Maine Wills

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

   In the Name of God, Amen I Nathan^ll Boulter of Scarborough in y^e County of York & Province of Massachusets Bay in New-England Housewright haveing for a long time lien in a weak & languishing Condition as to the State of my Body; but thro' Gods mercy & Goodness retaining still the Use of my Reason, Understanding Judgment Memory & y^e powers of my mind for which I desire to bless his Name, and endeavouring to be duly apprehensive of y^e Mortal state of my Body which must dye & returne to y^e Earth as it was and not knowing how soon it may please God in his Providence to call me out of this crazy declineing Tabernacle : Do therefore make & Ordain this my last Will & Tesment : That is to say Principally & first of all I Do give & Recommend my Immortal Soul & spirit into y^e hands of my merciful God & Saviour who gave & redeemed it & my mortal Body I leave to the Earth to a Deacent Christian Interment according to y^e Discretion of my Executrix hoping at y^e Resurrection of y^e Just to receive it again by y^e mighty power of God fashioned according to Christs glorious Body : and in as much as it has pleased God in this Life to bless me with Wife & Children & withall given me some worldly Estate to Distribute amongst them, I Do accordingly will & bequeath it in y^e following manner.

   Imps. To my Beloved Son Natha^ll Boulter I give & Bequeath my House, Barn, Upland, Marsh, Interest in y^e Sawmill & all my Real Estate to him his Heirs & assigns for ever unless the payment of Debts & Legacies here after bequeathed require that some of my Real Estate be sold, and in that Case I leave it to the Discretion of my Executrix to sell & Dispose of as much as She shall Judge necessary of my Real Estate for y^e payment thereof, and I Do hereby Authorize & impower her to make & Execute a good Deed of Conveyance accordingly.

   Item. To my beloved Wife Grace Boulter (whom I hereby nominate Ordain & appoint my sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament) I Give & bequeath all my Goods, Chattels, Monies, Bonds, Book Debts with all my Personal Estate as also y^e Income of my Real Estate to be for her own Support & y^e maintainance of the Children till able to maintain themselves & also for y^e payment of Debts & necessary Expences I Do also give to my said Wife the third of y^e Income of all my Estate ever after during her Life.

   Item. To my beloved Daughters Elizabeth Boutler & Mary boulter I give & bequeath y^e sum of fifty pounds Each to be raised & levied out of my Estate & paid them when arrived to age to Demand it.

   And I Do hereby utterly Disallow Revoak & Disannull all & every other former Testaments Wills, Legacies Bequests & Executors, Ratifying this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal this third Day of March Anno Domini one Thousand seven hundred & thirty nine.

Signed Sealed published pronounced    & Declared by ye sd Nathall Boalter    as his last Will & Testament in the    presence of us the Subscribers    Daniel X Hasty        his mark    Robert Hasty    Wm Thompson		Nathall Boalter (seal)
Probated 26 August 1740. Inventory returned 2 Oct. 1740, at £1000: 6: 6, by Samll Small, Samll Libbee and Daniel Hasty appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 424, citing Probate Office, 5, 202.