Maine Wills

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

   I Nathaniel Raynes of York in the County of York in New England Yeoman being under Bodily Weakness do make this my last Will and Testament after my just Debts and funeral Charges are paid.

   Imprimis. I do hereby give and bequeath unto my Dear and wel-beloved Wife and my Son Robert all my Lands Marshes Houses Barns & personal Estate whatsoever (except what my Son Francis has now in Possession) to be equally divided between them and to be held in Severalty to them and his Heirs forever.

   Item. I give and bequeath to my Son Francis Raynes all that Land whereon he now lives and which he now possesses to him and his Heirs forever. But if it Should please God that he Should never Return from the present Expedition my Will is that only the House and Barn Should be reckoned as his Estate and that one Hundred pounds old Tenor Should be paid by my Executor to his Child.

   Item. I give to my two Daughters Eleanor Marston and Hannah Gerrish Fifty pounds apiece old Tenor besides what they have already receiv'd

   Item. I give to my other three Daughters Lucy Cutt Sarah and Eunice each one Hundred pounds old Tenor.

   Item. It is my Will that my Son Francis Shall pay One Hundred and Fifty pounds and my Son Robert all the rest of the above Legacies.

   And I do hereby constitute my Son Robert the Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament. Witness my Hand and Seal this twenty ninth Day of May Anno Domini 1745.

Signed Sealed published    pronounced and de-    clared by Nathl Raynes    as his last Will & Tes-    tamt in presence of    David Bennet    Ieremiah Bragdon    Sarah Sayward		The Rasure made Line 21 and    the word Fifty written before    Signing.       Nathaniel Raynes (a Seal)
Probated 6 July 1747. Inventory returned, 2 Oct. 1747, at £5713: 9: 0, old tenor, by Samuel Sewall, Joseph Holt and Ralph Farnam, appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 551, citing Probate Office, 7, 87.