Maine Wills

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

   In the Name of God Aman I Samuel Nelson being bound to Sea & being of Sound and perfect mind & memory praise be given therefore unto almighty God for y^e Same Do make this my Last will & Testament in manner & form following y^t is to Say first and principally I Resigne my Sole into y^e mercyfull hands of almighty God my Creator aSuredly hoping through y^e merits of my blessed Saviour to Obtain pardon and Remision of all my Sins & my body to the Earth from whence it was Taken To be Decently Buryed By the Discretion of my herein after named Executors & first of all I do Renounce and make Void all wills by me hereto fore made and declare this to be my Last will & Testament in all Such worldly Estate as the Lord in mercy hath Lent me I dispose thereof as followeth.

   Item I give and bequeath unto my Honoured Mother all my moveable Estate whatsoever Except my mare To have and To hold to her and her Heirs forever.

   Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Brother Iohn Nelson twenty acres of Land at burnt Hill To have and To hold To him and His Heirs forever.

   Item I give and bequeath unto my Cosen W^m Rackle thirty acres of Land at y^e Beach Hill To have and To hold To him and his Heirs forever:

   Item I give and bequeath unto Wm^ll Grant my Mare & W^m Rackle To have y^e First horse Colt that come of her.

   Last of all I do apoint my dear Mother to be Sole Executrix of this my Last will and Testament witness my hand and Seal this Ninth day of Septermb^r one Thousand Six Hundred Ninty and Eight

Signed and Sealed in    presents of    Nicolas Walden    Alexander Grant    Wm Godsoe		Samuel Nelson (Seal)
Sworn to and recorded 12 Feb. 1713-14. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 177, citing Probate Office, 2, 79.