Maine Wills

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

   In the Name of God Amen. The fourth Day of Decemr Anno Domini one Thousand seven hundred thirty & three I Mary Burnam of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusets Bay in New-England Widow being sick & weak in Body but of sound Disposeing mind & memory Thanks be given to God Therefore Calling unto mind the mortality of my body do make & Ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to say principally & first of all I give & recomend my soul into the hands of God that gave it & my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in A Christian like & Decent manner at the Discretion of my Executor 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.

   Imprimis I give & bequeath to my well beloved son John Spinney my Bed & Beding that is in my Chamber also A pare of Andirons two Puter Platers & four Puter Plates. also one silver spoon.

   Item I give & bequeath to my well beloved son Jeremiah Burnam The Bed & Beding & Bedsted whereon I now lay also A Gold Ring also Three Puter Platters & four puter Plates also four Chairs & my round Table also A Cow which John Davis took to the halves also one silver spoon also my Cow & my swine, two Pots made with Iron & A Brass Kittle.

   Item I give & bequeath to my wellbeloved Daughter Mary Tetherly one pare of sheets one silver spoon also my best sute of Cloaths.

   Item : I give & bequeath to my wellbeloved Daughter Margery Tetherly one pare of sheets & my second best suit of Clothes one silver spoon.

   Item. I give to my wellbeloved Daughter Mary Tobey one pare of sheets also A silver spoon also a suit of my Clothes and also A Brass Kittle.

   Item : I give & bequeath to my well beloved son Andrew Spinney Two Barrells also A warming Pan.

   Item : I also give & bequeath to my beloved son Jeremiah Burnam three pounds in money which his Brother John Burnam owes me also the money Iames Spinney owes me.

   Item. I give & bequeath to my beloved Grandaughter Dorcas Hammond one Chest one Trunk one Box & also the rest of my Moveables wheresoever & whatsoever which I have not heretofore nor by these presents Dispos^d of

   My Will is that my son Jeremiah Burnam shall be at the Charge to Bury me out of what I gave him in these presents.

   Lastly I Constitute make & Ordain my beloved Cuzin John Fernald senior my only & sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament I Doe hereby revoke Disallow all & every other former Testament Wills Legacies bequests & Executors by me in any wayes before Named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the Day & Year first above written.

Signed sealed published    pronounced & Declared by    Mary Burnam as her Last    Will & Testament In the    presence of us the subscribers    Thomas Fernald    Nathan : Spinney    Thomas Dennet		Mary + Burnam       her mark (seal)
Probated 12 March 1734-5. Inventory returned 15 March, 1734-5, at £146: 02: 08, by Thomas Fernald, Nathan Spinney and Thomas Dennet, appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 354, citing Probate Office, 4, 215.