Maine Wills

 From Maine Court Records (1661-93)

   The last Will and Testament of John Litlefeild Jun^r of Wells in the province of Main

   After long sickness I being weake in body yet haueing my Vnderstanding & sences I doe Dispose of my out ward Estate which god hath given me as followeth

   I Doe giue vnto my Wife Mehetabell all my lands & goods & house and cattell and swine I makeing her my Executrix & shee is by my will to provide for my decent buriall

   She also is to pay to my Daughter Lidia a Cow

   it is also my will that my Daughter haue my square barrild gun, also that my Daughter be brought vp decently which I doubt not of

   In testimony of Which I sette my hand this ninth Day of September one thousand six hundred Eightie nine in the first yeare of the Reigne of K William

in presence of    Simon Willard    Samuell Stover    John Eldred		John Litlefeild
Sworn to by all the attesting witnesses 19 Feby 1689-90; recorded 5 March 1689-90; Inventory returned at £162: 15: 0, by John Clayes and Nicholas Cole, appraisers, 16 Sept 1689. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 13, citing Court Records, D, 32.