Maine Wills

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

   In the Name of God amen the Nineteenth day of October one thousand Seven hundred and nine in the Eight year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady Ann by the grace of God of Great Brittain France & Ireland Queen defender of the faith &c I Peter Grant of Kittery in the County of Yorke in the Province of the Masachusets Bay In New England being aged & Creasey in body but of good Memory Praise be to God for it and Knowing the Vncertainty of this Life on Earth & being Desireous to Settell things in Order do make this my last will & Testament in manner & form following that is to Say first & principelly I Commit my Soul to almighty God who gave it and my body to be buried According to the Discrestion of my Successors in a Christian & Decent manner and as Touching the worldly Goods & Estate the Lord hath Lent me my Will & meaning is the Same Shall be Imployed and bestowed as hereafter by this my will is Expresed and first I do Revoke frustrate and make Void all wills by me formerly made and Declare & appoint this my Last will & Testament.

   Item I will & bequeath to my Louing wife Iohanah all my moveables Estate at her Disposing as also the hole use of my homeSteed housing barns Lands & Orchards and dwelling place During her Naturall Life

   Item I will and bequeath to my Son William a Grant of Land granted me by the Town of Kittery of fifty Acres.

   Item I will and bequeath to my Son Iames ten Acres of Land where his Yong Orchard now is at the head of my Home Steed Dwelling place as I laid it out to him.

   Item I will & bequeath to my two Sons Alexander & Daniel my home Steed & Dwelling place where I now Live in Equal halues after my now wifes Decease.

   Item I will & bequeath to my Children William James Alexander Daniel Grizell mary & Hannah to them Seven In Equeal Shears all my out Lands & meadow wheresoever it be Lying in manner or form whatsoever.

Signed Sealed & Delivered in    Presents of us    Phillip Hubord    Iames Emery    Daniel Emery		I do appoint my Son Dan-    iel Grant to be my Exe-    cutor of this my will &    Testament Peter Grant (Seal)       his mark
Probated 30 Oct. 1718. Inventory returned, 2 March 1712-13, at £216: 10: 0, by Baker Nason, and William Goodin, appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 212, citing Probate Office, 3, 7.