Maine Wills

 From York County Probate Records, Volume Nine (1743-58)

   In the Name of God Amen. I John Gray of Biddeford in the County of York in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Esq^r being infirm of Body but of perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be given to God; therefore calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed unto all men once to die do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament, that is to Say, first of all I recommend my Soul into y^e Hands of God who gave it, and my Body to the Earth to be buried in a decent christian Manner at the Discretion of my Executrix hereafter named; and as touching Such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me I give demise & dispose of it in the following Manner.

   Imp^r I Will & order that all my just Debts & funeral Charges be paid out of my Estate by my Executrix to whom I give full Power to receive and pay the Same.

   Item. I give unto Elizabeth my beloved Wife (after my just Debts & funeral Charges are paid) all my annual incomes from England with all my Estate real & personal to be disposed of between her my Said Wife and my beloved Daughter Mary Gray, during the natural Life of my Said Wife and as long as my Said Daughter lives unmarried for their Support; And after the Decease of my Said Wife I will the one half of my Incomes & other Estate to the Use of my Said Daughter Mary Gray afores^d as long as She Shall continue unmarried, and upon her Marriage the whole of the remainder of my Estate to be equally divided between my three beloved Daughters Elizabeth Cushing the wife of Ezekiel Cushing, Mary Gray & Olive Woodman Wife of Nathan Woodman to them & their Heirs forever.

   Lastly I constitute my beloved Daughter Mary Gray Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, and I do hereby disannul & revoke all former Wills Legacys or bequests by me made, ratifying and confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testam^t. In Witness whereof I the Said John Gray have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this first Day of Septem^r in the 26^th Year of the Reign of George the Second of Great Britain France & Ireland King A. D. 1752.

Iohn Gray (Seal)

   Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared to be the last Will & Testament of the abovesaid Iohn Gray in presence of us, Ioseph Dyer Samuel Haley & Samuel White.