Lincoln County Probate Records

Jesse Davis, late of Bowdoin. Hannah Davis, of Bowdoin, widow, and Joshua Davis, of Sidney, Adm'rs, 2 Oct., 1792. [V, 106.] Ezekiel 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. [VI, 117.] Widow's dower set off by Isaac Hinkley, John Merrill and Samuel Tibbets, 15 July, 1795. [VI, 120.] Advertisement of sale of real estate 16 Sep., 1795. [VI, 139.] Account filed 27 May, 1796. [VI, 140.] Distribution ordered 30 May, 1796. [VI, 149-151.] Seth Hinkley, of Bowdoin, guardian unto Jonathan and Rebecca, minor children, 10 Jan., 1799. [IX, 178.] Rachel, minor daughter, chose Seth Hinckley, of Lisbon, to be her guardian, 25 Aug., 1804. [IX, 252.]

Source: The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760 to 1800 (Portland, Me.: Printed for the Maine Genealogical Society, 1895), p. 226, citing Lincoln County, Maine, Probate Records.