Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume Seven (1721-49)

   Whereas I Iohn Stanwood of Pemaquid in the County of York being thrô the Goodness of Almighty God in Sound & perfect Memory and Iudgment, for which I desire to praise the Lord, and considering the certainty of Death & the uncertainty of the time when, being in a weak & low State of Health; I desire to resign my Soul to the great God that gave it, and my Body to the Dust, and do make this my last Will & Testament &c.

   Imprimis. I give & bequeath to my Brother Ioseph Stanwood Ten pounds old Tenor.

   Item. I give and bequeath to my Brother Philip Stanwood Ten pounds old Tenor.

   Item. I give and bequeath to my Sister Hannah Bagley Ten pounds old Tenor.

   Item. I give and bequeath to my Sister Mary Barnet Ten pounds old Tenor.

   Item. I give & bequeath to my Sister Iudey Brown Ten pounds old Tenor.

   Item I give & bequeath to my Sister Rachel Anderton Ten pounds old Tenor. And lastly I give and bequeath to my Brother Ebenezer Stanwood all the Rest of my worldly Goods and Estate, and do hereby make and constitute him my Said Brother Ebenezer the Sole & entire Exec^r of this my last Will & Testament, revoking all former Wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this twenty seventh Day of August One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty eight.

Signed Sealed & Delivered & Declared    in presence of, Samll Moody    Ebenezer Gage, Iohn Mcfarland		John Stanwood (a Seal)
Probated 5 October 1748. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 584, citing Probate Office, 7, 189.