Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume Four (1677-1734)

   In The Name of God Amen the twenty first Day of February in the year of our Lord 1729/30 I Henry Libbee of Scarborough in the County of York in the Province of y^e Massachusetts Bay in New England Husbandman being weak in Body & of Great age but of Perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God therefor Calling unto mind y^e Mortallity of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye Do make & ordain this my Last Will and Testament (that is to say) Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my soul into the hands of God that Gave it and my Body I commit to the Earth to be Decently Buried at y^e Discreation of my Executor hereafter named nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall Receive y^e Same again by the Mighty Power of God and as Touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me in this Life I Give Demise and Dispose of the Same in the following manner and form. I Give my Daughter Mary Webber the Wife of Richard Webber five pounds Money or bills of Credit of this Province to be paid to her the Said Mary Webber by my Son Iames Libbee at or before the Expiration of Two Years after my Death. I Give and Bequeath unto my son Iames Libbee Six acres of Land where his House now is Builded and bounded as Will appear on y^e Town Records & Ten Acres above Hunniwells & five acres of Meadow Land up Non-such River Adjoyning to Simon Hinkson where it was Granted to me as will appear on y^e Town Records he paying his Sister Webber five pounds as aforesaid. I Give unto my son John Libbee Forty Eight acres of Land Granted to me a Proprietors Meeting held at Scarborough June 22^nd 1720 and three acres of salt Marsh at Jemaco Commonly So Called Given to me by the Town as will appear by Records. I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Elisabeth Plummer wife to Samson Plummer Forty Eight acres of Land Granted to me at a Proprietors Meeting held at Scarborough June y^e 22^nd 1720 as it is Laid out on the East side of my ninty Six acres y^e West side I have Given to my son John Libbee as appears before I Give the Ninty six acres of Land as before Mentioned to John Libbee and Elizabeth Plummer as before Mentioned.

   I Give to my Eldest Son Samuel Libbee (whome I like wise Constitute make and ordain my Sole Executor to this my Last will and Testament) all my lands Except what I have herein Given away I also Give and Bequeath to my Said Son Samuel Libbee all other Lands that is mine or that Shall appear to be mine as also my Right in y^e Propriety & Common Lands in this Town or Else where with all my Goods & Chattels that is mine or in any ways ought to be mine freely to Be Possessed and Enjoyed and I will that my said Son Samuel Libbee pay unto my Grand Daughter Hannah Poler the Daughter of my Daughter Hannah Poller & John Poller y^e Sum of five pounds money or to the Value thereof as Soon as She Shall arise to y^e age of Eighteen Years. a Gift I will & Give to my Daughters Daughter and I Do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke & Disannull all and Every other former Testament wills Legacies & bequests and Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.

Signed Sealed Published Pro-    novnces and Declared by    the Said Henry Libbee as    last Will and Testament In    ye Presence of us the Sub-    scribers viz.    Samll Small    George Meserve    Gideon X Bragdon         his mark		Henry Libbee (Seal)     his Mark
Probated 20 Nov. 1732. Inventory returned 11 Dec. 1732 at £322: 13: 0, by Samuel Small, Daniel Fogg and Gideon Bragdon, appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 331, citing Probate Office, 4, 133.