Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume Two (1698-1718)

   Yorke June : 4 : 1706 in y^e fear of god Amen

   I Benjamin Trafton in tending A vige to sea being at this time of a disposing mind and und^r Consideration of mortily make this my Last will and Testament my Soul I give in to y^e hands of my most mercyful Redeemer to be Calld, for & disposed of as he in his Infinite wisdom shall see meet, my worldly goods I dispose of as followeth & my will is that all y^e Iust debts I owe be paid by my Executor out of my whole Estate after my decease.

   2 My will is y^t my loving Brother William Beale have y^e whole improvment and Sole profit of my Estate during three years from ye date hereof to be to him his Heirs or Assigns after y^e Expiration of this time.

   Item My will is y^t my three Sisters Jane Beale Dorothy Mane & Penellipy Day have y^e income of my whole Estate after my debts be paid to be Equaly divided between them untill my Brother Zacheus Traffton & Thomas Traffton come to age of one and twenty years and then —

   4 my will is y^t my Lands in Yorke all and Every part and parcell thereof be Equaly divided betwene my two loving Brothers Zacheus Traffton & Thomas Traffton to be and remain a good Estate of inheritence to them their Heirs & Assigns forever : if one of these my Brothers dy before he be one and twenty years of age y^e other Shall inherit y^e whole of my Estate if they both dy before they come of age or will not themselves Settle on this my inheritence in Yorke then my will and finell-conclution is is y^t if my Brother William Beale will Settle on this my inheritence y^t, it Shall be & remain unto him & his Heirs lawfully begotten on y^e body of my sister Iane Beale to be [u]nto her Heirs forever : & if my Brother Beale do not Settle him Selfe or y^e Heirs of my Sister Iane on this my inheritence y^t then it Shall be Equaly divided betwene my three Sisters Iane Beale Dorothy Mane & Penellopy Day to be unto them and y^e Heirs of their Bodies Lawfully begotten forever this is my will & y^e finall Settelment of my inheritence forever

   And I intreat & appoint my trusty & well beloved friend Cap^tn Lewis Beane to be y^e Executor of this my last will & I pray him to confirm & Execute it and let no man alter it given under my hand & Seale of confirmation y^e day & year above S^d in presents of.

William Heath    Thomas More    Joshua X Hilton          his mark		Benjamin B Trafton (seal)          his mark
Sworn to 26 August, 1713. Probated 6 Oct., 1713. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 170, citing Probate Office, 2, 72.