Maine Wills

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

   In the Name of God Amen The first Day of May 1734.

   I Joseph Young of York in the County of York & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England Gentleman being very sick & week in Body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God : Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die. Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament That is to say Principally and first of all I give & Recommend my soul into y^e Hands of God that gave it : And Body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall Receive the 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 & Dispose of the same in the following manner & form. After my Just Debts & Funeral Charges are paid.

   Imprimis I give and bequeath to Abigail my Dearly beloved Wife all my Estate both Real and Personal during her Natural Life.

   Item After my said Wifes Decease I give & bequeath unto my Grandson Joseph Young all my said Estate both Real & Personal that my said Wife shall leave my said Grandson paying to each of my Daughters viz^t Mary, Abigail, Bethulah, & Bethiah three pounds A piece of Currant passable money of this Province and three pounds to be paid to my Grand Daughter Abigail Young in the whole Fifteen Pounds and In Case my s^d Grandson Joseph Young should Die before he comes to the Age of Twenty One Years then my said Estate to be Equally Divided amongst my said Daughters then surviveing.

   I Do also appoint my said Wife and my son in Law John Bradbury to be the sole Executors of this my last Will & Testament desiring them & Intreating them to see y^e Will of the Dead punctually fulfilled. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal the Day & year abovewritten.

Signed sealed published pronounced    & Declared by ye said Joseph Young    as his last Will & Testament In    presence of Us the subscribers.    Jer : Moulton    Sarah X Favour       her mark    Daniel Moulton		Joseph Young (Seal)
Probated 4 June 1734. Inventory returned 29 Jany 1735, at £403: 15: 0, by Daniel Simpson, Samuel Sewall and Samuel Milberry, appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 351, citing Probate Office, 4, 190.