Maine Wills

 From Maine Court Records (1661-93)

   The last will & Testament of Edmund Littlefejld Decemb^r 11 : 61 :

   First I bequeath my soule to god Almighty, & I bequeath my body to the earth from whence I came/

   I bequeath vnto Francis Littlefejld my Elldest sun, & Anthony Littlefejld, & Elizabeth Wakefejld my daughter, all the whoole Tract of Land lijng of the North East side of Kenebunke with the Falls togeather with a Certen quantity of Marsh lijng vp In the woods, betweene Cape Porpus River, & Kenebunke, which is specifyd In two deeds, granted by Mr Geo : Cleeue Agent of Mr Rygby, which is now come into the Goverment of Mr Gorges, Proprietor of the Prouince of Mayne/ Which Land & Marsh shall bee æqually devided amongst those three aboue specifyd/

   I giue vnto Francis Littlefejld Senjo^r 10^s to bee pd out of my goods/

   I giue vnto Anthony Littlefejld all my weareing Cloaths/

   I giue vnto Elizabeth Wakefejld 5^s to bee pd out of my goods/

   I giue vnto my 3 executors Namely Annas Littlefejld, My wife, & Thom^s Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun all my vpland & Marsh att home which is not disposd, & that which I bought of my sun Anthony, & alsoe y^t which I bought of Mr Fletcher, togeather with y^e Corne Mill & saw Mill, with all my houseing & goods, within doores & with out, togeather with all the stocke & Cattle both small and greate, which shall bee æqually deuided amongst those 3 executors, onely the Yland that lyeth on the South side of Webbhannett River, If the sd Tho^s & Francis Littlefejld Junjo^r do both of them pay to Annas my wife foure bushs of Corne yearely for 7 yeares, then my wife shall haue nothing to do with Itt, otherwise if they do not performe that yearely, then my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to others, & to expell them quitte out of it all/

   And likewise my sun Thom^s & Fran : Littlefejld shall pay vnto my wife eight bush^s of wheate yearely, for y^e Corne Mill, if they will not yⁿ my wife shall haue pouer to lett it to any other, & expell them out of it/ And my wife shall haue her third part of the Marsh, that lyeth on the South East side of Webbhannett River; And if soe bee y^t Fran : Littlefejld & Thomas Littlefejld, & Fran : Littlefejld my youngest sun bee loueing & helpfull to y^r mother my wife, then they shall haue all after her desease, otherwise if they bee not loueing & helpefull to her shee shall haue pouer to dispose of itt, w^r shee thinkes good herselfe/

   I giue vnto my daughter Mary Barrett, and to my daughter Hannah Littlefejld fiueteene pound^s a peece to bee pd with in 3 years, fiue pound^s a peece yearely, till it bee payd/ I do giue vnto all my grandchildren fiue shillings a peece Wⁿ they come at age/

   I give vnto my sun John Littlefejld Tenn pound^s, to bee payd out of ye fourty pound^s which hee is to pay for his purchase att Ogunquett/

   Alsoe the 3 executors, Namely Annas my wife, & Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld shall haue pouer to recover & receaue all debts/ And those 3 executors shall pay all debts dues & demand^s, & all portions Legacys & gyfts, which is here specifyd; My suns Tho : & Fran : Littlefejld Iunjo^r, is to Improue & till the ground, & thejre mother my wife shall haue the third part of the Corne/

   I giue vnto my wife 6 or 7 Acers of Marsh that lyeth at Ogunquet.

   I desire Mr Ezekell Knightt & Mr Jos : Bowles to bee my Feffees In trust If neede require, to see my will fullfilled/

Testes/    Ezekell Knights/    Jos : Bowles/		Edmund Littlefejlds    owne hand/
Inventory returned at £588: 13: 4, by Ezekell Knights, Jos: Bowles and William Hamonds as appraisers, who were sworn 24th: 10th: 1661. Will recorded 16 July '62 Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 3, citing Court Records, B, 53.