Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume Eight (1705-53)

2 Kings 20. 1.   In the Name of God Amen. I Iohn Altimes of Arundel in the County of York in His Maj^ts Province of the Massa : Bay in New England Husbandman, being Sick & weak in Body but Sound in Mind & Memory. Thanks be given to God therefor, and calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body; knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, and after that the Iudgment, do make and ordain this my last Will & Testament, in & by which principally & first of all, I give & recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it; and my Body I order to the Grave to be buried in a decent Christian Manner at the Discretion of my Executrix, nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall receive the Same again by the Mighty Power of God. And as touching the worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of y^e Same in the following Manner & Form.

   Imp^r. I give & bequeath to Elizabeth my beloved Wife, one Third of all my Estate, during her natural Life, and also all my personal Estate Creatures & Moveables to dispose of, or do with as as She Sees fit, and her the Said Elizabeth I make the only Executrix of this my last Will & Testament.

   Item. I order my Executrix out of the personal Estate to pay my funeral Charges, and all my just Debts.

   Item. I give & bequeath to my two Daughters Frances & Judith an equal Share part & Proportion in my real Estate, which consists of about Forty Acres of Land, which is to be divided when the eldest of my Daughters comes to be of Age, and if either of my Daughters Die without lawful Issue, the Surviving Sister is to take the whole, and if both are taken away and leave no lawful Heirs, then all is to go to my Wife if She remains alive.

   And I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disannul all and every other Will & Testament Legacy or Executor, but what is herein named, ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal, the twelfth Day of October Anno Domini 1750. Annoque : Regis Georgii Secundi Dei Graciâ Magnæ Britanniæ &c. Vicessimo tertio.

Signed Sealed & Delivered published    pronounced & declared in presence of    Iacob Wilds    Moses Foster    Mary X Averill       her mark		Iohn Alltimes (Seal)
Probated 10 November 1750. Inventory returned 17 December 1750, at £57: 19: 4, by Jacob Wilds, Moses Foster and John Fairfield appraisers. Source: Maine Wills, 1640-1760 (Portland, Me., 1887), p. 635, citing Probate Office, 8, 77.