Maine Wills

 From Maine Court Records (1661-93)

   This Will Mad the forttene Day of Aprill in the yeare of our lord one thousand six hundred ninty three

   The last Will and testament of James Grant liueing in yorke in the province of Maine

   Lyeing verry weake of body but in his perfect memory

   I Doe bequeath my soule to the lord god that Made me and my body to the Earth to be Decently buried

   first I do bequeath to my loueing wife tenn acres of vpland lying of the Eastward side of the brooke butting vppon Mr Jeremiah Moltons land and siding vppon Constant Rankins land, and two acres of Marsh lyeing on the south side of the river Joining vppon M^r Dummers land on the one side and vppon the Widdows hach on the other side freely and absolutely to be her owne proper Estate to Dispose of as shee shall see Good

   And I Doe leaue all my stock in my wifes hands for to vse for to helpe to bring vp the Children

   Secondly I doe bequeath vnto my two sones all the rest of my Estate when they come of age to be equally devided, but it is to be vnderstood that my wife shall haue the thirds Dureing her life, and in case it should please the lord to take away both my sones by Death before they come of age then my Estate is to be my wifes at her disposing

   And I doe make M^r James Plastar Executor of this my will;

Witnes    John Maine    James Plaisted    John Baker    Daniell Goff		Jeames Grant his Mark
Probated 11 Jany 1693-4; recorded 1 March 1693-4; Inventory returned at £182: 17: 00 by Hannah Jonsone "widdow to James Grant deceased," and sworn to by her 11 Jany 1693-4. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 41, citing Probate Records (belonging to the sixth volume of Court Records), 0, 8.