,  i  73. 

Pleasant  River,  45. 

Plymouth  County,  54,  129. 

PocAssET,  144. 

Poland,  345. 

Portland,  234. 

Portsmouth,  279. 

Pownalborough,  I,  7,  II,  15,  16,  17,  18, 
19,  20,  23,  24,  25,  28, 
34.  35.  36.  38,  39,  41, 
48,  49,  51,  52,  63,  65, 
67,  68,  69,  77,  78,  87, 
90,91,92,  93,  97,  104, 
105,  107,  108,  121,  125, 

133,  135.  136,  137.  138, 
140,  144,  145,  146,  153, 
154,  156,  160,  161,  162, 
163,  163,  166,  169,  177, 
178,  179,  180,  188,  189, 
192,  194,  197,  205,  206, 
219,  221,  223,  224,  228, 
229,  230,  234,  248,  249, 


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Index  of  Places. 


I3>    20,   33, 

50,  51.  53. 


254, 255, 260, 264, 272, 
275, 276, 277, 280, 288, 
289, 290, 291, 292, 303^ 
305. 307. 309, 311.323. 
324. 325. 326, 327. 335. 

336.  33^.  339,  34«.  342, 
344,  346,  350,  356. 
Preble's  Landinc;,  4,  5. 
Ragged  Island,  333. 
Readfield,  227,  246,  268,  269,  273,   276, 
309,  311,  314.  315.  316.   317. 
340,  347.  359- 
Resqueachkan  Island,  3. 
Richmond,  90. 
royalsborough,  82, 
Royal's  River,  99. 
St.  Georges,  7,  8,  9,  n,  12, 
34.  39.  40.  41. 
58,  66,  67,    79,   80,   84,   86, 
90,  loi.  III,  118,  132,    140, 
143,  144,  147,  162,  171,  224, 

271.  344.  345- 
St.  Georges  Lower  Town,  108. 
St.  Georges  River,  225,  270. 
Salem,  Mass.,  138, 

Sandy  River,   183,  184,  201,   203,   220, 
227,  228,  229,   304,   332. 
ScrruATE,  54. 

Seven  Mile  Hrook,    142,  228. 
Sheepscot  Great  P(jnd,  138,   249,   259. 
Sheei'scot  River,  3,  308,  362. 
Sherburne,  198. 
Shirley,  122. 
Sidney,  201,  226,  227,  254,  263,  273,  278, 

279.  33(>'  339.  340.  364.  365- 
Smuheield,  248. 

SoL'RDABSCOCK,  347. 

Spruce  Pt)iNT,  (Booihhav,)  ii6. 

Stage  Island,  241. 

Stephen's  River,  5. 

Steklington,  hi. 

Still- Water  Pond,  340. 

Suffolk  County,  171,  341- 

SUNBURY,  166. 

Swan  Isij\nd,  36. 

Taberwyne  Street,  (Glenarm,  Antrim 

County,  Ireland,)  89. 
Thomaston,  86,  108,  132,  144,   160,    193, 


206,211,212,221,223,   224, 
230,  232,  235,  236,  255,  338, 

339.  343.  344.  345- 
Thompsonborough,  345. 
Thomson's  Cove,  225. 

TiSBURY,  48. 

Topsham,  2,  21,  23,  31,  41,  45,  51,  52,  65, 
73,  75,82,  84,  93,94,  107,  112, 
119,  121,  125,  141, 142, 160, 161, 
168,169,  195,  209,  211,  211, 
221,  226,  229,  234,  235,  250, 
251,  255,  258,  259,  261,  277, 
278,  292,  324,  325,  337,  339, 
340,  342,  345,  346,  347,  348. 

townsend,  12,  13,  15. 

Township    No.  4,  163. 

TowiNSHiP    No.  5,  163. 

Trenton,  344. 

Turner,  344. 

Union,  193,  204,  205,  206,  207,  248,   252, 

253.  345- 
Union  River,  183. 

Vassalborough,  72,  77,  78,  84,   90,    107, 

121,  122,  124,   127,   129, 

138,  141,  161,  162,    171, 

172,  173,  174,  175.    176' 

177,  1 84,  185,  200,  201, 

202,  203,  204,  207,   208, 

218,  219,  227,  254,  273, 

274,  278,  340,  365. 

Waldoborouc;ii,  51,  68,  73,   82,   84,   90, 

loi,  110,  118,  119,    123, 

124,  126,  129,  142,    143, 

145,    152  153,  162,    166, 

167,  170,  171,  177.    '^o, 

181,  182,  18S,  190,  200, 

201,  202,  226,  236,   237, 

238,   239,  248,  253,  254^ 

255,  260,  261,  262,  269, 

270,  276,  298,  299,  329, 

330.  33'.  341.  34('- 

Wales,  130,  138. 

Wai.pole,  2,  15,  38,  53,  54.  65,  66,  153. 
Warren,  90, 108,  no,  in,  119,  129,  143, 
144,  147,  148,  163,  170,  171, 
188,  189,  193.  '94.  224,  226, 
229,  230,  232,  247,  248,  255, 
281,  282,   283,   298,   299,  301, 


Index  of  Places. 


33^.  343,  344.  345-  353- 
VVashingion,  124,  204. 

WjiSSEKUNSt.ri,  1 

Wesseuumseet,  i'    ^  ■ 

West  Buwooinha.m,  no,  141. 

West  Pond,  203,  204,  254. 

Wild-Cat  Meadow  I  keek,  335. 

Williams  Creek,  312. 

Wilmington,  61. 

WiNiGANCE,  4,  5,  8,  213. 

WiNiGANCE  Creek,  257,  312. 

WiNSLow,  67,  68,  77,  79,  104,  141,  173, 
184,  199,  200,  202,  204,  219, 
227,  248,   274,   276,    278,   307, 

323.  337>  339.  364,  365,  366. 
WiNsi.ow's  Point,  225. 

WlNTHKOP,  83,  87,  93,    124,   129,    130,    137, 
138,    144,   148,     151,     152,     161, 


173,    176,    195,    219,     220, 
227,  229,  242,    245,     246, 
276.  277,  316,  336. 
WiSCASSET,   7,   254,  326,  327,  329,  338, 

WiscAssET  Bay,  2. 

Wizzell's  Cove,  366. 

Woolwich,  15,  18,  32,  36,  54,  61,  77, 
91,  92,95.  97.  "3,  "4, 
130.  131,  132,  137,  138, 
161,  164,  175,  180,  185, 
193.  197,  198,  199,  205, 
239,  255,  260,  263,  277, 
285,  307.  311.  336.340, 
342,  354,  356. 

Wyman  Plantation,  309,  310. 

Yarmouth,  177. 

York  County,  4,  12,  45. 


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118, 

156, 
192, 
220, 
284, 
341, 


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