Maine Wills

 From Maine Court Records (1661-93)

In the name of god Amen/

   I Morgan Howell of Cape Porpus In the Province of Mayn, In New England, being Prfect in mind & memory, do make Constitute & appoynt this my last Will & Testament as followeth/ Item I do freely hereby give & bequeath vnto Mis Mary Boolls, & her children all & singular my lands, Lotts, houses bujldings, fejlds, Inclosures goods & Chattells w^tsoeuer, wheresoever & of what nature soever to bee æqually devided betwixt her the sayd Mary Bools, & her children that is to say, the one halfe to her the sd Mary Bools, & the other halfe to her children, to hers & thejr sooly proper vsse, & behoofe thejr executors administrators & assigns for ever/

   Item I do bequeath vnto Mary Frost Senjo^r, for her share in this my will & testament after my desease is this/ My bed & bowlster & all that belongs to them, & likewise I do give her my brass Kettle, & two pewter dishes, & the Cow I formerly promissed her/ Item I do give vnto Mary Frost Junjo^r one, the Motley Heffer/

   Item I do hereby make constitute & appoynt the abouesd Mary Bools my soole & onely executrix of this my last Will & testament/

   In witness w^rof I Morgan Howell haue here to sett my hand & seal this seauenteenth of Novemb^r : In the yeare of o^r Lord one thousand six hundred sixty six/

Signed sealed & avouched,    In the Presence of us,    John Reade his marke X    Thomas Baston/		Morgan Howell (his seale)    his marke MH
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 1 April 1667; and recorded; Inventory returned at £151: 10: 0, by William Hammonds, Samuel Austine and Edward Barton, appraisers 22 Jany 1666. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 30, citing Court Records, F, 28.