Maine Wills

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

   In the Name of God Amen the Ninteenth Day of Dec^r in y^e year of our Lord 1735. I Richard Chick of Kittery in y^e County of York within y^e Province of y^e Massachusets Bay in New England yeoman being sick & weak in Body but of sound mind Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament Viz^t in y^e first place recomending my soul to God my Creator hopeing for salvation through Jesus Christ my Body I Commit to y^e Earth to be Decently Intered in Decent manner at y^e Discretion of my Executors & as Touching my worldly Goods I bequeath them in manner following Viz^t

   Im^s. I give & bequeath to Martha my beloved Wife one third part of my Personal Estate forever And one third part of my Real Estate during Life.

   Item I Give & bequeath unto my beloved son Richard Chick my House & Barn & Lands where I now live on the North side of y^e Road Containing about twenty Acres be it more or less (Excepting Two acres for Thomas to be hereafter mentioned) To him my s^d son Richard & To y^e Next Heir Male Lawfully to be begotten by him & in case of failure of Heirs Male by him to be begotten as afores^d y^e same shall after y^e Decease of my s^d son Richard be & remain unto my two sons Tho^s & Nathan in Equal halves to them & their heirs for ever.

   Item I Give & bequeath unto my beloved son Thomas Chick two Acres of Land on y^e North side of y^e Road next to John Morrells Land frounting on y^e Road Eighteen Rods & Extending back that breadth next to John Morrells Land till y^e s^d two Acres is Compleated (this being the two acres Excepted out of y^e Land given to Richard as afores^d) To him y^e s^d Thomas Chick & his Heirs for Ever.

   Item I Give & bequeath unto my beloved son Joshua Chick Twenty shillings in money or Bills of Credit to be paid to him y^e s^d Joshua by my son Nathan within six Months after my Decease.

   Item I Give & bequeath unto my beloved son Nathan Chick all my Lands & Marsh Adjoyning to Sturgeon Creek lying on y^e south side of y^e Road leading from my House toward y^e Cedars so Called y^e s^d Lands lying between James Davis's Land & John Morrells Land Containing about ten Acres be it more or less the Marsh being about two Acres be it more or Less lying neare by y^e Bridge Called y^e Cedor Bridge Joyning to y^e Creek Called Sturgeon Creek in Kittery afores^d To him y^e s^d Nathan & his Heirs for ever.

   Item I Give & bequeath unto my three sons Richard & Thomas & Nathan all my Rights in y^e Commons and undivided Lands in Kittery & Berwick to say to y^e s^d Richard one half thereof & to y^e s^d Thomas & Nathan Each one quarter part thereof To them the said Richard Thomas & Nathan and their Heirs for ever.

   Item I Give & bequeath unto my s^d son Nathan all my stock of Liveing Creatures & utensils of Husbandry Excepting his Mothers thirds aforementioned (and one Good Cow for his Sister Elizabeth Emery) he the s^d Nathan paying y^e afore mentioned twenty shillings to his Brother Joshua & what I shall herein Order him to pay to his sisters I also Give to y^e s^d Nathan one Feather Bed & bedding.

   Item I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Eliza^th Emery one Good Cow.

   Item I Give & bequeath unto my four Da[u]ghters Viz^t Eliz^th Emery, Mary Huntress, Winnefrid Bickford & Martha Bickford all my house hold goods & moveables within Doors of every sort (not herein before bequethed) to be equally Divided amongst them I also give to my s^d Daughters five shillings in money to Each of them to be paid by my afores^d son Nathan within six Months after my Decease. I also give to my s^d four Daughters my Pew & privilidge thereof in y^e meeting house in the upper Parrish in Kittery to them for the Use of them and their Children & not to be sold from them.

   Item All y^e Rest & Residue of my Estate whatsoever & wheresoever I Give & bequeath unto my two sons Richard & Nathan afore named in Equall shares & I Do hereby Nominate & appoint my s^d sons Richard & Nathan to be y^e Executors of this my will & they to be at y^e Charge of my Funeral and I Do hereby, Renounce all former & other Wills Legacies & bequests by me in any manner before made ratifying & Declareing this & no other to be my last Will & Testament In Wittness whereof I here unto set my hand & seal y^e Day & year first above written.

Signed sealed pronounced &    Declared by ye sd Richard    Chick to be his Last Will &    Testament in presence of    John X Heard       his mark    Jno Morrell    Edmund Coffin		Richard Chick (seal)        his mark
Probated 19 Sept. 1737. Inventory returned 24 Sept. 1737 at £933: 18: 0, by Nathan Bartlet, Tobias Leighton and John Tidy, appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 390, citing Probate Office, 5, 88.