Lincoln County Probate Records

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 desire that it may be done decently, at the Discretion of my Wife & Executor 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 Cattle, to dispose of as she pleases, besides one half of my dwelling House & one half of the Farm I occupy & 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 mentioned, 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—

Henry Hunter (seal)

Sign'd & sealed before these Witnesses
this twentieth day of February one thousand
seven hundred & ninety eight years—

John Huston
Robert Huston
William Huston

Probated 3 June, 1799. [VIII, 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

Source: The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760 to 1800 (Portland, Me.: Printed for the Maine Genealogical Society, 1895), p. 331, citing Lincoln County, Maine, Probate Records.