Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume Three (1709-28)

   In the of God Amen The third day of Iuly in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & Nineteen Iohn Gustin of Falmouth in the County of Yorke in his Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Husbandman being very Sick and Weak in body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be to God; Do make & ordain this my last will and Testament that is to Say Principally & first of all I give & Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body to the Earth to be Buried in Decent & Christian Manner at the Direction of my Executor hereafter Named in y^e hopes of a Glorious Resurrection at the Last Day, as to my worldly Estate (after my Iust Debts & funeral Charges are paid) I give & Dispose of the Same in Manner Following.

   Imp^r I give unto my Beloved Wife Elizabeth Gustin My Dwelling house in which I now live with the Lot of Land belonging to it lying & being in the Town of Falmouth with all my houshold goods & Moveable Estate for her vse during her Natural life & to be at her disposal to any of her Children as She Sees meet.

   Item I give to my Sons Sam^ll & Iohn Gustin Each of them five Shillings in money.

   Item I give to my Daughters Sarah & Abigail Each of them five Shillings in money all to be paid them within Twelue Months after my Decease.

   Item I give to my three Sons Ebenezer Thomas & David Gustin all the Rest of my Lands in Falmouth in Casco Bay lying at Martins Point & Pesumscot River together with all my Debts (they having been most helpfull to me and their Mother in our old age) To be Possesed by them Their Heirs or Assignes forever, I further Will that my Stock of Cattle & Swine together with Horses be to the Vse of my Wife in Equal proportion with my Said Three Sons last Mentioned during her Natural life and after her Decease to be Equally Divided among my Sons Ebenezer Thomas & David; & I do hereby make & ordain my Son Ebenezer Gustin My Sole Executor to this my last Will & Testament Vtterly Revokeing & Disannuling all other Wills Testaments Bequests & Executors Ratifying also & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness where of I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day and year above Written.

Signed Sealed Published &    Declared by the Said Iohn    Gustin in Presence of us    the Subscbrs    Lewis Bane    Nathall Freeman    Daniel Simpson		Iohn Gustin (Seal)       the Mark
Probated 6 April, 1720. Inventory returned at £69: 00: 00, by John Prichard and Elisha Ingersoll, appraisers, 4 April 1720. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 219, citing Probate Office, 3, 37.