Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume Five (1725-42)

   In the Name of God amen, The twenty sixth Day of February in the tenth Year of King George the seconds Reign over Great Britain &c Annoque Domini 1736/7, I Job Emery Sen^r of Berwick in the County of York Yeoman being weak 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 & Ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is to say, Principally & first of all, I give & Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent and Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Exec^rs hereafter Named. Nothing doubting but at the 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 and Dispose of the same in the following Manner & form.

   Imp^r I Give to my Sons Job Benjamin, Jonathan & Jabez my Right in the Comon & undivided Land in Berwick that I have not already Disposed of to be to them their Heirs & Assignis for ever in Equal Shares.

   Item. I give to my Son Joseph five shillings he haveing already had his Portion in Land.

   Item. I Give to my Daughters Viz^t Charity, Sarah, Eliza Mary Abigail, Miriam, Mary & Olive five pounds a peice to be paid them in bills of Credit as my Exec^rs can conveniently Do it.

   Item. I give and bequeath to my son Jabez all my Homestead of Housing & Lands with all y^e appurtenances to him his Heirs & assigns for ever.

   Item. I give to my well beloved Wife Charity all my Personal Estate to her sole use & behoof for ever and my will is that She shall have the use of my Homstead during her Widowhood & if she should marry again she shall have only her thirds of the s^d Real Estate

   finally I Constitute & ordain my beloved Wife & my son Jabez the Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby Revoking all other Wills by me made.

Signed sealed pronounced & Declared by him ye said Job    Emery to be his Last Will & Testament.    in presence of    Walter X Abbot senr       his mark    John Goodin    Patrick Gowen.		Job Emery (seal)
Probated 26 Dec. 1738. Inventory returned same date, at £519: 10: 0, by Walter Abbot, Richard Shackley and Patrick Gowen, appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 405, citing Probate Office, 5, 143.