Maine Wills

 From Maine Court Records (1661-93)

   The last Will & testament of William Dixon, though weake In body yet of Perfect mind, doth dispose of his outward estate as followeth/ first I do give & bequeath vnto my beloved wife Joane Dixon the vse of my whoole estate, of Lands, houseing & Cattle, for her mantenance/ Which are to bee at her soole disposeing, soe long as her naturall life doth continew, as alsoe all other househould goods, with in & with out app^rtayning to my sd estate; And after the desease of my sd wife It is my will, that my sun James Dixon shall haue my houses & lands below; w^ch I now liue in, & one 3d part of my land & Meddows at basse Coue, & one third part of what househould goods, or Cattle shall then remajne, after the desease of my aforesd wife Joane Dixon, & for the other 2 3ds of my Lands & Meddows at Basse Cricke or Coue, & househould goods & Cattle y^t then shall remajne after her desease, I do give the one thyrd thereof vnto John Brawn, & the other third, vnto Henery Millburys Children/ I do likewise give vnto my loueing daughter Susanna Frost thirty shillings as a remembrance, of which I leave in trust with my wife to send vnto her, whome I ordayne & my will is, that my sd wife shall bee soole executrix of my estate for disposeing y^rof, as by this my last Will I haue ordered, as witnesse my hand & seal this 13 day of Febru : 1665 :

This will signed & sealed In    the Presence of us,    Edw : Rishworth/    John Davess/

William Dixon (his seal)    his marke

I William Dixon do appoynt Mr Nic : Davis & Cap^t Joⁿ Davess, & desire y^m as ouerseers to see vnto the fullfilling of my last will/ Witness my hand this 13 day of Febru : 1665 :

Testis Edw : Rishworth/    Symeon Dea/		William : Dixon his Marke W
Sworn to by both attesting witnesses 16 June 1666; recorded 12 Aug. 1666; Inventory returned at £113: 05: 0 (taken 29 March 1666) by the widow Joane Dixon. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 29, citing Court Records, F, 6.