Maine Wills

 From Maine Court Records (1661-93)

   In the name of god Amen I John Sloper of Kittery in In the County of yorke being sick of body but in sound and Disposing Memory praise be giuen to god for the same Doe make this my last Will and testament in maner and forme following, that is say first and principally I resigne my soule into the mercifull hands of allmighty God my Creator Assuredly hopeing through the meritts of my blessed Saviour to obtaine pardon and remission of all my sins and my body I committ to the Earth whence it was taken to be decently buried by the Discretion of my Executrix herein after named and as for the worldly goods and Estate the lord hath lent me I Dispose thereof as followes Imprimus I giue and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Sloper all those my lands and houseing at Kittery after the decease of my beloued wife Sarah Sloper To Haue and to hold to her and her heires for ever/ Item I giue and bequeath to my Daughter Rebecca Sloper the sum of halfe of wha_ my lands shall be vallued at with the vallue of the housen afore mentioned to be paid when said Elizabeth Sloper shall enter on the possession thereof then to be paid by her and all the rest and residue of my Estate Goods and Chattell not herein before bequeathed, after my Debts and Funerall Expences Discharged I Doe Giue and bequeath vnto my Deare and loueing wife Sarah Sloper whom I do make sole Executrix of this my last will and testament revokeing all other wills by me heretofore made In witness whereof I haue herevnto set my hand and seale this ninth day of february one thousand six hundred ninety two

Signed sealed and published    in the presence of    Jacob Remick    Isaac Remick    Richard Carell		John Sloper (a Seal)      his marke
Sworn to by all the attesting witnesses 27th Ju__ ____; recorded 8 Nov. 1693; Inventory returned 31 May 1693 at £82: 12: 06 by Richard King and Jacob Remick, appraisers, who state therein that John Sloper "deceased 24 day 1692-3." Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 36, citing Probate Records (belonging to the sixth volume of Court Records), 0, 1.