Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume Ten (1749-60)

   In the Name of God Amen. I Andrew Lewis of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay Yeoman being aged but in good Health of Body, and of sound disposing Mind & Memory, and knowing that it is appointed for man once to die do make this my last Will & Testament, and after humbly devoting my Soul to God the Father of Spirits hoping for his pardoning Mercy thrô y^e Merits of Iesus Christ our Lord, and recommending my Body to a decent Burial according to the Discretion of my Executor herein after named believing & hoping in the Resurrection to eternal Life. My worldly Estate I give and devise in the following Manner & Form.

   Imp^rs My Will is that all my Debts & funeral Charges be paid by my Executor as Soon after my Decease as may be conveniently done.

   Item. I give to Mary my beloved Wife only a pair of Mourning Gloves having otherways provided for her.

   Item. I give & bequeath to my Son Andrew Lewis one half of my Wearing Apparel with six shillings lawful Money to be paid by my Executor and the half of said Apparel to be delivered by him. This with what he has already receiv'd & I have paid & done & procured to be done for him is to be his full Portion of my Estate.

   Item. I give & bequeath to my Daughter Mary Weare the Wife of Elias Weare five shillings lawful Money to be paid by my Executor She having already had her part & portion of my Estate.

   Item. I give & bequeath unto my Daughter Grace Haley the Wife of Samuel Haley five shillings lawful Money to be paid as afores^d having already given her what I design'd she should have out of my Estate.

   Item. I give & bequeath unto Dorothy my Daughter who is now the Wife of Iohn Main twenty shillings lawful Money in full for all her Services which she has done for me having paid her for the Same at the time the same was done as much as it was really worth but as I have heard that her Husband threatens to make a demand for her said Services on my Estate or against my Executor after my Decease I mention it here to Show that I think she was fully paid for said Services in y^e time they were done. And I design also said twenty shillings to be in full for her part & portion of my Estate having already given her what I esteem her full Share thereof.

   Item. I give devise & bequeath to my Son Thomas his Heirs and assigns all the rest residue & remainder of my Estate real and personal wherever the Same is or may be found in Consideration of his giving Security to Support me & my Wife during our Lives and giving us a decent Burial and in consideration that he has for Several years supported us already And as I have by Deed of Sale dated the first Day of April Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & fifty eight sold and conveyed to him Sundry Tracts of Land therein described I do hereby give grant & devise y^e Same Land to him the said Thomas his Heirs & Assigns, and hereby ratify & confirm the said Conveyance to all Intents as much as in me lies so that the said Thomas may have hold & enjoy the said Land to him his Heirs & Assigns forever, and all other my Estate whatsoever not disposed of by me to any other person. Lastly, I hereby constitute & appoint my said Son Thomas sole Executor of this my last Will & Testam^t and revoke all other Wills by me in any manner made and all other Testaments by me in manner heretofore made. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the twenty seventh Day of Iuly Anno Domini 1758.

Signed sealed & declared by ye    sd Andrew Lewis to be his    last Will & Testament In    presence of us Witnesses    who subscribed in his Presence.    Thos Dennet Iohn Godsoe    David Sewall William Parker.		Andrew Lewis (Seal)       his mark
Probated 31 March 1760. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 881, citing Probate Office, 10, 152.