Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume One (1680-1706)

   The Last Will and Testament of Michaell Hicks lyeing very weak yett retayning my perfect memory to all Christian people greeting Know ye that I doe by this make over all my Estate my Right and p^rrogative to any debts or other accurences due to me from any person or persons whatsoever to my well beloved wife Luce Hickes to be my true and Lawfull Executor to recieve demand & require and sue for all my right and property of Estate goods or Negroes in Barbadoes the place of my Nativity which falleth to me for my portion left by my father deceased and for the truth hereof I doe sett to my hand & seale this Nineteenth day of May Anno Dom : 1688

Michaell Hickes (seal)

   That this Testament was written from Michaell Hicks his owne mouth and Signed with his owne hand and sealed and hand delivered to his wife in the p^rsence of us

		Humphrey Churchwood Richard Cutt Elizabeth Chadbourne
Sworn to June 13, 1688; and recorded July 5, 1688. Inventory returned June 12, 1688 at £12: 11 by William Fernald Richard Cutt appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 105, citing Probate Office, 1, 7.