Maine Wills

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

   In The Name of God amen. I Margaret Tripe of Kittery in the County of York in y^e Province of y^e Massachusets Bay, in New-England Widow, being sick & weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be given to God : Therefore calling unto Mind y^e mortality of my Body 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 Recomend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at y^e Discretion of my Executor 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 y^e following manner & form.

   Imp^s I give to my Grand Children Samuel Tripe Abigail Tripe, Anne Tripe & William Tripe y^e Children of my Son Silvanus Tripe Deces^d Ten shillings in passable money to each of them or in passable Bills of Credit.

   2^ly. I giue to my wellbeloved Son Thomas Tripe one pair of Bed Blankits which are marked with y^e two first Letters of his Name.

   3^ly. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Robert Tripe the Bed Bolster & one of y^e Pillows whereon I now ly & my great Iron Pott & y^e black Drugget and Shaloon that is in my Chest not made up.

   4^ly. I give to my beloved Daughter Joanna Pope one of my biggest Pewter Platters & two Soop Plates & two other Pewter Plates.

   5^ly. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Margaret Fernald one of my bigest Pewter Platters & two Soop Plates & two other Pewter Plates.

   6^ly. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Mary Follet my Bed & Bolster that is at her dwelling house & the Suit of Curtains that are about my Bed whereon I now ly and my Looking Glass & two of my next biggest Pewter Platters & two Soop plates & two other pewter plates.

   7^ly. I give to my well beloved Grandson Samuel Tripe the Son of my Son Samuel Tripe Deces^d enough of that Drugget that is in my Chest to make him a Coat & Breeches & my Son Robert Tripe to get them made for him.

   8^ly. I give to my well beloved Grandson Thomas Tripe my Silver Spoon & to my grandaughter Margaret Tripe, the Stone which I have sett in Silver & the little Trunk in which it is; The other things which are in y^e said Trunk I give to my Grandaughter Margaret Pope. & my Silver Cup I give to my Grandson William Fernald.

   9^ly I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughters Joanna Pope, Margaret Fernald & Mary Follet all my wearing Apparrell of every sort and my household Stuff of every sort & kind whatsoever to be Divided between them in equall Shares or Portions or such as shall Legally Represent them.

   10^ly I give & bequeath to my well-beloved Children Thomas Tripe Robert Tripe Joanna Pope Margaret Fernald, Mary Follet & the Children of my Son Sam^ll Tripe Deces^d Sarah Tripe Sam^ll Tripe, Anne Tripe (after my Just Debts & Funeral Charges are paid) all my money & Debts in Bills or Bonds due from any person or persons whatsoever to be equally divided between them the Children of my Son Samuel Tripe Deces^d to have only one Share or sixth part of y^e whole.

   Fnally, I constitute make & Ordain my well beloved son Robert Tripe my Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament : And I hereby Revoak & disannull all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacies & Executors by me in any ways 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 y^e fourth Day of January Anno Domini one Thousand Seven hundred & forty & one/ two. memorandum that y^e words Anno Domini were interlined before signing.

Signed Sealed Published    pronounced & Declared by    ye sd Margaret Tripe as her    last Will & Testament in    the p[re]sence of us the Sub-    scribers.    John Newmarch    John Clark    Ephm Sherburn.		Margaret Tripe (seal)         her mark
Probated 19 Jan. 1741. Inventory returned 17 Feby 1741-2, at £523: 4: 2, by Benjamin Parker jun, John Clark and Ephraim Sherburn, appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 435, citing Probate Office, 5, 242.