Maine Wills

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

   In the Name of God Amen The tenth Day of March Anno Domini one Thousand seven hundred & thirty seven/ eight I Samuel Spinney of Kittery in y^e County of York in y^e Province of y^e Massachusets Bay in New-England Yeoman being sick & weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory Thanks be given to God, Therefore calling unto mind, the 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 y^e hands of God that gave it : And my Body I recommend to y^e Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at y^e Discretion of my Executors hereafter named. And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give & dispose of y^e same in y^e following manner & form.

   Imp^s It is my will that all my Just Debts that I owe to any Person be paid.

   2d^ly I give & bequeath unto Jane Spinney my dearly beloved wife one Cow; And I Do by these p^resents confirm to her what I have heretofore given her in one Instrument in writing under my hand & seal according as it is Expressed in y^e s^d Instrument. provided & be it always understood that She renounceth all Right of Dowry & Power of thirds of, in & unto my Estate & every part thereof.

   3d^ly I give unto my well beloved sons Iames Spinney, Jeremiah Spinney & Jonathan Spinney Ten Shillings unto each of them or to such as shall Legally represent them to be paid to them by my Executors either in Currant money or in good Bills of Credit of y^e afors^d Province.

   4^ly I give unto my well-beloved son Nathan Spinney Ten pounds & ten shillings to be paid (to him or to such as shall Legally represent him) by my Executors either in Currant money or in good Bills of Credit of y^e afores^d Province

   5^ly I give unto y^e Children of my son John Spinney Decs^d Viz^o Anne Spinney Zebulon Spinney & Joanna Spinney Ten Shillings to Each of them to be paid to them either in money or in good passable Bills of Credit of the afores^d Province by my Executors.

   6^ly I give unto my well-beloved Daughter Sarah Pope Lydia Hunscomb & Patience Cole ten pounds to each of them to be paid to them or such as shall Legally represent them by my Executors either in Currant money or in Good Bills of Credit of y^e afores^d Province.

   7^ly I give unto my well-beloved Daughter Elizabeth Spinney five pounds if she be living to be paid to her by my Executors in Province Bills or Currant money.

   8^ly I give unto my well-beloved Sons David Spinney & Sam^ll Spinney their Heirs & assigns for ever all the rest or Remainder of my Estate both Real & Personal in whatsoever Place & of every Kind & Denomination to be Divided between them in equal Shares or Parts; And that my Son Sam^ll Spinney his Heirs &c shall have the Nothern side of my Land whereon I now Dwell together with all the buildings that are thereon and my son David Spinney his Heirs &c shall have y^e Southern side of my Land.

   Finally I Constitute make & Ordain my aboves^d sons David Spinney & Sam^ll Spinny my sole Exec^rs of this my Last Will & Testament. And I Do hereby utterly disallow Revoak & Disannull all & every other former Wills Testaments & Bequests & Executors by me in any ways before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & seal the Day & year above written

Signed sealed Published    Pronounced & Declared by    ye sd Samll Spinney as his    Last Will & Testament in the    presence of us ye Subscribers    John Newmarch    Robert Cole    John Mireyk    Charity X Cole         her mark		memorandum that ye words    whereon I now dwell were    interlined before signing. Samuel Spinney (seal)       his mark
Probated 22 March 1737-8. Inventory returned 31 March 1738, at £361: 10: 8, by Thomas Cutt, Jos: Hammond jur and John Godsoe, appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 402, citing Probate Office, 5, 116.