Maine Wills

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

   In the Name of God Amen Rich^d Coller of Falmouth in the County of York in the Province of the Massechussets Bay in New England marriner being very Sick & weak in Body but of Perfect mind & memory thanks be given to God Therefore calling to mind the mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make & Ordain this my last will & 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 Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent & Christian manner at the Discretion of my Executrix; nothing Doubting but at the Generall Resurection I shall recieve the Same again by the almighty Power of God. and as Touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleas'd God to bless me in this life I give Demise & Dispose of the Same in the following manner & form : —

   Imp^rs I will that all my Iust debts and funerall Charges be paid & Defrayed within Convenient time after my Decease

   Item I hereby give & bequeath all my Estate real & personall of every Kind quality & Specia whatsoever and in all places wheresoever the Same Shall be or may be unto my well beloved Wife mary Coller, and to her heirs and assignes for ever : and do Ordain and Appoint y^e said mary Coller to be my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament : and I do hereby Disallow Revoak & Disannull all and every other former Testament Will or wills Legacies & Bequests by me in any way before Named willed & bequeathed Ratifieing & Confirming this and No Other to be my last will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal this twentieth Day of Feb^ry Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred & twenty three four.

Signed Sealed Published & Declaired    by Richd Coller to be his last will    and Testament in ye Presence of us    Samll moody    John Gray    Edmund Mountfort		Richd Coller (Seal)
Probated 10 March 1730. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 319, citing Probate Office, 4, 107.