Maine Wills

 From Maine Court Records (1661-93)

   The last will & testament of John Barrett Senjo^r, being in perfect vnderstanding & memory Aprill 17 : 1662/

   First I bequeath my soule to god almighty/ 2ly I bequeath my body to the earth from whence Itt came/ 3ly I bequeath my houses, vpland & Marsh att home, with all my estate of Cattle both great & small, with all my goods with in doores & with out, vnto Mary my wife, which I do make my executrix & Administratrix, & that shee may pay all my debts, & may receaue all Which is any way due to mee, alsoe my wife shall Cutt w^t hay shee hath neede of vpon the Marsh at y^e necke of Land dureing her life/

   I giue vnto John Barrett my sun, my vpland at the stony brooke, & the three acers of Marsh at Ogunquett, & I giue vnto my sun the Marsh at y^e necke of Land, which lyeth betweene Mr Bowles & Fran : Littlefejld Senjo^r, onely my wife his Mother shall cutt w^t hay shee standeth neede of yearely dureing her life/

Testes us,    Jos : Bowles/    Samuell Austine    Frances Crosse her marke X		John Barrett his marke IB
Proved 4 July 1664; Inventory returned at £173: 4: 0, by Mr Jos : Booles, Samuell Austine and John West, Aprill 29: 1662. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 5, citing Court Records, B, 54.