Maine Wills

 From York Registry of Deeds (1640-91)

   The last will & testament of Allexand^r Cooper of Barwicke in the Town of Kittery in the prouince of Mayne, though weake in body, yet of Prfect memory & of a disposed mind (do Committ my soule unto god) and my body to the dust from whence It came, & do dispose of my outward Estate as followeth/

   I do in the Presence of these Prsons now with mee too of whome I haue desired to subscribe it as witnesses hereto, Namely John Taylo^r & George Gray, giue & bequeath my whoole Estate of Land, Cattle Chattles, & all moueables & all other appurtenances belonging thereunto, vnto my onely sonn John Cooper, as the true & proper heyre of the sd Estate, & for the better Improueing Preserueing & secureing y^r of till y^e sayd John Cooper come to age of Twenty one yeares, being now about sixteen years of age; It is my will & desire to Commit under god, both my sonn, & my estate left him vntill hee come to age, unto my Loueing freinds vidz^t Richard Nason Senjor, James Warrine Senior, & Peter Grant whome I leaue as feofees in trust, faithfully to take Care both of my sonn & Estate, & for the Improuement & security there of, for my sonns best aduantage; before these writnesses John Taylour & George Gray Inhabitants of the aforesd place & James Warrine Junjorr there, Pattericke Bryce traueller, being desired to bee scribe, by the aforesd Allexand^r Cooper, of the aforesd will/ Dated at Barwicke this ninth day of February one thousand six hundred Eighty three/

Testes/ John Taylor     his make [sic] X		George Gray his marke X   Pattericke Bryce
Sworn to by attesting witnesses 28 Feb 1683-4, and allowed in Court 25 March 1683-4; recorded 1 April 1684; Inventory returned at £153: 06: 0, by Peter Grant, 25 Mch 1684, who states that Alexander Cooper "decased Febru. 11th: 1683-4." Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 77, citing Registry of Deeds, 5, 27.