Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume Six (1736-46)

   In the Name of God Amen the first Day of January Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & thirty Nine I Margery Pepperrell of Kittery in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Widow being weak and infirm in Body but of perfect Mind & memory thanks be given unto 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 the Hands of God that Gaue it : And my Body I Recomend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the Discretion & at the Sole Cost & Charges of my beloved Son William Pepperrell : And as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I Give Demise & Dispose of the same in the following manner and form.

   Imprimis, I give to my beloved Sister Mary Dearing my mourning Suit of Apparell.

   2^dly I give to my well beloved Son William Pepperrell his Heirs & assigns for ever (besides what I have heretofore given him) the Horse Oxen & Cows which my Husband William Pepperrell, late of Kittery Deces^d gave to me in his last Will & Testament.

   3^ly I give to my beloved Daughter in Law Jane Frost ten pounds in Currant money or passable Bills of Credit on the aforesaid Province.

   4^ly I give to my much Respected Friend the Rev. M^r John Newmarch five pounds in Currant money or in passable Bills of Credit on the afores^d Province.

   5^ly I give to my well beloved Daughters Mary Frost, Margery Gunnison, Miriam Tyler, Dorothy Newmarch, & Jane Clark (besides what I have heretofore given them) all my wearing Apparel of every sort & kind (Except what I have in these presents given to my Sister Mary Dearing) to be Divided amongst them in equall Shares or Portions. I also give to my above named Daughters Mary Frost Margery Gunnison Miriam Tyler Dorothy Newmarch Jane Clark & my Grandaughters Sarah Frost & Margery Wentworth the Children of my Son Andrew Pepperrell & my Grandchildren, Margery Gerrish, Mary Moody Elizabeth Hale Joanna Frost & Dorothy Pitman, the Children of my Daughter Joanna Jackson Deces^d all the Residue or Remainder of my Estate of every sort & kind whatsoever & in whatsoever place; to be Divided into seven Shares or Parts Each of my above named Daughters to have one Share or part & my two Grandaughters the Children of my Son Andrew Pepperrell Deces^d one Share or part to be Equally Divided between them & my Grandaughters the Children of my Daughter Daughter Joanna Jackson Deces^d one Share or part to be Equally divided amongst them. And if it should so happen that any of my above-named Daughters or Grandaughters should depart this Life before what is in these Presents given be Receiued then the Deces^d Share, Part or Portion shall be delivered to such as shall legally represent her. Finally I Do by these presents Constitute make & Ordain my beloved Son William Pepperrell & the Rev. M^r John Newmarch my Sole Executors of this my last Will & testament. And I Do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannull all & every other former Testaments Wills Legacies & bequests & 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 the Day & year above written.

   memorandum that the word Deceased was interlined before Signing.

Signed Sealed Published Pro-    nounced & Declared by ye    said Margery Pepperrell as    her last Will & Testament in    the presence of us the    Subscribers.    Wm Dearing    John Dearing    Jno Watkins		Margery Pepperrell (Seal)
Probated 26 May 1741. Inventory returned 24 Feby 1741, at £333: 12: 2, by Samuel Lunt, William Dearing and John Dearing, appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 461, citing Probate Office, 6, 34.