Maine Wills

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

   I Richard Rogers of Kittery in the County of Yorke in the Province of the Masachusets Bay in New England being of Perfect Memory and understanding but under great Indisposition of Body and not Knowing how long it may please God to Continve me in this life. Doe hereby Constitute declare and ordain this to be my last Will & Testament Revoking all other Wills heretofore Made or declared either by word or writing.

   Imp^rs I recomend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, trusting through the Merits of Jesus Christ to Obtain full and free remission of all my sins.

   My Body I commit unto y^e grave in order to a Decent and Christian Burial, the Managm^t whereof I leave to the Direction of my Execut^rs and Over[s]ears hereafter Named.

   As touching what worldly Estate it hath Pleased y^e lord to give me I give and bequeath as follows after my ffunerall Charges & Just Debts are paid.

   Item I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Rebekah ten pounds in Cattle or other Merchantable pay, to be paid by my Execut^rs the one halfe at the day of her Marriage or one year after my Decease, & the othe halfe in some convenient time after, as my Execut^rs can do it with convenience.

   Item I doe give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Sarah two Cows and eight sheep and all the Goods or houshold stuff which shee brought with her, that is (one small Feather bed one rugg two Iron pots one Iron Kittle that is) if shee happen to Marry or to remove from from my son John Rogers, but if she see cause to continve and be assisting unto my s^d Son then my will is y^t My s^d Son shall provide for and her allow her a Comfortable Maintenance out of the income of my Estate during her Natural life or so long as she shall see cause to continve with him my s^d son.

   Item I give and bequeath unto my son in law John Tydie two steers of about three years old if he continve with his mother, and my s^d son John till he arrive at y^e age of one and twenty years.

   Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved and onely son John Rogers all my whole Estate both of Lands Cattle houses houshold stufs &c : willing him to pay Such legacies &c : as before mentioned. And I doe by these presents make and appoint my s^d Wife and son John to be my Execut^rs of this my last will and Testament, Requesting my Loving and much Esteemed friend. Ensign John Leighton, and my son in law Thomas Hunscomb to be my overseers of this my last Will whom I desire to be assistants to my Excut^rs upon all occations.

   In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 11^th Jan^ry 1700.

Signed Sealed and declared    in Prests of us    Grace X Bamfield her marke    Hannah X Tydy her marke    Jos : Hammond		Richard Rogers (His Seal)
Probated 25 March 1702. Recorded 26 March, 1702. Inventory returned 28 Jan., 1701/2, at £315: 16: 00 by Jos: Hammond: Jos: Hill: Richard King, appraisers Debts due the estate from Richard King: Daniel Fogg and John Olliver. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 136, citing Probate Office, 1, 82.